(crickets chirping) (engine stops) (car door opens, shuts) (knocking on door) Hi. I'm Elise. You must be Lorraine. Yes. Nice to meet you. I'm sorry it's so late. My day job kind of makes raising my son a night job. Don't worry about it. In my line of work, things tend to happen when it gets dark. -Please. -Thank you. -Ahoy, Carl! -(gasps) (laughs) Elise, thank you for coming. I didn't know what else to do, except call you. Oh, I understand. You had a big problem, and you thought you'd make it my problem, too. Is that it? (laughs) I'm teasing! You know I'm always happy to help, Carl. Would you like some coffee or tea? No, thank you. I'd like to get started right away, if that's okay. Carl told me on the phone your son is the one affected, is that right? Yes, that's right. My son Josh. Something is following him. Show her. I started with all the usual checks, mental health tests, medical records. Everything normal. Then I saw the photos. First noticed it about six weeks ago. Thought it was a camera problem. Then it became apparent that it was more than that. CARL: I interviewed the boy. He won't tell me anything; he's afraid. (whispering): I'm afraid, too. There's something in this house; I can feel it. It doesn't want me here. (distant, eerie shrieking) May I meet him? -(static hissing) -(tape clicks) ELISE: Hi, Josh. I'm Elise. I would love to ask you some simple questions. Do you like living here? Yeah, I guess. Are there a lot of kids your age in this neighbourhood? A few. One kid lives next door. ELISE: That must be fun. Is there anything you don't like about living in this house? I have bad dreams sometimes. ELISE: What happens in your dreams? I'd like to try something with you, Josh. And I promise, it won't hurt. I want you to just relax. (steady ticking) Listen to the ticking. Focus on it. Tune everything else out. Feel yourself getting sleepier. We are now inside your dream, Josh. Look around. What do you see? (steady ticking continues) I see myself... sleeping in bed. Are you in your bedroom? No. I'm somewhere dark. It's always dark here. Are you alone? No. She's here. Who is "she"? JOSH: She says she's a friend. She visits me every night. Where is she, right at this moment? Is she here in this house with us? I'd like to talk to her. (whispers) Okay, we're gonna play a little game, Josh. It's called "Hot and Cold." I'll walk around the house, and you tell me if I'm getting warmer or colder. (static crackles softly) (door creaks) (static crackles) Cold. (light fixture creaking quietly) Warm. (door creaks) JOSH (over radio): Warmer. (quiet, steady thumping) (static crackles) Colder. (door creaks open) JOSH (over radio): Getting warm. (whispers): Hotter. Dear God... Please get out of there. Who are you? What do you want? (panting softly) (quiet hiss) (loud snarl) (gasps, panting) What happened? I saw what haunts him, and it's not a friend. It's a parasite. I've never felt such a malignant presence. It wants to be him. Miss Lambert, I think your son has a unique ability; a gift. When he sleeps at night, he's able to go places, see things... things no living person is supposed to see. Only now, one of the dead has seen him, too. Oh, my God. Well, can you stop it? ELISE: I could take away his gift to suppress his memory of his ability. How would we do that? I'll show you. (door creaking) (gasps softly) Do whatever you have to. Make him forget. www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2015 (eerie music) (eerie music continues) (steady ticking) (eerie, distorted whispering) (air whooshes) (static crackling) (baby crying over monitor) (door creaking) RENAI (echoing): One morning, Dalton just wouldn't wake up. We took him to the best doctors we could find, but none of them had any idea. Eventually, we just took him home, still in his coma. Then things started happening around the house. Unexplained things. I got so freaked out, we moved. But they kept happening. And you believe that there was some... sort of a supernatural force at work? When did you... when did you hire the services of the deceased, Elise Rainier? When we ran out of places to go. It says in your statement, Mrs. Lambert, that last night at approximately 10:00 p.m., Elise put your husband into a state of hypnosis. Uh, she did this as part of a ritual that