The Cursed Tapes (2025) Movie Script
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(soft melodic music)
(wine pouring)
(glasses clinking)
(film equipment clicking and whirring)
(logo whooshing)
(soft eerie music)
(person breathing heavily)
(muffled 1920's music)
The blue
They've got a feeling there
That always taken good care
And both knew they would some more
And when the big bad blues
Thanks to the gravel blues
In old (indistinct)
sitting by the apple tree
That melancholy refrain
that everybody says
Is like the most sad old song
Becoming very fine
I wrapped her around my heart
It said beware, don't do this again
But try something new
They've got a feeling there
That always taken good care
(soft intense music)
(gentle tense music)
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(birds chirping)
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(birds chirping)
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(birds chirping)
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(birds chirping)
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(birds chirping)
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(birds chirping)
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(birds chirping)
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(birds chirping)
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(soft intense music)
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(muffled country music)
(knuckles rapping)
(door creaking)
Yeah, she's mine
Well, I love my little
girl, she's so fine
- Hello?
Well, Julie
- Hello.
My Julie
- I'm selling cookies.
Your front door was open.
Hello?
(switch clicking on)
- [Captive] Help me.
- Hello!
(soft ominous music)
I love that little girl, she's so fine
Well, Julie, honest truly
Well, I love that little girl of mine
- [Captive] No, please.
(soft tense music)
I need help.
(cheerful country music)
(soft tense music)
- [Paula] Where are you?
- [Captive] Over here.
- Where?
- [Captive] Check over here.
- Over here is just not helping.
(soft tense music)
(cheerful country music)
(Paula gasping)
(soft intense music)
- [Captive] Behind you.
(soft intense music)
- Where are you?
- [Captive] Behind
the door.
- Is there anyone else in this house?
- [Captive] Is the bad man dead?
(metal clanking)
When you smile it makes me calm
Well, she's fine
Well, she's mine
I love that little girl, she's so fine
- I don't know.
Well, Julie
(soft tense music)
- [Captive] Oh, good.
That bad man locked me in here.
I need your help.
(gentle tense music)
The lock,
you need the keys.
- Okay.
(gentle tense music)
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(sudden ominous music)
(door creaking)
(soft tense music)
(sudden ominous music)
(lock clicking)
(chain rattling)
Say something.
- [Captive] Some thing.
(gentle tense music)
(door creaking)
(monster rasping)
(soft tense music)
- [Paula] How can I
hear you from behind me?
- [Captive] I'm speaking to you
from the radio.
I just need
a little bit more help, please.
- Can you speak to me?
(chain rattling)
(sudden ominous music)
(monster growling)
(Paula screaming)
(Paula thudding)
(Paula screaming)
(soft intense music)
(Paula screaming)
(soft intense music)
(captive laughing)
(soft eerie music)
(ominous screeching music)
(Paula gasping)
(soft intense music)
(Paula breathing heavily)
(sudden ominous music)
(Paula screaming)
(flesh squelching)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(muffled piano music)
(muffled piano music continues)
(static crackling)
(eerie electronic music)
(static crackling)
(soft eerie music)
(eerie electronic music)
(static crackling)
(eerie electronic music)
(static crackling)
(soft eerie music)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(gentle tense music)
- [Brandy] It's hard.
Every day, I'm reminded of him.
It doesn't help that Sam has his eyes.
I bought Sammy a radio.
I just thought it would help him,
give him something to
listen to other than...
(Brandy sighing)
Other than his own thoughts.
All we have anymore is our thoughts,
and I know he must think
of him as much as I do.
There's just a massive hole
and I don't know what to do.
(gentle tense music)
(gentle melodic music)
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He's been having nightmares.
Almost every night.
I'm pretty sure it's every night.
(gentle melodic music)
He just,
I just...
(gentle melodic music)
Refuse to wake up.
I didn't sign on to do this alone.
I don't think that I can.
- Tragedies happen.
And you can't prepare for them.
And they happen when you least expect it.
(gentle melodic music)
There is nothing that can be said
to heal this emptiness you feel.
But what you can do
is know that with time,
the pain will never fade,
it'll still be just as strong,
but you'll get better at managing it.
(gentle melodic music)
And that's a good thing.
If his life didn't mean anything to you,
you wouldn't care as much.
So I think you should embrace the pain.
Just don't let it consume you.
(birds chirping)
(gentle melodic music)
(birds chirping)
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(birds chirping)
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(soft ominous music)
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(door creaking)
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(door creaking)
(soft ominous music)
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(soft ominous music)
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(birds chirping)
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(birds chirping)
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(soft melodic music)
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It's been a long time
and I remember it well
Just like the photo
we keep on the shelf
Oh, we were young
Oh, we were young
(objects clattering)
(Clint sighing)
- Damn it.
(Clint sighing heavily)
(gentle tense music)
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(soft ominous music)
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(video cassette clattering)
(monster rasping softly)
- Well,
vacation's over.
We had a good time.
Nothing crazy about the drive home.
Just look at this barn.
Have you not seen a more
beautiful work of art?
Come with me.
(door creaking)
- [Susan] Hello?
(gentle tense music)
Hello.
- One minute.
(foot thudding)
Son of a!
Can I help you?
Excuse me.
(birds chirping)
- Oh, hi.
Are you a relative of Joe's?
- Yeah, I'm his son.
- Oh, I didn't know he had a son.
- I guess that figures,
must have slipped his mind.
And you are?
- I'm Susan, I'm a neighbor.
Grandpa Joe, that's what
we used to call him.
We used to sit on this porch
every evening and chat.
Here, I thought you might
know where these belong.
(birds chirping)
- Um,
thanks.
I guess y'all kept him
quite busy out here?
- Oh no, he used to just stay in there.
- Yeah.
He didn't seem to care
about much else, did he?
- He did care about not
letting people in his house.
He used to joke about,
or say that there was a
monster in his basement.
- I'm sorry, was there a
reason that you stopped by?
- Um, I just came to bring you something.
(gentle tense music)
- What's this?
- I don't know.
He gave them to me a few days before,
um, you know.
- Well, um.
(keys jangling)
Thank you.
- Oh, real quick.
Did they ever find that animal
that was attacking that
little girl before?
- No, I mean, not that I know of.
- I, I just can't stand the idea
of something prowling
around the neighborhood.
Well, bye.
(gentle tense music)
- [Joe] Well, it's feeding time again.
I think I'm gonna have
to pick up some drifter.
I hate to do it,
but it says it won't touch Clinty if I do.
(door creaking)
(victim whimpering)
(gentle tense music)
(sudden screeching music)
(victim coughing)
(gentle tense music)
(victim whimpering)
(gentle tense music)
(victim whimpering)
(gentle tense music)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(victim sobbing)
Don't do that now.
(victim coughing)
Just drink your sipping whiskey.
(cheerful 1920's music)
(victim sobbing)
(loud 1920's music)
(victim groaning)
(soft eerie music)
(gentle tense music)
(sudden ominous music)
(victim shrieking)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(soft tense music)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(solemn orchestral music)
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(distant metal clanking)
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(rain pattering)
(soft tense music)
(soft ominous music)
(rain pattering)
(soft tense music)
(rain pattering)
(soft tense music)
(thunder rumbling)
(muffled 1920's music)
Oh, the river rises up, you can see
It's melody is calling me
Calling me
There's (indistinct) day by day
So far away (indistinct)
I love to hear the
(soft eerie music)
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(gentle tense music)
(muffled 1920's music)
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(muffled 1920's music)
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(muffled 1920's music)
That's in the sky
So blue and wide
I can see greatly too far
Beside the line
When he is mine
(chain rattling gently)
And the sale of our garden weeds
We must believe
(soft eerie music)
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- One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
(soft tense music)
(metal clanking)
(soft tense music)
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(monster rasping softly)
(light sphere thudding)
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
(gentle tense music)
Behind me in the dear old River Grand
(soft tense music)
(light sphere clattering)
One, two,
three, four.
