Corey Thompson

Corey Thompson was a stockbroker of Starkweather Financial. He was also the best friend of David Hargrove and colleague Emily Brandt.

On 16 December, Corey started teasing David about work before eating David's candy but spit it out in disgust. He informs David that Emily is quitting and encourages him to go ask her out. Corey went to the company's Christmas party after work. He was telling a story to their colleagues Luke, Christian, and Jerry but accidentally drops his phone when he causes drinks to be splashed. When Corey learned that David was going to drive Emily home, he asked him to drive him home too, so the three got onto the car together.

On the way to Emily's home, Corey used David's phone to call Jerry to put his phone on his desk and not to look at his photos but the phone went dead and he just randomly throws it to David instead of just giving it to him. Corey felt hungry, and he forced David to pull up at a local ATM, in order to get money for pizza. Corey and David entered the ATM to withdraw money, and shortly after, Emily joined them.

When the three were about to leave, they turned to see a hooded figure lurking outside. While Corey suggested they returned to the car, Emily and David were reluctant, believing the figure to be a robber. Although they were scared, they realized, though later proven wrong by David, that the figure couldn't get in without an ATM card.

Not long, the hooded figure murdered a local man who was walking his dog, prompting the three to call the police, only to realize they had don't have their cellphones. While the three were panicking inside, the hooded figure cut off the heater in the ATM booth, effectively making it colder. David decided to reason with the hooded figure, and attempted to give him 500 dollars from him, a pair of valuable earrings from Emily, and a watch in return from Corey for their safety. While giving the money to the hooded figure, he ran back to his car, attempting to grab Emily's phone to alert the police. He is chased to the car, got the phone and realized the wires had been cut, in order to prevent the car from being driven. The hooded figure then attacked him by smashing out the passenger's side window. He escaped the car and was chased back to the ATM booth, unharmed, but droped the cellphone along the way. Then, Emily used her lipstick to write "HELP" on the ATM booth's window. The hooded man took the phone, the valuables and the wallet from the dead man.

As the three began to freeze, a security guard saw the sign and went to investigate, but was beaten to death by the hooded figure with a crowbar taken from David's trunk in the process, leaving them hopeless.

Another man with a similar coat to the killer entered the ATM, but Corey and David managed to kill him by strangling him. They later realized that the man was innocent and was only going to work, because he was the janitor. Afterward, Corey took his coat and became angry, then he attempted to leave the ATM booth, but was caught and stabbed by the hooded figure.

After several more hours freezing in the ATM booth, David and Emily realized Corey was still alive. They both ran out, and grabbed him, then managed to return to the ATM booth before the hooded figure got to them. While David and Emily attempted to stifle Corey's bleeding wound, the hooded figure began to fill the ATM booth with cold water, attempting to freeze them to death. Corey eventually died of blood loss and hypothermia.

His dead body, along with Emily's unconscious body, was found and taken by police and an ambulance while David was framed and arrested for their murder. Despite being victims, the ATM video having no sound showed fake evidence of him and Emily helping David rob the ATM and killing witnesses.

Trivia

 * He is the second Josh Peck character to die, the first being George Tooney from Mean Creek.
 * It's possible if Corey didn't come then the events wouldn't have happened.