[logo chimes]
[electricity fizzing]
- [Woman] Time is pregnant
with possibility
and every moment has a mother.
[suspenseful music]
- Oh, my little sweetheart.
- Ken,
and Juliet.
You are both sacred.
Drink.
And feel the power
flow through you.
When we drink from this bowl,
we free our minds.
We let what was meant to happen,
happen.
We are all truly free here.
We are one
with everything
that surrounds us.
- Yes, guru.
- Yes, guru.
- Go.
Dance.
[chuckles]
Be with the night.
Be with our family.
- I love you.
- I love you too.
[gentle music]
[laughing]
- The woods are calling to me.
[gentle music continues]
- The woods are calling you?
- Yeah.
Should I go?
- You must,
go to the woods.
See what they have to show you.
- Mommy, where are you going?
- Not now, Eve.
Your mother's been called upon.
Hey,
why don't you go and find me
the prettiest frog you can, Eve?
Catch him for me.
And if you do,
I'll make sure you get an extra
helping at the next feast.
Okay? All right, go.
[eerie music]
[creature growls]
[creature growls]
[eerie music continues]
[creature growls]
[moaning]
[creature growls]
[tense music]
[creature growls]
[birds chirping]
[chuckles]
- Mommy? You're home.
Will you play with me?
- Not now, Eve. Mommy's tired.
Why don't you tell
me about your day?
- Juliet took me in
the river and tried to
teach me how to fish.
I wasn't very good at it,
but she says that's okay.
I got another frog for the guru.
He loves the ones
I catch for him.
He says if I can find
the best one, he'll
give me extra desserts.
- Oh, that's good sweetie.
Sorry.
[suspenseful music]
[groaning]
[moaning]
[sombre music]
[retching]
[coughing]
[tense music]
Guru.
What happened last night?
- You were asked by the
universe to enter the woods.
They chose you.
Do you not realise
how beautiful this is?
- What?
What does that even mean?
Guru, I need to
know what happened.
Something is very wrong.
- Ssh. They chose you.
The powers that be.
They chose you to lead our group
into the light, to eternal life.
You are the mother
of this family now.
I only watched you
walk into the woods.
I did not see what
was asked of you.
- No, no, no, no, no.
You were there.
I remember you being there.
- Guru, please... [gasps]
- I think you need to
embrace this gift that
you have been given.
[gasping]
Because this is only the
beginning, sweet Lilith.
[tense music]
[Lilith groans]
[Lilith groaning]
[Lilith gasps]
- Mommy! Come back!
[birds chirping]
[sombre music]
[Lilith gasping]
- Okay, I'm good.
[Lilith trembling]
[sombre music continues]
[birds singing]
Please, please tell
me what is happening.
I think I'm dying.
- I want you to meet
me by the river later.
Everything will be
explained to you then,
I promise.
Remember.
You
are the chosen one.
[Lilith whimpering]
[sombre music continues]
- Okay.
I have to go with the guru now.
So you stay here and
be a good girl, okay?
Here. Take this.
You keep that safe for me, okay?
Mommy loves you so much.
- I love you.
[Lilith sniffing]
- No.
No.
[frog croaking]
[Lilith gasping]
[Lilith breathing heavily]
[creature growling]
- You're so beautiful, Lilith.
[creature growling]
[Lilith gasps]
[Lilith groaning]
It's okay, drink this.
- No!
- It'll help with the pain.
It'll help take away
your pain and help take
away all of our pain.
You will birth the
next generation.
You will be our divine mother.
Ah!
[Lilith gasping]
He's here, Lilith.
[creature growling]
He's here.
It's time.
- Guru, I can feel them.
- Yes.
- I can feel all of it.
- I need you to push.
I need you to push.
- I can feel him coming.
I can feel him, Guru!
Push, Lilith.
Push! The new world
it starts with you.
[Lilith screams]
[flesh squelching]
[Lilith screams]
You did it, Lilith.
You are the mother of all frogs.
Behold your child who will
bring forth the next generation.
[tense music]
[Frog growling]
[tense music continues]
- Have you seen Eve?
- Well, I'm sure
she's here somewhere.
[glass clinks]
- Last night I...
witnessed the birth of
the next generation.
And with it our salvation.
We have given our lives to
the creatures of the river.
And the river has
finally given back.
So tonight...
We celebrate with this feast.
We eat and we drink
and we celebrate.
For we are ushering
in a new light.
Festum corporis, my sacred ones.
[suspenseful music]
Festum corporis.
[laughing]
Let's begin.
Please.
- I should go find Eve.
I'll come with you.
[chuckling]
[Eve sobbing]
- We got you, honey.
- Let's get you
something to eat.
- No! Mommy!
Please come back.
Please just come, please.
- [Woman] Nature or nurture?
An eternal question.
When a parent abandons a child,
nature steps in
to fill the void.
And nature... It's
a merciless teacher.
- And that's exactly
what I'm trying to say,
is that, you know, you're
not going to get a great film
without having a
great cinematographer.
Which brings me back
to my original point.
You know, I know that
you just need the
footage for your project,
but I really think we can make
this like a
[sucks teeth]
like a hearts of darkness
type thing, yeah?
- What are you talking about?
- It's like, oh, I
got you, I got you.
It's like one woman, that's you,
battling against nature,
driven to the edge of sanity.
Based on a true story.
- Seriously?
- Come on, back me up
here, guys. Let's go.
- We're supposed to be
impartial observers of events.
- Thank you, Travis.
- I know exactly, no one
said we won't be impartial,
impatient observers of whatever.
It's just sometimes
you can goose those
events along a little.
Just a little bit.
- So you're saying
that you actually want
to drive you to
the edge of sanity?
- You know what? After
17 hours in this van,
I feel like I'm
already halfway there.
- Well, then, great.
- Look, I brought you guys along
to back up my dissertation,
and [indistinct] are paying me
a lot of money for this.
