The Stickman's Hollow (2024) Movie Script
1
Babe, are you
gonna put this out?
Yes.
Yes, I will.
We will not burn down the place.
You can put
this out, though.
I don't want to touch it.
It's like--
Yeah, I'm
gonna put it out.
Oh, my gosh, Alice,
help your boyfriend.
He's doing it.
He's doing just fine.
- I would have but--
- Of course.
I'll get your duffel bag.
Of course.
I'm sorry I
didn't grab it before.
--all the water.
Yeah, Annie,
where is our son?
- Ollie?
Ollie?
I found him, Ross.
What are you doing
down there, sweetheart?
Hiding.
- Yeah?
That's
a great place to hide.
Come on.
Come out of there.
Dad has a special plan.
Come on.
- All right.
- I think we're ready.
Ready?
Yeah.
All right, let's go.
- So it's back
out of town, yeah?
- Yes.
Yes.
- Like an hour or more or--
I just don't want to--
I just want to drive too long.
The risks are so--
- Yeah, OK.
It's gonna be 60 klicks
that logging road.
60 klicks, yeah, yeah.
- And that is right
here on the map.
- OK.
- Cool?
- Cool.
- All right.
Right?
- Hey, buddy, no more hiding
under the car, OK, please?
We talked about that.
OK, dad.
- Hey, Ollie, are you stoked to
get a couple more days camping?
Mm-hmm.
- Yeah?
- So you guys figure out
where we're going next?
- Yeah, it's about 60 klicks.
- I think you've turned
our life into a reality show.
- Yeah, well, maybe you'll be
a famous filmmaker, huh, Ollie?
- Mm-hmm.
- Hmm, got a regular Marty
Scorsese on our hands here.
Who's that?
- He's a famous movie
director, honey.
OK, where are we going?
- OK.
Well, I've only been once,
but Levi lake back here has
some really dope fishing spots.
- Hmm.
- Wait, is that the one with
the really creepy hike in.
- Yeah, Stickman's
Hollow, I think?
I think that's what
the locals call it.
- Well, I hate that.
- Right, right.
But the fishing is unreal.
And apparently, back
in the day, they used
to use it to hold baptisms.
Regular small town shit.
Oops, I mean, sorry, stuff.
- Nice one, Curtis.
- You know what?
Don't worry about it.
Anyway, this weird
trail has, like, marked
figures and stuff like that.
- Marked fig--
and it's accessible?
Oh, yeah, the car
will be just fine.
I mean, it gets pretty tight
at the top of the trail,
but it should be doable.
- It is a really
gorgeous hike in.
And the lake at the end
is beautiful.
You're gonna love it.
I've gotta
show you pictures
of these wild
cutthroats I caught.
- No, no, no fishing.
Oh, my god, that was so fun.
- Mm.
We should
do that more often.
- Right?
Oh, my god, your hair.
Why do they look so gorgeous
every time we go camping?
It's annoying.
- It's my only superpower.
OK, whatever.
OK, phone mom, tell her
that we're all good,
but we'll be back.
- Can do.
- Thanks for the camera.
Seriously, how
much did that cost?
- Anything
for my precious nephew.
- When do
I get a nephew, eh?
- She just threw you
under the bus, dude.
- OK, let's go.
- Bye, Ross.
Bye, Curtis.
- It was so good seeing you.
- Take care of them.
- Yeah, you too.
Try not to set
anything on fire.
- Oh, wow.
We're gonna be
having a campfire.
Set that on fire.
- --watch that closely.
I will see you next
week for dinner, OK?
OK.
- We'll have mac and cheese.
It's gonna be bomb.
What do we say, Ollie?
Thank you
for the camera, Auntie Alice.
- Oh, god damn you're cute.
Damn you're cute!
- See Ollie, don't
get any ideas.
OK, bye, guys.
Love you!
- Bye.
- Drive safe.
- Bye.
- Ross, let's go.
- You all buckled up?
Let's rock and roll, squad!
Yeesh, dad.
- Bye.
Bye.
Bye, everyone.
- Bye, Alice.
Looking good, guys.
Bye.
Love you.
Bye.
- Could you give the camera
back to my son now, please?
- Thank you.
- All right.
Here you go.
Careful, bud.
- OK.
- Road trip.
- Let's hit it.
Hit it.
- Get this off.
I'm not gonna hit
these trees on the side.
No, no.
You're good.
You're good.
Can't quite
tell the distance.
So pretty, though.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We didn't miss that
turn off yet, did we?
No, I think we're good.
OK.
Mom.
- Yeah, sweetheart?
Can I have a bite?
- Of course.
Do you want your own?
No.
- OK.
Here you go.
Oh, careful.
It's a new camera.
- No,.
- Mom.
Is that
the voice-- that's the voice
of the camera you're doing?
- Yeah.
It's like a little
old lady in the woods, you know?
Nice.
Yeah.
No, I can see that I can.
- What do you think, Ollie?
Yeah?
- Definitely not.
- No.
Oh, he--
- You don't think
it sounds like that?
- He doesn't approve.
- OK.
You have not
passed the audition.
You change--
dun,
nuh, duh, nuh, dun-dun, dun-dun,
dun-dun, dun-dun, dun-dun.
Are we there yet?
--find
the bed with me
And I remember the well--
- Gonna ask him for directions?
Yeah, I've
just got to make
sure we're going the right way.
I do not want to get
turned around.
- Ollie, don't
film the stranger.
OK.
Hey, how's it going?
Hi.
- Afternoon.
Hey, we're looking
for a fishing trail.
It's called Stickman's
trail, I think.
Do you know if we're
going the right way?
- Now what are you doing
wanting to go up to the Hollow?
- Wanted to pop
a line in the water.
You know, reel a few in.
Just have-- just have--
just have some quality
time with my son tonight.
- Well, I don't
go up there much.
Not a lot of folks do.
Except, of course,
the Bible thumpers
go up there to baptize their
children or some such nonsense.
Oh, OK.
So we're headed
the right direction then?
Yeah.
- Yeah, it's about 20 minutes
up the road and then about 30
minutes up a narrow road.
Narrow road.
OK.
- You'll know the trailhead
when you get to it.
OK.
How will we know?
- You'll know.
- OK.
- All right.
Thank you.
- Thank you so much.
- That's great.
Yeah.
Hey, any luck out there?
- Take care of your family.
You watch yourself by those
pines near the lake.
- OK.
- All righty.
- Well, thanks a lot.
- Yeah.
Thank you so much, sir.
Have a good one.
Yeah.
That was a little bit weird.
He was
perfectly fine, Ross.
We're just in the country.
- Some local color
there for you, bud.
Mm, I mean, Curtis
and your sister
did it, so it's got to be
at least accessible.
I think we'll be fine.
Are you worried
at all about this?
No, it's so pretty here.
Yeah, but we are
really, really out here.
I can't help it.
Oh, jeez.
Hey, this is
the man you married.
I know.
Whoa!
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What the--
What's up, dad?
I think someone was
just in a rush to go fishing.
Ollie, take a seat.
Where did they go?
I don't know.
Just a second.
Oh, Ross,
don't go in there.
Let me just take a look.
That is so weird.
Hey, Ollie, can
I see the camera?
Sure.
What's wrong, mom?
I don't know.
It's just-- that's strange.
- Have we seen this
car before somewhere?
I don't
know, Officer Ross.
- Looks familiar.
Oh.
What is that?
Ollie.
Oh, god.
What is that?
Ew.
- Wow, that stinks.
Don't put
your nose in it.
- OK.
OK, let's go.
- All right.
Yeah, let's go.
Let's go.
Oof.
Oh, my god.
- What?
Oh, wow.
Mom, go back.
Yeah.
Yeah, sweetie, I see that.
What was that thing?
I don't know.
That is--
- Are we at the trail?
- Yeah.
Wow.
I think this is
what he was talking about.
Yeah, I think that's it.
Yeah, we're here.
Weird.
- OK.
OK.
Pretty freaky, eh?
Yeah.
- What do you think, buddy?
It's kind of like
a big action figure.
- Yeah, kinda.
Yeah.
