Birthrite (2025) Movie Script
1
[insects buzz and chirp]
[sheep bleating]
[ominous music rises]
[music intensifies]
[music subsides]
[insects buzz and chirp]
[gentle piano music]
-[Magnus] Everything is
just as she left it.
-[piano]
I mean,
it would need some sprucing up,
but, uh, it's got good bones.
[Maya] Magnus,
when did she pass away?
[Magnus] Oh, it's been
years my firm has been
trying to find you.
And Wren's listed
as the only remaining family?
Is that not correct?
[Wren] Yeah, I-I don't know
why my mom never
told me she had a sister.
[Magnus] Well,
you know what they say.
Family always finds a way.
Come on, let me show you
the rest of the house.
There's a lot to see.
Yeah.
[Wren laughs]
[gasps]
I thought you said
she didn't have any children.
Birgit? No.
Uh, well, she did
run the clinic in town,
so, who knows,
maybe she took
some of them in over the years.
[Wren]
What if we took the house?
What, and move up there?
I mean, it already has a piano.
I could teach.
And I think it could be...
a really nice place
for a wedding someday.
Mmm. You know,
I was actually getting
more funeral vibes.
[Wren laughs]
Come on! I think
it'd be a great place
to raise a kid.
-We'd be restless.
-I mean, you're already
working remotely.
-And we'd be closer to your mom.
-That is not a selling point.
I just-- I think it would
be good for me.
You've been doing so well.
I...
I don't want to go
back to New York.
What?
Yeah, New York is like...
New York is haunted for me.
I just don't want
to live there anymore.
Will you just think about it?
I don't know.
-Oh, shit.
-What?
[Wren groans and retches]
[Maya]
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
[retching]
[intro music plays]
[Rosalie]
Your aunt was a pioneer.
She founded this clinic.
She wasn't able to have
children of her own,
but that just inspired her
to create all of this
for women who could.
I was with her
from the beginning.
I started interning
with her right
out of high school,
and she taught me
everything that I know.
I worshiped Birdie.
Birdie?
[Rosalie] Yeah, that's what
everybody called her.
So, I'm actually not
really showing yet,
but we are
just about 13 weeks along.
Yeah, it's either Henry
or Sophie.
Congratulations,
that's wonderful.
-Thank you.
-Are you waiting
to find out the sex?
Well, we actually haven't
had an ultrasound yet.
I've just been
a little bit nervous.
I don't want to do anything
to hurt the baby.
Well, you're in
your second trimester now,
and I think it's time
for an ultrasound.
You know, we offer everything
that you need here.
We do screenings and labor
and delivery services,
prenatal care, postpartum.
Well, for delivery, we're
thinking of that hospital
in Newburgh.
Mm-hm. Yeah, if you
want to go the hospital route,
you could do that.
But we are fully equipped
to do everything here.
Or at home. It's really about
where you're most comfortable.
She's gonna want the epidural.
She's gonna say
that she doesn't want it,
wants a natural birth,
but I guarantee you,
when it's happening,
she's gonna want it.
She's probably right.
Well, we can offer you
something for the pain.
Do you have
any medical conditions
or allergies? Medications?
Um, I was prescribed medication
for depression and anxiety,
but I've been weaning myself
off of it since I got pregnant.
Hmm. How's that going for you?
Great. Honestly,
I-I've never felt better.
Good.
Well, why don't we
get you in next week
for that ultrasound?
-Okay.
-[Rosalie] Okay.
-Yeah.
-Yeah? Okay.
-Nice to meet you.
-It was nice to meet you both.
Thank you so much.
-Congratulations.
-Thank you.
[Wren] Those are my parents.
And that's Birdie.
And that's you,
in front of your new home.
[soft chuckle]
[crickets chirp]
[Wren] What did you think
of the midwife?
-Rosalie?
-Mm-hm.
[Maya] Kind of weird.
I liked her.
[Maya laughs]
You like everyone.
Well, if we decide
to go with her,
at least I can say
I have some kind of wife.
[laughs]
[laughing]
[Maya] Come in, come in,
come in...
This is so much prettier
than I remember.
So, you loop it
through the hole.
-[Maya laughs]
-The bunny ears.
[Maya] I told you we weren't
gonna need help with this.
-[Wren] I didn't think we would.
-[Maya] You--
-[Wren laughs]
-[Maya] Keep doubting me.
-[chimes]
-[intense music]
[piano music]
[piano music continues]
[piano music continues]
[piano music continues]
Hello. Are you returning
or checking out?
-I'm checking out.
-Great.
-Thank you.
-[Quentin] Last name?
Collins.
Wren?
Uh, yes.
You're new here.
-[beeps]
-Yeah, I am.
Okay. You are all set.
Thank you so much.
[indistinct chatter]
[piano music continues]
[piano music continues]
[piano music continues]
[piano music fades]
[distant horse chuffs]
-[bird flutters]
-[intense music]
[Rosalie]
Right there's the head.
[machine beeps]
And they're
looking right at you.
And do you see the legs here?
Mm-hmm.
Do you wanna know the sex?
It's a boy.
[murmuring sound]
Henry.
It's-- it's okay?
He's perfect.
[relieved gasp]
Baby?
[gasps]
-[piano music]
-[laughs]
[piano music continues]
[intense music, knocking]
Hi! You must be Chelsea.
Come on in.
[Wren] So...
have you ever played before?
No? Well, that's okay.
We'll just start
from the beginning. Okay?
Okay, so you want to start
with middle C
right in the center. Okay?
C, like Chelsea.
-[piano]
-C
You want to try?
-[plays piano]
-C
Great. Exactly.
And then you just want to go up
the scale, okay?
-[plays piano]
-C, C sharp
-[plays piano]
-D
[plays piano]
Really good. Great.
-Just keep going up.
-[plays piano]
What is that?
My mom comes here at night.
Your mom comes
to this house at night?
She's scared to tell you.
What does she have to tell me?
About your baby, Henry.
They want him.
[intense music]
[cell phone rings]
[Wren] Hi, Justine?
[Justine] Wren, hi.
I'm so sorry.
I meant to call you earlier.
Chelsea was really excited
to start today,
but she's just not feeling well.
[laughs]
She, she must've snuck out
and come anyway.
[Justine] What?
Yeah, she's, she's here.
[Justine] No, she's not.
She's sitting right here
in our living room.
-What?
-[Justine] Yeah, no,
she's right here.
[Justine speaks inaudibly]
[front door thumps]
And her mom comes
to the house at night?
It's not funny.
I am freaking out.
I know you are.
You need to calm down.
It's not good for the baby
for you to get so worked up.
She was trying to warn us, Maya.
She knew Henry by name.
You think maybe she peeked
into the nursery
and saw the welcome sign?
No.
No. No. No.
She was with me the whole time.
[sighs]
Think she's in there now?
Want to go take a look?
I mean...
Come on. Let's go take a look.
Don't...
I'm not making fun of you.
Let's go.
What do you think?
Think you heard a moth outside?
Let's take a look. Okay?
I'm not crazy.
I know you're not.
I love you.
We'll figure out
whose creepy kid it was.
Come on, you need to get to bed.
[piano note plays]
[piano note plays]
[piano note plays]
[Chelsea]
C
[intense rattle]
Hey! Wait!
[distant voice calls out]
[distant bird shrieks]
[intense music builds]
[music intensifies]
[music subsides]
[Wren whimpers]
-[Wren gasps, whimpers]
-[baby cries]
[baby cries]
[whimpers]
[Wren] No! No!
-[baby cries]
-No! [whimpers]
[gasps, panting]
[panting]
[panting]
[Maya mutters]
Can I tell you something?
