Millennium (1996–1999): Season 3, Episode 5 - ...Thirteen Years Later - full transcript

[Bell Tolling]

[Footsteps Approaching]

OH, IT'S YOU. I THOUGHT
IT WAS SISTER LUCRETIA.

[Giggles]

[Screaming]

[Woman] WOW! THIS
IS SO BEAUTIFUL.

YOU ARE SUCH A GOOD DIRECTOR.

I'LL MAKE YOU SO
HAPPY YOU CAST ME.

I MAY NEED TO LOOK
AT MY BUTT AGAIN.

YOU'LL WEAR OUT THE TAPE, MARTA.

COME ON. IT'S JUST A
ROUGH CUT. COME ON.



HEY, DON'T. I WANNA
WATCH IT AGAIN.

RIGHT HERE... I THOUGHT
I WAS GONNA PUKE.

LEW! IT'S YOUR FAULT. THAT
BLOOD TASTED LIKE SOAP.

IT TASTES FINE, BABY.
YOU TRY IT, THEN.

HEY! THIS IS A NEW
SHIRT! TASTE IT!

- [Giggling]
- OH, YEAH?

I'M GONNA MAKE
YOU A STAR, MARTA.

[Grunting]

- GIVE IT TO ME, BABY.
- [Giggling Continues]

SOAPY, SOAPY,
SOAPY, SOAPY, SOAPY!

[Both Laughing]

COME ON, BIG, BAD
DIRECTOR. TASTE IT!

OKAY. IT DOES TASTE SOAPY.

[Giggling]



I'M GONNA GO TAKE A
SHOWER WHILE YOU...

GO GET US CHAMPAGNE.

[Panting]

OH, IT'S YOU. [Giggles]

HERE'S TO US.

[Giggles] HURRY BACK.

[Grunts, Groans]

LEW?

[Door Creaking]

[Screams]

OH, GOD! OH, GOD!

[Screaming]

MANSON. BUNDY. DAHMER.

THEIR CASES ARE ALL WELL KNOWN.

BUT THE CASE I'M ABOUT
TO DESCRIBE IS SO HORRIFIC,

IT SHOULD NEVER BE
DISCUSSED OUTSIDE THIS ROOM.

IT CHALLENGED EVERY
PRECONCEPTION.

IT FOLLOWED NO
RULES. IF IT HAS A MORAL,

I DO NOT KNOW
WHAT THAT MORAL IS.

THIS STORY IS SO
BIZARRE AND MACABRE,

I WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT HAD I
NOT SEEN IT WITH MY OWN EYES.

IT ALL HAPPENED IN THE WEEK
LEADING UP TO HALLOWEEN.

HEY, FRANK, IT'S
GOOD TO SEE YOU.

THANK YOU.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK
WITH US, FRANK. THANK YOU.

SO, YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE?

YEAH. THIRTEEN YEARS AGO,

JUST ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

THERE WERE THREE MURDERS
A MONTH. IT WAS REALLY BAD.

THE DALE BARKER MURDERS?
THAT WAS YOU? MM-HMM.

THEY TEACH THAT
CASE AT THE ACADEMY.

WELL...

[Man] THEY WERE FROM
CALIFORNIA, IN TOWN MAKIN' A MOVIE.

DO YOU KNOW WHO
MARTA DANBURY IS?

WE COUNTED 55 STAB WOUNDS.

THE OTHER ONE IS THE
DIRECTOR OF THIS HERE PICTURE.

A GUY NAMED LEW CARROLL.

MARTA WAS THE
STAR OF THIS MOVIE.

STAGE BLOOD.

TASTES KINDA SOAPY.

HUMAN BLOOD OXIDIZES
TO A DEEP BROWN.

MR. BLACK, WHAT IS IT?

AGENT HOLLIS, WHAT YOU LEARNED AT
THE ACADEMY WON'T SERVE YOU HERE.

WHAT KIND OF MOVIE IS THIS?

[Man] ACTION!

NEVER BEFORE IN THE ANNALS OF CRIME
HAVE I ENCOUNTERED A MONSTER SO HEINOUS,

SO DEVIOUSLY CLEVER,
SO HARD TO CATCH.

[Sobbing]

[Footsteps Approaching]

KENNY NEIDERMAN.
HE'S THE PRODUCER.

OH, KENNY, THIS IS SPECIAL
AGENT EMMA HOLLIS,

- AND THIS IS FRANK BLACK.
- HEY, NICE TO MEET YA.

WHEN THE PREDATOR IS SO ELUSIVE,

I TRY TO PUT MYSELF IN
THE MADMAN MANIAC MIND.

I CALL IT PROFILING, A
TECHNIQUE I INVENTED IN THE F.B.I.

THAT IS HOW I PLAN TO STOP THIS
MADMAN MANIAC FROM MURDERING,

OR MY NAME ISN'T FRANK BLACK.

WHAT?

CUT! MAGIC! FANTASTIC!

[Bell Rings] THE PICTURE'S
BASED ON A TRUE CASE.

