Dig Two Graves

Dig Two Graves

Year: 2014

Runtime: 85 mins

Language: English

Director: Hunter Adams

ThrillerMysteryFantasyHorror

Driven by her brother’s mysterious disappearance, a young woman finds herself entangled in a disturbing mystery within a secluded, atmospheric town. As she searches for answers, she encounters a chilling offer that tests her resolve and forces her to confront dangerous secrets. The line between reality and nightmare blurs as she struggles to protect those she cares about and uncover the truth behind the unsettling events.

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1

Dumping the bodies at the quarry

Deputy Waterhouse and Sheriff Proctor drive to the quarry with two corpses in the truck. Waterhouse, with cold efficiency, dumps the pair into the dark water and then confronts Proctor at gunpoint, demanding he discard his badge. Proctor throws the badge over the cliff, sealing their uneasy alliance and setting a grim tone for the town's history.

1940s Quarry
2

A badge betrayed, a town cursed

The badge exchange cements a ruthless dynamic between Waterhouse and Proctor. Their shared act sows fear and revenge as the quarry becomes a stage for old sins and future violence. The moment casts a long shadow over decades to come.

1940s Quarry
3

Sean's death and Jake's scar

In the 1970s, Jake and her brother Sean go to the quarry to confront her fear of jumping. Sean dives in to help, but he does not surface, leaving Jake traumatized. She trips, slashes her forehead, and bears a lasting scar as panic spreads through the family.

1970s Quarry
4

Waterhouse learns of his grandson's drowning

Deputy Freeman informs Waterhouse, now the sheriff, that his grandson has drowned in the quarry. The heartbreaking news compounds the town's unrest and foreshadows the personal costs of the quarry's history.

1970s Quarry vicinity / Sheriff's office
5

Jake's survivor's guilt and Willie Proctor's crush

Jake struggles with survivor's remorse and sinks into depression. Willie Proctor, grandson of the old sheriff, develops a crush on her, drawing attention from his grandfather and deepening the generational tension connected to the quarry.

1970s School and town
6

Wyeth's blood oath to resurrect Sean

Wyeth and his gypsy brothers reveal they can bring Sean back—but only if someone dies in his place. Jake agrees to the brutal bargain and is taken to a cabin on Proctor's property where a blood oath is sealed. The ritual binds Jake to a dangerous debt that will soon demand a sacrifice.

1970s Gypsy cabin on Proctor's property
7

Jake lies about the brothers

The next day, Jake's mother confronts Waterhouse, and he asks Jake to identify the gypsy brothers. Remembering the oath, Jake denies ever seeing them, choosing silence over exposure. Her lie preserves the danger but buys time to decide her next move.

1970s Waterhouse's cabin / Jake's home
8

The attempt to push Willie

Jake tries to lure Willie to the quarry, but guilt overwhelms her and she cannot push him. The moment reveals how tangled the past is with the present and plants seeds for the future reckoning.

1970s Quarry
9

The necklace theft and mounting danger

Wyeth's pressure grows as Jake's mother is frightened by the threat, and blood begins to pour from between her legs, signaling the cost of the bargain. Jake goes to her grandfather's house and steals the necklace that Wyeth has been hiding, trying to disrupt the chain of events.

1970s Grandfather's house
10

Wyeth's warning and the baby's fate

Wyeth tells Jake that bringing Sean back requires Willie’s death, intensifying the moral knot. Separately, the doctor informs Waterhouse that his daughter will live but the baby cannot be saved, deepening the personal losses surrounding the case.

1970s Wyeth's location / hospital
11

Arrest and impending reprisal

Waterhouse arrests the three gypsy brothers and takes them to jail, attempting to end the circle of violence. In a drunken rage, Proctor starts dousing the gypsy cabin with alcohol, sparking chaos and prompting threats of revenge until the brothers escape.

1970s Jail / gypsy cabin
12

Confrontation turns deadly

Waterhouse heads to the cabin, only to be shot by Proctor; he returns fire as both men lie dying. The brothers head home, and Wyeth warns that his revenge is near, heightening the sense that the past has not finished with them.

1970s Gypsy cabin
13

Backstory explains the curse

A sequence of flashbacks reveals Proctor raping the gypsy mother and Waterhouse’s complicity in the ensuing murders. The memories illuminate the quarry's cursed history and the motives behind the present-day events.

1940s Proctor's property / gypsy cabin
14

Final sacrifice and Sean's return

In the climactic moment, Jake realizes the bargain's price and leaps into the water to save others. She sees Sean's figure beneath the surface as he pulls the necklace from her neck, then returns to the surface with Willie calling for help from above.

Ending Quarry

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