It's a pretty cool
piece, though.
It's just--
- Just what?
- Just why?
- Why, yeah.
Great question.
I'm gonna start
grabbing some bags.
You want to give
me a hand, buddy?
OK.
You bringing
this fleece, babe?
Yeah, that'd be great
if you could grab that.
Can't let me forget,
after dinner today,
I have to take those vitamins.
Yeah, OK.
- It's so dark.
- Mom!
What is that?
What?
Hey, sir?
See?
Nothing.
- Yeah.
- I just don't want to--
I just want to make sure he's--
- It's OK.
- --enjoy himself.
- Yes, it's fine.
- Should we stay
here the whole night?
- Yes.
You promised him one more
night and some fishing.
- I know.
I know.
- Hey, come on.
It'll be fun.
I'll protect you.
Ew!
Mom!
Dad!
- What are you gonna film
your parents making out?
All set, babe?
I think so.
- Here, let me
tie my shoes, too.
Real mature, dad.
- Because he's got no laces.
Uh-huh.
Classic.
- Let's do this thing.
- Your dad's funny, eh?
Hilarious.
Yeah, I know.
- It's almost
as tall as you, buddy.
Almost.
What is it, Ollie?
Wait.
Ollie.
OK, let's keep going.
Ollie?
Here it is.
- He mentioned
the figures, right?
He said that.
Yeah.
I think I didn't quite
understand what he meant.
Wow.
Yeah.
Careful on this log.
Oh, yeah.
Let's get going, hey?
Like, how far is the lake?
Yeah, it should
be just up ahead.
I went forward a bit.
- There's a couple turns.
- You saw it though, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
I saw it-- well, I
saw where it will--
Mom, are we gonna
be at the lake soon?
As soon
as your dad gets back.
He's just making sure
we're on the right path.
You wouldn't want to get
lost out here, eh?
Spooky.
Oh, Ollie,
I think we're here.
Finally!
--my god, look at this.
Wow.
- Oh, yeah.
- This is it.
Good job, hon.
Good job, dad!
Brought us here.
Slow down.
It's freaking cool.
I'm sorry.
Woo!
Oh, my goodness.
Wow!
Oh, Ollie, this is amazing.
Yep.
- I knew it was gonna be nice.
Didn't I tell you?
You did.
There you go.
- --babe.
Oh, my god!
- You've got to-- you've
got to sketch this.
Oh, I do.
I do.
- I know what I'm doing.
I just did this two
days ago, I swear.
- With maybe like a little
help from my sister.
- I told her not
to tell you that I've
never set up a tent before.
Oh, my--
- She betrayed my trust.
You think after
nine years of marriage
I really don't know that
you're bad with tents?
- Nine years.
- Yeah.
Time flies.
Has it been that long?
It has.
You think we're
married too long?
Oh, shut up.
Mom, dad.
Yeah, sweetheart.
I'm just gonna
go explore a bit.
Oh, OK.
Well, you stay close, OK?
I know.
I don't want
you to go too far.
I know.
OK.
Watch where you're going
with that thing, OK?
Don't want you to trip
while you're filming.
Yep, I'll be careful.
OK.
OK.
As long as I can see you.
Be careful.
I think they
gave us too many poles.
OK.
Oh,
soon I feel this again
Come to this place
Who's there?
My lord got me
I can hear you
singing, you know?
Hey, dad, I thought I heard
someone singing in the woods.
- It's probably
just the birds, bud.
OK, what do you
think, hat, no hat?
No hat.
- OK, well, I'm
gonna wear the hat.
- It's part of my dad's
fishing attire.
It's part of the uniform.
What do you think we should use?
We've got some
shiny-looking guys.
We've got some
swimmy-looking bugs.
There's plenty
of creepy crawlies
here we could choose from.
Dad, where's the hook?
- Well, they're
hidden, see, in there.
So that hook goes
in the fish's mouth?
- Yeah.
Yeah.
We cast it out, hook
their lip, we pull them in,
and then we let them go.
What if they swallow it?
Does the hook get
stuck in their throat?
Hey, you're the one who
wanted to teach him how to fish.
Dad, I didn't know
the fish would get hurt!
- Why don't I just
show you how to cast?
I mean, honestly,
that's the best part.
That's the most fun.
That's my favorite part.
Yeah, I don't like seeing
those fish get hurt either.
All right.
I think I'm all set.
You guys ready?
- Yeah.
- OK.
- Action!
Sound like a director
already, bud.
Oh, can't do it without that.
- Huah!
He's so good.
Go, dad!
- You watching, bud?
So it's all in the wrist.
You want to let out
a little bit of line,
bring it back,
and then flick it out.
It's all in the wrist.
Oh, that was very nice.
- So I'm gonna do a big one.
Make it go really far!
- Come on.
Whoa!
Are you OK?
- Oh, my god.
As you can
see, dad is wet.
- I think we should
probably just
do some hot dogs then tonight.
- I'm freakin' soaked.
- I am wet.
I can't
explain you're so wet.
So wet.
So, so wet.
Oh, my--
- Oh, my gosh.
Did you get that?
I got it.
I got it.
I got it.
I got it.
- Oh, that's hot.
- 5 second rule.
Give me your bun, please.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Oh, oh, oh!
Mm!
- OK.
- Your wiener, my lady.
- Oh, why thank you, good sir.
- Chivalry is not dead, clearly.
- Where are the condiments?
- I put some in the bag
there beside you.
- A little bit of Parmesan?
Mom, what are you doing?
- You just wait.
No, please.
Not in front of our son.
- A little bit of peanut butter.
Peanut butter?
- Yes.
I can't even watch this.
- Oh, it's so good.
So, so good.
- Mm!
Yummy!
Ew!
I can't
believe you eat that.
- Stop it, Ross.
Mm!
It's so good.
- It is not.
I guarantee you.
- Ollie, when your dad
and I first went camping,
I discovered this.
It's called
the "butter parme-dog."
It was
the "dog-ijon" last year.
- I like "butter parme-dog."
OK, fine.
Wonder what you'll
call it tomorrow.
Whatever it's called, I
think it's an abomination.
- I want to try.
- Yeah.
No, no.
Oh, what are you
doing to our son?
Peanut butter does not
belong on a hot dog.
What was that?
Yeah, what the hell?
That sounded human.
We must be
hearing things.
What about that
car we saw earlier?
Maybe there's people here?
What?
In the forest at night?
I don't know, locals.
I heard a girl
singing in the woods today.
OK, let's go to bed.
Ollie, it's bedtime.
Yeah, come on, bud.
Let's go.
- Ollie.
What are you doing out there?
Come here.
- Come on.
Back to bed.
- It's OK.
There's nothing to worry about.
Honestly, I think it
was a twig or something.
It's a twig.
It's fine.
Let's get you tucked in.
- Are you going to be running
that camera all night, buddy?
I don't know.
Maybe.
- OK.
Bedtime.
OK?
Fine.
What about a story?
- I don't have
a story for tonight.
But I do have my sketchbook.
Hey, do you want to look
at that before we go to bed?
- Even filming
the sketches, huh?
That's dedication.
I like that one.
- Me too.
OK, It's bedtime.
- Oh, my god.
Ollie, did you draw this?
Draw what?
- Ollie, don't
play games with me.
Did you draw this?
- Draw what, Mom?
- What is it?
Let me see.
- Oliver!
I didn't.
- You have to ask before you
use your mom's sketchbook.
What is this?
I didn't draw
anything in Mom's sketchbook.
- Oliver, you have
to tell the truth.
Did you draw this?
No.
- OK.
It's bedtime.
It's bedtime.
So put the camera off, and we'll
talk about this tomorrow.
Camera off!
- Oh, boy.
- Ollie, bedtime!
Your name
is Oliver, right?
Yes.
Are you OK?
I need your help, Oliver.
Will you help me?
You must be very quiet.
Come with me outside.
Can you do that, Oliver?
I don't want to wake
your mom and daddy up.
That's it.
Quiet now.
Quiet.
- Ollie, what are you
doing, sweetheart?
Come back to bed.
Mom.
Mom, that's not me.
