IT ONLY LEAVES ONE ALIVE: THE CINEMATIC AUDIO EXPERIENCE

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spk_0 It only leaves one alive by Lex Fusco.

spk_0 Exterior Shikshini cabin property grounds afternoon.

spk_0 Shikshini, Pennsylvania, Mountainside.

spk_0 The birds, chirp, a bear wander through the backyard.

spk_0 A brand new luxury SUV rolls up the gravel driveway and parks in front of the massive wood cabin.

spk_0 It's isolated, in the middle of fucking nowhere.

spk_0 But everything is simply beautiful as the sun sets over the trees.

spk_0 Super 2015.

spk_0 Helen Briggs, early 20s, V-8 Girl.

spk_0 Every girl wants to be her and every guy wants to be with her.

spk_0 Gets out of the SUV from the back seat.

spk_0 She holds a pink diary and a pen in her hands.

spk_0 Despite her quote-unquote casual outfit,

spk_0 she looks like she just stepped off the cover of Vogue.

spk_0 She snaps the diary shut.

spk_0 Finally, some fucking piece and quiet.

spk_0 Bailey Everson, early 20s, gets out of the passenger seat.

spk_0 She wraps her arms around Helen and another girl, early 20s,

spk_0 who also just got out of the car.

spk_0 She snaps a selfie of the three of them.

spk_0 Yeah, the photo ops up here are insane.

spk_0 Lisa Everson, 40s, gets out of the car,

spk_0 truckling to herself as she listens to the giddy giggles

spk_0 of the six young women.

spk_0 The first moment of peace she's had in four hours on this drive.

spk_0 She points to Bailey.

spk_0 Plenty of time to take photos after you girls unpack the car.

spk_0 Besides, I think you probably need to do a hike or two

spk_0 before you take any body photos.

spk_0 Bailey clenches her jaw.

spk_0 Lisa!

spk_0 Hey, I provide the ride in the house.

spk_0 You provide the manual labor that comes with being

spk_0 young and beautiful.

spk_0 Simple as that.

spk_0 Lisa smiles as she heads towards the cabin.

spk_0 Helen grabs her Gucci luggage from the trunk.

spk_0 Fucking bitch.

spk_0 This is going to be the best summer break ever.

spk_0 Bailey joins her.

spk_0 It better be after everything this last year.

spk_0 All of that was just the pressure we needed to make us diamonds.

spk_0 The girls chatter with excitement as they start to unpack the car.

spk_0 Exterior, shick shini cabin front porch continuous.

spk_0 Lisa sifts through the keys on her chain,

spk_0 trying to remember which one opens up this door.

spk_0 She finds the right one and finally looks up.

spk_0 When she does, she sees a wooden faceless marionette sits

spk_0 in a crumpled pile on the rocking chair next to the front door.

spk_0 Its strings are a dark red color, tangled up around its limbs.

spk_0 Lisa freezes at the sight of it, deer in headlights.

spk_0 Her lip quivers, her face drains of color.

spk_0 All the sound is sucked out of the space.

spk_0 No.

spk_0 I'm better now.

spk_0 Exterior, shick shini cabin property grounds continuous.

spk_0 Most of the luggage is out of the car.

spk_0 Bailey takes photos of Helen and the other girls

spk_0 modeling it up in front of the tree line.

spk_0 Bailey hears Lisa.

spk_0 She glances over, kind of embarrassed.

spk_0 She watches as Lisa grabs something from the rocking chair

spk_0 and hurries into the house.

spk_0 Lisa slams the door behind her.

spk_0 What the fuck?

spk_0 She does like a lot of cocaine.

spk_0 She's probably fine.

spk_0 Helen, I think if you leaned in a little more,

spk_0 we could get some really cool images with this sunset.

spk_0 Helen eats up the attention.

spk_0 Interior, shick shini cabin living room continuous.

spk_0 Despite the cabin's large size, it's an open land.

spk_0 The first floor is practically all one room.

spk_0 Lisa hustles from the front door to the living room fireplace.

spk_0 She does not take her eyes off of the marionette.

spk_0 Even as she rifles through the dusty box next to the fireplace,

spk_0 full of supplies, her eyes are glued to the marionette,

spk_0 limp in her other hand.

spk_0 She doesn't even bother to clear away the cobwebs,

spk_0 dust her ash before dousing the wet log in there

spk_0 with lighter fluid in a match.

spk_0 The fireplace ignites.

spk_0 She throws the marionette onto the flames.

spk_0 She sprays more lighter fluid on it, just in case.

spk_0 Her face glows in the light of the flames as the marionette is consumed by the fire.

spk_0 Her eyes rim with tears.

spk_0 The front door opens.

spk_0 Lisa doesn't even register the noise as Bailey and Helen haul bags in.

spk_0 Ha ha ha ha ha.

spk_0 Jesus, why is it so smoky in here?

spk_0 Lisa?

spk_0 Lisa spends around horror plastered on her face.

spk_0 It.

spk_0 It only leaves one alive.

spk_0 Helen and Bailey exchange confused looks.

spk_0 Deft too much cocaine.

spk_0 Who's ready for an awesome vacation?

spk_0 Woo!

spk_0 Helen yeah!

spk_0

spk_0 Smash to black.

spk_0 It only leaves one alive.

spk_0 The back of Lisa, she's crooked as she stands.

spk_0 Over her shoulder we see Helen covered in blood,

spk_0 mouth fixed in a screen, close on a bloody hammer.

spk_0 Ha ha ha.

spk_0 Interior walker apartment bedroom night.

spk_0 Helen, 30s sits bolt right up in bed,

spk_0 keving, gulping in breaths.

spk_0 Justin Walker, 30s, if Peter Parker never became Spider-Man,

spk_0 stirs and sits up.

spk_0 Super 2025.

spk_0 Justin immediately starts rubbing Helen's back in small circles with one hand,

spk_0 as he reaches across to her nightstand and grabs a pill bottle

spk_0 from next to a black, low-skinned journal.

spk_0 Pinch your fingers together tight.

spk_0 You're here.

spk_0 You're here and it's now.

spk_0 You're not back there.

spk_0 Justin pours a pill into his hand.

spk_0 Helen grabs the bottle.

spk_0 She takes one pill from Justin and another from the bottle.

spk_0 She pops them into her mouth.

spk_0 Helen swallows.

spk_0 She rocks back and forth a couple of times,

spk_0 pinching her fingers close together.

spk_0 And finally, she releases a relaxing breath.

spk_0 Justin blinks the sleep out of his eye.

spk_0 He glances over at the clock on his nightstand.

spk_0 2.33 a.m.

spk_0 You're safe.

spk_0 You're okay.

spk_0 What's going on?

spk_0 I don't know.

spk_0 Helen leans into Justin.

spk_0 He holds her close.

spk_0 It's been a couple months since you've had a nightmare.

spk_0 So for two to happen this week,

spk_0 maybe the new cocktail isn't working.

spk_0 I just couldn't sketch with the original combination.

spk_0 Nothing in my head.

spk_0 Now there's too much in my head.

spk_0 I don't know.

spk_0 Helen runs her fingers through her hair.

spk_0 Dr. Kent says it could be triggered by the stress of my show.

spk_0 But I don't know.

spk_0 Oh yeah, what does Dr. Kent really know?

spk_0 He's only been in award-winning psychotherapist for 26 years.

spk_0 You know, after it happened,

spk_0 I had to be sedated to sleep at all.

spk_0 Every time, every time I closed my eyes, even to blink,

spk_0 I...

spk_0 Helen turns away from Justin.

spk_0 I know.

spk_0 I can't imagine what it must have been like,

spk_0 but you're doing so great now.

spk_0 You have your first design feature, a line roll out.

spk_0 Helen shakes her head.

spk_0 No.

spk_0 I don't deserve this.

spk_0 Don't talk like that.

spk_0 This is a big deal.

spk_0 You're going to do great tomorrow night for your show.

spk_0 And beyond,

spk_0 you finally got in your life back.

spk_0 Justin gently pulls her face towards his.

spk_0 You're finally happy.

spk_0 Helen's lip trembles.

spk_0 I can't be.

spk_0 I'm not allowed to be happy.

spk_0 Justin kisses her forehead.

spk_0 I don't believe that.

spk_0 Deep down, neither do you.

spk_0 You've worked so hard to be better.

spk_0 You don't have to deal with all of this alone.

spk_0 She holds him tight.

spk_0 Her eyes wide open.

spk_0 Interior Clearstone publishing Corner Office Day.

spk_0 A desk designed exclusively for overcompensation.

spk_0 Expensive artwork,

spk_0 a physical inbox that overflows.

spk_0 Justin sits across from Lloyd Richards' 50s.

spk_0 Self-important silver fox,

spk_0 as he lounges back in his chair,

spk_0 feet up on his too big desk.

spk_0 Pass.

spk_0 Eternal.

spk_0 This is a dark fantasy romance.

spk_0 Explicit.

spk_0 Justin waivers his hand in a middling sense.

spk_0 Pass.

spk_0 I think it's solid middle ground.

spk_0 I don't want middle ground.

spk_0 No one wants middle ground.

spk_0 Clearstone publishing was not built on the success of books that are middle ground.

spk_0 Lloyd points to a poster on the wall.

spk_0 Dark minds think alike.

spk_0 A sexy crime thriller based on a true story.

spk_0 Have fun art department.

spk_0 People want true crime and smut.

spk_0 Sometimes they want smuddy, true crime.

spk_0 Why can't more real life FBI agents fall in love with his men?

spk_0 Justin grimaces.

spk_0 Lloyd looks him up and down as Justin scribbles out the title again.

spk_0 What?

spk_0 You have a look.

spk_0 Like you want to tell me something.

spk_0 Justin considers.

spk_0 Well, I've been working on some stuff.

spk_0 Lloyd raises his eyebrows.

spk_0 Oh?

spk_0 I didn't know you were a writer.

spk_0 We discussed it in my annual reviews three years in a row.

spk_0 Lloyd shrugs.

spk_0 People discuss writing all the time.

spk_0 Writers write.

spk_0 What have you got?

spk_0 I've been working on something really special.

spk_0 Lloyd waves him off.

spk_0 Already uninterested.

spk_0 True crime or smut.

spk_0 Lloyd looks at Justin again.

spk_0 Special is fine.

spk_0 Special is safe.

spk_0 You've got to really put yourself out there on the page.

spk_0 It has to make a splash.

spk_0 Justin opens his mouth to say something but Lloyd continues.

spk_0 If you can bring me something that'll blow my fucking mind

spk_0 for the Q3 presentation in three weeks, I'll publish it.

spk_0 Justin nods em fatically.

spk_0 I'm on it.

spk_0 Justin awkwardly gets up and hurries away.

spk_0 Interior Simpson House Master bedroom day.

spk_0 Large and spacious, but conspicuously empty.

spk_0 We can see dust patterns where artwork or trophies or jewelry boxes used to be.

spk_0 Justin stands in front of a full-length tri-fold mirror.

spk_0 He wears a suit that is obviously not his judging from the price tag and the fact that the arms are too long.

spk_0 Kyle Simpson 30s.

spk_0 Everybody's best friend despite his endless downward spiral.

spk_0 Topsoff is coffee with a Celsius as he sits on the edge of the bed behind Justin.

spk_0 You can't be this picky when you're shopping in my closet.

spk_0 Justin adjusts his sleeves a bit in the mirror.

spk_0 I know. I just want to look nice for her.

spk_0 You do look nice. That's a $6,000 suit.

spk_0 Justin half spins around. Eyes wide.

spk_0 What? Kyle takes a sip of his coffee.

spk_0 I know. It's fucking absurd. I can't even sell it.

spk_0 Bullshit.

spk_0 Kyle stands up and walks over to the dresser. He opens the top drawer.

spk_0 Inside the drawer there are a lot of scratches,

spk_0 implying it was once full of jewelry.

spk_0 Now there are only a few pieces left and two watches.

spk_0 Kyle grabs a watch. He walks the watch over to Justin.

spk_0 No suit is complete without a watch.

spk_0 What is this madman?

spk_0 What I would do for a 1960s economy.

spk_0 Kyle puts his coffee down to help Justin get the watch on.

spk_0 You doing okay?

spk_0 Driving.

spk_0 I'm surprised you came back from your vacation so soon.

spk_0 Oh, you sweet simple boy.

spk_0 You don't have to tiptoe. This isn't my first time doing only 15 of the 30 day bed.

spk_0 You make it sound like prison.

spk_0 Inpatient treatment is prison.

spk_0 We just want you to get better.

spk_0 Don't you want more stupid $6,000 suits and outdated watches?

spk_0 Haha.

spk_0 Uh, my crippling gambling addiction is less of a problem and more like a fun quirky character trait.

spk_0 Besides, that's all behind me. I bet things are going to be just fine.

spk_0 That's not funny.

spk_0 It's a little funny.

spk_0 Kyle turns Justin around to get a full view of the outfit again.

spk_0 So what's really on your mind?

spk_0 I'm that transparent.

spk_0 Like cling wrap.

spk_0 Justin goes over to his pants left in a heap on the floor.

spk_0 He digs through the pocket and pulls out a ring box.

spk_0 You're really not my type, bud.

spk_0 Justin shakes his head as he opens the box to reveal a small engagement ring.

spk_0 I'm going to ask Kellyn to marry me, you know, once I figure out how to do it.

spk_0 Justin beams. His smile falters when he sees.

spk_0 Kyle as an as enthusiastic as Justin would have hoped.

spk_0 What? Is it ugly?

spk_0 She doesn't like to really wear a lot of jewelry,

spk_0 so I wanted to get her something subtle that you know, no, no, dude, the ring is,

spk_0 well, it's certainly a ring, but that's not what's giving like tummy troubles.

spk_0 No, that's probably the poison you're drinking.

spk_0 A double espresso and a non-sparkling Celsius should be tried by the Hague.

spk_0 I don't think that this is a good idea for several reasons. Most of them are obvious and

spk_0 superficial, so I'll just nail like the big one, which is you don't really know her.

spk_0 You've only been together for like barely a year?

spk_0 Justin scoffs, dreamy. He waves Kyle off as he examines the ring with a smile.

spk_0 We have the rest of our lives for that.

spk_0 Kyle puffs at his cheeks.

spk_0 Look, I know Rachel and I may not be textbook perfect couple,

spk_0 but we've been through ups, downs, and the mediocrity in between.

spk_0 Sometimes love seems like a better alternative to reality.

spk_0 Justin chews on the inside of his cheek.

spk_0 And she could potentially be a serial killer?

spk_0 Justin snaps his attention to Kyle.

spk_0 She was cleared of all charges. There was an investigation in an absolutely no evidence.

spk_0 Yeah, that's definitely not the same thing as her not being a serial killer,

spk_0 but my point is that you know more of her than you know about her.

spk_0 Justin shakes his head.

spk_0 None of that matters. I'm going to do it.

