The Inheritance (2024) Movie Script
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Still can't believe
this is where you grew up.
Yep. Home sweet home.
[CHUCKLES]
It's okay.
You're a part of this family.
Maybe to your dad.
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[SIGHS]
[CLEARS THROAT SOFTLY]
Look, it's the twins.
Mm-hmm.
They made it.
Yep.
The old man called
for you too?
Of course he did.
He wanted his whole family here.
His immediate family.
Or didn't you read
the fine print?
That doesn't mean
we don't love seeing you.
I get it.
I'm crashing.
It was my call.
I didn't think Dad would mind.
I honestly didn't know
if you two would even show up.
You're both so busy.
The company doesn't run itself.
Well, we're just both
happy to see you.
It's an Abernathy reunion!
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Look.
Here's the fam-fam!
You might recognize
the Abernathy twins from,
I don't know, Forbes?
But not the 30 Under 30 list,
featuring moi.
Here is the boss babe, Madeline.
She runs our tech investment
and entertainment divisions.
And the man behind our hotels
and news channels,
Charles Abernathy Jr. himself.
C.J., the oldest
by a whole two minutes.
[GASPS]
And here's Drewski
and Hannah Banana!
Hi, Kami.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
Oh, your outfit looks great.
Aw, thanks.
It's from my new collection.
I'll send you samples.
Okay, so Drew and Hannah
run our family's charity
and do super important stuff,
like helping the elderly
and underprivileged kids.
And thanks to Hannah's coding,
you can donate too
at the link in my profile.
All right.
Don't forget to like and follow.
Mwah! Bye!
[PHONE CHIMES]
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
[SIGHS]
Sorry, guys. You know how it is.
Gotta keep the content fresh
for the socials.
Would it kill you
to keep a lower profile?
Someone's gotta keep up
the family brand.
Um, does anyone know why Daddy
went all formal with the invite?
Tomorrow's the big seven-five.
It's practically an edict
from the pope.
Did anyone get him a present?
MADELINE: He hates gifts.
We gave him a Warhol,
and he put it in the bathroom.
Well, we got him something.
Of course you did.
Of course you did.
Not even through the front door,
and they're already fighting.
Good.
You all made it,
and right on time.
Your father will be pleased.
Miles, where's the valet?
Gregory's not here.
I'm afraid you'll have to carry
your own bags.
Oh, God.
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It's so quiet.
Where is everyone?
Yeah. Where's Deckard
and Mrs. Carpenter?
[SIGHS]
Right? I'm starving.
MILES:
They're not here.
Your father sent the staff
and security home for the night.
They'll be back in the morning.
Why?
I think it's best
he tell you himself.
He requested you meet him
in the great room in 30 minutes.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Just down that way.
[LUGGAGE RATTLING]
Guys, what the hell?
All right.
Here we are.
[HANNAH VOCALIZES FANFARE]
DREW:
Every time I come in here,
it feels less and less
like my bedroom.
[HANNAH CHUCKLING]
It's like a museum.
Wait.
They didn't replace
everything, I hope.
Oh, yeah.
Uh-huh?
[CHUCKLING]
Oh!
Oh, God,
please don't drink that.
Oh, come on.
Where's your sense of adventure?
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[BLOWS]
You don't want to get tipsy
and fool around?
Ooh-ooh.
You know, on the bright side,
if I get poisoned,
you'll have a great excuse
not to hang out with my family.
Hmm.
Think they're mad I'm here?
Look...
The twins,
don't let them get you down.
They're just...
They weren't coddled enough
as children.
I'm serious.
I know.
And you're right.
They grew more distant
after Mom's cancer diagnosis.
I think they resent us
for being there
for my mom at the end
when they couldn't be.
And you know that their issues
have to do with me, not you.
Do you ever regret it?
What?
Walking away from my family's
soul-sucking career path
to spend the rest of my life
with the woman of my dreams?
No.
No.
I love you.
I love you too.
What is taking them so long?
I swear, that girl
brings out the worst in him.
Um, Hannah's great. You just
never gave her a chance.
It's not Hannah. It's Drew.
He always takes
the easy way out.
It's disappointing.
Yeah, you made that
pretty clear
when you didn't come
to their wedding.
We were busy opening
the London office, remember?
Sorry we're late.
You weren't talking about us,
were you?
Just your sense of timing.
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He'll see you now.
[CLICKING]
Dad?
Tempus omnia vincit.
"Time..."
"Always wins."
Alexander Pope.
[CHUCKLES]
Son, I said
immediate family only.
I'm sorry, Charl--
It's my fault.
I didn't want to miss
your birthday.
Why, thank you, my dear.
I appreciate
your thoughtfulness.
But there's a very good reason
why I gave
that direct instruction.
You know, it's been two years
since we were all
under this roof.
Can't imagine
what your mother would say.
This family has been
drifting apart.
Even Drew barely visits,
and the foundation is local.
Dad, that's not fair.
Abernathys don't believe
in fair.
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We're all here now together.
You're probably wondering
why I called you all home.
No, we know, Daddy.
It's your birthday.
[SCOFFS]
But that's
not the reason why.
I asked you all here tonight
because...
I'm going to die.
What? Dad, you look fine.
C.J.: What? This is...
MADELINE:
What are you talking about?
What do you mean?
What did the doctors say?
Nothing.
I didn't say I was sick.
It's, uh, come to my attention
that there's a price on my head.
One that will be collected
tonight by midnight.
You're saying that someone is
going to come here and kill you?
Come on, Dad.
C.J.:
There are better ways
to get us to come home
than to put on
murder mystery theater.
I assure all of you,
this is not a game.
All right, then who is it?
Palanax?
Chapter House?
I'm not a saint.
I've ruined lives
in the name of business,
and now I have to pay the price.
If someone's coming to kill you,
why send home
your entire security?
Now, that's the first good
question any of you have asked.
The only people
I can trust unconditionally
are you, my own flesh and blood.
Only you can save me.
I had Miles take
certain precautions
to make sure
you take this seriously.
Now, let's see. Where is it?
"The grantor"-- That's me--
"wishes to ensure that
the property"-- My money--
"will be eventually distributed
to the beneficiaries
in the event of death
if and only if
the following terms are met.
If the beneficiaries fail
in their duty
to protect the grantor,
the property defaults to the
Abernathy Foundation in full."
What does that mean?
It means that if anything
happens to me tonight,
you all get nothing.
Are you freaking kidding me?
Daddy, no.
That's insane.
Are you serious?
More serious than I've been
about anything else
in my entire life.
So, um, you can leave
if you wish,
but I'd advise against it.
When I tell him to,
Miles will lock us all in
together.
If I survive the night,
you all get your inheritance.
If Miles returns in the morning
and I'm dead...
it all goes to the charity.
Your future is my future.
And I intend to live
a very long time.
So, is everything ready?
Yes, Charles.
External communications
have been suspended.
All entrances and exits
have been locked,
and the windows
have been replaced
with flexible polycarbonate.
Bulletproof glass?
I'm afraid it's the only way.
Hannah, I'd like you
to go with Miles.
You don't have to be here.
If something happened to you,
I couldn't forgive myself.
We're in this together.
All of us...
as a family.
I'm staying.
Very well.
I'll see you in the morning?
I hope so.
Thank you, old friend.
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[LOCKS CLANKING]
[LOCKS CONTINUE CLANKING]
[CLANKING STOPS]
[SMACKS LIPS]
And so it begins.
I know you'll do your best
to protect me.
I'll be in the library.
Family meeting. Now.
[CORK POPS]
To Dad's weird-as-shit birthday.
What? You two are no fun.
Champagne?
Uh, not now.
Thanks, Kami.
All right. More for me, then.
This whole thing is insane.
[CHUCKLES]
There's no threat.
You're right.
Dad's lost it.
You really think your dad's
just making all this up?
What if there's a chance,
the smallest 1% chance,
that your dad's
telling the truth,
that this threat is real?
We can't just
sit around and wait
for something to happen, can we?
Yeah, we should
go take a look around.
Yeah, if Dad really is
in trouble,
then we should be ready for it.
Even if it's just
the smallest 1% chance.
All right, I'm sold.
Okay, if you were
a psycho killer,
where would you be?
HANNAH:
What's down there?
It's basically spook central.
It gives me the creeps.
DREW:
The antiquities room.
Dad's hobby
has always been mythology.
Ancient religions.
He skipped my 15th birthday
because he was on
an excavation in Tunisia.
I wish I could miss
this birthday.
At least you're not
the one with major jet lag.
Some of us can't spend our life
on the beach all day.
We have real work to do.
KAMI:
Mm, I'm sorry, have you
ever started your own company?
