[wind whooshing]
[Mary] Father of the night.
I call upon you...
to make me
your vessel.
[guttural scream]
[classical music playing on turntable]
♪
[music stops]
[phone line ringing]
[Marcus] Hello?
Marcus?
[sighs] Yes, Mary.
How are you?
I'm fine. Why are you calling me?
I need to talk to you about your sister.
I thought I told you to never call me.
I need your help.
Shiela's missing.
Whatever Shiela's done is none of my business.
She's missing, Marcus.
She's been gone for nearly five days.
And what's that got to do with me?
She's probably on another drug binge.
Please help, Marcus.
What, Mary?
I think she's dead.
[car engine revving]
[knock at door]
[door creaks]
[sighs] Mary.
Come in.
[sighs]
I am afraid I had to call you, Marcus.
This is serious.
When did you last see her?
She turned up suddenly
after nearly a year.
She looked terrible.
As if she hadn't slept for days.
And what about him?
[Mary] Riley?
He was here too.
They said they wanted to go camping together.
Something about going away for three days in Spring Lakes.
Spring Lakes?
Isn't that where you and your weird--
I don't have weird friends, Marcus.
I prefer the word "enlightened."
Well, whatever they were,
they were far more important than Shiela and I growing up.
[sighs] Marcus.
Go and find her.
Why did you let her go if she was so messed up?
Shiela is her own person.
She's not a child.
You know, you were always soft with her.
Never with me.
I'm the one who got all the beatings, not her.
You are a man.
You deserved every beating you ever got as a child.
I was a boy, Mary.
A boy!
You were wicked.
You were out getting drunk every night.
Not once did you pick up the phone to see how she was.
Not even at Christmas.
Not even on her birthday.
She never said a word that whole time.
She couldn't have called.
You know that.
You were too busy living in your dream world,
trying to be the next Steven Spielberg.
[laughing]
I always did the best I could for you both.
It isn't easy bringing up children.
Especially when they're not--
-Not? -[Mary] Not--
Not what, Mary? Not one of your own.
Is that what you were going to say?
-Call the police. -No, Marcus.
I didn't ask you here to dig up the past.
If Shiela is up to no good,
I don't want the police arresting her for drugs again.
I need an answer from you, Marcus.
Please.
Give her a chance
when you find her.
[sighs]
Okay.
Okay, okay, I'll do it.
But for 24 hours only.
And after that, call the police.
And after that, I'm done playing with these games.
Do you understand me, Mary?
[eerie instrumental plays]
Not yet.
[phone ringing]
-What's happening, man? -[Marcus] I saw her.
[Caleb] Who? Mary?
It was weird.
Well, yeah, you ain't seen her in what, six, seven years?
Something like that?
Yeah, something like that.
Well, it's bound to be weird, then, mate, innit?
I mean, what'd you expect?
Did you go 'round her house or what?
No, she called me.
It's about Shiela.
Marcus, don't get caught up in that shit again, mate.
She's fucking nuts.
Sorry.
I shouldn't have said that.
Yeah, I know. You're right.
But it's not that, man. She's missing.
Missing?
What? As in disappeared, that kind of missing?
Missing means missing, Cal.
Shit.
Okay, so what now then?
You ought go, and find her, I suppose.
Well, it seems that way.
If she's gone off with that
fucking junkie boyfriend of hers,
she's gonna be up to no good.
So what do you want me to do?
Nothing, I just need you to just stay here, hang tight.
Keep an eye out on Mary's house just in case Shiela turns up.
I'm gonna boot up and head out to Spring Lakes tomorrow.
-Spring Lakes? -Yeah.
Mate, Spring Lakes is fucking huge.
I mean, I've never been,
but surely you ain't going on your own.
Yeah, I'd ask you to come,
but, um, I need you to keep an eye out here for me.
I'm gonna send you my GPS location every now and then,
so you know where I am.
[sighs] GPS tracking, you got it.
What do you want me to do
if Shiela shows up while you're gone?
Well, you call me, and I'll be right back.
All right.
-Oh, Marcus. -Yeah?
Be careful.
[sighs]
[brooding music plays]
[engine revving up]
[sighs]
[phone line ringing]
[Michael] Wow.
I thought you forgot about me.
Never, Dad.
Hey, hey, hey. I know that tone of your voice.
What's wrong? Talk to me.
I went to see Mary last night.
Oof, wow.
That caught me off guard.
[laughs] Wow. How is she?
Mary, well, she's fine.
Well, as fine as she can be.
It's Shiela, Dad.
She's gone missing.
Did you try checking those crack houses?
Those places she hangs out at?