And I want a job
at the end of it.
- Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
This is so much bigger than
money or some job for us.
This is about art.
Right, guys?
- Film students.
Won't you take me away?
Cause I don't belong here
[speaking foreign language]
- What is he doing?
- He seems like he's
having a good time.
- What are we doing?
What have we missed?
Oh.
Jesus Christ, Travis.
- What?
- Why aren't you filming this?
- The camera's in the van.
- Dude. Oh, my God, you're
not gonna make it far
as a documentarian like this.
But, I mean, we're literally
experiencing pure
Florida right here.
- No, we're not here
for pure Florida.
- Can we just get going?
He's giving me the creeps.
- Get the f*cking
camera, Travis.
[man grunting]
Come on, get in really tight.
Don't be shy, don't be shy,
get in there, get in there.
Oh, yeah, that's good.
[grunting]
Hey, buddy.
Go, go, go, go, go!
- Hurry! Let's go!
[engine starts]
Go go go!
[screaming]
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!
[speaking foreign language]
[engine rumbling]
- This is what
I'm talking about.
Into nature.
- Are you sure we're going
in the right direction?
- [Travis sighs] Uh...
The instructions that
[indistinct] contact Brett sent
over
are pretty straightforward.
Um,
should be a clearing up ahead,
and we're pretty much there.
- f*cking a.
[birds chirping]
[Eve chuckles]
- Oh my God.
Awesome.
Oh!
[frog croaks]
- So...
what's with the frogs?
- Well, if you must know,
my mom disappeared
when I was young,
and she had a thing
for frogs, so I guess...
they just helped me feel
closer to her, you know?
- Ah, jeez.
- Think about a, you know,
maybe making a more
believable backstory.
- That is...
- Something like that.
- That's my life.
That's... okay, that's what
really happened, so.
- Mhm.
- Oh, sorry!
- Oh! Look who's
joining the party.
Come on, take a seat,
take a seat, take a seat.
- I saw, no I saw some
frog spawn back there.
I'm gonna go make
some observations on the
surrounding area.
- Ah fun.
- You guys have fun.
- Mhm. We will.
Lots of it.
Lots of...
Fun.
- With a series
of stagnant pools,
the mini ecosystem
seems to be unusually
conducive to amphibian life.
There appear to be an even
more diverse set of species
than anticipated.
There are distinct
characteristics of the region
which appear to be...
Wow, these two creatures do not
exist within the same ecosystem.
Ah!
[frogs croaking]
What?
[laughs]
- And you know what you Scorsese
about Unforgiven, don't you?
I mean.
- Oh my God.
Strike me down.
- He said he'd...
- [both] Never make a Western
because everything that needed
to be said with the genre
was
said by Unforgiven.
- Yeah, Yeah, yeah,
yeah, he did say that.
- Guys, guys, I just
heard something
really weird out there.
- Weird places
have weird noises.
Huh?
[animal calls]
[whimpering]
[animal calls]
[animal calls]
- I'm gonna f*cking k*ll you!
[all scream]
[Brett laughing]
You should have
seen y'all's faces.
- What the f*ck, man?
Who are you?
- I'm just kidding,
I'm just kidding.
My name is Brett,
and I will be your host.
-[Eve] Oh, my God.
- He's coming over here.
- Which one of y'all's is Eve?
- I'm...I'm Eve.
Nice to meet you, Brett.
- Oh, yeah. Soft hands.
- Quite an entrance. Thank you.
[Brett laughs]
- I hear you kids love frogs.
- Yeah, yeah.
- Yeah, good of you to show us
around the bog here, Mr. Brett.
- Oh, please.
Mr is my dad's name all right?
It's just Brett.
Just Brett.
B-R-E-T-T.
[laughs]
- Care to join us, just Brett?
What?
- I'll take a brew.
Or 2 or 3?
[Brett laughs]
[all laughing]
Four ain't hurt nobody, right?
[all chuckling]
So, what do you all know
about frog country?
- Quite a lot, actually.
Um, I'm doing a dissertation on
the amphibian life in the area.
I mean, that's why we're here.
- Oh, and to make
cinematic history.
- So y'all must have heard
about the God of the bog, then.
God of... the bog.
- Used to be some say there
was a Bigfoot out there.
Some say it's just
a big old gator.
I've been out here 35 years
and I ain't never seen neither.
- What have you seen?
- Some nights out there,
there's a cool breeze,
a chill in the
air that whistles.
The air gets dark
and all you can see are
them beady little frog eyes
staring right at you.
Swarming.
Sometimes.
And just sometimes,
you can see a big
dark set of eyes
staring right at
you from the swamp.
And then you better run.
- Run where?
- To wherever the eyes
from hell can't catch you.
Ah!
[screams]
Y'all are too easy.
[Brett laughs]
Whew! All right, I'm exhausted.
Well, I'm going to bed.
[groans]
Oh! I suffer from night terrors,
so you're gonna
hear some screaming.
[Brett grunts]
- What is with this guy?
[insects chirping]
Lithobates catesbeianus,
the American bullfrog,
one of the more common
frogs in the region
that exists within an
ecosystem of diverse...
- Ooh, cut, cut, cut, cut.
- Mike, that was
verbatim from my notes.
- Sure, no, I get that,
great work too, everyone.
Great job everybody
just, um, can we, uh,
you know, spice it up a bit?
- The spice is in this
beautiful and unique frog.
- Oh, yeah, don't...
I don't want to.
- Fine, if this
doesn't do it for you.
Rumour has it there's
some hallucinogenic
frogs in the area.
- Uh, hallucinogenic,
like... like we'll be,
like, tripping ba*ls?
- Like in hearts of darkness.
- No, that's not...
that's not what I meant.
These frogs can be
toxic and even deadly.
That is not what I meant.
I think... I think we can
handle a little frog juice.
- Okay, you go easy.
- Hey.
There's a hopping
spot down there
about half a mile that way.
