(SIREN WAILS IN DISTANCE)
MAN ON RADIO: The famiIy of a woman who died
after a botched police raid
intends to sue the city for $500 million,
naming the city, the police department,
and the officers involved in the raid.
You're listening to WNYC and wnyc.org.
It's 50 degrees right now.
We have cloudy skies over the city at 4:29.
Good morning...
(ALARM BEEPING)
(BEEPING STOPS)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(GRUNTING)
Oh... (COUGHS)
(SNORTS)
Remember to reset the clock.
Yeah.
-Thank you. -Look at this.
Almost 8% up from last year.
Yeah, but that's a nationwide trend now.
What are you thinking? More cutbacks?
I'm not sure.
We'll know more after this afternoon.
(SIGHS) Oh, by the way,
I caught the last 1 0 minutes of your husband's, uh,
documentary the other night.
Really interesting stuff.
I'll let him know. He'll be pleased.
It's a real labor of love for him.
He was, what, the, uh, director?
Yeah, director.
Producer.
Writer, voice-over. (CHUCKLES)
It's real low-budget stuff.
It's tough to make a living in that business.
(SNORTS)
Oh, shit.
Kids!
Up! Up! Up! Up!
We're late. Your mom forgot to reset the alarm again!
Dad, these shoes hurt.
Well, then change them.
Kristen!
Pour yourjuice, Jesse.
Just pour yourjuice.
-(LIQUID SPILLS) -Oh, shit!
Uh, Dad, where's mom?
She's in... Cincinnati or Chicago.
Someplace like that.
Oh, my God. It's late.
I have to be at school early today!
Well, that's not gonna happen.
JESSE: Hey, uh, Dad, do they have a Niketown in Milwaukee?
-(SIGHS) -Actually...
Uh, I'm just gonna call mom.
Hey, Jesse.
-She is on an airplane, okay? -I know that.
I'm leaving her a message.
Leah, I have to make a very big decision by this evening,
so let me ask you something.
What would you say if...
I offered you the V.P. slot?
Wow. (CHUCKLES)
(CHUCKLES)
Do I have to say yes right now?
When do we have to be back?
We're booked on the 6:00 flight.
Let's stay over.
We'll discuss this over dinner.
COOPER: Now, listen, tell them I'm five minutes away.
JESSE: Dad. Dad.
I've got the presentation. I'm ready to roll.
-KRISTEN: Dad, we have to go. -(HORN HONKING)
Just around the corner.
JESSE: Dad, I really need some lunch money.
Hey, all right, I've got it.
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
Cooper's office. Jesse speaking.
-LEAH: Kiddo! -Hey, Mom.
-Morning, honey. -(HONKING CONTINUES)
These new shoes are really hurting.
KRISTEN: Talk to mom later.
Okay, honey, we'll go this weekend and get you some Vans.
That's what you said last week.
COOPER: Jesse, we gotta go.
-See you later. Bye. -Good.
All right, hang on.
Bye, kids. Love you.
Bye. Give me a hug. Let's go. All right.
Hold your brother's hand going out.
Have fun.
(HONKING CONTINUES)
Kristen, hold your brother's hand!
Cooper, what are you doing? It's almost 8:30.
Well, we ran a little bit behind today.
Someone forgot to reset the alarm.
Jesse...
-No, don't go over that way. -Why not?
-MAN: Hey, asshole! -(HONKING CONTINUES)
Jesse, stop! Jesse!
-(TIRES SCREECH) -(THUD)
Oh, my God!
Cooper?
Oh, my God!
Jesse!
Jesse! Jesse!
(INDISTINCT TALKING)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(SIGHS)
We've got to get out of the city.
How are we gonna do that?
LEAH: So, what about myjob?
COOPER: Take a year off.
Write a book. You always wanted to write a book.
JESSE: So, Mom, how can we afford something so big?
LEAH: Well, we would get a lot of money
for our house in the city.
Big houses in the country cost a lot less
than tiny houses in New York city.
COOPER: Plus, there are some houses
that the bank has foreclosed on.
That means someone ran out of money
and so the bank can sell it at a really cheap price.
KRISTEN: That's screwed up.
LEAH: Well, so is your attitude, young lady.
(BELL DINGS)
MAN: I was reading the articles.
RUBY: Sure you were.
-I was! -That's... (LAUGHS)
Hi. Uh, could you fill it up with unleaded regular, please?
Sure.
I'm gonna stretch.
(GROANING)
RUBY: Do you want me to check the oil?
Oh, that's okay.
Great weather.
Yeah, nice.
Uh, we're serving lunch.
Do you want me to tell you the specials?
Oh, that's all right. We already ate.
-KRISTEN: Hey, Mom? -LEAH: Huh?
How many more of these stupid houses do we have to see today?
This should be the last one.
I couldn't get it arranged to get inside,
so we'll just take a quick look
and then we'll be on the way home, okay?
Promise.
Where you guys headed?
Cold Creek Manor.
So if we just go on down the road here,
are we going the right direction?
Yeah, it's about a mile that way.
Thanks.
COOPER: Look.
-Huh. -Wow.
-Ooh.
-(SIGHS) -Wow.
Hey, don't fool with that, okay?
-Look. -What?
-It's unlocked. -Hey.
Here, hold this.
JESSE: It's unlocked.
What are you doing?
-Dad, we can see it from right here. -Cooper...
-What? -We can see it right here.
Come on, we'll just take a look. Just take a little peek.
Nobody here.
Dad...
LEAH: Kristen, you stay close to your brother.
COOPER: Hey, stay together.
JESSE: Catch me!
(BIRDS CAWING)
COOPER: Kids?
-Once again, don't go far. -Come on! Hey!
(SIGHS)
(HINGES CREAKING)
LEAH: I mean, we are about to break the law here.
JESSE: Yeah, Dad. Let's break the law.
We're just gonna look around for two seconds,
and then we're outta here.
(STAIRS CREAKING)
(SIGHS)
-(COUGHS) -Oh, sorry.
Thanks, Dad.
LEAH: What are these?
Those are farming things.
For what?
For farming.
Uh, yeah. Dad, we got that.
(FLOOR CREAKS)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(WINGS FLAPPING)
(PIANO MUSIC PLAYS)
Can we buy this house, please?
It's so cool. Can we?
I don't know. I don't know.
What do you think, angel?
It's pretty cool.
Mom, what do you think?
We'll see.
(GASPS)
(SCREAMS)
We had no intention to break the law.
No harm done.
I didn't know the property was on the market yet.
Don't bother, young lady.
Mobiles do not function in Bellingham.
You folks gonna buy it?
Uh, we'd like to. We're, uh...
We're thinking about it.
(CHAIN CLANKS)
Well, if you decide to buy,
better you than some guru and his cult.
(CHUCKLES)
We could do with some new blood in the county.
You kids put your safety belts on, now.
Uh, seat belts. Uh...
Okay, folks, take care.
