Nightmare Radio: The Night Stalker (2022) Movie Script
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[logo buzzing]
[ominous music]
[wind blowing]
[leaves rustling]
[bells jingling]
[ominous music]
[TV character screaming]
[tense music]
[TV buzzing]
[tense music]
[TV clicking]
[tense music]
[remote banging]
[intense music]
[TV clicking]
[TV characters screaming]
[intense music]
[books banging]
[intense music continues]
- Help me, please!
Somebody help, somebody help!
[intense music]
[victim panting]
[ominous music]
- [Doll] Play time.
[ominous music]
Play time.
[ominous music]
[TV character screaming]
[electricity buzzing]
[dark chaotic music]
[dark chaotic music swells]
- Stop it!
[victim panting]
[intense music]
[victim gasping]
[victim panting]
[intense music]
[tense music]
- It's midnight.
We begin, dear listeners,
with a woman dressed as a
bride and then, total darkness.
Better not draw any conclusions.
Two past 12 and we do as usual.
Whoever doesn't wanna
have nightmares tonight
should turn off the radio
on the count of three.
Ready?
One,
two,
three.
My name is Candy Blue.
Welcome to Nightmare Radio,
where horror stories never end.
[intense metal music]
[ominous music]
[intense metal music]
Closing the time line
Of possession and light
Come to the ocean
Leave the lions inside
Full moon is rising
And the answer is near
Out in the darkness
The freaks are in tears
[radio pinging]
Dear listeners,
I challenge you guys on
a topic for today's show.
I'd like you to tell me
about the wildest situation
you've ever experienced.
The definition of
wild is up to you.
It could be finding yourself
stuck in the middle of a fight
between two gangs of hooligans,
bouncing in the mosh of an
extreme punk rock concert,
or being chased by a
cougar through the jungle.
Whatever you want, but it's
gotta be an interesting story
and it should have
happened to you, okay?
Our phone number is 201-5137.
Call me, don't get cold feet.
And since we are talking
about wild stories,
I'll grab this opportunity
to tell you one.
It's about a
lonely, bored woman,
who feels that something
is missing in her life.
[ominous music]
[wind blowing]
[ominous music]
[phone ringing]
- Hello, Ellen
Foley Photography.
Hi, Mary.
Oh, well we can reschedule.
No, I, I understand.
Well, thanks for
letting me know.
[ominous music]
[glass cracking]
[laptop buzzing]
[ominous music]
[door opening]
[machine whirring]
- You're gonna have
to sort something out.
You're gonna have to
either push for more work
or get a new job,
'cause I dunno what else to do.
We have one income
coming into this house
and we have no savings left.
Ellen,
you even listening to me?
- The last time I listened
to you we bought this house.
- Here, it's fixed.
[birds chirping]
- I took that.
[birds chirping]
[ominous music]
[trash cans rattling]
James.
[James muttering]
[ominous music]
[James sighs]
[ominous music]
[camera clicking]
[ominous music]
[camera clicking]
[ominous music]
[camera clicking]
[ominous music]
- Ellen.
Ellen.
Have you forgotten
about your sister?
Now we're stuck
here and that's it.
We just gotta get on with it.
- What about Ellen's business?
She needs to advertise.
Ellen, you need to advertise.
People need to know
that you're here.
I can help you.
[sister muttering]
[tense music]
[dark chaotic music]
- Ellen.
Bye.
Hey.
Hey, what's wrong with you?
[ominous music]
[ran pouring]
[ominous music]
[person screeching]
[tense music]
[couple moaning]
[couple moaning]
[intense music]
[couple panting]
[ominous music]
[train whistle blowing]
[thunder roaring]
[wind blowing]
[thunder roaring]
Ellen!
[ominous music]
[ominous music swells]
Ellen.
Elle.
- Hm?
- Wake up.
[ominous music]
You are fucking insane!
[fox yelping]
[tense music]
Ellen!
Ellen!
Ellen!
[fox yelping]
[ominous music]
[ominous music swells]
[fox yelps]
[tires screeching]
[tense music]
[ominous music]
[fox chittering]
[ominous music]
[James crying]
[door thudding]
[foxes yelping]
[ominous music]
[foxes yelping]
[intense squeal ringing]
[items banging]
[foxes yelping]
[tense music]
[ominous music]
Hey!
[ominous music]
[ominous music swells]
[fox screaming]
[water leaking]
[rhythmic metal music]
[radio pinging]
- It's one o'clock
in the morning.
You're listening
to Nightmare Radio,
stories for in insomniacs
who wanna stay insomniacs.
I'm waiting for your
call at 201-5137.
We got someone on the phone.
Hello?
- [Jack] Hi, how are you?
- Not bad, thanks.
What's your name?
- [Jack] Jack.
- Jack.
- [Jack] Yes, like
Jack the Ripper.
- Funny.
So you got a story for me, Jack?
- [Jack] I do, but the truth is
that I prefer to look at
you telling the stories.
- Look at me telling stories?
- [Jack] Yeah, I'm
watching you right now.
You look very pretty.
- Let's see, which
eye did I just blink,
right or left, Jack?
- [Jack] I cannot see
that from where I am.
- Hm, yeah, right.
Wait, you sent me a
gift today, right?
- I did and I'm
glad you liked it.
- How do you know I liked it?
- [Jack] Because you're
wearing it right now, love.
Am I wrong?
[ominous music]
- I'm sorry, but you're wrong.
What's your story?
- [Jack] Are you sure
you're not wearing it, love?
- Okay, I'm bored.
Thanks for dialing in.
Asshole.
[melancholy music]
[machine whirring]
- I gotta unpack everything
and I'm pretty beat.
You guys have fun.
All right, I'll see
you guys tomorrow.
[tense music]
[TV static buzzing]
[tense music]
[TV static buzzing]
[tense music]
[glass shattering]
[tense music continues]
[victim screams]
[tense music]
[creature growls]
[intense music]
[tense music]
Fuck.
