(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
(EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES)
(DOOR CREAKS)
MAN: Annie.
Daddy?
Dad... Go back to sleep.
(EERIE GROWL) (ANNIE CRYING)
(SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING)
(DOOR CREAKS SOFTLY)
(LOW DEMONIC SNARLING)
(RUSTLING)
(DEMONIC GROWL)
MAN: Let me hold you.
(ANNIE CONTINUES CRYING)
(RUSTLING)
(SHUSHING) It's okay.
It's just me.
(DISTORTED) It's your daddy.
(ANNIE SCREAMING) (SINISTER MUSIC CONTINUES)
It's me! (BLOOD SPLATS)
(MUSIC STOPS)
(DOOR CREAKS SOFTLY)
(DOOR SHUTS) (EERIE MUSIC PLAYS)
(MUSIC FADES)
(DOOR CREAKS SOFTLY)
(WISTFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(SNIFFING)
(WISTFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)
(ALARM BEEPING)
(LIGHT BALL THUDS) (GASPING)
(ALARM STOPS)
(YAWNS)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS)
WOMAN: I...
might've lost my cool a little.
Then I made an ultimatum.
Okay.
WOMAN: I'm just scared that she's stringing me along.
What are you scared of?
WOMAN: That she doesn't love me.
What are you really scared of?
Being alone. Yeah.
I get it. It can be scary to be alone.
"Where there is fear..."
"There is your task."
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
Carl Jung had it figured out.
(FOOTSTEPS) (FLOOR CREAKS)
Uh, that's a good place to end for today.
I gotta get my kids to school. (INHALES)
It's been a month.
It's their first day back. They're a little anxious.
Not that they should be standing
right outside the door.
WOMAN: I feel like such a jerk.
None of my shit compares to what you're dealing with.
Well, we're not here to talk about me.
After you.
You got your pencils? SAWYER: Yes.
Okay. What about your math book?
SAWYER: Yes.
Uh, wait a minute. Did you brush your teeth?
Yes. Yes. You did?
Do you wanna use the bathroom, or no?
SAWYER: No.
WILL: Sadie, come on! We're gonna be late!
Sadie...
SADIE: What?
Nothing.
(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
Looks nice on you.
Just, uh, put on a jacket 'cause we're gonna...
It's cold out there.
SAWYER: What if I accidentally swallow it?
SADIE: Then it'll come out in your shit.
WILL: It's not gonna come out in your shit.
Sadie. SADIE: Back. Forward.
I don't think you should keep pulling it.
Pull it out. No, don't give her
that advice. SADIE: What? Yes.
Don't give her that... Don't listen to...
No, no, no. Don't... Should I go soft or hard?
No, no, no, don't listen... SADIE: Hard.
Put on your seat belt, please.
Okay, jeez. Mom would know what to do.
(MUSIC PLAYING SOFTLY ON SPEAKERS)
Well, I could pull it out myself.
How would you like that? SAWYER: What?
Let me pull it out. SAWYER: What? (LAUGHS)
WILL: I'll pull it out right now. I'm gonna pull it out.
(SAWYER AND SADIE LAUGH)
(SCHOOL BELL RINGS)
(MUFFLED CHATTER)
You okay? SADIE: I'm fine.
Have a great day.
(STUDENTS CHATTERING)
(MELLOW INDIE ROCK SONG PLAYING)
(MUFFLED) Hey. Hey, Sadie.
I'm... I'm sorry about your mom.
BOY 1: Uh, sorry about your mom.
BOY 2: Sorry, Sadie.
BOY 3: You're back.
BOY 4: Sorry, Sadie.
GIRL: Hey, Sadie. Sorry about your mom.
(MUSIC STOPS)
(STUDENTS CHATTERING)
GIRL: Hey.
Hey.
What's up? GIRL: I, uh...
I still can't believe it, you know?
I know.
But, um, welcome back. (CHUCKLES)
Oh, my God. That's... (CHUCKLES)
That's really stupid to say.
Thanks for, like, actually talking to me.
Everyone else is staring at me
like I have some kind of disease.
You're sick?
That's so shitty. SADIE: No, I...
(CHUCKLES) Just forget it.
You know, I like your dress.
I'd wear it if I could pull it off.
It's like a... It's like a statement.
ANNE: Yeah, it's cute. Thanks.
CASSIDY: Yeah. I mean, it was my mom's.
Are you sure that's a good idea?
Why am I sure what's a good idea?
I... I just... Wearing her clothes,
it seems like it might make it harder to move on,
or whatever.
I don't wanna "move on."
Okay. Maybe you don't want
to creep people out either. Nat, come on.
NATALIE: What? I'm just... BETHANY: Let's not...
I'm just trying to help.
(SOFTLY) No, you're being a *****.
CASSIDY: Wait, hold on.
I'm sorry. What did you say? Nat. Nat...
No, what did you say? I said you're being a *****.
CASSIDY: No, no, no, Natalie! Let's not...
BETHANY: (GASPS) Oh, my God.
CASSIDY: Natalie, what did you do?
(CHUCKLES) No, stop.
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS)
Do you need something
to change into? Just leave me alone.
Oh, my God. You can't laugh at that.
Nat, what the hell? NATALIE: What?
(CRYING QUIETLY)
WILL: That's okay. You're gonna get there.
Just be patient. Okay.
Well, you've been doing the same thing for 30 years,
we've been working together for what? Two?
Okay. Okay.
Thanks.
You got this.