she believed would allow him to... "project his unconscious into a..." I'm sorry, I can't read my own handwriting. "...to a spirit realm" where he could locate your son and bring him back to consciousness. Now, did you... really believe that would help? I had to. Whatever she did, it worked. Dalton woke up. And what happened after your son woke up? (eerie tone) Josh! Josh, where are you?! Josh! (panting) (shrieks) (gasps) JOSH: Renai. -I'm right here. -(gasping) What? LORRAINE: Renai! (stutters) Oh, no, no, no. No, no, no, no, no. Elise! Elise! Mom, get Dalton out of here! Call an ambulance! Oh, no, no, no. Elise. Oh, no! No, no! What? Why are you looking at me like that? You think I did this? SENDAL: Did you believe him? He's my husband. That's not what I asked. Yes, I believed him. My husband is incapable of killing anybody. (sighs) This is a photo Elise took seconds before she was killed. Can you tell me who that is in this picture? There were a lot of strange things happening in our house. I saw apparitions, lots of them. Wait, are you telling me that this is a photograph of a ghost? Listen, I'm not interested in ghosts, Mrs. Lambert. I'm interested in the living people who create them. Elise has marks on her neck that were put there by human hands. I'll let you know if forensics matches those marks to your husband. Jessica, we're home. -Hey, guys. -Dad! -Hey! -Hey! -(laughs) -Look what I made! -What? -It's a cup phone. See? You put your ear in that, -and I put my mouth in that. -You're a genius. Absolute brilliance. Thanks for watching them. -Say hi to your mom for me. -I will. Oh, Mom, I'll get that. I'll go up and make the beds. (walker jingling, playing music) (thump on piano) (baby crying) (crying stops) JOSH: All right. Time for bed, boys. How long are we gonna be here for? We're gonna be at Grandma's house for a little bit while the police work at our house. You know, this house has been in the family for a long time. And you guys... get to stay in Daddy's old bedroom. Did you see anything bad in here? No. And neither will you. -Okay? -Okay. -Good night. -Night. What? Just glad you're awake. Night, boys. Good night. Hey, Dalton. What? Look what I made. Do I have to? Yeah. This is stupid. Come on, it really works. I want to ask you something. All right, fine. The string needs to be tight. -Go farther back. -Okay. So, what do you think of this? I think it's stupid. JOSH: Hey. (crickets chirping) (sighs softly) (piano playing gentle melody) (piano continues playing gentle melody) Lorraine? (piano stops) (clock ticking) (door creaks) (gentle piano music playing over radio) (turns off radio) (clock continues ticking) (baby crying in distance) (static crackles softly) (piano playing gentle melody) (fusses) (piano continues playing gentle melody) (piano stops) (walker jingling, playing music) (baby crying) (walker stops) (baby continues crying) (crying stops) (crying continues) (whispers): It's okay. (door opens) -Still happening. -What is? I heard the piano playing by itself downstairs, and I found Cali on the floor of her room by her crib! Well, maybe she climbed out of her crib. Has she ever done that before? What?! What is wrong with you?! Renai, I-I just want us to move on from this, that's all. I want us to be a normal family again. There is nothing normal about this, okay? These things are still here. -Okay... -Elise is dead! No one's talking about it! Someone murdered her! Then let's talk about it. You think I did it? No. -No, no. I don't. I don't. -Good. Good. Good, because I know what happened. I went into that place to get our son back, and something evil followed me and killed Elise. You saw it. You saw those things. Listen to me. Nothing is gonna bother us, not anymore. We have our family back. We have our son. Isn't that what we should be focusing on? (whispers): Yeah. (dog barking in distance) (gate creaks) (door closes) You'd think all the ghosts we've seen would somehow make me feel better that Elise is gone. I mean, you and I have first-hand knowledge that there's something out there beyond death. But it's not helping. Turns out, the living version of someone's always better. (door creaks open) (door creaking) She never left the reading room unlocked. (switch clicks) You first. Hunter, ninja, bear. BOTH: