When I Consume You (2021) - full transcript
A woman and her brother seek revenge against a mysterious stalker.
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
Hello?
Daph?
Daphne?
Sorry.
I'm in the shower,
I'll be out in a sec!
Will, I'm good, I'll
be out in a sec,
just give me just
two seconds, please.
Okay.
Go ahead.
I decided I want to be a teacher
because I want to help people.
People who've had a hard
time need help and protection
and to feel safe, like kids.
It's really scary to be a kid.
And I know what that's like.
I will work so hard
to help people.
If you just give me a chance.
If it's awful, just tell me.
No, it's not awful.
Hey, I got you something.
It's from a quote I really like.
It's for you.
Hey, are you okay?
What happened to Adriana?
Her father died.
Oh.
I'm so sorry.
What's your son's name?
Okay.
Daphne, you still work at
Behemoth as a project manager?
Yes.
And you have said your
parents won't be involved.
Still true?
Yes, we don't speak to them.
Is that your brother?
Yes, that's Wilson.
And he works as a janitor.
Mm-hmm.
He's the best.
You can totally write that down.
Best.
You and Adriana had a more
informal back and forth,
and there were some things that
came up on your application.
Right.
My brother and I, we had
a difficult childhood.
My 20s were not great.
I was lost and angry.
It's been five years
since I've had a drink.
I don't do drugs anymore,
I've never missed therapy.
I've had a steady job
for the past five years,
and my student loans
are almost gone.
It's more complicated than that.
The last time you were here.
That was in anger.
I didn't realize how-
- I would like to review.
Adoption is very
serious, Daphne.
I'm not sure what a
meaning battery is,
but perhaps you could explain?
I've heard
and learned, and read
that people use
children to cover up
problems with their own lives,
with their souls.
People think that
they own their kids.
That they're theirs.
They're not, they're their own.
You're only there to
help them protect them.
With your history,
what would you do
if you were me?
Keep up the good fight.
Oh, hey.
- Hi.
- Hi.
It's three a.m..
He's dead.
Okay, well, can't you make,
this is like a mystical thing
can't you make them undead?
Can I just have it back?
You don't have
the card to make it undead.
Okay, well I, let's,
I think you're fucking
making that up.
No wait, then I
trample your devil
with my fucking cup knight.
- If you do, I'll just block.
- No, your devil
killed my gorgeous chariot
or whatever thing
and must die now.
Okay.
So you attack?
Fuck yes, I attack.
Okay, so I cast
Strength and block with my tower
and kill your cup knight.
Fuck!
I'm fucking awesome
at this game.
It's all part of my plan,
you don't even know.
- Okay.
- I don't wanna
like embarrass you 'cause I
know it's like your thing.
Will?
Are you okay?
No no no no.
Sit down, sit.
- I got it, I just,
No, I got it.
- Sit down.
Sit down, hold my hand.
Hold my hand, you're
having a panic attack.
Okay?
Okay, I know this is scary,
but it's not gonna last.
I know it's scary, but
it's gonna pass, I promise.
Okay?
Just breathe slow.
Hold my hand.
Just keep holding my hand.
I'm not the eye of the tiger?
No.
Will, that literally
makes no sense.
I hate the way I am.
Well, I like the way you are.
You're pretty okay.
You're super fuckin'
annoying, though.
I am super fucking annoying.
I'm super fucking annoying.
You're super fucking annoying.
Just take a deep breath.
I'm taking a lot
of deep breaths.
Just like a slow one now.
Can I help you?
Wilson Shaw?
- Hello, sir.
- Nobody called you did they?
Did you go to college
for four years?
Just one year.
I got some bad news for you.
We reviewed your resume, and
given your skill
set, I think you'd be
better served elsewhere.
Hey Daph?
Daphne?
Daph?
I'm here.
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.
Can you hear me?
Hey.
Look at me, look at me.
Okay.
Look at me.
Come on, we gotta go.
You gotta help me.
Help, help.
No!
Come on!
It's okay, I know you're
scared, it's okay.
Come on!
Come on!
You gotta help me!
You gotta help me!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Just wait, just wait!
Yeah, someone,
someone just murdered my sister.
But I just found her.
Listen, listen to me!
Listen.
I just was in the room
and I saw someone.
I saw someone go out the window.
Please just write it down.
Victim's name is Daphne Shaw.
Found dead in her apartment.
I saw a man run out the window.
4-82.
Up on the roof, down the
fire escape, around the corner.
You did see him?
Well, how did he get down
in the 20 seconds it took
you to get up to the roof,
for him to get up the roof
and down all the
way to the street?
Once you got down there,
did you see him again?
Did you see the man after
you got down to the street?
Deep breath in.
Deep breath in.
How to act or react.
People always
trying to engage you
Mostly I just wanna
be out of there.
My sister was a kind person.
And now she is dead and gone
and will never get to be
kind to anyone ever again.
She is rotting now.
And will rot forever.
People have said that
drugs did this to her.
That it was an accident.
This is not true.
She was murdered.
This is not right.
Evil is still out there.
And I will find it.
I will find it, Daphne.
Did you see a guy earlier?
He was a guy in a dark coat.
Still nothing, man.