spk_0 I really love her. She's special. I just need to figure out a special way to ask her.

spk_0 Somewhere special. Kyle nods and shrugs. That's that.

spk_0 Okay, you're my boy. If you really think that she's your soulmate,

spk_0 she's the one and being with her will make you happy. I will help you make it happen.

spk_0 Really?

spk_0 Yeah, look, I'll give my family's caterers to prep the lake house with all the

spk_0 trimmings. Egyptian cotton, vintage wine, snacks.

spk_0 Justin clenches his jaw. He ships back and forth.

spk_0 The lake house? Hell yeah, the lake house. It's your spot.

spk_0 You always said that you'd pop the question there. I assume this is why you're asking about it last

spk_0 month. Justin blushes. Guilty is charged.

spk_0 I mean, yeah, but Helen, she doesn't really do vacations. I've been trying to talk to her about it,

spk_0 but I'm not sure that Kyle shakes his head. Yeah, because she's crazy and potentially a serial killer.

spk_0 Justin crosses his arms indignant. She's been horrifically traumatized, Kyle. She witnessed

spk_0 at least five brutal murders. Kyle shrugs. I can't let it go. We can't overlook this bloody

spk_0 elephant in the room. It was 10 years ago. She's either nuts and is never going to be able to

spk_0 offer her fear of vacations or she's a psycho murderer who killed a bunch of people. Either way,

spk_0 she's more fitted for a straight jacket than a wedding dress. Stop it. She's not a killer or a

spk_0 bad person or afraid of vacations. Like, yeah, it's unideal to use buzzwords like vacation or get away,

spk_0 but she has her routine. She needs it. You know what she went through. Actually, I don't. You don't.

spk_0 No one does. We just know that it was horrible and terrible and all that. I'm sure that's part of

spk_0 what makes her a luring and interesting, but it's also what makes her crazy. You had to throw

spk_0 on the words at least in reference to murders. No one knows. Justin picks it as nails. His shoulders sag.

spk_0 Kyle bites his lip. Gives up. Decides to rally. Look, this moment should be big for the

spk_0 both of you. I know how much you love the lake house. If she can make it through one getaway

spk_0 weekend with you, it's fate and you are meant to be together. If she can't get through one

spk_0 vacation though, then I'm doing you and her a huge favor. It's like a exposure therapy. Rachel's

spk_0 taught me all about it. Kyle rests his hand on Justin's shoulders comfortingly. You're not wrong,

spk_0 but you're also so wrong. Kyle smirks. It's my style. Kyle adjusts Justin's tie.

spk_0 I

spk_0 Interior warehouse fashion show runway night. A warehouse converted into a grunge fashion show.

spk_0 The whole warehouse is dark aside from the runway that is lit up. Along the raised white runway

spk_0 structure are three rows of chairs on either side full of audience members. Several photographers

spk_0 take photos. Bolbs flashing as models struck down the red carpeted runway, wearing a ray of chic

spk_0 fashion. The gap meets Dolly. Justin and Kyle sit at the end of the row along with the rest of

spk_0 their posse. Rachel Simpson, 30s. Whipsmart therapist who's showing just enough skin to leave

spk_0 plenty to the imagination. Charlie Fisher, 30s. ER Dock with a strong jaw and eyes that are

spk_0 practically aflame. Don's an apple watchy chucks intermittent. Eva St. John, 30s.

spk_0 Her small frame is swallowed up by long sleeves and long pants that are far too big for her.

spk_0 A huge grin plastered across her soft, overly made up face. Her nurse scrubs peek out

spk_0 underneath the large clothes. No time to really change. J.J. Curth, 30s.

spk_0 Youth ball burnout and lunches on hot cheetos with a pair of chopsticks, wearing designer everything,

spk_0 but it all looks like it's from Goodwill. Kyle Nuzzles Rachel's neck.

spk_0 This final dress is a special limited edition by our newest designer Helen Briggs.

spk_0 This design is called the Maya. There are only 10 of its kind as each dress is handmade.

spk_0 The Maya model walks out in a breathtaking black dress. The crowd goes wild with applause at its

spk_0 point. Helen peers out from the back of the runway where the models beat. She locks eyes with

spk_0 Justin smiles at her. Helen waves, happy tears in her eyes.

spk_0 Helen Mouths, I love you back. Interior warehouse fashion show after party night.

spk_0 Model shmows with photographers and designers in various celebs.

spk_0 Our group mingles at a set of pushed together high top tables, champagne flows.

spk_0 J.J.'s little cocktail plate is piled high with discarded shrimp tails.

spk_0 Charlie grimaces a bit as he launches J.J. start to eat the shrimp tails now that he's run out of

spk_0 actual shrimp. I saw it on ER. I saw it on ER or in an ER because those are very different.

spk_0 What I do, saving people's lives, it's way more powerful than anything you could see on a screen.

spk_0 What are you laughing at? You! I don't think I've ever met someone who takes

spk_0 themselves so seriously but doesn't wear socks with shoes.

spk_0 Charlie clenches his jaws as friends have a giggle with his ex-man.

spk_0 All right, Alpha, stand down. Eva, I've missed you. We have to reset our lunch. Eva takes a huge

spk_0 visit to Kyle. Kyle reaches for it but Rachel elbows him. Kyle shakes his head.

spk_0 It's more like trying to get something published. Oh, is that hard?

spk_0 Yeah, but I have an idea cooking. I think it's going to blow my boss away.

spk_0 It'll be the thing he takes at this conference in a few weeks and it'll really get things moving

spk_0 for me. I just have to execute it perfectly. Helen hurries over to them, just in kiss us.

spk_0 You did amazing. Thank you guys so much for coming. I know you're all really busy.

spk_0 Wouldn't miss it for the world. Rachel approaches Helen. Can I hug you? Of course.

spk_0 Helen and Rachel then brace. Helen is the first to let go or at least try to.

spk_0 So how did it go? The Maya sold out completely. Yo, that's awesome. Right?

spk_0 Yeah, it's pretty awesome. The show is such a success that the label is actually taking on six

spk_0 of my designs instead of four. That's huge. Helen nods. Tears come to her eyes. Hey, hey, why cry?

spk_0 Eva reaches into her purse. She pulls out a couple of prescription bottles and finally finds the

spk_0 Kleenex travel pack she's looking for. Helen takes the tissue thankfully. It's just, it's been so

spk_0 long since I felt like this. Helen looks into Justin's eyes. Happy. Rachel nods. Like you're not

spk_0 suffering and surviving anymore. That's a major breakthrough. Helen swallows a bit uncomfortable.

spk_0 Maya, ladies of mine, doctor. She can't help it. Well, look, this is a big deal. You guys are just

spk_0 starting off on something well big. How about we celebrate with an adventure, huh?

spk_0 No, you don't mean. Oh, I mean. Lake House party.

spk_0 JJ and Kyle whoop a bunch. Charlie rolls his eyes and takes a drink of his water. Justin Elbows Kyle,

spk_0 Kyle settles down. He sneaks ahead of JJ's vape. Justin squeezes Helen's hand. She squeezes back.

spk_0 I'm sure whatever you're writing is way better. Just journaling. You're gonna let me

spk_0 read any of it. It's private. Oh, I didn't realize this was for treatment. Helen shrugs. She puts

spk_0 the notebook on the nightstand. Did you really mean what you said? Of course. When? About me being

spk_0 happy. Justin smiles at her. I'm really proud of you. You really are doing so well. Justin plays

spk_0 with her hair. I could see myself spending the rest of my life with a famous fashion designer,

spk_0 dressmaker model, beautiful lady. And you're supposed to be an author? I'm working on it.

spk_0 There's a silence for a moment. Helen's head rests on Justin's chest. Your heart is beating really

spk_0 fast. I'm nervous. Why? I want to ask you something, but I don't want to upset you.

spk_0 Then please don't ask. Can we please go to the lake house with everyone this weekend?

spk_0 Helen pulls away from him. No. Please just just hear me out. Helen just looks at him. Please wait.

spk_0 Okay. What? I was expecting some more yelling. I'm hearing you out.

spk_0 It's you did so great today. You've been doing so great in general. You're happy.

spk_0 Isn't that a huge deal? Isn't that a good sign that things are moving forward? That you're moving

spk_0 forward? Helen picks it her fingernail beds. I know you went through something horrible. Unimaginable.

spk_0 Helen turns to him fully. She glairs at him. It's something that I see every time I close my eyes,

spk_0 Justin. And yet you've triumphed. This is completely different. You and your friends,

spk_0 you went to the top of a mountain, knowing around, totally alone. Helen flinches. She makes the

spk_0 mistake of blinking and chief linches harder. Justin gently puts his hands on her shoulders to ground

spk_0 her. This lake house is smack dab in the middle of a bunch of other lake houses. Tons of people,

spk_0 stupid good cell signal. There's an emergency tower point four miles from the place. A bunch of

spk_0 people are going. It's going to be fun. I want you to be able to enjoy yourself. I want to take you

spk_0 somewhere that's really special to me because you're really special to me. Justin pulls her closer.

spk_0 She doesn't fight him. Helen considers she bites her lip. I guess things have been different lately.

spk_0 Helen gazes into Justin's eyes. You deserve to be happy. I know Rachel is a lot,

spk_0 but she was kind of right. You've suffered enough. Don't you think?

spk_0 I think yeah. Justin beams. So does that mean we can go?

spk_0 You have to promise me that if I want to leave, we will leave. Okay? No questions asked.

spk_0 Justin nods a huge smile on his face. Of course. And we can take breaks on the drive.

spk_0 No questions asked if I want to leave. We're out of there. I promise.

spk_0 Okay. Here's to being happy. Justin kisses her deeply. She smiles against him.

spk_0 Interior Shikshini cabin living room night. Disorienting. We're too close. Wet crunching.

spk_0 Close on a hairline that doesn't sit right. The head of the hammer is embedded in the skull.

spk_0 The hammer is pulled out with a wet crunch and swung at us.

spk_0 Interior Justin's car days. Helen wakes with a start in the front seat. She flails,

spk_0 getting her bearings. Justin pops up in the window beside her as he opens the car door.

spk_0 Hey, we're here. You okay? Helen rifles through her handbag strapped to her chest.

spk_0 She fishes out her prescription bottle in pops a pill. Exterior lake house day.

spk_0 Pristine, gorgeous, luxurious. The rustic wooden cabin has a mansion like quality.

spk_0 Laughter from neighbors fills the air against the buzzing of cicadas,

spk_0 splashing from the lake, birds, etc. It's very busy. Two cars sit parked in the gravel driveway

spk_0 of the lake house. Justin's car is parked between them. Justin helps Helen out of the car.

spk_0 You're good. You're safe. You hear that? Helen does hear that. Lots of people. The lake,

spk_0 birds chirping. They are surrounded by joy. She relaxes a bit.

spk_0 This is going to be a great trip. We're going to enjoy the sun, good company. I'm going to try and

spk_0 get some riding done. Justin rubs her back in small circles. Everything is going to be fine.

spk_0 Interior lake house kitchen day. Close on a quote-unquote sandwich,

spk_0 constructed of two Belgian waffles as the foundation, three types of meats and cheeses,

spk_0 pickles and red onions. A huge squirt of honey mustard farts out and cascades down.

spk_0 Careful a good time. Not a long time. The kitchen is very high end like the rest of the cabin.

spk_0 It's rustic on the outside and rustic chic on the inside. Stainless steel top of the line

spk_0 appliances are bolted down. Bags of groceries overflow across the countertops with food, drinks,

spk_0 etc. JJ tops the sandwich off with the other waffle. He hits his vape. Eating like that,

spk_0 I don't think you'll be here for a good or long time. I'm living my best life trying to go.

spk_0 JJ takes a huge bite of the sandwich. As he chews, he checks on some ribs he's prepared in the

spk_0 indoor slow cooker. Despite his shaggy Roger's lifestyle, the man does know how to cook for a crowd.

spk_0 He plucks out two ribs. He slices the meat off the bone of one of them and hands the plate to the

spk_0 girls. Not going on. You bite into this. It's going to change your life. Helen smiles.

spk_0 She daintyly takes a bite off the plate. Her eyes widen. Oh my god. That's delicious.

spk_0 JJ nods as he tears into his rib, sauce all over his face. He rips it apart. The girls giggle and

spk_0 grimace. You're so gross. Eva hands JJ a paper towel. He wipes his smiling and almost satisfied face.

spk_0 JJ, you know there's only going to be seven of us, right?

spk_0 JJ takes the remaining slab of beef from its styrofoam container. He slaps it onto the cutting board.

spk_0 He picks up a metal mallet meat tenderizer and takes it to the beef.

spk_0 Six of you and one of me. I'm an illusory pig.

spk_0 Hook a lot.

spk_0 JJ smirks it in from over his shoulder.

spk_0 For anything and everything. For food to punish me, dude.

spk_0 Eva laughs at JJ's joke a little too much.

spk_0 Charlie grabs her arm. She leans into him.

spk_0 Interior lake house master bedroom same. The master suite is on the first floor of the house

spk_0 as it has a private entrance to the sand bar. Huge bay windows, beautiful view. Kyle sits on the

spk_0 bed sweating, staring at his phone. He moves his fingers through his hair to calm himself.

spk_0 Close on Kyle's phone a banking app and attempted transfer from one account,

spk_0 some foundation LLC 14,098,578.91.

spk_0 Two another checking account with negative $89.90 has failed. Kyle sweats his phone buses.

spk_0 Close on Kyle's phone. Dad calling. Kyle presses the red end button.

spk_0 A bunch of texts take the place of the ended call.

spk_0 Dad, are you accessing the foundation account? It's frozen pending investigation.

spk_0 Dad, Kyle?

spk_0 There's a soft knock at the door. Kyle flinches and closes the phone.

spk_0 Rachel walks in. She wears a bathing suit under a thin sea through floor-length

spk_0 kimono. She struts over to the giant vanity mirror over the dresser across from the bed.

spk_0 She checks her clear complexion. Adjusts her bikini.

spk_0 Justin and Helen just arrived. I expected Helen to whitenuckle this more.

spk_0 I think it's only a matter of time though.

spk_0 You're the expert on stuff like that?

spk_0 I think this exposure will be good for her, but I can't imagine her therapist love the idea.

spk_0 He's a bit closed-minded and he didn't come up with it, so I'm sure he'd be resistant to it.

spk_0 In the reflection of a Rachel shoulder, Kyle shrugs. Rachel clocks how antsy Kyle is. She turns around.

spk_0 What's up? Nothing. Rachel scrutinizes him.

spk_0 In all the time we've been together, how successful have you been at lying to me?

spk_0 Kyle sucks the inside of his cheek. Being equally as cheeky.

spk_0 Dad feels like a bit of a trap question. I plead the fifth.

spk_0 Rachel walks over to him. She sits in his lap. Knees planted on either side of him,

spk_0 straddling him on the bed. He wraps his arms around her waist.

