Exorcist Bloodline (2022) Movie Script
1
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(electricity buzzing)
(insects chirping)
(ominous music)
(Lillian whimpering)
(door rattling)
(Lillian crying)
- [Will] Lillian, Lillian!
I heard screaming and crying.
Are you all right?
(Lillian crying)
- [Lillian] No.
(Lillian grunts)
(Will groaning)
- No!
No!
(Lillian groans)
Oh, Lillian.
(ominous music)
(car engine revving)
(ominous music continues)
(ominous music continues)
- [Alaina] So much has changed.
- [Will] Are you sure you
wanna move in to this place?
I mean, we could always sell
it, put all of this behind us.
(ominous music)
- It will never be behind us.
Mom died here.
But she also lived here,
and raised me here.
I just wish I would have had a
chance to say goodbye to her.
- I know, sweetie.
But it was better that you were
at school
away from what was happening
with her.
- See?
This is the perfect excuse
for me to be closer to you.
Now that I don't have those
pesky classes and homework,
I can actually have time
to work on my writing,
have a place to live.
- I suggest that you get started
on that bestseller sooner
rather than later.
- Deal.
- Why don't we start to
get you moved into, okay?
(car beeps)
(ominous music)
(door clicks)
(ominous music continues)
Lillian?
(Lillian moaning)
(Lillian moaning)
- [Lillian] Oh, God.
- Lillian!
(Lillian groans)
Nothing is happening.
You have to believe that,
and all of this will go away.
- What's happening to me?
- Nothing.
You need to relax, put this
episode out of your mind.
(Lillian cries)
- You think I'm doing this to
myself?
- I'm not trying to blame you.
I'm just trying to help you
get control of these attacks.
- I have no control.
It's too strong.
- You have the strength.
You just have to find it.
- Get off of me!
- Do you really think
that I would hurt you?
(Will sighs)
How did things ever get this
bad?
- There's nothing you can do to
help me.
(ominous music)
(insects chirping)
(car door thuds)
(insects chirping)
(footsteps tapping)
(Will breathing heavily)
- Dad?
Is everything okay?
- Yeah, yeah, of course.
You ready to do this, kiddo?
- Yeah, it's bittersweet,
but I feel like this is the
right move.
(door clicks)
(door creaks) (door thuds)
Oh, I wasn't expecting all this.
Don't you have furniture
at your new place?
- Yeah, I do.
But I wanted you to come back
to a home, not an empty house.
So I thought this would make
a nice little office for you.
- I really appreciate it.
- Well, you know, uh, if you
want,
you can refurnish it and
make it all your own.
It's totally up to you.
- No, it's perfect.
Thanks again.
- Ah, you're welcome, sweetie.
I'm gonna go upstairs and start
unpacking.
- Okay, I'll tell you what.
I'll take of these boxes down
here.
(ominous music)
(static hisses)
- [Alaina] Mom?
You okay?
- I'm just sitting here looking
through all your child childhood
photos,
trying to figure out
how you grew up so fast.
(Lillian sighs)
You can say it.
I'm officially a typical, sappy
mother.
(Alaina scoffs)
- Mom, really, you don't
have be so hard on yourself.
- I just wish you weren't
going away to college.
It seems like just yesterday
that we were finger painting.
- Well, we'll always have those
memories.
You taught me people are
preserved
in the moments they share
together.
- That's right.
Granted, I still wish
that you would have chosen
a college closer to home.
But I couldn't be happier for
you.
- You know I'm gonna miss you.
- I'll miss you like crazy.
But just remember,
that you always have a home
here whenever you need it.
(static hisses)
(dramatic music)
- So did you get all unpacked?
- Yeah, pretty much.
Luckily I didn't have
all that much stuff, so.
- Really, because it
sure seemed like you did.
- Trust me, dad, for a
girl, I had next to nothing.
- All right, if you say so.
- I know your name is on the
house deed,
so it's not like you need
permission,
but you know if you get too worn
out,
you're more than welcome
to stay here tonight.
- Well, thank you.
But, no, uh, my place isn't that
far.
And to be honest with you,
I don't really think I can sleep
another night in this house.
- Tell me about it.
- About my sleep deprivation
that I suffered when I lived
here?
- No, about mom.
- This is your first night here.
You don't need to remember
all of that stuff.
You should focus on the good
memories you had in this place.
- Yeah.
- So you been writing anything
lately?
- Yeah, I'm more in the
research stages right now.
I'm waiting for something
to really spark me.
But I've been really interested
in dreams.
So maybe it'll center around
that.
- You know, I wouldn't.
I wouldn't read too far into
that.
Dreams are just dreams anyway.
Don't let your dreams control
you.
- I don't think you're
looking at it the right way.
It allows you to pick up
on things from dreams,
things that you wouldn't
necessarily see at first glance.
It gets you to make
connections to your life.
And sometimes, the subconscious
mind
is more honest than your active
mind.
- So I take it this is a
fictional story?
- Yeah, I just like to
draw as much real life
as I can into my writing,
even with something surreal.
There's so many possibilities.
And I feel like dreams could
cater
to a really unique way of
telling a story.
- Oh, oh.
Hello, sweetheart.
Perfect timing.
You can help me make cookies if
you like.
And maybe we'll even watch a
movie too.
Girls night out.
What do you say?
- That sounds wonderful.
- Well, come on.
(Alaina screams)
- Let me out!
(ominous music)
(door rattles)
(door thudding)
Out!
(ominous music continues)
(birds chirping)
(ominous music continues)
(ominous music continues)
The mind is a powerful vessel.
It can completely alter our
reality
if you give it the power.
I suddenly feel more
free than I can remember,
not allowing anything
to have a hold on me.
(ominous music)
(bed spring creaks)
(gentle music)
Living the same every day
Eating shit, taking the blame
Keeping the same
What is left of our
- [Alaina] All of the symbolism
and depth
that a dream can hold
is simply mesmerizing.
I never thought of that before,
a house being so
representative of a person,
their emotions, memories,
fears, struggles,
and even their salvation.
Every room holds a different
part of you,
no one ever stronger than the
other,
whether it's a fond memory tied
to a room,
haunting thoughts, or
your passions being shown
to an escape to another world.
I know I have demons,
maybe even more so than
the average person,
especially being back here
again.
I think what I'm afraid of
most is falling and letting go,
mostly because of what
that would bring in.
Sometimes encountering a
physical demon is easier.
It's less unknown,
maybe even less painful.
(gentle music)
On solid ground
Keep standing on solid ground
Keep on standing on solid
ground
(ominous music)
(water splashes)
My arm, my hands
What have I done
Don't die
Don't die
Don't die
Don't die
Don't die
Don't die
Don't die
Don't die
Don't die
Die
(glass shatters)
Don't die
Don't die
(machine whirring)
(gentle music)
(cups clanking)
- Um, can you grab the vanilla
syrup?
Thanks.
(gentle music)
(machine whirring)
So the rumors are true.
You came crawling back
to this little town.
- Chloe?
You changed your hair.
So how have you been?
- Let's just skip the part
where we pretend like
we're friends, shall we?
- What do you mean?
I mean, yeah, high school was a
while ago,
and I know we didn't really in
touch.
- Look, we were friends with
Natalie, not with each other.
There's no need to apologize
when there was nothing there to
break.
- Right.
So what have you been up to?
- Working a lot mostly.
I get my kicks where I can.
Got to live a little here and
there.
Around here, sometimes that
requires,
let's call it, creativity.
- Cool.
Well, I'm just gonna
order if you don't mind.
- [Chloe] Yeah.
- Can I have a large vanilla
latte?
- All right, coming right up.
That'll be $5.
Can I, can I get a large vanilla
latte?
Thank you.
So rent-free, void of the
parentals I'm guessing.
No wonder you're back.
It's brilliant.
- Yeah, well, thanks.
And it was good seeing you.
- Uh, hey, look, I was about
to go on my break anyway.
I'll bring it to you.
And we'll chat some more.
- You know, I just really
wanted to clear my mind
and get some writing done, and
so.
- Look, I'm bored.
You can spare two minutes of
your time
so I have something to relay to
Natalie.
She'll be thrilled that
you're back in town.
I swear, you two had some kind
of weird bromance-like
connection,
or whatever the girls version of
that is,
girl crush, I suppose.
- We were friends, just like you
two were.
- Well, I don't know about that.
You two lived in your own
little world most of the time,
one that everyone was outside
from.
You practically had your own
language.
I know I had no idea
what the hell are you guys were
laughing
and going on about half the
time.
Oh, your drink's almost done.
Go ahead and sit down,
I'll bring it to you.
- You know, I can just grab it.
We don't really have anything
to talk about anyway.
