Stickman's Hollow, The (2024)

[bunniefuu]

Babe, are you

gonna put this out?

Yes.

Yes, I will.

We will not burn down the place.

You can put

this out, though.

I don't want to touch it.

It's like--

Yeah, I'm

gonna put it out.

Oh, my gosh, Alice,

help your boyfriend.

He's doing it.

He's doing just fine.

- I would have but--

- Of course.

I'll get your duffel bag.

Of course.

I'm sorry I

didn't grab it before.

--all the water.

Yeah, Annie,

where is our son?

- Ollie?

Ollie?

I found him, Ross.

What are you doing

down there, sweetheart?

Hiding.

- Yeah?

That's

a great place to hide.

Come on.

Come out of there.

Dad has a special plan.

Come on.

- All right.

- I think we're ready.

Ready?

Yeah.

All right, let's go.

- So it's back

out of town, yeah?

- Yes.

Yes.

- Like an hour or more or--

I just don't want to--

I just want to drive too long.

The risks are so--

- Yeah, OK.

It's gonna be 60 klicks

that logging road.

60 klicks, yeah, yeah.

- And that is right

here on the map.

- OK.

- Cool?

- Cool.

- All right.

Right?

- Hey, buddy, no more hiding

under the car, OK, please?

We talked about that.

OK, dad.

- Hey, Ollie, are you stoked to

get a couple more days camping?

Mm-hmm.

- Yeah?

- So you guys figure out

where we're going next?

- Yeah, it's about 60 klicks.

- I think you've turned

our life into a reality show.

- Yeah, well, maybe you'll be

a famous filmmaker, huh, Ollie?

- Mm-hmm.

- Hmm, got a regular Marty

Scorsese on our hands here.

Who's that?

- He's a famous movie

director, honey.

OK, where are we going?

- OK.

Well, I've only been once,

but Levi lake back here has

some really dope fishing spots.

- Hmm.

- Wait, is that the one with

the really creepy hike in.

- Yeah, Stickman's

Hollow, I think?

I think that's what

the locals call it.

- Well, I hate that.

- Right, right.

But the fishing is unreal.

And apparently, back

in the day, they used

to use it to hold baptisms.

Regular small town sh*t.

Oops, I mean, sorry, stuff.

- Nice one, Curtis.

- You know what?

Don't worry about it.

Anyway, this weird

trail has, like, marked

figures and stuff like that.

- Marked fig--

and it's accessible?

Oh, yeah, the car

will be just fine.

I mean, it gets pretty tight

at the top of the trail,

but it should be doable.

- It is a really

gorgeous hike in.

And the lake at the end

is beautiful.

You're gonna love it.

I've gotta

show you pictures

of these wild

cutthroats I caught.

- No, no, no fishing.

Oh, my god, that was so fun.

- Mm.

We should

do that more often.

- Right?

Oh, my god, your hair.

Why do they look so gorgeous

every time we go camping?

It's annoying.

- It's my only superpower.

OK, whatever.

OK, phone mom, tell her

that we're all good,

but we'll be back.

- Can do.

- Thanks for the camera.

Seriously, how

much did that cost?

- Anything

for my precious nephew.

- When do

I get a nephew, eh?

- She just threw you

under the bus, dude.

- OK, let's go.

- Bye, Ross.

Bye, Curtis.

- It was so good seeing you.

- Take care of them.

- Yeah, you too.

Try not to set

anything on fire.

- Oh, wow.

We're gonna be

having a campfire.

Set that on fire.

- --watch that closely.

I will see you next

week for dinner, OK?

OK.

- We'll have mac and cheese.

It's gonna be b*mb.

What do we say, Ollie?

Thank you

for the camera, Auntie Alice.

- Oh, god damn you're cute.

Damn you're cute!

- See Ollie, don't

get any ideas.

OK, bye, guys.

Love you!

- Bye.

- Drive safe.

- Bye.

- Ross, let's go.

- You all buckled up?

Let's rock and roll, squad!

Yeesh, dad.

- Bye.

Bye.

Bye, everyone.

- Bye, Alice.

Looking good, guys.

Bye.

Love you.

