The Home (2025) | Transcript
Director: James DeMonaco
Writers: James DeMonaco, Adam Cantor
Stars: Pete Davidson, John Glover, Mugga
Plot: Max, a foster child whose older foster brother dies by suicide a decade prior, has grown into a graffiti artist who has been arrested for vandalism. His foster father works out a deal so he can work community service and not receive a criminal record. He moves into a retirement home where he is to act as superintendent. He is told not to enter the fourth floor. Max befriends some of the residents as he comes to discover multiple strange incidents such as residents breaking into his room at night, spontaneous resident bleeding and uncomfortable psychological disorders. Max eventually makes his way to the fourth floor where the residents there are mostly lethargic and suffer from extreme bodily harm and psychoses. One resident on the fourth floor attacks him and he is told to not return. One of the residents he befriends falls off the home and dies impaled on the fence. A shaken Max begins privately investigating the home and the residents and eventually returns to his foster parents’ home. There he meets two new younger foster children who show him a private room in the house with ritualistic symbols after his foster mother inadvertently reveals she knew the friendly resident. Max discovers the accosting fourth floor resident is actually his brother, whose suicide was staged. He returns to the elderly home where he is captured and is told the entire staff and residents take fluid from foster childrens’ eyes that gives them extended life, with his foster parents providing the victims. The resident who was impaled was feeling guilty about exploiting Max so they murdered her. Max is placed on the fourth floor so his youth can be harvested for the cult. Max’s brother harvests the eye fluid from the remaining fourth floor victims and himself, and he feeds Max all of their fluid which gives him enough stamina to kill the entire residential home’s cult. After the storm, Max and the drained victims, having regained some of their strength by taking back the fluid from the dead cult, escape the home.
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The Home (2025) | Transcript
[tense music playing]
[female reporter] …live on the ground in Kingston. And while not officially a hurricane, these conditions are quickly worsening. There’s flooding in front of me from heavy rain, Ben.
[Max coughing] And looking out on the coast, you can see the conditions are far, far worse. High tide is at a season record high, making its way to the streets. We have volunteers here piling up sandbags and taking other precautions we can. But we know this storm will be devastating. Back to you in the studio.
[Ben] Thank you, Judy.
Stay safe out there. We’re watching this storm…
[continues indistinctly]
[ominous music playing]
[male reporter] …we’re expecting storm surges, high winds, and heavy… Raise a glass.
They call us a foster family.
We don’t call it that.
We call it what it is…
A family.
To Luke!
[Sylvia] Yay, Luke!
[Couper] My boy is going to college.
[laughs] Yes! [laughs] Thicker than blood?
Always.
[male reporter indistinct]
…it’s likely the storm will make its way north and in the tristate area by the end of the week.
[suspenseful music playing]
[lock clicks]
[door thuds]
Goddamn, little bro.
Hey, this is some of your best work.
I can’t believe you’re leaving me here.
Hey, I’m not leaving you anywhere.
All right? I’m gonna write all the time.
I’ll be an hour away. I’ll be home holidays and summers.
And in four years, I’m back.
And it’s me and you again, charting our course.
Like Dad said, they call us foster brothers.
But, Max, our bond is thicker than blood.
Always.
[police siren wailing in distance]
[indistinct yelling]
[inaudible]
[distant sobbing]
[Sylvia and Couper crying]
Come on, baby. It’s okay.
It’ll be okay. It’s…
[sniffles] Max.
Come here, son.
I don’t know how to say this, Max.
Luke… i-is… [shuddering breaths] …gone.
[Max] Huh?
Your brother is gone.
He left a note, Max.
He was having problems at college.
I don’t understand… I don’t understand why he wouldn’t come to us.
It’s okay. It’s okay.
[crying continues]
[buzzing] [cop] Number 0426. Let’s go.
So how many times, Max?
Breaking into buildings, destroying property.
You need to be held accountable.
Ever since Luke died…
I know. I know. I…
I know. I’m familiar with the speech. You don’t have to…
tell me again how disappointed you are in me.
I made some calls…
I didn’t ask.
I spoke to Judge Beric.
I begged him to help.
He did.
No jail time.
Community service.
[breathes deeply]
Fuck. Okay.
Thanks.
I thought I was going away.
What do I have to do?
Judge asked me if you were handy.
I lied and said you were.
[both chuckle]
He said, “Well, then he can spend the next four months at Green Meadows Retirement Home as the new on site super.”
What?
You’re joking.
An old folks home, like with-with old people?
What? I don’t wanna… I don’t wanna do that shit.
This is your last chance, son.
Play by the rules.
Otherwise you’re gonna end up in jail.
When do I start?
[ominous music playing]
[heavy metal music playing over earphones]
[ominous music continues]
[taxi door closes]
[ominous music playing]
♪
[ominous music swelling]
[Les] Cute. Who’s that? Your boyfriend?
The trash receptacles have to be emptied twice a day.
Carpets vacuumed daily.
You saw how clean this place was coming in?
Yes, sir.
Your job is to keep it that way.
Mmhmm. And this key, it’ll open every room in the home, with the exception of a few hallways and the basement.
[Les] And don’t enter residential apartments unless there’s an emergency.
[Juno] Right.
“I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” type of shit, you know?
