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[soft music] [phone dials and rings] 9-1-1 emergency. oh my god, oh my god! somebody killed my dad. [chaos in background] 9-1-1, what's your emergency? hey, i need youguys to get out here. i need the policeout here right now.
what's going on, sir? my neighbors have been murdered. 9-1-1. yeah, i'm from the division ofchild protective services and one of my socialworkers is missing. how long has thisperson been missing? um, since this afternoon. she hasn't shown up forher case today at 2:00. [dog barkingand birds chirping]
[street noise] she's coming out. [glitching sound] [voice on camera]:she's coming out. it's working now. is that the same battery? no, it's a new one. the other one must be defective. it said it's fully chargedbut i couldn't get any power.
why don't you leave it on fora while, make sure it's okay. yeah, will do. you happy? i'm happy. but i don't thinkmr. pearson will be. i put the stills on a disc. yep. i'll call him in the morning. [phone rings]
[footsteps] it's mom. what? hello. mmhmm. right. okay. what is she saying? all right.
bye. is he dead? not yet. well, john, what did she say? she said thetreatments didn't work. i can't believe it. we have to go up there. i can't do that. kenny, we alreadydiscussed this.
i know. i just -- i can't. and we have work. we'll figure it out. [birds chirping] [footsteps and birds chirping] [screen door squeaks open] how's that one working? it's fine.
[outdoor sounds] [car doors open and close] jesus, you're notplaying around. i told you, iwanna tape everything. [car engine startsand radio plays] you all set? yeah, i have everything i need. [radio music] [sound of car driving]
fuckin' north carolina. home sweet home. i don't think so. [puts car into park] i'll be right back. housekeeping's gonna love us. sleep it off, bro. what time is it? it's a quarter after three.
this isn't good, john. we're here way too early. we're not doing anything wrong. we're just sitting heredrinking coffee and talking. government drones. believe me, we'renot here too early. they'll be punching out at 4:00. five at the latest. they work their, their eighthour days, forty hour weeks.
collecting their paychecksat the end of the week. and they get crazy benefits. who do you think hasmore rights in that building over there, huh? the scumbags or their victims? to protect and serve. is that him? i think so. you think so?
it's him. [car engine starts] [puts car into gear] [car and street noise] do you see him? i see him. he's turning. i'm not gonna lose him. i have his home address.
we can gps it if we have to. i just needed to see him. [car noise] [silence] now what? we wait. [crickets chirping] get your camera. [door opens]
wait a minute. we need to talk aboutwhat we're doing here. there's nothing to talk about. i already got it started. now come on. [foot steps and crickets] [door creaks open] [door closes] where's he at?
he's upstairs. [foot steps through the house] [grunting from another room] [man tied up breathes heavy] yeah, it's him. where's his wife? she died a few years back. [heavy breathing] he's here all by himself now.
now, i'm gonnatake the tape off. but if you yell for help orif you do anything stupid, i'll end it. you understand? [groans] take whatever youwant and leave. this is very manageable for youtwo as long as this doesn't go any further than a robbery. what makes you thinkwe're here to rob you?
what is it that you want? you tell me. i don't know. you don't know? no. well you're a judge. yes. yes i am. then it's your job -- your"gift" -- to take the evidence
presented to youand make a decision. two armed intruders hold a judgeagainst his will in his home. robbery is not the motive. with all of your years ofexperience, your vast legal knowledge, tell me,what is your conclusion? do i know you two? we're not important. i'm a family court judge. not criminal.
we're not criminals. neither one of us hasever committed a crime. or served a day in jail. i didn't mean anything by it. you're both very young. you don't wannathrow your lives away. you're not worriedabout our lives. you're gonna say whatever youhave to say to get out of this. to get back to yoursaturday golf outings,
and your sunday family dinners. having a good time, enjoyinglife while you sit in your courtroom acting like god. the reckless decisionsyou make destroy lives. i fully understand theimpact that my rulings have on people's lives. that is not somethingthat i take lightly. uh-huh. i stand by everydecision i've ever made.
well so do i. john! [blood pours out] holy shit. [judge gags and struggles] oh my god. did you get that? yeah. i mean, i can't believe it.
this is really happening. did you bring the robe? you got it? grab the papers andlet's get out of here. [weather reportplays on the radio] [radio chatter] it hasn't changed a bit. there it is. you wanna stop?
