"[Music playing]" "[Music playing]" "[Chanting]" "MAN:" "He knows that to be redeemed by Satan," "He must die by blade or flame." "Infidel." "Hypocrite." "Conspirator." "Desecrator." "Unsanctified." "Imposter." "Deceiver." "Christian." "[Screaming]" "POLICE OFFICER:" "Mobile three to mobile one." "It's happened again, Sheriff." "I found another body." "The poor son of a bitch was broiled" "And carved up like a goddamned Texas barbecue," "Just like the others." "What's your 10-20, Sheriff?" "Sheriff, do you read me?" "Sheriff?" "[Door closes]" "Sheriff?" "[Music playing]" "What?" "We must have missed the turn off." "I thought we were going the wrong way." "Then why didn't you say something, huh?" "SANDY:" "Well, I figured you know what you were doing." "You're the one that wanted to go this way, not me." "Here." "Look for yourself." "It's the shortest way." "Life is the devil's playground, volcanic rock and lava beds?" "Where's your sense of adventure, huh?" "Mm, and a big, soft bed in Vegas with the man I" "Plan to marry." "If and when he ever gets me there." "Oh, we'll get there." "Nothing's gonna keep us from that big, soft bed." "Keep your eyes open for the turn off." "Honey, it's dark out there." "Scared?" "No, it's just I wish we wouldn't have come this way." "Relax." "We'll be in Vegas before you know it." "So tell me about that sister of yours." "Is she a dealer, or a showgirl?" "[Laughter]" "Sorry to disappoint you, but she teaches" "Anthropology at the university." "Oh." "Well, how long has it been since you've seen her?" "Mm, 11 months." "But you know what they say about identical twins." "No." "That they're never really apart, no matter how far" "Away they are from each other." "Susan and I are like the same person." "ROD:" "Uh huh." "We think alike." "We feel the same emotions." "And if one of us gets hurt, the other feels the pain too." "Oh come on." "That's just an old wives' tale." "It's true." "Remember when I got that pain." "Susan felt the pain too." "She called to find out what I'd done to myself." "That could have been a coincidence." "Then explain how she knew we were coming up to Vegas" "To get married tonight." "You're kidding me." "Hm mm." "She called this morning." "There, that must be it." "Are you sure?" "It must be." "This has to be it." "Rod, look out!" "Rod, I think we should turn around right now" "And go back to the main highway." "Then what, huh?" "You know how far it is to Barstow?" "I don't care." "Sandy, this has to be it." "Rod, look." "Where'd it come from?" "I don't know." "I'm going to catch up with it." "Rod, I really don't think we should." "Look, whoever it is probably knows where the road is." "[Car honking]" "What's the matter with that guy?" "Can't he see my lights?" "Rod, you're going too fast." "Hey, wake up." "[Car honking]" "Hey, the stupid son of a..." "A town." "[Gasp]" "Look out!" "[Sigh]" "Elli..." "Ellivnatas?" "It's not even on the map." "There's a light up ahead there." "What time is it?" "It's after 10." "I've got to call Susan." "I hope they have a phone in here." "Come on." "Evening." "Want some coffee?" "Mm hmm." "Just the phone." "Back there." "Only takes quarters when it's working." "Excuse me, miss, is this the road to Highway 15?" "[Phone ringing]" "Hello?" "Hi, it's me." "I knew you were gonna call." "Susan, I just called to tell you" "We're gonna be a little late." "Is everything OK?" "SANDY (ON PHONE):" "Oh, yeah." "Everything's fine." "It's just that Rod got this bright idea" "To take a shortcut in between Highway 40 and 15," "And now we're lost." "SUSAN (ON PHONE):" "Lost?" "Well, we're not really lost." "We're just in this weird little town on the road to Baker." "SUSAN (ON PHONE):" "Sandy?" "Sandy?" "What?" "Oh, I'm sorry." "What'd you say?" "You said you were in some town." "Oh yeah." "It's not even on the map." "Well, what's the name of the town?" "Sandy, are you all right?" "Everything's fine." "So what's the name of the town that you're in?" "Oh, Elli... hello?" "[Gasp]" "What's the matter?" "The phone went dead." "Look, never