(ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(HIP-HOP MUSIC BLARING)
Duckett! Answer your phone.
My messages are delivering,
so I know
you're f*ckin' seeing 'em.
Yo. Seen Duckett?
Uh, yeah, he's inside.
He's f*cking off his head.
BOY: Bro, he's definitely
on something, eh?
(PARTYGOERS CHEERING
AND HOLLERING)
Hey, is Duckett up there?
BOY 2: Who the f*ck
is Duckett? (LAUGHS)
(HIP-HOP MUSIC CONTINUES)
Oi! Any of you seen Duckett?
GIRL: No, I haven't!
Oi. Oi, seen Duckett?
(TEENS MUTTER NONCHALANTLY)
Cole! Get your brother
under control.
-Where is he?
-He's in Jayden's room. Go.
(THUMPING ON DOOR)
Dude, what's your
brother's deal?
Duckett!
Open the door, man!
I'm not screwing around.
Mate, I'm this close
to calling the cops.
Duckett, open the door
or I'll break it down.
-(BOY SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY)
-What?
Dude, what the hell?
You're gonna break
my mum's door!
Nah, f*ck this!
-Cole's breaking my f*ckin'...
-COLE: Duckett.
DUCKETT: Can you see them?
They're in here.
COLE: I'm gonna take you home.
Okay, bro?
DUCKETT: Pop said you're gonna
hurt a lot of people.
(COLE SIGHS)
COLE: Pop's dead, Duckett.
You're not him.
What are you talking about?
BOY 3: Bro, look at Duckett.
He's f*cked!
Are you serious?
Put your phones down!
(PARTYGOERS MURMURING)
Put your f*ckin' phones away!
BOY 4: Hey, hey, bro...
Everyone f*ck off!
(KNIFE SCRAPES)
-(MUSIC STOPS)
-(PARTYGOERS GASP AND SCREAM)
-BOY 5: It's a knife!
-(PARTYGOERS CLAMORING)
(FEEDBACK WHINES
OVER SPEAKERS)
(PARTYGOERS SCREAMING)
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
(INDISTINCT PLAYFUL CHATTER
PLAYING THROUGH EARPHONES)
GIRL: (ON RECORDING)
What are you doing?
(CHATTER CONTINUES)
GIRL: (ON RECORDING)
Get off me. Get off! (LAUGHS)
-Mum!
-(RECORDING STOPS)
MAN: Sorry.
No, I am.
I just needed a moment.
MAN: Your aunty
wants to talk to you.
Yeah, okay.
AUNTY: I've still got
her name in Contacts.
You know... I should...
I should take her out,
but I just can't do it.
Yeah, me neither.
You thought about
what you're gonna do
when you finish school?
MIA: Hmm...
Work with your dad? (CHUCKLES)
(CHUCKLES)
(FAUCET RUNNING)
(SNEEZES, SNIFFLES)
DAD: You getting a cold, Mi?
(FAUCET STOPS)
What?
DAD: You getting a cold?
Uh, yeah, I think so.
(FAUCET RUNS)
DAD: How was today for you?
-(FAUCET STOPS)
-What?
DAD: How was today for you?
MIA: Fine.
(CELL PHONE RINGING
AND VIBRATING)
-Hey.
-BOY: (ON PHONE) Hey, Mia.
-Can you come pick me up?
-Oh, okay, now?
-Where'd you go?
-I was on the phone.
My sister was meant
to be picking me up.
My fat mum's
meant to pick me up.
She's probably off
eating d*ck somewhere.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
Is that Alex?
Yeah, his Snapchats
are so cringe.
He looks like my mum
in half of 'em.
-He looks elvish.
-What's elvish?
You know,
like the fantasy elves.
Shut up.
I swear he stole
one of my cigarettes.
You smoke now?
Nah, I just sell 'em. I sold,
like, two to him today.
He's such a tryhard.
He invited me
to his house to hang.
I thought you hated him.
Eh.
Do you reckon they give you
cancer straightaway?
I don't know. Don't smoke it?
Don't tell me what to do.
Here you go.
Nah.
I hate the smell.
You're a f*ckin' fetus.
I need a new best mate.
(CAR APPROACHING)
-MIA: Riley!
-(MUSIC PLAYING ON CAR STEREO)
You little feral. Cigarettes?
We weren't actually
smoking them.
He's lying, Mia. He's already
had half a packet.
Need a lift anywhere?
Nah, Mum's gonna get
here soon. Thanks, though.
All right.
Well, just call Riley
-if she doesn't rock up.
-All right, thanks.
MIA: Yeah, and have fun
with your cancer.
-See ya, Mia. See ya, fetus!
-(CAR DOOR OPENS, CLOSES)
(CHANDELIER BY SIA
PLAYS ON STEREO)
BOTH: (SINGING ALONG)
I'm gonna swing
From the chandelier
From the chandelier
I'm
Gonna live
Like tomorrow doesn't exist
Like it doesn't...
-Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
-(BOTH STOP SINGING)
SIA: I'm
Gonna fly like a...
(SWITCHES OFF STEREO)
Um... Stay in the car, okay?
(ANIMAL GRUNTING)
(ANIMAL GROANS)
Oh, shit.
-You poor thing.
-RILEY: What do we do?
(KANGAROO GROANING)
Do we call a vet?
That's not gonna help, Riley.
I mean, look at it.
RILEY: Well, we can't just
leave it like that.
(KANGAROO GROANS)
RILEY: Can you at least
put it out of its misery?
(KANGAROO BELLOWS)
Okay.
(CAR DOORS CLOSE)
(CAR ENGINE STARTS)
-(TIRES SQUEAL)
-(ENGINE REVS)
(TIRES SCREECH)
(KANGAROO GRUNTS)
(GRUNTING CONTINUES)
RILEY: Mia, no,
we can't leave it like this.
Another car will come.
Mia, it's crying.
-(UNEASY MUSIC PLAYING)
-(KANGAROO GROANS)
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING
THROUGH EARPHONES)
-(THUMP)
-Oh!
-Hey!
-(MIA LAUGHS)
What the hell? Love it
when you rock up uninvited.
MIA: Love it when you forget
to pick up Riley.
Ow!
I'm sorry. I had you on mute.
Ah, cool story.
I'm telling Mum.
-No, you're not!
-RILEY: Yes, I am!
Thanks for picking him up, Mi.
All good. Come on, Cookie.
Oh, God, you stink!
Oh, you're a smelly girl!
(GRUNTS)
(SIGHS)
(TYPING ON CELL PHONE)
Saw a dying kangaroo.
What?
On the side of the road.
It was in so much pain.
Why didn't you call the RSPCA?
I dunno.
It was almost dead.
I wanted to put it
out of its misery.
(CONTINUES TYPING)
Thanks for ignoring my calls,
by the way.
I haven't been ignoring
your calls. I've been busy.
Uh, yeah, busy ignoring me.
(CRAZY FROG RINGTONE PLAYS)
-No, Jade, don't. Don't!
-What?
Don't answer it!
I let a kangaroo suffer.
-Daniel...
-I need consoling!
DANIEL: (ON PHONE)
Is that Mia?
-I'll call you back, yeah?
-Okay, sure.
Okay, bye.
-Bye! Bye, Daniel! Bye!
