He Never Left (2023) Movie Script
1
(gentle ominous music)
(gentle ominous music continues)
(suspenseful music)
(deep exhaling breath)
(rumbling music)
(rumbling music continues)
(crickets chirping)
(gentle suspenseful music)
(victim screams)
(tense music)
(victim moans)
(knife stabbing)
(tense music)
(victim gurgles)
(tense music intensifies)
(nail-file stabbing)
(victim groaning)
(victim gurgling)
(music intensifies)
(victim moaning)
(cicadas buzzing)
(victim screams)
(soft music)
(wind howling)
(soft suspenseful music)
(crow cawing)
(soft suspenseful
music continues)
(dramatic music)
(car whirring)
(dramatic music continues)
(car whirs)
(dramatic music continues)
(crickets chirping)
(single cicada buzzing)
(car engine revs gently)
(phone vibrating)
- [Gabe] Are you
ignoring me now?
- [Carly] Look, this is the
only town for 40 miles, okay?
I promise you this
is the safest place.
- [Gabe] What is it?
Where are you?
- [Carly] It's a little motel.
I'll get a room looking
down the main street
so you can see Andre coming.
- [Gabe] What the hell
is taking you so long?
(Carly scoffs)
(spooky music plays from TV)
(door gently bangs shut)
(bell rings)
- [Lewis] You should have
stayed in your room, Carl.
- [Carl] What about
all the other guests?
They're not in their rooms.
- [Lewis] What did you see?
- I think you know what I saw.
Did you kill someone, Lewis?
- Hello.
(loud TV sound effect)
(Bryce laughing)
Oh my God, I am so sorry.
I could not resist that.
Just gearing up for Halloween.
What can I do for you?
- I'm looking for a room.
- Sure.
How many guests?
- Just one.
- How long will you
be staying with us?
- I'm not sure yet.
Three days,
give or take.
- Okay, well I can actually
put you in room two,
right next door.
- Actually, could
you do me a favor?
I was hoping to get a
room on the north side.
I kind of wanted a view of
looking down the main road.
- Oh.
- It's an OCD thing.
What about number 10?
- Well, let's see,
10 has water damage.
I do have a reservation
already for room nine.
- Number eight?
- Yeah, sure.
- That will be perfect.
- Eight it is then.
(Bryce chuckling)
That is three days,
give or take.
Let's just call it $148.00
and that's cash only.
(money rustles)
Is there anything else
I can do for you, Miss?
- Heller.
And no, that'll do it.
Thanks.
- Alrighty.
There you go.
- Thanks.
- [Bryce] No turning back.
- [Carly] I'm sorry?
- The password,
for the WiFi.
No turning back.
All lower case.
(door creaks)
(door bangs shut)
- [Gabe] What the
hell is going on?
I can barely breathe in here.
- [Carly] Relax, I'm coming.
- We good?
- Yeah, room's clear.
Go.
Go, go, go, go, go.
(trunk slams shut)
- Yeah, yeah.
It's good.
(loud slap)
- Motherfucker.
I am not losing my
son over this.
- Whoa.
- You on of a
bitch, you hear me?
- Carly.
- I'm not losing my son!
(loud slap)
(Gabe groaning in pain)
- [Gabe] What the fuck?
- Christ as my witness.
- Okay.
(article thudding)
Whoa, hey.
- Stop it.
Whoa, whoa!
Stop.
Please, just,
you're not losing your son.
(book thudding)
You're not losing your son!
Everything's fine.
Okay? Just -
- Don't you dare tell me
to calm down!
- Okay!
I'm not, I'm sorry.
All right? Just...
- And don't tell
me to take it easy.
(tense music)
- Okay.
We're okay.
It's safe.
We're safe here.
Everything's fine.
(tense music continues)
Nobody's losing anybody.
Nobody's taking anyone away.
Look, we got the room.
- I got the room.
- What?
I got the room.
- Yes you did.
You got the room.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I appreciate that.
I do.
Okay?
You got the room.
Thank you very much.
I appreciate it.
No one's gonna hurt you,
okay?
No one is gonna hurt you.
(soft music)
Got your nose.
(loud shove)
- No.
No.
- I gotta check the news.
Come on.
You happy now, huh?
- Hey.
(bag thudding)
Toothbrush, deodorant
and that Irish waterfall
shave cream you like so much.
- What's Mountain Refresher?
What is this?
- It's like Mountain Dew,
but for assholes.
(Gabe exhales)
So what the hell happened?
Gabe?
- I'd been out for four months.
Part of the requirements are
that I got a full-time job,
which is easier said than done.
I couldn't find shit,
and I started to get desperate
'cause they kept
threatening to send me back
if I didn't land something soon.
So I applied everywhere,
and I do mean everywhere.
Dishwashers, short-order cook,
warehouse job, custodial, right?
But even then you need a
background check, all right?
Or you gotta download an app.
I'm not gonna download
a fucking app.
So I interview for
this snow cone,
- Shack.
The manager, he's
like 17 years old.
He says, I show potential.
Can you believe that?
He's gonna start me
at nine bucks an hour.
I'm making snow
cones and snickers
and keeping the place clean.
So I did it for about a
week and I worked hard.
All right?
I'm pumping the
syrup into the cups,
I'm handing out the cones
and the cookies
and all that shit.
They don't pay you
for two fucking weeks.
All right?
I got no fucking money, right?
Nobody fucking, they
don't tip, right?
Who's gonna tip a 40-year-old
man in a fucking snow hat?
Look, you know what?
Look, I take responsibility
for my choices in life, okay?
I know what consequences are,
but it's a two-way street.
Okay? Everybody has
lessons in life to learn.
And it's not just me, okay?
Not just me.
All right?
It's real shit with
real consequences.
And you gotta take the
opportunities as they arise.
Okay? I saw an
opportunity and I took it,
and I take
responsibility for that.
But I can't take responsibility
for what other people do.
Okay? That's their thing, okay?
Not me, you.
You gotta know, okay?
You see something going down?
You use your fucking head man.
Use your fucking head!
You fucking lay low, or
you get fucking hurt.
That's what fucking happens!
Use your fucking head.
You don't hero shit.
You don't fucking
hero shit, for what?
For what?
See? That's why
people are so stupid.
They're so fucking stupid.
All right?
Giving me a job.
Fuck.
You know what?
What you need is a
fucking job, all right?
In fact, what you
need now is a life
because you're dead bitch!
You're fucking dead!
(dramatic music)
(water running)
That's how people get hurt.
Whoa, whoa, hey,
where are you going?
- I'm going home.
I'm tired.
I'll be back in the
morning with some food.
- Oh, okay.
Whoa, whoa, whoa Carly.
- Yeah?
- [Gabe] What's the
Wi-Fi, the password?
(dramatic music)
(car engine revs)
(dramatic music continues)
(phone beeps)
Shit.
(Gabe exhales)
(phone rings)
- [Andre] Hello?
- [Gabe] What's up bitch?
(Gabe nervously chuckles)
- [Andre] My man, you good?
- Yeah, yeah I'm good.
It's good, all good.
I checked into
the Skyline motel,
Carly texted you the address,
so it's number eight.
- [Andre] Yeah, my homie
got the clap there once.
(Gabe chuckling)
- Everyone's a comic tonight.
- [Toddler] Picture!
- [Andre] Hold on, daddy's busy.
Hold on. I know.
I'll come for you
in just a second.
Okay, Gabe, I've got
everything lined up,
but it's gonna take
a little bit of time.
There's going be a
lot of heat on you.
This is gonna happen fast
and you need to be ready.
- [Toddler] Ball. Play with me!
- [Andre] Okay, I'm almost done.
All right, I'm almost done.
All right now hold on, hold on.
- Who are you talking to, Andre?
- [Andre] That's my
daughter. I've got a kid now.
- No way.
- Yeah, Maria and I,
we have a little girl.
Man, it's different now.
Things are different.
Oh, is this for me?
Thank you.
Okay, baby, hey I love you.
Go talk to your mom.
Okay, look, Gabe.
- Yeah, yeah.
- [Andre] Man, your face
is all over the news.
You can't leave that
room for anything.
- Yeah, yeah.
Absolutely, man.
No problem, I'm good.
- [Andre] And when
I call, you answer,
until then, you're a
ghost, Gabe, a ghost.
I'll call you.
I gotta go.
- Okay.
(owl hooting)
(TV static crackling)
(car parking)
(car door slams shut)
(footsteps patter)
(keys rattle)
- [Voice] Oh shit.
Sorry, if anyone's in there.
(soft tense music)
(door gently bangs shut)
(TV static crackling)
(Gabe sighs)
(TV clicks off)
- [Gabe] There you go.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Hi.
- Yeah, so this is
not what we ordered.
She just wanted raspberry.
I'm not sure exactly
what that is, but,
just raspberry.
- I'm sorry,
what's wrong with this one?
- She wanted raspberry.
This is blue.
I assume raspberry's
red, so I don't know.
- Yeah, but this is
the raspberry one.
- Okay, you got blue raspberry
and you got normal raspberry.
We just want raspberry.
I get the mix up.
But, that's all we want.
She just doesn't want that.
- Okay, well there's
nothing wrong with it,
so I mean I don't...
- All right dude,
can we just be done?
Can we get our money
back and just be done?
