Ghost Project (2023) Movie Script
1
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
What time did you say?
5:00 to 12:00.
It started when they died?
That's when the fire started.
According to the paper, the
exits were blocked in purpose.
How many dead?
They hid the number.
[CLANK]
Shit.
Mike, come on.
Let's get out of here.
Come on, guys.
I need to do this.
[DEVICE BEEPING]
[DISTANT CLATTER]
[DOOR CREAKING]
[CLATTERING]
[DEVICE BEEPING INTENSELY]
[DOOR BANGS]
Come on.
No, no, no.
Come on.
Come on.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Wait.
[GROWLING]
[CLANKING]
[DEVICE BEEPING]
[GHOULISH VOICES]
[BULB CRACKLES, SHATTERS]
[INTENSE BEEPING]
[DEVICE SHATTERS]
[MIKE GROANS]
Mike.
You bleeding.
What's happening?
Let me see.
My eyes.
I can't see.
Mike, I'm here.
[GHOULISH VOICE]
[DEVICE BEEPS INTENSELY]
[YELLING]
Tom.
Andy.
Guys.
Washed all your
clothes last week.
No, everything except
your purple sweater.
Still has your perfume on it.
I just... I miss it so much.
I just bought the
scooter as well, finally.
Obviously I tweaked it.
I changed the
battery to 500 watts.
I know what you're thinking, I
should save up for a rainy day.
But I also know you
want me to be happy.
I... I'm... what?
Where did you go?
Fuck.
Ain't you going to last?
[UPBEAT TECHNO MUSIC]
Hey, Brian.
Hey, Alice.
Huh.
Mocha?
Yeah.
Do you want some?
I don't want.
You drink up.
Sure.
Next time.
Next time what?
You will avoid drooling it?
Drive your scooter holding
two cups of coffee?
Or you're going to
buy me breakfast?
[ELEVATOR CHIMES]
[ELEVATOR DOORS OPEN]
Good morning.
Did you and Alice
get here together?
You came 5 seconds after her.
That means you took
the elevator together.
Am I wrong?
Shouldn't you be working?
I can.
I'm uploading files.
If I look at the screen,
they upload things longer.
Scientifically proven.
Very true.
So Alice, what are you up to?
Deal with that heart stuff?
Heart rate monitoring, Heart Up.
No, it's got a name now.
That's all the progress I made.
It needs set up, testing.
Best case, 12 month
till it's published.
What?
Really?
There goes our last chance of
getting into the CS Tech Fair,
I guess.
Not to mention
that my scholarship
is hanging by a thread.
Worse even, we won't
be trending topic.
Not everything is
fame and money, Sysop.
Tell that to this bloodsucker,
manipulative prick.
Do you prefer sausage
or banana shake?
What?
Hey.
Yeah.
What are you working on?
Oh, nothing interesting.
He's hiding something,
and I'm the selfish one?
It's not that.
It's your virtual reality thing?
Augmented reality.
There is a difference, you know?
Well, we are going to the bar.
It's Friday.
Yeah, man, and it's happy hour.
I've seen your happy hour.
It's way too happy.
And we all know the outcome.
Ah, yes.
Very tempting, but I really
want to try these wireless guys.
I need the empty space.
Why don't you try
the old building?
I run there.
The old building?
Why would you run there?
What is wrong with the parks?
To test my Heart Up, honey.
The place is always empty.
It's also good for fucking.
Ugh, gross.
So I heard.
Apparently no one goes there
since that maintenance guy
got electrocuted.
What?
This guy, this janitor, he
died a couple of years back.
Some say that when
they found him,
his eye had popped
out of his head
from the electricity
going through his body.
Really creepy shit.
Some swear they can
still hear him scream.
That's supposed to scare us?
Sysop, if I ever hear
you screaming or moaning,
ugh, I will be
traumatized forever.
OK, you know where to find us.
Good luck.
See you later, man.
Yeah.
[SCOOTER BEEPS]
[HEADSET BEEPS]
[DISTANT YELLING]
Huh?
[YELLING CONTINUES]
[DOOR CREAKS]
Hello?
"Sonar magnetic detection."
[STATIC FREQUENCY]
Hello?
[GHOULISH CHATTER]
[DEVICE BEEPING, CLICKING]
Who's there?
[CLATTERING]
[CLACKING]
[GHOULISH VOICES INTENSIFY]
[GASPS]
[BEEPING]
[UPBEAT CLUB MUSIC]
I can't imagine how it feels
to see you girlfriend die.
I mean, Andrew just left me,
and I can't even get over that.
What happened?
Nothing.
When he achieved his goal, he
thought he deserved someone
better than me, so he left.
I was talking about Brian.
Of course.
Why would you care
about my personal life?
Oh, Sysop, it's the 10th time
you told me about your story
with Andrew.
I know in my heart.
Fine.
Brian was driving
when they crashed.
Apparently, was
snowing that night.
And Ellen asked him
to leave the next day,
so he convinced her
of driving back home.
The road was made of ice.
The car slip at a curve
and fell down the cliff.
God.
Yeah.
She died instantly.
He survived.
That's what's killing him.
Poor guy.
Just know that you're
handling damaged goods.
So I forgot my wallet.
I didn't know what to do.
Hey.
Are you crazy?
You just stole property
from the institute.
Well, it was just lying there.
Plus I had to, OK?
There's something
really strange about it.
