Sideshow (2000) - full transcript

(suspenseful music)

(thunder rolling)

(groaning)

(grunting)

- What's this?

Running away?

You mustn't do that.

- Oh, god, please.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to hurt
anyone, I was just --

- No, no, no.



It's too late for that.

(crying)

Strangely appropriate, you crawling

around on your belly, like that.

It seems, somehow, natural.

Wouldn't you agree, my friends?

(sniffles)

Take him.

Take him back.

- No, please!

No, please!

- Our work's barely begun.

- [Man] No!

(thunder rolling)



(ominous music)

(heavy metal music)

- You see, you have to watch
out for these freak show guys.

Once you get in there, they
charge you for everything.

Well, that's why it's called a ding,

because they ding the hell out of ya.

(scoffs)

- Haven't been to a spook
show since I was six.

How about you, Jeanie?

- I've never been to a spook show.

(laughs)

- Well, I've been to a lot of 'em.

Bobby and me go all the time.

- Sounds like fun, huh?

Right, Bobby?

- Yeah, it's gonna be great.

(clears throat)

Let's get goin' here.

- Let me give you a hand.

(circus music)

- Chamber of Horrors?

Great.

- This is gonna be terrific.

- Hey, Bob.

Can I explain the whole
principle behind a double date?

I manage to get Melanie, ice princess

of the universe here, to go out with me.

She manages to get Jeanie
to go out with you,

and then you bring your 15
year old brother along with us?

- Look, man.

What is it that you want me to do, okay?

(sighs)

I mean, the kid's got special needs.

- Hey, well, so do I.

And it doesn't look like
I am gonna get la, hey!

(clears throat)

Okay, are we...

Ready to go?

- Yeah.

(deeply exhales)

(ominous music)
(bird cawing)

- Come on down.

Three rings for a dollar, one
ring on the post wins a prize.

Come on, kid, show the
little lady how it's done.

(rock music)

(laughs)

- Well, Bobby and I have been friends

since we were little kids.

- [Melanie] That's nice.

- [Tommy] Yeah, he's okay.

I mean, not when he brings his

little brother along, on a double date.

(laughs)

Hot dog?

- [Melanie] Sure, I guess.

- Two hot dogs please.

- Everything on 'em?

- No, just plain.

- Two plain hot dogs.

Thank you.

(sighs)

Hey, I wanna try that
game out, over there.

We'll be back in a minute.

Come on, I'll win you a teddy bear.

- So, Jeanie, corn dog?

- Mm, popcorn?

- Yeah, me too.

Okay, three popcorns.

- Hey, what do you want?

You want one of those camel things,

or a little, what about that little dog?

- Come on down.

Three rings for a dollar, one
ring on the post wins a prize.

Come on, kid, show the
little lady how it's done.

Win this girl a teddy bear, $1.

Concentrate, now.

Ooh, that was close.

- Thank you.

So, Jeanie, you and Mel are
like friends, and stuff, huh?

- Yeah, like you and Tommy.

- Yeah.

Tommy's great.

Gets a little crazy every now and then,

but pretty much, he's a nice guy.

- I understand.

I mean, it's funny.

I see it all the time.

- What?

- You know, people like Melanie
always a friend like me,

and people like Tommy always
have a friend like you.

- Uh, like what?

I don't get what you're saying.

(laughs)

- Like, for contrast.

- I still don't understand.

- I mean, if you wanna look really tall,

you stand next to somebody short, right?

I mean, don't get me wrong,
I like Mel, she's great.

We really are friends and everything.

I just, I can't help thinking
that part of the reason

she hangs out with me is
because, having me next to her,

makes her look that much better.

- Oh, come on.

There's nothing wrong with you.

With the way you look.

I didn't mean it like that.

- Right.

Melanie looks great, and
there's nothing wrong with me.

- I didn't mean that.

(laughs)

Oh, I see, so Tommy hangs out with me

because I look all eh,
so now I'm offended.

- Just forget I said
anything at all, okay?

It was just a thought.

- You know, that's why Bobby
wheels me around all the time.

He figures next to me, even he looks good.

- Mind your own business.

- The only thing that would help me

now is a complete body transplant.

I mean, everything about me is just,

know, other girls get
tattoos and they look sexy,

I get a tattoo, and it looks ugly.

