Moor, The (2023)

[bunniefuu]

[thudding]

["We'll Always Have Neptune"

by Spangled playing]

Feel the kiss of love

-I ate them all.

-Do you have any?

-No.

-Do you want some more?

What kind?

-What's your favorite?

-Opal Fruits.

No, the sherbet one,

with the lolly.

-Dip Dab?

-Is that the one with the lolly?

Because I don't like

the one with the licorice.

Yeah, it's the one

with the lolly.

I'm going to get us

some sweets, okay?

But we don't have any money,

do we?

We don't need any,

if you help me.

All you need to do

is go into the shop

and tell the man

that you've lost your dad.

-Why?

-Just to distract him from it.

-Okay?

-Why?

Because I can't,

-he doesn't like me.

-Why?

Are you going to say that all

day, or do you want some sweets?

Come here, look.

Do you remember

when you got lost in Safeway?

You went up to that lady

and you asked her

if she could

help you find your dad.

-Yeah?

-Just do that, okay?

But my dad's away

on a work trip this week.

I know, it doesn't matter.

But what if he calls my dad

like the lady did?

He doesn't know who your dad is.

Just act upset for a minute

and then run away, okay?

I'll meet you there.

I'll get you Opal Fruits

and Dip Dabs.

-Okay.

-You go in first.

[doorbell chiming]



Your spaceship stood me up

And I didn't even

get to say goodbye

I was screaming

at the top of my lungs

Can't you see I'm here

She was lazing by the sunset,

a good time pioneer

[cashier] You're out

by yourself?

[Danny] Oh, not at all.

[cashier] Oh, it's your daddy.

What's he look like?

[Danny] He has a beard, um...

and he's wearing [indistinct],

black and white.

[cashier speaking faintly]

What about you? You see--

-[doorbell chiming]

-[ominous tone playing]

[Claire breathing heavily]

[doorbell chiming]

[Claire humming]

[ominous tone playing]

Hello?

[doorbell chiming]

[whispering] sh*t.

[Claire gasps]

Now, what can I do for you then?

My friend was in here.

-Little boy?

-Yeah.

He was looking for his dad.

No, he's okay.

His dad come and took him.

[sinister tone building]

[ominous music playing]

[Claire]

I've never been up there.

[Bill]

I go up there all the time.

[bell tolling]

You've heard

what they're going to do then?

[Claire] Yeah.

Uh...

Have they been to see you?

The police? No.

No, the reporters, the media.

You know what they're like.

You?

They don't know

where I live now,

I made sure of that.

And the police?

Well, they told me there is

nothing they can do this time.

He's served his whole sentence,

it's the law.

I'm sorry.

It can't happen, it just...

can't.

If they could find something,

if they could find Danny...

they could never

let him out then.

Do you really think

Danny's up there on the moor?

With me whole heart,

and who knows how many.

I know,

I know the chances are finer.

But I have to try, don't I?

I have to do something.

One thing I know isn't crazy,

even if I never find anything,

I can put it out there.

What they're doing,

that they're about to let that

monster out,

I can make sure everyone knows.

You mean go to the media?

I'd never go

to those b*stards.

Then what?

Why I wanted to talk to you.

You have that radio show

on the internet.

-My podcast?

-Yeah.

Well, yeah, you can show

what I'm doing.

Yeah, you know how to put

this stuff out there.

That's--

that's not how it works,

that's not what I do.

I-- I talk to people.

People in entertainment,

that's all.

[laughs]

I'm not a documentarian.

All I want is

for you to show everyone.

Make it so they can't ignore it

and they can't let him out.

Uh, Bill, I really can't--

I know it's not exactly

what you're doing now.

No-- It's not that I won't,

I can't.

My little podcast wasn't--

wasn't a success.

Hardly anyone listened,

my numbers were terrible.

I've got a day job

to pay the bills.

I mean, I'm--

I'm not the person

to put out there

what you're doing.

I've heard your show.

Didn't think

it was your kind of thing.

Well, it isn't...

Jacqueline listened to it

every week.

Ah, saw it to the end.

[heartfelt music playing]

You know, so I did too.

And every week

I'd wonder if...

this was a show where you'd talk

about what happened...

about Danny.

And I'd wonder

if this was a show

where I'd see that look

on me wife's face.

The same one she had every time

they talked about it on TV.

But you never did.

You never talked

about the one thing

that would get your numbers up,

get you noticed.

Share it in the news.

And you can't tell me

they haven't offered you stuff,

stuff that you really wanted,

you know,

just to talk about it.

Over the years,

those vultures in the papers

got to everyone, you know.

Parents, brothers,

sisters, uncles, cousins.

But not me and you.

People have to know

what I'm doing.

And that means the media.

But after all they've done,

it can't be them.

And it can't be tainted

like that.

That's why we have to be

the ones to do this.

[ominous music playing]

Come on, I'll introduce you.

[wind howling]

-Claire?

-Yeah.

This is Liz.

She's a friend

of one of the moor rangers.

She's been helping me

stay safe up here.

-Safe?