i remember you loved that place. mom would take me there whenyou and andrea were at school. she'd let me play the videogames and then we'd get ice cream and walk home. it was kind of our thing. [radio advertisement] [footsteps on the gravel] why are we here? [sounds of nature]
john? i remember dad broughtthe three of us here. you were at short,andrea was at second, i was right here onpitcher's mound. dad was over therein the batter's box. he was hitting uspop-ups and grounders. he hit you a fly ball butit was a little too high. but you stayed under it. even when it came down onyou and you misjudged it,
you hung in there. the ball, the ball hityou on the shoulder and i knew you werehurt but you wouldn't cry. you were a tough little kid. [outside noise] i almost didn't recognize it. it looks like acompletely different house without that tree out front. yeah, that thing wasdead when we lived here.
i remember mom used to rag ondad constantly to cut it down. well somebody cut it down. they've done some landscaping. it looks like theyreplaced the front door, too. it's someone else's home now. [bar music and chatter] hey, guys. what can i get for you? i'll take a vodka tonic.
[bar chatter and music] i'll take a house beer. [bar music] here you go, guys. great. thanks. okay, so um what'swith the cameras? go ahead. tell her.
we're shooting a documentary. really? what about? it's about people and howtheir actions affect others. are you gonna beshowing good people or bad? is there a difference? i think for the most partpeople are either good or bad. i disagree. i think that there'sgood and bad in everyone.
so hitler had good in him? i'm sure at one point he did. i mean, i don'tthink he was born evil. i think he probably experiencedthings in his life that made him go the way he did. so you believe in free will? exactly. see, i believe we'regenetically predisposed to become what we are.
we get our parents' haircolor; their eyes; their looks. and i believe geneticallywe get their personalities, their intellect,strengths, weaknesses. you don't think that welearn some of that from them? i don't. i mean, how else would youexplain adopted children? you know, raised in good homes,ending up in legal trouble or on drugs? see, i think there's somethinginside them that's stronger
than what they were taught. that's an interesting point. i actually think it'sa combination of both. i agree that we're geneticallypredisposed to certain things, good or bad. but i also believe that lifeexperiences, our environment, can tilt us either way. i can buy that. makes sense to me.
now karma issomething i believe in. i think we're allconnected, someway, somehow. and our actionsalways come back to us. life's a circle. we're room 213. cool. which way? straight ahead. [shuffles thingsaround and door closes]
i'm shot. yeah, so am i. you should have gonehome with that bartender. she wasn't into me. that's not true. she was talking to you thewhole time we were there. she was just being nice. besides, they get bettertips if they flirt with you. did you get her name at least?
theresa. she likes to be called t. t, huh? well t had great tits. yeah, she did. there's a shit stormcoming our way kenny. what are you talking about? i'm talking about our karma. i've been thinkingabout that all night.
the judge had a family, whatdid they do to deserve that? this'll come back to usin one form or another. i kinda see us asthe judge's karma. but where does it end? i mean, i guess it endswhen it's supposed to end. it's out of our hands now. we can stop itbefore it gets worse. so what are you saying? do you wanna stop?
yeah, i wanna stop. i thought this wasthe right thing to do, but now i'm not so sure. okay, john. you're the only one in my lifei've ever been able to count on. i squared away the room. you look like you got rapedby a gang of swinging dicks. [chuckling] there's no way i look that bad.
so last night, wasthat the booze speaking? no, it wasn't. [starts car] what do you wanna doabout the footage? i'll take care ofit when we get home. do you think it's agood idea to wait? what the fuck? what is it? pull over.
did they saysomething about the judge? hey, pull the fuck over! [newspaper ruffles] [river running] will you tell me what's wrong?! there's nothing wrong,except that i shouldn't have second guessed myself. here. take a look at this.
[river runningand birds chirping] don't you see? we are doing the right thing. this is crazy. i don't know what to say. my instincts were rightuntil i started to doubt myself. but who wouldn't? i mean, look atwhat we're doing. but if this isn't a sign,then i don't know what is.