- Well, hang on a second I mean-
- No, no.
Every time, I swear to God,
every time we come here,
there's something,
something goes wrong.
So we'd like to just,
get our money back
and just get out here.
- Okay, can you
hang on a second,
Chad.
- Hey, what's the issue, man?
- [Gabe] This man,
he says he doesn't.
Yeah, we just want
our money back.
We just wanna go.
He can't, he can't get it right.
He doesn't know
what raspberry is.
- It only takes a second, sir.
We can-
- [Customer] We don't care.
We just wanna go, so
let's wrap this up
and we're just gonna go.
- Oh okay.
It's okay.
You can just give
him his money back.
It happens sometimes.
- [Child] It's not that hard.
- [Customer] Hey,
listen to your boss.
Come on, let's go.
- [Chad] Gabe.
Gabe, wake up.
Something's happening.
(dramatic music)
(Gabe panting)
(water running)
(muffled sounds)
(muffled screaming)
(muffled gasping)
(suspenseful music)
(muffled gasps continue)
(cicadas buzzing)
(muffled gurgling)
(muffled crying)
(muffled gurgling)
(loud scream)
(door slams)
(door opens and closes)
(footsteps)
(suspenseful music continues)
(door knocks)
(Gabe breathing heavily)
(cicadas buzzing)
- [Tim] Dispatch, Alpha 433.
- [Dispatch] Alpha 433.
- [Tim] Can you show us code 38
at 112 North Springdale?
- [Dispatch] Affirm.
112 North Springdale Road
in Larsen City, 0827.
- And give us 20
minutes on this.
- [Dispatch] Copy.
- Did you know that cicadas
will hide out underground
for like 17 years?
- What?
- Cicadas.
They're like big, nasty,
grasshopper looking things.
- Yeah.
- They're kinda gross.
- I know what cicadas are.
- Yeah, well, they
come out of the ground
and just transform before
making so much noise
that it just
disrupts everything.
Like, people can't even sleep.
- Okay, I mean, I
didn't know that,
but I've also gone my
entire life without
needing to know it either, so.
- Seriously, some
people even call 911
and shit because they just
don't know how to react.
They wake up and the
trees are screaming.
These things are
dormant for so long
that people just forget that
they're there completely
and don't know what
the hell to do about it
when they come back.
- They have games on phones
like clashing warriors
and shit like that, right?
(Mike laughs)
- [Mike] Yeah, whatever man.
You wanna hear what
they sound like?
- No, I really don't.
- [Mike] Come on.
It's kinda cool.
No, I don't.
(cicadas buzzing)
(car whirring)
(car door's slams shut)
(door bell jingles)
(country music plays)
(drilling sounds)
(bubble gum pops)
- Hi,
how are you?
Somebody called and said
this guy came and stopped by?
- Yeah, he came in and
asked Jake for a job.
What'd he do?
- Killed someone actually so...
- Really?
Oh my God.
Here we go again.
- [Tim] What do you mean again?
- Larsen.
This place is famous.
- Yeah, you mean, Pale Face?
- [Receptionist] Ah,
you've heard of him.
- Yeah, yeah,
no I think this guy's probably
a bit young to be him,
but my dad actually
knew Stephanie Phelps.
- No way.
- People still talk
about Pale Face huh?
- Oh yeah.
No way he's dead though.
I don't think.
- Okay I'm gonna
leave this here.
Did he leave a resume,
or anything at all, or?
- [Receptionist] Nah.
- Nah, he just came
by and took off?
If you think of anything else,
maybe just give me a call?
And...
(bag thuds)
(country music continues)
keep the change. Thank you
so much. You have a good day.
(door bell jingles)
- [Tim] Give me
that, you jackass.
(Mike laughs)
(menacing music)
(intense music)
(engine revs)
(tires screech)
(loud thudding)
(scream)
(Gabe screams)
(phone vibrates)
- Jesus.
(Gabe panting)
Hello? Hello?
- [Carly] Gabe.
(bad reception) I
look like an idiot.
- Shit, shit.
Hang on, now hang on.
Hello?
Hello? Can you hear me?
(door knocks)
Holy shit.
Holy shit, there's
someone at the door.
- Fuck, it's me Gabe.
Open the door.
Okay, you really need to relax.
You know that?
- Holy shit.
Holy shit. This isn't good.
This place, this
place is messed up.
Okay?
We gotta find another place.
There's some weird shit
here.
- What?
What do you mean
there's weird shit?
- There's weird shit, okay?
I'm not spending another
night in this place.
Do you understand
what I'm saying?
- Take it easy.
- Okay? This isn't,
I don't know, man.
- Hey, look.
I got you some food.
(plastic rustles)
- What the hell is
this? What is this?
- You asked for a mask,
I got you a mask.
- Yeah, like a ski
mask, you know,
to cover my face.
- Everything's Halloween
right now, so...
- [Gabe] Are you fucking
kidding me right now?
How about a plastic
jack-o'-lantern, huh?
To go trick-or-treating with.
Look, it doesn't matter.
I can't wait for Andre, okay?
I can't wait.
This place.
This place is messed up.
It's not right, okay?
Something happened.
- What do you mean
something happened?
- Something happened.
Something happened.
I don't know what it was.
Okay?
There was a scream.
There was this scream.
And it sounded like stuff was,
there, was struggling and
I don't know what the...
- Where, which room?
- Next door.
The room right here.
Here, here, right here.
Okay? In the room next door.
I don't know what it was.
I don't know.
Okay? She was, she was,
like stuff was breaking
and getting smashed.
This woman was trying
to get in here.
- A woman was trying to
get through the wall?
- No, no, the door.
- Stuff was smashed
outside your door?
- No, at first she
was at the door
and then, you know, she...
- What was she
doing at your door?
- She had the wrong
fucking door! Okay?
She thought this door was
her door, but it wasn't.
She tried to key.
It didn't work,
So she went next door to her
room, which is next door.
- So what happened?
(soft tense music)
I don't know.
I don't know what happened.
- What did you do?
- What?
No, no, no.
Carly, I didn't do anything.
I swear to God, I
didn't do anything.
- No, Gabe.
You hear this woman,
she's in distress.
What did you do?
- I didn't do anything.
What was I supposed to do?
What am I supposed to do?
I was supposed to get
on the phone, call 911?.
I'm supposed to call the
fucking cops over here,
you think that's what
I'm supposed to do?
Look, look,
I think someone hurt her.
Okay?
I think she was hurt.
I think someone killed her.
(tense music)
Whoa, whoa.
(door slams shut)
Where you going?
What are you doing?
- I'm going next door.
Someone has to
see if she's okay.
- No, no, no.
- You're garbage.
(door slams shut)
- Shit.
(soft tense music)
(door knocking)
(muffled voice)
- Hi.
I'm sorry to bother you.
(muffled voice)
Last night I heard some
noises coming from your room.
(Carly and guest
talking indistinctly)
(guest laughing)
- [Guest] This is embarrassing,
but I got my foot caught on
my power cord to my computer.
(guest talking indistinctly)
(guest talking indistinctly)
- [Guest] You know,
it's really nice
that there are some
people out there,
(talking indistinctly)
(tense music)
(Gabe panting)
- Oh God.
(Gabe exhales deeply)
(car engine revs)
No, no, no.
(wind howling)
(phone rings and vibrates)
(phone continues to
ring and vibrate)
(items rustle)
(keys rattle)
(soft dramatic music)
(keys thud into garbage)
(phone rings and vibrates)
(Carly sobs)
(phone continues to
ring and vibrate)
- [Announcer] New details
are emerging tonight
about a tragic hit
and run accident
that left one teenager dead
and an entire
community in mourning.
17-year-old Chad Leeland, a
senior at Northridge High,
was hit and killed at
work by an employee
trying to flee the scene after
stealing a large sum of cash.
All attempts to resuscitate
the victim were unsuccessful
and the victim
died at the scene.
The suspect, 43-year-old
Gabriel Gasbari,
who is currently on federal
probation for prior gun charges,
remains at large, but is
now wanted for murder.
Law enforcement wouldn't
give any details
on the status of
the investigation,
but stated, they are working
closely with the U.S. Marshals
to apprehend Gasbari.
Anyone with further
information on his whereabouts
is strongly encouraged to
call police immediately,
as he's to be considered
armed and extremely dangerous.
Back to you, Jordan.
(items thudding)
(door squeaks)
(heavy footsteps)
(rustling plastic)
(muffled whispers)
(lamp crashing)
(muffled whispers continue)
(phone vibrates)
- Carly.
- [Carly] (bad reception)
Hey, look I want to...
- Can you hear me now?
- Yeah, how's it going?
- Not good, not good.
There's something
going on, okay?
In here and next door.
I gotta get outta here.
- Look, Gabe, I'm done.
That's why I'm calling.
I'm sorry about today.
And I'll always love
you, but I'm done.
Don't call me anymore.
- Oh, okay.
Whoa.
No, no Carly, please no.
No, I need you right now, babe.
I need you right
now, Carly please.
You gotta come and get me.
You gotta come and get
me outta here right now.
I mean, like right now you
gotta come and get me, okay?
I broke a lamp.
There's shit going on next door.
- Wait, you broke a lamp?
- Yeah.
- How did you break a lamp?
