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(thunder crashes)

(swing music playing)

(rain falling)

(music ceases)

BILLY: Whoa!

STEPHANIE: All the food's gonna go bad

Yeah, I drew up a list

I'll hit the store before it gets all bought out

Fuck

- Can you save it? - No No way

No, I gotta start over from scratch

I'll call the studio when the phones get back up,

see if they can extend my deadline

STEPHANIE: What choice do they have?

(David sighs heavily)

You kiddin'?

They could whip up some bad Photoshop poster in an afternoon

They do it all the time Two big heads

I should have brought it downstairs with me last night

Just stupid, I guess

Well, sweetie, you couldn't exactly know

that a tree was gonna come flying through the window

Yeah, I'll hit the hardware store too,

get some plastic sheeting and duct tape

and seal this up before it gets dark, you know

Order in some new glass

Oh, you know what? That was your...

that was your grandfather�s tree, the one he planted

- Oh - Used to play in that tree

It's just stuff, though

You know, we're safe That�s all that counts

Yeah

Mom, Dad, you gotta come see

Hey, Billy, take it easy, all right?

I really don't want you running all over the place

But you gotta come look

The boathouse is all bashed! Holy crap!

Billy

Sorry, Mom, but you just gotta come! Come on!

Whoa!

Whoa

- Whoa - Come on

Having spoken, the Doomsayer departs

- BILLY: Come on! - (Stephanie chuckles)

How do you two always manage to make me laugh?

- You have incredibly low standards - Mm-hmm

Let's go, uh, see the damage

No

- Norton's tree - (sighs) Yeah

You mean the dead one I've been asking him

to take down for three years before it finally blew over?

That tree?

- Really got swooshed - You ain't kiddin'

Look at that

What is it, Daddy?

Mist

- On the lake? - We've had mist on the lake before

Coming off the mountain like that?

Two fronts meeting,

left over from the storm, something like that

You sure?

Honey, I'm not the weatherman

Why don't you take Billy, get him dressed

I'll take him to town with me

Okay Where you going?

I'm gonna go have a little chat with our neighbor about his tree

Hon

Don't worry, I'm not gonna punch him in the nose

You know what he�s gonna say

He's gonna say, "Sue me," which, I don't know, maybe we should

Honey, one property dispute with this guy

is enough to last me a lifetime

I'm gonna ask for his insurance information

Okay

- That�s all - Yeah

(Norton grunting, pulling chainsaw chain)

NORTON: Oh! Mother fucker!

Aw, shit!

Oh, you mother fucker!

Cock sucker!

"Turn on

"Full choke

Pull five choke"

I guess you've seen the...

boathouse

Yeah, and...?

Nothin'

Just think we should trade insurance info, you know?

That�s all

(scoffs)

Oh, my insurance guy's gonna hove me

Oh

Shit The 1980

NORTON: I was gonna bring the station wagon, but

I don't know, the weather was so beautiful coming out of New York,

I just... You know, top down

I'm sorry, man I mean it

Sincerely

hat's nice of you to say No, that car was cherry

I hate to see it like that

Okay, I'll tell you what,

I'll find my insurance guy's number, I'll bring it by later

- That okay? - No problem

So, uh, David...

you�re not heading to town today by any chance, are you? F

DAVID: Well, CMP's out in force

Maybe we'll get our power back

NORTON: I know some storm, huh?

One for the books, yeah

For a moment there last night,

I thought we were gonna take off and head for Oz

WZON is off the air,

but Portland's still broadcasting

Daddy, look

Ah

Guys from the base

- From up the mountain? - Uh-huh

The Arrowhead Project?

Well, you're a local

Any idea what they do up there?

Missile defense research

You know, I'm sure you've heard the stories

Oh, sure

The woman at the Laundromat says that, uh,

they have a crashed flying saucer up there with frozen alien bodies

Right Miss Edna Yeah

Miss Tabloid (chuckles)

"I Had Bigfoot's Baby"

"Satan's Face Appears in Oil Well Fire"

You know, real reliable stuff

DAVID: Well, they�re in a hurry

Maybe their power's out too

Still no signal

Why don't you go ahead? I'm gonna try Steph on a pay phone

Can I go with Mr. Norton, Daddy?

Sure, if you promise to hold his hand, I guess

- BILLY: Yeah - Yeah

Here's a list

- Sure - Okay?

Meet you guys in there

Hold hands

MAN: I'm sorry I didn't know it was your sister

(pulsing tone)

(click s phone cradle; pulsing tone continues)

BO Y: That look s so freaky!

Hmm

(chatter)

- Sally, hey - Hey, Mr. Drayton

You guys look jammed up

Yeah, well, half the staff didn't show, plus the power's out

Oh, no What, no backup generator?

Only to keep the food cold

Everything else, welcome to the Dark Ages,

and bring your checkbook

Hey, Thursday night, Steph and I want a date night

- Baby-sit? - Heck, yearly I'm there

Oh, my God

OLLIE: (humorless chuckle) The storm

Everybody's stockin' up Been like this since we opened

Crappy day, huh?

Eh, everyone's a little pissed off this morning

'Morning, Mrs. Carmody

With lines like these, I don't know how good it is,

but I guess we'll have to make do

- Keep your head down, pal - I know it

Hey, champ

Your wife should be a doctor

She could make a fortune in Manhattan with this handwriting

Yeah, it takes some getting used to

Why don't you get your stuff? I'll meet you at the checkout

Okay, done

Hey, David, thanks for helping me out today

Are you and Mr. Norton gonna be friends now, Daddy?

Oh, I don't know

"Friends" might be stretching it a little

I guess you're not mad at each other anymore

I guess not

And that�s a start, huh?

BUD: I'm sorry, ma'am, the registers are down

the power outage got us too

Hopefully we'll have power up pretty soon

(indistinct conversation)

(chuckles)

- The bus leaves in 30 minutes - We'll make it, okay?

You guys get the goodies I'll wait in line

(customers chattering)

BUD: I need some change on register five

Good morning, Ms Reppler

BILLY: Hello, Ms Reppler

Well, hello to you, Billy Drayton

How'd you hold up in the storm?

We had a tree come through the picture window last night,

right in my studio

And the boathouse got all swooshed Mr. Norton's tree fell on it

IRENE: Ouch

- Yeah - IRENE: Sorry to hear that

DAVID: How'd you guys make out?

HATTIE: Oh, we're fine It's the listings I'm worried about

At the very least, I'll bet every one of our "For Sale" signs fell over

IRENE: We had damage at the school, wouldn't you know?

That�s what we get for not fixing that roof when we should�ve,

but with funds being cut every year

You'd think educating children

would be more of a priority in this country,

but you'd be wrong

Government's got better things to spend our money on,

like corporate handouts and building bombs

(passing sirens wail)

(fire truck horn blares)

Daddy, is there a fire? Is Mommy all right?

I'm sure she�s fine Don't worry, okay?

Mind what you're doing, Sally

SOLDIER: Oh, come on, we got 10 days' leave

Check our papers

Look, I told you, all leaves are cancelled

I don't know why

I gotta go check the pharmacy out

Three men meet me back at the Jeep in five minutes

That�s an order

Shit, man! Another half an lour, and we'd have been gone

(Klaxon blares)

(Klaxon continues)

Oh, my God!

Something in the mist!

- (excited shouting) - Something in the mist

took John Lee!

Dan, catch your breath

Something in the mist took John Lee

I could hear him screaming

Shut the doors! Shut the doors! My God!

