The Leaching (2026) Movie Script
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(car running)
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- Hey, where you headed?
- How far you going?
- Crestpoint.
- Works for me.
- All right, man.
(glove compartment closing)
(door closing)
(tense music)
(dark music)
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(eerie music)
- Name's Chuck.
- People call me Hump.
- Hump, like,
like humpback whale?
Or like, like hump day?
- Yeah.
(eerie music)
- Hump, though.
I like it, I like it.
(eerie music)
(car running)
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(music fading)
Last one.
Suit yourself, man.
(car running)
(eerie music)
- What's ya packing?
- Sorry?
- Your piece.
- Colt 1911.
(tense music)
Fuck, did you see that?
- Why are we stopping?
- There's a woman in
the middle of the road.
Stay in the car, okay?
(eerie music)
(eerie music)
(tense music)
- [Humphrey] You see anything?
- Nah.
- [Humphrey] I'm gonna go piss.
- [Chuck] Okay.
(door closing)
(tense music)
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- Yo.
I think I see her. Come here.
(gun firing)
(Hump groaning)
(Hump screaming)
- Hump?
(Hump groaning)
(dark piano music)
Fuck!
(dark piano music)
(door closing)
(tense music)
Keys.
(dark music)
(eerie music)
(leech growling)
(Chuck screaming)
(ominous music)
(Chuck screaming)
(ominous music)
(eerie music)
(thunder rumbling)
- Help me.
(tense music)
(tense music)
Help,
help,
(eerie music)
(thunder rumbling)
(dark music)
Hey, help me.
Please,
please.
- Hey, you all right?
Can you hear me?
You okay?
(eerie music)
(soft music)
(soft music)
She is risen!
- Who are you?
Where am I? (crying)
- It's okay. It's okay.
I'm not gonna harm you.
You're safe, okay?
Here, here,
let me show you something.
Okay?
- Is that it?
- I think we're good.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I think I got, all right.
- Come on.
- Good. Okay.
Hey, Vivvy. Hey, kiddo.
If you're watching this,
that means it happened again.
- First things first,
your name's Vivian Greene.
- And I'm Ellis. Ellis
Green, I'm your dad.
- You were in a car
accident a few months ago
and hit your head pretty hard.
And now in moments of stress,
we have episodes of amnesia.
I, I know it's
confusing and scary,
but it never
lasts longer than a week.
- Yeah.
- And I'll be here to help
you sort everything out, okay?
All right. I love you.
- I love you.
- All right.
So,
did, did that help?
- A little.
- Listen, if calling me
Dad is too much right now,
you can just
call me Ellis, okay?
- Okay. Nice to
meet you again, Ellis.
- Nice to meet you too, Vivian.
How about a tour of the house?
I'm sure that'll help.
Yeah?
- All right.
- All right. Come on.
(soft electronic music)
(soft music continues)
Shaking anything loose?
- A little.
- Okay.
(soft music continues)
(soft music continues)
- I remember him.
- Yeah yeah,
I know you don't like it.
(soft music)
- Okay.
That's the bathroom.
- That's right.
- [Vivian] And uh, the kitchen.
- [Ellis] Mm-hm.
- [Vivian] And up here is-
- Is off limits, mold
like you wouldn't believe.
I even tried gutting the room.
So the last thing we need
is you walking in there
and falling through.
- Mold?
- Black mold, nasty business.
Let's get you ready for bed.
- So a car accident? That's
why I can't remember?
(dark music)
- Yeah,
it was a bad one too.
- Huh.
Ellis, did anyone else get hurt?
- How about we talk about
this tomorrow, all right?
Just, just get some rest.
(dark music)
(leech roaring)
- Hello?
Ellis?
(leech roaring)
(dark music)
(ominous music)
(Vivian gasping)
(owl hooting)
(dark music)
(owl hooting)
(eerie music)
Hey,
wait.
(eerie music)
(eerie music)
(eerie music)
(eerie music)
(Vivian gasping)
- Run!
(Vivian gasping)
(Vivian screaming)
(knocking on door)
- [Ellis]
Everything all right, kiddo?
- Yeah, everything's fine.
Just, just a bad dream.
- [Ellis] All right well, I
just picked some blueberries,
so I'm gonna make
some blueberry muffins.
(faint footsteps)
(eerie music)
(eerie music)
Would you like to say, grace?
- I just
remembered my name yesterday.
I don't really think I know how.
- I got you. I'll start, okay?
All right.
Dear Lord, thank you for
delivering my Vivian back to me.
Thank you for
your constant guidance.
(eerie music)
Then the soldiers
of the governor
took Jesus into the Praetorium
and gathered the whole
Roman cohort around him,
and they stripped him
and put a scarlet robe on him.
And after twisting together
the crown of thorns,
they put it on his head, and
a reed in his right hand.
And they knelt
before him, mocking him,
saying, all hail,
the King of the Jews.
Mark, chapter 15
verses 16 through 20.
Amen.
(bird cawing)
How are they?
- Good.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hm.
- So, I'm thinking, we
already have some blueberries,
maybe we could
plant some strawberries.
- Sounds nice.
- Well, yeah.
- Ellis,
I had a dream last
night, I saw a woman.
I was wondering if, you
know, she lives around here.
- Oh, what does she look like?
- She was in a white
dress, brown hair I think.
- Hm.
- What?
- Maybe your accident
caused some hallucinations,
you know, from the head trauma?
- Yeah. Yeah, maybe.
I mean this morning I woke up,
I thought my
legs were covered in-
Anyway, does she live nearby?
I can't just hallucinate
someone I've never met, right?
(Ellis exhaling)
Ellis?
- I didn't want to
talk to you about this
until you got your bearings.
You know, you're recovering
and everything like that, so.
- [Vivian] Tell me about what?
- Your accident was caused by
a woman who ran onto the road
and you swerved and hit a tree.
- Oh.
(eerie music)
Well,
where is she?
I'd love to talk to her
if it can jog my memory.
- I don't think
that'll be possible.
- Why not? I mean,
she caused my accident.