Why, because your phone
flew off the table?
No.
Well, yeah, but
something else happened.
What do you mean?
It was this presence, and I
guess the device reacted to it.
Oh, check this out.
I looked up this address.
Fuck.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Wait a minute.
Are you telling me you found
the most expensive ouija
in the world?
I don't know.
And that what you
felt was a ghost?
I don't know, Sy.
It's possible.
Possible?
Why not?
Because, A, they don't exist.
And B, they don't fucking exist.
Well, if I recall
correctly, I wasn't
the one going on
about people hearing
a dead janitor screaming.
I mentioned a
bullshit urban legend.
That doesn't mean it's real.
I mean, we are tech engineers.
Practically scientists.
Exactly.
Aren't you curious?
I think you have to put that
back where you found it.
Why?
We could have potentially
detected something here, Alice.
Something you can't
explain but a ghost?
Well, a ghost is a
very ambiguous term.
We don't know what it is,
but we can try and prove
its existence, try
and explain it.
It could be unknown energies.
It could be an interference
from a parallel universe.
We have to stop now.
I don't like this at all.
Why?
Because you don't
believe in afterlife, OK?
You don't mess with
the spiritual world.
I do believe in
ghosts, and I don't
think they are crazy energies.
I think they are dead people.
Well, if there is
something strange...
Shut up.
With your neighbor who...
It's not funny.
Two people died
because of things you
can't explain or understand.
Brian, please.
Fine.
Take it back.
[WHISTLING]
[DOOR CREAKING]
Hello?
Hello?
[WHISTLING]
[DOOR CREAKS]
[SQUEALING]
[MAN GROANING]
[YELLS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[STATIC FREQUENCY ON DEVICE]
Come out.
Fuck.
Come on.
Come on.
Why won't you...
Why won't you work?
Come on.
Thanks.
Hey.
Hey.
I didn't see you
at the institute,
and you weren't
answering your phone.
I was dating this guy, this
very rich and spoiled kid,
and one day we had
a stupid fight.
And the asshole hit me,
and he hurt me pretty bad.
I told my parents, but
instead of defending me,
they say that was
probably my fault
and that I have a
very bad temper.
What did you do?
I run away and
never looked back.
Well, it's not the same, Alice.
I didn't get to make a decision
like you did or apologize.
That's what you're
trying to do, apologize?
Maybe.
Spirits don't work like that.
If they are here is because
they have unfinished business.
There is no technology to bring
her back if she passed on.
I daresay that if
she's not among us,
it's because she
was happy with you,
and there's nothing to forgive.
How can you be so sure?
Also why do you know so much
about ghosts all of a sudden?
[DOOR LOCK RATTLING]
What?
This?
Nothing's going to
happen while we're here.
[THUMP]
What?
When I first came, I rent
a room in Keyra's house.
Obviously the
bookshelf was there,
but it belongs to
Keyra's mother.
The first time I saw the book on
the floor, I did what you did.
Does it always come back?
It doesn't come back.
Someone puts it back,
which is not the same.
A ghost then?
A dead person?
Any other idea?
Some energies from
another dimension
particularly interest in
children's literature.
Wait.
Does Keyra know?
No.
You never told her.
Tell her what?
One of your dead relatives
is messing with your books?
You could start by asking
her to lower your rent.
He does have a point.
It's not funny.
OK, let's say I believe you.
We have to test this machine
and see what happens.
In my house?
Yeah.
If it is a ghost detector,
it's the only place
we know for sure it would work.
Come on.
Weren't you worried
about your scholarship?
This could change
your life, Alice.
And ours.
Shit, and the lives of
people we don't even know.
Hell, we could change history.
All right, I'm up for it.
Come on, Alice.
Your room-mate's harmless.
Honestly, it is the
safest way to do this.
It's just like a lab,
but you know, paranormal.
Promise me that if anyone gets
hurt, even a scratch, we'll
give it all up, OK?
OK.
It's 8:00 PM, September 29.
I'm Sysop Chen.
I'm with Alice Ortiz
Leon, and Brian Douglas.
Today we will be
testing this device.
Apparently, a ghost detector.
Yes, I know.
It's me saying this,
believe it or not.
But stranger things
are happening.
Brian spent long hours
in here in Alice's room,
but they didn't make out.
Hey, Alice.
Do you think we should
keep the lights on?
No, let's keep the routine.
At this time, the
house is always dark.
Let's go.
3, 2, 1.
[DEVICE WHIRLING]
OK.
You don't want me to go?
No, it's my house.
It knows me.
Are you sure?
Yes, I did this 100 times.
OK.
Take this.
If you feel anything unusual,
just say the word pretzel,
and we're turning
the dice right off.
Pretzel?
That's an S and M safe word.
Yeah, everything is with you.
Alice, Alice.
Alice.
Just be careful, yeah?
Yeah.
Can you hear me?
Yes.
OK, I'm right here.
So?
I see the book.
It's still there.
I'm putting it back.
And?
Nothing yet.
Nothing's happening.
Come back.
[STATIC FREQUENCY ON DEVICE]
[DEVICE BEEPING]
Brian.
Wait.
There's something.
[GHOULISH VOICES]
Alice.
Alice, can you hear me?
We've lost you.
What's going on?
Where she go?
This doesn't make sense.
Talk to me.
Fuck it.
I'm going.
Wait.
Brian, wait.
Pretzel.
Alice.