Daddy, I'm scared Can we go home?

(Klaxon blares)

DAN: Don't go out there

There�s something in the mist It took John Lee

MAN: Screw that! I'm gettin' in my car

Mister, no!

(police siren wails)

(police siren ceases)

(keys jangling)

(man screaming)

Please hold me

- (Billy whimpers) - It's okay, it's okay

CORNELL: It's a pollution cloud The mills down in Rumford

Some kind of chemical explosion Has to be

MAN: (whispering) What is it?

What�s going on?

It's death

Aahh!

(crashing and rumbling)

(screaming and shouting)

(screaming)

(building girders groaning)

- (screaming and shouting) - MAN: Stay down!

BILLY: Daddy!

(rumbling stops)

(woman coughing)

(woman weeping)

MAN: (faintly) You okay?

(coughing)

That was an earthquake

I tell you, the goddamn mills blew up!

OLLIE: Is everyone okay? Is anyone hurt?

Everybody just stay put, okay? Just stay inside the store

I can't I can't stay here I gotta get home to my kids

MRS. CARMODY: No No, don't go out there

It's death out there It's the end of days

Stop it, okay? Stop it

NORTON: Please, everybody, everybody just relax, okay?

He's right Let's just stay cool

Let's just try to figure out what happened

I'm sorry, l... I can't just stay here I have to get home to my kids

Ma'am, no, you can't go out there

Could be a poisonous gas cloud

Didn't you hear that man screaming?

I agree Let's stay here until we figure it out

WOMAN: You're not listening!

I can't stay here

Wanda's looking after little Victor She�s only 8

Sometimes she forgets she�s supposed to be watching him

I told them I'd only be gone a few minutes

She�s only 8

For their sakes,

don't

Well, isn't anybody gonna help me?

DAVID: (softly) Shhh It's okay, pal

Won't somebody here see a lady home?

You?

You?

- DAVID: (softly) It's okay, buddy - You?

Ma'am, p debased, got my own boy to worry about

I hope you all rot in hell

OLLIE: Ma'am, please, wait until...

(soft weeping)

BUD: Okay, let's start cleaning up, okay?

Get the spilled bottles, broken glass, stuff like that

Aisle three has medical supplies

- (Billy crying) - It's okay It's okay

All right, easy, champ Come on

Come on

Come on All right, hey, hey, hey

Can't keep crying like this, pal

Come on!

Come on, you're gonna hurt yourself

- Come on, are you all right? - I want Mommy!

All right, I know you want Mommy

(very softly) All right, just try to breathe

Just try to breathe, okay?

(Billy crying)

Just try to breathe, pal That�s okay

- (Billy crying) - It's all right

I haven�t seen him suck his thumb like this since he was 2 years old

AMANDA: He's in shock

I think we all are

IRENE: You haven�t met

Amanda Dunfrey

She�s new in town as of this semester

Teaches third grade

and the special ed kids, now that Mosher�s retired

She�s wonderful The kids love her

And David's an artist

He does movie posters and such

And me

Lord, I'm babbling away like some old biddy at a tea party!

My nerves are jangled, guess

Boy settle down?

How is he?

Still hot

Why don't I get him some aspirin

- Aisle three - Okay

Thanks

DAVID: How's Dan?

His nose stopped bleedin'

He's calmer now Somebody gave him a Valium

Can't believe the way he ran in here

Never seen him like that

I need something to cover my boy up Got any blankets?

Furniture pads loadin' dock

Gonna keep checking' on people If you need anything, just holler

You bet Sally, you mind?

Oh, I'd love to I really should help him clean up

- I'll take him - Okay

Daddy, don't go

No, I'll be gone two seconds, Big Bill Come on, I'm gonna get your blanket

Mrs. Reppler's here,

and so is Mrs. Turman

I'll be close by, okay?

- Okay - Don't worry, I'm not far Okay?

Let me look at you

Hmm?

HATTIE: Wanna lie down?

Yeah

There you go

NORTON Soon as it blows away, we can walk out of here safe and free,

but we have to be smart about it

First thing we need to do is keep our wits about us

and find out what�s happened

MAN: Well, how we gonna do that, my man?

We've got no phone signal, got no radio

NORTON: I'm sure they�re working on those problems as we speak

It stands to reason that restoring communications

would be their top priority

(machinery hums)

(David coughs)

(coughing) Jeez!

(coughs)

Oh, shit

- (sharp crack) - Own!

Shit!

(grunts)

God damn it!

Own! Own!

Bitch!

NORTON: It's obvious that we're...

we're in some kind of natural disaster here

MAN: Ain't nothin' obvious about this sombitch from where I sit

CORNELL: There ain't nothin' natural about it either

MAN: That�s right

MRS. CARMODY: It's Judgment Day, and it's come round at last

There is nothing more obvious or natural than that

MAN: Oh, fuck, now

MRS. CARMODY: You've done that to yourself,

by a life of sin and dissolution

(metal rumbling and creaking)

(rumbling and creaking cease)

(metal rumbling and creaking)

(creaking loudly)

Hey, whoa! David!

DAVID: Hey, you guys hear that?

The generator? We're just gonna check it out

No, no, I turned the generator off

It... it was backing up

- N-nobody else heard that sound? - What sound?

I don't know, like a weird noise,

back there in the dark

Like something was, like, pressing against the door

Did you hear it before the lights went out, or after?

No, only after

After, but, look, I heard it, okay?

- Nobody's calling you a liar - That�s what it sounds like

JIM: No, no, no, no Now, don't be that way, Mr. Drayton

You had a scare, no doubt

What say we all go check it out?

Here

JIM: Oooopf! (chuckles)

Man

It's pretty rank in here

- Myron, go check it out - All right

Go on, fire it up

(generator whirrs to life)

JIM: (laughing) All right!

Shut it off!

Holy crow, don't that stink!

MYRON: Something�s got the exhaust vent

plugged up from the outside

You get it running long enough to raise that door a little,

I'll go out and clear whatever�s blockin' it

No, no, you can't do that

MYRON: Why not? It's an electric door, right?

Well, yeah, but it may not be wise to send him out there

MYRON: Okay, I'll do it

No, look, it's not about who goes out there

What, don't you think I can do it?

Hey! I want to go! It was my idea

Well, wait, just stop, okay?

- J-Jim, right? - JIM: Mm-hmm

Myron? You guys are

you, well, you don't seem to understand,

or you're tryin' real hard not to

This is no ordinary mist, okay?

You open that door, and something gets in here

NORM: Like what?

Well, like whatever made that noise I heard

Are you guys being willfully dense?

Mr. Drayton, you'll pardon me,

but I'm not convinced that you heard anything

I mean, we're not hearing anything now, right?

Anybody?

See?

(Jim chuckles)

Now, I know, I know you�re a big shot artist

with connections in New York and Hollywood and all like that,

but that don't make you better than anybody else, not in my book

Hey, I didn't say that

Nor do I like being talked down to or called stupid

by a guy who went to college, just 'cause he�s got the jitters

Fellas, it doesn't even matter about the generator

The food'll keep without it

Kid, I'm gonna start the motor, you raise the door,

and you yell out when you got enough room

Yeah Okay, good

DAVID Wait

This is...

You guys gonna let this kid risk his life

over a generator that doesn't even matter?

Would you just shut the fuck up already?

OLLIE: Norm!

JIM: Listen, Mr. Drayton, I tell you what

The next time you got somethin' to say,

you count your teeth,

because I'm sick to death of your bullshit

All right?

