WEBVTT 00:00:42.057 --> 00:01:02.057 ..:: Presented By ZarFilm Website ::.. ‏.:: www.bolboljan.net ::. 00:02:44.081 --> 00:02:45.378 Hello? 00:02:45.582 --> 00:02:47.676 Hello, Admitting. 00:02:47.876 --> 00:02:49.344 This is Saperstein. 00:02:49.544 --> 00:02:51.592 Where is he? 00:02:53.256 --> 00:02:55.384 He's cleared Admitting? 00:02:55.592 --> 00:02:56.889 Right. 00:02:57.094 --> 00:02:58.846 Bring him in. 00:03:08.689 --> 00:03:09.861 He's coming. 00:03:10.065 --> 00:03:11.658 Good, good. 00:03:20.867 --> 00:03:21.993 Trent? 00:03:22.536 --> 00:03:23.708 John J. 00:03:23.912 --> 00:03:25.914 Put him in number nine. 00:03:30.711 --> 00:03:31.837 You son of a bitch. 00:03:32.045 --> 00:03:33.718 You, argh... 00:03:33.922 --> 00:03:35.174 - Don't. - Heh. 00:03:35.382 --> 00:03:37.726 - Hang on to him. - Don't! 00:03:45.267 --> 00:03:46.439 No. 00:03:46.601 --> 00:03:48.649 - No, no, no. - Come on. Get him in there. 00:03:48.854 --> 00:03:50.856 No, not me! 00:03:51.773 --> 00:03:52.820 No, wait, wait. 00:03:53.024 --> 00:03:56.949 This is wrong. Look, I'm sorry about the balls. 00:03:57.154 --> 00:03:59.873 It was a lucky shot, that's all. 00:04:00.073 --> 00:04:01.916 Wait! 00:04:02.117 --> 00:04:04.336 - Thank you. - Wait! 00:04:15.172 --> 00:04:17.971 I'm not insane. You hear me? 00:04:18.175 --> 00:04:20.428 I'm not insane! 00:04:20.635 --> 00:04:22.387 I'm not if he's not! 00:04:22.596 --> 00:04:23.939 Oh, me neither. Me neither. 00:04:24.139 --> 00:04:26.062 I'm not insane! 00:04:26.266 --> 00:04:27.688 Me neither! 00:04:27.851 --> 00:04:30.946 I'm not insane! 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:08.563 Yes, doctor? It worked... 00:05:20.153 --> 00:05:21.245 Oh, no. 00:05:22.030 --> 00:05:25.000 Not the Carpenters too. 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:16.463 This is a rotten way to end it. 00:06:16.668 --> 00:06:20.718 This is not the ending. You haven't read it yet. 00:06:42.694 --> 00:06:45.447 - Yes, just a minute. - Here you are, doctor. 00:06:45.655 --> 00:06:47.248 Thank you. 00:06:48.742 --> 00:06:50.039 All right. 00:06:50.243 --> 00:06:52.337 - Came in this afternoon? -Yes. 00:06:52.537 --> 00:06:54.039 How did you get here so fast? 00:06:54.247 --> 00:06:57.547 We've been monitoring admissions through police and paramedic channels. 00:06:57.751 --> 00:07:02.097 - This one fit the symptoms. -You think he's one of them? 00:07:02.297 --> 00:07:05.801 Mr. Saperstein, I promise you, that's what I'm here to find out. 00:07:06.009 --> 00:07:08.182 Things must be getting pretty bad out there... 00:07:08.386 --> 00:07:10.730 ...to bring you fellas in, heh. 00:07:11.473 --> 00:07:13.692 - Is this it? -Yes. 00:07:14.476 --> 00:07:17.525 - Did he make any requests? -Just... 00:07:18.146 --> 00:07:19.489 ...one. 00:07:19.689 --> 00:07:23.819 A, uh, single black crayon. 00:07:45.215 --> 00:07:48.515 - John? -Hang on. 00:07:54.265 --> 00:07:56.063 What's up? 00:07:56.226 --> 00:07:57.978 My name is Dr. Wrenn. 00:07:58.144 --> 00:08:00.192 And I'm going to try and get you out of here. 00:08:02.357 --> 00:08:04.951 After all my redecorating? Heh. 00:08:05.318 --> 00:08:07.491 No, I think I'll stay. 00:08:07.654 --> 00:08:10.123 There's a guard with a pair of swollen testicles... 00:08:10.323 --> 00:08:12.496 ...who swears you wanted out of here. 00:08:13.827 --> 00:08:16.080 I, uh... Well... 00:08:16.287 --> 00:08:18.460 ...I've changed my mind. 00:08:18.665 --> 00:08:20.292 I see. 00:08:21.751 --> 00:08:24.721 The crosses are a nice touch. 00:08:25.422 --> 00:08:30.019 They'd almost have to keep you here once they'd seen these wouldn't they, John? 00:08:31.052 --> 00:08:32.395 Got a smoke? 00:08:47.235 --> 00:08:49.488 You're waiting to hear about my them, aren't you? 00:08:50.155 --> 00:08:51.782 Your what? 00:08:52.782 --> 00:08:54.455 My them. 00:08:55.201 --> 00:09:00.048 Oh, every paranoid schizophrenic has one, a them, a they, an it. 00:09:00.248 --> 00:09:04.128 And you wanna hear about my them, don't you? 00:09:04.335 --> 00:09:06.212 I want to know how you got here. 00:09:10.008 --> 00:09:13.103 Things are turning to shit out there, aren't they? 00:09:15.638 --> 00:09:17.390 Let's talk about you. 00:09:20.393 --> 00:09:21.895 Your dime. 00:09:23.563 --> 00:09:25.236 I'm a... 00:09:26.191 --> 00:09:30.867 I was an insurance investigator, freelance. 00:09:31.821 --> 00:09:35.746 Checked out funny claims, frauds, the usual kind of thing. 00:09:35.950 --> 00:09:40.080 And lately, I'd been working for a firm here in the city. 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:47.012 And all of this started with the disappearance. 00:09:48.463 --> 00:09:52.343 The Sutter Cane disappearance. 00:09:58.181 --> 00:09:59.808 It's a little hot in here, isn't it? 00:10:01.267 --> 00:10:02.610 It's boiling. 00:10:04.020 --> 00:10:06.068 How long I gotta be here? 00:10:06.564 --> 00:10:10.159 I mean, I took care of all that paperwork. 00:10:10.318 --> 00:10:13.117 The check was supposed to be here three weeks ago, right? 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:14.826 Uh, isn't that right? 00:10:14.989 --> 00:10:18.334 Usually, that's the way it goes but I just have a few final questions... 00:10:18.493 --> 00:10:19.585 ...to ask about the fire. 00:10:19.786 --> 00:10:21.288 Pfft, more questions. 00:10:21.496 --> 00:10:24.716 I've answered all your questions. I mean, enough's enough here. 00:10:24.874 --> 00:10:27.172 It was supposed to be cut and dried. They told me. 00:10:27.335 --> 00:10:29.758 Look, I understand. We'll be out of here in a minute. 00:10:29.921 --> 00:10:31.719 See, Robby here, he owns the company. 00:10:31.881 --> 00:10:35.181 And he's hired me to see that things go smoothly, you understand? 00:10:35.385 --> 00:10:39.310 Oh, it's just a little thing, but, see, Robby takes the view that it was you... 00:10:39.514 --> 00:10:42.939 ...who burned down your own warehouse on Northern Boulevard. 00:10:43.143 --> 00:10:44.520 Me? Heh, that's horseshit. 00:10:44.727 --> 00:10:47.526 That was my stuff in that warehouse. That's my whole life. 00:10:47.689 --> 00:10:50.238 Believe me, I sympathize. 00:10:50.441 --> 00:10:53.433 You're starting to sweat. Shall I turn on the air conditioning? 00:10:53.459 --> 00:10:54.346 What do you think? 00:10:54.529 --> 00:10:56.031 - Oh, no, I'm fine. -You sure? 00:10:56.239 --> 00:10:57.331 Yeah. Yeah. 00:10:57.907 --> 00:10:59.454 - Okay. -it's just... 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:03.004 I'm running a little late, that's all. I'm supposed to pick up my wife. 00:11:03.163 --> 00:11:05.416 Oh, yeah, your wife. 00:11:05.748 --> 00:11:07.750 She's a great lady. 00:11:09.127 --> 00:11:11.801 - You know her? -No, not really. We just met briefly. 00:11:12.005 --> 00:11:15.509 You know, when I went around to check up on your story. 00:11:16.050 --> 00:11:18.599 See, we have these photographs... 00:11:18.761 --> 00:11:21.514 ...of your wife tooling around town... 00:11:21.723 --> 00:11:25.819 ...wearing various articles that you claim were destroyed in the fire. 00:11:26.019 --> 00:11:28.647 No, that's, heh, impossible. 00:11:32.066 --> 00:11:34.945 No, this is all stuff I bought for her myself. 00:11:35.820 --> 00:11:38.994 See, the problem is, when I went around to talk to her... 00:11:39.199 --> 00:11:42.123 ...it turned out she knew a lot more than she thought she did. 00:11:42.327 --> 00:11:44.125 Especially... 