Hard Home (2024) Movie Script
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(MARY PANTING)
(PANTS)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
(PANTS)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTS)
(PANTS)
(MAN GRUNTS)
(MARY SCREAMS, GRUNTS)
(GROANS)
(GRUNTS, YELLS)
(MAN GRUNTS)
(YELPS, GRUNTS)
(MAN GRUNTING)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(PANTS)
(GRUNTS)
(MARY GROANS)
(SCREAMS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS, YELLS)
(GROANS)
(PANTS)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(PANTS)
(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Fuck!
JIAO: Hey! Hey!
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(BEEPS)
(BUZZING)
SECURITY SYSTEM: System's armed.
Home secured.
Welcome home, Mary.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(DOG BARKING)
(DOORBELL CHIMES)
Mary!
Jiao, what can I do for you?
One of your construction trucks
drove over my flowerbed.
Again! My hydrangeas are ruined.
It's been six months of this!
It won't happen again.
There won't be any more trucks.
I promise. They're done.
And slow down!
You drive like a crazy person.
Goodbye, Jiao!
(SCREEN BEEPS)
(JIAO SCOFFS)
(PANTS)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
This Diablo Killer has a type
when it comes to these murders.
Always female, always brunette,
similar heights
and facial features.
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)
He tends to relocate
to a new state
after three victims.
Please, do not go
into the forest alone.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(SIGHS)
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
MARY: I got it.
KELLY: All right.
(KELLY LAUGHS)
Keep your eyes closed.
Keep 'em closed, wait for it.
Open your eyes, Kelly.
KELLY: Whoa!
ROBERT: Amazing, huh?
The blueprints,
the floor plans,
the smart home tech,
all developed by this beautiful
young genius right here.
Wait, young? Are you young, mom?
(ROBERT CHUCKLES)
Don't you start,
you little shit!
(CHUCKLES) What's that?
ROBERT: That's nice!
"Welcome to the neighborhood.
Jiao". Who's Jiao?
Jiao. She lives
in the property over.
She did tell me, though,
our tree branches
were hanging into her yard,
so I think we have a complainer.
Well, I'll get her
a thank you note right away,
so she doesn't
complain about that.
Kel, would you help us
getting the door for us?
Just gotta put your hand up
to the panel there.
(BUZZING)
SECURITY SYSTEM: System unarmed.
(BEEPING)
(DOOR OPENING)
Cool!
SECURITY SYSTEM:
Welcome home, Kelly.
Are you guys seeing this?
Mm-hmm, just go in.
(SIGHS) We're home.
I used my engineering know-how
to build a one-of-a-kind,
state-of-the art smart home.
The foundation is all original,
but everything else is new.
Okay, so the app, I developed it
from the ground up, all right?
And, uh, you can work this
on your phone as well.
All right? So, uh...
All right, watch this.
(BEEPS)
SECURITY SYSTEM: Lights on.
Ta-da!
Wow!
(MARY SOFTLY) Yeah.
Watch this.
SECURITY SYSTEM: Windows opaque.
Mm-hmm. You can also start
the dishwasher, the oven,
the laundry,
I mean, you can even...
you can even see
what's inside the fridge.
Holy crap, Mom!
MARY: Right?
Oh, and there's the central air
temperature sliders,
if you're too hot,
you're too cold,
you can just make
yourself comfortable.
Yeah, but don't touch
the thermostat.
Did I say that out loud?
I'm sorry. It's a dad's reflex.
(MARY LAUGHS)
Oh, and there are no cameras
in the bathroom,
as promised.
Mm, that was gonna be
my next question.
ROBERT: Kel,
you have to see this.
You missed it on the way in.
MARY: Oh.
This is my favorite.
Your mother's a genius.
MARY: Thank you.
It goes up from the basement
to here.
It goes up,
stops right outside your room.
You built an elevator
because of my knee?
Honey, no,
it's not like that, it--
I... I told you I didn't want
any special treatment!
Kel, we had to build the place
for accessibility.
I'm capable
of taking the stairs.
Right,
and nobody said otherwise.
ROBERT:
No, we're all gonna use it.
And if my office is upstairs
then the clients,
they won't have to traipse
through the whole house,
but come on,
it's gonna make things easier.
Yeah.
You know, we talked
about the surgery option.
Right? And you know what?
You don't have to use it
if you don't want to.
Can I call it from my phone?
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Of course you can.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTS)
(MARY EXHALES)
Okay.
(SIGHS)
(GROANS)
(DOOR OPENS AND HISSES)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(DOOR CLOSES)
(GROANS)
(SIGHS)
(CAMERA WHIRS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
It was a moniker coined
by the media in 2015,
"The Diablo Killer."
The origin of the name?
A single word carved into a tree
near what police believe
was the original crime scene,
a cabin in rural Oregon
containing the remains
of his first victim,
a still unidentified woman.
The corpse,
charred beyond recognition,
with her severed tongue
preserved in a jar.
WOMAN:
Exactly like your father!
(WOMAN SCREAMS)
(GROANS)
WOMAN: Diablo!
It took one FBI agent years
to connect the dots.
A leaked profile indicated
that he may have been working
as a laborer in the areas
of each of the killings.
This Diablo Killer has a type
when it comes to these murders.
Always female, always brunette,
similar heights
and facial features.
He tends to relocate
to a new state
after three victims.
Oh, you fuck!
(SIGHS)
You were using a stolen ID.
They had you
and they didn't even know it.
That's right,
it's you and me now.
You know what to do.
(THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING)
MARY: Find the key...
(SIGHING) Take the fucking key.
Come on, take it.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(BULB WHIRS)
(LOCK CLICKS)
(WOMAN PRAYING IN SPANISH)
Exactly like your father!
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Pray to get rid of the Devil!
(SPEAKING SPANISH, ECHOING)
Investigators believe
that he kept the victims alive
for an unknown length of time.
(WOMAN SOBS)
TV HOST: Perhaps most sickening,
forensics concluded
that their tongues were severed
while the young women
were still alive.
(WOMAN SCREAMS, SHRIEKS)
(GRUNTS)
MARY: That's right,
you son of a bitch...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
MARY: Where did you bury them?
WOMAN: Un pequeo diablo...
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Diablo! (SPEAKS SPANISH)
(DIABLO PANTING)
You speak vile words, Devil!
That's who you are,
the son of the Devil,
exactly like your father!
(SOBS)
What are you doing?
Yeah, I see you.
Oh, no! You fucking don't!
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(POWER CRANKS OUT)
(BEEPS)
I'm here at the house
of Benita Caccio,
the sister
of one of the victims. Benita,
is there anything
you'd like to say
to Diablo if you could?
BENITA: Someday,
someone will find you...
and they're going
to make you pay.
(LIGHTS ZAPPING)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
(SIGHS)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(SIGHS SOFTLY)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
Is this what I think it is?
If you think it's yours,
then yes, it is!
(CHUCKLES)
(CHUCKLES)
(GASPS)
Happy birthday, my darling.
KELLY: Oh, my God!
ROBERT: Like it?
KELLY: I love it.
MARY: So,
you're a candidate for surgery,
and yeah, it's experimental,
but the specialist
is the very best.
I love you guys!
I love you so much.
(FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING)
(DIABLO GROANS)
(GROANS, SIGHS)
(WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH)
(PRAYING IN SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(ECHOING) Exactly
like your father!