I mean, everything I
do turns out horrible.

There, you see that girl over there?

I'd kill to have her body.

- Yeah, me too.

- Concentrate, now.

Stay focused, stay focused.

(thud)

So close, and yet, so close.

Take three more, just one more dollar.

You'll win a teddy bear, for sure.

- Look, I really don't want a teddy bear.

- [Tommy] I just want to
give it once more shot, okay?

- [Man] Stay focused.

- Hey, Tommy, you can't win at this game.

(scoffs)

- Says you.

- [Man] Come on, now.

(thud)

- No, I mean nobody can.

- Hey, look, I saw the rings
fit on the posts, okay?

It's stupid.

- Tommy!

- Damn!

- Tommy, the way the posts are
cut, you can slide the rings

on by bringing them over the
back of the post, to the front,

but you can't throw a ring
so it'll land that way.

It's fixed, it's a rigged game.

- Okay, you.

Why don't you come out here,
and show me how it's done?

- Look, I don't want any trouble.

Anybody has a problem, here you go.

Money back.

- Is it rigged, or isn't it?

- Look, if that's how you
feel about it, here you go.

Grand prize.

- I don't want a friggin' teddy bear!

(ominous music)

- Well, heck, I'm havin' a good time.

Hey, Jeanie, this is for the most

beautiful girl I've ever seen.

- Well, aren't you the charmer?

- You know, I think we
better go after him.

- Hey, cotton candy for everybody.

Jeanie, Mel --

- I can't have any.

It screws up my metabolism.

- Yeah, that's why I didn't get you any.

- Feeling better?

- What?

Oh, sure, sure.

I just don't like people
taking advantage of me.

That ain't right.

Anyhow, I guess Jeanie's
got herself a bear.

- You know, in carny lingo, they have

what they call a lay bear.

That's when the agent trades

a teddy bear for a, a little sugar.

(laughs)

(clears throat)

- Yeah, we get the point.

(laughs)

- Don't get any ideas, kid.

- What?

I wouldn't mind a little sugar.

(scoffs)

- What exactly is the problem here?

Is it my breath?

- I don't like being touched.

- Well, you know, it's not exactly

like I'm mauling you or something.

(thud)
(coughs)

- I just don't like to be handled.

I just wanna be worshiped.

- Well that is what I'm tryin' to do.

- From afar.

(laughs)

- Hey, watch it!

- [Bobby] Hey, Tommy,
watch where you're goin'!

(laughs)

- How about that?

Are you okay, little fella?

Let me help you up, come on.

(grunts)

- Tommy!

- [Bobby] Hey, come on, man.

- Come on, I'm just givin' him a ride.

- [Bobby] Put him down!

- Excuse me, would you
please put him down?

Bobby?

- [Tommy] Well, how
about it, little fella?

You want to get down?

- I'm afraid I'm in your power, for now.

- Well, yeah.

(laughs)

Well, don't take any wooden nickels,

and take care of yourself.

- Sorry, mister.

- He was just having some fun, okay?

- Hey, come on.

(sighs)

Hey, I don't know about you guys,

but I'm havin' a great time.

- [Boy] Hey, look.

It's a mitt camp.

- A what?

- A fortune teller.

(laughs)

- Come on.

- [Melanie] What's the matter?

Don't you want to know your future?

- Wait!

I'm looking into the future, I see myself.

I see Melanie, wearing spandex hot pants.

(thud)

(laughs)

- Hey, let's go, guys.

(ominous music)

- What now?

- Welcome.

Five fortunes, $5.

- Hey, I'm a sport, my treat.

- For you, to the sideshow.

- [Boy] She palmed it.

She --

- Dr. Graves' Horrors of Nature.

- Oh, cool, a freak show!

- So, you gonna --

- Everyone always asks the same
questions about the future.

What will the future give me?

What will I get?

And I shall tell you.

You will get what you've always wanted,

you will get what you've
always dreamed of,

you will get what you must have,

and you will get all that you deserve.

(laughs)

- Hey, what the hell's
that supposed to mean?

- And you --

- Hey, lady, I asked you a question.

- This reading is now over.

- Oh, now that's a nice trick.

(laughs)

- I never got my fortune!

- Hey, let's go check out
the Horrors of Nature.

Come on, guys!