(soft tense music)
(light sphere clattering)
One.
(light sphere thudding)
Two.
Three.
Four.
(door creaking)
(object thudding)
(sudden screeching music)
(gentle tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
Mom?
(gentle tense music)
(sudden ominous music)
(gentle tense music)
(light sphere clattering)
(soft tense music)
(object thudding)
(soft tense music)
(sudden ominous music)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(monster screeching)
Oh!
(tense orchestral music)
(Sammy exhaling heavily)
(sudden ominous music)
(Sammy gasping)
- Sammy?
(solemn melodic music)
(light switch clicking on)
I love it every time
- Sam.
You can't keep doing this.
I brought you this radio to help you.
(static hissing)
(switch clicking off)
And I'm so thrilled
that you have such an active imagination.
When you're in the hall
wetting yourself...
(gentle melodic music)
You need to find a better solution.
Do you understand?
I can only do so much.
At a certain point, it
has to come from you.
You have to decide to conquer all of this.
Do you understand what I mean by all this?
(gentle melodic music)
If you need something, anything,
you could always come to me.
You know that, right?
I hurt too.
You don't have to hurt alone.
We can hurt together.
(gentle melodic music)
I love you.
All right, get some sleep.
(gentle tense music)
(video cassette clattering)
(VCR whirring)
(gentle tense music)
(victim groaning softly)
(door creaking)
(gentle tense music)
(victim sobbing)
(gentle tense music)
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- [Joe] You done real good.
This will all be over before you know it.
- [Victim] Why can't I go home?
- [Joe] What's wrong with this place?
(victim sobbing)
(gentle tense music)
- [Victim] It's not home.
- [Joe] It's your home.
Is it your home?
- [Victim] No. (sobbing)
- [Joe] Thanks, Chester.
(switch clicking on)
(muffled 1920's music)
(soft eerie music)
(victim sobbing)
- [Victim] Stop it!
(soft eerie music continues)
- [Victim] No.
(switch clicking off)
- [Victim] Again.
It stopped.
(door creaking)
(gentle tense music)
(Joe sighing heavily)
- I don't know
what it is,
or why it
chose me.
Came by me, I guess
would be better wordage.
It just showed up.
Trying to haunt me, I guess.
Didn't help.
There was already enough
demons in these closets.
I, (sighing) I guess I
understand a lot about it,
but also not a lot.
How it gets
into your thoughts,
your, your mind,
your dreams,
more like your nightmares. (sighing)
I don't know,
but my heart hurts here.
I've been doing this
and I can't see my kid.
I can't be with anybody.
(gentle melancholic music)
I've also been wrong.
It (sighing)
consumes
something else.
It needs to feed on the fear
that it creates in your brain.
I've been starving it so far.
I think it's dying.
(soft eerie music)
(sudden ominous music)
(VCR whirring)
(videotape squeaking)
(gentle melodic music)
(soft ominous music)
(soft tense music)
(soft intense music)
(soft tense music)
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(eerie melodic music)
(soft intense music)
(soft tense music)
- No.
No, give me 20 minutes,
I'll be right there.
No, I'm prepared, I don't
need to take a sick day.
Okay, give me five minutes.
I know, I had some family
issues last night, I-
(sighing) Okay, I'm sorry.
It won't happen again.
All right, I gotta go.
Just make sure to lock all the doors
and call if you need anything, okay?
Keys.
(soft eerie music)
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- [Joe] Well, it's feeding time again.
I think I'm gonna have
to pick up some drifter.
I hate to do it,
but it says it won't touch Clinty if I do.
(soft eerie music)
(soft eerie music continues)
(soft eerie music continues)
(birds chirping)
(soft tense upbeat music)
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(soft tense upbeat music)
(singer vocalizing)
(lock clicking)
(wood cracking)
(soft tense music)
(soft tense music continues)
(melodic 1920's music)
(melodic 1920's music continues)
- [Captive] Hey.
(melodic 1920's music)
- [Sammy] Hello.
- [Captive] Over here.
(melodic 1920's music)
You're Sammy, right?
(metal clanking)
(melodic 1920's music)
Over here.
(melodic 1920's music)
(gentle tense music)
(melodic 1920's music)
(gentle tense music)
- [Sammy] Who's there?
- [Captive] Me, I'm over here.
(melodic 1920's music)
(gentle tense music)
Across the sea, he waits,
until he waits
no more.
(melodic 1920's music)
(gentle tense music)
- [Sammy] Hello?
(soft tense music)
- [Captive] There you are. I'm over here.
(static crackling)
(melodic 1920's music)
(gentle intense music)
(melodic 1920's music)
(gentle intense music)
- Are you
a radio?
- [Captive] No, that's silly.
I'm talking to you through it.
I'm trapped and I need your help.
- Why are you trapped?
- [Captive] This really
bad man put me in a room.
It's so dark in here.
I, I'm afraid.
I can't get out and I have nothing to eat.
I'm so scared.
- No one can hear you?
- [Captive] No, only through this.
- Well,
maybe when Mom gets home.
- [Captive] No, no, stay away, no!
There's someone at the
door trying to get in.
I need help.
I-I need help.
Do you, do you think you
could do this for me?
Sneak in and open the door?
- [Sammy] I...
I-I don't know.
- [Captive] It, it's in here with me.
(soft tense music)
- [Sammy] What is?
- [Captive] Have you seen it?
A monster.
She comes out at night.
You've seen it,
haven't you?
Does she keep getting closer
and closer?
She does for me.
She tells me that one day,
she's going to get right up on my bed
and on that day,
I'll be gone.
Taken away
for good.
- I, I have seen her.
(door creaking)
(monster rasping softly)
(gentle tense music)
- [Captive] Is she there?
I know how to make her go away.
(gentle tense music)
Come get me.
(soft eerie music)
(Sammy breathing heavily)
(sudden ominous music)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(Sammy breathing heavily)
She's there, isn't she?
You should hurry.
I know how to stop her.
(metal clanking)
Sammy.
Sammy.
(light sphere clattering)
(monster rasping softly)
(sudden ominous music)
(dramatic orchestral music)
- [Captive] You need to go!
So we can stop her!
(dramatic orchestral music)
(monster rasping softly)
(birds chirping)
(soft orchestral music)
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(soft ominous music)
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(knuckles rapping)
(door clicking)
- Oh.
Hi.
Come on in.
(clock ticking)
(gentle melodic music)
(door thudding)
Ah, what brings you around here?
- I found some belongings
at my dad's house
and I was wanting to
see if you could help me
find the rightful owner.
- What did you find?
- Some paperwork among some other things.
They had the name Chester on there.
Does that name sound
familiar to you at all?
- Who?
- Chester.
(clock ticking)
(gentle tense music)
- I don't know anybody by that name.
There's nobody on the
street named Chester.
(sudden tense music)
- Hi, Chester.
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
Those keys you gave me the
other day, what do they go to?
- [Susan] They were your father's.
- No, you know what they go to.
What's down there?
- [Susan] I don't know
what you're talking about.
- Do not lie to me.
I've seen the tapes.
- What tapes?
- I saw what my dad did to those people,
how he tortured them
in his little dungeon.
- [Susan] Your father came
and he handed me the keys
and gave me an address
and then he left.
