Horror in the Forest (2023)

[bunniefuu]

Are you coming?

Don't worry, I'm coming.

Watch your step,

it's flooded over here.

We just got set up.

I know it's late.

But we found some really

cool stuff on our hike.

Yes, she's been on the

GoPro the entire time.

You can review the

footage when we get home.

We've got a long hike tomorrow.

I'll keep you posted and

let you know when we leave.

Yeah, we miss you too.

We'll be home soon, okay?

I love you too. Bye.

Lizzie, I think it's time

to go to bed.

Oh, come on, can we just stay up

a little bit longer, please?

You know what? Sure.

But you have to promise

not to tell your dad

because I told him

- we were going to bed early.

- Deal.

- Like this?

- Yeah, now lay it flat.

All right, so this is gonna

pop up in the middle.

There we go.

Something, I think something

is out there.

I don't know what it is,

it sounds like footsteps.

Mom? Mom?

Hey.

Hey, what's wrong? What's wrong?

- There's someone out here.

- Where?

Outside my tent, I swear I heard.

Lizzie, okay.

It is 3:00 a.m.

We have to be up early.

There is no one here,

it's just us.

It was a person,

I heard them walking.

It was probably an animal,

there's a lot of them

out here, okay?

No, listen to me, it wasn't an animal,

I saw the shadow.

Okay, calm down, calm down.

Would it help you sleep

if I went out there

and show you that everything is fine?

There is no one out here

and there is nothing

to be afraid of, okay?

I'm gonna go out there

and I'm gonna show you

that we're safe.

Please be careful.

I will, baby, I will.

I'm gonna go check it out, okay?

Hello?

Hello? Is anyone here?

Hello?

There's no one out here.

You need to go back to-

- I heard it.

- Okay.

- In the back.

- I'll check over there.

Hello? Hello?

Is there anyone here at all?

Lizzie, it's time to go to bed,

all right?

I checked. There's no one here,

we're safe.

Lizzie, I'm sorry,

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Call 911, call 911!

Where did you find this?

One of our fans emailed it to us.

Is this real?

I mean, I don't know,

could be fake,

the quality is kind of sh*t, so.

What do you think?

I don't know, I could look into it

and see if it's real.

- What else did the email say?

- Nothing.

- No location or anything?

- No.

Can you find out where this is?

Yeah, I can figure it out,

as long as it's not fake.

Okay, we ready? All right.

So we're about to spend

our first day out

in the Rudwick Forest.

Never heard of Rudwick?

Well, neither did we.

Until we received a video

of two campers

who went missing a few months back.

And they weren't

the only ones to go missing.

Rudwick is known

for its unusually high number

of abduction cases,

specifically child abductions.

So what makes Rudwick so special?

Why is this unsolved mystery so unique?

It's not just one unsolved mystery,

it's hundreds.

The Rudwick Forest has

per square mile by far

the nation's highest abduction rate.

These abductions, they're cold cases,

like really cold.

Not one person who has been missing

for more than 48 hours

has ever been found.

So, we plan on retracing

the exact steps

of the most recent abductions.

And we're gonna find out

exactly what's happening

in this forest.

So how long have you

lived out here in Rudwick?

My whole life, I pretty

much grew up in the woods.

And what do you think about the rumor

that there's a witch out here?

- I believe it.

- A witch?

There ain't no witches here.

That's what she does.

She takes those kids, forces

them away from their parents,

takes them back deep into the woods.

I haven't seen her,

but I've heard things,

saw some shadows.

I don't like going out

there alone at night.

I don't wanna be taken

like the others.

A lot of jerks come

through these woods

and the border patrol,

they don't do sh*t.

I don't know,

and I don't wanna know.

Whatever happens out there in

these woods with those kids,

I don't wanna have anything

to do with it.

This town was once

a great place to live.

But tourism has been drying up.

Jobs have been drying up.

Drug and alcohol problems.

They get lost and of course

they have no survivor skills

and then you can't go three

days without clean water,

so, you know.

They see something that

they shouldn't have had

or they come across something

that they weren't supposed to

and then boom,

their body's at the bottom

of the lake somewhere.

Sometimes when life's too difficult

the forest offers you an escape.

And it's impossible

to find you, so.

Wait, are you saying that people

go into the forest to commit suicide?

Sometimes it's easier on your family

to think you got lost or abducted

than you took your own life.

James Murphy, aged seven,

was hiking with his family

a few months back.

It was late and the sun was setting.

James and his sister were

hiking ahead of their parents.

When the parents finally caught up,

only the sister remained.

When police questioned the sister

as to what happened to her brother,

she said that a woman in

black took young James' hand

and led him deep into the woods.

The police never found a body

and the case remains unsolved.

Right now we are in the area

where James was last seen.

Okay, Georgie,

we've been walking around forever,

what exactly are we looking for here?

