The Lost Ones (2026) Movie Script
1
(DAUNTING MUSIC PLAYING)
(FOOTSTEPS CRUNCHING)
(WOMEN PANTING)
MOTHER: Come on.
Come on. Hurry.
(BOTH CONTINUE PANTING)
MOTHER: Come on.
Come on. Come on.
(GRUNTS)
-(PANTS)
-(SHUSHES)
(MUSIC FADES)
-No! (SCREAMS)
-Please!
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
Mr. Avery,
step out of the vehicle.
(INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER)
OFFICER: Mr. Avery!
I said step out of the vehicle!
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
-(JACK GRUNTS)
-OFFICER: Hands behind your back.
Yeah, we got him.
DISPATCHER: (OVER RADIO) Copy that.
All units, no shots fired.
OFFICER: Get in.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
MAE: Father,
are we gonna be there soon?
FATHER: I think
it's about five minutes.
Look at all this greenery.
All these woods to explore.
Woo-hoo. Oh boy.
Watch out! Watch out!
Oh, my God!
FATHER: You guys okay?
(PANTS)
You okay? Who the hell was that?
FATHER: I think he might be
our new neighbor.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(SIGHS)
-(FATHER SIGHS)
-(MOTHER CHUCKLES)
(FATHER GROANS)
Here we are, home sweet home.
Oof. It could do
with a bit of a dusting,
and we could get rid
of some of these cobwebs,
but-- What do you think?
Might it do?
I think when all the boxes
are unpacked,
it'll feel more like home.
Exactly.
And I'm trying to remember.
I think it's someone's
birthday next week, right?
So, we'll have
decorations and balloons.
I just thought with the move
and everything-
MOTHER: Oh, with the move.
-Right, that we'd forget.
-MOTHER: Yeah.
-Well, 14 Maybe.
-Yeah.
Fifteen possibly.
But sweet 16, not a chance.
(CHUCKLES)
It's gonna be great,
don't worry.
Shall we have a look upstairs?
Take a look at the rooms.
Come on.
-Izzy, take a box up.
-Okay.
MOTHER: I can't find
the silverware.
FATHER: Try the drawer
by the sink.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
-MAE: Mother?
-Yes?
-Didn't you hear me?
-No.
Have you seen my backpack?
Your backpack?
Um, did you take it upstairs?
It's probably in your room.
(SIGHS)
(DRAWER OPENS, CLOSES)
-(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
-(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
Huh.
-(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
-(DOOR OPENING, CLOSING)
FATHER: Told you I could fix it.
Shall we pray?
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(CRICKETS BUZZING)
(PLEASANT MUSIC PLAYING)
FATHER: Now, that spider there.
(ALL CHUCKLE)
One, two, three, go!
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
(BLOWS AIR)
-I found you!
-No!
(ALL LAUGH)
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
(WATER STREAM RUNNING)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
ISABELLE: Your turn now, Mae.
Come find me.
Where?
Isabelle!
ISABELLE: I'm up here.
I hear you.
Isabelle?
ISABELLE: Over here.
(CREAKS)
(ISABELLE CHUCKLING)
No fair, Isabelle,
you're cheating.
(INDISTINCT WOMAN HUMMING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
MAE: Isabelle!
This isn't funny. Come out.
Come on,
this isn't funny, Isabelle.
(STAIRS THUDS)
-(WOMAN CHUCKLING)
-I hear you.
Isabelle?
-ISABELLE: Boo! (CHUCKLES)
-(SCREAMS)
-Isabelle, you're such a Loser!
-Serves you right for snooping.
You know Mother and Father
don't like us going
through their stuff, Mae.
MAE: It's not their stuff,
it's whoever lived
here before's stuff.
ISABELLE: Whatever.
(DOOR CLOSING LOUDLY)
(SCREAMS)
MAE: Nelsons.
(WOOD CREAKING SOFTLY)
(DAUNTING MUSIC PLAYING)
ISABELLE: Mae?
Are you in here?
(WOOD CREAKING SOFTLY)
-MAE: Boo!
-(ISABELLE SCREAMS)
-What are you doing here?
-(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
ISABELLE: Mae...
what are you doing?
MAE: The crawlspace
goes everywhere.
ISABELLE: What is that?
MAE: The girl who lived here
must have drawn it.
I think her name
was Katherine.
ISABELLE: This is so creepy.
I wonder what the dark figure
watching over them is.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
FATHER: Mae?
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
Hey, where you going?
MAE: Our neighbors
have a little girl.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Mae, just hold your horses,
will you?
-Where are you going?
-MAE: Come on!
FATHER: We'll be back
in a minute.
we're gonna check
something out. Hold on.
-Which way?
-MAE: Over here.
There's nothing here.
I really did see a girl.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
Come on, Mae.
Such a big imagination.
Come on, let's go home.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
FATHER: The mountains sent up
great jeweled rays of light,
so, that each one
was crowned with a rainbow.
And when the Children of Lear
saw that splendor,
they had no more
thought of the years
they had spent over dark,
troublous waters.
And they said to each other,
"When you could hear
the sound of the little bell
that rings for prayers...
and feel our swan bodies
fall from us."
-(THUNDER RUMBLING)
-(RAIN POURING)
(GIRL SCREAMS)
FATHER: We're going
to be making rope, guys,
and we're going
to be using dogbane.
Use any other plant, but dogbane
is pretty easy to find.
Here, come on, off you go.
(GIRLS CHUCKLE)
Hurry up.
Don't go too far.
-(INDISTINCT BABY CRYING)
-(SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING)
(CRYING CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
ISABELLE: Mae?
Mae?
FATHER: Mae?
MOTHER: Mae!
ISABELLE: Mae?
-MOTHER: She could be anywhere.
-FATHER: Mae!
Mae!
(MOTHER GASPING)
Keep Isabelle back.
-(GASPS) Mae!
-Mae!
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(FLIES BUZZING)
(PANTS)
-MOTHER: Mae!
-FATHER: Mae!
-ISABELLE: Mae!
-MOTHER: Mae! Mae!
What happened?
What's wrong? What happened?
MAE: There's dead bodies
in there.
MOTHER: Look at me, Mae.
There's outsiders on the roof.
MOTHER:
What are you talking about?
-MAE: (CRYING) No.
-(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
I... We moved in
around the way there.
Right. The Nelsons' place.
That's right.
We're your new neighbors.
Is that what you are?
-Okay, let's go.
-FATHER: You go.
I'm gonna go see
what's going on.
-MOTHER: No, don't.
-It's okay. Just, just go.
-MOTHER: What happened in there, huh?
-(PANTS) No!
MOTHER: Mae,
where are you going?
Don't go in there.
No, this--
this isn't what I saw.
It was-- there were people,
a girl and her mom.
-They were dead.
-FATHER: Mae, quiet.
JACK: What was that?
What did you say?
She imagines things.
She doesn't mean any harm by it.
We apologize.
Say that again.
