Voodun (2025) Movie Script
(thunder rumbles)
(ambient music)
(birds chirp)
Yo, you want some of these pretzels?
I'm good.
Where is he?
Huh?
You know I gave that
trucker guy your number
when I got up to pee.
Right on.
Girl, if you don't look up at me
I'm sorry, I was just
Where is he?
- Florida.
- And?
I don't know.
And you're pretty sure?
I know he's seen someone.
That's right.
He's moved on.
And that's exactly
what you are supposed
to be doing on this trip.
I know. I know.
Jenn, this obsession
I'm not obsessed.
This obsession is ruining your life.
Forgive me if I'm having
a little trouble dealing
with my ex getting
engaged to another woman.
We were together for four years.
It's over.
Okay.
What if it's just a phase?
Maybe he just meets some time.
No, he has someone else.
It's over.
Now you listen to me.
You better get your act together, girl,
while your ass still
looks good in jean shorts.
You are wasting time.
Finish your pretzels.
I don't need pretzels.
I need a gym.
How much further do we have today?
Like 300 miles.
And it's your turn to drive.
I just ate.
You know I can't drive when I'm full.
So let's move it.
("Grace")
I met Grace in a bar in old St. Lou
She was fiddlin' with a cocktail napkin
And starin' at her shoe
I asked her what's the trouble dear
She said everything but you
And we fell in love
in a bar in old St. Lou
But she was gone before
the mornin' sky turned blue
- Howdy.
- Hi.
What are you up to?
Getting some mice.
I mean, after that.
Hmm, pretty big day tomorrow
so probably not much.
It's a shame.
[Jenn] Why is that?
I thought maybe you
might be looking for a party.
[Jenn] What gave you that idea?
I guess I don't know.
Maybe next time, cowboy.
I'm gonna hold you to it.
(chuckles) Hey, you
got a beer, big fella?
What's that on your face?
What are you doing with that?
Oh no!
(dramatic music)
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music continues)
She's our age.
(suspenseful music)
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Hey, check it out.
Oh shit!
You're actually gonna do it, huh?
Yeah, who knows when?
But I'm not in any rush.
I'm ready when the time's right though.
How many are supposed to be in there?
Your guess is as good as mine, pal.
Always fucking outnumbered.
It doesn't matter as
long as he's in there, okay?
Oh, he'll be there.
He's been waiting on
this since the beginning.
What time you got?
It's about time.
Look.
(tires skid)
There he is.
That fucking turd.
All right, call it in.
(lively music)
Hey, brother.
This is our main band today.
- Sit down.
- How are you buddy?
It's good to see you.
It's for us.
Okay.
Cheers. Salute.
(lively music)
How much is there?
(lively music)
Go ahead, open her up.
(lively music)
Is that good shit?
[Bartender] See? (Indistinct)
Yeah, that'll work.
So we got a deal, right?
Not yet.
What do you mean?
(ominous music)
What do you mean?
(sniffs) Pegs? (Laughs)
All that shit went to your brain.
It's your time to fuck off.
(ominous music)
We know you're cops.
(gunshot fires)
Police!
(gunshots fire)
(glass shatters)
(lively music)
Tell me baby
You okay?
Jesus. Yeah.
Just thinking.
Maybe that ring was good luck, huh?
All right, I'm gonna go
get SWAT up-to-speed.
You go outside and make your phone call.
Call who?
First thing I wanna hear
after shit like this goes
down is my wife's voice.
(lively music)
(gentle music)
I can't keep meeting you like this.
Yeah.
If they find out we're talking,
this whole house of
cards comes tumbling out.
Richard, listen, there's no reason
anyone's gonna find
out we're talking, okay?
Do you have the list of names?
I've got three.
Okay.
When they see them in your paper,
they bring out, find out
who gave them to you.
They won't.
Thank you.
[Richard] Don't call me anymore.
(phone rings)
Hey.
I just got the list.
Are you okay?
You sound weird.
(chuckles) Really?
Okay, yeah.
We should celebrate. (Chuckles)
Okay.
I can be there in like 20 minutes.
(bright music)
I love you too.
(Lisa squeals)
(bright music)
(bright music continues)
(water splashes)
(rousing music)
Morning, babe.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Anders just called for you, but I told him
that you would be in soon.
Okay.
Well, I better get going then.
Yeah.
Bye.
One more thing.
Lisa.
Yeah?
I can't imagine my life without you.
You are easily the greatest
thing that's ever happened to me
and I just wanna make sure that you're mine
for now until forever.
(Lisa giggles)
Oh my God.
Will you please marry me?
(Lisa giggles)
[Lisa] Yes! Yes!
(ominous music)
(mysterious music continues)
[Brett] Good morning, boss.
[Anders] Listen, I know
you're not gonna like it
so just spare us both the pitching.
[Brett] What now?
[Anders] Just outside
of town this morning,
the car Ellie uses was found abandoned.
She was traveling with
her friend, one Jenn Cooper.
No sign of either of them.
[Brett] All right, and
what else do we know?
[Anders] They've been
missing for a few days.
They were expected home in Chicago
and when they didn't show
their parents filed an NPR.
A county deputy found
the car pushed off the road.
Some kid called it in every
spotted it flying his drone.
I want you to head over there and see
what you can figure it out.
[Brett] But I'm on the Handiman murder.
[Anders] Do you remember
how this conversation started
when I said spare us both the pitching?
Well, what you're about to do
is what I was referring
to, so save it, O'Shea.
I'm shorthanded.
Now check your email. Bye.
(suspenseful music)
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[Simone] I'm Simone Moreau, and you are?