I'll see you next week.
(SIGHS)
(LOW EERIE MUSIC PLAYS)
(DOOR CREAKS)
Dr. Harper?
Can I help you?
I need to talk to you.
I'm sorry, I don't see anyone
without an initial phone consultation.
So, you'll have to make an appointment.
Please.
If I don't tell somebody,
I don't know what I'm gonna do.
What's your name?
Lester.
Lester Billings.
Good to meet you, Lester.
Come in. I got a...
I got a free hour.
Thank you. Please.
You wanna hang up your jacket?
Might make you more comfortable.
Can you shut it?
Excuse me?
The door.
Sure.
I have a few forms I need you to fill out.
(RECORDER BEEPS)
I use this with all my new clients.
This is for record-keeping purposes only.
So anything you say in here
is strictly confidential.
Is that okay?
Is this your first time seeing a therapist?
LESTER: Mm-hmm.
Well, why don't we start
with why you decided to see one now?
I didn't know where else to go, you know, I...
I can't go to a priest 'cause I'm not Catholic.
I can't go to a lawyer 'cause I didn't commit a crime.
Even if everybody thinks I have.
Even if they all think I did it.
Did what, exactly?
Killed my kids.
One at a time.
Killed them all.
I... I came to you 'cause I thought
that you might understand.
I saw the story about your wife in the paper.
The car accident.
And...
And I know that you know what it's like
to lose someone that you love just like that.
What... What were you saying about your children?
What happened to your children?
Well, the first one,
our baby girl, she...
she died from SIDS.
WILL: I'm so sorry.
I can't even imagine how difficult that must have been.
You have kids.
So, you can imagine.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(LESTER SNIFFLES)
My next two kids died within a year of the first,
one right after the other.
From natural causes too?
Nothing natural about it.
Sucked the life right out of them.
Even if the first one was an accident,
it still made us susceptible.
Susceptible?
To what?
(SOFTLY) I don't know exactly.
I only glimpsed it once.
Before my Annie's neck broke.
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
Before they died, my kids...
I thought it was just their imaginations
getting the better of 'em.
And my oldest did try drawing it for me.
(RIPS PAPER)
(DISQUIETING MUSIC PLAYS)
What is this supposed to be?
It's the thing that comes for your kids
when you're not paying attention.
(UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYS)
I'm sorry. Um, do you mind if I step out?
I just need to use the restroom.
You believe me, don't you?
Of course I do.
I'll be right back.
Excuse me.
(OMINOUS MUSIC BUILDING UP)
Yes, this is Dr. William Harper.
I have a man in my office right now
who is not well.
I think he might be dangerous.
OPERATOR: Okay, do you want us to send a car out?
You there?
Sir, you still with me?
Yes.
Can you please confirm your name?
William Harper, yeah.
He came in right off the street. I...
You ever see him before? No.
Okay. You don't know who he is?
No. (SOFT FOOTSTEPS)
(FLOOR CREAKS)
No, it's just me. I'm alone in the house.
(OPERATOR TALKS INDISTINCTLY) (OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS)
(MELLOW ROCK SONG PLAYING OVER EARBUDS)
(SNIFFING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS)
(SONG CONTINUES PLAYING OVER EARBUDS)
(MUFFLED OBJECTS DRAGGING)
(OBJECT CLATTERS)
Dad?
(OBJECTS THUDDING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUFFLED THUMP)
(DISEMBODIED EERIE GROWL)
(SQUELCHING)
(GASPS)
(OBJECTS CLATTER) (GASPING)
(BREATH TREMBLING)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING)
(BREATH TREMBLING)
(GRIM MUSIC PLAYING)
(CRYING)
(THUDDING)
(MUFFLED CHATTER)
(MUFFLED OBJECTS RATTLE)
(MUFFLED CHATTER)
(MUFFLED LAUGHTER)
(MUFFLED THWACK)
(MUFFLED CHATTER CONTINUES)
(MAN GROANING) (LOUD CRASH)
(GASPS)
(WHISPERING) Dad?
(MUFFLED RATTLING)
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(RATTLING STOPS)
(DOOR SLAMS OPEN)
(GASPING SHAKILY)
WILL: You okay? Are you okay? (GASPING) Yeah.
Okay. Okay, listen to me.
Listen, there's a man in the house.
(SCREAMING)
(CHILDREN CHATTERING)
So gross.
I know, right? I think it's gonna come out today.
BOY 1: Guys, guys, look!
(CLAMORING)
GIRL 1: Is that Sawyer's house?
GIRL 2: I see a dead body.
What's under that white sheet? There's cops...
GIRL 3: Oh, shit!
Your dad's not dead too, is he?
WILL: (MUFFLED) I should've called you guys right away,
the minute he walked in my office.
No, he...
He seemed sick.
He showed me this paper
and he had a drawing that his daughter did.
There was no blood on his hands
or anything like that. DET. GARLAND: Mm-hmm.
WILL: He kept talking about this...
shadow monster. (SIREN WAILING)
(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)
Shadow monster?
He believed it killed all his kids.
I've seen it before.
Sometimes it's better to have
something to blame
than to admit these things happen for no reason.
SADIE: (WHISPERS) Hey.
It's okay.
DET. GARLAND: Mm, I don't buy that someone could lose
all three of their kids like that for no reason.
(WHISPERING) What's going on?
Do you think he killed them?
Guilt must have pushed him over the edge.
Or the fear of getting caught.
Are you sure it was a suicide?