Something's wrong.
Something-- something's wrong.
You're okay.
You're okay.
[Wren screams]
[Wren whimpers]
Can we get some help?!
[alarm chimes]
[whimpering]
Help me out here.
Let's get her up.
-Good.
-Don't--
What's happening?
Hey. [whimpering]
[Wren whimpers]
[indistinct chatter]
-[doctor] How far along?
-Okay.
[Wren whimpers]
-[doctor speaks]
-[machines beep]
[whimpers] How far along,
they said. How far along?
[distant, indistinct voices]
-How is she?
-She's sedated now.
She lost a lot of blood.
We need to keep her overnight.
And the baby?
[whimpers] Oh, God.
It was too early. [cries]
I need to ask you a few things.
Okay.
When did she tell you
she was pregnant?
What do you mean?
When it happened.
-What's going on?
-Well...
We performed an ultrasound...
and...
there was nothing there.
[doctor] This would appear to be
a case of pseudocyesis,
where your partner
may have experienced
the symptoms of pregnancy--
No, no, no, no, no, no.
We have an ultrasound
on our refrigerator.
Okay. I understand.
No.
What did you do to our baby?
Ms. Lopez...
there was no baby.
What about her stomach? It's...
Swelling can occur.
That's just part
of the dysmorphia.
What was all that blood?
We're trying to figure that out.
There's many explanations
for that.
Who was her doctor?
She must have an OBGYN.
-We're leaving.
-Well, we'll need to perform
a psychological evaluation.
I got you, okay?
Just let it out.
This isn't your fault.
Are you real?
You're real, right?
[Wren] I don't know
what's happening.
[Rosalie] Nobody does.
I spoke with the hospital.
They sent over your blood work.
It just...
it doesn't make any sense.
[Rosalie] But you're not crazy.
You really were pregnant.
[Wren] I feel like I'm cursed.
My freshman year of college,
my parents died in a fire.
And...
I just,
I just stayed in the city.
I never went back.
For a while I... I just floated.
And then...
started teaching 3rd grade
in the Bronx.
And one day we took the kids
to this local community garden,
and we were laughing.
This one kid
always made us laugh.
So I was turned away. Um...
I turned...
and then I heard this horn.
And, uh, a scream.
One of my girls... Angela...
She was just... lying there.
I mean, there's...
Oh, Wren...
After that, I just... I lost it.
I lost my job. I lost...
everything.
It got so bad that...
I started seeing her.
Everywhere was her.
Across the street,
on the corner.
Everywhere.
I started pulling
my own hair out.
I....
wouldn't leave the house.
I just...
I just wanted to disappear.
I'm so sorry.
I understand loss.
And I also know
what it feels like
to feel cursed.
[suspenseful music]
[soft gasp]
Simon, let's go.
[barks]
Simon, let's go home.
[barks]
-Come on, let's go home.
-[barks
-[barks]
-Come on.
[barks]
What is it, boy?
[barks]
-[barks]
-Come on, let's go home.
-[barks]
-Simon!
-[barks]
-Simon, let's go now!
[barks]
Come here! Simon! Simon!
[water runs]
Simon bit me.
Why?
I don't know. Just got spooked.
I want to try again.
Don't you want to figure out
what happened?
[chuckles]
We know what happened.
I had a miscarriage.
It happens
to people all the time.
[Maya] I know, I just...
I want to make sure
you're healthy enough for that.
I feel great.
-Wren.
-I do.
I don't know that I'd say
that you've been doing great.
Right. So, we're talking
about my mental health.
Don't do that.
[Maya] I stood by you.
You said the same thing then,
and I'm still standing by you.
Yes, I think
first we need to talk
about getting you back
on some medication.
[sighs]
And I obviously still have
some serious questions
-about what actually happened.
-We lost our baby.
That's what happened.
I washed the sheets.
And... cleaned the car.
There was nothing there.
Just... blood.
Lots of blood.
You felt him kick.
I thought I did.
So what, I made him up?
He was real... Maya.
Do you want to see him?
I'll go get the ultrasound.
[Wren] Where is it?
I burned it.
What?
Maya, that was all
we had left of him.
I couldn't look at it anymore.
Oh, my God. [sobs]
[ominous music]
[bartender] What'll it be?
[Maya] Uh...
I'll do a beer and a shot.
Bourbon.
One bourbon, one scotch.
And one beer.
Maya.
I know. I've seen you.
You and your wife, uh, moved
into the old Sorenson place.
Yeah, we're not married.
Ugh.
[Paul] Did some work
on that place.
Foundation mostly.
How'd you come
to get that place?
My partner, she, uh...
They're related.
Huh.
She was a strange lady.
Birgit?
[elevator lowers]
[Wren] Do you think
I'm like Birdie?
[Rosalie] In what way?
Barren?
No.
You were pregnant.
You'll get pregnant again.
In fact, you wouldn't be
alone if you were.
Barren.
Oh, God, I'm... I'm so sorry.
It's fine.
[Rosalie]
You look like her, though.
-Birdie?
-[Rosalie] Mm-hm.
It's just so sad to me that
you never even knew of her.
What-- what even happened
between her and my mom?
Maybe they didn't want you
growing up around here.
-Enough of this shit.
-[pool balls scatter]
Take me with you.
Nah. I'm stuck.
Probably kill herself if I left.
And then I'd have
to kill myself, so.
Oh, don't kill yourself.
I like you.
Okay, Paul.
[Paul] Thing is, this town--
this town basically got ghosted.
We need some new life
around here.
[pool balls scatter]
So, Paul...
Maya!
Maya.
What was so strange
about Birgit?
Huh?
Sorenson.
Why? You getting spooked
up in that house?
No.
You just said...
that...
I don't know.
I don't want to speak ill
of the dead.
It's just that she, uh,
she fell prey to something.
Caught up to her.
Wouldn't let go.
[pool balls scatter]
[Wren] How did Birdie die?
[Rosalie] It was horrible.
It was the worst day of my life.
I found her.
She was hanging in the woods,
up behind the house.
Maya?
[dog barks]
[barking continues]
-It's okay.
It's okay, Simon. Where are you?
-[dog barks]
-Hey. Shh. It's okay.
[barking continues]
[suspenseful music]
-[sharp gasp]
-[glass shatters]
[suspenseful music continues]
[sharp gasp]
Hey!
Hey!
Hey.
Where are you?
God...
Where are you?
Stay the fuck away--
What are you doing?
Jesus.
[Wren whimpers]
-What are you doing?
-[Wren] Uh...
She...
She was right here.
Who?
The woman, she...
the mother of the-- of the kid.
[Maya] Okay.
[Wren whimpers]
She was standing right here.
She was looking up
at the window.
-Just calm down.
-I'm serious. Okay.
You have to believe me.
I'm not crazy.
I know. Okay?
There was someone here, okay?
Let's just go inside, okay?
[gunshot]
[suspenseful music]
[Paul] Killing a sacred deer...
and eating its heart...
is supposed to keep away
malevolent spirits.
Will it keep crazy
ladies off our lawn?
-Shut up.
-[chuckles]
Wren thinks she sees
this woman lurking around.
[interrupting] I do.
I do see her.
I haven't since
that one night, but I...
I do. Maya doesn't believe me.
You mean Caroline.
Who?
What?
I saw her prowling around here.
She just hasn't been...
right since she lost her kid.
My guess...
is just that she was, um...
looking for answers.
[Maya] God.
I'm sorry.
[grunts]
[truck gate closes]
Do you maybe want to leave
that with us?
Yeah, I got lots.
Oh.
Nice.
-[Maya] Thank you.
-Yep.
