Dreamland Awaits (2026) Movie Script
[Crickets chirping, dogs barking]
[Car engine sound]
[Ominous music]
[Car engine sound]
[Thud]
[Lock breaking sound]
[Gate creeking]
[Car engine stops]
[Lock breaking sound]
[Car engine sound]
[Car engine stops]
[Dogs barking in the distance]
[Lock opening]
Dreamland Awaits
[Title theme playing]
[Clock ticking]
[Locked door rattling]
[Water dripping]
[Ominous humming]
[Ominous humming]
[Phone ringing]
I'm here.
Are you alone in the house?
Yes.
Here is the deal.
I'll call you every eight hours with
a new assignment starting tomorrow at 8am.
You will have eight hours to complete it.
If you fail, they are dead.
If you talk to somebody, they are dead.
If you leave the house during the day,
they are dead.
Do you understand?
Yes, I understand.
And don't do anything stupid.
Remember:
I can always see you.
Can I talk to them?
You can sing.
Can they hear me?
Always.
Now sing.
[Josh starts singing]
In a house
so still.
When the day is done.
The lights are turned off.
The windows shut one by one.
The curtains are drawn
keeping out the night chill,
Inside, the little ones
snuggle, safe and still.
Blankets pulled up
snugly to their chin,
Dreamland awaits
where adventure begins.
Get up.
You got work to do.
[Plastic rustles]
[Plastic falls on the ground]
[Knife clicks]
[Plastic cutting]
[Plastic rustles]
[Plastic rustles]
[Crickets chirping, dogs barking]
[Lamp clicks]
[Lamp clicks]
[Lamp clicks]
[Faint ominous children voices]
[Books shuffling]
[Ominous sound ]
[Exhales heavily]
[Ominous thud]
[Strange creaking sound]
[Annoying toy music starts playing]
[Button clicks]
[Plastic rustles]
[Door being locked]
[Plastic rustles]
[Ominous music playing]
[Alarm beeping]
[Birds chirping]
[Plastic rustles]
[Water boiling]
[Blood drop]
[Loud thud]
[Phone ringing]
Hello.
How was the night?
Long.
Can I talk to them?
You know the rules.
You can sing to them at midnight.
Are you ready to do
the first assignment?
Yes.
Good.
First, I need you to bury
something for me.
Something that was once living.
Bury what?
Where?
There's a box at the back door.
Get it.
Let nobody see you.
You will find something
useful with in it.
Then use the box as a casket
and put it back
where you found it.
What am I supposed to...?
Time is ticking!
Better hurry up.
[Door creaks]
What the hell?
[Window creaks]
[Shoveling noises]
[Ominous sound]
[Clock ticking]
[Suspenseful music playing]
[Laptop beeping]
[Door creaks]
[Door creaks]
[Inspired music]
[Driver buzzing]
[Light switch clicks]
[Ominous sound]
[Scary music plays]
[Rock thumbling]
[Scary roaring]
[Driver buzzing]
[Ominous music]
[Phone ringing]
I'm listening.
Congratulations on completing
your first assignment.
You are one step closer
to your redemption.
I just want my family back.
Your family's waiting for you.
You just need to be ready.
I am ready.
Not yet.
Shall we move on
to the next one?
Do I have a choice?
There's always a choice.
I want you to bake two cakes.
One for me
and one for yourself.
What?
You will find the ingredients
in a box in front
of the back door.
I'm waiting.
[Suspenseful music]
[Door creaking]
[Plastic rustles]
[Crickets chirping]
[Furniture dragging]
[Plastic rustles]
[TV starts playing relaxing music]
[TV roaring crowd]
[TV sounds of nature]
[Ominous sound]
[TV sounds of nature]
[The TV is silent]
[Loud scary roaring]
[Scary music]
[Bubbling sound]
[Toilett flushing]
[Scary thud]
[Scary thud]
[Scary thud]
[Ladder creaks]
[Latch creaks open]
[Faint childrens voices]
[Ladder creaks]
[Faint childrens voices]
[Ladder creaks]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Ominous sound]
[Thud]
[Body hitting the ground]
[Screaming in pain ]
[High pitch noise echoes]
[Moaning in pain ]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Ominous humming]
[Tooth cracking noise]
[Tooth being pulled noise]
[Phone ringing]
How was the cake?
It's done.
Have you tasted it?
I'm not in the mood for cake.
You should try it.
It might surprise you.
