Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996) s01e16 Episode Script
Revelations
[wolf howls]
[children chanting]
Patty, Patty
The hour is late ♪
Wake now and see your fate
Patty, Patty
[woman] Patty, Patty
[muffled chanting]
[children chanting]
Patty, Patty
The hour is late
Wake now and see your fate ♪
Patty be good
Patty be bad ♪
The body of Patty
Goes on the slab ♪
We bring to you
The gift of fire ♪
Create all you are
And will desire ♪
The heart you hear
Is not your own ♪
It belongs to us
And us alone ♪
[panting]
Yours will stop
In the dark of night ♪
And not beat again
Until first light ♪
[indecipherable chanting]
[gasping]
Patty.
[screams]
Stop her!
[panting]
[screams]
[chanting fades]
Patty, Patty, Patty
[narrator]
Since the beginning of time
mankind has existed between
the world of light
and the world of darkness.
Our secret society
has been here forever
protecting others
from the creatures
who inhabit the shadows
and the night,
known only to the initiated
by our true name,
The Legacy.
[theme music playing]
[Compton]
I asked for you on this case
because you were once
a student here.
If this lawsuit is filed
and the accusations,
as false as they are,
become public
how many parents do you think
are gonna stand around and wait
until the truth comes out?
Uh, Ms. Merrick is the only
teacher accused, right?
How long has she been
at the school?
Over seven years. And I have
complete confidence in her.
In fact,
I've asked her to come by.
[intercom beeps]
Would you ask Constance
to come in, please?
[woman on intercom]
Right away, Ms. Compton.
[growls]
You know, she's done so much
to help Patty blossom.
This has really hurt her.
[stammers] It's unfair.
[knocking on door]
[children yelling]
Constance, this is
Dr. Rachel Corrigan.
Thank you for helping us,
Dr. Corrigan.
No problem.
[chuckles nervously]
Part of me
just wants to laugh
at the absurdity of it all.
But I guess it's far too real,
isn't it?
These allegations
are very serious.
We need to spend some time
together, Ms. Merrick.
I wanna go over
everything in detail.
Of course.
I'm getting the girls ready
for their dance recital,
so if you could wait
until later this afternoon,
I could meet
with you any time.
Fine.
[door closes]
Dance recital.
I think I had
my first dance recital
right here at Hampton,
didn't I?
Would you like to borrow this?
-May I?
-Well, of course.
It seems
just like yesterday.
[chants echoing]
[chants echoing]
[siren wails in distance]
[monitor beeping steadily]
[woman on intercom]
Dr. Lawrence,
dial 118, please.
Dr. Lawrence,
please dial 1-1-8.
Hi, Patty. I'm Rachel.
Ooh, that's heavy.
That's quite a bonk
you got on your face.
A pretty nightgown, too.
I got a little girl
about your age.
Her name's Katherine.
You know what she tells me
is the worst part
about being stuck in bed?
You get too bored.
So I brought this sandbox.
I've got a game I think
we could play if you want to.
It's called,
"How to Tell a Story
Without Using Any Words."
Have you ever played
this game before?
Well, I guess I better
go first, because I have,
and I'm pretty good at it.
That's pretty interesting.
We could make that
your school.
Shall we pretend
that's your school?
Okay. There's your school.
Now it's your turn.
[Rachel] Hey, look at all
those people.
Who are they?
Are they your teachers?
Which one is Ms. Merrick?
And how about
Headmistress Compton?
Where's she?
She's not there?
And where are you?
Are you there?
Oh, yeah, of course.
That's you.
It's still your turn.
What happens?
They take you somewhere?
Another place?
Another building?
There are monsters
in this place?
Ms. Merrick is a monster?
[quietly]
I'm Monica Greer.
I'm Patty's mother.
Dr. Corrigan,
I'm Monica Greer.
Have you seen
my daughter, Patty, yet?
I was just with her.
Did she talk to you?
Did she say anything?
The doctors don't know
what's wrong,
and I can't even
get her to talk to me.
I don't think that she's
gonna talk to anybody.
Not right now.
Not till she feels safe.
She doesn't know
who to trust.
But I'm her mother.
Well, to Patty, you sent her
to Hampton School,
and something really bad
happened there.
She's just trying
to sort things out.
I swear to God
this is all something
that my ex-husband set up.
That son of a bitch is trying
to take her away from me,
and I am gonna do anything
I can to stop him.
I don't wanna lose my daughter.
Of course not.
You just be with her.
Don't try to force her
to do anything or say anything.
You know, kids
are pretty resilient.
They can surprise you.
[monitor beeping steadily]
Look at what somebody
brought you.
It's a doll.
Do you wanna play with it?
All right. I'll just
leave it over here for you.
[door closes]
[eerie voice]
Patty, Patty
Lying in her bed
Say one word
And you'll be dead!
[screaming]
Okay, Patty. It's okay.
All right, honey. I got you.
Come on! Get this thing
out of here now!
Come on, there you go. Okay.
See, it's going away.
There it goes.
You're okay. You're okay.
[panting]
That's a good girl.
There you go.
[Nick] So the doll
is Sweet Cindy.
Manufactured by Matlin Toys
in Chicago.
No batteries or moving parts.
She's a big seller, but she
doesn't move on her own.
I know what I saw.
I'm sure you do,
but I couldn't tell you why.
"Thinking of you,
your friends
at Hampton School."
Seems pretty innocent,
but I could look into it.
-Great.
-I'll check the database
for anything on Hampton School
and come up with a history.
I think that Patty
was trying to tell me
that she was taken
somewhere under
one of the school buildings.
[clock ticking]
I seem to remember a
tunnel.
Why don't you see if there's
any old building plans
for this place and find out
if there are any tunnels
or passageways?
