The Other (2025) Movie Script

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[arrows whooshing]
[dramatic music]
[metal clanging]
[haunting music]
[mysterious synth pulse]
[mysterious synth
pulse continues]
[eerie music]
[eerie music continues]
[music building crescendo]
[thrilling synthetic music]
[music fades out]
-[Agent] Kathelia doesn't
speak.
Um, she understands speech,
and she's clever.
She finds ways
to communicate,
so it's not as challenging
as it sounds.
-[Man] Can she speak?
-[Agent] We don't know yet.
It could be a birth defect
or some sort of
coping mechanism.
And it's also possible
she just doesn't want to talk.
-This says that
she's been returned
to you guys before.
-[Agent] Yes, we placed her
with an older couple.
Retired.
Adult children,
no grandchildren.
I just think they bit off
a little more
than they could chew.
[dog barking]
And it looks like
there were some health problems.
-With Kathelia?
-[Agent] No, Kathelia's fine
physically.
-[Woman] Okay.
-She just needs a family.
-[Woman] We really just
wanna do the most good.
[soft gentle music]
-Welcome home.
[soft, ethereal music]
[eerie music blast]
[birds chirping]
-[Robin] Daniel is on summer
break,
and I work from home
most of the time,
so we'll all be together.
That is where you'll go
to school in the fall.
-I might even be
your teacher!
If you're lucky!
-[Robin] [chuckles]
That's me.
-[Daniel] That's Robin,
building another dream home.
[wind chimes jangling]
[water rippling]
-Do you like to swim?
[rapid heartbeat pulsing]
Well, how about
we go upstairs?
Then we can show you
your room.
Yeah?
Watch your step
right there.
Okay. So our room is
just down the hall,
and your room
is right over here.
[gentle music]
-So...
what do you think?
It's all yours.
-[Robin] We put some new clothes
in the closet for you.
Hope you like them.
[nervous chuckle]
Oh, that was my doll
when I was your age.
-[Doll] Mommy, I love you.
-Now she has someone new
to play with.
We should probably
get some darker dolls too.
-Mm-hmm.
-Would you like
some lunch?
Do you like crusts
or no crusts
on your sandwiches?
I think you're
a no-crust girl.
Me too.
[phone ringing]
Hi, Mom.
-[Mom] [over phone]
I couldn't wait any longer.
How is she?
-[Robin] [into phone]
Um... she's lovely.
-[Mom] [over phone]
Oh, thank goodness.
Honey, I have to tell you
this because I love you.
I went on the internet
and I found out what happened
to your new little girl.
It's horrible.
-What?
Mom... no!
-[Mom] [over phone] The mother
butchered the whole family!
Her husband,
her other two kids--
-Oh my god--
-[Mom] [over phone] Police
took the bodies away
in little bags.
-Mom, stop!
-[Mom] [over phone]
You need to hear this--
-We already know!
-[Mom] [over phone]
Oh, I see.
You hadn't mentioned it.
-No?
-[Mom] [over phone] She
doesn't seem off, does she?
I mean,
sometimes that's hereditary.
-She's a
little girl, Mom.
She's fine.
She's just been through
some shit.
-[Mom] [over phone] Well,
I hope she appreciates you
taking her in.
-Oh, god! Daniel!
[foreboding music]
-[Daniel] So that's your window
right over there.
Then the birdhouse
to the left of it,
I built that.
Robin, she thinks
it's too small
but, I don't know,
I kinda like it.
Birds like it,
that's for sure.
Have a little nest by now.
Little--little eggs.
Little birdie babies.
[birds chirping]
-[Robin] Hey, don't eat
the fruit.
It's moldy.
-What?
-It's rotten.
It's fine.
I brought sandwiches.
[sighs]
-Rob...
[flies buzzing]
-What the heck?
[haunting music]
-[Daniel] Yeah, I'm not seeing
anything wrong.
The fridge is fine.
-Everything in the fridge
is spoiled, Daniel.
It's obviously not fine.
-I mean...
-Oh, yep.
Mm-hmm.
This is spoiled too.
-Mustard is eternal.
-Smell it.
-Ugh!
Jesus Christ!
-Yeah, I told you.
I know.
-Ugh!
-Okay, I have to get
Kathelia ready for bed.
I don't know.
-Well, I'll fix it.
-Mm-hmm.
-I can fix it!
[water running]
-Kathelia!
[foreboding music]
[gasps]
[nervous chuckle]
You got me!
You're like a...
little gremlin!
That's a really
pretty swimsuit.
Are you gonna wear
that to take a bath?
You know,
we don't have to
keep any secrets.
It's okay,
I get it.
Hop in.
"Kathelia."
You have such
an interesting name.
Do you know what name
I always liked?
I like the name "Jessica."
I think it's really pretty.
Do you like it?
Jessica?
Okay, do you wanna know
a secret?
About me?
You're not my first
little girl.
I had four before you.
I didn't get
to meet them though.