Okay, thank you, sir.
Sorry about your sister.
Have you seen anything?
Sorry.
He could be wearing
something different,
or like a different-
- No, you gotta go to the police
Yeah.
Sorry.
Someone hurt my sister.
And I'm looking for him.
Hello, Interim Storage.
Hello?
Hello,
did you just say something?
Yeah, hi.
Who's this?
We keep things for the
state department, primarily.
Who is this?
This is Wilson Shaw.
Someone gave me this number.
They said it was important
that I should call you.
Have you had a tragedy
in the family recently?
June 12th.
I dreamed that I died and
was reborn as the wind.
I would love this.
I love the wind.
It feels like the world
softly hitting you in the face
saying wake up, wake
up, you're alive.
I need to tell Wilson
about everything.
It's getting closer
every day now.
It's not even at the bars and
the clubs like it used to be.
It's following me
home from work.
I was able to cover
the bruises this time,
but I lost a tooth.
I need to tell Wilson.
But what could he do?
Hello?
Hello?
Are you okay?
Who are you?
You know who I am?
Wait.
It's you.
Isn't it?
You're coming with me.
No!
Hello, Wilson.
I knew your sister very well.
I had a plan for her.
And now it's your turn.
I have plans for you,
Wilson Shaw.
Hey.
Hey.
Hi.
Can you sit down closer?
Please.
Sit.
Wait, no, I don't
know all the rules.
How?
I've been trying for a while.
It's like trying to wake up.
Are you evil?
No.
That looks like my sister,
that's trying to torment me?
I am Daphne.
You're my brother.
You brought home a painted
turtle one summer as a pet
and you named him Graxor
the In fabulous the Turtle,
which I told you was too
many dangling modifiers,
and Mom made you try to
kill him with a hammer
and I did it for you.
Okay?
What if you're
just my imagination?
Paroxetine is a selective
serotonin re-uptake inhibitor.
Five hydroxytryptamine, five HT.
I know that.
Do you?
Right.
So you're a ghost.
Don't label me, Will.
Maybe I'm just part
of another world
of collective unconscious,
or maybe humans
are just ghost dreams
and you're part
of our collective unconscious.
It's not about you.
Hey, Daph.
Hi.
I don't remember at all.
I don't remember anything.
It's jumbled, it's like
someone's fucking with my brain
and taking stuff out.
I thought I would
have left something.
I thought there would be
something in my stuff.
Yeah, the journal.
We know you had a stalker,
took me to the alley,
and we know the enemy now.
A stalker.
We know it was him.
I don't-
- The police couldn't help?
I don't remember.
It's up to me.
I'm gonna find him.
How?
I'm gonna find him, and
I'm gonna make him confess.
How, Will?
You can barely tie
your own fucking shoes.
What are we gonna do, Daph?
I don't know, Will, I'm a ghost.
I can't do shit.
- But I can.
I can do it, Daph, I can become
strong enough to fight him.
I'm not gonna let you do that.
Will, he broke you
like it was a game.
I'm not gonna let you get hurt.
Are you kidding me?
- He let me live.
He doesn't think I'm a threat.
I'm going out there!
- Stop!
Okay?
Will, people can't
just be different.
Yes I can.
Daph.
I swear it.
I can become someone who can
stop the man that killed you.
I want to become a fighter.
Like you.
- Like me?
I was five and six.
Not that kind of fighter, Daph.
In life you were the strongest
fighter I'd ever seen.
Okay.
Okay.
You want to fight our stalker.
You say you want
to become like me.
I'm not sure you
actually want that.
But I love you.
And we will try.
Get up!
Get the fuck up!
When Mom and Dad
got mad, you cowered
and apologized for existing.
You cannot do that anymore.
Ow!
Get up.
Don't be fooled into thinking
this is only about strength,
or toughness, or discipline.
This is why
you're still 14.
You are still a child.
The only way to change
is to kill that child.
This isn't about
gaining anything.
It's about losing something.
Otherwise you will
stay a lost little boy,
scared of the world,
scared of himself,
and scared of his own shadow.
And when my killer comes back
for you, he will kill you too.
Daph, I'm sorry.
What are you apologizing for?
Because I'm failing.
What do you think this is?
That you read some books,
you wake up real early
and get a fucking merit badge?
I wanted to have a life.
I wanted to have a
family, a real family,
with children I treated
like they were the sun.
I wanted to make the
world a better place
and somebody took
that away from me,
and you're fucking giving up!
- No, I can't give up.
- You should.
Somebody killed my sister
and I need to stop him.
Give up.
But I love her.
Then your love means
shit, doesn't it?
You love like a mewling worm.
You love like a fucking dog.
Fuck you!
What?
Fuck you.
That is what I need.
Okay?
There we go.
Protect your face.
Can you feel it?
Can you feel that child
inside of you die?
Good.
Let it go.
Let it die.
Good.
Oh god, get the
fuck away from me.
Get the fuck away from me.
It's me, it's Will, it's Will.
Hey, look at me.
- You're fucking lying to me!
I'm not, I'm not.
It's okay.
- Fuck you.
It's okay, you're on the street?
Leave me alone.
I'm Will, it's me.
I promise.
It's me.