Bye.

- Could you give the camera

back to my son now, please?

- Thank you.

- All right.

Here you go.

Careful, bud.

- OK.

- Road trip.

- Let's hit it.

Hit it.

- Get this off.

I'm not gonna hit

these trees on the side.

No, no.

You're good.

You're good.

Can't quite

tell the distance.

So pretty, though.

Yeah.

Yeah.

We didn't miss that

turn off yet, did we?

No, I think we're good.

OK.

Mom.

- Yeah, sweetheart?

Can I have a bite?

- Of course.

Do you want your own?

No.

- OK.

Here you go.

Oh, careful.

It's a new camera.

- No,.

- Mom.

Is that

the voice-- that's the voice

of the camera you're doing?

- Yeah.

It's like a little

old lady in the woods, you know?

Nice.

Yeah.

No, I can see that I can.

- What do you think, Ollie?

Yeah?

- Definitely not.

- No.

Oh, he--

- You don't think

it sounds like that?

- He doesn't approve.

- OK.

You have not

passed the audition.

You change--

dun,

nuh, duh, nuh, dun-dun, dun-dun,

dun-dun, dun-dun, dun-dun.

Are we there yet?

--find

the bed with me

And I remember the well--

- Gonna ask him for directions?

Yeah, I've

just got to make

sure we're going the right way.

I do not want to get

turned around.

- Ollie, don't

film the stranger.

OK.

Hey, how's it going?

Hi.

- Afternoon.

Hey, we're looking

for a fishing trail.

It's called Stickman's

trail, I think.

Do you know if we're

going the right way?

- Now what are you doing

wanting to go up to the Hollow?

- Wanted to pop

a line in the water.

You know, reel a few in.

Just have-- just have--

just have some quality

time with my son tonight.

- Well, I don't

go up there much.

Not a lot of folks do.

Except, of course,

the Bible thumpers

go up there to baptize their

children or some such nonsense.

Oh, OK.

So we're headed

the right direction then?

Yeah.

- Yeah, it's about 20 minutes

up the road and then about 30

minutes up a narrow road.

Narrow road.

OK.

- You'll know the trailhead

when you get to it.

OK.

How will we know?

- You'll know.

- OK.

- All right.

Thank you.

- Thank you so much.

- That's great.

Yeah.

Hey, any luck out there?

- Take care of your family.

You watch yourself by those

pines near the lake.

- OK.

- All righty.

- Well, thanks a lot.

- Yeah.

Thank you so much, sir.

Have a good one.

Yeah.

That was a little bit weird.

He was

perfectly fine, Ross.

We're just in the country.

- Some local color

there for you, bud.

Mm, I mean, Curtis

and your sister

did it, so it's got to be

at least accessible.

I think we'll be fine.

Are you worried

at all about this?

No, it's so pretty here.

Yeah, but we are

really, really out here.

I can't help it.

Oh, jeez.

Hey, this is

the man you married.

I know.

Whoa!

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What the--

What's up, dad?

I think someone was

just in a rush to go fishing.

Ollie, take a seat.

Where did they go?

I don't know.

Just a second.

Oh, Ross,

don't go in there.

Let me just take a look.

That is so weird.

Hey, Ollie, can

I see the camera?

Sure.

What's wrong, mom?

I don't know.

It's just-- that's strange.

- Have we seen this

car before somewhere?

I don't

know, Officer Ross.

- Looks familiar.

Oh.

What is that?

Ollie.

Oh, god.

What is that?

Ew.

- Wow, that stinks.

Don't put

your nose in it.

- OK.

OK, let's go.

- All right.

Yeah, let's go.

Let's go.

Oof.

Oh, my god.

- What?

Oh, wow.

Mom, go back.

Yeah.

Yeah, sweetie, I see that.

What was that thing?

I don't know.

That is--

- Are we at the trail?

- Yeah.

Wow.

I think this is

what he was talking about.

Yeah, I think that's it.

Yeah, we're here.

Weird.

- OK.

OK.

Pretty freaky, eh?

Yeah.

- What do you think, buddy?

It's kind of like

a big action figure.

- Yeah, kinda.

Yeah.