[reluctant chuckle]
But that's okay
because I'm getting to know you.
[foreboding music]
-[whistling] Baah!
Snug as a bug in a rug.
[sighs]
-I brought you
some water
in case you get thirsty.
Oh, wait.
How about a bedtime friend?
It's for you.
-If you need anything at all,
we're just...
right down the hall, okay?
Happy first night home.
-Good night, Kathelia.
Kathy.
-[Daniel] Kathy?
-[giggles] I know.
-Kathy?
-I know!
I was just...
-[groaning]
-Just trying something out.
It was bad.
-Yeah, well,
she's not much of a Kathy.
-No, she is not.
She looks at me like
she's mentally cutting me open.
I feel like
I'm doing it all wrong.
-No...
No, no, no, no.
[sighs]
I don't think
we have to try so hard.
Okay?
Just...
let her breathe.
Hmm?
Everything is new.
Strange.
She doesn't know us.
We don't know her.
-[Robin] I keep thinking about
her mom.
How do you trust someone
after something like that?
How do you trust anyone?
I don't want her
to feel that way with us.
-Hmm.
-I just...
I just really want her
to feel safe with me.
-Kathy's not gonna
win her over.
-No. [chuckles]
[eerie chord striking]
[knife swishing]
[knife swishing]
[eerie ambient music]
[insects chirring]
[foreboding music]
[water bubbling]
[wind chimes jangling]
[wind chimes jangling]
[water bubbling]
[pouring]
[menacing music]
-Hey.
-Hi.
-Look what I found
in the pool.
-Eww.
What is that?
-It's cool!
I don't know.
I think it's cool.
Hey, Kathelia, you want to see
something cool?
-Uh, I think
she's sleeping.
Hey, what did you do
with all my knives?
-Uh... nothing.
-Really?
So if I go in your man-cave,
I'm not gonna find
all my knives?
-No, no, no.
You don't go in my space.
That is my space.
You don't go in there.
-Mm-hmm.
-It's off limits to, uh...
mothers.
-Get rid of that!
-Have a good day
at work.
-Thank you.
Bye.
-Bye.
-I'll be at
the model home.
-I'll be...
here.
[whistling]
[foreboding music]
Ahh! Hey!
There you are.
How was your, uh...
how was your first
night home?
You--you sleep okay?
Oh, these are my dad's
old tools.
He wanted me
to be a doctor.
[scoffing]
Can you imagine?
Oh! That is...
not for you.
I should probably
find another spot for that.
That goes there.
[drill whirring]
Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
[nervous chuckle]
[exasperated sigh]
I gotta kid-proof better.
You're trouble,
aren't you?
What?
Oh, this?
Yeah, I found this
in the pool this morning.
Kinda neat, huh?
I mean, gross that was
in the pool, but...
Wait a second...
[playful music]
[whispering]
I think it's moving.
Check this out.
Aaaah!
[container clatters]
Um, sorry.
I'm sorry.
Hey, Kathelia,
I--I--I, uh,
that was a joke.
I was joking!
[soft, dreamy tune]
[water flowing]
[water falling]
-[Girl] They don't go away
forever.
They come out
down there.
I'm Fiona.
I live over there.
[birds chirping]
Can I try?
Trade for a candy?
[water rushing]
[gentle music]
Another?
[gentle music continues]
[clattering]
[foreboding music]
-Huh.
-[Fiona] You have so many dolls!
I used to have dolls.
My mama doesn't
let me anymore.
Which should we pick?
Okay, let's play
with that one.
She's pretty.
Here.
You can tie her up.
[menacing music]
The insides are best.
That's where
the colors are.
See?
This one's pink.
I like talking to you.
-[Daniel] Hey!
Are you Fiona?
-Uh-huh.
We're playing dolls!
-Starlight!
You're giving me
a heart attack!
I've been looking
all over for you.
Hi.
-The girls were out
at the creek.
-They didn't give you
any trouble, right?
She was good?
-Yeah.
-We were playing with dolls.
-Dolls!
Cool, I bet you liked that!
-Mm-hmm.
-Fuck me! [laughing]
-Oh, I'm Daniel.
-Lizzie Carmichael.
Thank you, guys.
You're my hero.
-[Robin] [chuckles]
-So, uh,
where's your new friend?
-Oh! Uh, oh, there she is.
That's our daughter,
Kathelia.
-[Lizzie] Hi!
Hi, Kathelia.
Aw, she's beautiful.
-[Robin] Thank you.
-[Lizzie] She's fine.
Just fine.
-That lady is a door.
-The shit kids say!
[laughing]
-Well, our girls
are two peas in a pod.
-That would be...
that would be something.
Yeah.
All right, thanks so much.
-[Robin] Nice to meet you.
-I'm gonna go and pick up
my shitty mom of the year award.
-[Robin] No.
-[Daniel]
I think it looks better.
-[Robin] You're messing with me.
-It's like a little zombie.
-God, they were so odd!
And I don't know how
you didn't pick up on that.