[tires on gravel]
[radio plays faintly]
[thudding sound]
[huffing]
Oh...
Come on.
[radio shuts off,
gear shift thumps]
[lug wrench clatters]
[grunts]
[grunts]
[suspenseful music]
-[slash]
-[shouts]
[choking]
[Paul falls to the ground]
[Paul groans]
[menacing music]
[phone rings]
[phone rings]
Hello?
[baby cries]
Hello?
[baby cries]
[hangs up phone]
[ominous music]
[low] Are you
fucking kidding me?
Oh, fuck.
[sighs]
You said
Dad wasn't gonna be here.
I see his car
in the driveway, Mom.
No...
No, I'm not coming in.
Here.
These are for you.
How is she?
Not good.
It's been really hard.
I don't know
what's gonna happen.
Your father doesn't want
me to do this.
Its...
Grandma's ring.
The one you asked for.
Thank you.
Just because I'm giving
this to you doesn't mean
that I don't still think
that you're living in sin.
Happy birthday, Mom.
Just go.
Go.
[car door opens]
[car door closes]
So, uh, Quentin.
Uh... call me Q.
[sighs] Uh...
I'm so sorry. Uh...
I'm a bit unprepared.
I thought I had called everyone.
I'm putting my lessons on hold.
We have...
Some family issues.
[speaks haltingly]
No, I knew... I...
You don't need to apologize.
We, uh, we don't...
have to do this today if--
No, no, no. No, honestly,
it's a welcome distraction.
I'm very happy that you're here.
Uh, so...
Do you have
any experience playing?
Uh...
All I know is "Heart and Soul."
[plays "Heart and Soul"]
[Wren] Very good! [laughs]
Uh, there's a reason I'm here.
-[Wren laughs]
-Whoa.
Where'd you get that?
[Wren] Oh, uh...
One of my students left it here.
Do you know what it is?
[Wren] No.
Yeah, I don't think you want
this in your house.
-[suspenseful music]
-Why not?
You know what happened here,
right?
There were all these kids...
went missing.
And they kept finding those.
Like a-- like a calling card.
[suspenseful music]
I'm, I'm sure your student
must've just found
one of them somewhere.
[turns light on]
So, apparently...
there was a coven of witches,
and the demon felt threatened.
And then the demon
said he would
take their power and
make them make these things,
the dolls, out of locks
of children's hair.
And they would leave them
with a child to, like, mark it.
And then the demon would come
and take the child away.
-It's a marker?
-[Quentin] Yeah.
And then all the children,
they would...
they would act as servants
during these birthing rituals
the demon would have, where
these barren witches would,
would offer themselves up
to the demon.
Birthing rituals?
You mean like...
like sacrifice babies?
Well, yeah, they did do that.
Here.
They did do that, but,
but only if it was,
uh, a baby in the bloodline
of the demon and it was a male
because he
was afraid of their powers.
But, but mainly,
they would just have
these birthing rituals,
and that would open
this sort of, I don't know,
a gate or something.
And he says that
there were seven of these gates
around the world. And here's...
here's the demon.
And he would, he would
torment the witches
by possessing their bodies
so he could walk
along the Earth.
And here are the ghosts
of the dead children
acting as servants.
And again, a lot
of this I'm piecing together.
Uh, I think whoever--
whoever wrote this,
he must've been
a-a clergyman or something,
because he wrote everything
in Greek and in Latin
and Old Norse,
all these different languages,
and I've translated
some of it, but...
we, we should, uh,
we should definitely,
we should find some time to...
to go over it all together.
[suspenseful music]
[news reporter] A Caucasian
male in his late 30s last
seen on Tanner Road,
the victim's identity
hasn't been released,
as authorities say
that the investigation
is ongoing.
[suspenseful music]
[honks]
Hi. Can I give you a ride?
Okay.
[suspenseful music]
Here you go.
Maya text you back yet?
Oh, no, I'm, um...
I was thinking about
something else about the kids
in Coventry who went missing.
Oh, yeah.
That's a long time ago.
Yeah, the people in town
were terrified,
you know. Nobody understood.
They still don't.
You know,
these were the town's children.
Our kids, just disappearing.
I was just a teenager myself
at the time, so...
[Wren] Wait.
Magnus Brewer.
He was a very sick man.
What, Wren?
He settled the estate.
No. [chuckles]
He died many years ago.
[oven dings]
That's the bread.
[suspenseful music]
[line ringing]
[Magnus] Hello?
[Magnus] Hello, Wren.
[chimes]
You okay?
[upbeat cafe music plays]
[music continues]
Do you believe in ghosts?
[Rosalie] Why?
You can tell me.
Someone tried to warn me.
I should have listened.
You know, when you say
things like that...
you sound fucking crazy.
You don't want Maya
to leave you, do you?
She's not gonna
want to have a baby with
a psychotic mother, is she?
Can't move.
You know, this isn't my fault.
Your mother started all of this.
And so it has to be you.
You're gonna have a baby, Wren.
And it'll be a little girl.
And then I can have one.
Exorcisot imundesim spiritus.
Exorcisot imundesim spiritus.
Exorcisot imundesim spiritus.
[car pulls up]
[car door opens]
[door opens]
[Maya] Wren?
[door closes, keys drop]
[Maya] Wren.
[softly]
Shh. She's asleep.
She okay?
Yeah. She was just so tired.
Uh, there's more wine
if you'd like some.
I'm good.
I'm tired, so...
I think we'll
just call it a night.
Sure.
I can come back tomorrow
to check on her.
She really was pregnant, right?
She was.
You don't need to check in
on her tomorrow.
She's fine.
Okay.
[lighter flicks]
[suspenseful music]
Mm-hm. [inhales]
[exhales]
[Wren chuckles]
I hate being in this house
without you.
Come here.
I love you.
I love you.
I think we should try again.
[laughs]
[reflective piano music]
[piano music continues]
[piano music continues]
[Wren chanting
in foreign language]
[chanting in foreign language]
[in English]
...and bring it to this plane,
and let it manifest...
as our deepest hearts' desires.
And this time,
we will be prepared.
[reflective piano music]
[shouts]
[piano music intensifies]
[piano music continues]
You guys know
this day is very special to us,
especially with our little one
on the way.
They took your baby!
Or did you give it to them?
Did you give it to them?
[Wren shudders]
Tell me!
[shudders]
I'm, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
-[slices skin, blood splatters]
-[spectators scream]
[indistinct chatter]
I'm sorry I ruined
your special day.
I don't want to live anymore.
Not without my daughter.
It never goes away.
I understand.
I know you do.
I knew your mother.
We were girls
at school together.
I even met you once.
Not long after you came home
from this hospital.
Took a picture of you
in her arms...
before you were taken away.
Why did she take me?
She didn't take you.
Her sister took you.
With your uncle.
They disappeared with you.
It had been planned.
What are you saying?
That Birgit is my mother?
No, that's not...
that's not possible.
She...
She was barren.
She was.
She confided in me.
She'd gone into the woods
and performed some ritual...
and it had worked.
She was pregnant.
But when you were born...
she said
a demon came to claim you,
so they smuggled
you away one night.
When you were taken away...
they came for all our children.
Beginning with mine.
A demon's wrath.
And your mother she...
she helped.
Made herself a servant
of the Devil.
I don't know what it wants
with you, but it can't be good.
I've seen your daughter.
She talked to me.
She tried to warn me.
This is her.
You saw this little girl?
That picture was taken
years ago. She...
she doesn't look
like that anymore.
She'd look different now.
You've got the curse.
Just like your mother!
No. No, no, no.
-You're a witch!
-No, no, no.
[Carolyn] Get away from me.
Witch!