[knocks on door] what are you doing? wait for me. shit. get down on the floor now! [woman screams] now! get on the floor! shut up!
get on the ground right now. [woman screaming] get on the fuckin floor! no! no john! [door opens and closes] jesus christ. do you think anyone heard us? i mean, i don't know.
i didn't see anybody out there. [curtains shuffle] come on. crazy fucker. i can't believe hecame at me like that. can you imagine chargingat someone with a gun? [woman gagged and sobbing] [sniffling and heavy breathing] now i know you're both scared.
you don't know where thisis going and you don't have any control of the situation. [metal chairbangs against floor] it's a terriblefeeling, isn't it? to be helpless. to know that your safetyand well-being is in the hands of someone else. when someone has thatkind of power over you. you want compassion, right?
i know you're bothanxious to speak. and i wanna hearwhat you have to say. but i don't want a repeatof what happened upstairs. understand? [grunting and heavy breathing] remember, you're handcuffedand tied up and i have a knife. [woman whines] please don't hurt us. we'll do whatever you want.
look, i don't know what you boyswant, but whatever it is, i'm sure i can deal withit without involving her. don't hurt either of us! please let her go. [crying] please. why are you doing this? we've done nothing to you. that's right.
you didn't do anything. that's very noble of you. to sacrificeyourself for your wife. not everyone would do that. thank-you. but the real test would beto put yourself out there for a complete stranger. could you do that? yes!
we do it all the time. we're both veryactive with our church. and we do food drives andclothing drives for the needy. we help run a charityfor unwed pregnant teens. and every thanksgiving weserve dinner to the homeless. and you tell all of your friendsabout your selfless acts, don't you? of course you don't. that's not why we do it.
then why do you do it? because it's theright thing to do! you have some nerve breakinginto our home, holding us against our will, and passingjudgment on our integrity! judy! i will pass judgment! [chair bangs] because everything youjust said is a bunch of superficial bullshit!
nothing you've done haschanged anyone's lives! you think feeding dinner tothe homeless one day out of the year does anything? what about the other364 days in the year? and look at me! you think your donations to yourcharities ever reach the needy? or your shitty furniture foryour unwed pregnant teens. you think thatmakes a difference?! yes, it does.
i'm talking about really makinga difference when it's personal and right in front of you. i'm not talking about sending inmoney to people you never meet, or serving food to people thensending them on their way, or dropping off furniture andwishing them good luck, then going back toyour comfortable life. what do you want?! let me put it to you this way. what would you do if someonecame banging on your door in
the middle of the night, bloodyand beaten, begging for help. would you make a simplephone call to the police? or would you slam thedoor shut and do nothing? because you didn'twant to get involved? oh my god, it can't be. that's what this is about? you don't understand. [alan shouts as hismouth is taped shut] we were scared.
we didn't know what to do. [judy mumbles as hermouth is taped shut] how's this for an explanation? see no evil, hear noevil, speak no evil. [alan gasps as he's stabbed] [judy sobs under the tape] [knife cuts into theair and judy's body] fuck! [wiping sound andbirds chirping]
kenny, what are you doing? so what do you think? [street noiseand birds chirping] [diner music and chatter] here you go. thank you. enjoy. i need to get some coffee. so do i.
you hungry? not really. [phone ringing] is that you? it's andrea. andrea? yeah, it's her. it's gotta be about dad. well answer it.
just talk to her. you've stayed in touch with her. let's just see if sheleaves a voicemail. hey, how's everything going? [andrea on voicemail] hi, kenny. it's your big sister. i'm not sure why i'm calling. i know you and johnwant to be left alone, but for what it's worth,i saw dad last night.
i actually just left theirhouse and he's getting worse. i thought you should know. [movement in the car] [heavy sigh] come on, kenny. kenny! i'm over here! well where's here?! down by the stream!
what fuckin stream? [birds chirping and footsteps] how are you making out? good. let me see what you got. [camera makes a beepingsound with each picture] these look really great, bro. listen, i know this is kindahow you process things, but we really gotta get moving.
yeah, just give mea few more minutes. [car sounds] [dogs barking, cars honking] so what do you wanna do? just sit here and wait. let her go inside,we'll give it a little time. [car starts] try to block her. it's too risky.
it's daylight. somebody might see us. so you wanna leave? no, let's just followher and see what happens. [kids playing] what do you think? think she's gonnaremove the kids? the kids look too happy. it's a foster home.
it's their escape from insanity. until they decide to sendthem back to their parents, the same people that putthem here to begin with. is there anyone around? i don't see anyone. well, keep an eye out. you wanna do this now? this might be thebest chance we have. john, let's think about this.
