Discarnate (2018) Movie Script
1
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(TREES RUSTLING)
(WINDOW CREAKING)
Daddy.
Daddy, I'm scared.
ANDRE: Benny.
- BENNY: He's coming!
- Benny!
(THUNDER CRACKING)
(MUTED SCREAMING)
There's nothing.
Look at this, won't you?
Nothing.
See?
There's nothing.
- Promise you...
- Benny, please stop it.
There is no monster.
Yes, there is!
Benny, we've been talking
about it so many times.
He's right outside!
Just stop it.
There's nothing to
be scared about.
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
(ANDRE SHOUTING)
(BENNY SCREAMING)
(GLASS BREAKING)
Benny!
Benny!
(BENNY SCREAMING)
Benny!
(GHASTLY GROWLING)
Benny!
(GHASTLY SCREECHING)
(GENTLE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
(PANTING)
(BRAMBLES RUSTLING)
I was told you could
help me. (MATCH STRIKING)
I'm Dr. Mason.
Who did you lose?
My son.
He had an accident
a few years ago.
My wife couldn't
live with herself
after that and now
they're both gone.
And I'm trying, I try
to remember every day
and it's getting
harder and harder.
(STEAM BLOWING)
Like those dreams
that always end
right before I can resolve them.
I would give anything
to see my family again.
I can't guarantee
you'll see your family.
The tea works
differently for everyone.
But I must warn you,
don't stray too far.
You can get trapped
on the other side
like a fly on a web.
(WINDS RUSTLING IVY)
(SCREAMING)
(GHASTLY LAUGHING)
(GROWLING)
(PANTING)
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
You shouldn't be here.
(ECHOING)
Who are you?
Wait!
(WATER SPLASHING)
(GHASTLY MOANING)
(GROWLING)
(SCREAMING)
(SCREAMING)
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
You're okay, you're okay, look
at me, look at me. You okay?
(PANTING)
(MONITOR BEEPING)
What happened?
We recorded remarkable
brain activity.
You're not gonna
believe this, man.
His heart rate is stabilizing.
His blood pressure
is 110 over 70.
(LAUGHING)
He's gonna be okay.
- Am I alright?
- Oh my god.
You're good, you're good.
Where is she?
Whoa, whoa, okay, okay.
Easy, easy.
(MONITOR FLATLINING)
Whoa, whoa.
(PANTING)
(KNOCKING)
Miss Sanchez?
I'd like to talk to
you about your tea.
There's sodas in the fridge.
The sugar helps
with the headache.
The girl in this
picture, I just saw her.
What did you say?
The girl in that
picture, this smaller one.
I just saw her.
Oh my god.
That's my baby sister, Isabel.
Miss Sanchez, something
in that mixture you gave me
has a profound
mind-altering effect.
I would like to analyze the
sample in a small trial.
I can't.
This is a passage
between two worlds
not a recreational drug.
It's sacred.
Look it would be a small
trial with my own team
and we'd have funding.
Might help you with some
of these bills here.
Excuse me.
Just give me a call
if you change your mind.
What do you have to lose?
(DOOR SLAMMING)
(SIGHS SOFTLY)
What'd she say?
She'll do it.
Can you get me Dr.
Weissman on the phone?
Yeah.
That's great.
I mean, we could
conclusively prove
that life exists after death.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
Wow, you weren't kidding.
We're really excited to
be working with you on this.
Thank you.
How did you find it?
Well.
It's a long story.
Apparently some silent
movie actor lived here once.
What about the family
that you got it from?
Obviously they didn't live
here long enough to restore it.
I don't know much about them.
Oh, shit.
Serious Addams Family vibe.
ANDRE: Maya, this is
Travis's brother, Shane.
Hey, doc.
Shane just got back
from shark diving.
Cape Town.
Great whites.
Brave man.
Travis?
TRAVIS: Yes.
Can you take them?
Put them down.
Looks fool you.
She went straight from
kindergarten to Harvard.
This may surprise you to hear,
but I'm really not
a rodent person.
I will never understand you.
Well, take a look around.
Pick your bedrooms.
First come, first serve.
Main base is gonna be here.
Hey, whoa, Trav.
I think he meant the
people, don't ya think?
Oh, I know.
I'm gonna take 'em outside.
Come on rodents.
Let's go check out the
rest of this bad boy, huh?
Dinner's at eight, guys.
Then fasting the
rest of the night.
Injections start
tomorrow at nine.
SHANE: Copy that.
I wonder what the
listing price is
for a mansion with
a history of murder?
Is the pool
heated 'cause I feel
like that might
cancel it out, right?
Dude.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
I didn't see a pool.
Yeah, here.
- Really?
- Yeah.
TRAVIS: Water in it?
(LAUGHS)
So just put 'em on
that table right there.
Alright.
Hey, guys.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
TRAVIS: So hungry.
SHANE: These are so good.
The closest thing we
have to these back home
are like those soggy microwave...
(DOOR CREAKING OPEN)
- I love those.
- Oh my god.
Mm, it was a long night.
Hi.
Sorry, just to walk in but
the front door was open.
I feel underdressed.
Didn't know you were coming.
Janet said it was
still undecided.
Yeah, it was last minute.
Don't let me interrupt,
I'm just here to observe.
Everyone, this
is Casey Blackburn.
He's going to observe the trial
for the Milford Foundation.
The Milford Foundation?
Of Neuroscience.
They fund all of our research.
Scientifically speaking, we
are pushing boundaries here
and so far Milford has
been nothing but supportive
so let him do his job,
we do ours, right?
Have a seat.
Please meet my team.
- This is...
- I'm actually familiar
with everyone's files,
it was a long flight.
Except for Miss Sanchez,
a surprising addition.
Still trying to
understand the necessity
of her involvement in
this scientific trial.
Necessity of my involvement?
He's off to a fabulous start.
Miss Sanchez has access to
unique botanical compounds
we have used to
create our serum so.
You just seem pretty cavalier
with an untested mind-altering
substance, Doctor.
Okay.
I mean, how sure
are you that it's
not just gonna
get everyone high?
How about 99%, actually?
If we wanted to simply get high
there are far cheaper
ways of doing it.
Very true.
Listen, I'm not here to
diminish anyone's work.
I'm just here looking
out for the interest
of the foundation.
So I promise to make this
as painless as possible.
We have a big day tomorrow.
Let's all try and
get some sleep, huh.
TRAVIS: You still have
to fix the infrared camera.
Don't get your
panties in a twist.
I'll take care of it.
What do you know
about my panties?
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
Let's try this again.
I don't mean to be a dick.
Too late.
It's my job to be a skeptic.
I'm sorry.
Now, you're apologizing to me?
Yeah, I read your file.
I have a feeling you're
someone I want on my side.
That's a little creepy.
I realized that as I
was saying it. (LAUGHING)
Yeah.
Uh huh.
Speaking of creepy,
this is a shithole, huh?
Do you think it's haunted?
I believe in what I could see.
You do realize that
all that we can see
is infinitely less than
all that we cannot, right?
You're a philosopher, huh?
No, I just choose
to have faith.
It's like Pascal's Wager.
If you believe in God and he
does exist, you go to heaven.
If you don't believe and he
does exist, you go to hell.
So why not believe?
(GLASS BREAKING)
Who's there?
TRAVIS: Oh, hey.
(VIOLETTE LAUGHS)
You know, for
a guy who doesn't
believe in ghosts
you're a real pussy.
I thought you said you
weren't a rat person.
(RATS SCREECHING)
You know what, bro? I wanna
show you how to feed 'em
in the event that
I'm preoccupied.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Okay, so, only a tiny
bit right in there
and only at night.
They're nocturnal.
Hey, do you understand?
I got ya.
Okay, cool.
So you dosed them with
this serum and they're fine?
Yeah, man, yeah.
They're fine.
For now.
So as long as they don't have
any side effects then
we should be good?
Yeah, that's the plan.
- Ah, shit!
- What?
You smiley ratted Kravitz.
Who?
The black rat, he's gone.
Oh, outside, outside.
- Outside, outside!
- Shit!
Oh, okay, come out here.
Fuck, got you.
What are you doing Nicodemus?
Don't you wanna be here when
Dr. Mason makes history?
History?
Jesus, I'm surprised his bosses
are even letting him do this.
Huh, oh, no.