Just knock first.
Oh, yeah. And no fourth floor, darling.
Those patients need special care.
Off limits to you.
Simple, right?
[Les] Mmhmm.
Just follow the rules and we won’t be obliged to report you.
[Les] That’s right.
[door opening]
[creaks]
[switch clicks]
Come on!
[gasps]
[exhales sharply]
[squeaks, thuds]
Fuck!
[jazz music playing in background]
[elevator whirs, thuds]
[elevator bell dings]
Hello. How are you?
[sighs]
Here to get your garbage.
All right, I’m coming in.
[woman moaning]
[bed creaking] [moaning continues]
[moaning continues]
[both moaning]
[door slams]
[breathing heavily]
[instructor] Up and now strong.
And to the right.
Breathe.
And up. And the left.
And up.
And, oh, to the right.
To the right. Strong.
Strong and now…
Excuse me, son. Could you get me a towel?
Yeah, sure.
[instructor] And back we go.
And spin your arms back.
You’re new.
Mmhmm.
Warming up. That’s right.
II’m Norma. I’m sorry. Youyou…
You just look like someone I once knew.
Well, I’m, uh, I’m Max. I am new.
And, uh, it’s really nice to meet you, Norma.
And forward and up.
We are sky warriors.
So how’s your first day going, Max?
We are youthful. We are strong.
Uh, it’s…
We are growing. And, yes, and out and up.
And… Good God, Mrs. Fisher!
She got in the pool after her skin procedure.
Come on, everybody. Hurry.
Blood. Blood.
Oh, my God.
What?
Go help her.
Go, go.
[instructor] Up! Out, out, out!
Everybody, come on. There you are.
Come on.
[Max] Come on.
[instructor] Mrs. Fisher.
[woman] What do we do?
Come on. Here you go.
[Max] Right here.
Come on.
[mumbles] Everybody, out. Oh, oh!
Come on.
[indistinct singing]
Best generation, my fucking dick.
[lighter clicks]
[groans softly]
These fucking boomers.
[sighs deeply]
I just wanna go home. [fake cries]
[wind whooshing]
[indistinct voices]
[Luke’s voice] Max!
[breathing heavily]
[distant screaming]
[tense music playing]
[lock clicks]
[reporter] The storm has now been upgraded to a hurricane. They’re calling it Greta. And it is moving up the coast very, very quickly. I have to tell you, it is extremely rare to have a storm of this magnitude hitting the East Coast this time of year.
[banging on door]
One expert is saying this is global warming.
[man yelling] Hey, kid, get up! Get up! Wake up!
[banging continues]
For fuck’s sake.
Jesus!
[banging continues] Yeah.
[man] Come on!
Yeah. Okay.
[man] Please, kid, get up!
[Max groans] [banging continues] Why do you take so long?
What’s up?
Come on, kid.
We need you. Ethan had a terrible accident.
The place is a mess.
What do you mean “accident”?
Shit his drawers something wicked, seeped through his diaper.
Did you say “shit”?
Excrement, fecal matter.
Yes, shit.
He’s painting the walls with it.
Oh, what do you want me to do about it?
We want you to clean it up, kid.
[Sadie] Yeah.
You’re the new super.
[Max] Oh, my God.
[Sadie] Right behind that door.
I’d stop breathing right about now.
[man] Oh!
[all] Surprise!
♪ For he’s a jolly good fellow ♪
♪ For he’s a jolly good fellow ♪
♪ For he’s a jolly good fellow ♪
♪ Which nobody can deny ♪
Yeah!
So, no poopy diaper?
No. No poo, kid.
You know, I can’t keep calling you “kid,” kid.
I’m Lou. What’s your name?
Uh, Max.
[Lou] Max! Okay, Max.
Max…
Well, we heard that you had a really rough day yesterday, so we decided that we would give you a not-so-proper, but very warm welcome.
So, welcome to Green Meadows. Yay!
Whoo!
Max!
[speaking French]
Ellie. She doesn’t speak English, Max.
She says welcome, as do I.
Thanks.
Good to see you again, Max.
Hey.
And, uh, if they keep busting on you, just let me know.
I’ll take care of them.
And she means it too. Yeah.
Nice to meet you, and I’m so glad you’re here.
You got a great sense of humor.
Thanks.
Okay.
[indistinct chatter]
[soft music playing]
[ominous music playing]
You know, my father died alone.
Hmm?
I couldn’t be with him.
I was at medical school.
But I wonder what it was like…
all alone, approaching death.
Um… I’ll never forgive myself.
I’m, uh…
so sorry.
Thank you.
I’m, uh, D.W. Sabian, Max. Uh…
Oh.
I’m the doctor on staff.
♪ Let me call you sweetheart ♪
I’m sorry about all that. It was a tad much, but, uh…
It’s just my way of saying that…
these are good people and they deserve comfort in their twilight years.
♪ That you love me too… ♪
You have, uh…
You have beautiful eyes.
Quite large, you know?
Thanks.
♪ Let me call you sweetheart ♪
♪ I’m in love ♪
[distorts] ♪ With… ♪
[electrical buzzing]
[snoring gently]
[woman breathing heavily]
[Max snoring]
[heavy breathing]
[tense musical stinger]
[gasps] Did you like what you saw yesterday?
