PREVIOUSLY ON LIFE UNTIL DAWN
Brooke: It was just a prank, Kate!
[The Stranger is watching them at the lodge.]
[The girls run to the edge of the mountain.]
[The fall to their deaths.]
Radio: Today is the one year anniversary of the dreadful tragedy of Kate and Rachel, the best friends who are still missing.
Nathan: I know it would mean so much to Rachel and Kate that we're all still here together, thinking of them.
[Max and Warren are talking to each other. Max holds Warren's hands, he then strokes her face.]
Taylor: Whoa... Hello... somebody's getting a little "friendly"
Victoria: Boom: Butterfly effect.
[Brooke attacks Max, pulling her hair and kicking her.]
Max: Hey! Hey! Get off of me!
[Nathan pulls the two girls apart.]
Nathan: HEY!
Nathan: Chloe – why don't you take Max and go check out the guest cabin. The one I told you about.
Chloe: Yeah... Yeah, alright.
[Monstrous noise.]
Max: Did you hear that?
Taylor: What in God's name are you wearing?
Victoria: Here's our one way ticket to the spirit realm...!
Hayden: Watch out for that Nathan. He's a schemer.
Chloe: If that's how it's gonna be.
[Max screams.]
Chloe: Max?
3. ISOLATION
EIGHT HOURS UNTIL DAWN
[Nathan, Taylor, and Victoria are sitting around a table.]
Victoria: So it says here to communicate with the spirit world you must free your mind of all preconceptions, drop all inhibitions, and generally give yourself over entirely to the will of others, sublimating your every desire to the whims of the Spirit-master, which is me—
Taylor: No way, it doesn't say that.
Victoria: ...And all present will become my personal slave for the remainder of their mortal lives-
Nathan: Victoria, come on, this is serious—
Victoria: No... this is ridiculous.
Taylor: Oh shush it, let's try this.
Nathan: Yes please.
Victoria: Okay then, let's see what happens.
Victoria: Taylor, since you're a recent convert, why don't you be our medium for today?
23:00
TAYLOR
PRESCOTT LODGE LIBRARY
[SERIOUS]
Taylor: Ok. Um... Anyone there...? Will you reveal yourself to us... if you're there...?
[The pointer moves a few centimeters.]
Victoria: Wait a minute—
Nathan: Did you do that...?
Taylor: I didn't do anything.
Victoria: It's moving again!
Taylor: "H"...
Nathan: What's it spelling?
Taylor: Hold on.
Nathan: How's this happening?
Victoria: Are you moving it...?
Taylor: I swear it's just moving.
Nathan: Holy shit.
Taylor: "Help?"
Victoria: ...How are we supposed to help?
Taylor: I don't know. What does it mean?
Victoria: We need to know who it is if we're supposed to help them.
[CLARIFY]
Taylor: Who are you?
Nathan: Uh...
Taylor: Ohh here it goes-
Nathan: Okay. "F".
Taylor: "R"
Victoria: "I"
Nathan: "E"
Taylor: "N"
Victoria: "D"
Taylor: "Friend." Friend?
Nathan: Whose friend?
Victoria: Oh come on is this for real?
Nathan: Shut up. Ask it whose friend.
Taylor: Nathan... It's... it's gotta be...
Nathan: Yeah? Ok. Well. Which friend is it then? My sister or...?
Victoria: Taylor ask who it is.
[RACHEL]
Taylor: Who are we speaking to...? Rachel...? Is that you?
[The pointer moves to the "YES".]
Taylor: Oh God.
Victoria: This is messed up.
Taylor: Nathan... Are you-
Nathan: I'm fine.
Taylor: Are you sure, because we can stop-
Nathan: No.
Victoria: Hey, it's cool-
Nathan: I want to hear what it says.
Taylor: I don't know where to start...
Victoria: Think about it. If this is actually Rachel, I mean, we can find out what happened that night...
Taylor: Nathan?
Nathan: ... I can handle it.
Taylor: Oh...kay... Umm... let me think...
[PROBE]
Taylor: Rach. We miss you... and we want to know what happened to you. Can you... Can you tell us... what happened?
Taylor: B—
Taylor: E—
Taylor: T—
Taylor: R—
Victoria: Uh oh.
Taylor: I don't like this.
Victoria: "Betrayed"—
Nathan: What does she mean-
Victoria: It's still going!
Taylor: Oh God—
Taylor: K—I—
Taylor: L—L—
Taylor: E—
Taylor: D—No!
