Video Nasty (2025) s01e03 Episode Script

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scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.
We're going to England. She
has the tape. Nightmare Maker.
So what's the plan? We meet her in the
pub tomorrow. Long way to walk, though.
Any chance of a lift? Oi! Do that again, you'll
need a bandage of your own. If you're going to be
such a stuck-up bitch,
you can get out and walk.
We've had a report about money being
stolen from the school's debs fund.
SHE SCREAMS
There's that festival thingy on.
That was just locals
playing dress-up.
FURTHER SCREAMING
The body of a young woman
has been found by a lake
in the Derbyshire Dales between
Chesterfield and Ashdale.
Police say the woman may have died
under suspicious circumstances,
and are appealing for information
from anyone who was in the area.
Yeah. Hi. I'm calling
about a tip-off.
It's about that
body in the woods.
I picked up three very
unusual teenagers last night.
I had to throw them out me car.
Right by the walking trail.
Er, yeah, one of them
were dark-skinned,
and, er, each of them had this
bandage on their left hand.
Looked like some strange
cult kind of thing.
You see? It's just a festival.
I think last night was just
locals playing dress-up.
That's all it was.
Whatever, let's just get the
tape and be done with it.
What if she doesn't show?
She will.
Are you sure this
is the right place?
Yeah.
UNCERTAINLY: OK.
Hello. Can I get three
pints of lager, please?
Is this the only pub?
Certainly is.
One pub, one shop, one post
office round the corner.
That's it, apart from my church.
Right. Thanks.
We don't even know
what she looks like.
She could be some 50-year-old
with no arms, no legs.
How would she write
the letters, then?
Yeah.
We are going to watch
the film, aren't we?
Of course. I have to make
sure it's in mint condition.
Every bit of it.
Here you go.
On the house.
Skilled! How'd
you manage that?
I told him we were
orphaned by an IRA bomb.
The British think it's
basically Flanders over home.
The bandages really sold it.
No surrender!
So the police just
showed up at your door,
and you expect me to believe
you didn't call them?
We didn't. Honestly, it was
all about the missing money.
Their first priority is
to find the children.
They already found out that
Zoe was in hospital last night
and signed herself out. I mean,
that's what we're dealing with here,
so, no, we can't just sit
around. We're getting the ferry.
The guards will be checking in
with their counterparts in the UK,
so if you've got any extra
intel from those letters, Abe,
we could really do with it. What
do you mean? Why would I read them?
They are his. Oh,
God be good to us.
Really? Don't you want to know who
he's meeting? I mean, who knows
what sort of head-the-balls
are dealing those videos?
None of them are
children any more.
Yes, they are! They are,
and they always will be.
If they run, it's because they
want to see us follow them.
They're kids. They're our kids.
So we will be getting the ferry,
and there is room in the
car if you change your mind.
Come on, Frank.
CHATTER
Is the pathologist done?
Yeah. Took his time
getting here, though.
They're about to
bag the body up.
Found this.
HE SIGHS Christ.
What are we going to
do if she doesn't show?
I need this money. She'll come.
OK, you wrote to a PO box, yeah?
That Proddy vicar-y
reverend fella,
he said that there's a post office
on the other side of the village.
Oh, well, surely they
know who owns the box.
I mean, if she lives around
here She's not even that late.
Look, me and him need to
stay here in case she shows.
Er, fuck no.
I'm not going off by myself
after that shit last night.
You must be joking.
You said yourself
it's your trip.
Your pen pal Not a
pen pal. ..your problem.
Con?
Oh, for fuck's sake!
I'm getting tired
of this, you know.
Thanks, man. Appreciate it.
Do you, though?
CHATTER
Hello there, young man.
Hi. I'm looking for a PO box.
It's number 489. Is that here?
It is. The very one.
Would you be able to tell
me who owns it, please,
if that's something you can do?
Such lovely manners.
So rare these days.
But I'm afraid that would be
against Royal Mail policy.
OK.
So what happens when a
letter arrives to a box?
Well, I notify the owner.
If they're local, I
usually give them a call.
Personal touch.
That's how we do
things around here.
OK.
Can I get a piece of paper
and an envelope, then, please?
Oh! I don't want to be drunk.
She's not coming.
Why would you say
that? You don't know.
Are you trying to get pissed?
SHE SIGHS
DOOR OPENS
You all right after last night?
Yeah, I'm fine.
Come on!
Don't be such a dry shite.
I watch skulls getting drilled.
I'm not a dry shite.
FAKE COUGH: Dry shite.
Fuck off!
You're easily
influenced, aren't you?
Me?!