You're a witch!
Get away!
[groans]
You're a witch! Witch! Witch!
[Carolyn screams]
[Maya] Simon!
[Maya] Simon!
Simon!
[suspenseful music]
Simon!
Simon!
Simon!
Simon!
[dripping]
[suspenseful music intensifies]
[sobbing]
Maya!
Simon's dead.
I found him in the woods.
Someone did something to him.
I don't know. [cries]
No.
What is this?
Where did you find that?
Down by the stables.
With your shrine.
-Do you know who did this?
-No.
-Was it that crazy woman?
-I don't know!
Then what the hell is going on?
I don't know, Maya.
I don't know.
I got that in the library.
A while ago. Quentin found it.
I was...
I was looking for answers
about Henry.
Something happened.
Something I can't fully explain,
and I don't want it
to happen again.
Something like this?
-Something like that?
-Yes.
[scoffs]
This was a mistake.
You need to trust me.
There are things in this book
that could save our lives.
Are you listening to yourself?
Please, please listen to me.
Why?
My mother performed
a ritual in those woods.
I think it's...
how I was born.
Now...
there's something...
out there...
that has come back for me.
It took Henry.
[door shuts]
[deputy] So, when did you
take ownership of the property?
[Wren] About a year ago.
[deputy] Have you seen
anyone else around the property?
No.
Hm.
There was a cold case
concerning the prior owner.
Birgit?
Miss Sorensen, yeah.
She... she hanged herself.
No. She was strung up...
by her wrists.
Sliced open.
She was, uh...
I don't know, um...
She was sort of
like your dog out there.
It's hard not to think
there's some sort of connection.
Yeah.
[suspenseful music]
[cell phone rings]
[ringing]
[water pours]
[Quentin] Hey, Wren,
it's Quentin.
Um, I'm calling again.
I just... please
give me a call back
when you get a cha--
Hello?
Uh, Carol?
[suspenseful music]
Uh, we're definitely closed.
[suspenseful music intensifies]
Hello?
Hello?
-[slashes]
-[Quentin shouts
[Quentin falls to the ground]
[thumps, gags]
[gagging]
[music intensifies]
[Quentin]
Hey, Wren, it's Quentin.
There's something weird
going on.
I'm in--
I, I was watching some
of the live streams
that people were posting
of your wedding,
and I think I saw, uh...
I think I saw a woman
that I know...
uh, stealing your dog?
I don't know, I'm not
trying to freak you out,
but I just feel like--
[loud thump]
[shotgun blasts]
[can clatters]
[suspenseful music]
[soft gasp]
[music intensifies]
What is this?
The only time I've seen
one of those was that
night at your house,
when Wren had it out.
Are you okay?
Maya?
Maya, why don't you
sit down for a minute.
I've been doing this
for a long time.
Taking care of lots of women,
and I've seen lots of things.
Things that I can't ever unsee.
And I can't help it.
I have...
some concerns... about Wren.
She's not well.
What do you mean?
Her pregnancy with Henry.
I thought you said
it was a real pregnancy.
It was.
But I think she might have
done something to the baby.
Fuck you.
How dare you?
-You don't know what it means
to be a mom. No, fuck you!
-Look--
Wren needs us.
I don't think that she knows
what she's doing.
It was a mistake coming here.
[Rosalie] The night that you
lost Henry...
Did anything happen?
No.
She had a nightmare.
About what?
I don't know.
Her feet.
There was dirt on them.
There was dirt on them.
I think she was
in the woods that night.
Oh, Maya.
I think you should
be worried about your baby.
I can call
the hospital and schedule
a psychiatric evaluation
and see if they'll admit her,
but we have to do it now.
I can't go through that.
Yes...
You can.
I can't.
Wren needs you.
She's not going to want to go.
She's going to resist.
And you need to be strong.
She needs help.
[suspenseful music]
[deputy] How you doing?
Uh, fine, yeah. Better.
You feeling all right?
I think you should have
the medics take a look at you.
No, I just, I...
[talking over each other]
Just don't touch me.
Y'all need
to figure out what the fuck
is going on around here.
[engine starts]
[tires squeal]
[suspenseful music]
Oh, shit.
[shudders]
Maya!
Maya! Maya, we have to go.
We have to go! [sobs]
Maya!
Maya! [sobs]
[Wren] They're coming after me.
[breathing heavily]
You have to take this.
Get in the car.
-We have to go right now.
-Hold on a second.
They killed Quentin.
They killed Quentin.
First Paul,
and now that poor kid.
-You need to calm down, okay?
-I am calm! I'm fine!
Listen! Listen, listen.
We just have to go
to the hospital right now,
please.
I love you,
but you need help, okay?
-Okay.
-I'm gonna get you help.
- Oh, my God,
what is she doing here?
-Let's just--
What is she doing here ?
No, no, no!
She's gonna help you.
She killed Simon!
I know you! I know you!
I saw the video!
This is for your own good!
Just calm down!
No! We have to go!
We have you do!
-Ah! [gags]
-[music intensifies]
[groaning]
What the fuck did you just do?
-It's okay.
-[groaning]
Her water broke!
[groaning] I know about you--
I know about the children.
Can we just get her
to the hospital, please?
It's okay, it's okay.
It's okay. It's all right.
[Maya falls to the ground]
I...
I am sorry.
And I didn't kill your mother.
We tried to end this years ago,
and they killed her.
And they cursed me...
so I can't have a child
unless I do something terrible.
[flames roar]
[Rosalie] I have to take
your baby girl, Wren.
[flames roar]
[suspenseful music]
[rhythmic drumbeat]
[drumbeat continues]
[drumbeat intensifies]
[distant drumbeat]
[gasps]
[rhythmic drumbeat continues]
[shudders]
[pants, shudders]
Help! Help!
Help!
[Wren] Help me!
[panting, sobbing]
No!
[indistinct pleading]
[sobs]
No. Please, please, please.
Help!
Please!
Help!
- Please!
-[voice growls]
Please stop!
Stop!
Please stop!
Please stop it!
Stop! [sobs]
[drumbeat intensifies]
[Wren cries out]
[shouts, pants]
[groans]
[screams]
[panting, groaning, shouts]
[shouts]
[shouts, pants]
[Wren shouts]
[moans, gasps]
-[baby cries]
-No, no, no, no.
[gasps]
Where are you taking her?!
-[baby cries]
-[Wren] Please, give her to--
[Wren gasps] Please!
-[baby cries]
[Wren gasps, shouts]
-[baby cries]
-[Wren gasps]
[Wren] Please,
what are you doing?!
[gasps]
-[shudders] Please, please.
-[baby cries]
You have the baby.
Now take it away.
Take the curse away.
-[suspenseful music]
-Please. You promised.
No! No!
[crying]
[panting, shuddering]
[music intensifies]
[boom, ringing]
[shuddering, panting]
[moaning]
[indistinct sobbing]
Are you okay?
[sobbing, shuddering]
[gasping, moaning]
[gasping, groaning]
-[Maya] You okay?
-[Wren muttering]
[gasping]
[gasping]
-[intense music]
-[Wren gasps]
-[music intensifies]
-[gasping]
[panting, groans]
-[shouts]
-[slashes]
-[shouts]
-[slashes]
-[shouts]
-[slashes]
-[shouts]
-[slashes]
[groans]
[baby whimpers softly]
[baby whimpers]
[music intensifies]
[baby cries]
[baby whimpers]
Go.
[eerily mournful music plays]
[rocks scratching]
-[rocks scratching]
-[sighs]
[rocks scratching]
[music intensifies]
[music subsides]
[piano theme plays]
[eerie orchestral theme rises]
[theme fades]
[insects buzz and chirp]
[sheep bleating]
[ominous music rises]
[music intensifies]
[music subsides]
[insects buzz and chirp]
[gentle piano music]
-[Magnus] Everything is
just as she left it.
