01x06 - Nightmare Maker

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "Video Nasty". Aired: January 8, 2025.*
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Three teenagers set out on a quest to complete a cult VHS collection. However, they are involved in the investigation of a m*rder, becoming prime suspects and public enemies.
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01x06 - Nightmare Maker

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Each year, the townspeople

march to the old village,

and add to the pyre a symbol

of something they wish

to purge from the world.

I'm talking about the body

they found by the lake.

Could be one of our own.

They reckon it was,

erm, a group thing.

Three suspects.

Found this.

Oh, Christ.

Oh, God!

Ah! Oh!

That.

They're already tried

and convicted here.

We need to find them

before the police do.

You're a dead weight.

I should have came by myself.

Fancy a lift, love?

TYRES SCREECH

MACHINERY CLICKS

MUFFLED: Come on

Come on!

LABOURED GRUNTING

CHAINSAW SPUTTERS

Come on.

No rest for the wicked

HE BREATHES SHAKILY

CHAINSAW BUZZES

BILLY WHIMPERS

No No!

Wait! Wait! Help, help!

I can get you out

of this, I promise!

I'll turn myself in!

I'll tell them I did it!

I'll tell them I did

it! Just let him go!

No.

You can go first if you like.

THEY SCREAM

Wait. It's too much.

We use the blade on

him. m*rder-su1c1de.

And the girl?

Can I use the chainsaw on her?

We'll discuss that later.

My son should have her by now.

THEY PAN

CHAINSAW CUTS OU

Nice and personal.

I'm going to enjoy this.

Just get on with it.

Stop!

Let them go!

Topher, put that down.

Nobody else dies.

Give me the tranquilliser, son.

We need calm heads.

You k*lled Dad.

You told me he ran away.

Topher, we can talk about this.

You lied to me.

You told me Kate

was an accident.

You made me cover it up.

And then you said they

they wouldn't be k*lled.

You need to put

that down now, son.

Stop calling me that.

You're not my father.

I'm your godfather, and I'm telling

you to make the right choice.

Who else is down in that pit?

The sinners?

The ones you forced

to move away?

They never went, did they?

Did they? Look at me.

I can explain everything.

I said, look at me!

Argh!

Go, go, go, go, go, go!

Agh!

Wait!

We have the girl!

She'll burn on that fire

with everything else!

Get them!

HE REVS CHAINSAW

You're an embarrassment!

Go home! Clean up!

If this goes wrong, it's

their word against ours!

And we are reliable

..trustworthy, upstanding!

And I WILL be standing at

the front of that march!

ZOE GASPS SHARPLY

Oh, God. Thank

Christ, thank Christ.

Are you OK?

Are you OK? Just tell me you're

OK, lovey. Just tell me you're OK.

Zoe, can you feel your legs?

Is there anything broken?

Will-will you say something?

Just say something,

lovey. Just say something.

Dad cheated on you.

Oh!

No

I know, love. It's OK.

I'm so sorry, love.

Where are the boys? Tell

me where the boys are.

I don't know

Where is he? He

was chasing me

No, no Sh!

Uh, excuse me?

This man is not breathing.

CHAINSAW BUZZES

I won't stop until

I find you, boys!

You know that, right?

You hide your

friend's going to burn!

Ah

SLURRING: The festival Ah!

Why does he sound drunk?

He's got a dose of

that tranquilliser!

CHAINSAW REVS

Oh! Maybe

CHAINSAW CLATTERS

HE MUMBLES

What do we do?

I mean, if you don't

k*ll the monster

He just comes back. Exactly.

Go now?

Right

CHAINSAW BUZZES

HE MUMBLES

Should we k*ll him?

No, no No, no, no.

We can't.

Are you sure? Because the

k*ller always comes back.

No, I'm not I'm

not a m*rder*r, Con.

Are you?

No. Let's just cut and run.

Please don't cut my hand off.

OK

All right, turn around.

Right, left.

Yeah.

Do you trust me?

CHAINSAW REVS

This local commemorative ritual

is proving to be a

national lightning rod

for a censorship campaign

following the recent m*rder

of teenager Kate Bannon.

Locals and campaigners

are blaming the death

on what they say is a plague

of so-called "video nasties".

There is a national

panic over the m*rder,

with the whole country blame

Panic?

I think "outcry"

is more neutral.

What do you think? Shall we

get a take with "outcry"?

Hello, everyone.

Hello, good day. You're

all very welcome indeed.

We're here today

fighting the good fight.

To speak for an innocent young girl

who can no longer speak for herself,

taken from us too soon by the

scourge of violent videos.

CROWD MURMUR AGREEMEN

Now, let's hear those

voices loud and clear.

Justice for Kate!

ALL: Justice for Kate!

