Fear the Woods (2017) s01e08 Episode Script

The vast
North American wilderness
is home to evil forces
thought only to exist
in nightmares,
but the terrible creatures
that roam here are all too real.
Professional ghost hunters
exploring haunted areas
are prepared for anything.
The cave should just be
up that way.
But that still won't save them.
Let's go.
Aah!
Ah!
Ahh!
It snapped in my head,
"We're going to get killed."
Go-o-o ba-a-a-ck.
The voice had told us
to go back.
We didn't listen.
Aaaah! Aah!
If you're there alone,
you're doomed.
Hunting for spirits
is a dangerous occupation,
even for those who devote
their lives to it.
I definitely believe that
there's things out here that
I don't think we'll ever
really fully understand.
You're entering a territory
of someone or something
that you just can't perceive.
So you have to be very careful.
Brian, Jesse, and Becky
are dedicated
paranormal investigators.
My team's called
Phantom Elite Paranormal.
We not only just hunt ghosts.
It's anything from the occult
to experiences people
are dealing with
and just don't understand.
Being part
of a professional group
does not make one immune
to the dangers.
Something could go south
very quickly.
Tonight, the team is headed
into the fabled ruins
of the Maribel Hotel
in Wisconsin.
The site is linked
to one of America's
most notorious criminals.
The hotel was built
in the 1800s,
once owned by Al Capone.
History tells us that a lot
of gruesome deaths
have happened in this location.
Some say Al Capone brutally
murdered dozens of people
and stuck their corpses
inside whiskey barrels
and buried them in many caves
scattered around the area.
The hotel burned to the
ground years ago,
but the ghosts
of Al Capone's victims
are said to haunt the land.
Jesse and his colleagues
have come seeking them.
We had been looking
for an intriguing case
to go investigate
and this really drew us in.
Ready?
Yeah, let's do this.
You guys know what they
call this place, right?
Yeah.
The locals have a nickname
for this place
and it's called Hotel Hell.
People have seen figures
and flames and dark entities.
What's the matter, Beck?
Wanna take a pass on this one?
It's supposed to have like
a portal to hell.
Come on.
It'll be cool.
Take an hour, tops.
Yeah, there's three of us.
It's gonna be fine.
Okay, let's do this.
We expected just another
normal, you know, hike,
but what ended up happening
was just phenomenal.
The team realizes they're
not the only ones
exploring the grounds tonight.
Looks like there's
somebody else here.
Probably just some kids.
A lot of times, hauntings
are connected to the people
and, other times, it's connected
to the places that you're at.
The buildings
aren't there anymore.
That doesn't matter to them.
The energy of that place
is still the same.
Hey!
You comin'?!
The area that surrounds
Maribel is just woods.
As they venture
into the dark forest,
the investigators
attempt to contact
the victims of Al Capone.
The whole onslaught of
paranormal research
and looking
for physical evidence
has developed a lot of
different types of technology.
Gimme the box.
A ghost box is just
a plain ol' radio
that scans through
radio frequencies.
Now, EVPs or spirits,
supposedly,
are supposed to talk
through the ghost box.
Hello.
Is anything out here?
Just try to go right off the bat
and just trying to get something
to respond with our equipment.
Hello!
Is anything out here with us?
And nothing.
We didn't get anything.
The cave should just be
up that way.
Okay.
Let's go.
Let's go.
Hello!
We start going down the path.
Aaaaaaah!
- Aaaaaaah!
- Get down!
All of a sudden,
you hear these kids.
They're screaming
for their life.
Aaaaaaah!
Whoever got there ahead
of them now regrets it.
Sounded like somebody was
gettin' murdered, basically.
Just blood-curdling scream.
Aaaaaaah!
We heard kids screaming.
We had no idea
what was going on.
Aah! Aah! Aah!
We could see these kids running,
booking to their cars.
It turns out some teenagers
came seeking a bit of fun
and paid the price for it.
The thrill-seeking people
come in on a Saturday night
and it's been too horrific,
too scary for them.
