The Lodge (2019) Movie Script
(electricity buzzing,
sign snapping on)
LAURA:
Mia?
Aiden?
Mia?
We have to go.
(children laughing)
Mia?
(footfalls approaching)
Mia, let's go.
Aiden?
Aiden!
Come on.
(footfalls approaching)
(sighs)
(crying)
(car engine rumbling)
- Just shake her hand.
- How did you get an outfit
- just like Mom?
- Shake it.
Shake her hand.
(laughs)
You're lucky
that can go right back in.
Let me see if her head
can go right back in.
N-N-N-No, no, no.
Not the head.
(lipstick container closing)
Is she gonna be there?
LAURA:
No.
She's such a retard.
(car approaching)
(engine shuts off)
Come on.
- Hey.
- MIA: Dad.
Where have you been?
Did you get lost?
(groans) I miss you.
Mwah.
Come on.
You, too, mister.
Hey, listen, can you guys, uh,
go to the store
and get some candy?
'Cause Mom and I need
to have a little talk, okay?
MIA:
Thanks.
What-What's happening?
- Candy.
- And?
No artificial colors, gelatins,
or artificial sweeteners.
Don't be long.
Need a hand?
Okay.
You have a good drive over?
Thanks for bringing 'em over.
- She's not here.
- Uh...
You look nice.
Tea? Coffee?
Okay, I'll have coffee.
Um... (grunts)
Well, we got instant.
Sorry, 'cause I gave it up.
Is that okay?
(Richard grunts)
(dishes clinking)
You wanted to talk.
Um, listen, um...
I think we should finalize
the divorce.
Laura, we can't stay
where we are.
We have to...
um...
Okay.
Grace and I
are gonna get married.
September.
Okay.
- Laura.
- (door slams)
(footfalls)
Laura?
(indistinct voices over TV)
WEATHERCASTER: There is going
to be more humidity around,
and that's going to make it feel
a little bit hotter
and make it harder
to cool off for your body.
So we do have
this heat advisory up
for a lot
of easternmost Massachusetts,
away from
the immediate coastline.
And this is
in effect till about...
(continues indistinctly)
That sticky air is courtesy
of the southwesterly
wind flow here,
and you can see
the dew point temperatures
are running in the low 70s.
That's oppressive humidity
down toward D.C.,
and some of that
has climbed all the way up
near the Canadian border.
But as you go to the northwest,
back towards the Great Lakes,
see how these dew points drop
into that refreshing category?
That's going
to get here for tomorrow.
But first we'll have a frontal
boundary across the area,
and this front is gonna be
a trigger,
as we get into the afternoon,
for a few thunderstorms.
Now, the storm prediction center
is eyeing that area
for the potential
that a few of these storms,
uh, a marginal risk...
(continues indistinctly)
...and the primary concern
would be for some
potentially damaging winds.
Also, with so much moisture...
heavy rain,
- and there should be...
- (gun clatters on floor)
...that develop
this afternoon as well.
So, take a look at the timeline
here on Futurecast...
(continues indistinctly)
...clouds are going
to start to build,
especially along...
(continues indistinctly)
As we get deeper
into the afternoon, though,
that's when the storm starts
to get going.
2:00 to 4:00 p.m.,
you can see a few...
(church bell ringing
in distance)
(church bell continues ringing)
(Mia crying)
(priest speaking indistinctly)
(crying)
PRIEST:
I don't know much.
What I do know is this:
she was a good woman.
A very good woman.
And she was always there
for her family.
Do not forget,
birth and death are two doors
through which
we must all journey.
All of us.
Death, however,
is but a new beginning,
a new start.
Therefore,
let us all pray for her soul.
Pray that she crosses over
to where she needs to go.
(church bell ringing)
Nearer
My God, to Thee
Nearer
To Thee
E'en though...
- (Mia crying)
- Okay, it's okay, shh...
That raiseth me.
(sobbing)
(sobbing, speaking indistinctly)
She... she...
she can't go to Heaven.
She can't go to Heaven.
She's not gonna...
she's not gonna go
to Heaven, Daddy.
- (Richard murmurs indistinctly)
- She's not gonna go to Heaven.
You don't understand.
(sobbing):
She can't. She...
(Mia's sobbing continues)
RICHARD:
Baby, listen to me.
Listen to me.
Nobody knows where we go.
Mama wouldn't want you to cry.
She wouldn't want you to worry.
- You don't understand.
- Baby.
- Go away!
- Okay.
Go away.
Leave me alone.
(sobbing):
Go away.
(muffled):
Go away.
(Mia's sobbing continues)
(sobbing)
(sobbing continues)
(whimpering)
(whimpering fades)
(indistinct whispering)
(children laughing)
(clattering)
Is it okay?
Did you plug it in?
Hey, hang on a second.
Mia, can you come here a minute?
Okay, so...
Grace is gonna be here
in a second.
And I just wanted to talk
to you guys about something.
How would you feel about going
to the mountains again
for Christmas?
I thought you were working.
RICHARD:
Yeah, I am, but, uh,
I'll drive you guys up
after school's out,
and then come back on the 25th.
AIDEN:
Are we gonna be there alone?
No, I thought it'd be nice
to ask Grace to come with us,
and, you know,
you can have some fun,
get to know her a little better.
No.
No, you don't want to do that?
- No.
- How come?
I'm not going
anywhere with her, and...
least of all on Christmas.
- Why not?
- Are you crazy?
No, Aiden, I'm not crazy.
Grace is part of my life,
she's part of your life.
- What?
- And I think it's about time
you guys got to know her.
What do you mean?
Okay, look.
I'm gonna marry Grace.
(Richard sighs)
We... we wanted
to tell you tonight.
It's all her fault.
I'm sorry?
I said it's all her fault.
What's her fault?
What do you mean,
what's her fault?
What do you mean?
You're talking about Mom?
(breathing heavily)
You left Mom
for, for a psychopath.
Who told you
she was a psychopath?
Hmm?
She's in your books, right?
(doorbell rings)
Fuck you.
Aiden.
(muffled):
I'm really sorry,
but we just can't do this
right now.
(continues indistinctly)
RICHARD: I'm gonna have
to go out again later, okay?
(Mia and Aiden whispering
indistinctly)
- MIA: What?
- I was right.
Grace is from his book on cults.
MIA:
Oh, my God.
AIDEN:
"Radical Christian sect."
Everyone committed suicide
except for her.
She's supposed to bring
the teachings of the sect
to the public.
Click there.
(clicks mouse)
(typing)
AARON:
And you will find salvation.
Repent and you will wash away
every sin
that has been bothering you.
Just confess.
Repent and pray.
Now, don't think
I'm the only one watching.
God is waiting.
He's so impatient, and He can't
wait to see your smiling faces.
Please join with me.
Would you like to sing now?
Nearer, my God
To Thee
Nearer to...
(stairs creaking)
(footfalls on-screen)
MIA:
Is that real?
(brief whir)
(door opens)
RICHARD:
What are you doing in here?
Um, I was just...
What's going on?
...looking something up
for Mia's school project,
because my...
computer is updating.
Okay.
Look, I was...
I was just with Grace.
She really wants to come on this
trip and get to know you guys.
It's important to me
that we give her a chance.
Okay?
Come on, she's got
all this fun stuff planned.
Stay up all night, watch movies.
She's a terrible cook,
so you can eat what you want.
You give it a chance?
Hmm? Think about it?
For me?
(Aiden and Mia
whispering indistinctly)
(whispering continues)
(engine shuts off)
(line ringing)
(phone ringing in distance)
(ringing stops)
There she is.
(grunts)
(car door closes)
(dog barking)
(Grace and Richard
speaking indistinctly)
(dog growling)
(dog barking)
(grunts)
(phone buzzing)
It's the paper.
I've got to take this.
I'm sorry.
Yeah. What?
Well, I asked you
to e-mail it to me.
Well...
can you do that?
Hi, Aiden.
Hi, Mia.
(car door opens)
(grunts)
Ready to go?
(sniffs)
(seat belt clicks)
(car approaching)
(engine shuts off)
RICHARD:
Oh.
Do you have the key?
MIA:
I got the key.
Go pee, Grady.
Go pee.
(car door sensor beeping)
(front door closes)
(door sensor continues beeping)
(car door opens)
(beeping stops)
RICHARD: I set up
a little dog bed in the hall.