You'll find lots of little
froggy-woggies over there.
- Okay, let's get moving.
- Hey, Brett.
- [Brett] Yeah?
- Hold on.
Um, Hey, Brett.
Um, Eve was saying something
about there being, uh,
special frogs out
here somewhere.
- You interested in those
little funny frogs?
- Yeah, yeah, I do have
a passing interest in
expanded consciousness.
- Yeah, well, I'll
tell you what, champ.
You stick with me.
We'll do it right.
[Brett laughs]
Anybody seen my keys?
- There is evidence that
frogs roamed the Earth.
There is evidence that
frogs roamed the earth.
There is evidence that
frogs roamed the earth
for more than 200 million years.
- Oh! sh*t.
- What? What's wrong?
- sh*t.
- What? What's wrong?
- Um.
I forgot to pack
the backup battery.
- Dude. Oh, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no.
This is amateur hour stuff,
Travis, what the f*ck?
- Whoa whoa whoa.
Can you relax?
It's not even a real production,
it's gonna be fine.
- Yeah, chill you f*ck.
- You're good.
- I'll run back to
camp and get it.
- [Mike] Okay, fine.
- I could show you a shortcut.
[spits]
Get you back in no time.
- Great, yeah.
Great, okay.
- Uh, Cass?
- Yeah?
- Baby, can you just...
Can you hold on to this for me?
- Okay.
- There should be
enough battery life
if you guys want to
keep sh**ting okay?
- Okay, but just be safe.
- I'll be back, I
will, I love you.
- I love you more.
- I love you.
- Just go!
- Mwah.
- All right. Love you.
- Oh, f*ck.
Ah! Okay. Who is that guy?
Where did you f*cking find him?
- Yeah, but my real
passion is butterflies.
I want to make a sanctuary.
Hey,
hey.
I snagged one of them, uh,
special little froggies
y'all been asking about.
- Oh, f*ck.
[laughing]
Right on.
Oh, sh*t!
What do I do with it?
- Well, look close.
See them bumps?
- Yeah.
- Well,
you pop those f*ck,
and then you lick up that
good old frog juice.
[laughing]
Then you got to
give it back to me
so I can put it back in
the bog with its friends.
They're probably
looking for him.
- Okay.
- Go on now.
- All right.
- Okay, f*ck it.
- Go on now, don't be shy.
- Oh!
f*ck, that's nasty.
- I heard that one.
- Yeah. [laughing]
Just like that?
- Oh, yeah.
[exhales]
- Oh!
[Brett giggling]
Oh, careful now.
[Travis coughing]
- Oh, f*ck!
- Yeah, I didn't
say it tasted good.
[Travis spitting] Oh wow!
- Let's get out of here.
- [Eve] You just keep trying to
overcomplicate everything.
- Getting a jib out here
wouldn't be
overcomplicating anything.
If anything, it would simplify a
lot of the shots I want to get.
- You are such a dickhead.
This is my fault for
thinking a video component
would be a good
part of my thesis.
- Oh, it can be helpful,
and win the Palme d'Or.
That's what I'm trying to say.
- You know, I
don't speak French.
[eerie music]
[Travis sighs]
[frog croaks]
- [Travis is in slow motion] Yo.
Brett.
[frog croaks]
[sighs]
Um, are you sure we're
going the right direction?
[frog croaks]
I feel like we should
be back by now.
[frogs croaking]
[eerie music continues]
Oh f*ck!
- You just need to
step out of that academic
mindset for a minute
and think about what
brings people to the
theatre, that's it.
- Mike, I do not care what
brings people to the theatre.
I care about my thesis,
and I care about frogs.
And that's all I care about.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah,
well, you know what?
If you love frogs so much, why
don't you just marry a frog?
- Oh, real mature, Mike!
- I know I am!
- Guys!
[frog croaking]
- Whoa!
- What the...
[frogs croaking]
- This isn't normal.
- Brett, am I seeing things?
Are there a lot of
frogs out here, man?
[Brett laughs]
- You gave that funny
frog a good lick.
You're gonna be seeing
froggies for days.
[eerie music]
- Yo.
[breathing heavily]
[laughing nervously]
Holy f*ck, there's
a lot of you, man.
[frogs croaking]
[frog growling]
Yo!
Brett, looking good, man.
You look like one big old
frog monster right now.
[Travis groaning]
- Home sweet home.
- What was that noise?
- Oh my God.
Weird places have weird noises.
- Where are Travis and Brett?
- Travis! Brett!
- They probably went back out
via Brett's magical shortcut.
We missed them on the way.
Let's get that fire
going. Let's go.
- You know something?
Something feels off.
I hear you, and I
validate your feelings.
- Okay, what's that
supposed to mean?
- I don't... I don't
have many girlfriends.
I just thought it would
make you feel better.
No. Right. Okay.
Um, don't you think it's
weird that Brett
shortcut is taking so long?
And...
- Look.
- What?
- I don't think they
made it back to camp.
- Whoo! I'll be
right back, guys.
Gotta go drain the main vein.
- Oh, my...
- Urgh, it's the worst.
- Thank you very much for
this very generous award.
I'd like to thank my fellow
nominees, my parents,
but most of all, myself.
[chuckles]
What?
What the...
[groans]
Damn it, man, my f*cking boots.
I saw light [laughs]
I saw light.
- Maybe it's Travis.
- Or maybe something
interesting, who knows?
Yeah. Come on, Cass, go
grab the camera and battery,
we gotta go right now.
- Here.
You take the friggin'
camera and battery.
I'm staying here.
Travis might come back.
- Oh, great, I gotta do
everything myself around here.
- I'll come with.
- Really, why?
- Really, why?
- Yeah. I mean, there's
no point in two of us
waiting around here.
Plus most amphibians
are nocturnal, we might
get something good.
[Mike grunts]
- Yeah, great, more frog stuff.