No, not yet. But, uh,
Mary said that, um,
Shiela's been missing for about five days now.
Five days.
Has Mary, um, got in contact with the police?
No, no, no, no, no. She-- she doesn't want to.
She doesn't want to get Shiela into trouble.
[sighs] Just in case she's, um, you know,
out on another drug binge again.
She did say that she's headed out to Spring Lakes.
Well, I don't think it's wise
you heading up there by yourself, son.
Remember when your mother used to go up to those lakes, right?
I'll be fine, Dad. I'm not her.
But I need to go just in case Shiela is missing.
Just promise me one thing.
What's that, Dad?
Take a gun with you.
Dad, I'm not driving all the way out to yours
just to pick up your revolver.
So, were you happy to see your mom?
[sighs] No, not really.
Not after what happened.
I couldn't care less if I saw her again, to be honest.
I understand, son.
I understand.
Did you ever go to, um, Spring Lakes?
Never.
[laughs] Fuck that.
That was Mary's hotspot.
She used to go there with her friends,
get all dressed up in those white robes,
dancing around those wildfires,
all that kumbaya, whatever the hell that was.
-Never was my-- -[phone beeping]
Dad?
Hello?
Hello, Dad?
Oh, for fuck's sake!
[sighs]
[typing]
So, where you headed, stranger?
Just out for a hike.
There's a few nice spots towards the north.
Me and my dogs go up a few times a year.
No, I'm headed the other way, actually.
The other direction?
Spring Lakes.
Yeah, near there.
[ominous instrumental plays]
Spring Lakes isn't a place to go hiking.
-It's now left-- -What, a national reserve?
Yeah, I know.
[sniffles]
Spring Lakes is the home of the Enlightened People.
Yeah? Well, I'll be fine.
No, you won't.
What's this got to do with you?
You know she's probably dead, right?
[Marcus] What did you say?
Spring Lakes has a long history of being a bad place.
A no-go zone, if you like.
It was owned by a family, you know?
You going for a hike means
there's someone close to you worth searching for.
So my guess is, your wife's gone missing.
It's my sister.
Here's hoping she's still alive.
What's your name?
Barry.
I'll see you soon, Barry.
What the fuck am I doing here?
[sighs]
This fucking bullshit fucking place.
"Welcome to hell."
Nice.
[phone vibrating]
Hello?
[Caleb] Please tell me you found her.
No, nothing yet.
Any progress your side?
No, nothing.
-But your mom did call-- -[static buzzing]
Hello?
Yeah, I-- I said your mom called me.
Why?
She hasn't called you in years. Didn't you change your number?
Yeah, about four years ago.
I don't know how she got it, mate, but she's got it somehow.
What does she want?
She asked me to come over after work.
She said it was important.
Is it about Shiela?
I don't know.
I'm here for about, uh, another hour or so,
and then I'll pop around, and see what she wants.
Be careful, Cal.
Hey, Marcus.
-Is it true-- -[static]
I-- I can't hear you, mate. You're gonna have to speak up.
Is it true, all the things your dad used to say about her?
I don't know. It could be some, just... bedtime story.
Look, just see what she wants.
Just give me a call when you're done, yeah?
Yeah, I will.
[sighs]
[clears throat] Yo, Joey?
-Yeah. -I need to head off, mate.
I've got something I need to sort out.
-Need me to lock up? -[Caleb] Please.
Kids again?
No, it's actually still Marcus this time.
Again?
He's always got shit going on, and it's never any good.
[laughs]
Yeah, well, it's actually to do with his mom.
His mom?
Would've thought he left her.
Yeah, uh, Shiela's gone missing.
Spring Lakes.
Spring Lakes? What's that?
Oh, mate, you do not wanna know.
Hey, hey, hang on. You can't just walk off.
Spring Lakes. What is it?
Trust me, better you don't know.
Whenever you hear Spring Lakes, mate, just avoid it.
Please yourself.
[Caleb] I'll see you later, yeah?
Yeah, yeah. I'll still be here.
[knocking at door]
How's your family, Caleb?
Yeah, they're, um-- they're good, thank you.
Little one's starting school soon. [laughs]
Time flies, you know how it is.
I do.
So...
Mary.
I spoke to Marcus earlier.
He told me about Shiela going missing.
Really?
That's the first I've heard of it.
Okay, um...
yeah, you-- you said she's gone camping,
but she hasn't returned.
Actually, Caleb...
Shiela isn't missing.
She's gone to see her therapist.
[laughs]
So what's Marcus doing, then?
Because he's out there
in the middle of Spring Lakes looking for her,
and she's just with her therapist.
[laughs]
Oh, Marcus.