You've never made an
original choice in your life.
You're a sheep
following the crowd.
You want to go there again? OK.
Cos I'll tear your
whole act to shreds.
You know, "I'm Billy, I'm too cool
for friends cos I don't have any."
I don't talk like that.
All right, how
about a truce, then?
Give me till the
end of this pint.
Wonderful.
You know what?
This is all a bit silly.
I can't give you a name and address,
but maybe if you were to ask me
something else, I might
be able to help you out.
OK. Well, we're looking for
a girl that comes in here.
She sends letters and
packages to Ireland.
Oh, yes, I think I
know the very one.
Well, let's just say if you happened
to walk out the church road,
follow the road all the way around
until the crossroads, take a right
and then a left, you might
find someone worth talking to.
Oh, my God, thank you so much.
We don't take the Lord's
name in vain around here.
Oh, right. Sorry. Of course.
Could I get another piece of
paper for all those directions?
Thanks.
Wayhey!
Festival week, gents!
Pint of your best there, Tim.
Sit down, Rob.
All right, Reverend? Don't
see you in here much.
You're letting loose?
Tone it down, son.
A bit of respect. Fair enough.
I know we're honouring the
dead, but it were 300 years ago.
I'm talking about the body
they found by the lake.
Could be one of our own.
Oh, right, that.
My brother's reporting
on it for the paper.
Haven't named her yet,
but between me and you,
they reckon it
was a group thing.
Three suspects.
Terrible times.
The whole world's gone
to hell in a handbasket.
OK, truth,
because if I say dare,
you'll twist it on me again.
Is it true your mam left
for some other fella?
What the fuck you ask
me that for? Sorry!
I thought this
was truth or dare.
I'll ask something else
if it's too sensitive.
No, it's not fucking
I don't e I don't even know!
No-one ever told me.
I think she's living with
some doctor now or something.
I don't know if he's
the reason why
Whatever.
It was ages ago. I'm fine.
Hey, your turn.
Truth - why the fuck
did you ask me that?
Because I knew it
would get under your skin,
and that's what you're really
afraid of. No. No, bullshit.
So you can drink and go again.
Come on.
I answered your question. You
asked me that for a reason.
Why are you so interested
all of a sudden?
I caught my dad sleeping
with someone else.
There you go.
Con doesn't know.
I'm just trying to keep
everything together.
Yeah, how's that
working out for you?
It's not so funny now, is it?
OK, dare.
Come to the ladies with me.
Come on. It'll be funny.
Why? Because all these stiffs will
think we're having sex in there.
Come on. This is all just a big
distraction to you, isn't it?
No. You're going to have to
tell Con eventually, you know.
Look at you.
You're ducking the
dare. You're morto.
I'm not. OK, well, then, you
won't mind me doing this.
Come on, Billy.
Zoe. Let's go. Zoe!
I want you to do me now.
Stop. Ride me sideways, Billy.
Go on. Zoe, stop! Show us what
you're made of. Zoe, stop!
What the fuck was that?
Relax. We're having a laugh.
You're half-cut! Did
you find anything?
I know where she lives.
All right, I don't care where you're
from. We can't have that in here.
I'm asking you to leave now.
OK. We're going anyway. Come
on, get your bag and go.
Get your hands
off me! All right.
Do we have a problem here?
We don't like trouble round
here, especially from outsiders.
I leave yous alone
for two seconds
and yous get us thrown
out of the place.
Some people can't take a joke.
Where are we even going? Don't
worry about it. I'll handle this.
PHONE RINGS
Hello?
You could have told me you
were going from Belfast.
I would have packed a sandwich.
Yeah, I was a bit surprised
you came, to be honest.
What changed your mind?
Are you serious?
Wait, you didn't get the
call from the police?
What call? What call?
Oh, God.
OK, how do I, er?
Look, the good news is they
have been sighted in Derbyshire.
What's the bad news?
They are wanted for questioning
in a murder investigation.
What?! What?!
Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ.
All right. This must be it.
Are we sure about this?
Just doorstepping her?
I mean, why didn't she show?
Let's ask her.
Hang on.
Am I the only one
who finds this weird?
What do we know about this girl?
Don't start this again.
Either we do it
now or we go home.
Let me lead this, all right? I'll
explain about the post office.
No, no, no.
She's my contact. I'll do it.
HE KNOCKS
Hi. Erm, we're
looking for someone.
Your sister, maybe.
Your letter said
there'd be two of yous.
Who's the girl?
Is she here or?
Fangoria Fangirl?
Yeah.
Yeah, you could say that.
You'd better come in.
You want your tape, right?
