Netherworld (1992)

[bunniefuu]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[g*n FIRING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

MAN: (SINGING) You're

the reason why.

You're just trying

to make me cry.

Make me cry.

Yeah, make me cry.

Cry.

I'm sure you can get me off.

You're the reasons why.

You're just trying--

MAN: You son of a b*tch!

[PUNCH LANDING]

[MAN SHOUTING]

MAN: Help me up!

MAN: (SINGING}

Yeah, make me cry.

Cry.

Don't-- don't need

a 100 reasons.

Yeah.

Well, I'm sure you

got a 100 reasons.

You aren't lost, are you?

No, ma'am.

I came to get some.

Some what?

You know.

Sugar, you can't say

it, you can't get any.

Jesus.

Now come on, darling.

It's an easy, one syllable word.

Just say it and you'll feel

a whole hell of a lot better.

I want to get laid.

Now see?

You half way to

getting some already.

Isn't that better?

Jesus, God Almighty.

This your first time?

Uh, no, ma'am.

Been laid lots.

No, I mean this is your

first time at Tonk's Place.

Yes, ma'am.

Please don't call

me ma'am, sugar.

Makes me feel like your

mother or something

Yes, ma'am.

Oops.

Sorry.

What should I call you?

My name is Mary.

Mary Magdalene.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[PEOPLE MOANING]

You're gonna just love what

I got in store for you.

[CLATTERING]

What's down there?

You're not ready for

what's down there yet, sugar.

Well, come on in, sweety.

She's a special one.

So you be real nice to her.

Understand?

- Yes, ma'am.

[PEOPLE MOANING]

Time's up, guys.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

[CLATTERING]

[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]

[WOMAN CRYING OUT]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Want a good time, cowboy?

[WOMAN CACKLING]

[MAN CACKLING]

You're a brave one.

What you mean, babe?

Sneaking down around here

where you're not supposed to be

could be dangerous.

No, just looking

where I can see.

Well don't just

stand there salivating.

Step on in.

Maybe you'll get lucky.

Do you sing?

[MAN LAUGHS]

No.

DELORES: Maybe I can teach you.

Maybe when I'm through with

you, you'll be able to warble

like my dearies here.

Maybe.

How much do you have?

I've got nothing.

I spent it all upstairs.

Too bad.

I guess you'll have to

give me something in trade.

I have nothing to trade.

You got a soul, don't you?

Or did you spend

that upstairs too?

What you mean, babe?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

You look like a

pretty bird, you do.

What you do?

DELORES: It's brazier powder.

What is?

I'm gonna put a

love spell on you.

No.

No spells.

Just f*cking.

DELORES: Oh!

Just f*cking.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I never f*cked a

little bird before.

I never f*cked a little bird.

You like f*cking Barbusoir?

You like f*cking Barbusoir?

Say it.

Say, f*ck me.

Say it, f*ck me.

f*ck me.

[BREATH RATTLING]

A witch, huh?

That's what, you a witch.

[BARBUSOIR GROANING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Look what mommy's

making for her babies.

You're own little man

bird to sing for you.

[BARBUSOIR SCREAMING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

COREY: I suppose there are

some journeys in one's life

that should never be taken.

My passage home after

my father's death

was one of those journeys.

I had never known my father

or anything about him.

He was an absence in my life.

An enigma.

A hurt.

He was a missing chapter that

left me feeling incomplete,

unresolved.

So I came to this place,

this land of mystery

and enchantment, to

this strange land

where death is not the worst

thing that can happen to you.

I came haunted by a need to

learn something, anything,

anything about the man

who had given me life,

and whose death had now brought

me to this fascinating world.

I came that day to my

father's mystical other world,

to his kingdom, to his

domain, to face a lifetime

adventure, filled with the

unknown, the unimaginable,

the inconceivable.

I took a seductive ride

on the river that day.

Began a journey that would

change my life forever.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

BEAUREGARD: Young man Thornton.

- Pardon?

BEAUREGARD: Are you the

young man, Corey Thornton?

Yes, I am.

Beauregard Yates, esquire.

I've come to fetch you.

Thank you.

Right this way.

Sure.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

This is my father's estate?

No.

This is your estate.

COREY: Right.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

And who's that?

That's jail

bait, Mr. Thornton.

Good for 10 to 15 years, with

very little chance of parole.

Momma's fixed you all up.

Isn't that right, honey?

Honey.

Yes.

Nice boy.

Wanna go?

There you go.

Mrs. Palmer, may I

present Mr. Thornton.

Mr. Thornton, this

is Mrs. Palmer.

Hello.

She was your

father's overseer.

She runs the place.

It's remarkable.

