All language subtitles for (1986)BloodHook.ING

[Theme music]

[Wind blowing]

[Creepy music playing]

[MUSIC PLAYING "FISHING FOR YOU
LOVE"]

[Bird chirping]

What's that?

Well, son, that's
a tape recorder.

When this goes around,
like that, there's

Music on the tape,
and the music plays,

And that's what you hear.

I can make it go really fast.

[Warped audio]

Like that.

[Music playing]

[Whooshing noise]

[Crickets chirping furiously]

[Splash]

[Music playing]

[MUSIC RED ECHOES, "THINGS
AREN'T WHAT THEY SEEM"]

Jesus, I can't
hear myself think.

This is going to cost
us both another beer.

Sorry, Finner, not to
be negative or anything,

But I really can't
deal with sexist music.

Anyway, Red Elbows?

You guys, we got...
We got a classic here.

It's like Beethoven
and Mussolini,

And... aw, you guys
are so ignorant.

- Yep.
- OK.

Go ahead.

Tell me who it is.

Red Echoes Live, "Things
Aren't What They Seem."

This boy never misses.

Oh, listen to this.

Listen to this.

It builds into a great scream.

Right in here.

ANN: Yeah, great scream.

FINNER: Well, he screams
in here somewhere.

Just wait.

Just listen.

This like, hippie music
makes me feel like I'm

Like, full of chowder, man.

Like, how long do I
have to suffer, huh?

Get off.

[Eerie music]

[Birds chirping]

Oh, gross.

What the hell is
this supposed to be?

Say, we're looking
for the campground.

Oh, that's around the
lake a piece there.

It' about four miles now, ya.

Well, can't you people
put some signs up?

I mean, that's what
tax money is all about.

Why don't you put up some good
signs, for crying out loud.

I want a diet soda.

Ruthie.

Oh, I can draw a
map for you folks.

It's no trouble at all, no.

Gross.

You nit.

It's a cicada.

I, uh, do urology done
in Old Park, Illinois?

Put that down this instant.

Leave it for the loons.

Do you sell bait here?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I sell bait here.

You betcha.

I could use some minnows.

What's this old thing?

Hey, quit messing
around there, will you?

Put it down.

Woah, that's my stud finder.

Yeah, say you got a wall
there, and you got nails in it,

And you want to find
them, you, uh, just...

Well, you just put it up there.

IRVING: Jeepers.

See?

And then you've got your
location of the stud.

Eh, Irv, Will you
put it down, huh?

How much do they cost?

Ah, take it.

It's free.

Merry Christmas.

I don't seem to need it anyway.

I always seem to know
where the nails are.

Gee, thanks, Mr. Leudke.

Do you got change for $100?

Ah.

Here, the minnows are on me.

Welcome to the North Woods.

No charge for you, folks.

I want a soda.

Well, you can't get one here.

You're just going to
have to wait, young lady.

It's like I always
say, fishing's OK.

Remember, the lake's
not a playground.

We all have to treat
the water with respect.

Got ya.

Will do.

[Birds chirping]

[Car starting]

ANN: Oh, my god.

I can't believe that.

MAN: Muskie Heaven.

Damn.

Where's my pole?

Muskie Heaven.

[Music playing]

[Chattering, laughing]

[Hammering]

Oh, hello, there.

Come on up.

You want to take
on a Muskie maniac?

That's me, Denny Dobyns.

You've seen a fishing
pole before, I'm sure.

But I bet you've never seen
an expert catch like this.

Ah.

Like that.

Ah, it's a big one.

[Grunting]

You want to take
me on, Sunshine?

[Chuckling]

You get those off
your tricycle, Honey?

Is that where those
tassels came from?

[Chuckling]

[Splash]

[Cheering]

Hey, hey.

You can't use that pole.

No, tassels, uh-uh, Sunshine.

Cheating's one thing
I won't tolerate.

You'd better remember that.

[Inaudible] Muskie Madness
fishing contest 10 AM,

Saturday.

Congratulations.

Nice cast.

The contest doesn't
start until tomorrow,

But it's not every day
somebody beats Denn.

You can have this and this.

Thanks, Bev D. A guy
might never take it off.

Nice pole.

I like it.

Are these your friends?

Yeah, yeah.

They are.

Um, they're up from down
south a little ways.

Illinois.

Hi, you guys.

I'm Bev.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm the contest hostess.

$25 for standing
in the sun all day.

Not bad.

It beats working.

I like your hair.

It's great.

I've been in the car all day.

[Radio stopping]

MAN: Hey, man.

What do you think you're doing?

Turn off the goddamn
headache machine.

Nobody around here can stand
to hear that kind of crap.

Hey, man, just
don't rip me off.

That's all.

Come on.

It's all right.

They're just trying
to have some fun.

Jeez.

What a spat.

ANNOUNCER (ON RADIO): OK.

We're going into
the bonus round.

And remember players, for each
correct answer, you get $2.

Get ready now.

Name five things you would
expect to find in the military.

Careful, now Dolores?

DOLORES (ON RADIO): Oh, my.

White linen?

[Laughing]

ANNOUNCER (ON RADIO): Huh?

MAN: Drugs.

M16s, you morons.

M16s, M32s, the Thompson
45 submachine gun,

Browning 30 automatic,
All-Purpose Canvas 10,

Mess kit, Bazooka.

For God's sake,
you dumb fuckwads.

