The Monster Within (2026) Movie Script
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[logo chimes]
[moaning]
[sinister music]
- [muffled] Help! Help!
Help!
[sinister music continues]
Help!
[grunting]
[groaning]
Oh! Come on.
Oh, hell.
[grunting]
Ah!
What the fuck?
[groaning]
[monster growling]
No!
Help!
Fuck!
[panting]
No! No!
[monster growling]
Come on.
[panting]
No.
No.
[monster growling]
Come on!
Faster! Come on!
Come on.
[monster growls]
[screams]
[sinister music continues]
[eerie music]
[eerie music continues]
[eerie music continues]
[monster growling]
- Mr. Dranger. Have a seat.
- Oh, um, Garrett's fine.
- Welcome, Garrett.
- Um, okay.
[clears throat]
- [Dr] Okay, great.
[dramatic music]
Garrett.
Why do you feel like
you need therapy?
- Um, good question.
Uh, quite a few
reasons, actually.
- Name something that you feel
you have a severe problem with.
- Obsession.
- [Dr] Obsession? Interesting.
- Is it?
- It's interesting
that you might recognise
that about yourself.
What kind of obsession?
- Obsessions.
- [Dr] Okay, what might they be?
- Scheduling.
- So you don't like to be late?
- I like things to have shape.
- [Dr] As in each day?
- Each... each week.
I'm a firm believer in
exact days and times
that certain priorities
need to be achieved.
- [Dr] Achieved?
What is so detrimental
to those things?
- I have...
things
that rely on me.
- You mean people?
- Um,
yeah, I own a farm.
- Oh, so small animals.
Are you a married man, Garrett?
- No.
- Have you ever been married?
- Once.
- [Dr] What happened?
- She died.
- Oh, I'm so sorry.
- It's okay.
I can talk about it now.
- What happened?
- She had a terrible accident.
She...
went somewhere.
She wasn't supposed to go.
- Why wasn't she
supposed to go there?
- [Garrett] It was dangerous.
- Did she know it was dangerous?
- No.
- Was it her fault?
- No.
It was my fault.
- Did it have anything to do
with the schedule, Garrett?
- Yes.
- So you are blaming
yourself for her death?
- Uh, I...
- Is this why a schedule
is so important to you?
Do you feel if you
keep to a schedule now,
nobody else around
you will get hurt?
- Nobody I care about.
- Right.
- Like I said, it's...
it's an obsession.
- It's an obsession
because you're feeling you might
forget something.
- I can't, I can't never
forget to do that again.
- [Dr] Forget what, Garrett.
What is it specifically?
- To feed it.
- On the farm?
- Yes.
- What did you forget to feed
- The beast.
- Do you have a dog, Garrett?
- I used to have one
of those as well.
- Dog attacks happen.
I won't ask the breed.
There's clearly still quite
a bit of trauma there.
We'll dig deeper into
that in future sessions.
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[ambient bar noises]
[country music]
[light rock music]
[people chatting indistinctly]
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[high-pitched tone]
[eerie music]
[dramatic music]
[monster growling]
[sombre music]
[piano music plays on radio]
[eerie music]
Lonely
I'd give the world
If I could only
make you understand.
It surely would be great.
I'm going to tell her
Oh my baby
Ask him won't you
please come home
Cause
when you go I'm worried
All day long
Baby won't you
please come home
Baby won't you
please come home
I have tried in vain
Nevermore to call your name
When you left you
broke my heart
That will never make up for
Every hour in the day
You will hear me say
Baby won't you
please come home?
I mean
Baby won't you
please come home?
[panting]
Baby won't you
please come home?
Cause your mama's all alone
I have tried in vain
Nevermore to call your name
When you left,
you broke my heart
That we'll never make a home
[gasping and panting]
I got to move me this way
- You fucking bitch!
Baby won't...
Where the fuck did you go?
[tense music]
Just come on out.
We can talk about this.
It's going to be all right.
Let's just talk.
[panting]
[tense music continues]
- Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
How am I getting out of here?
[breathing heavily]
[tense music]
God damn it!
[tense music continues]
- I ain't got time
for this shit.
[dramatic music]
[gunshot]
- Stranger.
Nice to see you,
- Doc, nice to see you again.
Um, and I can call you Doc.
That's not inappropriate?
- [Dr] Sure, yeah.
- Okay.
Okay, um, well, like
in the movies, they...
they always call their therapist
doc or whatever, you know?
- How are you feeling today?
[dramatic music]
- Um.
Fulfilled.
- Is that not normal for you?
- Um, not most days, anyway.
- [Dr] Is this stemming from
accomplishing something?
- Yes.
- [Dr] A goal?
- Yes.
- Do you feel great satisfaction
from achieving those?
- It's a series of events
that go hand in hand.
- Why are they so important?
Are they work related.
- You could say that.
- This farm of yours,
it's a big responsibility.
- Very much so.
- Tell me about it.
- Oh, um,
63 acres.
Uh, Creek runs through it.
Um, we have horses, an orchard.
- Sounds very nice.
It's been in my family
for generations.
- So it was passed
down to you then?
- Yes.
- [Dr] Does that weigh on you?
- The responsibility?
- What I mean is, does it
feel like a constant chore?