I'm building
a lifestyle brand, Ceej,
not just pushing numbers
for Dad.
Working for Dad is a lot harder
than taking selfies.
KAMI:
Sorry I didn't go
the corporate route.
[GROANS MOCKINGLY]
Don't blame me because
you both hate your lives.
Take that back.
KAMI:
You know it's true.
Jealousy's a bad color
on you, Mads.
Hey. We all do important stuff,
so just chill out, okay?
We all do important stuff?
What's that supposed to mean?
You know exactly
what that means.
Okay, stop.
Listen to yourselves.
You haven't
been together for years,
and this is what you do?
Maybe this is why your dad
locked you up together.
After he's gone,
you're all that's left.
What do you want? Hmm?
You want us to hang out
and sing "Kumbaya"?
This is what Abernathys do.
Real nice... weirdo.
Two years away.
Not long enough.
Some reunion
this turned out to be.
[SCOFFS]
That is why we were the family
therapist's worst nightmare.
But I love you for trying.
[VOICES WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
KAMI:
Great.
[SIGHS]
Ew.
He won't notice
if one Rothschild's missing.
Or two.
[DOOR SLAMS SHUT]
[GASPS]
Hey, someone's down here!
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[CREAKING]
[GASPS]
[KAMI BREATHING HEAVILY]
Who's there?
[CREAKING]
[GASPS] Screw this.
[PANTING]
[DEEP CREAKING]
[WHISPERS]
What? Come on.
[CREAKING GETS LOUDER]
Hey!
Somebody open the door!
[BANGING ON DOOR]
Guys!
[CREAKING GROWS LOUDER]
Hey!
Hey!
[GASPS]
I should've known.
What?
You used to love being
locked down there as a kid.
Besides, judging by the haul,
looks like you love it
even more now.
Yeah, ha-ha.
Hey, I'm not judging.
Admitting you have a problem
is the first step.
[TICKING]
[SIGHS]
Hey, Dad?
I was wondering
how long it would take
for one of you to check on me.
We need you
to level with us, Dad.
What's actually going on?
I already told you.
Someone is--
Is coming to kill you.
Yes, yes, we get that.
But who?
If I told you,
you'd say I'm crazy.
But maybe we can help.
[SIGHS]
Years ago...
I made a business deal.
One that, uh...
cost someone their life.
And now there are consequences.
[SIGHS]
[SNIFFS]
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[SETS GLASS DOWN]
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What?
[SIGHS]
Uh, nothing.
You want to play?
And kick your ass like always?
Ladies first.
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You guys, my weirdo dad
locked us in here
for a fun night
of family bonding
and shut the Internet off,
so this isn't live,
but check it out.
I'm launching
my latest swimwear line.
It is so cute.
Preorders drop next week,
so make sure to order ASAP,
because...
[GASPS]
Hello?
Is someone there?
[VOICES WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
KAMI:
Hello?
[INDISTINCT WHISPERING
CONTINUES]
[GASPS]
[EERIE, RASPING BREATHING]
[SCOFFS]
[CHUCKLES]
[SIGHS]
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I'm launching
my latest swimwear line.
It is so cute.
Preorders drop next week...
[GASPS]
[MUFFLED SCREAMING]
[WHIMPERS, SCREAMS]
[SCREAMING]
[SHARP CRACK,
THEN SCREAMING STOPS]
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Do you remember the CEO
of Numus Airlines?
Carson Reeves. Yeah.
Sold all his stock
right before taking a stroll
off their corporate high-rise.
Which made it very easy
for us to swoop in
and buy out the company.
Crazy doesn't play well
in the boardroom.
And our board
isn't exactly in favor
of Dad acting even
more eccentric than usual.
They still think
he's the same Charles Abernathy
that rebuilt the family fortune.
When they hear
what happened tonight,
they'll finally have to wake up.
Maybe this trip
wasn't a waste of time
after all.
And why's that?
Nothing.
We were just brainstorming
some new business opportunities.
All right, well, while
you two were busy scheming,
we can't find Kami.
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HANNAH:
Kami?
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
[C.J. WHIMPERS, GRUNTING]
DREW: Get her.
Oh, come on, Kami.
Get her up. Get her up.
HANNAH: Kami?
DREW: Come on. Come on.
HANNAH:
Wake up.
[MADELINE SOBS]
HANNAH: Wake up.
[DISTORTED CHATTER, CRYING]
C.J.: Oh, my God.
[SNIFFLES, CRYING]
[GROANS]
C.J.:
Oh, my God.
I let her walk off
with the wine.
It's not your fault, Ceej.
It was an accident.
What if it wasn't?
Excuse me?
What if she didn't fall in?
Are you suggesting that somebody
actually broke in and--?
I don't know.
You're damn right
you don't know.
I'm just trying to help.
By playing into Dad's games?
Oh, come on, Maddie.
Just listen to her.
She has a point.
They could be coming
for all of us.
No one can get in, Drew.
Okay. Everybody, calm down.
Yeah.
You might as well say
it was one of us.
That's not what I'm saying,
and you know it.
Then what are you saying, Drew?
He's saying, what if someone's
been in the house
the whole time?
I'm still alive,
if that's why you're all here.
[DREW PANTING]
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What's happened?
[CHARLES SNIFFLES]
Oh, my dear sweet Kami.
[SIGHS]
My little girl is dead.
Our family is cursed.
And it's all because of me.
Dad, you need to turn on
the phone and unlock the doors.
I've been having dreams
about this night.
That's what this is about?
Dreams?
What are they about, Charles?
That it's not someone
coming for me.
It's...
something else.
Some... thing?
Uh, a-a... A spirit.
[SIGHS]
A spirit that wants me dead.
Like a...
ghost?
I knew you wouldn't believe me.
But you will.
Tell them about the deal.
What deal?
Dad made some business deal
that caused this.
How come...
How come this is
the first time I've heard of it?
Because somebody died
and he didn't want us to know.
Well, now we do.
Dad, what does this mean
for the company,
exposure-wise?
How bad is this?
HANNAH:
That's really what
you're worried about right now?
We need to contain this.
We can't have a scandal.
The press will have a field day.
Our stock will plummet.
Dad! We could lose everything!
Enough!
Kami's death
doesn't change anything.
You still have to keep me alive.
All of you.
That includes you.
You showed tremendous loyalty
choosing to stay.
I may have lost
one daughter tonight...
but you've proven that
you are a true Abernathy.
I'm amending my will.
I'm giving Kami's inheritance
to you.
Congratulations, my dear.
You're $2 billion richer.
C.J.:
Does this still work?
CHARLES:
I'm not sure what good
a rifle will do
against what's coming.
Where's the ammo?
That's it?
CHARLES:
You're lucky there's that many.
All my rifles
are up at the lodge.
You're just going to lock me
in here until morning?
We need to know where you are.
It's for the best.
We don't want you
wandering around.
Besides, isn't this
what you wanted?
For us to protect you?
It's gonna get
much worse, you know,
the closer it gets to midnight.
You gonna be all right in here?
Well, it appears I don't have
much of a choice, my dear.
Dad, remember,
don't open the door unless--
Unless I hear the family knock.
I'm old, not senile.
At least you remembered
something from our childhood.
We'll be back.
HANNAH:
Maybe we should pair up.
We can search the house
room by room.
If we don't find anything,
we can come back
and guard the study.
MADELINE: And do what, exactly?
Search for Dad's killer ghost?
Yes.
That's exactly what
we're searching for.
I know what your dad is saying
is unbelievable,
but something happened to Kami.
Yes.
And now she's lying outside
by herself
when she should be
on the way to the morgue.
Now, I don't know
what you two are up to,
but I'm not dying here.
Yeah, what the hell
are you talking about?
If no one can get in this house,
then it has to be one of us,
and you two were the ones
who had us go looking for Kami
in the first place.
Madeline's the one
who said we should go
look for her at the pool.
Like I said, she was with me.
And let's not forget,
Dad did just make you both
$2 billion richer.
You really think we'd hurt Kami?
Look, you're upset.
We all are.
But we can't turn on each other.
Why? Because you think
you're an Abernathy now?
Dad might say
that you're an Abernathy,
but you'll never be one of us.
That's not fair.
Oh, Drew,
did you already forget?
Abernathys don't believe
in fair.
So if you two want to deal
with your grief
by hunting Dad's ghost, fine,
go for it, but I'm done.
I'm going to bed.
Stay the hell away from us.
You okay?
[SIGHS]
You still want to look around?
I do.
Where should we start?
Wait.
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HANNAH: Oh, God.
DREW: Where is she?
HANNAH:
Who took her body?
[GRUNTS]
Whoa. Whoa.
Hey, baby! Whoa. Whoa.
[GRUNTS]
Babe, hey. What are you doing?
