The Tank (2023) Movie Script
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(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES)
(RAIN PATTERS ON ROOF)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(DOOR SLAMS OPEN, CREAKS)
(THUNDER CRACKS, RAIN PATTERS)
- (GRUNTS)
(STONE COVER SCRAPES)
(GRUNTS)
(THUNDER CRACKS)
(THUNDER CRACKS, RUMBLES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC STIRS)
(MUFFLED SCREAM)
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(SCREAMS)
(GRUNTS)
No! Ugh!
(GRUNTS, YELLS)
(SCREAMS)
(SCREAMS)
(SCREAM FADES)
(SINISTER MUSIC)
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
She's my
kinda girl.
Yes, she is.
She is my
kinda girl.
- Oh wow. What is it?
- She's an eastern water dragon.
They can grow up to 4ft.
You can touch her.
Her name's Juliet.
- Has she ever bitten you?
- That was supposed
to be for Romeo.
He can be annoying, like
most boyfriends. (CHUCKLES)
- Please, Mommy, can we go?
- Sweetie, 7 is too young to be
going to an anti-nuclear march.
- (GROANS)
- Oh, sorry.
Did you let the puppies out?
- Excuse me, ma'am.
Do you have worms?
They're for our dragons.
- They're called Rocky and Mr T.
- What do they like the most -
dried or alive and wriggly?
We have both just along here.
(TELEPHONE RINGS)
- It's not about that;
it's about the men cutting down
our forests.
Don't you know
what they're doing?
- Honey, who told you that?
- Jodie did.
Do you know how many
people live on the planet?
- Uh, yes, no.
- 4.4 billion.
- Rainin' Cats and Dogs.
- That's too many.
- How can I help you?
(BIRD SQUAWKS)
Uh, yes, we have that.
Till... 5 today. OK.
(BIRD SQUAWKS, PUPPY WHIMPERS)
- Mommy, look.
He's done a peepee.
- (CHUCKLES) Oh, sweetie.
Jodie, could you please help
Mrs Martinez?
And when you're done,
can you start feeding the birds?
Honey, please leave the puppies
in their pens, OK?
- Aw.
- Help! Jules?
(PUPPY WHIMPERS)
- (SIGHS)
CHUCKLES: What are you doing?
- (GRUNTS) One of the
kids opened the cage.
Damn Bertie got out again.
Can't get my arm under.
He's way at the back.
(STRAINS) You so owe me.
- Yeah, he's right at the back.
- Yeah, I can see him. Hang on.
STRAINS: Got him.
(CHUCKLES)
- Come here.
Oh. (CHUCKLES)
- Aw, he's just a rat.
A cutie too.
- (SIGHS) Just put him away.
- One day, you'll find
the pythons, Bertie,
and that won't end well.
(ANIMALS CHATTER)
- Where is she now? We've really
gotta find another sitter.
- Yeah, like we can
afford that (!)
You saw the letter
from the bank?
- Not overdrawn again?
- (SIGHS)
I'll go see them.
We'll find a way.
- Mom? I think Reggie's
eaten his brother.
- Your turn. I did the puppy.
- I did the rat.
- You did not!
(BIRD SQUAWKS)
Oh, Reggie. You bad axolotl.
(SIGHS)
(WATER SLOSHES)
Ew.
- Where's the lizard's
arms and legs?
- I'm guessing inside Reggie,
sweetie.
- Ugh, that's gross.
- He's not a lizard.
He's an amphibian, like some of
the oldest, baddest dinosaurs.
- Why did he do that?
- Mm, hungry, territorial.
Or the water change.
They can be sensitive,
cos they breathe through
their skin. Look.
- So slimy.
- (CHUCKLES)
You know, if we took him
out of the water,
he would turn into a salamander
and hunt on land.
- What would he hunt?
- I don't know.
Anything that moves.
(BOTH LAUGH)
- K.
(SIGHS) Damn filter's
gone again.
Come on. Let's go tell Daddy
and see if he can fix it.
You wanna come?
- Mm-hm.
- OK.
- Thanks a lot.
(ANIMALS CHITTER)
(BELL CHIMES)
(DOOR OPENS, BELL RINGS)
- Oh, I'm sorry, sir.
We're closed.
- I'm looking for Ben Adams.
- That's me. How can I help?
- Amos Tilbury.
I wanted to talk to you
about your mother.
- Uh, Ben's mother passed
away a few months ago.
- I know. My apologies.
My partner was her lawyer...
before his stroke - poor guy.
Um, I've been trying to
go through his old files,
but if now is inconvenient,
I can come back.
- No, uh...
I'm sorry.
This is my wife, Jules.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Uh, do you wanna
come through and sit?
- Sure.
(BEADS JINGLE)
(TAP SQUEAKS)
- JULES: Excuse the mess.
Uh, we live in the
apartment above.
Ben's renovating
the kitchen upstairs.
- UC Davis.
I hear it's a good programme.
- Yeah. Last year of vet school.
It's a bit stressful
on top of everything else,
but we are hoping to open
a practice as part of the store.
- Hm.
- Yeah.
Um, you said something
about my mother's files.
- Yeah, I... I didn't
know your mother.
And, uh, everything in her file
appears to be in order.
There was, however,
an old deed I came across
emptying some boxes that
had been filed incorrectly.
It's for a coastal property
in Oregon.
- My mother never
had property anywhere.
- Mm.
- Certainly not up there.
- Well, it's from 1935,
in your father's name.
He bought land on
the Oregon coast
at the end of the Depression,
little place called
Hobbit's Bay.
(PAPERS RUSTLE)
- Never heard of it.
How did something like this
get overlooked for so long?
- Well, it was before
our firm's time, and...
well, we had no record on file
of your mother ever owning it.
But it would have
passed on to her.
Looks like it got forgotten
after your father's death.
- (SIGHS)
- Isn't that a little bit
strange? I mean,
people don't normally forget
about a place they own, do they?
- Well, some families
have secrets.
You'd be surprised
at what people find out
after a loved one dies.
- In all my life, she never
once mentioned this.
Can I keep all of this?
- Of course.
- I appreciate you coming by.
- Look- Look,
I don't mean to pry.
There was one
other thing I found.
(PAPERS RUSTLE)
Are you aware of what happened
to your father?
- He and my sister died in a car
accident just before I was born.
Why?
- Well, according to this,
they were swimming at Hobbit's
Bay when they disappeared.
- My mother never spoke
about them much.
She never wanted to. Um...
But why would she say it was
a car accident if it wasn't?
- Well, Ben's mother
was institutionalised
for most of his childhood.
She was never around much.
- Sorry. I just thought
you should know.
Legally, the property's yours
to do with as you wish.
I do have a local agent
who can help advise.
- What do you wanna do?
(BROODING MUSIC STIRS)
- Well, how far away is it?
- Well, it's quite a drive -
halfway up the Oregon coast,
just north of Florence.
I could get my office to
give you the directions.
(ETHEREAL MUSIC)
(MUSIC SWELLS)
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
(POIGNANT MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(BRAKES SQUEAK LIGHTLY)
(MUSIC FADES)
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
- JULES: Are you sure
this is it?
- Oh yeah.
(GRAVEL CRUNCHES)
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC STIRS)
(GRAVEL CRUNCHES,
BRAKES SQUEAK, CLUNK!)
- Are we there yet?
- Almost, sweetie.
(THUD!)
(CAR CLUNKS ON GRAVEL)
- You sure this is safe?
- CHUCKLES: We'll soon find out.
Hold on.
(CLUNK!)
(ENGINE RUMBLES,
GRAVEL CRUNCHES)
(BRAKES SQUEAL)
- Now what? (SCOFFS)
- I'll take a look.
(ENGINE TURNS OFF)
(SIGHS)
(ANIMALS CHITTER)
(DEER GRUNTS)
(GROWLS)
(DEER GRUNTS)
- (GRUNTS)
(LEAVES CRUNCH UNDERFOOT)
Hey, there's something
through here.
(DOG BARKS)
Archie.
- (BARKS)
- Archie! Come here!
(ARCHIE BARKS, BARKING FADES)
(SIGHS)
- (SCOFFS, CHUCKLES) Oh wow.
It's a palace.
All my dreams have come true (!)
- (CHUCKLES)
(LEAVES RUSTLE)
- Do you think it has power?
(ARCHIE BARKS)
- Sure. How do you think
you heat the Jacuzzi (?)
- (CHUCKLES)
- OK, stand back.
This is a dad job.
(EXHALES)
(CRUNCH!)
(HUFFS)
(BOARD THUDS ON GROUND)
(CRUNCH!)
(BOARD THUDS)
(BOARD RIPS)
(GRUNTS)
(THUD!)
(PANTS)
(SIGHS)
(LOCK TURNS, CLICKS)
(DOOR CREAKS)
(DOOR CREAKS)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
Well, a little bit more
air and light -
I think it's got potential.
(WIND WHISTLES)
- (SCOFFS)
Hey, slow down.
(DOOR GROANS, CREAKS)
(DOOR SHUTS)
- REIA: What's in here?
(SINISTER MUSIC STIRS)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
MUFFLED: Can we go upstairs?
- Sure.
- Come on, Archie. Come with me.
- Hey, be careful. Some of the
floorboards might be rotten.
- OK.
(CURTAIN SCRAPES)
(POIGNANT MUSIC STIRS)
(FOOTSTEPS THUD)
- Wow.
(POIGNANT MUSIC CONTINUES)
(INTRIGUING MUSIC)
(CURTAIN SCRAPES)
- Hey, can you give me
a hand with this?
(CLICK!)
Oh, don't worry. I got it.
(CLUNK! DOOR CREAKS)
(WAVES CRASH, GULLS SCREECH)
Ben? Quick, come here.
- What is it?
You all right?
- CHUCKLES: Look at this.
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC)
- It's incredible.
- (CHUCKLES)
(MUSIC SOARS)
Didn't I say things
would work out?
- I love you.
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC)
(SIGHS)
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC FADES)
(STONE COVER SCRAPES, THUD!
What is it?
- (STRAINS, PANTS)
(THUD!)
- It looks disgusting.
- It's a water tank.
All these old types of places
would've run off rainwater
or a bore, if there's an
underground spring near here.
- You're not going in there.
- It's just a water tank.
- Ben!
Hey. Come here. Come here.
(GULLS CAW)
- (STRAINS)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(GRUNTS)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(HURRIED FOOTSTEPS SCURRY)
- ECHOES: 'Ben? Ben!
'What can you see?'
- Not much.
(GRUNTS)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC STIRS)
(LANTERN CREAKS)
- What's that?
- Just an old lantern
I found in the dirt.
(GROANS)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
- REIA, ECHOES:
Can I go in there?
- Sweetie, I don't want you
to go near this thing, OK?
Promise me?
- Promise.
- Yeah, good girl.
Go and help Mom.
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(GRUNTS)
(COVER SCRAPES)
(GRUNTS)
(LEAVES RUSTLE)
(ANIMALS CHITTER)
(LEAVES CRUNCH UNDERFOOT)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(WIND BLUSTERS)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(DOOR OPENS, CREAKS)
(WATER SLOSHES IN BUCKET)
(DOOR SHUTS)
- BEN: Honey! Where
do you want our bags?
I got pillows and blankets too.
- JULES: Uh, up here. I think
this is your parents' old room.
(UNSETTLING MUSIC STIRS)
- What are these?
- Mm. Must be Granny's.
(MUSIC SWELLS)
- Was this her?
- (CHUCKLES)
- She was beautiful.
- Yeah, she was.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
And that little girl would've
been your Aunt Rosie.
(UNSETTLING MUSIC SWELLS)
(FLY BUZZES)
(THUD!)
(THUD!)
I think this is jammed.
It won't open.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- Oh yeah.
Someone's nailed them shut.
Probably just thought the place
would've been broken into.
(CLANKING)
(NAIL CLATTERS)
(WINDOW CREAKS, FLY BUZZES)
- Sugar and Meg-Meg want
to know where their room is.
- Well, I saw a very special
room downstairs.
Shall we go check it out?
- Mm-hm.
- All right, come on. Jump on.
(GROANS)
- Downstairs. Giddy up!
- Yeehaw!
- (GIGGLES)
(YELPS)
- Whoa!
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(MARGO GURYAN'S
'CALIFORNIA SHAKE')
(DOOR SLAMS OPEN)
Help!
- Drifting in a day
not yet begun.
6 o'clock and peaceful
and serene.
- All here, like everything
was just left.
- Right.
- Floating in
a Technicolor scene.
- (BARKS)
- Something nearly peaceful
in the sound.
Rising from the
San Andreas ground.
Overground...
- Hold this.
- Underground,
it starts to rearrange.
You better get up
and run for a doorway.
(WATER SLOSHES)
(MUSIC FADES)
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
(FLAMES ROAR, CRACKLE)
(PAPERS RUSTLE)
- Look what I found.
- Do you think that's here?
- I don't know.
Could be.
Check this out.
It's a bunch of news clippings
about the area.
- What do they mean?
- I don't know. I got dozens
more. They're all similar.
I mean, there's an
insurance claim here
for another ship that ran
aground in the early 1900s.
This one says some
of the crew went ashore
and were never seen again.
(PAPERS RUSTLE)
(SIGHS)
- Look at this.
I found them
in your mother's room.
They're reports of
your father and sister.
Tilbury was right. According to
these, they did drown here,
but their bodies were
never recovered.
(LOW, OMINOUS MUSIC)
(UNEASY MUSIC)
They suspected her?
- That doesn't make any sense.
I mean...
she was secretive...
a bit crazy, sure, but...
(DOOR CREAKS, SLAMS SHUT)
- (GASPS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(EXHALES)
- (EXHALES, LAUGHS)
(BOTH LAUGH)
- You should see your face.