Nathan: Killed?
Taylor: We didn't KILL them! It was just a prank!
Victoria: Tee, calm down, okay?! Just—we need to find out more!
Taylor: I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!
Nathan: Guys, guys... what do they mean?
Victoria: Ask them what happened. It's the only way to know! Ask them, Tay!
[PROBE]
Taylor: Okay.
[Taylor looks up towards where she thinks Rachel would be standing, worried.]
Taylor: Who killed you? Rachel? Who was it?
Taylor: L—I—B—
Victoria: "Library!" Maybe there's something in the library here-
Taylor: P—R—O—O—
Victoria: "Proof", there's, there's... there's proof.
Taylor: In the library?
[The pointer violently flies through the air to the ground. Taylor stands up, scared.]
Nathan: Watch out!
Victoria: WHOA!
Taylor: Holy shit. Victoria.
Nathan: You know what? No, this is bullshit. This isn't real—
Taylor: Nathan—I don't know what's going on...
Nathan: Listen, I don't know... I don't know if you think messing with me is somehow going to help me deal with my grief or whatever but this is not cool.
Taylor: Nate no! You wanted to use the spirit board—
Victoria: Hey calm down, it's not Tee's fault!
Nathan: I don't need this right now, okay?! You guys are full of it!
Taylor: Sh- should we go after him?
Victoria: Ah man... I mean he'll be okay. Let's... let's just give him some time.
Taylor: I don't blame him... that was crazy... The pointer flew right off the table!
Victoria: I mean if- if you were faking it you were doing one hell of a job-
Taylor: I wasn't faking anything... I think we should do what it says. We should look in the library.
23:22
CHLOE
PATH TO THE CABIN
[Chloe stands up with her snowball in hand to find Max gone.]
Chloe: Max?
[Max screams.]
Chloe: Max?
[Chloe climbs over the blockage and jumps over looking for Max.]
Chloe: OOOOF-
Chloe: FUCK NUGGETS!
Chloe: This is... not funny! Max?
[Chloe checks through the window if Max is in the truck. The door wont open.]
Chloe: Buddy? You in there?
[She gets closer in and a scary mask pops down, scaring her.]
Chloe: Ahh! Whoa! Christ! That scared the blue outta my jeans. The hell is that doing in there anyway?
Chloe: Maxine? Ah come on.
Chloe: Max? Hun?
Chloe: Light of my life?
Chloe: I totally promise I wont murder you when I find you.
[Elk antlers pop out at Chloe scaring her again.]
Max: Oh my God!
[Max laughs at Chloe impishly.]
Chloe: Oh my... no!
Max: Haha! That was so good!
Chloe: Not... no!
Max: Wait wait wait you have to see this... you have-
Chloe: I totally promise I wont murder you when I find you.
Chloe: I'm not seeing anyt—no! no!
Max: Look, no no no. Chloe! Haha!
Chloe: You recorded that?
Max: Look at your face!
Chloe: I was scared, Max! You can't just jump out at somebody! I'm in the middle of the woods, it's scary!
Max: I'm sorry did I scaaare you?
Chloe: I-
Chloe: If you send that to anybody...
Max: You'll what?
Chloe: I'm... gonna... kill ya.
Max: I didn't know you still had such a cute little lady-like scream. It hasn't changed one bit since we were kids, Chloe.
[GRUMPY]
Chloe: Alright, fine, you win.
Max: It's not a contest! But, I do win. Every time. Without fail.
Chloe: Uh huh. Whatever you say, babe.
Max: Keep on cryin', Bonny baby. See where it gets ya.
[Something is stalking them through the woods.]
[They cross a bridge, there's a waterfall.]
Max: Waaaaaaooow... it's kind of like a real winter wonderland out here now...
Chloe: Hey girl, you know I hook you up!
Max: Mmm-hmm.
[A monstrous scream in the distance.]
Chloe: The hell is that?
Max: Was it someone screaming?
Chloe: Naw, no, probably just a squirrel or... something.
Max: Brr. Creep-town.
Chloe: Shh...!
[The camera zooms into Chloe's face dramatically.]
Max: ...What?
Chloe: Did you hear that?
Max: ...no?
Chloe: Hello? Someone there?
[Chloe throws a rock at the noise, but it's an elk that jumps out and boulders Chloe and Max over.]
Chloe: Goddammit!
Max: That thing almost killed us!
Chloe: We're okay. We're okay.
[They come up to an abandoned cabin.]
