The Towel Man (2021) - full transcript

So you want me to tell you
the story of the Towel Man?

Every town has their boogey
man, we have the Towel Man.

He goes from house to the house, neighborhood
to neighborhood, stalking women.

He goes and stalk his victim,
covering his face with a towel.

Mom!

No!

- Skye?
- He like to catch them fresh out of the shower.

He had a weird obsession
for towels.

Stop!

Stop!

Get off!



It started some time ago,
at Portsmouth, Virginia.

Girl, somebody got attacked
last night on the Academy Park.

It's like the third time
in two months.

I know. They are scared to start
calling it what it is though.

And, what's that?

Girl, we got a serial rapist
running around.

Think about it.

Three rape cases
in two months,

all of them near Academy Park.

But the last one
wasn't even in Academy Park.

Girl, cavalier men are
right around the corner.

That's your neighborhood.
They can't going to stand for you.

Wait, I move
to Academy Park.

Ya'll trying to scare
a bitch, something?



Girl, don't be scared.
be ready shit.

I wish a motherfucker would try to come
up in my house, try to get these goodies.

These goodies ain't
been touched in a long time.

I might just leave
the window open. Hey boys?

Girl, stop playing.

This is serious.
I'm just glad I got Chris around.

Why? So, I can um,
unpack supplies.

- So, you just said, you got the goodies?
- No.

Karen thinks there's a serial
rapist in Hampton Roads.

- Why, what happened?
- Boy, there's somebody out here stealing goodies.

And just like pick
one of you then.

I don't know. Somebody got attacked
last night on Academy Park.

Karen asked if I was worried
but not with my man around.

Ah, ah, uh, huh.
Where can I get one of these?

You got a brother,
cousin, daddy?

Um, no. He doesn't have a brother and
you can't get one because this here,

is my man.

We will see
about that.

We'll see.

Now, at the same time it was
happening, a kid was getting snatched.

They called that
person Snatch.

April! April! Has anybody
seen my little girl?

April! April!
Where's my daughter? April!

How was work today?

Today, I am so exhausted.

You know how busy we get
before weekend.

- Yeah, and I've seen a couple of new faces in there today.
- Okay.

You better be careful Karen's
crazy ass gonna run them away.

Karen's a dope stylist.

I mean, she can be
a little cray-cray but...

oh my gosh! You should have heard
the way she was talking about

what she would do if somebody
ran up in her house. Oh, God!

Yeah. That girl crazy.

Yes, she is crazy.

Shit.

Nigger, who the fuck are you?
What are you doin' at my door?

Uh, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to scare you.

I saw you dropped your ba, uh,
when you got off the bus and um,

you left your
keys in the door.

Thanks, but stop creeping up on people like
that, standin' at my door looking crazy.

Were you following me?

No, no, no,
I wasn't following.

I mean, yeah, I was following
you, but um, you, you do hair?

Oh. Okay.

Yeah.
I'm ready to make a change.

A change? Just go down to the
barbershop and let Benny hook you up.

No, uh,

- I'm Nick.
- Okay.

Just plain
Nicholas Alexander Reed,

but I'm ready to make a change and be
the person that I know I'm ready to be.

Well, look, Nikki, Nicole,
whoever you are.

I don't do charity cases and
I don't do hair at my home.

What about you, you know,
show up to the shop about Wednesday or so,

and we'll see
what we could do.

Sounds good?

But answer this, why are
you so dirty though like?

Uh, landscaping mostly,

but, um, hopefully I'll be
an interior decorator soon.

Well, wash your ass before
you come down to the shop.

Don't be coming down there decorating
our interior with your dirty ass shoes

and be there first thing
Thursday morning.

Okay, great.

All right. See you there.

Alexa play Rob J.

Now playing Rob J on shuffle.

No, no.

Breaking news on the latest
attack from last night

where police detectives are concerned
we have a serial rapist on loose.

Reporting live from Channel 4
News, this is Riley Shorts.

This is really a two for one. Hampton
Roads Fire Department is on the scene.

When we got there,
we found the body.

- How bad is it?
- It's terrible.

Excuse me, detective.

It's true that I heard
you express your concerns

for a serial rapist
on the loose?