What?
What's your name?
Detective O'Shea.
I'm investigating missing person
and their car was found near here.
I was wondering if I could
ask you a few questions.
Oh, goodness.
Well please, come in.
No, no, that's not necessary.
This is okay.
It'll only take a second.
I noticed your accent.
Where are you from?
I'm afraid that I migrated here
after the Katrina disaster in New Orleans.
My business was ruined.
Well that was around
2005, about 20 years ago.
You don't look old enough to
have had a business back then.
That's good observation detective.
Serves you well in your career, no doubt.
Now, how can I help you?
Have you seen either of these two women?
Absolutely not.
I'm sorry your time was
wasted by coming here for this.
I'm not done here.
Who else lives here with you?
I'm afraid that I live alone.
Now tell me, have you
had your fortune told?
I haven't the time.
Don't be silly.
It only takes a moment.
Let's take a look, shall we?
(ominous music)
I appreciate what you're doing.
This isn't why I'm here though.
If you think of anything
or notice anything unusual,
please give me a call right away.
Of course.
May I ask what this red dust is?
It's brick dust, keeps the evil away.
It's how I knew you were safe.
If you was evil, you
wouldn't have crossed it.
Good luck. Have a nice day.
[O'Brien] Detective O'Shea.
[Brett] Professor O'Brien, correct?
[O'Brien] Come sit down on you.
[Brett] Hey, thank you for seeing me.
And department secretary, she loved me.
I made a fat cigar.
Pound that down the pipe.
You don't smoke like a
real occasion. (Laughs)
Oh.
Well I must admit your call intrigued me.
How can I help?
I need you to tell me about
the origin of fortune telling.
Oh, well multiple cultures
have some version of it.
Tellers, they typically
held in high regard.
They help their villagers
and communities for small gifts of money.
It became popular here
in this country in the south
when voodoo was introduced, so.
Okay.
And what do you know about voodoo?
I guarantee. (Laughs)
During the slave trade, there's a region
in Africa that practice
a very unique religion.
Now, as you may know,
most slaves were forced
to practice some form of
Western religion once here but,
voodoo is somewhat of a hybrid of the two.
You know, it's got some
features of Catholicism
and then mixed with
the voodoo original, so.
Okay.
And what about zombies?
Hollywood.
Films (chuckles).
That create the idea
that the suggested dead rise from the grave
and wreak the (clicks fingers)
Devastation, havoc upon
the living. (Mimics growling)
(laughs) That's.
But the concept of the zombie and voodoo
is actually of a living person.
They're being cursed by a
voodoo priest or priestess.
Why would they do this?
Punishment, revenge,
or maybe just to do the bidding for them?
Imagine the power of the
mind, you know, hypnotic.
You could make someone
do whatever you desire
without fear or consequence.
Professor,
I need you to level with me.
Do you believe in this stuff?
(ominous music)
I've been teaching more than 40 year.
My research taught me
be very open-minded.
Just because you don't believe it
doesn't mean it can't be true.
What about priestesses?
Can they have this power too?
Oh, some believe they
have even more power.
They're the mothers of
invention than (mumbles)
Creators of life and they
harness us all that power.
Wee. (Laughs)
Most is simply peddlers, trinkets,
mundane concoctions and portions.
Chicken feet and voodoo dolls.
There are few they consider very dangerous.
Have you heard of Simone Moreau?
(ominous music)
Oh yeah.
She would be considered a Voodoo priestess.
She was a slave owner's
daughter and some say
she was raised by a very
powerful priestess called Abibi.
(ominous music)
Ms. Moreau.
They all got the fever, even the youngins.
We losing souls every night.
(ominous music)
How you get this?
My Marie, she work in the big house.
She find it in Mr. LaDoux
wife's jewelry box.
It may have sound (indistinct).
Mixed with this spare broth,
fever break,
by next sunrise.
I sure thank you, Ms. Moreau.
(gunshot fires)
Ms. Moreau, run!
(gunshot fires)
Don't run, bitch.
Wear the necklace.
Girl, you're going to be
punished, but you don't gotta hang.
I'd rather give you the
whooping than a noose.
(ominous music)
Come on, tell me you didn't give it to me
so I had to kill you.
Let's me go.
Another evil than you.
I seen it burn or hang.
You decide.
We do not have to fight.
(knife slashes)
(Abibi pants)
I didn't steal Ms. LaDoux's jewels.
I don't care about that.
Then what?
You the one they called a witch?
I'm no witch.
You something.
We're gonna have to bury these bodies
before somebody finds them, else,
they're gonna hang you.
Why you help me?
Fever took my wife yesterday dawn.
Daughter's got it too.
Doctor says she's too far gone
but can you save her?
Please?
What if I can?
What for me?
Anything.
What about them?
They belong to me now.
Child has curse.
Her mother tried to kill her.
What?
No fever here.
Girl saw mother in the arms of another.
How dare you speak
of my Abigail that way.
(chuckles) Mother
tried to hide her wrongs.
She cursed the girl.
But the girl has the power inside her.
Much power.
Who's the man?
I can help you find him.
Can Simone be saved?
Oh, yes.
But with conditions.
I to heal the girl.
Yes?
I take away the curse.
I lead you to your vengeance.
For this,
I stay with you now.
The girl's teacher.
No more rags,
no more shack.
Please hurry.
I can help you in many ways, yes?
You will listen to me.
Yes?
I will.
If you cross me,
the curse begins again.
I no stop.
Ever.
I understand.
(foreboding music)
I will lift the curse.
You,
go kill the stable boy.