You think my mom's a psycho.
- Uh...
- Maybe it runs in the family.
- Oh, shut up.
- What was that noise?
- Nothing, sweetie. Just-
- I'll clear this away.
- It's just the wind, OK?
Come on. Off to beddy-byes.
- Come here. (KISSES)
- Goodnight, Daddy.
- Goodnight, angel. Sleep tight.
- JULES: Come on.
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDE,
FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(LEAVES CRUNCH UNDERFOOT)
(WIND BLUSTERS)
SIGHS: OK, here we go.
(EXHALES)
Who's that?
- That's you.
- (CHUCKLES)
- This is Daddy.
- Mm.
- That's Grandma.
I miss her.
- I know, sweetie. We do too.
But she's in a better place now.
- Can you read
Wind in the Willows to me?
- Just for a few minutes.
Who's your favourite this week?
- Badger. He's so grumpy.
- (CHUCKLES)
- No, wait. I like Toady.
He's the funniest.
- Yeah?
'Like Summer Tempests
Came His Tears.
'The Rat put out
a neat, brown paw,
'gripped Toad firmly by
the scruff of his neck...'
(BRUSH SCRAPES DISH)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(MUSIC SWELLS)
(WIND BLOWS)
(WIND WHISTLES)
(LOW, DEEP GROWLING, GROANING)
(FLOORBOARD CREAKS,
LANTERN WHINES)
- She's asleep.
What you looking at?
- Found it downstairs.
It's your mother's diary.
- (SIGHS)
(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYS)
Yeah, this is her handwriting.
She used to write me from
hospital when I was a kid.
- She never remarried?
- No. Never saw anyone.
She used to say when Dad
and Rosie died that it was fate.
(INHALES DEEPLY)
To God, be grateful for what
you've got, and all that.
(CREAK!)
(FOOTSTEPS REVERBERATE)
(WIND BLOWS, WHISTLES)
- (SIGHS)
(BED CREAKS)
- Well, I think you're doing
a hell of a better job.
- (CHUCKLES)
You know, it's strange
when your parents die.
You start thinking about
them differently, like...
how they were to you,
the decisions they made.
How you are to your own child.
- How you'll never do
what they did.
What do you wanna do
about this place?
We could really use the money.
And it's fucking creepy.
- (LAUGHS)
- (LAUGHS) It is!
- Yeah, well... it is.
I mean, this place
was so special to them.
Why didn't she want me to know?
(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYS)
- Thought you would never ask.
Let's find out.
'April 27th, 1946.
'We have moved in,
'and I am my new self again.'
- LINDA... my new self again,
with none of my dark sadness.
- (JULES' VOICE FADES OUT)
(WAVES CRASH, ROSIE GIGGLES)
- LINDA: It is just the
beginning of our new life here
with Rosie, and our child
grows strong inside of me.
(CHUCKLES) Alec is determined
we be comfortable here
and has had a man come in
and build a water tank.
And this week, they drilled
more than a hundred feet
to the deep spring
that has water
sweeter and more nourishing
than any I have ever tasted.
(HAUNTING MUSIC)
A package arrived today,
completely anonymously.
It contained newspaper reports
about our bay.
Alec told me to throw them away,
that someone is not happy
we are here
and is trying to unsettle us.
(DOOR SLAMS OPEN)
(RAIN PATTERS)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Alec was up all night
with the storm again.
When it cleared,
Rosie and I took our
early stroll along the beach.
He was not there
for his early morning swim.
And when we returned,
I could not find him anywhere.
(NIB SCRATCHES)
He has been gone
for three days.
I alerted the local police, but
they assure me he will return
from wherever he has gone.
Rosie misses
her father terribly,
and I fear for his safety.
(EERIE MUSIC)
- 'May 5th, 1946.'
That's the last entry.
The rest is missing.
(PAGES RUSTLE)
(EERIE MUSIC)
- Rosie disappeared
on the night of May 10th.
What happened
in those five days?
(SIGHS)
- What's the matter? You don't
wanna know what happened?
- Oh, this is just so crazy.
You know?
This is her all over again.
She-She-
She never told me the truth.
Never. Never what
I wanted to know.
Now I have to accept that.
(SIGHS) I don't know why
she did what she did
or what even really
happened, but...
she's gone now,
and I never will.
- You're not slightly curious?
- What difference does it make?
She did what she did.
(UNEASY MUSIC)
(WAVES CRASH)
(LOW RUMBLING REVERBERATES)
(LOW GROWL ECHOES)
(LOW RUMBLING ECHOES)
(DEEP GROWL, GROANING)
(CREAK!)
(CREAK! DOOR CLOSES)
(LIGHT FOOTSTEPS SCURRY)
- (BREATHES SHAKILY)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(METALLIC CREAKING)
(WIND BLOWS)
(SCRATCHING)
(CREAK!)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(SCRATCHING RESONATES)
(SHEETS RUSTLE)
(BED CREAKS, STRAINS)
(SCRATCHING)
(LOW, DEEP GROWLING)
(SQUELCHING, GROWLING)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(LOUD THUD, CRACKING)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
WHISPERS: Mommy.
- (GASPS) Sweetie.
- Something's trying to get in.
(DULL SCRAPING)
(EERIE MUSIC STIRS)
(LOW GROANING)
(DEEP GROWL)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(CURTAINS SCRAPE)
(DEEP GROWL)
(THUD!)
- WHISPERS: 'Stay here, OK?
(EERIE MUSIC THRUMS)
'Ben. Get up.'
(FOOTSTEPS THUD LIGHTLY)
(CREAKING IN DISTANCE)
(LOW SCRAPING)
(STAIRS CREAK)
'What is it?'
- WHISPERS: I-I don't know.
I'm still on the stairs.
Go back to bed.
(SIGHS HEAVILY)
(LOW, EERIE MUSIC)
(METALLIC CREAKING)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(SCRATCHING)
(METALLIC CLANGING RESONATES)
(CHITTERING, SCRATCHING)
(LOW GROANING)
(DEEP GROWL)
(WIND BLUSTERS)
(WINDOWS RATTLE)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(METALLIC CREAKING)
(SIGHS)
(DEEP, LOW GROANING)
(LOW GROWLING RESONATES)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
- (BREATHES SHAKILY)
(DOOR RATTLES)
(EXHALES)
(MUFFLED RUMBLING)
(GASPS)
(EXHALES)
(GROWLING)
(EERIE MUSIC SWELLS)
(DULL BANGING)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC SWELLS)
(CLICK!)
(DOOR CREAKS)
(WIND BLOWS)
(LEAVES CRUNCH UNDERFOOT)
(BRANCH SNAPS)
(LEAVES RUSTLE)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
(LOW GROWLING)
(GASPS)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC CONTINUES)
(LEAVES RUSTLE)
(LOW GROANING, GROWLING)
(MUSIC SWELLS)
(SCREAMS) Shit!
- (CHUCKLES)
- Don't do that.
You'll give me a heart attack.
- (CHUCKLES) The terrace
door doesn't shut properly.
- EXHALES: Oh my God.
- What are you doing?
- Nothing. I'm...
I thought I heard something.
Let's go to sleep.
Don't do that. You just...
scared the livin' days
out of me.
- It's funny. (CHUCKLES)
- It's not funny.
(HAUNTING MUSIC)
(HAUNTING MUSIC SWELLS)
(CRACK!)
(DISTANT SCREECH)
(RAIN PATTERS ON ROOF,
THUNDER RUMBLES)
(MUFFLED LIVELY MUSIC PLAYS)
(SIGHS)
(LIVELY MUSIC PLAYS,
ARCHIE BARKS IN DISTANCE)
(VOLUME DECREASES,
ARCHIE BARKS)
Sometimes lovin'...
is so, so hard
to do.
(ARCHIE BARKS)
(LIQUID POURS)
- (REIA LAUGHS)
(ARCHIE BARKS)
- (GROWLS PLAYFULLY)
- (GIGGLES)
(MOTOR SPUTTERS)
- Hey! You're up.
I didn't wanna wake you. Thought
you could do with the sleep.
Fridge is running. Hungry?
- No. (SIGHS)
I can't believe I slept in.
What's all that?
- Oh, it's just junk -
old tools, lots of fertiliser.
We should keep Reia outta here.
It's high ammonium nitrate -
what they used to make
bombs with in World War II.
Even some old fuse wires
still here.
Found some old gas,
but we're gonna need more,
so I'm gonna head back
to that station tomorrow.
(MOTOR SPUTTERS)
What? What is it?
- Doesn't this place
make you feel uneasy?
- Well, first night in a new
place is always a bit weird,
but that may be because I woke
up with Meg-Meg staring at me
with her creepy one eye...
- (SNORTS, CHUCKLES)
- ...and a unicorn up my nose.
- (LAUGHS)
- Could be that. (CHUCKLES)
(MOTOR SPUTTERS)
(LADDER CREAKS)
(GRUNTS)
(FOOT LANDS IN WATER)
- JULES: Why don't we just call
someone to come in and fix it?
- It could be just a shut valve.
It's actually
quite nice in here.
- Are you sure about this?
- Can't be that hard, right?
(CHUCKLES) Wish me luck.
(TORCH CLICKS)
(CRITTERS SQUEAK, SCURRY)
(WATER SLOSHES WITH FOOTSTEPS)
(EXHALES)
Well, it looks like it goes a
long way back under the cottage.
(MOSQUITO WHINES)
- If there are any monsters or
psychos, don't let them out, OK?
- You bet, honey.
Damn things.
Agh!
- What can you see?
(WATER SLOSHES)
- There's a pipe coming in
from the hill behind
and another below
that must go to the pump.
Hang on.
I'll see if I can open it.
(TORCH CLATTERS, ECHOES)
(GRUNTS)
(STRAINS)
(VALVE GROANS)
Ow. Shit.
(WINCES)
(DRIPS ECHO)
(VALVE GROANS)
(CREAKING)
It works!
We've got water!
(TORCH CLATTERS, ECHOES)
Damn it.
(WATER GUSHES)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(STRAINS)
(GURGLING REVERBERATES)
(ROCKS CLATTER)
(CLATTERING ECHOES)
(ROCKS CLATTER DISTANTLY)
(EXHALES, GRUNTS)
(STRAINS)
(GRUNTS)
(WATER SLOSHES UNDERFOOT)
(WATER GUSHES FROM PIPE)
(UNEASY MUSIC RISES)
(EXHALES)
- Any luck?
Oh. Did you hurt yourself?
- Uh, it's just a scratch.
Found a tunnel and a sort of
cave behind the tank wall.
Looks really deep. Must be
where the water comes from.
(TAP CREAKS)
Oh!
Great. Pump still works.
Oh.
(WATER TRICKLES)
Pure spring water.
- Maybe we should start bottling
it. Could be a new thing.
- OK, let's not, uh,
close the store just yet.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
(TRICKLING STOPS)
Look what else I found.
- Oh.
(OMINOUS MUSIC STIRS)
- (SIGHS)
- Where did you find this?
- It was in the mud,
in the tank.
What do you think it is?
- Well, it's not a fish.
It's some sort of amphibious
larvae - not fully formed.
(SQUELCHING)
These are its gills.
- Yeah?
- See the rear bone spurs?
They turn into legs
when they move on to land.
Look how slimy it is.
Like, look.
(WINCES)
- Oh, yeah.
- Wow.
(SQUELCH!)
Holy shit.
- (CHUCKLES)
- What's that?
- Hm?
- It's solid. That's where
its eyes should be.
Maybe it's subterranean -
evolved not to need them,
like Apoda amphibians.
- What does 'Apoda' mean?
- Uh, 'the blind ones' in Latin.
- Do you know how devilishly
sexy you are
when you speak Latin?
- I do, actually.
- What do you think
it's doing here?
- I don't know. Maybe it's
attracted to the water.
It's pretty incredible.
- Pretty frickin' weird.
What do we do with it?
- Mm, we should try preserve it.
Someone will wanna
study this thing for sure.
Where's that cooler?
Oh, there.
- (SIGHS)
OK, but you better win an award
for discovering this thing,
whatever the hell it is,
cos that was my lucky
Led Zeppelin shirt.
- I'll buy you a new one
when I'm famous.
(HAUNTING MUSIC SWELLS)
(ARCHIE BARKS)
(TAP SQUEAKS, PIPES GROAN)
(RUMBLING, WATER RUSHES)
(BARKS)
(WHINES)
(WIND BLOWS)
- Hello?
Daddy?
(WATER TRICKLES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
Is anyone in there?
(WATER TRICKLES)
Daddy?
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(WATER SLOSHES, SCREECHING)
(SCREAMS)
Ah. Mommy!
(PANTS)
- What is it? Are you hurt?
- There's something in the tank.
- Why is this open?
She could've fallen.
- It sounded like the one
in my room last night.
- What do you mean,
in your room?
- Honey, there's a lot of
animals in the wild here.
Please. I told you
not to look in there.
Probably just the sound
of the water pipe.
- DISTANTLY:
Hello? Is anyone home?
So sorry. Th-The
front door was open.
I'm Merial Tingey. Mr Tilbury
asked me to come and see you
about selling the property.
I couldn't call.
I hope now's OK.
- Uh...
'course. I'm Ben.
This is Jules and Reia.
Glad you found us.
- It's a bit of a hike, isn't
it? I thought I might get stuck,
so I left my car at the top
and walked down.
I saw you from the hill.
- Do you wanna go
upstairs and play
while we talk to the lady?
(BROODING MUSIC)
- MERIAL: I remember my father
coming here years ago
with a buyer.
But your mother's lawyer
was adamant she'd never sell.
It truly is a magical spot.
- Yeah.
It's a gorgeous beach.
- Well, not just the beach.
You realise the property extends
a lot further than that -
several private coves,
most of those hills
in the distance as well.
