The Clock (2024) Movie Script

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[dark orchestral music]
[TV static crackles]
[dark orchestral music continues]
[ominous music]
[crickets chirping]
[dramatic orchestral music]
- Hurry!
We need to get it to hollow ground!
- The church is five
miles away. Is there time?
- We have no choice!
[dramatic orchestral music continues]
[demon snarls]
- He's coming!
[demon snarls]
- Get it to the church, now.
[dramatic orchestral music continues]
[demon snarls]
The Lord is my savior.
He protects me!
[demon snarls]
The Lord is my savior! He protects me!
He protects me!
[demon screams]
[dramatic orchestral music continues]
- Go! Hurry!
[priest breathes heavily]
- Though I walk...
Though I walk through the
valley of the sorrow of death...
[suspenseful orchestral music]
I fear no evil!
[engine revs]
[demon roars]
[demon growls]
[horn blares]
[dark orchestral music]
[horn blares]
[dark music continues]
[engine revs]
[dark music continues]
[clock chimes]
- Father Maynard!
Father Jarvis!
Please!
I need you to get this inside, quickly!
- I don't understand!
- I'll explain later!
I need it inside, now!
[dark music continues]
- Father Baines, are you okay?
What's wrong?
What is it?
Call an ambulance!
[dark music continues]
[eerie whispering tones]
[gears scraping]
[dark music continues]
[brooding orchestral music]
[church bells tolling]
[birds chirping]
[group chattering]
- [Mike] Maybe she just
needs a little time to
figure herself out, right?
- I mean, am I doing something wrong?
I feel like such an outsider
in her life, sometimes.
- Well, she is a teenager. I mean...
Teenagers hate their parents, right?
I mean, they're supposed to.
I mean, you remember all those movies
you used to watch as a kid?
I mean, they all portrayed
parents as being silly and goofy,
and we love those movies, but guess what?
Well, now we're those
uncool parents, so...
- I know.
I just can't help but
feel like I'm failing her.
And I trust her.
I just don't want to
be there to guide her.
- And there's a fine line
between guidance and controlling,
and if we cross that line,
we're gonna push her away.
You know?
[Sara sighs]
- All I'm saying is that I just wanna keep
an open dialogue with her.
Okay, Mike? I don't wanna lose her.
I've lost enough.
- She's not your mom.
We don't wanna project that on her, okay?
We wanna give her the freedom
to make good decisions, okay?
[Sara chuckles]
- You're right.
I'm sorry. [chuckles]
She's just getting so big, so quick.
- Yeah, I know. It's scary. [chuckles]
- I hate it. [chuckles]
- Let's find this lamp you're looking for
and get home before the game starts, huh?
[clock chimes]
[eerie music]
- Mike.
[Sara sighs]
Isn't it beautiful?
- It's dusty.
- Nothing a quick cleaning can't fix.
You hardly ever see these anymore.
- Mm, I could see why.
[Sara sighs]
- I think it's beautiful.
It reminds me so much of
the one my mother had,
when I was a kid.
- Is that...
Is that blood on the face?
- Someone probably just cut
themselves putting it together.
Nothing that can't be cleaned.
- Looks to be about a hundred years old.
- Older than that.
[Sara gasps]
- I'm sorry. We did not
hear you come up. [chuckles]
- I saw you were admiring the clock.
- Yes. It's really beautiful.
- It's somethin', yeah.
- Father Baines brought it to
the church, several years ago,
and then tragically passed
away that same night.
- Oh, I'm so sorry.
- We put it down here
because there's just no room
left in the church.
- How much do you want for it?
- Oh... [sighs]
Not much interest in
grandfather clocks these days.
Plus, it, it doesn't chime.
- But it just chimed a moment ago.
[eerie music]
- You say this clock struck?
- Yeah. I mean, not at the right time.
But yeah, we heard it.
- Very interesting.
- So, how much?
- Oh, I'm sure we could
let it go for, say, $100?
- Yeah, we're really not...
- We'll take it. [chuckles]
- Gonna leave here without it.
How much does it weigh, Father?
- Mike! [sighs]
[Mike sighs]
Go back up the truck.
- I'll put a bow on it for you, okay?
- Guess we're proud new
owners of a grandfather clock.
[ominous music]
[dog barks]
[clock ringing]
- [Sara] Isabel!
[footsteps clacking]
- You called me?
- [Sara] What do you think?
- [Isabel] What is it?
- And now I'm officially old. [sighs]
- This is a grandfather clock.
It's over a hundred years old.
They used to be all the rage.
It chimes once for each hour.
So, no matter where you are in the house,
you always know what time it is.
[eerie music]
[clock chimes]
Well, we'll have to get that part fixed,
but what do you think?
- It's pretty cool?
I guess?
- Your grandmother used to have one,
almost exactly like this.
- Didn't she go crazy?
- She wasn't well,
when she passed in the hospital
when you were very young,
but before she went down that path,
she was very warm.
And caring.
[eerie music continues]
- Are you okay?
I didn't mean to-
- It's okay.
One day we'll sit down and
I'll tell you all about her.
Why don't you go get cleaned up
so you can help me with dinner?
- Okay.