-(LAUGHS)
Oh! All right.
I'm consoling you.
Have you seen the group chat?
You mean the one
I invited you to?
MIA: It's Hayley's video.
They're doing it
again tonight.
-No, Mia.
-I want to see if it's real!
No, not tonight, Mia. I can't.
(TEENS SHOUT AND HOLLER
ON RECORDING)
(SWITCHES PHONE OFF)
It was Mum's two years.
That was today?
Yeah.
I just want to
forget about it.
And...
I need Daniel to come give
my gucci some attention.
-(JADE GROANS)
-(MIA LAUGHS)
Oh! Daniel's not touching
your gucci, Mia!
Hey, he was my boyfriend
before he was yours.
You guys held hands
once three years ago.
-That doesn't mean anything.
-Jade.
It's my mum's remembrance day.
Please?
(JADE SIGHS)
Daniel can come, too, yeah?
If he's touching
my gucci, yes.
-Stop!
-(BOTH LAUGH)
(CRAZY FROG RINGTONE PLAYS)
Can you give me five minutes?
What am I gonna do
for five minutes?
JADE: Oh, I don't know.
Wash Cookie or something!
MIA: I don't wanna
wash Cookie!
Oh, fine! I will babysit
Riley, the better sibling.
Do not talk about your gucci
with Riley, please.
He has got to learn!
The boy's got to learn!
-Bye.
-Miss you already. Bye.
-Love you.
-(JADE CHUCKLES)
(SIGHS)
(DOOR OPENS)
"Can I help?"
"Yes, Riley,
thank you for asking."
Need a hand?
I'm sorry I couldn't get to
your mum's thing.
I couldn't get off work.
No, it's fine.
How's your dad?
Oh, hey...
You can be honest.
I hate being around him.
He's so depressing.
I'm a bad person, Sue.
Can you fix me?
You're not broken, Mia.
-(SNEEZES)
-Whoa. Okay.
Ugh, God, I'm dying.
It's just a cold.
You'll kick it.
Thank you.
Riley, get your shit
off the table.
Did you hear me?
-Yes, Mum, I'm coming.
-SUE: Okay.
(RILEY MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY)
Mum? You going to bed?
-You sneaking out?
-Why do you always think
I'm sneaking out
or I'm sleeping around?
Because you only ask
if I'm going to bed
when you're sneaking out.
Is it to see Daniel?
You know, even if it was,
he's ultra-Christian.
-He doesn't do anything ever.
-He's still got a d*ck, Jade.
Is it him
you're sneaking out to see?
I'm not sneaking out!
Okay.
(MUTTERS) God. Night.
Lock the door on your way out.
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)
-Are we sneaking out now?
-Shh!
-SUE: Bye, Mia.
-Oh, God!
I didn't tell on you.
What? I didn't do anything.
What are you doing?
Mia said I could come.
How could I say no to him?
You're not coming.
All right, then,
I'll tell Mum.
Yeah, well, she pretty much
already knows.
What, about you
not picking me up?
(SIGHS) Whatever.
-Yo, check this out.
-(COMMOTION ON RECORDING)
-I swear it's fake.
-Mm, I don't know.
JADE: It's 1,000% a trick.
MIA: How would Hayley
fake that? Why would they?
Why would they?
They're an attention whore.
They're trying to get everyone
to go to their house
and talk about them
and you've fallen for it.
MIA: Sorry for ruining
your phone date.
JADE: Apology not accepted.
You're gonna be pregnant
by next month, I swear.
JADE: Pregnant?
He hasn't even kissed me yet.
What? You guys have been going
out for, like, three months.
-What is that?
-Even I've kissed Jazzie.
(SCOFFS) The girl
with the horse mouth?
You shouldn't be kissing
horses, Riley.
ONEFOUR & THE KID LAROI:
Jay or the Drake
of my city
f*ck what they say
They won't say that shit to me
I'm in downtown
All my brothers is with me
Only an hour late. Great.
JADE: Been waiting
for Mum to sleep.
Oh, and we are
babysitting too, apparently.
(SONG CONTINUES)
f*ck me.
Drive through the hood
in Lamborghini cars
I might just give
a hunnid to my dawgs
Thank you
for holding it down
And I'm sorry if you ever
felt like there was love lost
Now they blamin' ONEFOUR
for all of the drillings
They blamin' us
for what happens in Sydney
They blamin' us
for what happens in Melbourne
They blamin' us for what
happens in Brissy...
Yo. What's up?
Just chillin'.
Cool.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER
AND LAUGHTER)
(HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING)
Sick house, Joss.
Yeah.
Oh... Nah, it'll pick up soon,
I'm sure.
BOY: How you doin', man?
(TEENS LAUGHING)
(HIP-HOP MUSIC CONTINUES)
Boop!
You all good?
Yeah, just...
being weird.
You're not being weird.
You just need to loosen up.
Brr!
Yeah, just do that.
It looks incredibly normal.
-BOTH: Brr!
-(LAUGHING)
-Just do that. Brr!
-(DOOR OPENS)
-Hey, Mia, brr! (LAUGHS)
-MIA: f*ck, I love you.
-Jade!
-Daniel!
DANIEL: Finally.
Um, hi, ex-boyfriend!
(ALL MOAN CHEERILY)
-DANIEL: Group hug.
-Hold me, ex-boyfriend.
I am lonely.
I am so, so lonely!
You right there, woman?
I'm sorry
for dragging you out.
Nah. I wasn't doing anything.
I actually wanted to get
out of the house for a bit.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Wanna come grab a drink?
I don't wanna do it. (LAUGHS)
-They want you to do it.
-I don't wanna do it.
(JADE GROANS)
How you been?
Dude, why'd you
have to bring her?
DANIEL: How you going, man?
-Good. You?
-Yeah, good, thanks.
First, uh, big boys' party,
huh?
RILEY: I don't really
know anyone.
DANIEL: You're gonna
know everyone
by the end of the night.
Oh, good.
-She's fine.
-No, she's not fine.
She irritates
the f*ck out of me.
She's literally done nothing
to you.
She's so clingy, man.
It's f*cking depressing.
Oh! Now she's flirting
with your boy.
They're friends, Hayley.
You keep
telling yourself that.
All right, let's do this!
(TEENS CHEER AND WHOOP)
JADE: Yeah,
let's fake another video.
(TEENS HOOT)
BOY: Oh, I've been waiting
for this shit!
Be pretty sick
to hook the kid up.
He's not doing anything, Joss.
Ah, come on, Jade.
Imagine it, though.
Joss, I said no.
JOSS: All right. More for me.
Thank you so much.
JOSS: I guess, uh,
I'll go first and...
HAYLEY: Nah, man,
you always go first.
JOSS: Well, it's my house.
HAYLEY: It's my f*ckin' hand.
JOSS: Duckett gave it to me.
HAYLEY: Joss,
you're a f*cking hog!
Look, does anyone else
want to volunteer?
I'll do it.
-You wanna do it?
-MIA: Mm-hmm.
-Wanna do it?
-Yeah.
-Do you wanna do it?
-(TEENS CHEER AND WHOOP)
(TEENS HOOT AND HOLLER)
Sit down, Mia.
-GIRL: Better her than me.
-Tie her.