Him wants your wife too.
Abibi became Simone's father's conse,
counselor, adviser.
And with her help, he
became a very powerful man.
Feared for decades.
All while
Simone was a very gifted student.
Well, you see the woman
that I'm talking about,
Simone, she's still alive.
Maybe 25 years old.
(ominous music)
That's her.
(foreboding music)
That's from 1802.
No.
Let me ask you a question, detective.
Have you met this woman?
Yeah, absolutely.
I've seen her with my own
two eyes just a few hours ago.
It seem like she know
things that she shouldn't.
Yeah, she did.
Sacrificial ritual can
help retain the youth.
It's good for her
but not so nice for her victim.
I'm sorry, what do you mean?
Some legends say she must steal the life
to maintain her own.
If this were true,
that would mean she's over 200 years old.
Some believe that.
Like I said, just because
you don't believe it
doesn't mean it can't be true.
You mustn't let the in your eyes
to obscure the possibility.
What about this?
She said it's to keep evil spirits away.
(foreboding music)
All kinds of potion.
Most have
no magic at all.
Some of these things
they're considered very dangerous.
The red brick doesn't keep monsters away.
It keeps the monster killers away.
(ominous music)
(equipment whirs)
Ellie.
(equipment whirs)
Ellie.
Ellie.
Don't leave me.
Hello?
Hey, babe.
Are you busy?
Yeah.
Listen babe, I might
not be able to wait later.
I have to head back out
to the Highway 36 again.
Again. Why?
I'm not sure yet,
but honestly, I'm having
one of those feelings.
Those feelings worry me sometimes.
What's going on?
A fortune teller, Lady Simone.
Oh yeah.
No, wait,
I actually did a story
about her a few years ago.
The townspeople were mad,
they didn't want her around,
but I heard that she ended up
like in the middle of nowhere.
Yeah, sounds about right.
Listen, I gotta go,
but I'll catch up with
you later, all right?
Love you.
Love you too.
Really do.
My name is Patricia Smith.
My daughter was Devon Smith
and she's been missing for 12 years.
Devon was a straight A student
and she was an Allstate pitcher
for her high school softball team.
And she was loved by all who knew her.
I am making this video in
hopes that somehow, some way,
someone will have information about
the woman who stole my daughter.
That woman's name is Simone Moreau.
And although there's,
the investigation
rendered no evidence.
I beg you to believe me when I tell you
that Simone Moreau is
responsible for the disappearance
of many women, including
my daughter, Devon.
(foreboding music)
(chains rattle)
(Jenn pants)
(ominous music)
(chains rattle)
(foreboding music)
(Jenn pants)
(chains rattle)
(ominous music)
(Jenn yelps)
Hold on.
I'm here to help, okay?
How many are there?
I don't know.
I've only seen one man.
Please get me out of here.
I'm trying, honey.
What's your name?
Jenn Cooper.
Do you know where your friend is?
I don't know.
I think he took her.
Listen to me, listen to me, okay?
I need to find her.
I want you to go out the back
gate, head west of see my car.
Wait for me there, okay?
(masked man grunts)
(excited music)
(bodies thud)
(Brett pants)
(dramatic music)
(Brett groans)
(Brett pants)
(distorted music)
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(distorted music continues)
Hi.
I'm just a little bit worried about Brett.
I did talk to him a few hours ago,
so I'm probably being silly,
but I was just wondering
if you heard anything.
He sounded a little bit funny before
and he said he was gonna go see Ms. Simone.
No, it's probably okay.
I know you're busy, but
he just sounded a little bit,
he said he was gonna go back there.
Okay, yes.
Thank you, thanks, Chief Anders.
Bye.
(car zooms)
Chief Anders.
And which, Lisa, do I have the privilege
of being before me?
[Lisa] Sorry?
Is it Lisa the reporter, or Lisa,
the girlfriend of my lead detective?
A little bit of both, I guess.
I'm worried about Brett.
Do you know where he is?
I sent him out on the
missing persons case
that's all over the TV.
I don't have an official
statement, so don't ask.
This is off the record.
I haven't heard from him in hours
and the last time I talked to him,
he said that he was
investigating Simone Moreau.
Did he mention why?
[Lisa] No, he just said that
he was out near her home.
He's fine.
He's just doing what I told him to do.
It's not like him not to answer me.
I'm concerned.
Look, a very long time ago,
my wife would get concerned
too, believe it or not.
Eventually, she figured
out the cops just get busy
and that's all.
Do you know anything about Simone Moreau?
I know that she's, does magic tricks
or something of that nature.
Would it surprise you that
there are dozens of videos
of her online and that some people believe
that she's responsible
for missing girls all around the country?
[Anders] I've heard.
Oh, well then why
does that not concern you?
Because in the last 10 years,
these videos, in conjunction
with the testimony of a half
a dozen people, has prompted
multiple FBI investigations
and to this day, not one shred
of evidence has been collected.
Right.
Don't you find that incredibly odd?
I certainly do.
However, I have a very strict
policy that I adhere to, Lisa,
and it is, I do not investigate cases
that have been investigated already
unless sufficient new evidence
has been brought to light.
Okay, well, I don't
think it's a coincidence
that Brett is investigating
two missing girls
near a woman's home who's been accused
of kidnapping young girls.
Accused and cleared by the FBI,
which the last time I
checked, has got a hell
of a lot more resources than law.
Okay, look, I really think
you should send somebody out there.
Lisa, can you see anyone else here?
I don't have anybody to send.
It's the hottest week of the year.
The city's in a shitty mood.
