The Barrens

( birds chirping )

( crows cawing )

( woodpecker pecking )

So teII me again

why we're awake.

Come on. Where are you

gonna see this in the city?

Uh, nowhere. That's why

I choose to Iive in the city

and not in the middIe

of the woods.

- l need a coffee.

- I think there's a Starbucks up here,

- so we're going to be good.

- Starbucks? Are you serious?

- You got to admit this is amazing.

- No. I have to admit that we're Iost

- and we shouIdn't be awake.

- Okay. We are not lost.

Do you hear that?

- Nope. Nothing.

- Yeah, exactIy.

Where are aII the birds?

lt's really quiet.

I don't know, babe.

Maybe they're stiII sIeeping.

Like we shouId be.

Come on, Iet's take a nap.

- No. We're not taking a nap. Come on.

- Just a teeny tiny one.

Just a IittIe further, okay?

- l need a minute. Nature calls.

- AII right. Just hurry up, babe.

- We got to keep moving.

- You have somepIace to be?

( fIies buzzing )

Oh, my God.

- Hey, Dale--

- Erica, stop! Don't come down here.

- What? Why?

- Just stop!

Erica:
DaIe, you're scaring me.

What's going on?

DaIe, what the heII is aII this?

DaIe:
Yeah, there's been

some sort of accident.

No, I don't know.

We're about a miIe

off the Camp Nash Line.

- ( Iow squeaI )

- DaIe?

( Iow growI )

Erica, quickIy and quietIy

back up. Come on.

DaIe, what is it?

- ( growling )

- Run! Go! Go!

DaIe, what is it?!

DaIe, what is it?!

- ( grunting )

- Erica:
What is it?!

- Jesus, DaIe!

- Go!

- ( grunting )

- Dale!

Erica, get up! Come on!

Come on, wake up!

Come on, get up! Come on!

Shh. Okay. Okay.

Okay. Stay here.

( crow cawing )

( wings fIapping )

Thought I saw the Jersey DeviI

Up the road and around the bend

Thought I saw the Jersey DeviI

Dancing in his moccasins

Won't Ieave my home, Mister

13th chiId of Mother Leeds

He's come back

and he's hunting for something

Wonder what

the Jersey DeviI needs

Hey, hey, Mama,

better cIose your window

Take that peach pie off of the siII

Well, that Jersey Devil

has got a sweet tooth on him

Never been known to get his fiII

WeII, I thought I saw

the Jersey Devil

Up the road and around the bend

Thought I saw the Jersey DeviI

Dancing in his moccasins

Every man and woman,

every chiId on Sunday

Looks up to the preacher man

Waits for him

to teII them something

They can finaIIy understand

WeII, I thought I saw

the Jersey Devil

Up the road and around the bend

I thought I saw the Jersey DeviI

Dancing in his moccasins.

Boy:

Oscar!

Oscar!

Ready to go, kiddo?

We taIked about this,

Danny boy.

He's been gone for over a week.

He's coming home.

He was oId.

l don't want to go,

not without Oscar.

( heavy metaI music pIaying )

Hold me

I find it hard to bear...

l can't believe

you're missing Ben's party.

I know. This camping thing

is cruel and unusual.

Well, l'm taking

myseIf out again

Won't Iet your god

frown on me...

Hey.

The car's packed

and we're ready to go.

- Hi, Mrs. Vineyard.

- Hey.

- Sadie, Iet's--

- Okay.

You can teII my dad

l'll be right down.

- You're such a b*tch.

- I am a princess compared to her.

( sighs )

( gasps )

- Sorry.

- Car's packed.

She isn't.

Why are you making her go

when she doesn't wanna come?

She's being a teenager.

But do you think making her

go on this trip is going to fix things?

We need this.

I need this.

Okay.

What?

- Hi, Dad.

- You ready?

- Two minutes?

- Go easy on her this weekend.

She's trying. PIease?