That boy has always been difficult.
I haven't seen him in seven years.
And this is how he treats me.
I'm sorry, I'm confused.
Why would Marcus lie to me?
There are some things you don't know about your friend, Caleb.
Things you may find unpleasant.
I don't know, I mean, me and Marcus,
we know each other pretty well.
We've known each other most of our lives.
I just don't understand why he would lie to me.
Especially about something like this.
When Shiela lost her baby...
there was more to that little episode
than you might have been told by Marcus.
Sorry.
I know you've always been concerned about Marcus.
I mean, he spoke to you more than he did to us.
He's always been open with you.
Do you know
who the father of Shiela's baby was?
Yeah, he mentioned that it was a, uh-- a drug dealer.
[laughs]
There you are. You see?
Lies upon lies.
Actually, Caleb...
the father of Shiela's baby...
is Marcus.
You mean to say that Marcus had...
sex with his own sister?
In a nutshell, yes.
Marcus had sex with his sister and got her pregnant.
So you see,
Marcus isn't the tall, brown-eyed, handsome person
everyone thinks he is.
[Caleb exhales]
[laughs]
Apparently not.
I-- I've known Marcus for years.
I thought I knew him.
No.
You know what, I need-- I need to call him.
[Mary] I wouldn't.
No point in getting involved in his little games.
Shit!
I am stunned.
Marcus.
I mean...
we tell each other everything.
I've never kept anything from him.
I remember when we were at school,
and, uh, he skived off one day.
He went to meet some girl, and she just rejected him.
I know that hurt him.
He asked me not to tell anyone.
Ah, shit, listen, I've gotta go.
I've gotta pick my kids up.
I'll, um-- I'll call Marcu-- [groans]
[intense instrumental plays]
Mrs. Wright.
[coughs]
[Caleb coughing]
[panting]
[groaning]
[eerie instrumental plays]
[panting continues]
It was nice to meet you, Caleb.
But now it's time to meet the devil!
[axe thuds]
[floorboard creaking]
♪
[music intensifying]
[phone chimes]
[chuckles]
[eerie instrumental plays]
The baby waits for you, Marcus.
Feeding time is about to begin.
[breathing shakily]
[guttural screaming]
[groaning]
What the fuck?
[grunts]
What the fuck?
Shiela, you fucking had to come here.
Where the fuck are you?
Motherfucker!
[phone line ringing]
-[Caleb] Hello? -Hello, Caleb.
How are you?
I'm okay.
I'm just here. At Mary's house.
Mary's house?
Is Marcus with you?
Yes.
We were just talking about you.
Really?
Would you like to join us for dinner?
[sniffles]
Look, Caleb, do me a favor.
Can you put Marcus on the phone, please?
Marcus can't--
can't come to the phone right now.
Why not?
We'll see you soon... Michael.
-Caleb. -[phone beeps]
Caleb.
[eerie instrumental plays]
[coughs, chuckles]
I must be fucking tired.
[clicking]
[screeching]
F-- fuck!
[clicking]
[Marcus panting]
[screaming]
No, no!
[music fades]
[panting]
♪ Ave ♪
♪ Maria ♪
♪ Gratia ♪
♪ Plena ♪
♪ Ave ♪
♪ Maria ♪
[saw grinding]
♪ Gratia ♪
♪ Plena ♪
♪ Dominus ♪
♪ Tecum ♪
[bone crackling]
♪ Benedicta ♪
♪ Tu ♪
[eerie instrumental plays]
[grunts]
[laughs]
[singing] Got you, got you, go.
Yeah.
[singing] Got you, got you, go.
This baby was born of sin.
Fear not, my brother, Marcus.
The cleansing has begun.
He's been waiting for you.
We've all been waiting for you.
What the fuck are you doing?
I'm here.
The cleanse...
wash away...
all of the sins of this evil child.
A child born in impurity
comes to this world in peace.
This child did not.
I even asked his mama to help me.
I believe you two are acquainted.
[laughs]
Do you know what that fucking whore said to me?
She said no.
All she wanted to do is get high.
[gasps]
I tried, my brother, Marcus.
I tried so hard
to become a good man of the cloth.
[whimpers]
But the devil...
he keeps dancing on my shoulders.
And now I'm here with you,
looking down at the flaw, a child.
Unloved...
unwanted child.
That came before your very eyes.
What the fuck do you mean my child?
What the fuck you think it means, numbnuts?
It means that this little spunk bubble right here
came straight out of your nut sack.
[gasps] Hickory-dickory dock.
We're all good people here, you know.
We?
We, the good folks of Spring Lakes.
We like to get together every six to seven years or so.