- (Grady whines)
- A what?
RICHARD:
Dog bed.
Is that okay?
GRACE:
Okay.
RICHARD:
The bedrooms are upstairs.
It's the last door on the right.
Need a hand?
GRACE:
No, I'm okay.
There's your dog bed, Grady.
- (grunts)
- (whines)
Good boy.
(whispers):
Look at your little skunk.
You guys want a cookie before
I finish this whole packet?
MIA:
Yeah.
Take one for your brother.
- I have three.
- Okay.
(suitcase clacking)
(creaking)
(pills rattling)
Okay.
Here you go.
Who's hungry?
Dig in.
Bless us, 0 Lord, and these,
Thy gifts,
which we are about to receive.
- Amen.
- (whispering): Amen.
(silverware clinking)
(gasps)
RICHARD:
What are you looking at?
That's Laura's.
Does it bother you?
I'll take 'em down.
It doesn't bother me.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
(kissing)
(chuckling)
Hmm?
(chuckles)
Shh, shh, shh.
- (laughing)
- Shh.
Stop.
- (clears throat)
- You're gonna make yourself bleed.
- I'm sorry.
- You'll make your nose bleed.
- No, I'm okay.
- Okay.
- You good?
- Yeah.
Okay.
(Grace laughing)
(Richard speaking indistinctly)
(floor creaks)
(growls)
(wind whistling)
I'll see you later.
See you later.
(Grady whining)
Stay, Grady. Stay.
(door opens)
MIA:
Aiden.
Oh. (chuckles)
MIA:
No!
Get you!
No! Aah!
- (Mia screams)
- RICHARD: How's it going?
- Good.
- (Richard chuckles)
- RICHARD: Do you need a hand?
- Yeah.
- Hey, kids, give Grace a hand.
- (Mia screams)
Go, go, go!
That's our mom's hat.
Oh.
I'm sorry, I...
I didn't know.
RICHARD:
What happened?
(whispering): I didn't know
it was their mom's hat.
It's okay.
Here. Take mine.
Come on.
- Pull you?
- (Grace chuckles)
Yeah.
That's way better.
- This is the way to do it.
- (Grace laughs)
- (Richard laughs)
- GRACE: Mia?
(Mia making whooshing sounds)
RICHARD:
You okay?
MIA:
And...
GRACE.
Mia?
Mia?
Be careful.
There's a fishing hole.
Stop! Stop!
Stop! Stop, stop.
Move back.
You have to be careful.
- Stay here. I'll get it.
- (Richard laughs, whoops)
Let me...
(gasping)
- MIA: Dad!
- RICHARD: What?
Dad!
Mia, get back!
(Mia screams)
Come here. Give me your hand.
Give me your hand. I got you.
- (screams)
- I got you.
- MIA: My doll!
- (Richard grunts)
- I got you. Come on. You're okay.
- (Grace panting)
You're okay. You're okay.
Get b... get back in the house.
You're okay.
You're okay.
AIDEN:
Please.
(speaking indistinctly)
MIA: Don't worry,
you'll be warm soon.
Here. It's really hot.
You feeling okay?
(Grace grunts softly)
I'll make you something to eat.
(phone dialing)
GRACE:
Hmm.
RICHARD:
Hey, it's me.
Uh, listen,
I can't come back tonight.
Well, uh, can you get someone
to cover for me?
It's kind of an emergency.
Mm-hmm.
(door opens)
You okay?
Mm-hmm.
I don't think
I should go to the city.
Why?
'Cause I don't want
to leave you here with the kids
if you're not feeling...
- up to it.
- Uh, I'm feeling fine.
It was my idea,
and it's a couple days.
I can do a couple days.
- You sure?
- Yeah.
As long as I don't have
to go ice-skating.
(both chuckle)
Okay.
You know what, come here.
One, two, three, four, five.
(safe beeps)
This is a family heirloom.
Belonged to Laura's dad.
You ever use one?
(chuckles)
Stand like this at arm's length,
or you can use both hands.
It's up to you.
You cock the gun by pulling
the hammer all the way back.
Want to try?
Come on, have a go.
It's pretty easy.
Okay, here, hold this.
It's got quite a recoil,
so put your weight in...
Wow.
(chuckles):
Wow.
Not bad.
Now I can drive.
Give me a kiss. I'm only gonna
be gone a couple of days.
Maybe I'll hitch a ride back
with Santa Claus.
- What do you think? Hmm?
- (Mia chuckles)
Okay, guys, I'm off.
Wendy from the gas station
has a key if anything happens.
The kids have their number.
Remember what I told you.
Be nice.
Don't go hunting
for your Christmas presents.
- (Mia chuckles)
- Have fun.
GRACE:
Bye! Love you, too!
(horn honks)
(door opens, closes)
I-I was gonna start
decorating the house
if you guys want to help.
Hello?
(lock jiggling)
Shit.
Guys?
("Jingle Bells" playing)
What do you want
for Christmas, Mia?
A dog.
I always wanted a dog
for Christmas,
and I never got one.
(grunts)
Why?
Uh...
Well, I didn't...
I didn't get presents
when I was a little girl.
And my-my dad was...
really serious about the Bible,
and it doesn't say anything
about presents in the Bible.
That's weird.
It is weird.
(wind whistling)
What kind of, um, dogs
do you like?
MIA:
Bulldog.
Bulldogs are cute.
My dad doesn't want me
to get a dog, either.
He just thinks that
I'm not gonna take care of it.
Well, maybe
if you take good care
of your sea monkeys,
then you can get a dog.
I heard you can show your dad
that you can take care of...
Yeah.
I got Grady for myself
as a present to myself.
- Hmm.
- Whenever I...
was able to sort of
put all that behind me,
and he was my new life.
Do you want to see the present
that we made for my dad?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Come down.
RICHARD:
Okay.
Dad, watch!
Dad, watch!
(breathes deeply)
- RICHARD: Hey.
- AIDEN: That's great work, Dad.
LAURA:
Mmm, this is good.
We have turkey hats.
(laughs)
LAURA: Mm. What are you thankful
for? Because Thanksgiving
- is about being thankful.
- AIDEN: Mm-mm, no.
I'm thankful for my mom.
(chuckles)
We did good.
We've done good.
(Mia laughs over video)
(dishes clattering over video)
LAURA: We never have real turkey
on Thanksgiving, you know.
RICHARD:
Hmm.
(Mia laughing and speaking
indistinctly over video)
(lock jiggles)
I'm gonna make something to eat
if you're hungry, Aiden.
Aiden?
Hello?
(indistinct whispering)
(whispering stops)
(water running)
(sighs)
(footfalls approaching)
(door opening)
(wind whistling)
(floorboards creaking)
(whining)
- (floorboards creaking)
- (barking)
- (wind whistling)
- (rattling lightly)
(playing organ)
(footfalls)
(sighs)
(panting)
(wind whistling)
(sighs)
(wind whistling)
(knocking)
MIA:
Grace, I can't find my doll.
Did you look
in your dad's room?
Grace, I haven't taken her
in there.
And you only took her here
and your room?
Did you look
in this... this room out here?
The... the room,
like, right here,
by the staircase.
I never take her in there.
Okay. I'm gonna check in there.
You want to come with me?
Well, I'm gonna look in there.
You want to look over there
in the...
by the shoe rack?
You don't know till you check.
Hmm.
(Grace gasps)
Oh, my gosh! Grady!
- (Grady whimpers)
- What did you do?
Did you think it was a toy?
He must have thought
it was a toy.
GRACE:
Hey, it's me.
Um, I don't know why it's going
straight to voice mail,
but I just got
a missed call from you.
Wanted to call you back,
but everything's okay,
and we're having fun.
We just watched a movie.
I made pancakes.
Um...
and we decorated the house
with Christmas stuff.
Try calling me back,
um, or text me.
Texting me is probably better.
I love you. Goodbye.
I'm making a sandwich,
Aiden, if you want one.
Aiden?
AIDEN:
Hmm?
I'm making a sandwich
if you want one.
AIDEN:
I'll make my own.
I think we need
to have a conversation, Aiden.
What?
I just feel like
things are very...
uncomfortable between us,
and I... I just wanted to know
if there's something I can do
to make... make that better,
or what-what your problem is.