(INDISTINCT TALKING ON POLICE RADIO)
(INDISTINCT TALKING)
(CHAINSAW BUZZING)
Well, rather than cherry-pick the odd nice piece,
I'm willing to make a generous offer of $1 8,500
for the entire contents.
Excuse me, but I'm from New York, okay?
Go tell your father I need him down here right now.
Okay.
(SAW WHIRRING)
How much for all these boxes?
Eh, about $5.
Dad...
COOPER: It's a beautiful house, it's a beautiful town.
-Dad. -Yeah?
Mom needs you.
Uh, in a minute, Jesse.
Okay, she said she needed you now.
I know, I know, but I'm busy right now, okay?
Stan, Declan, this way. Come on.
All right.
Stan, put that box right up there.
Declan, take that box into the office.
"Grady"?
All this goes, too?
Uh, yeah.
I think so.
What about this room?
Oh, God, there's so many rooms in this house.
(CHUCKLES) I know.
Oh, boy.
Maps.
Paper work.
Maps and more maps.
(THUMP)
"Hammerhand will find the weak.
"Hurl them down to rot and reek.
"Bash your skull and toss you in.
"Your pain is short. Your blood runs thin.
"The strong are spared to breed and spawn.
"Graze around the devil's yawn."
What are you doing?
Um, just going over all these papers.
The kids are starving. Do you want to go eat?
Yeah, I'm hungry.
-Yeah, me, too. -Look at this.
-Is that this house? -Yes.
-Look at that. -Wow.
That was taken in the '30s. Look at that car.
(BOTH LAUGHING)
Isn't it great? Look at the yard.
(CHUCKLING) Doesn't look like that now.
No. But it will again.
Think so?
After you mow it.
(LAUGHS)
Let's go eat. I'm hungry.
Okay.
(CHUCKLES)
LEAH: Kristen...
Would you mind hanging up the phone...
Where'd you get that jacket?
...and joining the rest of us for dinner, please?
-It's Grady's. -All right, then...
Hot drinks. Who had the tea?
-COOPER: Oh, she had the tea. -You had the tea?
-LEAH: Yeah. -Tea for you.
And coffee for you. And cream and sugar?
-I'll take some cream. -Cream.
How do they have any right to be dumping his stuff?
They bought it. They bought everything in it.
So? They could rent a locker.
They could put it in storage.
(INDISTINCT TALKING)
And the cream.
-COOPER: Oh, thanks. -Great.
Everything's, uh... Food's okay?
-Yeah, good. Yeah. -Everything's good?
(CHUCKLES) Hey, I'm Cooper, by the way.
Ah. Ray Pinski.
-How are you? -Great to meet you.
-This is Leah. Kristen. -Leah. Hi.
Jesse.
-Uh, Jesse? (LAUGH) -Yeah.
-Kristen. -Ray...
-Ray? -Oh, uh, my wife.
I'm Ellen Pinski. Hi.
This is our daughter, Stephanie.
Hi.
-Hi. Leah. -Hi.
Do you, uh... Do you kids like horses?
Mom...
-COOPER: Oh, yeah. -Oh, yeah. Sure.
Well, Stephanie has a horse,
and I think he needs feeding right now.
Would that be okay?
-Oh. Yeah, sure. Hey. Hey. -Oh, yeah.
-Cool. -COOPER: Want to go?
LEAH: Kristen, why don't you go, too?
Hmm? Go on. Go.
I said... I said, "Go."
Go. Now.
And why don't you leave that cell phone here with me?
Then if someone calls, I can tell 'em where you are.
They're at that age.
COOPER: (SIGHS) She's tough.
LEAH: (CHUCKLING) Yeah.
Kids love horses, though. I mean...
Well, basically, she loves cell phones,
but I'm hoping she'll move into horses eventually.
(LAUGHS)
Hey, uh... Really, come on. Sit down.
(LAUGHS) Okay.
-Are they... -RAY: I really shouldn't, though.
Oh, good.
They're bonding with the Pinskis.
(LAUGHS)
Hmm?
-RAY: Five, actually. Five. -ELLEN: Five.
Well, then, you're locals, then, huh?
Oh, well...
(LAUGHING) Well, I mean...
(CLEARS THROAT) I wouldn't go that far,
-but, uh... -Yeah.
RAY: We've been here a long time.
ELLEN: Yeah. Takes time to get there.
I mean, we send everyone Christmas cards every year.
-The Christmas cards. -But...
Haven't got one back yet.
Okay, now, this is a bit of a sore point,
but, I mean, I don't think it's anything personal, you know?
Did you guys get a card? I didn't get a card.
MAN 1 : I got two cards.
-Oh, you're kidding? -I got your card maybe.
-MAN 2: You didn't get a card. -MAN 1 : I got a card.
I didn't get a card. I'm so upset.
MAN 1 : I got two, yeah.
RAY: It was about to fall down.
-The ceiling was coming down. -It was empty.
Well, you're putting money back into the community.
-Exactly. -Money back into the community.
-That's right, Cooper. -Money back into the community.
-That's what we always say. -Yeah.
-We always say that. -Yeah.
How about that blue truck
-out in the... -Out front?
Parking lot? Yeah.
-Is it for sale? -Oh, yeah. Yeah.
He wants the truck. You want the truck?
Well, I might, yes.
-LEAH: We do? -We need a second car.
LEAH: Well, that's news to me.
-They gotta take it. -(LAUGHS) It's a great truck.
I mean, it's a beautiful truck.
I'll do you a good deal on it.
Ray'll do you good.
-You better. -Oh, I will. (LAUGHS)
-(SIGHS) -RAY: Could use a little work.
Okay...
Okay, I want you to close your eyes.
-Close your eyes. -I wonder what this could be...
(LAUGHING)
Okay. Here comes a step.
-Ready? Step. -Step. Step.
Here comes another step. Ready? Step.
-I'm stepping. -Whoa.
Okay, our neigh-bors are here.
(LAUGHING) No.
Hi, Ray. Ellen.
-Good morning. -Hello.
COOPER: What do you think Stephanie's holding?
Well, take a look.
-Oh, my God! -(LAUGHTER)
You guys are the best!
She likes it.
Well, what are you waiting for?
(NEIGHS)
Oh...
RAY: See her eyes? They just lit right up, huh?
-She loves it. -LEAH: Ah...
Want some coffee?
Oh, I'd love some.
-Yeah. Yeah. -Come on in.
She's so surprised.
Hey, Ray.
Hey, good to see you.
Okay, have fun.
RAY: Don't tell me that you did this all on your own.
COOPER: This is my office.
-This is your office? -Yeah.
What's all this stuff?
It's all, uh, things from the family
that lived here before.
The family that lived here before?
Yeah, the Massies.
-Gosh, look at your gardens. -RAY: Holy...
What's this? (LAUGHS)
What's this? Final days?
Well, this is a timeline of the...
-Hey, Ellen, look at this. -...of the Massie family.