JOSS: Yes, sir. Hands up.
Mm, kinky.
What are we playing?
It's nothing, Riley.
Hayley's tricked everyone.
HAYLEY: All right,
somebody time it.
As soon as she lets it in,
it cannot go
for more than 90 seconds.
Am I clear?
What happens after 90 seconds?
They'll want to stay.
(SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING)
And if you die
while they're in you,
well, they'll have you
forever.
(BOTH LAUGH)
MIA: So lame.
Hey, I'm just relaying
what I've been told, okay?
Oh! f*ck, dude!
Trust me...
It's gotta be tight.
Candles?
Light the candle
to open the door.
Blow it out to close it.
(TEENS MURMURING)
Okay, Mia.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
Ah...
Put your hand on it.
(CELL PHONE PINGS)
No, like, hold it.
Now say...
"Talk to me."
Talk to me.
-(OMINOUS MUSICAL STING)
-(GASPS)
(TEENS LAUGH)
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God, what the f*ck?
(LAUGHTER CONTINUES)
Who the f*ck was that?
Who was that?
I dunno, man. It's different
every time. (LAUGHS)
-BOY: Hey, you signed up.
-Where'd he go?
Mia, stop.
No, you didn't do it right.
You gotta say, "I let you in."
No, I'm flipping out.
JADE: Seriously, Mia, shut up.
No, someone was sitting there,
I swear to f*ck.
Okay, I'm proving it.
HAYLEY: Attagirl, prove it!
Prove it.
That's right, say it.
-(SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING)
-(MIA BREATHING HEAVILY)
TEENS: (CHANTING)
Do it. Do it.
Do it. Do it.
-Do it.
-(LAUGHS AND SQUEALS)
TEENS: Do it! Do it!
Do it! Do it! Do it!
(TEENS CHANTING AND SHOUTING)
-Okay! Okay. Okay.
-(CHANTING AND SHOUTING STOPS)
(EXHALES HEAVILY)
Talk to me.
(WHIMPERS)
HAYLEY: Hey, hey,
don't let go, Mia.
-Do not let go.
-I can't look at it!
You don't have to look at it!
You don't have to look at it!
-Just say it.
-I can't!
Say it!
(DISTORTED BREATHING)
HAYLEY: I let you in.
I let you in.
I let you in.
(GASPS)
(DISSONANT SOUNDSCAPE)
JOSS: Someone timing it?
HAYLEY: Got it.
(SNAPPING FINGERS)
There you are.
Shh. Shh-shh-shh-shh.
(MIA GROANING SOFTLY)
(TEENS LAUGHING)
(MIA GROANING)
(MIA LAUGHS)
(LAUGHS MANIACALLY)
(GULPS)
-(GASPS)
-(WATER SPLASHES)
(GROANING SOFTLY)
(IN GRAVELLY MONOTONE)
There he is.
(BREATHES RASPINGLY)
(IN GRAVELLY MONOTONE)
They like you.
(TEENS SNICKERING)
What?
(BARKS SHARPLY)
Oh, shit! Not you, though.
(TEENS LAUGH)
(GASPS, GULPS)
(MOANS)
-(INHALES)
-(WATER SPLASHES)
-(STRAINED BREATHING)
-BOY: Whoa.
(DOOR CREAKING)
(DOOR SLAMS SHUT)
(TEENS SCREAM AND CLAMOR)
(CLAMORING SUBSIDES)
GIRL: Yeah, Mia!
(IN GRAVELLY MONOTONE)
He's behind you now.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
He'll split ya, pretty boy.
He'll split ya!
83 seconds.
Joss, get it off her.
He'll split ya!
-All right, you've had enough.
-He'll split ya.
(GRUNTS) He'll split ya.
He'll split ya.
(JOSS STRAINS)
-(JOSS GRUNTS)
-(THUDS)
(MANIACALLY) Run. Run.
Run. Run. Run.
Run. Run.
Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run!
-Run! Run! Run! Run! Run!
-90 seconds, for f*ck sake!
Run! Run! Run! Run!
Run! Run! Run! Run!
Run! Run! Run! Run! Run!
-(SCREAMS) Run!
-(TEENS SHOUT)
Hey. Hey. You okay?
We went a bit over.
Hey.
(GASPING)
(PANTING HEAVILY)
MIA: (IN NORMAL VOICE)
That was...
amazing!
(TEENS CHEER AND WHOOP)
That was the best one yet!
(TEENS CHEERING AND SCREAMING)
(LAUGHS)
(LAUGHS)
-(BREATHING HEAVILY)
-(TEENS HOOTING)
-(THUNDER RUMBLING)
-(RAIN PATTERING)
(THUNDER AND RAIN CONTINUE)
(THUNDER CRASHING)
(WHISPERS) Jade.
Jade, are you up?
You're not sleeping in here.
RILEY: I didn't even ask that.
Isn't that what you want?
No. I'm just bored.
Look, Riley, you're not nine
anymore, all right?
(COOKIE PANTING)
Goodnight.
JADE: Can you shut the door?
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
Shut the door!
-Sook!
-(DOOR SLAMS SHUT)
What a bitch.
Can I hang with you?
It's your house, bro.
Did the hand thing scare you?
A bit.
You gonna have nightmares,
Riley?
I don't get nightmares.
I do.
Like what?
I have this
reoccurring nightmare...
where...
I'm looking in the mirror
and my reflection is gone.
Like I don't exist.
What did the hand feel like?
MIA: Hmm...
It felt amazing.
I felt like I was glowing.
I could hear and see
and feel everything.
But I was
in the passenger seat.
It felt incredible.
RILEY: Hmm.
How did your mum die?
You know.
Only bits.
She, uh...
took too many sleeping pills.
By accident.
Dad was sleeping on the couch.
In the morning,
he couldn't open the door.
RILEY: Hmm.
Why?
Mum was on the other side.
And there were scratches
on the door
and wood under her nails.
She tried to get help,
but she couldn't.
Jade said
you got depression after.
I was just feeling alone.
No, you can't ever be alone
'cause you'll always have
me and Jade.
Yeah.
It's okay,
I don't feel alone anymore.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(THUNDER AND RAIN CONTINUE)
MAN: Wait. Oh, my God...
-Is it being constipated?
-Are you f*ckin'...
He's won a million pounds!
(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
ON VIDEO)
(LAUGHTER AND EXCITED SHOUTING
ON VIDEO)
(VIDEO STOPS PLAYING)
(RAIN PATTERING GENTLY)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(SCHOOL BELL RINGS)
(STUDENTS CHATTERING)
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENOVER PA)
-You busy tonight?
-You want a turn, eh?
No. Daniel does.
What's in it for me?
My company.
-That's pretty cool, I reckon.
-(CHUCKLES)
No, we can't go to Joss's.
His place is trashed.
He's pissed.
My house, then.
I've got a party later.
I've gotta be gone by 11:00.
-Mum leaves at 9:00, so...
-HAYLEY: See ya at 10:00.
Jog on.
(BOTH SQUEAL EXCITEDLY)
DANIEL: Yes?
MIA: Yes!
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
Hi. Is Jade home?
(SIGHS SOFTLY)
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)
-Why is Daniel at the door?
-Mum, can you let him in?
You'd better not be having
a party, Jade, I swear to God.