I got some that shot his
neighbor's dog for barking.
I got a woman that killed
her husband of 20 years
because he wouldn't stop
touching the thermostat.
I got kids breaking into
hotel swimming pools.
Please, when you can, could you please
send somebody out there, please?
This just feels,
it feels different to me.
I'll make a deal with you.
You leave right now and let me finish this.
I'll go myself and I'll call
you when I find him, okay?
Thank you, Chief.
[Anders] Yeah.
(Brett gasps)
(dramatic music)
(suspenseful music)
Jesus Christ.
I'm gonna make the donuts.
(suspenseful music)
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(equipment whirs)
(suspenseful music continues)
(phone rings)
(masked man groans)
(whip swishes)
(whip swishes) (masked man groans)
(whip swishes)
I'm not seeing anyone today.
Well, have you?
Seen anyone today?
Why don't you be my first?
Please, this way.
Is something wrong?
Of course not.
Please come in.
(ominous music)
Thanks.
(ominous music continues)
I was just about to make some tea.
Would you like some?
Please.
(dramatic music)
Burn her and put her in the shed.
She will be the one.
Kill the others and dispose
of him when you're done.
(ominous music)
(suspenseful music)
What are you doing?
(Anders whimpers)
(suspenseful music)
(Anders whimpers)
(Anders screams)
(Jenn gasps)
(suspenseful music)
(Lisa struggles)
Hello, my dear.
Are those binds quite comfortable?
I'll take that as a no.
When bud arrives, don't
worry, I'll dispose of you.
He won't need you anymore.
He'll have me and I will treat him right.
You have something you wanna say?
(Lisa groans)
Where's Brett, you fucking psycho bitch!
(Simone laughs)
(Lisa pants)
Hey.
Okay, what's your name?
Huh?
Okay, wait, what are you doing with me?
I wanna know where Brett is.
Look, mister.
We just wanna go home.
(suspenseful music)
(Lisa screams)
Please let me go.
No.
(masked man screams)
(suspenseful music)
(ominous music)
(Lisa pants)
(dramatic music)
(gunshot fires)
(suspenseful music)
(gunshot fires)
(suspenseful music continues)
(Lisa screams)
(suspenseful music continues)
Fuck.
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(Lisa pants)
Brett.
No! (Sobs)
(ominous music continues)
(Jenn yelps)
(Jenn screams)
(suspenseful music)
Hey, hey, hey.
It's me.
It's okay, wake up.
(ominous music)
Hey, do you have some water?
I've been out there for hours.
I left something on the side of the road,
so I'm just gonna go get that.
Can you let me out, please? Please?
I wanna go get, please let me out.
Please let me out.
Please let me out, please let me out.
I wanna go home.
Please let me out, please let me out.
Please, please, please, please, please.
Hey, Hey.
Yeah. Okay.
Look at me. Look at me.
It's okay. It's okay.
You're gonna go home, okay?
- Go home.
- Okay, yeah.
Okay, okay.
Hey, yeah, you have to wake up.
Hey, you're gonna go home.
Hey, hey, hey.
No, no, no, no, no.
I'm so sorry.
Oh God, I'm so sorry.
(ominous music)
(masked man grunts)
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(woman speaks gibberish)
(woman speaks gibberish)
(foreboding music)
(woman speaks gibberish)
(dramatic music)
(Lisa screams)
(Lisa and woman scream)
(ominous music)
Okay, okay.
We need to go.
(foreboding music)
We need to hurry.
(suspenseful music)
(masked man groaning)
(suspenseful music continues)
(ominous music)
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100 (suspenseful music)
(masked man groans)
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(wood rattles)
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(masked man groans)
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(dramatic music)
(footsteps thud)
(suspenseful music)
(footsteps thud)
(suspenseful music)
(Jenn screams)
(suspenseful music)
Come on, motherfucker!
(suspenseful music)
(gunshot fires)
(Jenn and Lisa sob)
(Jenn screams)
(scarecrow screams)
(suspenseful music)
(scarecrow screams)
(gunshot fires)
Where the fuck are you, you son of a bitch?
Where the fuck are you?
(Lisa grunts)
(suspenseful music)
(Lisa yelps)
(suspenseful music)
(gunshot fires)
(suspenseful music)
(Lisa pants)
There's no one to protect you.
You're all alone now, bitch!
You think I need protection?
You killed Brett.
I gave him a chance to
get away, but he came back.
Why the fuck do you do this?
I'm immortal.
It's a small price to pay, killing a woman
such as yourself.
That ends today.
(scoffs) I said immortal.
(gunshot fires)
(Lisa pants)
(suspenseful music)
[Linda] Hi there.
My name is Special Agent Linda Garner.
I work for the FBI.
I'm a profiler and I'm
here to speak with you.
Can you hear me?
I know you've been through
something horrific today
and I'm sure you wanna rest,
but I just have a few questions for you.
(ominous music)
You are very important.
I've been brought here from
Nashville to speak with you.
And I'm hoping you can tell
me what you experienced today,
because if I'm here,
then something truly terrible has happened.
(ominous music)
Please just do your best to
tell me what you saw today,
what you can remember.
What I've heard so far doesn't
make a lot of sense at all.
Can you help me fill in some of the blanks?
(ominous music)
Listen to me.
You are safe.
It okay to talk to me.
No one can hurt you now.
(dramatic music)
Am I the only one alive?
Get up.
I've got more work for you to do.
(masked man groans)
(excited music)
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(ominous music)
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(ambient music)
(birds chirp)
Yo, you want some of these pretzels?
I'm good.
Where is he?