What's next?
I want you to knit
something for me.
Knitting, baking, what's this?
The old folks home?
Just a few more to go.
Don't give up yet.
I will do every goddamn
thing that you throw at me.
I just want my family back.
That's the spirit.
Can I talk to them?
Always.
But now,
you can only sing.
In a house so still
when the day is done,
The lights are turned off,
the windows shut, one by one.
The curtains are drawn,
keeping out the night chill,
Inside, the little ones
snuggle, safe and still.
Blankets pulled up,
snugly to their chin.
Dreamland awaits,
Where adventure
comes in.
[Crickets chirping, dogs barking]
[Laptop notification beeping]
[Clicking]
[Scary cracking sound]
[Tapping on the keyboard]
[Growing humming sound]
[Laptop lid closes]
[Faint children voices]
[Ominous music]
[Faint children voices echoing]
[Suspenceful dark music]
[Ominous music]
[Heavy footsteps approaching]
[Heavy breathing]
[Heavy footsteps approaching]
[Scary rumbling noise rising]
[Knocking in the background]
[Laptop notification beeping]
[Clicking]
[Rising rumbling with interference]
[Rising rumbling with interference]
[Loud knocking]
[Gun rustling]
Who's there?
[Crickets chirping]
[Ominous humming]
[Scary thud]
Stop!
Hey! Stop!
[Footsteps slowing down]
Fuck!
Where am I?
Shit!
[Bushes rustling]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Bushes rustling]
[Ominous humming]
[Scary thud]
[Bushes rustling]
[Ominous humming]
[Sack rustling]
[Ominous humming]
[Humming rising]
[Crickets chirping]
[Scary rumbling]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Crazy laughter]
[Scary rumbling]
[Crazy laughter]
[High pitch noise fading]
[Noises of birds and a lawn mover fades in]
[Painful moans]
[Dog barking in the distance]
[Painful moans]
[Tooth cracking noise]
[Painful moans]
[Birds chirping]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Painful moan]
[Water dripping]
[Washing hands]
[Gushing sound]
[Water splashes gently]
[Heavy exhale]
[Strange bubbling]
[Rising humming]
[Door creaking]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Driver buzzing loudly]
[Birds chirping]
[Loud finger tapping]
[Two loud thuds]
[Birds chirping]
[Plastic rustles]
[Loud finger tapping]
[Phone ringing]
Yes. I'm here.
How was the night?
Can we please get on with it?
What do you want me to do?
As you wish.
I want you to give me
something from yourself.
What do you mean?
Have you tried the cake?
What am I supposed to...
You should really try the cake
and give something
from yourself.
You goddamn, you motherfucker!
I'm gonna fucking kill you.
[Loud thud]
[Tooth crunching]
[Tooth crunching]
[Exhales]
[Gagging]
[Coughing]
[Ominous music]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Coughing]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Gagging]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Coughing]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Crying]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Squishing noises]
[Gagging]
[Heavy breathing, crying]
[Rising ominous music]
[Strange gurgling sound]
[Liquid bubbling]
[Driver buzzing ]
[Rising ominous music]
[Heavy breathing]
[Clock ticking echoes]
[Ominous sound]
[Heavy breathing]
[Scary music rising]
[Ominous sound]
[Phone ringing]
Yes.
Well done.
You did good.
I'm glad that you're satisfied.
You're almost there.
And where is it exactly
there?
A better place.
This time
I want you to find
something for me.
I'll give you a hint.
It's in a dark and damp place.
You know where.
Now go and get it.
[Birds chirping]
[Sinister atmospheric music]
[Rising menacing music]
[Grunts]
[Exhales sharply]
[Grunts]
[Cellar atmosphere sounds]
[Squishing sound]
[Squishing sound]
[Sinister atmospheric music]
[Squishing sound]
[Rising ominous music]
[Distant bubbling sounds]
[Ominous sound]
[Musicbox starts playing]
[Scary roaring rising]
[Heavy clock ticking echoes]
[Shuffling things around]
[Heavy footsteps approaching]
[Heavy footsteps approaching]
[Heavy breathing]
[Deep roaring]
[Rising scary music]
[Rising scary music]
[Driver buzzing]
[Music box playing melody ]
[Rising ominous music]
[Liquid dripping]
You know what?
I'm not taking the bait.
I had enough.
I'm waiting for midnight
and I'm done.
