Sketch (2024) Movie Script
1
I mean she only
drew a picture, right?
She didn't
actually hurt anyone.
She didn't
hurt anyone. No.
But Ms. Thompson was
concerned when she saw it.
Okay.
I mean, come on.
How bad can it be?
You know?
Mm. Wow. All right.
We felt a phone
call wouldn't convey the...
Blood?
Well, the seriousness.
That's a lot of blood.
Mm-hmm.
Well, I mean, this
down here could be grass.
The grass is
coming out of the boy's head.
Oh, yeah, it is.
She also labeled it.
Oh, she did.
She sure did.
That's helpful.
This boy
in the picture,
is he based on
a real person?
Bowman.
Seems like you have a
lot of strong feelings
about Bowman.
You know, feelings aren't bad.
You can't
really control
how someone
makes you feel.
Inbox.
What?
My Dad says that you
can't control your inbox,
but you can
control your outbox.
I love that.
What kind of stuff have
you had in your inbox lately?
It can fill up
really quickly sometimes.
And when it does, it's easy to
lose control of your outbox
and react to
others in negative ways.
Can you think of any--
Pulling out their eyeballs.
Okay.
Feeding them to,
like, millions o..
You're right.
Those would be very--
Pushing them off
of a plane with a parachute,
but when they pull the
cord instead of a parachute,
it's just poisonous snakes.
Okay, pause.
I have a
question for you, Amber.
And you can be
totally honest with me.
Okay.
Did you actually want something
bad to happen to Bowman?
Then it sounds like
you did the right thing to me.
I think drawing this
was a much healthier choice
than pulling out his eyeballs.
What do you say?
You know what
you could have done
that would
have been a lot worse?
If I took a machete and--
I'll show you.
Right here.
What do you see?
Nothing.
You could have let
that anger sit inside of you,
growing bigger, stronger,
and scarier, but you didn't.
You put
it right here.
Where it can't hurt anyone.
I apologize. I usually have
ones that are less cat-centric.
This is
your new outbox.
You told her about that?
When you get
angry, sad, or scared,
you know, all that
stuff that goes in your inbox,
put it in here,
and you don't
have to let anyone see it.
But I would encourage you,
when you're ready,
to share it with someone,
preferably your Dad,
and talk about it.
Okay?
Do you have a pen?
Ah!!
What?
It's a serving plate.
Why do you
need a serving plate?
Pizza comes
in a serving plate.
No, it's nicer
when it's on a plate.
The special plate is
for one person on special days.
This dilutes
the special plate.
Okay, you never used
the word dilute in your life.
I know words.
Who taught you words?
Are they gonna
knock out all of our walls
to open up more space?
What?
On House Hunters,
they're always..
"I totally knocked out this
wall and opened up the space."
When are you
watching House Hunters?
I mean, I sort of do,
but only like certain ones--
What are we called
if we still have one parent?
What?
Are we orphans?
No, no.
I think we're...bastards?
Wow, no.
You have a Dad. I'm alive.
Then what are we?
You're just--you're kids.
Just regular kids.
Am I a bastard?
Come on.
It didn't understand.
What do you call an
orphan that still has a ..
A child whose mother has
died, but whose father is alive,
is called a maternal orphan.
Okay, good.
We're learning lessons.
That's beautiful. Thank you.
A morphan.
Yeah.
It's morphan time.
Stop.
Single dad.
-Stop.
-Pizza sad.
-Hey Jack, come on.
-I said stop!
Why'd you do that?
No, no, no.
Leave her alone.
Leave her alone, Jack.
Leave her ..
No, don't throw it away.
No, it's broken, man.
Well, we can fix it.
No, we can't fix it.
Yes, we can. I can.
No, you can't, man.
Whatever.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Yeah, I know.
Outbox.
I wasn't
even gonna say outbox.
Dad!
Yeah?
Jack drew a butt on my face.
Hey sweetheart, I can't
right now. Can you talk to Mom?
Mom!
Yeah?
Jack said he was
gonna draw a mask,
but he just drew a butt.
Come here.
How are we
going to fix it?
Don't worry.
I have an idea.
What are you drawing?
It won't be a butt,
I promise.
Why does Jack
always draw butts?
Because butts
are awesome.
There we go.
Now we match.
I can still see the butt.
Wait!
What the--
There's other seats.
Dad!
Yeah?
I left my
notebook in my room.
Oh--
Hey, sweetheart, let's
just leave it home for today,
okay?
You will-- You'll
be okay. You really will.
Promise you won't look at it.
I will not look at it.
I-- I promise.
Give her your covenant.
What?
Give her your covenant.
-Wha--
-Give me your covenant.
I got-- What are we, a cult?
Yo! We good?
I-- I give you my covenant.
Now forge a blood oath.
Go to school. Thank you!
Covenant?
Amber.
Amber.
Amber!
What?
No, thanks.
I won't tell anyone.
No.
It's okay.
No!
Amber, stop being a jerk.
Just take the notebook.
What the--
That had my
homework in it.
Jack, sit down.
Grab a seat.
She threw my notebook
out the window.
I didn't see it. Sit down.
I saw it.
Both of
you in a seat now.
I was never standing.
Sorry for trying to help.
Oh.
Do you have a trimmer?
Oh my gosh!
Sorry. I should have knocked.
Do you have a trimmer?
There's a spot out in the front
..
Yeah, I'll get you one.
And not to be
shrill about it,
but I'm still
seeing a lot of faces.
Oh, sorry. Yeah, I
meant to take those down.
Where are you gonna be?
What?
Where are you gonna
be while they're in here?
My van.
What van?
My van in the driveway.
In the driveway?
You know you can't, like, come
in while they're here, right?
What kind of
a question is that?
It's just
something you don't do.
I'm not gonna come in.
Okay, well, promise me.
I give you my covenant.
What?
Exactly. That's a weird
thing to..
Covenant?
This house looks better
than it'..
When are we
gonna call this done?
When somebody buys it.
So a patch of grass
and some pictures of my kids
is gonna prevent that?
Do you want
to sell this house?
Yeah.
Why did you pause?
I didn't pause.
Because that was
a rhetorical quest..
I said yes.
We have people
coming in, like, 30 seconds,
so you gotta not pause
when I ask that question.
I didn't pause.
Mm.
Now you're pausing.
Okay, well, if you're having
second tho..
It was just a pause.
This is crazy.
So you admit to pausing.
Okay, well, you're
the most exhausting person
that was ever birthed.
Do not come in the house.
You're better than that.
Come on.
Oh, oh.
Come on.
Sh--
I'll probably
knock out this wall?
This load-bearing wall?
Oh!
This is my brother, Taylor.
Hello.
Hi, pleasure...
Come on.
Yeah, why don't we go
look in the main room, OK?
OK,
Taylor. Taylor. Taylor,
Taylor, ..
And as you can
see, this room is big enough
to fit a California King.
So that's the--
So sorry, sorry...
Sir?
Sorry. Amber has this--
OK, well, it's fine.
OK.
We'll try again at three.
Yeah.
You did this.
Ah!
Hey!
Hey!
How was your day?
Amber got in
trouble again.
What?
What?
What even is all that?
Tentacles.
Let me see.
OK. Go to the
bathroom and wash it off.
We already tried at school.
Well, clearly
not hard enough.
But first, bring
me all your art supplies.
Why?
Because I'm going to take
them f..
What?
OK, no. I'm going to take them
for the rest of the we..
That's not fair.
What's not fair is people think
of the wrong thi..
I don't care
what people think of me.
Oh, well, you should.
No, I didn't mean that.
You know what I meant.
Why is my
notebook brown?
Oh.
OK, look.
I had to clean up
everybody's room
before the showing today,
and I accidentally
spilt coffee everywhere.
Did you look at it?
Why did you pause?
Oh, come on.
-You looked at it?
-Sweetie.
You gave me your covenant.
You still have my covenant.
Do you even know what it means
to give someone your covenant?
Do you?
Hey, Aunt Liz is
here to show the house,
so we've got
to get in the van.
What are you doing?
I found chalk in the closet.
Thank you.
Is that of me?
Wow.
You drew
that very fast.
Eyeders.
Eyeders.
They're taking your stuff.
Mm, my stuff.