- Step right up!

For $1, $1, you'll be terrified!

You'll be shocked!

You'll be thrilled!

- Hey, look who it is.

- Inside, just $1!

$1!

- Oh, my God.

- For thrills, for delights!

And now, our amazing attraction,

Aelita, the Inside Out Girl!

You think she's showing a lot now,

wait 'til you see her insides!

I mean, wait 'til you see her inside.

Come on!

$1, just $1!

Thank you, Aelita.

See more of her on the inside.

See Hans, the Bug Boy,
half human, half insect.

Digestina, the woman who can
digest anything, anything!

There's more.

Oh, yes, there's more, much more!

For $1, $1!

You can see Conjoino,
you see one man, or two!

You be the judge!

Just $1, step right up!

Step right up!

Don't crowd now, don't crowd!

Just $1, just $1!

$1, $1!

- Let's go!

Let's go!

Unless you want to wait outside?

- Hey, I'm not scared, you know?

I just don't like this sort of thing.

- Hey, don't worry, I don't even think

they allow 'em to use real freaks anymore.

It's all, you know, just illusions.

- That's right!

- For all pass holders, that's right.

- Come on.

Got 'em just for fun, get your passes.

- Horrors of nature!

Your admission is 100%
free, so step right up.

Step right up, come on.

Step right up!

Take your time, don't crowd.

Don't crowd!

That's it!

Move right along!

That's it, come right on in.

Come right on in.

Don't crowd!

Thank you, thank you very much.

Yes, thank you!

Don't crowd, don't crowd!

That's it!

Move right along, come right on in!

(clears throat)
(ominous music)

- You see?

That's a Fiji mermaid.

- Looks like a dead monkey,
sewed to a dead fish.

- Yeah, well, that's what it is.

I mean, the point is, basically,
these shows are all fakes,

but you know, that's just part of the fun.

- Oh, well, I'm havin' a good time.

How about you, Bobby?

- Great.

(clears throat)

- Come on.

It's all just for fun.

Let's go!

(thudding)

(group chatter)

- Ladies and gentlemen, can
I have your attention please?

Prepare yourself for the human marvel.

What is it?

Some say he was born with
this tragic condition.

The lightest touch of
his skin was sheer agony,

facing a life of endless pain.

He wished his hardest to wear his bones

on the outside, like an insect.

Some strange power, perhaps God,

perhaps something much lower, heard him,

and granted his wish.

Others say, his pregnant mother

was frightened by a mosquito.

(laughs)

You decide!

Prepare yourself for Hans, the Bug Boy!

(group gasps)

(dramatic organ music)

(groaning)

(glops)

(yells)

(group groans)

(groans)

(yells)

(gurgling)

- How'd they do that?

- [Dr. Graves] Now, if I can direct your

attention to this next performer --

- It's some kind of trick.

- No mere words can prepare you for this.

The hideous Conjoino,
and his brother, Lester!

(suspenseful music)

- So, what's his problem?

- There's nothin' to it.

It's either a makeup appliance
with a balloon, or...

Something inside.

(growls)

- Hello, ladies and gentlemen.

Boy, it's hot and crowded in here.

There's only one chair, and I
gotta fight the spleen for it,

but hey, you can't beat the price.

All my meals are free, too.

All our insides are workin' together.

Uh-oh, there goes my audience.

- Bobby, where you goin', man?

- I'm just through lookin'.

- [Tommy] What's the matter, Bobby?

- Nothin'.

- So hold your horses.

It ain't over yet.

- And now, here's something really fun!

- Hey, I could show you some fun.

- Perhaps later.

Ladies and gentlemen, come
see the spectacle of horror.

See the horror of nature, Digestina!

Now, I imagine most of you will,

and imagine you have, how shall I put it?

An eating problem.

- Tell me about it.

- But our own delightful
Digestina, has no problem at all.

Of course, she's not your average eater.

Most people restrict their
food intake to the edible.

Most people eat by way of
their mouth, but Digestina

does not limit herself to
such mundane limitations.

You see, she exists in
a vat of digestive acid,

so don't get too close!

Oh, I should mention, that is

not Digestina's only peculiarity.

No, when you and I eat
something, it's gone for good,

but when Digestina eats something?

How shall I put it?

When Digestina eats something,
it tends to stay with her.