- We're here for the frog stuff!
- f*ck!
- Come on, come on. Shh!
[insects chirping]
[whispers] Into the unknown.
Hi.
You're a friendly fella.
[door creaking]
- Fascinating. A tree frog?
Do you smell that?
Smells like urine.
- That was me,
I pissed on my boots.
- What? Why?
- Move past it, It
was an accident.
- Oh! What the f*ck?
[retching and coughing]
[eerie music]
[Cass gagging]
Oh, f*ck!
- [Mike whispers]Travis.
[knocking on door]
You in here, buddy?
Looks like it's just me,
a piss-soaked undergrad,
and a tree frog.
- Yeah, well, who lit
the lantern, then?
I mean, this guy didn't do it.
Whoa!
- It's an army.
Did you know a group of
frogs is called an army?
- Oh, would you stop?
Travis?
- Travis?
[frogs croaking]
Is that you out there?
[eerie music]
Mike?
Eve, are you back?
[music intensifies]
[croaking intensifies]
Oh my God, Travis!
What the f*ck?
Where have you been?
What happened?
They all went looking for you.
It was supposed
to be a shortcut.
Even Mike went looking
for you, I was worried...
[frogs croaking]
What?
[frogs croaking]
[eerie music]
[panting]
[Cass moaning]
[Cass moaning]
- Travis?
is that you up there, buddy?
Come on.
Hey.
Travis, man, you really
had us going there.
You know, disappearing off
in the night like that.
But I knew you wouldn't
split with pure Florida
left to finish, right?
You, you, you.
Holy sh*t.
What?
Oh.
Roll, roll, roll,
roll, roll, roll.
- [Eve] Okay.
- Holy f*ck!
Hey.
Hey, buddy.
Whoa!
Oh, my God, we're making
a creature feature.
[frog growling]
[frog growling]
[Mike whimpering]
Wow!
[frog roaring]
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey!
[flesh squelching]
[frog roaring]
[frog rumbling]
[Eve whimpering]
[Eve sobbing]
[frog roaring]
[Eve whimpering]
I don't know what it was.
It was not a frog.
It had a split [indistinct].
I, we, I don't like it.
- Hey, now, hey, now!
What are you doing
out here by yourself?
- Oh, Brett, thank God.
It was awful.
It attacked Mike,
it k*lled Mike.
- Okay, okay, slow
down, slow down.
What did you see?
- It was the god of the bog.
It wasn't like anything
I've ever studied.
It wasn't a frog.
It was terrifying.
- You mean, uh,
I left you alone?
- Yeah, you have to believe me.
I don't know why
it left me alone.
I think it got Travis too.
Brett. What?
Where'd you get that necklace?
- Oh.
Oh.
[laughs]
Am I embarrassed or what?
[chuckles]
This is just me being
sloppy now, ain't it?
[laughs]
sh*t.
- What are you talking about?
- Well, I could ask you the
same thing now, couldn't I?
Cause it usually
don't let people live.
- Usually? You mean you,
like, you, you led us to him?
- Well, you see,
Froggy gotta eat.
And Froggy gotta mate.
So now the question is,
what do I do with someone
that froggy don't want?
[Eve whimpering]
Ow!
[Brett grunting]
- Don't ever go
missing on me again.
You had me worried sick.
Whoa! Wait, Travis,
where are you going?
- Cassie!
- What?
- Thank God, you're here.
We have to get the f*ck
out of here right now!
- Wait. What are
you talking about?
- Mike is dead, I
watched him die.
Brett's in f*cking sane,
we need to f*cking go now.
- Wait, wait, but
what about Travis?
- Travis is dead.! Okay?
- No, I was literally
just in there with him.
What the f*ck?
- Am I interrupting something?
[whimpering]
[Brett chuckling]
Anybody order some g*n pie? Huh?
- Go, go, go!
f*cking run!
[Eve screaming]
- Brett's got a good plate
of g*n pie for you.
[Eve] Get in the car.
- Yo, Eve, open
the f*cking door.
- It's me, Brett. B-R-E-T-T.
- I dropped the keys,
I dropped the keys!
- Go, go!
- You left the campsite
a f*cking mess.
- Eve start the f*cking car
right now, let's go, hurry up!
- [Eve] I'm trying,
stop yelling!
- Hurry up! Let's go!
- You can't leave.
Travis is still here.
[screaming]
Oh my god!
Go! Go! Drive!
[tyres screeching]
[Cass shouting indistinctly]
[Cass sobbing]
[engine revving]
Oh!
[Brett mumbling]
Whoops.
Where did you go off to?
There you are.
Look at you.
[sighs]
[frog groaning]
That's right. That's right.
It's okay, I'm here, I'm here.
I know, I know.
Look what they did to you.
Oh!
[sighs]
[frog groaning]
Good night, my sweet prince.
[water splashes]
[sighs]
[frog croaks]
[Cass groaning]
- Are you hurt?
- I don't think so.
I actually feel, weirdly, good.
["Hurricane" by Nick Ray plays]
To that hurricane
Won't you take me away?
Cause I don't belong here
- [Woman] The first law of
nature is adaptation.
To survive, we join tribes.
We form pacts.
We take on the attributes
of our environment.
When one keeps the
company of monsters,
it is difficult not to
become one yourself.
- [muffled voice] It is
absolutely bullshit.
I mean family first.
You know,
for as long as I can remember,
my dad has treated me and my mom
like nothing more than frogs
for anything and everything.
He shows us off on stage,
he puts us in front of
every single camera.
No, the truth is,
the truth is this.
[eerie music ends]
My dad and his friends
and everybody like him
are all just liars, cheaters
and straight up monsters.
- You're missing my
greatest hits, Pats.
- My g*dd*mn kid.
- How old is he now?
- 18, if you can believe it.
- Yeah, he's quite
the celebrity.
- I think he'd do less damage
if he burned our house down.
- A minor setback.