- I'm sure we'll think of
something.
(Alaina sighs)
- All right.
(gentle music)
(crowd chattering)
(upbeat music)
(footsteps tapping)
- So how are you liking being
back home?
Are you loving having no school
or work?
Sounds like the freedom.
- Yeah, I mean, it gives me
more time to work on my writing.
And I mean, it's nice being
home,
just it's kind of hard
being back in that house.
- Oh, God.
I'm totally being insensitive
to the fact that you just moved
into your childhood home
turned murder house.
That whole tragedy must have
slipped my mind, I guess.
- Insensitive is one word to
describe it, among others.
- Look,
I didn't mean anything by it.
I've just never really been
one to filter my thoughts.
- FYI, it's not a murder house.
My mom committed suicide.
- I'm, I'm really sorry
about what happened.
- Yeah, me too.
- Okay, enough with the heavy.
So what have you been up to?
Are there any new guys in your
life, hm?
Maybe a hometown fling
that could be rekindled?
I want all the juicy details.
Don't leave anything out.
- I'm not sure why do you care.
- I told you, I'm bored.
You're the best bet for fresh
gossip.
I know everyone else's story
inside and out at this point.
Come on.
- To answer your question, no.
There's no guy.
- [Woman] Alaina?
- Uh, Alaina, are you, are you
okay?
(Alaina sighs)
- Did you hear that?
- I don't.
- [Woman] You can't trust her.
- Know what you're talking
about.
- [Woman] She said it herself.
She was never your friend.
- Alaina, Alaina, snap out of
it!
- [Woman] All we need is a home.
It's where you belong.
- I'm fine.
Really, it's just, I don't know,
sometimes things have
a way of following you.
- Cryptic.
Whatever, you seem like you
can use a moment alone anyway.
- There's no reason to
alarm Natalie about this.
Maybe you just don't tell
her I was here at all.
(Chloe scoffs)
- Why you're a bigger
mental case than I remember.
- And you're pathetic boredom
is no longer my problem!
So why don't you mind
your own business now?
- Gladly, psycho bitch!
(ominouos music)
(Alaina sobs)
- So it broke and water flew
everywhere.
(both chuckle)
Oh, my goodness.
It was so funny.
(ominous music continues)
(static hisses)
(gentle music)
(ominous music)
(glass shatters)
(knuckles rapping)
(ominous music)
- I forgot how old this house
is.
(door creaking)
(insects chirping)
(ominous music)
- No.
Help me.
(Lillian crying)
No.
Help me!
- Mom!
Mom!
(Lillian crying)
It's okay.
I'm here now.
Sh, sh, sh.
(Lillian crying)
You're safe.
You're safe here.
(Alaina panting)
No ones gonna hurt you.
The doctors are gonna help you.
You're gonna get better.
- But it's not my fault.
- No, of course it isn't.
- It's yours.
(Alaina gasps)
- [Alaina] How could you say
that?
- How could you deny it?
My blood is on your hands.
(ominous music)
- No!
I didn't mean to.
I wanted to be there for you.
- But you weren't there.
- I'm sorry.
(Alaina gasps)
Please!
Please wake up!
(Alaina sobs)
(ominous music)
(ominous music)
(man speaking faintly)
Some dreams I would really
rather not dwell on.
But if I'm going keep this log,
I'm going to have to document
everything I remember.
There's no such thing as
one being just a dream.
They all mean something,
and allow me to realize inner
thoughts,
even if they're dark
thoughts I don't wanna face.
I shouldn't be surprised my
dreams of Mom are getting darker
and more personal.
(keyboard clacking)
She died here.
And I suppose I haven't fully
faced that,
and what that has done to me.
I know I didn't really
have a hand in her death.
But being away when Mom
hit her downward spiral,
so full of fear and
anger, according to Dad,
I can't help but feel
responsible.
He's glad I wasn't here
to witness everything.
I might not have killed her,
but I didn't save her either.
(birds chirping)
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(birds chirping continues)
(ominous music continues)
(foreboding music)
(door creaks)
(gentle music)
(water splashing)
Skeleton bride, where is your
veil
It was found down the wishing
well
The towers ring the funeral
bell
Because we know your
life's a living hell
Yes, we know your life's a
living hell
Before and evermore
(gentle music)
Skeleton bride, where is your
heart
Did you lose it when you fell
apart
Skeleton bride, all dressed in
white
You climbed underground
to say goodnight
Closed the door forevermore
- [Lillian] Alaina?
- Mom?
Is that really you?
(stove rattling)
(gentle music continues)
(stove rattling)
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(door rattles)
(Alaina screams)
(head thuds) (Alaina groans)
- No.
Help me.
Help.
Help me!
(Lillian crying)
Help!
(ominous music continues)
(static hisses)
(ominous music continues)
(door clicks)
(ominous music)
(hand tapping)
(door clicks)
(ominous music continues)
(footsteps tapping)
(glass clatters)
(door thuds)
(ominous music continues)
(door clicking)
- Help!
(Alaina crying)
(Alaina panting)
(Alaina screaming)
(Alaina coughing)
(Alaina screaming)
Help.
(Alaina crying)
- Alaina!
Alaina!
- Dad.
- What happened?
- How did you know I was in
there?
- I've been calling over
and over with no answer.
I heard you pounding
on the side of the shed
and screaming like you
were being murdered.
It reminded me of your mother
when she was at her weakest.
- She's not weak anymore.
- What, what does that supposed
to mean?
- It means it's time for
you to tell me about Mom,
about what really happened!
- What do you want to know?
You already know that she
suffered from mental illness.
It just slowly took a huge
control over,
and she wasn't able to fight it.
- Did she ever say
anything about this house?
- She felt like she was being
haunted,
like some spirit was trapping
her here.
- Did this spirit ever attack
her?
- There was no spirit, Alaina.
Give me a hug.
You to get some rest, okay?
I'll leave you alone.
- Okay.
Bye, Dad.
(door clicks)
(car engine revving)
(car engine sputters)
(car engine revving)
(ominous music)
(woman whispering indistinctly)
I need to reach her, I don't
understand
why she is making her presence
so strong,
yet it still feels like she's
hiding.
(keyboard clacking)
She's angry.
I'll take whatever side
effects that anger holds
if it means I can get
a step closer to her.
After what happened,
it just feels so hollow
to not be able to see her.
(ominous music)
(woman whispering indistinctly)
Mom?
I understand your pain and
suffering.
Is this your way of trying to
show me?
You must know how sorry
I am for not being here.
I didn't know what was
happening!
I knew you feel something.
Show me.
You're weak, a complete coward.
It's pathetic.
You were crazy all along.
I guess it's a good thing
that you offed yourself.
You're toxic, and you.
(Alaina groans)
You're even more desperate
in death, if that's possible.
(ominous music)
(Alaina groans)
You try to play tough,
but you're still too scared
to show yourself to me!
(Alaina grunts)
(Alaina groans)
(ominous music continues)
(scissors snapping)
(blood splashes)
(ominous music continues)
(voices whispering indistinctly)
(ominous music)
(voices whispering indistinctly
continues)
(ominous music)
(Alaina groans)
(ominous music continues)
(Lillian groaning)
- [Lillian] No.
(ominous music continues)
Stop!
(voices whispering indistinctly)
- I should have known better.
Everything I read warned me
that you can't control a spirit
or command them to appear.
It just seemed like provoking
her was the only way
I was going to get a reaction.
There's no telling what
I'm getting into here.
It's starting to feel
like it's something more
than her blaming me for her
death,
or releasing her agony on me.
It just doesn't seem like
this is my mother anymore.
Maybe it's just a far more
vengeful
and lethal version of her.
I have no idea what she
went through in this house,
whether it was real or not.
Maybe there was something here
with her
that pushed her to the edge.
Things may have only
gotten worse in death.
That could be why she is
stuck here, unable to move on,
trapped here in darkness,
and why she's trapping me here
with her.
(drawer rattling)
(ominous music)
(drawer rattling)
(utensils rattling)
(ominous music continues)
(footsteps tapping)
Mom, I know this didn't
work out so well last time.
And I'm sorry that I provoked
you.
I didn't mean anything that I
said.
I was so desperate to reach you
somehow.
You were buried in this
necklace.
It shouldn't be here at all!
I think you feel connected to
it.
You don't deserve to be plagued
and imprisoned here, Mom.
You deserve to be free!
(Alaina groans)
(Alaina panting)
(Lillian whimpering)
- [Lillian] No!
(foreboding music)
(voice whispering indistinctly)
(door rattling)
(Lillian crying)
(door rattling)
(Lillian screaming)
No, please go to him.
I need him too much.
- What's happening?
- They were habits.
I don't want you to worry about
me.