-It's incredible. -That's incredible.
What a project.
-Well, it's what I do. I do documentaries. -Yeah.
Yeah, it's, uh...
ELLEN: What's this?
COOPER: Oh, that's, uh, the family that lived here before.
That's the pool.
-(BEEPS) -RAY: Oh, listen, hey...
If you guys want to swim, just come over to our pool.
That's... That's, uh...
-Uh, that's Grady. -That's Lorna.
-No, it's Lorna. -Grady and...
Where'd you get that?
COOPER: These tapes?
RAY: They were beautiful kids.
LEAH: Well, they're gonna want that back.
COOPER: Well, they can have it.
RAY: You just found the tapes here?
COOPER: They were in a closet.
RAY: In a closet?
We bought the house and the contents.
How much of this footage do you have?
Oh, miles and miles.
MAN ON TAPE: What are you trying to do there, buddy?
"Hammerhand will bash your skull...
"And throw you down the devil's throat.
"Hammerhand will bash your skull..."
Were you surprised when they went on...
Yeah, I thought... I thought that you...
-KRISTEN: Hey, Dad? Yeah? -Yeah?
Thanks so much for Chester. I really love him.
I don't want any present for the next, like, five years, seriously.
Yeah, I really believe that. (CLEARS THROAT)
I'm glad, honey. Are you happy here?
I'm so happy. I really like Stephanie, too.
We like the same kind of stuff.
What about Jesse? Think he's happy?
I think he's happy.
But he's really into Grady and all his old stuff.
COOPER: All his army garments.
KRISTEN: Exactly.
COOPER: It's a phase.
KRISTEN: I think it's really creepy.
COOPER: Yeah.
Think he'll go to college like that?
KRISTEN: (CHUCKLES) I hope not.
COOPER: Think they'd send him back to us?
KRISTEN: Yeah.
Actually, he'd probably like that...
(WHISPERING) Dad...
There's some really, really weird guy
looking at all your stuff.
What?
May I help you?
Excuse me.
I'm Dale Massie.
I used to live here.
Uh...
Cooper Tilson.
Nice to meet you.
Uh, this is my wife, Leah.
Pleasure, ma'am.
Hey, young man.
That's, uh... Uh, Jesse and, uh...
-(CLEARS THROAT) Kristen. -Young lady.
Hi.
Do I smell burning?
(SNIFFS)
What's cookin'?
(CHEWING LOUDLY)
(SILVERWARE SCRAPING)
DALE: Mmm.
Mmm. Mmm.
(CHEWING LOUDLY)
(BELCHING)
Ugh!
(SOFTLY) That is so gross.
(JESSE LAUGHS)
Mmm.
That was so tasty, Mrs. Tilson.
Thank you.
Okay.
Speech time.
LEAH: Kristen, Jesse...
Why don't you go see how Chester's doing, okay?
Chester?
COOPER: It's a pony.
Oh. How nice.
(DOOR CLOSES)
Is it all right if I smoke in here?
Uh, sure.
Thank you.
(LIGHTER CLICKS)
(INHALES DEEPLY)
(EXHALES)
It's okay.
This.
It's okay.
(CHESTER WHINNIES)
I screwed up.
Bank took everything.
You bought it.
You're doing a great job.
This place is gonna be gorgeous.
-Really gorgeous. -COOPER: Uh...
Look, uh, Mr. Massie...
Oh, Dale. Please. Call me Dale.
Dale...
Uh, I feel...
Well, we feel bad.
And if there's anything in there that you want to take,
just go right ahead. It's yours.
Please, don't feel bad.
A house is just a shell, right?
I mean, you live in it for a while...
Then things change.
Now it's yours.
I do have one question for you, though.
Do you know what you're getting yourself into?
Restoring this house?
-(CHUCKLES) -(EXHALES SHARPLY)
Yeah.
We, um...
We thought that it would take about two years
to just, you know...
To get it kind of, you know...
I just got out ofjail.
Three years for, uh,
an accident that wasn't my fault.
(CHUCKLES)
Well...
I need a favor.
I'm asking you both for a break here.
Um...
I really need a job.
Now, I know this house better than anybody.
I could help you fix it up.
We could start with that pool.
I mean, that is one beautiful pool out there, Mrs. Tilson.
My grandmother put that in in 1 926.
You know that?
I mean, I... I could have you and the kids in there by...
By Friday at the latest.
LEAH: Really?
Mmm-hmm.
I thought it needed relining.
Relining?
(CHUCKLING) What?
Who told you that? That's nonsense.
(CLEARS THROAT) Uh...
Well, okay.
Um, why don't we start out with the pool,
and, uh, then we'll see
how it goes from...
From there.
Thank you.
(CHUCKLES) I think we're gonna be good friends.
Um...
I gotta use a rest room. May I?
Yeah, it's, uh, right out the hall and to the...
Well, you know where it is.
No sweat, Mr. Tilson.
Well...
Thanks again for dinner.
Yeah. Sure.
Sleep well.
You, too.
It's gonna be great.
Mmm-hmm.
Maybe you should offer him a ride.
Okay, be mean.
Where the hell is he going?
(SIGHS)
Back to prison.
(LAUGHS)
Nice.
(INSECTS CHIRPING)
Hello, stranger.
Hi.
I was just making something to eat.
Oh, yeah?
But I ran out of bread.
Mmm-hmm.
Yeah.
(GASPS SOFTLY)
You want some
iced tea?
(GRUNTING INTENSELY)
RUBY: Oh, you...
DALE: Fuck!
(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)
I think he's a creep.
Kristen.
Do we have to have him around?
I told him that we would see how it went,
so we'll just...
We'll see how it goes, okay?
JESSE: Yeah.
MAN: You ready, Dale?
Yeah.
(INDISTINCT TALKING)
(MACHINERY WHIRS)
Um...
All right, kill it.
(WHIRRING STOPS)
MAN: Well, I'm not gonna dig it out.
I don't even have a shovel. You got one?
Ready?
Ready.
No peeking.
Okay.
1 00,
99, 98,
97, 96,
89,
83, 82,
81 , 80,
76, 75,
74, 73,
67, 66,
52, 51 ,
50.
"Evil."
(GUN CLICKS)
Devil's throat!
(SIGHS)
You're it.
I'm not playing anymore.
Oh, sore loser, are we?
Shut up.
(IMITATES GUNSHOT)
-Hammerhand will bash your skull! -Jesse, you're so weird.
Hammerhand will throw you down the devil's throat!
Bash your skull! Bash your skull!
Shut up.
-(THUD) -JESSE: Hey!
(INDISTINCT TALKING)
(HAMMERING)
COOPER: (OVER VIDEO) ...thus bringing active light
where there was none.
Today, New York City has the world's largest concentration
of full and partial cast-iron facades.
Sorry to bother you, sir.
Yeah?
We're gonna need to spend a little money
on the pump out there.
Is it okay to send one of the boys to the store?
Sure. Sure.