-[piano]
I mean,
it would need some sprucing up,
but, uh, it's got good bones.
[Maya] Magnus,
when did she pass away?
[Magnus] Oh, it's been
years my firm has been
trying to find you.
And Wren's listed
as the only remaining family?
Is that not correct?
[Wren] Yeah, I-I don't know
why my mom never
told me she had a sister.
[Magnus] Well,
you know what they say.
Family always finds a way.
Come on, let me show you
the rest of the house.
There's a lot to see.
Yeah.
[Wren laughs]
[gasps]
I thought you said
she didn't have any children.
Birgit? No.
Uh, well, she did
run the clinic in town,
so, who knows,
maybe she took
some of them in over the years.
[Wren]
What if we took the house?
What, and move up there?
I mean, it already has a piano.
I could teach.
And I think it could be...
a really nice place
for a wedding someday.
Mmm. You know,
I was actually getting
more funeral vibes.
[Wren laughs]
Come on! I think
it'd be a great place
to raise a kid.
-We'd be restless.
-I mean, you're already
working remotely.
-And we'd be closer to your mom.
-That is not a selling point.
I just-- I think it would
be good for me.
You've been doing so well.
I...
I don't want to go
back to New York.
What?
Yeah, New York is like...
New York is haunted for me.
I just don't want
to live there anymore.
Will you just think about it?
I don't know.
-Oh, shit.
-What?
[Wren groans and retches]
[Maya]
Hold on, hold on, hold on.
[retching]
[intro music plays]
[Rosalie]
Your aunt was a pioneer.
She founded this clinic.
She wasn't able to have
children of her own,
but that just inspired her
to create all of this
for women who could.
I was with her
from the beginning.
I started interning
with her right
out of high school,
and she taught me
everything that I know.
I worshiped Birdie.
Birdie?
[Rosalie] Yeah, that's what
everybody called her.
So, I'm actually not
really showing yet,
but we are
just about 13 weeks along.
Yeah, it's either Henry
or Sophie.
Congratulations,
that's wonderful.
-Thank you.
-Are you waiting
to find out the sex?
Well, we actually haven't
had an ultrasound yet.
I've just been
a little bit nervous.
I don't want to do anything
to hurt the baby.
Well, you're in
your second trimester now,
and I think it's time
for an ultrasound.
You know, we offer everything
that you need here.
We do screenings and labor
and delivery services,
prenatal care, postpartum.
Well, for delivery, we're
thinking of that hospital
in Newburgh.
Mm-hm. Yeah, if you
want to go the hospital route,
you could do that.
But we are fully equipped
to do everything here.
Or at home. It's really about
where you're most comfortable.
She's gonna want the epidural.
She's gonna say
that she doesn't want it,
wants a natural birth,
but I guarantee you,
when it's happening,
she's gonna want it.
She's probably right.
Well, we can offer you
something for the pain.
Do you have
any medical conditions
or allergies? Medications?
Um, I was prescribed medication
for depression and anxiety,
but I've been weaning myself
off of it since I got pregnant.
Hmm. How's that going for you?
Great. Honestly,
I-I've never felt better.
Good.
Well, why don't we
get you in next week
for that ultrasound?
-Okay.
-[Rosalie] Okay.
-Yeah.
-Yeah? Okay.
-Nice to meet you.
-It was nice to meet you both.
Thank you so much.
-Congratulations.
-Thank you.
[Wren] Those are my parents.
And that's Birdie.
And that's you,
in front of your new home.
[soft chuckle]
[crickets chirp]
[Wren] What did you think
of the midwife?
-Rosalie?
-Mm-hm.
[Maya] Kind of weird.
I liked her.
[Maya laughs]
You like everyone.
Well, if we decide
to go with her,
at least I can say
I have some kind of wife.
[laughs]
[laughing]
[Maya] Come in, come in,
come in...
This is so much prettier
than I remember.
So, you loop it
through the hole.
-[Maya laughs]
-The bunny ears.
[Maya] I told you we weren't
gonna need help with this.
-[Wren] I didn't think we would.
-[Maya] You--
-[Wren laughs]
-[Maya] Keep doubting me.
-[chimes]
-[intense music]
[piano music]
[piano music continues]
[piano music continues]
[piano music continues]
Hello. Are you returning
or checking out?
-I'm checking out.
-Great.
-Thank you.
-[Quentin] Last name?
Collins.
Wren?
Uh, yes.
You're new here.
-[beeps]
-Yeah, I am.
Okay. You are all set.
Thank you so much.
[indistinct chatter]
[piano music continues]
[piano music continues]
[piano music continues]
[piano music fades]
[distant horse chuffs]
-[bird flutters]
-[intense music]
[Rosalie]
Right there's the head.
[machine beeps]
And they're
looking right at you.
And do you see the legs here?
Mm-hmm.
Do you wanna know the sex?
It's a boy.
[murmuring sound]
Henry.
It's-- it's okay?
He's perfect.
[relieved gasp]
Baby?
[gasps]
-[piano music]
-[laughs]
[piano music continues]
[intense music, knocking]
Hi! You must be Chelsea.
Come on in.
[Wren] So...
have you ever played before?
No? Well, that's okay.
We'll just start
from the beginning. Okay?
Okay, so you want to start
with middle C
right in the center. Okay?
C, like Chelsea.
-[piano]
-C
You want to try?
-[plays piano]
-C
Great. Exactly.
And then you just want to go up
the scale, okay?
-[plays piano]
-C, C sharp
-[plays piano]
-D
[plays piano]
Really good. Great.
-Just keep going up.
-[plays piano]
What is that?
My mom comes here at night.
Your mom comes
to this house at night?
She's scared to tell you.
What does she have to tell me?
About your baby, Henry.
They want him.
[intense music]
[cell phone rings]
[Wren] Hi, Justine?
[Justine] Wren, hi.
I'm so sorry.
I meant to call you earlier.
Chelsea was really excited
to start today,
but she's just not feeling well.
[laughs]
She, she must've snuck out
and come anyway.
[Justine] What?
Yeah, she's, she's here.
[Justine] No, she's not.
She's sitting right here
in our living room.
-What?
-[Justine] Yeah, no,
she's right here.
[Justine speaks inaudibly]
[front door thumps]
And her mom comes
to the house at night?
It's not funny.
I am freaking out.
I know you are.
You need to calm down.
It's not good for the baby
for you to get so worked up.
She was trying to warn us, Maya.
She knew Henry by name.
You think maybe she peeked
into the nursery
and saw the welcome sign?
No.
No. No. No.
She was with me the whole time.
[sighs]
Think she's in there now?
Want to go take a look?
I mean...
Come on. Let's go take a look.
Don't...
I'm not making fun of you.
Let's go.
What do you think?
Think you heard a moth outside?
Let's take a look. Okay?
I'm not crazy.
I know you're not.
I love you.
We'll figure out
whose creepy kid it was.
Come on, you need to get to bed.
[piano note plays]
[piano note plays]
[piano note plays]
[Chelsea]
C
[intense rattle]
Hey! Wait!
[distant voice calls out]
[distant bird shrieks]
[intense music builds]
[music intensifies]
[music subsides]
[Wren whimpers]
-[Wren gasps, whimpers]
-[baby cries]
[baby cries]
[whimpers]
[Wren] No! No!
-[baby cries]
-No! [whimpers]
[gasps, panting]
[panting]
[panting]
[Maya mutters]
Can I tell you something?