Dr Weissman trusts him, man.
She knows his methods
are unorthodox,
but he's made her a
shitload of money.
- (SNIFFS)
- Oh!
Oh, don't, don't,
don't touch that!
(SHOUTS)
Don't, dude.
(CLAPPING)
Fuck!
You probably have hepatitis
from touching that.
- Wouldn't be the first time.
- That's so gross.
Mom shoulda fuckin' aborted you.
(RATS SCREECHING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(WIND BLOWING LEAVES)
ANDRE: Morning, everyone.
Morning.
We'll start with
half a milligram
per BSA to assess side effects.
Would you like to say
anything before we start?
The world you're about to
experience on the other side.
The other side, huh?
Can look very
much like our own,
but make no mistake, it is not.
Spirits?
Uh, yeah.
Fucking awesome, but we're
gonna need way more data.
Absence of evidence is
not evidence of absence.
So I read here that you think
that this serum will
reactivate the pineal gland.
How so exactly?
The pineal gland is only
active when we're children.
At the onset of puberty
it begins to calcify.
However, in Dr. Mason's
studies on patients
with near-death
experiences we notice
that the gland started secreting
various hormones again.
Which is weird.
You see the dark spots?
That's what we are
trying to replicate here.
Gland is that powerful?
It's not anything new.
Buddhists believe the
soul enters a human fetus
49 days after human conception,
which is exactly when the
pineal gland starts to form.
Even Descartes believed
it to be the part
of the body most
associated with the soul.
Anything weird, find a
partner, use your walkies,
give it 30 minutes to kick in.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Trial Log Day One.
Team in good spirits.
Violette Paich,
administering, participating.
Dr. Travis Sherman,
Shane Sherman,
Maya Sanchez, myself,
participating.
This may be the last
medical study I conduct.
Everybody wants to find out
if the afterlife exists.
I already know.
Some tension in the house.
Casey Blackburn already
causing problems.
(RECORDER BEEPING)
(DOOR CREAKING)
(CHILD GIGGLING)
(RECORDER BEEPING)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(DOOR SLAMMING)
(GAS BLOWING)
(WINDOW SLAMMING)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
(GASPS)
TRAVIS: Just
concentrate for once.
How are you guys doing?
So far it matches the
baseline we set on campus.
Blue star.
It's a nude descending
a staircase.
It's a gold fish.
Have any experienced purging?
I just feel alert.
And focused.
That would be your
side effect, Trav.
What exactly is the next step?
Um, EEGs and reviewing
of camera footage.
Exactly.
Come and find me
immediately after.
I wanna be there, too,
for proper documentation.
Sure.
(DOOR SLAMMING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(HUMMING)
(RATS SCREECHING)
Sorry, my minions,
it's not dinner time yet.
(RATS SCREECHING)
We'll see about that.
Dr. Mason chose this site
due to the elevated levels
of electromagnetic radiation.
(DEVICE BEEPING)
And all we're doing
is mapping it out.
Flags go where the energy
drops back down to normal.
Right here.
What purpose does this
serve the experiment?
In the lab, high
levels increase the
effectiveness of the
serum in the rats.
What do you think causes
the energy at this location?
VIOLETTE: It could be
the geology of the hills
or it could be something
else. It's unclear.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(SHARDS RATTLING)
(WOOD CREAKING)
(GIRL LAUGHING)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(SOIL RUMBLING)
(CLICKING)
(SCRAPING)
(FLICKING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(SHOUTING)
- (CRASHING)
- Oh, shit.
(PANTING)
Doc, I mean, I've taken a
shit ton of drugs, right,
so, I mean, I'd know a
hallucination if I saw one.
I'm just trying to say that
this was something different.
It was like.
It was like real.
- It's not...
- Hold still.
Sorry.
Yeah, about the same.
Slightly dilated.
Is this something
you expected?
Yes.
It was caused by the serum.
Our minds are just
starting to open.
It's only the beginning.
Yeah, but that does
not explain what I saw.
Sure, buddy.
Any idea what
could've triggered it?
Something from your past, maybe?
Yeah, when you
do too much blow.
Goddammit!
I'll be right back.
Pulling too much power
from that breaker.
Headache's a pretty
normal side effect?
Yeah.
Not feeling great.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
So, Blackburn,
what's your story?
You don't wanna hear that.
Oh, yes we do.
Unless it makes you
uncomfortable, of course.
Especially if it makes
you uncomfortable actually.
Well, I come from a long
line of New York cops.
I was interested in the FBI.
Well, that explains the suit.
(CHUCKLES)
Well, obviously that
didn't pan out very well
so Dr. Weissman
hired me at Milford.
And you got assigned
to us. You lucky bastard.
(LAUGHING)
(RETCHING)
(GASPING)
(TOILET FLUSHING)
(WATER RUNNING)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
Lisa?
It's coming!
Lisa.
LISA: Maya. (echoing)
(GIRL SCREAMING)
(PANTING)
(SCREAMING)
Maya, are you okay?
(SOBBING)
Are you okay?
Maybe you should
skip the next round.
I'm fine.
I'll be fine.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
Yeah.
Maya, I really appreciate
what you're doing for us.
They're always with us.
Who?
People we've lost.
It's like, they never
wanna let us go.
Maybe we can't let go.
My grandmother used to
say that life is a dream
and our bodies are just
vessels for our souls.
And on that final day
when you close your eyes
for the last time,
your soul is released.
ANDRE: So she taught
you how to make the tea?
What happened?
MAYA: She died after Isabel.
ANDRE: I understand.
It's impossible to overcome.
Death is just
finally waking up.
I saw my sister just
a few moments ago.
And I had hoped that if
I came here to help you
that maybe I could finally
let her go, but I can't.
I know.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
BOY: Benny.
BENNY: Where are you?
Can you hear me?
CASEY: Dr. Mason?
Dr. Mason?
There you are.
Can I help you?
When would you like to
report today's findings
so I can communicate 'em
back to Dr. Weissman?
I think we should wait.
We need more solid data.
I don't wanna waste
her time, you know?
Tomorrow then.
Okay.
Alright.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(FEMALE GHOST SINGING SOFTLY)
(CLICKING)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
(CHILD LAUGHING DEVILISHLY)
(MUSIC BOX MUSIC)
Benny?
(CHILD LAUGHING DISTANTLY)
(ROCKING CHAIR CREAKING)
(BANGING)
(MUSIC BOX MUSIC)
(REVERBERATING) Uh oh.
Don't tell Mommy, okay?
I won't, I promise.
Who are you?
I'm Ava.
My name is Andre.
What are you doing here
all by yourself, Ava?
I just wanted to
play with somebody.
Will you stay and play with me?
(GIRL LAUGHS)
Ava?
Yeah? (ECHOING)
Have you seen a
boy around here?
No.
No?
He would be your
age, with brown hair.
I said no.
He wouldn't come here. (ECHOING)
I'm sure he's scared.
He's scared of what?
The Smiling Man.
Who?
He used to come
out when he's hungry.
He's been in the house,
watching all of you.
He's never seen ones
like you before.
I don't like him,
the Smiling Man.
What will he do?
The same thing he
did to that little boy.
No, wait!
(GIRL LAUGHING SINISTERLY)
Ava!
Wait!
(AVA LAUGHS)
(DOOR SLAMMING)
(RECORDER BEEPING)
Trial Log Day Two.
Participant tolerance
of serum excellent.
First I will mention
the Smiling Man.
Possible correlation to
Shane Sherman's encounter
in the basement.
Whether it's hallucinations.
Increasing to 1.5
milligram per BSA.
(RECORDER BEEPING)
What the fuck?
(TYPING SOFTLY)
(SLAPPING)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
BENNY: Daddy? (echoing)
Ben.
Hey, Dad.
Can you hear me?
(SINISTER MUMBLING)
Benny!
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
LISA: You shouldn't
be here, Maya.
It's not safe.
Lisa.
LISA: He's hiding somewhere.
Lisa.
Lisa?
This looks promising.
It's working exactly
as we expected.
Yeah, but the side effects are
getting really uncomfortable.
Anyone wanna quit?
Good.
Alright, that's my team.
Guys.
The serum doesn't
work like the tea.
We're not simply visiting
this other plane.
We are coexisting on it.
What?
I specifically asked
for that yesterday
and he hasn't given
me anything yet.