The least she can do is-
- You hit her kiddo.
- Oh.
Was she okay?
- She didn't make it.
But, it's not your fault.
There's nothing you could
have done, all right?
You gonna be all right?
- Yeah, just need a minute.
- Well, I'm gonna head out
and get ready for work.
Don't wander off, all right?
- Yeah.
(water washing)
(bird cawing)
(ominous music)
(soft music)
(dark music)
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(tense music)
(insects buzzing)
(leech growling)
- Whoa, whoa. Hey, what's wrong?
No, there's
a man in the woods and,
and, and I think a woman's
with him,
I think she's dead.
- Let's just go home.
- I'll show you.
I swear it's over
here, I'll show you.
No, no, no. Listen, listen.
I'll show you.
- Let me get you home first
and I'll go look myself.
- No, they, no, I'm not
lying, I'm not lying.
- We're going home.
Listen, I'm sorry for yelling.
Just let me get
you home first, okay?
And I'll go look
myself. Come on, come on.
We're good, we're good.
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(leech growling)
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(music fading)
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(soft music)
(dark music)
- [Ellis] All clear.
- You were out there a while.
- Yeah, I went to go check
and make sure
everything was safe,
you know, and that you're safe.
And that there was no
feral woodsman out there.
- Okay, I saw something, I
swear he couldn't have gotten-
- I hear you.
Viv, everything is fine, okay?
I'm safe. You're safe.
There's nothing
out there, all right?
I'm tired. I need to go wash up.
- Your hand's bleeding.
- Oh, this thing? Ah, I
just fell into a thorn bush.
It's nothing.
Also, your Bible should
be on your nightstand.
So if your memory's coming
back, your faith should follow.
(eerie music)
(dark music)
(eerie music)
Howdy.
- Hey.
What's on your mind, kiddo?
- Where do I start?
- Do you remember
the boat incident?
- I don't really
know what I remember.
- Well, you were missing, and
I couldn't find you anywhere,
I almost called the cops.
But, I ended up
looking out the window
and I saw this boat in
the middle of the lake,
so I paddled out to it,
and there you were,
calm as ever, too.
And you said to me,
"Hey, sir,
do you know where I am?"
Can you help me?
I think I'm lost."
And I was like,
no kidding, you're lost.
- It must be
scary when that happens,
when I forget and stuff.
I wish I didn't.
I want to feel
normal, be normal.
(fire flaring)
I don't even know who Vivian is.
I feel insane, actually insane.
Like, I, I,
I'm not even a person.
Like I,
like I'm just this mess
with everything that
you've told me about me.
I just, I feel
wrong.
Do you know what I'm saying?
- I do.
And I'm sorry, Viv, I really am.
Seriously, you don't deserve
to go through that at all.
But,
are there any other
questions you want to ask me
that could help you?
- Okay, where did you grow up?
- Right here in the boonies.
I went to St. Michael's Boys
School, didn't go to college.
And even with all the
missionary trips and whatnot,
I still had a hard time
finding my purpose,
and that is until God let me
know that you were my purpose.
So, I adopted you,
and here we are.
- And what do
you do for work now?
- Taxidermy. (laughing)
- You know, before in the woods,
I know that it probably
didn't happen.
I just, something's
just not making sense.
I'm confused
because earlier you said-
- Oh shit, the rice.
I'm sorry. Let's talk
about this inside, okay?
- Okay.
(eerie music)
- Oh, this is a good one.
- I, I remember this a little.
Do we watch this a lot?
- Every now and then.
I would love to
just get one of them.
- I don't get it.
- What?
- I mean, a lot prettier
there than they are up there.
- That's true.
- So why do you kill them
and then turn
them into a trophy?
- Think of them as reminders.
- A reminder that you shot them?
- No, a reminder
of their sacrifice.
- Okay well, why not just
get the animal at the store?
Why do you to kill it?
- The hunt.
- The hunt?
- There's nothing like
it. Man versus beast.
- Beast. This beast?
- No. Gosh, no.
I mean, that is a trophy, yes,
but there is nothing challenging
about killing a deer.
I'm talking apex predator
versus apex predator.
- And where does one
find an apex predator?
- Peru.
- When did you go to Peru?
- Before.
- Before what?
- Oh, you're missing it.
- I thought you had work today.
Why were you in the woods?
- Called off.
- I'm gonna go to bed.
- Goodnight.
(Ellis huffing)
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(Ellis grunting)
(dark music)
(Ellis breathing heavily)
(heavy breathing continues)
(high-tension music)
(footsteps)
(dark music)
(dark music)
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(high-tension music)
(tense music continues)
- Wake up.
(Vivian gasping)
(dark music)
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(dark music)
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- Everything all right, kiddo?
- Yeah. Yeah,
just studying up but,
you just scared me, that's all.
Did you get anything good?
- Hm?
- The store.
- What?
- The, the grocery store.
You were,
you were gone for a while.
- Oh, yeah.
Lots of stuff.
- What's that?
- Oh,
dry cleaning.
Yeah.
I'm gonna go get some rest.
You should too.
We've got a big day tomorrow.
(mysterious music)
(mysterious music)
(knocking on door)
Hey Vivvy, I'm all rested up
and I'm about
to go watch a movie.
Do you want to join?
- No, I'm not feeling too well.
I think I'm
just gonna go to bed.
- [Ellis] You're not feeling
well? Are you all right?
- [Ellis] Just a headache?
That could have
been from when you fell.
I should come check it out.
- No, no.
I'm really all right.
I think I'm, I'm thinking
I'm just gonna go to bed.
- Are you sure?
- Positive.
- [Ellis] You're okay?
- Promise.
- [Ellis] All right.
Okay.
- [Ellis] Okay.
(Ellis laughing)
(Ellis laughing)
- [News Reporter] This morning,
Michigan State Forensics (Ellis laughing)
confirmed the body as 27
year old Humphrey Alexander,
who has been wanted for a
series of violent carjackings,
as well as being
(heart beating)
the lead suspect
for the other two bodies
found this year.