FATHER: She was about to say
sorry, okay, for intruding.
-She was just apologizing, okay?
-No!
I want you to tell me
exactly what you saw.
She's just a child. Yeah, a kid.
She makes things up.
-Yeah.
-I'm sorry if we offended you,
but we can be on our way now.
-Right?
-Mm-hmm.
Let's go. Come on.
Let's go, let's go.
I didn't catch your name.
JACK: Jack Avery.
FATHER: Sorry for the intrusion,
Mr. Avery.
What have I told you
guys about leaving us?
Okay? Don't run away like that.
Get inside now.
(MOTHER SIGHS)
What have we told you
time and time again
about telling lies?
I saw them. They're right there.
When are you going
to learn the difference
between reality
and make-believe?
FATHER: You're almost 16.
Grow up.
Because grown-ups do not lie
just to scare people.
But I'm not lying,
and I did see it.
Just because you can't see
something
doesn't mean it's not there.
(GROANS)
(DOOR OPENING, CLOSING)
ISABELLE: Look,
it's gonna be okay.
I'm here with you.
I'm always gonna
be here for you, okay?
Forever. Okay,
it's okay, it's okay.
Come here. Shh. It's okay.
Do you ever believe her?
MOTHER: She's sensitive
to things that we can't explain.
But it won't always
be like this.
She's about to become a woman.
Everything will change.
We just need to support her.
It'll be okay.
I believe we are right
where we belong.
(SLICING CONTINUES)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(JACK PANTING SOFTLY)
(LIQUID POURING)
(SLURPS)
GIRL: That's enough daddy.
(CHUCKLES)
(SLURPS)
ISABELLE: I'm up here!
(CHUCKLING)
JACK: I want you...
to tell me exactly what you saw.
MOTHER: What happened in there?
MAE: There were people,
a girl and her mom.
-They were dead.
-FATHER: Mae, quiet.
JACK: What did you say?
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
FATHER: Seventy million
individuals,
almost all unrelated,
who are willing
to stick their lives to
defend the national motion
of my country.
Mother, can I come?
No, sweetheart, no.
I'm sorry, you have to stay
and finish your studies.
-Those smell amazing.
-No, you two,
these are not for you.
There are more in the kitchen,
some extra.
-Don't eat them all at once.
-(CHUCKLES)
Make sure you save me some,
please. Not like last time.
-Hey.
-Yes?
Are you sure about this?
It is our duty to make an effort
with those who are less
fortunate than us.
-MOTHER: Oh, great, you're home.
-What do you want?
Uh, well,
I just wanted to come by
and apologize for the other day
and invite you for dinner
at ours if you wanted that.
Sure.
-You would?
-I'd like that.
-Great, so is there a time that--
-Tonight.
Oh.
Tonight would be great.
These are for you.
All right then. See you tonight.
(SLOW MELODY MUSIC PLAYING)
Welcome. Come in.
Come in. Make yourself at home.
Dinner's almost ready.
Darling, Mr. Avery's here.
FATHER: Dinner's almost ready.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
They don't look like you much,
do they?
Well, you know,
sadly we weren't blessed
to have kids of our own.
But the girls,
they needed a loving home,
and, well, we provided.
We're very lucky in many ways,
but not so much in others.
You understand that, don't you?
-Hmm, shall we pray?
-MOTHER: Mm.
FATHER: (EXHALES)
Son of our Father,
bless this food
that we have prepared tonight.
All that we ask
is that you reveal your plans
and grant us the strength
to complete them.
Bind us together
and allow no man to separate us
as we grow our family
of believers.
-Amen.
-WOMEN: Amen.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Let's dig in.
Mm.
(SNIFFLES)
Mm. So, Jack...
tell me, what brings you
to these parts?
I was born and bred here.
How about you all? (SNIFFLES)
All the places in the world...
ain't really nothing I can see
as why a family would move here.
I guess your visions
scare people, huh?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
She has an overactive
imagination, Jack.
She's just a child.
(JACK GULPS)
-Why do you drink so much?
-MOTHER: Isabelle!
It's okay. Isabelle.
There are some of us
that can hide our demons
deep down inside, but others,
they wear theirs
on their sleeve.
And that's okay.
Looks the same in here.
Yes, the Nelsons
were very generous.
They left-- they left us
all their furniture.
Right, where did they go then?
FATHER: Scotland.
To be closer to their daughter.
-Katherine.
-Exactly.
That's how we know
about this place.
-So, you lived in Scotland then?
-We did before.
FATHER: After.
-After Canada.
-JACK: Right.
Right. But it wasn't for us.
This place is perfect.
Your old Katherine ran away.
(SNIFFLES)
Nelsons hadn't seen her
since she was almost 15.
You know, darling,
this dinner is fantastic.
-Thank you.
-MOTHER: You're welcome.
JACK: They spent months
and months and months
looking for her.
You shouldn't have come here.
It's not good for you.
-You hear me?
-Hold on, what?
This place is wrong.
It's been wrong for a long time.
That's, that's out of line,
Mr. Avery.
All right, how do you
see them, huh?
Mae, you didn't see anything,
did you, darling?
-That's not what she said.
-Enough, Jack.
You tell me. What did you see?
Did they speak to you?
Tell me what you see.
Is that the only thing you saw?
I can't remember.
-You tell me, right now.
-I said that's enough!
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
Now, we've been very courteous
to you, Mr. Avery.
Perhaps a little bit
too courteous.
And you're scaring the children.
So, I'm afraid I'm gonna have
to ask you to leave.
I'll see myself out.
(DOOR OPENING, CLOSING)
Don't you think
Mother and Father
have been acting so weird
since we got here?
Not really, no.
Come on, they've been acting
way more weird than usual.
Isabelle, they only want
what's best for us.
Oh, you know
I've got you, right?
I know.
Same.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(GASPS, PANTS)
(MUFFLED SCREAMS)
-MAE: Nelsons.
-ISABELLE: Mae! Mae! Mae!
Snap out of it!
Snap out of it! It's okay.
-Shh. You're okay.
-(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(GASPS)
I was outside. I was outside.
It's fine. You're here.
-Look at me.
-I saw them.
-I saw their bones.
-Who?
Who? Them who?
Bones of the family
who lived here before.
I don't understand.
Mae, I don't understand.
Isabelle...
something's wrong here.
MOTHER: And when the children
of Lear saw that splendor,
they had no more thought
of the years
that they had spent over dark,
troublesome waters.
Mother, why are you
reading this again?
Because Mae is about to become
a woman, darling,
and this book better helps us
understand our condition.
This story-- Would you just
stop fidgeting, please?
Lear's children were cursed
to suffer as swans,
a curse that would break only
when they heard the bell
of the true god.
-Now, who can tell me--
-It's about faith,
suffering, and helping us
find our true forms.
Very good, Mae.
(CAR APPROACHING)
(SIGHS)
(CAR ENGINE STOPPING,
DOOR OPENING)
Officer Coles,
I appreciate the attention.