[Rising ominous music]
[Squishy noises]
[Heavy footsteps]
[Rising ominous music]
[Deep light switch echoes]
[Rising suspenseful music]
[Door being unlocked]
[Painful grunt]
[Owl howling]
[Plastic rustles]
[Shoveling noises]
[Crickets and distant barking]
[Woman shouting in stress]
Oh, please!
Please help me!
What's happening?
Please open, open!
Let me out, let me go!
[Light switch]
Look, I don't want to hurt you.
What's happening?
It's a valid question,
and I wish I could answer,
but it's complicated.
First, I'm Josh.
Who are you?
I'm Sarah.
This is my house.
Right.
I'm sorry for...
Are you robbing the house?
No, nothing like that.
Then what on earth
are you doing here?
You are probably not going to believe me,
but I'm a cop.
And my wife and my two daughters
were kidnaped by this lunatic.
And he told me to come here and stay here.
And if I do the things he
tells me to do, then
I get to see my family again.
I'm really, really
sorry about your family,
but it has nothing
to do with me.
You can just let me go.
And I won't tell anyone
that you're here.
You don't believe me?
I do, I do, I really do, it's...
It's just that.
I don't understand
what's happening and...
My head hurts like hell.
Again. I'm sorry.
I don't want to hurt you.
I just can't let you go.
If you tell anyone,
then police gets involved.
And then my family gets killed.
And I want to see them again.
Okay.
All right.
How long do you
think we'll be here for?
I get the last task at midnight.
How?
He gives a call
and then leaves a box
behind with something in it.
He leaves a box?
Have you tried to catch him?
Yes. Didn't work.
What's with all the new decor?
It's supposed to protect me.
There are strange things
happening in the house.
Strange things?
Fucking strange.
Like what?
Birds hitting the window
and dying on the windowsill.
Yeah.
That's strange.
What else?
In the attic,
I climb on the ladder.
Somebody pulled
the ladder from under me.
What were you doing in the attic?
I heard some banging.
Yeah, well, sometimes
birds get up in there.
Birds.. Yeah.
And this abandoned house.
In the garden?
I saw bags in it. Moving bags.
There's no abandoned
house in the garden.
Well it's not exactly
in the garden.
The cellar door?
Why is it screwed in?
Because the lock is broken.
Kept opening itself.
And what's with all
the black magic books
and the grimoires?
Used to love them
when I was younger.
Just kept them. I...
What's.
Look.
All I see are these
drawings that you made.
And I understand that you're
in some kind of trouble. But.
I Really hope you
get your family back.
I have a daughter myself.
I'd do anything to protect her.
But if you want
me to trust you then
please, put the gun away.
It will make me feel a lot safer.
And then we can
talk some more about
what's happening.
Can you please
put it somewhere
further away, in another room?
I'm really nervous around guns.
Please.
[Footsteps]
Thank you.
I have one more request.
I need to pee.
I will untie you
but please don't do anything stupid.
I really need this last task done.
I get my family back,
and I don't want to
do anything bad anymore.
Okay.
No, I'm not going
to do anything stupid.
I promise.
[Driver buzzing]
I had a problem.
[Faint bubbling]
It's all yours.
But the door stays open.
[Ominous music rising]
You know, I really
thought I was going mad.
I was trying to rationalize
what was going on over
and over in my head,
making sense of it,
explaining what's going on.
And no matter what, the things
kept happening, over and over.
But now that you're here,
nothing is happening.
At least for now.
Maybe you're
keeping the things away.
What things?
Crazy things.
Well, maybe I'm just dreaming.
Let's go down to
the cellar and find out.
What's in the cellar?
There's a dark hole in the wall
and a tunnel leading
to an underground maze.
That's where the monster lives.
There's no hole
in the wall in the cellar.
Exactly.
But let's go down and have a look.
And if it's there, it's all real.
And if not, I'm getting crazy.
Yeah,
let's do that.
It's time.
Finish up. Please.
He's about to call,
and I need to do this alone.
Come upstairs. I will lock you in a room,
and then we can go down into the cellar.
I'm just going to grab my purse first.
[Toilet flushing]
What is it that you're looking for?
My inhaler.
I have asthma, and
I'm not feeling great.
I told you.
[Inhaler hissing]
[Door being unlocked]
Just stay here.
I'll come and get
you when I'm done.
Okay.
[Door being locked]
[Nervous breathing]
[Phone ringing]
I'm here.
Is it still just you there?
