Return of the Salem Witch (2022) Movie Script
1
(tense music)
(Billie whimpering)
- [Ms. Dario] Billie.
Billie.
Billie, we're going to get help.
(Billie cries)
(blood squirts)
(Billie laughs)
(tense music)
(Billie laughs)
(footsteps tapping)
(Billie laughing)
(crows cawing)
(static buzzing loudly)
(tense orchestral music)
(fabric rustling)
(birds chirping)
(keys jangling)
(door clanking)
(keys jangling)
(footsteps thudding)
(keys jangling)
(hand knocking)
- Enter.
- (sighs) Ms. Tyler.
The bridge is down.
We're stuck here, and
there's six girls I find.
- Yes, I know.
(keys jangling)
- Well, what's our plan?
- I've spoken to the
mayor, and he assures me
that the bridge will be
back open in 48 hours.
The girls can roam in the
building all they want,
but responsibility
for them is with you.
Is that understood?
(somber piano music)
- Tyler's last two.
I love it when she gets
all edgy without them.
- Mm.
Yeah, great idea.
Make her more pissed
off with everyone.
- Just 'cause Daddy
isn't sending you a
helicopter this time.
Chill out, Billie.
- Now, now, just 'cause your
parents didn't take you abroad
doesn't mean you need to
take it out on Billie.
- Mm-hmm.
- My dad's got a helipad
on all his hotels.
He just doesn't let
me ride in them.
I just think he's cheap.
- Well, I actually
don't like them.
It feels weird being all
high in the open like that.
- Yeah, speaking of, if we
have to spend the whole weekend
with one mini bottle of
vodka and two cigarettes,
I'm gonna kill myself.
- Oh, hang on a minute.
I think I know someone
who will have something.
- The mayor's office?
(Steph chuckles)
- Shut up.
That girl, Meadow.
- (gasps) Yeah, she's
exactly the kind of person
who'd have something.
Kim, you should go talk to her.
- Why me?
- Well, 'cause you love to talk,
and honestly you
could do with a walk.
- Catch up on all
your brother's stuff.
- He's pretty hot, to be fair.
(footsteps thudding)
(shoes clacking)
(bottles clinking)
- What are you doing?
- Clearing up.
- You gonna share it?
- Depends, what do you got?
Oh wow, a whole cigarette.
Guess you want McCullum's
stash of tobacco.
- No weed?
- He's not that cool.
- Well, are you
gonna dish it out?
It's dangerous to use it
on a Saturday you know.
- Finders keepers.
You can go.
- You know, me, Steph
and Billie were thinking
we should all hang out.
Even those other girls,
forget their names.
We're all stuck here,
may as well make it fun.
- Fun how?
- You know fun.
Make Mrs. Tyler
think we're haunted.
Tell scary stories.
Drink that wine maybe.
Fun things.
- This is the most
you've ever spoken to me.
- Well, needs must.
Got a phone signal?
- I don't have a phone.
- You know, between me and you,
the others think you
are kind of crazy.
Not me though.
I can vibe with that
with that Wiccan energy.
- The only ones who
can vibe with that
are the ones who left me
in this dump of a school.
'Cause I'm not allowed to
contact my family till I'm 18.
- Intense.
- Very.
- That where you got that knife?
- What knife?
- I've seen it.
Totally cool, by the way.
You do you, just, you
know, don't kill us.
- You want to see it?
- Kind of.
- Well, tough.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I'm gonna go lock myself
away with my goodies.
- I know you've got more
witch shit in that bag.
We want in.
Bring it to our dorm room later.
It'll be fun.
- Take your hand off my arm,
or you're not gonna make
it to your dorm room later.
(Kim chuckles)
(footsteps thudding)
- [Woman] Meadow!
Let me out, let me out.
(mysterious music)
You can help me.
Hey, Denise.
(mysterious grunting)
(bell dinging)
- [Overhead Announcer]
Attention all students,
please gather in the
common room immediately
for an address on the situation.
(shoes clacking)
(thunder rumbling)
- We've received word from
the girls who were collected,
and they've all
arrived home safe.
But as we now know,
the roads are closed.
Nikki.
- Do we still have to do our
projects whilst we're here?
- No.
No, there's going to be
no work this weekend.
But that does not mean
that you can shirk
what's otherwise
expected of you.
This school is
grounded in values
that extend beyond the gate.
So there is to be no bickering--
- If I might
interrupt, Ms. Dario.
We trust you girls implicitly.
And you have a free
reign over the building.
Aside from the obvious
areas of privacy.
Ms. Dario will be our point
of contact for you girls
and will oversee the
safety of the building.
(thunder rumbling)
(heels clacking)
- So what did you
guys wanna do now?
- Are you getting anything?
- No.
- It's like the dark ages.
I know you would know
about that. (chuckles)
- [Kim] Back to
your lair, is it?
(keys jangling)
- You coming?
- [Kim] Sneaky bitch.
(Nikki coughing)
- God, I think I'm gonna
might need my inhaler in here.
- Nikki.
- Yeah.
- You're not interesting
enough to need an inhaler.
- What is this place?
It's gross.
- Ms. Dario's office.
(drawers sliding)
- Seriously?
- Yeah, I see her come
in here all the time.
Has she not heard of a Hoover?
- Like the mayor's aide doesn't
sweep up after you, Billie.
- I don't think we
should be in here.
- Then leave.
- Actually, I guess
it's kind of cool.
- [Woman] Meadow!
- Did you guys hear that?
- What?
- I think I'm supposed
to find something.
They know my name.
- So you hear voices?
I was starting to
think you were cool.
- [Steph] You can't
say that, you.
- Who knows your name, Meadow?
(tense music)
- [Kim] What the hell is that?
- Oh, is that Ms. Dario's diary?
- No, that's
actually really old.
- Oh.
- Kinda freaky.
- [Steph] What a hard
life she's lived.
(women laugh)
- My parents had a library of
old texts, symbols and spells.
Nothing like this.
- Why would your parents
have creepy stuff like that?
- Well, it's my Mum.
It's kind of her
job to protect it.
She sent me away 'cause she
runs a commune of sorts.
- So your Mum's a witch.
Makes sense now.
- Not a witch, a protector.
(women laugh)
I think they know I can help.
- Help how?
(voices muttering)
Meadow?
(shoes clacking)
- What do you think
you are doing?
You should not be
in that office!
- Run of the school you said.
Was that the actual boss?
- [Ms. Dario] It was locked.
- I guess not.
- We're sorry, Ms. Dario.
Will this affect our grades?
- What's her name?
- Pippa?
- Pippa.
Stop being such a bore.
- I'm sorry for caring
about my future.
We can't all inherit hotels.
- True.
- The office is off-limits.
- Ms. Dario, where
did you get that book?
- Salem.
- Salem?
- Mm-hmm.
- In America?
- Mm-hmm.
- Like Salem with the witches?
- Yes, Salem with the witches.
- Witches?
That's a witch's book?
- No, this is not
a witch's book.
This is a book written
by a group of protectors.
At the end of the trials.
- Trials?
- The witch trials.
- What trials were they for?
To qualify for the
Witch Olympics?
- Innocent women were
hung and tortured
and burned alive because
of the word of men.
And even children were
believed over them.
If crops failed
or an animal died
or somebody woke up with a
scratch, they blamed witches.
The village of Salem tore
itself apart through paranoia.
- So why do you have it?
I mean, shouldn't it be
somewhere safe in a museum?
- I wrote my own book on
the history of witchcraft
and how it was used as an excuse
to torture and punish women.
Have any of you
been in my history
of feminism through
the ages class?
- No, but I'd really like to.
- I went to Salem
for my research,
and I found this book buried.
- Buried where?
- The very first woman to
be tried for witchcraft
in Salem was a lady
named Bridget Bishop.
- They lock her in the book?
- I found this book buried at
the site where she was hung.
Something, something drew me
there, girls, a connection.
And I was on my knees,
digging in the dirt.
Bridget Bishop was not a
witch when she was accused.
Nobody ever was.
And they hung, and
they tried so many.
And when Bridget was
hung, everything changed.
The misguided hatred and
prejudice against Bridget
had consequences for them all.
Evil and innocence came together
and awoke a new kind of demon.
(Bridget choking)
They accused Bridget of
bewitching young women.
Her angry husband
testified that he'd
seen her biting
and choking them.
It was his word
against hers, a lie,
but this demon made it real.
One by one, the women of Salem
were possessed by Bridget
Bishop's damned soul.
It was pure evil
searching for hosts.
It was the birth of witches.
(solemn music)
So the last woman accused
of witchcraft in Salem
was burned at the stake in 1693.
And her ashes are
pressed into this book.