[PANTING]
Getting the hell out of here.
That's bulletproof glass.
You would need a sledgehammer
or something.
Well, we need to try.
This isn't a game anymore.
There's something in this house,
and it killed your sister.
Do you really want to be next?
No. We're leaving now.
Okay. Okay. You're right.
But even if we do find
a way out, we can't leave.
Why not?
I don't care if he writes us
out of the will.
We'll be fine.
The only thing that matters--
And let me repeat this
so I'm crystal clear.
The only thing
that matters is us.
Good.
Now, there must be some way
out of this house.
Maybe they missed a door
or a window or something.
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[LULLABY PLAYING]
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[LULLABY STOPS]
[DISTORTED LULLABY PLAYING]
[LULLABY STOPS]
[CREAKING]
[SCRATCHING,
VOICES WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
[SCRATCHING CONTINUES]
[DOOR BANGS OPEN]
[GASPS]
I thought you might be in here.
[PANTING]
Why are you in the dark?
I'm not coming back down.
[SIGHS]
Well, I'm here
if you want to talk.
What's there to talk about?
Kami did this to herself.
Frankly, I'm surprised
she lasted this long.
She was a ticking time bomb.
I figured we'd hear
about her getting shot
by some crazy fan on TMZ.
Pretty anticlimactic,
if you ask me.
You don't have to play tough
with me.
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I know.
I just...
[SIGHS]
I just wish
I could bring her back.
Me too.
The last thing
she said to me...
She was right.
I do hate my life.
And I know you hate yours too.
We gave up everything for Dad.
Did you know I was engaged?
What? When?
Senior year at Vassar.
Dad put his foot down.
His family wasn't up
to the Abernathy standard.
I didn't know.
Because he didn't want you to.
We were never
good enough for him.
And what do we have
to show for it?
And then Drew wants
to marry some nobody,
and Dad's full
of hugs and kisses.
[SCOFFS]
She latched on to Mom and Dad.
And you remember the funeral.
Who's holding Dad's hand? Her.
That should've been you.
She's trying to replace us.
Just like she replaced Kami.
Madeline...
if they did do something to her,
we could be next.
Oh, now you're being paranoid.
No, I'm not.
I'm being smart.
Dad's haunting
has made it so easy
for them to cause
another one of their accidents.
We need to stop them
before they stop us.
And if we do,
we split it all.
You and me.
But that means something
would have to happen to Drew.
Something would have to happen
to both of them.
That's crazy, even for you.
Kami died tonight.
Is it so hard to believe
that it won't happen again?
I don't know.
[TICKING]
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
I never liked coming in here
when I was a kid.
Oh, my God.
[SIGHS]
HANNAH:
I can see why.
My mom hated this place.
She always felt that
collecting all these things
would come back and haunt him.
Guess she was right.
There's so much more
than when I was young.
But he put in
this cargo elevator
so he could just roll stuff
straight in here
so that my mom
could never see it.
You think Miles missed it?
DREW:
It's worth a shot.
HANNAH:
This should be in a museum.
What, you know it?
It's Blake's
The Temptation of Eve
from Paradise Lost.
It's beautiful.
Down here.
This way.
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HANNAH:
Great. Now what?
Hold on. Okay.
[GRUNTING]
[METAL CREAKING]
I think you can squeeze through.
You can get out
and go look for help.
Come on.
Just go slow.
Yeah.
You okay?
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
I-- I think...
I'm stuck. Get me out.
What do you mean?
Just...
[METAL CREAKING]
Come on. Something's...
Okay, okay.
Okay. What are you stuck on?
I don't know.
Something's in here.
I-I got you. I got you.
[HEAVY METALLIC CREAKING]
Babe, come on. Let go.
[PANTING]
[CREAKING CONTINUES]
Let go!
[PANTING]
Hey. You okay?
[RUMBLING]
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[BOTH TAKING TREMBLING BREATHS]
Those were not like that.
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[HANNAH GASPS]
[WHOOSHING]
Get your phone.
[WHOOSHING]
What's that?
We need to run.
Now. Now!
Whoa!
[WHOOSHING]
[GASPS]
Come on.
[BOTH PANTING]
[HIGH-PITCHED SHRIEKING]
Whoa! Go.
[GRUNTING]
[SCREAMS]
Hannah!
[CLATTERING,
GLASS BREAKING]
[BOTH PANTING, GRUNTING]
[PANTING HEAVILY]
What was that?
[FAMILY KNOCK
THUMPS IN DISTANCE]
DREW:
Dad?
Why did he leave his study?
[FAMILY KNOCK THUMPS
IN DISTANCE]
Dad?
Dad, where are you?
[FAMILY KNOCK THUMPS
IN DISTANCE]
Something must be wrong.
[FAMILY KNOCK THUMPS
FARTHER AWAY, ECHOES]
I think he wants us
to follow him.
I'll go.
You stay here
and find someplace to hide.
Like hell we're splitting up.
[SLOWER FAMILY KNOCK THUMPS
IN DISTANCE]
DREW:
Why would he come this way?
What's down there?
The family vault.
[GASPS SOFTLY]
Does your dad
normally leave that open?
No.
[ALERT BUZZING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Hey.
Hey, open the door!
We're in here!
Hey, we're still inside!
[LOCK CLANKS]
DREW [MUFFLED]:
Hey! Come on, open the door!
HANNAH [MUFFLED]:
Open the door!
Are you sure about this?
DREW: Hello?
It was us or them.
DREW:
Open the door! Hey!
HANNAH:
Someone! Hey!
[BEEPING]
[BOTH PANTING]
He must have changed the code.
Oh, what could it be?
What could it be?
The twins will come
looking for us, right?
Not if they don't
come down the stairs.
The vault's sealed tight.
And this thing is sucking
all the air out of the room.
When that thing turns red,
we're in big trouble.
All right, what's the plan?
What do we do now?
Dad is tucked away
safe and sound.
We just bide our time.
[FAMILY KNOCK THUMPS]
[]
Are you sure
you locked the vault?
[WHISPERS] Don't be stupid.
[FAMILY KNOCK THUMPS]
[WHISPERS]
Then who's knocking?
Do you see that too?
Mm-hmm.
[VOICES WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
C.J.:
Who is that?
Let's talk this out.
We have money.
We also have a gun, asshole.
[GHOSTLY HISSING]
KAMI [WHISPERING]:
Mads.
Madeline.
Madeline. Madeline.
Kami. Kami?
That is not Kami.
Then who else could it be?
[MADELINE TAKING
TREMBLING BREATHS]
[VOICES WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
[WHOOSHING]
[FLESHY CRACKLING]
[STRAINED BREATHING]
Oh, my God.
Madeline?
[WEAKLY]
Help me.
Help me. Help me.
[GROANS]
[SHUDDERING]
[WHIMPERS]
C.J.! C.J.! Aah!
Madeline!
C.J.!
[SCREAMING]
Madeline, no!
Aah! Let me go! Help!
Let me go!
Madeline!
C.J. [IN DISTANCE]:
Madeline!
[]
[GROANING SOFTLY]
[MADELINE SHUDDERING]
[GRUNTING SOFTLY]
[]
[MADELINE TAKING
TREMBLING BREATHS]
[GASPING]
[GASPING]
[BONES CRACKING]
[GROWLING]
MADELINE:
No.
It-it's me.
[WHIMPERS, GRUNTING]
No. No.
Kami, it's me.
Come on. Kami, it's me.
It's Mads.
[WHIMPERS]
Please, please.
It's me, Kami. Kami.
[GASPING, WHIMPERING]
[GROANS, COUGHING]
C.J.: Hey!
[RIFLE COCKS]
Get away from her.
[GASPING]
C.J.:
I'll shoot.
I swear to God.
I said, stop!
[]
Ceej?
[BODY THUDS]
[GASPS]
Madeline. Oh!
She was coming right at me. I...
Wh-What do I do?
Tell me what to do.
[WEAK, SHALLOW BREATHING]
[WHIMPERING]
Madeline.
Madeline.
Mad...
[SOBBING]
I... I'm sorry.
[SQUISHING FOOTSTEPS NEARBY]
[GASPS]
[FOOTSTEPS MOVING AWAY]
[TAKING SHUDDERING BREATHS]
[]
[]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Hello!
This is all my fault.
I never should've let you stay.
Hey...
I wanted to stay.
For us.
I'm sorry.
I-I'm just... I'm so, so sorry.
[CRYING SOFTLY]
Sorry.
[SNIFFLES]
[]
[TICKING SLOWLY]
[SNIFFLING]
[LOCK CLANKS]
Oh, my God.
[SIGHS]
Oh!
Oh, I have never been
so happy to see you.
