00:01:55I can't believe you're doing this to me.
00:02:00I can't believe you're doing this to me.
00:02:00After all I've done for you, but I am.
00:02:04Why won't you listen to me?
00:02:10I can.
00:02:14I will.
00:02:18I just need more time.
00:02:24I can't believe you're doing this to me.
00:03:17I can't believe you're doing this to me.
00:03:33Hello?
00:03:34Hello?
00:03:35Is anybody there?
00:03:38Maria?
00:03:40Is that you?
00:03:41I can't believe you're doing this to me?
00:03:44I can't believe you're doing this to me.
00:04:05I can't believe you're doing this to me.
00:04:33Oh, very funny.
00:04:35This isn't a joke anymore.
00:04:41This isn't a joke.
00:05:34This isn't a joke.
00:05:59This isn't a joke.
00:06:17This isn't a joke.
00:06:46This isn't a joke.
00:07:33This isn't a joke.
00:08:03This isn't a joke.
00:08:20This isn't a joke.
00:08:20Here we go.
00:08:22It's a joke.
00:08:25Come here.
00:08:26Good talk.
00:08:27Good talk.
00:08:29Nice.
00:08:30Good talk.
00:08:31That's good. That's good. Come on.
00:09:06That's good.
00:09:35That's good.
00:10:22That's good.
00:10:24That's good.
00:10:25That's good.
00:10:25That's good.
00:10:25That's good.
00:10:27That's good.
00:10:29That's good.
00:10:37That's good.
00:10:40That's good.
00:10:41That's good.
00:10:51Got an appointment?
00:10:53Let him in.
00:11:04That's good.
00:11:06Arthur.
00:11:08I just wish you were as enthusiastic about finishing your book as you were about getting
00:11:12here on time.
00:11:14Tea?
00:11:16Ken?
00:11:18Ken, tea for two, please.
00:11:20Coffee, actually.
00:11:21Black.
00:11:21No sugar.
00:11:23So?
00:11:25It's coming.
00:11:26Are you sure?
00:11:30What?
00:11:32What are the figures like?
00:11:34I don't change the subject.
00:11:36Arthur, you are supposed to be my business manager.
00:11:39I don't see a manuscript in your hand.
00:11:41I don't see a manuscript in your hand.
00:11:41You do understand what a deadline is, don't you?
00:11:43Of course I do.
00:11:44You're a best-selling horror author, and frankly, you're nothing without this new book.
00:11:47You sold the film rights.
00:11:49I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but nobody's short of cash, are they?
00:11:53No.
00:11:54I didn't say that.
00:11:56Look, your last book, yeah, it generated some real heat.
00:11:59That's why the publishers are keen to get another one.
00:12:01I mean, come on, you could be the next Stephen King.
00:12:04I very much doubt that.
00:12:05I mean, I'd prefer to be H.B. Lovecraft or Clive Barker.
00:12:09I think it could benefit us both if you cleaned up your image.
00:12:12I mean, come out the drink for a start.
00:12:15Yeah.
00:12:15The money from the film is good.
00:12:17Fine.
00:12:18But the fact is, you still need to write.
00:12:20I am.
00:12:21So what is it, family?
00:12:26She's taken the kids.
00:12:28I see.
00:12:29How long for?
00:12:30Ah, I don't know.
00:12:32I mean, this time it does feel permanent.
00:12:36Well, look, I'm sorry to hear that.
00:12:38But I still have to type, right?
00:12:41Brendan, what is it you're not getting?
00:12:43You're a storyteller.
00:12:46And you're nothing without this new book.
00:12:50What is it?
00:12:51Okay.
00:12:52Have you got block?
00:12:53Is that what this is?
00:12:56Look, it's not as bad as you think.
00:12:59Have you written anything?
00:13:02I mean, Christ, you signed a three book contract.
00:13:04You're short one book.
00:13:06You've got obligations.
00:13:07I've got obligations.
00:13:09It doesn't just happen like that.
00:13:11Doesn't it?
00:13:12Well, it's got to.
00:13:12It has to.
00:13:13I don't care how, but it's got to.