Or do you have something to tell me?
There's a woman here
she is the owner of the house.
But I am handling it.
You will.
Now go get the box.
[Ominous music]
[Door being locked]
[Crickets]
I got it.
What do I do?
You are going to
kill that woman.
I can't.
I can't... I can't.
I'm not going to do that.
[Ominous music rising]
She's got family, a daughter.
You have a family, too.
And they are waiting for you.
[Ominous music rising]
[Screaming and glass shattering]
[Ominous sound rising]
This is your last task.
It's either her, or your family.
Make a choice.
Okay.
I'll do it.
Good.
[Heavy breathing]
[Door being unlocked]
Is everything all right?
Sure. Everything's fine.
What did he tell you to do now?
Nothing special. I'll tell you later.
Let's go down to the cellar.
[Driver buzzing]
My inhaler.
I forgot it upstairs.
I might need it down there.
Sure, go get it.
[Driver buzzing]
[Ominous sound rising]
It's here.
Hurry up!
I'm coming!
[Suspenseful music rising]
[Suspenseful music rising]
Can you see it?
What did he tell you to do?
Please just tell me.
Can you see the hole?
What do you have to do?
[Gunshot]
[Body hitting the ground]
[Heavy metallic hit]
[Lightswitch]
Is this the police?
I just shot an intruder.
[Car approaching]
[Footsteps]
Miss.
Excuse me.
Yes.
Yes...
So, he told you this story
about his family
being kidnaped by the stranger?
Yes, as I explained.
And this is your house?
Yeah. My house.
Are you doing renovations?
Yeah.
That's why I spent Easter
at my brother's place.
And why did you come back?
The neighbors called.
Said that there was
someone in the house.
I thought the contractors were
back, so I came back
to check what they were doing.
So you come in,
and then what happens?
He hits me in
the back of the head.
I blacked out completely.
And when I wake up, 11111111111111111111111111111he
puts me right there.
We have this conversation,
and he tells me this whole story
about his family being kidnaped.
Weird stuff about strange
things happening in the house.
I'm not sure.
I almost felt sorry for him.
You know.
There is this lunatic who.
Kidnaped his family
and holds them hostage.
And gives him tasks to do.
At midnight.
Is that the phone he used?
Yeah.
There's no SIM card in it.
What's that supposed to mean?
We are still figuring that one out.
Miss, how did you get the gun?
He brought me upstairs.
While he was talking
with this guy on the phone.
And then he was going to
show me the cellar.
I told him I have asthma.
I carry an inhaler in my purse
all the time.
It's my sister's,
but I carry it with me just in case.
Anyway...
We were walking downstairs
and I told him that I forgot it
and I might need it,
and he trusted me.
Let me go back for it.
And then I grabbed the gun where
I saw him hide it earlier.
And why the basement?
He said
there's this hole in the wall
that leads to a maze with
some sort of creature in it.
He wanted to prove
that he's not crazy.
Show it to me.
But to be honest
I couldn't see any hole.
I walk downstairs.
And I didn't mean to shoot.
But he launched at me,
and I had no choice.
Right, that was very brave.
I need to know
if his family is okay.
Are they safe?
Are you doing anything about this
stranger on the phone?
Miss.
Have you seen the news lately?
No, I.
I was enjoying the
weekend at my brothers.
Right.
We've been looking for this
man for a few days now.
He was a cop
as far as I know
a decent cop
on the job.
18 years.
Then about a month ago, ,
he gets diagnosed with a
brain tumor of some kind.
Completely changes
becomes a different person.
Short tempered.
Violent.
Out right crazy.
Starts saying that
everybody's out to get him.
Last straw at the force was
is when he drew his gun
on a teenager at a grocery store.
As of last week,
he was no longer a police officer.
His wife had also decided
to leave him.
Take the kids.
He snapped probably.
Murdered the wife and kids.
Dismembered them
put them in bags
buried them in the cellar,
cleaned the house and the left.
And then he came here. Why?
Well, we don't know.
But we think this whole scenario
with the kids being kidnaped.
Was in his head.
Paranoid delusion
and all this other weird stuff.
It's coincidental.
Random occurrence.
What?
So there's no crazy kidnaper?
No. Not as far as we know.
So it's all over?
Yes. It's over.
Well, that's reassuring.
Well, we're still looking
into this and that.
But we're sure
you're Scott-free.
No one's coming after you.
Lovely.
[Phone ringing]
What the actual f...