If I was gonna put
a gun in my mouth,
I'd give you fair warning.
Don't talk like that, Jack.
You don't remember
calling last night
to get a background check...
on a fucking 15-year-old girl?
(CLEARS THROAT)
Hi there.
-How you doing, sir?
-FATHER: Good.
You must be the renters
Mr. Nelson's realtor
was talking about.
-I'm Sheriff Baker.
-FATHER: Good to meet you.
Those your girls?
Guilty as charged.
Even though they're meant
to be studying right now.
(CHUCKLES)
-Is your wife around?
-Yeah, she is.
She's, um, she's tied up
at the moment.
She's getting ready
for the craft fair.
There's something not right
with that family.
That girl, she knew things
she couldn't have.
Look, I know where you're going
with this, Jack,
and I don't want
to fucking hear it, okay?
They seem like a good,
honest family.
They ain't even
their real parents.
Oh, and adoption's
a crime, is it?
COLES: Jack,
you gotta stop this.
Rachel was your wife,
but she was also my sister.
And Alice...
she was my little niece.
I'm in pain every day, Jack.
And on top of that,
I have to deal
with your bullshit theories
and the whole fucking town
thinking that you did it.
You know
how fucking hard that is?
What do you think?
OFFICER COLES: I kept you
out of jail, didn't I?
(SNIFFLES)
Jack...
please.
I know it's tough, but...
It's time to let them go.
(CAR DOOR CLOSING)
At any rate, I won't waste
any more of your time.
Thanks for dropping by.
Uh, Officer,
was there anything else?
As a matter of fact, there is.
It's about your neighbor.
Baker said that they couldn't
prove that he did it.
I think we should take
the girls with us today.
Absolutely not. No.
What, Mae
in a crowded Craft Fair
after what happened with Jack?
Not in the state that she's in.
I don't want them home alone.
ISABELLE: I'll do it.
-I'll look after her.
-What have we told you about eavesdropping?
-You shouldn't have--
-ISABELLE: I was just walking past, Father.
I know the house now,
and I understand the rules.
You can trust me.
(SLOW MELODY MUSIC PLAYING)
Can we at least study outside?
-No.
-Why?
Because Mother and Father
gave me strict instructions
to keep you inside, Mae.
I need to fetch something.
-(BIRDS CHIRPING)
-(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
ISABELLE: If you put half
as much work, Mae,
in the studying
as you do annoying me,
you'd be a genius.
You know that?
(DOOR CREAKING OPEN)
ISABELLE: Mae.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(SHUDDERS)
-(INSECTS CHIRPING)
-(RAIN PATTERING)
(SHUDDERS)
(PANTS, SHUDDERS)
JACK: Nelsons,
what happened to you?
(PANTS)
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-(KIDS LAUGHING)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
Have you found
anything you like?
-CHILD: Mm-mm.
-(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
That's a shame.
Well, what if I said
that I made this
especially for you?
It's yours.
MOTHER:
We have our first customer.
You can have it.
It's yours.
(ISABELLE PANTING)
(SCREAMS)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
Hey, hey, hey, look at me.
MAE: This is where I saw them.
Mae, you need
to stop this, please.
I saw this place.
You said it was all a dream,
but it's not.
I saw the bones.
Whose bones, hmm?
The Nelsons,
they lost their daughter.
ISABELLE: The Nelsons?
They knew
what would happen to them,
so he came here and killed them.
(RAIN POURING)
MOTHER: We don't know
it was Jack, not for sure.
Nonsense.
Who else would it have been?
(INSECTS CHIRPING)
(JACK SIGHS)
Nelsons!
They lost their daughter.
I think her name was Katherine.
-He came here and killed them.
-Tell me exactly what you saw.
A girl and her mom,
they were dead.
(SCREAMS)
Help me.
They knew what
would happen to them.
Don't leave me.
Mae, whose bones?
Mae, hey, hey.
Mae!
Jack, that you?
For God's sake, do
you know what time it is?
They lied.
The Nelsons never
met them in Scotland.
Their daughter Katherine
was in a facility in Arizona.
What's that going to prove?
Are you listening to me?
Jack!
I've told you
there was something wrong
with that family.
You're just making
things worst for yourself.
Where are you?
Mills family. Mm-hmm.
That's a second son...
Cult and grief.
Mae, I need to know.
Were our parents there?
I don't know who he is.
Maybe nobody.
Maybe they're right and
there's something wrong with me.
Isabelle, I have these visions.
And they're telling me things.
Describing them so
clearly, but who he is--
Oh, Mae.
-I don't know.
-Thank God.
Mae's pretty weak.
Yes, I'm aware. I'm her mother.
I want to stay and help.
Do you know how she got out?
No? Well, then I think
you've helped enough.
Thank you.
Mae, sweetheart,
why did you go outside?
The door was open.
The door was open?
Did you forget the rules?
Hmm?
Did someone say
you could go outside?
You have to stop
this. Do you hear me?
Now look, your father and I,
we have been
too lax on you girls.
It's irresponsible.
So from now on,
I won't be leaving you alone.
You know what
would cheer us all up?
Mae's birthday.
-I'm not sure--
-Not sure you really feel what?
Not in the mood for celebration?
That's what we'll do.
We'll wake up
first thing in the morning.
And we'll set up for Mae's
birthday, and it'll be perfect.
Absolutely perfect.
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
(DOOR OPENS)
Hi, busy bees.
Beautiful.
-You take this.
-Thank you. Wow.
Heavenly. It's perfect.
MOTHER: And just keep it moving.
Right.
-Let's play a game.
-A game?
Now?
Just a quick one, Mother.
It could be the last before
Mae becomes a woman.
Oh.
All right, just one.
Just one.
Ooh.
1, 2, 3.
I've got a plan.
-Five...
-Just hide. You can trust me.
-Trust me.
-Please.
I know you can help.
Fourteen, 15, 16...
17, 18.
Nineteen, 20.
Ready or not, girls...
where are you?
Girls!
Isabelle?
Mae? Are you out here?
Isabelle!
Where is your sister?
-I don't know.
-Is she outside?
Get up to your room!
Isabelle!
Isabelle!
No!
-Mills?
-Move your pretty.
I want you to back
up from the desk.
Turn around slowly.
Aren't you that girl
from the new family?
What are you doing here?
I was looking
for help, officer.
What do you got there?
I found these pictures
of me and my sister.
Kidnapping.
It's okay.
It's okay. Please don't hurt me.
-No, I'm not going to hurt you.
-Don't hurt me.
You're safe.
You're safe with me.
I'm very disappointed
in you, Isabelle.
I'll deal with you later.
I think what confused
me was...
Mother?
That's the kind of thing
your sister would do.
So I guess now we could
play a different game.
Do you remember this one?
This little piggy
went to market.
You know, you should be thankful
to be a part of this family,
but you're not.
I am thankful, Father.
I promise.
Why were you so selfish,
running away like
that on Mae's birthday?