00:13:16Arthur, you need to calm down.
00:13:18These deals are with some very important people and they do not like no for an answer.
00:13:23I'm not just a money making machine, you know.
00:13:26All right, look.
00:13:28This can be fixed.
00:13:29How?
00:13:31A retreat.
00:13:32A remote location.
00:13:34No internet.
00:13:35No distractions.
00:13:36It can be fixed.
00:13:38I'm going to give you Paul's number.
00:13:40Who's Paul?
00:13:42He's got the address.
00:13:43Look, you've got three weeks to give me something.
00:13:45No more pipeline,
00:13:47else you'll be out there with the rest of the has-beens.
00:13:49Now, take this number.
00:13:54And fuck off.
00:14:03Nice to see you too.
00:14:11Sir?
00:14:15Sir?
00:14:17Is he the one?
00:14:20All in good time, Ken.
00:14:22All in good time.
00:14:51Hello?
00:14:57Hello?
00:15:05Is there anyone there?
00:15:09I've got a permit, you know.
00:15:14This is some kind of joke.
00:15:16It's not very funny.
00:15:26I have seen you.
00:15:54It's as far as I go.
00:15:57So, where is it?
00:15:59It's down there.
00:16:01I don't go down there.
00:16:03You're on your own.
00:16:12Are you going to give me a help with my luggage?
00:16:42I will need a receipt, you know.
00:16:45Oh, my God.
00:19:33You have a friendly face and...
00:19:42I probably should stop there really, shouldn't I?
00:19:45You're fine.
00:19:49Thanks.
00:19:51Well, the good news is you're close.
00:19:54You just follow this road down, take a left, and then follow it to the end.
00:20:02The end?
00:20:04The end.
00:20:05It's at the end of the road.
00:20:08You have a nice smile.
00:20:17I don't suppose you could walk with me to the place, because I might get a little bit lost.
00:20:26No.
00:20:27No.
00:20:28I'm not going in your direction.
00:20:30Right.
00:20:31Okay.
00:20:32But, uh...
00:20:37Maybe we'll see each other again.
00:20:40Yes?
00:20:42That'd be really nice.
00:20:45Don't worry.
00:20:46I know where to find you.
00:20:49After all, it did just give you directions.
00:20:53Yeah.
00:20:53Yeah, it did.
00:20:56You take care of yourself now.
00:20:59See you later.
00:21:19Wow.
00:21:58Oh, bloody hell.
00:21:59There's no Wi-Fi, is there?
00:22:17Femi?
00:22:18Brendan Cobbs?
00:22:20Yeah.
00:22:22Don't need to sign for it?
00:22:23No, it's all yours, mate.
00:22:56I got a little bit of a control
00:22:56Ah.
00:23:02It's all yours, you got some information.
00:23:05Oh, my God.
00:23:05It's all yours, right?
00:23:05You can notice, let me ask.
00:23:06Oh, that's good.
00:23:07Oh, my God.
00:23:10I can't wait for it.
00:23:10Oh, my God.
00:23:12Oh, my God.
00:23:22I don't know.
00:23:55I don't know.
00:24:20I don't know.
00:24:49I don't know.
00:24:50I don't know.
00:25:41I don't know.
00:25:42You want to come out and play?
00:26:18I don't know.
00:27:00I don't know.
00:27:12I don't know.
00:27:42I don't know.
00:28:09Hello?
00:28:13Hello?
00:28:17Hello?
00:28:19Hello?
00:28:24Hello?
00:28:26You could be in danger.
00:28:27Danger?
00:28:29What do you mean?
00:28:30Just listen to me.
00:28:32Well, I am.
00:28:35Who's in danger?
00:28:37Is this something to do with Arthur?
00:28:40Arthur?
00:28:40Yeah, he's my...
00:28:42Yeah, he's my...
00:28:43Look, what's the issue?
00:28:46Have you followed rule one?
00:28:49No.
00:28:51I haven't.
00:28:52Should I have?
00:28:53You have to.
00:28:54You have to.
00:28:56You have to.
00:28:57Okay.