- Well, we only learned
about the place last week.
- It's the last remaining
untouched block of its size
up here. From what I can recall,
I believe the cottage
was originally built
as a whaler's shack
in the early 1800s.
- Uh, do you know who owned
the place before Ben's parents?
- I don't. May have
even been abandoned.
There were a lot of protests
when he bought it -
locals especially. They thought
the place was cursed, but...
I'm sorry about what
happened to him.
- Uh, you said curse.
What do you mean by that?
- (LAUGHS) Sorry.
I didn't mean to scare you.
Uh, the big Cascadia
earthquake in 1700.
It hit from Canada
down to California.
This coast was
completely torn open -
sent a tsunami
all the way to Japan.
The Siuslaw people
said the land was bad
and abandoned the whole area.
They said it was cursed.
Said, uh...
the ground opened up deep,
and people would disappear.
It's just a silly old story.
Places have them.
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
- I'm sorry. I hope you don't
think this presumptuous;
I made a few calls
before I came, and, uh...
well, I have a buyer
who's interested.
They've made a strong offer
and would move quickly,
if you wanted.
- Oh, that's fast.
There may be a little room
to go up... for a quick sale.
- Oh, this is a lot.
- Is that serious?
- It's a lot more than I think
your mother ever thought
it'd be worth.
And if you want more, I can ask-
- No. No.
- Yes. Yes!
- The buyer's in town
and keen to close a deal,
so if you have time
to meet, then...
well...
my number's on there.
You'll wanna talk,
a-a-and no rush.
- Sorry.
Thank you.
Can I give you a lift
back up to your car?
- Thank you, but, you know,
I think I'll enjoy the walk.
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
(LEAVES RUSTLE,
TWIGS CRUNCH UNDERFOOT)
(BRANCH SNAPS)
(SCRATCHING, CREAKING)
(LOW GROANING, GROWLING)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
(EXHALES)
(KEYS JINGLE)
(SIGHS)
(EXHALES)
(KEYS JINGLE)
(ENGINE STARTS)
(GUTTURAL GROWLING)
(WHEELS GRIND, ENGINE REVS)
(WHEELS SPIN, ENGINE REVS)
(ENGINE REVS)
(WHEELS GRIND)
(SQUELCH! GROWLING, GURGLING)
(SIGHS)
Oh, wha-?
(GROANS)
(LEAVES CRUNCH)
(SIGHS)
(GROANS)
(HEAVY, RUNNING
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
(CREATURE GROWLS)
(SCREAMS)
(PANTS HEAVILY)
(FOOTSTEPS FADE)
(LEAVES RUSTLE, LOW GROWLING)
(DISTANT SNARLING)
(BRANCH SNAPS, CREATURE ROARS)
(SCREAMS)
(FRANTIC MUSIC)
(SCREAMS)
(GROWLING, CHOMPING)
(SCREAMS)
(SCREAMS)
(CREATURE ROARS, GROWLS)
(GROWLING ECHOES)
(SCREAMS)
(THUD! WIND WHISTLES)
- Ben? Are you awake?
- DROWSILY: I'm asleep.
- Shh.
I think I hear something.
(THUD!)
That.
(WIND WHISTLES)
(SCRATCHING)
- (SIGHS)
(CLICK!)
(STAIRS CREAK)
(WIND HOWLS)
(SCRATCHING)
(SINISTER MUSIC)
(WIND WHISTLES)
(WIND WHISTLES, GROWLING)
(GASPS)
(CREAKING, SCRATCHING)
(WINDOW CREAKS)
(SHRIEKS)
(PANTS)
(HEAVY FOOTSTEPS RETREAT)
- What's going on? You OK?
- I-I just saw something
at the window.
- What?
- O-Over there.
- You sure?
There's nothing there.
- Yes. Yes, I'm goddamn sure.
It had big teeth and claws.
It was right there.
- It was probably just a raccoon
attracted to the light.
- That was no fucking raccoon.
- OK, just calm down.
OK? I don't wanna scare Reia.
There's nothing out there, OK?
- I-I just want us to go.
I just want us to leave.
- Look, I'll call Merial
tomorrow and meet the buyer.
We can sell it in the next day
or two and never come back.
OK?
- (EXHALES)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(GURGLING,
HEAVY FOOTSTEPS RETREAT)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(MUSIC FADES)
(MOTOR SPUTTERS)
- Come on.
(MOTOR STARTS, REVS SLOWLY)
(TAP SQUEAKS, RUMBLING)
QUIETLY: Oh, come on.
(WATER SPUTTERS)
(RUMBLING)
(RUMBLING STOPS)
(TENSE MUSIC)
(GROANS)
(SCRAPING)
(GRUNTS)
Ah, shit.
(LOW, TENSE MUSIC)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
(SNIFFS)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(GURGLING)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(COUGHS)
(COUGHS)
(GROWLING)
(WATER GUSHES)
(EXHALES)
(PIPES GROAN)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(GASPS)
(SINISTER MUSIC)
(GRUNTS)
- What are you doing?
I thought you were going
to the gas station.
- Go inside and play, sweetie.
- Have you seen Archie?
He came up from the beach.
- Uh, maybe he's around back.
I'll have a look when I go.
- SIGHS: OK.
- Look at this.
Found your intruder.
It's just a raccoon.
Must've got in under the house
somehow and drowned.
That's what all the noise
would've been.
- Poor little guy.
Look what else I found.
You see what's tangled in it?
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
(HEARTBEAT THUDS LOUDLY)
(HEARTBEAT STOPS)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(HEARTBEAT THUDS LOUDLY)
(HEARTBEAT STOPS)
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
- (EXHALES)
(NO AUDIO)
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
(CHAIN JINGLES)
I think we need to
call the police.
They need to look down there.
- I'm gonna go to
the gas station.
(CAR ENGINE RUMBLES)
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
(CREAKING, ROARING)
- (GASPS)
- JULES, READS:
The Badger drew himself up,
took a firm grip with his stick
with both paws,
glanced around his
comrades and cried,
'The hour has come.
Follow me,'
and flung the trap door
wide open.
They were but four in all,
but to the panic-stricken
weasels,
the hall seemed full of
monstrous animals.
- No, more!
- We can read again tomorrow.
- It's early. Do we have to?
- (SIGHS)
Afraid so, beautiful.
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(OMINOUS MUSIC STIRS)
(DOOR SHUTS)
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
(BRAKES SQUEAL)
(KEYS CLANG, ENGINE TURNS OFF)
(ANIMALS CHITTER)
(FLY BUZZES)
(FLIES BUZZ)
(LEAVES CRUNCH UNDERFOOT)
(FLIES BUZZ)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(SINISTER STING)
- (GASPS)
(FLIES BUZZ)
(RETCHES)
(SINISTER MUSIC SWELLS)
(VOMITS)
(GASPS, PANTS)
(SINISTER MUSIC SWELLS)
(FRENETIC, UNSETTLING MUSIC)
(STATIC BUZZES)
Hello? Is anybody there?
Hello? Anybody?
(FRENETIC, UNSETTLING MUSIC)
Hello?
(STATIC BUZZES)
(STAIRS CREAK)
(WIND HOWLS)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(WIND WHISTLES)
(WIND GUSTS LOUDLY)
(HANDLE SQUEAKS)
(DRAWER THUDS SHUT)
(PAPERS RUSTLE, OBJECTS CLATTER)
(DRAWER OPENS)
(SCRATCHING)
(WIND WHISTLES, DRAWERS THUD)
(OMINOUS MUSIC STIRS)
(KEYS CLINK)
(LOCK STRAINS)
(DOOR SLAMS)
- (GASPS)
(KEYS CLINK)
(LOCK TURNS, CLICKS)
(DOOR CREAKS)
(WIND WHISTLES)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(OMINOUS MUSIC STIRS)
(BANGING RESONATES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(BANGING, ROARING)
(WIND GUSTS)
(PAGES RUSTLE)
(SLAM!)
(GASPS)
(HANDLE SQUEAKS)
(HANDLE RATTLES)
(DEEP GROWLING)
(GRUNTS, PANTS)
(LOW GROWLING,
HEAVY FOOTSTEPS THUD)
(ROARING)
Reia!
(HEAVY, RUNNING FOOTSTEPS
RETREAT)
(GRUNTS)
(CRACK!)
(DEEP ROARING)
(FAST-PACED SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(ENGINE RUMBLES,
GRAVEL CRUNCHES)
(STRAINS, GRUNTS)
(GRAVEL CRUNCHES)
- QUIETLY: Come on.
Come on!
(FAST-PACED SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
- Reia!
(EXCLAIMS)
(THUD!)
(CAR DOOR OPENS)
- (PANTS)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)
- (PANTS)
Reia!
(LOCK CLICKS)
- Jules?
(WIND WHISTLES)
(LOCK CLICKS)
Jules!
Where are you?
Jules!
- JULES: Up here!
- Are you all right?
- The tank lid was open.
Something came into the cottage.
We need to leave.
WHISPERS: What is it?
- Merial, the estate agent.
She's dead.
Something attacked her.
I radioed the sheriff.
They're sending someone.
They said to lock the doors
and wait for them.
We should, uh-
We should get Reia dressed.
- I found out what happened
to your father and sister.
They didn't drown at the beach.
They died here, in the cottage.
(DEEP GROWLING)
- (SCREAMS)
(SCREAMING ECHOES)
- There's something
in this place.
That's why no one lives here,
why your mother never told you
about it. She never wanted you
to know, to ever come here.
(ROARING)
She lied to the police.
She made the whole thing up
about them drowning.
- (EXHALES SHARPLY)
- It's the rest of her diary.
- READS: 'I trust in God
I make it away from here
'and out of this hell and my
poor family can be found.'
- ROSIE, ECHOES: Mommy!
- She wasn't crazy
like they thought.
- No. She thought they'd take
you away if she told the truth.
And the last thing
she wrote was...
'Whoever finds this,
forgive me,'...
and this.
(SINISTER MUSIC SWELLS)
- REIA: Where are we going?
- Just for a drive, sweetie.
- BEN: Just wait here
with Mommy.
That's the sheriff.
I'll go get him.
- Hey, wait!
(URGENT, OMINOUS MUSIC)
OK.
(MUSIC FADES)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
(WIND BLOWS)
(LEAVES CRUNCH UNDERFOOT)
- (PANTS)
(DEEP GROWLING ECHOES)
- (GASPS, EXHALES SHARPLY)
(SUSPENSEFUL STING)
(LEAVES RUSTLE)
(DEEP GROWLING RESONATES)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(DEEP GROWLING)
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
(BRAKES SQUEAL)
(ENGINE IDLES)
(ENGINE TURNS OFF)
(FOOTSTEPS THUD SOFTLY)
(LEAVES CRUNCH, DEEP GRUMBLING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(SOFT FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
(OBJECTS RUSTLE)
(THUD! DEEP, GUTTURAL GROWLING)
(DEEP GURGLING)
(METAL CREAKS)
(LOW GROWLING)
(DEEP GURGLING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC SWELLS)
- (GURGLES)
(GROWLS)
(GURGLES DEEPLY)
(HOLSTER UNCLICKS)
(SNARLS)
(CLICK!)
(ROARS)
(GROWLS)
- Aah! Aah!
(GUNSHOT)
(CREATURE GROWLS)
(YELLS)
(BANG!)
(ROAR ECHOES)
(YELLING ECHOES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(CREATURE GROWLS)
(SCREAMS)
Aah!
(KICKS THUD, CREATURE GROWLS)
(CRUNCH!)
Aah!
(DEEP GROWLING)
- (GURGLES, ROARS)
(FRENETIC, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(ROARS)
(HEAVY FOOTSTEPS THUD)
- (STRAINS)
(FRENETIC, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(THUD!)
(WINCES)
(HEAVY FOOTSTEPS THUD)
- (GURGLES GUTTURALLY)
- No!
- (SNARLS)
(DEEP ROARING ECHOES)
(LOW GROWLING)
- (PANTS)
(CRUNCHING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC STIRS)
(LOW GROWLING, GURGLING)
(CRUNCHING)
(CRUNCH!)
- (GROWLS DEEPLY)
- (GASPS) Shit.
(SQUELCHING, CRUNCHING)
- (GROWLS)
(GROWLS)
(HURRIED, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(GUTTURAL GROWLING ECHOES)
(SQUELCH! GROWLING)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(THUD!)
(LOCK CLICKS)
- I heard a gun. What happened?
- He's dead.
He's dead. (BREATHES SHAKILY)
It killed him,
that thing you saw.
- Wait, wh-what did you see?
- It was like some kind of
reptile. Didn't have any eyes.
Shit. (PANTS)
- Hey.
Hey, Ben.
(BOLT CLICKS)
Ben?
- (HYPERVENTILATES)
- Hey. Just breathe. OK?
Breathe. Breathe, please.
- (INHALES, EXHALES)
What the hell is this thing?
- I don't know.
I don't know. We've gotta go.
- No, we can't.
- No, we have to go.
- We can't go!
- We have to.
- Whatever it is,
it's still out there.
OK, there must be a nest
somewhere behind the tank.
- All the noise we've been
making, the pump -
it knows we're here.
That's what the scratching is.
(STAMMERS)
It's just trying to get in.
- Maybe we can make some noise,
lure it back into the tank,
somehow bury it in there.
- How? That lid doesn't stop it.
- There's spare gas in the shed.
Mixed with that fertiliser,
it's highly explosive.
I can rig a fuse.
- You can't go back in there.
- We don't have a choice!
It's gonna kill us in here.
It's the only way
we can stop it.
You and Reia stay upstairs.
Lock the door.
Whatever happens, don't open it.
- No, we can make it to the car.
- No, we can't, baby,
not with her. (INHALES SHAKILY)
When it's set,
I'll come get you.