It's a pretty cool

piece, though.

It's just--

- Just what?

- Just why?

- Why, yeah.

Great question.

I'm gonna start

grabbing some bags.

You want to give

me a hand, buddy?

OK.

You bringing

this fleece, babe?

Yeah, that'd be great

if you could grab that.

Can't let me forget,

after dinner today,

I have to take those vitamins.

Yeah, OK.

- It's so dark.

- Mom!

What is that?

What?

Hey, sir?

See?

Nothing.

- Yeah.

- I just don't want to--

I just want to make sure he's--

- It's OK.

- --enjoy himself.

- Yes, it's fine.

- Should we stay

here the whole night?

- Yes.

You promised him one more

night and some fishing.

- I know.

I know.

- Hey, come on.

It'll be fun.

I'll protect you.

Ew!

Mom!

Dad!

- What are you gonna film

your parents making out?

All set, babe?

I think so.

- Here, let me

tie my shoes, too.

Real mature, dad.

- Because he's got no laces.

Uh-huh.

Classic.

- Let's do this thing.

- Your dad's funny, eh?

Hilarious.

Yeah, I know.

- It's almost

as tall as you, buddy.

Almost.

What is it, Ollie?

Wait.

Ollie.

OK, let's keep going.

Ollie?

Here it is.

- He mentioned

the figures, right?

He said that.

Yeah.

I think I didn't quite

understand what he meant.

Wow.

Yeah.

Careful on this log.

Oh, yeah.

Let's get going, hey?

Like, how far is the lake?

Yeah, it should

be just up ahead.

I went forward a bit.

- There's a couple turns.

- You saw it though, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

I saw it-- well, I

saw where it will--

Mom, are we gonna

be at the lake soon?

As soon

as your dad gets back.

He's just making sure

we're on the right path.

You wouldn't want to get

lost out here, eh?

Spooky.

Oh, Ollie,

I think we're here.

Finally!

--my god, look at this.

Wow.

- Oh, yeah.

- This is it.

Good job, hon.

Good job, dad!

Brought us here.

Slow down.

It's freaking cool.

I'm sorry.

Woo!

Oh, my goodness.

Wow!

Oh, Ollie, this is amazing.

Yep.

- I knew it was gonna be nice.

Didn't I tell you?

You did.

There you go.

- --babe.

Oh, my god!

- You've got to-- you've

got to sketch this.

Oh, I do.

I do.

- I know what I'm doing.

I just did this two

days ago, I swear.

- With maybe like a little

help from my sister.

- I told her not

to tell you that I've

never set up a tent before.

Oh, my--

- She betrayed my trust.

You think after

nine years of marriage

I really don't know that

you're bad with tents?

- Nine years.

- Yeah.

Time flies.

Has it been that long?

It has.

You think we're

married too long?

Oh, shut up.

Mom, dad.

Yeah, sweetheart.

I'm just gonna

go explore a bit.

Oh, OK.

Well, you stay close, OK?

I know.

I don't want

you to go too far.

I know.

OK.

Watch where you're going

with that thing, OK?

Don't want you to trip

while you're filming.

Yep, I'll be careful.

OK.

OK.

As long as I can see you.

Be careful.

I think they

gave us too many poles.

OK.

Oh,

soon I feel this again

Come to this place

Who's there?

My lord got me

I can hear you

singing, you know?

Hey, dad, I thought I heard

someone singing in the woods.

- It's probably

just the birds, bud.

OK, what do you

think, hat, no hat?

No hat.

- OK, well, I'm

gonna wear the hat.

- It's part of my dad's

fishing attire.

It's part of the uniform.

What do you think we should use?

We've got some

shiny-looking guys.

We've got some

swimmy-looking bugs.

There's plenty

of creepy crawlies

here we could choose from.

Dad, where's the hook?

- Well, they're

hidden, see, in there.

So that hook goes

in the fish's mouth?

- Yeah.

Yeah.

We cast it out, hook

their lip, we pull them in,

and then we let them go.

What if they swallow it?

Does the hook get

stuck in their throat?

Hey, you're the one who

wanted to teach him how to fish.