I would do anything
to protect you,
because that is my purpose.
No, no, no.
You understand that, don't you?
Because if you don't, that
means we haven't done our job.
We failed this family.
This little piggy stayed at
home. No, Mother, please.
I was just,
I was trying to help.
This little piggy
had roast beef.
You have no idea
how lucky you are, Isabelle,
and to have the things you have.
And this little piggy had none.
Mother, no.
God has some
amazing plans for us all.
-And this little piggy...
-I was scared.
I wanted to do
something for the family.
To protect the family.
I know
that I let you down before,
and I just wanted
to make it right.
So I went
to that man's house to see
why he cares so much about Mae.
But he wasn't there.
And another man arrived then.
I was so afraid
that he was gonna hurt me.
But Father... Father saved me.
Oh, Jack, come on.
You know you're not welcome.
I love you, babe, all right?
And if you could just--
I need to use that phone.
(THUNDER BURSTS)
(DOOR OPENS)
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
I want to speak to Aaron Nash.
What business
do you have with him?
He was hired to find
a missing girl.
Katherine.
What did you say?
Katherine Nelson from Millview.
Is this a test?
No, this is not a test.
Look, I have no idea
what you're talking about.
Do not hang up.
When Katherine Nelson
disappeared,
the Nelsons hired you
to find her.
Then they disappeared.
There was a family that moved
into the Nelsons' house,
and there was something
very wrong.
How do you know this?
You had a file on Katherine.
The new family in the house
tried to destroy it.
But I found it.
Who is this?
My name is Jack Avery.
-I live...
-Next door to the Nelsons.
I know who you are.
Are you a religious man, Jack?
No.
Either way, know this,
if you lie down with the devil,
you'll wake up in hell.
I need you to tell me
what you know then.
You have no idea
what this is, do you?
I wish I could remember
what that feels like.
Yeah, I was hired
to find that girl.
She'd run away and I found her.
But when I spoke to her,
what she told me,
the Nelsons were not
Katherine's real family.
They were part of a cult.
(WHIPPING)
Were we stolen?
Stolen?
No. Why would you think that?
You and your sister were lost.
And your father and I found you.
We saved you.
She'd been abducted
by them as a child.
And she somehow,
she managed to escape.
By the time I found her,
She was sedated in a psych ward
in Arizona,
but this was no longer
a case of one missing kid.
It was much bigger
than the Nelsons,
went back years, decades even.
Girls taken...
forced to bear children.
-Stop crying.
-It's not that.
It's just...
it's all so beautiful, Mother.
Yes. Yes, my girl.
And I promised
I'd take care of it.
Persuade her
to come back to Millview.
Thought if she testified,
I could put an end to it all.
But we were too late.
Why does no one know about this?
They're very smart
and connected.
And they cover
their tracks very well.
The leader of the cult,
the so-called Second Son.
He discovered the Nelsons
had lost Katherine,
and he was furious.
They couldn't afford
any loose ends,
so he killed them.
And he threatened
to kill me and my family.
(PHONE RINGING)
Aaron Nash.
If I didn't hand over
everything I'd found...
including Katherine.
Yeah, that girl trusted me
and I brought her back there.
Yeah, it's my fault she's dead.
But he made a mistake.
Two witnesses.
Your wife and daughter.
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
-(DOOR SHUTS OPEN)
-(SCREAMS)
Hello.
Hello!
My sweet darling Mae,
happy birthday.
Everything that you have done,
everything that you have
experienced
has led you to this moment.
Today, become a child
of the Second Sun.
And when his faith enters you,
you will fulfill your destiny
and become a mother!
She's ready.
And with this body,
she is the chosen.
One pure body.
One womb.
Claimed by you.
Allow her body
to signal her willingness
to receive your grace
so that she may lead
your beloved followers
to a new world that is remade
in your glorious image.
The blood returned.
(DOOR KNOCKING)
Coles, Coles, do you read me?
Do you copy? Over.
Coles, do you read me? Over.
Damn it.
-Jack.
-Get out.
Now is not the right time.
Get out now.
-Get out.
-Okay.
Listen, whatever it is, we can
sort through it, okay?
I know who you are.
I know who the Nelsons were.
And those kids,
they ain't yours.
Now get on your fucking knees.
Get on your fucking knees!
Hey, please!
Okay, listen, I know the pain
that you're going through, okay?
I can help you.
We can help you, okay?
I'm a father as
well, Jack. Please.
I don't know what you are,
but you ain't no fucking father.
Don't you say that again.
Don't you say that.
(SOBS)
Hey, hey, it's okay. Hey.
I've got you, I've got you.
I'm gonna get us out of here.
It's okay.
I need a knife.
Don't leave me.
-I'm gonna come back for you.
-No.
I'm gonna come back.
(LAUGHS)
Can't do it, can you?
How can a man who can't
even protect his own family
think he can take mine
away from me?
Do it, Jack.
Be the man your family
needed you to be...
when I slaughtered them.
(SCREAMS) Ah!
-Isabelle!
-Isabelle!
Isabelle!
-What's she doing?
-Isabelle!
You check on Mae.
I'll take care of the other one.
Mae!
Isabelle.
Let's play a game.
Where are you?
Isabelle...
come out,
come out, wherever you are.
Found you.
You never were very good
at this game, were you?
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Mae!
Mae!
Mae!
Mae!
Ah!
Ah! You know, we need Mae.
But you...
There were plenty
of other Isabelle's before you.
But you... you came so close.
Shame.
Mother!
Mother!
(GASPS) What did you do?
(GASPS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(GROANS)
(FLOORBOARD CREAKING)
FATHER: I can hear you, Mae.
(YELLS)
-(FATHER GRUNTS)
-(YELLS)
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS)
-Issie! (COUGHS)
-Sorry, sorry, sorry!
(JACK GRUNTING)
(GRUNTS)
(YELLS)
(MUSIC BUILDS)
(GRUNTS)
(YELLS)
-(FATHER CHUCKLING)
-Run!
-(CHUCKLES)
-(GRUNTS)
(MUSIC BUILDS)
(CHOKES)
What did you do?
Sorry.
What did you do?
-I'm sorry.
-(SOBS)
(GRUNTS)
Mae.
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(SOBS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(PANTS) You're okay.
You're safe now, okay?
You're safe.
(POLICE SIREN CHIRPING)
(SOBS)
Hey.
(POLICE OFFICER SHOUTING
IN DISTANCE)
Let's go.
(POLICE SIREN WAILING)
OFFICER: Avery, don't move!
Hold it right there!
Hands where I can see them.
Avery, don't move.
Put your hands above
your head, real slow.
(GRUNTS)
Interlock your fingers.
(POLICE SIREN WAILING)
OFFICER: Stop!
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
What in God's name
have you done, boy?
Stop, I said!
You're gonna rot
in hell for this, Jack.
(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
It's okay.
We're okay.
