MAN: Help!
Leave me alone!
Uh-oh.
Okay, now get your hands off of me.
Quit your whining, Lothian. We ain't gonna hurt you.
The boss still needs you.
Oh, yeah? Yeah, well, tell him to go to hell!
Jeez, I thought you weren't gonna hurt me.
I lied.
As long as you're breathing and your mouth's still working,
boss man don't care what we do to you.
Come on. Is that all you got?
Mind if I cut in?
Come on!
Yes.
You can come out now.
Keyes.
MAN: The Keyzar Corporation
interfuses cutting edge computer graphics,
high adventure and frightening reality into Fear City.
From the mind of Kieran Keyes.
Available exclusively on the ultra web at midnight on Friday the 13th.
Don't miss out. Pre-order now.
I don't think so.
Shannon, what are you doing up?
Playing this new game. It's hot.
Come on. You know the rules about school nights.
It's after midnight.
Mom, I'm almost at the ultimate 13th level.
It'll have to wait.
Shannon.
Mom, you made me screw up.
Now the Bogey Man's got me.
Good reason to stop.
Hey, I love you.
Mom!
What's the matter?
There's someone in my closet.
That computer game is frying your brain.
This is what you saw.
Come on.
Get some sleep, hmm?
Hey.
Oh!
Lucky number 13.
AUTOMATED VOICE: Level 13.
Hey.
Did you just get here?
Where are we exactly?
Good question.
Were you playing Fear City?
I think so.
But I don't remember what happened.
Me neither.
Is there anyone else here?
Just him.
Doesn't make any sense.
All the windows are locked from the inside.
Looks like this has been on all night.
We found a Keyzar Millennium in the other kid's bedroom.
Yeah, two days ago.
I think the perp's some kind of cyber stalker preying on teenagers.
We're gonna download her files, check her e-mail.
Mrs. Stark.
You said she got frightened last night.
Does she normally have nightmares?
No, it wasn't a nightmare.
She thought she saw something in the closet.
MRS. STARK: She had just finished playing that creepy Fear City game,
where the Bogey Man gets you.
Mom!
I thought Fear City wasn't available yet.
She got a CD ROM in the mail.
Damn! What?
This kid's a virtual Kieran Keyes.
She's got passwords up the wazoo.
You took her from me!
Easy now, Mrs. Stark.
Calm down.
Give me back my daughter!
We're gonna help find her for you.
Now, just put the gun down.
That's it.
You can do it.
That's it.
BRIONY: It's okay. It's all right.
Oh, great.
NANCE: We're not gonna get anything off this now.
RALEIGH: Okay, okay. Just give me one more minute.
There it is.
That's the last e-mail saved on the hard drive. Let me just print it out.
Now, let me see if I can pop this CD ROM drive.
Aha, bingo.
Whoo.
The hottest computer game of the century.
Fear City.
Johnny wasn't kidding. You are good.
RALEIGH: I aim to please.
I wonder how she got her hands on that.
That game's been under lock and key.
We got another kidnapping. Same MO.
Call me if you get anything else off the computer.
Sure.
You got some vibes off of that CD, didn't you?
It's not just a coincidence that the Keyzar Corporation is involved.
RALEIGH: Can't believe we're gonna see him face to face.
ALI: Hello again.
Mr. Keyz sends his regrets.
He's away on business in Seattle,
but asked that I accommodate your needs.
JOHNNY: Do you know what that is?
Of course. We created it.
Yeah, but Fear City isn't supposed to be available till midnight tonight.
We pressed a limited number of CDs to disperse for promotional purposes.
Two young girls who received the disc have vanished.
That is unfortunate.
I want to see the list of who got these.
Well, you've have to talk to Rubicon Gaming.
Fear City was created by two of their designers,
Roger Wakling and Shane Lothian.
Okay, now get your hands off of me.
Quit your whining, Lothian. We ain't gonna hurt you.
Boss still needs you.
Oh, yeah? Yeah, well, tell him to go to hell!
Having trouble finding Lothian?
His contract with Keyzar has been terminated.
What's the matter? He didn't like your dental plan?
Mr. Lothian was caught tampering with Fear City's ultra web launch,
and subsequently vanished.
We've alerted the authorities.
But if you encounter him,
I would advise using caution.
He's, uh, unstable and dangerous.
JOHNNY: I'll take my chances.
Tell you boss I'm really sorry I missed him.
You know Lothian?
I helped him last night, and he vanished.
If Keyes wants him, he must know something.
The question is what.