Hello.
Is anything out here with us?
A ghost is the soul of someone
that has come out of the body
and, when we come
out of our body,
we have free will here,
so we have a choice
to either cross over
and go into the light;
or we can choose to stay here.
Guys, I think we should go back.
Did you guys hear that?
It definitely did feel
like something was watching us.
We all felt uneasy.
What the hell was that?
I heard some weird noises.
You guys hear that?
Yeah.
Once we did get closer
to the caves,
you know, I just kept on
hearing noises,
like something was either
walking around in the brush
or throwing sticks.
Oh, my god.
Al Capone.
Do you know him?
It wasn't 'til I brought up
Al Capone
that things actually start
interacting with us out there.
Do you know Al Capone?
Al Capone.
Do you know him?
Now, the team gets
a ghostly warning.
Did Al Capone bury
your body in the caves?
Go-o-o ba-a-a-ck.
Just plain as day, words coming
through the ghost box.
The voice was a little bit deep.
It wasn't really clear,
at first.
Go-o-o ba-a-a-ck.
It told us to go back
and we didn't listen.
- Ah!
- Aah!
- Brian!
- Brian, what's wrong?
Brian, are you okay?!
What's wrong?
What's going on?
- Ah!
- Aah!
Brian, are you okay?!
You have to stay humble
when dealing
with paranormal activity.
You don't know what
you're going into.
You don't know
what risks are at stake.
Brian, Jesse, and Becky
are a team of paranormal
investigators
venturing onto the grounds
of the Maribel Hotel,
a haunted landmark once owned
by gangster Al Capone.
What the hell was that?
But before they even
reach the ruins,
the ghost of one of Capone's
victims is warning them away.
Ghosts, they don't
wanna be bothered.
They don't want to be harmed.
They're just doing their thing.
You're coming into their
place, you know?
You're in their house.
Get out.
Al Capone.
Do you know him?
Trying to determine
what was going on, you know?
We're trying to get answers.
Go-o-o ba-a-a-ck.
A voice had told us to go back.
Go-o-o ba-a-a-ck.
Did Al Capone bury
your body in the caves?
Go-o-o ba-a-a-ck.
Suddenly, Brian is overcome.
Brian, are you okay?
The spirit energy is too much
for their equipment to handle.
Are you okay?!
Something touched me
on the back.
Brian!
Are you okay?!
Brian, say something!
- Oh, my back,
- What's wrong!
- It's burning!
Oh, my god!
What's on your back?!
Brian, take off your jacket!
Where I was touched,
there was a mark on my back
of a handprint.
Oh, my god!
What's on your back?!
Oh, my gosh!
Brian, are you okay?!
No.
It was a pretty bad idea,
not to listen to the voice.
Okay, I've had enough.
- Yeah.
- Let's get outta here.
Let's go.
Okay. Okay.
Let's go!
We just wanted to get
back to the car.
We thought the night was over.
Aah!
It's clear to the team why
the teenagers fled the area.
Aaaaaaah!
Aaaaaaah!
They try to do the same,
but find they can't.
As we're walking,
it seemed forever,
seemed like forever.
What the hell?
We were just here.
Are we lost?
Don't tell me that we're lost.
We were all disoriented and just
had no clue where we were.
One of the tactics
spirits incorporate is
messing with us
through misdirection.
I wouldn't be surprised
if there were entities
who took great pleasure out of
doing this kind of thing.
We were just like panicking.
We didn't know where we were.
We should be back
to the main path by now.
I don't recognize any of this!
Why is this taking so long?
There may be even more
sinister reasons
why the investigators
are being led astray.
It's that way.
Worst case is
that could become a trap.
It's that way.
It got weird
and everything got heavy.
- Let's go.
- As they're pulled
even deeper into the woods,
the sense of dread
and danger grows stronger.
I think that the voice
was warning us
and, because we didn't listen
to it, it drew us towards it.
I feel like that we're being
watched this whole, entire time,
like something, something just
is not right about this.
Where are we?!
