My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020) Movie Script
[brooding music]
[crickets chirping]
[truck engine whirring]
[cart clacking]
[rubbish bags rustling]
[man munching]
[bat clacking]
[truck engine whirring]
[horn blaring]
[car signal clicking]
I'm not gonna
suck your dick.
That's not what this is.
I don't do drugs either.
I'm just trying to help.
What about money?
You got any money?
No, I don't.
[truck engine whirring]
[truck clanking]
[engine stops]
I thought you said
this was a shelter.
It is.
Looks like a house.
It used to be.
[truck door clicking]
[truck doors thudding]
[footsteps clocking]
[bat thudding]
[brooding music]
[clothes thudding]
[Dwight grunting]
Let go.
[Dwight panting]
Get the bucket.
[bucket clanking]
[blood gushing]
[bucket thudding]
[bowl clanking]
[blood trickling]
Thomas.
Thomas.
[Thomas breathing heavily]
[Thomas gulping]
[water splashing]
[shovel rustling]
[crickets chirping]
[shovel thudding]
[body thudding]
[Dwight panting]
[clothes rustling]
[washer thumping]
[switch clicking]
[water splashing]
[Dwight exhaling deeply]
[brooding music]
[radio] Four hours,
commercial-free.
This next hit comes from
Miami's First Lady of Soul.
Miami's own Deep City Records,
released Helene Smith's
"I Am Controlled By Your Love",
almost...
No, it's still cold.
[radio] And it certainly
stood the test of time.
My name is AJ Steele,
and I invite you to join me
as we travel through the
best Soul Music of the '60s.
I can promise you,
you won't find it
anywhere else.
["I Am Controlled by Your Love"
by Helene Smith]
My heart can't beat, baby
Unless you tell them to
My eyes can't see,
baby, baby
Unless you tell them to
There are things I should do
But I know it's just no use
'Cause I'm controlled
by your love
I'm controlled by your love
[pages rustling]
[yo-yo clicking]
[harmonica trumpeting]
[door clicking]
[door creaking]
Can't sleep?
[paper rustling]
[pen scratching]
There we go.
[pen scratching]
So now,
the other airplanes
will know where it is.
They're called beacon lights.
Can I keep it?
Try it.
[paper plane clacking]
What else you got?
[harmonica sounding]
[nostalgic guitar riff]
[birds chirping]
[dryer rumbling]
[brooding music]
[bag rustling]
[truck door thudding]
[truck engine revving]
[car engine whirring]
[toilet flushing]
[door clicking]
[Pam] I need you to go.
Can we talk?
[door clicking]
Okay.
What do you wanna talk about?
[bag rustling]
[till chiming]
[till clacking]
That's it?
I can't sell this stuff.
There's like ten shirts
in there.
[till chiming]
[till clacking]
Thanks.
Does that thing still work?
[truck door clicking]
[truck door thudding]
[utensils clanking]
What are you doing
after work?
Can I get you something
to drink?
I'll have water
and a sweet tea, no ice.
No ice.
- Water.
- Water.
- Water.
- Great.
We're ready to order.
Okay,
what can I get for you?
I don't know what I want yet.
[Father] Okay...
[Mother] How's the Denver
Omelette?
[wrapper scrunching]
Ah.
I'm sorry,
I thought it would fit.
It's okay.
[all laugh]
Now, the big one.
[energetic music]
[wrapper scrunching]
If I reach out,
and turn off everything
There's much to blame
My word's in vain
And when they get out
and turn to everyone
I'm not good at this.
Look at the screen.
I surrender to fall,
but if at just one wake
I'd risk it all
[Thomas thudding]
[Thomas coughing]
Get the blood!
[TV commentator
speaking faintly]
There was a prostitute
working outside the diner today.
[Dwight] How do you
know she was a prostitute?
I've seen her before.
[TV commentator
speaking faintly]
She'd actually be
a great catch.
She probably knows
a lot of people.
I doubt any of them
care about her.
Jessie, I don't know.
I don't think that I can keep
doing this.
He's our brother.
I know, I know.
Then, what is it?
He's sick,
he's not getting any better.
We shouldn't be doing the
things that we're doing.
So what do you suggest we do?
I don't know.
[Thomas groaning]
Don't worry,
there's more food.
[Thomas panting]
Everybody's hungry.
[jar thudding]
You gotta eat, guys.
[bugs clicking]
[group chattering faintly]
[girl laughing]
[boy speaking faintly]
[packet ripping]
[spoon clanking]
[car door thudding]
[car engine whirring]
[door clicking]
[door thudding]
[door clicking]
[door thudding]
[groovy music]
[Jessie slurping]
[door clicking]
[door thudding]
[truck engine whirring]
[truck door shuts]
[door knocking]
[phone ringing]
[door clicking]
[Pam] Hey.
[Voice-Mail] Please leave
a message after the tone.
[door thudding]
I heard some kids playing
outside today.
[Jessie] When?
When it was bright out.
You're not supposed
to be awake at that time.
You know this.
[Thomas groaning]
Sorry.
Why were you awake?
'Cause they woke me up.
What did you hear?
Voices, and...
and...
yelling, and laughing.
Do you think
they're still out there?
Everyone's asleep by now.
We should get some
work done anyway.
Do you ever think about
going somewhere else?
I need to get some ice.
