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[thrilling electronic music]

[mysterious instrumental music]

[mysterious clanging music]

[woman choking]

[wind howling] [woman choking]

[chain rattling]

[wind howling]

[dramatic music]

[woman grunting]

[woman grunting]

[woman choking]

[woman grunting]

[gun clicking]

[gunshot blasting]

[gun clicking] [gunshots blasting]

[gun clicking] [gunshots blasting]

[woman groaning]

[eerie music]

[mysterious growling]

[body whooshing]

[flames crackling]

[woman screaming]

[alternative rock music]

♪ Women cut women

♪ Women cut women

♪ I'm a bad luck penny and I'll take you pound for pound ♪

♪ I'm a bad luck penny and I'm born to rip, cut you down ♪

♪ Women cut women

♪ Women cut women

Ow, I love it!

[Izzy chuckles]

But you know what's missing, don't ya?

Little bass solo.

No, what?

[laughs] Okay, one more chorus though.

No.

Heavy and quick, that's our thing.

Okay, uno mas?

[sticks clanging] Eins, zwei.

BOTH: Eins, zwei, drei, fear!

Hey, Iz.

I'm making the trip to town tomorrow, you want anything?

Can I come?

Can I have some charcoal pencils and drumsticks, please?

Sure.

Hey, that was a good practice tonight.

Yeah.

Love you, Iz.

Love you.

[mellow rock music]

♪ I

♪ I'm on my way

♪ I'm on my way with devil rays ♪

♪ I'm on my way to hunt you down ♪

♪ I

♪ I'm on my way

♪ I'm on my way with devil rays ♪

♪ I'm on my way to hunt you down ♪

♪ I'm not your maker, but I will destroy you ♪

♪ I'll have you begging on your knees ♪

♪ I'm not your maker, but I will destroy you ♪

♪ I'll have you begging on your knees ♪

[birds chirping] [water lapping]

[distant laughing]

[grass crunching]

[woman laughing]

[birds chirping]

[woman laughing]

[device ticking]

That is one of my favorite pieces.

Local artist, she's fabulous.

I remember you.

I know you.

You haven't changed a day.

You were my grandmother's nurse.

I'm sorry, I think you're mistaken.

That'll be $75.

Thanks.

CASHIER: Thank you.

You have a great day.

Bye!

[motor humming]

[car whooshing]

[motor humming]

Hey, Mom.

Hey, kiddo.

How was town?

Same old, same old.

Got some fun shit though.

[sighs] - Check this out.

Oh!

New look for the band maybe?

I love it, man.

That is sick!

It's so cool.

What else?

I went to the record shop.

Thought these looked cool.

That's awesome.

I can't wait to look through them.

[birds chirping]

Thank you. You're welcome.

I like making you happy.

How about you?

How was your day?

It was good.

I went hunting.

For what?

A laugh.

But

it was a ghost.

[ominous music]

[ominous music]

[mysterious clanging music]

[soft chanting]

[mysterious clanging music]

[eerie sawing]

MOTHER: Great food in the in the forest today.

IZ: It looks good.

MOTHER: Spring eats winter, winter eats fall.

Fall eats summer, summer eats spring.

[frogs croaking] [crickets chirping]

[teeth crunching]

[somber instrumental music]

[birds chirping]

[insect buzzing]

[lid clatters]

[soft electronic music]

[lid clatters]

[lid clatters]

[soft electronic whirring]

[irregular thumping]

[jarring instrumental music]

[soft chanting]

[jarring instrumental music]

[soft chanting]

[energy whooshing]

[jarring instrumental music]

[energy whooshing]

[water lapping]

Oh!

Hi!

Oh my God.

Sorry, sorry to bother you.

Woo, I am so lost!

You're, you're trespassing.

Understood.

Oh my God, I've been hiking for hours.

I, I parked on 209,

and now I just can't find my way back.

Do you know where 209 is?

Is this your property?

Yeah, I live here with my mom.

You're a country girl, like my niece.

Amber Hanson?

She goes to school in town.

I'm homeschool.

Oh.

Anyway, she lives like one mountain over,

or one mountain over.

She lives a mountain over. [laughs]

I gotta show you something.

Look at this.

Those don't work out here.

If they did work, I wouldn't be so lost.

I took a picture of something that was just super odd.