[End titles theme playing]
[Car engine sound]
[Ominous music]
[Car engine sound]
[Thud]
[Lock breaking sound]
[Gate creeking]
[Car engine stops]
[Lock breaking sound]
[Car engine sound]
[Car engine stops]
[Dogs barking in the distance]
[Lock opening]
Dreamland Awaits
[Title theme playing]
[Clock ticking]
[Locked door rattling]
[Water dripping]
[Ominous humming]
[Ominous humming]
[Phone ringing]
I'm here.
Are you alone in the house?
Yes.
Here is the deal.
I'll call you every eight hours with
a new assignment starting tomorrow at 8am.
You will have eight hours to complete it.
If you fail, they are dead.
If you talk to somebody, they are dead.
If you leave the house during the day,
they are dead.
Do you understand?
Yes, I understand.
And don't do anything stupid.
Remember:
I can always see you.
Can I talk to them?
You can sing.
Can they hear me?
Always.
Now sing.
[Josh starts singing]
In a house
so still.
When the day is done.
The lights are turned off.
The windows shut one by one.
The curtains are drawn
keeping out the night chill,
Inside, the little ones
snuggle, safe and still.
Blankets pulled up
snugly to their chin,
Dreamland awaits
where adventure begins.
Get up.
You got work to do.
[Plastic rustles]
[Plastic falls on the ground]
[Knife clicks]
[Plastic cutting]
[Plastic rustles]
[Plastic rustles]
[Crickets chirping, dogs barking]
[Lamp clicks]
[Lamp clicks]
[Lamp clicks]
[Faint ominous children voices]
[Books shuffling]
[Ominous sound ]
[Exhales heavily]
[Ominous thud]
[Strange creaking sound]
[Annoying toy music starts playing]
[Button clicks]
[Plastic rustles]
[Door being locked]
[Plastic rustles]
[Ominous music playing]
[Alarm beeping]
[Birds chirping]
[Plastic rustles]
[Water boiling]
[Blood drop]
[Loud thud]
[Phone ringing]
Hello.
How was the night?
Long.
Can I talk to them?
You know the rules.
You can sing to them at midnight.
Are you ready to do
the first assignment?
Yes.
Good.
First, I need you to bury
something for me.
Something that was once living.
Bury what?
Where?
There's a box at the back door.
Get it.
Let nobody see you.
You will find something
useful with in it.
Then use the box as a casket
and put it back
where you found it.
What am I supposed to...?
Time is ticking!
Better hurry up.
[Door creaks]
What the hell?
[Window creaks]
[Shoveling noises]
[Ominous sound]
[Clock ticking]
[Suspenseful music playing]
[Laptop beeping]
[Door creaks]
[Door creaks]
[Inspired music]
[Driver buzzing]
[Light switch clicks]
[Ominous sound]
[Scary music plays]
[Rock thumbling]
[Scary roaring]
[Driver buzzing]
[Ominous music]
[Phone ringing]
I'm listening.
Congratulations on completing
your first assignment.
You are one step closer
to your redemption.
I just want my family back.
Your family's waiting for you.
You just need to be ready.
I am ready.
Not yet.
Shall we move on
to the next one?
Do I have a choice?
There's always a choice.
I want you to bake two cakes.
One for me
and one for yourself.
What?
You will find the ingredients
in a box in front
of the back door.
I'm waiting.
[Suspenseful music]
[Door creaking]
[Plastic rustles]
[Crickets chirping]
[Furniture dragging]
[Plastic rustles]
[TV starts playing relaxing music]
[TV roaring crowd]
[TV sounds of nature]
[Ominous sound]
[TV sounds of nature]
[The TV is silent]
[Loud scary roaring]
[Scary music]
[Bubbling sound]
[Toilett flushing]
[Scary thud]
[Scary thud]
[Scary thud]
[Ladder creaks]
[Latch creaks open]
[Faint childrens voices]
[Ladder creaks]
[Faint childrens voices]
[Ladder creaks]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Ominous sound]
[Thud]
[Body hitting the ground]
[Screaming in pain ]
[High pitch noise echoes]
[Moaning in pain ]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Ominous humming]
[Tooth cracking noise]
[Tooth being pulled noise]
[Phone ringing]
How was the cake?
It's done.
Have you tasted it?
I'm not in the mood for cake.
You should try it.
It might surprise you.
What's next?
I want you to knit
something for me.
