Endless, The (2017)

[bunniefuu]

(DISTANT SIRENS WAILING)

(PHONE VIBRATES)

(PHONE VIBRATES)

Hi.

Um, whoever's watching,

I just wanted to say,

if you are at the camp

and we're not back yet,

that I just wanted to say

don't worry.

Uh, the ascension is something

we've all been looking forward to

and we couldn't be happier,

so our round-trip from this

place and back

is really something

to celebrate.

So, um...

eat and drink and make yourself

comfortable,

and we look forward to seeing

you when we return.

Um...

Okay. Bye.

You seriously spent

$20 on that

and didn't get

the car battery?

You said they did it

already.

- Nope. No.

- Yeah. Yeah.

No. I said that

right before we left,

I was told that they were all

were gonna k*ll themselves.

And that's why we left

the cult.

She didn't say anything about

k*lling themselves.

She didn't.

It's a UFO death cult.

It's what they do.

They just call it

something different.

I rescued us from a cult.

I saved you from mass suicide.

You're welcome.

The, uh, owner still gone?

Yep. But be fast.

You want, um, pork or shrimp?

Uh, neither. I'm good.

- You're not eating lunch?

- Nope.

Gotta save the money you spent

on antique video equipment

and not the car battery.

Oh, tattoos, those were

an investment.

What?

You know they used to feed us

real food.

You know, vegetables and fish

that's not powder.

I'd rather be alive and eat

raman

than be dead and eat...

corn.

I know they were going to do

it, now they clearly are,

so I was, like,

ten years off.

They didn't say anything about

k*lling themselves.

They said...

Move your head.

They said they were going

somewhere,

and we don't know how long or

where they were going...

- Good.

- How's that good?

If we were back at the camp,

we'd have, like,

good food and support,

and we wouldn't be

one dirty house away

from being homeless.

I need the car.

I've got deprogramming in, like,

half an hour. Ow.

I don't want to go to

deprogramming anymore.

Are you gonna be the one to

get another job

if we don't qualify for aid?

And stop leaving the dome light

on in the car.

You're making the car battery

even worse if that's possible.

(RAZOR BUZZING)

It was mostly a joke.

But, um...

he's not happy.

I heard him crying

the other night, again.

And, um...

the cult sent us

a good-bye video.

WOMAN:

Whoa. What was that like?

I mean, I was relieved,

at first,

because... they're not dead.

And then I felt bad.

Because now Aaron thinks

I pulled him out

all those years ago

for no reason.

All of his memories

of the cult

are as a kid or a teenager

or whatever.

So all those memories

are good,

and he sees our lives here

as horrible.

But, to me,

the thing that makes our lives

here better

is thinking for ourselves.

And I don't know why we haven't

been able

to make a living

or make friends...

meet girls.

WOMAN: Recovery from cult mind

control is a lifelong process,

and if he resents you for

pulling him out,

that's common.

Whether he resents me

or he doesn't,

feeling responsible for

his well-being 24/7

is exhausting.

They're gonna take the car.

The credit card was

a bad idea.

I'll figure it out.

Yeah, okay.

I wanna go back.

Have fun with that.

No, I'm serious.

I'm going,

just... for a visit.

You have a horrible memory.

That place is not

what you think it is.

- I know.

- Great. Let's not go.

Why do you wanna go back?

We can say good-bye.

Get some closure.

They were our family.

One day.

One night.

We come straight back.

Will that make you

feel better?

Uh...

Because if that'll get you

out of this slump,

we can go back.

I mean, he's trying.

He's trying lots of things,

but...

this one time,

by some miracle,

we met these girls

at the park,

and he takes 'em to this

cheap Mexican food place,

down by the apartment.

And, out of, like...

out of, like,

nervousness or something,

he's like, "I'm an ex-UFO

death cult member."

And she's like, "Okay, I have

to go to the bathroom."

And she obviously never

comes back.

And her friend never

returned my calls.

But that's him, though,

you know?

Uh...

He's trying to do

the right thing.

He really is.

But it has to be his way...

which never works.

And so the only thing that's

worse than this shitty life

he's built for us is having

no f*cking control over it.

I'm sorry.

WOMAN: Have you talked

to him about this?

No, no, he's my brother.

WOMAN: And you're

sure it's a good idea

to go back to the cult?

It's not a cult.

It's a commune.

Uniforms. Redefining words.

Calling death "ascension."

Worshipping a deity

in the forest

that no one else knows about.

And...

castration.

Okay, yeah, that's a cult.

But I actually don't remember

any of those things.

I just remember, like, bonfires,

family time, and good food.

It's wasn't like they were

keeping us prisoner or anything.

Actually, hang on a second.

If they were gonna be, like,

pointing machine g*ns at our

heads

and make us drink cyanide

Kool-Aid,

why would you be driving us

there right now?

All right, I never saw

anything specifically like that.

But in your distorted memory,

we were, like...

petting deer and dancing with

koalas.

We were, I remember that.

Boobs.

Ah, the boobs.

(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO)

There is a house

in New Orleans

You broke the g*dd*mn antenna.

Do not put me through this.

They call

the Rising Sun

You sound like a raccoon

with strep throat.

It's been the ruin

of many a poor boy

And Lord I know I'm one

You sound exactly like the mating

possums outside our window.

(LOUDLY)

My mother was a tailor

Hey, Mom. I know we don't

visit much, but...

I just wanted to say I'm doing

my best to take care of him.

What?

What?

- Nothing.

- I heard you.

No, you didn't.

- You becoming religious?

- No.

You're praying to her grave.

It's not a grave,

it's a memoriam.

Ah, talking to a memoriam.

