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- Hi, I'm Snake.

- And I'm Flower.

- Uh. We met in an art collective, me, video, her, photos.

- And we're pretty fucking good at it.

- Yeah, yeah we were, um, but guess what

it doesn't really matter because you can't pay rent

just doing art shit,

so we've decided to do something new,

something fun and exciting.

- Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm. - Uh.

Basically we're new here, so just be gentle with us.

- Yeah, and if you want anything specific

you can just send us a message

and, um, we'll do our best to accommodate.

- Uh. Private show tickets are available here

and, um, click subscribe, it's free.

[laughs]

Okay?

- Okay.

[smooches]

[smooches]

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[footsteps]

- What have you been?

What happened?

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[heavy breathing]

[sucks]

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[smooches]

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[ruffles]

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[background music playing]

[squeaks]

[lights]

- I had a weird dream.

[inhales]

[exhales]

- Alright well, ease up on the booze then.

- Any shots for today?

- No but, um, aren't you still editing that one from Tuesday?

- What's wrong with the last cut?

- Nothing, I just... [exhales]

figured we could spice it up a bit.

Had some inserts.

[sniffles]

I've got like a whole folder of stuff we can use on my laptop.

Maybe change the soundtrack.

I'm thinking Goblin, maybe Cipriani, Bay of Blood.

Oh you know I was talking to Heidi last night

and she has that photography exhibition at the gallery.

[chupse]

Apparently her main guy has dropped out

because he was sending pictures of his dick to some

of the models so she said she'd take a look at my portfolio.

- That's good.

[sniffles]

[grunts]

[exhales]

[snaps]

- Something's cooking.

- Yes, got a few ideas.

- You gonna finish any of these?

[exhales]

Well good.

Oh god.

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[tense sound]

[tense sound]

[tense sound intensifies]

[footsteps]

[kicks]

- How many times do I have to tell you not to pull this shit?

- What are you talking about?

- Oh don't play Tom, you're too fucking good at it.

- What are you doing?

- What do you think I'm doing?

[plastic rustles]

[plastic rustles with gasping]

[heavy exhales]

You disgusting little piece of shit, look at you.

You make me feel sick.

[spits]

[gasping continues]

Do you like that?

[gasping continues]

Do you like that you disgusting little fucking

little maggot, you fucking arsehole.

Fuck you Bill.

[plastic rustles]

- For fuck's sake Harriet.

[heavy breathing]

He specifically said not Bill.

[heavy breathing]

See?

[heavy breathing]

- Okay well we can cut around it.

- No we can't just cut around it because it breaks the illusion.

[heavy breathing]

- Come on you should be able to do this in your sleep by now.

- Yeah, well, maybe that's the problem.

[heavy breathing]

- Let's just go for one more.

- No, I need to eat.

[sighs]

- Are you fucking joking?

It takes you like five hours to get into that setup, come on.

[smirks]

- I'm not joking. And we need more towel,

why don't you write that in your little notebook.

[footsteps]

[phone switch]

[switch]

[footsteps]

[rustles]

[static]

[smooches]

[background music]

[footsteps]

[swallows]

- Talk.

- Bishop wants us to talk to someone.

[footsteps]

- After his last referral?

- 10k a scene.

- That's fucking insane Jasper.

What does he want us to do?

Kill a homeless person on camera, ain't he?

[tense sound]

- What about eyeball lady over there?

- "Lucia of Syracuse."

When she decided to give her family's riches to the poor,

she had her eyes gouged out,

set on fire and a humongous sword to the throat.

- Any favorites?

- Has to be crazy Kate.

"Catherine of Siena."

She claimed to have a ring made out of Christ's foreskin.

The fucking thing was only visible to her of course.

Those were the original perverts.

They paved the way for us.

- You look healthy.

Electric.

[smirks]

What's going on in Jasper's world?

[footsteps]

- I don't even know where to start.

[sighs]

- No, no.