Why do you ask?
Just thinking.
About leaving?
Maybe.
[sighs]
Maybe?
Yeah.
Well, where would you go?
I've never been to the beach.
I went to Miami once
in the '90s.
Yeah?
It's nice.
It's not what it looks like
on TV.
What's it like then?
It's crowded, hot.
But you can be naked all day.
Here.
[zipper zapping]
Did you break it?
[Dwight chuckling]
No.
[zipper whirring]
There.
What if we just left?
To Miami?
Anywhere.
We could...
We could get in my truck and...
[door knocking]
Okay,
time's up.
Equals six
over two.
It's quicker, you could...
[chalk scratching]
- Yeah. Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
[organ music]
Okay, hands up.
[organ music]
- Mm-mm.
- No?
Try again.
[organ music]
Oh, 1875.
[Jessie chuckles]
[organ music]
[door opening]
[organ music stops]
[door thudding]
Dwight?
Huh?
Where were you?
I went to the thrift store.
[organ music]
I don't know, 1950?
[organ music]
[photo frame clacking]
[faint organ music]
[Jessie] You okay?
Yes.
[floor creaking]
Are you gonna leave us?
What?
I don't know what I'd do
if you left.
I'm not leaving.
I know this is hard
but we can't do it
without you.
It has to be the three of us,
together.
[brooding music]
Do you understand?
Tomorrow, you'll go out again.
Yes.
And don't take
so long this time.
Okay.
[ominous music]
[Waiter] You ready to order?
Hello?
Can I get 10
breakfast burritos?
[truck engine whirring]
Where are you from?
Uh...
What country are you from?
[Speaking Spanish]
I don't understand.
[Speaking English]
Oh, right.
What's your name?
Uh... "nombre".
[Speaking Spanish]
My name?
[Speaking English]
Yeah.
[Eduardo] Eduardo.
Oh.
Dwight.
[radio host speaking in Spanish]
[Salsa music]
[Eduardo] It's okay?
Yeah, it's okay.
It's good.
[hand brake creaking]
I just... have to get
something from the back.
[ominous music]
[Dwight panting]
[toolbox clanking]
[Dwight inhaling deeply]
[truck door creaking]
[Eduardo thudding]
[Eduardo groaning]
[glove box clicking]
[screwdriver stabbing]
[Dwight wailing]
[Eduardo thudding]
[Dwight groaning]
Fuck.
[leaves rustling]
Eduardo!
Eduardo.
[birds flapping]
[birds squawking]
[leaves rustling]
Eduardo!
Eduardo, come out.
Goddammit.
[men grunting]
[knife flicking]
Stop!
[Speaking Spanish]
Please.
Don't kill me.
Look at me!
I'm begging you.
Please don't kill me.
[Speaking English]
What the fuck?
[Dwight panting]
[Commentator] Make sure you
mix well.
Then, you put in the oats
and blend.
[blood dripping]
[Dwight panting]
What are you doing?
What happened to your leg?
This'll hold him over
for tonight.
I'll go out again
in a couple of days.
- Jessie!
- I'll be back in a few hours.
You can't.
[door clicking]
Jessie.
Wait, Jessie!
[car engine whirring]
Wait!
[car engine roaring]
[washer rumbling]
[scissors clicking]
[scissors thudding]
[Dwight groaning]
[Dwight panting]
[groaning in pain]
[wailing]
Fuck, fuck.
[pants]
[head thudding]
[car engine whirring]
[car door clicking]
[car door thudding]
I'll take room 117.
Just one night?
Yeah, that's fine.
Hey, you don't have a wheelchair
I can borrow, do you?
[water splashing]
[Jessie breathing heavily]
[couple moaning]
[Pam] It's fine, honey.
[Patron] Oh yeah?
[chattering faintly]
[door clicking]
[door thudding]
[door clicking]
[door thudding]
[door clicking]
[door thudding]
[door clicking]
[door creaking]
[door thudding]
[footsteps clocking]
[door creaking]
Hey. [catching breath]
Would you mind if
I used your bathroom?
Uh... my toilet's broken.
You look familiar.
Everybody tells me that.
I wouldn't ask
if it wasn't an emergency.
Okay, come in.
Thank you.
[door thudding]
- Thanks.
- Mm-hmm.
[door clicking]
[lock clicking]
[bowl shattering]
[Dwight panting]
[suspenseful music]
[blood dripping]
[Thomas] Is this your blood?
[door clicking]
[door thudding]
[Jessie] Dwight?
[door clicking]
[door creaking]
[door thudding]
[floor creaking]
[ominous music]
[Dwight gasping]
[Jessie] I know it's messy
but I saved the blood.
What's wrong?
I noticed this
when she smiled.
[tooth cracking]
[Jessie grunting]
I wonder how much it's worth.
[car engine whirring]
[horns blaring]
[aggressive music]
[steering wheel slamming]
[car tires screeching]
[door clicking]
[door thudding]
[clothes rustling]
[Dwight sobbing]
[microwave clicking]
[microwave humming]
[grass rustling]
[door lock clicking]
[ominous music]
[Eduardo muffled grunting]
[Dwight shushing]
[Dwight] Stop, stop,
[shushing] stop, stop.
My sister's going to hear you.
That's a very bad thing.
Look, I wanna feed you
but you have to be quiet.