That's totally not praying

to a grave.

That's sweet. I think someone's

been by or something.

Look. It's brand-new.

No, we actually made that from

when we were little

because she liked to paint.

Wow, that really held up.

(BIRDS CAWING)

What the heck are those?

It's like a volcanic

event,

hundreds of thousands

of years ago.

And then erosion or...

something.

Hey, mind of I drive

for a bit?

Nah, I'll just go

the rest of the way.

You drove the whole way.

I wanna drive.

I'm driving.

Get in.

Not a cult at all.

Smells good.

Smells like the barley.

Hey!

Good to see you two.

What the dickens bring you

all the way out here?

Just thought we'd visit while

you're, uh... here.

We're always here.

You hungry?

I'm always hungry.

Let's get you fed.

You boys remember Tim,

right?

- How's it going, Tim?

- Hey.

You gotta try Tim's

new Hefeweizen.

It is delicious.

Whoa! I didn't know you guys

were gonna be here.

It's good to see you guys!

- Shane, Anna.

- Hi!

This is weird. Aaron is, like,

all grown up.

Do you remember me?

Yeah, a little.

So, you all look, uh...

Healthy?

Fresh food, air, and ale.

That'll do it.

I was gonna say

exactly the same.

- This is amazing.

- Thank you.

Shane and Anna, they grew

the barley for that batch,

so they deserve credit.

- Tim, his beer, is our most profitable export.

- Yeah.

Oh! You boys haven't met Lizzy.

It's nice to finally

meet you two.

Everyone says all kinds

of stuff about you.

Thanks. Uh, how'd you

end up here?

I was at a mental health

facility up the road,

and I use to wander out

quite a bit.

And on one of my wanderings,

I met Tim

and just realized

I'm better here.

You boys remember Dave,

right?

Hey.

You know, Lizzy,

she's a great artist.

Actually, her sketches,

they kind of remind me

of your photography,

Justin.

LIZZY:

Oh, yeah.

You were a photographer?

Um, not really.

It's when you were really

little.

He was really good.

Well, could have been,

given time.

It's like Shane's

magic tricks.

I'm all right.

It's a million hours, right?

- (LAUGHS) Man, I hope so.

- A million hours?

Yeah, a million hours is the

amount of time

it takes to actually master

something.

So, if you live to be

115 years old

and you spend your waking,

sleeping moments

just dedicated to one thing,

then...

yeah, mastery is

a possibility.

HAL:

Absolutely.

That's mine.

You think Anna and Shane

are together?

Well, they're all castrated.

So do you mean, like,

emotionally?

They don't seem castrated.

You don't know how castrated

people act.

And you realize she's, like,

20 years older than you.

- No, she's not.

- Yes.

- No.

- Yeah.

They're all in, like, their 40s.

They just look young.

It's weird.

They just look like they take

care of themselves

and don't eat dirty garbage

food.

Taking a nap?

I... am gonna go for a run.

Hey!

Uh, okay, actually, I've been

working on this one.

Pick a card, any card.

No, no, no, no.

He's just gonna keep picking

the same one.

I don't wanna touch the card.

Okay, just put it on top.

Can I show you something

back in my cabin?

Um... right now?

Unless you know

a better time.

Sure.

Try this one.

(SIPPING)

It's interesting.

Did a small batch.

Thinking about doing a big run.

That Tim, he is good.

You, uh...

you figure it out yet?

Not yet.

Eventually, though.

Sometimes I wish I wasn't so

damned left-brained.

It either is or it

isn't and...

this equation isn't...

yet.

All right.

I gotta ask.

What's it solve?

Wouldn't believe me

if I told you.

I like that everyone here kind of

has a little thing that they do.

Yeah. I mean, some people have

two or three,

but, yeah, everybody has

at least one. Yeah.

So, you're like

the clothing designer?

You do the camp's clothes?

Yeah, yeah.

I mean, I make a lot of

stuff from scratch, but I...

you know, whatever I can find

at thrift stores and...

That's where I got this.

Yeah.

I used to make a lot of your

clothes. Do you remember that?

No. I mean...

I'm sorry. It's just been

a long time. Sorry.

Yeah.

Do you wanna see some

of my new designs?

Listen, uh, I just wanted

to tell you again

that everything you did,

it ranges from "I don't care"

to "All is forgiven."

Now, that being said,

why come back now?

The video you sent.

What video?

The video.

With Anna talking about...

the end.

Never been a suicide on this

property that I'm aware of.

In fact, I can assure you that

nothing here ends.

All that happens here is that

people live long and healthy lives.

Because of that,

they grow to be

the people they want to be.

Pretty simple.

There is something bigger

than us out here.

And now that you're both at an

age where you can understand it,

it'll become...

evident.

All right. Uh...

All right.

I'll get you another beer.

- You ready?

- Yeah.

- Ta-da.

- Oh, whoa.

These are good.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

Wait. What do you

and Justin do?

Um... we clean.

Impressive?

Didn't you used to like

to fish?

Yeah, you know,

when I was a kid, but...

I don't think I even remember

how to tie a fishing knot.

You know?

Uh, do you get paid for this?

What, for being

alone with you?

Come on!

Yes, of course!

I mean, the money comes

from the beer, but...

yeah, we all get paid for

everything we do.

So you never have to leave?

All right.

Black ace.

Just focus on these angels here

for a second.

One, two...

So we got your red from

earlier, right?

And with this little...

black, yeah.

I think I see

what you're doing.

Come here.

You're gonna pick a card.

Come on.

Take a look at it.

Put it back in

wherever you want.

Very good.

Is that your card?

No.