- This is all in your head.
This is not real.
You have to listen to
what the doctor says.
He says to take control of your
actions.
Do not let these episodes
take control of you!
- You don't understand.
- Help me understand.
(foreboding music continues)
(Will groans)
(Will gasping)
(Will groans)
Help me.
Help me.
No, Lilly, no!
(Lillian groans)
No, no.
No!
(ominous music)
(voices whispering indistinctly)
(ominous music continues)
(birds chirping)
(soil crunching)
(creature breathing heavily)
(ominous music)
(creature breathing heavily)
- Maybe Dad was right.
Some things are almost better
not knowing.
Still, Mom's memory deserves
better
than to be wrote off as some
crazy person
who became too much of a
danger to herself and others
until she offed herself.
Something was there, pushing her
until there was no edge
to hang on to any longer.
She thought she was saving us,
that it would end with her.
Whatever this thing was
that got off on her torment
and destruction is still here.
I wanted to believe it was Mom.
But the truth is, I have no
idea what I'm dealing with
or how to fight it.
Maybe it's just inevitable
that the same fate will come to
me.
I guess I will soon
understand Mom's struggle
better than I ever imagined.
(voice whispering indistinctly)
(Lillian moaning)
- No, stop.
Don't touch me.
I can't move on.
- Mom.
It's okay.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm here now, okay?
- No.
(Lillian moaning)
- Who's there?
- No.
- Who's gonna hurt you?
- No, no.
(Lillian crying)
(voice whispering indistinctly)
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(creature breathing heavily)
(ominous music continues)
(Alaina gasping)
(Alaina screams)
- Mom!
(Alaina crying)
(Alaina screaming)
(ominous music)
(Alaina screaming)
(Alaina groaning)
(Alaina screaming)
(clothes ripping)
(Alaina groaning)
(Alaina screaming)
(ominous music continues)
(ominous music continues)
(water splashes)
(foreboding music)
(Alaina screaming)
What is wrong with me?
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(water splashing)
(ominous music continues)
(Alaina sobs)
(water splashing)
(Alaina gasping)
(water splashing)
(Alaina crying)
(Alaina screaming)
(Alaina crying)
(water splashing)
(Alaina groaning)
Get off of me!
(ominous music continues)
(Alaina screaming)
(Alaina crying)
(ominous music continues)
(Alaina groaning)
(water splashing)
(Alaina pants)
(Alaina crying)
(water splashing)
(Alaina crying)
(ominous music)
(phone beeping)
- 9-1-1, what's your emergency?
- Hi, my name is Alaina Olsen.
(Alaina gasping)
I was raped, and I'm
trapped in this house.
I have to get out, or
it's only a matter of time
before I'm attacked again.
- The man who raped you,
is he still in the house?
Try and keep him there,
and we'll take him in for
questioning.
- You're never gonna be able to
find him.
- Can you describe what he looks
like?
- No.
- Look, I, I know this can be
difficult,
but it's vital that you let us.
- I don't know what he looks
like.
It's not even a living thing.
Some sort of demonic spirit
has possessed my house.
- A ghost?
Is this some sort of joke?
Filing a false report
is a serious offense!
- Don't turn this on me!
Aren't you supposed to
help people in need?
- Wait, did you say Olsen?
Are you, are you Lillian Olsen's
daughter?
I guess crazy runs in the
family.
Look, tell me this is a prank,
or I'm gonna have you admitted
for a psychiatric evaluation.
(creature laughing)
(insects chirping)
(ominous music)
(Alaina groaning)
(creature breathing heavily)
(gentle music)
Like a firefly traveling
without a light
(spoon clanking)
I fear what's coming through
the night
This will never stop torturing
me
If I could just figure this
out
And get up off of my knees
Within these walls
(phone ringing)
Is where I'm gonna be
You might as well kill me now
There's nothing left for me
Within these walls
Is where I'm gonna be
(phone ringing continues)
You might as well kill me now
There's nothing left for me
(gentle music)
(woman humming)
(phone ringing continues)
(woman humming)
- Maybe it would be okay.
But I need you to bring
something for me, groceries.
(woman humming)
(door clicks)
- You know things can't keep up
like this.
When you're able to do essential
things,
like going to get food,
you know there's a problem.
Hey, didn't your mom start
to get really secluded.
- Enough with the assumptions!
- Look, I'm just trying to help
you.
I don't wanna be considered
an enabler or anything.
A simple thank you would be
nice, though.
- I'm sorry.
I don't mean to be so on edge,
it's just,
things are getting really
overwhelming,
and sometimes it takes over.
I know you're trying
to help, so thank you.
- You're welcome.
I don't remember the last
time I was in this house.
It's weird.
It feels like it was a lifetime
ago.
- It was.
Everything has changed.
- Not everything.
I mean, we're both still here.
Hey, remember those
sleepovers we used to have?
Listen to all those awesome '90
pop songs,
keep your parents up at
all hours of the night.
- Yeah, I think they were
slightly less into that
than we were.
I guess they didn't share our
enthusiasm
for '90s pop culture.
- I don't think my nostalgia
for that will ever fade.
(Alaina chuckles)
- It's almost as good
as all those obscure B
movies we would watch.
- Yeah, and all our inside
jokes,
and how we'd do all
like those reenactments
and stuff.
- Oh, right.
Yeah, no wonder we don't
have that many other friends.
People must have thought we were
crazy.
- Yeah, I guess they
just couldn't comprehend
our level of awesome.
(Natalie chuckles)
(door thuds)
(ominous music)
Don't let it get to you.
- It owns me.
- If it effecting you so much,
why don't you just move out?
- I can't.
- Sure you can.
Look, if you need a place to
stay,
you can come stay with me.
- I really can't leave.
You don't know what's happening.
- So tell me.
You can tell me anything.
And I'll do my best to
try and reserve judgment.
(ominous music continues)
- [Alaina] You should go.
- What?
You haven't even told me
what's been going on with you!
- Go!
I, I don't want you here.
- Well, I'm not giving you the
choice.
Look, I am your friend.
Stop trying to push me away.
- Oh, God, please,
please just go.
- Fine, I'll go!
But you're coming with me!
- What?
I already told you that I can't.
- Look, you need to get out of
this house,
go get some fresh air.
And you need to get away
from everything that's
been troubling you so much.
I wouldn't be a good friend
if I just let you sit and rot in
here.
(both grunting)
(Alaina grunts)
- I'm sorry.
Are you okay?
Natalie?
Natalie!
- Have you learned nothing
from your mother's death?
I will destroy everything
and everyone in your life.
You are alone.
I'm all you have left now.
- Just leave her alone!
- Maybe I will, maybe I won't.
You need to realize that
I want complete power
over this house, over
you, and over all else.
- What do you want with me?
- My sole purpose is to bring
great pain and suffering
to weak mortals like you and
your mother,
pushing you to the edge.
(Alaina panting)
- What are you doing here?
Why this house?
- You ask me for logic
when there's only ancient,
animalistic instinct.
- But there must've
something that drew you here.
- Your mother's mental illness
made her easier to get to.
She was already open to
what most refuse to believe.
In fact, she was so desperate.
She was searching to let the
spirits in.
She'd been feeling this
guilt about her death.
But she'll be responsible
for your death in the end.
- She took her own life
to protect this family!
- It wasn't hers to take, it was
mine!
This was given to me now.
You're gonna end up just like
her.
The harder you fight, the
deeper I will invade you.
Your fear is mine.
Your body is mine.
And soon your life will be mine
too.
- Let her go!
- Never. (Laughing)
Why would I give up an even
more direct way to torment you?
(ominous music)
(Alaina panting)
- Get out!
Get out!
Get out!
Get out!
Get out!
(ominous music continues)
Tell me you're okay!
- No, my head's killing me.
Yeah, I'm fine.
I can't believe I passed out.
(Natalie scoffs)
I must have been like super
dehydrated or something.
- You don't know what happened,
do you?
- Well, I mean, it's,
my vision started getting
blurry.
And I just blacked out.
I don't really remember
anything until I woke up.
- You should go home.
Get some rest.
- Well, that totally
defeats the entire purpose
of me even coming over here.
- I'm okay, really.
Catching up did a lot for me.
We'll talk.
- Take care of yourself, okay?
- Okay, come on.
(Alaina sighs)
(door clicks)
(wind blowing)
(ominous music)
(flesh squelches)
(Alaina screaming)
(ominous music continues)
I must be so foolish
to even let some small part
of me hope to find an escape.
It has a complete hold on me.
I know the damage it can do.
And I know it won't
hesitate to prove that to me
at any given moment.
This isn't some wronged or
tortured spirit
that there is any chance of
reaching or help moving on.
It was never human.