YOU INVESTIGATED THE MURDERS.
THAT MAKES YOU A PUBLIC FIGURE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE
TO BUY YOUR RIGHTS.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO
SUE, I UNDERSTAND.

I DIDN'T SAY I WANTED TO SUE.

[No Audible Dialogue]

WHO WAS MARTA DANBURY
PORTRAYING IN THE FILM?

THAT MAY INFORM THE
INVESTIGATION OF HER MURDER.

WHICH VICTIM DID SHE
PORTRAY IN YOUR FILM?

- EVA O'MALLEY.
- EVA O'MALLEY...

WAS A 40-YEAR-OLD QUADRIPLEGIC.

SHE GOT STRANGLED
IN HER DRIVEWAY.

SURE. BUT IT'S MORE ENTERTAINING TO SEE HER
GET SLICED UP IN A GIRLS' SCHOOL SHOWER.

AND WOULD YOU HIDE A TOMATO LIKE THAT IN
A WHEELCHAIR? [Sniffs] GOD REST HER SOUL.

WE NEED TO TALK TO EVERYONE
WHO SAW THE VICTIMS RECENTLY.

OKAY. BUT JUST TALK
ABOUT THE MURDERS.

I DON'T NEED A BUNCH OF
HOTHEAD ACTORS THINKING

WE DON'T HAVE THE
RIGHTS TO THE STORY HERE.

[Chuckles Nervously, Sniffs]

UM, I KNEW BOTH OF THEM.

I MEAN, LEW AND MARTA
WERE... THEY WERE MY CLIENTS.

WERE YOU THEIR AGENT? OH, NO.
I WAS THEIR PERSONAL TRAINER.

WHEN DID YOU BECOME A DIRECTOR?
WHEN LEW WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD.

LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG,
LEAVE A PRETTY CORPSE.

I'M THE STAR, AND THEY DON'T EVEN NOTICE
BECAUSE IT'S MARTA DANBURY'S LAST FILM.

YOU'RE THE STAR? YES, OF COURSE.

I ALMOST GET KILLED. THEN
I HELP SOLVE THE MYSTERY.

ALONG THE WAY, FALL
IN LOVE WITH THE HERO,

F.B.I. AGENT FRANK BLACK.

IT DIDN'T HAPPEN
THAT WAY IN REAL LIFE.

WHAT ARE YOU
DOING TONIGHT? UH...

I WAS THE TOAST OF
THE ENGLISH STAGE.

AND NOW MY NAME IS ABOVE THE
TITLE AS THE "MADMAN MANIAC."

DID YOU STUDY DALE BARKER'S
BEHAVIOR TO LEARN YOUR PART?

OLIVIER NEVER MET THE DANE,

AND I'LL BE DAMNED BEFORE I
TALK TO SOME PERVERT KILLER...

ABOUT HOW TO PLAY
THIS BLOODY PART.

[Screaming, Sighs]

SEE, I GOT THE PART 'CAUSE
I'M A REALLY GOOD SCREAMER,

AND I DO NUDITY FOR SCALE.

THE DIRECTOR SAID HE WAS
GONNA ENLARGE YOUR ROLE.

AS COMPENSATION FOR
MARTA DANBURY'S LOSS.

[Squeals] ISN'T THAT
THE GREATEST!

[Sighs] OH!

I MEAN, AHEM, YOU KNOW,

IT'S TERRIBLE ABOUT
THE DEATH OF MARTA.

BUT... I'M AT THE
BEGINNING OF MY CAREER,

AND I COULD REALLY
USE THE BREAK.

LUCKY YOU.

[Giggles]

LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING, OKAY?

NOW, DO YOU SAY... [Gravelly]
"SPECIAL AGENT FRANK BLACK, F.B.I."?

OR "F.B.I., FRANK BLACK"?

NEITHER.

HOW WELL DID YOU
KNOW MARTA? [Laughing]

I'M SORRY. FRANK BLACK
INTERROGATING A SUSPECT.

THIS IS REALLY COOL. UM, OKAY.

NOW, I BET YOU WANNA KNOW
ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD, RIGHT?

WAS I A BED WETTER? DID I SET
FIRES? WAS I CRUEL TO ANIMALS?

IT'S NOT THAT KIND OF CASE YET.

NO, BUT THE 1985 CASE...
THAT WAS A SERIAL KILLER.

IT WAS A SEXUALLY
MOTIVATED HOMICIDE.

[Gravelly] "SEXUALLY
MOTIVATED HOMICIDE." [Groans]

THAT'S GOOD. NO, I LIKE THAT.

HEY.

[Chattering]

CAN WE RULE ANYONE
OUT? NOT FROM THIS GROUP.

I CAN'T DISCERN IF THE ATTACK
WAS SOLO OR FROM A TEAM.

THE CRIME SCENE'S AMBIVALENT.

SOME SIGNS POINT TO
AN ORGANIZED OFFENDER.

LIKE THE CAREFUL ENTRY AND
THE LACK OF EVIDENCE. YEAH.