Come on, Myron

- DAVID: This is crazy! - OLLIE: Leave 'em be

What am I, impugning their manhood or something?

Listen, they�ve lost their sense of proportion

What�s going on here?

Out there in the market, they were scared and confused

In here, there�s a problem they can solve,

so they�re goddamn gonna solve it

- MYRON: Ready, kid? - Let's rock

Norm, come on

Don't, man

(generator whirrs to life)

DAVID: It's a mistake

Pussy

Go up!

So

any bogeymen?

(Jim laughs)

JIM: Pretty scary, ain't it, Norm?

Yeah, right

(laughter)

MYRON: Norm

Norm!

What the fuck!

Ahhhh! Get it off! Get it off!

Get this friggin' thing off me!

Get it off! Help me!

Help me! Help me!

Aahh! AAAAHHHH!

Jesus!

(Norm shouting)

There�s more! There�s more!

Somebody help me

Somebody help me

What the fuck are you waitin' for?

(Norm crying and shouting)

Aaalhlhlhlh!

Hang on!

Aaalhlhlhlh!

Hold him still! Hold him still!

Aaalhlhlhlh!

Oh, Jesus!

(Norm grunting and straining)

(monster sniffing)

MYRON: Aahh!

Aahh!

JIM: Shit! Oh, shit!

Oh, shit!

OLLIE: David, it's no good!

Aahh!

DAVID: Start the generator

Aahh! Aaaggglhlhlh!

Gaaalhlhlhlh!

(Norm screams)

(monster shrieks)

Hey, I'm sorry

I mean, how the...

how the hell was I supposed to know what you meant? F

You said you heard something

How was I supposed to know what you meant?

You should�ve said what you meant better

I don't know, I thought maybe it was a big bird or something

You got that kid killed!

Did you get a good look at it? Huh?

Did you get a good look at what you did?

- Huh? - David!

Don't hit him anymore! Doesn't solve anything!

You two assholes, you got that kid killed!

And I got his fuckin' blood on me!

(groaning)

(David panting)

Okay, I'm done

Okay

What�s next?

Kill the generator

That�s the first thing

JIM: I'm sorry

DAVID: Jesus Christ! Oh, God!

JIM: I'm... I'm sorry about the kid

Oh, God Oh, God Oh, God

We oughta get out of here

(coughing and retching)

Hey, we didn't twist his arm

Yeah, he�s a fuckin' kid He's supposed to be stupid

What�s your excuse, huh?

Get outta here

Go back in the market Stay by the door

Don't say anything, to anybody

Not yet

Not yet

(generator whirrs)

(generator stops)

OLLIE: (softly) Shit

David? Need a little light here

We have to tell 'em

The people in the market, we have to stop 'em going outside

They won't believe us

They have to

I'm not sure I believe it I was here

W-what we saw was impossible

You know that, don't you?

I mean, what...

what do we say?

How do we convince them?

Ollie, what the hell were those tentacles even attached to?

Oh, my God! Are... are you all right?

DAVID: Shhh! Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's not my blood I'm fine

W-what the hell happened?

I'll explain Give me a minute, okay?

I need to deal with something first

Please, I've got to...

I can't let Billy see me like this He's scared enough

Just give me a minute Keep him distracted Okay?

Okay

JIM: Hey, look, I'm sorry about Norm

M de too

I mean, I ain't makin' excuses, I'm just sayin'

Look, we need to tell people

No need to say how it went down or anything like that,

but, uh, we're in the deep shit here

People need to know

MYRON: What about the out-of-towners?

We got plenty of them in the store Where do we even start?

- OLLIE: Brent Norton? - JIM: That windbag?

He's an important attorney in New York

That fellow could be on the bench one day

Counts a lot with people of this town, or... or anywhere

- MYRON: Yeah, that�s right - Do it quick, David

We've got to discuss how we're gonna stop that thing getting in here

W-wait What do you mean getting in?

You shut the loading door

Yeah, but the entire front of the store is plate glass

Jesus Christ

NORTON: I was wondering where you'd gotten to

DAVID: Um, listen

that guy that came in here, the one with the bloody nose

(conversation continues indistinctly)

They�re... they�re... We saw tentacles

Ain't goin' very well, is it?

Uh-uh

- You what? - Come here, you've got...

Come here

Tell him

It's true

Tentacles Yeah

Um, gentlemen, um

I'm sorry, l... I'm just not that stupid

I mean, what do you take me for?

I'm shocked

I'm shocked

I'm shocked It's pretty tasteless

using what�s happening here to try to make me look like an idiot

No, no, that�s not what�s going on here

Look, come back to the loading dock, okay?

I'll show you

Blood a chunk of tentacle on... on the floor

No

No? What do you mean no?

No We've got real problems to deal with here,

and this pathetic attempt at a joke

has gone far enough

Mr. Norton, what reason could we possibly have...?

Oh, please! Please!

This is payback for the lawsuit that I filed against him last year,

and you guys are backing him up

So winning wasn't enough, huh?

You wanted to humiliate me some more,

show me a rubber snake while these... these hicks

stand around laughing their asses off

- Watch who you callin' a hick! - Myron! Myron!

- Hey, hey, fuck...! - JIM: Mr. Norton

I swear, you have got us all wrong

You're not too crazy about, um, out-of-towners, are you?

I only spend my money, and I pay my taxes here,

and I have seen you talking behind my back

Y'all stick together

Well, don't I feel foolish?

I actually thought you were being kind to me today,

and, well, thanks for setting me straight

And I'm glad that tree fell on your boathouse, you know that?

Glad Smashed it in pretty good, didn't it? Fantastic

Now, all of y'all, just stay out of my way

I know you're scared, man I'm scared too

- Lives are at stake around here - David...

Okay, my son's life Now, I need you

Brent, please, get your head out of your ass

All right, I'll drag you back there if I have to

Come here

David, get your goddamn hands off of me!

I'll sue your ass again!

Sue your ass, and this time you'll go to jail!

This man assaulted me

He assaulted me You were witness to it

This man's crazy He's crazy

No

He isn't I wish he was, but he isn't

(scoffs)

E-everyone in the store, you want to come back here?

There�s something you need to hear It concerns you all

Okay

BUD: W-w-wait I don't know what you people think you're doing

You're drinking?

For Christ�s sake, Ollie

Do you want me to report you? You want to lose your job?

Look, I'm gonna be taking down names, starting with you

And I am prepared to file a police report

- Fine, Bud, write down your names - I will

But in the meantime, shut the fuck up and listen

This is Mr. David Drayton

You need to hear what he�s got to say if you're thinking about leaving

DAVID: Go hang out with the ladies, all right?

Listen, don't be scared

It's okay

Okay

This is how it is

Now, I don't know what this mist is

but there are things in it, and they�re dangerous, like Dan said

That�s right

That�s exactly right

MAN: What kind of things?

I never saw it It happened too fast

I got knocked down

Five of us went back in the loading dock

It was Jim, Myron, Ollie

me

Norm, the bagboy

- We opened the door - Where�s Norm?

So Norm could go out and clear the vent for the generator

Something come out of the mist and took him

Took him?

What do you mean?

Just killed him

I mean dragged him off

Now, guys, I don't know what these things are

All we saw were tentacles

(onlookers muttering)

WOMAN: Tentacles?

NORTON: Tentacles, he says

Tentacles from Planet X

It's a lie, you know

I mean, all these people do is just lie each other up

It's a pile of shit

Of course it's a lie Of course it's a lie

It's lunacy

From the look of it, the tentacles are coming out of the beer cans

All right, uh, Bud, don't take our word for it

Go look

DAVID: (softly) Over there

What the hell is that?