No, ma'am. I'm not sure you heard it right.
I don't have any comment.

Okay.

All I can tell you is this
is an active investigation.

We're doing our best to collect
as much evidence as possible

and make the arrest.

Well, there you have it live
reporting for Channel 4 News.

This is Riley Shorts.

See, now, Karen.

That last attack was
really scaring people.

People are so crazy nowadays.

Oh,

speaking of crazy, well,
come tomorrow.

Oh, bitch,
I know what today is.

I was in the neighborhood
and I stopped by.

I heard about the fire
down the street from you.

Oh, so we friends now? What happened
to your sense of style, nigga?

Girl, Nicholas stutters
with his little pathetic ass.

I am Nicole Alexis.
Bitch, I'm fabulous.

Okay.

Um, Karen, you wanna
introduce me to your friend?

He just said his
whole damn name.

- You didn't hear it?
- Mm-hmm.

Oh, Reed. He forgot Reed.
Nicole Alexis Reed, meet Tina.

Tina is the owner of the shop.

Hey. Nice to meet you.

I'm in my transition, and Karen is
going to help me get a hair makeover.

Nice.

Yeah, in exchange for him.

Her.

Oh, her.

In exchange for her

cleaning up on the shop a little bit,
you know, for about a week or so.

A week?

Bitch, I'm about to give you
a hairdo of a lifetime.

You can't work that shit
off in a week. Oh, girl.

Give me a hug. Proud of you.
See you tomorrow.

Mm-hmm.

- Who was that?
- Oh, that was Nikki.

She got an appointment
for tomorrow.

Please tell me
those are a box of bundles.

You might look.

Breaking news
on last night's attack

where police detectives are concerned
that we have a serial rapist on the loose.

I knew. That's me telling...
that's me telling you.

I knew there was a rapist
running around here.

How do you know
they're connected?

You know, the streets
be talking.

She thinks because it's in the same
area as last time that it could be…

Could be?

Some sad, sad ass
little dick motherfucker

runnin' around here raping
women for five and three months.

Think about it.

I wish the police catch his
ass and put him in jail.

Shit, I ain't even detective
and I figured that shit out.

- You always act this crazy when you are in your cycle?
- Chris?

Nigga, who says I'm
about a cycle?

So then...
...What's up.

Tell me something.

What's up with you and Karen? I mean, you
was a little hostile towards her earlier.

What you talking about?
Your crazy ass co-worker?

Ain't nobody worried
about that girl,

she the one that got
all riled up today.

I mean, she does feel some type
of way about these attacks.

I mean
how do you feel about it?

I don't know.

I just... I feel like I need a
big, strong, handsome… some...

know you wasn't honest.

ManI can say the same. It's all pieces to
the puzzle. They're closing down my way.

Hey now, we have to give it all up.
Now I'm in the club Hennessey in my cup.

One to the three now
a brother messed up.

And now a brother messed up.
Know that my heart has changed.

Know what you own
cause you be playing games.

The madness didn't stop.
It just kept going.

Didn't matter where you lived,
didn't matter who you were.

If the towel man wanted you,
he was gonna get you.

Nobody knows how he got
inside of the house.

Through the window,
through a open door.

He always found
his way inside.

They never heard him coming.

Hello, officers,
can I help you?

Hey good afternoon, ladies.
I'm looking for Ms. Maria Dunn.

I'm Ms. Dunn.

Yeah. What's going on?

Girl, something happened
last night

and I was just scared
to call the police. It's

Ma'am, is there somewhere
we can talk alone?

I am new here
and these are my friends.

They're all I have.
We talk in front of them. That's okay.

- Here.
- What?

All right, I gotta go.
Gotta go.

All right. I'll holler at
you when we get to work.

Hey baby, uh, what's going on?
Why the police here?

Maria got attacked last night.

Okay. Ma'am,

could you please give us a
description of your attacker?

The first time he came in,

I didn't see his face.

He pulled the shower
curtain on my head.

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

What do you mean
the first time?

After he was finished,

I went to go look for my
phone to call for help.

He was there, standing
in my bedroom.

He broke my phone and told
me if I called police,

he'll come back
and do it to me again.