-I thought they were nice.
-My alarms were going off
the entire time.
-Huh.
-Her mom--
Mm...
-Lizzie?
-Yeah. I dunno,
it's like she's got
some dark secrets or something.
[nervous chuckle]
-She's a single mom
with a special needs kid.
That's gotta be tough, right?
-Oh, hey, I get that.
But I mean, that's like
serial killer behavior.
-[Daniel] No, kids do
stuff like that all the time.
-I didn't!
-Look, Fiona...
she likes Kathelia.
I don't see that's such
a bad thing right now.
-No, I want her
to have friends.
I just...
You know what we could do?
We could have all
of our friends
who have kids over.
For like a cookout.
-If that's, yeah,
if that's what you want.
-Yeah.
I just think that
Kathelia needs
a little normalcy right now.
I mean, she's just been
surrounded by darkness.
I don't think
that she needs any more...
You found my knives!
Where were they?
-They... were...
in... Kathelia's room.
-What?
-[Daniel] Yeah.
Hey, kiddo!
How you doing?
-[softly] Hi.
-We were just talking about you.
We're thinking of having
a little cookout.
Invite all the kids
around the neighborhood.
That sound fun?
-Yeah.
[menacing music]
[eerie music]
[eerie music]
[haunting music]
[foreboding music]
-Kathelia?
[shaky breath]
[birds chirping]
[puffing smoke]
[distant dog barking]
-Hey.
-Hi.
-What are we
doing out here?
-[sighs]
You're gonna laugh at me.
Something's...
not right.
In the house.
[eerie ambient music]
It's like when I'm alone,
I don't feel like I'm alone.
My stomach gets tight.
And I have a hard time
catching my breath.
And it feels like
there's something...
else in there with me.
[foreboding music]
I've felt that way
ever since we got Kathelia.
-Oh, boy...
You, uh, [scoffing]
you really spooked yourself
this time.
-Oh, come on!
This is why
I don't tell you things!
-No, hey--no,
I'm--I'm with you.
I am.
I've been
feeling strange too.
-Yeah?
-I'm sure
Kathelia is as well.
-I don't know what
she's feeling.
[foreboding music]
-[whispering] Come inside.
-In a minute.
-[softly] Okay.
-Mm.
-Hey! I think
we could use a party.
[haunting music blast]
[insects chirring]
[eerie chord striking]
[menacing music]
[water bubbling]
[birds chittering]
[eerie chord striking]
[rock music blaring]
[background chatter]
-[Ryan] Careful with that slime.
It's gonna eat your face.
-[Steven] Look, dude,
he just quit wetting the bed.
[indistinct chatter]
[party chatter]
-[Woman] Oh, gosh, girl,
you got your
gold star taking her in.
-[chuckles] Yeah.
-[Woman] How's she adapting?
-Good. Yeah.
-We heard about her family--
-Uh, Kathelia!
You look beautiful!
Um, this is Maddox's mom
and--and Chelsea's mom.
-Hello, Kathelia.
It's so nice to meet you.
-[Samantha] Look at you!
So darling in that dress!
-[Beth] Look at this party!
All of these people!
Are you having
a nice time?
Have you met my daughter
Maddox yet?
You'll love her.
-[Boy] Dead birds!
It's dead birds!
[faint background chatter]
[flies buzzing]
-[Robin] Oh. Beth, you have
something in your teeth.
-[Beth] Oh.
-[Maddox] Hey. I heard
your mom killed your dad.
Do you remember it?
Were you there
when she did it?
-[Man] Ohh!
-[Beth] Maddox!
-Get off!
-[Beth] What are you doing?
-[Robin] Kathelia!
Get off of her!
Kathelia!
That is not okay!
We do not behave
this way!
-Whoa, whoa, whoa!
What's happening?
-[Robin] Kathelia?
Kathelia? [panting]
[faint background music]
[rapid heartbeat pulsing]
[wind chimes jangling]
[door opens]
-Kathelia's in bed.
Everyone else is gone.
[haunting music]
-[heavy breathing]
-Rob?
Are you, are you drunk?
Maybe don't go in there.
[nervous chuckle]
It's--
it's a little gross.
[foreboding music]
[pulsing electronic beat]
[pulsing electronic beat]
[pulsing electronic beat]
-It's just us.
No gremlin.
[pulsing electronic beat]
[water burbling]
[both grunting]
[both moaning]
[menacing music]
[both moaning]
[both moaning]
[menacing music]
[water splashing]
[both moaning]
[water splashes]
[both panting]
-She's not in her room.
Kathelia! Hey!
[shouting] Kathelia!
-Go check the creek.
I'm gonna call
the neighbors.
-Kathelia!
[soft ethereal music]
Kathelia!
No, no, no.
Are you okay?
Kathelia.
Hey, wake up!
Wake up! Wake up!
-[Father] Daddy's got you.
It'll be okay.
I got you.
Daddy's got you.
Daddy's got you.
[screaming] Come on!
Come on!