These things happen
all the time now, you just
have to wait it out.
- Kids like a cancer,
it gets bigger and bigger
and worse every year.
- He's not too far
off from college.
I'm sure you set him up well.
[Laughing]
-n Well, the school
wants to renegotiate.
Turns out the kid doesn't want
to go to college, like, at all.
- Mine didn't either.
Travelled the world before
going into interior design.
[laughs]
[ball rattles]
It's a losing battle, gentlemen.
Kids will carve their own paths,
deviate, rebel.
Then they reach our
age and realise
they've made the same stupid
mistakes their parents did.
- Speaking of deviation,
did you ever hear of
something called BCT?
- Wow, I guess the
foreplay is over.
- It's a compound,
naturally occurring
neural inhibitor
we've been studying
since its discovery in the
Amazon 20 years ago.
- Used by the indigenous
for religious ceremonies,
enlightenment, all kinds
of psychedelic hippie sh*t.
- And let me guess,
this is something that you have?
- And something you need.
- I'm listening.
- We trialled with various
paramilitary groups
all off-book, of course.
- You hear that sudden spike
in recruitment in zero four?
- Oh, bullshit.
- That was just the beginning.
We baited in a few
developing nations.
Ironing out the kinks,
refining, improving.
Then we trialled
in Gaithersburg.
- Gaithersburg review?
- 98% efficacy.
- Okay.
Interest is sparked.
How's it work?
- It reprogrammes vital
neural pathways in the brain.
- It's not all that
complicated, really.
Think of it as a return.
The good old days.
Self-sacrifice.
Patriotism. Loyalty.
A re-education
without the education.
- Okay, and how am I involved?
- Newton's ridge.
- Jesus, it's in my writing.
- Abandoned mining town.
Nikolai. Think population 500.
- You know the rules.
We have to go through
the appropriate channels.
- And you're not the
appropriate channels?
- The media would crucify me.
Okay?
Opening a foreign chemical
plant in small town Canada.
Please, Grayson.
- You're drowning, Mr. Milton.
We know you're in
damage control.
I figure three years,
tops, before you hand
in your resignation
and settle for an
early retirement.
- What is this?
Carrot and stick?
- Right now I'm both.
We're offering you
the golden egg.
And I can't help but
feel incredibly offended
by the thought of you
turning down what could
be the greatest
discovery of a lifetime.
- That's a little heavy-handed,
even for you, Eve.
What did you find?
The Ark of the Covenant.
- Something older,
something real.
- This is world
changing stuff, Pats.
Hearts and minds injected
directly into the bloodstream.
No more campaigns,
no more rallies, no debates.
- I think we need to have this
conversation somewhere else.
- An internet video almost
ruined your career, Mr. Milton.
What control you have now,
microscopic.
This plant.
This compound.
It's how you survive.
It's how you climb to the top.
And it's how you stay there.
[phone vibrating]
- Can I take this?
- We have time.
[eerie music]
[phone vibrating]
- Sandy, yeah, I need you
to clear my afternoon.
Thanks.
[eerie music]
[engine rumbling]
[expl*si*n booms]
[water splashing]
[Pat gasping]
[throws up and coughs]
- Are you okay?
- Dad?
- What happened?
- Our helicopter had crashed.
We crashed.
Our helicopter went down.
[Pat groans]
- What?
- Our pilot, he was like he was
sick or something, I don't know.
[Pat groans]
Okay, hey.
[both groaning]
- Are you okay?
- Yeah, I mean, I messed up my
leg a bit, but I'll be fine.
I'll be fine.
[tense music]
- f*ck!
- Here.
Take mine.
It's low battery
but you can use it.
[phone beeps]
- [answerphone] We apologise for
not being able to
take your calls.
All dispatch...
- Oh, Jesus Christ!
- Well, I mean, don't
you have somebody,
like, important that you
could call or something?
- Uh.
f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck.
[phone rings]
Grayson.
- [Grayson] Jesus, Pat.
I'm watching what's
going on down there.
Are you okay?
- Jesus, no, we're not okay.
f*ck, uh, you need
to come pick us up.
- [Grayson] Okay,
Where are you right now?
- Uh, uh.
Sorry, the helicopter
just crashed, just...
just give me a sec.
- [Grayson] Your helicopter?
- Yeah, we're in Sorenson Park.
- [Grayson] Okay, okay. Uh, if
you can get to the airport,
I can get you out of there.
- We can't get to f*cking
the airport, okay?
All the roads are blocked.
- [Grayson] All air traffic is
for public search and rescue
[breaks up] .
In, out.
- What? Grayson.
[tense music continues]
f*ck you.
- That was nice.
- Um, we need to
get to the airport.
- Okay, well, how are we
supposed to get to the airport?
I mean, that's like, two
hours away before the flood.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
Um.
The sun's coming down,
we can't be here in the dark.
We need to, uh, to, to, to,
find somewhere to, uh, to.
To stay put.
- Okay, yeah, you know what?
I saw a sign for, like, a corner
store, like like that way.
- Okay, great, yeah.
We'll, uh, we'll hang
out there, we'll rest up.
We'll, uh, you know,
charge your phone,
and then, um, we,
uh, f*ck me, we...
uh, we'll go to the airport.
- The airport, you
just said it, dad.
[Pat groaning]
- sh*t.
Okay.
[tense music]
- f*ck! Sorry, sorry,
sorry, sorry, sorry.
I'm so sorry.
How's your leg?
- It's fine.
- Okay,
good.
Come on, let me help you.
Okay?
We'll find you a walking
stick on the way.
- Okay.
Just need to get my phone,
okay? Just stay there.
[grunting]
Okay.
Okay?
- Yeah.
- Somewhere over here,
I don't remember.
[indistinct]
[eerie music]
Stand back.
Hello?
Have a look around and
see if there's any food.
[flies buzzing]
[eerie music]
[Brendan groans]
[bag rustling]
[flies buzzing]
- Well, I found chargers.
