Feedback squeals
Door creaks lightly
Mobile phone buzzes
Turbulence sounds
Movie score sounds on headphones
Cabin bell chimes
I'm gonna have to ask you to switch that off for now.
Oh, ok. Thanks.
You know what it's kinda like? It's kinda like...
It's kinda like a rollercoaster.
You know what I mean? It's like a roller coaster.
Try it, try it with me.
Upbeat electronic dance music plays
How tall... how tail is the eye?
How tall... how tail is big Ben?
Indistinct chatter
Huh.
Since then, I've been working as a technology correspondent
for about two years now. It's been great.
Cool, that's awesome.
So you do, like, TV reports and, like, you're like...?
No, just the website. — oh, just the website?
I mean, there's some video stuff, but tech industry pieces mainly.
Cool, tech, tech. Tech's awesome. Tech's...
So where have you been so far?
Travelling around the map like Indiana Jones?
Oh. — Brazil?
Yeah. — the red adventure line
goes zigzagging all over the place.
Yeah, um, actually, I'm almost done. Uh...
But I started off, flew into Sydney, went to Thailand.
Oh, jealous. — India. Yeah, um...
Did Rome, went to Rome.
Did the whole Europe vacation. — even I haven't done that.
Oh, really? — mm.
It was... it was awesome. I went to Pamplona in Spain.
Is that where they do the bull runs? — ran with the bulls.
You ran with the bulls? — I ran with the bulls.
That's how I got this. — look at that!
You really are Indiana Jones.
Have you got your whip in your bag and have you got your hat?
I do, yeah. I saved the world from the Nazis.
That was pretty cool.
Like, you know, just... trying to do, you know, shit I've never done before.
I mean, is that what you're doing on this trip?
You're, like, finding yourself?
Yeah! Um... in a way.
I mean, I...
I really needed to get away from the family home is what I'm doing.
Oh.
Yeah, that was...
Whatever, that's boring.
Yeah, well, I'm afraid britain's pretty tame
as far as daredevil opportunities go. — yeah?
It's alright, it's the last leg of the trip anyway, so...
I'm unfortunately home next week.
Not much time... — next week?
Yeah. — oh, that's not very long.
No, it's not. — uh—uh.
So... I could use, uh, some suggestions on fun shit to do.
Hmm. Fun shit to do? — fun shit to do.
Ow... ow! Ow! Ow!
Ow, Jesus!
Hello.
I'm up. Good morning. — morning.
Oh. Another battle scar.
He chuckles kind of.
American accent: Let me guess, you were, like
totally shark fishing in Cape Town, dude.
Is that your best American accent?
Yes. — that's pretty good. No, um...
It was courtesy of Josh Peters, high school dick.
He and I got into a fight in shop class.
And he hit me with this, like, metal rod thing.
What an arsehole. — he chuckles
in English accent: 'What an arsehole.'
that's terrible. — I am sorry.
Mobile phone buzzes
is that you or me?
Oh, it's gotta be you.
'Mom.' you're so American.
Yes, I am.
Are you not gonna get that?
Ok, that was a little impersonal.
What, you wanna talk to her now?
You wanna talk to my mom? I'll call her back.
Fair point. — he laughs
I don't think so.
You hungry?
Cooper: Wow.
Look at all these games. You're, like, a gamer.
Cool.
Of course I am. For my job.
What, a girl never beat you at street fighter?
Is this... like, this is, like, your dating manual?
He laughs
what? The singularity?
It's when computers learn to outsmart man
like women did years ago.
Oh! Wow!
See, um... what I was doing
it was like a joke.
You know? — really?
Yeah. Well, that's what you call a joke?
Mm—hmm. Yeah, you guys have those...
You guys have those here, right? — yeah, yeah. We do at the moment.
Ow!
Hmm.
That was a good joke. That was a good joke.
Enjoy your marmite.
Whoa! Oh, my... — she snickers
what?
Do you guys seriously eat this shit?
It's f...
Ok, alright. — mobile phone buzzes
oh. Alright, saved by mom.
The best way to actually just stop her from calling is...
I don't know, answer it.
Yeah, it's just kind of like a can of worms
I just don't want to open right now, so...
She's worried. You're her son. You've been travelling.
And I just think if you speak to her, then...
Yeah, well, um, I still live at home with her back in Syracuse.
That's... that's cool. That's fine. — yeah.
Um...
I was taking care of my dad.