Anyone else home?
Er, my parents are away.
In here. Look, maybe you should
just explain what's going on first.
I I'm
..Fangoria Fangirl.
I'm her.
She's me.
Pretended to be a girl when I posted
it in Fangoria to get more replies.
I had to keep it up.
Nah. That's bullshit.
OK, she doesn't want to
meet us for some reason
and you're covering
for her, right?
This one.
I knew it.
I fucking knew it.
There she is, Billy.
There's your dream girl.
God. I'm sorry.
That's priceless.
Can I, erm? Toilet?
Toilet? Yeah, just
there on the left.
Too much? Maybe the
wrong moment to gloat.
Thought he'd be happy.
I mean, we found what
we're looking for, right?
Yeah. I've got it.
You'll be able to
check the whole thing.
No video player.
Oh, yeah. Er
Yeah, I've got a place out back.
My mum's not too keen on me
watching videos in the house.
Means I can watch what I want.
Would you like your tapes now?
Oh, right. Yeah, of course.
Great.
Was it not weird?
You know, pretending
to be a girl?
I mean, Billy kind of
liked you, I think.
What? No, it was just a name.
He saw what he wanted to.
Right, erm
Hey, hey, hey.
You've got to see his first.
Hey, look, I'm sorry.
I know it's not funny.
To you. Yeah, look,
you're not the only one,
you know. I do I
do lots of exchanges.
Don't.
I don't need anyone
feeling sorry for me.
Why didn't you just come
to the pub? Come clean?
Do you think I can just keep
meeting strangers in a pub
without people talking?
So give your address, then.
So everybody knows where the
illegal video collector lives?
You all find the PO box.
If you're not some
weirdo, you get sent here.
Look, let me get your tape.
That's all that matters, right?
Yeah.
I don't feel good
about any of this.
Where is he? Maybe he's
gone to get his chainsaw.
Look, his whole story checks
out, apart from having a dick.
Well, I'm not staying to
check that tape, all right?
Let's just make the
exchange and go.
But it's worthless
if it's not mint.
We need to pay back that
money or we're dead.
I'll take my chances at home.
But we were supposed
to watch it.
This is it, remember? You and
me finishing this together.
Yeah. That was before.
Yeah, was it?
Or was this whole thing
about your pen pal?
What's wrong with you?
Are you embarrassed?
What, because you had a crush
on this guy? Shut your mouth!
What do you think?
Stay or go? What are
you even asking her for?
You never listen to me.
You always want to be in
control of everything we do.
You sent me off to
do your grunt work
while yous two got half-pissed.
Don't get narky
with me, all right?!
If you don't want to do
something, just fucking say it.
I don't want to go to London.
All right? I never did.
I don't want to make tea
on fucking film sets.
I want you to stay in Dublin.
Well, why didn't
you just tell me?
Because
Because I don't want
this to be the end.
HE SIGHS
Look, I'm sorry, all right?
This was my stupid plan.
Maybe I shouldn't be
in charge any more.
Whatever you think, I trust you.
Sorry about the wait.
So do you want to check this
now while we have a cup of tea
or something?
Would you mind if I held it?
HE CHUCKLES
Let's do this. Yeah.
Yeah. Er, yeah. Out here.
No, thanks. Not my thing.
Um, are you sure? It's not long.
This is theirs.
I I really
think you should
I don't want to watch
that shit, all right?
OK.
Don't go messing with anything.
My mum's very particular.
OK.
Yeah, erm
Not bad, right?
We converted the old cow shed.
I'll be honest - still haven't
quite got rid of the smell.
To be honest, man, we were, erm,
we were a bit worried
for a minute, you know.
Why? Were you
expecting a dungeon?
I used a girl's name.
It doesn't mean I'm some
sort of freak, does it?
Here we go.
MUSIC PLAYS
Get ready for some gore.
The police cordon was penetrated
as men threw themselves at the van.
Some tried to lay
down in the road,
and there were scuffles as
policemen hauled them clear.
The conflict outside the
plant assumed the character
of a staged directed drama
Hello. You've reached the Power
household. We're not in right now
SHE SIGHS
Hello?
HORN HONKS, TYRES SCREECH
No! God!
SHE SCREAMS
Thanks for pushing me.
Yeah.
Argh!
Argh! No! Sh!
SHE STRAINS
Billy!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Bollocks!
SHE SCREAMS
The body of a young woman has
been discovered by a wooded lake
outside of Ashdale.
Detectives are particularly
keen to speak to three teenagers
from Ireland who were
seen in the area.
The teenagers were said to have
bandages on their left hand.