Justice for Kate!

Justice for Kate!

Justice for Kate!

Justice for Kate!

Oh, my God Oh, my God.

We k*lled a man. We

actually k*lled a man.

I k*lled a policeman.

I actually k*lled a policeman!

God, I'm going to prison

I feel sick. I'm

actually going to prison.

Mum, stop!

I told you, he's a

He's scum.

ENGINE CUTS OU

Hey. Hey.

I'm sorry I wasn't here.

It's me that ran away.

Oh, love.

Did you know?

Before Dad told you.

Why didn't you say anything?

Because then I might

have to talk about it.

What now?

What? What now, Maureen?

I don't know, Frank!

Jesus Christ! Do we

do we phone it in?

Do we leave it here?

Maybe maybe we

should go to the police.

Speak to that nice

detective lady.

Not that idiot.

No.

Hide it in the woods.

But this was an accident.

If we hide the body,

we are all guilty.

They will find him eventually.

No ENGINE TURNS OVER

No, no! Zoe?

Oh, my God! Jesus Christ!

LOUD THUD

Definitely dead now.

We need to go!

Trust me, when you see

what I have to show you

..you're not going to care.

We should have tied him

up! Forget about it, Billy!

We'll be out of here

long before he wakes up!

Where are we even going? We

need to get to the festival.

They said they're going

to burn my sister!

We need to get her out, and then

we get the f*ck out of here!

Con, wait!

BILLY PANTS

You know I'm sorry

..about all that

all that stuff I said?

I'm glad you came.

Come on, we have to go.

Ah!

Burn the nasties!

CHANTING: Burn the nasties!

Justice for Kate!

Justice for Kate!

Burn the nasties!

Burn the nasties!

Justice for Kate!

Burn the nasties!

Burn the nasties!

Justice for Kate!

Justice for Kate!

We've had a pattern of reports

from Ashdale over the years.

People moving to London under

suspicious circumstances.

Then we get complaints

from friends and family

of never hearing

from them again.

Technically, not

a disappearance.

No body

..there's no case.

Yeah, but who were they?

One of the reports was

about the man of the house,

and I'm guessing

..that was him.

The rest I don't know.

The k*ller's decided to

make some noise this time.

He didn't hide that poor

Bannon girl down here.

They wanted her to be found.

Stay back!

I want to help.

I'll tell you everything.

But they need to

be stopped first.

Shit!

That's it.

Where is she?

Hello, lads.

These are the

K*llers of that girl.

Can't let you get

away with that.

Stay back! All right? I mean it!

Put it down, son.

There's no way out.

CHANTING: Justice for Kate!

Burn the nasties!

Burn the nasties!

Justice for Kate!

Billy?

We're going to

need bigger sticks.

Justice for Kate!

I feel like this is about

to go full Wicker Man.

We have them! We

have the K*llers!

There they are!

There's the evil

right in front of us!

Evil!

Get them! We need our

town to be cleansed!

Give me that!

OK, everyone, calm down!

Let the police handle this.

I need everyone to stay back.

No! Let everyone

I don't want to get

strung up on that thing.

Run now? Run!

Get them!

CROWD CLAMOURS

Stand back!

Don't let them

pass through here.

All right?

Don't let them get away!

We don't want to let them

loose on our children!

Excuse me. Excuse me.

Now, there, young

man, let me past.

Don't worry, I'll talk them

down. They'll listen to me.

Where are you, lads?

We're going to find you

and burn the both of you!

It's been on the radio.

The boys are in there.

Stay here and don't

move. I'll handle this.

You, stay!

How did you get here so fast?

I thought I was coming

here to make an arrest.

I didn't realise I was

interrupting a l*nch m*b.

It's a bloody

labyrinth back there.

But don't worry, we're

going to get those psychos.

They're innocent. What?

We are going in, yes?

Abso-f*cking-lutely.

Where do you think

you're going? Stay there.

How do we get through this lot?

Just watch me.

I've just come from a

basement full of bodies.

They've been murdering

people for years.

The eldest son is dead.

We need to find the rest.

They're out for blood.

They think these kids

k*lled that girl. Christ!

Call for backup. Right.

Stand that mob down

at the front. Right.

WHISPERING: Right, go on, go on.

DOOR CREAKS OPEN

We're going to have

to face these down.

Hello, lads.

You're going to burn

for what you did.

Oi! d*ck nose!

Urgh!

BILLY GRUNTS DISTANTLY

CON GRUNTS

Glad you're here.

Are you OK? Yeah.

MUFFLED GRUNTING

Billy! Billy!

Billy, leave him!

Billy! Leave him!

Billy, hey, hey, look

at me. BILLY PANTS

We're going to be OK.

Mum and Dad are here.