-Yeah, these are peat moors.

Rich habitat for wildlife,

but, uh, well,

there's dangers as well.

Especially off the established

trails where we'll be going.

You sure

you don't want to come?

[sinister tone playing]

[woman] Sorry, just

give me a sec.

Okay.

The first disappearance

was very concerning to us

at the time.

And once we realized

there was a pattern

of children going missing,

that became our only priority.

But there was not much to go on,

there was very little evidence.

Oh, it were awful,

they called it

the summer of fear.

And it did put the fear

into everybody,

every parent.

You just kept hold

of your children all the time.

Uh, I remember Mum,

she used to just let me

go to school and

it was fine, right?

And then, uh, when--

when all of this happened,

um, yeah,

she used to drop me off,

drop my brother off,

and that was it.

We got picked up

straight after school.

Teachers dropped us off

at the gate.

Mum picked us up

and off we went back again.

I remember once losing

my daughter in the supermarket

and literally, she'd only

turn round to look at something,

but the panic that were there,

you just didn't let go

of the hands for a minute,

just in case they disappeared.

Well, yeah, the hardest part

was dealing with the parents.

It's difficult to imagine

what something like that

must have been like.

There was a speech

in the school hall,

and they sent us

to speak to this, uh, woman,

social worker,

something, I don't know.

Uh, we all had to chat with her,

uh...

I guess.

[video continues faintly]

[sinister music playing]

-How did it go?

-Ah, nothing today.

Yours?

-You look shattered.

-[Bill chuckles]

We covered

a lot of area though.

Could you grab the map out

of me coat and I'll show you?

[Bill] So...

this is where we were...

and this is

where we'll be tomorrow.

What's it like out there?

Well, it's no place

for a kid to be.

[ominous music building]

From that point on,

we directed our attention

towards the moor.

They were up there all the time,

volunteering, searching.

We never really thought

about the place before then,

it was just there.

The weather was awful,

apparently rain, mist.

Any way it could have

hindered us, it did.

The logistics of searching

so much, well,

quite honestly,

dangerous moorland.

They never found anything.

We used to go berry picking

in-- in summer, do you remember?

Uh, it was like

a really traditional summer,

but it just stopped,

no announcement or anything.

Just stopped.

People just didn't go anymore.

Sad.

Normally,

it's around

about 10% of young people

who leave the area

that they were brought up in.

But since that summer...

it's been up to 50%.

Personally, I think that

they just didn't want

to see that place

out of their window anymore.

[sinister music playing]

[wind blowing]

[crackling sound]

Made you a brew,

send you on your way.

Thanks.

You know, seeing you

all grown up like this is...

...strange.

Being back here is strange.

Yeah, I'll bet.

No, I was going to say nice.

-[both chuckling]

-It makes me realize...

how many years older I am.

Is it hard for you

to do all this?

Brings things back, yeah.

Yeah, I'll bet.

And Bill?

He's Bill.

He still goes up there,

you know.

Yeah, I know, I heard.

I've actually been meaning

to ask you.

[soft mysterious tone playing]

Do you mind?

No.

So this is

where Bill's been looking.

Where are

the areas you searched?

I don't recognize

any of these places on here.

From what I can gather,

we were looking

about five miles that way.

I'm confused, so...

Were you

not looking on the moor?

Yeah, of course we were.

You think this is the moor?

[mysterious music building]

That's the moor.

How?

I mean...

Can anything be found in this?

Well, the odds were never good.

Even if you were searching

a specific area,

the chances of finding someone

in that kind of terrain...

and now, 25 years later.

I really have no idea

why Bill is searching

in that particular area.

[suspenseful tone playing]

[ominous melody building]

[indistinct chatter]

[ominous melody peaking]

[Bill] Time is

really not on my side now.

[Alex] I heard.

Claire.

This is, uh, this is Alex.

-Hello.

-Hey.

Let me know how it goes, okay?

Who's that?

Just a friend.

[ominous melody playing]

[ominous melody building]

[Liz]

Right, health and safety speech.

We walk in a row,

I'll go in the lead,

keep the person

in front of you in sight.

It's easy

to get turned around out there

and there are no landmarks.

Now we're not trekking

too far in today,

just a couple of miles or so,

but it's not easy going.

I'll be making sure

we avoid the peat bogs.

So try to make sure

you're following

in my footsteps.

[sinister tone playing]

[phone beeps]

Is that waterproof?

[Claire] Yeah, people go surfing

with these.

Want to put away the phone?

Here.

Thanks.

Do you take

all that stuff with you?

Just some emergency gear,

it's why I'm here.

Keep everyone safe.

[car door slams]

[ominous melody playing]

[ominous melody building]

[wind howling]

[Claire screams]

[Claire breathing heavily]

[Claire panting]

-What's that on the road?

-Yeah, peat rocks.

Sometimes we call them

peat hags.

[ominous melody playing]

[thunder roaring]

[Claire panting]

Is it always like this?

[Bill]

This isn't too bad, actually.

It's going easy on us, ain't it?