00:11:44.495 --> 00:11:49.342 Especially after I showed her pictures of Miss Palminteri... 00:11:49.542 --> 00:11:52.842 ...who appears to be wearing even more of your destroyed articles. 00:11:55.173 --> 00:11:57.016 Miss Palminteri? 00:11:58.593 --> 00:12:01.767 Miss Rosa Palminteri. 00:12:02.096 --> 00:12:04.144 A word of advice. 00:12:04.349 --> 00:12:06.226 You wanna pull a scam... 00:12:06.768 --> 00:12:08.645 ...don't make your wife a partner. 00:12:08.853 --> 00:12:10.821 And if you do... 00:12:11.231 --> 00:12:14.451 ...don't fuck around behind her back. 00:12:17.111 --> 00:12:18.863 Trent, you look beautiful. 00:12:19.072 --> 00:12:22.918 Everybody says you got the best nose for a con in the business. 00:12:23.076 --> 00:12:27.206 But to see it firsthand-- I mean, to watch you work is incredible. 00:12:27.413 --> 00:12:31.213 Well, it wasn't hard, Robby. The guy's wife liked me. 00:12:31.417 --> 00:12:34.717 Besides, he was an amateur. It's just too easy with amateurs. 00:12:34.921 --> 00:12:37.390 Try to figure out who's professional and who isn't. 00:12:37.590 --> 00:12:41.936 And that's when it gets fun, when you run into a pro. 00:12:43.596 --> 00:12:46.566 Most of my salesmen couldn't sniff out a phony claim... 00:12:46.766 --> 00:12:51.192 ...if their noses were nailed to it, but you, man, you never miss. 00:12:51.396 --> 00:12:52.318 What's to miss? 00:12:52.344 --> 00:12:54.846 You learn to expect the worst in people and you get it. 00:12:55.024 --> 00:12:57.573 Everyone's looking to play an angle. 00:12:57.777 --> 00:13:00.030 I'm always there to clean up the mess. 00:13:00.238 --> 00:13:01.911 I'll tell you what. 00:13:02.115 --> 00:13:04.664 You stop freelancing, join my staff. 00:13:04.867 --> 00:13:06.744 I'll make it worth your while, Trent. 00:13:07.370 --> 00:13:08.622 Forget it, Robby. 00:13:08.830 --> 00:13:11.333 I'm my own man. Nobody pulls my strings. 00:13:11.541 --> 00:13:12.838 I'm independent. I'm happy. 00:13:13.042 --> 00:13:14.589 Well, be my man one more time. 00:13:14.794 --> 00:13:18.094 I'm having quite a difficult mess with Arcane. 00:13:18.298 --> 00:13:21.427 - The publishing house? -Yeah, it's my biggest account. 00:13:21.634 --> 00:13:25.059 They just filed a claim that cost me millions. 00:13:25.263 --> 00:13:27.311 I want you on this right away. 00:13:27.515 --> 00:13:30.359 - What's the claim? -Sutter Cane is missing. 00:13:30.560 --> 00:13:33.188 - Who? -Sutter Cane. 00:13:53.166 --> 00:13:56.340 - Do you read Sutter Cane? -What? 00:14:03.801 --> 00:14:05.803 Lay down! Lay down! Lay down! 00:14:17.982 --> 00:14:19.984 Horror writer Sutter Cane... 00:14:20.151 --> 00:14:22.153 ...a harmless pop phenomenon... 00:14:22.362 --> 00:14:25.912 ...or a deadly mad prophet of the printed page? 00:14:26.115 --> 00:14:29.164 This was the scene today outside several city bookstores. 00:14:29.369 --> 00:14:33.465 Police believe the riots began because the stores could not meet the demand... 00:14:33.664 --> 00:14:36.668 ...for advance orders of Sutter Cane's latest novel... 00:14:36.876 --> 00:14:38.844 ...In the Mouth of Madness. 00:14:39.045 --> 00:14:41.013 When does fiction become religion? 00:14:41.214 --> 00:14:43.262 And are his fans dangerous? 00:14:43.466 --> 00:14:44.763 Only if you count axes. 00:14:44.967 --> 00:14:46.310 In related news... 00:14:46.511 --> 00:14:49.014 ...there were 18 other stores across the city reporting... 00:14:58.523 --> 00:15:00.070 Mr. Trent? 00:15:00.608 --> 00:15:02.656 Mr. Trent? 00:15:03.653 --> 00:15:05.496 Mr. Harglow will see you now. 00:15:05.696 --> 00:15:07.323 Thank you. 00:15:08.783 --> 00:15:10.831 You're not listening. I needed it yesterday. 00:15:11.035 --> 00:15:15.211 If you wait any longer, it'll be all over the front page. Get it done. 00:15:15.498 --> 00:15:18.126 Jackson Harglow, Mr. Trent. I'm pleased to meet you. 00:15:18.334 --> 00:15:20.462 - It's a pleasure. - Excuse the commotion. 00:15:20.670 --> 00:15:24.049 We have something of a crisis going on. 00:15:24.257 --> 00:15:27.602 Now, everybody out now, please. I need time with Mr. Trent. 00:15:27.802 --> 00:15:29.975 Have Sylvia hold the calls, and get Linda here. 00:15:30.179 --> 00:15:31.109 Yes, Mr. Harglow. 00:15:31.135 --> 00:15:32.878 -Gee, that was great. I almost left myself. 00:15:34.308 --> 00:15:35.605 Sit down, please. 00:15:35.810 --> 00:15:38.313 I am a little short on patience these days, I'm afraid. 00:15:38.521 --> 00:15:43.027 So, Mr. Trent, are you, uh, familiar with Arcane? 00:15:43.234 --> 00:15:46.408 Aside from the fact that you're insured by the company I work for... 00:15:46.612 --> 00:15:49.912 ...I never heard of Arcane. I'm sorry. -You read books? 00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:56.964 Linda Styles, John Trent. 00:15:57.165 --> 00:16:00.465 Linda reads books for a living. She's one of our best editors. 00:16:00.668 --> 00:16:04.389 Since she joined the firm, she's been handling Sutter Cane exclusively. 00:16:04.589 --> 00:16:08.139 Sutter Cane. Isn't he the guy that writes that horror crap? 00:16:08.342 --> 00:16:10.060 Maybe he's too sophisticated for you. 00:16:10.261 --> 00:16:13.731 Sutter Cane happens to be this century's most widely-read author. 00:16:13.931 --> 00:16:15.604 You can forget about Stephen King. 00:16:15.808 --> 00:16:17.560 Cane outsells them all. 00:16:18.102 --> 00:16:20.696 So, what happened to this cash cow of yours? 00:16:20.897 --> 00:16:23.696 Cane disappeared two months ago without a trace. 00:16:23.900 --> 00:16:26.995 The police have turned up nothing. 00:16:28.029 --> 00:16:30.202 Who was the last person to hear from him? 00:16:30.406 --> 00:16:33.535 His agent. Cane mailed him several chapters of his new book... 00:16:33.701 --> 00:16:35.123 ...oh, not two weeks ago. 00:16:35.286 --> 00:16:38.881 Plain brown wrapper, no return address. 00:16:41.834 --> 00:16:42.926 Oh, gee, I'm sorry. 00:16:43.127 --> 00:16:44.970 You don't mind, do you? 00:16:51.886 --> 00:16:53.638 What'd the agent have to say? 00:16:54.263 --> 00:16:56.357 Well, you heard what he had to say. 00:16:57.016 --> 00:16:59.269 Heh, what are you talking about? 00:16:59.727 --> 00:17:03.857 I understand you were there when the poor man went crazy in Midtown Manhattan. 00:17:04.065 --> 00:17:06.033 You witnessed the shooting, I believe. 00:17:06.234 --> 00:17:08.612 That lunatic with the ax? That was Cane's agent? 00:17:10.071 --> 00:17:11.698 Hard to believe, isn't it? 00:17:13.699 --> 00:17:15.872 You'd think a guy that outsells Stephen King... 00:17:16.077 --> 00:17:17.750 ...could find better representation. 00:17:20.456 --> 00:17:22.174 Excuse me. 00:17:31.676 --> 00:17:34.099 Miss Styles, this is what we have. 00:17:34.303 --> 00:17:35.850 It's just a little joke. 00:17:36.055 --> 00:17:38.149 Well, we're not in the mood. 00:17:38.349 --> 00:17:40.647 - I'll see you out, Mr. Trent. -Thank you. 00:17:40.851 --> 00:17:44.401 Cane is a billion-dollar franchise. He's the tent pole to this company. 00:17:44.605 --> 00:17:46.573 We've sold film rights to his new book... 00:17:46.774 --> 00:17:49.994 ...as well as publication rights in 18 languages. it's-- 00:17:50.194 --> 00:17:51.571 Book you can't find? 00:17:51.779 --> 00:17:55.454 - Well, his agent found it. At least part of it. - Think he just took one look... 00:17:55.658 --> 00:17:59.379 ...at this latest work of art and just went ax-happy in broad daylight? 