You're the very

image of your father.

The crackling image.

Your father was an

extraordinary man.

Don't disappoint him.

So, you were my

father's lawyer?

Yes.

Did you know him well.

Yeah.

I uh, never knew him.

He-- he didn't stick around

very long after I was born.

What was he like?

It's not proper for

me to discuss my client.

I never could understand

how a man could just walk away

from his own flesh and blood.

Why even have a child if

you're just going to walk away?

Instructions from your father.

- Instructions?

- Yes.

It's customary for the deceased

to leave his last wishes.

Right, of course.

These are the probate papers.

Look them over.

If you have any questions,

you have my card.

Also from your father.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I'll return in a day

or so for the papers.

Thank you, Mr. Yates.

I can't shake hands.

Goodbye, Mr. Yates.

BEAUREGARD: Goodbye.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

COREY (VOICEOVER):

Corey, my dear son.

A few years ago, I

discovered a peculiar coven

of souls endowed with

uncommon restorative powers.

So extraordinary was their

power that they could

give life back to the dead.

Toward the end of

my life, I grew

determined to develop their

power in order to live again.

Corey, I am convinced that

with your love and support,

I will be able to rise up from

the grips of death and return

to the world of the living.

NOAH (VOICEOVER): Sometime

in the next few days--

COREY (VOICEOVER): Sometime

in the next few days--

NOAH (VOICEOVER): --by

a woman named Delores.

COREY (VOICEOVER):

--you will be visited

by a woman named Delores.

NOAH (VOICEOVER): She will

teach you the necessary steps

to effect my resurrection.

Son, do not falter in

this important effort.

Do not fail me.

Do not disappoint me.

DIANE: Hello.

Hello.

You're young man Corey

Thornton, I assume.

Yes, I am.

But why does everybody call

me young man Corey Thornton?

It's just an old

Southern salutation.

Means you're the new heir.

Ah, I see.

And who might you be?

Well, I might just be trouble

for you, young man Corey.

I have been known to

lust after older man.

Especially when

they're as cute as you.

Much to the embarrassment

of my sweet, but hopelessly

overprotective mother.

You met her.

The melancholy madam

of Bell Oak Estates.

Yes, I met her.

So, young man Thornton,

you like what you see?

Diane.

Mother.

Dearest mother.

I was merely warning

young man Thornton

of the dangers of his new home.

MRS. PALMER: Diane.

Please.

Please forgive me.

I'm misbehaving again.

I'm sorry, Mother.

After you settle in, I'll take

you on a tour of the place.

I'd like that.

Keep you hands

off him, Mother.

He's mine.

I'll show you to your

room now, Mr. Thornton.

Thank you.

[BIRD CALLING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Dinner will be ready at 7:00.

Unless of course, you'd prefer

another time, Mr. Thornton.

No.

7:00 will be fine.

Good.

I've left you some tafia

drink if you get thirsty.

Thank you.

Mrs. Palmer?

Would you mind calling me Corey?

I'd rather not,

if you don't mind.

It doesn't seem proper.

Mr. Thornton is a habit of mine.

Even if I wanted to, I

don't think I could change.

Excuse me.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

MRS. PALMER: Oh, no.

You're not supposed

to be in here.

Naughty, naughty.

COREY (VOICEOVER): It was

Delores who first introduced me

to the bird people and taught

me how to give life back

to the dead, and how to

store the souls of bad people

in the bodies of birds.

The first time I witnessed

the ritual of souls,

Delores revived a

woman who had just

been k*lled by a jealous lover.

From the curative practice of

using the instrument of injury

to cure the injury,

Delores proceeded to bring

the m*rder*d woman back alive.

The image of Delores

exuding such a gift--

NOAH (VOICEOVER): The

image of the exuding

such a gift began to

consume me, releasing

for me a renewed sexual desire.

Delores was the most

explicitly sexual creature

I had ever known.

But more than her sexuality,

I was drawn to her power.

A power I was determined

to have myself.

For my sexual

escapades with Delores,

I was imbued with a commission

of giving life to the dead.

And it was then that I

began thinking about how

to use this power to

restore life to my own body

after my death.

I became obsessed with

making love to Delores,

as if by consuming her,

devouring her sexually,

would somehow fill me with

all her extraordinary power.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Come with me.

[DIANE SCREAMING]

Why are you screaming?

This is only a dream, right?

I mean, Delores--

I'm sorry.

Just like his father,

a sexual priapic.

[BIRD CALLING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

DELORES: Help.

Help me, Corey.

If you wanted to see

me without my clothes on,

the least you

could have done was

try to seduce me in

the proper fashion.