Have you seen Aaron?

Yeah, he's in Anna's cabin

with her.

You all right with that?

Why wouldn't I be

all right with that?

You wanna see another trick?

Come on, just humor me.

It's a new one I'm working on.

Come on.

Relax. Relax.

HAL: All right! Who's

ready for The Struggle?

Hey, why doesn't Dave talk?

Brain injury.

Hal says he fell off a building

while working construction,

and Tim told me it was

self-trephination.

You drill a hole in your skull

so you stay permanently high.

He drilled too far.

Ladies and gentlemen,

for most of you,

this requires no explanation.

But we have many

traditions here at Camp Arcadia,

none more prominent than

The Struggle.

(CHEERING)

We have the struggle

with passion!

The struggle for growth!

The struggle with

a higher power!

Smiling Dave on a ladder.

And...

- And...

- (LAUGHTER)

What, Anna?

That would be all of which

we overcome with perseverance.

You're the one

who invented this,

so why am I always the one

looking ridiculous emceeing it?

Because I'm reigning champion,

that's why.

(CHUCKLES)

That you are.

Whoo!

I need a breather.

Who's next?

Come on, who's next?

Aaron?

Nah. I'm good.

Next time. Thank you.

Come on.

What do you say, guys,

can we get him up here?

- Come on, man!

- Come on!

Let's go!

(CHEERING)

There you go.

(GRUNTING)

(GRUNTS)

It's all right.

It's all right.

(MOUTHS)

Can I go again?

We never give up.

(GRUNTING)

(SHOUTING)

(LAUGHS) All right!

Whoo!

(CHEERS, APPLAUSE)

First man to use

a fishing knot

in The Struggle is victorious!

(CHEERING)

Who's next?

Justin?

I'm sorry. I really don't

want to right now.

You sure?

All right.

(ROPE WHIPS)

Thank you, Lizzy, but I could

really just do this myself.

No, it's fine.

I used to clean up sores for

this g*n-nut tweaker guy

out in the woods,

so this is nothing.

Sounds like it's a good thing

you're not seeing him anymore.

Oh, we weren't dating.

He was just this guy I was sort

of obsessed with

when I was on lithium,

thorazine, and PCP.

Hey.

Thanks for being

such a good sport.

I did not mean at all

for that to happen.

I just never understood

the point of that.

Just silly little metaphors,

you know.

Brings the party together.

Frankly, it's a little

embarrassing.

All better.

You two have some fun.

All right. I'm actually

pretty tired.

So I'll see you two

in the morning.

Hey, seriously.

Thanks for doing this.

I'm just happy you get to see

how insane it all is.

Yeah, it's pretty weird.

But, uh, I was thinking.

Could we stay for one more day?

- You're drunk.

- No.

You are drunk. You smell like

a Long Island Iced Tea.

You're drunk.

Can we just stay through

tomorrow night?

You know, I was talking to Anna.

She said that Hal lets people

take his g*ns out.

We could just kinda...

hang out in the wilderness.

sh**t g*ns, just you and me,

you know?

Despite all this weirdness, just

kind of enjoy something for once.

I really don't wanna do that.

It doesn't cost anything.

All right. I'll let you

stay one more day.

Hey, Tim.

What's in there?

Brewing equipment.

Until the FBI shows up.

JUSTIN:

Hey, you asleep?

AARON:

Hmm?

I was.

And now all I wanna do

is talk to you.

Seriously. Did anything

happen with Anna?

Honestly, no.

Well, she gave me this look

that made me think,

you know, maybe she wanted to

hold hands or something.

- Nice.

- Yeah.

Hey, I really think that

you should have this.

I really think

it's good for you.

But I also think that

you should know

that when you were little,

Anna used to, like,

make eyes at you.

Yeah, it's probably because

she's always been

in love with me.

And we were meant to

be together.

Or maybe she's a pedophile.

Women can't be

a pedophiles.

- Yes, they can.

- No, they can't.

- Yes, they can.

- No, they can't.

Are you, like, redefining

the word pedophile?

- In order for a man to have intercourse...

- Go to sleep.

- In order...

- Go to sleep.

- Women can't...

- Go to sleep!

There is

A house

In New Orleans

They call

The rising

(g*nsh*t ECHOES)

Nice.

Make sure you clean that

before you give it back to Hal.

He gets pretty mad if you give

it back dirty.

I can't really imagine

him angry.

(g*nsh*t ECHOES)

I can.

(g*nsh*t ECHOES)

So your thing was photography?

Nah. I don't really have

a thing yet.

(g*nsh*t ECHOES)

(g*nsh*t ECHOES)

- (g*nsh*t ECHOES)

- (THUDDING)

I guess hunting wasn't

your thing either.

I'm just kidding.

Seriously, what do you

think it hit?

I don't know. You're just

bad at sh**ting.

Hey!

Do you remember me?

(CREAKING, THUD)

(WIND GUSTS)

(RUMBLING)

(TREE CREAKING)

(THUDS)

There is

A house

In New Orleans

They call

The rising sun

They...

- (MAN WHIMPERING)

- (WOMAN SINGING ON PHONOGRAPH) They call the ri...

(THUDS)

They call the ri...

- (MAN SCREAMS)

- (THUDS)

- They call the ri...

- (CLOCK TICKING)

- MAN: Aah!

- (THUDS)

- They call the ri...

- (CLOCK TICKING)

- MAN: Aah!

- (THUDS)

- They call the ri...

- (CLOCK TICKING, THUDS)

(RECORD SKIPPING)

I'm gonna lay down my sword

and shield

Down by the riverside

Down by the riverside

Down by the riverside

Gonna lay down my sword

and shield

- Down by the riverside

- No, I can't follow this up.