Daphne.
It's okay, you're on the street
outside your apartment.
I'm your brother.
I'm Will.
- Go.
Who am I?
What's my name?
You're not him.
You're Daphne Shaw, I'm Wilson,
this is the street
outside your apartment.
Go.
Look around, what do you see?
No, leave me alone,
leave me alone.
Okay.
Okay.
Do you want to be inside?
- No.
Keep looking at me.
Stick with me.
I swear it's me.
Look at me.
I swear.
All right.
- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.
- Really fucking embarrassed.
- It's okay.
Hey, don't fall over.
My life is fucked
up, this is so fucked up.
It's okay.
You're okay.
- Oh god.
You're okay, you're okay.
You're with me.
- Yeah?
- You're Daphne.
- Yes, yes.
- I'm Wilson.
- Yes.
We're gonna go inside,
it's gonna be nice and warm.
Mm-hmm, okay.
- Okay?
- Okay.
- All right.
- Okay.
- Ready?
- Yeah.
- Coming in?
- Okay.
- Fine, all right.
- All right, I'm good.
All right.
Thank you.
Oh god.
Thank you so much.
Remember when you came
and found me on the street
and you took me home?
Come on, we've got a busy night.
The Red Room, we haven't
checked that out,
and we need to go east.
At four a.m. we'll
go across the bridge.
We haven't been
there this month.
When I first brought
you to New York,
in our basement one
bedroom in Queens,
the rat king in the wall?
I bartended here.
Hey, listen.
That's him.
Are you sure?
Yes.
With the hood.
There are four of them.
Fuck.
Fuck.
Fuck!
Pretend to throw up, now.
Now!
Will, something is
not right about this.
I thought when I saw
him I'd remember.
That's him.
We need to head back.
If you aren't going to
help, then get out of my way.
Something is really wrong.
We need to get out of here, now.
You are a coward.
Because I don't want you hurt?
You care about that now?
I don't.
Bum a cigarette?
Wilson.
No.
Oh.
Look at me.
Wow.
Yes ma'am.
Do I know you?
Where did you get that lighter?
Over there.
Have a good night.
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay!
I got the lighter
in Chinatown, okay?
You still want to hit me?
You're having a
night, aren't you?
- Who are you?
- So am I!
What's your deal?
Do you know Daphne Shaw?
No, sorry.
Hey.
If I hold out my hand,
will you shake it?
Friends?
Friends.
My name is David Castille.
94th precinct.
You're under arrest.
You're under arrest!
Gah!
Fuckin', why can't
everyone just be nice?
He's fine, come on,
let's get a drink.
My wife left me tonight.
And you just assaulted
a police officer.
Let's get a fuckin' drink.
Come on.
Jesus.
You're a roped out motherfucker.
You gotta tell me your
fitness regime, come on.
Come on!
I'm just looking for someone.
Yes!
Yes!
Yes!
Cheers to that!
Ignore those chinless fucks!
Come on!
Will.
Come on!
I'm serious, I will arrest you.
Come with me.
Wilson.
Faster.
Goddamn Frankenstein
motherfucker.
Woo!
What, are you
fuckin' scared of me?
You think I'm gonna hurt you?
Here.
Take my badge.
Here.
Wanna see my fuckin' gun?
Here.
Keep it if it makes
you feel better.
It's kinda cool.
Just shoot me in
the fuckin' head.
Who fuckin' cares?
My wife did this to me.
You know?
Don't you feel oppressed?
Don't you feel small
and pushed down by life?
Like who are these fuckers
who have everything?
Why do they get to live
like this and we're here?
Like, look at you, you're
fucking retarded or something
and nobody cares.
Are you retarded?
Or right, not
retarded, but mentally,
like a,
fuckin' thing.
I get it.
Fuck!
What about you, man.
Why are you running
around punching people?
I need to find someone.
Why?
It's personal.
Is it a woman?
Thought you were in love with?
Wants you to beat up her ex?
She's dead.
Jesus.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Did you really love her?
Yeah.
She was my best friend
and someone hurt her.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Wait, you're trying
to find the fucker
that messed with her?
Yes.
And did he have this
fucking kind of lighter?
Yes.
Fuck!
I just wanted to,
I wanted,
I should help you.
Who's on your case?
First.
It wasn't drugs.
Okay.
They said it was an
accident, but it wasn't.
Someone killed her.
Alright.
- The man that I saw-
- Yeah.
- The man that I'm after-
- Yeah.
- She's helping me.
- Who?
She's dead.
But she's here.
And she talks to me.
Okay.
Okay.
You don't have to
explain yourself to me.
We all have ghosts.
We all have demons.
We all do strange things
when we can't accept
the world around us.
I'm sure your sister
loves you very much.
Wilson.
I have a daughter.
I didn't even want kids.
But I would happily
burn myself alive
if it meant she was okay.
I would burn everyone alive.
Love is everything.
Who do you keep looking for?
You okay?
I never said it was my sister.
Oh, just wait a second.
Just wait a fuckin' second.
Gonna take you down
to fuckin' lockup,
they're gonna fist your ass.
Wilson.
There she is.
I made sure your sister
didn't remember me.
And you thought I
was just a stalker.