Hunter, ninja, bear. That's bullshit. (sighs) How does bear beat a goddamn ninja? Superior sense of smell, my friend. You know what? I-I don't think we should be down here. Let's go back. (creaks) That's a private room. You should stay... (groans) See? Aw, my nuts! I'm not helping. (groans) WOMAN (through TV): Hi, Josh. -I'm Elise. -Hey. I would love to ask you some simple questions. But they're the good kind, the kind you can't get wrong. Do you like living here? JOSH: Yeah. Amateur framing. Just horrible. -Shh. -Shh. ...few, one who looks... (fast forwarding) LORRAINE: Can you stop it? ELISE: I could try to take away his gift, to suppress his memory of his ability. LORRAINE: How would we do that? I'll show you. (rewinding) Who the hell's he talking to? ELISE: I could try to take away his gift, to suppress his memory of his ability. LORRAINE: How would we do that? I'll show you. Right there. (organ music playing) (clicks) (door creaks) Sleep... then flew away. Please don't leave us again. Grandma? Mm-hmm? There's someone standing behind you. (toy music plays loudly) Renai? (wind whistling) (door creaking) -(gasps) Oh, my God, Josh! -Whoa, what's the matter? Did you see her? Where... I saw someone. -No, you didn't. -No, I did. There is... Mom, there is no one here, okay? -No, but... -Because if there was, that would scare my family, and I don't need Renai hearing any of that stuff right now. Understand? Yeah, you're right. Um, it was probably my imagination. -Yeah. -Sorry. You should get some sleep. (birds chirping) (sighs) (TV playing, baby murmuring) Here you go. Hey, you want some more? FOSTER: All right, all right, go farther back so we can stretch it; we need to make it tight. Daddy? I gotcha! I gotcha. -I'm going... -That's not how we... -to eat you. -Stop, that tickles. -Mom? Hey, honey. What do you want for breakfast? Anything you want. I don't care. What's wrong? What's the matter? You can tell me. I had a bad dream. Okay, I'm sorry. What was it about? I was in my bed sleeping. Grandma walked in. I could see someone else in my room. (echoing): Please don't leave us again. Grandma? Mm-hmm? There's someone standing behind you. I tried to wake myself up. It took a while, but I did it. I heard voices in the hallway. (muffled talking) You got to go. You have to go. (voice-over): It was Daddy. You have to leave. And he was talking to someone. You have to go. Is there something wrong with Daddy, Mom? No. No, honey. He's just been through a lot. That's all. We all have. It's okay; it's just a dream. I'm gonna take the boys to school. You should rest, relax a bit. Come on, son. Okay. SPECS (voice-over): Are you okay, Lorraine? You said something was wrong. LORRAINE: Whatever it was that killed Elise, whatever it was that was haunting my family, is not done with us. Last night I saw someone in my house. I need your help. SPECS (voice-over): Do you remember the first time Elise visited your house to talk to Josh when he was a boy? I did a lot to try to... try to forget that part of my life, until recently. All right, well, Elise hypnotized him, asked him a series of questions. I, uh, digitized the actual footage taken from the night. I, uh, cropped and lightened the image. What? Lorraine, is that Josh? How is that possible? We don't know. If only Elise were here to help us. What? (phone ringing) (phone rings) -Hello? -Renai Lambert, this is Detective Sendal. Oh. -Hello, Detective. -I told you I would inform you once I got the forensics results. Well, I got some. It seems the bruises on Elise Rainier's neck do not match your husband's hands. We're not ruling anything out at this point, but I just thought you should know. RENAI: Thank you, Detective. Uh... I really needed to hear that. (laughs softly) Thank you. (clock ticking) (beep) (sighs) (clock ticking) (low groan) (quiet sigh) (toy whirring) (whirring fades) (clock ticking) FEMALE ENTITY: # Row, row, row your boat... Gently down the stream... # Merrily, merrily, merrily (over baby monitor): # Merrily # # Life is but # A dream... -(Cali crying loudly) -Cali? (Cali continues crying) Cali? Cali, what's wrong? (gasps) -(crying continues) -Cali! -(crying stops) -Cali! FEMALE ENTITY: # Quiet now, beautiful little girl -(Cali crying) -FEMALE ENTITY: Don't you dare! -(loud slap) -(Cali screams) -RENAI: Jesus! Oh, my God... Oh, my God! (Cali crying) (Renai gasps) Cali? Cali? (screaming) Cali? Cali? Cali? (whimpering): My baby, Cali. Cali. Don't you dare! -(hinges squeak) -(dog barking in distance) (knocking on door) He's here. Carl. I'm Specs. I'm the guy you, uh, spoke to on the phone. -Oh, hello. -Come in. -(door creaks) -LORRAINE: Hi, Carl. -Oh. Hi. -It's been a long time. Yeah. Looks like I did the aging for the both of us. (laughs): Oh, please, stop it. You met Specs. This is Tucker. Elise talked about you a lot. -Oh. -Yeah. Said you were the second best person she ever worked with. Second best-- that's, uh, that's generous. I'd... I'd been meaning to catch up with her, to call her, but I always kept putting it off till the next week, you know? And now she's gone. Well, maybe this is your chance -to say your good-byes. -Specs told me on the phone, but I'm not sure we should... We have questions that need answering, and the only person we could think of to ask is... Elise. Please help us, Carl. Help us contact her. CARL: Everybody has their own way of making contact. This is mine. I ask questions, and the spirits answer with the dice. You look for the words in the letters. (quietly): All right. Elise, we are calling out to you. Tell us if you are there. Uh... (sighs) Elise... please talk to us. Give us a sign that you can hear my voice. All right, I suppose I should have explained, this isn't an exact science. CARL: Sometimes contact can't be made. Elise... (dice clack) ...please tell me are you here? Are you h... (electronic static) -I'll go get... -No! Do not break the circle. (quietly): All right. Elise... we need to know who killed you. Tell us. "She did." (quiet squeaking) CARL: What does she want? I see it. (whispers): Where? K-I- L-L. (dice rattling) Where is she? "Hiding." (dice clacking) Where... is she hiding? (dice clatter onto table) (eerie voices whispering) (whispering voices grow louder) Elise... tell us where to find your killer. "Our... lady... angls"? "Our lady angls." What does that mean? It's "angels." Our Lady of the Angels. It's a hospital. I know because I used to work there. Renai? (clock ticking) (sighs) (sighs) Renai... (inhaling) (low moan) LORRAINE (voice-over): Most of my work was in this East Wing. But it's all closed now. LORRAINE: Now only the ghosts are left. CARL (whispers): Personally, I prefer the ghosts to the people. LORRAINE (whispering): The question is, -what are we looking for? -Elise led us here for a reason. Just forget the actual building. Think of the doctors, the nurses you worked with, the patients, everyone. DOLL: Mama! Ma... ma. (low creaking) (sighs) What is it? (shuddering) In there. CARL: What was in this room? This was an ICU. I remember it very well. (life support system beeping) Should we do a pizza night tonight? How about mac and cheese? -Hi, Pam. -Hi. Mac and cheese, okay. That can be done. Keep quiet, don't touch anything. How is he? His vital signs are stabilizing, but he's still unresponsive. LORRAINE: His blood pressure's doing better. NURSE: Yes, after we upped the dosage. Okay, let's keep him on that. Okay. (indistinct talking) (beeping rapidly) (screaming) It's okay, it's okay. (voice-over): A few days later, I saw him again for the last time. (bell dings) (tinny music playing) Parker? What are you... You should be resting. You shouldn't be out of bed. Listen, I want to apologize for my son the other day. He was being a nosy kid. (bell dings) Hey, Hilary? Why is the patient from room 104 up and walking around? What do you mean? The patient from ICU, Parker Crane? What do you mean, "walking around"? I just rode down in the elevator with him. He should be in bed on the monitor... Lorraine, that patient died yesterday morning. What? He jumped to his death. So, why was he here in the first place? He tried to castrate himself. (Josh screaming) (crunches) (gasps) (groans) Oh, no. No. No, not yet. Please, no. WOMAN (echoing): Your dead soul is killing its living skin. I want to live. I want to live! Only if you kill them. (sobbing): No, no, please, no. I can't, Mother. Please don't make me do it. You must! Or you'll waste away. Yes, we can. -No way. -Lorraine! Is that our man? Parker Crane, that's him. CARL: This address, there's something there. (owl hooting) (screaming) It's