Sweetheart, let me handle...
Sawyer.
Sadie, take Sawyer to her room.
Please. It's okay. It's all right.
Let her talk.
What do you mean, "are we sure?"
Before I opened the closet,
I heard these noises.
Like a fight or something.
DET. GARLAND: An adult man hanging himself
in a closet is bound to cause a racket.
That's gotta be what you heard.
WILL: Don't worry about that man, okay?
If you get scared, you know where to find me.
Are you tired? SAWYER: No.
WILL: Well, it's late and we should go to sleep.
All right?
There you go.
I don't know how you sleep with all these lights.
Easy. Like this.
Fair enough.
All right, love.
You sleep well.
What's goin' on?
Did you check under the bed?
No, let me look. Let me see.
Uh... All clear.
What about the closet?
Mm, I don't see anything.
Just can you please check?
Definitely. Definitely.
And you know what? I will bet you
that there's nothing in there.
I'll give you a dollar if there's nothing in there.
Five dollars.
Okay. (CHUCKLES)
Five dollars.
You drive a hard bargain. Got a deal.
Put it there. (GRUNTS PLAYFULLY)
No. Dad.
Okay. I'm gonna go. Let's see.
Well, congratulations. You're five dollars richer.
Are you sure? I'm sure.
Okay, monster check complete.
Good night.
See you in the morning light.
(FOOTSTEPS DEPARTING)
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
(FAINT EERIE MUSIC PLAYS)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
WILL: Hey, Sadie. Just checking on you.
SADIE: Hmm.
Hey.
Hi.
You okay?
(DOOR CLOSES)
I don't know why this had to happen
on top of everything else.
Does it remind you of when Mom died?
Did you have to talk to a bunch of police and stuff?
No.
You never talk about it.
I wasn't at the accident.
So there's no one I had to talk to.
I just...
It doesn't feel real.
I keep thinking she's gonna come through that door
with a cardamom tea that smells like shit.
You know, I never even
got to say goodbye.
Since she died, I feel like...
like this weight.
This extra gravity.
It's just...
You have Dr. Weller tomorrow, right?
Yeah.
You should talk to her about this.
I was trying to talk to you.
Yeah. Yeah.
Well, it's been a long day.
We should probably hit the hay.
I'll see you in the morning.
Sleep happy.
(GLOOMY MUSIC PLAYING)
(WASHING MACHINE CHIMES)
(RUSTLING)
(RUSTLING CONTINUES)
(DOOR SLAMS OPEN)
(GASPS)
(BREATHING SHAKILY) (DOOR CREAKING)
(CREAKING)
(SAWYER GASPS)
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(LIGHT BALL THUDS)
(GASPS)
(RUSTLING) (GASPS)
(BREATH TREMBLING)
(ROARS) (SAWYER SCREAMS)
(SCREAMS, GRUNTS)
...a particular loved one.
But just focus on that flame
and you can say it out loud yourself.
"Spirit, if you are here today,
"please bend the flame to the left."
Now, just think about the loved one
that you would like to communicate with.
Just imagine them, picture them in your mind.
Think of...
About how you feel about them.
About, um, how they look.
Any... Any strong memories
that you have, you have of them.
Picture their face.
How you feel when you're with them.
Our loved ones are with us always.
If you're there, bend the flame
to the left. SAWYER: Sadie?
Hey.
You having trouble sleeping?
Sawyer?
SAWYER: There's something in my room.
(SIGHS) Sawyer, you were just having a nightmare.
Oh, man.
And you're bleeding. I fell out of bed.
Say "ah." Ah.
SADIE: Yeah, I found the culprit.
Might be time for that little guy to come out.
This is what Mom did whenever I had a tooth
that wouldn't come out on its own.
She said that deep roots run in our family.
Don't like letting go of things.
So, I'm gonna count to three,
and I'm gonna slam the door.
(MOUTH FULL) On three? Or after three?
(CHUCKLES) On three, okay?
Okay.
One, two... Wait!
We don't have to do this...
(CRYING)
I'm so sorry!
You said on three! I don't know what happened.
Hey, hey, hey.
(SADIE HUMMING)
(SINGING) ♪♪ Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra♪♪
♪♪ Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Li♪♪
♪♪ Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra♪♪
♪♪ Hush now, don't you cry♪♪
♪♪ Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra♪♪
CROAKY MALE VOICE: (SINGING) ♪♪ Too-Ra-Loo-Ra♪♪
(SOFT GROWL)
♪♪ Too-Ra♪♪
♪♪ Loo-Ra-Ra♪♪
♪♪ Too-Ra-Loo-Ra♪♪
♪♪ Hush now, don't you cry♪♪
♪♪ Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra♪♪
(DISTORTED GROWLING)
(IN SADIE'S VOICE) ♪♪ Hush now, don't you cry♪♪
What do you think happens to people after they die?
Now, what do you mean, Sadie?
Do you mean do they go to Heaven?
No, that's not what I mean.
Are you wondering if maybe your mother is still here?
This may seem a little out there, but...
when my father passed away,
I felt like I could sense him
watching over me sometimes.
If you pay close enough attention,
maybe you'll start sensing your mom, too.
What about other things?
What other things?
I don't know.
It's hard to see. It's like...
a dark thing.
I see.
Well, when did you start seeing this dark thing?
Right after that man died.
That makes perfect sense.
Okay.
So, what is it?
DR. WELLER: Well, when there are scary things
we don't understand,
our minds try to fill in the blanks.