Dad, I didn't know

the fish would get hurt!

- Why don't I just

show you how to cast?

I mean, honestly,

that's the best part.

That's the most fun.

That's my favorite part.

Yeah, I don't like seeing

those fish get hurt either.

All right.

I think I'm all set.

You guys ready?

- Yeah.

- OK.

- Action!

Sound like a director

already, bud.

Oh, can't do it without that.

- Huah!

He's so good.

Go, dad!

- You watching, bud?

So it's all in the wrist.

You want to let out

a little bit of line,

bring it back,

and then flick it out.

It's all in the wrist.

Oh, that was very nice.

- So I'm gonna do a big one.

Make it go really far!

- Come on.

Whoa!

Are you OK?

- Oh, my god.

As you can

see, dad is wet.

- I think we should

probably just

do some hot dogs then tonight.

- I'm freakin' soaked.

- I am wet.

I can't

explain you're so wet.

So wet.

So, so wet.

Oh, my--

- Oh, my gosh.

Did you get that?

I got it.

I got it.

I got it.

I got it.

- Oh, that's hot.

- 5 second rule.

Give me your bun, please.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

- Oh, oh, oh!

Mm!

- OK.

- Your wiener, my lady.

- Oh, why thank you, good sir.

- Chivalry is not dead, clearly.

- Where are the condiments?

- I put some in the bag

there beside you.

- A little bit of Parmesan?

Mom, what are you doing?

- You just wait.

No, please.

Not in front of our son.

- A little bit of peanut butter.

Peanut butter?

- Yes.

I can't even watch this.

- Oh, it's so good.

So, so good.

- Mm!

Yummy!

Ew!

I can't

believe you eat that.

- Stop it, Ross.

Mm!

It's so good.

- It is not.

I guarantee you.

- Ollie, when your dad

and I first went camping,

I discovered this.

It's called

the "butter parme-dog."

It was

the "dog-ijon" last year.

- I like "butter parme-dog."

OK, fine.

Wonder what you'll

call it tomorrow.

Whatever it's called, I

think it's an abomination.

- I want to try.

- Yeah.

No, no.

Oh, what are you

doing to our son?

Peanut butter does not

belong on a hot dog.

What was that?

Yeah, what the hell?

That sounded human.

We must be

hearing things.

What about that

car we saw earlier?

Maybe there's people here?

What?

In the forest at night?

I don't know, locals.

I heard a girl

singing in the woods today.

OK, let's go to bed.

Ollie, it's bedtime.

Yeah, come on, bud.

Let's go.

- Ollie.

What are you doing out there?

Come here.

- Come on.

Back to bed.

- It's OK.

There's nothing to worry about.

Honestly, I think it

was a twig or something.

It's a twig.

It's fine.

Let's get you tucked in.

- Are you going to be running

that camera all night, buddy?

I don't know.

Maybe.

- OK.

Bedtime.

OK?

Fine.

What about a story?

- I don't have

a story for tonight.

But I do have my sketchbook.

Hey, do you want to look

at that before we go to bed?

- Even filming

the sketches, huh?

That's dedication.

I like that one.

- Me too.

OK, It's bedtime.

- Oh, my god.

Ollie, did you draw this?

Draw what?

- Ollie, don't

play games with me.

Did you draw this?

- Draw what, Mom?

- What is it?

Let me see.

- Oliver!

I didn't.

- You have to ask before you

use your mom's sketchbook.

What is this?

I didn't draw

anything in Mom's sketchbook.

- Oliver, you have

to tell the truth.

Did you draw this?

No.

- OK.

It's bedtime.

It's bedtime.

So put the camera off, and we'll

talk about this tomorrow.

Camera off!

- Oh, boy.

- Ollie, bedtime!

Your name

is Oliver, right?

Yes.

Are you OK?

I need your help, Oliver.

Will you help me?

You must be very quiet.

Come with me outside.

Can you do that, Oliver?

I don't want to wake

your mom and daddy up.

That's it.

Quiet now.

Quiet.

- Ollie, what are you

doing, sweetheart?

Come back to bed.

Mom.

Mom, that's not me.

- Ollie!

Ollie!