- There are certain aspects
I did not want to inherit.
- Can you give me an example?
- My great great grandfather
purchased that
particular piece of land
from a group of American
Indians a very long time ago.
And that land
came with certain advantages
and disadvantages
for a very long time.
My family was rich in timber,
and in very good fortune.
When my own father ran the farm,
that was a very dark
time for me as a child.
My father...
didn't want to follow
the rules, you see.
- What rules, Garrett?
- The farm has to be catered to.
It has to be taken care of.
Every family member that
the farm gets passed down to
has to follow a
certain set of rules.
One in particular.
- Which is what?
- You aren't family, doc.
- No, no I'm not.
So your property's
keeping you a slave?
- What? No, I didn't say that.
- It would appear, Garrett,
that you hold some resentment
towards that of which you own.
- I...I...
- Your fulfilment comes from
the pressure being lifted
from the tasks
that you complete.
Tasks that you schedule
so your family's past
promises are kept.
Does that sound about right?
- Yes.
- Garrett, what our families
have done in the past
does not need to
resonate into the future.
You are your own man.
- I am my own man.
- What are the
consequences if you do not do
some of these things?
- It's really only one thing.
- What would happen to you if
that one thing was not done?
- That's just it, doc.
I don't want to think
about what would happen.
[birds chirping]
[tense music]
[car engine rumbling]
[gravel crunching]
- So.
[tense music]
Yeah.
Not really.
Yeah, Cole's gotta go back
to work tomorrow, I think
[tense music continues]
So.
Hey, I heard there's
a party tonight.
Are you gonna go?
Well, I heard it's supposed
to be really...
[tense music]
Oh, well, you decide
to go, text me, because
I think I'm gonna go.
Okay,
I will let you know.
All right. Bye.
[tense music continues]
[dramatic music]
[feet kicking]
[tense music continues]
[monster exhaling]
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[monster growling]
[monster growling]
[monster growling]
[angelic voices singing]
[angelic voices singing]
[goats bleating]
[angelic voices singing]
- Mr. Garrett?
Mr. Garrett?
[angelic voices singing]
Mr. Garrett?
[knocking on door]
[knocking on door]
Mr. Garrett?
Works all done for today.
Are you home?
Mr. Garrett?
[eerie music]
[tense music]
- Help me!
[tense music continues]
[monster exhaling]
[tense music]
- It doesn't like men.
[eerie music]
It only likes women.
[hammer scrapes]
I've tried feeding
it everything.
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- You're a good farmhand.
- Mr. Garrett.
- You shouldn't have
went in the house.
- Mr. Garrett?
[music intensifies]
Wait, wait.
[flesh squelching]
[coughing]
[blows thudding]
[sombre music]
[sombre music continues]
[heavy breathing]
Fucking blood.
[exhales]
I fucking hate you.
[breathing heavily]
[tense music]
[monster breathing heavily]
[eerie music]
[trunk opens]
[monster growling]
Not... not one word
uttered in my direction
showing any
appreciation
whatsoever.
- [Dr] Why now?
- What?
- Why, after all this time,
does this person's behaviour
affect you like this?
- Because...
Because it's unfair.
- And do you feel
like you communicate with
this person fairly?
- Absolutely.
- Why do you think this
person may have an issue
relaying their
thoughts with you?
- I don't know.
I don't even know if it
properly knows how to.
- [Dr] Does it rely
on you, Garrett?
- Daily.
- [Dr] What for?
- Basic necessities.
Well, it wouldn't even
survive without me.
- [Dr] Basic necessities?
Water. Food?
- Yes.
- [Dr] Do you show
it love, Garrett?
- What?
[monster growling]
- [Dr] Affection?
- [Garrett] What do you mean?
- Affection.
What about understanding.
- In terms of its situation?
- Something kept caged only
recognises who takes care of it.
- What are you saying?
You want me to pet it?
- I certainly don't think
it would hurt to try.
- I might disagree with that.
- Your anger is stemming
from not having proper
communication with
real people, Garrett.
- I come talk to you every week.
- I'm here to help
you understand and
realise your feelings,
urges, and dissect past trauma
so you can better your future.
- So you're saying I need
to get more friends?
- Do you have any?
- Maybe I should date.
- I'm not sure you're
ready for that just yet.
But find a friend.
.Someone to have a beer with.
Someone to watch sports with.
Vent about life.
- I'm not that
great with people.
- I think if you make the
effort, we can work from there.
- Okay.
Make a friend. Got it.
[eerie music]
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[water splashes]
[eerie music continues]
[radio tuning]
- [voice on radio] Straight from
our desk to your home.
Local authorities are reporting
yet again another missing woman,
Shelley Marie Renter,
described as a white female,
5'3 Brunette with
red highlights,
has been missing for
approximately two weeks.
She was last seen
wearing a black t-shirt, jeans,
leaving a concert.
The family simply said,
please find our daughter.
She is our everything.
Chief Aaron Bodeyega telling
Fox six that any persons
with any information
regarding this matter
should immediately
contact their office.
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[door slides]
- Hey, buddy.
[footsteps tapping]
[Garrett sighs]
Son of a bitch!
[cup clatters]
I...
had to bury my wife.