We won't have much time.
- You come back, OK?
You come back.
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
- (BREATHES HEAVILY)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(FERTILISER POURS,
CLATTERS LIGHTLY)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(THUD!)
(CLANG!)
(CLATTERING, CLANGING)
(LOUD GROWLING ECHOES)
(GUTTURAL GURGLING)
(GRUNTS)
(DETERMINED, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(THUD ECHOES)
(MUSIC SOFTENS SADLY)
(DETERMINED MUSIC RESUMES)
(MUSIC SWELLS)
(MUSIC FADES)
(LADDER CREAKS, WATER SLOSHES)
(EXHALES SHAKILY)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(WATER BUBBLES DEEPLY)
(THUNDER RUMBLES, WIND GUSTS)
(LEAVES RUSTLE)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(SINISTER MUSIC STIRS)
(DULL CREAKING)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(SINISTER MUSIC CONTINUES)
(LOW GURGLING)
(BREATHES SHARPLY)
(OMINOUS STING)
(GASPS, PANTS ANXIOUSLY)
(SINISTER MUSIC)
(PANTS)
(WATER TRICKLES)
(DEEP GURGLING ECHOES)
(VALVE CREAKS)
(GRUNTS)
(VALVE CREAKS)
(DEEP GROWLING)
(GRUNTS)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(LOW GURGLING)
(GROWLS)
(WATER SLOSHES IN DISTANCE)
(INHALES SHARPLY)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(GASPS, PANTS)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(BANG! DOOR RATTLES)
(ARCHIE WHINES)
(BANGING)
- Hey. Stay here, sweetie. OK?
(ARCHIE WHINES)
(FOOTSTEPS CREAK)
(BANG! RATTLING,
REIA WHIMPERS)
It's OK.
(BANGING CONTINUES)
(SCRATCHING)
(LOCK CLICKS)
(ARCHIE PANTS)
- (SIGHS) Archie.
(LOCK CLICKS)
(SIGHS)
(BUCKET CLANGS)
- (PANTS)
(GRUNTS)
(LOUD CREAKING ECHOES)
(BUCKET SCRAPES)
(GRUNTS)
(STRAINS, GRUNTS)
(LOW GROWLING ECHOES)
(PANTS)
(BUCKET RATTLES)
(ROCKS CLATTER, ECHO)
(GRUNTS)
(TORCH CLICKS)
(GRUNTS, EXCLAIMS)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(SINISTER MUSIC STIRS)
(BUCKET SCRAPES)
(PANTS, GRUNTS)
(GROWLING ECHOES DISTANTLY)
(SINISTER MUSIC SWELLS)
(SPARK CRACKLES)
(GROANS)
(SINISTER MUSIC)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(SINISTER MUSIC SWELLS)
(BOOM!)
(YELLS)
(MUFFLED EXPLOSION)
- Ben!
- (GASPS)
(PANTS)
(GROWLING)
Aah!
(MUFFLED YELL)
(CREATURE GROWLS)
Aah!
(MUFFLED CRUNCH)
(YELLS) Aah!
- (GROWLS)
- Aaah!
(PAINED GROWLING ECHOES)
Aah!
- (EXHALES SHAKILY)
Hey, sweetie. I need to go see
Daddy. I need to go help him.
You just stay here.
Don't move. OK?
(GROWLING, BANGING ON DOOR)
(BANGING CONTINUES)
- (BREATHES SHAKILY)
(ROARING)
(SCREAMS)
SCREAMS: Mom! (PANTS) Mommy!
- Sweetie. Sweetie.
OK. Just be quiet, OK?
- (GASPS DESPERATELY)
(FAST-PACED SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(CREATURE ROARS)
- (GURGLES, CRUNCHES)
(GURGLING)
(MUFFLED SCREAMING,
CRUNCHING)
- (YELLS)
(MUFFLED SCREAMING,
CREATURE GROWLS)
(MUSIC SWELLS)
(BANGING, KEY CLATTERS ON FLOOR)
(BANGING, GROWLING)
(REIA PANTS)
- (GRUNTS)
(DRESSER SCRAPES)
(GRUNTS)
(BANG! WOOD CRACKS)
- (CRIES OUT)
- (STRAINS)
(DRESSER SCRAPES)
- (CRIES OUT)
(GROWLING, BANGING)
(GLASS SMASHES)
- (GASPS)
- Mommy!
- (GROWLS)
- (SCREAMS)
- (SCREAMS)
(PANTS)
(CREATURE GROWLS)
(WOOD CRACKS)
(SCREAMS)
- Mommy!
(CREATURE GURGLES)
Aah!
Mommy! (SCREAMS) Mom!
(SQUELCHING)
- (GURGLES)
- (WHIMPERS)
(SCREAMS)
- (GROWLS)
- (GRUNTS)
(REIA SCREAMS)
- Daddy!
- (GROANS)
(GURGLES)
(ARCHIE BARKS)
(CREATURE GURGLES)
- (GASPS)
(GURGLING)
- (WHIMPERS)
- Reia!
- Daddy!
- (ROARS)
- (SCREAMS)
- (WHIMPERS, YELLS)
(THUD!)
- (GURGLES)
- Ah!
- (ROARS)
- (SCREAMS)
(CREATURE ROARS)
- (GROWLS)
(GROWLS, SHRIEKS)
- (PANTS)
(CREATURE GURGLES)
- Reia!
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)
- SCREAMS: Reia!
Reia! (PANTS)
Get up! What happened?
CRIES: Where's Reia?
(STRAINS)
- (WINCES)
It took her... into the tank.
The fuse...
It went off too soon. (WINCES)
- (BREATHES SHAKILY, SNIFFLES)
- You can't kill this thing.
- I don't need to.
I just need to keep it away
from me long enough.
- (WINCES) What are you doing?
- If it's an amphibian,
it breathes through its skin.
This will burn it like acid.
(EXHALES SHAKILY) OK.
If I'm not back, get out
any way that you can.
I'll come find you.
- I'm not going anywhere
without you.
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
(DETERMINED, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(SPLASH!)
- Come on, Jules.
You can do this.
(DETERMINED MUSIC)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(MUSIC FADES)
WHISPERS: 'Reia?
'Can you hear me?'
(PANTS)
WHISPERS: Reia.
Reia?
Can you hear me?
Call to Mommy.
(SCRATCHING ECHOES)
(GASPS)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
Reia!
- REIA ECHOES: Mommy!
(DEEP GURGLING, SPLASHING)
- (BREATHES SHAKILY)
(OMINOUS MUSIC STIRS)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(GURGLING)
- (GROWLS)
(CRACK!)
(CRACK!)
- Hurry, Mommy!
- I'm coming, baby.
Just wait there!
- (GURGLES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
- (GRUNTS)
(LIQUID SLOSHES)
- (GURGLES)
(GURGLES)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(WATER BUBBLES DEEPLY)
- (BREATHES HEAVILY)
(WATER BURBLES)
(GRUNTS)
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
(MUFFLED GROWLING)
(GASPS)
(YELLS, GRUNTS)
(DEEP GURGLING)
(GRUNTS)
(DEEP GURGLING)
(YELLS)
(GROWLING)
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
(GURGLING)
(MUFFLED CLANG)
(GURGLING)
(YELLS)
(LOW GURGLING)
- (GROWLS)
(THUDDING SQUELCH,
LOW GROANING)
(SQUELCH! DULL GROANING)
(CRUNCH!)
(CRUNCH!)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(GRUNTS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(YELLS)
(MUFFLED YELLING, GROWLING)
(FRANTIC MUSIC)
(FRANTIC MUSIC SOARS)
(MUSIC FADES)
Reia!
- ECHOES: Mommy!
- (INHALES DEEPLY)
(WATER BUBBLES DEEPLY)
(CLANG!)
- (GROWLS)
(MUFFLED GURGLING, SCREAMING)
- (SCREAMS)
(GASPS)
- (GURGLES)
- (SCREAMS)
- (GROWLS)
(THUD!)
- (GASPS, PANTS)
(SQUELCH!)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS HEAVILY)
(PANTS)
(ROCKS CRUMBLE, ECHO)
(SHRIEKING ECHOES)
(LOW GROWLING ECHOES)
(PANTS HEAVILY)
(ROCKS CRUMBLE)
(GASPS)
(GROWLING ECHOES)
(SHRIEKING ECHOES)
(WATER SLOSHES)
- (WHIMPERS)
(GROWLING ECHOES DISTANTLY)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
- (BREATHES HEAVILY)
WHISPERS: 'Reia?
'Reia?'
- Mommy!
- Come on, sweetie.
We gotta get outta here.
Come on.
(GROWLING ECHOES)
- They're coming back.
(CREATURES GROWL)
- OK. Climb through
the hole, sweetie.
(GROWLING)
(FRANTIC MUSIC)
- I don't want to.
- You have to, sweetie.
Archie and Daddy
are waiting for us. OK?
- I can't.
- We don't have much time.
- I can't.
- You have to. Brave for Mommy.
OK? Go now.
(DISTANT GROWLING)
(CREATURES GROWL, SHRIEK)
(FRANTIC MUSIC)
(DEEP GROWLING)
(CREATURES ROAR)
(HISS!)
(FLAME ROARS, CREATURE SHRIEKS)
(CREATURES ROAR, SHRIEK)
(FLAME ROARS)
(DEEP GROWLING)
(CREATURES SHRIEK)
(HISS!)
(CANISTER CLATTERS)
- (PANTS QUIETLY)
(LOW GROWLING ECHOES)
Come on, Mommy. I'm scared.
(TENSE, FRANTIC MUSIC)
(SHRIEKING ECHOES)
- Come on. Let's go.
(MUSIC SWELLS)
(SHRIEKING ECHOES)
Baby. Sweetie,
climb, OK? Go, go, go, go, go.
(SPLASH!)
(SNARLING)
(FRANTIC MUSIC SWELLS)
- (ROARS)
- (PANTS) Hang on, sweetie.
I'm gonna get us to the car, and
then I'm gonna get Daddy, OK?
(GRUNTS) Come on, Archie!
(ARCHIE BARKS)
(BOTH PANT)
Get in the car. Get in the car.
Archie, get in the back.
(GUN CLICKS)
Get in the car. Get in the back.
Where are the keys?
OK, sweetie.
I'm gonna have to go back
for Daddy and find the keys.
(EXHALES) You both need
to stay very still and quiet.
Can you do that for me?
Count to 100, and I promise
I'll be back before you're done.
(RUNNING FOOTSTEPS RECEDE)
- (BREATHES SHAKILY)
(COUGHS)
(GASPS)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(PANTS HEAVILY)
(WHIMPERS)
CRIES: Baby, wake up.
Wake up. (PANTS)
I need to get you to the car.
Where's the keys?
- (SIGHS)
(WINCES)
(DEEP GROWLING, LID SCRAPES)
- (BREATHES SHAKILY)
OK. Come on.
Here we go. One...
- (GROANS)
- ...two...
three.
(GRUNTS)
- ...99...
(LEAVES RUSTLE, HEAVY FOOTSTEPS)
(GUTTURAL GROWLING)
(WHIMPERS, PANTS)
(GURGLING)
(HEAVY FOOTSTEPS THUD)
(ARCHIE GROWLS SOFTLY)
(CAR CREAKS)
- (GROWLS, GURGLES)
(EXHALES)
(ROARS)
- (SCREAMS)
(YELLS)
(ARCHIE BARKS)
(ARCHIE BARKS)
- (GROWLS)
- (YELLS)
- (GURGLES)
(WINDOW WHIRRS)
(GURGLES, SNARLS)
- Hurry, Archie! Get out!
(ARCHIE BARKS)
Archie!
(GROWLING, CAR CREAKS)
Mommy!
(FOOTSTEPS THUD)
- JULES: Are you OK?
(LOUD, DEEP GROWLING)
(BEN WINCES, GRUNTS,
ARCHIE BARKS)
Archie, come on!
(CREATURE GROWLS)
(DEEP GURGLING)
- (ROARS)
(THUD!)
(TENSE, FRANTIC MUSIC)
(ENGINE STARTS)
(DEEP GURGLING)
- Aah! (SCREAMS)
Mommy!
- (GURGLES)
(ARCHIE BARKS)
(GUN CLICKS)
(ROARS)
- Get out of my car!
- (ROARS)
(GUNSHOT)
(TENSE, FRANTIC MUSIC)
(MUSIC SETTLES)
(ENGINE RUMBLES, BRAKES SQUEAL)
(ENGINE REVS)
(TENSE, FRANTIC MUSIC)
(MUSIC SOARS)
(DEEP ROARING)
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
(EERIE, MYSTERIOUS MUSIC)
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
(TYRES SQUEAL, GRAVEL CRUNCHES)
(EMOTIVE MUSIC)
- (SNIFFLES)
(SOBS)
(BEN WINCES)
- Is Daddy OK?
- Yeah.
He'll be OK.
(UPLIFTING MUSIC CONTINUES)
(ENGINE STARTS)
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
(UPLIFTING MUSIC SOARS)
(MUSIC FADES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
Captions by Able.
(FRANTIC, OMINOUS MUSIC)
(FRANTIC, OMINOUS MUSIC)
(MUSIC FADES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(STONE LID SCRAPES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(SAW BUZZES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
- Yeah, yeah. Gonna clear that
track. All this has gotta go.
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(CREATURES SHRIEK)
(SERENE MUSIC)
(SERENE MUSIC)
(SERENE MUSIC)
(SERENE MUSIC)
(SERENE MUSIC)
(SERENE MUSIC)
(MUSIC FADES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES)
(RAIN PATTERS ON ROOF)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(DOOR SLAMS OPEN, CREAKS)
(THUNDER CRACKS, RAIN PATTERS)
- (GRUNTS)
(STONE COVER SCRAPES)
(GRUNTS)
(THUNDER CRACKS)
(THUNDER CRACKS, RUMBLES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC STIRS)
(MUFFLED SCREAM)
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(SCREAMS)
(GRUNTS)
No! Ugh!