What's wrong, Ceej?
Where's Maddie?
M-Madeline's...
Madeline's dead.
It-it, uh...
It-it... It-it just took her.
[TICKING]
Did you see it?
I did.
What was it?
What I saw...
What I saw wasn't possible.
None of this is.
We're a little past
what is and isn't possible.
[ELECTRICAL CRACKLING]
We gotta go.
C.J.: Hey.
You go.
What?
I want you
to look Dad in the eye
and find out exactly what he did
and why our sisters
had to die because of it.
What are you talking about?
I am staying.
This is something I need to do.
I've got one shot left.
One shot?
You don't even know if you--
Go now!
Come on.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[HANNAH PANTING]
We shouldn't have
left him like that.
You know he only listens
to my dad and Madeline,
and one of them is gone.
[ELECTRICAL CRACKLING]
That's not good.
Come on. Come on.
[CRACKLING]
[ELECTRICAL BUZZING]
In here. Come on.
[GRUNTING]
It's stuck. It's stuck!
Babe.
[GRUNTING, STRAINING]
Babe?
DREW [STRAINING]:
Come on.
Here. Come on, come on.
[WHIMPERS] Okay.
[BOTH PANTING HEAVILY]
[CLOCK TICKING]
[]
There's something back there.
DREW:
What is that?
Think it's a room back there?
This must be a door.
Help me.
[STRAINING]
HANNAH:
Paradise Lost.
[CLICKING]
[HEAVY CLANKING]
[]
I never knew all this was here.
[]
Is this Latin?
I took two years of it
and still can't read it.
It's a grimoire.
Book of magic.
This talks about
reaching into the underworld,
conjuring demons
and soul trading.
What is this?
I think he took this obsession
for the occult too far.
[]
It's not Latin. It's older.
It's a lot older.
Only ancient civilizations
wrote like this.
Egyptians, Sumerians,
Babylonians.
What was he looking for?
There's something
underneath.
Help me with this.
[]
[BOTH SHUDDERING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[GASPING]
[FLOORBOARDS CREAK]
[GASPING BREATHS]
[DOOR SLAMS SHUT]
[GASPS]
[SHUDDERING]
[SOFT CREAKING]
[CREAKING CONTINUES]
[GASPING]
[PANTING]
[GULPS]
[ECHOING DISTORTED GIGGLING]
[GASPS, WHIMPERS]
[DISTORTED SNARLING]
[GASPING]
[DISTORTED GIGGLING]
[GASPS]
Come out where I can see you!
[C.J.'S BREATH TREMBLING]
[SHRIEKING]
[SCREAMING]
[GROANS, GASPS]
[]
[WHEEZES]
[BREATHING WEAKLY]
[WHIMPERING SOFTLY]
[C.J. WHEEZING]
[VOICES WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
[WHEEZING CONTINUES]
[]
[WHEEZING CONTINUES]
[WHIMPERS, WHEEZES]
[GHOSTLY HISSING]
[GASPING]
[FLESHY CRACKLING]
[SCREAMING]
[C.J. SCREAMING IN DISTANCE]
[SCREAMING STOPS]
C.J.
[BOTH PANTING]
[ELECTRICAL CRACKLING]
We gotta go.
Come on.
[]
Wait. Wait, wait, wait.
The gun.
HANNAH:
Leave it! It's useless.
Dad, open the door!
[GROWLING IN DISTANCE]
Dad!
HANNAH: Open the door!
[DREW KNOCKS WITH FAMILY KNOCK]
Dad, open the door!
[GHOSTLY HISSING]
Screw your family knock.
[BANGING]
Dad!
[DREW & HANNAH PANTING]
[LOCK CLANKS]
Where are the twins?
Dead.
[SIGHS]
[TICKING]
So close to midnight.
HANNAH:
What did you summon?
What is that thing?
It's what's come for me,
my dear.
[SIGHS]
I know. I-I know. You...
You want answers.
After everything
you've been through,
you deserve them.
Did Drew, uh, ever tell you
about my father?
Dad, what has this
got to do with anything?
It's everything, son.
Everything.
After generations
of successful Abernathys,
his arrest for embezzlement
ruined our family.
Destroyed our fortune,
disgraced our name.
Do you know what it was like
for us then?
Before all this? Before I
rebuilt the Abernathy empire?
[CHUCKLES]
Your mother, all she ever wanted
was children.
And I wasn't going
to give her a family
born into poverty.
When a man is, uh, desperate...
he's willing to do anything.
That's when I began
seeking alternatives.
And that's when I found this...
and I made a deal.
You made a deal with the devil?
Not the devil.
A demon.
Mammon.
The demon of greed.
Jesus.
I wanted wealth,
I wanted power,
I wanted all of this.
I told you the deal I made
cost someone their life.
It was mine.
In exchange for all of this,
I pledged to Mammon
my eternal soul,
to be taken on my 75th birthday.
After your mother passed away,
I realized...
I wasn't ready to die.
I had so much more to do.
I had a legacy to build.
I...
I needed more time.
I-I needed to renegotiate.
I have until midnight
to fulfill the new terms:
My mortal life
in exchange for my bloodline.
HANNAH:
What are you saying?
I am to be the last
of the Abernathys.
I'm sorry, son...
but this is one deadline
I can't miss.
Dad...
You always were my favorite.
Dad, Dad, wait, you...
[GROANS]
[SCREAMS] No!
[SOBBING]
Why?
[SOBBING CONTINUES]
Most powerful Mammon...
come forth!
Claim your final sacrifice.
[HANNAH GASPING]
I'm sorry, my dear.
I tried to protect you,
remember?
I practically begged you to go.
But you saw me kill my son.
It pains me to say it.
There can be no witnesses.
[GUN COCKS]
[GRUNTS, BREATHING HEAVILY]
[HANNAH GRUNTING]
[]
[GRUNTS]
[YELPS]
[PANTING]
[PANTING]
Hannah!
You can't run.
I know every inch of this house.
[WHIMPERS]
You're trapped.
Hannah!
You won't suffer,
I promise.
One bullet,
and it'll all be over.
[PANTING]
[]
[WINCES]
[BREATHING DEEPLY]
[WINCES]
[BREATHING SHARPLY]
[TAKING SLOW, DEEP BREATHS]
[GULPS SOFTLY]
[LAUGHS]
[SIGHS]
I should've listened
to the twins.
They always said you were
never good enough for my son.
Never good enough
to be an Abernathy.
Why I listened, I'll never know.
I think I felt sorry for him.
But not anymore.
[]
HANNAH:
One bullet.
Where are you?!
[YELLS]
You want me, Charles?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[SOFTLY]
Come and get me.
[TICKING]
[]
[]
No more games.
[GRUNTS]
[PAINED GROANING]
[WOOD CREAKING]
[YELLING]
[CHARLES GROANS]
[CHARLES BREATHING RAGGEDLY]
What have you done?
[CHARLES GROANING]
[GASPS, GRUNTS]
[CRIES OUT]
I'll give you anything.
You can have
your inheritance now.
But if I die tonight,
you'll get nothing.
I told you...
I don't want your money.
I never did.
Don't be stupid, girl.
Two minutes to midnight.
You're out of time, Charles.
[GROANS SOFTLY]
Mammon's still coming for you.
[GASPS]
What are you talking about?
They're dead.
They're all dead.
I'm the last of the Abernathys.
No.
You're not.
[]
Drew and I wanted to
surprise you for your birthday.
We got you the one thing
you don't already have.
You're gonna be a grandfather.
[WHIMPERING]
I'm pregnant.
You're not the last
of the Abernathy bloodline.
Our daughter is.
[BREATHING WEAKLY]
One minute left.
Tempus omnia vincit.
"Time always wins."
[GASPS, WHIMPERS]
[GROANING WEAKLY]
Happy birthday, Charles.
Hannah. Hannah, please.
[STRAINING]
[WHIMPERS]
Oh, no.
[STRAINING]
[PANTING]
[GRUNTING WEAKLY]
[WHIMPERS]
[WHISPERS]
Hannah.
[WHIMPERING]
[]
[GASPS, WHIMPERS]
Hannah.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[CHARLES WHIMPERING]
[WHIMPERING CONTINUES]
[GROWLING SOFTLY]
Oh, God.
[CHARLES GROANS]
[GROWLS]
[CHARLES SCREAMS]
[ROARS]
[]
[]
[CRYING SOFTLY]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[]
[KEYS JINGLING]
[LOCK CLICKING]
What happened?
He's gone.
They all are.
Charles?
[ENGINE STARTS]
DRIVER:
Where to, miss?
[]
HANNAH:
Home.
[]
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[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
Still can't believe
this is where you grew up.
Yep. Home sweet home.