(BEEP)
(TAPE REWINDING)
-Just... Just give me a second, okay? -(BEEP)
-The best, from the 1870... -No problem.
...are in the Soho cast-iron district.
Cast-iron architecture was a mass-produced
-American architectural innova... -Wow.
-(BEEP) -(TAPE REWINDING)
New York, New York, huh?
-(BEEP) -Cast-iron architecture...
You got a lot of great equipment.
...was a mass-produced American architectural
innovation of the 19th cent...
(BEEP)
(SIGHS)
(BEEP)
(TAPE REWINDING)
Man, this room used to terrify me when I was a kid.
Cast-iron architecture was a mass-produced...
It was my daddy's study.
...American architectural innovation of the 19th century.
How much?
Couple hundred, max.
Cast iron was cheaper than stone or brick.
-Here. -Thank you.
lt allowed ornate features to be prefabricated from molds in foundries.
What do you make of these?
Uh, I don't know.
You're a historian, right?
(SIGHS)
What do you think they're for?
I have absolutely no idea.
What are they for?
They're killing hammers.
Back in the day, when Cold Creek Farm was,
was in its heyday,
there were 20,000 sheep here.
Come the season, they were slaughtering 1 ,000 a day.
That's a lot of bullets, right?
So my grandfather and his blacksmith, they, uh,
they designed these.
Pretty cool, huh?
Check this out.
Look at the spike.
(GRUNTS)
Straight into the brain.
Small, little, clean hole right through the skull.
Bam.
No bone splinters.
And no pain.
Design got better and better over the years.
(SIGHS) Then the, uh, bolt gun came out.
It became redundant.
Seems to be one missing.
DALE: Yeah.
(PAPER RUSTLING)
Eh, what am I doing gabbing here?
-(TAPE REWINDING) -We both have jobs to do, right?
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)
-JESSE: Hey, Mom. -Hi.
KRISTEN: Come in. It feels so good.
JESSE: Yeah, the water's great.
Oh, no.
JESSE: Okay, look. If you'll get in, I'll clean my room.
-Oh... -Okay?
-(LAUGHS) -You never will do that.
(LAWN MOWER WHIRRING)
Ah! Oh, it's really warm.
Okay.
Oh, it's nice in here.
(WHIRRING STOPS)
(GASPS) Oh!
(LAUGHS)
(LAUGHING) Hi.
Ah. Nice job.
Thank you, Mrs. Tilson.
It's Leah.
Like the jet, right?
(LAUGHS) Yeah.
Oh! We didn't know it was gonna be this hot.
I don't think your daughter likes me very much.
Oh, sure she does.
She's just a bit shy.
She's a pretty girl.
Yeah.
Just like her mamma.
-KRISTEN: The ball. -JESSE: What?
-KRISTEN: The ball. -STEPHANIE: The ball.
When do you get to see your children?
Uh...
Not since the day their mother took off with them.
It's a big country.
If you, uh, people want to disappear,
they just disappear, I guess.
LEAH: I'm sorry.
Must be hard for you.
-LEAH: Hey. -COOPER: Hey.
Come on in.
Uh, I don't know. Maybe later.
LEAH: Yeah. The water's fine.
COOPER: I've got a lot of work to do.
Just fine.
(LAUGHS)
(INDISTINCT TALKING ON POLICE RADIO)
SHERIFF FERGUSON: So you did it.
Oh. Yeah.
Probably a foolish thing, but couldn't resist.
And Dale Massie's working for you?
Yeah.
Hey, can I ask you something?
Shoot.
Why was Dale in prison?
Uh, he had an accident with his car.
He ran some guy over, and the guy died,
and Massie was sent down for manslaughter.
It was, uh, before my time here. I was in the army.
Okay. Can we go?
Uh, yeah.
You met my sister?
-Yeah. Hi. -Hi. Ruby.
Nice to see you.
Oh. Uh, who was Theodore Massie?
Dale's father.
Well, there's no record of his death.
(LAUGHING) Well, it makes sense.
He's, uh, he's still with us. Barely.
He's in the nursing home in Greensville.
He's a big asshole.
It'll be a public holiday when that guy dies.
SHERIFF FERGUSON: Nice to see you.
Regards to your family.
KRISTEN: Oh, my God! Jesse, get out of the pool!
Just get out! Quick!
-JESSE: Mom! -Jesse, hurry!
Get out of the pool! Now!
(WATER SPLASHING)
Are you all right?
Take it easy, guys. I got him.
-LEAH: Oh, my God. -(SNAKE HISSES)
I got him.
He's harmless, guys.
I promise you, Mrs. Tilson.
You don't need to be scared of this one.
-Triangle heads. -(GASPS)
Those you got to be careful of. Those are poisonous.
This one here... Twist him around.
This one here has got a straight head.
See, Jess?
You can touch him. I promise you.
Feel his texture. Feel.
Oh, hey, Mr. Tilson.
Hi.
-You want to hold him? -Oh! God! No.
-He won't hurt a flea. -No.
No.
(GASPS)
If you folks are gonna live out in the country,
can't go around being scared of all God's creatures.
It's the heat that brings them out.
(SNAKE HISSES)
Come on, little fella. Put you back where you belong.
-Are you okay? -Are you all right?
-Yeah, I'm fine. -What happened?
There was a snake in the middle of the pool,
and Jesse was right in the middle...
JESSE: Yeah. I was right in the middle.
And then Dale came up, and he got me,
and he took me out, and then he got the snake...
Mr. Massie.
Mr. Massie, you got company.
(GRUNTING)
He's awake. He just needs time to revive.
(CAMERA BEEPS)
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
Dale?
Uh, no, sir. My name is...
Fix that lower gate?
Mr. Massie?
Them heifers get out?
A truck will kill one or
hurt it bad enough I'll have to put him down.
Well, I'll be sure and check the gate...
Well, you better do more than check, you little bastard!
I'll whip you so hard, you'll shit blood,
you lazy, good-for-nothing son of a...
Mr. Massie!
I'm not Dale.
Huh?
My name is Cooper Tilson,
and I'm, uh, studying the history of Cold Creek Manor.
And I was hoping that you could talk to me about the place.
I don't talk to the government.
I'm... I'm not from the government, sir.
(CHUCKLES)
(GRUNTS)
Chocolate cherries.
Chocolate cherries! Bottom drawer!
What are you waiting for, for Christ's sake?
Come on. Come on.
Yeah.
Come on.
Yeah.
(GRUNTS SOFTLY)
(SIGHS)
Okay. Okay. I'll talk.
Hoof-and-mouth. Wiped everything out.
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
Maybe we did cook the books a little bit.
What the hell you gonna do about it?
Uh, nothing, sir. That was a long time ago.
Bang, went the hammer.
Bang, went the hammers down till they were all dead.
All of them.
Who... Who was dead?
1 0,000 sheep in three days.
Bang. Next. Bang. Next. Bang. Next.