- Ollie!
Ollie!
Is it all
right if I'm rolling?
- Yeah.
Sometimes a little
context of the
before and after
goes a long way.
Just rolling everything.
Yeah, of course.
Right.
I've never done this before.
To be honest, I'm not
even sure I believe in it.
- Well, if lucky, you'll
never have to believe in it.
How long have
you been on the road?
- I left yesterday
around 6:00 AM.
Crossed the border
around midnight.
It's been a hell of a drive.
You?
Wasn't too bad, actually.
They flew me in on a red eye.
I wasn't going to sleep anyway.
Had to bus all the way
to this town, though.
It's barely even on the map.
You think it's the real deal?
- Yeah.
The priest
from yesterday, he--
Alleluia.
Alleluia.
It's the loving father
of children everywhere.
Also loves the children
who live next door to me.
To me,
he's a family man.
The answer is simple.
We have to look at it in the
context of our modern-day lives
and what that would mean.
Is this the neighborhood?
- Mm-hmm.
No, just checking
something here.
OK.
- Yeah.
You drink?
Ah, no.
No, I don't.
- You smoke?
No, sir.
Not cannabis or tobacco.
- Not even drugs,
nothing over the counter?
Well, minor
painkillers sometimes.
- Come on, that doesn't count.
Just making sure you have
all your vices under control.
Need a clear head and a strong
stomach for this line of work.
Shit.
What is that, sir?
- Document everything
unless I tell you otherwise.
Understand?
Yes, Father.
- Are you all right?
- Yeah.
Yeah.
I'll be fine.
- OK.
- Father Monroe?
- Mr. and Mrs. Hall,
may we come in?
Oh, this is my associate
from the diocese.
He'll be recording
for the entire duration.
It's important we
have a record of the--
well, the more unusual cases.
I'm afraid the church deems it
necessary in this day and age.
Gabriel Hall.
And this is my wife, Selena.
We're very grateful you could
make it on such short notice.
Of course.
Now, the child is contained.
She's safe.
She is, for now.
- That trinket out in the tree--
thank you-- may I ask
where that's from?
- The little men.
Claire makes them
with her Sunday group.
They craft them up at the lake
when someone in the parish
gets baptized.
- Right.
OK.
I think we're all set.
Pay
no mind to Peter.
Fairly soon, you won't
even notice he's here.
Now, before we begin,
I have some questions.
It's important we have a
thorough portrait of the events
leading up to today.
- Of course.
Whatever you need, Father.
Please just walk
me through the timeline here.
When did Clara start showing
signs of suspected possession?
- I received a phone
call at the store.
I own the hardware
store in town,
and I got a phone call from
her teacher, Mrs. Finley.
And she said that Clara was
acting up and being a bad kid.
- She was having
behavioral issues.
- And then there--
and then there was the incident.
I received another phone call
and the school called me up,
and they said that
Clara was throwing
her feces at the other kids.
And I-- and then she ran away
from the school that afternoon.
Eventually, we found
her behind the diner,
rummaging through the garbage
and eating scraps of meat.
At that
point, had it occurred to you
that, perhaps, an entity may
have infested your child?
- I knew right away that
it wasn't my daughter.
I knew it.
My Clara would never
throw her shit at--
I'm sorry.
You can
say shit, Mr. Hall.
I'm a priest.
I'm not your principal.
So once you got her home,
you contacted Father Edwards.
- Only after she started
speaking in another language.
Yes.
What language?
- Gaelic, he said?
- Yes, a primitive version.
And as I understand it,
Father Edwards
performed an exorcism
for two days in an attempt
to drive the entity out
of your daughter?
That is before
Edwards was attacked
yesterday and hospitalized.
- That's correct.
And how
old is your daughter?
- She's awake again.
- Anything wrong, Father?
- As-- as soon as Father Edwards
was taken away in the ambulance
yesterday, Clara hid
herself in the basement,
and I locked her in.
And she's not
getting out either.
I put those hinges in myself.
I locked her down there
for our own safety.
She was getting
sadistic, Father.
You must have seen what
she did to Father Edwards.
- Father Edwards died last
night in the hospital.
The infection from his
wounds spread too quickly,
and his heart gave out.
- She's further
along than I thought.
- I need to see the room
where Father Edwards
was attacked, please.
Document everything.
She likes playing
house a lot, having a family,
taking care of a baby.
- When did Clara make this?
Yesterday.
- Do you even know what this is?
Gabe, grab the other side.
Help me with this.
Father, why?
You'll see.
Come on.
- My daughter is turning
into a creature from hell.
- Perhaps, Mr. Hall.
There are far worse realms than
man's simple dream of hell.
Oh, hello, Henry.
See, Dr. Monroe
is here to see me.
Doesn't that make
me feel special?
- Clara, is that you?
Mm-hmm.
That's Clara and me.
How does
she know your name?
- I am a servant of God.
I shall not speak
your true name.
You have one last chance
to release the innocent people,
or you will pay penance.
Come closer, Henry.
Remember, this
body on the rocks?
You let him die, Henry.
He would have lived if you
had let me stay inside of him.
I could have made him great.
He would have been a priest.
The village would
have worshipped him.
Father,
what is she saying?
What is she--
- Norway, 1998.
I was new to priesthood.
I was studying medicine in Oslo.
I had performed an exorcism,
much like this one,
on a young man, not
much older than Clara.
What I did not know was
he had been chosen--
chosen here to house this entity
by those that worshipped him.
I couldn't save him from
the entity or the followers.
So how does this particular
being know my name, Peter?
Because I met him before.
A long time ago.
Father, what kind
of , sir?
- Oh, there are hidden secret
sects of Christianity far older
than you've ever studied, son.
Sects from when the Gospels were
mixed with early pagan beliefs.
They defy all our understanding
of what is right, what is wrong.
Their practices are profane.
Keep your eyes on Mr.
and Mrs. Hall, Peter.
You know where
to find me, Clara.
Are you going to tell me?
- What are we going
to do, Father?
Is she too far gone?
- Not if she's still breathing.
- What are you doing?
- We are going to sedate her.
Just until we can
bind her safely.
- Clara!
Follow me.
Father, is this--
Clara, sweetheart.
Mother.
Clara.
Oh, God!
God!
- Father, it's OK.
It's OK.
- Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Let it bleed.
Don't get it on you.
Oh!
- Yeah, it's going to spread.
Listen to me.
Listen to me carefully.
Oh, God.
Where was your daughter?
- Levy Lake, where all
the children are baptized.
- Go get your daughter
while she's unconscious.
You needs to get her to Levy
Lake, baptize her again.
Go.
Go!
Peter.
Peter.
Ah!
Take the girl to the lake
and baptize her in the name
of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Do you understand me, Peter?
- I'm not leaving
you here, Father.
- You need to go!
Do not let her out
of your sight, Peter.
There is something
else afoot here.
Go.
Go, go, all of you.
Get her into the holy water.
Find her.
Find her.
Get her safely to the holy site.
Peter, God be with you, son.
I'll be all right.
Peter.
Give me.
Give me a kitchen
knife, if you will.
A bread knife.
- Come on.
Get off the road.
Get off the road!
- Thank you.
Thank you.
Are we almost there?
Yeah, it's
not much further now.
Oh, no.
No!
Not now.
I can feel it.
I can feel him.
What are you saying?
I can feel
him moving through us,
through our daughter.
feels like an angel.
And he's awake.
He's here!
Ah!
Ah!
What is this place?
- This is where they would
come, hundreds of years ago.
The place of worship.
Never dreamed it
would still be active.
I'm so sorry, Henry.
There was nothing you could do.
You must leave this place.
Just be grateful that
he's gone, for now.
Open the door.
Come on.
Sh.
All right.
- Every time.
Are you ready?
- Chicken dinner.
Oh, now, you whip
the camera out.
Yeah, I gotta make sure
I catch your surprise on camera.
- There's a surprise?
Check the table.
- Ah!
Where?
Is it a puppy?
Here, boy.
No, it's probably not.
I mean, it might be a puppy.
- Can I open it?
Of course,
baby, open it.
- What's up?
