(CHEERY CHATTER)
MAX SHARAM: ♪ Coma
Hi.
♪ I look like I live in a coma
♪ I smoke like an iron lung
♪ Hide out in the dark when it's summer
♪ I never go out in the sun
♪ I know that you got a new honey... ♪
- (MACHINERY POWERS UP) - ♪ I know that you have
♪ No more time
♪ For me and you spend all your money
♪ On her... ♪
- (DESTINEE SPLUTTERS) - ♪ Well, I've made up my mind
♪ I'm coming around
♪ Better pull your blind down
(MUSIC MUFFLES)
♪ I'm coming around... ♪
(LIFEGUARD BLOWS WHISTLE)
(MUFFLED MUSIC CONTINUES)
BOY: Oh, I think she needs help.
(FAST-PACED THEME MUSIC)
(CRAZY LAUGHTER)
♪ La, la, la, la. ♪
CHESTER: What if it's a no?
What if it's a yes?
And take off that mask. (SCOFFS)
OK.
Here goes.
Well? Say something.
I got an interview!
City campus... Next week.
Oh, I have to present a folio...
Uh, interview... Special circumstances...
- But...they'll see me! - (TWIG SNAPS)
What was that?
Don't worry, I heard it too.
Yeah, of course you heard it too. How is that reassuring?
It's coming from over there.
No, no, no! Don't go over!
I want to see what it is.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC BUILDS)
Destinee?
Trick or treat?
It was a few years ago.
You were all being complete gits and I was feeling really...
..like I didn't want to be here.
REMUS: So you crossed the boundary?
- It could have ended you. DESTINEE: I know!
But it was Halloween.
And every ghost story ever says that on Halloween
the dead can walk the earth.
So I thought, why not try it?
And you didn't think to tell us?
Well, I would have if someone asked,
but none of you even noticed I was gone.
Yeah, thanks for that.
So can they see you?
The living can't see or hear the dead.
Wait, wait, wait!
So...if she can go out, does that mean I can go out?
Probably.
- What about Nimrod? - Most likely.
How about Tigger?
- Yeah. GONZO: Zed?
Gonzo...
..everyone's capable of leaving if they want.
But just for tonight?
So, boss...can we?
Bang your head, wake the dead.
(FUN KIDS CHEER AND WHOOP)
What if it doesn't work?
Yeah, what if it's just a prank
'cause Destinee wants to bump us off?
If I wanted to bump you off, Willo, I'd use my hands.
I'll go. I'm not scared of anything.
- Look - a goose! - Where?!
Oh, for heaven's sake.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(COUGHS)
(SPLUTTERS)
(WHIMPERING) This isn't how I want to be remembered...
(FUN KIDS SCREAM)
- I'm kidding! - (FUN KIDS EXHALE WITH RELIEF)
I'm fine!
MAPPLETHORPE: That really wasn't very funny.
REMUS: OK, OK, OK, OK. Let's do this.
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
(SIGHS WITH RELIEF)
(LAUGHS)
(FUN KIDS WHOOP)
Now what?
I...I don't want to be alone.
Me neither.
I'm good with whatever everyone else wants to do.
So, where do you normally go?
The cemetery. They usually have a pretty cool party.
Cemetery it is.
FUN KID: Yes! - (SIOBHAN SQUEALS)
But we stick together. Got it?
Lead the way.
(FUN KIDS CHUCKLE AND WHOOP)
Yeah, uh, not you, though.
- What did I do? - I have a job for you.
I ain't goin' there.
You will if you want to be let back in the park.
(FUN KIDS CHATTER EXCITEDLY)
I'm counting on you.
(EXCITED CHATTER CONTINUES)
WHITE ZOMBIE: ♪ More Human Than Human
BOTH: Open-air cinema.
ZED: So...are you sure we can't be seen?
Hmm, let me check.
Oi! Dingus!
- Nup. Fine. - Sweet.
Now, remember, we have to stick together.
♪ Yeah, I am the astro creep... ♪
Morons.
♪ I am the crawling dead
♪ A phantom in a box Shadow in your head, say
♪ Acid suicide
♪ Scratch off the broken skin... ♪
There's a girl on my grave!
Ooh! That's one purity point.
Wait. I think they go to my school.
They have a really cool feed
about unsolved accidents and tragedies.
Why are you saying 'they'?
'Cause I think they're non-binary. They/them pronouns.
What do you mean, "pronouns"?
Oh, you know, 'doing' words.
Like 'dancing', 'swimming', 'sunbaking'.
They're verbs.
I know what pronouns are. How could 'she' be a 'they'?
It's just the way things are now.
But there's only one of her.
It's doesn't matter. It's polite.
But she's a she!
You don't know that. It's not your place to gender someone.
Wait. So you're saying gender terms don't matter anymore?
And a lot of guys are kicking us
on the make-up application front as well.
Can we focus on the person sitting on my gravestone?
- Now you're getting it. - So what do we do?
Lose something?
Uh, my bracelet. Thought I might've dropped it here but...
Do I know you?
I'm in the year beneath you at school.
My condolences.
You like it that much, huh?