- Any flashlights?
- Uh.
Oh, yeah, but over
there by the register.
This place is disgusting.
[eerie music continues]
[dramatic music]
- Could be worse.
Did you find any food?
- Uh, yeah.
- Okay, all right, um,
let's go over there
and see if it's safe.
If it is, barricade
the door and we'll...
I guess we'll spend
the night, okay?
- Yeah.
Sure.
- Can't tell if this place was a
sh*thole before it got looted.
[knocking sound]
[croaking]
[knocking sound]
[eerie music]
[knocking sound]
- Dad? - I found the
cause of the smell.
Go rest. I'll look around
and see if I can find any more
of these and get rid of them.
Sleep, it's okay.
- All right.
[eerie music]
[birds chirping]
Dad?
[groaning]
Dad!
Dad!
- Brandon.
- Hey. Phone's charged.
- Good news.
- Uh, yeah, I'm
gonna call mom first.
Let her know we're okay.
- Okay.
- Are you okay?
- Found this behind the counter.
It's fully loaded.
I have no intention of using it.
I just want you to
know that I have it.
Do you understand?
- Uh.
Yeah.
- All right, now
go grab your bag.
If we leave now, we'll be able
to get to the plant on time.
What do you mean, plant?
- The airport.
We need to leave ASAP.
[tense music]
- Yeah, okay,
just give me two minutes.
- Good boy.
Good boy.
Be careful.
- Yeah.
[eerie music]
- Are you okay?
- Yeah. I'm fine.
[eerie music continues]
- Brendan,
I need to apologise to you.
- For what?
- I know I haven't been
the best father to you.
- Um.
- It's fine.
- No.
- Family is important.
It's the most important
thing there is.
It shouldn't take a natural
disaster for me to realise that.
- It's fine, really.
- No it isn't.
I want to tell you something
that I've never told you before,
okay, I've never
told anyone before.
- Okay.
- When you were born.
I felt nothing.
I was afraid, you know,
I was afraid of what that meant.
What that meant about me.
I almost died in that crash.
But you saved me.
My baby boy saved me.
And listen, listen, listen.
Listen to me.
[growling]
I've now been given
a second chance
to become a real father.
And I get to fulfil my purpose.
[eerie music continues]
[gurgling]
- Okay, dad.
This is about the video,
something I...
[yelps]
[combatants grunting]
- Please stop.
- What do you want?
Who are you?
[blow thuds]
[coughing]
- I'm sorry, are you okay?
- What is his f*cking problem?
- I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry, something's
wrong with him,
he's not himself.
[coughing]
[eerie music]
[growling]
[frog roars]
- [muffled voice] Mr. Milton.
There he is.
Man of the hour.
- Oh, what's going on?
Where's Brendan?
- [sighs] You're kidding me.
- Pats, you need to
listen to me, buddy.
f*ck Brendan, okay?
This is about you, my man,
you and yours
- I need...
I need to get my son.
- Oh, easy there, bud.
We've got greater
responsibilities now.
- What?
- You're a father, Mr. Milton.
- It's time to meet our kids.
All our hard work finally
paid off, my friend.
- Where are we?
- The nest.
- I can't be here.
- Spare us, Mr. Milton.
I know you're out there
in the real world,
but all this is you trying to
make sense of what's going on.
But it's a losing battle.
[Pat screams]
- Family first, Pat's.
You know, it's impressive.
[Pat screams]
Little bundle firing
away under the hood.
- Be fruitful and multiply.
- Puts up a good fight.
A commendable fight.
- Rule the earth and govern it.
- Yes, but we were
here long before you.
- Reign over the fish in the
sea, the birds in the sky.
And all the animals that
scurry along the ground.
- Our drier Asher, ancestor
of ours, reunited at last.
Here to take our torch.
[eerie music]
Our future,
our family.
[Grayson laughs]
[Pat screams]
[water splashes]
[Pat gasping]
[frog growling]
- My dad and everybody like
him are all just liars,
cheaters, straight up...
[frog growling]
[tense music]
- Brendan!
Let him go. Let him go!
[Brendan coughing]
Are you okay?
- Brendan?
- Yeah.
- I've never...
- It's the water.
It's the water.
When he fell out
of the helicopter.
You swallowed too much,
and now you're sick.
- No, I'm fine.
I, uh...
[gasping]
[eerie music]
You a liar?
You f*cking liar.
- Is there any way
we can sedate him?
- We tried.
He's not responding.
- Bren...
[croaking]
[croaking]
[Pat grunting]
- [Brendan] Dad!
[Pat retching]
[Pat throwing up]
- Family first, Pats.
[Pat whimpering]
- You did this to me.
This is your fault.
You made me.. made me.
- A father?
- You're drowning, Mr. Melton.
- You are not my family.
You...
You are not.
[g*nsh*t]
[g*nsh*t]
[groaning]
["Clair de lune" plays]
[squelches]
[birds chirping]
- [Director] Standby.
Open the door, please.
[people chatting indistinctly]
Yes. Thank you.
All right.
Let's roll, sound.
Silence please!
[Clapper loader] 58 Alpha,
Take one.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Nice to see you.
- Nice to see you as well.
- Are you ready?
- Yeah.
- All right.
- [Director] And action.
- We are back with
Brendan Milton,
one of the survivors of the
tragic flood in southern Ontario
that claimed the
lives of hundreds,
including that of
the late Pat Milton,
Brendan's father and
former provincial premier.
Thanks for joining
us tonight, Brendan.
- It's my pleasure.
- Now, like many
during the flood,
your father was infected
and subsequently died
from the GRN contaminant spill.
Is that right?
- He was.
Yeah.
And just for the
record, I want to say
My father and I didn't exactly
have the greatest relationship,
though that's not a secret.
But, you know, in
times like these...
Something deep down,
it just clicks,
you know, he was my father.