We're going to take you to
the hospital for rape kit.

Oh no, no, honey.
I already showered and bathed.

And after all of that
violation, I went to sleep.

I got up this morning.

I bought me a new
phone and I called y'all.

Ma'am, ma'am, I hate to play
devil's advocate

here, but why'd you wait
so long to call us?

A devil's advocate?

She don't need devil's
advocate now, officer,

she needs help try to catch
the predator that done this.

But nobody not
talking truth.

Everybody there say know people, one man
where we covered in fear rape people.

But none of them
help the case.

Believe me, if it takes
my entire career,

I am going to catch this guy.

Hey man. I've been meaning
to ask you to God damn

Why you hot assed when
you see 5-0 today?

What you got warrants
or something?

- Mm?
- Yeah.

I ain't got no warrant.

You know, don't mess with
the police.

Anyway, what was they
here for?

Man, they came
to talk to Maria.

They said she got
raped last night.

Maria?
Yeah.

- Fine ass, Maria?
- Yeah

Who'd do something like that.

Now that girl ain't gon' be no
good for a long time to come.

What you mean?

Like that's the type of shit that
mess girls emotionally for life,

leaving scars for life.

I mean, but she do
it to herself.

always dressing like
a litttle slut.

All right, come on, man.
I think it's more complex.

You know how woman dresses.

That one of God's most
delicate creations,

you know? Her smell,
her look, her aura.

No, I ain't never fucked
a smell, a look and or a aura

What the fuck
you talking about?

Whatever man.

We gon' be here
all night looking at this.

I can't seem to see a pattern
I don't know.

Can you?

No.

The only thing all of our
victims had in common

was an unidentified male,

6 feet tall, 200 pounds
with a towel on his face.

Always wears condom and
always wears gloves.

That makes me think this
has gotta be premeditated,

not a spontaneous.

I have to disagree.

Perp may just be
protecting himself

from an STD instead of not
trying to leave evidence.

Either way, I'm calling
quits for tonight.

Ishmi, did Peter
have a stroke?

No Daddy, Pete
has cultured himself.

Nope.

So, what's the deal here?

practices. As the
name suggests,

social distancing means
keeping your dist…

island.

device is the device for me.
it is

Williams died of
smoke inhalation.

In other
news tonight,

the serial rapist known as
Towel Man has struck again.

This time his victim
was a 26-year-old student

from Norfolk Dominion
University,

the world's first
Ivy League HBCU.

This is crazy.

Police yet to find a motive or a suspect.
I don't think it's just that.

This is the 26th
attack this year.

When we come back,
Jim will give you the weather.

It suppose to be
sunny this week.

Stay tuned on WSKY News.

Chris?

Chris?

Ah! Oh my Gosh.
Don't scare me like that.

You can pick an A
and that ass so soft.

We can 95 let me
take a low dose.

Got it just to blow,
and ain't worry about it cause.

Shit! Wow man.

What?

Shit! you ain't hear about
Towel man shit on the news?

Nigga, I was the
towel man last night.

What you mean
you was the towel man?

Man, I came in the room
with a towel over my head

and I smoked Tina's boobs.

Ah! Y'all into that
weird role-play type of shit.

Nah, man. I'm just tryin'

hit you know to spice
relationship up.

That girl has sex drive,
what I say, she can go.

Get you some blue pills.

Blue pills?
Nigga fuck those blue pills.

and help me turn her
ass all the way up?

What do you mean turn her up?

Tag team. Nigga you know
what I'm sayin'

Dude, why would I wanna
fuck your wife?

Nigga I'd seein' way
you look at her ass man.

You want to fuck
my girl. Stop playin'.

Probably 'cause she's
got it on display.

I mean, if I did
wanna to fuck her?

She wouldn't be,
would it?

And then, usually
when I have sex,

- I have the only dick that's in the room. Pfft.
- Whatever

Hello. We're here to
see Maria. Has she left?

No, she hasn't been
by in a few days.

Have you tried calling her?

We did. Um, she actually
prefers to talk to us here.

Um, however, we believe
that there may be

some video footage
evidence on her doorbell.

Um, I gotta do somethin' for
Tite real quick.

Wait, you leavin' already?