Oh, sure you can.

It'll just sound bad.

Hey, uh, do you have

a minute?

And it was like...

something was there.

But-but that I couldn't see.

And it left me this...

I think.

Maybe.

It's like I said.

You're at an age now where you

can become a part of it.

So it's gonna be

more apparent.

Yeah, but you always

speak in metaphors.

So you don't trust me?

And you're gonna stand there,

you're gonna tell me

that you have never experienced

anything before?

I mean, I remember some things

from when I was a kid,

but kids have imaginations,

and as a grown man now, I guess

the reason why

I sort of dramatically asked you

to come out here

is for you to just tell me,

in your own words,

what is it?

Who's the leader here, Justin?

Uh, you?

(CHUCKLES)

There's never been one.

I just talk more.

It's not a very flattering

quality, if you ask me,

but one of the things that

I talk a lot about

is that I don't have answers.

None of us do.

You wanna know what it is that

runs all this?

You go find it.

How is that possible?

It's crazy, right?

Some kind of atmospheric

mirroring effect.

It's like the Northern Lights.

Anyway, two moons brings

a truth.

Three signifies the ascension.

All right, that just all

sounds like metaphor again.

(LAUGHS)

I know, I know.

You know that physics equation

in my room?

- Yeah.

- That's what it is to me.

And I still haven't

finished that.

But what I can tell you,

is if you and Aaron,

you stay one more day,

you go fishing in the lake,

and you go out

to this buoy,

you dive straight down and you

grab what you find there.

You're gonna have

your answer.

You know how culty

that sounds, right?

Confirm this thing

for yourself...

and you've gotta admit it.

There it is.

A higher power?

A governing force?

God?

Infinity solved.

Now, wouldn't that be

a weight off your shoulders?

And if you like having that

weight gone,

you and Aaron have

a home here.

Even after the third moon.

Aaron, get on up here.

Get on up there!

Get on!

Whoo!

Ow!

Whoo, whoo, whoo!

Here we go.

(MUSIC STARTS)

There is a house

in Camp Arcadia

(CHEERING, YELLING)

They call

the Rising Sun

My brother was

a photographer

(SINGING CONTINUES, FADES)

You call that red stuff

"the flower," right?

Yeah.

This has been

really good for me.

Well, it's not over yet.

Okay.

So I happen to have

this other talent

that's not making clothes

where I can measure

the exact amount of drugs in my

lungs at any given time.

If I were to measure out an

exact amount for you

that won't make you feel

weird or sick

or paranoid or anything

like that,

would that be something that

you're interested in?

Uh...

And there's no pressure

at all. I'm not...

No. No, let's do it.

- Really?

- Let's do it. Come on.

Come on, before I...

Just follow my lead.

Okay, hold on.

Come here.

(WHOOSHING)

(WHOOSHING)

(HEART BEATING)

(COUGHING)

How do I know

when I'm high?

Come here. Come walk with me.

I'll show you.

You know, Tolkien said it,

Lewis said it,

Lovecraft perverted it,

and we just take the definite

face off of it

and we just say, "Hey, here are

the tools,

but you make it what you want."

Totally. And the interesting

thing about that is

when you look at things like the Hopi...

(CONVERSATION FADES)

It's the g*n-nut

tweaker guy.

Yeah, that looks like

a g*n-nut tweaker.

(WOMAN CRYING)

How is that possible?

It's like a...

like a heat blur.

You know, it's a natural

illusion.

It has to do with solar winds

and magnetic poles and...

Um...

No. I have no idea.

Nobody in the camp does,

but they're all around the camp

in a perfect circle.

It's why we use a circle emblem.

You usually need the flower to

see it this clearly.

Is the reflection solid?

Can you go through it?

Hmm.

This is why you sent me

that video.

What?

The video you sent us talking

about the ascension.

No, I didn't.

I mean, yes, I made videos in

case you or my sister

or someone came back to the

camp and we weren't here,

but, no, I didn't.

I didn't send that.

That's really strange because we

all kind of agreed

that we wouldn't share things

like that,

especially after your brother,

you know?

My brother what?

I'm having such a nice time

with you.

I'm so glad you're back.

It's just we don't need

to talk about it.

Okay.

(DISTANT CHANTING)

(WHISPERING)

Do you hear music?

(CRYING)

- Hey. Hi.

- Hi.

Are you all right?

I'm fine. I just can't sleep

with everybody up like this.

And I leave these notes

f*cking everywhere

saying, please, please, please

shut the hell up!

You, uh...

you don't like the parties?

I did for a few nights,

but after a while...

f*ck, man!

What's your name?

Justin.

I'm Jennifer.

Hey, Jennifer.

So if you don't like it here,

why don't you just leave?

It's a really weird story.

You sure you wanna hear it?

It's possible you're the only

woman here

not taken by several men,

so you'd have to convince

me otherwise.

I'm not hitting on you. That was

mostly me making a joke.

I'm 100 percent married, so...

Right.

Very nice to meet you.

No, it's fine.

You're...

You're all harmless.

A little brainwashed

but mostly harmless.

So you're not part

of the camp?

My husband Mike

disappeared near here.

So I came out

looking for him.

He just sort of lost it.

And I wandered until I almost

passed out.

Must have been dehydration

or something.

Hal found me.

He said we'd find him.

It'd take some time...

but we'd find him.

So how's the search going?

Uh...

it's been a few, um...

it's been a few...

Our son is with

my parents.

So...

I'm gonna go lay back down.

Nice meeting you.

There's something out here,

isn't there?

Yeah.