Eres un diablo.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Diablo! (SPEAKING SPANISH)
(EXHALES)
(DOOR LOCK CLICKS)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
TV HOST: He was experimenting
with paralytic agents,
but he didn't know
which ones to use
or the proper dosage.
As a result,
his first victim in Colorado,
Darlene Horan,
survived the attack.
Come on, come on.
Move, move!
Fuck!
(SIGHS)
(AIR DUCTS HISSING)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(DIABLO EXCLAIMS)
You didn't
let them off that easy,
so neither will I.
(DOOR CLANGS OPEN)
(STEAM HISSING)
A side effect
from the paralytic agent
was blindness.
Darlene burned herself
on steam pipes
feeling her way
through the corridors
on her escape.
She survived long enough
to scribble
in a makeshift journal
and say her captor
did not speak.
The second victim,
Mickayla Mayer, was found
with her tongue cut out
and her lingual artery.
She was discovered
in an abandoned paper mill
weeks after her disappearance,
burned alive.
Unlike Darlene,
there were no clues
that were left behind
by Mickayla.
Authorities believe
she was murdered there
and left for dead.
(GASPS)
REPORTER:
The third victim, Ashley Ko,
was found mutilated
and also burned alive.
(PRAYING IN SPANISH)
(DIABLO BREATHES HEAVILY,
GROANS)
REPORTER: Darlene lived
for several weeks
and scribbled
in a makeshift journal.
She lived.
And then, she died.
Why won't you speak?
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
Why won't you speak?
(WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH)
Un diablo!
Exactly like your father!
Diablo! (SPEAKS SPANISH)
MARY: Why won't you speak?
(GROANS)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Fucking speak!
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(SPEAKER BUZZING)
(SCOFFS)
(SWOOSHING)
Fry, motherfucker.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Move!
Move!
Move!
Move!
You recognize them, asshole?
You tortured them all
before burning them alive.
I guess you see
how this works now.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
MARY: You paralyzed these women.
Do you know
what it's like to be frozen
while someone tortures you?
(SPEAKS SPANISH)
Exactly like your father!
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(SPEAKS SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(DIABLO SIGHS)
(SIGHS)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
Mary!
I got your mail
by mistake!
(MONITOR BEEPING)
SECURITY SYSTEM:
No time to talk.
Please, leave it in the mailbox.
Well, it looks important.
Priority!
(MONITOR BEEPING)
SECURITY SYSTEM:
Please leave, Jiao.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTS)
(DOORBELL CHIMING)
JIAO: Mary!
Jiao, you need to leave.
You need to start
respecting my privacy.
I... I can't hear you!
Uh, the video is broken.
Uh, come out and talk!
Jiao, you need
to leave right now.
This is not okay.
You've been acting very strange.
Workers coming and going?
At all hours?
What are you doing?
(PANTS)
I should call the police.
All right, we both know
that the police
don't believe you anymore.
(GRUNTS)
MARY: All right?
And quit taking my mail!
(INTERCOM BEEPS)
(SCOFFS)
(JIAO MUMBLING INDISTINCTLY)
Don't come back.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(MARY SIGHS)
(WATER SPLASHES)
Good riddance!
MARY: Kelly, what are you doing?
You saw the surgery results,
I don't need them anymore.
Kel, the pool?
But you do need rehab
and to let your body heal.
You can't protect me forever.
Uh, maybe not,
but I'm not gonna stop trying.
Mom, I'm an adult now!
You don't need to watch me
like a hawk!
Three years here
and I can't even sneak out
like a normal teenager.
Okay, Kel. First of all,
I have never spied on you.
And since when
do you want to sneak out?
Maybe we should let her
have her moment of triumph.
Look, I'm fine! See?
Okay, just...
I'm gonna drive up to the park
and walk the trails.
Don't wait up.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
She just needs
to do this for herself.
REPORTER: Agent Wall,
why did you transfer
to New York?
SELENA: There was
an attempted abduction
this year outside of Albany
that fits his MO
which led me to believe
he'd relocate to the region.
Now I've worked the Diablo case
for years in California
so I've seen things
slip through the crack
when investigations
change hands,
and I wanted
to stay close to him.
MARY: (WHIMPERS)
What happened here?
Selena?
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
Let go of me!
(SCREAMS) No!
Not my child!
Not my--
(POLICE SIREN BLARING)
(SOBS) My baby! My baby!
(SOBBING)
REPORTER:
And finally, can you tell us
why does he remove
their tongues?
(WOMEN SCREAMING)
ROBERT: How do you know
it's her?
SELENA: They found
her belongings nearby.
Including a specialized
knee brace.
And a partial match
for dental records
among the teeth
that were destroyed completely.
But partial?
It's enough to convict.
And enough
to convince forensics.
I'm sorry,
but we need to be realistic.
MARY: What about DNA?
You told us
there wasn't a tongue
found at the scene.
But you said
there's always a tongue.
We believe he was interrupted
and wasn't able
to complete his ritual.
(SIGHS)
Why would anyone do this?
He tore our Kelly apart.
And he burned her body.
I want you to... to find him.
And make him pay.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(GASPS)
(SNIFFLES)
(DIABLO PANTS)
(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS)
(CAMERA WHIRRING)
(PANTS)
WOMAN:
Exactly like your father!
Diablo! You did it,
because you are a monster!
I'd like to report
a suspicious activity
in my neighborhood.
OPERATOR: Is this Jiao?
Yes, it's Jiao.
How did you know?
OPERATOR:
You've been flagged
as a repeat caller.
My number is flagged?
OPERATOR: Yes.
What does that mean?
OPERATOR:
9-1-1 is for serious calls.
Yes, I know what 9-1-1 is for!
OPERATOR:
Ma'am, you need to calm down.
Never mind!
(PHONE BEEPS)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTS)
What the fuck?
What the fuck is he doing?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
MARY: He's stuck?
What the fuck?
MARY: Thank you for doing this.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
SELENA: I can share
some details,
but it is
an ongoing federal case.
See, this is everything
that wasn't classified.
You mentioned
in one of your reports
something about a work van.
SELENA: Mm-hmm.
I hounded the local police
for months about it.
Then I finally proved it.
I appreciate that.
SELENA: Believe me,
I care deeply about your case.
Uh, so what is this?
It's from the same cabin.
I kept it 'cause I had a theory
that he's self-educated.
Or was made to learn.
SELENA: Mm-hmm.
And with my theory
about the work vans,
he has journeyman experience.
Construction, plumber,
electrician, carpenter.
(SIGHS)
I'm sorry.
(LIGHT TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
I really shouldn't be
putting you so close to this.
Oh...
I'm an engineer, I...
I solve puzzles for a living.
I wanna understand and, uh...
You know, I'd much rather
see him burn alive, but...
my point is...
my point is that, uh, this,
actually, it... it helps.
Burning alive would be a mercy
after all he's done.
But look, Mary,
you still have
to address the grief.
I can put you in touch
with other families,
you know, shared trauma
can be useful
at a time like this.
Uh, yeah, yeah.
Send that to Robert.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Um, can I keep this?
(ELEVATOR DOORS CLANKING)
(UPBEAT TECHNO MUSIC
PLAYING THROUGH SPEAKERS)
You Lucas?
And you're Kim?
Yeah.
How'd you find me?
I contacted the hospital.
Okay, good.
Just don't tell me
why you need it,
and we're good, Kim.