[ominous music]
- So let me set this scene
for you, okay? All right?
So, you know me. I'm
behind the camera, right?
You know, I'm doing a
little director thing.
I'm zooming in on this tight ass.
You know what I'm saying, man?
Yeah, she's climbing
outta the pool. It's...
God damn. [laughs]
You know, she's wearing
this thong. This...
[grunts] This red thong, man.
[Mike laughs]
You know.
[Mike chuckles]
And the water's just, just
beating down this perfect ass.
Like...
[Mike laughs]
- They call that the money shot.
- Hell yeah, they do.
- That is hilarious.
- You know, I'm doing my slow,
comfortable zoom, as I call it.
You know, I'm really getting
in, and all of a sudden,
I'm feelin' somethin', you know?
It's a pain in my leg. I'm
starting to get off balance.
The last thing I want is for this camera
to touch the ground, you know?
It's an expensive-ass camera.
So...
What do I do?
- Uh...
I don't know.
- Hm?
I...
Take one for the team!
- Hell yeah! He took it
for the team! [laughs]
- I'm just using my body,
I shield the camera.
I hold it for as long as
possible to get this shot, right?
I'm holding this down.
- Yeah.
- The longest second.
So, not only is the camera
operational, saved that bitch-
- [Mike] [laughs] Yeah.
- Not only do I get the perfect ass shot,
but we have had more
views in the past 48 hours
than anything we've ever shot to date.
That's some fuckin' teamwork, right there.
You know what I mean? Yeah?
- Hell yeah! Woo!
- So, how many subscribers
do you have now?
- [whistles] Well, um...
God, uh...
You know, I think the report
on our little pervatorium...
- Mm-hm?
[Vinny chuckles]
[Mike laughs]
We got about-
- Pervatorium!
- Pervatorium!
It's got about 300,000
subscribers and counting.
- [Mike] Nice.
- "Pervatorium"?
- Yeah, you gotta "Pervatorium".
You gotta say it like that.
- Stop! Don't mind him.
He's just trying to create
his own little dictionary.
Some of the made-up shit
that comes outta his mouth!
- Come on, you wanna
go to the Pervatorium?
Pervatorium! Come down to the Pervatorium!
Say it with me now! Perv...
Come on, Mike! Pervatorium.
Mm-hm.
[Mike laughs]
Yeah.
Come on. [laughs]
- Hell yeah.
[clock chimes]
[clock creaks]
- Well, happy fuckin' Halloween.
I can't remember the last
time I've seen one of these.
It's so creepy.
- Is that blood on the face?
- Oh, no way.
- Yeah, I think so.
We tried to clean it off, but
it's on there pretty good.
- Have you ever experienced anything weird
in this house before?
- No. Never.
- That's a shame.
[Vinny chuckles]
- We definitely need this
for the Halloween video!
- Oh, yes. [giggles]
- I just don't see what...
I don't...
I don't see what may have released it.
Nothing's wrong.
- Oh, shut the fuck up!
- What happened?
- Your voice! It was echoing.
- Oh.
- It was cool.
- Testing one, two, three.
- Oh, shut the fuck up!
[Vinny and Meg laughing]
Dude, I want this clock!
- How is that even possible?
- I don't know. Maybe, maybe the wood?
- Or, or, wait for it.
Maybe it's haunted. [laughs]
Right?
- [Meg] You wish, babe!
[Vinny and Meg laughing]
- Spooky! [laughs]
Ooh!
- Ooh, scary.
[Vinny and Meg laughing]
[crickets chirping]
[eerie music]
[clock door creaks]
[duvet rustling]
[switch clicks]
[Isabel sighs]
[eerie music continues]
[refrigerator door slams]
[eerie music intensifies]
[door thuds]
[Isabel sighs]
[switch clicks]
[eerie music]
[eerie music continues]
[door creaks]
[crickets chirping]
[flames roaring and crackling]
[ominous music]
[door creaks]
[bearded man sighs]
[door thuds]
- Where the fuck have you been?
[keys clinking]
You knew it was girls' night.
We talked about this, weeks ago.
- Yeah, I got tied up
in a meeting, all right?
[Rebecca scoffs]
- "Meeting".
Uh...
Where? At the bar?
I can smell the liquor on you from here.
- Come on. Give me a break, all right?
Do you even give a shit what I do?
Or are you just worried
about me fuckin' comin' home,
and give you the goddamn keys,
so you can go out with
your shitty-ass friends.
[Rebecca scoffs]
[keys clinking]
[door creaks]
[crickets chirping]
[door slams]
Yeah.
That's what I thought.
[crickets chirping]
[bearded man sighs]
[cabinet door thuds]
[lid clatters]
[Rebecca breathes deeply]
[intense eerie music]
[Rebecca gasps]
[door creaks]
What?
You're not done with me yet?
[crickets chirping]
[door creaks]
[ominous music]
[crickets chirping]
[door thuds]
Hey, look.
I'm sorry.
Rebecca.
Come on. I don't wanna fight anymore.
[eerie music]
- You will help us.
[flames crackling]
- Who the hell are you?
I'm one of many.
The chimes call to us.
[eerie music continues]
They lead the way.