Have you ever seen anything like this?

I'm sick.

MAN: Oh, you don't look sick.

I am. Well, look at this.

MOTHER: Hey!

[water lapping]

Pleased to meet you.

[water lapping]

Oh, fucking god! [laughs]

How the fuck?

[birds chirping]

So, is that your daughter that I met?

[grass crunching]

What's wrong with her?

Do you know the Hansons?

I was telling your daughter that my niece

lives fairly close.

I was thinking that maybe I could introduce them.

I think they'd really

get along.

Are you married?

[tense music]

No.

Do you have any children?

MAN: No.

I would have liked to have kids though.

Okay.

[tense music]

[man grunting]

[man gagging]

[man groaning] [man choking]

[tense music]

[man groaning]

[tense music]

[man choking]

[eerie whirring]

[eerie whirring]

[man gagging] [man choking]

[heartbeat thumping]

[man gagging]

[air whooshing]

[dust thuds softly]

[grass crunching softly] [birds chirping]

[footsteps pattering]

IZZY: I didn't get too close to him, I promise.

Okay.

You think I'm gonna be okay?

You'll be fine.

[footsteps pattering]

[door shutting]

[frogs croaking] [crickets chirping]

[birds chirping]

[door creaks softly]

[birds chirping]

[door creaking]

[birds chirping]

[water rushing]

[birds chirping]

[owl hooting]

[water rushing]

[bee buzzing]

[birds chirping]

[fly buzzing] [birds chirping]

[doe snorting]

[birds chirping]

[bird trilling]

[bird trilling]

[grass crunching]

[Amber laughing]

[birds chirping] [grass crunching]

Hey!

I see you, you big perve!

AJ!

I'm gonna fuck you up!

Oh!

You're not AJ.

Sorry.

I'm Izzy.

Amber.

I'm your neighbor.

I live up on that mountain.

Which mountain?

That mountain.

Well, that's news to me.

You want a beer, neighbor?

Well, are you gonna be creepy or are you gonna come over?

[birds chirping]

[grass crunching]

[water splashing]

[birds chirping]

Are you gonna sit the fuck down or what?

[Izzy chuckles]

I'm sick.

What do you got, an STD?

I'm just fuckin' with ya.

Sit.

I can't get close to people.

None of us can.

I'll sit.

[birds chirping]

[chair thuds]

How come I've never seen you before?

I'm homeschooled.

Well, what do you do for fun?

I hike.

I draw.

And swim, I swim.

I'm in a band.

Well, that's cool, what do you play?

The drums.

Oh, cool, I used to date a drummer.

They're hot, but dumb.

I sing, too.

Nice.

And I write the lyrics also.

Damn, girl, what's your band's name?

Hellbender.

[laughs] Wicked.

You should come play at a part of mine sometime.

That'd be so cool!

[bottle opener clangs] [bottle cap rattles]

[birds chirping]

Drink up.

But don't piss in the pool.

[birds chirping]

[soft chanting] [footsteps pattering]

[girl laughing]

[key squelching]

[eerie whooshing]

[key clatters]

[door creaks]

[soft chanting] [footsteps pattering]

[key rattles]

[soft chanting]

[dramatic music]

[soft chanting]

[soft whooshing]

[loud chanting]

[energy whooshing] [electricity buzzing]

[distant screaming]

[energy whooshing] [electricity buzzing]

[mysterious music]

[wind howling]

Liar!

[woman laughing]

[soft chanting]

[creature growling]

Mom.

What's happening?

[Izzy screaming]

[air whooshing]

[eerie clanging music]

[footsteps pattering]

♪ Hell yeah

♪ There's a new dance up, it's called kiss the chaos ♪

♪ Hell yeah

♪ So get your lipstick going and pucker up ♪

♪ Hell yeah

♪ Well, you're talking like a little bitch ♪

♪ Your last kiss sucked

♪ Hell yeah

♪ So get your party pants on and shut the fuck up ♪

♪ Hell yeah

♪ Ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, kiss the chaos ♪

♪ Hell yeah

♪ Ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, kiss the chaos ♪

♪ Hell yeah

♪ Ki, ki, ki, ki, ki, kiss the chaos ♪

♪ Hell yeah

[birds chirping]

[pop rock music]

I better get home, I got a babysitting gig tonight.