[laughs]
Hang out, drink some beer...
sacrifice a few babies.
Shh! [laughs]
It's good to catch up.
Oh, come on now, brother Marcus.
We're running out of time. [gasps]
[imitates clock ticking]
Tickety-tock.
We got to make this quick.
-Quick? -Uh-huh.
I-- I-- I don't understand.
Let me enlighten you.
When the sun goes down,
and the day breaks and the shadows flee away...
your blood will spill on these grounds today.
-Why? -Why's the fucking sky blue?
Your soul is in the blood, Marcus.
[gasps] Your soul is in the blood.
Time to move on now.
Time to...
open you up a little bit.
Open?
Open up your rib cage. You dumb fuck!
Then watch me have myself
a little masturbation time... [makes smacking sounds]
as I watch that dark red plasma juice
drip out of your body into the grounds of Spring Lakes
where it belongs.
I don't think you want to do that.
Brother Marcus.
I don't want to do that.
I love you...
but I have to.
It's in my soul contract.
Would you like to hear the rhyme...
that I said to your child,
moments before I...
chopped that whining little fucker in half?
I'm going to go. I think I have to leave.
Oh, didn't no one tell you on the way in?
[screams]
You can't leave here. [laughs]
You're one of us now.
Forever and ever, so...
I said to your baby--
I do not have a fucking baby.
When you close your eyes,
you'll see fires burn.
When you close your eyes,
priceless lessons you learn.
Sun in the morning...
your soul he will take.
And forever and ever...
become part of Spring Lakes.
[sighs, whimpers]
I wrote that all down on my lonesome,
brother Marcus. [chuckles]
Do you like it?
We should have a celebration.
We can have ourselves a barbecue.
You ever had fried baby brains before?
[smacks lips] Mamma mia!
Tastes like fried chicken.
We can wash that down with a glass of moonshine
and then send the little fucker on his way to the afterlife.
Are you ready, my brother Marcus?
How the fuck do you know my name?
Everyone knows your name here.
You shouldn't have come here.
You're a servant now.
You are one of us.
-One of us? -We are not many.
We are, but one.
We are the absence of light.
The devourers of worms.
Fuck you.
Brother Marcus, that's not very nice.
I thought you was my friend.
I was going to ask you...
would you mind so much if I...
chopped off your fucking head
and-- and-- and wore your-- your-- your-- your skull
on the-- on the top of my head, like a-- like a--
like a crown?
I can be your king! [screams]
Come and fucking get it.
Sleep.
Those little slices of death.
Oh, I'd fucking love some.
[Marcus screams]
[both groaning and grunting]
[ominous music plays]
[both grunt]
[baby crying]
Didn't I saw that whiny little fucker in half?
Why in the fuck are you still crying?
[screams]
[muffled screaming]
-[knife slicing] -[yells out in pain]
[panting]
You ain't never going to leave here.
-You motherfucker. -[screams]
[bone cracks]
[phone chimes]
[sighs]
[phone keyboard clicking]
[calling tone]
Hey, Dad.
[Michael over the phone] Jesus Christ.
The hell have you been?
I've been trying to call you the past two hours.
Two hours?
What time is it?
Fuck's sake.
What time did I leave this morning?
[Michael] Anyway, I'm here at your mother's.
Parked outside. You inside?
No, Dad. I'm at Spring Lakes.
[Michael] Wait a minute, what do you mean Spring Lakes?
Caleb said you two were together at your mother's,
called me for dinner, so I came running, literally.
Now come on, open the door. I hate I have to be out here.
Dad, I'm not there.
[Michael] Okay.
Then why did Caleb say you were here?
I don't know, Dad.
I-- I haven't spoken to-- to Caleb
since early this morning.
And, in fact, he's not been getting
any of my messages.
Actually, I don't know how I managed to call you.
My signal all of a sudden just seemed to have started working.
[Michael] So, let me get this straight.
If you are not in Mary's house,
where the hell is Caleb?
I don't know, Dad.
Marcus...
let me call you back.
[sighs]
[glove compartment clicks open]
[shudders]
[sniffs]
[suspenseful music plays]
♪
[door creaking]
Hello, Michael.
Hello, Mary.
Please come in.
This used to be your home, too, you know.
Mary.
Michael.
Where is my boy?
Where are my kids?
I have no clue.
Caleb called me earlier.
Said Marcus was here.
Where is he?
Where is Caleb?
Caleb went out for a minute.
I haven't seen Marcus.
He never liked to spend any longer here
than he needed to, you know that.
Mary, where are they?
[Mary scoffs]
If you don't know where your son is, Michael...
that just shows what kind of a father you were.