- What do you want with me?
- This vessel grows weak.
A new vessel is required
to help guide them.
- I don't understand.
- Our time is drawing here.
The chimes call to us.
Your sacrifice will help me
guide them through the gate.
I'm here for you.
[flames crackling]
[fly buzzes]
[engine revs]
[distant dogs barking]
[clock ringing]
[Mike sighs]
- Hey, kiddo. You okay?
What's going on, sweetie?
- Not much.
- Mm.
Well, I can tell when something's wrong.
Okay? You can talk to me.
- I just didn't get much sleep last night.
- Yeah. Did you have a nightmare?
Was it zombies? [chuckles]
I get those all the time.
- [chuckles] No.
I just felt like something
was in my room last night.
- What do you mean, "something"?
- Like something was
standing next to my bed.
Just watching me.
Something bad.
I don't really remember, but,
then I woke up and
there was nothing there.
- Mm. Well, that is weird,
but it was a nightmare, right?
And it's over.
Which is good, because I
have a great horror movie
picked out for us tonight.
I'd hate for us to have
to watch one of those
silly little girly movies
your mom likes, right?
[Mike chuckles]
- Sounds good, Evelyn.
We'll chat more about it
when you get here. [chuckles]
Oh, I bet. [chuckles]
Okay. We'll see you soon.
Okay. Bye.
[Sara gasps]
[ominous music]
[moody funk music]
- What's up, pervs, you
degenerates? Nah, I'm just playin'.
You know why you're here.
It's Vinny here and we got a
cool show lined up for you.
Don't forget to like and subscribe,
share my content with your friends,
with your family, if you're into that.
All right. I'll see you next time.
[moody funk music continues]
Mm.
Mm, work that.
Come on.
Yeah, that's it. That's what
I'm talking about, right there.
Perfect.
[whistles] Oh, my God. Yeah.
Oh, yeah. Good girl.
Come on. Oh, yeah.
Come on, girl. Work it.
Yes!
Yes.
Perfect. Yes, yes.
Give daddy what he wants.
- Really, Vin?
Is "daddy" getting what he wants?
- Okay. Uh...
[camera clacks]
Yep. I think we got enough
content for today, yep.
Good job, girls.
Yep.
- I know that's all
you're getting tonight.
[engine revs]
[eerie music]
- Jesus Christ!
[birds squawking]
[engine revs]
Asshole!
[dark music]
[mailbox clacks and squeaks]
[distant dogs barking]
[mailbox squeaks]
[mailbox clacks]
[ominous music]
- Mike!
Mike!
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Whoa, what happened?
- There was a man outside.
He was just standing out
there, staring at me.
- Well, what do you mean?
- He was just outside.
- Okay.
- I don't know!
- Okay, okay. All right, all right.
I'm gonna, I'm gonna check it out.
- Mike!
- I'll be right back.
- Mike.
- It's okay, it's okay.
- [Sara] Please.
[tense music]
[distant lawnmower humming]
Sped down the highway, baby
You were in the passenger seat
You begged me to slow down, honey
As we listened to the engine scream
You fastened your seatbelt
and prayed it was a dream
I may be the jealous type
But you're a lying
fucking backstabbing cheat
I'll see you in hell
I'll see you in hell
I'll see you in hell
I'll see you in hell
Pink roses and white wine, baby
Your dining time has been betrayed
This magic sedative
should numb your color
It's the [indistinct]
I feel my heart break, I accelerate
Now the speedometer's 112
Feel it now
- Nice job, babe!
- Not bad yourself!
Hey.
Maybe we can do a video
one day of the two of us,
for my Pervatorium.
- [laughs] Oh, my God.
I do not think that you
can handle all of this
in any of your movies.
- We'll see about that.
[stripper giggles]
- Well, anyway, I have
gotta head outta here.
I have got to pick up my man at 10.
- All right.
I'm just gonna shower and
then I'm gonna head out.
- Don't stay here too late, okay?
- No, ma'am.
I'll see you next Wednesday.
- [Stripper] Bye!
[eerie music]
[eerie music continues]
[footsteps clacking]
[distant glass shatters]
[eerie music continues]
[eerie music continues]
[eerie music intensifies]
[curtain rings clinking]
- God damnit, Vinny!
Quit messing around!
[eerie disembodied whispering]
[eerie disembodied whispering]
- Our time has come, Meg.
[eerie music continues]
- You will help lead us from the fire.
- Where are you?
- We will set my people free.
[ominous music]
[knife clicks]
- Our time is now.
[intense eerie music]
[Meg screams]
[Vinny sighs]
- Hey there, handsome.
- Holy shit!
Hi, Yolanda. How you, how you doing?
What's up?
- Come on now.
A big strong man like you,
scared a little old me?
- Well, I, uh...
You, you have a nice day there,
all right? Have a good one.
- Oh, I've been watching your videos.
I just wanna throw this out there.
I did a little bit of acting of my own
in high school, you know?
- Right.
Yep.
Listen, if we have a
part that is fit for you,
we'll be the first to call, all right?
Don't even, don't even
worry about it, okay?
- You do that, lover, and I promise
I'll put on a very good show for you.
- Oh, boy.