(CHUCKLES)
And he didn't have the stomach for it.
"Pooh. Pooh." (CHUCKLES)
Yeah.
Didn't even kill.
Wriggling on the floor, making noise.
I had to finish... Finish 'em off myself.
Ah.
You see...
You have to hold it like this, you know?
Pop. One bang in the head.
It's better than a bullet. Cheaper, anyway.
And straight into the brain. Dead.
Give me another cherry.
(HUMMING SOFTLY)
Ah, fuck it.
Down the devil's throat. (CHUCKLES)
No spine is... Is what happens when your mama's a whore.
Uh, running off with any old cock of the walk.
Piss for brains as well.
Give me that.
Here.
Ah.
They'll always be there, you know.
Thank the lord.
Cold Creek Manor.
Yeah. Tammy. Grady.
(VOICE BREAKING) Lorna.
Give me another cherry.
Uh, I'm sorry, sir. They're all gone.
You little shithead.
Nurse. Nurse.
Nurse!
(DOOR OPENS)
Now, Mr. Massie. What's all the yelling for?
COOPER: Uh, thank you, Mr. Massie.
Give my regards to President Bush.
I sure will.
He means the older gentleman.
Yeah.
It was lovely meeting you.
Thank you. You, too.
Good luck with the house.
Thank you.
(GRUNTS)
Nice to have a visitor, Mr. Massie?
He's from the president.
(CHUCKLES) No, he's not. He bought your house.
(LAUGHING) What you saying, you stupid little bitch?
He owns Cold Creek Manor.
What...
He...
(DOOR CLOSES)
Dale!
(LAUGHS)
(DOG BARKING)
(HORSE NEIGHS)
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
-Oh, my God. -(LAUGHS)
Wake up, sleepyhead.
Go lay an egg!
Roosters are boys.
Shut up!
Hey. Wake up!
Go away!
I'm gonna make breakfast.
Mmm.
Ah. He makes his own breakfast.
Oh. Morning, Dad.
Whoa.
(COUGHS)
(MUSIC PLAYING ON HEADPHONES)
(SNAKE HISSES)
(SIGHS)
Oh, Jesse. Jesse.
(SCREAMS)
(SCREAMS) Oh, my God!
KRISTEN: (SCREAMS) Dad! Dad!
Dad!
COOPER: What?
-Dad! -What?
What?
There's a big snake!
There's one in my room!
(SCREAMS)
(ALL SCREAMING)
-COOPER: Careful! -LEAH: Kristen! Careful!
Where's your brother?
Jesse!
LEAH: Jesse! Jesse!
-Oh! Oh, God! -COOPER: Jesse!
-Oh, God! Don't move! -Jesse! Don't move!
-Don't move. -Don't move!
-Don't! Don't!
-Just stay there! -It's a snake.
(BOTH SCREAMING)
(DOOR SLAMS)
Oh, my God!
(BOTH SCREAMING)
It's a wire. It's a wire.
(SNAKE RATTLING)
(ALL SCREAMING)
Come on!
(SCREAMS)
Oh!
Calm down. Just... Everybody, calm down!
Up... Up... Up... Up the stairs!
-Go! -(LEAH SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
Go! Up! Up! Up!
(ALL SHOUTING)
(WHIMPERS)
COOPER: Go! Go!
Go! Go!
Oh! Oh!
(LEAH SCREAMING)
(GRUNTS)
DALE: Hey. Is everything all right up there?
There's snakes!
-There's a snake! -DECLAN: You folks all right?
There's snakes everywhere!
We're coming up.
(ALL SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)
(CHESTER WHINNIES)
Hey, Chester.
-DALE: You okay, Dec? -DECLAN: Yeah.
They're coming down.
All right, Jess. You ready?
No. No. I can't. I can't.
You got a clear path. You're gonna be okay.
My boys are down there. Hang on to the side.
I promise you. We want to get you out of the house.
-You sure? -Yeah.
-You got him, Dec? -Yeah.
-All right. Kristen? -Seriously. No more snakes.
-No, like... -No problem.
Come on. Promise you.
-You can do it. -Hang on to my hand.
-Hang on to my hand there. -Okay.
All right, sweetie.
-You can do it. -Hang on to the side.
-All right, Mrs. Tilson. You ready? -Yeah. Yeah.
No.
You got it. I promise you.
-We want to get you out of the house. -Okay.
-Hang on to my hands.
-Okay. -Okay?
All right.
(VOICE BREAKING) Oh. Thank you so much.
You're welcome.
Declan, meet her halfway, okay?
You okay?
Yeah.
-Go ahead. -LEAH: Thank you.
All right.
Coming down. Mr. Tilson, take it slow.
We all clear, Declan?
(TALKING INDISTINCTLY)
COOPER: Honey. Sweetheart.
They assured us there's no more snakes in this house.
Hi, Dale.
Uh, there's more food if you're hungry.
No, thanks, Mrs. Tilson.
I really came to say goodbye.
Where are you going?
Listen. Uh... I understand how you feel.
Might have been more manly to tell me to my face, though.
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
You're right.
And I apologize.
Well...
It was a pleasure meeting you all.
It was a pleasure meeting you, Dale.
Great job integrating with the locals.
It's for the best.
(STAMMERING) The best for who, you?
Um, maybe we should go feed Chester.
Why?
Oh. Miller time.
Jesse, I've told you, like, 1 8 times
that that's not what it means.
Then what does it mean?
I thought it was the right thing to do.
What is your problem with him?
(DOOR CLOSES)
That guy put the snakes in our house.
Why would he do that?
Because he still thinks this is his house.
He wants us out.
Oh, come on.
I'm sorry, Cooper.
But I'm having trouble relating to this.
Well, you don't seem to have a hard time relating to him.
Meaning what, exactly?
You know exactly what I'm talking about.
Dave Miller asked me to sleep with him.
What?
Dave Miller.
Yeah. Dave Miller...
Hit on me on the airplane.
He offered me the V.P. spot
and then asked me to spend the night with him in Chicago.
What did you do?
What did I do?
I moved out here into the middle of nowhere with you.
I turned into some... Some 1 9th-century housewife,
which was great for a while.
It felt like this weight was lifted off my shoulders.
And you were the one who was supposed to carry us through.
But that is not what's happening.
-We're... We're drowning here. -No. No.
-And it is time to get out. -No. That's not what I said.
I said, what did you do?
I said yes.
But then I called you on the phone.
And that was the day
that Jesse was very nearly killed by that car.
Cooper, that was a wake-up call for me.
So, uh...
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
That's why you agreed to come out here, right?
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
(BELL CHIMES)
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING IN DISTANCE)
(BILLIARD BALLS CLACKING)
Hey, buddy.
-Hey. -Hey. How are you?
How's it going?
Hey, I understand, uh, Steph and Kristen,
they're gonna go on a shopping spree with their moms.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -(CHUCKLES)
Hey, look. Can I buy you a drink?
Uh, no. I got to get back.