Something's wrong.
Something-- something's wrong.
You're okay.
You're okay.
[Wren screams]
[Wren whimpers]
Can we get some help?!
[alarm chimes]
[whimpering]
Help me out here.
Let's get her up.
-Good.
-Don't--
What's happening?
Hey. [whimpering]
[Wren whimpers]
[indistinct chatter]
-[doctor] How far along?
-Okay.
[Wren whimpers]
-[doctor speaks]
-[machines beep]
[whimpers] How far along,
they said. How far along?
[distant, indistinct voices]
-How is she?
-She's sedated now.
She lost a lot of blood.
We need to keep her overnight.
And the baby?
[whimpers] Oh, God.
It was too early. [cries]
I need to ask you a few things.
Okay.
When did she tell you
she was pregnant?
What do you mean?
When it happened.
-What's going on?
-Well...
We performed an ultrasound...
and...
there was nothing there.
[doctor] This would appear to be
a case of pseudocyesis,
where your partner
may have experienced
the symptoms of pregnancy--
No, no, no, no, no, no.
We have an ultrasound
on our refrigerator.
Okay. I understand.
No.
What did you do to our baby?
Ms. Lopez...
there was no baby.
What about her stomach? It's...
Swelling can occur.
That's just part
of the dysmorphia.
What was all that blood?
We're trying to figure that out.
There's many explanations
for that.
Who was her doctor?
She must have an OBGYN.
-We're leaving.
-Well, we'll need to perform
a psychological evaluation.
I got you, okay?
Just let it out.
This isn't your fault.
Are you real?
You're real, right?
[Wren] I don't know
what's happening.
[Rosalie] Nobody does.
I spoke with the hospital.
They sent over your blood work.
It just...
it doesn't make any sense.
[Rosalie] But you're not crazy.
You really were pregnant.
[Wren] I feel like I'm cursed.
My freshman year of college,
my parents died in a fire.
And...
I just,
I just stayed in the city.
I never went back.
For a while I... I just floated.
And then...
started teaching 3rd grade
in the Bronx.
And one day we took the kids
to this local community garden,
and we were laughing.
This one kid
always made us laugh.
So I was turned away. Um...
I turned...
and then I heard this horn.
And, uh, a scream.
One of my girls... Angela...
She was just... lying there.
I mean, there's...
Oh, Wren...
After that, I just... I lost it.
I lost my job. I lost...
everything.
It got so bad that...
I started seeing her.
Everywhere was her.
Across the street,
on the corner.
Everywhere.
I started pulling
my own hair out.
I....
wouldn't leave the house.
I just...
I just wanted to disappear.
I'm so sorry.
I understand loss.
And I also know
what it feels like
to feel cursed.
[suspenseful music]
[soft gasp]
Simon, let's go.
[barks]
Simon, let's go home.
[barks]
-Come on, let's go home.
-[barks
-[barks]
-Come on.
[barks]
What is it, boy?
[barks]
-[barks]
-Come on, let's go home.
-[barks]
-Simon!
-[barks]
-Simon, let's go now!
[barks]
Come here! Simon! Simon!
[water runs]
Simon bit me.
Why?
I don't know. Just got spooked.
I want to try again.
Don't you want to figure out
what happened?
[chuckles]
We know what happened.
I had a miscarriage.
It happens
to people all the time.
[Maya] I know, I just...
I want to make sure
you're healthy enough for that.
I feel great.
-Wren.
-I do.
I don't know that I'd say
that you've been doing great.
Right. So, we're talking
about my mental health.
Don't do that.
[Maya] I stood by you.
You said the same thing then,
and I'm still standing by you.
Yes, I think
first we need to talk
about getting you back
on some medication.
[sighs]
And I obviously still have
some serious questions
-about what actually happened.
-We lost our baby.
That's what happened.
I washed the sheets.
And... cleaned the car.
There was nothing there.
Just... blood.
Lots of blood.
You felt him kick.
I thought I did.
So what, I made him up?
He was real... Maya.
Do you want to see him?
I'll go get the ultrasound.
[Wren] Where is it?
I burned it.
What?
Maya, that was all
we had left of him.
I couldn't look at it anymore.
Oh, my God. [sobs]
[ominous music]
[bartender] What'll it be?
[Maya] Uh...
I'll do a beer and a shot.
Bourbon.
One bourbon, one scotch.
And one beer.
Maya.
I know. I've seen you.
You and your wife, uh, moved
into the old Sorenson place.
Yeah, we're not married.
Ugh.
[Paul] Did some work
on that place.
Foundation mostly.
How'd you come
to get that place?
My partner, she, uh...
They're related.
Huh.
She was a strange lady.
Birgit?
[elevator lowers]
[Wren] Do you think
I'm like Birdie?
[Rosalie] In what way?
Barren?
No.
You were pregnant.
You'll get pregnant again.
In fact, you wouldn't be
alone if you were.
Barren.
Oh, God, I'm... I'm so sorry.
It's fine.
[Rosalie]
You look like her, though.
-Birdie?
-[Rosalie] Mm-hm.
It's just so sad to me that
you never even knew of her.
What-- what even happened
between her and my mom?
Maybe they didn't want you
growing up around here.
-Enough of this shit.
-[pool balls scatter]
Take me with you.
Nah. I'm stuck.
Probably kill herself if I left.
And then I'd have
to kill myself, so.
Oh, don't kill yourself.
I like you.
Okay, Paul.
[Paul] Thing is, this town--
this town basically got ghosted.
We need some new life
around here.
[pool balls scatter]
So, Paul...
Maya!
Maya.
What was so strange
about Birgit?
Huh?
Sorenson.
Why? You getting spooked
up in that house?
No.
You just said...
that...
I don't know.
I don't want to speak ill
of the dead.
It's just that she, uh,
she fell prey to something.
Caught up to her.
Wouldn't let go.
[pool balls scatter]
[Wren] How did Birdie die?
[Rosalie] It was horrible.
It was the worst day of my life.
I found her.
She was hanging in the woods,
up behind the house.
Maya?
[dog barks]
[barking continues]
-It's okay.
It's okay, Simon. Where are you?
-[dog barks]
-Hey. Shh. It's okay.
[barking continues]
[suspenseful music]
-[sharp gasp]
-[glass shatters]
[suspenseful music continues]
[sharp gasp]
Hey!
Hey!
Hey.
Where are you?
God...
Where are you?
Stay the fuck away--
What are you doing?
Jesus.
[Wren whimpers]
-What are you doing?
-[Wren] Uh...
She...
She was right here.
Who?
The woman, she...
the mother of the-- of the kid.
[Maya] Okay.
[Wren whimpers]
She was standing right here.
She was looking up
at the window.
-Just calm down.
-I'm serious. Okay.
You have to believe me.
I'm not crazy.
I know. Okay?
There was someone here, okay?
Let's just go inside, okay?
[gunshot]
[suspenseful music]
[Paul] Killing a sacred deer...
and eating its heart...
is supposed to keep away
malevolent spirits.
Will it keep crazy
ladies off our lawn?
-Shut up.
-[chuckles]
Wren thinks she sees
this woman lurking around.
[interrupting] I do.
I do see her.
I haven't since
that one night, but I...
I do. Maya doesn't believe me.
You mean Caroline.
Who?
What?
I saw her prowling around here.
She just hasn't been...
right since she lost her kid.
My guess...
is just that she was, um...
looking for answers.
[Maya] God.
I'm sorry.
[grunts]
[truck gate closes]
Do you maybe want to leave
that with us?
Yeah, I got lots.
Oh.
Nice.
-[Maya] Thank you.
-Yep.