(floor creaking)
Alexander now makes the
third body found (muffled).
(heart beating)
(tense music)
- ...a single gunshot wound.
There were traces of
(Ellis laughing)
formalin and turpentine
found in Alexander's system.
For those watching at home,
those are chemicals
commonly used in taxidermy.
(reporter indistinct)
(Ellis laughing)
(tense music)
(lock beeping)
(lock beeping)
- Five.
(reporter indistinct)
(tense music)
(door closing)
(dark music)
- No mold.
(mysterious music)
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- [Ellis] Vivvy?
Is that you?
(dark music continues)
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(music fading)
(banging)
(tense music)
(eerie music)
- Yeah.
Yeah, like three hours-ish.
(eerie music)
(eerie music)
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(muffled speaking)
(eerie music)
(mysterious music)
(mysterious music continues)
(mysterious music continues)
- Oh,
are you bringing me
lemonade on your birthday?
Okay, I'll take it.
- Birthday?
- Yeah.
Yesterday I said get some rest,
we got a big day tomorrow.
That's what I meant.
All right.
(sighing) Dear Lord.
- I got it.
- Okay.
- Dear Lord,
thank you for
returning me to my father,
for showing me the way.
"And the devil who deceived them
was thrown into the lake
of fire and brimstone,
where the beast and
false prophet lay also,
and they will be tortured day
and night, forever and ever."
Revelations
chapter 20, verse 10.
Amen.
- Amen.
Happy birthday.
- [Vivian] You didn't have to.
- [Ellis] Hope you like them.
(ominous music)
- Thank you.
I love them.
(eerie music)
- Cheers.
(eerie music)
It's not bad.
Not as good as mine, but
it's pretty good. (laughing)
- Whatever you say.
(ominous music)
(Ellis clearing his throat)
(ominous music continues)
- What did you,
what'd you put in this lemonade?
(Ellis coughing)
(ominous music)
(ominous music building)
(ominous music continues)
(high-tension music)
(high-tension music)
- Fuck!
(Vivian screaming)
It's okay, it's all right,
I'm gonna get
you out of here, okay?
Just breathe.
- Please get me out.
Please get me out.
- I will, I will.
I can't, I can't.
- But I just need you,
I need you to be quiet.
Okay. Just breathe.
(leech growling)
- No, no, no, no, no.
- No no no, please please,
it's okay, it's okay.
(leech growling)
(leech growling)
(tense music)
- Yeah.
Yeah, like three hours-ish.
I know. I know.
I miss you too, mama.
(Ellis whistling)
- [Ellis] Penny?
(tense music)
- Mom, I'm not, I'm not getting
the best service out here,
so I'll, I'll just call you
back when I get to the dorms.
Sound good?
(Ellis whistling)
- [Ellis] Penelope?
(dark music)
- I will, I promise.
Love you, too.
Bye.
(dark music)
(car passing)
(gun firing)
(dark music)
(Penny screaming)
(Ellis whistling)
(car passing)
(Penny groaning)
(dark music)
- Fuck!
(car dinging)
Help, please!
(dark music)
(Vivian crying)
- [Ellis] Hey get back,
you can have the dead one.
- Please.
Call an ambulance, please.
- You broke her.
- No she came
out of nowhere please!
(dramatic music)
- But God's delivered me spare.
- What?
(dark music)
- Okay, so I have this tool here
that I'm gonna use to cut
off part of your leg, okay?
But I can only use this
to get down to the bone.
Once we get down to the bone,
Just breathe. Everything's
gonna be all right, okay?
Okay.
(Vivian screaming)
(Ellis grunting)
Stop moving.
Don't worry.
They always grow back.
(leech growling)
Why do you have to
be so difficult, huh?
You don't even
deserve to be here.
He brought you here to
me to serve a purpose.
But now
you want to be difficult?
I can challenge you too,
and you will get no food.
The only reason you have
food is because of me.
Bring her back!
(ominous music)
(dark music continues)
(dark music continues)
(dark music continues)
- Hello?
Who's there?
- [Leech] Stop.
I don't have much
control these days.
- What are you?
- I watched over man.
hey would bring
me their offerings.
In return, I would raise their
oved ones from the dead.
- Why are you here?
Not here,
I mean in Ellis's attic?
- Throw that back.
- I, I,
I don't really want to.
Why are you in Ellis's attic?
- He found me,
brought me back
to this unholy land.
He clipped my wings.
Defiled me.
You were eating
that girl, in the woods.
I saw you.
- Penny?
Lies, lies, lies.
I was never meant to
taste the blood of man.
The blood corrupts.
- Why are
you showing me all this?
Why are you helping me?
- I can only
speak to you in here,
in my mind.
Out there, I'm
nothing but an impulse.
If I help you,
you must free me
of this purgatory.
You must stop me,
end me.
- How?
- You've reveled in many dances.
I've watched them all
from behind my chains.
You must break my shackles,
and I will put
an end to all this.
But, when I am done,
you must adhere to our deal,
or I'm afraid I shall
rip you limb from limb.
I can do that.
But many dances,
have we done this before?
- Your time is up.
- No, no.
I, I have more questions.
In the attic, the obituaries,
the missing
posters, the dates on them.
I, I've been gone for-
- Yes.
Your blood is sweet and eager.
Stay with me child.
You would drain so smoothly.
(Vivian screaming)
(Vivian gasping)
- [Chuck] No,
no, no. No, no, no.
- Please, come on please
I need you to be quiet.
Shh shh shh.
- Screaming
always annoyed me, too.
(Vivian grunting)
(dire music)
(dark music continues)
There she is.
Let's skip this part.
- What is this?
Ellis, I don't know what you
want, but please just don't.
- Just, just,
just, just let me go.
I won't tell
anyone, I swear. Correct.
Ah,
I suppose you're trying to
claw through those knots, huh?
- How did you?
- It ain't
our first rodeo, kiddo.
It's almost time.
I see you've gotten
acquainted with my buddy here.
(leech snarling)
(Ellis barking)
I like to tease
it before it eats.
Makes it more excited
for its main course. Hmm.