okay, it's okay! Renai, shh, it's okay. It's okay, you're okay. You're okay. -You're okay. -Oh, God. (panting) Where's Cali? Where's Cali? She's fine. She's in her room, sleeping. -She's fine. -No, no, she's not. No, she's not. -She's asleep. -No! -Renai? -No! (muttering) See? I told you, she's fine. (panting) Oh, God. What happened? (door closes) -Tell me. -Someone attacked me. -Who? -In the living room, a woman, and she hit me, and these things are back, Josh. We have to go; we got to get the kids, and we got to get -out of the house. -No, it's not the house. -We have to go. -You know that. We've been through this before. They will follow us. You have to just not be afraid. You have to relax. You have... Relax? I can't relax. There's ghosts everywhere; it's like we're already dead. No, it's not! (quieter): No, it's not. This is nothing like being dead. I know. I have seen it. I have seen where these things exist. They want what you have-- life-- but they have no power over you. All you have to do is ignore them, and they will go away. (piano playing downstairs) (music stops) (door creaks) (clock ticking) See, I told you. (playing piano) (indistinct singing) What are you doing? (stops playing) That's the song that's been playing. What song? What are you talking about? You don't know that song? No, I don't. That's my song. The song I wrote for you. Well, it's not the song that we should be worried about. (sighs) There's somebody in this house. Stay here. Hey, look. They left the window open. (crashing, clattering) TUCKER: Watch your step. Do you feel something? Um... let's just say that this house is not a place where many good things have happened. Probably a lot of good collectables in here. (creaking) (coughing) (sniffing) SPECS: What is that smell? TUCKER: Specs? Yeah? Upstairs. (thump) (rattling) (thudding, clattering) TUCKER: I'm guessing this might be Parker Crane's bedroom. Nah, it seems a little girly for a boy's bedroom, don't you think? Why? I mean, look at this dollhouse. What? I had a dollhouse. This is a Rhode Island Red. Come on, let's get out of here. (creaking) GIRL: This is my room! (gasps) Tucker? (panting): Yeah? (panting) (thump) (panting) (thump) Tucker? Tucker... (gasps) GIRL: You can't be in here. If she sees you, she'll make me kill you. GHOSTLY VOICE (through can): Dalton... Dalton. (groans) What? I have something to show you. Stop, Foster. Just go back to bed. You're gonna get us in trouble. (through can): I'm not Foster. (switch clicks) (gasps) Foster, wake up. Foster, please, wake up. (creaking) (creaking) (doors thumping) Who are you? (echoing): The ones he killed. We are many. What do you want? GIRL: Please... help me! (mouthing) Make the pain stop! (crying) (gasps) (screaming) RENAI: It's okay. It's okay, it's okay. -(crying) -It's okay, it's okay. It's okay, it's okay. Oh, Jesus. Jesus. (crying continues) It's okay, it's okay. It's okay. It's just a dream. It's just a dream, it's just a dream. (panting) You're trying to reach her, but you won't, not from over there. Shadows are your home now. (screaming): Help! (rustling) (panting) Elise... why did you bring us here? What are we looking for? (dice dropping) (tinkling lightly) "Mors." Latin... for "death"? Carl... this is the woman who was in my house. (cracking) Lorraine, look out! What happened? (panting) What happened? Give me... give me a light over here. Over here! You're not Elise, are you? (gasps) (thudding) What? (gasps) Who are you? "Mater Mortis." Mother of death. What does that mean? It's literal. It simply means the mother of Parker Crane. (rustling in distance) (rustling) (hollow thumping) (thumping) -(thud) -(gasping loudly) (scrapes) TUCKER: Shh, shh, shh, shh. Okay. -(grunting with effort) -TUCKER: One, two, three. (grunting) Pull this way... pull it... (groans) (gagging, coughing) Oh, God. (sniffing, sighs) (panting) (gasping, coughing) (retching) TUCKER: Don't touch anything. (panting) Guys. "Bride in Black." I know that name. TUCKER: Word, what you got? SPECS: "One of the victims managed "to elude the killer. Police said "she described her attacker as an old woman dressed in a black wedding gown and veil." "Bride in Black claims his 15th victim." Victims. CARL: Oh, my God. Let me see. (groans) (upbeat big band music plays) (laughter) (muffled