Hormones?
Okay, I feel like
there's something
you're not saying to me, or...
I just want you to know
that I, I'm here
if you want to talk
to me about anything.
Why would I talk to you?
Because we're stuck
in a house together.
- (scoffs)
- I didn't mean...
I didn't mean stuck." I meant,
um, we're in a house together.
I want to be in the hou...
I mean...
I didn't mean...
I didn't mean that.
I just meant...
it would be a lot better,
I think, for both of us
if we could... talk.
I don't want to talk to you.
You don't want to talk to me?
Okay. You don't want
to talk to me.
You just want to watch me
in the shower.
(scoffs)
You don't have anything
to say to me?
I just wanted to try
and make things better.
(groaning on TV)
Oh, come on.
What were they doing
flying that low,
shooting at a dog?
Cabin fever. Who knows?
(wind whistling)
(footfalls on TV)
(gate opens on TV)
MAN (on TV):
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
What are you waiting for?
AIDEN:
Grace.
(dog whimpering on TV)
Is that for me?
Yes.
Thank you.
(coughing)
(sniffles)
It's really cold.
Do you want some hot chocolate?
MIA:
No, thank you.
MacREADY (on TV):
Get your ass over here!
GRACE:
Well, you feel okay.
You want me
to go get the gas heater?
Yeah.
MacREADY (on TV):
Damn it, Childs, torch it!
(gas heater hissing)
Is it safe
to have that on in the house?
Yeah, it's fine.
It always sounds like that.
MAN (on TV):
Clear!
- (droning beep on TV)
- (man whimpering)
- Clear!
- Clear.
(loud clack)
(screaming on TV)
You guys want
to watch a different movie?
It's Christmas!
Merry Christmas, Dad!
- Mer...
- (static crackling)
(dialogue inaudible)
(heater hissing)
(crackling)
(wind whistling)
(click)
(creaking)
(sighs)
(creaking)
No! No!
(muffled speech)
(gasps)
(panting)
(panting)
(wind howling and whistling)
(squeaking)
Aiden.
- Aiden?
- (sighs)
The power's out
and the pipes are frozen.
Can you check the generator?
- Hmm. What time is it?
- I don't know.
My phone's dead. Check yours.
(panting)
(sighs, sniffles)
Mine's dead, too.
Where's the gas heater?
- Did you move it?
- (panting)
- Aiden?
- What? No.
GRACE: What is this?
Where is everything?
Did you do that?
Is this some kind of joke?
MIA:
Grace!
(wind whistling)
If this is some kind of joke,
you got me, but it's not funny.
(wind rumbling)
Okay, I'm gonna go to my room,
and when I come back down,
all the food's gonna be back
and so is everything else.
Aiden! Mia!
Where are my things?
I need my pills.
Where are my pills?
We didn't do anything.
You took my pills
- and I want them back.
- We didn't do anything.
There's nobody else
in the fucking house, Aiden.
I don't know, maybe
you should ask yourself.
You're the one who's walking
through the house
all night long.
What?
We hear you every night.
So I took my fucking pills?
I'm gonna find my things.
Starting with your room.
Where is all your stuff?
AIDEN:
Grace.
MIA:
Stop.
GRACE:
Well, if you tell me
where my things are,
then I'll stop.
MIA:
We didn't take anything.
Where's my doll?
(snow pelting window)
MIA:
Grady!
Grady!
Grady?
Grady!
GRACE:
Where's Grady?
MIA:
What if he's outside?
GRACE:
How would he get outside?
Grady!
MIA:
Grady!
GRACE:
Grady!
AIDEN:
Grady!
GRACE:
Grady!
Grady!
Grady!
GRACE:
Grady!
Grady!
This fucking generator
won't work.
I don't know why.
No power.
How far is the nearest town?
It's miles.
And it's pointless without a car
in the storms.
The roads could be closed
for days.
(wind howling outside)
I'm done.
I didn't want to say anything
in front of Mia, but, uh...
I had a, a weird dream
last night.
Well, uh, a nightmare,
but, um, in...
in... in the dream,
the gas heater started smoking
and we couldn't breathe, and...
uh, and...
...we suffocated.
(rapid ticking)
(ticking)
(dials clicking)
(wind howling)
(whistles)
(door closes)
Did you mess with the clocks?
No. Why?
(Mia speaking indistinctly)
Grace. Grace.
(Mia speaking indistinctly)
MIA: I've been playing
with Aiden a lot.
Yeah.
Just sleeping a lot.
Yeah, I miss you, too.
Yeah.
Okay. (laughs)
Your phone's working?
It's-it's not working.
- So give me your phone.
- It's not working!
So let me have your phone!
(snow pelting window)
I was just pretending.
I really miss Dad.
(wind howling,
snow pelting window)
(wind howling)
GRACE:
Nearer
To Thee
E'en though
It be a cross
That raiseth me.
(wind howling)
AARON:
Repent.
Repent your sins.
(wind howling)
What?
I heard something.
- What?
- A voice.
GRACE:
Give me the flashlight.
- (loud bang)
- (door creaking)
(banging)
(wind howling)
GRACE:
Stay there.
(banging, wind howling)
(banging)
GRACE:
It's just the window.
(wind howling)
(indistinct chanting)
AARON:
Repent.
Repent your sins.
You know how to open the door.
(Grace breathing heavily)
(ticking)
(Grace breathing deeply)
(indistinct whispering)
AARON:
Just confess.
(ragged breathing)
Repent your sins.
(Grace panting)
God's waiting.
("Nearer My God to Thee"
playing on organ)
(music stops)
(floorboards creaking)
(ragged breathing)
AIDEN:
Grace.
Grace.
Grace.
MIA:
Grace?
Grace.
Grace!
Grace.
- Grace!
- Grace.
MIA:
Aah!
Mia, you okay?
(Mia breathing heavily)
(clock chiming, ticking)
(clock chiming, ticking)
(chiming stops)
AIDEN:
What are you doing?
GRACE:
We're leaving.
I need my pills, and we're
just gonna walk to the...
nearest town and call your dad.
Then he's gonna come pick us up.
So you have to pack your things.
What are you talking about?
We can't leave.
It's not up for discussion,
Aiden.
Look outside, Grace.
That's crazy.
We don't even have our jackets.
We're not going.
I'll go alone.
You won't make it.
- (panting)
- AIDEN: Grace.
MIA:
Grace.
AIDEN:
Don't go.
(wind blowing)
(panting)
(whimpers)
(panting)
(panting)
Hello!
Hello!
(sobbing)
(panting)
Oh, God.
(panting)
(crying)
(panting)
(crying)
(panting)
- (grunts)
- (clinking)
(exhales)
AIDEN:
Grace.
(door opens)
Grace.
What is this?
I don't know, Aiden.
We're stuck here and we don't
know what's going on and-and...
And this picture...
what does it mean?
I don't know
what that photo means, Aiden.
What if we died?
We didn't die, Aiden.
How do you know?
If we had died,
how would we know?
Because it makes no sense.
Because I'm sitting here,
talking to you.
And because my feet are cold
and I'm hungry.
Maybe that's what it's like.
We wouldn't know if we died.
AIDEN (distorted):
Grace,
we must confess our sins
and cleanse our souls.
We're caught in purgatory.
AARON:
Would you like to pray?
Should we pray now?
Repent.
Repent your sins.
God's waiting.
God...
He's so impatient,
and He can't wait
to see your smiling faces
today and tomorrow.
You're getting up for God.
You get to wake up, and He gets
to see you smile, my friends.
And you get to be
in His family now, His love.
I'd like you
to surrender your soul.
We know God is waiting.
It's time now.
It's time to open the door.
You and you alone hold the key,
and you know how
to open the door.
(sniffling, breathing deeply)
(praying indistinctly)
(whispering): Sorry for being
mean to my brother.
- Sorry...
- (screen door opens, closes)
(front door opens, closes)
(floorboards creaking)
What is this?
Where did you get this?
Did you do that?
Grace, we must repent.
We must repent
for our sins, Grace.
- (whispers): Stop, Aiden.
- You have to.
- Shut up, Aiden.
- You have to before it's too late.
- You have to repent.
- Shut up, Aiden.
- So that we can go to Heaven.
- Stop, Aiden.