The nocturnal avenger of Bay City,
right here in my office.
How exhilarating is that!
Did he autograph a poster for me?
What are we gonna do with Domino?
Domino.
We're gonna do with Domino
what we would do with any Domino, Ali.
We're gonna play him.
But he knows about Lothian.
Yes. He's also very well connected in the city.
He might even help us find our man before we do.
What do you do then?
What do I do then? I'd thank him.
I'd thank him a lot. A lot.
And then, I'm gonna make sure that Shane Lothian
does not sabotage Fear City, which must go off on schedule.
I understand, but you've got millions of dollars put into this, and...
Money means nothing.
Ali, nothing.
Fear City, to me
is taking that first step
on the way to control the future.
No more tyranny of small-minded, dim-witted majority.
Just one
supremely intelligent individual
running the show.
Sounds great, Mr. Keyes.
Doesn't it?
Now, go, go, go.
Keep the scent of Mr. Domino, don't lose it.
Tick-tock.
Ticky-ticky-tock, tick-tick-tocky.
Rubicon Gaming is on the 19th floor.
What are you guys doing here?
Going up to see Roger Wakling, Fear City game designer.
Not without a seance.
He took a swan dive into the back courtyard about an hour ago.
What happened?
Apparently, he suffered some kind of major breakdown, paranoid delusions.
Security found him raving like a mad man, begging for protection.
There wasn't anybody else in his office.
He was backing away from this hallucination
and he fell off his own balcony.
That's bizarre. Hmm.
Guess who he thought was after him.
RALEIGH: Who?
The Bogey Man.
MAN: The Keyzar Corporation interfuses cutting edge computer graphics,
high adventure and frightening reality into Fear City.
From the mind of Kieran Keyes.
Available exclusively on the ultra web at midnight on Friday the 13th.
Don't miss out. Pre-order now.
So with Roger Wakling dead,
we've become even more interested in Shane Lothian.
Has anyone found him?
No, not yet.
He seems to have disappeared into that proverbial thin air.
You do know that he's linked to these missing kids as well.
The list, all three kids were on it.
Mmm-hmm. They each received a Fear City demo disc
for being top computer science students.
So much for academic achievement.
Yeah. Last kid to vanish was a classmate of Shannon Stark's.
What about the others?
They're under police protection.
I went through Shannon's e-mail.
She kept in touch with the other kids and with Lothian.
Do you see any kind of pattern?
They all wanted hints on how to conquer Fear City's 13th level.
Seems pretty innocuous for a kidnapper.
Till about two weeks ago.
We logged a 911 call from Shannon's school.
Evidently, Lothian had snuck in during school hours.
This was after the students had received their discs.
What was his reason for being there?
We don't know.
He was cornered in the computer lab, and somehow vanished.
* They're never gonna Be free, no
* Till I'm down and out
* Something's got a hold... *
No, no, no!
Guys, that is totally wrong, okay?
Let's just...
Just start it again or something, I don't know.
MAN: Let's try it again.
Hey, hey, hey! The rest of my new lights. Beautiful!
What we have here, people, is a state-of-the-art, top of the line lighting system.
We are gonna make you shine tonight.
SINGER: Raleigh, do you mind?
Sorry.
Listen, we found the Keyzar Millennium logo
on one computer lab monitor.
It's obviously Lothian's calling card.
I'm not so sure.
Raleigh!
If you shine that in my face one more time
I swear to God I'm gonna bash your head in!
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What's the matter? You afraid I'm gonna melt you or something?
Get away from me!
What?
Get away! Do you understand?
Get! Get away!
All of you, get back!
Whoa, take it easy. Take it easy.
You okay?
Night Man.
Damn!
What's wrong?
Oh, this Fear City game is tough.
I can't even get past level 12
without the Bogey Man getting me.
Don't you have something better to do?
Like, play with your new lights?
Business is open downstairs.
Yeah, yeah. I, um...
I'm just gonna play one more game.
Level 13. Yes!
Level 13. I am too good.
No!
I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto.
Whoa!
Hey, hey, hey! Over here.
Who are you?
I'm Shane Lothian.
Forget it. I brought you here.
Now, look, time is running out.
I need you and your friends' help.
Yeah, you look like you need help, pal. Where am I?
What? You're in the ultra web.
I'm hiding from Kieran Keyes where he's least likely to look, hopefully.
Look, if you know where those kids are, I suggest you start talking.
What? No! Uh-uh. I tried to save those kids.
Keyes, he's responsible for everything!