(Ellis whistling)
(ominous music)
Ah, 2009.
That was a good one.
That was during a recession
and the gas prices were crazy,
so I had to make
sure I used every drop.
Had to make it count.
- [Vivian] I don't understand.
- Oh, you will.
Hey, kiddo.
Happy eight year annversary.
(dissonant music)
Why are you so sleepy?
Lemonade trick didn't
work this year, huh Vivvy?
Well, I know just
how to wake you up.
- Turn it off.
- Are you kidding?
This is the best part.
Okay.
Love you Viv.
(Vivian screaming)
Shaking anything loose?
- You're sick.
- No, not sick. Chosen.
- Chosen?
I've always been this way.
Couldn't control the
killing, but God killed.
He killed a lot.
I mean, I'm sure you
read the Old Testament.
- You're insane.
Don't you see? He chose me.
I mean, how is it that a man
who can't stop
killing finds a creature
who can resurrect someone?
I mean, an angel was delivered
to me, but it's a gift.
It's a gift from him to me,
as well as you.
You should be thankful.
- Thankful?
- Yes.
- Thankful for what?
- Yes, thankful.
By killing you,
I save hundreds of lives.
Think about it.
Each time I kill
you, there's some girl
walking late at night
who gets to make it home.
There's some hitchhiker
who catches another ride.
I mean, you are a martyr.
You're a fucking martyr.
He gave you purpose,
that is a privilege.
- And how do you justify him?
- Oh, Chuck?
I mean, somebody's gotta
feed the fucking thing.
I need it to have enough
energy so I can bring you back.
It's important.
- I'm going to kill you.
- Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
You're going to kill me.
I know Viv, I know, you've
told me countless times.
I know.
But I gotta tell you,
you're not a good finisher.
Hey, hey, hey.
Save your breath.
You'll need it.
Breathe, okay?
I'll be right back.
(dire music)
Don't go anywhere.
(dark rock music)
- Ellis, please!
No, please.
Please!
Help please.
Please no!
Please please please.
No God.
Ellis, please.
(dark rock music)
(rock music continues)
(rock music continues)
(rock music continues)
(striking match)
(flames burning)
(flames burning)
(flames burning)
(dire music)
- Vivian!
(high-tension music)
(high-tension music)
(Ellis whistling)
(gun firing)
(dark music)
- It's okay.
Just bird shot,
pellet to the flesh.
You're okay. You're okay.
(Vivian gasping)
(Vivian yelping)
- This is buckshot.
Get in.
- What?
- In the hole.
(ominous music)
- You'll have to kill me.
- I plan on it.
I want it slow.
Why must you ruin everything?
- I am not your toy.
- Okay, I commend you
on making it this far.
You made it further than-
- Penny?
- [Ellis] How do you know that?
- The leech showed me.
- You're lying,
you saw that in the attic.
It doesn't matter.
The beast is burning
in its box as we speak.
Now, get in the hole, or
I will blast your legs off
and throw you in there myself.
- Do your worst.
- You know I lie?
(dire music)
About the hunt.
It's the eyes.
There's always this look of,
of primal fear and desperation.
But before that,
before that (yelling)
before that,
there's a final push.
But you don't have that look.
So tell me,
what's your final push?
- I already did it.
(leech growling)
(leech roaring)
(dire music)
(leech roaring)
(dire music continues)
(leech roaring)
(dire music continues)
(Ellis screaming)
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
- [Ellis] I am the blade of God.
I am death incarnate.
I am the apex-
(gun firing)
(leech growling)
(gun firing)
(dark music)
(music fading)
(wind blowing)
(soft music)
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(dark music)
- (huffing) I know.
Yes, yes, yes.
You're going to kill me.
You've told me
that countless times.
But I gotta tell you,
you're not a good finisher.
Do you know
what your problem is?
Why you can't kill me?
You lack experience.
You see, each time I bludgeon,
maim or break you, I'm learning.
I'm perfecting my craft.
Kiddo, I could teach a
course on all the ways
I have peeled the flesh
off your little bones.
Do you see these hands?
The things I have done,
plan to do with them.
Tonight will be no different.
These hands will carve the new
word of God into your flesh.
His scripture will be
etched into your bones.
I am but a tool for our Lord,
his sharpest instrument.
I'm the blade of God.
Christ died and came back once
and they worship
him 2000 years later.
They will remember Ellis Greene
and how I defied nature,
how I hunted and harnessed
an angel of our Lord.
How I painted a magna opus
of implanted
memories and human flesh.
They will remember how despite
my angel wiping your memory,
you felt God's
unwavering light in me,
and like a moth to a flame
found yourself in this
chair every single time!
(dramatic music)
All the doubters,
all the sinners,
all the false prophets will
climb out of their holes,
and weep at my
feet for forgiveness
when they too see this light.
When they see
that God looms over me
whispering sweet and savory
secrets into my obedient ears.
He guides my hand
like they were his own.
And when they see this,
they will come to know
what it means
to truly be special.
What it means to be chosen.
What it means to be
touched by greatness.
They will see this second
coming and think it's Christ,
but it will not be,
no, it will be a light,
a new light that burns
in the awesome
power of God's justice.
When they see this
they will come to know
how grossly wrong
they have been about me.
(tense music)
These tapes
will be a new gospel.
They will sing praises and hymns
of your repeat destruction.
Tonight is your good Friday,
but there will
be no resurrection.
No, I am not
burying you with the beast
for you to be
sprouted up again next year.
No.
Tonight
will be special.
Tonight I am
going to take my time
and find my new toy by sunrise.
(dark music)
By sunrise.
(Ellis huffing)
(dark music)
By sunrise.
(dark music)
(distorted static)
(eerie music)
(eerie music continues)
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(car running)
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(tense music)
(tense music)
- Hey, where you headed?
- How far you going?
- Crestpoint.
- Works for me.
- All right, man.
(glove compartment closing)
(door closing)
(tense music)
(dark music)
(dark music continues)
(eerie music)
- Name's Chuck.
- People call me Hump.