This is the last place

he was seen alive, supposedly,

so I don't know,

just any remnants of him,

a sign that someone was here?

Come play with me.

Wait, did you hear that?

Come play with me,

come play with me.

Yeah, what is that?

Uh-oh.

I think it's over here.

Wait, whoa, whoa, whoa,

what the hell?

Come play with me,

come play with me.

Uh-oh.

Wait, Georgie.

Uh-oh, come play with me.

Oh, wow.

Come play with me.

Yeah, this is totally normal.

Are you sure you wanna be touching that?

Who the f*ck are you?

Get off my land now!

Relax, relax man, relax.

We're cool, we're cool.

No, this is not f*cking cool.

Whoa, okay, okay.

f*cking get off.

Just don't, stop pointing

the g*n at him, man.

We're lost.

Turn around, go back the other way,

don't come back here.

- Okay, okay, we're going.

- Okay, you got it.

Please move the g*n.

f*ck it. g*dd*mn trespassers.

Holy sh*t, guys.

That was f*cking nuts.

Rudwick Forest my a*s.

Hey Bo, can you shut up

and give him a second, please?

Hey Stephen, you good?

Yeah? Yeah?

Deep breaths,

you gotta breathe in and out.

That was a lot.

Yeah, you want some water?

Just way more intense

than I was expecting.

Yeah, I know.

I'm so sorry, dude.

I swear we were on the right trail.

I guess we wandered off,

this place is massive.

If it makes you

feel any better, man,

you took it like a champ.

Yeah, easy to say

from where you were standing.

- All right, let's go.

- Okay.

I think you're fine.

Hey, is our door open?

I swear I shut that door.

Did you lock it?

Yeah Georgie, I locked it.

Hello?

Hey, I think the power is out.

Can you guys get the lights

from the car?

Yeah. Stephen, go with her.

Hello?

Hey, is anybody here?

Hey, did you hear that?

Dude, there's nothing here.

I'm sorry, I was trying

to fix the light.

Let me get the power up and running.

All right, so, tomorrow afternoon?

- I'll be there.

- All right.

Guy's a retired park ranger,

so if anyone knows these woods,

it's gonna be him.

All right, so we have that interview

with the guy who owns

this place tomorrow.

His name is Joe, right?

- Okay.

- Yeah.

- Ex park ranger.

- Right.

Did he apologize earlier

for his damage?

Yeah, he said we thought

we were coming in tomorrow.

I don't know, it was

a whole thing, but fine.

And then while we're out there

we can get a bunch of B-roll

so I feel like we should be

all set, we're on track.

- For tomorrow?

- Yeah.

Okay guys, that's enough

work for the day.

What a first day.

Oh yeah, me almost getting shot,

that's a great first day.

I'm sorry about that again.

It's all good,

it'll be a cool story.

You just have

a very shootable face, Stephen.

What does that even mean?

Oh, my God, that guy was crazy.

As long as we don't go on

that trail again,

- I'll be cool.

- Deal.

He seemed a little unhinged.

Yeah. Well, we have Joe now.

He seems to know the area, so.

True.

Well, I think on that note,

I'm gonna head to bed

and start recharging everything.

- Okay. See you tomorrow?

- Yeah.

- See you guys.

- Bye.

So, Bo.

Do you believe in the witch?

Oh, man, you're asking me questions.

Yeah, it's interview time.

I don't know about a witch but

I think the people in this

town needed something to blame.

You know, made up or not.

Yeah.

I mean, like no bodies at all?

I feel like I'd start

to believe in anything

if I didn't have closure.

I don't think that's true.

What does that mean?

Do you remember that time that you

dragged me around the city

because you found

that missing dog poster?

Oh yeah, yeah.

Eight hours, no car.

Hey, we found the dog, so.

We did find the dog.

That's my point.

You don't give up.

Oh, and we went

to that awful dive bar after.

Oh, my God.

Those terrible drinks.

Oh, God, I was so hungover.

Yeah, that was the last time that we--

- Yup.

- Yeah.

I mean, it doesn't have

to be the last time.

I think someone's a little tipsy.

Just for fun, you know?

It doesn't have to be a big deal.

What?

I think we've got a long day

ahead of us tomorrow.

Stephen's gonna be mad you're messing

with his camera.

All right, Joe,

I'm just gonna tape this

on the side of your shirt, all right?

All right. You ever done an

interview like this before?

No. Noting this fancy.

Okay, well,

don't worry about it, you know,

don't worry about the camera.

Just we're having

a conversation, all right?

She's gonna ask you a few questions

and just, you know, be genuine.

Sure, okay, I think I can do that.

All right man, all set.

Today we're with Joe,

owner of the rental cabins

and ex park ranger.

We have a few questions about the woods,

if you don't mind.

I don't mind at all.

So you were

a park ranger for how long

in Rudwick Forest?

I was a ranger for about 10 years.

And you were

in charge of what exactly?