Sure. I'll check it out.
Do you have any
specific memories from, like,
second or third grade?
Yeah, I do.
Sure. Why?
Because I don't.
I mean, I
spent several years there
when I was a little kid.
I haven't got
one specific memory that
That's weird, isn't it?
Is there something that
you think you should remember?
Yeah, I-- I think
there is-- I
[child murmurs]
I think there is.
And we could all see
right away that
Patty had great potential.
She loved to learn.
She was always
asking questions.
She would get moody
because of what was
happening between her parents.
But then she would get excited
about something, and, uh
Nothing unusual
happened that night.
Except Patty running away.
And we still don't know
what frightened her.
What about the other building?
What other building?
The building you took
Patty to that night.
We didn't take
Patty anywhere,
Dr. Corrigan.
[seagull cawing]
[phone ringing]
Derek Rayne.
[clock ticking]
No. I was expecting the call.
I will be there.
Yes, I remember.
Oh, Derek, here's
that research--
I'm going to be gone
for a while.
-You're leaving now?
-Yes.
-But what about all the--
-It will have to wait.
-When will you be back?
-Uh, later.
-Is everything all right?-Yes, I'm fine, Alex.
I'm just fine.
Thank you for asking.
[man on radio]
Headlines and weather
at the top of the hour.
And here's the way
things stand
Another terrorist bomb
ignites the Middle East.
Famine continues
to ravage Uganda,
while the third typhoon
in as many weeks
decimates Japan.
The FBI remains clueless
as the worst serial killer--
[turns radio off]
[chattering, laughing]
[Rachel] Jan? I heard
you were looking for me?
It's not safe for you here.
I heard them.
You've been primed.
What's that?
You should turn
the rope for them.
Girls?
This is Rachel Corrigan.
-[children] Hi, Rachel.
-She was a student
here once.
And she needs
to remember
how to jump rope.
-Go ahead.
-[girl] Over here.
Take it.
[Rachel] What do you think?
Can I use your end?
Yeah, sure.
Okay.
Cinderella
Dressed in yellow ♪
Dressed in
Went upstairs to kiss
A fella ♪
By mistake
She kissed a snake ♪
How many doctors
Did it take? ♪
One, two, three
We bring to you
The gift of fire ♪
[chanting slows, grows distant]
[child's voice]
Cinderella
Dressed in yellow
Went upstairs to
Kiss a fella
[children chanting]
belongs to us
And us alone ♪
Yours will stop
In the dark of night ♪
And not beat again
Until first light ♪
[Jan] Girls.
Everyone inside
and wash up for lunch.
[girl] Hey, over here.
Come over here.
[indistinct shouts]
And you should be leaving,
if you know what I mean.
Yeah, I
I'm not feeling well.
Jumping rope
is for young girls.
Do you remember?
[indistinct chatter]
[siren wails in distance]
[Kat] She's scared, isn't she?
Yes, she is.
Somebody really scared her.
She won't tell anyone who.
You mean,
she won't tell any adults.
-That's right.
-I can understand that.
[chuckles]
You want her to tell me,
don't you?
[monitors beeping]
Only if she wants to, honey.
[door creaking]
[nurse over PA]
Dr. Richardson,
to nursing station two.
Dr. Richardson
Hi. I'm Kat.
That's with a K.
-This is for you.
-[door closes]
You saw some really
bad stuff, didn't you?
So did I.
I saw an ancient
Egyptian princess
all wrapped up as a mummy.
Do you know where Egypt is?
It's in the Middle East.
You know, where the people
are always fighting?
[sighs]
She died there.
She was murdered.
But she came to visit me
here in San Francisco.
You want me to tell you
what happened?
[monitors beeping]
[whispering voice] Yeah.
[gags]
[coughs]
Patty
[wolf howls]
[door creaks opens]
[gasps]
She told me who scared her.
Who, sweetheart?
A wicked old witch.
[crow caws]
[Rachel] What do you got?
Constance Merrick.
Named in the abuse suit.
-Vassar. Phi Beta Kappa.
Impeccable credentials.
-Hm.
Spotless record. Squeaky clean.
But she knows something.
Lorraine Compton took over
the Hampton School in the '60s
from the Mount Carmel nuns.
She's recognized
as an early childhood
development specialist.
Not even a parking ticket.
Patty told Kat
that this, uh, witch,
or whatever, was really old.
She had long, gray, thin hair,
and her face was rotten.
And a nasty disposition too?
But all the teachers
are in their 20s or 30s
and-- and Lorraine Compton,
I mean she's probably 60.
But she looks
20 years younger, and
Patty told me
she wasn't involved.
-Did you meet everyone?
-Yeah, I think I have.
But something's
going on here.
I can feel it.
There is something
going on at that school,
and we are gonna--
[groans]
Now, wait a minute.
You all right?
Yeah, I'm
[shakily] Yeah, fine.
What else?
Well, I'll have a run
at the database
and, uh, check any students
who attended the school,
flag anything unusual.
That's good.
[computer beeps]
And we can even
track the witch idea.
Good. Pull out anything
that resembles black magic.
Like tomorrow.
[Rachel] What's tomorrow?
[stammering]
It's the summer solstice.
It's the most potent time
for the witches' Sabbath.
[computer beeping]
[birds chittering]
[quiet chattering]
[door closes]
[bell tolling]
My ex-husband
is gonna file
the custody suit,
and my lawyers
keep telling me that
I have to look like
the perfect mother.
Do you want this man
to take your child?
No. I-- I want to fight him.
By yourself?
[scoffs] Who are you?
What is it that they call
your kind of dancer?
Gypsy?
Your ex-husband is an executive
with a solid salary and a home.
Now, with those images
to choose from,
who do you think
the court will pick?
