Poltergeist

MUSIC: "THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER"

STATIC

Hello.

What do you look like?

Talk LOUDER! I can't HEAR you!

Hey! HELLO! Talk LOUDER! I can't HEAR you!

Five.

Six.

Yes!

I don't know.

I don't know.

STATIC INCREASES

Get her in focus, boys! Here I come!

OPEN UP!

Oh, shit!

< FOOTBALL GAME ON TV

Jesus H Christ! What are you...? Sorry!

What happened? What happened?

SHOUTS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

TV : 'He's had all the time in the world to throw it... NOW he throws it!'

-#

-It's time to relax...

-#

-One beer stands clear...

-# CRASH

Dammit!

Tweetie?

Ohhh!

Ohhhh...

Oh, shit, Tweetie! You coulda waited for a school day!

SPECTATORS GET MORE AND MORE EXCITED

TV : # Oh, please, Oh, please won't you be...? #

Who the hell is this guy? What the hell's going on here?

-What's GOING ON here?

-My neighbour's on the same remote.

I've staked my life on this game! Are you kidding me? What IS this?

-Hi, Ben. We got a good football game here.

-My kids wanna watch "Mr Riley".

I don't care what you watch, just show some mercy with that thing!

Come ON, Steve!

Move your set.

-Move yours, Ben.

-Perfect!

CRIES OF PROTEST

Tweetie doesn't like that smell.

-He can't smell a THING!

-Put a flower in with him.

A flower? OK.

For when he's hungry.

For when he's lonely.

And when it's night-time.

Ohhh... It's OK... Ssssshhh... It's OK...

Now I lay me down to sleep,

I pray the Lord my soul to keep.

Oh, brother!

-Stifle it!

-If I should die before I wake...

-(IT did!)

-I pray the Lord my soul to take.

-That was LOVELY, honey.

When it rots, can we see the bones?

Robbie! Come down out of the tree! EBOZ!

Can I have a goldfish now?

-THUNDER

-Come and get it! Come and get it!

DISTANT THUNDER CONTINUES OMINOUSLY

THUNDER GETS CLOSER AND LOUDER

Honey, you're over-feeding them.

-Tweetie Two and Tweetie Three want SECONDS!

-You know what'll happen.

They'll grow up...to be...SHARKS!

Goodnight.

-Mom, there's a big storm coming.

-You'll be asleep when it gets here.

Come on, in you go!

-Goodnight, sweetie.

-Goodnight.

OK, lights out!

-Closet light! Closet light!

-OK.

-Turn it ON, Mommy!

That enough?

OK?

-Goodnight, Mom.

-Goodnight, Mommy.

(Goodnight.)

ON TV: 'Either I'm dead or I'm crazy! 'Well, you're not crazy.

'You mean I'm DEAD? 'Yeah.

'I'm...?'

'You mean...this is for GOOD? 'You've guessed it!'

Nocturnal somnambulism...

You know what? I'll bet you it's genetic.

SHE INHALES DEEPLY

I mean...Carol Anne last night and all last week, you know?

And ME when I was ten.

-Would you deal with this?

-Sure.

You know...

..once I slept-walked four BLOCKS.

AND...I fell asleep in the back of this guy's car.

He drove all the way to work before discovering me.

When I woke up I started screaming. People came and called the cops.

The cops took this guy downtown.

-My father...

-Big...

-Ed...

-Mmm-hm.

Big Ed had me examined for, like, bruises and hickeys, you know...

You name it! I was SO embarrassed!

Oh, SHIT, Stephen.

-What if we dig the pool and Carol Anne sleepwalks into it before we put in any water?

-Honey!

-Have you ever DOVE off a 3-metre board, sweetheart?

-What's 3 metres?

It's about ten feet.

-Let's just dig the pool close to the house and let them jump off the roof(!)

-Oh, honey, honey...

A 3-metre board's like an air-pocket.

When you dive off, it's like free-falling.

-Gotta get your position... THREE metres!

-Honey! Your diving days are OVER!

I'm talking OLYMPICS, Diane. OK?

Let me see your tuck position.

We can jack-knife... into the...SWAN!

Twist...turn...and...SPLASH!

Go RIGHT to the Nautilus machine.

Look at this. Before...after...

..before..after...

THUNDER CONTINUES TO RUMBLE

Bang!

-Don't...don't...

-STEVE DOES A DONALD DUCK IMPRESSION

You idiot!

-MUFFLED DUCK NOISES

-No! No! No!

Oh, God! I love it when you talk dirty!

DUCK NOISES AND GIGGLING >

The storm's coming closer.