[door creaks]
Oh, Jesus Christ.
[door thuds]
What a time.
[Mike whistles cheerfully]
[suspenseful music]
Yummers.
Holy shit!
[flesh squelches]
God damnit, woman.
[blood dripping]
Oh, God.
[flames crackling]
When did you even get back here?
- We need your help, Vincent.
We must get to the clock.
Our time is drawing near.
[Vinny chuckles]
- "We must get to the clock.
Our time is drawing near."
[Vinny laughs]
What, are you auditioning
for something over there?
You know, I gotta tell you,
your friend Yolanda over there has been...
Oh, my God!
Your fuckin'...
- Our time has come, Vincent.
- What?
- We need your body.
- What?
You, you...
Your fuckin', what did you do?
[eerie music]
- You heard the lady.
[Vinny gasps]
[tense orchestral music]
Something is calling you.
[Vinny screams]
- I'm not saying that
you didn't see something.
- Not something, Mike. Okay?
Someone.
He was staring at me
from the end of the road,
and the next thing I knew,
he's standing right there by the fence.
- Sara, I'm not doubting
that you saw someone,
and it spooked you, okay?
But when I went out there,
there was nothing there, okay?
Now, I'm gonna go pick up
dinner before your witchy friend
gets here and put the spell on me, okay?
[Mike sighs]
Look at that. Right on cue.
- Excuse me!
- Hello, Evelyn.
[Evelyn giggles]
Hey, Cass.
- What's that all about?
- You know him. Just a troublemaker.
- Gotta go. We don't wanna be
eating cold pizza now, do we?
Bye, guys.
- [Sara] Cassie, Isabel's in her room.
- Thank you.
- You can go back.
- Have fun.
So, I'm having a couple people
by the house next weekend,
and we're gonna try our first seance.
- Seriously?
- Yes!
I've been to a couple and
they're great. You should come.
- I don't know.
[Evelyn sighs]
- You told me stories about your mom's
supernatural experiences.
Don't you wanna know if
any of that resides in you?
- I'm not sure that I do.
After my mom passed away, I
tried to put all that behind me.
- Well, I think you should come
and get it all out in the
open and off your chest.
And what better way to do it
than with people who understand
what you've gone through?
- It kinda scares me, though,
and Mike doesn't seem to think
too much of it all, so...
- You told me when you were a little girl,
your mom felt energies within you.
I told you when I first
met you, I felt them too.
Don't you wanna learn more?
- Some of the first memories
of my mom are pretty crazy.
[Evelyn chuckles]
Your friends might think I'm nuts, too.
- Well, they've all heard my stories,
and haven't locked me up, so...
Wow.
You didn't tell me you
got a grandfather clock.
- Yeah. We just picked
it up this past weekend.
- Oh, my God.
It's beautiful.
[intense eerie music]
I can feel the energies coming from it.
Where did you get it?
- This estate sale at some church.
Wait. What did you feel?
- [Evelyn] I don't really know.
Like a lot of people have
owned this clock and passed on.
- Wait. What are you saying?
Are you saying this is
haunted or something?
- [chuckles] No, I'm not saying that.
It's just a really old clock,
and it may have been passed
on between several families
and collected a lot of
energy along the way.
[chuckles] Old things tend to do that.
[eerie music continues]
[birds chirping]
[distant church bells tolling]
- Where did you find a Ouija?
- My good friend Evelyn found it for me.
- Sara and I went to a garage
sale a couple weeks ago,
and I couldn't think of
a better home for it.
- Oh, by the way, is she coming
to the seance next weekend?
- I don't know.
I called and talked to her today about it,
but she just seems scared.
- I don't blame her.
After everything I heard about her mom.
I wouldn't want a chance
letting any of that in.
- What happened to her mom?
[Evelyn chuckles]
- Well, her mother was
heavy into black magic,
and Sara said that she was really gifted
and tried to bring her in at a young age.
Sara's grandparents tried to protect her.
So, they had her mom
committed to a hospital,
and when she was there,
she committed suicide.
- Oh, my God.
- Poor Sara.
I can't even imagine what
she must have gone through.
- Sara's told me that she's had dreams
and she'd seen things and had
premonitions, her whole life.
Her mother told her that she
was sensitive as a young child
and seeing things that
Sara saw just scared her.
- Well, I for one, can understand
not wanting to open those doors.
- I just... [sighs]
I just wish I could
find a way to help her.
- Well, we'll be here for her,
if she ever wants to find some answers.
But in the meantime, let's
get this party started.
[match strikes]
[ominous music]
[flames crackling]
- As we apply the sage,
we ask for assistance,
guidance,
and protection.
Evelyn.
Will you cut the cards once?
[ominous music continues]
Carol, we'll start with you.
What would you like to know?
- Will I ever find peace in
my current situation at home?
- Your card is the Mother of Pentacles.
She embodies nurturing,
abundance, and stability.
You are a pillar of strength
for those around you.
And Maya?
- Is something big going to happen for me?
Your card is the world.
It symbolizes fulfillment,
completion, and unity.
You stand at the threshold
of a new chapter of your life
where the threads of
your journey converge.
Embrace the lessons of your path.