she probably hasanother appointment today. or she's expectedback at her office. wait, if she doesn'tshow up, the police are gonna look for her. let's do it at her housetonight, it'll buy us more time. i'm not doing thisin front of her kids. [car opens and closes] [woman screams] jesus.
did anybody fucking see him? come on! help me! [puts car in park] are you okay? i'm gonna carry her in. somebody! i thought you tied her up! i did!
she got out of it! [footsteps and heavy breathing] leave me alone! [struggles and heavy breathing] help me get herinside the fuckin' house. i have two littleboys, i'm all they have. i told you to be quiet! [woman sobs] [footsteps around the house]
this house oncebrought happiness. it brought safety and securitywhen everything was crazy. there was an oldercouple that owned this house. they couldn't havechildren of their own so they filled itwith foster kids. do you remember them? fred and helen decker. i'm surprised youremember their names. i figured you'd know themby some state-assigned code.
they were good people. they were great people. fred passed awayabout eight years ago. i know he did. and i know helen lost thisplace about five years ago. she did everything shecould to try to keep it. but it was just too muchfor her after losing fred. so after helping othersfor most of her life, she now gets to spendwhat little time she has
left in a state-runnursing home. where she can be takencare of for a change. she's just another number. we're all just numbers, right? how we live, how we die,how much money we make. and then decisions aremade that affect peoples' lives based on statistics. i never looked at thetwo of you that way. what did you say?
i remember you. john and kenneth stiles,and your sister andrea. obviously, you'reboth a lot older now but i recognized you right away. and the way the two ofyou interact with each other, it hasn't changed. i don't know whyyou're doing this to me. you don't? i did everything i could toprotect the three of you.
i had you removed from anabusive home and placed in a safe environmenthere with the deckers. i tried to help you. but you sent usback to our parents. it's always in the best interestof the children to be with their biological parents. even if there's abuse? of course not. when there's abuse,we remove the children.
then the parents are given acase plan and if they follow it, then they'll regain custody. and i'm assuming my parentsfollowed it to perfection. they did everythingthey were required to do. i had to tell the judge that. and in his divine wisdomhe sent us back to them. it's not our goal tobreak up families. our first priority isto protect the children. like in our case.
your parents demonstrated thatthey had a safe and stable home. a safe, stable home? do you have any idea howhorrific the abuse was when you sent us back to them? when i came to your houseand everything seemed okay. oh, bullshit! you think checkingup on us every here and there did anything?! you don't think we all puton our smiley faces for you
when you stopped by?! you should have told me. your parents weren'tgonna admit anything. the neighbors didn'twant to get involved. the abuse was badbefore you removed us. but it went to a whole otherlevel when they moved us to that house in the woodswhere no one heard us and they did whateverthey wanted. i'm sorry.
we should have nevergone back to them. all of your studies and chartsand statistics removed us from a safe, stable home and sent usback to the people that hurt us. i have spent my lifefighting to protect children. i am on the frontlines everyday. don't you think thered tape frustrates me? not only do i haveto fight the parents, but i have to fight the system. i have somethingi wanna show you.
[john gatherspapers and a knife] here's the court orderremoving us from our parents. and here's the court orderkicking us back to them. what one hand giveth,the other hand taketh away. it breaks my heartthat we got it wrong. it was our hearts that werebroken because you got it wrong. what about my boys? your boys will feel the samepain that was inflicted on us. not me.
your parents. is this your goal here? to destroy as many livesas you can because you had a shitty childhood? well guess what? you're not the only ones. my boys have not had awalk in the park either. their father is aviolent alcoholic. i tried to fix himbecause that's who i am.
it took me years, yearsto realize that i couldn't. and then finally itook the boys and i left. if something happens to me,my ex-husband will raise them. you realize that, right? how do you thinkthey're gonna affect society with that kind of upbringing? i'm their helen decker. whatever happens to mein this room right now will hurt innocent peoplefor years to come.
turn it off. [sobbing] we can't just leave her here! that's exactlywhat we're gonna do. this is my life, too. it's not all about you! i know that. you think i don't? this is about the twoof us making things right.
yeah, and how are wegonna do that when we're sitting behind bars? there's no doubt thecops are looking for her. she isn't going anywhere. i tied her right this time. so she might not getout tonight or tomorrow. but she's eventuallygonna get out of there, john. and when she does she'sgonna tell them all about us! so then go take care of her.
