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[skateboard scraping]
[Young Man] Can't we just have some fun?
Why does everything have to be so serious?
[Young Woman] Maybe coming here was a mistake.
[Young Man] Don't say that.
[crickets chirping]
[Young Woman] Did you see that?
[Young Man] What?
[Young Woman] I saw someone over by the window.
They were looking at us.
[Young Man] Must've been Greg.
[Young Woman] I don't think so.
Can you see anything?
[Young Man] No.
[Young Woman screams]
[Young Man] What?
I saw someone out there.
They were watching us. - [Young Man] I'm going out there.
No.
Jack please, don't.
- Thank you, Serena. - Hm-hm.
Are you still at Paradigm?
Uh no, actually I just changed
to Shelley Drucker at ADA.
- Oh, he's great. - Hm-hm.
- That's a nice step up for you. - Hm-hm.
- He's a sweetheart. - Thank you.
[chuckles]
[chatter] [traffic]
Hi Shelley, I'm just calling
to check on what happened to that Will Smith movie.
[Shelley on phone] Right, they went with Shaylene Woodley.
Are you kidding?
I mean, I'm never gonna have a chance with someone like her.
[Shelley] Well that's who you're gonna be up against
if you want to be a leading lady,
which brings me to the horror movie.
I don't know, a-a slasher movie?
It-it's just not my kind of thing.
[Shelley] Okay, do me a favor,
watch the short film, think about it.
[intense music ♪]
[panting]
♪
[gunshots]
[grunts]
♪
[tense music ♪]
[grunting]
[Man] You bitch.
[cries out] [grunts]
[grunting]
♪
[gasping]
[crying out] [stabbing]
[gasping]
[intense music ♪]
[cries out]
[Man yells]
[panting]
No! Bitch!
[gunshot]
[dramatic music ♪]
[Man] Alabama Chapman?
That can't be his real name.
Who was the girl?
- Hm? - The star.
It doesn't say.
I'm just gonna look her up.
All right, here she is.
Nicole Healy.
She was in six of his movies.
She died.
She was murdered.
She does have some fan pages, though.
[quiet, tense music ♪]
Are you Alabama?
Serena?
You're late.
Yeah.
People are tired of being lied to.
What they want is something real.
They'd rather sit at home and watch YouTube videos
of people falling on their asses
than go to some crap movie they know is fake.
You know, they get lied to by the government,
by the news, by their jobs.
What they want is the one thing they are not being given,
the truth.
I saw one of your short films, and it looked...
it looked very real to me.
I've been working with the same crew since I was a kid,
and we all grew up in North Carolina together.
How many of these shorts have you done?
17.
We need to make a feature...
...and we're ready.
[Serena] He's smart and he's really passionate.
Not at all what I expected.
[Shelley on phone] Well, I'll have them send over a deal.
Serena, this'll be great for you.
These guys have a million Twitter followers,
they're financed, they're paying you.
You're the star. You'll be great.
The future is yours.
- All right, thank you, Shelley. - Mm-hmm.
- I'll talk to you later. - Okay, bye, babe.
You know, I'm trying to get excited about this.
You should be.
[chuckles] Yeah?
Four weeks in the woods
surrounded by a bunch of hot actors and crew?
Well, there's also hot guys in New York too,
and somehow I manage to control myself here.
Yeah?
Anyway, that's not what you're jealous about.
Hmm?
[Serena] You're just jealous I got a juicy part in a film.
Oh yeah, probably.
- Listen. - Hmm?
Uh, I don't want you to take this the wrong way,
but I want to do this by myself.
I don't want you to visit me.
Are you serious?
As much as I love you,
with the way things have been going between us lately...
you're a distraction, and I need to focus.
You know what, how about this? Fuck you.
All right? And just have fun, you know,
fucking all those guys up there...
- Excuse me? - ...or whatever you do.
When you did that summer stock last year,
I stayed out of your way. - Okay.
And who knows who you were fucking up there.
I was fucking no one and you could have come, right?
No one told you not to.
I didn't want to get in your way.
Okay, well I guess we saw that differently.
Fuck this, I'm gonna stay at my brother's tonight.
And you know... call me when you're back.
Whatever, I don't know,
maybe you'll figure something out by then, okay?
[rock music ♪]
Miss Brooks?
That's me.
Uh, I figured that was you
'cause you look like a movie star.
I was real excited when I heard you got the part.
Uh, I seen your Law and Order episode
like five times.
What's your name?
IBall.
Uh, my-my real name's Raymond,
but uh, everyone calls me IBall,
like iPhone or iMac.
I'm IBall.
Probably on account of my lazy eye.
But I-I don't mind.
Nice to meet you.
You're the last pickup.
It's a long drive up there.
[chuckles]
But you can sit wherever you want,
you's being the star, and all.
[with British accent] Well I-I'd be happy to teach you.
Watch your step.
[Man with British accent] You're doing fine.
Hi, I'm Candice.
Gordon E. Runte.
Serena.
He's from England. He's Shakespearian trained.
[Gordon] Yes, it's true.
I, um, graduated from the Royal Academy.
Just finished a touring show of Hamlet
in which I play the Dane
to a bunch of blue-hairs from Shropshire.
Looking forward to this, I can tell you.
Aren't you playing an American in the film?
[American accent] Well, fuck yeah.
I play Greg from Kansas City,
a horny little fellow with a fetish for romantic paperbacks.
I die on page 61.
You don't sound European at all.
You's all are so talented.
[British accent] Yes we are, IBall.
Yes we are.
[chuckles]
This is gonna be the best movie ever.
[bus door squeaks closed]
[dark hard-rock music ♪]
[Candice] I was in a beauty pageant,
and I got seen by a casting agent,
and he got me to take acting lessons,
but I started having an affair with our teacher.