With spells that were written
and bound by the protectors
to hold Bridget's soul
and keep the curse at bay.
She was innocent, but
her soul is trapped.
And I've been
researching this book
to try and free her soul.
- You actually believe all this?
- You don't?
- Oh, come off it.
How convenient,
witch Meadow finds it
when we're all stuck here
alone with nothing to do.
Thanks for the creepy
story, Ms. Dario.
Really passed the time.
Are you coming?
- I don't care if it's a story.
I still wanna hear
what happened.
- So how do you think you
can help this Bridget?
- There is one ritual, but
the only way to activate it
is to mix the ashes in this
book with some special blood.
- [Kim] Oh for God's sake.
(hand taps)
- Special?
- I'm B-positive.
- The people of Salem
had help from outsiders
who were able to hold
back the evil energy
while the last witch burned.
Now, there have been
offshoots over the years,
but these were originals
of what we call Wiccans.
Now, it's their
bloodline that is needed.
If the ritual is to be
started without their blood
and without the powerful
Wiccans overseeing it,
then I don't think that
would be all right.
- So why are you keeping it?
If it's as powerful and
dangerous as you say,
why haven't you found the
protectors to keep it safe?
- Maybe you should never
have dug it up at all.
Ms. Dario, I am sorry.
- This, this is a
discovery of a lifetime.
I am hoping to be able
to learn how to be able
to help with the rituals.
A bit selfish maybe,
but I want to be able to
help free Bridget's soul.
(tense music)
- Great.
Well done, Meadow.
- [Ms. Dario] Raiding the
teacher's stash, are we?
(rain pouring)
- Ms. Dario, I think you
need another drink. (giggles)
Oh, here you go.
- Ms. Dario.
We love you for this,
but are you okay?
(women laugh)
- These idiots.
They buy me a bottle of
wine every Christmas,
every conference day, and, well,
I've got nobody
to drink it with.
Go to your boots girls,
go to your boots.
- Didn't you have chatting
with Mr. McCullum?
Has he not asked
you for a drink?
- Oh, no.
I had to drop something
off at his house once,
and he's built a little
hut for his recycling bin.
Oh, his idea of a fun weekend
would be hiring a skip.
(women laughing)
- What's a skip?
- Okay, who's next?
- Meadow.
Truth or dare?
- [Meadow] I'm not saying.
- Life of the party, as always.
- Oh, sorry.
Go carry on playing
these stupid games.
I was thinking about
that poor woman.
So unfair.
- Oh God, it was
like 100 years ago.
Whatever.
- Yeah, I bet you that
she would be happy
that women are free to
drink, free to vote,
and free to have
their own businesses.
Isn't that right, Ms. Dario?
- Damn right.
- Right, yeah!
- Ms. Dario, truth or dare?
- Dare.
Dare me to lock
that old witch Tyler
in her office the
whole weekend, please.
- Ms. Dario, I think you've
had too much to drink.
Do you want me to get
Ms. Tyler for you?
- Who's the
responsible adult here?
It is me.
Why don't we just have
a little. (hiccups)
A little lay down.
(Ms. Dario mutters)
(women chuckle)
- That's our teacher.
- She'll be fine.
And you remember how
much weed we have to try.
- That's true.
(women giggle)
(somber music)
(wine splashing)
(somber music)
(Ms. Tyler inhales)
(Ms. Tyler exhales)
(eerie music)
(thunder rumbling)
(Ms. Tyler inhales)
(Ms. Tyler exhales)
- Wanna do something useful?
- With you?
No, thanks.
- What were you thinking?
- We're gonna do that ritual.
(thunder rumbling)
- No, no, no, no, no.
I don't think we should do that.
- Been around Wiccan
bullshit all my life.
It can't be that difficult.
Who's in?
Oh, so you can listen to
Dario yammer on and on,
but you can't take
a leap of faith
and actually help someone?
- [Kim] She's right, you know.
Imagine Ms. Dario wakes up and
we've stolen all her glory.
I'm in.
- [Billie] I thought you
didn't believe in it.
- [Kim] I don't.
Dario does.
(thunder rumbling)
- Okay.
- Oh, I'm going to bed.
- [Kim] Steph, come on.
- No, that shit's too real.
I'm leaving it to you freaks.
Goodnight.
(lips smacking)
- Right then.
We ready?
(somber music)
(rain pouring)
(thunder cracking)
Tonight, Bridget Bishop's
soul is purified and freed.
No longer a servant of evil.
No longer a pawn of the devil.
No longer a curse.
(suspenseful music)
- Meadow, how did you get
a dagger in the school?
- It's not a dagger.
It's an athame, and it's been
in my family for generations.
And I took it as a memento.
- What does that symbol mean?
- It means protection.
I'm the one who
can free Bridget.
- I don't think
we should do this.
- Fire of the realms, hear me.
On the honor of my bloodline,
I sanction the freedom,
protection and blessing
of Bridget Bishop's
soul for all time.
(rain pouring)
(thunder cracking)
(suspenseful music)
(mysterious breathing)
(suspenseful music)
(thunder cracking)
(mysterious breathing)
(suspenseful music)
(thunder cracking)
(rain pouring)
With my blood meeting
the ash of the lost,
we shall begin.
(mysterious breathing)
(suspenseful music)
- No!
No.
(mysterious muttering)
(suspenseful music)
(Meadow laughing)
(suspenseful music)
(Meadow laughing)
(suspenseful music)
No!
(Meadow laughing)
(suspenseful music)
(crow cawing)
(birds chirping)
- Oh my God.
It's like my hair is hurting.
Mm.
- What the hell
happened last night?
- Dario brought us
all that alcohol.
Guess that's what
happened. (groans)
- I feel awful.
Why do people do
this to themselves?
- Welcome to not being a loser.
Oh no, wait, you still are.
What are you girls doing
sleeping here anyway?
Did I let you in?
- I don't remember anything.
- [Nikki] Me neither, Gemma.
- Cool.
So maybe go back to
your own rooms now?
- Kim, quit being such a bitch.
- Steph, you good?
Steph.
- Steph!
- Steph?
(Steph shouts)
(dramatic music)
You're sick.
- Gotcha.
- Yeah, good one.
Imagine if I'd had
a heart attack.
- Excuse me for having
a good night's sleep.
Oh, I love it when the
weather's all horrible outside.
- Steph.
- Hmm?
- Did you hear us
come in last night?
- Nope, I hibernate.
But the lights did
go a bit funny.
Was there a power cut?
- No, I don't think so.
- Hmm.
Well, usually Kim
snoring keeps me up,
so you guys must have
passed right out.
Do you reckon Ms. Dario could
get into trouble for last night?
- Hmm, good idea.
(Steph chuckles)
I think we had a
good night though.
- It was horrible.
Who was it?
I can't remember.
It must have been...
- Oh God.
Remember Ms. Dario passing out.
(women giggle)
- [Kim] What a loser.
(Steph chuckles)
(hand knocking)
(door creaking)
(footsteps thudding)
- Is everything okay?
You know, there was some
bad weather last night.
Did you leave a
window open in here?
- No.
- Okay.
Would you like some
breakfast being brought in?
- No.
- Okay.
- How are the
girls this morning?
- Fine, they're fine.
A bit shaken up by the
weather maybe, but.
- It's important
to keep them safe.
- Yeah, they're
okay, they're fine.
- It's so important to try.
- They're fine.
- Ms. Dario.
Ms. Dario?
Ms. Dario?
(dramatic music)
(footsteps thudding)
(Billie laughs)
Ms. Dario?
- Hmm?
- What time did we
go to bed last night?
- I am not your mother.
- Well, as long as we're stuck
here, I say that you are.
- Do you have any
more toast, Mum?
(women chuckling)
(Kim coughing)
Oh, good one, Kim.
Can you eat three
more of those scones?
(Kim coughing)
- Are you okay?
(Kim coughing)
- Ms. Dario, help her.
Oh my God.
(dramatic whooshing)
(Kim choking)
(suspenseful music)
(dramatic whooshing)
(Kim choking)
(Kim coughing)
(chair legs scuffing)
Ms. Dario, help her.
Ms. Dario, help her.
(Kim coughing)
Oh my God, this is horrible.
- Steph, pat her back.
(Kim coughing)
(suspenseful music)
(Meadow coughing)
(Kim coughing)
- Oh my God, this is horrible.
(Kim coughing)
- [Woman] It was them.
You know they did this.
Too late.
(woman laughing)
(solemn music)
- [Steph] Here you go.
Maybe two next time.
- There was someone stood
there in a hood, and he's gone.
- Where?
- He was standing
right behind you.
- [Ms/ Dario] What kind of hood?
- I don't know.
It was a hood, a black hood.
It looked cheap.
- [Steph] Aw.