Oh, shit. Is he ok?
No, he died.
Oh, my god. I'm sorry. — last year. No, it's ok.
It was coming for a while. It was early—onset Alzheimer's.
Oh, god, then that must have been really... er... tough.
Yeah, he was, uh, my best friend.
Um...
Sometimes he'd just look at me and wouldn't even know who I was.
Well, my mom, like, I don't even... I don't know how to talk to her.
You know, like, I don't have that connection.
I don't even know where to start.
So that's...
That's why I left.
That's why I went on this trip.
Just to get away and make, you know
all the memories that I can...
While I can.
And I know I gotta talk to her and I gotta just...
He chuckles
but not on this. You know, I just...
I just want to deal with it.
I'll deal with it when I get back, you know.
It's just...
You're a good guy, Cooper.
Call your mum.
Alert beeps
zero, zero, one, nine, three, nine, two, nine...
No, I did not buy a pair of sandals in ko samui last night
because I'm in...
And how long... And how long does that take?
Because I need to buy a ticket back to america.
He groans
oh, my god.
Mm—hmm.
He sighs
He groans
Can I just say, this is the most blatant cover story
for a second hook—up ever?
Yes! Yes! Oh, my god.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Alright. Don't forget your bag.
The bag, yep, that's my bag.
Alright. You are a top bird.
I don't know what that means, but I heard somebody say it once
and you're it.
I got a plan.
Yeah. It's, um, oddjobs.
For who? — for, like... it's an app.
You can kind of... — oh.
Like, I've used it all over when funds were low, so...
Oh, some interesting ones. — ...It's pretty cool.
'Thrill seekers wanted.' — ooh!
This looks right up your street. — ok.
Ok, four pound signs. That's a biggie. That's good.
Uh, it's a little out of town.
And some kind of play test deal for a company called saito...
Saitogoo...
Saitogemu? — saitogemu. Yeah.
They're huge.
They're really big. — really?
Horror games? — uh...
Have you heard of...?
Oh, what's one of theirs? Er, har/ech shadow.
Har/ech shadow? Yes, I have.
I used to play that in my buddy David Ludwig's basement
when we were, like, seventh grade.
Well, that's shou saito. It's his company.
He's like this genius, super secretive. — ok.
And apparently they're working on this new project.
Big money involved. Ground—breaking.
But nobody knows anything about it.
Well, maybe if I play my cards right
I can get you an exclusive with shou.
Hmm? Fo' shou? Huh?
He laughs
you should take a photo.
What, like...? — seriously.
If you get a photo of anything that they're working on
that's a fuck—load more money than four pound signs.
Cool.
Um...
Well, where is this place?
Eerie synth music
Door unlocks and opens
woman: Mr copper.
Oh, hi. Um... just Cooper.
Mr Cooper, I apologise.
Just Cooper is fine.
Then, in that case, I'm just Katie.
Follow me. — oh, yeah.
I'll just get my pack here. — rav will take care of that.
Oh, rav will... Rav will take care of that.
Ok, great.
That's good. I don't wanna carry it in there anyway.
Rav kind of reminds me of like an end—of—level boss.
Cooper chuckles
you know... 'Haiuken!' Just...
How was your journey? — great. Thanks.
The car pick you up ok? — yeah.
Cooper: Wow.
Indistinct chatter
this way.
Are they... seeing...?
It's cool. Very cool.
Wow.
Katie: Come on.
Feel like I'm gonna go meet Dumbledore.
He chuckles
hope I get... Hope I get Gryffindor!
I'm gonna need your phone and anything else
you might use to send and receive.
A little paranoid, don't you think? — can't be too careful.
Ok, there you go.
Wow, you really are paranoid. Whoa!
He chuckles
it's white.
Um...
Ok, so I'm guessing this says, like, I agree to have my kidneys harvested?
Actually, it's a pretty standard nda—disclaimer thing.
Ok.
It's important that you realise there is a small medical procedure involved.
Sorry, for a game?
Nothing permanent and we don't harvest your kidneys.
I promise. — ok.
It's no more invasive than having your ears pierced.
Confidential information, brain downloaded into the game...
Duration, termination..."
Um, the signature page...
Where do I sign? — oh.
The signature... yeah. — there's a page missing.
Ok. — just a moment.
Alright. I'll just wait... here.
Door unlocks
What the fuck?
Camera shutter click
door unlocks
All good? — all good.
What we're working on is an interactive augmented reality system.