We have a detective, she

knows we didn't do it.

We're going to be OK.

Come on, there's a gate

at the back. Let's go.

Check that side.

Con? Con?

Con! Con!

Con?

Anything, Maureen?

No, nothing

Who are you?

Frank Stay where you are!

Frank! Give me that.

FRANK SCREAMS Jesus!

Frank!

THEY SCREAM

Maureen, go!

Go, Maureen!

Oh!

Run, Maureen!

BLADE PLUNGES

HE PANTS

In here!

LOCKED GATE BANGS

No No!

We can scale it. I have an idea.

Uh!

Bollocks.

The others can't be far.

Now might be a good

time to scream.

THEY YELL

CON YELLS

BLADE RINGS

BILLY GROANS

ZOE YELLS

CON GROANS

BILLY BREATHES UNEVENLY

Hey!

Bastard!

Pastor.

MUSIC: The k*lling Moon

by Echo & The Bunnymen

Under blue moon I saw you

So soon you'll take me

Up in your arms

Too late to beg you

Or cancel it Though

I know it must be

The k*lling time

Unwillingly mine

Fate

Up against your will

Through the

thick and thin ♪

Con! Zoe

He will wait until

You give yourself to him

BILLY: Stay

Of course I will.

In scarlet nights I saw you

So cruelly you kissed me

Your lips, a magic world

Your sky, all hung with jewels

The k*lling moon

Will come too soon

Fate

Up against your will

Through the thick and thin

He will wait until

You give yourself to him

Under blue moon I saw you

So soon you'll take me

Up in your arms ♪

If I best sum it up by quoting

you a very small news item

that I spotted in

the Daily Mirror.

It was nothing to do with

video nasties directly.

It was about a very nasty

attack on some ponies

in the south of England.

And at the end of

telling this story,

there was a quote from the Margate

police, in which they said that,

"The attacker must

have been influenced

"either by video

nasties or a new moon."

I think that, actually, that makes

it sound very like witchcraft.

And the way in which the whole

campaign has presented itself

has actually ascribed

quite magical powers

to flickering pictures on

screens, and how they hypnotise,

and then drug, and

then addict children.

Don't be pointing that thing

at me. Point it over there.

OK. Is anyone going

to say a few words?

What about Frank? He's late.

KNOCK ON WINDOW

Sorry, sorry, sorry.

I lost track of

time while packing.

You took too much with you,

Dad. The place is only small.

Sure I need my

comforts, Con. Comforts?

Didn't realise you were sleeping

on your record collection.

Mm. Very good.

Abe was about to say a

few words there, go on.

No, we can't do it

without Billy's date.

It's not a date.

We're just friends.

This better be.

You look great.

Oh, sorry.

Hi.

Oh, a vision.

Oh.

Make sure you get this.

I just wanted to

say congratulations.

And that I'm proud

of all of you.

It would have been

easy not to go tonight,

after everything

that's happened.

The media, the infamy.

You could have chosen to

stick your head in the sand

and pretend it wasn't happening.

It's easy to push things

away, not deal with them.

You know what takes real guts?

Admitting that you are scared

and still choosing

to face the monster.

And going to the depths

without a date. Hey!

LAUGHTER

Now, that's brave.

Oh, and thank you

to Maureen and Frank

for digging the boys out

and making tonight possible.

We're going to pay it back. Yeah,

well, you could do it tomorrow

if you got rid of

those awful videos.

They're awful. Maureen!

No, no way! We're

keeping them.

No, Mum. Leave them.

OK. Are we ready?

Slainte. Slainte.

ALL: Slainte

Come on, you three.

Let's get you in.

Big smiles. Three, two, one.

Cheese!

LOW RUMBLE

SCREAMS AND LAUGHTER

Shhhh! Shhhh! GIGGLING

Shhhh! Shhhhh!

Get in!

All right, show me one of

these shit films, then.

Sorry we don't have,

erm, Flashdance.

Ah-ha-ha! Funny.

We'll ease her in with

something mid-level.

Lads, it's just a movie.

Go on, what are the rules?

Oh, we don't do that any more.

Oh, come on!

If we're going to do this, I

want to do it right. Tell me.

All right. No screaming. OK.

And no looking away.

And I have a naggin

of whisky in my room.

So if you break the

rules, you do a shot.

Go on. Go get it, hurry up.

I tried to make it work

You in a cocktail

skirt and me in a suit

Well, it just wasn't me.

You're used to wearing less

And now your life's a mess

So insecure, you see

I put up with all the scenes

And this is one scene that's

going to be played my way

Take your hands off me

I don't belong to you

You see?

Take a look at my face

For the last time

I never knew you

You never knew me

Say hello, goodbye. ♪
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