Is it all

right if I'm rolling?

- Yeah.

Sometimes a little

context of the

before and after

goes a long way.

Just rolling everything.

Yeah, of course.

Right.

I've never done this before.

To be honest, I'm not

even sure I believe in it.

- Well, if lucky, you'll

never have to believe in it.

How long have

you been on the road?

- I left yesterday

around 6:00 AM.

Crossed the border

around midnight.

It's been a hell of a drive.

You?

Wasn't too bad, actually.

They flew me in on a red eye.

I wasn't going to sleep anyway.

Had to bus all the way

to this town, though.

It's barely even on the map.

You think it's the real deal?

- Yeah.

The priest

from yesterday, he--

Alleluia.

Alleluia.

It's the loving father

of children everywhere.

Also loves the children

who live next door to me.

To me,

he's a family man.

The answer is simple.

We have to look at it in the

context of our modern-day lives

and what that would mean.

Is this the neighborhood?

- Mm-hmm.

No, just checking

something here.

OK.

- Yeah.

You drink?

Ah, no.

No, I don't.

- You smoke?

No, sir.

Not cannabis or tobacco.

- Not even drugs,

nothing over the counter?

Well, minor

painkillers sometimes.

- Come on, that doesn't count.

Just making sure you have

all your vices under control.

Need a clear head and a strong

stomach for this line of work.

sh*t.

What is that, sir?

- Document everything

unless I tell you otherwise.

Understand?

Yes, Father.

- Are you all right?

- Yeah.

Yeah.

I'll be fine.

- OK.

- Father Monroe?

- Mr. and Mrs. Hall,

may we come in?

Oh, this is my associate

from the diocese.

He'll be recording

for the entire duration.

It's important we

have a record of the--

well, the more unusual cases.

I'm afraid the church deems it

necessary in this day and age.

Gabriel Hall.

And this is my wife, Selena.

We're very grateful you could

make it on such short notice.

Of course.

Now, the child is contained.

She's safe.

She is, for now.

- That trinket out in the tree--

thank you-- may I ask

where that's from?

- The little men.

Claire makes them

with her Sunday group.

They craft them up at the lake

when someone in the parish

gets baptized.

- Right.

OK.

I think we're all set.

Pay

no mind to Peter.

Fairly soon, you won't

even notice he's here.

Now, before we begin,

I have some questions.

It's important we have a

thorough portrait of the events

leading up to today.

- Of course.

Whatever you need, Father.

Please just walk

me through the timeline here.

When did Clara start showing

signs of suspected possession?

- I received a phone

call at the store.

I own the hardware

store in town,

and I got a phone call from

her teacher, Mrs. Finley.

And she said that Clara was

acting up and being a bad kid.

- She was having

behavioral issues.

- And then there--

and then there was the incident.

I received another phone call

and the school called me up,

and they said that

Clara was throwing

her feces at the other kids.

And I-- and then she ran away

from the school that afternoon.

Eventually, we found

her behind the diner,

rummaging through the garbage

and eating scraps of meat.

At that

point, had it occurred to you

that, perhaps, an entity may

have infested your child?

- I knew right away that

it wasn't my daughter.

I knew it.

My Clara would never

throw her sh*t at--

I'm sorry.

You can

say sh*t, Mr. Hall.

I'm a priest.

I'm not your principal.

So once you got her home,

you contacted Father Edwards.

- Only after she started

speaking in another language.

Yes.

What language?

- Gaelic, he said?

- Yes, a primitive version.

And as I understand it,

Father Edwards

performed an exorcism

for two days in an attempt

to drive the entity out

of your daughter?

That is before

Edwards was attacked

yesterday and hospitalized.

- That's correct.

And how

old is your daughter?

- She's awake again.

- Anything wrong, Father?

- As-- as soon as Father Edwards

was taken away in the ambulance

yesterday, Clara hid

herself in the basement,

and I locked her in.

And she's not

getting out either.

I put those hinges in myself.

I locked her down there

for our own safety.

She was getting

sadistic, Father.

You must have seen what

she did to Father Edwards.

- Father Edwards died last

night in the hospital.