[TV static buzzing]
[tense music]
[eerie music]
[victim grunting]
[victim screams]
- [Bob] And I touched my
stomach and it was bleeding.
- Not bad, Bob.
but you were supposed
to tell a story
that actually happened to you.
- [Bob] It did.
- If it took place in your
dreams, it doesn't count.
But thanks for dialing in.
It's almost two
o'clock in the morning.
We got another call.
Who's there?
- [Jack] Hi, my sweet Candy.
It's me.
- Again.
- [Jack] Well, you just didn't
let me finish telling you
what I wanted to say.
- I ain't got no time for this.
You got a story or not?
- [Jack] Of course I do.
- So tell it.
- [Jack] It happened
a month ago.
The main character is
a young pretty girl
with many friends and
an interesting job.
- I said the story
gotta be personal.
- [Jack] Be patient,
my Candy sweet.
- Okay, go on.
- [Jack] It turns
out that this girl
goes to a bar with some
girlfriends from work.
The place was packed that night.
A guy tries to buy her a drink.
She says no, but he insists
and she finally agrees.
And then she chooses the
most luxurious drink.
They have a fancy French
wine, hugely expensive.
He spends half of his
salary inviting her.
So she tells him, "Wait here,
I'm going to the toilet."
He stays there and the
girl is not coming back.
Then he sees her leaving the
bar with her girlfriends,
sharing the wine among
them, laughing really hard.
Nasty, isn't it?
And the worst part
is that she probably doesn't
even remember him now.
- I think she does remember
Jack, and she regrets it.
She was probably drunk
and wouldn't do it again.
- [Jack] You think so?
Maybe.
What if the guy wasn't
as dumb as she thought?
Imagine if she humiliated
the wrong person.
What if the girl is doomed
and she doesn't even know it?
Interesting, right?
- Look man, I think the
guy should get over it.
It wasn't such a big deal,
but thanks for dialing in.
- [Jack] You better not
hang up on me, love.
- What did you just say?
- [Jack] I said, don't even
think of hanging up on me.
- Bye, Jack ass.
I call the shots here.
Let's cut to the commercials.
Stay there folks.
- [Announcer] I play
guitar and when I play,
I like to turn up the juice.
So I rock with the
real fruit juice taste
in Bubble Yum bubble gum's new
Hawaiian punch fruit punch,
wet and wild watermelon,
and strawberry stripe.
Their full face taste
keeps my jaws jamming
and their blasting
bubbles out of my lips
like my fingers
cross this guitar.
Bubble Yum has three new flavors
with real fruit juice taste.
You gotta like
the sound of that.
Bubble Yum keeps it-
[intense music]
[ominous music]
- [Announcer] Unwrap a
piece of pure paradise..
[door slamming]
[tense music]
- Sorry we had to
use the back door.
The uh, the only one that
hasn't been condemned.
- That's okay.
I'm just glad you could
show me the place.
- Yeah.
Well, follow me.
Watch your stop there, please.
[rats squealing]
We're just gonna
go through here.
- Oh, okay.
- Yeah.
Okay, so this is it.
The crown jewel of Wavel Hill.
Built in 1827,
just five years before the
cholera epidemic of 1832.
[door slamming]
- It's charming.
- Yeah.
So of course, uh,
the power is off.
So is the heat.
Um, the city just can't afford
to keep the boilers running.
But we can turn that
all back on for you
if you choose to use
this in your movie.
- Yeah, no worries.
I like it just the way it is.
- Good.
Okay, well uh, we
should get going.
If you'll just,
uh, come with me.
[animal footsteps pattering]
Each nurse would be in charge
of one floor to herself.
She may have one or two
people below her to help out,
but that way it kept things nice
and consistent for everyone.
- [Chad] This place is huge.
- [Sarah] Uh yeah.
Three wards,
500,000 square feet,
and enough equipment to treat
hundreds of sick patients.
- [Chad] It doesn't
look that old
for something built
almost 200 years ago.
- Oh, well the
building has gradually
been renovated over the years.
I mean, up until the county
closed at 32 years ago.
We're gonna go in here.
[tense music]
- And what happened here?
- Um, nothing you didn't
show in your movies,
Mr. Winchester.
- Oh, so you're
familiar with my work?
- Yeah, a little bit.
- Got guts.
[door slamming]
- [Sarah] You know,
this institution
helped a lot of people.
- [Chad] I heard
they weren't always
that helpful here.
- [Sarah] Yeah, well it's like
my dad used to always say,
"You can't make an omelet
without cracking a few eggs."
- [Chad] Yeah, I guess.
[tense music]
Oh yeah.
Welcome to the asylum.
I'm just gonna get some
video footage here, okay?
- [Sarah] Yeah, yeah.
- Okay, let's do this.
Hello to my future self.
To the producers
watching this with me.
Hello.
Oh, hi mom.
I'm standing in one of the
freakiest places I've seen
in a very long time.
Wavel Hill Sanitarium,
West Virginia.
Fortunately not everything
is so depressing down here.
Hey, it's grandma's upholstery.
So according to a friend
of a friend of mine
who lives in the county,
Wavel Hill Sanitarium
became infamous
for its atrocious experiments
conducted on the patients
between around 1925 to 1928.
The most popular case is
the one of a Mary Weaver.
It's even said
that Mary's ghost still
roams these corridors,
searching for something.
[laughs] Classic.
Hey, there she is.
[tense music]
- Come on, this way.
So according to the
medical archives,
Mary was in room 502,
which should be at the
end of this corridor.
Ah, here it is.
- Oh, this is great.
Oh, wow.
Oh my God.
Even the cheesiest horror flick
wouldn't have
something this obvious.
Oh this, this is good stuff.
Did you do this for me?
- [Sarah] Don't
flatter yourself.
- [Chad] Here, give
you a hand with this.
- [Sarah] Okay.
[metal clanking]
[ominous music]
- I can't wait to
see what's inside.