Like vr? — more like layers on top of reality.
Oh.
Ok. Um... — device beeps
ow.
Um...
What's that? — we call this a mushroom.
Like... Mario brothers? — If you like.
Uh, you're qualified to do this, right?
I haven't killed anyone yet.
May I?
Yeah. He chuckles
all done.
Cooper: That was it? — see, I told you I'm good.
Oh, don't worry, it's not permanent.
Um...
Ok. What is this, like, some kind of like memory test
or something like that?
You'll find out. — oh, ok.
You might feel a slight twinge as it initialises.
Oh, ok. Um...
Commencing at 5:38.
You ready? — yes, sir!
Device beeps
nearly there.
Cell phone buzzes
I thought I turned that off.
All done. You feel ok? — uh—huh.
I feel great.
Watch the targets. — ok.
Um...
Video game beeps
Cooper chuckles
is...
Katie: What do you see?
Like a... um... he laughs
like a video game gopher.
Is there more detail now? — yeah.
Yep, yeah.
Katie types
and now? — holy fuck!
Gopher: Ta—dah! — holy shit!
He... fuck. He's right... — gopher squeals
he's right... he's right... can I...?
Whoo!
He's not real. He's just a sort of mental projection.
You can see him. I can't. — you can't? The...
Wow!
Oh, ok. — gopher giggles
give him a whack.
Give him a whack? Oh. Ok, alright.
Cooper laughs
ok! Alright, so just like whack—a—mole.
Mm—hmm. — I've played it a million times. Ok.
Alright.
Here we go. Come on up.
Gopher giggles
oh! Uh... where you coming up?
No. No.
No. — gopher giggles
oh!
Cooper laughs
oh!
Alright. Stay down.
Oh! Ok. Stop. Got it.
Good game. Very good game. You are so adorable!
Oh, ok. Bye. — gopher squeals
is that it? — afraid so.
Oh.
Now, were the gophers two—dimensional or three?
Three. No, no, no. 3D, super 3D. Like... yeah.
And this is just a limited test demo. — that was a demo?
I think you should beta test the full experience we're working on.
There'd be more money in it, of course.
If you're game? — yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, uh—huh, I'm game. I'm game.
This is shou saito. — oh!
You must be our latest volunteer. — hi.
This is really great. Hi. — k onnichiwa.
K0... konnichiwa. Hi. — nice.
Um, I just... I wanted to say that the mole game...
Shou chuckles — super fun.
Super fun... fun.
She speaks Japanese
fun? — fun.
Fun is good. — yeah. Oh.
Playing games is... is good. — mm.
Your heart goes faster.
You smile. — yeah.
Yeah. Or, um... scream. Right?
Oh! Shou laughs
I have always liked to make the player jump.
Uh—huh. — frightened.
You get a scare, you jump.
Afterwards, you feel good. — yeah.
You glow.
Why?
Oh, um...
Because of the adrenaline rush.
Yes. — yeah.
But mostly because you are still alive.
You have faced your greatest fears in a safe environment.
It is a release of fear. It liberates you.
Yeah. I mean, totally. — computer beeps
what we are working on now
is the most personal survival horror game in history.
Wow. Cool.
One that works out how to scare you by using your own mind.
Whoa. That... that sounds crazy.
Device beeps
Cooper: Can't wait.
Katie: I'm uploading a neural net package.
Neural net packing, neural net. Hmm.
Name could use a little work, I think. It's all 903.
I'm just kidding, it's a good name.
It's state of the art intelligent software.
It learns and adapts on the fly.
It'll monitor your brain activity
and try and work out how best to frighten you
and then adjust your experience accordingly.
Whoa!
Are you ready? — oh, yeah.
Beam me up. Here we go, lock and load. — eyes closed.
Time is currently 6:17 P.M. — shou: Ok.
It's uploading. Five, four, three, two, one.
Device beeps
Katie: How are you feeling?
Um...
I feel good. I feel normal.
Ok. Stand up, slowly.
They laugh
are you ready to play?
Cooper: Isn't this the har/ech shadow house?
Katie: Well, it's part of the estate.
The gamekeeper's lodge, actually.
But, yeah, this was the model.
The layout was replicated for the game and the textures scanned.
Wow! — Katie laughs
Cooper: Very, very cool.
Cooper: So, uh, what's the game? What do I do?
You don't have to do anything.
You just stay in here alone.