[tape whizzing]
[Eduardo gasps]
Sorry.
Here.
[Eduardo chewing]
[Eduardo spitting]
[Speaking Spanish]
Let me go, asshole.
I won't tell.
I won't say anything.
I swear.
[chair clacking]
[velcro ripping]
[Speaking English]
Who's this?
Is that your son?
[Speaking Spanish]
Please let me go.
[Speaking English]
Your brother?
[Speaking Spanish]
I don't even know that guy.
He was supposed to help me
when I got to this country.
He never did.
[Eduardo crying]
And now...
Look where I ended up.
[Speaking English]
Do you miss him?
[Speaking Spanish]
I'm cold.
[Speaking English]
What is "fro"?
Well, okay.
[blanket rustling]
I gotta get some ice.
[chuckles]
I have this friend...
Had this friend, who was
always chewing on ice,
no matter how cold it got.
It was nice,
having someone to talk to.
People look so strange
when they're dead.
[Speaking Spanish]
Please.
[ominous music]
No, no.
[tape ripping]
I'm begging you.
[Dwight in English]
I'm sorry.
[Eduardo muffled screaming]
Is Dwight gonna eat with us?
[Jessie exhales deeply]
You know, I was thinking
maybe we could all
go out sometime.
Where would we go?
Anywhere.
I mean, I think it would
be good for all of us.
[Dwight grunting]
I was just telling Jessie
that I think we should all
go out somewhere together.
I'm too tired.
[stuttering] Okay,
I can go with Dwight.
There's no one out
at this time.
Not here.
Not anywhere.
No, that's not true,
that's not true.
It's three o'clock
in the morning.
I need friends.
- [Jessie] You have us.
- No, no real friends.
Not family, real friends.
You have no business
going out at this time...
I can make friends
with those kids
who are always outside.
I bet we'd be into a lot
of the same stuff.
Yeah, and where would
you find them right now?
Well, when tomorrow morning
when they're out there,
you or Dwight,
- you could go out and you can
- Can we talk about
tell them to come back
at night... Dwight.
something else?
Listen,
that's not happening.
Dwight, you could
tell them, right?
Right?
I don't know.
You don't know.
Hey.
I have a lot of things
to do tomorrow.
Okay, well...
No, Thomas.
No, what if we
just went around
for a little drive together,
- all of us, on a little...
- No.
[Thomas moans]
You never listen to me.
What?
You never listen to me.
- That's not true.
- That is true!
Lower your voice.
[Jessie munching]
Eat your food.
[Thomas breathes heavily]
Jessie, please.
Don't.
[bowl thudding]
Do you have any idea
what we do
to get that blood?
Do you have any idea
how stupid you are?
[plate thudding]
[plate cracking]
[footsteps clocking]
[door slamming]
[spoon clanking]
I don't wanna live like this.
We have to.
Oh, we have to.
We have to.
[Thomas panting]
I don't...
I don't wanna be sick.
Take me outside.
- It's late.
- I don't care.
[somber music]
[door clicking]
[footsteps clocking]
[crickets chirping]
[Thomas panting]
[TV Commentator]
So healthy, too.
It's a good idea to keep
your pantry full of them,
just in case
you get a craving.
[footsteps thudding]
[TV commentator
chattering faintly]
[faint thudding]
[floor creaking]
[grunts in effort]
[bodies thudding]
[Dwight groaning]
[hammer thudding]
[crockery clanking]
[punches thudding]
[men grunting]
[knife clanking]
[men grunting]
[knife thudding]
[Dwight grunting]
Who is this?
[Dwight panting]
["I Am Controlled by Your
Love" by Helene Smith]
I'm controlled by your love
I'm controlled by your love
Oh, yes, I am
[Dwight singing along]
My heart can't beat, baby
Unless you tell it to
My eyes can't see, baby
Unless you
Tell them to
Who was that
and why was he in our house?
There are things
I should do, but...
Who was that?
Answer me!
I'm controlled by your love
I'm controlled by your love
Yes... I am
[Dwight panting]
Now, I can't breathe, baby,
unless you
[washer slamming]
[fire crackling]
[birds chirping]
[footsteps clocking]
[door slamming]
[Jessie] I'm going to work.
[door clicking]
[door creaking]
[box rustling]
[bag thudding]
[Girl] Let it go!
[scissors pattering]
[Girl] Oh my God,
that's right.
[paper scrunching]
[girl laughing]
[group chattering faintly]
[ominous music]
[group chattering faintly]
Hey!
[ominous music]
[door clicking]
[door slamming]
[Boy] You're gonna get lost.
[Girl] Yep.
[birds chirping]
[Thomas panting]
I'm sorry about last night.
Would you get me some blood?
[Jessie] Ready to order?
Um...
Yeah, could I get the turkey
and Swiss toasted please?
Oh, and could we get
some of those chips?
No, sorry.
[Customer] They don't
just come with the meal?
Only on Sundays.
The other girl always
just gives them to us.
You really should try smiling.
[horns blaring]
[car doors thudding]
[car engine revving]
[car engine roaring]
[tense music]
[siren blaring]
Holy shit.
Oh my God, oh my God.
[siren blaring]
[Jessie sighing]
[car engine whirring]
[Jessie breathing heavily]
[footsteps clocking]
Sorry to bother you,
excuse me.
