The Legend of Lake Hollow (2024) Movie Script
1
Will you look at this?
It does not disappoint.
What the hell was that?
Martes Pennanti I think?
Fisher Cat. That's all.
Okay.
Right.
So you found this
place from an ad.
Not a Google search?
No, some guy at the office
told me about it.
What do you think?
I think it sounds
like a work trip.
What?
We don't have WIFI here but we
do have a Bluetooth signal.
Is that your phone?
No, it's not mine.
Check this out.
It's from the trail camera
I saw outside.
Trail camera?
When we got here.
Hmm. Whoa, whoa, whoa...
What's that?
That.
What the hell's that?
Check the timestamp.
Whoever it is,
they were here last night.
That must be Dan.
Little brother.
Geology guy.
Be nice, tree hugger.
Ah... You know
you're adopted right?
You remember Shay, right?
Of course.
Whoa...whoa...
Did you tell him?
Tell me what?
Hmm... Well!
How bout that?
And, uh...
this is Laurie.
No cell service.
Is that even possible?
You mean we might have to
actually talk to each other?
Something to drink?
Water would be great.
A Cosmo for me.
Aren't you underage?
Screw that. I drink
all the time at school.
Well, this isn't college.
Okay. A beer.
Pretend.
So what are
you studying, Laurie?
I started off pre-med...
that was too hard.
So I switched
to fashion merchandising.
Now I'm kind of undeclared.
What is it that you do?
Yeah, what do you do?
I am a property assessor for
a private development company.
What does that mean?
Yeah, what does that mean?
I evaluate property
to try to determine
if it can be used
for different purposes.
Okay... so you're a Realtor?
That's cool.
-My mom does real estate.
-No...
It's not like that.
It's not real estate.
Land... I evaluate land.
I help my company
try to find land to see
if it can be used
to produce energy.
And... what kind
of energy, Mark?
Here we go.
Various...
Kinds of energy... Dan.
He works for a company that
specializes in fracking.
And he knows how much I hate it.
Oh, fracking.
Yes?
Saw the lights on.
Live a mile away.
And you are...
Al Travis.
Caretaker of this place.
Mr. Travis, I'm Mark.
This is Carson.
That's my brother Dan
and that's Shay and Laurie.
Thought it was just
the three of you.
Well, I hope it's not
going to be a problem.
I could pay more if you need.
Owner won't mind.
So you're not the owner?
I haven't seen her in years.
I open up in the spring
and I close up in the fall.
Any idea who
this is, Mr. Travis?
I thought I saw someone
here last night.
Saw lights, bonfire...
and a scream.
Didn't sound human.
Came out to have a look.
Found nothing.
Might be me stumbling on a rock.
If you need me.
You head east in the woods.
Best in the day.
Woods ain't safe at night.
Happy Halloween.
What a nut.
The woods ain't safe at night?
Well, we won't be
in the woods at night.
Is that grandma's ring?
Yeah.
You gave her grandma's ring?
Does Mom know?
Not yet.
I wanted to tell you first.
What do you think?
I think that I'm happy for you.
And there it is.
What?
The look you always gave Mom
when she bagged you in a lie.
Well, it is supposed
to be a guy's week.
Yeah, I know.
But a whole week.
I couldn't leave
school without her.
So why is Laurie here?
Laurie is Shay's best friend.
And they go everywhere together.
Just shut the hell
up and go to sleep.
It has to be a hoax.
A hoax? Out here
in the middle of nowhere?
Did you tell your friends from
school where you're going?
Uh, yeah.
Think that could
be them pranking you?
If my friends are pranking me,
they're looking
for me in Hawaii.
Creepy guy.
I bet that creepy guy from last
night is behind this.
And he said he was out here
the night before.
Yeah, setting things up.
And he's the only other human
out here for miles.
Well, I am gonna
go pay him a visit.
We can do that later.
It's prime time
for some morning fishing.
No, I'm gonna go now--
I don't want to put up
with this crap every night.
Alright, well, if you see any
more cameras out there,
just grab the pictures.
I'll go with you.
What? It's either watch him fish
or listen to these two
bang it out all day.
Well, in that case, I'll go
try and find some too.
You know, see if we have
any more surprises.
Why don't you take Dan and Shay
with you? You might go faster.
No, what? Why?
To give the bed
some time to recover.
You see the trail
cam in that tree over there?
-Mm-hmm.
-Can you download the pictures?
You betcha.
That tree is like
the perfect place to sit.
Jesus Christ.
It's called a marker tree.
A what?
A marker tree.
Native Americans used
to bend saplings
and stake them to the ground.
They'd point towards natural
resources like the spring
that we passed on the way here.
Whatever, still makes
a really nice forest chair.
So what's that?
It's a science thing.
For work?
Yeah.
Let's not tell
Dan about this.
About what?
What the hell was that?
I think it came from the other
side of the lake.
No, it came from there.
No, that was the echo.
That sounded
like a wounded coyote.
Or an animal or something.
That sound
like a coyote to you?
I don't know.
I've never seen a real one.
Just seen them in movies.
We're a long way from the cabin.
We should head back.
So how long
have you known Shay?
Since forever.
Well, kindergarten.
We're like sisters...
We fight, we make up.
We confide deep secrets.
I date her exes,
she dates mine.
Just to make sure neither
of us were wrong about them.
Don't worry, Dan's safe.
So far.
So, Carson, do you think we're
going to find anything
on those pictures?
An owl, a deer, a bear maybe?
Is somebody there?
Hey. Hey!
Jesus, where are they?
Nothing here.
It's impossible, we heard them.
What if they're like some messed
up hunters or something?
Hunters.
Yeah, like the ones
that wear the stuff
that makes them
look like shrubs.
Jesus Christ.
Might be this.
What the hell?
This can't be it.
I think it suits him.
Looks like dinner's
on the table.
Mr. Travis.
Maybe he's out planning
tonight's scare.
You're not going in there.
Maybe he needs our help.
Mr. Travis.
Holy shit.
I don't think anyone's home.
Help!
Did you hear that?
Help!
Jesus, what the hell happened?
No, no, no, don't touch me,
don't hurt me.
Take it easy, it'll be alright.
I have to get away from here.
I have to get away.
Hey, what's your name?
Grady Travis.
Al Travis?
Yeah, he's my grandfather.
They came for us last night.
-They've always left us alone.
-Who came for you?
I... I escaped,
but my grandfather...
We have to get you
to a hospital.
What?
Fuck!
God damn it!
Where do you think they went?
Whoever you are!
You crossed the line!
You crossed the goddamn line!
Do you hear me?
You don't know
who you're messing with!
9-1-1,
What is your emergency?
Hi, yes, we're in a cabin
on Lake Hollow Road.
It's the cabin right
on the lake, and our cars--
Hello? 9-1-1,
what is your emergency?
Yeah, I just told
you, we need help.
We're in a cabin
on Lake Hollow Road.