[tires on gravel]
[radio plays faintly]
[thudding sound]
[huffing]
Oh...
Come on.
[radio shuts off,
gear shift thumps]
[lug wrench clatters]
[grunts]
[grunts]
[suspenseful music]
-[slash]
-[shouts]
[choking]
[Paul falls to the ground]
[Paul groans]
[menacing music]
[phone rings]
[phone rings]
Hello?
[baby cries]
Hello?
[baby cries]
[hangs up phone]
[ominous music]
[low] Are you
fucking kidding me?
Oh, fuck.
[sighs]
You said
Dad wasn't gonna be here.
I see his car
in the driveway, Mom.
No...
No, I'm not coming in.
Here.
These are for you.
How is she?
Not good.
It's been really hard.
I don't know
what's gonna happen.
Your father doesn't want
me to do this.
Its...
Grandma's ring.
The one you asked for.
Thank you.
Just because I'm giving
this to you doesn't mean
that I don't still think
that you're living in sin.
Happy birthday, Mom.
Just go.
Go.
[car door opens]
[car door closes]
So, uh, Quentin.
Uh... call me Q.
[sighs] Uh...
I'm so sorry. Uh...
I'm a bit unprepared.
I thought I had called everyone.
I'm putting my lessons on hold.
We have...
Some family issues.
[speaks haltingly]
No, I knew... I...
You don't need to apologize.
We, uh, we don't...
have to do this today if--
No, no, no. No, honestly,
it's a welcome distraction.
I'm very happy that you're here.
Uh, so...
Do you have
any experience playing?
Uh...
All I know is "Heart and Soul."
[plays "Heart and Soul"]
[Wren] Very good! [laughs]
Uh, there's a reason I'm here.
-[Wren laughs]
-Whoa.
Where'd you get that?
[Wren] Oh, uh...
One of my students left it here.
Do you know what it is?
[Wren] No.
Yeah, I don't think you want
this in your house.
-[suspenseful music]
-Why not?
You know what happened here,
right?
There were all these kids...
went missing.
And they kept finding those.
Like a-- like a calling card.
[suspenseful music]
I'm, I'm sure your student
must've just found
one of them somewhere.
[turns light on]
So, apparently...
there was a coven of witches,
and the demon felt threatened.
And then the demon
said he would
take their power and
make them make these things,
the dolls, out of locks
of children's hair.
And they would leave them
with a child to, like, mark it.
And then the demon would come
and take the child away.
-It's a marker?
-[Quentin] Yeah.
And then all the children,
they would...
they would act as servants
during these birthing rituals
the demon would have, where
these barren witches would,
would offer themselves up
to the demon.
Birthing rituals?
You mean like...
like sacrifice babies?
Well, yeah, they did do that.
Here.
They did do that, but,
but only if it was,
uh, a baby in the bloodline
of the demon and it was a male
because he
was afraid of their powers.
But, but mainly,
they would just have
these birthing rituals,
and that would open
this sort of, I don't know,
a gate or something.
And he says that
there were seven of these gates
around the world. And here's...
here's the demon.
And he would, he would
torment the witches
by possessing their bodies
so he could walk
along the Earth.
And here are the ghosts
of the dead children
acting as servants.
And again, a lot
of this I'm piecing together.
Uh, I think whoever--
whoever wrote this,
he must've been
a-a clergyman or something,
because he wrote everything
in Greek and in Latin
and Old Norse,
all these different languages,
and I've translated
some of it, but...
we, we should, uh,
we should definitely,
we should find some time to...
to go over it all together.
[suspenseful music]
[news reporter] A Caucasian
male in his late 30s last
seen on Tanner Road,
the victim's identity
hasn't been released,
as authorities say
that the investigation
is ongoing.
[suspenseful music]
[honks]
Hi. Can I give you a ride?
Okay.
[suspenseful music]
Here you go.
Maya text you back yet?
Oh, no, I'm, um...
I was thinking about
something else about the kids
in Coventry who went missing.
Oh, yeah.
That's a long time ago.
Yeah, the people in town
were terrified,
you know. Nobody understood.
They still don't.
You know,
these were the town's children.
Our kids, just disappearing.
I was just a teenager myself
at the time, so...
[Wren] Wait.
Magnus Brewer.
He was a very sick man.
What, Wren?
He settled the estate.
No. [chuckles]
He died many years ago.
[oven dings]
That's the bread.
[suspenseful music]
[line ringing]
[Magnus] Hello?
[Magnus] Hello, Wren.
[chimes]
You okay?
[upbeat cafe music plays]
[music continues]
Do you believe in ghosts?
[Rosalie] Why?
You can tell me.
Someone tried to warn me.
I should have listened.
You know, when you say
things like that...
you sound fucking crazy.
You don't want Maya
to leave you, do you?
She's not gonna
want to have a baby with
a psychotic mother, is she?
Can't move.
You know, this isn't my fault.
Your mother started all of this.
And so it has to be you.
You're gonna have a baby, Wren.
And it'll be a little girl.
And then I can have one.
Exorcisot imundesim spiritus.
Exorcisot imundesim spiritus.
Exorcisot imundesim spiritus.
[car pulls up]
[car door opens]
[door opens]
[Maya] Wren?
[door closes, keys drop]
[Maya] Wren.
[softly]
Shh. She's asleep.
She okay?
Yeah. She was just so tired.
Uh, there's more wine
if you'd like some.
I'm good.
I'm tired, so...
I think we'll
just call it a night.
Sure.
I can come back tomorrow
to check on her.
She really was pregnant, right?
She was.
You don't need to check in
on her tomorrow.
She's fine.
Okay.
[lighter flicks]
[suspenseful music]
Mm-hm. [inhales]
[exhales]
[Wren chuckles]
I hate being in this house
without you.
Come here.
I love you.
I love you.
I think we should try again.
[laughs]
[reflective piano music]
[piano music continues]
[piano music continues]
[Wren chanting
in foreign language]
[chanting in foreign language]
[in English]
...and bring it to this plane,
and let it manifest...
as our deepest hearts' desires.
And this time,
we will be prepared.
[reflective piano music]
[shouts]
[piano music intensifies]
[piano music continues]
You guys know
this day is very special to us,
especially with our little one
on the way.
They took your baby!
Or did you give it to them?
Did you give it to them?
[Wren shudders]
Tell me!
[shudders]
I'm, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
-[slices skin, blood splatters]
-[spectators scream]
[indistinct chatter]
I'm sorry I ruined
your special day.
I don't want to live anymore.
Not without my daughter.
It never goes away.
I understand.
I know you do.
I knew your mother.
We were girls
at school together.
I even met you once.
Not long after you came home
from this hospital.
Took a picture of you
in her arms...
before you were taken away.
Why did she take me?
She didn't take you.
Her sister took you.
With your uncle.
They disappeared with you.
It had been planned.
What are you saying?
That Birgit is my mother?
No, that's not...
that's not possible.
She...
She was barren.
She was.
She confided in me.
She'd gone into the woods
and performed some ritual...
and it had worked.
She was pregnant.
But when you were born...
she said
a demon came to claim you,
so they smuggled
you away one night.
When you were taken away...
they came for all our children.
Beginning with mine.
A demon's wrath.
And your mother she...
she helped.
Made herself a servant
of the Devil.
I don't know what it wants
with you, but it can't be good.
I've seen your daughter.
She talked to me.
She tried to warn me.
This is her.
You saw this little girl?
That picture was taken
years ago. She...
she doesn't look
like that anymore.
She'd look different now.
You've got the curse.
Just like your mother!
No. No, no, no.
-You're a witch!
-No, no, no.
[Carolyn] Get away from me.
Witch!