[Ned] Yeah.
Do you know how to
get to Murray from here?
[Ned] Murray, sure, sure.
- At the next intersection,
- Mm-hmm.
just make a left.
You'll be on 700 East.
That'll take you all the way.
- Would you mind showing me?
- [Ned] What's that?
Would you show me?
- [Thomas] Hey.
- Hey.
Thanks for coming.
[stuttering] Hey, I saw you
all earlier.
Do you wanna come in?
Hey, hey.
Hey, I'm Thomas.
I saw you earlier,
and I thought,
I thought you guys
wanna come over?
Hey, what took you so long?
[door clicking]
[door creaking]
Are you okay?
What was that about earlier?
Oh, I was just playing
with my brother.
And, uh... this?
Where are all your friends?
Why do you have
Christmas decorations up?
Oh, it was just Christmas
a few days ago.
It's April.
Would you like
to come inside?
So you get gifts in April?
Every month.
That's pretty cool.
[footsteps clocking]
Did you go to West High?
No.
I learn here at home.
Are you sick or something?
I just...
I've never met someone
who's homeschooled before.
Trust me,
you're not missing much.
Would you like to play a game?
Yeah, sure.
Sit.
I'll play a song.
You have to tell me
what year you think
it was written.
Okay.
Okay, hands up.
Why?
Because you have to have
your hands up.
[organ music]
I don't know.
I don't really know
music, man.
So are your parents home?
[dripping]
What is that?
Try it.
[Dwight] What are you
doing in here?
[cup clacking]
- No, Dwight.
- Who are you?
Dwight, please...
[Thomas gasping]
Answer me!
I don't know,
he invited me in.
That's true.
Don't move.
[knife flicking]
You shouldn't be in here.
No, let him...
Let him go.
No.
Who is he?
I...
Who is he?
He's my friend.
Go to the living room.
- No, Dwight, I...
- Now!
[eerie music]
[Dwight panting]
How did you get here?
My bike.
[knife flicking]
Come on.
Stay on the main roads...
[door thudding]
Fuck.
Be quiet.
[Dwight panting]
[Turner panting]
[wheels clacking]
[Jessie] Now, we don't
have to go out for a while.
You gonna help me this time?
Huh, yeah.
Who spilled that?
Huh, oh.
We shouldn't waste it.
[door clacking]
No, no, no.
Jessie, wait!
Don't open that door.
[bodies thudding]
[Jessie grunting]
[footsteps clocking]
[door clicking]
[door slamming]
- Jessie?
- Get out!
[Jessie] Go get him.
No, we have to get you
to the hospital.
Get him.
- [Dwight] We have to go.
- [Jessie] Dwight.
[Dwight] I'm not leaving!
Go get him, kill him.
- I can't.
- Listen to me.
Listen to me.
Listen to me.
If you let that kid go,
that's the end of us,
that's it.
Do you understand?
Go!
[ominous music]
[car engine whirring]
[bicycle creaking]
[car tires screeching]
[engine revving]
[bicycle clacking]
[car tires screeching]
[car door clicking]
[car door thudding]
[thunder rumbling]
[rain pattering]
[Dwight] Is that your dad?
Yeah.
Is it just the two of you?
Yeah.
[thunder rumbling]
[Dwight] I know what
it's like.
To be alone.
You know what'll happen
if we see each other again.
[thunder rumbling]
[rain pattering]
Go.
[car door clicking]
[car door thudding]
[bicycle clanking]
[Jessie groaning]
[knife thudding]
[Jessie panting]
I'm cold.
We shouldn't waste it.
[Jessie crying]
I'm sorry for being
mean to you.
We're friends, right?
Yes, of course.
[somber music]
[Jessie breathing heavily]
It's okay.
No.
No, Jessie.
No, Jessie, no, no.
No, don't go.
Don't go, Jessie.
Don't go.
[Thomas sobbing]
[ominous music]
[footsteps clocking]
[door creaking]
[ominous music]
[Thomas slurping]
Get off of her!
[door slamming]
[blood splashing]
[body thudding]
[knife clacking]
[door clicking]
[Thomas sobbing]
[Thomas gasping]
[door slamming]
[blood dripping]
I'm sorry. [sniffing]
[blood splashing]
[rag swishing]
[bucket clanking]
[blood dripping]
[bag rustling]
[birds chirping]
[floor creaking]
Thomas.
I'm leaving.
And I'm not coming back.
[birds chirping]
[box thudding]
[truck door clicking]
[Waitress] There you go,
can I get you anything else?
Uh... No.
[munching]
[woman giggling]
[Man] Come on.
That's like more dirty
than funny.
Yeah, it is,
I told you it was awful.
[Woman] Yeah, but like...
[speaks faintly].
[laughter]
[door clicking]
[footsteps clocking]
[door creaking]
[door thudding]
[footsteps clocking]
[door clicking]
[flies buzzing]
[Dwight retching]
[door clicking]
Thomas.
Hey.
I thought you left.
No.
I thought you weren't
coming back.
I'm here now.
I'm here.
I'm so sorry about Jessie.
No, it's okay.
That's okay.
Open the window.