I was working hard.
Trying to make money...
so all of us could eat.
You were working that whore
that got your dick wet.
Maybe...
if you would've been a better wife
and let me fuck you like I fucked that whore,
just maybe I would've stuck around.
You've never loved me, Michael.
You never did.
As much as it hurts me to say this...
I loved you once.
Until your mental health
took a toll on me and the kids.
So, that means you leave me all alone...
with no one to turn to?
Marcus fucked his sister.
Now, that is bullshit, Mary.
Come on. We've talked about this.
[voice shaking] God.
I have spent...
our whole entire years in this relationship,
trying to-- trying to get your help.
Got you the best doctor.
Endless medications, which you never took.
God, the kids.
They had so much patience for you.
But you pushed them away just like you pushed me
and everyone else away.
So don't sit there, Mary...
and say you had no one to turn to.
Don't sit there saying that...
we never helped you.
'Cause that is a lie.
We were all here for you, Mary.
So, cut the bullshit
and the stories and the fucking lies.
Is that why you fucked that whore?
Because you were helping me.
I fucked the living daylights out of that whore...
because you never wanted me near you.
You were my wife.
I fucking loved you,
but you never wanted me near you.
So I found someone else that did.
You neglected your children.
Oh, Mary.
Neglect.
That is a strong word.
I think you got it the other way around, Mary.
'Cause it was you out there in the fucking woods,
doing whatever the fuck that is--
Kumbaya, some shit like that.
How the fuck do you expect those kids
to cope with that shit?
You are fucking crazy.
-Don't call me crazy. -You are fucking crazy.
Look at this place. Look at this filth.
How the fuck do you live like this, Mary?
I did the best I could with what I had.
With what you gave me.
Nothing!
I left you with nothing, because you are nothing.
You are a fucking loser and no-fucking-body.
Now fuck off!
[laughs]
I can't do this.
No, Michael.
[sobbing] Help me. Please.
Help me, Michael.
-No, Mary. Mary. No! -[whimpering] Please.
[suspenseful music plays]
[axe bangs]
[body thuds]
♪
[coughing]
[gasps]
[grunts]
[groans]
[groaning, panting]
[grunts]
[ominous music plays]
[groans]
Mary.
♪
Michael.
My once-loving husband.
I love you.
I have always loved you.
And that is why I can't let you go.
♪
[all chanting] The devil is coming.
-[knife slicing] -[Michael grunts]
[all chanting] The devil is coming.
[grunts]
[Mary panting]
♪
Father of the night.
I call upon you...
to make me...
your vessel.
[guttural screaming]
[otherworldly screeching]
[eerie music plays]
Help me.
[sobbing]
[panting]
It's here.
The devils have come.
[Marcus screaming]
[girl gasps]
[girl whimpering]
[guttural scream]
[both groaning and grunting]
-[punches landing] -[Marcus grunting]
-[metal clangs] -[Marcus yells out]
[girl whimpering]
[coughing]
[girl screaming]
[groaning]
[yells]
[in demonic voice] Come join us, Marcus.
Come and join all of us.
Is it you?
It's me, Marcus.
[relieved laughing] It's me.
I've been looking for you.
Why are you here?
Riley brought me here.
I'm going to kill him.
[sighs]
Let's go home.
Shiela?
[eerie music plays]
Hey!
You ain't never going to leave here.
You belong to the lakes now.
Brother Marcus, I'm very disappointed in you,
you motherfucker!
[both panting]
You didn't let me finish my bedtime story.
I will not forsake thee!
[both grunting]
I will not forsake thee!
[both grunting]
[panting]
[sighs]
[ragged breathing]
[Riley] Marcus.
-Shit. -[Riley] Marcus.
Riley?
-Is that you? -[Riley] Yeah, it's me.
What are you doing here, man?
[laughs]
You fuck!
-Where's my sister? -I don't know, man.
What do you mean you don't know? You brought her here!
I don't know, man. She just vanished.
What do you mean she just vanished?
She came here with you and now she's gone.
I swear.
We're only here because of your mom.
My mom?
Yeah, s-- she told Shiela a story
about how your grandad used to come here.
My grandad's been dead for years.
Well, not according to your mom.
-She is not my mom! -Okay, Shiela's mom.
According to her, your grandad still comes here.
I told you my grandad is dead.
He's not.
We spoke to him
and then we came here to come get him.
My grandad died three years ago.
No, he didn't, Marcus.
I don't know who the fuck we spoke to, then.
But he sure sounded like your grandad.
Even Shiela was convinced it was him.
Why doesn't it ever get dark here, man?
W-- why is the weather like this?