mind." "The waitress told me that if we follow this road for about" "An hour, we'll be right there." "Let's go." "Don't you want your coffee?" "No." "Nothing on the road between Highway 40 and 15?" "On the road to Baker." "Elliv, E-L-L-I-V." "No." "OK." "Thank you, operator." "Still thinking about that town?" "Don't you think it was kind of strange," "The way those people kept watching us?" "A little maybe, but that's the way people are in a small town." "Besides, I don't blame them for staring at you." "It wasn't just the stare, it was the telephone going dead" "And, and..." "let's forget about it." "Let's think about other things." "Like, uh, that big, soft bed." "What the?" "What the hell is going on here?" "We're in a canyon." "I don't get it." "Isn't this the road the waitress said to take?" "Yeah, it is, but why would it dead end here?" "I don't know." "Well, we're not going to wait around to find out." "Come on." "[Engine noises]" "It acts like it's out of gas." "[Engine noises]" "Empty?" "It can't be empty." "It was three quarters full when we pulled off the highway." "[Engine noises]" "Aw jeez, there's a hole in the tank." "It wasn't made by a rock, either." "Whoever did it probably did it while we were inside the cafe." "But why?" "I don't know why, but whoever did it" "Didn't want us to get very far." "They may be out there right now watching us." "Oh god, what are we gonna do?" "What are we gonna do?" "[Chanting]" "Listen." "[Chanting]" "Holy shit!" "Look, let's get the hell outta here!" "[Chanting]" "SATANIST:" "Infidel." "SATANIST:" "Christian." "SATANIST:" "Heretic." "SATANIST:" "Betrayor." "SATANIST:" "Faithless." "SATANIST:" "Disloyal." "SATANIST:" "Hypocrite." "SATANIST:" "Conspirator." "SATANIST:" "Desecrator." "SATANIST:" "Unsanctified." "SATANIST:" "Impostor." "SATANIST:" "Deceiver." "We're almost there." "You OK?" "We can make it." "Come on, we can make it." "Come on." "(SCREAMING) Run, Sandy, run!" "Damn it, Sandy, run!" "[Screaming]" "Lord and master Lucifer, thou art." "SATANISTS:" "Lucifer." "The kingdom." "SATANISTS:" "Lucifer." "The power." "SATANISTS:" "Lucifer." "And the glory." "SATANISTS:" "Lucifer." "Oh, Prince of Darkness." "SATANISTS:" "Hail Lucifer." "Morlock." "SATANISTS:" "Morlock." "Amen." "SATANISTS:" "Amen." "[Screaming]" "[Grunting]" "My lord and master Satan, I promise" "To serve and obey you in this life and all other lives" "You choose for me." "And my disciples and I promise to draw" "All the people of this land into all the evil that we can." "Lucifer!" "Lucifer, Lucifer, Lucifer, Lucifer," "Lucifer, Lucifer, Lucifer, Lucifer, Lucifer, Lucifer!" "What's happened?" "Fill her up?" "Did a young couple come through here earlier?" "The girl looked just like me." "If she looked like you, I'd have sure remembered." "No, you're the first one in here since late last night." "[Car engines]" "Can you tell me where I pick up and cut off to highway 40?" "Quarter mile down the road, first turn on your right." "That's pretty rugged country out there." "You sure that's where you want to go?" "Are there any other towns out there other than Kelso?" "None that I know of." "No one's quite figured out what Kelso's doing out there," "Either." "In fact, they call that area the devil's playground" "For a damn good reason." "Just like going through hell." "It'll be $8.50." "None of my business really, but you seem like you're" "Pretty upset about something." "Well, I was supposed to meet my sister and her fiance" "Last night." "They were supposed to meet me in Las Vegas." "She phoned from some town called Elliv something or other." "Said it wasn't on the map, but it was between highway 40 and 15 on the road to Baker." "Can't be out there." "I've been over that road." "There's nothing out there." "Could be she thought she was on the road to Baker." "Hell, you know, one road looks like the next" "Out there, especially at night." "[Sigh]" "She called me from some place." "Maybe I can find it." "You bet." "Listen, I go right by there." "If you can wait a while until