(dramatic organ music)
(Ms. Dario gasping)
(mysterious breathing)
(solemn piano music)
- There's a presence,
I can feel it.
It's her, I know it is.
Meadow, what have you done?
- I don't know what I've...
- You started the ritual,
and you didn't finish it.
- Who's her?
- Bridget.
- Oh, please.
- Kim, you saw her for yourself.
And so did I.
- You did?
- And now she's here,
we've opened the gates.
And she has brought with
her such great danger,
if we don't finish
that ritual now.
- I don't remember.
I don't think I
would've done that.
- I don't think Meadow
would've done that either.
Especially not after what
you told us about the book.
You wouldn't do that, Meadow.
Would you, Meadow?
- But I saw you.
(mysterious whispering)
(mysterious breathing)
(dramatic whooshing)
(woman whimpers softly)
(birds chirp)
I also warned you
about the book,
and I don't know
if I can stop it.
- It was Kim.
- What?
- You think I would
read that ritual?
Haven't even read Harry Potter.
- She hasn't.
- You spiked us.
I saw you.
Why would you do that to us?
- Is that true?
- No, it's not true.
If anyone spiked
anyone, it's Meadow.
I've seen the weird shit you've
been carrying
around in that bag.
- Shit I would not waste
on the likes of you!
- Girls, enough!
- She let Steph go to sleep
so she could spike us all.
She hates us!
- I think it was you
that made me choke!
What did you put in my food?
What did you do to me?
- I think we should
get Ms. Tyler.
- You love the
attention so much, Kim.
Why is that?
Is that 'cause Mummy
and Daddy sent you away?
(Kim mutters)
- We are here together,
we work together.
We stay together, understood?
- [Steph] Guys, she's right.
- Everyone knows you're
jealous of me and Steph.
Except the mayor can't pay
us off to be your friend.
(women shouting)
(suspenseful music)
- Enough!
Calm down.
(footsteps thudding)
- What if she's busy?
- You do it then.
She likes you more
than me anyway.
She does.
Yeah, sure.
(hand knocking)
- Excuse me, Mrs. Tyler.
(hand knocking)
(door creaking)
(suspenseful music)
- We need to finish the ritual.
And Meadow's going to get
the book from the box.
'Cause she needs to read it.
Girls, we need to work together.
We need to work together
and stay focused.
Fair?
We stand a chance.
- So what if we
don't stay focused?
- That is not an option.
Meadow, Bridget's
soul is at stake here.
Everything that
happened at Salem
will happen here
if we do not act.
Something terrible could happen.
- I know I can't do it.
- Meadow, you're a strong woman.
I've watched you grow.
We're are all so,
so proud of you.
- I'm not.
- I will be by your side.
You started this
ritual alone, Meadow.
None of us could
have withstood that.
We'll be ready this time.
- My mother sent me away
because she knew I wasn't ready.
- [Ms. Dario] Who
is your mother?
- As far as I'm concerned,
I'm here by myself.
- [Kim] No change there then.
- Do you never get tired
of being a sarcastic bitch?
- No.
- You see me in class
too, you're just the same.
Always trying to
put everyone down.
Why is that?
And you, following her around
like a lost little puppy.
You're just as bad.
- What, what the hell did I do?
- You can all sit here and
hold hands till morning.
Leave me alone.
- [Ms. Dario] Meadow, Meadow!
- Jesus Christ,
thank God for that.
Freak.
- [Ms. Dario] Girls,
we need Meadow's help.
- Yeah, well I'm not
gonna go get her.
She'll scurry back.
- Billie, do you need
a second to calm down?
(dramatic music)
(Billie gasps)
(Billie whimpers)
- Look who's taken
the freak crown.
(dramatic organ music)
Freak.
- Billie?
(dramatic organ music)
(Billie cries)
(blood squirting)
(Billie laughing)
(dramatic organ music)
(footsteps tapping)
(Billie laughing)
(suspenseful music)
- Where is she?
Surely she's not
outside in this cold.
Do you think she
heard the noise?
- She's left her
laptop plugged in.
- Well, she'll be
back in a minute then.
Gemma, what are you doing?
- Wanna know your
predicted grades?
- Gemma!
You can't do that.
- Come on, just a peek.
It'll get my dad off my back.
(mysterious whirring)
- Ms. Tyler.
(dramatic music)
(woman choking)
(man grunting)
(woman choking)
(body thudding)
- Nikki?
(papers rustling)
- Where is it?
Where is it?
- [Ms. Tyler] That
won't help you.
(suspenseful music)
- Nikki?
(suspenseful music)
(mysterious muttering)
- Hey, Meadow.
- How did you get in here then?
- It won't help you.
- Nikki.
- Kim, you're not funny.
No one thinks you're
funny, you're just a bitch.
Kim?
- It won't help you.
- You all right?
- Who's there?
- Don't.
(Gemma choking)
(Gemma choking)
- Your research.
Without intimate
knowledge and providence,
you cannot truly harness
the power of the book.
- You know about the book?
My research, did you
find my research?
Where is it?
- It's gone.
- Gemma, oh my God!
Gemma!
- My journal with rubbings
of symbols and spells.
That is unique.
- It won't help you.
- Where has it gone?
- It won't help you.
(Nikki whimpering)
- I couldn't stop.
I could see her, she
wanted me to stop.
- Was someone here
with you, Nikki?
Did they make you?
- It told me to watch.
- Who did?
(dramatic whooshing)
(suspenseful music)
(mysterious whooshing)
- I think I need to leave.
- I think, I think I need to go.
(suspenseful music)
- We'll all go.
We can finish this together.
You need to go
downstairs, Nikki.
Nikki, you need
to go downstairs.
(Nikki whimpers)
Nikki, don't listen to them.
Focus on me.
(suspenseful music)
(dramatic music)
(dagger squelching)
(suspenseful music)
- There's no other way.
- They won't let me forget.
(Billie coughs)
(Nikki coughs)
(dagger squelching)
- Nikki!
(Nikki groans)
(Nikki gasps)
(Nikki groans)
(Nikki cries)
- Meadow.
Help me. (groans)
(suspenseful music)
(Billie coughing)
(suspenseful music)
(footsteps tapping)
(suspenseful music)
- I'm sorry.
(dramatic music)
(hand knocking)
- I'm decent.
That means come in.
(hand knocking)
(mysterious muttering)
Oh, ha-ha, Kim.
Very funny.
(door slamming)
Bunch of idiots.
I'm not scared, you know.
(dramatic whooshing)
(mysterious breathing)
(suspenseful music)
(dramatic whooshing)
(suspenseful buzzing)
- Kim.
- What?
Billie, if that's you, it
better be to apologize.
- [Meadow] She's here.
- What do you want?
(door creaking loudly)
(door creaking)
Steph, you in there?
(suspenseful music)
(Kim crying)
- Okay, we need to get
everybody downstairs, girls.
Once everybody is safe,
girls, and we get the book,
we breathe and we
fight back, okay?
Meadow, it's okay.
Come in.
(solemn piano music)
It's Steph.
I am so sorry.
- There's no blood in here.
- No.
- Nikki.
Gemma.
- What have you done?
- Nikki hurt herself.
Over Gemma, I think.
You listen to me.
- Where are they?
- Mrs. Tyler's office.
- Okay, where is Mrs. Tyler?
Hey girls, I'm gonna
go find Mrs. Tyler.
Girls, take a moment and then
you need to lock the rooms.
And these are off-limits.
I need to get the books
and come downstairs,
but you are not to start
anything without me.
Is that clear?
(suspenseful music)
(mysterious muttering)
(suspenseful music)
Bridget?
(suspenseful music)
- We should go now.
(suspenseful music)
- Just need to wait
for Dario to get back,
and then we can fix this.
- It's a bit late for that
now, isn't it, Meadow?
- It's not too
late for us three.
- [Woman] You don't have time.
- Did you hear that?
- What?
- [Woman] He killed them all.
- What are they talking about?
- Dario's the one
losing it, right?
- [Woman] She did
what she had to do.
(dramatic music)
(footsteps thudding)
(dramatic whooshing)
- You ignored her.
- What?
- Deaf?
She asked you to go with her.
If you'd have gone, none
of this would've happened.
- Kim, that's not fair.
- I bet she killed
Gemma and Nikki too.
I know you hate me, Steph.
You were always jealous of us.
- Just stop!
- She killed Gemma
and Nikki, I know it.
- It wasn't Billie.
She didn't have anything
to do with this.
I saw what happened.
Nikki killed herself
in front of me.
Gemma was dead when I got there.
- She's only saying that now
because she knows
she's been caught.
- It didn't hurt anybody.
It wasn't my fault.
I started the ritual.
I didn't know what
was gonna happen.