You know, keeping the park clean,

helping people with the trails,

but most importantly making sure

nobody did anything too dangerous.

Did you ever go

into the woods at night?

I tried not to but

sometimes I had no choice.

You tried not to?

Yeah, I mean, these woods

are very hard to navigate at night,

very easy to wander off the path,

easy to get lost.

We actually had a run in

with one of the locals last night.

Yeah, people around these woods

they tend to get spooked pretty easy,

but can you blame them?

So you never saw anything

in your 10 years of service?

I mean, I heard things,

I saw shadows that looked like people.

Very, very, very unsettling.

You know, certain times

there'd be no noise,

no wind, no nothing.

But the worst part,

the most unfortunate part

is the parents of these children.

They would just go off in

the woods and, you know...

And what?

The parents of these children

they would go in the woods

and they'd k*ll themselves.

I mean, I don't know if

it was out of the guilt

or if they wanted to

be with their children,

but so sad.

There's so much pain

and suffering out here.

- Did you ever see any...

- Bodies?

Yeah, sometimes I called

a few of them in.

That's why I'm no longer a park ranger,

it's much easier to just

manage the properties.

So what's your theory

about the high abduction

rates in the area?

I'm not sure.

And I don't know if I wanna know.

I mean, it's this cycle that

just keeps going and going.

There's no end.

When you were a park ranger,

did you ever take anyone out

with you, show them around?

Like a tour?

Yeah, yeah.

Can you take us?

I don't know, I mean,

it was kind of a long time ago,

I don't really do that anymore.

We're willing to pay you.

Um...

So this would be my daily hike.

I'd get out here nice and early,

just after the sun rises,

go out till about 4:00 or 5:00 p.m.

You know, right up

until it starts to get dark.

Well, it's pretty dark right now.

Well, I mean, I'm with you guys.

And the only other time

I'd be out here

is if I was working with

the police on something.

So did you work

with the police a lot?

Oh yeah. Do you know

how many abductions

there were out here?

I mean, when the police needed

someone to work with them,

I was that someone.

So, after all this time in the forest

and this much time in Rudwick,

you don't believe in the witch?

I only believe

in unfortunate circumstances.

This is as far as I'm going.

What? We paid you for

the whole eight hours, man.

Yeah, we can turn around

and finish this tour

on the way back.

What's further down this way?

That's where you go

if you never wanna be found.

I thought you said

you don't believe in the witch.

I don't, but I've seen

enough things to press my luck.

Now if you guys wanna

keep going down this path

that's fine by me,

but I'm heading back now.

I mean, we have to keep going.

This spot, this is our

best shot to investigate.

I know. It's why we came here, right?

Hey Joe?

- We're gonna keep going.

- Be careful.

Enjoy your night.

All right, come on.

I think we need to keep going,

Joe was definitely scared

of something out here.

Or maybe he wanna just tired

of walking with us.

- Hey, did you hear that.

- What?

No, what did you hear?

Yeah, uh, Stephen, hey, check it out.

What the f*ck?

I think it's coming from over here.

I know you f*cking got her!

Where is she?

I know you took her, where is she?

What did you to her?

- Ma'am, ma'am.

- Don't touch me!

What did you with my Amanda?

Where is she?

I know you f*cking took her.

I know you f*cking took her,

what did you to her?

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

- Amanda!

- Meredith.

Meredith, Meredith, are you okay?

- I'm fine, I'm fine.

- We're good, we're good.

I'm fine, she didn't hurt me.

Honey, you can't be out here.

I know, come on.

She lost her daughter in the woods

a couple weeks back.

She's still processing it.

What is she doing out here?

She's out here every night.

Okay wait, I'm sorry, who are you?

Someone who's looking

after this community.

Look, you can't be out here at night.

You guys know your way back?

- Follow me.

- Okay.

So you're a police officer?

I was, I'm retired.

How often does this

sort of thing happen here?

What, that I find parents

wandering around

in these woods?

- More often than I'd like.

- Jesus.

Oh sorry, we're filming

a documentary

about the Rudwick Forest.

Of course you are.

I'm guessing we're not the first.

Nope, and probably not the last either.

Look, you guys should really go home.

These woods are no place to be at night.

Damn, he would have made

a really good interview.

So we got back to the

place that we were staying

and we found this.

- Don't touch it.

- Why not?

We don't know

who left that.

Okay, the only clue is a note

that says, "Watch me."

Danny.

Danny!

Where is my baby?

- What is this?

- Where is my baby?

Danny!

Where are you?

Where is my baby?

Danny!

What is she doing?

- What is that?

- It's a mirror.

Just in the woods?

I don't know, she wants her baby.

Did she lose her kid too?

- Whoa.

- Danny.

My baby, let me go back.

Who would send this to us?

You can bring my baby back?

My God.

No, anything else, please.

Anything else.

I'll do anything else, I can't.

No, no no no.