spk_0 That's not fair. Frighting dirty. Rachel leans down, lips close to his. She breathes her response

spk_0 into his waiting mouth. I haven't even begun to get dirty. Rachel leans back.

spk_0 What's going on? It's really nothing. Nothing I can't handle. You know, I just want everything

spk_0 to go well for Justin this weekend. This is really important now.

spk_0 You really think that this proposal is going to work? I'd be shocked if she made it through one

spk_0 night here. Look, she might be totally nuts, but you know, of our vices, our brands, or thing,

spk_0 I just want the best for Justin. Rachel gets off of Kyle. What's so funny about that very sincere

spk_0 answer? I'm opening up to you. You love this stuff. Oh, please. If Justin finally gets the best,

spk_0 then he won't need you anymore, and you can't have that. That's not true. Kyle stands up from the

spk_0 bed and goes for the door, flustered. Rachel reaches out and grabs his hand. Hey, I'm sorry.

spk_0 I didn't mean to strike a nerve. I'm stressed too. I didn't think Eva would come.

spk_0 I told you trying to take a friend on as a patient was a slippery slope. I think also like against

spk_0 hip-hung. I'm not a doctor or a lawyer nor have I played one on TV. Rachel pulls him in close.

spk_0 She kisses him. I know it's against the rules, but she needs me. I want to help her,

spk_0 and I appreciate the latitude you've given me to do so. She walks him up against the wall.

spk_0 I'm a giver. You know that. She rubs her hand on the front of his pants, feeling the bulge

spk_0 build as she sticks her tongue down his throat. Kyle leans into her, kissing her passionately.

spk_0 He tries to pull her towards the bed while closing the door, but she stops him. She pivots.

spk_0 She presses her back against the wall and pulls him close to her, wriggling out of her bikini.

spk_0 They start to have sex behind the open door.

spk_0 Interior lay-cows guest bedroom continuous. Beige basic, comforts of hotel. Not home.

spk_0 Helen examines every inch of the room. She unzips her handbag and removes her pill bottle and

spk_0 her moleskin notebook. She places them both and her bag on the nightstand. She looks under the bed.

spk_0 Close on the crack under the bed. Helen's face searches for anything, but doesn't find anything.

spk_0 Not even dust bunnies. Justin's face appears on the other side of the bed crack.

spk_0 And? Helen stands up. Justin follows her. She nods.

spk_0 Okay. I'm okay. Justin smiles. He rubs his hands together. Excited.

spk_0 Great. I have so many amazing memories here at the lay-couse. I'm really excited to make some more

spk_0 with you. Helen cracks a smile herself. She plops her luggage onto the bed and unzips it.

spk_0 This is a big deal to you, huh? Think this is the place that you'll finally crack your big idea

spk_0 for the boss, man. Oh, yeah. This is where it all comes together. Big things are going to happen

spk_0 this weekend. Coming to the lay-couse was the highlight of my summers growing up. This may shock you,

spk_0 but that wasn't exactly a popular kid. Well, those kids were missing out. My parents worked every

spk_0 summer. So when I was in seventh grade, I started coming here for the summer with Kyle and his

spk_0 parents. And it was just me and Kyle and whoever Kyle's friends were that week.

spk_0 Helen impacts her bathroom bag. She puts it on the nightstand.

spk_0 There's a projector in the den. My favorite memories here by a mile are watching old

spk_0 loony tunes cartoons in there. There's something magical about Bugs Bunny violently outsmarty

spk_0 hubris in surround sound. Justin digs around in his backpack on the bed and pulls out a loony

spk_0 tunes DVD. Oh, you laugh, but you're going to experience this epic pastime. Whether you like it or not.

spk_0 Something runs past the window. It makes Helen jump. What the fuck was that?

spk_0 Justin drops the DVD without a second thought. Hey, hey, it's okay. Justin takes her to the window

spk_0 and points. From the window, there's a gaggle of kids running around, headed for the sandbar

spk_0 on the lake in bankman. See, lots of people were totally safe. Helen sucks in a couple of breaths.

spk_0 She rubs her chest and small circles and calms down. Sorry. Justin kisses the top of her head.

spk_0 She turns around and leans over to open up Justin's suitcase to unpack it, but Justin leaps down

spk_0 and drags his luggage away from her. Whoa, sorry, sorry. Oh, no, no, I just, I got it. Why don't

spk_0 I unpack and you go put your bathing suit on? There's nothing in here I don't want you to see. I just,

spk_0 there's, you're really bad at surprises, aren't you? Hey, you don't know that yet.

spk_0 He smiles at her. She goes into the bathroom in their room. Justin cracks the bag open a bit and

spk_0 checks on the bulge in the top pocket. He zips it closed again before walking out.

spk_0 Interior layhouse downstairs hallway continuous. Justin hustles down the steps with his suitcase.

spk_0 Kyle adjusting his pants a bit sweaty but satisfied. Walks past the stairs. Kyle.

spk_0 Justin intercepts Kyle as he goes past. Hey, hey, do I stink like sex?

spk_0 What? No? That's disappointing. I totally just got laid.

spk_0 You're married. Also, I don't need to know that. Whatever.

spk_0 Justin hands Kyle his suitcase. Look, can you please stash this in your room where no one specifically

spk_0 Helen will get into it? Kyle nods knowingly. Oh, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, I could do that. You know,

spk_0 because of the ring. Yeah, I got it. Thanks, man. And you're okay? You seem pretty stressed out on

spk_0 the phone this morning. Nothing I can handle. Justin pats them on the back. They break in different

spk_0 directions. Justin back up the stairs and Kyle doubling back to the master bedroom.

spk_0 Exterior the lake Simpson sand bar day simply beautiful. The birds chirp as they celebrate the

spk_0 company at the lake. Justin, Helen and Kyle, Rachel and JJ all splash around in the lake.

spk_0 Charlie and Eva sit on short beach chairs on the sand bar right at the waterline.

spk_0 Eva wears an oversized hoodie and caprice. Charlie feeds her a chocolate coverage strawberry.

spk_0 She relishes in it. They all have a great time.

spk_0 Interior Lake House foyer afternoon. The sun starts to set. The chandelier glows low in the foyer.

spk_0 The front door opens. The group, Rockus, Sandy and damp barrel into the foyer from outside.

spk_0 Who's ready for a bountiful feast? JJ, you just ate six hot dogs.

spk_0 Right out of the package. Are you okay? I ate six hot dogs while in the lake.

spk_0 Those calories don't count. Besides, after the blood I just smoked, I'm basically starving.

spk_0 JJ hustles into the kitchen. You guys down to play some Mortal Kombat before we eat?

spk_0 The video game? The ultra violent video game? Yes!

spk_0 I'm in. Justin looks to Helen. You go up and shower first and all hop in after you?

spk_0 They do a quick peck kiss. Justin, Kyle and Charlie head into the living room.

spk_0 Helen makes her way for the stairs, but Rachel catches her hand.

spk_0 Hey, come have a drink with us first. You know, just us girls.

spk_0 Rachel and Eva take Helen into the kitchen. Interior Lake House kitchen continuous.

spk_0 JJ chews on a comically long liquorice rope draped around his neck.

spk_0 He eats it as he works on their actual dinner.

spk_0 Rachel pops open a bottle of wine. She works heavy pours into wine glasses for herself,

spk_0 Eva and Helen. Helen shakes her head. Oh, none for me, thanks. Is it because of what medication

spk_0 you're on? I have some alternative options. I don't drink Rachel, period.

spk_0 Rachel and Helen lock eyes. Rachel takes a sip of wine.

spk_0 I'm also on medication, but we'll never pass up a good sims and wine.

spk_0 You're way stronger than me, Helen. Eva takes a huge glug from her glass.

spk_0 I had such a fun time at your show the other day. Have you always wanted to be a designer?

spk_0 Helen bobs her head back and forth. Well, I wanted to be a model and then get into fashion,

spk_0 but plans changed. Well, you're really good at it. Thank you. I didn't get back into it for a while,

spk_0 so I'm glad that I did. What's the significance of the Maya? What about her made you design that dress?

spk_0 There was a girl at my college. Maya glint. She died after an attack, and it left a profound effect

spk_0 on me. Rachel scrutinizes her. Our other designs in your collection named after your friends

spk_0 from what happened in the mountains. Rachel, I'm curious. It's her art. It's cathartic for her.

spk_0 No, I'm going to go shower. Helen walks out of the kitchen. J.J. walks over to the counter,

spk_0 finishing off the licorice. La, see, Rachel, that was a little fucked up. Oh, shut up, J.J.

spk_0 You're a slob. J.J. shrugs. He walks out of the kitchen to the living room. I got a next round.

spk_0 Rachel's eyes land on Eva, who immediately avoids eye contact with her. Eva finishes her glass.

spk_0 What? J.J. is right. Why do you have to do that all the time? Push people's buttons.

spk_0 Rachel takes another sip of wine. Interior lake house guest bedroom later. Helen,

spk_0 freshly showered, walks out of the bathroom. She pats her hair dry. She picks up her pill bottle

spk_0 from the nightstand. Consider's taking one, but decides against it. Helen bends down to pick up her

spk_0 wet bathing suit from the floor when she sees something sticking out from under the bed. Helen

spk_0 furrows her brow. She kneels down and looks under the bed again. But this time, she finds the marionette.

spk_0 Interior lake house living room scene. Modern comforts with too much tech. Huge flat screen

spk_0 television, surround sound, gaming system, etc. Remains of the ribs eaten up by the guys are littered

spk_0 on the coffee inside tables. Justin and J.J. are laser focused on the screen as they face off against

spk_0 each other in the video game. Kyle and Charlie cheer them on from the sidelines. Charlie finishes off a

spk_0 rib. Kill him, Justin? Has no fucking way he makes it out of this. Kyle preps three lines of cocaine

spk_0 on a coffee table book. He offers some to Charlie. Charlie shakes his head. Kyle does a line.

spk_0 J.J. wins the round. Get nobody buck with me. That's what I'm talking about. Man, I'm come.

spk_0 Justin sits back, defeated. J.J. celebrates by dipping a chocolate bar into an open jar of

spk_0 queso on the coffee table. Yo, so which one do I got next?

spk_0 J.J. takes the straw from Kyle and does the remaining two lines of cocaine. Helen screams echo

spk_0 through the lake house. They all freeze for a beat. Did they just hear a scream? Helen.

spk_0 Justin jumps up. Charlie and Kyle exchange concerned glances. They get up and follow after

spk_0 Justin. J.J. tags along behind them, licking his fingers as he goes. Interior lake house kitchen

spk_0 continuous. Rachel and Eva talk and hushed fierce voices as Helen storms into the kitchen.

spk_0 Furious. Tears streak down her face. The Marianette is gripped tightly in her hand. It dangles next to her.

spk_0 Who the fuck did this? The boys arrive. She brandishes the Marianette at them. She drops it onto

spk_0 the counter. Her hands shaking. It makes a hollow but loud smack sound as the wood hits the granite.

spk_0 It's dark red strings play out like blood. Eva jumps at the sound. J.J. shudders at the sight of

spk_0 the Marianette. Whoa, Helen calm down. What's going on? What even is that?

spk_0 Justin approaches Helen but she backs away. Wild-eyed like an animal.

spk_0 Babe, you're okay. Helen's eyes dart from face to face. She points at the Marianette.

spk_0 Who the fuck brought this fucking thing here? Kyle shakes his head.

spk_0 My cousins were here with their kids last week. Maybe they just have shit-taste and toys and

spk_0 forgot it? Helen shakes her head, almost making yourself dizzy. No, no, no. It wasn't under the

spk_0 bed when we got here. And then it suddenly was. Rachel, did you fucking do this? You've been

spk_0 addictive bitch. Obsess much? Whoa, back off. Helen, that is uncalled for. I would never

spk_0 traumatize you like that. Helen, what is this thing? Helen's eyes land on the kitchen window.

spk_0 The sun has almost completely set. Helen shudders and looks at the Marianette. It only leaves one alive.

spk_0 Realization settles in Helen. She looks to Justin. I want to leave. We have to leave. Helen,

spk_0 no, no, no. You promised. You promised that the second I said I wanted to leave. We would leave.

spk_0 I want to leave. I want to leave now. You can't just run the second you get scared. You have to

spk_0 face your fear. Oh, shut the fuck up, Rachel. You are not my therapist. No matter how hard you have

spk_0 tried. Justin, we have to leave now. If we don't get out of here before the sun goes down,

spk_0 it only leaves one alive. Helen grips Justin's hand tight. He looks into her eyes.

spk_0 Helen, you sound insane. I might have a sedative that can-

spk_0 Justin breaks eye contact to glare at Charlie. Just back off.

spk_0 Charlie throws his hands up and shakes his head. She does sound kind of crazy, dude.

spk_0 JJ can't take his eyes off of the Marianette. He starts to spiral. His eyes well with tears.

spk_0 The thing is, it's going to kill us. Not helping JJ.

spk_0 Helen frantically searches through the refrigerator. The food is still there and fresh and ready for their

spk_0 bounty. There are ribs left of your hungry. Helen looks at the ribs and the brisket on the counter

spk_0 and they're fine. Helen makes a break for the front door just and runs after her.

spk_0 Interior layhouse foyer continuous. Helen hustles to the front door, Justin and Tau. He reaches out

spk_0 and gently grabs her hand to slow her down. Kyle, Rachel, Eva and Charlie follow, but not too closely.

spk_0 Helen, please talk to me. We have to get out of here right now. Justin,

spk_0 now we have to go. Helen, please. Just please listen to me. You trust me, right?

spk_0 You love me. Justin pleads with her, but she shakes her head. Justin, we have to go right now.

spk_0 It only leaves one alive. Stop saying that, Helen. You're scaring me. You should be

spk_0 fucking scared. It only leaves one alive. It does terrible things. It's not punishing the ones who

spk_0 die. It punishes the one who lives. Please, please, please, Justin. We have to leave now.

spk_0 Justin shakes his head. Okay, just wait a second. Okay, I have to get something from my bag.

spk_0 Justin turns to go down the hall towards the master bedroom. Tears fall from Helen's eyes.

spk_0 She runs out the door. Helen! Justin takes a step wanting to go after her, but Kyle holds him back.

spk_0 Justin stares as he watches Helen run towards the trees. Just give her a second to fucking chill out.

spk_0 Okay? Let her have her little breakdown and she'll come back and hopefully we can talk like adults.

spk_0 Or it'll be an intervention. It's cool. We've done like six here. Two of them are for you. Rachel

spk_0 Justin's shoulder and guides him back to the kitchen. Justin's eyes stay on the door as they go.

spk_0 Exterior lake house night. Helen runs past the cars towards the tree line. She enters the woods as

spk_0 the sun sets. Her feet pound against the dirt floor. Tree branches scraping her face. She's in the dark.