Your phone,
your coffee mug,
your fingernails,
your eyeballs.
OK, I got it.
I got it.
Do you know what I miss?
You used to
bring me all this stuff.
Like every 10 minutes,
you'd walk into my room
and bring me 18
new things you'd drawn.
You'd just throw them away.
One second.
Is that mold?
No, that's not mold.
That's a child's art project,
right?
Because it's
taped to the wall-- Taylor?
I know. I know. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
He doesn't come with the house.
You know.
Would you ask
him if that's mold?
It's not mold.
All right.
OK.
Pit of hearts.
Yep.
Super Lion.
Hmm?
A monkey having
the time of his life.
Um--
Dave.
Dave.
Dave-- is he?
He's sleeping.
Dave, who is sleeping?
Daddy?
Wyatt force.
Remember that?
Here.
You have every
right to be mad at me.
You really do.
I'm so, so sorry
I looked at your..
I really am.
But do not tell
me that I don't treasure
every single thing
you've ever made for me.
Every single thing.
You have to
promise not to freak out.
I won't freak out.
I won't.
This is the Blood Eater.
It eats blood and pukes
the blood back onto people.
OK.
This is the Tattler.
It tells this blind one where
you are so it
can come kill you.
Hmm. OK.
These are Stabadons.
Hmm.
They swoop down
and stab you in the face.
My god.
And you've
seen this one.
Oh, yeah.
It's a-- it's an old
family favorite.
I see you colored it in.
Do you think
it made it less scary?
Oh, no.
No, you don't
have to worry about th..
No, no, no.
Oh, come on.
I couldn't
find a picture of it,
so I had to
draw it how I remembered.
Yeah.
Well, you did a good job.
And all this,
you're incredibly creative.
Here's the thing, OK?
I think life
is all about balancing
the good and
the bad, you know?
So look, look,
if you don't--
if you don't
carry the good with you too,
then it's just going
to make the bad stronger.
No, no, no, no.
I'm not saying
get rid of the bad.
I'm just saying
you might want to include
a little bit
of the good.
That's it.
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
I just want to
add a couple things.
OK, that's my only copy.
Oh, now you're drawing.
All right.
OK, what's that?
Snake toes.
Snake toes.
In case people don't
die when h..
Yeah, that tracks.
That's smart.
Shoes.
What about
this thing to me?
Hey, do you want a sandwich?
In a second.
Are those Mom's ashes?
What are you doing here?
Why do you have Mom?
-I don't.
-Yes, you do.
It's right there.
I don't have it.
Amber stop.
Amber stop.
My notebook.
No, don't
touch the water.
Oh.
Did Dad see you leave?
Oh, it's ruined.
Did Dad see you leave?
Come on.
Close your window.
Jack.
What?
On every page.
Jack?
Don't tell Dad.
Thanks for leaving the
newspapers out for me to carry.
-Morning.
-Rick.
I think we got robbed.
What are you
doing over there?
Working.
Did you at
least call this in first?
It's the next
thing I was going to do.
I mean people really break in
just to steal office supplies.
Ruler's all out.
Where are you going?
Uh uh. No, no.
No, thank you.
Hey, oh.
New day, new day.
Let's go, let's go,
let's go.
My goodness.
Ah, look at that light.
All right.
Let's go.
Amber?
I'm in here.
Amber, sweetheart.
What are you doing?
Did you sleep in
there the whole ..
I heard tapping on my window.
Tapping?
What kind of tapping?
Like scratching.
Oh, well, it's
probably just a bird
or a
squirrel, sweetheart.
What in the--
Well, maybe it's just
bird poop or something.
One sick bird.
Let's get dressed.
Come on. The bus is on its way.
Come on.
What were you
doing out there?
None of your business?
All of my business.
I will tell you everything.
But--
Ugh, did you just lick my hand?
That's dis..
We'll talk
about it on the bus.
No, we'll talk
about it now.
No, we're going to
talk about it on the bus.
Hey, Jack.
Hey, Jack.
Hey, Amber, can you tell--
tell Miss Thompson to
hold the bus for just a second?
Um, hey, is--
is everything OK?
Yeah, why?
Well, I mean, I know I've been
working through some stuff
with Amber lately.
And you might not feel like I'm
really ava..
Yeah, you know, it's--
It's fine.
But I am. And I-- and I--
and I don't want you
to be afraid
to come to me with anything.
What is it?
You know Amber's notebook.
Yeah?
I found this
place in the woods
where Mom used to, like, walk.
Yeah?
It fixed my phone and put
the special ..
What are you talking about?
We dropped
Amber's notebook in it.
And now I'm worried
that Amber's drawings might be--
Yeah?
Alive.
OK, get on the bus.
What?
I'm trying to
be real with you, man.
-Uh, so am I.
-Just get on the bus.
But-- I know
this sounds crazy.
Listen to me.
I love you so much.
And when you're ready
to grow up and be real with me,
I'm here, OK?
Go. You're going to be late.
Sorry. Sorry.
Hey, weirdo.
I'm not even going to comment on
how disgusting this is, OK?
And how long
have you had vines here?
Their roots are growing through
the screen, Taylor.
The people coming this
morning are a sweet, young,
fiscally responsible,
and incredibly boring couple.
The only way they're
not going to love this place
is if some creepy weirdo keeps
busting in
every three minutes.
Did you take my mug?
And I swear to
you, Taylor, if you do that,
I will murder
you in front of them.
What the hell is this?
My mug was right here.
OK, I'll take care of it.
You go.
What about the mess?
You're holding it.
Oh, oh.
Oh, I see you took down--
All the faces?
Yeah, because the person
that said they w..
Oh, yeah, sorry.
Can I actually ask you
a question about the faces?
Yeah.
I noticed that--
was that intentional?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
What were you
doing out there?
What was that sound?
Can we talk
about this later, please?
It sounded like a roar.
It wasn't a roar.
Yes, it was.
If it was a roar, it was
probably just a mounta..
Hey, we don't
have mountain lions.
Thanks.
No problem.
We do have bobcats, though.
It was probably just a bobcat.
It wasn't a bobcat.
What were you doing out there?
What was that pond?
And what made that roar sound?
A bobcat made that roar sound.
And the pond was just a pond.
And I was out there doing--
My cousin once saw a
bobcat in his living room.
This is a
private conversation.
Yeah, on a public bus.
What is that?
Old people music.
She's talking about
the blue stuff in the road.
Hey, guys, get
back in your seats now.
Back in your seats.
Hey, Carol, I've got--
Bowman.
Hands
off the honk.
Just run it over.
I'm going
to run you over
if you don't get back
in your seat.
That's child abuse.
Tell Miss Thompson
we need to leave.
What? Why?
Carol, it's 92.
Come in.
Miss Thompson.
Hey, I just came
up here on a wreck on Madison
involving a pickup truck and--
Miss Thompson!
Amber, what is it?
It's not a bobcat.
What?
He's going to eat us.
Shut up.
It's gonna eat us
and take our skin.
In that order?
You guys, calm down.
Maybe it's not
as scary as it looks.
You're
immediately wrong.
Y'all better be seated.
He's chasing us.
Are you OK?
Amber, are you OK?
Is anyone hurt?
She's dead.
We don't know that.
Miss Thompson,
are you dead?
She's not going
to answer you.
Because that's
the signal for dead.
Miss Thompson?
I'm going to
check her vitals.
What are her vitals?
Something only boys have.
Her heartbeat.
Is it one finger or two?
Try three.
It's not three.
I can feel her heartbeat.
And I can see her breathing.
Front door is jammed.
Can we get out the back door?
No.
Amber, how do
you know that thing?
Leave her alone.
She was saying we need to leave.
Stop screaming.
You are the reason it
attacked us in the first place.
How?
You woke him up
when you beeped ..
His name is Dave.
He crushes people.
And his snake toes kill whoever
doesn't die from crushing.
He used to be sleeping,
But you woke him up.
His name is Dave?
How do you
make him fall asleep?
I don't know.
How do you make
someone fall asleep?
Bedtime story.
-Lullaby.
-Hypnotize them?
-Shut up.
-I'm helping.
Lullaby.
The other car.
What other car?
With the door open.
When we got here,
it was playing--
Music.