But it's just like all those spooky monsters
you think are hiding under your bed.
DR. WELLER: But we're going to work on that together.
Okay?
So, it's not so scary.
(WHIRRING)
Now, we talked about this last time.
When we have a phobia
or fear something,
sometimes the best thing to do
is to face it.
And that's what we're gonna do today.
So, this light is gonna be completely solid
like it is right now.
Then gradually it's gonna start flashing,
slowly bringing the room down till it's totally dark.
So you can see that there's nothing to be afraid of.
Okay?
I'm ready. (SHUDDERS)
Okay, good girl. Let's start.
(LIGHT CLICKS)
That's not so scary, is it?
See? Same old boring office as before.
(SNIFFLING SOFTLY)
Just you, your sister
and me.
You doin' okay?
No.
(SAWYER BREATHING HEAVILY)
(LIGHT RATTLES)
Hey, hey, hey.
It's all right. It's all right.
You're so close. I don't want to.
SADIE: No. Sawyer, you got this.
It's not real. It's not real. (SAWYER WHIMPERING)
Hey, you're doing so good.
It's not real.
DR. WELLER: Good job.
SADIE: It's not real. It's all in your head.
DR. WELLER: Remember, nothing to be scared of.
(SADIE SHUSHING)
(SAWYER BREATHING SHAKILY)
SADIE: It's all in your head.
(ECHOING) It's not real. You got this.
It's almost over.
It's not real.
(SHUSHING)
(SNARLING)
(SNARLS)
(HOWLS) (SCREAMS)
DR. WELLER: (MUFFLED) Hey!
It was only your imagination.
SADIE: You did it.
It's okay. DR. WELLER: Yeah.
Now you don't have to do that again.
DR. WELLER: It's not just a fear of the dark.
She's claiming to see monsters now.
WILL: Yep. Yeah, I heard about the monster.
We talked about the monster.
DR. WELLER: They want to speak with you now.
I think next... next session would be the proper time.
WILL: Yeah, I know.
It doesn't seem like the right time for me,
but eventually I'll come in.
DR. WELLER: We have to talk about your wife.
You believe me,
don't you?
Yeah.
WILL: I got this under control.
Thank you very much. DR. WELLER: Will,
you can't avoid talking about her forever.
WILL: Guys ready? Let's go.
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
I'm really sorry.
I should have never let that man in our house.
(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
(SIGHS)
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CREAKING)
(FOOTSTEPS)
(BED CREAKS)
SADIE: You doin' okay?
SAWYER: Not really.
SADIE: Try to go to sleep.
Just trying not to die, thanks.
SADIE: It's all just in your head.
It's not real.
Sadie?
(DOOR CREAKS SOFTLY)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
WILL: (ON RECORDING) I do this with all my new clients,
but it's for record-keeping purposes only.
SAWYER: Sadie? (LIGHT CLICKS)
(BREATH TREMBLING)
Sadie?
MALE VOICE: It's not real. (GASPS)
(FOOTSTEPS SCATTER)
LESTER: My next two kids died within a year of the first,
one right after the other.
Even if the first one was an accident,
it still made us susceptible.
WILL: Susceptible?
To what?
LESTER: I only glimpsed it once.
Before my Annie's neck broke.
Before they died, my kids,
I thought it was just their imaginations
getting the better of 'em and...
So, my oldest, she tried drawing it for me.
(PAPER RUSTLING ON RECORDING)
SADIE: (SINGING) ♪♪ Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ra♪♪
♪♪ Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Li♪♪
♪♪ Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo♪♪ (SOFT RUSTLING)
(VOICE DISTORTING) ♪♪ Hush now, don't you cry♪♪
I know that's you, Sadie.
DISTORTED VOICE: Sawyer. (GASPING)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
WILL: What is this supposed to be?
LESTER: It's the thing that comes for your kids
when you're not paying attention.
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(LIGHT BALL THUDS)
(GASPS SOFTLY)
(GASPS)
LESTER: You believe me, don't you?
WILL: Of course I do.
LESTER: (TEARILY) No!
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
No, no.
(SOBBING) No. No!
I'm sorry, Annie.
I'm sorry, Scott. I never believed you.
I'm so sorry, Sophie.
I'm so sorry.
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
(GASPS)
Get away from me. You get away...
(SCREAMS) Get away from me! (GASPS)
Shit!
(SIGHING)
(SIGHS IN RELIEF)
(LIGHT CRACKLES)
(WATER PATTERING SOFTLY)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
(GRUNTS) Hey! What was that for?
That was a mean prank!
How are you doing that with your voice?
What are you talking about?
(GRUNTS) Ow!
Sawyer, it wasn't me! Liar!
Ow, Sawyer! Liar!
(DISQUIETING MUSIC PLAYING)
Is this the dark thing that you've been seeing?
Yeah.
Is it real?
I don't know.
But I'm gonna find out.
(SCHOOL BELL RINGING) ANNE: It was just...
Yeah, it wasn't really a big deal,
I don't think, but it was fine.
CASSIDY: I have nothin' to wear.
ANNE: But it's, you know, at the same time I think
about it, it's like... Uh-oh, drama alert.
(CHUCKLES)
Guys, be nice. She just lost her mom.
I haven't seen my dad in, like, a year,
and I seriously don't give a...
Can I talk to you?
Um, yeah. Of course.
Alone.
(CHUCKLES) Okay.
What is her deal?
Have fun.
CASSIDY: Which class y'all got next?
I'm sorry about the other day. It was...
