The Barrens Page #4

Are you okay?

( music continues )

( static crackIes )

( gasps, screams )

Richard!

Danny, turn around.

Richard:

Danny, take this.

Help set up the tent

with your sister, okay?

- Cynthia:
Richard, we can't stay here.

- ( fIies buzzing )

You see those cIouds, Cynth?

We don't want to be in the middIe

of the woods when they open up.

Anyway, we're two or three miIes

from the main site.

( grunts )

lt's okay, kiddo.

We're going to be home very soon. Okay?

Sadie, go over there

with your brother. Okay?

Oscar?

( whimpers )

Richard?

( snarIing )

Richard?

Richard, what are you doing?

I'm going to cut him Ioose.

( retching )

- Danny:
I want to go home.

- l know.

Sadie:
TeII me about it.

Cynthia, we're not actuaIIy

staying here, are we?

Cynthia:
Do you think

this is my idea of fun?

This trip is important

to your dad.

Seriously, l mean,

what the f*** is this sh*t?

- Cynthia:
Come on, Sadie.

- No. This is f***ed.

Dead deer, dead dogs,

and all this "Blair Witch"

crazy sh*t hanging from trees.

Your dad is going to scatter

Gramp's ashes

in the river

where they used to fish.

Why don't we just throw Gramps in

this water and get the heII out of here?

It's not Iike

he'II know the difference.

Oh, my God.

Cynthia?

( fIies buzzing )

Cynthia:

Danny, stay there.

( spIashes )

HeIIo?

( rustIing )

( Ieaves rustIing )

( panting )

HeIIo?

Answer me.

Say something.

( branches creaking )

( rattIing )

- Hey.

- Jesus.

Gee, sorry, man.

I didn't mean to scare you.

What are you doing out here?

Camping. You?

Was it you?

FoIIowing us?

FoIIowing you? No.

( branches creaking )

You okay, Mr. Vineyard?

Mr. Vineyard?

I think you shouId go back

to the main campsite.

I'm kind of meeting Sadie.

- You're what?

- She just texted me.

We're going for a waIk.

Look, if you're mad about this whoIe

stupid story thing--

Do you believe

in the Jersey DeviI?

What? You mean,

Iike the reaI thing?

The version l heard

is a IittIe bit different from yours.

The 13th chiId of Mother Leeds

was born normal.

Not deformed,

but she did do a deaI

with the deviI.

He wouId spare her sinner's souI

in exchange for the 13th chiId.

So when the baby was born,

she waIked down to the river

by the side of her cabin...

and she offered up her son

to the devil...

...by drowning it.

( voices whispering )

Richard:
One of the town eIders

saw Mother Leeds

down by the bank,

drowning her IittIe baby.

So he rushed over...

but he was too Iate.

The baby was dead.

So he puIIed Mother Leeds

away from the bank.

When he turned round,

the infant's body was gone.

Taken by the deviI himseIf.

I thought I saw the Jersey DeviI

when I was a IittIe boy.

- ( branches creaking )

- ( low growl )

( rain pattering )

Do you hear that?

Hear what?

( thunder rumbIing )

I went fishing with Spider.

- Ah, that's Spider.

- Richard:
Sadie, come here.

Richard:

Give me that. Give me the bag.

Sadie:

Dad! No! Give it back!

Dad! Give it to me!

What are you doing?

- Richard?

- Sadie:
Dad, give me--

- Richard:
Get off me!

- Sadie:
What are you doing?

- What are you doing?

- Cynthia:
Richard, stop!

- Dad!

- I said no phones!

- Give me--

- Get off me!

- Dad?

- ( thunder rumbIing )

Sadie, are you okay?

- You sound Iike a crazy person.

- She called that boy Ryan

- and she toId him to come and meet us.

- So what?

That's what 17-year-oIds do.

Not Iisten to their parents,

they text boys.

What the heII, Richard?

You wanted to come here,

so we came here.

You wanted to Ieave

the other campsite,

so we Ieft,

and now we're here.

You know what? This is not

bringing us any cIoser together.

You have a fever.

You Iook Iike sh*t.

We're lost in the middle

of this f***ing forest. It's raining.

For some reason the other campers tied

their dog to a tree and they vanished.

Put yourseIf in our position.

This is insane.

There's something wrong

with my arm.

What? Let me see it.

( gasps )

I'm seeing things.

Things that I know aren't there.

Okay, f*** it.

As soon as this rain stops,

we're leaving here

and we're going to go to a hospitaI.

I Iove you and I know

that you are trying

to fix this famiIy...

but this is not the way.

Okay?

Here.

CaII your boy back.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Dad's acting f***ing crazy.

Is he mad?

No. Not at you.

We're going to get the heII out of here

as soon as it stops raining.

Recording:
You've reached Ryan.

Leave a message.

- He's not answering.

- ( thunder rumbIing )

He wiII. Trust me.

( thunder rumbIing )

Hi.

You stiII have a fever.

I think that we shouId

get out of here tonight.

l'm sorry

if I'm scaring everyone.

I don't feeI safe or comfortabIe

hiking out of here tonight.

The ground is mush,

it's going to be pitch bIack soon.

You can caII the sheriff.

What is that?

I found it

in the other occupants' tent.

You went through their stuff?

I buried their dog.

I'm sure they won't mind.

- What Ianguage is this?

- I kiIIed Oscar.

What?

About a month ago,

he started...

acting different.

- And strange.

- ( barks )

WeII, he was oId.

I mean, what eIse couId I do?

I mean, what if he attacked

Sadie or Danny?

( snarIing, snapping )

I had to put him down.

He bit me.

I Ioved that f***ing dog.

I think I'm going to go

and rest for a bit.

( grunts )

( thunder rumbIing )

( bird hooting,

crickets chirping )

- Hey.

- Hey.

What are you guys doing?

We're rather unsuccessfuIIy

trying to make s'mores, right?

- WeII, at Ieast it stopped raining.

- Yeah.

Does that mean

we finaIIy get to go home?

Cynthia:

When your daddy feeIs better,

we'II go home, okay?

Okay, weII, I'm not getting

any service here,

so I'm going to waIk around

and try to caII Ryan.

Okay. If you're not back by the time

your father gets up,

there's going to be

a new ghost story

- to teII around the campfire, Sadie.

- Yup.

- I won't go far.

- Thank you.

Promise.

( phone ringing )

( distant ringing )

Recording:
You've reached Ryan.

Leave a message.

Ryan?

- ( phone ringing )

- Ryan?

- Ryan?

- ( distant phone ringing )

( branches crunching )

( ringing continues )

( ringing )

( duII thump )

( screaming )

Go inside the tent.

Get your father.

- What is it?

- Something's out there.

- What?

- I don't know, I just--

I was trying to caII Ryan and I kept

hearing his phone ringing in the woods.

- Okay. Give me your phone.

- What are you doing?

I'm caIIing for heIp.

Sh*t. Okay.

Go inside that tent.

Cynthia:

Danny?

Danny?

Danny?

Hey, sweetie.

I want you to go out there

in the tent

with your sister, okay?

Go.

( gasps )

I can't get to sIeep.

l keep trying to,

but I can't sIeep.

When Oscar bit you...

did he have pus in his eyes...

and foam in his mouth?

Oscar's dead.

Okay.

( thunder rumbIing )

- We've got to scatter Dad's ashes.

- Okay.

I want you to take this.

- What is it?

- It's a sIeeping piII.

- Okay?

- What's wrong with me?

You just need to sIeep.

Then we're going to

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