What?

This isn't your home?

[laughs] You thought I lived here?

No fuckin' way.

I just sneak in to use their pool.

Somebody's got to use it.

They're city-ots, they'll never know.

Well, where do you live?

About a mile down the road.

It's not as nice.

[birds chirping]

I've got some friends coming tomorrow, you should come.

Okay.

AMBER: Bring a bathing suit this time.

I don't have a bathing suit.

I'll bring you one.

You look like a cross between Kurt Cobain and a wet dog.

[laughs] Okay.

See you tomorrow, Hellbender!

See ya, Amber.

[birds chirping]

[mellow, warming up rock music]

I want to play out.

What?

I want to play out, for people.

That's not gonna happen.

Why not?

I mean, we do all this and we're really good.

I think that we should show people.

Well, you know, we do it for us.

It's our thing.

'Cause it's fun.

I love playing with you, but I think it'd be fun

to share our fucking amazing songs with other people.

I think people would really like them.

If a band plays in the woods

and there's no one there to hear it,

did the band really play?

Izzy, what's going on?

Nothing, I'm just.

What if I'm better?

You're not.

You took me away from people when I was five.

How do you know?

I know that I don't want to take any chances.

I love you too much.

I love you, too.

But I also love the idea of meeting other people

who might like music as much as me, or something.

You know?

Maybe I could just have one friend.

All I need is one.

Izzy, you can't be around anyone, ever.

Let's just practice.

Armageddon?

Okay.

One, two, three, four. [sticks clapping]

[alternative rock music]

♪ I dream days in so many ways

♪ I know they're all the same and sometimes ♪

♪ I run away from the truth and the pain ♪

♪ I know apologies are hollow

♪ I'll follow you tomorrow

♪ I'll follow you tomorrow

♪ I get my peace in Armageddon

♪ I get my peace in Armageddon

♪ I get my peace in Armageddon

♪ I get my peace in Armageddon

♪ I get my peace in Armageddon

[alternative rock music]

[alternative rock music]

There she is.

All right, Hellbender.

I got you something on the chair.

[crow cawing]

Hot Mama!

Hi, I'm AJ.

Hey, I'm Ingrid.

AJ's going to med school in the fall.

You should tell him about your STD.

I don't have an STD.

I have an immune disease.

Oh, which one?

X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency disease.

That's weird.

I thought only boys got that,

and it's super fatal passed infancy.

Well, if that's true you can thank your mom for it.

That's what the X means.

[cymbals banging]

Oh my god, you suck.

Hellbender.

[crow cawing]

[drums banging]

♪ Maybe I'm the rain

♪ Maybe I'm the ocean

♪ Falling from the sky

♪ Like a super potion

♪ Maybe I'm the rain falling from the sky ♪

♪ Maybe I'm the sun burning till I die ♪

♪ Maybe I'm the rain, maybe I'm the rain ♪

[group applauding] [girls cheering]

Cheers, I'll drink to that, bro.

Tequila?

[alternative rock music]

In celebration of our new friend and her first tequila shot,

I will place in one of these cups not the typical dead worm

you'd find at the bottom of a bottle,

but a real, live, bloody bodacious earthworm.

[girls groaning] [girls laughing]

[tense music]

[earthworm splashes] [girls laugh]

[birds chirping]

[crow cawing]

[tense music]

[crow cawing]

Drink up.

I'm vegetarian.

You were vegetarian.

Now, you're a worm-atarian.

Oh, come on guys, leave her alone.

I'll have the worm.

No, them's the rules.

You get the worm, you eat the worm.

Come on, kid.

It'll give you superhuman strength.

Hold your nose, you won't even taste it.

[Izzy gulping] [Izzy gagging]

[Ingrid laughing] [Izzy coughing]

[Izzy belching] [Izzy laughing]

[hands clapping]

[ominous music]

[Izzy screaming]

[heartbeat thumping]

[soft chanting]

[tires rumbling]

[door slamming] Hey!

[alternative rock music]

[girls laughing]

[leaves crunching] [leaves rustling]

[girls laughing]

Oh my God.

They never come up on weekdays! [laughs]

Dude, you forgot your clothes.

And your fucking shoes. [laughs]

You wild woman!

[fly buzzing]

I'm gonna need that bikini back.