Do you wanna make it up to me?
BETHANY: Of course. Yeah, anything.
SADIE: Can you give me a ride?
(GRIM MUSIC PLAYS)
You sure this is the right place?
Just wait here.
You're not seriously going in?
Sadie?
Sadie!
(CAR DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES) (SWING CREAKING)
(KNOCKING ON DOOR) SADIE: Hello?
(GRIM MUSIC CONTINUES)
(GLASS CRUNCHING UNDERFOOT)
Hello?
Is anybody home?
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
What?
BETHANY: Are you, like, buying drugs or something?
No. What... I'm not buying drugs.
I know things have been hard for you lately, but I...
Just wanna see if anyone still lived here.
Oh, I really hope not. That'd be, like,
the saddest thing ever. (FLIES BUZZING)
What is this place?
(GASPS) Sadie, what was that?
Wait a second.
Coming back now.
(LIGHT CRACKLES)
Sadie, what's going on?
Is there someone there?
(UNEASY MUSIC PLAYING)
Hello?
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(LIGHT CRACKLES)
(DROPS WHIP)
(SIGHS IN RELIEF)
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING) (RUSTLING)
(GASPS)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)
Hello?
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
Is anybody here?
(EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES)
(SOFT CLICKING)
(CAMERA CLICKS, WHIRS)
(GASPS)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS)
WOMAN: This some kind of a dare?
You think it'd be fun to get off on our misery?
Maybe get a souvenir.
No. N...
I'm Sadie.
Sadie Harper.
Your husband, Lester, came to see my dad.
(COCKS GUN)
I just...
I wanted to ask about...
What? This right here.
WOMAN: Where'd you get this?
I just wanna know what it is.
You should pray to God you never find out.
Get outta here before you get yourself hurt.
My... My sister saw it.
Oh, Les, what have you done?
Must've latched on to you now.
Goes after the hurt and the vulnerable.
Follows you wherever you go.
Until you're all gone.
That's what happened to your kids?
They called it...
"The Boogeyman."
Yeah, that's the way I used to look at them.
Like they were crazy.
I found out the hard way I was wrong.
It likes to play with its food.
Scare 'em to death.
Shit, it can even talk like them.
Like a goddamn echo.
And it needs the dark to stay hidden.
Fire was the first thing man used to see at night.
It's really been around that long?
I think it's been around forever.
(DISQUIETING MUSIC PLAYS)
(MUSIC STOPS)
(SOFTLY) Don't move.
It's right behind you.
Don't turn around.
Stay in the light.
And stay completely...
still.
(GUN FIRING) (SADIE SCREAMS)
WOMAN: I see you, you son of a *****!
Sadie! Hey, was that a gunshot?
Sadie! Sadie! Are you okay? I'm fine.
It's just some crazy *****.
BETHANY: Sadie...
SADIE: Let's get outta here.
(SIGHS)
SAWYER: Sadie?
What happened to you?
(SIGHS) Sawyer, I can't right now.
Sadie? Wait, what happened?
SADIE: Leave me alone, Sawyer.
SAWYER: Sadie, did you see it?
There's no such thing as monsters.
You need to grow up!
Sadie! (KNOCKING ON DOOR)
I'm serious, Sawyer.
I need to be alone right...
(SADIE SCREAMS) (BOOGEYMAN ROARS)
(GASPING)
(COUGHING)
(PANTING)
(MUFFLED BANGING)
(DOOR CREAKS)
(MUFFLED OBJECTS KNOCKING AND RATTLING)
(MUFFLED OBJECT SCRAPING)
(GASPS SOFTLY)
I told you it was real.
(BREATH TREMBLING)
(MUFFLED BANGING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(DOOR BANGS) (FOOTSTEPS)
(DOOR OPENS)
What are you doing?
Where is everything?
It's not a good idea for us
to keep her stuff lying around.
No wonder Sawyer's seeing ghosts.
How could you do this without even asking?
You're just gonna get rid of all her stuff?
Sometimes I have to make decisions
that you might not understand.
How I feel doesn't count? That's not what I said.
Don't put words in my mouth. That's how you act!
You barely pay attention to anything I say!
It's like you don't even give a shit
about Mom anymore. You don't know how I feel!
So tell me!
You're right. I'm sorry.
I shouldn't have done that without asking you.
Keep what you want.
What if I wanna keep all of it?
Then we'll keep all of it.
Just take it down to the basement for me.
(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING)
(SENTIMENTAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(BEEPS)
CARA: (SINGING) ♪♪ Ral-Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Li♪♪
♪♪ Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral♪♪
♪♪ Hush now, don't you cry♪♪
♪♪ Just a simple little ditty♪♪
♪♪ In her good old Irish way♪♪
♪♪ And I'd give the world if I could hear♪♪
♪♪ That song of hers today♪♪
WILL: That's beautiful. Keep going.
CARA: (SCOFFS) Liar.
WILL: She loves it.
CARA: You're such a liar.
I have a terrible voice.
(BEEPS)
(INHALES DEEPLY)
Mom...
if you're here,
bend the flame to the left.
Please.
I could really use your help right now.
BOOGEYMAN: (IN CARA'S VOICE) I have a terrible voice.
(CLATTERING AND CREAKING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(BREATH TREMBLING)
(MUSIC BUILDING UP)
(SHUDDERING)
CARA AND WILL: (SINGING) ♪♪ Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral♪♪
♪♪ Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Li♪♪
♪♪ Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral♪♪
WILL: Sadie.
