Primal Page #3

Synopsis: Anja and five friends join anthropology student Dace on a journey to study a remote ancient rock painting. Their excitement vanishes when Mel becomes delirious after skinny-dipping in the waterhole. Feverish bleeding confused she physically and mentally regresses to a vicious predatory state. Mel has gone primal. Mels lover and friends realize they are the prey as she savagely hunts them down. Before they can escape another one of them starts to regress posing a hideous choice kill their friends or be killed by them. Their only hope of survival is through a cave where Anja learns too late the meaning of the ancient rock art they came to study.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director(s): Josh Reed
Production: IFC Midnight
 
IMDB:
4.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
75%
NOT RATED
Year:
2010
80 min
Website
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build a stretcher.

We can make one

out of a camp bed.

Here.

I'll be outside, baby.

What can I do?

I've known you for two years,

still got no idea.

What's up your ass?

I don't know.

Maybe that my whole f***ing

thesis has gone to sh*t

because of your girlfriend.

She didn't get sick

just to spite you.

Well,

I didn't tell her

to go swimming with leeches,

did I?

And I did?

She's your girlfriend.

Why don't you try

a tighter leash?

And we're going through

that tunnel.

What?

Shaves half a day's hiking

off.

Jesus, Dace.

I can't. I told you.

We have to, An.

I'll help you through it.

Mel?

You shouldn't be out here,

Smelly.

Mel?

Ah!

Rah!

Kris, come behind me!

Mel!

Mel!

What the f***?

What's wrong with her?

I don't know, some sort of

episode or something.

Episode?

Did you see her teeth?

Nasty f***ing teeth.

F***ing leeches?

F***.

Where's the first aid kit?

It's in the car.

I'll get it.

F***.

F***.

Dace, get back!

What's wrong with her?

What's wrong with her?

Don't know, Chad.

Oh...

How bad is it?

It's really messy.

It needs to be stitched.

I've got a sewing kit

in the car.

You're not f***ing

sewing me up.

It's okay.

I can make do.

Good, because

I'm not going back to the car.

That painting's

not a story.

It's a warning.

Go through those photos.

See if there's anything there

that'll help.

She hardly felt this log,

and I wasn't holding back.

Yeah, I noticed.

Whatever's wrong with her,

she's still Mel.

Uh!

Okay, what do we do?

Well, we can't stay here.

She's gonna come back

for us.

We've got to run.

No,

we've got to stay here.

She's afraid of the fire.

Got to use that

to our advantage.

How?

Dace?

The way I see it,

we got two options.

And they are?

We either trap her,

or we kill her.

- Whoa, whoa, Dace.

- This is Mel!

I know killing sh*t is kind of

like your default position...

This is bad.

She needs our help,

you prick,

and you want to kill her.

- I kind of like Mel.

- Shut up!

He's right.

What?

He didn't say

we're gonna kill her.

He said they're our options,

right?

Yeah.

Right.

Well,

we're not killing her.

Okay.

So we trap her.

Okay.

Chad, you're the bait.

You stay here.

The moment you see her,

get to the edge of the trap.

Stay there.

Do I get one of those?

No, you're the bait.

You don't get jack,

so try not to get killed.

I'm gonna be up in the tree

with the ropes.

The moment she sets foot

onto the trap,

I'm gonna jump down

and spring it,

using my body weight to...

haul her up.

You guys go into

different parts of the bush,

flush her out.

How do we do that?

Wave your torch.

Make some noise.

When she sees you guys

have got flame and Chad doesn't,

she's gonna go for Chad,

all right?

And if she doesn't?

Well, you make sure you keep

the flame between you and her,

you'll be fine.

Come on, guys,

let's do it.

F***ing hell.

Dace?

Shut up.

Mel?

Melly?

Mel?

Mel?

Mel?

F***ing nature.

What's the f***ing point?

What'd it ever do for me?

F***ing nothing,

that's what.

F***ing rocks and moss

and grass.

F*** you, Mr. Branch.

Mel?

Mel?

She's over here!

Mel?

Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t, sh*t,

sh*t, sh*t.

Run!

F*** this!

Ahh...

Chad!

F***!

She's coming!

Give us a hand.

That was intense.

Now what?

Dace?

You got nothing.

No plan?