And of course, after his passing,
I-I didn't think it was necessary.
(clock ticking)
(gentle melodic music)
He came in all worried
and he was really pale.
He wrote down this address
and he handed it to me.
That was the last time
I ever saw your father.
And that's all I know.
(gentle tense music)
(solemn orchestral music)
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(door clicking)
(door thudding)
- Sam.
What do you want for dinner?
Sammy.
Sam.
(soft tense music)
Sammy.
Sammy.
(soft tense music)
Sammy.
(soft tense music)
Are you in the laundry room again?
(soft eerie music)
(heartbeat thumping)
(soft eerie music continues)
- [Heather] Hey, Brandy.
- He's gone.
- [Heather] Who's gone?
- He's not in the house.
- [Heather] Calm down. Who's gone?
- Sam.
Sammy's gone.
- [Heather] Are you sure
you've checked the whole house?
(soft tense music)
(heartbeat thumping)
- I don't know.
No, no, I haven't.
- [Heather] Okay, just
look around the house.
I'm on my way over.
- Okay.
(door rumbling)
(gentle tense music)
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(gentle tense music continues)
(gentle tense music continues)
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- Just look at this barn.
Have you not seen a more
beautiful work of art?
(gentle tense music)
(sudden screeching music)
(object thudding rhythmically)
(soft tense music)
(object thudding rhythmically)
(soft tense music)
(object thudding rhythmically)
(soft tense music)
(object thudding rhythmically)
(intense tense music)
(soft eerie music)
(object thudding rhythmically)
(soft tense music)
(soft eerie music)
(object thudding rhythmically)
(soft tense music)
(object thudding rhythmically)
(soft tense music)
(soft tense music)
(video cassette clattering)
(VCR whirring)
(soft tense music)
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Well, these are the safeguards
I plan on using against her for now.
I didn't know what to call it at first.
I was being rather vague,
but she'd been using
the voice of my ex-wife.
So with that,
I just call it her for now.
I never put anyone in front of it.
Just kept them away,
alone with the radio.
(object tapping randomly)
It seemed to manifest
fear of people through that,
fear,
I think it consumes that.
Chester!
(object clattering)
(static hissing)
(static hissing continues)
(gentle eerie music)
(static hissing)
(gentle eerie music continues)
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I use radio to communicate with her.
She doesn't seem to be able to communicate
clearly otherwise,
mostly just grunts and howls.
It's through the radio, that
I can hear her voice clearly.
(objects clattering)
(soft tense music)
(soft orchestral music)
(soft orchestral music continues)
- Hello?
(soft orchestral music)
(soft orchestral music continues)
(light switch clicking on)
(soft orchestral music)
(chains rattling)
(soft intense music)
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
What do you think you're doing, kid?
- I don't know.
She's chasing me.
- What are you doing in my house?
- After me,
it's in there.
- Whatever you do, never open that door.
Do you understand me?
We never open that door.
(static crackling)
(soft orchestral music)
Do you know your phone number?
Okay, hey,
let's call your parents, okay?
Hey, you okay?
Let's get you out of here.
(soft orchestral music)
(static crackling)
(metal clanking)
- [Joe] What is it that you want?
- I...
Don't want anything.
- [Joe] How is it that you can
get into my mind and show me my fears?
- It's not me,
is it?
It's your fears.
I just wake them up.
(soft tense music)
- [Joe] What would you
do if I let you out?
- Feed.
(soft intense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft intense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft orchestral music)
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(soft orchestral music continues)
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Sam, what is this?
What are you doing over here?
- I tried to lead it away.
(gentle melodic music)
- [Brandy] Thank you for finding him.
- It's not a problem.
- [Brandy] What was he doing?
- I have no idea.
The kid snuck into my
house with that old radio.
- [Brandy] Why, why did
you bring your radio?
- It told me to, it
said it'd drive it away.
- Wait a second. Haven't I met you before?
- Oh, I don't know.
- That's it.
You bought that old radio
from me at a garage sale.
- [Brandy] The one right
by my house, I did buy one.
- That's my house.
Did you say that radio
told you to bring it here?
(gentle tense music)
You two need to get outta here,
right now.
Go.
- Excuse me, sir.
(melodic 1920's music)
Is everything all right?
(sudden ominous music)
(door thudding)
(soft eerie music)
- [Monster] Good show!
That's the stuff there.
Nearly two decades of starving
brought down
by one measly child
and his fear of the dark.
What a play.
What will happen next?
Is it walking off into the sunset,
or...
Utter chaos?
(soft eerie music)
Chaos.
(soft ominous music)
(TV whooshing)
(soft ominous music)
(TV whooshing)
(soft ominous music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
I never knew
There's only one
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(sudden ominous music)
(monster growling)
(soft eerie music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft ominous music)
(sudden ominous music)
(monster growling)
(intense eerie music)
(monster rasping softly)
(blow thudding)
(sudden ominous music)
(glass shattering)
(soft eerie music)
(monster rasping softly)
(blow thudding)
(sudden ominous music)
(Clint thudding and groaning)
- [Monster] Why did you try to attack me?
I just wanted to be friends.
(chain rattling)
(Clint groaning softly)
Do you like what I've become?
I'm someone else's nightmare now.
(soft eerie music)
(Clint breathing heavily)
Hey, come, hey!
You tried to see.
Would you like me to be yours?
Hey, my friend.
(soft intense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft intense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft intense music)
(monster rasping softly)
- Hey.
I'm just,
I'm sorry for whatever made you run away.
I'm sorry.
(gentle orchestral music)
That guy was weird, wasn't he?
Hey, why don't we stay up playing
or watching anything you
want, it's your choice.
- Can we get something to eat?
(singer vocalizing)
(soft dramatic music)
- Hey, sorry that took me so long.
I came straight from the office
and there were a ton of
accidents on the way.
Did you find Sam?
Brandy?
(gentle tense music)
Sammy?
(soft tense music)
Brandy?
(soft tense music)
Brandy?
(sudden eerie music)
(gentle tense music)
Anyone home?
Sammy?
It's Aunt Heather.
(gentle melodic music)
Brandy.
(object thudding)
Are you home?
(gentle melodic music)
(object thudding)
(gentle melodic music)
(gentle melodic music continues)
(sudden ominous music)
(flashlight clattering)
(soft ominous music)
(monster rasping softly)
(Heather breathing heavily)
(gentle tense music)
(sudden ominous music)
(Heather breathing heavily)
(monster growling)
(metal clanking)
(footsteps thudding rapidly)
(monster growling)
(Heather shrieking)
(Heather breathing heavily)
(Heather shrieking)
(soft tense music)
(Heather breathing heavily)
(object tapping)
(soft intense music)
(Heather gasping)
(Heather shrieking)
(sudden ominous music)
(Heather gasping fearfully)
(monster rasping)
(Heather gasping fearfully)
(objects clattering)
(Heather gasping fearfully)
(objects clattering)
(soft eerie music)
(light sphere clattering)
(sudden screeching music)
(water dripping)
- [Monster] You see, where I called home
for too long?
(water sloshing)
(gentle eerie music)
Come join me.
In my brain.
(water dripping)
I've seen your dreams.
(gentle eerie music)
I know what scares you.
(gentle eerie music)
(gentle eerie music continues)
- What are you?
(sudden screeching music)
(Clint panting)
- [Monster] What are you?
(Clint panting)
I just want a friend. (sobbing)
I just want a friend.
(gentle tense music)
I just want a friend. (sobbing)
I just want a friend.
I just want a friend.