I had to protect him.
I had to try.
- It's sad that such a
tragedy can see a
community turn so violent
in a church, no less.
- Yeah.
I try not to dwell
on the negative.
I mean, desperate people,
they do desperate things.
And the people who
shot my father.
Well, they were victims,
just like he was.
- Yes, but your father
literally took a b*llet for you.
He died a hero.
[Brendan scoffs]
Well, that's the positive
that I try not to forget.
You know, even when he was sick.
Even when...
he knew that things
were at their worst.
He put family first.
- [Woman] We become monsters so
that monsters cannot devour us.
Can a monster grow a conscience?
Can we run from the
sins of our past?
What is the shape of Atonement?
[baby cooing]
[tense music]
[thunder rumbles]
- [DJ] You are listening to
National privatise radio.
At the top of the
hour, we have news followed
by alternative news.
We now return to
science and things.
[tense music continues]
[screen beeps and whirs]
[screen beeping]
- Look, Lily, I can't
use any of this upload.
We cannot shut him down with
just packing floor footage.
- Easier said than done.
I can't even get
to the server room.
And with all the injuries,
they've doubled security.
- I understand.
[knocking on door]
But today's your lucky day.
My little birdie in
Grayson's office
just told me that corporate will
be on a tour of the plant today.
So your manager will
have his hands full.
This is it.
Lillian, this is our moment.
This is what we've been
working for for months.
[knocking on door]
- I've been working
on this for months.
Just a minute!
- Well, the sooner you
get this done,
the sooner you can get
back to your little plans.
Except now you'll finally
be able to afford them.
And pay me back for
those bionic implants.
I love you, Lilypad.
[screen beeps]
[wind howling]
[suspenseful music]
Oh god.
[bag rustling]
- What the hell are you doing?
Why are you wasting
product? Huh?
- It's contaminated,
they all are.
- Packaging suffocates them.
And if they survive, they freeze
in the refrigerated trucks.
Pack it up.
That goes for everybody.
We got corporate
coming through today.
Productivity is
everyone's priority.
Keep it nice and
smooth like butter.
[chuckles] Back to it.
[suspenseful music continues]
Here we have the final
step of the operation.
The packing team.
[applauds]
- So what's going
on with the lights?
- Oh, carbon
footprint
tax credits.
- So does that mean we can
get them to work in the dark?
[laughs]
- Even with the
labour shortages,
we've been able to meet
our daily quotas with
no catastrophic failure.
And with the new
broiler livestock,
we're producing more
meat with fewer animals.
- How do we need more tables?
- Do you even read
the company memos?
- There are memos?
- Let's meet some of our
current frontline workers.
- Hey.
- Don't worry, they're not
dying to meet you either.
- Oh, speak for yourself,
I am plenty charming.
- Yeah, I bet you're
a real lady k*ller.
- And here we have Lisa.
She just finished
her probation period
and is now eligible for
the specialisation programme.
- It's Lily.
- Thanks, Liz,
you're the lifeblood of this
whole operation.
- Lily.
It brings me joy to see
another strong woman
advance in the workplace.
You should be proud.
- Yeah. Yeah.
Yes, yes.
Anyway, you guys are cutting
into her productivity
and lowering our margins, so.
- Yes, let's keep moving.
We still have to tour the
hub and the lower levels.
- I would just love
one quick photo with Lily
just for our socials.
- Oh, yeah.
- She'd love to.
- Yep. She'd love to.
She... She would, let's go.
- Everybody say green.
[person screaming]
- What the...
- Oh.
What the...?
Okay, what's going on, is that
a part of the tour, Howard?
- It's just a
routine. Code green.
Let's just get you
all to the hub.
Move, move, move, move, move.
- Oh, God.
[alarm blaring]
[tense music]
- Listen up.
The executives are fine,
and Harvey is receiving
the best care.
And as we speak, the execs are
approving his hazard claim.
Huh? Honestly,
it's his lucky day.
And it could be yours, too.
We need someone on
the feeding line.
Pay increase benefits.
Not to mention hazard pay.
Benefits extend to your family
and kids and cover all medical,
including elective treatments.
Huh? Come on.
You guys are k*lling me here.
- I'll do it.
- Oh. Thank God,
you start after lunch.
I'm gonna get you
level two clearance when I
get back to the hub.
You need to get
yourself a thermal armband when
you get down there.
- Is there any training?
- Training? [laughs]
I'll just show you the ropes.
[tense music continues]
[creature growling]
- Two rules.
Always use the auto feeder
and stay away from the rail.
Cage is in the middle,
load it with one
barrel and send her down.
- Cage?
- Oh, yeah.
Cage is broken.
[Howard chuckles]
[grunting]
The cold keeps him docile
and prevents him from
clearing the railing, but
they still got some fight.
You want to stay as far away
from the edge as possible.
Open it, toss it. move on.
- And when I'm done?
- Get more barrels and keep
going until your shift is over.
Anything goes wrong,
just hit that blue button.
The blue light system puts
him in a pacified daze,
making these suckers
gentler than a baby.
- Why don't you just
keep him on 24/7?
Might have saved Harvey's arm.
- Not with our operating budget.
Besides, if they're
under the light too long, they
suffer organ failure,
which contaminates the product.
Listen, I gotta get
back to the suits.
You got this right?
- Well I...
- Yes, Lisa!
[tense music continues]
[creature growling]
- Are we liable for
today's incident?
- I had legal shipped him to
migrant contractor status.
We're clear.
- Yeah and dad, you
know, I was actually thinking
we should probably
move everybody to MCs, you know,
before the next one,
just to save time.
You know, just just
until we're like, we're fully
automated and stuff.
- Apologies. You know
how this place is.
- Howard, it's a
pleasure to see you.
- Mr. Grayson!
[laughs]
You guys are having a meeting?
Oh, I can give you the room.
- No, no, no, no, no,
we were just finishing.