We can make him
fall asleep using music.
Where's my phone?
There it is.
Jack, hurry!
Get outta there!
Jack, get away from it!
You had a
phone this whole time?
It's not a phone,
it's an iPod.
It basically does
everything a phone does
except call people.
Bowman, can
one of us have a turn?
Almost got it.
Turn it the other way,
you're doing it wrong.
Come on.
Got it.
I got it, yes.
Done with this.
Great work Bowman,
now pull one of us up.
I'm starting to get
why you hate that kid.
I'm right behind you.
This is the next track?
What is this playlist?
Hello?
Hey, sorry, you're breaking up,
can you repeat that?
How is my phone--
Where's my phone?
-I think this is the one.
-Great.
Sorry, I can't find my phone
and the school's
trying to call me.
I think something
might be wrong.
I'll try calling you.
Sorry.
What the hell?
What the hell?
I just saw a spider.
We usually don't
have spiders around here.
Actually, I'm lying,
we have a ton of spiders.
We live near the woods.
Um, you're bleeding.
What?
I'm sorry, can you
elaborate on what you mean
by a ton of spiders?
Taylor.
The school just called.
What?
I drew Dave
attacking the school bus.
Clearly.
I drew monsters
attacking other people, too.
Like who?
Hello?
Dave?
Shoo.
Get, go on, leave.
Go away, you annoying--
What the heck?
Shut up, you calm down,
shut up!
Calm down, shut up,
just shut up.
Are you blind?
What are you doing here?
Saving you, B-hole.
Oh no.
How do you defeat this one?
-I don't know.
-How do you not know?
I just don't.
That's not crayon. What is that?
Marker?
Disgusting.
I'd like to go indoors now.
Taylor, Taylor.
Hey, it's Jack.
Leave a message
and I'll never listen to it.
Two students
are accounted for
they're at a gas
station down the road
with just minor injuries.
Well, are they my kids?
We have Carson Quinn
and DeMarcus Davidson.
They said they did
witness Jack, Amber Wyatt,
and Bowman Lynch
make it off the bus,
but they can't confirm
they made it to the gas station.
They're probably
headed home right now.
I bet that's
where they're going.
Oh God, I hope not.
I knew she had
something to do with this.
She's evil, a real life witch.
She's not a witch.
Maybe I am.
See?
Amber, you're not a
wi..
What if I am?
You don't know.
-Take off your shoes off.
-Why?
Because my Dad will kill
us if we track mud in here.
Your Dad? Oh no!
Daddy?
Dad?
Amber...
The van is gone.
Dad's not here.
How many of those
things are out there
looking for me?
She didn't just
draw them for you.
She drew them
for a bunch of people.
But mostly you.
What is your deal?
Hey, back off.
You back off.
Your sister's a witch
who hates me.
It was her idea
to save your life, not mine.
So call her a
witch one more time--
-She's a witch.
-Are you for real?
You told me to.
Sit down and face the wall!
And take your shoes off!
Dr. Land said that drawing
was the right thing to do.
Whenever I thought
of stuff like that,
I would draw it and
then I wouldn't feel it anymore.
I promise I didn't want this.
I know how we can
get rid of them.
Look, I know
you think I'm insane.
I'm processing it.
The spider I saw
in the house
looked exactly like the
one she drew in her notebook.
Well, don't
you think it's possible
that she saw
one of those things
-No.
-and that's what gave her the
idea to draw
it in the first place?
No, because it
was an eyeball with legs.
I saw an eyeball
with legs, all right?
When do you see that?
And then she
says it goes around
and steals your
personal belongings and stuff.
-Come on.
-She calls them eyeders.
-I love her brain.
-Why would you say that?
No, I'm with you.
I'm here.
I just, I think maybe you're
being a little crazy right now.
Oh!
What is that?
What are you doing?
No, don't get out.
No, no, I want to see.
What the--
What is that?
Oh my...
-I know this cat.
-What's wrong with it?
-Don't touch it.
-Don't swat me.
There's more to this
cat than what it's letting on.
Did you just say
there's more to this cat
than what it's letting on?
Can you just
trust me on this, please?
Does it have
some sort of skin condition?
Gah!
There was more to the cat.
-I told you.
-Shut up.
Amber drew that?
Just the
horrifying parts.
Huh.
She's working
through some stuff.
Okay.
Gah!
What kind of stuff?
It needs to be a weapon.
Something that
can kill them all at once.
-A huge gun.
-No.
-A small gun.
-No.
-A bunch of small guns.
-Stop talking!
I'm helping!
This needs to be something that
..
That will instantly kill
all the monsters,
but only the monsters, at once.
Like a /kill @e.
Slash what at who?
/kill at-sign E.
It's from Minecraft.
If you put type equals
and whatever you want to kill
in the brackets, and it kills
all the entities of that type.
Like the
one-hit obliterator.
I don't think that's how the
one-hit obliterator works.
You guys are nerds.
You just
referenced Zelda.
It's a good idea.
But you should do it.
Amber?
Me drawing is what
started this.
And maybe
it's what will end it.
This is what
will end it.
That's just a huge gun.
With a
bunch of smaller guns.
-Give me the marker.
-No.
-Give me the marker.
-No.
Why are you like--
just give me the marker.
You are the
worst person--
That poor girl's never
gonna wanna draw
anything ever again.
That's always kind
of been her thing, right?
What?
Drawing?
All kids like to draw.
Yeah, but has
she always been so--
Dark?
I was gonna say creative.
Creative, yes, dark, no.
You know, ever since--
Since what?
Okay, listen, did you know what
we jus..
Can you just help me focus on
getting my kids, please?
You have a
hard time saying her name.
Amber?
Ally.
Okay, sure,
I'm preserving my energy.
Do the kids ever
say her name?
-They call her Mom, Liz.
-Mm hmm.
Do you ever talk about her?
No, I don't.
Would they,
if they wanted to?
Liz, come on.
You took all
the pictures off the wall?
You kind of made the house
look like she never existed.
Do you think that
might have something to do
with all this pent-up emotion?
No, I don't, actually.
Come on, open up dumbass.
Open up dumbass,
is that what you just said?
Do you think that any
of this stuff might be related?
No, I don't.
-Taylor.
-Of course it's related!
Of course it is.
It's 500% related and there's
nothing I can do about..
Nothing.
The only thing I can
focus on is ge..
Getting past this,
getting past that.
What the hell is that?
That's too far
away to be a threat, right?
I know we're
supposed to be scared of it,
but it's kind of beautiful,
don't you think?
Run!
Animal consumed all
of this morning's donated blood
and then proceeded
to expel it on--
Absolute
pandemonium at the mo--
Did I do
something to you?
A bunch of these
you drew for me.
Did I
do something to you?
You got me in
trouble with Ms. Thompson.
You hide my
pencil box every day.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
You sit behind me
and pull my hair,
then try to
tell me it was a bird.
It was a bird.
You convinced Mrs.
Sanchez to nam..
hamster after me, so
you could announce the class
every time Amber pooped.
Okay, that
one was pretty good.
You called me an orphan.
That was a compliment!
What?
Everyone cool
is an orphan.
Spider-Man, Batman,
Superman, all the Avengers.
Not Hulk.
Have we ever
seen Hulk's parents?
Where are they?
At their house?
A haunted house.
Usually when someone
picks on you..
it means they're
secretly in love with you.
Really, because I
think it means they're a creep.
Do you actually want
bad things to happen to me?
See those things
kill me and cut me in half?
Like the one
you drew on the bus?
It wasn't
cutting you in half,
I was stabbing you
really hard in the stomach.
That's not better!
Okay, done.
You put this in the
pond and all the monsters
should be wiped out instantly.
It looks like a butt.
No, it doesn't.
See, those are the
legs and that's the butt.
You're the butt.
All right, you guys ready?
No, I don't wanna do this.
I have to
go to the bathroom.
You couldn't have gone
before you put all t..
I didn't
have to go then.
Now I have to go, too.
Oh my--
How much
longer are you gonna be?
I just got in here.
How much pee
is actually in you?
Dude, just use
the one in my Dad's bedroom.
End of the hall.
Bowman!
It's on my face!
It's on my face!
Get it off me!
Get it off me!