Yeah. Good. Yeah.
I'll-- I'll take the lot.
Fuck!
Are you taking down
an elephant or something?
If you need anything else...
Yeah.
Others who have
bought this stuff.
Anything but that.
Especially no names.
But I can tell you
that these people use numbers.
Numbers? What kind of numbers?
Listen.
I've seen that look before.
If you're on some kind
of a revenge kick,
learn how to take
someone down first.
Yeah, well,
12 years
of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
I think I'll...
I'll be fine, thanks.
If I can be
of any further assistance...
(TENSE PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
You got any hacking equipment?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(SMART WATCH CHIMES)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(SIGHS)
(SIGHS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS)
(MARY SCREAMS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS, YELLS)
(BOTH GRUNT)
(SHRIEKS)
No!
(GASPS, YELLS)
(YELLS)
(SHRIEKS)
(WHIMPERS)
(PANTS)
(PANTS)
WOMAN: Diablo!
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(GRUNTS)
(GAGS)
(FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING)
(YELLS)
WOMAN: Eres un diablo.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
You did it!
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Because you are a monster!
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Devil!
...el hijo del diablo!
You killed your own dog!
(PRAYING IN SPANISH)
(WOMAN'S VOICE OVERLAPPING)
(MARY GRUNTS)
(MONITOR BEEPING)
(BOTH BREATHE HEAVILY)
(BREATHES UNEVENLY)
(DIABLO GROANS)
(MARY WHIMPERS)
(SMART WATCH CHIMES)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
ROBERT: Canceled my meeting.
I thought maybe
we could take a drive.
Mary? Mary, what have you done?
What have you done?
I'm calling an ambulance--
No!
ROBERT: No? What?
No? Mary, what is this shit?
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
This was in Kelly's
toxicology report!
(GRUNTS)
How did you even get this?
(CLEARS THROAT) I thought...
if I could just build up...
tolerance, just a few times...
Why?
Did you think
he was coming for you next?
Mary, this stuff
lasts 60 to 80 minutes,
and your watch was at 41
before you could move!
It's been far more than a few.
Let me see your arms.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTS)
I've been obsessed
with this case for years
that I let it cloud my judgment.
(SIGHS)
I can't force you
to see anyone...
but you need therapy.
This is my therapy.
SELENA: Well, find a new outlet.
Pour yourself
into another project.
Look...
I have trauma too, Mary.
That top number?
That's someone I see for PTSD.
And look,
if it all gets too much...
get away for a while.
You have money! Travel!
Yeah.
I was thinking about
going to the West Coast.
(CHUCKLES)
I suggest another continent.
Can I ask you just...
just one more question?
I'm not entertaining
any more theories
with you, Mary. Come on!
All right, then give me
the official FBI statement.
Why these states?
Why California,
Colorado, New York?
All states with large forests?
I don't know, Mary!
Maybe he was...
following something
or hunting someone.
That's all I can give you.
No. We're missing something.
There were two murders
in different states
at the same time,
how'd he do that?
SELENA:
Maybe he had an accomplice.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Excuse me.
Agent Wall, may I speak
with you for a second?
Mary, I'll be back
with you soon.
What is it, Agent Quiller?
(THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING)
(LAPTOP BEEPING)
(SIGHS)
But I can tell you
that these people use numbers.
Especially no names.
Oh, fuck!
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(SIGHS)
ROBERT: Mary!
Uh...
Can you come back?
Mary, you've been holed up
down here for almost three days.
You need to get out!
(SIGHS) Okay.
Yeah, um...
I thought we agreed
that this is my work space.
I don't go into yours,
you don't come into mine.
Yeah,
but I don't shut you out of it.
I don't fucking
sleep up there either.
MARY: No, hey!
Just leave me.
(PAPER RUSTLING)
Jesus, Mary!
What is all this?
What is this?
(MARY SIGHS)
I am... I'm just trying
to cope right now.
This is how I'm healing.
Mary, we're together in this.
I'm the one who insisted
Kelly take that trail
alone that day. (SPLUTTERS)
You think I don't
punish myself for that?
Now look.
I'm seeing a trauma therapist
to help me cope.
You can do the same.
Yeah. Yeah, I will do that.
(ROBERT SCOFFS)
You know, I can tell
when you're bullshitting me.
What did you buy? An RFID chip?
Look, just don't touch my shit.
Fire jets?
I don't know
what the fuck you're doing,
but I can't support
this obsession.
I can't live like this!
Are you gonna stop?
Are you gonna stop?
No.
All right.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(DINGS)
I'm here
to investigate a property.
CLERK: Our records
are in the basement,
but I'm afraid access
is restricted unless you, um--
Yeah.
MARY: Agent Wall.
I'm sure you're familiar
with the Diablo Killer case.
Oh, yes. Right this way.
Oh, Wall, you said?
Were you here
with your colleagues
a few years ago?
Good memory.
Oh, nothing much happens
around here. We, uh,
tend to remember big stuff.
Your people took
the most recent records
and, uh, well,
I don't know what's left.
I have copies of those.
Right. Well, if you, uh,
have any questions...
Oh, thank you.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
Oh.
Oh, yes.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
CLERK: Those are full of--
Excuse me, excuse me.
Hold on one sec.
Um,
so why...
why did this little area,
why did it keep changing hands
all through the forties?
Oh, there's an old creek bed
that runs along that lot.
It got rerouted
a couple of times and, uh...
dried up and they built
a new spillway up river.
Looks like a surveying dispute.
So there's an additional piece
of land that nobody knows exists
and no one has ever
questioned it before?
No, just never came up.
Actually, hey, uh, Sheriff,
let me bring you in on this
while I got an agent here.
Uh, what did you say
your name was?
Huh.
After staying out
of the public eye for months,
Kelly's grieving mother, Mary,
finally broke her silence
with righteous anger.
He took everything from me.
And he will strike again
and again, and again.
The feds aren't doing shit.
You think you're safe?
You're not fucking safe.
We need to get out there,
and we need
to find that sick fuck.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
MARY:
That's a cabin back there?
(SIGHS) No one saw it?
What?
We have no records
of family at all.
We currently have
a media release
inviting anyone
with any relevant information
to work with us, so any insights
to relatives alive,
dead, or even grave sites
are appreciated.
(CROWS CAWING)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING)
(GASPS)
TV HOST:
Kelly had been just accepted
into the University
of New York City
and overcame
a lifelong disability
with experimental surgery.
She was eager to test out
her repaired knee...
(COUGHS)
...on the trails
at her favorite park
until the Diablo Killer
resurfaced.
(RETCHES)
(COUGHS)
(PANTS)
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(GRUNTS)
(GROANS)
(GROANS)
(THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
(KNIFE CLANGS)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(WHIMPERS, BREATHES HEAVILY)
(PANTS)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(DIABLO GROANS)
(MARY PANTS, GROANS)
(WHIMPERS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(MARY GRUNTS)
(MUSIC FADES)
(GROANS)
(SHRIEKS)
(TENSE DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(SIGHS, INHALES SHARPLY)
(PANTS)
(MARY SCREAMS)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
SECURITY SYSTEM:
System armed.
(BANGING ON DOOR)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTS)
(PANTS)
(PANTS)
(PANTS)
(BANGING ON DOOR)
(WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH)
(PANTS)
(INTERCOM BEEPS, CHIMES)
(PANTS)
(MONITOR CHIMES)
(BUZZING)
(CHUCKLES)
SECURITY SYSTEM: Access denied.