Digestina, do you remember eating

that alarm clock last night?

(clock alarm ringing)

Didn't you have toast for breakfast?

Digestina, did you eat the toaster again?

- Sorry, Dr. Graves.

- And what else have you
eaten, that you shouldn't have?

- Nothing, doctor, I swear.

(bubbling)

(group laughter)

- [Dr. Graves] Digestina!

(laughs)

- I can't figure it out.

How in the world do they do that?

I mean, it has to be a trick.

- Come on, let's go.

- Hey, wait!

(swanky jazz music)

- Oh, my ego needs this.

- Please, please!

For the prudish among you, have no fear.

This is not a striptease, at
least, not the way you think.

- You know, Mel, I could see
you dressed up like that.

- Although, I am compelled to warn you,

that what you are about to see
is not intended for children.

- What makes you think I don't already?

- Do we have any children in the audience?

- This ain't my night.

- Anyone?

(yells)
(whistling)

Is there anyone not capable of handling

the responsibilities
of her, these actions?

(laughs)

- Take it off!

- Very well, then.

I present to you, Aelita,
the Inside Out Girl.

She puts a new meaning to the
phrase, "Taking it all off."

(laughs)

- Take it off!

- Take it off.

Uh-huh, okay.

- Take it off, uh-huh.

Uh-huh, okay.

Okay.

(yells)

- God, I wish I looked like that.

(whistling)
(group yelling)

(group groans)

(gasps)

- Someone help her please.

- [Jeanie] Now those are
some great lookin' legs.

- Come on, Mel, it's just a show.

- Please, please, just don't touch me.

(splat)

- Alright, let's get out of here.

Come on.

Excuse us.

- Hey!
- [Bobby] Come on!

- I want to watch!

- Will you just listen to me for once?

- No!

- Fine, stay.

- Hey.

As long as you're not scared.

- Go, explore!

There are hidden corners,
twists and turns.

More wonders, more terrors,
more horrors of nature.

Go, discover them!

(sighs)

- Hey, come on.

It's all just make believe.

(laughs)

You comin'?

- What about Bobby?

- Hey, I'm his friend,
I'm not his babysitter.

- I am not going, until
I've seen the rest.

I have been to 20 sideshows,
and I'm telling you,

this place isn't like any place else.

That's a guarantee.

- Hey.

Hey, Jeanie?

- [Jeanie] Hmm?

- You wanna go see if Bobby's okay?

- What do you mean?

What's wrong with him?

- He freaked out.

He may have gone outside.

Do you want to go and find him?

- Oh, sure.

Sure, okay.

(deeply exhales)

- Care to have a look, miss?

- No, I'm just searching for the way out.

- Oh, well, just go back the way you came.

Keep turning to the right,
or of course, for a mere

50 cents, this would be a
much more direct way out.

And, you would get to
experience The Great Unknown.

- Okay, okay, whatever's
gonna get me outside.

(clang)

- Thank you.

(door opens)

Care to try it?

- Sorry, I don't have the time.

- Not enough time to perfect yourself?

(laughs)

- Not enough time to
waste on this silly thing.

I mean, even if I believed it,

it would take forever to
set all those controls.

- That's true, but of course,
right now, they're preset.

There.

(dramatic organ music)

- Are you saying that this thing

will make me look like that?

- Yes, that's what it does.

- You'd do that for 50 cents?

- What would you consider a fair price?

- Fair?

Shoot, I'd give anything for that body.

- Well, then that seems very generous.

Go ahead, it'll only take a moment.

Afterwards, you need merely

ask to be put back the way it was.

- You're serious?

- Even if I'm not, what
do you have to lose?

What do you risk, if you really want that?

- What do I have to do?

I'm not takin' my clothes off.

- That's not necessary.

Just dip inside.

- Are you sure this will work?

- You'll see.

(whoosh)

(beep)

(rumbling)

- Hey, Grant.

Do you wanna see something?

Check out this geek.

(laughs)

- Okay, that's disgusting.

(snake hissing)

- I betcha if we stay here long enough,

he'll bite his head off.

That's what happened one
time, when I was with Bobby.

It was pretty cool.

(laughs)
(snake hisses)

- [Melanie] Are you sure
you didn't see her come out?

- Yes, I'm sure.