00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:02.958 I think it's great. It's great promotion for Arcane, great publicity. 00:18:03.165 --> 00:18:06.009 This was not a publicity stunt. You were there. 00:18:06.210 --> 00:18:10.932 Cane's writing has been known to have an effect on his less-stable readers. 00:18:11.132 --> 00:18:14.261 - Effect? Like what? -Well, disorientation, memory loss... 00:18:14.468 --> 00:18:15.936 ...severe paranoid reaction. 00:18:16.137 --> 00:18:19.186 People pay to feel like that? It's cute. Put it in the press kit. 00:18:19.390 --> 00:18:22.394 Look, we need you. 00:18:23.311 --> 00:18:24.358 Okay- 00:18:24.562 --> 00:18:28.783 Well, why don't you and I get together after work? We'll go through his files. 00:18:29.609 --> 00:18:30.656 I don't think so. 00:18:30.860 --> 00:18:33.158 I need to see his contracts, papers, you know? 00:18:33.362 --> 00:18:34.659 Impossible. 00:18:34.864 --> 00:18:38.710 His agent was a total buffer. We don't even know where Cane lives. 00:18:38.909 --> 00:18:40.661 What do you know? 00:18:41.245 --> 00:18:44.374 For about a year before he disappeared, his work became erratic... 00:18:44.582 --> 00:18:46.676 ...bent, more bizarre than usual. 00:18:46.876 --> 00:18:51.677 He became convinced his writing was real, not fiction, then the work stopped coming. 00:18:51.881 --> 00:18:55.135 I need to know if he's alive or dead, and I need that book. 00:18:55.343 --> 00:18:57.391 We've delayed publication as long as we can. 00:18:57.595 --> 00:19:00.348 His fans are getting really restless. 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:02.017 This shit really sells, doesn't it? 00:19:02.224 --> 00:19:03.601 More than you'd imagine. Surprised? 00:19:05.770 --> 00:19:08.068 Lady, nothing surprises me. 00:19:08.272 --> 00:19:11.116 We fucked up the air, the water, we fucked up each other. 00:19:11.317 --> 00:19:15.413 Why don't we finish the job by just flushing our brains down the toilet? 00:19:15.613 --> 00:19:17.286 Why don't you try reading his stuff... 00:19:18.783 --> 00:19:20.000 ...see if you can get it? 00:19:20.201 --> 00:19:21.874 Got any on tape? 00:20:03.327 --> 00:20:04.795 You want some too, buddy? 00:20:05.413 --> 00:20:09.293 Now, relax, Robby. Look, it's a scam. Of course it's a scam. 00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:13.221 You see, all this strange behavior from people that read the books... 00:20:13.421 --> 00:20:16.220 ...and, uh, the agent going nuts and so on, it's a-- 00:20:16.424 --> 00:20:19.018 I figure it's like mass hysteria, you know? 00:20:19.218 --> 00:20:21.892 It's like, uh-- It's a pop phenomenon. 00:20:22.096 --> 00:20:25.350 It's a craze. It'll pass. This year's Hula-Hoop, something like that. 00:20:25.558 --> 00:20:27.435 before being stopped by police gunfire-- 00:20:27.643 --> 00:20:28.986 Yeah, my God, it's freaky. 00:20:29.145 --> 00:20:30.863 Turning to the weather, here's Bill-- 00:20:31.021 --> 00:20:34.696 No, it's a setup. It's a setup. I just have to work out how it's set up. 00:20:34.900 --> 00:20:37.323 That's all. It's just a matter of time. 00:20:37.528 --> 00:20:38.700 You too? 00:20:40.156 --> 00:20:42.500 God, I've had heartburn. Tell me about it. 00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:46.045 Sporadic riots continue to hit eastern cities... 00:20:46.245 --> 00:20:49.089 ...and reports of violence from Boston and Philadelphia... 00:20:49.290 --> 00:20:50.792 ...are now coming in. 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:54.550 Police continue to describe barely coherent witnesses... 00:20:54.754 --> 00:20:58.759 ...all reporting having read horror novelist Sutter Cane's latest novel: 00:20:58.966 --> 00:21:00.684 Hobb's End Horror. 00:21:00.885 --> 00:21:02.853 Officers have been physically attacked... 00:21:03.053 --> 00:21:06.432 ...and more than 380 people, male and female... 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:08.813 ...have been jailed in New York county. 00:21:09.018 --> 00:21:13.364 Two officers in Boston were hacked to death amid jeering crowds... 00:21:13.564 --> 00:21:15.862 ...in an attack last night. 00:21:17.443 --> 00:21:20.322 What is this horrible, unexplainable madness... 00:21:20.529 --> 00:21:22.247 ...that is gripping our lives? 00:21:22.448 --> 00:21:26.043 - What in the world is happening? - I can see. 00:21:26.577 --> 00:21:27.749 Now we have an editorial. 00:21:27.953 --> 00:21:29.205 Excuse me? 00:21:29.955 --> 00:21:31.878 He sees you. 00:21:33.918 --> 00:21:35.340 Great, uh... 00:21:36.545 --> 00:21:37.842 Tell him I say hi. 00:21:47.348 --> 00:21:48.816 Hello. 00:21:49.558 --> 00:21:51.481 Oh, hi, Robby, yeah. 00:21:51.685 --> 00:21:54.780 Yeah, not a lot. it-- I picked up some of these Sutter Cane books. 00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:56.527 You know, I've been reading them. 00:21:56.690 --> 00:21:59.694 Well, it-- Pulp horror novels. They're all pretty familiar. 00:21:59.902 --> 00:22:01.575 They all seem to have the same plot. 00:22:01.779 --> 00:22:04.908 Slimy things in the dark, people go mad, they turn into monsters. 00:22:05.115 --> 00:22:09.370 The funny thing is that they're kind of better-written than you expect, you know? 00:22:09.578 --> 00:22:13.048 They get to you in a way. I don't know if it's his style of writing... 00:22:13.249 --> 00:22:16.799 ...or his use of description or whatever, but... Hmm? 00:22:18.295 --> 00:22:20.343 No, don't be silly, ha, ha. 00:22:20.548 --> 00:22:22.721 No, no, no. 00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:43.514 Do you want some too, buddy? 00:23:47.468 --> 00:23:49.141 He sees you. 00:23:49.345 --> 00:23:51.313 He sees you. 00:23:53.057 --> 00:23:55.276 He sees you. 00:23:55.434 --> 00:23:57.186 What? 00:24:18.958 --> 00:24:21.256 It's just too weird. 00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:59.331 Beautiful. 00:25:04.586 --> 00:25:06.509 Where did you go? 00:25:09.883 --> 00:25:12.227 Assuming you went somewhere. 00:26:30.756 --> 00:26:32.429 Cute. 00:26:33.884 --> 00:26:36.433 Now I know why Cane had the artwork done himself. 00:26:36.637 --> 00:26:39.106 See this? It's a map. 00:26:39.306 --> 00:26:42.651 The red dot is Hobb's End. It's not on any real map, but look at this. 00:26:43.644 --> 00:26:45.567 The two line up. 00:26:45.771 --> 00:26:48.991 Like it or not, Cane's book covers place Hobb's End... 00:26:49.191 --> 00:26:50.989 ...right in the middle of New England. 00:26:51.193 --> 00:26:53.912 So you're saying the man went someplace fictional? 00:26:54.113 --> 00:26:58.289 No, no, no. It's a real place in a real state. New Hampshire, to be precise. 00:26:58.492 --> 00:26:59.835 But it's not on the map. 00:27:00.702 --> 00:27:03.330 Well, not on any new ones, but maybe on some old ones. 00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:06.964 There's plenty of forgotten towns across America. 00:27:07.793 --> 00:27:09.386 Makes a great contest, doesn't it? 00:27:09.586 --> 00:27:13.136 Put the pieces together, find the town, win a Sutter Cane lunchbox. 00:27:14.633 --> 00:27:16.351 How can you be sure he's there? 00:27:17.761 --> 00:27:20.105 Well, I'd have to go to be sure. 00:27:20.305 --> 00:27:22.649 You sure you want me to go? 00:27:22.850 --> 00:27:26.775 See, I'm not suggesting you're lying, that you're about to file a fraudulent claim... 