Lake Hollow Road.
Hello?
9-1-1, what is your emergency?
Will you please
trace the location
of this call and send help?
Hello?
Will you please trace this call?
We need help.
Hold on, if you can't speak,
I'm going to trace your--
Hello?
Hello?
Are you there?
Hello?
So?
Something's wrong
with the phone.
I could hear them, they couldn't
hear me and now the line's dead.
We weren't on their land.
Whose land?
They had never
bothered us before.
Who never bothered you before?
Hey! Jesus!
Where are the cars?
So?
Yeah, they're down there.
Are you serious?
How far?
Water's about 7 feet deep here,
but go out another 4 or 5 feet,
the bottom just drops out.
How much?
A lot.
They're down a good 30 feet.
Shit.
We're going to need
a crane, not a tow.
What we need is the police.
The headache kicked in yet?
Yeah.
Did you take the aspirin?
Uh, no.
It'll go away soon.
Well, you might
have a concussion.
That's why we need to get
you to a hospital.
I'm not worried about it.
Thank you, though,
for helping me.
Are you sure
your grandfather is...
Dead?
Yeah, I'm sure.
I'm so sorry.
He seemed...
Weird?
It's okay.
He was, but that's what
made him great, you know?
He was a, uh...
He was a good man.
How are you feeling?
Alright.
Glad you were there
when you were.
Me too.
Look, I went to your cabin
because I needed
to speak to your grandfather.
There's been some things
happening that we
can't quite explain.
You have a phone in your cabin?
-Yeah.
-Does it work?
It's worth a shot.
I should go with you.
I think you should stay here.
Why? You might
need some backup.
You have a lot of pictures
to go through and you might
figure out who's
behind all this.
What if it's some backwoods
maniac with an ax?
Dan, check the gun in the cabin.
Make sure it works.
We might need it
when the sun goes down.
Alright, well, if it does,
you should take it with you.
If I figure out who's behind
all this, I won't need a gun.
I'll rip their throat out.
I paid cash for that car!
Ahh!
We need to find some ammo.
I mean, what the hell
is that, Carson?
You're in school?
Small college upstate.
Boring as hell.
Mmm, hell's not boring.
How would you know?
Pluck a harp or dodge
pitchforks, you know?
Easy to imagine
which is more exciting.
Hey!
Did you see anybody out here?
No.
Who are they?
They never took us.
They always left us alone.
They, they, they.
Who the hell are they?
The... The lake people.
What people?
Dead people.
You expect us to believe that?
No.
Not yet.
9-1-1,
what is your emergency?
Hi, my name is Mark Wallace.
I'm staying in the cabin
on Lake Hollow Road.
Hello?
Is anyone there?
Yes. Hello?
I'm here.
What is your emergency?
I'm staying in Lake Hollow Road.
There's something not right.
Hello?
Can you hear me?
I can hear you.
Fuck!
Hey, hey, hey!
I just want to talk.
Can I talk to you?
It's okay.
It's okay.
No.
How many
rounds are with that?
Six.
I mean, there could be more,
but I'll have to check
when we get back.
Feel better if we had a shotgun.
Yeah, well,
this is what we got.
So, you think your picture
of the elephant
might be fake, right?
I thought it was possible.
I don't know. Somebody could
have Photoshopped it
and uploaded it to the camera.
Yeah, well, we can download
the pictures then someone
can upload them, too.
And the bitch in the window,
was she Photoshopped?
Look, Shay, all I'm saying is,
as creepy as this shit is,
I still don't believe
in monsters or dead people
walking out of the lake.
Do you think Grady
could be behind this?
Well, he's just a local
buying into the urban legend
or whatever the hell this is.
Yeah.
What about the invisible
footsteps that we heard?
Maybe a Bluetooth
speaker hidden somewhere?
Yeah. Okay.
I like this version
of things much better.
Come on.
I think this is the camera
that got the picture.
Christ, that gives
me the creeps.
Alright, Dan, I want
to find the exact spot.
Go over there, would you?
Little more.
Towards that tree there.
Alright, stop. Stop.
You're standing right in front
of where this thing was.
Well, nothing right?
Footprints!
Holy shit.
They don't go back.
What do you mean?
Look, they come out from
the brush, they cross to there,
and there, and then
they just stop.
They don't go back.
Shit!
Ooh...
Those look human.
That big one's a tibia.
That might be from a wild pig.
Well, you don't
sound very convinced.
You know, I was done with this
place when my car took a bath.
Let's hike out of here.
What do you mean hike?
Do you know how far we are
to the nearest town?
It's about 25 miles.
It'll take two days,
and we'll camp at night.
Camp?
With that thing prowling
around at night,
are you out of your mind?
Okay. Enough.
We have to stay alert.
Oh, believe me, I'm alert.
Merlot?
No, thanks.
Thinking about your grandfather?
I understand.
Do you?
Sure.
My grandfather died
when I was 10.
How'd he die?
In his sleep.
How someone dies doesn't mean
you miss them any differently.
Yeah, I didn't say that.
-No?
-I didn't imply it either.
Let's go for a swim.
We're at a cabin,
right on the lake,
and we haven't
gone swimming yet.
Do you realize how insane
you sound right now?
Dead people can't hurt you.
You saw them in the picture.
I know.
I know, that's why I'm confused.
What's there
to be confused about?
I mean, they looked real.
But?
All the things you can do these
days with digital pictures.
Fine, you wanna swim?
Go swim.
Won't believe it until one of
them bites you on the ass.
Well, if that's
what they're into.
I'd rather get
a bite on the neck.
I haven't had a trophy
in a while.
Trophy?
A hickey?
Oh, I forgot. Backwoods boy,
never seen a city.
Why do I find
naive boys so attractive?
Maybe because they
make you feel smart.
Hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey! Wait!
Hey, wait!
Wait!
What?
We're lost aren't we?
No.
Just taking the long way around.
What?
Why?
I want to stay
off the main path.
Come on.
I think we have time before
everyone gets back.
Laurie?
We're back.
Hey.
Well, I assume if you had luck
with the phones,
the police would
have been here by now.
Yeah, same thing happened.
I could hear them,
they couldn't hear me.
What are you not telling me?
I saw this kid in the woods.
Little girl.
She was soaking wet
like the people in a lake.
Hi.
Yes, hello.
This is
the state police.
It's the police.
Hello?
Yeah, I'm here.
Did you call us using 911?
Yes, I did.
We're stranded
on Lake Holloway Road,
the cabin right
there at the end.
Okay.
We need your help
to get out of here.
It's not easy with your cars
at the bottom of the lake.
What did you just say?
Who is this?
Someone who is watching you.
All of you.
What'd they say?
Well, I'd need a translator
to get into specifics,
but the basic gist
is that we're fucked.
Why is everyone yelling?
Is it a fire?
I didn't think they
had cabins over there.
Grady?
No cabins.
Ground's too steep and rocky.