- Hump, like,
like humpback whale?
Or like, like hump day?
- Yeah.
(eerie music)
- Hump, though.
I like it, I like it.
(eerie music)
(car running)
(eerie music)
(eerie music continues)
(eerie music continues)
(eerie music continues)
(music fading)
Last one.
Suit yourself, man.
(car running)
(eerie music)
- What's ya packing?
- Sorry?
- Your piece.
- Colt 1911.
(tense music)
Fuck, did you see that?
- Why are we stopping?
- There's a woman in
the middle of the road.
Stay in the car, okay?
(eerie music)
(eerie music)
(tense music)
- [Humphrey] You see anything?
- Nah.
- [Humphrey] I'm gonna go piss.
- [Chuck] Okay.
(door closing)
(tense music)
(tense music continues)
- Yo.
I think I see her. Come here.
(gun firing)
(Hump groaning)
(Hump screaming)
- Hump?
(Hump groaning)
(dark piano music)
Fuck!
(dark piano music)
(door closing)
(tense music)
Keys.
(dark music)
(eerie music)
(leech growling)
(Chuck screaming)
(ominous music)
(Chuck screaming)
(ominous music)
(eerie music)
(thunder rumbling)
- Help me.
(tense music)
(tense music)
Help,
help,
(eerie music)
(thunder rumbling)
(dark music)
Hey, help me.
Please,
please.
- Hey, you all right?
Can you hear me?
You okay?
(eerie music)
(soft music)
(soft music)
She is risen!
- Who are you?
Where am I? (crying)
- It's okay. It's okay.
I'm not gonna harm you.
You're safe, okay?
Here, here,
let me show you something.
Okay?
- Is that it?
- I think we're good.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I think I got, all right.
- Come on.
- Good. Okay.
Hey, Vivvy. Hey, kiddo.
If you're watching this,
that means it happened again.
- First things first,
your name's Vivian Greene.
- And I'm Ellis. Ellis
Green, I'm your dad.
- You were in a car
accident a few months ago
and hit your head pretty hard.
And now in moments of stress,
we have episodes of amnesia.
I, I know it's
confusing and scary,
but it never
lasts longer than a week.
- Yeah.
- And I'll be here to help
you sort everything out, okay?
All right. I love you.
- I love you.
- All right.
So,
did, did that help?
- A little.
- Listen, if calling me
Dad is too much right now,
you can just
call me Ellis, okay?
- Okay. Nice to
meet you again, Ellis.
- Nice to meet you too, Vivian.
How about a tour of the house?
I'm sure that'll help.
Yeah?
- All right.
- All right. Come on.
(soft electronic music)
(soft music continues)
Shaking anything loose?
- A little.
- Okay.
(soft music continues)
(soft music continues)
- I remember him.
- Yeah yeah,
I know you don't like it.
(soft music)
- Okay.
That's the bathroom.
- That's right.
- [Vivian] And uh, the kitchen.
- [Ellis] Mm-hm.
- [Vivian] And up here is-
- Is off limits, mold
like you wouldn't believe.
I even tried gutting the room.
So the last thing we need
is you walking in there
and falling through.
- Mold?
- Black mold, nasty business.
Let's get you ready for bed.
- So a car accident? That's
why I can't remember?
(dark music)
- Yeah,
it was a bad one too.
- Huh.
Ellis, did anyone else get hurt?
- How about we talk about
this tomorrow, all right?
Just, just get some rest.
(dark music)
(leech roaring)
- Hello?
Ellis?
(leech roaring)
(dark music)
(ominous music)
(Vivian gasping)
(owl hooting)
(dark music)
(owl hooting)
(eerie music)
Hey,
wait.
(eerie music)
(eerie music)
(eerie music)
(eerie music)
(Vivian gasping)
- Run!
(Vivian gasping)
(Vivian screaming)
(knocking on door)
- [Ellis]
Everything all right, kiddo?
- Yeah, everything's fine.
Just, just a bad dream.
- [Ellis] All right well, I
just picked some blueberries,
so I'm gonna make
some blueberry muffins.
(faint footsteps)
(eerie music)
(eerie music)
Would you like to say, grace?
- I just
remembered my name yesterday.
I don't really think I know how.
- I got you. I'll start, okay?
All right.
Dear Lord, thank you for
delivering my Vivian back to me.
Thank you for
your constant guidance.
(eerie music)
Then the soldiers
of the governor
took Jesus into the Praetorium
and gathered the whole
Roman cohort around him,
and they stripped him
and put a scarlet robe on him.
And after twisting together
the crown of thorns,
they put it on his head, and
a reed in his right hand.
And they knelt
before him, mocking him,
saying, all hail,
the King of the Jews.
Mark, chapter 15
verses 16 through 20.
Amen.
(bird cawing)
How are they?
- Good.
- Yeah?
- Mm-hm.
- So, I'm thinking, we
already have some blueberries,
maybe we could
plant some strawberries.
- Sounds nice.
- Well, yeah.
- Ellis,
I had a dream last
night, I saw a woman.
I was wondering if, you
know, she lives around here.
- Oh, what does she look like?
- She was in a white
dress, brown hair I think.
- Hm.
- What?
- Maybe your accident
caused some hallucinations,
you know, from the head trauma?
- Yeah. Yeah, maybe.
I mean this morning I woke up,
I thought my
legs were covered in-
Anyway, does she live nearby?
I can't just hallucinate
someone I've never met, right?
(Ellis exhaling)
Ellis?
- I didn't want to
talk to you about this
until you got your bearings.
You know, you're recovering
and everything like that, so.
- [Vivian] Tell me about what?
- Your accident was caused by
a woman who ran onto the road
and you swerved and hit a tree.
- Oh.
(eerie music)
Well,
where is she?
I'd love to talk to her
if it can jog my memory.
- I don't think
that'll be possible.
- Why not? I mean,
she caused my accident.
The least she can do is-
- You hit her kiddo.
- Oh.
Was she okay?
- She didn't make it.
But, it's not your fault.
There's nothing you could
have done, all right?
You gonna be all right?