[banging]
I'm in trouble.
Hide my girl!
Please!
[screaming]
-[gasping]
[continuous knocking]
-I want to see Kathelia.
-Hi, Fiona.
-I want to see Kathelia.
-Lizzie?
-Hey.
-I want to see Kathelia.
-Yeah. It's--it's 7:30.
-I want to see Kathelia.
-Fiona would like to
see Kathelia.
She won't
shut up about it.
Look, um, Kathelia...
she's had kind of
a rough night, so...
-Actually, we've all
had a rough night.
It's--
it's not really good time.
-[Lizzie] See, Fiona,
it's not a good time.
Fiona! Oh my god, man.
She's being such
an asshole today!
-You tried to get away.
You're stuck here now.
Good.
Let's play.
[eerie ambient music]
Your colors are funny.
I talk to
a lot of people.
Some have pretty colors.
Most are the same.
No one has your colors.
-[Daniel] Hey.
[knocking]
Just uh, checking in
on you girls.
What are you doing?
-It's Kathelia.
She's not done yet.
She needs another head.
-It'll look just
like her then.
You doing okay?
-Monsters are coming.
-Monsters? Here?
To this... house?
-They'll be here soon.
-Monsters like this?
[low growling]
-Mm... nah.
-Okay. Well, let's,
[nervous chuckle]
let's not scare
each other here.
Um, monsters, are not...
anything to be afraid of.
They're like shadows.
They might seem scary,
but they cannot hurt us.
-[Fiona] [chucking]
-Why, why is that funny?
-You're funny.
You're wrong.
-Okay. [chuckles]
That's... nice.
Okay, I'm gonna leave
you two to...
continue playing.
-Bye-bye.
-Bye-bye.
-[Fiona] [giggling]
-Little psycho.
[menacing music]
-You knew a monster before.
A real one.
One that scares you.
One that hurts people.
You keep running from it.
You can't get away.
It follows you.
It follows you everywhere.
It's already here.
[vomit splatters]
I wanna go home.
-Baby!
-Ugh!
-[Robin] I don't even know
what to say.
[indistinct chatter]
[haunting music]
-[muffled scream]
-[Doctor] That's an interesting
picture of you, Kathelia.
Can you paint
your family for me?
[soft ethereal music]
That's Robin,
am I right?
-[Daniel] [chuckles]
-[Doctor] Who else
is in your family?
That's Daniel.
[foreboding music]
[haunting music]
[haunting music]
[music building crescendo]
-[vomits]
[hysterical laugh]
[foreboding music]
-[Daniel] You ever done
swings before?
Okay, okay.
You can do it on your own,
but watch out.
You might
swing all the way around.
[whistling]
-We made a mistake.
Getting Kathelia.
I wanted to believe that
we were rescuing her
from something,
and that if we gave her
everything...
that she could possibly need,
that it would be enough.
-But it's not.
-Okay, let's just, uh...
Just hold on
for one second.
-I don't know how
to help her!
-We have to give it time.
-I don't have time.
-We have not given it time.
-I don't have time!
-She's been abandoned
by everyone else
in her entire life.
-I don't care!
She's dangerous, Daniel.
-She's eight years old!
-Her mother was psychotic!
Do you really want
to risk it?
She could hurt me, Daniel.
And not just me.
[swing creaking]
[soft giggles from a distance]
[menacing music]
[birds chirping]
[door creaking]
[door opening]
[door closing]
[menacing music]
[rapid heartbeat pulsing]
-[muffled cry]
[louder muffled cry]
-Robin? Hey. Hey.
-Get her off me!
- [Daniel] [grunting] Stop!
Stop it!
You...
you're in big trouble!
[menacing music]
Hey. Hey, hey, hey.
-[shuddering breaths]
-What the--
-This is exactly
what I warned you about!
We're not safe!
Our baby is not safe!
-You're all right.
-We're not!
-It's okay.
-No! Get off me!
Get off me.
I want her out
of this house, Daniel!
I want her out
of my house!
[panting]
Go!
Deal with her!
Now! Go!
[sobbing]
-The way that you
just behaved
is unacceptable, okay?
You cannot act like that.
She will send you back
to child services like that.
Do you understand
what I'm saying to you?
No. Please.
Stop. Stop.
Stop, stop.
No. Stop!
I'm sorry. Just...
Look, I don't know
what it's like to be you, okay?
I have no idea.
You've been through things
that I cannot imagine.
But we are not the enemy.
Okay? Robin and I,
we are trying to give you
a life that is safe
and--and that is loving.
But Robin, she's my family.
She's my wife,
and I have to protect her too.
I need you to stop
doing what you're doing.
I need you to stop.
Can you do that?
An address?
What is this?
This--this isn't an answer.
[soft eerie music]
[blows breath]
-[shuddering breaths]
[haunting music]
No, no,
no, no, no, no.
[whimpering]
[melancholic music]
[sobbing]
[melancholic music continues]
[heartbeat pulsing]
[laughing nervously]
-You coming?