Can't build.
Campers, maybe?
Maybe.
What the hell?
People.
Maybe they can help us.
Maybe... Maybe they have a car.
-Let's go.
-Hold on a minute.
The trail camera photos.
The voice on the phone.
They knew about our cars.
-Yeah, so?
-So we're being watched, Dan.
We stay here.
But what if they can help us?
And what if they're part of it?
You really think it's a good
idea to stay here?
The voice on the phone.
It started out sounding like
the police, but then it ended up
sounding like Native American
or something.
Between those things
in the lake and the cameras
and that giant horned creature?
What if
they want to kill us?
I think that these things,
whatever they are,
if they wanted to kill us,
we'd be dead already.
The phone call, the ghost girl,
the cars in the lake...
I think they just
want us to leave.
Well, it's a hike.
Let's walk out of here,
give them their wish.
Well, I'm going over there.
And Grady's coming with me.
Wait, why not me?
If they're local, Grady
might know who they are.
Grady, you want to take a boat
trip across the lake?
Alright.
Come on, help me
get the boat on water.
Hey, what's wrong?
You tell me, are you
a ghost or something?
Ghost? What are
you talking about?
What am I talking about?
You were sitting on my bed,
I go to close the shade,
and I see you out here,
I turn back to the bed,
and there you are.
Nice trick.
Don't mock me, you were
two places at once.
Wait, I've been
out here all night,
I've never been
in your bedroom.
Bullshit.
You can
get it up first.
You came out here with wine,
drank it, went back inside
to get some more,
and never came out again.
I didn't?
I figured you crashed.
Wine'll do that.
And did we have the conversation
about my hickey?
-Trophy.
-Okay, so that part was real?
I gotta go.
-After you.
- Alright.
Remember, whatever
we're dealing with
already got Grady's grandfather
so get in the cabin, lock
the door, keep the gun handy.
Right.
And make sure you don't
shoot us on the way back.
So, things are heating up
between you and Grady, huh.
I like him.
You ever seen
anything like this before?
Mm-mm.
Then who are those people?
Doesn't make any sense.
Maybe they're reenactors.
What?
Reenactors.
People who reenact history.
Maybe.
Maybe they're Native Americans
celebrating something.
It's possible.
It's possible.
Found some more bullets.
Nice.
Let me do all the talking when
we get there, okay?
Let me know
if you recognize anybody.
Yeah, you got it.
What the hell just happened?
Do you hear that?
Yeah.
They were just there.
I saw them.
Well, that's impossible.
How did they put out a fire
that size so fast?
Wha... it's one thing if I,
me alone, were hallucinating,
but everyone saw the fire.
Everyone saw the fire.
And the war dance.
You live in this goddamn place.
You and your dead people
in the lake,
and I still don't know what
the hell that's all about.
Wait, is this part of it?
Is this part of it? Huh?
Do the lake people just come
out and dance around
a ghost bonfire?
Is that it?
See, you know a lot more
than you're letting on.
You can't live here
and not know.
-Mark, you have to understand.
-No, it's not right, kid.
It's not normal.
Ever since you got here,
it's been this side
of screwed-up creepy.
Christ.
Shoot 'em.
I already fired
over their heads.
They're just standing there.
Well, hit them this time.
If they're already dead,
what good's this going to do?
Just do it.
Shoot!
Pull the trigger! Shoot!
Jesus Christ, Carson, shoot!
Pull the trigger! Go on.
Go now.
Whoa, whoa, whoa...
Jesus Christ.
Did you see him?
Did you see?
See who?
What happened?
Whoa, whoa, hey, man, watch it.
Hey.
What are you shooting at?
Those swamp things are back.
The lake people?
-Yeah.
-You shot them?
-I fired over their heads.
-They do anything?
They pointed to the woods
and I know this sounds
like I'm completely
losing my shit here,
but they whispered in my ear.
What'd they say?
They said, "Go now."
Do you know how
insane we all sound?
No, but it's real.
The chanting and the drumming
stopped as soon as we got close.
We saw the fire go out.
We saw it with our own eyes.
So did we. Right?
-Grady?
-What?
The fire went out, the chanting
stopped whenever we got close.
Right. Uh...
No fire, no people.
This is insane.
Great.
No cable either.
Cable here?
Oh, good.
How can you watch TV,
with everything going on?
The same way that Grady and
Laurie can make out on the boat.
It's called distraction.
"Murderous Killers
Running Wild."
"Kill, Kill,
Kill and Kill Again,"
"The Decapitation Diaries?"
Where the hell
did these come from?
Hannibal Lecter Movie
of the Month Club.
Where's the picture?
Did you hit play?
I'm just asking.
It's plugged into the player.
Hit play on the camera?
Run! It's the Wendigo!
What the hell was that?
Wendigo.
What do you think it means?
I have no idea.
That picture on your phone.
Shay, go tell
Laurie to come in.
She's with Grady.
She'll be fine.
Okay, just let her have her fun.
Nobody goes out tonight.
Shay?
Shay?
Shay!
Shay, you gotta check this out.
Laurie, are you up there?
I'm outside, hurry!
Laurie?
Laurie?
Laurie?
Shay, you gotta see this.
Come on.
Wait.
Shay?
Shay?
Dan?
Shay!
Dan!
Dan!
Wait, wait, wait, we shouldn't
all go out there.
-Why?
-It could be a setup.
You said it yourself,
the lake people pointed
to the woods and said, "Go."
Screw that, your brother's
in there now too.
That's why I'm gonna go.
Take this.
Shay?
Shay?
Dan?
Shay?
Oh, shit! Oh, shit! Shit!
It's me, Mark.
Did you hear that?
Yeah, I heard it.
Shit, man, what happened to you?
Looks like you went ten rounds.
Ten rounds with the woods.
No sign of them?
I heard Shay, but she was so
far in there it couldn't
make sense of the direction.
And Dan?
Well, that's just
too dark in there.
Oh, shit, is that him?
Dan!
I could hear her.
One minute, it seemed like she
was only just a few feet away.
A second later,
it seemed like a mile.
Same.
You?
Mark went looking
for you and Shay.
I could hear her from
far away...
-Then close.
-So I wasn't losing my mind.
We have to go back
out there and find her.
Dan, what we're dealing
with is... is not human.
A ghost?
Spirits, demons,
whatever they are.
We need to get out
of here right now.
And leave Shay?
Yeah, to get help,
a search team.
I can't just leave her.
You spent two hours
chasing a voice
you couldn't even
get close to.
Dan?
We seriously got to
get out of here, man.
Well, do you think
they'll let us?
Those things in the woods?
Help!
Help!
What the hell?
I'm gonna
go find them.
Help!
Help!
What happened?
They took Laurie.
Who took Laurie?
Those things in the woods.
Stop! Stop! Stop!
Where's Carson?
Following the screams?
You're going after them, right?
After I get the rifle.
You think it will help?