i'm not gonna do that. this is your brilliant idea. you deal with it. oh, so i put a gun to yourhead and made you do this. no, obviously not. but like with everything it's,it's your plans and your terms and i just went along with it. we talked about this for years. no, you talkedabout this for years.
i just agreed with you. so you don't share anyresponsibility in this? that's not what i'm saying. how can i say that withour fuckin' documentary? and by the waywhat's up with that? with what? with us videotaping our wayto the goddamn death penalty. you know why we're taping this. no, i don't.
kenny, you knowwhy we're taping this. no, i really don't. it doesn't make any sense. but it does. this means something to us. this doesn't meanshit to me, john. other than the factthat i've completely fucked up my life now. you really don't know.
i'm done. why don't you go drink now. kenny. no, john, i'm outta here. can i say something? there's nothing else to say. i mean, all my lifei've followed you blindly. and i wanted to get backat those people just as badly as you did.
i can't deny that. but you don't evenhave a plan here. taping everything, leavingher here to testify against us. there's no going back. there was no going backthe second we pulled out of our driveway. i can't do this anymore. i'll see if i can find abus stop when we get into kynorsburg.
maybe somebody at thehome can tell me where to go. are you going with me? i'd like to pay my respects. [office sounds] is it on? [office sounds and chatter] hi, helen. do you remember us? i do.
fred and i were justtalking about the two of you the other day. you were? where's andrea? she couldn't come with us. she's been helpingout our parents. they were troubled people. you remember them well. come here and let me hug you.
thank you, helen. for everything youand fred did for us. we just want you to know howmuch we love you and how much we appreciate the timewe spent at your home. that means the world to me. kenny, put down thatcamera and give me a hug. [tv plays in the background] you were always so quiet. i'm not quiet.
fred always tells thatsame story about you. that boy in the neighborhoodwas picking on your brother. he was older than you, right? yeah, by a few years. that's what i thought. well anyway, he roughed upjohn in front of our house. fred and i saw it happen, butbefore we could get outside to break it up, you cameout of nowhere and jumped on that boy's back.
you were punching himand biting him and he spun around like a top. he couldn't shake you off. fred always says that beingquiet doesn't mean you're weak. he admires yourloyalty to each other. i didn't see that sametype of loyalty from andrea. i remember somethingdifferent about that day. when fred and i came outside,i saw her standing there. she didn't doanything to help you.
andrea alwayslooked out for andrea. that one tested my patience. she was nasty tome, but loved fred. she always wentfor his attention. [news anchor on tv] we're beginning this hour withcontinuing coverage of a missing carlton social worker. as we reported earlier, thewoman was last seen yesterday afternoon at a local restaurant.
her name is linda hallet. she's 44-years-old. shh. and a single mother of two. linda is a white female. 5"9". 125 pounds. john. shut up.
blonde hair. green eyes. coworkers contacted authoritieslate yesterday afternoon when linda failed to report backto the united family services office in woodsboro,where she's worked for the past twenty-two years. now police will notcomment if the social worker's disappearance is connected tothe murder of family court judge william stevens, whose bodywas found yesterday in his home.
a search has been organized by. you left your baseballbat out on the front yard. make sure you bringit in before it rains. we grabbed it. we didn't forget about it. can one of you tellfred that dinner's ready? i'll tell him. when authorities found a manand his wife dead in their home. a spokeswoman for thetannersville police department
says that 46-year-old alanmcgrath and his wife 45-year-old judy mcgrath were foundmurdered in their basement. john, we can't stay here. the causes of their deathshave not been confirmed. we have to go. but the spokeswoman saysthey suffered traumatic wounds. we have to go now. i'll take you over tothe bus station right now. wherever you wanna go.
i'm sorry, kenny. i'm sorry forfucking up your life. you're right. i'm doing thiswithout any regard for you. i'll do whatever i canto get you out of this. i'll destroy everything. i'll tell them imade you help me. but that's not how it happened. i was there everystep of the way.
i didn't look out for you. yeah, you did. you know i was rightabout what i said last night. it's not all aboutyou, it's about me, too. it's about the two of usreclaiming our lives, right? about not lettingothers define us as victims. like we talked about. [window rolls down] no more of this.
that's it. you know, john, it'salways been about me and you. that's never gonna change. you know i'm not going anywhere. it doesn't looklike anybody's home. shannon's probablyat doug's this week. i hope so. [footsteps and sound of nature] we're good.
