"Oh, my God!" "Go!" "Go!" "Go!" "Let's do this." "What the fuck?" "It's mischief night, asshole!" "Oh, shit!" "Oh, my God!" "Oh, crap!" "Oh, my God." "Trick or treat, creeps." "Oh, God!" "Fuck!" "Uh-uh." "Not so fast, motherfucker." " We'll be back, you fucking bitch!" " Screw you!" "Stupid ho!" "Fucking whore!" "No, I haven't seen any kids up to mischief tonight." "I'm looking down at him right now, Mrs. Payton." "He's, uh, well, he's sleeping like a baby." "Good." "Well, make sure his little nightlight is on, and you definitely want to check in on him every 15 minutes, okay?" "Kaylie?" "Kaylie?" "Stanley, I think I lost her." "What's that, Mrs. Payton?" "I stepped out of the room as to not wake the baby." "Cunt." "Hmm." "Hmm." "You're kind of cute for a cue ball." "Just as boring as everything else in this house." "The whole fucking town." "Hi!" "How you doing?" "Hi." "May I ask you..." "Are you alone here tonight?" "Yeah, just me and my shotgun." "Oh!" "Your shotgun?" "Well, hey, I..." "There's a lot of crazies out here, you know, tonight, the night that it is, the night before Halloween." "So, I'm just kind of going around the neighborhood door to door, you know?" "Just checking that everything's all right." "Oh, well, everything is all right." "I'm, like, in neighborhood watch." "I'm watching the neighborhood." "This, I know, looks like a sedate neighborhood, you know, middle class, whatever, but we've had so many problems." "We've had vandals." "We've got hooligans." "Some bastards, you know, spray-painted my garage wall." "I'll kill those bastards." "And sects, we've got sects." "Not sex, sects." "And what kind of sects, I don't know..." "You're very cute." "What's your name?" "Kaylie." "Kaylie." "Hmm." "Cute." "Okay." "Okay." "All right." "One word of advice." "If anyone comes to your door, don't open it." "Do not open it." "You just never know who's gonna be at the door." "So, listen, if there's anything I can do," "I'll be..." "Around." "You're cute." "All right, take care." "Thanks." "Happy Halloween." "Hmm." "Naughty, naughty." "Aw!" "That's a good baby." "Now shut the fuck up." "You didn't tell me my cell phone wouldn't work out here." "It's the mountains, Kaylie." "Just take a deep breath, exhale, and suck it up, bitch." "How much are these deadbeats paying again?" "Twelve bucks an hour, and that's pretty good considering." "Considering what?" "Fuck 'em." "They're rolling in it." "Hey, how do you think I feel?" "It's the first Friday off in two months, it's the night before Halloween, and I'm stuck at home puking my brains out." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "Look, can't we just talk about some normal girlie things for once?" "Sure." "You got anything in mind?" "How about Graham?" "Can we talk about him?" "Uh, I'd rather not." "Oh, come on." "You know it's not true." "I don't know, Daphne." "I don't get it." "It's like I'm at my worst when I'm near him." "Sometimes it's like..." "I wanna cut my belly open with a big knife just to let out all the butterflies." "What?" "Do you know?" "That's not funny, Kaylie." "You can't joke about cutting yourself when you've been caught doing it before." "Maybe it was a mistake to let you babysit for me." "Are you sure you're feeling up to it?" "What?" "Fuck off." "Hey, I'm just asking." "I mean, you're clearly not up for talking to Graham." "What's that supposed to mean?" "He's not such a hard guy to talk to, you know?" "You sure talk to him enough." "Doorbell." "What?" "Trick or treaters, maybe." "A night early?" "I'll call you back." "It's probably just more pranksters." "Wait, Kaylie, don't..." "Hello?" "Jackass, I'm talking to you." "Graham!" "Oh!" "Hey, you're not Daphne." "Uh, Kaylie, right?" "Right." "I knew that." "I mean, obviously." "I mean..." "Shit." "Where's Daphne tonight?" "She's..." "I mean, I would have called first, but I know what her cell phone's like up here." "Yeah." "Mountains." "I mean, but, you know, she's been here the last four Fridays, so I just assumed..." "Yeah." "No." "I haven't seen her at school and..." "Yeah, well, I