[Liz chuckles] Yeah, the weather

can change quite quickly.

The inconsistency

in the air pressure.

Yeah, these two big cliffs

here.

Gonna have an accident,

we need to do

a walk further round.

Will it be okay?

-See up there?

-Yeah.

See where that [indistinct] is?

Will that be okay?

[ominous music building]

How you doing?

It's--

It's something.

What did you expect?

I don't know.

Do you really think we're going

to find something out here?

I mean,

even if it was right next to us,

do you think

we're doing something other than

just, well, walking?

There is something to find here.

I know there is.

What is it?

Peat bog, a big one.

-Doesn't look any different.

-Oh, it's there.

Can't go any further that way.

Pull you right down.

[suspenseful tone playing]

[Claire panting]

-[water sloshing]

-[Claire gasping]

[Claire panting]

[Claire breathing heavily]

[Liz shouting] Claire!

[Bill shouting] Claire!

[Liz] [indistinct]

[Bill] Wait!

Don't touch it.

[sinister melody playing]

We need to preserve it.

Are you sure you can find her?

Bill, I'm sure.

[speaking indistinctly]

[Liz] Oh, a rock carving.

There's another.

They're Neolithic,

you can find them

all over these moors.

But we're going back, aren't we?

-Back the same way we came?

-Sure.

We didn't pass this

on the way out,

so how can we be going back?

We can't be going back

the same way, can we?

Claire, it's okay,

I know where we're going.

Are you okay?

We'd better get her home.

I know it's been

a long day, but...

think of what we've found.

It all looks the same.

It all looks the same.

Hey, pace yourself.

Claire, it's all right,

we're not lost.

How do we know, how do we know?

It's really not much further.

[Bill] Claire!

Wait!

[sinister music building]

Claire!

[Claire gasping]

[ominous music peaking]

[Claire breathing heavily]

[wind howling]

[officer] Look.

I'm not sure

what you feel this means.

But the area you all described,

it just doesn't correspond with

the area of our investigation.

I can see it

from your perspective.

That's a disturbing thing

to find.

It just doesn't match

the description

of what the victim was wearing.

[brooding tone playing]

This just isn't evidence.

[inauspicious melody playing]

It wasn't brilliant police work

that brought him down,

that's for sure.

It was primarily luck,

if I'm honest.

Or bad luck for him.

You know, it's like, uh,

like a cloud lifted,

lifted off everyone.

We didn't know we had

the right person at first.

But we all felt that

we were looking at someone...

who just shouldn't be out there.

They always say,

they seem normal,

could be a guy next door.

But no.

Something about him.

There was this thing about

not showing his face

on the news.

You know, 'cause it'd make him

a celebrity or something.

But actually,

that made it more scary.

Especially for us kids.

Like, how scary must his face be

for them not to show it?

Know what I mean?

What those hands had done,

what those eyes had seen.

Mistakes were made

in the investigation.

And some

were made public, but...

others weren't.

It was those mistakes

that were to blame...

for the single life sentence

that was handed down.

One life sentence...

which amounts to 25 years.

It's a travesty.

There's no doubt in my mind

that when he gets out,

it'll be a danger.

And we'll bear

some of the blame for that.

[interviewer] Do you think

that might be a reason

for the police not wanting

the investigation reopened?

That it might draw attention

to those mistakes?

[wind howling]

[sinister tone playing]

[doorbell chiming]

Danny?

Danny?

Danny?

Danny!

[panting and wheezing]

[labored breathing]

[sighing deeply]

[faint clattering]

[Bill] Can't sleep either?

Where do we go from here?

I need you to keep

an open mind, okay?

[ominous music building]

[Claire] Dowsing?

Isn't that when you

walk around with a stick?

That's water dowsing, yeah.

It's the same principle,

but it doesn't just

work for water.

[Claire] I'm a little lost here.

I use a focus.

That was Danny's.

[Alex] Something that had

significance to him in life.

And then the pendulum guides me

to what I'm focusing on.

No, no,

I was skeptical at first too.

It was Jacqueline that

was always more open-minded

about this kind of stuff.

This is how you've been

deciding where to search?

Yeah, and it led to something.

It worked, didn't it?

Maybe it'd be easier

if you'd just show her.

I can do that,

but if I'm honest, Bill,

I think we're at the end of

what I can do for you.

No, there's more

to find out there.

I'm not doing science.

It isn't exact.

I was focusing on an item

that belonged to a missing child

and it led you to an item

that belonged

to another missing child.

I'm not sure

there's anything more I can do.

Well, maybe you're right.

What about her?

I mean, she's more...

better at this

kind of stuff, isn't she?

Let's not go there, Bill, okay?

You have your priorities

and I have mine.

Who are we talking about?

Can you give us a minute?

[muffled conversation]

[Alex] [inaudible]

[Bill] I don't have time for it.

This needs to happen.

I need her. There's nobody else

that can do this.

Absolutely nobody else

and I haven't got anyone--

[Alex] She's alive, Bill.

[indistinct]

just searching for something

[indistinct] going to find.

[Bill] I am going to find...