(sudden screeching music)
(monster wailing)
(soft eerie music)
(soft eerie music continues)
(bag rustling)
(light switch clicking)
- I'll switch on the breaker.
Heather.
Heather.
(sudden ominous music)
(wood cracking loudly)
(soft intense music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(wood cracking loudly)
(soft intense music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(Clint groaning softly)
(soft intense music)
(soft intense music)
(Clint groaning softly)
(soft intense music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(videotape cassettes clattering)
(soft intense music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(soft intense music)
(soft intense music continues)
(soft intense music continues)
- What?
You're attacking me now?
Is that it?
I had a nightmare
just the other day.
A beast
with multiple arms
and rows and rows of teeth.
(soft ominous music)
It was you,
wasn't it?
You become a habit.
(soft eerie music)
(soft eerie music continues)
This is it,
isn't it?
But it's not real.
(soft eerie music)
Only you're real.
You've become my nightmare.
You think I can be afraid of you?
(soft eerie music)
I know too much.
Radio conduit
to project yourself, keep alive.
But it's not real.
Only you're real.
(soft eerie music)
I don't think so!
What are you gonna do?
(soft ominous music)
You know what?
I'm gonna end this,
this little experiment.
(soft eerie music)
Let's see what you're afraid of.
(monster screeching)
(static hissing)
(melodic 1920's music)
Why do you try to waken me, Maureen
(soft intense music)
Why can't you love me later in the day
You say you love me
But you know that's not true
(static hissing loudly)
(Clint groaning)
(Clint thudding)
It was a love that you threw away
I'll feel just the
same as you called me
(soft intense music)
Down in the sea
You didn't want me when you had me
So why do you want me now
You're (indistinct), I
was yours from the start
Then like a child with its toys
You just played with my heart
(static hissing loudly)
(soft intense music)
(intense eerie music)
- Heather?
(gentle tense music)
Sam?
What's wrong?
(soft intense music)
Sammy?
(soft tense music)
(soft tense music continues)
(object tapping)
(sudden screeching music)
(Brandy thudding)
(radio broadcasting quietly)
(knuckles rapping)
(door clicking)
(sudden ominous music)
- You have one chance
to tell me the truth.
(Susan whimpering)
(soft ominous music)
Tell me where Chester is.
Tell me!
- He's across the street, two doors down.
He's heavily armed. Please
don't hurt me. (sobbing)
- You'd better not be lying to me.
- I'm not.
(door thudding)
(soft eerie music)
(Brandy gasping)
(soft eerie music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft eerie music)
(monster rasping softly)
(object thudding)
(sudden ominous music)
(monster howling)
(Brandy screaming)
(soft tense music)
(knuckles rapping)
- [Chester] Who is it?
(soft ominous music)
(flesh squelching)
(soft ominous music)
(soft ominous music continues)
(soft ominous music continues)
(soft ominous music continues)
- So what you're saying
is we have to somehow lure this thing?
I mean, why can't we just shoot it?
- It's not like that.
There's something that keeps it alive.
- Keeps it alive, how,
how's that even possible?
- I don't know.
It feeds off fear, there's,
your father knew all about
it, I just did what he said.
- So shooting it does absolutely nothing?
- You can wound it, but when
it shows you a new nightmare,
it fully heals itself.
(soft eerie music)
- Okay.
Then that's what we're gonna do.
(sudden screeching music)
(horn blasting)
- Look out!
(tires screeching)
(horn blasting)
(soft intense music)
(metal crunching)
(glass shattering)
(soft intense music)
(metal crunching)
(soft intense music)
(metal crunching)
(car thudding)
(monster rasping softly)
(wood creaking)
(fist thumping)
(gentle eerie music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
(door creaking)
(soft intense music)
(door creaking)
(gentle tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(gentle tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(gentle tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(sudden ominous music)
(gentle eerie music)
(soft intense music)
(soft intense music continues)
(chains rattling)
- Run.
Run as far as you can.
(gentle tense music)
(static crackling)
(gentle tense music)
(gentle tense music continues)
(soft eerie music)
(gentle tense music)
(gentle tense music continues)
- Don't be shy.
I know you can't be dead.
(gentle tense music)
(metal clanking)
(gentle tense music)
(gentle tense music continues)
(radio switch clicking on)
(static crackling)
(chain rattling)
(static crackling)
(Clint breathing heavily)
(soft tense music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(Clint breathing heavily)
(soft tense music)
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(Clint breathing heavily)
(soft tense music)
(soft tense music)
(door clicking)
(soft tense orchestral music)
(gentle ominous music)
(soft tense orchestral music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(soft tense orchestral music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(soft ominous music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft ominous music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft ominous music)
(flesh squelching)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft intense music)
(soft tense music)
(sudden ominous music)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(singer vocalizing)
(gun firing)
(monster groaning)
(tense orchestral music)
(gun firing)
(monster groaning)
(tense orchestral music)
(gun firing)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(gun firing)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(singer vocalizing)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(singer vocalizing)
(monster rasping)
(gun firing)
(monster groaning)
(gentle tense music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(sudden ominous music)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(Clint groaning softly)
And alone
Sweet timing there
Sweet timing there
We cannot love
Alone
(soft intense music)
(sudden ominous music)
(soft ominous music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(vocalist singing in foreign language)
(vocalist singing in foreign language)
(door creaking)
(vocalist singing in foreign language)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(flesh squelching)
(soft intense music)
(soft tense music)
(Clint gasping softly)
- [Monster] You like my room?
I didn't.
It went on
for way too long.
How long
do you want to be here?
I can make it last
for a while.
- Let's not make this last too long.
- But I want you
to be happy
before you die.
(soft ominous music)
Do you wanna see anyone?
Maybe dear old Bud.
(Bud screaming)
(soft ominous music)
(soft ominous music continues)
- Is that the best you can do?
Huh?
Play make believe?
(soft ominous music)
(monster growling)
Do it.
Do it!
(soft ominous music)
(soft ominous music continues)
(monster growling)
(blow thudding)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(soft ominous music)
(monster growling)
(intense ominous music)
(monster growling)
(intense ominous music)
(blow thudding)
(monster growling)
(intense ominous music)
(monster growling)
(intense ominous music)
(monster growling)
(intense ominous music)
(monster growling)
(tense orchestral music)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(monster rasping softly)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft ominous music)
(Clint coughing)
(cheerful 1920's music)
It's your new home.
(cheerful 1920's music)
(monster rasping softly)
(sudden ominous music)
(tense melodic music)
(tense melodic music continues)
(tense melodic music continues)
(tense melodic music continues)
(tense melodic music continues)
(tense melodic music continues)
(tense melodic music continues)
(tense melodic music continues)
(tense melodic music continues)
(soft melodic music)
(wine pouring)
(glasses clinking)
(film equipment clicking and whirring)
(logo whooshing)
(soft eerie music)
(person breathing heavily)
(muffled 1920's music)
The blue
They've got a feeling there
That always taken good care
And both knew they would some more
And when the big bad blues
Thanks to the gravel blues
In old (indistinct)
sitting by the apple tree
That melancholy refrain
that everybody says
Is like the most sad old song
Becoming very fine
I wrapped her around my heart
It said beware, don't do this again
But try something new
They've got a feeling there
That always taken good care
(soft intense music)
(gentle tense music)
(gentle intense music)
(soft intense music)
(soft intense music continues)
(soft intense music continues)
(birds chirping)
(gentle tense music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle tense music)
(gentle tense music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle tense music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle tense music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle tense music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle tense music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle tense music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle tense music)
(soft intense music)
(gentle tense music)
(muffled country music)
(knuckles rapping)
(door creaking)
Yeah, she's mine
Well, I love my little
girl, she's so fine
- Hello?