See how long you last until you're too scared to continue.
So all I have to do is, like, stay here?
And I get paid for that?
I'll be back in the control room, watching.
There are cameras all over, so no stealing the silverware.
And now there's this.
Ok... and what's this? — It's an earpiece.
Oh! — yeah.
Just pop it in, and you and I will be in contact the whole time.
Oh, cool.
And I can, like, talk to you, and you'll hear it?
Right. — great, great, that's great.
Now, nothing you'll see can physically harm you.
It's all just audio—visual, like the gopher game.
Oh, ok.
But if it does get too intense, we can pull you out at any time
and stop the experiment. — ok.
Is there a safe word you can think of?
Something easy to remember it under stress?
Uh, how about the word 'stop'?
Good choice. 'Stop' it is. — yeah.
Ok, we'll leave you to enjoy your evening.
Alright. — you'll hear from me in a moment.
And just make yourself at home.
Ok, alright. Well, take her easy.
They laugh
door shuts and locks
Har/ech... shadow.
He chuckles
He whistles
Is this real? Yeah, yeah, it's real.
That's real. It's really dead.
Katie: Cooper. — oh, hey.
Are you hearing me? — loud and clear.
Oh!
Reaching for the Dutch courage already, / see.
Ah.
I'm afraid that wine '3 non—alcoholic.
Lame.
Well, we need you with a clear head. — ok. Fair point.
That's a fair point.
This is high—quality craftsmanship. This is nice.
Yeah. It's good woodwork.
That's this place. — full marks for observation.
Mm—hmm! Yep!
Ominous music
Cooper struggles
Alright, there we go.
Ah!
Oh...
Oh, shit. — what's up?
I just forgot I don't have my phone.
I keep going for it, I forget it's not in my pocket.
And there's, uh... no TV here, so...
Welcome to the 79th century. — yep.
No TV, no Internet, no wi—fi.
Yeah. No wonder people were seeing shit.
Probably were just bored out of their gourds.
Well, that's the leading theory about ghost sightings.
The mind plays tricks when less stimulated.
Oh.
Fe wer distractions, people saw more ghosts.
Isn't that a nice piece of info?
They chuckle
well, they got literature, though.
That's pretty sweet, right?
Oh, my god, I can't even remember the actual last time
that I read a book.
To think people used to do this on purpose.
I know. Crazy. Why?
You know, / don't think I've... — shh, alright?
I need to get into some old—school shit here.
And concentrate. — Katie laughs
pardon me.
Can / point out your heart rate just increased?
Uh, yeah. Well, it should have 'cause there's a huge crazy spider
I just saw he chuckles
you see a spider? — you don't...?
You don't see that? — no.
Don't...
Don't walk... don't...
Holy shit!
Tough guy like you, scared of spiders.
Yeah, well, I'm just not fond of 'em.
It's worked out you're an arachnophobe quickly.
Oh, god. — It's probing for weak spots.
God damn it.
Fucked
yeah!
He laughs
um...
Ok.
Yeah, well, yeah.
Whole lot more realistic than the gopher game.
It's good. It's good graphics.
It's good, uh... yeah.
Weak sauce.
Katie: What is it? — uh, just a...
Nothing. Nothing.
Here with... Because there's a...
No. There's a light on...
Now, in the... in the...
Can you... zoom in and, uh...
Zoom in on it.
And you can see what I'm talking about.
Whoa!
Cooper... — and now there's... shh!
There's a guy in the window that... And that wasn't...
He chuckles nervously
yeah. —creaksounds
and now he's gone. Now nobody's in the window.
Which is the...
Eerie thud sounds upstairs
mm—hmm.
Yeah, there's a...
Thudding intensifies
just leaky pipes.
I knew it.
It was leaky pipes, like...
Holy fuck!
He yells no! Ahh!
Oh! Fuck!
Ahh!
He laughs oh! Oh!
Ok. Ah.
That got me. You got me. — Katie chuckles
what are you seeing?
Like a creepy... fucking guy.
Wow, just...
Oh, my god.
Oh, my god!
He kinda looks like Josh Peters.
It's Josh Peters! You're Josh Peters! — sorry?
You're Josh Peters from high school! From a guy I know at high school.
Oh, the system could be mining
some of your personal memories for texture.
Oh, my god.
Was Josh Peters someone you were scared of?
He was a bully. I wasn't scared...
I wasn't, like, scared of him, but he was a bully and...
Man!