my backup gets in," "I'll be happy to take you out there in the truck." "Thanks very much, but I can't." "[Music playing]" "Sandy!" "Sandy!" "A pentagram?" "Oh, oh!" "What are you doing here?" "How'd you find me?" "I thought you might need some help." "I saw your, uh, Aero back there, so I just followed the tracks." "You know, the only hard part was following" "Your tracks from the car." "There's a lot of footprints down there." "That was their car." "There's a hole in the gas tank." "This belongs to my sister." "I have one just like it." "Take a look down there." "What the hell is that?" "A pentagram." "A what?" "It's a five-pointed star, a satanic sign of evil." "I don't get it." "What's it doing down there?" "I don't know." "I'm almost afraid to find out." "Two points projecting upwards towards the east." "A reversed pentagram, a satanic sign of evil." "It's still wet." "Something dreadful's happened here." "I can feel it." "Must have happened last night." "A broken crucifix, the symbol of sacrifice." "We better get out of here." "[Car engine starting]" "Look, I'll bring my tow truck up tomorrow" "And pick up your sister's car." "Look, about that blood back there," "I wouldn't worry about it." "It more than likely came from a coyote or some other animal." "And what about those footprints around the car?" "And the hole in the gas tank?" "And a road that dead ends into a canyon?" "How do you explain that?" "I just have the strangest feeling." "It's like Sandy's calling me from somewhere with something." "That road into the canyon." "It had to start somewhere, right?" "Yeah, I guess so." "Well then maybe they followed it back to where it began." "Yeah, but out here that could be any place." "Even to a town that's not on any map?" "You're not thinking of following that road?" "Why not?" "In the dark, in that car?" "My sister's life may be at stake." "I can't just sit here and do nothing." "If something happens to you out there," "It's not gonna do your sister a damn bit of good." "I'm a big girl." "I can take care of myself." "[Yells]" "[Yells]" "I've been swept off my feet before," "But never quite like this." "[Chuckle]" "You OK?" "Mm hmm." "Damn boulders." "Probably sitting up there for months, waiting to shake loose." "It was no accident." "Somebody's trying to scare me off." "But it won't work." "Thanks for your help." "Wait a minute." "With a little luck, I may get a chance to sweep" "You off your feet again." "Get in the truck." "I'll help you follow the tracks." "This is the way they came, all right." "I don't see any tracks leading back out." "Still want to go on?" "Yeah." "OK, let's go." "[Car engine starting]" "I don't get it." "The tracks just stop right here." "That's impossible." "They've got to continue somewhere." "Yeah, but they don't." "Well, then somebody must have destroyed" "Them, someone who didn't want anyone" "To know where they led to." "Well, there's no way to find more tracks tonight," "Even if they're still there." "I guess not." "But I'm not giving up." "They were deliberately led into that canyon by someone" "They met in that town." "You still think there's some kind of satanic town out" "Here someplace?" "Yeah." "And I feel that whatever's happened to my sister" "And her fiance started there." "So you think that's what that pentagram was all about?" "It's possible." "You know, satanism isn't something that's" "Practiced out in the open." "It's... especially when there's animal" "Or human sacrifice concerned." "Isn't that a bit far-fetched?" "No more far-fetched than, uh, tire" "Tracks vanishing into thin air." "I mean, you yourself said that people" "Have disappeared in this area." "I mean, maybe it's because they found something" "They weren't supposed to find." "What do you want to do now?" "I came here to find my sister, and that's what I intend to do." "How?" "Maybe we should call the police." "Look, I got an idea." "Why don't you come back to my place?" "I mean, it's not much, but you can get a hot bath" "And get a good night's sleep." "You'll be able to think