It's a demon, a product of evil
itself.
It feeds off dominating others
in the most consuming,
demeaning way possible.
I can't even see this thing.
How am I supposed to fight it?
No one will believe me either.
Being locked up in some padded
cell
doesn't sound so bad
compared to this prison
it has me trapped in.
Maybe it was just trying to
scare me and keep me here.
But I can't risk the
chance of it following me
if I were to get locked up at
some asylum.
Even death wouldn't be a
possible escape.
I would just be tormented with
no end,
even more trapped and
judged than I am now.
I need to find someone
who will believe me,
who is knowledgeable
about hauntings like this.
- Hi, I'm Sage Hawthorne.
And I am a paranormal
investigator.
I love experiencing and finding
out
all kinds of paranormal
activity.
For the past 25 years,
I have been recruited by
the tops in the field.
If you'd like to learn more
about me,
you can either purchase my
book, "Where Are the Ghosts,"
or you can please feel
free to search my site.
I feel that kids playing with
Ouija Boards
can get themselves into deep
trouble.
They feel that this
activity is just, perhaps,
um, something that isn't real.
But indeed, it is.
There are spirits and entities
out there.
And I am here to help.
If you feel that you are being
touched,
or handled, or enticed by any
kind of paranormal activity,
you should really call someone
like myself, Sage Hawthorne.
Get in touch with me so I
can come and investigate.
(Sage knocking)
(door clicks)
Sage Hawthorne.
So I understand
you're having quite a troubling
paranormal situation here?
- Yes.
Please come in.
(ominous music)
(door clicks)
- So fill me in on the haunting
you've been experiencing.
(case thuds)
- I doubt you would
catch anything on camera.
It would probably just anger it.
- Good, if it feels threatened
by me,
then it will reveal itself.
(ominous music continues)
(camera shutter clicks)
- I would provoke it if I were
you.
(Sage scoffs)
- But you're not me.
And you hire me because
I'm the professional.
And you know that you're not
equipped
to handle this on your own.
- Can I get you something?
Get you something to drink?
(ominous music continues)
- So what were the first
signs of the haunting?
- It started shortly after I
moved in.
I head a creaking on the stairs,
doors randomly closing and
shutting,
things falling and breaking,
just things that I could feel
and hear
that didn't really have any
explanation.
- What we're dealing
with is a highly advanced
and powerful entity.
(ominous music continues)
How did things escalate?
- It first happened when I was
asleep.
I was in denial.
I didn't even know what was
happening!
It happened again in the shower.
It had total domination over me.
- You know, it's very rare.
But it has been documented that
spirits
have assaulted humans in both
physical and sexual ways.
- The last person I reached out
to,
she never gonna believe me!
I should have never let her come
here!
It possessed her,
used her as a toy or a
vessel, I don't know!
Just be careful.
- You don't have to worry about
me.
There's no spirit, demonic
or not, that I can't stop.
I can catch it in the
object of the deceased.
I think I have enough to go off
of.
(ominous music continues)
I know you're in this room.
I can feel your presence!
(electricity buzzing)
(Sage chuckles)
Is that all you got?
That's child's play.
Ooh, you're so scary.
Come on, show yourself already!
(electricity buzzing)
You're pathetic.
You're praying on this poor
little girl.
Well, now you've got me to deal
with.
I'm your match.
I'm here now.
What are you afraid of me?
You pathetic piece of shit!
Come on, show me what you got!
Or you gonna hide?
'Cause you know that I can
and I will destroy you!
But you're gonna hide now,
because you're afraid!
Hide in you shame!
(Sage groans)
Enough.
I'm gonna.
You piece of shit!
(Sage screaming)
(Sage screaming)
(tools rattling)
(Sage screaming)
(ominous music)
(Will knocking)
- Alaina, are you there?
Alaina?
(ominous music continues)
(Will knocking)
Alaina?
(Will knocking)
Alaina?
(Will sighs)
(ominous music continues)
(ominous music continues)
(shovel thwacking)
(soil crunching)
(ominous music)
(keyboard clacking)
- Things are piling up on me.
But I can't let myself be
buried.
Sage would be alive if I hadn't
brought her here to help.
It was one last, desperate
attempt to reach out.
It cost Sage her life.
The ghost might've taken
over me in that moment,
just like it did with her.
I wanted to save her so
desperately,
mostly because I couldn't let
more blood be shed in this
house,
to let someone else be hurt
if there was any chance I could
stop it.
My dream was right.
It can control me.
And get me to do whatever it
wants.
I'm sure I have only scratched
the surface
of what it's capable of.
It's already pulling me into its
world,
spreading pain and suffering.
It makes fighting feel useless.
What's the point if I
have no control anyway?
(Alaina yells)
(Alaina screaming)
(Alaina groaning)
Get off of me!
It's time for this end.
You broken me down, kept me
alone,
and forced fear to run wild
throughout me.
But there's only so much
that you can do to me.
I have death and loss
surrounding me.
You see, I don't have to fear
you
if I have nothing left to lose.
(ominous music)
You no longer control me,
or anything that lies in my
home!
You've hunted the women of this
house,
and now you will be trapped
and condemned in this necklace.
And once you are,
I will be completely free of
you!
(wind blowing)
(electricity buzzing)
(ominous music)
- Flames of the day
and fires of the night,
burning brightly in my might.
Fire burn hot within my heat.
Thine protection encircle me.
Flames of the day and fires of
the night,
burning brightly in their might.
Fire burn hot.
And in thy heat,
thine protection encircle me.
Fire of the day and flames of
the night,
burning brightly in their might.
Fire burn hot and in thy heat.
Thine protection encircle me.
- Mom?
- [Lillian] I never meant for
the spirit
to enter into our home.
- It was telling the truth?
- Powerful magic has always
been part of you and part of me.
Without it, you would have never
been able
to defeat the spirit.
- You were there with me,
weren't you?
I barely knew what came over me.
- We fought together.
We defeated our tormentor
together.
But your strength and your
words were all your own.
I am so proud of you.
- There's so much I need to
know,
so much I still don't.
- I've already revealed
all that I can.
Keep searching.
The answers will come.
Your intuition is one of
your most powerful gifts.
Never disregard it.
- No.
You can't leave me now!
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(birds chirping)
(solemn music)
(drawer thuds)
(drawer rattles)
(tools clattering)
(solemn music continues)
- [Lillian] My dearest Alaina,
I'm sure your father did his
best to hide this from you.
But I know it will find its way
to you.
He never really believed in my
affinity
for the magical world.
He was always far too
logical for his own good,
and couldn't believe
in other possibilities.
It took a toll on me,
which he viewed as a mental
illness.
A malevolent spirit has
entered this house now,
which may prove to be my true
downfall.
I don't know if I can defeat it.
And it's threatening those I
can't bear to see you get hurt.
No matter what happens to me,
I want you to have the truth.
And if you choose this for
yourself,
I want you to have all the
knowledge
and guidance you can in my
absence.
Your mind was always so strong
and open to possibilities many
cannot see.
Hold on to that.
And embrace it, no matter
what your choice is.
I will always love and cherish
you
as I watch you growing into
a truly astonishing woman.
With love, Mom.
(solemn music continues)
(birds chirping)
(footsteps taps)
(somber music)
(somber music continues)
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music continues)
(dramatic music)
(upbeat music)
Oh the hips were full and
bright
A deep breathe, close your
eyes
Sweat drips down your spine
As you run and try to hide far
From the scent with healthy
blood
Emanating from the girl you
love
As darkness grips your mind
The real you fades out
(upbeat music continues)
4AM, heavy heart
So you know it's all your
fault
You should've had more
self-control
You didn't have to be so cold
And it hurts to think of her
Torn apart by your words
It doesn't have to be like
this
It doesn't take silver bullets
To protect her from yourself
What you do is hard to believe
And after you wake
up from a deep sleep
You roll over and pray
it was just a bad dream
You shouldn't say things
that you don't mean
But sometimes it's hard
to keep those teeth
From sinking deeper, deeper
Into her heart
Sometimes you feel like a
werewolf
In the dead of night
Unaware of what you've done
Until you find her blood
On your hands
Devil cursed by a knife
And afraid of what's inside
Death comes to those who wait
For werewolves to change
Devil cursed by a knife
Reunited and afraid of what's
inside
Death comes to those who wait
For werewolves to change
You can't run and you can't
hide
From the thing that sleeps
deep inside
Love isn't skin deep, so don't
trust
We'll see
You shouldn't say things
that you don't mean
But sometimes it's hard
to keep those teeth
From sinking deeper, and
deeper
Into her heart
Devil cursed by a knife
Reunited and afraid of what's
inside
Death comes to those that wait
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(gentle music)
(insects chirping)
(electricity buzzing)
(insects chirping)
(ominous music)
(Lillian whimpering)
(door rattling)
(Lillian crying)
- [Will] Lillian, Lillian!