Are we going in?
Wendigo?
That sounds Native American.
You know anything about that?
It's probably Algonquin.
What about it?
War cries from the woods.
War drums from across the lake.
You do know what
Wendigo means...
don't you?
Okay. Look, locals say it's
some kind of spirit. Okay?
What the hell?
No, it's just a legend.
It's a spirit?
How are we supposed
to fight it off,
with a Ouija board
or something?
How's he doing?
Out like a light.
Do you think that's real?
Well, you saw the area
for yourself and you
took the photo
of the footprints.
It's one of those things that
you believe in the moment,
and then later you think
it can't be real.
When I was out there...
I saw a woman
and she was wearing
something out
of a western movie...
and then she turned...
and there was a hatchet
in the back of her head.
And then she was gone.
I don't know why that I got mad
that you and Carson
didn't want me
to go out there...
because whatever's
in those woods...
has the edge on us.
Why don't you pour
me one of those?
I wish we had
service out here.
I would find out
how to kill a demon.
And lake people?
And lake people.
And hatchet lady?
And the hatchet lady.
Carson?
Oh, shit!
Did you see Shay?
Or Laurie?
What the hell happened?
I was in the woods.
I heard something getting close
to me, but I couldn't see it
and it's so
damn dark in there.
The trail camera
flashes went off.
I was surrounded.
By who?
I could only see them for
split seconds, in the flashes.
They grabbed me.
Who's they?
I can't really describe them.
It's like they
weren't even there.
They were transparent almost.
It was a nightmare.
It was like it wasn't real,
and I was just going to wake up.
-You know?
-Where were you?
I... I don't know.
Think.
It was like a cave.
It might've been a cave.
Go get Grady.
We need to know if there's
a cave around here anywhere.
Okay, when you
went after Laurie
you were headed west,
did you keep going that way?
Maybe.
I don't know.
The things that grabbed you,
did they look
like the images
on the trail camera?
I don't know.
Did they speak?
Not in English.
In what, Native American?
"Wendigo," did you hear
that word, "Wendigo?"
No.
He's gone.
He must have
gone after Laurie.
So what's the plan?
Nothing until sunrise.
-I think we should go now.
-Now?
You want to try to find
a cave in pitch black?
It's impossible.
We'll have better luck
in daylight.
And what if that's
too late? Huh?
Walking around blind all night
isn't going to speed things up.
It's all relative.
You really can
be an asshole, man.
Your brother is an asshole.
Always has been.
Listen.
You want to go exploring,
be my guest.
Hey, have a field day.
No one's going to stop you.
Hey!
Where'd they go?
- Who's that?
-Ahh!
Damn, you scared
the hell out of me.
Where were you?
In the woods.
I thought I heard Laurie.
Why didn't you tell us
where you were going?
What?
You guys never went
after her, so I left.
I couldn't just leave
her out there all alone.
She'd never survive.
He's right.
Carson went after her, too.
-No, Carson's in the cabin.
-No.
When you guys went down there,
he went in there.
Shit. Carson!
Carson!
He said he wanted
to go after the cave.
What the hell?
We might as well
go in after him, right?
No, don't you get it?
Whatever this thing is,
it's sinister.
We don't know
how to fight it okay?
Going after Carson is exactly
what it wants us to do.
But how do you know that?
Because we're all scattered.
Nobody knows where anybody is.
We should have stayed together.
I agree with Mark.
It's useless.
I'll take first watch.
You and Grady get some sleep.
Who can sleep?
We've got a lot of ground
to cover and the sun
will be up soon, okay?
You're worthless if you don't
get a couple of hours.
Yeah?
Dan...
Wake up.
Shay?
Dan?
Shay?
Shay?
Shay? Shay?
Shay?
Shay?
Shay?
Shay?
Dan?
Shay?
Dan?
What?
Shay? Oh, Shay. Shay.
Shay.
Oh, my God.
Jesus, Shay, I was
so worried about you.
Oh, God.
I'm sorry, I know you've been
going through a lot lately.
God, where were you?
I was looking for you.
It was so dark.
Hey, Dan, it's your watch.
Damn it.
Hey, who's there?
Laurie?
Dan, is that you?
Don't move.
Mark?
Laurie?
Laurie?
Laurie?
Laurie?
Laurie!
Someone there?
Hello?
Shay?
It's infrared.
I know I hear someone.
Mark, is that you?
Shay?
Where are you?
Mark.
Shay.
Have you seen Dan?
Shay?
Shay.
-Dan, is that you?
-Laurie?
Mark.
He--Help!
The locals say
it's some kind of spirit.
I was in the woods.
I heard something getting close
to me, but I couldn't see it.
Woods ain't safe at night.
Mark, come here.
I need your help.
I found Laurie.
Hey, we found Shay.
Come help us.
She needs us.
Not in a helping mood?
Oh, you have a camera.
One of those
no-flash infrared things.
I like the flash cameras better.
They... alert me.
Oh, come now.
What is Wendigo?
A demon of the Algonquin.
It kills people and eats them.
It can assume their identities.
I can assume their identities.
Wendigo.
At your service.
I've lived here
for hundreds of years.
And the lake people?
Settlers killed in a Huron
raid at this very spot.
They were trying
to warn you, you know,
with all the "leave,
go to the woods to safety,"
shit like that.
Not really original,
if you ask me.
-Who lived in the cabin?
-A Mr. Harris.
Back in the 1880s, he fell in
love with a beautiful woman,
and during an especially
brutal winter, she ate him.
So now whenever she gets hungry,
she rents it out.
And that would be you.
Now you're getting it.
Who put all the cameras up?
Wendigo hunters...
they were onto me...
thought they could destroy me,
which was comical.
So the smudgings and the water
blessings, didn't work?
Oh, it worked on
the trail cameras.
I can't touch those.
They should have
blessed themselves.
They'd still be here.
The bonfire?
A visual masterpiece,
if I might say.
Took a lot of energy
to conjure that up
while I was still in Grady form.
Who was Grady?
Just a hiker, long missing,
long forgotten.
Shay, Laurie, Carson, Dan,
they were all
really nice people
and yummy, too.
They'll get me
through the winter.
You, however, are not
a nice person, which is why
I saved you for last.
Your ancestors
killed my ancestors.
They desecrated our burial land
and destroyed our culture,
and you are no different.
You were planning
on taking this land, too.
He works for a company
that specializes in fracking.
But you didn't realize
this was my land, my home.
You can't hurt me.
You going out that way?
All righty.
Wow. Looks so good.
Wow. Look at that big lake.
Wow. It looks great,
doesn't it?
-Yeah.
-That's awesome. Oh!
Hey, girls
don't run too far.
Afternoon.
Hello.
Y'all must be the new renters.
That's right.
We're the Clark family.
I'm Mark Wallace,
the caretaker.
I live about a mile
through the woods there.
What do you think of the place?
Oh, it's lovely, Mr. Wallace.