Well, Julie
- Hello.
My Julie
- I'm selling cookies.
Your front door was open.
Hello?
(switch clicking on)
- [Captive] Help me.
- Hello!
(soft ominous music)
I love that little girl, she's so fine
Well, Julie, honest truly
Well, I love that little girl of mine
- [Captive] No, please.
(soft tense music)
I need help.
(cheerful country music)
(soft tense music)
- [Paula] Where are you?
- [Captive] Over here.
- Where?
- [Captive] Check over here.
- Over here is just not helping.
(soft tense music)
(cheerful country music)
(Paula gasping)
(soft intense music)
- [Captive] Behind you.
(soft intense music)
- Where are you?
- [Captive] Behind
the door.
- Is there anyone else in this house?
- [Captive] Is the bad man dead?
(metal clanking)
When you smile it makes me calm
Well, she's fine
Well, she's mine
I love that little girl, she's so fine
- I don't know.
Well, Julie
(soft tense music)
- [Captive] Oh, good.
That bad man locked me in here.
I need your help.
(gentle tense music)
The lock,
you need the keys.
- Okay.
(gentle tense music)
(gentle tense music continues)
(gentle tense music continues)
(sudden ominous music)
(door creaking)
(soft tense music)
(sudden ominous music)
(lock clicking)
(chain rattling)
Say something.
- [Captive] Some thing.
(gentle tense music)
(door creaking)
(monster rasping)
(soft tense music)
- [Paula] How can I
hear you from behind me?
- [Captive] I'm speaking to you
from the radio.
I just need
a little bit more help, please.
- Can you speak to me?
(chain rattling)
(sudden ominous music)
(monster growling)
(Paula screaming)
(Paula thudding)
(Paula screaming)
(soft intense music)
(Paula screaming)
(soft intense music)
(captive laughing)
(soft eerie music)
(ominous screeching music)
(Paula gasping)
(soft intense music)
(Paula breathing heavily)
(sudden ominous music)
(Paula screaming)
(flesh squelching)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(muffled piano music)
(muffled piano music continues)
(static crackling)
(eerie electronic music)
(static crackling)
(soft eerie music)
(eerie electronic music)
(static crackling)
(eerie electronic music)
(static crackling)
(soft eerie music)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(gentle tense music)
- [Brandy] It's hard.
Every day, I'm reminded of him.
It doesn't help that Sam has his eyes.
I bought Sammy a radio.
I just thought it would help him,
give him something to
listen to other than...
(Brandy sighing)
Other than his own thoughts.
All we have anymore is our thoughts,
and I know he must think
of him as much as I do.
There's just a massive hole
and I don't know what to do.
(gentle tense music)
(gentle melodic music)
(gentle melodic music continues)
He's been having nightmares.
Almost every night.
I'm pretty sure it's every night.
(gentle melodic music)
He just,
I just...
(gentle melodic music)
Refuse to wake up.
I didn't sign on to do this alone.
I don't think that I can.
- Tragedies happen.
And you can't prepare for them.
And they happen when you least expect it.
(gentle melodic music)
There is nothing that can be said
to heal this emptiness you feel.
But what you can do
is know that with time,
the pain will never fade,
it'll still be just as strong,
but you'll get better at managing it.
(gentle melodic music)
And that's a good thing.
If his life didn't mean anything to you,
you wouldn't care as much.
So I think you should embrace the pain.
Just don't let it consume you.
(birds chirping)
(gentle melodic music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle melodic music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle melodic music)
(soft tense music)
(soft ominous music)
(soft tense music)
(door creaking)
(soft tense music)
(door creaking)
(soft ominous music)
(gentle melodic music)
(gentle melodic music continues)
(gentle melodic music continues)
(gentle melodic music continues)
(soft tense music)
(soft ominous music)
(soft tense music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle tense music)
(birds chirping)
(gentle tense music)
(soft melodic music)
(soft melodic music continues)
(soft melodic music continues)
It's been a long time
and I remember it well
Just like the photo
we keep on the shelf
Oh, we were young
Oh, we were young
(objects clattering)
(Clint sighing)
- Damn it.
(Clint sighing heavily)
(gentle tense music)
(gentle tense music continues)
(gentle tense music continues)
(soft ominous music)
(gentle tense music)
(gentle tense music continues)
(video cassette clattering)
(monster rasping softly)
- Well,
vacation's over.
We had a good time.
Nothing crazy about the drive home.
Just look at this barn.
Have you not seen a more
beautiful work of art?
Come with me.
(door creaking)
- [Susan] Hello?
(gentle tense music)
Hello.
- One minute.
(foot thudding)
Son of a!
Can I help you?
Excuse me.
(birds chirping)
- Oh, hi.
Are you a relative of Joe's?
- Yeah, I'm his son.
- Oh, I didn't know he had a son.
- I guess that figures,
must have slipped his mind.
And you are?
- I'm Susan, I'm a neighbor.
Grandpa Joe, that's what
we used to call him.
We used to sit on this porch
every evening and chat.
Here, I thought you might
know where these belong.
(birds chirping)
- Um,
thanks.
I guess y'all kept him
quite busy out here?
- Oh no, he used to just stay in there.
- Yeah.
He didn't seem to care
about much else, did he?
- He did care about not
letting people in his house.
He used to joke about,
or say that there was a
monster in his basement.
- I'm sorry, was there a
reason that you stopped by?
- Um, I just came to bring you something.
(gentle tense music)
- What's this?
- I don't know.
He gave them to me a few days before,
um, you know.
- Well, um.
(keys jangling)
Thank you.
- Oh, real quick.
Did they ever find that animal
that was attacking that
little girl before?
- No, I mean, not that I know of.
- I, I just can't stand the idea
of something prowling
around the neighborhood.
Well, bye.
(gentle tense music)
- [Joe] Well, it's feeding time again.
I think I'm gonna have
to pick up some drifter.
I hate to do it,
but it says it won't touch Clinty if I do.
(door creaking)
(victim whimpering)
(gentle tense music)
(sudden screeching music)
(victim coughing)
(gentle tense music)
(victim whimpering)
(gentle tense music)
(victim whimpering)
(gentle tense music)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(victim sobbing)
Don't do that now.
(victim coughing)
Just drink your sipping whiskey.
(cheerful 1920's music)
(victim sobbing)
(loud 1920's music)
(victim groaning)
(soft eerie music)
(gentle tense music)
(sudden ominous music)
(victim shrieking)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(soft tense music)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(solemn orchestral music)
(solemn orchestral music continues)
(solemn orchestral music continues)
(solemn orchestral music continues)
(solemn orchestral music continues)
(solemn orchestral music continues)
(solemn orchestral music continues)
(solemn orchestral music continues)
(distant metal clanking)
(solemn orchestral music)
(solemn orchestral music continues)
(solemn orchestral music continues)
(rain pattering)
(soft tense music)
(soft ominous music)
(rain pattering)
(soft tense music)
(rain pattering)
(soft tense music)
(thunder rumbling)
(muffled 1920's music)
Oh, the river rises up, you can see
It's melody is calling me
Calling me
There's (indistinct) day by day
So far away (indistinct)
I love to hear the
(soft eerie music)
(soft eerie music continues)
(gentle tense music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(gentle tense music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(soft tense music)
(muffled 1920's music)
That's in the sky
So blue and wide
I can see greatly too far
Beside the line
When he is mine
(chain rattling gently)
And the sale of our garden weeds
We must believe
(soft eerie music)
(soft eerie music continues)
(soft eerie music continues)
- One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
Five.