I heard screaming and crying.
Are you all right?
(Lillian crying)
- [Lillian] No.
(Lillian grunts)
(Will groaning)
- No!
No!
(Lillian groans)
Oh, Lillian.
(ominous music)
(car engine revving)
(ominous music continues)
(ominous music continues)
- [Alaina] So much has changed.
- [Will] Are you sure you
wanna move in to this place?
I mean, we could always sell
it, put all of this behind us.
(ominous music)
- It will never be behind us.
Mom died here.
But she also lived here,
and raised me here.
I just wish I would have had a
chance to say goodbye to her.
- I know, sweetie.
But it was better that you were
at school
away from what was happening
with her.
- See?
This is the perfect excuse
for me to be closer to you.
Now that I don't have those
pesky classes and homework,
I can actually have time
to work on my writing,
have a place to live.
- I suggest that you get started
on that bestseller sooner
rather than later.
- Deal.
- Why don't we start to
get you moved into, okay?
(car beeps)
(ominous music)
(door clicks)
(ominous music continues)
Lillian?
(Lillian moaning)
(Lillian moaning)
- [Lillian] Oh, God.
- Lillian!
(Lillian groans)
Nothing is happening.
You have to believe that,
and all of this will go away.
- What's happening to me?
- Nothing.
You need to relax, put this
episode out of your mind.
(Lillian cries)
- You think I'm doing this to
myself?
- I'm not trying to blame you.
I'm just trying to help you
get control of these attacks.
- I have no control.
It's too strong.
- You have the strength.
You just have to find it.
- Get off of me!
- Do you really think
that I would hurt you?
(Will sighs)
How did things ever get this
bad?
- There's nothing you can do to
help me.
(ominous music)
(insects chirping)
(car door thuds)
(insects chirping)
(footsteps tapping)
(Will breathing heavily)
- Dad?
Is everything okay?
- Yeah, yeah, of course.
You ready to do this, kiddo?
- Yeah, it's bittersweet,
but I feel like this is the
right move.
(door clicks)
(door creaks) (door thuds)
Oh, I wasn't expecting all this.
Don't you have furniture
at your new place?
- Yeah, I do.
But I wanted you to come back
to a home, not an empty house.
So I thought this would make
a nice little office for you.
- I really appreciate it.
- Well, you know, uh, if you
want,
you can refurnish it and
make it all your own.
It's totally up to you.
- No, it's perfect.
Thanks again.
- Ah, you're welcome, sweetie.
I'm gonna go upstairs and start
unpacking.
- Okay, I'll tell you what.
I'll take of these boxes down
here.
(ominous music)
(static hisses)
- [Alaina] Mom?
You okay?
- I'm just sitting here looking
through all your child childhood
photos,
trying to figure out
how you grew up so fast.
(Lillian sighs)
You can say it.
I'm officially a typical, sappy
mother.
(Alaina scoffs)
- Mom, really, you don't
have be so hard on yourself.
- I just wish you weren't
going away to college.
It seems like just yesterday
that we were finger painting.
- Well, we'll always have those
memories.
You taught me people are
preserved
in the moments they share
together.
- That's right.
Granted, I still wish
that you would have chosen
a college closer to home.
But I couldn't be happier for
you.
- You know I'm gonna miss you.
- I'll miss you like crazy.
But just remember,
that you always have a home
here whenever you need it.
(static hisses)
(dramatic music)
- So did you get all unpacked?
- Yeah, pretty much.
Luckily I didn't have
all that much stuff, so.
- Really, because it
sure seemed like you did.
- Trust me, dad, for a
girl, I had next to nothing.
- All right, if you say so.
- I know your name is on the
house deed,
so it's not like you need
permission,
but you know if you get too worn
out,
you're more than welcome
to stay here tonight.
- Well, thank you.
But, no, uh, my place isn't that
far.
And to be honest with you,
I don't really think I can sleep
another night in this house.
- Tell me about it.
- About my sleep deprivation
that I suffered when I lived
here?
- No, about mom.
- This is your first night here.
You don't need to remember
all of that stuff.
You should focus on the good
memories you had in this place.
- Yeah.
- So you been writing anything
lately?
- Yeah, I'm more in the
research stages right now.
I'm waiting for something
to really spark me.
But I've been really interested
in dreams.
So maybe it'll center around
that.
- You know, I wouldn't.
I wouldn't read too far into
that.
Dreams are just dreams anyway.
Don't let your dreams control
you.
- I don't think you're
looking at it the right way.
It allows you to pick up
on things from dreams,
things that you wouldn't
necessarily see at first glance.
It gets you to make
connections to your life.
And sometimes, the subconscious
mind
is more honest than your active
mind.
- So I take it this is a
fictional story?
- Yeah, I just like to
draw as much real life
as I can into my writing,
even with something surreal.
There's so many possibilities.
And I feel like dreams could
cater
to a really unique way of
telling a story.
- Oh, oh.
Hello, sweetheart.
Perfect timing.
You can help me make cookies if
you like.
And maybe we'll even watch a
movie too.
Girls night out.
What do you say?
- That sounds wonderful.
- Well, come on.
(Alaina screams)
- Let me out!
(ominous music)
(door rattles)
(door thudding)
Out!
(ominous music continues)
(birds chirping)
(ominous music continues)
(ominous music continues)
The mind is a powerful vessel.
It can completely alter our
reality
if you give it the power.
I suddenly feel more
free than I can remember,
not allowing anything
to have a hold on me.
(ominous music)
(bed spring creaks)
(gentle music)
Living the same every day
Eating shit, taking the blame
Keeping the same
What is left of our
- [Alaina] All of the symbolism
and depth
that a dream can hold
is simply mesmerizing.
I never thought of that before,
a house being so
representative of a person,
their emotions, memories,
fears, struggles,
and even their salvation.
Every room holds a different
part of you,
no one ever stronger than the
other,
whether it's a fond memory tied
to a room,
haunting thoughts, or
your passions being shown
to an escape to another world.
I know I have demons,
maybe even more so than
the average person,
especially being back here
again.
I think what I'm afraid of
most is falling and letting go,
mostly because of what
that would bring in.
Sometimes encountering a
physical demon is easier.
It's less unknown,
maybe even less painful.
(gentle music)
On solid ground
Keep standing on solid ground
Keep on standing on solid
ground
(ominous music)
(water splashes)
My arm, my hands
What have I done
Don't die
Don't die
Don't die
Don't die
Don't die
Don't die
Don't die
Don't die
Don't die
Die
(glass shatters)
Don't die
Don't die
(machine whirring)
(gentle music)
(cups clanking)
- Um, can you grab the vanilla
syrup?
Thanks.
(gentle music)
(machine whirring)
So the rumors are true.
You came crawling back
to this little town.
- Chloe?
You changed your hair.
So how have you been?
- Let's just skip the part
where we pretend like
we're friends, shall we?
- What do you mean?
I mean, yeah, high school was a
while ago,
and I know we didn't really in
touch.
- Look, we were friends with
Natalie, not with each other.
There's no need to apologize
when there was nothing there to
break.
- Right.
So what have you been up to?
- Working a lot mostly.
I get my kicks where I can.
Got to live a little here and
there.
Around here, sometimes that
requires,
let's call it, creativity.
- Cool.
Well, I'm just gonna
order if you don't mind.
- [Chloe] Yeah.
- Can I have a large vanilla
latte?
- All right, coming right up.
That'll be $5.
Can I, can I get a large vanilla
latte?
Thank you.
So rent-free, void of the
parentals I'm guessing.
No wonder you're back.
It's brilliant.
- Yeah, well, thanks.
And it was good seeing you.
- Uh, hey, look, I was about
to go on my break anyway.
I'll bring it to you.
And we'll chat some more.
- You know, I just really
wanted to clear my mind
and get some writing done, and
so.
- Look, I'm bored.
You can spare two minutes of
your time
so I have something to relay to
Natalie.
She'll be thrilled that
you're back in town.
I swear, you two had some kind
of weird bromance-like
connection,
or whatever the girls version of
that is,
girl crush, I suppose.
- We were friends, just like you
two were.
- Well, I don't know about that.
You two lived in your own
little world most of the time,
one that everyone was outside
from.
You practically had your own
language.
I know I had no idea
what the hell are you guys were
laughing
and going on about half the
time.
Oh, your drink's almost done.
Go ahead and sit down,
I'll bring it to you.
- You know, I can just grab it.
We don't really have anything
to talk about anyway.
- I'm sure we'll think of
something.
(Alaina sighs)
- All right.