more clearly tomorrow." "We can't do much here tonight." " No, really, I can't." " All right, listen." "You can take the bed." "I'll take the couch." "No, really, I can't." "You don't trust me." "All right, you've got a guest." "Great." "But I think we should do one thing" "Before I sleep in your bed." "What?" "Introduce ourselves." "My name's Dan Allen." "Susan Russell." "I'll have your car here by morning." "Well this ain't Caesar's Palace, but it's, uh, it's comfortable." "Make yourself at home." "Can I make you a drink?" "Oh, that'd be great." "Good." "Uh, bourbon OK?" "Yeah, that, that's fine." "You're being awfully kind to me." "Why?" "I guess I'm just a sucker for pretty girls in distress." "Have you, um, lived here all your life?" "Practically." "I was born about five miles from here." "Cheers." "All that's kind of boring though." "I'd rather hear about you." "Well, what is it that you'd like to hear?" "Well, to begin with, how come you know" "So much about this black magic?" "I teach anthropology." "What?" "Anthropology." "It's the study of man and his various cultures." "Um, since the beginning of time, man has studied" "Some form of ritual magic." "That pentagram we saw?" "It represents one of the most extreme forms." "It's the belief that Satan is God" "And evil is the highest form of good." "It's all very interesting." "You mind if I put on some music?" "I'd really like to take my bath." "Yeah, sure." "It's right in here." "This is it." "Uh, bathroom's right in there." "Thanks." "Sorry I don't have any pajamas for you to wear." "That's OK." "I'll manage." "Well, good night." "Good night." "Uh, Susan?" "You said something about going to the police." "I'm not sure that's such a good idea yet." "There's something about that sheriff I don't trust." "Maybe you're right." "Good night." "Good night." "[Water running]" "[Screaming]" "Sheriff?" "Morning." "What can I do for you?" "I want to file a missing person report." "Who's missing?" "My sister and her fiance." "They were on the road to Baker." "How long?" "Over 24 hours." "She called me from some town out there." "24 hours, sister, phone, from Kelso." "No, not Kelso." "It was another town." "Another town?" "She said it wasn't on the map." "It was Elliv something." "The line went dead as soon as she said the name." "Somewhere between Highway 40 and 15." "You say it was between Highway 40 and 15." "On the road to Baker." "Well, your sister's right about one thing." "It isn't on the map." "Well, maybe it's too small to be on the map," "But I know that it has to be there." "Why?" "Because my sister phoned me from there." "Excuse me, Sheriff." "Telephone call for you." "OK, Miss Russell." "I'll get to it in a minute." "The operator said that she had no listing for any such town." "Look, Miss Russell, it's very easy to get mixed up" "Out there, especially at night." "Did it ever occur to you your sister" "Could have been mistaken?" "Yeah, until I found her car." "It was in a canyon, and there was a hole in the gas tank." "I think someone deliberately led them there." "Go on." "I followed the tire tracks back about a mile." "And?" "They just stopped." "What do you mean, uh, they stopped?" "They just disappear." "I think someone deliberately destroyed" "Them so that no one could follow them back to that town." "Well, here we are back to that mysterious town." "Look, my sister could be in serious trouble." "I found a pentagram burnt into the ground" "Near that canyon in blood." "Pentagram." "Do you know what that means?" "Yeah, I know what it means." "Nothing." "Nothing." " Did you find a body?" " No." "Well, then there's nothing I can" "Do, not for another 24 hours anyway," "Until they are officially considered missing." "Now, if they don't show up by tomorrow..." "Well, they could be dead by then." "Well, where can I reach you in case something does turn up?" "The devil's playground." "SHERIFF (VOICEOVER):" "There's nothing I can do." "DAN (VOICEOVER):" "There's something about that sheriff" "I don't trust." "SHERIFF (VOICEOVER):" "There's