I wanna see you now.
[knife clinks]
[groans]
[singsongy]
It’s touching time.
[screaming]
[panting]
[“I’ll Never Smile Again” by Tommy Dorsey playing]
[footsteps softly tapping]
[“I’ll Never Smile Again” continues]
[distant screaming]
[screaming continues]
Max?
[surprised grunt] Why are you awake at this hour of the night?
You didn’t… hear the…?
Nothing. Nothing. I just, uh… I couldn’t sleep.
Oh, well… [chuckles] That makes two of us.
You know, sometimes I find a little late-night conversation can help.
You interested?
Sure. Yeah.
Good.
Yeah.
Follow me.
[door opens]
[Max] Wow.
Very nice.
Mmhmm.
Oh, um, I think you dropped something.
Oh…
This looks familiar. Where…
Where have I seen this before?
My friend, Esther…
She passed away here some years ago.
She would sculpt trinkets for people.
I have a hard time letting go of such things.
I’m guessing, uh, that’s another one of those things?
At least half of it.
Oh, my son, Jacob.
He… he painted that for me one Mother’s Day.
There used to be a flock of birds on the other side, with the sun rising above it.
Then we… We had a fight one night, and he ripped it up.
He, um…
He passed away some time ago.
I’m… I’m sorry. II didn’t…
No, no, it’s all right.
That’s why I can’t sleep at night.
The un… unresolved keeps me awake.
What about you?
Kind of like the same thing.
Mmm.
[ominous music playing]
[cart wheels squeaking]
[Lou] Well, if you slow down a little…
So, mirror acting is about mimicking.
Okay. One, two, three.
[all] Hey!
[Lou] All right. All right.
[cheering] Get out of here. Go to lunch. I know you’re hungry.
This is terrific. You’re turning into great actors.
You know that? It’s amazing.
Keep at it, all right?
Ah!
[Max] Lou, that looked like a lot of fun.
Max! Maxie boy!
Hey. Good morning.
Morning.
Yeah, I’m trying…
I am trying to impart some nuggets of wisdom [chuckling] I learned on my off-Broadway theater days.
Not many Oliviers here, but, uh…
we have a lot of fun nonetheless. [laughs] I think whatever you’re doing here is great.
I mean, they seem really happy.
Oh, thanks.
Thanks, Max. I…
You know, people spend their entire lives trying to prolong life.
But then when they get here at the end, I mean, boredom is what takes them to the grave.
It’s not disease.
It’s not illness.
It’s boredom.
We must fill our hours with laughter, life…
love.
Morning, Max.
We got a spill on three. You’re needed.
Ah.
I…
Needed.
And, hey, fuck boredom.
[laughs]
[distant screaming]
[distant groaning]
[elevator door opens, closes]
[button clicks] [elevator music playing]
[foreboding music playing]
[indistinct TV chatter]
[narrator on TV] …that they’re going to find oil. Matter of fact, in exploratory drilling, only one well in nine finds any oil at all. Only one in 24 recovers enough oil to pay for itself. And only one in almost a thousand makes a major discovery. Pretty big odds. Yet America’s fuel reserves the oil supplies still underground have kept increasing steadily. I couldn’t imagine how this ever-increasing supply of oil was achieved until I found out that there’s not just one, but thousands of oil companies… [groaning] …all competing with each other to discover and to sell new sources of oil. Or believe it or not, in the USA, anyone…
[old man groaning]
Hey. Hey, man, it’s all right.
I’m not gonna hurt you.
[groans]
[screams]
It’s okay. I’m not gonna hurt you.
[groans] [grunts] Stop!
[screaming] Jesus!
Juno.
What the hell are you doing?
Max, get your fucking hands off him!
[old man screaming]
Go! Max, go! Get out!
[old man screaming]
Hey, Max. Uh, you wanna come in, please?
Come on in.
Les takes his job very seriously, and…
he’s not very happy about this.
And to be frank, neither am I.
Um, uh…
I just… I heard a scream.
Mmhmm.
And, uh, II went to go check it out.
All right. But you told Les that there was an unlocked door that accessed the fourth floor.
You know, Max, we’re very aware of why you’re here.
This should be a fresh start for you.
A chance to shed the skin of your past transgressions.
I would hate to see you return to your reckless ways.
It’s time to play by the rules, Max.
I’m sorry, Doc. It won’t happen again.
[ominous music playing]
[woman] Hey, Max.
Norma. Hi.
How’s it going? Why aren’t you in the party?
Oh, I’m not in the party mood.
I hear you were up on four.
Word travels fast in an old age home, Max.
It’s like a gigantic sewing circle. [chuckles] Those people on four, there’s something wrong.
Like, they seem so lost.
And their eyes, they’re just…
Oh, Max.
“A heart knows a heart.”
Hmm?
When I’d, uh, put my son to bed at night, I’d kiss him and say, “A heart knows a heart.”
That’s why you feel things the way you do.
But…
you need to put that away.
There’s nothing you can do for them.
There’s nothing…
nothing anyone can do.