Napalm, choppers, Agent Orange.

ANNOUNCER (ON RADIO): I
can accept the first two

For that, not the last one.

Dolores, can you
give me another?

MAN: Not bad, though, Peter,
if I might say so myself.

MAN: You can say so.

MAN: Let's have a
big round of applause

For Peter's nice place.

[Fart noises]

[Laughing]

WOMAN: I would like to know who
that gentleman is in the chair.

[Clattering]

Here, guys.

Oh, right.

Like, I'm really sure
I'm going to get out

And get shot by some madman.

Oh, he won't hurt us.

This is one hell
of a nice facility

You got here, van Clease.

Hey, check out the bike.

My dad had one of these bitches.

Shut up.

Like, I'm sure this is
just a walk in these shoes.

God, I knew this place
would make me twitch.

Too many traumatic memories.

OK, people.

Oh, christ.

Here we go.

Yeah, baby.

Now, we're talking. "Things
Aren't What They Seem,"

By the Red Echoes, 1972 Live.

Now we are talking.

[Laughing]

Hi, I'm Finner.

Dig it, man.

Evelyn Duerst on this end.

These your friends?

Hey, don't ever listen to this
show they got out of Superior.

Hell, a baby could
go on and answer

Smarter than some
of these morons

From Illinois and Winnebago.

I was in the army.

They trained me for
electronics, satellite circuits.

Gave me this big
hype job about making

A fortune in civilian life?

Well, try making a living up
here on anything but a TV set.

More guys out of work around
here than West Virginia.

And most of us vets,
crazy half-assed

War vets, with big problems.

I mean, we're all like time
bombs waiting to go off.

Boom.

Go on, Peter.

Uh, this is my house.

You're on van Clease property.

Don't try to push me around,
or I'll torch the place.

[Clattering]

Jeepers, what's that racket.

Rodney, what are you doing?

You crazy?

WAYNE: Hell, yes, he's crazy.

All of you are crazy.

What are you doing here?

Guess who, Pop?

The van Clease kid.

Rodney, you can't
go around messing

With other people's wood.

They got rules up here.

Peter van Clease.

Good thing your
granddad's dead, fellow.

Look, I apologize
for my friend.

Your granddadd would sick with
anyone that acted like you.

Hey, my grandad
wouldn't exactly

Be happy with way you let things
get out of hand around here.

Can't you get at him to do
something about this mess?

He's crazy.

Whole world's gone crazy.

Hey, you're really
working for me, you know,

And I'd appreciate it...

I ain't working
for you no more.

No real van Clease
left worth working for.

Resigning.

Sorry.

Great first impression, guys.

Yeah, we've got to set
some rules about what's

Cool up here, all right?

Friendly neighborhood.

Right, I like it.

Hey, this is great.

I think it's gonna do you guys.

I like this.

I'm staying.

Just 'til summer's over, huh?

Glenn Miller, Fats
Waller, Louis Armstrong?

Peter's granddad
had an absolutely

Incredible record collection.

Who's this Vicki Lee?

"Fishing For Your Love."

[MUSIC PLAYING "FISHING FOR YOUR
LOVE"]

Oh, sick.

They hang dead fish
on the wall here?

It's taxidermy.

Stuffed shit?

FINNER: Take it easy, Kiersten.

It's just a hobby.

Like your hair.

[Wind blowing]

[Cicadas chirping furiously]

[Chattering]

I hate this.

It smells like somebody's
old, smelly feet.

Smells like you.

I hate it when you eat
with your mouth open.

I hate it when you talk
with your mouth open.

Hey, can it, kids.

Now eat that fish, Ruthie.

There were so many loons today.

Where did they all come from?

[Imitating loon]

I wish we could see
"On Golden Pond" again.

I don't know what
the world's going

To do without Peter Fonda.

Henry Fonda, Mom.

You got the wrong one.

Well, whatever.

The loon is a
wonderful creature.

[Imitating loon]

DAD: I've been watching
the loon all day long.

I like your hair.

(MOCKING) I like your hair.

MAN: Mini concert, man.

KIERSTEN: What is that stuff?

You paid for Elvis Costello?

God, is that old.

My parents listen
to Elvis Costello.

It's not Elvis Costello.

It's The Dead Dentist.

My parents listen to music.

Yeah, they have it pumped
into the house, you know.

It's like a musical 1984,
big brother, you know?

Shut up, they do not.

I've been to you house before.

And now for a nature
note on the owl.

The owl, a nocturnal creature,
is best known for his wisdom

And eating up small rodents.

They live by themselves
in the woods.

Hey, Finner,
don't hurt anybody.

God, isn't Finner
a little weird?

He needs to learn
to communicate,

Or somebody he's
really going to freak

Out and do something negative.

Don't worry about Finner.

He just needs a girlfriend.

Bad.

You guys want another beer?

Katharine Hepburn never
put up with what I have to,

Not even with Spencer Tracy.

Peter Fonda wouldn't treat
me the way you do, Roger.

IRVING: Henry Fonda, Mom.

And it's right here.

And it says I'll
be a son of a bitch

While he's having
his heart attack.

Yeah, well, uh, you know
what you can do about that?

You can go right on
up to your sisters.

I came up here to catch fish.

To catch fish.

Well, I just will go
on up to Helen's I'm

Going to call a cab right now.

A cab could be a long
distance phone call, Ma.