I feel like we're
walking in circles.
It's It's around
here, somewhere.
It just It's that way.
Let's look at the map.
It's hard to explain what was
really going on at that moment.
We were lost.
We felt like we had no
sense of direction.
I don't recognize any of this!
The The parking lot
should be here!
We're all just standing around,
like getting out a map,
trying to figure out
where we were
and how to get back to the car.
Guys!
Guys!
C'mere.
Soon, they arrive at the
very destination
they sought to avoid.
What is that?
Must be the hotel.
But But how?
How?!
That's Hotel Hell.
We were just shocked that
the hotel ruins were like
right there as we stepped
outta this clearing.
Was not expecting to end up
at the hotel.
I'm like "Holy
Are we actually
at the hotel?"
Inexplicably, they find
themselves guests
at the Maribel and something
evil has come to greet them.
All of a sudden,
I just see this huge, black
thing like
come out of the door.
I usually don't see things, so I
was pretty freaked out over it.
I really thought,
"We're going to get killed."
When you go into a location,
as an investigator,
you have to be very careful.
A team of paranormal
investigators
is trying to get as far away
as possible from Hotel Hell.
Instead, a demonic force Guys!
Has led them right to it.
Guys!
It was a little harder
to breathe,
the closer we got to the hotel.
This place felt definitely dark.
It had a weird,
weird vibe to it.
We shouldn't be here.
We shouldn't be here.
How did we get here?
And, all of a sudden, I just
see this huge, black thing.
Oh, my god.
- Shh!
It was just huge.
It took up the entire doorway.
It was a dark spirit.
Dark energy.
I don't really know how
to explain it,
any more than that.
Shh!
Like this is what those kids
were running from.
They seen this
8'0" tall, dark guy.
Weird fear just like took over.
I can't explain it like
and I can't express what I felt.
Just terror.
He's coming this way.
We gotta get outta here.
- Oh, my god.
Putting two and two together,
it was time to get back
to someplace safe.
- Oh, my god.
- Let's go. - Let's go. Let's go.
Okay. Aah!
The crew retreats, yet, for now,
they can't bring themselves
to completely abandon
the mission.
I did not feel like it was
really a great idea
to stay out here when
we could become a target.
Ghosts will create situations
that make people emit fear.
He can hear us!
Could this be the ghost
of one of Al Capone's victims?
The team has no idea why it
lured them to the ruins,
nor what it wants from them.
That's what I think evil is:
someone who goes
into that negativity,
goes into that darkness,
and it can go to extreme levels.
I was adamant
that we needed to leave
and we needed to leave now.
It was a fight for life.
I'm like, "Run.
Let's get outta here."
We took off down the trail.
Aah!
Brian, he doesn't run
from anything,
so, the fact that he's
bookin' it down the trail,
I know we're in trouble.
Run!
We took off running.
Just when it seems
like things can't get any worse,
the entity changes
into something
even more malicious and deadly.
When an entity
takes on a human form,
it expends a lot of energy
and sometimes it'll morph
into a pure form
and, in this form, they're
considered to be more dangerous.
Brian saw a light floating
down the path at us.
Aah! Aah!
Lights were glowing
as they're coming towards us.
Both: Aah!
Aaaaaaah!
Entities or paranormal spirits
manifest themselves
as balls of light
and I think that's
what this light was,
that came down the path.
I think it was the manifestation
of that dark entity
that Becky saw go
through the doorway.
Aah!
Aaaaaaaaaaah!
So we head back,
running, to the cars.
At this point, we're terrified.
Whatever is chasing us
was probably not good.
- Go, Beck! Go, go!
- Aah! Aah! Aah!
Aaaaaaah!
- Go, Beck! Go!
We wanna believe that
there's life after death,
find substantial proof
that, when we die,
something else happens.
Hello.
It's natural
for us to be curious
about these things.
Is anything out here?
It's spooky. Sometimes
we get a thrill from it.
However, we're meddling
with something
Go-o-o ba-a-a-ck.