[Marcus panting]
I don't understand this.
I watched his funeral online.
I didn't go to it, but I live-streamed it.
I just-- [sighs]
According to Shiela...
Shi-- Shiela's mom...
your grandad still comes here.
A-- a-- and he went on a walk this morning.
He was supposed to come back at noon.
He didn't come back.
That's why we're here, man.
So, where's Shiela?
Well, like I said before you so rudely grabbed me,
I-- I don't know.
I-- I told you, sh-- sh-- she just vanished.
[Marcus sighs]
I didn't even want to come here, man.
[sniffs]
Just-- time just stands still in this place.
You know?
What is this place your mom sent us to?
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
It's just a lot to take in, you know.
Shiela's gone missing...
somehow my grandad's alive,
my best friend's not answering his messages,
and I got dead people chasing after me.
You know, it's just a little bit tiring.
Dead people?
Yeah--
Never mind.
Let's just go find Shiela and my dead grandad.
[eerie music plays]
How your film's been doing?
-You made a milli yet? -Fine.
Seems like you've been working on that one for a while.
Oh, Shiela-- Shiela talked about this, um... [clicks tongue]
...action movie you did.
Yeah, we started it about...
three years ago.
But, you know, had its ups and downs.
What happened?
Terrible crew, lost paperwork...
bad producers, you know,
normal shit that a movie goes through.
[clicks tongue] So...
when's it out?
Nice. [chuckles]
Yeah. [sighs]
Put my heart and soul into this movie.
Distributors didn't like it, though.
Reviewers hated it.
Man, fuck the critics. They love to chat shit.
Their opinions don't make or break you.
You just got to keep going.
[sighs] Yeah, well...
it wasn't that.
Reviewers attacked me personally.
Now, it didn't matter
that the consumers wanted to know more about the movie.
It was this one online reviewer.
A real piece of shit.
Just kept bashing me
and fucking cussing me repeatedly.
You know, it hurt.
Fucking threw me right off.
It took me a long time to get back into the creative mindset.
[scoffs]
Um, I'm sorry, mate.
It's what it is, you know. It's part of this industry.
One minute they love you, next minute they hate you.
There's nothing I can do about that.
Look, I like your films. [chuckles]
So, um, Mary...
said something about...
I don't know, about this, um, lost baby in the woods.
[sighs, laughs]
You know she has a tendency to bullshit, right?
Yeah, just--
just she said it was Shiela's baby.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
But Shiela never mentioned anything about a baby.
-Listen, she's lying. -[hums]
She seemed pretty convinced that Shiela lost that baby
in these woods.
Mary would have you believe that Shiela was pregnant.
She wasn't.
In fact, it was Mary who had the baby.
You see, the thing is...
Mary was unable to have kids.
And then all of a sudden, she was pregnant.
And when the baby was here, Mary disappeared for a few days.
When she came back empty-handed, no baby in sight,
her mental health
started to decline really, really bad.
She started seeing and hearing things that weren't real.
When she was questioned about where the baby was,
she denied ever having it.
She put the whole thing onto Shiela.
[sighs]
My dad thinks that she killed the baby.
Where's the baby now?
I don't know.
Dead somewhere, probably.
-Why didn't you call the police? -We did.
They came, they checked the house, nothing.
They went to the hospital where Mary gave birth,
no medical records were ever found.
It was almost as if the baby didn't exist.
When did all this happen?
Oh, uh...
I don't know, my dad reckons what,
six, seven years ago.
I wasn't around, so I didn't see the baby.
And my dad, he wasn't around, either.
Only Shi-- only Shiela saw her.
Shiela...
Shiela moved out three years ago.
She said Mary was-- was evil.
She said that she'd have people in white robes come over
and then, uh, they'd go into the shed.
[Marcus laughs]
Shiela said she'd-- she'd seen stuff in the house.
You know Shiela's a junkie, right?
Yeah, I know, but...
[groans]
...she seemed pretty convinced that she'd seen stuff.
And-- and she never mentioned anything about a baby.
You know, since I've been here...
[chuckles]
...I have seen
some real weird shit.
[sighs]
I saw a baby being mutilated.
What?
-[sighs] -[bird squawks]
What's that?
[eerie music plays]
Riley?
Ri-- Hey, Riley. I wouldn't.
[panting]
[eerie music plays]
[indistinct mumbling]
-It's beautiful. -Riley.
-It's beautiful.
[both panting]
Riley, what are y-- [grunts]
[indistinct mumbling]
[eerie music intensifies]
-Riley, come back here. -Is it me or is it hot in here?
-[Marcus] It's cold, man. Riley! -No, no, it's hot. It's hot.