Dario is right.
There's something else here.
A presence.
- Billie, we need to
get away from her.
- Three of our friends are dead.
Because you started this trial.
- I thought I could handle it.
- No one can handle it.
You were there as well, Billie.
You could have saved her.
You were too scared.
(Billie whimpers)
(suspenseful music)
- Audrey.
You need to come inside.
Something, something
terrible's happened.
I tried to help her.
I didn't notice anything.
Oh God, what kind
of teacher am I?
She was a kind, a beautiful
person underneath it all.
Couldn't help.
Those girls needed
me, and I failed.
- [Ms. Tyler] I know.
- Know what?
- She killed those girls.
Steph, Nikki, Gemma.
- Who killed them?
- I trusted you to
take care of them.
- Huh?
How do you know?
- She will not stop until
we all have felt her pain.
There's nothing more you can do.
She did need help, desperately,
but you made it worse.
You started something
you didn't understand.
You let that witch
return to take control.
- Meadow was trying to help too.
- You found the book.
You took the book.
The responsibility is with you,
no matter how much
you push back.
Blame yourself.
(tense music)
(suspenseful music)
I'm not here anymore.
(suspenseful music)
(gasoline splashing)
(canister clanking)
(lighter clicking)
(flame whooshing)
(suspenseful piano music)
(footsteps thudding)
(suspenseful piano music)
(Billie breathing heavily)
(footsteps thudding)
(suspenseful piano music)
(witch laughs)
(footsteps thudding)
(door creaking)
(door banging)
(footsteps tapping)
(suspenseful music)
(footsteps tapping)
- No!
No!
(Kim cries)
(footsteps tapping)
(Kim panting)
- Tell me what's happened.
- It's Meadow.
This is all her fault.
She killed Steph, I know it.
- Then we need to go downstairs.
We need to finish the ritual.
- No.
What about Meadow?
- I'll deal with her.
- Help me, cry me strength,
fire mother, my blood.
I know I'm supposed to
help them, but how can I?
I'm sorry.
I just wanted to
prove I could do it.
I thought the curse would lift
as soon as my
blood hit the page.
What it did was open the gate.
Open the gate, and
it took all of you.
(suspenseful music)
(dramatic whooshing)
(dramatic music)
- The gate is open, but
still I am prisoner.
- Tell me what I should do.
- You should wait.
Evil will never cease.
Not until the last
vessel is claimed.
You should wait,
for if it is you, you
shall live eternal.
If not, you shall be
the last here to die.
The last and the one
that stands accused.
- I can finish the ritual.
- The ritual will only delay.
Death is inevitable.
We are the witches
that cannot die.
(sheet rustling)
(suspenseful music)
- Billie?
Oh Billie, you're doing so well.
Oh my goodness,
you are freezing.
Have you been outside?
(suspenseful music)
When we lose somebody
close to us, Billie,
they leave a little mark on
us that keeps them alive.
You know, I truly
believe that, girls.
You are so strong, Billie,
and you've worked hard
for that yourself.
Steph would be proud.
You know, she's part of
that strength, Billie.
In sisterhood, there is power.
Remember that, girls.
Never forget.
- There, there, little Billie.
You're all right.
You're one of us.
- Meadow, do you have the book?
(suspenseful music)
The book?
- It's her fault.
She killed them!
You killed them!
(women shouting)
- Stop!
No.
(eerie music)
(suspenseful music)
- It was both of them.
They conspire.
They both wanted this.
- What now?
- How about a gag?
- You cannot silence me.
You both know it was you.
Soon everyone will know.
- She can't help this.
That's not Billie.
- But it is Billie?
- We need to finish
this ritual now
before she can do anymore harm.
- Ritual won't do anything.
- Well, it's the best
that we've got, Meadow.
What would you prefer
that we do, nothing?
- Maybe we just let it take her.
- And then what?
Let it take everybody else
when they arrive here tomorrow?
(Billie laughs)
- Yes!
Bring more. (laughs)
- Okay.
Okay, I'll do it.
- But we need the book.
Mrs. Tyler, she must have
buried the book before she...
I am going to find it.
(suspenseful music)
- Can I come with you?
- I'll be fine.
- Meadow, I'm counting on you.
(suspenseful music)
(dramatic music)
(Meadow groans)
(weapon clanks)
(Billie cries)
- Billie.
(Billie cries)
Billie.
(Billie cries)
(Billie laughs)
(blood squirting)
Billie.
(blood squirting)
(Billie laughs)
- What if this doesn't work?
You know, when it
was controlling me,
I could see and feel everything,
but I wasn't in control.
What must that have
been like for Steph?
For Gemma and for
Nikki and Mrs. Tyler.
Why did it spare me?
- Oh, I don't know.
We can't always make
sense of evil, Kim.
This Salem curse, it's chosen
innocent women to live,
and it's chosen
innocent women to die.
And look, if there's one thing
we do know about the world
that is that us women, we
always have a price to pay.
But if we work together, and
we work hard, and we focus,
we have hope, Kim.
- Hope for what?
My best friend is dead.
I just had to tie
Billie up to stop her
from hurting us or
herself. (sighs)
- This is all my fault.
Look, I know I brought
this book here,
but I have to live with that.
I want to live with that
because every moment
that I have here,
that I am breathing,
I am gonna be fighting.
Fighting for me,
fighting for you,
fighting for Billie,
fighting for Meadow.
And we're gonna be
fighting for Bridget.
Are you with me?
- I'm with you.
- Found it.
(shovel banging)
- I thought you said
Mrs. Tyler died here.
(dramatic music)
- [Ms. Dario] She did.
(birds chirping)
(suspenseful music)
(mysterious chattering)
(suspenseful music)
- I call upon the
guardians of the realm,
the spirits of the earth.
The curse of Bridget Bishop
of Salem is to be undone.
(lights buzzing)
(dramatic music)
- Keep going.
- Her soul is to be
bound by my blood
to rest undisturbed
for eternity.
To release the evil
back into hell.
(dramatic whooshing)
(groans) It burned.
- You can do this.
Concentrate.
(hand knocking)
Keep going.
(hand knocking)
- [Billie] Please, let me in.
Please, I'm so scared.
- We can't let her in.
Keep going.
- [Billie] Help me, please!
Don't leave me.
Kim?
Kim, are you in there?
- What if it's left her?
Maybe she's okay.
But it might come back.
- Just finish this now.
- To lift the curse hereafter,
may the shadows cast
on this earth no more.
- Is that it?
Finished?
(dramatic music)
- Keep reading.
(Kim gasps)
- Kim.
Now.
Now the darkness must...
Kim?
- Meadow.
- Must choose a host to
draw its final breath.
(dramatic music)
(Kim groans)
(body thuds)
(dramatic music)
(Billie whimpers)
- I can't stop.
- Meadow stopped it.
It's over.
- [Woman] We demand the
ground must taste her blood.
(Billie whimpers)
- They won't let me stop.
They won't let me stop.
(knife slices)
(Kim chokes)
(dramatic music)
- This darkness is going
to choose a final host
and a final sacrifice.
We've done all we can.
We can be proud.
(suspenseful music)
- I'm ready to die.
- [Woman] No, you are not.
- It's not up to me, Billie.
(suspenseful music)
(dramatic music)
(birds chirping)
(footsteps thudding)
(footsteps thudding)
(floor creaking)
- Hello?
Ms. Dario?
Mrs. Tyler!
(door creaking)
(footsteps tapping)
(floor creaking)
Ms. Dario.
Are you all right?
What's happened?
Where are the girls?
- I couldn't stop them.
- Stop what?
(body thuds)
- They coached us
all to succeed,
but that's all it is, coaching.
We don't learn anything.
When you leave this school,
do you believe the world
will hand you what you want?
I don't believe that.
They can throw money at
education all they want,
but we'll still
step out as women.
Second class.
They taught us how to act
a bit, but not too much.
You'll be nothing more
than subservient, Meadow.
(giggles) That's why I'm happy.
I know I'm doing you a favor.
What do you think
you've learned, Meadow?
- That I wasn't ready.
That I should have
paid more attention.
- Wise.
More attention.
(chuckles) Then maybe you
could have saved them.
- My family will come for you.
They've been looking
for you for a long time.
- I know.
What fun.
Goodbye, Meadow.
- I'll see you in hell.
(birds chirping)
(man speaking
indistinctly on phone)
- Hey, Dad.
Yeah, I'm great.
But you don't need to do that.
(man speaking
indistinctly on phone)
(suspenseful music)
(man speaking
indistinctly on phone)
In sisterhood, there is power.
And in me, there is sisterhood.
There is eternity.
There is always a
price for women to pay.
Billie says goodbye.
