Hey what’s up guys. Today I’ll show you a
fantasy horror film: “Digging up the Marrow”! Spoilers ahead, watch out and take care!
The film begins at a convention in which different people, like artists, comedians,
cosplayers, filmmakers, actors, and even genre journalists, share why monsters caught their
attention and interest. Most believe that monsters exist in real life, and could live everywhere
where humans cannot see them. The scene then transitions to ArieScope Pictures in Hollywood,
a feature film and television production company owned by filmmaker Adam, and cinematographer,
Will. Adam has done some famous horror movies such as Frozen, the Hatchet franchise, Spiral,
and the TV series called Holliston. Because of his line of work, Adam has received gifts from some
unique people, but one particular thing caught his attention. It is from a man named William,
who sent him a notebook and claims that he has found proof that monsters exist. William
wants Adam to publicize his discovery. Adam arrives at William’s residence with
Will to start documenting. After settling in, the documentary begins with William
introducing himself, and claiming that he is a retired police detective. William shares that
in every generation, there are children who are born different. These “different children” are
given cruel nicknames such as ‘monsters,’ ‘freaks,’ and ‘rejects.’ Because of their
biological indifference, these children disappear when they reach a certain age;
and no one knows where they go. Although it is cruel to think, some people do not care if these
children vanish. Nevertheless, William does not forget they exist, and he believes that
they are living not far away from society. He calls their place ‘The Marrow,’ which is some
100 yards beneath the Earth’s surface, where these so-called rejects mirror the way humans
live. William believes that everything happening above the surface also occurs in the marrow, where
these ‘rejects’ can be free as they like. Adam asks William to begin and share his story
about growing up, to which William does. He is an only child and did not have any real friends
as a kid; so he had to keep himself busy. There was this lumber company that William considered
his special place; it was his fortress. One late evening, William was late for supper,
so he hurriedly came out of his fortress. But as he went out of the yard, he saw a man standing by
an old woodpile. William claims what he saw was not a human; it had a serpent’s mouth and forked
tongue; and when it blinks, its eyelids close from the side. The creature only stared at him before
jumping behind the woodpile, and vanishing without a trace. William never shared the encounter with
anyone, even his parents, because he knew they wouldn’t believe him. He never encountered that
creature again, but he has seen many others lurking in the woods, hiding in the darkness.
About three months ago, William accidentally discovered the entrance to the marrow.
After the shooting, Will captures the chained door in William’s house. When he and Adam attempt
to open it to see what’s inside, William firmly says no. The following day, while at Adam’s house,
Adam’s wife expresses her belief that it is a stupid idea to film a documentary about the
existence of monsters. However, Adam has always been into monsters as a kid, he wants them to
be real, and now that he has William, he has the opportunity to prove it. Later that day,
William takes them to the park, which is in the woods and has a cemetery. They walk past it;
and about 100 yards from it, is the entrance to the Marrow. William warns them not to make any
noise and be silent; but then they observe from afar. The only thing that the camera
can capture is the entrance to itself, because of its distance from them.
The night arrives, and they still have not captured anything, even a movement or noise.
So to kill time, they talk about their families. When the conversation goes to Will’s family,
William’s face lights up upon hearing that Will has two sons. William changes the topic,
and shares there are nights when he would see many of them, coming back and forth through the
woods. But sometimes, there are nights when he would not see them at all. Will proposes using
lights because he cannot really see anything, even a slight movement. William suddenly shushes them
and instructs them to turn off the lights, which they do. He points straight ahead,
and insists that there is something in front of them. However, Adam and Will can only see
darkness, so he prepares to use lights. But then William tells them the creature is gone.
The following day, Adam takes the recording to his editor, hoping that the camera has captured
anything they haven’t seen. However, the editor has raised the brightness, and there is still
nothing. Nevertheless, it’s still early to give up. So the following day, Adam continues the
documentary. William shares the different sketches of monsters that he had commissioned. There is a
creature he calls ‘Vance,’ which has a sack over his head with his face painted on it. William
believes that Vance is the Marrow’s gatekeeper, because he has seen him guide other rejects
underground, and guards the entrance against humans. William explains that Vance has a sack
over his head, because what’s underneath might be too much to take for humans to see and understand.
Not each "reject" wears bags or masks; but some of them do to hide certain deformities. William shows
another sketch, the Frog and Huck. They are like the Siamese twins;
they are joined through their upper spine and torso. William gets a slip of the tongue,
and accidentally mentions that his son sketched it. This catches Adam’s attention, as William
never mentioned any family member before. He repeatedly attempts to inquire about it; but
William shuts him down and diverts the topic. Adam lets it go, and explains they will eventually need
proof of the existence of these monsters for the documentary; and the only way for them to gather
that, is to put lights on the Marrow. Later that night, they observe the entrance; and once again,
William points out straight ahead, claiming that something is hiding behind the trees. Adam and
Will cannot see anything once more, so even though William warned them before not to use lights,
they open the lights. As soon as they turn on the lights, they see a glimpse of a monster right in
front of them. The reject disappears quickly; and William expectedly stops the filming.
On the other hand, Adam is so psyched after seeing a real-life monster. He argues that just because
someone looks different doesn’t mean he should be scared. So he takes the video recording to his
editor the following day, who expectedly thinks it is a hoax. Adam even shows the footage to an
American actor. However, even he believes that the monster caught in the camera is not real.