After all, I'm not a child

or some silly Southern

belle that's been kept

all her life in a glass.

I, um, I'm sorry.

I really am.

If I tried to explain it, I

don't think you'd believe me.

Shouldn't even

be speaking to you.

Well, I'm glad you are.

How else would I

get a guided tour

if you weren't speaking to me?

OK.

So, you, uh, you grew up

with my father, didn't you?

Yes.

What was he like?

I liked him.

I did.

I thought he was a good man.

But he changed as he grew older.

He became more reclusive.

Then in the last

months of his life,

he took up with a local

woman from Tonk's Place.

What is Tonk's Place?

That is Tonk's Place.

All the locals pretend it's

just a little country brothel,

but it's much more

than just that.

This whole area is

just filled with people

who practice black magic in

one fashion or the other.

You know, love potions,

revenge spells.

Mostly harmless stuff.

That Tonk's Place,

it's dangerous.

It doesn't sound dangerous.

Sounds fun.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Don't ever go there, Corey.

Tonk's Place is where

your father died.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Did I scare you?

Come on, Corey.

You be that young

man Thornton, ain't ya?

Yes.

Come on, Corey.

He's crazy.

She be right, boy.

I am crazy.

[MAN LAUGHING]

Crazy old Bijou.

[BIJOU LAUGHING]

Watch out for crazy old Bijou.

He just might take his fishing

knife and filet you right up

the middle.

But then, maybe I won't.

[BIJOU LAUGHING]

But then, maybe your daddy

wanted me to help you.

What?

Take you over to Tonk's Place

so you can help your daddy

like he wants you to.

You get the hell out of

here, you crazy old man.

I'll k*ll you.

Child, I lived in

these parts all my life.

You think I'm gonna let a

tiny little drop of spit

like you scare me off?

I'll be waiting for you

whenever you're ready.

You got spirit.

I give you that, little one.

Woman with that much spirit,

bound to be a good poot.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[BIRD CALLING]

[BIJOU LAUGHING]

[DIANE GASPING]

COREY: Diane!

Diane!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I'm scared, Momma.

It's all right, baby.

I'm not going to let

anything hurt you.

Get some sleep.

COREY: Is she all right?

- Yes.

Just very upset.

Good night.

COREY: Mrs. Palmer?

MRS. PALMER: Yes?

I'm sorry.

I know I haven't made much

of an impression, but--

On the contrary, Mr. Thornton.

You've made quite an impression.

Just not a very good one.

I don't mind what you

do with your life.

Really, I don't.

I just don't want you to involve

my daughter in your troubles.

Good night, Mr. Thornton.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

MAN: (SINGING) I know love

is a word in the dictionary.

Words ain't real,

they're imaginary.

People write songs.

People write books.

[INAUDIBLE] like a

fisherman's hook.

I'm a stranger to love.

I'm stranger to love.

I'm a stranger to love.

I'm a stranger.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Well, look what

the Devil sucked in.

Young man Thornton in the flesh.

Well, I was hoping

I'd find you here.

Well, here I be, my friend.

Tell you what, I'll buy

the first round of beers.

You buy all the rest.

What you say to that.

I'd say you're a gambling man.

What you mean?

Gambling I won't leave

after the first round.

[BIJOU LAUGHING]

That's good one.

Very good.

I like you, boy.

What you say,

young man Thornton,

let's stir up some sh*t, huh?

You want dance with me?

Uh, no, thanks.

But I'm a good dancer.

Come on.

I'm sure you are, Bijou.

But I'm going to

sit this one out.

I'll dance with you, Bijou.

f*ck off, Nona.

I wanna dance with the boy.

MAN: Hey, as*h*le.

You want to pick on somebody?

Pick on me.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Now what you say, pretty boy?

Dance with me?

Look, Bijou, I didn't

come here to dance with you.

I don't want to make

any trouble either.

I just came here to talk

to you about my father.

[BIJOU LAUGHING]

I'm making fun with you, boy.

Trying to loosen

you up, that's all.

You don't play.

sh*t's supposed to happen here.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

To the old man.

May he live again.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[FLOOR CREAKING]

You silly boy.

I told you not to

go to that place.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

MRS. PALMER: Corey Thornton.

BIJOU: People didn't

like your father.

Why not?

He owned all the

land in these parts.

He was rich, powerful.

And he was touched by the Devil.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

It's Delores.

Leave her, boy.

She's busy.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Excuse me, uh, Delores.

I need to talk to you a minute.

DELORES: Sorry, darling.

I'm busy right now.

I'll just take a--

Can't you hear, Mister?

She's busy.

It's important, OK?

How important?

Wait inside.

Wait inside, baby.