Will, you can't break
someone all at once.
It's not fair.
But all this pain, it's
just a part of a process.
A cycle.
First, you break the spirit.
You cause pain.
Like this.
A fun game.
When I kill someone
with a broken spirit,
that spirit stays
behind, like your sister.
Her restless soul.
That soul is what I eat.
Yes.
I can see you.
Remember me now, Daphne.
This is the last thing you
will see before I consume you.
Your part in this is over now.
Oh god
Thank you so much.
I am such a fucking asshole.
Hi.
I got you a coffee.
I got you a straw
so you could drink.
Yeah.
Careful, it's hot.
Yeah.
Thanks for letting me stay.
Sorry it's really dusty.
A few weeks ago,
you said that you saw God.
And that it's not
out there, it's here.
Even if we can't see it.
Still feel like that?
I don't know.
It just felt like
I could die and
it would be okay.
But it's silly.
I read this book
that said that
everything is the ocean.
And we're all just waves.
And we think we're
separate things,
but actually,
everything's the ocean.
That's Buddhism.
That's probably
"The Heart Sutra."
That's nice.
You're really smart, sis.
I wish I was more like you.
You wish you were like me?
That's ridiculous.
I wish I was like you.
You're so
great, you're the
kindest person I know.
Wanna try meditating?
Okay.
The essence of
change is suffering.
The essence of
suffering is change.
Pain is not wrong.
Death is not wrong.
You are not the story of the
you that you tell yourself.
You are nothing.
You are absolutely nothing,
and you are perfect.
While you are still
alive, be kind,
for both you and the
enemies will soon scatter
and die like leaves and, fuck!
Fuck, I don't wanna die.
I don't wanna die, do you?
No, I don't wanna die,
I have too much to do.
I've wasted so
much fucking time.
I don't wanna die, no.
No!
Buddy, you okay?
What are you doing here?
That's probably
"The Heart Sutra."
Wilson, if you are reading this,
then I fought the
demon and failed,
and now you're alone and
need to fight for both of us.
Hidden inside my
favorite Buddhist texts
I've shoved the secret history
of this monster in our lives
and how I've tried to fight it.
I protected you from
it and I lied to you.
I'm sorry I never told you.
I realize now how unprepared I
left you for what lies ahead.
That ends now.
I hope it is enough.
You and I have been haunted by
a demon since we were little.
I don't know why it chose us.
Maybe because it
thought we'd be weak.
At first it was just eyes
in the back of our closet,
knocking outside the window
when Mom and Dad fought.
Then it found me in
nightclubs and bars in my 20s.
I thought I fought it off
and we were doing okay,
but it came back, and
I couldn't stop it.
I went down a dark path, and
I found a ritual to become
just like it, to
become demonic myself,
to fight evil with evil.
I still lost.
But maybe you won't.
The demon has destroyed my body.
If it has also
swallowed my soul,
here is how to bring me back.
Oh.
Hi.
Is Wilson Shaw there?
Are you Wilson?
I knew Daphne.
I knew her from
work, but also from
the help line that
she was trying to do?
I met you at the funeral,
I think.
I'm Dani?
I brought you...
Daphne left this Christmas
ornament at my place by accident.
It's a bird.
She said that you would
always decorate together
and that you liked the birds.
So, here.
I don't know what's
happening with you,
but I loved your
sister, and I'm so sorry
that it took me so
long to get here.
Do you wanna,
do you wanna take a walk, or...
- Leave.
- Well, excuse me?
- Leave.
- What?
Are you-
- Leave now.
Get out!
Go!
This ritual of yours
won't work, Wilson.
I have too many tricks.
Accept your fate.
Prepare to join your
sister inside of me.
You failed, Wilson.
You and your sister have failed.
You have no idea
what I can do to you.
But I do.
I've learned.
Give her back.
Daph.
Daph.
Daph.
Will.
Wait.
Wait, wait.
It tricks you.
Let go
Will.
It did the same thing to me.
With the pills.
Will.
Stop.
Finally.
Wilson, wake up.
Get outside on the street
where someone can see you.
Get up.
Get the fuck up.
Get up!
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Hi.
- Daph.
- Press.
- I'm so sorry.
- No, shh.
You shut up.
You shut your mouth.
You were just doing
what I told you to.
That's all.
Hey.
I never got to tell
you that quote.
The one from the necklace.
"I sought my soul, but
my soul, I couldn't see.
I sought my God, but
my God eluded me.
I sought my brother
and I found all three."
And sister.
Yeah, damn right.
Good.
Oh, Will, I really
fucked up, I'm so sorry.
- It's my fault.
- No.
I should've helped you.
Will.
It wasn't your fault.
Look at me.
It wasn't your fault.
Daph, it wasn't yours either.
Hold on, brother.
Hold on.
Hold on
Okay?
Hold on. Hold on.
It's warmer now in the city.
Wilson survived.
He's going back to school.
He's getting better.
He still sees the
demon every day.
I still dream.
I dreamed I had a family.
A long good life.
Filled with so many sunsets,
and songs, and grandchildren.
I dreamed I didn't have
to leave my brother
in the world I finally love.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
Someone needs to stop Clearway Law.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
Public shouldn't leave reviews for lawyers.