It's two friends.
Can you let him in?
(SIGHS SOFTLY)
What time's
everyone getting here?
-Getting here for what?
-The party.
-Is there a party tonight?
-Don't bullshit me.
I'm... I'm sorry...
Have you got alcohol
in your car?
Oh, no. I don't drink, so...
You're good.
(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)
What time's the party again?
-What party?
-SUE: The party.
Jade told me. It's okay.
What time?
Mum, I honestly don't know
what you're talking about.
The party tonight.
What time is it?
There's no party, Mum.
You are not drinking tonight.
On God,
I will punch you in the face.
Are you drunk?
James.
If there's a party,
I'm definitely drinking at it.
Is that Cookie or you, James?
Will you crack a window?
Jesus, Mum. Knock much?
Mia, if there is
a party tonight,
you are banned
from this house,
effective immediately.
Okay...
So, what, you're just here
third-wheeling for the night,
are you?
Well, it's really humiliating
when you put it that way.
You'd better not be getting
stoned again, Mia.
Oh, my God! Why does your mum
have to know everything?
-SUE: I know everything.
-I tried weed one time.
You.
My daughter's vag*na...
prohibited.
Oh, my God, Mum! Leave the
room before I k*ll everyone.
The neighbors
tell me everything.
-JADE: Oh, my God...
-Watch it!
JADE: Shut the door. Mum!
SUE: I'm leaving it open!
I'm so sorry.
Ooh. That's embarrassing.
SADISTIK: I saw your face
Displayed upon
a crescent moon
That wavers up and down
depending how the petals bloom
Doomed always destitute
Fused through infected roots
Searching for a message
But there's nowhere left
to exit to...
Riley!
-RILEY: Mia!
-Mm! You keen?
I said don't smoke
in my house.
Mm!
(SONG CONTINUES)
Hmm... Nice place.
That's an ugly f*ckin' dog.
Excuse me.
-I'm thirsty.
-(BOTTLES CLINK)
So, where'd you get it from,
anyway?
JOSS: I'll tell you
what it is, right?
It's the hand of a psychic.
Got cut off and embalmed.
Legit.
It's a medium, Joss.
Not a psychic.
Yeah, this isn't
an embalmed hand.
Yes, it is, Danny boy.
See, look. The ceramic shit
is put over it.
But if you smash it, there's
an actual hand in there.
-You're full of shit.
-I'm serious. (CHUCKLES)
Apparently, it was
the hand of someone
who could connect
with the dead, right,
so everyone
around him thought,
let's just cut his hand off.
White people shit, man,
I tell ya.
(ALL CHUCKLE)
Oi, I heard it was
the hand of a Satanist.
The other hand's
just out there somewhere.
Out where?
Shut up, all right?
-f*ckin' make me!
-You just talk shit. (LAUGHS)
All right.
DANIEL: Where'd you buy it?
JOSS: Oh, nah,
I didn't buy it.
A friend gave it to a friend
and... yeah.
-Who?
-What do you want, Daniel?
You want a f*ckin' spreadsheet
with a transaction history
or what?
Just hold the hand,
say "Talk to me"
and ask the spirit your
f*ckin' questions, all right?
This is such bullshit.
Oi, Riley, get the lights.
-DANIEL: Film me?
-(LIGHT SWITCHES FLICK)
-JADE: Yep.
-Oi, time it.
(CLEARS THROAT) Okay, champ.
You know the drill.
(DANIEL EXHALES)
-HAYLEY: Say it.
-(CELL PHONE PINGS)
Talk to me.
Whoa!
(LAUGHING) Oh, what?
-(TEENS CHUCKLE)
-No way!
-Mate, I don't have all day.
-No. No...
JAMES: What is it?
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
Okay. Okay.
Okay.
(EXHALES) Okay, come on.
Okay, come on.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
I let you in.
(GASPS)
-(CHOKING)
-(CHAIR RATTLING)
Hayley, he's choking.
Hold it.
(CHOKING)
Hayley, f*cking stop it,
he's choking!
Hold it.
(CHOKING)
(SIGHS)
There we go. (LAUGHS)
(GIGGLES)
(TEENS CHUCKLING)
(GENTLE CREAKING)
(SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING)
(CROAKILY) He hates it
when you touch him.
You make him soft.
(WHISPERS)
Yo, this spirit's a c**t.
(DANIEL MOANS)
(MOANS)
(MOANING HEAVILY)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(HEAVY BREATHING CONTINUES)
(HEAVY BREATHING INTENSIFIES)
(LAUGHING) Oh, f*ck!
Oh, shit.
(GIGGLING)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(TEENS GASP)
(MOANING LOUDLY)
BOTH: Oh!
(TEENS EXCLAIM
AND GROAN IN DISGUST)
MIA: Oh, no! I can't watch!
(GROANS AND LAUGHS)
(SCREAMS IN DISGUST)
-(TEENS LAUGH)
-(DANIEL SPLUTTERS)
HAYLEY: Oh, f*ck!
JADE: You okay?
Untie me.
(COUGHS) Untie me, come on.
I am, I am. You all right?
Delete it.
-(BOTH LAUGHING)
-DANIEL: Delete it, come on!
Yeah, nuh!
Hayley, please. Hayley...
-(LAUGHING)
-Post that shit.
Post that shit.
Daniel.
(DOOR SLAMS SHUT)
(LAUGHTER SUBSIDES)
Guys.
(HAYLEY CLEARS THROAT)
Oh, yeah, that was, uh...
That was pretty heavy, eh?
Yeah. You up for it?
(HAYLEY AND JOSS CHUCKLE)
Can I have a go?
-HAYLEY: (LAUGHING) Sorry...
-After that?
Just get your thot dog out
and no cameras.
(LA FOULE BY EDITH PIAF
PLAYING)
-(MIA LAUGHS)
-HAYLEY: Hey!
(YELLS)
Let's f*cking go!
(MUSIC CONTINUES)
(GASPS)
(SHOUTS NONSENSICALLY)
(MIA AND RILEY LAUGH)
(GASPS)
TEENS: Mia! Mia!
(GASPS)
(MUTTERS NONSENSICALLY)
(MIA SCREAMS, LAUGHS)
(MIA SCREAMS)
(GASPS)
-(GASPS)
-(CRIES OUT)
Time's up, time's up!
(BARKS, LAUGHS)
Et la joie eclaboussee
par son sourire
Me transperce et rejaillit
au fond de moi
Mais soudain je pousse
un cri parmi les rires
Quand la foule vient
L'arracher d'entre
mes bras...
(BARKS)
TEENS: (CHANTING)
Talk to me! Talk to me!
(ALL CHEERING AND HOLLERING)
(GASPS)
(SNARLS)
(COOKIE WHIMPERS)
What the f*ck?
(SONG ENDS)
(JOSS PANTING)
(CHUCKLING)
Oh, f*ck, yeah.
This shit never gets old.
Let's go! (GRUNTS)
-I need a shot.
-RILEY: Me, too.
JADE: No way.
JAMES: Come on, Jade.
You're not my mum.
You're not even 18.
JADE: And you're not even 15.
JAMES: So what?
-RILEY: Jade, please.
-Riley, I said no.
f*ck sakes.
What if we did it
for, like, 60 seconds?