Now I'm gonna fucking bury you.
[digger rumbling]
[eerie music]
[digger rumbling]
[tense music]
[monster breathing]1
[ethereal music]
Okay, so I've tried drowning it.
Tried burying you.
Maybe it's time to burn in hell.
[eerie music]
[blowtorch ignites]
[flames roar]
[tense music]
- This is Matt.
- [Man] Hello, Matt.
- Who else would it be?
- [Man] Yeah, yeah,
yeah. Of course.
You can't make me look
bad on this one, Matt.
- What's the job?
- [Man] It's a family friend,
and they really
need a favour here.
- You're the one
doing the favour.
I'm just doing
this for the money.
How many greenbacks
is this for, anyway?
- [Man] It don't pay much.
Thousand bucks.
- Uh-Uh.
- [Man] Mattie, just get to
town and meet the guy.
Knowing the situation,
it's probably at that end,
but at least you'll
make some good scratch.
And I'll look good.
- Sure.
Yeah, whatever I'll, uh,
I'll be talking to you.
[sighs] Let's go do this.
[car door closes]
[knocking on door]
Don, my name is Matt.
- Daniel says you're good.
- Sometimes.
It depends on how
slippery the subject is.
- It's my son.
- He knocked a babe up?
You need dirt on her, or?
Don't think it's his kid?
- No, it's nothing like that.
He's gone missing.
- Oh.
- I know what you're
probably thinking.
- You do?
- Probably think it's drugs.
Something like that.
- Uh, that's usually the case.
- That's not him.
He's a good boy.
[Matt clears throat]
- So he just vanished
into thin air?
- That's correct.
- Where was he last seen?
- He works as a farmhand.
Bowen Bridge Road for a
man named Garrett Dranger.
Dranger said he
finished up his work
left, and that was the
last he saw of him.
- And that farm's
out in the woods?
- Yes, sir,
It's pretty far out there.
- Um, did this Dranger
fellow notice anything wrong
with your son at all?
Uh, before he went missing?
- No, he said he did his work
left, and that was the
last he saw of him.
- And where are the
cops at with all this?
- Cops? Well,
he's an adult.
And they seem to think that
everything's drug related.
Someone goes missing.
They just assume that
and by the time they want to get
something done, it's too late.
- So what's the time
frame like here?
When was the last
time Dranger saw him?
- It's been a week.
No calls, no texts.
It's like he vanished
into thin air.
- Don, I'm going to be frank
and straightforward here.
You know what
happened to your son?
- Now I'm hoping maybe you
can help me with that.
I fear the worst, sir.
- And why is that?
- I've lived out
here for a long time.
The Dranger family has
lived on that farm for
140 years, if not more.
Now, when you live
on a land that long,
a lot of stories
start to populate in a small
town like this.
And I'm telling you right now,
a lot of them, a lot of them
are not good.
Whatever you can find out,
greatly appreciated.
Just find my boy.
This is Dranger.
Make sure you find him.
- I'm gonna need the
address to this farm.
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[knocking on door]
- [Garrett] Can I help you?
- You must be Garrett?
Garrett Dranger?
- Yeah, that's correct.
- My name is Matt.
- Forgive me if I'm not
overly friendly today.
- I'm sorry.
I don't mean to offend.
- It's all right.
I've had a lot of people
around here lately.
- I'm... I'm sure you have.
- You don't look
like the police.
- No. I'm, um.
I'm a friend of,
uh, Don Rickman's.
He... he asked me to
come up here and, uh,
ask some questions.
- Okay, um.
They still haven't
found his boy yet?
- No, I'm afraid not.
- Oh, um, yeah, by all means.
Um, come on in.
- Thank you. Thank
you very much.
[door creaking]
Thank you.
- Yeah, you bet.
- So, Mr. Dranger, you last
saw the boy about a week ago?
- Um,
he did his chores, uh,
about 5:00, put tack up.
I watched him drive out of here.
- Did you notice
him make any calls?
Did anyone visit?
Is there anything
out of the ordinary?
- No, nothing out
of the ordinary.
But I was gone a
good part of the day.
- Um, if you don't mind me
asking, where did you go?
- I go to therapy.
Um. Monday, Wednesdays, Fridays.
- It's a new thing for you?
- It's a bit of a new
thing for me, yeah.
- How's that working out?
- Time will tell.
- Well, Mr. Dranger, do you
mind showing me the barn
where his daily routine
would take place?
Where he would, uh,
He would do the chores
you would hire him to do.
- I don't know what good
it might do, but, uh.
Yeah, sure, we can
go look around.
- That'd be great.
[tense music]
- Nothing special,
it's just, uh,
where I keep munching
my junk and stuff.
So...
[tense music continues]
- It's a beautiful car.
- Thank you.
It's been in the
family for years.
I do my best to keep it running.
[tense music continues]
- Uh, is this for the
boy who would do most of
his work at, out here?
- Yeah, uh, here
and with the horses.
- With the horses?
Um.
[tense music continues]
Get many visitors
out here, Mr. Dranger.
- No.
No friends?
[inaudible]
No friends?
No friends to show up
and ask questions about
your daily routine,
and things you do out here?
- No.
- I'm a pretty simple man.