Hello?
Daph?
Daphne?
Sorry.
I'm in the shower,
I'll be out in a sec!
Will, I'm good, I'll
be out in a sec,
just give me just
two seconds, please.
Okay.
Go ahead.
I decided I want to be a teacher
because I want to help people.
People who've had a hard
time need help and protection
and to feel safe, like kids.
It's really scary to be a kid.
And I know what that's like.
I will work so hard
to help people.
If you just give me a chance.
If it's awful, just tell me.
No, it's not awful.
Hey, I got you something.
It's from a quote I really like.
It's for you.
Hey, are you okay?
What happened to Adriana?
Her father died.
Oh.
I'm so sorry.
What's your son's name?
Okay.
Daphne, you still work at
Behemoth as a project manager?
Yes.
And you have said your
parents won't be involved.
Still true?
Yes, we don't speak to them.
Is that your brother?
Yes, that's Wilson.
And he works as a janitor.
Mm-hmm.
He's the best.
You can totally write that down.
Best.
You and Adriana had a more
informal back and forth,
and there were some things that
came up on your application.
Right.
My brother and I, we had
a difficult childhood.
My 20s were not great.
I was lost and angry.
It's been five years
since I've had a drink.
I don't do drugs anymore,
I've never missed therapy.
I've had a steady job
for the past five years,
and my student loans
are almost gone.
It's more complicated than that.
The last time you were here.
That was in anger.
I didn't realize how-
- I would like to review.
Adoption is very
serious, Daphne.
I'm not sure what a
meaning battery is,
but perhaps you could explain?
I've heard
and learned, and read
that people use
children to cover up
problems with their own lives,
with their souls.
People think that
they own their kids.
That they're theirs.
They're not, they're their own.
You're only there to
help them protect them.
With your history,
what would you do
if you were me?
Keep up the good fight.
Oh, hey.
- Hi.
- Hi.
It's three a.m..
He's dead.
Okay, well, can't you make,
this is like a mystical thing
can't you make them undead?
Can I just have it back?
You don't have
the card to make it undead.
Okay, well I, let's,
I think you're fucking
making that up.
No wait, then I
trample your devil
with my fucking cup knight.
- If you do, I'll just block.
- No, your devil
killed my gorgeous chariot
or whatever thing
and must die now.
Okay.
So you attack?
Fuck yes, I attack.
Okay, so I cast
Strength and block with my tower
and kill your cup knight.
Fuck!
I'm fucking awesome
at this game.
It's all part of my plan,
you don't even know.
- Okay.
- I don't wanna
like embarrass you 'cause I
know it's like your thing.
Will?
Are you okay?
No no no no.
Sit down, sit.
- I got it, I just,
No, I got it.
- Sit down.
Sit down, hold my hand.
Hold my hand, you're
having a panic attack.
Okay?
Okay, I know this is scary,
but it's not gonna last.
I know it's scary, but
it's gonna pass, I promise.
Okay?
Just breathe slow.
Hold my hand.
Just keep holding my hand.
I'm not the eye of the tiger?
No.
Will, that literally
makes no sense.
I hate the way I am.
Well, I like the way you are.
You're pretty okay.
You're super fuckin'
annoying, though.
I am super fucking annoying.
I'm super fucking annoying.
You're super fucking annoying.
Just take a deep breath.
I'm taking a lot
of deep breaths.
Just like a slow one now.
Can I help you?
Wilson Shaw?
- Hello, sir.
- Nobody called you did they?
Did you go to college
for four years?
Just one year.
I got some bad news for you.
We reviewed your resume, and
given your skill
set, I think you'd be
better served elsewhere.
Hey Daph?
Daphne?
Daph?
I'm here.
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.
Can you hear me?
Hey.
Look at me, look at me.
Okay.
Look at me.
Come on, we gotta go.
You gotta help me.
Help, help.
No!
Come on!
It's okay, I know you're
scared, it's okay.
Come on!
Come on!
You gotta help me!
You gotta help me!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Just wait, just wait!
Yeah, someone,
someone just murdered my sister.
But I just found her.
Listen, listen to me!
Listen.
I just was in the room
and I saw someone.
I saw someone go out the window.
Please just write it down.
Victim's name is Daphne Shaw.
Found dead in her apartment.
I saw a man run out the window.
4-82.
Up on the roof, down the
fire escape, around the corner.
You did see him?
Well, how did he get down
in the 20 seconds it took
you to get up to the roof,
for him to get up the roof
and down all the
way to the street?
Once you got down there,
did you see him again?
Did you see the man after
you got down to the street?
Deep breath in.
Deep breath in.
How to act or react.
People always
trying to engage you
Mostly I just wanna
be out of there.
My sister was a kind person.
And now she is dead and gone
and will never get to be
kind to anyone ever again.
She is rotting now.
And will rot forever.
People have said that
drugs did this to her.
That it was an accident.
This is not true.
She was murdered.
This is not right.
Evil is still out there.
And I will find it.
I will find it, Daphne.
Did you see a guy earlier?
He was a guy in a dark coat.
Still nothing, man.
Okay, thank you, sir.
Sorry about your sister.
Have you seen anything?