You're a witch!
Get away!
[groans]
You're a witch! Witch! Witch!
[Carolyn screams]
[Maya] Simon!
[Maya] Simon!
Simon!
[suspenseful music]
Simon!
Simon!
Simon!
Simon!
[dripping]
[suspenseful music intensifies]
[sobbing]
Maya!
Simon's dead.
I found him in the woods.
Someone did something to him.
I don't know. [cries]
No.
What is this?
Where did you find that?
Down by the stables.
With your shrine.
-Do you know who did this?
-No.
-Was it that crazy woman?
-I don't know!
Then what the hell is going on?
I don't know, Maya.
I don't know.
I got that in the library.
A while ago. Quentin found it.
I was...
I was looking for answers
about Henry.
Something happened.
Something I can't fully explain,
and I don't want it
to happen again.
Something like this?
-Something like that?
-Yes.
[scoffs]
This was a mistake.
You need to trust me.
There are things in this book
that could save our lives.
Are you listening to yourself?
Please, please listen to me.
Why?
My mother performed
a ritual in those woods.
I think it's...
how I was born.
Now...
there's something...
out there...
that has come back for me.
It took Henry.
[door shuts]
[deputy] So, when did you
take ownership of the property?
[Wren] About a year ago.
[deputy] Have you seen
anyone else around the property?
No.
Hm.
There was a cold case
concerning the prior owner.
Birgit?
Miss Sorensen, yeah.
She... she hanged herself.
No. She was strung up...
by her wrists.
Sliced open.
She was, uh...
I don't know, um...
She was sort of
like your dog out there.
It's hard not to think
there's some sort of connection.
Yeah.
[suspenseful music]
[cell phone rings]
[ringing]
[water pours]
[Quentin] Hey, Wren,
it's Quentin.
Um, I'm calling again.
I just... please
give me a call back
when you get a cha--
Hello?
Uh, Carol?
[suspenseful music]
Uh, we're definitely closed.
[suspenseful music intensifies]
Hello?
Hello?
-[slashes]
-[Quentin shouts
[Quentin falls to the ground]
[thumps, gags]
[gagging]
[music intensifies]
[Quentin]
Hey, Wren, it's Quentin.
There's something weird
going on.
I'm in--
I, I was watching some
of the live streams
that people were posting
of your wedding,
and I think I saw, uh...
I think I saw a woman
that I know...
uh, stealing your dog?
I don't know, I'm not
trying to freak you out,
but I just feel like--
[loud thump]
[shotgun blasts]
[can clatters]
[suspenseful music]
[soft gasp]
[music intensifies]
What is this?
The only time I've seen
one of those was that
night at your house,
when Wren had it out.
Are you okay?
Maya?
Maya, why don't you
sit down for a minute.
I've been doing this
for a long time.
Taking care of lots of women,
and I've seen lots of things.
Things that I can't ever unsee.
And I can't help it.
I have...
some concerns... about Wren.
She's not well.
What do you mean?
Her pregnancy with Henry.
I thought you said
it was a real pregnancy.
It was.
But I think she might have
done something to the baby.
Fuck you.
How dare you?
-You don't know what it means
to be a mom. No, fuck you!
-Look--
Wren needs us.
I don't think that she knows
what she's doing.
It was a mistake coming here.
[Rosalie] The night that you
lost Henry...
Did anything happen?
No.
She had a nightmare.
About what?
I don't know.
Her feet.
There was dirt on them.
There was dirt on them.
I think she was
in the woods that night.
Oh, Maya.
I think you should
be worried about your baby.
I can call
the hospital and schedule
a psychiatric evaluation
and see if they'll admit her,
but we have to do it now.
I can't go through that.
Yes...
You can.
I can't.
Wren needs you.
She's not going to want to go.
She's going to resist.
And you need to be strong.
She needs help.
[suspenseful music]
[deputy] How you doing?
Uh, fine, yeah. Better.
You feeling all right?
I think you should have
the medics take a look at you.
No, I just, I...
[talking over each other]
Just don't touch me.
Y'all need
to figure out what the fuck
is going on around here.
[engine starts]
[tires squeal]
[suspenseful music]
Oh, shit.
[shudders]
Maya!
Maya! Maya, we have to go.
We have to go! [sobs]
Maya!
Maya! [sobs]
[Wren] They're coming after me.
[breathing heavily]
You have to take this.
Get in the car.
-We have to go right now.
-Hold on a second.
They killed Quentin.
They killed Quentin.
First Paul,
and now that poor kid.
-You need to calm down, okay?
-I am calm! I'm fine!
Listen! Listen, listen.
We just have to go
to the hospital right now,
please.
I love you,
but you need help, okay?
-Okay.
-I'm gonna get you help.
- Oh, my God,
what is she doing here?
-Let's just--
What is she doing here ?
No, no, no!
She's gonna help you.
She killed Simon!
I know you! I know you!
I saw the video!
This is for your own good!
Just calm down!
No! We have to go!
We have you do!
-Ah! [gags]
-[music intensifies]
[groaning]
What the fuck did you just do?
-It's okay.
-[groaning]
Her water broke!
[groaning] I know about you--
I know about the children.
Can we just get her
to the hospital, please?
It's okay, it's okay.
It's okay. It's all right.
[Maya falls to the ground]
I...
I am sorry.
And I didn't kill your mother.
We tried to end this years ago,
and they killed her.
And they cursed me...
so I can't have a child
unless I do something terrible.
[flames roar]
[Rosalie] I have to take
your baby girl, Wren.
[flames roar]
[suspenseful music]
[rhythmic drumbeat]
[drumbeat continues]
[drumbeat intensifies]
[distant drumbeat]
[gasps]
[rhythmic drumbeat continues]
[shudders]
[pants, shudders]
Help! Help!
Help!
[Wren] Help me!
[panting, sobbing]
No!
[indistinct pleading]
[sobs]
No. Please, please, please.
Help!
Please!
Help!
- Please!
-[voice growls]
Please stop!
Stop!
Please stop!
Please stop it!
Stop! [sobs]
[drumbeat intensifies]
[Wren cries out]
[shouts, pants]
[groans]
[screams]
[panting, groaning, shouts]
[shouts]
[shouts, pants]
[Wren shouts]
[moans, gasps]
-[baby cries]
-No, no, no, no.
[gasps]
Where are you taking her?!
-[baby cries]
-[Wren] Please, give her to--
[Wren gasps] Please!
-[baby cries]
[Wren gasps, shouts]
-[baby cries]
-[Wren gasps]
[Wren] Please,
what are you doing?!
[gasps]
-[shudders] Please, please.
-[baby cries]
You have the baby.
Now take it away.
Take the curse away.
-[suspenseful music]
-Please. You promised.
No! No!
[crying]
[panting, shuddering]
[music intensifies]
[boom, ringing]
[shuddering, panting]
[moaning]
[indistinct sobbing]
Are you okay?
[sobbing, shuddering]
[gasping, moaning]
[gasping, groaning]
-[Maya] You okay?
-[Wren muttering]
[gasping]
[gasping]
-[intense music]
-[Wren gasps]
-[music intensifies]
-[gasping]
[panting, groans]
-[shouts]
-[slashes]
-[shouts]
-[slashes]
-[shouts]
-[slashes]
-[shouts]
-[slashes]
[groans]
[baby whimpers softly]
[baby whimpers]
[music intensifies]
[baby cries]
[baby whimpers]
Go.
[eerily mournful music plays]
[rocks scratching]
-[rocks scratching]
-[sighs]
[rocks scratching]
[music intensifies]
[music subsides]
[piano theme plays]
[eerie orchestral theme rises]
[theme fades]