(sizzling sound)

It appears we may have a problem of some magnitude here

Yeah, just keep 'em in line Thanks

Let me

help these people

Let me...

let me preach your word

Let me shine your light,

'cause they�re not all bad

They can't all be bad

Some can be saved, can't they?

Yes

Some can be brought

to heaven�s holy gates through your grace

I have to believe that,

though I know most will swim in the lake of fire forever

if I can save a few

even one

then my life will have counted for something

I will have pulled my weight

I will have earned my place at your side

I will have served a purpose here on this earth

Hello?

(Mrs. Carmody sniffles softly)

What?

I just need to use the bathroom

Oh

Okay Well, then, have at it

Ma'am

l... I just want you to know that it's okay...

being scared, I mean...

and, well, if you need a friend...

you know, someone to talk to

I have a friend...

God up above I talk to him every day

Don't you condescend to me

I'm sorry?

Not ever You don't mock me

That�s not what I was doing

Well, I'll tell you what...

the day I need a friend like you,

I'll just have myself a little squat and shit one out

Maybe you do believe this

Maybe they�re not lies, they�re delusions Whatever

Uh, the fact remains, the evidence here is flimsy

- It's bordering on ludicrous - Hey, this isn't a courtroom

You're not arguing a case,

and you're doing nothing but damage, talking the way you are

And you can throw as much cow's blood around the loading dock as you want to

You still haven�t fooled anyone

OLLIE: Leave it alone, David

You can't convince some people there�s a fire

even when their hair is burning

Denial is a powerful thing

Well, keep talking

I'll have no part of it, nor would any thinking person

Keep thinking, Mr. Lawyer

There�s no defense against the will of God

There�s no court of appeals in hell

There�s no defense here, either

Not even with all the fertilizer in the world,

not even if you stack it as high as you can

It's still just bags of shit, isn't it?

Those of you who want to discuss this thing rationally

to find a means of rescue are welcome to join me

Those who want to stack dog food,

knock yourselves out

We got those windows taped up as best we could

It should help

Yeah, think so?

Duct tape ad dog food bags

That bad?

It's not good

There�s none so blind as those who will not see

Open your eyes

Let the scales fall away

This has all been written

Revelations, chapter 15:

"And the temple was filled with smoke

"from the glory of God

"and from his power,

"and no one could enter the temple

until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed"

Well, what are you saying?

What are you proposing?

That we all prepare

to meet our Maker

JIM: Oh, prepare to meet shit!

Lady, your tongue must be hung in the middle

so that it can waggle at both ends

MRS. CARMODY: The end time has come,

not in flames, but in mist

JIM: Come here!

MYRON: Easy! Back off!

How about if your ass prepares to meet my size-10 work boot

How about that?

Hey, there�s no call for that

Myron, please, calm your friend down

MRS. CARMODY: I'm trying to save your soul, you stupid man

- Doubters will doubt till the end - It's okay

No, I'm sorry, I'm sorry

A monstrosity did pull that poor boy away

Things in the mist... do you doubt?

Do you?

Then go out

Go out and say, "How do you do"

Shut up, lady

or God's sakes

Look, you'll have to stop now You're scaring the children

They should be scared

Oh, yes, they should

Their beautiful, pure little minds

have been corrupted with lies

Lies

All this talk of a modern God,

or no God

There is one God

The God of the Israelites

And he is a stern and vengeful God,

and we have been mocking him far too long,

and now he demands retribution in blood

It is time to declare yourselves

Take sides...

the saved and the damned

Read the Good Book It calls for expiation

- Blood! - What?

Blood

Little Normie was first,

and now God calls the rest of us

The bill is due

It must be paid

As Abraham prepared to sacrifice his only son

to prove his love for God, so...

- Enough - (onlookers gasp)

- Oh - Another down payment

A few more pennies in the jar

Now, that�s nice, see I can't smack her, but it's okay for you

I-I'm sorry everybody,

but this lady's perspective is a little too Old Testament for my taste

MRS. CARMODY: They�ll come for you

Maybe tonight, when darkness comes

They�ll come tonight, and they�ll take someone else

See if they don't

And when they do,

you will cry to God,

and you will beg Mother Carmody to show you the way

OLLIE: That�s fine

But until then, if you don't shut up,

I'll wrap this tape around your mouth

You just try it, Ollie Week s

And you, bitch

you hit me again

if you dare

You'll be on your knees to me before this is through

Those of you who aren't local should know

that Mrs. Carmody is known in town for being

unstable

No shit What was your first clue?

SOLDIER: Shhh

Hi

What�s up, little dude?

How come your friends don't come get us?

They got tank s and stuff, right?

Why can't you just call 'em?

Phones don't work

But don't you got, like, a radio?

Hey, champ, what�s going on?

I want their friends to come rescue us

They would if they could, pal They�re stuck here just like us

But...

Shhh Now, guys, we could use a hand over there

SOLDIER: Yeah, sure thing

SOLDIER #2: Troop, off your asses

- DAVID: You all right? - I don't like that scary lady

Oh, man, I don't either

But you know what?

Maybe she�s scared too

You think?

You think Mommy's okay?

(sighs) Billy

I'm sorry about the times I was bad to her

Aw, hey

Mommy loves you very much

And I'll bet she�s fine

And I promise you,

I'm gonna do everything I can to get us back to her

- Okay? - 'Kay

- Yeah? - 'Kay

So, we can use the charcoal fluid and the mops

to make torches

And we've got knives and stuff, God knows

This may be a silly question, Bud, but

do you happen to have a gun in the store?

Here? No Please

This... this isn't Los Angeles

I've got a shotgun in my truck

I could try for it if you want

Oh, God, I don't think that�d be a good idea, Mr. Cornell

Hold on

This gun, um

my husband�s idea

He's away on business a lot

It's not even loaded

Ain't much use unloaded, ma'am

AMANDA: Um

DAVID: You know how to use that?

Well, I shot it once on a pistol range

Hit the target a few times

So, we got a gun

Anybody know how to shoot it?

Well I mean?

I do

You?

(scoffs) Ollie Please

Some target shooting

State champion in '94

- MAN: You're crazy if you go out there! - NORTON: Let us pass!

Let us pass, please!

Let's just talk this thing through

NORTON We have and we've made our decision. We're leaving.

Hey, Mr. Mackey's gonna barbecue some chicken on the gas grill

- Why don't we just sit down and just... - What, and let you keep on talking?

No, I've been in far too many courtrooms to fall for that

You've already psyched out half a dozen of my people already

AMANDA: Your people?

What kind of talk is that? They�re people, that�s all

Now listen everyone.

We are experiencing some kind of disaster

I don't know whether it's manmade or natural,

but I do know that it's definitely not supernatural

or biblical, and, no offense, Mrs. Carmody,

but the only way we're going to help ourselves

is to seek rescue

We're going out

- Brent, look - I'm not discussing this any further

I know I just want to ask a favor

Tie this around your waist

What for?

It�ll let us know you got at least 300 feet

I'll do it

Are you throwing in with them?

Me? No thanks

I think your man there is a little too tightly wound

Gonna get somebody killed

But I'm thinkin' we could use that shotgun of yours

I saw where you parked when I pulled in

Red pickup, right? Far entrance?

Son, you got brass balls

The shells are in the glove compartment

Drive it back

All right

Just see they�re paying out this line

Line's up, I'll cut her loose,

just so you understand

DAVID: Yeah

You sure there�s no way I can talk you out of this?