Yeah, there is.

I saw some things last night

that...

I... I can't...

Hey, you're gonna hate this.

Um...

But what if we stayed?

- Like permanently?

- Yeah.

You know, we'd be

taken care of.

Nothing to worry about except

for doing our own thing.

There's kind of an order

to things here, you know?

It's fair.

Like something really is

watching out for us.

I don't know.

I always thought that if I did

experience

that there was something more

to all of this,

that I'd like start going to

church or something.

Everybody thinks that.

But last night I was walking

back to the cabin...

and there was this girl at one

of the cabins, and she was...

What?

She wasn't all "Kumbaya" like

the rest of the camp.

She was really scared and sad

about something.

I don't know, I just...

I don't think comfort

is worth dying for.

Look, man, there is no

mass suicide here.

You're, like, leaping to

conclusions.

We can't go back to our,

like, regular shitty lives

knowing that there's actually

something out here.

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Hal said the answer is at

the bottom of this lake.

So I am going to bottom

of this lake.

Answer to what?

Exactly what "it" is.

Well, that's way culty.

Oh!

- Not a god, it's a monster!

- What?

There's something down there!

I saw it! It held me down!

- What?

- I don't know!

Go!

We're leaving.

- It's a tape.

- I don't care, we're leaving.

Look, man, I know

you've been just...

dying to make something up

and get me out of here.

But I didn't see a monster

or anything.

And actually, everything's

fine here.

Fine, you can stay.

I'm leaving.

Look, we both know that's just

not happening, all right?

Look, we'll go back

to the camp.

We'll say our good-byes like

we're normal people,

and then we'll go,

all right?

- All right.

- All right. Good.

- Great.

- Good!

I wish you guys

could stay longer.

Yeah, me, too.

Yeah, really hard to leave,

but we gotta get back to work.

Hey, I drew you

a going-away gift.

Oh. Wow.

Thank you.

That's, uh...

that's honest.

Hey.

Do you mind if we get

a little...

culty in here?

One last time?

Um... no.

- You sure?

- Yeah.

Everybody...

Justin and Aaron found a message

in the lake today.

That's awesome. We haven't had

one of those in a while.

Thought we'd have

a viewing ceremony.

- To send 'em off.

- What is it?

It's how to communicate

with us.

With images.

I'm, uh... I'm Michael.

So you guys are, like,

in a church group?

JUSTIN:

Uh, nice to meet you, Mike.

We're prophets of

the Camp Arcadia faith.

Our whole thing is just making

sure that people know

that self-sacrifice for

the one true god

is the only way to begin the

journey into the cosmos.

AARON: Yeah, Justin's

taught me a whole lot

about our coming apocalypse,

so, you know,

if you ever wanna come worship

with us at the camp,

we'd love to have you.

JUSTIN: And we also

take small donations.

We're just devoted to...

to... to... to... to...

(CLIP STOPS)

So...

it appears that the message

is forgiveness.

Forgiveness for those lies.

That was embarrassing.

Guys, guys, guys.

Guys, wait up.

I didn't know that's what it

would be.

It's not supposed to be

embarrassing.

It's a lesson.

What does that mean?

Forgiveness.

We forgive you for going out

and evangelizing us

as a UFO death cult

or whatever.

Then telling the press,

among other things, that all of

us are castrated.

You are castrated.

(SCOFFS)

As far as I know,

everybody here has

their sex organs.

You told me the camp...

they had to do that.

That they sanctioned

all of that.

- I never said that.

- Yes, you did! Why...

Why did we tell that story?

Why did we go and tell

that story?

I knew there was

something wrong here.

And there is something

very wrong here.

And I did what I had to do

to keep to safe.

- And I'm sorry you're finding out this way...

- You made that all up?

Without trying to throw fuel

on the fire here,

would you say maybe it has something

to do with you wanting to lead?

I'm trying to lead?

Even as a little boy, you were

never comfortable

with there being no leader here

giving definite answers.

Maybe you take crappy pictures

because "it" takes pictures.

Maybe you wanna be "it."

You wanna control, you wanna

be the alpha.

You've led to me

so f*cking much.

He lied to you.

f*ck him!

I pulled the both of you...

out of your mother's

burning car.

I gave you food,

I gave you shelter,

I gave you every opportunity

to grow.

And what you did

to undermine us...

Let's just forget the fact

that we are never

gonna get Dave

to take that damned white

button-up shirt off...

Can you imagine trying to sell

your beer

when someone can find a news

article that makes you look like

a dickless, poison Kool-Aid

drinking,

Heaven's Gate offshoot?

That is our livelihood.

So, no!

f*ck you!

She's up there, terrified,

with some story about

how you're going

to help her find her missing

husband.

What are you doing here, Hal?

Walk away, man.

- Come on.

- No.

- Let's go.

- No.

- Now!

- No!

You are a f*cking

cult leader!

I'm gonna have to ask you

to leave.

Or we can go inside and we can

put that to a vote.

But why don't you just make it

easy on everybody.

God damn it, Aaron.

(ENGINE SPUTTERING)

(BEEPING)

f*ck!

(RUSTLING)

(RATTLING)

- (KNOCKING)

- Hey, I'm sorry to come by so late.

I'm, uh, lost and, uh...

(SIGHS)

Hey, I can hear you

in there.

It's Justin from

ten years ago.

Can you just help me out?

(CREAKING)

Why are you in my house?!

Why the f*ck are you

in my house?!

Uh...

God damn it!

f*ck me all to hell!

Just-just sit down

or whatever, all right?

Careful around my bike!

Don't you f*cking touch my bike!