You have to repent...
I said, stop it, Aiden.
You have to repent before...
- Stop it, Aiden!
- You have to atone...
- Shut up!
- (speaking indistinctly)
- Stop it!
- You have to...
I said, stop it!
- Stop it!
- (speaking indistinctly)
- Shut the fuck up, Aiden!
- You have to tell the truth.
- Shut up!
- You have to repent for your sins!
(Grace screams)
- You have to repent!
- Stop!
- You have to!
- Shut up!
Shut up, shut up!
AIDEN:
I'll prove it to you.
(Aiden running)
(clock ticking)
(Grace sighs)
(exhales)
MIA (in distance):
Grace! Grace!
Grace!
Do you see now?
(breath trembling)
You see, we cannot die.
You're already dead.
We're caught in purgatory.
We must confess our sins
and cleanse our souls
in order to go to Heaven, Grace.
Confess!
Repent! Repent your sins!
(Grace whispering)
(panting):
Please...
please protect me.
Please, Mother.
Please protect me.
(crying):
Please help me.
AARON:
Would you like to pray?
(sobbing):
Holy Mother, please protect me!
AARON:
Should we pray now?
Why did you leave me?!
(screams)
AARON:
Repent. Repent your sins.
Just confess.
God is waiting.
(wind whistling)
(snow crunching)
(sniffs)
(whispering):
Please help me, Lord.
I know that I've sinned...
and I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
(wind whistling)
(Mia gasps)
AIDEN:
Grady.
MIA:
Grady?
(Mia cries)
Grady?
(Mia cries)
Grady!
- No, don't, Mia. Mia...
- (crying)
Fuck.
(Mia crying)
It was my fault, Grace.
Grace.
I left the door open.
(Mia crying)
I'm so sorry.
Grady.
(Mia sobbing)
I'm-I'm so sorry.
Grace.
Please come inside, Grace.
(Mia crying)
Grace... it's too cold.
Please come inside.
(snow rattling
against windows)
(whispering):
I don't know what to do.
(whispering): She's gonna
freeze to death, Aiden.
I know.
(Aiden sighs)
We have to convince her
or something.
We have to...
We have to stop this.
I know.
MIA:
You see her pills?
(door creaks open)
(door creaks shut)
MIA:
Grace?
Come on.
- Grace, come on.
- Let's go inside.
Come on.
It's too cold, Grace.
It's too cold.
Come inside.
We were just pretending.
We didn't die.
Grace, I...
I actually didn't hang myself.
None of it was real.
Look, can we...
can we just go inside, please?
We're all sinners on Earth.
And may the Lord forgive us
so we can be welcome
into the kingdom of Heaven.
Our Father, who art in Heaven,
hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done
on Earth as it is in Heaven.
(Aiden groans)
- (clicking)
- (Aiden panting)
It's not working.
Fuck, fucking...
(panting)
Fuck.
(panting)
(Aiden sniffles, sighs)
Phone charger's out.
We need power.
Give me your phone.
It's dead, too.
Sorry. I was on the phone
with Dad too much.
(whispering): Maybe we should
give her another sleeping pill.
(door closes)
(clattering)
(flames crackling)
(wind whistling)
(Grace cries)
(hissing)
(Grace groaning)
(Mia gasps)
(Grace groaning)
(Grace gags)
(coughs)
(retches, spits)
(wind whistling)
I repent...
the harm I've brought
to this family.
I repent my...
(cries)
- (hissing)
- (groaning)
The lies I told...
and my desire and my fornication
and my impurity.
- (hissing)...
(Grace screaming)
- (Mia whimpers)
- AIDEN: It's okay.
(Grace screaming)
AIDEN:
It's okay. Just...
(Grace screaming)
(indistinct whispering)
(indistinct whispering)
(door closes)
RICHARD:
Hey, it's me.
Uh, I-I called you guys
all day yesterday,
but I can't seem
to get through to anybody.
I'm leaving now. It's gonna
take about five or six hours.
Depends if the roads are open,
but, um...
I hope you're okay.
And call me
when you get this message.
(floorboard creaks)
(whispers):
Mia?
(whispers):
I have to go to the bathroom.
Just go in the corner.
We can't go down there
right now.
(stairs creaking)
Mia, don't.
(Mia breathing jaggedly)
(wind whistling)
(floorboards creaking)
(wind whistling)
(wind whistling)
(doorknob squeaks)
(floorboards creaking)
- Mia.
- (screams)
(running footfalls)
Aiden.
(indistinct whispering)
(Aiden shushing)
MIA:
Go away.
GRACE:
You don't have to be afraid.
It's okay, Mia.
(Aiden whispering indistinctly)
You have nothing
to be scared of.
- (Mia crying)
- It's fine.
Death is already behind us.
(Aiden and Mia mumbling)
We're not dead.
We're not dead.
We were just pretending.
We were just
pretending.
- That's all.
- We did it for Mommy!
Christ suffered in the flesh.
- (Mia crying)
- (Aiden shushing)
You have to release yourself
from earthly sins, Mia.
You need to sacrifice something
for the Lord, Mia.
(Mia crying)
No.
- Mia.
- Please.
- Burn her.
- Stop.
You have to free yourself
from idols.
You need to burn her, Mia.
- (sobbing): No!
- (shushing)
Please stop!
- Stop it!
- Mia! Mia!
(crying)
Mia.
- (shushing)
- No!
- Hey.
- It's okay. It's okay.
- It's okay.
- (Mia sobbing)
It's okay.
It's gonna be okay, okay?
Look. Look, trust me.
- (gun clicking)
- You need to trust me, okay?
- Grace.
- Look, watch.
- Mia.
- AIDEN: Stop.
- Grace, stop! - Don't.
- (car horn honks)
(engine shuts off)
(door opens)
(door closes)
Grace?
Grace?
Aiden?
Grace.
Richard.
Hey, sweetie.
God is punishing us.
For, for what we did.
We didn't do anything.
(crying):
Oh, my God.
Baby. No, no, don't.
- Don't do that, Grace.
- (Mia whimpers)
Shh, it's okay.
You don't understand.
Look at me.
I'm already dead.
Please don't do that.
GRACE:
I've exited this vehicle,
and now I have to go
through the pain
and tortures of purgatory.
You're not dead.
There is no purgatory.
Look.
I'll show you.
Baby.
Don't do this.
- (gun clicks)
- (Mia screams)
- I told you.
- (Mia breathing shakily)
Give me the gun.
It's okay.
You're not listening.
I'm listening.
Come on.
Give it to me.
MIA:
No.
See?
You feel that?
- Let it go.
- GRACE: You don't get it.
(Mia screams)
- Dad.
- Dad!
- (sobbing): Dad!
- Dad! Dad! Dad!
- Richard.
- MIA: Dad!
- AIDEN: Dad.
- (Mia continues sobbing)
No!
Dad!
- No!
- Mia. Mia, now.
- Richard.
- Mia!
- Now!
- No!
- Come on.
- No!
(door opens, closes)
(wind whistling)
Richard?
Richard?
(engine not turning over)
(engine starts)
(vehicle departing)
(thud)
MIA:
She's coming!
Aiden, help!
Aiden!
(engine not turning over)
(engine starts)
(tires spinning)
AIDEN:
Come on!
MIA:
Aiden, go!
AIDEN:
Come on!
- (engine revving)
- MIA: Oh, my God.
(Mia and Aiden shouting
indistinctly)
GRACE:
Let us pray to our Lord...
...that He can forgive
your father Richard.
That he makes his way
into the kingdom of Heaven.
May He forgive us of our sins
so that we may be reunited
for eternity.
Amen.
Nearer, my God
To Thee
Nearer
To Thee
E'en though
It be a cross
That raiseth me
Still all my song
Shall be
Nearer, my God
To Thee
- Nearer, my God
- (Mia crying)
To Thee
Nearer
- To Thee
- To Thee
- Though like the wanderer
- (Mia and Aiden singing shakily)
The sun's
Gone down
Darkness
Be over me
My rest a stone
Yet in my dreams I'd be
Nearer, my God
To Thee
Nearer, my God
To Thee
Nearer to Thee.
(tape rips)
It's okay.
- (whimpers)
- It's okay.
(Mia whimpers)
(wind blowing)
(music ends)
sign snapping on)
LAURA:
Mia?