[ominous music plays]
[indistinct TV chatter]
…all oil lies far beneath the surface of the earth. They’re going to find oil. These wells go down thousands of feet. It costs a lot of money to drill. But that’s no guarantee that they’re going to find oil. Matter of fact, in exploratory drilling, only one well in nine finds any oil at all. Only one in 24 recovers enough oil to pay for itself. And only one in almost a thousand makes a major discovery. Pretty big odds. Yet America’s fuel reserves the oil supplies still underground…
Hey, man, I’m not gonna hurt you.
[screams]
[growling]
[laughing maniacally]
[screaming]
[wind whooshing outside]
[Lou] I’m not doing very well at this game, but I am not a quitter.
[billiard balls clack]
[laughs loudly]
Hey! Did you see?
Oh, my God.
You look downright awful.
Well, thanks.
And, yeah, I mean…
I look how I feel. I haven’t been able to sleep at all here.
Okay. You know, rumor has it that they mess with the oxygen levels in the… in the vents, but it’s just to make sure that us old folks get a good night’s sleep, huh.
I mean, it must work ’cause I sleep like death.
You cannot wake me up once I go under.
[speaking French]
[Les] Norma, enough!
[Ellie continues speaking French]
[indistinct chatter]
[Les and Sabian indistinct] Don’t touch me!
[Norma] Don’t!
[Lou] Okay, I’m feeling good now, guys, so rack ’em up.
Who am I hustling next, huh? [chuckles] Norma. Norma, it’s Max.
[chuckles] Um…
Lou plans these murder mystery nights once a month.
“A night of blood and intrigue,” as he puts it.
I just wanted to check on you because I saw you arguing with someone.
I just…
Oh, no, no, no, no. That’s… that’s…
It’s fine.
Well, I won’t take too much of your time. I, uh…
I was just thinking about what you told me the other day, and I thought it would only be fair if I return the favor.
Um… you see, my brother Luke died when I was 11, and my parents…
didn’t let me go to the funeral ’cause they thought I was too young, so I never…
I never got the chance to say goodbye.
Luke is my unresolved.
Anyway, I was just thinking about yesterday, so I just, uh… drew this up ’cause I just thought you should have it.
I tried to get it exactly right, but I think it’ll… it’ll do.
Oh!
[inhales sharply]
Oh.
[sighs]
“A heart knows a heart.”
“…knows a heart.”
[Norma chuckles]
Max.
Yeah?
Listen to me.
There’s something very wrong with this place.
Something terribly wrong.
You need to get…
[loud thud] …out of…
[keys jangling]
I have to go.
What? You have to tell me what’s going on.
Max, I have to get ready. I can’t be late.
Norma. What the fuck?
Forget it, Max. We’ll talk tomorrow.
[suspenseful music playing]
[distant screaming]
[inhales deeply]
“There’s something wrong with this place.”
What the fuck does that mean?
What the fuck’s wrong with this place?
Hey, have you seen Norma?
Is she still at that, like, murder mystery thing?
Oh, no, baby. We took her to the infirmary.
She wasn’t feeling well.
What… what happened?
Is she all right?
It’s her diabetes. Her blood sugar was really low.
You know, it makes her kind of loopy.
She’s sleeping now. We’re gonna monitor her overnight.
She’ll be fine, Max.
Relax.
Well, tell her I said “hi” if you can.
Night.
Sleep tight, Max.
[whirring]
[window tapping]
[tapping continues]
[leaf blower stops]
[ominous music playing]
[squeaking]
[groaning]
[woman screaming]
[dark music playing]
[woman] Oh, my God!
Norma!
Norma!
[women crying]
[inaudible]
Officer, I found this note in Norma’s room.
She speaks about joining her deceased son.
[Sabian] I’m sorry, Max.
We just didn’t see this coming.
[ominous music playing]
[somber music playing]
[inaudible]
[inaudible singing]
[Max] Mind if I, uh, take a seat, Lou?
Oh, no.
How you holding up?
Oh…
She could no longer fill the hours with… laughter and joy and…
[breathes deeply]
I failed her, Max.
No. She was my muse, you know?
She’d help with my diet.
Said, “You have to stay in shape, Louis.”
Just in case another wonderful role “comes your way.” [chuckles] And in return, I’d recite Shakespeare’s sonnets to help her sleep.
[sniffles] I can’t…
Do you really think that she would…
take her own life?
Well, I don’t know, Max. I…
Where’s this coming from, son?
Well… it’s just Norma said something to me.
She said that there was something wrong with this place.
Something very wrong.
And then the next day, she just…
[ominous music plays]
Lou. Hey!
[groaning]
Hey.
Oh, I went away again, didn’t I?
Yeah. Oh, God. It’s happening more often, and more often.
[Lou sobs]
[tense musical stinger]
[loud thud] [electrical buzzing] [indistinct whispering] Hey, Max.
[people screaming]
[indistinct yelling]
[old man groaning]
Help me!
[breathing heavily]
[foreboding music plays]
[door closes]
[clicks] [electrical buzzing]
[clicks]
[clicks] [electrical buzzing]
[clicks]
[clicks] [ominous music plays]
[clicks]
[clicks]
[door creaks]
[clicks] [electrical buzzing]
[groans softly]
[groans]
[Max sighs deeply]
[Lou groaning]
[electrical buzzing continues]
[tense music rising]
[Couper] We haven’t heard from you, Max. Are you okay? [Max] Sorry. Yeah. The, uh… One of the residents passed away, and it was really sad, but I’m okay now.