They paved the way
to this moment of triumph and wholeness.
Evelyn?
- I feel like something
really bad is about to happen.
Or is that in my imagination?
[ominous music continues]
- The Knight of Swords.
This card speaks of fear, anxiety,
hate, and sleepless nights.
You find yourself haunted by
the shadow within your mind.
Seek solace in the light that
lies behind the darkness.
Now me!
[ominous music continues]
[thunder rumbles]
[glasses rattling]
[ominous music continues]
[demon speaks foreign language]
The gate is open.
- What's going on?
- The path is before us.
- What are you talking about?
Michelle.
- It calls to us.
[clock chimes rhythmically]
The chimes lead us.
- I don't understand.
- You will.
[Evelyn pants]
[demon shrieks]
[Evelyn screams]
- Holy shit, Evelyn!
- Are you okay?
- What happened, love?
[Evelyn gasps]
- I...
I don't know.
- Did you have a vision or something?
[Evelyn pants]
- I don't know.
That was weird.
[Carol sighs]
- [Carol] Looks like a
call for more wine, to me.
- Yeah.
[moody rock music]
- And then Brad picked him
up and threw him in the pool.
[Cassie chuckles]
You should've been there.
It was off the chain.
- I know.
Me and my mom got into it
about that, the other night.
She said I'm not old enough to
go to parties like that yet.
I just feel like I'm always
gonna be a little kid to her.
It's so annoying.
- Don't worry.
You're gonna be spending the
night at my house next weekend,
and a little birdie told me
that Michael Ryan may swing by.
- Michael Ryan?
[Cassie chuckles]
- My mom said we can glamp in the backyard
and use my dad's shed for the sleepover.
And I know her. She won't
be checking up on us, so...
- My future husband, Michael Ryan.
[Cassie chuckles]
- Oh! I almost forgot.
Look what I bought!
[eerie music]
- [Character] Battling your inner demons.
- I hated you!
You were my rock!
And when you left, you took
a piece of me with you.
- [Character] I have
been struggling so hard.
- Babe!
- Hm?
- I thought you said you were
gonna watch this with me?
- Well, why don't we
have a little fun first,
and then we'll watch it?
- Come on.
Not now.
- All right.
But you know these movies always end up
putting you to sleep, so...
- No. Not this one.
- Hm.
- This one is good.
- Okay.
- Are there any spirits here
that would like to talk to us?
- "Yes".
Come on. You're moving it.
- I swear you, I'm not.
[eerie music continues]
How long have you been here?
- "Not...
Long."
- [Cassie] Are you a good spirit?
- "Maybe?"
"I am."
- [Character] Thank you for
making me understand all of it.
You made amends, Mom.
You made amends. [sobs]
[eerie music continues]
- "Under."
[Cassie breathes heavily]
[Sara gasps and pants]
- What the hell?
What the hell is going on?
- "Bed."
[eerie music continues]
[ominous music]
[clock creaking]
[ominous music continues]
[intense eerie music]
[heartbeat thumps]
[eerie music continues]
- Mike!
- What the hell is going on?
[Sara pants]
[faint rock music]
[Cassie sighs]
[Cassie gasps]
[intense eerie music]
[Isabel screams]
- Jesus Christ. What happened?
[Sara pants]
[eerie music]
[phone rings]
[eerie music]
[actress moaning sexually]
[moody funk music]
[upbeat music]
[actress moans sexually]
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[phone rings]
[phone rings]
- Hey, Sara. Is everything okay?
[ominous music]
Is Cassie okay?
No. No, we're coming.
Just calm down. We're on our way.
We need to go get Cassie, now. [sighs]
- [Bob] Why? What, what, what happened?
- No, she said her and the kids
saw something in the house.
- Huh?
- What were you watching?
- Oh, nothin'. That was just for work.
What, what happened to Cassie?
- I don't know, she said that they just,
they saw like a ghost or
something in the house.
- [Bob] A ghost?
- You know, I knew I felt
something in the house.
- You're always right,
honey. Come on, sure.
- Bob, I'm...
I'm sorry.
- Don't worry about it.
It's not her last time.
- Bob?
- Yes.
- [Evelyn] Take her and wait in the car.
- Okay.
[Evelyn sighs]
- I'm so sorry, Evelyn.
I would've just-
- Sara.
I need you to listen to me.
There is something going on in this house,
and I'm sure of it.
I need you to call this number.
His name is Dr. Bruce Benchley
and he's an expert in paranormal research.
- I don't know that I can-
- He'll come.
But you have to call him.
[Evelyn pants]
[eerie music continues]
[doorbell rings]
[door clicks open]
- You must be Dr. Benchley.
- I am, indeed.
You must be Michael.
- Yes, yes.
- Call me Bruce, please.
- Okay, can I offer
you something to drink?
- No, no, I'm good. All good.
- We're gonna sit in here.
- Of course.
[ominous music]
A little background on myself.
I spent over two decades of my life
studying paranormal activities.
That is my passion.
So, when you called, I was very excited.
I couldn't have got hired
any sooner, if I tried.
Now, from what you've
shared with me so far,
it appears that you had some
somewhat supernatural events
take place in your home,
and what happened to your daughter.