Alice.
[DEVICE BEEPING]
[GHOULISH VOICES]
[BULB CRACKLING]
Guys, there's a lot of
activity going on here.
[LIGHTS CRACKLING]
[DOOR BANGS]
[GASPS]
Guys, get out there now.
Let's go.
[SHUDDERING]
Shit.
Brian.
No!
Wait.
What?
Let me help you.
What?
Why?
I'm fine, Alice.
Don't be such a baby.
You don't need to do this.
Wait.
OK.
Really, I feel fine.
But you look like shit.
[WATER GUSHING]
Brian, where do you
keep your aspirins?
Hi.
How are you?
What time is it?
You don't want to know.
How are you feeling?
It still hurts.
You should have seen
the other guy, though.
Hey.
We have to try this again.
You promised me that if anything
went wrong, we'd give it up.
It's just a bruise, Alice.
It seems more like
a warning to me.
This stops here, OK?
[PHONE RINGING]
Why would...
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
They have not a clue who
or what killed the guy.
But it was no accident.
That's for sure.
Apparently the machine
upsets them somehow.
Spirits in my house had never
shown hostile behavior before
until we turned on the device.
Let's find out why.
Mr. Turner.
Who are you?
Journalists?
No.
YouTubers?
Instagrammers?
Shit talkers?
What?
No.
We're from the institute.
ITT.
I see.
Well, now will be
about a good time
to get the hell
off of my property.
I don't want anything
to do with that place.
We found your device.
Shoes.
I'm Brian.
This is Alice and Sysop.
What kind of name is that?
What?
Brian, Celtic, means brave.
But anyone can use it, even him.
Sysop stands for
system operator.
Is that what you do,
computer engineers?
No, I am designing an
app for cell phones.
You obviously all hot
shots, so you here.
That means either, A, you have
no idea what the device is for,
or B, you're already
in deep shit.
Pardon my French.
Well, we are a
little closer to be.
The institute was the
facade of the government
during the Cold War.
They developed all
sorts of new technology
there, things that even today
sound like science fiction.
We worked on radar
above all else.
But by chance,
something unexpected
appeared, an electromagnetic
manifestation,
a presence from no
visible or nearby source.
The ghost?
Perhaps.
But it interacted with the
environment and with us.
And what happened?
Apparently, the electromagnetic
waves bounced back against it,
hurting it and pissing it off.
We decided to ignore it.
I decided to ignore it, and
we paid the consequences.
We have to stop right now.
Every time we turn on the
device, we will be at risk.
Unless... unless
we go unnoticed.
I can soften those
waves, digitize them.
If you could do that, you'd
not only go unnoticed,
you could do anything
with the data.
Guys, we're going to see actual
ghosts on our cell phones.
We can now receive the data,
turn it into video signals.
That thing is from 1970.
Are you suggesting it will
be able to detect, send,
and receive a video
signal in real-time?
Yes, with my terabyte
data transmission device.
OK, I'm in.
If you guys promise to keep
it confidential, I'm in too.
All right.
But if we're going to do this,
Alice, think it's about time
you had that chat
concerning your rent.
Sy, is this fully infrared?
Last time we didn't
have enough signal.
Sy.
Sy.
Dude, not right now.
Is it true?
It is.
Are you sure these guys
aren't doing drugs?
What?
No.
I'd give anything
to see my mom again.
We are not sure if it is her.
But is there a better
reason to test this device?
OK, I pair your phone
to the VR glasses.
And this is the attenuator.
It will make the entire system
work in the lowest range.
You will be able to see
ghost, but they won't see you.
Come here.
[HEADSET BEEPS]
This is crazy.
Are you sure it'll even work?
Its my tech.
Of course, it's going to work.
Just in case, move carefully.
Don't be afraid.
OK?
Here, I installed
the same app for you
to monitor along the way.
If something should come
near you, well, you'll know.
Thanks.
Now I feel much safer.
OK, let's do this.
OK.
Receiving video and sound.
Can I have that?
Remember, pretzel.
Yeah, thanks.
Easy, Brian.
So you didn't know about this?
No.
My mom and I didn't end
up on the best of terms.
I guess I always felt
her presence here.
That's probably why
I rented the room.
[DEVICE CHIMING]
Brian, the temperature
is dropping.
I don't see anything.
Do you see a dark shape?
It's nothing.
It's just a coat.
[STATIC FREQUENCY]
It has to be there.
Maybe this isn't working, guys.
OK, come back.
[GHOULISH VOICE]
What's the matter?
Mom.
Keyra, no.
Keyra.
Wait, wait.
Mama?
[UPBEAT CLUB MUSIC]
Time for the reward.
Yeah.
Time to get wasted.
We do a little ghost toast.
Cheers.
Oh, my god, I love this song.
Well, off you go then.
OK.
Come on.
So I know lady
living in my house.
Yeah, it seems so.
What's next?
[ELEVATOR CHIMES]
Shall I ask?
No.
I can do it.
With more power, I
can amplify the signal
from the device like
a Wi-Fi network.
Then we improve the
app, and we will
be able to see ghosts on our
phones from a much wider range.
I don't know.
We're going to be rich.
Just imagine.
Apparition available
on Play Store.
Apparition?
OK, marketing is not
my thing, I admit it.
But that's not the point.
The point is the clock is
ticking now, and we can't stop.
If we don't take this
opportunity, someone else will.
I get it, Sy.