Oh, come on. One beer's not gonna kill you.
No.
Look, Cooper.
Word to the wise. Be cool around here, okay?
I didn't come here to start a war, Ray.
Exactly.
All I'm saying is come in, buy a round of drinks,
show there's no hard feelings between you and Dale.
What do you say?
Come on. I'll buy you a beer.
Come on.
Drinks on Mr. Tilson.
Thanks, Mr. Tilson. Appreciate it.
RUBY: Dale...
Dale...
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
-MAN: Yo, Mr. Tilson. -(ROCK SONG PLAYING)
Take the shot, man. Take the shot.
Give me a kiss.
Well, I'm so tired of crying but I'm out on the road again
I'm on the road again
I want to play the game.
I ain't got no woman
Just to call my special friend
You know the first time l traveled out
ln the rain and snow
You know the first time l traveled out
ln the rain and snow
I didn't have no payroll
Not even no place to go
You still buying?
Yeah. What are you drinking?
Vodkas. Two.
One for me, one for you.
Right. Cheers.
(LAUGHS)
(CLEARS THROAT)
Two more.
It's Cooper, right?
Yeah.
Ruby.
You're a funny guy, Cooper.
Well...
Funny...
Here. Let me help you with that one.
Such a gentleman.
But I ain't goin' down that long, old lonesome road
All by myself
But I ain't goin' down that long, old lonesome road
All by myself
I can't carry you, baby
Gonna carry somebody else
-Didn't you hear what I said? -No.
Uh, no, I didn't.
What?
Don't fuck with him.
He'll rip your fucking head off.
You got another one of these?
(CLEARS THROAT)
It's my birthday.
What do you say?
Happy birthday.
Mmm. Thank you.
Another round.
Cheers.
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
One more.
No. No. No. None for me.
I got to get going.
That is true, Mr., uh...
City Slicker.
Mister fuckin' Coop.
Get out of my face.
And get out of my home.
I know you put the snakes in my house.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah.
Why don't you try and prove that?
Let me give you some advice.
Don't you ever
come to my house again.
And if you harm one hair on my family's head,
I will kill you.
Ooh.
Did you hear that, Sheriff?
This man's threatening my life.
How much?
Scratch!
(LAUGHTER)
Come on. Loosen up.
I'm trying to play a game right now.
Dale, I'm gonna...
(SCREAMS INDISTINCTLY)
-You ever fuckin' shut up? -Hey, Dale...
You just never shut the fuck up, do you, Ruby!
You're not a man.
-You're not a fucking man, Dale! -Oh, yeah?
-You gonna keep talking to me? -Dale! Dale!
-Is that it? -Dale, don't!
MAN: What are you doing?
(GLASS BREAKING)
Dale!
Get the fuck off me!
Dale! Wait!
RUBY: Dale! Stop it!
SHERIFF FERGUSON: Enough! Enough!
Back the fuck away, Massie! Back up!
Step away!
I got enough to throw you back inside
for the next five years, you piece of shit.
RUBY: Annie...
-You touch my sister ever again... -No. Listen.
...I swear to God it'll be the last thing you ever fucking do.
Annie, he didn't touch me, okay?
I fell.
I've been drinking, and I fell...
He didn't touch me, okay?
You made your point.
Are we done?
Get the fuck out of here.
(DOOR CLOSES)
(ENGINE REVVING)
Asshole.
(GRUNTS)
(TIRES SCREECHING)
God!
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
JESSE: What happened to the car?
It's, like, all bloody and broken and...
And everybody's out there. Mom's out there.
-She seems a little bit mad. -Huh?
So what happened? Did you have an accident?
Did you hit something? Did you hit another car?
-Oh. Oh. -What happened?
What'd you hit?
It was a deer.
Couldn't stop. Jumped right in front of me.
Must've been doing quite a clip.
What happened to you last night?
Mom, Dad, come here!
-What? -Hurry up!
There's something over here! Come on!
What's going on?
What's wrong?
LEAH: Now what?
What is it?
Oh! What... Cooper!
KRISTEN: Chester!
You killed my pony!
-JESSE: Kris. Kris, wait up. -No. What...
Wait for me!
-N... What... Oh! -COOPER: Oh, my God.
Kristen!
DECLAN: You want us to take care of this, Mr. T?
(STAMMERING) I didn't do this.
I... I didn't hit the pony.
Just leave her alone. She's crying.
It was Dale.
Oh.
Last night at the bar, there was this thing.
It was a fight.
-And Dale and I spoke. -Were you drinking?
Yes.
Oh.
But I did not kill Chester.
How many?
So you were drinking and you hit a deer.
You are absolutely sure that it was a deer?
Yes, I was absolutely sure it was a deer.
Leah, you have got to believe me.
Last night, Dale, he would've killed Stan
if the Sheriff hadn't drawn a gun on him.
And he punched out his girlfriend.
And if the Sheriff hadn't been there,
I don't know what would've happened.
Let's get out of here.
Right now.
From whatever is happening, okay?
We promised we would never put these kids at risk.
Let's just go back.
Go back to... Go back to what?
We already sold the house. There is no place to go back to.
This is... This is our house. This is our house.
So what, you're not gonna do anything about this?
No, I didn't say that. I'm gonna talk to him.
And I'm gonna give him unofficial warning.
I'm gonna tell him to keep off your property,
and hopefully that'll cool things off.
That will not do a damn thing.
Well...
Then maybe you should take your family back to the city.
(INDISTINCT TALKING ON POLICE RADIO)
(MEN SHOUTING IN DISTANCE)
Hey.
I will not be intimated by a thug.
You have it your own way, Mr. Tilson.
I am just trying to help here.
Why don't you call me when you got something to show me?
Hey, Dad.
Hey, Son.
Kristen...
Listen, honey.
Sweetheart.
I know you think that I did a... A terrible thing.
I swear to you I didn't do it.
On my life, honey. I didn't do it.
Dad wouldn't kill Chester.
And he's probably gonna kill whoever did it.
All right. That's... That's enough, Jesse.
Cross my heart and hope to die.
Then who would do such a horrible thing?
Hey, fellas.
-Hi. -Hello.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Is that you, Janice?
Oh, you're looking good.
Dale Massie.
Now, when are we gonna have the pleasure of your company?
Soon. Soon.
I've just been so busy sorting everything out at the house.
Right.
-You walking? -Yeah.
He seems like a nice man.
-Who's that? -Mr. Tilson.
Mm. He's married, Janice. He's got kin.
I didn't mean like that, Dale.
I just meant he seems like a nice guy.
So you met him, huh?
Yeah.
Where at?
He came by to visit your father the other day.
Why?
He was making a documentary about the house.
He wanted to ask some questions.
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
Excuse me.
You are a piece of work, man.
Accusing me of trespassing?
Did I say anything when it was my house?
When I was stuck in jail
and you were caught red-handed going through the place,
did I say anything?
No, I didn't.