[overlapping shouting]

[Bill] And I'll not [indistinct]

Hi.

The decision

was made and you agreed.

You saw what happened last time.

-If you were the father here...

-Dad.

-...what would you do? Huh?

-Dad!

[sighs] You-- you called her?

You-- you called her as well?

-That's--

-I decided to come.

[muffled conversation]

Didn't it worry you

that he was just...

you know, after your money?

[chuckles]

Yeah, it would do

if he'd ever ask for any.

[exhales sharply]

There were plenty of characters

I didn't like around back then.

Just looking for money or...

trying to get on

a news [indistinct], but...

[indistinct] gave some of them

a chance and I never did.

But Alex and Eleanor...

well, they were different.

Yeah.

Asked to be

to be kept out of it.

Asked me never

to tell anyone about them.

[muffled conversation]

And Alex...

He doesn't want her involved?

Well, she tried to well before,

but there were some issues.

Well, she was practically

a kid back then.

Issues?

Yeah.

I don't really

understand it myself.

[sinister music playing]

I think...

I don't know.

[muffled conversation]



-She seems nice.

-[thunder rolling]

Yeah.

[thunder rumbling]

[rain patterning]

I'd like to try

something different.

[sinister music continues]

Can you not sit there?

Sorry.

Sorry.

[rain patterning]

[inhales sharply]

[exhales sharply] Okay.

[ominous tone plays]



[sighs]

I'm not feeling anything.

[faint crackling]



[gasping]

I'm okay.

[Eleanor sighs]

[suspenseful music building]

[loud scraping]



[Eleanor panting softly]

[ragged breathing]

There.

[gasping]

Three. One. Four.

One.

-[Alex panting]

-I'm okay.

Three. One. Four. One.

[Eleanor] Five.

Five.

Five.

[exhales] Five.

Nine. Two.

Si-- six. Five.

Three.

Five.

Nine.

[panting softly] I'm okay.

I'm okay. [panting]

It's quite a trek out that far.

It'll take a lot of the day

just to get there and back.

And so how long

does that leave us

to search the area itself?

I'm not sure.

Maybe a few hours.

A day? That's-- [grunts]

That's a lot of area to cover.

Do we have that kind of time?

I'll go with you.

Ellie, no.

[Eleanor] Dad, Claire's right.

There's not enough time for Bill

to cover that kind of ground.

It could take months.

That's not what we agreed.

[Eleanor]

You know someone has to go.

That's how it works.

Dowsing the map

gives a general area,

but somebody

has to be on the ground.

[Alex]

I don't think it's a good idea

for you to go up there.

[Eleanor] Then who?

[Bill] I mean, your dad

could be right about it.

It's not like I'm going to be

up there on my own.

Are you sure?

I'm not going to say

I don't want...

need your help.

It'll be okay.

I've got the two of you

to look after me, haven't I?



-[rain patterning]

-[windshield viper clattering]

You're a student.

What is it you're studying?

Applied Mathematical Theory.

You were expecting

something a bit more...

woo-woo, weren't you?

I've got enough

woo-woo in my life.

She got her woo

from her mum.

You do the map thing,

though, don't you?

Uh, dowsing maps

is pretty basic.

So what was it

with all the numbers?

When things get overwhelming,

it's something to focus on.

It's not always easy,

what she does.

It's... an anchor type thing.

The number sequences

are solid, dependable.

They don't change.

But we're using pi.

And who doesn't like pi?

[chuckles]

What's that?

Oh, it's a dig.

They're up here from

the university sometimes.

Looking for Stone Age artefacts,

that kind of thing.

[dramatic music playing]

Is that a tent?

More people, more distance,

more precautions.

I mean,

we're not staying the night,

but in an emergency,

we'll be glad

there's some shelter.

And there's this as well.

And these work anywhere,

so don't worry.

We're covered.

[wind whooshing]

[distant, indistinct shouting]

[ominous music building]

[footsteps rustling]



[Alex] Do you film at all, then?

[Claire]

Main reason I'm here, yeah.

We like to keep

a low profile

when it comes

to this kind of thing.

[Claire] Bill told me.

You really don't want her

up here, do you?

Ellie has a gift.

And she always

wants to use it to help people.

And mostly that's okay.

But in cases like this

one, it's...

it's not good.

How do you mean?

When it's dark.

When there's violence involved.

When it's something as...

disturbing as this.

There's a cost.

[somber music playing]

You've been up here

once before, haven't you?

Not really. I haven't...

Never stepped foot

on it before.

What happened?

This place, it's...

It's different.

[unsettling music building]

You feel it too, don't you?

Feel what?

Like it's...

weighing on you.

Weighing you down.

Like it doesn't want us here.

How could a place want anything?

[Bill] They like to stare,

don't they?

[Eleanor] Makes you wonder

what they're thinking.

What the hell are these people

doing on our moor, probably?

Ready to press on?

[unsettling music continues]

We're here.

[Liz] This is it.

Can you...

Of course.

[low rumbling]

[camera beeps]

[baleful music building]

[wind whooshing]

[sighs]



There's a child.