Take a couple of krav maga classes
and I would be ready!
I'd be ready! Cooper grunts
he imitates a beating heart
Kali maa/
dah/
I'm gonna get some wine and re—up.
I'd offer you some, but I don't think you can drink it so...
Cooper laughs
whoo—hoo—hoo!
Catch ya later, Peters.
This non—alcoholic wine is pretty good.
I'm not like a expert or anything, but it's kinda great.
Um. I was in France.
I stayed at this, like, vineyard
and they had this... this wine, like, grape—stomping festival.
Now, that, that wine was good. I know that.
You're being discursive.
What is discursive? Discursive? — talkative.
M m—h m m. — rambling.
Cooper chuckles
is that a problem?
People sometimes talk more when they're afraid.
Helps compensate for the fear.
Masks it, too. — oh, yeah?
Similar to when you've got the TV on late at night.
The voices make you feel less alone.
Even though you are alone.
You, uh, aren't scaring me, Katie.
They chuckle
pity.
Is there like a refrigerator here or...?
There's some snacks in the cupboard.
Alrighty. Eenie, meenie, miney...
Mo! Alright.
Ok, ginger snaps.
Let's see.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. This'll do.
And that... um...
He's gonna be right behind this door when I close it, isn't he?
He chuckles yeah, that's how this works.
Cooper laughs
knew it.
Jump scares get pretty old... Ahh!
Spider creature screeches
fuck!
Oh, god!
What the hell is that? — what do you see?
Oh!
Holy shit!
A fuckin'...
Uh...
Hard to explain.
It's like a huge—ass spider with a face
and dicks coming out of his mouth.
It's...
Peters. Peters is inside.
Like a peters—spider... mash—up.
Ah, Katie!
Are you doing this, or is this fucking me?
I think that's all you. — oh! I'm so fucked up!
God! Fuck!
Holy shit, you're fucking gross.
Static hisses on earpiece
Katie's voice garbles — yeah, uh...
Sorry, can you say that... Say again?
Spider creature bubbles
Katie, hello?
God damn it. Katie!
Just... whenever you come back online, just say the word.
No, I'm not scared, just... bored.
Pounding on door
that you guys?
Pounding on door
coming to fix the earpiece? That's probably... that's a good idea.
Pounding on door
yeah. Yeah.
Pounding on door
Cooper grunts
Cooper, fuckin' man up!
Pounding on door
he whispers: Fuckit
pounding on door
come on!
You're in danger.
Sonja?
Door slams
now we're talking. Alright, this is incredible.
This... very impressive. I am thoroughly impressed.
I am... wow! Wow!
You look so real! You're, like, just like her!
I mean, wow.
Except... you're just unfortunately not... um...
Cooper, what are you doing? — wait, wait, wait, wait.
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
Cooper, you're in danger. — shh! Quiet. Quiet! I need to think.
You're fuckin' real. You are real. You're real.
Cooper, you're in... — you're Sonja. You're actually here.
Are you actually here right now? — I'm real. I'm actually here.
God. — and we have to go.
And you have to listen to me. — how are you here?
You know that photo that you sent me?
Well, I dug around and apparently shou saito took out a patent
for a computer brain interface last year.
How are you real? I don't...
Ok, fuck. I don't...
They brought you here! He laughs
you are, you're real, and they brought you here
and they're trying to fuck with me.
Nice try, good try.
I get it. It's part of the test.
His patent got rejected outright.
They said it was insane, it was dangerous.
Wow. Really?
How much are they paying you? Honestly.
'Cause you're killing it right now.
Cooper, have they given you something?
Sorry, I thought you were fake.
But now I know that you're real, I'm being a really terrible host.
I got some non—alcoholic wine.
Might put us in the mood. He chuckles
Cooper, Cooper, what I want to do is get...
We'll talk about it in the kitchen. Come on.
Coopeh — Sonja, relax, ok?
Give it up. I know, the jig's up, ok? Let it go.
Look, Cooper, there's more.
Five people have disappeared in the past year.
All tourists, all registered with that stupid oddjobs app.
Oh, yeah? Wow. God, that's crazy.
Whatever they're doing to you, whatever they've done to you
it's dangerous, and we really have to go now, Cooper.
Ok, ok. Alright.
Um, well, if your story's true... — Cooper.
Um, then how'd you find me? — what?
How did you know where I am?
It's a games company, I looked up the address.
Yeah, really? No, no, no, no.