-Mia, stop.
-60 seconds, Jade.
You don't have to be a bitch
about all things Riley.
RILEY: Yeah, Jade.
You're just so busy
trying to suck Daniel's d*ck,
you don't give a shit
about anybody else.
-JOSS: Damn.
-Okay, no.
Why do you want to do it
so much? To impress James?
To come into my room
crying that you're scared
like last time?
Did you tell
your little friend that?
I hate you.
Like you're my favorite
person in the world.
Can't help you, bro.
Your sister's f*ckin' boring.
(HAYLEY CHUCKLES)
JOSS: Oh, shit, oh...
(DOOR OPENS)
-We should go.
-Yeah.
-(DOOR CLOSES)
-60 seconds. Please.
I dunno,
maybe it's not a good idea.
I actually thought you were
gonna be on my side for once.
Hey... I'm on both
of your sides.
-Obviously not.
-Riley...
Sixty seconds. Please.
RILEY: Please.
Okay.
What about 50?
Okay. 50.
Fifty seconds?
-Yeah, just get it over with.
-Sign the form, baby!
-Let's go!
-Yeah, boy! (LAUGHS)
JOSS: Okay, hold up, hold up.
Hands up.
HAYLEY: You all right, kiddo?
Yeah.
Okay. Let's do this.
JOSS: Riley... gettin' crazy!
You know what to say, boy.
You better not cry
after 20 seconds.
I'll time it.
Talk to me.
(UNDER BREATH) What the f*ck?
Riley.
It's okay.
Just say it.
(BREATHES DEEPLY)
I let you in.
(RILEY CHOKING)
Oh, shit.
(CHOKING CONTINUES)
(STOPS CHOKING)
I'm so sorry.
I didn't mean to hurt you.
I'd never want to hurt you.
I miss you so...
so much, Mi.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
I don't want you to hate me.
Mum?
Hey, that's 50 seconds.
No, no.
Please don't close it off.
-HAYLEY: Mia...
-It's my mum. Please.
I love you both, baby.
I love you, too, Mum.
I'm so proud of you.
(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)
And I got...
got... got... got...
(CHOKING) ...got, got, got...
got, got, got, got,
got, got, got, got...
(RILEY CHOKES, GURGLES)
(INHALES RASPINGLY)
(GASPS)
Oh, my God.
(MIA GASPS)
-(HEAVY BANG)
-(MENACING MUSIC PLAYING)
No! No, no, Riley!
-(RILEY SHRIEKS)
-(SCREAMING) Riley, stop!
-(ALL CLAMORING)
-Joss, f*cking help me!
Get it off him, Joss!
(FRANTIC SCREAMING, COMMOTION)
(GLASS SHATTERS)
-(GASPS)
-DANIEL: Oh, my God.
(MENACING MUSIC BUILDS)
Riley! Riley!
(JADE SCREAMS)
f*cking help me!
JOSS: Oi, help, help, help!
Okay, I'm gonna untie him...
HAYLEY: (REPEATEDLY)
Get him on his side...
JADE: Daniel,
call an ambulance!
JOSS: No, no, no,
no, no, no!
(VOICES MUFFLE AND FADE)
(EERIE DISCORDANT MUSIC
PLAYING)
JOSS: James, James,
get the f*ckin' bag! Hurry up!
(MUFFLED VOICES CONTINUE
DISTANTLY)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
JOSS: Where are you going?
HAYLEY: We gotta bounce.
JOSS: No, we can't bounce.
HAYLEY: We've gotta get
out of here.
The police are already suss
about the Duckett stabbing.
They're gonna pin this on us.
We let them both
do the hand, Joss.
JOSS: We can't just pretend
we weren't here.
HAYLEY: We're f*cked.
We're f*cked if...
(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
JOSS: We just gotta get
our story straight
and make sure everyone
sticks to it, all right?
Don't bring up the hand.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(EERIE DISCORDANT MUSIC
CONTINUES)
(FAINT SCRATCHING)
(FAINT SCRATCHING)
(DISTANTLY) Excuse me.
We need to talk now, please.
(LINE RINGING)
JADE: (ON PHONE)
Mum, Riley's in hospital.
SUE: (ON PHONE) What?
What happened?
JADE: He smashed
his face really bad.
SUE: What are you
talking about,
"smashed his face"?
How did he smash his face?
JADE: I don't know.
I don't know.
I don't know,
I wasn't in the room!
SUE: (TERSELY) Stop crying
and tell me what happened.
-Three or four minutes, maybe?
-JADE: I'm sorry, Mum. (CRIES)
SUE: Jade!
Jade, frickin' answer me!
(DOOR OPENS)
(KEYS CLATTER)
Can we talk about this?
Mia.
Dad, I just want
to go to sleep.
Can you tell me one thing?
We didn't give him anything.
What happened, then?
I dunno.
I wish you'd just
be honest with me.
Right, because you've been
so honest with me.
What's that supposed to mean?
It means there's something
you haven't told me about Mum.
Isn't there?
Right.
-(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
-(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(EXHALES)
(MACHINE WHIRRING
AND BEEPING STEADILY)
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
Tell me he's okay.
No offence, I don't want
you here right now.
Wait, Jade. Come on.
(QUIETLY) Mia.
(FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING)
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
Sue, I...
Don't!
What are you doing here?
I just... I just came to see
how he was.
He's bad, Mia.
He's really f*cking bad.
-Did you give him something?
-No.
Come on. I know you've done
shit before. What was it?
Nothing, I swear.
Look at his face.
What did my son
ever do to you?
I... I didn't hurt him.
Go home. Now.
No, please,
can I just see him?
You come back here,
I'm gonna call the police.
MIA: Sue...
-Jade.
-Just go home.
No, Jade, I'm so sorry...
(DOOR CLOSES)
(INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENOVER PA)
(MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY)
-(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)
-FEMALE VOICE: (SOFTLY) Mi...
(SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING)
(SINISTER MUSIC BUILDS)
(DOOR CREAKING)
(DOOR CREAKS)
(DOOR BANGS)
(FAINT SCRATCHING)
(LIGHT FLICKERS)
(FAINT SCRATCHING)
(FAINT SCRATCHING)
Mum?
(FAINT SCRATCHING)
Mum, is that you?
(SCRATCHING CONTINUES)
-FEMALE VOICE: Help me!
-Mum?
Mum?
Mum? (GRUNTING)
-Mum!
-FEMALE VOICE: Mia!
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(BREATHES SHAKILY)
Mia.
-(SOBBING)
-What's wrong?
Are you okay?
(SOBBING)
(RAIN PATTERING)
Was your dad pissed?
(SNIFFLES) Yeah.
I'm 18, so the police
didn't call mine.
(EXHALES) They can't know.
MIA: Where do they think
you are?
Cousin's.
I can't go home.
They'll know something's up.
You can stay at mine.
(DANIEL SIGHS)
Just 'cause of me and Jade.
It might be...
weird.
MIA: Yeah, but...
we're just friends.
It's not like it's illegal
or anything.
(MIA SNIFFLES)
I just...
I don't want to be alone.
DANIEL: Okay.
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
MIA: I can't believe
I spoke to her.
(SIGHS) I don't think
that was your mum, Mia.
No, it was at first.
