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Alp (2016)
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- The hell? Did you, did you see that? - Chris you're hallucinating. We're here. - Come on let's go. - I'm coming, I'm coming. - Come on. - Told you I'd go. We're here. - Locked. - Dreams. The subconscious of our everyday thoughts, desires, and even our worst fears. It's the unknown that scares us. What we take from these images is what shapes us. Who we are, what we really think, without us even knowing. The human psyche is astonishing. The grandest ideas come to life from dreams. Sometimes, bad things come from dreams. Nightmares, our worst fears fully realized. Getting through a traumatic event such as yourself, suppressing is not good. It's important to identify the problem then confront. Chris, what do you see, what do you feel? Tell me about your dreams. - I woke up in a dream last night. In my childhood backyard, I was with my fiance Trisha. There was this huge tree from my childhood. I explained how, this one time my little brother Brandon climbed all the way to the top. I had to go up there and get him down. I was terrified. It felt like I, like I climbed forever to finally get him. Then later in the dream we were at a convenience store. That's when I see it again. A hooded shadow figure. I see it in my dreams and sometimes even when I'm awake. In the middle of the night, I can't move. As hard as I fight, it feels like there's, it feels like there's something watching me. So I lay there. Terrified. - Why can't you move? - I don't know, it's like something is holding me down, something is holding, pressing down on my chest. It's like a weighted down feeling. - In the world there's positive and negative energies. What we put out, what kind of energy we put out is what we're going to experience. If you put out bad energy or negative energy, that's what you're going to experience. You're gonna bring in the negativity. Now if you put out positive energy, that will help you fight through the bad energy, the negative energy. You gotta learn how to be able to pull out that positive energy and build from that. - How? - Well this trip to your old house is a great first step. You know it's been a long, long road on this phase of your recovery. Are you ready? - I think I'm ready. I think I'm ready. - Excellent Chris. You know I'm very proud of you. Remember it's just a house. The real confrontation is within you, within you. You're in control. - I know, I wanna take control of my past and not let it control me. I'm in control. I'm in control. That's it. - Are you excited? - Yeah, I'm ready. I think I'm ready. - You think you're ready? - Yeah. - Oh baby now, you know we're gonna be alright. - Yeah. - And you know I have your back right. - I know. - And we're gonna be okay. - I know. - Cut it out, we gotta finish packing. - I know, I know. Is there anything else we need inside? - Ah yeah I think there's two more boxes upstairs. - Okay, okay I'll get em. - Can you bring me some water? - Yeah I got yah. - So baby are you excited about seeing your brother Dave? - Yeah actually I am. You know it'll give us an opportunity to talk, you know. Our relationship hasn't been the best, but it gives us a chance to talk at an adult level. Last time I saw him he was 12, 13 years old. He's a grown man now. I'm looking forward to that so. - That's cool. - Yeah, so. I mean he's living at the house right now. He's actually about to sell it. - What? He's been staying at that house? - I mean yeah, he's just, you know maintaining it, he maintains the house. - Yeah but you don't think that's kinda creepy? - I mean not really. He has to maintain the house. I mean he's gonna sell it now so you know. - Yeah but. - Yeah I mean that's, the timing is actually good because you know, give us a chance to be there before he does sell the house so actually works so we can do this right now. - I guess. - Yeah. - What's up bro? - Youngster, what's up man. - Good to see you man, what's been going on. - Yeah good to see you. - Aw man man, getting the house ready man. - Yeah, yeah I see that. - Getting ready for selling. Probably gonna end up moving to Chicago man. - Okay. - Yeah yeah. - Nothing wrong with that. - So you got your lady in the back. - Yeah that's my wife Trish. I'll introduce you in a minute. What's up with you man, how you been? - Aw man you know, just the norm man. Just making things happen. - Okay. - Like I said I've been focused on this project with the house. - Yeah yeah. Looks good man, looks real good. - Ya'll come on in