BUT OTHER SIGNS POINT TO
A DISORGANIZED OFFENDER,

LIKE THE RITUAL VIOLENCE
OF THE ATTACK ON THE WOMAN.

WE'RE BEING FOLLOWED.

UM, HEY, WAIT. UM...

MR. BLACK, I'M HUGO WINSTON.

I REMEMBER YOU. THE
FOOTBALL CAPTAIN, RIGHT?

WELL, 13 YEARS AGO.

THEN, UH, DALE BARKER
MURDERED MY FIANCÉE.

LISTEN, THEY'RE DESECRATING
HER MEMORY IN THERE,

MAKING THIS SLEAZY MOVIE, AND...

REVENGE WON'T BRING HER BACK.
THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE AFTER, IS IT?

- UH, READ THE SCRIPT.
- NO.

IT... THIS... THIS WILL CHANGE
YOUR MIND ABOUT THESE BASTARDS.

THE KILLER IN THIS STORY FOLLOWS
NO KNOWN BEHAVIORAL PROFILE.

BARKER'S FINAL VICTIM WAS
KILLED AT A CHURCH PICNIC.

IN THIS STORY, THE BAND NAMED KISS
IS PLAYING WHAT RESEMBLES AN ORGY.

I CAN SEE WHERE THAT WOULD
MAKE A GUY LIKE HUGO SNAP.

NEIDERMAN. WHAT?

THE PRODUCER WITH THE
RINGS. THE... [Sniffing] YEAH.

HE SPENT SEVERAL NIGHTS
IN MARTA DANBURY'S ROOM.

SUPPOSE MARTA THE STAR
WAS SLEEPING WITH NEIDERMAN,

BUT THEN SHE THROWS
HIM OVER FOR THE DIRECTOR.

NEIDERMAN GETS JEALOUS, FINDS THEM TOGETHER
IN THE HOTEL ROOM, KILLS THEM BOTH.

INTERESTING. YOU KNOW,
THEY'RE SHOOTING TONIGHT.

WE CAN GO KEEP AN
EYE ON BOTH OF THEM.

[Chattering]

HEY, MAN.

[Gravelly] FRANK BLACK, F.B.I.

[Normal Voice] THAT'S
HOW THEY SAY IT.

LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING. WHAT?

SAY YOU'RE DOIN' A
FULL-CONTACT INTERROGATION.

NOW, MY BUDDY SAYS YOU HIT THESE GUYS WITH
A PHONE BOOK 'CAUSE THERE'S NO BRUISING.

RIGHT? NO, WE DON'T.

[Scoffs] YOU ARE GOOD.

[Rowdy] AND CUT!

MAGIC! FANTASTIC! THAT
WAS TERRIFIC, PEOPLE!

OKAY, LET'S SET UP FOR
THE MONEY SHOT, QUICKLY!

[Chattering]

- HEY.
- DALE BARKER NEVER SHOT ANYONE.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, I
KNOW. BUT CHECK THIS.

THE MADMAN MANIAC SHOOTS THE
BOYFRIEND, THEN DRESSES LIKE HIM,

AND WHEN RUBY'S TAKING
A LATE-NIGHT SKINNY-DIP...

HE HARPOONS HER.
I READ THE SCRIPT.

HOW CAN YOU LABEL
THIS A TRUE STORY?

IT IS TRUE. IT'S JUST
IMPROVED A LITTLE.

THAT'S ALL. I MEAN, THE REALITY OF
MURDER... IT'S DARK AND DEPRESSING.

- YES, IT IS.
- FRANK, FRANK.

YOU KNOW THAT
AND... AND I KNOW THAT.

BUT ALL THE PEOPLE
IN THOSE TOWNS...

THAT YOU FLY OVER ON THE WAY TO
NEW YORK, THEY WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED.

I WOULDN'T PRESUME
TO KNOW YOUR BUSINESS.

BUT THERE'S AN ABUNDANCE
OF HEROISM AND DRAMA...

IN THE REAL FACTS OF
ANY MURDER INVESTIGATION.

OH, YEAH, YEAH. SURE
THERE IS, FRANKIE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMPLICATED.
THE PEOPLE... THEY'RE UGLY.

AND IT'S PROBABLY DARK
AND RAINY ALL THE TIME.

WHERE'S THE MAGIC? THE MAGIC.

[Sighs] [Chattering]

I'M GLAD THAT WE
HAD THIS LITTLE TALK.

RUBY, BABY! TIME TO
GET NAKED AND DIE.

[Man] CAN WE GET CRAFT SERVICE IN
TO CLEAN UP THE REST OF THAT BLOOD?

- [Man #2] LET'S HURRY IT UP!
- HOW DID HE GET IN HERE?

I'M SORRY. YOU READY?
GO DO YOUR STUFF.

[Man] QUIET, PEOPLE!

WHO ARE THEY?

IT'S THE INSURANCE GUY, THE
COPRODUCER, THE ASSOCIATE PRODUCER,

STUDIO EXEC, EVERY LITTLE
PISSANT FUNCTIONARY ON THE SHOW.