I could just eat it up.
Will you look at this?
It does not disappoint.
What the hell was that?
Martes Pennanti I think?
Fisher Cat. That's all.
Okay.
Right.
So you found this
place from an ad.
Not a Google search?
No, some guy at the office
told me about it.
What do you think?
I think it sounds
like a work trip.
What?
We don't have WIFI here but we
do have a Bluetooth signal.
Is that your phone?
No, it's not mine.
Check this out.
It's from the trail camera
I saw outside.
Trail camera?
When we got here.
Hmm. Whoa, whoa, whoa...
What's that?
That.
What the hell's that?
Check the timestamp.
Whoever it is,
they were here last night.
That must be Dan.
Little brother.
Geology guy.
Be nice, tree hugger.
Ah... You know
you're adopted right?
You remember Shay, right?
Of course.
Whoa...whoa...
Did you tell him?
Tell me what?
Hmm... Well!
How bout that?
And, uh...
this is Laurie.
No cell service.
Is that even possible?
You mean we might have to
actually talk to each other?
Something to drink?
Water would be great.
A Cosmo for me.
Aren't you underage?
Screw that. I drink
all the time at school.
Well, this isn't college.
Okay. A beer.
Pretend.
So what are
you studying, Laurie?
I started off pre-med...
that was too hard.
So I switched
to fashion merchandising.
Now I'm kind of undeclared.
What is it that you do?
Yeah, what do you do?
I am a property assessor for
a private development company.
What does that mean?
Yeah, what does that mean?
I evaluate property
to try to determine
if it can be used
for different purposes.
Okay... so you're a Realtor?
That's cool.
-My mom does real estate.
-No...
It's not like that.
It's not real estate.
Land... I evaluate land.
I help my company
try to find land to see
if it can be used
to produce energy.
And... what kind
of energy, Mark?
Here we go.
Various...
Kinds of energy... Dan.
He works for a company that
specializes in fracking.
And he knows how much I hate it.
Oh, fracking.
Yes?
Saw the lights on.
Live a mile away.
And you are...
Al Travis.
Caretaker of this place.
Mr. Travis, I'm Mark.
This is Carson.
That's my brother Dan
and that's Shay and Laurie.
Thought it was just
the three of you.
Well, I hope it's not
going to be a problem.
I could pay more if you need.
Owner won't mind.
So you're not the owner?
I haven't seen her in years.
I open up in the spring
and I close up in the fall.
Any idea who
this is, Mr. Travis?
I thought I saw someone
here last night.
Saw lights, bonfire...
and a scream.
Didn't sound human.
Came out to have a look.
Found nothing.
Might be me stumbling on a rock.
If you need me.
You head east in the woods.
Best in the day.
Woods ain't safe at night.
Happy Halloween.
What a nut.
The woods ain't safe at night?
Well, we won't be
in the woods at night.
Is that grandma's ring?
Yeah.
You gave her grandma's ring?
Does Mom know?
Not yet.
I wanted to tell you first.
What do you think?
I think that I'm happy for you.
And there it is.
What?
The look you always gave Mom
when she bagged you in a lie.
Well, it is supposed
to be a guy's week.
Yeah, I know.
But a whole week.
I couldn't leave
school without her.
So why is Laurie here?
Laurie is Shay's best friend.
And they go everywhere together.
Just shut the hell
up and go to sleep.
It has to be a hoax.
A hoax? Out here
in the middle of nowhere?
Did you tell your friends from
school where you're going?
Uh, yeah.
Think that could
be them pranking you?
If my friends are pranking me,
they're looking
for me in Hawaii.
Creepy guy.
I bet that creepy guy from last
night is behind this.
And he said he was out here
the night before.
Yeah, setting things up.
And he's the only other human
out here for miles.
Well, I am gonna
go pay him a visit.
We can do that later.
It's prime time
for some morning fishing.
No, I'm gonna go now--
I don't want to put up
with this crap every night.
Alright, well, if you see any
more cameras out there,
just grab the pictures.
I'll go with you.
What? It's either watch him fish
or listen to these two
bang it out all day.
Well, in that case, I'll go
try and find some too.
You know, see if we have
any more surprises.
Why don't you take Dan and Shay
with you? You might go faster.
No, what? Why?
To give the bed
some time to recover.
You see the trail
cam in that tree over there?
-Mm-hmm.
-Can you download the pictures?
You betcha.
That tree is like
the perfect place to sit.
Jesus Christ.
It's called a marker tree.
A what?
A marker tree.
Native Americans used
to bend saplings
and stake them to the ground.
They'd point towards natural
resources like the spring
that we passed on the way here.
Whatever, still makes
a really nice forest chair.
So what's that?
It's a science thing.
For work?
Yeah.
Let's not tell
Dan about this.
About what?
What the hell was that?
I think it came from the other
side of the lake.
No, it came from there.
No, that was the echo.
That sounded
like a wounded coyote.
Or an animal or something.
That sound
like a coyote to you?
I don't know.
I've never seen a real one.
Just seen them in movies.
We're a long way from the cabin.
We should head back.
So how long
have you known Shay?
Since forever.
Well, kindergarten.
We're like sisters...
We fight, we make up.
We confide deep secrets.
I date her exes,
she dates mine.
Just to make sure neither
of us were wrong about them.
Don't worry, Dan's safe.
So far.
So, Carson, do you think we're
going to find anything
on those pictures?
An owl, a deer, a bear maybe?
Is somebody there?
Hey. Hey!
Jesus, where are they?
Nothing here.
It's impossible, we heard them.
What if they're like some messed
up hunters or something?
Hunters.
Yeah, like the ones
that wear the stuff
that makes them
look like shrubs.
Jesus Christ.
Might be this.
What the hell?
This can't be it.
I think it suits him.
Looks like dinner's
on the table.
Mr. Travis.
Maybe he's out planning
tonight's scare.
You're not going in there.
Maybe he needs our help.
Mr. Travis.
Holy shit.
I don't think anyone's home.
Help!
Did you hear that?
Help!
Jesus, what the hell happened?
No, no, no, don't touch me,
don't hurt me.
Take it easy, it'll be alright.
I have to get away from here.
I have to get away.
Hey, what's your name?
Grady Travis.
Al Travis?
Yeah, he's my grandfather.
They came for us last night.
-They've always left us alone.
-Who came for you?
I... I escaped,
but my grandfather...
We have to get you
to a hospital.
What?
Fuck!
God damn it!
Where do you think they went?
Whoever you are!
You crossed the line!
You crossed the goddamn line!
Do you hear me?
You don't know
who you're messing with!
9-1-1,
What is your emergency?
Hi, yes, we're in a cabin
on Lake Hollow Road.
It's the cabin right
on the lake, and our cars--
Hello? 9-1-1,
what is your emergency?
Yeah, I just told
you, we need help.
We're in a cabin
on Lake Hollow Road.
Lake Hollow Road.