- Yeah, just need a minute.
- Well, I'm gonna head out
and get ready for work.
Don't wander off, all right?
- Yeah.
(water washing)
(bird cawing)
(ominous music)
(soft music)
(dark music)
(dark music continues)
(tense music)
(insects buzzing)
(leech growling)
- Whoa, whoa. Hey, what's wrong?
No, there's
a man in the woods and,
and, and I think a woman's
with him,
I think she's dead.
- Let's just go home.
- I'll show you.
I swear it's over
here, I'll show you.
No, no, no. Listen, listen.
I'll show you.
- Let me get you home first
and I'll go look myself.
- No, they, no, I'm not
lying, I'm not lying.
- We're going home.
Listen, I'm sorry for yelling.
Just let me get
you home first, okay?
And I'll go look
myself. Come on, come on.
We're good, we're good.
(eerie music)
(leech growling)
(dark music)
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(soft music)
(soft music)
(eerie music)
(music fading)
(soft music)
(soft music)
(dark music)
- [Ellis] All clear.
- You were out there a while.
- Yeah, I went to go check
and make sure
everything was safe,
you know, and that you're safe.
And that there was no
feral woodsman out there.
- Okay, I saw something, I
swear he couldn't have gotten-
- I hear you.
Viv, everything is fine, okay?
I'm safe. You're safe.
There's nothing
out there, all right?
I'm tired. I need to go wash up.
- Your hand's bleeding.
- Oh, this thing? Ah, I
just fell into a thorn bush.
It's nothing.
Also, your Bible should
be on your nightstand.
So if your memory's coming
back, your faith should follow.
(eerie music)
(dark music)
(eerie music)
Howdy.
- Hey.
What's on your mind, kiddo?
- Where do I start?
- Do you remember
the boat incident?
- I don't really
know what I remember.
- Well, you were missing, and
I couldn't find you anywhere,
I almost called the cops.
But, I ended up
looking out the window
and I saw this boat in
the middle of the lake,
so I paddled out to it,
and there you were,
calm as ever, too.
And you said to me,
"Hey, sir,
do you know where I am?"
Can you help me?
I think I'm lost."
And I was like,
no kidding, you're lost.
- It must be
scary when that happens,
when I forget and stuff.
I wish I didn't.
I want to feel
normal, be normal.
(fire flaring)
I don't even know who Vivian is.
I feel insane, actually insane.
Like, I, I,
I'm not even a person.
Like I,
like I'm just this mess
with everything that
you've told me about me.
I just, I feel
wrong.
Do you know what I'm saying?
- I do.
And I'm sorry, Viv, I really am.
Seriously, you don't deserve
to go through that at all.
But,
are there any other
questions you want to ask me
that could help you?
- Okay, where did you grow up?
- Right here in the boonies.
I went to St. Michael's Boys
School, didn't go to college.
And even with all the
missionary trips and whatnot,
I still had a hard time
finding my purpose,
and that is until God let me
know that you were my purpose.
So, I adopted you,
and here we are.
- And what do
you do for work now?
- Taxidermy. (laughing)
- You know, before in the woods,
I know that it probably
didn't happen.
I just, something's
just not making sense.
I'm confused
because earlier you said-
- Oh shit, the rice.
I'm sorry. Let's talk
about this inside, okay?
- Okay.
(eerie music)
- Oh, this is a good one.
- I, I remember this a little.
Do we watch this a lot?
- Every now and then.
I would love to
just get one of them.
- I don't get it.
- What?
- I mean, a lot prettier
there than they are up there.
- That's true.
- So why do you kill them
and then turn
them into a trophy?
- Think of them as reminders.
- A reminder that you shot them?
- No, a reminder
of their sacrifice.
- Okay well, why not just
get the animal at the store?
Why do you to kill it?
- The hunt.
- The hunt?
- There's nothing like
it. Man versus beast.
- Beast. This beast?
- No. Gosh, no.
I mean, that is a trophy, yes,
but there is nothing challenging
about killing a deer.
I'm talking apex predator
versus apex predator.
- And where does one
find an apex predator?
- Peru.
- When did you go to Peru?
- Before.
- Before what?
- Oh, you're missing it.
- I thought you had work today.
Why were you in the woods?
- Called off.
- I'm gonna go to bed.
- Goodnight.
(Ellis huffing)
(eerie music)
(eerie music)
(eerie music)
(eerie music continues)
(eerie music)
(Ellis grunting)
(dark music)
(Ellis breathing heavily)
(heavy breathing continues)
(high-tension music)
(footsteps)
(dark music)
(dark music)
(dark music continues)
(high-tension music)
(tense music continues)
- Wake up.
(Vivian gasping)
(dark music)
(dark music)
(dark music)
(tense music)
(tense music)
(tense music continues)
(tense music continues)
(tense music continues)
(tense music continues)
(tense music continues)
(tense music continues)
- Everything all right, kiddo?
- Yeah. Yeah,
just studying up but,
you just scared me, that's all.
Did you get anything good?
- Hm?
- The store.
- What?
- The, the grocery store.
You were,
you were gone for a while.
- Oh, yeah.
Lots of stuff.
- What's that?
- Oh,
dry cleaning.
Yeah.
I'm gonna go get some rest.
You should too.
We've got a big day tomorrow.
(mysterious music)
(mysterious music)
(knocking on door)
Hey Vivvy, I'm all rested up
and I'm about
to go watch a movie.
Do you want to join?
- No, I'm not feeling too well.
I think I'm
just gonna go to bed.
- [Ellis] You're not feeling
well? Are you all right?
- [Ellis] Just a headache?
That could have
been from when you fell.
I should come check it out.
- No, no.
I'm really all right.
I think I'm, I'm thinking
I'm just gonna go to bed.
- Are you sure?
- Positive.
- [Ellis] You're okay?
- Promise.
- [Ellis] All right.
Okay.
- [Ellis] Okay.