She's hiding.

She's scared.

[distorted noises echoing]

[grunts softly]

I can't find her. [echoes]

[wind whooshing]

[Eleanor panting]

Her feet are bare.

No, one-- one foot is bare.

[Eleanor panting]

It's okay.

You don't need to hide.

We're here to help you.

We're here to take you away

from this place.

We're here to take you home.

Don't you want to come home?

See your mummy and daddy?



She--

She can't remember.

What can't she remember?

She can't...

remember her mummy and daddy.



All she remembers is the dark.

[ominous music playing]

Can you show me

your hiding place?



Can you show me?

Can you do that?



You don't need to hide.

We're not gonna hurt you.



[disembodied voice echoing]

[eerie tone playing]

[Eleanor] It's okay.

We're not gonna hurt you.

Wait.

-Wait!

-[Alex] Ellie!

[Eleanor panting]

[dramatic music playing]

[Claire shouting] Eleanor!



-[music intensifying]

-[Eleanor screams]



[indistinct whispering]

[Bill grunting in effort]

[panting]

-[Eleanor grunts]

-[Bill] Is this it?

Is this it?

-[Bill shouting] Is this it?

-Bill, stop!

[both grunting]

Ellie? Ellie. Ellie.

-[Eleanor gasps]

-Three, one, four, one.

Come on.

Three, one, four, one.

Three, one.

Four, one.

F-f-f-five.

Five. Five.

-Five. Five.

-No, no. Nine, two.

Nine, two.

[Alex] Yeah.

S-six.

Yes.

Five. Five.

-[ominous music playing]

-Five. Five. Five.

Five, five, five, five.

-No. Help me!

-Five, five, five.

[Bill grunting in effort]

-Five.

-Ellie, Ellie.

-Eight, nine, seven, nine.

-Five, five, five.

[Bill grunting]

-Eight, nine, seven, nine.

-Five, five, five, five.

-Five.

-Ellie.

Come on. [indistinct]

[Bill grunting]

-Seven, two, three.

-Yes, come on, come on.

-Eight, four.

-Come on.

I'm okay. I'm okay. I'm okay.

-I'm okay. I'm okay.

-[Alex panting]

-[fearsome music playing]

-[Bill grunting]

[chuckling]

-[Bill grunting]

-[shovel scraping]

[Bill grunting in effort]

Oh, my God.



[Bill grunting, panting]

[music intensifies]

[music stops]

[exhales sharply]

[panting]

[somber piano instrumental]

[Eleanor over phone] Are you

still having those dreams?

[Claire] Every night now,

sometimes...

I'm on the wall.

Sometimes I'm...

in the street by the shop.

Sometimes...

I see that

little girl's face in the mud.

But the face is Danny's.

[Eleanor] In the dreams

are you an adult

or does it feel like

you're a child again?

I don't know.

[Eleanor] Well, dreams

aren't really my thing.

I've been listening to

some of your old podcasts,

by the way.

The one about

the [indistinct] was funny.

[Claire scoffs]

[Eleanor] There's

nothing new up, though.

No, I haven't done one

since this all started.

It just hasn't...

felt right. [grunts softly]

-How's your dad?

-[Eleanor] Still mad at Bill.

Are you back staying

at his house again?

[sighs] Yeah.

The media found my flat.

I can't get near it now.

[Eleanor] Have they been

really bad?

One of them pretended

to be a detective.

I almost told him

all kinds of things.

[Eleanor] That's awful.

Well, at least they haven't

found Bill's place yet.

How is he?

He's Bill. It's hard to tell.

When I wake up in the night,

I hear him walking around.

I don't think

he sleeps much anymore.

[piano instrumental continues]

[Eleanor] Well, where is he now?



[Claire] Where he's been

for days.



[Eleanor] So it's true.

[ominous music playing]

He agreed to show the way...

to Danny and the others.

[Claire] Bill believes

he's not going to

lead them to anything.

He's just... playing a game.

-A sick game.

-[Eleanor] He can't.

I mean, they can't let him out

after what we found.

The peat preserved

the body really well.

[sighs] They found some

sort of forensic evidence.

But with another

m*rder*d child connected to him,

there's no way

he's getting out now.

[Eleanor] Do they know

who she is?

I've not been able

to find anything

that they've made public.

She wasn't one of

the known victims.

She was from a different area,

three years before the others.

[Eleanor] Oh, my God.

How long was he doing it?

[Claire] Actually,

there's no way of telling

how many victims

there were, but...

I-- I agree with Bill.

I don't...

think he'll ever

give up what he took.



But...

Danny's still...

still up there.

I thought it might make him...

feel better if we made sure

he wouldn't roam free, but it...

yeah, it-- it doesn't.

So...

[Eleanor] I...

I don't wanna go back up

there again, Claire.

No.

I understand.

[wind whooshing]

[suspenseful music playing]

[Eleanor] Maybe there's...

one thing I can do.

This is... hard to explain.

I have a connection

with a spirit.

I guess you could

call it a guardian.