Got it.
Come on!
Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah! Ah!
Bowman, you grab the big gun--
Dude!
Ah!
Where's Bowman?
Halfway to his house by now.
Have you ever
tried to open this window?
Come on!
They're on my face!
They're on my face!
I don't have to go
to the bathroom anymore.
Oh God...
Amber!
Jack!
Jack!
I'll call the police,
Taylor.
-Taylor! Taylor!
-Amber!
Jack!
-Amber!
-Taylor, come on.
Jack!
-Amber!
-Dude.
Jack!
Amber!
Jack.
Oh, Amber.
Are you okay?
Amber, are you okay?
Are you crying because it hurts,
or because monsters
just stole everything you own?
Amber, come on.
Just give me a second.
We-- we don't
really have a second.
Amber, come on!
Amber, we
don't have time for this.
Are you hurt,
or can you keep going?
Listen.
I need you right now,
Amber.
I can't do this alone.
And especially if you're
fighting me on everything.
-Stop!
-What the--
Can you shut up
for one second?
Let go of me!
You never shut up.
You just keep talking
and talking and
shouting orders at us,
and making
us follow your plans!
What is wrong with you?
I'm trying to help you,
you know that?
Me, Dad, we're trying
so hard every day to help you!
Well, it doesn't
make me feel better!
It makes me feel like
something's wrong with me--
Maybe something
is wrong with you!
Do you still have
Mom's ashes in your backpack?
What was that?
You're taking
her to the pond, right?
To finish what
you tried to do last night?
To bring her back?
What do you think
is gonna happen, Jack?
Are you just gonna bring
Mom home and say "surprise"?
Wow, that's dark.
And then what?
I'll feel better?
What's wrong with that?
Why do I keep getting in
trouble for trying to fix stuff?
Yes, you would feel better.
We all would.
Amber actually
noticed before you did.
She drew Ally's tattoo of
that butterfly in her notebook,
and she had
to do it by memory.
There's no reference
of it in the house.
I took them down,
the night after she died,
and put them in
a suitcase, because--
Oh, yes,
sorry, I'm here, I'm here.
Okay? Okay.
Thank you.
They're sending
two officers over,
they'll be here in 15 minutes.
Amber asked me
the other night
if they were orphans.
-Jeez.
-Yeah, right?
That's what they're
throwing at me.
Are they?
Yes. It's just Fievel movies
every day,..
No, are they orphans?
-What?
-What?
No, I'm right here, I'm alive.
I know you're alive.
What if they gotta be called
something? What ..
Why do they have to be
called something?
I'm looking it up.
Don't look it up,
don't look it up.
Mom dead...
They're called
maternal orphans.
Okay, so they are
called orphans.
Sorry.
And Amber abbreviated
it to "morphan."
I mean, Jack
and I were so surprised
that she even
had a sense of humor,
she's had no
sense of humor lately.
And so Jack tried to
recreate it, he took it too far,
she broke the special plate.
Do you want to hear
my two cents on all this?
No, I don't.
Okay, I'm gonna tell you.
I think you should stop
worrying so much
about the girl who's
drawing pictures of her pain
and worry a
little bit more about
the boys who
are ignoring theirs.
Is that the cops?
Tapping?
No, no, there
are doors, Taylor.
That's the one,
isn't it?
The first one you drew.
Bowman, chill
out, you're too loud.
You chill out.
That thing isn't after you,
it's after me.
I'm the one she drew
with it cutting me in half.
Stabbing you really
hard through the stomach.
Stabbing me really
hard through the stomach!
She doesn't want you.
She wants everyone.
Anything that can die.
All she wants is death.
Is that why it's
drawing more monsters?
It's drawing
more monsters
because that's what she does.
It's basically you,
right?
How many of
those things
do you think
it's drawn?
Is that how you see yourself?
I'm thinking
like a million, right?
That thing
looks nothing like you.
You're not like that.
You're smart, you're funny,
you care about people.
You're not an evil person
just because you drew
some evil pictures.
And anyone who thinks
that is stupid
and deserves to be cut in half.
Stabbed really hard
through the stomach.
Listen to me.
You also drew this.
That looks more like you.
Thanks for the sword,
by the way.
It's the diamond sword.
-What?
-From Minecraft.
That's the diamond sword?
Mm-hmm.
When did you draw this?
Isn't the diamond
sword supposed to be b..
Who cares?
She drew it green.
Then it's not the diamond
sword. It's the emerald sword.
Like a while ago.
Stop saying that
that thing is you. It's not.
It's just a
thing you drew.
That's it.
And that's
the emerald sword.
Will you shut up
about the sword, please?
I will not.
I am very right about this.
We should get
out of these woods.
Wait, what?
We're not done.
We're done.
I should have never tried
to fix this in t..
It's the whole
reason all of this happened.
Do you know what
I've been through today?
Yes.
I almost died
in a bus crash.
A blind monster
tried to eat me.
We were there for all of this.
I fought off an army of
chalk monsters single-handedly.
I didn't come all this way,
pee my pants twice,
walk through like 50 spiderwebs
just to give up and go home
before I got to
use my flamethrower.
Wait. Flamethrower--
What the--
Give me those.
You ruin everything.
You peed your pants twice?
We've been
indoors most of the day.
Even if we did
use the flamethrower,
we don't have a weapon anymore.
Use mine.
Why'd you bring that?
For this
exact situation.
And also, I want to frame it.
That's not gonna
wipe them all out at once.
Then we draw a new one.
We can't.
Why not?
Because we don't
have anything to draw with!
Yes, we do.
She was pulling sharpies
and paper out of that backpack.
We could use those
to draw a new butt
and put it straight
into the pond.
We really need to
stop calling it a butt.
We're fine with it
being a butt.
It was never a butt.
We just need to get her
away from the pond.
I can do that.
This is a bad idea.
We don't know
how fast she can run.
But I know how fast I can run.
How fast?
Lightning speed.
By the time
she catches me,
you have butt 2.0
in the pond,
and she'll be deadsville.
What if it doesn't work?
We're doing this.
Just make
sure it works.
How are you going
to get it to chase you?
By doing what I do best...
being a huge b-hole.
That was supposed
to be a whistle.
I've never tried
to do it that loud before.
I'm normally a
very good whistler.
You want to come up here?
I want to show
you something.
It's real cool.
Come on.
Hurry!
Eat this!
Nope.
That's not
lightning speed.
Draw whatever you want.
I don't care.
Just get it in the pond.
-Crayon, right?
-What?
-Her skin is crayon.
-Yeah?
Good.
Amber, draw!
Gross, gross, gross, gross,
gross, gross, gross!
Who the hell are you?
Where are my kids?
Who are your kids?
Amber and Jack!
Oh!
Amber!
Just draw a weapon!
Any kind of weapon!
Come on!
I'm not afraid of you.
You're just a
thing I drew.
She also drew this.
You wanna be my girlfriend?
-What?
-Wow.
My uncle can get
us free movie tickets.
No.
That's cool.
No worries.
Where'd you find that?
It was, uh, still in my pocket.
No, before.
Where did
you find that before?
Jack!
Amber!
Daddy!
Amber, get back!
Yah!
Amber?
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, my gosh.
Why do you have tentacles?
I dipped my arms in
the pond to save Jack.
Then he saved me
with the diamond sword
by chopping
evil Amber's arm off.
It was amazing.
Every part of
that was horrifying.
I know!
Watch this.
The hell?
Jack?
I think I know
what you're about to do.
Before you do it,
please hear me out.
I know you miss Mom.
I miss her too.
I miss her so much.
And I have done a
terrible job
of letting you guys
see how much.
This whole time, I
thought we had to fix Amber.
But Amber was
the only one doing
what we're
supposed to be doing.
Not running
from the pain.
Not covering it up.
But feeling it.
I let you down, man.
I never gave us time to hurt.
Because you're you,
because you're thoughtful,
because you're compassionate,
you felt the need to fix it.
That's not your
responsibility, man.
All you needed to--
I'm sorry.
Aw, buddy. Jack, Jack.
She's gone.
I know.
I know.
I love you, buddy.
I didn't mean to.
I know.
I'm sorry.
Jack!
Sup, orphan?
Sup, b-hole?