Sorry.
He could be wearing
something different,
or like a different-
- No, you gotta go to the police
Yeah.
Sorry.
Someone hurt my sister.
And I'm looking for him.
Hello, Interim Storage.
Hello?
Hello,
did you just say something?
Yeah, hi.
Who's this?
We keep things for the
state department, primarily.
Who is this?
This is Wilson Shaw.
Someone gave me this number.
They said it was important
that I should call you.
Have you had a tragedy
in the family recently?
June 12th.
I dreamed that I died and
was reborn as the wind.
I would love this.
I love the wind.
It feels like the world
softly hitting you in the face
saying wake up, wake
up, you're alive.
I need to tell Wilson
about everything.
It's getting closer
every day now.
It's not even at the bars and
the clubs like it used to be.
It's following me
home from work.
I was able to cover
the bruises this time,
but I lost a tooth.
I need to tell Wilson.
But what could he do?
Hello?
Hello?
Are you okay?
Who are you?
You know who I am?
Wait.
It's you.
Isn't it?
You're coming with me.
No!
Hello, Wilson.
I knew your sister very well.
I had a plan for her.
And now it's your turn.
I have plans for you,
Wilson Shaw.
Hey.
Hey.
Hi.
Can you sit down closer?
Please.
Sit.
Wait, no, I don't
know all the rules.
How?
I've been trying for a while.
It's like trying to wake up.
Are you evil?
No.
That looks like my sister,
that's trying to torment me?
I am Daphne.
You're my brother.
You brought home a painted
turtle one summer as a pet
and you named him Graxor
the In fabulous the Turtle,
which I told you was too
many dangling modifiers,
and Mom made you try to
kill him with a hammer
and I did it for you.
Okay?
What if you're
just my imagination?
Paroxetine is a selective
serotonin re-uptake inhibitor.
Five hydroxytryptamine, five HT.
I know that.
Do you?
Right.
So you're a ghost.
Don't label me, Will.
Maybe I'm just part
of another world
of collective unconscious,
or maybe humans
are just ghost dreams
and you're part
of our collective unconscious.
It's not about you.
Hey, Daph.
Hi.
I don't remember at all.
I don't remember anything.
It's jumbled, it's like
someone's fucking with my brain
and taking stuff out.
I thought I would
have left something.
I thought there would be
something in my stuff.
Yeah, the journal.
We know you had a stalker,
took me to the alley,
and we know the enemy now.
A stalker.
We know it was him.
I don't-
- The police couldn't help?
I don't remember.
It's up to me.
I'm gonna find him.
How?
I'm gonna find him, and
I'm gonna make him confess.
How, Will?
You can barely tie
your own fucking shoes.
What are we gonna do, Daph?
I don't know, Will, I'm a ghost.
I can't do shit.
- But I can.
I can do it, Daph, I can become
strong enough to fight him.
I'm not gonna let you do that.
Will, he broke you
like it was a game.
I'm not gonna let you get hurt.
Are you kidding me?
- He let me live.
He doesn't think I'm a threat.
I'm going out there!
- Stop!
Okay?
Will, people can't
just be different.
Yes I can.
Daph.
I swear it.
I can become someone who can
stop the man that killed you.
I want to become a fighter.
Like you.
- Like me?
I was five and six.
Not that kind of fighter, Daph.
In life you were the strongest
fighter I'd ever seen.
Okay.
Okay.
You want to fight our stalker.
You say you want
to become like me.
I'm not sure you
actually want that.
But I love you.
And we will try.
Get up!
Get the fuck up!
When Mom and Dad
got mad, you cowered
and apologized for existing.
You cannot do that anymore.
Ow!
Get up.
Don't be fooled into thinking
this is only about strength,
or toughness, or discipline.
This is why
you're still 14.
You are still a child.
The only way to change
is to kill that child.
This isn't about
gaining anything.
It's about losing something.
Otherwise you will
stay a lost little boy,
scared of the world,
scared of himself,
and scared of his own shadow.
And when my killer comes back
for you, he will kill you too.
Daph, I'm sorry.
What are you apologizing for?
Because I'm failing.
What do you think this is?
That you read some books,
you wake up real early
and get a fucking merit badge?
I wanted to have a life.
I wanted to have a
family, a real family,
with children I treated
like they were the sun.
I wanted to make the
world a better place
and somebody took
that away from me,
and you're fucking giving up!
- No, I can't give up.
- You should.
Somebody killed my sister
and I need to stop him.
Give up.
But I love her.
Then your love means
shit, doesn't it?
You love like a mewling worm.
You love like a fucking dog.
Fuck you!
What?
Fuck you.
That is what I need.
Okay?
There we go.
Protect your face.
Can you feel it?
Can you feel that child
inside of you die?
Good.
Let it go.
Let it die.
Good.
Oh god, get the
fuck away from me.
Get the fuck away from me.
It's me, it's Will, it's Will.
Hey, look at me.
- You're fucking lying to me!
I'm not, I'm not.
It's okay.
- Fuck you.
It's okay, you're on the street?
Leave me alone.
I'm Will, it's me.
I promise.
It's me.
Daphne.
It's okay, you're on the street
outside your apartment.
I'm your brother.