The nearest taxi's in Green Bay.

Now you did it, Pops.

She's PO'd.

Ah, she's just baiting me.

Come on, eat your fish, you two.

[Crickets]

[Loons calling]

[Imitating loons]

[Loons calling]

[Imitating loons]

[Cicadas chirping]

[Chattering]

[Cicadas]

[Blowing whistle]

[Loon calling]

[Blowing whistle]

[Cicadas]

Oh.

[Chattering, laughing]

[Cicadas]

[Splash]

[Clattering]

Oh, sweetheart, I
hate to do it to you,

But I just can't help myself.

Oh.

Come here.

Uh, let me feel that
beautiful white belly.

You're gonna be my meal
ticket, sweetheart.

Denny's little sweetheart.

Isn't this pretty?

Huh?

Isn't that pretty?

Guess what?

You weigh three more
pounds than your sisters.

That's why Denny wants
you to wear this for him,

So when the time comes, Denny
will know where to find you.

Oh.

Tell you apart from the
rest of your sisters.

And nobody will know a thing.

Nobody will know you spent
your whole life in can,

Growing that beautiful body.

And you won't feel a thing.

Just a little knock on the head.

Then we put you on the scale,
and watch those bastards drool.

[Snickering]

Now, you stay put.

[Driving]

God damn son of a bitch.

The cheatin' bastard.

We'll see who drools.

[Snickering]

[Splashing]

[Laughing maniacally]

Son of a bitch.

[Chortling]

[Playing piano]

Listen, I got to go back to
the restaurant in the morning

And look around.

Wanna come with me?

Sure, I'll go.

Look, I do understand
what you're going through.

But the basic problem here is
that you're feeling guilty.

I mean, you want to do
something for your grandfather,

But you can't.

Come on, Ann.

It's not that complicated.

It's just that my
granddad was the kind

Of guy that inspired loyalty.

Christ, Old Man
Duerst, I told you

The story about him and Duerst.

Durest loved the guy.

I loved him too.

I guess that's why I'm
getting so worked up.

Well, that's positive.

It doesn't feel positive.

Well, it's not
positive to obsess

To the point of hallucination.

Peter, I'm trying
to be supportive.

But if you believe you
actually saw something,

Then you wouldn't be
afraid to tell somebody.

I did see something.

ANN: Then why don't
you tell somebody?

Why don't you tell that
sheriff we met this morning?

What's the point?

You're losing it.

The point is you believe
you saw something,

But you won't do
anything about it.

So you might as well not
believe it in the first place,

Just like you believed
you're a musician,

But you won't do
anything about it.

You won't make any music.

What I'm saying is that
you're afraid to make noise.

You're a...

Goddamn it, Ann.

But I'm basically
right, aren't I?

[Hits piano keys]

[Birds chirping]

Last beer of the night.

No way, man.

It's the first beer of the day.

Hey, Finner, show me
that alligator again.

Damn.

God damn, Stan.

Kiss my ass.

Well, she's dead now.

I guess I can take that tag
off without losing an arm.

Wonder what it's there for.

Hey, get with it, Finner.

This is the '80s, man.

Everybody's doing it,
wearing cool shit.

Even fish, man.

FINNER: Hey, Bev D.

RODNEY: Are you crazy, man?

We can't go chasing
after Beverly now.

This is the best
time of the day.

[Motor revving]

[Laughing]

Hey, you guys.

Wow.

Way to go.

You're Tom Finnigan, right?

Uh-huh.

And what you catch her on?

My earring.

BEV D.: Rodney, right?

I like that.

You should be proud of yourself.

Looks like almost 40 pounds.

Probably win the contest.

Yeah, Jesus, that'd be sweet.

Hey, old fishing buddy,
what are you going

To do with that $5,000, huh?

I don't figure.

I'll figure out something.

BEV D.: Oh, I know
what I'd do with it.

So, aren't you guys hungry?

Want to have
breakfast at my house?

So, it's not like I
neglect him, although he

Has a different opinion.

Don't you, Dickie?

You want to come in?

FINNER: So when you leave the
little guy alone out there,

Aren't you scared
he's going to get

Eaten by a bear or something?

Well, he might.

I make sure he doesn't
have any sweets before.

Bears can pick up the scent.

The thing is is Mama's
gotta be happy too.

Sometimes, it's the
only chance that I

Get to work out, especially
since beer for brains left.

So is anyone gonna die if I
like, go check out the disk

Selection over here?

Of course, nobody's
going to die.

I like that.

So how often do you
get a chance to run?

Not enough.

We should go sometime.

Do about a half dozen miles.

Yeah.

Yeah that would... yeah, we
should definitely do that.

Great.

Hey, Finn fuck... I mean
Finner, you believe this, man.

Red Echoes.

"Things Aren't What They Seem,"
recorded live in Buddakan.

[Birds chirping]

[MUSIC PLAYING "THINGS AREN'T
WHAT THEY SEEM"]

[Crying]

That's my husband's record.

You know, he's hot already.

I'm going to take him for
a swim to quiet him down.

No, Mommy.

No.

Shut the door, OK, you guys?

Thank for coming.

[Water flowing]

[Beeping]

[Birds chirping]

30.

31.

[Giggling]

37.

33.

34.

[Cicadas]

[Grunting]

[Cicadas]

[Dickie screaming]

[Screaming]

[Thud]

There you are.