enjoy yourself now, I'm gonna walk around back, got a few people back there. - Okay cool. - We'll have a little fun. - I'll probably go inside myself, walk around a little bit. - Okay. - Alright. - Yeah yeah. Okay make yourself at home man. - Like mix it up man, know what I'm saying. Hey that's the reason why I'm not playing no more in the major leagues right now, you know what I'm saying. That's the reason why. You know I had this dream and it felt like I was there. I couldn't wake up, I was screaming. Scream to the top of my lungs and the crazy thing is, my family was right in the other room. That shit just fucked me up and I just, I kept seeing these different shadows going from here, going from there and then you know in my mind, I know I'm sleeping but I feel like I'm there, you know what I'm saying. I seen a bunch of shadows but I didn't know what it was. It was really tripping me out. You know what I'm saying? - Yeah he has dreams like that all the time. Kicking me and poking me in my sleep and I'm like really? And he wakes me up going why didn't you help me, why didn't you save me? And I'm like, what was wrong with you? - Like you're stuck? - Yeah, whole body is seized up, I can't do anything. - Bro I'm gonna tell you, I started to beat this bitch ass. - Wait wait wait. - Hold on, hold on, I got ya. - Wait wait wait. I'm good. - That's crazy. - That was crazy. - I told you my brother can throw a party man. - You did drink a whole bottle of vodka but yeah. - We ain't talking about that, that's in the past, it's gone now. - It is. But everything's gonna be okay. Just gonna take it one day at a time. - You're right, one day at a time. - One day, one step at a time. - One step at a time. - And you know having you here with me, makes it easier. Really does. - Aww, where else would I be? - I don't know. - Hey hey hey. Stop. Save it for later. - Yeah. Save that for the bedroom huh. - Yeah. Speaking of bedrooms, is that really where we're supposed to sleep? - Yeah that's it. It's the honeymoon suite. - Honey that's a mattress and a box spring. - I mean, you know he's moving out. - You got a lot to learn. - He's moving out. My brother's moving out so, he doesn't have much in there. Plus doesn't have my decorating skills. - Your wannabe decorating skills. You don't have any. - You're right I don't. - So um, well, why don't you get the bags and maybe I'll go get us set up and maybe we can play around. - Okay sounds good. - Okay. Love you. - Can't believe I'm here. Trish. Oh what the fuck. It's gotta be a dream. A dream it's gotta be a dream. It's gotta be a dream. This can't be real. It's gotta be a dream. I don't know. Where the fuck am I? Where am I? This is a dream, it's all a dream. It's a dream, it's gotta be a dream. This can't, this can't be real. - Come here mother fucker. You knew who you were fucking with. Trish. I can't move. Trish. I can't move. What the fuck is that? What is that? Trish. Trish. Morning. - Hey babe. How are you? Kiss. How do you feel. - I'm good. - Are you sure? - I'm alright. Yeah. - What do you want? - Water's fine. - Cause that's all we got. How do you think it's gonna go between you and Dave? - I think it's going good you know. I gotta get a lot of questions answered. Definitely need to do it, so I'm looking forward to it. - Yay. Because I really need to go to the grocery store. Because if we're gonna stay here for three days, I'm not gonna keep eating eggs and chips. That's just not me. - Right there. - So how's college going for you? - It's going alright, just checking my bases. - Okay. - Trying to figure out what I wanna major in but um, you know day to day. - What you think you're leaning towards? - Ah, I wanna say biochemistry man. - Oh yeah? Alright then. - Yeah. - Credit where credit is due. - Yeah they don't give no credit. - Hey, my cowboys doing a thing though. Finally got a team around him. - How many years? - We don't count the years alright. You just gotta be positive about it. That's all we can do. This is probably, where it all started for me. - Yeah them days. - The league. - Don't count it though. - Say man but, the reason I brought you out here, I kinda wanted to talk to you. I know we always hadn't had the ah, best relationship in the past. There's been a lot going on and um, you're gonna think I'm crazy man if I try to break all this down, you're gonna think I'm crazy man. I see a lot of things related back to that night with him. - Him? - My brother. - Brandon? - Brandon. Brother Brandon. You know. You never have any visions or anything? Flashbacks? I know you were