I have Dad on one side, and...

on the other I have Thomas.

Our bond is what allows me

to do what I do.

He's been with me

for as long as I can remember.

Protecting me from...

the other side.

It can be...

loud.

Confusing.

All those voices,

desperate for attention.

Thomas stops them

from overwhelming me.

Without him I'd be...

totally exposed.

When we want to open that door

Thomas is like the key.

We open it

just enough to glimpse

the other side, but...

then I have to close it.

Thomas is an old spirit.

He can be temperamental.

He particularly

doesn't like being sat on.

[Eleanor chuckles]

He was with me...

the entire time up on the moor.

He's always, always by my side.

But I'm telling you this...

so that you can

try to understand

what I'm about to do.

Thomas doesn't speak to me.

It's more of a feeling.

But he can speak through me.

He may be the only one...

who can explain

what we're dealing with.

It's best

not to look him in the eye.

It agitates him.

Let's all look away. Okay?



[faint buzzing]

[low rumbling music building]

[faint rustling]

[sigh echoing]



[Alex] Thomas?

Thomas can you hear me?

[faint sigh echoing]

[Thomas] Yes.

[Alex] Thomas will you answer

some questions for us?

[Thomas] Yes.

What can you tell us

about the children?

[Thomas] Can't hear.

You can't hear

the children?

[Thomas] Voices.

Many voices.

But not from them.

No voices from them all.

What does that mean?

[Thomas] Silent.

Very silent.

Dark.

[voice distorts]

Very dark. Old. Very old.

[Bill] And what about Danny?

Where's Danny?

[Thomas] In the dark.

In that place.

And does he remember me?

Does he remember his mum?

[Thomas] Dreaming. [indistinct]

-Dreaming.

-[Bill] What does that mean?

If I find him...

if I bring him home

will he be safe then?

[dark, menacing music playing]

[Thomas] Dreaming in the dark.

-[loud thud]

-What does that mean?

[growls in frustration]

[Alex] Enough, Bill.

Where's my son?



[music fades]

[distorted music building]

-[music stops abruptly]

-[Eleanor panting]

Ellie. Ellie.

[Alex whispering] Ellie. One...

-[Alex] One.

-That's where we need to go.

That's where we need to go.

-Bill.

-We need to go out there

and bring Danny back home.

[Alex] Absolutely not.

That's crazy.

-Eleanor.

-[Alex] Bill.

-[Alex] No.

-Bill, calm down.

He needs us.

[door slams shut]

He's losing it.

[Claire] This is--

This is just...

Danny's still out there.

He's alone.

He...

He's not alone, Claire.

[ominous music building]

Bill's right.

And we know he's right.

We helped that little girl

and she's safe now.



We need to help Danny.



[engine revving]



[wind whooshing]



[panting]





Five.

What?

Five circles.

I spoke with those people

working at the dig

we found and...

they told me that every rock

carving on the Moor is unique

but they all have these

five circles in groups of five.

Did they say who put them here?

No.

The Stone Age or...

at least 5,000 years old.

But those archaeologists

thought they were older.

They were hoping

to dig up some evidence of that.

Have you seen

one like this before?

[suspenseful music playing]

-[thunder rumbling]

-[rain pattering]

What time is it?

Still day.

It's not safe

to keep going like this.

[Bill panting]

[indistinct chatter]

Get in.

[all panting]

I can't feel my face.

You okay?

Thomas doesn't like it here.

He's-- [panting]

He's nervous.

He's never been nervous before.

That feeling

we're not wanted here...

is so strong now.

Can't you feel it?

I don't know.

What?

This place just feels familiar.

Like I've been here before.

Anyone hungry?

We've got... [groans]

...granola.

Ah, chocolate.

[Alex laughs]

[tense music playing]

I'm gonna go

check on the others.

Dad, I think I might be wrong.

[Alex] What?

About this place

not wanting her here.

[Bill grunting]

[indistinct]

It's really clear now.

-[Liz] No visibility, though.

-[Bill grunts]

[Liz] We need to see

where we're standing.

[Bill] You think

it'll clear up for us?

Let's give it some time.

[breathing heavily]

I can call in help

if we get stuck.



[indistinct chatter]

[Alex] So anyone know

any good songs?

-More shanties?

-[Liz] Shanties?

What am I, a sailor? [scoffs]

Any old Yorkshire folk songs?

Probably for the best.

Not that you don't have

a beautiful voice, I'm sure.

You'd be surprised, actually.

Bill was a lead in

the Howmore male voice choir

back in the day.

[Alex] Really?

[Liz] Oh, yeah.

You kept that quiet.

Voice like an angel.

I can see that.

Then come on, Bill.

How about it?

I don't do it anymore.

-[Alex] Just one--

-I said I don't do it anymore.

-Call of the nature.

-In twos.

-I'll be fine.

-You need to keep--

[Bill] Really, I'll be fine.

[eerie music playing]

[leaves rustling]

[tense music playing]

[dramatic music playing]

-There's someone there.

-[Liz] Oi, wait!