Beautifully wrapped.
Yeah, surprise, huh?
- I am, actually.
It's a blender?
Yeah, baby.
But it's not just any blender.
It's the blender that
you've always wanted.
- Oh, yeah.
Oh, my gosh.
Wow.
Yeah.
- It's perfect.
And I love it.
And I spoke
to the salesperson,
and he said that it's
the quietest blender out there.
So now, you can make
smoothies anytime you want.
- Oh, you mean I
can make you healthy
smoothies whenever
you want them.
Like, when you're on work
calls or working from home,
or playing video games,
or getting dressed or showering,
or when you're asleep.
Like, a perfect Stepford wife.
Mm-hmm.
- Happily shopping.
That's
a new.
- Haberdashery.
Oh, no.
- Oh, shit.
Someone is really trying to get
in contact with me tonight.
It's an unknown number.
Who answers an unknown number--
All right.
Well, just answer it.
- --at this day and age?
No, it's probably some--
it's probably that creepy uncle
or some relative just calling
to wish us happy anniversary.
But I'm having
a great anniversary,
and I don't need
any more wishes.
Oh, look.
It's stopped.
Problem solved.
How did you get this--
--face in the news, right?
The sister to one of the victims
from the Levi Lake massacre?
- That was five years ago.
But yeah, I am.
Why?
There's something
you might want to know.
Police don't really look
into it up here, even though it
happened a couple times now.
- What are you talking about?
Well, myself and
some of the other
locals you there's been
sightings of a kid nearby lake.
Maybe it's a teenager.
I don't know if it's
a boy or a girl.
- What?
But I've seen it once myself.
Others have seen it maybe
a couple more times.
- That could easily
be anyone's kid.
Look, my nephew
and the Clara girl,
they were pronounced
dead years ago.
So it's over.
It's done.
Yeah, they never found
the bodies, though, did they?
This isn't some kid
on a hike, ma'am.
Like, no one is going up there.
No one is going up to Levi Lake
anymore after what happened.
This kid, this thing, I
don't know, it's feral.
- I'm sorry.
Is this a joke?
No.
No, ma'am.
I swear on my life.
Look, I gotta go.
I just thought
someone should know.
- No.
- I
- don't want no part of this.
But I thought you should know.
- No.
Don't go.
I gotta go.
Take care.
- Wait!
What do we do?
Babe, it's over.
Search and rescue, they did a
grid search up there for weeks,
and they didn't come
up with anything.
There's-- there's
nothing up there for you.
Oh, shit.
I'm sorry.
- You put the tickets
in the blender?
You didn't think
I just got you a blender
for our 10th anniversary.
I mean, I'm not a bum.
- Baby, that's a disaster.
Recipe for a blunder.
Oh, my god.
I was just waiting
on the reveal,
but then we got that
creepy phone call.
Kind of ruined my shot.
- I did think you
just got me a blender.
I've never been to Barbados.
M-m.
- Why have we never
been to the Caribbean?
I don't know,
but it's going to be perfect.
It's warm.
- Yes.
Open water.
- Wait, are you just going
to fish the whole time?
No.
I've got one day.
- Oh, my god.
Just one day.
One day, baby.
- I knew it.
- Promise.
Promise.
Cross my heart.
Hope to die.
Just one day of fishing.
- One day.
- One day.
- You get one day.
Thank you.
- Today is Friday.
We leave on Monday.
So we have the weekend, right?
Alice, no.
No, we can't.
Babe, are you sure
you're OK with this?
And where's that old
guy you mentioned?
He's not on here.
Mysterious.
Father Monroe?
Yeah.
Yeah, the church
isolated him from this mess
as soon as possible.
Even the lead
detective on the case
found it really hard to get
a one on one with Monroe.
But good luck getting anything
out of an old Exorcist anyway.
My guess is he did it.
Apparently, he sawed off his
own arm with a bread knife.
Wait what?
You didn't tell me that.
Why would he do that?
- Your guess is as good as mine.
Nothing about this case
really makes any sense.
All right.
But you still want me
rolling on all this, huh?
- Why not?
Maybe we'll catch
a feral kid on camera.
Maybe we'll get famous.
It was a bad idea.
This is where they found
Gabe and Selena Hall's car.
This is the only
spot where they found
blood, right here on the road.
Jesus.
- You were right.
What are we doing here?
You had
a gut feeling, right?
It's always worth
paying attention to.
- I'm sorry I ruined
our anniversary.
Stop.
Stop.
Don't even.
- I don't know.
I thought maybe-- maybe
there was some final clue
or whatever closure looks like.
Baby.
Baby, don't worry.
All right?
What do you say we just--
we just get out of here.
Get out of these woods.
Go to white sand beach
and put some sunscreen on you.
You know how you burn.
All right?
Let's not worry about this.
- Yeah.
OK.
Can we stop at that super greasy
burger place on the way home?
You got it.
And I'm going to have, like,
four of those, you know.
- Oh, I know.
I love you.
- I love you, too.
What?
Curtis,
did you hear that?
Yeah.
Yeah, I did.
Oh, shit.
- Ollie?
Alice.
Alice.
- Ollie?
Alice,
where are you going?
Alice!
Baby.
Alice!
Ollie.
Ollie, where are you?
Ollie!
Alice.
Ollie!
Babe, hold
on for a second.
- Do you think someone
could be messing with us?
Someone could be
messing with us.
I mean, they got to be--
it's got to be the locals.
They just want to take
advantage of us.
play
a fucking prank.
- Why would someone do
something like that?
Auntie Alice,
I need your help!
- What the fuck.
Auntie Alice,
I need your help
finding the camera you gave me.
I'm sorry, I lost it.
- It's him.
It's gotta be him.
Ollie!
Ollie, stay right where
you are, sweetheart.
Alice.
I need you, Auntie Alice.
- What the fuck is that?
Ollie?
Alice, just
waiting for a second.
- I know the sound
of my nephew's voice.
OK?
Trust me.
Ollie, where are you?
Alice!
Ollie!
Ollie!
Oliver!
- Ollie, we're here.
Oliver!
- Ollie, where are you?
Oliver!
How far is
Levi Lake from here?
- I don't know.
I mean, we're so far
off the trail now.
Fuck.
Babe, those
are deer bones, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Let's keep going.
All right.
Fuck!
Are we lost?
I don't know.
We gotta keep moving.
OK.
OK.
- The sun is going down.
What was that?
Oliver are you hurt?
Oliver!
Stay where you are, buddy.
Auntie Alice!
- Ollie, we're coming.
Ollie!
Baby, be careful.
Oh, shit.
Ollie!
Ollie!
Auntie Alice.
Uncle Curtis.
What is happening?
Something's wrong.
This is not what it seems.
I'm here, Auntie Alice.
- Did you hear that?
Yeah.
- Ollie!
Ollie, we're right here.
Where are you?
Alice.
Curtis.
What's happened?
Is that Annie?
Annie!
Annie!
- I can hear her.
Take that.
I can hear you, sister.
I'm coming, Annie!
Help!
- She's over here.
Help!
Annie!
Ollie!
Annie!
I'm scared.
Ollie, I'm coming.
I'm coming, honey, just
keep talking to me.
Ollie!
Curtis!
Curtis.
Curtis!
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
Oh, no.
No.
No.
Ollie!
I'm up here.
Ollie.
Ollie.
I'm stuck, Auntie Alice.
I need your help.
My leg is caught.
No.
OK.
We'll have to hurry,
Auntie Alice, before she--
before she-- comes back.
I can make all
sorts of voices, Alice.
Oh!
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh, Alice.
Alice, you have
such pretty hair.
I'm so, so glad.
I've been waiting for someone
with very pretty hair.
My baby needs hair.
You must want to meet
my baby, Alice.
Don't you?
I always wanted a perfect baby.
So I made one with eyes from
Mommy, lungs from Ollie,
lips from Daddy,
skin from Annie.
Now, I just need
your pretty hair.
- Ah!
Ah!
Grandfather,
Henry Monroe, I live.
- What the fuck.
Oh!
Take my daughter,
Clara, to be your loyal servant.