And then I got a job on a TV pilot,
but the director wanted to sleep with me.
I think I only got this job
because I agreed to take my top off.
That's not true.
There's a lot of actresses who would agree to do that.
Did you?
No.
But I'm just saying that you must've done something
really great in your audition to get the part.
It's not just that you're gonna show your tits.
You're really nice.
[Gordon] You know, I once did three performances of Macbeth
with nothing but the cool fog of Glasgow
to cover my little Gordon.
I just don't see why Americans make such a big fuss over it.
[Serena] Because we don't want to be exploited.
Right, Candice? - Right.
[Gordon] But they can't exploit you if you're doing what you love.
He's right, I guess.
Look, you make up your own mind about it,
but just because you signed something
it doesn't mean that you have to do things that you don't want to do.
[IBall] I'm-I'm pretty sure nudity's important to Alabama.
He's a real artist, though.
He-he won't exploit you's.
[gentle music ♪]
[Serena] Hi, it's me.
I really wish you would pick up your phone.
Look, I hate that we got into that fight last night.
All right, um... love you.
Hello?
[IBall] Did you hear that they cast Blake Stone
[Serena] I thought he stopped acting after his breakdown.
Sure uh, I mean I bet he's been in a ton of stuff
you never saw.
He plays my boyfriend.
Hope he's not an asshole.
What's that mark on your hand?
Oh, that-that-that's our logo.
Everyone on the crew has 'em.
I don't know why it came out so shitty.
I-I-I thought it would be better.
[sniffs]
I'm just really honored
that they're letting me work on this.
[blues rock music ♪]
[bus horn honking]
♪
[music fades]
Serena Brooks, I'm guessing.
Uh, yeah, that's me.
- Here let me get that for you. - Oh, thanks.
I'm Walter Sax, I play Harper.
Oh, the bad guy.
That's not for me to judge.
So have you been in many films, Walter?
Oh, I mean I've known these guys forever,
so I've been in a lot of their films.
But I did do a Dunkin' Donuts commercial down in Nashville.
Hi, I'm Jason. I'm producing this little epic.
Oh hi, nice to meet you.
You're in cabin number four.
We're using cabins seven, eight, and nine for shootin'.
There's no cell service up here.
No, but if you need to, IBall will give you a ride into town.
I can't get the internet to work, either.
The cable company's coming out tomorrow to take a look.
How are you going to make a movie
without a phone or internet?
We're used to roughing it.
We got our grip truck up that road, that's all we need.
[bluegrass music ♪]
[indistinct chatter]
[Woman] It's all right if he doesn't want beans.
That's fine. - There's a bean in the green.
- Ah, that's just fine. - That's fine.
Oh, hello. Here you are, sweetheart.
Hi, oh, uh, actually I don't want that much.
Where I come from we accept hospitality when it's offered.
Well where I come from its rude to take more than you can eat.
Well, bless your heart.
You must be Serena.
Is that right? [chuckles]
I'm Molly Beale.
I've been babysitting some of these little devils
since they were kids. Right?
[song ends] [applause]
[Serena] Hi. Do you-
[Alabama] Listen up!
My people were Ulster Scots,
so it's become a habit of mine
to invoke one of their blessings
at the start of every one of our films.
Mìle fàilte.
1,000 welcomes.
[all] Mìle fàilte.
[chatter, applause]
Damn, it feels good to be making a movie again!
And our first feature, no less.
We got some real talent in this room here.
Serena Brooks. [applause]
Blake Stone. [applause]
You are all fine and committed artists,
and we are honored--
[gunshot]
[Man screaming]
[dramatic music]
[2nd Man] Stand back, people!
He had this comin' to him!
[everyone cries out] [gunshot]
[moaning]
[grunting]
[laughter]
Excuse the boys, Serena.
It's just our makeup guys showin' off.
Fuck, that scared the shit out of me.
[laughter]
Stone cold shit right there.
Mìle fàilte.
- Hell, yeah! - Mìle fàilte!
[applause, howling]
[fire crackling] [crickets chirping]
[Serena] Maybe just-just a little bit,
and it'll-it'll fall...
- All right. - ...I think.
It's better now - That's better.
Yeah.
Is you ready, Miss Brooks?
Okay, she not ready yet.
What you doing there?
Oh um, I brought this from home.
It's cute, right? - It's real cute.
I-I don't know if Alabama's gonna go for it.
Just let me talk to him about it.
What do we need for a shot?
[crew chattering]
Is there a big lighting change for this?
[crew chattering]
Hey, everything all right? You got everything you need?
Uh, yeah, everyone's been very nice.
Axe the scarf.
Actually I brought this myself.
[chatter stops]
It's a little much.
We had discussed that my character
was from around Allentown, Pennsylvania.
So I did some research and looked at some photos
and this feels right to me.
I want it to be as real as you do, okay?
So we can do it your way and I don't have to wear it
if that's what you want, but I feel very strongly
that this is the right choice, if you want it to be real.
[Alabama] You're full of shit.
You didn't look that up.
Had you going though, right?
[Alabama laughs]
All right, whatever she wants from now on.
Okay?
All right, let's get ready for rehearsal, everybody.
Why does everything have to be so serious?
Maybe coming up here was a mistake.
Don't say that, please.
[rustling]
Did you see that?
See what?
I saw someone by the window.
They were looking at us.
That's probably just Greg.
I don't think so.
Can you see anything?
No.
Okay.
[ominous music ♪]
[chilling sting] [cries out]
[gasping]
There was someone out there.
Are you sure?
They were watching us.
Yeah.
- All right, I'll go outside. - What?
No, Jack, don't, please.