- Sometimes simple is
the best disguise.
Well, this is all pretty
ridiculous anyway.
Once the cops actually list
him as a missing person,
which they will,
We'll trace his phone.
We'll find his last whereabouts.
So this is all probably a,
you know, a big
misunderstanding.
- Kids these days.
- Right?
I really appreciate you
showing me around, Mr. Dranger.
And, uh,
if I can think of any more
questions, I'll contact you.
Say it's about a 20 minute
drive back into town.
Do you mind if I use,
uh, use the head.
I gotta piss like a racehorse.
- Uh, yeah.
It's, uh, down the hallway.
First door on the left.
- First door on the left?
- First door on the left.
- Okay, I'll be right back.
[footsteps crunching]
[door creaks]
[tense music]
[dramatic sting]
You know, on second thought,
I think I can hold it.
I think I'll be all right.
I can make it to town.
It's not a big deal.
Thank you, Mr. Dranger,
I'll be in contact.
I'll talk to you soon.
[tense music continues]
- [Dr] You look defeated
today, Garrett.
- Not defeated.
- [Dr] Then what
are you feeling?
- Sad.
- Did something happen?
- Something...
Someone said.
The way they said it.
- What did they say?
- They had...
something ending that they
had no choice in the matter.
It made me sad.
- Do you feel sad that often?
- I'm not depressed, if that's
what you're going after.
- It's just a question.
- That's all you do
is ask questions.
- It's part of my job, Garrett.
Do you care about this person?
- No.
- Then why does an
event in their life
have such weight
on your feelings?
- Because I'm human.
- Have you never had
anyone else make you sad?
- My wife.
- [Dr] Was that typical?
Occasional?
- Once.
- When you lost her?
- Yes.
- [Dr] Was this person who made
you sad the other day a woman?
- Yes.
- Did you see
similarities in her?
- What do you mean?
- Your wife and
this other person.
Were there similarities there?
- In their situations in life?
Once.
Yes. I suppose.
- You miss her then?
- Every day.
- One of the things that
we need to work on is
moving past that, Garrett.
- So you're saying you want
me to forget about her?
- No, I'm simply stating
that if you want to move on,
you have to live a
happy, healthy life.
You need to remember the good
times and block out the bad.
- That's hard to do.
- I understand.
That's why we work on it.
- I live with a
constant reminder of the worst
time in our lives.
It feeds off me all the time.
I worry one day I will
have nothing left to give.
- You have a choice, Garrett.
You can choose to
let it eat you alive,
or you can choose to be free.
- I can?
- Of course you can.
- What life might be like
if that were to happen.
- You are already doing a
bunch of the heavy lifting
by being here and
discussing these things.
- How do I break free?
- You have to want to, Garrett.
- Easier said than done.
[alarm chimes]
Thanks for the session, doc.
- Patient Garrett Dranger.
Showing signs of a toxic
relationship with his property.
Extraordinary really.
Fascinating.
He invests so much
personal emotion
into something so tangible
that isn't another human being.
[tense music]
And his relationship with
humans is almost non-existent.
But he's capable.
[sombre music]
I feel as though I might need to
look at how he lives himself,
in my professional opinion,
it would help him greatly.
[door creaks]
[eerie music]
[horn honks]
[monster growling]
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[monster growling]
[tense music]
[tense violin music]
[monster growling]
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[lock clicking]
[door creaks]
[tense music continues]
- Bingo.
[eerie music]
I wouldn't even know
what I'm looking for.
My god.
This guy's a hoarder.
I don't even know if I...
know if I fucking found
something in here.
[eerie music continues]
[eerie music continues]
Bingo.
[eerie music continues]
[door slides]
[shotgun cocks]
[eerie music continues]
[tense music]
[dog growling]
[tense music continues]
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[monster growling]
[monster growling]
[eerie music]
Mr. Dranger, put down the gun.
[eerie music continues]
- Now you know.
- Know what?
- I did everything I could.
[gunshot]
[sighs]
[clears throat]
Okay, so I decided to make a...
video recording a, uh,
an account of... of what
I know in advance.
Um, in case
people find out what I've done.
Um,
best I can guess is we got...
We got it in the 1800s.
This is my
great-great-grandfather and
grandfather.
Great grandfather
on the homestead
here. Uh, when we
received it, uh.
So, um, I was never
allowed in the basement
by my grandparents.
Um, or my father.
Um, it wasn't safe, they said.
And so we didn't go down there.
Um.
I was 15 when my father
took me out one night,
and we drove out
into the countryside and,
uh, to this house
and, uh, parked, and my dad
gave me a ski mask and
gloves and, uh, he said, uh.
You know, we have
to feed the farm.
And so we, uh,
went into the back
of this house,
and, uh, door was unlocked
and we went into the living room
and there was this young woman
laying on the couch asleep,
and he got out
what was chloroform
and a rag and showed
me how to use it.
And, um,
we got the woman back
out to the truck, and...
we got home at, like,
two in the morning
and, uh, packed her downstairs.
[clears throat]
Into the basement,
and later on, a painter's cloth.
And my father cut her and
she... she started to bleed,
and, uh, he was saying it
only likes the taste of women,
and and I didn't
know... I didn't understand
what was going on.