(BABY SADIE COOS) Who is that?
WILL: Hi.
CARA: Is that Daddy?
WILL: Hi.
CARA: Boop. (LAUGHS)
Boop. (KNOCKING ON STALL DOOR)
Wait. Do you mind?
Well, it's not like you're peeing.
Not that I haven't seen you pee a thousand times before.
What's going on with you?
Nothing. BETHANY: Come on, it's not nothing.
The house I took you to, the gunshot.
(SIGHS) It's too hard to explain.
I'm probably just losing my mind.
What are you doing?
I'm not leaving until you tell me
what's going on.
Come on, I'm your best friend.
You were my best friend.
Now you have all these new friends
who are so much cooler.
That is not true.
They're your friends, too.
When was the last time that we hung out?
Your mom's funeral.
That doesn't count.
Well, let's hang out.
This weekend even, we can all come over.
(CHUCKLES DRYLY)
I... I... I don't need a pity party.
It's not a pity party.
That's not what this is. (DOOR OPENS)
(GIRLS LAUGHING)
It won't be. (DOOR CLOSES)
Look, I have no idea what you're dealing with,
but you shouldn't be dealing with this alone, all right?
Come on.
(FOLK ROCK SONG PLAYING)
(CHUCKLES)
Yes!
(SADIE LAUGHS)
(SONG CONTINUES OVER SPEAKERS)
WILL: So, this is a big night for your sister, okay?
So, you see any monsters, you come get me first.
Let's give her the night off.
That sound okay?
And you'll let me sleep in your bed?
Yeah, I'll let you sleep in my bed
if you stop eating the cheese
'cause you're gonna be farting all night.
Let's make a deal. Okay?
I will let you play PlayStation
for as long as you want.
Screen time is officially suspended.
Just let her have a nice night.
Deal? Deal.
Deal. Give me the cheese. WILL: Wait, wait.
What are you guys betting on? We're not betting.
We're agreeing to stay out
of the way tonight. Right? (DOORBELL RINGS)
Oh, shit. That's them. (SIGHS)
I look okay?
You look...
beautiful.
You look like you're about to forget
all your worries and your strife.
Jungle Book.
Remember? You used to love that. We used to dance.
(SINGING) ♪♪ Bare necessities♪♪
Just don't say anything, okay?
(SAWYER GRUNTS) (SADIE BREATHING HEAVILY)
(INDIE ROCK SONG PLAYING)
Hey! Hi! (ALL EXCLAIM AND LAUGH)
(MUSIC STOPS)
(MUFFLED DOWNTEMPO SONG PLAYING ON SPEAKERS)
Do you have anything else to drink?
Like other kinds of soda?
No, like alcohol.
Sorry, my dad's not much of a drinker, so...
That you know of.
Nat.
Well, I... I do have something else, though.
Oh?
Like, actual drugs. (CHUCKLES)
Wait, what? (CHUCKLES)
Okay.
(CHUCKLES)
SADIE: Cool.
Actual drugs.
(GIGGLES)
Since when do you smoke?
It was my mom's.
(WHISPERING) Oh, shit.
But it's... it's cool.
I mean, it's not like she's coming back to get it.
You sure?
Yeah.
All right, this is probably out of lighter fluid.
Okay, let me just...
Amateurs.
There.
(ALL LAUGH)
Now you.
In honor of your mom.
Thanks.
(COUGHING)
Definitely popping your cherry right now, huh?
(ALL LAUGHING)
This is so sweet.
BETHANY: You all right? (COUGHING)
You need water or something?
SADIE: (COUGHING) It's all right.
You okay? SADIE: Oh, my God. Yeah.
ANNE: I think you need to go to...
(CONTINUES COUGHING)
Are you sure you're good?
BETHANY: Do you need some water?
CASSIDY: Take a deep breath.
(CONTINUES COUGHING)
(GAGGING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(RETCHES)
(GASPS)
(KNOCK ON DOOR) Oh, God. It made you sick?
You feel all right? I'm fine.
Are you sure? I'm fine.
So cute. Oh, my God, guys!
(CHUCKLES) Say cheese!
BETHANY: Guys, come on. Don't.
SADIE: What are you doing?
I... I wasn't even recording.
Are you sure you're okay?
I'm fine.
ANNE: I should make myself throw up. I ate so much pizza.
BETHANY: No, it was the weed. It made her sick.
Hey, isn't this the closet
where that crazy guy hung himself?
No, that was the closet in my mom's studio.
Could you show it to us?
ANNE: Shit, that'd be sick. NATALIE: (CHUCKLES) Right?
(DOOR CREAKS)
Where was he hanging from?
He was right around the back of...
(SOFT RUSTLING)
SADIE: What are you doing? BETHANY: Nat, come on.
Oh, my God. SADIE: What are you...
NATALIE: It's called exposure therapy.
BETHANY: Don't! SADIE: Guys!
Come on! WOMAN: Oh, God.
This isn't funny!
NATALIE: It's not a big deal. Just chill.
(NATALIE LAUGHING) (SOFT GROWL)
(BOOGEYMAN ROARS) (SADIE SCREAMS)
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
BOOGEYMAN: (IN CARA'S VOICE) I have a terrible voice.
(ROARING)
SADIE: Please!
Please! (BANGING ON DOOR)
(BOOGEYMAN ROARS) (SADIE SCREAMS)
BETHANY: Oh, my God. Are you okay?
(CLAMORING)
(SADIE GRUNTS) Hey, hey, hey, Sadie.