It'll be fine. Just relax.
Jack?
- Aah!
[screams]
Jesus! [banging on window]
That is not funny.
[Blake] I think it's hysterical.
Cut. Excellent.
That was great work, everybody. Good night.
I'm gonna go talk to Blake.
[Serena] How was that?
That was as good a first day as I've ever had.
Wasn't Blake great?
All right, let's wrap it up, move!
[crew chattering]
- Thank you very much. - That-that was very good, Miss Brooks.
Oh, thank you.
The idea was that with only one hour's notice
we could put on any of 13 classics.
I just finished a run of Merchant of Venice
in San Francisco.
Hm, you were Portia?
For the intent and purpose of the law
hath full relation to the penalty,
which here appeareth due upon the bond.
[Gordon] 'Tis very true.
A wise and upright judge.
How much more elder art thou than thee looks?
Therefor laid bare your bosom.
Aye, his breast.
So says the bond. Doth it not, noble judge?
"Nearest his heart." Those are the very words.
It is so.
Are the balance here to weigh the flesh?
Have by some surgeon, Shylock, on your charge,
to stop his wounds lest he do bleed to death.
Maybe we can read some lines
from our scenes that we have to shoot tomorrow.
Relax Francis, we're bonding.
It's all part of the process.
[Chloe] No, he's worried he won't remember his lines.
Some of us aren't great at memorizing lines.
The lines mean nothin'.
Fuckin' lines.
[laughs]
We're out in the woods here.
Rules are different.
[ominous music ♪]
One bad choice...
[snaps fingers]
Life is fragile.
You be aware of it.
If you're not...
...you're a sittin' duck.
Lines.
Worry about your fucking lives.
[Chloe laughing]
What's this?
This is the guy who's gonna fix our internet.
Fuck that.
[Jason] Well, we talked about this.
No, we got everything we need to make this movie right here.
Thanks, but you can go. - No, he can't go, hold on.
- He goes or I go. - Don't give me that shit.
Alabama, a lot of people here have phone calls to make.
Whoa, what the fuck are you doing?
Yo.
What? Oh my--
Ugh! - Hold up. Don't go.
He just fucking broke the router.
You don't have another one?
Not in the truck.
Wait, let me explain.
What the hell?
I have a life, Alabama.
I have a relationship back home.
You need to focus.
That is my job.
If you can't trust me to do my job...
...then you need to find someone else.
I don't trust anybody.
Cell phones, internet, that's the plague of the movie shoot.
Well my life is important to me.
And is this the most important thing in your life, this movie?
That is not a fair question.
What's more important, huh? Your boyfriend?
What, he can't wait three weeks?
Focus on our movie.
It makes a whole world of difference, trust me.
You'll see.
[mysterious music ♪]
[both laugh]
It's so pretty out here.
I love it up here.
I grew up around here, just a few towns over.
We used to come up here on the weekends,
get stoned or drunk,
smoke cigarettes if that's all we could get.
Maybe go skinny dipping.
I never did anything like that.
My mother would have killed me if I went skinny dipping.
No you definitely would have done it
because everybody would have made fun of you if you didn't.
Everyone made fun of me anyway.
Um, are you sure you know your way back from here?
Yeah. [thunder crashes]
We're not that far. What, you wanna go back?
Uh yeah, it's starting to rain. You don't mind, do you?
No, we got all weekend.
[giggling] [rain pattering]
♪
Saw a cabin up here.
We can sit on the porch until this passes.
I think it's this way.
Is anyone here?
I don't know. I doubt it.
These are just weekend cabins.
[knocking]
It looks nice in there.
Looks like we can just go in.
I don't think so.
We'll just go to dry off. We won't touch anything.
Hello?
Anybody here?
Looks like nobody's here.
There's a dryer in here.
We could dry our clothes... wait out the storm.
You mean get naked?
Here's a blanket. You can wrap yourself in that.
If my mother could see me now...
[ominous music]
That is better.
[dramatic sting]
What happened?
We gotta get outta here. There's some weird shit here.
We just gotta go.
Are those fingers?
Ah! Fuck!
[groans]
[vehicle approaching]
Oh, no.
Just run, okay? I'll catch up.
Run where?!
Go and get help.
Hello?
Who's here?
[screams]
[Chloe] How was that?
- Chloe, that was good work. - Phew.
It's creepy down here.
[folk rock music ♪]
Hey.
There's someone I'd like you meet.
Who is it?
Uh...
Mr. Eddie Shipman. He's our executive producer.
It's because of his, uh, goodwill
that we're able to make our pictures, this one included.
So you want me to put on a pretty face and be nice?
[fire crackling]
Here she is. Here is our star.
Look at the way she lights up a room.
It's like the sun came up, isn't it?
Hi. Serena Brooks.
Eddie Shipman. Very happy to meet you.
I must confess, I'm your number one fan.
Thank you.
Oh and I have a welcoming present for you as well.
Didn't have to do that.
[chuckles]
Oh, wow.
Yes, my family runs a glass factory in the Pamunkey River.
We make fine tableware.
It's beautiful. Thank you so much.
Absolutely.
Jason and I, we met in the army several years ago,
and we bonded over movies,
over horror movies in particular.
And when he told me about The Collective...
...I was just like "Sign me up."
Well I'm always a fan of someone who supports the arts.
[Eddie] Well I haven't made a dime off of it,
but I wouldn't trade it for anything.
Now, I love to be involved.
Now when the boys told me they stepped up
to make a feature, I was incredibly happy,
and I've been overjoyed by everything I've seen.
It's all beautiful.
[IBall] Another beer for you, Mr. Shipman.
I don't really know why you keep that halfwit around.
Look at this, this can's all covered in crud.
I'll get you another one.