I didn't say a goddamn thing, 'cause I wouldn't do that.
What would I do?
He had all my personal photographs,
Lorna and the kids, all laid out on the table
on bulletin boards.
Real personal stuff to me.
Ruby? Ruby? Can I get a check, please?
Ain't it cool?
I mean, you come tap-dancing in here,
you grab the property out from under a guy
who's late on a few payments.
Guess what he paid for the property and the contents.
(SNIFFS) Joe?
Joe, take a guess. What do you think it was worth?
Your place is about the same size, right?
Maybe five.
Try 21 0 grand.
(CROWD MURMURS)
How about that?
How much are you getting for that movie about my family?
Huh?
Oh, don't worry.
I'll be sure and buy the DVD
with that $50 I got for fixing your pool.
(LAUGHTER)
I mean, here I am.
I'm doing my level best
to try and be a good neighbor, right?
And you accuse me of being some kind of sadistic prick.
(COINS JINGLING)
Well, I guess you're just trying to protect your family
the best way you can.
But when I've done wrong,
I own up to it like a man and I set things straight.
That's what I do, Cooper.
-Let's go. -We'll have our time, Massie.
This isn't it.
I think you're full of shit, Cooper. That's what I think.
Why don't we go outside right now, you and me?
-Hit him, Dad. Knock his brains out. -Jesse.
-Let's go. -When your man starts pointing fingers,
he better be ready to back it up, don't you think?
Ruby. Ruby! I got no beef with Mrs. Tilson.
-Go. Out in the car. -Kristen, get in the car.
It's that motherfucker right there that's pissin' me off.
Hammerhead will smash your skull!
Hammerhead will bash your brains!
Throw you down the Devil's Throat!
(DOOR CLOSES)
(TAPPING)
(CREAKING)
He killed his children.
I want you to get the kids out of here.
I want you to take them back to the city.
-What? -To New York. Just get them out of here.
-What? -Stay with Tina.
-No! You have to come. -Okay?
Look, just pack enough clothes for a couple of days.
I'll come as soon as I can.
-What? -I just have to find...
-What? -I...
I have to...
I have to find more...
-What? -More evidence.
(ENGINE RUNNING)
-Bye, Dad. -Bye.
(SIGHS)
Bang, went the hammers. Bang, went the hammers down
till they were all dead.
(REWINDING)
(CLICKS)
Bang, went the hammers. Bang, went the hammers down
till they were all dead. All of them.
(REWINDING)
(CLICKS)
Cold Creek Manor...
Always there.
(CLICKS)
Tammy. Grady...
(VOICE BREAKING) Lorna.
(CLICKS)
Always there.
Tammy. Grady...
Lorna.
THEODORE: And straight into the brain. Dead.
Give me another cherry.
Ah, fuck it.
Ah, down the Devil's Throat. (CHUCKLES)
SHERIFF FERGUSON: Jesus Christ.
(SIGHS)
What is the Devil's Throat?
I have no idea.
Mr. Tilson,
this here, this is all circumstantial.
This won't hold up in a court of law.
(SIGHS)
You say you think they're buried
somewhere on your property, which is how big?
1 ,200 acres.
I'll search every inch of it if I have to.
(SIGHS) Well, there are two issues here,
both are relating to Dale Massie.
He's a piece of shit, all right.
But I don't think he's a murderer.
I mean, I... I don't want to believe it.
I don't want to believe that he murdered his wife
and his two small kids.
But he is on to you.
You have absolutely pissed him off.
You should be careful.
So here's what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna give you a walkie.
(CLICKS ON)
It's a secure channel.
Keep it with you.
And if you need anything, you just holler.
I'm gonna check in with you on a regular basis.
I will check this all out just to be sure.
Johnny Roth does everybody's teeth around here.
(SIGHS)
I'm gonna run that engine number, all right?
All right.
(HORN HONKS)
(TRUCK DOOR CLOSES)
(ENGINE TURNS OVER)
(TELEPHONE DIALING)
(TELEPHONE RINGING)
KRISTEN: Hey, Mom?
Got it.
Cooper.
Hi. So you made it.
Everyone okay?
Sweetheart, I am so close. I swear.
Then everything is gonna be all right.
Cooper, this is destroying all of us.
Leah, do you remember
the other day in the diner
when Jesse shouted something at Dale,
something about the Devil's Throat?
You remember that?
l need to talk with him about that.
Cooper, we can't drag the kids into this thing.
-Leah. -They've been through enough.
They're traumatized enough already.
Just this one thing. It's the key to everything.
-lf l can find... -(STATIC)
Cooper?
Leah?
(CLICK)
Hello?
Cooper?
(PULSATING TONE)
Shit.
(CLICKS ON)
Sheriff Ferguson, come in.
Sheriff Ferguson, can you read me?
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
Howdy, Mr. Tilson.
Listen, something's strange.
My phone just went down.
Is your phone working?
Yeah, it is, but, uh, maybe not for long.
We got a storm blowing in.
Listen...
I ran that Honda number, and, um, it matches.
That's Lorna's car, all right.
Now, don't get too excited.
It's just circumstantial.
Yes, but maybe I'm not crazy.
It's possible.
Anything's possible.
I'll swing by later on. Over.
Mom.
Yeah?
We have to talk to you.
Sure.
Show her.
Um...
(DOOR CLOSES)
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
You fix that front gate?
Yes, sir.
I took care of it on Tuesday.
I put in three new hinge bolts.
She's as good as new.
Hey, look.
I brought your favorite.
You're lying.
Sir?
You lost the farm.
Where'd you hear a crazy thing like that, sir?
That's not true.
Here. Have a chocolate.
-I got the ones with the dark choc... -Don't you lie to me, boy.
You're the corrupt spawn
of your whoring mother.
I saw it.
I saw you.
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
Shut up, please.
Please, sir, just... Just shut up.
I saw everything.
(LAUGHS)
Everything you did.
She told you she was leaving you
and taking the kids.
They weren't even your kids.
(LAUGHING)
See, you couldn't even make babies.
(LAUGHING)
Useless!
You're not even a man.
(LAUGHS)
Not even a man.
"Pooh. Pooh." (CHUCKLES)
You couldn't kill an animal,
but you killed them.
Hey, what'd you do with the bodies, boy?
I buried 'em, sir.
Is that what you did, boy?
Yeah.
Are you ready for a cherry, sir?
I'll get you a good one.
(SNIFFS)
Here you go, Pop.
(LAUGHING)
(SNIFFS)
You got a little chocolate here.
(MUFFLED GRUNTING)
She was doing it with everyone.
(GRUNTS)
You hear me? With everyone.
She told me.
She did everyone!
(GRUNTING STOPS)
(SIGHS)
(SNIFFS)
Nurse!
(SOBS)
Nurse!
(WIND HOWLING)
(CREAKING)
Oh!
Oh, my God!
-Leah! -(GROANS)
Leah!
-Leah? -Oh.