spk_0 She trips over her feet and slams onto the ground. The wind gets knocked out of her. As she gathers

spk_0 herself, she hears crunchy. Gravel and dirt are embedded in scrapes in her chin and palms from

spk_0 falling. As she stands up, she realizes she's back on the gravel fucking driveway.

spk_0 Her eyes dart around as she takes in her surroundings. The cars are a few feet away. The lake house

spk_0 glows a few yards ahead. It's completely dark aside from the glow of the house. It's utterly quiet

spk_0 except for the crunching of the gravel under Helen's shaky legs. Helen starts to leap. Her shoulders sag

spk_0 with the feet. That's when she hears a hollow clinking of wood. She freezes. We see movement behind

spk_0 her. She turns around and is confronted by the marionette. Only it's human sized, the same exact

spk_0 size as Helen. And it's standing right the fuck in front of her. It reaches out.

spk_0 Into your lake house kitchen night. In the house, music pounds from a speaker on the counter.

spk_0 Justin paces back and forth half finished beer in his hand. Kyle and Rachel do tequila shots. They

spk_0 share a lime to suck on. JJ does two more lines of cocaine. Charlie dances with Eva. He smiles as

spk_0 she grinds against him. Helen's screams barely pierce the sound of the music. But Justin hears it.

spk_0 He looks at the dark window. Hey, turn the music off. Justin, you have to relax.

spk_0 I have several things that can help take the edge off. I already feel so much better.

spk_0 Justin waves both of them off. He turns the music off himself.

spk_0 Now they all hear the end of Helen's scream. What the fuck was that?

spk_0 Justin, Charlie and Kyle look at each other concerned, terrified. They rush out of the kitchen.

spk_0 Exterior lake house continuous. It's dark as fuck. Justin, Charlie and Kyle hurry out of the front door

spk_0 and out of the glow of the lake house. Helen! Nothing. Oh fuck.

spk_0 Charlie stops a few feet into the driveway. Justin and Kyle join him. They all look down.

spk_0 Justin wretches. Clumps of Helen's hair are scattered all over the gravel.

spk_0 It's been pulled out in bloody clumps. Meaty chunks of scalp still attached.

spk_0 Fuck, fucking shit, fuck. What, what did she do that to herself? Helen!

spk_0 Justin's head's on a swivel as he looks into the dark void of the tree line.

spk_0 Helen! Justin turns on his phone flashlight. He bolts towards the trees. The light's swinging as he goes.

spk_0 Justin wait, it's fucking dark. Kyle and Charlie run after Justin into the trees.

spk_0 Phone flashlights guiding them. Once they're all in the trees, we can't see the phone flashlights at all.

spk_0 We can't see anything. A few seconds pass before. Justin, Charlie and Kyle all breach the tree line

spk_0 from different directions, but all at the same time. They end up back at the cars.

spk_0 Flashlights still swinging as they are still running. Kyle and Justin slam into each other.

spk_0 Oh fuck. What the fuck? I couldn't see her. I couldn't see fucking anything.

spk_0 Eva steps out onto the porch. Guys, what the fuck is going on?

spk_0 Justin looks around, freaked. He heaves in breaths when suddenly.

spk_0 Justin pauses. He listens. Guys! Stop! Shut up!

spk_0 Charlie shoves Justin, but Justin stands his ground. He holds up his hand to Charlie and Kyle.

spk_0 Wait, just fucking wait a second and shut up. Do you hear that?

spk_0 I don't hear anything. Exactly. There's no sound. There's no water from the lake,

spk_0 crickets, cicadas, no sound of life. The woods around them are entirely dark.

spk_0 No glow from the neighboring houses. The emergency tower light is gone.

spk_0 Justin looks up. There are no stars in the sky. It's just a black void above them.

spk_0 What the fuck is going on?

spk_0 I'm not sure.

spk_0 Interior laycast dining room moments later. Justin, Kyle, Charlie, Eva, Rachel and JJ sit at

spk_0 and around the kitchen table in befuddled silence. None of them know what's happening.

spk_0 All of their faces are light as they stare at their phones. JJ takes a long hit of his vape.

spk_0 He chucks the thing away. Empty. Is anyone else's phone working or am I really high?

spk_0 My phone doesn't work either. You're fucking high too. My phone also doesn't work.

spk_0 I have signal. I just can't read anything. It's like it's like when you're in a dream.

spk_0 You can't read in a dream. Well, this is fucking reality. Something must have messed with our phones.

spk_0 Maybe it's the same thing that's causing the power out of each outside. Interference.

spk_0 Close on Rachel's phone. All of the apps and images are there, but they're distorted.

spk_0 AI meets dream world. Everything kind of looks like it's supposed to, but the phone is entirely

spk_0 unusable. Eva crinkles her nose. What the fuck is that? What? That smell. A rancid,

spk_0 horrible smell suddenly hits them. Rachel covers her face. Justin grimaces. He looks into the kitchen.

spk_0 JJ gets up and walks over. JJ leads the group into the kitchen.

spk_0 JJ opens the refrigerator and nearly throws up. Inside of the refrigerator, all of the food is rotten

spk_0 and spoiled. Maggots mold the whole line. JJ slams the door shut, falling against the countertop

spk_0 as he vomits into the sink. Justin trumbles. Oh no. Fucking what? Helen, she checked all of the food

spk_0 before she ran out. Yeah, and it's because right before the massacre, all of their food

spk_0 rotted. She couldn't eat solid food for a year after because of it. What the fuck are you going

spk_0 on about? All of their heads whip to the upstairs. Interior layhouse upstairs hallway moments later.

spk_0 Charlie leads the way. Kyle, Justin, Rachel, Eva and JJ follow behind him. They slowly approach

spk_0 the guest bedroom door. The light is on and the door is cracked open slightly. Something moves

spk_0 lightning fast past the door and slams the shut. Rachel screeches. Kyle holds her. Interior layhouse

spk_0 guest bedroom continuous. Charlie kicks the door open. He charges inside hot. Who the fuck is in here?

spk_0 Justin grabs his arm. Stop, stop. It's Helen. Charlie retreats. The group gathers in the doorway

spk_0 staring at. Helen lays in a crumpled heap on the floor in a pile like the Marionette.

spk_0 It seems that blood leaks out from her body onto the floor. Justin starts to go to her, but Kyle holds

spk_0 him back. I don't know, dude. Let go of me. She's bleeding. Justin rushes over to Helen. He gently

spk_0 touches her very obviously broken arm. That's not blood. Justin looks and realizes that it's not

spk_0 blood coming from her body, but strings of veins and muscle tissue. Helen twitches.

spk_0 Justin and the group flinch and jump back. Helen's body jerks and cringes unnaturally as it

spk_0 halls itself up from the floor. All of her joints broken, but moving like they're being untangled

spk_0 from strings. The dark red strings snap and retract into her flesh. She has bruises and blood

spk_0 covering her exposed skin. Her eye has been beaten so bad that it's been disconnected from the

spk_0 socket. It's entirely bloodshot and rolls around in her skull. Clumps of hair have been ripped out

spk_0 from her head and have left bloody patches in her scalp exposing bone. A permanent terrifying

spk_0 inhuman grin is plastered on her face, bearing her broken and bloody teeth. Her jaw falls open

spk_0 like a ventriloquist dummy. She stands incorrectly. None of her bones align right, unaware of how to

spk_0 stand on her own, and yet she's doing it. JJ vomits at the sight of Helen. Helen? Helen's eyes

spk_0 move to Justin. Just her skin sweet boy. She rejiggers her jaw back and forth, getting the lips to

spk_0 fit right. They all stare at her and terror, frozen in fear. What are you? Helen said snaps to the

spk_0 side. I'm it. It? Like the clown? Helen's jaw swings wide open, hanging like it's been unhinged,

spk_0 static like an old vitrole recording comes out from her open mouth. It only leaves what alive.

spk_0 It only leaves what alive. The jaw clicks back into place. I'm it. Only one of you will be left alive.

spk_0 The one who deserves to be punished. Bad people surround themselves with bad company. You can't

spk_0 help yourselves. Who will it be? Who is the worst among you? Get way to see.

spk_0 A long silent beat. Helen's eyes dart from Justin to Kyle to Rachel to Charlie to Eva and finally

spk_0 JJ. Helen launches herself with JJ. Everyone's screaming as her body fuds against his taking him to

spk_0 the floor. Her broken fingers digging into his flesh as she gnashes her teeth at him like a nut cracker.

spk_0 She fights off a piece of his cheek. Flood sprays. Oh my god. It hurts.

spk_0 Lee. Helen begins to literally tear him apart from him. Blood and flesh fly from his hair as they

spk_0 tangle on the floor and Helen can assume JJ. Fucking stop it. Helen, please.

spk_0 Helen flies off of JJ, hit by a projectile. What the fuck? Helen. Her body rolls across the floor.

spk_0 Charlie, literal smoking gun in his hand, keeps the gun aimed on Helen, even in a heap on the ground.

spk_0 Helen remains entirely still. JJ, bloody, beaten, near death.

spk_0 Eva takes a step forward, nurse instincts kicking in, but Charlie holds her back.

spk_0 For fuck's sake, he needs help. She rips her hand away from him. She and Kyle advance pulling JJ up.

spk_0 Rachel is hysterical. She runs her fingers through her hair trying to calm herself.

spk_0 Charlie keeps the gun trained on Helen. Kyle and Eva get JJ out of there.

spk_0 Kyle pulls Rachel along with them as they exit. Charlie backs out of the room. His eyes and the

spk_0 nose of the gun never breaking from Helen until he's out of the room. Justin is the last man inside.

spk_0 His eyes are fixated on Helen's body. He takes a few steps towards her. Kyle covered in JJ's blood,

spk_0 doubles back for Justin. He drags him out too.

spk_0 Interior, Lake House upstairs hallway continuous. Rachel shoves a chair under the door knob,

spk_0 locking the Marionette Helen inside. Kyle leads Rachel in Justin away.

spk_0 Interior, Lake House dining room moments later.

spk_0 Charlie and Eva hoist JJ onto the dining room table.

spk_0 Eva studies his head while Charlie grabs kitchen shears from the butcher block.

spk_0 Eva leans down and listens to JJ's breathing. She shakes her head.

spk_0 Horse can't tell if there's blood in his lungs or what.

spk_0 Charlie cuts JJ's shirt and pants to reveal all of the injuries.

spk_0 Bite marks, broken bones, gashes, etc.

spk_0 Fuck. There's no way we can stop this bleeding.

spk_0 JJ sputters out bloody wimpers.

spk_0 I got you. Hold on.

spk_0 How is he?

spk_0 Eva, are you sure you can do this?

spk_0 Eva glairs at Rachel. Kyle, do you have a first aid kit? Get it. Justin grabs those paper towels.

spk_0 Eva dumps her bag out onto the table next to JJ.

spk_0 Wallet, phone charger, several pill bottles, tissues, a couple of needles, and a vial litter the top of the table.

spk_0 Eva takes the vial and fills up a needle. Kyle returns with a red first aid kit.

spk_0 Here, it's from like 2002.

spk_0 Justin comes over with the paper towels. Charlie takes them.

spk_0 Eva checks JJ's arm, finds a vein, she injects him. JJ starts to calm almost immediately.

spk_0 Charlie packs the wounds with the paper towels, trying to slow the bleeding.

spk_0 What the fuck was that?

spk_0 Hydromorphine. Holy fuck.

spk_0 You just have that on you?

spk_0 It's for emergencies.

spk_0 Ah, yes, I keep my Epi pen, rape whistle, and a hundred CCs of hardcore fucking narcotics in my clutch too.

spk_0 Kyle, you really don't have room to talk. He's tacky, Cardic.

spk_0 Is he gonna die?

spk_0 JJ succumbs to his injuries and dies.

spk_0 He goes completely still after his head falls to the side.

spk_0 There's a heavy silence in the room until she... she killed him.

spk_0 This rocks the room.

spk_0 Excuse me?

spk_0 She did. She killed him. We all...

spk_0 We all saw it.

spk_0 Rachel looks to Kyle.

spk_0 Kyle keeps eye contact with her to avoid looking at Justin.

spk_0 I... I don't know what the fuck I saw.

spk_0 Charlie clenches his jaw. Rachel shakes her head.

spk_0 We... we have to stay calm.

spk_0 Who puts you in charge?

spk_0 Hey!

spk_0 If we focus and work together, we can figure this out.

spk_0 There's nothing to fucking figure out.

spk_0 Kyle steps forward.

spk_0 Back up, Charlie.

spk_0 Eva's puffy eyes fall on the hydromorphone needle.

spk_0 There's still a few CCs left.

spk_0 She picks the needle up and slips it into the vein of her thigh.

spk_0 Charlie slams his fist onto the table.

spk_0 Don't tell me what to do.

spk_0 I want to leave. We're leaving.

spk_0 Now, what if we can't?

spk_0 You're all fucking insane.

spk_0 He goes around the table.

spk_0 He grabs Eva and drags her out of the seat.

spk_0 The needle falls to the floor with a clack.

spk_0 Eva's eyes roll into her head for a second.

spk_0 She doesn't fight against Charlie as he drags her through the kitchen.

spk_0 Eva's eyes roll into her head for a second.

spk_0 She doesn't fight against Charlie as he drags her through the kitchen.

spk_0 Charlie, wait a second.

spk_0 No, good fucking riddance.

spk_0 Charlie snatches up his car keys from the bowl on the island as he goes.

spk_0 Exterior lake house continuous.

spk_0 Charlie hauls Eva out of the house and towards their car.

spk_0 Justin, Rachel and Kyle stand in the doorway and on the porch.

spk_0 Charlie, stop! We need a plan!

spk_0 Charlie ignores them.

spk_0 He shoves even to the passenger seat.

spk_0 He hustles around to the driver's side and gets in.

spk_0 He starts the car.

spk_0 His headlights light up the porch.

spk_0 The black void of the forest becomes even more prevalent.

spk_0 Charlie hauls, I ask, and reverse and spins the car around.

spk_0 His high beams are consumed by the darkness of the tree line.

spk_0 It's like the driveway just ends off the edge of space.

spk_0 He puts pedal to the metal and drives into the tree line.

spk_0 Eva screams.

spk_0 Oh my god!

spk_0 The car is swallowed up by the dark.

spk_0 Kyle and Justin's eyes go wide and bewilderment as they watch the car

spk_0 fucking disappear.

spk_0 Only for it to roar out of the darkness a few feet away in the opposite direction.

spk_0 Still going fast and bam!

spk_0 Rachel screams, Kyle holds her.

spk_0 Justin flinches as Charlie's car smashes into the two parked cars,

spk_0 sending the other two vehicles,

spk_0 correening into the void.

spk_0 The smoke from the accident evaporates into the air from Charlie's wrecked car.

spk_0 Rachel, Kyle and Justin stare at Charlie and Eva

spk_0 through the shattered windshield over their airbags.

spk_0 Oh fuck!

spk_0 Are they dead?

spk_0 Charlie grunts.