David

there�s nothing out there Nothing in the mist

What if you're wrong?

Then, I guess

the joke would be on me after all

We're gonna send back help

You'll die out there All of you

Hey, crazy lady, I believe in God too

I just don't think he�s the bloodthirsty asshole

you make him out to be

Well, you take that up with the devil when you run into him

You just chat it over at your leisure

Well, let's strike out toward the center of town

Keep it loose

DAVID: Nice and easy

OLLIE: (low) Keep going

(onlookers murmur)

JIM: Look

It's going

They�re doing good

Aahh! Aaalhlhlhlh!

(onlookers screaming)

(cord whistles sharply)

MAN: Put it down!

Oh! Pull!

MAN: Oh, my God! I'm slippin'!

Pull! Back up! Back up! Back up!

(onlookers scream and shout)

Get it off!

Oh, my God

(woman sobbing)

- JIM: Aw, shit. - MRS. CARMODY: Blood!

Awww, shit !

MRS. CARMODY: Oh, my God!

- (onlookers shouting) - Oh, my God!

(onlookers screaming)

Cut the rope!

Shut the door!

Now do you see? F

Now do you believe? F

OLLIE: About a half-hour of daylight left

Guys, how�s it going with these work lights?

We're gettin' 'em rigged up all right

Yeah, check it out

All right, all right Save it, save it

These batteries ain't topped up

You turn the lights on, it's gonna drain 'em quick

How quick?

- Five minutes, maybe ten - Yeah, if that

Okay, emergencies only

If something gets in the store

(sighs) Holy Jesus, you scared the shit outta me

Oh, Sally, I'm sorry, really

I thought I'd come in and say hi and see how you were holding up

- Hi - Hi

Barely How about you?

I'm worried about my folk s, I guess

You know, they live up on Shorn Road

That�s less than five miles from here

How 'bout yours?

Well, they�re out of town right now

They�re at my aunt's in Boston, so

That�s lucky That means they�re okay

hoped so

So

how soon you shipping out? F

Uh, couple week s

Scared about going over there?

(softly) Yeah

- Hey, Wayne? - Hmm?

How come you never asked me out?

We flirted all through high school I know you like me

(chuckles)

So how come?

I'm stupid, I guess

Oh, shit! I'm sorry

Don't be I just...

I just didn't really want it to happen like this, you know?

Some shitty locker room at work

Can we just stay in here a while, then?

I mean, just... just you and me

DAN: The parking lot lamps turned on

OLLIE: They�re on a timer

Must be a different one that�s live

DAN: Maybe we could tie into them somehow,

get some electricity in here

That�d mean walking out the door

- Gaaaalhlhlhlh! God! - (woman screams)

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

- OLLIE: David! David! - (indistinct)

WOMAN: You sure?

Look!

M y God

Are those bugs?

Not like any I've ever seen

MRS. CARMODY: "They came out of the smoke,

"locusts upon the earth,

"and unto them was given power

even as the scorpions of the earth have power"

(gasps) Wow

Look at those stingers

Dear God

Holy shit!

(monster shrieks; onlookers scream)

(screaming)

Myron, get the ones in the back!

God, I think they�re attracted to the light

- (screaming) - OLLIE: Look out, look out, look out!

The light! Douse the light!

Look out! Look out!

(screams and weeping)

Move Move

DAVID: Light, light, light, light, light!

(glass crashes)

"And there came a voice from the temple

"saying to the seven angels,

"'Go your ways

and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth"'

(monsters shrieking)

DAVID: Ollie, the glass is gonna give!

DAVID: Shit!

OLLIE: Oh, my God, they turned on all the lights!

- OLLIE: Jim! Myron! - DAVID: Fire!

- DAVID: Fire! Lighter! - OLLIE: Douse the lights!

- Come on, come on! - (lighter flick s)

Aahh!

Whoa!

Aahh!

Uglh!

Sally, look out!

No!

Oh! Oolhlhlhlh!

(groaning)

Let me see, let me see Let me see, sweetheart, let me see

No, you're gonna be okay You're gonna be okay

Let me see Let me see

You're fine You're gonna be okay You're gonna be okay

Give me the lighter! Put it on fire!

Come on!

Goddamn childproofing sons of bitches!

Aaalhlhlhlh!

Oh, shoot it! Shoot it!

Shoot it! Shoot it!

I can't! I'll smash the window!

AMANDA: (screaming) God!

Oh, God! Oh!

- Aaalhlhlh! - Go! Go!

(screams and shouts)

OLLIE: Get down!

(screaming and shouting)

OLLIE: Shit!

- Ollie, you want these lights on or off? - Leave 'em on

(screaming and shouting)

Aahh! Aaalhlhlhlh!

Oh, God!

Oh! Ohhhhhh! Kill it!

Aaaaalhlhlhlhlhlh!

(gasping)

MAN: Bring torches! Bring something to keep 'em out!

Come on

(Sally groaning)

WAYNE: Sally!

(screaming and shouting)

Where are the goddamn extinguishers?

(monster shrieking)

Get it! Get it! Get it!

MAN: Bring torches We need torches at the window!

Plug that hole!

Dad!

Down! Down! Lay down!

(Mrs. Carmody gasping)

Oh

My life

my life for you, your will be done

(nervous titter)

- (screams and shouts) - Daddy!

Bugs! Daddy!

(gunshot)

(onlookers scream)

(monster shrieks)

- Nooooo! Billy! - Daddy!

- Billy! - Daddy!

(monster shrieking)

HATTIE: Billy!

Dad!

HATTIE: Billy, come back here

- Dad! - Billy, please!

(monster shrieks)

HATTIE: Billy!

(gunshot)

(onlookers scream and shout)

MAN: Come on, let's move it!

MAN #2: Somebody please come over here and help

- (injured man screaming) - MAN #3: Here's some tape!

MAN #4: I'm right here I'm right here Don't worry

MAN #5: Hurry up with the blankets!

INJURED MAN: It hurts so bad! Please!

INJURED MAN: It hurts so bad!

MAN: Block it up here

Get me some more bags!

DAVID: Did we get 'em? Did we get 'em all?

WOMAN: She was right

She said that it would happen like this

She said that they would come at night

She told us someone would die

(monster snarling)

(monster grunting and chewing)

(grunts) Mommy

Oh, shhh, shhh, shhh It's okay

It's okay, it was just a dream

It's just a bad dream

BILLY: I want my mommy

I know

I know Of course you do

- Shhh - BILLY: I wanna go home

Just sleep

Everything'll be better in the morning

Think he likes you

(low) Well, I hate that I had to lie to him

You have kids?

No

I always wanted to, but

things haven�t been working out

Right now I'm thinking maybe that�s for the best

I saw creatures fly into the store tonight that...

they shouldn�t exist

I keep thinking I'm gonna wake up in a rubber room

You're not alone in that

We're all right there with you

This isn't gonna end, is it?

OLLIE: David

It's Joe He's getting worse

(sighs) Joe

How you holding' up, partner?

JOE: (labored) David is that you?

Yeah, pal, how you doin'?

(low) It's bad He's bad

Didn't know anything could hurt like this

If you guys can't help me

you... you gotta end it, okay?

Ollie's got that gun, right?

- JOE: Right? - No No way

JOE: You can't fuck with me on this, bro

Not with me like this

I'll do it

(crying) Just give me the gun

DAVID: Hey, hey Shhh

- We're not there yet, okay? - Oh, please!