Okay.
[knocking]
Hello?
[indistinct background voices]
Hello?
Excuse me,
is anyone home?
[indistinct voices]
Hello?
Hello? [knocking]
-[Woman] Who's there?
-Ah...
-[Woman] What do you want?
-Hello,
my name's Daniel Hutson.
I'm just here to--
-[Woman] I don't know you.
-No. Uh, no, you don't.
Look, I was, uh...
I'm sorry to bother you.
I was just...
My foster daughter,
she gave me your address.
And I don't even know why
I'm here, so...
-[Woman] Huh, a mystery!
Well, come on inside.
This way, Daniel Hutson!
[foreboding music]
[flies buzzing]
[eerie music]
You'll have to
come in here.
-I, um... don't mean to
bother you, ma'am.
-Oh, Miss Evelyn, sweetie.
I don't get company much.
I forget how to act.
I'd offer you
a glass of sweet tea,
but I can't get up.
My husband doesn't like
me on my feet when he's gone.
Oh, no, no,
sit closer.
Ugh! Come closer so I can
look at you properly.
-[Daniel] O...kay.
-[chuckles]
-Um...
-Oh, that's better.
So handsome.
Now, what's this about
a foster daughter?
-Kathelia Harris.
I think she knows you.
-[laughing]
Oh, I know Kathelia.
Always so quiet,
you hardly even know
she's there.
-[nervous chuckle]
-But don't let
your guard down. Ever.
-[nervous chuckle] Yeah.
Uh, me and my wife,
we are...
having some trouble with her.
-[Evelyn]
Yeah, she's a tricky one.
Always getting into something,
can never just sit still
and behave.
Naughty to the bone.
What she needs is
a good swat across the backside.
Where is that little devil?
Did you bring her
to see me?
[menacing music]
-She's at home.
With my wife.
-Oh. Well, now,
that's too bad.
I would have loved to...
Well, you came to see me
after all.
Your new papa's a liar.
Now, come on over here.
Give me a little cuddle.
[screaming]
[thuds]
[thuds]
[screaming]
-[Man] Hey!
Get that girl out of here!
Get her out!
-[Evelyn] [screaming]
-[Man] Get her out of here!
-[screaming]
-Stop it! It's all right.
Hey!
-Put you in the car front.
-What the hell
are you doing?
bringing her here
upsetting my wife?
-Is this how you take care
of a kid, huh?
Locked in there
with a crazy woman?
-My wife has a busted lip
because of that child!
-Your wife
fucking attacked us!
She's deranged!
-Don't you dare!
Don't you say it!
You think you know
who we are?
Who we were before
that girl got here?
You know nothing about us.
Nothing! Or about her.
But you will know.
You will.
-Okay.
-[Joe] You married?
She pregnant yet?
[sinister music]
My wife can't make no babies.
She ain't got the parts.
She lost them to cancer.
But something took
root in her,
something horrible,
as soon as we got that girl.
I used to believe God
looked out over everybody.
But when we got that girl
to the house,
He closed His eyes tight!
Get rid of her
while you can,
any way you can!
[car door slamming]
-[Daniel] Goddamn it!
Sorry.
[exasperated sigh]
You should never,
never have been put
in that home
with those people.
Look, I don't believe
in devils or demons
or whatever it is
he thinks you are.
Those things, they,
they don't exist.
Look...
That man's wife,
she's sick.
He's afraid of
what's coming and--
and he wants someone
to blame.
It's a terrible,
terrible, sad situation.
But you...
You are not
the cause of it.
You, me, Robin.
We're gonna be fine.
-[screaming]
[engine revving]
[tires screeching]
[body thuds]
-[shuddering breaths]
[indistinct chatter]
[tires screaching to stop]
-[Daniel] Stay here.
[foreboding music]
Hey.
[foreboding music continues]
-We wanted this.
-Yeah.
-It's gonna be different
this time.
This baby's
gonna be good for us.
[heartbeat pulsing]
[faint background music]
[door opens]
-[Nurse] Mrs. Hutson?
We're ready to see you.
-Robin, great to see you.
How you feeling?
-Great.
-Good.
How's Daniel doing?
-Good.
-Is he being supportive?
-Yes.
-Good. And I will be
there with you too,
every step of the way.
-Thank you.
I was a little worried
that maybe,
that I lost the baby.
-What do you mean?
-There was blood
on the sheets
and I found this.
-You found this
in the blood?
-[Robin] Yeah, but then
I felt her move so
I knew it was
all okay.
-You...
you felt your baby?
-[Robin] Yeah.
And then this morning...
there was this.
-[soft gasp] Oh.
[clears throat]
Robin, we have to get you
to the hospital
for a full examination today.
-No, no.
I don't need to go
to the hospital.
-Honey, I'm sorry.
You've had a complication.
We have to make certain
there's no immediate health
issue for you.
No, no, no. No.
[nervous chuckle]
I'm pregnant.
-That's not really possible.