[door banging]
Well that sucks.
- Well, I don't know
what you were hoping for.
- I don't know,
something sexier.
Can you introduce
yourself to the camera?
- Uh, hi, I'm Sarah Davis.
I work for the County of
Tucker, West Virginia.
- [Chad] Tell us where we are.
- Uh, we are in room 502
of Wavel Hill Sanitarium.
- [Chad] Can you explain
to the people watching this
why I so very badly
wanted to come here?
- Ah, uh, because of the
story of Mary Weaver.
- [Chad] And what is that?
- Back in 1927, the body
of nurse Mary Weaver
was found dead in this room,
laying in a pool
of her own blood.
It's said that she
committed suicide
after a psychotic breakdown
following the
murder of her baby.
Uh, after she became pregnant,
she was admitted to this
hospital for anxiety.
The doctor in charge believed
her unborn baby was the devil,
so immediately
upon giving birth,
he slit the baby's throat
as she watched helplessly.
He didn't even bother to cut
the umbilical cord first.
She completely lost it
and was locked in this
room to rot and die.
It's said that she just
rocked back and forth,
begging for them to
give her her baby back.
One night she managed
to break the window
and using a shard of glass,
she disemboweled
herself completely.
[ominous music swelling]
- Cut.
Damn, you're good.
That was, that was good.
What about the other rooms?
- Um, yes.
Uh, well, the infirmary
is down the hall.
- I'm in.
[ominous music]
- So is it true that
if you listen closely,
sometimes you can hear a
hummed song to a dead kid?
- [Sarah] Um, well, yeah,
that's part of the
folklore of this place.
But mainly it's
just scary stories
told to frighten little kids.
- Well that's a shame.
Maybe if we're lucky we'll get
a chance to hear something.
[Chad humming]
Mary, Mary?
Oh, look at that.
That's a creepy shot.
[tense music]
[Chad humming]
[ominous music]
- [Mary] Sarah.
- Hey!
[Sarah screams]
I think I found it.
- God!
- What?
Come on, follow me.
- Okay.
[wheelchair squeaking]
[ominous music]
[water dripping]
- Now this is more like it.
Do you think this is where
the doctor killed that baby?
- [Sarah] Um, maybe.
If I remember correctly,
this is the only place
in the sanitarium
where a woman could give birth.
- You know a lot
about this place, huh?
- Uh, yeah.
My father used to bring
me here a lot as a child,
you know, before
they closed it down.
- Really, he worked here?
- Like his father and
grandfather before him.
I am the only one
that didn't go-
[glass cracking]
into medicine.
[ominous music]
- So would your
great-grandfather have been here
during the Mary events?
- Uh, yeah, I guess.
Never really given
it much thought.
[tense music]
That's my great-grandfather.
[ominous music]
- It looks like he's the only
doctor in all these photos.
- Uh, yeah, well that's
because he was the only doctor.
The county couldn't
afford any more.
- Shit.
So the doctor that killed
Mary's baby would've been...
- My great-grandfather.
[Mary screaming]
[ominous music]
- Uh, that was not a hum.
What the fuck?!
That was not a fucking hum.
- We need to leave.
We need to leave now.
[ominous music swells]
- Shit.
Fuck.
What the fuck was that?
Who's there?
[tense music]
[Mary hissing]
I said, who's there?
Oh shit.
Oh.
- [Mary] My baby.
- [Chad] Gotta be
fucking kidding me.
[ominous music]
[Mary screaming]
[intense music]
- Come on, I left this open.
[Mary hissing]
[Sarah panting]
[intense music]
[intense music swells]
[intense music continues]
[door knob jangling]
[Sarah bangs on door]
- [Mary] Sarah.
- No, what do you want
from me?! [crying]
Leave me alone.
[tense music]
[music box playing]
[tense music]
[Mary humming]
[heart beating]
[Mary hissing lightly]
- Give me my baby.
[Mary hisses]
[tense music]
[water dripping]
- Chad?
Chad?
[Sarah gasps]
Oh my God.
- [Mary] Sarah.
[Sarah gasps]
My baby.
[heart beating]
Sarah.
[intense music]
[Sarah screams]
[tense music]
[intense music]
My baby.
My baby, Sarah.
[Sarah screaming]
[intense music continues]
Give me back my baby.
[Sarah whimpering]
[tense music]
[air swooshing]
[Sarah whimpering]
[air swooshing]
[Sarah gasping]
[heart beating]
[eerie music]
I want my baby.
[Sarah whimpering]
Give me back my baby!
[intense music]
[blood squelching]
[body thudding]
[Mary screaming]
- [Candy] I don't believe you.
- [Caller] I swear,
that's what happened.
- Up to the window
part, it was okay,
but the ending
was just bullshit.
- [Caller] I didn't make it up.
My friend told me
that her friend.
- Maria, that story didn't
happen to anybody's friend.
It's an urban legend, period.
- [Caller] It can't be.
- Let's see, what's the name
of your friend's friend?
- [Caller] I don't
remember, but she told me.
- Find out and call me again.
Will ya?
We still got about an hour left.
I'm still looking forward to
listening to your stories.
We got someone on the line.
- [Jack] Hello Candy.
- Stop.
Is this a joke?
- [Jack] No joke, girl,
you owe me something.
- You think I'm afraid
of you, asshole?
You watch too many movies, dick,
thinking you're gonna scare me
with that lousy psycho voice.
You probably still
live with your mom.
Am I wrong?
- [Jack] You're gonna
be sorry for this.
You'll see, I am
going to get you.
- Shut the fuck up!
And listen carefully
to me, Jack ass.
I already know, sorry
ass pervs like you,
you're not doing anything to me
because you ain't got the guts.
Your harassment is over.
If you call me again,
you'll be tracked down.
I will ruin your life.
[ominous music]
I apologize, folks.
He got me riled up.
Let's check out some music.
We still got half an hour left.