We've got

Chad's saber-toothed girlfriend

stuck in a tree,

and that's it?

Chuck me the ropes.

Jesus f***ing Christ,

are you serious?

That's it?

Chuck me the f***ing ropes.

All right,

this is great!

Quarter of a billion alpha males

in the world,

and we get the dog sh*t one.

Shut up, Warren.

No, I don't think

I f***ing will.

I'm getting really sick

of your negativity.

Everything's a f***ing joke

to you.

Well, this is

a f***ing joke.

You want a plan.

Here's the plan.

The moment she gets down...

F***!

F*** me!

Grab it!

Ah!

F***!

Good.

Now let's get her tied up.

You've been

a bad, bad girl.

Warren!

F***!

No!

There.

Warren...

Dace!

Dace!

- Dace!

- Dace!

Get out of the water!

The leeches!

Oh, God!

Is there anything on me?

There's nothing.

There's nothing.

Warren?

No! No!

Oh, no, no!

This is bullshit.

What is?

This is!

Jesus Christ, when are we gonna

call a spade a spade?

We've got to work out

what's wrong with her.

I don't care

what's wrong with her.

The only thing I care about

is what we do now.

We can't help her

if we don't know.

Help her?

Help her?

Wake up

and smell the viscera, Chad!

Oh, Jesus.

Hey!

Get out of here!

Go on, get!

Get out of here!

We have to kill her.

I'm gonna pretend

you didn't just say that.

F***ing get your head right,

Chad.

No, I'm not buying

any of your psycho

survivalist bullshit.

She f***ing killed Warren.

She's sick.

She's eating him.

She needs help.

She's f***ing eating him!

Enough.

Go on!

Get out of it!

She needs help.

You need help.

She needs to be dead.

He's right.

She's gonna kill all of us.

We don't have a choice.

You people are f***ed up.

I don't want to die,

Chad.

And Mel does?

It's us or her,

d*ckhead.

You on board with this?

Yeah.

This is so f***ing wrong.

That's not Mel anymore,

Chad.

I'm not giving up on her.

How do we do it?

What weapons do we have?

None.

Knives, bottles,

anything?

No, useless.

This is sharp.

No, we won't get anywhere

with that.

Well, what then?

Um, f***,

we need the machete.

Machete?

Oi.

Where'd you put it?

It's in

the back of the car.

Well, how are we gonna

get it?

We'll take torches.

We go over there.

And one of us goes in

and gets it,

and the others

stand guard.

I don't want to go.

I don't want to go.

Kris, come on.

We need you.

Count me out.

Come on, Simon.

We need all hands on deck.

What?

What?

You called me Simon.

Chad.

F***. Whatever.

Ah, f***.

Forget him, okay?

Three's enough.

Okay.

Are you okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah,

yeah, yeah.

Let's take these.

Okay.

We get over there

as quickly as we can.

Kris, you go in

and get it.

Anja, don't forget

the pudding.

Dace?

Ah?

I hate Christmas.

Everyone hates Christmas.

But Mum busted a gut

over this.

F***.

They got him.

The f***ing leeches

got him.

It's not the leeches.

It's the water.

What are we gonna do?

Get him the f*** away

from me.

Settle down.

I'm serious.

Why would you

paint your house orange?

F***.

It's doing my head in.

Jesus!

What are we going to do?

We have to kill him.

Yeah.

Yeah,

we have to kill him.

Nice about-face.

You've seen

how strong Mel is.

We don't stand a chance

against this prick.

We have to, Anja,

now.

What's the problem,

Anja?

You were

all for killing Mel.

He was all for killing Mel,

for Christ's sake.

You know,

we got to do this.

Quickly,

before he turns.

Who's going to do it?

We draw straws.

I mean it.

We draw straws.

Who's first?

F***.

Here.

Grab a knife.

Come on. Quick.

Take one.

Package over there.

Just grab it.

Meet me in the cafe.

Better out than in,

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Josh Reed

Joshua Blake Reed (born May 1, 1980) is a former professional American football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons during the 2000s. He played college football for Louisiana State University (LSU), earned consensus All-American honors, and was recognized as the nation's best college receiver. He was picked by the Buffalo Bills in the second round of the 2002 NFL Draft. more…

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