screaming) (screaming) (gasps) Parker wore that dress... (panting) ...to commit his murders. It was his disguise. He killed for his mother because she forced him to. He wanted his childhood back. That's why he went after your son. Renai... Jesus! Lorraine! -Where have you been? -I need to speak to you. -Where is he? Josh? -He's not feeling well. -He's been in bed all day. -And where are Dalton and Foster? I just dropped them off at Jessica's. Why? You and the kids are in danger. I'll explain, but not here. Please, let's just get in the car and go. Have you been seeing them, too? Around the house? It's not the house. It's Josh. (engine starts) They're gone. It's go time. Okay... we'll hear everything. Sing out if you need us. Remember, the code word is "quesadilla." Say it with me: "quesadilla." Uh, I thought we agreed on "unicorn" as the code word. Uh, "quesadilla" is easier to bring up in conversation. Not at all. How would you bring up a "quesadilla" in conversation? It's lunchtime, it's quesadilla time. -Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys. -I'd love a quesadilla. Can I have a quesadilla? Really? I don't think it matters. You'll know if I need you. It does matter. Tranquilizer. (knocking on door) Can I help you? Uh, my name is Carl. Uh, I know you don't remember me, Josh. Elise and I did our best to make sure of that. You're right. I don't remember you. Your-your mother called me when you started (over speaker): experiencing some problems, and what I saw scared me so badly that I, uh, reached out to Elise. Now Elise is gone. I-I was wondering if you could help give me some closure. I need it. Sure. (sighs): Okay. (over speaker: clears throat) This is pretty exciting. I feel like an FBI agent. RENAI (voice-over): Tell me what you're thinking. Lorraine, what do you know? I think that when Josh went into that other world, something else came back. We believe it's a spirit that's killed many times before, and it'll kill again. That's why I had to get you and the kids away from him. Last night, when I looked into his eyes, like I have every day for the last 12 years, it was the first time I didn't recognize him. I was scared of him. Right now, at the house, there is an acquaintance of Elise's and mine, and he's talking to Josh. We're going to try to sedate him, and when he's under, we're going to try to reach out to the real Josh. And what if we can't find him? (Josh coughs) Are-- are you feeling okay? I'm fine. Just woke up feeling a little under the weather. I suppose I-I wanted to ask you if you have any idea what happened to Elise. No, I don't. Look, I, uh... I should remind you that, um... I'm not the person who's going to look at you funny if you tell me something unusual. Hmm. I've, I've seen things with my own eyes that most people have to go to sleep to conjure up. (chuckles) Elise sent me to a place that still haunts my dreams. But I got my son back. I don't know, I left the room for about ten minutes and when I came back, Elise was dead. She had been strangled. That's pretty horrific. It is. Oh. Um... when you were a boy, you said it was an old woman who haunted you. Did you see that same old woman when you were in that other world? No. Okay, um... Say, would you like a drink? Uh, uh, uh, water. Glass, glass of water would be nice. Sure. What you got there? Huh? Oh, uh, nothing. I thought maybe you were playing with your dice. Ex-Excuse me? Mother tells me you like to play with dice. Did she? Well, I didn't realize you guys had spoken this morning. It's how I do my readings. Ah. What have you got behind your back? Why don't you ask your dice what I have behind my back? Come on, roll 'em and see. Mother tells me you were very good with them at the house. Come on, it'll be fun. (sighs) What-- what does Josh...? What is Parker Crane holding behind his back? She was always right. BOTH: Shit! (screams) (grunting) Come on! (Carl grunts, Josh screams) (both grunting) (choking) (raspy, choking): Get him off. He has the needle. (door opens) -Carl! -He's in here! (grunting) (Josh screaming, others grunting) (Josh grunting, Tucker screaming) (grunting) I know you, don't I? Well, if you're here, I guess I don't have to ask where I am. (high-pitched screaming) He killed you. I'm sorry. That thing is going