Um.
And then that's the
first time I saw it.
And the trunk came alive and...
and I couldn't quite
understand what I was seeing.
And or believe
what was happening.
And I still.. I
still don't know.
I don't understand
what I'm seeing today.
Um.
But, uh, I turned around and,
uh, and my mother grabbed me,
and she turned me
around, and she said,
"When we were gone,
you have to feed it.
This is your responsibility."
And I've been
feeding it ever since.
And, uh.
I think it's best
that it stays locked up.
[eerie music]
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[logo chimes]
[moaning]
[sinister music]
- [muffled] Help! Help!
Help!
[sinister music continues]
Help!
[grunting]
[groaning]
Oh! Come on.
Oh, hell.
[grunting]
Ah!
What the fuck?
[groaning]
[monster growling]
No!
Help!
Fuck!
[panting]
No! No!
[monster growling]
Come on.
[panting]
No.
No.
[monster growling]
Come on!
Faster! Come on!
Come on.
[monster growls]
[screams]
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[eerie music]
[eerie music continues]
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[monster growling]
- Mr. Dranger. Have a seat.
- Oh, um, Garrett's fine.
- Welcome, Garrett.
- Um, okay.
[clears throat]
- [Dr] Okay, great.
[dramatic music]
Garrett.
Why do you feel like
you need therapy?
- Um, good question.
Uh, quite a few
reasons, actually.
- Name something that you feel
you have a severe problem with.
- Obsession.
- [Dr] Obsession? Interesting.
- Is it?
- It's interesting
that you might recognise
that about yourself.
What kind of obsession?
- Obsessions.
- [Dr] Okay, what might they be?
- Scheduling.
- So you don't like to be late?
- I like things to have shape.
- [Dr] As in each day?
- Each... each week.
I'm a firm believer in
exact days and times
that certain priorities
need to be achieved.
- [Dr] Achieved?
What is so detrimental
to those things?
- I have...
things
that rely on me.
- You mean people?
- Um,
yeah, I own a farm.
- Oh, so small animals.
Are you a married man, Garrett?
- No.
- Have you ever been married?
- Once.
- [Dr] What happened?
- She died.
- Oh, I'm so sorry.
- It's okay.
I can talk about it now.
- What happened?
- She had a terrible accident.
She...
went somewhere.
She wasn't supposed to go.
- Why wasn't she
supposed to go there?
- [Garrett] It was dangerous.
- Did she know it was dangerous?
- No.
- Was it her fault?
- No.
It was my fault.
- Did it have anything to do
with the schedule, Garrett?
- Yes.
- So you are blaming
yourself for her death?
- Uh, I...
- Is this why a schedule
is so important to you?
Do you feel if you
keep to a schedule now,
nobody else around
you will get hurt?
- Nobody I care about.
- Right.
- Like I said, it's...
it's an obsession.
- It's an obsession
because you're feeling you might
forget something.
- I can't, I can't never
forget to do that again.
- [Dr] Forget what, Garrett.
What is it specifically?
- To feed it.
- On the farm?
- Yes.
- What did you forget to feed
- The beast.
- Do you have a dog, Garrett?
- I used to have one
of those as well.
- Dog attacks happen.
I won't ask the breed.
There's clearly still quite
a bit of trauma there.
We'll dig deeper into
that in future sessions.
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[people chatting indistinctly]
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[monster growling]
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[piano music plays on radio]
[eerie music]
Lonely
I'd give the world
If I could only
make you understand.
It surely would be great.
I'm going to tell her
Oh my baby
Ask him won't you
please come home
Cause
when you go I'm worried
All day long
Baby won't you
please come home
Baby won't you
please come home
I have tried in vain
Nevermore to call your name
When you left you
broke my heart
That will never make up for
Every hour in the day
You will hear me say
Baby won't you
please come home?
I mean
Baby won't you
please come home?
[panting]
Baby won't you
please come home?
Cause your mama's all alone
I have tried in vain
Nevermore to call your name
When you left,
you broke my heart
That we'll never make a home
[gasping and panting]
I got to move me this way
- You fucking bitch!
Baby won't...
Where the fuck did you go?
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Just come on out.
We can talk about this.
It's going to be all right.
Let's just talk.
[panting]
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- Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!
How am I getting out of here?
[breathing heavily]
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God damn it!
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- I ain't got time
for this shit.
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[gunshot]
- Stranger.
Nice to see you,
- Doc, nice to see you again.
Um, and I can call you Doc.
That's not inappropriate?
- [Dr] Sure, yeah.
- Okay.
Okay, um, well, like
in the movies, they...
they always call their therapist
doc or whatever, you know?
- How are you feeling today?
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- Um.
Fulfilled.
- Is that not normal for you?
- Um, not most days, anyway.
- [Dr] Is this stemming from
accomplishing something?
- Yes.
- [Dr] A goal?
- Yes.
- Do you feel great satisfaction
from achieving those?
- It's a series of events
that go hand in hand.
- Why are they so important?
Are they work related.
- You could say that.
- This farm of yours,
it's a big responsibility.
- Very much so.
- Tell me about it.
- Oh, um,
63 acres.
Uh, Creek runs through it.
Um, we have horses, an orchard.