[stammering] I know, I know.
But I can't go through
with our--
You say that you can't
because you think you're alone.
But you're not.
We are behind you.
We are with you.
We are offering you
the empowerment of sisterhood.
Whatever obstacles
are in the way,
we will remove.
How could you not do
what is offered to you
if you know
that it will save
your daughter?
-I need to think about this.
-No.
-No, I need--
-[harshly] No!
Your needs are not
what's important now.
Patty is committed.
And so are you.
[door opens]
[door closes]
Hello, Derek.
Thank you for coming
all this way.
I see that living here
has done you no harm.
But in your eyes,
I see the same pain
as always.
I will take up
prayer for that.
Your thoughts are welcome.
But what?
How do you sit cloistered
behind these walls
day after day
and pray to what
you can't see,
and sing to a God
that never truly answers,
instead of putting your power
to use out there
where it could be felt?
You think that prayer
does nothing?
But the power of prayer
reaches beyond these walls
to the far corners
of the earth.
And the devil, in whatever form
of evil it may take,
would like you to think
it is everywhere.
Do you deny that it's there?
You think it, and so it is.
And then you march out
to meet it.
But you forget that
the battle is God's.
I wish I had your faith.
Oh, you do, Derek.
But you won't allow
yourself to trust it.
I fear that I no longer
clearly can see the way.
You are my brother,
and I love you.
I have seen you grow
into a fine man.
But it pains me
to see you so tortured
and by your own hand.
By my own hand?
You carry the burden
of our father on your back.
And you always have
since the day he died.
That is why
we meet each year.
Because you have not
forgiven him.
I have, finally, Derek.
And I have found
my peace in that.
But you have also not
forgiven yourself.
And that is why
you struggle so.
But someone has to fight
the battles I do.
We cannot all sit in silence.
Then gird yourself properly
for battle, Derek.
Fulfill your destiny
my dear brother.
[elevator dings]
[people chattering]
Hey, Monica. What's going on?
Where are you taking Patty?
Doctors say that I can
take her home
and even back to school,
and that's what I'm gonna do.
-No, no, no.
-I am not gonna let
my ex-husband win this.
Monica, look at her.
She's terrified.
Monica, you cannot
take her back there.
You can't do this to her.
Who the hell are you
to tell me what to do?
You've got Patty
talking about witches.
[Rachel sighs]
Look, Monica,
just wait one minute--
I should bring
you up on charges.
[woman on PA]
Dr. Parsons to Craniology.
Dr. Parsons to Craniology.
[sighs]
[indistinct chatter]
[computer beeps]
[Nick] Someone's teaching
more than the three R's
at this school.
Alison Fleming.
Recent graduate.
Suspected but never charged
in the burning
of a church in Essex.
[keyboard clacking,
computer beeping]
Grace Reardon.
Graduated 20 years ago.
On probation in New Mexico
for the mutilation of cattle.
Claimed that she was
communing with the dead.
[keyboard clacking,
computer beeping]
Beth Connor.
Graduated last year
from the Hampton School.
Was stabbed through the heart
by 76-year-old Elaine Bisler.
She said that Beth
had put a spell
on her husband,
who then fell into a coma.
There's a ton more like this.
You better find out
where Rachel is
and stay close to her.
[Nick] Yeah.
[girls yelling]
[Rachel] For the sake
of the school,
you can't let Patty stay here.
[scoffs]
Perhaps that's exactly
what we need to do.
If we can show that Patty's
completely comfortable
at this school,
their case will collapse.
I appreciate
your concern, Rachel
but I want Patty back with us.
I need to talk to you.
But not here, not now.
-Why not?
-It's not safe.
Meet me at the back
in 15 minutes.
[sighs]
[softly] Nick, what are you
doing here?
Thought we should
hang together, just in case.
Good idea.
[Jan] Rachel!
Rachel!
Watch me and remember.
[chanting echoing]
[screams]
Oh! My God.
[Compton] We're, uh,
all in a state of shock.
Did Jan ever try to
talk to you about Constance?
Do you think Constance
was involved in this somehow?
[stammers] I can see you do.
This school represents
my entire professional career.
I always
I always wanted
the best for Hampton.
I tried to instill
that attitude
in all of the staff.
With Constance, I had hopes
that she would
[inhales sharply]
someday become headmistress.
I treated her like a daughter.
Maybe I gave her
too much freedom
without checking on her. I
Even a mother
can't see everything.
Yes, but she's responsible
for her children.
Please
We think the children
are in danger.
What do you mean,
they're in danger?
They're being used
in some form of ritual.
What are you talking about?
Are you saying that's
what happened with Patty?
Are you saying my children
are being abused?
[Rachel] Yes.
And we think it's going
to happen again tonight.
Now we know that they're
being taken someplace
on the school grounds.
But we don't know where.
We have the building plans
but
[growling]
Were you aware that
this building wasn't
always a school?
That it originally
was a mansion?
Yeah, we were.
If you could search
your records for anything
about Constance
that might help us.
I'll look into it right away.
I'll get back to you
immediately.
-Thank you.
-Oh, thank you.
Thank you for
coming back to us
and helping us.
Thank you for helping me.
[door opens]
[girls chattering]
You want me to drive?
[Constance]
Okay, let's line up
in a column of twos.
You know more than you think.
And when you remember,
you'll leave us alone.
[chants echoing]
[wolf snarling]
I know what I have to do now.
[winces]
[Nick] What's that?
It's what Jan said.
I have to remember. I
Somehow I'm a part of this.
[car doors close]
[Derek] Rachel,
tell me exactly
what you know so far.
What happened at the school
can't be so easily explained.
The police may say that
Jan's death was a suicide,
but someone
or something got to her.
Nick, she was trying
to warn me.