to murder my family if I don't get back. I am trapped here. I-I'm getting weaker the longer I'm away from my body. Elise. Elise-- she's not here. Well, then we'll have to find her. (doors creaking) Into the Further we go. WOMAN (echoing): You need to kill the others. It's the only way to stay alive. Shut up, shut up, get out of my head! Shut up! Get out of here! Get out of my head! (phone buzzes) Okay, I've just got a message from Tucker. He says they're ready. (thunder rumbles, echoes) Elise? CARL: Elise! (eerie screams) Don't do that. What is it? There's someone standing in front of you. I don't see anybody. He's right in front of you. He's, he's talking to you. What's he saying? "He's got your baby. "He's got your baby, he's got your baby. He's got your baby." He's got your baby, he's got your baby. What's he doing now? He, he's pointing at something. Over there. RENAI (voice-over): I heard this noise coming from Cali's room. -It was on the baby monitor. -JOSH: Probably just -interference. -I don't know, it sounded so clear. It was like this whispering, it was... Scared the hell out of me. (distorted): Then I went to the monitor and turned up the volume... -(gasps) -...and heard a man's voice. I ran up there and... and I looked in Cali's... JOSH: Probably just some noise. Those things always pick up... (Cali cries) -(thunder rumbling) -No. No, no. No. Hey! (insistent knocking on door) Who the hell is that? -(pounding continues) -Hold on. Stay here. (echoing): Renai! (panting) (gasps) Hello? No, no, Josh, no. (keypad beeps) (Cali crying) (screams) Josh, Josh, quick, there's someone in, there's someone in Cali... (gasps) CARL: Josh. Renai! (grunts) (alarm beeping) (baby crying) Renai! (alarm continues beeping) -JOSH: Get away from her! -(growling) Get away from her! (both grunting) (screams) ELISE: Go to Hell! (screaming) -Josh. -(sighs) (echoing): I wish I could say it's good to see you. I'm so sorry. You shouldn't be here. We all pass through this place eventually. Hopefully, on our way to someplace better. I've seen that better place, but I came back here because I heard you calling, and I think I can help. Carl, what are you doing here? You are not supposed to be here. I failed you, Elise. Oh... no, you didn't. No, you didn't. You were looking for Josh and you found him. Josh, you don't belong here, and neither does that entity belong in your world. I don't know how to fight her. Out there in the darkness, she has a home, where all her memories live from her life. Use those memories to draw her out of your vessel, so that you can get back into your body. But where do I find her home? Only you know where that is. I don't remember. Maybe we're asking the wrong Josh. What happened? I saw what haunts him, and it's not a friend. It's a parasite. I've never felt such a malignant presence. (echoing): It wants to be him. Miss Lambert, I think your son has a unique ability... (voice fades) (echoing): Josh... I need your help. I don't have any memories of the old woman anymore, but you do. I need to know where she lives. (echoing): I'll show you. (door creaking) (gasps softly) So that's what that was about. (door creaking) Carl? (floorboards creak) Josh? Josh? JOSH: Hi, honey. (clears throat) I'm waiting for the boys. They're not home yet. Did my friend Carl stop by today? No, I don't think so. (women screaming) You did this to yourselves! (yelling) (laughs) JOSH: It's been so long since I felt real pain. Renai, help me! (women grunting) I missed it, but not as much as I miss inflicting it on others. (gasps) (whimpers) (grunts) -(Renai screams) -(Lorraine grunts) (Josh grunting) Renai, get out of here! Run! (lock clicks) I'll come back for you, Mommy! (screaming) (grunting) (grunts) (gasping) JESSICA: Okay, guys, we're here. -FOSTER: Yay! -DALTON: Thanks, Jessica. -Thank you. -No problem. -See you tomorrow. -Let's go, Foster. -(gasping) -I didn't want this, Renai. She wanted me to kill you, but I said no. But now... I know she was right. (both grunting) (gasping) You are a miserable, ungrateful bitch. You have no idea how much you've wasted your life being afraid of the dead, because pretty soon, you're going to be one of them. Then when I take you to my home in the dark, you'll realize how happy you should've been for your brief little moment