I really do.
But we're just not
ready to test the app.
What do we do if...
What do we do when we
encounter more than one ghost?
More than one ghost?
What are the odds
of that happening?
Of what?
Of there being more
than one dead person?
Look, I came to this
institute because I
wanted to create
amazing technologies,
things that could change
the world, go beyond.
This is going beyond.
And if the next level
is multiple objectives,
then so be it.
Fine.
Well, we're going
to test it then.
The factory was taken for
weeks during a strike.
There were families there.
Apparently the owner decided
to light the basement on fire
to force them out, but somehow
they got trapped inside.
They all burned alive.
How many dead?
The newspapers didn't say, but
I hacked the public records.
Don't forget Mike's friends.
Yeah, whatever.
It's the only place
we can do this.
I can take the risk.
If the system fails, you will
be attacked by a dozen ghosts.
Yeah, if he's lucky.
Why would it fail?
We just found the thing.
Oh, I see.
You all got what you wanted.
That's why you don't
care stopping now.
We're not going to quit.
We're just trying to
avoid an unnecessary risk.
I shared my work.
You owe me.
We don't ask you for anything.
It was your decision.
You say that because
you're only contribution
was emotional support.
Is that what you think I did?
I don't know.
You tell me.
I brought the first ghost,
but most importantly, I
took care of you
from the beginning.
So believe it or not, that turns
me into the smartest person
here.
The machine is in the trunk.
Good luck.
Oh, here.
[MACHINE WHIRRING]
Apparition.
[DRILL WHIRRING]
[GROWL]
[WHIRRING]
[CLATTER]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
What?
Sysop, what the fuck?
[WHIRRING RESUMES]
[GASPS]
[GROWLING]
[DRILL WHIRRING]
[SCREAMING]
Brian.
Mike.
Mike, it's me, Alice.
Mike.
Brian.
Yeah.
If anything goes wrong, I
just want you to know that...
Wait.
Are you getting all
emotional on me?
What?
No, dude.
I was going to tell
you that I have
all the data from this
project ready to be uploaded
to the web.
See?
One click away.
What are you doing here?
What the bloody hell
happened to you?
I think I made a mistake.
What do you mean?
I came hoping you would
help me stop my friends,
but you never stopped.
I stopped.
Really?
When?
When your friends got killed?
You could destroy that
machine, but you left it there
in the basement hoping that some
young, reckless, ambitious kids
do what you don't dare to
do, take the risk so you can
see your parents again, right?
And my sister.
They all died in that fire.
Now my friends are
in danger, and you're
going to help me stop them, OK?
I don't get it.
The ghost in your
house is harmless.
Do you think they
are in my house?
We have to stop them now.
I know.
No, you don't understand.
This is why I stopped.
The cell phone
companies took advantage
that the factory was closed,
and they put antennas there.
That's for interference.
Yeah, the data transmitter,
the attenuator, it'll
all malfunction.
And the system may collapse.
Damn, why are they
not answering?
You OK?
What time is it?
11:50 PM.
Help me with this.
Yeah.
Ready?
Yup.
Lead the way.
Can you hear me?
Yeah.
You all right?
Yeah, but my butt
is freezing here.
[BEEP]
[WHIRRING]
Brian, there's something wrong.
I don't see anything, Sy.
[STATIC FREQUENCY]
Was it you?
No.
[SLAMMING]
[GASPS]
Come on.
You coming?
I have to shut it down.
Here, go get my friends.
You OK?
Yeah, I'm fine.
You sure you OK?
Yeah.
You seen something?
No.
Guys.
Brian.
Sysop.
What's going on?
Can we see them?
I don't know, Sy.
Maybe we should leave.
[DEVICE BEEPING]
[CLATTER]
[BIKE SQUEALING]
Yep, we're leaving.
[GHOULISH GROWLS]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
What the fuck.
Holy shit.
Help me, Sy.
Yeah.
I'm sorry, guys.
[GROWLING]
[SCREAMING]
What was that?
I don't know, man.
But we have to
find another exit.
[SHRIEKS]
Where are they?
I don't know.
What the hell?
[INTENSE BEEPING]
[SHRIEKS]
[SCREAMS]
[THUD]
Sy.
Sysop.
Don't move.
They're all around us.
That's impossible.
What did you do?
Nothing.
Nothing, man.
Oh, my god.
Sy, wait.
Run!
Sy!
Sysop!
Wait.
You shouldn't be here.
Come on.
We will kill you.
Help!
Somebody, help!
[GHOULISH VOICE]
[ZAPPING]
[GROANING]
Alice.
Alice.
We have to get out of here.
Where'd you go?
No.
No.
Please.
Please.
Please.
Fuck.
Fuck!
Alice...
[GHOULISH GROWLS]
Brian.
[SCREAMING]
[MANGLED BREATHING]
[GROWLING]
[BEEP]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Apparition.
Hey, girl, what up?
Hey.
Do you know who Sysop Chen is?
I just got this email, and...
No, never mind that.
I mean, all my friends
at the institute
got spammed with that email.
Oh, did anybody open it.
Yeah, of course, I did.
What is it?
Nothing, really.
I mean, it's a
strange app that has
an empty interface
that is supposed
to be a ghost detector.
But nothing in that app works.
Oh, cool.
[CLATTER]
[PHONE BEEPING]
[DOOR CREAKS]
[GROWLING, SCREAMING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
What time did you say?