-Hey, partner.

-Hi, honey.

Is everything OK?

It sounds weird.

Oh, come on... Hop up!

I'm the wind and you're the feather.

-Say goodnight to Mom.

-'Night, Mom.

(Here we go...)

I don't like the tree, Dad.

It's just an old tree. Been here since before my company built the neighbourhood.

I don't like its arms.

-(It knows everything about us.)

-Of course...and it will PROTECT us,

you, Carol Anne, Dana, your mom, me...

It's a very wise old tree.

It looks at me... It KNOWS I live here.

I think the storm's gonna pass us.

-How do YOU know?

-'Cause I can count.

You know what you do?

When you see the lightning, count until you hear the thunder.

If the numbers go higher, the storm is moving away. Wanna try it?

OK...we need some lightning.

Wait...it's coming.

Wow!

-OK, one...

-One...two...three... THUNDER

OK, I bet next time you'll be able to count to 4 or 5. Betcha!

-Phone call, Daddy.

-Take a message, sweetie.

Daddy says take a message.

OK!

-It's too hot!

-Oh, OK.

-Goodnight, angel. Have good dreams.

-'Night, Daddy.

One...two...three...four... THUNDER

DANA TALKING >

-Goodnight, Dana.

-Goodnight, Daddy.

-Get off the phone, Dana.

-OK.

One...two...

..three...four...

..five...

THUNDER ROARS

"STAR-SPANGLED BANNER" PLAYING

STATIC

SOFT, INDISTINCT WHISPERING

WHISPERING BECOMES MORE INSISTENT

They're here!

Now, listen to me, Jeff, I'm NOT kidding!

How could you sleep through a 6.5?

There was DAMAGE... stuff in pieces, all over!

CHILDREN ARE ARGUING OVER BREAKFAST

-There's been nothing on the radio, or anything...

-Come on!

-It worries me...

You are SO obnoxious! I am NOT obnoxious!

You ARE obnoxious! >

CAROL ANNE CHEERS

­ This means WAR!

-Hey!

-Honey, chew your food, OK? Try it.

-You're a barf-bag!

-YOU'RE a DOGGIE-bag!

-That's enough.

-I won't eat THAT!

-There!

-Sweetie, you said, "They're here"...

-Can I take the goldfish to school?

Maybe the fault-line's directly under our house! Under my bed!

-Sweetie, remember last night, when you said, "They're here"?

-Ah-huh.

-Well, who did you mean? Who's here?

-The TV people.

< You're stoned!

What do YOU know? More than you! Ask Dad! Ask Dad! Ask Dad!

Ask Dad!

HEY!

It's not MY mess! Oh, thanks a lot, jerk!

-Mom...

-All right, let's clear this mess.

The earth moved? Well, it wasn't quite the same thing for us, Jeff.

OK, I'll tell her. Right... OK.

-Give me that before you get cut!

-It's not MY fault!

-Hello, sweet pea.

-I'm out of here!

-Bye, honey.

-I'm out of here!

-Uh-uh!

-I got to go to school.

-Breakfast first.

All right, I'll just flunk!

STATIC

BULLDOZER'S ENGINE DROWNS SHOUTING

This happens on every job! Hey, look at THAT!

I LOVE that swing! LOVE it!

I love you! I love you!

NO!

No, no! Get DOWN!

Robbie! Carol Anne! I've TOLD you to push your chairs IN afterwards.

Honey! You'll ruin your eyes!

LOUD SOUND EFFECTS ON FILM

< DOG BARKS THEN WHIMPERS

What's the matter, Eboz?

What are you doing?

DOG CONTINUES BARKING

-How is it?

-GREAT, Mrs Freeling!

-OK, give me my cup.

-You sure make good coffee!

Oh, Jesus! Don't DO that, honey!

-You want to see MOMMY lying in a cigar-box?

-Uh-uh.

-Did you do this?

-Uh-uh.

You guys(!)

I've ASKED you not to pull the chairs out.

Ahhh!

(The TV people?)

Ah-huh.

(Do you see them?)

Uh-uh.

Do you?

Uh-uh.

..You'll REALLY enjoy this kitchen. This is our latest development - Phase 4.

-Where do YOU live, Mr Freeling?

-You know, we were the first family to move in here.

-On Phase One?

-Yes, we drove through this morning.

-The area with the "lived-in" look?

Yeah, but in a couple of months you won't be able to distinguish it from Phase 3, or...

You know, we have a saying here:

"The grass grows greener on every side."

That's the way I feel about it.

-I can't tell the houses apart!