I don't know where you're from,

boy, but you don't seem to get

how things work around here.

[g*n c*ck]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[BIRD CALLING]

Now, you may not believe

this, but I like you.

I do.

And I'm going to be good to you.

First of all, I'm

going to let you live.

Second, I'm going to let you

pay me for liking you so much.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Don't bother thanking me.

Now get.

Go on.

Get.

God, I hate being

a mean b*stard.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MAN GROANING]

[BIRD CALLING]

[MAN SCREAMING]

[BIRD CALLING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

DELORES: Corey.

[THUNDER CRASHING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

COREY: Ah, good morning.

Good morning.

Looks like you

had a rough night.

Oh, yeah.

I'm not used to the heat.

Here.

This'll cool you down.

- Thank you.

What?

- How adventuresome are you?

- I don't know.

What did you have in mind?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

DIANE: This is where

your father's buried.

Spooky, isn't it?

Looks just like your father.

What is that?

I dunno.

Just one of those

silly thingamajigs.

My father wants

me to revive him.

He wants me to bring him

back from the dead, Diane.

I need your help.

Corey, you have no

idea what you are saying.

I like you.

I would do just about

anything for you.

Please, do not get

me involved in this.

People could die.

You don't understand.

No, you don't understand.

You'll die, Corey.

Just like your father died.

- No.

[MRS. PALMER BREATHING RAPIDLY]

[HEART BEATING]

COREY (VOICEOVER): A strange

thing happened today.

I saw a little black girl

with strange blue eyes

down by the river.

She was playing all alone

with a little toy boat.

I'd been watching

her for a while

when she accidentally fell in.

Poor thing couldn't swim and--

NOAH (VOICEOVER): Went

under almost immediately.

Before I could get to

her, she sank and drowned.

I pulled her body from the

water and I took her to Delores.

According to the

rights of souls,

if you borrow a spirit from

the keeper of the birds

to give life back

to an innocent one,

you will be hallowed by

the rightness of life.

So Delores kissed the little

girl and gave her life again.

It made me cry.

[MRS. PALMER BREATHING RAPIDLY]

[HEART BEATING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

MRS. PALMER: Please, don't.

Please.

No, please.

I was just trying

to save my daughter.

No, please.

Please, no.

No.

[BIRD CALLING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

COREY: Wait, Delores.

MAN: (SINGING) Make me cry.

Yeah.

Make me cry.

Hey.

Looking for someone

in particular?

Yes.

I'm looking for Delores.

Delores.

Well, I think she's occupied at

the moment, but how about one

of my other ladies?

Uh, no.

I need to see Delores.

Well, sure, sugar.

The customer always knows best.

If you don't mind

waiting awhile.

I'll wait.

Billy C. Honey, take care of

this handsome young man for me.

BILLY C: Yes, ma'am.

I'll be back, sugar.

What'll it be, Monty?

Uh, cold beer, please.

Cold beer, coming right up.

You're staring at me.

I'm sorry.

It's OK.

Everybody does.

I don't really mind.

You probably think I'm one of

those celebrity impersonators,

don't you?

Well, yeah.

I mean, aren't you?

You still don't

get it, do you?

No, I guess I don't.

I am Marilyn.

First I was alive,

and then I was dead.

And now I'm alive again.

They did it for me.

You can do it for your father.

Don't disappoint him.

OK, she's waiting

for you, honey.

Who?

Delores.

Are you all right?

She said she was

the real Marilyn.

Of course she did, sugar.

I'm Mary Magdalene.

She's Marilyn Monroe.

I got a girl who likes to go

as Jane Fonda, another one who

dresses up as Madonna.

Customers like a little fun and

theatrics with their f*cking.

OK, handsome, tell

you what you do.

The girl's rooms

are one floor below.

Go down those stairs over

there, take the first turn.

When you get to the

corridor, Delores's room

is the third one on the left.

She can't wait to see you.

- Thanks.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

What?

ENTITY: Some f*cking

good show, huh cowboy?

ENTITY: What do you say?

Want something like that?

WOMAN: What are

you hiding up here?

Oh, cowboy.

[MANIACAL LAUGHTER]

If you get tired of

Delores, come pay me a visit.

I've got some tricks nobody

else in the world knows about.

MAN: Marilyn.

See ya.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

You really do have it.

Have what?

The power my

father wrote about.

That's right.

I have it.

The same power I

gave your father.

Delores, I'm

talking about bringing

my father back from the dead.

Will you teach me that?

DELORES: I'll teach

you everything I know.

Heart, body, and soul.

I'll do anything.

As long as you teach

me what I need to know.

I'll teach you.