5:00 to 12:00.
It started when they died?
That's when the fire started.
According to the paper, the
exits were blocked in purpose.
How many dead?
They hid the number.
[CLANK]
Shit.
Mike, come on.
Let's get out of here.
Come on, guys.
I need to do this.
[DEVICE BEEPING]
[DISTANT CLATTER]
[DOOR CREAKING]
[CLATTERING]
[DEVICE BEEPING INTENSELY]
[DOOR BANGS]
Come on.
No, no, no.
Come on.
Come on.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Wait.
[GROWLING]
[CLANKING]
[DEVICE BEEPING]
[GHOULISH VOICES]
[BULB CRACKLES, SHATTERS]
[INTENSE BEEPING]
[DEVICE SHATTERS]
[MIKE GROANS]
Mike.
You bleeding.
What's happening?
Let me see.
My eyes.
I can't see.
Mike, I'm here.
[GHOULISH VOICE]
[DEVICE BEEPS INTENSELY]
[YELLING]
Tom.
Andy.
Guys.
Washed all your
clothes last week.
No, everything except
your purple sweater.
Still has your perfume on it.
I just... I miss it so much.
I just bought the
scooter as well, finally.
Obviously I tweaked it.
I changed the
battery to 500 watts.
I know what you're thinking, I
should save up for a rainy day.
But I also know you
want me to be happy.
I... I'm... what?
Where did you go?
Fuck.
Ain't you going to last?
[UPBEAT TECHNO MUSIC]
Hey, Brian.
Hey, Alice.
Huh.
Mocha?
Yeah.
Do you want some?
I don't want.
You drink up.
Sure.
Next time.
Next time what?
You will avoid drooling it?
Drive your scooter holding
two cups of coffee?
Or you're going to
buy me breakfast?
[ELEVATOR CHIMES]
[ELEVATOR DOORS OPEN]
Good morning.
Did you and Alice
get here together?
You came 5 seconds after her.
That means you took
the elevator together.
Am I wrong?
Shouldn't you be working?
I can.
I'm uploading files.
If I look at the screen,
they upload things longer.
Scientifically proven.
Very true.
So Alice, what are you up to?
Deal with that heart stuff?
Heart rate monitoring, Heart Up.
No, it's got a name now.
That's all the progress I made.
It needs set up, testing.
Best case, 12 month
till it's published.
What?
Really?
There goes our last chance of
getting into the CS Tech Fair,
I guess.
Not to mention
that my scholarship
is hanging by a thread.
Worse even, we won't
be trending topic.
Not everything is
fame and money, Sysop.
Tell that to this bloodsucker,
manipulative prick.
Do you prefer sausage
or banana shake?
What?
Hey.
Yeah.
What are you working on?
Oh, nothing interesting.
He's hiding something,
and I'm the selfish one?
It's not that.
It's your virtual reality thing?
Augmented reality.
There is a difference, you know?
Well, we are going to the bar.
It's Friday.
Yeah, man, and it's happy hour.
I've seen your happy hour.
It's way too happy.
And we all know the outcome.
Ah, yes.
Very tempting, but I really
want to try these wireless guys.
I need the empty space.
Why don't you try
the old building?
I run there.
The old building?
Why would you run there?
What is wrong with the parks?
To test my Heart Up, honey.
The place is always empty.
It's also good for fucking.
Ugh, gross.
So I heard.
Apparently no one goes there
since that maintenance guy
got electrocuted.
What?
This guy, this janitor, he
died a couple of years back.
Some say that when
they found him,
his eye had popped
out of his head
from the electricity
going through his body.
Really creepy shit.
Some swear they can
still hear him scream.
That's supposed to scare us?
Sysop, if I ever hear
you screaming or moaning,
ugh, I will be
traumatized forever.
OK, you know where to find us.
Good luck.
See you later, man.
Yeah.
[SCOOTER BEEPS]
[HEADSET BEEPS]
[DISTANT YELLING]
Huh?
[YELLING CONTINUES]
[DOOR CREAKS]
Hello?
"Sonar magnetic detection."
[STATIC FREQUENCY]
Hello?
[GHOULISH CHATTER]
[DEVICE BEEPING, CLICKING]
Who's there?
[CLATTERING]
[CLACKING]
[GHOULISH VOICES INTENSIFY]
[GASPS]
[BEEPING]
[UPBEAT CLUB MUSIC]
I can't imagine how it feels
to see you girlfriend die.
I mean, Andrew just left me,
and I can't even get over that.
What happened?
Nothing.
When he achieved his goal, he
thought he deserved someone
better than me, so he left.
I was talking about Brian.
Of course.
Why would you care
about my personal life?
Oh, Sysop, it's the 10th time
you told me about your story
with Andrew.
I know in my heart.
Fine.
Brian was driving
when they crashed.
Apparently, was
snowing that night.
And Ellen asked him
to leave the next day,
so he convinced her
of driving back home.
The road was made of ice.
The car slip at a curve
and fell down the cliff.
God.
Yeah.
She died instantly.
He survived.
That's what's killing him.
Poor guy.
Just know that you're
handling damaged goods.
So I forgot my wallet.
I didn't know what to do.
Hey.
Are you crazy?
You just stole property
from the institute.
Well, it was just lying there.
Plus I had to, OK?
There's something
really strange about it.
Why, because your phone
flew off the table?
No.