I'll do it, I'll do it,

I promise I'll do it, I'll do it.

I'll do it!

Who is she talking to?

I can do it.

I can do it.

That will bring my baby back, right?

It will bring my baby back?

Oh, God, what is she doing?

Jesus.

It's a f*cking snuff film?

Was that real?

Okay, somebody wanted us

to see that, right?

Who would want us to see this, Georgie?

She was talking to somebody.

In the mirror.

That lady was insane,

that was a crazy person.

Okay, well, we've gotta figure out

who put this on our door.

And how do we do that?

I know someone who can help.

You guys again?

Someone left this on our door.

Did you watch it?

Yeah. It's a f*cking snuff film.

I know who sent it.

Come on in.

So you know who left this for us?

Yes.

But there's some things

you need to know about this place.

And what this forest does

to the people around it.

I was a cop for 16 years,

the last three

were right here in Rudwick.

Wait, did you work

on any abduction cases?

More like assisted.

And usually, depending on

the profile of the case,

- they'd bring in others.

- Others?

High-profile detectives. FBI.

These cases made the national wire.

And they thought we might

have a serial kidnapper

on our hands.

What did they find?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

You know, a lot of people

thought that this place,

because we never found

those missing kids,

they thought it might

have something to do

with our department.

Yeah, they thought we were

just a bunch of dumb rednecks.

So you worked hard

on these cases?

I gave it everything.

I gave it everything I had to give.

And you know what we found?

Nothing.

Not one of those missing kids.

No clue.

Not even a trail.

It's like those kids they just

vanished right into thin air.

So why did you quit?

You can only live with that

kind of pain and suffering

for so long.

It seemed like every day

there was a new case.

Another missing kid.

A mom and a dad looking

to you for answers

that you can't give them.

I just couldn't take it anymore.

I wanted to help these people.

But there's only

so much you can take.

I did my best.

I swear.

I did my best.

Who sent us this?

And why, what does it mean?

You wanna watch that?

Pretty f*cking terrible.

No, I've seen it.

Too many times.

And I know who sent it.

Nelson Morgan.

His daughter went missing

in the woods a year ago,

almost to the day.

Is he still

looking for her?

He never stopped.

But lately he's gone down

a rabbit hole.

Same rabbit hole

the others go down.

And that is?

That a witch took his daughter.

Nelson is convinced

that not only did

a witch steal his child

but that he can summon this witch

and get his daughter back.

So what does

he want with us?

I don't know.

But I'm telling you this right now.

Morgan is unhinged.

And he is dangerous.

There is no telling

what he is capable of.

Are you sure this is it?

I mean, there's not

another Nelson Morgan

for like 50 miles,

so I guess this has to be it.

Are you sure

we should be doing this?

Reynolds told us to avoid this guy.

Okay, Nelson wanted us

to see that tape.

I need to know why.

Okay.

Looks like he's not home,

let's head back.

No, maybe he's sleeping or something.

Let me try again.

He's not here,

come on, let's go.

Okay, last time.

All right, I guess he's not home.

We'll just come back later, yeah.

What the f*ck do you want?

Are you Nelson Morgan?

Get the f*ck off my property.

I told you to get

the f*ck off my property

and I'm not gonna tell you again!

You have the count of

three before I sh**t.

- One, two, three!

- We have your tape!

- You have what?

- Your tape.

You left this on our

door, that was you, right?

You the guys filming,

making the documentary?

Yeah. That's us.

sh*t.

Sorry, I...

I thought you guys would be

older, you're pretty young.

Come on in, sorry,

sorry for the rude,

that's why I don't get

many visitors nowadays.

Come on in.

Sorry, I don't get many visitors,

I gotta just clean it up.

Oh sh*t, um...

Woo.

Shotgun that.

You guys want anything?

No, we're okay man,

thank you, though.

We're just wondering

if we could ask you some

questions, that's all.

Yeah, sure.

All right, Nelson,

you're ready?

All right, we're just gonna

ask you a few questions

about the woods and your daughter.

Is that okay with you?

All right, would you please

state your name for the camera?

Hi, my name is Nelson Morgan.

I am 45 years of age and I

am of sound mind and body.

Okay, all right.

Can you please tell us

about that day?

The day that Casey went missing.

Start at the very beginning

if you could.

Casey loves hiking.

She loves the outdoors,

it's something that we

both have in common.

Since the divorce I don't

get to see her much anymore.

You went hiking the day

that Casey went missing?

Yeah, we started out early,

she wanted to do this big trail.

She'd been on this long trail

and I thought we could do it.

So we were hiking all day

and it was hot

and I am not in the best of shape.

I tried to keep up,

I did my best,

but I kinda lost track of time

and where we were

but she was having fun, so.

The sun, so it goes down

earlier this time of year

and I knew we needed to get back

because you don't wanna be

outside at night, that's when...

So you were in the woods

when it got dark?

Have you ever been out

in the woods at night

with Casey before?