Hello?
9-1-1, what is your emergency?
Will you please
trace the location
of this call and send help?
Hello?
Will you please trace this call?
We need help.
Hold on, if you can't speak,
I'm going to trace your--
Hello?
Hello?
Are you there?
Hello?
So?
Something's wrong
with the phone.
I could hear them, they couldn't
hear me and now the line's dead.
We weren't on their land.
Whose land?
They had never
bothered us before.
Who never bothered you before?
Hey! Jesus!
Where are the cars?
So?
Yeah, they're down there.
Are you serious?
How far?
Water's about 7 feet deep here,
but go out another 4 or 5 feet,
the bottom just drops out.
How much?
A lot.
They're down a good 30 feet.
Shit.
We're going to need
a crane, not a tow.
What we need is the police.
The headache kicked in yet?
Yeah.
Did you take the aspirin?
Uh, no.
It'll go away soon.
Well, you might
have a concussion.
That's why we need to get
you to a hospital.
I'm not worried about it.
Thank you, though,
for helping me.
Are you sure
your grandfather is...
Dead?
Yeah, I'm sure.
I'm so sorry.
He seemed...
Weird?
It's okay.
He was, but that's what
made him great, you know?
He was a, uh...
He was a good man.
How are you feeling?
Alright.
Glad you were there
when you were.
Me too.
Look, I went to your cabin
because I needed
to speak to your grandfather.
There's been some things
happening that we
can't quite explain.
You have a phone in your cabin?
-Yeah.
-Does it work?
It's worth a shot.
I should go with you.
I think you should stay here.
Why? You might
need some backup.
You have a lot of pictures
to go through and you might
figure out who's
behind all this.
What if it's some backwoods
maniac with an ax?
Dan, check the gun in the cabin.
Make sure it works.
We might need it
when the sun goes down.
Alright, well, if it does,
you should take it with you.
If I figure out who's behind
all this, I won't need a gun.
I'll rip their throat out.
I paid cash for that car!
Ahh!
We need to find some ammo.
I mean, what the hell
is that, Carson?
You're in school?
Small college upstate.
Boring as hell.
Mmm, hell's not boring.
How would you know?
Pluck a harp or dodge
pitchforks, you know?
Easy to imagine
which is more exciting.
Hey!
Did you see anybody out here?
No.
Who are they?
They never took us.
They always left us alone.
They, they, they.
Who the hell are they?
The... The lake people.
What people?
Dead people.
You expect us to believe that?
No.
Not yet.
9-1-1,
what is your emergency?
Hi, my name is Mark Wallace.
I'm staying in the cabin
on Lake Hollow Road.
Hello?
Is anyone there?
Yes. Hello?
I'm here.
What is your emergency?
I'm staying in Lake Hollow Road.
There's something not right.
Hello?
Can you hear me?
I can hear you.
Fuck!
Hey, hey, hey!
I just want to talk.
Can I talk to you?
It's okay.
It's okay.
No.
How many
rounds are with that?
Six.
I mean, there could be more,
but I'll have to check
when we get back.
Feel better if we had a shotgun.
Yeah, well,
this is what we got.
So, you think your picture
of the elephant
might be fake, right?
I thought it was possible.
I don't know. Somebody could
have Photoshopped it
and uploaded it to the camera.
Yeah, well, we can download
the pictures then someone
can upload them, too.
And the bitch in the window,
was she Photoshopped?
Look, Shay, all I'm saying is,
as creepy as this shit is,
I still don't believe
in monsters or dead people
walking out of the lake.
Do you think Grady
could be behind this?
Well, he's just a local
buying into the urban legend
or whatever the hell this is.
Yeah.
What about the invisible
footsteps that we heard?
Maybe a Bluetooth
speaker hidden somewhere?
Yeah. Okay.
I like this version
of things much better.
Come on.
I think this is the camera
that got the picture.
Christ, that gives
me the creeps.
Alright, Dan, I want
to find the exact spot.
Go over there, would you?
Little more.
Towards that tree there.
Alright, stop. Stop.
You're standing right in front
of where this thing was.
Well, nothing right?
Footprints!
Holy shit.
They don't go back.
What do you mean?
Look, they come out from
the brush, they cross to there,
and there, and then
they just stop.
They don't go back.
Shit!
Ooh...
Those look human.
That big one's a tibia.
That might be from a wild pig.
Well, you don't
sound very convinced.
You know, I was done with this
place when my car took a bath.
Let's hike out of here.
What do you mean hike?
Do you know how far we are
to the nearest town?
It's about 25 miles.
It'll take two days,
and we'll camp at night.
Camp?
With that thing prowling
around at night,
are you out of your mind?
Okay. Enough.
We have to stay alert.
Oh, believe me, I'm alert.
Merlot?
No, thanks.
Thinking about your grandfather?
I understand.
Do you?
Sure.
My grandfather died
when I was 10.
How'd he die?
In his sleep.
How someone dies doesn't mean
you miss them any differently.
Yeah, I didn't say that.
-No?
-I didn't imply it either.
Let's go for a swim.
We're at a cabin,
right on the lake,
and we haven't
gone swimming yet.
Do you realize how insane
you sound right now?
Dead people can't hurt you.
You saw them in the picture.
I know.
I know, that's why I'm confused.
What's there
to be confused about?
I mean, they looked real.
But?
All the things you can do these
days with digital pictures.
Fine, you wanna swim?
Go swim.
Won't believe it until one of
them bites you on the ass.
Well, if that's
what they're into.
I'd rather get
a bite on the neck.
I haven't had a trophy
in a while.
Trophy?
A hickey?
Oh, I forgot. Backwoods boy,
never seen a city.
Why do I find
naive boys so attractive?
Maybe because they
make you feel smart.
Hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey! Wait!
Hey, wait!
Wait!
What?
We're lost aren't we?
No.
Just taking the long way around.
What?
Why?
I want to stay
off the main path.
Come on.
I think we have time before
everyone gets back.
Laurie?
We're back.
Hey.
Well, I assume if you had luck
with the phones,
the police would
have been here by now.
Yeah, same thing happened.
I could hear them,
they couldn't hear me.
What are you not telling me?
I saw this kid in the woods.
Little girl.
She was soaking wet
like the people in a lake.
Hi.
Yes, hello.
This is
the state police.
It's the police.
Hello?
Yeah, I'm here.
Did you call us using 911?
Yes, I did.
We're stranded
on Lake Holloway Road,
the cabin right
there at the end.
Okay.
We need your help
to get out of here.
It's not easy with your cars
at the bottom of the lake.
What did you just say?
Who is this?
Someone who is watching you.
All of you.
What'd they say?
Well, I'd need a translator
to get into specifics,
but the basic gist
is that we're fucked.
Why is everyone yelling?
Is it a fire?
I didn't think they
had cabins over there.
Grady?
No cabins.
Ground's too steep and rocky.
Can't build.