Well, yeah, but
something else happened.
What do you mean?
It was this presence, and I
guess the device reacted to it.
Oh, check this out.
I looked up this address.
Fuck.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Wait a minute.
Are you telling me you found
the most expensive ouija
in the world?
I don't know.
And that what you
felt was a ghost?
I don't know, Sy.
It's possible.
Possible?
Why not?
Because, A, they don't exist.
And B, they don't fucking exist.
Well, if I recall
correctly, I wasn't
the one going on
about people hearing
a dead janitor screaming.
I mentioned a
bullshit urban legend.
That doesn't mean it's real.
I mean, we are tech engineers.
Practically scientists.
Exactly.
Aren't you curious?
I think you have to put that
back where you found it.
Why?
We could have potentially
detected something here, Alice.
Something you can't
explain but a ghost?
Well, a ghost is a
very ambiguous term.
We don't know what it is,
but we can try and prove
its existence, try
and explain it.
It could be unknown energies.
It could be an interference
from a parallel universe.
We have to stop now.
I don't like this at all.
Why?
Because you don't
believe in afterlife, OK?
You don't mess with
the spiritual world.
I do believe in
ghosts, and I don't
think they are crazy energies.
I think they are dead people.
Well, if there is
something strange...
Shut up.
With your neighbor who...
It's not funny.
Two people died
because of things you
can't explain or understand.
Brian, please.
Fine.
Take it back.
[WHISTLING]
[DOOR CREAKING]
Hello?
Hello?
[WHISTLING]
[DOOR CREAKS]
[SQUEALING]
[MAN GROANING]
[YELLS]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[STATIC FREQUENCY ON DEVICE]
Come out.
Fuck.
Come on.
Come on.
Why won't you...
Why won't you work?
Come on.
Thanks.
Hey.
Hey.
I didn't see you
at the institute,
and you weren't
answering your phone.
I was dating this guy, this
very rich and spoiled kid,
and one day we had
a stupid fight.
And the asshole hit me,
and he hurt me pretty bad.
I told my parents, but
instead of defending me,
they say that was
probably my fault
and that I have a
very bad temper.
What did you do?
I run away and
never looked back.
Well, it's not the same, Alice.
I didn't get to make a decision
like you did or apologize.
That's what you're
trying to do, apologize?
Maybe.
Spirits don't work like that.
If they are here is because
they have unfinished business.
There is no technology to bring
her back if she passed on.
I daresay that if
she's not among us,
it's because she
was happy with you,
and there's nothing to forgive.
How can you be so sure?
Also why do you know so much
about ghosts all of a sudden?
[DOOR LOCK RATTLING]
What?
This?
Nothing's going to
happen while we're here.
[THUMP]
What?
When I first came, I rent
a room in Keyra's house.
Obviously the
bookshelf was there,
but it belongs to
Keyra's mother.
The first time I saw the book on
the floor, I did what you did.
Does it always come back?
It doesn't come back.
Someone puts it back,
which is not the same.
A ghost then?
A dead person?
Any other idea?
Some energies from
another dimension
particularly interest in
children's literature.
Wait.
Does Keyra know?
No.
You never told her.
Tell her what?
One of your dead relatives
is messing with your books?
You could start by asking
her to lower your rent.
He does have a point.
It's not funny.
OK, let's say I believe you.
We have to test this machine
and see what happens.
In my house?
Yeah.
If it is a ghost detector,
it's the only place
we know for sure it would work.
Come on.
Weren't you worried
about your scholarship?
This could change
your life, Alice.
And ours.
Shit, and the lives of
people we don't even know.
Hell, we could change history.
All right, I'm up for it.
Come on, Alice.
Your room-mate's harmless.
Honestly, it is the
safest way to do this.
It's just like a lab,
but you know, paranormal.
Promise me that if anyone gets
hurt, even a scratch, we'll
give it all up, OK?
OK.
It's 8:00 PM, September 29.
I'm Sysop Chen.
I'm with Alice Ortiz
Leon, and Brian Douglas.
Today we will be
testing this device.
Apparently, a ghost detector.
Yes, I know.
It's me saying this,
believe it or not.
But stranger things
are happening.
Brian spent long hours
in here in Alice's room,
but they didn't make out.
Hey, Alice.
Do you think we should
keep the lights on?
No, let's keep the routine.
At this time, the
house is always dark.
Let's go.
3, 2, 1.
[DEVICE WHIRLING]
OK.
You don't want me to go?
No, it's my house.
It knows me.
Are you sure?
Yes, I did this 100 times.
OK.
Take this.
If you feel anything unusual,
just say the word pretzel,
and we're turning
the dice right off.
Pretzel?
That's an S and M safe word.
Yeah, everything is with you.
Alice, Alice.
Alice.
Just be careful, yeah?
Yeah.
Can you hear me?
Yes.
OK, I'm right here.
So?
I see the book.
It's still there.
I'm putting it back.
And?
Nothing yet.
Nothing's happening.
Come back.
[STATIC FREQUENCY ON DEVICE]
[DEVICE BEEPING]
Brian.
Wait.
There's something.
[GHOULISH VOICES]
Alice.
Alice, can you hear me?
We've lost you.
What's going on?
Where she go?
This doesn't make sense.
Talk to me.
Fuck it.
I'm going.
Wait.
Brian, wait.
Pretzel.
Alice.
Alice.