00:27:26.979 --> 00:27:31.359 ...but forgive me if this sounds a little bit like bullshit to me. 00:27:31.567 --> 00:27:34.571 And if you're telling the truth, if you want your author back... 00:27:34.778 --> 00:27:38.578 ...if you really want your book, then maybe it's in both our best interests... 00:27:38.782 --> 00:27:40.784 ...if I go find him. 00:27:40.951 --> 00:27:43.704 We have nothing to hide, Mr. Trent. 00:27:43.912 --> 00:27:46.586 I desire only our fair share if Cane is dead... 00:27:46.790 --> 00:27:49.009 ...or our property if he's alive. 00:27:49.209 --> 00:27:51.678 Since I assume you also have nothing to hide... 00:27:51.879 --> 00:27:54.632 ...I'm sure you won't mind if I send Miss Styles along... 00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:56.592 ...on your expedition. 00:28:00.262 --> 00:28:02.515 Well, it's your party. 00:28:06.018 --> 00:28:09.648 America the 00:28:15.402 --> 00:28:18.155 Beautiful 00:28:20.616 --> 00:28:23.665 From sea to 00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:27.248 Shining 00:28:35.547 --> 00:28:37.675 Oh! Who was it? What? 00:28:39.134 --> 00:28:40.511 You're awake. 00:28:41.929 --> 00:28:43.647 Hey, hey, hey! 00:28:43.847 --> 00:28:46.369 Couldn't you just shake me, you asshole? 00:28:46.395 --> 00:28:48.423 What did I do? What did I do? 00:28:50.520 --> 00:28:51.897 We're lost. 00:28:52.105 --> 00:28:57.202 We are lost because there is no such place as Hobb's End. 00:28:57.569 --> 00:28:59.321 Well, we'll see. 00:29:00.072 --> 00:29:03.952 Never, never, never throw chips at a driver. 00:29:06.870 --> 00:29:10.044 - Goddamn it. Shit. -Asshole. 00:29:16.713 --> 00:29:18.761 Styles, can I ask you something? 00:29:18.924 --> 00:29:21.928 Do you really like working on Cane's stuff? 00:29:22.636 --> 00:29:24.889 You really like busting people? 00:29:25.097 --> 00:29:28.977 Yeah. I bust frauds, I bust phonies, and, yeah, I love it. 00:29:29.810 --> 00:29:31.562 Have you ever busted anyone you know? 00:29:32.145 --> 00:29:34.694 Yeah. Sure, I did. Didn't make any difference. 00:29:34.898 --> 00:29:39.825 You see, in my business, you soon find out that anybody's capable of anything. 00:29:40.028 --> 00:29:42.451 If you can think of it, they've done it. 00:29:42.656 --> 00:29:44.454 Doesn't leave you much to believe in. 00:29:44.658 --> 00:29:45.818 Think of the upside. 00:29:45.844 --> 00:29:48.563 It doesn't leave you too much to be disappointed in either. 00:29:49.204 --> 00:29:51.798 Believe me, the sooner we're off the planet, the better. 00:29:51.957 --> 00:29:53.959 Now you sound like Cane. 00:29:54.751 --> 00:29:56.503 No, not me. 00:29:56.712 --> 00:29:58.760 You're the Cane lover. 00:29:59.047 --> 00:30:00.970 I just like being scared. 00:30:01.174 --> 00:30:02.847 Cane's work scares me. 00:30:03.010 --> 00:30:06.059 What's to be scared about? It's not like it's real or anything. 00:30:06.263 --> 00:30:09.813 It's not real from your point of view, and reality shares your point of view. 00:30:09.975 --> 00:30:11.602 What scares me about Cane's work... 00:30:11.768 --> 00:30:14.521 ...is what might happen if reality shared his point of view. 00:30:14.688 --> 00:30:16.961 Whoa, we're not talking about reality here. 00:30:16.987 --> 00:30:19.310 We're talking about fiction. It's different. 00:30:19.484 --> 00:30:22.579 A reality is just what we tell each other it is. 00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:25.282 Sane and insane could easily switch places... 00:30:25.490 --> 00:30:27.618 ."Wtheinsane were to become the majority. 00:30:27.826 --> 00:30:30.750 You would find yourself locked in a padded cell... 00:30:30.954 --> 00:30:34.458 ...wondering what happened to the world. 00:30:34.666 --> 00:30:36.714 No, that wouldn't happen to me. 00:30:36.918 --> 00:30:41.549 Well, it would if you realized everything you ever knew was gone. 00:30:42.174 --> 00:30:45.929 It would be pretty lonely being the last one left. 00:30:50.807 --> 00:30:52.855 not only in Manhattan proper... 00:30:53.060 --> 00:30:54.903 ...but there was that incident in Long Island... 00:30:55.103 --> 00:30:56.320 ...that was also related to it. 00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:58.733 Oh, come on, doctor, I don't buy this. 00:30:58.940 --> 00:31:00.066 I mean, what are you saying? 00:31:00.275 --> 00:31:02.027 That there's disease spreading across the country? 00:31:02.194 --> 00:31:04.868 It is an addiction that people have at this time... 00:31:05.030 --> 00:31:08.204 ...of fantasy creating a pile of written material. 00:31:08.408 --> 00:31:10.035 How could it be addicting? 00:31:10.243 --> 00:31:13.167 - Look, I mean this is words. - All things have been... 00:31:24.091 --> 00:31:26.844 Or just something that is created by the press? 00:31:27.052 --> 00:31:30.352 - That's not-- Acting stupid is what it is. 00:31:58.458 --> 00:32:00.552 - Jesus Christ. -Huh. 00:32:00.752 --> 00:32:02.754 I saw-- I saw a-- 00:32:02.963 --> 00:32:04.715 A cow, a sheep? 00:32:04.923 --> 00:32:06.140 A pig? What did you see? 00:32:07.008 --> 00:32:09.887 - Never mind. It was nothing. - Good. 00:32:39.791 --> 00:32:41.384 Don't move him. 00:32:41.585 --> 00:32:43.883 - Is he alive? - I don't know. 00:32:44.754 --> 00:32:46.756 Don't move. He'll get a blanket. Lie still. 00:32:46.965 --> 00:32:49.013 - I can't get out. - Don't move. 00:32:49.217 --> 00:32:51.140 He won't let me out. 00:33:17.204 --> 00:33:18.797 He was okay? 00:33:24.461 --> 00:33:26.259 Come on, let's go. 00:33:26.463 --> 00:33:29.091 We'll tell the cops when we hit the next town. 00:33:29.758 --> 00:33:31.385 You okay? 00:35:11.026 --> 00:35:12.073 Oh, I can't believe it. 00:35:12.277 --> 00:35:14.780 I must have slept through the whole night. 00:35:15.196 --> 00:35:17.494 Hey, thanks for driving. 00:35:19.618 --> 00:35:20.835 What is it? 00:35:21.036 --> 00:35:22.504 Look. 00:35:25.624 --> 00:35:28.753 Styles, you're fantastic. You found it. 00:35:30.837 --> 00:35:32.430 What's wrong? 00:35:33.798 --> 00:35:35.095 You drive. 00:36:22.263 --> 00:36:24.641 Cute, cute, cute. 00:36:26.226 --> 00:36:28.695 Main Street, U.S.A. 00:36:32.315 --> 00:36:33.908 Jesus. 00:36:37.654 --> 00:36:39.656 Pfft. 00:36:44.285 --> 00:36:46.083 Antiques. 00:36:51.668 --> 00:36:55.389 This old crap. I wonder where they manufacture this shit. 00:37:11.146 --> 00:37:12.363 Look. 00:37:13.398 --> 00:37:15.116 Those kids. 00:37:15.442 --> 00:37:17.820 - You didn't see them? -No. 00:37:20.071 --> 00:37:20.919 Where is everyone? 00:37:20.945 --> 00:37:24.101 It's like the place is picture perfect and there's nobody around. 00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:26.286 Come on. 00:38:04.866 --> 00:38:06.941 Styles, how did you know about this place? 00:38:06.967 --> 00:38:08.896 I thought you'd never been here before. 00:38:09.078 --> 00:38:11.080 I haven't. I've read about it. 00:38:11.289 --> 00:38:13.132 So have you. 00:38:14.751 --> 00:38:16.719 This is empty now. 00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:20.595 It used to be filled with strange growing things, remember? 00:38:20.799 --> 00:38:23.473 One night, the townspeople saw something moving in here... 00:38:23.676 --> 00:38:27.271 ...something enormous, with arms like snakes. 00:38:27.472 --> 00:38:28.940 Oh, yeah. 00:38:29.140 --> 00:38:31.234 Hobb's End Horror. 00:38:31.434 --> 00:38:35.735 The hotel from Hobb's End Horror. 00:38:37.065 --> 00:38:38.373 You know what I'm thinking? 