ANNE AND CASSIDY: What happened?
Are you okay? Was there something in there?
Was there something in there?
No, she's just being dramatic.
(YELPS) (GIRLS EXCLAIM)
What is wrong with you? Oh, my God! God, Sadie,
the door would not open! NATALIE: You psycho *****!
I swear, we were all trying.
You are such a liar!
ANNE: Keep your hands to your...
And you're a freak!
Bethany is literally the only person in here
who actually likes you.
Literally schizophrenic! ANNE: Oh, my God.
She's crazy! Are you okay?
NATALIE: No! WILL: What's going on, guys?
ANNE: Your daughter is psychotic.
(VIDEO GAME SOUNDS PLAYING)
NATALIE: I'm so done with her.
You are never gonna hang out with her again.
BETHANY: She's literally never done anything like...
NATALIE: I can't believe she slapped me!
ANNE: Dude, are you okay?
BETHANY: I mean, she's never done anything...
(DOOR CLOSES)
(FLOOR CREAKING)
(VIDEO GAME CHIMES) (GASPS)
(VIDEO GAME SOUNDS PLAYING)
(BOOGEYMAN GRUNTS) (GASPS)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(BOOGEYMAN SNARLING)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(FOOTSTEPS THUDDING) (BOOGEYMAN GROWLING)
SADIE'S VOICE: Sawyer.
(SOFT WHEEZE)
(RASPILY) Sawyer.
(GASPS)
(WHEEZING) (FOOTSTEPS THUDDING)
(DISTORTED) Sawyer.
(FOOTSTEPS FADE)
(UNNERVING MUSIC BUILDING UP)
(MUSIC FADES) (BREATHING SHAKILY)
(SCREAMS)
(GASPS)
(SCREAMING) (BOOGEYMAN ROARING)
(ROARING STOPS) (YELPS)
(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING)
(MUFFLED) Sawyer. Hey, hey!
Sawyer! Sawyer!
Come on, come on! Sawyer!
Go!
Hey, hey.
MAN: Get 911!
WILL: Sawyer! (GASPING)
It's okay. It's okay. It tried to kill me.
I know. I saw it too. I had to get away.
(CONTINUES GASPING)
I believe you.
What?
I believe you.
I'm sorry I didn't before.
Where's Dad?
He went to go talk to a doctor,
but I'm gonna find him. We're gonna go home.
No, no, no. Don't go.
No. Please, don't go.
I'm gonna be right back, okay?
(WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY ON PA)
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
Hello?
Hey, it's Rita Billings.
Lester's wife.
What do you want?
I found a way to get rid of it.
How?
I need your help. Get over here.
We can end this tonight.
Sadie?
Sadie...
Dad?
(EXHALES) Hey.
What are you doing?
Nothing. Uh...
Go... Go back to your sister. I'll be...
I'll be right there.
Well, I can tell it's not nothing.
They brought Mom here after the car accident.
And now Sawyer.
This is all my fault.
I didn't do enough to help her process it,
so now she's having these... these manifestations.
Oh, Dad, stop. They're not manifestations.
Then what is it?
What is it?
It's real.
I saw something tonight.
In the closet.
What does it look like?
I mean, was it... SADIE: It was really dark in there.
Couldn't tell.
I'm gonna ask you a question, okay?
I don't want you to get mad.
What?
Were you high?
I could smell weed on you.
A monster in a closet?
Know what? Never mind.
You never listen to me. Wait.
Sadie, where you going?
To deal with the problem. Somebody has to.
(BROODING MUSIC PLAYING)
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
RITA: I wasn't sure you'd come.
SADIE: I had to.
That thing tried to kill my little sister tonight.
It must be getting hungry.
You're almost out of time.
If it's weakness it's drawn to,
then we've gotta show it strength.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Watch your step.
Spring-loaded firing pins.
Wouldn't wanna see your head get taken off.
Normally, they're used
to scare off bears when you're camping,
but they're not normally loaded with live rounds.
(TENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
You think you can kill it?
Only one way to find out.
(SADIE YELPS) (GRUNTING)
No! (WHIMPERING)
I'm sorry!
I needed something to draw it out!
No!
I won't let anything happen to you.
SADIE: No! RITA: You just gotta trust me.
(SADIE CRYING)
(BOOGEYMAN GROWLING)
BOOGEYMAN: Sadie.
(LOW GROANING)
(WHOOSHING)
(WHIMPERING)
(BOOGEYMAN GROWLING)
(GROWLING STOPS)
(LOW GROWL)
(BREATHING SHARPLY)
(LOW GROWL)
(ROARS) (TRAP PINGS)
(BOOGEYMAN ROARING)
(GASPING)
(DISQUIETING MUSIC PLAYING)
(SADIE SCREAMING)
(SPITS)
Told you it could be killed.
(BOOGEYMAN ROARING) (RITA SCREAMING)
(BOOGEYMAN ROARING)
Sadie!
Sadie, help!
Sadie, help me!
Sadie... (BOOGEYMAN ROARS)
(SADIE GASPING) (BOOGEYMAN ROARING)
(CONTINUES ROARING)
(GRUNTING)
(BOOGEYMAN SHRIEKING)
(GASPING)
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOG BARKS IN DISTANCE)
(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)
(SOBS) Dad?
Where have you been?
We've been driving around looking for you.
You guys are home?
WILL: Yeah, we just got back. Why?
Listen to me, just go back to the car.