I've been standing right
here the whole time.

- Well, I've been all the way around.

There's no other way out, unless

you crawled out under the tent.

(panting)

Are you sure you didn't see her?

- Yes, I'm sure!

(sighs)

- Well, I'll go check it out.

Wait here.

Hey, maestro, I think one of
our friends is still inside.

Can I take a quick look --

- We're closed.

There's nobody left inside.

- Well then, when I look
for her, I won't find her.

- Maybe you didn't understand me,

there's nobody left inside.

Now, if you don't mind, we're closed.

- Hey!

(thud)

- Good night.

Thank you, Lester.

- Okay, we know she wouldn't
have just walked off.

Just doesn't make any sense.

- Hey.

- It wouldn't make any sense

that she's still in there either.

- Hey, look.

(dramatic music)

(dial tone)

- I don't know.

- They coming?

(laughs)

- I don't think they
believed a word that I said,

but yeah, they're sending out a car.

- Look, Jeanie did not
leave here on her own.

- Hey, I told them that.

- Did you tell them about the bear?

- Yes, yes, I told them about the bear.

Look, they don't seem to
place much importance on it.

Listen, technically with them,
she's considered an adult.

If there's no evidence of foul play,

they're not going to do
anything for 24 hours.

(scoffs)

- Well, at least when they get here,

we'll be able to look inside that tent.

- If she's in there, we'll find her.

- You the kids that got me
out of a good poker game,

to come out here, lookin'
for a lost friend of yours?

- That's right, Sheriff.

(sighs)

- The last time we saw her, she was

goin' outside to look for Bobby.

She never made it outside.

They closed the show down, they wouldn't

let us back in to look for her.

- And then we found this in the garbage.

- That's just carnival junk.

- Look, you don't know my friend.

She's not the type to go
off with some stranger,

and there's no other way home.

- And why would she have
thrown away the bear?

- Well, I'm not a mind
reader, kid, but maybe she

just got pissed off, or
maybe she did something

that she didn't want
anybody to know about.

My point is, there's a
first time for everything.

I don't know what the hell
you expect me to do about it.

- What do you know about Dr. Graves?

- Excuse me?

- Graves, the guy who runs
the Horrors of Nature show?

(laughs)

- All I know is that he's
got a permit to run this

freak show, or whatever
the hell he calls it,

and old doc ain't done nothin' wrong yet.

I have to give it 24 hours,
then if she doesn't turn up,

I can tear this sideshow apart.

- Yeah, you know, I'm thinkin' something.

- Well, that sounds dangerous.

What?

- If somethin' bad did happen to Jeanie,

or if they did somethin' to her,

and she doesn't show up in 24 hours --

- Oh, my God.

- What're you getting at?

- Just that maybe this
isn't the first time, is it?

- I don't follow you, Sherlock.

- He means, the first time a girl

comes to the show, and just disappears.

- I'm tellin' ya, it
ain't any of my business.

If you were smart, you wouldn't make

it your business either.

The law's a tricky damn thing.

You kids could end up behind bars.

- Look, we're not
leaving here without her.

- We want to look in that tent.

- Well, at least you're loyal.

Okay, I'll give it a shot
without a search warrant.

But, if I get your butts in
there, and she's not there,

then you're gonna drop it,
and that's my final answer.

Let's go.

(dramatic music)

- [Bobby] Sheriff, I'm
tellin' you, she did

not come through that entrance.

- [Sheriff] Yeah, I heard you, kid.

- [Melanie] She wouldn't have just left,

and we're 20 miles from home.

- [Sheriff] You know, you're starting

to sound a lot like my ex-wife.

She was a broken record.

- [Grant] There's somethin'
not right about the sideshow.

- [Sheriff] That's why
they call 'em freaks, kid.

I'm just a zookeeper.

(knocks on podium)

Anybody home?

- [Voiceover] Come in!

- That was hard.

- [Tommy] Come on, Bobby.

- Hope we're not interrupting your game.

Sorry to bother you.

- Somebody got a beef?

- Yeah, these kids seemed to
have lost a friend of theirs.

You mind if we look around?

- Do I look like a babysitter?

- Hey, look, the least you could've done

is let us come in, in the first place.

- Hold on.

Sheriff, you should know something.

This boy here has been
giving me trouble all night.