I mean she only
drew a picture, right?
She didn't
actually hurt anyone.
She didn't
hurt anyone. No.
But Ms. Thompson was
concerned when she saw it.
Okay.
I mean, come on.
How bad can it be?
You know?
Mm. Wow. All right.
We felt a phone
call wouldn't convey the...
Blood?
Well, the seriousness.
That's a lot of blood.
Mm-hmm.
Well, I mean, this
down here could be grass.
The grass is
coming out of the boy's head.
Oh, yeah, it is.
She also labeled it.
Oh, she did.
She sure did.
That's helpful.
This boy
in the picture,
is he based on
a real person?
Bowman.
Seems like you have a
lot of strong feelings
about Bowman.
You know, feelings aren't bad.
You can't
really control
how someone
makes you feel.
Inbox.
What?
My Dad says that you
can't control your inbox,
but you can
control your outbox.
I love that.
What kind of stuff have
you had in your inbox lately?
It can fill up
really quickly sometimes.
And when it does, it's easy to
lose control of your outbox
and react to
others in negative ways.
Can you think of any--
Pulling out their eyeballs.
Okay.
Feeding them to,
like, millions o..
You're right.
Those would be very--
Pushing them off
of a plane with a parachute,
but when they pull the
cord instead of a parachute,
it's just poisonous snakes.
Okay, pause.
I have a
question for you, Amber.
And you can be
totally honest with me.
Okay.
Did you actually want something
bad to happen to Bowman?
Then it sounds like
you did the right thing to me.
I think drawing this
was a much healthier choice
than pulling out his eyeballs.
What do you say?
You know what
you could have done
that would
have been a lot worse?
If I took a machete and--
I'll show you.
Right here.
What do you see?
Nothing.
You could have let
that anger sit inside of you,
growing bigger, stronger,
and scarier, but you didn't.
You put
it right here.
Where it can't hurt anyone.
I apologize. I usually have
ones that are less cat-centric.
This is
your new outbox.
You told her about that?
When you get
angry, sad, or scared,
you know, all that
stuff that goes in your inbox,
put it in here,
and you don't
have to let anyone see it.
But I would encourage you,
when you're ready,
to share it with someone,
preferably your Dad,
and talk about it.
Okay?
Do you have a pen?
Ah!!
What?
It's a serving plate.
Why do you
need a serving plate?
Pizza comes
in a serving plate.
No, it's nicer
when it's on a plate.
The special plate is
for one person on special days.
This dilutes
the special plate.
Okay, you never used
the word dilute in your life.
I know words.
Who taught you words?
Are they gonna
knock out all of our walls
to open up more space?
What?
On House Hunters,
they're always..
"I totally knocked out this
wall and opened up the space."
When are you
watching House Hunters?
I mean, I sort of do,
but only like certain ones--
What are we called
if we still have one parent?
What?
Are we orphans?
No, no.
I think we're...bastards?
Wow, no.
You have a Dad. I'm alive.
Then what are we?
You're just--you're kids.
Just regular kids.
Am I a bastard?
Come on.
It didn't understand.
What do you call an
orphan that still has a ..
A child whose mother has
died, but whose father is alive,
is called a maternal orphan.
Okay, good.
We're learning lessons.
That's beautiful. Thank you.
A morphan.
Yeah.
It's morphan time.
Stop.
Single dad.
-Stop.
-Pizza sad.
-Hey Jack, come on.
-I said stop!
Why'd you do that?
No, no, no.
Leave her alone.
Leave her alone, Jack.
Leave her ..
No, don't throw it away.
No, it's broken, man.
Well, we can fix it.
No, we can't fix it.
Yes, we can. I can.
No, you can't, man.
Whatever.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
Yeah, I know.
Outbox.
I wasn't
even gonna say outbox.
Dad!
Yeah?
Jack drew a butt on my face.
Hey sweetheart, I can't
right now. Can you talk to Mom?
Mom!
Yeah?
Jack said he was
gonna draw a mask,
but he just drew a butt.
Come here.
How are we
going to fix it?
Don't worry.
I have an idea.
What are you drawing?
It won't be a butt,
I promise.
Why does Jack
always draw butts?
Because butts
are awesome.
There we go.
Now we match.
I can still see the butt.
Wait!
What the--
There's other seats.
Dad!
Yeah?
I left my
notebook in my room.
Oh--
Hey, sweetheart, let's
just leave it home for today,
okay?
You will-- You'll
be okay. You really will.
Promise you won't look at it.
I will not look at it.
I-- I promise.
Give her your covenant.
What?
Give her your covenant.
-Wha--
-Give me your covenant.
I got-- What are we, a cult?
Yo! We good?
I-- I give you my covenant.
Now forge a blood oath.
Go to school. Thank you!
Covenant?
Amber.
Amber.
Amber!
What?
No, thanks.
I won't tell anyone.
No.
It's okay.
No!
Amber, stop being a jerk.
Just take the notebook.
What the--
That had my
homework in it.
Jack, sit down.
Grab a seat.
She threw my notebook
out the window.
I didn't see it. Sit down.
I saw it.
Both of
you in a seat now.
I was never standing.
Sorry for trying to help.
Oh.
Do you have a trimmer?
Oh my gosh!
Sorry. I should have knocked.
Do you have a trimmer?
There's a spot out in the front
..
Yeah, I'll get you one.
And not to be
shrill about it,
but I'm still
seeing a lot of faces.
Oh, sorry. Yeah, I
meant to take those down.
Where are you gonna be?
What?
Where are you gonna
be while they're in here?
My van.
What van?
My van in the driveway.
In the driveway?
You know you can't, like, come
in while they're here, right?
What kind of
a question is that?
It's just
something you don't do.
I'm not gonna come in.
Okay, well, promise me.
I give you my covenant.
What?
Exactly. That's a weird
thing to..
Covenant?
This house looks better
than it'..
When are we
gonna call this done?
When somebody buys it.
So a patch of grass
and some pictures of my kids
is gonna prevent that?
Do you want
to sell this house?
Yeah.
Why did you pause?
I didn't pause.
Because that was
a rhetorical quest..
I said yes.
We have people
coming in, like, 30 seconds,
so you gotta not pause
when I ask that question.
I didn't pause.
Mm.
Now you're pausing.
Okay, well, if you're having
second tho..
It was just a pause.
This is crazy.
So you admit to pausing.
Okay, well, you're
the most exhausting person
that was ever birthed.
Do not come in the house.
You're better than that.
Come on.
Oh, oh.
Come on.
Sh--
I'll probably
knock out this wall?
This load-bearing wall?
Oh!
This is my brother, Taylor.
Hello.
Hi, pleasure...
Come on.
Yeah, why don't we go
look in the main room, OK?
OK,
Taylor. Taylor. Taylor,
Taylor, ..
And as you can
see, this room is big enough
to fit a California King.
So that's the--
So sorry, sorry...
Sir?
Sorry. Amber has this--
OK, well, it's fine.
OK.
We'll try again at three.
Yeah.
You did this.
Ah!
Hey!
Hey!
How was your day?
Amber got in
trouble again.
What?
What?
What even is all that?
Tentacles.
Let me see.
OK. Go to the
bathroom and wash it off.
We already tried at school.
Well, clearly
not hard enough.
But first, bring
me all your art supplies.
Why?
Because I'm going to take
them f..
What?
OK, no. I'm going to take them
for the rest of the we..
That's not fair.
What's not fair is people think
of the wrong thi..
I don't care
what people think of me.
Oh, well, you should.
No, I didn't mean that.
You know what I meant.
Why is my
notebook brown?
Oh.
OK, look.
I had to clean up
everybody's room
before the showing today,
and I accidentally
spilt coffee everywhere.
Did you look at it?
Why did you pause?
Oh, come on.
-You looked at it?
-Sweetie.
You gave me your covenant.
You still have my covenant.
Do you even know what it means
to give someone your covenant?
Do you?
Hey, Aunt Liz is
here to show the house,
so we've got
to get in the van.
What are you doing?
I found chalk in the closet.
Thank you.
Is that of me?
Wow.
You drew
that very fast.
Eyeders.
Eyeders.
They're taking your stuff.
Mm, my stuff.