I was just going
through the inventory
and I noticed there
were a few bottles
of serum missing from Box Six.
I'll give him his space,
but I can't do my job
if he's not willing
to work with me.
(WIND BLOWING)
(RADIO WAVES ADJUSTING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
(GROANING)
(SCREAMING)
(INFANT CRYING)
(MUSIC BOX MUSIC)
(CRUNCHING)
(SCREAMING)
Maybe the serum is
inducing some kind
of shared psychosis, right?
I'm telling you, doc, it
looked exactly like you!
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
Well, subconsciously,
yes it could have...
How is that fucking possible?
Could be a shapeshifter.
Yeah, many possibilities.
What are you thinking?
Let's run a scan on her,
compare it with Shane's,
and then we'll
take it from there.
Done.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Guys, guys, did
anybody see this?
Come here, come here, come
here, come here, come here.
This is what I saw in my room.
What's, um, here?
560 MT per millisecond,
what is happening?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, the
energy field's going nuts.
Get an emit, let's go.
Let's go!
Okay.
Guys, it's up
this way, come on!
(CHAINS RATTLING)
(GROWLING)
(RATS SCREECHING)
(GROWLING)
Did you hear that?
Someone in here, hello?
Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
What the fuck?
Jesus Christ!
(RETCHING)
(SPITTING)
Oh god!
You alright?
It's okay.
CASEY: What I miss?
TRAVIS: I don't
know, I locked the door.
I swear to god I
locked the door.
SHANE: It's
alright, it's alright.
Alright?
What happened?
I don't know, man.
CASEY: Alright, I want
everybody in the living room.
Come on, I wanna see
the cameras, everybody.
Nothin' over here, guys.
CASEY: I wanna
see the cameras.
MAYA: You guys, come on.
Everyone!
- It gone in here.
- This is not a discussion.
I want everyone in the
living room, let's go.
Come on!
MAYA: Where's Andre?
CASEY: Mason!
MAYA: Andre!
(SINISTER LAUGHING)
Stop, stop, wait,
um, right there.
Go back.
What the hell is that?
What is it, a spirit?
We can't ignore this.
This experiment is
on hold until we
find out who killed those rats.
Hold on, what are
you talking about?
Without those rats,
we have no gauge
of the serum's danger.
Yes, we do.
Did you do this?
What?
To try to stop the experiment.
Don't you ever question me.
I'm calling Dr. Weissman.
Oh, good, good, yeah.
Do you run to her
for everything?
I do when half
the participants
in our trial just
up and disappear.
Casey, please.
You are going to compromise
all that we have worked for.
Just wait and let us try
to find out what happened.
- Please.
- I'm sorry, I can't.
Fuck!
Hang up the phone.
I'm making the call.
Give us 24 hours to
evaluate the situation and
make a judgment call about the
viability of this experiment.
Who the hell do
you think you are?
I'm the man whom
Weissman has funded
and trusted for over 10 years.
And you are just a
plausible deniability,
some peon they
sent so they could
say they covered their asses.
(LAUGHS)
Now, who do you think
they're gonna listen to?
Alright, I'll
give you 24 hours.
I'll make it as painless
as possible, I promise.
(WATER RUNNING)
How you feeling?
Listen, I need to talk to you.
I heard everything
you needed to say.
No, it's not that.
Do you think that, uh.
Do you think that Dr.
Mason's been acting strange?
What?
I think that he's taking more
serum than the rest of you.
You are incredible.
I found empty
bottles in his room.
He is the doctor.
It makes sense for him to
have serum in his room.
What the fuck are you saying?
Listen, I'm just trying
to do my job, alright?
Yeah, well, stop.
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
Hey, guys, come in here.
What's wrong?
There's someone
in here with us.
What?
- This is ridiculous.
- Well, Casey...
CASEY: This is bullshit.
Uh, it's.
You got her in on this, too?
How did you get here?
It's been a long time since
I've walked with anyone.
Especially anyone alive.
It's okay.
Don't worry about it.
He's not gonna hurt you.
How do you know?
Because.
What is she doing?
Don't touch me! (ECHOING)
Maya.
(ELECTRIC SHOCKING)
(SCREAMING)
- (SHELVES RUMBLING)
- What the hell is that?
Stay away from me!
(GLASS BREAKING)
Are you okay?
(SOBBING)
(SNIFFLING)
Jesus Christ.
Okay, trial is advancing
faster than anticipated.
First physical contact
with a paranormal subject.
It appears that the pineal
activity is altering our physio.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Ben.
(GHASTLY GROANING)
(WATER BUBBLING)
Daddy?
Ben!
(GROWLING)
The Smiling Man.
Ben!
Run!
He's coming, run!
(GROWLING)
Benny!
(GHASTLY SCREAMING)
(RATTLESNAKE RATTLING)
BENNY: Daddy!
Benny!
Benny!
(WATER SPLASHING)
Ben!
Benny!
Hey, Sleeping Beauty.
Don't worry, I'm almost done.
Whoa, what's that?
Relax, it's empty.
Not too shabby for your first
ghost encounter, by the way.
What, the shaking?
That was an earthquake.
An earthquake?
No, no, no, he was yelling.
And Maya went right through
him, but Andre pushed him
right before the
cabinet exploded.
He did?
Mm-hmm.
Thank you for that, by the way.
I'm glad you're okay.
(LAUGHS) You're just
saying that 'cause I
took a glass to
the face for you.
Not gonna lie,
that's about 99& of it.
Yeah, I knew it.
Hey, Violette.
Yeah.
If there was really
something there tonight,
Dr. Mason's been taking
the same amount of serum
as Maya, why was he able
to touch it and she wasn't?
It's just a thought.
(SPITTING)
(WATER RUNNING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
No.
No!
No, no!
Rebecca, no!
No!
No, stay with me!
No! (ECHOING)
No!
Rebecca, no!
No!
- (PANTING)
- Andre.
What are you doing? (ECHOING)
Oh my god.
I knew you'd come.
I knew you would come.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
What the hell
is wrong with you?
I'm sorry.
I thought you were my wife, I.
Look at me.
How much have you taken?
It's changing you,
you have to stop.
You're opening up a door
that you can't close.
I already told
you, I warned you.
Question me again,
you're off the team.
No, this isn't about you.
You're putting all
of us in danger.
Get out.
SHANE: Trav, shit is
getting way fucking weird.
TRAVIS: Mm-hmm.
Bro, hey, don't you
think we should be thinking
about getting the
fuck outta here?
No, what, what are
you talking about?
Now that we're actually making
history you want me to quit?
You're the one who like my whole
life has been like
don't give up.
History?
Dude, we came her to study shit.
- Not be attacked by it.
- Right.
We're not going anywhere.
It's not happening.
Well, if this
works we're gonna
have one hell of a story, right?
I mean, shit, we could
write a book or something.
I mean, you could write a book.
I'm not gonna write a book.
Whoa.
Yeah, Camera Two's freaking
out in the greenhouse.
You know what, I'm
gonna check that out.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, I don't
want you goin' out there
with everything that's happened.
If you're not
gonna do your job
or if you don't want to,
that's okay, I'll do it.
Come on.
I just don't wanna miss
anything is what it is.
Okay.
I lost something
really important to me
- and I'm not gonna...
- Bro, bro.
Alright, listen.
Go to bed, I will
take care of it
first thing in the morning.
I swear to God.
Scout's honor.
Let's get some rest, man.
We're both fucking tired, yeah?
Mm-hmm.
Do you remember
when Mom was backing
out of the driveway and
she ran over Samson?
And I locked myself
in my room and you
broke in and you had
painted a dog on your face
and you had those
tube socks for ears?
Yeah.
And I like brushed
you out of my room?
The truth is is that meant a lot
to me, man, and it helped.
What are big
brothers for, man?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Imma go to bed.
Yeah, go to bed, man.
Hey, don't forget though.
I won't forget, first thing.
I love, bro.
TRAVIS: I love you, too.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Daddy? (ECHOING)
I can help you, Daddy.
It's okay, Daddy.
It'll all be okay.
Another. (ECHOING)
I can't, Benny.
I know you can.
I know you can.
Daddy, protect me.
I'll make it better, okay?
It'll all be okay, Daddy.
Come with me.
Let go, Daddy.
I love you, Daddy.
Trav?
What the fuck?
Oh, shit.