(suspenseful music)
(thrilling music)
(tense music)
(Billie whimpering)
- [Ms. Dario] Billie.
Billie.
Billie, we're going to get help.
(Billie cries)
(blood squirts)
(Billie laughs)
(tense music)
(Billie laughs)
(footsteps tapping)
(Billie laughing)
(crows cawing)
(static buzzing loudly)
(tense orchestral music)
(fabric rustling)
(birds chirping)
(keys jangling)
(door clanking)
(keys jangling)
(footsteps thudding)
(keys jangling)
(hand knocking)
- Enter.
- (sighs) Ms. Tyler.
The bridge is down.
We're stuck here, and
there's six girls I find.
- Yes, I know.
(keys jangling)
- Well, what's our plan?
- I've spoken to the
mayor, and he assures me
that the bridge will be
back open in 48 hours.
The girls can roam in the
building all they want,
but responsibility
for them is with you.
Is that understood?
(somber piano music)
- Tyler's last two.
I love it when she gets
all edgy without them.
- Mm.
Yeah, great idea.
Make her more pissed
off with everyone.
- Just 'cause Daddy
isn't sending you a
helicopter this time.
Chill out, Billie.
- Now, now, just 'cause your
parents didn't take you abroad
doesn't mean you need to
take it out on Billie.
- Mm-hmm.
- My dad's got a helipad
on all his hotels.
He just doesn't let
me ride in them.
I just think he's cheap.
- Well, I actually
don't like them.
It feels weird being all
high in the open like that.
- Yeah, speaking of, if we
have to spend the whole weekend
with one mini bottle of
vodka and two cigarettes,
I'm gonna kill myself.
- Oh, hang on a minute.
I think I know someone
who will have something.
- The mayor's office?
(Steph chuckles)
- Shut up.
That girl, Meadow.
- (gasps) Yeah, she's
exactly the kind of person
who'd have something.
Kim, you should go talk to her.
- Why me?
- Well, 'cause you love to talk,
and honestly you
could do with a walk.
- Catch up on all
your brother's stuff.
- He's pretty hot, to be fair.
(footsteps thudding)
(shoes clacking)
(bottles clinking)
- What are you doing?
- Clearing up.
- You gonna share it?
- Depends, what do you got?
Oh wow, a whole cigarette.
Guess you want McCullum's
stash of tobacco.
- No weed?
- He's not that cool.
- Well, are you
gonna dish it out?
It's dangerous to use it
on a Saturday you know.
- Finders keepers.
You can go.
- You know, me, Steph
and Billie were thinking
we should all hang out.
Even those other girls,
forget their names.
We're all stuck here,
may as well make it fun.
- Fun how?
- You know fun.
Make Mrs. Tyler
think we're haunted.
Tell scary stories.
Drink that wine maybe.
Fun things.
- This is the most
you've ever spoken to me.
- Well, needs must.
Got a phone signal?
- I don't have a phone.
- You know, between me and you,
the others think you
are kind of crazy.
Not me though.
I can vibe with that
with that Wiccan energy.
- The only ones who
can vibe with that
are the ones who left me
in this dump of a school.
'Cause I'm not allowed to
contact my family till I'm 18.
- Intense.
- Very.
- That where you got that knife?
- What knife?
- I've seen it.
Totally cool, by the way.
You do you, just, you
know, don't kill us.
- You want to see it?
- Kind of.
- Well, tough.
Now, if you'll excuse me,
I'm gonna go lock myself
away with my goodies.
- I know you've got more
witch shit in that bag.
We want in.
Bring it to our dorm room later.
It'll be fun.
- Take your hand off my arm,
or you're not gonna make
it to your dorm room later.
(Kim chuckles)
(footsteps thudding)
- [Woman] Meadow!
Let me out, let me out.
(mysterious music)
You can help me.
Hey, Denise.
(mysterious grunting)
(bell dinging)
- [Overhead Announcer]
Attention all students,
please gather in the
common room immediately
for an address on the situation.
(shoes clacking)
(thunder rumbling)
- We've received word from
the girls who were collected,
and they've all
arrived home safe.
But as we now know,
the roads are closed.
Nikki.
- Do we still have to do our
projects whilst we're here?
- No.
No, there's going to be
no work this weekend.
But that does not mean
that you can shirk
what's otherwise
expected of you.
This school is
grounded in values
that extend beyond the gate.
So there is to be no bickering--
- If I might
interrupt, Ms. Dario.
We trust you girls implicitly.
And you have a free
reign over the building.
Aside from the obvious
areas of privacy.
Ms. Dario will be our point
of contact for you girls
and will oversee the
safety of the building.
(thunder rumbling)
(heels clacking)
- So what did you
guys wanna do now?
- Are you getting anything?
- No.
- It's like the dark ages.
I know you would know
about that. (chuckles)
- [Kim] Back to
your lair, is it?
(keys jangling)
- You coming?
- [Kim] Sneaky bitch.
(Nikki coughing)
- God, I think I'm gonna
might need my inhaler in here.
- Nikki.
- Yeah.
- You're not interesting
enough to need an inhaler.
- What is this place?
It's gross.
- Ms. Dario's office.
(drawers sliding)
- Seriously?
- Yeah, I see her come
in here all the time.
Has she not heard of a Hoover?
- Like the mayor's aide doesn't
sweep up after you, Billie.
- I don't think we
should be in here.
- Then leave.
- Actually, I guess
it's kind of cool.
- [Woman] Meadow!
- Did you guys hear that?
- What?
- I think I'm supposed
to find something.
They know my name.
- So you hear voices?
I was starting to
think you were cool.
- [Steph] You can't
say that, you.
- Who knows your name, Meadow?
(tense music)
- [Kim] What the hell is that?
- Oh, is that Ms. Dario's diary?
- No, that's
actually really old.
- Oh.
- Kinda freaky.
- [Steph] What a hard
life she's lived.
(women laugh)
- My parents had a library of
old texts, symbols and spells.
Nothing like this.
- Why would your parents
have creepy stuff like that?
- Well, it's my Mum.
It's kind of her
job to protect it.
She sent me away 'cause she
runs a commune of sorts.
- So your Mum's a witch.
Makes sense now.
- Not a witch, a protector.
(women laugh)
I think they know I can help.
- Help how?
(voices muttering)
Meadow?
(shoes clacking)
- What do you think
you are doing?
You should not be
in that office!
- Run of the school you said.
Was that the actual boss?
- [Ms. Dario] It was locked.
- I guess not.
- We're sorry, Ms. Dario.
Will this affect our grades?
- What's her name?
- Pippa?
- Pippa.
Stop being such a bore.
- I'm sorry for caring
about my future.
We can't all inherit hotels.
- True.
- The office is off-limits.
- Ms. Dario, where
did you get that book?
- Salem.
- Salem?
- Mm-hmm.
- In America?
- Mm-hmm.
- Like Salem with the witches?
- Yes, Salem with the witches.
- Witches?
That's a witch's book?
- No, this is not
a witch's book.
This is a book written
by a group of protectors.
At the end of the trials.
- Trials?
- The witch trials.
- What trials were they for?
To qualify for the
Witch Olympics?
- Innocent women were
hung and tortured
and burned alive because
of the word of men.
And even children were
believed over them.
If crops failed
or an animal died
or somebody woke up with a
scratch, they blamed witches.
The village of Salem tore
itself apart through paranoia.
- So why do you have it?
I mean, shouldn't it be
somewhere safe in a museum?
- I wrote my own book on
the history of witchcraft
and how it was used as an excuse
to torture and punish women.
Have any of you
been in my history
of feminism through
the ages class?
- No, but I'd really like to.
- I went to Salem
for my research,
and I found this book buried.
- Buried where?
- The very first woman to
be tried for witchcraft
in Salem was a lady
named Bridget Bishop.
- They lock her in the book?
- I found this book buried at
the site where she was hung.
Something, something drew me
there, girls, a connection.
And I was on my knees,
digging in the dirt.
Bridget Bishop was not a
witch when she was accused.
Nobody ever was.
And they hung, and
they tried so many.
And when Bridget was
hung, everything changed.
The misguided hatred and
prejudice against Bridget
had consequences for them all.
Evil and innocence came together
and awoke a new kind of demon.
(Bridget choking)
They accused Bridget of
bewitching young women.
Her angry husband
testified that he'd
seen her biting
and choking them.
It was his word
against hers, a lie,
but this demon made it real.
One by one, the women of Salem
were possessed by Bridget
Bishop's damned soul.
It was pure evil
searching for hosts.
It was the birth of witches.
(solemn music)
So the last woman accused
of witchcraft in Salem
was burned at the stake in 1693.
And her ashes are
pressed into this book.
With spells that were written
and bound by the protectors
to hold Bridget's soul
and keep the curse at bay.