young. Nothing ever from that night. That incident? - Nah. - I don't know bro. I don't know, I don't like to talk about it. I don't like to think about it. It's never gonna leave me, I know that. But um. - So ah, what happened that night? - You know, we had a babysitter. And there was a fire. I had sent Brandon to get a baseball. When I went to look for him, I got to the bathroom and all I saw was, was pure evil. Firefighters said you and me were the only ones to make it out alive. Then of course you know, mom's suicide after that. I want you to know if anything, if anything happens, I'm here for you alright. - Yeah. - I want you to understand you can talk to me about anything. - Hm, big brother. - So did you get everything taken care of that you needed to with Dave today? - Yeah I did actually. We had a good talk, good conversation I mean. I felt like, I mean I got something out of it. I felt like he did too. We haven't always had the opportunity to talk as adults. - That's good. - Yeah. - I'm glad you got a chance to talk to him and got things squared away. Got what you needed. - It was really good. - How did it go at the store, did you get everything you needed? - I sure did, we've got groceries, I got food, no more eggs and chips and sausage. - You know I like eggs and chips. You talking down on them. - I'm not gonna be eating them everyday. - Not for three days. - Not for three days straight, are you out of your mind. Speaking of, you need to go get in the shower. - Ah what? What are you trying to say. - You need to go get in the shower. - I was gonna get in the shower anyway. - Mm yeah, I might join you later but. - Oh really. - You need to go get in the shower. - Have you get in there first. - You need to go get in the shower first. - I'm headed that way. - So get on up. Get on up. - Knock knock. Ooh you got that water all nice and hot. - Uh huh. - Hey you. - Hey. - What the hell was that? - Baby I, I know, I know. - You know? Look we've already seen what we need to see, let's just go. - Okay, alright. - Tomorrow. - Tomorrow. - Go to sleep. - Just the fact that you can't wake up you know, you can't move and as I did my research, it led me into you know, sleep paralysis. Honestly, honestly like, whenever I wake up at night and it's crazy cause every time I wake up at night, I wake up at three in the morning. Supposedly I don't know, supposedly I heard that, crazy shit happens at three in the morning and every time I wake up I see a shadow like on the corner, a black shadow. And I know a lot of people have different views of this shadow that they see but me I see a black shadow like in a big long cap you know and um, kinda like the you know the death. - Hello. - Atterson. Listen, it's Chris okay. I need to talk to you. - Chris what time is it? - Listen I know it's late okay. Look these, these, these dreams I've been having, look look I know what it is. Okay. It's an alp demon. You've heard of it? - German folklore I believe. - Sleep paralysis okay, the hallucinations, you know not being able to move, seeing something in the room. - Yes Chris you're trying to stretch a myth to fit a truth. - Listen doc, I'm just trying to get myself together. Okay, I'm, I'm, I wanna move past this, I wanna put this behind me. I'm sorry doc, I know it's late. I'll call you in the morning, I'll talk to you in the morning doc. - What do you want from me? What do you want from me? Oh my god, what do you want from me? What do you you want from me? Trish, what do you want from me? Trish, Trisha. Trish. Trisha. Oh my god. Trish. Trish. - Chris what the, what the hell? Where are you? Chris, what's wrong? Baby what's wrong? What the fuck is wrong with you? Talk to me. Chris breathe. You know what, that's it, we're out of here. Chris what the fuck? I mean, you wanted to come here. We came, we saw, we're done. I don't wanna talk about this anymore. - You think I asked for this? You think I wanted all this shit? You think I wanted all this to happen to us, to me. - You better lower your voice and stop yelling at me. You crazy? What, what happened Chris? What, you think somebody's following you? You think you're seeing things, ghosts? - It's like I said before, except this time she was in the house. - Who was in the house? - I could fucking see her. - Who? Oh boy. - So I'm just making all this shit up. I'm making all of it up. You don't believe me. I want all this, this is all coming out of my fucking head huh? - You know what, sometimes people do things cause they're looking for attention. This might be one of them. - Attention? - Yeah attention. You