And I'm leaving more
But on my knees and
right back alone
I got my hands in the air
[ominous music]
[machine rattling]
Hello?
[Jack exhaling]
I'm calling the cops
right now, piece of shit.
Hello?
[phone beeping]
[disconnect tone echoing]
[tense music]
[ominous music]
[Jack knocking on window]
[intense music]
[ominous music]
[footsteps bumping]
[tense music]
- Candy.
Candy.
Where are you?
I am going to find you, Candy.
Candy.
I know you're in there.
I'm going to tell
you a story now.
It's about women
that go out at night.
It's dark and they're all alone.
- I said, "Listen,"
"I saw you in emergency
just last week."
That's when I realized he
just wanted the company.
Can you imagine being so lonely
you have to stick
things up your bum?
I mean, there are some
really incredible moments.
I help people.
They do make it worth it,
but the rest of it is
just bed pans and...
How far did she move out?
- Not far enough.
- [Ellie] Did you
bring her anything?
- Just you.
Oh wait, I think
this is the turn off.
[tense music]
- See her much?
- [Liz] Once or twice.
- Once or twice?
- No, it's the next one.
[automatic window closing]
- Liz, eight eight months?
Once or twice?
- Once.
No, she doesn't even
try to pretend anymore.
I mean ever since you left,
photos of you everywhere.
It's quite funny, really.
There's not one picture of me.
I just can't handle
that woman without you.
- I need something to eat.
- The last thing that she said
to me was that I was useless.
- You've never been useless.
[crickets chirping]
[door clanging]
[Liz urinating]
[tense music]
[stranger panting]
[ominous music]
[phone dialing]
- Police.
I said, "Police!"
Ah!
[tires screeching]
[Liz panting]
[tense music]
He's got my sister.
He turned near the Reed
Drive turn off, I think.
[ominous music]
Near um-
[car horns honking]
[tense music]
[car horns honking]
[tense music]
[crickets chirping]
[leaves rustling]
[items banging]
[Liz gasps]
[tense music]
[ominous music]
[tense music]
[ominous music]
[car hazards clicking]
[Liz gasps]
[baby crying]
[ominous music]
Ellie, oh my God, Ellie!
[baby crying]
[ominous music]
[Liz crying]
[baby crying]
[ominous music]
- You see, Candy,
looks can be deceiving.
You should be careful
how you judge people.
You can be mistaken
and things can go really bad.
[tense music]
[determined music]
Candy, are you ready for me?
[intense music]
Candy?
How did we get to this point?
Ever since that
night in the bar,
I just can't stop
thinking about you.
I have to have you and I will,
whether you want it or not.
So these are my two
options for you.
Are you listening, Candy?
Option A, you open the door,
you let me in, you
let me have you,
and then I let you be.
I spare your life and I leave.
Sounds good, doesn't it?
Option B, I break that door down
and I take you by force
and then I kill you
and I take my sweet
time with that as well!
So what's it gonna be?
Option A or option B?
You have to choose one, Candy.
What's it gonna be, A or B?
On the count of three.
One,
two,
three.
[lock clicks]
[door creaking]
- Make it quick and go away.
[tense music]
[thunder cracking]
[tense music]
[ominous music]
[person panting laboriously]
[person panting laboriously]
[water dripping]
- This is all the yield?
We have to start taking on
more than one at a time.
Father, I can-
[tool banging]
- God damn it, Lucas!
[water dripping]
She's getting worse.
[tool banging]
[tense music]
[Sheep baaing]
- Is this Chateau Sauvignon?
- The very same.
- You still open?
- Yeah, we can accommodate.
I'll be with you shortly.
- Thanks.
[water splashing]
We have company.
- Send them back, it's late.
- But we need their-
[hand smacking]
- Send them back, it's late.
[tense music]
[lively piano music]
- Enjoying what you see?
Let me know if you guys
have any questions.
- Can we try your
house vintage, please?
- Of course.
And you're in luck.
- Oh, how's that?
- It's on the house for the
last customers of the day.
- Oh.
[singer singing in French]
Thank you.
- Mm-hm.
- Well, to my future
little doctor,
[glasses clink]
and to a lovely
weekend together.
- Congratulations,
that's a pretty big deal.
- [Mother] Thank you.
- Fill me up.
- Did you even savor it?
- No, mother, what's
the difference?
- Coming from far?
- Mm.
Oh uh, Montreal, actually.
- Well, hey, I am
supposed to be closing up,
but I could give you a quick
tour of our barrel cave.
[gate rattling]
[tense music]
- This is exciting.
[tense music continues]
- French Huguenots actually
settled in the region
in the 17th century
and grew vines here,
making Chateau Sauvignon
one of the oldest
continually operated
vineyards in the new world.
We still use those
European vines
in our experimental process.
This way we're ensuring
that you're getting
those truly unique and
nuanced flavors in the wine.
- Uh, what's
experimental about it?
- Take a whiff.
- Oh, that was almost...
- Meaty.
- No!
[skull cracking]
[ominous music]
- [Son] Oh my god.
[glass shattering]
Oh, ma!
Oh, oh my.
Wake up!
Fuck you!
[killer yelps]
[flesh squelches]
[son screaming]
Oh my fucking God!
[son panting]
[tense music]
The fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
[tense music]
No.
[tense music]
[son screams]
[tool banging]
[son gurgling]
- You wanna do this?
Get over here.
Now!
Find the artery.
At an angle.
[victim gasping]
[blood squelching]
[tense music]
[spoon tapping]
[wife panting]
Don't be like that.
[wife panting]
He needs this.
[tense music]
[water dripping]
[ominous music]
[tense music]
[footsteps bumping]
[tense music]
[metal music wailing]
[radio pinging]
- It's three o'clock
in the morning.
This is the end.
We usually close the
transmission with a story,
but tonight, not that
I don't have a story,
it's just that I don't
feel like telling it.
[ominous music]
This was Nightmare Radio,
where horror stories never end.