Joe, now, listen

Pal

we're gonna work something out

I just need you to hang in a little longer, okay?

Can we do that?

(Joe weeps softly)

DAVID: Stay with him I'll be back

Hattie, I need to go to the bathroom Will you watch Billy?

Hattie

See anything?

DAN: The last of those bugs went away about four

Dawn's coming

What�s on your mind?

DAVID: It's Joe

We don't get him on some serious antibiotics,

he�s gonna die of infection

OLLIE: Plus he needs painkillers in the worst way

All... all... all we got here is liquor and aspirin

You... you thinkin' about goin' to that pharmacy next door?

Irene Reppler says they�ve got Silvadene...

you know, the stuff they use in burn wards

She knows where they keep it

Slow down

You can't actually be thinkin' of doin' this

I'm also thinkin' beyond that

We have to get out of here

I mean permanently

Why? We got plenty to eat!

What happens when one of those things decides to break through this window?

I'm talkin' one of the big ones, like the one that killed Norm

Yeah, and that flaming torch idea didn't work so well, did it?

We almost burned the goddamn store down

(soft footsteps approaching)

It's Hattie

(moving quietly)

DAVID: Here?

DAN: All right, gently, now Gently

BUD: One two three

AMANDA: I don't know how long she was there like that,

lying there next to us

I thought she was sleeping

I got my 4-wheel drive

It's out there

Y-you're talking about leaving?

Well, we

should hit the pharmacy first

We gotta bring back supplies for the injured

I mean, if we don't,

Joe Eagleton's gonna die, and we can't let that happen

But after that

look, my Land Cruiser can hold eight people

I say we drive south as far as the fuel takes us

and try to get clear of this mist

DAN: That�s it?

That�s the plan?

- That�s what I got - No, you can't mean it

Not after what happened to Norton and his group

No, no Amanda, think

Norton got over 200 feet from this store

That�s how much rope played out

I'm parked half that distance from here

But who knows how far this mist has spread?

It could be the entire eastern seaboard

Yeah, it could be the whole world, for all we know

Wouldn't make us any less dead, now, would it?

DAN: We have one gun

- How many rounds? - OLLIE: We got ten left

Ten rounds Jesus

Okay, so ten

Want another reason to get the hell out of here?

I'll give you the best one

Her

Mrs. Carmody

She�s our very own Jim Jones

I'd like to leave before people start drinking the Kool-Aid

He's right

Flakier people get, the better she�s gonna look

No, I don't buy that It's obvious she�s nuts

Look, a few people maybe, but...

No, I count four She�s preaching' to 'em right now

By noon, she�ll have four more

By tomorrow night, when those things come back,

she�ll have a congregation,

and then we can start worryin' about who she�s gonna sacrifice

to make it all better

Hmm?

You, Amanda?

My little boy?

DAN: He's right

You don't have much faith in humanity, do you?

None whatsoever

I can't accept that

People are basically good.

My God, David, we're a civilized society

Sure, as long as the machines are workin'

and you can dial 9-1-1,

but you take those things away, you throw people in the dark,

you scare the shit out of them,

no more rules

you'll see how primitive they get

You scare people badly enough,

you can get 'em to do anything

They�ll turn to whoever promises a solution,

or whatever

Ollie, please, back me up here

OLLIE: I wish I could

As a species, we're fundamentally insane

Put more than two of us in a room, we pick sides

and start dreaming up reasons to kill one another

Why do you think we invented politics and religion?

Oh, Jesus, that�s just

wrong

DAVID: Look, nobody has to decide anything now, okay?

First things first...

the pharmacy

That�ll be our test run

Okay?

(sighs heavily)

It's all right, Big Bill

I'm gonna bring you back some comic book s

I don't want them

I want you to stay here

I won't be gone long

Just... just next door

Hey, you'll be safe

Daddy...

Daddy, there are things out there

Things...

Yeah There�s a lot less of 'em in the daytime

They�ll wait

They�ll wait in the mist where you can't see 'em,

and then when you go and can't get back in

they�ll come and eat you up!

- Shhh - Daddy, don't go!

(sobbing)

I'll be back

Big Bill

I promise

I'll be back, and then I'm gonna take you home

All right?

Together, we're going home

If something happens, anything at all,

you cut and run

You get your ass back in here, for your boy's sake

If something happens to me, I want you to take care of Billy

best as you can, and as long as you can

Land Cruiser's yours now

You... you get him out of here

You just keep drivin'

Where do you think you're going, Mr. David Drayton?

Are you so anxious to make your boy an orphan?

My boy's none of your business

Listen up

We're going to the pharmacy

We're gonna bring back some supplies

Also, there may be people trapped over there who need help

- (onlookers murmuring) - OLLIE: Listen, folk s, listen!

We're not gonna take any chances

If there�s any trouble,

we'll come straight back here to the supermarket

And bring the fiends of hell down on our heads, thank you

WOMAN: She�s right

You'll make 'em notice us

You'll make 'em come

Why can't you just leave well enough alone?

Lady, this what you call "well enough"?

You wanna stop us?

You better explain to Bobby here

why we're not bringin' painkillers and medicine back for his brother

I'm goin', even if I have to go alone

You'll die out there, young man

You'll walk out that door and be torn to shreds,

and then your hell-bound pride will have them come get the rest of us

Yes, they�ll come back for all of us, just like this good lady said

Do you want that to happen, people?

- ONLOOKERS: No! - MRS. CARMODY: No! No! No!

Well, it is this kind of hubris

that brought the wrath of God in the first place

This kind of pride and defiance of...

(onlookers gasp)

Shut up, you miserable buzzard!

You old bitch!

Stoning people who piss you off is perfectly okay

They do it in the Bible, don't they?

And I got lots of peas

David, please, if you want to go, now's the time

How 'bout it, Army?

Any help from the armed forces?

I'll go

IRENE: Jim Grondin

I had you in school, didn't I?

Yes'm, me and my sister Pauline

Pair of underachievers

After you, Jim

Yes, ma'am

Oh, shit

DAVID: That it? That�s everybody?

Everybody that�s goin'

- MAN: Yep - Okay

DAVID: Single file, one by one, all right?

Let's get this thing over with

Let's go

- MAN: After you - IRENE: Yes

Stay together

(onlookers murmuring)

MRS. CARMODY You know what? F

Mrs. Carmody, you're not helping

- MAN: Shut the hell up! - You shut up!

DAVID: Save the batteries

DAVID: (low) Shit

They left the doors propped open

OLLIE: (low) Think something got in?

DAVID: Let's just get what we need,

get the hell outta here

OLLIE: Yeah Let's do that

IRENE: (low) The meds are over at the end there,

in the cubicle

(loud, sharp crash)

DAVID: Will you not do that?

JIM: (low) I'm sorry I'm sorry

DAVID: (exasperated) Oh, God

Where�s that Silvadene?

It's over behind David

In the fridge Check there

Silvadene Got it

- Good - Ollie, what are we lookin' for?

- OLLIE: Penicillin - DAVID: Yeah

OLLIE: (normal volume) Any strong antibiotics

Yeah

Pain meds like Vicodin or OxyContin

- DAVID: Shhh! - OxyContin!

Hydroclhloride?

DAVID: Penicillin

(soft scurrying sound)

Guys

Hurry it up I hear something

What?

(soft scurrying sound)

DAN: Somethin' fuckin' weird

Oh, God

Oh, God!