WHAT ARE THEY DOING
HERE TONIGHT? NUDE SCENE.

- WHERE'S NEIDERMAN?
- HE WAS HERE A MINUTE AGO.

AH, JUST WAIT. THAT LITTLE HORN
DOG NEVER MISSES ONE OF THESE.

- WE'RE READY TO ROLL, PEOPLE!
- [Bell Rings]

ROLL SOUND! SOUND SPEED.

- ROLL CAMERA.
- TURNING.

[Man] MARKER. ACTION.

[Screaming]

AND WE... CUT!

[Bell Rings] MAGIC! FANTASTIC!

WHERE'S RUBY? RUBY?

[Gasps, Panting]

YOU'RE THE PRODUCER?

NO, I'M NOT.

[Man] THAT WAS A GREAT SHOT!

[Woman] OKAY, THAT'S A WRAP.

[Man] OKAY, PEOPLE, LET'S EAT!

[Chattering]

SANDWICHES? IS THIS IT?

WE SPENT THE REST ON
YOUR SALARY. OH, SHUT UP.

MMM. I TOLD YOU IT WAS
SAFE. THE NIGHT'S NOT OVER.

WELL, WE'RE WRAPPED, SO
NOTHIN' HAPPENED ON MY SET.

[Spitting, Gagging]

OH, MY GOD.

THEY KILLED NEIDERMAN.
NEIDERMAN'S DEAD.

[Gagging, Retching]

[Disgusted Chattering]

[Frank] OUR PRIME
SUSPECT, THE PRODUCER,

HAD BECOME THE NEXT
VICTIM IN THE CREW'S DINNER.

AT THAT MOMENT, I KNEW THIS CASE
WOULD PIT ME AGAINST HORRORS...

THAT NO F.B.I. AGENT SHOULD
EVER HAVE TO ENDURE...

AND PUSH ME TO THE
BRINK OF INSANITY.

ALL WE HAVE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF
A DENTAL MATCH ON THE BITE MARKS.

IT'S A VERY CLEAN CRIME SCENE.

WHICH IS AT ODDS WITH A PERSON WHO
WOULD FEEL COMPELLED TO BITE FINGERS OFF.

WHAT KIND OF OFFENDER IS THAT?

DISORGANIZED. SCHIZOPHRENIC.

NOT THE TYPE TO GET IN AND OUT IN 10
MINUTES WITHOUT ANYONE SEEING HIM.

- A VOYEURISTIC ANTHROPOPHAGAC.
- WHAT'S THAT?

A PERSON WHO FEELS COMPELLED
TO WATCH OTHERS EAT HUMAN FLESH.

OR AN AVID FAN OF THE HITCHER. THE SEVERED
FINGERS ARE A DIRECT QUOTE OF THAT MOVIE.

SO HOW MANY PEOPLE
MAY HAVE SEEN THAT?

BESIDES OUR SUSPECT? THE ENTIRE
FILM CREW. IT'S THEIR BUSINESS.

AND ME. I'VE SEEN QUITE
A FEW HORROR FILMS.

THIS HORROR FILM CONNECTION
DOESN'T NARROW IT DOWN.

NO. ANY OF A DOZEN PEOPLE
COULD BE OUR PERPETRATOR.

EVEN THOUGH WE
DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS,

THERE IS A DECISIVE WAY THAT
WOULD STOP THE KILLING IMMEDIATELY.

[Gasping, Screaming]

[Shouts] YOU BASTARD! YOU'LL
PAY FOR ALL THE KIDS YOU KILLED!

[Screaming] [Man] CUT!

WHO SAID THAT? WHO
SAID "CUT" ON MY SET?

I DID. OKAY, THAT'S IT.

IT'S OVER. TIME TO
GO HOME NOW, FOLKS.

I'M OFFICIALLY NOTIFYING YOU THIS WORKPLACE
IS SHUT DOWN BY ORDER OF THE SHERIFF.

THAT'D BE ME.

YOU DON'T LIKE MY MOVIE, SO YOU
PULLED SOME STRINGS WITH THE HEAT.

[Man] OKAY, FOLKS.
THAT'S A WRAP.

[Bell Rings]

SO, LISTEN. I'VE BEEN DOING A
LITTLE RESEARCH ON MY OWN.

AND YOUR GUY, MAYBE HE'S GOT
LIKE A COOLING-OFF PERIOD, AND THEN...

[Gravelly] HE WILL KILL AGAIN.

NOT NOW HE WON'T.

HEY. HEY, IS IT... THAT'S IT?

THIS IS ALL THAT'S
GONNA HAPPEN TO THEM?

HUGO, THE MOVIE'S OVER.
ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU WANTED?

I... UH, NO, I... THIS
MOVIE'S... NOT OVER!

[Cell Phone Rings]

- AGENT HOLLIS.
- THIS IS A HELL OF AN ANGLE.

SARAH CRYER, UNIT
PUBLICIST. HMM?