She was innocent, but
her soul is trapped.
And I've been
researching this book
to try and free her soul.
- You actually believe all this?
- You don't?
- Oh, come off it.
How convenient,
witch Meadow finds it
when we're all stuck here
alone with nothing to do.
Thanks for the creepy
story, Ms. Dario.
Really passed the time.
Are you coming?
- I don't care if it's a story.
I still wanna hear
what happened.
- So how do you think you
can help this Bridget?
- There is one ritual, but
the only way to activate it
is to mix the ashes in this
book with some special blood.
- [Kim] Oh for God's sake.
(hand taps)
- Special?
- I'm B-positive.
- The people of Salem
had help from outsiders
who were able to hold
back the evil energy
while the last witch burned.
Now, there have been
offshoots over the years,
but these were originals
of what we call Wiccans.
Now, it's their
bloodline that is needed.
If the ritual is to be
started without their blood
and without the powerful
Wiccans overseeing it,
then I don't think that
would be all right.
- So why are you keeping it?
If it's as powerful and
dangerous as you say,
why haven't you found the
protectors to keep it safe?
- Maybe you should never
have dug it up at all.
Ms. Dario, I am sorry.
- This, this is a
discovery of a lifetime.
I am hoping to be able
to learn how to be able
to help with the rituals.
A bit selfish maybe,
but I want to be able to
help free Bridget's soul.
(tense music)
- Great.
Well done, Meadow.
- [Ms. Dario] Raiding the
teacher's stash, are we?
(rain pouring)
- Ms. Dario, I think you
need another drink. (giggles)
Oh, here you go.
- Ms. Dario.
We love you for this,
but are you okay?
(women laugh)
- These idiots.
They buy me a bottle of
wine every Christmas,
every conference day, and, well,
I've got nobody
to drink it with.
Go to your boots girls,
go to your boots.
- Didn't you have chatting
with Mr. McCullum?
Has he not asked
you for a drink?
- Oh, no.
I had to drop something
off at his house once,
and he's built a little
hut for his recycling bin.
Oh, his idea of a fun weekend
would be hiring a skip.
(women laughing)
- What's a skip?
- Okay, who's next?
- Meadow.
Truth or dare?
- [Meadow] I'm not saying.
- Life of the party, as always.
- Oh, sorry.
Go carry on playing
these stupid games.
I was thinking about
that poor woman.
So unfair.
- Oh God, it was
like 100 years ago.
Whatever.
- Yeah, I bet you that
she would be happy
that women are free to
drink, free to vote,
and free to have
their own businesses.
Isn't that right, Ms. Dario?
- Damn right.
- Right, yeah!
- Ms. Dario, truth or dare?
- Dare.
Dare me to lock
that old witch Tyler
in her office the
whole weekend, please.
- Ms. Dario, I think you've
had too much to drink.
Do you want me to get
Ms. Tyler for you?
- Who's the
responsible adult here?
It is me.
Why don't we just have
a little. (hiccups)
A little lay down.
(Ms. Dario mutters)
(women chuckle)
- That's our teacher.
- She'll be fine.
And you remember how
much weed we have to try.
- That's true.
(women giggle)
(somber music)
(wine splashing)
(somber music)
(Ms. Tyler inhales)
(Ms. Tyler exhales)
(eerie music)
(thunder rumbling)
(Ms. Tyler inhales)
(Ms. Tyler exhales)
- Wanna do something useful?
- With you?
No, thanks.
- What were you thinking?
- We're gonna do that ritual.
(thunder rumbling)
- No, no, no, no, no.
I don't think we should do that.
- Been around Wiccan
bullshit all my life.
It can't be that difficult.
Who's in?
Oh, so you can listen to
Dario yammer on and on,
but you can't take
a leap of faith
and actually help someone?
- [Kim] She's right, you know.
Imagine Ms. Dario wakes up and
we've stolen all her glory.
I'm in.
- [Billie] I thought you
didn't believe in it.
- [Kim] I don't.
Dario does.
(thunder rumbling)
- Okay.
- Oh, I'm going to bed.
- [Kim] Steph, come on.
- No, that shit's too real.
I'm leaving it to you freaks.
Goodnight.
(lips smacking)
- Right then.
We ready?
(somber music)
(rain pouring)
(thunder cracking)
Tonight, Bridget Bishop's
soul is purified and freed.
No longer a servant of evil.
No longer a pawn of the devil.
No longer a curse.
(suspenseful music)
- Meadow, how did you get
a dagger in the school?
- It's not a dagger.
It's an athame, and it's been
in my family for generations.
And I took it as a memento.
- What does that symbol mean?
- It means protection.
I'm the one who
can free Bridget.
- I don't think
we should do this.
- Fire of the realms, hear me.
On the honor of my bloodline,
I sanction the freedom,
protection and blessing
of Bridget Bishop's
soul for all time.
(rain pouring)
(thunder cracking)
(suspenseful music)
(mysterious breathing)
(suspenseful music)
(thunder cracking)
(mysterious breathing)
(suspenseful music)
(thunder cracking)
(rain pouring)
With my blood meeting
the ash of the lost,
we shall begin.
(mysterious breathing)
(suspenseful music)
- No!
No.
(mysterious muttering)
(suspenseful music)
(Meadow laughing)
(suspenseful music)
(Meadow laughing)
(suspenseful music)
No!
(Meadow laughing)
(suspenseful music)
(crow cawing)
(birds chirping)
- Oh my God.
It's like my hair is hurting.
Mm.
- What the hell
happened last night?
- Dario brought us
all that alcohol.
Guess that's what
happened. (groans)
- I feel awful.
Why do people do
this to themselves?
- Welcome to not being a loser.
Oh no, wait, you still are.
What are you girls doing
sleeping here anyway?
Did I let you in?
- I don't remember anything.
- [Nikki] Me neither, Gemma.
- Cool.
So maybe go back to
your own rooms now?
- Kim, quit being such a bitch.
- Steph, you good?
Steph.
- Steph!
- Steph?
(Steph shouts)
(dramatic music)
You're sick.
- Gotcha.
- Yeah, good one.
Imagine if I'd had
a heart attack.
- Excuse me for having
a good night's sleep.
Oh, I love it when the
weather's all horrible outside.
- Steph.
- Hmm?
- Did you hear us
come in last night?
- Nope, I hibernate.
But the lights did
go a bit funny.
Was there a power cut?
- No, I don't think so.
- Hmm.
Well, usually Kim
snoring keeps me up,
so you guys must have
passed right out.
Do you reckon Ms. Dario could
get into trouble for last night?
- Hmm, good idea.
(Steph chuckles)
I think we had a
good night though.
- It was horrible.
Who was it?
I can't remember.
It must have been...
- Oh God.
Remember Ms. Dario passing out.
(women giggle)
- [Kim] What a loser.
(Steph chuckles)
(hand knocking)
(door creaking)
(footsteps thudding)
- Is everything okay?
You know, there was some
bad weather last night.
Did you leave a
window open in here?
- No.
- Okay.
Would you like some
breakfast being brought in?
- No.
- Okay.
- How are the
girls this morning?
- Fine, they're fine.
A bit shaken up by the
weather maybe, but.
- It's important
to keep them safe.
- Yeah, they're
okay, they're fine.
- It's so important to try.
- They're fine.
- Ms. Dario.
Ms. Dario?
Ms. Dario?
(dramatic music)
(footsteps thudding)
(Billie laughs)
Ms. Dario?
- Hmm?
- What time did we
go to bed last night?
- I am not your mother.
- Well, as long as we're stuck
here, I say that you are.
- Do you have any
more toast, Mum?
(women chuckling)
(Kim coughing)
Oh, good one, Kim.
Can you eat three
more of those scones?
(Kim coughing)
- Are you okay?
(Kim coughing)
- Ms. Dario, help her.
Oh my God.
(dramatic whooshing)
(Kim choking)
(suspenseful music)
(dramatic whooshing)
(Kim choking)
(Kim coughing)
(chair legs scuffing)
Ms. Dario, help her.
Ms. Dario, help her.
(Kim coughing)
Oh my God, this is horrible.
- Steph, pat her back.
(Kim coughing)
(suspenseful music)
(Meadow coughing)
(Kim coughing)
- Oh my God, this is horrible.
(Kim coughing)
- [Woman] It was them.
You know they did this.
Too late.
(woman laughing)
(solemn music)
- [Steph] Here you go.
Maybe two next time.
- There was someone stood
there in a hood, and he's gone.
- Where?
- He was standing
right behind you.
- [Ms/ Dario] What kind of hood?
- I don't know.
It was a hood, a black hood.
It looked cheap.
- [Steph] Aw.