God, I've been looking
all over for you.

Hey, I was wondering if I
could borrow some fishing gear.

You know, just some junk
for a couple of days?

Why don't you rip
off van Clease's gear,

Or Leroy Leudke's.

I wasn't ripping anything off.

Really, Mr. Duerst.

There's nothing
that weird about me.

Just think of me as a
normal guy in a costume.

Like a cloud.

God, you wouldn't
have believed it.

This morning, me and
my buddy, Finner, we

Caught about a 40-pound muskie.

Yeah.

At least 40 pounds.

God, you know, this
is the life up here.

I really feel like
I fit in up here.

You come up from the city.

The acid rain is
killing our lakes.

It will kill us too.

OK, man.

That's crystal cool.

Shit, Leroy Leudke?

I think I'll go
over to Leudke's.

[Chopping]

Wow, Mr. Leudke, you've
got even more stuff

Here than Mr. Duerst, man.

I bet you guys used
to be spuds, huh?

Buddies, you know?

Ah, yeah, we was
friends long time ago.

RODNEY: Suddenly got hosed, eh?

You guys had a fight, you know?

LEUKDE: Oh, no, no.

It wasn't like that.

Oh, he's a fine fellow,
that Wayne Duerst.

But well, he just
don't have much to say

To me since I caught that
big fish back in 1955.

I suppose they have a gun
here to shoot the musket

Or anchor in the boat, heh?

Hoohoo.

Well, no, don't keep
no guns around here.

No, no guns.

Besides, they ain't
safe in a boat.

Yeah, we had an incident
around here a few years back

Where one shoot another.

Landed a big muskie there.

I was alone.

It was Duerst from over
there, and van Clease

From up there at the place.

Yeah, them two had a lucky
bullet they used time and time

Again to land a big muskie.

Van Clease, he'd dig it right
out of that muskie's head

And put it right
back in the pistol.

Yeah, must have been
30, 40 trophy fish

They took with that lucky slug.

Little copper slug it was.

That was a big mistake
on Wayne's part there,

But the bullet went
right into the spine.

And van Clease, he
wouldn't let them operate.

Ah, he forgave
Wayne good enough,

But uh, no, he wouldn't
let them operate.

He said they're going
to have to grind him up

To get that bullet out of him.

Yeah, that bullet, it went
right into his spine there.

Van Clease, he was a
tough old bird, yeah.

Decent story, man.

You know, you could
make an excellent movie

With a story like that, man.

[Winding]

[Cicadas]

So what do you think
about when you meditate?

Nothing.

Everything.

I'm sure I can never
think about just nothing.

I mean, how boring.

Oh, sick.

That weird guy,
Evelyn, he thinks

I don't know he's watching me.

Open your eyes, Ann,
so you can see him.

Ugh, god, what a way
to get your rocks off.

It kills me.

[Winding]

There is like, nothing
happening on this lake.

So what are you
meditating about?

Why Peter's being
so anti-social?

I mean, I thought
he hated fishing.

Fishing is rude.

I mean, you have to get
your hands in all that

Snotty crap and scales.

Number one, Kiersten, Peter
is troubled by something very,

Very private and
very, very traumatic.

Number two, he is reacting
in a completely normal way

By refusing to be
normal and socialize.

Number three,
casting is a symbol

Of Peter's trying to fathom the
very deep waters of his trauma.

[Sighing]

I thought he was
trying to catch a fish.

[Boat engine]

God damn you.

[Laughing]

Aw, I lost you.

Damn.

[Birds chirping]

[Panting]

Oh, lord.

I can't.

Come on.

[Cicadas]

[Turns on radio]

[Cicadas]

[Cicadas intensifying]

[Screaming]

[Screaming]

[Sirens]

Hey, Kiersten, that siren
makes a perfect fourth.

That's what you
call the distance

Between those two tones.

Like these two notes...
(SINGING) here comes the bride.

What can I say?

A perfect fourth.

You go a half step
higher, you've

Got something that used to be
called the devil's tritone.

[Humming] In Bach's
time, that was

Thought to drive people crazy.

Strange, huh?

God, Peter, you have
the most amazing ears.

I mean, like, maybe I
can do that somebody.

I mean, when I get back
into music and all.

Kiersten, when were
you ever in music?

[Scoffs]

Somebody found her drifting
My divers can't locate a body.

It may be nothing.

A body?

Damn, what happened?

Where's Rodney?

Wasn't he with you guys?

- He must have gone back out.
- You Peter van Clease?

Yeah.

What time you figure
your buddy went out?

Sometime in the
middle of the morning.

Must have been while
we were running.

There's some kind
of blood in here.

Did you run a test on it yet?

You're going to
run a test, right?

Yes, we took a blood sample.

Now, stay out of the boat.

Bev, I'm a little
shorthanded right now.

You want to run
this up to dispatch?

Tell Mike to send
it up to the lab.

Hey, what about these?

I asked you not
to go in the boat.

There's a blood
and bullets, and

My friend has just been killed,
and you're filling out a form?

I understand why
you're worried, Peter,

But we don't know that
anyone's been killed.

We need a body.
OK.

What kind of bullets are these?

223, M16 rifle.

OK.
OK.

I know who killed Rodney.

So who done it?

Evelyn Duerst with his M16.

I doubt it.

I can prove it.

Look, I'm a little busy
with your boat right now.

Forget my boat.