(GRUNTS, YELLS)
(SCREAMS)
(SCREAMS)
(SCREAM FADES)
(SINISTER MUSIC)
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
She's my
kinda girl.
Yes, she is.
She is my
kinda girl.
- Oh wow. What is it?
- She's an eastern water dragon.
They can grow up to 4ft.
You can touch her.
Her name's Juliet.
- Has she ever bitten you?
- That was supposed
to be for Romeo.
He can be annoying, like
most boyfriends. (CHUCKLES)
- Please, Mommy, can we go?
- Sweetie, 7 is too young to be
going to an anti-nuclear march.
- (GROANS)
- Oh, sorry.
Did you let the puppies out?
- Excuse me, ma'am.
Do you have worms?
They're for our dragons.
- They're called Rocky and Mr T.
- What do they like the most -
dried or alive and wriggly?
We have both just along here.
(TELEPHONE RINGS)
- It's not about that;
it's about the men cutting down
our forests.
Don't you know
what they're doing?
- Honey, who told you that?
- Jodie did.
Do you know how many
people live on the planet?
- Uh, yes, no.
- 4.4 billion.
- Rainin' Cats and Dogs.
- That's too many.
- How can I help you?
(BIRD SQUAWKS)
Uh, yes, we have that.
Till... 5 today. OK.
(BIRD SQUAWKS, PUPPY WHIMPERS)
- Mommy, look.
He's done a peepee.
- (CHUCKLES) Oh, sweetie.
Jodie, could you please help
Mrs Martinez?
And when you're done,
can you start feeding the birds?
Honey, please leave the puppies
in their pens, OK?
- Aw.
- Help! Jules?
(PUPPY WHIMPERS)
- (SIGHS)
CHUCKLES: What are you doing?
- (GRUNTS) One of the
kids opened the cage.
Damn Bertie got out again.
Can't get my arm under.
He's way at the back.
(STRAINS) You so owe me.
- Yeah, he's right at the back.
- Yeah, I can see him. Hang on.
STRAINS: Got him.
(CHUCKLES)
- Come here.
Oh. (CHUCKLES)
- Aw, he's just a rat.
A cutie too.
- (SIGHS) Just put him away.
- One day, you'll find
the pythons, Bertie,
and that won't end well.
(ANIMALS CHATTER)
- Where is she now? We've really
gotta find another sitter.
- Yeah, like we can
afford that (!)
You saw the letter
from the bank?
- Not overdrawn again?
- (SIGHS)
I'll go see them.
We'll find a way.
- Mom? I think Reggie's
eaten his brother.
- Your turn. I did the puppy.
- I did the rat.
- You did not!
(BIRD SQUAWKS)
Oh, Reggie. You bad axolotl.
(SIGHS)
(WATER SLOSHES)
Ew.
- Where's the lizard's
arms and legs?
- I'm guessing inside Reggie,
sweetie.
- Ugh, that's gross.
- He's not a lizard.
He's an amphibian, like some of
the oldest, baddest dinosaurs.
- Why did he do that?
- Mm, hungry, territorial.
Or the water change.
They can be sensitive,
cos they breathe through
their skin. Look.
- So slimy.
- (CHUCKLES)
You know, if we took him
out of the water,
he would turn into a salamander
and hunt on land.
- What would he hunt?
- I don't know.
Anything that moves.
(BOTH LAUGH)
- K.
(SIGHS) Damn filter's
gone again.
Come on. Let's go tell Daddy
and see if he can fix it.
You wanna come?
- Mm-hm.
- OK.
- Thanks a lot.
(ANIMALS CHITTER)
(BELL CHIMES)
(DOOR OPENS, BELL RINGS)
- Oh, I'm sorry, sir.
We're closed.
- I'm looking for Ben Adams.
- That's me. How can I help?
- Amos Tilbury.
I wanted to talk to you
about your mother.
- Uh, Ben's mother passed
away a few months ago.
- I know. My apologies.
My partner was her lawyer...
before his stroke - poor guy.
Um, I've been trying to
go through his old files,
but if now is inconvenient,
I can come back.
- No, uh...
I'm sorry.
This is my wife, Jules.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Uh, do you wanna
come through and sit?
- Sure.
(BEADS JINGLE)
(TAP SQUEAKS)
- JULES: Excuse the mess.
Uh, we live in the
apartment above.
Ben's renovating
the kitchen upstairs.
- UC Davis.
I hear it's a good programme.
- Yeah. Last year of vet school.
It's a bit stressful
on top of everything else,
but we are hoping to open
a practice as part of the store.
- Hm.
- Yeah.
Um, you said something
about my mother's files.
- Yeah, I... I didn't
know your mother.
And, uh, everything in her file
appears to be in order.
There was, however,
an old deed I came across
emptying some boxes that
had been filed incorrectly.
It's for a coastal property
in Oregon.
- My mother never
had property anywhere.
- Mm.
- Certainly not up there.
- Well, it's from 1935,
in your father's name.
He bought land on
the Oregon coast
at the end of the Depression,
little place called
Hobbit's Bay.
(PAPERS RUSTLE)
- Never heard of it.
How did something like this
get overlooked for so long?
- Well, it was before
our firm's time, and...
well, we had no record on file
of your mother ever owning it.
But it would have
passed on to her.
Looks like it got forgotten
after your father's death.
- (SIGHS)
- Isn't that a little bit
strange? I mean,
people don't normally forget
about a place they own, do they?
- Well, some families
have secrets.
You'd be surprised
at what people find out
after a loved one dies.
- In all my life, she never
once mentioned this.
Can I keep all of this?
- Of course.
- I appreciate you coming by.
- Look- Look,
I don't mean to pry.
There was one
other thing I found.
(PAPERS RUSTLE)
Are you aware of what happened
to your father?
- He and my sister died in a car
accident just before I was born.
Why?
- Well, according to this,
they were swimming at Hobbit's
Bay when they disappeared.
- My mother never spoke
about them much.
She never wanted to. Um...
But why would she say it was
a car accident if it wasn't?
- Well, Ben's mother
was institutionalised
for most of his childhood.
She was never around much.
- Sorry. I just thought
you should know.
Legally, the property's yours
to do with as you wish.
I do have a local agent
who can help advise.
- What do you wanna do?
(BROODING MUSIC STIRS)
- Well, how far away is it?
- Well, it's quite a drive -
halfway up the Oregon coast,
just north of Florence.
I could get my office to
give you the directions.
(ETHEREAL MUSIC)
(MUSIC SWELLS)
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
(POIGNANT MUSIC CONTINUES)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(BRAKES SQUEAK LIGHTLY)
(MUSIC FADES)
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
- JULES: Are you sure
this is it?
- Oh yeah.
(GRAVEL CRUNCHES)
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC STIRS)
(GRAVEL CRUNCHES,
BRAKES SQUEAK, CLUNK!)
- Are we there yet?
- Almost, sweetie.
(THUD!)
(CAR CLUNKS ON GRAVEL)
- You sure this is safe?
- CHUCKLES: We'll soon find out.
Hold on.
(CLUNK!)
(ENGINE RUMBLES,
GRAVEL CRUNCHES)
(BRAKES SQUEAL)
- Now what? (SCOFFS)
- I'll take a look.
(ENGINE TURNS OFF)
(SIGHS)
(ANIMALS CHITTER)
(DEER GRUNTS)
(GROWLS)
(DEER GRUNTS)
- (GRUNTS)
(LEAVES CRUNCH UNDERFOOT)
Hey, there's something
through here.
(DOG BARKS)
Archie.
- (BARKS)
- Archie! Come here!
(ARCHIE BARKS, BARKING FADES)
(SIGHS)
- (SCOFFS, CHUCKLES) Oh wow.
It's a palace.
All my dreams have come true (!)
- (CHUCKLES)
(LEAVES RUSTLE)
- Do you think it has power?
(ARCHIE BARKS)
- Sure. How do you think
you heat the Jacuzzi (?)
- (CHUCKLES)
- OK, stand back.
This is a dad job.
(EXHALES)
(CRUNCH!)
(HUFFS)
(BOARD THUDS ON GROUND)
(CRUNCH!)
(BOARD THUDS)
(BOARD RIPS)
(GRUNTS)
(THUD!)
(PANTS)
(SIGHS)
(LOCK TURNS, CLICKS)
(DOOR CREAKS)
(DOOR CREAKS)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
Well, a little bit more
air and light -
I think it's got potential.
(WIND WHISTLES)
- (SCOFFS)
Hey, slow down.
(DOOR GROANS, CREAKS)
(DOOR SHUTS)
- REIA: What's in here?
(SINISTER MUSIC STIRS)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
MUFFLED: Can we go upstairs?
- Sure.
- Come on, Archie. Come with me.
- Hey, be careful. Some of the
floorboards might be rotten.
- OK.
(CURTAIN SCRAPES)
(POIGNANT MUSIC STIRS)
(FOOTSTEPS THUD)
- Wow.
(POIGNANT MUSIC CONTINUES)
(INTRIGUING MUSIC)
(CURTAIN SCRAPES)
- Hey, can you give me
a hand with this?
(CLICK!)
Oh, don't worry. I got it.
(CLUNK! DOOR CREAKS)
(WAVES CRASH, GULLS SCREECH)
Ben? Quick, come here.
- What is it?
You all right?
- CHUCKLES: Look at this.
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC)
- It's incredible.
- (CHUCKLES)
(MUSIC SOARS)
Didn't I say things
would work out?
- I love you.
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC)
(SIGHS)
(MOMENTOUS MUSIC FADES)
(STONE COVER SCRAPES, THUD!
What is it?
- (STRAINS, PANTS)
(THUD!)
- It looks disgusting.
- It's a water tank.
All these old types of places
would've run off rainwater
or a bore, if there's an
underground spring near here.
- You're not going in there.
- It's just a water tank.
- Ben!
Hey. Come here. Come here.
(GULLS CAW)
- (STRAINS)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(GRUNTS)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(HURRIED FOOTSTEPS SCURRY)
- ECHOES: 'Ben? Ben!
'What can you see?'
- Not much.
(GRUNTS)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC STIRS)
(LANTERN CREAKS)
- What's that?
- Just an old lantern
I found in the dirt.
(GROANS)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
- REIA, ECHOES:
Can I go in there?
- Sweetie, I don't want you
to go near this thing, OK?
Promise me?
- Promise.
- Yeah, good girl.
Go and help Mom.
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(GRUNTS)
(COVER SCRAPES)
(GRUNTS)
(LEAVES RUSTLE)
(ANIMALS CHITTER)
(LEAVES CRUNCH UNDERFOOT)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(WIND BLUSTERS)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(DOOR OPENS, CREAKS)
(WATER SLOSHES IN BUCKET)
(DOOR SHUTS)
- BEN: Honey! Where
do you want our bags?
I got pillows and blankets too.
- JULES: Uh, up here. I think
this is your parents' old room.
(UNSETTLING MUSIC STIRS)
- What are these?
- Mm. Must be Granny's.
(MUSIC SWELLS)
- Was this her?
- (CHUCKLES)
- She was beautiful.
- Yeah, she was.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
And that little girl would've
been your Aunt Rosie.
(UNSETTLING MUSIC SWELLS)
(FLY BUZZES)
(THUD!)
(THUD!)
I think this is jammed.
It won't open.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- Oh yeah.
Someone's nailed them shut.
Probably just thought the place
would've been broken into.
(CLANKING)
(NAIL CLATTERS)
(WINDOW CREAKS, FLY BUZZES)
- Sugar and Meg-Meg want
to know where their room is.
- Well, I saw a very special
room downstairs.
Shall we go check it out?
- Mm-hm.
- All right, come on. Jump on.
(GROANS)
- Downstairs. Giddy up!
- Yeehaw!
- (GIGGLES)
(YELPS)
- Whoa!
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(MARGO GURYAN'S
'CALIFORNIA SHAKE')
(DOOR SLAMS OPEN)
Help!
- Drifting in a day
not yet begun.
6 o'clock and peaceful
and serene.
- All here, like everything
was just left.
- Right.
- Floating in
a Technicolor scene.
- (BARKS)
- Something nearly peaceful
in the sound.
Rising from the
San Andreas ground.
Overground...
- Hold this.
- Underground,
it starts to rearrange.
You better get up
and run for a doorway.
(WATER SLOSHES)
(MUSIC FADES)
(PENSIVE MUSIC)
(FLAMES ROAR, CRACKLE)
(PAPERS RUSTLE)
- Look what I found.
- Do you think that's here?
- I don't know.
Could be.
Check this out.
It's a bunch of news clippings
about the area.
- What do they mean?
- I don't know. I got dozens
more. They're all similar.
I mean, there's an
insurance claim here
for another ship that ran
aground in the early 1900s.
This one says some
of the crew went ashore
and were never seen again.
(PAPERS RUSTLE)
(SIGHS)
- Look at this.
I found them
in your mother's room.
They're reports of
your father and sister.
Tilbury was right. According to
these, they did drown here,
but their bodies were
never recovered.
(LOW, OMINOUS MUSIC)
(UNEASY MUSIC)
They suspected her?
- That doesn't make any sense.
I mean...
she was secretive...
a bit crazy, sure, but...
(DOOR CREAKS, SLAMS SHUT)
- (GASPS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(EXHALES)
- (EXHALES, LAUGHS)
(BOTH LAUGH)
- You should see your face.
You think my mom's a psycho.
- Uh...
- Maybe it runs in the family.
- Oh, shut up.