am covering for her tonight, so..." "She's at home, though, if you want her." "Anyway, no harm done, right?" "'Tis the season." "Right." "Hey, Kaylie?" "Uh..." "Happy..." "Yeah." "How about Graham?" "Can we talk about him?" "He's not such a hard guy to talk to, you know?" "You sure talk to him enough." "Kaylie, right?" "Just to let out all the butterflies." "Where's Daphne tonight?" "Let out all the butterflies." "Hello?" "Who was at the door?" "Your mom." "Hello?" "Good prank." "I bet you think you're really fucking funny." "Hello?" "Dead, right?" "Hmm!" "Hello?" "Daphne?" "Kaylie?" "Are you okay?" "You sound..." "I think there's someone here at the house." "Some man." "I don't know." "Maybe it's just my imagination." "It's probably just those kids you messed with." "Maybe." "So who was at the door earlier?" "I don't think this is a kid." "He's at the front door." "Are you being serious right now?" "Oh, you so aren't." "You so aren't." "You can't bullshit a bullshitter." "You know that, right?" "And you can't prank me." "I think I'll just sit here and wait." "Wait for what?" "If you're not fucking around, why don't you just call the cops?" "Yeah, and say what exactly?" "What you just told me!" "How tacky do you think I am?" "All right." "Then I'll call the cops." "Don't." "Then maybe I'll just come over." "No, I wouldn't if I was you." "Sure you wouldn't." "Daphne." "I'll see you soon!" "No, Daphne, don't use the front door!" "Don't use the front door!" "Daphne, don't use the front door!" "All right, all right." "Pushy bitch." "Kaylie!" "I know you're out here." "Wait!" "Hey, Daph, it's about 9:15." "You said you'd be here, so I'm just wondering where you are." "I'm still a little freaked right now." "There was definitely somebody outside, but not pissing my panties or anything." "I think I scared him off." "I'll see you soon, or call me when you get this." "All right." "Bye." "Hello?" "So much for no reception." "Hello?" "Hello..." "Hello?" "Hey..." "Damn it." "I can't hear you." "Hold on." "Are you there..." "There?" "I can..." "You're..." "Hold on one sec." "You're..." "Is someone..." "Hello?" "Hello!" "Hello?" "Kaylie?" "Oh, hey, Mom." "Where are you?" "You know where I am." "I told you I'm filling in for Daphne tonight." "Some of my pills are missing." "You wouldn't happen to be stealing them..." "No, I'm not stealing your pills." "I don't want your fucking pills." "I am..." "If I wanted pills, I'd get my own fucking pills." "You're lying to me." "You have one..." "Yeah." "Good night." "Fuck." "Ahhh!" "Oh, shit." "You fucking bitch!" "I'm gonna kill you!" "Open up!" "Fuck!" "I'm gonna fucking find you..." "Stay quiet." "You're dead!" "You are so fucking dead!" "I'm gonna enjoy this." "You'll find some way to fuck it up." "Not likely." "If you can fuck up a basic Boy Scout knot, you can fuck up just about anything." "Are you gonna kill me?" "Are you gonna kill me?" "Take a wild fucking guess." "I finally get up the nerve to do it, to murder." "Don't..." "Don't." "Got the mask, I bought a knife and got all the clothes." "I find the perfect neighborhood, perfect house, perfect..." "Victim." "I'm the boogeyman, like in the movies." "No." "But the girl, she can't just be the perfect little victim, can she?" "She can't just play her role." "She's gotta be a feisty little fighter." "I'm gonna carve you up, blondie." "You can't do this to me." "You can't." "Yeah?" "Why not?" "Because I'm..." "What?" "I'm..." "Yeah?" "You're what?" "I'm still a virgin." "I'm still a virgin." "Un-fucking-believable." "What are you thinking about?" "What?" "You're not gonna do it?" "I didn't say don't do it." "I just said I didn't want to die without being..." "Oh!" "Oh, you probably can't get it up anyway." "Oh, you're dead!" "I'm gonna fucking kill you." "I'm gonna cut off your fucking head." "I'm gonna hack out your kidneys and cut open your liver." "I'm gonna smother you with your own guts." "I'm gonna..." "Yeah?" "What?" "I don't fucking get you!" "You think you're some sort of open book or something?" "Yeah, I'm a