I saw Evelyn with
his M16 yesterday,

And he's always talking
about blowing somebody away.

I think you should do
something about it.

All right.

Let's make this quick.

[Sirens]

I'll take care of this.

You're under arrest, Evelyn.

The sheriff's here.

Throw out the M16.

Here's your M16.

[Car starting]

Left.

Hey.

Go straight, Dad.

Left, left.

Go right, Dad.

Got it.

Hey.

Stop, you crazy bastard.

Ah, stuff it, Mr. Green Jeans.

Right.

Just go straight down 77,
about a mile and a half.

Take a right on Peninsula Road.

Get you right there.
OK.

Thanks a lot.
You're welcome.

Have a good time.

PETER: Hey, sheriff,
I'd like to apologize.

And I'd also like to
talk about this murder.

Look, Peter, before
you start, let me

Tell you where I'm coming from.

This is the biggest
event in town this year.

I'm not going to
go around upsetting

People with talk about murder.
But look it-

I've got four deputies to cover
a county the size of Delaware.

There's 30,000 people
in town this weekend

For the Muskie Festival.

The mayor wants foot
patrols in the city.

What I got to be telling
myself right now is,

There hasn't been a murder
up here in 17 years.

Yeah, my
grandfather's, damn it.

And nobody raised a
finger about that either,

Except to fill out some forms.

No, no.

It was a couple of
fishermen from Illinois

That got ripped up
out on the lake.

Your grandfather's case is in
the books as a disappearance.

Peter, another time
of year, and I'd

Make this a full investigation.

Yeah, right.

But you're too busy filling
out your forms, right?

Come on, you guys.
Let's get out of here.

He's to busy filling
out his forms to worry

About Rodney getting killed.

[Crying]

It's not healthy to baby
a distressed person...

[Sobbing] I guess I
can't take a hint, Ann.

I guess you don't
want me to come.

[Birds chirping]

[Cicadas]

[Inaudible]

I liked him.

I liked him a lot.

[Devil's tritone]

Everyone said this was
going to be so much fun.

[Devil's tritone]

[Cicadas]

[Devil's tritone]

I can't believe this
is happening to me.

I mean, it's not fair.

I mean, fine, its
not like anyone

Understands me or gives
a shit what I think.

[Splash]

[Cicadas]

[Radio playing]

[Cicadas]

[Devil's tritone]

[Screaming]

[Crying out] God damn it.

[Clattering]

Finally got that bitch.

OK.

We have a new leader, Wayne
Duerst, 46 and 1/2 pounds.

Ha ha.

[Applause]

46 and 1/2 pounds.

I've been after
that hog for years.

She beats me.

Sorry, kid.

Hate to compete with a friend
of the van Clease family,

But I've been after that
hog for three years.

[Laughing]

[Laughing]

Where's the coach?

Eve's got him.

He actually volunteered
to babysit him.

[Panting]

Sit up time.

Hold my ankles.

One.

BOTH: Two.

Three.

Oh, I like that.

[Birds chirping]

[Loons]

I hope you understand.

It's just, I have
some stuff to do.

Yeah, it's all right.

So you gonna be
around later or not?

Maybe.

Why?

Where are you going?

You gonna go back out fishing?

Yeah.

Muskie Madness.

I'm gonna beat old
Duerst if it kills me.

So, uh, if you're
gonna be around later,

I could come back.

You know, I really
like you, Finner.

Maybe about midnight.

Sure.

God, what happened to Kiersten?

You miss her?

Cicada, whatever, are
giving me a headache.

I mean, what's weird is how
they stop, and then they start.

And then they just shut up,
and you never know if they're

Going to start up again.

Drives you crazy.

Maybe I'd better
call the sheriff.

Shit, it's not hooked up.

Fuckin' A, the phone's out.

Vibrations, man.

The god damn military's got
the whole North Woods strung up

Like a D battery, man.

Sending out weird vibrations,
messing with phones,

And people's brains, man.

You ever put a pitch fork
in the ground and wiggle it,

Warms come up.

Vibrations, right?

Look at this gut on me.

We're talking
extremely low frequency

Radiation sucking the Agent
Orange out of the cells.

I'm not square dancing
with you people.

Look at me.
We're talking...

WAYNE: You're wrong.

Ha ha.

None of us got a thing to
do with where you're from.

More than one guy around
here is starting a war.

He's got something
wrong with him

That you didn't even know about.

He just don't complain about it.

Why don't you tell me about
old man van Clease now?

Go ahead.

Tell me your tough
guy story again.

You piss me off.

You know that?

And don't sneak up on me.

[Stomping]

You know, I uh, gave
up a job the other day

That meant an awful lot to me.

You'd never known a man you
could shoot in the back,

Give you a job
for your troubles.

We were fishing, see,
just like everyday.

And this muskie we got rared up.

Somehow, it got out of control.

We tried to kill it.

I couldn't hold it steady.

Shot your granddaddy.

He had his back to me, see.

It got him hit.

Little copper slug.

But he wouldn't let
them take it out.

I said I'd pay for the doctors.

But instead, he give me a job.

Never yapped about it.

Just gave me a job.

Great story.

Something he'll never forget.

Well, it's a hell of
a lot to live up to.

What's he want me to do?

He doesn't know.

I don't either.

Yeah, I floated
over here by myself.

It was really fun.

LEUDKE: Well,
that's a good thing.