Take my daughter, Clara.
Babe, are you
gonna put this out?
Yes.
Yes, I will.
We will not burn down the place.
You can put
this out, though.
I don't want to touch it.
It's like--
Yeah, I'm
gonna put it out.
Oh, my gosh, Alice,
help your boyfriend.
He's doing it.
He's doing just fine.
- I would have but--
- Of course.
I'll get your duffel bag.
Of course.
I'm sorry I
didn't grab it before.
--all the water.
Yeah, Annie,
where is our son?
- Ollie?
Ollie?
I found him, Ross.
What are you doing
down there, sweetheart?
Hiding.
- Yeah?
That's
a great place to hide.
Come on.
Come out of there.
Dad has a special plan.
Come on.
- All right.
- I think we're ready.
Ready?
Yeah.
All right, let's go.
- So it's back
out of town, yeah?
- Yes.
Yes.
- Like an hour or more or--
I just don't want to--
I just want to drive too long.
The risks are so--
- Yeah, OK.
It's gonna be 60 klicks
that logging road.
60 klicks, yeah, yeah.
- And that is right
here on the map.
- OK.
- Cool?
- Cool.
- All right.
Right?
- Hey, buddy, no more hiding
under the car, OK, please?
We talked about that.
OK, dad.
- Hey, Ollie, are you stoked to
get a couple more days camping?
Mm-hmm.
- Yeah?
- So you guys figure out
where we're going next?
- Yeah, it's about 60 klicks.
- I think you've turned
our life into a reality show.
- Yeah, well, maybe you'll be
a famous filmmaker, huh, Ollie?
- Mm-hmm.
- Hmm, got a regular Marty
Scorsese on our hands here.
Who's that?
- He's a famous movie
director, honey.
OK, where are we going?
- OK.
Well, I've only been once,
but Levi lake back here has
some really dope fishing spots.
- Hmm.
- Wait, is that the one with
the really creepy hike in.
- Yeah, Stickman's
Hollow, I think?
I think that's what
the locals call it.
- Well, I hate that.
- Right, right.
But the fishing is unreal.
And apparently, back
in the day, they used
to use it to hold baptisms.
Regular small town shit.
Oops, I mean, sorry, stuff.
- Nice one, Curtis.
- You know what?
Don't worry about it.
Anyway, this weird
trail has, like, marked
figures and stuff like that.
- Marked fig--
and it's accessible?
Oh, yeah, the car
will be just fine.
I mean, it gets pretty tight
at the top of the trail,
but it should be doable.
- It is a really
gorgeous hike in.
And the lake at the end
is beautiful.
You're gonna love it.
I've gotta
show you pictures
of these wild
cutthroats I caught.
- No, no, no fishing.
Oh, my god, that was so fun.
- Mm.
We should
do that more often.
- Right?
Oh, my god, your hair.
Why do they look so gorgeous
every time we go camping?
It's annoying.
- It's my only superpower.
OK, whatever.
OK, phone mom, tell her
that we're all good,
but we'll be back.
- Can do.
- Thanks for the camera.
Seriously, how
much did that cost?
- Anything
for my precious nephew.
- When do
I get a nephew, eh?
- She just threw you
under the bus, dude.
- OK, let's go.
- Bye, Ross.
Bye, Curtis.
- It was so good seeing you.
- Take care of them.
- Yeah, you too.
Try not to set
anything on fire.
- Oh, wow.
We're gonna be
having a campfire.
Set that on fire.
- --watch that closely.
I will see you next
week for dinner, OK?
OK.
- We'll have mac and cheese.
It's gonna be bomb.
What do we say, Ollie?
Thank you
for the camera, Auntie Alice.
- Oh, god damn you're cute.
Damn you're cute!
- See Ollie, don't
get any ideas.
OK, bye, guys.
Love you!
- Bye.
- Drive safe.
- Bye.
- Ross, let's go.
- You all buckled up?
Let's rock and roll, squad!
Yeesh, dad.
- Bye.
Bye.
Bye, everyone.
- Bye, Alice.
Looking good, guys.
Bye.
Love you.
Bye.
- Could you give the camera
back to my son now, please?
- Thank you.
- All right.
Here you go.
Careful, bud.
- OK.
- Road trip.
- Let's hit it.
Hit it.
- Get this off.
I'm not gonna hit
these trees on the side.
No, no.
You're good.
You're good.
Can't quite
tell the distance.
So pretty, though.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We didn't miss that
turn off yet, did we?
No, I think we're good.
OK.
Mom.
- Yeah, sweetheart?
Can I have a bite?
- Of course.
Do you want your own?
No.
- OK.
Here you go.
Oh, careful.
It's a new camera.
- No,.
- Mom.
Is that
the voice-- that's the voice
of the camera you're doing?
- Yeah.
It's like a little
old lady in the woods, you know?
Nice.
Yeah.
No, I can see that I can.
- What do you think, Ollie?
Yeah?
- Definitely not.
- No.
Oh, he--
- You don't think
it sounds like that?
- He doesn't approve.
- OK.
You have not
passed the audition.
You change--
dun,
nuh, duh, nuh, dun-dun, dun-dun,
dun-dun, dun-dun, dun-dun.
Are we there yet?
--find
the bed with me
And I remember the well--
- Gonna ask him for directions?
Yeah, I've
just got to make
sure we're going the right way.
I do not want to get
turned around.
- Ollie, don't
film the stranger.
OK.
Hey, how's it going?
Hi.
- Afternoon.
Hey, we're looking
for a fishing trail.
It's called Stickman's
trail, I think.
Do you know if we're
going the right way?
- Now what are you doing
wanting to go up to the Hollow?
- Wanted to pop
a line in the water.
You know, reel a few in.
Just have-- just have--
just have some quality
time with my son tonight.
- Well, I don't
go up there much.
Not a lot of folks do.
Except, of course,
the Bible thumpers
go up there to baptize their
children or some such nonsense.
Oh, OK.
So we're headed
the right direction then?
Yeah.
- Yeah, it's about 20 minutes
up the road and then about 30
minutes up a narrow road.
Narrow road.
OK.
- You'll know the trailhead
when you get to it.
OK.
How will we know?
- You'll know.
- OK.
- All right.
Thank you.
- Thank you so much.
- That's great.
Yeah.
Hey, any luck out there?
- Take care of your family.
You watch yourself by those
pines near the lake.
- OK.
- All righty.
- Well, thanks a lot.
- Yeah.
Thank you so much, sir.
Have a good one.
Yeah.
That was a little bit weird.
He was
perfectly fine, Ross.
We're just in the country.
- Some local color
there for you, bud.
Mm, I mean, Curtis
and your sister
did it, so it's got to be
at least accessible.
I think we'll be fine.
Are you worried
at all about this?
No, it's so pretty here.
Yeah, but we are
really, really out here.
I can't help it.
Oh, jeez.
Hey, this is
the man you married.
I know.
Whoa!
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What the--
What's up, dad?
I think someone was
just in a rush to go fishing.
Ollie, take a seat.
Where did they go?
I don't know.
Just a second.
Oh, Ross,
don't go in there.
Let me just take a look.
That is so weird.
Hey, Ollie, can
I see the camera?
Sure.
What's wrong, mom?
I don't know.
It's just-- that's strange.
- Have we seen this
car before somewhere?
I don't
know, Officer Ross.
- Looks familiar.
Oh.
What is that?
Ollie.
Oh, god.
What is that?
Ew.
- Wow, that stinks.
Don't put
your nose in it.
- OK.
OK, let's go.
- All right.
Yeah, let's go.
Let's go.
Oof.
Oh, my god.
- What?
Oh, wow.
Mom, go back.
Yeah.
Yeah, sweetie, I see that.
What was that thing?
I don't know.
That is--
- Are we at the trail?
- Yeah.
Wow.
I think this is
what he was talking about.
Yeah, I think that's it.
Yeah, we're here.
Weird.
- OK.
OK.
Pretty freaky, eh?
Yeah.
- What do you think, buddy?
It's kind of like
a big action figure.
- Yeah, kinda.
Yeah.
It's a pretty cool
piece, though.