So, a decade ago,

I tell you that you're livin'

in some sort of death cult,

and not only were you not bright

enough then to figure it out,

you actually came back.

You are not smart.

(CHUCKLES)

You never have been, no.

I mean, all kids are dumb,

but you're like some sort of

Ret*rded hobbit or something.

I'm sorry.

I, uh...

I don't know how

I got lost.

I don't know how you're hanging

in there

and standing in front of me.

I don't understand what's going

on at that camp.

Bunch of loopin' prisons, man.

Like shitty pods of time.

Repeatin' over and over

and over again

like rats tellin' stories

for that thing's amusement!

My loop's short as hell, bro.

Hell, some are even shorter.

Hell, you fools, you fools up at

that hippy-dippy camp bullshit,

you're something like, what,

ten years now? (CHUCKLES)

You gotta k*ll yourself

before the restart

or that thing,

that thing'll do it for ya.

And it's much worse than

anything you can do to yourself.

But the camp prefers that thing

doin' it for 'em, doesn't it?

Yeah, considers it

sacred even.

It'll snatch you

right out of your shoes.

I feel terrible.

I know better than that.

Well, it just sounds like you

lost your temper, that's all.

It happens.

Hal.

Anyone want a beer?

Yeah, thanks.

Okay.

Hey, we all know that

your brother's a good guy.

We all knew about

the cult thing, but...

Whatever.

It's in the past.

You don't think most of us

have something we wish we could

just leave behind?

(WHISPERING)

The rest of it, though,

it just...

You know, this place protects us

from some of it.

But history repeats itself,

regardless.

The old skipping record plays

on, doesn't it?

I'm just grateful I get

to live at all.

Don't do it

if you don't want to.

Everything all right?

Yeah.

You might not be able to tell

because of that big ol' beard,

but Tim, he just

worries a lot.

Anything I need

to worry about?

Yeah, you get used to it.

Suicide option. Mm.

I ain't no mathematician,

but every few hours since '09...

now what is that? Hmm?

Well, it's a f*cking lot!

But what you wanna do is,

you wanna get...

you wanna get unlost...

and then leave again,

like you're not some Mongoloid

m*therf*cker, am I right?

'Cause if you let it

have you,

and you're still in the borders

when the loop resets,

you'll be stuck as sh*t

forever.

Hmm?

Now, you should be able to follow

that trail there, shouldn't you?

Everything looked different

all of a sudden, and I...

Yeah, I remember that.

Oh, yeah.

Thing is, you're old

as f*ck now.

And more likely just to...

just to toe the line.

You know,

so sh*t shifts around a bit,

put some confusion in that

little IQ of yours to get ya.

I just really got to get back to Camp

Arcadia and get back to my brother.

I can do that for you.

Great. How do I get back?

Oh, not for free.

Big 'ol f*ck no.

(CHUCKLES)

No, you gotta

suck my d*ck first.

What?

You have to suck

my d*ck first.

(LAUGHS)

I'm just f*ck' with ya!

Your f*ck' face!

Uh...

(LAUGHS)

No, but seriously,

not for free, no.

All right, look, I don't know

what I can give you,

but I really just gotta get back

and get back to my brother

and drive us outta here

before whatever's about...

We're all stuck in these

f*ck' things, man!

But you're free,

you're free for now.

It'll get you lost, but you

can walk right through 'em

like some brainless dickhole.

(LAUGHS)

And since you wouldn't know a

carburetor from your c*ck...

I want you to get me a g*n.

We have those back at camp.

I could just...

I ain't falling for that, no.

Sit down.

All right, now this is our

circle, right here, okay?

And there is this b*tch-a*s

tweaker, with a grip of g*ns,

who sold me a broken computer

before I was stuck up in this

f*ck' b*tch,

and he swore to God he'd make it

up to me.

This is his filthy

f*ck' loop,

and this is his shitty f*ck'

cabin right here, all right?

The g*n-nut tweaker?

Yeah, the g*n-nut tweaker.

You just follow this map

and these loop marker hoodoo

f*ck.

All right, and you'll find this

smelly junkie named Chris

who's got a g*n collection that'd

give Yosemite Sam a b*ner.

Now, you bring me back a real

nice one. Okay?

And I'll draw you one of these

fancy maps,

get you back to your brother.

Oh, and, uh...

use this compass.

And trust only this compass,

not what you see.

All right.

It doesn't let me sleep.

Funny thing is,

I don't get tired.

I just...

It doesn't let me dream.

It does that so my mind

never leaves this place.

These three hours...

Using space and time

as its horsewhip.

I'm, uh...

I'm really sorry

to hear that.

And I'll, uh...

I'll see you soon.

There is

A house

In New Orleans

They call

The rising sun...

(BIRDS CAWING)

I have this theory that it's

made up of impossible colors.

See, retinas only have three

types of cone cells,

so maybe none has

the signal strength

to see it in our normal state.

Just a theory, though.

What we do know is that...

it shows us what it sees.

It has a powerful

elegance to it.

So, it was looking at me.

Why did it send me

a picture of a trailer?

Probably where to go.

I was actually gonna go

find Justin.

Well, there you go.

I know that fight was really

hard for all of us last night,

but can you help?

I don't know anything anybody

else doesn't know about life.

But last night's got me

thinking.

Can you have power over

yourself,

if you give up any amount of

authority to something else?

I mean...

I really do have to find

Justin...

I mean, it's a good question.

Always has been,

always will be.

Go out to the route,

past Cabin Two.

When you go past it,

you'll see a small trail.

Just follow it for

a really long time.

There's no way I'm not gonna

get lost if I do that.

Can you please just

come with me?