(soft tense music)
(metal clanking)
(soft tense music)
(soft tense music continues)
(monster rasping softly)
(light sphere thudding)
One.
Two.
Three.
Four.
(gentle tense music)
Behind me in the dear old River Grand
(soft tense music)
(light sphere clattering)
One, two,
three, four.
(soft tense music)
(light sphere clattering)
One.
(light sphere thudding)
Two.
Three.
Four.
(door creaking)
(object thudding)
(sudden screeching music)
(gentle tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
Mom?
(gentle tense music)
(sudden ominous music)
(gentle tense music)
(light sphere clattering)
(soft tense music)
(object thudding)
(soft tense music)
(sudden ominous music)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(monster screeching)
Oh!
(tense orchestral music)
(Sammy exhaling heavily)
(sudden ominous music)
(Sammy gasping)
- Sammy?
(solemn melodic music)
(light switch clicking on)
I love it every time
- Sam.
You can't keep doing this.
I brought you this radio to help you.
(static hissing)
(switch clicking off)
And I'm so thrilled
that you have such an active imagination.
When you're in the hall
wetting yourself...
(gentle melodic music)
You need to find a better solution.
Do you understand?
I can only do so much.
At a certain point, it
has to come from you.
You have to decide to conquer all of this.
Do you understand what I mean by all this?
(gentle melodic music)
If you need something, anything,
you could always come to me.
You know that, right?
I hurt too.
You don't have to hurt alone.
We can hurt together.
(gentle melodic music)
I love you.
All right, get some sleep.
(gentle tense music)
(video cassette clattering)
(VCR whirring)
(gentle tense music)
(victim groaning softly)
(door creaking)
(gentle tense music)
(victim sobbing)
(gentle tense music)
(gentle tense music continues)
- [Joe] You done real good.
This will all be over before you know it.
- [Victim] Why can't I go home?
- [Joe] What's wrong with this place?
(victim sobbing)
(gentle tense music)
- [Victim] It's not home.
- [Joe] It's your home.
Is it your home?
- [Victim] No. (sobbing)
- [Joe] Thanks, Chester.
(switch clicking on)
(muffled 1920's music)
(soft eerie music)
(victim sobbing)
- [Victim] Stop it!
(soft eerie music continues)
- [Victim] No.
(switch clicking off)
- [Victim] Again.
It stopped.
(door creaking)
(gentle tense music)
(Joe sighing heavily)
- I don't know
what it is,
or why it
chose me.
Came by me, I guess
would be better wordage.
It just showed up.
Trying to haunt me, I guess.
Didn't help.
There was already enough
demons in these closets.
I, (sighing) I guess I
understand a lot about it,
but also not a lot.
How it gets
into your thoughts,
your, your mind,
your dreams,
more like your nightmares. (sighing)
I don't know,
but my heart hurts here.
I've been doing this
and I can't see my kid.
I can't be with anybody.
(gentle melancholic music)
I've also been wrong.
It (sighing)
consumes
something else.
It needs to feed on the fear
that it creates in your brain.
I've been starving it so far.
I think it's dying.
(soft eerie music)
(sudden ominous music)
(VCR whirring)
(videotape squeaking)
(gentle melodic music)
(soft ominous music)
(soft tense music)
(soft intense music)
(soft tense music)
(soft tense music continues)
(eerie melodic music)
(soft intense music)
(soft tense music)
- No.
No, give me 20 minutes,
I'll be right there.
No, I'm prepared, I don't
need to take a sick day.
Okay, give me five minutes.
I know, I had some family
issues last night, I-
(sighing) Okay, I'm sorry.
It won't happen again.
All right, I gotta go.
Just make sure to lock all the doors
and call if you need anything, okay?
Keys.
(soft eerie music)
(soft eerie music continues)
(soft eerie music continues)
(soft eerie music continues)
(soft eerie music continues)
- [Joe] Well, it's feeding time again.
I think I'm gonna have
to pick up some drifter.
I hate to do it,
but it says it won't touch Clinty if I do.
(soft eerie music)
(soft eerie music continues)
(soft eerie music continues)
(birds chirping)
(soft tense upbeat music)
(soft tense upbeat music continues)
(soft tense upbeat music continues)
(soft tense upbeat music)
(singer vocalizing)
(lock clicking)
(wood cracking)
(soft tense music)
(soft tense music continues)
(melodic 1920's music)
(melodic 1920's music continues)
- [Captive] Hey.
(melodic 1920's music)
- [Sammy] Hello.
- [Captive] Over here.
(melodic 1920's music)
You're Sammy, right?
(metal clanking)
(melodic 1920's music)
Over here.
(melodic 1920's music)
(gentle tense music)
(melodic 1920's music)
(gentle tense music)
- [Sammy] Who's there?
- [Captive] Me, I'm over here.
(melodic 1920's music)
(gentle tense music)
Across the sea, he waits,
until he waits
no more.
(melodic 1920's music)
(gentle tense music)
- [Sammy] Hello?
(soft tense music)
- [Captive] There you are. I'm over here.
(static crackling)
(melodic 1920's music)
(gentle intense music)
(melodic 1920's music)
(gentle intense music)
- Are you
a radio?
- [Captive] No, that's silly.
I'm talking to you through it.
I'm trapped and I need your help.
- Why are you trapped?
- [Captive] This really
bad man put me in a room.
It's so dark in here.
I, I'm afraid.
I can't get out and I have nothing to eat.
I'm so scared.
- No one can hear you?
- [Captive] No, only through this.
- Well,
maybe when Mom gets home.
- [Captive] No, no, stay away, no!
There's someone at the
door trying to get in.
I need help.
I-I need help.
Do you, do you think you
could do this for me?
Sneak in and open the door?
- [Sammy] I...
I-I don't know.
- [Captive] It, it's in here with me.
(soft tense music)
- [Sammy] What is?
- [Captive] Have you seen it?
A monster.
She comes out at night.
You've seen it,
haven't you?
Does she keep getting closer
and closer?
She does for me.
She tells me that one day,
she's going to get right up on my bed
and on that day,
I'll be gone.
Taken away
for good.
- I, I have seen her.
(door creaking)
(monster rasping softly)
(gentle tense music)
- [Captive] Is she there?
I know how to make her go away.
(gentle tense music)
Come get me.
(soft eerie music)
(Sammy breathing heavily)
(sudden ominous music)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(Sammy breathing heavily)
She's there, isn't she?
You should hurry.
I know how to stop her.
(metal clanking)
Sammy.
Sammy.
(light sphere clattering)
(monster rasping softly)
(sudden ominous music)
(dramatic orchestral music)
- [Captive] You need to go!
So we can stop her!
(dramatic orchestral music)
(monster rasping softly)
(birds chirping)
(soft orchestral music)
(soft orchestral music continues)
(soft orchestral music continues)
(soft orchestral music continues)
(soft orchestral music continues)
(soft orchestral music continues)
(soft orchestral music continues)
(soft orchestral music continues)
(soft orchestral music continues)
(soft ominous music)
(soft ominous music continues)
(soft ominous music continues)
(knuckles rapping)
(door clicking)
- Oh.
Hi.
Come on in.
(clock ticking)
(gentle melodic music)
(door thudding)
Ah, what brings you around here?
- I found some belongings
at my dad's house
and I was wanting to
see if you could help me
find the rightful owner.
- What did you find?
- Some paperwork among some other things.
They had the name Chester on there.
Does that name sound
familiar to you at all?
- Who?
- Chester.