Your family's at peace now.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC FADES)
(BROODING MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(DAUNTING MUSIC PLAYING)
(FOOTSTEPS CRUNCHING)
(WOMEN PANTING)
MOTHER: Come on.
Come on. Hurry.
(BOTH CONTINUE PANTING)
MOTHER: Come on.
Come on. Come on.
(GRUNTS)
-(PANTS)
-(SHUSHES)
(MUSIC FADES)
-No! (SCREAMS)
-Please!
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
Mr. Avery,
step out of the vehicle.
(INDISTINCT POLICE
RADIO CHATTER)
OFFICER: Mr. Avery!
I said step out of the vehicle!
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
-(JACK GRUNTS)
-OFFICER: Hands behind your back.
Yeah, we got him.
DISPATCHER: (OVER RADIO) Copy that.
All units, no shots fired.
OFFICER: Get in.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
MAE: Father,
are we gonna be there soon?
FATHER: I think
it's about five minutes.
Look at all this greenery.
All these woods to explore.
Woo-hoo. Oh boy.
Watch out! Watch out!
Oh, my God!
FATHER: You guys okay?
(PANTS)
You okay? Who the hell was that?
FATHER: I think he might be
our new neighbor.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(SIGHS)
-(FATHER SIGHS)
-(MOTHER CHUCKLES)
(FATHER GROANS)
Here we are, home sweet home.
Oof. It could do
with a bit of a dusting,
and we could get rid
of some of these cobwebs,
but-- What do you think?
Might it do?
I think when all the boxes
are unpacked,
it'll feel more like home.
Exactly.
And I'm trying to remember.
I think it's someone's
birthday next week, right?
So, we'll have
decorations and balloons.
I just thought with the move
and everything-
MOTHER: Oh, with the move.
-Right, that we'd forget.
-MOTHER: Yeah.
-Well, 14 Maybe.
-Yeah.
Fifteen possibly.
But sweet 16, not a chance.
(CHUCKLES)
It's gonna be great,
don't worry.
Shall we have a look upstairs?
Take a look at the rooms.
Come on.
-Izzy, take a box up.
-Okay.
MOTHER: I can't find
the silverware.
FATHER: Try the drawer
by the sink.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
-MAE: Mother?
-Yes?
-Didn't you hear me?
-No.
Have you seen my backpack?
Your backpack?
Um, did you take it upstairs?
It's probably in your room.
(SIGHS)
(DRAWER OPENS, CLOSES)
-(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
-(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
Huh.
-(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
-(DOOR OPENING, CLOSING)
FATHER: Told you I could fix it.
Shall we pray?
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(CRICKETS BUZZING)
(PLEASANT MUSIC PLAYING)
FATHER: Now, that spider there.
(ALL CHUCKLE)
One, two, three, go!
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
(BLOWS AIR)
-I found you!
-No!
(ALL LAUGH)
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
(WATER STREAM RUNNING)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
ISABELLE: Your turn now, Mae.
Come find me.
Where?
Isabelle!
ISABELLE: I'm up here.
I hear you.
Isabelle?
ISABELLE: Over here.
(CREAKS)
(ISABELLE CHUCKLING)
No fair, Isabelle,
you're cheating.
(INDISTINCT WOMAN HUMMING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
MAE: Isabelle!
This isn't funny. Come out.
Come on,
this isn't funny, Isabelle.
(STAIRS THUDS)
-(WOMAN CHUCKLING)
-I hear you.
Isabelle?
-ISABELLE: Boo! (CHUCKLES)
-(SCREAMS)
-Isabelle, you're such a Loser!
-Serves you right for snooping.
You know Mother and Father
don't like us going
through their stuff, Mae.
MAE: It's not their stuff,
it's whoever lived
here before's stuff.
ISABELLE: Whatever.
(DOOR CLOSING LOUDLY)
(SCREAMS)
MAE: Nelsons.
(WOOD CREAKING SOFTLY)
(DAUNTING MUSIC PLAYING)
ISABELLE: Mae?
Are you in here?
(WOOD CREAKING SOFTLY)
-MAE: Boo!
-(ISABELLE SCREAMS)
-What are you doing here?
-(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
ISABELLE: Mae...
what are you doing?
MAE: The crawlspace
goes everywhere.
ISABELLE: What is that?
MAE: The girl who lived here
must have drawn it.
I think her name
was Katherine.
ISABELLE: This is so creepy.
I wonder what the dark figure
watching over them is.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
FATHER: Mae?
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
Hey, where you going?
MAE: Our neighbors
have a little girl.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Mae, just hold your horses,
will you?
-Where are you going?
-MAE: Come on!
FATHER: We'll be back
in a minute.
we're gonna check
something out. Hold on.
-Which way?
-MAE: Over here.
There's nothing here.
I really did see a girl.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
Come on, Mae.
Such a big imagination.
Come on, let's go home.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
FATHER: The mountains sent up
great jeweled rays of light,
so, that each one
was crowned with a rainbow.
And when the Children of Lear
saw that splendor,
they had no more
thought of the years
they had spent over dark,
troublous waters.
And they said to each other,
"When you could hear
the sound of the little bell
that rings for prayers...
and feel our swan bodies
fall from us."
-(THUNDER RUMBLING)
-(RAIN POURING)
(GIRL SCREAMS)
FATHER: We're going
to be making rope, guys,
and we're going
to be using dogbane.
Use any other plant, but dogbane
is pretty easy to find.
Here, come on, off you go.
(GIRLS CHUCKLE)
Hurry up.
Don't go too far.
-(INDISTINCT BABY CRYING)
-(SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING)
(CRYING CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
ISABELLE: Mae?
Mae?
FATHER: Mae?
MOTHER: Mae!
ISABELLE: Mae?
-MOTHER: She could be anywhere.
-FATHER: Mae!
Mae!
(MOTHER GASPING)
Keep Isabelle back.
-(GASPS) Mae!
-Mae!
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(FLIES BUZZING)
(PANTS)
-MOTHER: Mae!
-FATHER: Mae!
-ISABELLE: Mae!
-MOTHER: Mae! Mae!
What happened?
What's wrong? What happened?
MAE: There's dead bodies
in there.
MOTHER: Look at me, Mae.
There's outsiders on the roof.
MOTHER:
What are you talking about?
-MAE: (CRYING) No.
-(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
I... We moved in
around the way there.
Right. The Nelsons' place.
That's right.
We're your new neighbors.
Is that what you are?
-Okay, let's go.
-FATHER: You go.
I'm gonna go see
what's going on.
-MOTHER: No, don't.
-It's okay. Just, just go.
-MOTHER: What happened in there, huh?
-(PANTS) No!
MOTHER: Mae,
where are you going?
Don't go in there.
No, this--
this isn't what I saw.
It was-- there were people,
a girl and her mom.
-They were dead.
-FATHER: Mae, quiet.
JACK: What was that?
What did you say?
She imagines things.
She doesn't mean any harm by it.
We apologize.
Say that again.
FATHER: She was about to say
sorry, okay, for intruding.