[DEVICE BEEPING]
[GHOULISH VOICES]
[BULB CRACKLING]
Guys, there's a lot of
activity going on here.
[LIGHTS CRACKLING]
[DOOR BANGS]
[GASPS]
Guys, get out there now.
Let's go.
[SHUDDERING]
Shit.
Brian.
No!
Wait.
What?
Let me help you.
What?
Why?
I'm fine, Alice.
Don't be such a baby.
You don't need to do this.
Wait.
OK.
Really, I feel fine.
But you look like shit.
[WATER GUSHING]
Brian, where do you
keep your aspirins?
Hi.
How are you?
What time is it?
You don't want to know.
How are you feeling?
It still hurts.
You should have seen
the other guy, though.
Hey.
We have to try this again.
You promised me that if anything
went wrong, we'd give it up.
It's just a bruise, Alice.
It seems more like
a warning to me.
This stops here, OK?
[PHONE RINGING]
Why would...
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
They have not a clue who
or what killed the guy.
But it was no accident.
That's for sure.
Apparently the machine
upsets them somehow.
Spirits in my house had never
shown hostile behavior before
until we turned on the device.
Let's find out why.
Mr. Turner.
Who are you?
Journalists?
No.
YouTubers?
Instagrammers?
Shit talkers?
What?
No.
We're from the institute.
ITT.
I see.
Well, now will be
about a good time
to get the hell
off of my property.
I don't want anything
to do with that place.
We found your device.
Shoes.
I'm Brian.
This is Alice and Sysop.
What kind of name is that?
What?
Brian, Celtic, means brave.
But anyone can use it, even him.
Sysop stands for
system operator.
Is that what you do,
computer engineers?
No, I am designing an
app for cell phones.
You obviously all hot
shots, so you here.
That means either, A, you have
no idea what the device is for,
or B, you're already
in deep shit.
Pardon my French.
Well, we are a
little closer to be.
The institute was the
facade of the government
during the Cold War.
They developed all
sorts of new technology
there, things that even today
sound like science fiction.
We worked on radar
above all else.
But by chance,
something unexpected
appeared, an electromagnetic
manifestation,
a presence from no
visible or nearby source.
The ghost?
Perhaps.
But it interacted with the
environment and with us.
And what happened?
Apparently, the electromagnetic
waves bounced back against it,
hurting it and pissing it off.
We decided to ignore it.
I decided to ignore it, and
we paid the consequences.
We have to stop right now.
Every time we turn on the
device, we will be at risk.
Unless... unless
we go unnoticed.
I can soften those
waves, digitize them.
If you could do that, you'd
not only go unnoticed,
you could do anything
with the data.
Guys, we're going to see actual
ghosts on our cell phones.
We can now receive the data,
turn it into video signals.
That thing is from 1970.
Are you suggesting it will
be able to detect, send,
and receive a video
signal in real-time?
Yes, with my terabyte
data transmission device.
OK, I'm in.
If you guys promise to keep
it confidential, I'm in too.
All right.
But if we're going to do this,
Alice, think it's about time
you had that chat
concerning your rent.
Sy, is this fully infrared?
Last time we didn't
have enough signal.
Sy.
Sy.
Dude, not right now.
Is it true?
It is.
Are you sure these guys
aren't doing drugs?
What?
No.
I'd give anything
to see my mom again.
We are not sure if it is her.
But is there a better
reason to test this device?
OK, I pair your phone
to the VR glasses.
And this is the attenuator.
It will make the entire system
work in the lowest range.
You will be able to see
ghost, but they won't see you.
Come here.
[HEADSET BEEPS]
This is crazy.
Are you sure it'll even work?
Its my tech.
Of course, it's going to work.
Just in case, move carefully.
Don't be afraid.
OK?
Here, I installed
the same app for you
to monitor along the way.
If something should come
near you, well, you'll know.
Thanks.
Now I feel much safer.
OK, let's do this.
OK.
Receiving video and sound.
Can I have that?
Remember, pretzel.
Yeah, thanks.
Easy, Brian.
So you didn't know about this?
No.
My mom and I didn't end
up on the best of terms.
I guess I always felt
her presence here.
That's probably why
I rented the room.
[DEVICE CHIMING]
Brian, the temperature
is dropping.
I don't see anything.
Do you see a dark shape?
It's nothing.
It's just a coat.
[STATIC FREQUENCY]
It has to be there.
Maybe this isn't working, guys.
OK, come back.
[GHOULISH VOICE]
What's the matter?
Mom.
Keyra, no.
Keyra.
Wait, wait.
Mama?
[UPBEAT CLUB MUSIC]
Time for the reward.
Yeah.
Time to get wasted.
We do a little ghost toast.
Cheers.
Oh, my god, I love this song.
Well, off you go then.
OK.
Come on.
So I know lady
living in my house.
Yeah, it seems so.
What's next?
[ELEVATOR CHIMES]
Shall I ask?
No.
I can do it.
With more power, I
can amplify the signal
from the device like
a Wi-Fi network.
Then we improve the
app, and we will
be able to see ghosts on our
phones from a much wider range.
I don't know.
We're going to be rich.
Just imagine.
Apparition available
on Play Store.
Apparition?
OK, marketing is not
my thing, I admit it.
But that's not the point.
The point is the clock is
ticking now, and we can't stop.
If we don't take this
opportunity, someone else will.
I get it, Sy.
I really do.