DO YOU MIND IF I SAY...

THIS IS THE MOVIE FRANK
BLACK DIDN'T WANT YOU TO SEE?

YES, I DO.

EXCUSE ME.

BITE MARK ANALYSIS
WAS INCONCLUSIVE.

HE WAS WEARING DENTAL PROSTHESES,
COMMONLY USED IN MOTION PICTURES.

WHOEVER IS DOING THIS IS
TRYING TO DRIVE ME INSANE.

FOR THE THIRD TIME IN MY LIFE.

MR. BLACK, REMEMBER
THE SUSPECT IN SEATTLE,

THE ONE WHO QUOTED NOSTRADAMUS?

THE FRENCHMAN. WHAT IF INSTEAD,
HE WAS QUOTING "B" MOVIES?

WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO STUDY THEM?

[Screaming, Shouting]

HE'S HER BROTHER.
HE KILLS TEENAGERS.

THAT'S IT? NO TWIST? NO MYSTERY?

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SCARY.

[Woman Screaming On Video]

THE MOTHER OF THE CHILD WHO'S DROWNED
SUFFERS AN EXTREME EMOTIONAL DISPLACEMENT.

SHE ADOPTS THE
HOCKEY MASK PERSONA...

UNTIL SHE AVENGES
THE DEATH OF HER SON.

YOU HAVE HOCKEY.
YOU HAVE YOUNG MEN.

YOU HAVE HER SON. WHERE
DOES IT GO FROM HERE?

A... A LOT OF PEOPLE GET KILLED.

[Woman Screaming On Video] OH. KRUEGER'S
ACTING OUT A CHILDHOOD TRAUMA...

BY TARGETING SEXUALLY
PROMISCUOUS TEENS.

HE'S EITHER THE CHILD OF A
MENTALLY UNSTABLE PARENTAGE...

OR A RAPE VICTIM OR BOTH.

HE WAS THE BASTARD SON
OF A THOUSAND MANIACS.

HMM. IT'S ALMOST AS IF OUR
CASE IS IN ONE OF THESE MOVIES.

FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ALWAYS
HAPPEN ON THE HOLIDAYS.

AND SATURDAY IS HALLOWEEN.

THE VICTIMS ARE ALWAYS SOME SMUG
PERSON WHO THINKS THEY'LL NEVER DIE.

AND THE LEADING LADY'S
ALWAYS THE LAST TO BE ATTACKED.

EXACTLY.

YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD QUIETLY PUT
SOME SECURITY AROUND RAMONA TANGENT.

BUT PRECAUTIONS NEVER WORK.
IF WE FOLLOW THE MOVIE MODEL,

IF YOU TRY TO PROTECT
YOURSELF... THEN YOU DIE.

YOU KNOW, IF WE TRY TO
SHUT THAT MOVIE DOWN,

AND THE KILLER REALIZES
HE'S IN A SLASHER MOVIE...

THEN HE'LL RETURN HERE TONIGHT
TO ATTACK THE MOVIE CREW.

AND THE WHOLE
CREW IS IN THIS HOTEL.

COME ON. MR. BLACK, I THOUGHT
YOU DIDN'T CARRY A GUN ANYMORE.

FIRST FLOOR'S QUIET.

COPY. SO, WHAT KIND OF
MOVIES DO YOU LIKE, MR. BLACK?

DETECTIVE MOVIES.

[Emma On Radio] OH. THE
ENFORCER IS MY FAVORITE.

[Woman Screams] [Loud Thud]

MR. BLACK, THERE'S SOMEONE
ON THE ROOF. I'M ON MY WAY.

AGENT HOLLIS?

FREEZE!

[Frank] AT THIS POINT
IN THE INVESTIGATION,

I BEGAN TO ASK MYSELF WHY.

WHY HAD FOUR PEOPLE BEEN KILLED?

THEY DIED MAKING
A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE,

A MOVIE BASED ON A REAL CASE
THAT I INVESTIGATED 13 YEARS EARLIER.

♪♪ [Organ]

THEY TOOK ENORMOUS
LIBERTIES WITH THE TRUTH

AND WITH MY LIFE IN THE
NAME OF ENTERTAINMENT.

NEEDLESS TO SAY,
I'M NOT A CRITIC.

I WAS THERE TO SOLVE THE CRIME.

WE ARE ALL GONNA
MISS SARAH CRYER,

OUR, UM, PUBLICIST.

SHE WAS A CAN-DO GAL.
SHE KNEW WHEN TO LEAK,

WHEN TO SPIN, WHEN
TO JUST PLAIN OUT LIE.

AND THEN... WELL, LET'S NOT TALK
ABOUT HER FRANKLY DISGUSTING MURDER.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS, A
MOVIE? FOUR PEOPLE ARE DEAD.

FOUR!

THE KILLER IS IN THIS ROOM.

I KNOW YOU'RE HERE,

AND I'M GONNA BRING YOU TO
JUSTICE... EVEN IF IT DRIVES ME INSANE...