(GROANING)
(CRACKING)
(BULB BUZZING)
(PANTING)
Can't sleep either, huh?
I got a lot on my
mind after today.
What are you up to?
Can't stop thinking
about that thing
that I saw in my room earlier.
Have you ever heard of a nokken?
No, what is it?
It's a Norwegian
bogeyman, a shapeshifter.
(GROANING)
It seems like most cultures
have these insanely
similar legends of creatures
that can change form.
(GROANING)
Run around, cause trouble,
steal gold, take kids.
That sounds like a really bad
thing to research
right before bed.
I just find it fascinating
how completely isolated
cultures can come up with
the same imaginary monsters.
Maybe because
it's not imaginary.
It's all usually based
on some sort of fact.
My grandmother used
to tell me stories
about El Disencarnado,
a being without flesh.
(CRACKING)
I don't know that
one, is it a spirit?
Maybe it was once,
but not any more.
The dead aren't the only
ones beyond the grave.
(GROANING)
(CRACKING)
So what is it?
A being deemed unworthy to
leave the Earth after death.
It longs to be alive.
It hunts,
hoping that if it eats
enough flesh of the innocent
it's own flesh will
be returned to it.
(SCREAMING)
So do you think
it's out there?
Good luck going to sleep now.
Goddammit, Trav!
I told you not to come out here.
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Trav!
Come on, man.
Fuck.
Trav!
(PANTING)
Shit.
Trav, are you there?
Trav.
Fuck.
Oh.
Oh my god.
Oh, oh shit!
Oh, Jesus Christ!
(GRIZZLY SCREAMS)
Fuck, come on!
Oh my god.
Fuck.
(CRASHING)
Oh my god.
Please God.
Oh!
Oh, shit!
(GLASS BREAKING)
(CRASHING)
(HISSING)
No, no!
Please God, no!
Oh, shit!
No!
(SCREAMING)
(GHASTLY SCREAMS)
(COUGHING)
(WATER RUNNING)
Shane!
VIOLETTE: Shane!
Shane, come on, man.
Shane!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
What are you doing in here?
You gotta see this.
This was his house.
What are you talking about?
Oh my god.
It's him.
It was his son who died here!
These are all missing kids.
- Unbelievable.
- From everywhere.
This is my sister, Isabel.
These are photos.
TRAVIS: Shane!
Why would he be up here?
'Cause I told him
to fix the camera.
Oh.
Uh, uh.
Shane?
Oh my fucking God!
No.
Travis?
Shane!
Travis.
What?
Look at this.
MAYA: Andre!
That's enough.
Andre.
Guys, help.
What kind of
scientist are you?
We found blood in the
greenhouse and drag marks.
We gotta find Shane.
If it has taken Shane,
we are all targets now.
It's time for you to
tell the fucking truth.
That's his real research.
What the fuck is this?
He's been obsessed
with death for years.
That's what he thinks
killed his kid.
This is him with his
family in this house.
He didn't acquire
it for the trial.
Maya, please.
This is the real
reason why he came to me.
Because of what
happened to Isabel.
Who is Isabel?
She's my sister.
She was killed in the
middle of the night.
Something took her.
Like my son was
taken, I was there.
He had been drawing
these for weeks.
Something attacked him, I
couldn't see it, but he could.
CASEY: You've been
taking more serum
than the rest of
them, haven't you?
He's right.
He thinks that's
gonna help him see it.
Your sister was
taken the same way.
It fed on them.
In the woods.
Wait, wait.
Why?
How could you do this to us?
It's taken so many
children, not just here.
Not just my son or Isabel.
This has nothing to
do with the science,
not even the experiment.
He was hunting
it the whole time.
CASEY: Fuck!
Now we can stop it.
I trusted you.
It's time to go.
You have no fucking
idea what we've done!
Travis, let's go.
I'm not going
anywhere without Shane.
Fuck, Travis, come on!
I'll help you find him.
Good.
Guys, wait up.
Casey, I am so sorry.
We should have listened
to you to start with.
We gotta get outta here.
VIOLETTE: What are
we gonna do about Shane?
MAYA: What the hell is that?
Shane?
Shane, what the hell
happened to you?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Oh my God, that's not Shane.
(GROWLING)
(SCREAMING)
How the hell can it see?
(PANTING)
You were gonna shut us down
and I had to do something.
(GROWLING)
What the fuck,
that empty syringe!
I'm so sorry.
(GROWLING)
(CRACKING)
Stay down.
(GROWLING)
(SCREAMING)
(EXPLODING)
(GLASS BREAKING)
(HISSING)
Fuck you!
(GROWLING)
(VIOLETTE GROANING)
(VIOLETTE GROANING)
Casey!
Casey!
What?
Hold on!
- What the fuck?
- Take it easy, it's okay.
- Take it easy.
- Take it easy.
- It's okay.
- Casey, calm the fuck down!
We heard screaming, we
came as fast as we could.
- You alright?
- No, where's Violette.
We don't know, I don't know.
Did you ever
take an injection?
Yeah, apparently one.
What does it matter?
What if all this time
it wasn't about the kids?
They were simply the
only prey it could see.
El Disencarnado.
What?
The Discarnate.
When we started
taking injections
we made ourselves visible to it.
The pineal gland.
Fuck you, we've
got to get help.
This thing, the more flesh it
consumes the more
human it becomes.
It's changing.
Becoming human
means becoming mortal.
I injured it.
So there's still a chance.
Yes.
You better shoot
me up because I'm
not walking to this
fucking thing blind.
All of us.
Yeah.
Fuck, fuck.
Okay, okay, fuck.
Fuck.
Okay, okay.
Oh, shit.
Oh, oh, no.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
MAYA: Violette.
Shane!
Violette!
This way!
Oh shit, the trees.
MAYA: Casey.
Okay, come on.
Let's go.
Oh my god.
Slow movements.
CASEY: They're everywhere.
(GROANING)
(GHASTLY WHISPERING)
What the fuck is this?
Casey.
CASEY: I can't breathe.
Casey, look at me.
Remember where you are, okay?
Hey, let's go.
Let's keep it moving.
Come on.
I can't move.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
What?
- You okay?
- Yeah, yeah.
No, no, no, no, guys help.
Shane!
Shane, Shane, talk to me.
Hey.
(SCREAMING)
Fuck!
Where the fuck is Andre?
Dr. Mason!
We did this!
We gotta fucking go!
Go, leave!
(GHASTLY SCREAMING)
(SHOUTING)
No, no, no, no, no, no!
(GROWLING)
(SCREAMING)
Oh my god.
(WHIMPERING)
Violette.
It's okay.
It's okay, I'm here.
You're safe.
You're safe.
It's alright, shh, shh, shh.
(SCREAMING)
(PANTING)
Andre.
Wake the fuck up!
Oh my god.
What did you do?
Oh, fuck!
Casey!
Casey!
CASEY: What?
Fuck!
We're gonna get
you outta here.
Get away from her.
It's not Violette.
What, what are
you talking about?
DR. MASON: It's a trick!
Oh my God, no.
I just found Andre's
body in his bedroom.
That's not him.
What?
Andre is dead!
Stay the fuck away from us!
MAYA: I don't know what
this is, but this isn't him.
CASEY: What are
you talking about?
You don't understand.
- Maya!
- No!
Please, Maya, tell me...
- Casey!
- Run!
- Stop!
- Guys, what the fuck!
That's not Violette!
(HISSING)
Fucking run!
(MAYA SCREAMS)
(GROWLING)
Hurry.
(SCREAMING)
Casey!
(SMACKING)
(GROANING)
ANDRE: Maya!
Kill it!
Kill it!
Casey!
(GROANING)
(SCREAMING)
(WHACKING)
(SCREAMING)
(HOWLING)
(SCREAMING)
(SMASHING)
Fucker!
(PANTING)
Why did you do this?
You coulda just told us.
I didn't know how.
I just had to be with my
family here, see my son.
What's it like?
Your grandmother's right.
It's like returning.
Coming home.
Well, you came back.
Why did you come back?
What I did I cannot make
it right, but I had to try.
It's over now.
Just go, live your life.
It's gone.
But what if it
wasn't the only one?
Andre.
Andre.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(GROWLING)
(HISSING)
(DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(TREES RUSTLING)
(WINDOW CREAKING)
Daddy.