How come you don't have
many lights in here?

Oh, I like it pretty quiet.

Lights don't make any noise.

Ya, they do.

A little.

Yeah, go ahead and
look all you want.

I got that in Korea.

Yeah, Harry Truman
sent me there in 1951.

Ha.

You catching anything in there?

No.

No way.

Hey, it's 10 o'clock.

Ain't it time for
a little muskie

Like you to be home in bed?

Nah.

My dad don't care.

He's out fishing.

Yeah, but like I
say, let me give

You a ride back in the boat.

Yeah, I'd better.

Lot of things can happen
out there on that lake.

This is great.

This is just great.

[Engine spitting]

God.

[Grunting]

94 horse powers, and
not one of them can swim.

$10,000 weekend.

[Engine revving]

Grrreat.

[Maniacal laughter]

[Bev laughing]

BEV: [inaudible].

[Laughing]

What do you want?

I like that a lot.

[Laughing]

I like that.

[Scoffs]

OK.

I've been thinking about
the jealousy stuff.

Uh-oh.

No, it's fine.

I mean, I think I understand
where I'm coming from better.

Well, how Kiersten acts
with you scares me, is all.

Is all?

No, not really.

I just want us to stay together.

Can't you respond to that?

I am responding.

It's just that sometimes,
I feel cornered.

I don't know about music school.

You just assume I'd
be good at music.

And you will be.

You are already.

[Sighs] I don't
know about us either.

I can't really
explain this, but it's

Like the harder you
push me, the less I

Feel like making a... I can't
even say the word... commitment.

And I guess, well, I love you.

[Frog horn]

Shut the fuck up,
you stupid bastard,

Or I'll shut you up myself.

[Chimes]

[Frog horn]

[Screaming]

[Winding]

[Splash]

Mosquito madness, baby.

You need a man around
to fix those screens.

How come I can't stay?

Evelyn, just go.

Go!

[Crying]

Finner.

What about Finner?

How come everybody's
getting nailed on the water

Like my granddad got nailed.

How could that be, when nobody
even knows how it happened,

Like the Sheriff says?

Except me, right?

And crazy-ass Finner.

Peter, how could Finner
have killed your granddad?

He was just a kid.

I'm not saying
he killed anybody.

But don't you tell me all
the time that Finner's

Manic depressive, or whatever?

Just asking.

Look at the evidence.

Look, I told you I feel
like a total asshole.

I'm sure he's over
at Bev's house.

Look, why don't we
just pop in on him

Like it's no big deal, OK?

OK.

[Record playing]

[Cicadas]

[Cicadas intensifying]

[Splashing]

[Cicadas]

[Panting]

[Screaming]

[Screaming]

[Laughing]

60 pounds.

[Shouting]

They're trying to cheat me.

It's bogus.

This muskie's bogus.

It has metal inside of it.

[Chattering]

It's a bar.

MAN: A metal bar?

[Crowd jeering]

They're setting me up.

I'm an honest man.

The Duersts, and Leudke,
and all the rest of them,

They're just
jealous, that's all.

They're trying to take
my prize away from me.

Come on, Denny.

If's there's any metal in
there, I don't know about it.

I didn't put it in there.
OK.

That's... that's it
for the excitement.

All right?

Just go on home, OK?

Thank you very much.

[Chattering]

Look, we found your dad's
boat, but we can't find him.

You kids seen your dad?

It OK.

Where's your mom?

Mom's up at Aunt Helen's.

Ruthie's been looking all
over the place for Dad.

Can I come around
and [inaudible], sir?

I think something's
gone wrong around here.

I think something's very fishy.

OK, OK.

You kids take it easy.

This ain't no
square dance, people.

I can guarantee that up front.

This is a combat zone.

Evelyn, what's this?

You recognize this?

ANN: I found this in
the bushes back there.

It's Finner's.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

You found I what?

I will now proceed to blow
the motherfucker away.

I will blow that mother away.

Peter, you can't
leave me here with him.

You got a problem
with me woman?

You think I'm crazy?

Then shut your face.

[Cicadas]

Who cares?

Who the fuck cares what I do?

[Boat engine]

FINNER: (SINGING) The muskie, he
swim in the bottom of the lake,

Man.

The lake full of muskie, and
the water around here, man.

They swim up to your boat,
and they steal all your beers,

You got to have a muskie, or
you'll... [hums uncertainly]

[Radio playing]

[Cicadas intensifying]

[Pounding]

[Grunting]

[Screaming]

[Grunting]

[Cicadas]

Ah!

[Thud]

[Cicadas]

[Grunting]

[Grunting]

[Finner screaming]

[Panting]

[Squishing]

[Grunting]

Ugh.

Ah.

[Sawing]

Ah.

Ah.

[Crying]

Your woman's been drinking.

Pressure's getting to her.

I seen it happen
in the military.

Walking wounded.

Pressures getting to
your buddy Finner, too.

We've got to put a
stop to that dude fast.

Blow that motherfucker
right out of the water.

[Engine]

Walking wounded, man.

Finner, help me.

Please, help me.

(CRYING) I was out swimming
[inaudible], and this big toy

Fish, it had a [inaudible].

It was trying to catch me.

It was just trying to kill me.

And then I just kept swimming.

I didn't know what to do.

I just kept swimming.

Who tried to kill you?
Finner?

Did you see Finner?