Your phone,
your coffee mug,
your fingernails,
your eyeballs.
OK, I got it.
I got it.
Do you know what I miss?
You used to
bring me all this stuff.
Like every 10 minutes,
you'd walk into my room
and bring me 18
new things you'd drawn.
You'd just throw them away.
One second.
Is that mold?
No, that's not mold.
That's a child's art project,
right?
Because it's
taped to the wall-- Taylor?
I know. I know. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
He doesn't come with the house.
You know.
Would you ask
him if that's mold?
It's not mold.
All right.
OK.
Pit of hearts.
Yep.
Super Lion.
Hmm?
A monkey having
the time of his life.
Um--
Dave.
Dave.
Dave-- is he?
He's sleeping.
Dave, who is sleeping?
Daddy?
Wyatt force.
Remember that?
Here.
You have every
right to be mad at me.
You really do.
I'm so, so sorry
I looked at your..
I really am.
But do not tell
me that I don't treasure
every single thing
you've ever made for me.
Every single thing.
You have to
promise not to freak out.
I won't freak out.
I won't.
This is the Blood Eater.
It eats blood and pukes
the blood back onto people.
OK.
This is the Tattler.
It tells this blind one where
you are so it
can come kill you.
Hmm. OK.
These are Stabadons.
Hmm.
They swoop down
and stab you in the face.
My god.
And you've
seen this one.
Oh, yeah.
It's a-- it's an old
family favorite.
I see you colored it in.
Do you think
it made it less scary?
Oh, no.
No, you don't
have to worry about th..
No, no, no.
Oh, come on.
I couldn't
find a picture of it,
so I had to
draw it how I remembered.
Yeah.
Well, you did a good job.
And all this,
you're incredibly creative.
Here's the thing, OK?
I think life
is all about balancing
the good and
the bad, you know?
So look, look,
if you don't--
if you don't
carry the good with you too,
then it's just going
to make the bad stronger.
No, no, no, no.
I'm not saying
get rid of the bad.
I'm just saying
you might want to include
a little bit
of the good.
That's it.
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
I just want to
add a couple things.
OK, that's my only copy.
Oh, now you're drawing.
All right.
OK, what's that?
Snake toes.
Snake toes.
In case people don't
die when h..
Yeah, that tracks.
That's smart.
Shoes.
What about
this thing to me?
Hey, do you want a sandwich?
In a second.
Are those Mom's ashes?
What are you doing here?
Why do you have Mom?
-I don't.
-Yes, you do.
It's right there.
I don't have it.
Amber stop.
Amber stop.
My notebook.
No, don't
touch the water.
Oh.
Did Dad see you leave?
Oh, it's ruined.
Did Dad see you leave?
Come on.
Close your window.
Jack.
What?
On every page.
Jack?
Don't tell Dad.
Thanks for leaving the
newspapers out for me to carry.
-Morning.
-Rick.
I think we got robbed.
What are you
doing over there?
Working.
Did you at
least call this in first?
It's the next
thing I was going to do.
I mean people really break in
just to steal office supplies.
Ruler's all out.
Where are you going?
Uh uh. No, no.
No, thank you.
Hey, oh.
New day, new day.
Let's go, let's go,
let's go.
My goodness.
Ah, look at that light.
All right.
Let's go.
Amber?
I'm in here.
Amber, sweetheart.
What are you doing?
Did you sleep in
there the whole ..
I heard tapping on my window.
Tapping?
What kind of tapping?
Like scratching.
Oh, well, it's
probably just a bird
or a
squirrel, sweetheart.
What in the--
Well, maybe it's just
bird poop or something.
One sick bird.
Let's get dressed.
Come on. The bus is on its way.
Come on.
What were you
doing out there?
None of your business?
All of my business.
I will tell you everything.
But--
Ugh, did you just lick my hand?
That's dis..
We'll talk
about it on the bus.
No, we'll talk
about it now.
No, we're going to
talk about it on the bus.
Hey, Jack.
Hey, Jack.
Hey, Amber, can you tell--
tell Miss Thompson to
hold the bus for just a second?
Um, hey, is--
is everything OK?
Yeah, why?
Well, I mean, I know I've been
working through some stuff
with Amber lately.
And you might not feel like I'm
really ava..
Yeah, you know, it's--
It's fine.
But I am. And I-- and I--
and I don't want you
to be afraid
to come to me with anything.
What is it?
You know Amber's notebook.
Yeah?
I found this
place in the woods
where Mom used to, like, walk.
Yeah?
It fixed my phone and put
the special ..
What are you talking about?
We dropped
Amber's notebook in it.
And now I'm worried
that Amber's drawings might be--
Yeah?
Alive.
OK, get on the bus.
What?
I'm trying to
be real with you, man.
-Uh, so am I.
-Just get on the bus.
But-- I know
this sounds crazy.
Listen to me.
I love you so much.
And when you're ready
to grow up and be real with me,
I'm here, OK?
Go. You're going to be late.
Sorry. Sorry.
Hey, weirdo.
I'm not even going to comment on
how disgusting this is, OK?
And how long
have you had vines here?
Their roots are growing through
the screen, Taylor.
The people coming this
morning are a sweet, young,
fiscally responsible,
and incredibly boring couple.
The only way they're
not going to love this place
is if some creepy weirdo keeps
busting in
every three minutes.
Did you take my mug?
And I swear to
you, Taylor, if you do that,
I will murder
you in front of them.
What the hell is this?
My mug was right here.
OK, I'll take care of it.
You go.
What about the mess?
You're holding it.
Oh, oh.
Oh, I see you took down--
All the faces?
Yeah, because the person
that said they w..
Oh, yeah, sorry.
Can I actually ask you
a question about the faces?
Yeah.
I noticed that--
was that intentional?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.
What were you
doing out there?
What was that sound?
Can we talk
about this later, please?
It sounded like a roar.
It wasn't a roar.
Yes, it was.
If it was a roar, it was
probably just a mounta..
Hey, we don't
have mountain lions.
Thanks.
No problem.
We do have bobcats, though.
It was probably just a bobcat.
It wasn't a bobcat.
What were you doing out there?
What was that pond?
And what made that roar sound?
A bobcat made that roar sound.
And the pond was just a pond.
And I was out there doing--
My cousin once saw a
bobcat in his living room.
This is a
private conversation.
Yeah, on a public bus.
What is that?
Old people music.
She's talking about
the blue stuff in the road.
Hey, guys, get
back in your seats now.
Back in your seats.
Hey, Carol, I've got--
Bowman.
Hands
off the honk.
Just run it over.
I'm going
to run you over
if you don't get back
in your seat.
That's child abuse.
Tell Miss Thompson
we need to leave.
What? Why?
Carol, it's 92.
Come in.
Miss Thompson.
Hey, I just came
up here on a wreck on Madison
involving a pickup truck and--
Miss Thompson!
Amber, what is it?
It's not a bobcat.
What?
He's going to eat us.
Shut up.
It's gonna eat us
and take our skin.
In that order?
You guys, calm down.
Maybe it's not
as scary as it looks.
You're
immediately wrong.
Y'all better be seated.
He's chasing us.
Are you OK?
Amber, are you OK?
Is anyone hurt?
She's dead.
We don't know that.
Miss Thompson,
are you dead?
She's not going
to answer you.
Because that's
the signal for dead.
Miss Thompson?
I'm going to
check her vitals.
What are her vitals?
Something only boys have.
Her heartbeat.
Is it one finger or two?
Try three.
It's not three.
I can feel her heartbeat.
And I can see her breathing.
Front door is jammed.
Can we get out the back door?
No.
Amber, how do
you know that thing?
Leave her alone.
She was saying we need to leave.
Stop screaming.
You are the reason it
attacked us in the first place.
How?
You woke him up
when you beeped ..
His name is Dave.
He crushes people.
And his snake toes kill whoever
doesn't die from crushing.
He used to be sleeping,
But you woke him up.
His name is Dave?
How do you
make him fall asleep?
I don't know.
How do you make
someone fall asleep?
Bedtime story.
-Lullaby.
-Hypnotize them?
-Shut up.
-I'm helping.
Lullaby.
The other car.
What other car?
With the door open.
When we got here,
it was playing--
Music.
We can make him
fall asleep using music.