spk_0 Eva!

spk_0 Rachel runs over to them.

spk_0 Kyle, help me!

spk_0 Rachel, Kyle and Justin run to the car.

spk_0 Interior lake house kitchen moments later.

spk_0 Silence among all of them.

spk_0 Charlie leans against the sink, seething.

spk_0 He holds a snap-and-pack ice pack to the gash on his cheek.

spk_0 Rachel generally takes care of a nasty cut on Eva's head.

spk_0 Eva's fucked up from the concussion or the drugs.

spk_0 It's hard to tell.

spk_0 I don't fucking understand.

spk_0 I was going straight.

spk_0 Yeah, straight into my fucking car, you prick!

spk_0 I'm gonna beat the shit out of you.

spk_0 I'd love to see you fucking try.

spk_0 Stop it. Stop!

spk_0 Rachel's right.

spk_0 We have to stick together.

spk_0 Charlie's eyes dart to Justin.

spk_0 Their heads whip to the noise.

spk_0 Was that from the pantry?

spk_0 Kyle nods.

spk_0 Charlie pushes Kyle towards the pantry.

spk_0 Fucking open it.

spk_0 Fuck you very much, no.

spk_0 Justin, go open the pantry.

spk_0 Why do I have to do it?

spk_0 Just fucking go, dude!

spk_0 Justin scans everyone's faces.

spk_0 Kyle nods.

spk_0 They approach the pantry together.

spk_0 Justin quickly opens the door.

spk_0 A diary tumbles out from the shelves.

spk_0 It hits the floor with a loud thwack.

spk_0 Eva seizes up in flinches at the sound.

spk_0 Rachel rubs her back.

spk_0 Eva actively moves away from her.

spk_0 It's a diary.

spk_0 It's pastel pink.

spk_0 Covered in hot glued magazine pictures of models and dresses.

spk_0 We slightly recognize it.

spk_0 Justin picks it up.

spk_0 Justin opens the diary.

spk_0 Close on, initials written on the inside cover.

spk_0 HLB.

spk_0 Helen Louise breaks.

spk_0 The wide and girly handwriting of a type A personality flows on the first page.

spk_0 The date?

spk_0 1013-2013.

spk_0 Justin's eyes skim the first entry.

spk_0 It's...

spk_0 It's Helen's?

spk_0 He looks to the group.

spk_0 Everyone is a bit befuddled.

spk_0 Why the fuck is it in the pantry?

spk_0 Justin shakes his head in confusion.

spk_0 Her notebook is on the nightstand.

spk_0 She journals for therapy.

spk_0 It's a common therapeutic practice.

spk_0 Charlie slams his hand on the counter and everyone flinches.

spk_0 Who the fuck cares?

spk_0 How did it get in there?

spk_0 Justin flips through the pages.

spk_0 Reads on.

spk_0 I don't think she brought this.

spk_0 It's from 2013.

spk_0 When she was a sophomore.

spk_0 There are bloody sneered fingerprints on the back cover and on a select number of pages.

spk_0 I think it put it there.

spk_0 For us.

spk_0 Interior layhouse living room moments later.

spk_0 They all sit in the living room around Justin.

spk_0 Rachel and Kyle sit on the couch.

spk_0 Charlie sits in the large easy chair and Eva sits on the carpet at his feet.

spk_0 Justin flips to the bloodiest page.

spk_0 This...

spk_0 This page has the most blood on it.

spk_0 Not subtle this thing, eh?

spk_0 It's from November 7th, 2013.

spk_0 Just tell us what it says.

spk_0 It's about Maya.

spk_0 The girl she designed the dress for?

spk_0 Helen told us that she died after being attacked and how it left a profound effect on her.

spk_0 Rachel leans in.

spk_0 A little too intrigued.

spk_0 Justin's eyes flip back and forth as he reads.

spk_0 They get wider.

spk_0 His mouth opens a bit sucking in breath as he shocked at what he reads.

spk_0 I fucking hate that bitch Maya Glenn.

spk_0 Who the fuck does she think she is?

spk_0 Kyle's jaw swings open.

spk_0 A bit shocked.

spk_0 Damn!

spk_0 Rachel takes the diary.

spk_0 Justin gets up pacing.

spk_0 I let it go when that content applied to the same internship.

spk_0 She's a talentless hack.

spk_0 But I didn't realize that's what set her up to be a poor pity hire.

spk_0 Affirmative action at its fucking finest.

spk_0 Rachel looks up at the group.

spk_0 I had Luke scrounge up something special for her.

spk_0 Some milk of amnesia.

spk_0 That's fucking propofol.

spk_0 Does shit that killed MJ?

spk_0 Rachel finishes reading the passage and then puts the diary down.

spk_0 Helen facilitated a date rape of Maya to quote teach her a lesson.

spk_0 But...

spk_0 Let me guess.

spk_0 She fucking suffocated.

spk_0 Rachel nods.

spk_0 She died.

spk_0 But the worst part is?

spk_0 Helen said she deserved it.

spk_0 No, no, no.

spk_0 I don't believe you.

spk_0 Rachel hands him the journal.

spk_0 She says it in black and white.

spk_0 Justin flips to the bloody page.

spk_0 Fuck!

spk_0 And what the fuck happened?

spk_0 Charlie flexes his blood-crusted fingers.

spk_0 He looks down at his hand.

spk_0 Jock clenched.

spk_0 She...

spk_0 Helen got that internship.

spk_0 But then a month later,

spk_0 the massacre happened.

spk_0 They all let that hang for a moment.

spk_0 Justin looks up from the diary in a haze.

spk_0 She was deemed the one who required punishment through survival.

spk_0 What?

spk_0 Charlie picks at the blood on his flesh.

spk_0 The one who most deserves to be punished will be left alive, right?

spk_0 That's what it said.

spk_0 Helen did something deplorable.

spk_0 So horrible that the thing allowed her to survive the tragedy in order to live with it.

spk_0 And that's what it's doing to us now.

spk_0 It wants to punish the worst one.

spk_0 What does that even mean?

spk_0 The worst of us.

spk_0 The worst of us will be left alive.

spk_0 That's not how it usually works.

spk_0 Nothing about this is usual.

spk_0 Charlie stands up, shaking his head.

spk_0 He walks out of the room.

spk_0 Interior lake house kitchen continuous.

spk_0 Charlie goes over to the sink,

spk_0 storms past JJ's corpse on the dining room table.

spk_0 Charlie turns the sink on to try to get some water and wash his hands,

spk_0 but blood comes out of the faucet.

spk_0 Fuck!

spk_0 Charlie recoils.

spk_0 Justin leads Rachel and Kyle into the kitchen.

spk_0 Eva trails after them.

spk_0 Fuck.

spk_0 Did blood just come out of there?

spk_0 Charlie shakes his head.

spk_0 He snatches the towel off the bar on the oven door.

spk_0 He wipes his hands furiously.

spk_0 No, no.

spk_0 This is all insane.

spk_0 JJ probably slipped us all fucking drugs and we're all hallucinating.

spk_0 It's Thanksgiving 2019 all the fuck over again.

spk_0 Says the guy who crashed all of our cars.

spk_0 You really think that this is just drugs.

spk_0 We see it in the ER all the time.

spk_0 PCP.

spk_0 We just have to sit tight and wait for it to wear off.

spk_0 Helen started freaking out first because she ate before we all did.

spk_0 She attacked JJ because she was high out of her fucking mind.

spk_0 And you shot her.

spk_0 And I shot her because she was a danger to herself and all of us.

spk_0 So we don't have to worry about her anymore.

spk_0 You're welcome.

spk_0 Kyle looks to Charlie, arms crossed.

spk_0 Charlie?

spk_0 What?

spk_0 Why do you have a gun?

spk_0 Eva flinches her eyes on the floor.

spk_0 Excuse me?

spk_0 You heard him.

spk_0 Why do you have a gun?

spk_0 He's at it for a while.

spk_0 Charlie rings the towel tightly in his grasp.

spk_0 Now is not the time for you to consider growing a spine.

spk_0 Charlie slams the towel on the floor.

spk_0 Eva flinches.

spk_0 Rachel steps in front of Eva.

spk_0 Do you normally carry it with you?

spk_0 Shut up.

spk_0 You bitch.

spk_0 Eva suddenly screams in pain.

spk_0 They all look at her.

spk_0 She buckles.

spk_0 Leans against the sink.

spk_0 Her mouth bleeds.

spk_0 A split lip forms.

spk_0 She heaves in breaths like she's hyperventilating.

spk_0 The few bits of skin that are exposed on her wrists and neck reveal bruises, handprints.

spk_0 Rachel trembles at the sight.

spk_0 Eva.

spk_0 Kyle and Justin stare in disbelief.

spk_0 Eva stares at them totally confused.

spk_0 She's completely fine.

spk_0 We see Eva as she actually is.

spk_0 Pretty high, but ultimately uninjured.

spk_0 Did you do that to her?

spk_0 Kyle launches himself towards Charlie, but Charlie pushes him back.

spk_0 What the fuck are you guys talking about?

spk_0 They all look at her again and she is fine.

spk_0 No.

spk_0 Your lip.

spk_0 Your lip was bleeding.

spk_0 Justin blinks several times.

spk_0 Eva, we saw.

spk_0 We saw the bruises.

spk_0 Charlie's hurting you.

spk_0 We can help you.

spk_0 Eva opens her mouth to say something.

spk_0 Her eyes move from Rachel to Charlie back to Rachel.

spk_0 I don't want your help.

spk_0 You're all fucking crazy.

spk_0 Eva come with me.

spk_0 Eva backs away from him.

spk_0 You have to back off right now.

spk_0 We all saw whatever the fuck that was and you didn't even flinch.

spk_0 I have no idea what you're talking about.

spk_0 You know Charlie, I thought your problem was that you were a brute and a moron.

spk_0 But now I realize you're also delusional.

spk_0 That's really complicated your day to day.

spk_0 Charlie, eyes wild, takes a step forward towards Rachel.

spk_0 Rachel smirks at him, beating him.

spk_0 Kyle grips Charlie by the back of the scalp and rears him back.

spk_0 Back off buddy boy.

spk_0 Charlie reels.

spk_0 He jerks away from Kyle.

spk_0 You know, I'm not going to sit here and be crucified.

spk_0 Let's fucking go, Eva.

spk_0 Charlie storms off.

spk_0 He reaches for Eva as he goes but she backs away from him.

spk_0 I'm not asking you.

spk_0 Charlie rears his hand back and cracks her across the face.

spk_0 Oh, creating the split fucking lip in the same spot everyone else saw.

spk_0 Eva spins.

spk_0 She slams against the countertop spitting blood.

spk_0 Jesus Christ.

spk_0 Rachel springs over to Eva's aim.

spk_0 Oh, great.

spk_0 Justin and Kyle restrain Charlie.

spk_0 He pushes him away.

spk_0 Get the fuck off of me.

spk_0 You're all fucking weak.

spk_0 Weak pathetic losers.

spk_0 Charlie punches Kyle across the face.

spk_0 He shoves Justin to the ground.

spk_0 He stomps away headed towards the stairs.

spk_0 Justin helps Kyle up from the ground.

spk_0 Kyle wipes blood from his lips.

spk_0 Rachel comforts Eva.

spk_0 Eva's eyes roll a bit.

spk_0 Eva.

spk_0 Eva, what did you take?

spk_0 Whatever it is, I want it.

spk_0 Rachel shakes her head.

spk_0 I've never seen her like this before.

spk_0 It's like she's sleepwalking.

spk_0 Rachel uses the remaining kitchen towel to wipe the blood away from Eva's fresh bloody lip.

spk_0 Kyle shakes his head.

spk_0 If any of us is the fucking worst, it's Charlie.

spk_0 We should just take him out because he's a piece of shit.

spk_0 I've always thought he was a monster.

spk_0 Maybe if we kill him, then it'll spare the rest of us.

spk_0 It won't have anyone to punish anymore.

spk_0 Kyle nods.

spk_0 Okay, yeah, yeah.

spk_0 Now we're cooking.

spk_0 You think that could really work.

spk_0 Kyle throws his hands up in the air and confusion and frustration.

spk_0 Who fucking knows?

spk_0 We saw Eva's fucking split lip before it fucking happened.

spk_0 Nothing makes sense.

spk_0 But it's the only shot we have, right?

spk_0 What if Charlie's right, though, and we're all just fucked up?

spk_0 I really didn't see what you guys saw.

spk_0 I promise.

spk_0 Like maybe Helen put these ideas in our head and it's exacerbated by the drugs.

spk_0 It feels too real.

spk_0 Wait.

spk_0 Helen.

spk_0 Did she show us how bad Charlie is?

spk_0 They all stare at each other.

spk_0 Interior Lake House upstairs hallway moments later.

spk_0 Charlie stomps through the upstairs hallway, pissed.

spk_0 He heaves in breaths as he goes trying to calm himself.

spk_0 He punches a hole through the hallway wall.

spk_0 As he pulls his bloody arm out from the dry wall, he hears a muffled giggle.

spk_0 His head whips towards the barricaded door.

spk_0 The giggle sounds again from beyond the door.

spk_0 Charlie trudges over.

spk_0 He yanks the chair out from under the door knob and goes inside.

spk_0 Interior Lake House guest bedroom continuous.

spk_0 Charlie bursts into the room.

spk_0 Hot.

spk_0 Gun in hand.

spk_0 What the fuck are you laughing at, bitch?

spk_0 He looks around, but it's completely quiet.

spk_0 There's blood on the floor from JJ's attack.

spk_0 Charlie's eyes land on.

spk_0 Helen's crumpled body just where they left it.

spk_0 But there's no blood leaking from the corpse.

spk_0 Charlie walks over.

spk_0 Gun aimed at her.

spk_0 He taps the body with his foot.

spk_0 Nothing.

spk_0 He goes to do it again when Helen's head snaps around 180 degrees.

spk_0 Her mouth clamps down on Charlie's ankle.

spk_0 He kicks a few times trying to shake her fucking loose.

spk_0 He stomps on her head with his other foot, knocking her away,

spk_0 but losing his balance and his gun.

spk_0 He falls onto the bed on his back.

spk_0 And an instant Helen is on him.

spk_0 Her body moves incorrectly.

spk_0 Like it's missing a frame rate like a bird.

spk_0 She pounces on him.

spk_0 Her dislocated fingers wrap around his bald fists,

spk_0 crushing all of the bones in his hands.

spk_0 He opens his mouth to suck an abreast of scream when Helen snatches the fallen gun on the bed

spk_0 and forces the muzzle into Charlie's open mouth.

spk_0 Helen stares at him for a long time.

spk_0 The chattering of Charlie's teeth against the metal of the gun is the only thing we can hear for a moment

spk_0 over the muffled arguing downstairs.

spk_0 Helen smiles.

spk_0 Each corner of her mouth moving at different times.

spk_0 The television flickers on behind her.