(clock ticking)
(gentle tense music)
- I don't know anybody by that name.
There's nobody on the
street named Chester.
(sudden tense music)
- Hi, Chester.
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
Those keys you gave me the
other day, what do they go to?
- [Susan] They were your father's.
- No, you know what they go to.
What's down there?
- [Susan] I don't know
what you're talking about.
- Do not lie to me.
I've seen the tapes.
- What tapes?
- I saw what my dad did to those people,
how he tortured them
in his little dungeon.
- [Susan] Your father came
and he handed me the keys
and gave me an address
and then he left.
And of course, after his passing,
I-I didn't think it was necessary.
(clock ticking)
(gentle melodic music)
He came in all worried
and he was really pale.
He wrote down this address
and he handed it to me.
That was the last time
I ever saw your father.
And that's all I know.
(gentle tense music)
(solemn orchestral music)
(solemn orchestral music continues)
(door clicking)
(door thudding)
- Sam.
What do you want for dinner?
Sammy.
Sam.
(soft tense music)
Sammy.
Sammy.
(soft tense music)
Sammy.
(soft tense music)
Are you in the laundry room again?
(soft eerie music)
(heartbeat thumping)
(soft eerie music continues)
- [Heather] Hey, Brandy.
- He's gone.
- [Heather] Who's gone?
- He's not in the house.
- [Heather] Calm down. Who's gone?
- Sam.
Sammy's gone.
- [Heather] Are you sure
you've checked the whole house?
(soft tense music)
(heartbeat thumping)
- I don't know.
No, no, I haven't.
- [Heather] Okay, just
look around the house.
I'm on my way over.
- Okay.
(door rumbling)
(gentle tense music)
(gentle tense music continues)
(gentle tense music continues)
(gentle tense music continues)
(gentle tense music continues)
- Just look at this barn.
Have you not seen a more
beautiful work of art?
(gentle tense music)
(sudden screeching music)
(object thudding rhythmically)
(soft tense music)
(object thudding rhythmically)
(soft tense music)
(object thudding rhythmically)
(soft tense music)
(object thudding rhythmically)
(intense tense music)
(soft eerie music)
(object thudding rhythmically)
(soft tense music)
(soft eerie music)
(object thudding rhythmically)
(soft tense music)
(object thudding rhythmically)
(soft tense music)
(soft tense music)
(video cassette clattering)
(VCR whirring)
(soft tense music)
(soft tense music continues)
(soft tense music continues)
(soft tense music continues)
Well, these are the safeguards
I plan on using against her for now.
I didn't know what to call it at first.
I was being rather vague,
but she'd been using
the voice of my ex-wife.
So with that,
I just call it her for now.
I never put anyone in front of it.
Just kept them away,
alone with the radio.
(object tapping randomly)
It seemed to manifest
fear of people through that,
fear,
I think it consumes that.
Chester!
(object clattering)
(static hissing)
(static hissing continues)
(gentle eerie music)
(static hissing)
(gentle eerie music continues)
(gentle eerie music continues)
I use radio to communicate with her.
She doesn't seem to be able to communicate
clearly otherwise,
mostly just grunts and howls.
It's through the radio, that
I can hear her voice clearly.
(objects clattering)
(soft tense music)
(soft orchestral music)
(soft orchestral music continues)
- Hello?
(soft orchestral music)
(soft orchestral music continues)
(light switch clicking on)
(soft orchestral music)
(chains rattling)
(soft intense music)
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
What do you think you're doing, kid?
- I don't know.
She's chasing me.
- What are you doing in my house?
- After me,
it's in there.
- Whatever you do, never open that door.
Do you understand me?
We never open that door.
(static crackling)
(soft orchestral music)
Do you know your phone number?
Okay, hey,
let's call your parents, okay?
Hey, you okay?
Let's get you out of here.
(soft orchestral music)
(static crackling)
(metal clanking)
- [Joe] What is it that you want?
- I...
Don't want anything.
- [Joe] How is it that you can
get into my mind and show me my fears?
- It's not me,
is it?
It's your fears.
I just wake them up.
(soft tense music)
- [Joe] What would you
do if I let you out?
- Feed.
(soft intense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft intense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft orchestral music)
(soft orchestral music continues)
(soft orchestral music continues)
(soft orchestral music continues)
Sam, what is this?
What are you doing over here?
- I tried to lead it away.
(gentle melodic music)
- [Brandy] Thank you for finding him.
- It's not a problem.
- [Brandy] What was he doing?
- I have no idea.
The kid snuck into my
house with that old radio.
- [Brandy] Why, why did
you bring your radio?
- It told me to, it
said it'd drive it away.
- Wait a second. Haven't I met you before?
- Oh, I don't know.
- That's it.
You bought that old radio
from me at a garage sale.
- [Brandy] The one right
by my house, I did buy one.
- That's my house.
Did you say that radio
told you to bring it here?
(gentle tense music)
You two need to get outta here,
right now.
Go.
- Excuse me, sir.
(melodic 1920's music)
Is everything all right?
(sudden ominous music)
(door thudding)
(soft eerie music)
- [Monster] Good show!
That's the stuff there.
Nearly two decades of starving
brought down
by one measly child
and his fear of the dark.
What a play.
What will happen next?
Is it walking off into the sunset,
or...
Utter chaos?
(soft eerie music)
Chaos.
(soft ominous music)
(TV whooshing)
(soft ominous music)
(TV whooshing)
(soft ominous music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
I never knew
There's only one
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(sudden ominous music)
(monster growling)
(soft eerie music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft ominous music)
(sudden ominous music)
(monster growling)
(intense eerie music)
(monster rasping softly)
(blow thudding)
(sudden ominous music)
(glass shattering)
(soft eerie music)
(monster rasping softly)
(blow thudding)
(sudden ominous music)
(Clint thudding and groaning)
- [Monster] Why did you try to attack me?
I just wanted to be friends.
(chain rattling)
(Clint groaning softly)
Do you like what I've become?
I'm someone else's nightmare now.
(soft eerie music)
(Clint breathing heavily)
Hey, come, hey!
You tried to see.
Would you like me to be yours?
Hey, my friend.
(soft intense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft intense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft intense music)
(monster rasping softly)
- Hey.
I'm just,
I'm sorry for whatever made you run away.
I'm sorry.
(gentle orchestral music)
That guy was weird, wasn't he?
Hey, why don't we stay up playing
or watching anything you
want, it's your choice.
- Can we get something to eat?
(singer vocalizing)
(soft dramatic music)
- Hey, sorry that took me so long.
I came straight from the office
and there were a ton of
accidents on the way.
Did you find Sam?
Brandy?
(gentle tense music)
Sammy?
(soft tense music)
Brandy?
(soft tense music)
Brandy?
(sudden eerie music)
(gentle tense music)
Anyone home?
Sammy?
It's Aunt Heather.
(gentle melodic music)
Brandy.
(object thudding)
Are you home?
(gentle melodic music)
(object thudding)
(gentle melodic music)
(gentle melodic music continues)
(sudden ominous music)
(flashlight clattering)
(soft ominous music)
(monster rasping softly)
(Heather breathing heavily)
(gentle tense music)
(sudden ominous music)
(Heather breathing heavily)
(monster growling)
(metal clanking)
(footsteps thudding rapidly)
(monster growling)
(Heather shrieking)
(Heather breathing heavily)
(Heather shrieking)
(soft tense music)
(Heather breathing heavily)
(object tapping)
(soft intense music)
(Heather gasping)
(Heather shrieking)
(sudden ominous music)
(Heather gasping fearfully)
(monster rasping)
(Heather gasping fearfully)
(objects clattering)
(Heather gasping fearfully)
(objects clattering)
(soft eerie music)
(light sphere clattering)
(sudden screeching music)
(water dripping)
- [Monster] You see, where I called home
for too long?