Oh my God, you're so fucking screwed.

[tense music]

Dude, I'm not gay.

But I got friends you could meet.

[crow cawing]

[tense music]

What the fuck, dude?

[leaves rustling]

Don't you ever fucking come near me again!

[crows cawing]

[tense music]

[soft chanting]

[soft chanting]

[tense music]

Hey, you're fucked!

I'm sick of you kids trashing my pool

and breaking into my pool house!

That is a vintage drum set!

Look at me when I'm fucking talking to you!

Are you stoned?

Are you fucking high?

Hello?

Fucking pathetic.

You're an idiot.

You're coming with me and I'm calling the cops.

[tense music]

Where have you been?

I was with some friends.

[footsteps pattering softly]

I ate a worm.

A live worm.

Are your friends okay?

They'll be fine.

I'm not sick.

You're dangerous.

My friend Amber's uncle's been missing for two days.

Izzy.

It's gonna be okay.

I'm gonna help you.

Can we talk about what happened today?

[door slamming]

[frogs croaking] [insects chirping]

[mysterious chanting]

[mysterious laughing]

[sheets rustling]

[mysterious chanting]

[mysterious whimpering]

[mysterious laughing]

[mysterious chanting]

[mysterious music]

[mysterious laughing]

[key squelching]

[soft chanting]

[Key clattering]

[door creaking]

[soft chanting]

[distant laughing]

[key thudding]

[soft chanting]

[wind howling]

[dramatic whooshing]

[woman laughing]

[mysterious chanting]

[energy whooshing] [energy buzzing]

[distant screaming] [mysterious chanting]

[door shutting]

[floor creaking]

[door creaking]

[tense music]

Hey!

You're not gonna eat that, are you?

No.

'Cause the hairs kind of get stuck in your teeth.

IZZY: Why did that worm make me so crazy?

MOTHER: It wasn't the worm.

It was the life in the worm.

Magic comes from the fear, the fear of death.

Every living thing has it.

The more fear pumping through the blood, the more power.

You think the worm gives you power?

Try a rat.

Or a dog, woo!

Or a deer.

It's all in the pumping blood.

IZZY: What happens if we eat...

MOTHER: What?

IZZY: People.

MOTHER: Then you'll know power.

Is this a dream?

[tense music]

[door clattering] [door creaking]

[jarring instrumental music]

[teeth crunching] [liquid squishing]

Wow.

I have never seen you like raspberry thorn so much.

Your tastes are maturing.

I shouldn't have said anything.

Will you take a rainy hike with me?

IZZY: Sure.

[thunder cracking]

I shouldn't have kept this from you.

It was a mistake.

It's all right.

Why did you?

Keep you safe.

From what?

You've opened a door that

once it's open, it can be hard to shut.

But you only opened it a little, right?

So, that's good.

In fact, it's.

It's great.

It was bound to be open and I wish I was there.

I should've been there.

You're good, Izzy.

You're good.

I can help you keep it all in control.

[rain pouring]

[thunder cracking]

So, we're the same?

Yeah.

Was your mom like us?

Well.

She was, but she wasn't a good mother.

And in the end, she might've wished she had been.

[thunder cracking]

So, can we leave the mountain now?

No.

Why, I'm not sick.

Look, I'm gonna show you something,

but you gotta promise no more door slammin'.

Okay?

[tense music]

Eat it quick while it's still alive.

[eerie whirring music]

[eerie muttering]

[eerie music]

[trees rustling]

[distant muttering]

[mysterious music]

All right, show me what you got, kid.

[distant frogs croaking]

[mysterious music]

[thunder cracking]

[dramatic music]

[stick whooshing]

[ground crunching]

Holy shit.

And that's why you can't leave the mountain.

[Izzy laughing]

[tense music]

[alternative rock music]

♪ Yeah, I'm a mother fuckin' mountain ♪

♪ Yeah, flowin' like a fountain ♪

♪ I'm a make a ton, I'm a make a ton ♪

♪ I'm a make a ton, I'm a make a ton ♪

♪ I'm a hit and run, I'm a hit and run ♪

♪ I'm a hit and run, I'm a hit and run ♪

[wind howling]

[alternative rock music]

♪ I'm a hit and run, I'm a hit and run ♪

♪ I'm a hit and run, I'm a hit and run ♪

♪ I'm a hit and run, I'm a hit and run ♪

♪ I'm a hit and run, I'm a hit and run ♪

[alternative rock music]

[wind howling]

[tense music]

[air whooshing]

[object whooshing]

[tense music]

[switch clicking]

[water splashing]

[doorknob clicking] [door creaking]

Hey.