And finally, you shared with me,
you saw something come out of the clock,
which is really unusual.
And I take it, Michael, you're
a bit skeptical about this.
- Man, I don't know what
I believe, to be honest.
I mean, I know my wife's been, you know,
under a lot of stress lately, but I mean,
I do believe that she
believes she saw something.
[clock chimes]
- [chuckles] Speaking of the devil.
Well, that is a beautiful piece.
Do you know much about it?
- No.
Just that we picked it up
at this church estate sale,
like I told you on the phone.
But I think what drew me to it was that
it looked so much like the
clock that my mother owned,
right before she...
- Went away?
- Yes.
Before she went away.
- Well, I've taken notes,
about the church that you
shared with me, and uh,
I'll do some digging around on the church,
and see what I come up with
and I'll share that with you.
- Okay, look.
This all started when we
brought the damn clock here.
So, why don't we just get rid of it?
- I really don't recommend that, Michael.
- Why not?
I mean, listen, if it's
the source of any issue,
then if we remove it, then
it should clear it up.
- But if there's something
supernatural here,
it may have not originated in the clock.
But if it did, then
you'd simply be risking
moving the issue to someone else.
Then again, if it didn't
originate in the clock,
more than likely,
it's already taken up
residence in your home.
I can offer you this. I
know a wonderful medium.
She's a friend of mine.
Very gifted individual.
Her name is Dorothy Chambers.
Her and I have worked
together in the past.
She's a very gifted medium.
She could put together
a seance and we could-
- Seances?
- Yes, with Dorothy.
Her seance will communicate
with a spirit guide
and they two together can
determine what the problems are
and how to resolve them.
Mike, I know this can
be a bit overwhelming,
but things like ghosts and supernatural?
They're not things I can prove to you.
Look, I don't wanna impose on
you in these delicate times,
but you need to make a decision.
You must decide what you want to do.
If you decide to go forward with this,
I'll give Dorothy a call
and set everything up.
How's that sound?
Sound good to you?
Okay, Mike.
Listen.
I want to thank you
both for a lovely time.
- Thank you so much, Dr. Benchley.
- You're quite welcome. Michael.
- Yeah.
- All right, Michael.
- Yeah.
[Mike sighs]
Sara.
[Mike sighs]
[engine revs]
[Bruce chuckles]
[phone rings]
[phone rings]
- Hello!
- Hello, Dorothy.
- [Dorothy] Well, hello there, Brucey!
I didn't think I'd have the
pleasure to be chatting with you
twice in one day.
- Well, neither did I,
but I need a few minutes of your time.
- [Dorothy] Mm-hm?
- [Bruce] I'm working on a case
that I discussed with you earlier.
- [Dorothy] You mean that
young couple with the clock?
- Yes, exactly. Exactly.
Right, right, right.
- [Dorothy] Oh. Did they
decide to bring me in already?
- Well, not yet, but I get the impression
they'll be calling you very soon.
- Oh, okay.
[ominous music]
Well, yeah. By all means, sugar.
What have you found out?
- Well, I reached out to
several of my friends at
the hospital where Sara's mother
Geraldine was being kept at
as well as a friend of mine
that I have in the police force
that was involved during
her death investigation.
Interesting.
Following Geraldine's
death, her sister Hannah
took possession of all
her material things,
including, ready for this?
The grandfather clock she owned
that Sara says looks very much
like the one she had purchased.
- [Dorothy] Well, isn't
that an interesting
little tidbit of information?
So, tell me then, what ended
up happening with that clock?
- Well, it's funny you should ask.
- [Dorothy] I'm not
feeling anything "funny"
about this situation, Brucey.
- No, no. You're absolutely right.
It turns out there was an
incident at that ranch house
that Hannah and her family lived at.
Listen to this.
The police responded,
but I couldn't find out
what exactly had happened.
But at the end, Hannah was taken
away and institutionalized.
- [Dorothy] Mercy!
- Indeed. She is basically
catatonic, to this very day.
And her home was ultimately inventoried
during the investigation.
- [Dorothy] [sighs] Well, was
the clock ever accounted for?
- As a matter of fact, it was not.
- [Dorothy] No? Okay, see,
now, that's very interesting.
- You're not thinking it could
be the same clock, do you?
- [Dorothy] I never rule
anything out, you know?
No matter how unlikely it might be.
- I know. Trust me,
that's all I have so far.
- [Dorothy] Mm-hm.
Yeah, and it sure is
painting a grim picture.
- I know. Just trust me, that's
all I have so far, though.
- [Dorothy] Please be a dear
and keep me posted on what happens?
- You know I will. Have a
nice evening, my friend.
- All right, nighty night.
- You too.
Goodnight.
[thunder claps]
[clock ringing]
[gears scraping and clicking]
[eerie music]
[muffled rain pattering]
[mechanical screeching]
[gears clicking]
[muffled thunder claps]
[eerie music]
[muffled thunder rumbles]
[gears scraping and clicking]
[clock chimes]
[clock chimes rapidly]
- What the fuck now?
- Mike, don't!
- No, I'm gonna go check
it out and I'll rip every
goddamn thing out of
that clock, if I have to.