The infection from his

wounds spread too quickly,

and his heart gave out.

- She's further

along than I thought.

- I need to see the room

where Father Edwards

was attacked, please.

Document everything.

She likes playing

house a lot, having a family,

taking care of a baby.

- When did Clara make this?

Yesterday.

- Do you even know what this is?

Gabe, grab the other side.

Help me with this.

Father, why?

You'll see.

Come on.

- My daughter is turning

into a creature from hell.

- Perhaps, Mr. Hall.

There are far worse realms than

man's simple dream of hell.

Oh, hello, Henry.

See, Dr. Monroe

is here to see me.

Doesn't that make

me feel special?

- Clara, is that you?

Mm-hmm.

That's Clara and me.

How does

she know your name?

- I am a servant of God.

I shall not speak

your true name.

You have one last chance

to release the innocent people,

or you will pay penance.

Come closer, Henry.

Remember, this

body on the rocks?

You let him die, Henry.

He would have lived if you

had let me stay inside of him.

I could have made him great.

He would have been a priest.

The village would

have worshipped him.

Father,

what is she saying?

What is she--

- Norway, 1998.

I was new to priesthood.

I was studying medicine in Oslo.

I had performed an exorcism,

much like this one,

on a young man, not

much older than Clara.

What I did not know was

he had been chosen--

chosen here to house this entity

by those that worshipped him.

I couldn't save him from

the entity or the followers.

So how does this particular

being know my name, Peter?

Because I met him before.

A long time ago.

Father, what kind

of , sir?

- Oh, there are hidden secret

sects of Christianity far older

than you've ever studied, son.

Sects from when the Gospels were

mixed with early pagan beliefs.

They defy all our understanding

of what is right, what is wrong.

Their practices are profane.

Keep your eyes on Mr.

and Mrs. Hall, Peter.

You know where

to find me, Clara.

Are you going to tell me?

- What are we going

to do, Father?

Is she too far gone?

- Not if she's still breathing.

- What are you doing?

- We are going to sedate her.

Just until we can

bind her safely.

- Clara!

Follow me.

Father, is this--

Clara, sweetheart.

Mother.

Clara.

Oh, God!

God!

- Father, it's OK.

It's OK.

- Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Ah!

Let it bleed.

Don't get it on you.

Oh!

- Yeah, it's going to spread.

Listen to me.

Listen to me carefully.

Oh, God.

Where was your daughter?

- Levy Lake, where all

the children are baptized.

- Go get your daughter

while she's unconscious.

You needs to get her to Levy

Lake, baptize her again.

Go.

Go!

Peter.

Peter.

Ah!

Take the girl to the lake

and baptize her in the name

of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

Do you understand me, Peter?

- I'm not leaving

you here, Father.

- You need to go!

Do not let her out

of your sight, Peter.

There is something

else afoot here.

Go.

Go, go, all of you.

Get her into the holy water.

Find her.

Find her.

Get her safely to the holy site.

Peter, God be with you, son.

I'll be all right.

Peter.

Give me.

Give me a kitchen

knife, if you will.

A bread knife.

- Come on.

Get off the road.

Get off the road!

- Thank you.

Thank you.

Are we almost there?

Yeah, it's

not much further now.

Oh, no.

No!

Not now.

I can feel it.

I can feel him.

What are you saying?

I can feel

him moving through us,

through our daughter.

feels like an angel.

And he's awake.

He's here!

Ah!

Ah!

What is this place?

- This is where they would

come, hundreds of years ago.

The place of worship.

Never dreamed it

would still be active.

I'm so sorry, Henry.

There was nothing you could do.

You must leave this place.

Just be grateful that

he's gone, for now.

Open the door.

Come on.

Sh.

All right.

- Every time.

Are you ready?

- Chicken dinner.

Oh, now, you whip

the camera out.

Yeah, I gotta make sure

I catch your surprise on camera.

- There's a surprise?

Check the table.

- Ah!

Where?

Is it a puppy?

Here, boy.

No, it's probably not.

I mean, it might be a puppy.

- Can I open it?

Of course,

baby, open it.

- What's up?

Beautifully wrapped.