Huh?
You know I gave that
trucker guy your number
when I got up to pee.
Right on.
Girl, if you don't look up at me
I'm sorry, I was just
Where is he?
- Florida.
- And?
I don't know.
And you're pretty sure?
I know he's seen someone.
That's right.
He's moved on.
And that's exactly
what you are supposed
to be doing on this trip.
I know. I know.
Jenn, this obsession
I'm not obsessed.
This obsession is ruining your life.
Forgive me if I'm having
a little trouble dealing
with my ex getting
engaged to another woman.
We were together for four years.
It's over.
Okay.
What if it's just a phase?
Maybe he just meets some time.
No, he has someone else.
It's over.
Now you listen to me.
You better get your act together, girl,
while your ass still
looks good in jean shorts.
You are wasting time.
Finish your pretzels.
I don't need pretzels.
I need a gym.
How much further do we have today?
Like 300 miles.
And it's your turn to drive.
I just ate.
You know I can't drive when I'm full.
So let's move it.
("Grace")
I met Grace in a bar in old St. Lou
She was fiddlin' with a cocktail napkin
And starin' at her shoe
I asked her what's the trouble dear
She said everything but you
And we fell in love
in a bar in old St. Lou
But she was gone before
the mornin' sky turned blue
- Howdy.
- Hi.
What are you up to?
Getting some mice.
I mean, after that.
Hmm, pretty big day tomorrow
so probably not much.
It's a shame.
[Jenn] Why is that?
I thought maybe you
might be looking for a party.
[Jenn] What gave you that idea?
I guess I don't know.
Maybe next time, cowboy.
I'm gonna hold you to it.
(chuckles) Hey, you
got a beer, big fella?
What's that on your face?
What are you doing with that?
Oh no!
(dramatic music)
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music continues)
She's our age.
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music continues)
(suspenseful music continues)
(suspenseful music continues)
Hey, check it out.
Oh shit!
You're actually gonna do it, huh?
Yeah, who knows when?
But I'm not in any rush.
I'm ready when the time's right though.
How many are supposed to be in there?
Your guess is as good as mine, pal.
Always fucking outnumbered.
It doesn't matter as
long as he's in there, okay?
Oh, he'll be there.
He's been waiting on
this since the beginning.
What time you got?
It's about time.
Look.
(tires skid)
There he is.
That fucking turd.
All right, call it in.
(lively music)
Hey, brother.
This is our main band today.
- Sit down.
- How are you buddy?
It's good to see you.
It's for us.
Okay.
Cheers. Salute.
(lively music)
How much is there?
(lively music)
Go ahead, open her up.
(lively music)
Is that good shit?
[Bartender] See? (Indistinct)
Yeah, that'll work.
So we got a deal, right?
Not yet.
What do you mean?
(ominous music)
What do you mean?
(sniffs) Pegs? (Laughs)
All that shit went to your brain.
It's your time to fuck off.
(ominous music)
We know you're cops.
(gunshot fires)
Police!
(gunshots fire)
(glass shatters)
(lively music)
Tell me baby
You okay?
Jesus. Yeah.
Just thinking.
Maybe that ring was good luck, huh?
All right, I'm gonna go
get SWAT up-to-speed.
You go outside and make your phone call.
Call who?
First thing I wanna hear
after shit like this goes
down is my wife's voice.
(lively music)
(gentle music)
I can't keep meeting you like this.
Yeah.
If they find out we're talking,
this whole house of
cards comes tumbling out.
Richard, listen, there's no reason
anyone's gonna find
out we're talking, okay?
Do you have the list of names?
I've got three.
Okay.
When they see them in your paper,
they bring out, find out
who gave them to you.
They won't.
Thank you.
[Richard] Don't call me anymore.
(phone rings)
Hey.
I just got the list.
Are you okay?
You sound weird.
(chuckles) Really?
Okay, yeah.
We should celebrate. (Chuckles)
Okay.
I can be there in like 20 minutes.
(bright music)
I love you too.
(Lisa squeals)
(bright music)
(bright music continues)
(water splashes)
(rousing music)
Morning, babe.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Anders just called for you, but I told him
that you would be in soon.
Okay.
Well, I better get going then.
Yeah.
Bye.
One more thing.
Lisa.
Yeah?
I can't imagine my life without you.
You are easily the greatest
thing that's ever happened to me
and I just wanna make sure that you're mine
for now until forever.
(Lisa giggles)
Oh my God.
Will you please marry me?
(Lisa giggles)
[Lisa] Yes! Yes!
(ominous music)
(mysterious music continues)
[Brett] Good morning, boss.
[Anders] Listen, I know
you're not gonna like it
so just spare us both the pitching.
[Brett] What now?
[Anders] Just outside
of town this morning,
the car Ellie uses was found abandoned.
She was traveling with
her friend, one Jenn Cooper.
No sign of either of them.
[Brett] All right, and
what else do we know?
[Anders] They've been
missing for a few days.
They were expected home in Chicago
and when they didn't show
their parents filed an NPR.
A county deputy found
the car pushed off the road.
Some kid called it in every
spotted it flying his drone.
I want you to head over there and see
what you can figure it out.
[Brett] But I'm on the Handiman murder.
[Anders] Do you remember
how this conversation started
when I said spare us both the pitching?
Well, what you're about to do
is what I was referring
to, so save it, O'Shea.
I'm shorthanded.
Now check your email. Bye.
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music continues)
(suspenseful music continues)
(suspenseful music continues)
[Simone] I'm Simone Moreau, and you are?
What?
What's your name?
Detective O'Shea.