(gentle music)
(crowd chattering)
(upbeat music)
(footsteps tapping)
- So how are you liking being
back home?
Are you loving having no school
or work?
Sounds like the freedom.
- Yeah, I mean, it gives me
more time to work on my writing.
And I mean, it's nice being
home,
just it's kind of hard
being back in that house.
- Oh, God.
I'm totally being insensitive
to the fact that you just moved
into your childhood home
turned murder house.
That whole tragedy must have
slipped my mind, I guess.
- Insensitive is one word to
describe it, among others.
- Look,
I didn't mean anything by it.
I've just never really been
one to filter my thoughts.
- FYI, it's not a murder house.
My mom committed suicide.
- I'm, I'm really sorry
about what happened.
- Yeah, me too.
- Okay, enough with the heavy.
So what have you been up to?
Are there any new guys in your
life, hm?
Maybe a hometown fling
that could be rekindled?
I want all the juicy details.
Don't leave anything out.
- I'm not sure why do you care.
- I told you, I'm bored.
You're the best bet for fresh
gossip.
I know everyone else's story
inside and out at this point.
Come on.
- To answer your question, no.
There's no guy.
- [Woman] Alaina?
- Uh, Alaina, are you, are you
okay?
(Alaina sighs)
- Did you hear that?
- I don't.
- [Woman] You can't trust her.
- Know what you're talking
about.
- [Woman] She said it herself.
She was never your friend.
- Alaina, Alaina, snap out of
it!
- [Woman] All we need is a home.
It's where you belong.
- I'm fine.
Really, it's just, I don't know,
sometimes things have
a way of following you.
- Cryptic.
Whatever, you seem like you
can use a moment alone anyway.
- There's no reason to
alarm Natalie about this.
Maybe you just don't tell
her I was here at all.
(Chloe scoffs)
- Why you're a bigger
mental case than I remember.
- And you're pathetic boredom
is no longer my problem!
So why don't you mind
your own business now?
- Gladly, psycho bitch!
(ominouos music)
(Alaina sobs)
- So it broke and water flew
everywhere.
(both chuckle)
Oh, my goodness.
It was so funny.
(ominous music continues)
(static hisses)
(gentle music)
(ominous music)
(glass shatters)
(knuckles rapping)
(ominous music)
- I forgot how old this house
is.
(door creaking)
(insects chirping)
(ominous music)
- No.
Help me.
(Lillian crying)
No.
Help me!
- Mom!
Mom!
(Lillian crying)
It's okay.
I'm here now.
Sh, sh, sh.
(Lillian crying)
You're safe.
You're safe here.
(Alaina panting)
No ones gonna hurt you.
The doctors are gonna help you.
You're gonna get better.
- But it's not my fault.
- No, of course it isn't.
- It's yours.
(Alaina gasps)
- [Alaina] How could you say
that?
- How could you deny it?
My blood is on your hands.
(ominous music)
- No!
I didn't mean to.
I wanted to be there for you.
- But you weren't there.
- I'm sorry.
(Alaina gasps)
Please!
Please wake up!
(Alaina sobs)
(ominous music)
(ominous music)
(man speaking faintly)
Some dreams I would really
rather not dwell on.
But if I'm going keep this log,
I'm going to have to document
everything I remember.
There's no such thing as
one being just a dream.
They all mean something,
and allow me to realize inner
thoughts,
even if they're dark
thoughts I don't wanna face.
I shouldn't be surprised my
dreams of Mom are getting darker
and more personal.
(keyboard clacking)
She died here.
And I suppose I haven't fully
faced that,
and what that has done to me.
I know I didn't really
have a hand in her death.
But being away when Mom
hit her downward spiral,
so full of fear and
anger, according to Dad,
I can't help but feel
responsible.
He's glad I wasn't here
to witness everything.
I might not have killed her,
but I didn't save her either.
(birds chirping)
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(birds chirping continues)
(ominous music continues)
(foreboding music)
(door creaks)
(gentle music)
(water splashing)
Skeleton bride, where is your
veil
It was found down the wishing
well
The towers ring the funeral
bell
Because we know your
life's a living hell
Yes, we know your life's a
living hell
Before and evermore
(gentle music)
Skeleton bride, where is your
heart
Did you lose it when you fell
apart
Skeleton bride, all dressed in
white
You climbed underground
to say goodnight
Closed the door forevermore
- [Lillian] Alaina?
- Mom?
Is that really you?
(stove rattling)
(gentle music continues)
(stove rattling)
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(door rattles)
(Alaina screams)
(head thuds) (Alaina groans)
- No.
Help me.
Help.
Help me!
(Lillian crying)
Help!
(ominous music continues)
(static hisses)
(ominous music continues)
(door clicks)
(ominous music)
(hand tapping)
(door clicks)
(ominous music continues)
(footsteps tapping)
(glass clatters)
(door thuds)
(ominous music continues)
(door clicking)
- Help!
(Alaina crying)
(Alaina panting)
(Alaina screaming)
(Alaina coughing)
(Alaina screaming)
Help.
(Alaina crying)
- Alaina!
Alaina!
- Dad.
- What happened?
- How did you know I was in
there?
- I've been calling over
and over with no answer.
I heard you pounding
on the side of the shed
and screaming like you
were being murdered.
It reminded me of your mother
when she was at her weakest.
- She's not weak anymore.
- What, what does that supposed
to mean?
- It means it's time for
you to tell me about Mom,
about what really happened!
- What do you want to know?
You already know that she
suffered from mental illness.
It just slowly took a huge
control over,
and she wasn't able to fight it.
- Did she ever say
anything about this house?
- She felt like she was being
haunted,
like some spirit was trapping
her here.
- Did this spirit ever attack
her?
- There was no spirit, Alaina.
Give me a hug.
You to get some rest, okay?
I'll leave you alone.
- Okay.
Bye, Dad.
(door clicks)
(car engine revving)
(car engine sputters)
(car engine revving)
(ominous music)
(woman whispering indistinctly)
I need to reach her, I don't
understand
why she is making her presence
so strong,
yet it still feels like she's
hiding.
(keyboard clacking)
She's angry.
I'll take whatever side
effects that anger holds
if it means I can get
a step closer to her.
After what happened,
it just feels so hollow
to not be able to see her.
(ominous music)
(woman whispering indistinctly)
Mom?
I understand your pain and
suffering.
Is this your way of trying to
show me?
You must know how sorry
I am for not being here.
I didn't know what was
happening!
I knew you feel something.
Show me.
You're weak, a complete coward.
It's pathetic.
You were crazy all along.
I guess it's a good thing
that you offed yourself.
You're toxic, and you.
(Alaina groans)
You're even more desperate
in death, if that's possible.
(ominous music)
(Alaina groans)
You try to play tough,
but you're still too scared
to show yourself to me!
(Alaina grunts)
(Alaina groans)
(ominous music continues)
(scissors snapping)
(blood splashes)
(ominous music continues)
(voices whispering indistinctly)
(ominous music)
(voices whispering indistinctly
continues)
(ominous music)
(Alaina groans)
(ominous music continues)
(Lillian groaning)
- [Lillian] No.
(ominous music continues)
Stop!
(voices whispering indistinctly)
- I should have known better.
Everything I read warned me
that you can't control a spirit
or command them to appear.
It just seemed like provoking
her was the only way
I was going to get a reaction.
There's no telling what
I'm getting into here.
It's starting to feel
like it's something more
than her blaming me for her
death,
or releasing her agony on me.
It just doesn't seem like
this is my mother anymore.
Maybe it's just a far more
vengeful
and lethal version of her.
I have no idea what she
went through in this house,
whether it was real or not.
Maybe there was something here
with her
that pushed her to the edge.
Things may have only
gotten worse in death.
That could be why she is
stuck here, unable to move on,
trapped here in darkness,
and why she's trapping me here
with her.
(drawer rattling)
(ominous music)
(drawer rattling)
(utensils rattling)
(ominous music continues)
(footsteps tapping)
Mom, I know this didn't
work out so well last time.
And I'm sorry that I provoked
you.
I didn't mean anything that I
said.
I was so desperate to reach you
somehow.
You were buried in this
necklace.
It shouldn't be here at all!
I think you feel connected to
it.
You don't deserve to be plagued
and imprisoned here, Mom.
You deserve to be free!
(Alaina groans)
(Alaina panting)
(Lillian whimpering)
- [Lillian] No!
(foreboding music)
(voice whispering indistinctly)
(door rattling)
(Lillian crying)
(door rattling)
(Lillian screaming)
No, please go to him.
I need him too much.
- What's happening?
- They were habits.
I don't want you to worry about
me.
- This is all in your head.
This is not real.