Chloe: Charming.
Max: It's everything you described, Chloe.
Chloe: Wait, what?
Max: The cabin. I love it.
Chloe: Yeah...
[Chloe finds a cool old mask in the building.]
[SHOW]
Chloe: Hey check out this mask.
Max: Woah, cool.
Chloe: It's so weird, right?!
Max: Yeah, it's super creepy.
[Chloe puts it over her face.]
Chloe: Wanna make out?
Max: Oh. Haha, no. Bad Chloe!
Chloe: Alright. Your loss. This mask is cool.
[They continue walking, an elk jumps across the path.]
Chloe: Ho!
Max: Ahh!
[There's another monstrous scream.]
Max: What is that?
Chloe: Not sure I wanna know.
[They see a gravely injured elk in the middle of the path.]
Chloe: Damn.
Max: It's horrible!
Chloe: I don't think it's gonna make it.
[COMFORT DEER]
[Chloe gets closer to the elk petting it and calming it until it dies.]
Chloe: Hey bud...
Max: Ohh... My god the poor thing...!
Chloe: Hey buddy... it's okay... it's okay...
[Max comes closer to the deer and supports Chloe.]
Max: Ohh... Chloe...! It's in so much pain...
Chloe: It'll be over soon... Okay buddy? It'll be over soon.
[Something suddenly pulls the entire elks body through the woods away from them.]
Max: AHHH!
Chloe: WHOA- RUN! RUN!
[They run away.]
Max: Oh my god, what the hell was that?!
Chloe: I don't know!
Max: There's a bridge! Over here! Over here! Chloe!
Chloe: It's a bear, it's gotta be a bear!
Max: Look! Look!
[RISK SHORTCUT]
[Chloe and Max take the shortcut, helping each other climb the steep incline.]
[When they reach the cabin, Max trips on one of the wonky steps.]
[HELP MAX]
Chloe: Come on, we gotta go!
Max: I am- Chloe get the key, get it open!
[Chloe opens the cabin door, they scramble inside, locking it after themselves.]
Max: Oh my God that was close.
Chloe: Nah...
Max: What?!
Chloe: I had it under control. Whole time.
Max: Bull shit.
Chloe: No, hundred percent. Hundred percent. Hundred and ten.
Max: Holy crap, I feel like I just ran a marathon!
Chloe: I think we kinda did.
Max: Was it a bear?
Chloe: Yeah. Gotta be. Things are crazy fast.
[Max goes to the window to look outside.]
Max: I mean, I didn't see it –
Chloe: Hey. Thing's not gonna come barging in, I promise.
Max: How can you be sure?
Chloe: Cause I'm pretty sure bears don't know how to open cabin doors.
Max: I've seen them open car doors.
Chloe: What? Where?
Max: ...On the internet.
Chloe: Really? Okay... Well, this isn't the internet, Max! Alright? This is real life! And I promise you that no bear or anything else is gonna open that cabin door.
Max: I guess you're right.
[Max sets her camera down on the table behind the couch.]
Max: Okay. I'm almost feeling relaxed again. Almost.
[Max tries flicking the lights in the cabin on but they're broken.]
Max: Hmph. Typical.
Max: Brr. This is not the cozy chalet we were promised.
[Max sits down on the couch and brings her legs up to her chest, wrapping her arms around them.]
Chloe: Yeah it's a bit drafty or something, right?
Max: Well there is a fireplace.
Chloe: We don't need a fire to heat things up.
Max: Pfft, where's your lighter?
Chloe: Uhhh I... don't... know.
Max: Come on Chloe, I need a nice cozy fire bathed in atmospheric mood lighting that we can make out in front of. Is that too much to ask for?
Chloe: Max. I love you. You're the most amazing person I know. But you sure can be bossy sometimes.
Max: Sorry.
Chloe: No, no. I kinda like it.
[Chloe turns on the lamp next to the fireplace.]
Chloe: Ahh, this'll take care of the mood lighting...
[Chloe grabs the logs and puts them in the fireplace.]
Chloe: Alright. Logs are ready to go. Just need a match.
[Chloe sees a rifle on the wall, makes a beeline for it and picks it up.]
Chloe: Max! Look at this.
Max: Is it a fire?
Chloe: No. Way cooler.
[SHOW]
[Chloe starts posing with the gun.]
Chloe: Huh? How do you like me now?!
Max: Oh my god. Put that down, you know I hate guns!
[Chloe points the gun at the fireplace.]