she's out. [footsteps and sounds of nature] [opens gate door] try the windows. [nature sounds and footsteps] [footsteps and climbing] andrea's divorced well. i'd say so. don't touch anything.
she'll notice. believe me. let's wait up in her room. shannon looks just like andrea. she looks like doug. i'm just looking around. what the fuck areyou up to, andrea? [john grunts fromanother room and then a thud] what was that?
you okay? [andrea grunts and swings] [kenny grunts] [footsteps and a struggle] [camera glitches andkenny falls down the stairs] [struggle ensues] the two of you wanna kill me? i'm your sister. yeah, and mom anddad are our parents.
what does that matterwith our fucked up family? so i'm the same as them? you know what you did to us. i did what i hadto do to survive. just like now. the two of you should have knownbetter than to come after me. come on god damnit! wait! [camera glitches]
i'll always finda way to survive. i must say, this issome riveting cinema. so what did youhave in mind for me? what are youtalking about, andrea? oh you know exactlywhat i'm talking about. everyone on these cameras had aprofound meaning in your lives. i assume i'm no different. kenny, do you know? you were the false protector.
the what? the false face must hidewhat the false heart doth know. you're quoting shakespeare. i can only imagine whatyou were going to do to me. we were gonna cut offyour face to show your true face underneath. well it's a goodthing i watch the news. i knew it was the two of you theminute i saw that this morning. i had a feeling i wason your to-do list.
you never looked out for us. and who looked out for me? it doesn't matter. it does matter. no, it doesn't. it didn't have to beeverybody for themselves. kenny and i never did that. we trusted you as our oldersister and you wanted us to trust you.
so you could constantlyset us up with mom and dad. you lured us into thesecret room for the first time, remember? i learned at a very youngage to look out for myself. at our expense. at anyone's expense. yeah, but it was morethan just self-preservation. there was somethingelse going on with you. oh, is that right?
hey, you tell me. that night dad beatthe fuck out of us. which night? you know which night. the three of us were supposed tosneak out after they fell asleep and run next doorto the mcgraths. kenny and i made it there. but you were nowhere to be seen. i told you, mom caught meclimbing out the window
and told dad. bullshit, andrea! dad showed up at the mcgrathslike two minutes after we did. how did he knowwhere we were going? maybe they heard usplanning our great escape. why did we involvethose people anyway? we could've called 911. well i thought it'd be betterto have an adult call ãºcause we were fuckin' kids.
how was i supposed to knowthey'd slam the door shut? well you showed them. hey, they could'vesaved us months of abuse. what was it? another six months? a year before kenny's teachersaw bruises on his arm, turned in mom and dad. even after they removed us, youstill tried to cover for them. it was conditioned behavior.
don't you get it? the two of you thinki'm some sort of monster. you are a monster. everybody in yourlife serves a purpose. just look at thelifestyle you live. yeah, what about it? that was pretty smart, gettingpregnant by some rich, old guy and cleaning himout in your divorce. hey, shannon'shooked you up big time.
leave her out of this. why don't you leaveher out of this?! i saw the t-shirtin her bedroom. granddaddy's little girl? what the fuck kind of reasoncould you possibly have bringing shannon around mom and dad? you're in noposition to judge me. is this just another attemptby you to gain their approval? you gave away your firstbaby to make them happy.
how old were you? eighteen? why didn't youjust leave with her? you left rightafter that anyway. you don't know a thing about me. i started it where you left off. there's two people insidethat you wanted to see. go on. you've been here before.
don't do anything stupid. remember, out here, when youscream, it doesn't make a sound. after you. mom? i'm upstairs. come on down. i have a surprise for you. is shannon with you? no, she's at doug's this week.
okay, i'll be down in a minute. nothing's changed. people don't change. they just get older. what is this? is that anyway tospeak to your children? we're all here fora family reunion. the five of ustogether one last time. is that whyyou're holding a gun?
it's for old time's sake. only this time i'mpointing the gun at you. and kenny and johnhave the cameras. in this house, a camera'smore dangerous than a gun. oh, come on. loyal to the bitter end. eh, mom? kenny, do you knowwhat they're talking about? he might haveblocked out certain things.
but you know. i know what? that we weren't perfect parents. but you hadeverything you needed. you had a roof over your head. you had clothes and food. we did the best we could. did i say you could move?! did i?!
no, you didn't. i won't move again. just don't do anything stupid. don't tell me what to do! you're never going totell me what to do again! i get it. i don't want the threeof you to ruin your lives. you don't give a shit about us. i care.