And it's extremely dangerous.
Aaaaah!
Paranormal investigators
Brian, Jesse, and Becky
have the tables turned when
the ghosts they were hunting
come after them.
Come on, go, go.
Run, run.
We could see the edge
where the parking lot is
and the edge where
the light was shining.
Gettin' to that light
was like our only safety.
Aah!
I stop and I look back,
put my hand up,
and I visualize myself
stopping whatever it was
from following us,
energy-wise.
I yell out
No farther, you hear?!
You stay out there, you hear?!
Almost immediately, we got
a response from the darkness.
"Rawhh!"
This piercing growl
out of the darkness
was a reply
to me threatening it.
Brian's tactic appears to work.
It felt like whatever
was chasing us
was staying at the end
of the path.
Go, go, go.
We threw our equipment
in the vehicle
as quickly as we could.
Whatever it was
definitely did not like
what we were doing out there.
Regardless,
we got in the vehicle
as quick as we could
and headed back home.
The Phantom Elite
Paranormal team
survives their blood-chilling
experience at Hotel Hell.
But it isn't enough to scare
these professionals
out of the woods for good.
One year later,
Brian and Jesse are
about to tempt fate again
in the pursuit
of another evil spirit
and, this time, they bring
another new member:
Debra.
I believe in just
about anything.
I think you have to keep
an open mind,
'cause you really don't know
until you see it.
Once you see it,
it can't really be unseen.
So, Meridean, Wisconsin,
is thought to be haunted
by the spirit of Mary Dean.
Mary Dean is said to have
lived in the early 1900s.
One version of the legend says
she was jilted by her lover
and committed suicide
in the nearby lake,
but death didn't end her anger.
It only made her vengeful.
Now, she haunts the forest
along the shores,
looking for victims.
Mary Dean was a passenger
on board of a steamship
coming up from the
Chippewa River,
who died suddenly
and was buried onshore.
A flood eventually washed
the body away
and they say that her spirit
continually roams
around the island.
According to legend,
Mary Dean is said to be a ghost
that lures people directly
to their deaths.
It's like they're just
attracted and compelled
to go into the water
and, potentially, die.
There's a lot of accounts
of death out there.
There are ghosts that are what
I would call isolationists.
They will take refuge in nature.
Some ghosts choose
to be near water
because they can actually
draw energy from that.
They sometimes have
a hard time leaving that
and it's part of the soul's
journey to learn how to let go.
It reminded me of a siren.
There was so much that intrigued
me about this particular place.
It's dark and the wind's
pickin' up.
Figure we've got about an hour
before the rain hits.
And it's thundering
and very windy.
Crazy, the lightning
was so bright
and it was so long
in the horizon.
More like half an hour, to me.
For the rain, I mean.
What, scared of a little rain?
Come on.
So, where do you wanna start?
Let's try the ghost box.
The team turns to their trusted
equipment in their search.
EVPs, it's just a white
noise that generates
and those spirits use that noise
to communicate with us.
This way.
Mary Dean, are you out here?
We were having trouble getting
any reliable readings
off of a lot of our equipment.
We assumed it was
from the storm.
Some of that stuff
can be affected by that.
The trio may have issues
making contact,
but the same doesn't appear
true of their target.
Almost immediately,
Mary Dean begins the game,
separating the team, one by one.
Bri-a-a-an.
Bri-a-a-an.
Brian started having signs
of something
affecting him severely
right away
and he takes off, running,
into the woods.
Brian?
Brian!
That probably was a first sign
that something bad
was happening.
Deb, wait here!
I'm going after Brian!
I believe he actually suffered
some form of possession
while we were there,
investigating.
Older ghosts have
more experience
in manipulating energy and so,
the more experience they have,
the more things that they
can do with their energy.
Brian, where are you?!
We're getting separated!
Being possessed is not
something that is very common,
but it does happen.
I'm following him, you know.
I don't want him to go
wandering off
into the woods by himself
in the middle of a storm.
Debra is left alone
and, soon,
feels something malevolent
going to work on her.