- Mike, please!
[clock creaks]
[clock ringing]
[suspenseful music]
[Mike pants]
- Chime again. I dare you.
[heavy knocks on door]
[knocks on door]
[muffled thunder claps]
What the fuck?
- Hey, neighbor.
[ominous music]
- Vinny, you, uh...
You know what time it is?
- Yeah, man, uh...
Look, I'm sorry to bother you so late,
but you can really do me a solid here.
I left my cell phone in the dining room,
last time we had a little soiree?
- Oh, what? [sighs]
- My cell phone.
Yeah, I can't seem to find it anywhere,
and I think I might have left it inside.
- So you're just now realizing
that you lost your cell phone
and you're coming over at one
in the morning to pick it up?
- Mm-hm. Yeah, yeah, I,
I really need that phone.
You think I might be able to, uh, come in,
and take a look around?
- No.
- Think I know where I put it.
- No, you can't come in. It's
one o'clock in the morning,
- Mike.
- Yeah.
- Just let me in. It'll
only take a second.
- Come back tomorrow, man. Okay?
Come back tomorrow.
- Mike, I just...
[door thuds]
[flames crackling]
I really need to get inside, man!
[Mike grunts]
Just let me in!
[Vinny giggles]
[Mike grunts]
[Sara pants]
- What the...
What the-
- [Meg] We're coming to
get you, Mikey! [cackles]
[hands squeaking on glass]
[clock chimes]
[ominous music]
[heavy knocks on door]
[door clicks open]
[door thuds]
- Dorothy, I want you
to meet Mike and Sara.
- Hello!
Oh, no, no, no. We don't shake hands.
I'm a hugger!
- Oh.
[Dorothy sighs]
- So, I understand there's a
child in the house as well?
- Uh, yeah. I mean, our
daughter Isabel, but-
- Okay, how has she been doing
with everything that's
going on around here?
- Well, actually, she's been
staying at her friend's house
a lot more lately.
- I see, I see.
[gasps] And this is the clock!
Well...
And where did you say
you got it from again?
- I'll brief you, Dorothy.
It was purchased at a church estate sale.
Not too far from here,
as a matter of fact.
I called the church,
spoke to a Father Brown,
who sold it to them.
He briefed me that the clock
was brought in by a Father Baines.
It's been there for several
years, and interesting enough,
Father Baines died, after
he delivered the clock.
- That same night?
- Mm-hm.
- Well, that's interestin'.
[sighs] Well, let's get down
to the brass tacks, shall we?
Brucey here has been
filling me in a little
on what's been going on around here.
Sounds like a classic hauntin'.
So, what I wanna do is just
kind of get the lay of the land
a little and feel what's goin' on.
Maybe contact the spirit world.
Sound good?
- Yeah.
- All right, well let's get to it,
'cause we could be here all night.
[Bruce clears his throat]
- Dorothy' one of the finest
mediums in the country.
She's had these occurrences
many times before.
A bit eccentric, but-
- I heard that!
- Okay.
[lighter hisses]
- Oh.
Can never be too careful.
[sighs] All right.
We're here today to shine a light
on whatever has been
going on in this house.
We're here to determine the cause
of the activity in this house.
[Dorothy sighs]
Now, to do that, I'm gonna
contact my spirit guide Minerva.
She's going to help guide us
and she's gonna help us to
understand what's going on
and hopefully answer some questions
that y'all have here today, okay?
- Now, once I get in touch with her,
she will communicate through me,
and Bruce here, he'll talk to her, okay?
Now, I wanna warn ya,
what we see
may be frightenin',
moreso than your comprehension.
But I want you to remember
we're in this together.
We're gonna find out
what's going on, together,
and we will vanquish it, together.
Okay?
Now, I need you to open up your minds.
I need to pull all of your energy
so I can contact the spirit world.
Okay?
[Dorothy sighs]
Minerva.
Minerva?
We need you, Minerva.
[eerie orchestral music]
This is Minerva.
- Minerva.
Roman Goddess of Wisdom.
We need your help. Can you please help us?
- I'd say you need my help.
- Yes.
We do.
- I can feel it's present.
- Its presence? What presence?
- The clock.
I can feel it.
Yes. Yes, the clock is here.
[clock chimes]
[eerie music continues]
- [Minerva] She performed
the first blood ritual,
and now the gate is open.
- Who is she, Minerva? We
don't understand, help us.
- She is the mother.
The keeper of the gate.
She set the plan in motion,
and now the gate is open.
With every chime, it calls to them.
She will return to open the gate.
- There, you said it again.
What is the gate, Minerva?
- The clock was constructed
to be a gateway to hell.
- Are you telling me the
clock is a gateway to hell
and whenever it chimes, it
summons and demons here?
- Yes.
They are coming.
They hear the chimes
calling and they are coming.
Some of them have passed through already.
[thunder claps]
- Who is Mother? Who is
coming to open the gate?
[flames crackling]
- She means me.
[Sara gasps]
[energy rumbling]
- Mom?
[ominous orchestral music]
- Hello, Baby.
[dramatic orchestral music]
- Stay back!
- Huh.