Now, I came down here for a reason.
Alabama is a brilliant filmmaker,
but his people skills are lacking.
And Jason is crankier than a bag of weasels.
If this film goes well I want you to be excited
about the prospect of working with us in the future.
I'm gonna be honest, Mr. Shipman...
...I'm having a really great time here...
...but...
...I don't want my career to be a bunch of horror films.
That's just snobbery.
I don't think you will find film fans or filmmakers
more passionate about the art of film
than those that make horror movies.
I guess I just don't share your passion for the genre.
Shit.
Well, there's time. There is time to work on you.
And Nicole wasn't exactly crazy about making horror films
until we started making 'hem.
You knew Nicole?
[Eddie] I financed all her films.
I don't think she had even seen a horror movie
until we started working together.
I mean, she was raised Lutheran and I'm Baptist myself, so...
We were just talking about Nicole.
I saw that she died. I'm so sorry.
- She was murdered-- - We don't talk about that.
I was about to say it was a tragedy.
We all loved Nicole.
Well she was great in the films that I saw her in.
I mean, she could've gone out to LA.
Yeah, she talked about it.
Still it's hard to imagine her outside of Albemarle County.
Anyway, she didn't really get the chance.
Uh, A-Alabama, they's calling for you on set.
- I'm coming. - I'm coming too.
It's a closed set.
Not to me.
Lovely to meet you.
Thank you for saying hi... - Yeah.
...and think about what I said.
That's a good girl.
I'm coming.
[Alabama] So we're gonna take care of a few things up here, Chloe.
Just take a couple minutes.
[suspenseful music building ♪]
[gasping]
[chilling music ♪]
Hello?
- [Alabama] Action.
Wait, hello? I-I-I need a minute!
Just one minute! - [Alabama] Action!
[Chloe] No!
[screams]
[Chloe gasping]
What...
What... What's happening?
What are you doing down here?
[Chloe] What?
Who else knows about this?
I don't-I don't-- Are-are we-are we still doing the scene?
We're still doing the scene. Who else knows about this?
Can we just cut?
I don't understand what's going on right now.
Oh... I think you understand everything.
No. I really don't understand what's going on.
Please tell me.
[crying] Please don't.
No. No, no- [screams]
Don't worry.
[crying out]
[speaks indistinctly]
I'll draw you up with your boyfriend...
...and put your eyes together
so you can stare at each other forever.
What are you's doing down here?
Who else knows about this?
I don't understand.
Oh... I think you understand everything.
No, no, I really don't understand what's going on.
Please just tell me. No, please.
Please don't.
No. No, no! [screams]
Now that's just rough, but it totally works.
It was a good kill.
You see her face when the knife went in?
That's why we do this.
That was gold. You can't fake that.
Honestly Al...
...that's one of your best kills yet.
Play it again. - Yes, sir.
[Chloe on screen] Please don't. No.
Cannot wait to see it all done.
Heh, keep working on Serena.
I want her around for the next one.
She'll come around.
What choice does she have?
What choice did Nicole have?
Oh and hey, uh,
bring me back a present.
You know how much I like Barbie dolls.
Don't you fuck it up.
[truck engine starts]
[eerie banjo music]
[music fades]
[knocks]
[Serena] Hey, have you guys seen Chloe?
She finished shooting her scenes.
The shoot went late last night,
so her and Francis went straight from set to the train.
I drove 'em.
She's real good in the scenes... that I saw.
[Serena] Any chance I could get a ride to town?
I need to make a few phone calls.
You'll have to talk to Alabama about that.
He gave us orders not to do that.
[birds singing]
[Serena] That smells good.
Can I pour you a cup?
Thanks, I'd love some.
I get these tea leaves from a friend of mine in China.
He's a private grower.
They're pretty special.
I can't believe they expect us to go three weeks up here
without a phone call or an email.
I like the quiet.
You were a child actor?
Look.
I know you're trying to be nice but...
...I don't really like making friends on set.
It never works out.
I don't mean to sound cold or anything.
I'm just...
...trying to protect myself.
[IBall] Uh, Mr. Stone.
Uh, they-they need you on set.
Yeah.
Just so you know...
I'll be there for you on the day.
Mm-hmm.
What is up with that guy?
Yeah, he's an odd character, that's for sure.
You's actors.
You all have your idio-synchronicities.
I don't need you to know where it's going
or why you're doing the things you're doing.
I want it to be instinctual.
I would never kill anyone in real life,
so I have to try to imagine the kinds of things
that would bring my character to a place where I would.
Okay, I picked you for this part
because I think that you are a survivor.
Given the opportunity you would do whatever it took to survive.
You might even relish the opportunity to prove it.
I think you're confusing me with my character.
What is this story about?
It's about a bunch of people
who go to the woods and get killed.
No, it is never about the victims. Victims die.
They don't even make it through the whole fucking thing.
The hero is the one who makes it to the end of the movie.
But it's not even clear that I do that.
What do people want more than anything else on this Earth,
more than even sex?
[exhales audibly]
They want to survive.
Haven't you ever had to defend yourself?
I'm not sure I'm ready to share that.
[sighs]
Is that Nicole from your films?
Yeah, that's our Nicole.
You remind me of her.
I mean she wasn't the actor you are,
she wasn't trained or nothing, but uh...
...she was fierce like you.
Always up for a challenge.
[sentimental music ♪]
In the real world, she was a high school dropout
who worked at a strip club...
...but in our movies... she was a star.
What's the other one?
"My secret admirer."
That was the last movie we worked on,
The Secret Admirer.
Died before we could finish it.
You loved her.
I don't like to talk about that.
[footsteps approaching]
Cowboy says the-the stuff is ready for Miss Brooks
to do the mold of her head.