know, people use things and try to get attention in different ways because they're crying out, they need help. And baby you've been crying out long enough, I think it's just time to just let it go. Just let it go. - Wow, that's outstanding. Out-fucking-standing. - Your ass is crazy. I'm driving. Can't wait... I've had enough of you you know. I'm trying to drive, I'm trying to help you, but your ass is crazy, you're gonna drive me to drink. I just ooh, I can't wait to get rid of you. I can't wait to get... Can you hurry up, it's hot. - Listen baby. - What, what? - Look I know, I know you're upset right. - Damn right I'm upset. - But you have to hear me. Listen. - What Chris? - Listen something, something is wrong. Something is really wrong. - You're damn right something's wrong. Don't you think I know something's wrong. - Look look. Everything that's been happening to me, everything that's been going on, I been doing my research. I'm not the only one that it's happening to. - Really? - Okay. Look just read that. - What? - Okay, everything, all the characteristics, everything it makes sense. - A demon? Really a demon? - Really listen, it sounds crazy but I'm telling you it makes sense, - Chris, you're not even religious. - What's going on. - A demon really. - It makes sense what was going on with me. Listen, I understand how it sounds, but if you read the research I've done, it makes sense okay. - Yeah well, it doesn't make sense to me. It really doesn't make sense to me. You need... - just what are you saying? - Look Chris. If you love me, which I think you do, then you need to get help. Call Atterson. - Trish you believe me though don't you? Where you going? Trish where are you going? - I keep meeting these guys. Crazy. It's amazing. Okay. Hello. Hey mom it's me. Yeah we cut the vacation short. Oh my god mom you wouldn't understand what just happened. Chris is crazy. Yeah. I mean one minute he thinks he's seeing demons mom, demons. I can't deal, I can't deal with this anymore mom, he's just not the same person. He is not the same person, I mean he's dealing with some sleep paralysis stuff and thinks he's seeing demons all the time, under the pillows and round the corners and he's busting in on me in the show. I'm, mom I just, I need some space. I got a hotel for a while and I need time to just breathe, relax, get myself back together, I'm gonna give him time to get himself together and I guess we'll just have to go from there. Yes. I know. I will. I love you too. I'll call you later okay. Bye. I just can't deal with this. - Chris - hey babe. - Sit down man, have some tea. Hm hey, pour something to drink. - You need to wake up. - Grab some chicken man. Sit down. Hey come on. Rough night last night man? - Come on Chris get it together, get it together Chris. - Hey baby you okay now? Wash your face, doing good. Let's see. Nice and wet. Baby you okay here. You've washed your face. - Baby listen. We left yesterday. - Why are you whispering? - We left the house. We left yesterday. And now we're back. Here again. - You're still whispering. - Listen. I remember everything. We left the house, we were at our house and now we're back here again. - Baby, then we just went to the party. I mean, other than that nothing happened. I really think you need to go back and lay down, get some rest and when breakfast is ready and the food ready, I'll come and get you, I'll come and wake you up okay. - Okay. - Okay let's go. Follow me, I'll take you, I'll put you in bed, and I'll tuck you in. There you go. Night night. - Where the fuck am I? Shit. What the fuck is going on? Shit. It's only a dream, she can't hurt me. It's only a dream. She can't hurt me. Shit. Oh shit. Fuck this shit. What the fuck do you want from me? Trish? Trish, Trish. Wake up. What's wrong. Trish wake up. Shit. - Well that, that didn't end well at all. It's Chris. He's lost it. I really need to talk to someone about it. - It's okay Trisha, I understand. I've seen this kind of thing... - no doc, I don't think you do. At first I thought it was part of his coping mechanism, his way to deal, but now he's just crazy. I mean he's always talking about demons, constantly. He's paranoid and to be honest, I can't take it anymore. I've tried and I've tried but I can't. And I think I'm gonna leave Chris. I don't know what to do for him anymore. I don't. Can you help him? - I thought things were getting better, I thought things were improving. And now, he's calling me at all hours of the night and I'm getting indications that he's manifesting this delusion that he's been