Aiden?
Mia?
We have to go.
(children laughing)
Mia?
(footfalls approaching)
Mia, let's go.
Aiden?
Aiden!
Come on.
(footfalls approaching)
(sighs)
(crying)
(car engine rumbling)
- Just shake her hand.
- How did you get an outfit
- just like Mom?
- Shake it.
Shake her hand.
(laughs)
You're lucky
that can go right back in.
Let me see if her head
can go right back in.
N-N-N-No, no, no.
Not the head.
(lipstick container closing)
Is she gonna be there?
LAURA:
No.
She's such a retard.
(car approaching)
(engine shuts off)
Come on.
- Hey.
- MIA: Dad.
Where have you been?
Did you get lost?
(groans) I miss you.
Mwah.
Come on.
You, too, mister.
Hey, listen, can you guys, uh,
go to the store
and get some candy?
'Cause Mom and I need
to have a little talk, okay?
MIA:
Thanks.
What-What's happening?
- Candy.
- And?
No artificial colors, gelatins,
or artificial sweeteners.
Don't be long.
Need a hand?
Okay.
You have a good drive over?
Thanks for bringing 'em over.
- She's not here.
- Uh...
You look nice.
Tea? Coffee?
Okay, I'll have coffee.
Um... (grunts)
Well, we got instant.
Sorry, 'cause I gave it up.
Is that okay?
(Richard grunts)
(dishes clinking)
You wanted to talk.
Um, listen, um...
I think we should finalize
the divorce.
Laura, we can't stay
where we are.
We have to...
um...
Okay.
Grace and I
are gonna get married.
September.
Okay.
- Laura.
- (door slams)
(footfalls)
Laura?
(indistinct voices over TV)
WEATHERCASTER: There is going
to be more humidity around,
and that's going to make it feel
a little bit hotter
and make it harder
to cool off for your body.
So we do have
this heat advisory up
for a lot
of easternmost Massachusetts,
away from
the immediate coastline.
And this is
in effect till about...
(continues indistinctly)
That sticky air is courtesy
of the southwesterly
wind flow here,
and you can see
the dew point temperatures
are running in the low 70s.
That's oppressive humidity
down toward D.C.,
and some of that
has climbed all the way up
near the Canadian border.
But as you go to the northwest,
back towards the Great Lakes,
see how these dew points drop
into that refreshing category?
That's going
to get here for tomorrow.
But first we'll have a frontal
boundary across the area,
and this front is gonna be
a trigger,
as we get into the afternoon,
for a few thunderstorms.
Now, the storm prediction center
is eyeing that area
for the potential
that a few of these storms,
uh, a marginal risk...
(continues indistinctly)
...and the primary concern
would be for some
potentially damaging winds.
Also, with so much moisture...
heavy rain,
- and there should be...
- (gun clatters on floor)
...that develop
this afternoon as well.
So, take a look at the timeline
here on Futurecast...
(continues indistinctly)
...clouds are going
to start to build,
especially along...
(continues indistinctly)
As we get deeper
into the afternoon, though,
that's when the storm starts
to get going.
2:00 to 4:00 p.m.,
you can see a few...
(church bell ringing
in distance)
(church bell continues ringing)
(Mia crying)
(priest speaking indistinctly)
(crying)
PRIEST:
I don't know much.
What I do know is this:
she was a good woman.
A very good woman.
And she was always there
for her family.
Do not forget,
birth and death are two doors
through which
we must all journey.
All of us.
Death, however,
is but a new beginning,
a new start.
Therefore,
let us all pray for her soul.
Pray that she crosses over
to where she needs to go.
(church bell ringing)
Nearer
My God, to Thee
Nearer
To Thee
E'en though...
- (Mia crying)
- Okay, it's okay, shh...
That raiseth me.
(sobbing)
(sobbing, speaking indistinctly)
She... she...
she can't go to Heaven.
She can't go to Heaven.
She's not gonna...
she's not gonna go
to Heaven, Daddy.
- (Richard murmurs indistinctly)
- She's not gonna go to Heaven.
You don't understand.
(sobbing):
She can't. She...
(Mia's sobbing continues)
RICHARD:
Baby, listen to me.
Listen to me.
Nobody knows where we go.
Mama wouldn't want you to cry.
She wouldn't want you to worry.
- You don't understand.
- Baby.
- Go away!
- Okay.
Go away.
Leave me alone.
(sobbing):
Go away.
(muffled):
Go away.
(Mia's sobbing continues)
(sobbing)
(sobbing continues)
(whimpering)
(whimpering fades)
(indistinct whispering)
(children laughing)
(clattering)
Is it okay?
Did you plug it in?
Hey, hang on a second.
Mia, can you come here a minute?
Okay, so...
Grace is gonna be here
in a second.
And I just wanted to talk
to you guys about something.
How would you feel about going
to the mountains again
for Christmas?
I thought you were working.
RICHARD:
Yeah, I am, but, uh,
I'll drive you guys up
after school's out,
and then come back on the 25th.
AIDEN:
Are we gonna be there alone?
No, I thought it'd be nice
to ask Grace to come with us,
and, you know,
you can have some fun,
get to know her a little better.
No.
No, you don't want to do that?
- No.
- How come?
I'm not going
anywhere with her, and...
least of all on Christmas.
- Why not?
- Are you crazy?
No, Aiden, I'm not crazy.
Grace is part of my life,
she's part of your life.
- What?
- And I think it's about time
you guys got to know her.
What do you mean?
Okay, look.
I'm gonna marry Grace.
(Richard sighs)
We... we wanted
to tell you tonight.
It's all her fault.
I'm sorry?
I said it's all her fault.
What's her fault?
What do you mean,
what's her fault?
What do you mean?
You're talking about Mom?
(breathing heavily)
You left Mom
for, for a psychopath.
Who told you
she was a psychopath?
Hmm?
She's in your books, right?
(doorbell rings)
Fuck you.
Aiden.
(muffled):
I'm really sorry,
but we just can't do this
right now.
(continues indistinctly)
RICHARD: I'm gonna have
to go out again later, okay?
(Mia and Aiden whispering
indistinctly)
- MIA: What?
- I was right.
Grace is from his book on cults.
MIA:
Oh, my God.
AIDEN:
"Radical Christian sect."
Everyone committed suicide
except for her.
She's supposed to bring
the teachings of the sect
to the public.
Click there.
(clicks mouse)
(typing)
AARON:
And you will find salvation.
Repent and you will wash away
every sin
that has been bothering you.
Just confess.
Repent and pray.
Now, don't think
I'm the only one watching.
God is waiting.
He's so impatient, and He can't
wait to see your smiling faces.
Please join with me.
Would you like to sing now?
Nearer, my God
To Thee
Nearer to...
(stairs creaking)
(footfalls on-screen)
MIA:
Is that real?
(brief whir)
(door opens)
RICHARD:
What are you doing in here?
Um, I was just...
What's going on?
...looking something up
for Mia's school project,
because my...
computer is updating.
Okay.
Look, I was...
I was just with Grace.
She really wants to come on this
trip and get to know you guys.
It's important to me
that we give her a chance.
Okay?
Come on, she's got
all this fun stuff planned.
Stay up all night, watch movies.
She's a terrible cook,
so you can eat what you want.
You give it a chance?
Hmm? Think about it?
For me?
(Aiden and Mia
whispering indistinctly)
(whispering continues)
(engine shuts off)
(line ringing)
(phone ringing in distance)
(ringing stops)
There she is.
(grunts)
(car door closes)
(dog barking)
(Grace and Richard
speaking indistinctly)
(dog growling)
(dog barking)
(grunts)
(phone buzzing)
It's the paper.
I've got to take this.
I'm sorry.
Yeah. What?
Well, I asked you
to e-mail it to me.
Well...
can you do that?
Hi, Aiden.
Hi, Mia.
(car door opens)
(grunts)
Ready to go?
(sniffs)
(seat belt clicks)
(car approaching)
(engine shuts off)
RICHARD:
Oh.
Do you have the key?
MIA:
I got the key.
Go pee, Grady.
Go pee.
(car door sensor beeping)
(front door closes)
(door sensor continues beeping)
(car door opens)
(beeping stops)
RICHARD: I set up
a little dog bed in the hall.