What do you think
she wanted you
to remember?
Something about
being a child that
[sighs]
There's so much about that
I can't remember.
And I don't know why.
And I-- I have
the feeling like--
Like, we're running
out of time.
What do you mean?
I can't get rid of the feeling
that something evil
is going on at that school,
and-- And if the summer
solstice is the time
for a witches' Sabbath, that--
We have until midnight tonight.
[Rachel] Or what?
[Derek] The coven of witches
will begin the rejuvenation.
Drawing of energy
from the corruption
of the innocent
requires children.
Five of them would represent
the five points
of the pentagram.
And then what happens?
The child is primed, and then--
Primed.
[Jan's voice] I heard them.
You've been primed.
Yes.
Prepared for transformation.
They take away
their childhood.
Usually,
with a ritual like this,
they plant an image
in the girl's mind
to prevent her
from remembering.
Mostly the image of an animal
eating her from the inside out
should she ever try to tell.
A wolf.
Perhaps.
The children then become
one with the coven.
Have you noticed
a group of girls
acting as one,
as if seeing as one?
Yes, I have.
Well, then we haven't much time
to discover where
this will happen.
Look at this.
[Derek] Legend
from Legacy journals
has it that consecrated salts
were used to battle witches.
[chanting echoing]
[thunder crashing]
[Alex] Now, the school
was originally
a private residence
built with money made
during prohibition.
Now, there's a network
of passageways
under the building
that was probably used
for running liquor.
But these plans don't show
an entrance into them.
Yeah, well, we've got
half an hour to find it.
All right.
I want each of you
to take one of these
leather pouches.
They each contain
consecrated salts
taken from
the mines of Jericho
over 2,000 years ago.
Now, these holy salts
are a counteracting agent
to a witch's black magic.
Now check the walls
floors, everywhere.
[bells tolling,
thunder rumbling]
Soon your daughter's spirit
will be empowered
beyond your wildest dreams.
No judge, no court,
no man will ever be able
to take her from you again.
[children's voices]
Do you remember, Rachel?
Come join us again.
You're one of us.
[snarling]
[gags]
[gasping]
Their influence over you
is getting stronger,
so we must be close.
Please, hurry.
Rachel, if you continue on,
your pain is
going to get worse.
They're concentrating
the force of their
black magic on you,
because they know
that you're trying
to uncover them.
[hoarsely] I came here
to see this through.
I'm not gonna stop,
no matter what.
We can't let them
hurt the children.
[sniffles]
I don't care
how much pain I'm in.
We're not gonna stop.
Promise me that, Derek.
I promise.
[groaning]
With this invocation,
we give unto you this child
so that you can fill your being
with all your majesty.
Out of the darkness,
hearken unto us.
Draw near.
Attend on us this night
of fledgling sovereignty.
[growling]
[snarling]
[whimpering]
[children's voices whispering]
Leave her alone!
The spell has been broken!
Stay away from her!
Rachel.
Look what you've done.
-[growling]
-[screaming]
[laughter]
[screaming]
[Alex] Rachel, what is it?
No. They're not in passageways.
They're not using passageways.
They're not under the school.
They're in the attic.
It's in this building.
[Derek] How do you know?
Because
Because I was there.
As a child, I
I know what they're doing.
I remember.
Acknowledge this unholy ferment
which simmers in your name.
[unearthly voice]
Let the shroud
of the spirit
cover us and protect us.
And let us begin!
[chanting]
Patty, Patty
The hour is late ♪
[woman] Tonight
you come to us
[Rachel whispering]
This is it.
They're right
on the other side.
[woman]
But when next
you see the light
[echoing voice]
And your childhood
will be gone forever.
[laughing]
Strike them down!
[grunts in pain]
[high-pitched ringing]
[ringing stops]
[grunts]
[salt whipping]
[screaming]
[salt whipping]
[screaming]
[witch screaming]
[grunts]
You've become strong.
Go ahead.
Your salts have
no power against me.
No.
I don't need them.
Oh, I knew you'd understand.
Just like I knew
you'd come back to us.
[Alex] I'll get the children.
[whimpering]
-[woman cackling]
-[Alex] Okay, come over here.
[Nick] Come on.
You felt the spirit
of the wolf
that I placed in you.
I made this wolf my own.
[exhales]
Rachel, you were always
my favorite.
[Derek] Nick, over here.
[Nick grunting]
[Derek] Keep them cornered.
[whimpering]
[sobbing]
[Rachel breathing shakily]
You stole my childhood.
You won't steal theirs.
[scoffs]
[Nick] Rachel.
I could have made you
so much more than you are.
Women are not
supposed to be weak.
I can take a young girl
and turn her into a force
to be reckoned with.
That was to be your destiny.
But you wanted no part of it.
[wolf snarling]
So now you feel
the price of weakness!
[moans in agony]
[wolf snarling]
[cries in pain]
[hisses]
[unearthly voice]
Now breathe your last!
[Rachel screaming]
[snarling]
No!
No.
You
go
to
Hell!
[wolf snarling]
[Compton screaming]
[wolf gnawing]
[screaming]
[wind swirling]
[wolf snarling]
[scream echoing]
[Monica weeping]
Oh, I am so sorry, Patty.
I'm so sorry.
Oh, I never meant to hurt her.
I just-- I just wanted
to keep her.
[continues sobbing]
To have blocked this out
for all those years.
That was how you survived.
But they did this to a child.
But you didn't
give them any power.
Even as a child,
you stood up to them.
And when you were ready
Derek, I had to do this.
It was like something was
leading me through.
Perhaps it was a prayer
to see you through the battle.
There are certain things
that are meant to be.
And someone very close to me
helped me to see that again.
This was part
of your destiny, Rachel.
Yes.