(Ellis laughing)
(Ellis laughing)
- [News Reporter] This morning,
Michigan State Forensics (Ellis laughing)
confirmed the body as 27
year old Humphrey Alexander,
who has been wanted for a
series of violent carjackings,
as well as being
(heart beating)
the lead suspect
for the other two bodies
found this year.
(floor creaking)
Alexander now makes the
third body found (muffled).
(heart beating)
(tense music)
- ...a single gunshot wound.
There were traces of
(Ellis laughing)
formalin and turpentine
found in Alexander's system.
For those watching at home,
those are chemicals
commonly used in taxidermy.
(reporter indistinct)
(Ellis laughing)
(tense music)
(lock beeping)
(lock beeping)
- Five.
(reporter indistinct)
(tense music)
(door closing)
(dark music)
- No mold.
(mysterious music)
(dark music continues)
(dark music continues)
(dark music continues)
(dark music continues)
- [Ellis] Vivvy?
Is that you?
(dark music continues)
(dark music continues)
(dark music continues)
(dark music continues)
(dark music continues)
(dark music continues)
(dark music continues)
(dark music continues)
(music fading)
(banging)
(tense music)
(eerie music)
- Yeah.
Yeah, like three hours-ish.
(eerie music)
(eerie music)
(eerie music continues)
(muffled speaking)
(eerie music)
(mysterious music)
(mysterious music continues)
(mysterious music continues)
- Oh,
are you bringing me
lemonade on your birthday?
Okay, I'll take it.
- Birthday?
- Yeah.
Yesterday I said get some rest,
we got a big day tomorrow.
That's what I meant.
All right.
(sighing) Dear Lord.
- I got it.
- Okay.
- Dear Lord,
thank you for
returning me to my father,
for showing me the way.
"And the devil who deceived them
was thrown into the lake
of fire and brimstone,
where the beast and
false prophet lay also,
and they will be tortured day
and night, forever and ever."
Revelations
chapter 20, verse 10.
Amen.
- Amen.
Happy birthday.
- [Vivian] You didn't have to.
- [Ellis] Hope you like them.
(ominous music)
- Thank you.
I love them.
(eerie music)
- Cheers.
(eerie music)
It's not bad.
Not as good as mine, but
it's pretty good. (laughing)
- Whatever you say.
(ominous music)
(Ellis clearing his throat)
(ominous music continues)
- What did you,
what'd you put in this lemonade?
(Ellis coughing)
(ominous music)
(ominous music building)
(ominous music continues)
(high-tension music)
(high-tension music)
- Fuck!
(Vivian screaming)
It's okay, it's all right,
I'm gonna get
you out of here, okay?
Just breathe.
- Please get me out.
Please get me out.
- I will, I will.
I can't, I can't.
- But I just need you,
I need you to be quiet.
Okay. Just breathe.
(leech growling)
- No, no, no, no, no.
- No no no, please please,
it's okay, it's okay.
(leech growling)
(leech growling)
(tense music)
- Yeah.
Yeah, like three hours-ish.
I know. I know.
I miss you too, mama.
(Ellis whistling)
- [Ellis] Penny?
(tense music)
- Mom, I'm not, I'm not getting
the best service out here,
so I'll, I'll just call you
back when I get to the dorms.
Sound good?
(Ellis whistling)
- [Ellis] Penelope?
(dark music)
- I will, I promise.
Love you, too.
Bye.
(dark music)
(car passing)
(gun firing)
(dark music)
(Penny screaming)
(Ellis whistling)
(car passing)
(Penny groaning)
(dark music)
- Fuck!
(car dinging)
Help, please!
(dark music)
(Vivian crying)
- [Ellis] Hey get back,
you can have the dead one.
- Please.
Call an ambulance, please.
- You broke her.
- No she came
out of nowhere please!
(dramatic music)
- But God's delivered me spare.
- What?
(dark music)
- Okay, so I have this tool here
that I'm gonna use to cut
off part of your leg, okay?
But I can only use this
to get down to the bone.
Once we get down to the bone,
Just breathe. Everything's
gonna be all right, okay?
Okay.
(Vivian screaming)
(Ellis grunting)
Stop moving.
Don't worry.
They always grow back.
(leech growling)
Why do you have to
be so difficult, huh?
You don't even
deserve to be here.
He brought you here to
me to serve a purpose.
But now
you want to be difficult?
I can challenge you too,
and you will get no food.
The only reason you have
food is because of me.
Bring her back!
(ominous music)
(dark music continues)
(dark music continues)
(dark music continues)
- Hello?
Who's there?
- [Leech] Stop.
I don't have much
control these days.
- What are you?
- I watched over man.
hey would bring
me their offerings.
In return, I would raise their
oved ones from the dead.
- Why are you here?
Not here,
I mean in Ellis's attic?
- Throw that back.
- I, I,
I don't really want to.
Why are you in Ellis's attic?
- He found me,
brought me back
to this unholy land.
He clipped my wings.
Defiled me.
You were eating
that girl, in the woods.
I saw you.
- Penny?
Lies, lies, lies.
I was never meant to
taste the blood of man.
The blood corrupts.
- Why are
you showing me all this?
Why are you helping me?
- I can only
speak to you in here,
in my mind.
Out there, I'm
nothing but an impulse.
If I help you,
you must free me
of this purgatory.
You must stop me,
end me.
- How?
- You've reveled in many dances.
I've watched them all
from behind my chains.
You must break my shackles,
and I will put
an end to all this.
But, when I am done,
you must adhere to our deal,
or I'm afraid I shall
rip you limb from limb.
I can do that.
But many dances,
have we done this before?
- Your time is up.
- No, no.
I, I have more questions.
In the attic, the obituaries,
the missing
posters, the dates on them.
I, I've been gone for-
- Yes.
Your blood is sweet and eager.
Stay with me child.
You would drain so smoothly.
(Vivian screaming)
(Vivian gasping)
- [Chuck] No,
no, no. No, no, no.
- Please, come on please
I need you to be quiet.
Shh shh shh.
- Screaming
always annoyed me, too.
(Vivian grunting)
(dire music)
(dark music continues)
There she is.
Let's skip this part.
- What is this?