[ominous music ♪]
You don't get claustrophobic, do you?
Is that a warning?
I'm gonna leave some space under your nose
so you can breathe, but you won't be able to breathe
out of your mouth.
I've done it a ton of times.
It's fine.
[Serena breathing heavily]
[whimpers]
- Cowboy, something's wrong. - She needs to stop moving.
Yeah, get her out of there.
Hold still sweetie, now we're gonna cut you out.
Hold on, all right? - Alabama, it's not set yet.
If we cut her out she's just gonna have to do it all over again.
[Serena whimpering] Serena, listen,
if I cut you out of there right now
we're just gonna have to do this again.
Can you hold on for just a minute longer?
You were asking me about Nicole before.
Well, all right.
The first time I met Nicole
was at the Pussy Cat Topless Bar and Lounge.
I was there with my girlfriend
she just walks right up to me and starts shaking her wares in my face.
And my girlfriend, she wasn't such a good sport.
She tossed her Malibu and Coke in Nicole's face,
and before you could blink,
Nicole, she picked that glass up
and she slammed it down on the back of her hand.
There was blood everywhere, it was a fucking shit show.
And that was Nicole Healy.
You know, she had a snake inside of her
always ready to strike if you came up on her the wrong way.
[timer dings]
All right.
We're gonna cut you out now, okay?
Have you out in just a second. - You hear that?
- Just keep breathin'. - You're doing real nice.
Here we go Serena, all right, on three, ready?
One, two, and...
[gasping]
There she is.
[gasping]
[Serena groaning]
[mysterious music ♪]
♪
[no audible dialogue]
[music fades out]
[crickets chirping]
[ominous music ♪]
[shower running]
I'm sorry, can we cut?
[Alabama] Keep rollin'.
I'm just having kind of a hard time about this.
[Alabama] What's wrong?
Can I talk to you for a minute?
[footsteps]
What's wrong, Candice? That was so great.
Thank you. I'm just-
I'm really uncomfortable about taking my bra off in this scene.
We talked about this in New York, you said you were fine with it.
I know, I guess I thought I could.
You like what I'm doing, right? I mean, is my acting okay?
Your acting is great.
Then why do I have to take my bra off?
In this scene you're taking a shower.
It would be kinda stupid if you had your bra on in the shower.
Couldn't we shoot from the shoulders up?
You signed a contract, right?
In the contract it says you take your bra off.
It explicitly says-- - I'm dealing with this.
Maybe if I could speak to my agent he could straighten this out.
We're set up to shoot now.
Everyone is waiting for you
to do what you told us you would have no problem doing.
I know, I'm sorry, everyone.
Can I talk to you for a second?
Yeah.
[ambient music ♪]
I heard about what you did.
I am so proud of you.
I feel really bad about it.
Everything was going so well and I screwed it all up.
No, no, no, no, no, don't say that, okay?
You shouldn't do anything that you don't want to do.
They all hate me now.
They're just mad they didn't get their way.
[Candice] They said they're gonna drive me into town
so I could call my agent.
That's perfect.
He's the one who should be dealing with this, not you.
You shouldn't have to fight with these guys.
[Candice] You're so good to me.
I hope we can be friends when we get back to the city.
Definitely.
Yeah, I don't know man.
Hold on, shut the fuck up for a second.
You said you were gonna give me a ride into town tonight?
It's getting late. - Oh right.
Here.
Are you serious?
I can't spare anyone right now.
You guys are too much.
[crickets chirping]
[ominous music ♪]
[engine starts]
♪
[crying]
[muffled pounding]
[pounding]
[bang]
[car clattering]
[engine stops]
[muffled thump]
[pounding]
[muffled thump]
[pounding]
[keys jingle]
[chilling music building ♪]
[groans]
[weakly] Help me!
[groans]
[police siren blips]
Help!
Oh, thank God.
Thank God.
There's someone in the trunk!
Okay ma'am, calm down, calm down.
Call an ambulance!
- Dispatch, this is unit 114. - Come on.
Looks like we're gonna need a meat wagon out on highway 34,
two clicks north of Station Road.
Go.
[babbling weakly]
Holy shit.
Ma'am.
I need you to put your hands on the roof of the car.
What?
No I'm-I'm just working on a film shoot.
Ma'am, please put your hands on the hood of the car right now.
It isn't my car!
I was just driving it and it broke down!
Put your hands on the car right now!
[stab] [Candice screams]
[gasps]
[panting]
Well hey there, cutie!
Looks like you're havin' a little police trouble.
But you-you didn't think he was gonna help you, did you?
Police ain't good for nothing.
They're just out to cut your tail!
[chilling music ♪]
[empty gun clicking]
Oh, my God.
I heard someone was having a little problem
doing what they said they were gonna do.
Let's see if you can follow my instructions
a little better, huh?
See, I caught your friend there
peekin' on you when you was in the shower.
And I kept him alive 'cause he's a sicko.
You don't want to end up like him, do you?
[panicked breaths]
So, why don't you just...
...shoot yourself with that...
...so I don't have to cut you with this.
[Candice] What is it?
My little recipe.
You won't feel a thing.
But this...
Well this, you will.
No!
I'll do it.
Yeah?
Well go on.
[crying]
[whimpering]
You and me gonna be friends for a long... long time.
[breathing stops]
[crickets chirping]
[shower running]
[sound at window]
[arrow hits] [grunts]
[groans]
[whimpering]
[grunts]
[cries out]
[coughing]
[Walter] Come on.
[grunts]
Let go of me! Let go of me!
[growls] [stab]
- Soundie! Shit! - [Gordon] You fucking bastards!
Shit.
What the fuck, Walter?
What the fuck man?
What the fuck, indeed.