00:28:58Mate, listen.
00:28:59You need to calm down and go back that way.
00:29:02You might still have time.
00:29:04You might still have time.
00:29:06You might still have time.
00:29:06You might still have time.
00:29:17You might still have time.
00:29:35Okay.
00:29:37Let's do this.
00:30:14Where are you?
00:30:17Where are you?
00:30:19Me what?
00:30:20Left my fucking gate open.
00:30:24No, sorry.
00:30:26All the animals got out.
00:30:29Your animals?
00:30:30Yeah, my livestock.
00:30:31You might still have time to start.
00:30:36This gate.
00:30:37Do you open it?
00:30:39No.
00:30:40Sorry.
00:30:41You're one of them city types, aren't you?
00:30:46Are you for real?
00:30:47Yeah.
00:30:48Soft hands.
00:30:49Soft head.
00:30:51Wouldn't know a day's work if you saw it coming.
00:30:53Got that arrogance about you and all.
00:30:59Pluster thinks he can talk to people how he feels.
00:31:01Are you normally this pleasant with your neighbours?
00:31:05Look.
00:31:06I just wanted to know if it was you that opened the gate.
00:31:09You says it weren't.
00:31:10So you can go.
00:31:23Wait.
00:31:27Did you make sure you followed the rule?
00:31:30Oh, yeah.
00:31:31That rule.
00:31:33Why would you give a shit?
00:31:35Look.
00:31:35I don't cares about you.
00:31:36Just as long as you follow the rule.
00:31:43By the way.
00:31:44Um.
00:31:45There's a random fella about.
00:31:47Wild eyed.
00:31:48I was wondering if you knew him.
00:31:49Maybe one of your neighbours.
00:31:55No?
00:31:57Okay.
00:31:59Well, you have a great day.
00:32:01Nice gun, by the way.
00:32:02Just make sure you polish it at the end.
00:32:05Have a great day.
00:32:07Fucking asshole.
00:32:13Good.
00:32:34I'm sorry.
00:32:37My teacher, my teacher.
00:32:39So you found it then?
00:32:49You?
00:32:53What are you doing here?
00:32:55I'm your neighbour.
00:32:58Neighbour?
00:33:00Yeah. The farm.
00:33:04Oh.
00:33:06What are you doing here now?
00:33:09Thought I'd give you a greeting.
00:33:15A greeting?
00:33:19What time is it?
00:33:21Nine o'clock.
00:33:26Nine o'clock?
00:33:29I thought it was the middle of the night and...
00:33:36Maybe some other time.
00:33:37Please.
00:33:39I gave you directions.
00:33:41The least you could do is join a lonely girl for a drink.
00:33:55White or red?
00:33:56Red.
00:34:08So what's your story?
00:34:18I'm a writer.
00:34:20Really?
00:34:21What sort of stuff?
00:34:24Mainly horror.
00:34:25Oh.
00:34:27Not really my scene.
00:34:28There's enough horror in the world already.
00:34:33Does it pay well?
00:34:35Well enough.
00:34:37Enjoy it?
00:34:40That's another story.
00:34:43Forgive the pun.
00:34:44Frustrated.
00:34:46Frustrated.
00:34:49Maybe.
00:34:50Horror's not what I originally intended on doing.
00:34:55No?
00:34:57No.
00:34:58No.
00:34:58I fancy myself as a Dylan Thomas or a...
00:35:05Ted Hughes.
00:35:08Except nobody wants to read that.
00:35:10They're, um...
00:35:18Immediate satisfaction.
00:35:27That's right.
00:35:29It's all...
00:35:30Now, now, now.
00:35:33No patience.
00:35:35That's a real shame.
00:35:38So you turn to horror?
00:35:42Yes.
00:35:42It's, um...
00:35:44It's easier to scare people.
00:35:46It is.
00:35:52Yeah, well.
00:35:53You know, if you set pieces here and there and...
00:35:58Hey, presto.
00:35:59You're there.
00:36:00You make it sound easy.
00:36:05Well...
00:36:05It's not that difficult, put it that way.
00:36:09And what about your family?