Oh, my God. Are you eating, Max? You look tired. You need to eat. He knows eating is important, Sylvia, for God’s sakes. I’m glad to hear you’re feeling better today, Max. Mmm.
You had us worried. Let me ask you this. Are you getting anything out of this experience? You know, II actually am.
You know, I, uh… I think these people need me and…
I think I can help them.
I have to help them.
[tense music playing]
Morning, Max.
Fuck.
Jesus Christ.
What the fuck you doing?
That yellow tape look like a welcome mat?
No, I…
Hey.
You just cannot help yourself, can you?
Let’s go. I gotta tell the doc.
He calls the cops this time, and that’s on you.
I just came back to say goodbye. Okay?
I… wanted to look around, see if I can find something to remember her by.
Her shit is all gone already. It’s thrown out.
She had no family.
Whatever’s left gets incinerated in the basement.
It’s over.
[sighs]
II…
I get it, Max.
But you owe me.
Get out before I change my mind.
Thank you. Thanks, Les.
[metal clanking]
[clicking]
[mice squeaking]
[Max] Come on, Norma.
There’s gotta be something in here.
[tense musical stinger]
[Norma] Max had an encounter on the fourth floor. He needs to know the danger. Am I next? Is my Lou next? They come at night with their needles and their dogs, changing us too. [Lou mumbling] Lou!
[Lou singing indistinctly]
Lou, I gotta talk to you. You in there?
[Lou] Can’t talk.
[singing resumes]
[groans] Oh!
Lou, thank God you’re here.
Norma was right, man. There’s something fucking wrong with this place.
And… and I found her diary.
She says there’s something going on at night with, like, needles.
[Lou] Gluttony…
kills more than the sword.
Lou, what?
Bet you didn’t know that, did you?
[Max] What?
[Lex chuckles] She always protected me against my demons.
Oh, my Norma…
And she’s gone!
And I’m weak! I’m so fucking weak!
I have to punish myself.
[grunts]
Can you not hear me?
[Lou snorts] What the fuck?
I am a pig!
Lou!
I ruined my career.
I did it, so I must be punished!
[snorts] I’m a pig!
Mmm! Mmm! I have something for you, Max.
Look at that. [snorts] Oh, my… What the fuck?
Oh, yes, and they all have to come out.
What the fuck?
You have to help me, Max.
I want you to help me.
Stop! Lou!
Lou, put…
I have to get them all!
I have to do this!
Will somebody please help?
Pliers! Give me my pliers!
Ahh!
Will somebody fucking help me please?
[inaudible]
[tense music playing]
[keyboard clacking]
[dings]
[clicks]
[dinging]
[clicks]
[beeps] Fuck.
[distorted sounds]
[distant screaming]
[thuds]
[ominous music swelling]
[dings] Max. Max! Max, someone’s coming. Someone’s coming. Someone’s coming.
[banging on door]
Good morning. Hey.
You okay?
You looked flushed.
Yeah, I’m… I’m fine. What’s going on?
Well, I just wanted to stop by and let you know that Lou is gonna be fine.
I know you were concerned about him.
That’s… that’s great. Thank you.
Mmhmm.
Mmm.
You get anything good?
I love it when my smiles arrive.
You know, I can’t really sleep here, so I just…
I just got some books.
Mmm. You don’t strike me as a reader.
But, okay, let’s get to work.
First floor. Five minutes.
Thank you. I’ll be right there.
Okay.
Don’t make me come back.
[beeps] [keyboard clacks] Hello? Hello? Are you there?
Please? Is someone there?
[distorted sounds]
Max, thank God you’re here.
Who are you? How’d you know someone was coming to my room?
I’ve been watching you.
Did you put the black light in here?
Yes. I needed you to find out.
What the fuck do you want from me? Why?
I can’t say more. If I’m gone too long, they’ll grow suspicious. They’ll hurt me.
Who’s gonna hurt you? Who? Sabian?
This is so much bigger than you think. But I can’t answer any more of your questions right now.
No, wait! Just tell me something…
Help me help them, Max. Help me help them before they’re all turned into monsters just like the others. We have to stop them, Max. They killed Norma for knowing too much. They’ll kill you too. They’ll kill you too.
[voice distorts]
They’ll kill you too. Kill you too… Kill you too… Kill you…
[loud screaming]
Hello?
[activist] Storms of Greta’s magnitude are a direct result of global warming, ’cause your generation raped this planet, depleted it of its resources. You had to have everything, no matter the cost.
[man] You have no real proof establishing mankind’s responsibility for this small amount of the crazy word… That’s trying to advance your own agenda.
[activist] My agenda is simple. Saving the environment. Normal climate change is natural. The Earth’s climate…
[activist] We’re inheriting a dying world. A world that is withering away.
[man] The liberal agenda…
[activist] Clearly, climate change is a hotly debated topic. There are naysayers, but the scientific consensus is clear that the Earth’s temperature is increasing daily…
[debate continues indistinctly]
[male resident] Climate change is a bunch of bullshit.
[indistinct chatter]
[beeps] Max.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you. [chuckles] Are you okay?
No, I look terrible, but I’m okay.