I'm Will.
- Go.
Who am I?
What's my name?
You're not him.
You're Daphne Shaw, I'm Wilson,
this is the street
outside your apartment.
Go.
Look around, what do you see?
No, leave me alone,
leave me alone.
Okay.
Okay.
Do you want to be inside?
- No.
Keep looking at me.
Stick with me.
I swear it's me.
Look at me.
I swear.
All right.
- I'm sorry.
- It's okay.
- Really fucking embarrassed.
- It's okay.
Hey, don't fall over.
My life is fucked
up, this is so fucked up.
It's okay.
You're okay.
- Oh god.
You're okay, you're okay.
You're with me.
- Yeah?
- You're Daphne.
- Yes, yes.
- I'm Wilson.
- Yes.
We're gonna go inside,
it's gonna be nice and warm.
Mm-hmm, okay.
- Okay?
- Okay.
- All right.
- Okay.
- Ready?
- Yeah.
- Coming in?
- Okay.
- Fine, all right.
- All right, I'm good.
All right.
Thank you.
Oh god.
Thank you so much.
Remember when you came
and found me on the street
and you took me home?
Come on, we've got a busy night.
The Red Room, we haven't
checked that out,
and we need to go east.
At four a.m. we'll
go across the bridge.
We haven't been
there this month.
When I first brought
you to New York,
in our basement one
bedroom in Queens,
the rat king in the wall?
I bartended here.
Hey, listen.
That's him.
Are you sure?
Yes.
With the hood.
There are four of them.
Fuck.
Fuck.
Fuck!
Pretend to throw up, now.
Now!
Will, something is
not right about this.
I thought when I saw
him I'd remember.
That's him.
We need to head back.
If you aren't going to
help, then get out of my way.
Something is really wrong.
We need to get out of here, now.
You are a coward.
Because I don't want you hurt?
You care about that now?
I don't.
Bum a cigarette?
Wilson.
No.
Oh.
Look at me.
Wow.
Yes ma'am.
Do I know you?
Where did you get that lighter?
Over there.
Have a good night.
It's okay, it's okay, it's okay!
I got the lighter
in Chinatown, okay?
You still want to hit me?
You're having a
night, aren't you?
- Who are you?
- So am I!
What's your deal?
Do you know Daphne Shaw?
No, sorry.
Hey.
If I hold out my hand,
will you shake it?
Friends?
Friends.
My name is David Castille.
94th precinct.
You're under arrest.
You're under arrest!
Gah!
Fuckin', why can't
everyone just be nice?
He's fine, come on,
let's get a drink.
My wife left me tonight.
And you just assaulted
a police officer.
Let's get a fuckin' drink.
Come on.
Jesus.
You're a roped out motherfucker.
You gotta tell me your
fitness regime, come on.
Come on!
I'm just looking for someone.
Yes!
Yes!
Yes!
Cheers to that!
Ignore those chinless fucks!
Come on!
Will.
Come on!
I'm serious, I will arrest you.
Come with me.
Wilson.
Faster.
Goddamn Frankenstein
motherfucker.
Woo!
What, are you
fuckin' scared of me?
You think I'm gonna hurt you?
Here.
Take my badge.
Here.
Wanna see my fuckin' gun?
Here.
Keep it if it makes
you feel better.
It's kinda cool.
Just shoot me in
the fuckin' head.
Who fuckin' cares?
My wife did this to me.
You know?
Don't you feel oppressed?
Don't you feel small
and pushed down by life?
Like who are these fuckers
who have everything?
Why do they get to live
like this and we're here?
Like, look at you, you're
fucking retarded or something
and nobody cares.
Are you retarded?
Or right, not
retarded, but mentally,
like a,
fuckin' thing.
I get it.
Fuck!
What about you, man.
Why are you running
around punching people?
I need to find someone.
Why?
It's personal.
Is it a woman?
Thought you were in love with?
Wants you to beat up her ex?
She's dead.
Jesus.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Did you really love her?
Yeah.
She was my best friend
and someone hurt her.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Wait, you're trying
to find the fucker
that messed with her?
Yes.
And did he have this
fucking kind of lighter?
Yes.
Fuck!
I just wanted to,
I wanted,
I should help you.
Who's on your case?
First.
It wasn't drugs.
Okay.
They said it was an
accident, but it wasn't.
Someone killed her.
Alright.
- The man that I saw-
- Yeah.
- The man that I'm after-
- Yeah.
- She's helping me.
- Who?
She's dead.
But she's here.
And she talks to me.
Okay.
Okay.
You don't have to
explain yourself to me.
We all have ghosts.
We all have demons.
We all do strange things
when we can't accept
the world around us.
I'm sure your sister
loves you very much.
Wilson.
I have a daughter.
I didn't even want kids.
But I would happily
burn myself alive
if it meant she was okay.
I would burn everyone alive.
Love is everything.
Who do you keep looking for?
You okay?
I never said it was my sister.
Oh, just wait a second.
Just wait a fuckin' second.
Gonna take you down
to fuckin' lockup,
they're gonna fist your ass.
Wilson.
There she is.
I made sure your sister
didn't remember me.
And you thought I
was just a stalker.
Will, you can't break
someone all at once.
