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Each year the townspeople march to the old village

and add to the pyre a symbol of something

they wish to purge from the world.

I'm talking about the body they found by the lake.

Could be one of our own.

They reckon it was, um, a group thing. Three suspects.

- I found this. - Oh, Christ.

Oh, God!

Dad?

They're already tried and convicted here.

We need to find them before the police do.

You're dead weight.

I should've came by myself.

Fancy a lift, love?

Uh...

Uh...

Uh... ah.

God.

Rest is for the wicked.

Huh!

No! No!

No, no! Wait! Wait!

I can get you out of this, I promise!

I'll turn myself in, I'll tell them I did it!

I'll tell them I did it! Just let him go!

No. But you can go first if you like.

Wait! It's too much.

We use the blade on him. Murder suicide.

And the girl?

Can I use the chainsaw on her?

We'll discuss that later.

My son should have her by now.

Nice and personal.

I'm gonna enjoy this.

Just get on with it.

Stop!

Let them go.

Topher, put that down.

Nobody else dies.

Give me the tranquiliser, son.

We need calm heads.

You killed Dad.

You told me he ran away.

Topher, we can talk about this.

You lied to me.

You told me Kate was an accident you made me...

c-cover it up.

And then you said they-they wouldn't be killed.

You need to put that down now, son.

Stop calling me that.

You're not my father.

I'm your godfather and I'm telling you to make the right choice.

Who else is down in that pit?

The sinners?

The ones you f-forced to move away?

They never went, did they?

- Did they?! - Look at me.

I can explain everything.

I said look at me!

- Uh! - Ah!

Go, go, go, go, go!

Ah!

Uh...

Wait!

Uh!

We have the girl!

She'll burn on that fire with everything else!

Get them!

Uh...

You're an embarrassment!

Go home, clean up!

If this goes wrong, it's their word against ours.

And we are reliable, trustworthy, upstanding!

And I will be standing at the front of that march!

Oh God, thank Christ, thank Christ! Are you okay?

Are you okay? Just tell me you're okay, love, you just tell me you're okay.

Zoe, can you feel your legs?

Is there anything broken? Will you, will you say something?

Just say something, lovie, just say something.

Dad cheated on you.

Oh...

I know, I know.

I know love. It's okay.

Er...

I'm so sorry, love.

Where are the boys? Tell me where the boys are.

I don't know...

- Where's the... he was chasing me... - No, no, no, shh.

Er, excuse me?

This man is not breathing.

I won't stop until I find you, boys!

You know that, right?

If you hide, your friend's gonna burn!

Ah... at the festival, er...

Why does he sound drunk?

- Your friend's gonna burn! - He's got a dose of that tranquiliser.

At the festival.

Burn... baby...

burn! Disco...

What do we do?

- I mean if you don't kill the monster... - He just comes back.

Exactly.

Go now?

Oh, God...

Shall we kill him?

No, no, we...

No, no, no. We can't.

Are you sure? ‘Cause the killer always comes back.

No, I'm not. I'm not a murderer, Con. Are you?

No. Let's just cut and run.

Please don't cut my hand off.

Okay. Right, turn around.

Alright, left...

Yeah.

Do you trust me?

This local commemorative ritual

is proving to be a national lightning rod for a censorship campaign

following the recent murder of teenager Kate Bannon.

Locals and campaigners are blaming the death on what they say

is a plague of so-called ‘ Video Nasties'.

There is a national panic over the murder

with the whole country blaming...

Panic?

I think outcry's more neutral.

What do you think? Shall we get a take with outcry?

Hello everyone. Hello, good day, you're all very welcome indeed.

We're here today fighting the good fight,

to speak for an innocent young girl who can no longer speak for herself,

taken from us too soon by the s courge of violent videos.

Now let's hear those voices loud and clear, “Justice for Kate! ”

Justice for Kate!

- Justice for Kate! - Justice for Kate!

Justice for Kate!

Oh my God, oh my God.

We killed a man, we actually killed a man.

We killed a policeman, we actually killed a policeman.

I can't go to prison, I feel sick.

We're actually going to prison.

Mam, stop!

I told you, he's a...

He's scum.

Hey.

Hey...

I'm sorry I wasn't here.

It was me that ran away.

Ah, love.

Did you know?

Before Dad told you?

Why didn't you say anything?

Because then we'd have to talk about it.

What now?

- What? - What now, Maureen?

I don't know, Frank!

