![]() Harry declines and Mickey is admonished by the barmaid. While Harry is having a drink at the bar, Mickey, a gay male prostitute, approaches and propositions him. She insists that Harry goes to The Muse alone. However Doris vomits, sick from stress, thus canceling their date night. ![]() That night, Harry plans a date night with Doris at The Muse, the only restaurant opening during the winter, while Martha babysits Alma. The medical examiner, brought by Burleson, says that he suspects a shark attack, despite Harry's doubts. On the beach, Harry discovers two corpses on the beach, with their guts ripped out. Harry spends the night on the couch, drinking, and awakens in the morning having not written a word. Given the lackluster response during the day, they decide not to call the police. Her parents look, but see nothing and put Alma back to bed. ![]() The family has misgivings but decides to stay for the opportunity.ĭuring the night, Alma hears a tap on her window, and looks outside to see a trio of ghoulish figures (including the man that chased them earlier,) causing her to scream. Harry mentions the case of a nearby "Truro family that was killed in their beds," but the Chief insists nothing is amiss and the town is safe. Later, Police Chief Burleson investigates the complaint and assures Doris that the man was simply trying to scare her and was probably high on drugs. Harry rushes to lock the doors and the unearthly figure hisses at him through the window, baring his pointed teeth. He gives chase and they run into the house. They pass a cemetery, observed by a strange pale bald figure. Harry subtly blames Alma for distracting him, but Doris breaks the tension by taking their daughter for a walk. Meanwhile, a fox explores the beach's dunes and is snatched by an unseen force. While Alma plays the violin, Harry experiences writer's block and Doris ponders her next stylistic move. Mikey, the market owner and Martha's brother, demands she leave and not scare Harry away. His cart slams to a halt when a frantic homeless woman, Karen, accosts him and warns him to leave. Harry walks to the market to pick up supplies, and notices residents turning on red porch lights. Harry is a screenwriter and is planning on writing a television pilot, while Alma is a violin prodigy. Martha, the manager for the host family's house, which Doris will be renovating. They approach Provincetown, Massachusetts on a misty afternoon. As they drive away, something unseen by them snatches it away from the road. Harry nearly runs into a buck deer laying dead in the road with its throat torn out. Plot Īlma Gardner counts roadkill animals while she drives with her parents, Harry and Doris, to their vacation home. Once they're settled in, the town's true residents begin to make themselves known. A struggling writer, his pregnant wife, and their daughter move to an isolated beach town for the winter.
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