-She was just apologizing, okay?
-No!
I want you to tell me
exactly what you saw.
She's just a child. Yeah, a kid.
She makes things up.
-Yeah.
-I'm sorry if we offended you,
but we can be on our way now.
-Right?
-Mm-hmm.
Let's go. Come on.
Let's go, let's go.
I didn't catch your name.
JACK: Jack Avery.
FATHER: Sorry for the intrusion,
Mr. Avery.
What have I told you
guys about leaving us?
Okay? Don't run away like that.
Get inside now.
(MOTHER SIGHS)
What have we told you
time and time again
about telling lies?
I saw them. They're right there.
When are you going
to learn the difference
between reality
and make-believe?
FATHER: You're almost 16.
Grow up.
Because grown-ups do not lie
just to scare people.
But I'm not lying,
and I did see it.
Just because you can't see
something
doesn't mean it's not there.
(GROANS)
(DOOR OPENING, CLOSING)
ISABELLE: Look,
it's gonna be okay.
I'm here with you.
I'm always gonna
be here for you, okay?
Forever. Okay,
it's okay, it's okay.
Come here. Shh. It's okay.
Do you ever believe her?
MOTHER: She's sensitive
to things that we can't explain.
But it won't always
be like this.
She's about to become a woman.
Everything will change.
We just need to support her.
It'll be okay.
I believe we are right
where we belong.
(SLICING CONTINUES)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(JACK PANTING SOFTLY)
(LIQUID POURING)
(SLURPS)
GIRL: That's enough daddy.
(CHUCKLES)
(SLURPS)
ISABELLE: I'm up here!
(CHUCKLING)
JACK: I want you...
to tell me exactly what you saw.
MOTHER: What happened in there?
MAE: There were people,
a girl and her mom.
-They were dead.
-FATHER: Mae, quiet.
JACK: What did you say?
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
FATHER: Seventy million
individuals,
almost all unrelated,
who are willing
to stick their lives to
defend the national motion
of my country.
Mother, can I come?
No, sweetheart, no.
I'm sorry, you have to stay
and finish your studies.
-Those smell amazing.
-No, you two,
these are not for you.
There are more in the kitchen,
some extra.
-Don't eat them all at once.
-(CHUCKLES)
Make sure you save me some,
please. Not like last time.
-Hey.
-Yes?
Are you sure about this?
It is our duty to make an effort
with those who are less
fortunate than us.
-MOTHER: Oh, great, you're home.
-What do you want?
Uh, well,
I just wanted to come by
and apologize for the other day
and invite you for dinner
at ours if you wanted that.
Sure.
-You would?
-I'd like that.
-Great, so is there a time that--
-Tonight.
Oh.
Tonight would be great.
These are for you.
All right then. See you tonight.
(SLOW MELODY MUSIC PLAYING)
Welcome. Come in.
Come in. Make yourself at home.
Dinner's almost ready.
Darling, Mr. Avery's here.
FATHER: Dinner's almost ready.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
They don't look like you much,
do they?
Well, you know,
sadly we weren't blessed
to have kids of our own.
But the girls,
they needed a loving home,
and, well, we provided.
We're very lucky in many ways,
but not so much in others.
You understand that, don't you?
-Hmm, shall we pray?
-MOTHER: Mm.
FATHER: (EXHALES)
Son of our Father,
bless this food
that we have prepared tonight.
All that we ask
is that you reveal your plans
and grant us the strength
to complete them.
Bind us together
and allow no man to separate us
as we grow our family
of believers.
-Amen.
-WOMEN: Amen.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY) Let's dig in.
Mm.
(SNIFFLES)
Mm. So, Jack...
tell me, what brings you
to these parts?
I was born and bred here.
How about you all? (SNIFFLES)
All the places in the world...
ain't really nothing I can see
as why a family would move here.
I guess your visions
scare people, huh?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
She has an overactive
imagination, Jack.
She's just a child.
(JACK GULPS)
-Why do you drink so much?
-MOTHER: Isabelle!
It's okay. Isabelle.
There are some of us
that can hide our demons
deep down inside, but others,
they wear theirs
on their sleeve.
And that's okay.
Looks the same in here.
Yes, the Nelsons
were very generous.
They left-- they left us
all their furniture.
Right, where did they go then?
FATHER: Scotland.
To be closer to their daughter.
-Katherine.
-Exactly.
That's how we know
about this place.
-So, you lived in Scotland then?
-We did before.
FATHER: After.
-After Canada.
-JACK: Right.
Right. But it wasn't for us.
This place is perfect.
Your old Katherine ran away.
(SNIFFLES)
Nelsons hadn't seen her
since she was almost 15.
You know, darling,
this dinner is fantastic.
-Thank you.
-MOTHER: You're welcome.
JACK: They spent months
and months and months
looking for her.
You shouldn't have come here.
It's not good for you.
-You hear me?
-Hold on, what?
This place is wrong.
It's been wrong for a long time.
That's, that's out of line,
Mr. Avery.
All right, how do you
see them, huh?
Mae, you didn't see anything,
did you, darling?
-That's not what she said.
-Enough, Jack.
You tell me. What did you see?
Did they speak to you?
Tell me what you see.
Is that the only thing you saw?
I can't remember.
-You tell me, right now.
-I said that's enough!
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
Now, we've been very courteous
to you, Mr. Avery.
Perhaps a little bit
too courteous.
And you're scaring the children.
So, I'm afraid I'm gonna have
to ask you to leave.
I'll see myself out.
(DOOR OPENING, CLOSING)
Don't you think
Mother and Father
have been acting so weird
since we got here?
Not really, no.
Come on, they've been acting
way more weird than usual.
Isabelle, they only want
what's best for us.
Oh, you know
I've got you, right?
I know.
Same.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(GASPS, PANTS)
(MUFFLED SCREAMS)
-MAE: Nelsons.
-ISABELLE: Mae! Mae! Mae!
Snap out of it!
Snap out of it! It's okay.
-Shh. You're okay.
-(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(GASPS)
I was outside. I was outside.
It's fine. You're here.
-Look at me.
-I saw them.
-I saw their bones.
-Who?
Who? Them who?
Bones of the family
who lived here before.
I don't understand.
Mae, I don't understand.
Isabelle...
something's wrong here.
MOTHER: And when the children
of Lear saw that splendor,
they had no more thought
of the years
that they had spent over dark,
troublesome waters.
Mother, why are you
reading this again?
Because Mae is about to become
a woman, darling,
and this book better helps us
understand our condition.
This story-- Would you just
stop fidgeting, please?
Lear's children were cursed
to suffer as swans,
a curse that would break only
when they heard the bell
of the true god.
-Now, who can tell me--
-It's about faith,
suffering, and helping us
find our true forms.
Very good, Mae.
(CAR APPROACHING)
(SIGHS)
(CAR ENGINE STOPPING,
DOOR OPENING)
Officer Coles,
I appreciate the attention.