Only near town, you know.

I mean, we don't go in

the woods deep at night.

You stay away.

All right, what happened next?

Well, once I figured out

how far we were,

I gathered up Casey and

we started to head back.

But the sun must have went down

'cause it got real dark real fast.

So I tried to get her

but she was running ahead of me.

She thought it was a game.

She thought we were playing a game.

It's okay,

take your time.

And um...

When did she go missing?

She was up ahead of me,

like just literally a few feet,

just a few feet ahead of me.

People say literally,

but I f*cking mean, literally,

just a few feet ahead of me.

And then she was gone, poof.

Vanished.

My daughter was taken.

Taken from me, yeah.

What did you do when you

noticed she went missing?

I thought she was playing a game,

because she loves Hide and Go Seek,

it's her favorite game.

And so I wanted to get her back,

and then I couldn't find her nowhere,

so my adrenaline kicked in

and then I started to

canvas the entire area,

I figured there's no f*cking

way she could be gone.

And then I figured maybe

she got hurt, maybe she'd fallen.

So I called out to her,

nothing, nothing.

Gone.

So...

And...

I'm sorry, I...

I had to make a choice,

I had to decide

whether to look for her

or whether to try

to go and find help.

- So you left her?

- Bo.

Ah.

You don't think that

there's a day that goes by,

not a f*cking day,

where I don't regret

this whole f*cking,

f*cking, f*cking thing?

I am nothing without my daughter,

all right?

I am useless!

Useless!

And there is only one f*cking thing

that keeps me alive,

only one f*cking reason

that I even go on.

And what's that?

The fact that I can get her back.

I know how to get her back.

How are you

gonna do that, Nelson?

I'm gonna show you.

Okay, Georgie, you're not

really seriously considering

going out in the woods

with that guy, right?

Yes, I am.

This guy is the perfect lead.

Yeah, but you heard

what Reynolds said.

And you saw that sh*t, man.

He's nuts.

We came out here

to make a documentary

and this is the perfect story,

why are you trying

to back out right now?

I'm not.

I just don't think this

is a good idea, okay?

Look around, Georgie.

This place, this town,

those woods out there.

That's the story.

We don't need this guy.

This isn't about making

something good, Bo.

This is about making

something great,

and we can do that here.

Don't you wanna be a part of that?

Okay.

So let's say we go out there, right?

In the middle of those

woods, at night, with him.

And we realize there's no witch,

all right, Georgie,

because there's no witch,

and we find out

that Nelson's responsible

for getting his daughter k*lled.

Like responsible.

What do you think

is gonna happen then, huh?

I don't want you...

I don't want us out there

when that happens.

We're gonna be fine.

This is an opportunity that

comes once in a lifetime.

Hey. Hey.

I need you to trust me

on this one.

Okay, I know how to find her,

I know how to get her

to come out.

Okay, slow down, Nelson,

what are you talking about?

The witch, all right?

I've been dealing with this

for the past six months.

I've talked to parents,

I've charted a pattern, okay?

All of these boys, Alex Barber,

Jimmy Heartfield, Brendan Wallace,

all taken in or around this area,

this is where she is,

this is even where I think

the VHS tape was filmed.

Okay, so, what's the game plan?

If we leave now,

I think I can get you

to the circle tonight.

Okay, but what if we

don't find anything, Nelson?

Well, then you can show

the world that I'm a fraud

and that I lost my daughter.

But I didn't lose my daughter,

I'm gonna show you

that she taken from me,

and she was taken from me here.

Stop.

We gotta camp here for the night.

Uh, no.

The plan was to go to the spot

in the map and then camp.

Well, it's further than I anticipated

and you're kind of moving too slow

with all your f*cking gear.

So we're gonna just stay here,

awesome, okay.

That was not part

of the plan, Georgie.

Oh, guess what, plans change, all right?

We're gonna sleep here tonight

and then we'll go there tomorrow.

What do you want me

to do about it, okay?

Guys, we have two options, all right?

And no cellphone service,

so we can either hike all

the way back out there

by ourselves at night,

or we can stay here.

Dude.

Hey, Stephen, what are you doing?

Just trying to set up

this camera to

to see if we could capture anything.

In the middle of the night?

Well I'm going to set it up

with this big a*s light

then when anything crosses

in front of it

it will flash and should

light up the entire forest

You're trying

to capture the witch?

Well if the witch is real,

then this should be able

to capture her.

Cool. Good job.

How come you get your own tent?

Because I'm directing

this documentary.

And Bo snores in his sleep, so.

- Have fun.

- Thanks.

So, we did not make it to the spot

that we intended to tonight,

so we're having to camp here.

It's not a part of the

plan, but that's okay.

We just have a real story here,

you know?

A story about grief and loss

and the lies we tell ourselves

to get through all of that.

Anyway.

Hopefully, my team can keep

it together long enough

for us to get the ending

that the story deserves,

so, we'll see.