-I'm pregnant.
I'm pregnant.
I-I hear my baby's heartbeat.
I-I feel her.
I feel her moving!
She's strong.
[door opens]
-[Doctor] Robin.
Robin! [sighs]
[thunder rumbling]
[rain pattering]
[bubbling]
-[Robin] Kathelia!
[muttering indistinctly]
[haunting music]
[muffled] Kathelia!
[louder] Kathelia!
[grunting]
Hi.
[sinister music]
I want you to know
that this isn't my fault.
I wanted to
bond with you.
I wanted a family.
It doesn't matter now.
I have all that I want
with this one.
[dramatic music]
Maybe if you scream,
he'll hear you.
You think he'll rescue you?
Go ahead, scream.
Scream for him.
[shouting]
Scream! Come on!
Come on!
Let it out!
Let it out!
Look at us.
Look at us.
It never
would have worked.
You can't
even call me mother.
Let's stop pretending
that we're a family.
Run.
Run!
[grinding]
[faint background music]
-Hey.
Peas in a pod!
Fiona's inside.
Do your parents know
you're here?
Of course they do,
they're fucking
good parents.
[grinding]
[knocking]
-[Fiona] I can't tell you
how to fight it.
I'm sorry.
I don't know how.
[slaps wall]
Don't be mad.
I'll keep trying.
Come up here.
I'm with my friends.
[foreboding music]
These are all
the people who live up here.
I talk to them
sometimes
when Mama isn't around.
My friends are over here.
Come listen.
[whispering]
Can you hear them?
They say...
[whispers]
[soft ethereal music]
They're coming.
Tiny specks of color.
Do you want to meet them?
Don't be scared.
[soft dreamy music]
They like you.
[ambient music]
All your colors.
So beautiful.
[hammer thuds]
[foreboding music]
[electronic beeping]
[machine beeping]
-You're a lucky girl.
No fracture,
no serious bleeding.
Just a purple bump.
-[soft gasp] That's great.
-Kids bounce.
It's amazing.
Complications can occur.
Keep an eye on her.
Dizziness, nausea,
anything unusual.
Uh...
one other thing.
I did see
something curious.
Not cancer.
Something old.
A scar.
I'd like a closer look
at her scans.
-Uh, is that something
that we should
be worried about?
-[Dr. Kumar] No, no.
I'm just being nosy.
Any news, I'll call.
For now, my advice:
if Kathelia
has another play date
with the uh, hammer girl,
make it supervised.
[mysterious synth pulse]
-[sigh]
[soft ethereal music]
[insects chirping]
She's asleep.
-[Robin] Great.
-I know you weren't
around to see it,
but the kid
had a rough day.
-[Robin] Do you really think
I care?
-[scoffs] What?
-I don't love her.
And you don't love
her either.
How could you?
She's not ours.
-Robin?
What's going on
with you?
-I don't want her!
We have our own
child now.
Our real child.
Kathelia is a parasite.
[sinister music]
And she will destroy
this family.
I won't let that happen.
You won't even miss her
when she's gone.
-Look, Robin, I, um...
I think something
is seriously wrong with you.
I-I think you need help.
You and the baby.
-We don't need help.
We're fucking great.
[eerie music]
[Robin humming]
[Robin grunting, groaning]
[menacing music]
[sinister music]
[cell phone ringing]
-Yeah?
[sinister music]
Rob?
The doctor called.
He wants to meet
this morning.
Some... [sighs]
some updates on Kathelia.
-[Robin] You go.
[eerie music]
Almost.
Almost, little Jessica.
-Forgive me
for being so excited.
I feel, uh...
If Kathelia hadn't had
her accident,
we never would have known.
-Known what?
-Please.
You should sit.
-Okay.
-This is Kathelia's
CT scan.
That's the scar
I mentioned.
Just a little thing
right there
in the frontal lobe.
The area of the brain
that creates speech.
Which is why this
caught my attention.
When we magnify,
the scar becomes an object.
A fetus.
-A what?
-Yeah.
Vanishing twin syndrome.
Bizarre. Very unusual,
but completely natural.
When Kathelia
was in the womb,
she had a twin sibling
floating happily
alongside her.
Until Kathelia ate her.
I'm being dramatic.
But it is horrific.
Kathelia absorbed her twin
into her own body,
and the remains
of her sibling lodged here
in Kathelia's brain.
Obstructing Kathelia's
ability to speak.
You are a sister.
A very naughty one.
[chomps]
[faint background music]
-Do you wanna go play?
I get it.
This week's been
a lot of weird shit.
[faint background music]
-[Man] Number 47.
-Be right back.
Hey.
[faint background chatter]
[foreboding music]
[footsteps approaching]
Double patty, double cheese,
extra large fries,
and a milkshake.
Oh.
[sighs]
[beeping]
[phone trilling]
-[Robin] [over phone]
[panting] [low growl]
-Hey. Robin,
are you there?
-[Robin] [over phone]
[soft gasp]
-Robin?