There's something here.

Something new.

That elusive glint in the back of the eye.

Like a burning ember.

- I've been thinking about a new piece.

- Back into artsy snobbery again, huh?

Oh, Jasper.

I had such high hopes for you.

[heavy breathing]

Well...

[thud]

[footsteps]

[moaning sound]

[footsteps]

[soft thud]

[rustles]

[rustles]

[sniffs]

[rustles]

[grabs]

- For his eyes only.

[footsteps]

- You're not serious.

[rustles]

- When you're playing me ten grand a scene,

you can come up with all the rules you want.

He likes you, you know.

We talked about you.

And Harriet.

Yeah.

I sent him some of those old videos.

Loved it.

Top job.

Top job.

[rustles]

[thud]

[heavy breathing]

You just need to follow his assignments.

And never watch the tapes.

[chuckles]

- I mean we could just do some fucking cave paintings instead.

- Woah, woah.

What this camera sees gets engraved into the magnetic tape.

It's a chemical process.

Physical.

What this sees is literally being conjured

into the material world.

Just hear me out.

What's worse can happen.

[tense sound intensifies]

No, Jasper.

We're not getting any younger.

Resistance is a fucking meat grinder.

We have to suck the weirdos tits while they're plump and fat.

How's Harriet?

- Yeah, she couldn't be better.

- Great to hear.

Great to hear.

[indoor noise]

[clicks]

[eerie sound with static]

[static]

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- The path to your utmost desire comes through me.

You give me what I want.

And I'll give you what you want.

[sighs]

The male.

Come closer.

Closer.

We may proceed.

What you're about to create

is unlike anything you've experienced.

Your choice is final.

There's no looking back.

Will you glance behind the veil?

- Yes.

- Yeah.

[rumbles with static]

Now, listen.

As I present the assignment.

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[static]

[rustles]

[rustles]

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[sighs]

[sighs]

- Masks?

- Mm.

[drumbeats]

This has gotta be up there with some of the weirdest stuff

that we've done.

[chuckles]

- Yeah.

[exhales]

[exhales]

[deep breathing]

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[inaudible]

- Just clear your mind.

[deep breathing]

Breathe.

Slowly.

In and out.

[deep breathing]

Now.

Create an image in your mind.

A black circle.

A hole.

Nothing goes in.

Nothing comes out.

[tense sound]

You are the absence.

You are the nothing.

You are the hole.

Nothing goes in.

Nothing comes out.

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[switch]

[radio speaking]

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[drags]

[drags]

- You okay?

[gasps]

- Heidi said she liked my work,

but they went with the dick pic guy.

Yeah, she said it was out of her hands

and that I should keep working on my art.

[rustles]

- I'm sorry.

- What more can I do?

[phone alert and vibrates]

- Ah.

- Harry.

[thud]

10,000.

[sighs]

- Yeah, well, at least somebody's a fan of my work.

- Did you send the link?

- He insisted I post the tape to a PO box.

- Oh, yeah, great.

[rustles]

- I saved a digital version of us.

For the archive.

- Ugh.

- I didn't think we were supposed to watch it.

- Oh, we're playing by the rules now.

[rustles]

- Why don't you stay here tonight.

I can put on a screen for us.

You know what is funny?

I can't seem to remember much of what we did.

[rustles]

Where are you going?

- Out.

- By yourself?

[sighs]

- It's cute.

[footsteps]

I don't ask you about your shit,

so, don't ask me about mine, okay?

- Yeah, well, there's not a lot going on my side.

- Yeah? And who's fault is that?

- I'm working on a new piece, you know?

- Yeah, how's that going?

- Why don't we go out together?

Celebrate.

[smooch]

- I'm free on Thursday.

[turning door knob]

[door closes]

- I want something classy this time.

And, like, maybe the whip in the body,

but with some real action going on.

Uh.

Choose a scene, play with it, you know,

but the whip is a must.