Where you going?
I thought we're doing lunch.

Well I gotta do some...
I gotta do something for Tite real quick.

- Uh, I'll see you at home later.
- Bye.

Maria. Yeah, I gotta
get dressed.

Then, I gotta to apartment
and make a statement.

I know, I know.

I know, I know.
All right, talk to you later.

Stop. Stop, stop, stop, stop.
Stop. Stop it.

She want her turn,
She tryna make love.

Ahh.!

Ah. I'm feeling this Ah.

Oh my God.
What happened?

He just told me to come
pick him up at work,

I had an accident at work.

Some boxes fell on my head.
That's it. I'll be good.

Let me take a look.
Are you okay?

Yeah, yeah
I'll be alright.

Just go get the first… the
first aid kit or some cotton.

Man, tell me
what's really going on around here.

I know you ain't bumped
your head on no box.

All right man.
Listen, look.

I was this girl's house
last night, man.

What'd you want me to tell Tina
that, come on man.

Oh babe.

I'm just gonna take the day
off and stay home with you.

What about supplies I've
got to take the shop later.

I mean, you are
not going nowhere mister?

Hey, can you take supplies to the shop.
I'll call Karen let her know it's you.

Yeah, I can do
that for you.

Thank you.
Let's take a look at your head.

Let me see.

Does that hurt?

No, not really. I'm good

How're you feeling.

It's not that bad.

It's just a pride practice,
why should I be trying faster.

I'm madder than
a smoke from a fire pipe.

Lord have mercy. I heard that they
still haven't caught that Towel Man yet

and I heard he attacked
Maria again last night.

What! Girl, that low-life son of a
bitch, broke into my house too.

For real. So he's attacking everybody, huh.
Like hide your kids, hide your wife.

Mm-hmm, child, I fought back.

I may be gay,
but I ain't no punk.

Cracked his ass right in his
head last night with an ashtray.

That's...

Hey Tite,
where's your boy today.

Oh, he had a concussion.
Tina asked me to stop over

and drop these boxes
off for her.

Oh, you sit them in the corner over there.
I'll get them eventually.

How the hell
he get a concussion though?

He said that some boxes dropped,
then hit him in the head.

Hmm. I bet is it ain't as bad as what
I did to the towel man last night.

The Towel Man,
you fought with the Towel Man?

Mm-hmm, cracked his ass right
in the head with an ashtray.

He ran like a little bitch.

I thought he was
only after women.

I mean, you know what I mean?
Like girl, you know what I mean.

I got just as much balls as
him and I'm still a lady.

You telling me you went
fist to fist with the Towel Man.

Cracked his ass in the head
with an ashtray.

Yeah, she did that.

An ashtray.

Really? I'll be back.
I'll be back.

See you later.

- ...back to safety.
- It was…

…you are.

I just don't need you hanging
on me every second, okay.

or even an close talker.

Oh my God.

Look at what they doing there,
they were taking their shirts off at work.

Chris, Tite's here to see you.

What's up Tite?

What's up dawg?

Yeah, I mean, I've been
meaning to talk to you too

about we talked
about at work.

Look, fuck what we
talked about at work.

How about you tell me what's
really going on around here?

Well, I told you,
I fell and hit my head on some boxes.

- Where? At whose house?
- At this new chick I'm seeing.

What you mean, man? I told you I fell
and slipped on one of her kid's toys.

You acting like you ain't hearing me or something,
I offered to share my wife with you man.

- What's going on with you?
- Man, fuck that shit about sharing your wife.

That tranny back at the shop,
said Towel Man tried to get her last night.

And she did a number on his
head, looking at your head,

your head's pretty fucked up.

Tranny, what'd you mean tranny?
I ain't on no gay shit, man.

my whole life since the
same about the second grade

we grew up
togethernigga.

It's like, yo, I tell
you everything, man.

Everything and like you don't
even listen to me sometimes.

Oh, He may not be listening,
but I damn sure do.

So whose house werewas you
at last night?

Bitch, you don't hear me?
Yeah, slide that way

Whose house was you at last night?
I just heard you tell Tite,

you were at some bitch's house last night.
Whose house was you at?