Daddy, I'm scared.
ANDRE: Benny.
- BENNY: He's coming!
- Benny!
(THUNDER CRACKING)
(MUTED SCREAMING)
There's nothing.
Look at this, won't you?
Nothing.
See?
There's nothing.
- Promise you...
- Benny, please stop it.
There is no monster.
Yes, there is!
Benny, we've been talking
about it so many times.
He's right outside!
Just stop it.
There's nothing to
be scared about.
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
(ANDRE SHOUTING)
(BENNY SCREAMING)
(GLASS BREAKING)
Benny!
Benny!
(BENNY SCREAMING)
Benny!
(GHASTLY GROWLING)
Benny!
(GHASTLY SCREECHING)
(GENTLE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)
(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
(PANTING)
(BRAMBLES RUSTLING)
I was told you could
help me. (MATCH STRIKING)
I'm Dr. Mason.
Who did you lose?
My son.
He had an accident
a few years ago.
My wife couldn't
live with herself
after that and now
they're both gone.
And I'm trying, I try
to remember every day
and it's getting
harder and harder.
(STEAM BLOWING)
Like those dreams
that always end
right before I can resolve them.
I would give anything
to see my family again.
I can't guarantee
you'll see your family.
The tea works
differently for everyone.
But I must warn you,
don't stray too far.
You can get trapped
on the other side
like a fly on a web.
(WINDS RUSTLING IVY)
(SCREAMING)
(GHASTLY LAUGHING)
(GROWLING)
(PANTING)
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
You shouldn't be here.
(ECHOING)
Who are you?
Wait!
(WATER SPLASHING)
(GHASTLY MOANING)
(GROWLING)
(SCREAMING)
(SCREAMING)
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
You're okay, you're okay, look
at me, look at me. You okay?
(PANTING)
(MONITOR BEEPING)
What happened?
We recorded remarkable
brain activity.
You're not gonna
believe this, man.
His heart rate is stabilizing.
His blood pressure
is 110 over 70.
(LAUGHING)
He's gonna be okay.
- Am I alright?
- Oh my god.
You're good, you're good.
Where is she?
Whoa, whoa, okay, okay.
Easy, easy.
(MONITOR FLATLINING)
Whoa, whoa.
(PANTING)
(KNOCKING)
Miss Sanchez?
I'd like to talk to
you about your tea.
There's sodas in the fridge.
The sugar helps
with the headache.
The girl in this
picture, I just saw her.
What did you say?
The girl in that
picture, this smaller one.
I just saw her.
Oh my god.
That's my baby sister, Isabel.
Miss Sanchez, something
in that mixture you gave me
has a profound
mind-altering effect.
I would like to analyze the
sample in a small trial.
I can't.
This is a passage
between two worlds
not a recreational drug.
It's sacred.
Look it would be a small
trial with my own team
and we'd have funding.
Might help you with some
of these bills here.
Excuse me.
Just give me a call
if you change your mind.
What do you have to lose?
(DOOR SLAMMING)
(SIGHS SOFTLY)
What'd she say?
She'll do it.
Can you get me Dr.
Weissman on the phone?
Yeah.
That's great.
I mean, we could
conclusively prove
that life exists after death.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
Wow, you weren't kidding.
We're really excited to
be working with you on this.
Thank you.
How did you find it?
Well.
It's a long story.
Apparently some silent
movie actor lived here once.
What about the family
that you got it from?
Obviously they didn't live
here long enough to restore it.
I don't know much about them.
Oh, shit.
Serious Addams Family vibe.
ANDRE: Maya, this is
Travis's brother, Shane.
Hey, doc.
Shane just got back
from shark diving.
Cape Town.
Great whites.
Brave man.
Travis?
TRAVIS: Yes.
Can you take them?
Put them down.
Looks fool you.
She went straight from
kindergarten to Harvard.
This may surprise you to hear,
but I'm really not
a rodent person.
I will never understand you.
Well, take a look around.
Pick your bedrooms.
First come, first serve.
Main base is gonna be here.
Hey, whoa, Trav.
I think he meant the
people, don't ya think?
Oh, I know.
I'm gonna take 'em outside.
Come on rodents.
Let's go check out the
rest of this bad boy, huh?
Dinner's at eight, guys.
Then fasting the
rest of the night.
Injections start
tomorrow at nine.
SHANE: Copy that.
I wonder what the
listing price is
for a mansion with
a history of murder?
Is the pool
heated 'cause I feel
like that might
cancel it out, right?
Dude.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
I didn't see a pool.
Yeah, here.
- Really?
- Yeah.
TRAVIS: Water in it?
(LAUGHS)
So just put 'em on
that table right there.
Alright.
Hey, guys.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
TRAVIS: So hungry.
SHANE: These are so good.
The closest thing we
have to these back home
are like those soggy microwave...
(DOOR CREAKING OPEN)
- I love those.
- Oh my god.
Mm, it was a long night.
Hi.
Sorry, just to walk in but
the front door was open.
I feel underdressed.
Didn't know you were coming.
Janet said it was
still undecided.
Yeah, it was last minute.
Don't let me interrupt,
I'm just here to observe.
Everyone, this
is Casey Blackburn.
He's going to observe the trial
for the Milford Foundation.
The Milford Foundation?
Of Neuroscience.
They fund all of our research.
Scientifically speaking, we
are pushing boundaries here
and so far Milford has
been nothing but supportive
so let him do his job,
we do ours, right?
Have a seat.
Please meet my team.
- This is...
- I'm actually familiar
with everyone's files,
it was a long flight.
Except for Miss Sanchez,
a surprising addition.
Still trying to
understand the necessity
of her involvement in
this scientific trial.
Necessity of my involvement?
He's off to a fabulous start.
Miss Sanchez has access to
unique botanical compounds
we have used to
create our serum so.
You just seem pretty cavalier
with an untested mind-altering
substance, Doctor.
Okay.
I mean, how sure
are you that it's
not just gonna
get everyone high?
How about 99%, actually?
If we wanted to simply get high
there are far cheaper
ways of doing it.
Very true.
Listen, I'm not here to
diminish anyone's work.
I'm just here looking
out for the interest
of the foundation.
So I promise to make this
as painless as possible.
We have a big day tomorrow.
Let's all try and
get some sleep, huh.
TRAVIS: You still have
to fix the infrared camera.
Don't get your
panties in a twist.
I'll take care of it.
What do you know
about my panties?
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
Let's try this again.
I don't mean to be a dick.
Too late.
It's my job to be a skeptic.
I'm sorry.
Now, you're apologizing to me?
Yeah, I read your file.
I have a feeling you're
someone I want on my side.
That's a little creepy.
I realized that as I
was saying it. (LAUGHING)
Yeah.
Uh huh.
Speaking of creepy,
this is a shithole, huh?
Do you think it's haunted?
I believe in what I could see.
You do realize that
all that we can see
is infinitely less than
all that we cannot, right?
You're a philosopher, huh?
No, I just choose
to have faith.
It's like Pascal's Wager.
If you believe in God and he
does exist, you go to heaven.
If you don't believe and he
does exist, you go to hell.
So why not believe?
(GLASS BREAKING)
Who's there?
TRAVIS: Oh, hey.
(VIOLETTE LAUGHS)
You know, for
a guy who doesn't
believe in ghosts
you're a real pussy.
I thought you said you
weren't a rat person.
(RATS SCREECHING)
You know what, bro? I wanna
show you how to feed 'em
in the event that
I'm preoccupied.
(CLEARS THROAT)
Okay, so, only a tiny
bit right in there
and only at night.
They're nocturnal.
Hey, do you understand?
I got ya.
Okay, cool.
So you dosed them with
this serum and they're fine?
Yeah, man, yeah.
They're fine.
For now.
So as long as they don't have
any side effects then
we should be good?
Yeah, that's the plan.
- Ah, shit!
- What?
You smiley ratted Kravitz.
Who?
The black rat, he's gone.
Oh, outside, outside.
- Outside, outside!
- Shit!
Oh, okay, come out here.
Fuck, got you.
What are you doing Nicodemus?
Don't you wanna be here when
Dr. Mason makes history?
History?
Jesus, I'm surprised his bosses
are even letting him do this.
Huh, oh, no.
Dr Weissman trusts him, man.
She knows his methods
are unorthodox,
but he's made her a
shitload of money.