(phone ringing)
(dramatic music)
- The phone's ringing.
- What phone?
- [Gabe] Shit.
The room, the phone in the room.
(phone continues to ring)
(ominous music)
Shit.
It's the manager.
He's calling the room.
- Gabe, I'm getting
off the phone.
- No, no,
No, don't hang up.
Carly, he'll come in
if I don't answer it.
You have to answer it.
- [Carly] How can I-
- You have to answer it.
I'm gonna put you
on speaker phone.
- [Carly] What? No,
Gabe, I'm hanging up.
- I'm putting you
on speaker phone.
You do this Goddammit!
(phone continues to ring)
(dramatic music)
- [Bryce] Miss Heller, hello?
- Hi, I'm sorry, I
was in the shower.
- [Bryce] Oh,
sorry to interrupt.
Somebody heard a
crash from your room
and wanted me to check on you.
- Everything's fine.
I tripped and hit my head.
I may owe you for
a new lamp too.
- [Bryce] The lamp broke?
Are you sure you're okay?
Do you want me to bring
over a first aid kit?
- No, everything's fine.
It's just the bump on the head.
- [Bryce] Oh, all
right then, good, good.
Well, you sleep
tight, Miss Heller.
(soft dramatic music)
(phone receiver bangs)
- Gabe?
(Gabe breathing heavily)
(suspenseful music)
- Oh God.
Oh my God. Oh my God.
He's coming over
here with a lamp.
- [Carly] Gabe, listen to me.
- He's coming over here
with a fucking lamp!
- [Carly] Gabe.
Fuck.
- Oh shit.
(door knocking)
- Knock, knock, knock.
Miss Heller, it's Bryce
from the front office.
I have a new lamp for you.
(door continues to knock)
Miss Heller, are you okay?
(keys rattling)
Miss Heller, I'm,
I'm coming in.
(key rattling)
- Whoa, hey, hey,
whoa, she just stepped out.
- [Bryce] Oh, I'm so sorry.
- Yeah, no she's not here.
- I apologize.
It's just that she
said she hit her head
and I wanted to make
sure she was okay.
- Yeah, no, she's fine.
She had to go, okay?
- Okay.
Good, good.
Well, there is another problem.
Her credit card
isn't going through.
I've been trying to process
the payment for the room
and well, the card was declined.
- [Gabe] Okay.
- It's probably my fault.
I probably entered
the address wrong.
- Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
That's okay. That's okay.
- I'm so sorry.
- It's 1000 North Windy
Drive in Diamond Fork.
- 1000 North.
(Bryce chuckles)
Oh, that would be
why, I had 1000 South.
Oh my God.
I do that more and
more these days.
It's the craziest thing.
I'm telling you, don't get old.
- Oh okay, that's good.
Thank you. Thank you.
- Now, if you could just
hand me that broken lamp?
- What?
- [Bryce] The one that fell.
(phone vibrates)
It's no trouble.
I can just come
right in and get it.
- No, no, it's okay.
It's okay, okay?
It's fine. It's great. The
lamp's not broken, it's fine,
okay?
- Well, it's just that I have
this replacement one here
and Miss Heller did
say that the lamp
did indeed break when she fell
and I'd rather just
clean up that mess.
- Look.
Miss Heller's not here right now
and I don't know where she is.
Get that through your skull.
She's probably over at some
dude's house right now,
bent over a coffee table
while I'm standing here
dealing with this shit.
I don't want any fresh towels.
I don't need a new lamp
and I don't wanna
talk to you anymore,
so just go away!
(door slams shut)
(phone vibrating)
(Gabe panting)
Andre?
Andre?
Shit!
(phone ringing)
Pick it up, pick
it up, pick it up.
- [Voice Recording] Your
call has been forwarded
to an automatic voice message
- Shit!
- system.
- [Gabe] Shit!
(engine idling)
(ominous music)
(phone vibrates)
(car engine revs)
(car whirring)
- We've got Jesse
Gabriel Gasbari.
Both parents are deceased.
He's got a brother
in Los Alamos.
I gave him a call.
I guess they haven't
talked in years.
Had some kind of a falling out.
Honestly, it doesn't
really surprise me.
But he does have a
couple of ex-girlfriends.
(police radio traffic)
- Carly Phelps.
- Carly Phelps?
- Yeah.
- Why does that name
sound so familiar?
- She's got a record.
With us? Or just in general?
No, general.
Okay.
- Nothing violent, luckily,
but not great.
Possession with intent.
Child endangerment
and solicitation.
(police radio traffic continues)
- Does she have
any other family?
- [Mike] Yes, she
does have a child.
Boy, age seven.
She lost custody
of him last year.
No surprise there.
- Of course she did.
- So he's in foster care now.
She gets visitation
if she's being good.
- You said she's
where, Diamond Fork?
- Diamond Fork.
- Okay, and where are we?
- It's only about 50
miles east of here.
What do you think?
You up for a drive?
(distant train horn)
(cicadas buzzing)
(door knocking)
(thunder crashing)
(door knocking continues)
(dramatic music)
(thunder continues to crash)
(door knocks)
- Who's there?
- [Voice] Police.
- Oh shit.
(thunder crashing)
(rain trickling)
(door slams shut)
(loud crash)
(Carly panting)
(thunder crashing)
(menacing music)
(cicadas buzzing)
(thunder crashing)
(menacing music continues)
(Carly breathing heavily)
(Carly panting)
(Carly softly sobbing)
(thunder crashing)
(heavy breathing)
(Carly thudding)
(Carly struggling)
(door cracking)
(heavy footsteps)
(thunder continues to crash)
(ominous music)
(soft suspenseful music)
(thunder crashes)
(Carly shouting)
(Carly thuds)
(Carly breathing heavily)
(cicadas buzzing)
(Carly screams)
(car parking)
(door knocking)
- [Tim] Carly Phelps, U.S.
Marshals, come to the door.
(door knocking continues)
Carly, we're not here for you.
Just come to the door.
(door knocking)
(bird squawks)
(menacing music)
- Mike, we got blood!
(door creaks open)
- Exigent enough?
- Yeah.
(dramatic music)
Clear right.
- [Mike] On me.
(suspenseful music)
- Clear.
- On me.
- [Tim] Bed clear.
- [Mike] Clear.
(suspenseful music continues)
- What the hell happened here?
- Dispatch, Alpha 433.
Can you expedite locals
to our last location?
- [Dispatch] Are you code 4?
- [Tim] Code 4, but
please expedite.
- [Dispatch] Copy.
- [Tim] So there's
blood all the way
tracked all the way
up to the bedroom.
We haven't found anyone though.
No bodies, no nothing.
And the same thing with our guy.
I don't know if this is
tied, but it's weird so.
- The neighbors actually
three doors down,
said they saw a man in a mask
last night, walking around.
(police sirens wailing)
- [Tim] Guy in a mask?
They didn't call you.
Nobody says anything?
- Maybe any other day,
but it's Halloween.
(camera shutter clicks)
- They're taking it, so.
- So he killed her?
(punches table)
Goddammit!
(suspenseful music)
(keys rattle)
(phone vibrates)
- Andre!
Andre.
Andre?
- [Andre] Not cool, bro.
- Andre, I'm so sorry, bro.
I am so sorry.
Okay, the reception
here is shit.
Okay, you called and I
called you right back.
I swear to God, I
called you right back.
Look, bro, I'm ready to go.
Like right now, I'm ready.
- You must be real
fucking busy in there.
- No way.
No way, I did just
like you said bro.
I did just like you said.
I have not moved.
I haven't talked to nobody.
- [Andre] I don't know.
Maybe you did, maybe you didn't.
I call you, you don't answer.
And now you're ready to go?
- Yeah, right now! Right now!
Like let's go. Let's do it!
- [Andre] I'll pick you
up at eight o'clock.
It's five o'clock now.
That's in three hours.
eight o'clock.
- That's great.
That's great, bro.
That is great.
Thank you, Andre.
Thank you so much.
Thank you. Thank you.
- [Andre] And Gabe?
- Yeah?
- Answer your fucking phone.
- I will.
I swear to God I will.
(dramatic music)
Yes.
(gentle music)
(Gabe laughing)
(dramatic music)
(door slams shut)
(banging noises)
- When I was eight years
old, I went camping.
My dad liked to camp and
we did a lot of fun stuff.
And it was good.
And on the last day, we're
getting ready to leave,
and we're packing up the car.
And I forgot this folding chair.
So I grabbed the
chair and I come back
and the car's not there,
and it's just gone.
And I'm thinking, you know what,
they're going to get something
pick something up and
come back, or what?
I didn't know.
So I'm waiting,
and waiting, you know?
and after a while
I start thinking,
You know, maybe this is like
punishment for something,
You know, maybe I
did something wrong?
I didn't know, I
didn't understand.
So I wait and,
I waited all day.
And eight hours later
the car comes back,
and my dad, he says,
"Get in the car."
So, I get in the car
and it turns out
that they didn't go
to pick something up.
They headed home and they
got about halfway there
and when they look
in the backseat
and they saw that
I wasn't there.
So they, you know, turn around.
How can you be driving
three and a half hours
and not know that your son's
not in the backseat of the car?
What kind of person
forgets an 8-year-old boy?
Well, it turns out
that I wasn't punished.