- Sounds very nice.
It's been in my family
for generations.
- So it was passed
down to you then?
- Yes.
- [Dr] Does that weigh on you?
- The responsibility?
- What I mean is, does it
feel like a constant chore?
- There are certain aspects
I did not want to inherit.
- Can you give me an example?
- My great great grandfather
purchased that
particular piece of land
from a group of American
Indians a very long time ago.
And that land
came with certain advantages
and disadvantages
for a very long time.
My family was rich in timber,
and in very good fortune.
When my own father ran the farm,
that was a very dark
time for me as a child.
My father...
didn't want to follow
the rules, you see.
- What rules, Garrett?
- The farm has to be catered to.
It has to be taken care of.
Every family member that
the farm gets passed down to
has to follow a
certain set of rules.
One in particular.
- Which is what?
- You aren't family, doc.
- No, no I'm not.
So your property's
keeping you a slave?
- What? No, I didn't say that.
- It would appear, Garrett,
that you hold some resentment
towards that of which you own.
- I...I...
- Your fulfilment comes from
the pressure being lifted
from the tasks
that you complete.
Tasks that you schedule
so your family's past
promises are kept.
Does that sound about right?
- Yes.
- Garrett, what our families
have done in the past
does not need to
resonate into the future.
You are your own man.
- I am my own man.
- What are the
consequences if you do not do
some of these things?
- It's really only one thing.
- What would happen to you if
that one thing was not done?
- That's just it, doc.
I don't want to think
about what would happen.
[birds chirping]
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[car engine rumbling]
[gravel crunching]
- So.
[tense music]
Yeah.
Not really.
Yeah, Cole's gotta go back
to work tomorrow, I think
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So.
Hey, I heard there's
a party tonight.
Are you gonna go?
Well, I heard it's supposed
to be really...
[tense music]
Oh, well, you decide
to go, text me, because
I think I'm gonna go.
Okay,
I will let you know.
All right. Bye.
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[monster growling]
[monster growling]
[angelic voices singing]
[angelic voices singing]
[goats bleating]
[angelic voices singing]
- Mr. Garrett?
Mr. Garrett?
[angelic voices singing]
Mr. Garrett?
[knocking on door]
[knocking on door]
Mr. Garrett?
Works all done for today.
Are you home?
Mr. Garrett?
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- Help me!
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[monster exhaling]
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- It doesn't like men.
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It only likes women.
[hammer scrapes]
I've tried feeding
it everything.
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- You're a good farmhand.
- Mr. Garrett.
- You shouldn't have
went in the house.
- Mr. Garrett?
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Wait, wait.
[flesh squelching]
[coughing]
[blows thudding]
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[heavy breathing]
Fucking blood.
[exhales]
I fucking hate you.
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[trunk opens]
[monster growling]
Not... not one word
uttered in my direction
showing any
appreciation
whatsoever.
- [Dr] Why now?
- What?
- Why, after all this time,
does this person's behaviour
affect you like this?
- Because...
Because it's unfair.
- And do you feel
like you communicate with
this person fairly?
- Absolutely.
- Why do you think this
person may have an issue
relaying their
thoughts with you?
- I don't know.
I don't even know if it
properly knows how to.
- [Dr] Does it rely
on you, Garrett?
- Daily.
- [Dr] What for?
- Basic necessities.
Well, it wouldn't even
survive without me.
- [Dr] Basic necessities?
Water. Food?
- Yes.
- [Dr] Do you show
it love, Garrett?
- What?
[monster growling]
- [Dr] Affection?
- [Garrett] What do you mean?
- Affection.
What about understanding.
- In terms of its situation?
- Something kept caged only
recognises who takes care of it.
- What are you saying?
You want me to pet it?
- I certainly don't think
it would hurt to try.
- I might disagree with that.
- Your anger is stemming
from not having proper
communication with
real people, Garrett.
- I come talk to you every week.
- I'm here to help
you understand and
realise your feelings,
urges, and dissect past trauma
so you can better your future.
- So you're saying I need
to get more friends?
- Do you have any?
- Maybe I should date.
- I'm not sure you're
ready for that just yet.
But find a friend.
.Someone to have a beer with.
Someone to watch sports with.
Vent about life.
- I'm not that
great with people.
- I think if you make the
effort, we can work from there.
- Okay.
Make a friend. Got it.
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[radio tuning]
- [voice on radio] Straight from
our desk to your home.
Local authorities are reporting
yet again another missing woman,
Shelley Marie Renter,
described as a white female,
5'3 Brunette with
red highlights,
has been missing for
approximately two weeks.
She was last seen
wearing a black t-shirt, jeans,
leaving a concert.
The family simply said,
please find our daughter.
She is our everything.
Chief Aaron Bodeyega telling
Fox six that any persons
with any information
regarding this matter
should immediately
contact their office.
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[door slides]
- Hey, buddy.
[footsteps tapping]
[Garrett sighs]
Son of a bitch!
[cup clatters]
I...
had to bury my wife.
Now I'm gonna fucking bury you.
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[monster breathing]1
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Okay, so I've tried drowning it.
Tried burying you.
Maybe it's time to burn in hell.
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[blowtorch ignites]
[flames roar]
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- This is Matt.