Hey.

What are you doing down there?

I was just putting back some paint.

[footsteps pattering]

[door shutting]

[tense music]

[dramatic music]

[wind howling]

[tense music]

[electricity ringing]

[floor creaking]

IZZY: I can hear you hearing me!

Hey.

Can I come in?

IZZY: Sure.

[door clattering]

[door shutting]

You remember the friend you, uh, you made last summer?

Amber?

Yeah.

You still friends?

Do you ever see her?

No.

Is that because I'd forbidden you to

or did something bad happen?

The last time I saw her,

she said that my friendship was kind of suffocating her.

That's not your fault.

But remember, Iz, we're not like them.

We don't need them.

We can be perfectly happy here, together.

Alone.

How come I'm the only one who's completely alone then?

Well, we can work on that.

When...

When I'm not dangerous?

Yeah.

Dangerous to who?

Whom?

Hey, Iz, I'm going to town, do you need anything?

IZZY: No, thank you.

Have fun.

[door creaking] [door shutting]

[footsteps pattering]

[mysterious chanting]

[energy whooshing] [energy buzzing]

[flames blasting]

[tense electric guitar music]

[tense music]

[eerie howling]

[flames blasting]

[distant humming]

[birds chirping]

[tense music]

[animal grunting softly]

[soft chanting]

[eerie music]

[tense music]

[leaves crunching]

[crow cawing]

Hey, let's go to the ravine.

Okay.

IZZY: Mom.

Mom.

Oh.

More bones.

[fly buzzing]

What do you think did this?

I don't know.

I've been seeing a lot of bones lately.

All stripped clean, like this.

Impressive.

[flies buzzing] [crow cawing]

Probably coyotes.

Beautiful.

But vicious.

No, no, I.

Whatever did this, it's neither right or wrong.

It's just their nature.

[crow cawing] [flies buzzing]

[water rushing]

What is our nature?

Our nature is dark.

But I can teach you to starve it

so it doesn't consume you.

But you said whatever killed that deer back there,

that was in their nature.

You know why we're called hellbenders?

Because we're powerful.

And anything powerful is feared.

Our ancestors grew drunk on that fear, they craved it.

And so it was said we had turned our backs on heaven

and bent towards hell.

Do you want that kind of legacy?

To be soulless?

Unloved?

Feared?

Pop quiz.

What happens when you mix huckleberries and tears?

It enhances your eyesight.

Okay, that's too easy.

What if you crush spiderwebs and ivy.

It makes your palms sticky

so you can climb trees like squirrels.

Awesome.

It is.

Where'd you learn this stuff?

My mother.

Anywhere else?

No.

Hey.

What do you know about ferns?

Nothing.

Oh, such a beautiful plant.

Self reproducing, like us.

Awesome.

It is.

And if you've crush ferns

and fungus with one other very special element,

you can smell blood on the wind.

Blood on the wind, I like that.

But I need you to understand

we don't need this kind of thing anymore.

We're evolving.

Okay.

This is really fucking cool, do you want to try it?

Yeah. Okay, good.

[water rushing]

What do you smell?

A crow?

A rabbit?

I smell something big.

Good.

I smell a man.

OFFICER: Hello!

This is private property, you're trespassing.

Actually, state land runs right along these rocks.

That must be your property.

Can I talk to you for a minute?

How about 30 seconds?

MOTHER: We're just leaving.

10 seconds, I'm a fast talker.

All right, since we're short on time

I'm gonna get straight to the point.

Young lady, I need you to be totally honest with me.

Where can I buy that shirt?

[laughs] There's only one.

I made it for our band.

10 seconds.

All right, business.

I'm sure you all heard a man was killed last summer

by a wild animal or wild animals

couple of miles from here.

It's my belief it's a rabid mountain lion.

Have you guys noticed any carcasses?

No.

This might have something to do

with the disappearance of a man.

We found his car on 209, but no sign of his body.

You see many hikers around here?

Nope.