- (Grady whines)
- A what?
RICHARD:
Dog bed.
Is that okay?
GRACE:
Okay.
RICHARD:
The bedrooms are upstairs.
It's the last door on the right.
Need a hand?
GRACE:
No, I'm okay.
There's your dog bed, Grady.
- (grunts)
- (whines)
Good boy.
(whispers):
Look at your little skunk.
You guys want a cookie before
I finish this whole packet?
MIA:
Yeah.
Take one for your brother.
- I have three.
- Okay.
(suitcase clacking)
(creaking)
(pills rattling)
Okay.
Here you go.
Who's hungry?
Dig in.
Bless us, 0 Lord, and these,
Thy gifts,
which we are about to receive.
- Amen.
- (whispering): Amen.
(silverware clinking)
(gasps)
RICHARD:
What are you looking at?
That's Laura's.
Does it bother you?
I'll take 'em down.
It doesn't bother me.
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
(kissing)
(chuckling)
Hmm?
(chuckles)
Shh, shh, shh.
- (laughing)
- Shh.
Stop.
- (clears throat)
- You're gonna make yourself bleed.
- I'm sorry.
- You'll make your nose bleed.
- No, I'm okay.
- Okay.
- You good?
- Yeah.
Okay.
(Grace laughing)
(Richard speaking indistinctly)
(floor creaks)
(growls)
(wind whistling)
I'll see you later.
See you later.
(Grady whining)
Stay, Grady. Stay.
(door opens)
MIA:
Aiden.
Oh. (chuckles)
MIA:
No!
Get you!
No! Aah!
- (Mia screams)
- RICHARD: How's it going?
- Good.
- (Richard chuckles)
- RICHARD: Do you need a hand?
- Yeah.
- Hey, kids, give Grace a hand.
- (Mia screams)
Go, go, go!
That's our mom's hat.
Oh.
I'm sorry, I...
I didn't know.
RICHARD:
What happened?
(whispering): I didn't know
it was their mom's hat.
It's okay.
Here. Take mine.
Come on.
- Pull you?
- (Grace chuckles)
Yeah.
That's way better.
- This is the way to do it.
- (Grace laughs)
- (Richard laughs)
- GRACE: Mia?
(Mia making whooshing sounds)
RICHARD:
You okay?
MIA:
And...
GRACE.
Mia?
Mia?
Be careful.
There's a fishing hole.
Stop! Stop!
Stop! Stop, stop.
Move back.
You have to be careful.
- Stay here. I'll get it.
- (Richard laughs, whoops)
Let me...
(gasping)
- MIA: Dad!
- RICHARD: What?
Dad!
Mia, get back!
(Mia screams)
Come here. Give me your hand.
Give me your hand. I got you.
- (screams)
- I got you.
- MIA: My doll!
- (Richard grunts)
- I got you. Come on. You're okay.
- (Grace panting)
You're okay. You're okay.
Get b... get back in the house.
You're okay.
You're okay.
AIDEN:
Please.
(speaking indistinctly)
MIA: Don't worry,
you'll be warm soon.
Here. It's really hot.
You feeling okay?
(Grace grunts softly)
I'll make you something to eat.
(phone dialing)
GRACE:
Hmm.
RICHARD:
Hey, it's me.
Uh, listen,
I can't come back tonight.
Well, uh, can you get someone
to cover for me?
It's kind of an emergency.
Mm-hmm.
(door opens)
You okay?
Mm-hmm.
I don't think
I should go to the city.
Why?
'Cause I don't want
to leave you here with the kids
if you're not feeling...
- up to it.
- Uh, I'm feeling fine.
It was my idea,
and it's a couple days.
I can do a couple days.
- You sure?
- Yeah.
As long as I don't have
to go ice-skating.
(both chuckle)
Okay.
You know what, come here.
One, two, three, four, five.
(safe beeps)
This is a family heirloom.
Belonged to Laura's dad.
You ever use one?
(chuckles)
Stand like this at arm's length,
or you can use both hands.
It's up to you.
You cock the gun by pulling
the hammer all the way back.
Want to try?
Come on, have a go.
It's pretty easy.
Okay, here, hold this.
It's got quite a recoil,
so put your weight in...
Wow.
(chuckles):
Wow.
Not bad.
Now I can drive.
Give me a kiss. I'm only gonna
be gone a couple of days.
Maybe I'll hitch a ride back
with Santa Claus.
- What do you think? Hmm?
- (Mia chuckles)
Okay, guys, I'm off.
Wendy from the gas station
has a key if anything happens.
The kids have their number.
Remember what I told you.
Be nice.
Don't go hunting
for your Christmas presents.
- (Mia chuckles)
- Have fun.
GRACE:
Bye! Love you, too!
(horn honks)
(door opens, closes)
I-I was gonna start
decorating the house
if you guys want to help.
Hello?
(lock jiggling)
Shit.
Guys?
("Jingle Bells" playing)
What do you want
for Christmas, Mia?
A dog.
I always wanted a dog
for Christmas,
and I never got one.
(grunts)
Why?
Uh...
Well, I didn't...
I didn't get presents
when I was a little girl.
And my-my dad was...
really serious about the Bible,
and it doesn't say anything
about presents in the Bible.
That's weird.
It is weird.
(wind whistling)
What kind of, um, dogs
do you like?
MIA:
Bulldog.
Bulldogs are cute.
My dad doesn't want me
to get a dog, either.
He just thinks that
I'm not gonna take care of it.
Well, maybe
if you take good care
of your sea monkeys,
then you can get a dog.
I heard you can show your dad
that you can take care of...
Yeah.
I got Grady for myself
as a present to myself.
- Hmm.
- Whenever I...
was able to sort of
put all that behind me,
and he was my new life.
Do you want to see the present
that we made for my dad?
- Yeah.
- Okay.
Come down.
RICHARD:
Okay.
Dad, watch!
Dad, watch!
(breathes deeply)
- RICHARD: Hey.
- AIDEN: That's great work, Dad.
LAURA:
Mmm, this is good.
We have turkey hats.
(laughs)
LAURA: Mm. What are you thankful
for? Because Thanksgiving
- is about being thankful.
- AIDEN: Mm-mm, no.
I'm thankful for my mom.
(chuckles)
We did good.
We've done good.
(Mia laughs over video)
(dishes clattering over video)
LAURA: We never have real turkey
on Thanksgiving, you know.
RICHARD:
Hmm.
(Mia laughing and speaking
indistinctly over video)
(lock jiggles)
I'm gonna make something to eat
if you're hungry, Aiden.
Aiden?
Hello?
(indistinct whispering)
(whispering stops)
(water running)
(sighs)
(footfalls approaching)
(door opening)
(wind whistling)
(floorboards creaking)
(whining)
- (floorboards creaking)
- (barking)
- (wind whistling)
- (rattling lightly)
(playing organ)
(footfalls)
(sighs)
(panting)
(wind whistling)
(sighs)
(wind whistling)
(knocking)
MIA:
Grace, I can't find my doll.
Did you look
in your dad's room?
Grace, I haven't taken her
in there.
And you only took her here
and your room?
Did you look
in this... this room out here?
The... the room,
like, right here,
by the staircase.
I never take her in there.
Okay. I'm gonna check in there.
You want to come with me?
Well, I'm gonna look in there.
You want to look over there
in the...
by the shoe rack?
You don't know till you check.
Hmm.
(Grace gasps)
Oh, my gosh! Grady!
- (Grady whimpers)
- What did you do?
Did you think it was a toy?
He must have thought
it was a toy.
GRACE:
Hey, it's me.
Um, I don't know why it's going
straight to voice mail,
but I just got
a missed call from you.
Wanted to call you back,
but everything's okay,
and we're having fun.
We just watched a movie.
I made pancakes.
Um...
and we decorated the house
with Christmas stuff.
Try calling me back,
um, or text me.
Texting me is probably better.
I love you. Goodbye.
I'm making a sandwich,
Aiden, if you want one.
Aiden?
AIDEN:
Hmm?
I'm making a sandwich
if you want one.
AIDEN:
I'll make my own.
I think we need
to have a conversation, Aiden.
What?
I just feel like
things are very...
uncomfortable between us,
and I... I just wanted to know
if there's something I can do
to make... make that better,
or what-what your problem is.