I know that.
[wolf howls]
[children chanting]
Patty, Patty
The hour is late ♪
Wake now and see your fate
Patty, Patty
[woman] Patty, Patty
[muffled chanting]
[children chanting]
Patty, Patty
The hour is late
Wake now and see your fate ♪
Patty be good
Patty be bad ♪
The body of Patty
Goes on the slab ♪
We bring to you
The gift of fire ♪
Create all you are
And will desire ♪
The heart you hear
Is not your own ♪
It belongs to us
And us alone ♪
[panting]
Yours will stop
In the dark of night ♪
And not beat again
Until first light ♪
[indecipherable chanting]
[gasping]
Patty.
[screams]
Stop her!
[panting]
[screams]
[chanting fades]
Patty, Patty, Patty
[narrator]
Since the beginning of time
mankind has existed between
the world of light
and the world of darkness.
Our secret society
has been here forever
protecting others
from the creatures
who inhabit the shadows
and the night,
known only to the initiated
by our true name,
The Legacy.
[theme music playing]
[Compton]
I asked for you on this case
because you were once
a student here.
If this lawsuit is filed
and the accusations,
as false as they are,
become public
how many parents do you think
are gonna stand around and wait
until the truth comes out?
Uh, Ms. Merrick is the only
teacher accused, right?
How long has she been
at the school?
Over seven years. And I have
complete confidence in her.
In fact,
I've asked her to come by.
[intercom beeps]
Would you ask Constance
to come in, please?
[woman on intercom]
Right away, Ms. Compton.
[growls]
You know, she's done so much
to help Patty blossom.
This has really hurt her.
[stammers] It's unfair.
[knocking on door]
[children yelling]
Constance, this is
Dr. Rachel Corrigan.
Thank you for helping us,
Dr. Corrigan.
No problem.
[chuckles nervously]
Part of me
just wants to laugh
at the absurdity of it all.
But I guess it's far too real,
isn't it?
These allegations
are very serious.
We need to spend some time
together, Ms. Merrick.
I wanna go over
everything in detail.
Of course.
I'm getting the girls ready
for their dance recital,
so if you could wait
until later this afternoon,
I could meet
with you any time.
Fine.
[door closes]
Dance recital.
I think I had
my first dance recital
right here at Hampton,
didn't I?
Would you like to borrow this?
-May I?
-Well, of course.
It seems
just like yesterday.
[chants echoing]
[chants echoing]
[siren wails in distance]
[monitor beeping steadily]
[woman on intercom]
Dr. Lawrence,
dial 118, please.
Dr. Lawrence,
please dial 1-1-8.
Hi, Patty. I'm Rachel.
Ooh, that's heavy.
That's quite a bonk
you got on your face.
A pretty nightgown, too.
I got a little girl
about your age.
Her name's Katherine.
You know what she tells me
is the worst part
about being stuck in bed?
You get too bored.
So I brought this sandbox.
I've got a game I think
we could play if you want to.
It's called,
"How to Tell a Story
Without Using Any Words."
Have you ever played
this game before?
Well, I guess I better
go first, because I have,
and I'm pretty good at it.
That's pretty interesting.
We could make that
your school.
Shall we pretend
that's your school?
Okay. There's your school.
Now it's your turn.
[Rachel] Hey, look at all
those people.
Who are they?
Are they your teachers?
Which one is Ms. Merrick?
And how about
Headmistress Compton?
Where's she?
She's not there?
And where are you?
Are you there?
Oh, yeah, of course.
That's you.
It's still your turn.
What happens?
They take you somewhere?
Another place?
Another building?
There are monsters
in this place?
Ms. Merrick is a monster?
[quietly]
I'm Monica Greer.
I'm Patty's mother.
Dr. Corrigan,
I'm Monica Greer.
Have you seen
my daughter, Patty, yet?
I was just with her.
Did she talk to you?
Did she say anything?
The doctors don't know
what's wrong,
and I can't even
get her to talk to me.
I don't think that she's
gonna talk to anybody.
Not right now.
Not till she feels safe.
She doesn't know
who to trust.
But I'm her mother.
Well, to Patty, you sent her
to Hampton School,
and something really bad
happened there.
She's just trying
to sort things out.
I swear to God
this is all something
that my ex-husband set up.
That son of a bitch is trying
to take her away from me,
and I am gonna do anything
I can to stop him.
I don't wanna lose my daughter.
Of course not.
You just be with her.
Don't try to force her
to do anything or say anything.
You know, kids
are pretty resilient.
They can surprise you.
[monitor beeping steadily]
Look at what somebody
brought you.
It's a doll.
Do you wanna play with it?
All right. I'll just
leave it over here for you.
[door closes]
[eerie voice]
Patty, Patty
Lying in her bed
Say one word
And you'll be dead!
[screaming]
Okay, Patty. It's okay.
All right, honey. I got you.
Come on! Get this thing
out of here now!
Come on, there you go. Okay.
See, it's going away.
There it goes.
You're okay. You're okay.
[panting]
That's a good girl.
There you go.
[Nick] So the doll
is Sweet Cindy.
Manufactured by Matlin Toys
in Chicago.
No batteries or moving parts.
She's a big seller, but she
doesn't move on her own.
I know what I saw.
I'm sure you do,
but I couldn't tell you why.
"Thinking of you,
your friends
at Hampton School."
Seems pretty innocent,
but I could look into it.
-Great.
-I'll check the database
for anything on Hampton School
and come up with a history.
I think that Patty
was trying to tell me
that she was taken
somewhere under
one of the school buildings.
[clock ticking]
I seem to remember a
tunnel.
Why don't you see if there's
any old building plans
for this place and find out
if there are any tunnels
or passageways?
Sure. I'll check it out.