You have to listen to
what the doctor says.
He says to take control of your
actions.
Do not let these episodes
take control of you!
- You don't understand.
- Help me understand.
(foreboding music continues)
(Will groans)
(Will gasping)
(Will groans)
Help me.
Help me.
No, Lilly, no!
(Lillian groans)
No, no.
No!
(ominous music)
(voices whispering indistinctly)
(ominous music continues)
(birds chirping)
(soil crunching)
(creature breathing heavily)
(ominous music)
(creature breathing heavily)
- Maybe Dad was right.
Some things are almost better
not knowing.
Still, Mom's memory deserves
better
than to be wrote off as some
crazy person
who became too much of a
danger to herself and others
until she offed herself.
Something was there, pushing her
until there was no edge
to hang on to any longer.
She thought she was saving us,
that it would end with her.
Whatever this thing was
that got off on her torment
and destruction is still here.
I wanted to believe it was Mom.
But the truth is, I have no
idea what I'm dealing with
or how to fight it.
Maybe it's just inevitable
that the same fate will come to
me.
I guess I will soon
understand Mom's struggle
better than I ever imagined.
(voice whispering indistinctly)
(Lillian moaning)
- No, stop.
Don't touch me.
I can't move on.
- Mom.
It's okay.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I'm here now, okay?
- No.
(Lillian moaning)
- Who's there?
- No.
- Who's gonna hurt you?
- No, no.
(Lillian crying)
(voice whispering indistinctly)
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(creature breathing heavily)
(ominous music continues)
(Alaina gasping)
(Alaina screams)
- Mom!
(Alaina crying)
(Alaina screaming)
(ominous music)
(Alaina screaming)
(Alaina groaning)
(Alaina screaming)
(clothes ripping)
(Alaina groaning)
(Alaina screaming)
(ominous music continues)
(ominous music continues)
(water splashes)
(foreboding music)
(Alaina screaming)
What is wrong with me?
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(water splashing)
(ominous music continues)
(Alaina sobs)
(water splashing)
(Alaina gasping)
(water splashing)
(Alaina crying)
(Alaina screaming)
(Alaina crying)
(water splashing)
(Alaina groaning)
Get off of me!
(ominous music continues)
(Alaina screaming)
(Alaina crying)
(ominous music continues)
(Alaina groaning)
(water splashing)
(Alaina pants)
(Alaina crying)
(water splashing)
(Alaina crying)
(ominous music)
(phone beeping)
- 9-1-1, what's your emergency?
- Hi, my name is Alaina Olsen.
(Alaina gasping)
I was raped, and I'm
trapped in this house.
I have to get out, or
it's only a matter of time
before I'm attacked again.
- The man who raped you,
is he still in the house?
Try and keep him there,
and we'll take him in for
questioning.
- You're never gonna be able to
find him.
- Can you describe what he looks
like?
- No.
- Look, I, I know this can be
difficult,
but it's vital that you let us.
- I don't know what he looks
like.
It's not even a living thing.
Some sort of demonic spirit
has possessed my house.
- A ghost?
Is this some sort of joke?
Filing a false report
is a serious offense!
- Don't turn this on me!
Aren't you supposed to
help people in need?
- Wait, did you say Olsen?
Are you, are you Lillian Olsen's
daughter?
I guess crazy runs in the
family.
Look, tell me this is a prank,
or I'm gonna have you admitted
for a psychiatric evaluation.
(creature laughing)
(insects chirping)
(ominous music)
(Alaina groaning)
(creature breathing heavily)
(gentle music)
Like a firefly traveling
without a light
(spoon clanking)
I fear what's coming through
the night
This will never stop torturing
me
If I could just figure this
out
And get up off of my knees
Within these walls
(phone ringing)
Is where I'm gonna be
You might as well kill me now
There's nothing left for me
Within these walls
Is where I'm gonna be
(phone ringing continues)
You might as well kill me now
There's nothing left for me
(gentle music)
(woman humming)
(phone ringing continues)
(woman humming)
- Maybe it would be okay.
But I need you to bring
something for me, groceries.
(woman humming)
(door clicks)
- You know things can't keep up
like this.
When you're able to do essential
things,
like going to get food,
you know there's a problem.
Hey, didn't your mom start
to get really secluded.
- Enough with the assumptions!
- Look, I'm just trying to help
you.
I don't wanna be considered
an enabler or anything.
A simple thank you would be
nice, though.
- I'm sorry.
I don't mean to be so on edge,
it's just,
things are getting really
overwhelming,
and sometimes it takes over.
I know you're trying
to help, so thank you.
- You're welcome.
I don't remember the last
time I was in this house.
It's weird.
It feels like it was a lifetime
ago.
- It was.
Everything has changed.
- Not everything.
I mean, we're both still here.
Hey, remember those
sleepovers we used to have?
Listen to all those awesome '90
pop songs,
keep your parents up at
all hours of the night.
- Yeah, I think they were
slightly less into that
than we were.
I guess they didn't share our
enthusiasm
for '90s pop culture.
- I don't think my nostalgia
for that will ever fade.
(Alaina chuckles)
- It's almost as good
as all those obscure B
movies we would watch.
- Yeah, and all our inside
jokes,
and how we'd do all
like those reenactments
and stuff.
- Oh, right.
Yeah, no wonder we don't
have that many other friends.
People must have thought we were
crazy.
- Yeah, I guess they
just couldn't comprehend
our level of awesome.
(Natalie chuckles)
(door thuds)
(ominous music)
Don't let it get to you.
- It owns me.
- If it effecting you so much,
why don't you just move out?
- I can't.
- Sure you can.
Look, if you need a place to
stay,
you can come stay with me.
- I really can't leave.
You don't know what's happening.
- So tell me.
You can tell me anything.
And I'll do my best to
try and reserve judgment.
(ominous music continues)
- [Alaina] You should go.
- What?
You haven't even told me
what's been going on with you!
- Go!
I, I don't want you here.
- Well, I'm not giving you the
choice.
Look, I am your friend.
Stop trying to push me away.
- Oh, God, please,
please just go.
- Fine, I'll go!
But you're coming with me!
- What?
I already told you that I can't.
- Look, you need to get out of
this house,
go get some fresh air.
And you need to get away
from everything that's
been troubling you so much.
I wouldn't be a good friend
if I just let you sit and rot in
here.
(both grunting)
(Alaina grunts)
- I'm sorry.
Are you okay?
Natalie?
Natalie!
- Have you learned nothing
from your mother's death?
I will destroy everything
and everyone in your life.
You are alone.
I'm all you have left now.
- Just leave her alone!
- Maybe I will, maybe I won't.
You need to realize that
I want complete power
over this house, over
you, and over all else.
- What do you want with me?
- My sole purpose is to bring
great pain and suffering
to weak mortals like you and
your mother,
pushing you to the edge.
(Alaina panting)
- What are you doing here?
Why this house?
- You ask me for logic
when there's only ancient,
animalistic instinct.
- But there must've
something that drew you here.
- Your mother's mental illness
made her easier to get to.
She was already open to
what most refuse to believe.
In fact, she was so desperate.
She was searching to let the
spirits in.
She'd been feeling this
guilt about her death.
But she'll be responsible
for your death in the end.
- She took her own life
to protect this family!
- It wasn't hers to take, it was
mine!
This was given to me now.
You're gonna end up just like
her.
The harder you fight, the
deeper I will invade you.
Your fear is mine.
Your body is mine.
And soon your life will be mine
too.
- Let her go!
- Never. (Laughing)
Why would I give up an even
more direct way to torment you?
(ominous music)
(Alaina panting)
- Get out!
Get out!
Get out!
Get out!
Get out!
(ominous music continues)
Tell me you're okay!
- No, my head's killing me.
Yeah, I'm fine.
I can't believe I passed out.
(Natalie scoffs)
I must have been like super
dehydrated or something.
- You don't know what happened,
do you?
- Well, I mean, it's,
my vision started getting
blurry.
And I just blacked out.
I don't really remember
anything until I woke up.
- You should go home.
Get some rest.
- Well, that totally
defeats the entire purpose
of me even coming over here.
- I'm okay, really.
Catching up did a lot for me.
We'll talk.
- Take care of yourself, okay?
- Okay, come on.
(Alaina sighs)
(door clicks)
(wind blowing)
(ominous music)
(flesh squelches)
(Alaina screaming)
(ominous music continues)
I must be so foolish
to even let some small part
of me hope to find an escape.
It has a complete hold on me.
I know the damage it can do.
And I know it won't
hesitate to prove that to me
at any given moment.
This isn't some wronged or
tortured spirit
that there is any chance of
reaching or help moving on.
It was never human.
It's a demon, a product of evil
itself.