[Dwight sobbing]
[melancholic music]
[tape ripping]
[eerie music]
[bittersweet music]
[water lapping]
[seagulls squawking]
[ponderous music]
[music fades]
[crickets chirping]
[truck engine whirring]
[cart clacking]
[rubbish bags rustling]
[man munching]
[bat clacking]
[truck engine whirring]
[horn blaring]
[car signal clicking]
I'm not gonna
suck your dick.
That's not what this is.
I don't do drugs either.
I'm just trying to help.
What about money?
You got any money?
No, I don't.
[truck engine whirring]
[truck clanking]
[engine stops]
I thought you said
this was a shelter.
It is.
Looks like a house.
It used to be.
[truck door clicking]
[truck doors thudding]
[footsteps clocking]
[bat thudding]
[brooding music]
[clothes thudding]
[Dwight grunting]
Let go.
[Dwight panting]
Get the bucket.
[bucket clanking]
[blood gushing]
[bucket thudding]
[bowl clanking]
[blood trickling]
Thomas.
Thomas.
[Thomas breathing heavily]
[Thomas gulping]
[water splashing]
[shovel rustling]
[crickets chirping]
[shovel thudding]
[body thudding]
[Dwight panting]
[clothes rustling]
[washer thumping]
[switch clicking]
[water splashing]
[Dwight exhaling deeply]
[brooding music]
[radio] Four hours,
commercial-free.
This next hit comes from
Miami's First Lady of Soul.
Miami's own Deep City Records,
released Helene Smith's
"I Am Controlled By Your Love",
almost...
No, it's still cold.
[radio] And it certainly
stood the test of time.
My name is AJ Steele,
and I invite you to join me
as we travel through the
best Soul Music of the '60s.
I can promise you,
you won't find it
anywhere else.
["I Am Controlled by Your Love"
by Helene Smith]
My heart can't beat, baby
Unless you tell them to
My eyes can't see,
baby, baby
Unless you tell them to
There are things I should do
But I know it's just no use
'Cause I'm controlled
by your love
I'm controlled by your love
[pages rustling]
[yo-yo clicking]
[harmonica trumpeting]
[door clicking]
[door creaking]
Can't sleep?
[paper rustling]
[pen scratching]
There we go.
[pen scratching]
So now,
the other airplanes
will know where it is.
They're called beacon lights.
Can I keep it?
Try it.
[paper plane clacking]
What else you got?
[harmonica sounding]
[nostalgic guitar riff]
[birds chirping]
[dryer rumbling]
[brooding music]
[bag rustling]
[truck door thudding]
[truck engine revving]
[car engine whirring]
[toilet flushing]
[door clicking]
[Pam] I need you to go.
Can we talk?
[door clicking]
Okay.
What do you wanna talk about?
[bag rustling]
[till chiming]
[till clacking]
That's it?
I can't sell this stuff.
There's like ten shirts
in there.
[till chiming]
[till clacking]
Thanks.
Does that thing still work?
[truck door clicking]
[truck door thudding]
[utensils clanking]
What are you doing
after work?
Can I get you something
to drink?
I'll have water
and a sweet tea, no ice.
No ice.
- Water.
- Water.
- Water.
- Great.
We're ready to order.
Okay,
what can I get for you?
I don't know what I want yet.
[Father] Okay...
[Mother] How's the Denver
Omelette?
[wrapper scrunching]
Ah.
I'm sorry,
I thought it would fit.
It's okay.
[all laugh]
Now, the big one.
[energetic music]
[wrapper scrunching]
If I reach out,
and turn off everything
There's much to blame
My word's in vain
And when they get out
and turn to everyone
I'm not good at this.
Look at the screen.
I surrender to fall,
but if at just one wake
I'd risk it all
[Thomas thudding]
[Thomas coughing]
Get the blood!
[TV commentator
speaking faintly]
There was a prostitute
working outside the diner today.
[Dwight] How do you
know she was a prostitute?
I've seen her before.
[TV commentator
speaking faintly]
She'd actually be
a great catch.
She probably knows
a lot of people.
I doubt any of them
care about her.
Jessie, I don't know.
I don't think that I can keep
doing this.
He's our brother.
I know, I know.
Then, what is it?
He's sick,
he's not getting any better.
We shouldn't be doing the
things that we're doing.
So what do you suggest we do?
I don't know.
[Thomas groaning]
Don't worry,
there's more food.
[Thomas panting]
Everybody's hungry.
[jar thudding]
You gotta eat, guys.
[bugs clicking]
[group chattering faintly]
[girl laughing]
[boy speaking faintly]
[packet ripping]
[spoon clanking]
[car door thudding]
[car engine whirring]
[door clicking]
[door thudding]
[door clicking]
[door thudding]
[groovy music]
[Jessie slurping]
[door clicking]
[door thudding]
[truck engine whirring]
[truck door shuts]
[door knocking]
[phone ringing]
[door clicking]
[Pam] Hey.
[Voice-Mail] Please leave
a message after the tone.
[door thudding]
I heard some kids playing
outside today.
[Jessie] When?
When it was bright out.
You're not supposed
to be awake at that time.
You know this.
[Thomas groaning]
Sorry.
Why were you awake?
'Cause they woke me up.
What did you hear?
Voices, and...
and...
yelling, and laughing.
Do you think
they're still out there?
Everyone's asleep by now.
We should get some
work done anyway.
Do you ever think about
going somewhere else?
I need to get some ice.
Why do you ask?