00:36:14That's a...
00:36:15Horror story in itself.
00:36:18Now that sounds like an interesting tale to tell.
00:36:24Maybe some other time.
00:36:26There might not be another time.
00:36:32Why?
00:36:33Are you, um...
00:36:35You planning on going somewhere?
00:36:37Well, you never know.
00:36:40Yeah.
00:36:41I suppose.
00:36:43Um...
00:36:43Why don't you make yourself more comfortable?
00:36:47In a minute.
00:36:50Who is that?
00:36:51Who is that?
00:36:55That...
00:36:57That's a fucking nightmare.
00:36:59That's it?
00:37:00That's all you're going to say?
00:37:02He is amazing.
00:37:11Um...
00:37:11Top Up?
00:37:15So, why don't you tell me really why you're here?
00:37:18Can't a girl come round for some company?
00:37:22Yeah.
00:37:23Married?
00:37:24Kids?
00:37:25None of that?
00:37:28Well...
00:37:30It's a bit difficult.
00:37:32Is that why she left you?
00:37:35The demon drink?
00:37:40Maybe we should change the subject.
00:37:42Maybe we should change the subject.
00:37:43Do you know why they call it the demon drink?
00:37:48Because it fucks up your life?
00:37:51The plot thickens.
00:37:57Why don't you just come over here and enjoy your drink?
00:38:03He's a little ratty, isn't he?
00:38:08I have writer's block.
00:38:09And?
00:38:12My agent, he...
00:38:15He sent me to this shitty location and...
00:38:19Supposedly to inspire me.
00:38:23Has it?
00:38:25Well, you've seen what I've been writing.
00:38:28Inspiration comes from all sources, doesn't it?
00:38:32Look, I don't even really know your name.
00:38:34No.
00:38:45Who are you, really?
00:38:47You haven't followed rule one, have you?
00:38:50No.
00:38:51I haven't followed rule fucking one because it's a stupid game
00:38:56and that is a stupid fucking doll.
00:38:58Do you know what?
00:38:59I'm gonna...
00:38:59I'm actually gonna finish my drink and leave this place.
00:39:03Deadline be damned.
00:39:06Deadline?
00:39:08Yeah.
00:39:09My deadline.
00:39:10For my book.
00:39:12For...
00:39:13Alfred the Doll?
00:39:16Yeah.
00:39:18So what's happened in the book?
00:39:21I'll tell you what's happened in the book.
00:39:24The writer arrived at the location, found the doll and ignored the rule.
00:39:31Matt was concentrating hard, trying to understand what to do.
00:39:36Then he heard a knocking, like Edgar Allan Poe, a knocking at his chamber door.
00:39:43Yes.
00:39:45Look.
00:39:45Wait.
00:39:47Then she appeared at the door.
00:39:49Beautiful.
00:39:50Ravishing.
00:39:51As if chisels from the stars themselves.
00:39:55A little on the nose, don't you think?
00:39:57I see how you look at me.
00:39:59No, what are you writing?
00:40:01And she looked at him, square in the eye, and she said...
00:40:05We should carry out the rule.
00:40:08Or what?
00:40:09You don't want to know.
00:40:13Okay.
00:40:16Let's fucking do it.
00:40:52Let's go.
00:40:56What?
00:41:08What's happening?
00:41:10Please mate, I need to finish the book.
00:41:13Have you done it yet?
00:41:17Yes. Well, I started to.
00:41:21Started? But you haven't finished?
00:41:24No.
00:41:28Look, there was this girl and she... Girl?
00:41:32No. Yeah.
00:41:35I'm not playing games here, you know. Really?
00:41:38Well, you could have fooled me.
00:41:42Have you started rule number one?
00:41:47Look mate, I think you need to...
00:41:51leave. Anyway!
00:41:55I've got to go. What have I told you about being up here?
00:42:11Who's that? My Mrs. and Dora. Who do you think it is?
00:42:18No.
00:42:24What do you think you're doing?
00:42:25Yeah, what are you doing?
00:42:27Here.
00:42:29What are you doing?
00:42:34You stay away from my family.