[intense metal music]
[logo buzzing]
[ominous music]
[wind blowing]
[leaves rustling]
[bells jingling]
[ominous music]
[TV character screaming]
[tense music]
[TV buzzing]
[tense music]
[TV clicking]
[tense music]
[remote banging]
[intense music]
[TV clicking]
[TV characters screaming]
[intense music]
[books banging]
[intense music continues]
- Help me, please!
Somebody help, somebody help!
[intense music]
[victim panting]
[ominous music]
- [Doll] Play time.
[ominous music]
Play time.
[ominous music]
[TV character screaming]
[electricity buzzing]
[dark chaotic music]
[dark chaotic music swells]
- Stop it!
[victim panting]
[intense music]
[victim gasping]
[victim panting]
[intense music]
[tense music]
- It's midnight.
We begin, dear listeners,
with a woman dressed as a
bride and then, total darkness.
Better not draw any conclusions.
Two past 12 and we do as usual.
Whoever doesn't wanna
have nightmares tonight
should turn off the radio
on the count of three.
Ready?
One,
two,
three.
My name is Candy Blue.
Welcome to Nightmare Radio,
where horror stories never end.
[intense metal music]
[ominous music]
[intense metal music]
Closing the time line
Of possession and light
Come to the ocean
Leave the lions inside
Full moon is rising
And the answer is near
Out in the darkness
The freaks are in tears
[radio pinging]
Dear listeners,
I challenge you guys on
a topic for today's show.
I'd like you to tell me
about the wildest situation
you've ever experienced.
The definition of
wild is up to you.
It could be finding yourself
stuck in the middle of a fight
between two gangs of hooligans,
bouncing in the mosh of an
extreme punk rock concert,
or being chased by a
cougar through the jungle.
Whatever you want, but it's
gotta be an interesting story
and it should have
happened to you, okay?
Our phone number is 201-5137.
Call me, don't get cold feet.
And since we are talking
about wild stories,
I'll grab this opportunity
to tell you one.
It's about a
lonely, bored woman,
who feels that something
is missing in her life.
[ominous music]
[wind blowing]
[ominous music]
[phone ringing]
- Hello, Ellen
Foley Photography.
Hi, Mary.
Oh, well we can reschedule.
No, I, I understand.
Well, thanks for
letting me know.
[ominous music]
[glass cracking]
[laptop buzzing]
[ominous music]
[door opening]
[machine whirring]
- You're gonna have
to sort something out.
You're gonna have to
either push for more work
or get a new job,
'cause I dunno what else to do.
We have one income
coming into this house
and we have no savings left.
Ellen,
you even listening to me?
- The last time I listened
to you we bought this house.
- Here, it's fixed.
[birds chirping]
- I took that.
[birds chirping]
[ominous music]
[trash cans rattling]
James.
[James muttering]
[ominous music]
[James sighs]
[ominous music]
[camera clicking]
[ominous music]
[camera clicking]
[ominous music]
[camera clicking]
[ominous music]
- Ellen.
Ellen.
Have you forgotten
about your sister?
Now we're stuck
here and that's it.
We just gotta get on with it.
- What about Ellen's business?
She needs to advertise.
Ellen, you need to advertise.
People need to know
that you're here.
I can help you.
[sister muttering]
[tense music]
[dark chaotic music]
- Ellen.
Bye.
Hey.
Hey, what's wrong with you?
[ominous music]
[ran pouring]
[ominous music]
[person screeching]
[tense music]
[couple moaning]
[couple moaning]
[intense music]
[couple panting]
[ominous music]
[train whistle blowing]
[thunder roaring]
[wind blowing]
[thunder roaring]
Ellen!
[ominous music]
[ominous music swells]
Ellen.
Elle.
- Hm?
- Wake up.
[ominous music]
You are fucking insane!
[fox yelping]
[tense music]
Ellen!
Ellen!
Ellen!
[fox yelping]
[ominous music]
[ominous music swells]
[fox yelps]
[tires screeching]
[tense music]
[ominous music]
[fox chittering]
[ominous music]
[James crying]
[door thudding]
[foxes yelping]
[ominous music]
[foxes yelping]
[intense squeal ringing]
[items banging]
[foxes yelping]
[tense music]
[ominous music]
Hey!
[ominous music]
[ominous music swells]
[fox screaming]
[water leaking]
[rhythmic metal music]
[radio pinging]
- It's one o'clock
in the morning.
You're listening
to Nightmare Radio,
stories for in insomniacs
who wanna stay insomniacs.
I'm waiting for your
call at 201-5137.
We got someone on the phone.
Hello?
- [Jack] Hi, how are you?
- Not bad, thanks.
What's your name?
- [Jack] Jack.
- Jack.
- [Jack] Yes, like
Jack the Ripper.
- Funny.
So you got a story for me, Jack?
- [Jack] I do, but the truth is
that I prefer to look at
you telling the stories.
- Look at me telling stories?
- [Jack] Yeah, I'm
watching you right now.
You look very pretty.
- Let's see, which
eye did I just blink,
right or left, Jack?
- [Jack] I cannot see
that from where I am.
- Hm, yeah, right.
Wait, you sent me a
gift today, right?
- I did and I'm
glad you liked it.
- How do you know I liked it?
- [Jack] Because you're
wearing it right now, love.
Am I wrong?
[ominous music]
- I'm sorry, but you're wrong.
What's your story?
- [Jack] Are you sure
you're not wearing it, love?
- Okay, I'm bored.
Thanks for dialing in.
Asshole.
[melancholy music]
[machine whirring]
- I gotta unpack everything
and I'm pretty beat.
You guys have fun.
All right, I'll see
you guys tomorrow.
[tense music]
[TV static buzzing]
[tense music]
[TV static buzzing]
[tense music]
[glass shattering]
[tense music continues]
[victim screams]
[tense music]
[creature growls]
[intense music]
[tense music]
Fuck.