-You know, you're right.

BUT...the construction standards are really very liberal.

My neighbour has a jacuzzi in his bedroom with a running AQUEDUCT to the wading pool outside.

'It featured in "Town and Country". Come on, I'll show you the bedroom.'

-Honey, come here! QUICK! Hurry before it stops again!

-But...

-Just leave it!

-They won't pick it up from THERE.

-OK, OK...just stand right here. OK?

-Fine.

I haven't told Dana and Robbie, but Carol Anne was HERE, so she knows. Dana would blab and Robbie would...

-You should sit DOWN, Diane...

-NO!

-No, no, no. Just stand there, OK? Now just be...calm.

-OK.

Now, reach into our past, back to when you had an open mind, OK?

-OK...

-Now, just try to use that for the next few minutes.

-OK?

-OK.

-Mother didn't cook any dinner.

-We'll go to Pizza Hut.

OK...

Now...just look. Just LOOK. Just watch.

WHOOPEE!

Hmmm.

Come on, sweetheart.

Honey, move the chair out the way and just stay down there.

-Now, let's show Daddy.

-I'm HUNGRY!

-Come on.

Come on, let's just do this once.

-Here we go!

-I want pepperoni pizza.

-That burned!

-Oh, I'm sorry. The floor needs more wax. Steve, you try.

-No.

-Uh-uh.

-There's like a...tickling...

..here...then the tickling pulls at you and it's like there's no air...

..except you can breathe... and you get pulled along...

-Hi, Ben.

-Hello, Mr Tuthill.

-Look, my TV's not ON, so...

-No, no, it's nothing like that.

-Diane and I were just wondering... Gee, this is gonna sound strange...

-Never(!)

-These mosquitoes...!

-Yeah.

I've never been bothered by 'em. Never been bitten by ONE of 'em.

As far as I know, no-one in my family has, either.

Mosquito ever suck YOU? I don't know. He don't know.

Oh.

Er...

-Look...Mr Tuthill...er...

-Ben...

-Ben...

-Oh, sorry.

Er, Mr Tuthill... Look...

-We were just... Well, we were wondering...

-Look...

-..whether...

-Diane, my wife, and I, Ben...

-Look, something funny's going on next door...

-We wondered if YOU had experienced any disturbances lately.

Like...what KIND of "disturbances"?

Er... Oh, you know, like, er...

..dishes or furniture moving by themselves.

-Honey, don't scratch, you'll get infected. Let me put this on.

-OK.

-Don't!

-I feel like a fool.

-I had to say SOMETHING.

-We're gonna keep this in the family.

-Stop that!

-Tomorrow I'll call somebody in.

-Oh?

WHO, for instance?

Strange phenomena? It's not in the Yellow Pages.

1, one thousand...2, one thousand... 3, one thousand...4, one thousand...

THUNDER

Look, I have had to live with this freaky thing all DAY.

It's like another side of nature, a side you and I don't understand.

-You mustn't over-react like this.

-No-one is going in that kitchen till I find out what's happening.

1, one thousand...2, one thousand... 3, one thousand...4, one...

THUNDER

1, one thousand... 2, one thousand... 3... THUNDER IS NOW LOUDER

1, one thousand, 2...

STRANGE WHISPERING STARTS AGAIN

MOMMY!

Robbie!

ROBBIE SCREAMS >

-Robbie!

-Robbie!

-Help me, Dad! >

Help! >

Oh, Robbie!

Mom!

MOMMY!

CAROL ANNE SCREAMS

DADDY!

MOM!

HELP!

-Help me help me help me...

-ROBBIE!

Mom! Mom! It's taking me in!

-Robbie!

-It's hurting me!

-Steve, HURRY!

-Daddy!

Hold on!

SHE SCREAMS

My leg!

Dad!

Look! It's a tornado!

It must have just skimmed us. There wouldn't be a house left if...

-Carol Anne!

-I left her upstairs!

Carol Anne! Baby, we're coming!

-I'll check the kitchen.

-NO! I will.

-You check your room.

-OK.

ROBOT LAUGHS

Carol?

Carol?

Baby?

Carol Anne?

Carol?

Carol Anne? Sweetheart?

Baby?

DIANE!

-Did you find her?

-No. I've looked everywhere. This is crazy!

(Oh, my... Oh, my God!)

(The swimming pool...) THE SWIMMING POOL!

Be careful!

'Mommy!

'Mommy!

Nothing. NOTHING!

'Mommy!'

Mom...

-< Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom!

-Thank God...

Mom! Mom! MOM! MOM!

-MOM! MOM!