Jesus Christ, do we, do we phone it in? Do we leave it here?

Maybe we should go to the police.

Sp-speak to that nice detective lady,

not that idiot.

No.

Hide it in the woods.

But this was an accident.

If we hide the body, we are all guilty.

They will find him eventually.

No.

No, no, no!

Zoe?

Oh my God! Jesus Christ!

Uh!

Definitely dead now.

We need to go!

Trust me, when you see what I have to show you,

you're not gonna care.

We should've tied him up!

Forget about it, Billy.

We'll be out of here long before he wakes up.

Where are we even going?

We need to get to the festival. They said they're gonna burn my sister.

We need to get her out and then we get the fuck out of here!

Con, wait...

You know I'm sorry,

right, all that, all that stuff I said.

I'm glad you came.

Come on, we have to go.

Aargh!

Burn the nasties...

Burn the nasties!

Justice for Kate!

Justice for Kate!

Burn the nasties!

Burn the nasties!

Justice for Kate!

Justice for Kate!

Burn the nasties!

Burn the nasties!

Justice for Kate!

Justice for Kate!

We've had a pattern of reports from Ashdale over the years,

people moving to London under suspicious circumstances.

Then we get complaints from friends and family

of never hearing from them again

Technically not a disappearance.

No body.

There's no case.

Yeah, but who were they?

One of the reports was about the man of the house,

and I'm guessing...

that was him.

The rest, I dunno.

The killers decided to make some noise this time.

They didn't hide that poor Bannon girl down here.

They wanted her to be found.

Stay back!

I wanna help.

I'll tell you everything.

But they need to be stopped first.

Shit.

That's it.

Ah!

Where is she?

Hello lads.

These are the killers of that girl.

Can't let you get away with that.

Stay back! Alright, I mean it!

Put it down, son, there's no way out.

Burn the nasties!

- Justice for Kate! - Billy?

Justice for Kate!

- Burn the nasties! - We're gonna need bigger sticks.

- Burn the nasties! - Justice for Kate!

I feel like this is about to go full Wicker Man.

Burn the nasties!

We have them!

We have the killers!

There they are!

There's the evil right in front of us! Evil!

Get them! We need our town to be cleansed!

Give me that.

Okay everyone, calm down!

Let the police handle this!

- I need everyone to stay back! - No! Let everyone...

I don't wanna get strung up on that thing.

- Run now? - Run.

Get ‘em!

Keep... keep them in. Stand back.

Don't let them pass through here, alright?

Don't let them get away!

We don't want to let them loose on our children!

Excuse me.

Now then, young man, let me past

Don't worry, I'll talk them down They'll listen to me.

Where are you, lads?

We're gonna find ya and burn the both of ya!

It's been on the radio.

The boys are in there. Stay here and don't move.

I'll handle this.

You. Stay!

How did you get here so fast?

I thought I was coming here to make an arrest.

I didn't realise I was interrupting a lynch mob.

It's a bloody labyrinth back there, but don't worry,

we're gonna get those psychos.

- They're innocent. - What?

We are going in, yes?

Abso-fuckin-lutley.

Where do you think you're going?

Stay there.

How do we get through this lot?

Just watch me.

I've just come from a basement full of bodies.

They've been murdering people for years.

The eldest son is dead.

We need to find the rest.

They're out for blood.

They think these kids killed that girl.

- Christ. Call for back-up. - Right.

- Stand that mob down out the front. - Right.

Alright, go on, go on.

We're gonna have to face these down.

Hello, lads.

You're gonna burn for what you did.

Oi! Dicknose!

Uh!

Argh!

Aah!

- Glad you're here. - Okay?

- Billy... - Billy!

Billy, leave him!

Billy, leave him!

Come on, hey, hey, look at me.

We're gonna be okay.

Mam and Dad are here.

We have a detective, she knows we didn't do it.

We're gonna be okay.

Come on, there's a gate out the back. Let's go!

Maureen, check that side.

- Con? - Con?

- Con? - Con?

Con?

- Anything, Maureen? - No nothing, there's nothing. Con...

Who are you?

- Frank... - Stay where you are!

- Frank! - Give me that.

Jesus! Jesus!

Frank!

Maureen!

Ah! Uh!

Maureen, go!

Go, Maureen.

Oh my God! Oh, oh my God!

Go on, Maureen!

Uh!

Uh!

In here.

No... oh, no!

We can scale it.

I have an idea.

Bollocks.

The others can't be far.