How'd you find me here? This place.
I tracked you. — you tracked me?
Yeah, with your GPS on your phone. Find my friends.
Find my friends?
That would've worked, but they took my phone.
And it's in a building, like, a mile away.
So, yeah, nice try.
That's right. He laughs
so much for women outsmarting men. Singularity that!
Look, all I'm saying is that
I think that you could've come up, like, with a better story.
It could have been funny or...
Uh, ok, alright, don't be pissed.
Drawer opens
do you ever wonder how your bank account got hacked?
Uh, what are you doing?
I cloned your card as you were asleep. — whoa. Ok.
Uh, put the knife down. What are you going to do with that?
I drew your attention to this job.
Sonja, put the fucking knife down, ok?
It's not funny.
Should've called your mum, coopeh
but you called me, and I led you here... — Sonja.
You know what? — ...Like a breadcrumb trail.
Put the knife down. Drop the act. Ok, seriously, drop the knife, Sonja.
It's not fucking funny. Put the knife...
This isn't what I signed up for. I'm fucking done, ok?
Fuck! —creaturescreeches
Cooper screams
oh, fuck!
Sonja hisses
what the fuck!
Cooper struggles
oh, fuck! Oh!
Oh!
Holy fuck!
Fuck!
Cooper screams
stop!
Come on! Stop!
Cooper yells
Cooper struggles
he screams
fuck!
Sonja screams
oh, fuck!
Cooper screams
Sonja snarls
Cooper screams
Cooper yells
he yells
oh, fuck!
Oh, fuck!
He whimpers and pants
Katie: Cooper. — Katie!
Katie! — Cooper.
Katie! — Cooper, what's happening?
What the fuck happened?!
What's happening? We've been talking. You've not been responding.
You said I wouldn't feel anything! — what are you seeing? What's there?
Fuck! But she's gone now! — who's gone?
Oh, my god, |-| felt it!
There's a knife in my arm!
In my shoulder! — Cooper, who was there?
Fuck... son... Sonja. — who?
Sonja. She's this girl that I know, that fucking...
She stabbed me.
She had a fucking knife. — nothing can harm you...
Nothing can harm you, Cooper. — no, no, no, no.
She was solid. — no, she can't have been.
She... she... I was stabbed! I would know!
Nothing you see can harm or even touch you.
It's purely audio— visual.
There's no physical sensation. — fuck!
Yes, there was! He pounds on table
Cooper, you need to calm down.
I know because I felt it, ok?
I felt her arm, it was warm
and I felt her fucking stab me in the shoulder.
That's not possible. — oh, my god.
It's not possible, Cooper. — yeah, it is! Yeah, it is!
Physical sensations shouldn't 't be possible.
Unless, / mean... — oh, god. Unless what?
I don't know. The neural net...
It could have maybe worked out... — oh, fuck me!
Some means of replicating physical experiences
but that would be unprecedented. — Jesus Christ.
Ok, you know what? Stop the game.
I want out. Just pull me out now.
Stop, stop, stop. Safe word. Fucking stop!
Ok, ok, just let us work it out. — oh, god.
No, I want this fucking thing out now.
Cooper, do not attempt to remove that yourself.
Removing it yourself is extremely dangerous.
Cooper yells — stop that! That could kill you!
Just stay calm! — shou speaks Japanese
is that shou?
Is that shou? What's he saying? What's he saying?
Ck, Cooper. — what's he saying?
We 're gonna commence with deactivation.
Oh, that's great news.
We need you to follow instructions and make it to the access point.
The access point? Great.
Where the fuck's the access point?
Oh, fuck! More stairs? Come on! — just one more level.
He groans
trust me. — ok.
Left at the top.
Ok, which door? — room at the end.
He breathes rapidly
what is it?
There's gonna be something behind there.
I can feel it. Something like...
Like what?
Uh, some personal fucked—up shit.
Like... I don't know, I could feel it digging around in my head.
Cooper, get to the door.
It's gonna be like my mom...
I don't know, dead. — your mum?
Fuckin' swinging from a fuckin' beam.
Your mother is not in there. — you're not in control of this!
It's in my head. It fucking knows. It knows!
It knows! — it knows what?
Oh, it knows I got this thing with my mom.
Cooper, / promise you, she's not in there.
Now open the door. — oh, my god.
It's the only way / can get you out.
Listen to me. — ok.
Ok. Fuck. Ok.