I do… I want you to know I…
I’m so sorry you had to see all that last night.
You have nothing to be sorry for.
Oh, no. Oh, no. Max.
There’s… there’s something very wrong with me.
I fear I’m about to disappear.
There’s nothing wrong with you.
I’m gonna miss you.
There’s nothing wrong with you.
It’s this place.
Norma…
She was right about you.
You are one of the good ones.
[indistinct]
[tense music playing]
[beeps]
[beeps]
[clacks] [beeps] Sick. It’s like Predator.
[keyboard clacking]
[tense musical stinger]
What are you doing?
[keyboard clacks]
What the fuck you got, old man?
Where the fuck is he going?
Fuck.
[eerie music playing]
[metal thuds]
Wait, is it all of them?
[eerie music continues]
Ah, fuck this.
[tense music playing]
[resident groaning]
[Les] Sit down and shut the fuck up!
[resident] No!
No! [crying] [Les] You shut up!
[resident groaning]
[screaming]
No. No! No!
[crying]
[yelling] No! No!
[spinechilling scream]
[dog barking]
Help me help them, Max.
It’s you.
You need to tell me who you are and what the fuck is going on right now, please.
Hold on. Just let me show you something.
Give me one minute.
That’s all I ask.
[inhales] Yeah.
Read the letterhead.
Almont is a subsidiary of the US Department of Health Services.
Right. What the fuck does that mean?
It means that the government is funding this entire facility.
Research, testing, new experimental drugs, controversial gene trials.
Any outlandish or fucked up idea the government has, they first test on animals, then on people.
Old people?
Yes.
And the government has facilities just like this all across the country.
They are experimenting on hundreds, if not thousands of elderly people.
They’re the perfect test subjects ’cause if they get dementia, nobody thinks anything ’cause they’re old.
And if they die, nobody gives a fuck ’cause they’re old.
So what you are doing is important, which is why you cannot stop now.
Who are you and why do you even care?
My father…
lived in a room down the hall.
Now he’s on the fourth floor.
Please keep going ’cause we need evidence.
If we expose them, then maybe it will help my father and your friends.
I need to leave. I’ve been here long enough already.
Wait.
Don’t follow me.
[roars] [Gretchen screams]
[groans, screams]
[classical music playing]
[Sabian] Hi, Max.
I’m gonna give you an examination now.
You know what?
Sometimes, when things are bad on the outside, we have to look on the inside.
[grunts]
Look at that. Look, I got a lot of blood.
[voice distorts] You’re wasting your youth.
[screaming]
[screams]
[distorted voice]
It’s touching time. They will kill… They’ll kill you!
[indistinct whispering]
They’ll kill you too. Dea! It’s very rare to see storms of this magnitude threatening the East Coast at this time of year. You hear this boogeyman bullshit, Max?
Global warming hype.
That’s all it is.
Just wanna sell you more milk and bread.
Agh. Did they fucking mark me?
This shit is crazy.
What the fuck did they do?
You took quite a fall, Max.
Your vitals were all over the place.
What happened?
Patient from four… somehow got loose.
Les is looking into it.
But I’ll tell you what’s for sure.
He definitely meant you some harm.
Dr. Sabian wants to do a very thorough exam today.
You’re in good hands.
I’ll go and let the doc know you’re awake so we can get started.
[door opens]
[door closes]
“Examine” my fucking ass.
[groaning]
[breathing heavily]
[ominous music playing]
Another one of your messes, Max.
I’m sure the cops will be here as soon as you’ve broken the terms of your deal.
What, are you on drugs?
No, I was just trying to help, I swear. I’m sorry.
Sweetheart, you’re safe here.
All right, I’m gonna make some calls. [sighs] [gasps] Oh, girls. Hi.
Oh, Maxie, these are your foster sisters.
This is Tessa and Jackie.
Maxie is not feeling well, and he’s gonna stay in his old room.
Okay? Stay put, sweetie.
Honey, you are always… Oh!
Sweetheart, you’re always on a crusade.
Stay there, girls.
[inaudible]
[grunts softly]
Hi. [giggles] You were sleeping a long time.
[Max inhales deeply]
I’m sorry, Mom.
Thanks for, um…
Thanks for letting me stay here and taking care of me.
Maxie, you were just trying to do the right thing.
“A heart knows a heart.”
What? What’s that? What’s wrong?
Nothing, uh… [clears throat] Sorry. What…
What did… what did you say?
“A heart knows a heart.”
It’s something a friend once said to me a long time ago.
Friend… a friend?
Yeah.
Ah, it’s so funny. I can’t remember who.
[chuckles] But it reminds me of you.
Just trying to help those good people.
Oh, Maxie, you look so tired.
I’m gonna go.
Oh, Daddy said maybe we should go to see Judge Beric.
He might be able to help us.
Don’t you fret.
You’re my favorite. [giggles]
[tense music playing]
Hey. Hey, girls.
Have you girls seen this lady ever, huh?
[Jackie] No.
What about Mom? Mom know her?
You never seen her before?
No, never.
Somebody knows.
[breathes deeply]
[Jackie] Are you okay?
[inhales deeply] You know what, girls?
I’m really not feeling too great today, so if you could just give me some space…
Did you find the secret place?