Who would've thought that little British guy
could pull off a stunt like that.
It was a great performance.
He even kept his American accent the whole time.
He was a real professional.
[chuckles]
[gentle bluegrass music ♪]
[IBall crying]
[song ends]
[Jason] I've known Soundie since first grade.
And you too, right Alabama?
Shit, we all knew him... forever.
You remember the time the cops...
...took our film away and...
...Soundie broke into the station and stole it back?
He was a ballsy little fuck,
that's for sure.
To Soundie.
He died doing what he loved.
I seen him with his dick in the mouth of one lady,
and his balls in the ass of another, but...
...I never saw him happier than when he had
a pair of cans on his head and a boom in his hands.
[gentle bluegrass music ♪]
♪
[song ends]
Hey, hey y'all, uh,
Soundie,
our dear friend and sound man,
he's had to return home on a family emergency.
[Serena] How'd he find out about it, carrier pigeon?
Look.
I know condition's been rough,
but we're making something real special here.
I thought in honor of Soundie we would, uh,
show one of our shorts.
We made this in a cold April down in Sawahanna,
South Carolina.
It stars the great Nicole Healy in one of her later roles.
Did she refuse to take her clothes off too?
She was a stripper, so no, that was never an issue.
There's also a cameo
You all enjoy. Cutter.
by Soundie.
- Woo! - Woo.
[Man] You know I didn't mean nothing by it, right?
Don't get all fucking weepy on me, I gotta go to work.
I'm not gonna be here when you get back.
Where the fuck are you gonna go?
[ominous music ♪]
♪
Something's changed, don't you think?
Can you feel it? Everyone's acting really strange.
We have been in the woods a while.
Don't you think it's weird that the actors
just sort of disappear when they're done shooting?
That's what happens on film sets.
When you're done they ship you out
so the producers... don't have to pay extra days.
Why?
What did you think was going on?
I don't know.
But I'm worried about Candice.
She wouldn't have left without saying goodbye to me.
Did you talk to her at all?
She left me a note.
You two hooked up?
You didn't know?
I guess you weren't as close as you thought.
I guess not.
I told you about these film sets.
I told you not to get attached.
I know, I know, you're protecting yourself.
[sighs deeply]
She's a grown-up.
We both knew what we wanted from each other.
Contrary to what you might think of me,
I'm not an asshole.
She's a nice girl.
She's one of these girls that lives in a bubble,
in this dream.
She's like a puppy who's trying to get at a bone
and she keeps getting kicked back.
But no matter how many times she gets kicked back...
...she keeps getting up with this sweet smile...
...and asks for more.
This world can be tough on people like that, you know?
[Man] Soundie!
[crew clapping, howling]
[Man] Soundie!
I don't get you.
If you think something's weird or bad...
...then why don't you just quit?
I'm an actress.
Oh, Jesus.
[scoffs]
The show must go on, right?
Besides, I could just be paranoid.
Yep.
[ominous music ♪]
[vehicle approaches]
[gunshot]
[tense music ♪]
No! No!
[grunting]
[both grunting]
Fuck. [growls]
[murmuring] Fuckin' shoot me.
Hm?
[grunting]
[growls]
[grunting]
[Nicole grunting on screen]
See?
It's never about the victim.
[cries out] [splat]
[dark, dramatic music ♪]
[Serena] IBall, IBall,
are you going to town?
Oh... please, Miss Brooks,
Jason's thinking of giving me a promotion
so I-I can't really risk fuckin' up like that now.
I understand.
[engine starts]
[horn honking]
[phone vibrating]
[sighs] Okay.
[ominous music ♪]
♪
[music fades out]
I'm worried about them.
[crickets chirping]
There's one path leading from the camp
and this is where it goes.
And what do you think happened to 'em?
Maybe they got lost.
[Alabama] Cut.
Serena, that was great. You're wrapped for the night.
We just need Blake for a couple more shots.
[Serena] Thanks, everybody.
Hey, did you know Nicole, IBall?
I-I knew her a little, you know,
just from hanging around with these guys.
Did you ever see any of her last film, The Secret Admirer?
I-I've seen a few bits of it.
It looked good, but...
Well, hey-hey-hey...
...but what?
Uh, well, uh, Mr. Shipman wrote the script on that
and I-I-I don't think Alabama thought too much of it.
There was some disagreement between them
that I wasn't privy to.
They still get angry about it when they get drunk.
But let's go to your room, Miss Brooks.
Oh, I almost forgot, um,
Alabama says that he needs Cutter on set.
Oh, okay. Uh, uh, I'll go get him.
[Cutter] Where they at?
[IBall] I'll take you.
[mysterious music ♪]
Hello?
[typing]
- [Alabama] Actors are ready. - [Nicole] Alabama, look at me, come on, please.
[Alabama] Soundie, you're in frame.
[Nicole] Alabama.
[Alabama] What's that 150 doing there, Shooter?
[Alabama] Come on Shooter, we gotta get this shot.
Just get that light out of there.
- [Alabama] Is camera rolling? - [Nicole] Alabama, look at me!
- [Shooter] It's been running. - [Nicole] Look at me.
Come on, fucker, look at me!
[Alabama] Soundie, get out of the frame.
[Nicole] Alabama! I'm sorry!
Jesus Christ!
- [Alabama] Action. - No I-No.
Walter don't do-you come near me with that thing,
I fucking swear! Fuck off!
[Alabama] Say the fucking lines!
Fuck you!
[Alabama] Say the fucking lines!
[crying] I didn't do anything! I wouldn't--
Al, I love you, come on.
[Alabama] You're breaking my heart.
[Nicole] Okay, I'll say the lines.
Get that fucker back to one.
[Alabama] Get back to one, Walter.