00:38:38.399 --> 00:38:41.061 There's gotta be a great tie-in for a town like this. 00:38:41.236 --> 00:38:44.536 I mean, think of the tourist potential, for instance, or a-- 00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:47.538 There should be a painting behind us. 00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:49.411 Oh, yeah. 00:38:50.411 --> 00:38:51.458 It's nice. 00:38:51.663 --> 00:38:53.461 There's a loose board there. 00:39:01.673 --> 00:39:03.801 - Good morning. -Hi. 00:39:04.008 --> 00:39:05.681 Can I help you folks? 00:39:05.885 --> 00:39:08.855 I certainly hope so. We'd like a room, please. 00:39:09.305 --> 00:39:10.727 We're on our way to Boston. 00:39:10.890 --> 00:39:13.894 We thought we'd take a break in your famous little town. 00:39:14.102 --> 00:39:15.445 Famous? 00:39:15.645 --> 00:39:18.398 Yeah, what with the whole Sutter Cane thing and all. 00:39:18.606 --> 00:39:20.404 Sutter who? 00:39:20.942 --> 00:39:22.444 Cane. 00:39:22.694 --> 00:39:26.744 We heard he came from around here and comes back to stay once in a while. 00:39:27.991 --> 00:39:29.834 I don't know anybody named Cane. 00:39:31.494 --> 00:39:35.544 Heh, nobody passes through here much anymore. 00:39:35.832 --> 00:39:37.334 Let me get you your keys. 00:39:37.542 --> 00:39:40.921 You want me to leave a deposit or my credit card or something? 00:39:42.422 --> 00:39:43.719 Oh, city folk. 00:39:43.923 --> 00:39:46.176 - Mm. -Heh. Oh. 00:39:50.096 --> 00:39:52.815 Miss Styles, if that's what you saw, then-- 00:39:53.016 --> 00:39:55.751 Yeah, heh, I guess it would be a little unsettling. 00:39:55.777 --> 00:39:57.512 I'd be a little unnerved myself. 00:39:57.687 --> 00:40:01.817 But regardless of what you saw, regardless of what you think... 00:40:02.025 --> 00:40:05.154 ...we are not living inside a Sutter Cane story. 00:40:06.779 --> 00:40:08.372 They're all in here. 00:40:10.575 --> 00:40:15.627 The Mrs. Pickman in the book is a lunatic who chops her husband into coleslaw. 00:40:15.872 --> 00:40:18.842 That sweet old thing that we met downstairs... 00:40:19.042 --> 00:40:21.795 ...isn't capable of anything worse... 00:40:22.921 --> 00:40:25.424 ...than dipping her dentures into her husband's beer. 00:40:25.632 --> 00:40:27.976 Trent, I know you think this is a joke. 00:40:28.176 --> 00:40:30.599 Just listen to me for a second, please. 00:40:30.803 --> 00:40:33.022 What if Cane's work isn't fiction? 00:40:33.598 --> 00:40:36.147 Oh, for chrissake. 00:40:36.935 --> 00:40:38.858 This is reality. 00:40:40.021 --> 00:40:41.273 You hear that? 00:40:41.481 --> 00:40:43.074 Reality. 00:40:43.274 --> 00:40:47.950 Now, if what you're saying is true, there should be out that window... 00:40:48.154 --> 00:40:51.875 ...a black Byzantine church with 250-foot spires... 00:40:52.075 --> 00:40:53.702 ...with gold onions on the top. 00:40:53.910 --> 00:40:55.537 Now, look. 00:40:56.287 --> 00:40:57.755 You see? 00:40:57.956 --> 00:40:59.583 Reality. 00:40:59.791 --> 00:41:02.465 You didn't read closely enough. 00:41:02.710 --> 00:41:05.839 The view is from the east. 00:41:14.263 --> 00:41:15.856 "This place had once been the seat... 00:41:16.182 --> 00:41:19.561 ...of an evil older than mankind and wider than the known universe. 00:41:19.769 --> 00:41:23.819 It was a place of pain and suffering beyond human understanding." 00:41:24.023 --> 00:41:26.822 You got me reading this thing like it's a guidebook. 00:41:27.235 --> 00:41:31.786 "Originally, there was an old stone church built on this site in 1788... 00:41:31.990 --> 00:41:34.994 ...but the black church swallowed up the old sanctuary... 00:41:35.201 --> 00:41:37.454 ...the way it has swallowed our minds. 00:41:37.662 --> 00:41:40.836 Now there is nothing left of what was once here... 00:41:41.040 --> 00:41:46.171 ...except the mosaic of our Lord and savior above the front door. 00:41:50.758 --> 00:41:53.511 Some believe the old sanctuary still exists somewhere... 00:41:53.720 --> 00:41:56.064 ...trapped inside this evil edifice. 00:41:56.264 --> 00:41:59.564 It's primeval inhabitants were a murderous race of creatures... 00:41:59.767 --> 00:42:02.862 ...whose vile existence contaminated time itself... 00:42:03.062 --> 00:42:06.566 ...affecting history with their sadistic wickedness." 00:42:26.377 --> 00:42:29.221 It's the battle for heaven. Archangel Michael's fighting off-- 00:42:29.422 --> 00:42:32.050 "Fighting off one of the creatures from the other side." 00:42:32.258 --> 00:42:34.977 A representation. The things Cane writes are indescribable. 00:42:35.178 --> 00:42:36.395 Beyond description. 00:42:36.596 --> 00:42:37.939 Right. 00:42:38.139 --> 00:42:40.767 Look, we're wasting our time. We ought to be asking about Cane. 00:42:42.226 --> 00:42:44.649 We'll have somebody to ask in about two seconds. 00:42:48.191 --> 00:42:50.239 Come on, we have to get out of here. 00:42:51.152 --> 00:42:53.353 We can't be in front of the church, Trent. 00:42:53.379 --> 00:42:54.556 They have guns, Trent. 00:43:04.749 --> 00:43:06.376 Cane! 00:43:12.256 --> 00:43:13.849 No, I wanna go back. 00:43:15.009 --> 00:43:17.182 Give him back! 00:43:24.268 --> 00:43:25.520 Johnny. 00:43:25.728 --> 00:43:27.321 Johnny boy. 00:43:46.999 --> 00:43:49.218 Is that Cane? 00:44:21.951 --> 00:44:23.874 Get in the truck. 00:44:25.037 --> 00:44:27.460 - No! - Where are they coming from? 00:44:28.332 --> 00:44:30.881 No, no, no! Stop it! 00:44:47.852 --> 00:44:49.650 I see. 00:44:52.565 --> 00:44:55.318 Tell me how you knew about that mob. Tell me that. Huh? 00:44:56.444 --> 00:44:58.788 You see, you can't bullshit a bullshitter, can you? 00:44:58.988 --> 00:45:02.162 I'll tell you how. This whole thing has been staged, that's how. 00:45:02.366 --> 00:45:04.414 You, Harglow, and Cane put me through this... 00:45:04.577 --> 00:45:07.672 ...so I can blab to the media about "Cane's haunted little town"... 00:45:07.830 --> 00:45:09.881 ...help you sell a few more million copies. 00:45:09.907 --> 00:45:10.699 Well, fuck that. 00:45:10.833 --> 00:45:12.631 - You're wrong. -No, I'm not. 00:45:12.835 --> 00:45:15.805 Before I leave, I'm gonna find someone who's gonna come clean. 00:45:16.005 --> 00:45:18.133 We're gonna dismiss your bullshit claim. 00:45:18.341 --> 00:45:20.639 You're wrong, Trent. I know you are wrong. 00:45:20.843 --> 00:45:21.890 How am I wrong? 00:45:22.094 --> 00:45:24.267 Because you're right. You're half right. 00:45:24.430 --> 00:45:25.852 This was a hoax. 00:45:26.057 --> 00:45:29.436 We did send Cane away on a publicity stunt, only he never showed up. 00:45:29.644 --> 00:45:32.318 Harglow sent me with you to make it look good... 00:45:32.521 --> 00:45:35.240 ...only we weren't supposed to find anything, but we did. 00:45:35.441 --> 00:45:38.035 That's how I know what we're seeing is real. 00:45:38.236 --> 00:45:40.455 We didn't stage any of this. 00:45:40.655 --> 00:45:42.532 It's all happening for real, Trent. 00:45:42.740 --> 00:45:45.084 And it is all in that book and that's how I know. 00:45:45.284 --> 00:45:47.833 You're lying. I read the books too, you remember? 00:45:48.037 --> 00:45:50.335 There's nothing about any mob, any little girl. 00:45:50.498 --> 00:45:53.502 Not in the old books, Trent. In the new one. 00:45:53.668 --> 00:45:58.424 No one knew what was in it except me and Cane's agent. 00:46:03.928 --> 00:46:05.521 All right. 00:46:06.013 --> 00:46:07.981 What's it about, the new one? 00:46:08.182 --> 00:46:13.780 It's about the end to everything and it starts here in this place... 