What? No, no, I didn’t find anything.
Look, I’m having a really bad day, okay?
And I’m not in the mood for a game.
We thought you found that in the secret place.
It’s exactly the same.
What do you mean, “It’s exactly the same”? What’s the secret place?
What… what are you talking about?
Can you keep a secret?
[foreboding music plays]
[door clacks, creaks]
We found this place a couple of months ago.
See, that one there is exactly the same as the one you had.
“Dea. Roman goddess of youth.
Sip from her chalice.”
Do you know what this is?
Have you ever heard of Dea?
No.
[inaudible]
There’s some stuff in there too.
Some old photos.
[tense music playing]
[distorted music swelling]
[Max] Oh, my God. Luke.
[soft music plays]
Are you okay?
Max, are you okay?
Who’s Luke?
Bye, Max.
[intense music plays]
Hey. [panting] Luke.
It’s you, isn’t it?
[sobs] Yeah…
My brother.
[sobbing]
My big brother.
Max…
I missed you so much, Luke.
Max… [crying] You were just trying to help.
Yeah.
You were just trying to help. Hey, look. Hey.
Check this out.
Remember?
[sobbing]
Always. Always.
Always. I never forgot you.
Okay, you gotta help me now. Okay?
So I can help you.
Look…
I don’t understand any of this.
Is this where you were working while you were at college?
Is this where you were when they said you killed yourself?
Yeah? Who are these people?
She…
“She”? That’s her?
Okay. Sit tight.
[whimpers] Hey.
Hey. Is this you?
Is that you?
It is you.
Is this all of you?
It’s all of you.
What the fuck? What the fuck is going on?
What happened to you guys? I don’t understand.
[groaning] What is… What? Ugh!
[groaning] [grunting]
[grunting]
Shut the fuck up.
[photographer] Wake up, Max. There he is.
Say cheese, Max.
Say cheese, Max.
[muffled, indistinct chatter]
[photographer] Big smile!
Really big smile.
[voices whispering]
[photographer] On three, everyone.
One, two…
[all] …three!
[shutter clicks] [laughter] [resident] Good job, Max.
Max, good job.
Hey, relax. Enjoy it.
You’re the guest of honor.
Our protagonist.
[resident] Nice job, Max.
What the fuck?
[music distorts]
Um, I… Can… can I have everybody’s attention, please?
I, um…
I wanna make a toast to every single one of you.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
And bravo!
[all] Bravo!
Lou! Lou! Lou! Lou!
Oh, no. Come on. No.
Okay. Okay. Come on.
Come on. Come on now.
All of you did amazing work.
I mean, look…
look at all of you.
Dr. Sabian’s wife, Gretchen, our damsel in distress.
You were just wonderful.
And our antagonist playing a sadistic doctor.
You’re too kind.
All right. Now, our supporting people.
There’s Sadie. Sexy Sadie.
Sadie!
There’s Ethan and Ellie, who cannot keep their hands off each other.
And… Sylvia and Couper!
Yeah!
[Lou] And…
Mom?
…Juno and Les.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
[Lou indistinct] What the fuck is going on?
We’re… we’re having a celebration, Max.
We’re… we’re patting ourselves on our backs.
For what we did.
For the story we created and performed to have some fun with you.
Like we do with all the other kids who come to our home.
Yes.
What? What story?
The marks on our necks, the government conspiracy, Faceless Fantasies, my psychoses, all part of the grand tale we concocted to fuck with you for our entertainment while you nourished us at night.
We did it for fun!
[all] Bravo!
What the fuck are you talking about, Lou? I don’t understand.
I, um…
Doctor, II think you should…
Might wanna take this question.
That was great, Lou.
Oh.
You did a fantastic job.
Thank you. Thank you…
So, Max, um…
what Lou is getting to is that we like to play with our food.
You see, you’re really here because we need to drain you, young man.
To drain you of your essence.
So thank you, Max.
And thank you, Dea.
[all] Thank you, Dea.
[Sabian] The God of youth.
The God of… us.
Never shall we waste…
[all] Dea.
…what she has provided…
Thank you, Dea.
Dea.
…with love.
Praise Dea! Praise Dea!
Dea!
Dea!
Dea!
Dea!
Dea!
[overlapping chatter]
Dea!
Dea, Dea, Dea, Dea, Dea…
[grunts] Let me out!
Dea!
[eerie music swelling]
[grunting]
[loud click]
[indistinct whispering]
[Sabian] Don’t be afraid, Max.
All you’ll feel is a little pinch as the needle penetrates your eye.
You know about the fountain of youth? You’ve heard of that, right?
It’s real, but it lives within us.
There’s a small sack behind your right eye where Goddess Dea’s nectar resides.
[Sylvia] Mmhmm.
Science dismisses it as just a gland.
[laughter] Idiots.
But Dea showed us the truth.
It’s what gives a person youth and vitality.
So we take Dea’s nectar from you because ours goes away with age.
Oh!
But don’t worry, we’ve been draining you every night, Max.
We’ve been feeding on your honey, sucking on Dea’s teat.
[woman moans] [sucking sounds continue] [Sabian] It keeps us forever young.
Your mother and I are both 109, Max.
Going on 110.
A hundred and fourteen and a half.