[CHUCKLES]
It's okay.
You're a part of this family.
Maybe to your dad.
[]
[SIGHS]
[CLEARS THROAT SOFTLY]
Look, it's the twins.
Mm-hmm.
They made it.
Yep.
The old man called
for you too?
Of course he did.
He wanted his whole family here.
His immediate family.
Or didn't you read
the fine print?
That doesn't mean
we don't love seeing you.
I get it.
I'm crashing.
It was my call.
I didn't think Dad would mind.
I honestly didn't know
if you two would even show up.
You're both so busy.
The company doesn't run itself.
Well, we're just both
happy to see you.
It's an Abernathy reunion!
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
Look.
Here's the fam-fam!
You might recognize
the Abernathy twins from,
I don't know, Forbes?
But not the 30 Under 30 list,
featuring moi.
Here is the boss babe, Madeline.
She runs our tech investment
and entertainment divisions.
And the man behind our hotels
and news channels,
Charles Abernathy Jr. himself.
C.J., the oldest
by a whole two minutes.
[GASPS]
And here's Drewski
and Hannah Banana!
Hi, Kami.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
Oh, your outfit looks great.
Aw, thanks.
It's from my new collection.
I'll send you samples.
Okay, so Drew and Hannah
run our family's charity
and do super important stuff,
like helping the elderly
and underprivileged kids.
And thanks to Hannah's coding,
you can donate too
at the link in my profile.
All right.
Don't forget to like and follow.
Mwah! Bye!
[PHONE CHIMES]
[BOTH CHUCKLE]
[SIGHS]
Sorry, guys. You know how it is.
Gotta keep the content fresh
for the socials.
Would it kill you
to keep a lower profile?
Someone's gotta keep up
the family brand.
Um, does anyone know why Daddy
went all formal with the invite?
Tomorrow's the big seven-five.
It's practically an edict
from the pope.
Did anyone get him a present?
MADELINE: He hates gifts.
We gave him a Warhol,
and he put it in the bathroom.
Well, we got him something.
Of course you did.
Of course you did.
Not even through the front door,
and they're already fighting.
Good.
You all made it,
and right on time.
Your father will be pleased.
Miles, where's the valet?
Gregory's not here.
I'm afraid you'll have to carry
your own bags.
Oh, God.
[]
It's so quiet.
Where is everyone?
Yeah. Where's Deckard
and Mrs. Carpenter?
[SIGHS]
Right? I'm starving.
MILES:
They're not here.
Your father sent the staff
and security home for the night.
They'll be back in the morning.
Why?
I think it's best
he tell you himself.
He requested you meet him
in the great room in 30 minutes.
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
Just down that way.
[LUGGAGE RATTLING]
Guys, what the hell?
All right.
Here we are.
[HANNAH VOCALIZES FANFARE]
DREW:
Every time I come in here,
it feels less and less
like my bedroom.
[HANNAH CHUCKLING]
It's like a museum.
Wait.
They didn't replace
everything, I hope.
Oh, yeah.
Uh-huh?
[CHUCKLING]
Oh!
Oh, God,
please don't drink that.
Oh, come on.
Where's your sense of adventure?
[]
[BLOWS]
You don't want to get tipsy
and fool around?
Ooh-ooh.
You know, on the bright side,
if I get poisoned,
you'll have a great excuse
not to hang out with my family.
Hmm.
Think they're mad I'm here?
Look...
The twins,
don't let them get you down.
They're just...
They weren't coddled enough
as children.
I'm serious.
I know.
And you're right.
They grew more distant
after Mom's cancer diagnosis.
I think they resent us
for being there
for my mom at the end
when they couldn't be.
And you know that their issues
have to do with me, not you.
Do you ever regret it?
What?
Walking away from my family's
soul-sucking career path
to spend the rest of my life
with the woman of my dreams?
No.
No.
I love you.
I love you too.
What is taking them so long?
I swear, that girl
brings out the worst in him.
Um, Hannah's great. You just
never gave her a chance.
It's not Hannah. It's Drew.
He always takes
the easy way out.
It's disappointing.
Yeah, you made that
pretty clear
when you didn't come
to their wedding.
We were busy opening
the London office, remember?
Sorry we're late.
You weren't talking about us,
were you?
Just your sense of timing.
[]
He'll see you now.
[CLICKING]
Dad?
Tempus omnia vincit.
"Time..."
"Always wins."
Alexander Pope.
[CHUCKLES]
Son, I said
immediate family only.
I'm sorry, Charl--
It's my fault.
I didn't want to miss
your birthday.
Why, thank you, my dear.
I appreciate
your thoughtfulness.
But there's a very good reason
why I gave
that direct instruction.
You know, it's been two years
since we were all
under this roof.
Can't imagine
what your mother would say.
This family has been
drifting apart.
Even Drew barely visits,
and the foundation is local.
Dad, that's not fair.
Abernathys don't believe
in fair.
[]
We're all here now together.
You're probably wondering
why I called you all home.
No, we know, Daddy.
It's your birthday.
[SCOFFS]
But that's
not the reason why.
I asked you all here tonight
because...
I'm going to die.
What? Dad, you look fine.
C.J.: What? This is...
MADELINE:
What are you talking about?
What do you mean?
What did the doctors say?
Nothing.
I didn't say I was sick.
It's, uh, come to my attention
that there's a price on my head.
One that will be collected
tonight by midnight.
You're saying that someone is
going to come here and kill you?
Come on, Dad.
C.J.:
There are better ways
to get us to come home
than to put on
murder mystery theater.
I assure all of you,
this is not a game.
All right, then who is it?
Palanax?
Chapter House?
I'm not a saint.
I've ruined lives
in the name of business,
and now I have to pay the price.
If someone's coming to kill you,
why send home
your entire security?
Now, that's the first good
question any of you have asked.
The only people
I can trust unconditionally
are you, my own flesh and blood.
Only you can save me.
I had Miles take
certain precautions
to make sure
you take this seriously.
Now, let's see. Where is it?
"The grantor"-- That's me--
"wishes to ensure that
the property"-- My money--
"will be eventually distributed
to the beneficiaries
in the event of death
if and only if
the following terms are met.
If the beneficiaries fail
in their duty
to protect the grantor,
the property defaults to the
Abernathy Foundation in full."
What does that mean?
It means that if anything
happens to me tonight,
you all get nothing.
Are you freaking kidding me?
Daddy, no.
That's insane.
Are you serious?
More serious than I've been
about anything else
in my entire life.
So, um, you can leave
if you wish,
but I'd advise against it.
When I tell him to,
Miles will lock us all in
together.
If I survive the night,
you all get your inheritance.
If Miles returns in the morning
and I'm dead...
it all goes to the charity.
Your future is my future.
And I intend to live
a very long time.
So, is everything ready?
Yes, Charles.
External communications
have been suspended.
All entrances and exits
have been locked,
and the windows
have been replaced
with flexible polycarbonate.
Bulletproof glass?
I'm afraid it's the only way.
Hannah, I'd like you
to go with Miles.
You don't have to be here.
If something happened to you,
I couldn't forgive myself.
We're in this together.
All of us...
as a family.
I'm staying.
Very well.
I'll see you in the morning?
I hope so.
Thank you, old friend.
[]
[LOCKS CLANKING]
[LOCKS CONTINUE CLANKING]
[CLANKING STOPS]
[SMACKS LIPS]
And so it begins.
I know you'll do your best
to protect me.
I'll be in the library.
Family meeting. Now.
[CORK POPS]
To Dad's weird-as-shit birthday.
What? You two are no fun.
Champagne?
Uh, not now.
Thanks, Kami.
All right. More for me, then.
This whole thing is insane.
[CHUCKLES]
There's no threat.
You're right.
Dad's lost it.
You really think your dad's
just making all this up?
What if there's a chance,
the smallest 1% chance,
that your dad's
telling the truth,
that this threat is real?
We can't just
sit around and wait
for something to happen, can we?
Yeah, we should
go take a look around.
Yeah, if Dad really is
in trouble,
then we should be ready for it.
Even if it's just
the smallest 1% chance.
All right, I'm sold.
Okay, if you were
a psycho killer,
where would you be?
HANNAH:
What's down there?
It's basically spook central.
It gives me the creeps.
DREW:
The antiquities room.
Dad's hobby
has always been mythology.
Ancient religions.
He skipped my 15th birthday
because he was on
an excavation in Tunisia.
I wish I could miss
this birthday.
At least you're not
the one with major jet lag.
Some of us can't spend our life
on the beach all day.
We have real work to do.
KAMI:
Mm, I'm sorry, have you
ever started your own company?
I'm building
a lifestyle brand, Ceej,
not just pushing numbers
for Dad.