Tossin' me around like
a beanbag on the midway,

and then comes around after closing,

with some story about
a girl, threatening me.

- So I kicked him out on his ass.

- She's not my girl, she's
a friend of Melanie's.

- And she came in here,
and she never came out.

- That's right.

I was outside the whole time.

- What about that, doc?

- How about what?

You think I'm hiding her somewhere?

- This is nuts.

- Take a look!

- It was bigger before.

I mean, it seemed bigger.

- This is the whole place.

You want to search?

Go right ahead.

- [Grant] I don't get it.

- Yeah.

Well, unless there's something
else I can do for you.

- Let's get out of here.

- You little mistakes of
nature better pray that I don't

have to come back here, and
make you part of my sideshow.

- [Bobby] Come on.

- Now, hold on, hold on.

Don't want you guys goin'
away with bad feelings.

Everyone makes mistakes.

Here.

- What's this?

- Backstage passes.

Guaranteed free admission
to Horrors of Nature.

One time only, day or night.

- Thanks for nothing.

- Hey, take 'em.

You might need 'em someday.

- Oh, yeah.

Yeah, well we'll be back.

Don't you worry.

- Hope you find your friend.

(ominous music)

I guess that's show business.

- In less than 24 hours,
it's gonna be my business.

- I wonder where that poor girl could be.

(bubbles)

(tense organ music)

- You'd really do it, wouldn't you?

- What?

- Would you just blow this
whole thing off, go home,

leave Jeanie in, God knows where?

Christ, man, she was your date!

- Man, I never asked you
to do anything, okay?

Since when did you care about Jeanie,

or anybody else, for that matter?

- Oh, yeah, go ahead, Bobby.

Go ahead, open your
frickin' mouth up to me.

I'll give you something to be scared of.

(scoffs)

You want to hear my rule?

I mess with people,
they don't mess with me,

so maybe, just maybe, I don't like

havin' some sideshow dwarf mess with me?

Kind of smile while he does it?

Just maybe, that's the whole
reason that I don't want

to turn around and say, "Screw it."

At least I want to do somethin'.

- Listen, Bobby, tomorrow
that sideshow's gonna be gone.

If there's any chance of finding her

or finding any evidence
of what they did to her.

I mean, hell, if they did
something to her, then the place

to look for it, is in that sideshow.

- There's nothing in there.

He --

- I know what they showed
us, and I don't care.

The inside was bigger before.

- Come on!

- It was, you know?

I know it doesn't make any
sense, but you could walk

from one side of that tent
to the other in 10 seconds.

We were walking around in
there for a half an hour,

and I don't think we were
going around in circles.

- You're not goin' back, Grant, alright?

That's it.

- What's the matter?

Are you worried about me?

Shoot, I'm the last one you
should be worried about.

By the time I'm your age, I probably

won't be able to lift my arms.

By the time I'm 20, I'm
gonna be dead, if I'm lucky.

What?

Did I say something embarrassing?

I don't care, Bobby.

Don't you get it?

There's nothing to protect,
there's nothing to save.

Anybody have a chance, I'll take it!

- You comin' with us?

- Yes, I'll come.

- We're not goin', alright?

- Yeah, who exactly are you speaking for?

- Why do you always have to
act like you're in charge?

(clanking)

Right, and what are you
going to do with that?

- This is to see what I'm hitting,

and this is to hit what I'm seein'.

You comin'?

Jesus.

Mel, push the kid?

We'll head up back that dirt road

in the back, then won't see us maybe.

- Bobby...

You know, I feel sorry for you.

- You know, you're crazy to go back there!

I'm not scared!

(dog barking)

- It's just over here.

(suspenseful music)

Okay.

Let's move up, nice and quiet-like.

- What do you see?

- Nothing.

Okay, look.

Grant, I want you to
stay outside on lookout.

- Hey, forget about it!

It was my idea!

- Keep your voice down!

I don't care who's idea it was.

If there's gonna be trouble
in there, I don't want

to be dealing with some
kid in a wheelchair.

You stay.

You hear anybody, you see
anything, you holler real loud.

- That isn't fair.

- Okay, it isn't fair.

Come on.

Man, sometimes I think that everybody

in the world is psycho, except me.

- Why leave yourself out?

- It's bigger again.