I didn't do anything wrong.
They just forgot.
- [Chad] I don't care.
(Gabe breathing heavily)
(water running)
(spray bottle)
(Gabe continues to
breathe heavily)
(phone ringing)
(Carly's phone
ringing and vibrating)
(dramatic music)
- [Voicemail] Your
call has been forwarded
- to an automatic
voice message system.
- [Carly] Hey, you've
reached Carly Phelps.
Leave a message and
I'll call you back.
(Gabe sobs)
(footsteps approaching)
(menacing music)
(plastic rustles)
(plastic continues to rustle)
(menacing music continues)
(Carly's body thuds)
(phone vibrates)
(dramatic music intensifies)
(phone continues to vibrate)
- It's for you.
I'll get it.
- [Andre] Gabe, where
the fuck are you?
- It sounds important.
(phone thuds)
(phone smashing)
(Gabe moans)
(menacing music continues)
(Gabe sobs)
Hey, hey.
I want you to think
really
carefully
about how you answer
these questions.
Did you,
or her
happen to say anything
to anybody
about what happened here?
What you saw?
What you heard?
I can't,
no.
I'm gonna assume
your answer is no.
Call me crazy, but I don't
see calling the cops as a,
as an option for you.
(Bryce chuckling)
In fact, I can't imagine
a worst set of
circumstances for you,
Gabriel.
We saw you on TV.
Told my wife, we had a genuine
celebrity in our house.
A God damn TV star.
You know and it wasn't really
hard to piece together.
(Gabe moans)
It's just funny.
Why would someone
who worked so hard
to remain hidden,
not be able to mind their own
God damn business?
I don't know.
Of course,
you'll be the only real
suspect in her death.
And then you'll
just go on the run,
never to be heard from
again.
Sound good?
(Gabe breathing heavily)
All right then.
(stabbing)
(Gabe screaming)
(Bryce thudding)
(lamp crashing)
(Gabe moaning)
(dramatic music)
(head hitting door)
(Gabe shouts)
(Gabe thuds)
[Bryce] Where you going?
(Gabe shouts)
What the fuck is your problem?
This should have been easy.
But you fucking TV
stars have to come in
and complicate things.
We had your story written!
(Bryce breathing heavily)
It was that easy.
And we're gonna stick with it.
We're gonna fucking
stick with it!
(music softens)
(Gabe's heart beating)
(Bryce trips)
(stabbing sound)
(tense music)
(soft music)
(Gabe laughing hysterically)
(soft music continues)
(music builds)
(soft music continues)
(car engine whirs)
- [Operator] 911 emergency.
Hello?
Hello?
(water running)
(water shuts off)
- You can come out now.
You answered the door.
- I did.
I told him this would happen.
(Michelle sighs)
- Why?
Why her?
What did she do?
- She cared.
(door knocking)
Well, hello.
- Hi.
I'm sorry to bother you.
I'm staying next door.
And
are you okay?
- Well, good heavens.
- I just,
last night I heard some
noises coming from your room
and I wasn't sure if
it was the TV, or?
- Oh my goodness.
No it was not the TV.
It wasn't the TV.
This is embarrassing.
But I got my foot caught on
my power cord to my computer.
I smashed the whole damn thing.
I'm such a klutz.
You are so sweet.
- I figured it was
something like that.
I just wanted to make
sure you were okay.
- Yeah, I'm just fine.
I appreciate you asking.
You know, it's really nice
that there are some people
out there that still care.
- I do.
- Oh my God,
you are so sweet.
- I'm glad you're okay.
- Bye now.
(door closes shut)
(muffled screams)
We should have let him
kill the both of you
as soon as we knew.
- Who are you?
(night sounds)
(footsteps)
- I'm the reason you
don't sleep at night.
(menacing music)
I'm the thing under the bed.
The eyes in the closet.
I'm that shadow in the corner.
I'm the legend,
the myth.
I'm the thing children
whisper about.
You know that sound?
That screech that you hear
in the middle of the night?
That's me.
You know who I am, Gabe?
I am the mother of
all scary things.
(cicadas buzzing)
Bye bye now.
(tense music continues)
- [Tim] U.S. Marshals
warrant service!
- [Mike] Gabriel Gasbari.
If you're here make
yourself known!
(knife stabbing)
- [Marshal 1] Bed clear.
- [Marshal 2] I got closet.
- On you, Mike.
- [Marshal 2] Closet's clear.
- [Mike] Shower clear.
(dramatic music)
(knife stabbing)
All clear?
- Clear.
(dramatic music intensifies)
(knife stabbing)
(breathing heavily)
- Shit.
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(police sirens wail)
- Oh, I don't think I told you.
It's Michelle Coleman.
Common spelling, C-O-L-E-M-A-N.
Yeah and you know, honestly?
I don't really
know when he left.
I mean, once they pay,
(Michelle laughs)
I don't really
keep tabs on them.
I mean, we are cash
only, so you know how
it goes.
- So, Michelle.
So, Michelle, right?
Just going back to the
first question though.
- Yeah.
- At any point while
that car was here,
did you see her at all?
(paper rustles)
- Oh no.
No, it was just him.
He was the only one,
yeah it was just him.
I've never seen her.
I didn't know he was wanted.
Do you think that he
did something to her?
- You know, it's one of those
things I can't get into.
I'm not trying to be
a jerk, or anything,
but you never know with
these things, you know?
If you see anything,
if anyone says anything
or anything else, just
please gimme a call.
And that being said,
I genuinely do
appreciate your help.
I know it doesn't
seem like a lot,
but when people cooperate,
it makes a lot of difference.
- Oh, well I am
so happy to help.
- Okay.
- [Michelle] I'll let you know.
- Thank you, you have
a good night, ma'am.
Nice to meet you, okay?
- Oh, and happy Halloween.
- I'm all right, it's late.
- Oh, come on.
You know you want one.
There you go.
Yeah, okay.
- Thank you.
- Okay, bye now.
(ominous music)
We're not safe here anymore.
We did the one thing we
said we weren't gonna do!
(menacing music)
They're gonna come back.
(truck whirring)
(music playing softly)
- Is it good?
You enjoying yourself?
- Good pie.
- What, are you six?
It's breakfast.
- We doing this?
- Doing what?
- Come on, man.
You always do this
when you're pissed.
- I'm not pissed.
I'm tired.
Okay, you remember I was
telling you about my dad?
So he was a deputy
out here back when
these people started
going missing.
It just reminds me there
was this girl he dated
who was one of the
ones who disappeared
and they never found her.
They never found
any of them, right?
And it just always bothered him.
Like I remember, even as a kid,
I would hear him
up at night talking
to my mom about it sometimes.
And I don't know,
it's just weird.
- You think it's all tied?
- No, I don't think it's tied.
It's not what I'm saying.
I'm just,
Gabriel was here
yesterday, right?
We knew he was there.
What, we miss him by an hour?
- He's not that smart.
You know, we'll catch him.
- I know he's not that smart.
That's my point.
He's not that smart.
So where is he?
How did he get away
from all of us?
And all bullshit aside,
I don't think he meant
to kill that kid.
So if he didn't mean
to kill the kid,
then why did he kill Carly?
- I don't know.
Maybe Carly was
gonna turn him in?
- And then on top of that,
the local cops were saying
they saw the guy in the mask
walking around and then
we find this white mask
in the hotel room.
- Maybe Pale Face is back?
(coffee trickles)
Oh God.
- I'm so sorry.
Are you serious?
- Huh?
- You think Pale Face is back?
- No, we're looking
for a missing person
and we really can't discuss it.
I'm sorry.
- Okay.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
(gentle music continues to play)
- Yeah nice going, asshole.
What do you think
this is a joke?
You think I'm
making this shit up?
- Okay.
He clearly left an impression.
- Yeah, no shit!
It's the same thing over and
over and over again here.
Somebody goes missing
and everyone's,
oh hey, it's the
biggest thing ever!
And then what?
Some time goes by and
people stop giving a shit,
until the next one happens.
And then they're all,
oh, thoughts and prayers.
Guess who went
missing this time?
We're all just jaded and faded.
I don't know.
- You gotta live, brother.
- I don't know.
I just heard them
over there talking.
[Waitress] Look, I wasn't
trying to upset anybody
- It's not Pale Face!
That'd be crazy, right?
(cicadas buzzing)
(soft suspenseful music)
(victim whimpering)
(soft suspenseful
music continues)
(victim crying)
- [Bryce] This will work.
But from now on,
only people from around here.
(menacing music)
- [Michelle] Go ahead.
Just like we showed you.
(menacing music intensifies)
(victim sobbing)
(victim continues to cry)
(victim breathing heavily)
(menacing music continues)
(victim sobbing)
(knife stabbing)
(victim screaming)
(stabbing continues)
(door creaks open)
(dramatic music)
(soft ominous music)
(soft ominous music continues)
(ominous music continues)
(music intensifies)
(door knocking)
(Michelle hums)
- I'm so sorry
that it's so late.
Oh my goodness,
how embarrassing.
Well you see, I've
run out of gas
of all things and at this hour.
I mean, it is late
as the Dickens.
And, well, my phone is
dead, so I was wondering,
could I come in
and use your phone?
- Yeah, sure, come on in.
- You, are so sweet.