My body's burning up. [groaning]
You are burning!
Riley, please.
Riley, come back here, man.
Riley!
[eerie music continues]
[Riley panting]
Oh, man, now I feel cold.
Where the fuck am I?
You walked there.
What?
I don't remember.
-[bone cracking] -[Riley screams in pain]
Riley, what's wrong?
-I don't fucking know! -Riley!
-[bone cracking] -[screams in pain]
Help me! Help me, please!
[eerie music continues]
-[screams in pain] -[bones cracking]
Oh, God! Please!
Come here, Riley.
Come here.
Riley!
[music stops]
[fire crackling]
-[Grandad grunting] -[Riley] Marcus!
-[Riley screams] -Grandad?
[Grandad grunting]
[Riley whimpers] Marcus, don't let me die!
[grunts]
[screams]
It's done.
[eerie music plays]
[Riley] Marcus, don't let me die!
[Riley grunts]
[Riley screams]
[Marcus breathing heavily]
[ominous music plays]
[somber music plays]
[birds chirping]
[Marcus panting]
[sighs]
Shiela?
[Marcus panting]
-Marcus? -Oh. [chuckles]
Marcus.
[sobs] Jesus Christ.
Marcus.
[sobbing]
I have been looking for you everywhere.
Is it really you?
[Marcus sighing in relief]
Okay, come on. You've gotta get up.
Get up. Let's go. Okay.
[Marcus grunts]
[Shiela whimpers]
[eerie music plays]
No.
[objects rattling]
I said no!
[ominous music plays]
[ominous music continues]
[ominous music intensifies]
[Mary panting]
[Mary screaming]
[Shiela grunting]
Marcus, I can't. [panting]
Come on, Shiela.
We're nearly out of here. Come on, let's go.
Marcus, don't you understand by now?
We can't leave.
Everything you've encountered along the way to get here.
Everything you faced to get this far is still out there.
We can't leave this place.
We can. We're just nearly there.
It's over there. We could go. Come on.
Come on. We can do this. Come on. Come on.
[Father Gerald] ♪ Hush little baby, don't say a word ♪
Shh, Shiela, shh.
♪ Father Gerald's gonna buy you a mockingbird ♪
Stay here.
♪ Hush little baby, don't say a word ♪
♪ Father Gerald's gonna buy you a mockingbird ♪
♪ If that mockingbird don't sing ♪
♪ Father Gerald's gonna buy you a diamond ring ♪
I fucking told you.
I cannot stand the crying.
You motherfucker!
[Father Gerald pants]
You motherfucker.
Good night.
Good night, my sweet prince.
[hisses]
[screaming]
I can't stand the crying.
[breathing heavily]
Brother Marcus, where the fuck you been?
What kind of daddy is late for his own child's funeral?
You motherfucker!
Oh! Oh!
I'm really going to punish you now.
Once I'm done with him...
y'all going in next...
buried alive.
Come on.
Come on. [grunts]
More! Gimme some more, brother Marcus.
Come on, motherfucker! [grunts]
It doesn't hurt me.
You can't hurt me, you cunt.
You ready? You ready?
One, two, three.
[both grunting]
Get down, boy.
[screaming]
[bone cracking]
[grunting]
[screaming]
[panting]
[Father Gerald barking]
[Father Gerald whimpers]
[Father Gerald laughs maniacally]
Well, ain't you a pretty little thing, huh?
Yeah. Yeah.
I can smell your cunt.
-[Father Gerald exclaims] -[Shiela panting]
It's time now.
It's time to drip your blood
into the grounds of Spring Lakes where it belongs.
I, Father Gerald,
do solemnly declare in the name of Jesus...
that I-- I'm gonna rip your fucking heart out...
mm, and feed it to you.
[Father Gerald moans]
[yells] Come on, you fucking whore!
Come on, you fucking whore!
[grunting]
[Father Gerald screaming in pain]
[grunting]
[Father Gerald] Brother Marcus...
I'm sorry. [panting]
I failed you.
Motherfucker! [grunts]
Just fucking die, you bastard!
Just fucking die!
Crazy fucking shit!
[grunting]
[panting]
[cult members chanting] The devil's coming.
[eerie music plays]
[grunting]
[screams]
[both grunting]
[Shiela coughs]
[screams] The devil is a whore.
[both grunting]
[eerie music continues]
Come on, Shiela.
Come on. Wake up. Wake up. We gotta go.
Please, please, please, please, please, wake up.
Please, please. [cries]
[somber music plays]
I know I wasn't the best brother.
I know I wasn't always there for you, but...
you were the only reason I ever stayed in that house
as long as I ever did.