you're alwaystoeing the company line. you did the best thatyou could, you care. we were there, mom. we know what happened. and dad lies andyou swear to it. seriously? what are we to you, mom? you're my children. i know you gave birth to usbut you never took care of us.
never worried about ourwell-being, our schoolwork, whether we were clean or safe. all we ever got from youwas anger or indifference. that's how i was raised. nobody showed meany love or caring. you have no idea howmy parents abused me. here we go again. and your grandparentsabused your parents. and their parents abused them.
and dad abused you. is that your excuse? it's not an excuse. at what point do youtake responsibility for your own actions? when do you break the cycle? have the three of you come hereto have some sort of final say? is that what you want? your father's dying!
you wanna shoot me? fine. i have nothing left anyway. you wanna shoot your dad? he's all yours. what's left of him. you'd be doing him a favor. we'll see about that. now start up the stairs slowly.
i want the two ofyou in front of me. the enemy of myenemy is not my friend. hold up, mom. when you get into that room,i don't want you anywhere near that nightstand. i know that's where youand dad keep your gun. well look at whatthe cat dragged in. i suppose you're hereto bid me a fond farewell. i didn't think so.
john and kenny are makingquite the interesting movie. well i do see the cameras. you know allabout making movies. right, dad? i figured that'swhere this is headin'. oh, daddy, you have no idea. is that right? remember judgestevens and the mcgraths? i remember those assholes.
you should seewhat they did to them. are we talking past tense? we are. [dad laughs and coughs] you fuckin' pussies. you wait till i'm half-dead tohatch some revenge bullshit? i thought i made men out of you. like you? watch it, kid.
or what? what are you gonna do? you can't do shit to us now. and you can't do shit to me. except maybe watch me die. you'd be surprised how horriblewe can make your last hours. let's see what you got. that's some tough talk. but you know your littlestep-and-fetch-it here
has your ass covered. i don't needanybody to cover my ass. mom never did? you sound like awhiny, little bitch. andrea never liedto the social worker? when i was little my oldman beat the shit out of me and i took it. didn't we justhear this downstairs? i didn't run around bitchingabout how bad that i had it.
no, you just beat the shit outof your wife and kids, you sick fuck. don't you talk toyour father that way. i'll talk to him anyway i want. and you too for that matter. the two of you and yoursob childhood bullshit. bring it to me! what else yourold man do to you? [smacked across the face]
that's the last timeyou'll ever touch me! stop it! go ahead and hit me! it's not the firstpunch i've taken! back off or i'llshoot you right now! [gunshot] [pati screams] the next one won't be a warning. move away from the gun.
it's all right, baby girl. let them do what they gotta do. i'm not keeping them from you. you're in on this with them? let's just say we'rehere for different reasons. [crickets chirpingand footsteps] where are we going? i'll tell you when to stop. just keep going.
i'm fine. [pati grunts] don't help them. [pati grunts and joe coughs] you can stop now. [drops shovel] start digging. you had noproblem doing it before. this has gone far enough.
[andrea gruntsand pati screams] what's this about, andrea? do you think i'm playing games?! dig! [sound of digging] [joe coughs] get that fuckin'camera out of my face. [sound of nature and digging] you're almost there.
this won't change a thing. it will for me. did you know, i was contentwatching daddy suffer a long, painful death? his punishment foreverything he did to us. but john and kenny made merealize that wasn't enough. they made me realizepeople should be held accountable for their actions. [shovel drops]
[moving around outside] [digging] [andrea cries] [andrea coughs] what'd the three of you do? them. she was my baby. kristen? the one mom and dadmade you give up?
the one they took from me. you killed her baby? which one of you did it? which one of youkilled an infant? it was the both of them. you and kennywere gone that night. you were out with your friends. who could blame you fornever wanting to be at home. i was sleeping in my room andkristen was in her bassinet.
she wasn't even a week old. i woke up in the middle ofthe night, call it mother's intuition, and she was gone. i knew it was them right away. and i thought they'dtaken her to the basement. but it was worse. i saw mom runninginto the woods. i chased after herand wound up here. they had already dug her grave.
and mom threw my baby,she threw her into this hole like a piece of garbage,and daddy, you crushed her skullwith that brick. i tried to stop them. i did. but mom beat me with hergun and said she'd shoot me. and daddy, do you remember whatyou said to me when i was on the ground bleeding and crying. "it's for the best, baby girl.