If I was gonna put
a gun in my mouth,
I'd give you fair warning.
Don't talk like that, Jack.
You don't remember
calling last night
to get a background check...
on a fucking 15-year-old girl?
(CLEARS THROAT)
Hi there.
-How you doing, sir?
-FATHER: Good.
You must be the renters
Mr. Nelson's realtor
was talking about.
-I'm Sheriff Baker.
-FATHER: Good to meet you.
Those your girls?
Guilty as charged.
Even though they're meant
to be studying right now.
(CHUCKLES)
-Is your wife around?
-Yeah, she is.
She's, um, she's tied up
at the moment.
She's getting ready
for the craft fair.
There's something not right
with that family.
That girl, she knew things
she couldn't have.
Look, I know where you're going
with this, Jack,
and I don't want
to fucking hear it, okay?
They seem like a good,
honest family.
They ain't even
their real parents.
Oh, and adoption's
a crime, is it?
COLES: Jack,
you gotta stop this.
Rachel was your wife,
but she was also my sister.
And Alice...
she was my little niece.
I'm in pain every day, Jack.
And on top of that,
I have to deal
with your bullshit theories
and the whole fucking town
thinking that you did it.
You know
how fucking hard that is?
What do you think?
OFFICER COLES: I kept you
out of jail, didn't I?
(SNIFFLES)
Jack...
please.
I know it's tough, but...
It's time to let them go.
(CAR DOOR CLOSING)
At any rate, I won't waste
any more of your time.
Thanks for dropping by.
Uh, Officer,
was there anything else?
As a matter of fact, there is.
It's about your neighbor.
Baker said that they couldn't
prove that he did it.
I think we should take
the girls with us today.
Absolutely not. No.
What, Mae
in a crowded Craft Fair
after what happened with Jack?
Not in the state that she's in.
I don't want them home alone.
ISABELLE: I'll do it.
-I'll look after her.
-What have we told you about eavesdropping?
-You shouldn't have--
-ISABELLE: I was just walking past, Father.
I know the house now,
and I understand the rules.
You can trust me.
(SLOW MELODY MUSIC PLAYING)
Can we at least study outside?
-No.
-Why?
Because Mother and Father
gave me strict instructions
to keep you inside, Mae.
I need to fetch something.
-(BIRDS CHIRPING)
-(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
ISABELLE: If you put half
as much work, Mae,
in the studying
as you do annoying me,
you'd be a genius.
You know that?
(DOOR CREAKING OPEN)
ISABELLE: Mae.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(SHUDDERS)
-(INSECTS CHIRPING)
-(RAIN PATTERING)
(SHUDDERS)
(PANTS, SHUDDERS)
JACK: Nelsons,
what happened to you?
(PANTS)
-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
-(KIDS LAUGHING)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
Have you found
anything you like?
-CHILD: Mm-mm.
-(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
That's a shame.
Well, what if I said
that I made this
especially for you?
It's yours.
MOTHER:
We have our first customer.
You can have it.
It's yours.
(ISABELLE PANTING)
(SCREAMS)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
Hey, hey, hey, look at me.
MAE: This is where I saw them.
Mae, you need
to stop this, please.
I saw this place.
You said it was all a dream,
but it's not.
I saw the bones.
Whose bones, hmm?
The Nelsons,
they lost their daughter.
ISABELLE: The Nelsons?
They knew
what would happen to them,
so he came here and killed them.
(RAIN POURING)
MOTHER: We don't know
it was Jack, not for sure.
Nonsense.
Who else would it have been?
(INSECTS CHIRPING)
(JACK SIGHS)
Nelsons!
They lost their daughter.
I think her name was Katherine.
-He came here and killed them.
-Tell me exactly what you saw.
A girl and her mom,
they were dead.
(SCREAMS)
Help me.
They knew what
would happen to them.
Don't leave me.
Mae, whose bones?
Mae, hey, hey.
Mae!
Jack, that you?
For God's sake, do
you know what time it is?
They lied.
The Nelsons never
met them in Scotland.
Their daughter Katherine
was in a facility in Arizona.
What's that going to prove?
Are you listening to me?
Jack!
I've told you
there was something wrong
with that family.
You're just making
things worst for yourself.
Where are you?
Mills family. Mm-hmm.
That's a second son...
Cult and grief.
Mae, I need to know.
Were our parents there?
I don't know who he is.
Maybe nobody.
Maybe they're right and
there's something wrong with me.
Isabelle, I have these visions.
And they're telling me things.
Describing them so
clearly, but who he is--
Oh, Mae.
-I don't know.
-Thank God.
Mae's pretty weak.
Yes, I'm aware. I'm her mother.
I want to stay and help.
Do you know how she got out?
No? Well, then I think
you've helped enough.
Thank you.
Mae, sweetheart,
why did you go outside?
The door was open.
The door was open?
Did you forget the rules?
Hmm?
Did someone say
you could go outside?
You have to stop
this. Do you hear me?
Now look, your father and I,
we have been
too lax on you girls.
It's irresponsible.
So from now on,
I won't be leaving you alone.
You know what
would cheer us all up?
Mae's birthday.
-I'm not sure--
-Not sure you really feel what?
Not in the mood for celebration?
That's what we'll do.
We'll wake up
first thing in the morning.
And we'll set up for Mae's
birthday, and it'll be perfect.
Absolutely perfect.
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
(DOOR OPENS)
Hi, busy bees.
Beautiful.
-You take this.
-Thank you. Wow.
Heavenly. It's perfect.
MOTHER: And just keep it moving.
Right.
-Let's play a game.
-A game?
Now?
Just a quick one, Mother.
It could be the last before
Mae becomes a woman.
Oh.
All right, just one.
Just one.
Ooh.
1, 2, 3.
I've got a plan.
-Five...
-Just hide. You can trust me.
-Trust me.
-Please.
I know you can help.
Fourteen, 15, 16...
17, 18.
Nineteen, 20.
Ready or not, girls...
where are you?
Girls!
Isabelle?
Mae? Are you out here?
Isabelle!
Where is your sister?
-I don't know.
-Is she outside?
Get up to your room!
Isabelle!
Isabelle!
No!
-Mills?
-Move your pretty.
I want you to back
up from the desk.
Turn around slowly.
Aren't you that girl
from the new family?
What are you doing here?
I was looking
for help, officer.
What do you got there?
I found these pictures
of me and my sister.
Kidnapping.
It's okay.
It's okay. Please don't hurt me.
-No, I'm not going to hurt you.
-Don't hurt me.
You're safe.
You're safe with me.
I'm very disappointed
in you, Isabelle.
I'll deal with you later.
I think what confused
me was...
Mother?
That's the kind of thing
your sister would do.
So I guess now we could
play a different game.
Do you remember this one?
This little piggy
went to market.
You know, you should be thankful
to be a part of this family,
but you're not.
I am thankful, Father.
I promise.
Why were you so selfish,
running away like
that on Mae's birthday?