(EXHALES)
Oh, you fuck!
(DIABLO ROARS)
SECURITY SYSTEM:
System malfunction.
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
SECURITY SYSTEM: Door unlocked.
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
No, no, no, no, no!
SECURITY SYSTEM: Door locked.
Oh! (SIGHS)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(MARY SOBS)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
WOMAN:
Tongue of the devil!
You have the tongue
of the devil, you have.
Monstruo!
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
JIAO: Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hi, Jiao.
What took you so long?
I called you hours ago!
Something's not right
with your wife.
We're separated right now,
but thanks for the concern.
(SCOFFS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(PRAYING IN SPANISH)
No, no, no.
You don't get to see that.
No!
You fuck!
(INHALES SHARPLY)
No!
No! No!
Fuck you!
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING)
(MARY YELLS)
(MARY SCREAMS)
(DIABLO GROANS)
(MARY GRUNTS)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
(MARY YELPS)
(WHIMPERS)
(GRUNTS)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(MARY WHIMPERS)
(DIABLO YELPS)
(MARY SCREAMS)
(PANTS)
SECURITY SYSTEM: System armed.
(DIABLO SIGHS SHARPLY)
(GRUNTS)
(INTERCOM CHIMES)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
SECURITY SYSTEM: System locked.
She locked me out of the system!
(DOORBELL CHIMES)
(PANTS)
ROBERT: Mary, it's Robert!
Let me in?
(PANTS)
(DOORBELL CHIMES)
(SCOFFS)
I just-- (SIGHS)
I want to see you're okay.
I'm not leaving
until I see you, Mary.
(SCOFFS) She did the same to me!
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
(INTERCOM BEEPS)
SECURITY SYSTEM: Door unlocked.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(PANTS)
(GRUNTS)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(TENSE DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(MARY GRUNTS)
(SCREAMS)
(MARY GRUNTS)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
(MARY GRUNTS)
Jiao, what are you doing here?
Robert, what's going on?
Look, I don't know.
I'm worried about Mary.
She's locked me out,
she won't come to the door,
I just wanna know she's okay.
I thought maybe
she'd respond to you,
I know you two
have gotten close.
(SIGHS)
(DOORBELL CHIMES)
Mary, it's Selena!
(MARY GRUNTS)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
Robert called me,
we're both concerned about you.
(GRUNTS, GROANS)
(MARY SCREAMS)
Mary, answer the door!
(SIGHS SHARPLY)
(SCREAMS)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
SECURITY SYSTEM: System unarmed.
(MARY GRUNTS)
(DOOR OPENING)
Okay. Robert, wait out here.
Jiao, go home.
FBI! On the ground!
On the ground!
Hands behind your head, now!
(DIABLO SCREAMS)
(SELENA GRUNTS)
(SELENA SHRIEKS)
(GROANS)
(GUNSHOT)
(MARY SCREAMS)
(GRUNTS)
Fuck you!
Fuck!
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(PANTS)
(SELENA YELPS)
(SOBS)
Mary.
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
She's bleeding out!
Get the med-kit.
Get the med-kit, now!
(ROBERT GROANS)
(SELENA GRUNTS)
All right, look at me,
look at me, look at me,
look at me.
You're okay, you're okay.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
All right, all right.
Come on!
All right, all right,
all right.
(GRUNTS)
(ROBERT GROANS)
Come on, babe!
(SELENA BREATHES HEAVILY)
ROBERT: Hurry!
(PANTS)
ROBERT: Put your hand here,
that's it.
(SELENA GROANS)
Mary!
Whatever you're about to do,
please, don't do it!
Please!
I can't just turn a blind eye!
Make the call. Make the call!
(WHIMPERS)
(GROANS)
Agent down, a civilian is shot.
Send backup
to the Flint residence!
This is the motherfucker
that killed our daughter!
(SELENA WHIMPERS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(GROANS)
(MARY SIGHS)
(PANTS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(GROANS)
MARY: Remember her?
Her name was Kelly!
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS, PANTS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(SNIFFS)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
Diablo, the nameless man.
I've spent months sifting
through the ashes of your life.
FBI, police, they didn't know
what to look for, but...
I did.
Sarah.
SARAH: Devil, a monster!
Son of your father!
Exactly like your father,
you are.
You killed your own mother.
And maybe this is your father.
Maybe he's Sarah's father too.
You're an inbred fuck.
The one thing
I don't understand is...
did your mother resent you?
Tienes la lengua del diablo!
Did she silence you?
SARAH: Devil!
Eres un diablo.
You killed your own dog!
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(PRAYING IN SPANISH)
Did she call you Diablo?
Diablo!
MARY: She punished you.
(SPEAKS SPANISH)
So you punished her.
(SARAH SCREAMS)
MARY:
The pain wasn't enough, was it?
It never really is.
And it never, ever stops.
I know, I know.
Because that's all
you've made me feel...
and that's how I found you.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
MARY: I found what they missed.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Each of your kills...
is by a family's private
cemetery plot...
(PANTS)
...just like
where Sarah is buried.
I searched every public record
for every private family plot
near a forested trail
within 100 miles.
I narrowed them down one by one.
I studied your psych profiles.
Huh? See that?
MARY: (THROUGH VIDEO) See this?
Go ahead.
Open your fucking mouth,
just like you did
to those girls.
Yes...
See this?
MARY: (THROUGH VIDEO) My name...
is Mary Flint.
You murdered my daughter,
Kelly Flint.
I will find you...
and I will kill you.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Scream for me, fucker!
(SHRIEKS, YELPS)
(GARGLES)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Del Diablo! (SPEAKS SPANISH)
The son of the devil,
exactly like your father! Devil!
(LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY)
(SCREAMS)
(SCREAMING CONTINUES)
(PANTS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(WHIMPERS SOFTLY)
(POLICE SIREN WAILING)
He's dead.
QUILLER: FBI! FBI, Agent Wall!
Agent Wall,
what the hell happened?
The Diablo Killer.
He came into the house,
he came after my wife.
He's dead.
It was... it was self-defense.
We have an agent down!
I need medics immediately!
Keep pressure, keep pressure,
keep pressure.
(SELENA GROANS)
It's okay.
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
Keep pressure!
Stay with me, stay with me!
(SELENA GROANS)
QUILLER: She needs
medical assistance right here.
Stay with us, stay with us,
you're good. You're all right.
SELENA: This Diablo Killer
has a type when it comes
to these murders.
Always female, always brunette,
similar heights
and facial features.
He appears to relocate to
a new state after three victims.
REPORTER:
We're hear at the cabin,
which was built
on repossessed land.
While there were
no official records
of past residents,
some have speculated
that the killer lived
inside this abandoned homestead
at some point.
It took one FBI agent years
to connect the dots.
A leaked profile indicated
that he may have been working
as a laborer in the areas
of each of the killings.
REPORTER: In more recent news,
the man once dubbed
the Diablo Killer
finally met his match
when the mother
of one of the deceased victims
took matters into her own hands.
However, authorities are baffled
as a series of new murders
have emerged,
all with missing tongues,
raising the question,
"Was Diablo working alone
or was there an accomplice?"