Working for Dad is a lot harder
than taking selfies.
KAMI:
Sorry I didn't go
the corporate route.
[GROANS MOCKINGLY]
Don't blame me because
you both hate your lives.
Take that back.
KAMI:
You know it's true.
Jealousy's a bad color
on you, Mads.
Hey. We all do important stuff,
so just chill out, okay?
We all do important stuff?
What's that supposed to mean?
You know exactly
what that means.
Okay, stop.
Listen to yourselves.
You haven't
been together for years,
and this is what you do?
Maybe this is why your dad
locked you up together.
After he's gone,
you're all that's left.
What do you want? Hmm?
You want us to hang out
and sing "Kumbaya"?
This is what Abernathys do.
Real nice... weirdo.
Two years away.
Not long enough.
Some reunion
this turned out to be.
[SCOFFS]
That is why we were the family
therapist's worst nightmare.
But I love you for trying.
[VOICES WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
KAMI:
Great.
[SIGHS]
Ew.
He won't notice
if one Rothschild's missing.
Or two.
[DOOR SLAMS SHUT]
[GASPS]
Hey, someone's down here!
[]
[CREAKING]
[GASPS]
[KAMI BREATHING HEAVILY]
Who's there?
[CREAKING]
[GASPS] Screw this.
[PANTING]
[DEEP CREAKING]
[WHISPERS]
What? Come on.
[CREAKING GETS LOUDER]
Hey!
Somebody open the door!
[BANGING ON DOOR]
Guys!
[CREAKING GROWS LOUDER]
Hey!
Hey!
[GASPS]
I should've known.
What?
You used to love being
locked down there as a kid.
Besides, judging by the haul,
looks like you love it
even more now.
Yeah, ha-ha.
Hey, I'm not judging.
Admitting you have a problem
is the first step.
[TICKING]
[SIGHS]
Hey, Dad?
I was wondering
how long it would take
for one of you to check on me.
We need you
to level with us, Dad.
What's actually going on?
I already told you.
Someone is--
Is coming to kill you.
Yes, yes, we get that.
But who?
If I told you,
you'd say I'm crazy.
But maybe we can help.
[SIGHS]
Years ago...
I made a business deal.
One that, uh...
cost someone their life.
And now there are consequences.
[SIGHS]
[SNIFFS]
[]
[SETS GLASS DOWN]
[]
What?
[SIGHS]
Uh, nothing.
You want to play?
And kick your ass like always?
Ladies first.
[]
You guys, my weirdo dad
locked us in here
for a fun night
of family bonding
and shut the Internet off,
so this isn't live,
but check it out.
I'm launching
my latest swimwear line.
It is so cute.
Preorders drop next week,
so make sure to order ASAP,
because...
[GASPS]
Hello?
Is someone there?
[VOICES WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
KAMI:
Hello?
[INDISTINCT WHISPERING
CONTINUES]
[GASPS]
[EERIE, RASPING BREATHING]
[SCOFFS]
[CHUCKLES]
[SIGHS]
[]
I'm launching
my latest swimwear line.
It is so cute.
Preorders drop next week...
[GASPS]
[MUFFLED SCREAMING]
[WHIMPERS, SCREAMS]
[SCREAMING]
[SHARP CRACK,
THEN SCREAMING STOPS]
[]
Do you remember the CEO
of Numus Airlines?
Carson Reeves. Yeah.
Sold all his stock
right before taking a stroll
off their corporate high-rise.
Which made it very easy
for us to swoop in
and buy out the company.
Crazy doesn't play well
in the boardroom.
And our board
isn't exactly in favor
of Dad acting even
more eccentric than usual.
They still think
he's the same Charles Abernathy
that rebuilt the family fortune.
When they hear
what happened tonight,
they'll finally have to wake up.
Maybe this trip
wasn't a waste of time
after all.
And why's that?
Nothing.
We were just brainstorming
some new business opportunities.
All right, well, while
you two were busy scheming,
we can't find Kami.
[]
HANNAH:
Kami?
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
[C.J. WHIMPERS, GRUNTING]
DREW: Get her.
Oh, come on, Kami.
Get her up. Get her up.
HANNAH: Kami?
DREW: Come on. Come on.
HANNAH:
Wake up.
[MADELINE SOBS]
HANNAH: Wake up.
[DISTORTED CHATTER, CRYING]
C.J.: Oh, my God.
[SNIFFLES, CRYING]
[GROANS]
C.J.:
Oh, my God.
I let her walk off
with the wine.
It's not your fault, Ceej.
It was an accident.
What if it wasn't?
Excuse me?
What if she didn't fall in?
Are you suggesting that somebody
actually broke in and--?
I don't know.
You're damn right
you don't know.
I'm just trying to help.
By playing into Dad's games?
Oh, come on, Maddie.
Just listen to her.
She has a point.
They could be coming
for all of us.
No one can get in, Drew.
Okay. Everybody, calm down.
Yeah.
You might as well say
it was one of us.
That's not what I'm saying,
and you know it.
Then what are you saying, Drew?
He's saying, what if someone's
been in the house
the whole time?
I'm still alive,
if that's why you're all here.
[DREW PANTING]
[]
What's happened?
[CHARLES SNIFFLES]
Oh, my dear sweet Kami.
[SIGHS]
My little girl is dead.
Our family is cursed.
And it's all because of me.
Dad, you need to turn on
the phone and unlock the doors.
I've been having dreams
about this night.
That's what this is about?
Dreams?
What are they about, Charles?
That it's not someone
coming for me.
It's...
something else.
Some... thing?
Uh, a-a... A spirit.
[SIGHS]
A spirit that wants me dead.
Like a...
ghost?
I knew you wouldn't believe me.
But you will.
Tell them about the deal.
What deal?
Dad made some business deal
that caused this.
How come...
How come this is
the first time I've heard of it?
Because somebody died
and he didn't want us to know.
Well, now we do.
Dad, what does this mean
for the company,
exposure-wise?
How bad is this?
HANNAH:
That's really what
you're worried about right now?
We need to contain this.
We can't have a scandal.
The press will have a field day.
Our stock will plummet.
Dad! We could lose everything!
Enough!
Kami's death
doesn't change anything.
You still have to keep me alive.
All of you.
That includes you.
You showed tremendous loyalty
choosing to stay.
I may have lost
one daughter tonight...
but you've proven that
you are a true Abernathy.
I'm amending my will.
I'm giving Kami's inheritance
to you.
Congratulations, my dear.
You're $2 billion richer.
C.J.:
Does this still work?
CHARLES:
I'm not sure what good
a rifle will do
against what's coming.
Where's the ammo?
That's it?
CHARLES:
You're lucky there's that many.
All my rifles
are up at the lodge.
You're just going to lock me
in here until morning?
We need to know where you are.
It's for the best.
We don't want you
wandering around.
Besides, isn't this
what you wanted?
For us to protect you?
It's gonna get
much worse, you know,
the closer it gets to midnight.
You gonna be all right in here?
Well, it appears I don't have
much of a choice, my dear.
Dad, remember,
don't open the door unless--
Unless I hear the family knock.
I'm old, not senile.
At least you remembered
something from our childhood.
We'll be back.
HANNAH:
Maybe we should pair up.
We can search the house
room by room.
If we don't find anything,
we can come back
and guard the study.
MADELINE: And do what, exactly?
Search for Dad's killer ghost?
Yes.
That's exactly what
we're searching for.
I know what your dad is saying
is unbelievable,
but something happened to Kami.
Yes.
And now she's lying outside
by herself
when she should be
on the way to the morgue.
Now, I don't know
what you two are up to,
but I'm not dying here.
Yeah, what the hell
are you talking about?
If no one can get in this house,
then it has to be one of us,
and you two were the ones
who had us go looking for Kami
in the first place.
Madeline's the one
who said we should go
look for her at the pool.
Like I said, she was with me.
And let's not forget,
Dad did just make you both
$2 billion richer.
You really think we'd hurt Kami?
Look, you're upset.
We all are.
But we can't turn on each other.
Why? Because you think
you're an Abernathy now?
Dad might say
that you're an Abernathy,
but you'll never be one of us.
That's not fair.
Oh, Drew,
did you already forget?
Abernathys don't believe
in fair.
So if you two want to deal
with your grief
by hunting Dad's ghost, fine,
go for it, but I'm done.
I'm going to bed.
Stay the hell away from us.
You okay?
[SIGHS]
You still want to look around?
I do.
Where should we start?
Wait.
[]
HANNAH: Oh, God.
DREW: Where is she?
HANNAH:
Who took her body?
[GRUNTS]
Whoa. Whoa.
Hey, baby! Whoa. Whoa.
[GRUNTS]
Babe, hey. What are you doing?