In the same way that people
display a range of emotions,
ghosts do, as well.
A ghost may have
an attraction to one person.
Ghosts will single out people
for various reasons.
De-e-e-b.
I can hardly even describe the
energy that was goin' on there.
De-e-e-b.
And there was a pull.
De-e-e-b.
I was drawn the other way
very badly.
It was so, so mixed up,
so strong.
In Deb's case,
something was attracted
to her energy and her frequency
and decided she would be the one
to take away and hypnotize.
Something about her character,
her makeup, as a person,
was attractive to the spirit.
Meanwhile, Jesse
continues after Brian.
Bri-a-a-an.
Brian was acting weird.
This was out of his behavior,
to just go running off
into the woods
without anybody else there.
Brian!
Jesse feels Mary Dean has
- Brian!
- Taken ahold of his colleague
and is entrancing him
to a grisly end.
Brian?!
The way Brian was acting,
erratically,
running into the woods,
it definitely felt like
maybe he was being,
some way, possessed
Brian!
By the spirit of Mary Dean.
Brian?
If I would've just left him,
he probably would've just
completely disappeared.
Brian! Unh!
Brian!
And, finally, at that point,
I was able to snap Brian
out of it,
from whatever type
of possession was going on,
making him so frantic.
Jesse?
All of a sudden, I'm like,
"Where's Deb?"
Jesse's like, "I don't know."
Deb?
Deb!
- Deb!
Considering yourself
a professional
in the paranormal
investigating world
doesn't make you immune
to danger.
We're just at risk
as everyone else.
Brian, Jesse, and Debra
are a team of professional
paranormal investigators
who have come searching for the
legendary ghost of Mary Dean,
an evil spirit known to lure
people to their deaths.
She first sent Brian running
off madly through the forest.
Brian!
He very well could've
died from
falling, breaking his neck
Hey, Brian, where are you?!
We're getting separated!
Or just the spirit of Mary Dean
straight-out killing him.
And, now, the wicked entity
has set her sights on Debra.
Each situation of haunting
and possession
can be very different,
depending on who the person is
and how they handle the fear.
Brian! Unh!
Brian!
Jesse?
Where Where's Deb?
The feeling of,
"Oh, my god," you know,
"These people trust me.
I just lost somebody."
Deb!
Deb!
Deb, can you hear us?!
We had lost one person that was
doing the investigation with us.
We didn't know where she was.
Deb!
Deb! Answer us,
if you can!
Deb!
- Brian, you gotta stop!
We gotta stop!
"She went out this way."
I'm like "No, let's just
go back to the vehicle."
Jesse's like,
"We need to go back.
We need to go back."
And I'm like, "No, no!
I'm gonna find her!"
De-e-e-b!
Where are you, Deb?!
Debbie!
So, trying to be logical about
the whole situation,
I mean, Brian could just
purely been only concerned
about our friend Deb's safety,
but, you know,
it wasn't logical that
she had ran off into the woods.
Jesse suspects Brian
hasn't actually rid himself
of whatever forces
gripped him earlier
Debbie!
And that he's still
under the sway of Mary Dean.
Deb?!
De-e-e-b!
Can you hear us, Deb?!
And he's not listening to me.
He's just running
into the woods,
just screaming, yelling for her.
- Bri-a-a-an.
- Deb!
Where are you?!
Bri-a-a-an.
- Deb.
- Deb! Deb!
Bri-a-a-an.
Jesse, this is not good!
We have to find her!
I wasn't having any luck,
gettin' Brian to see reason,
so, I followed him.
Bri-a-a-an.
Can't you feel that?
Brian was acting weird.
He's a little more sensitive
to paranormal things.
There's something out there.
At the time, I was still
under the influence
of whatever's going on.
We gotta get back
to the parking lot, man.
Bri-a-a-an.
I remember that Jesse,
at that time,
he's really trying to get me
back to get to the car.
Bri-a-a-an.