She used to call me "Mi"
all the time.
I mean, how would the spirits
know that?
I feel like they read
what we think. You know?
I mean...
they were in us.
They could know
everything about us.
Or maybe...
Mum was there because
she was trying to reach out.
We could check.
(EXHALES) No.
I'm never doing it again, Mia.
Sorry.
(SIGHS)
(CHUCKLES)
Forgot about that. (CHUCKLES)
-I was such a loser.
-You were cute.
Remember when we held hands?
Yeah.
I could feel
your heart beating
through your fingertips.
Yeah, you paid me out
'cause your hands
were bigger than mine.
-And they probably still are.
-(SCOFFS) No way.
(CHUCKLES)
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
It is.
You have the tiniest hands.
Yeah, I...
I didn't do puberty right.
(SIREN APPROACHING)
(SIREN STOPS)
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(MUSIC BECOMES UNSETTLING)
(PLAYFUL CHATTER ON RECORDING)
(LAUGHTER ON RECORDING)
(PLAYFUL CHATTER
ON RECORDING CONTINUES)
MIA: (ON RECORDING)
No, wait, Jade, Jade...
(PLAYFUL CHATTER AND LAUGHTER
ON RECORDING CONTINUE)
(PLAYFUL SCREAMING
ON RECORDING)
(RECORDING STOPS PLAYING)
Mum.
What's your message
to the haters?
Suck my arse! Mm-hmm!
MIA: Mum!
Get off me. Get off!
(LAUGHS)
Who's the cutest?
-BOTH: Me. Me.
-Me.
-Who's the hottest?
-Me.
-Who's the best?
-BOTH: Me!
-Who's the funniest?
-BOTH: Me.
-(BOTH LAUGH)
-MIA: You suck!
BOTH: You suck!
f*ck the haters!
(GENTLE ETHEREAL MUSIC
PLAYING)
(ETHEREAL MUSIC FADES)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)
(DISTORTED SOUNDSCAPE)
(DISTANT BANGING ON DOOR)
(BANGING ON DOOR CONTINUES)
-(FAINT DISTRESSED SHOUTING)
-(BANGING INTENSIFIES)
(LOUD BANGING ON DOOR)
(DISTRESSED SHOUTING
GROWS LOUDER)
(BANGING CONTINUES)
(SHOUTING CONTINUES)
(FORCEFUL BANG)
(DISTANTLY) Please...
No. No, Rhea...
Rhea... (CONTINUES FAINTLY)
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(GROANS SOFTLY)
(FAINT SCRATCHING)
(SCRATCHING INTENSIFIES)
-(SCRATCHING STOPS)
-(GASPS)
(PANTING HEAVILY)
(WOMAN HUMMING FAINTLY)
(HUMMING CONTINUES)
(HUMMING STOPS)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
(WOMAN BREATHING RAGGEDLY)
(EERIE MUSIC BUILDS)
(MIA YELPS)
(WOMAN MOANING)
Daniel?
(WOMAN MOANS)
Daniel! Daniel, wake up!
(SCREAMING) Daniel, wake up!
Daniel!
Wake up!
Oh, what the... Mia!
-Stop!
-(MIA GASPS)
(STAMMERING) Where is she?
Oh, my God, oh, my God!
Oh, my God, they followed us.
Whoever we contacted,
they followed us.
-What are you talking about?
-She was sucking your foot!
You were sucking my feet, Mia.
You had my foot in your mouth!
What? No, I didn't.
-I'm gonna go.
-Wait, Daniel...
-Mia, stop!
-No, don't leave me!
-No, I'm going.
-(WHIMPERS) Stay with me.
(SOBBING RAGGEDLY)
(BREATHING WHEEZILY)
(GROANS)
(SOBS, SCREAMS)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(SCREAMING HYSTERICALLY)
(SOBBING)
Mum? (SOBBING)
(FOREBODING MUSIC PLAYING)
Please, please, Mum.
Talk to me.
Mum.
(GASPS)
Did you...
Did you k*ll yourself?
No.
Not on purpose, Mi.
Is that the truth?
I'd never want to leave you.
Ever.
I'm here.
Always.
(WATER BUBBLING FAINTLY)
(VOICE DEEPENS) Mia.
Riley needs help.
(WATER BUBBLING FAINTLY)
(FAINT BUBBLING CONTINUES)
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
Oh, your father. Unbelievable.
(SIGHS) Can you stay
with him, Jade?
(SOFTLY) Riley.
Riley, please say something.
Riley?
Riley.
-(RILEY GRUNTS)
-(JADE SHRIEKS)
(JADE GRUNTS)
(CRIES OUT)
(PANTING RAPIDLY)
Mum! Mum!
No, Riley, stop! Riley, stop!
-(HEAVY THUDDING)
-(TILES CRACK)
Stop! Stop!
(LAUGHING)
-(LAUGHS MANIACALLY)
-JADE: Stop!
Stop!
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
SUE: Riley!
Oh, shit!
-(RILEY GRUNTING)
-SUE: Stop! Nurse!
Please stop him!
Please stop him!
(SUE WHIMPERING)
Riley, f*cking stop now!
f*cking stop him!
Do something!
(BLOOD DRAINING)
(DISSONANT MUSIC
MUFFLES CONVERSATION)
HAYLEY: It was you
who took it.
You could've f*cking said
something, Mia.
JOSS: Who showed
the police the video?
DANIEL: Think it was James.
HAYLEY: At least it proves
we didn't touch him.
Police said there's not
a lot they can do
about a kid hitting himself.
DANIEL: Has it ever
lasted this long?
JOSS: No.
But we've never been over
90 seconds before Mia, so...
(NORMAL VOLUME) How is he?
Every time he comes to,
he tries to k*ll himself.
JOSS: They wanna keep him.
JADE: What?
The guy who gave Duckett
the hand said
that if you die while they're
in you, they have you forever.
Have any of you guys...
still been seeing stuff?
What the f*ck you mean,
"seeing stuff"?
I saw my mum at the hospital.
And another one
att*cked Daniel at my house.
HAYLEY: Did you see something?
DANIEL: Uh... Not exactly.
JOSS: What's that
supposed to mean, Daniel?
I woke up and Mia was...
I dunno...
Sucking my feet.
The f*ck?
Jade.
What do you mean,
"woke up with Mia"?
What do you mean,
"sucking your feet"?
MIA: It wasn't me,
I swear to God.
I couldn't go home.
JOSS: Look, none of us have
been seeing shit, all right?
And we all did it.
We were all there.
So, why would you be seeing
your mum?
You didn't even let her in.
HAYLEY: Wait, didn't Duckett
say they could imitate people?
Wait, who's Duckett?
I got the hand off him.
He, uh...
I met him twice
at some parties and...
Yeah, we did the hand shit,
and I asked if
I could borrow it
and he said I could keep it.
He said he was seeing them
without it.
HAYLEY: And then
he went full skitz.
Stabbed his brother,
then k*lled himself.
The brother.
Can we talk to him?
JOSS: What's up, bruz?
What are you doing here?
We gotta talk about Duckett.
Yeah.
Do you know what
the shit thing is?
He actually thought
he had friends.
You guys always
inviting him to shit,
acting like you cared.
-But you were using him.
-We weren't using him, Cole.