Do you have any
specific memories from, like,
second or third grade?
Yeah, I do.
Sure. Why?
Because I don't.
I mean, I
spent several years there
when I was a little kid.
I haven't got
one specific memory that
That's weird, isn't it?
Is there something that
you think you should remember?
Yeah, I-- I think
there is-- I
[child murmurs]
I think there is.
And we could all see
right away that
Patty had great potential.
She loved to learn.
She was always
asking questions.
She would get moody
because of what was
happening between her parents.
But then she would get excited
about something, and, uh
Nothing unusual
happened that night.
Except Patty running away.
And we still don't know
what frightened her.
What about the other building?
What other building?
The building you took
Patty to that night.
We didn't take
Patty anywhere,
Dr. Corrigan.
[seagull cawing]
[phone ringing]
Derek Rayne.
[clock ticking]
No. I was expecting the call.
I will be there.
Yes, I remember.
Oh, Derek, here's
that research--
I'm going to be gone
for a while.
-You're leaving now?
-Yes.
-But what about all the--
-It will have to wait.
-When will you be back?
-Uh, later.
-Is everything all right?-Yes, I'm fine, Alex.
I'm just fine.
Thank you for asking.
[man on radio]
Headlines and weather
at the top of the hour.
And here's the way
things stand
Another terrorist bomb
ignites the Middle East.
Famine continues
to ravage Uganda,
while the third typhoon
in as many weeks
decimates Japan.
The FBI remains clueless
as the worst serial killer--
[turns radio off]
[chattering, laughing]
[Rachel] Jan? I heard
you were looking for me?
It's not safe for you here.
I heard them.
You've been primed.
What's that?
You should turn
the rope for them.
Girls?
This is Rachel Corrigan.
-[children] Hi, Rachel.
-She was a student
here once.
And she needs
to remember
how to jump rope.
-Go ahead.
-[girl] Over here.
Take it.
[Rachel] What do you think?
Can I use your end?
Yeah, sure.
Okay.
Cinderella
Dressed in yellow ♪
Dressed in
Went upstairs to kiss
A fella ♪
By mistake
She kissed a snake ♪
How many doctors
Did it take? ♪
One, two, three
We bring to you
The gift of fire ♪
[chanting slows, grows distant]
[child's voice]
Cinderella
Dressed in yellow
Went upstairs to
Kiss a fella
[children chanting]
belongs to us
And us alone ♪
Yours will stop
In the dark of night ♪
And not beat again
Until first light ♪
[Jan] Girls.
Everyone inside
and wash up for lunch.
[girl] Hey, over here.
Come over here.
[indistinct shouts]
And you should be leaving,
if you know what I mean.
Yeah, I
I'm not feeling well.
Jumping rope
is for young girls.
Do you remember?
[indistinct chatter]
[siren wails in distance]
[Kat] She's scared, isn't she?
Yes, she is.
Somebody really scared her.
She won't tell anyone who.
You mean,
she won't tell any adults.
-That's right.
-I can understand that.
[chuckles]
You want her to tell me,
don't you?
[monitors beeping]
Only if she wants to, honey.
[door creaking]
[nurse over PA]
Dr. Richardson,
to nursing station two.
Dr. Richardson
Hi. I'm Kat.
That's with a K.
-This is for you.
-[door closes]
You saw some really
bad stuff, didn't you?
So did I.
I saw an ancient
Egyptian princess
all wrapped up as a mummy.
Do you know where Egypt is?
It's in the Middle East.
You know, where the people
are always fighting?
[sighs]
She died there.
She was murdered.
But she came to visit me
here in San Francisco.
You want me to tell you
what happened?
[monitors beeping]
[whispering voice] Yeah.
[gags]
[coughs]
Patty
[wolf howls]
[door creaks opens]
[gasps]
She told me who scared her.
Who, sweetheart?
A wicked old witch.
[crow caws]
[Rachel] What do you got?
Constance Merrick.
Named in the abuse suit.
-Vassar. Phi Beta Kappa.
Impeccable credentials.
-Hm.
Spotless record. Squeaky clean.
But she knows something.
Lorraine Compton took over
the Hampton School in the '60s
from the Mount Carmel nuns.
She's recognized
as an early childhood
development specialist.
Not even a parking ticket.
Patty told Kat
that this, uh, witch,
or whatever, was really old.
She had long, gray, thin hair,
and her face was rotten.
And a nasty disposition too?
But all the teachers
are in their 20s or 30s
and-- and Lorraine Compton,
I mean she's probably 60.
But she looks
20 years younger, and
Patty told me
she wasn't involved.
-Did you meet everyone?
-Yeah, I think I have.
But something's
going on here.
I can feel it.
There is something
going on at that school,
and we are gonna--
[groans]
Now, wait a minute.
You all right?
Yeah, I'm
[shakily] Yeah, fine.
What else?
Well, I'll have a run
at the database
and, uh, check any students
who attended the school,
flag anything unusual.
That's good.
[computer beeps]
And we can even
track the witch idea.
Good. Pull out anything
that resembles black magic.
Like tomorrow.
[Rachel] What's tomorrow?
[stammering]
It's the summer solstice.
It's the most potent time
for the witches' Sabbath.
[computer beeping]
[birds chittering]
[quiet chattering]
[door closes]
[bell tolling]
My ex-husband
is gonna file
the custody suit,
and my lawyers
keep telling me that
I have to look like
the perfect mother.
Do you want this man
to take your child?
No. I-- I want to fight him.
By yourself?
[scoffs] Who are you?
What is it that they call
your kind of dancer?
Gypsy?
Your ex-husband is an executive
with a solid salary and a home.
Now, with those images
to choose from,
who do you think
the court will pick?
[stammering] I know, I know.