- For me?

- Okay.

Your dad is pretty hot

for an oId dude.

Shut up.

- I'd do him.

- Gross!

Did Daddy heIp you put up

the posters for Oscar?

- Yeah.

- Yeah?

What happens if he comes back

when we're gone?

I don't think Mr. Peterson wiII mind

taking him in for a couple days.

- What if he's hungry?

- You know, baby,

dogs survived

for thousands of years

in the wild

before they became pets.

I think he'II be fine.

Danny?

Where is he going?

I don't know.

Hey.

You don't Iook so good.

You had a coId Iast week

and Sadie had a coId

the week before.

WiII you knock off

the nurse act? I'm fine.

- Okay.

- Save it for the hospitaI.

What do you think

reaIIy happened to Oscar?

I don't know.

- Hey, buddy boy.

- Come on.

Sadie:
Oh, my God.

Can you beIieve her attitude?

It's fine. It wiII be fine.

Don't worry.

- I'm going to miss you so much.

- I'm going to miss you, too.

- Okay, have fun.

- I'II caII you as soon as I get back.

Okay.

See you, Mr. Vineyard.

( giggles )

- ( Danny Iaughing )

- Leave me aIone.

Leave me aIone, you IittIe--

"WeIcome to New Jersey."

That's very good.

LittIe man, what does that say?

"Guide to the...

Pine Barrens."

That's very good.

So who's Iooking forward

to going fishing?

Seriously, Dad?

Who goes camping?

l do.

And now we aII do.

- ( phone camera clicks )

- Richard:
When I was young

and we came over from EngIand,

Grandpa used to take us

to the Pine Barrens every summer

for our summer hoIidays.

It's a form of abuse that I haven't

brought you here already.

Why couIdn't he have just made it

an annual trip back to London?

( ceII phone beeps )

PIease teII me there are no bears.

Nope. Deer.

Lots of deer, Iots of birds,

but no bears.

Great.

( crows cawing, birds chirping )

Sadie:

"The Jersey DeviI.

For hundreds of years,

the Lenni-Lenape tribes

inhabited what is today

the Wharton State Forest.

The tribes fought bitterly

and united onIy in their fear

of 'Sic ay Mahtantu'--

- the evil spirit of the Pine Barrens."

- Richard:
It's just a myth, Danny boy.

lt's make-believe.

You know, it's made up.

It's Iike the Loch Ness Monster

or Bigfoot.

- lt's just pretend.

- ( ceII phone beeps )

You don't have to worry about it.

AII right, aII right.

( heavy metaI music pIaying )

From now on,

we have no iPods,

no PSPs, and no phones.

- AII right, Sadie?

- What?

- You can't be serious.

- lt's just four days.

If I can go without

taIking to the bank,

then you can go without

talking to your friends.

- Daddy, watch out!

- ( screams )

Sadie:

What the heII was that?

- Dad?

- Stay in the car.

Stay in the car.

( crow cawing )

( branch snaps )

( rustIing )

- Oh, my God.

- Get back in the car.

- HoIy sh*t.

- Get back in the car.

Okay. Jesus.

- ( car door cIoses )

- ( low growling )

What just happened?

Dad, what the heII was that?

A bIoody animaI just coIIapsed

in front of the car

and we're not going

to taIk about it?

- It's probabIy hunters, darIing.

- Sadie:
What? Is that IegaI?

- Richard:
At the right time of year.

- ls it the right time of the year?

No.

Ranger:

Hey there.

- Can l help you?

- Taking the famiIy camping.

- Oh, yeah? What's the name?

- Vineyard.

Here we go. All right,

you're in zone three, campsite F.

Just sign here for me.

I'd appreciate it.

Yeah.

ExceIIent. Just up ahead,

through the trees there.

- ( music playing )

- ( voices overIapping )

This is fantastic.

AII right.

Watch your head.

( grunts )

Take that for me.

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