I would do anything
to protect you,
because that is my purpose.
No, no, no.
You understand that, don't you?
Because if you don't, that
means we haven't done our job.
We failed this family.
This little piggy stayed at
home. No, Mother, please.
I was just,
I was trying to help.
This little piggy
had roast beef.
You have no idea
how lucky you are, Isabelle,
and to have the things you have.
And this little piggy had none.
Mother, no.
God has some
amazing plans for us all.
-And this little piggy...
-I was scared.
I wanted to do
something for the family.
To protect the family.
I know
that I let you down before,
and I just wanted
to make it right.
So I went
to that man's house to see
why he cares so much about Mae.
But he wasn't there.
And another man arrived then.
I was so afraid
that he was gonna hurt me.
But Father... Father saved me.
Oh, Jack, come on.
You know you're not welcome.
I love you, babe, all right?
And if you could just--
I need to use that phone.
(THUNDER BURSTS)
(DOOR OPENS)
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
I want to speak to Aaron Nash.
What business
do you have with him?
He was hired to find
a missing girl.
Katherine.
What did you say?
Katherine Nelson from Millview.
Is this a test?
No, this is not a test.
Look, I have no idea
what you're talking about.
Do not hang up.
When Katherine Nelson
disappeared,
the Nelsons hired you
to find her.
Then they disappeared.
There was a family that moved
into the Nelsons' house,
and there was something
very wrong.
How do you know this?
You had a file on Katherine.
The new family in the house
tried to destroy it.
But I found it.
Who is this?
My name is Jack Avery.
-I live...
-Next door to the Nelsons.
I know who you are.
Are you a religious man, Jack?
No.
Either way, know this,
if you lie down with the devil,
you'll wake up in hell.
I need you to tell me
what you know then.
You have no idea
what this is, do you?
I wish I could remember
what that feels like.
Yeah, I was hired
to find that girl.
She'd run away and I found her.
But when I spoke to her,
what she told me,
the Nelsons were not
Katherine's real family.
They were part of a cult.
(WHIPPING)
Were we stolen?
Stolen?
No. Why would you think that?
You and your sister were lost.
And your father and I found you.
We saved you.
She'd been abducted
by them as a child.
And she somehow,
she managed to escape.
By the time I found her,
She was sedated in a psych ward
in Arizona,
but this was no longer
a case of one missing kid.
It was much bigger
than the Nelsons,
went back years, decades even.
Girls taken...
forced to bear children.
-Stop crying.
-It's not that.
It's just...
it's all so beautiful, Mother.
Yes. Yes, my girl.
And I promised
I'd take care of it.
Persuade her
to come back to Millview.
Thought if she testified,
I could put an end to it all.
But we were too late.
Why does no one know about this?
They're very smart
and connected.
And they cover
their tracks very well.
The leader of the cult,
the so-called Second Son.
He discovered the Nelsons
had lost Katherine,
and he was furious.
They couldn't afford
any loose ends,
so he killed them.
And he threatened
to kill me and my family.
(PHONE RINGING)
Aaron Nash.
If I didn't hand over
everything I'd found...
including Katherine.
Yeah, that girl trusted me
and I brought her back there.
Yeah, it's my fault she's dead.
But he made a mistake.
Two witnesses.
Your wife and daughter.
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
-(DOOR SHUTS OPEN)
-(SCREAMS)
Hello.
Hello!
My sweet darling Mae,
happy birthday.
Everything that you have done,
everything that you have
experienced
has led you to this moment.
Today, become a child
of the Second Sun.
And when his faith enters you,
you will fulfill your destiny
and become a mother!
She's ready.
And with this body,
she is the chosen.
One pure body.
One womb.
Claimed by you.
Allow her body
to signal her willingness
to receive your grace
so that she may lead
your beloved followers
to a new world that is remade
in your glorious image.
The blood returned.
(DOOR KNOCKING)
Coles, Coles, do you read me?
Do you copy? Over.
Coles, do you read me? Over.
Damn it.
-Jack.
-Get out.
Now is not the right time.
Get out now.
-Get out.
-Okay.
Listen, whatever it is, we can
sort through it, okay?
I know who you are.
I know who the Nelsons were.
And those kids,
they ain't yours.
Now get on your fucking knees.
Get on your fucking knees!
Hey, please!
Okay, listen, I know the pain
that you're going through, okay?
I can help you.
We can help you, okay?
I'm a father as
well, Jack. Please.
I don't know what you are,
but you ain't no fucking father.
Don't you say that again.
Don't you say that.
(SOBS)
Hey, hey, it's okay. Hey.
I've got you, I've got you.
I'm gonna get us out of here.
It's okay.
I need a knife.
Don't leave me.
-I'm gonna come back for you.
-No.
I'm gonna come back.
(LAUGHS)
Can't do it, can you?
How can a man who can't
even protect his own family
think he can take mine
away from me?
Do it, Jack.
Be the man your family
needed you to be...
when I slaughtered them.
(SCREAMS) Ah!
-Isabelle!
-Isabelle!
Isabelle!
-What's she doing?
-Isabelle!
You check on Mae.
I'll take care of the other one.
Mae!
Isabelle.
Let's play a game.
Where are you?
Isabelle...
come out,
come out, wherever you are.
Found you.
You never were very good
at this game, were you?
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Mae!
Mae!
Mae!
Mae!
Ah!
Ah! You know, we need Mae.
But you...
There were plenty
of other Isabelle's before you.
But you... you came so close.
Shame.
Mother!
Mother!
(GASPS) What did you do?
(GASPS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(GROANS)
(FLOORBOARD CREAKING)
FATHER: I can hear you, Mae.
(YELLS)
-(FATHER GRUNTS)
-(YELLS)
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS)
-Issie! (COUGHS)
-Sorry, sorry, sorry!
(JACK GRUNTING)
(GRUNTS)
(YELLS)
(MUSIC BUILDS)
(GRUNTS)
(YELLS)
-(FATHER CHUCKLING)
-Run!
-(CHUCKLES)
-(GRUNTS)
(MUSIC BUILDS)
(CHOKES)
What did you do?
Sorry.
What did you do?
-I'm sorry.
-(SOBS)
(GRUNTS)
Mae.
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(SOBS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(PANTS) You're okay.
You're safe now, okay?
You're safe.
(POLICE SIREN CHIRPING)
(SOBS)
Hey.
(POLICE OFFICER SHOUTING
IN DISTANCE)
Let's go.
(POLICE SIREN WAILING)
OFFICER: Avery, don't move!
Hold it right there!
Hands where I can see them.
Avery, don't move.
Put your hands above
your head, real slow.
(GRUNTS)
Interlock your fingers.
(POLICE SIREN WAILING)
OFFICER: Stop!
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
What in God's name
have you done, boy?
Stop, I said!
You're gonna rot
in hell for this, Jack.
(SOFT DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
It's okay.
We're okay.
Your family's at peace now.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC FADES)
(BROODING MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)