[TV static buzzing]
[tense music]
[eerie music]
[victim grunting]
[victim screams]
- [Bob] And I touched my
stomach and it was bleeding.
- Not bad, Bob.
but you were supposed
to tell a story
that actually happened to you.
- [Bob] It did.
- If it took place in your
dreams, it doesn't count.
But thanks for dialing in.
It's almost two
o'clock in the morning.
We got another call.
Who's there?
- [Jack] Hi, my sweet Candy.
It's me.
- Again.
- [Jack] Well, you just didn't
let me finish telling you
what I wanted to say.
- I ain't got no time for this.
You got a story or not?
- [Jack] Of course I do.
- So tell it.
- [Jack] It happened
a month ago.
The main character is
a young pretty girl
with many friends and
an interesting job.
- I said the story
gotta be personal.
- [Jack] Be patient,
my Candy sweet.
- Okay, go on.
- [Jack] It turns
out that this girl
goes to a bar with some
girlfriends from work.
The place was packed that night.
A guy tries to buy her a drink.
She says no, but he insists
and she finally agrees.
And then she chooses the
most luxurious drink.
They have a fancy French
wine, hugely expensive.
He spends half of his
salary inviting her.
So she tells him, "Wait here,
I'm going to the toilet."
He stays there and the
girl is not coming back.
Then he sees her leaving the
bar with her girlfriends,
sharing the wine among
them, laughing really hard.
Nasty, isn't it?
And the worst part
is that she probably doesn't
even remember him now.
- I think she does remember
Jack, and she regrets it.
She was probably drunk
and wouldn't do it again.
- [Jack] You think so?
Maybe.
What if the guy wasn't
as dumb as she thought?
Imagine if she humiliated
the wrong person.
What if the girl is doomed
and she doesn't even know it?
Interesting, right?
- Look man, I think the
guy should get over it.
It wasn't such a big deal,
but thanks for dialing in.
- [Jack] You better not
hang up on me, love.
- What did you just say?
- [Jack] I said, don't even
think of hanging up on me.
- Bye, Jack ass.
I call the shots here.
Let's cut to the commercials.
Stay there folks.
- [Announcer] I play
guitar and when I play,
I like to turn up the juice.
So I rock with the
real fruit juice taste
in Bubble Yum bubble gum's new
Hawaiian punch fruit punch,
wet and wild watermelon,
and strawberry stripe.
Their full face taste
keeps my jaws jamming
and their blasting
bubbles out of my lips
like my fingers
cross this guitar.
Bubble Yum has three new flavors
with real fruit juice taste.
You gotta like
the sound of that.
Bubble Yum keeps it-
[intense music]
[ominous music]
- [Announcer] Unwrap a
piece of pure paradise..
[door slamming]
[tense music]
- Sorry we had to
use the back door.
The uh, the only one that
hasn't been condemned.
- That's okay.
I'm just glad you could
show me the place.
- Yeah.
Well, follow me.
Watch your stop there, please.
[rats squealing]
We're just gonna
go through here.
- Oh, okay.
- Yeah.
Okay, so this is it.
The crown jewel of Wavel Hill.
Built in 1827,
just five years before the
cholera epidemic of 1832.
[door slamming]
- It's charming.
- Yeah.
So of course, uh,
the power is off.
So is the heat.
Um, the city just can't afford
to keep the boilers running.
But we can turn that
all back on for you
if you choose to use
this in your movie.
- Yeah, no worries.
I like it just the way it is.
- Good.
Okay, well uh, we
should get going.
If you'll just,
uh, come with me.
[animal footsteps pattering]
Each nurse would be in charge
of one floor to herself.
She may have one or two
people below her to help out,
but that way it kept things nice
and consistent for everyone.
- [Chad] This place is huge.
- [Sarah] Uh yeah.
Three wards,
500,000 square feet,
and enough equipment to treat
hundreds of sick patients.
- [Chad] It doesn't
look that old
for something built
almost 200 years ago.
- Oh, well the
building has gradually
been renovated over the years.
I mean, up until the county
closed at 32 years ago.
We're gonna go in here.
[tense music]
- And what happened here?
- Um, nothing you didn't
show in your movies,
Mr. Winchester.
- Oh, so you're
familiar with my work?
- Yeah, a little bit.
- Got guts.
[door slamming]
- [Sarah] You know,
this institution
helped a lot of people.
- [Chad] I heard
they weren't always
that helpful here.
- [Sarah] Yeah, well it's like
my dad used to always say,
"You can't make an omelet
without cracking a few eggs."
- [Chad] Yeah, I guess.
[tense music]
Oh yeah.
Welcome to the asylum.
I'm just gonna get some
video footage here, okay?
- [Sarah] Yeah, yeah.
- Okay, let's do this.
Hello to my future self.
To the producers
watching this with me.
Hello.
Oh, hi mom.
I'm standing in one of the
freakiest places I've seen
in a very long time.
Wavel Hill Sanitarium,
West Virginia.
Fortunately not everything
is so depressing down here.
Hey, it's grandma's upholstery.
So according to a friend
of a friend of mine
who lives in the county,
Wavel Hill Sanitarium
became infamous
for its atrocious experiments
conducted on the patients
between around 1925 to 1928.
The most popular case is
the one of a Mary Weaver.
It's even said
that Mary's ghost still
roams these corridors,
searching for something.
[laughs] Classic.
Hey, there she is.
[tense music]
- Come on, this way.
So according to the
medical archives,
Mary was in room 502,
which should be at the
end of this corridor.
Ah, here it is.
- Oh, this is great.
Oh, wow.
Oh my God.
Even the cheesiest horror flick
wouldn't have
something this obvious.
Oh this, this is good stuff.
Did you do this for me?
- [Sarah] Don't
flatter yourself.
- [Chad] Here, give
you a hand with this.
- [Sarah] Okay.
[metal clanking]
[ominous music]
- I can't wait to
see what's inside.