teenager." "What's your excuse?" "You got an answer for everything, don't you?" "I couldn't tell you what's going on inside your fucked-up head." "My fucked-up head?" "My fucked-up head?" "Priceless." "That's just..." "Priceless?" "Take a picture." "It'll last longer." "You do that to yourself?" "No." "The last serial killer I met." "Look, you're a sadist." "I'm a masochist." "You can tie me up all you want, but don't leave me on my fucking side like this!" "All the blood is rushing to my head and I'm starting to get dizzy." "Wait!" "You're not gonna just leave me like this, are you?" "No, you can't just do that." "When they find me, my hand will be all blue and they're probably gonna have to amputate my fucking fingers!" "Thanks." "Don't mention it." "Come on, you pussies, we gotta get this bitch back!" "What is it?" "There's someone out there." "I don't want them to see me." "Well, well, well." "Back for a second round." "Hey, you wanna have some fun?" "Can we just go play ding-dong-ditch or something?" "If you pussy out on me, I'll break you." "I'm with you, Lonny." "Hey, fuckers!" "Hey, you looked." "You're dead, you fucking bitch!" "I'm gonna kill you!" "All right, you can put that down now." "Unless you still think you wanna use it?" "You're not very good at this whole serial killer thing, are you?" "I can't believe this." "I can't fucking believe this." "This doesn't make sense." "This is crazy." "No, it's not." "It's mischief night." "It's the one night where anything goes." "They get their 364 days of safety and reliability, and stability, and predictability." "They've even co-opted Halloween with their greeting cards and UNICEF collections and cupcakes." "Fuck 'em." "Fuck 'em where they live, because this is my night." "It's up for grabs, and I wanna seize it." "My father always wanted me to be his good little..." "His sweet little..." "In fact, he was so worried about that, that he never actually bothered to look at me." "He was too busy fitting in with the rest of 'em." "And my mother?" "Oh, you can forget it." "It's all outer smiles and inner spite." "That's what they value." "That's who they are." "Street after street, house after house..." "A world of putrid shit stinking up my insignificant little existence." "I was always the kid that talked to strangers and took candy from old men." "My name is Kaylie." "Coast is clear." "You can go now." "I know." "You wanna finish what you started?" "I think we left off on you wanting to strangle me with my intestines." "So what's stopping you?" "Let me guess..." "I'm not like the other girls." "You're fascinated, intrigued," "maybe even..." "Attracted." "I, uh..." "I have to go." "Hey, I got an idea." "I don't know why I'm doing this." "Paper." "I have to go." "Are you gonna get me some paper?" "Paper." "She wants paper." "And I'm actually getting it." "Pen?" "A pen." "What good's paper without a pen?" "Pen." "First thing we need is a bag." "A big bag." "Bag." "Now what?" "Now, we need to fill it." "Ready?" "Who's there?" "Come on." "You want some MM's?" "Sure." "That's not candy-coated chocolate." "Mother's merriments." "But they do melt in your mouth." "Oh, what are they for?" "Nights like this." "Come on." "They'll make you feel like a gummy bear." "You hear that?" "What?" "That's the sound of the pumpkins of this world pissing themselves." "Yes." "Don't forget the..." "Oh!" "I got some big ideas for this one." "No." "What is it?" "This is Graham's house." "A friend?" "A boy." "Oh, well, we'll go next door." "No." "Oh!" "Let's get him really bad." "No." "Just me." "This is his." "I always thought it fit him just perfectly." "I don't know why." "My best friend Daphne thinks he's beautiful." "She said she'd never date him though, because I saw him first." "I always saw him." "Do you ever talk to him?" "Me?" "What would I have to say?" ""Hello." "I exist."" "I'm not even sure I really do." "Hand me the bag." "Can I ask you a question?" "Sure." "Why didn't you call the cops tonight?" "What, you think I was really scared or something?" "A little bit." "Do you know why I