Are you all right?
I know where it is.
What?
The Devil's Throat.
The kids found it when we first moved in.
I got two speeding tickets trying to get here.
And I'm so sorry I didn't believe you.
God, we have brilliant children.
Yes, we do.
Annie,
I'm going for a smoke break.
All right.
Yeah, hi.
Yeah, this is Sheriff Ferguson.
Uh, I had a question for Dr. Roth.
No, I understand.
Are you his assistant?
What I wanted to know
was did he treat the Massie children,
Tammy and Grady?
Look, there's a... There's an edge.
Hey.
Look.
Take this off.
Help me lift this.
-(GROANS) -Yup.
Lift. Lift.
Oh!
(COUGHS) Oh, my God.
Oh.
-Oh, Jesus. -Be careful.
Annie, I'm here.
-Hey, Rose. Where's Annie? -Hi, Ruby.
I don't know. She must have stepped out.
(INDISTINCT TALKING ON POLICE RADIO)
(SIGHS)
Have a good one.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
I'm gonna lower the video camera,
see what's down there.
(BEEPS)
It's on.
Here.
You know, it's getting dark.
Maybe we should come back tomorrow.
Just five more minutes, all right?
Then we'll go.
Night vision.
Okay. Hold the light.
Down.
(THUNDER CRASHES)
(WATER SLOSHING)
Here.
(THUNDER CRASHES)
(BEEPS)
It's down.
-Wait. -What?
-I saw something. Go back. -Where?
-Back a few frames. -Back?
Yeah.
(BEEPS)
-(EXHALES SHARPLY) -What is that?
Oh, my G... Oh, my God!
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
(INDISTINCT TALKING ON WALKIE-TALKIE)
Do you read me?
Yeah, Sheriff. Sheriff, I read you.
Listen, we found the Devil's Throat.
They're down there, the bodies.
I'm at the house. Where are you?
(STATIC)
Uh, we're... We're close by.
Listen, just take the back road,
cut across the first field,
and you're gonna see my pickup truck.
I'll come meet you.
Okay. Over.
(INDISTINCT TALKING ON POLICE RADIO)
(SNIFFS)
(SIGHS)
(STATIC)
Sheriff, I don't see you.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(WATER DRIPPING)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Oh, my God!
Oh!
COOPER: Sheriff, do you read me?
What is your position?
Devil's Throat, Mr. Tilson.
Hi, Leah.
(SCREAMS)
(SCREAMING)
(GRUNTS)
Leah!
Cooper!
Hang on!
Cooper, it's Dale!
It's Dale! It's Dale! Look out!
(WHIMPERING) Oh, Cooper!
Leah!
You're gonna be all right.
Grab that vine.
Oh!
I'm here, honey. I'm here.
-I'm not gonna let you go. -Cooper, he's up there!
Don't worry about that. Come on.
-(GRUNTING) -Just get out of here.
(GRUNTING)
Take another step, honey.
(GRUNTS)
That's it.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
Come on, honey.
(GRUNTS)
Grab the rope.
Keep hold of the rope.
That's it.
Come on, baby.
I got you.
(GRUNTS)
Come on.
(WIND HOWLING)
-Ow! Careful! -We'll get... Ow!
We'll take the jeep.
We'll get to a pay phone, call the Sheriff.
(THUNDER CRASHES)
I saw them! I saw them in there!
Oh!
Oh, my God!
Son of a bitch!
Let's get in the house.
Oh. Uhh!
(KEYS RATTLE)
(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)
What are we gonna do?
It's out of our control right now. Come on.
Get on the table.
-Just... -(GRUNTS)
-Let me see. -Okay.
-All right. -Is it cut?
Shh.
LEAH: It's nothing.
(SCREAMS)
Cooper!
Leah!
(GRUNTS)
You motherfuckers!
Aah!
(MUFFLED SCREAM)
Aah! Uhh!
Give me the flashlight.
Go upstairs. Hide.
-Go! Go! Go! -I'll never go without you.
(GLASS SHATTERS)
(DALE EXCLAIMING)
Come on, motherfucker!
Cooper?
(WIND WHISTLING)
(MUFFLED SCREAM)
Shh.
It's me.
Shh.
Let's go this way.
You scared the shit out of me!
Shh.
(GLASS SHATTERS)
(SCREAMS)
(GASPING)
-(DOORKNOB RATTLES) -Open it!
-It won't open! -We're trapped!
Up.
(THUNDER CRASHES)
Come on!
(SCREAMS)
You guys should have stayed in New York.
This isn't the place for you.
You know nothing about farming.
Dale, what are you doing?
What do you want?
It's a little too late for "want," Leah.
"Do" is something, though.
What am I gonna do?
I'm gonna smash both your skulls in
and throw you down the Devil's Throat!
That's what I'm gonna do.
How'd you like it down there?
Huh?
Did you see my family down there?
Did you meet them?
What? Are you gonna throw those at me?
Whoa!
-Try and hit me, Leah. -(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
Oh, fuck!
No good, Cooper.
I could have fucked her anytime I wanted to,
just like the rest of 'em.
Bunch of fucking whores.
Oh!
-Whoops! -Aah!
Did I hear a bone crack, Coop?
(COOPER GROANING)
Let me tell you what's gonna happen.
It's only fair that you should know.
It's gonna be real quick, real painless.
A blow to each one of your heads,
and then I'm gonna throw your bodies down that hole.
It's that simple.
I got a question for you, though.
Do you think I'm nuts?
Quick. Yes or no?
No.
Wrong.
I got another question.
Yeah.
You know what? Fuck it.
Fuck it. Just... Let's just do this.
Get up.
I said get up! Now!
You got anything you want to say?
Any last words?
(SCREAMING)
Keep it tight, Leah!
(DALE GRUNTING)
Looking for this?
Huh?
-(YELLING) -Keep those legs down!
(SCREAMS)
Dale, did I hear a bone crack?
-(GROANS) -How's it feel, Dale?
You fuck!
(DALE SCREAMS)
Get out of my house!
(SCREAMING)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(ROCK SONG PLAYING)
Well, I'm so tired of crying
But l'm out on the road again
I'm on the road again
Well, I'm so tired of crying
But l'm out on the road again
I'm on the road again
I ain't got no woman
Just to call my special friend
You know the first time l traveled
Out in the rain and snow
ln the rain and snow
You know the first time l traveled
Out in the rain and snow
ln the rain and snow
I didn't have no payroll
Not even no place to go
And my dear mother left me
When I was quite young
And my dear mother left me
When I was quite young
She said, "Lord, have mercy on my wicked son"
Take a hint from me, mama
Please don't you cry no more
Don't you cry no more
Take a hint from me, mama
Please don't you cry no more
Don't you cry no more
'Cause it's soon one morning
Down the road I'm going
But I ain't going down that long old lonesome road
All by myself
But I ain't going down that long old lonesome road
All by myself
I can't carry you, baby
Gonna carry somebody else