Whatever's in there cannot harm you.
But / can't get you out unless you open that door, Cooper.
Fuck, ok. — would you kindly open the door?
Here we go. Here we go.
Suspenseful music builds
music fades
Cooper breath es rapidly
ok.
Ok, ok, I'm in the... I'm in the room.
Where's the access point?
Access point?
There is no access point. — what?
Katie giggles
I'm fucking with you, Cooper.
I told you to come up here to see if we've broken you enough
to obey instructions without question.
And we have. — oh, no, no, no, no, no.
Katie, come on. Katie, come on!
Katie, come on! Let me out!
Katie, let me out, come on! What the fuck!
Oh, what are you gonna do? Oh, what are you doing to me?!
Why are you doing this? — you thought you 'd see your mother.
Oh, fuck! — what does she look like?
Uh...
Your mother, can you describe her face?
Um...
Her hair colour?
She...
Is she tall, short, fat, thin?
Uh...
Where did you grow up? — she...
What's your favourite band? Your favourite flavour ice cream?
The name of the girl who stabbed you?
He whimpers
you don't know any of these things, do you?
Don't you think that's odd?
It's fucking taking my memories!
Overwriting them, technically.
Fuck.
Look in the mirror, behind you.
Do you recognise yourself?
Do you even know who you're looking at?
Soon you won't be anything.
You 7! Be just like your dad.
Shut up, shut up, shut up.
That's what really scares you, isn't it? — stop it.
Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! — you're going the same place he did.
Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!
You're going nowhere. — shut up! Shut up!
Shut up...
Katie's voices echoes through house
you should have called mom. She's all that's left.
You abandoned her. — no, no, no, no!
Get out of my head!
You'll never see her again. — get out of my fucking head!
You'll never speak to her again.
Never see her face. You 7! Be all alone. — get out of my fucking head!
Get out of my fucking head! — you should 've called.
You abandoned her. — get out of my fucking head!
You're a bad son. — he screams
you'll never see your mother again. — oh, no!
You're going nowhere.
Straight in to oblivion.
And you deserve it. — my fucking head...
You should have called her.
Get out of my fucking head!
Cooper screams
get it out of my head! Get it out of my head!
Get it out of my fucking head!
Cooper, I'm gonna shut it off, ok? I just need to connect.
Get it out of my head!
Oh, my god. He whimpers
where am I?
They speak Japanese
who are you?
I can't stop it.
I don't...
I don't know who I am.
So I...
So I need to go home.
The interface has data tendrils like roots.
They've dug in deeper than they're meant to.
Threaded through your brain, taken over whole areas.
I can't stop it. I...
I can't remove it and I can't stop it.
But I... but I don't know...
But I don't know who I am.
I don't know...
I don't know who I am.
I don't know.
On behalf of saito game team, I most humbly apologise.
Who are you?
What have you... What have you done to me?
— put him with the others, please.
No, no, no, no! No, no, no!
Stop, stop, stop, stop! Stop, stop, stop!
Stop, stop, stop, stop!
No, don't, don't!
Don't! Don't! Don't! Don't!
He screams
stop!
No!
Oh, fuck. Wow.
That was one second.
Either he's super susceptible to this
or the software is way too powerful still.
It's jumped from zero to 18k in five milliseconds...
Shou: I'm sorry.
The experience was more powerful than intended, mr Cooper.
I hope you can forgive us.
Man: A/I luggage under the seat in front of you.
All electronic devices should now be turned off and stowed
as they may interfere with the aircraft's na viga tional and communica tion...
He chuckles
Mom?
He sighs
woman cries
Mom...
I have to call him.
Phone beeps
Mom?
Why did Cooper go?
I... I... — mom, I'm right here. I
I'm right here, mom.
I have to call Cooper.
I have to call and make sure that he's safe.
I have to call him. I have to call him. I have to call him.
She dials
mom?
Mom! — mobile phone buzzes
momlmomlmomlmom!
Katie: Oh, fuck.
Buzzing continues
'Mom.'
Music: "Mama liked the roses" by Elvis Presley
♪ Oh, mama liked the roses
♪ she'd grow them in the yard
♪ but winter always came around
♪ and made the growing way too hard
♪ oh, mama liked the roses
♪ and when she had the time
♪ she'd decorate the living room
♪ for all us kids to see
♪ when I hear the Sunday bells
♪ ringing in the morning
♪ I remember crying when she used to sing ♪