The Frankenstein Theory Page #4

associate producer,

loyal, second camera operator.

I thought I'd give you

a little Easter Egg

for when you start

editing this.

I'm out here,

in the freezing cold

getting you your

time lapse shot...

I still think Luke

should be shooting this...

But he's in there with

the rest of you guys,

warm, comfortable.

Don't worry about me.

I'm fine.

Eric's always fine.

[EXCLAIMS]

Hello? Luke?

Hello?

Who's there?

F***! Jesus!

Luke? Hello?

[EXHALES]

[METAL BANGS]

[ERIC SHOUTS]

Oh, crap, you scared

the crap out of me.

Let's get inside.

[WIND HOWLING]

VICKY:

How are you feeling

about the trip so far?

Oh, God, I feel great.

I feel really great.

I know it's gonna

sound weird,

but it's like I can feel

his presence out here.

He's out there somewhere.

It's got me

feeling excited...

Oh, f***.

F***, f***, f***.

It's f***ing freezing.

I'm pissing inside next time.

I don't f***ing care.

I can't do. Can you?

I swear to God, my penis,

it shrunk, it looks like Eric's.

Oh, f*** this place,

it sucks here.

[WOLF HOWLING]

Are you kidding me?

Are you kidding me?

I almost just got eaten!

Oh, my God.

Wake him up.

Karl, wake up.

I think you got

to shoot something.

Karl. Karl!

What?

Wolves. Close.

You gotta do something.

I already told you

not to worry about it.

But if you wake me up again,

I'll throw you to 'em.

[WOLVES HOWLING]

Awesome f***ing country.

Welcome to Potters Gulch.

Population, us.

It's just one cabin?

KARL:
It's a yurt.

What's a yurt?

Trappers and hunters

use them as shelter

in the wilderness.

You got your trap lines

set out

over couple of

hundred kilometers

of Arctic wilderness,

you stay in the yurts

scattered across

your trap lines.

That one's about

Pretty sturdy, huh?

Yeah, works for me.

Beats the hell out

of that stupid tent.

What do you think?

It makes sense.

It's great.

This is exactly

what I was looking for.

Karl, where's the nearest house

or the nearest structure

other than this one?

Fifty, 60 kilometers.

Maybe more.

[ERIC WHISTLES]

ERIC:
This really is

the middle of nowhere.

It makes sense.

Hey, check this out.

What?

Bones?

That's gnarly.

VICKY:

Is this what

I think it is?

Yeah.

Maybe the monster is real.

All right, it's creepy.

Come on,

let's get the equipment inside.

Okay, here goes...

Oh, wow!

Wow.

It's not much warmer

in here, is it?

KARL:
It will be

once we get

a fire going.

I'll gather up some wood.

Why don't you

come with me?

JONATHAN:
Yeah.

Jesus!

[LAUGHING]

This place gives me

the creeps, man.

I know.

It's desolate, right?

That forest is super creepy.

I bet there's lots of

bears and wolves, I'm sure.

You go in there at night,

you ain't ever coming back out.

Trust me, I ain't going

in there day or night.

Better not.

Nice sunset, eh, boys?

BRIAN:
We were just

talking about that, Karl.

For a couple of grasshoppers,

you did good today.

Congrats, huh, partner.

LUKE:
Whoa!

ERIC:
What?

Nothing. Thought I saw

something out there.

Let's get inside.

This place is creepy.

VICKY:
So, how are you feeling?

Good.

I feel...

I feel very good.

We're in the right spot,

I know that.

How do you know that?

Ah! From the data

I've collected. I can...

Come on.

You've been dodging

this question since L.A.

Have I?

You have, yeah.

You know you have.

Complete transparency.

Do you wanna look

at the map I brought?

I'd love to.

Okay.

After Johann's death,

when the creature migrated

into Canada, into the Arctic,

vegetation would have

been very sparse,

specially in the winter.

In some areas, it would have

been totally non-existent.

It would make sense

that he subsisted on meat.

Now, it's my theory,

that he's following

a large herd of caribou.

Which actually makes his

movements easy to trace.

He's significantly north of

the Arctic Circle

in the summertime

and then he moves south

as the weather gets colder.

I'm still not seeing

the evidence.

Where's the evidence?

All right, all right,

let's start with Iqaluit.

Since they began keeping records

in the early 20th century,

they've recorded 112 homicides,

and 41 disappearances.

Now, based on

the population size,

and the time span

of over 100 years,

that's statistically

a little bit high.

But it's not anything

that you'd find outside

of a normal bell curve.

However, when you look at

unexplained homicides

and disappearances,

the number is 44.

Of those 44 homicides

and disappearances,

between April and May.

Bear Lake, that's few

hundred miles to the south.

Unexplained homicides

and disappearances, 20.

Of those 17, between

February and March.

Yellowknife.

Unexplained homicides

and disappearances, 74.

December and February.

You see what I'm saying.

These statistical anomalies,

these spikes in murders,

they follow

a migratory pattern.

They're moving

as the creature would move.

So you're saying

the thing is a serial killer?

Oh. No, no.

If he was intent

on killing humans

the numbers

would be astronomical.

I think these attacks

are a matter of

self-preservation, that's all.

They're, um...

They're the creature

trying to protect

his anonymity, his territory.

BRIAN:
All right,

all right, f*** this.

Sorry.

What's wrong?

This whole thing

is f***ed.

Oh, okay, now

you believe me.

No, I still think

your theory is

complete horseshit.

This is not funny anymore.

I think you knew

what you were getting into

when you came in the crew

and signed up.

Hey, you're overreacting.

We're sitting right here.

I'm not f***ing doing this.

Are you kidding me?

Excuse me.

The last time I checked,

I was paying you,

isn't that right?

And I'm still paying you.

I'm paying you and you.

Everybody here, I'm paying.

So I say when somebody leaves

and somebody doesn't leave.

It's me who's running this ship.

And if I want advice from

a sound man, I will ask you.

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Stop it! Enough. Enough.

Brian! Good Lord!

You are both overreacting.

Enough!

Sorry.

I'm sorry.

Okay? I'm sorry.

Jonathan, I didn't mean

to say your theory is bullshit.

It's really scary,

where we are.

We are out by ourselves,

this is really not

what I'm used to.

So, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, too.

Boys, why don't you

have a swig of this?

You won't find this

in the lower 48.

Can I have some?

Thank you, Karl.

No hard feelings.

Jonathan?

No hard feelings?

VICKY:
Karl, what do you

think of Jonathan's theory,

about the crime clusters?

It makes sense.

A predator after

the caribou herd.

Something that would also kill

a human if it happened upon one.

Wow. So you believe him?

Well, the theory is dead-on.

The culprit's wrong.

What do you mean?

He's mistaken

Frankenstein for a bear.

[LAUGHING]

They kill at least a few

people every year,

probably more than

what gets reported.

I guess that would explain

all the unsolved murders

and disappearances.

But I don't know,

I ain't done the research.

And you seem like a smart guy.

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