Knitting, baking, what's this?
The old folks home?
Just a few more to go.
Don't give up yet.
I will do every goddamn
thing that you throw at me.
I just want my family back.
That's the spirit.
Can I talk to them?
Always.
But now,
you can only sing.
In a house so still
when the day is done,
The lights are turned off,
the windows shut, one by one.
The curtains are drawn,
keeping out the night chill,
Inside, the little ones
snuggle, safe and still.
Blankets pulled up,
snugly to their chin.
Dreamland awaits,
Where adventure
comes in.
[Crickets chirping, dogs barking]
[Laptop notification beeping]
[Clicking]
[Scary cracking sound]
[Tapping on the keyboard]
[Growing humming sound]
[Laptop lid closes]
[Faint children voices]
[Ominous music]
[Faint children voices echoing]
[Suspenceful dark music]
[Ominous music]
[Heavy footsteps approaching]
[Heavy breathing]
[Heavy footsteps approaching]
[Scary rumbling noise rising]
[Knocking in the background]
[Laptop notification beeping]
[Clicking]
[Rising rumbling with interference]
[Rising rumbling with interference]
[Loud knocking]
[Gun rustling]
Who's there?
[Crickets chirping]
[Ominous humming]
[Scary thud]
Stop!
Hey! Stop!
[Footsteps slowing down]
Fuck!
Where am I?
Shit!
[Bushes rustling]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Bushes rustling]
[Ominous humming]
[Scary thud]
[Bushes rustling]
[Ominous humming]
[Sack rustling]
[Ominous humming]
[Humming rising]
[Crickets chirping]
[Scary rumbling]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Crazy laughter]
[Scary rumbling]
[Crazy laughter]
[High pitch noise fading]
[Noises of birds and a lawn mover fades in]
[Painful moans]
[Dog barking in the distance]
[Painful moans]
[Tooth cracking noise]
[Painful moans]
[Birds chirping]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Painful moan]
[Water dripping]
[Washing hands]
[Gushing sound]
[Water splashes gently]
[Heavy exhale]
[Strange bubbling]
[Rising humming]
[Door creaking]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Driver buzzing loudly]
[Birds chirping]
[Loud finger tapping]
[Two loud thuds]
[Birds chirping]
[Plastic rustles]
[Loud finger tapping]
[Phone ringing]
Yes. I'm here.
How was the night?
Can we please get on with it?
What do you want me to do?
As you wish.
I want you to give me
something from yourself.
What do you mean?
Have you tried the cake?
What am I supposed to...
You should really try the cake
and give something
from yourself.
You goddamn, you motherfucker!
I'm gonna fucking kill you.
[Loud thud]
[Tooth crunching]
[Tooth crunching]
[Exhales]
[Gagging]
[Coughing]
[Ominous music]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Coughing]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Gagging]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Coughing]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Crying]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Heavy breathing ]
[Squishing noises]
[Gagging]
[Heavy breathing, crying]
[Rising ominous music]
[Strange gurgling sound]
[Liquid bubbling]
[Driver buzzing ]
[Rising ominous music]
[Heavy breathing]
[Clock ticking echoes]
[Ominous sound]
[Heavy breathing]
[Scary music rising]
[Ominous sound]
[Phone ringing]
Yes.
Well done.
You did good.
I'm glad that you're satisfied.
You're almost there.
And where is it exactly
there?
A better place.
This time
I want you to find
something for me.
I'll give you a hint.
It's in a dark and damp place.
You know where.
Now go and get it.
[Birds chirping]
[Sinister atmospheric music]
[Rising menacing music]
[Grunts]
[Exhales sharply]
[Grunts]
[Cellar atmosphere sounds]
[Squishing sound]
[Squishing sound]
[Sinister atmospheric music]
[Squishing sound]
[Rising ominous music]
[Distant bubbling sounds]
[Ominous sound]
[Musicbox starts playing]
[Scary roaring rising]
[Heavy clock ticking echoes]
[Shuffling things around]
[Heavy footsteps approaching]
[Heavy footsteps approaching]
[Heavy breathing]
[Deep roaring]
[Rising scary music]
[Rising scary music]
[Driver buzzing]
[Music box playing melody ]
[Rising ominous music]
[Liquid dripping]
You know what?
I'm not taking the bait.
I had enough.
I'm waiting for midnight
and I'm done.