(DARK DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(MARY PANTING)
(PANTS)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKING)
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
(PANTS)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTS)
(PANTS)
(MAN GRUNTS)
(MARY SCREAMS, GRUNTS)
(GROANS)
(GRUNTS, YELLS)
(MAN GRUNTS)
(YELPS, GRUNTS)
(MAN GRUNTING)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(PANTS)
(GRUNTS)
(MARY GROANS)
(SCREAMS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS, YELLS)
(GROANS)
(PANTS)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(PANTS)
(CAR ENGINE REVVING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Fuck!
JIAO: Hey! Hey!
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(BEEPS)
(BUZZING)
SECURITY SYSTEM: System's armed.
Home secured.
Welcome home, Mary.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(DOG BARKING)
(DOORBELL CHIMES)
Mary!
Jiao, what can I do for you?
One of your construction trucks
drove over my flowerbed.
Again! My hydrangeas are ruined.
It's been six months of this!
It won't happen again.
There won't be any more trucks.
I promise. They're done.
And slow down!
You drive like a crazy person.
Goodbye, Jiao!
(SCREEN BEEPS)
(JIAO SCOFFS)
(PANTS)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
This Diablo Killer has a type
when it comes to these murders.
Always female, always brunette,
similar heights
and facial features.
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)
He tends to relocate
to a new state
after three victims.
Please, do not go
into the forest alone.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(SIGHS)
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
MARY: I got it.
KELLY: All right.
(KELLY LAUGHS)
Keep your eyes closed.
Keep 'em closed, wait for it.
Open your eyes, Kelly.
KELLY: Whoa!
ROBERT: Amazing, huh?
The blueprints,
the floor plans,
the smart home tech,
all developed by this beautiful
young genius right here.
Wait, young? Are you young, mom?
(ROBERT CHUCKLES)
Don't you start,
you little shit!
(CHUCKLES) What's that?
ROBERT: That's nice!
"Welcome to the neighborhood.
Jiao". Who's Jiao?
Jiao. She lives
in the property over.
She did tell me, though,
our tree branches
were hanging into her yard,
so I think we have a complainer.
Well, I'll get her
a thank you note right away,
so she doesn't
complain about that.
Kel, would you help us
getting the door for us?
Just gotta put your hand up
to the panel there.
(BUZZING)
SECURITY SYSTEM: System unarmed.
(BEEPING)
(DOOR OPENING)
Cool!
SECURITY SYSTEM:
Welcome home, Kelly.
Are you guys seeing this?
Mm-hmm, just go in.
(SIGHS) We're home.
I used my engineering know-how
to build a one-of-a-kind,
state-of-the art smart home.
The foundation is all original,
but everything else is new.
Okay, so the app, I developed it
from the ground up, all right?
And, uh, you can work this
on your phone as well.
All right? So, uh...
All right, watch this.
(BEEPS)
SECURITY SYSTEM: Lights on.
Ta-da!
Wow!
(MARY SOFTLY) Yeah.
Watch this.
SECURITY SYSTEM: Windows opaque.
Mm-hmm. You can also start
the dishwasher, the oven,
the laundry,
I mean, you can even...
you can even see
what's inside the fridge.
Holy crap, Mom!
MARY: Right?
Oh, and there's the central air
temperature sliders,
if you're too hot,
you're too cold,
you can just make
yourself comfortable.
Yeah, but don't touch
the thermostat.
Did I say that out loud?
I'm sorry. It's a dad's reflex.
(MARY LAUGHS)
Oh, and there are no cameras
in the bathroom,
as promised.
Mm, that was gonna be
my next question.
ROBERT: Kel,
you have to see this.
You missed it on the way in.
MARY: Oh.
This is my favorite.
Your mother's a genius.
MARY: Thank you.
It goes up from the basement
to here.
It goes up,
stops right outside your room.
You built an elevator
because of my knee?
Honey, no,
it's not like that, it--
I... I told you I didn't want
any special treatment!
Kel, we had to build the place
for accessibility.
I'm capable
of taking the stairs.
Right,
and nobody said otherwise.
ROBERT:
No, we're all gonna use it.
And if my office is upstairs
then the clients,
they won't have to traipse
through the whole house,
but come on,
it's gonna make things easier.
Yeah.
You know, we talked
about the surgery option.
Right? And you know what?
You don't have to use it
if you don't want to.
Can I call it from my phone?
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
Of course you can.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTS)
(MARY EXHALES)
Okay.
(SIGHS)
(GROANS)
(DOOR OPENS AND HISSES)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(DOOR CLOSES)
(GROANS)
(SIGHS)
(CAMERA WHIRS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
It was a moniker coined
by the media in 2015,
"The Diablo Killer."
The origin of the name?
A single word carved into a tree
near what police believe
was the original crime scene,
a cabin in rural Oregon
containing the remains
of his first victim,
a still unidentified woman.
The corpse,
charred beyond recognition,
with her severed tongue
preserved in a jar.
WOMAN:
Exactly like your father!
(WOMAN SCREAMS)
(GROANS)
WOMAN: Diablo!
It took one FBI agent years
to connect the dots.
A leaked profile indicated
that he may have been working
as a laborer in the areas
of each of the killings.
This Diablo Killer has a type
when it comes to these murders.
Always female, always brunette,
similar heights
and facial features.
He tends to relocate
to a new state
after three victims.
Oh, you fuck!
(SIGHS)
You were using a stolen ID.
They had you
and they didn't even know it.
That's right,
it's you and me now.
You know what to do.
(THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING)
MARY: Find the key...
(SIGHING) Take the fucking key.
Come on, take it.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(BULB WHIRS)
(LOCK CLICKS)
(WOMAN PRAYING IN SPANISH)
Exactly like your father!
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Pray to get rid of the Devil!
(SPEAKING SPANISH, ECHOING)
Investigators believe
that he kept the victims alive
for an unknown length of time.
(WOMAN SOBS)
TV HOST: Perhaps most sickening,
forensics concluded
that their tongues were severed
while the young women
were still alive.
(WOMAN SCREAMS, SHRIEKS)
(GRUNTS)
MARY: That's right,
you son of a bitch...
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
MARY: Where did you bury them?
WOMAN: Un pequeo diablo...
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Diablo! (SPEAKS SPANISH)
(DIABLO PANTING)
You speak vile words, Devil!
That's who you are,
the son of the Devil,
exactly like your father!
(SOBS)
What are you doing?
Yeah, I see you.
Oh, no! You fucking don't!
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(POWER CRANKS OUT)
(BEEPS)
I'm here at the house
of Benita Caccio,
the sister
of one of the victims. Benita,
is there anything
you'd like to say
to Diablo if you could?
BENITA: Someday,
someone will find you...
and they're going
to make you pay.
(LIGHTS ZAPPING)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
(SIGHS)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(SIGHS SOFTLY)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
Is this what I think it is?
If you think it's yours,
then yes, it is!
(CHUCKLES)
(CHUCKLES)
(GASPS)
Happy birthday, my darling.
KELLY: Oh, my God!
ROBERT: Like it?
KELLY: I love it.
MARY: So,
you're a candidate for surgery,
and yeah, it's experimental,
but the specialist
is the very best.
I love you guys!
I love you so much.
(FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING)
(DIABLO GROANS)
(GROANS, SIGHS)
(WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH)
(PRAYING IN SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(ECHOING) Exactly
like your father!