Just thinking.
About leaving?
Maybe.
[sighs]
Maybe?
Yeah.
Well, where would you go?
I've never been to the beach.
I went to Miami once
in the '90s.
Yeah?
It's nice.
It's not what it looks like
on TV.
What's it like then?
It's crowded, hot.
But you can be naked all day.
Here.
[zipper zapping]
Did you break it?
[Dwight chuckling]
No.
[zipper whirring]
There.
What if we just left?
To Miami?
Anywhere.
We could...
We could get in my truck and...
[door knocking]
Okay,
time's up.
Equals six
over two.
It's quicker, you could...
[chalk scratching]
- Yeah. Mm-hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
[organ music]
Okay, hands up.
[organ music]
- Mm-mm.
- No?
Try again.
[organ music]
Oh, 1875.
[Jessie chuckles]
[organ music]
[door opening]
[organ music stops]
[door thudding]
Dwight?
Huh?
Where were you?
I went to the thrift store.
[organ music]
I don't know, 1950?
[organ music]
[photo frame clacking]
[faint organ music]
[Jessie] You okay?
Yes.
[floor creaking]
Are you gonna leave us?
What?
I don't know what I'd do
if you left.
I'm not leaving.
I know this is hard
but we can't do it
without you.
It has to be the three of us,
together.
[brooding music]
Do you understand?
Tomorrow, you'll go out again.
Yes.
And don't take
so long this time.
Okay.
[ominous music]
[Waiter] You ready to order?
Hello?
Can I get 10
breakfast burritos?
[truck engine whirring]
Where are you from?
Uh...
What country are you from?
[Speaking Spanish]
I don't understand.
[Speaking English]
Oh, right.
What's your name?
Uh... "nombre".
[Speaking Spanish]
My name?
[Speaking English]
Yeah.
[Eduardo] Eduardo.
Oh.
Dwight.
[radio host speaking in Spanish]
[Salsa music]
[Eduardo] It's okay?
Yeah, it's okay.
It's good.
[hand brake creaking]
I just... have to get
something from the back.
[ominous music]
[Dwight panting]
[toolbox clanking]
[Dwight inhaling deeply]
[truck door creaking]
[Eduardo thudding]
[Eduardo groaning]
[glove box clicking]
[screwdriver stabbing]
[Dwight wailing]
[Eduardo thudding]
[Dwight groaning]
Fuck.
[leaves rustling]
Eduardo!
Eduardo.
[birds flapping]
[birds squawking]
[leaves rustling]
Eduardo!
Eduardo, come out.
Goddammit.
[men grunting]
[knife flicking]
Stop!
[Speaking Spanish]
Please.
Don't kill me.
Look at me!
I'm begging you.
Please don't kill me.
[Speaking English]
What the fuck?
[Dwight panting]
[Commentator] Make sure you
mix well.
Then, you put in the oats
and blend.
[blood dripping]
[Dwight panting]
What are you doing?
What happened to your leg?
This'll hold him over
for tonight.
I'll go out again
in a couple of days.
- Jessie!
- I'll be back in a few hours.
You can't.
[door clicking]
Jessie.
Wait, Jessie!
[car engine whirring]
Wait!
[car engine roaring]
[washer rumbling]
[scissors clicking]
[scissors thudding]
[Dwight groaning]
[Dwight panting]
[groaning in pain]
[wailing]
Fuck, fuck.
[pants]
[head thudding]
[car engine whirring]
[car door clicking]
[car door thudding]
I'll take room 117.
Just one night?
Yeah, that's fine.
Hey, you don't have a wheelchair
I can borrow, do you?
[water splashing]
[Jessie breathing heavily]
[couple moaning]
[Pam] It's fine, honey.
[Patron] Oh yeah?
[chattering faintly]
[door clicking]
[door thudding]
[door clicking]
[door thudding]
[door clicking]
[door thudding]
[door clicking]
[door creaking]
[door thudding]
[footsteps clocking]
[door creaking]
Hey. [catching breath]
Would you mind if
I used your bathroom?
Uh... my toilet's broken.
You look familiar.
Everybody tells me that.
I wouldn't ask
if it wasn't an emergency.
Okay, come in.
Thank you.
[door thudding]
- Thanks.
- Mm-hmm.
[door clicking]
[lock clicking]
[bowl shattering]
[Dwight panting]
[suspenseful music]
[blood dripping]
[Thomas] Is this your blood?
[door clicking]
[door thudding]
[Jessie] Dwight?
[door clicking]
[door creaking]
[door thudding]
[floor creaking]
[ominous music]
[Dwight gasping]
[Jessie] I know it's messy
but I saved the blood.
What's wrong?
I noticed this
when she smiled.
[tooth cracking]
[Jessie grunting]
I wonder how much it's worth.
[car engine whirring]
[horns blaring]
[aggressive music]
[steering wheel slamming]
[car tires screeching]
[door clicking]
[door thudding]
[clothes rustling]
[Dwight sobbing]
[microwave clicking]
[microwave humming]
[grass rustling]
[door lock clicking]
[ominous music]
[Eduardo muffled grunting]
[Dwight shushing]
[Dwight] Stop, stop,
[shushing] stop, stop.
My sister's going to hear you.
That's a very bad thing.
Look, I wanna feed you
but you have to be quiet.