-What's the matter?!

'Mommy!'

Oh, Carol Anne! Thank GOD!

Baby? Baby, where are you?

'MOMMY!'

-Carol Anne?

-Mommy, come over here! Come over here!

-What is it? What?

-MOM!

-It's all right...

-MOM!

-Ssssshh...

-CAROL ANNE!

-Carol Anne...

-What? What?

'I can't hear you, Mommy. Where are you?

'MOMMY!

'MOMMY! I can't hear you, Mommy.

'Where are you?'

STRANGE WHISPERING

­ What members of the household are involved? And what are their ages?

There's Diane, my wife. She's 31, no...32.

My oldest daughter, Dana. She's 16.

My son Robert. He's 8.

-And Carol Anne.

-Carol Anne... She's 5.

-Has there been any publicity about this event?

-Absolutely not.

Can you be reasonably sure of not letting any get started?

That's the last thing we want. We haven't even gone to the police.

Hmmm.

Would your family welcome a serious investigation of these disturbances...

..by someone who can make first-hand observations?

Look, Dr Lesh, we don't CARE about the disturbances.

The pounding and the crashing... the screaming...the music...

Just find our little girl.

Er...I guess I should warn you...

We keep the room locked, away from the rest of the house.

Robbie's sleeping with us now. And Dana spends a lot of time away.

-How many disturbances were there?

-We don't go IN the room any more.

We will record any psychotronic energy or event. Yes, there have been photographs.

Over at Redlands... > That's right. A toy car...

..it rolled 7 feet across linoleum. The event duration was 7 hours.

-Seven hours?

-For the car to cover the distance.

This would never register on the eye. I recorded it on time-lapse camera.

< It's fantastic!

Mmmm.

EVIL LAUGHTER

DISTORTED MUSIC FROM THE RECORD

We've been trying to keep together, but we haven't been sleeping much.

And Stephen's missed so much work.

But he's been wonderful. Wonderful.

-Do you investigate many haunted houses?

-Mrs Freeling...

-Diane.

Diane...determining whether your home is haunted is not EASY.

Ah...er...what I MEANT was that it may be a poltergeist intrusion,

rather than a classic haunting.

What's the difference?

-Did you see THAT?

-There'll be more. There always is.

Dr Casey!

Gotta be quicker than that!

-It's electrical. There's a charge.

-You were saying...? A poltergeist?

Poltergeist are usually associated with an individual.

Hauntings seem to be connected with an AREA. A house, usually.

Poltergeist disturbances are of short duration...a couple of months. Hauntings go on for YEARS.

So, all this could suddenly end at any time?

Yes...unless it's a haunting. But they don't usually centre on the living.

Then we don't have much time to find my daughter.

TV: 'While trying to escape from an unknown assailant...'

Er...this will probably seem a little strange...

..but we hear better on this channel. Don't ask me why!

Well...er...

I guess I'll call her.

Carol Anne?

It's Mommy, sweetheart. We want to talk to you.

(Please answer me, baby.)

(Please answer me.)

Please talk to me, bunny.

Look at the dog.

DOG BARKS

Are you with us now? Can you say hello to Daddy?

LOW, INDISTINCT WHISPERING

'Hello, Daddy.'

DOG WHIMPERS

Hello, sweet pea.

It's Mommy, sweetheart!

Hello, baby!

DANA SOBS

Can you see me?

Can you see Mommy?

INDISTINCT WHISPERING

'(Where are you, Mommy?)'

We're home, baby. We're HOME. Can you find me? Can you find the way home to us?

'I can't find you! I can't! I'm afraid of the light, Mommy.

'AFRAID!'

Tell her to stay away from the light.

-Baby, it's a way out!

-It is, but not for HER. Tell her, quickly.

-Carol Anne...

-Tell her to stay AWAY from it!

Sweetheart, don't go near it. It's dangerous. Don't even LOOK!

< The voice could be from a CB...

It ISN'T a hoax!

What the hell is THIS?

Nothing's registered.

'Mommy, there's somebody here.

'Mommy, is that you?'

-No, it's NOT Mommy! Doctor, is...?

-Who's with you, baby?

-Who's THERE?

'Somebody's coming. Help me!'

-Oh, God! Oh, my baby!

-CRIES CONTINUE

You BASTARDS! She's just a BABY!

-Help her! Can't you hear this?

-LISTEN!

'Get away from me! Mommy!' HEAVY FOOTSTEPS SOUND OVERHEAD

CAROL ANNE'S CRIES DIE AWAY

SHE GASPS

She just moved through me.