Eres un diablo.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Diablo! (SPEAKING SPANISH)
(EXHALES)
(DOOR LOCK CLICKS)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
TV HOST: He was experimenting
with paralytic agents,
but he didn't know
which ones to use
or the proper dosage.
As a result,
his first victim in Colorado,
Darlene Horan,
survived the attack.
Come on, come on.
Move, move!
Fuck!
(SIGHS)
(AIR DUCTS HISSING)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(DIABLO EXCLAIMS)
You didn't
let them off that easy,
so neither will I.
(DOOR CLANGS OPEN)
(STEAM HISSING)
A side effect
from the paralytic agent
was blindness.
Darlene burned herself
on steam pipes
feeling her way
through the corridors
on her escape.
She survived long enough
to scribble
in a makeshift journal
and say her captor
did not speak.
The second victim,
Mickayla Mayer, was found
with her tongue cut out
and her lingual artery.
She was discovered
in an abandoned paper mill
weeks after her disappearance,
burned alive.
Unlike Darlene,
there were no clues
that were left behind
by Mickayla.
Authorities believe
she was murdered there
and left for dead.
(GASPS)
REPORTER:
The third victim, Ashley Ko,
was found mutilated
and also burned alive.
(PRAYING IN SPANISH)
(DIABLO BREATHES HEAVILY,
GROANS)
REPORTER: Darlene lived
for several weeks
and scribbled
in a makeshift journal.
She lived.
And then, she died.
Why won't you speak?
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
Why won't you speak?
(WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH)
Un diablo!
Exactly like your father!
Diablo! (SPEAKS SPANISH)
MARY: Why won't you speak?
(GROANS)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Fucking speak!
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(SPEAKER BUZZING)
(SCOFFS)
(SWOOSHING)
Fry, motherfucker.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Move!
Move!
Move!
Move!
You recognize them, asshole?
You tortured them all
before burning them alive.
I guess you see
how this works now.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
MARY: You paralyzed these women.
Do you know
what it's like to be frozen
while someone tortures you?
(SPEAKS SPANISH)
Exactly like your father!
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(SPEAKS SPANISH)
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(DIABLO SIGHS)
(SIGHS)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
Mary!
I got your mail
by mistake!
(MONITOR BEEPING)
SECURITY SYSTEM:
No time to talk.
Please, leave it in the mailbox.
Well, it looks important.
Priority!
(MONITOR BEEPING)
SECURITY SYSTEM:
Please leave, Jiao.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTS)
(DOORBELL CHIMING)
JIAO: Mary!
Jiao, you need to leave.
You need to start
respecting my privacy.
I... I can't hear you!
Uh, the video is broken.
Uh, come out and talk!
Jiao, you need
to leave right now.
This is not okay.
You've been acting very strange.
Workers coming and going?
At all hours?
What are you doing?
(PANTS)
I should call the police.
All right, we both know
that the police
don't believe you anymore.
(GRUNTS)
MARY: All right?
And quit taking my mail!
(INTERCOM BEEPS)
(SCOFFS)
(JIAO MUMBLING INDISTINCTLY)
Don't come back.
(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(MARY SIGHS)
(WATER SPLASHES)
Good riddance!
MARY: Kelly, what are you doing?
You saw the surgery results,
I don't need them anymore.
Kel, the pool?
But you do need rehab
and to let your body heal.
You can't protect me forever.
Uh, maybe not,
but I'm not gonna stop trying.
Mom, I'm an adult now!
You don't need to watch me
like a hawk!
Three years here
and I can't even sneak out
like a normal teenager.
Okay, Kel. First of all,
I have never spied on you.
And since when
do you want to sneak out?
Maybe we should let her
have her moment of triumph.
Look, I'm fine! See?
Okay, just...
I'm gonna drive up to the park
and walk the trails.
Don't wait up.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
She just needs
to do this for herself.
REPORTER: Agent Wall,
why did you transfer
to New York?
SELENA: There was
an attempted abduction
this year outside of Albany
that fits his MO
which led me to believe
he'd relocate to the region.
Now I've worked the Diablo case
for years in California
so I've seen things
slip through the crack
when investigations
change hands,
and I wanted
to stay close to him.
MARY: (WHIMPERS)
What happened here?
Selena?
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
Let go of me!
(SCREAMS) No!
Not my child!
Not my--
(POLICE SIREN BLARING)
(SOBS) My baby! My baby!
(SOBBING)
REPORTER:
And finally, can you tell us
why does he remove
their tongues?
(WOMEN SCREAMING)
ROBERT: How do you know
it's her?
SELENA: They found
her belongings nearby.
Including a specialized
knee brace.
And a partial match
for dental records
among the teeth
that were destroyed completely.
But partial?
It's enough to convict.
And enough
to convince forensics.
I'm sorry,
but we need to be realistic.
MARY: What about DNA?
You told us
there wasn't a tongue
found at the scene.
But you said
there's always a tongue.
We believe he was interrupted
and wasn't able
to complete his ritual.
(SIGHS)
Why would anyone do this?
He tore our Kelly apart.
And he burned her body.
I want you to... to find him.
And make him pay.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(GASPS)
(SNIFFLES)
(DIABLO PANTS)
(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS)
(CAMERA WHIRRING)
(PANTS)
WOMAN:
Exactly like your father!
Diablo! You did it,
because you are a monster!
I'd like to report
a suspicious activity
in my neighborhood.
OPERATOR: Is this Jiao?
Yes, it's Jiao.
How did you know?
OPERATOR:
You've been flagged
as a repeat caller.
My number is flagged?
OPERATOR: Yes.
What does that mean?
OPERATOR:
9-1-1 is for serious calls.
Yes, I know what 9-1-1 is for!
OPERATOR:
Ma'am, you need to calm down.
Never mind!
(PHONE BEEPS)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTS)
What the fuck?
What the fuck is he doing?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
MARY: He's stuck?
What the fuck?
MARY: Thank you for doing this.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
SELENA: I can share
some details,
but it is
an ongoing federal case.
See, this is everything
that wasn't classified.
You mentioned
in one of your reports
something about a work van.
SELENA: Mm-hmm.
I hounded the local police
for months about it.
Then I finally proved it.
I appreciate that.
SELENA: Believe me,
I care deeply about your case.
Uh, so what is this?
It's from the same cabin.
I kept it 'cause I had a theory
that he's self-educated.
Or was made to learn.
SELENA: Mm-hmm.
And with my theory
about the work vans,
he has journeyman experience.
Construction, plumber,
electrician, carpenter.
(SIGHS)
I'm sorry.
(LIGHT TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
I really shouldn't be
putting you so close to this.
Oh...
I'm an engineer, I...
I solve puzzles for a living.
I wanna understand and, uh...
You know, I'd much rather
see him burn alive, but...
my point is...
my point is that, uh, this,
actually, it... it helps.
Burning alive would be a mercy
after all he's done.
But look, Mary,
you still have
to address the grief.
I can put you in touch
with other families,
you know, shared trauma
can be useful
at a time like this.
Uh, yeah, yeah.
Send that to Robert.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Um, can I keep this?
(ELEVATOR DOORS CLANKING)
(UPBEAT TECHNO MUSIC
PLAYING THROUGH SPEAKERS)
You Lucas?
And you're Kim?
Yeah.
How'd you find me?
I contacted the hospital.
Okay, good.
Just don't tell me
why you need it,
and we're good, Kim.
Yeah. Good. Yeah.