[door banging]
Well that sucks.
- Well, I don't know
what you were hoping for.
- I don't know,
something sexier.
Can you introduce
yourself to the camera?
- Uh, hi, I'm Sarah Davis.
I work for the County of
Tucker, West Virginia.
- [Chad] Tell us where we are.
- Uh, we are in room 502
of Wavel Hill Sanitarium.
- [Chad] Can you explain
to the people watching this
why I so very badly
wanted to come here?
- Ah, uh, because of the
story of Mary Weaver.
- [Chad] And what is that?
- Back in 1927, the body
of nurse Mary Weaver
was found dead in this room,
laying in a pool
of her own blood.
It's said that she
committed suicide
after a psychotic breakdown
following the
murder of her baby.
Uh, after she became pregnant,
she was admitted to this
hospital for anxiety.
The doctor in charge believed
her unborn baby was the devil,
so immediately
upon giving birth,
he slit the baby's throat
as she watched helplessly.
He didn't even bother to cut
the umbilical cord first.
She completely lost it
and was locked in this
room to rot and die.
It's said that she just
rocked back and forth,
begging for them to
give her her baby back.
One night she managed
to break the window
and using a shard of glass,
she disemboweled
herself completely.
[ominous music swelling]
- Cut.
Damn, you're good.
That was, that was good.
What about the other rooms?
- Um, yes.
Uh, well, the infirmary
is down the hall.
- I'm in.
[ominous music]
- So is it true that
if you listen closely,
sometimes you can hear a
hummed song to a dead kid?
- [Sarah] Um, well, yeah,
that's part of the
folklore of this place.
But mainly it's
just scary stories
told to frighten little kids.
- Well that's a shame.
Maybe if we're lucky we'll get
a chance to hear something.
[Chad humming]
Mary, Mary?
Oh, look at that.
That's a creepy shot.
[tense music]
[Chad humming]
[ominous music]
- [Mary] Sarah.
- Hey!
[Sarah screams]
I think I found it.
- God!
- What?
Come on, follow me.
- Okay.
[wheelchair squeaking]
[ominous music]
[water dripping]
- Now this is more like it.
Do you think this is where
the doctor killed that baby?
- [Sarah] Um, maybe.
If I remember correctly,
this is the only place
in the sanitarium
where a woman could give birth.
- You know a lot
about this place, huh?
- Uh, yeah.
My father used to bring
me here a lot as a child,
you know, before
they closed it down.
- Really, he worked here?
- Like his father and
grandfather before him.
I am the only one
that didn't go-
[glass cracking]
into medicine.
[ominous music]
- So would your
great-grandfather have been here
during the Mary events?
- Uh, yeah, I guess.
Never really given
it much thought.
[tense music]
That's my great-grandfather.
[ominous music]
- It looks like he's the only
doctor in all these photos.
- Uh, yeah, well that's
because he was the only doctor.
The county couldn't
afford any more.
- Shit.
So the doctor that killed
Mary's baby would've been...
- My great-grandfather.
[Mary screaming]
[ominous music]
- Uh, that was not a hum.
What the fuck?!
That was not a fucking hum.
- We need to leave.
We need to leave now.
[ominous music swells]
- Shit.
Fuck.
What the fuck was that?
Who's there?
[tense music]
[Mary hissing]
I said, who's there?
Oh shit.
Oh.
- [Mary] My baby.
- [Chad] Gotta be
fucking kidding me.
[ominous music]
[Mary screaming]
[intense music]
- Come on, I left this open.
[Mary hissing]
[Sarah panting]
[intense music]
[intense music swells]
[intense music continues]
[door knob jangling]
[Sarah bangs on door]
- [Mary] Sarah.
- No, what do you want
from me?! [crying]
Leave me alone.
[tense music]
[music box playing]
[tense music]
[Mary humming]
[heart beating]
[Mary hissing lightly]
- Give me my baby.
[Mary hisses]
[tense music]
[water dripping]
- Chad?
Chad?
[Sarah gasps]
Oh my God.
- [Mary] Sarah.
[Sarah gasps]
My baby.
[heart beating]
Sarah.
[intense music]
[Sarah screams]
[tense music]
[intense music]
My baby.
My baby, Sarah.
[Sarah screaming]
[intense music continues]
Give me back my baby.
[Sarah whimpering]
[tense music]
[air swooshing]
[Sarah whimpering]
[air swooshing]
[Sarah gasping]
[heart beating]
[eerie music]
I want my baby.
[Sarah whimpering]
Give me back my baby!
[intense music]
[blood squelching]
[body thudding]
[Mary screaming]
- [Candy] I don't believe you.
- [Caller] I swear,
that's what happened.
- Up to the window
part, it was okay,
but the ending
was just bullshit.
- [Caller] I didn't make it up.
My friend told me
that her friend.
- Maria, that story didn't
happen to anybody's friend.
It's an urban legend, period.
- [Caller] It can't be.
- Let's see, what's the name
of your friend's friend?
- [Caller] I don't
remember, but she told me.
- Find out and call me again.
Will ya?
We still got about an hour left.
I'm still looking forward to
listening to your stories.
We got someone on the line.
- [Jack] Hello Candy.
- Stop.
Is this a joke?
- [Jack] No joke, girl,
you owe me something.
- You think I'm afraid
of you, asshole?
You watch too many movies, dick,
thinking you're gonna scare me
with that lousy psycho voice.
You probably still
live with your mom.
Am I wrong?
- [Jack] You're gonna
be sorry for this.
You'll see, I am
going to get you.
- Shut the fuck up!
And listen carefully
to me, Jack ass.
I already know, sorry
ass pervs like you,
you're not doing anything to me
because you ain't got the guts.
Your harassment is over.
If you call me again,
you'll be tracked down.
I will ruin your life.
[ominous music]
I apologize, folks.
He got me riled up.
Let's check out some music.
We still got half an hour left.