Hormones?
Okay, I feel like
there's something
you're not saying to me, or...
I just want you to know
that I, I'm here
if you want to talk
to me about anything.
Why would I talk to you?
Because we're stuck
in a house together.
- (scoffs)
- I didn't mean...
I didn't mean stuck." I meant,
um, we're in a house together.
I want to be in the hou...
I mean...
I didn't mean...
I didn't mean that.
I just meant...
it would be a lot better,
I think, for both of us
if we could... talk.
I don't want to talk to you.
You don't want to talk to me?
Okay. You don't want
to talk to me.
You just want to watch me
in the shower.
(scoffs)
You don't have anything
to say to me?
I just wanted to try
and make things better.
(groaning on TV)
Oh, come on.
What were they doing
flying that low,
shooting at a dog?
Cabin fever. Who knows?
(wind whistling)
(footfalls on TV)
(gate opens on TV)
MAN (on TV):
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
What are you waiting for?
AIDEN:
Grace.
(dog whimpering on TV)
Is that for me?
Yes.
Thank you.
(coughing)
(sniffles)
It's really cold.
Do you want some hot chocolate?
MIA:
No, thank you.
MacREADY (on TV):
Get your ass over here!
GRACE:
Well, you feel okay.
You want me
to go get the gas heater?
Yeah.
MacREADY (on TV):
Damn it, Childs, torch it!
(gas heater hissing)
Is it safe
to have that on in the house?
Yeah, it's fine.
It always sounds like that.
MAN (on TV):
Clear!
- (droning beep on TV)
- (man whimpering)
- Clear!
- Clear.
(loud clack)
(screaming on TV)
You guys want
to watch a different movie?
It's Christmas!
Merry Christmas, Dad!
- Mer...
- (static crackling)
(dialogue inaudible)
(heater hissing)
(crackling)
(wind whistling)
(click)
(creaking)
(sighs)
(creaking)
No! No!
(muffled speech)
(gasps)
(panting)
(panting)
(wind howling and whistling)
(squeaking)
Aiden.
- Aiden?
- (sighs)
The power's out
and the pipes are frozen.
Can you check the generator?
- Hmm. What time is it?
- I don't know.
My phone's dead. Check yours.
(panting)
(sighs, sniffles)
Mine's dead, too.
Where's the gas heater?
- Did you move it?
- (panting)
- Aiden?
- What? No.
GRACE: What is this?
Where is everything?
Did you do that?
Is this some kind of joke?
MIA:
Grace!
(wind whistling)
If this is some kind of joke,
you got me, but it's not funny.
(wind rumbling)
Okay, I'm gonna go to my room,
and when I come back down,
all the food's gonna be back
and so is everything else.
Aiden! Mia!
Where are my things?
I need my pills.
Where are my pills?
We didn't do anything.
You took my pills
- and I want them back.
- We didn't do anything.
There's nobody else
in the fucking house, Aiden.
I don't know, maybe
you should ask yourself.
You're the one who's walking
through the house
all night long.
What?
We hear you every night.
So I took my fucking pills?
I'm gonna find my things.
Starting with your room.
Where is all your stuff?
AIDEN:
Grace.
MIA:
Stop.
GRACE:
Well, if you tell me
where my things are,
then I'll stop.
MIA:
We didn't take anything.
Where's my doll?
(snow pelting window)
MIA:
Grady!
Grady!
Grady?
Grady!
GRACE:
Where's Grady?
MIA:
What if he's outside?
GRACE:
How would he get outside?
Grady!
MIA:
Grady!
GRACE:
Grady!
AIDEN:
Grady!
GRACE:
Grady!
Grady!
Grady!
GRACE:
Grady!
Grady!
This fucking generator
won't work.
I don't know why.
No power.
How far is the nearest town?
It's miles.
And it's pointless without a car
in the storms.
The roads could be closed
for days.
(wind howling outside)
I'm done.
I didn't want to say anything
in front of Mia, but, uh...
I had a, a weird dream
last night.
Well, uh, a nightmare,
but, um, in...
in... in the dream,
the gas heater started smoking
and we couldn't breathe, and...
uh, and...
...we suffocated.
(rapid ticking)
(ticking)
(dials clicking)
(wind howling)
(whistles)
(door closes)
Did you mess with the clocks?
No. Why?
(Mia speaking indistinctly)
Grace. Grace.
(Mia speaking indistinctly)
MIA: I've been playing
with Aiden a lot.
Yeah.
Just sleeping a lot.
Yeah, I miss you, too.
Yeah.
Okay. (laughs)
Your phone's working?
It's-it's not working.
- So give me your phone.
- It's not working!
So let me have your phone!
(snow pelting window)
I was just pretending.
I really miss Dad.
(wind howling,
snow pelting window)
(wind howling)
GRACE:
Nearer
To Thee
E'en though
It be a cross
That raiseth me.
(wind howling)
AARON:
Repent.
Repent your sins.
(wind howling)
What?
I heard something.
- What?
- A voice.
GRACE:
Give me the flashlight.
- (loud bang)
- (door creaking)
(banging)
(wind howling)
GRACE:
Stay there.
(banging, wind howling)
(banging)
GRACE:
It's just the window.
(wind howling)
(indistinct chanting)
AARON:
Repent.
Repent your sins.
You know how to open the door.
(Grace breathing heavily)
(ticking)
(Grace breathing deeply)
(indistinct whispering)
AARON:
Just confess.
(ragged breathing)
Repent your sins.
(Grace panting)
God's waiting.
("Nearer My God to Thee"
playing on organ)
(music stops)
(floorboards creaking)
(ragged breathing)
AIDEN:
Grace.
Grace.
Grace.
MIA:
Grace?
Grace.
Grace!
Grace.
- Grace!
- Grace.
MIA:
Aah!
Mia, you okay?
(Mia breathing heavily)
(clock chiming, ticking)
(clock chiming, ticking)
(chiming stops)
AIDEN:
What are you doing?
GRACE:
We're leaving.
I need my pills, and we're
just gonna walk to the...
nearest town and call your dad.
Then he's gonna come pick us up.
So you have to pack your things.
What are you talking about?
We can't leave.
It's not up for discussion,
Aiden.
Look outside, Grace.
That's crazy.
We don't even have our jackets.
We're not going.
I'll go alone.
You won't make it.
- (panting)
- AIDEN: Grace.
MIA:
Grace.
AIDEN:
Don't go.
(wind blowing)
(panting)
(whimpers)
(panting)
(panting)
Hello!
Hello!
(sobbing)
(panting)
Oh, God.
(panting)
(crying)
(panting)
(crying)
(panting)
- (grunts)
- (clinking)
(exhales)
AIDEN:
Grace.
(door opens)
Grace.
What is this?
I don't know, Aiden.
We're stuck here and we don't
know what's going on and-and...
And this picture...
what does it mean?
I don't know
what that photo means, Aiden.
What if we died?
We didn't die, Aiden.
How do you know?
If we had died,
how would we know?
Because it makes no sense.
Because I'm sitting here,
talking to you.
And because my feet are cold
and I'm hungry.
Maybe that's what it's like.
We wouldn't know if we died.
AIDEN (distorted):
Grace,
we must confess our sins
and cleanse our souls.
We're caught in purgatory.
AARON:
Would you like to pray?
Should we pray now?
Repent.
Repent your sins.
God's waiting.
God...
He's so impatient,
and He can't wait
to see your smiling faces
today and tomorrow.
You're getting up for God.
You get to wake up, and He gets
to see you smile, my friends.
And you get to be
in His family now, His love.
I'd like you
to surrender your soul.
We know God is waiting.
It's time now.
It's time to open the door.
You and you alone hold the key,
and you know how
to open the door.
(sniffling, breathing deeply)
(praying indistinctly)
(whispering): Sorry for being
mean to my brother.
- Sorry...
- (screen door opens, closes)
(front door opens, closes)
(floorboards creaking)
What is this?
Where did you get this?
Did you do that?
Grace, we must repent.
We must repent
for our sins, Grace.
- (whispers): Stop, Aiden.
- You have to.
- Shut up, Aiden.
- You have to before it's too late.
- You have to repent.
- Shut up, Aiden.
- So that we can go to Heaven.
- Stop, Aiden.
You have to repent...