00:46:13.980 --> 00:46:18.451 ...with an evil that returns and takes over Hobb's End piece by piece... 00:46:18.651 --> 00:46:20.244 ...starting with the children. 00:46:20.444 --> 00:46:25.245 It's about people turning into things, creatures that aren't human anymore. 00:46:25.449 --> 00:46:28.794 It's fiction, Styles. Fiction. 00:46:29.203 --> 00:46:32.002 We need to read the new book to find the way out. 00:46:32.206 --> 00:46:33.674 How is that gonna help? 00:46:33.874 --> 00:46:36.127 We could skip to the ending. 00:46:36.627 --> 00:46:38.846 Styles, I really hope you're making this up... 00:46:39.046 --> 00:46:41.890 ...because if you're not, you're actually crazy. 00:46:42.091 --> 00:46:44.185 Please, Trent. 00:46:46.012 --> 00:46:48.515 Don't make me do this alone. 00:46:48.723 --> 00:46:50.851 Hey. Hey- 00:46:53.394 --> 00:46:55.362 Are you coming with me? 00:46:58.024 --> 00:46:59.822 Fine. 00:47:00.318 --> 00:47:02.571 Have a nice bus ride home. 00:47:34.935 --> 00:47:36.858 No smoking, please. 00:47:38.189 --> 00:47:40.112 It bothers my husband. 00:47:40.941 --> 00:47:44.241 I'm sorry. I just can't seem to help myself around here. 00:47:44.653 --> 00:47:48.328 I was just on my way out. I thought I'd stop and admire the artwork. 00:47:48.532 --> 00:47:50.125 It's beautiful, isn't it? 00:47:50.326 --> 00:47:52.203 Sure is. 00:47:52.953 --> 00:47:55.251 Styles told me you painted it yourself. 00:47:55.456 --> 00:47:57.254 Styles? 00:47:58.209 --> 00:47:59.677 Oh, the-- 00:47:59.877 --> 00:48:03.848 You mean the pretty young thing you came in here with. 00:48:05.091 --> 00:48:06.889 I don't know her at all. 00:48:07.676 --> 00:48:09.269 Does she know me? 00:48:09.470 --> 00:48:11.723 Well, she claims she does. 00:48:12.223 --> 00:48:14.021 So you're not responsible for this? 00:48:14.183 --> 00:48:16.151 Hell, no. 00:48:17.353 --> 00:48:19.606 Well, it's a nice place you got here. 00:48:19.814 --> 00:48:22.738 Oh, it must be a hell of a thing to keep clean. 00:48:23.692 --> 00:48:25.911 You look as if you've been up all night. 00:48:27.363 --> 00:48:29.286 Been reading. 00:48:45.047 --> 00:48:46.924 Styles? 00:48:47.466 --> 00:48:49.309 Styles! 00:48:50.302 --> 00:48:51.645 Styles! 00:48:59.103 --> 00:49:00.730 Hush. 00:49:28.466 --> 00:49:30.468 You're a writer? 00:49:32.303 --> 00:49:34.647 No. You an actor? 00:49:34.847 --> 00:49:36.975 Take a hint. Leave. 00:49:37.183 --> 00:49:38.810 This ain't no tourist town. 00:49:40.102 --> 00:49:41.945 Oh, I've been trying to. 00:49:43.647 --> 00:49:45.524 You guys are good, you know? 00:49:45.733 --> 00:49:47.952 You, the old lady at the hotel... 00:49:48.152 --> 00:49:49.745 ...really, really good. 00:49:49.945 --> 00:49:52.494 Cane's been messing with the church. 00:49:52.698 --> 00:49:55.577 Now, something came leaking out, took the little ones first... 00:49:55.784 --> 00:49:57.127 ...then passed it on to us. 00:49:58.746 --> 00:50:00.544 Can I buy you a beer? 00:50:01.081 --> 00:50:03.834 Don't let it get to you. Just get out. 00:50:18.474 --> 00:50:19.521 Give it. 00:50:19.725 --> 00:50:23.070 What are you? Where do you come from? 00:50:23.729 --> 00:50:26.448 - Where do you live? -With you. 00:50:26.649 --> 00:50:29.118 - Who takes care of you? - You do. 00:50:29.818 --> 00:50:31.195 You're my mommy. 00:50:31.403 --> 00:50:33.451 Know what today is? 00:50:33.656 --> 00:50:36.409 Today is Mommy's Day. 00:50:42.831 --> 00:50:44.549 Styles? 00:50:53.384 --> 00:50:55.011 Linda. 00:53:06.350 --> 00:53:07.442 Linda. 00:53:07.976 --> 00:53:10.229 Nice to see you again. 00:53:13.857 --> 00:53:16.861 You can edit this one from the inside... 00:53:17.069 --> 00:53:18.742 ...looking out. 00:53:23.200 --> 00:53:24.417 It's funny, isn't it? 00:53:25.119 --> 00:53:28.419 For years, I thought I was making all this up. 00:53:32.501 --> 00:53:34.629 But they were telling me what to write... 00:53:45.514 --> 00:53:49.439 ...giving me the power to make it all real. 00:53:51.061 --> 00:53:52.108 And now it is. 00:54:02.406 --> 00:54:05.376 All those horrible, slimy things... 00:54:05.993 --> 00:54:08.416 ...trying to get back in? 00:54:08.620 --> 00:54:10.372 They're all true. 00:54:25.804 --> 00:54:27.306 Come. 00:54:28.265 --> 00:54:31.314 See the instrument of their homecoming. 00:54:32.102 --> 00:54:34.446 What you have come looking for. 00:54:35.355 --> 00:54:37.483 The new Bible... 00:54:40.444 --> 00:54:43.573 ...that starts the change... 00:54:44.531 --> 00:54:47.284 ...helps you see. 00:55:04.718 --> 00:55:07.016 Do you like my ending? 00:55:11.725 --> 00:55:13.318 An)' Suggestions? 00:55:51.890 --> 00:55:53.767 You found something. Where did you go? 00:55:53.976 --> 00:55:55.978 I'm losing me. I'm losing me, John. 00:55:56.186 --> 00:55:57.813 Help me. I'm losing me. 00:56:00.899 --> 00:56:02.651 - What's happening? -I saw the book. 00:56:02.860 --> 00:56:05.659 Don't look at it. Don't read it, John. 00:56:05.863 --> 00:56:08.616 I'm losing me. 00:56:23.964 --> 00:56:25.762 Mrs. Pickman? 00:56:53.952 --> 00:56:56.000 Come on, you old bitch. 00:57:26.109 --> 00:57:27.952 Mrs. Pickman? 00:58:03.563 --> 00:58:05.315 Styles. 00:58:09.111 --> 00:58:11.455 We're going. Now. 00:59:14.718 --> 00:59:15.844 Styles? 00:59:18.138 --> 00:59:19.936 Styles? 00:59:21.475 --> 00:59:22.897 Fuck you! 00:59:31.485 --> 00:59:33.704 You're still here. 00:59:35.030 --> 00:59:36.657 Busy night. 00:59:36.823 --> 00:59:39.747 Special effects, hidden speakers. 00:59:39.951 --> 00:59:42.500 You people are professionals, I'll give you that. 00:59:42.704 --> 00:59:46.083 The thing I can't remember is what came first. 00:59:46.291 --> 00:59:48.635 Us or the book. 00:59:49.544 --> 00:59:51.888 We are not living in a Sutter Cane story! 00:59:52.089 --> 00:59:53.682 This is not reality! 00:59:55.383 --> 00:59:57.727 Reality is not what it used to be. 00:59:58.303 --> 01:00:02.274 Oh, Jesus, this place makes my head hurt. 01:00:02.474 --> 01:00:06.570 Oh, really? Come on, look at this. 01:00:07.771 --> 01:00:11.446 This was done by a 5-year-old, my 5-year-old. 01:00:11.650 --> 01:00:12.993 Johnny's sister. 01:00:13.193 --> 01:00:16.447 She did me after she did her mom. 01:00:17.823 --> 01:00:19.575 You're alone. 01:00:25.122 --> 01:00:27.591 Oh, shit. Oh, no, don't. 01:00:27.791 --> 01:00:30.010 I have to. He wrote me this way. 01:01:02.367 --> 01:01:04.040 Oh, shit. 01:01:04.202 --> 01:01:05.294 The key. 01:01:10.959 --> 01:01:12.632 Jesus! 01:01:23.680 --> 01:01:25.227 Christ. 01:01:27.893 --> 01:01:29.486 Shit. 01:01:55.337 --> 01:01:59.058 Never leave the city. Why don't I learn? 01:01:59.549 --> 01:02:01.802 Are we leaving? 01:02:02.677 --> 01:02:04.099 We're already home. 01:02:04.304 --> 01:02:07.103 You should have believed me. 01:02:07.766 --> 01:02:09.359 Where's the fucking highway? 01:02:09.559 --> 01:02:11.982 Cane's writing me. He wants me to kiss you. 01:02:12.187 --> 01:02:13.689 Why? 01:02:13.897 --> 01:02:16.025 - Because it's good for the book. -Jesus. 01:02:16.233 --> 01:02:19.032 -It's what the readers wanna read. -Oh, God! 01:02:24.616 --> 01:02:25.833 Go-- Get-- 01:02:26.368 --> 01:02:28.541 Get away from me! 01:02:53.728 --> 01:02:56.231 Cane has a job for you. 01:04:02.047 --> 01:04:04.220 A few bad calls. 01:04:04.424 --> 01:04:06.142 A few wrong turns. 01:06:47.378 --> 01:06:51.008 Do you wanna know the problem with places like this? 01:06:51.299 --> 01:06:53.222 With religion in general? 