[PANTING]
Getting the hell out of here.
That's bulletproof glass.
You would need a sledgehammer
or something.
Well, we need to try.
This isn't a game anymore.
There's something in this house,
and it killed your sister.
Do you really want to be next?
No. We're leaving now.
Okay. Okay. You're right.
But even if we do find
a way out, we can't leave.
Why not?
I don't care if he writes us
out of the will.
We'll be fine.
The only thing that matters--
And let me repeat this
so I'm crystal clear.
The only thing
that matters is us.
Good.
Now, there must be some way
out of this house.
Maybe they missed a door
or a window or something.
[]
[LULLABY PLAYING]
[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]
[LULLABY STOPS]
[DISTORTED LULLABY PLAYING]
[LULLABY STOPS]
[CREAKING]
[SCRATCHING,
VOICES WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
[SCRATCHING CONTINUES]
[DOOR BANGS OPEN]
[GASPS]
I thought you might be in here.
[PANTING]
Why are you in the dark?
I'm not coming back down.
[SIGHS]
Well, I'm here
if you want to talk.
What's there to talk about?
Kami did this to herself.
Frankly, I'm surprised
she lasted this long.
She was a ticking time bomb.
I figured we'd hear
about her getting shot
by some crazy fan on TMZ.
Pretty anticlimactic,
if you ask me.
You don't have to play tough
with me.
[]
I know.
I just...
[SIGHS]
I just wish
I could bring her back.
Me too.
The last thing
she said to me...
She was right.
I do hate my life.
And I know you hate yours too.
We gave up everything for Dad.
Did you know I was engaged?
What? When?
Senior year at Vassar.
Dad put his foot down.
His family wasn't up
to the Abernathy standard.
I didn't know.
Because he didn't want you to.
We were never
good enough for him.
And what do we have
to show for it?
And then Drew wants
to marry some nobody,
and Dad's full
of hugs and kisses.
[SCOFFS]
She latched on to Mom and Dad.
And you remember the funeral.
Who's holding Dad's hand? Her.
That should've been you.
She's trying to replace us.
Just like she replaced Kami.
Madeline...
if they did do something to her,
we could be next.
Oh, now you're being paranoid.
No, I'm not.
I'm being smart.
Dad's haunting
has made it so easy
for them to cause
another one of their accidents.
We need to stop them
before they stop us.
And if we do,
we split it all.
You and me.
But that means something
would have to happen to Drew.
Something would have to happen
to both of them.
That's crazy, even for you.
Kami died tonight.
Is it so hard to believe
that it won't happen again?
I don't know.
[TICKING]
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
I never liked coming in here
when I was a kid.
Oh, my God.
[SIGHS]
HANNAH:
I can see why.
My mom hated this place.
She always felt that
collecting all these things
would come back and haunt him.
Guess she was right.
There's so much more
than when I was young.
But he put in
this cargo elevator
so he could just roll stuff
straight in here
so that my mom
could never see it.
You think Miles missed it?
DREW:
It's worth a shot.
HANNAH:
This should be in a museum.
What, you know it?
It's Blake's
The Temptation of Eve
from Paradise Lost.
It's beautiful.
Down here.
This way.
[]
HANNAH:
Great. Now what?
Hold on. Okay.
[GRUNTING]
[METAL CREAKING]
I think you can squeeze through.
You can get out
and go look for help.
Come on.
Just go slow.
Yeah.
You okay?
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
I-- I think...
I'm stuck. Get me out.
What do you mean?
Just...
[METAL CREAKING]
Come on. Something's...
Okay, okay.
Okay. What are you stuck on?
I don't know.
Something's in here.
I-I got you. I got you.
[HEAVY METALLIC CREAKING]
Babe, come on. Let go.
[PANTING]
[CREAKING CONTINUES]
Let go!
[PANTING]
Hey. You okay?
[RUMBLING]
[]
[BOTH TAKING TREMBLING BREATHS]
Those were not like that.
[]
[HANNAH GASPS]
[WHOOSHING]
Get your phone.
[WHOOSHING]
What's that?
We need to run.
Now. Now!
Whoa!
[WHOOSHING]
[GASPS]
Come on.
[BOTH PANTING]
[HIGH-PITCHED SHRIEKING]
Whoa! Go.
[GRUNTING]
[SCREAMS]
Hannah!
[CLATTERING,
GLASS BREAKING]
[BOTH PANTING, GRUNTING]
[PANTING HEAVILY]
What was that?
[FAMILY KNOCK
THUMPS IN DISTANCE]
DREW:
Dad?
Why did he leave his study?
[FAMILY KNOCK THUMPS
IN DISTANCE]
Dad?
Dad, where are you?
[FAMILY KNOCK THUMPS
IN DISTANCE]
Something must be wrong.
[FAMILY KNOCK THUMPS
FARTHER AWAY, ECHOES]
I think he wants us
to follow him.
I'll go.
You stay here
and find someplace to hide.
Like hell we're splitting up.
[SLOWER FAMILY KNOCK THUMPS
IN DISTANCE]
DREW:
Why would he come this way?
What's down there?
The family vault.
[GASPS SOFTLY]
Does your dad
normally leave that open?
No.
[ALERT BUZZING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Hey.
Hey, open the door!
We're in here!
Hey, we're still inside!
[LOCK CLANKS]
DREW [MUFFLED]:
Hey! Come on, open the door!
HANNAH [MUFFLED]:
Open the door!
Are you sure about this?
DREW: Hello?
It was us or them.
DREW:
Open the door! Hey!
HANNAH:
Someone! Hey!
[BEEPING]
[BOTH PANTING]
He must have changed the code.
Oh, what could it be?
What could it be?
The twins will come
looking for us, right?
Not if they don't
come down the stairs.
The vault's sealed tight.
And this thing is sucking
all the air out of the room.
When that thing turns red,
we're in big trouble.
All right, what's the plan?
What do we do now?
Dad is tucked away
safe and sound.
We just bide our time.
[FAMILY KNOCK THUMPS]
[]
Are you sure
you locked the vault?
[WHISPERS] Don't be stupid.
[FAMILY KNOCK THUMPS]
[WHISPERS]
Then who's knocking?
Do you see that too?
Mm-hmm.
[VOICES WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
C.J.:
Who is that?
Let's talk this out.
We have money.
We also have a gun, asshole.
[GHOSTLY HISSING]
KAMI [WHISPERING]:
Mads.
Madeline.
Madeline. Madeline.
Kami. Kami?
That is not Kami.
Then who else could it be?
[MADELINE TAKING
TREMBLING BREATHS]
[VOICES WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
[WHOOSHING]
[FLESHY CRACKLING]
[STRAINED BREATHING]
Oh, my God.
Madeline?
[WEAKLY]
Help me.
Help me. Help me.
[GROANS]
[SHUDDERING]
[WHIMPERS]
C.J.! C.J.! Aah!
Madeline!
C.J.!
[SCREAMING]
Madeline, no!
Aah! Let me go! Help!
Let me go!
Madeline!
C.J. [IN DISTANCE]:
Madeline!
[]
[GROANING SOFTLY]
[MADELINE SHUDDERING]
[GRUNTING SOFTLY]
[]
[MADELINE TAKING
TREMBLING BREATHS]
[GASPING]
[GASPING]
[BONES CRACKING]
[GROWLING]
MADELINE:
No.
It-it's me.
[WHIMPERS, GRUNTING]
No. No.
Kami, it's me.
Come on. Kami, it's me.
It's Mads.
[WHIMPERS]
Please, please.
It's me, Kami. Kami.
[GASPING, WHIMPERING]
[GROANS, COUGHING]
C.J.: Hey!
[RIFLE COCKS]
Get away from her.
[GASPING]
C.J.:
I'll shoot.
I swear to God.
I said, stop!
[]
Ceej?
[BODY THUDS]
[GASPS]
Madeline. Oh!
She was coming right at me. I...
Wh-What do I do?
Tell me what to do.
[WEAK, SHALLOW BREATHING]
[WHIMPERING]
Madeline.
Madeline.
Mad...
[SOBBING]
I... I'm sorry.
[SQUISHING FOOTSTEPS NEARBY]
[GASPS]
[FOOTSTEPS MOVING AWAY]
[TAKING SHUDDERING BREATHS]
[]
[]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
Hello!
This is all my fault.
I never should've let you stay.
Hey...
I wanted to stay.
For us.
I'm sorry.
I-I'm just... I'm so, so sorry.
[CRYING SOFTLY]
Sorry.
[SNIFFLES]
[]
[TICKING SLOWLY]
[SNIFFLING]
[LOCK CLANKS]
Oh, my God.
[SIGHS]
Oh!