[tape whizzing]
[Eduardo gasps]
Sorry.
Here.
[Eduardo chewing]
[Eduardo spitting]
[Speaking Spanish]
Let me go, asshole.
I won't tell.
I won't say anything.
I swear.
[chair clacking]
[velcro ripping]
[Speaking English]
Who's this?
Is that your son?
[Speaking Spanish]
Please let me go.
[Speaking English]
Your brother?
[Speaking Spanish]
I don't even know that guy.
He was supposed to help me
when I got to this country.
He never did.
[Eduardo crying]
And now...
Look where I ended up.
[Speaking English]
Do you miss him?
[Speaking Spanish]
I'm cold.
[Speaking English]
What is "fro"?
Well, okay.
[blanket rustling]
I gotta get some ice.
[chuckles]
I have this friend...
Had this friend, who was
always chewing on ice,
no matter how cold it got.
It was nice,
having someone to talk to.
People look so strange
when they're dead.
[Speaking Spanish]
Please.
[ominous music]
No, no.
[tape ripping]
I'm begging you.
[Dwight in English]
I'm sorry.
[Eduardo muffled screaming]
Is Dwight gonna eat with us?
[Jessie exhales deeply]
You know, I was thinking
maybe we could all
go out sometime.
Where would we go?
Anywhere.
I mean, I think it would
be good for all of us.
[Dwight grunting]
I was just telling Jessie
that I think we should all
go out somewhere together.
I'm too tired.
[stuttering] Okay,
I can go with Dwight.
There's no one out
at this time.
Not here.
Not anywhere.
No, that's not true,
that's not true.
It's three o'clock
in the morning.
I need friends.
- [Jessie] You have us.
- No, no real friends.
Not family, real friends.
You have no business
going out at this time...
I can make friends
with those kids
who are always outside.
I bet we'd be into a lot
of the same stuff.
Yeah, and where would
you find them right now?
Well, when tomorrow morning
when they're out there,
you or Dwight,
- you could go out and you can
- Can we talk about
tell them to come back
at night... Dwight.
something else?
Listen,
that's not happening.
Dwight, you could
tell them, right?
Right?
I don't know.
You don't know.
Hey.
I have a lot of things
to do tomorrow.
Okay, well...
No, Thomas.
No, what if we
just went around
for a little drive together,
- all of us, on a little...
- No.
[Thomas moans]
You never listen to me.
What?
You never listen to me.
- That's not true.
- That is true!
Lower your voice.
[Jessie munching]
Eat your food.
[Thomas breathes heavily]
Jessie, please.
Don't.
[bowl thudding]
Do you have any idea
what we do
to get that blood?
Do you have any idea
how stupid you are?
[plate thudding]
[plate cracking]
[footsteps clocking]
[door slamming]
[spoon clanking]
I don't wanna live like this.
We have to.
Oh, we have to.
We have to.
[Thomas panting]
I don't...
I don't wanna be sick.
Take me outside.
- It's late.
- I don't care.
[somber music]
[door clicking]
[footsteps clocking]
[crickets chirping]
[Thomas panting]
[TV Commentator]
So healthy, too.
It's a good idea to keep
your pantry full of them,
just in case
you get a craving.
[footsteps thudding]
[TV commentator
chattering faintly]
[faint thudding]
[floor creaking]
[grunts in effort]
[bodies thudding]
[Dwight groaning]
[hammer thudding]
[crockery clanking]
[punches thudding]
[men grunting]
[knife clanking]
[men grunting]
[knife thudding]
[Dwight grunting]
Who is this?
[Dwight panting]
["I Am Controlled by Your
Love" by Helene Smith]
I'm controlled by your love
I'm controlled by your love
Oh, yes, I am
[Dwight singing along]
My heart can't beat, baby
Unless you tell it to
My eyes can't see, baby
Unless you
Tell them to
Who was that
and why was he in our house?
There are things
I should do, but...
Who was that?
Answer me!
I'm controlled by your love
I'm controlled by your love
Yes... I am
[Dwight panting]
Now, I can't breathe, baby,
unless you
[washer slamming]
[fire crackling]
[birds chirping]
[footsteps clocking]
[door slamming]
[Jessie] I'm going to work.
[door clicking]
[door creaking]
[box rustling]
[bag thudding]
[Girl] Let it go!
[scissors pattering]
[Girl] Oh my God,
that's right.
[paper scrunching]
[girl laughing]
[group chattering faintly]
[ominous music]
[group chattering faintly]
Hey!
[ominous music]
[door clicking]
[door slamming]
[Boy] You're gonna get lost.
[Girl] Yep.
[birds chirping]
[Thomas panting]
I'm sorry about last night.
Would you get me some blood?
[Jessie] Ready to order?
Um...
Yeah, could I get the turkey
and Swiss toasted please?
Oh, and could we get
some of those chips?
No, sorry.
[Customer] They don't
just come with the meal?
Only on Sundays.
The other girl always
just gives them to us.
You really should try smiling.
[horns blaring]
[car doors thudding]
[car engine revving]
[car engine roaring]
[tense music]
[siren blaring]
Holy shit.
Oh my God, oh my God.
[siren blaring]
[Jessie sighing]
[car engine whirring]
[Jessie breathing heavily]
[footsteps clocking]
Sorry to bother you,
excuse me.