No Oh, no

Oh, nooooo

Oh, fuck

IRENE: Look There�s another one

- OLLIE: Oh, my God - JIM: No, no, no

Oh, no, no

Guys, let's get out of here now

- Aaaalhlhlhlhlhlh! - OLLIE: Holy shit!

(Jim screaming)

JIM: Shit! Shit! Oh, shit!

MP: I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Help me!

IRENE: Good Lord! Help him!

(MP groaning)

DAVID: Son of a bitch!

This stuff ain't comin' off!

Oh, man! He's glued to this fuckin' post!

(hoarsely) It's our fault

It's all our fault

DAVID: It's really stuck

(groaning)

MP: God, I can feel 'em!

I can feel 'em!

(groaning)

WAYNE: Oh, my God! Jesus!

Oh, my God

Oh! L...

Aaalhlhlhlh!

(gasps)

Aahh! Aaaaalhlhlhlhlhlh!

(monster shrieks)

- (gunshot) - There�s more!

Oh!

(web sizzles)

(MP groans)

Aahh! Aahh!

DAN: There�s another one! Hit it!

- Aahh! - What the hell is that stuff?

Ollie! One over there!

Ollie, there!

Got it!

There, there, there! Shoot! Shoot!

- (monster squeals) - Shit!

DAN See 'em?

- Aahh! Aaaalhlhlhlhlh! - Bobby!

Bobby!

(monster shrieking)

(Bobby screaming)

- Aaalhlhlhlh! - Hold on, man! Hold on!

- Hold on, man! - Cut the strand!

- (gunshot) - Help me!

(gunshot)

IRENE: Let's get out of here!

(screaming and shouting)

- A belt! Who�s got a belt? - I got a belt!

Aaaaalhlhlhlhlhlh!

I got him, I got him Hold on

DAVID: Pull it tight!

OLLIE: Look! Look!

Aaalhlhlh! Aaaaalhlhlhlhlhlh!

Olhlhlhlhlhlh!

Gaaalhlhlhlh!

DAVID: Light!

Light!

- (monster shrieks) - God!

JIM: We gotta get outta here! Come on!

WAYNE: Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!

DAVID: Watch it, watch it, watch it!

(monster shrieks)

DAN: Let's get out of here!

All right, go, go, go, go, go, go! Come on!

DAVID: Come on!

(loud crash)

Oh, my God!

Ollie! Ollie!

(dry fires)

WAYNE: Kill it! Kill it!

Fuckers!

Oh, no! Oh, God, he�s dead!

He's dead! Get out of here! Let's go, let's go!

Drayton, come on, come on, come on!

Come on, Drayton, he�s dead!

Come on!

(onlookers scream)

JIM: Open the door!

(shouting and screaming)

MAN Where�s Bobby?

Daddy!

MAN: Close up the doors!

Hurry up!

What happened?

JIM: They�re dead! They�re all dead!

(Jim crying hysterically)

(crying hysterically)

(Billy crying softly)

MRS. CARMODY expiation because we have seen

the earth scourged with whips and scorpions

We have seen the earth vomit forth from her lips

obscenities and profanities

of such nightmare proportions

And for these evil, lurking spirits,

and for these evil people

How long was I out?

Most of the day

You just came over here to lay down and went to sleep

Just passed out, is more like it

MRS. CARMODY What will stop this great whorde?

Just shut down for a while

Sorry

MRS. CARMODY: How will it end?

CROWD: Expiation!

MRS. CARMODY: Expiation! Do you remember yesterday when

DAVID How's Joe?

Dead Joe died of his burns while you were asleep

We were just too late

MRS. CARMODY told you this would come

DAVID: Oh, God, I thought I was dreaming her voice

AMANDA: No dream

She�s getting people whipped up

That poor girl is dead,

and that boy is burnt in the back room!

She�s got 'em believing she�s a psychic,

she has a direct line with God

Why wouldn't they? Woman never shuts up

Like those speeches Castro used to make

Ollie says you're thinking of leaving

I'm in

DAVID: No Sorry

I mean, come on, you saw what happened to Bobby Mike

I won't

do that again I won't be responsible

You might want to reconsider that

MRS. CARMODY: What will... what will keep these evil,

these abominations at bay?

What will keep them away?

"The rock will not hide them The dead tree gives no shelter"

What will end it? Let me hear it

- Expiation! - What are we talking about?

- Expiation! - Say it again like you mean it!

Expiation!

Welcome to Sesame Street Today's word is "expiation"

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

That boy hasn�t been right since the pharmacy

His mind's just snapped Gone

Hasn't even been two days

Not even two days

CORNELL: I'm not spendin' the rest of my life here, I'll tell you what

OLLIE: I can quietly gather up some bags of groceries

and hide them up at one of the check stands by the door

DAN: It was your idea It's your vehicle

it�ll be your call

I'd rather die out there trying than in here waiting

(Carmody's followers applaud)

MRS. CARMODY Who saved them? No one. No one.

The rocks will not hide them

I want some idea of what we're up against

I want to know what this mist is

I want to talk to the soldiers

Soldiers? What�s that gonna do?

You heard what that MP said at the pharmacy

David, I'm not even sure I knew he was talking

The situation was insane

He said he was sorry

Wasn't that the word he used..."sorry"?

That�s right He said it was their fault, right?

AMANDA: What did he mean by that?

That�s what we're gonna find out

Irene, stay with Billy, please

MRS. CARMODY: Verse 17!

"Poured out his vial into the air,

"and there came a great voice

"out of the temple of heaven from the throne, saying,

"'It is done! It is done! '

"And there were voices and lightning,

and thunders, and a great earthquake"

MRS. CARMODY Yes Come to me

WAYNE: What?

- Where�s your friends? - I ain't seen 'em

Not that big a store It's kinda hard to lose

I ain't seen 'em, I said I look like their keeper?

- What do you want from me? - What do you know about this mist?

I don't know nothin' I got nothin' to do with it

That�s not what the MP said in the pharmacy

before the spiders came out of his skin

They�re not in the store

The only place we haven�t looked is the loading dock

because you know

You saw the good face of God tonight

Yes? Tell us

Here is an old man who has seen!

Yes, he has seen!

MAN: Amen

MRS. CARMODY: And I want to say,

do I want to walk with you

into my Father�s hands?

Morales

Donaldson

Guys

It's the only place they can be

WAYNE: What?

OLLIE: Couldn't just disappear

WAYNE: Look, I told you, okay, I don't know where they are...

(sharp gasp)

I didn't think they�d do it

They said they would do it, and I just...

I told them what the MP said at the pharmacy,

and they swore they�d do it

I just... I didn't think they would

Jesus

It's the Arrowhead Project, isn't it?

This mist, it's some kind of, what, military fuckup?

What were you guys messin' with up there, huh?

We got you now, you sorry son of a bitch!

Get in there!

It was them! It was them what done it to us!

It was them what brung down the final wrath upon us!

Those two peckerwoods that he�s been with this whole time,

they hung themselves in the back because they knew!

They knew it all along!

- He's crazy He doesn't know... - Get on your knees!

- (shouting) - MAN: Stay out of it, Drayton!

They heard it too, didn't you? All of ya!

All about the Arrowhead Project

and all that secret shit up on the mountain

That�s what brung it down on us

That�s what brung down the wrath of God!

MRS. CARMODY Oh

Private Jessup

it wasn't me

I'm just... I'm stationed up there

I'm not responsible...

- Bullshit! - Hell, I'm a local!

Most of you people know me

You stop your chicken shit whining

or I will cut your puling tongue out

Now you tell us!