I'm investigating missing person
and their car was found near here.
I was wondering if I could
ask you a few questions.
Oh, goodness.
Well please, come in.
No, no, that's not necessary.
This is okay.
It'll only take a second.
I noticed your accent.
Where are you from?
I'm afraid that I migrated here
after the Katrina disaster in New Orleans.
My business was ruined.
Well that was around
2005, about 20 years ago.
You don't look old enough to
have had a business back then.
That's good observation detective.
Serves you well in your career, no doubt.
Now, how can I help you?
Have you seen either of these two women?
Absolutely not.
I'm sorry your time was
wasted by coming here for this.
I'm not done here.
Who else lives here with you?
I'm afraid that I live alone.
Now tell me, have you
had your fortune told?
I haven't the time.
Don't be silly.
It only takes a moment.
Let's take a look, shall we?
(ominous music)
I appreciate what you're doing.
This isn't why I'm here though.
If you think of anything
or notice anything unusual,
please give me a call right away.
Of course.
May I ask what this red dust is?
It's brick dust, keeps the evil away.
It's how I knew you were safe.
If you was evil, you
wouldn't have crossed it.
Good luck. Have a nice day.
[O'Brien] Detective O'Shea.
[Brett] Professor O'Brien, correct?
[O'Brien] Come sit down on you.
[Brett] Hey, thank you for seeing me.
And department secretary, she loved me.
I made a fat cigar.
Pound that down the pipe.
You don't smoke like a
real occasion. (Laughs)
Oh.
Well I must admit your call intrigued me.
How can I help?
I need you to tell me about
the origin of fortune telling.
Oh, well multiple cultures
have some version of it.
Tellers, they typically
held in high regard.
They help their villagers
and communities for small gifts of money.
It became popular here
in this country in the south
when voodoo was introduced, so.
Okay.
And what do you know about voodoo?
I guarantee. (Laughs)
During the slave trade, there's a region
in Africa that practice
a very unique religion.
Now, as you may know,
most slaves were forced
to practice some form of
Western religion once here but,
voodoo is somewhat of a hybrid of the two.
You know, it's got some
features of Catholicism
and then mixed with
the voodoo original, so.
Okay.
And what about zombies?
Hollywood.
Films (chuckles).
That create the idea
that the suggested dead rise from the grave
and wreak the (clicks fingers)
Devastation, havoc upon
the living. (Mimics growling)
(laughs) That's.
But the concept of the zombie and voodoo
is actually of a living person.
They're being cursed by a
voodoo priest or priestess.
Why would they do this?
Punishment, revenge,
or maybe just to do the bidding for them?
Imagine the power of the
mind, you know, hypnotic.
You could make someone
do whatever you desire
without fear or consequence.
Professor,
I need you to level with me.
Do you believe in this stuff?
(ominous music)
I've been teaching more than 40 year.
My research taught me
be very open-minded.
Just because you don't believe it
doesn't mean it can't be true.
What about priestesses?
Can they have this power too?
Oh, some believe they
have even more power.
They're the mothers of
invention than (mumbles)
Creators of life and they
harness us all that power.
Wee. (Laughs)
Most is simply peddlers, trinkets,
mundane concoctions and portions.
Chicken feet and voodoo dolls.
There are few they consider very dangerous.
Have you heard of Simone Moreau?
(ominous music)
Oh yeah.
She would be considered a Voodoo priestess.
She was a slave owner's
daughter and some say
she was raised by a very
powerful priestess called Abibi.
(ominous music)
Ms. Moreau.
They all got the fever, even the youngins.
We losing souls every night.
(ominous music)
How you get this?
My Marie, she work in the big house.
She find it in Mr. LaDoux
wife's jewelry box.
It may have sound (indistinct).
Mixed with this spare broth,
fever break,
by next sunrise.
I sure thank you, Ms. Moreau.
(gunshot fires)
Ms. Moreau, run!
(gunshot fires)
Don't run, bitch.
Wear the necklace.
Girl, you're going to be
punished, but you don't gotta hang.
I'd rather give you the
whooping than a noose.
(ominous music)
Come on, tell me you didn't give it to me
so I had to kill you.
Let's me go.
Another evil than you.
I seen it burn or hang.
You decide.
We do not have to fight.
(knife slashes)
(Abibi pants)
I didn't steal Ms. LaDoux's jewels.
I don't care about that.
Then what?
You the one they called a witch?
I'm no witch.
You something.
We're gonna have to bury these bodies
before somebody finds them, else,
they're gonna hang you.
Why you help me?
Fever took my wife yesterday dawn.
Daughter's got it too.
Doctor says she's too far gone
but can you save her?
Please?
What if I can?
What for me?
Anything.
What about them?
They belong to me now.
Child has curse.
Her mother tried to kill her.
What?
No fever here.
Girl saw mother in the arms of another.
How dare you speak
of my Abigail that way.
(chuckles) Mother
tried to hide her wrongs.
She cursed the girl.
But the girl has the power inside her.
Much power.
Who's the man?
I can help you find him.
Can Simone be saved?
Oh, yes.
But with conditions.
I to heal the girl.
Yes?
I take away the curse.
I lead you to your vengeance.
For this,
I stay with you now.
The girl's teacher.
No more rags,
no more shack.
Please hurry.
I can help you in many ways, yes?
You will listen to me.
Yes?
I will.
If you cross me,
the curse begins again.
I no stop.
Ever.
I understand.
(foreboding music)
I will lift the curse.
You,
go kill the stable boy.
Him wants your wife too.
Abibi became Simone's father's conse,
counselor, adviser.
