John Dies At The End Page #3

Synopsis: It's a drug that promises an out-of-body experience with each hit. On the street they call it Soy Sauce, and users drift across time and dimensions. But some who come back are no longer human. Suddenly a silent otherworldly invasion is underway, and mankind needs a hero. What it gets instead is John and David, a pair of college dropouts who can barely hold down jobs. Can these two stop the oncoming horror in time to save humanity? No. No, they can't.
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Don Coscarelli
Production: Magnolia Pictures
  2 wins & 6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
62%
R
Year:
2012
99 min
$141,307
Website
742 Views


All right, I remember now. I

was... I remember calling you.

It's hard, okay, 'cause

everything's running together.

I kept calling you. I kept

calling and calling and calling.

I bet I called you

like 20 times.

You kept getting

all weird on me.

You know what I think? You're gonna

be getting phone calls from me

for the next eight or nine

years... all from tonight.

I couldn't help it.

I couldn't get oriented.

It was like I kept

slipping out of time.

No, wait. Where are

we gonna go?

- Emergency room, John.

- What? No. No. No.

Yeah. I don't know what else to do, all right?

I'm not gonna play this game with you.

Hey, let's go to your place or something.

Any place but here.

Someplace safe.

- So you don't know

- The name of the drug?

Robert called it "the soy

sauce," but now I'm thinking

that was just the nickname.

It's not actually soy sauce.

- Wait... Robert?

- The guy with...

oh, right yeah,

the fake magical Jamaican.

- What was his last name?

- Marley.

Ah. Of course.

Robert Marley.

And that guy's the one

who gave you the...

we were in the one ball

parking lot, right?

Just passing around a joint.

That Jamaican guy...

He pulls out this sauce

and goes,

"it be opening doors

to other worlds, man."

Did anyone else take it?

That stuff, Dave,

I'm remembering things

that haven't happened yet.

- I mean that didn't happen.

- John, answer my question.

Did anyone else take the sauce?

I don't know!

That's what I'm trying to say!

We went to Robert's trailer...

Andy and those guys,

they didn't want to come.

I think they got freaked out

when they saw a needle come out.

And you still

actually tried that sh*t?

Are you kidding me?

How could I not?

Dave, please please please,

answer your phone

or just turn it off.

Okay, all right.

- Yeah?

- Dave?

It's me.

- Is this a recording?

- What? No.

Look, I don't know if we've talked

tonight but we don't have much time.

I think I called you and told you to come here.

If so, don't do it.

If I haven't called,

then obviously you shouldn't...

- just stay away regardless.

- Who is this?

It's John.

Can you hear me?

I can hear you

and I can see you.

You're sitting

right here next to me.

Well, then just talk

to me in person then.

Oh wait, do I look like

I'm injured in any way?

- What?

- Shh. I'm sorry, I gotta go.

Say hello to me.

Was that me?

It was me, wasn't it?

I'm sorry, Dave.

No, I really am.

I'm sorry for messing up

your sleep cycle.

- Come on, get in the car.

- I'm sorry for everything that's gonna happen.

All the people

that are gonna...

Explode.

John. John, wake up.

He's still breathing.

F*** it.

Saint dom's.

Uh, hi.

I need a priest.

Well, this is father Shelnut.

What can I do for you?

Do you...

Have any experience

with, like...

Demonism?

Like hauntings,

possessions and all that?

Look, people say

they see things

or hear voices in their head, we

generally refer them to a counselor.

No no no. No no.

I'm not crazy.

- Other people have...

- No, I didn't mean to imply that.

Why don't you come talk to me?

And then even if you need

to see a professional,

I've got a brother-in-law

who's real good.

- What do you think it's like, father?

- What's what like?

Being crazy, mentally ill.

Well, they never know

they're ill, do they?

I mean, you can't diagnose yourself with

the same organ that has the disease,

just like you can't see

your own eyeball.

I suppose you just feel regular

and the rest of the world

seems to go crazy around you.

But let's just suppose

that I actually...

I mean, in reality, ran into

something from beyond the...

oh f***!

Ah!

Ah.

- I'll try to explain this

- Without cursing,

but the black sh*t

from planet X that came out

from that motherf***er

looked like it had grown hair.

Did I mention that the stuff

was moving? Twitching?

Uh, hello?

Are you still there?

Yes, son, I am.

Just keep calm, okay?

Nothing you're seeing is real.

- I could feel it,

- That strange venomous warmth

spreading through my thigh.

Look, I appreciate

your time, but...

I'm starting to think there's

nothing you can do to help me.

Son, I'm going

to be honest with you.

We both know you're f***ed.

Excuse me?

Your mom writes on the walls

with her own sh*t.

Great changes are coming

to deadworld, my son...

waves of maggots

over oceans of rot.

You'll see it, David.

You'll see it

with your own eyes.

Do you understand?

Be calm.

Drive.

- Ah.

- Drive.

Just drive.

Wanna... ahh!

John! John!

John, wake up!

Who the f*** are you?

My name is Roger north.

Congratulations.

Now who the f*** are you

and what's this f***ing thing

you've got on my chest?!

My interest is only in you.

It is said out of genuine

concern for your safety.

A very important role

you must play.

Korrok is a powerful adversary.

Things are in motion,

Mr. Wong.

- Fascinating.

- What?

They harvest insects here,

do they not? For their honey?

Do the bees know that

they make the honey for you

or do their work tirelessly because

they think it is their own choice?

Have you ever noticed

when you hear a word for the

very first time in your life,

you will hear that word

again within 24 hours?

Do you ever wonder

why sometimes you'll see

a single shoe

lying alongside the road?

I've been watching you

for some time,

but there are great gaps

in my knowledge.

Do you know I observed a man

who masturbated until he bled?

Did he want to do that?

And you, when you're alone...

okay. Okay.

This thing I got pointed at

you... you know what it does?

I believe I have an idea, yes.

And are you familiar

with the old human saying

"I want to shoot you so bad,

my dick's hard"?

I don't believe I do.

Maybe you'll hear it again

in the next 24 hours

if you don't try

to f*** with me.

Now shut up and don't move.

Things are in motion, huh?

Huh. Nice work, Bark Lee.

David Wong?

- Yeah.

- Detective Lawrence appleton.

Would you please step out of the car?

You and your friend?

He's... resting.

Get the f*** out of the car.

I want to thank you

for coming down, Mr. Wong.

I bet it's been quite

a night for you, huh?

Where's John?

Oh, he's fine. He's talking

to another officer

- a few rooms from here.

- John... he's talking? Really?

Since you're both gonna tell

me the unvarnished truth,

you don't have to worry

about your stories matching.

Do you? Just tell me

what you did last night.

Well, I went

to a party by the lake.

I left around midnight.

I was asleep by 2:00.

Ooh, you sure about that?

You sure you didn't go over

to the one ball inn?

You know, on grand Avenue?

Grab a nightcap?

Your buddies were all there.

No, I had work in the morning.

I went straight home.

- As I spoke, a strange

- Jittery energy

began to rise up in me,

radiating from the chest out.

At that moment, things began

to clarify and become simple.

All of a sudden I was startled to find

I could see the cop's next question

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Don Coscarelli

Don Coscarelli, Jr. (born February 17, 1954) is a Libyan-American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for horror films. His credits include the Phantasm series, The Beastmaster, and Bubba Ho-Tep. more…

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