Really, all the shit I've done for you
and you out here cheated on me and shit.

Come in,
I've been expecting you.

I wanted to talk to you some more about
these incidents that keep happening.

I think your attacker
may know you,

and is targeting you
specifically as bait.

But why me?

I'm not from here,
I didn't go to school here.

I know no one
in Hampton Roads.

Only people I know is Tina
and the people at Tina's shop.

I don't know.

Maybe he knows you're
always going to be alone.

Have you noticed anybody paying any
extra attention to you down at the shop.

Tina's boyfriend,
Chris and his homeboy

Um, I think his name is Tite.

I mean that's about it.

I'll be sure to keep in contact
for any updates or happenings.

Before I go, do you mind
if I use your bathroom?

Yeah, no problem.
Straight to the back.

Ahh-aah

He went that way.

All right, so, you got about 20 more
minutes and then you'll be good to go.

I'm about to go put
these boxes around here.

Okay then.

Where are you posing? You got to dry
it for another... Aah! Oh my God!

Get off of me! Let me go!
Somebody help.

Aah! Somebody help me.

Thank you so much.

Oh my God! Thank you.
Thank you. Thank you.

- It's okay.
- Thank you so much.

It's all right,
It's all right.

Hello, this is Riley Shorts, on the scene
of what could possibly be a double homicide

at the Hampton Roads with one of our
victims could possibly be the serial rapist

also known as the Towel Man.

According to a police spokesperson,
the names of the two victims

are being withheld until
families are notified.

However, there appears
to be a strange twist.

One of the individuals was
reportedly shot by the lead detective

and confirmed dead.

However, body from today's attack appears
to be missing from the crime scene.

I'm going to remain live on the
scene with further results to reveal.

Reporting live for Channel
4 News, this is Riley Shorts.

Hey, what you all kids
are doing around here.

You see how dark
it's getting out here?

You're gonna make somebody come
out and snatch one of y'all up,

because you know the
Towel Man is running around.

Excuse me, sir, you do know that
they killed the Towel Man, right?

Shit!

No. The police shot him.
It's all over the news.

That's what they say, ain't nobody
heard nothing about no funeral,

ain't no funeral home.

Remember doing no kind
of work to him.

That man's still rolling around
here, ma'am, I'll tell what you do.

Just keep standing
out here late at night?

You know, you'll be to
testify that he's still living

cause he's gon have
something for you.

Have a good day, sir.

I'll say you won't be picking…
I'll say you won't be picking…

Hello?
Yeah... All right.

I'm
just getting into the motel.

Yeah, it's been a rough day.

Yeah, this whole serial rapist
thing, it's driving me crazy, like…

I don't understand,

but I think I have some inside info
for the police might wantto know about.

Yeah maybe, it may
have been overlooked,

so I'm just gonna you know…

Yeah.

Okay.

Well, I think I'm gonna
try to get some sleep,

thinking about you babes.

Okay.
Good night. Love you.

Cause this is the day I just
can't give you off my mind

Other things would
But it gets lonely sometimes.

But it gets lonely sometimes.

And I need you here to remind me.
Of all the love that we shared.

Tell me who you think
I mean cause I...

I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming,
I'm dreaming of you.

I'm dreaming of you.

I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming,
I'm dreaming of you.

I'm dreaming of you.

I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming,
I'm dreaming of you.

I'm dreaming of you.

I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming,
I'm dreaming of you.

I'm dreaming of you.

No, no!

No, no! Stop it.

Stop. Stop!

Some people think he was killed.
Some people, think he left the twon.

Others think he was caught.

Until this day, no one really
knows, who is the Towel Man.

Jones.

Hey, I got a tip for you!
Is this the Detective Division?

- Yeah.
- I got a tip about some missing kids.

You need to check out.

Who is this?

Nigga, all that ain't important,
I got a tip about some missing kids.

You wanna know
the tip or not?

- Yeah.
- All right so...

So, the kid they're banging on a shipping
yard container, somewhere in one of the

cotainers in the yard, I don't know where
they are I don't know which one it is.

What? Wait, wait where?

In the yard, in the shipyard.

Inside the
shipping containers.

At the shipyard.
Got it. Thanks.