It's just--
- Just what?
- Just why?
- Why, yeah.
Great question.
I'm gonna start
grabbing some bags.
You want to give
me a hand, buddy?
OK.
You bringing
this fleece, babe?
Yeah, that'd be great
if you could grab that.
Can't let me forget,
after dinner today,
I have to take those vitamins.
Yeah, OK.
- It's so dark.
- Mom!
What is that?
What?
Hey, sir?
See?
Nothing.
- Yeah.
- I just don't want to--
I just want to make sure he's--
- It's OK.
- --enjoy himself.
- Yes, it's fine.
- Should we stay
here the whole night?
- Yes.
You promised him one more
night and some fishing.
- I know.
I know.
- Hey, come on.
It'll be fun.
I'll protect you.
Ew!
Mom!
Dad!
- What are you gonna film
your parents making out?
All set, babe?
I think so.
- Here, let me
tie my shoes, too.
Real mature, dad.
- Because he's got no laces.
Uh-huh.
Classic.
- Let's do this thing.
- Your dad's funny, eh?
Hilarious.
Yeah, I know.
- It's almost
as tall as you, buddy.
Almost.
What is it, Ollie?
Wait.
Ollie.
OK, let's keep going.
Ollie?
Here it is.
- He mentioned
the figures, right?
He said that.
Yeah.
I think I didn't quite
understand what he meant.
Wow.
Yeah.
Careful on this log.
Oh, yeah.
Let's get going, hey?
Like, how far is the lake?
Yeah, it should
be just up ahead.
I went forward a bit.
- There's a couple turns.
- You saw it though, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
I saw it-- well, I
saw where it will--
Mom, are we gonna
be at the lake soon?
As soon
as your dad gets back.
He's just making sure
we're on the right path.
You wouldn't want to get
lost out here, eh?
Spooky.
Oh, Ollie,
I think we're here.
Finally!
--my god, look at this.
Wow.
- Oh, yeah.
- This is it.
Good job, hon.
Good job, dad!
Brought us here.
Slow down.
It's freaking cool.
I'm sorry.
Woo!
Oh, my goodness.
Wow!
Oh, Ollie, this is amazing.
Yep.
- I knew it was gonna be nice.
Didn't I tell you?
You did.
There you go.
- --babe.
Oh, my god!
- You've got to-- you've
got to sketch this.
Oh, I do.
I do.
- I know what I'm doing.
I just did this two
days ago, I swear.
- With maybe like a little
help from my sister.
- I told her not
to tell you that I've
never set up a tent before.
Oh, my--
- She betrayed my trust.
You think after
nine years of marriage
I really don't know that
you're bad with tents?
- Nine years.
- Yeah.
Time flies.
Has it been that long?
It has.
You think we're
married too long?
Oh, shut up.
Mom, dad.
Yeah, sweetheart.
I'm just gonna
go explore a bit.
Oh, OK.
Well, you stay close, OK?
I know.
I don't want
you to go too far.
I know.
OK.
Watch where you're going
with that thing, OK?
Don't want you to trip
while you're filming.
Yep, I'll be careful.
OK.
OK.
As long as I can see you.
Be careful.
I think they
gave us too many poles.
OK.
Oh,
soon I feel this again
Come to this place
Who's there?
My lord got me
I can hear you
singing, you know?
Hey, dad, I thought I heard
someone singing in the woods.
- It's probably
just the birds, bud.
OK, what do you
think, hat, no hat?
No hat.
- OK, well, I'm
gonna wear the hat.
- It's part of my dad's
fishing attire.
It's part of the uniform.
What do you think we should use?
We've got some
shiny-looking guys.
We've got some
swimmy-looking bugs.
There's plenty
of creepy crawlies
here we could choose from.
Dad, where's the hook?
- Well, they're
hidden, see, in there.
So that hook goes
in the fish's mouth?
- Yeah.
Yeah.
We cast it out, hook
their lip, we pull them in,
and then we let them go.
What if they swallow it?
Does the hook get
stuck in their throat?
Hey, you're the one who
wanted to teach him how to fish.
Dad, I didn't know
the fish would get hurt!
- Why don't I just
show you how to cast?
I mean, honestly,
that's the best part.
That's the most fun.
That's my favorite part.
Yeah, I don't like seeing
those fish get hurt either.
All right.
I think I'm all set.
You guys ready?
- Yeah.
- OK.
- Action!
Sound like a director
already, bud.
Oh, can't do it without that.
- Huah!
He's so good.
Go, dad!
- You watching, bud?
So it's all in the wrist.
You want to let out
a little bit of line,
bring it back,
and then flick it out.
It's all in the wrist.
Oh, that was very nice.
- So I'm gonna do a big one.
Make it go really far!
- Come on.
Whoa!
Are you OK?
- Oh, my god.
As you can
see, dad is wet.
- I think we should
probably just
do some hot dogs then tonight.
- I'm freakin' soaked.
- I am wet.
I can't
explain you're so wet.
So wet.
So, so wet.
Oh, my--
- Oh, my gosh.
Did you get that?
I got it.
I got it.
I got it.
I got it.
- Oh, that's hot.
- 5 second rule.
Give me your bun, please.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Oh, oh, oh!
Mm!
- OK.
- Your wiener, my lady.
- Oh, why thank you, good sir.
- Chivalry is not dead, clearly.
- Where are the condiments?
- I put some in the bag
there beside you.
- A little bit of Parmesan?
Mom, what are you doing?
- You just wait.
No, please.
Not in front of our son.
- A little bit of peanut butter.
Peanut butter?
- Yes.
I can't even watch this.
- Oh, it's so good.
So, so good.
- Mm!
Yummy!
Ew!
I can't
believe you eat that.
- Stop it, Ross.
Mm!
It's so good.
- It is not.
I guarantee you.
- Ollie, when your dad
and I first went camping,
I discovered this.
It's called
the "butter parme-dog."
It was
the "dog-ijon" last year.
- I like "butter parme-dog."
OK, fine.
Wonder what you'll
call it tomorrow.
Whatever it's called, I
think it's an abomination.
- I want to try.
- Yeah.
No, no.
Oh, what are you
doing to our son?
Peanut butter does not
belong on a hot dog.
What was that?
Yeah, what the hell?
That sounded human.
We must be
hearing things.
What about that
car we saw earlier?
Maybe there's people here?
What?
In the forest at night?
I don't know, locals.
I heard a girl
singing in the woods today.
OK, let's go to bed.
Ollie, it's bedtime.
Yeah, come on, bud.
Let's go.
- Ollie.
What are you doing out there?
Come here.
- Come on.
Back to bed.
- It's OK.
There's nothing to worry about.
Honestly, I think it
was a twig or something.
It's a twig.
It's fine.
Let's get you tucked in.
- Are you going to be running
that camera all night, buddy?
I don't know.
Maybe.
- OK.
Bedtime.
OK?
Fine.
What about a story?
- I don't have
a story for tonight.
But I do have my sketchbook.
Hey, do you want to look
at that before we go to bed?
- Even filming
the sketches, huh?
That's dedication.
I like that one.
- Me too.
OK, It's bedtime.
- Oh, my god.
Ollie, did you draw this?
Draw what?
- Ollie, don't
play games with me.
Did you draw this?
- Draw what, Mom?
- What is it?
Let me see.
- Oliver!
I didn't.
- You have to ask before you
use your mom's sketchbook.
What is this?
I didn't draw
anything in Mom's sketchbook.
- Oliver, you have
to tell the truth.
Did you draw this?
No.
- OK.
It's bedtime.
It's bedtime.
So put the camera off, and we'll
talk about this tomorrow.
Camera off!
- Oh, boy.
- Ollie, bedtime!
Your name
is Oliver, right?
Yes.
Are you OK?
I need your help, Oliver.
Will you help me?
You must be very quiet.
Come with me outside.
Can you do that, Oliver?
I don't want to wake
your mom and daddy up.
That's it.
Quiet now.
Quiet.
- Ollie, what are you
doing, sweetheart?
Come back to bed.
Mom.
Mom, that's not me.
- Ollie!
Ollie!