And I'm leaving more
But on my knees and
right back alone
I got my hands in the air
[ominous music]
[machine rattling]
Hello?
[Jack exhaling]
I'm calling the cops
right now, piece of shit.
Hello?
[phone beeping]
[disconnect tone echoing]
[tense music]
[ominous music]
[Jack knocking on window]
[intense music]
[ominous music]
[footsteps bumping]
[tense music]
- Candy.
Candy.
Where are you?
I am going to find you, Candy.
Candy.
I know you're in there.
I'm going to tell
you a story now.
It's about women
that go out at night.
It's dark and they're all alone.
- I said, "Listen,"
"I saw you in emergency
just last week."
That's when I realized he
just wanted the company.
Can you imagine being so lonely
you have to stick
things up your bum?
I mean, there are some
really incredible moments.
I help people.
They do make it worth it,
but the rest of it is
just bed pans and...
How far did she move out?
- Not far enough.
- [Ellie] Did you
bring her anything?
- Just you.
Oh wait, I think
this is the turn off.
[tense music]
- See her much?
- [Liz] Once or twice.
- Once or twice?
- No, it's the next one.
[automatic window closing]
- Liz, eight eight months?
Once or twice?
- Once.
No, she doesn't even
try to pretend anymore.
I mean ever since you left,
photos of you everywhere.
It's quite funny, really.
There's not one picture of me.
I just can't handle
that woman without you.
- I need something to eat.
- The last thing that she said
to me was that I was useless.
- You've never been useless.
[crickets chirping]
[door clanging]
[Liz urinating]
[tense music]
[stranger panting]
[ominous music]
[phone dialing]
- Police.
I said, "Police!"
Ah!
[tires screeching]
[Liz panting]
[tense music]
He's got my sister.
He turned near the Reed
Drive turn off, I think.
[ominous music]
Near um-
[car horns honking]
[tense music]
[car horns honking]
[tense music]
[crickets chirping]
[leaves rustling]
[items banging]
[Liz gasps]
[tense music]
[ominous music]
[tense music]
[ominous music]
[car hazards clicking]
[Liz gasps]
[baby crying]
[ominous music]
Ellie, oh my God, Ellie!
[baby crying]
[ominous music]
[Liz crying]
[baby crying]
[ominous music]
- You see, Candy,
looks can be deceiving.
You should be careful
how you judge people.
You can be mistaken
and things can go really bad.
[tense music]
[determined music]
Candy, are you ready for me?
[intense music]
Candy?
How did we get to this point?
Ever since that
night in the bar,
I just can't stop
thinking about you.
I have to have you and I will,
whether you want it or not.
So these are my two
options for you.
Are you listening, Candy?
Option A, you open the door,
you let me in, you
let me have you,
and then I let you be.
I spare your life and I leave.
Sounds good, doesn't it?
Option B, I break that door down
and I take you by force
and then I kill you
and I take my sweet
time with that as well!
So what's it gonna be?
Option A or option B?
You have to choose one, Candy.
What's it gonna be, A or B?
On the count of three.
One,
two,
three.
[lock clicks]
[door creaking]
- Make it quick and go away.
[tense music]
[thunder cracking]
[tense music]
[ominous music]
[person panting laboriously]
[person panting laboriously]
[water dripping]
- This is all the yield?
We have to start taking on
more than one at a time.
Father, I can-
[tool banging]
- God damn it, Lucas!
[water dripping]
She's getting worse.
[tool banging]
[tense music]
[Sheep baaing]
- Is this Chateau Sauvignon?
- The very same.
- You still open?
- Yeah, we can accommodate.
I'll be with you shortly.
- Thanks.
[water splashing]
We have company.
- Send them back, it's late.
- But we need their-
[hand smacking]
- Send them back, it's late.
[tense music]
[lively piano music]
- Enjoying what you see?
Let me know if you guys
have any questions.
- Can we try your
house vintage, please?
- Of course.
And you're in luck.
- Oh, how's that?
- It's on the house for the
last customers of the day.
- Oh.
[singer singing in French]
Thank you.
- Mm-hm.
- Well, to my future
little doctor,
[glasses clink]
and to a lovely
weekend together.
- Congratulations,
that's a pretty big deal.
- [Mother] Thank you.
- Fill me up.
- Did you even savor it?
- No, mother, what's
the difference?
- Coming from far?
- Mm.
Oh uh, Montreal, actually.
- Well, hey, I am
supposed to be closing up,
but I could give you a quick
tour of our barrel cave.
[gate rattling]
[tense music]
- This is exciting.
[tense music continues]
- French Huguenots actually
settled in the region
in the 17th century
and grew vines here,
making Chateau Sauvignon
one of the oldest
continually operated
vineyards in the new world.
We still use those
European vines
in our experimental process.
This way we're ensuring
that you're getting
those truly unique and
nuanced flavors in the wine.
- Uh, what's
experimental about it?
- Take a whiff.
- Oh, that was almost...
- Meaty.
- No!
[skull cracking]
[ominous music]
- [Son] Oh my god.
[glass shattering]
Oh, ma!
Oh, oh my.
Wake up!
Fuck you!
[killer yelps]
[flesh squelches]
[son screaming]
Oh my fucking God!
[son panting]
[tense music]
The fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck.
[tense music]
No.
[tense music]
[son screams]
[tool banging]
[son gurgling]
- You wanna do this?
Get over here.
Now!
Find the artery.
At an angle.
[victim gasping]
[blood squelching]
[tense music]
[spoon tapping]
[wife panting]
Don't be like that.
[wife panting]
He needs this.
[tense music]
[water dripping]
[ominous music]
[tense music]
[footsteps bumping]
[tense music]
[metal music wailing]
[radio pinging]
- It's three o'clock
in the morning.
This is the end.
We usually close the
transmission with a story,
but tonight, not that
I don't have a story,
it's just that I don't
feel like telling it.
[ominous music]
This was Nightmare Radio,
where horror stories never end.
[intense metal music]