Oh, I have never been
so happy to see you.
What's wrong, Ceej?
Where's Maddie?
M-Madeline's...
Madeline's dead.
It-it, uh...
It-it... It-it just took her.
[TICKING]
Did you see it?
I did.
What was it?
What I saw...
What I saw wasn't possible.
None of this is.
We're a little past
what is and isn't possible.
[ELECTRICAL CRACKLING]
We gotta go.
C.J.: Hey.
You go.
What?
I want you
to look Dad in the eye
and find out exactly what he did
and why our sisters
had to die because of it.
What are you talking about?
I am staying.
This is something I need to do.
I've got one shot left.
One shot?
You don't even know if you--
Go now!
Come on.
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[HANNAH PANTING]
We shouldn't have
left him like that.
You know he only listens
to my dad and Madeline,
and one of them is gone.
[ELECTRICAL CRACKLING]
That's not good.
Come on. Come on.
[CRACKLING]
[ELECTRICAL BUZZING]
In here. Come on.
[GRUNTING]
It's stuck. It's stuck!
Babe.
[GRUNTING, STRAINING]
Babe?
DREW [STRAINING]:
Come on.
Here. Come on, come on.
[WHIMPERS] Okay.
[BOTH PANTING HEAVILY]
[CLOCK TICKING]
[]
There's something back there.
DREW:
What is that?
Think it's a room back there?
This must be a door.
Help me.
[STRAINING]
HANNAH:
Paradise Lost.
[CLICKING]
[HEAVY CLANKING]
[]
I never knew all this was here.
[]
Is this Latin?
I took two years of it
and still can't read it.
It's a grimoire.
Book of magic.
This talks about
reaching into the underworld,
conjuring demons
and soul trading.
What is this?
I think he took this obsession
for the occult too far.
[]
It's not Latin. It's older.
It's a lot older.
Only ancient civilizations
wrote like this.
Egyptians, Sumerians,
Babylonians.
What was he looking for?
There's something
underneath.
Help me with this.
[]
[BOTH SHUDDERING]
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[GASPING]
[FLOORBOARDS CREAK]
[GASPING BREATHS]
[DOOR SLAMS SHUT]
[GASPS]
[SHUDDERING]
[SOFT CREAKING]
[CREAKING CONTINUES]
[GASPING]
[PANTING]
[GULPS]
[ECHOING DISTORTED GIGGLING]
[GASPS, WHIMPERS]
[DISTORTED SNARLING]
[GASPING]
[DISTORTED GIGGLING]
[GASPS]
Come out where I can see you!
[C.J.'S BREATH TREMBLING]
[SHRIEKING]
[SCREAMING]
[GROANS, GASPS]
[]
[WHEEZES]
[BREATHING WEAKLY]
[WHIMPERING SOFTLY]
[C.J. WHEEZING]
[VOICES WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]
[WHEEZING CONTINUES]
[]
[WHEEZING CONTINUES]
[WHIMPERS, WHEEZES]
[GHOSTLY HISSING]
[GASPING]
[FLESHY CRACKLING]
[SCREAMING]
[C.J. SCREAMING IN DISTANCE]
[SCREAMING STOPS]
C.J.
[BOTH PANTING]
[ELECTRICAL CRACKLING]
We gotta go.
Come on.
[]
Wait. Wait, wait, wait.
The gun.
HANNAH:
Leave it! It's useless.
Dad, open the door!
[GROWLING IN DISTANCE]
Dad!
HANNAH: Open the door!
[DREW KNOCKS WITH FAMILY KNOCK]
Dad, open the door!
[GHOSTLY HISSING]
Screw your family knock.
[BANGING]
Dad!
[DREW & HANNAH PANTING]
[LOCK CLANKS]
Where are the twins?
Dead.
[SIGHS]
[TICKING]
So close to midnight.
HANNAH:
What did you summon?
What is that thing?
It's what's come for me,
my dear.
[SIGHS]
I know. I-I know. You...
You want answers.
After everything
you've been through,
you deserve them.
Did Drew, uh, ever tell you
about my father?
Dad, what has this
got to do with anything?
It's everything, son.
Everything.
After generations
of successful Abernathys,
his arrest for embezzlement
ruined our family.
Destroyed our fortune,
disgraced our name.
Do you know what it was like
for us then?
Before all this? Before I
rebuilt the Abernathy empire?
[CHUCKLES]
Your mother, all she ever wanted
was children.
And I wasn't going
to give her a family
born into poverty.
When a man is, uh, desperate...
he's willing to do anything.
That's when I began
seeking alternatives.
And that's when I found this...
and I made a deal.
You made a deal with the devil?
Not the devil.
A demon.
Mammon.
The demon of greed.
Jesus.
I wanted wealth,
I wanted power,
I wanted all of this.
I told you the deal I made
cost someone their life.
It was mine.
In exchange for all of this,
I pledged to Mammon
my eternal soul,
to be taken on my 75th birthday.
After your mother passed away,
I realized...
I wasn't ready to die.
I had so much more to do.
I had a legacy to build.
I...
I needed more time.
I-I needed to renegotiate.
I have until midnight
to fulfill the new terms:
My mortal life
in exchange for my bloodline.
HANNAH:
What are you saying?
I am to be the last
of the Abernathys.
I'm sorry, son...
but this is one deadline
I can't miss.
Dad...
You always were my favorite.
Dad, Dad, wait, you...
[GROANS]
[SCREAMS] No!
[SOBBING]
Why?
[SOBBING CONTINUES]
Most powerful Mammon...
come forth!
Claim your final sacrifice.
[HANNAH GASPING]
I'm sorry, my dear.
I tried to protect you,
remember?
I practically begged you to go.
But you saw me kill my son.
It pains me to say it.
There can be no witnesses.
[GUN COCKS]
[GRUNTS, BREATHING HEAVILY]
[HANNAH GRUNTING]
[]
[GRUNTS]
[YELPS]
[PANTING]
[PANTING]
Hannah!
You can't run.
I know every inch of this house.
[WHIMPERS]
You're trapped.
Hannah!
You won't suffer,
I promise.
One bullet,
and it'll all be over.
[PANTING]
[]
[WINCES]
[BREATHING DEEPLY]
[WINCES]
[BREATHING SHARPLY]
[TAKING SLOW, DEEP BREATHS]
[GULPS SOFTLY]
[LAUGHS]
[SIGHS]
I should've listened
to the twins.
They always said you were
never good enough for my son.
Never good enough
to be an Abernathy.
Why I listened, I'll never know.
I think I felt sorry for him.
But not anymore.
[]
HANNAH:
One bullet.
Where are you?!
[YELLS]
You want me, Charles?
[BREATHING HEAVILY]
[SOFTLY]
Come and get me.
[TICKING]
[]
[]
No more games.
[GRUNTS]
[PAINED GROANING]
[WOOD CREAKING]
[YELLING]
[CHARLES GROANS]
[CHARLES BREATHING RAGGEDLY]
What have you done?
[CHARLES GROANING]
[GASPS, GRUNTS]
[CRIES OUT]
I'll give you anything.
You can have
your inheritance now.
But if I die tonight,
you'll get nothing.
I told you...
I don't want your money.
I never did.
Don't be stupid, girl.
Two minutes to midnight.
You're out of time, Charles.
[GROANS SOFTLY]
Mammon's still coming for you.
[GASPS]
What are you talking about?
They're dead.
They're all dead.
I'm the last of the Abernathys.
No.
You're not.
[]
Drew and I wanted to
surprise you for your birthday.
We got you the one thing
you don't already have.
You're gonna be a grandfather.
[WHIMPERING]
I'm pregnant.
You're not the last
of the Abernathy bloodline.
Our daughter is.
[BREATHING WEAKLY]
One minute left.
Tempus omnia vincit.
"Time always wins."
[GASPS, WHIMPERS]
[GROANING WEAKLY]
Happy birthday, Charles.
Hannah. Hannah, please.
[STRAINING]
[WHIMPERS]
Oh, no.
[STRAINING]
[PANTING]
[GRUNTING WEAKLY]
[WHIMPERS]
[WHISPERS]
Hannah.
[WHIMPERING]
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[GASPS, WHIMPERS]
Hannah.
[EXHALES SHARPLY]
[CHARLES WHIMPERING]
[WHIMPERING CONTINUES]
[GROWLING SOFTLY]
Oh, God.
[CHARLES GROANS]
[GROWLS]
[CHARLES SCREAMS]
[ROARS]
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[CRYING SOFTLY]
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
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[KEYS JINGLING]
[LOCK CLICKING]
What happened?
He's gone.
They all are.
Charles?
[ENGINE STARTS]
DRIVER:
Where to, miss?
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HANNAH:
Home.
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