[Rising ominous music]
[Squishy noises]
[Heavy footsteps]
[Rising ominous music]
[Deep light switch echoes]
[Rising suspenseful music]
[Door being unlocked]
[Painful grunt]
[Owl howling]
[Plastic rustles]
[Shoveling noises]
[Crickets and distant barking]
[Woman shouting in stress]
Oh, please!
Please help me!
What's happening?
Please open, open!
Let me out, let me go!
[Light switch]
Look, I don't want to hurt you.
What's happening?
It's a valid question,
and I wish I could answer,
but it's complicated.
First, I'm Josh.
Who are you?
I'm Sarah.
This is my house.
Right.
I'm sorry for...
Are you robbing the house?
No, nothing like that.
Then what on earth
are you doing here?
You are probably not going to believe me,
but I'm a cop.
And my wife and my two daughters
were kidnaped by this lunatic.
And he told me to come here and stay here.
And if I do the things he
tells me to do, then
I get to see my family again.
I'm really, really
sorry about your family,
but it has nothing
to do with me.
You can just let me go.
And I won't tell anyone
that you're here.
You don't believe me?
I do, I do, I really do, it's...
It's just that.
I don't understand
what's happening and...
My head hurts like hell.
Again. I'm sorry.
I don't want to hurt you.
I just can't let you go.
If you tell anyone,
then police gets involved.
And then my family gets killed.
And I want to see them again.
Okay.
All right.
How long do you
think we'll be here for?
I get the last task at midnight.
How?
He gives a call
and then leaves a box
behind with something in it.
He leaves a box?
Have you tried to catch him?
Yes. Didn't work.
What's with all the new decor?
It's supposed to protect me.
There are strange things
happening in the house.
Strange things?
Fucking strange.
Like what?
Birds hitting the window
and dying on the windowsill.
Yeah.
That's strange.
What else?
In the attic,
I climb on the ladder.
Somebody pulled
the ladder from under me.
What were you doing in the attic?
I heard some banging.
Yeah, well, sometimes
birds get up in there.
Birds.. Yeah.
And this abandoned house.
In the garden?
I saw bags in it. Moving bags.
There's no abandoned
house in the garden.
Well it's not exactly
in the garden.
The cellar door?
Why is it screwed in?
Because the lock is broken.
Kept opening itself.
And what's with all
the black magic books
and the grimoires?
Used to love them
when I was younger.
Just kept them. I...
What's.
Look.
All I see are these
drawings that you made.
And I understand that you're
in some kind of trouble. But.
I Really hope you
get your family back.
I have a daughter myself.
I'd do anything to protect her.
But if you want
me to trust you then
please, put the gun away.
It will make me feel a lot safer.
And then we can
talk some more about
what's happening.
Can you please
put it somewhere
further away, in another room?
I'm really nervous around guns.
Please.
[Footsteps]
Thank you.
I have one more request.
I need to pee.
I will untie you
but please don't do anything stupid.
I really need this last task done.
I get my family back,
and I don't want to
do anything bad anymore.
Okay.
No, I'm not going
to do anything stupid.
I promise.
[Driver buzzing]
I had a problem.
[Faint bubbling]
It's all yours.
But the door stays open.
[Ominous music rising]
You know, I really
thought I was going mad.
I was trying to rationalize
what was going on over
and over in my head,
making sense of it,
explaining what's going on.
And no matter what, the things
kept happening, over and over.
But now that you're here,
nothing is happening.
At least for now.
Maybe you're
keeping the things away.
What things?
Crazy things.
Well, maybe I'm just dreaming.
Let's go down to
the cellar and find out.
What's in the cellar?
There's a dark hole in the wall
and a tunnel leading
to an underground maze.
That's where the monster lives.
There's no hole
in the wall in the cellar.
Exactly.
But let's go down and have a look.
And if it's there, it's all real.
And if not, I'm getting crazy.
Yeah,
let's do that.
It's time.
Finish up. Please.
He's about to call,
and I need to do this alone.
Come upstairs. I will lock you in a room,
and then we can go down into the cellar.
I'm just going to grab my purse first.
[Toilet flushing]
What is it that you're looking for?
My inhaler.
I have asthma, and
I'm not feeling great.
I told you.
[Inhaler hissing]
[Door being unlocked]
Just stay here.
I'll come and get
you when I'm done.
Okay.
[Door being locked]
[Nervous breathing]
[Phone ringing]
I'm here.
Is it still just you there?
Or do you have something to tell me?