Ninety-three, bitch.
Your pal Lou is 128. [laughs] You’re all fucking sick fucks!
Maybe you’re right, but that’s what keeps us young and passionate.
That’s what makes us fuck so much.
[all chuckle, murmur] Oh, we fuck all the time.
[Max] You fucks!
All the time.
Constantly.
[Max] Cocksuckers!
You’ve taken everything from us! Everything!
To Dea!
To Dea!
Dea!
Dea!
To Dea!
To Dea!
Dea!
To Dea!
Dea!
Why would you do this to me?
We’ve given you so many chances to be productive, son.
Oh, we sent most of our foster kids here to collect Dea’s nectar because you wasted all of the opportunities we provided for you.
I trusted you.
Max, you’re my favorite.
So we’re going to take quite a lot tonight, Max.
You better take it all, ’cause if you don’t, I’m gonna fucking kill you.
That won’t be possible ’cause when you awaken, you’ll feel like a 100yearold man.
But you’ll be with family.
It’s time.
[grunts] [Sabian] Open your mouth.
[grunting]
Shut the fuck up.
[singing indistinctly] [muffled grunting] You know too much, Max.
Time to join your brother upstairs.
[muffled grunting, screaming]
Mmm. Don’t move.
[Max grunts]
[muffled grunting]
[residents chanting “Dea”]
[Sabian] To dearest Dea.
To Dea.
With love and gratitude.
With love and gratitude.
Love and gratitude.
Love and gratitude.
Don’t move, Max.
[Max grunts] Don’t move.
[muffled grunting]
[Sabian] Hold him down.
Dea!
Dea!
To Dea!
Dea!
[Gretchen] Fuck me!
[chanting continues]
[Gretchen] Fuck me!
[moaning]
[Gretchen] Fuck me!
[moans]
[thunder rumbling]
Hey, kiddo.
How you feeling, huh?
I got ya.
You’ll be well cared for. Don’t you fret.
I know.
You’re confused. I get that.
Allow me to lift the fog.
Oh, my sweet Norma.
She wanted to save you.
Sentimental reasons.
So she had to go.
And that’s when it came to me.
Just a thought, you know? [stammers] An epiphany, one might say.
That, uh, we’d use Norma’s demise in our game with you.
And we had the greatest time of our long lives.
Brainstorming, dressing up and down. [chuckles] Improvising.
[muffled laughter] The hoot…
[Max] Right. What the fuck does that mean?
[Lou] …to end all hootenannies.
[Gretchen] …the government is funding this entire facility.
Now, you remember what I told you, Max?
The enemy of old age is not death.
It is boredom.
We must fill the hours with smiles.
And we have so many, many, many, many hours to fill.
You rest now.
We still need you.
Your nectar.
♪ Little man, you’re crying ♪
♪ I know why you’re blue ♪
♪ Someone took your
kiddie car away ♪
♪ Better go to sleep
now, little man ♪
♪ You’ve had a busy day… ♪
[thunder rumbling]
[clinks]
[thunder rumbling] [breathing heavily]
[thunder rumbling continues]
[eerie music playing]
[eerie music rising]
[eerie music swelling]
[Max wheezing]
[breathing heavily] [heartbeat thumping]
[thunder rumbling]
[wheezing]
[intense music plays]
[grunting]
[Max] Fuck you!
[chuckles]
[hopeful music playing]
[Juno groans]
[grunts]
[chuckles]
[alarm blaring]
[elevator bell dings]
[grunts]
[grunting]
[grunts]
[intense music playing]
[groans] [thuds]
[woman gasps, screams]
[crying]
[woman] Run! Now!
Oh, no! Oh, no!
No!
No!
No!
No, no! No!
No, no, no, no!
[screaming]
[groans]
[Ellie groans]
[screaming]
[Ellie speaking French]
[Ellie yells in French]
[woman] Max is coming!
Max is killing us all!
Run! Run!
[window shatters] Oh! Oh, my God!
Oh!
[whispering] Dea, protect me. Dea, protect me.
Sadie, move. Move, move now.
Motherfucker!
[grunting]
[yelling, groaning]
[groaning]
[Les] Come on, motherfucker!
[yelling]
[thunder rumbles]
Dea, protect me. Dea, protect me. Dea, protect me.
Dea, protect me.
Dea, protect me.
Dea, Dea, protect me…
[Lou gasps, pants]
No! No!
No!
[sobs] I’m your friend.
[Sabian] Max, stop! I said stop!
Max!
[panting]
Max, don’t!
Max, stop. I will shoot you.
[Lou groaning]
[window shatters] [gunshot continues]
[Lou groans]
[Max grunts]
[Gretchen moans] Ahh!
[grunts]
[screaming]
[Max grunts]
[screaming louder]
[thuds]
[sighs]
[intense music rising]
No, no, no! Ahh!
No, no! Max! No!
[grunts]
[Couper] Come on, let’s get to the car! Come on! Come on!
[grunting]
[Couper] Come on!
[Max grunting]
[Gretchen groaning]
[Max exhales]
I’m taking it all back, Lou.
[distorted music playing]
[flesh squelching]
[birds chirping]
[soft music playing]
[sighs] [chuckles]
[ominous music playing]
[dark music playing]
[music fades]