FOR THE THIRD TIME IN MY LIFE.

♪♪ [Organ]

ARE YOU OKAY? I JUST
CAME FROM THE CORONER'S.

DEATH RESULTED FROM MASSIVE BLOOD
LOSS DUE TO A SEVERED CAROTID ARTERY.

THE WEAPON APPEARS... A LARGE
BUTCHER KNIFE. HALLOWEEN.

EXACTLY. THE CORPSE WAS
POSTHUMOUSLY DISSECTED WITH...

A MACHETE. FRIDAY THE 13th.

AND THERE'S NO USEFUL
FORENSIC EVIDENCE.

THERE'S NO FINGERPRINTS,
NO ASSAILANT'S D.N.A.

THIS GUY IS A GENIUS. HE'S
AHEAD OF US ON EVERY MOVE.

UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE MURDER'S BEEN SOLVED.

- WHAT?
- FILMING WILL CONTINUE!

[Applause, Cheering]

[Chattering]

UH, I'M HECTOR
LEACHMAN. I DID IT.

THIS IS NOT YOUR MAN.

I'VE SEEN THIS GUY BEFORE.
HE WAS ONE OF THE EXTRAS.

YOU SAID IT WAS ONE OF OURS.

HECTOR, WHAT KIND OF GUN DID YOU
USE IN THE BOWLING ALLEY MURDERS?

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO... HEY!

UH, IT WAS A .38. IT'S ALL RIGHT
HERE IN MY CONFESSIONAL.

NO ONE GOT SHOT. NO ONE
DIED IN THE BOWLING ALLEY.

UM, EXCUSE ME. UH, MR. MAYOR?

WE ARE SPENDING ABOUT
A MILLION DOLLARS IN

YOUR TOWN, AND WE
BROUGHT YOU THE MURDERER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT
HIS PROBLEM IS...

THE KILLER'S STILL AT
LARGE. IF HE STRIKES AGAIN...

NEED I REMIND YOU, THE F.B.I.
IS HERE IN A SUPPORT CAPACITY?

THE WRITTEN
CONFESSION SATISFIES ME.

THEN, UH, I GUESS THE
FILMING CAN CONTINUE. HMM.

YOU WERE RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING. THERE
WAS NOTHING LIKE THIS AT THE ACADEMY.

TED BUNDY DESCRIBED THE EXPERIENCE OF
KILLING LIKE WATCHING HIMSELF IN A MOVIE.

WERE THERE ANY HORROR
MOVIES ON THE NIGHT...

THAT LEW CARROLL OR
MARTA DANBURY WERE KILLED?

MR. BLACK, THAT'S IT. PSYCHO
WAS SHOWING ON CABLE.

THE SHOWER MURDER FITS PERFECTLY.
WHAT ABOUT WHEN NEIDERMAN WAS KILLED?

THE HITCHER WAS ON PAY-PER-VIEW.

SARAH CRYER DIED ON WEDNESDAY.
HALLOWEEN WAS PLAYING.

THERE'S A CORPSE
DROPPING OUT OF A DOOR.

TONIGHT... IS MOTEL HELL.

A CLASSIC. FARMER VINCENT
NEVER KILLS QUICKLY.

HE KEEPS HIS VICTIMS HALF-DEAD FOR
WEEKS UNTIL HE CAN MAKE THEM INTO SAUSAGE.

THEN WE HAVE A CHANCE.

- [Woman] "A" MARK.
- [Rowdy] ACTION.

THIS IS IMPORTANT. WAS
BOBBY A BIG FAN OF KISS?

NO. HE LIKED THE RAMONES.

THEN WE CAN CONCLUDE THAT
THE MADMAN MANIAC IS A KISS FAN.

"WE DRIVE YOU WILD.
YOU DRIVE US CRAZY."

THEY PLAY HERE TOMORROW.

HE WILL BE THERE.

CUT! MAGIC!
FANTASTIC! [Bell Rings]

[Woman] WE LOST
POWER. WHAT'S GOING ON?

CLEAR THE STAGE. HEAD FOR THE
EXIT. GET EVERYONE OFF THE SET.

GET OUT! GO, GO, GO!

[Hugo] OH, GOD! NO!

HUGO!

[Frank] GAFFERS.

THEIR VOCAL CORDS ARE
SEVERED. A QUOTE FROM MOTEL HELL.

CALL FOR BACKUP.

[Man Coughing, Gasping]

NO! PLEASE! DON'T KILL
ME! PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!

HE'S STILL HERE! HE
JUST TRIED TO KILL ME!

YOU ALL RIGHT?

[Emma] SO HUGO WINSTON KILLS THE
MOVIE PEOPLE AND HANGS HIMSELF.

I KNEW HUGO IN 1985.

I'M NOT BUYING
THIS TRANSITION...

FROM FOOTBALL CAPTAIN TO
VOYEURISTIC ANTHROPOPHAGAC.

BUT WE SAW HIM. WHAT
WOULD CONVINCE YOU?

AN AUTOPSY...