Go somewhere bright with lots of people.
You need to get outta there
before it comes back. Wait. Slow down.
Dad, you have to listen to me.
Okay. I'm listening.
SADIE: (MUFFLED) Go somewhere with lots of light
and lots of people, okay?
Dad. Dad?
(BOTH SCREAM)
(GASPING)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(PANTING)
(SWITCH CLICKING)
(SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING)
(WATER PATTERING)
(BREATHING SHAKILY)
(GASPS)
(SINISTER MUSIC CONTINUES)
(SAWYER SCREAMS) SADIE: God!
Sawyer, it's me!
SADIE: How do I know it's really you?
(PANTING)
You had your sixth birthday party
at Chuck E. Cheese. (SNIFFLES)
You ate too much pizza
and then you threw up in the ball pit.
Oh, my God.
Sawyer! Are you okay? What happened?
It doesn't like the light.
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS)
Where's Dad?
SAWYER: It took him down there.
We are not going to lose him, too.
Sadie,
what are you doing? Where are you going?
Sadie, don't leave me here.
You'll be safe.
I saw it bleed. It can be hurt.
Maybe we can stop it.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(GASPING)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(GRUNTS)
(OBJECTS CLATTER LOUDLY)
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
(BOOGEYMAN GROWLING)
(GASPING)
(BOOGEYMAN ROARING)
(SAWYER SCREAMS)
SADIE: Sawyer!
(BOOGEYMAN GROWLS, ROARS)
(PANTING)
(BOOGEYMAN ROARS)
Sawyer, get up!
Please. Sawyer!
(BOOGEYMAN ROARING)
(WHIMPERING)
(GRUNTING AND WHIMPERING)
(CONTINUES WHIMPERING)
(BOOGEYMAN GROWLING)
(GASPING)
(CHOKING)
(LOW GROWL) (GROANING SOFTLY)
BOOGEYMAN: (IN CARA'S VOICE) Hush now.
(BOOGEYMAN GROWLING) (SADIE CHOKING)
(WILL SHOUTS) (BOOGEYMAN ROARS)
(GASPS)
(GRUNTING)
SAWYER: No! Dad!
Sawyer!
(SAWYER GRUNTS)
(BOOGEYMAN GROANING SOFTLY) (SADIE GRUNTS)
Sawyer?
(SAWYER WHIMPERS SOFTLY)
Sawyer? Sawyer, it's me, Sadie.
Look at me, please. Come on.
Hey. We're gonna get outta here.
(LIGHTER CLICKS)
(BOOGEYMAN GROWLING)
Dad. SAWYER: Give me that.
Grab his arm. Grab his arm. Come on. Get him up.
SADIE: We've gotta get him outta here.
WILL: I can't. Come on. Yes, you can.
Come on.
(GROANING IN PAIN)
Get him up. Get him.
I'm sorry.
(SADIE SNIFFLES)
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
(SAWYER CRYING)
(MUSIC BUILDING UP)
(MUSIC HALTS)
(BOOGEYMAN GROWLS)
SAWYER: Sadie? (LIGHTER CLICKING)
(LOW GROWLING)
(SADIE BREATHING SHAKILY)
(BOOGEYMAN ROARS, GROWLS)
(BREATH SHUDDERS)
(BOOGEYMAN GROANS, GROWLS)
(PENSIVE MUSIC PLAYING)
(SOFTLY) Mom.
Sadie?
(BOOGEYMAN ROARING) (ALL SCREAMING)
Sawyer!
(GROWLS) (WILL GRUNTS)
(BOOGEYMAN ROARING)
(BOOGEYMAN SHRIEKING)
(GRUNTS)
(BREATH SHUDDERING) (AIR HISSING)
(BOOGEYMAN GROWLS)
(GRUNTS) (GROWLING)
**** you.
(ROARING)
(INDISTINCT VOICES SHOUTING AND SCREAMING)
(SOLEMN MUSIC PLAYING)
(VOICES CONTINUE SHOUTING AND SCREAMING)
(ROARS LOUDLY)
(VOICES SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)
(VOICES FADE)
(SORROWFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
(WILL GRUNTING)
Goodbye.
(FIRE ROARING)
(WILL COUGHING)
(ALL GRUNTING)
(WILL GROANS)
(SAWYER AND WILL COUGHING)
SADIE: We're almost there.
SAWYER: Come on.
(WILL GRUNTING)
(WILL COUGHING)
(MUSIC FADING)
(ALL BREATHING HEAVILY)
I was terrified.
To be honest with you...
I was scared to be a dad.
I was scared.
I didn't... I didn't know if I could handle it.
Or if I was ready.
Mom made it all look easy.
Nothing fazed her, you know?
And I...
I figured...
when I screwed up, that she'd always be there.
And then...
Then all of a sudden she wasn't.
I see so much of her in you girls.
So much.
I never planned on doing any of this without Mom.
(SOFTLY) No.
But I know we can handle it.
Yeah.
Right? Mm-hmm.
(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)
(WILL SIGHS)
That sucked.
(ALL LAUGH)
(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)
SAWYER: Yeah, because it's bread,
and bagels are bread.
DR. WELLER: Sadie, could you come back in for a sec?
(CHATTERING CONTINUES)
Dr. Weller?
Hello?
(DOOR CREAKING)
(UNSETTLING MUSIC PLAYING)
(SADIE BREATHING SHAKILY)
DR. WELLER: Can I help you with something?
(GASPS)
Is everything all right?
(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)