Now I need you to wake up and let's go.
I love you, Shiela.
[Marcus cries]
Let's go. Let's go home.
Come, come, come.
[both grunting]
[both panting]
Shiela, I know where we are.
No, Marcus, you don't understand.
-You can make it out of here. -What?
You were the only one that ever could.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. I came past here earlier.
We go--
No, Marcus.
Mom used to tell us when we were kids
anyone who entered Spring Lakes never left.
We nearly made it out.
We can-- we can go home. Come on, Shiela. Please.
Please.
I am home.
[Marcus] Shiela.
Shiela!
[somber music plays]
[eerie music plays]
[fire crackling]
[Marcus breathing heavily]
[sighs]
[phone chimes]
[text message whooshes]
[panting]
[phone line ringing]
Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on, Dad.
Hurry up. Hurry up. Hurry up. Answer the fucking phone.
[sighs in frustration]
For fuck's sake! Answer the fucking phone.
-[sighs] -[phone line ringing]
Come on, Cal, come on, come on, come on, come on, come on.
-[voicemail] Hello, your call-- -Oh, for fucks sake!
[sighs]
[phone ringing]
Hello?
[Mary] Hello, Marcus.
Mom?
[Mary chuckles]
So nice to hear you call me Mom again.
I found Shiela.
[Mary] Oh, that's great.
Are you bringing her home?
-No. -[Mary] Oh, okay.
She said that, um...
she says that she's-- she's not coming back.
That...
whoever enters Spring Lakes...
never leaves.
[Mary] That's right, Marcus.
No one ever really leaves Spring Lakes.
Once you are in, you stay forever...
and ever and ever.
By the way,
how's your baby, Marcus?
[voice] Marcus!
[eerie music plays]
[Marcus panting]
[dramatic pensive music plays]
[cries]
[somber music plays]
[phone chimes]
[sighs]
[phone line ringing]
This is Michael. Please leave a message
and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
[sighing]
[phone line ringing]
Yo, you've met Caleb's phone.
Sorry, I can't take it right now.
Uh, leave a message and I'll get back to you.
-Cheers. Bye-bye. -[sighs]
Why the hell do I bother?
[sighing]
[voice] Wake up.
Wake up.
[classical music plays]
Wake up.
[panting]
[classical music continues]
[Marcus sobbing]
[Marcus cries]
[grunts]
[sobs]
[screams]
[phone line ringing]
[Mary] You're finally home, Marcus.
Your family's been waiting a long time for you.
Family?
[Mary] Welcome to Spring Lakes.
[eerie music plays]
[sobbing]
[fire crackling]
No one believed me.
And they thought I was crazy.
It's done now.
[suspenseful music plays]
[somber music plays]
[classical music plays]
[suspenseful music plays]
["Red-Hot Mama" by Sophie Tucker plays]
♪ I'm just a girl, a wonderful girl ♪
♪ I'm the sweetest one in town ♪
♪ You can search for miles around ♪
♪ And not one like me can be found ♪
♪ I've got a smile, a wonderful smile ♪
♪ And a certain little way ♪
♪ And every time the boys get near me ♪
♪ They look at me and say ♪
♪ Red-hot mama, red-hot mama ♪
♪ You're the one we need ♪
♪ Red-hot mama, some charmer ♪
♪ Yes, indeed ♪
♪ They say that I should be in the Follies ♪
♪ Hot Tamales ♪
♪ They say that I've got a pair of eyes ♪
♪ Just like old Svengali's ♪
♪ I confess that I possess ♪
♪ The sweetest charms in town ♪
♪ And unless I miss my guess ♪
♪ The boys all follow me around ♪
♪ I could make a music master drop his fiddle ♪
♪ Make a bald headed man part his hair in the middle ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm a red-hot mama, red-hot mama ♪
♪ But I'll have to turn my damper down ♪
♪
♪ 'Cause I'm a red-hot mama, red-hot mama ♪
♪ I'm the one they need ♪
♪ Red-hot mama, some charmer ♪
♪ Yes, indeed ♪
♪ There's not a model chair ♪
♪ That I couldn't sit in, just to feed a kitten ♪
♪ There's not a Broadway show that I wouldn't fit in ♪
♪ Say I confess that I possess ♪
♪ The sweetest charms in town ♪
♪ And unless I miss my guess ♪
♪ The boys all follow me around ♪
♪ I could make a Texas farmer forget his hay ♪
♪ I could make the devil throw his fork away ♪
♪ 'Cause I'm a red-hot mama, just a red-hot mama ♪
♪ But I'll have to turn my damper down ♪
♪