(dramatic organ music)
(Ms. Dario gasping)
(mysterious breathing)
(solemn piano music)
- There's a presence,
I can feel it.
It's her, I know it is.
Meadow, what have you done?
- I don't know what I've...
- You started the ritual,
and you didn't finish it.
- Who's her?
- Bridget.
- Oh, please.
- Kim, you saw her for yourself.
And so did I.
- You did?
- And now she's here,
we've opened the gates.
And she has brought with
her such great danger,
if we don't finish
that ritual now.
- I don't remember.
I don't think I
would've done that.
- I don't think Meadow
would've done that either.
Especially not after what
you told us about the book.
You wouldn't do that, Meadow.
Would you, Meadow?
- But I saw you.
(mysterious whispering)
(mysterious breathing)
(dramatic whooshing)
(woman whimpers softly)
(birds chirp)
I also warned you
about the book,
and I don't know
if I can stop it.
- It was Kim.
- What?
- You think I would
read that ritual?
Haven't even read Harry Potter.
- She hasn't.
- You spiked us.
I saw you.
Why would you do that to us?
- Is that true?
- No, it's not true.
If anyone spiked
anyone, it's Meadow.
I've seen the weird shit you've
been carrying
around in that bag.
- Shit I would not waste
on the likes of you!
- Girls, enough!
- She let Steph go to sleep
so she could spike us all.
She hates us!
- I think it was you
that made me choke!
What did you put in my food?
What did you do to me?
- I think we should
get Ms. Tyler.
- You love the
attention so much, Kim.
Why is that?
Is that 'cause Mummy
and Daddy sent you away?
(Kim mutters)
- We are here together,
we work together.
We stay together, understood?
- [Steph] Guys, she's right.
- Everyone knows you're
jealous of me and Steph.
Except the mayor can't pay
us off to be your friend.
(women shouting)
(suspenseful music)
- Enough!
Calm down.
(footsteps thudding)
- What if she's busy?
- You do it then.
She likes you more
than me anyway.
She does.
Yeah, sure.
(hand knocking)
- Excuse me, Mrs. Tyler.
(hand knocking)
(door creaking)
(suspenseful music)
- We need to finish the ritual.
And Meadow's going to get
the book from the box.
'Cause she needs to read it.
Girls, we need to work together.
We need to work together
and stay focused.
Fair?
We stand a chance.
- So what if we
don't stay focused?
- That is not an option.
Meadow, Bridget's
soul is at stake here.
Everything that
happened at Salem
will happen here
if we do not act.
Something terrible could happen.
- I know I can't do it.
- Meadow, you're a strong woman.
I've watched you grow.
We're are all so,
so proud of you.
- I'm not.
- I will be by your side.
You started this
ritual alone, Meadow.
None of us could
have withstood that.
We'll be ready this time.
- My mother sent me away
because she knew I wasn't ready.
- [Ms. Dario] Who
is your mother?
- As far as I'm concerned,
I'm here by myself.
- [Kim] No change there then.
- Do you never get tired
of being a sarcastic bitch?
- No.
- You see me in class
too, you're just the same.
Always trying to
put everyone down.
Why is that?
And you, following her around
like a lost little puppy.
You're just as bad.
- What, what the hell did I do?
- You can all sit here and
hold hands till morning.
Leave me alone.
- [Ms. Dario] Meadow, Meadow!
- Jesus Christ,
thank God for that.
Freak.
- [Ms. Dario] Girls,
we need Meadow's help.
- Yeah, well I'm not
gonna go get her.
She'll scurry back.
- Billie, do you need
a second to calm down?
(dramatic music)
(Billie gasps)
(Billie whimpers)
- Look who's taken
the freak crown.
(dramatic organ music)
Freak.
- Billie?
(dramatic organ music)
(Billie cries)
(blood squirting)
(Billie laughing)
(dramatic organ music)
(footsteps tapping)
(Billie laughing)
(suspenseful music)
- Where is she?
Surely she's not
outside in this cold.
Do you think she
heard the noise?
- She's left her
laptop plugged in.
- Well, she'll be
back in a minute then.
Gemma, what are you doing?
- Wanna know your
predicted grades?
- Gemma!
You can't do that.
- Come on, just a peek.
It'll get my dad off my back.
(mysterious whirring)
- Ms. Tyler.
(dramatic music)
(woman choking)
(man grunting)
(woman choking)
(body thudding)
- Nikki?
(papers rustling)
- Where is it?
Where is it?
- [Ms. Tyler] That
won't help you.
(suspenseful music)
- Nikki?
(suspenseful music)
(mysterious muttering)
- Hey, Meadow.
- How did you get in here then?
- It won't help you.
- Nikki.
- Kim, you're not funny.
No one thinks you're
funny, you're just a bitch.
Kim?
- It won't help you.
- You all right?
- Who's there?
- Don't.
(Gemma choking)
(Gemma choking)
- Your research.
Without intimate
knowledge and providence,
you cannot truly harness
the power of the book.
- You know about the book?
My research, did you
find my research?
Where is it?
- It's gone.
- Gemma, oh my God!
Gemma!
- My journal with rubbings
of symbols and spells.
That is unique.
- It won't help you.
- Where has it gone?
- It won't help you.
(Nikki whimpering)
- I couldn't stop.
I could see her, she
wanted me to stop.
- Was someone here
with you, Nikki?
Did they make you?
- It told me to watch.
- Who did?
(dramatic whooshing)
(suspenseful music)
(mysterious whooshing)
- I think I need to leave.
- I think, I think I need to go.
(suspenseful music)
- We'll all go.
We can finish this together.
You need to go
downstairs, Nikki.
Nikki, you need
to go downstairs.
(Nikki whimpers)
Nikki, don't listen to them.
Focus on me.
(suspenseful music)
(dramatic music)
(dagger squelching)
(suspenseful music)
- There's no other way.
- They won't let me forget.
(Billie coughs)
(Nikki coughs)
(dagger squelching)
- Nikki!
(Nikki groans)
(Nikki gasps)
(Nikki groans)
(Nikki cries)
- Meadow.
Help me. (groans)
(suspenseful music)
(Billie coughing)
(suspenseful music)
(footsteps tapping)
(suspenseful music)
- I'm sorry.
(dramatic music)
(hand knocking)
- I'm decent.
That means come in.
(hand knocking)
(mysterious muttering)
Oh, ha-ha, Kim.
Very funny.
(door slamming)
Bunch of idiots.
I'm not scared, you know.
(dramatic whooshing)
(mysterious breathing)
(suspenseful music)
(dramatic whooshing)
(suspenseful buzzing)
- Kim.
- What?
Billie, if that's you, it
better be to apologize.
- [Meadow] She's here.
- What do you want?
(door creaking loudly)
(door creaking)
Steph, you in there?
(suspenseful music)
(Kim crying)
- Okay, we need to get
everybody downstairs, girls.
Once everybody is safe,
girls, and we get the book,
we breathe and we
fight back, okay?
Meadow, it's okay.
Come in.
(solemn piano music)
It's Steph.
I am so sorry.
- There's no blood in here.
- No.
- Nikki.
Gemma.
- What have you done?
- Nikki hurt herself.
Over Gemma, I think.
You listen to me.
- Where are they?
- Mrs. Tyler's office.
- Okay, where is Mrs. Tyler?
Hey girls, I'm gonna
go find Mrs. Tyler.
Girls, take a moment and then
you need to lock the rooms.
And these are off-limits.
I need to get the books
and come downstairs,
but you are not to start
anything without me.
Is that clear?
(suspenseful music)
(mysterious muttering)
(suspenseful music)
Bridget?
(suspenseful music)
- We should go now.
(suspenseful music)
- Just need to wait
for Dario to get back,
and then we can fix this.
- It's a bit late for that
now, isn't it, Meadow?
- It's not too
late for us three.
- [Woman] You don't have time.
- Did you hear that?
- What?
- [Woman] He killed them all.
- What are they talking about?
- Dario's the one
losing it, right?
- [Woman] She did
what she had to do.
(dramatic music)
(footsteps thudding)
(dramatic whooshing)
- You ignored her.
- What?
- Deaf?
She asked you to go with her.
If you'd have gone, none
of this would've happened.
- Kim, that's not fair.
- I bet she killed
Gemma and Nikki too.
I know you hate me, Steph.
You were always jealous of us.
- Just stop!
- She killed Gemma
and Nikki, I know it.
- It wasn't Billie.
She didn't have anything
to do with this.
I saw what happened.
Nikki killed herself
in front of me.
Gemma was dead when I got there.
- She's only saying that now
because she knows
she's been caught.
- It didn't hurt anybody.
It wasn't my fault.
I started the ritual.
I didn't know what
was gonna happen.