It's like my own private underworld.
Which I guess makes me Persephone.
VIOLETTA: Did you know her?
She died in 1997. How old do you think I am?
Oh, right. I just...
Jokes.
I'm researching her for my feed.
Did you know she drowned in front of, like, 100 people
and nobody did a thing?
This town can be so brutal to anyone who's different.
I guess that's why I kind of feel like I do know her.
Is that weird?
To miss someone you've never met?
Sometimes people you've never met make the best companions.
"In the end, we are alone.
"And there is nothing but the cold, dark wasteland
"of eternity."
Deep.
It's from Queen Of The Damned. I love that book.
She's so hot!
- 'They'. - Excuse me?
What?
I thought I heard somebody say, "So hot."
No. Wait, you heard that?
- Heard what? VIOLETTA: You tell me.
I thought I heard somebody say, "So hot."
It was probably just the wind.
(GHOSTLY VOICE) P-i-i-z-z-z-z-a-a...
- There it is again. - I didn't hear anything.
- (WHISPERS) Let's go. - Great chat! Happy Halloween!
DESTINEE: Did they just hear me?
How is that even possible? The living can't see or hear us.
Maybe it's not that they can't. It's just...normally they won't?
- So now what? - Go talk to...them.
What?! I can't just go over there and initiate conversation.
Why not?
Well, for starters, they can't see me.
SIOBHAN: If only it were Halloween
and you could get away with wearing a disguise.
That's actually a really good idea.
Yeah!
Oh, you don't all have to sound so surprised!
But what do I say? I'm not good at this.
What if I say something stupid and what if they don't like me?
They're sitting on your grave
like they're auditioning for an Evanescence video.
I don't get that reference.
Oh, trust me! They're going to like you.
And if they don't, well... that's their loss
and they should get their head read.
Go!
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING ON FILM)
(INDISTINCT DIALOGUE ON FILM)
WOMAN: (ON FILM) Do we really have a chance?
(DIALOGUE ON FILM CONTINUES)
You OK?
Do I look different?
(CHESTER CHUCKLES)
I don't know, you don't seem that happy to be out.
Last time I left the park, I ended up puking maggots.
And I don't want to shock you,
but the taste...not good.
I mean, it's just...
..if you were upset about what that guy said
at Careers Night...
Why would I care about what some Boomer thinks?
Besides, it's not like you're going there, right?
Yeah, right.
You know, we can... we can watch movies anytime.
You know what we should be doing?
BOTH: Trick or treat?!
Oh, no, we are not doing this.
Halloween is an American invention
to get kids to beg for lollies.
I-I'm not having it. Go home!
- A night to myself... - (KNOCKING)
..watch an L Word marathon in peace.
That's it! What did I just say?!
I don't care if it's in a word or a book,
I'm pretty sure I know how to get rid of a Babadook.
Is that supposed to scare me?
(SKELETON CREAKING)
OK, a little creepy.
(SKELETON RATTLING)
- (MAPPLETHORPE HOWLING) - (SCREAMS)
(BOTH LAUGHING)
That was the best! We got her so good.
Yeah. Uh...she'll be OK, though, right?
She served a tour of duty. I think she'll be fine.
It's been way too long since we've done something like this.
Maybe next weekend we can go bowling or...
(EERIE MOURNFUL TUNE PLAYING ON VIOLIN)
(SPRAY CAN RATTLING)
(TUNE CONTINUES)
(TUNE INTENSIFIES)
Where do you want to go now?
We're not far from your place.
Yeah.
Do you want to...
Not yet.
Do...
Do you want to build a snowman?
(TUNE FADES)
(FILM PLAYING)
So, where do you go to school?
I don't think I've seen you around here before.
Wanna go get a kebab?
(INDISTINCT DIALOGUE ON FILM)
WOMAN: (ON FILM) Show me something else, please.
MAN: (ON FILM) You're a difficult woman
to satisfy, Jennifer.
JENNIFER: (ON FILM) As I well know, Charles.
(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING ON FILM)
Cool costume.
DESTINEE: Thanks. I like your outfit.
Yeah. Death rocks.
DESTINEE: They're my favourite.
You've read Sandman?
DESTINEE: Cover to cover. Twice!
Nice to meet someone with taste.
Why the mask?
DESTINEE: Sometimes it's easier to be yourself
when no-one can see you.
Not that people looking at me is a big problem.
Most of the time I feel invisible.
Oh...
Sorry. I said too much.
No. Not at all. I know what you mean.
DESTINEE: You do?
Yeah. Most of the time I feel like a ghost in this town.
DESTINEE: That's how I used to feel!
Used to?
DESTINEE: Until about a minute ago?
- Smooth. DESTINEE: I didn't mean it...
I'm Bridget.
DESTINEE: D...Diana.
The goddess of the hunt.
DESTINEE: That's me.
I turn voyeurs into deer and rip them apart with my dogs.
(CHUCKLES)
- Wanna go for a walk? DESTINEE: Uh...
(WHISPERS) Yep. Go, go, go, go, go!
DESTINEE: Sure.
Hm. Every pot finds its lid.