My God!

I felt her.

I can SMELL her!

It's HER! It's HER!

-Smell my clothes, it's HER!

-Oh, my God!

It's HER!

-It IS her!

-It IS, yes!

It is. It is. That's my baby. That's my baby.

She went through my SOUL.

HEAVY FOOTSTEPS OVERHEAD

GROWLING

Carol Anne?

I can't hear her any more!

Carol Anne? Honey?

Where EXACTLY was Carol Anne...

..when she vanished from sight?

< Diane!

Where WAS Carol Anne when she disappeared?

-Her bedroom closet.

-Let's go up there.

-They won't let you in.

-We'll SEE about that!

­ Whatever happened to you?

I wanted to check upstairs, but something BIT me!

Bit?

Yeah... Lift up your shirt. Let's see.

WOW!

-I think we'll sleep DOWNstairs.

-NO!

-Honey, take Dana and Robbie, and...

-I am NOT leaving here without Carol Anne.

DANA: Mommy, I don't WANT to stay!

-I can't...!

-You go, baby!

-And I'm not leaving you in this house alone.

Can we talk to you?

Let's go!

(Any movement?) (Some ionisation flux.)

(I want to check it's not humidity, but I'm NOT going up to find out!)

(We have got MORE than a "paranormal episode" here.) (There is a MEASURABLE force...

(It's beyond anything I've seen.) (Where is that voice COMING from?)

(The absence of signals on a channel not receiving a broadcast means it is open to all sorts of noise...

(..short-wave...) (Solar spots, cars starting...) (Outer space...INNER space.)

< (These people might have an area bi-location in their own living room!)

(If THAT is the way out...

(..then maybe somewhere in the house is a way IN.)

(No, please...leave it on.)

(Thanks.)

(You know, when it's quiet, I can imagine how all of this must look from your side.

-(I'm real embarrassed!)

-(That's nonsense!

(I'm the one who should be embarrassed. Parapsychology isn't something you MASTER in.

(No certificates of graduation!

(No licences to practise!

(I am a professional psychologist, but I spend most of my time engaged in this ghostly hobby.

(It makes me the most irresponsible woman of my age that I know!)

(Would you like a GLASS for that?)

(No, thank you!)

(You know, you were very funny... your hands were shaking so badly!)

(It isn't over. I'm absolutely TERRIFIED!)

(It's all the things that we don't understand.

(I feel like the primeval humans seeing the moon for the first time and throwing ROCKS at it!)

-(If I got killed would I come back as a ghost and get stuck in a house?)

-(Your sister isn't DEAD, Robbie!)

< ROBBIE: (If I got killed, could I show her how to get back here?

< (You could tie a rope around me and hold it tight, and someone could come and get us.)

(Some people think that when you die your soul goes to heaven.)

(Well, Grandpa died in the hospital and I was watching, but I didn't see anything go up out of him.)

-(His soul is invisible, Robbie.)

-But how come he isn't on television with Carol Anne?

-Ssssh!

(Some people think that when you die... >

(..there's a wonderful light... as bright as the sun...

(..but it doesn't hurt to look into it...

(The answers to all the questions you ever wanted to know are inside that light.

(And when you walk to it... you become a part of it for ever.

(And some people die, but they don't know that they've gone.)

(They think they're still alive?)

(Yes.

(Maybe they didn't want to die.

(Maybe they weren't ready.

(Maybe they hadn't lived fully, or they'd lived a long time, but wanted more life.

(They resist going into that light, however hard the light wants them.

(They just...just hang around.

(They watch TV, watch their friends grow up.

(They feel unhappy and jealous. And those feelings are bad.

(They hurt.)

(And then...some people just get lost on the way to the light.

(And they need someone to guide them to it.)

(They get angry and throw things like in my bedroom?)

(Yes.

(Just like in school,

(some kids are nice to you, some kids are mean.)

(I got beat up once by three kids. They took my lunch.

(Maybe they got hit by a truck and they're upstairs!)

(Maybe we ought to get some shut-eye.)

(When we called Grandma, she got excited that you're coming to stay.

(She's planning neat things for you to do.)

-(Can I take Eboz with me?)

-(Sure.)

-(Goodnight, Ma.

-'Night, sweetie.

-'Night, lady.)

('Night, Dad.)

('Night, Rob.)

(I love you.)

(Goodnight, Carol Anne.)

(I'm going to get something to eat.)

MUSIC THROUGH HIS HEADPHONES

DOOR CREAKS OPEN

What is it?!

THUNDER CLAP

(Roll it back!)

­ I think it recorded!