There is a possibility that it is a hoax set up by William. Fast-forward to two weeks later,
William informs them the rejects are more cautious about their moves since the recent encounter. Will
propose an arrangement, in which they will install cameras and streetlights around the
entrance during the day. They will be on every time, so they can still capture everything even
though they are far from The Marrow. At first, William does not want to, but
he has no choice as Adam needs concrete proof. So they install five cameras and streetlights. Later
that day, the sit-in interview continues. William shares the entrances that he found are not always
at cemeteries. He also explains if these rejects find out that their home has been discovered by
humans, they will move. The entrances will be sealed, like there was nothing ever there. He
has a theory that these entrances to The Marrow are connected underground somehow. William shares
a story about a monster that he encountered. The monster has the body of a feminine woman,
but she’s always holding an umbrella that covers her head. He saw her pick up a guy for a sexual
escapade, and he tried to follow them; but he lost them. After about three weeks, authorities
found a body washed up in a river, that was unrecognizable and unidentifiable. His entire jaw,
hands, and feet were gone; he was just a lump of flesh. Because of the corpse’s state, the case
remains unsolved to this day; but William strongly believes it is the guy the monster picked up.
The following day, Will and one of Adam’s producers argue the documentary they are
currently working on is risky. William is just showing many photographs and drawings,
and telling stories about The Marrow and the rejects. The monster they saw might be a setup,
so there’s not much to work on, since there is no concrete evidence. However, it takes a lot more
than sensible arguments, to make Adam give up his chance to prove that monsters exist. Later that
day, while collecting the cameras, camera 2 goes missing. They go to William’s place and check the
cameras; and truth to be told, one of the cameras captured something. The three of them are psyched
as they watch the footage of a monster, crawling out from The Marrow. William informs them it is a
new species, which he named Little Big Foot. Adam immediately shows the footage to his editor,
who is still skeptical even after watching it. Nevertheless, Adam shuts down his skepticism,
as it is undeniably stupid if William had someone hide underground to wait for hours,
crawl out of the hole, and just walk away in front of the camera. As Adam leaves
for a month-long horror convention tour, the documentary is on hold. As expected, Adam shows
the creatures they encountered to writers and directors. He insists they are actual footage,
and have not been staged. Adam begins to share how William contacted him through email,
and now they are working on a documentary about William’s ‘discovery.’ The directors and writers
recognize William’s name, and inform Adam that William is indeed a psycho. It turns out,
William has been to multiple Hollywood directors and writers, and he had tried to get them to buy
the movie rights to his story. Upon being informed of this, Adam is immediately embarrassed.
So as soon as they get back, they invite William out, and ask him straight away if he had tried
reaching out to other directors and writers to publish his story. William firmly tells Adam he is
the only person he reached out to about his story, no one else. Later that day, the editor shows
them the recent footage around The Marrow while they’re gone. William turns off the cameras, but
forgets one of them. The one still on captures him communicating, or feeding one of the monsters at
The Marrow. The footage is not that clear, so they cannot see what he’s doing. but it is sketchy and
weird, whatever it is. Will once again try to make a sense out of Adam, because the fact that William
lied to them is enough to stop the documentary. However, Adam does not want to stop it; he
believes that William is experiencing psychosis. He points out William’s strange reaction when Will
mentioned his kids, and when Adam tried to inquire about his son. Adam theorizes that maybe William
thinks that his kid is in the Marrow. William has no known family members, and he
has no digital imprint; so no evidence can prove he’s mentally ill. However, William mentioned he
is a retired police detective. So Adam takes Will to the Boston police department, where
William claimed he worked. However, the sergeant informs them William has worked with the Boston
police department. The suspicions about William just keep getting worse as they investigate him.
So to gather more footage to confirm that it is a hoax, Adam and Will go to The Marrow.
It is late at night, and William is unaware of their plan. Adam bravely yells to the monsters,
taunting them to come out from underground. The only strange activity they receive is when
something or someone takes Adam’s boot. But then, as they make fun of each other, William suddenly
appears out of nowhere, shocking them. William is enraged, because Adam and Will
potentially have scared the monsters away. Adam and William begin to argue, as Adam has
had enough of William’s lie and strangeness. As they do, a dwarf-like monster passes by them;
and fortunately, Will captures it on the camera. They try to catch it again on camera;
but instead, more monsters appear, as they have been disturbed by Adam and Will. The trio
immediately gets inside the car, where they witness Vance remove the sack over his head,
revealing what seems to be tentacles on his back. Vance and some of the monsters charge at them;
but fortunately, they are in the car. They immediately drive away and go to William’s
place, where the argument continues. William tells Adam the monsters know that they have been found,
so they will move around. They will close the entrance, but William does not want to lose ‘him.’
This raises another question; but William changes the topic and asks them to leave. He promises them
he will meet them at sunrise; and they can shoot whatever or wherever they want. He just needs time
to think, since the sudden events had him frantic. The sunrise arrives, and Adam and Will return to
William’s place. but no one is answering them! They ask the neighbors about his whereabouts;
but as it turns out, the house has been empty for a year. So Adam and Will enter the home,
and discover William has abandoned the place. They also see the chained room broken; and
as they get inside, they find broken chairs and poops. As they observe further, they raise their
suspicion that William has someone trapped there. The duo leaves the place and goes to the entrance,
only to discover it has been closed. About a month later, since they heard from
William, Adam receives a delivery that contains their missing camera. The footage plays;
and it shows an unknown someone using the camera. It goes down to The Marrow, and reveals a deranged
William trapped in a cage. The film ends with the cameraperson going to Adam’s bedroom. It puts
down the camera before creeping on Adam and his wife, revealing its monster features. After that,
the monster lets out a monstrous roar, before attacking Adam and his wife!
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