Well, maybe it's a hellbender.

What's a hellbender?

It's kind of a cross between a witch,

a demon, and an apex predator.

They live off the fear that pumps through human blood,

which gives them exceptional power.

[Officer laughs]

They've been around since the dawn of time,

and they're still evolving.

[laughs] Young lady, if you don't become a designer,

you should become a writer.

All right, deal?

All right, ladies.

Take care of yourselves out there.

Have a good one.

[leaves crunching]

[wind howling]

[tense music]

[wind howling] [water lapping]

[tense music]

[dramatic music]

[tense music]

[clock ticking softly]

[tense music]

A worm?

You want to go back to moss and twigs?

I mean, it's baby food.

Why don't we eat a frog?

Or a hedgehog?

Or we can just go out for burgers. [laughs]

[gentle guitar music]

Help mine.

[gentle guitar music]

♪ I listen to your lips, I listen to your eyes ♪

♪ I listen to my head and everything inside ♪

♪ I don't want to hurt, I just want to drive ♪

♪ I don't want to hurt, I just want to drive ♪

♪ Everything you said to me

♪ Was empty as a bubble in the rain ♪

♪ Your promises were meaningless ♪

♪ Especially bearing mysteries full of pain ♪

I love you so much, I could just eat you up.

If you break my heart, I'll devour you.

♪ I don't want to hurt, I just wanna ride ♪

Hey, Izzy, I know you're pissed.

Let's smoke a peace pipe.

This is my special stash.

[lid clangs]

Maggots?

They're so small.

[huffs] But potent.

They can't be that frightful though.

Oh, they are the great death feeders of the world.

Think about the lifecycle of a fly.

A fly feeds on death, plants its eggs there,

and then within that death comes rebirth, maggots,

which then feed on death until they turn into flies.

Then the whole cycle starts over again.

How magic is that?

And these babies were chowing

on one of the deer I found in the forest,

which looked like it came to a pretty terrifying end.

Trust me, there is plenty to get ripped on.

[teeth crunching]

Try one.

[teeth crunching]

[Mother screaming]

[Mother grunts]

Let's fly.

Come on, let's fly!

It takes a lot more than maggots to fly,

you greedy cunt! [laughs]

Then you can have your useless maggots!

[Izzy spits]

[alternative rock music]

[Mother laughing]

[both laughing]

[Mother spits]

[both laughing]

[alternative rock music]

Oh my god!

[energy whooshing]

[energy whooshing]

[energy whirring]

[energy whooshing]

[smoke whooshing]

Bitch.

[alternative rock music]

Have you been in my dreams?

We would make a great team.

[alternative rock music]

Oh, I don't feel so good.

I need a shower.

That was fun.

[groans] Yeah, but we cannot do that again.

That was very, very bad.

Tell me about your mom.

She was a monster.

She ate half a village.

They were children.

My friends.

She felt so guilty, she sewed her mouth shut.

Did she starve to death?

No.

She was hanged.

A waste of rope.

So, then how'd she die?

The way all hellbenders die.

Spring eats winter, winter eats fall.

Fall eats summer.

How old are you?

147, I think.

How old are you going to be?

You tell me.

[wing howling softly]

[doorknob clicks] [keys rattle]

Hey.

[wind howling]

What are you doing here?

I just wanted to apologize.

How, how did you know I work here?

[dog barking]

You're stalking me.

Fucking psycho. Hold on, hold on.

I just want to give you this.

What is it?

It's your bikini.

Thanks.

Thanks for letting me borrow it.

No problem, hellbender.

Sorry for being such a weirdo last summer.

It's cool.

Can you believe what happened to that guy?

What guy?

The guy who chased us.

He got attacked by some wild animal.

Oh.

That's crazy.

I was hoping nothing happened to you,

even though you were being a nutcase.

Well, thanks for the bikini.

Oh, I almost forgot.

I want to give you these.

Barrettes?

They're yours.

I kind of stole them from you

when I first met you at the pool.

You know what, back the fuck off!

[box rattling] [dog barking]

[wind howling]

[tense clanging music]

[footsteps pattering]

Hey, Izzy!

Iz?