Action.
I'll give you anything if you untie me.
[Walter] I already have what I need.
Not me. Not me for real.
Oh, I don't want your love.
[bite] [grunts]
I love you, Alabama.
Sorry I fucked up your film.
[screams] Nicole!
Shit, fuck no.
[cries out]
Fuck no.
No!
[gasping]
Oh!
No! No!
[Nicole, crying] Oh, my God.
[Nicole gasping]
[Alabama] Nicole.
[gasps]
[ominous music ♪]
[exhales audibly]
♪
[clicking mouse]
I want Blake.
[indistinct]
I wan-I want- I want to see-I want to see...
[vehicle approaching]
♪
Hello?
[dishes clinking]
Hello?
Oh, uh, can I help you? Who are you?
[Brian] I'm a friend of Serena Brooks.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah, uh, do you know where I can find her?
[Molly] She's on set. She's shooting up by the lake.
You her boyfriend?
That's right.
- [Molly] Brian? - Uh-huh.
Yeah, she told me about you.
Yeah, she uh, invited me up, so...
[Molly] Oh really?
I wonder how she did that.
So, um, can I--
Can I go to where she's shooting or is-
[Molly] Oh you know no one is allowed on set
because the director doesn't like distractions.
Right.
But I just made a fresh pot of coffee.
Would you like to sit down and have a cup?
They'll be done in just a short while, I'm sure.
[Blake] Hey you want to take a look at this next scene?
What do you mean?
[Blake] Well, have you ever done a fight scene before?
I've done a few, but uh, Alabama usually directs that,
so maybe go ask him your questions.
Well, why don't we just go through
and see what we can come up with.
All right.
[ominous music ♪]
Now I just gotta go out to the fridge and get some milk, okay?
Oh, please. Yeah. Thank you.
All right.
[needle sticks]
Fuck!
[grunts]
Bless your heart.
If you're coming up like this, right,
and you wanna come-- - Like this?
Yeah, and then you wanna come down like that...
- All right. - ...so I can get some separation, right?
And I'll have you there,
I figure I'll get a hit in there
and I'll just bring this right around, how does that work?
If you bring that knife that close to me another day,
I'll cut your balls off.
- Yeah, we'll see about that. - What the hell is this?
- Yeah? - We're fine. Cool.
Trying to get a handle on this next scene
and wonder boy Walter over here
don't know dick about stage fighting.
- Oh, fuck you, you're just-- - Oh, fuck you.
Walter can handle himself just fine.
Look, I know you're cutting corners
in order to complete your picture,
but I'm noticing a severe lack of respect
for the safety of these actors.
All right.
Blake, why don't you take 10?
[crickets chirping]
Cutter?
What the hell you doing here?
IBall said you wanted to see me.
I didn't say-- IBall!
- Action. - [Chloe] Please don't.
No. No! [screams]
[gasps]
[growling]
[Gordon screams]
[coughing]
[Alabama] What the fuck, Walter?
♪
I thought so.
Uh.
♪
You won't do anything to me without Alabama here.
Try that again and I will.
He's on his way.
[sighs]
Alabama ain't gonna be too happy
when he finds out you've been watching this.
[grunting] Aah! Aah!
Now I'm gonna have to cut you.
[Blake] Hey.
[grunting]
[kick connects] [grunts]
They're gonna kill us. We get outta here.
[Cutter groans]
[chilling music]
We gotta find some car keys,
or some bus keys, or whatever the fuck.
They all panicked when you sent Cutter up to set
and they're all looking for you and we're fucked.
[Serena] There's nothing here.
[panting]
Wait, you came back for me?
I told you I wasn't an asshole.
Come on. This way.
[footsteps]
Hey...
Aren't you supposed to be on set?
Uh...
[Cowboy] Hey Blake, don't fuck around with that.
Are there blanks in here?
Are these real shells?
Why would I put real shells in there?
That's what I was wondering.
I just don't know. - Cowboy--
[gunshot] [Serena screams]
[panting]
[stab] Ugh!
Fuck! Come on!
[groaning]
Don't fucking touch it!
[groans]
- I-I can't leave you. - Just go!
Just fucking run! - Okay!
Shit!
♪
- Shooter, roll it! - Speed.
[Alabama] I want it tighter on him.
Walter, are you ready? - [Walter] I'm ready.
[Alabama] IBall, get the fuck outta the shot!
[intense music ♪]
Action. Go on!
Stupid fucking hicks.
Well, it's about goddamn time one of you pussies
put up a fight.
I'll bet you're as shitty at killing as you are at acting.
Fuck you. What sort of fuck are you now?
[Alabama] Quit fucking around, Walter.
Get in there and kill him.
Ah!
[groaning]
[growls] Ah!
[groaning]
[breathing heavily]
[gunshot] [grunt]
[crickets chirping]
[Alabama] Camera up. Keep the camera up.
Keep rolling.
[blood trickling]
[crickets chirping]
[intense music resumes ♪] [Walter screams]
[growling, grunting]
That's... fucking... acting!
♪
No...
[grunts]
Shooter.
[music intensifies ♪]
[groans, gurgling]
[panting]
[chilling music ♪]
[cries out]
[gasping]
[music intensifies ♪]
[panting]
[distant gunshot]
♪
[Serena grunts]
[panting]
♪
[grunts]
Hello?
[panting]
[suspenseful music ♪]
[man coughing]
[man breathing heavily]
[crickets chirping]
Hello?
Ow.
♪
[plastic rustles]
[gasping]
[chilling music ♪]
Kill me.
[crying out]
Shit!
Oh, God!
[panting]
[Serena screams] - [IBall] Miss Brooks!
[gasping]
You shouldn't be down there!