(water sloshing)
(gentle eerie music)
Come join me.
In my brain.
(water dripping)
I've seen your dreams.
(gentle eerie music)
I know what scares you.
(gentle eerie music)
(gentle eerie music continues)
- What are you?
(sudden screeching music)
(Clint panting)
- [Monster] What are you?
(Clint panting)
I just want a friend. (sobbing)
I just want a friend.
(gentle tense music)
I just want a friend. (sobbing)
I just want a friend.
I just want a friend.
(sudden screeching music)
(monster wailing)
(soft eerie music)
(soft eerie music continues)
(bag rustling)
(light switch clicking)
- I'll switch on the breaker.
Heather.
Heather.
(sudden ominous music)
(wood cracking loudly)
(soft intense music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(wood cracking loudly)
(soft intense music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(Clint groaning softly)
(soft intense music)
(soft intense music)
(Clint groaning softly)
(soft intense music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(videotape cassettes clattering)
(soft intense music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(soft intense music)
(soft intense music continues)
(soft intense music continues)
- What?
You're attacking me now?
Is that it?
I had a nightmare
just the other day.
A beast
with multiple arms
and rows and rows of teeth.
(soft ominous music)
It was you,
wasn't it?
You become a habit.
(soft eerie music)
(soft eerie music continues)
This is it,
isn't it?
But it's not real.
(soft eerie music)
Only you're real.
You've become my nightmare.
You think I can be afraid of you?
(soft eerie music)
I know too much.
Radio conduit
to project yourself, keep alive.
But it's not real.
Only you're real.
(soft eerie music)
I don't think so!
What are you gonna do?
(soft ominous music)
You know what?
I'm gonna end this,
this little experiment.
(soft eerie music)
Let's see what you're afraid of.
(monster screeching)
(static hissing)
(melodic 1920's music)
Why do you try to waken me, Maureen
(soft intense music)
Why can't you love me later in the day
You say you love me
But you know that's not true
(static hissing loudly)
(Clint groaning)
(Clint thudding)
It was a love that you threw away
I'll feel just the
same as you called me
(soft intense music)
Down in the sea
You didn't want me when you had me
So why do you want me now
You're (indistinct), I
was yours from the start
Then like a child with its toys
You just played with my heart
(static hissing loudly)
(soft intense music)
(intense eerie music)
- Heather?
(gentle tense music)
Sam?
What's wrong?
(soft intense music)
Sammy?
(soft tense music)
(soft tense music continues)
(object tapping)
(sudden screeching music)
(Brandy thudding)
(radio broadcasting quietly)
(knuckles rapping)
(door clicking)
(sudden ominous music)
- You have one chance
to tell me the truth.
(Susan whimpering)
(soft ominous music)
Tell me where Chester is.
Tell me!
- He's across the street, two doors down.
He's heavily armed. Please
don't hurt me. (sobbing)
- You'd better not be lying to me.
- I'm not.
(door thudding)
(soft eerie music)
(Brandy gasping)
(soft eerie music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft eerie music)
(monster rasping softly)
(object thudding)
(sudden ominous music)
(monster howling)
(Brandy screaming)
(soft tense music)
(knuckles rapping)
- [Chester] Who is it?
(soft ominous music)
(flesh squelching)
(soft ominous music)
(soft ominous music continues)
(soft ominous music continues)
(soft ominous music continues)
- So what you're saying
is we have to somehow lure this thing?
I mean, why can't we just shoot it?
- It's not like that.
There's something that keeps it alive.
- Keeps it alive, how,
how's that even possible?
- I don't know.
It feeds off fear, there's,
your father knew all about
it, I just did what he said.
- So shooting it does absolutely nothing?
- You can wound it, but when
it shows you a new nightmare,
it fully heals itself.
(soft eerie music)
- Okay.
Then that's what we're gonna do.
(sudden screeching music)
(horn blasting)
- Look out!
(tires screeching)
(horn blasting)
(soft intense music)
(metal crunching)
(glass shattering)
(soft intense music)
(metal crunching)
(soft intense music)
(metal crunching)
(car thudding)
(monster rasping softly)
(wood creaking)
(fist thumping)
(gentle eerie music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
(door creaking)
(soft intense music)
(door creaking)
(gentle tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(gentle tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(gentle tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(sudden ominous music)
(gentle eerie music)
(soft intense music)
(soft intense music continues)
(chains rattling)
- Run.
Run as far as you can.
(gentle tense music)
(static crackling)
(gentle tense music)
(gentle tense music continues)
(soft eerie music)
(gentle tense music)
(gentle tense music continues)
- Don't be shy.
I know you can't be dead.
(gentle tense music)
(metal clanking)
(gentle tense music)
(gentle tense music continues)
(radio switch clicking on)
(static crackling)
(chain rattling)
(static crackling)
(Clint breathing heavily)
(soft tense music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(Clint breathing heavily)
(soft tense music)
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(Clint breathing heavily)
(soft tense music)
(soft tense music)
(door clicking)
(soft tense orchestral music)
(gentle ominous music)
(soft tense orchestral music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(soft tense orchestral music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(soft ominous music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft ominous music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft tense music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft ominous music)
(flesh squelching)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft intense music)
(soft tense music)
(sudden ominous music)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(singer vocalizing)
(gun firing)
(monster groaning)
(tense orchestral music)
(gun firing)
(monster groaning)
(tense orchestral music)
(gun firing)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(gun firing)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(singer vocalizing)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(singer vocalizing)
(monster rasping)
(gun firing)
(monster groaning)
(gentle tense music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(sudden ominous music)
(dramatic orchestral music)
(Clint groaning softly)
And alone
Sweet timing there
Sweet timing there
We cannot love
Alone
(soft intense music)
(sudden ominous music)
(soft ominous music)
(muffled 1920's music)
(vocalist singing in foreign language)
(vocalist singing in foreign language)
(door creaking)
(vocalist singing in foreign language)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(flesh squelching)
(soft intense music)
(soft tense music)
(Clint gasping softly)
- [Monster] You like my room?
I didn't.
It went on
for way too long.
How long
do you want to be here?
I can make it last
for a while.
- Let's not make this last too long.
- But I want you
to be happy
before you die.
(soft ominous music)
Do you wanna see anyone?
Maybe dear old Bud.
(Bud screaming)
(soft ominous music)
(soft ominous music continues)
- Is that the best you can do?
Huh?
Play make believe?
(soft ominous music)
(monster growling)
Do it.
Do it!
(soft ominous music)
(soft ominous music continues)
(monster growling)
(blow thudding)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(soft ominous music)
(monster growling)
(intense ominous music)
(monster growling)
(intense ominous music)
(blow thudding)
(monster growling)
(intense ominous music)
(monster growling)
(intense ominous music)
(monster growling)
(intense ominous music)
(monster growling)
(tense orchestral music)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(monster rasping softly)
(cheerful 1920's music)
(monster rasping softly)
(soft ominous music)
(Clint coughing)
(cheerful 1920's music)
It's your new home.
(cheerful 1920's music)
(monster rasping softly)
(sudden ominous music)
(tense melodic music)
(tense melodic music continues)
(tense melodic music continues)
(tense melodic music continues)
(tense melodic music continues)
(tense melodic music continues)
(tense melodic music continues)
(tense melodic music continues)
(tense melodic music continues)