But I can't go through
with our--
You say that you can't
because you think you're alone.
But you're not.
We are behind you.
We are with you.
We are offering you
the empowerment of sisterhood.
Whatever obstacles
are in the way,
we will remove.
How could you not do
what is offered to you
if you know
that it will save
your daughter?
-I need to think about this.
-No.
-No, I need--
-[harshly] No!
Your needs are not
what's important now.
Patty is committed.
And so are you.
[door opens]
[door closes]
Hello, Derek.
Thank you for coming
all this way.
I see that living here
has done you no harm.
But in your eyes,
I see the same pain
as always.
I will take up
prayer for that.
Your thoughts are welcome.
But what?
How do you sit cloistered
behind these walls
day after day
and pray to what
you can't see,
and sing to a God
that never truly answers,
instead of putting your power
to use out there
where it could be felt?
You think that prayer
does nothing?
But the power of prayer
reaches beyond these walls
to the far corners
of the earth.
And the devil, in whatever form
of evil it may take,
would like you to think
it is everywhere.
Do you deny that it's there?
You think it, and so it is.
And then you march out
to meet it.
But you forget that
the battle is God's.
I wish I had your faith.
Oh, you do, Derek.
But you won't allow
yourself to trust it.
I fear that I no longer
clearly can see the way.
You are my brother,
and I love you.
I have seen you grow
into a fine man.
But it pains me
to see you so tortured
and by your own hand.
By my own hand?
You carry the burden
of our father on your back.
And you always have
since the day he died.
That is why
we meet each year.
Because you have not
forgiven him.
I have, finally, Derek.
And I have found
my peace in that.
But you have also not
forgiven yourself.
And that is why
you struggle so.
But someone has to fight
the battles I do.
We cannot all sit in silence.
Then gird yourself properly
for battle, Derek.
Fulfill your destiny
my dear brother.
[elevator dings]
[people chattering]
Hey, Monica. What's going on?
Where are you taking Patty?
Doctors say that I can
take her home
and even back to school,
and that's what I'm gonna do.
-No, no, no.
-I am not gonna let
my ex-husband win this.
Monica, look at her.
She's terrified.
Monica, you cannot
take her back there.
You can't do this to her.
Who the hell are you
to tell me what to do?
You've got Patty
talking about witches.
[Rachel sighs]
Look, Monica,
just wait one minute--
I should bring
you up on charges.
[woman on PA]
Dr. Parsons to Craniology.
Dr. Parsons to Craniology.
[sighs]
[indistinct chatter]
[computer beeps]
[Nick] Someone's teaching
more than the three R's
at this school.
Alison Fleming.
Recent graduate.
Suspected but never charged
in the burning
of a church in Essex.
[keyboard clacking,
computer beeping]
Grace Reardon.
Graduated 20 years ago.
On probation in New Mexico
for the mutilation of cattle.
Claimed that she was
communing with the dead.
[keyboard clacking,
computer beeping]
Beth Connor.
Graduated last year
from the Hampton School.
Was stabbed through the heart
by 76-year-old Elaine Bisler.
She said that Beth
had put a spell
on her husband,
who then fell into a coma.
There's a ton more like this.
You better find out
where Rachel is
and stay close to her.
[Nick] Yeah.
[girls yelling]
[Rachel] For the sake
of the school,
you can't let Patty stay here.
[scoffs]
Perhaps that's exactly
what we need to do.
If we can show that Patty's
completely comfortable
at this school,
their case will collapse.
I appreciate
your concern, Rachel
but I want Patty back with us.
I need to talk to you.
But not here, not now.
-Why not?
-It's not safe.
Meet me at the back
in 15 minutes.
[sighs]
[softly] Nick, what are you
doing here?
Thought we should
hang together, just in case.
Good idea.
[Jan] Rachel!
Rachel!
Watch me and remember.
[chanting echoing]
[screams]
Oh! My God.
[Compton] We're, uh,
all in a state of shock.
Did Jan ever try to
talk to you about Constance?
Do you think Constance
was involved in this somehow?
[stammers] I can see you do.
This school represents
my entire professional career.
I always
I always wanted
the best for Hampton.
I tried to instill
that attitude
in all of the staff.
With Constance, I had hopes
that she would
[inhales sharply]
someday become headmistress.
I treated her like a daughter.
Maybe I gave her
too much freedom
without checking on her. I
Even a mother
can't see everything.
Yes, but she's responsible
for her children.
Please
We think the children
are in danger.
What do you mean,
they're in danger?
They're being used
in some form of ritual.
What are you talking about?
Are you saying that's
what happened with Patty?
Are you saying my children
are being abused?
[Rachel] Yes.
And we think it's going
to happen again tonight.
Now we know that they're
being taken someplace
on the school grounds.
But we don't know where.
We have the building plans
but
[growling]
Were you aware that
this building wasn't
always a school?
That it originally
was a mansion?
Yeah, we were.
If you could search
your records for anything
about Constance
that might help us.
I'll look into it right away.
I'll get back to you
immediately.
-Thank you.
-Oh, thank you.
Thank you for
coming back to us
and helping us.
Thank you for helping me.
[door opens]
[girls chattering]
You want me to drive?
[Constance]
Okay, let's line up
in a column of twos.
You know more than you think.
And when you remember,
you'll leave us alone.
[chants echoing]
[wolf snarling]
I know what I have to do now.
[winces]
[Nick] What's that?
It's what Jan said.
I have to remember. I
Somehow I'm a part of this.
[car doors close]
[Derek] Rachel,
tell me exactly
what you know so far.
What happened at the school
can't be so easily explained.
The police may say that
Jan's death was a suicide,
but someone
or something got to her.
Nick, she was trying
to warn me.
What do you think
she wanted you
to remember?