I'll teach you everything.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

She blinded me.

[BIRD CALLING]

My god.

MRS. PALMER: Diane?

Diane?

DIANE: Mother?

What's wrong?

MRS. PALMER: She

put a spell on me.

I've gone blind

What the heck?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Diane.

I'm taking my mother

to the hospital.

What's wrong?

I don't know.

She can't see.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Good morning, Councilor

Would you please

tell Delores I'm here.

Sorry, no one here till dark.

Did she leave

something for me?

- Yes.

- Good.

We need to get it

closer to the boy.

Handsome specimen.

Very handsome.

Thank you.

See you next time, Councilor.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Like father, like son.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Perfect fit, huh Dad?

Corey, my dear son.

I'm convinced that with

your love and support,

I will be able to rise from

the grips of death and return

to the world of the living.

Rise, Father.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

WOMAN (IN BIRD): Help me.

See what happens

when people are bad?

DELORES: Corey.

Hello there,

young man Thornton.

Mr. Yates.

How are you?

Thirsty.

Would you like me to

fix us some tafia then?

- That would be fine.

- OK.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

OK, here we are.

There you go.

- Thank you.

And our attractive

Palmer ladies?

Where might they be?

Diane had to take her mother

to the hospital this morning.

Hospital?

Why?

Well, she-- she said

her mother couldn't see.

Oh, my.

Blind?

What a thing.

What a terrible thing.

[MOTOR RUMBLING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Hey.

How is she?

She's resting.

Mr Yates offered

to stay with her.

What did the doctor say?

They want to leave the

bandages on a few more days

then they're gonna

run some more tests.

There appears to be

no medical reason

whatsoever for her to be blind.

What do they think it is?

They hope it's psychosomatic.

Do you know what I think?

I think she's just trying

to get my attention.

She can't expect to

keep me under her wings

too much longer.

I'm not a little girl anymore.

She can't go blind every

time I do something

that doesn't have her blessing.

I want to help you with

your father, Corey.

Uh, Diane, I've--

I've changed my mind.

I, uh, everything that's

happened with your mother, I

just I--

I don't think it's a good idea.

I really don't.

I'm sorry.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I dreamed about you last night.

I, uh, dreamed a lot of

things about you last night.

You want to bring your

father back today, don't you?

Yes.

Am I ready?

DELORES: Before your soul can

be separated from your body,

Corey, you must find

the rightness of life

and hope you're guided

in the proper direction.

It's an unpredictable journey

that will take you to one side,

or the other a strange.

Are you ready for that?

Yes.

DELORES: Good.

Now I want you to think about

the goodness of your father,

about how you wish

you it had been.

Close your eyes.

[WINGS FLUTTERING]

Try to tell me what you

see on your journey.

COREY: There's a

small bird heart.

And a scared cardinal.

DELORES: What else?

COREY: There's a figure.

I think it's me.

DELORES: Good.

That means you're in.

Now I want you to concentrate

on finding your father.

Let your dreams of him

pull you into the light.

[MATCH FLARING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

COREY: Why can't

I find my father?

[DELORES SHUSHING]

DELORES: Just keep searching.

[HEART BEATING]

COREY: It's so weird.

[DELORES SHUSHING]

Corey, I want you to

call for your father.

How?

DELORES: Call for him.

COREY: Father?

Father?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Hello, son.

I know you wouldn't

disappoint me.

Father?

Don't you recognize me?

Something's wrong.

You weren't expecting

him to look like.

No, no, no.

It's something else.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

How about giving your

father a nice kiss?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Come on.

Yeah, let's have a look at you.

Oh, you're a nice specimen.

You're young.

Strong, hardy.

You turned out very well, Corey.

Thank you for doing this for me.

Taking my place.

It's not right.

He didn't tell us it

was about switching.

[BIRDS FLUTTERING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

See, if my son, my only

flesh and blood takes my place,

I'm free to return to

the land of the living.

No.

No!

No, Father!

Why are you doing this?

No!

No!

Handsome specimen.

Very handsome.

You should've danced

with me, pretty boy.

[BIRD CALLING]

Why are you doing this to me?

You're my own father.

Christ died for his daddy.

What are you complaining about?

Diane?

[DIANE BREATHING RASPILY]

Corey.

Corey, listen to me.

You can get out.

You know what to do.

His father has him.

What can I do?

- You love him?

- Yes.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

See what happens

when people are bad?

[NOAH SHOUTING]

NOAH: Never keep me here!

Never!

Never!

Never!

[BIRD SQUAWKING]

Good morning, Father.

NOAH: Never!

[MUSIC PLAYING]

What is this

tafia sh*t anyway?

I don't know.