[line beeps]
I have to go talk to her.
No. No.
No.
Don't let her see you.
[car door slamming]
[foreboding music]
Hey, Rob?
[water flowing]
[menacing music]
Robin?
[water flowing]
[menacing music]
[sinister music]
[sinister music]
[water gushing]
-[Robin] You came back
to us.
No, you didn't.
-Robin. Robin,
I think, uh...
I think we need to get you
to a hospital.
-It's too late.
She's here.
[water bubbling]
[growling]
[loud continuous screaming]
[screaming continued]
[water bubbling]
-[gasping] [whimpering]
[haunting music]
[music building crescendo]
-Fuck!
[sniffles] Hey.
Um, I'm gonna
get you outta here, okay?
What?
What? I don't...
What are you
talking about?
The doll is...
you.
Fiona?
Fuck!
Fiona knows?
Yeah?
Okay. Okay. Okay.
[engine revving]
[lawn ornament creaking]
[car approoaching]
Hey, Lizzie!
-Fiona's a sweet,
happy girl!
-[Daniel] Look, I just need
to talk to you for a second.
-She doesn't hurt people!
-Look, I'm not trying
to argue or anything.
I think Fiona knows things.
In ways that...
Fuck, I can't even believe
that I'm fucking saying
this right now.
Something terrible is happening
to my family,
and Fiona knows what.
So I just...
I need your help.
-Hey, Kathelia...
Fiona's upstairs.
Would you mind
getting her for us?
She won't bite.
Thank you, darlin'.
-So... what?
Are--are you gonna
tell me
that angels gave
Fiona a gift?
-No, no angels.
I fucked her up
all on my own.
When I got pregnant
with Fiona,
I was a mess.
I had been for a while.
Doctors told me
she wasn't developing normally.
I didn't think
I could love her right.
I had nothing
to give her.
So...
I tried to fix both of us
the only way I knew.
I died.
Fiona didn't.
I was still in the hospital
when Fiona was born.
[laughing] I had never seen
such a sunny baby, man.
I couldn't believe
she came from me.
She was light.
Still is.
When she was five,
her pet cat died.
I was wrecked,
but not Fiona.
To her the cat
wasn't any different.
A few weeks after that,
she started spending time
with her dad,
who I knew was dead.
And I got it.
For Fiona, life, death
they're the same thing.
She lives in both worlds.
Sees both.
-[Fiona] You're more fun
to play with--
-Hey, starlight!
Come here. Come here.
You remember Kathelia's dad?
-[Daniel] Hey.
-[Fiona] You saw a monster.
Not the real one.
Not the one in Kathelia.
Look, you--you
gave me this.
-[Fiona] It's Kathelia.
This? No, this...
Who is this?
This isn't Kathelia.
-She didn't say her name.
Just ugly things.
I hurt you so
you could find it.
-Okay, so...
this...
monster... thing,
is that...
is that what's hurting my wife?
-Yes.
-So what do I do?
-Okay. We're gonna need
one more drink.
And then maybe
we can all go upstairs
and talk to the monster?
[haunting music]
-Who are they?
-[whispering] Dead people.
-Right. So we're talking to...
-[whispering] Just buckle up.
-What, like ghosts
or something?
-[Fiona] No ghost.
Ghosts were alive.
The monster wasn't born.
-Oh.
[intense eerie music]
-[Fiona] [groaning]
-Hey, is she okay?
-[groaning continues]
She dreams of life.
You took it from her.
She's mad.
Her mad spreads.
-[low growl]
-Makes everything sick.
She looks for doors
to reach you.
Like your real mama.
-[screaming]
-Like the old woman.
-[screaming]
-Your new mama
is a door, too.
She's weak now.
Too weak to live.
Too weak
to break through.
But she gets stronger
each time she tries.
I'll live here now.
-What--
what can I do?
How do I, how do I stop this?
Fiona?
-Dig out the body.
Dig out the body.
Dig it out.
Let her free.
-Whoa, whoa, whoa!
-Dig out the body!
Hurry! Dig it out.
Before she hurts all of you.
She's at the door.
[doorbell ringing]
[doorbell ringing]
-Hello?
I'm Dr. Billie Neil.
I'm here to see
Mrs. Hutson.
-Not today.
-Robin? I tried to call.
You never responded
to my messages.
I'd very much like
to talk with you,
about your baby.
I'll be with you
through the end,
and I mean that.
[lock clicks]
Robin?
[haunting music]
Robin?
[menacing music]
Robin?
Robin?
[light switch clicks]
Robin I...
I owe you an apology. I...
The other day
at the office I...
I didn't give you
the support you needed.
I'm sorry.
[metal clanking]
Robin?
If you're feeling
overwhelmed, I can help.
I-I'd like to help you.
I promise I am not here
to hurt you.
Or your baby.
[scissors swishing]
Robin.
Please, please come.
[blades scratching]
Maybe another time
is better.
You can call
my office anytime.