Chloe: Price. Chloe, Price. You're about to get burnt!
[Chloe looks over at Max, who only shrugs nonchalantly.]
Chloe: Really, nothing?
Chloe: Right... [to herself] She'll never understand what we have together.
[Max suddenly realizes that her phone isn't on her as she's rummaging through her pockets.]
Max: Oh shit! Fuck! Chloe!
Chloe: What?
Max: Ahhhhh oh crap!
Chloe: What?
Max: Where is it!
Chloe: What! What's wrong!?
Max: Gone! It is gone, okay?
Chloe: Max. Slow down. What is gone?
Max: My freaking phone, Sherlock!
Chloe: You can't find it?
Max: Crap! No! I must have dropped it outside!
Chloe: Ahh... shit...
Max: I can't lose my phone, my parents will kill me.
Chloe: You can always get a new one –
Max: No, ergh. My mom is still mad at me for spending all my money on freaking camera supplies.
Chloe: Okay... okay... well, I'll help you look for it –
Max: It's gotta be outside –
Chloe: Yeah... well I don't think we wanna go out there what with the bear or... whatever-it-is...
Max: Ugh... fine
[Chloe finds some matches on a wooden table.]
Chloe: Lookie-lookie, who's gonna fire up some nookie!
Max: You've been dying to use that line since we got here, haven't you.
[Chloe lights up the fireplace.]
Chloe: Punk-rocker one. Fire zero.
[Max applauds Chloe's efforts.]
Max: Very nice. Bravo alpha squad.
[Chloe turns to Max.]
Chloe: Alright my lady. What comes next?
[Max stands up and grabs Chloe.]
Max: Bup... bup... bah... bup... bup... bah!
[Max gently pushes Chloe down onto the couch.]
Chloe: Wowser.
Max: That's my line.
[Max smiles. Chloe reaches out to her but she pushes her hands down waving her finger.]
Max: Nuh-uh you've been a naughty pirate.
[Chloe stands up and unzips her jacket.]
[Something outside watches them turn around, Max takes her jacket off and sits on the couch. They start making out. Chloe gets Max's shirt and pants off.]
[They're both startled by a window shattering in another room.]
Chloe: Whah?
Max: Huh!?
Max: Chloe! What is that!?
Chloe: I don't know!
Max: Okay, we should go find out...
Chloe: No, you stay here! Please, Max!
[Chloe goes into the bathroom holding her torch. The window has been broken and on the floor is Max's phone playing the song " " by . Chloe picks it up. Max is waiting in the bedroom doorway.]
Chloe: It's your phone!
Max: What? How is it my phone!?
Chloe: I don't know it just... came through the window...!
[Chloe hands Max her phone.]
Max: Oh for fuck's sake- God DAMMIT –
Chloe: What?
Max: Those freaking assholes probably followed us out here just to fuck with us and right when we were getting down to business!
[Max rushes out the front door in just her underwear.]
Max: HEY! YEAH! PRICKS! THAT MEANS YOU BROOKE! I KNOW you're OUT THERE! The FUCK are you trying to do!? You want to ruin our fun THAT BAD?! Well GUESS WHAT? You can't! You can't ruin our good time! Because Chloe and I are gonna FUCK! That's right! We are going to have SEX! And it's gonna be HOT! So ENJOY IT! Because I know WE'RE GOING TO!
[Max goes back inside the cabin, closing the door behind her.]
Max: Oh give me a break.
[A hand smashes through the glass part of the front door grabbing Max by her head and pulling her through, roughly and quickly. Max screams, a lot.]
23:11
ASHLEY
PRESCOTT LODGE LIBRARY
[Victoria and Taylor are on their way to the library to look for proof of Kate's murder.]
Victoria: Do you really think the girls were communicating with us?
Taylor: I don't know. I don't know if I wish they were or I wish they weren't.
Victoria: I guess we should find out.
Taylor: Nathan looked really freaked out at the seance.
Victoria: Yeah. I mean he looked like he was keeping it together, but...
Taylor: Do you think we shouldn't have mentioned Kate and Rachel?
Victoria: I mean, they are why we came back up here.
Taylor: Yeah but, not to like, have a seance. Maybe we went too far. Huh?
[Taylor sees a vent and on inspection there is a light coming from down there.]
Victoria: Whoa... did you see that?
Taylor: ...Yeah.
Victoria: But the powers not even on...
Taylor: Weeeird.
[They enter the library, books start flying off the bookshelf revealing a hidden button.]