Georgie, wake the f*ck up.

What?

We think

someone's out here, come on.

What?

Georgie, oh, my God, come on.

Okay, okay, okay.

Would you stop?

What?

Listen, you hear that?

No, I don't--

Whoa, what the f*ck is that?

Yeah, there's definitely

somebody out here.

What is that?

What?

All right, let me get Nelson up.

Nelson? Nelson?

Hey Nelson, wake up.

Nelson, get the f*ck up, come on.

Okay. All right, f*ck it.

- Nelson's gone.

- What?

What do you mean he's gone?

He's not in his f*cking tent.

Oh, my God. He's f*cking messing

with us, guys.

I told you he wants this witch

to be real so f*cking bad.

Nelson! Come on, man.

This is really f*cking annoying,

we all just wanna go back to sleep,

so come on back, you f*cking psycho.

Nelson!

Okay yeah, actually

get back in the tents.

Yeah, get the f*ck back in the tents.

I don't know.

Do you know where

that's coming from?

- We don't f*cking know.

- Will you shut up, please?

Oh, f*ck, whoa.

That's the camera.

Guys, I don't like this.

Guys, Georgie.

Jesus!

Stop! Stop!

Stephen.

Georgie, Georgie, what the f*ck is that?

f*ck, man!

Be quiet.

She's here.

She's out here.

She's making herself known.

It's okay, it's okay.

Don't be scared, it's

all right, it's playing.

It's all part of my plan.

Come on out. Come on out.

What?

Nelson, what was that?

I told you, it's the witch.

What are you talking about, man?

You don't even believe me, do you?

You just think I'm so crazy f*ck,

you just laugh at me, right?

- I'm funny, right?

- Yeah, no,

we don't believe you,

and yeah, we do think

you're a crazy f*ck.

So what?

I just went and I did all this

on my own?

- What, made a bunch of

noises in the dark, Nelson?

Yeah, I'm sorry, no no, Georgie,

I'm f*cking sick of this guy, okay?

If there was a witch, why

hasn't she shown herself yet?

She did show herself,

she gave us a sign.

The sign is to proceed

tomorrow night, okay?

She retreated to the woods

and she remains hidden.

Wow.

The only thing that remains hidden

is your daughter's dead body, big guy.

Hey! Hey!

You don't get to talk about her.

Ever.

No. Yep. I'm done, okay.

You guys wanna follow that

psycho into the woods,

by all means, Georgie.

I'm f*cking leaving.

So, last night was not ideal.

Turns out Nelson's way more involved

in this than I thought.

But Bo was right,

this whole thing is some

sort of f*cked up way

for him to rationalize the

abduction of his daughter.

There's no witch here.

Or at least not where we are.

Maybe we can go back

into town tomorrow and--

- Georgie, Georgie, get up.

- What?

- You have to look at this.

- What?

Just come here, please.

Okay, so, I came out here

to take a piss,

and Georgie, you gotta see this sh*t.

- What the hell?

- Wild, right?

- Don't touch that.

- Relax.

What are these?

Crazy MacPsycho must have

hung them up last night.

I swear this guy is more

f*cked up than we thought.

No, I don't think

this was Nelson.

Well, then who

was it, Georgie? Stephen?

We were out here yesterday

and he didn't have a ladder

and he's not that agile.

You know what?

Believe what you want.

I'm still leaving tonight.

What the f*ck?

Are you really just gonna leave?

Yes, Georgie.

Okay, look, I get it.

You wanna help this guy.

But look at the sh*t that's happened.

I don't trust him.

Okay, then trust me.

This guy is the perfect

lead and you know it.

- Georgie.

- Okay, just don't leave us.

I need you here.

- Do you, though?

- Yes.

Bo, we are a team, this is our thing.

You have Stephen.

Oh, my God, okay,

it's one more night, all right?

We'll do whatever Nelson needs to do

and then we'll hike back.

Hey, we can go at night if you want.

Bo, would you just stop and listen?

Would you listen to me?

You go out there and there's no witch

and he's out of his f*cking tricks,

it's not gonna end well.

I am not abandoning

this story

when we are so close.

I'll do this whole damn thing

by myself if I have to.

The f*cking story.

I'm glad nothing's changed, Georgie.

What's that supposed to mean?

Guys, you might

wanna come check this out.

Not now, Stephen.

No, I'm telling you,

you wanna see this.

You wanna see this now.

What is it, Stephen?

All right,

so you know the cameras

I set up yesterday?

Yeah, the motion detection ones?

I wanted to check

to see what set them off.

Why? We already know who it was.

Right, we think it was Nelson.

What do you see?

I don't see anything.

How about now?

What is that?

I don't know what the hell

that is but that's not Nelson.

I told you she was here.

Are you ready to finish this?

I can't believe we're

f*cking doing this.

It's just one more night.

Georgie, that could have been

a shadow for all we know.