[Bill panting]

[Bill groaning in effort]

What is his problem?

How does anyone put up with him?

How do you put up with him?

[Bill groaning]

[Bill panting]

-Now, now.

-[Bill groaning in effort]

Right, now! Now, now!

[both groaning]

[both breathing heavily]

Did you see him? He was here.

Where?

That's peat bog.

No one can stand out there.

-I saw him.

-Don't run off like that.

You know it's not safe.

sh*t, I can't see the tent.

-Dad.

-[scoffs] Wh-- I know it...

Now I need to go.

Back in a minute.

I'm sorry about that.

Don't worry about it. It's fine.

I'm curious about you and Bill.

[tense music playing]

My mum and dad were--

well, they're nice,

they're just...

were never really there,

you know?

I could get away

with anything, really.

Even after Danny.

We never...

we never really talked about it.

But Bill...

Bill was this old-school

kind of dad, you know?

Strict, but fair.

You knew where your limits were.

And woe betide you

if you tried to pass him.

[somber music playing]

After Danny...

it was like...

well...

there were strange men

in the house the whole time.

They'd ask me questions, but...

mostly they'd be just

talking out of my earshot

in hushed voices.

I convinced myself

it was my fault.

Like I...

fooled my parents, as always,

and the police.

But Bill, he...

he'd know.

-[Bill groans in pain]

-[Liz] Bill, come on.

[both breathing heavily]

I remember the first time

I saw Bill afterwards.

He came in, face like thunder.

He'd been arguing

with the police, I think.

And he marched

straight over to me.

I was so scared.

I was so sure he'd take

one look at me and he'd know.

He'd know it was

all my fault, really.

That...

Danny was gone because of me.

But he hugged me.

And he said, "Are you okay?"

[exhales in relief]

And just like that...

I was like,

"It can't be my fault.

Because if it

had been my fault...

he wouldn't have hugged me

and asked if I was okay,

you know?" [chuckles]

We moved away

straight after that.

My parents just wanted it

all behind us, you know?

Claire, I'm...

I'm worried something wants you.

[suspenseful music playing]

[wind howling]

[gasps]

[Alex speaking indistinctly]

[Claire gasps]

[Claire panting]

You took your time.

-Where are the others?

-He's gone.

He's gone, he's--

he's-- Thomas just--

-he just left me. He's--

-What?

[Eleanor] He screamed

and left me. He--

The door's open

and I-- I can't-- I can't go.

What do I-- [panting]

There's--

there's something here.

There's-- [shudders]

There's something here, Dad.

You need to help me.

Dad, you need to help me.

I can't--

I don't know what to do.

[sobbing]

I don't know what to do.

You need to help me now, Dad.

You need to help me.

You need to help me.

[sobbing] Can you help me?

[Eleanor screaming]

What are you doing?

Why aren't you helping her?

[Eleanor mumbling]

-[Eleanor whimpering]

-What's going on?

[Eleanor panting]

I'm getting some help.

[indistinct].

[Eleanor muttering]

[radio crackling]

Yeah, we've got a medical

emergency [indistinct]--

[woman over radio]

[indistinct] medical support.

What?

[Claire over radio]

You feel it too, don't you?

[Eleanor muttering]

Look, I need someone to--

[Bill over radio]

I don't do that anymore.

I don't understand.

[Claire over radio]

You took your time.

Who is this?

[Liz over radio]

I can call in help

if we get stuck.

[man over radio]

Anyone [indistinct].

[Eleanor panting]

[kids' voices

speaking indistinctly]

[kid sobbing]

[kids screaming]

[Danny shouting] Help. Help.

That's Danny.

That's Danny.



[Eleanor groaning in pain]

[Eleanor choking]

[dramatic music playing]

[Eleanor growling]

[Eleanor wheezing]

[groaning]

[animalistic growling]

[distorted screaming]

Stay near the tent!

Stay near the tent!

[Eleanor screaming]

Eleanor!

[Bill panting]

[both breathing heavily]

-[Bill] How is she?

-She's breathing.

Where's Alex?

[Liz] Stay with her.

[Bill] Alex!

[Claire] Alex!

Alex!

Alex!

[eerie music playing]

Don't run off like that.

-I didn't run off. You ran off.

-What do you mean?

[Alex] I've been shouting

my head off out here for ages.

You [indistinct] the tent.

I've been out here.

But you were there.

I saw you in the tent

after Eleanor--

Eleanor what?

What's happened to Ellie?

We need to get back.

[Liz panting]



They've got no eyes.





[disembodied voices whispering]



[siren wailing in distance]

[siren wailing]

[inaudible]

[music fades]

I'll call ya.

Bill.

I'm done.

Just us now.

[phone ringing]

[Thornley] Hi. Claire, listen.

Tell me you're not on the moor.

[Claire] No, not anymore.

[Thornley] That's good.

Well, then

don't go back up there, okay?

What? Why?

Well, I can't say, really,

but just--

just stay away from the moor.

What's this about?

Come on, you can tell me.

Okay, but this is strictly

off the record, right?