WITH SOME PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
THAT HE'S BEEN EATING HUMAN FLESH.

WE'LL GET THAT LATER.
WHAT IF IT IS SOMEONE ELSE?

THEN HE'LL ATTACK THE FILM
CREW WITH THE SAME M.O.

WHAT'S ON TELEVISION TONIGHT?

IT'S HALLOWEEN. THERE ARE HORROR
MOVIE MARATHONS ON EVERY CHANNEL.

- I'M GOING TO THE SET.
- I'LL GO WITH YOU.

NO. TURN ON THE TELEVISION,

AND DON'T TAKE YOUR
EYES OFF THAT TV.

YOU KEEP WATCHING THAT TUBE
UNTIL WE PUT THIS GUY IN CUSTODY.

I'LL BE IN CONSTANT CONTACT.

GOOD.

COME ON, TOMMY! OPEN THE DOOR!

[Whimpering]

[Woman Screams On TV]

[Rowdy] EVERYTHING'S LOOKING
GOOD. FOLLOW SPOTS ARE IN PLACE.

LET'S GET THAT
SMOKE BALL OUT HERE.

[Chattering]

OKAY.

[Chattering Continues]

[TV: Screaming,
Buzzing] EMMA HOLLIS.

AGENT HOLLIS, YOU
WATCHING? WHAT DO I LOOK FOR?

A NEW MOVIE JUST CAME ON.

A MAN IN A HUMAN SKIN
MASK WIELDING A CHAIN SAW.

THANKS.

171 STITCHES. YOU SAVED
MY LIFE, MAN. THANKS.

SO, WE COME TO THE FINAL SCENE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS?

NO, BUT YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME.

ALL RIGHT. KISS
IS PLAYIN', RIGHT?

AND, UH, I'M YOU, AND THE
MANIAC IS HERE, RIGHT?

AND I ALMOST GET
HIM, AND THEN...

HE HANGS HIMSELF, JUST
LIKE IN THE REAL STORY.

IT'S PRACTICALLY A DOCUMENTARY.

BREAK A LEG. THANKS, MAN.

[Rowdy] OKAY, PEOPLE,
LET'S GO! TIME IS MONEY!

FIRST TEAM, READY? SOUND, READY?

READY! ALL RIGHT,
EVERYBODY. STANDING BY!

MOVE THAT CRANE
BACK! CRANE IS MOVING.

[Bell Rings] WE'RE
READY TO ROLL, PEOPLE!

SET AND PLAYBACK! AND ACTION!

♪♪ [Rock]

[Screams]

♪♪ [Rock]

♪ HELLO ♪

♪ HERE I AM, HERE WE ARE ♪

♪ WE ARE ONE ♪

♪ OH, I'VE BEEN WAITING
FOR THIS NIGHT TO COME ♪

♪ GET OUT, NOW IT'S TIME ♪

♪ FOR ME TO TAKE MY PLACE ♪

♪ THE MAKEUP RUNNING
DOWN MY FACE ♪

♪ WE'RE EXILED FROM
THE HUMAN RACE ♪

♪ YOU'RE IN THE PSYCH ♪

♪ YOU'RE IN THE PSYCHO CIRCUS ♪

♪ YOU'RE IN THE PSYCH ♪

♪ YOU'RE IN THE PSYCHO CIRCUS ♪

♪ AND I SAY WELCOME
TO THE SHOW ♪

♪ OH, I'VE BEEN WAITING
HERE TO BE YOUR GUIDE ♪

♪ SO COME ♪

♪ REVEAL THE SECRETS
THAT YOU KEEP INSIDE ♪

♪ STEP OUT ♪

♪ NO ONE LEAVES UNTIL
THE NIGHT IS DONE ♪

♪ THE AMPLIFIERS START TO HUM ♪

♪ THE CARNIVAL HAS JUST BEGUN ♪

♪ YOU'RE IN THE PSYCH ♪

♪ YOU'RE IN THE PSYCHO CIRCUS ♪

♪ YOU'RE IN THE PSYCH ♪

♪ YOU'RE IN THE PSYCHO CIRCUS ♪

♪ AND I SAY WELCOME
TO THE SHOW ♪

♪ WELCOME TO THE SHOW ♪

♪ WELCOME TO THE SHOW ♪

♪ THE SHOW ♪

- CUT!
- ♪ WELCOME TO THE SHOW ♪♪

MAGIC! FANTASTIC!

[Bell Rings]

ALL RIGHT, LET'S SET UP FOR
THE NEXT SHOT, PEOPLE, QUICKLY!

GET ME DOWN! I FEEL
LIKE A SACK OF POTATOES!

[Chattering Continues]
AGENT HOLLIS?

NO HUMAN SKIN
MASK, NO CHAIN SAW.

IT'S ALL TYPICAL SLASHER FARE
SO FAR, EXCEPT FOR THE OMEN.

[Woman] OKAY, LET'S GO.
WHAT COULD HE COPY?

SO FAR, A
DECAPITATION BY GLASS...