But we're just not
ready to test the app.
What do we do if...
What do we do when we
encounter more than one ghost?
More than one ghost?
What are the odds
of that happening?
Of what?
Of there being more
than one dead person?
Look, I came to this
institute because I
wanted to create
amazing technologies,
things that could change
the world, go beyond.
This is going beyond.
And if the next level
is multiple objectives,
then so be it.
Fine.
Well, we're going
to test it then.
The factory was taken for
weeks during a strike.
There were families there.
Apparently the owner decided
to light the basement on fire
to force them out, but somehow
they got trapped inside.
They all burned alive.
How many dead?
The newspapers didn't say, but
I hacked the public records.
Don't forget Mike's friends.
Yeah, whatever.
It's the only place
we can do this.
I can take the risk.
If the system fails, you will
be attacked by a dozen ghosts.
Yeah, if he's lucky.
Why would it fail?
We just found the thing.
Oh, I see.
You all got what you wanted.
That's why you don't
care stopping now.
We're not going to quit.
We're just trying to
avoid an unnecessary risk.
I shared my work.
You owe me.
We don't ask you for anything.
It was your decision.
You say that because
you're only contribution
was emotional support.
Is that what you think I did?
I don't know.
You tell me.
I brought the first ghost,
but most importantly, I
took care of you
from the beginning.
So believe it or not, that turns
me into the smartest person
here.
The machine is in the trunk.
Good luck.
Oh, here.
[MACHINE WHIRRING]
Apparition.
[DRILL WHIRRING]
[GROWL]
[WHIRRING]
[CLATTER]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
What?
Sysop, what the fuck?
[WHIRRING RESUMES]
[GASPS]
[GROWLING]
[DRILL WHIRRING]
[SCREAMING]
Brian.
Mike.
Mike, it's me, Alice.
Mike.
Brian.
Yeah.
If anything goes wrong, I
just want you to know that...
Wait.
Are you getting all
emotional on me?
What?
No, dude.
I was going to tell
you that I have
all the data from this
project ready to be uploaded
to the web.
See?
One click away.
What are you doing here?
What the bloody hell
happened to you?
I think I made a mistake.
What do you mean?
I came hoping you would
help me stop my friends,
but you never stopped.
I stopped.
Really?
When?
When your friends got killed?
You could destroy that
machine, but you left it there
in the basement hoping that some
young, reckless, ambitious kids
do what you don't dare to
do, take the risk so you can
see your parents again, right?
And my sister.
They all died in that fire.
Now my friends are
in danger, and you're
going to help me stop them, OK?
I don't get it.
The ghost in your
house is harmless.
Do you think they
are in my house?
We have to stop them now.
I know.
No, you don't understand.
This is why I stopped.
The cell phone
companies took advantage
that the factory was closed,
and they put antennas there.
That's for interference.
Yeah, the data transmitter,
the attenuator, it'll
all malfunction.
And the system may collapse.
Damn, why are they
not answering?
You OK?
What time is it?
11:50 PM.
Help me with this.
Yeah.
Ready?
Yup.
Lead the way.
Can you hear me?
Yeah.
You all right?
Yeah, but my butt
is freezing here.
[BEEP]
[WHIRRING]
Brian, there's something wrong.
I don't see anything, Sy.
[STATIC FREQUENCY]
Was it you?
No.
[SLAMMING]
[GASPS]
Come on.
You coming?
I have to shut it down.
Here, go get my friends.
You OK?
Yeah, I'm fine.
You sure you OK?
Yeah.
You seen something?
No.
Guys.
Brian.
Sysop.
What's going on?
Can we see them?
I don't know, Sy.
Maybe we should leave.
[DEVICE BEEPING]
[CLATTER]
[BIKE SQUEALING]
Yep, we're leaving.
[GHOULISH GROWLS]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
What the fuck.
Holy shit.
Help me, Sy.
Yeah.
I'm sorry, guys.
[GROWLING]
[SCREAMING]
What was that?
I don't know, man.
But we have to
find another exit.
[SHRIEKS]
Where are they?
I don't know.
What the hell?
[INTENSE BEEPING]
[SHRIEKS]
[SCREAMS]
[THUD]
Sy.
Sysop.
Don't move.
They're all around us.
That's impossible.
What did you do?
Nothing.
Nothing, man.
Oh, my god.
Sy, wait.
Run!
Sy!
Sysop!
Wait.
You shouldn't be here.
Come on.
We will kill you.
Help!
Somebody, help!
[GHOULISH VOICE]
[ZAPPING]
[GROANING]
Alice.
Alice.
We have to get out of here.
Where'd you go?
No.
No.
Please.
Please.
Please.
Fuck.
Fuck!
Alice...
[GHOULISH GROWLS]
Brian.
[SCREAMING]
[MANGLED BREATHING]
[GROWLING]
[BEEP]
[PHONE VIBRATES]
Apparition.
Hey, girl, what up?
Hey.
Do you know who Sysop Chen is?
I just got this email, and...
No, never mind that.
I mean, all my friends
at the institute
got spammed with that email.
Oh, did anybody open it.
Yeah, of course, I did.
What is it?
Nothing, really.
I mean, it's a
strange app that has
an empty interface
that is supposed
to be a ghost detector.
But nothing in that app works.
Oh, cool.
[CLATTER]
[PHONE BEEPING]
[DOOR CREAKS]
[GROWLING, SCREAMING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]