sleep easy at night?" "Why?" "Freddy Krueger doesn't haunt my dreams." "I haunt his." "Is that so?" "Can I ask you another question?" "Maybe." "When you jumped out of the window, you acted like your knee snapped backward," "but you've been walking fine ever since." "Now I ask a question." "You didn't answer my last question." "You answered it yourself." "Are you having fun tonight?" "It's not exactly going as I planned." "What was your plan?" "A friendly little game of hide and seek capped off with a little game of gut the girl?" "Something like that." "You like gutting girls?" "No comment." "You know what I like?" "I like..." "Booze." "The only thing better than booze is other people's booze." "Would you agree?" "Oh, yeah." "I'd agree." "Do you know why geeky kids and outcasts all love Halloween so much?" "Why?" "Well, it's the one day of the year the weirder you look, the more likely you are to get some sugar." "Okay, you know why witches can't have babies?" "Why?" "Because warlocks have hallow-weenies." "Oh, God." "Uh-oh." "You're fucked up." "You know how I can tell?" "Anything I say will make you laugh." "Bullshit." "Knock knock." "For real." "Okay." "Okay." "Who's there?" "Boo." "Yeah, you are good and shit-faced." "Well, if you're not by now, then you're some kind of fucking animal." "Like a machine or something." "How many times did you swing that knife at me and miss?" "Is your aim really that bad?" "You know what I think?" "I think the boogeyman is just like any other man." "He knows what he wants, he just doesn't necessarily know how to get it." "He chases the girl, he catches her, but if he kills her," "well, that's the end of it all." "And that's not what he wants." "He wants her." "And then the girl?" "Hmm." "The sweet little virginal girl, the one..." "None of the other boys are interested in?" "Until one night this boy comes along," "different than all the rest." "He takes a different tact with her," "and she likes it." "He may frighten her," "but somewhere inside, she knows that this..." "This is right." "They're meant for each other." "Wouldn't it be something if..." "This was just the way it was, every night, bringing hell to everyone who has it coming, which is pretty much everyone." "You could circle the country." "Mischief night, every night, everywhere." "That would be something." "But I wouldn't do it alone." "I've always had this feeling inside of me, all my life, like an urge or a fever," "but I could never put a finger on it." "And then one day, one instance," "I was at home putting my son to bed," "my little baby boy." "Beautiful." "My wife was beside me, so happy." "My life ahead of me, so good." "And it occurred to me then, in that moment, so..." "Benign and pure, you could put it on your walls next to your Norman Rockwell." "That..." "That feeling that I'd had for so long is anger." "Why such anger?" "How do I rid myself of this anger?" "It was like an angry god I had to please." "Murder." "Yeah." "And blood." "An innocent." "How it must feel" "to wait and wait till the time is right," "and then drive, just..." "Drive." "Intuition will guide you." "The angry god will lead you." "Some highway, some exit, some town, some house." "You'll know it when you see it." "Some girl." "You kill her because you can." "And then..." "The angry god will be pleased, and you will know what it is to feel satiated." "And your son will grow to love and honor you" "'cause you're a truly good man." "And your wife, your wife will always love you." "A truly good man." "And you will love yourself because you did it." "You did it." "One night, long ago, you did it." "But just once." "Turn out the light." "Come." "Now stab me." "I want it to hurt." "You are so strange." "I'm sorry." "No." "I mean..." "You're extraordinary." "Thanks." "You don't believe me." "I think I prefer strange." "Why?" "That feels right." "Well, you are strange." "You're the strangest fucking girl I've ever met." "That's the nicest thing anybody has ever said about me." "You were my first lover." "Do you want me to be your first victim?" "Where