[tense music]

[doorknob clicks]

[door creaks]

[footsteps pattering]

[ominous piano music]

[soft chanting]

[door shutting]

[footsteps pattering]

[doorknob clicking]

[eerie whirring] [eerie buzzing]

[eerie whirring]

[distant roaring]

[soft chanting] [eerie whirring]

[air whooshing] [Izzy growling]

Hey, Mom!

You want to hear something I wrote for Hellbender?

[wind howling]

Okay.

There was a wolf who longed to be a sheep.

So, she cut her claws and cracked her teeth.

She buried deep the wolf beneath.

And when she bore a cub, she raised it as a lamb.

She cut its claws and cracked its teeth.

She buried deep the wolf beneath.

But when the lamb grew, so did her claws.

So, did her teeth.

And the wolf ate her mother who was just a sheep.

You like it?

[wind howling]

Hey, did you meet my friend Amber?

She's still alive and she's scared shitless.

[Amber groaning]

[eerie piano music]

[Amber groaning] [knife squelching]

[Mother screaming]

[Amber whimpering]

Cheers.

[eerie whirring]

[eerie growling]

[tense music]

AMBER: Please!

Help, help!

[footsteps pattering]

[tense music]

[Amber whimpering]

[tense music]

[eerie whirring] [eerie buzzing]

[lid creaks]

[liquid splashing]

[eerie whirring]

[ominous music]

[liquid dripping]

[Amber whimpering distantly]

[Amber muttering indistinctly]

[Amber whimpering]

[Mother groaning]

Help me.

[eerie music]

Help!

[eerie music]

[Mother groaning]

MOTHER: Fuck!

[eerie music]

[Mother groaning]

[liquid dripping]

[liquid splashing]

[Amber muttering indistinctly]

[liquid splashing]

AMBER: Help, I wanna go home.

[objects crashing] [liquid splashing]

[tense music]

Help. [sobs]

I can't, I can't move.

Is she here?

Please help.

I can't move my body.

Please help. [sobs]

Help. [sobs]

Help me, help me, help, help. [whimpers]

Please help.

Let me out, let me go!

Don't let her do this to me.

Please don't leave me.

Don't leave me.

Please don't leave me!

Please, help me please.

[water dripping]

Hey, Mom, that's my friend Amber.

Remember, we met her uncle in the woods that day.

I think you dusted him.

[air whooshing]

Ooh, I like that trick.

It's a great one to do right in front of people.

It just fuckin' paralyzes them with fear, like Amber.

I saw you take a taste.

No. Izzy...

What, what have you done, what?

What is this place?

My happy place.

I'm not gonna let you kill this girl.

I'm gonna save her so I can save you.

[chuckles] Save me from what?

[amber groaning]

Izzy, I just wanted to save you

from the hell that I've known.

I just wanted us to be...

AMBER: Please!

People.

People?

Like the people you've kept me from?

Like Amber?

The people that believe in good and evil?

God and the devil?

If they want to believe in hell so badly,

I'll give 'em hell.

AMBER: Let me go!

Izzy, you're good.

I raised you to be good.

Not evil.

I saw the book.

The blood, the bodies, the babies, the terror.

I listened to your secrets and I watched your dreams.

I know the truth, Mom.

I did what I was taught to do.

And you denied me that right.

[scoffs] Right.

To be a tool for the hands of hell. [laughs]

It's not a gift, Izzy.

Then why was it given?

[water dripping]

I know the only way a hellbender can die.

Winter eats fall, fall eats summer,

summer eats spring, and spring eats winter.

Did your mother sacrifice herself or?

I think I know.

Watch out, Mom.

You might turn into a real hellbender.

[Mother groaning]

I know you're in there.

Show me.

[Mother groaning]

Let me see.

[Mother growling]

There you are.

You're so beautiful.

Thank you.

Now, it's my turn.

I'm not afraid of you, Izzy.

You will be.

[flames whooshing] [Mother groaning]

[Mother whimpering]

Help, please help me. [whimpers]

[Amber screams] [head crumbles]

[Izzy roars]

[ominous music]

[water dripping]

Don't, I'm not ready.

I'm not ready.

I'm not ready.

I'm not, don't.

Mom, I'm not gonna eat you.

I'm not ready to have a little hellbender.

And I love you.

I'm going to town, you need anything?

MOTHER: Bass strings.

You got it.

[eerie clanging music]

[thunder cracking] [Izzy screaming]

[hard rock music]