I literally can't go with you

to help you find your brother.

But you should.

And I sincerely hope

he's okay.

I really hope you make

your own choice.

Before the third moon is full.

Hal?

Hal.

Tell me what that means.

Saying more would be like

trying to explain

an impossible color.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

(SCOFFS)

In the house

Of the rising sun

MAN: Yeah?

Uh, hi.

Um...

Carl sent me.

Who?

Carl. He, uh...

Can you just open

the f*cking door?!

Uh, Carl sent me

and, uh...

- What?

- Are you all right?

Oh, this?

Yeah, no, I'm fine.

It's not what it looks like.

Mike's trying to help me out.

He's my buddy.

Trying to, uh, you know,

get me clean and sober!

Okay.

Um... so...

Don't be weird, dude.

Come on in.

Please.

- What's your name?

- Justin.

Let me stop you

right there, okay?

Can I ask you a question?

Cool.

Do you have any drugs or crack

at all on you?

- What?

- Like drugs, in your pocket, right now, on you.

Do you wanna share them with me?

I'd love to share them with you.

But we have to do it fast, because

Mike's... Aah, there he is.

Mike, right?

Yeah.

Do you remember me from...

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, no, we're not interested

in your religion.

And just so you know,

Chris is my best friend,

he's a drug addict, I'm just

trying to get him clean.

There's nothing weird

going on.

Hey, I found this

hard drive.

I think it might have

the answer.

You hear that?

Mike found another message

on a shitty hard drive.

And it's great

to have company.

Hey, Mike, why don't you get

our guest a chair?

Okay, so what can we do

for you, sir?

Basically, Carl said that you

could give him a g*n.

Oh.

You told Shitty Carl you'd

give him a g*n?

Yeah. I told you about that

a year ago.

- No, you didn't.

- Yes, I did.

Me and Shitty Carl

are sh**ting buddies.

The two of you smoked crack

together

and then would steal

the red buckets

- from the Salvation Army guys outside of grocery stores.

- Why is that even relevant?

You have horrible judgment

in other people.

Shh.

Shh. Shh, shh.

(HARD DRIVE PLAYING)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

MIKE:

Can we try it another way?

CHRIS:

Please! Please!

(SCREAMING)

I guess that didn't work.

What was that?

It was either our past

or our future.

Doesn't really make

any difference.

Practically the same thing.

See, we've been stuck in this

infinite loop,

and we've been trying to do

different things to get out of it,

and I guess that didn't

work.

Oh, my God, if I have

to listen to you say

one more time at the beginning,

"Holy sh*t, man! f*cking Mike!

How the f*ck are you, man?"

I think I might blow

my brains out.

What? What is that?

What accent is that?

Is that Irish?

That's how you sound.

It's what you sound like.

What about you?

At the beginning of the thing?

You come to the woods with your

hair combed full of gel,

all hunched over like some kind

of James Bond with scoliosis

trying to hide a b*ner.

Hey, can I impart some wisdom

upon you?

Don't ever give in.

Not once.

The trick to this whole thing

is to not be afraid of

something that's...

that's horrifying.

And everyone's afraid of it.

But if you let it control you

one time,

it's gonna f*cking control you

over and over again.

I mean, look at me and Mike.

We're just a couple of assholes

taking someone else's sh*t.

You gotta floor it

the f*ck out of here.

And if you see that thing,

you don't apologize to it,

you don't bow down to it,

you don't conform,

you just f*cking run.

Like your life f*cking depends

on it, man,

because your f*cking life

depends on it.

All right? That's my advice

to you.

I wish you safe passage.

Cheers.

You ready?

You wanna try it?

Yeah. Let's do it.

Follow me.

I'll show you the g*ns.

(WOMAN SINGING ON PHONOGRAPH)

They call the...

They call the...

They call the...

- They call the...

- (CLOCK TICKING)

- (MAN SCREAMS)

- (THUDS)

- They call the...

- (CLOCK TICKING)

- (MAN SCREAMS)

- (THUDS)

- They call the...

- (MAN SCREAMS) - (THUDS)

- They call the...

- (MAN SCREAMS) - (THUDS)

- They call the...

- (MAN SCREAMS) - (THUDS)

- They call the...

- (MAN SCREAMS) - (THUDS)

- They call the...

- (MAN SCREAMS) - (THUDS)

- They call the...

- (MAN SCREAMS) - (THUDS)

Oh!

Don't stay here!

- They call the...

- (MAN SCREAMS) - (THUDS)

You can't help.

Just leave before it...

Aah!

Oh! Aah!

You know, it is so strange

seeing how close

another loop is to this one,

closed, shitty little area.

How long have you been

stuck in this loop?

Well, that's hard to tell.

I mean, when we first got here,

I said if I got Chris clean

in a week, we'd leave,

and that was, um...

that was a lot of weeks ago.

Yeah, I keep thinking there's

like this configuration

that's gonna break us out

of the story, you know,

like a "Life Rubik's Cube."

The one thing I do know for

certain

is I would rather

reset things on my terms

than allow that f*ck

to do it for me.

Well, what's the first thing you're

gonna do when you get out of here?

See my wife Jenn

and our baby.

You know, it's funny,

she used to leave these

annoying little notes around

the house.

You know, used to really get

under my skin.

Man, what I wouldn't give to

wake up to one of those notes.

I just hope she's happy

and moved on.

You know, it's funny,

we never, uh...

we never anticipate the ways

we're gonna isolate ourselves

from the ones we care about.

Anyway, I hope you find your

brother, you know.

Good luck, and don't get stuck.

Hey, Mike?

I'm...

I really hope

you get out here.

Because f*ck you.