are you going?" "I have to think." "This bitch is going down." "Lonny, are you sure we should do this?" "Yeah, it's not even her house." "Come on, you pussies." "Is that you, whore bag?" "I'm coming for you." "We should go." "Are you a pussy?" "Go check it out." "You check it out." "Fine." "We both check it out." "Lonny?" "You there?" "Hey, if you're joking around, it's not funny." "It's dark out here." "Someone could trip and get hurt." "I'm sorry if I upset you." "I didn't mean to push you away." "I think we should talk." "What's the matter?" "You don't look right." "I never should have come." "I never should have done this." "Any of this." "I have a home." "I have a family." "And we need paper towels and low-fat milk." "This night never happened, do you understand?" "I understand." "Kaylie..." "I like you." "I had a really nice time tonight." "No, you didn't." "There was no tonight." "It never happened." "Midnight." "Happy Halloween." "Be careful on the road." "You had a lot to drink." "I don't want you to think..." "What?" "I don't know." "Would you mind grabbing that for me before you leave?" "I don't really care who it is, all right?" "And I'm not exactly in a talking mood, you know what I mean?" "What am I doing?" "Hello?" "Hi." "Hey." "Mr. Payton?" "No, no." "He's not here right now." "Do you wanna leave a message?" "No, I'm actually calling for Kaylie." "Who is this?" "Uh, a friend." "Oh!" "Okay, like a boyfriend?" "No." "Uh..." "No, just a friend." "Oh, okay." "Cool." "Uh, is she there?" "Yeah, she's..." "She's in the bathroom right now." "Right, okay." "Can you just let her know that Graham called?" "Graham?" "Uh, yeah." "Yeah, I can let her know you called." "Thanks, and tell her I'm really sorry about the prank, it was a stupid prank." "What prank?" "Yeah, her friend Daphne had this stupid idea of making her think that her and I were hooking up, and then Daphne and me were going to surprise her because we're actually not hooking up." "I kind of like Kaylie, and Daphne said that Kaylie likes me and..." "I don't know." "It was just stupid, um..." "By the way, have you seen Daphne?" "Has she come by?" "Uh, no." "No, not that I know of." "Yeah, can you tell her all of that..." "I'm sorry." "You know, Graham," "I think you should come over and tell her yourself." "You know what?" "I think you are right." "Yeah." "All right, happy Halloween." "Yeah, you, too, buddy..." "Hey." "What did you do?" "I don't know if there's something in the air or what." "Boy, this night really does something to you." "Our scary little game of cat and mouse really turned me on." "You think you're the only one who's had that urge building up inside of you?" "That necessity to lash out?" "There's a killer inside both of us." "The difference is, I let mine out to play tonight, and you were too big of a pussy to make it happen." "I only had one teeny-weeny, little thread of sanity keeping my sociopathic tendencies in check" "when, you know, it was for the love of a boy." "I thought me and you had something." "I thought we were the same." "It could have been something..." "Beautiful." "But I guess we both got fucked tonight." "Do you think she'll be upset we were out later than planned?" "Oh, please, with what I'm paying her?" "She should give me a handy on the way home." "Stanley, you're terrible." "Jesus Christ!" "He was coming for the baby." "Jesus Christ, is he okay?" "Is he okay?" "Yeah." "Yeah?" "Is he okay?" "I warned them." "I told them." "I said, "Lock your doors." "Don't answer the door."" ""There's strange things happening here."" "And I warned everyone." "I went to every house and told them." "Devil's Night." "That's what they call it, you know, in foreign countries." "It's Devil's Nacht, the Devil's night." "It embodies the whole spirit of what's going on tonight." "I feel the spirit of Halloween." "There's some evil in the air." ""Mischief," it's just a cutesy little word." "Mischief." "Move along, please." "I consider it to be a euphemism for nothing short of evil." "Okay." "Right." "Gotcha." "I..." "I told them