Now might be a good time to scream.

Aaaaaaaaaaaargh!

Aaargh!

Uh!

Aaargh!

Aaargh!

Aargh!

- Aargh! - Uh!

Hey!

Bastard!

And you are a pastor?

♪ Under blue moon I saw you ♪

♪ So soon you'll take me ♪

♪ Up in your arms, too late to beg you ♪

♪ Or cancel it, though I know it must be ♪

♪ The killing time ♪

♪ Unwillingly mine ♪

♪ Fate ♪

♪ Up against your will ♪

♪ Through the thick and thin ♪

- Con! - Zoe!

♪ He will wait until ♪

♪ You give yourself to him ♪

You came.

Of course I did.

♪ In starlit nights I saw you ♪

♪ So cruelly you kissed me ♪

♪ Your lips, a magic world ♪

♪ Your sky, all hung with jewels ♪

♪ The killing moon ♪

♪ Will come too soon ♪

♪ Fate ♪

♪ Up against your will ♪

♪ Through the thick and thin ♪

♪ He will wait until ♪

♪ You give yourself to him ♪

♪ Under blue moon I saw you ♪

♪ So soon you'll take me ♪

♪ Up in your arms, too late... ♪

If I best sum it up by quoting you

a very small news item that I spotted in the Daily Mirror.

It was nothing to do with video nasties directly.

It was about a very nasty attack on some ponies in the south of England.

And at the end of telling this story,

there was a quote from the Margate Police

in which they said that the attacker must've been influenced

either by video nasties or a new moon.

I think that actually that makes it sound very like witchcraft,

and the way in which the whole campaign has presented itself

has actually ascribed quite magical powers

to flickering pictures on screens and how they hypnotise

and then drug and then addict children.

Don't be pointing that thing at me. Point it over there.

Okay, is anyone gonna say a few words?

What about Frank?

He's late.

Sorry, sorry, sorry. I lost track of time unpacking.

You took too much with you, Dad. The place is only small.

Ah sure, I need my comforts, Con

Comforts? I didn't realise you were sleeping on your record collection.

Hm, very good.

Abe was about to say a few words there, go on.

No. We can't do it without Billy's date.

It's not a date. We're just friends.

Yous better be.

You look great.

- Thank you. - Oh, sorry.

- Hi. - Hi.

Oh...

Hello...

A vision...

Oh...

Make sure you get this.

I just wanted to say congratulations,

and that I'm proud of all of you.

It would have been easy not to go tonight after everything that's happened.

The media, the infamy.

You could have chosen to stick your head in the sand,

pretend it wasn't happening.

It's easy to push things away, not deal with them.

You know what takes real guts?

Admitting that you are scared

and still choosing to face the monster.

And going to the Debs without a date... hey!

Now that's brave.

Oh...

- And thank you to Maureen and Frank... - Ah.

For digging the boys out and making tonight possible.

We're gonna pay it back.

Oh. Well you could do it tomorrow if you got rid of those awful videos.

- They're awful. - Maureen.

No, no way. We're keeping them.

Now Mam, leave them.

Okay, are we ready?

- Sláinte. - Sláinte!

Sláinte!

Come on you three, let's get you in.

- Come on then, big smiles. - Right, three, two, one, cheese

Shh!

Shh, shh, shh!

Shh!

- Shush, shush, get in! - Be quiet!

Alright, show me one of these shit films then.

I'm sorry we don't have, um, Flashdance.

Ahahaha! Funny.

We'll ease her in with something mid-level.

Lads, it's just a movie.

Well, what are the rules?

Er, we don't do that anymore.

Aww, come on.

If we're gonna do this, I wanna do it right. Tell me!

Alright.

- No screaming... - Okay.

And no looking away.

And I have a naggin of whiskey in my room, so if you break the rules,

you do a shot.

Go on, go get it. Hurry up.

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ I tried to make it work ♪

♪ You in a cocktail skirt ♪

♪ And me in a suit ♪

♪ Well, it just wasn't me ♪

♪ You're used to wearing less ♪

♪ And now your life's a mess ♪

♪ So insecure you seem ♪

♪ I put up with all the scenes ♪

♪ And this is one scene ♪

♪ That's going to be played my way ♪

♪ Take your hands off me ♪

♪ I don't belong to you, you see ♪

♪ Take a look at my face ♪

♪ For the last time ♪

♪ I never knew you ♪

♪ You never knew me ♪

♪ Say hello, goodbye ♪