[gasping]
IBall, please, please...
Please, you have to help me. I need the keys to that truck.
Those are back in the office.
Fuck! Fuck!
[crying] Fuck!
[crying]
Please... please.
[crying]
Take this. You have to run.
- Okay. - If they find out they'll kill me!
Thank you. Thank you!
[intense music ♪]
[gasping]
Shit!
[gasping]
[Alabama] Get those lights on! She's in there!
Lights!
[crickets chirping]
[Serena crying]
[scraping on wood]
I know you're in there, Serena.
Come on... let's work this scene out.
You won't kill me.
I'm the star of your movie.
But you have to earn that title,
just like Nicole did.
I'm not Nicole.
I can't kill anyone.
You'll do what you have to do to stay alive.
What kinda hero would you be if you didn't do that?
The kind that dies at the end.
[Alabama] Shit.
Oh, shit.
I can't let you just walk outta there.
[gunshot] [screams]
[crying]
♪
[Serena cries out] [Alabama gasps]
[gunshot] [Serena screams]
[gunshot] [gasping]
[Alabama] She's got some fight in her!
Good!
Don't give up.
We gotta see this movie through to the end.
Now Nicole, she didn't get it at first either.
Pretty soon she was down for everything we threw at her.
Why did she kill herself like that?
[Alabama] Shipman killed her.
And he was crazy about her.
She didn't want to have anything to do with him.
He was jealous of me.
It was a big mess.
Then he wrote the Secret Admirer.
It was scene after scene
of Nicole just getting beat to hell.
He wouldn't let up until he had her.
And then when he did have her...
...he broke her...
...so she struck back the only way she knew how.
She ruined his movie.
[mysterious music ♪]
Why'd you let him get away with that?
[Alabama] There wasn't much I could do if I wanted to stay outta jail.
He owns the police down there. He owns half the state.
He's a money man.
When I couldn't get a film made,
Shipman made things happen.
If you make a deal with the devil,
then the devil takes your soul! [bang]
[crash]
[grunts]
[panting]
[Serena crying out] [knife stabbing]
[gasping deeply]
[music fades]
[cries out]
[Alabama] Cut!
[crying out] [blow falls]
[rain pattering]
[gasps]
[grunts]
[gasps]
[ominous music ♪]
[floorboards creak]
[dramatic music ♪]
[phone vibrates]
[Serena crying out on video]
[crying out continues]
Fuck!
[crying]
Are you all right ma'am?
Uh... [chuckles] Y-yeah, yeah.
- You can't park here. - Okay.
- Police cars only. - Okay, okay, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
[somber music ♪]
[muffled chatter]
[Waitress] Would you like some coffee?
Yeah, thank you.
[Waitress] You're welcome.
[phone vibrating]
[Alabama on phone] Serena?
How are you going to get away with all of this?
[Alabama] Who says we're getting away with anything?
Then why?
The movie.
That's all that matters now.
Get away with it while we can.
No one's caught us so far.
Once they realize that Blake is missing--
[Alabama] He'll get more publicity than he ever got before.
He's a great actor and he's great in this.
You ought to come down to Yancey County with us.
We can protect you.
That your boyfriend's car you're driving?
[ominous music ♪]
You might want to ditch it before you head home.
[bell tolling]
[train horn blowing]
[phone vibrating]
♪
Thinking I'm gonna take my chances with the police.
[Alabama on phone] What are they gonna do?
Send the FBI to arrest us? That'll be the day.
There'd be some killing on both sides, that's for sure.
Ain't gonna work out the way you want it to.
Might make a pretty good movie.
Candice won't make it, that's for sure.
Candice?
[Alabama] Shipman has her.
He's got her drugged up and he's keeping her locked in his house.
Look by your TV.
♪
[Serena grunting, panting on video]
[screaming]
[Alabama] You wanted to be a star.
Look at what we did together.
You know how special that is?
I know you feel it, 'cause I feel it too.
You can't turn your back on that.
I'm not ending up like Nicole.
Come down to Yancey County with us.
We've got one more scene we need to shoot.
[ominous music ♪]
♪
The crew came up to this abandoned camping lodge
to begin shooting their latest film, The Collector.
The last form of communication was from a cellphone
of the film's star, Serena Brooks.
Now she is missing, along with everyone else involved with the film.
♪
Police are asking anyone with any information
to contact them. [knocking on the door]
[knocking]
[murmuring] What the Sam Hill's going on here...
Alabama?
What the hell are you doing down here?
[ominous music ♪]
[smack] [grunt]
Fuck! Fuck!
Fuck. Ah! Ah, stop!
Stop it! Stop it, damnit, you pig!
How dare you come in my fuckin'-
[groans] Fuck.
God damnit! Ah!
You fucking pig! You pig! Fuck!
Fuck you. God damn!
Ah! Ow! Fuck! Ugh.
Fuck you!
You won't make it outta the goddamned state.
♪
Come on, honey. You're gon' wake up now.
♪
Hey.
I have a message from Nicole.
[Nicole on video] Shipman!
[crying]
You think you got a piece of me?
Shipman, I'm gonna fuckin' kill you,
and I'm gonna film the whole fuckin' thing.
You fuckin' hear me?
I'm gonna slice your fuckin' throat.
Alabama!
Alabama, you can't do this.
[Nicole on video] Alabama!
Shipman, I'm gonna fuck you up for what you did to me.
You hear me? You fuckin' hear me?
Sound.
Speed.
[Nicole cries out on video]
[Alabama] Runnin', Shooter?
Speed.
[Nicole on video] Shipman!
[stammers]
You better remember, you fuckin' asshole.
No!
[Nicole on video] Fuck you.
[slash]
[upbeat bluegrass music ♪]