00:42:41You stay away from my family.
00:42:52You stay away from my family.
00:42:55You stay away from me.
00:42:56You stay away from me.
00:43:00You stay away from me.
00:43:01Yeah, what is your friend?
00:43:06I gotta go.
00:43:14I gotta go.
00:43:52Thank you, you little bastard.
00:44:37Jesus.
00:46:23Can you see me?
00:46:37Do you want to come out and play?
00:47:02Mr. Cobbs?
00:47:05Have you followed rule one?
00:47:14Yeah.
00:47:43I have.
00:47:50Wait.
00:47:52Wait.
00:47:54I need to know...
00:47:59more.
00:48:01It's your responsibility now, Mr. Cobbs.
00:48:04I can do no more.
00:48:07I've said too much.
00:48:13Alfred, Alfred,
00:48:15Alfred, Alfred,
00:48:27bad little boy.
00:48:29I have...
00:48:38I can do the job.
00:48:40I can do the job, man.
00:48:42I can't do the job.
00:48:46You're right.
00:48:46I can do the job.
00:48:48You're right.
00:48:49I can do the job.
00:48:53You're right.
00:48:59I don't know.
00:49:43So, what do you prefer?
00:49:45Eggs, bacon, or leaves?
00:49:57What the fuck am I doing?
00:50:04What the fuck am I doing?
00:50:25I don't know.
00:50:25I don't know.
00:50:25I don't know.
00:50:26I don't know.
00:50:32I don't know.
00:50:42I don't know.
00:51:03I don't know.
00:51:11Alfred, the boy that died.
00:51:16Who killed you, eh?
00:51:18Who killed you?
00:51:20Well, from now on, Alfred, I'm gonna watch you.
00:51:28Every hour, every second, and you fuck up.
00:51:34I'll be there.
00:51:37Yeah.
00:51:42You think you got it on me?
00:51:45I don't think so, mate.
00:51:56My daddy is coming to get you.
00:52:00Do you want to come out of play?
00:52:23Do you want to come out of play?
00:52:31I want to come out of play.
00:52:33I can't get you...
00:52:34Oh, my God.
00:53:21Friend.
00:53:43Oh, God.
00:54:09Do you want to come out and play?
00:54:30Ah!
00:54:31Ah!
00:54:34Ah!
00:54:37Ah!
00:55:26Ah!
00:55:28Ah!
00:55:29Ah!
00:55:31Ah!
00:55:31Oh, my God.
00:56:03Oh, my God.
00:56:31Oh, my God.
00:56:49Oh, my God.
00:56:51Oh, my God.
00:57:25Oh, my God.
00:58:16Oh, my God.
00:58:19Oh, my God.
00:58:52Oh, my God.
00:59:46Oh, my God.
00:59:49Oh, my God.
01:00:26Oh, my God.
01:00:29Oh, my God.
01:01:01Oh, my God.
01:01:29Oh, my God.
01:01:59Oh, my God.
01:02:53Oh, my God.
01:02:58Oh, my God.
01:03:57Oh, my God.
01:04:12Oh, my God.
01:04:28Oh, my God.
01:04:58Oh, my God.
01:05:35Oh, my God.
01:06:07Oh, my God.
01:06:30Oh, my God.
01:06:58Oh, my God.
01:07:01Oh, my God.
01:07:04Oh, my God.
01:07:20Oh, my God.
01:07:49Oh, my God.
01:07:51Oh, my God.
01:07:53Oh, my God.
01:07:58Oh, my God.
01:08:42Oh, my God.
01:08:45Oh, my God.
01:09:40Oh, my God.
01:09:48Oh, my God.
01:09:56Oh, my God.
01:10:12Oh, my God.
01:10:14Oh, my God.
01:10:32Oh, my God.
01:11:06Oh, my God.
01:11:07Oh, my God.
01:12:04Oh, my God.
01:12:08Oh, my God.
01:12:55Oh, my God.
01:13:07Oh, my God.
01:14:04Oh, my God.
01:14:07Oh, my God.
01:14:37Oh, my God.
01:15:07Oh, my God.
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