- Okay, yeah.

- The rest that's up to you.

- Sure.

- And keep the camera closer, all right?

- Yeah, yep. - All right.

- Okay. - Just give me some of that sweet whip, you dig?

- All right. - All right, yeah.

- Thank you.

- Yeah, thank you, cheers mate.

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- Okay.

[clicks]

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[deep breathing]

[screams]

[static]

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[footsteps]

- You better not be watching porn without me.

[rustles]

- I have no recollection of doing this.

[bites]

[chews]

- What is...

[chewing continues]

What are you talking about?

- This is our footage.

This is what we shot.

This is us.

[closes lid]

- Jasper, I just got in the house.

[footsteps]

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[sniffs]

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[crowd noise]

- What do you think hell looks like?

[crowd noise continues]

Or any hell.

Or hell.

Just give me one last thing that could happen to you.

Dismemberment.

Drowning.

Disembowelment.

Getting stuck.

Cross a river?

- No, like a hump.

Not being able to move forward, progress.

Stuck.

[smirks]

- You're no fun.

- Well, alright then, what's yours?

- I don't believe in hell.

[chuckles]

[footsteps]

- Listen, I've been, um...

I've been thinking about our new mutual friend.

How do you meet him?

- Bishop!

I specifically asked you not to.

- Ignore her.

[sighs]

- I just... I just don't understand.

What's the problem with the usual boring clients?

- They're usual and boring.

I've met some of my best friends through this gig.

- That's some fucking military-grade mediocrity

you've got right there, love.

[thud]

[footsteps]

- Something feels off.

- Of course it feels off, that's the whole fucking point.

[sighs]

It's probably some bored, ultra-rich,

hoarding fucked-up video so you can wake to in their bunker

after they've caused the downfall of civilization.

Trapped in this world, we're done.

It's a place driven mad by repressed desire.

The Empire.

- Never ended yet, I know.

- Don't be smart.

- Why do the tapes smell like that?

Like they've been treated with... some sort of chemical.

And how are they going to know if we've even watched the tape?

- You need to tread lightly.

We don't know who's behind the hand, alright?

Could be anyone.

- Ever heard of Sam Norda?

[background noise]

[deep breathing]

- Tell me.

What have you seen when you watched the tapes?

- Fuck off.

- You see, Harriet,

something I learned about you

is something I learned about myself.

We're looking for the same thing.

To create something beautiful

and then be annihilated by it.

Cheers.

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[eerie sound]

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[rumbles]

[static]

[growls]

- Did you enjoy their last tape?

- Exquisite.

- Cool.

So, what next?

[sighs]

- Can I...

Can I ask you something?

What's the purpose of the assignments?

- The point of the rituals is to empty yourselves,

to become meat, to bring the impossible night.

These are ancient ways of the flesh remastered

in polyester plastic and oxide.

There's power in the rituals, but to achieve it in full,

you have to leave your fears, become a true artist.

Tell me, where's the female?

- I don't know.

- Do you want to know who she's fucking right now?

- How do you know where she is?

The rituals give us unbound vision.

They can transport you to new places.

The rituals will teach you to see.

And once you gain true vision,

you'll get your heart's desire.

Oh.

Can you see it yet?

[exhales]

- So?

- Does this feel right to you?

- Well, I have a theory.

It's... It's an auto-hypnosis prompt, like a trigger.

He's pulling a Manchurian candidate.

- Do you feel like we're in control of this?

- Are we ever really in control?

Come on.

Be a good boy.

[rustles]

[radio speaking]

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[rumbling continues]

[lights]

[rumbling continues]

[tense sound]

[burns]

[rustles]

[rustles]

[radio speaking]

[typing]

[radio speaking continues]

[paper rustles]

[sniffles]

[radio speaking continues with tense sound]

[tense sound continues]

[slow surprise]

[heavy breathing]

- I've got it.

The Key of Solomon.