that I was here earlier." "They want to ask some..." "Questions." "He answered the phone." "He wanted me to come over." "It's all so unreal and..." "I don't know what I'm supposed to say." "I feel so sick inside." "And here I am talking..." "I can't even imagine what you must have gone through tonight." "I am so sorry." "Can I do anything?" "Please don't leave me alone tonight." "I don't want to be alone." "Okay, Kaylie." "I won't." "I won't leave you alone tonight." "Speed, marker..." "Action!" "Hi!" "How you doing?" "Ooh!" "Are you cooking dinner?" "That's a pot roast, right?" "That smells good." "Is that dinner for one or two?" "Mmm, pot roast or something?" "Ooh!" "My name's George." "You and your shotgun?" "Whoa!" "I like that!" "The NRA would be happy with you!" "You know, out here, there are crazy people." "Gang initiations, hoodlums, vandals, hooligans, cults out here." "They sacrifice goats." "Somebody found a sacrificial altar with blood dripping on it." "The smell..." "Whoa!" "It's causing a big problem here with the house prices and everything." "Are you familiar with that kind of thing?" "You know, sacrificial lambs?" "Maybe goats?" "I don't know." "We got a meth factory down the street that practically took out a whole block here." "You would not believe." "The guy was a nice guy, bank manager-type or accountant or whatever." "He nearly blew up the whole neighborhood." "You heard about that?" "No." "No, I didn't." "All the crazies are out, the nutters are out." "There's so many nutters out there," "I mean, it's crazy!" "There's too many fruitcakes." "Seriously." "We got them all right here." "I mean, we caught some kids, you know, that were stealing bicycles." "They're not now!" "Wow!" "And we're really close to the airport, too." "You can hear that, right?" "I know, I know." "That's no good for us, though, is it?" "Mmm." "No, but we're gonna keep going." "We're gonna keep going because that jet, it's gonna be in fucking New York any moment now." "So where the hell were we?" "Oh, my God." "I can't believe he's coming back now." "He must have done a quick drop off and he's coming back!" "That's great." "Are you from the south?" "No, I'm not." "No." "Oh, from The Valley." "Close enough." "Listen, Kaylie rhymes with Haley." "Kaylie..." "Not really." "You're very cute, Kaylie rhymes with Haley." "Because you just never know..." "See?" "Now that is not a..." "That is speeding in this..." "I mean, it's crazy." "It's crazy here." "You don't have a little spy hole, do you, in the door?" "I wouldn't use it even if I had one." "Why?" "Are you too short?" "You're cute!" "Enjoy your dinner." "What the fuck is that?" "Jesus." "Nuts!" "Marker." "Oh, mischief." "Mischief." "What is mischief?" "Mischief, mischief..." "Mischievous little guys, you know, mischief, mischief dressed as what, punks?" "Yeah." "Little bastards." "Fuck me." "We've got a lot of mischief over there with that fucking thing." "I'll never get that line, so I'll just make it up." "When I go round to the store, what do I see?" "Crazy fucking people." "I don't know about you." "You must do." "That's a..." "I'm taking this medication." "It's really helping me." "I..." "I have a clarity." "It's unbelievable." "Good shit, man." "I'm really flying." "I think it's speed or something." "I can recommend it." "Kaylie, Kaylie, yeah." "Haley and the Comets, Bill Haley, remember him?" "Rock Around the Clock." "Mischief." "Mischief." "Sounds exactly what it is, mischief." "By the way, you know, take out your notebook, take this down." "Take this down." "Take this down." "Devil's Nacht." "It's a foreign thing, I think European." "Romanian, that's where Dracula was from." "I gotta take my medication because, shit, man, I'm coming down." "This is a bummer." "I'm starting to sweat." "I'm starting to, ooh, you know, shake a bit." "Some pot roast." "Are you hungry?" "I think I was walking my dog." "Dog's name's Henry." "Cute little dog." "Romanian." "Thank you." "Hey, I'm not finished." "I gotta tell you..." "I think I know who did it." "And I'm not gonna tell you!"