spk_0 This is different from when you've played this game with Eva.

spk_0 Isn't it Charlie?

spk_0 Charlie's eyes dart around the room, refusing to look at Helen.

spk_0 His focus lands on the television.

spk_0 On the TV, X-rays.

spk_0 Eva's.

spk_0 Her name appears on the corner of the broken arm, broken ribs,

spk_0 fractured collarbone, mandated reporter photos of her bruised torso, arms,

spk_0 a black eye with a bloodshot scleror,

spk_0 all parts of her that have remained covered up for most of the trip.

spk_0 I wonder if she still has that bruise in the back of her throat.

spk_0 Charlie's eyes well with tears.

spk_0 Helen digs the gun deeper into Charlie's mouth.

spk_0 It presses against his tooth front teeth until they snap.

spk_0 Charlie mulls in pain.

spk_0 He glares at Helen.

spk_0 You don't feel guilty.

spk_0 You're all wrath with no creativity.

spk_0 What a waste.

spk_0 Disappointing.

spk_0 Helen blinks both eyes at different times like a chameleon.

spk_0 Interior lake house living room scene.

spk_0 Justin, Eva, Kyle and Rachel stand in the living room around the coffee table.

spk_0 Each of them at a corner.

spk_0 If we stick together, we can survive this.

spk_0 We can make a case for this.

spk_0 Kyle is conflicted.

spk_0 Dumbfounded.

spk_0 You're suggesting we murder someone.

spk_0 You're suggesting we murder a friend.

spk_0 And you're making it about legally getting away with it?

spk_0 Rachel grits her teeth.

spk_0 I'm suggesting that we kill the worst of us before that thing kills all of us instead.

spk_0 We won't be prosecuted as long as we do this together.

spk_0 We can make it through this together.

spk_0 Rachel's right.

spk_0 It's us or him.

spk_0 And frankly, I'm not entirely sure how much sleep I lose over killing someone who beats his girlfriend.

spk_0 No offense.

spk_0 Why did you even invite us in the first place?

spk_0 Huh?

spk_0 Eva's eyes come into focus.

spk_0 She glairs at Rachel.

spk_0 I haven't talked to you in weeks.

spk_0 Then all of a sudden you want us to come on this trip with you.

spk_0 Did you want this?

spk_0 Eva, you're one of my best friends.

spk_0 I missed you.

spk_0 I wanted you to come on this trip because I thought I could talk some sense into you

spk_0 because I had a feeling something like this was happening.

spk_0 And it wasn't even my idea.

spk_0 What are you?

spk_0 They all get texts on their phones.

spk_0 It's silent for a moment.

spk_0 Did everyone else's phone just...

spk_0 Justin digs around in this pocket.

spk_0 He pulls out his cell phone.

spk_0 Kyle pats himself down.

spk_0 Oh, thank fucking god.

spk_0 I need to get the fuck out of here.

spk_0 Eva takes her phone out of the front pocket of her hoodie.

spk_0 Rachel grabs her phone from the coffee table.

spk_0 All of their faces light up with their phone screens.

spk_0 Kyle.

spk_0 Kyle's face fucking drops.

spk_0 Close on Kyle's phone.

spk_0 It's the bank transaction he made earlier.

spk_0 We watch it get made again.

spk_0 Only this time he doesn't press any buttons to make it happen.

spk_0 Close on Justin's phone.

spk_0 The same transaction.

spk_0 Close on Rachel's phone.

spk_0 A text thread between Kyle and Lux.

spk_0 And criminating his fuck.

spk_0 Odds weren't in your favor.

spk_0 You're in too deep.

spk_0 You have to pay up now.

spk_0 I can get you the money.

spk_0 I'm moving it now.

spk_0 Kyle.

spk_0 Are you...

spk_0 embezzling money from your dad's foundation?

spk_0 This isn't real.

spk_0 This...

spk_0 This isn't real.

spk_0 This can't be happening.

spk_0 Kyle drops his phone.

spk_0 It bounces against the floor.

spk_0 Kyle locks eyes with Rachel.

spk_0 You told me you stopped.

spk_0 You promised me.

spk_0 You promised me you stopped.

spk_0 Because of what I've done for you.

spk_0 I have.

spk_0 I have stopped.

spk_0 This is fucking fake.

spk_0 Mine games.

spk_0 Bullshit.

spk_0 Kyle.

spk_0 Man, this transaction is from today.

spk_0 Kyle shoves Justin.

spk_0 Who's fucking cider you on?

spk_0 Isn't this like...

spk_0 a crime?

spk_0 Kyle points to Eva.

spk_0 You know fucking angel.

spk_0 None of us are.

spk_0 What the fuck happened to the plan of sticking together?

spk_0 Charlie's scream interrupts them.

spk_0 Charlie.

spk_0 Eva is the first to run.

spk_0 They follow after her.

spk_0 Interior Wakehouse upstairs hallway continuous.

spk_0 Eva barrels up the steps.

spk_0 She stumbles into the wall that Charlie punched.

spk_0 Kyle studies her.

spk_0 He and Justin move ahead of her and Rachel.

spk_0 Rachel gently touches Eva's shoulder.

spk_0 Eva pulls away from her again.

spk_0 Stop fucking touching me.

spk_0 Kyle finds the hole Charlie left in the wall.

spk_0 Maybe busted his hand doing that and that's why he screamed?

spk_0 Guys, the door.

spk_0 They look down the hallway to see.

spk_0 The door is still barricaded and closed.

spk_0 Blood seeps out from underneath the crack in the door.

spk_0 Interior Wakehouse guest bedroom continuous.

spk_0 Close on the door knob.

spk_0 Fudding from the other side of the door is Justin moves the chair away from it.

spk_0 The door opens up but stops a few inches in.

spk_0 Something blocks it.

spk_0 There's something blocking it.

spk_0 Come on.

spk_0 Push.

spk_0 Push with me.

spk_0 Is there bodies leaning against the door?

spk_0 The door cracks open a bit.

spk_0 Kyle's face appears in the crack.

spk_0 He looks down.

spk_0 Oh fuck.

spk_0 What is it?

spk_0 Kyle gets his leg in the door and pushes away.

spk_0 Charlie's corpse blocking the door.

spk_0 We can only see the bottom half of his body at this point.

spk_0 The body inches away enough for them to fully open the door.

spk_0 Kyle and Justin go in first.

spk_0 Eva shoves past them.

spk_0 Her breath catches in her throat as she sees Charlie.

spk_0 Eva shrieks in horror.

spk_0 Eva falls to her knees.

spk_0 Her hands shaking over Charlie's body.

spk_0 The condition in which Helen left Charlie's corpse is terrifying.

spk_0 The gun is shoved so far down his throat that it's ripped through the base of his spine

spk_0 and the back of his neck.

spk_0 Blood pours out of his broken jaw.

spk_0 Eyes wide in terror.

spk_0 His fists are purple.

spk_0 A few of the crushed bones poke out from under the skin but without puncturing it.

spk_0 Eva releases a whale of anguish.

spk_0 She holds Charlie close getting covered in his blood.

spk_0 Kyle Justin and Rachel have no choice but to just stare at them.

spk_0 Eva.

spk_0 Eva's eyes still on focus but full of rage dart to Rachel.

spk_0 This is all your fault.

spk_0 Rachel shakes her head the wilderness.

spk_0 Eva you cannot be serious.

spk_0 He was a monster.

spk_0 Justin's eyes wander around the room until they land on where Helen once was.

spk_0 But now Helen is gone.

spk_0 He's gone.

spk_0 Justin tenses up.

spk_0 His head on a swivel.

spk_0 Where is she?

spk_0 What?

spk_0 Where's Helen?

spk_0 Eva rocks back and forth with Charlie in her arms.

spk_0 Justin Kyle and Rachel actively search the room for any sign of Helen.

spk_0 But find none.

spk_0 Kyle shakes his head in confusion.

spk_0 No, no, no.

spk_0 Charlie shot her and the fucking door was...

spk_0 Justin spots bloody footprints on the ground.

spk_0 He follows them out into the dark hallway.

spk_0 He reaches out from the bedroom doorway and turns the light on.

spk_0 From the bedroom doorway POV, the light illuminates the hallway from overhead.

spk_0 Bloody footprints continue out into the hallway.

spk_0 Justin and Kyle exchange horrified looks.

spk_0 Interior lake house upstairs hallway continuous.

spk_0 Kyle and Justin go into the now lit up hall.

spk_0 They follow the bloody footsteps over to

spk_0 a box sized air vent in the corner.

spk_0 The footprints stop in front of it.

spk_0 The grate has been ripped off.

spk_0 Justin and Kyle look at each other.

spk_0 You don't think that you're fucking

spk_0 undead girlfriend Cirque des Soleil her way into the fucking air vents after she

spk_0 decapitated Charlie with his own gun?

spk_0 No, Justin.

spk_0 I...

spk_0 Allow bang and then thudding from inside of the walls.

spk_0 They both recoil.

spk_0 They hurry back to the guest room.

spk_0 Interior lake house guest bedroom continuous.

spk_0 Rachel glares at Eva, cradling Charlie.

spk_0 She's disgusted at the sight.

spk_0 I don't even recognize you.

spk_0 You don't even fucking know me.

spk_0 Justin and Kyle rush back into the room.

spk_0 Justin closes the door behind them.

spk_0 Hellenous in the walls.

spk_0 Rachel and Eva look at him confused.

spk_0 What?

spk_0 I know.

spk_0 Bigger fucking concern is that she's in the walls and could be anywhere.

spk_0 We have to come up with a plan.

spk_0 A real plan.

spk_0 Justin kneels down to Eva.

spk_0 He hovers his hand over her, noting her previous aversion to Rachel's touch.

spk_0 Eva, he's gone.

spk_0 I'm so sorry.

spk_0 I know he was far from perfect, but I also know that you loved him.

spk_0 Eva looks at Justin with puffy eyes.

spk_0 I know he was bad, but I'm also bad.

spk_0 I'm bad.

spk_0 It's just a matter of time before you all see it.

spk_0 Let's get you cleaned up so we can get moving.

spk_0 We still have to figure out our way out of this.

spk_0 Justin nods to Eva.

spk_0 Eva takes one last look at Charlie.

spk_0 She gently puts him on the floor.

spk_0 Justin covers Charlie up with the comforter from the guest bed.

spk_0 He helps Eva up from the floor and towards the door.

spk_0 I'm gonna help her clean up downstairs.

spk_0 Meet us in the kitchen.

spk_0 We have to stick together.

spk_0 Kyle and Rachel barely acknowledge him.

spk_0 Justin grabs Helen's bathroom bag from the night stand and walks out with Eva.

spk_0 Kyle's attention goes from staring at Charlie's covered corpse to Rachel.

spk_0 She's not disturbed.

spk_0 She's angry.

spk_0 I tried so hard to save her from this relationship.

spk_0 From herself.

spk_0 And that's how she reacts to me to my care for her.

spk_0 Kyle gently caresses her face.

spk_0 She softens to his touch.

spk_0 Leans into his hand.

spk_0 Babe, you can't take it so personally.

spk_0 You can't fix other people.

spk_0 Rachel glairs it in pulling away a bit.

spk_0 That's my job, Kyle.

spk_0 You know what I mean.

spk_0 I love you.

spk_0 I would do anything for you.

spk_0 Anything.

spk_0 Hell yeah.

spk_0 You're my girl.

spk_0 Like one and only love.

spk_0 It's you and me against the world.

spk_0 That's only partially true.

spk_0 Come on.

spk_0 Don't do this.

spk_0 Not now.

spk_0 I'll always be second to the cards, Kyle.

spk_0 Not tomorrow.

spk_0 Not after everything.

spk_0 I'm going to fix this.

spk_0 He pulls her in close.

spk_0 He gives her a deep, passionate kiss.

spk_0 She wraps herself around him.

spk_0 I'm yours.

spk_0 Kyle heads out.

spk_0 Rachel takes a few steps behind him when she pauses.

spk_0 She stares at Charlie's covered corpse for a beat.

spk_0 And then looks at the door.

spk_0 She hears Kyle descend the stairs.

spk_0 Interior lay cows powder room moments later.

spk_0 Justin uses makeup wipes from Helen's bathroom bag

spk_0 to wipe Charlie's dried blood from Eva's face and neck.

spk_0 We're all going to die here.

spk_0 Well, according to the rules, not all of us.

spk_0 We deserve it.

spk_0 I know it's hard right now, but we can still figure this out.

spk_0 Eva stares into his eyes.

spk_0 What's the point?

spk_0 Eva's eyes well with tears.

spk_0 Charlie was prince charming with an unmatched temper.

spk_0 He could dazzle pretty much anyone and everyone.

spk_0 We met working together in the ER.

spk_0 After a trauma, he caught me injecting left over fent from the code we just ran.

spk_0 Instead of turning me in, he helped me.

spk_0 He knew how to hurt me without leaving a mark,

spk_0 but always made it all better.

spk_0 Eva wipes her face.

spk_0 She digs into Helen's bag and pulls out one of the prescription bottles.

spk_0 She pops the top off and takes three of the pills.

spk_0 Hey, wait.

spk_0 Justin, I've been in pain for most of my life.

spk_0 Charlie and I fell in love to broken people who brought out the worst in each other.

spk_0 But clung to the few good things within us.

spk_0 I lost hope a long time ago.

spk_0 I've been waiting for Charlie to finish the job for years.

spk_0 Now what am I gonna do?

spk_0 Eva's head sinks forward a bit on the nod.

spk_0 She's hazy.

spk_0 Justin jostles her to get her to focus.

spk_0 Eva just sighs.

spk_0 She's far too tired to keep fighting.

spk_0 Interior lake house master bedroom scene.

spk_0 Kyle ripples through his suitcase.

spk_0 He finds a flask hidden in the top pocket.

spk_0 Thank fuck.

spk_0 He takes a big swig from the flask before spitting it out.

spk_0 That's not the whiskey he smuggled.

spk_0 He tells the flask and a sludge pours out in thick globs.

spk_0 Kyle recoils and flinches.

spk_0 He looks around the room.

spk_0 Justin's suitcase is fallen over and hit the ground.

spk_0 Kyle's eyes dart around the room.

spk_0 Is she here?

spk_0 The bag unzips itself.

spk_0 Kyle's eyes widen, but his curiosity gets the best of him.

spk_0 He shuffles over to the bag on his knees.

spk_0 He opens it up and finds the normal stuff.

spk_0 Clothes, bathroom bag, the ring box,

spk_0 and a butcher's knife in a siddlock bag.

spk_0 Kyle cocks his head, eyes wide with confusion and fear.

spk_0 Interior lake house dining room scene.

spk_0 Justin and Eva stand on the opposite side of the kitchen table from Rachel.

spk_0 Where did she take?

spk_0 It's actually none of your fucking business.

spk_0 A clon of hints.

spk_0 Rachel approaches Eva.

spk_0 Really?