- (SNIFFS)
- Oh!
Oh, don't, don't,
don't touch that!
(SHOUTS)
Don't, dude.
(CLAPPING)
Fuck!
You probably have hepatitis
from touching that.
- Wouldn't be the first time.
- That's so gross.
Mom shoulda fuckin' aborted you.
(RATS SCREECHING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(WIND BLOWING LEAVES)
ANDRE: Morning, everyone.
Morning.
We'll start with
half a milligram
per BSA to assess side effects.
Would you like to say
anything before we start?
The world you're about to
experience on the other side.
The other side, huh?
Can look very
much like our own,
but make no mistake, it is not.
Spirits?
Uh, yeah.
Fucking awesome, but we're
gonna need way more data.
Absence of evidence is
not evidence of absence.
So I read here that you think
that this serum will
reactivate the pineal gland.
How so exactly?
The pineal gland is only
active when we're children.
At the onset of puberty
it begins to calcify.
However, in Dr. Mason's
studies on patients
with near-death
experiences we notice
that the gland started secreting
various hormones again.
Which is weird.
You see the dark spots?
That's what we are
trying to replicate here.
Gland is that powerful?
It's not anything new.
Buddhists believe the
soul enters a human fetus
49 days after human conception,
which is exactly when the
pineal gland starts to form.
Even Descartes believed
it to be the part
of the body most
associated with the soul.
Anything weird, find a
partner, use your walkies,
give it 30 minutes to kick in.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Trial Log Day One.
Team in good spirits.
Violette Paich,
administering, participating.
Dr. Travis Sherman,
Shane Sherman,
Maya Sanchez, myself,
participating.
This may be the last
medical study I conduct.
Everybody wants to find out
if the afterlife exists.
I already know.
Some tension in the house.
Casey Blackburn already
causing problems.
(RECORDER BEEPING)
(DOOR CREAKING)
(CHILD GIGGLING)
(RECORDER BEEPING)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
(DOOR SLAMMING)
(GAS BLOWING)
(WINDOW SLAMMING)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
(GASPS)
TRAVIS: Just
concentrate for once.
How are you guys doing?
So far it matches the
baseline we set on campus.
Blue star.
It's a nude descending
a staircase.
It's a gold fish.
Have any experienced purging?
I just feel alert.
And focused.
That would be your
side effect, Trav.
What exactly is the next step?
Um, EEGs and reviewing
of camera footage.
Exactly.
Come and find me
immediately after.
I wanna be there, too,
for proper documentation.
Sure.
(DOOR SLAMMING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(HUMMING)
(RATS SCREECHING)
Sorry, my minions,
it's not dinner time yet.
(RATS SCREECHING)
We'll see about that.
Dr. Mason chose this site
due to the elevated levels
of electromagnetic radiation.
(DEVICE BEEPING)
And all we're doing
is mapping it out.
Flags go where the energy
drops back down to normal.
Right here.
What purpose does this
serve the experiment?
In the lab, high
levels increase the
effectiveness of the
serum in the rats.
What do you think causes
the energy at this location?
VIOLETTE: It could be
the geology of the hills
or it could be something
else. It's unclear.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(SHARDS RATTLING)
(WOOD CREAKING)
(GIRL LAUGHING)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
(CHILDREN LAUGHING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(SOIL RUMBLING)
(CLICKING)
(SCRAPING)
(FLICKING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(SHOUTING)
- (CRASHING)
- Oh, shit.
(PANTING)
Doc, I mean, I've taken a
shit ton of drugs, right,
so, I mean, I'd know a
hallucination if I saw one.
I'm just trying to say that
this was something different.
It was like.
It was like real.
- It's not...
- Hold still.
Sorry.
Yeah, about the same.
Slightly dilated.
Is this something
you expected?
Yes.
It was caused by the serum.
Our minds are just
starting to open.
It's only the beginning.
Yeah, but that does
not explain what I saw.
Sure, buddy.
Any idea what
could've triggered it?
Something from your past, maybe?
Yeah, when you
do too much blow.
Goddammit!
I'll be right back.
Pulling too much power
from that breaker.
Headache's a pretty
normal side effect?
Yeah.
Not feeling great.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
So, Blackburn,
what's your story?
You don't wanna hear that.
Oh, yes we do.
Unless it makes you
uncomfortable, of course.
Especially if it makes
you uncomfortable actually.
Well, I come from a long
line of New York cops.
I was interested in the FBI.
Well, that explains the suit.
(CHUCKLES)
Well, obviously that
didn't pan out very well
so Dr. Weissman
hired me at Milford.
And you got assigned
to us. You lucky bastard.
(LAUGHING)
(RETCHING)
(GASPING)
(TOILET FLUSHING)
(WATER RUNNING)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
Lisa?
It's coming!
Lisa.
LISA: Maya. (echoing)
(GIRL SCREAMING)
(PANTING)
(SCREAMING)
Maya, are you okay?
(SOBBING)
Are you okay?
Maybe you should
skip the next round.
I'm fine.
I'll be fine.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
Yeah.
Maya, I really appreciate
what you're doing for us.
They're always with us.
Who?
People we've lost.
It's like, they never
wanna let us go.
Maybe we can't let go.
My grandmother used to
say that life is a dream
and our bodies are just
vessels for our souls.
And on that final day
when you close your eyes
for the last time,
your soul is released.
ANDRE: So she taught
you how to make the tea?
What happened?
MAYA: She died after Isabel.
ANDRE: I understand.
It's impossible to overcome.
Death is just
finally waking up.
I saw my sister just
a few moments ago.
And I had hoped that if
I came here to help you
that maybe I could finally
let her go, but I can't.
I know.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
BOY: Benny.
BENNY: Where are you?
Can you hear me?
CASEY: Dr. Mason?
Dr. Mason?
There you are.
Can I help you?
When would you like to
report today's findings
so I can communicate 'em
back to Dr. Weissman?
I think we should wait.
We need more solid data.
I don't wanna waste
her time, you know?
Tomorrow then.
Okay.
Alright.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(FEMALE GHOST SINGING SOFTLY)
(CLICKING)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
(CHILD LAUGHING DEVILISHLY)
(MUSIC BOX MUSIC)
Benny?
(CHILD LAUGHING DISTANTLY)
(ROCKING CHAIR CREAKING)
(BANGING)
(MUSIC BOX MUSIC)
(REVERBERATING) Uh oh.
Don't tell Mommy, okay?
I won't, I promise.
Who are you?
I'm Ava.
My name is Andre.
What are you doing here
all by yourself, Ava?
I just wanted to
play with somebody.
Will you stay and play with me?
(GIRL LAUGHS)
Ava?
Yeah? (ECHOING)
Have you seen a
boy around here?
No.
No?
He would be your
age, with brown hair.
I said no.
He wouldn't come here. (ECHOING)
I'm sure he's scared.
He's scared of what?
The Smiling Man.
Who?
He used to come
out when he's hungry.
He's been in the house,
watching all of you.
He's never seen ones
like you before.
I don't like him,
the Smiling Man.
What will he do?
The same thing he
did to that little boy.
No, wait!
(GIRL LAUGHING SINISTERLY)
Ava!
Wait!
(AVA LAUGHS)
(DOOR SLAMMING)
(RECORDER BEEPING)
Trial Log Day Two.
Participant tolerance
of serum excellent.
First I will mention
the Smiling Man.
Possible correlation to
Shane Sherman's encounter
in the basement.
Whether it's hallucinations.
Increasing to 1.5
milligram per BSA.
(RECORDER BEEPING)
What the fuck?
(TYPING SOFTLY)
(SLAPPING)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
BENNY: Daddy? (echoing)
Ben.
Hey, Dad.
Can you hear me?
(SINISTER MUMBLING)
Benny!
(BIRDS CHIRPING)
LISA: You shouldn't
be here, Maya.
It's not safe.
Lisa.
LISA: He's hiding somewhere.
Lisa.
Lisa?
This looks promising.
It's working exactly
as we expected.
Yeah, but the side effects are
getting really uncomfortable.
Anyone wanna quit?
Good.
Alright, that's my team.
Guys.
The serum doesn't
work like the tea.
We're not simply visiting
this other plane.
We are coexisting on it.
What?
I specifically asked
for that yesterday
and he hasn't given
me anything yet.