I'll-- I'll take the lot.
Fuck!
Are you taking down
an elephant or something?
If you need anything else...
Yeah.
Others who have
bought this stuff.
Anything but that.
Especially no names.
But I can tell you
that these people use numbers.
Numbers? What kind of numbers?
Listen.
I've seen that look before.
If you're on some kind
of a revenge kick,
learn how to take
someone down first.
Yeah, well,
12 years
of Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
I think I'll...
I'll be fine, thanks.
If I can be
of any further assistance...
(TENSE PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
You got any hacking equipment?
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(SMART WATCH CHIMES)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(SIGHS)
(SIGHS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS)
(MARY SCREAMS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS, YELLS)
(BOTH GRUNT)
(SHRIEKS)
No!
(GASPS, YELLS)
(YELLS)
(SHRIEKS)
(WHIMPERS)
(PANTS)
(PANTS)
WOMAN: Diablo!
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(GRUNTS)
(GAGS)
(FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING)
(YELLS)
WOMAN: Eres un diablo.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
You did it!
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Because you are a monster!
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Devil!
...el hijo del diablo!
You killed your own dog!
(PRAYING IN SPANISH)
(WOMAN'S VOICE OVERLAPPING)
(MARY GRUNTS)
(MONITOR BEEPING)
(BOTH BREATHE HEAVILY)
(BREATHES UNEVENLY)
(DIABLO GROANS)
(MARY WHIMPERS)
(SMART WATCH CHIMES)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
ROBERT: Canceled my meeting.
I thought maybe
we could take a drive.
Mary? Mary, what have you done?
What have you done?
I'm calling an ambulance--
No!
ROBERT: No? What?
No? Mary, what is this shit?
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
This was in Kelly's
toxicology report!
(GRUNTS)
How did you even get this?
(CLEARS THROAT) I thought...
if I could just build up...
tolerance, just a few times...
Why?
Did you think
he was coming for you next?
Mary, this stuff
lasts 60 to 80 minutes,
and your watch was at 41
before you could move!
It's been far more than a few.
Let me see your arms.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTS)
I've been obsessed
with this case for years
that I let it cloud my judgment.
(SIGHS)
I can't force you
to see anyone...
but you need therapy.
This is my therapy.
SELENA: Well, find a new outlet.
Pour yourself
into another project.
Look...
I have trauma too, Mary.
That top number?
That's someone I see for PTSD.
And look,
if it all gets too much...
get away for a while.
You have money! Travel!
Yeah.
I was thinking about
going to the West Coast.
(CHUCKLES)
I suggest another continent.
Can I ask you just...
just one more question?
I'm not entertaining
any more theories
with you, Mary. Come on!
All right, then give me
the official FBI statement.
Why these states?
Why California,
Colorado, New York?
All states with large forests?
I don't know, Mary!
Maybe he was...
following something
or hunting someone.
That's all I can give you.
No. We're missing something.
There were two murders
in different states
at the same time,
how'd he do that?
SELENA:
Maybe he had an accomplice.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Excuse me.
Agent Wall, may I speak
with you for a second?
Mary, I'll be back
with you soon.
What is it, Agent Quiller?
(THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING)
(LAPTOP BEEPING)
(SIGHS)
But I can tell you
that these people use numbers.
Especially no names.
Oh, fuck!
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
(SIGHS)
ROBERT: Mary!
Uh...
Can you come back?
Mary, you've been holed up
down here for almost three days.
You need to get out!
(SIGHS) Okay.
Yeah, um...
I thought we agreed
that this is my work space.
I don't go into yours,
you don't come into mine.
Yeah,
but I don't shut you out of it.
I don't fucking
sleep up there either.
MARY: No, hey!
Just leave me.
(PAPER RUSTLING)
Jesus, Mary!
What is all this?
What is this?
(MARY SIGHS)
I am... I'm just trying
to cope right now.
This is how I'm healing.
Mary, we're together in this.
I'm the one who insisted
Kelly take that trail
alone that day. (SPLUTTERS)
You think I don't
punish myself for that?
Now look.
I'm seeing a trauma therapist
to help me cope.
You can do the same.
Yeah. Yeah, I will do that.
(ROBERT SCOFFS)
You know, I can tell
when you're bullshitting me.
What did you buy? An RFID chip?
Look, just don't touch my shit.
Fire jets?
I don't know
what the fuck you're doing,
but I can't support
this obsession.
I can't live like this!
Are you gonna stop?
Are you gonna stop?
No.
All right.
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(DINGS)
I'm here
to investigate a property.
CLERK: Our records
are in the basement,
but I'm afraid access
is restricted unless you, um--
Yeah.
MARY: Agent Wall.
I'm sure you're familiar
with the Diablo Killer case.
Oh, yes. Right this way.
Oh, Wall, you said?
Were you here
with your colleagues
a few years ago?
Good memory.
Oh, nothing much happens
around here. We, uh,
tend to remember big stuff.
Your people took
the most recent records
and, uh, well,
I don't know what's left.
I have copies of those.
Right. Well, if you, uh,
have any questions...
Oh, thank you.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
Oh.
Oh, yes.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
CLERK: Those are full of--
Excuse me, excuse me.
Hold on one sec.
Um,
so why...
why did this little area,
why did it keep changing hands
all through the forties?
Oh, there's an old creek bed
that runs along that lot.
It got rerouted
a couple of times and, uh...
dried up and they built
a new spillway up river.
Looks like a surveying dispute.
So there's an additional piece
of land that nobody knows exists
and no one has ever
questioned it before?
No, just never came up.
Actually, hey, uh, Sheriff,
let me bring you in on this
while I got an agent here.
Uh, what did you say
your name was?
Huh.
After staying out
of the public eye for months,
Kelly's grieving mother, Mary,
finally broke her silence
with righteous anger.
He took everything from me.
And he will strike again
and again, and again.
The feds aren't doing shit.
You think you're safe?
You're not fucking safe.
We need to get out there,
and we need
to find that sick fuck.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
MARY:
That's a cabin back there?
(SIGHS) No one saw it?
What?
We have no records
of family at all.
We currently have
a media release
inviting anyone
with any relevant information
to work with us, so any insights
to relatives alive,
dead, or even grave sites
are appreciated.
(CROWS CAWING)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING)
(GASPS)
TV HOST:
Kelly had been just accepted
into the University
of New York City
and overcame
a lifelong disability
with experimental surgery.
She was eager to test out
her repaired knee...
(COUGHS)
...on the trails
at her favorite park
until the Diablo Killer
resurfaced.
(RETCHES)
(COUGHS)
(PANTS)
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(GRUNTS)
(GROANS)
(GROANS)
(THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
(KNIFE CLANGS)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(WHIMPERS, BREATHES HEAVILY)
(PANTS)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(DIABLO GROANS)
(MARY PANTS, GROANS)
(WHIMPERS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(MARY GRUNTS)
(MUSIC FADES)
(GROANS)
(SHRIEKS)
(TENSE DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(SIGHS, INHALES SHARPLY)
(PANTS)
(MARY SCREAMS)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
SECURITY SYSTEM:
System armed.
(BANGING ON DOOR)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTS)
(PANTS)
(PANTS)
(PANTS)
(BANGING ON DOOR)
(WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH)
(PANTS)
(INTERCOM BEEPS, CHIMES)
(PANTS)
(MONITOR CHIMES)
(BUZZING)
(CHUCKLES)
SECURITY SYSTEM: Access denied.