Dario is right.
There's something else here.
A presence.
- Billie, we need to
get away from her.
- Three of our friends are dead.
Because you started this trial.
- I thought I could handle it.
- No one can handle it.
You were there as well, Billie.
You could have saved her.
You were too scared.
(Billie whimpers)
(suspenseful music)
- Audrey.
You need to come inside.
Something, something
terrible's happened.
I tried to help her.
I didn't notice anything.
Oh God, what kind
of teacher am I?
She was a kind, a beautiful
person underneath it all.
Couldn't help.
Those girls needed
me, and I failed.
- [Ms. Tyler] I know.
- Know what?
- She killed those girls.
Steph, Nikki, Gemma.
- Who killed them?
- I trusted you to
take care of them.
- Huh?
How do you know?
- She will not stop until
we all have felt her pain.
There's nothing more you can do.
She did need help, desperately,
but you made it worse.
You started something
you didn't understand.
You let that witch
return to take control.
- Meadow was trying to help too.
- You found the book.
You took the book.
The responsibility is with you,
no matter how much
you push back.
Blame yourself.
(tense music)
(suspenseful music)
I'm not here anymore.
(suspenseful music)
(gasoline splashing)
(canister clanking)
(lighter clicking)
(flame whooshing)
(suspenseful piano music)
(footsteps thudding)
(suspenseful piano music)
(Billie breathing heavily)
(footsteps thudding)
(suspenseful piano music)
(witch laughs)
(footsteps thudding)
(door creaking)
(door banging)
(footsteps tapping)
(suspenseful music)
(footsteps tapping)
- No!
No!
(Kim cries)
(footsteps tapping)
(Kim panting)
- Tell me what's happened.
- It's Meadow.
This is all her fault.
She killed Steph, I know it.
- Then we need to go downstairs.
We need to finish the ritual.
- No.
What about Meadow?
- I'll deal with her.
- Help me, cry me strength,
fire mother, my blood.
I know I'm supposed to
help them, but how can I?
I'm sorry.
I just wanted to
prove I could do it.
I thought the curse would lift
as soon as my
blood hit the page.
What it did was open the gate.
Open the gate, and
it took all of you.
(suspenseful music)
(dramatic whooshing)
(dramatic music)
- The gate is open, but
still I am prisoner.
- Tell me what I should do.
- You should wait.
Evil will never cease.
Not until the last
vessel is claimed.
You should wait,
for if it is you, you
shall live eternal.
If not, you shall be
the last here to die.
The last and the one
that stands accused.
- I can finish the ritual.
- The ritual will only delay.
Death is inevitable.
We are the witches
that cannot die.
(sheet rustling)
(suspenseful music)
- Billie?
Oh Billie, you're doing so well.
Oh my goodness,
you are freezing.
Have you been outside?
(suspenseful music)
When we lose somebody
close to us, Billie,
they leave a little mark on
us that keeps them alive.
You know, I truly
believe that, girls.
You are so strong, Billie,
and you've worked hard
for that yourself.
Steph would be proud.
You know, she's part of
that strength, Billie.
In sisterhood, there is power.
Remember that, girls.
Never forget.
- There, there, little Billie.
You're all right.
You're one of us.
- Meadow, do you have the book?
(suspenseful music)
The book?
- It's her fault.
She killed them!
You killed them!
(women shouting)
- Stop!
No.
(eerie music)
(suspenseful music)
- It was both of them.
They conspire.
They both wanted this.
- What now?
- How about a gag?
- You cannot silence me.
You both know it was you.
Soon everyone will know.
- She can't help this.
That's not Billie.
- But it is Billie?
- We need to finish
this ritual now
before she can do anymore harm.
- Ritual won't do anything.
- Well, it's the best
that we've got, Meadow.
What would you prefer
that we do, nothing?
- Maybe we just let it take her.
- And then what?
Let it take everybody else
when they arrive here tomorrow?
(Billie laughs)
- Yes!
Bring more. (laughs)
- Okay.
Okay, I'll do it.
- But we need the book.
Mrs. Tyler, she must have
buried the book before she...
I am going to find it.
(suspenseful music)
- Can I come with you?
- I'll be fine.
- Meadow, I'm counting on you.
(suspenseful music)
(dramatic music)
(Meadow groans)
(weapon clanks)
(Billie cries)
- Billie.
(Billie cries)
Billie.
(Billie cries)
(Billie laughs)
(blood squirting)
Billie.
(blood squirting)
(Billie laughs)
- What if this doesn't work?
You know, when it
was controlling me,
I could see and feel everything,
but I wasn't in control.
What must that have
been like for Steph?
For Gemma and for
Nikki and Mrs. Tyler.
Why did it spare me?
- Oh, I don't know.
We can't always make
sense of evil, Kim.
This Salem curse, it's chosen
innocent women to live,
and it's chosen
innocent women to die.
And look, if there's one thing
we do know about the world
that is that us women, we
always have a price to pay.
But if we work together, and
we work hard, and we focus,
we have hope, Kim.
- Hope for what?
My best friend is dead.
I just had to tie
Billie up to stop her
from hurting us or
herself. (sighs)
- This is all my fault.
Look, I know I brought
this book here,
but I have to live with that.
I want to live with that
because every moment
that I have here,
that I am breathing,
I am gonna be fighting.
Fighting for me,
fighting for you,
fighting for Billie,
fighting for Meadow.
And we're gonna be
fighting for Bridget.
Are you with me?
- I'm with you.
- Found it.
(shovel banging)
- I thought you said
Mrs. Tyler died here.
(dramatic music)
- [Ms. Dario] She did.
(birds chirping)
(suspenseful music)
(mysterious chattering)
(suspenseful music)
- I call upon the
guardians of the realm,
the spirits of the earth.
The curse of Bridget Bishop
of Salem is to be undone.
(lights buzzing)
(dramatic music)
- Keep going.
- Her soul is to be
bound by my blood
to rest undisturbed
for eternity.
To release the evil
back into hell.
(dramatic whooshing)
(groans) It burned.
- You can do this.
Concentrate.
(hand knocking)
Keep going.
(hand knocking)
- [Billie] Please, let me in.
Please, I'm so scared.
- We can't let her in.
Keep going.
- [Billie] Help me, please!
Don't leave me.
Kim?
Kim, are you in there?
- What if it's left her?
Maybe she's okay.
But it might come back.
- Just finish this now.
- To lift the curse hereafter,
may the shadows cast
on this earth no more.
- Is that it?
Finished?
(dramatic music)
- Keep reading.
(Kim gasps)
- Kim.
Now.
Now the darkness must...
Kim?
- Meadow.
- Must choose a host to
draw its final breath.
(dramatic music)
(Kim groans)
(body thuds)
(dramatic music)
(Billie whimpers)
- I can't stop.
- Meadow stopped it.
It's over.
- [Woman] We demand the
ground must taste her blood.
(Billie whimpers)
- They won't let me stop.
They won't let me stop.
(knife slices)
(Kim chokes)
(dramatic music)
- This darkness is going
to choose a final host
and a final sacrifice.
We've done all we can.
We can be proud.
(suspenseful music)
- I'm ready to die.
- [Woman] No, you are not.
- It's not up to me, Billie.
(suspenseful music)
(dramatic music)
(birds chirping)
(footsteps thudding)
(footsteps thudding)
(floor creaking)
- Hello?
Ms. Dario?
Mrs. Tyler!
(door creaking)
(footsteps tapping)
(floor creaking)
Ms. Dario.
Are you all right?
What's happened?
Where are the girls?
- I couldn't stop them.
- Stop what?
(body thuds)
- They coached us
all to succeed,
but that's all it is, coaching.
We don't learn anything.
When you leave this school,
do you believe the world
will hand you what you want?
I don't believe that.
They can throw money at
education all they want,
but we'll still
step out as women.
Second class.
They taught us how to act
a bit, but not too much.
You'll be nothing more
than subservient, Meadow.
(giggles) That's why I'm happy.
I know I'm doing you a favor.
What do you think
you've learned, Meadow?
- That I wasn't ready.
That I should have
paid more attention.
- Wise.
More attention.
(chuckles) Then maybe you
could have saved them.
- My family will come for you.
They've been looking
for you for a long time.
- I know.
What fun.
Goodbye, Meadow.
- I'll see you in hell.
(birds chirping)
(man speaking
indistinctly on phone)
- Hey, Dad.
Yeah, I'm great.
But you don't need to do that.
(man speaking
indistinctly on phone)
(suspenseful music)
(man speaking
indistinctly on phone)
In sisterhood, there is power.
And in me, there is sisterhood.
There is eternity.
There is always a
price for women to pay.
Billie says goodbye.
(suspenseful music)
(thrilling music)