- [Man] Hello, Matt.
- Who else would it be?
- [Man] Yeah, yeah,
yeah. Of course.
You can't make me look
bad on this one, Matt.
- What's the job?
- [Man] It's a family friend,
and they really
need a favour here.
- You're the one
doing the favour.
I'm just doing
this for the money.
How many greenbacks
is this for, anyway?
- [Man] It don't pay much.
Thousand bucks.
- Uh-Uh.
- [Man] Mattie, just get to
town and meet the guy.
Knowing the situation,
it's probably at that end,
but at least you'll
make some good scratch.
And I'll look good.
- Sure.
Yeah, whatever I'll, uh,
I'll be talking to you.
[sighs] Let's go do this.
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[knocking on door]
Don, my name is Matt.
- Daniel says you're good.
- Sometimes.
It depends on how
slippery the subject is.
- It's my son.
- He knocked a babe up?
You need dirt on her, or?
Don't think it's his kid?
- No, it's nothing like that.
He's gone missing.
- Oh.
- I know what you're
probably thinking.
- You do?
- Probably think it's drugs.
Something like that.
- Uh, that's usually the case.
- That's not him.
He's a good boy.
[Matt clears throat]
- So he just vanished
into thin air?
- That's correct.
- Where was he last seen?
- He works as a farmhand.
Bowen Bridge Road for a
man named Garrett Dranger.
Dranger said he
finished up his work
left, and that was the
last he saw of him.
- And that farm's
out in the woods?
- Yes, sir,
It's pretty far out there.
- Um, did this Dranger
fellow notice anything wrong
with your son at all?
Uh, before he went missing?
- No, he said he did his work
left, and that was the
last he saw of him.
- And where are the
cops at with all this?
- Cops? Well,
he's an adult.
And they seem to think that
everything's drug related.
Someone goes missing.
They just assume that
and by the time they want to get
something done, it's too late.
- So what's the time
frame like here?
When was the last
time Dranger saw him?
- It's been a week.
No calls, no texts.
It's like he vanished
into thin air.
- Don, I'm going to be frank
and straightforward here.
You know what
happened to your son?
- Now I'm hoping maybe you
can help me with that.
I fear the worst, sir.
- And why is that?
- I've lived out
here for a long time.
The Dranger family has
lived on that farm for
140 years, if not more.
Now, when you live
on a land that long,
a lot of stories
start to populate in a small
town like this.
And I'm telling you right now,
a lot of them, a lot of them
are not good.
Whatever you can find out,
greatly appreciated.
Just find my boy.
This is Dranger.
Make sure you find him.
- I'm gonna need the
address to this farm.
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[knocking on door]
- [Garrett] Can I help you?
- You must be Garrett?
Garrett Dranger?
- Yeah, that's correct.
- My name is Matt.
- Forgive me if I'm not
overly friendly today.
- I'm sorry.
I don't mean to offend.
- It's all right.
I've had a lot of people
around here lately.
- I'm... I'm sure you have.
- You don't look
like the police.
- No. I'm, um.
I'm a friend of,
uh, Don Rickman's.
He... he asked me to
come up here and, uh,
ask some questions.
- Okay, um.
They still haven't
found his boy yet?
- No, I'm afraid not.
- Oh, um, yeah, by all means.
Um, come on in.
- Thank you. Thank
you very much.
[door creaking]
Thank you.
- Yeah, you bet.
- So, Mr. Dranger, you last
saw the boy about a week ago?
- Um,
he did his chores, uh,
about 5:00, put tack up.
I watched him drive out of here.
- Did you notice
him make any calls?
Did anyone visit?
Is there anything
out of the ordinary?
- No, nothing out
of the ordinary.
But I was gone a
good part of the day.
- Um, if you don't mind me
asking, where did you go?
- I go to therapy.
Um. Monday, Wednesdays, Fridays.
- It's a new thing for you?
- It's a bit of a new
thing for me, yeah.
- How's that working out?
- Time will tell.
- Well, Mr. Dranger, do you
mind showing me the barn
where his daily routine
would take place?
Where he would, uh,
He would do the chores
you would hire him to do.
- I don't know what good
it might do, but, uh.
Yeah, sure, we can
go look around.
- That'd be great.
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- Nothing special,
it's just, uh,
where I keep munching
my junk and stuff.
So...
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- It's a beautiful car.
- Thank you.
It's been in the
family for years.
I do my best to keep it running.
[tense music continues]
- Uh, is this for the
boy who would do most of
his work at, out here?
- Yeah, uh, here
and with the horses.
- With the horses?
Um.
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Get many visitors
out here, Mr. Dranger.
- No.
No friends?
[inaudible]
No friends?
No friends to show up
and ask questions about
your daily routine,
and things you do out here?
- No.
- I'm a pretty simple man.
- Sometimes simple is
the best disguise.
Well, this is all pretty
ridiculous anyway.
Once the cops actually list
him as a missing person,
which they will,
We'll trace his phone.
We'll find his last whereabouts.
So this is all probably a,
you know, a big
misunderstanding.
- Kids these days.
- Right?
I really appreciate you
showing me around, Mr. Dranger.
And, uh,
if I can think of any more
questions, I'll contact you.