(EXHALES)
Oh, you fuck!
(DIABLO ROARS)
SECURITY SYSTEM:
System malfunction.
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
SECURITY SYSTEM: Door unlocked.
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
No, no, no, no, no!
SECURITY SYSTEM: Door locked.
Oh! (SIGHS)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(MARY SOBS)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
WOMAN:
Tongue of the devil!
You have the tongue
of the devil, you have.
Monstruo!
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
JIAO: Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hi, Jiao.
What took you so long?
I called you hours ago!
Something's not right
with your wife.
We're separated right now,
but thanks for the concern.
(SCOFFS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(PRAYING IN SPANISH)
No, no, no.
You don't get to see that.
No!
You fuck!
(INHALES SHARPLY)
No!
No! No!
Fuck you!
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(THRILLING MUSIC PLAYING)
(MARY YELLS)
(MARY SCREAMS)
(DIABLO GROANS)
(MARY GRUNTS)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
(MARY YELPS)
(WHIMPERS)
(GRUNTS)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(MARY WHIMPERS)
(DIABLO YELPS)
(MARY SCREAMS)
(PANTS)
SECURITY SYSTEM: System armed.
(DIABLO SIGHS SHARPLY)
(GRUNTS)
(INTERCOM CHIMES)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
SECURITY SYSTEM: System locked.
She locked me out of the system!
(DOORBELL CHIMES)
(PANTS)
ROBERT: Mary, it's Robert!
Let me in?
(PANTS)
(DOORBELL CHIMES)
(SCOFFS)
I just-- (SIGHS)
I want to see you're okay.
I'm not leaving
until I see you, Mary.
(SCOFFS) She did the same to me!
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
(INTERCOM BEEPS)
SECURITY SYSTEM: Door unlocked.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(PANTS)
(GRUNTS)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(TENSE DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(MARY GRUNTS)
(SCREAMS)
(MARY GRUNTS)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
(MARY GRUNTS)
Jiao, what are you doing here?
Robert, what's going on?
Look, I don't know.
I'm worried about Mary.
She's locked me out,
she won't come to the door,
I just wanna know she's okay.
I thought maybe
she'd respond to you,
I know you two
have gotten close.
(SIGHS)
(DOORBELL CHIMES)
Mary, it's Selena!
(MARY GRUNTS)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
Robert called me,
we're both concerned about you.
(GRUNTS, GROANS)
(MARY SCREAMS)
Mary, answer the door!
(SIGHS SHARPLY)
(SCREAMS)
(DIABLO GRUNTS)
SECURITY SYSTEM: System unarmed.
(MARY GRUNTS)
(DOOR OPENING)
Okay. Robert, wait out here.
Jiao, go home.
FBI! On the ground!
On the ground!
Hands behind your head, now!
(DIABLO SCREAMS)
(SELENA GRUNTS)
(SELENA SHRIEKS)
(GROANS)
(GUNSHOT)
(MARY SCREAMS)
(GRUNTS)
Fuck you!
Fuck!
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)
(PANTS)
(SELENA YELPS)
(SOBS)
Mary.
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
She's bleeding out!
Get the med-kit.
Get the med-kit, now!
(ROBERT GROANS)
(SELENA GRUNTS)
All right, look at me,
look at me, look at me,
look at me.
You're okay, you're okay.
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
All right, all right.
Come on!
All right, all right,
all right.
(GRUNTS)
(ROBERT GROANS)
Come on, babe!
(SELENA BREATHES HEAVILY)
ROBERT: Hurry!
(PANTS)
ROBERT: Put your hand here,
that's it.
(SELENA GROANS)
Mary!
Whatever you're about to do,
please, don't do it!
Please!
I can't just turn a blind eye!
Make the call. Make the call!
(WHIMPERS)
(GROANS)
Agent down, a civilian is shot.
Send backup
to the Flint residence!
This is the motherfucker
that killed our daughter!
(SELENA WHIMPERS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(GROANS)
(MARY SIGHS)
(PANTS)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS)
(GROANS)
MARY: Remember her?
Her name was Kelly!
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS, PANTS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(SNIFFS)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
Diablo, the nameless man.
I've spent months sifting
through the ashes of your life.
FBI, police, they didn't know
what to look for, but...
I did.
Sarah.
SARAH: Devil, a monster!
Son of your father!
Exactly like your father,
you are.
You killed your own mother.
And maybe this is your father.
Maybe he's Sarah's father too.
You're an inbred fuck.
The one thing
I don't understand is...
did your mother resent you?
Tienes la lengua del diablo!
Did she silence you?
SARAH: Devil!
Eres un diablo.
You killed your own dog!
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
(PRAYING IN SPANISH)
Did she call you Diablo?
Diablo!
MARY: She punished you.
(SPEAKS SPANISH)
So you punished her.
(SARAH SCREAMS)
MARY:
The pain wasn't enough, was it?
It never really is.
And it never, ever stops.
I know, I know.
Because that's all
you've made me feel...
and that's how I found you.
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
MARY: I found what they missed.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Each of your kills...
is by a family's private
cemetery plot...
(PANTS)
...just like
where Sarah is buried.
I searched every public record
for every private family plot
near a forested trail
within 100 miles.
I narrowed them down one by one.
I studied your psych profiles.
Huh? See that?
MARY: (THROUGH VIDEO) See this?
Go ahead.
Open your fucking mouth,
just like you did
to those girls.
Yes...
See this?
MARY: (THROUGH VIDEO) My name...
is Mary Flint.
You murdered my daughter,
Kelly Flint.
I will find you...
and I will kill you.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Scream for me, fucker!
(SHRIEKS, YELPS)
(GARGLES)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
Del Diablo! (SPEAKS SPANISH)
The son of the devil,
exactly like your father! Devil!
(LAUGHS HYSTERICALLY)
(SCREAMS)
(SCREAMING CONTINUES)
(PANTS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(WHIMPERS SOFTLY)
(POLICE SIREN WAILING)
He's dead.
QUILLER: FBI! FBI, Agent Wall!
Agent Wall,
what the hell happened?
The Diablo Killer.
He came into the house,
he came after my wife.
He's dead.
It was... it was self-defense.
We have an agent down!
I need medics immediately!
Keep pressure, keep pressure,
keep pressure.
(SELENA GROANS)
It's okay.
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
Keep pressure!
Stay with me, stay with me!
(SELENA GROANS)
QUILLER: She needs
medical assistance right here.
Stay with us, stay with us,
you're good. You're all right.
SELENA: This Diablo Killer
has a type when it comes
to these murders.
Always female, always brunette,
similar heights
and facial features.
He appears to relocate to
a new state after three victims.
REPORTER:
We're hear at the cabin,
which was built
on repossessed land.
While there were
no official records
of past residents,
some have speculated
that the killer lived
inside this abandoned homestead
at some point.
It took one FBI agent years
to connect the dots.
A leaked profile indicated
that he may have been working
as a laborer in the areas
of each of the killings.
REPORTER: In more recent news,
the man once dubbed
the Diablo Killer
finally met his match
when the mother
of one of the deceased victims
took matters into her own hands.
However, authorities are baffled
as a series of new murders
have emerged,
all with missing tongues,
raising the question,
"Was Diablo working alone
or was there an accomplice?"
(DARK DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUSIC CONCLUDES)