"it's for the best". why? why did you do that? ãºcause that's what mom wanted. when did mom everhave a say with dad? when she threatened to turn himin for everything he did to us. well what did your babyhave to do with that? make me understand! you should have left this alone.
left what alone?! you don't wanna know. i wanna know! i wanna know how you couldkill your granddaughter! she wasn't his granddaughter. she was perfect. her eyes were beautiful,her skin, she looked just like her father. no fuckin' way.
are you serious? you fuckin' did that to her? and you kept it? she was our baby. it was a freak. no, she wasn't! you just didn'twanna lose your husband! what were you thinking? that's why youmade him kill her!
i tried to turn youin, but i couldn't. when i left that night, inever planned on coming back. but i wanted you to see shannon. i wanted you tosee what you'd lost. well you showed me. i'm feeling all teary-eyedabout the damage i've done. what did you want from me? some sort ofdeathbed revelation? find the error of my ways?
i don't give a shit aboutany of the three of you, shannon, or your dead baby. i don't care what yousay or what you do. i've made more impacton your lives than any of you ever made on mine. you fuckin' piece of shit! think you're gonnahave the final say?! there's no way tounfuck what you've done! not here!
not this way! am i impacting your life now?! [struggle between everyone] [gun shots] kenny get down! i'm okay, i'm okay. [screaming and gunshots] shit! keep an eye on them.
i don't thinkthey're going anywhere. [gunshots] mother fucker. [gun shot] [screaming and sobbing] don't you fuckin' die! i hope i ruin your plans. i knew you valuedyour pathetic life. now get up.
i can't. it's amazing what you can dowhen you put your mind to it. [pati sobs] i told you to get up! [pati screams and sobs] move! [thunder rolls] [sound of nature] i'll never understand.
you left your babyin a shallow grave and you let themget away with it. you let dad get away withit, like she didn't matter. and then you used shannonto try to get some sort of validation from him. we all have toanswer for our actions. there's no secret room wherewe can hide from mom and dad. shannon's better off this way. [andrea screams]
hey, get back here. are you done? yeah, she's in there. you need a hand? [rain and thunder] let's bring them down. what is that? so what do you do? you sit down hereand watch these?
john what's on these tapes? yeah, john, what's on the tapes? i wanna know. i really need you to remember. my three kids. one of them runs away from home,one of them has memory block, and one hides behind the bottle. no more hiding. to destroy your demons,first you have to face them.
you and i are onthose tapes, with dad. i'm sure andrea'son some of them, too. mom worked one of the cameras. she'd move all around us. and they had theirsecond camera on a tripod. he wanted tocover all the angles. it started when we moved here. after we came back fromhelen's, down here in this room. the secret room.
that's what andrea called it. he probably started molestingher at the other house. andrea came up toour room that night. said she had found aroom in the basement. she said it was a secret room. where the three of uscould hide from mom and dad. and they'd never find us. but when we got down herethey were waiting for us, with the cameras.
you put her up tothat, didn't you? then he made us undress. [thunder and rain] he started touching you. then he made me come over. "don't be afraid ofthe cameras, kenny. your name's gonnabe up in lights..." i remembereverything you did to us. and everything youmade us do to you.
for years! [tears through boxes] is this all of them?! is it?! it's all of them. the masters anyway. you made copies,you scumbag fuck?! [beats joe while pati sobs] where are they?!
they're all over the place. where are the fuckin' copies?! the two of you aregonna live forever. [joe is thrown to thefloor and pati screams] what'd you do with them?! the internet's awonderful thing. well, this is our movie. and the two of youare the stars now. [destroys tapes]
the broken parents. [police sirens] time's up. when we were kids,you terrified us. we lived in constant fear. every time you raised yourvoices, walked into a room, or even looked our way. you were these imposing figures. bigger than life.
[sirens] [joe screams] well not anymore. now that we're grown andon a level playing field, we can see the both ofyou for what you really are. no, kenny. please no. it wasn't all bad. broken by your parents.
broken by genetics. [joe screams and sobs] broken by life. so what are you? free. [joe grunts] see what they're doing. [thunder booms] [police storm in screaming]
holy shit! police! freeze! they're coming! [heavy breathing and grunting] over there! the door! drop your weapon! down on the floor!
get down! okay!