A Horrible Way to Die Page #6

Synopsis: An escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small town.
Director(s): Adam Wingard
Production: Anchor Bay Entertainment
  3 wins.
 
IMDB:
5.2
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
63%
R
Year:
2010
87 min
Website
176 Views


Mm.

He smells like liquor.

527

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49:11,762 -- 00:49:14,094

That's pretty normal.

528

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49:16,400 -- 00:49:19,563

Easier just to avoid them

these days than...

529

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49:22,072 -- 00:49:24,165

trying to explain

the idea of sobriety,

530

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49:24,208 -- 00:49:27,541

which I don't think their brains

can fully process, you know?

531

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49:27,578 -- 00:49:29,910

I understand that.

532

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52:04,001 -- 00:52:05,992

- Hi Sarah.

- Hi. Sorry I'm late.

533

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52:06,036 -- 00:52:09,005

Hey. Hey. Do you know

where Carla is?

534

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52:09,039 -- 00:52:11,166

No. She didn't come in?

535

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52:11,208 -- 00:52:13,199

No. She didn't show up

this morning.

536

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52:13,243 -- 00:52:15,234

She didn't call in either

or anything.

537

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52:15,279 -- 00:52:17,804

Dr. Belton's pretty pissed about it.

538

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52:17,848 -- 00:52:19,839

That's weird.

539

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52:19,883 -- 00:52:22,283

Yeah. Look,

if you talk to her,

540

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52:22,319 -- 00:52:24,583

will you just tell her

to get the hell in here?

541

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52:24,621 -- 00:52:26,919

Sure thing.

542

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52:36,967 -- 00:52:40,198

Hey girl.

Just wondering where you are.

543

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52:40,237 -- 00:52:42,535

You're supposed to be at work.

544

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52:42,573 -- 00:52:45,633

Everyone's a little pissed.

545

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52:45,676 -- 00:52:48,509

Okay, just call me back

when you get this.

546

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52:48,545 -- 00:52:50,035

Bye.

547

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53:47,938 -- 00:53:49,565

What can I get you?

548

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53:49,606 -- 00:53:51,699

- Are you guys still serving food?

- Yeah.

549

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53:51,742 -- 00:53:53,369

- You got steak?

- Sure.

550

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53:53,410 -- 00:53:55,935

And a soda, please.

551

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54:08,759 -- 00:54:11,159

FBI agents involved in a manhunt

552

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54:11,194 -- 00:54:13,059

for a suspected serial killer

Garrick Turrell

553

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54:13,096 -- 00:54:15,121

have asked members of the public

to come forward

554

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54:15,165 -- 00:54:18,100

if they have any information that might

lead to the capture of the suspect

555

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54:18,135 -- 00:54:20,228

who escaped from state custody

on Tuesday.

556

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54:20,270 -- 00:54:23,467

It was specifically noted

that citizens should come forward

557

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54:23,507 -- 00:54:26,840

if they might have knowledge of anyone

aiding the alleged killer in his escape.

558

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54:26,877 -- 00:54:28,868

A FBI spokesman noted

that Turrell,

559

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who is thought to have already traveled

beyond police roadblocks,

560

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54:31,548 -- 00:54:34,073

has several fansites on the internet

dedicated to him

561

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54:34,117 -- 00:54:37,518

and a Facebook fan page with membership

in the hundreds of thousands.

562

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54:37,554 -- 00:54:40,614

While some of this is no doubt intended

as gallows humor, it remains a reality

563

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54:40,657 -- 00:54:43,888

at least three Turrell copycat slayings

are currently under investigation...

564

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54:43,927 -- 00:54:47,886

A shortcut.

565

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54:47,931 -- 00:54:50,092

Assistance in continuing

to evade custody.

566

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54:50,133 -- 00:54:52,567

Anyone with knowledge or

suspected knowledge of any such activity

567

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54:52,603 -- 00:54:55,663

is asked to contact their local

law enforcement agency immediately.

568

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55:01,078 -- 00:55:04,013

Oh, wait wait.

I'll be right back.

569

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55:24,201 -- 00:55:26,601

Hey.

Hey man.