No, and I kept swimming, and I
got to shore, and it got dark,

And I didn't know where I was.

And then I found this boat, and
it had Finner's stuff in it.

There's blood everywhere.

And I didn't know
what to do, and then I

Kept driving this boat around.

I didn't know where I was.

God, Peter, you have
to call the police.

Listen to me, Kiersten.

Please, help, please.

Can you make it
up to the house OK?

I want to look through
Finner's stuff first.

Finner.

You poor bastard.

[Creepy music]

[Dog barking]

[Dog barking]

[Grunting]

[Bell]

[Engine]

[Cicadas]

The cicadas.

Evelyn, the cicadas.

I remember hearing the
cicadas, just like this.

[Plays note]

And then the singer
hit that high B flat.

[Plays b flat]

Man, what are
you talking about?

This.

It's the devil's tritone.

The diablo's musica.

Classical music outlawed
it for centuries

Because it made people crazy.

So did Bev, and Kiersten,
and Finner, and Rodney all

Have in common?

Finner's music.

Finner's damn music.

(SINGING) Make me
want to scream.

Then you add the
cicadas down here.

Man, that is the stupidest
shit I've ever heard.

This ain't no Japanese
monster movie.

Evelyn, the cicadas are loud.

They've got
incredible resonance.

Listen to them make
the air vibrate.

Some combination of frequencies
must set up off the killer.

Shit, I could
have told you that.

Some dudes get shortwave on
their braces and hip pins.

Over in 'Nam, you could
hear stuff in the air

That wasn't normal, man.

Hell, I knew this dude in
Cleveland with a steal pelvis.

Got a hard on every
time the train went by.

You know what?

You just maybe right.

Damn right, I'm right.

Frequencies.

Vibrations.

Damn right, college boy.

RUTHIE: I think they're in here.

You fooled me.

You know something about
people disappearing.

That's it, man.

Listen, you little
people want to know

What happened to your folks?

It's the devil's trilogy, man,
messing with some guy's head

And making him freak out.

The devil's trilogy, man.

But Evelyn, but
messing with who's head?

It doesn't bother me.

It doesn't bother you.

Don't ask me.

I ain't no Houdini.

What about all your theories
with brain waves, and

Vibrations, and all that stuff?

And vets with weird experimental
stuff in their bodies?

What vets you talking about?

It's Leudke.

Something weird about his head.

It's got metal inside of it.

PETER: You know that for sure?

I've got the stud
finer reading.

Also, he's got a war helmet
with the top blown out of it.

What trouble you
people got with Leudke?

Murder.

Five murders.

Your granddad would slap you in
the snap box talking like that.

PETER: Including his murder.

WAYNE: Ah, you're
flapping your gills again.

You got to have evidence
to talk like that.

You're all fishing in waters
you know nothing about.

You're all full of crap.

He's got metal in his head.

That's standard.

They slap a metal plate
in some guy's head

And say, have a
nice life, sucker.

I got research on that.

An eye beam lobotomy,
standard procedure

Out of the Korean War.

Metal plates, craniectomy.

Some guys pick up vibrations,
and it makes them freak out.

Call the sheriff.

Forget the sheriff.

He wants bodies.

Hasn't been a murder
up here in 17 years.

Nah, the sheriff
won't touch Leudke.

Then we have to.

Lock and load.

[Water flowing]

[Blowing whistle]

PETER: Shut up, Evelyn.

[Music "fishing for your love"]

[Cicadas]

Shit.

Look at this.

Bev's wedding ring.

Oh, god.

There's your friends, man.

The sheriff won't buy it.

No bodies.

Ugh.

Christ.

[Music playing]

[Cicadas]

[Grunting]

[Screaming]

[Screaming]

[Whimpers]

Come on.

Come on.

[Grunting]

Come on.

Come on, come on, come on.

[Grunting]

Hurry.

[Cicadas intensifying]

[Screaming]

[Clattering]

Shit, it's Leudke.

I heard your ass, man.

Ann?

Ann?

[Radio playing]

Slow down, man.
What's happening?

Leudke.

The bastard's got Ann.

Let me go.

I'm going down there
and blowing him away.

Let me go, damn it.

He's got Ann.

Knock it off, or
I'll mess you up good.

You're not thinking straight.

If we storm Leudke, he's mad
and kill your woman flat out.

OK.

Damn it, let me go.

We got to use proper tactics.

Got to smoke him out.

He's got a hostage.

What's all the racket?

Leroy Leudke ain't
killed nobody.

Nothing wrong with Leroy.

Like hell there ain't.

Man goes crazy.

Kills people out on the lake.

Grinds them up.

Feeds them to his minnows.

We seen everything.

He's the one who killed
your old buddy van Clease.

He killed my Bev.

The man's picking up
vibrations in his head.

Ah, that's just your
mouth again, Evelyn.

Bull shit, old man.

Talk about the walking wounded.

That's all I hear about.

Talk about van Clease and
the lucky goddamn bullet

For 20 years.

Time you did some
talking about Leudke.

What are you trying to hide?

Dude got a plate
in his head or not?

Yes, Leroy's got a plate
in his head from Korea.

But you ain't got any
evidence for nothing.

Bullshit again, old man.

Here's the ring you
helped me get for Bev.

Found it in the man's bake tank.

Don't prove nothing.

Could have come in off the lake.

I got the lucky bullet.

Where'd you get this?