spk_0 With everything going on right now, you're going to sleepwalk through it.

spk_0 Fuck off.

spk_0 Stop trying to control everything.

spk_0 Stop trying to control me.

spk_0 Rachel reaches out to Eva.

spk_0 Eva retreats almost flinches at her touch.

spk_0 I'm not trying to control you.

spk_0 I'm trying to help you.

spk_0 Let me in.

spk_0 Let me help.

spk_0 Rachel grabs hold of her gingerly.

spk_0 She gently traces her fingers around one of the bruises on Eva's wrist.

spk_0 Eva shutters.

spk_0 Kyle comes into the room.

spk_0 Justin, can I?

spk_0 Something is shoved through the mail slot in the front door.

spk_0 Their heads whip towards the foyer.

spk_0 Interior lake house foyer continuous.

spk_0 They walk in to see the gold mail slot door still swings back and forth,

spk_0 reacting to the force at which whatever was shoved through it.

spk_0 A bulged newspaper sits on the floor in front of the door.

spk_0 Justin looks around.

spk_0 Helen?

spk_0 Justin steps over the newspaper.

spk_0 He goes for the door knob.

spk_0 Don't open the door.

spk_0 Justin backs away from the knob but leans over to look out the mail slot.

spk_0 He doesn't see anything.

spk_0 He stands up and looks to the group.

spk_0 He shakes his head.

spk_0 Kyle picks up the newspaper and a bunch of medical papers fall out of the middle of it,

spk_0 spilling all over the foyer.

spk_0 The fuck?

spk_0 Eva Rachel and Justin start picking up the papers.

spk_0 Eva freezes as she picks up the light blue medical file folder with a name on it.

spk_0 Rodriguez, Anthony L.

spk_0 What is all this stuff?

spk_0 Something about a car accident.

spk_0 Rachel studies Eva knowingly.

spk_0 Kyle reviews the newspaper.

spk_0 Close on the newspaper.

spk_0 An obituary for Anthony Rodriguez, 15.

spk_0 Anthony Rodriguez passed surrounded by loved ones and medical professionals as they work

spk_0 to save his life after a tragic car accident.

spk_0 Eva heaves in breath.

spk_0 She drops the file from her shaky hands.

spk_0 These are from an M&M, a morbidity and mortality conference.

spk_0 Justin finishes reading the page in his hands.

spk_0 Eva, you were the ER nurse on this kid's case.

spk_0 The M&M concluded an investigation into you.

spk_0 It was inconclusive, just closed.

spk_0 Kyle throws the newspaper to the ground.

spk_0 Fuck happened to this kid, Eva.

spk_0 Eva backs away from them.

spk_0 She shakes her head. Tears falling from her face.

spk_0 No, no, I can't.

spk_0 No.

spk_0 He died.

spk_0 She killed him.

spk_0 Fuck you, Rachel.

spk_0 Fuck you.

spk_0 Eva flees into the kitchen.

spk_0 They run after her.

spk_0 Interior lake house kitchen continuous.

spk_0 Eva runs to the sink and throws up light fun.

spk_0 Rachel brandishes the papers from the M&M.

spk_0 I thought talking about this in our sessions would be our breakthrough.

spk_0 And I'm sorry, I couldn't help in the way that Eva spins around fury in her eyes.

spk_0 She wipes her mouth.

spk_0 Shut up for the love of fuck shut up.

spk_0 Rachel slams the papers down onto the counter.

spk_0 Eva was high on oxy when Anthony came in.

spk_0 She overdosed him on fentanyl.

spk_0 She got lucky when the M&M couldn't conclude if it was the drugs she pushed

spk_0 or his injuries that definitively killed him.

spk_0 But she knew it was her.

spk_0 Charlie knew it was her.

spk_0 And she just went back to everything business as usual.

spk_0 Not getting caught and not being guilty are entirely different.

spk_0 A long silence.

spk_0 Eva breaks down.

spk_0 She weeps.

spk_0 She slides down to the floor.

spk_0 This doesn't change anything.

spk_0 Of course it does.

spk_0 This has to be the plan.

spk_0 Helen killed JJ.

spk_0 She killed Charlie.

spk_0 She's making good on her threat.

spk_0 We have to figure out who the worst of us is.

spk_0 The ones she plans to leave alive.

spk_0 They all look at each other.

spk_0 Glares.

spk_0 We're going to do a trial.

spk_0 This is going to be fair.

spk_0 Nothing about this is fair.

spk_0 You really think you could put us on trial for what we've done

spk_0 when we don't know what you two are guilty of?

spk_0 Rachel and Justin exchange looks.

spk_0 Helen showed us what Charlie did, what I did, what Eva did.

spk_0 So you admit you did do something?

spk_0 What are you hiding?

spk_0 Kyle and Rachel stare each other down.

spk_0 It's tense.

spk_0 Kyle looks to Justin, betrayal, raging in his eyes.

spk_0 Your bag opened up and...

spk_0 Justin frowns.

spk_0 He sweats.

spk_0 Fuck the ring.

spk_0 Justin vibrates with sobs.

spk_0 I should have protected Helen.

spk_0 I didn't.

spk_0 And I feel horrible about it.

spk_0 I feel guilty.

spk_0 I offer myself up to be on trial.

spk_0 What about the knife?

spk_0 Justin furrows his brow.

spk_0 Confused.

spk_0 What knife?

spk_0 There was a knife in your bag.

spk_0 I don't know what your...

spk_0 Was there really a knife, Kyle?

spk_0 Or are you deflecting?

spk_0 What are you fucking doing, Rachel?

spk_0 Rachel frowns.

spk_0 I knew about the gambling, Kyle.

spk_0 I didn't think you were back in it so bad, but I knew about it.

spk_0 What I didn't know was you were embezzling money from your father's foundation to do it.

spk_0 It's millions of dollars, Kyle.

spk_0 It'll never end.

spk_0 You'll never change.

spk_0 You're so ungrateful for all I've given to you.

spk_0 Kyle is dumbfounded.

spk_0 So hurt.

spk_0 He can't even defend himself.

spk_0 Rachel turns on Eve and next.

spk_0 Same as you.

spk_0 I know you've done some pretty horrendous things.

spk_0 Doing anything you can to run away from your pain, Eva.

spk_0 Oh, fucking dear you.

spk_0 Rachel, stop.

spk_0 Stop.

spk_0 Rachel zeroes in on Eva.

spk_0 I was your friend before I was your therapist.

spk_0 I know your secrets.

spk_0 Maybe it wants to punish you for what you did to Anthony.

spk_0 Eva stands up.

spk_0 The horrendous things I've done?

spk_0 How did you put it?

spk_0 Not getting caught and not being guilty or totally different?

spk_0 Okay, we'll play this game.

spk_0 What about you, Dr. Simpson?

spk_0 Charlie was a monster, but at least he didn't pretend to help me.

spk_0 Not like you.

spk_0 You assaulted me.

spk_0 Took advantage of not only my trust,

spk_0 but my inability to defend myself.

spk_0 Not so fun being on the other end of it, huh?

spk_0 Rachel glares daggers at Eva, but she doesn't deny it.

spk_0 What the fuck is she talking about, Rachel?

spk_0 She's a liar and a drug addict.

spk_0 She and JJ were constantly swapping lies and strategies as to how to

spk_0 manipulate people to manipulate us.

spk_0 Suddenly, all of the screens in the house turn on.

spk_0 The little TV on the kitchen counter,

spk_0 an iPad next to the sink on a recipe stand.

spk_0 The large screen television in the living room.

spk_0 The screen of Kyle's phone face up on the floor.

spk_0 Interior lay-couse living room continues.

spk_0 Kyle walks into the room, eyes glued to the screen.

spk_0 On the television, four panels of surveillance footage.

spk_0 All at Rachel's practice, all sex tapes of Rachel doing different patients,

spk_0 including Eva.

spk_0 In the Eva footage, even nods until her head lulls back and her body crumbles.

spk_0 Unconscious.

spk_0 Rachel leans her head back, checking her pulse, then pulling her hair,

spk_0 then dragging her hand down to Eva's breast.

spk_0 All while Eva lays there, unmoving.

spk_0 Kyle spins around.

spk_0 What the fuck is this?

spk_0 Interior lay-couse kitchen continuous.

spk_0 Kyle stomps back into the kitchen.

spk_0 Rachel smashes the kitchen television.

spk_0 She knocks over the iPad.

spk_0 You're all ungrateful.

spk_0 You needed me.

spk_0 You tried to fix me physically.

spk_0 I rejected you and you couldn't handle that.

spk_0 You fucking slut.

spk_0 The only way you can maintain any kind of fucking control is through fucking.

spk_0 Rachel, you tried to bait Helen into your practice.

spk_0 How many patients have you done this to?

spk_0 Are you fucking kidding me?

spk_0 Eva killed someone.

spk_0 That was an accident.

spk_0 Let's really split some fucking hairs here.

spk_0 You didn't accidentally do anyone.

spk_0 Maybe no.

spk_0 This was work.

spk_0 My calling.

spk_0 Rachel rushes up to Kyle.

spk_0 She pauses at him.

spk_0 He backs away from her, but she persists.

spk_0 Justin pulls Rachel away.

spk_0 You're the worst.

spk_0 You've been trying to control all of this.

spk_0 And all of us from the very beginning.

spk_0 Looks like you've been convicted, Rachel.

spk_0 We played by your rules.

spk_0 And now you're going to fucking die by them.

spk_0 Rachel's desperate eyes plead with Kyle.

spk_0 He can't even look at her.

spk_0 Rachel reveals she's grabbed Charlie's gun.

spk_0 She brandishes it at Kyle and Justin.

spk_0 Back to Eva.

spk_0 Kyle and Justin back off.

spk_0 Fuck you.

spk_0 Fuck you all.

spk_0 I want to be wanted and that's not wrong.

spk_0 You're all wrong.

spk_0 You're the ones who've put taboo's on the flesh and what pleasure can do to the evil that

spk_0 toils inside of you.

spk_0 You're all broken, damaged, worthless.

spk_0 Blood sprays Kyle and Justin.

spk_0 Rachel.

spk_0 Blood dribbles from Rachel's mouth.

spk_0 She drops the gun.

spk_0 The tip of a large knife pokes through a chest from her back.

spk_0 Eva stands behind Rachel.

spk_0 The grip's still tightly around the knife she just thrust into Rachel's back.

spk_0 Eva shoves Rachel's corpse at Kyle and Justin.

spk_0 Kyle catches Rachel.

spk_0 Eva.

spk_0 Eva grabs up the gun and runs away.

spk_0 Justin takes a few steps to run after her, but Eva fires two shots at the line.

spk_0 Justin hits the deck and lets her go.

spk_0 Kyle pulls the knife out with a wet rip from Rachel's back.

spk_0 She's long dead.

spk_0 Eyes staring up at him.

spk_0 No.

spk_0 I didn't mean it.

spk_0 Kyle looks up at Justin.

spk_0 Justin.

spk_0 Help me please.

spk_0 Please help me.

spk_0 Help me fix this.

spk_0 You.

spk_0 You and Rachel always fix it.

spk_0 Justin hurries to his friend.

spk_0 He puts his hand on Kyle's shoulder.

spk_0 Oh my god.

spk_0 I'm so sorry Kyle.

spk_0 She's gone.

spk_0 Interior layk house powder room moments later.

spk_0 Eva hauls ass into the dark bathroom.

spk_0 She locks the door behind her.

spk_0 She doesn't even bother to turn the light on.

spk_0 She sucks in breaths.

spk_0 She shakes as she falls to her knees.

spk_0 She collapses against the wall.

spk_0 She falls onto her side and pulls her knees close to her chest.

spk_0 Gun locked tightly in her shaky grip.

spk_0 From inside of the wall,

spk_0 like a recording,

spk_0 the muffled sounds of an eradicate.

spk_0 Murder.

spk_0

spk_0 Chaos of a trauma room

spk_0 as meta-waters are barbedown.

spk_0 Can you see he's come?

spk_0 What did you just push?

spk_0 She thought it's down to eight.

spk_0 Leave.

spk_0 Come on.

spk_0 Why are you up?

spk_0 I need him to be okay.

spk_0 Crashes.

spk_0 What the hell is going on?

spk_0 Please help him.

spk_0 What the hell did you do?

spk_0 Eva weeps and covers her ears.

spk_0 There's a soft sound of plastic hitting the tile floor.

spk_0 Eva's eyes open and she sees

spk_0 a full syringe of hydromorphone.

spk_0 It rolls towards her and stops at her face.

spk_0 She sits up and moves away from the wall and the syringe.

spk_0 She never takes her eyes off of it.

spk_0 She doesn't even clock the movement behind her as

spk_0 Helen unfolds herself from the vent in the wall.

spk_0 Eva spins and points the gun at Helen.

spk_0 It jams.

spk_0 Helen's head cracks to the side as she stares at Eva, unblinking.

spk_0 Helen.

spk_0 Helen shakes her head from side to side with a stutter in movement.

spk_0 Helen opens her mouth and plays the recording again.

spk_0 Eva, what the hell did you do?

spk_0 What the hell did you do?

spk_0 Eva trembles.

spk_0 She drops the gun.

spk_0 She retreats.

spk_0 Helen snaps her jaw closed.

spk_0 She does her best impression of a comforting smile.

spk_0 She nudges the needle towards Eva.

spk_0 Take it to your Eva.

spk_0 The needle taps against Eva's foot.

spk_0 You're in pain after all.

spk_0 So much pain.

spk_0 The bruises from earlier reappear but deeper in Eva's skin,

spk_0 yellowing, bursting the blood vessels.

spk_0 Eva coughs up blood.

spk_0 She grabs the needle.

spk_0 You'll go much quicker and quieter than little Anthony.

spk_0 Eva jams it into her own neck and pushes down on the plunger.

spk_0 Eva seizes up as she starts to suffocate,

spk_0 trembling against the wall as Helen watches,

spk_0 a broken finger on her lips,

spk_0 hushing Eva like a baby.

spk_0 Interior layhouse kitchen continuous.

spk_0 Justin puts his hand on Kyle's back to comfort him.

spk_0 Kyle jerks away.

spk_0 Kyle gets up from the floor to your streaming down his face.

spk_0 Kyle, I'm so sorry but look this,

spk_0 this doesn't have to be just a tragedy.

spk_0 Rachel's death means something.

spk_0 Eva, she's the worst of us.

spk_0 We should honor Rachel by sticking with her plan,

spk_0 by fucking surviving and getting out of here.

spk_0 Eva killed Rachel.

spk_0 She has to be who it wants.

spk_0 We can take her.

spk_0 Kyle shakes his head back and forth.

spk_0 Stop, stop, stop.

spk_0 Kyle looks to Justin, his face flushed.

spk_0 Why do you have the huge ass knife in your back?

spk_0 Tell me now.

spk_0 Kyle, you're not making any sense.

spk_0 Maybe you're seeing things.