There's a woman here
she is the owner of the house.
But I am handling it.
You will.
Now go get the box.
[Ominous music]
[Door being locked]
[Crickets]
I got it.
What do I do?
You are going to
kill that woman.
I can't.
I can't... I can't.
I'm not going to do that.
[Ominous music rising]
She's got family, a daughter.
You have a family, too.
And they are waiting for you.
[Ominous music rising]
[Screaming and glass shattering]
[Ominous sound rising]
This is your last task.
It's either her, or your family.
Make a choice.
Okay.
I'll do it.
Good.
[Heavy breathing]
[Door being unlocked]
Is everything all right?
Sure. Everything's fine.
What did he tell you to do now?
Nothing special. I'll tell you later.
Let's go down to the cellar.
[Driver buzzing]
My inhaler.
I forgot it upstairs.
I might need it down there.
Sure, go get it.
[Driver buzzing]
[Ominous sound rising]
It's here.
Hurry up!
I'm coming!
[Suspenseful music rising]
[Suspenseful music rising]
Can you see it?
What did he tell you to do?
Please just tell me.
Can you see the hole?
What do you have to do?
[Gunshot]
[Body hitting the ground]
[Heavy metallic hit]
[Lightswitch]
Is this the police?
I just shot an intruder.
[Car approaching]
[Footsteps]
Miss.
Excuse me.
Yes.
Yes...
So, he told you this story
about his family
being kidnaped by the stranger?
Yes, as I explained.
And this is your house?
Yeah. My house.
Are you doing renovations?
Yeah.
That's why I spent Easter
at my brother's place.
And why did you come back?
The neighbors called.
Said that there was
someone in the house.
I thought the contractors were
back, so I came back
to check what they were doing.
So you come in,
and then what happens?
He hits me in
the back of the head.
I blacked out completely.
And when I wake up, 11111111111111111111111111111he
puts me right there.
We have this conversation,
and he tells me this whole story
about his family being kidnaped.
Weird stuff about strange
things happening in the house.
I'm not sure.
I almost felt sorry for him.
You know.
There is this lunatic who.
Kidnaped his family
and holds them hostage.
And gives him tasks to do.
At midnight.
Is that the phone he used?
Yeah.
There's no SIM card in it.
What's that supposed to mean?
We are still figuring that one out.
Miss, how did you get the gun?
He brought me upstairs.
While he was talking
with this guy on the phone.
And then he was going to
show me the cellar.
I told him I have asthma.
I carry an inhaler in my purse
all the time.
It's my sister's,
but I carry it with me just in case.
Anyway...
We were walking downstairs
and I told him that I forgot it
and I might need it,
and he trusted me.
Let me go back for it.
And then I grabbed the gun where
I saw him hide it earlier.
And why the basement?
He said
there's this hole in the wall
that leads to a maze with
some sort of creature in it.
He wanted to prove
that he's not crazy.
Show it to me.
But to be honest
I couldn't see any hole.
I walk downstairs.
And I didn't mean to shoot.
But he launched at me,
and I had no choice.
Right, that was very brave.
I need to know
if his family is okay.
Are they safe?
Are you doing anything about this
stranger on the phone?
Miss.
Have you seen the news lately?
No, I.
I was enjoying the
weekend at my brothers.
Right.
We've been looking for this
man for a few days now.
He was a cop
as far as I know
a decent cop
on the job.
18 years.
Then about a month ago, ,
he gets diagnosed with a
brain tumor of some kind.
Completely changes
becomes a different person.
Short tempered.
Violent.
Out right crazy.
Starts saying that
everybody's out to get him.
Last straw at the force was
is when he drew his gun
on a teenager at a grocery store.
As of last week,
he was no longer a police officer.
His wife had also decided
to leave him.
Take the kids.
He snapped probably.
Murdered the wife and kids.
Dismembered them
put them in bags
buried them in the cellar,
cleaned the house and the left.
And then he came here. Why?
Well, we don't know.
But we think this whole scenario
with the kids being kidnaped.
Was in his head.
Paranoid delusion
and all this other weird stuff.
It's coincidental.
Random occurrence.
What?
So there's no crazy kidnaper?
No. Not as far as we know.
So it's all over?
Yes. It's over.
Well, that's reassuring.
Well, we're still looking
into this and that.
But we're sure
you're Scott-free.
No one's coming after you.
Lovely.
[Phone ringing]
What the actual f...
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