Yesterday, when the police

took him out to search...

they...

well, I don't really

understand it,

but there was something

about the weather.

And...

He got away somehow.

He got away.

[Bill] What?

[phone beeps]

[ominous music playing]

This time we'll find him.

Bill...

We can't go up there again.

Eleanor's in hospital.

And he...

He's out there now.

There's no need

to worry about that.

I'll be ready for him.

[floor creaks]

-[Claire breathing heavily]

-[footsteps departing]

[ragged breathing]

[Claire] It's been a while.

I...

I don't often talk

about myself on here.

There are things

that I get asked about a lot,

but I've never talked

about them.

When really

bad things happen, we...

we want to somehow

make sense of them...

understand them, we need to.

So we can put them in a little

box and tie a bow around it,

put it on a shelf

and leave it there.

That way

it can't hurt us anymore.

Some things are so senseless,

so beyond

what we can understand,

that we can never do that.

We try to dismiss them,

not think about them, but...

That just feels like a...

a betrayal.

So we keep trying.

We keep trying to understand.

Trying to make

the senseless make sense.

And that leaves us

unable to move on.

There's a time to accept

some things

will always be senseless.

So what can we do?

We can talk about them.

[chuckles]

And what I'm saying is...

I think I'm ready

to talk about it now.

[whimsical chime plays]

[textiles rustling]

[Bill] This is all?

-[Claire] Yeah.

-[Bill] Bring it with you.

[Claire breathing heavily]

[objects clattering]

[Claire breathing heavily]

[Claire sobs] Yeah.

-Please.

-Keep moving.

Why are you not talking

to me, Bill?

Please talk to me.

[Claire sobs]

You heard him.

[Bill, indistinct]

[Claire whimpering]

[Claire] I heard some--

Something.

This is the only way

I can get him back.

[Claire breathes heavily]

I can't-- [grunting]

[Bill] Get up.

[Claire sobs]

[Bill] Come on.

[Claire sobs, breathing heavily]

Please, Bill. Please.

f*ck you!

[Claire screams]

-[sheep bleating]

-[Claire gasping]

-[sheep whining]

-Oh, my God.

Bill-- [pants]

-Keep moving.

-[Claire yelps]

I don't understand

why you're doing this.

[Bill] You know, they used

to bring people out here.

[Claire] What? Who?

To the dig.

Told me about the peat bodies

that kept turning up here

over the years.

Dead people.

Preserved in the peat.

Over thousands of years old.

They were sacrificed.

[Claire] Sacrificed?

In the Stone Age,

they used to

bring people out here...

suffocate them...

bury them.

To appease some evil.

-[Claire] Bill...

-[Bill] Don't you understand?

There's something out here.

Something old.

Something terrible.

Something that people

have always been scared of.

And Danny was sacrificed to it.

Only it wasn't meant to be him.

[Claire] Where is

this coming from?

[Bill] You heard it.

-[Bill] The voice in the tent.

-[Claire] You--

You understood that.

You didn't?

It said I needed to do this.

Oh, my God. [Claire sobs]

It was never Danny

it wanted, really.

[Claire sobbing]

-It was you.

-[Claire] Me?

It was always

supposed to be you.

[sobbing] Please, Bill, please.

-Keep moving.

-[Claire screaming] No, please!

Bill! [breathing heavily]

[Bill] Keep going.

We'll be there soon.

[Claire] Where are we going?

[Bill] We need to make it

all the way.

This time you go all the way.

All the way.

I don't understand.

This is it.

[Claire] There's nothing here.

There's nothing here, Bill.

[Bill]

There should be something here!

Why isn't there anything here?

[Claire] Just-- just listen

to me for a moment, okay?

Just listen to me.

He said if I brought you here...

I'd find Danny.

[Claire sobs]

That's what he said.

That's what the voice said.

[Claire] Bill, look around.

Danny's not here.

Think about it.

He-- how could he be here, Bill?

How could Danny be here now?

Oh, I have to get him back.

It promised. The voice promised.

[Claire] Bill, Danny is gone.

He's been gone

for 25 years, Bill.

[Bill sobs]

This-- this place

is making you not yourself.

Think about what you're doing.

Where we-- where we are.

Please, please, just...

[sighs] ...let's just go home.

Let's just go home, Bill.

[wind whooshing]

[Claire sobs]

Please, Bill,

let's just go home.

[Claire sobs]

-[Claire gasps]

-[g*nsh*t bangs]

[Bill] f*ck you! [indistinct]

[ominous music plays]

[Claire breathing heavily]

[peat squelching]

[Claire] Oh, my God, it's alive.

[Claire whimpering]

[Claire sobbing]

[g*nsh*t bangs]

[Claire gasping and sobbing]

[Claire breathing heavily]

[Claire] Bill...

[Bill] I understand now.

[Claire] The moor.

The moor.

[Claire grunting]

[Claire screaming and sobbing]

Bill, help me!

Pl-- please!

Please, please, please, please!

Help me, please!

[Claire sobbing]

Bill, please help!

Help!

[somber music]