It's not fair.
But all this pain, it's
just a part of a process.
A cycle.
First, you break the spirit.
You cause pain.
Like this.
A fun game.
When I kill someone
with a broken spirit,
that spirit stays
behind, like your sister.
Her restless soul.
That soul is what I eat.
Yes.
I can see you.
Remember me now, Daphne.
This is the last thing you
will see before I consume you.
Your part in this is over now.
Oh god
Thank you so much.
I am such a fucking asshole.
Hi.
I got you a coffee.
I got you a straw
so you could drink.
Yeah.
Careful, it's hot.
Yeah.
Thanks for letting me stay.
Sorry it's really dusty.
A few weeks ago,
you said that you saw God.
And that it's not
out there, it's here.
Even if we can't see it.
Still feel like that?
I don't know.
It just felt like
I could die and
it would be okay.
But it's silly.
I read this book
that said that
everything is the ocean.
And we're all just waves.
And we think we're
separate things,
but actually,
everything's the ocean.
That's Buddhism.
That's probably
"The Heart Sutra."
That's nice.
You're really smart, sis.
I wish I was more like you.
You wish you were like me?
That's ridiculous.
I wish I was like you.
You're so
great, you're the
kindest person I know.
Wanna try meditating?
Okay.
The essence of
change is suffering.
The essence of
suffering is change.
Pain is not wrong.
Death is not wrong.
You are not the story of the
you that you tell yourself.
You are nothing.
You are absolutely nothing,
and you are perfect.
While you are still
alive, be kind,
for both you and the
enemies will soon scatter
and die like leaves and, fuck!
Fuck, I don't wanna die.
I don't wanna die, do you?
No, I don't wanna die,
I have too much to do.
I've wasted so
much fucking time.
I don't wanna die, no.
No!
Buddy, you okay?
What are you doing here?
That's probably
"The Heart Sutra."
Wilson, if you are reading this,
then I fought the
demon and failed,
and now you're alone and
need to fight for both of us.
Hidden inside my
favorite Buddhist texts
I've shoved the secret history
of this monster in our lives
and how I've tried to fight it.
I protected you from
it and I lied to you.
I'm sorry I never told you.
I realize now how unprepared I
left you for what lies ahead.
That ends now.
I hope it is enough.
You and I have been haunted by
a demon since we were little.
I don't know why it chose us.
Maybe because it
thought we'd be weak.
At first it was just eyes
in the back of our closet,
knocking outside the window
when Mom and Dad fought.
Then it found me in
nightclubs and bars in my 20s.
I thought I fought it off
and we were doing okay,
but it came back, and
I couldn't stop it.
I went down a dark path, and
I found a ritual to become
just like it, to
become demonic myself,
to fight evil with evil.
I still lost.
But maybe you won't.
The demon has destroyed my body.
If it has also
swallowed my soul,
here is how to bring me back.
Oh.
Hi.
Is Wilson Shaw there?
Are you Wilson?
I knew Daphne.
I knew her from
work, but also from
the help line that
she was trying to do?
I met you at the funeral,
I think.
I'm Dani?
I brought you...
Daphne left this Christmas
ornament at my place by accident.
It's a bird.
She said that you would
always decorate together
and that you liked the birds.
So, here.
I don't know what's
happening with you,
but I loved your
sister, and I'm so sorry
that it took me so
long to get here.
Do you wanna,
do you wanna take a walk, or...
- Leave.
- Well, excuse me?
- Leave.
- What?
Are you-
- Leave now.
Get out!
Go!
This ritual of yours
won't work, Wilson.
I have too many tricks.
Accept your fate.
Prepare to join your
sister inside of me.
You failed, Wilson.
You and your sister have failed.
You have no idea
what I can do to you.
But I do.
I've learned.
Give her back.
Daph.
Daph.
Daph.
Will.
Wait.
Wait, wait.
It tricks you.
Let go
Will.
It did the same thing to me.
With the pills.
Will.
Stop.
Finally.
Wilson, wake up.
Get outside on the street
where someone can see you.
Get up.
Get the fuck up.
Get up!
It's okay.
It's okay.
It's okay.
Hi.
- Daph.
- Press.
- I'm so sorry.
- No, shh.
You shut up.
You shut your mouth.
You were just doing
what I told you to.
That's all.
Hey.
I never got to tell
you that quote.
The one from the necklace.
"I sought my soul, but
my soul, I couldn't see.
I sought my God, but
my God eluded me.
I sought my brother
and I found all three."
And sister.
Yeah, damn right.
Good.
Oh, Will, I really
fucked up, I'm so sorry.
- It's my fault.
- No.
I should've helped you.
Will.
It wasn't your fault.
Look at me.
It wasn't your fault.
Daph, it wasn't yours either.
Hold on, brother.
Hold on.
Hold on
Okay?
Hold on. Hold on.
It's warmer now in the city.
Wilson survived.
He's going back to school.
He's getting better.
He still sees the
demon every day.
I still dream.
I dreamed I had a family.
A long good life.
Filled with so many sunsets,
and songs, and grandchildren.
I dreamed I didn't have
to leave my brother
in the world I finally love.
Goodbye.
Goodbye.
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