And with her help, he
became a very powerful man.
Feared for decades.
All while
Simone was a very gifted student.
Well, you see the woman
that I'm talking about,
Simone, she's still alive.
Maybe 25 years old.
(ominous music)
That's her.
(foreboding music)
That's from 1802.
No.
Let me ask you a question, detective.
Have you met this woman?
Yeah, absolutely.
I've seen her with my own
two eyes just a few hours ago.
It seem like she know
things that she shouldn't.
Yeah, she did.
Sacrificial ritual can
help retain the youth.
It's good for her
but not so nice for her victim.
I'm sorry, what do you mean?
Some legends say she must steal the life
to maintain her own.
If this were true,
that would mean she's over 200 years old.
Some believe that.
Like I said, just because
you don't believe it
doesn't mean it can't be true.
You mustn't let the in your eyes
to obscure the possibility.
What about this?
She said it's to keep evil spirits away.
(foreboding music)
All kinds of potion.
Most have
no magic at all.
Some of these things
they're considered very dangerous.
The red brick doesn't keep monsters away.
It keeps the monster killers away.
(ominous music)
(equipment whirs)
Ellie.
(equipment whirs)
Ellie.
Ellie.
Don't leave me.
Hello?
Hey, babe.
Are you busy?
Yeah.
Listen babe, I might
not be able to wait later.
I have to head back out
to the Highway 36 again.
Again. Why?
I'm not sure yet,
but honestly, I'm having
one of those feelings.
Those feelings worry me sometimes.
What's going on?
A fortune teller, Lady Simone.
Oh yeah.
No, wait,
I actually did a story
about her a few years ago.
The townspeople were mad,
they didn't want her around,
but I heard that she ended up
like in the middle of nowhere.
Yeah, sounds about right.
Listen, I gotta go,
but I'll catch up with
you later, all right?
Love you.
Love you too.
Really do.
My name is Patricia Smith.
My daughter was Devon Smith
and she's been missing for 12 years.
Devon was a straight A student
and she was an Allstate pitcher
for her high school softball team.
And she was loved by all who knew her.
I am making this video in
hopes that somehow, some way,
someone will have information about
the woman who stole my daughter.
That woman's name is Simone Moreau.
And although there's,
the investigation
rendered no evidence.
I beg you to believe me when I tell you
that Simone Moreau is
responsible for the disappearance
of many women, including
my daughter, Devon.
(foreboding music)
(chains rattle)
(Jenn pants)
(ominous music)
(chains rattle)
(foreboding music)
(Jenn pants)
(chains rattle)
(ominous music)
(Jenn yelps)
Hold on.
I'm here to help, okay?
How many are there?
I don't know.
I've only seen one man.
Please get me out of here.
I'm trying, honey.
What's your name?
Jenn Cooper.
Do you know where your friend is?
I don't know.
I think he took her.
Listen to me, listen to me, okay?
I need to find her.
I want you to go out the back
gate, head west of see my car.
Wait for me there, okay?
(masked man grunts)
(excited music)
(bodies thud)
(Brett pants)
(dramatic music)
(Brett groans)
(Brett pants)
(distorted music)
(distorted music continues)
(distorted music continues)
Hi.
I'm just a little bit worried about Brett.
I did talk to him a few hours ago,
so I'm probably being silly,
but I was just wondering
if you heard anything.
He sounded a little bit funny before
and he said he was gonna go see Ms. Simone.
No, it's probably okay.
I know you're busy, but
he just sounded a little bit,
he said he was gonna go back there.
Okay, yes.
Thank you, thanks, Chief Anders.
Bye.
(car zooms)
Chief Anders.
And which, Lisa, do I have the privilege
of being before me?
[Lisa] Sorry?
Is it Lisa the reporter, or Lisa,
the girlfriend of my lead detective?
A little bit of both, I guess.
I'm worried about Brett.
Do you know where he is?
I sent him out on the
missing persons case
that's all over the TV.
I don't have an official
statement, so don't ask.
This is off the record.
I haven't heard from him in hours
and the last time I talked to him,
he said that he was
investigating Simone Moreau.
Did he mention why?
[Lisa] No, he just said that
he was out near her home.
He's fine.
He's just doing what I told him to do.
It's not like him not to answer me.
I'm concerned.
Look, a very long time ago,
my wife would get concerned
too, believe it or not.
Eventually, she figured
out the cops just get busy
and that's all.
Do you know anything about Simone Moreau?
I know that she's, does magic tricks
or something of that nature.
Would it surprise you that
there are dozens of videos
of her online and that some people believe
that she's responsible
for missing girls all around the country?
[Anders] I've heard.
Oh, well then why
does that not concern you?
Because in the last 10 years,
these videos, in conjunction
with the testimony of a half
a dozen people, has prompted
multiple FBI investigations
and to this day, not one shred
of evidence has been collected.
Right.
Don't you find that incredibly odd?
I certainly do.
However, I have a very strict
policy that I adhere to, Lisa,
and it is, I do not investigate cases
that have been investigated already
unless sufficient new evidence
has been brought to light.
Okay, well, I don't
think it's a coincidence
that Brett is investigating
two missing girls
near a woman's home who's been accused
of kidnapping young girls.
Accused and cleared by the FBI,
which the last time I
checked, has got a hell
of a lot more resources than law.
Okay, look, I really think
you should send somebody out there.
Lisa, can you see anyone else here?
I don't have anybody to send.
It's the hottest week of the year.
The city's in a shitty mood.
I got some that shot his
neighbor's dog for barking.