- What was that noise?
- Nothing, sweetie. Just-
- I'll clear this away.
- It's just the wind, OK?
Come on. Off to beddy-byes.
- Come here. (KISSES)
- Goodnight, Daddy.
- Goodnight, angel. Sleep tight.
- JULES: Come on.
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDE,
FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(LEAVES CRUNCH UNDERFOOT)
(WIND BLUSTERS)
SIGHS: OK, here we go.
(EXHALES)
Who's that?
- That's you.
- (CHUCKLES)
- This is Daddy.
- Mm.
- That's Grandma.
I miss her.
- I know, sweetie. We do too.
But she's in a better place now.
- Can you read
Wind in the Willows to me?
- Just for a few minutes.
Who's your favourite this week?
- Badger. He's so grumpy.
- (CHUCKLES)
- No, wait. I like Toady.
He's the funniest.
- Yeah?
'Like Summer Tempests
Came His Tears.
'The Rat put out
a neat, brown paw,
'gripped Toad firmly by
the scruff of his neck...'
(BRUSH SCRAPES DISH)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(MUSIC SWELLS)
(WIND BLOWS)
(WIND WHISTLES)
(LOW, DEEP GROWLING, GROANING)
(FLOORBOARD CREAKS,
LANTERN WHINES)
- She's asleep.
What you looking at?
- Found it downstairs.
It's your mother's diary.
- (SIGHS)
(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYS)
Yeah, this is her handwriting.
She used to write me from
hospital when I was a kid.
- She never remarried?
- No. Never saw anyone.
She used to say when Dad
and Rosie died that it was fate.
(INHALES DEEPLY)
To God, be grateful for what
you've got, and all that.
(CREAK!)
(FOOTSTEPS REVERBERATE)
(WIND BLOWS, WHISTLES)
- (SIGHS)
(BED CREAKS)
- Well, I think you're doing
a hell of a better job.
- (CHUCKLES)
You know, it's strange
when your parents die.
You start thinking about
them differently, like...
how they were to you,
the decisions they made.
How you are to your own child.
- How you'll never do
what they did.
What do you wanna do
about this place?
We could really use the money.
And it's fucking creepy.
- (LAUGHS)
- (LAUGHS) It is!
- Yeah, well... it is.
I mean, this place
was so special to them.
Why didn't she want me to know?
(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYS)
- Thought you would never ask.
Let's find out.
'April 27th, 1946.
'We have moved in,
'and I am my new self again.'
- LINDA... my new self again,
with none of my dark sadness.
- (JULES' VOICE FADES OUT)
(WAVES CRASH, ROSIE GIGGLES)
- LINDA: It is just the
beginning of our new life here
with Rosie, and our child
grows strong inside of me.
(CHUCKLES) Alec is determined
we be comfortable here
and has had a man come in
and build a water tank.
And this week, they drilled
more than a hundred feet
to the deep spring
that has water
sweeter and more nourishing
than any I have ever tasted.
(HAUNTING MUSIC)
A package arrived today,
completely anonymously.
It contained newspaper reports
about our bay.
Alec told me to throw them away,
that someone is not happy
we are here
and is trying to unsettle us.
(DOOR SLAMS OPEN)
(RAIN PATTERS)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Alec was up all night
with the storm again.
When it cleared,
Rosie and I took our
early stroll along the beach.
He was not there
for his early morning swim.
And when we returned,
I could not find him anywhere.
(NIB SCRATCHES)
He has been gone
for three days.
I alerted the local police, but
they assure me he will return
from wherever he has gone.
Rosie misses
her father terribly,
and I fear for his safety.
(EERIE MUSIC)
- 'May 5th, 1946.'
That's the last entry.
The rest is missing.
(PAGES RUSTLE)
(EERIE MUSIC)
- Rosie disappeared
on the night of May 10th.
What happened
in those five days?
(SIGHS)
- What's the matter? You don't
wanna know what happened?
- Oh, this is just so crazy.
You know?
This is her all over again.
She-She-
She never told me the truth.
Never. Never what
I wanted to know.
Now I have to accept that.
(SIGHS) I don't know why
she did what she did
or what even really
happened, but...
she's gone now,
and I never will.
- You're not slightly curious?
- What difference does it make?
She did what she did.
(UNEASY MUSIC)
(WAVES CRASH)
(LOW RUMBLING REVERBERATES)
(LOW GROWL ECHOES)
(LOW RUMBLING ECHOES)
(DEEP GROWL, GROANING)
(CREAK!)
(CREAK! DOOR CLOSES)
(LIGHT FOOTSTEPS SCURRY)
- (BREATHES SHAKILY)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(METALLIC CREAKING)
(WIND BLOWS)
(SCRATCHING)
(CREAK!)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(SCRATCHING RESONATES)
(SHEETS RUSTLE)
(BED CREAKS, STRAINS)
(SCRATCHING)
(LOW, DEEP GROWLING)
(SQUELCHING, GROWLING)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(LOUD THUD, CRACKING)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
WHISPERS: Mommy.
- (GASPS) Sweetie.
- Something's trying to get in.
(DULL SCRAPING)
(EERIE MUSIC STIRS)
(LOW GROANING)
(DEEP GROWL)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(CURTAINS SCRAPE)
(DEEP GROWL)
(THUD!)
- WHISPERS: 'Stay here, OK?
(EERIE MUSIC THRUMS)
'Ben. Get up.'
(FOOTSTEPS THUD LIGHTLY)
(CREAKING IN DISTANCE)
(LOW SCRAPING)
(STAIRS CREAK)
'What is it?'
- WHISPERS: I-I don't know.
I'm still on the stairs.
Go back to bed.
(SIGHS HEAVILY)
(LOW, EERIE MUSIC)
(METALLIC CREAKING)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(SCRATCHING)
(METALLIC CLANGING RESONATES)
(CHITTERING, SCRATCHING)
(LOW GROANING)
(DEEP GROWL)
(WIND BLUSTERS)
(WINDOWS RATTLE)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(METALLIC CREAKING)
(SIGHS)
(DEEP, LOW GROANING)
(LOW GROWLING RESONATES)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
- (BREATHES SHAKILY)
(DOOR RATTLES)
(EXHALES)
(MUFFLED RUMBLING)
(GASPS)
(EXHALES)
(GROWLING)
(EERIE MUSIC SWELLS)
(DULL BANGING)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC SWELLS)
(CLICK!)
(DOOR CREAKS)
(WIND BLOWS)
(LEAVES CRUNCH UNDERFOOT)
(BRANCH SNAPS)
(LEAVES RUSTLE)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
(LOW GROWLING)
(GASPS)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC CONTINUES)
(LEAVES RUSTLE)
(LOW GROANING, GROWLING)
(MUSIC SWELLS)
(SCREAMS) Shit!
- (CHUCKLES)
- Don't do that.
You'll give me a heart attack.
- (CHUCKLES) The terrace
door doesn't shut properly.
- EXHALES: Oh my God.
- What are you doing?
- Nothing. I'm...
I thought I heard something.
Let's go to sleep.
Don't do that. You just...
scared the livin' days
out of me.
- It's funny. (CHUCKLES)
- It's not funny.
(HAUNTING MUSIC)
(HAUNTING MUSIC SWELLS)
(CRACK!)
(DISTANT SCREECH)
(RAIN PATTERS ON ROOF,
THUNDER RUMBLES)
(MUFFLED LIVELY MUSIC PLAYS)
(SIGHS)
(LIVELY MUSIC PLAYS,
ARCHIE BARKS IN DISTANCE)
(VOLUME DECREASES,
ARCHIE BARKS)
Sometimes lovin'...
is so, so hard
to do.
(ARCHIE BARKS)
(LIQUID POURS)
- (REIA LAUGHS)
(ARCHIE BARKS)
- (GROWLS PLAYFULLY)
- (GIGGLES)
(MOTOR SPUTTERS)
- Hey! You're up.
I didn't wanna wake you. Thought
you could do with the sleep.
Fridge is running. Hungry?
- No. (SIGHS)
I can't believe I slept in.
What's all that?
- Oh, it's just junk -
old tools, lots of fertiliser.
We should keep Reia outta here.
It's high ammonium nitrate -
what they used to make
bombs with in World War II.
Even some old fuse wires
still here.
Found some old gas,
but we're gonna need more,
so I'm gonna head back
to that station tomorrow.
(MOTOR SPUTTERS)
What? What is it?
- Doesn't this place
make you feel uneasy?
- Well, first night in a new
place is always a bit weird,
but that may be because I woke
up with Meg-Meg staring at me
with her creepy one eye...
- (SNORTS, CHUCKLES)
- ...and a unicorn up my nose.
- (LAUGHS)
- Could be that. (CHUCKLES)
(MOTOR SPUTTERS)
(LADDER CREAKS)
(GRUNTS)
(FOOT LANDS IN WATER)
- JULES: Why don't we just call
someone to come in and fix it?
- It could be just a shut valve.
It's actually
quite nice in here.
- Are you sure about this?
- Can't be that hard, right?
(CHUCKLES) Wish me luck.
(TORCH CLICKS)
(CRITTERS SQUEAK, SCURRY)
(WATER SLOSHES WITH FOOTSTEPS)
(EXHALES)
Well, it looks like it goes a
long way back under the cottage.
(MOSQUITO WHINES)
- If there are any monsters or
psychos, don't let them out, OK?
- You bet, honey.
Damn things.
Agh!
- What can you see?
(WATER SLOSHES)
- There's a pipe coming in
from the hill behind
and another below
that must go to the pump.
Hang on.
I'll see if I can open it.
(TORCH CLATTERS, ECHOES)
(GRUNTS)
(STRAINS)
(VALVE GROANS)
Ow. Shit.
(WINCES)
(DRIPS ECHO)
(VALVE GROANS)
(CREAKING)
It works!
We've got water!
(TORCH CLATTERS, ECHOES)
Damn it.
(WATER GUSHES)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(STRAINS)
(GURGLING REVERBERATES)
(ROCKS CLATTER)
(CLATTERING ECHOES)
(ROCKS CLATTER DISTANTLY)
(EXHALES, GRUNTS)
(STRAINS)
(GRUNTS)
(WATER SLOSHES UNDERFOOT)
(WATER GUSHES FROM PIPE)
(UNEASY MUSIC RISES)
(EXHALES)
- Any luck?
Oh. Did you hurt yourself?
- Uh, it's just a scratch.
Found a tunnel and a sort of
cave behind the tank wall.
Looks really deep. Must be
where the water comes from.
(TAP CREAKS)
Oh!
Great. Pump still works.
Oh.
(WATER TRICKLES)
Pure spring water.
- Maybe we should start bottling
it. Could be a new thing.
- OK, let's not, uh,
close the store just yet.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
(TRICKLING STOPS)
Look what else I found.
- Oh.
(OMINOUS MUSIC STIRS)
- (SIGHS)
- Where did you find this?
- It was in the mud,
in the tank.
What do you think it is?
- Well, it's not a fish.
It's some sort of amphibious
larvae - not fully formed.
(SQUELCHING)
These are its gills.
- Yeah?
- See the rear bone spurs?
They turn into legs
when they move on to land.
Look how slimy it is.
Like, look.
(WINCES)
- Oh, yeah.
- Wow.
(SQUELCH!)
Holy shit.
- (CHUCKLES)
- What's that?
- Hm?
- It's solid. That's where
its eyes should be.
Maybe it's subterranean -
evolved not to need them,
like Apoda amphibians.
- What does 'Apoda' mean?
- Uh, 'the blind ones' in Latin.
- Do you know how devilishly
sexy you are
when you speak Latin?
- I do, actually.
- What do you think
it's doing here?
- I don't know. Maybe it's
attracted to the water.
It's pretty incredible.
- Pretty frickin' weird.
What do we do with it?
- Mm, we should try preserve it.
Someone will wanna
study this thing for sure.
Where's that cooler?
Oh, there.
- (SIGHS)
OK, but you better win an award
for discovering this thing,
whatever the hell it is,
cos that was my lucky
Led Zeppelin shirt.
- I'll buy you a new one
when I'm famous.
(HAUNTING MUSIC SWELLS)
(ARCHIE BARKS)
(TAP SQUEAKS, PIPES GROAN)
(RUMBLING, WATER RUSHES)
(BARKS)
(WHINES)
(WIND BLOWS)
- Hello?
Daddy?
(WATER TRICKLES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
Is anyone in there?
(WATER TRICKLES)
Daddy?
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(WATER SLOSHES, SCREECHING)
(SCREAMS)
Ah. Mommy!
(PANTS)
- What is it? Are you hurt?
- There's something in the tank.
- Why is this open?
She could've fallen.
- It sounded like the one
in my room last night.
- What do you mean,
in your room?
- Honey, there's a lot of
animals in the wild here.
Please. I told you
not to look in there.
Probably just the sound
of the water pipe.
- DISTANTLY:
Hello? Is anyone home?
So sorry. Th-The
front door was open.
I'm Merial Tingey. Mr Tilbury
asked me to come and see you
about selling the property.
I couldn't call.
I hope now's OK.
- Uh...
'course. I'm Ben.
This is Jules and Reia.
Glad you found us.
- It's a bit of a hike, isn't
it? I thought I might get stuck,
so I left my car at the top
and walked down.
I saw you from the hill.
- Do you wanna go
upstairs and play
while we talk to the lady?
(BROODING MUSIC)
- MERIAL: I remember my father
coming here years ago
with a buyer.
But your mother's lawyer
was adamant she'd never sell.
It truly is a magical spot.
- Yeah.
It's a gorgeous beach.
- Well, not just the beach.
You realise the property extends
a lot further than that -
several private coves,
most of those hills
in the distance as well.
- Well, we only learned
about the place last week.