Tell us

Look, look Okay, okay

I heard stuff

Stuff?

Yes, we all heard stuff

Like how they, um,

how they thought that there were other dimensions,

you know, other... other worlds all around us,

and how they wanted to try and make, um,

a window...

you know, so they could look through and see what�s on the other side

Well, maybe your window turned out to be a door Didn't it?

Not mine! Those scientists'!

Oh, the scientists! Yes, the scientists!

They must have ripped a hole open by accident

This other world came spilling through to ours

That�s what Donaldson was saying to me right before he killed himself

I didn't understand the half of it

It ain't my fault!

Oh

Ain't His Fault

- (angry murmuring) - No, no, no

Ain't nothin'

ever anybody's fault

But he denies it

He points the finger,

this Judas in our midst

CROWD: Judas!

David!

You! You!

Don't you know by now?

Don't you know the truth?

We are being punished

For what? For going against the will of God!

For going against his forbidden rules of old!

Walking on the moon!

Yes! Yes!

- Or... or splitting his atoms! - MAN: Amen!

Or... or... or stem cells

and abortions!

And destroying the secrets of life

that only God above has any right to!

Amen! Amen!

MRS. CARMODY: Yes, I know! It is true!

And now we are being punished

The judgment is being brought down upon us

The fiends of hell, you see they are let loose,

and star Wormwood blazes!

And it is his fault!

No! No! It is not my fault! No!

They did it! They spit in the eye of the Almighty!

No!

- (angry shouting) - MACKEY: Get over there!

DAVID: No!

MACKEY: Judas!

OLLIE: Jim!

Kill him! String him up!

Stand up, you coward!

Unklh!

(scattered applause)

Jesus!

DAVID: No!

Aaaalhlhlhlh!

MACKEY: Expiation!

- No! - MAN: Stab him!

- Aaalhlhlhlh! - Expiation!

Feed him to the beast!

Expiation!

Let the abominations smell his blood!

No, no! No!

Aaaaalhlhlhlhlh!

- Jesus! Wait! - No, David!

Aaalhlhlhlh!

(crowd screaming and shouting)

(groans)

Aaalhlhlhlh!

(weeping)

(groaning and gasping)

(door lock s)

Aahh! Aaalhlhlh!

Aaalhlhlhlh!

Aaalhlhlh! Aahh!

(monster roars)

Please

(onlookers scream)

(distant monster roars)

MRS. CARMODY: The beast will leave us alone tonight

tomorrow

tomorrow, we�ll just have to wait and see

BILLY: (softly) Daddy

Daddy

(softly) Sorry I left you, pal

I'll never leave you again

Promise?

But you have to give me your best promise, okay?

Your very best promise, and can never break it

Tell me

Promise you won't let the monsters get me

Ever No matter what

I promise

I love you, Daddy

I love you, Billy

More than anything

(softly) It's dawn

Hey, pal, you ready to go home?

Come on

Okay, I got the groceries hidden at check stand number two

Five bags We can grab 'em and get out the door

Okay

My car's parked in the center lane of the parking lot, far end

Whoever gets there first, open up both doors,

and we'll all pile in as fast as we can, okay?

Let's go

Stealing food now?

Going out now, Mrs. Carmody

Please stand aside

You can't go out I won't allow it

Won't allow it?

It's against God's will

Don't you know that by now?

Haven't I proven myself again and again and again?

Haven't I shown that I am his vessel?

What�s the matter with you?

Don't you believe in God?

No one's interfered with you

All we're asking for is the same privilege

You heard him

It is these people who brought this upon us

They...

people who refused to bend to the will of God,

and claim it privilege

Sinners in pride

Yes, haughty

Privileged!

They mock us They mock our... our God, our faith,

our values, our very lifestyle

They mock our humility

and our piousness

They piss on us and laugh

It's from them

the blood of human sacrifice must come

From them

- Come on - the blood of expiation

JIM: Come on

You try it

Fuckin' try it!

Come on!

- MAN: Get 'em! - We want the boy

- We want the boy! - You get back!

- Yeah! - You get back!

The boy!

Grab that boy! Grab him!

(screaming and shouting)

Grab him!

And get the whore too!

Grab her!

Kill 'em! Kill 'em all!

(gunshot)

(onlookers gasp and fall silent)

(gunshot)

(onlookers scream)

MAN: Stay down! Stay down! Stay down!

L... I killed her

Thank you, Ollie

Let's go

Get that ice machine out of the way, please

WOMAN: You killed her!

You murdered her!

I wouldn't have shot her, Dave,

not if there�d been any other way

That�s why I said thank you

Okay

Okay, then let's go!

(sharp thud)

Get up, Myron!

Come on! We gotta go!

My ankle!

(women sobbing softly)

Okay All the way down!

Where are they?

Bud! Myron!

Ambrose!

I think I broke it!

Come on! Come on!

AMANDA: We gotta go! Come on, come on!

IRENE: They�re lost!

(Amanda gasping)

- Oh, Jesus - Ollie!

- Ollie! - (monster roars)

Aaalhlhlhlh!

Aaaaalhlhlhlhlhlh!

- Oh! - Aaalhlhlh!

(screaming and shouting)

(Ollie screaming)

AMANDA: Oh!

Aaalh! Aaaalhlhlhlh!

Aaalh! Aaaaalhlhlhlhlh!

IRENE: All that screaming!

DAN: Are they out there? Can they see us?

(honks car horn)

Let me... let me in! Let me in!

(screaming)

(screams die)

Are we going?

- No - Yeah

- No! No! - Yeah!

- Daddy - David

- David, no - Daddy, no

- David! - Daddy!

Get back in the car!

- Daddy! - David!

(screaming)

(monster shrieking)

Oh, my God!

Aaalhlhlh!

(shrieking)

AMANDA: Oh, my God!

We gotta go

(engine starts)

(distant monster roars)

(distant monster roars)

DAVID: I told her I'd fix it

Front window

broken open

Tree

M y

grandfather�s tree

(distant monster roars)

I'm sorry, David, I'm just so sorry

DAVID: Let's, uh

see how far this

fuel takes us, huh?

Maybe we'll get clear of the mist

(giant, heavy footsteps)

(giant, heavy footsteps)

(massive bellow)

(bellows)

(bellows)

(engine faltering)

(engine faltering)

(engine dies)

DAN: Well

we gave it a good shot

Nobody can say we didn't

Nope

Nobody can say that

(distant monsters roar)

(distant monsters roar)

(sighs)

Well

We got, uh

four

Four bullets

But there�s five of us

I'll figure something out

(bullet drops into chamber)

(distant monsters roar)

(distant monsters roar)

(gunshots)

DAVID: Aaaaalhlhlhlhlh!

Aaalhlhlh!

(weeping loudly)

(dry firing)

Come on!

Come on!

Come on!

(softly) Come on Come on

- Come on - (distant bellow)

Come on

Come on

Come on

Come on, come on!

Come on! Come on!

(distant monsters roar)

(low rumble rising)

(massive bellow)

(helicopter passes overhead)

They�re... they�re dead

For what?

(crying)

Aahh!

Aaaaalhlhlhlhlhlh!

(screaming)

(helicopters whirr)

(ground vehicle passes)

(distant helicopter approaches)

(ground vehicle passes)

(distant helicopter approaches)

(ground vehicle passes)

(ground vehicle passes)

(distant helicopter approaches)

(distant helicopter approaches)

(ground vehicle passes)

(helicopter passes)

the end...