Ellis, I don't know what you
want, but please just don't.
- Just, just,
just, just let me go.
I won't tell
anyone, I swear. Correct.
Ah,
I suppose you're trying to
claw through those knots, huh?
- How did you?
- It ain't
our first rodeo, kiddo.
It's almost time.
I see you've gotten
acquainted with my buddy here.
(leech snarling)
(Ellis barking)
I like to tease
it before it eats.
Makes it more excited
for its main course. Hmm.
(Ellis whistling)
(ominous music)
Ah, 2009.
That was a good one.
That was during a recession
and the gas prices were crazy,
so I had to make
sure I used every drop.
Had to make it count.
- [Vivian] I don't understand.
- Oh, you will.
Hey, kiddo.
Happy eight year annversary.
(dissonant music)
Why are you so sleepy?
Lemonade trick didn't
work this year, huh Vivvy?
Well, I know just
how to wake you up.
- Turn it off.
- Are you kidding?
This is the best part.
Okay.
Love you Viv.
(Vivian screaming)
Shaking anything loose?
- You're sick.
- No, not sick. Chosen.
- Chosen?
I've always been this way.
Couldn't control the
killing, but God killed.
He killed a lot.
I mean, I'm sure you
read the Old Testament.
- You're insane.
Don't you see? He chose me.
I mean, how is it that a man
who can't stop
killing finds a creature
who can resurrect someone?
I mean, an angel was delivered
to me, but it's a gift.
It's a gift from him to me,
as well as you.
You should be thankful.
- Thankful?
- Yes.
- Thankful for what?
- Yes, thankful.
By killing you,
I save hundreds of lives.
Think about it.
Each time I kill
you, there's some girl
walking late at night
who gets to make it home.
There's some hitchhiker
who catches another ride.
I mean, you are a martyr.
You're a fucking martyr.
He gave you purpose,
that is a privilege.
- And how do you justify him?
- Oh, Chuck?
I mean, somebody's gotta
feed the fucking thing.
I need it to have enough
energy so I can bring you back.
It's important.
- I'm going to kill you.
- Oh, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
You're going to kill me.
I know Viv, I know, you've
told me countless times.
I know.
But I gotta tell you,
you're not a good finisher.
Hey, hey, hey.
Save your breath.
You'll need it.
Breathe, okay?
I'll be right back.
(dire music)
Don't go anywhere.
(dark rock music)
- Ellis, please!
No, please.
Please!
Help please.
Please no!
Please please please.
No God.
Ellis, please.
(dark rock music)
(rock music continues)
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(striking match)
(flames burning)
(flames burning)
(flames burning)
(dire music)
- Vivian!
(high-tension music)
(high-tension music)
(Ellis whistling)
(gun firing)
(dark music)
- It's okay.
Just bird shot,
pellet to the flesh.
You're okay. You're okay.
(Vivian gasping)
(Vivian yelping)
- This is buckshot.
Get in.
- What?
- In the hole.
(ominous music)
- You'll have to kill me.
- I plan on it.
I want it slow.
Why must you ruin everything?
- I am not your toy.
- Okay, I commend you
on making it this far.
You made it further than-
- Penny?
- [Ellis] How do you know that?
- The leech showed me.
- You're lying,
you saw that in the attic.
It doesn't matter.
The beast is burning
in its box as we speak.
Now, get in the hole, or
I will blast your legs off
and throw you in there myself.
- Do your worst.
- You know I lie?
(dire music)
About the hunt.
It's the eyes.
There's always this look of,
of primal fear and desperation.
But before that,
before that (yelling)
before that,
there's a final push.
But you don't have that look.
So tell me,
what's your final push?
- I already did it.
(leech growling)
(leech roaring)
(dire music)
(leech roaring)
(dire music continues)
(leech roaring)
(dire music continues)
(Ellis screaming)
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
- [Ellis] I am the blade of God.
I am death incarnate.
I am the apex-
(gun firing)
(leech growling)
(gun firing)
(dark music)
(music fading)
(wind blowing)
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(dark music)
- (huffing) I know.
Yes, yes, yes.
You're going to kill me.
You've told me
that countless times.
But I gotta tell you,
you're not a good finisher.
Do you know
what your problem is?
Why you can't kill me?
You lack experience.
You see, each time I bludgeon,
maim or break you, I'm learning.
I'm perfecting my craft.
Kiddo, I could teach a
course on all the ways
I have peeled the flesh
off your little bones.
Do you see these hands?
The things I have done,
plan to do with them.
Tonight will be no different.
These hands will carve the new
word of God into your flesh.
His scripture will be
etched into your bones.
I am but a tool for our Lord,
his sharpest instrument.
I'm the blade of God.
Christ died and came back once
and they worship
him 2000 years later.
They will remember Ellis Greene
and how I defied nature,
how I hunted and harnessed
an angel of our Lord.
How I painted a magna opus
of implanted
memories and human flesh.
They will remember how despite
my angel wiping your memory,
you felt God's
unwavering light in me,
and like a moth to a flame
found yourself in this
chair every single time!
(dramatic music)
All the doubters,
all the sinners,
all the false prophets will
climb out of their holes,
and weep at my
feet for forgiveness
when they too see this light.
When they see
that God looms over me
whispering sweet and savory
secrets into my obedient ears.
He guides my hand
like they were his own.
And when they see this,
they will come to know
what it means
to truly be special.
What it means to be chosen.
What it means to be
touched by greatness.
They will see this second
coming and think it's Christ,
but it will not be,
no, it will be a light,
a new light that burns
in the awesome
power of God's justice.
When they see this
they will come to know
how grossly wrong
they have been about me.
(tense music)
These tapes
will be a new gospel.
They will sing praises and hymns
of your repeat destruction.
Tonight is your good Friday,
but there will
be no resurrection.
No, I am not
burying you with the beast
for you to be
sprouted up again next year.
No.
Tonight
will be special.
Tonight I am
going to take my time
and find my new toy by sunrise.
(dark music)
By sunrise.
(Ellis huffing)
(dark music)
By sunrise.
(dark music)