Where's my phone?
There it is.
Jack, hurry!
Get outta there!
Jack, get away from it!
You had a
phone this whole time?
It's not a phone,
it's an iPod.
It basically does
everything a phone does
except call people.
Bowman, can
one of us have a turn?
Almost got it.
Turn it the other way,
you're doing it wrong.
Come on.
Got it.
I got it, yes.
Done with this.
Great work Bowman,
now pull one of us up.
I'm starting to get
why you hate that kid.
I'm right behind you.
This is the next track?
What is this playlist?
Hello?
Hey, sorry, you're breaking up,
can you repeat that?
How is my phone--
Where's my phone?
-I think this is the one.
-Great.
Sorry, I can't find my phone
and the school's
trying to call me.
I think something
might be wrong.
I'll try calling you.
Sorry.
What the hell?
What the hell?
I just saw a spider.
We usually don't
have spiders around here.
Actually, I'm lying,
we have a ton of spiders.
We live near the woods.
Um, you're bleeding.
What?
I'm sorry, can you
elaborate on what you mean
by a ton of spiders?
Taylor.
The school just called.
What?
I drew Dave
attacking the school bus.
Clearly.
I drew monsters
attacking other people, too.
Like who?
Hello?
Dave?
Shoo.
Get, go on, leave.
Go away, you annoying--
What the heck?
Shut up, you calm down,
shut up!
Calm down, shut up,
just shut up.
Are you blind?
What are you doing here?
Saving you, B-hole.
Oh no.
How do you defeat this one?
-I don't know.
-How do you not know?
I just don't.
That's not crayon. What is that?
Marker?
Disgusting.
I'd like to go indoors now.
Taylor, Taylor.
Hey, it's Jack.
Leave a message
and I'll never listen to it.
Two students
are accounted for
they're at a gas
station down the road
with just minor injuries.
Well, are they my kids?
We have Carson Quinn
and DeMarcus Davidson.
They said they did
witness Jack, Amber Wyatt,
and Bowman Lynch
make it off the bus,
but they can't confirm
they made it to the gas station.
They're probably
headed home right now.
I bet that's
where they're going.
Oh God, I hope not.
I knew she had
something to do with this.
She's evil, a real life witch.
She's not a witch.
Maybe I am.
See?
Amber, you're not a
wi..
What if I am?
You don't know.
-Take off your shoes off.
-Why?
Because my Dad will kill
us if we track mud in here.
Your Dad? Oh no!
Daddy?
Dad?
Amber...
The van is gone.
Dad's not here.
How many of those
things are out there
looking for me?
She didn't just
draw them for you.
She drew them
for a bunch of people.
But mostly you.
What is your deal?
Hey, back off.
You back off.
Your sister's a witch
who hates me.
It was her idea
to save your life, not mine.
So call her a
witch one more time--
-She's a witch.
-Are you for real?
You told me to.
Sit down and face the wall!
And take your shoes off!
Dr. Land said that drawing
was the right thing to do.
Whenever I thought
of stuff like that,
I would draw it and
then I wouldn't feel it anymore.
I promise I didn't want this.
I know how we can
get rid of them.
Look, I know
you think I'm insane.
I'm processing it.
The spider I saw
in the house
looked exactly like the
one she drew in her notebook.
Well, don't
you think it's possible
that she saw
one of those things
-No.
-and that's what gave her the
idea to draw
it in the first place?
No, because it
was an eyeball with legs.
I saw an eyeball
with legs, all right?
When do you see that?
And then she
says it goes around
and steals your
personal belongings and stuff.
-Come on.
-She calls them eyeders.
-I love her brain.
-Why would you say that?
No, I'm with you.
I'm here.
I just, I think maybe you're
being a little crazy right now.
Oh!
What is that?
What are you doing?
No, don't get out.
No, no, I want to see.
What the--
What is that?
Oh my...
-I know this cat.
-What's wrong with it?
-Don't touch it.
-Don't swat me.
There's more to this
cat than what it's letting on.
Did you just say
there's more to this cat
than what it's letting on?
Can you just
trust me on this, please?
Does it have
some sort of skin condition?
Gah!
There was more to the cat.
-I told you.
-Shut up.
Amber drew that?
Just the
horrifying parts.
Huh.
She's working
through some stuff.
Okay.
Gah!
What kind of stuff?
It needs to be a weapon.
Something that
can kill them all at once.
-A huge gun.
-No.
-A small gun.
-No.
-A bunch of small guns.
-Stop talking!
I'm helping!
This needs to be something that
..
That will instantly kill
all the monsters,
but only the monsters, at once.
Like a /kill @e.
Slash what at who?
/kill at-sign E.
It's from Minecraft.
If you put type equals
and whatever you want to kill
in the brackets, and it kills
all the entities of that type.
Like the
one-hit obliterator.
I don't think that's how the
one-hit obliterator works.
You guys are nerds.
You just
referenced Zelda.
It's a good idea.
But you should do it.
Amber?
Me drawing is what
started this.
And maybe
it's what will end it.
This is what
will end it.
That's just a huge gun.
With a
bunch of smaller guns.
-Give me the marker.
-No.
-Give me the marker.
-No.
Why are you like--
just give me the marker.
You are the
worst person--
That poor girl's never
gonna wanna draw
anything ever again.
That's always kind
of been her thing, right?
What?
Drawing?
All kids like to draw.
Yeah, but has
she always been so--
Dark?
I was gonna say creative.
Creative, yes, dark, no.
You know, ever since--
Since what?
Okay, listen, did you know what
we jus..
Can you just help me focus on
getting my kids, please?
You have a
hard time saying her name.
Amber?
Ally.
Okay, sure,
I'm preserving my energy.
Do the kids ever
say her name?
-They call her Mom, Liz.
-Mm hmm.
Do you ever talk about her?
No, I don't.
Would they,
if they wanted to?
Liz, come on.
You took all
the pictures off the wall?
You kind of made the house
look like she never existed.
Do you think that
might have something to do
with all this pent-up emotion?
No, I don't, actually.
Come on, open up dumbass.
Open up dumbass,
is that what you just said?
Do you think that any
of this stuff might be related?
No, I don't.
-Taylor.
-Of course it's related!
Of course it is.
It's 500% related and there's
nothing I can do about..
Nothing.
The only thing I can
focus on is ge..
Getting past this,
getting past that.
What the hell is that?
That's too far
away to be a threat, right?
I know we're
supposed to be scared of it,
but it's kind of beautiful,
don't you think?
Run!
Animal consumed all
of this morning's donated blood
and then proceeded
to expel it on--
Absolute
pandemonium at the mo--
Did I do
something to you?
A bunch of these
you drew for me.
Did I
do something to you?
You got me in
trouble with Ms. Thompson.
You hide my
pencil box every day.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
You sit behind me
and pull my hair,
then try to
tell me it was a bird.
It was a bird.
You convinced Mrs.
Sanchez to nam..
hamster after me, so
you could announce the class
every time Amber pooped.
Okay, that
one was pretty good.
You called me an orphan.
That was a compliment!
What?
Everyone cool
is an orphan.
Spider-Man, Batman,
Superman, all the Avengers.
Not Hulk.
Have we ever
seen Hulk's parents?
Where are they?
At their house?
A haunted house.
Usually when someone
picks on you..
it means they're
secretly in love with you.
Really, because I
think it means they're a creep.
Do you actually want
bad things to happen to me?
See those things
kill me and cut me in half?
Like the one
you drew on the bus?
It wasn't
cutting you in half,
I was stabbing you
really hard in the stomach.
That's not better!
Okay, done.
You put this in the
pond and all the monsters
should be wiped out instantly.
It looks like a butt.
No, it doesn't.
See, those are the
legs and that's the butt.
You're the butt.
All right, you guys ready?
No, I don't wanna do this.
I have to
go to the bathroom.
You couldn't have gone
before you put all t..
I didn't
have to go then.
Now I have to go, too.
Oh my--
How much
longer are you gonna be?
I just got in here.
How much pee
is actually in you?
Dude, just use
the one in my Dad's bedroom.
End of the hall.
Bowman!
It's on my face!
It's on my face!
Get it off me!
Get it off me!
Got it.
Come on!