Is it all
right if I'm rolling?
- Yeah.
Sometimes a little
context of the
before and after
goes a long way.
Just rolling everything.
Yeah, of course.
Right.
I've never done this before.
To be honest, I'm not
even sure I believe in it.
- Well, if lucky, you'll
never have to believe in it.
How long have
you been on the road?
- I left yesterday
around 6:00 AM.
Crossed the border
around midnight.
It's been a hell of a drive.
You?
Wasn't too bad, actually.
They flew me in on a red eye.
I wasn't going to sleep anyway.
Had to bus all the way
to this town, though.
It's barely even on the map.
You think it's the real deal?
- Yeah.
The priest
from yesterday, he--
Alleluia.
Alleluia.
It's the loving father
of children everywhere.
Also loves the children
who live next door to me.
To me,
he's a family man.
The answer is simple.
We have to look at it in the
context of our modern-day lives
and what that would mean.
Is this the neighborhood?
- Mm-hmm.
No, just checking
something here.
OK.
- Yeah.
You drink?
Ah, no.
No, I don't.
- You smoke?
No, sir.
Not cannabis or tobacco.
- Not even drugs,
nothing over the counter?
Well, minor
painkillers sometimes.
- Come on, that doesn't count.
Just making sure you have
all your vices under control.
Need a clear head and a strong
stomach for this line of work.
Shit.
What is that, sir?
- Document everything
unless I tell you otherwise.
Understand?
Yes, Father.
- Are you all right?
- Yeah.
Yeah.
I'll be fine.
- OK.
- Father Monroe?
- Mr. and Mrs. Hall,
may we come in?
Oh, this is my associate
from the diocese.
He'll be recording
for the entire duration.
It's important we
have a record of the--
well, the more unusual cases.
I'm afraid the church deems it
necessary in this day and age.
Gabriel Hall.
And this is my wife, Selena.
We're very grateful you could
make it on such short notice.
Of course.
Now, the child is contained.
She's safe.
She is, for now.
- That trinket out in the tree--
thank you-- may I ask
where that's from?
- The little men.
Claire makes them
with her Sunday group.
They craft them up at the lake
when someone in the parish
gets baptized.
- Right.
OK.
I think we're all set.
Pay
no mind to Peter.
Fairly soon, you won't
even notice he's here.
Now, before we begin,
I have some questions.
It's important we have a
thorough portrait of the events
leading up to today.
- Of course.
Whatever you need, Father.
Please just walk
me through the timeline here.
When did Clara start showing
signs of suspected possession?
- I received a phone
call at the store.
I own the hardware
store in town,
and I got a phone call from
her teacher, Mrs. Finley.
And she said that Clara was
acting up and being a bad kid.
- She was having
behavioral issues.
- And then there--
and then there was the incident.
I received another phone call
and the school called me up,
and they said that
Clara was throwing
her feces at the other kids.
And I-- and then she ran away
from the school that afternoon.
Eventually, we found
her behind the diner,
rummaging through the garbage
and eating scraps of meat.
At that
point, had it occurred to you
that, perhaps, an entity may
have infested your child?
- I knew right away that
it wasn't my daughter.
I knew it.
My Clara would never
throw her shit at--
I'm sorry.
You can
say shit, Mr. Hall.
I'm a priest.
I'm not your principal.
So once you got her home,
you contacted Father Edwards.
- Only after she started
speaking in another language.
Yes.
What language?
- Gaelic, he said?
- Yes, a primitive version.
And as I understand it,
Father Edwards
performed an exorcism
for two days in an attempt
to drive the entity out
of your daughter?
That is before
Edwards was attacked
yesterday and hospitalized.
- That's correct.
And how
old is your daughter?
- She's awake again.
- Anything wrong, Father?
- As-- as soon as Father Edwards
was taken away in the ambulance
yesterday, Clara hid
herself in the basement,
and I locked her in.
And she's not
getting out either.
I put those hinges in myself.
I locked her down there
for our own safety.
She was getting
sadistic, Father.
You must have seen what
she did to Father Edwards.
- Father Edwards died last
night in the hospital.
The infection from his
wounds spread too quickly,
and his heart gave out.
- She's further
along than I thought.
- I need to see the room
where Father Edwards
was attacked, please.
Document everything.
She likes playing
house a lot, having a family,
taking care of a baby.
- When did Clara make this?
Yesterday.
- Do you even know what this is?
Gabe, grab the other side.
Help me with this.
Father, why?
You'll see.
Come on.
- My daughter is turning
into a creature from hell.
- Perhaps, Mr. Hall.
There are far worse realms than
man's simple dream of hell.
Oh, hello, Henry.
See, Dr. Monroe
is here to see me.
Doesn't that make
me feel special?
- Clara, is that you?
Mm-hmm.
That's Clara and me.
How does
she know your name?
- I am a servant of God.
I shall not speak
your true name.
You have one last chance
to release the innocent people,
or you will pay penance.
Come closer, Henry.
Remember, this
body on the rocks?
You let him die, Henry.
He would have lived if you
had let me stay inside of him.
I could have made him great.
He would have been a priest.
The village would
have worshipped him.
Father,
what is she saying?
What is she--
- Norway, 1998.
I was new to priesthood.
I was studying medicine in Oslo.
I had performed an exorcism,
much like this one,
on a young man, not
much older than Clara.
What I did not know was
he had been chosen--
chosen here to house this entity
by those that worshipped him.
I couldn't save him from
the entity or the followers.
So how does this particular
being know my name, Peter?
Because I met him before.
A long time ago.
Father, what kind
of , sir?
- Oh, there are hidden secret
sects of Christianity far older
than you've ever studied, son.
Sects from when the Gospels were
mixed with early pagan beliefs.
They defy all our understanding
of what is right, what is wrong.
Their practices are profane.
Keep your eyes on Mr.
and Mrs. Hall, Peter.
You know where
to find me, Clara.
Are you going to tell me?
- What are we going
to do, Father?
Is she too far gone?
- Not if she's still breathing.
- What are you doing?
- We are going to sedate her.
Just until we can
bind her safely.
- Clara!
Follow me.
Father, is this--
Clara, sweetheart.
Mother.
Clara.
Oh, God!
God!
- Father, it's OK.
It's OK.
- Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Ah!
Let it bleed.
Don't get it on you.
Oh!
- Yeah, it's going to spread.
Listen to me.
Listen to me carefully.
Oh, God.
Where was your daughter?
- Levy Lake, where all
the children are baptized.
- Go get your daughter
while she's unconscious.
You needs to get her to Levy
Lake, baptize her again.
Go.
Go!
Peter.
Peter.
Ah!
Take the girl to the lake
and baptize her in the name
of Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Do you understand me, Peter?
- I'm not leaving
you here, Father.
- You need to go!
Do not let her out
of your sight, Peter.
There is something
else afoot here.
Go.
Go, go, all of you.
Get her into the holy water.
Find her.
Find her.
Get her safely to the holy site.
Peter, God be with you, son.
I'll be all right.
Peter.
Give me.
Give me a kitchen
knife, if you will.
A bread knife.
- Come on.
Get off the road.
Get off the road!
- Thank you.
Thank you.
Are we almost there?
Yeah, it's
not much further now.
Oh, no.
No!
Not now.
I can feel it.
I can feel him.
What are you saying?
I can feel
him moving through us,
through our daughter.
feels like an angel.
And he's awake.
He's here!
Ah!
Ah!
What is this place?
- This is where they would
come, hundreds of years ago.
The place of worship.
Never dreamed it
would still be active.
I'm so sorry, Henry.
There was nothing you could do.
You must leave this place.
Just be grateful that
he's gone, for now.
Open the door.
Come on.
Sh.
All right.
- Every time.
Are you ready?
- Chicken dinner.
Oh, now, you whip
the camera out.
Yeah, I gotta make sure
I catch your surprise on camera.
- There's a surprise?
Check the table.
- Ah!
Where?
Is it a puppy?
Here, boy.
No, it's probably not.
I mean, it might be a puppy.
- Can I open it?
Of course,
baby, open it.
- What's up?
Beautifully wrapped.