At Leudke's.

He cut the slug.

He cut it out of him.

Jeez.

We used to go out
for muskies together.

He's been topping me out
with the big for 30 years.

We catch him with bait.

What kind of bait?

Bait.

Turn yourself into bait, and
it's simple to lure him out.

Somebody's got to take a hell
of a chance, but it'll work.

All you do is get Eve here out
on the lake with your music

And wait for the cicadas.

And when Leudke comes after
him, you and I got for the girl.

Aw, hell pop.

That won't work.

You could sit out
there all night.

Ah, you know it
will work, Evelyn.

It's a question of guts.

You.

You want to hang to your
grandfather, your lady friend?

But what if the sound sets off
Leudke inside the bait shop?

He'll kill Ann.
Forget it.

It won't work.

Do you have a better idea,
or are you just talking too?

I'll go after them myself.

All right.

All right.

You've got your bait.

[Crickets]

[Cicadas]

[Inaudible] on the road.

[Cicadas]

It was an accident,
wasn't it, Leroy?

Can I call you Leroy?

I mean, it was an accident,
killing all those people.

I know you didn't really
mean to do it, or anything.

But well, hey, look, Leroy,
accidents are normal.

[Cicadas]

WAYNE (VOICEOVER): It's a
question of guts, a question

Of guts, a question of guts.

Why not ask yourself
if you're really

In touch with your
feeling about all this.

I mean, your mean, your real
feelings about killing me.

Do you really feel
you have to kill,

Or is it just some
sort of a smokescreen

For a bigger emotional problem?

Because Leroy, you may not
want to admit this to yourself,

Since it is pretty
heavy, but I don't think

You really want to kill me.

[Cicadas]

[Plays radio briefly]

We can talk about
it if you'd like.

Uh, you don't have to be afraid
of being honest with yourself.

And another thing is, I'd be
more than glad to give you

The space to work things out.

But... hey, woah, Leroy, if you
feel comfortable killing me,

That's fine.

I'm an adult. I
can live with it.

Mm-mm.

Leroy?

[Cicadas]

ANN (VOICEOVER):
What I'm saying is,

You're afraid to
make noise, make

Noise, make noise, make noise.

[Birds chirping]

That's it, Pop.

He didn't do it.

Leudke's going out fishing.

The dude's woman is history.

God damn disgrace.

I'll go after him myself.

[Engine]

Good morning.

God damn it.

You son of a bitch.

I'll kill you.

[Birds chirping]

[Boat motor]

Well, there you be, folks.

What more can I say?

The amazing Leroy
Leudke does it again.

Right in under the time
limit with a 50-pound fish

To take first place.

Leroy, Leroy Leudke,
tell us how you do it?

It's him.

It's him.

He's doing it.

God damn it, give me my gun.

Wayne, I'm going
to have to arrest

You if you don't ease up.
You always got next year.

Now, take it easy.

It's still a friendly contest.

Nothing friendly about murder.

[Crying]

Sorry about that little bit
of muskie madness, folks.

Let's have a big round of
applause for the new champion,

Leroy Leudke.

[Applause]

It's Leudke.

He killed van Clease.

He killed Beverly.

Some of those kids bastards
up there drawing tears.

I don't know whether to
believe you, Wayne, or not.

Really, I don't.

Leudke's a hero around here.

He's a friend of mine too.

But he's a rival, though
Wayne, too, isn't he?

See?

Ah, nobody's really dead
around, Wayne, are they?

Come on.

Go home and stay there.

I have got to get
things under control.

Do me a favor, Wayne.

I'll be out later.

[Crowd chattering]

Last night was a
goddamn disgrace.

Want things done
right around here,

You got to do them yourself.

Your grandfather did.

Fight for what you love.

That's exactly what I'm doing.

Teach me to cast this thing
as good as my grandfather.

I'm going after Leudke.

There are better
ways to do that, son.

Your granddad was no fool.

Wasn't no big talker neither.

You just going to talk,
or teach me to cast?

WAYNE: You can't beat
Leudke at his own game, Son.

Now, you take my piece
here, and do what you

Should have done last night.

You want things
perfect, don't you?

You want the perfect
revenge on the man.

You want to take him,
like he took the rest.

You want to take him with
a treble hook at night.

Don't you?

Don't you van Clease?

Not yet.

Don't call me van Clease yet.

I've gotta fight for it.

[Dramatic trumpet music]

[Crickets]

[Cicadas]

OK.

I'll make some noise.

[Radio playing]

[Cicadas]

[Screaming]

[Screaming]

[Grunting]

[Winding]

[Grunting]

[Screaming]

Ahh.

[Grunting]

[Screaming]

[Winding]

[Sharpening]

[Cicadas]

[Clattering]

[Leudke grunting]

[Playing radio]

[Screaming]

[Banging]

[Leudke grunting]

[Siren]

[Thud]

[Sirens]

Aaaah.

[Car engine]

MAN (ON RADIO): 1002.

Edwards three.

Calling on one.

WOMAN (ON RADIO): 74.

MAN (ON RADIO): 1374

[Muffled radio voices]

I could use your help, Wayne.

You know these woods
better than anybody.

He can't last long
bleeding like he is.

Not better than he does,
I don't know these woods.

Will you help me Wayne?

Best I can.

[Dramatic music]

[Cicadas]

[Cicadas]

[Leudke screaming]

[Theme music]