01:06:53.968 --> 01:06:58.269 It's never known how to convey the anatomy of horror. 01:06:58.473 --> 01:07:01.147 Religion seeks discipline through fear... 01:07:01.351 --> 01:07:05.231 ...yet doesn't understand the true nature of creation. 01:07:06.272 --> 01:07:09.742 No one's ever believed it enough to make it real. 01:07:11.152 --> 01:07:13.530 The same cannot be said of my work. 01:07:15.073 --> 01:07:17.496 Your books aren't real. 01:07:17.825 --> 01:07:20.578 But they've sold over a billion copies. 01:07:21.371 --> 01:07:24.215 I've been translated into 18 languages. 01:07:24.415 --> 01:07:28.010 More people believe in my work than believe in the Bible. 01:07:32.340 --> 01:07:33.466 You got a point? 01:07:40.390 --> 01:07:41.983 I think you know it. 01:07:43.351 --> 01:07:47.527 There has to be some kind of an explanation for what I've seen tonight. 01:07:47.730 --> 01:07:49.152 I'll sort this shit out later. 01:07:49.357 --> 01:07:53.578 But right now, there has to be some kind of a simple fucking explanation. 01:07:54.070 --> 01:07:57.165 Always looking for the con. 01:07:57.574 --> 01:08:00.794 Even now, you're trying to rationalize. 01:08:03.621 --> 01:08:05.419 Anyway... 01:08:06.207 --> 01:08:08.301 ...your books suck. 01:08:13.923 --> 01:08:16.551 You must try reading my new one. 01:08:17.010 --> 01:08:19.729 The others have had quite an effect... 01:08:19.929 --> 01:08:23.103 ...but this one will drive you absolutely mad. 01:08:26.519 --> 01:08:28.317 So I'm told. 01:08:28.521 --> 01:08:32.401 It'll make the world ready for the change. 01:08:32.609 --> 01:08:36.364 It takes its power from new readers and new believers. 01:08:36.571 --> 01:08:39.370 That's the point. Belief. 01:08:40.867 --> 01:08:43.086 When people begin to lose their ability... 01:08:43.286 --> 01:08:47.382 ...to know the difference between fantasy and reality... 01:08:48.124 --> 01:08:52.095 ...the old ones can begin theirjourney back. 01:08:53.338 --> 01:08:57.388 The more people who believe, the faster the journey. 01:08:58.217 --> 01:09:01.061 And with the way the other books have sold... 01:09:01.262 --> 01:09:05.893 ...this one is bound to be very, very popular. 01:09:08.895 --> 01:09:10.147 Want to see? 01:09:17.362 --> 01:09:18.409 Cane. 01:09:23.701 --> 01:09:25.419 All done. 01:09:31.918 --> 01:09:34.922 In the Mouth of Madness. 01:09:41.427 --> 01:09:43.600 Yours to deliver, Trent. 01:09:44.347 --> 01:09:45.519 What? 01:09:45.682 --> 01:09:48.856 I'll be joining my new publishers now. 01:09:54.065 --> 01:09:57.615 You take the manuscript back to the world for me, that's what you do. 01:09:58.778 --> 01:10:00.030 What I do? 01:10:03.908 --> 01:10:06.377 You are what I write. 01:10:07.578 --> 01:10:09.501 Like this town. 01:10:10.081 --> 01:10:11.708 It wasn't here before I wrote it. 01:10:12.875 --> 01:10:14.252 And neither were you. 01:10:16.337 --> 01:10:17.884 No. 01:10:18.297 --> 01:10:20.095 I know what's real. 01:10:20.299 --> 01:10:22.222 I know what I am... 01:10:22.427 --> 01:10:24.179 ...and nobody pulls my strings. 01:10:26.973 --> 01:10:30.227 Did you think my agent attacked you by accident? 01:10:31.102 --> 01:10:33.525 He read about you in there. 01:10:35.064 --> 01:10:37.487 He knew you'd bring it back and start the change. 01:10:37.692 --> 01:10:39.786 Make what's happened here happen everywhere. 01:10:40.445 --> 01:10:41.822 He tried to stop you. 01:10:43.781 --> 01:10:45.624 I'm not a piece of fiction. 01:10:46.868 --> 01:10:49.462 I think therefore you are. 01:10:51.622 --> 01:10:54.250 Read it if you don't believe me. 01:10:55.334 --> 01:10:58.713 See what I have in store for you. 01:11:00.339 --> 01:11:01.886 I know what I am. 01:11:11.642 --> 01:11:13.565 Go back. 01:11:14.479 --> 01:11:17.483 Your world lies beyond that passage. 01:11:29.035 --> 01:11:30.457 Go now. 01:11:30.661 --> 01:11:33.790 I can't hold them back any longer. 01:12:26.759 --> 01:12:29.308 "Trent stood at the edge of the rip... 01:12:29.470 --> 01:12:33.691 ...stared into the illimitable gulf of the unknown... 01:12:33.891 --> 01:12:38.522 ...the Stygian world yawning blackly beyond. 01:12:38.729 --> 01:12:41.573 Trent's eyes refused to close. 01:12:41.774 --> 01:12:43.526 He did not shriek... 01:12:43.734 --> 01:12:49.082 ...but the hideous unholy abominations shrieked for him... 01:12:49.282 --> 01:12:54.129 ...as in the same second he saw them spill and tumble upward... 01:12:54.328 --> 01:12:58.174 ...out of an enormous carrion black pit... 01:12:58.374 --> 01:13:01.253 ...choked with the gleaming white bones... 01:13:01.460 --> 01:13:04.930 ...of countless unhallowed centuries. 01:13:05.131 --> 01:13:09.386 He began to back away from the rip as the army of unspeakable figures... 01:13:09.594 --> 01:13:12.438 ...twilit by the glow from the bottomless pit... 01:13:12.638 --> 01:13:16.313 ...came pouring at him toward our world." 01:13:19.353 --> 01:13:21.196 Come with me. 01:13:22.189 --> 01:13:23.611 I can't. 01:13:24.317 --> 01:13:26.615 I've read to the end. 01:14:43.396 --> 01:14:45.023 Hey, kid. 01:14:49.652 --> 01:14:51.074 You want a paper? 01:14:59.245 --> 01:15:01.293 Have you been in an accident? 01:15:03.457 --> 01:15:04.583 Yup. 01:15:04.792 --> 01:15:07.170 You want me to get somebody? 01:15:08.671 --> 01:15:10.639 No, just... 01:15:11.841 --> 01:15:14.060 Just point me to the highway. 01:15:15.344 --> 01:15:16.391 Straight up. 01:15:22.184 --> 01:15:23.811 Hey, kid. 01:15:28.524 --> 01:15:30.151 Did you ever hear of Hobb's End? 01:16:24.038 --> 01:16:25.255 No! 01:16:25.456 --> 01:16:26.958 No! 01:17:02.952 --> 01:17:04.795 Mr. Trent. 01:17:05.037 --> 01:17:06.163 What? 01:17:06.330 --> 01:17:08.207 Package for you, sir. 01:17:09.083 --> 01:17:10.585 But nobody knows I'm here. 01:17:11.752 --> 01:17:13.800 Well, someone does. 01:17:41.365 --> 01:17:43.618 - Who delivered this? -I don't know. 01:17:43.826 --> 01:17:44.261 - Who? 01:17:44.287 --> 01:17:46.024 I don't know. I wasn't here last night. 01:17:46.203 --> 01:17:47.796 - Who was it? - I was. 01:17:47.997 --> 01:17:49.795 And I didn't see shit. 01:18:09.602 --> 01:18:13.527 I remember New York during the Depression. 01:18:13.731 --> 01:18:16.484 People think they have it bad now. 01:18:16.692 --> 01:18:20.117 You should have seen the Bowery back then. 01:18:20.321 --> 01:18:24.701 Bodies piled 2, 3 feet high off the gutter. 01:18:43.761 --> 01:18:45.604 I'm not going anywhere. 01:18:45.804 --> 01:18:48.557 I'm God now, you understand? 01:18:49.266 --> 01:18:51.689 God's not supposed to be a hack horror writer. 01:18:52.645 --> 01:18:55.398 But maybe I can help you believe. 01:18:55.606 --> 01:18:57.279 Look around when you wake up. 01:18:58.943 --> 01:19:02.117 Did I ever tell you my favorite color was blue? 01:19:22.716 --> 01:19:24.969 Relax, buddy. Relax. 01:19:25.177 --> 01:19:30.308 - You're awake now. -It was just a bad dream. 01:19:31.267 --> 01:19:33.440 Are you deaf and dumb, sir? 01:19:35.604 --> 01:19:39.074 I was just there in the town, in that town... 01:19:39.275 --> 01:19:43.746 ...and there were people there and shops and homes and-- 01:19:43.946 --> 01:19:45.414 I don't doubt that. 01:19:45.614 --> 01:19:47.912 What I'm telling you for the 10th time... 01:19:48.117 --> 01:19:50.370 ...is it couldn't have been called Hobb's End. 01:19:50.577 --> 01:19:54.047 There never was, is, or shall be any such place... 