nothing I can do." "DAN (VOICEOVER):" "There's something about that sheriff" "I don't trust." "SHERIFF (VOICEOVER):" "There's nothing I can do." "DAN (VOICEOVER):" "There's something about that sheriff." "SHERIFF (VOICEOVER):" "Nothing I can do." "Nothing I can do." "Nothing I can do." "Nothing I can do." "If I get lucky." "God damn it." "Get up front, I'll slow her down." "Hey lady, you're starting to piss me off." "God damn it." "It's so I can't even see." "Pull over, you punk." "Oh, shit!" "Right there, that's where they went off." "It's gone." "They must have taken it away." "Well, something went off here all right." "You stay here." "I'll go down and check it out." "There's blood down here, all right." "Could be an animal's, I don't know." "Still wet." "Yeah, I believe you." "What do you want me to do about it?" "Do about it?" "I want you to go after those bastards." "[Sigh]" "Well, who are they?" "I don't know." "I saw them pass the gas station the other day." "What difference does that make, anyway?" "It makes all the difference in the world" "Because if you don't know who they are, who the hell am I" "Supposed to go after?" "Look." "If you just follow the tracks, I'm sure that they" "Came from that town." "Look, Miss Russell, with all due respect," "What you know about dune buggies don't amount" "To a pitcher of warm spit." "I mean, they could be anywhere out there." "I'm not about to go chasing after them, tracks" "Or no tracks, not in that." "And as far as another town is concerned," "It's like I told you before." "It isn't on the map." "If you just follow the road, you'll see where it goes." "I know where it goes." "Nowhere." "Just like every other road in this desert," "Mile after empty mile, point blank into oblivion," "And that's it." "So then you won't do it." "No, ma'am." "Well then..." "I guess that's a waste of time." "I'll follow it myself." "Look, I can't tell you, tell you what to do." "I can't tell you..." "That's right, you can't." "No, but I can give you some friendly advice." "Why don't you go home before you get yourself into trouble?" "Huh?" "I can't wait that long, and neither can my sister." "Miss Russell?" "I just want you to know that I'm going to do everything" "I can to help find your sister." "And I admire your spunk." "I just think it's a damn stupid idea to go back" "Out there, especially alone." "I get your point." "Susan, why don't you go home, get some rest," "And let me handle this?" "Do that for me?" "OK?" "OK?" "[Car engine starting]" "Sandy, show me the way to that town." "[Car engine starting]" "[Gasp]" "[Chanting]" "SATANIST LEADER:" "For thine is the kingdom and the power" "And the glory, amen." "SATANISTS:" "Amen." "Come in, my dear." "We've been expecting you." "Welcome to the house of Satan." "The authorities know I'm here if anything" "Should happen to me." "There is no authority but Satan's." "It is his intent that you be here." "You've done with my sister and her fiance." "Why, they willingly sacrificed themselves to Satan." "(YELLING) Lying son of a bitch!" "You bastard!" "You'll pay for this!" "As God as my witness!" "God?" "There is no God but Satan." "That's what I think of your Satan." "Kneel!" "Kneel, you irreverent bitch." "You impious slut, yield to the Prince of Evil." "Surrender thy unglorious soul to him that is hell-born." "Fuck you!" "Yes, yes that's exactly what you are going to do." "You are going to fuck me again and again" "Until thy belly is swollen with child, a child that" "Is born unto Satan himself." "Then, whore, shall ye know the mark of the beast," "Incarnate in thy bastard child." "Take her to the sacrificial pentagram." "Morlock!" "Morlock!" "[Non-english speech]" "[Non-english speech]" "[Non-english speech]" "[Non-english speech]" "My lord and master Satan, sanctify" "This unholy fornication." "Breathe life into the unborn fetus" "That shall bear thy mark as the highest glorification of evil." "And empower this chalice of toad's blood" "With thy potency, that I may fertilize" "This blaspheming slut." "Woman!" "Turnest