- Shh.

(creaking)

- Listen.

Okay, this is weird.

- Oh, come on.

It's just a wax dummy.

- Don't touch her!

- Why?

Does she got a problem, too?

- What?

- Nothing, it just...

It feels warm, you know?

(laughs)

I mean, it can't be.

Jesus Christ.

- Look!

The tattoo!

- [Tommy] What?

- It's Jeanie's tattoo!

- Go!

Out.

Mel!

Mel!

- Tommy?

Tommy!

Where are you?

- Melanie?

(gasps)

(suspenseful percussive music)

- Please don't touch me!

I'm sorry!

Please don't touch me!

Please, please.

(screams)

- You make one sound, and
I will use this on you.

Where's Dr. Graves?

- I'm sorry, I don't know.

- Stand up.

Now you answer me.

Where's Mel?

What have you done to Jeanie?

- I don't know.

- I'm telling you, don't you fuck with me.

- So you say.

- I'm the one who fucks with people.

They don't fuck with me.

- Are you going to?

- Am I going to what?

- Fuck with me?

- Where are your freak buddies?

- Look at my eyes.

(screaming)

- I should explain something to you.

I like to think of my little establishment

as a, kind of, court of justice.

What happens here, in the end, is justice.

You needn't worry about Jeanie.

She got her perfect
body she always wanted.

She wanted it for anything,
and now she has it.

She has no head to worry
about anything, anymore.

And you, young lady, what do you dream of?

Eternal youth?

Eternal beauty?

Eternally the desire of all
men, but forever untouched.

So be it.

(screaming)

(beeping)

(dramatic music)

- [Tommy] What the hell am I doing?

- Showing me what kind of man you are.

You know, you should feel honored.

You're my first.

(laughs)

- [Tommy] Oh, yeah, baby.

I believe you, I believe you.

- I don't mean the first
one to make love to me.

I mean, the first one to do this.

(crunching)
(muffled groans)

- Oh, am I interrupting something?

- I'm doing it, Dr. Graves!

I'm doing it!

- Yes, I see.

You've always wanted men to see

what you're like on the inside.

It seems like he's getting a good look.

(crunching)

(yelling)

Well, young man, look at you.

Look what nature's given you.

Youth, strength, agility, and look

what you've done with them.

You've wasted them.

Now, you'll get the body you do deserve.

A body born to keeping
of your twisted soul.

(laughs)

(crunching)

(thud)

(dramatic music)

(grunts)

(thud)

(whistling)

(upbeat suspenseful music)

- Grant!

Grant, are you okay?

(grunts)

What happened?

- The chair, my chair's broke.

- Where the hell are Tommy and Mel?

- I don't know.

- I told you not to go back there.

I told you it was crazy!

Let me sit you up.

- No, don't grab me.

I think I might've broke a rib.

- Damn!

The van, the van's not far, okay?

I'm gonna go get it,
you just sit right here.

It's not far, it's not far.

You just sit tight, okay?

It's almost morning.

Alright, you'll be okay.

(panting)
(birds chirping)

- Please don't hurt me.

- We won't, I promise you.

Lester, sit the man up please.

- What do you want from me?

(grunting)
(yells)

What in the world are you?

- What am I?

Why, I'm not very different than most men.

Part devil, part angel.

Some find Hell in me, others Heaven.

But in either case, it's Heaven

or Hell of their making, not mine.

I simply take what's on the inside,

and put it on the outside.

Your three friends have already enjoyed

the benefits of our readjustments.

So, the only question
that needs answering now,

young man, is what's inside you?

What do you need?

What's your Heaven?

I already know what your Hell is.

A young, strong spirit, trapped
in a body dying by inches.

Dragging down the soul while it dies,

and there's nothing for you to do,

but to simply surrender
to a terrible fate.

Ah, your ticket.

Hmm, it's yours.

One time only.

The others came into my
realm, so they had no choice

but to, accept the
justice of Abbot Graves.

- But I have a choice?

- You have a chance.

Stay here, and wait for your brother,

and you'll know what will happen.

But if you use that pass...

Well, that's your chance.

(dramatic music)

- Wait.

- Grant!

Grant!

Grant, can you hear me?

I told you not to go back there.

I'm scared.

Christ, I'm scared.