Yes! It recorded!

Oh, look at all of them!

ROBBIE: Is that our house?

Who are all those people?

They're so lonely! So alone!

Where are they coming from?

I don't know.

Robbie?

Call me, OK?

This cameo is over 100 years old.

-Some haul, huh?

-The watch is only a few years old. And it's not yours?

-No.

Well, I'm off. I'm taking these back to the lab, along with the tapes.

-I'll have to display these.

-Please, not on "Sixty Minutes"(!)

-Try "That's Incredible"!

-DOORBELL RINGS

-I'll get it!

I'm leaving Ryan here with you.

Marty WON'T be coming back.

I AM coming back.

(Now, Diane, try not to worry.)

(Thank you.)

We missed you. The boys got worried, so I took it upon myself to...

-Steve, you look like shit! Aren't you feeling ANY better?

-Still weak, you know, I got the flu.

Looks like you got cable problems.

-Cable's been off for a week.

-The rest of the block, too?

-No, no, it's just us.

Got some electrical problems, too!

What's that? A 300-watt bulb?

Afraid of burglars, or attracting insects, huh?

-Steve, are you happy here?

-Yes, I am...

Forgive me for asking questions, but we don't want to lose our best salesman to ANYTHING!

Seeing all that software in there makes me wonder if you've got something on the side.

-No, it's just a hobby...

-Feel like a ride? I've something to show you.

Hello?

Carol Anne?

ROAR!

OH, GOD! I'M SORRY! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

-One of your children was born in your house?

-Carol Anne.

I understand she's missed a lot of school.

Trask's daughter's in her class.

-She got flu as well?

-Yes, we've all got the same thing.

-I'm sorry.

-I didn't see her.

-She's around.

-Would you mind if I asked you a question? Are you...

-Hard to believe a day could be this lovely!

How could anyone have a problem on a day like this?

How's that spot for a bay window? Huh?

It's nice if you're living up here,

-but not so nice looking up here from the valley!

-Well, you don't have to live in the valley.

-What do you mean?

-We're starting Phase 5 here!

This could be your master bedroom. That could be your view. Interested?

Mr Teague, that's a generous offer.

-But I'm not a developer...

-You're responsible for almost half of everything down there.

Almost 70 million dollars worth!

A whole generation of securities, beyond price-tags!

You should have been a partner long ago. I don't want to lose you now.

Not much room for a pool(!)

We own all the land. We've already arranged to move the cemetery.

Oh, you're kidding!

That's sacrilegious, isn't it?

Don't worry about it. It's not ancient tribal burial ground. It's just...people.

Besides, we've done it before.

-When?

-In '76, right down there!

-Cuesta Verde?

-All 300 acres of it! It was quite a deal!

-I never heard anything about it!

It's not something you go around advertising!

Don't worry, friends and relatives can visit loved ones in Roxstone Memorial Park five minutes away!

Five minutes, that's no great hardship.

I suppose that'd be OK.

-OK with whom?

-Whomever might complain.

Nobody's complained till now.

We've had two experiences in the kitchen. This is the den.

Y'all mind hanging back? You're jamming the frequencies.

So, what side of the rainbow are we working tonight, Dr Lesh?

-This the Knotts Berry Farm solution?

-I know what you're thinking.

But take my word, she has cleaned many houses.

-Her gifts...

-We haven't heard Carol Anne since last night.

­ Why's this door locked, Mr Freeling?

Answer her!

(I am!)

I am addressing the living?

-I'm sorry. That's the room my son and daughter occupied.

-It's the house's heart.

This house has many hearts.

-What is the matter?

-What's the matter(?)

(I was trying to answer her with my mind and she couldn't hear me!

(You said this Tangina was extraordinary...)

­ I am!

­ I just don't like trick answers!

Come here, honey, and give me your hand.

I'm not going to bite you. >

Come on down here. You'll give me whiplash, looking up at you!

Your daughter is alive and in this house.

Where was the last incident located?

(The point of origin is in the child's closet upstairs.)

(Yes, I believe that, too.)

(Honey, you got to be strong for me and for your daughter.

(I can do nothing without your faith and love for the child.)

I will, believe me, I will!

(Will you do anything I ask, even if it's contrary to your beliefs as a human and a Christian?)

Yes, I promise! Please!

Would you all come on in?

Gather round.

There is no death.

It is only a transition to another sphere of consciousness.

Carol Anne is not like those she's with.

She is a living presence in their spiritual, earth-bound plain.

They're attracted to the one thing about her that is different from themselves, her life-force.

It is VERY strong.