in the sun. (gasping) (choking) (screaming) (yells) (boys scream) -Mommy! -Mommy! Mommy! Daddy, no! (yells) (lock clicks) (pounding) Come on! -Come on! Go, go! -(boys whimpering) (yells) (yells) (panting) (pounding in distance) (pounding continues in distance) (panting) (door creaking) (toy plays tune) (door creaking) Hello? (echoing): My name is Parker! What is this?! Did you do this? Don't you dare! But, Mommy... Speak the truth. Did you? Yes. That is not your name! Parker is not your name! That is the name your father gave you! Your name... is Marilyn. Do you understand? Repeat after me. "My name is Marilyn." Say it! My name is... Marilyn. (anxious gasping) WOMAN: Quiet now. If you don't be a good little girl, you'll get... (roaring) Mommy, Mommy, I can go into the dark place and find Daddy, if I go to sleep. No, it's too dangerous. I nearly lost you once before. I'm not gonna let that happen again. I can find him. I promise I'll find him. I promise. I will. Turn around. (pounding in distance) -It's okay! -(crying) Mommy! Be careful. (pounding continues in distance) (whispers): I love you. (pounding fades) (door creaking) Destroy her, Josh! End this! WOMAN (whispers, echoing): Where am I? (woman laughing) -(Renai gasps) -(Josh grunts) (footsteps approaching) (pounding) (grunting) (grunting continues) (groans) (grunting continues) (gasps) Let her go! Lorraine? (pounding in distance) Where is he? He-He's got Renai. -(Josh grunts) -(Renai gasps) (grunting) (grunts) Parker, help me destroy the memories of her. It will set you free. Please, let me in. Open the door. (gasps) (yelling) (both grunting) Little girls need to learn to be good! (grunting) (grunting continues) No...! (groans) (woman and Josh yelling) (yelling continues) (yelling stops) Baby! Hey! Hey, come back! Come back! (coughs) Elise? Josh, go now. I wish I could take you with me. I can't. -But you can take Carl. -What? I told you, you don't belong here. I felt your heartbeat when I hugged you. -You're still alive. -(heart beating) It's time to live again. But you both have to go now! Go now! Go! (rumbling) (rumbling fades) (eerie, indistinct whispering) (women screaming) Go away! (screaming continues) JOSH: Get back! Get back! DALTON: Daddy! Dalton? (echoing): Dalton! DALTON: Daddy! Where are you, son? Daddy! Oh... oh, good boy! What are you doing here? I came to bring you home! Wh... How did you find me? I followed your steps. RENAI (over cup phone): Please, wake up! Where are you? Come back. Come on. RENAI (over cup phone): Come back to me. That's Mommy. Wake up! Get back to me! Clever boy. Follow me. Wake up. Come on. Wake up! (coughing) (coughing) (panting) (groaning) (groaning loudly) (coughs) (panting) (gasps softly) It's me. Renai, it's me. It's okay. It's okay. Daddy? Yeah. Daddy, you're back! Yeah. Thanks to you. (sniffles) My boys. Hey, buddy. (panting) Renai, it's me. It's okay. I tried reaching you. I tried everything. I-I played your song. I should've known it was you. Only you could play it that badly. (both laughing) -(Tucker yells) -(Renai screams) Bring it! Are you ready? We're ready. Ready to forget, once and for all. No more traveling, right? This is the only world we want to be in. Good, Mr. Lambert. So then, close your eyes. Both of you. Now take a deep breath... and just listen to the ticking. Now feel yourselves getting sleepier and sleepier, and let the darkness drift further and further away. (ticking) (brakes squeak) (knocking on door) BRIAN: Who is it? I have a message for you. It's about Alison. Is this some kind of joke? We have a close personal friend who has, uh... spoken with Alison. That's not possible. You better leave now, or I'm calling the police. Wait, Brian. Who are you guys? Uh, we-we help people, ma'am. People who've been afflicted by... Who's the lady? What lady, honey? The lady standing behind them. Um... our friend told us to tell you that Alison's accident was no accident. When she was resuscitated back to life at the hospital, she brought something back with her. TUCKER: Not just one thing. Many things... are living here in this house. Believe me. Alison. Alison. (crackling) (low growling) (Elise shudders) (whispers): Oh, my God... (echoing gasp) www.able.co.nz Captions were made possible with funding from NZ On Air. Able 2015