Do you know Fear City's villain?
The Bogey Man.
I discovered him right here in the ultra web,
and now thanks to Keyes, he's becoming real. Come on.
Come on!
* Can't shake this feeling
* Can't go too wrong
* Black cat been watching me
* And I hear the devil moan
* Ooh, ooh, ooh
* Can't get away now...
You know what? I have a surprise for you.
* They're never Gonna be free... *
This is for me?
You like? I love. Thank you.
Becca, this has been the best year of my life.
Oh.
Now, for the good stuff.
Okay, big piece, small piece?
Small piece, small piece. Okay, okay.
I'm gonna cut right there.
Get away from me!
Rebecca, what's the matter?
He's gonna kill me! Help!
Die.
Die! MAN: He's got a cake knife!
Take it easy.
What you've seen of him so far is just a fraction of his full power.
So this Bogey Man, is he a person?
No. Not yet.
He's...
He's a creature of circuitry,
spawned from the world of the microchip.
Even our own science offers no rational explanation.
Keyes had me integrate his power into Fear City.
But now, somehow he's escaped from the game to terrorize Bay City.
Yes, yes, right, yes.
But Keyz can't control him. No one can.
The Bogey Man has his own agenda.
By using the mind power of these kids,
these genius kids that he's kidnapped,
he hopes to attain a permanent foothold in our world.
This is crazy.
Listen to me!
If this game is released, Bay City will be transformed into an island of paranoia.
A world where the Bogey Man can exist!
Okay. So how do we stop this thing?
The kids. The kids who play the game.
They are the ones that most believe he's powerless
without their collective imagination.
Hiding right underneath my nose,
this big guy right here, how clever.
We're onto you, Keyes.
You're not gonna get away with this.
Yes, I am.
The clock is ticking, there's no stopping it.
Forget about me. Hit...
Hit the return key.
He's a fool.
There is absolutely no stopping me.
We've got to talk.
Ali, look who I found.
You want me to take care of him?
No, no, not yet.
Thank you very much.
Hello, kittens. Hello, kittens.
Because tonight, at the stroke of midnight,
the entire world is gonna get a taste
of my very first little experiment.
Boogieman.com.
Boogieman.com?
Is that where he's got the kids?
Yes. Yes, it is.
It's his engine into this world.
Am I being remiss? Have I thanked you for providing
Fear City's essential ingredient?
You tricked me!
Get off me!
Yeah. Yes, I did.
You have created
the most powerful mind control in the history of the world.
The Bogey Man is pure ultra web evil.
He has no place in our reality!
He's too dangerous!
But you understand the science
of turning these ultra web beings into reality.
I'm going to command
an army of these creatures.
You can think of me as the Napoleon of cyber space. How about that?
Ooh, you are one sick bastard.
Yes, I am. Ali, it's time.
You're gonna come around to my way of thinking one way or the other.
I need to know what's in your mind.
You're gonna find out.
You freak!
See ya.
What?
Oh, come on!
That was remarkable!
He one-upped me.
He did, he one-upped me.
In high speed digitization.
That brain is brilliant! It's absolutely brilliant!
Ali, thug, spread out!
Find that brain, squash that brain.
That man is trouble.
No more trouble for me.
Who's there?
Get away from me!
Someone help me, please!
Our little city's falling apart.
The Bogey Man's out there.
And he's mine.
Lothian.
Oh, come on.
I got it. You again?
Lothian!
Hide and seek. You're it.
It's all a sport.
MAN: Will you stop that?
Put the gun down. Sit down!
Gents, you wanna get over here?
What the hell has gotten into everybody?
Aside from bad coffee, not a clue.
Get over there now.
Come on. Detectives, listen. Something...
You.
Officer, please. If I could...
Go!
Officer. Officer, listen to me. I need...
Can somebody help me here, please?
You!
You're a murderer! Whoa, whoa, wait a minute.
Wait a minute, you don't understand!
Nance, get a hold of yourself!
Stop him!
NANCE: Somebody kill him!
Lothian, I'm here to help. I know about the Bogey Man.
All right.
Okay, now, who are you? Wait.
We're not alone.
No, get back.
You're one of them. You're one of Keyes' ultra web creatures.
Lothian, I'm on your side.
No, stay away, you freak!
No!
We have to save the kids! Lothian!
Come on. Show yourself.
When he digitizes again, Ali,
I want you to fire a burst from the scrambler.
What? Yeah, it's time for the scrambler.
Lothian! Come back!
Forget Keyes. Save the kids.