Something about
being a child that
[sighs]
There's so much about that
I can't remember.
And I don't know why.
And I-- I have
the feeling like--
Like, we're running
out of time.
What do you mean?
I can't get rid of the feeling
that something evil
is going on at that school,
and-- And if the summer
solstice is the time
for a witches' Sabbath, that--
We have until midnight tonight.
[Rachel] Or what?
[Derek] The coven of witches
will begin the rejuvenation.
Drawing of energy
from the corruption
of the innocent
requires children.
Five of them would represent
the five points
of the pentagram.
And then what happens?
The child is primed, and then--
Primed.
[Jan's voice] I heard them.
You've been primed.
Yes.
Prepared for transformation.
They take away
their childhood.
Usually,
with a ritual like this,
they plant an image
in the girl's mind
to prevent her
from remembering.
Mostly the image of an animal
eating her from the inside out
should she ever try to tell.
A wolf.
Perhaps.
The children then become
one with the coven.
Have you noticed
a group of girls
acting as one,
as if seeing as one?
Yes, I have.
Well, then we haven't much time
to discover where
this will happen.
Look at this.
[Derek] Legend
from Legacy journals
has it that consecrated salts
were used to battle witches.
[chanting echoing]
[thunder crashing]
[Alex] Now, the school
was originally
a private residence
built with money made
during prohibition.
Now, there's a network
of passageways
under the building
that was probably used
for running liquor.
But these plans don't show
an entrance into them.
Yeah, well, we've got
half an hour to find it.
All right.
I want each of you
to take one of these
leather pouches.
They each contain
consecrated salts
taken from
the mines of Jericho
over 2,000 years ago.
Now, these holy salts
are a counteracting agent
to a witch's black magic.
Now check the walls
floors, everywhere.
[bells tolling,
thunder rumbling]
Soon your daughter's spirit
will be empowered
beyond your wildest dreams.
No judge, no court,
no man will ever be able
to take her from you again.
[children's voices]
Do you remember, Rachel?
Come join us again.
You're one of us.
[snarling]
[gags]
[gasping]
Their influence over you
is getting stronger,
so we must be close.
Please, hurry.
Rachel, if you continue on,
your pain is
going to get worse.
They're concentrating
the force of their
black magic on you,
because they know
that you're trying
to uncover them.
[hoarsely] I came here
to see this through.
I'm not gonna stop,
no matter what.
We can't let them
hurt the children.
[sniffles]
I don't care
how much pain I'm in.
We're not gonna stop.
Promise me that, Derek.
I promise.
[groaning]
With this invocation,
we give unto you this child
so that you can fill your being
with all your majesty.
Out of the darkness,
hearken unto us.
Draw near.
Attend on us this night
of fledgling sovereignty.
[growling]
[snarling]
[whimpering]
[children's voices whispering]
Leave her alone!
The spell has been broken!
Stay away from her!
Rachel.
Look what you've done.
-[growling]
-[screaming]
[laughter]
[screaming]
[Alex] Rachel, what is it?
No. They're not in passageways.
They're not using passageways.
They're not under the school.
They're in the attic.
It's in this building.
[Derek] How do you know?
Because
Because I was there.
As a child, I
I know what they're doing.
I remember.
Acknowledge this unholy ferment
which simmers in your name.
[unearthly voice]
Let the shroud
of the spirit
cover us and protect us.
And let us begin!
[chanting]
Patty, Patty
The hour is late ♪
[woman] Tonight
you come to us
[Rachel whispering]
This is it.
They're right
on the other side.
[woman]
But when next
you see the light
[echoing voice]
And your childhood
will be gone forever.
[laughing]
Strike them down!
[grunts in pain]
[high-pitched ringing]
[ringing stops]
[grunts]
[salt whipping]
[screaming]
[salt whipping]
[screaming]
[witch screaming]
[grunts]
You've become strong.
Go ahead.
Your salts have
no power against me.
No.
I don't need them.
Oh, I knew you'd understand.
Just like I knew
you'd come back to us.
[Alex] I'll get the children.
[whimpering]
-[woman cackling]
-[Alex] Okay, come over here.
[Nick] Come on.
You felt the spirit
of the wolf
that I placed in you.
I made this wolf my own.
[exhales]
Rachel, you were always
my favorite.
[Derek] Nick, over here.
[Nick grunting]
[Derek] Keep them cornered.
[whimpering]
[sobbing]
[Rachel breathing shakily]
You stole my childhood.
You won't steal theirs.
[scoffs]
[Nick] Rachel.
I could have made you
so much more than you are.
Women are not
supposed to be weak.
I can take a young girl
and turn her into a force
to be reckoned with.
That was to be your destiny.
But you wanted no part of it.
[wolf snarling]
So now you feel
the price of weakness!
[moans in agony]
[wolf snarling]
[cries in pain]
[hisses]
[unearthly voice]
Now breathe your last!
[Rachel screaming]
[snarling]
No!
No.
You
go
to
Hell!
[wolf snarling]
[Compton screaming]
[wolf gnawing]
[screaming]
[wind swirling]
[wolf snarling]
[scream echoing]
[Monica weeping]
Oh, I am so sorry, Patty.
I'm so sorry.
Oh, I never meant to hurt her.
I just-- I just wanted
to keep her.
[continues sobbing]
To have blocked this out
for all those years.
That was how you survived.
But they did this to a child.
But you didn't
give them any power.
Even as a child,
you stood up to them.
And when you were ready
Derek, I had to do this.
It was like something was
leading me through.
Perhaps it was a prayer
to see you through the battle.
There are certain things
that are meant to be.
And someone very close to me
helped me to see that again.
This was part
of your destiny, Rachel.
Yes.
I know that.
[wolf howls]