The signs from all the tapes.

They're from this book.

14th century.

It's for conjuring demons and shit.

[heavy breathing]

All the tapes are from...

- I don't know. Is it on the tape?

- No. Because VHS tape is magnetic,

so even if you wrote it on the tape,

it wouldn't be on the footage.

- All right, yeah.

Yeah, I know.

[deep breathing]

Did you fuck with it when you digitalized it?

- Why the fuck would I do that?

[sighs]

- I don't know.

For one of your video projects?

I don't know what goes on inside your head anymore.

[soft thuds]

[rustles]

[exhales]

[rustles]

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[static]

[static]

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[switch]

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[gasping]

[shallow breathing]

- Do you recall doing any of this?

- No.

No.

This is...

This is...

I've never...

[nervous breathing]

[rustles]

[soft thud]

[rustles]

[eerie sound]

[eerie sound continues]

[metal clanking]

[eerie sound continues]

- You know something about him?

Sam Norda.

He's the audience.

Isn't he?

[metal clanking]

- Yeah.

Who's Norder?

[eerie sound continues]

- Tell us.

- Come on, Bea.

[metal clanking]

- Maybe...

Maybe he used to own this place called Mandragore Films.

And they would do custom films for premium clientele.

This was ages ago.

Before websites.

When you're from the industry, people come and go.

You know?

One day you're friends with someone,

and then you never see them again.

You know how it is.

Everyone that Sam liked eventually went away.

- He's back, isn't he?

- He's dead.

- Did you shoot an assignment?

[deep breathing]

- Perhaps check in 40 minutes.

[metal clanking]

[lights]

[burns]

[tense sound]

[eerie sound]

- What are you doing?

Where's Bea?

- What do you want?

- The footage.

It's making us sick.

When I watch them this time, it's all fucked up.

Wrong.

It's all wrong.

- Jasper.

I told you about watching the tape.

- It keeps changing.

- Jasper, Jasper.

[heavy breathing]

Am I his customer service?

[deep breathing]

What do you want me to do?

- I want you to fuck off.

No more referrals.

Just stay out of our lives, do you understand?

[exhales]

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[nervous breathing]

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- I can't play on.

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- I've figured it out.

It's not that hard to understand.

If you let me really think about it.

- Come on, aw!

- No. No!

[rustles]

[footsteps]

[tense sound continues]

[tense sound intensifies]

[tense sound intensifies]

- Can you see it?

Can you see it yet?

[tense sound intensifies]

[tense sound intensifies]

The female has been behind the electronic grain

between the frequencies inside the gamut.

You fear for her, but the female has no fear.

You try to protect her,

but she has come to us under her own will.

The female is ready to become a vessel

to what sits behind the veil.

The only way to bring her back is to master the rituals,

capture the flow of time, to haunt it.

[warp sound]

But you struggle because you're weak.

The female can see it.

Can you see it yet?

- Noder?

[sighs]

[sighs]

- Can you see it yet?

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[vibrates]

- Harry?

[ringing]

[door opens]

[paper rustles]

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[rustles]

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[shallow breathing]

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[door knob rattles]

[door opens]

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[static]

[rolling]

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[footsteps]

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[plastic rustles]

[shallow breathing]

[plastic rustles]

[switch]

[plastic rustles]

- Turn it on.

[switch]

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[door opens]

[switch]

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[eerie sound]

[shallow breathing]

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[tense sound]

[static]

[static]

[rustles]

[thud]

[rustles]

[lid opens]

[paper rustles]

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[thud]

[footsteps]

[steel rustles]

[switch]

[static]

- Where is she?

- I can take you there.

[static]

Open the door.

[static]

- Hi, I'm Snake.

- And I'm Flower.

We know that our collective really, really, really, really does.

- You have the key.

[rumbles with static]

[switch]

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[tense sound]

[footsteps]

[tense sound]

[footsteps]

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[thud]

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- Open the door.

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