(menacing music)
(cicadas buzzing)
(gentle ominous music)
(gentle ominous music continues)
(suspenseful music)
(deep exhaling breath)
(rumbling music)
(rumbling music continues)
(crickets chirping)
(gentle suspenseful music)
(victim screams)
(tense music)
(victim moans)
(knife stabbing)
(tense music)
(victim gurgles)
(tense music intensifies)
(nail-file stabbing)
(victim groaning)
(victim gurgling)
(music intensifies)
(victim moaning)
(cicadas buzzing)
(victim screams)
(soft music)
(wind howling)
(soft suspenseful music)
(crow cawing)
(soft suspenseful
music continues)
(dramatic music)
(car whirring)
(dramatic music continues)
(car whirs)
(dramatic music continues)
(crickets chirping)
(single cicada buzzing)
(car engine revs gently)
(phone vibrating)
- [Gabe] Are you
ignoring me now?
- [Carly] Look, this is the
only town for 40 miles, okay?
I promise you this
is the safest place.
- [Gabe] What is it?
Where are you?
- [Carly] It's a little motel.
I'll get a room looking
down the main street
so you can see Andre coming.
- [Gabe] What the hell
is taking you so long?
(Carly scoffs)
(spooky music plays from TV)
(door gently bangs shut)
(bell rings)
- [Lewis] You should have
stayed in your room, Carl.
- [Carl] What about
all the other guests?
They're not in their rooms.
- [Lewis] What did you see?
- I think you know what I saw.
Did you kill someone, Lewis?
- Hello.
(loud TV sound effect)
(Bryce laughing)
Oh my God, I am so sorry.
I could not resist that.
Just gearing up for Halloween.
What can I do for you?
- I'm looking for a room.
- Sure.
How many guests?
- Just one.
- How long will you
be staying with us?
- I'm not sure yet.
Three days,
give or take.
- Okay, well I can actually
put you in room two,
right next door.
- Actually, could
you do me a favor?
I was hoping to get a
room on the north side.
I kind of wanted a view of
looking down the main road.
- Oh.
- It's an OCD thing.
What about number 10?
- Well, let's see,
10 has water damage.
I do have a reservation
already for room nine.
- Number eight?
- Yeah, sure.
- That will be perfect.
- Eight it is then.
(Bryce chuckling)
That is three days,
give or take.
Let's just call it $148.00
and that's cash only.
(money rustles)
Is there anything else
I can do for you, Miss?
- Heller.
And no, that'll do it.
Thanks.
- Alrighty.
There you go.
- Thanks.
- [Bryce] No turning back.
- [Carly] I'm sorry?
- The password,
for the WiFi.
No turning back.
All lower case.
(door creaks)
(door bangs shut)
- [Gabe] What the
hell is going on?
I can barely breathe in here.
- [Carly] Relax, I'm coming.
- We good?
- Yeah, room's clear.
Go.
Go, go, go, go, go.
(trunk slams shut)
- Yeah, yeah.
It's good.
(loud slap)
- Motherfucker.
I am not losing my
son over this.
- Whoa.
- You on of a
bitch, you hear me?
- Carly.
- I'm not losing my son!
(loud slap)
(Gabe groaning in pain)
- [Gabe] What the fuck?
- Christ as my witness.
- Okay.
(article thudding)
Whoa, hey.
- Stop it.
Whoa, whoa!
Stop.
Please, just,
you're not losing your son.
(book thudding)
You're not losing your son!
Everything's fine.
Okay? Just -
- Don't you dare tell me
to calm down!
- Okay!
I'm not, I'm sorry.
All right? Just...
- And don't tell
me to take it easy.
(tense music)
- Okay.
We're okay.
It's safe.
We're safe here.
Everything's fine.
(tense music continues)
Nobody's losing anybody.
Nobody's taking anyone away.
Look, we got the room.
- I got the room.
- What?
I got the room.
- Yes you did.
You got the room.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I appreciate that.
I do.
Okay?
You got the room.
Thank you very much.
I appreciate it.
No one's gonna hurt you,
okay?
No one is gonna hurt you.
(soft music)
Got your nose.
(loud shove)
- No.
No.
- I gotta check the news.
Come on.
You happy now, huh?
- Hey.
(bag thudding)
Toothbrush, deodorant
and that Irish waterfall
shave cream you like so much.
- What's Mountain Refresher?
What is this?
- It's like Mountain Dew,
but for assholes.
(Gabe exhales)
So what the hell happened?
Gabe?
- I'd been out for four months.
Part of the requirements are
that I got a full-time job,
which is easier said than done.
I couldn't find shit,
and I started to get desperate
'cause they kept
threatening to send me back
if I didn't land something soon.
So I applied everywhere,
and I do mean everywhere.
Dishwashers, short-order cook,
warehouse job, custodial, right?
But even then you need a
background check, all right?
Or you gotta download an app.
I'm not gonna download
a fucking app.
So I interview for
this snow cone,
- Shack.
The manager, he's
like 17 years old.
He says, I show potential.
Can you believe that?
He's gonna start me
at nine bucks an hour.
I'm making snow
cones and snickers
and keeping the place clean.
So I did it for about a
week and I worked hard.
All right?
I'm pumping the
syrup into the cups,
I'm handing out the cones
and the cookies
and all that shit.
They don't pay you
for two fucking weeks.
All right?
I got no fucking money, right?
Nobody fucking, they
don't tip, right?
Who's gonna tip a 40-year-old
man in a fucking snow hat?
Look, you know what?
Look, I take responsibility
for my choices in life, okay?
I know what consequences are,
but it's a two-way street.
Okay? Everybody has
lessons in life to learn.
And it's not just me, okay?
Not just me.
All right?
It's real shit with
real consequences.
And you gotta take the
opportunities as they arise.
Okay? I saw an
opportunity and I took it,
and I take
responsibility for that.
But I can't take responsibility
for what other people do.
Okay? That's their thing, okay?
Not me, you.
You gotta know, okay?
You see something going down?
You use your fucking head man.
Use your fucking head!
You fucking lay low, or
you get fucking hurt.
That's what fucking happens!
Use your fucking head.
You don't hero shit.
You don't fucking
hero shit, for what?
For what?
See? That's why
people are so stupid.
They're so fucking stupid.
All right?
Giving me a job.
Fuck.
You know what?
What you need is a
fucking job, all right?
In fact, what you
need now is a life
because you're dead bitch!
You're fucking dead!
(dramatic music)
(water running)
That's how people get hurt.
Whoa, whoa, hey,
where are you going?
- I'm going home.
I'm tired.
I'll be back in the
morning with some food.
- Oh, okay.
Whoa, whoa, whoa Carly.
- Yeah?
- [Gabe] What's the
Wi-Fi, the password?
(dramatic music)
(car engine revs)
(dramatic music continues)
(phone beeps)
Shit.
(Gabe exhales)
(phone rings)
- [Andre] Hello?
- [Gabe] What's up bitch?
(Gabe nervously chuckles)
- [Andre] My man, you good?
- Yeah, yeah I'm good.
It's good, all good.
I checked into
the Skyline motel,
Carly texted you the address,
so it's number eight.
- [Andre] Yeah, my homie
got the clap there once.
(Gabe chuckling)
- Everyone's a comic tonight.
- [Toddler] Picture!
- [Andre] Hold on, daddy's busy.
Hold on. I know.
I'll come for you
in just a second.
Okay, Gabe, I've got
everything lined up,
but it's gonna take
a little bit of time.
There's going be a
lot of heat on you.
This is gonna happen fast
and you need to be ready.
- [Toddler] Ball. Play with me!
- [Andre] Okay, I'm almost done.
All right, I'm almost done.
All right now hold on, hold on.
- Who are you talking to, Andre?
- [Andre] That's my
daughter. I've got a kid now.
- No way.
- Yeah, Maria and I,
we have a little girl.
Man, it's different now.
Things are different.
Oh, is this for me?
Thank you.
Okay, baby, hey I love you.
Go talk to your mom.
Okay, look, Gabe.
- Yeah, yeah.
- [Andre] Man, your face
is all over the news.
You can't leave that
room for anything.
- Yeah, yeah.
Absolutely, man.
No problem, I'm good.
- [Andre] And when
I call, you answer,
until then, you're a
ghost, Gabe, a ghost.
I'll call you.
I gotta go.
- Okay.
(owl hooting)
(TV static crackling)
(car parking)
(car door slams shut)
(footsteps patter)
(keys rattle)
- [Voice] Oh shit.
Sorry, if anyone's in there.
(soft tense music)
(door gently bangs shut)
(TV static crackling)
(Gabe sighs)
(TV clicks off)
- [Gabe] There you go.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Hi.
- Yeah, so this is
not what we ordered.
She just wanted raspberry.
I'm not sure exactly
what that is, but,
just raspberry.
- I'm sorry,
what's wrong with this one?
- She wanted raspberry.
This is blue.
I assume raspberry's
red, so I don't know.
- Yeah, but this is
the raspberry one.
- Okay, you got blue raspberry
and you got normal raspberry.
We just want raspberry.
I get the mix up.
But, that's all we want.
She just doesn't want that.
- Okay, well there's
nothing wrong with it,
so I mean I don't...
- All right dude,
can we just be done?
Can we get our money
back and just be done?
- Well, hang on a second I mean-
- No, no.