It was more than a shadow.

Oh yeah?

You're an expert on shadow people now?

If it was just a shadow you

wouldn't be here right now.

I'm here for you, Georgie.

Stephen, I need you to do

something for me, okay?

Anything happens out there, just...

Promise me you'll tell Georgie to run.

Just get her out of there.

Okay?

I need you, honey!

Don't leave me!

Don't leave your papa!

It's too dark out here, Casey.

Come on, baby.

Casey.

Casey.

Casey!

Casey, baby!

Casey, baby!

Come on, baby!

Casey!

This is it.

This is the spot.

All right guys,

if we were gonna back out,

I think now's the time.

We're here until

we finish this, Stephen.

Yeah, but we need

a backup plan,

like what if this dude

goes off the deep end?

Okay, just keep all

your sh*t close, okay?

Bags, everything.

sh*t goes south, we book it, okay?

He can't outrun us, all right?

He barely got here.

Okay, so our plan is

to outrun him, then?

Yes, Stephen.

Unless you've got a better one.

Okay, what if he attacks us?

Stephen, for real?

- All right, I've got this.

- Jesus Christ, Bo.

What?

I mean, hopefully

we won't need it, but...

Okay, we're ready to begin.

Once we start this ritual,

we cannot stop until it's completed.

Do you understand?

- Do you understand?

- Yes.

We're gonna do something very dangerous,

we're gonna call

the witch out of the woods.

At that point,

I am going to make an exchange

to get my daughter back.

We will make a circle with salt.

As long as we are within

that circle, we are safe.

If at any point,

if at any point you go

outside that circle,

it won't end well for you.

The witch will try to get

you out of the circle.

You will hear things.

You will see things.

You must remain in the

circle at all times.

If you leave the circle...

bye.

And one final thing.

My word is bond.

You will listen to everything I say

and you will follow it to a tee.

There is no time for debate,

there is no time to question

my f*cking judgment.

Because I am the authority.

And if you don't like it,

you can leave.

And I will create an infinite

ritual on my own.

Are we clear?

Are we clear?

Are we clear?

Yes.

Perfect.

Good, good. Good.

Let's begin.

It begins.

Are you ready?

- Whoa, okay.

- Hey, Nelson.

Whoa, what are you doing? Hey hey hey.

- Oh, my God.

- Jesus Christ.

What?

You agreed to do whatever it takes,

no questions asked.

This is part of the process.

Nelson, I'm not gonna do that.

This is part of the process.

Georgie. Hey hey hey.

No.

We said we'd do everything, right?

God, f*ck me.

f*ck, okay.

All right, you're up.

God.

Everyone.

- Do I have to do this?

- Everyone.

How am I supposed

to hold the camera?

Okay, just give it to me,

I'll take it.

f*ck.

My God.

Good.

Now remember.

No matter what you do,

no matter what happens,

stay inside...

the circle.

We've done everything you've asked.

Give me back my Casey!

Give me back my daughter!

Give me back my daughter.

Now!

Okay, Georgie,

when are we gonna call this?

We can't just leave.

He's gonna go nuts if we

step outside the circle.

Okay, but he also told us

the witch was gonna be here

- like two hours ago.

- I know.

But I don't know what to do.

Just give him another hour, okay?

Fine.

But then we're leaving.

Okay.

Okay, I'll handle it.

- I'll start packing.

- All right.

Hey Nelson, we need to talk.

Just...

Okay, I can feel her.

She's coming.

Nothing is happening here.

My team is really tired,

we need to go home.

- No.

- Yeah.

No, 'cause she's not a f*cking dog,

she doesn't come on command.

All right, it's been three hours

since you said she would

be here, all right?

I've pushed my team hard for

two days straight, all right?

Nothing's gonna happen and

you know that as well as I do.

Like we can step outside-

- Don't you step a foot!

- Oh, my God!

- Don't f*ck touch me.

- Don't f*cking touch her.

I need concentration for this.

Full f*cking concentration.

Oh, f*ck off.

There's nothing, nothing's

happening, it's bullshit, Nelson.

This is bullshit?

You think I could f*cking

do this all of my own?

You are in f*cking denial, man.

What happened to your daughter,

you are in denial.

Right? No?

Fine, f*ck it, I'll say it to him.

I'm honestly sorry what happened

to your daughter, okay?

But maybe instead of making up

some bullshit excuse,

you take some f*cking responsibility

for your actions.

You lost her in those woods,

you abandoned her in those woods.

You drag us all the way

the f*ck out here

in these shitty woods

to find some f*cking monster?

Well, guess what, Nelson.

- You're the monster.

- You're a piece of sh*t.

You are a f*cking little piece of sh*t.

What are you gonna do, man?

- f*ck you!

- Stop it!

Oh, my God, guys, stop.

Get the f*ck off of him!

Stephen, help me!

Guys, f*cking stop, you're

gonna k*ll him, stop!