[flames hissing]
[Mike grunts]
[Vinny laughing]
- Mike!
- No, Mom! No, no, no!
- Where do you think you're goin', bitch?
[Sara gasps]
- Sara!
[Vinny laughs]
[Sara yelping]
Sara!
[Vinny laughing]
[dramatic music continues]
[flames crackling]
[Sara panting]
[Sara panting]
- Time for me to finish
what I've started, Sara.
I'm so glad my old clock
made its way home to you.
[Sara panting]
- No, that's impossible.
- It's destiny!
After you had them send me away.
- No, you tried to kill yourself! [pants]
They were trying to help you!
- My own sister took my clock.
Once she learned the true nature,
she tried to stop the inevitable.
- Your sister!
She, she used the clock.
She has opened a gateway to hell!
Your sister has used the
clock to open a gateway!
And with every chime, with every chime,
it is bringing the damned here!
- There's no reason
to worry about your
sins taking you to hell.
Hell's coming to you. [giggles]
- Someone's gotta keep watch for them!
He'll come again. He'll try.
He'll try to pass through
and through the clock!
And if he does, he will
lead them right to the gate.
He, he will lead them to the gate.
- To the gate.
- Oh, my...
- For now he comes. [chuckles]
- [Sister] They've gotta
get the clock to the church!
I'll go, I'll go!
- Wait, you stay here! I'll go!
[intense eerie music]
He's coming!
[Geraldine laughs]
- But the die has already been cast.
It was only a matter of time
before the clock found its way to you.
My daughter, my flesh.
What I've begun,
you will now complete!
For the blood of the mother
is upon the gate's face to unlock it.
[Vinny laughs]
With the blood of the daughter...
[Mike grunts]
[Vinny laughs]
[Vinny giggles]
We'll open it wide!
- Complete the blood ritual.
[Vinny giggles]
[Mike grunts]
[Vinny giggles]
[clock chimes]
The judgment day is upon us!
[dramatic orchestral music]
- Leave her alone!
[flames crackling]
You're not my grandmother.
- No.
Your grandmother doesn't
live here anymore.
You won't be needing that.
[book thuds]
Been a long time since
I've seen you, Isabel.
You were very young.
You probably don't even remember.
- I remember!
I remember how my grandmother
would hold me in her arms
and tell me how much she loved me.
How she would read stories to me,
and she would always protect me.
- Well, that was then, before me.
Now, it's only fitting
to allow you to help
release the tortured souls.
- [Isabel] I know you're still in there.
- Grandmother's gone!
There is only me!
- You're a liar!
I know she's still in there!
- There is no resisting!
- I know she's still in there.
- In the end, it is God's will!
[flames crackling]
[dark music continues]
- Grandma.
[flames crackling]
Fight for me!
Fight for me!
[intense eerie music]
Fight for me!
[intense eerie music continues]
- [Demon] Open
the gate.
The blood
of the daughter
will free us.
Finish the ritual.
[intense eerie music continues]
Finish the ritual.
[intense eerie music continues]
[Isabel pants]
[suspenseful music]
- Fight for me!
[Sara gasps]
[energy rumbling]
[Sara screams]
[Isabel sobs]
[somber piano music]
[Isabel and Sara sobbing]
[somber music continues]
- [Sara] Are you okay?
- Yeah.
- Are you okay? Are you okay?
[Sara pants]
[somber piano music continues]
Mom...
No.
[Sara pants]
Don't go. [sobs]
[clock door slams]
[clock ringing]
[mechanical screeching]
[cogs clicking and scraping]
[clock squeaking and creaking]
[gentle orchestral music]
[Isabel pants]
- Isabel.
It was about you. It was always about you.
She loved you so very, very much.
It was both the love you
had for her that saved her.
I have some people coming
to take the clock away
to hollow ground.
It will be okay, from now on.
- [screams] My finger!
What happened to my finger?
- Oh, my god, Meg!
- No!
- [Sara] Let me get you a towel!
- No!
- Oh, shit, shit, shit.
[ominous music]
[Meg whimpering]
- So, how'd we do?
We all good?
[Mike chuckles]
- Yeah.
[ominous music]
[distant church bells tolling]
- This house is clean.
[moody rock music]
I watch the burning
sun break the horizon
And paint the sky gold
Blessed be her fury, power and control
Show me through electric frequencies
I am your friend, I am your savior
I am everything you need
Can you hear me
Can you hear me
I'm not a servant
Just a wicked sinner,
appear with your name
So hide this blackened cloud and look
The sun is setting on my head
I will betray
I'll stick the gospel
through my sacred
Dead way
Can't breathe
Can't speak
Severed tongue
Broken teeth
On the bleeding land above
The pentagram, it's all a lucid dream
[muffled heavy rock music]
[thunder claps]
[door creaks]
[ominous music]
[birds chirping]
[clock ringing]
[paper rustles]
[ominous music]
[thunder claps]
[rain splashes]
[eerie music]
[gears clicking]
[clock chimes]
[ominous music]
[door creaks]
[clock chimes]
[door creaks]
[switch clicks]
[eerie music]
[eerie music swells]
[clock chimes]
[dark synth music]
[dark synth music continues]
[dark synth music continues]