Campers, maybe?
Maybe.
What the hell?
People.
Maybe they can help us.
Maybe... Maybe they have a car.
-Let's go.
-Hold on a minute.
The trail camera photos.
The voice on the phone.
They knew about our cars.
-Yeah, so?
-So we're being watched, Dan.
We stay here.
But what if they can help us?
And what if they're part of it?
You really think it's a good
idea to stay here?
The voice on the phone.
It started out sounding like
the police, but then it ended up
sounding like Native American
or something.
Between those things
in the lake and the cameras
and that giant horned creature?
What if
they want to kill us?
I think that these things,
whatever they are,
if they wanted to kill us,
we'd be dead already.
The phone call, the ghost girl,
the cars in the lake...
I think they just
want us to leave.
Well, it's a hike.
Let's walk out of here,
give them their wish.
Well, I'm going over there.
And Grady's coming with me.
Wait, why not me?
If they're local, Grady
might know who they are.
Grady, you want to take a boat
trip across the lake?
Alright.
Come on, help me
get the boat on water.
Hey, what's wrong?
You tell me, are you
a ghost or something?
Ghost? What are
you talking about?
What am I talking about?
You were sitting on my bed,
I go to close the shade,
and I see you out here,
I turn back to the bed,
and there you are.
Nice trick.
Don't mock me, you were
two places at once.
Wait, I've been
out here all night,
I've never been
in your bedroom.
Bullshit.
You can
get it up first.
You came out here with wine,
drank it, went back inside
to get some more,
and never came out again.
I didn't?
I figured you crashed.
Wine'll do that.
And did we have the conversation
about my hickey?
-Trophy.
-Okay, so that part was real?
I gotta go.
-After you.
- Alright.
Remember, whatever
we're dealing with
already got Grady's grandfather
so get in the cabin, lock
the door, keep the gun handy.
Right.
And make sure you don't
shoot us on the way back.
So, things are heating up
between you and Grady, huh.
I like him.
You ever seen
anything like this before?
Mm-mm.
Then who are those people?
Doesn't make any sense.
Maybe they're reenactors.
What?
Reenactors.
People who reenact history.
Maybe.
Maybe they're Native Americans
celebrating something.
It's possible.
It's possible.
Found some more bullets.
Nice.
Let me do all the talking when
we get there, okay?
Let me know
if you recognize anybody.
Yeah, you got it.
What the hell just happened?
Do you hear that?
Yeah.
They were just there.
I saw them.
Well, that's impossible.
How did they put out a fire
that size so fast?
Wha... it's one thing if I,
me alone, were hallucinating,
but everyone saw the fire.
Everyone saw the fire.
And the war dance.
You live in this goddamn place.
You and your dead people
in the lake,
and I still don't know what
the hell that's all about.
Wait, is this part of it?
Is this part of it? Huh?
Do the lake people just come
out and dance around
a ghost bonfire?
Is that it?
See, you know a lot more
than you're letting on.
You can't live here
and not know.
-Mark, you have to understand.
-No, it's not right, kid.
It's not normal.
Ever since you got here,
it's been this side
of screwed-up creepy.
Christ.
Shoot 'em.
I already fired
over their heads.
They're just standing there.
Well, hit them this time.
If they're already dead,
what good's this going to do?
Just do it.
Shoot!
Pull the trigger! Shoot!
Jesus Christ, Carson, shoot!
Pull the trigger! Go on.
Go now.
Whoa, whoa, whoa...
Jesus Christ.
Did you see him?
Did you see?
See who?
What happened?
Whoa, whoa, hey, man, watch it.
Hey.
What are you shooting at?
Those swamp things are back.
The lake people?
-Yeah.
-You shot them?
-I fired over their heads.
-They do anything?
They pointed to the woods
and I know this sounds
like I'm completely
losing my shit here,
but they whispered in my ear.
What'd they say?
They said, "Go now."
Do you know how
insane we all sound?
No, but it's real.
The chanting and the drumming
stopped as soon as we got close.
We saw the fire go out.
We saw it with our own eyes.
So did we. Right?
-Grady?
-What?
The fire went out, the chanting
stopped whenever we got close.
Right. Uh...
No fire, no people.
This is insane.
Great.
No cable either.
Cable here?
Oh, good.
How can you watch TV,
with everything going on?
The same way that Grady and
Laurie can make out on the boat.
It's called distraction.
"Murderous Killers
Running Wild."
"Kill, Kill,
Kill and Kill Again,"
"The Decapitation Diaries?"
Where the hell
did these come from?
Hannibal Lecter Movie
of the Month Club.
Where's the picture?
Did you hit play?
I'm just asking.
It's plugged into the player.
Hit play on the camera?
Run! It's the Wendigo!
What the hell was that?
Wendigo.
What do you think it means?
I have no idea.
That picture on your phone.
Shay, go tell
Laurie to come in.
She's with Grady.
She'll be fine.
Okay, just let her have her fun.
Nobody goes out tonight.
Shay?
Shay?
Shay!
Shay, you gotta check this out.
Laurie, are you up there?
I'm outside, hurry!
Laurie?
Laurie?
Laurie?
Shay, you gotta see this.
Come on.
Wait.
Shay?
Shay?
Dan?
Shay!
Dan!
Dan!
Wait, wait, wait, we shouldn't
all go out there.
-Why?
-It could be a setup.
You said it yourself,
the lake people pointed
to the woods and said, "Go."
Screw that, your brother's
in there now too.
That's why I'm gonna go.
Take this.
Shay?
Shay?
Dan?
Shay?
Oh, shit! Oh, shit! Shit!
It's me, Mark.
Did you hear that?
Yeah, I heard it.
Shit, man, what happened to you?
Looks like you went ten rounds.
Ten rounds with the woods.
No sign of them?
I heard Shay, but she was so
far in there it couldn't
make sense of the direction.
And Dan?
Well, that's just
too dark in there.
Oh, shit, is that him?
Dan!
I could hear her.
One minute, it seemed like she
was only just a few feet away.
A second later,
it seemed like a mile.
Same.
You?
Mark went looking
for you and Shay.
I could hear her from
far away...
-Then close.
-So I wasn't losing my mind.
We have to go back
out there and find her.
Dan, what we're dealing
with is... is not human.
A ghost?
Spirits, demons,
whatever they are.
We need to get out
of here right now.
And leave Shay?
Yeah, to get help,
a search team.
I can't just leave her.
You spent two hours
chasing a voice
you couldn't even
get close to.
Dan?
We seriously got to
get out of here, man.
Well, do you think
they'll let us?
Those things in the woods?
Help!
Help!
What the hell?
I'm gonna
go find them.
Help!
Help!
What happened?
They took Laurie.
Who took Laurie?
Those things in the woods.
Stop! Stop! Stop!
Where's Carson?
Following the screams?
You're going after them, right?
After I get the rifle.
You think it will help?
Are we going in?
Wendigo?