Ah! Ah!
Ah! Ah! Ah!
Bowman, you grab the big gun--
Dude!
Ah!
Where's Bowman?
Halfway to his house by now.
Have you ever
tried to open this window?
Come on!
They're on my face!
They're on my face!
I don't have to go
to the bathroom anymore.
Oh God...
Amber!
Jack!
Jack!
I'll call the police,
Taylor.
-Taylor! Taylor!
-Amber!
Jack!
-Amber!
-Taylor, come on.
Jack!
-Amber!
-Dude.
Jack!
Amber!
Jack.
Oh, Amber.
Are you okay?
Amber, are you okay?
Are you crying because it hurts,
or because monsters
just stole everything you own?
Amber, come on.
Just give me a second.
We-- we don't
really have a second.
Amber, come on!
Amber, we
don't have time for this.
Are you hurt,
or can you keep going?
Listen.
I need you right now,
Amber.
I can't do this alone.
And especially if you're
fighting me on everything.
-Stop!
-What the--
Can you shut up
for one second?
Let go of me!
You never shut up.
You just keep talking
and talking and
shouting orders at us,
and making
us follow your plans!
What is wrong with you?
I'm trying to help you,
you know that?
Me, Dad, we're trying
so hard every day to help you!
Well, it doesn't
make me feel better!
It makes me feel like
something's wrong with me--
Maybe something
is wrong with you!
Do you still have
Mom's ashes in your backpack?
What was that?
You're taking
her to the pond, right?
To finish what
you tried to do last night?
To bring her back?
What do you think
is gonna happen, Jack?
Are you just gonna bring
Mom home and say "surprise"?
Wow, that's dark.
And then what?
I'll feel better?
What's wrong with that?
Why do I keep getting in
trouble for trying to fix stuff?
Yes, you would feel better.
We all would.
Amber actually
noticed before you did.
She drew Ally's tattoo of
that butterfly in her notebook,
and she had
to do it by memory.
There's no reference
of it in the house.
I took them down,
the night after she died,
and put them in
a suitcase, because--
Oh, yes,
sorry, I'm here, I'm here.
Okay? Okay.
Thank you.
They're sending
two officers over,
they'll be here in 15 minutes.
Amber asked me
the other night
if they were orphans.
-Jeez.
-Yeah, right?
That's what they're
throwing at me.
Are they?
Yes. It's just Fievel movies
every day,..
No, are they orphans?
-What?
-What?
No, I'm right here, I'm alive.
I know you're alive.
What if they gotta be called
something? What ..
Why do they have to be
called something?
I'm looking it up.
Don't look it up,
don't look it up.
Mom dead...
They're called
maternal orphans.
Okay, so they are
called orphans.
Sorry.
And Amber abbreviated
it to "morphan."
I mean, Jack
and I were so surprised
that she even
had a sense of humor,
she's had no
sense of humor lately.
And so Jack tried to
recreate it, he took it too far,
she broke the special plate.
Do you want to hear
my two cents on all this?
No, I don't.
Okay, I'm gonna tell you.
I think you should stop
worrying so much
about the girl who's
drawing pictures of her pain
and worry a
little bit more about
the boys who
are ignoring theirs.
Is that the cops?
Tapping?
No, no, there
are doors, Taylor.
That's the one,
isn't it?
The first one you drew.
Bowman, chill
out, you're too loud.
You chill out.
That thing isn't after you,
it's after me.
I'm the one she drew
with it cutting me in half.
Stabbing you really
hard through the stomach.
Stabbing me really
hard through the stomach!
She doesn't want you.
She wants everyone.
Anything that can die.
All she wants is death.
Is that why it's
drawing more monsters?
It's drawing
more monsters
because that's what she does.
It's basically you,
right?
How many of
those things
do you think
it's drawn?
Is that how you see yourself?
I'm thinking
like a million, right?
That thing
looks nothing like you.
You're not like that.
You're smart, you're funny,
you care about people.
You're not an evil person
just because you drew
some evil pictures.
And anyone who thinks
that is stupid
and deserves to be cut in half.
Stabbed really hard
through the stomach.
Listen to me.
You also drew this.
That looks more like you.
Thanks for the sword,
by the way.
It's the diamond sword.
-What?
-From Minecraft.
That's the diamond sword?
Mm-hmm.
When did you draw this?
Isn't the diamond
sword supposed to be b..
Who cares?
She drew it green.
Then it's not the diamond
sword. It's the emerald sword.
Like a while ago.
Stop saying that
that thing is you. It's not.
It's just a
thing you drew.
That's it.
And that's
the emerald sword.
Will you shut up
about the sword, please?
I will not.
I am very right about this.
We should get
out of these woods.
Wait, what?
We're not done.
We're done.
I should have never tried
to fix this in t..
It's the whole
reason all of this happened.
Do you know what
I've been through today?
Yes.
I almost died
in a bus crash.
A blind monster
tried to eat me.
We were there for all of this.
I fought off an army of
chalk monsters single-handedly.
I didn't come all this way,
pee my pants twice,
walk through like 50 spiderwebs
just to give up and go home
before I got to
use my flamethrower.
Wait. Flamethrower--
What the--
Give me those.
You ruin everything.
You peed your pants twice?
We've been
indoors most of the day.
Even if we did
use the flamethrower,
we don't have a weapon anymore.
Use mine.
Why'd you bring that?
For this
exact situation.
And also, I want to frame it.
That's not gonna
wipe them all out at once.
Then we draw a new one.
We can't.
Why not?
Because we don't
have anything to draw with!
Yes, we do.
She was pulling sharpies
and paper out of that backpack.
We could use those
to draw a new butt
and put it straight
into the pond.
We really need to
stop calling it a butt.
We're fine with it
being a butt.
It was never a butt.
We just need to get her
away from the pond.
I can do that.
This is a bad idea.
We don't know
how fast she can run.
But I know how fast I can run.
How fast?
Lightning speed.
By the time
she catches me,
you have butt 2.0
in the pond,
and she'll be deadsville.
What if it doesn't work?
We're doing this.
Just make
sure it works.
How are you going
to get it to chase you?
By doing what I do best...
being a huge b-hole.
That was supposed
to be a whistle.
I've never tried
to do it that loud before.
I'm normally a
very good whistler.
You want to come up here?
I want to show
you something.
It's real cool.
Come on.
Hurry!
Eat this!
Nope.
That's not
lightning speed.
Draw whatever you want.
I don't care.
Just get it in the pond.
-Crayon, right?
-What?
-Her skin is crayon.
-Yeah?
Good.
Amber, draw!
Gross, gross, gross, gross,
gross, gross, gross!
Who the hell are you?
Where are my kids?
Who are your kids?
Amber and Jack!
Oh!
Amber!
Just draw a weapon!
Any kind of weapon!
Come on!
I'm not afraid of you.
You're just a
thing I drew.
She also drew this.
You wanna be my girlfriend?
-What?
-Wow.
My uncle can get
us free movie tickets.
No.
That's cool.
No worries.
Where'd you find that?
It was, uh, still in my pocket.
No, before.
Where did
you find that before?
Jack!
Amber!
Daddy!
Amber, get back!
Yah!
Amber?
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, my gosh.
Why do you have tentacles?
I dipped my arms in
the pond to save Jack.
Then he saved me
with the diamond sword
by chopping
evil Amber's arm off.
It was amazing.
Every part of
that was horrifying.
I know!
Watch this.
The hell?
Jack?
I think I know
what you're about to do.
Before you do it,
please hear me out.
I know you miss Mom.
I miss her too.
I miss her so much.
And I have done a
terrible job
of letting you guys
see how much.
This whole time, I
thought we had to fix Amber.
But Amber was
the only one doing
what we're
supposed to be doing.
Not running
from the pain.
Not covering it up.
But feeling it.
I let you down, man.
I never gave us time to hurt.
Because you're you,
because you're thoughtful,
because you're compassionate,
you felt the need to fix it.
That's not your
responsibility, man.
All you needed to--
I'm sorry.
Aw, buddy. Jack, Jack.
She's gone.
I know.
I know.
I love you, buddy.
I didn't mean to.
I know.
I'm sorry.
Jack!
Sup, orphan?
Sup, b-hole?