Yeah, surprise, huh?
- I am, actually.
It's a blender?
Yeah, baby.
But it's not just any blender.
It's the blender that
you've always wanted.
- Oh, yeah.
Oh, my gosh.
Wow.
Yeah.
- It's perfect.
And I love it.
And I spoke
to the salesperson,
and he said that it's
the quietest blender out there.
So now, you can make
smoothies anytime you want.
- Oh, you mean I
can make you healthy
smoothies whenever
you want them.
Like, when you're on work
calls or working from home,
or playing video games,
or getting dressed or showering,
or when you're asleep.
Like, a perfect Stepford wife.
Mm-hmm.
- Happily shopping.
That's
a new.
- Haberdashery.
Oh, no.
- Oh, shit.
Someone is really trying to get
in contact with me tonight.
It's an unknown number.
Who answers an unknown number--
All right.
Well, just answer it.
- --at this day and age?
No, it's probably some--
it's probably that creepy uncle
or some relative just calling
to wish us happy anniversary.
But I'm having
a great anniversary,
and I don't need
any more wishes.
Oh, look.
It's stopped.
Problem solved.
How did you get this--
--face in the news, right?
The sister to one of the victims
from the Levi Lake massacre?
- That was five years ago.
But yeah, I am.
Why?
There's something
you might want to know.
Police don't really look
into it up here, even though it
happened a couple times now.
- What are you talking about?
Well, myself and
some of the other
locals you there's been
sightings of a kid nearby lake.
Maybe it's a teenager.
I don't know if it's
a boy or a girl.
- What?
But I've seen it once myself.
Others have seen it maybe
a couple more times.
- That could easily
be anyone's kid.
Look, my nephew
and the Clara girl,
they were pronounced
dead years ago.
So it's over.
It's done.
Yeah, they never found
the bodies, though, did they?
This isn't some kid
on a hike, ma'am.
Like, no one is going up there.
No one is going up to Levi Lake
anymore after what happened.
This kid, this thing, I
don't know, it's feral.
- I'm sorry.
Is this a joke?
No.
No, ma'am.
I swear on my life.
Look, I gotta go.
I just thought
someone should know.
- No.
- I
- don't want no part of this.
But I thought you should know.
- No.
Don't go.
I gotta go.
Take care.
- Wait!
What do we do?
Babe, it's over.
Search and rescue, they did a
grid search up there for weeks,
and they didn't come
up with anything.
There's-- there's
nothing up there for you.
Oh, shit.
I'm sorry.
- You put the tickets
in the blender?
You didn't think
I just got you a blender
for our 10th anniversary.
I mean, I'm not a bum.
- Baby, that's a disaster.
Recipe for a blunder.
Oh, my god.
I was just waiting
on the reveal,
but then we got that
creepy phone call.
Kind of ruined my shot.
- I did think you
just got me a blender.
I've never been to Barbados.
M-m.
- Why have we never
been to the Caribbean?
I don't know,
but it's going to be perfect.
It's warm.
- Yes.
Open water.
- Wait, are you just going
to fish the whole time?
No.
I've got one day.
- Oh, my god.
Just one day.
One day, baby.
- I knew it.
- Promise.
Promise.
Cross my heart.
Hope to die.
Just one day of fishing.
- One day.
- One day.
- You get one day.
Thank you.
- Today is Friday.
We leave on Monday.
So we have the weekend, right?
Alice, no.
No, we can't.
Babe, are you sure
you're OK with this?
And where's that old
guy you mentioned?
He's not on here.
Mysterious.
Father Monroe?
Yeah.
Yeah, the church
isolated him from this mess
as soon as possible.
Even the lead
detective on the case
found it really hard to get
a one on one with Monroe.
But good luck getting anything
out of an old Exorcist anyway.
My guess is he did it.
Apparently, he sawed off his
own arm with a bread knife.
Wait what?
You didn't tell me that.
Why would he do that?
- Your guess is as good as mine.
Nothing about this case
really makes any sense.
All right.
But you still want me
rolling on all this, huh?
- Why not?
Maybe we'll catch
a feral kid on camera.
Maybe we'll get famous.
It was a bad idea.
This is where they found
Gabe and Selena Hall's car.
This is the only
spot where they found
blood, right here on the road.
Jesus.
- You were right.
What are we doing here?
You had
a gut feeling, right?
It's always worth
paying attention to.
- I'm sorry I ruined
our anniversary.
Stop.
Stop.
Don't even.
- I don't know.
I thought maybe-- maybe
there was some final clue
or whatever closure looks like.
Baby.
Baby, don't worry.
All right?
What do you say we just--
we just get out of here.
Get out of these woods.
Go to white sand beach
and put some sunscreen on you.
You know how you burn.
All right?
Let's not worry about this.
- Yeah.
OK.
Can we stop at that super greasy
burger place on the way home?
You got it.
And I'm going to have, like,
four of those, you know.
- Oh, I know.
I love you.
- I love you, too.
What?
Curtis,
did you hear that?
Yeah.
Yeah, I did.
Oh, shit.
- Ollie?
Alice.
Alice.
- Ollie?
Alice,
where are you going?
Alice!
Baby.
Alice!
Ollie.
Ollie, where are you?
Ollie!
Alice.
Ollie!
Babe, hold
on for a second.
- Do you think someone
could be messing with us?
Someone could be
messing with us.
I mean, they got to be--
it's got to be the locals.
They just want to take
advantage of us.
play
a fucking prank.
- Why would someone do
something like that?
Auntie Alice,
I need your help!
- What the fuck.
Auntie Alice,
I need your help
finding the camera you gave me.
I'm sorry, I lost it.
- It's him.
It's gotta be him.
Ollie!
Ollie, stay right where
you are, sweetheart.
Alice.
I need you, Auntie Alice.
- What the fuck is that?
Ollie?
Alice, just
waiting for a second.
- I know the sound
of my nephew's voice.
OK?
Trust me.
Ollie, where are you?
Alice!
Ollie!
Ollie!
Oliver!
- Ollie, we're here.
Oliver!
- Ollie, where are you?
Oliver!
How far is
Levi Lake from here?
- I don't know.
I mean, we're so far
off the trail now.
Fuck.
Babe, those
are deer bones, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Let's keep going.
All right.
Fuck!
Are we lost?
I don't know.
We gotta keep moving.
OK.
OK.
- The sun is going down.
What was that?
Oliver are you hurt?
Oliver!
Stay where you are, buddy.
Auntie Alice!
- Ollie, we're coming.
Ollie!
Baby, be careful.
Oh, shit.
Ollie!
Ollie!
Auntie Alice.
Uncle Curtis.
What is happening?
Something's wrong.
This is not what it seems.
I'm here, Auntie Alice.
- Did you hear that?
Yeah.
- Ollie!
Ollie, we're right here.
Where are you?
Alice.
Curtis.
What's happened?
Is that Annie?
Annie!
Annie!
- I can hear her.
Take that.
I can hear you, sister.
I'm coming, Annie!
Help!
- She's over here.
Help!
Annie!
Ollie!
Annie!
I'm scared.
Ollie, I'm coming.
I'm coming, honey, just
keep talking to me.
Ollie!
Curtis!
Curtis.
Curtis!
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
Oh, no.
No.
No.
Ollie!
I'm up here.
Ollie.
Ollie.
I'm stuck, Auntie Alice.
I need your help.
My leg is caught.
No.
OK.
We'll have to hurry,
Auntie Alice, before she--
before she-- comes back.
I can make all
sorts of voices, Alice.
Oh!
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh, Alice.
Alice, you have
such pretty hair.
I'm so, so glad.
I've been waiting for someone
with very pretty hair.
My baby needs hair.
You must want to meet
my baby, Alice.
Don't you?
I always wanted a perfect baby.
So I made one with eyes from
Mommy, lungs from Ollie,
lips from Daddy,
skin from Annie.
Now, I just need
your pretty hair.
- Ah!
Ah!
Grandfather,
Henry Monroe, I live.
- What the fuck.
Oh!
Take my daughter,
Clara, to be your loyal servant.
Take my daughter, Clara.