- It's the last remaining
untouched block of its size
up here. From what I can recall,
I believe the cottage
was originally built
as a whaler's shack
in the early 1800s.
- Uh, do you know who owned
the place before Ben's parents?
- I don't. May have
even been abandoned.
There were a lot of protests
when he bought it -
locals especially. They thought
the place was cursed, but...
I'm sorry about what
happened to him.
- Uh, you said curse.
What do you mean by that?
- (LAUGHS) Sorry.
I didn't mean to scare you.
Uh, the big Cascadia
earthquake in 1700.
It hit from Canada
down to California.
This coast was
completely torn open -
sent a tsunami
all the way to Japan.
The Siuslaw people
said the land was bad
and abandoned the whole area.
They said it was cursed.
Said, uh...
the ground opened up deep,
and people would disappear.
It's just a silly old story.
Places have them.
- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
- I'm sorry. I hope you don't
think this presumptuous;
I made a few calls
before I came, and, uh...
well, I have a buyer
who's interested.
They've made a strong offer
and would move quickly,
if you wanted.
- Oh, that's fast.
There may be a little room
to go up... for a quick sale.
- Oh, this is a lot.
- Is that serious?
- It's a lot more than I think
your mother ever thought
it'd be worth.
And if you want more, I can ask-
- No. No.
- Yes. Yes!
- The buyer's in town
and keen to close a deal,
so if you have time
to meet, then...
well...
my number's on there.
You'll wanna talk,
a-a-and no rush.
- Sorry.
Thank you.
Can I give you a lift
back up to your car?
- Thank you, but, you know,
I think I'll enjoy the walk.
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
(LEAVES RUSTLE,
TWIGS CRUNCH UNDERFOOT)
(BRANCH SNAPS)
(SCRATCHING, CREAKING)
(LOW GROANING, GROWLING)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
(EXHALES)
(KEYS JINGLE)
(SIGHS)
(EXHALES)
(KEYS JINGLE)
(ENGINE STARTS)
(GUTTURAL GROWLING)
(WHEELS GRIND, ENGINE REVS)
(WHEELS SPIN, ENGINE REVS)
(ENGINE REVS)
(WHEELS GRIND)
(SQUELCH! GROWLING, GURGLING)
(SIGHS)
Oh, wha-?
(GROANS)
(LEAVES CRUNCH)
(SIGHS)
(GROANS)
(HEAVY, RUNNING
FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
(CREATURE GROWLS)
(SCREAMS)
(PANTS HEAVILY)
(FOOTSTEPS FADE)
(LEAVES RUSTLE, LOW GROWLING)
(DISTANT SNARLING)
(BRANCH SNAPS, CREATURE ROARS)
(SCREAMS)
(FRANTIC MUSIC)
(SCREAMS)
(GROWLING, CHOMPING)
(SCREAMS)
(SCREAMS)
(CREATURE ROARS, GROWLS)
(GROWLING ECHOES)
(SCREAMS)
(THUD! WIND WHISTLES)
- Ben? Are you awake?
- DROWSILY: I'm asleep.
- Shh.
I think I hear something.
(THUD!)
That.
(WIND WHISTLES)
(SCRATCHING)
- (SIGHS)
(CLICK!)
(STAIRS CREAK)
(WIND HOWLS)
(SCRATCHING)
(SINISTER MUSIC)
(WIND WHISTLES)
(WIND WHISTLES, GROWLING)
(GASPS)
(CREAKING, SCRATCHING)
(WINDOW CREAKS)
(SHRIEKS)
(PANTS)
(HEAVY FOOTSTEPS RETREAT)
- What's going on? You OK?
- I-I just saw something
at the window.
- What?
- O-Over there.
- You sure?
There's nothing there.
- Yes. Yes, I'm goddamn sure.
It had big teeth and claws.
It was right there.
- It was probably just a raccoon
attracted to the light.
- That was no fucking raccoon.
- OK, just calm down.
OK? I don't wanna scare Reia.
There's nothing out there, OK?
- I-I just want us to go.
I just want us to leave.
- Look, I'll call Merial
tomorrow and meet the buyer.
We can sell it in the next day
or two and never come back.
OK?
- (EXHALES)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(GURGLING,
HEAVY FOOTSTEPS RETREAT)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(MUSIC FADES)
(MOTOR SPUTTERS)
- Come on.
(MOTOR STARTS, REVS SLOWLY)
(TAP SQUEAKS, RUMBLING)
QUIETLY: Oh, come on.
(WATER SPUTTERS)
(RUMBLING)
(RUMBLING STOPS)
(TENSE MUSIC)
(GROANS)
(SCRAPING)
(GRUNTS)
Ah, shit.
(LOW, TENSE MUSIC)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
(SNIFFS)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(GURGLING)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(COUGHS)
(COUGHS)
(GROWLING)
(WATER GUSHES)
(EXHALES)
(PIPES GROAN)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(GASPS)
(SINISTER MUSIC)
(GRUNTS)
- What are you doing?
I thought you were going
to the gas station.
- Go inside and play, sweetie.
- Have you seen Archie?
He came up from the beach.
- Uh, maybe he's around back.
I'll have a look when I go.
- SIGHS: OK.
- Look at this.
Found your intruder.
It's just a raccoon.
Must've got in under the house
somehow and drowned.
That's what all the noise
would've been.
- Poor little guy.
Look what else I found.
You see what's tangled in it?
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
(HEARTBEAT THUDS LOUDLY)
(HEARTBEAT STOPS)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(HEARTBEAT THUDS LOUDLY)
(HEARTBEAT STOPS)
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
- (EXHALES)
(NO AUDIO)
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
(CHAIN JINGLES)
I think we need to
call the police.
They need to look down there.
- I'm gonna go to
the gas station.
(CAR ENGINE RUMBLES)
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
(CREAKING, ROARING)
- (GASPS)
- JULES, READS:
The Badger drew himself up,
took a firm grip with his stick
with both paws,
glanced around his
comrades and cried,
'The hour has come.
Follow me,'
and flung the trap door
wide open.
They were but four in all,
but to the panic-stricken
weasels,
the hall seemed full of
monstrous animals.
- No, more!
- We can read again tomorrow.
- It's early. Do we have to?
- (SIGHS)
Afraid so, beautiful.
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(OMINOUS MUSIC STIRS)
(DOOR SHUTS)
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
(BRAKES SQUEAL)
(KEYS CLANG, ENGINE TURNS OFF)
(ANIMALS CHITTER)
(FLY BUZZES)
(FLIES BUZZ)
(LEAVES CRUNCH UNDERFOOT)
(FLIES BUZZ)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(SINISTER STING)
- (GASPS)
(FLIES BUZZ)
(RETCHES)
(SINISTER MUSIC SWELLS)
(VOMITS)
(GASPS, PANTS)
(SINISTER MUSIC SWELLS)
(FRENETIC, UNSETTLING MUSIC)
(STATIC BUZZES)
Hello? Is anybody there?
Hello? Anybody?
(FRENETIC, UNSETTLING MUSIC)
Hello?
(STATIC BUZZES)
(STAIRS CREAK)
(WIND HOWLS)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(WIND WHISTLES)
(WIND GUSTS LOUDLY)
(HANDLE SQUEAKS)
(DRAWER THUDS SHUT)
(PAPERS RUSTLE, OBJECTS CLATTER)
(DRAWER OPENS)
(SCRATCHING)
(WIND WHISTLES, DRAWERS THUD)
(OMINOUS MUSIC STIRS)
(KEYS CLINK)
(LOCK STRAINS)
(DOOR SLAMS)
- (GASPS)
(KEYS CLINK)
(LOCK TURNS, CLICKS)
(DOOR CREAKS)
(WIND WHISTLES)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(OMINOUS MUSIC STIRS)
(BANGING RESONATES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(BANGING, ROARING)
(WIND GUSTS)
(PAGES RUSTLE)
(SLAM!)
(GASPS)
(HANDLE SQUEAKS)
(HANDLE RATTLES)
(DEEP GROWLING)
(GRUNTS, PANTS)
(LOW GROWLING,
HEAVY FOOTSTEPS THUD)
(ROARING)
Reia!
(HEAVY, RUNNING FOOTSTEPS
RETREAT)
(GRUNTS)
(CRACK!)
(DEEP ROARING)
(FAST-PACED SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(ENGINE RUMBLES,
GRAVEL CRUNCHES)
(STRAINS, GRUNTS)
(GRAVEL CRUNCHES)
- QUIETLY: Come on.
Come on!
(FAST-PACED SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
- Reia!
(EXCLAIMS)
(THUD!)
(CAR DOOR OPENS)
- (PANTS)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)
- (PANTS)
Reia!
(LOCK CLICKS)
- Jules?
(WIND WHISTLES)
(LOCK CLICKS)
Jules!
Where are you?
Jules!
- JULES: Up here!
- Are you all right?
- The tank lid was open.
Something came into the cottage.
We need to leave.
WHISPERS: What is it?
- Merial, the estate agent.
She's dead.
Something attacked her.
I radioed the sheriff.
They're sending someone.
They said to lock the doors
and wait for them.
We should, uh-
We should get Reia dressed.
- I found out what happened
to your father and sister.
They didn't drown at the beach.
They died here, in the cottage.
(DEEP GROWLING)
- (SCREAMS)
(SCREAMING ECHOES)
- There's something
in this place.
That's why no one lives here,
why your mother never told you
about it. She never wanted you
to know, to ever come here.
(ROARING)
She lied to the police.
She made the whole thing up
about them drowning.
- (EXHALES SHARPLY)
- It's the rest of her diary.
- READS: 'I trust in God
I make it away from here
'and out of this hell and my
poor family can be found.'
- ROSIE, ECHOES: Mommy!
- She wasn't crazy
like they thought.
- No. She thought they'd take
you away if she told the truth.
And the last thing
she wrote was...
'Whoever finds this,
forgive me,'...
and this.
(SINISTER MUSIC SWELLS)
- REIA: Where are we going?
- Just for a drive, sweetie.
- BEN: Just wait here
with Mommy.
That's the sheriff.
I'll go get him.
- Hey, wait!
(URGENT, OMINOUS MUSIC)
OK.
(MUSIC FADES)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
(WIND BLOWS)
(LEAVES CRUNCH UNDERFOOT)
- (PANTS)
(DEEP GROWLING ECHOES)
- (GASPS, EXHALES SHARPLY)
(SUSPENSEFUL STING)
(LEAVES RUSTLE)
(DEEP GROWLING RESONATES)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(DEEP GROWLING)
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
(BRAKES SQUEAL)
(ENGINE IDLES)
(ENGINE TURNS OFF)
(FOOTSTEPS THUD SOFTLY)
(LEAVES CRUNCH, DEEP GRUMBLING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(SOFT FOOTSTEPS APPROACH)
(OBJECTS RUSTLE)
(THUD! DEEP, GUTTURAL GROWLING)
(DEEP GURGLING)
(METAL CREAKS)
(LOW GROWLING)
(DEEP GURGLING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC SWELLS)
- (GURGLES)
(GROWLS)
(GURGLES DEEPLY)
(HOLSTER UNCLICKS)
(SNARLS)
(CLICK!)
(ROARS)
(GROWLS)
- Aah! Aah!
(GUNSHOT)
(CREATURE GROWLS)
(YELLS)
(BANG!)
(ROAR ECHOES)
(YELLING ECHOES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(CREATURE GROWLS)
(SCREAMS)
Aah!
(KICKS THUD, CREATURE GROWLS)
(CRUNCH!)
Aah!
(DEEP GROWLING)
- (GURGLES, ROARS)
(FRENETIC, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(ROARS)
(HEAVY FOOTSTEPS THUD)
- (STRAINS)
(FRENETIC, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(THUD!)
(WINCES)
(HEAVY FOOTSTEPS THUD)
- (GURGLES GUTTURALLY)
- No!
- (SNARLS)
(DEEP ROARING ECHOES)
(LOW GROWLING)
- (PANTS)
(CRUNCHING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC STIRS)
(LOW GROWLING, GURGLING)
(CRUNCHING)
(CRUNCH!)
- (GROWLS DEEPLY)
- (GASPS) Shit.
(SQUELCHING, CRUNCHING)
- (GROWLS)
(GROWLS)
(HURRIED, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(GUTTURAL GROWLING ECHOES)
(SQUELCH! GROWLING)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(THUD!)
(LOCK CLICKS)
- I heard a gun. What happened?
- He's dead.
He's dead. (BREATHES SHAKILY)
It killed him,
that thing you saw.
- Wait, wh-what did you see?
- It was like some kind of
reptile. Didn't have any eyes.
Shit. (PANTS)
- Hey.
Hey, Ben.
(BOLT CLICKS)
Ben?
- (HYPERVENTILATES)
- Hey. Just breathe. OK?
Breathe. Breathe, please.
- (INHALES, EXHALES)
What the hell is this thing?
- I don't know.
I don't know. We've gotta go.
- No, we can't.
- No, we have to go.
- We can't go!
- We have to.
- Whatever it is,
it's still out there.
OK, there must be a nest
somewhere behind the tank.
- All the noise we've been
making, the pump -
it knows we're here.
That's what the scratching is.
(STAMMERS)
It's just trying to get in.
- Maybe we can make some noise,
lure it back into the tank,
somehow bury it in there.
- How? That lid doesn't stop it.
- There's spare gas in the shed.
Mixed with that fertiliser,
it's highly explosive.
I can rig a fuse.
- You can't go back in there.
- We don't have a choice!
It's gonna kill us in here.
It's the only way
we can stop it.
You and Reia stay upstairs.
Lock the door.
Whatever happens, don't open it.
- No, we can make it to the car.
- No, we can't, baby,
not with her. (INHALES SHAKILY)
When it's set,
I'll come get you.
We won't have much time.