That sounds Native American.
You know anything about that?
It's probably Algonquin.
What about it?
War cries from the woods.
War drums from across the lake.
You do know what
Wendigo means...
don't you?
Okay. Look, locals say it's
some kind of spirit. Okay?
What the hell?
No, it's just a legend.
It's a spirit?
How are we supposed
to fight it off,
with a Ouija board
or something?
How's he doing?
Out like a light.
Do you think that's real?
Well, you saw the area
for yourself and you
took the photo
of the footprints.
It's one of those things that
you believe in the moment,
and then later you think
it can't be real.
When I was out there...
I saw a woman
and she was wearing
something out
of a western movie...
and then she turned...
and there was a hatchet
in the back of her head.
And then she was gone.
I don't know why that I got mad
that you and Carson
didn't want me
to go out there...
because whatever's
in those woods...
has the edge on us.
Why don't you pour
me one of those?
I wish we had
service out here.
I would find out
how to kill a demon.
And lake people?
And lake people.
And hatchet lady?
And the hatchet lady.
Carson?
Oh, shit!
Did you see Shay?
Or Laurie?
What the hell happened?
I was in the woods.
I heard something getting close
to me, but I couldn't see it
and it's so
damn dark in there.
The trail camera
flashes went off.
I was surrounded.
By who?
I could only see them for
split seconds, in the flashes.
They grabbed me.
Who's they?
I can't really describe them.
It's like they
weren't even there.
They were transparent almost.
It was a nightmare.
It was like it wasn't real,
and I was just going to wake up.
-You know?
-Where were you?
I... I don't know.
Think.
It was like a cave.
It might've been a cave.
Go get Grady.
We need to know if there's
a cave around here anywhere.
Okay, when you
went after Laurie
you were headed west,
did you keep going that way?
Maybe.
I don't know.
The things that grabbed you,
did they look
like the images
on the trail camera?
I don't know.
Did they speak?
Not in English.
In what, Native American?
"Wendigo," did you hear
that word, "Wendigo?"
No.
He's gone.
He must have
gone after Laurie.
So what's the plan?
Nothing until sunrise.
-I think we should go now.
-Now?
You want to try to find
a cave in pitch black?
It's impossible.
We'll have better luck
in daylight.
And what if that's
too late? Huh?
Walking around blind all night
isn't going to speed things up.
It's all relative.
You really can
be an asshole, man.
Your brother is an asshole.
Always has been.
Listen.
You want to go exploring,
be my guest.
Hey, have a field day.
No one's going to stop you.
Hey!
Where'd they go?
- Who's that?
-Ahh!
Damn, you scared
the hell out of me.
Where were you?
In the woods.
I thought I heard Laurie.
Why didn't you tell us
where you were going?
What?
You guys never went
after her, so I left.
I couldn't just leave
her out there all alone.
She'd never survive.
He's right.
Carson went after her, too.
-No, Carson's in the cabin.
-No.
When you guys went down there,
he went in there.
Shit. Carson!
Carson!
He said he wanted
to go after the cave.
What the hell?
We might as well
go in after him, right?
No, don't you get it?
Whatever this thing is,
it's sinister.
We don't know
how to fight it okay?
Going after Carson is exactly
what it wants us to do.
But how do you know that?
Because we're all scattered.
Nobody knows where anybody is.
We should have stayed together.
I agree with Mark.
It's useless.
I'll take first watch.
You and Grady get some sleep.
Who can sleep?
We've got a lot of ground
to cover and the sun
will be up soon, okay?
You're worthless if you don't
get a couple of hours.
Yeah?
Dan...
Wake up.
Shay?
Dan?
Shay?
Shay?
Shay? Shay?
Shay?
Shay?
Shay?
Shay?
Dan?
Shay?
Dan?
What?
Shay? Oh, Shay. Shay.
Shay.
Oh, my God.
Jesus, Shay, I was
so worried about you.
Oh, God.
I'm sorry, I know you've been
going through a lot lately.
God, where were you?
I was looking for you.
It was so dark.
Hey, Dan, it's your watch.
Damn it.
Hey, who's there?
Laurie?
Dan, is that you?
Don't move.
Mark?
Laurie?
Laurie?
Laurie?
Laurie?
Laurie!
Someone there?
Hello?
Shay?
It's infrared.
I know I hear someone.
Mark, is that you?
Shay?
Where are you?
Mark.
Shay.
Have you seen Dan?
Shay?
Shay.
-Dan, is that you?
-Laurie?
Mark.
He--Help!
The locals say
it's some kind of spirit.
I was in the woods.
I heard something getting close
to me, but I couldn't see it.
Woods ain't safe at night.
Mark, come here.
I need your help.
I found Laurie.
Hey, we found Shay.
Come help us.
She needs us.
Not in a helping mood?
Oh, you have a camera.
One of those
no-flash infrared things.
I like the flash cameras better.
They... alert me.
Oh, come now.
What is Wendigo?
A demon of the Algonquin.
It kills people and eats them.
It can assume their identities.
I can assume their identities.
Wendigo.
At your service.
I've lived here
for hundreds of years.
And the lake people?
Settlers killed in a Huron
raid at this very spot.
They were trying
to warn you, you know,
with all the "leave,
go to the woods to safety,"
shit like that.
Not really original,
if you ask me.
-Who lived in the cabin?
-A Mr. Harris.
Back in the 1880s, he fell in
love with a beautiful woman,
and during an especially
brutal winter, she ate him.
So now whenever she gets hungry,
she rents it out.
And that would be you.
Now you're getting it.
Who put all the cameras up?
Wendigo hunters...
they were onto me...
thought they could destroy me,
which was comical.
So the smudgings and the water
blessings, didn't work?
Oh, it worked on
the trail cameras.
I can't touch those.
They should have
blessed themselves.
They'd still be here.
The bonfire?
A visual masterpiece,
if I might say.
Took a lot of energy
to conjure that up
while I was still in Grady form.
Who was Grady?
Just a hiker, long missing,
long forgotten.
Shay, Laurie, Carson, Dan,
they were all
really nice people
and yummy, too.
They'll get me
through the winter.
You, however, are not
a nice person, which is why
I saved you for last.
Your ancestors
killed my ancestors.
They desecrated our burial land
and destroyed our culture,
and you are no different.
You were planning
on taking this land, too.
He works for a company
that specializes in fracking.
But you didn't realize
this was my land, my home.
You can't hurt me.
You going out that way?
All righty.
Wow. Looks so good.
Wow. Look at that big lake.
Wow. It looks great,
doesn't it?
-Yeah.
-That's awesome. Oh!
Hey, girls
don't run too far.
Afternoon.
Hello.
Y'all must be the new renters.
That's right.
We're the Clark family.
I'm Mark Wallace,
the caretaker.
I live about a mile
through the woods there.
What do you think of the place?
Oh, it's lovely, Mr. Wallace.
I could just eat it up.