570

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55:26,637 -- 00:55:28,935

Hey. Hey.

571

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55:28,972 -- 00:55:30,701

Hey, what...?

572

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56:55,926 -- 00:56:57,985

Excuse me.

573

00:
56:58,028 -- 00:57:01,486

You're Carla's landlord, right?

574

00:
57:01,531 -- 00:57:03,021

Yeah.

575

00:
57:03,066 -- 00:57:05,159

Yeah, have you seen her today?

576

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57:05,202 -- 00:57:07,762

Not today.

577

00:
57:07,804 -- 00:57:11,763

I guess the last time I saw her was

578

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57:11,808 -- 00:57:13,639

the day before yesterday.

579

00:
57:13,677 -- 00:57:16,339

Okay. Could you just...

580

00:
57:16,379 -- 00:57:19,746

if you see her, could you tell her that

her friend from work is looking for her?

581

00:
57:19,783 -- 00:57:22,081

Sure.

What's your name again?

582

00:
57:22,119 -- 00:57:23,711

Sarah.

583

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57:23,754 -- 00:57:27,121

Just tell her to call me if you...

584

00:
57:27,157 -- 00:57:29,148

No problem.

585

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57:59,256 -- 00:58:01,247

- There you go.

- Mm, thanks.

586

00:
58:01,291 -- 00:58:02,849

Yeah.

587

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58:02,893 -- 00:58:05,418

- Want some of this?

- No.

588

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58:05,462 -- 00:58:08,363

Sure? It's really good.

589

00:
58:08,398 -- 00:58:10,866

I'm sorry.

I'm distracted.

590

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58:14,704 -- 00:58:16,604

My... my friend

591

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58:16,640 -- 00:58:18,904

didn't show up for work.

592

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58:18,942 -- 00:58:21,467

And I tried calling her.

593

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58:21,511 -- 00:58:23,536

- Which friend?

- Carla.

594

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58:25,816 -- 00:58:28,944

I went by her house

and she wasn't there.

595

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58:28,985 -- 00:58:30,885

She's... it's just...

596

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58:30,921 -- 00:58:33,947

Do you want to talk

to the police?

597

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58:33,990 -- 00:58:36,356

We can go in there after group

598

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58:36,393 -- 00:58:38,384

and just talk to them

for a second.

599

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58:38,428 -- 00:58:40,487

Maybe somebody's

heard something.

600

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58:42,332 -- 00:58:44,630

She's probably fine.

601

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58:52,042 -- 00:58:55,443

I'm feeling kind of weird today.

602

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58:56,646 -- 00:58:59,945

I guess you guys probably heard

about the murders last night.

603

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58:59,983 -- 00:59:01,746

No.

604

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59:01,785 -- 00:59:03,275

No?

605

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59:03,320 -- 00:59:07,586

Okay, well, Smitty's...

that bar on old 63...

606

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59:07,624 -- 00:59:09,819

there was a couple mur...

a couple guys got murdered.

607

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59:09,860 -- 00:59:11,987

They got stabbed to death

in the parking lot.

608

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59:12,028 -- 00:59:14,826

And I'm sure it'll be

on the local news tonight.

609

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59:14,865 -- 00:59:19,302

But I guess the deal was

they said their wallets were missing

610

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59:19,336 -- 00:59:22,794

so it must have been a mugging

gone bad or something.

611

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59:22,839 -- 00:59:25,239

But, I don't know,

one of the guys was a meth cooker,

612

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59:25,275 -- 00:59:27,038

or had been a meth cooker,

613

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59:27,077 -- 00:59:29,238

so that might have had

something to do with it.

614

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59:29,279 -- 00:59:31,941

Man, the thing is though, like,

615

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Smitty's used to be one of my bars.

And I knew those guys, you know.

616

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59:35,185 -- 00:59:37,517

I used to drink with them

back in the day.

617

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And just seeing that,

hearing about it

618

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59:41,057 -- 00:59:43,890

kind of got me thinking, you know,

that could have been me.

619

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Like, I could have been hanging out

with them tonight or the night before.

620

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And, you know,

whatever happened to them...

621

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that could have happened

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