(bird cawing)

- You again.

- Show is closed.

We're moving to Greenfield, sorry.

- I --

- Did you hear what the man said?

Scram, before you get into big trouble.

- No.

- Now, look --

- [Bobby] I don't have to go.

- Oh?

- I have a pass, a backstage pass.

You said it was good any time.

- Maybe you should think about it, boy.

After all, that pass
is good for a lifetime.

Once you use it, it's gone forever.

One time only, understand?

Once I punch that ticket,
you can't take it back.

- I'm up for it.

- Maybe you think you are.

You know, we've been working
on some new exhibits,

things we haven't even
shown the public yet,

things that take a strong stomach.

Do you have a strong stomach, boy?

Do you really want to do this?

- No, I don't.

- [Dr. Graves] Hmm.

(clicks)

- Hey, kid, what're you waiting for?

It's a backstage pass, not a guided tour.

You want a look?

Go look.

I'd tell you to kiss my ass, if I had one.

- That's enough.

(bird cawing)

(dramatic music)

- Jeanie?

It can't be!

- A perfect body, it's what she wanted.

It was what she was ready to give

up anything to get, and now she has it.

Have you had enough?

- No.

- Well then, go on!

- He won't get away with this.

I'll come back, I swear.

I'll get some help and I'll come back.

I'm sorry.

- Don't worry about that, boy.

Your pass entitles you to see everything.

(laughs)

(humming)

- Melanie?

Melanie!

- To always be young, always
beautiful, always the object

of desire, and always
untouched, and untouchable.

That's what this one dreamed of.

(laughs)

Now she has it.

Hands that reach out with
desire, but never touched.

(laughs)

Never, for all time!

Have you seen enough?

- No.

- Then by all means!

- Tommy?

(groaning)

- Yeah.

Help me.

- Ooh, that one got what he deserved.

- He deserved that?

- Everyone deserves to be on the outside,

what he is truly on the inside.

- What about Grant?

What does he deserve?

What did you do to him?

- If you want the answer to that question,

you have to go ahead.

There's one more to see yet.

(grunting)

- Grant?

Grant!

- No, no, that's not your
friend, but she would like to be.

You're almost at the end.

I just finished the banner.

- Bobby!

- Grant?

Jesus!

He deserved this?

What sin is he being punished for?

- Punished for a dying, wasted boy?

Vitality, agility, and a place

where no one could look
upon him with pity?

- You're saying he wanted this?

- This is what I need.

Don't you see?

This was always meant to be my home.

(growls)

You see, I can walk, I can jump.

(growls)

- There's still one curtain left.

(birds chirping)

- So what's it gonna be?

That fortune teller
never gave me my future.

What do I deserve?

What do I get?

- [Voiceover] Go on through!

There's no way back now.

(whoosh)

- Do you still want your fortune read?

- Yes, tell me.

What do I get?

What is it that I deserve?

What do I want?

- Aren't you afraid?

Do you really want to
know what you'll get?

- I'm not afraid, whatever it is.

- Very well, then.

You will get what you have earned.

- What?

What's that?

What have I earned?

- To be alone.

- Wait!

(thud)

(dramatic string music)

(bells chiming)

(heavy metal music)

(thunder rolling)

(laughs)

- Hey!

- Uh-oh, there goes my audience.

(bubbles)

(glops)

- So step right up.

Step right up.

- Damn!

(thud)

(growls)

- Christ, I'm scared.

(heavy metal music)

♫ I've got my reasons

♫ Held back by forces

♫ I've listened too closely to lies

♫ That have been told to me

♫ I've wandered blindly
into false darkness

♫ Oh, I pray to idols

♫ Placed before me

♫ There's beauty in the madness

♫ Sane days have gone astray

♫ There is no pain or sadness

♫ Since the fear has slipped away

♫ Because the tide has turned

♫ And I really do not know

♫ All my bridges have been burned

♫ And I have nowhere to go

♫ Now, blind eyes can see

♫ As it is above, so be it below

♫ As it is, you know it

♫ What you already know

♫ It all has been and will always be

♫ As it is above, so be it below

♫ As it is, you know it

♫ What you already know

♫ It all has been and will always be

♫ As it is above, so be it below

♫ As it is, you know it

♫ What you already know

♫ It all has been and will always be ♫