A real friend would've seen
it was f*cking him up.
-But you didn't.
-(BUS IDLES)
JOSS: Look, bruz, I know it's
a shit time for you right now,
but we need your help.
Nah, man, I'm out.
(EXHALES) Cole.
(LOW INDISTINCT CHATTER)
(BUS DOOR CLOSES)
I know how much it hurts
to lose someone that close.
COLE: The people he let in
messed up his head.
If he'd just stopped doing
that f*cking thing,
they would've left.
JADE: My little brother's
in hospital. He went way over.
COLE: You let a kid do it?
His body should kick 'em out.
They get weaker
the longer they're in.
-It hasn't.
-COLE: Give it time.
They're k*lling him.
Maybe it's time
you stop f*cking up
people's lives, Joss.
What do you reckon?
Jade!
Jade, just wait! Jade!
You shouldn't have
let him do it, Mia!
We all decided it'd be okay.
HAYLEY: We didn't
decide anything.
We did. We all said...
We didn't say shit, Mia.
That was just you.
And then you let it go
for two f*cking minutes.
-Jade--
-And then
you sleep with my boyfriend.
What the f*ck is
wrong with you?
-Jade, it wasn't like that.
-Oh, of course,
you're gonna take her side.
(EXHALES)
Jesus...
I wish that you didn't force
yourself into my family, Mia.
MIA: (TEARFULLY) Um...
Did we blow the candle out?
JOSS: I don't remember.
What if we opened the door
but we didn't shut it?
What are you saying?
I'm saying we do it again
with Riley
but blow out the candle
this time.
You want him to do it again?
The thing that put him
in hospital?
-You wanna save him?
-Don't f*cking ask me that.
Well, we have to do
something, Jade!
(JADE SIGHS)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
I'll give it back after, okay?
Just burn the f*ckin' thing.
Hey, good luck.
(CELL PHONE RINGING
AND VIBRATING)
(SNIFFLES)
(RINGING, VIBRATING STOP)
JADE: Mum's back in, like,
an hour.
We'll be quick.
(RESPIRATOR PULSING STEADILY)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING)
Oh, my God.
(VELCRO SNAPS)
(MATCH STRIKES)
MIA: Come on, Riley.
Come on, please.
Talk to him.
(RILEY BREATHING STEADILY)
Okay, yeah, blow it out.
DANIEL: Anything?
I don't know. Um...
Maybe if we just try it again.
-JADE: Mia...
-Just try it again.
(MATCHES RATTLING)
(MATCH STRIKES)
MIA: Talk to him.
DANIEL: It's not working.
MIA: Okay. Um...
What if I use the hand
to speak to him?
-JADE: No.
-What? He's not dead, Mi.
No, but what if his spirit is
disconnected from his body
or something?
I thought these spirits
were in limbo.
Yeah, well, maybe
that's where Riley is.
Might not be him.
-Well, what if it is?
-And what if it isn't?
DANIEL: Yeah, this is
a bad idea, Mia.
JADE: Mia.
Mia, don't.
(BREATHING DEEPLY)
Riley, talk to me.
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
MIA: Hi.
-JADE: Is it him?
-Shh.
MIA: Is there a boy here?
Him.
Do you know where he is?
Please.
I can take you to him.
Okay.
I let you in.
(GASPING)
(GUTTURAL SCREAMING
AND CLAMORING)
(SCREAMING) Help!
(SCREAMING AND CLAMORING
INTENSIFY)
(SCREAMING AND CLAMORING STOP)
(GROANS)
-(MIA SOBBING)
-Hey. Hey, hey, hey. You okay?
No! Don't touch me!
(SOBBING) Don't touch me!
Hey, hey, hey.
Hey.
-It's just us.
-(SOBS)
JADE: It's just me and Daniel.
What happened?
MIA: (SOBBING) I saw him.
They're hurting him, Jade.
They're not gonna stop.
They're never gonna stop.
(MIA SCREAMS)
(MIA SCREAMING IN ANGUISH)
(MIA MUTTERS)
(DISTORTED SCREAM ECHOING)
(SCREAMING CONTINUES)
DAD: Mia.
I haven't been
completely honest with you.
But I want to be.
Your mother...
Before she passed,
she left us something.
Something I've been
scared to show you.
Which is...
Which is wrong of me.
Because it's... It's just as
much as yours as it is mine.
Can I read it to you?
"Dear Max and Mia.
"It is Tuesday today
"and it's raining.
"It's the first time
in a long time,
"I haven't felt hopeless."
(INHALES)
"In fact...
"I am full of hope.
"I hope you live
beyond your years
"and find absolute happiness.
"I hope you... I hope you
don't hate me for this."
(VOICE CATCHES)
"I hope you find it
in your heart to forgive me.
"I hope you can find
some peace in knowing
"I am no longer in pain."
(MAX SOBBING)
I'm sorry, Mi.
-It's hers, Mia.
-No.
-Mm-mm. Mm-mm.
-MAX: It's okay.
No, she didn't do it.
She didn't do it,
because she told me, Dad.
She didn't do it,
because she told me.
(MIA SNIFFLES)
(SOBBING) She told me.
She told me.
-Mia.
-(SOBBING)
Mia. Come here.
Sweetheart.
-(MIA SNIFFLES)
-She's gone.
I'm sorry I kept it from you.
(MIA SNIFFLES)
I didn't want you
blaming yourself.
(FAINT SCRATCHING)
RHEA: It's not true.
I'll be back.
MAX: What?
-I'll be back, I promise.
-Mi...
I promise. I just...
I just gotta go.
I'll be back, Dad.
I'll be back.
(CONTINUES SOBBING)
RHEA: Mi.
He's lying.
-Then why did you write it?
-RHEA: I didn't.
Sweetheart.
That's not your dad.
(SHAKILY) What?
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
MAX'S VOICE: Mia?
(BANGING ON DOOR)
RHEA: That's not Max.
MAX'S VOICE: Mia?
RHEA: They're imitating him.
(BANGING ON DOOR)
(DOORKNOB RATTLING)
-He's going to hurt you.
-(WHIMPERS)
MAX'S VOICE:
Mia, open the door!
(BANGING ON DOOR INTENSIFIES)
-(BANGING CONTINUES)
-RHEA: Riley can't stay there.
-MAX'S VOICE: Mia?
-He's suffering, Mi.
(WHIMPERING)
What... What do I do?
(BANGING CONTINUES)
He needs to die.
-What?
-MAX'S VOICE: Mia?
RHEA: You have to put him
out of his misery.
No, Mum, I, I, I can't. I can't.
They're never gonna
let him go.
-(SHOUTING, BANGING CONTINUE)
-No, Mum, please, no...
I'll look after him, Mi.
MAX'S VOICE: (SHOUTING)
Open the damn door!
RHEA: Help him, Mia.
-MAX'S VOICE: Let me in!
-(RILEY GASPING)
-RHEA: Help him, Mia!
-(BANGING INTENSIFIES)
No, just leave me alone!
(GASPING)
(PANTING WEAKLY)
-(GRUNTING)
-(MIA YELPS)
(MIA STRAINING)
(CHOKES)
-(MIA GASPS FOR AIR)
-MAX: Mia!
-Mia!
-Help me!