Victoria: Jesus! Look out!
Taylor: Ah! Victoria! Holy crap.
Victoria: Are you okay?
Taylor: I think so... look –
[Taylor points at the button.]
Victoria: What?
Taylor: There was something behind the books. What is that?
Victoria: Is it a button?
Taylor: Why would there be a button?
Victoria: That's a good question.
Taylor: Should I push it?
Victoria: That's what buttons are for I guess.
[Taylor pushes the button. The bookshelves open, revealing a hidden room.]
Victoria: Whoaa. Panel opens. Head explodes.
Taylor: Are we like, in a movie right now?!
Victoria: If we are I hope it's a rom-com.
Taylor: Leave it to the Prescott's to have secret passages in their house.
Victoria: Maybe they didn't even know. This place is super old.
Taylor: So... should we take a look?
Victoria: After you.
Taylor: No no nonono... you go.
23:19
VICTORIA
PRESCOTT LODGE LIBRARY
Victoria: Fine, chicken-shit.
[Victoria goes inside and finds a photograph of Rachel Amber and Kate together on a table.]
Victoria: Whoa.
Taylor: What?
[Victoria flips the photo over to find a creepy message written in blood on the other side.]
Victoria: Whoa, is this...
Taylor: What did you find?
[ Message on photo:
I WILL TAKE HER AND BLEED
HER LIKE A PIG AND RIP HER
SOFT WHITE SKIN OFF! FUCKING
16 YEARS. 16 YEARS I WAITED
FOR PRETTY LITTLE
KATE ]
Victoria: ...holy cow...
[HONEST]
Victoria: Now Tee... I don't want to freak you out but... but look ath this...
Taylor: WHAT? ... Victoria what IS that?!
Victoria: I... I think this might be what the spirit board wanted us to find-
Taylor: The clue?
Victoria: Yeah. It's a letter.
Taylor: Let me see it.
Victoria: It's... a threat.
Taylor: Victoria. This is serious. We need to find Nathan right now.
[One of the doors on their way open on its own.]
Taylor: Uhhh? ...What was that?
Taylor: Do you think someone was actually after Kate?
Victoria: If so that would be really messed up.
Victoria: So, um... I've just been thinking about something I saw earlier with Hayden...
Taylor: What?
Victoria: There was, like this wanted poster – like full on western-style, you know?
Taylor: So?
Victoria: And Hayden really thought there was someone following him around.
Taylor: So... so what? You're saying that there's some criminal up on the mountain with us?
Victoria: There was a message... on this answering machine I found and it – it was from this Sergeant saying there was this guy who had just gotten out of prison and there was nothing he could do-
Taylor: What do you mean?
Victoria: He was saying it like... like a warning. I mean, maybe that's whoever was down in the basement before.
Taylor: What?!
Victoria: Under the floorboards... In the library. The light! Well there was that guy I told you about –
Taylor: Wait wait wait. What guy!?
Victoria: The guy who threatened the Prescott's... He said he wanted to take revenge by burning the whole place down.
Taylor: Victoria, if this is your way of trying to make me feel better... you're fired.
[The double doors in front of them start banging violently, and they can hear screaming from the other side.]
Victoria: You hear that?
Taylor: That was Nathan-!
Victoria: Coming from the kitchen-!
Taylor: NATHAN?!
Victoria: NATHAN! We're coming! Hold on!
[Taylor gets pulled into the kitchen and the door slams behind her.]
Taylor: Argh!
[Victoria starts trying to open the door but it won't budge.]
Victoria: Taylor?! Tay! What's going on, lemme in!
Taylor: Ugh!
Victoria: Taylor?! I'm...
[She pushes all her weight into breaking the door open.]
Victoria: Gonna...
[She pushes against it again.]
Victoria: Ugh!
[On her third go she finally gets it open but falls to the ground. Victoria crawls forward and pulls herself up. Taylor has been knocked unconscious, and she's on the floor in front of Victoria.]
Victoria: Tee...? TEE!
[When Victoria gets on her feet, the Stranger appears in front of her and punches her.]
Victoria: Hey - !
[Victoria falls to the ground again, this time she is unconscious.]
[The Stranger starts recklessly pulling Taylor out of the kitchen by her arm.]
[We then see the Stranger wandering around the house lighting candles and placing balloons with arrows on them.]
Imagining Max running out of a cabin in just her undies yelling at her friends that she's about to have sex with Chloe makes me happy.