- You come back, OK?
You come back.
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
- (BREATHES HEAVILY)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(FERTILISER POURS,
CLATTERS LIGHTLY)
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(THUD!)
(CLANG!)
(CLATTERING, CLANGING)
(LOUD GROWLING ECHOES)
(GUTTURAL GURGLING)
(GRUNTS)
(DETERMINED, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(THUD ECHOES)
(MUSIC SOFTENS SADLY)
(DETERMINED MUSIC RESUMES)
(MUSIC SWELLS)
(MUSIC FADES)
(LADDER CREAKS, WATER SLOSHES)
(EXHALES SHAKILY)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(WATER BUBBLES DEEPLY)
(THUNDER RUMBLES, WIND GUSTS)
(LEAVES RUSTLE)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(SINISTER MUSIC STIRS)
(DULL CREAKING)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(SINISTER MUSIC CONTINUES)
(LOW GURGLING)
(BREATHES SHARPLY)
(OMINOUS STING)
(GASPS, PANTS ANXIOUSLY)
(SINISTER MUSIC)
(PANTS)
(WATER TRICKLES)
(DEEP GURGLING ECHOES)
(VALVE CREAKS)
(GRUNTS)
(VALVE CREAKS)
(DEEP GROWLING)
(GRUNTS)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(LOW GURGLING)
(GROWLS)
(WATER SLOSHES IN DISTANCE)
(INHALES SHARPLY)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(GASPS, PANTS)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(BANG! DOOR RATTLES)
(ARCHIE WHINES)
(BANGING)
- Hey. Stay here, sweetie. OK?
(ARCHIE WHINES)
(FOOTSTEPS CREAK)
(BANG! RATTLING,
REIA WHIMPERS)
It's OK.
(BANGING CONTINUES)
(SCRATCHING)
(LOCK CLICKS)
(ARCHIE PANTS)
- (SIGHS) Archie.
(LOCK CLICKS)
(SIGHS)
(BUCKET CLANGS)
- (PANTS)
(GRUNTS)
(LOUD CREAKING ECHOES)
(BUCKET SCRAPES)
(GRUNTS)
(STRAINS, GRUNTS)
(LOW GROWLING ECHOES)
(PANTS)
(BUCKET RATTLES)
(ROCKS CLATTER, ECHO)
(GRUNTS)
(TORCH CLICKS)
(GRUNTS, EXCLAIMS)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(SINISTER MUSIC STIRS)
(BUCKET SCRAPES)
(PANTS, GRUNTS)
(GROWLING ECHOES DISTANTLY)
(SINISTER MUSIC SWELLS)
(SPARK CRACKLES)
(GROANS)
(SINISTER MUSIC)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
(SINISTER MUSIC SWELLS)
(BOOM!)
(YELLS)
(MUFFLED EXPLOSION)
- Ben!
- (GASPS)
(PANTS)
(GROWLING)
Aah!
(MUFFLED YELL)
(CREATURE GROWLS)
Aah!
(MUFFLED CRUNCH)
(YELLS) Aah!
- (GROWLS)
- Aaah!
(PAINED GROWLING ECHOES)
Aah!
- (EXHALES SHAKILY)
Hey, sweetie. I need to go see
Daddy. I need to go help him.
You just stay here.
Don't move. OK?
(GROWLING, BANGING ON DOOR)
(BANGING CONTINUES)
- (BREATHES SHAKILY)
(ROARING)
(SCREAMS)
SCREAMS: Mom! (PANTS) Mommy!
- Sweetie. Sweetie.
OK. Just be quiet, OK?
- (GASPS DESPERATELY)
(FAST-PACED SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(CREATURE ROARS)
- (GURGLES, CRUNCHES)
(GURGLING)
(MUFFLED SCREAMING,
CRUNCHING)
- (YELLS)
(MUFFLED SCREAMING,
CREATURE GROWLS)
(MUSIC SWELLS)
(BANGING, KEY CLATTERS ON FLOOR)
(BANGING, GROWLING)
(REIA PANTS)
- (GRUNTS)
(DRESSER SCRAPES)
(GRUNTS)
(BANG! WOOD CRACKS)
- (CRIES OUT)
- (STRAINS)
(DRESSER SCRAPES)
- (CRIES OUT)
(GROWLING, BANGING)
(GLASS SMASHES)
- (GASPS)
- Mommy!
- (GROWLS)
- (SCREAMS)
- (SCREAMS)
(PANTS)
(CREATURE GROWLS)
(WOOD CRACKS)
(SCREAMS)
- Mommy!
(CREATURE GURGLES)
Aah!
Mommy! (SCREAMS) Mom!
(SQUELCHING)
- (GURGLES)
- (WHIMPERS)
(SCREAMS)
- (GROWLS)
- (GRUNTS)
(REIA SCREAMS)
- Daddy!
- (GROANS)
(GURGLES)
(ARCHIE BARKS)
(CREATURE GURGLES)
- (GASPS)
(GURGLING)
- (WHIMPERS)
- Reia!
- Daddy!
- (ROARS)
- (SCREAMS)
- (WHIMPERS, YELLS)
(THUD!)
- (GURGLES)
- Ah!
- (ROARS)
- (SCREAMS)
(CREATURE ROARS)
- (GROWLS)
(GROWLS, SHRIEKS)
- (PANTS)
(CREATURE GURGLES)
- Reia!
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)
- SCREAMS: Reia!
Reia! (PANTS)
Get up! What happened?
CRIES: Where's Reia?
(STRAINS)
- (WINCES)
It took her... into the tank.
The fuse...
It went off too soon. (WINCES)
- (BREATHES SHAKILY, SNIFFLES)
- You can't kill this thing.
- I don't need to.
I just need to keep it away
from me long enough.
- (WINCES) What are you doing?
- If it's an amphibian,
it breathes through its skin.
This will burn it like acid.
(EXHALES SHAKILY) OK.
If I'm not back, get out
any way that you can.
I'll come find you.
- I'm not going anywhere
without you.
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
(DETERMINED, SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(SPLASH!)
- Come on, Jules.
You can do this.
(DETERMINED MUSIC)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(MUSIC FADES)
WHISPERS: 'Reia?
'Can you hear me?'
(PANTS)
WHISPERS: Reia.
Reia?
Can you hear me?
Call to Mommy.
(SCRATCHING ECHOES)
(GASPS)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
Reia!
- REIA ECHOES: Mommy!
(DEEP GURGLING, SPLASHING)
- (BREATHES SHAKILY)
(OMINOUS MUSIC STIRS)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(GURGLING)
- (GROWLS)
(CRACK!)
(CRACK!)
- Hurry, Mommy!
- I'm coming, baby.
Just wait there!
- (GURGLES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
- (GRUNTS)
(LIQUID SLOSHES)
- (GURGLES)
(GURGLES)
(WATER SLOSHES)
(WATER BUBBLES DEEPLY)
- (BREATHES HEAVILY)
(WATER BURBLES)
(GRUNTS)
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
(MUFFLED GROWLING)
(GASPS)
(YELLS, GRUNTS)
(DEEP GURGLING)
(GRUNTS)
(DEEP GURGLING)
(YELLS)
(GROWLING)
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
(GURGLING)
(MUFFLED CLANG)
(GURGLING)
(YELLS)
(LOW GURGLING)
- (GROWLS)
(THUDDING SQUELCH,
LOW GROANING)
(SQUELCH! DULL GROANING)
(CRUNCH!)
(CRUNCH!)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(GRUNTS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(YELLS)
(MUFFLED YELLING, GROWLING)
(FRANTIC MUSIC)
(FRANTIC MUSIC SOARS)
(MUSIC FADES)
Reia!
- ECHOES: Mommy!
- (INHALES DEEPLY)
(WATER BUBBLES DEEPLY)
(CLANG!)
- (GROWLS)
(MUFFLED GURGLING, SCREAMING)
- (SCREAMS)
(GASPS)
- (GURGLES)
- (SCREAMS)
- (GROWLS)
(THUD!)
- (GASPS, PANTS)
(SQUELCH!)
(GRUNTS)
(PANTS HEAVILY)
(PANTS)
(ROCKS CRUMBLE, ECHO)
(SHRIEKING ECHOES)
(LOW GROWLING ECHOES)
(PANTS HEAVILY)
(ROCKS CRUMBLE)
(GASPS)
(GROWLING ECHOES)
(SHRIEKING ECHOES)
(WATER SLOSHES)
- (WHIMPERS)
(GROWLING ECHOES DISTANTLY)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
- (BREATHES HEAVILY)
WHISPERS: 'Reia?
'Reia?'
- Mommy!
- Come on, sweetie.
We gotta get outta here.
Come on.
(GROWLING ECHOES)
- They're coming back.
(CREATURES GROWL)
- OK. Climb through
the hole, sweetie.
(GROWLING)
(FRANTIC MUSIC)
- I don't want to.
- You have to, sweetie.
Archie and Daddy
are waiting for us. OK?
- I can't.
- We don't have much time.
- I can't.
- You have to. Brave for Mommy.
OK? Go now.
(DISTANT GROWLING)
(CREATURES GROWL, SHRIEK)
(FRANTIC MUSIC)
(DEEP GROWLING)
(CREATURES ROAR)
(HISS!)
(FLAME ROARS, CREATURE SHRIEKS)
(CREATURES ROAR, SHRIEK)
(FLAME ROARS)
(DEEP GROWLING)
(CREATURES SHRIEK)
(HISS!)
(CANISTER CLATTERS)
- (PANTS QUIETLY)
(LOW GROWLING ECHOES)
Come on, Mommy. I'm scared.
(TENSE, FRANTIC MUSIC)
(SHRIEKING ECHOES)
- Come on. Let's go.
(MUSIC SWELLS)
(SHRIEKING ECHOES)
Baby. Sweetie,
climb, OK? Go, go, go, go, go.
(SPLASH!)
(SNARLING)
(FRANTIC MUSIC SWELLS)
- (ROARS)
- (PANTS) Hang on, sweetie.
I'm gonna get us to the car, and
then I'm gonna get Daddy, OK?
(GRUNTS) Come on, Archie!
(ARCHIE BARKS)
(BOTH PANT)
Get in the car. Get in the car.
Archie, get in the back.
(GUN CLICKS)
Get in the car. Get in the back.
Where are the keys?
OK, sweetie.
I'm gonna have to go back
for Daddy and find the keys.
(EXHALES) You both need
to stay very still and quiet.
Can you do that for me?
Count to 100, and I promise
I'll be back before you're done.
(RUNNING FOOTSTEPS RECEDE)
- (BREATHES SHAKILY)
(COUGHS)
(GASPS)
(FLOORBOARDS CREAK)
(PANTS HEAVILY)
(WHIMPERS)
CRIES: Baby, wake up.
Wake up. (PANTS)
I need to get you to the car.
Where's the keys?
- (SIGHS)
(WINCES)
(DEEP GROWLING, LID SCRAPES)
- (BREATHES SHAKILY)
OK. Come on.
Here we go. One...
- (GROANS)
- ...two...
three.
(GRUNTS)
- ...99...
(LEAVES RUSTLE, HEAVY FOOTSTEPS)
(GUTTURAL GROWLING)
(WHIMPERS, PANTS)
(GURGLING)
(HEAVY FOOTSTEPS THUD)
(ARCHIE GROWLS SOFTLY)
(CAR CREAKS)
- (GROWLS, GURGLES)
(EXHALES)
(ROARS)
- (SCREAMS)
(YELLS)
(ARCHIE BARKS)
(ARCHIE BARKS)
- (GROWLS)
- (YELLS)
- (GURGLES)
(WINDOW WHIRRS)
(GURGLES, SNARLS)
- Hurry, Archie! Get out!
(ARCHIE BARKS)
Archie!
(GROWLING, CAR CREAKS)
Mommy!
(FOOTSTEPS THUD)
- JULES: Are you OK?
(LOUD, DEEP GROWLING)
(BEN WINCES, GRUNTS,
ARCHIE BARKS)
Archie, come on!
(CREATURE GROWLS)
(DEEP GURGLING)
- (ROARS)
(THUD!)
(TENSE, FRANTIC MUSIC)
(ENGINE STARTS)
(DEEP GURGLING)
- Aah! (SCREAMS)
Mommy!
- (GURGLES)
(ARCHIE BARKS)
(GUN CLICKS)
(ROARS)
- Get out of my car!
- (ROARS)
(GUNSHOT)
(TENSE, FRANTIC MUSIC)
(MUSIC SETTLES)
(ENGINE RUMBLES, BRAKES SQUEAL)
(ENGINE REVS)
(TENSE, FRANTIC MUSIC)
(MUSIC SOARS)
(DEEP ROARING)
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
(EERIE, MYSTERIOUS MUSIC)
(UPLIFTING MUSIC)
(TYRES SQUEAL, GRAVEL CRUNCHES)
(EMOTIVE MUSIC)
- (SNIFFLES)
(SOBS)
(BEN WINCES)
- Is Daddy OK?
- Yeah.
He'll be OK.
(UPLIFTING MUSIC CONTINUES)
(ENGINE STARTS)
(ENGINE RUMBLES)
(UPLIFTING MUSIC SOARS)
(MUSIC FADES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
Captions by Able.
(FRANTIC, OMINOUS MUSIC)
(FRANTIC, OMINOUS MUSIC)
(MUSIC FADES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(STONE LID SCRAPES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(SAW BUZZES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
- Yeah, yeah. Gonna clear that
track. All this has gotta go.
(OMINOUS MUSIC SWELLS)
(CREATURES SHRIEK)
(SERENE MUSIC)
(SERENE MUSIC)
(SERENE MUSIC)
(SERENE MUSIC)
(SERENE MUSIC)
(SERENE MUSIC)
(MUSIC FADES)