Guys. Guys!

Is this f*cking happening?

This can't be f*cking real.

She's here. She's here.

I've done everything you've asked.

- Georgie.

- Nelson, what's happening?

I have brought you the girl!

The girl?

- What the f*ck?

- I have brought you a new sacrifice.

Take her and her friends

and just give me my daughter!

Take her, what the f*ck

are you talking about, Nelson?

- Nelson?

- Give me my daughter,

I have done everything you've asked.

Take her!

- Nelson, what the f*ck?

- Casey!

I'm trading you for her.

Take them!

sh*t!

What the f*ck just happened?

Stephen, what happened to the lights?

I don't know,

I don't know.

Well, get the flashlights,

where are the bags?

Guys, what happened?

Piece of sh*t.

Where the f*ck is Nelson?

What's happening?

Where the f*ck is Nelson, guys?

- Nelson?

- What happened?

Okay okay, hold on.

- Guys, seriously.

- Bo, where are you?

- What the f*ck is going on?

- Where are you guys?

Stephen, the f*cking light,

come on.

I can't.

Nelson, come on,

we gotta get out of here.

Nelson, please get up, we gotta go, okay?

Just, please, okay?

I know, it's okay, it's okay.

It's okay, it's okay.

I can't go without my Casey!

It's okay.

Nelson, we gotta get out of here,

you've gotta help us, come on.

- Nelson?

- Georgie, I can't.

Okay, okay,

let's go, please.

I know, I know, we're gonna go back,

it's gonna be okay.

Georgie, I can't.

I know, I know,

it's gonna be okay.

I'm so sorry, Nelson, okay?

- Georgie.

- Please, come on,

- we gotta go.

- Georgie, no.

- Please.

- I can't.

- We have to go.

- I can't.

We have to go.

Oh, my God, Nelson.

Nelson, please stop.

Georgie, I just can't.

Nelson. Nelson, put the g*n down.

I know, I know.

I'm so, I'm so sorry.

- Nelson, come on.

- Georgie, no.

Nelson, come on,

it's gonna be okay.

- No.

- Yes, it's gonna be okay.

No, it's not gonna be okay!

I can't do it.

Georgie, I can't do it.

What do you mean,

"you can't do it"?

Put that g*n down! Quit!

Georgie, I can't.

Nelson, please stop,

please stop,

please get that away from your head,

please stop.

Nelson, it's okay, put the g*n down.

- I know, I know.

- I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

- Please, Nelson.

- Georgie, I am so sorry.

Please don't do this,

please, Nelson, stop.

- Georgie, I'm sorry.

- Nelson, please stop, please.

Georgie.

It's okay, it's okay.

Come here. It's okay.

Come here. It's okay.

Stephen, please.

Oh sh*t, guys.

What? Where the f*ck did he go?

Oh, my God.

Holy sh*t. Georgie.

Just wait, wait, wait.

- Georgie, run.

- Okay.

f*ck!

I think it's this way, come on!

Oh f*ck.

- Georgie.

- Stephen.

Stephen, Stephen, come on,

we have to go,

- we have to go right now.

- Just hang on, hang on.

- Come on, no.

- I just need a second.

No, no, no,

we have to leave.

Okay, just give me the camera,

give me the camera.

Holy sh*t.

Georgie, just hold on.

I need a breather.

Stephen, we have to keep going.

I just need a second,

I just need a second.

Oh, my God, holy f*cking sh*t, bro.

He's f*cking dead, he's f*cking gone.

Stephen. Stephen.

Stephen, where are you?

Oh, my God, Stephen.

- Stephen, hey.

- Oh, my God!

Stephen?

Stephen, where are you?

- Stephen.

- Oh, my God!

Stephen.

Oh, my God.

Oh, Stephen. Stephen, Stephen, hey.

Hey, I'm here, I'm here, I'm here.

Hey, what are you?

Stephen, Stephen, Stephen.

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

- What happened?

- I can't f*cking see.

Oh, my God,

oh, my God, f*ck.

Faster, faster.

Okay, get out of here.

Get out of here.

Okay. Okay.

Okay. Okay.

Okay.

No!

Okay, all right.

Okay.

Okay. My name is Georgie Anna Harris.

I came out here, we came

out to make a documentary

about the Rudwick Forest

and why people go missing.

The rumors and the witch.

Something is out here.

We followed Nelson Morgan.

And he shot himself but he didn't...

He survived.

And he attacked, he attacked Bo, and...

And my other colleague, Stephen,

was attacked,

and his eyes were...

I had to leave him.

And now I'm out here.

I'm out here, I'm hiding from...

I don't know what.

But it is out here with me.

It's almost sunrise.

I think if I can make it till morning

I think I'm gonna be okay.

Oh God, please.

Mom. Dad.

I love you.

I'm so, so sorry.

I know the way out, follow me.

No, no. Please no, please.