I was just going
through the inventory
and I noticed there
were a few bottles
of serum missing from Box Six.
I'll give him his space,
but I can't do my job
if he's not willing
to work with me.
(WIND BLOWING)
(RADIO WAVES ADJUSTING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
(GROANING)
(SCREAMING)
(INFANT CRYING)
(MUSIC BOX MUSIC)
(CRUNCHING)
(SCREAMING)
Maybe the serum is
inducing some kind
of shared psychosis, right?
I'm telling you, doc, it
looked exactly like you!
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
Well, subconsciously,
yes it could have...
How is that fucking possible?
Could be a shapeshifter.
Yeah, many possibilities.
What are you thinking?
Let's run a scan on her,
compare it with Shane's,
and then we'll
take it from there.
Done.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Guys, guys, did
anybody see this?
Come here, come here, come
here, come here, come here.
This is what I saw in my room.
What's, um, here?
560 MT per millisecond,
what is happening?
Whoa, whoa, whoa, the
energy field's going nuts.
Get an emit, let's go.
Let's go!
Okay.
Guys, it's up
this way, come on!
(CHAINS RATTLING)
(GROWLING)
(RATS SCREECHING)
(GROWLING)
Did you hear that?
Someone in here, hello?
Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh.
What the fuck?
Jesus Christ!
(RETCHING)
(SPITTING)
Oh god!
You alright?
It's okay.
CASEY: What I miss?
TRAVIS: I don't
know, I locked the door.
I swear to god I
locked the door.
SHANE: It's
alright, it's alright.
Alright?
What happened?
I don't know, man.
CASEY: Alright, I want
everybody in the living room.
Come on, I wanna see
the cameras, everybody.
Nothin' over here, guys.
CASEY: I wanna
see the cameras.
MAYA: You guys, come on.
Everyone!
- It gone in here.
- This is not a discussion.
I want everyone in the
living room, let's go.
Come on!
MAYA: Where's Andre?
CASEY: Mason!
MAYA: Andre!
(SINISTER LAUGHING)
Stop, stop, wait,
um, right there.
Go back.
What the hell is that?
What is it, a spirit?
We can't ignore this.
This experiment is
on hold until we
find out who killed those rats.
Hold on, what are
you talking about?
Without those rats,
we have no gauge
of the serum's danger.
Yes, we do.
Did you do this?
What?
To try to stop the experiment.
Don't you ever question me.
I'm calling Dr. Weissman.
Oh, good, good, yeah.
Do you run to her
for everything?
I do when half
the participants
in our trial just
up and disappear.
Casey, please.
You are going to compromise
all that we have worked for.
Just wait and let us try
to find out what happened.
- Please.
- I'm sorry, I can't.
Fuck!
Hang up the phone.
I'm making the call.
Give us 24 hours to
evaluate the situation and
make a judgment call about the
viability of this experiment.
Who the hell do
you think you are?
I'm the man whom
Weissman has funded
and trusted for over 10 years.
And you are just a
plausible deniability,
some peon they
sent so they could
say they covered their asses.
(LAUGHS)
Now, who do you think
they're gonna listen to?
Alright, I'll
give you 24 hours.
I'll make it as painless
as possible, I promise.
(WATER RUNNING)
How you feeling?
Listen, I need to talk to you.
I heard everything
you needed to say.
No, it's not that.
Do you think that, uh.
Do you think that Dr.
Mason's been acting strange?
What?
I think that he's taking more
serum than the rest of you.
You are incredible.
I found empty
bottles in his room.
He is the doctor.
It makes sense for him to
have serum in his room.
What the fuck are you saying?
Listen, I'm just trying
to do my job, alright?
Yeah, well, stop.
(DRAMATIC CRESCENDO)
Hey, guys, come in here.
What's wrong?
There's someone
in here with us.
What?
- This is ridiculous.
- Well, Casey...
CASEY: This is bullshit.
Uh, it's.
You got her in on this, too?
How did you get here?
It's been a long time since
I've walked with anyone.
Especially anyone alive.
It's okay.
Don't worry about it.
He's not gonna hurt you.
How do you know?
Because.
What is she doing?
Don't touch me! (ECHOING)
Maya.
(ELECTRIC SHOCKING)
(SCREAMING)
- (SHELVES RUMBLING)
- What the hell is that?
Stay away from me!
(GLASS BREAKING)
Are you okay?
(SOBBING)
(SNIFFLING)
Jesus Christ.
Okay, trial is advancing
faster than anticipated.
First physical contact
with a paranormal subject.
It appears that the pineal
activity is altering our physio.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Ben.
(GHASTLY GROANING)
(WATER BUBBLING)
Daddy?
Ben!
(GROWLING)
The Smiling Man.
Ben!
Run!
He's coming, run!
(GROWLING)
Benny!
(GHASTLY SCREAMING)
(RATTLESNAKE RATTLING)
BENNY: Daddy!
Benny!
Benny!
(WATER SPLASHING)
Ben!
Benny!
Hey, Sleeping Beauty.
Don't worry, I'm almost done.
Whoa, what's that?
Relax, it's empty.
Not too shabby for your first
ghost encounter, by the way.
What, the shaking?
That was an earthquake.
An earthquake?
No, no, no, he was yelling.
And Maya went right through
him, but Andre pushed him
right before the
cabinet exploded.
He did?
Mm-hmm.
Thank you for that, by the way.
I'm glad you're okay.
(LAUGHS) You're just
saying that 'cause I
took a glass to
the face for you.
Not gonna lie,
that's about 99& of it.
Yeah, I knew it.
Hey, Violette.
Yeah.
If there was really
something there tonight,
Dr. Mason's been taking
the same amount of serum
as Maya, why was he able
to touch it and she wasn't?
It's just a thought.
(SPITTING)
(WATER RUNNING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
No.
No!
No, no!
Rebecca, no!
No!
No, stay with me!
No! (ECHOING)
No!
Rebecca, no!
No!
- (PANTING)
- Andre.
What are you doing? (ECHOING)
Oh my god.
I knew you'd come.
I knew you would come.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
What the hell
is wrong with you?
I'm sorry.
I thought you were my wife, I.
Look at me.
How much have you taken?
It's changing you,
you have to stop.
You're opening up a door
that you can't close.
I already told
you, I warned you.
Question me again,
you're off the team.
No, this isn't about you.
You're putting all
of us in danger.
Get out.
SHANE: Trav, shit is
getting way fucking weird.
TRAVIS: Mm-hmm.
Bro, hey, don't you
think we should be thinking
about getting the
fuck outta here?
No, what, what are
you talking about?
Now that we're actually making
history you want me to quit?
You're the one who like my whole
life has been like
don't give up.
History?
Dude, we came her to study shit.
- Not be attacked by it.
- Right.
We're not going anywhere.
It's not happening.
Well, if this
works we're gonna
have one hell of a story, right?
I mean, shit, we could
write a book or something.
I mean, you could write a book.
I'm not gonna write a book.
Whoa.
Yeah, Camera Two's freaking
out in the greenhouse.
You know what, I'm
gonna check that out.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, I don't
want you goin' out there
with everything that's happened.
If you're not
gonna do your job
or if you don't want to,
that's okay, I'll do it.
Come on.
I just don't wanna miss
anything is what it is.
Okay.
I lost something
really important to me
- and I'm not gonna...
- Bro, bro.
Alright, listen.
Go to bed, I will
take care of it
first thing in the morning.
I swear to God.
Scout's honor.
Let's get some rest, man.
We're both fucking tired, yeah?
Mm-hmm.
Do you remember
when Mom was backing
out of the driveway and
she ran over Samson?
And I locked myself
in my room and you
broke in and you had
painted a dog on your face
and you had those
tube socks for ears?
Yeah.
And I like brushed
you out of my room?
The truth is is that meant a lot
to me, man, and it helped.
What are big
brothers for, man?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Imma go to bed.
Yeah, go to bed, man.
Hey, don't forget though.
I won't forget, first thing.
I love, bro.
TRAVIS: I love you, too.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Daddy? (ECHOING)
I can help you, Daddy.
It's okay, Daddy.
It'll all be okay.
Another. (ECHOING)
I can't, Benny.
I know you can.
I know you can.
Daddy, protect me.
I'll make it better, okay?
It'll all be okay, Daddy.
Come with me.
Let go, Daddy.
I love you, Daddy.
Trav?