I got a woman that killed
her husband of 20 years
because he wouldn't stop
touching the thermostat.
I got kids breaking into
hotel swimming pools.
Please, when you can, could you please
send somebody out there, please?
This just feels,
it feels different to me.
I'll make a deal with you.
You leave right now and let me finish this.
I'll go myself and I'll call
you when I find him, okay?
Thank you, Chief.
[Anders] Yeah.
(Brett gasps)
(dramatic music)
(suspenseful music)
Jesus Christ.
I'm gonna make the donuts.
(suspenseful music)
(suspenseful music continues)
(equipment whirs)
(suspenseful music continues)
(phone rings)
(masked man groans)
(whip swishes)
(whip swishes) (masked man groans)
(whip swishes)
I'm not seeing anyone today.
Well, have you?
Seen anyone today?
Why don't you be my first?
Please, this way.
Is something wrong?
Of course not.
Please come in.
(ominous music)
Thanks.
(ominous music continues)
I was just about to make some tea.
Would you like some?
Please.
(dramatic music)
Burn her and put her in the shed.
She will be the one.
Kill the others and dispose
of him when you're done.
(ominous music)
(suspenseful music)
What are you doing?
(Anders whimpers)
(suspenseful music)
(Anders whimpers)
(Anders screams)
(Jenn gasps)
(suspenseful music)
(Lisa struggles)
Hello, my dear.
Are those binds quite comfortable?
I'll take that as a no.
When bud arrives, don't
worry, I'll dispose of you.
He won't need you anymore.
He'll have me and I will treat him right.
You have something you wanna say?
(Lisa groans)
Where's Brett, you fucking psycho bitch!
(Simone laughs)
(Lisa pants)
Hey.
Okay, what's your name?
Huh?
Okay, wait, what are you doing with me?
I wanna know where Brett is.
Look, mister.
We just wanna go home.
(suspenseful music)
(Lisa screams)
Please let me go.
No.
(masked man screams)
(suspenseful music)
(ominous music)
(Lisa pants)
(dramatic music)
(gunshot fires)
(suspenseful music)
(gunshot fires)
(suspenseful music continues)
(Lisa screams)
(suspenseful music continues)
Fuck.
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(Lisa pants)
Brett.
No! (Sobs)
(ominous music continues)
(Jenn yelps)
(Jenn screams)
(suspenseful music)
Hey, hey, hey.
It's me.
It's okay, wake up.
(ominous music)
Hey, do you have some water?
I've been out there for hours.
I left something on the side of the road,
so I'm just gonna go get that.
Can you let me out, please? Please?
I wanna go get, please let me out.
Please let me out.
Please let me out, please let me out.
I wanna go home.
Please let me out, please let me out.
Please, please, please, please, please.
Hey, Hey.
Yeah. Okay.
Look at me. Look at me.
It's okay. It's okay.
You're gonna go home, okay?
- Go home.
- Okay, yeah.
Okay, okay.
Hey, yeah, you have to wake up.
Hey, you're gonna go home.
Hey, hey, hey.
No, no, no, no, no.
I'm so sorry.
Oh God, I'm so sorry.
(ominous music)
(masked man grunts)
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(woman speaks gibberish)
(woman speaks gibberish)
(foreboding music)
(woman speaks gibberish)
(dramatic music)
(Lisa screams)
(Lisa and woman scream)
(ominous music)
Okay, okay.
We need to go.
(foreboding music)
We need to hurry.
(suspenseful music)
(masked man groaning)
(suspenseful music continues)
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
100 (suspenseful music)
(masked man groans)
(suspenseful music continues)
(wood rattles)
(suspenseful music continues)
(masked man groans)
(suspenseful music continues)
(suspenseful music continues)
(dramatic music)
(footsteps thud)
(suspenseful music)
(footsteps thud)
(suspenseful music)
(Jenn screams)
(suspenseful music)
Come on, motherfucker!
(suspenseful music)
(gunshot fires)
(Jenn and Lisa sob)
(Jenn screams)
(scarecrow screams)
(suspenseful music)
(scarecrow screams)
(gunshot fires)
Where the fuck are you, you son of a bitch?
Where the fuck are you?
(Lisa grunts)
(suspenseful music)
(Lisa yelps)
(suspenseful music)
(gunshot fires)
(suspenseful music)
(Lisa pants)
There's no one to protect you.
You're all alone now, bitch!
You think I need protection?
You killed Brett.
I gave him a chance to
get away, but he came back.
Why the fuck do you do this?
I'm immortal.
It's a small price to pay, killing a woman
such as yourself.
That ends today.
(scoffs) I said immortal.
(gunshot fires)
(Lisa pants)
(suspenseful music)
[Linda] Hi there.
My name is Special Agent Linda Garner.
I work for the FBI.
I'm a profiler and I'm
here to speak with you.
Can you hear me?
I know you've been through
something horrific today
and I'm sure you wanna rest,
but I just have a few questions for you.
(ominous music)
You are very important.
I've been brought here from
Nashville to speak with you.
And I'm hoping you can tell
me what you experienced today,
because if I'm here,
then something truly terrible has happened.
(ominous music)
Please just do your best to
tell me what you saw today,
what you can remember.
What I've heard so far doesn't
make a lot of sense at all.
Can you help me fill in some of the blanks?
(ominous music)
Listen to me.
You are safe.
It okay to talk to me.
No one can hurt you now.
(dramatic music)
Am I the only one alive?
Get up.
I've got more work for you to do.
(masked man groans)
(excited music)
(excited music continues)
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(ominous music continues)
(ominous music continues)