It gives off its own illumination.

It is a light that implies life, and memory of love and home,

and earthly pleasures.

It's something they desperately desire.

Something they can't have any more.

Right now, she's the closest thing to that.

And that is a TERRIBLE distraction from the real light

that has finally come for them.

Do you understand me?

These souls, who, for whatever reason, are not at rest,

are also not aware that they have passed on.

They're not part of consciousness as we know it.

They linger in a perpetual dream-state.

A nightmare, from which they cannot wake.

Inside the spectral light is salvation,

a window to the next plain.

They must pass through the membrane, where friends are waiting to guide them to new destinies.

Carol Anne must help them cross over.

And she will only hear her mother's voice.

Now, hold on to yourselves.

There's one more thing.

A terrible presence is in there with her.

So much rage, so much betrayal.

I've never sensed anything like it.

I don't know what hovers over this house,

but it was strong enough to punch a hole into this world

and take your daughter away!

It keeps Carol Anne very close to it and away from the spectral light.

It LIES to her!

It says things only a child can understand.

It's been USING her to restrain the others!

To her, it simply IS another child.

To us, it is the Beast.

Now, let's go get your daughter!

Ribbons...

handkerchiefs...

tennis balls.

-Rope's ready.

-Bath water?

-I shut it off. It's ready, too.

All right.

Call to her.

Carol Anne?

Carol Anne, it's Mommy. Can you hear me?

Carol Anne, please tell Mommy hello.

Try again.

Can you say hello to Daddy?

Daddy and I miss you so much!

We love you SO MUCH! Please, just say hello!

She's under restraint.

-Who is restraining her?

-There are many arms. She thinks it's safe.

-Who is she more threatened by?

-Neither of us!

-Steve punishes...

-That's not fair!

-FIGHT LATER!

Steve, make Carol Anne answer you!

-Carol Anne, this is Daddy.

-Be cross with her!

-Be angry or you'll never see her!

-Carol Anne, I want you to answer!

-Tell her to answer or get a spanking!

-I've NEVER spanked them!

Please, just tell her.

Carol Anne, ANSWER your parents, or WE'LL GIVE YOU A REAL SPANKING!

'MOMMY, HELP ME!'

-She's away from him!

-From whom? Is she all right?

Diane, ask about the light.

'Mommy, help me, PLEASE!'

Carol Anne? Honey, do you see a light?

'PLEASE!! HELP!!'

-Ssssh!

-Tell her to go to the light.

-NO!

They'll follow her there. TELL her, Diane!

'MOMMY! I can't SEE you!'

Run to the light! FAST AS YOU CAN!

-'Are you the light?'

-No...

-SAY YES!

-NO, it's a lie!

TELL her! Before it's too late!

RUN TO THE LIGHT, BABY! Mommy IS in the light.

-Tell her you're waiting for her.

-I'M HERE! (I hate you for this!)

Clear your minds. It knows what scares you. It always has.

Don't give it any help. It knows too much already.

Now...open the door.

RYAN! GET DOWNSTAIRS AND WAIT UNDERNEATH!

OK!

< STEPHEN.

GIVE ME THE TENNIS BALL MARKED NUMBER ONE.

DOCTOR LESH! IT'S MY HANDWRITING! IT CAME BACK!

THE BALL CAME BACK! IT'S HIS HANDWRITING!

Well, kiss my ass! NUMBER TWO!

­ DIANE! GIVE ME YOUR HAND!

STEPHEN, GO OUT TO THE CORRIDOR!

DIANE, TELL HER NOT TO GO INTO THE LIGHT!

CAROL ANNE! LISTEN TO ME!

DO NOT GO INTO THE LIGHT!

STOP! TURN AWAY FROM IT! DON'T EVEN LOOK AT IT!

GET THE ROPE!

THROW IT INTO THE LIGHT!

(Fantastic!) I GOT IT!

HE MUST TAKE UP THE SLACK...GENTLY.

-TELL HIM!

-TAKE UP THE SLACK!

OK!

-TIE THIS ROUND MY WAIST!

-WHAT FOR?

I'M GOING IN AFTER HER!

She won't come to you. Let ME go!

-YOU'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.

-NEITHER HAVE YOU!

YOU'RE RIGHT. YOU GO!

-NO! NO, LET ME!

-WHO ELSE IS STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD THE ROPE?

I love you!

NO! GO DOWNSTAIRS WITH RYAN AND PULL. BUT ONLY WHEN I SAY SO.

ONLY WHEN I SAY!

STEPHEN!

DON'T LET GO!

NEVER!

What's happening?