01:19:54.248 --> 01:19:56.967 ...by that name in this state. Ever. 01:19:57.126 --> 01:19:59.299 I wanna see your supervisor! 01:20:44.548 --> 01:20:48.394 Well, that is quite a story. 01:20:48.594 --> 01:20:51.473 If you could write it, I'd publish it. 01:20:53.140 --> 01:20:54.892 You don't believe it, do you? 01:20:57.728 --> 01:21:02.359 Well, if I don't, what's my option? That I'm crazy? 01:21:03.275 --> 01:21:05.027 I'm not crazy. 01:21:05.861 --> 01:21:07.329 Have you heard the rumors... 01:21:07.529 --> 01:21:12.285 ...that, uh, Cane's books have affected certain readers? 01:21:12.493 --> 01:21:14.746 Yeah, Styles told me. 01:21:14.953 --> 01:21:19.880 Styles. Oh, that's the girl you say I sent with you that... 01:21:20.084 --> 01:21:22.553 But I know I sent you off alone. 01:21:23.837 --> 01:21:26.590 Why wouldn't I remember her? 01:21:30.969 --> 01:21:32.346 Well... 01:21:33.263 --> 01:21:36.016 Well, that's easy. She was written out. 01:21:36.308 --> 01:21:37.855 - Written out? - Yeah. 01:21:38.060 --> 01:21:44.067 Look, do you think those books somehow infected you? 01:21:44.608 --> 01:21:46.326 Listen to me, Harglow. 01:21:46.527 --> 01:21:49.155 Everything I've said is true. It's real. 01:21:50.364 --> 01:21:53.163 And that's why I had to destroy the last manuscript. 01:21:53.325 --> 01:21:56.169 But I know that's not true. 01:21:58.163 --> 01:21:59.460 What are you talking about? 01:21:59.623 --> 01:22:02.593 You delivered that manuscript to me months ago. 01:22:02.751 --> 01:22:05.971 To me personally in this room. 01:22:06.463 --> 01:22:10.263 - I did? -Yes, you did. Last spring. 01:22:10.467 --> 01:22:12.811 For God's sakes, we published in July. 01:22:13.011 --> 01:22:15.184 The book's been in the stores for seven weeks. 01:22:17.808 --> 01:22:18.855 Have you read it? 01:22:19.893 --> 01:22:23.272 No, I never read Cane's work. I haven't got the stomach for it. 01:22:24.148 --> 01:22:26.401 Pull it. Don't distribute it. 01:22:26.608 --> 01:22:29.862 Even if everything I've said is totally Looney Tunes... 01:22:30.070 --> 01:22:32.243 ...I know this book will drive people crazy. 01:22:32.865 --> 01:22:35.084 Well, let's hope so. 01:22:35.659 --> 01:22:37.707 The movie comes out next month. 01:22:49.923 --> 01:22:52.221 The newest and presumably posthumous work 01:22:52.426 --> 01:22:56.806 ...of Sutter Cane continues to sit at number one on the best-seller list. 01:22:57.014 --> 01:23:01.861 In the Mouth of Madness is expected to break all previous publishing records. 01:23:02.060 --> 01:23:04.688 On the local scene, police are at a loss to explain... 01:23:04.897 --> 01:23:08.151 ...the outbreak of violent crime among the city's clergy. 01:23:08.358 --> 01:23:10.360 The mayor has called an emergency meeting... 01:23:10.527 --> 01:23:12.621 ...of law enforcement and medical agencies... 01:23:12.779 --> 01:23:16.659 ...to discuss an apparent epidemic of paranoid schizophrenia. 01:23:16.867 --> 01:23:19.245 Just an unbelievably horrible story, Bob. 01:23:19.453 --> 01:23:23.003 What began locally has now broken out into a global epidemic. 01:23:23.207 --> 01:23:25.630 An epidemic of monumental proportions... 01:23:25.834 --> 01:23:29.213 ...of senseless, seemingly unmotivated acts of violence. 01:23:29.421 --> 01:23:32.265 - There are major... -Like the book? 01:23:32.966 --> 01:23:34.968 I love it. 01:23:35.135 --> 01:23:36.603 Good. 01:23:36.845 --> 01:23:38.973 Then this shouldn't come as a surprise. 01:23:55.531 --> 01:23:58.080 It's spreading out there, isn't it? 01:24:00.160 --> 01:24:02.413 Just because you know the symptoms doesn't mean... 01:24:02.621 --> 01:24:04.214 ...to say your story's true. 01:24:04.373 --> 01:24:06.751 It's Cane's story. 01:24:07.251 --> 01:24:09.049 And it'll spread with each new reader. 01:24:09.253 --> 01:24:13.053 That's how it gets its power. 01:24:14.758 --> 01:24:17.102 What about the people who don't read? 01:24:19.763 --> 01:24:21.606 There's a movie. 01:24:23.517 --> 01:24:25.519 Oh, yes, of course. 01:24:32.150 --> 01:24:33.572 I'm gonna leave now. 01:24:33.735 --> 01:24:36.329 But I'll be coming back, I promise. 01:24:36.530 --> 01:24:38.453 I want to help you. 01:24:39.283 --> 01:24:43.083 There's no hurry. It's safer in here now. 01:24:43.245 --> 01:24:45.623 It'll get worse out there. 01:24:46.123 --> 01:24:47.545 Why? 01:24:50.961 --> 01:24:53.464 Every species can smell its own extinction. 01:24:54.548 --> 01:24:56.767 The last ones left... 01:24:57.175 --> 01:24:58.973 ...won't have a pretty time of it. 01:24:59.595 --> 01:25:03.566 And in 10 years, maybe less... 01:25:04.308 --> 01:25:09.064 ...the human race will just be a bedtime story for their children. 01:25:09.271 --> 01:25:12.241 A myth. Nothing more. 01:25:32.878 --> 01:25:36.007 Did he have anything to say? 01:25:36.715 --> 01:25:38.934 No. It was useless. 01:25:39.217 --> 01:25:41.265 He thinks he's fiction... 01:25:41.970 --> 01:25:45.395 ...and that Sutter Cane's causing the epidemic. 01:25:47.476 --> 01:25:51.356 Do you read Sutter Cane? 01:26:24.137 --> 01:26:25.810 Oh, God! 01:28:33.850 --> 01:28:36.774 I'll try to continue this emergency broadcast... 01:28:36.937 --> 01:28:39.440 ...as long as we can hold out here. 01:28:39.856 --> 01:28:41.824 The city is almost completely deserted now. 01:28:42.025 --> 01:28:45.620 There are only a few stragglers left on the streets. 01:28:45.779 --> 01:28:50.000 No emergency services. The fires continue to burn out of control. 01:28:50.200 --> 01:28:54.000 This incredible epidemic of random mass killing... 01:28:54.204 --> 01:28:56.707 ...has spread to every country in the civilized world. 01:28:56.915 --> 01:29:00.340 Every hour, more people are becoming infected... 01:29:00.544 --> 01:29:03.889 ...being driven to senseless acts of extreme violence. 01:29:04.089 --> 01:29:06.763 Now, we have gotten reports, sketchy at best... 01:29:06.967 --> 01:29:10.938 ...of people mutating, their bodies swelling and distorting... 01:29:11.137 --> 01:29:13.139 ...changing somehow. 01:29:13.515 --> 01:29:16.564 Locally, the mass killings appear to have moved inland. 01:29:16.893 --> 01:29:18.895 All major cities on the East Coast are silent. 01:29:19.062 --> 01:29:22.066 We lost contact with Los Angeles and the West Coast last night. 01:29:22.274 --> 01:29:26.199 So it's impossible at this time to know how many unaffected people are left. 01:29:27.654 --> 01:29:32.751 If for any reason, you are one of us who hasn't become infected... 01:29:32.951 --> 01:29:34.419 ...take shelter immediately. 01:29:34.619 --> 01:29:36.713 Do not trust any friends or family members. 01:29:36.913 --> 01:29:39.291 I repeat, do not-- 01:29:42.419 --> 01:29:43.511 Oh, you go in. Get in there. 01:29:43.670 --> 01:29:44.762 Go. 01:29:44.963 --> 01:29:46.465 No! 01:29:46.673 --> 01:29:48.346 No, wait, wait. 01:29:48.550 --> 01:29:51.770 I'm sorry about the balls. It was a lucky shot, that's all. 01:29:51.970 --> 01:29:53.472 Wait! 01:29:53.680 --> 01:29:55.603 I'm not insane. 01:29:55.807 --> 01:29:59.357 Do you hear me? I'm not insane! 01:30:02.564 --> 01:30:05.784 Relax, buddy. You're awake now. 01:30:07.235 --> 01:30:09.863 This is not a Sutter Cane story. This is not reality. 01:30:10.071 --> 01:30:11.618 Not reality. Not reality. 01:30:11.823 --> 01:30:14.121 This is reality. 01:30:14.326 --> 01:30:15.543 Hear that? Reality. 01:30:15.744 --> 01:30:17.838 Not reality. Reality. 01:30:17.862 --> 01:30:37.862 Telegram Channel and Instagram Page .:: @bollbolljan_com ::.