Wouldn't listen to me,
trying to talk sense
into getting back
to the vehicle,
so it definitely seemed
like Brian
was being pulled into
or drawn into the woods
by some unknown entity.
I think I wasn't
looking for Deb.
I think something wanted
to be found out there.
Bri-a-a-an.
With Brian acting crazy,
in general,
it now had me completely
scared and freaked out.
There's something out there.
It's trying to pull us
further away.
I'm still captivated by
whatever's tooken control of me.
Through all of this,
Debra is left on her own,
an easy target for Mary Dean's
deadly intentions.
All I heard was the wind
and the rain and the thunder.
It was crazy, crazy-loud.
De-e-e-b.
We leave kind of an opening
for something else to step in
and, so, in those cases,
souls of ghosts
or Earth-bound spirits
see that as an opportunity
to actually step
into our physical realm.
And that gives them
the ability to have
more interaction
with the physical world.
Now, the storm is rolling in,
full-force.
Brian and Jesse finally
catch up with Debra
and, now the real terror begins.
Did you see it?
Did you see it?!
See what?!
At one point,
Brian thought he saw
a figure of somebody standing.
That sense of dread,
the scary feeling that I felt.
The sight of Mary Dean
entrancing their friend
is clearly visible
to the terrified Brian,
but not to Jesse.
Did you see it?!
See what?!
Jesse doesn't see it.
After shining a light
directly out there,
I seen Mary Dean out there.
When your logical mind
is engaged,
it will tell you
that things aren't there.
That's because your logical mind
is engaging and saying,
"There's nothing there."
It seems only Brian
can see Mary Dean
luring another victim
to her demise.
Wait.
Just wait.
There!
And finally, at that point,
I was able to snap out of it.
Now, the malevolent spirit
is clearly visible to all,
but it may be too late
to stop her.
Just the fact that
there's no one to help you.
If you're bein' sucked
into the spell,
you're doomed.
A team of Elite Paranormal
investigators
has come seeking the murderous
ghost of Mary Dean.
Jesse has freed Brian
from his possession
at the spirit's hands,
but, then, they realize their
colleague Debra is missing.
Deb!
Deb, can you hear us?!
The idea of spirits
scares people.
The big part of it is because
people are afraid
of what they can't see.
After searching the woods,
they finally find Debra.
But something's wrong.
- There!
- And we saw like a flash
and, finally, at that point,
we saw the figure of Mary Dean.
And it looks like Mary Dean
is ready to take another
victim to her doom.
I really can't explain it.
It was scary.
De-e-b!
Brian manages to sever
Mary Dean's hold
over his teammate.
They think they're free,
and that whatever spell
Mary Dean cast on them
has been broken,
but the angry spirit
isn't done with them yet.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!
- Brian!
- Get in!
Aah!
Go.
- Just drive.
- Just go.
- Just drive.
- I was concerned, especially,
for Brian's safety,
being he was the one
getting attacked, so,
it was time to go
and get away
from this dangerous place.
The crew gets out alive,
their most frightening encounter
since the terror-filled night
among the ruins of the
Maribel Hotel,
Hotel Hell
when the ghosts
they were hunting
came hunting them.
What the hell was that?
Stuff happens, but,
it's not the first time that
messing with these things
Go-o-o ba-a-a-ck.
Even, no matter
how experienced you are,
can get outta control.
- Ah!
- Aah!
And it was just phenomenal,
one of the craziest things
that we've ever had happen
to us, as a team.
I definitely think that we were
lucky to get away that night.
Aaaaaaaaaaah!
The entity clearly wanted
to harm us, in some way.
- Go, Beck. Go, go!
- Aah! Aah! Aah!
I honestly think
the only thing that saved us
was that we were there
together and not alone.
Tonight,
Brian, Jesse, and Debra
feel the same way.
Everything that's happened
out here, all, as a whole,
I'd have to say that
it was definitely like an omen
to stay away from this place.
We haven't gone back
to Meridean, Wisconsin, since.
The team has learned
how easily the ghost hunters
can become the ones
who are hunted.