thou away from that which" "Senteth thee out of paradise?" "[Crying]" "Know ye not Satan's serpent that corrupted thy womb" "And cast thee forever in the depths of everlasting fire?" "[Yelling]" "[Breathing heavily]" "Ye cannot withstand the serpent!" "For rejecting the serpent, prepare" "To surrender thy unhallowed flesh to all that is evil." "[Grunting]" "[Crying]" "Now, whore, shall ye know the hard-on of sin." "[Yelling]" "[Screaming]" "Kill her!" "[Struggling]" "[Yelling]" "[Grunt]" "[Screaming]" "Which way did she go?" "I don't know, but we better find her." "Did you really think you'd escape?" "[Chuckle]" "I'll follow her." "You go get help." "[Grunting]" "Down here!" "[Gasping]" "[Grunting]" "[Gasping]" "[Grunting]" "[Gasping]" "[Grunting]" "[Gasping]" "[Grunting]" "[Gasping]" "[Grunting]" "[Yelling]" "[Gasping]" "[Grunting]" "[Yelling]" "[Car engine revving]" "[Gasping]" "[Gunshot]" "[Yelling]" "Water." "POLICE OFFICER (ON RADIO):" "1039, are you clear?" "POLICE OFFICER (ON RADIO):" "Metro D56, go ahead." "POLICE OFFICER (ON RADIO):" "1039, are you clear?" "11D2, code run." "11D2, go to Highland Park Station." "All units at frequency five, standby." "All units frequency five, standby." "12D6, go ahead." "POLICE OFFICER (ON RADIO): 70724, code six." "1XL46, 1XL46 at 415, 304 in 1 HAM east 5." "6086, code six." "POLICE OFFICER (ON RADIO):" "Substation one, go ahead." "Yeah, give me 10-2." "POLICE OFFICER (ON RADIO): 10-2." "Go ahead." "Yeah, I'm out on past 20 on the way to I-5." "So if you need me, I'll be out here." "Over." "POLICE OFFICER (ON RADIO): 10-4." "POLICE OFFICER (ON RADIO): 11D2, go to Highland Park Station." "[Gasping]" "[Grunt]" "[Gasping]" "[Choking]" "[Screaming]" "[Grunting]" "[Screaming]" "[Crying]" "I found the town." "[talking while crying]" "I've got to get to the police before they get away." "Now hold on." "Hold on." "Easy, easy, easy, easy." "Take this." "Take this." "[Cough]" "Son of a bitch." "I'm sorry." "You just had me nervous." "Why did you leave without telling me?" "I..." "I had this nightmare." "I dreamed that you were a disciple of Satan," "That you had the number 666 tattooed on your wrist." "666?" "The mark of the beast." "A satanic symbol of evil." "Susan, Susan." "It was just a dream, nightmare." "The night Sandy died, I had a nightmare." "Now that I think about it, it's more like a premonition." "Guess that was why I was so frightened" "The night... the night that I had the nightmare about you." "Don't worry about it." "Forget it, forget it." "Come on." "Come on, let's go." "This whole thing has been a nightmare." "It'll be over soon." "Did anyone else know you were coming back out here?" "Why?" "I'm just curious." "I phoned, the, um, sheriff's office yesterday evening." "What?" "Yeah." "If, they, uh, don't hear from me they're to talk to you." "Why me?" "Why not?" "You're one of 'em." "Sue, you've been out in the sun too long." "You don't know what you're talking about." "I know that wasn't a nightmare I had about you." "It was a premonition, just like I had about Sandy." "Only the 666 wasn't on your wrist." "It was on the back of your neck." "Susan, I tried to warn you to stay" "Out of the devil's playground." "We could have had something." "We could have had something special." "But no, you wouldn't listen to me." "Now you leave me no choice." "[Grunting]" "[Gunshot]" "[Gasping]" "[Yelling]" "Oh!" "[Explosion]" "Susan!" "Susan!" "Susan!" "Susan!" "Susan!" "Susan!" "Stay away from me?" "The hell's the matter with you?" "You're one of them!" "That's not true." "Now, listen, Susan." "Your sister wasn't the only one to disappear." "There were others too." "And I've known for... or I've suspected for a long time" "There, there was a cult behind it and that Dan was one of 'em," "But I couldn't prove it." "Not until now." "But I know now, and it's OK now." "Give me your hand." "Keep away from me." "[Screaming]" "Come on." "Jesus Christ." "Are you all right?" "Huh?" "It's OK." "Come on." "Let's get home." "Get something to eat." "[Music playing]"