Every time, I swear to God,
every time we come here,
there's something,
something goes wrong.
So we'd like to just,
get our money back
and just get out here.
- Okay, can you
hang on a second,
Chad.
- Hey, what's the issue, man?
- [Gabe] This man,
he says he doesn't.
Yeah, we just want
our money back.
We just wanna go.
He can't, he can't get it right.
He doesn't know
what raspberry is.
- It only takes a second, sir.
We can-
- [Customer] We don't care.
We just wanna go, so
let's wrap this up
and we're just gonna go.
- Oh okay.
It's okay.
You can just give
him his money back.
It happens sometimes.
- [Child] It's not that hard.
- [Customer] Hey,
listen to your boss.
Come on, let's go.
- [Chad] Gabe.
Gabe, wake up.
Something's happening.
(dramatic music)
(Gabe panting)
(water running)
(muffled sounds)
(muffled screaming)
(muffled gasping)
(suspenseful music)
(muffled gasps continue)
(cicadas buzzing)
(muffled gurgling)
(muffled crying)
(muffled gurgling)
(loud scream)
(door slams)
(door opens and closes)
(footsteps)
(suspenseful music continues)
(door knocks)
(Gabe breathing heavily)
(cicadas buzzing)
- [Tim] Dispatch, Alpha 433.
- [Dispatch] Alpha 433.
- [Tim] Can you show us code 38
at 112 North Springdale?
- [Dispatch] Affirm.
112 North Springdale Road
in Larsen City, 0827.
- And give us 20
minutes on this.
- [Dispatch] Copy.
- Did you know that cicadas
will hide out underground
for like 17 years?
- What?
- Cicadas.
They're like big, nasty,
grasshopper looking things.
- Yeah.
- They're kinda gross.
- I know what cicadas are.
- Yeah, well, they
come out of the ground
and just transform before
making so much noise
that it just
disrupts everything.
Like, people can't even sleep.
- Okay, I mean, I
didn't know that,
but I've also gone my
entire life without
needing to know it either, so.
- Seriously, some
people even call 911
and shit because they just
don't know how to react.
They wake up and the
trees are screaming.
These things are
dormant for so long
that people just forget that
they're there completely
and don't know what
the hell to do about it
when they come back.
- They have games on phones
like clashing warriors
and shit like that, right?
(Mike laughs)
- [Mike] Yeah, whatever man.
You wanna hear what
they sound like?
- No, I really don't.
- [Mike] Come on.
It's kinda cool.
No, I don't.
(cicadas buzzing)
(car whirring)
(car door's slams shut)
(door bell jingles)
(country music plays)
(drilling sounds)
(bubble gum pops)
- Hi,
how are you?
Somebody called and said
this guy came and stopped by?
- Yeah, he came in and
asked Jake for a job.
What'd he do?
- Killed someone actually so...
- Really?
Oh my God.
Here we go again.
- [Tim] What do you mean again?
- Larsen.
This place is famous.
- Yeah, you mean, Pale Face?
- [Receptionist] Ah,
you've heard of him.
- Yeah, yeah,
no I think this guy's probably
a bit young to be him,
but my dad actually
knew Stephanie Phelps.
- No way.
- People still talk
about Pale Face huh?
- Oh yeah.
No way he's dead though.
I don't think.
- Okay I'm gonna
leave this here.
Did he leave a resume,
or anything at all, or?
- [Receptionist] Nah.
- Nah, he just came
by and took off?
If you think of anything else,
maybe just give me a call?
And...
(bag thuds)
(country music continues)
keep the change. Thank you
so much. You have a good day.
(door bell jingles)
- [Tim] Give me
that, you jackass.
(Mike laughs)
(menacing music)
(intense music)
(engine revs)
(tires screech)
(loud thudding)
(scream)
(Gabe screams)
(phone vibrates)
- Jesus.
(Gabe panting)
Hello? Hello?
- [Carly] Gabe.
(bad reception) I
look like an idiot.
- Shit, shit.
Hang on, now hang on.
Hello?
Hello? Can you hear me?
(door knocks)
Holy shit.
Holy shit, there's
someone at the door.
- Fuck, it's me Gabe.
Open the door.
Okay, you really need to relax.
You know that?
- Holy shit.
Holy shit. This isn't good.
This place, this
place is messed up.
Okay?
We gotta find another place.
There's some weird shit
here.
- What?
What do you mean
there's weird shit?
- There's weird shit, okay?
I'm not spending another
night in this place.
Do you understand
what I'm saying?
- Take it easy.
- Okay? This isn't,
I don't know, man.
- Hey, look.
I got you some food.
(plastic rustles)
- What the hell is
this? What is this?
- You asked for a mask,
I got you a mask.
- Yeah, like a ski
mask, you know,
to cover my face.
- Everything's Halloween
right now, so...
- [Gabe] Are you fucking
kidding me right now?
How about a plastic
jack-o'-lantern, huh?
To go trick-or-treating with.
Look, it doesn't matter.
I can't wait for Andre, okay?
I can't wait.
This place.
This place is messed up.
It's not right, okay?
Something happened.
- What do you mean
something happened?
- Something happened.
Something happened.
I don't know what it was.
Okay?
There was a scream.
There was this scream.
And it sounded like stuff was,
there, was struggling and
I don't know what the...
- Where, which room?
- Next door.
The room right here.
Here, here, right here.
Okay? In the room next door.
I don't know what it was.
I don't know.
Okay? She was, she was,
like stuff was breaking
and getting smashed.
This woman was trying
to get in here.
- A woman was trying to
get through the wall?
- No, no, the door.
- Stuff was smashed
outside your door?
- No, at first she
was at the door
and then, you know, she...
- What was she
doing at your door?
- She had the wrong
fucking door! Okay?
She thought this door was
her door, but it wasn't.
She tried to key.
It didn't work,
So she went next door to her
room, which is next door.
- So what happened?
(soft tense music)
I don't know.
I don't know what happened.
- What did you do?
- What?
No, no, no.
Carly, I didn't do anything.
I swear to God, I
didn't do anything.
- No, Gabe.
You hear this woman,
she's in distress.
What did you do?
- I didn't do anything.
What was I supposed to do?
What am I supposed to do?
I was supposed to get
on the phone, call 911?.
I'm supposed to call the
fucking cops over here,
you think that's what
I'm supposed to do?
Look, look,
I think someone hurt her.
Okay?
I think she was hurt.
I think someone killed her.
(tense music)
Whoa, whoa.
(door slams shut)
Where you going?
What are you doing?
- I'm going next door.
Someone has to
see if she's okay.
- No, no, no.
- You're garbage.
(door slams shut)
- Shit.
(soft tense music)
(door knocking)
(muffled voice)
- Hi.
I'm sorry to bother you.
(muffled voice)
Last night I heard some
noises coming from your room.
(Carly and guest
talking indistinctly)
(guest laughing)
- [Guest] This is embarrassing,
but I got my foot caught on
my power cord to my computer.
(guest talking indistinctly)
(guest talking indistinctly)
- [Guest] You know,
it's really nice
that there are some
people out there,
(talking indistinctly)
(tense music)
(Gabe panting)
- Oh God.
(Gabe exhales deeply)
(car engine revs)
No, no, no.
(wind howling)
(phone rings and vibrates)
(phone continues to
ring and vibrate)
(items rustle)
(keys rattle)
(soft dramatic music)
(keys thud into garbage)
(phone rings and vibrates)
(Carly sobs)
(phone continues to
ring and vibrate)
- [Announcer] New details
are emerging tonight
about a tragic hit
and run accident
that left one teenager dead
and an entire
community in mourning.
17-year-old Chad Leeland, a
senior at Northridge High,
was hit and killed at
work by an employee
trying to flee the scene after
stealing a large sum of cash.
All attempts to resuscitate
the victim were unsuccessful
and the victim
died at the scene.
The suspect, 43-year-old
Gabriel Gasbari,
who is currently on federal
probation for prior gun charges,
remains at large, but is
now wanted for murder.
Law enforcement wouldn't
give any details
on the status of
the investigation,
but stated, they are working
closely with the U.S. Marshals
to apprehend Gasbari.
Anyone with further
information on his whereabouts
is strongly encouraged to
call police immediately,
as he's to be considered
armed and extremely dangerous.
Back to you, Jordan.
(items thudding)
(door squeaks)
(heavy footsteps)
(rustling plastic)
(muffled whispers)
(lamp crashing)
(muffled whispers continue)
(phone vibrates)
- Carly.
- [Carly] (bad reception)
Hey, look I want to...
- Can you hear me now?
- Yeah, how's it going?
- Not good, not good.
There's something
going on, okay?
In here and next door.
I gotta get outta here.
- Look, Gabe, I'm done.
That's why I'm calling.
I'm sorry about today.
And I'll always love
you, but I'm done.
Don't call me anymore.
- Oh, okay.
Whoa.
No, no Carly, please no.
No, I need you right now, babe.
I need you right
now, Carly please.
You gotta come and get me.
You gotta come and get
me outta here right now.
I mean, like right now you
gotta come and get me, okay?
I broke a lamp.
There's shit going on next door.
- Wait, you broke a lamp?
- Yeah.
- How did you break a lamp?
(phone ringing)
(dramatic music)
- The phone's ringing.