I'll see you
whenever you like, okay?
I'm heading
to the front door now.
I'm leaving!
[gasps] Oh, shit!
Oh! You scared the shit out
of me, little girl.
Mr. Hutson!
-You need to get out
of here.
Right now.
-[Robin] [screaming]
-[grunting]
-[screaming]
[mysterious synth pulse]
[body thuds]
[muffled gasp]
[menacing music]
- You don't have to do this.
Calm breaths.
[scissors stabbing]
-[Robin] [groaning]
[body thuds]
[footsteps]
-[whispering] Murderer.
Murderer.
Murderer.
Murderer.
Murderer.
Murderer.
Murderer.
Murderer.
Murderer.
Murderer.
Murderer.
Murderer.
[glass shattering]
[dramatic music]
Gremlin!
[grunting]
[bite crunches]
[thrilling music]
[thrilling music continues]
[music building crescendo]
Welcome home.
[water bubbling]
[heartbeat pulsing]
-[Lizzie] Oh my god.
Kathelia!
[indistinct yelling]
[splash]
[water bubbling]
[soft dreamy tune]
-[spits]
-[Lizzie] Atta girl.
Good, get it out.
Get it out.
You okay?
[insects chirring]
[soft music]
[pounding]
Oh, shit.
-[coughing]
Hey, come on.
No, no, no, no.
Come on.
I know, I know, I know.
I know.
I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry.
-Wait.
She's not in there.
That lady's just a door.
She's in here.
[eerie music]
-[lizzie] Hey. You with us?
-[gasping]
-Oh, hey. Take it easy,
take it easy, take it easy.
Take it easy.
-Where's Kathelia?
-She's fine.
She's fine.
-Robin?
-Yeah, she's--
just gonna take a look.
With little--okay.
-[screams of pain] [winces]
-Oh, no.
-I feel like shit.
-Well, you're fine, okay?
You're gonna have
a super sexy scar.
[sinister music]
[haunting music]
You're a bit of a bleeder.
We need to get
the hell out of here.
Starlight, I need you
to find me a phone, all right?
Starlight!
Starlight!
[menacing music]
Okay, okay, okay.
Come on. All right.
You sit here.
-Just keep your hands here.
-[wincing] Okay.
-And I'll be right back,
all right?
Oh, fucking family.
Jesus. Honestly.
I love you.
[knife slashes]
Oh, motherfucker!
-[gasping]
-[sighs]
I'm the cat.
[body thuds]
[haunting music]
-[screaming]
[shuddering breaths]
[winces] [screaming]
[sledgehammer thuds]
Open the door!
Go, go, go!
-[Robin] [grunting]
-[Daniel] Go, go, go!
Go, go, go!
Open the door!
[sledgehammer thuds]
Open it!
Oh, shit!
[bone cracking]
[screaming]
Shut the door!
Shut the door! Lock it!
[door banging]
[shuddering breath]
-This is gonna hurt.
-What? [bone breaking]
[screaming] How do you know
how to do that?
-[screaming]
-You next.
Dig out the body.
Now.
-Fiona? No.
-[screaming]
-Dig out the body
or it won't stop.
-[Robin] [screaming]
-Dig out the body
or we all die.
-You don't know that.
-Now!
-[Daniel] Not here.
What Fiona wants you
to do is gonna hurt you, okay?
We're not doing that right now.
We could do that later.
We could take you
to a hospital.
-[Fiona] No more time!
-We're not opening up
anyone's head.
-[screaming]
Now, Kathelia!
End it!
End it now!
-[Robin] [screaming]
-Fuck!
-[Robin] [grunting]
[sledgehammer thudding]
-No...
don't make me do this,
please.
-She's dead if you don't.
[foreboding music]
[sledgehammer thudding]
[sledgehammer thudding]
-[Robin] Kathelia!
[grunting]
-Tell me where
to do it.
-[Robin] [screaming]
Dig there.
-[Robin] [screaming]
-Okay.
-Oh, okay.
-I'm so excited.
[drill whirring]
-[panting] I love you.
[drill whirring]
-[screaming]
-[Daniel] [screaming]
-[screaming]
[groaning]
[drill whirring]
-Almost.
[drill whirring]
[body thuds]
-Kathelia?
[shuddering breaths]
No, no, no.
Fuck.
It didn't work.
[sobbing] You said this
would work!
[eerie music]
Hey. Hi. Hi.
You okay?
You're okay. You're okay.
[shuddering breaths]
I'm gonna look here.
Oh god.
[intense dramatic music]
Oh god! [gasping]
[haunting music]
[intense music]
[whimpering in fear]
[panting]
What the fuck?!
[ntense music continues]
[screaming]
[screaming]
[groaning]
-Sister.
[screeching]
[neck snaps]
[intense music stops]
-Bury the body.
[trash bin clattering]
Okay.
[gentle music]
[eerie ambient music]
[music building crescendo]
[eerie music stops]
[dramatic music]
[gentle eerie music]
[sinister music]