(SLAM)

Chris, it's Mike!

Your best friend!

Don't sh**t!

Holy sh*t, man!

f*cking Mike!

How the f*ck are you, man?!

Uh, I'm good, man,

I'm good. How are you?

f*cking fantastic, man!

I'm livin' the dream!

Isn't this place the t*ts?

Yeah.

It's something else.

(GROWLING)

(SNARLING)

Justin!

I've been looking for you

all day.

Jesus. You scared the sh*t

out of me.

Why'd you do that?

Why did you just

take off like that?

I didn't just take off,

I was asked to leave.

I thought you'd got

eaten by a bear.

Now I'm lost.

Are you lost?

Yeah, I'm lost. Because you

left the dome light on again

and didn't get a new car

battery.

- Doesn't make any sense.

- You don't make any sense.

- Are you gonna apologize?

- Hurry up.

We're gonna have to push start

the car to get out in time

and you're not very strong.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Hello?

We're, uh...

lost.

Ah, the flower.

It's actually a flower.

That's unexpected, right?

No. Can we go?

Yeah, there's no one here.

I think I can figure it out

with a compass.

It'll just take forever.

(PROJECTOR WHIRRING)

JUSTIN:

It'll just take forever.

JUSTIN:

It'll just take forever.

(THUD)

So, Anna...

Yeah.

Yeah, we slept together.

- Wow.

- Yeah.

- Congrats.

- Thank you.

I've never done that.

Yeah, we went to bed around

midnight,

and had a really good night's

sleep

and then when I woke up, I saw

you were still gone

so I came to rescue you.

You're welcome.

You mean you literally just

slept together?

- Yeah, that's what I said.

- I know that's what you said,

but usually when people say they

slept together,

it means that they had sex.

Pretty sure the word "sleep"

means when you close your eyes,

get comfortable, become

unconscious...

Never mind. Never mind.

God, I feel like I'm gonna die

of thirst.

You all right?

Not much left.

You don't need it?

No, Aaron,

I don't need water.

(WHISPERING)

All right.

Now, if we hurry,

we might make it back to camp

before the third moon.

Come on, let's go.

I gotta talk to you

about something.

Great. Tell me on the way

back to the car.

No, man.

Can you just have a seat

for a second?

I'm staying.

You can stay, too.

I know you're not going to,

but, you know...

you can.

You wanna die over

and over and over

and live your life on repeat

from here to eternity?

You act like it's crazy,

like I'm the first person

in history

that actually wants to

live forever.

With people that like him.

You know, there's not much

difference between

being stuck in a loop and being

stuck repeating

the same shitty day over and

over like back home until I die.

But back home,

anything could happen.

It could be so much better

than the camp.

We tried that, man.

For almost a decade.

And I'm ready to go back to not

hating my life.

Dying just takes a second.

And a shitty life is long.

Aaron, I think you are making

a very, very big decision

with very little thought.

And you realize that you do this

once and you can never leave?

Anything is better than

the life you make me live.

All right.

Um...

Let's, uh...

let's get you back.

(g*nshots)

(LAUGHING)

Aah!

(g*nsh*t, BODY FALLS)

God damn it!

(THUD)

(CREAKING)

(GRUNTING)

(r*fle SHOTS)

Seriously, what do you

think it hit?

No. Wait! Wait!

sh*t!

They're coming back.

I'll feel guilty the rest of my

life if I leave you here,

so I guess I'm staying, too.

You're respecting my decision

to stay?

Uh, I guess.

If that's the way you wanna

think about it, yeah, sure,

I'm doing that.

All right. Let's go.

What?

All I ever wanted was...

(LOUD RUMBLING)

Let's go!

- Please start! Please start!

- Let's go!

(ENGINE SPUTTERS)

(LOUD RUMBLING)

All right, when you get

enough speed,

I'm gonna jump in.

Then you jump in.

And then I'm gonna throw it in

first and let the clutch go.

I know how to

push-start a car!

I'm just saying

what we're doing!

- Let me drive.

- What?

Let me drive the car!

Just let me get it started

first!

Uhh! f*ck!

Okay, you drive the f*cking car!

Yeah, I'm gonna drive

the f*cking car!

Hey, listen, man...

'Cause we're about to die, I

really think you should know...

you mess up everything.

You really do.

I never say it,

but you have just completely

messed up our lives.

(LOUD RUMBLING)

Aah!

(GRUNTING)

But you're family.

That's what family does.

All I've ever wanted is just to

be able to mess up with you.

To be able to mess up our

lives just as much as you do.

All right, listen, on

tombstones it says like

"Beloved Mother"

or "Beloved Brother",

not "Beloved Camp Member".

And there's a reason for that,

all right?

From here on out,

we're equals.

I hear you.

You're my brother.

And I love you.

- I love you, too.

- And I need you to start this car

because I don't want you to die

or me to die, okay?

- Get in!

- All right!

(ENGINE STARTING)

(BOTH CHEERING)

(POOF)

(BOTH YELLING)

- We made it!

- We made it!

- We did it!

- Yes!

Yeah!

(BOTH LAUGHING)

We need gas.

No, we're good.

No, it's on empty.

- It's always like that.

- Always on empty?

Empty means there's no fuel

in the tank.

We couldn't even...

You figure it out.

There is a house

In New Orleans

They call

The Rising Sun

And it's been

The ruin

Of many a poor boy

And God

I know

I'm one

My mother

Was a tailor

She sewed

My new blue jeans

My father

Was a gambling man

Down in New Orleans

Oh, Mother

Tell your children

Not to do

What I have done

Spend your life

In misery

In the house

Of the Rising Sun