Yeah, surprise, huh?

- I am, actually.

It's a blender?

Yeah, baby.

But it's not just any blender.

It's the blender that

you've always wanted.

- Oh, yeah.

Oh, my gosh.

Wow.

Yeah.

- It's perfect.

And I love it.

And I spoke

to the salesperson,

and he said that it's

the quietest blender out there.

So now, you can make

smoothies anytime you want.

- Oh, you mean I

can make you healthy

smoothies whenever

you want them.

Like, when you're on work

calls or working from home,

or playing video games,

or getting dressed or showering,

or when you're asleep.

Like, a perfect Stepford wife.

Mm-hmm.

- Happily shopping.

That's

a new.

- Haberdashery.

Oh, no.

- Oh, sh*t.

Someone is really trying to get

in contact with me tonight.

It's an unknown number.

Who answers an unknown number--

All right.

Well, just answer it.

- --at this day and age?

No, it's probably some--

it's probably that creepy uncle

or some relative just calling

to wish us happy anniversary.

But I'm having

a great anniversary,

and I don't need

any more wishes.

Oh, look.

It's stopped.

Problem solved.

How did you get this--

--face in the news, right?

The sister to one of the victims

from the Levi Lake m*ssacre?

- That was five years ago.

But yeah, I am.

Why?

There's something

you might want to know.

Police don't really look

into it up here, even though it

happened a couple times now.

- What are you talking about?

Well, myself and

some of the other

locals you there's been

sightings of a kid nearby lake.

Maybe it's a teenager.

I don't know if it's

a boy or a girl.

- What?

But I've seen it once myself.

Others have seen it maybe

a couple more times.

- That could easily

be anyone's kid.

Look, my nephew

and the Clara girl,

they were pronounced

dead years ago.

So it's over.

It's done.

Yeah, they never found

the bodies, though, did they?

This isn't some kid

on a hike, ma'am.

Like, no one is going up there.

No one is going up to Levi Lake

anymore after what happened.

This kid, this thing, I

don't know, it's feral.

- I'm sorry.

Is this a joke?

No.

No, ma'am.

I swear on my life.

Look, I gotta go.

I just thought

someone should know.

- No.

- I

- don't want no part of this.

But I thought you should know.

- No.

Don't go.

I gotta go.

Take care.

- Wait!

What do we do?

Babe, it's over.

Search and rescue, they did a

grid search up there for weeks,

and they didn't come

up with anything.

There's-- there's

nothing up there for you.

Oh, sh*t.

I'm sorry.

- You put the tickets

in the blender?

You didn't think

I just got you a blender

for our 10th anniversary.

I mean, I'm not a bum.

- Baby, that's a disaster.

Recipe for a blunder.

Oh, my god.

I was just waiting

on the reveal,

but then we got that

creepy phone call.

Kind of ruined my shot.

- I did think you

just got me a blender.

I've never been to Barbados.

M-m.

- Why have we never

been to the Caribbean?

I don't know,

but it's going to be perfect.

It's warm.

- Yes.

Open water.

- Wait, are you just going

to fish the whole time?

No.

I've got one day.

- Oh, my god.

Just one day.

One day, baby.

- I knew it.

- Promise.

Promise.

Cross my heart.

Hope to die.

Just one day of fishing.

- One day.

- One day.

- You get one day.

Thank you.

- Today is Friday.

We leave on Monday.

So we have the weekend, right?

Alice, no.

No, we can't.

Babe, are you sure

you're OK with this?

And where's that old

guy you mentioned?

He's not on here.

Mysterious.

Father Monroe?

Yeah.

Yeah, the church

isolated him from this mess

as soon as possible.

Even the lead

detective on the case

found it really hard to get

a one on one with Monroe.

But good luck getting anything

out of an old Exorcist anyway.

My guess is he did it.

Apparently, he sawed off his

own arm with a bread knife.

Wait what?

You didn't tell me that.

Why would he do that?

- Your guess is as good as mine.

Nothing about this case

really makes any sense.

All right.

But you still want me

rolling on all this, huh?

- Why not?

Maybe we'll catch

a feral kid on camera.

Maybe we'll get famous.