HOW WILL WE KNOW SHE'S GOT HER? WHEN WILL WE KNOW?

HEY!

CROSS OVER, CHILDREN. ALL ARE WELCOME.

ALL WELCOME! GO INTO THE LIGHT!

NO! NO!

THERE IS PEACE AND SERENITY IN THE LIGHT.

YOU SAID NOT TO GO INTO THE LIGHT! DIANE!

DIANE!

STEPHEN! NOT YET!

DIANE!

THEY'RE HERE!

NO! DON'T TOUCH THEM!

-GET THEM INTO THE WATER!

-Oh, God, no...

-Hurry!

Into the water! She'll be all right.

Come on, breathe now. BREATHE.

Just take a breath. Breathe, honey, breathe.

Breathe, dammit! BREATHE! Diane...breathe, breathe, BREATHE!

Come on, baby. Come ON!

That's it. Yes, breathe...

Baby...

(It's all right.)

Sweet pea, it's Daddy. Come on.

Hi, Daddy.

This house is clean.

Be careful!

Mom, I'm going to Janice's.

-OK. Is your room all packed up?

-All but the bed. Will you sleep here tonight?

-I guess not.

Come home right after dinner. Dad wants us to stay at the Holiday Inn on I-74.

-Yeah, I remember that place.

-What?

-Are you gonna do anything about it?

-About what?

-Your new grey.

-Oh...

-You don't like it? You don't think it's kinda punk?

-Bye, Mom!

Rob, that thing almost KILLED me!

Are you OK?

-How do you feel?

-Oh, I'm good.

I feel like I've been asleep a few days, but... I feel good. Really.

She doesn't seem to remember ANY of it.

Oh, what a day!

-Smell that mimosa!

-You'd better take some with you because we're NOT staying.

-I know.

We worked so hard for this.

A thousand beautiful memories...

-I'll go get stuff from the office, OK?

-OK.

-I'll be back early.

-So we're leaving tonight for sure?

-Yes. We are. The kids can sleep till I get home.

-How's Teague taking this?

-He won't take "Go to hell" for an answer.

-So?

-I'll give him directions.

THEY MOUTH

"Apply colour-mixture generously directly from applicator to hair..."

CHILDREN ARGUING

-<

-Give me it!

-No!

"Work it through to saturate every strand...

"..comb through and make sure that every hair is wet.

"Do NOT lather."

-You're out of the solar system!

-GIVE me it!

-It's getting late, guys.

-GIVE!

-Give it BACK to me!

-I want it!

I'm going to be in the bathtub for a little while, so...ROBBIE!

-So could you answer the phone, huh? And tuck yourselves in?

-NO!

-Yes...we will.

-Thank you! 'Night, sweetie.

-Look!

-Goodnight!

-'Night, Robbie.

-'Night, Carol Anne.

THUMP >

SLITHER >

HELP!

< Mommy!

NO!!

NO!!

NO! NO!

LET ME GO!

ROBBIE: No! I hate you! I HATE you! I HATE YOU!

I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU!

Hold on, Robbie!

ROBBIE!

MOM!

MOM!!

MOM! OPEN THE DOOR!

NO! DON'T TOUCH MY BABIES!

HELP ME!

No more.

MR TUTHILL!

BEN!

HELP ME! HELP ME!

ROBBIE!

SCREAMING

-Listen! What's UP there?

-I've got to get them!

-Come on!

-No, Diane! STOP! DON'T!!

-Please, Ben, PLEASE! You've got to help me!

-No, Ben, DON'T GO!

GET AWAY FROM MY BABIES! GET AWAY!

ROBBIE! GIVE ME YOUR HAND!

-GIVE ME YOUR HAND!

-MOMMY!

I CAN'T REACH IT! I CAN'T!

NOW GRAB YOUR SISTER! AND HOLD ON!

Robbie...

Oh, God, HELP ME!

DIANE!

STEPHEN! HELP US!

You son of a bitch!

You moved the cemetery but you left the BODIES! You only moved the HEADSTONES!

YOU ONLY MOVED THE HEADSTONES! LIAR! LIAR!

STEPHEN!

Come on, Daddy! COME ON!

Come on!

Go! GO!

-Hurry, Daddy!

-Stephen, HURRY!

COME ON! COME ON! COME ON! HURRY!

HURRY!

What... What's happening?

What's happening? WHAT'S HAPPENING?!

-Get in the car!

-WHAT IS IT?!

Drive!

-Stephen, HURRY!

-DADDY!

-The house is tumbling! DADDY!

-DON'T LOOK BACK!

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