- What phone?
- [Gabe] Shit.
The room, the phone in the room.
(phone continues to ring)
(ominous music)
Shit.
It's the manager.
He's calling the room.
- Gabe, I'm getting
off the phone.
- No, no,
No, don't hang up.
Carly, he'll come in
if I don't answer it.
You have to answer it.
- [Carly] How can I-
- You have to answer it.
I'm gonna put you
on speaker phone.
- [Carly] What? No,
Gabe, I'm hanging up.
- I'm putting you
on speaker phone.
You do this Goddammit!
(phone continues to ring)
(dramatic music)
- [Bryce] Miss Heller, hello?
- Hi, I'm sorry, I
was in the shower.
- [Bryce] Oh,
sorry to interrupt.
Somebody heard a
crash from your room
and wanted me to check on you.
- Everything's fine.
I tripped and hit my head.
I may owe you for
a new lamp too.
- [Bryce] The lamp broke?
Are you sure you're okay?
Do you want me to bring
over a first aid kit?
- No, everything's fine.
It's just the bump on the head.
- [Bryce] Oh, all
right then, good, good.
Well, you sleep
tight, Miss Heller.
(soft dramatic music)
(phone receiver bangs)
- Gabe?
(Gabe breathing heavily)
(suspenseful music)
- Oh God.
Oh my God. Oh my God.
He's coming over
here with a lamp.
- [Carly] Gabe, listen to me.
- He's coming over here
with a fucking lamp!
- [Carly] Gabe.
Fuck.
- Oh shit.
(door knocking)
- Knock, knock, knock.
Miss Heller, it's Bryce
from the front office.
I have a new lamp for you.
(door continues to knock)
Miss Heller, are you okay?
(keys rattling)
Miss Heller, I'm,
I'm coming in.
(key rattling)
- Whoa, hey, hey,
whoa, she just stepped out.
- [Bryce] Oh, I'm so sorry.
- Yeah, no she's not here.
- I apologize.
It's just that she
said she hit her head
and I wanted to make
sure she was okay.
- Yeah, no, she's fine.
She had to go, okay?
- Okay.
Good, good.
Well, there is another problem.
Her credit card
isn't going through.
I've been trying to process
the payment for the room
and well, the card was declined.
- [Gabe] Okay.
- It's probably my fault.
I probably entered
the address wrong.
- Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
That's okay. That's okay.
- I'm so sorry.
- It's 1000 North Windy
Drive in Diamond Fork.
- 1000 North.
(Bryce chuckles)
Oh, that would be
why, I had 1000 South.
Oh my God.
I do that more and
more these days.
It's the craziest thing.
I'm telling you, don't get old.
- Oh okay, that's good.
Thank you. Thank you.
- Now, if you could just
hand me that broken lamp?
- What?
- [Bryce] The one that fell.
(phone vibrates)
It's no trouble.
I can just come
right in and get it.
- No, no, it's okay.
It's okay, okay?
It's fine. It's great. The
lamp's not broken, it's fine,
okay?
- Well, it's just that I have
this replacement one here
and Miss Heller did
say that the lamp
did indeed break when she fell
and I'd rather just
clean up that mess.
- Look.
Miss Heller's not here right now
and I don't know where she is.
Get that through your skull.
She's probably over at some
dude's house right now,
bent over a coffee table
while I'm standing here
dealing with this shit.
I don't want any fresh towels.
I don't need a new lamp
and I don't wanna
talk to you anymore,
so just go away!
(door slams shut)
(phone vibrating)
(Gabe panting)
Andre?
Andre?
Shit!
(phone ringing)
Pick it up, pick
it up, pick it up.
- [Voice Recording] Your
call has been forwarded
to an automatic voice message
- Shit!
- system.
- [Gabe] Shit!
(engine idling)
(ominous music)
(phone vibrates)
(car engine revs)
(car whirring)
- We've got Jesse
Gabriel Gasbari.
Both parents are deceased.
He's got a brother
in Los Alamos.
I gave him a call.
I guess they haven't
talked in years.
Had some kind of a falling out.
Honestly, it doesn't
really surprise me.
But he does have a
couple of ex-girlfriends.
(police radio traffic)
- Carly Phelps.
- Carly Phelps?
- Yeah.
- Why does that name
sound so familiar?
- She's got a record.
With us? Or just in general?
No, general.
Okay.
- Nothing violent, luckily,
but not great.
Possession with intent.
Child endangerment
and solicitation.
(police radio traffic continues)
- Does she have
any other family?
- [Mike] Yes, she
does have a child.
Boy, age seven.
She lost custody
of him last year.
No surprise there.
- Of course she did.
- So he's in foster care now.
She gets visitation
if she's being good.
- You said she's
where, Diamond Fork?
- Diamond Fork.
- Okay, and where are we?
- It's only about 50
miles east of here.
What do you think?
You up for a drive?
(distant train horn)
(cicadas buzzing)
(door knocking)
(thunder crashing)
(door knocking continues)
(dramatic music)
(thunder continues to crash)
(door knocks)
- Who's there?
- [Voice] Police.
- Oh shit.
(thunder crashing)
(rain trickling)
(door slams shut)
(loud crash)
(Carly panting)
(thunder crashing)
(menacing music)
(cicadas buzzing)
(thunder crashing)
(menacing music continues)
(Carly breathing heavily)
(Carly panting)
(Carly softly sobbing)
(thunder crashing)
(heavy breathing)
(Carly thudding)
(Carly struggling)
(door cracking)
(heavy footsteps)
(thunder continues to crash)
(ominous music)
(soft suspenseful music)
(thunder crashes)
(Carly shouting)
(Carly thuds)
(Carly breathing heavily)
(cicadas buzzing)
(Carly screams)
(car parking)
(door knocking)
- [Tim] Carly Phelps, U.S.
Marshals, come to the door.
(door knocking continues)
Carly, we're not here for you.
Just come to the door.
(door knocking)
(bird squawks)
(menacing music)
- Mike, we got blood!
(door creaks open)
- Exigent enough?
- Yeah.
(dramatic music)
Clear right.
- [Mike] On me.
(suspenseful music)
- Clear.
- On me.
- [Tim] Bed clear.
- [Mike] Clear.
(suspenseful music continues)
- What the hell happened here?
- Dispatch, Alpha 433.
Can you expedite locals
to our last location?
- [Dispatch] Are you code 4?
- [Tim] Code 4, but
please expedite.
- [Dispatch] Copy.
- [Tim] So there's
blood all the way
tracked all the way
up to the bedroom.
We haven't found anyone though.
No bodies, no nothing.
And the same thing with our guy.
I don't know if this is
tied, but it's weird so.
- The neighbors actually
three doors down,
said they saw a man in a mask
last night, walking around.
(police sirens wailing)
- [Tim] Guy in a mask?
They didn't call you.
Nobody says anything?
- Maybe any other day,
but it's Halloween.
(camera shutter clicks)
- They're taking it, so.
- So he killed her?
(punches table)
Goddammit!
(suspenseful music)
(keys rattle)
(phone vibrates)
- Andre!
Andre.
Andre?
- [Andre] Not cool, bro.
- Andre, I'm so sorry, bro.
I am so sorry.
Okay, the reception
here is shit.
Okay, you called and I
called you right back.
I swear to God, I
called you right back.
Look, bro, I'm ready to go.
Like right now, I'm ready.
- You must be real
fucking busy in there.
- No way.
No way, I did just
like you said bro.
I did just like you said.
I have not moved.
I haven't talked to nobody.
- [Andre] I don't know.
Maybe you did, maybe you didn't.
I call you, you don't answer.
And now you're ready to go?
- Yeah, right now! Right now!
Like let's go. Let's do it!
- [Andre] I'll pick you
up at eight o'clock.
It's five o'clock now.
That's in three hours.
eight o'clock.
- That's great.
That's great, bro.
That is great.
Thank you, Andre.
Thank you so much.
Thank you. Thank you.
- [Andre] And Gabe?
- Yeah?
- Answer your fucking phone.
- I will.
I swear to God I will.
(dramatic music)
Yes.
(gentle music)
(Gabe laughing)
(dramatic music)
(door slams shut)
(banging noises)
- When I was eight years
old, I went camping.
My dad liked to camp and
we did a lot of fun stuff.
And it was good.
And on the last day, we're
getting ready to leave,
and we're packing up the car.
And I forgot this folding chair.
So I grabbed the
chair and I come back
and the car's not there,
and it's just gone.
And I'm thinking, you know what,
they're going to get something
pick something up and
come back, or what?
I didn't know.
So I'm waiting,
and waiting, you know?
and after a while
I start thinking,
You know, maybe this is like
punishment for something,
You know, maybe I
did something wrong?
I didn't know, I
didn't understand.
So I wait and,
I waited all day.
And eight hours later
the car comes back,
and my dad, he says,
"Get in the car."
So, I get in the car
and it turns out
that they didn't go
to pick something up.
They headed home and they
got about halfway there
and when they look
in the backseat
and they saw that
I wasn't there.
So they, you know, turn around.
How can you be driving
three and a half hours
and not know that your son's
not in the backseat of the car?
What kind of person
forgets an 8-year-old boy?
Well, it turns out
that I wasn't punished.
I didn't do anything wrong.
They just forgot.