What the fuck?
Oh, shit.
(GROANING)
(CRACKING)
(BULB BUZZING)
(PANTING)
Can't sleep either, huh?
I got a lot on my
mind after today.
What are you up to?
Can't stop thinking
about that thing
that I saw in my room earlier.
Have you ever heard of a nokken?
No, what is it?
It's a Norwegian
bogeyman, a shapeshifter.
(GROANING)
It seems like most cultures
have these insanely
similar legends of creatures
that can change form.
(GROANING)
Run around, cause trouble,
steal gold, take kids.
That sounds like a really bad
thing to research
right before bed.
I just find it fascinating
how completely isolated
cultures can come up with
the same imaginary monsters.
Maybe because
it's not imaginary.
It's all usually based
on some sort of fact.
My grandmother used
to tell me stories
about El Disencarnado,
a being without flesh.
(CRACKING)
I don't know that
one, is it a spirit?
Maybe it was once,
but not any more.
The dead aren't the only
ones beyond the grave.
(GROANING)
(CRACKING)
So what is it?
A being deemed unworthy to
leave the Earth after death.
It longs to be alive.
It hunts,
hoping that if it eats
enough flesh of the innocent
it's own flesh will
be returned to it.
(SCREAMING)
So do you think
it's out there?
Good luck going to sleep now.
Goddammit, Trav!
I told you not to come out here.
(CRICKETS CHIRPING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Trav!
Come on, man.
Fuck.
Trav!
(PANTING)
Shit.
Trav, are you there?
Trav.
Fuck.
Oh.
Oh my god.
Oh, oh shit!
Oh, Jesus Christ!
(GRIZZLY SCREAMS)
Fuck, come on!
Oh my god.
Fuck.
(CRASHING)
Oh my god.
Please God.
Oh!
Oh, shit!
(GLASS BREAKING)
(CRASHING)
(HISSING)
No, no!
Please God, no!
Oh, shit!
No!
(SCREAMING)
(GHASTLY SCREAMS)
(COUGHING)
(WATER RUNNING)
Shane!
VIOLETTE: Shane!
Shane, come on, man.
Shane!
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
What are you doing in here?
You gotta see this.
This was his house.
What are you talking about?
Oh my god.
It's him.
It was his son who died here!
These are all missing kids.
- Unbelievable.
- From everywhere.
This is my sister, Isabel.
These are photos.
TRAVIS: Shane!
Why would he be up here?
'Cause I told him
to fix the camera.
Oh.
Uh, uh.
Shane?
Oh my fucking God!
No.
Travis?
Shane!
Travis.
What?
Look at this.
MAYA: Andre!
That's enough.
Andre.
Guys, help.
What kind of
scientist are you?
We found blood in the
greenhouse and drag marks.
We gotta find Shane.
If it has taken Shane,
we are all targets now.
It's time for you to
tell the fucking truth.
That's his real research.
What the fuck is this?
He's been obsessed
with death for years.
That's what he thinks
killed his kid.
This is him with his
family in this house.
He didn't acquire
it for the trial.
Maya, please.
This is the real
reason why he came to me.
Because of what
happened to Isabel.
Who is Isabel?
She's my sister.
She was killed in the
middle of the night.
Something took her.
Like my son was
taken, I was there.
He had been drawing
these for weeks.
Something attacked him, I
couldn't see it, but he could.
CASEY: You've been
taking more serum
than the rest of
them, haven't you?
He's right.
He thinks that's
gonna help him see it.
Your sister was
taken the same way.
It fed on them.
In the woods.
Wait, wait.
Why?
How could you do this to us?
It's taken so many
children, not just here.
Not just my son or Isabel.
This has nothing to
do with the science,
not even the experiment.
He was hunting
it the whole time.
CASEY: Fuck!
Now we can stop it.
I trusted you.
It's time to go.
You have no fucking
idea what we've done!
Travis, let's go.
I'm not going
anywhere without Shane.
Fuck, Travis, come on!
I'll help you find him.
Good.
Guys, wait up.
Casey, I am so sorry.
We should have listened
to you to start with.
We gotta get outta here.
VIOLETTE: What are
we gonna do about Shane?
MAYA: What the hell is that?
Shane?
Shane, what the hell
happened to you?
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
Oh my God, that's not Shane.
(GROWLING)
(SCREAMING)
How the hell can it see?
(PANTING)
You were gonna shut us down
and I had to do something.
(GROWLING)
What the fuck,
that empty syringe!
I'm so sorry.
(GROWLING)
(CRACKING)
Stay down.
(GROWLING)
(SCREAMING)
(EXPLODING)
(GLASS BREAKING)
(HISSING)
Fuck you!
(GROWLING)
(VIOLETTE GROANING)
(VIOLETTE GROANING)
Casey!
Casey!
What?
Hold on!
- What the fuck?
- Take it easy, it's okay.
- Take it easy.
- Take it easy.
- It's okay.
- Casey, calm the fuck down!
We heard screaming, we
came as fast as we could.
- You alright?
- No, where's Violette.
We don't know, I don't know.
Did you ever
take an injection?
Yeah, apparently one.
What does it matter?
What if all this time
it wasn't about the kids?
They were simply the
only prey it could see.
El Disencarnado.
What?
The Discarnate.
When we started
taking injections
we made ourselves visible to it.
The pineal gland.
Fuck you, we've
got to get help.
This thing, the more flesh it
consumes the more
human it becomes.
It's changing.
Becoming human
means becoming mortal.
I injured it.
So there's still a chance.
Yes.
You better shoot
me up because I'm
not walking to this
fucking thing blind.
All of us.
Yeah.
Fuck, fuck.
Okay, okay, fuck.
Fuck.
Okay, okay.
Oh, shit.
Oh, oh, no.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
MAYA: Violette.
Shane!
Violette!
This way!
Oh shit, the trees.
MAYA: Casey.
Okay, come on.
Let's go.
Oh my god.
Slow movements.
CASEY: They're everywhere.
(GROANING)
(GHASTLY WHISPERING)
What the fuck is this?
Casey.
CASEY: I can't breathe.
Casey, look at me.
Remember where you are, okay?
Hey, let's go.
Let's keep it moving.
Come on.
I can't move.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
What?
- You okay?
- Yeah, yeah.
No, no, no, no, guys help.
Shane!
Shane, Shane, talk to me.
Hey.
(SCREAMING)
Fuck!
Where the fuck is Andre?
Dr. Mason!
We did this!
We gotta fucking go!
Go, leave!
(GHASTLY SCREAMING)
(SHOUTING)
No, no, no, no, no, no!
(GROWLING)
(SCREAMING)
Oh my god.
(WHIMPERING)
Violette.
It's okay.
It's okay, I'm here.
You're safe.
You're safe.
It's alright, shh, shh, shh.
(SCREAMING)
(PANTING)
Andre.
Wake the fuck up!
Oh my god.
What did you do?
Oh, fuck!
Casey!
Casey!
CASEY: What?
Fuck!
We're gonna get
you outta here.
Get away from her.
It's not Violette.
What, what are
you talking about?
DR. MASON: It's a trick!
Oh my God, no.
I just found Andre's
body in his bedroom.
That's not him.
What?
Andre is dead!
Stay the fuck away from us!
MAYA: I don't know what
this is, but this isn't him.
CASEY: What are
you talking about?
You don't understand.
- Maya!
- No!
Please, Maya, tell me...
- Casey!
- Run!
- Stop!
- Guys, what the fuck!
That's not Violette!
(HISSING)
Fucking run!
(MAYA SCREAMS)
(GROWLING)
Hurry.
(SCREAMING)
Casey!
(SMACKING)
(GROANING)
ANDRE: Maya!
Kill it!
Kill it!
Casey!
(GROANING)
(SCREAMING)
(WHACKING)
(SCREAMING)
(HOWLING)
(SCREAMING)
(SMASHING)
Fucker!
(PANTING)
Why did you do this?
You coulda just told us.
I didn't know how.
I just had to be with my
family here, see my son.
What's it like?
Your grandmother's right.
It's like returning.
Coming home.
Well, you came back.
Why did you come back?
What I did I cannot make
it right, but I had to try.
It's over now.
Just go, live your life.
It's gone.
But what if it
wasn't the only one?
Andre.
Andre.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
(GROWLING)
(HISSING)
(DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)