How?
Ultra web's boogieman.com.
How do I bring him down?
Save the kids.
Bogey Man, creature of the night.
Use... Use what?
Lothian.
MAN: With only hours left until Fear City's midnight launch,
Bay City is gripped with an inexplicable fear of its own.
The governor is deciding whether or not to call in the National Guard.
Who's there?
Get away from me!
Raleigh, it's me, Johnny.
Clear your mind of the fear.
The Bogey Man feeds off it.
That's it.
Johnny, man, I'm sorry.
It's okay. We don't have much time. I know where the kids are.
Log on to the ultra web. I'm going in.
Okay, we're on the web. All right.
I have made it.
Bogey Man, show yourself!
Home sweet home.
Welcome, Night Man.
Get back.
Murder.
Long time.
Johnny!
Johnny
Hey.
Welcome back.
How long have I been out?
About 40 minutes.
Whatever hit you sure packed a punch.
Whoa, whoa, whoa. Why don't you take it easy? What happened in there?
The Bogey Man.
He was tougher than I thought.
Did you see the kids? Yeah.
Help me up.
Why don't you relax, man? You're still groggy.
We have less than an hour till midnight.
Where's my suit? I'm going back in.
What, and have the same thing happen again?
That doesn't make any sense, man.
If we don't, we lose the kids.
This is much bigger than Keyes, I realized.
Fear City can't launch.
While you were out, I tried every hacker code I know.
I cant' crack Keyzar's mainframe.
The Bogey Man.
Lothian said he was a creature of the night.
I hit him with the laser.
Lights.
Lights. That's the key to defeat the beast.
My new lights. Of course.
I could install high-powered halogen bulbs,
rig 'em, I pick a spot on the floor.
Question.
How do we get the Bogey Man here?
I'll get the kids. Lure him back.
I adjusted your eye piece so that it would strobe instead of laser fire.
It'll be more effective against the Bogey Man.
Let's do it. Good luck.
Come on.
Where am I?
Don't be afraid. I'm gonna take you home.
Okay, don't be afraid. Come on.
No!
Oh!
Naughty!
Let's hurry.
Ready or not, here I come.
Yes.
Raleigh, take them. He's right behind me.
Come on, guys, this way.
Here we go.
Stay here. You'll be all right.
Five minutes to midnight.
Night Man, you interrupted my downloading.
Night Man, you're like a virus.
Raleigh, get to the board.
JOHNNY: I'm not afraid of you.
Come on.
That's it.
Just a little more.
Raleigh, now!
Night Man.
Keyes!
How interesting. Fan out, fellas.
Ali, stay with the boys.
Here I am,
in life or death control
over a very close friend of yours again.
Well, not quite as close as your Daddy.
Let him go, Keyes!
You just back right off or your friend dies.
KIERAN: Thank you.
Nice place. I like the vibes.
Where are the kids?
Here, kiddy, kiddy, kiddies. Where...
Bring me the flower of American youth.
Forget it, Keyes.
You've no leverage here. Bring me the kids.
Oh, hello, hello.
My little creature.
People, this is the Bogey Man. Bogey Man, this is people.
Soon you're gonna be inhabiting the world at my side.
Don't be a fool, Keyes. He doesn't belong here.
You know, superhero,
most people, what do they do?
They look to the stars for new forms of life.
But I, I look elsewhere and discovered gold.
I discovered a new world,
which works simultaneously with ours,
but was unreachable until right now.
I have created
an Earth-bound gateway to this world.
It's the ultra web.
People are dying because of you!
I want you to think of me as an explorer for the new millennium.
And with exploration, comes a few casualties.
They're trying to kill us.
They're trying to kill us. Get them.
You killed him!
Oh, Ali, not you.
Keyes, you can't control this thing.
KIERAN: These beings lack a little discipline, Night Man.
A little leadership, this is where I come in to play.
This is not a game.
Oh, it is a game, and I am chairman of the board.
KIERAN: That feels better.
You know who's master.
Now, would you give him the kids, Night Man?
So he can get back to the ultra web.
Not a chance.
It's payback time.
That's it, no more hesitation!
Where are the kids?
Come and get them!
Okay, we will. Bogey Man, go get the kids.
Raleigh, now!
No!
Okay, okay, Night Man.
You've won this battle.
But the ultimate victory
will be mine.
Until next time.
Gotcha.
No one can defeat me.
So long as there's human imagination
I will exist
in some form!
All right! One for the smart kids.
Let's get out of here. Come on.
Game over.