(GIGGLES)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC)
(HUSHED WHISPERING)
- (SCRIBBLING) - (HUSHED WHISPERING CONTINUES)
(WHISPERING GROWS FRANTIC)
(SCRIBBLING INTENSIFIES)
(WHISPERING GROWS MORE FRANTIC)
(WIND WHISTLING)
I see you...
(SCREAMS)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC BUILDS)
Ah!
(TRICKLING)
(ZIPS FLY)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(WHISTLES)
(MAN CLEARING THROAT)
(CLOCK TICKING)
(WHIMSICAL FOLK MUSIC PLAYING)
(FIRE CRACKLING)
(MAN CLEARS THROAT)
(TENSE MUSIC BUILDS)
- (DOG BARKS) - Hey!
- Hey! Mogwai! Come on! - (DOG CONTINUES BARKING)
What's got into you? There's nobody there.
Come on, sit down. Settle down.
(SINISTER MUSIC)
DESTINEE: Is that yours? BRIDGET: My bracelet.
I must have dropped it here on the way in.
Wait. How did you know I'd lost it?
DESTINEE: Uh...lucky guess.
This is my favourite place right here.
I loved it when they built this garden.
Hasn't it been like this for 20 years?
DESTINEE: Oh, um...I saw photos.
- In the library. - Oh.
Vintage.
You sure do like old stuff.
DESTINEE: Is that bad?
No, I like it. I feel like I was born in the wrong decade.
The '90s seem way cooler.
DESTINEE: It was the best!
I imagine, anyway.
It had the best music.
BOTH: Alanis!
DESTINEE: I'll make you a mixtape.
Really?
I would love that.
I think my dad still has an old tape deck in the garage.
I'll have to give you something.
DESTINEE: Oh, no. You don't have to.
BRIDGET: I want to.
(ENCHANTING MUSIC)
DESTINEE: No-one's ever given me a flower before.
I think I know why.
DESTINEE: I guess I don't have much of a green thumb.
What?! No, I couldn't.
Come on.
If I lost it, I wasn't taking particularly good care of it.
Now you'll always remember me.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(SIRENS WAILING IN DISTANCE)
It's not exactly a snowman.
- True. - Mm.
- It's missing something. - Mm.
Ah!
(CHESTER CHUCKLES)
Olé!
I think this just might be our masterpiece.
(MAPPLETHORPE CHUCKLES)
GIRL: (IN DISTANCE) Trick or treat?
(POIGNANT MUSIC)
I'm sorry.
Oh. That's OK. You can't help the way you smell.
What that guy said, that was wrong.
I do need you.
No matter what happens, you know that, right?
Damn straight.
It's not like I'm going anywhere, right?
Siempre viva!
(LAUGHS)
(SIREN WHOOPS)
Ooh!
Think quick.
- (SPRAY CAN RATTLES) - (SIREN WHOOPS)
(FUN KIDS CHATTERING)
VIOLETTA: That was a nice thing you did.
SIOBHAN: She deserves to be happy.
I'm...I'm not used to girls like you being nice.
You know what I mean!
Normally the cool kids wouldn't even give me the time of day.
Well, I guess you weirdos have me outnumbered.
FUN KID: Gonzo...
Or maybe deep down you're actually a weirdo too,
and you just don't know it.
Maybe.
And maybe you're actually one of the cool kids,
and you don't know it.
Maybe.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
- So... - DESTINEE: So...
Yo, McPhail!
It's almost dawn! We gotta motor!
DESTINEE: I'll be right there. - What?
DESTINEE: Nothing.
I...had a really nice time tonight.
DESTINEE: Me too.
In fact, I think it might kinda, maybe, possibly be...
..one of the best nights of my life.
Potentially.
Wow.
Well, does that mean I get to see your face?
Is that a no?
DESTINEE: I'm just...scared.
If you see what's underneath this mask,
you won't want to see me again.
You've already shown me what's underneath the mask.
I just want to see your face.
BRIDGET: Wait!
(TENSE MUSIC)
Diana!
Diana... Diana, s...!
Diana.
(SOMBRE MUSIC)
Come on! Come on!
SCARLETT JOHANSSON: ♪ No One Knows I'm Gone
♪ Hell above
♪ And heaven below
♪ All the trees are gone
♪ The rain makes such a lovely sound
♪ To those who are six feet underground
♪ The leaves will bury
♪ Every year
♪ And no one knows I'm gone
♪ Live me golden
♪ Tell me dark
♪ Hide from Graveyard John
♪ But the moon is full here
♪ Every night
♪ And I can bathe here
♪ In his light
♪ The leaves will bury
♪ Every year
♪ And no one knows I'm gone. ♪
(SONG FADES)
I got your message.
The burning house was a nice touch.
How do I get out of here?
For good?
Death is irreversible. You give way to new life.
There's no coming back.
I know there's a way.
Tell me!
Or you might wake up to your own fire.
BABA VANGA: Oh.
Well...try this.
(WIND WHISTLING)
And remember...
..it needs to be a choice.
(FAST-PACED THEME MUSIC)
♪ La, la, la, la. ♪