I said, stop it, Aiden.
You have to repent before...
- Stop it, Aiden!
- You have to atone...
- Shut up!
- (speaking indistinctly)
- Stop it!
- You have to...
I said, stop it!
- Stop it!
- (speaking indistinctly)
- Shut the fuck up, Aiden!
- You have to tell the truth.
- Shut up!
- You have to repent for your sins!
(Grace screams)
- You have to repent!
- Stop!
- You have to!
- Shut up!
Shut up, shut up!
AIDEN:
I'll prove it to you.
(Aiden running)
(clock ticking)
(Grace sighs)
(exhales)
MIA (in distance):
Grace! Grace!
Grace!
Do you see now?
(breath trembling)
You see, we cannot die.
You're already dead.
We're caught in purgatory.
We must confess our sins
and cleanse our souls
in order to go to Heaven, Grace.
Confess!
Repent! Repent your sins!
(Grace whispering)
(panting):
Please...
please protect me.
Please, Mother.
Please protect me.
(crying):
Please help me.
AARON:
Would you like to pray?
(sobbing):
Holy Mother, please protect me!
AARON:
Should we pray now?
Why did you leave me?!
(screams)
AARON:
Repent. Repent your sins.
Just confess.
God is waiting.
(wind whistling)
(snow crunching)
(sniffs)
(whispering):
Please help me, Lord.
I know that I've sinned...
and I'm sorry.
Please forgive me.
(wind whistling)
(Mia gasps)
AIDEN:
Grady.
MIA:
Grady?
(Mia cries)
Grady?
(Mia cries)
Grady!
- No, don't, Mia. Mia...
- (crying)
Fuck.
(Mia crying)
It was my fault, Grace.
Grace.
I left the door open.
(Mia crying)
I'm so sorry.
Grady.
(Mia sobbing)
I'm-I'm so sorry.
Grace.
Please come inside, Grace.
(Mia crying)
Grace... it's too cold.
Please come inside.
(snow rattling
against windows)
(whispering):
I don't know what to do.
(whispering): She's gonna
freeze to death, Aiden.
I know.
(Aiden sighs)
We have to convince her
or something.
We have to...
We have to stop this.
I know.
MIA:
You see her pills?
(door creaks open)
(door creaks shut)
MIA:
Grace?
Come on.
- Grace, come on.
- Let's go inside.
Come on.
It's too cold, Grace.
It's too cold.
Come inside.
We were just pretending.
We didn't die.
Grace, I...
I actually didn't hang myself.
None of it was real.
Look, can we...
can we just go inside, please?
We're all sinners on Earth.
And may the Lord forgive us
so we can be welcome
into the kingdom of Heaven.
Our Father, who art in Heaven,
hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done
on Earth as it is in Heaven.
(Aiden groans)
- (clicking)
- (Aiden panting)
It's not working.
Fuck, fucking...
(panting)
Fuck.
(panting)
(Aiden sniffles, sighs)
Phone charger's out.
We need power.
Give me your phone.
It's dead, too.
Sorry. I was on the phone
with Dad too much.
(whispering): Maybe we should
give her another sleeping pill.
(door closes)
(clattering)
(flames crackling)
(wind whistling)
(Grace cries)
(hissing)
(Grace groaning)
(Mia gasps)
(Grace groaning)
(Grace gags)
(coughs)
(retches, spits)
(wind whistling)
I repent...
the harm I've brought
to this family.
I repent my...
(cries)
- (hissing)
- (groaning)
The lies I told...
and my desire and my fornication
and my impurity.
- (hissing)...
(Grace screaming)
- (Mia whimpers)
- AIDEN: It's okay.
(Grace screaming)
AIDEN:
It's okay. Just...
(Grace screaming)
(indistinct whispering)
(indistinct whispering)
(door closes)
RICHARD:
Hey, it's me.
Uh, I-I called you guys
all day yesterday,
but I can't seem
to get through to anybody.
I'm leaving now. It's gonna
take about five or six hours.
Depends if the roads are open,
but, um...
I hope you're okay.
And call me
when you get this message.
(floorboard creaks)
(whispers):
Mia?
(whispers):
I have to go to the bathroom.
Just go in the corner.
We can't go down there
right now.
(stairs creaking)
Mia, don't.
(Mia breathing jaggedly)
(wind whistling)
(floorboards creaking)
(wind whistling)
(wind whistling)
(doorknob squeaks)
(floorboards creaking)
- Mia.
- (screams)
(running footfalls)
Aiden.
(indistinct whispering)
(Aiden shushing)
MIA:
Go away.
GRACE:
You don't have to be afraid.
It's okay, Mia.
(Aiden whispering indistinctly)
You have nothing
to be scared of.
- (Mia crying)
- It's fine.
Death is already behind us.
(Aiden and Mia mumbling)
We're not dead.
We're not dead.
We were just pretending.
We were just
pretending.
- That's all.
- We did it for Mommy!
Christ suffered in the flesh.
- (Mia crying)
- (Aiden shushing)
You have to release yourself
from earthly sins, Mia.
You need to sacrifice something
for the Lord, Mia.
(Mia crying)
No.
- Mia.
- Please.
- Burn her.
- Stop.
You have to free yourself
from idols.
You need to burn her, Mia.
- (sobbing): No!
- (shushing)
Please stop!
- Stop it!
- Mia! Mia!
(crying)
Mia.
- (shushing)
- No!
- Hey.
- It's okay. It's okay.
- It's okay.
- (Mia sobbing)
It's okay.
It's gonna be okay, okay?
Look. Look, trust me.
- (gun clicking)
- You need to trust me, okay?
- Grace.
- Look, watch.
- Mia.
- AIDEN: Stop.
- Grace, stop! - Don't.
- (car horn honks)
(engine shuts off)
(door opens)
(door closes)
Grace?
Grace?
Aiden?
Grace.
Richard.
Hey, sweetie.
God is punishing us.
For, for what we did.
We didn't do anything.
(crying):
Oh, my God.
Baby. No, no, don't.
- Don't do that, Grace.
- (Mia whimpers)
Shh, it's okay.
You don't understand.
Look at me.
I'm already dead.
Please don't do that.
GRACE:
I've exited this vehicle,
and now I have to go
through the pain
and tortures of purgatory.
You're not dead.
There is no purgatory.
Look.
I'll show you.
Baby.
Don't do this.
- (gun clicks)
- (Mia screams)
- I told you.
- (Mia breathing shakily)
Give me the gun.
It's okay.
You're not listening.
I'm listening.
Come on.
Give it to me.
MIA:
No.
See?
You feel that?
- Let it go.
- GRACE: You don't get it.
(Mia screams)
- Dad.
- Dad!
- (sobbing): Dad!
- Dad! Dad! Dad!
- Richard.
- MIA: Dad!
- AIDEN: Dad.
- (Mia continues sobbing)
No!
Dad!
- No!
- Mia. Mia, now.
- Richard.
- Mia!
- Now!
- No!
- Come on.
- No!
(door opens, closes)
(wind whistling)
Richard?
Richard?
(engine not turning over)
(engine starts)
(vehicle departing)
(thud)
MIA:
She's coming!
Aiden, help!
Aiden!
(engine not turning over)
(engine starts)
(tires spinning)
AIDEN:
Come on!
MIA:
Aiden, go!
AIDEN:
Come on!
- (engine revving)
- MIA: Oh, my God.
(Mia and Aiden shouting
indistinctly)
GRACE:
Let us pray to our Lord...
...that He can forgive
your father Richard.
That he makes his way
into the kingdom of Heaven.
May He forgive us of our sins
so that we may be reunited
for eternity.
Amen.
Nearer, my God
To Thee
Nearer
To Thee
E'en though
It be a cross
That raiseth me
Still all my song
Shall be
Nearer, my God
To Thee
- Nearer, my God
- (Mia crying)
To Thee
Nearer
- To Thee
- To Thee
- Though like the wanderer
- (Mia and Aiden singing shakily)
The sun's
Gone down
Darkness
Be over me
My rest a stone
Yet in my dreams I'd be
Nearer, my God
To Thee
Nearer, my God
To Thee
Nearer to Thee.
(tape rips)
It's okay.
- (whimpers)
- It's okay.
(Mia whimpers)
(wind blowing)
(music ends)