Say it's about a 20 minute
drive back into town.
Do you mind if I use,
uh, use the head.
I gotta piss like a racehorse.
- Uh, yeah.
It's, uh, down the hallway.
First door on the left.
- First door on the left?
- First door on the left.
- Okay, I'll be right back.
[footsteps crunching]
[door creaks]
[tense music]
[dramatic sting]
You know, on second thought,
I think I can hold it.
I think I'll be all right.
I can make it to town.
It's not a big deal.
Thank you, Mr. Dranger,
I'll be in contact.
I'll talk to you soon.
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- [Dr] You look defeated
today, Garrett.
- Not defeated.
- [Dr] Then what
are you feeling?
- Sad.
- Did something happen?
- Something...
Someone said.
The way they said it.
- What did they say?
- They had...
something ending that they
had no choice in the matter.
It made me sad.
- Do you feel sad that often?
- I'm not depressed, if that's
what you're going after.
- It's just a question.
- That's all you do
is ask questions.
- It's part of my job, Garrett.
Do you care about this person?
- No.
- Then why does an
event in their life
have such weight
on your feelings?
- Because I'm human.
- Have you never had
anyone else make you sad?
- My wife.
- [Dr] Was that typical?
Occasional?
- Once.
- When you lost her?
- Yes.
- [Dr] Was this person who made
you sad the other day a woman?
- Yes.
- Did you see
similarities in her?
- What do you mean?
- Your wife and
this other person.
Were there similarities there?
- In their situations in life?
Once.
Yes. I suppose.
- You miss her then?
- Every day.
- One of the things that
we need to work on is
moving past that, Garrett.
- So you're saying you want
me to forget about her?
- No, I'm simply stating
that if you want to move on,
you have to live a
happy, healthy life.
You need to remember the good
times and block out the bad.
- That's hard to do.
- I understand.
That's why we work on it.
- I live with a
constant reminder of the worst
time in our lives.
It feeds off me all the time.
I worry one day I will
have nothing left to give.
- You have a choice, Garrett.
You can choose to
let it eat you alive,
or you can choose to be free.
- I can?
- Of course you can.
- What life might be like
if that were to happen.
- You are already doing a
bunch of the heavy lifting
by being here and
discussing these things.
- How do I break free?
- You have to want to, Garrett.
- Easier said than done.
[alarm chimes]
Thanks for the session, doc.
- Patient Garrett Dranger.
Showing signs of a toxic
relationship with his property.
Extraordinary really.
Fascinating.
He invests so much
personal emotion
into something so tangible
that isn't another human being.
[tense music]
And his relationship with
humans is almost non-existent.
But he's capable.
[sombre music]
I feel as though I might need to
look at how he lives himself,
in my professional opinion,
it would help him greatly.
[door creaks]
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[horn honks]
[monster growling]
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[monster growling]
[tense music]
[tense violin music]
[monster growling]
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[lock clicking]
[door creaks]
[tense music continues]
- Bingo.
[eerie music]
I wouldn't even know
what I'm looking for.
My god.
This guy's a hoarder.
I don't even know if I...
know if I fucking found
something in here.
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Bingo.
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[door slides]
[shotgun cocks]
[eerie music continues]
[tense music]
[dog growling]
[tense music continues]
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[monster growling]
[monster growling]
[eerie music]
Mr. Dranger, put down the gun.
[eerie music continues]
- Now you know.
- Know what?
- I did everything I could.
[gunshot]
[sighs]
[clears throat]
Okay, so I decided to make a...
video recording a, uh,
an account of... of what
I know in advance.
Um, in case
people find out what I've done.
Um,
best I can guess is we got...
We got it in the 1800s.
This is my
great-great-grandfather and
grandfather.
Great grandfather
on the homestead
here. Uh, when we
received it, uh.
So, um, I was never
allowed in the basement
by my grandparents.
Um, or my father.
Um, it wasn't safe, they said.
And so we didn't go down there.
Um.
I was 15 when my father
took me out one night,
and we drove out
into the countryside and,
uh, to this house
and, uh, parked, and my dad
gave me a ski mask and
gloves and, uh, he said, uh.
You know, we have
to feed the farm.
And so we, uh,
went into the back
of this house,
and, uh, door was unlocked
and we went into the living room
and there was this young woman
laying on the couch asleep,
and he got out
what was chloroform
and a rag and showed
me how to use it.
And, um,
we got the woman back
out to the truck, and...
we got home at, like,
two in the morning
and, uh, packed her downstairs.
[clears throat]
Into the basement,
and later on, a painter's cloth.
And my father cut her and
she... she started to bleed,
and, uh, he was saying it
only likes the taste of women,
and and I didn't
know... I didn't understand
what was going on.
Um.
And then that's the
first time I saw it.
And the trunk came alive and...
and I couldn't quite
understand what I was seeing.
And or believe
what was happening.
And I still.. I
still don't know.
I don't understand
what I'm seeing today.
Um.
But, uh, I turned around and,
uh, and my mother grabbed me,
and she turned me
around, and she said,
"When we were gone,
you have to feed it.
This is your responsibility."
And I've been
feeding it ever since.
And, uh.
I think it's best
that it stays locked up.
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