It was a bad idea.

This is where they found

Gabe and Selena Hall's car.

This is the only

spot where they found

blood, right here on the road.

Jesus.

- You were right.

What are we doing here?

You had

a gut feeling, right?

It's always worth

paying attention to.

- I'm sorry I ruined

our anniversary.

Stop.

Stop.

Don't even.

- I don't know.

I thought maybe-- maybe

there was some final clue

or whatever closure looks like.

Baby.

Baby, don't worry.

All right?

What do you say we just--

we just get out of here.

Get out of these woods.

Go to white sand beach

and put some sunscreen on you.

You know how you burn.

All right?

Let's not worry about this.

- Yeah.

OK.

Can we stop at that super greasy

burger place on the way home?

You got it.

And I'm going to have, like,

four of those, you know.

- Oh, I know.

I love you.

- I love you, too.

What?

Curtis,

did you hear that?

Yeah.

Yeah, I did.

Oh, sh*t.

- Ollie?

Alice.

Alice.

- Ollie?

Alice,

where are you going?

Alice!

Baby.

Alice!

Ollie.

Ollie, where are you?

Ollie!

Alice.

Ollie!

Babe, hold

on for a second.

- Do you think someone

could be messing with us?

Someone could be

messing with us.

I mean, they got to be--

it's got to be the locals.

They just want to take

advantage of us.

play

a f*cking prank.

- Why would someone do

something like that?

Auntie Alice,

I need your help!

- What the f*ck.

Auntie Alice,

I need your help

finding the camera you gave me.

I'm sorry, I lost it.

- It's him.

It's gotta be him.

Ollie!

Ollie, stay right where

you are, sweetheart.

Alice.

I need you, Auntie Alice.

- What the f*ck is that?

Ollie?

Alice, just

waiting for a second.

- I know the sound

of my nephew's voice.

OK?

Trust me.

Ollie, where are you?

Alice!

Ollie!

Ollie!

Oliver!

- Ollie, we're here.

Oliver!

- Ollie, where are you?

Oliver!

How far is

Levi Lake from here?

- I don't know.

I mean, we're so far

off the trail now.

f*ck.

Babe, those

are deer bones, right?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Let's keep going.

All right.

f*ck!

Are we lost?

I don't know.

We gotta keep moving.

OK.

OK.

- The sun is going down.

What was that?

Oliver are you hurt?

Oliver!

Stay where you are, buddy.

Auntie Alice!

- Ollie, we're coming.

Ollie!

Baby, be careful.

Oh, sh*t.

Ollie!

Ollie!

Auntie Alice.

Uncle Curtis.

What is happening?

Something's wrong.

This is not what it seems.

I'm here, Auntie Alice.

- Did you hear that?

Yeah.

- Ollie!

Ollie, we're right here.

Where are you?

Alice.

Curtis.

What's happened?

Is that Annie?

Annie!

Annie!

- I can hear her.

Take that.

I can hear you, sister.

I'm coming, Annie!

Help!

- She's over here.

Help!

Annie!

Ollie!

Annie!

I'm scared.

Ollie, I'm coming.

I'm coming, honey, just

keep talking to me.

Ollie!

Curtis!

Curtis.

Curtis!

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

Oh, no.

No.

No.

Ollie!

I'm up here.

Ollie.

Ollie.

I'm stuck, Auntie Alice.

I need your help.

My leg is caught.

No.

OK.

We'll have to hurry,

Auntie Alice, before she--

before she-- comes back.

I can make all

sorts of voices, Alice.

Oh!

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh.

Oh, Alice.

Alice, you have

such pretty hair.

I'm so, so glad.

I've been waiting for someone

with very pretty hair.

My baby needs hair.

You must want to meet

my baby, Alice.

Don't you?

I always wanted a perfect baby.

So I made one with eyes from

Mommy, lungs from Ollie,

lips from Daddy,

skin from Annie.

Now, I just need

your pretty hair.

- Ah!

Ah!

Grandfather,

Henry Monroe, I live.

- What the f*ck.

Oh!

Take my daughter,

Clara, to be your loyal servant.

Take my daughter, Clara.