AND A SUICIDAL HANGING AT A
CHILDREN'S BIRTHDAY PARTY.

[Bell Rings] I'LL KEEP
MY EYES OPEN.

[Rowdy] GET SET AND PLAYBACK!

♪ GET UP, NOW IT'S TIME ♪
ACTION!

♪ FOR ME TO TAKE MY PLACE ♪
[Screaming]

♪ THE MAKEUP RUNNING
DOWN MY FACE ♪

[Chattering] ♪ WE'RE EXILED
FROM THE HUMAN RACE ♪

[Cell Phone Rings] AGENT HOLLIS?

NO, IT'S SHERIFF NEUENSCHWANDER, FRANK.
THE CORONER'S COMPLETED THE AUTOPSY.

[Phone Rings] EMMA HOLLIS.

[Frank On Phone] I JUST SPOKE WITH
THE SHERIFF. HUGO REALLY DID DO IT.

HUMAN METACARPAL FRAGMENTS WERE
RECOVERED FROM HIS DIGESTIVE TRACT.

[Sighs] THANK GOD.

KINDA CRAZY, ISN'T IT, THAT SUCH A
GRISLY DISCOVERY WOULD BE A RELIEF?

DON'T YOU THINK? YEAH.
YEAH, SOMETIMES IT IS.

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THE
EVENING OFF? YOU'VE EARNED IT.

THANKS. I WILL.

♪ NO ONE LEAVES UNTIL
THE NIGHT IS DONE ♪

♪ THE AMPLIFIERS START TO HUM ♪

♪ THE CARNIVAL HAS JUST BEGUN ♪

♪ YOU'RE IN THE PSYCH ♪

- ♪ YOU'RE IN
THE PSYCHO CIRCUS ♪
- [Screaming]

[All Screaming]

[Screaming Continues]

I TALKED TO HIM ON THE PHONE TWO
MINUTES AGO. I DON'T THINK SO, PAL.

IT'S LIKE WE'RE IN A MOVIE. THE LEADING
LADY DIES LAST. WHERE'S RAMONA?

SHE'S OVER THERE. SHE'S FINE.

AGENT HOLLIS.

[Busy Signal On Line]

[Knocking]

[Knocking Continues]

COMING.

[Gravelly Voice] IT'S FRANK
BLACK. HUGO'S NOT OUR KILLER.

THE AUTOPSY RESULTS WERE FAKED.

COME ON IN. TRICK OR TREAT.

WHAT, NO TREAT?

[Chain Saw Revving]

[Pistol Clicks]

[Marc Imitating Sheriff] HEY, WHY DON'T
YOU COME ON OUT, HONEYBUNCH?

SHERIFF FRITZ'LL SAVE YA.

[Imitating Frank] I CAN BE
ANYONE YOU WANT ME TO BE.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE HIM, TRY ME.

YOU KNOW I WOULDN'T HURT YOU.

[Keys Jingling]

I SEE WHAT THE KILLER SEES...

BECAUSE I'M THE KILLER.

AND THE COP AND THE BUTCHER AND
THE BAKER AND THE CANDLESTICK MAKER.

AGENT HOLLIS.

MR. BLACK, WATCH OUT!

MR. BLACK?

[Frank] DROP YOUR GUN.
[Marc] DROP YOUR GUN.

I WANTED TO BE LIKE YOU, FRANK.

I WANTED TO SEE
WHAT THE KILLER SEES.

PEOPLE DIE SO YOU
CAN PLAY A PART?

NO, NOT ALL OF 'EM. JUST... I MEAN,
JUST THE FIRST COUPLE OF VICTIMS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, BY KILLING THEM, I
LEARNED SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT.

REALLY?

I REALLY LIKE KILLING PEOPLE.

AND NOW I KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW.

[Groans, Gasps]

YOU KNOW, PAIN
MEANS NOTHING TO ME.

[Frank] THE AUTOPSY PROVED
MARC BIANCO ACTED ALONE.

WHY, THEN, DID THE CRIME SCENES
SUGGEST THERE WERE TWO OFFENDERS?

EVEN DURING THE COMMISSION
OF A HEINOUS CRIME,

HE WAS STILL IN CHARACTER.

IT WAS BIANCO'S UNCANNY ABILITY TO
COMPLETELY IMMERSE HIMSELF IN A ROLE,

A TALENT NEVER
SEEN BEFORE OR SINCE.

SOME OF THE CRIME SCENE
REFLECTED HIS NATIVE PERSONALITY...

AND SOME THE CHARACTER
HE WAS PLAYING.

EITHER HE WAS THE GREATEST ACTOR
THE WORLD HAD EVER KNOWN, OR...

[Frank's Voice] HE WAS
COMPLETELY DERANGED.

YOU WANT A GOOD MOVIE
FOR HALLOWEEN NIGHT,

RENT MADMAN MANIAC.

JUDGE FOR YOURSELF.

I GIVE IT TWO THUMBS
UP. TWO SEVERED THUMBS.

[Child] I MADE THIS!