(GRUNTING)
I'm trying!
(THUMPING ON DOOR)
-(THUMPING CONTINUES)
-(MAX GRUNTING)
(TENSE MUSIC BUILDS)
Mia!
(MIA GRUNTS)
(PANTING)
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
(SCISSORS CLATTER)
-Oh, my God.
-(THUDDING)
(QUIET SPLUTTERING)
(SOMBER MUSIC CONTINUES)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(CRAZY FROG RINGTONE PLAYING)
(CELL PHONE BEEPS)
JADE: (ON PHONE) Hey.
Jade?
JADE: You okay?
I know what to do.
We can save him.
(JADE EXHALES)
You know, I actually think
he's getting better.
He woke up for a second.
It's like he was
himself again.
I've seen him, Jade.
He's in pain.
And every second
is agony for him.
(UNEASY MUSIC PLAYING)
Just come to mine.
And I'll show you.
Show me what?
MIA: You just have to
be here, Jade.
Please.
-Just trust me.
-(SIGHS) Oh, shit.
Okay. I'll be there in ten.
(CELL PHONE BEEPS)
(CAR ENGINE STARTS)
(MENACING MUSIC PLAYING)
-Mia.
-(GASPS)
I'm... sorry.
No, it's okay. Sit.
I was wondering
when I'd see you again.
You haven't come.
You told me not to.
Yeah. I know. I was mad.
You had every right to be.
Still do.
No, I don't.
There were no dr*gs, Mia.
(SUE EXHALES)
He had a breakdown.
I just... I just...
couldn't face that.
I'm so sorry
that I blamed you.
I know that you wouldn't
do anything to hurt him.
I love you guys.
You're not Riley's friend,
Mia, you're his family.
It'd mean so much to him
that you were here.
MIA: Can I have a minute
with him?
Alone.
SUE: Of course.
(DOOR OPENS)
(HONKS HORN)
(CELL PHONE UNLOCKS, BEEPS)
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
(VIBRATING CONTINUES)
I'm so sorry.
(LINE RINGING)
(SIGHS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC BUILDS)
(LIQUID TRICKLING)
(GASPS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC INTENSIFIES)
(BED RATTLING)
(MIA WHIMPERS)
-(BED RATTLING)
-(CHUCKLING SOFTLY)
GUTTURAL VOICE: Found me.
JADE: Mia!
I am ending this!
GUTTURAL VOICE:
You... can't take him.
He's ours.
(SOFT CACKLING)
MIA: Where is he?
You saw.
(SHRIEKING)
(BREATHES HEAVILY)
(STRAINS)
(SOBBING)
(SOBBING)
GUTTURAL VOICE:
Why don't you...
touch me?
I want to feel you.
(ANIMAL GRUNTING)
(KANGAROO GROANS)
(ECHOING SCREAMS)
(KANGAROO GRUNTS)
(ECHOING SCREAMS CONTINUE)
Max?
(ELEVATOR DINGS)
SUE: Jade. Where are you?
JADE: (ON PHONE)
At Mia's. She's not here.
-Max needs an ambulance.
-What... No, Mia's here.
What's wrong? What's happened?
-JADE: She's there?
-Yeah, she's with Riley.
JADE: Mum, she's dangerous!
Mia?
Riley!
(URGENT MUSIC PLAYING)
Hey! Where's my son?
He was in this room.
Well, he should be here.
He was just here.
Well, where the f*ck is he?
(TIRES SCREECH)
(OMINOUS MUSIC BUILDS)
Mia!
Mia! Riley.
JADE: Mia!
Mia!
(TRAFFIC ROARING)
-(TRAFFIC ROARING)
-(HORNS BLARE)
JADE: Riley!
Mia, stop!
Mia!
(VEHICLES RUSHING BY)
(GENTLE ETHEREAL MUSIC
PLAYING)
(WHISPERS)
I'm so proud of you.
(CACKLING WEAKLY)
Take him, my darling girl.
You're doing the right thing.
MIA: Mm-hmm.
-Show him the way.
-(SNIFFLES)
RHEA: I can protect him.
We'll have him forever.
Riley!
(ON RADIO)
I've seen
The look in her eyes...
(TIRES SCREECH)
-(HEAVY THUD)
-(TIRES SQUEAL)
MAN: Oh...
(DISSONANT EERIE MUSIC
PLAYING)
(DISTORTED SOUNDSCAPE)
MAN: Did you see
what happened?
(MUFFLED, FRANTIC CHATTER)
(JADE WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY)
(DISTORTED SOUNDSCAPE
CONTINUES)
Riley?
(SUE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
I'm gonna be so far behind.
Don't worry about it.
-(CONVERSATION FADES)
-(DISTORTION INTENSIFIES)
Dad?
Dad!
Wait, Dad!
(LOUD CLANG)
Jade? Sue?
(LOUD CLANG)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
-Dad?
-(LOUD CLANGING)
Dad!
-Dad, wait!
-(CLANGING CONTINUES)
Oh, Dad!
-Dad, wait!
-(DISTORTION SWELLS, FADES)
(SCREAMING) Don't leave me!
Please!
(MIA SOBBING)
(MATCH STRIKES)
(EERIE DRONING MUSIC PLAYING)
(EERIE DRONING MUSIC
INTENSIFIES)
-(MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY)
-(GASPS)
(MAN BREATHING HEAVILY)
(SPEAKS GREEK)
(MAN BREATHING SHAKILY)
-(GASPS)
SADISTIK:
I saw God in a body bag
I got lost in the stars when
they'd cross like a polygraph
Never lie
Cardiac in every line
Insomniac forever
Never go to sleep again
Black lungs
from the falling ash
Giraffe tongue
with a heart to match
Get sawed in half
like the Dahlia
Place pain on display
in Hollywood
Paint it all like Dali would
Face Of w*r
Fountain pens melting
countenances in a drawing book
A psycho full of cyclones
Eyes closed
I go cold when I fly low
Brains feed on haikus
Isolated in my temples
Cairo
Bones jut from their homes
like they're silos
I'm Silent Hill
Tell me where the time went
k*ll Pyramids that followed
with the knife gripped
Vice-grips always on
the mind when the crisis hits
Everywhere
it's like a mine I step
I'm an atom b*mb
made of atoms
Add 'em up
Adam's apple's rotten
Smashed to apple sauce
Adamant
No Adam Eve in anatomy
Only albatrosses
if I have to speak
Another casualty
of the casted wings
Casually
I'm high again
Vibrant as a hyacinth idling
So I pretend
that my defense is working
Lurking with the burdens
That still hide
below the surface
I know these things
have meaning
Sometimes I don't know
the purpose, introverted
Dizzy from
the disconcerted tizzies
Mr. Perfect isn't worth it
Give me what I didn't earn
Put it in an urn
Live and learn
I could never
tell the difference
When I'm miniature
Red alerts
Read aloud like ministers
It's hard to breathe
When you're drowning
in the goodbyes
But I'm still here now
So tell me
what that look like
They use a sword to signify
that you're a good Knight
Then use the same one
to k*ll you and say goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight
Goodnight, goodnight...
(ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC OUTRO)
(SONG FADES OUT)
(EERIE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
PLAYING)
(MUSIC FADES OUT)
Talk to Me (2022)
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