It feeds off dominating others
in the most consuming,
demeaning way possible.
I can't even see this thing.
How am I supposed to fight it?
No one will believe me either.
Being locked up in some padded
cell
doesn't sound so bad
compared to this prison
it has me trapped in.
Maybe it was just trying to
scare me and keep me here.
But I can't risk the
chance of it following me
if I were to get locked up at
some asylum.
Even death wouldn't be a
possible escape.
I would just be tormented with
no end,
even more trapped and
judged than I am now.
I need to find someone
who will believe me,
who is knowledgeable
about hauntings like this.
- Hi, I'm Sage Hawthorne.
And I am a paranormal
investigator.
I love experiencing and finding
out
all kinds of paranormal
activity.
For the past 25 years,
I have been recruited by
the tops in the field.
If you'd like to learn more
about me,
you can either purchase my
book, "Where Are the Ghosts,"
or you can please feel
free to search my site.
I feel that kids playing with
Ouija Boards
can get themselves into deep
trouble.
They feel that this
activity is just, perhaps,
um, something that isn't real.
But indeed, it is.
There are spirits and entities
out there.
And I am here to help.
If you feel that you are being
touched,
or handled, or enticed by any
kind of paranormal activity,
you should really call someone
like myself, Sage Hawthorne.
Get in touch with me so I
can come and investigate.
(Sage knocking)
(door clicks)
Sage Hawthorne.
So I understand
you're having quite a troubling
paranormal situation here?
- Yes.
Please come in.
(ominous music)
(door clicks)
- So fill me in on the haunting
you've been experiencing.
(case thuds)
- I doubt you would
catch anything on camera.
It would probably just anger it.
- Good, if it feels threatened
by me,
then it will reveal itself.
(ominous music continues)
(camera shutter clicks)
- I would provoke it if I were
you.
(Sage scoffs)
- But you're not me.
And you hire me because
I'm the professional.
And you know that you're not
equipped
to handle this on your own.
- Can I get you something?
Get you something to drink?
(ominous music continues)
- So what were the first
signs of the haunting?
- It started shortly after I
moved in.
I head a creaking on the stairs,
doors randomly closing and
shutting,
things falling and breaking,
just things that I could feel
and hear
that didn't really have any
explanation.
- What we're dealing
with is a highly advanced
and powerful entity.
(ominous music continues)
How did things escalate?
- It first happened when I was
asleep.
I was in denial.
I didn't even know what was
happening!
It happened again in the shower.
It had total domination over me.
- You know, it's very rare.
But it has been documented that
spirits
have assaulted humans in both
physical and sexual ways.
- The last person I reached out
to,
she never gonna believe me!
I should have never let her come
here!
It possessed her,
used her as a toy or a
vessel, I don't know!
Just be careful.
- You don't have to worry about
me.
There's no spirit, demonic
or not, that I can't stop.
I can catch it in the
object of the deceased.
I think I have enough to go off
of.
(ominous music continues)
I know you're in this room.
I can feel your presence!
(electricity buzzing)
(Sage chuckles)
Is that all you got?
That's child's play.
Ooh, you're so scary.
Come on, show yourself already!
(electricity buzzing)
You're pathetic.
You're praying on this poor
little girl.
Well, now you've got me to deal
with.
I'm your match.
I'm here now.
What are you afraid of me?
You pathetic piece of shit!
Come on, show me what you got!
Or you gonna hide?
'Cause you know that I can
and I will destroy you!
But you're gonna hide now,
because you're afraid!
Hide in you shame!
(Sage groans)
Enough.
I'm gonna.
You piece of shit!
(Sage screaming)
(Sage screaming)
(tools rattling)
(Sage screaming)
(ominous music)
(Will knocking)
- Alaina, are you there?
Alaina?
(ominous music continues)
(Will knocking)
Alaina?
(Will knocking)
Alaina?
(Will sighs)
(ominous music continues)
(ominous music continues)
(shovel thwacking)
(soil crunching)
(ominous music)
(keyboard clacking)
- Things are piling up on me.
But I can't let myself be
buried.
Sage would be alive if I hadn't
brought her here to help.
It was one last, desperate
attempt to reach out.
It cost Sage her life.
The ghost might've taken
over me in that moment,
just like it did with her.
I wanted to save her so
desperately,
mostly because I couldn't let
more blood be shed in this
house,
to let someone else be hurt
if there was any chance I could
stop it.
My dream was right.
It can control me.
And get me to do whatever it
wants.
I'm sure I have only scratched
the surface
of what it's capable of.
It's already pulling me into its
world,
spreading pain and suffering.
It makes fighting feel useless.
What's the point if I
have no control anyway?
(Alaina yells)
(Alaina screaming)
(Alaina groaning)
Get off of me!
It's time for this end.
You broken me down, kept me
alone,
and forced fear to run wild
throughout me.
But there's only so much
that you can do to me.
I have death and loss
surrounding me.
You see, I don't have to fear
you
if I have nothing left to lose.
(ominous music)
You no longer control me,
or anything that lies in my
home!
You've hunted the women of this
house,
and now you will be trapped
and condemned in this necklace.
And once you are,
I will be completely free of
you!
(wind blowing)
(electricity buzzing)
(ominous music)
- Flames of the day
and fires of the night,
burning brightly in my might.
Fire burn hot within my heat.
Thine protection encircle me.
Flames of the day and fires of
the night,
burning brightly in their might.
Fire burn hot.
And in thy heat,
thine protection encircle me.
Fire of the day and flames of
the night,
burning brightly in their might.
Fire burn hot and in thy heat.
Thine protection encircle me.
- Mom?
- [Lillian] I never meant for
the spirit
to enter into our home.
- It was telling the truth?
- Powerful magic has always
been part of you and part of me.
Without it, you would have never
been able
to defeat the spirit.
- You were there with me,
weren't you?
I barely knew what came over me.
- We fought together.
We defeated our tormentor
together.
But your strength and your
words were all your own.
I am so proud of you.
- There's so much I need to
know,
so much I still don't.
- I've already revealed
all that I can.
Keep searching.
The answers will come.
Your intuition is one of
your most powerful gifts.
Never disregard it.
- No.
You can't leave me now!
(ominous music)
(ominous music continues)
(birds chirping)
(solemn music)
(drawer thuds)
(drawer rattles)
(tools clattering)
(solemn music continues)
- [Lillian] My dearest Alaina,
I'm sure your father did his
best to hide this from you.
But I know it will find its way
to you.
He never really believed in my
affinity
for the magical world.
He was always far too
logical for his own good,
and couldn't believe
in other possibilities.
It took a toll on me,
which he viewed as a mental
illness.
A malevolent spirit has
entered this house now,
which may prove to be my true
downfall.
I don't know if I can defeat it.
And it's threatening those I
can't bear to see you get hurt.
No matter what happens to me,
I want you to have the truth.
And if you choose this for
yourself,
I want you to have all the
knowledge
and guidance you can in my
absence.
Your mind was always so strong
and open to possibilities many
cannot see.
Hold on to that.
And embrace it, no matter
what your choice is.
I will always love and cherish
you
as I watch you growing into
a truly astonishing woman.
With love, Mom.
(solemn music continues)
(birds chirping)
(footsteps taps)
(somber music)
(somber music continues)
(dramatic music)
(dramatic music continues)
(dramatic music)
(upbeat music)
Oh the hips were full and
bright
A deep breathe, close your
eyes
Sweat drips down your spine
As you run and try to hide far
From the scent with healthy
blood
Emanating from the girl you
love
As darkness grips your mind
The real you fades out
(upbeat music continues)
4AM, heavy heart
So you know it's all your
fault
You should've had more
self-control
You didn't have to be so cold
And it hurts to think of her
Torn apart by your words
It doesn't have to be like
this
It doesn't take silver bullets
To protect her from yourself
What you do is hard to believe
And after you wake
up from a deep sleep
You roll over and pray
it was just a bad dream
You shouldn't say things
that you don't mean
But sometimes it's hard
to keep those teeth
From sinking deeper, deeper
Into her heart
Sometimes you feel like a
werewolf
In the dead of night
Unaware of what you've done
Until you find her blood
On your hands
Devil cursed by a knife
And afraid of what's inside
Death comes to those who wait
For werewolves to change
Devil cursed by a knife
Reunited and afraid of what's
inside
Death comes to those who wait
For werewolves to change
You can't run and you can't
hide
From the thing that sleeps
deep inside
Love isn't skin deep, so don't
trust
We'll see
You shouldn't say things
that you don't mean
But sometimes it's hard
to keep those teeth
From sinking deeper, and
deeper
Into her heart
Devil cursed by a knife
Reunited and afraid of what's
inside
Death comes to those that wait