Don't let me keep you.
Enjoy the tour, everyone.
- Uh, okay.
Where did I leave off?
Well, this hub, it's the central
command to the entire plant.
- Are you living here, Howard?
I mean, why the f*ck
is it so cold in here?
- The hub was built
near the server room to save
on cooling costs.
Speaking of the server room,
we're headed there now.
- Okay.
[flies buzzing]
[tense music]
- Why is the server room
in the feeding pit?
Isn't that like a conflict
of interest or whatever?
- Oh, I'm the only
one with access.
However, I think our
first priority
should be a server upgrade
in the coming quarter.
Specifically a nano server.
Not just to keep our
metadata safe, but to
reduce redundancies.
- Funny, you mentioned
redundancies.
- We're going
completely automated.
- Wow, sooner than I thought.
- Well, seems like you read
the play there, Howard.
[Howard laughs]
We're gonna need people like you
who know this place
inside out for phase two.
- Yeah, that means a lot
more responsibilities.
- Are we talking a promotion?
- One step at a
time there, Howard.
Um, what's... what's this?
[Howard chuckles]
The feeding pit.
This is where the magic happens.
We have one of our
12 identical pens.
We have one rule here,
stay away from the ledge.
- You know what?
This reminds me of Space Trek.
You know, the... the... the
third one with the black pit.
- Are you talking
about Space Wars?
- No, you f*cking idiot.
Those are two different things.
Jackie, would you
take a photo of me?
Right, right, right here.
Get a good one for socials.
- Get away from there right now.
- Or what?
[creature growling]
- Back to the hub.
Move move move move.
[alarm blaring]
[door closing]
[alarm blaring]
- Those things are not
supposed to get that high.
What the f*ck is
going on, Howard?
- We all just need
to calm down, okay?
- I almost just f*cking died.
- You were instructed to
stay away from the ledge.
- Ssh.
How many of those
things are getting away?
Huh?
Are you losing our product?
- I've been messaging
corporate for weeks.
That something has been
going on in the pits.
- Who's on the server room?
- Howard is in the server room.
- I'm right here.
[laughs]
- Howard, that promotion
is f*cking gone.
[screen beeping]
[tense music]
- I'm not a frog.
[creature growling]
- Oh, sh*t.
[computer beeps]
- I have the upload.
Where are we with phase two?
- Change of plans.
- Are we compromised?
- These things are dangerous.
They destroyed our family.
They destroy everything.
I'm gonna destroy them all.
- We need them to return the
balance of the natural order.
You, of all people
should understand.
[tense music continues]
[blow lands]
- All I'm saying is that we have
a lot of workplace accidents.
Problem solved.
- Jesus, Brendan.
Let's just find out
who she is first, okay?
- Who the f*ck do you work for?
Is it Empty Foods?
The government f*cking
[indistinct] who?
- Enough, Brendan.
Lily?
Right now you are
in a lot of trouble.
Just tell us what
you were doing.
And I promise you, I will
do everything I can to help.
- Maybe we should loop
Mr. Grayson in on this.
- Yes, yes, I'm sure
he'd love to know
about all the f*cking
spies that you've hired.
- [Lily] I want a lawyer.
- There are no formal charges
laid against you, Lily.
Don't make this any harder
than it needs to be.
- Lawyer.
- Okay, I'm just gonna loop
back to the occupational hazard.
A lot of people fall into those
feeding pits every single...
- Escort her out.
And call the police.
She signed the NDA.
We'll litigate
her into oblivion.
- I'll take you guys back.
- Getting hotter?
- You're just
acclimating to the mist.
- No, I'm feeling it, too.
- Oh, we're almost there,
just past this door.
- Did you do this?
Huh? What the f*ck did you do?
What did you f*cking do?
- You'll see.
- You see this f*cking c**t?
She's trying to k*ll us all.
She's behind all of this.
What the hell are
you doing, huh?
- Brendan, get a grip.
- What the f*ck are you doing?
[tense music]
- Just let her go.
- Sure.
[body thuds]
[creature growling]
Well, there's one
problem solved.
[creature growling]
What the f*ck?
What the f*ck?
- We're safe under the lights.
[creature growling]
- God!
[creature growling]
You're so f*cking done in here.
sh*t!
Howard! I don't wanna die here.
- Yeah. Me too.
[creature growling]
[groans]
[suspenseful music]
[creature growling]
- Save.
- I told you, they
need to be destroyed.
- Save.
- Future.
- Where's the mother?
- Save. Future.
- Come here.
Come here.
[glass breaks]
[suspenseful music continues]
- Fiona.
Open door. M1.
[door opens]
Okay.
- How the f*ck are
you still alive?
But what the f*ck
are you holding?
You stealing more IP?
- Not the time.
- We gotta keep moving.
- We move when I
say we f*cking move.
What the f*ck are you holding?
- Just f*cking k*ll her,
let's go, already!
- Wait, wait.
It's a baby.
I'll show you.
Look!
- You sick f*cking b*tch!
What the f*ck?
[creature growling]
[soldiers screaming]
- Hey, hey, hey!
I have lost some
money, man, okay?
- Do you think that thing cares?
[creature growling]
[screaming]
[flesh squelching]
- Help me.
Please.
Please, stop!
[creature growling]
No, no!
[creature growling]
[flesh squelching]
[creature growling]
[Lily whimpering]
[eerie music]
- You need to keep eating
so you're big and strong.
[chuckling maniacally]
Keep eating.
You need to eat so
you're big and strong.
[laughing]
Just eat.
Eat.
Eat
Here, take all of it.
Eat. Please.
You need to grow.
So you're strong okay?
[tense music]
- [Woman] Can we return
balance to nature,
or does nature take
care of that itself?
Human history exists
in a blink of an eye,
but nature is eternal
and time is pregnant
with possibility.
[tense music continues]
[pulsing music]
[eerie music]
[eerie music continues]
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