[Ned] Yeah.
Do you know how to
get to Murray from here?
[Ned] Murray, sure, sure.
- At the next intersection,
- Mm-hmm.
just make a left.
You'll be on 700 East.
That'll take you all the way.
- Would you mind showing me?
- [Ned] What's that?
Would you show me?
- [Thomas] Hey.
- Hey.
Thanks for coming.
[stuttering] Hey, I saw you
all earlier.
Do you wanna come in?
Hey, hey.
Hey, I'm Thomas.
I saw you earlier,
and I thought,
I thought you guys
wanna come over?
Hey, what took you so long?
[door clicking]
[door creaking]
Are you okay?
What was that about earlier?
Oh, I was just playing
with my brother.
And, uh... this?
Where are all your friends?
Why do you have
Christmas decorations up?
Oh, it was just Christmas
a few days ago.
It's April.
Would you like
to come inside?
So you get gifts in April?
Every month.
That's pretty cool.
[footsteps clocking]
Did you go to West High?
No.
I learn here at home.
Are you sick or something?
I just...
I've never met someone
who's homeschooled before.
Trust me,
you're not missing much.
Would you like to play a game?
Yeah, sure.
Sit.
I'll play a song.
You have to tell me
what year you think
it was written.
Okay.
Okay, hands up.
Why?
Because you have to have
your hands up.
[organ music]
I don't know.
I don't really know
music, man.
So are your parents home?
[dripping]
What is that?
Try it.
[Dwight] What are you
doing in here?
[cup clacking]
- No, Dwight.
- Who are you?
Dwight, please...
[Thomas gasping]
Answer me!
I don't know,
he invited me in.
That's true.
Don't move.
[knife flicking]
You shouldn't be in here.
No, let him...
Let him go.
No.
Who is he?
I...
Who is he?
He's my friend.
Go to the living room.
- No, Dwight, I...
- Now!
[eerie music]
[Dwight panting]
How did you get here?
My bike.
[knife flicking]
Come on.
Stay on the main roads...
[door thudding]
Fuck.
Be quiet.
[Dwight panting]
[Turner panting]
[wheels clacking]
[Jessie] Now, we don't
have to go out for a while.
You gonna help me this time?
Huh, yeah.
Who spilled that?
Huh, oh.
We shouldn't waste it.
[door clacking]
No, no, no.
Jessie, wait!
Don't open that door.
[bodies thudding]
[Jessie grunting]
[footsteps clocking]
[door clicking]
[door slamming]
- Jessie?
- Get out!
[Jessie] Go get him.
No, we have to get you
to the hospital.
Get him.
- [Dwight] We have to go.
- [Jessie] Dwight.
[Dwight] I'm not leaving!
Go get him, kill him.
- I can't.
- Listen to me.
Listen to me.
Listen to me.
If you let that kid go,
that's the end of us,
that's it.
Do you understand?
Go!
[ominous music]
[car engine whirring]
[bicycle creaking]
[car tires screeching]
[engine revving]
[bicycle clacking]
[car tires screeching]
[car door clicking]
[car door thudding]
[thunder rumbling]
[rain pattering]
[Dwight] Is that your dad?
Yeah.
Is it just the two of you?
Yeah.
[thunder rumbling]
[Dwight] I know what
it's like.
To be alone.
You know what'll happen
if we see each other again.
[thunder rumbling]
[rain pattering]
Go.
[car door clicking]
[car door thudding]
[bicycle clanking]
[Jessie groaning]
[knife thudding]
[Jessie panting]
I'm cold.
We shouldn't waste it.
[Jessie crying]
I'm sorry for being
mean to you.
We're friends, right?
Yes, of course.
[somber music]
[Jessie breathing heavily]
It's okay.
No.
No, Jessie.
No, Jessie, no, no.
No, don't go.
Don't go, Jessie.
Don't go.
[Thomas sobbing]
[ominous music]
[footsteps clocking]
[door creaking]
[ominous music]
[Thomas slurping]
Get off of her!
[door slamming]
[blood splashing]
[body thudding]
[knife clacking]
[door clicking]
[Thomas sobbing]
[Thomas gasping]
[door slamming]
[blood dripping]
I'm sorry. [sniffing]
[blood splashing]
[rag swishing]
[bucket clanking]
[blood dripping]
[bag rustling]
[birds chirping]
[floor creaking]
Thomas.
I'm leaving.
And I'm not coming back.
[birds chirping]
[box thudding]
[truck door clicking]
[Waitress] There you go,
can I get you anything else?
Uh... No.
[munching]
[woman giggling]
[Man] Come on.
That's like more dirty
than funny.
Yeah, it is,
I told you it was awful.
[Woman] Yeah, but like...
[speaks faintly].
[laughter]
[door clicking]
[footsteps clocking]
[door creaking]
[door thudding]
[footsteps clocking]
[door clicking]
[flies buzzing]
[Dwight retching]
[door clicking]
Thomas.
Hey.
I thought you left.
No.
I thought you weren't
coming back.
I'm here now.
I'm here.
I'm so sorry about Jessie.
No, it's okay.
That's okay.
Open the window.
[Dwight sobbing]
[melancholic music]
[tape ripping]
[eerie music]
[bittersweet music]
[water lapping]
[seagulls squawking]
[ponderous music]
[music fades]