spk_0 Why did you go through my bag anyway?

spk_0 Helen's probably messing with your head.

spk_0 Stop fucking doing that.

spk_0 Doing what?

spk_0 Trying to be smarter than me.

spk_0 Trying to make me seem like the bad guy.

spk_0 You always fucking do this.

spk_0 Oh, do I?

spk_0 Or are you just actually always the bad guy?

spk_0 Are you kidding me?

spk_0 After everything I've done for you.

spk_0 Done for me?

spk_0 I've been your punching bag.

spk_0 Your clown.

spk_0 Your wingman at gunpoint my whole life.

spk_0 It's a full-time job being your patty and your pal.

spk_0 Kyle, folks Justin in the chest.

spk_0 I've given you everything.

spk_0 No matter what, I've always been there for you.

spk_0 It's your fault we're here in the first place.

spk_0 I told you it wasn't a good idea, but no.

spk_0 You told me I had to get Helen to move past her trauma.

spk_0 You knew I would offer you the leg house.

spk_0 You've been talking about it for months.

spk_0 You're the one who said we should make it feel more like a big group thing to make her feel safer.

spk_0 You were the one who told me to get Rachel to invite Eva and Charlie.

spk_0 You even reached out to JJ.

spk_0 You don't even fucking like JJ.

spk_0 You...

spk_0 Kyle's mind races as he starts to put things together.

spk_0 He takes a few deep breaths.

spk_0 You did all of this.

spk_0 Did you plan this?

spk_0 He slams his hand down on the counter.

spk_0 No!

spk_0 Stop!

spk_0 This is crazy.

spk_0 This is exactly what it wants.

spk_0 It's doing it again.

spk_0 It wants us to turn on each other.

spk_0 We have to find Eva.

spk_0 We have to kill her and then...

spk_0 then this will be over.

spk_0 We saw what it could do to Helen,

spk_0 to JJ and to Charlie.

spk_0 That can't happen to us.

spk_0 Justin takes a step towards Kyle.

spk_0 I'm sorry for what I said.

spk_0 You're all I have left.

spk_0 Kyle, I can't lose you too.

spk_0 Justin embraces Kyle.

spk_0 Kyle doesn't know what to do.

spk_0 He remains frozen for a beat.

spk_0 Eyes moving around the room.

spk_0 He spots Rachel.

spk_0 He has no one left either.

spk_0 He embraces Justin back.

spk_0 Justin retracts.

spk_0 He pats Kyle on the arm.

spk_0 We can do this.

spk_0 Justin grabs another knife from the butcher's block and hands it to Kyle.

spk_0 He grabs the meat tenderizer from the cutting board for himself.

spk_0 Interior lay counts downstairs hallway continuous.

spk_0 Kyle and Justin enter the hallway.

spk_0 They split up to search the house.

spk_0 Kyle goes in the direction Eva ran to while Justin goes up the stairs.

spk_0 Kyle doubles back to the master bedroom.

spk_0 Interior lay counts master bedroom continuous.

spk_0 Justin's suitcase lays on the floor closed.

spk_0 Kyle stairs at it for a moment.

spk_0 He hurries over to the bag.

spk_0 He opens it up but the knife is gone.

spk_0 Like it was never there.

spk_0 Kyle shakes his head, confused.

spk_0 There was definitely a knife here before.

spk_0 Kyle hears scurrying around him from within the walls.

spk_0 He abandons the bag and rushes out.

spk_0 Interior lay counts upstairs hallway same.

spk_0 Justin searches the upstairs.

spk_0 He pokes his head into the guest room.

spk_0 The carnage is the same as before.

spk_0 He steals a glance at the busted open vent.

spk_0 Where did Helen go?

spk_0 Interior lay counts guest bedroom continuous.

spk_0 Justin walks into the guest room.

spk_0 Careful to step over Charlie.

spk_0 He hauls Helen's suitcase onto the bed and opens it up.

spk_0 He finds several more medications and prescription bottles.

spk_0 He dumps the pills out onto the bed when

spk_0 a song blers from the surround sound speakers in the den.

spk_0 Justin flinches in fear.

spk_0 Interior lay counts upstairs hallway continuous.

spk_0 Justin goes to the stairs and peers over the banister to the bottom of the steps.

spk_0 Kyle looks up at him from the bottom of the stairs.

spk_0 They hurry to figure out what the noise was.

spk_0 Interior lay counts den moments later.

spk_0 A fire crackles in the fireplace.

spk_0 Two huge recliners are bathed in shadow facing the large projection screen.

spk_0 The walls are adorned with family photos.

spk_0 Justin and Kyle cautiously approach the den.

spk_0 Two silhouettes dance in the fire light.

spk_0 The movements are wrong, crooked, tangled,

spk_0 like two puppets dancing together.

spk_0 Their heads lull back and forth as their bodies move awkwardly.

spk_0 Kyle reaches for the light switch.

spk_0 The two bodies stop dancing in an instant.

spk_0 As if they were paused.

spk_0 The one body stands rigid but still crooked,

spk_0 while the other body flops.

spk_0 Limp.

spk_0 The limp body's face is illuminated by the fireplace.

spk_0 It's Eva.

spk_0 There's dried vomit smeared around her lips and down her chin.

spk_0 Helen's voice comes out of the dark shape holding Eva.

spk_0 Don't turn on the light.

spk_0 You'll ruin the bigger reveal.

spk_0 Helen drops Eva's corpse on the ground.

spk_0 Justin and Kyle look at each other.

spk_0 The suspense.

spk_0 I'm sure it's killing you.

spk_0 The fire goes out.

spk_0 The room is bathed in total darkness.

spk_0 The projector flickers to life, projecting onto the screen on the opposite side of the room.

spk_0 A bright white light blinds everyone for a moment.

spk_0 What Justin?

spk_0 Aren't you proud to have all of your hard work on display?

spk_0 On the projection screen, stalker-like research on Helen.

spk_0 Photos of Helen coming in and out of her apartment

spk_0 in group therapy through a crack in the door

spk_0 at her therapist's office through the window.

spk_0 Police reports of Maya's rape and the survivor meetings tracked on Facebook, etc.

spk_0 Finally, a word document.

spk_0 Title page of the manuscript.

spk_0 Tragedy strikes twice.

spk_0 The breaking point of Helen breaks.

spk_0 By Justin Walker.

spk_0 Justin, what the fuck did you do?

spk_0 There's a soft plastic crunching as Helen holds out the knife in the ziplock bag to the two of them.

spk_0 That's not mine.

spk_0 The first true thing you've said all evening.

spk_0 It's not yours, but that was kind of the whole point, right?

spk_0 It's Helen's knife with Helen's fingerprints on it.

spk_0 Kyle takes a step away from Justin.

spk_0 Don't listen to it.

spk_0 It's fucking with your head.

spk_0 Don't be an idiot.

spk_0 I don't even know who the fuck you are.

spk_0 You're, you're insane.

spk_0 Justin clenches his jaw.

spk_0 He takes a deep breath and releases it.

spk_0 His demeanor shifts.

spk_0 I'm not insane, Kyle.

spk_0 I'm creative.

spk_0 Kyle's face drops.

spk_0 He does not recognize this person.

spk_0 I have worked too fucking hard to let you mess this up for me.

spk_0 You always try to mess it up for me, but not this time.

spk_0 No.

spk_0 This?

spk_0 This is my chance to be the best.

spk_0 My chance to be the one everyone wants a piece of.

spk_0 Justin smiles.

spk_0 Helen was an easy fucking target.

spk_0 Easy to get her patterns down.

spk_0 Easy to bump into.

spk_0 Easy to get to know.

spk_0 But that's not all her fault.

spk_0 I've had practice.

spk_0 Having to stroke your ego.

spk_0 Fun.

spk_0 You're fucking footsteps.

spk_0 So what?

spk_0 You were gonna fucking kill her for a fucking buck deal?

spk_0 Oh sweet simple Kyle.

spk_0 No.

spk_0 He wasn't just going to kill Helen.

spk_0 Kyle's jaw swings open.

spk_0 People want true crime.

spk_0 I'm gonna be the survivor of a massacre at the hands of Helen Bricks.

spk_0 A broken woman who became shattered.

spk_0 After another weekend getaway and now the story will be told.

spk_0 My story.

spk_0 I'm gonna get the fame and recognition I fucking deserve.

spk_0 Kyle balls his fist.

spk_0 Justin.

spk_0 No.

spk_0 Justin smirks.

spk_0 It only leaves one alive Kyle.

spk_0 And it's down to just you and me.

spk_0 I was always planning to kill you.

spk_0 Are you willing to kill me?

spk_0 Kyle runs.

spk_0 Justin looks to marry in at Helen and grabs the knife bag.

spk_0 Interior way, Kyle's master bedroom continues.

spk_0 Kyle runs into the master bedroom.

spk_0 He slams the door shut.

spk_0 Justin gets to the other side of the door and holds the door knob so it can't lock.

spk_0 Kyle pushes his weight against the door.

spk_0 Justin fucking stop.

spk_0 We're like brothers.

spk_0 Fucking lunatic.

spk_0 You can't fucking do this.

spk_0 Please, please.

spk_0 Justin kicks the door open.

spk_0 Kyle flies backwards.

spk_0 He rolls on the floor and is back up on his feet.

spk_0 Putting the bed between him and Justin.

spk_0 Justin walks in holding the knife.

spk_0 It doesn't have to end like this.

spk_0 Justin, manic and wild-eyed.

spk_0 Like he's finally free.

spk_0 Shakes his head.

spk_0 But I wanted to end like this.

spk_0 I've told the perfect story.

spk_0 And this?

spk_0 This was always the ending.

spk_0 Kyle shakes his head to your streak down his cheeks.

spk_0 No.

spk_0 Fuck you.

spk_0 No.

spk_0 Please.

spk_0 Don't do this.

spk_0 Don't make me do this.

spk_0 I'm the worst of all.

spk_0 It will leave me alive.

spk_0 I can still fix this.

spk_0 I can still come out of this with exactly what I want.

spk_0 Helen couldn't handle it.

spk_0 She was weak.

spk_0 I'm not.

spk_0 I knew what I was getting into.

spk_0 I am always one step ahead.

spk_0 Justin jumps on Kyle thrashing the knife down.

spk_0 He stabs Kyle over.

spk_0 Blood sprays against the bay windows and all over Justin.

spk_0 Justin and Kyle scream as Justin curls him

spk_0 until finally only Justin screaming.

spk_0 Stop stabbing.

spk_0 Interior lay cows downstairs hallway continuous.

spk_0 Justin stumbles out of the master bedroom and walks down the hallway.

spk_0 Blooding knife still in his hand.

spk_0 He's covered in Kyle's blood and defensive wounds.

spk_0 The floor creaks behind him.

spk_0 Helen appears at the end of the hall.

spk_0 Justin freezes.

spk_0 He spins around and points the knife at her with shaky hands as he retreats backwards slowly.

spk_0 She calmly walks towards him.

spk_0 You can't attack me.

spk_0 You won't kill me.

spk_0 I'm the only one left.

spk_0 You only leave one alive.

spk_0 You are the one left alive.

spk_0 Justin's face twitches as he smiles.

spk_0 Interior lay cows kitchen continuous.

spk_0 Justin backs into the kitchen.

spk_0 Helen is much closer.

spk_0 We can see her now that she's out of the dark hallway.

spk_0 Such an interesting perspective.

spk_0 The bloody strings muscle to shoot.

spk_0 Vings, etc. fall out from Helen's back.

spk_0 They drive behind her leaving a bloody trail.

spk_0 Helen's face stretches as the marionette slowly grows.

spk_0 Helen's skin starts to fall off.

spk_0 Bloody and mangled as it detaches from the marionette skeleton underneath.

spk_0 As she decomposes, she makes her way towards Justin.

spk_0 Helen is dead.

spk_0 My plan can still be complete.

spk_0 And I only had to kill one of them.

spk_0 I won.

spk_0 Justin nearly trips over Rachel's dead body as he backs up.

spk_0 If this is your idea of winning, no wonder you've always played the pathetic sidekick.

spk_0 You'll never forget this.

spk_0 You'll be trying to tell this story for years.

spk_0 And no one will believe you.

spk_0 You're going to be so famous.

spk_0 And that's precisely what you wanted, right?

spk_0 Justin's back hits the countertop.

spk_0 He has nowhere left to retreat.

spk_0 Every time you close your eyes, you will see me.

spk_0 By the time she's done talking, she's just the bloody marionette.

spk_0 Pieces of Helen left in a bloody trail behind her.

spk_0 The meaty tendrils are back to strings.

spk_0 Justin stares at it and pure horror.

spk_0 He drops the knife from his trembling hand.

spk_0 The strings animate and snap towards Justin.

spk_0 They wrap around his throat and wrists.

spk_0 They hoist him from the ground.

spk_0 Justin struggles to breathe.

spk_0 You will suffer with every blink, every slumber.

spk_0 And then, when you think you've suffered enough,

spk_0 the strings drag Justin inches from the marionette.

spk_0 It is the exact same size as Justin.

spk_0 Justin gasps suffocating.

spk_0 I'll come back for you.

spk_0 And I'll wear you to way out the worst again.

spk_0 It smears Helen's blood across Justin's terrified face as it grips his jaw.

spk_0 It forces Justin to his knees.

spk_0 The strings retract.

spk_0 Congratulations, Justin.

spk_0 You win.

spk_0 Close on Justin's eyes, flooded with tears,

spk_0 the marionette's reflection in his dilated pupils.

spk_0 You're the only one left alive.

spk_0 Don't blink.

spk_0 Close on Justin's eyes.

spk_0 Everything gets brighter and his pupils go to pin points.

spk_0 The sun shines through all of the windows.

spk_0 The carnage from the night is exposed to daylight.

spk_0 The whimsical and wonderful sounds of the lake rush back.

spk_0 Children laughing outside, birds chirping.

spk_0 The water lapping against the sand bar.

spk_0 Heavy knocking at the front door.

spk_0 Ranges department.

spk_0 Please open the door.

spk_0 We've got to call about the accident out front.

spk_0 Justin is left alone, covered in blood, surrounded by dead bodies, with no plausible deniability.

spk_0 The small bloody marionette collapse at his feet.

spk_0 Justin's eyes fall on the marionette.

spk_0 He bends down and picks it up with a trembling hand.

spk_0 A tear falls from his wide open eyes.

spk_0 The door is kicked in.

spk_0 Two cops bust in.

spk_0 The cop walks over to Justin.

spk_0 Gun trained on him.

spk_0 Don't fucking move.

spk_0 Justin closes his eyes.

spk_0 A look of terror contorts his face.

spk_0 Justin's POV.

spk_0 Marionette Helen grins maniacally.

spk_0 Her broken jaw swings open and she rushes right at us.

IT ONLY LEAVES ONE ALIVE: THE CINEMATIC AUDIO EXPERIENCE

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