- [Chad] I don't care.
(Gabe breathing heavily)
(water running)
(spray bottle)
(Gabe continues to
breathe heavily)
(phone ringing)
(Carly's phone
ringing and vibrating)
(dramatic music)
- [Voicemail] Your
call has been forwarded
- to an automatic
voice message system.
- [Carly] Hey, you've
reached Carly Phelps.
Leave a message and
I'll call you back.
(Gabe sobs)
(footsteps approaching)
(menacing music)
(plastic rustles)
(plastic continues to rustle)
(menacing music continues)
(Carly's body thuds)
(phone vibrates)
(dramatic music intensifies)
(phone continues to vibrate)
- It's for you.
I'll get it.
- [Andre] Gabe, where
the fuck are you?
- It sounds important.
(phone thuds)
(phone smashing)
(Gabe moans)
(menacing music continues)
(Gabe sobs)
Hey, hey.
I want you to think
really
carefully
about how you answer
these questions.
Did you,
or her
happen to say anything
to anybody
about what happened here?
What you saw?
What you heard?
I can't,
no.
I'm gonna assume
your answer is no.
Call me crazy, but I don't
see calling the cops as a,
as an option for you.
(Bryce chuckling)
In fact, I can't imagine
a worst set of
circumstances for you,
Gabriel.
We saw you on TV.
Told my wife, we had a genuine
celebrity in our house.
A God damn TV star.
You know and it wasn't really
hard to piece together.
(Gabe moans)
It's just funny.
Why would someone
who worked so hard
to remain hidden,
not be able to mind their own
God damn business?
I don't know.
Of course,
you'll be the only real
suspect in her death.
And then you'll
just go on the run,
never to be heard from
again.
Sound good?
(Gabe breathing heavily)
All right then.
(stabbing)
(Gabe screaming)
(Bryce thudding)
(lamp crashing)
(Gabe moaning)
(dramatic music)
(head hitting door)
(Gabe shouts)
(Gabe thuds)
[Bryce] Where you going?
(Gabe shouts)
What the fuck is your problem?
This should have been easy.
But you fucking TV
stars have to come in
and complicate things.
We had your story written!
(Bryce breathing heavily)
It was that easy.
And we're gonna stick with it.
We're gonna fucking
stick with it!
(music softens)
(Gabe's heart beating)
(Bryce trips)
(stabbing sound)
(tense music)
(soft music)
(Gabe laughing hysterically)
(soft music continues)
(music builds)
(soft music continues)
(car engine whirs)
- [Operator] 911 emergency.
Hello?
Hello?
(water running)
(water shuts off)
- You can come out now.
You answered the door.
- I did.
I told him this would happen.
(Michelle sighs)
- Why?
Why her?
What did she do?
- She cared.
(door knocking)
Well, hello.
- Hi.
I'm sorry to bother you.
I'm staying next door.
And
are you okay?
- Well, good heavens.
- I just,
last night I heard some
noises coming from your room
and I wasn't sure if
it was the TV, or?
- Oh my goodness.
No it was not the TV.
It wasn't the TV.
This is embarrassing.
But I got my foot caught on
my power cord to my computer.
I smashed the whole damn thing.
I'm such a klutz.
You are so sweet.
- I figured it was
something like that.
I just wanted to make
sure you were okay.
- Yeah, I'm just fine.
I appreciate you asking.
You know, it's really nice
that there are some people
out there that still care.
- I do.
- Oh my God,
you are so sweet.
- I'm glad you're okay.
- Bye now.
(door closes shut)
(muffled screams)
We should have let him
kill the both of you
as soon as we knew.
- Who are you?
(night sounds)
(footsteps)
- I'm the reason you
don't sleep at night.
(menacing music)
I'm the thing under the bed.
The eyes in the closet.
I'm that shadow in the corner.
I'm the legend,
the myth.
I'm the thing children
whisper about.
You know that sound?
That screech that you hear
in the middle of the night?
That's me.
You know who I am, Gabe?
I am the mother of
all scary things.
(cicadas buzzing)
Bye bye now.
(tense music continues)
- [Tim] U.S. Marshals
warrant service!
- [Mike] Gabriel Gasbari.
If you're here make
yourself known!
(knife stabbing)
- [Marshal 1] Bed clear.
- [Marshal 2] I got closet.
- On you, Mike.
- [Marshal 2] Closet's clear.
- [Mike] Shower clear.
(dramatic music)
(knife stabbing)
All clear?
- Clear.
(dramatic music intensifies)
(knife stabbing)
(breathing heavily)
- Shit.
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(police sirens wail)
- Oh, I don't think I told you.
It's Michelle Coleman.
Common spelling, C-O-L-E-M-A-N.
Yeah and you know, honestly?
I don't really
know when he left.
I mean, once they pay,
(Michelle laughs)
I don't really
keep tabs on them.
I mean, we are cash
only, so you know how
it goes.
- So, Michelle.
So, Michelle, right?
Just going back to the
first question though.
- Yeah.
- At any point while
that car was here,
did you see her at all?
(paper rustles)
- Oh no.
No, it was just him.
He was the only one,
yeah it was just him.
I've never seen her.
I didn't know he was wanted.
Do you think that he
did something to her?
- You know, it's one of those
things I can't get into.
I'm not trying to be
a jerk, or anything,
but you never know with
these things, you know?
If you see anything,
if anyone says anything
or anything else, just
please gimme a call.
And that being said,
I genuinely do
appreciate your help.
I know it doesn't
seem like a lot,
but when people cooperate,
it makes a lot of difference.
- Oh, well I am
so happy to help.
- Okay.
- [Michelle] I'll let you know.
- Thank you, you have
a good night, ma'am.
Nice to meet you, okay?
- Oh, and happy Halloween.
- I'm all right, it's late.
- Oh, come on.
You know you want one.
There you go.
Yeah, okay.
- Thank you.
- Okay, bye now.
(ominous music)
We're not safe here anymore.
We did the one thing we
said we weren't gonna do!
(menacing music)
They're gonna come back.
(truck whirring)
(music playing softly)
- Is it good?
You enjoying yourself?
- Good pie.
- What, are you six?
It's breakfast.
- We doing this?
- Doing what?
- Come on, man.
You always do this
when you're pissed.
- I'm not pissed.
I'm tired.
Okay, you remember I was
telling you about my dad?
So he was a deputy
out here back when
these people started
going missing.
It just reminds me there
was this girl he dated
who was one of the
ones who disappeared
and they never found her.
They never found
any of them, right?
And it just always bothered him.
Like I remember, even as a kid,
I would hear him
up at night talking
to my mom about it sometimes.
And I don't know,
it's just weird.
- You think it's all tied?
- No, I don't think it's tied.
It's not what I'm saying.
I'm just,
Gabriel was here
yesterday, right?
We knew he was there.
What, we miss him by an hour?
- He's not that smart.
You know, we'll catch him.
- I know he's not that smart.
That's my point.
He's not that smart.
So where is he?
How did he get away
from all of us?
And all bullshit aside,
I don't think he meant
to kill that kid.
So if he didn't mean
to kill the kid,
then why did he kill Carly?
- I don't know.
Maybe Carly was
gonna turn him in?
- And then on top of that,
the local cops were saying
they saw the guy in the mask
walking around and then
we find this white mask
in the hotel room.
- Maybe Pale Face is back?
(coffee trickles)
Oh God.
- I'm so sorry.
Are you serious?
- Huh?
- You think Pale Face is back?
- No, we're looking
for a missing person
and we really can't discuss it.
I'm sorry.
- Okay.
Thank you.
- Thank you.
(gentle music continues to play)
- Yeah nice going, asshole.
What do you think
this is a joke?
You think I'm
making this shit up?
- Okay.
He clearly left an impression.
- Yeah, no shit!
It's the same thing over and
over and over again here.
Somebody goes missing
and everyone's,
oh hey, it's the
biggest thing ever!
And then what?
Some time goes by and
people stop giving a shit,
until the next one happens.
And then they're all,
oh, thoughts and prayers.
Guess who went
missing this time?
We're all just jaded and faded.
I don't know.
- You gotta live, brother.
- I don't know.
I just heard them
over there talking.
[Waitress] Look, I wasn't
trying to upset anybody
- It's not Pale Face!
That'd be crazy, right?
(cicadas buzzing)
(soft suspenseful music)
(victim whimpering)
(soft suspenseful
music continues)
(victim crying)
- [Bryce] This will work.
But from now on,
only people from around here.
(menacing music)
- [Michelle] Go ahead.
Just like we showed you.
(menacing music intensifies)
(victim sobbing)
(victim continues to cry)
(victim breathing heavily)
(menacing music continues)
(victim sobbing)
(knife stabbing)
(victim screaming)
(stabbing continues)
(door creaks open)
(dramatic music)
(soft ominous music)
(soft ominous music continues)
(ominous music continues)
(music intensifies)
(door knocking)
(Michelle hums)
- I'm so sorry
that it's so late.
Oh my goodness,
how embarrassing.
Well you see, I've
run out of gas
of all things and at this hour.
I mean, it is late
as the Dickens.
And, well, my phone is
dead, so I was wondering,
could I come in
and use your phone?
- Yeah, sure, come on in.
- You, are so sweet.
(menacing music)
(cicadas buzzing)