carrying around. I was thinking going back to his old house, going to Dave's house would eliminate this and help him to deal with it, get over it. - He's not the same person anymore. He's not. He's in a dark place and I don't know how to bring him out of this dark place. And if I don't, something serious is gonna happen. - Now Chris, when I snap my fingers you're gonna enter a sleep state and what happens during that sleep dream state we will see. I'm gonna count down and then snap my fingers. Three, two, one. - Chris. What you doing out here? What are you doing babe? - I don't know uh. - This is not a dream, you been staring outside, staring at this wall for hours. You know what I'm tired... - listen. Listen. - No. - Listen to me, I'm telling you. - What? - I'm telling you this is all a dream. - It's not a dream Chris. You are tripping. What is that? - It's ah, a basement. - A basement? - Yeah it's a basement. - A fucking basement, really Chris? Oh my god. You know what, we're leaving. I'm packed, we're going now. - Chris, Chris. - Chris. Wake up. Wake up. - What's wrong? - Well, there's this case I've been working on. Been having some setbacks. Hell might even say I've been knocked off the fucking ladder. - Oh my god. I've never heard you swear before. - Yeah you know. So close. So close. Seems like it's turning into something else. - Uh oh. - Really is that serious. That patient I was telling you about, Chris. - Hmm. - That trip he made seems to be triggering some kind of raw emotion. He's talking about sleep paralysis, seeing shadows. - Do you think he's losing it? - I don't know. I think I'm gonna have to have him committed. - Hm. - Really didn't want to, but the guy's getting married. - Hello. Mr Henderson. This is detective Brad Stevens. I'm calling on behalf of Laura Davis. Trisha Davis' mother. We would like to speak to you downtown at the station. I don't know if you're aware, but miss Trisha Davis has gone missing. Her mother said when she last spoke to her, you guys were having a bit of trouble. She was kinda erratic. Before anyone jumps to conclusions, let's go ahead and meet so we can sort this out. I'll be waiting for your call. - Voicemail of course. Figures. Come on, come on. Dave. This is doctor Atterson. I'm calling because Chris is completely spiraling out of control. He keeps talking about this alp, this demon thing. Trish is afraid for her life. We're gonna have to get together and talk about Chris, this is just getting out of control. Please call me as soon as you get this message. You've got my number. Bye. - What's up? Hey it's Dave, where's, where... - you are so fucking goofy. - What do you mean I mean, you know, I'm trying to make it you know, I got this, I mean plus, we're gonna be on TV. We're gonna be on TV. Just so... - what are you talking about gonna be on TV? - Trust me, just listen. Hey soon okay. My brother. - Explain. - My brother, he got like these dreams and, you know, the house and stuff so. - About our house, this house? - I mean. - No, you're not talking about this house. - It's nothing though, just trust me. - Nothing? - It's nothing. - Okay. - Look baby, we gonna be rich. - Okay Dave. - Why don't you just listen to me sometimes? - Okay Dave. - Trust me okay so, you know what I'm saying. After all I goes through, but yeah he be having these fucked up dreams though like. He can't move and stuff. And into the house. Whatever you know, that's something else. - Okay. - I'm Dave from the block baby. You know, watch me. - Well? - Well, what do you mean well? - I thought we were gonna take off. - Babe look I told you, I'm Dave from the block. I got this, trust me. Trust me, trust me. I got it. Yo ghost ghost, out out, come out, come out wherever you are. - I'm here. - You are bullshit. - Louder. - Out out ghost ghost, come out wherever you are. Stupid mumbo jumbo piece of shit. Come on out, come on out you piece of shit. Come on. He's playing cold Turkey. - Better stop. - I guess you're right. Wish you'd listen to me sometimes baby. Dave from the block. Baby you so sexy. Oh yeah. - What the fuck is that? Go go, get your camera. - I don't know what it was babe. Yeah, I told you. - Go. - Trust me. Come on. - Fuck, you go first. Go. - Here you go. - Dave, Dave. Hey. - Ah you're funny. That's not funny. - I found it. - That is not funny. I found it out right here. - Did you see anything? - Yeah the alp right here. - Stop, you suck. Asshole. - Oh shit. Elsa, Elsa. Oh shit. Aw shit what the fuck. Oh god shit. Oh shit oh god. What the fuck. What the fuck was that? You ain't seen that? You didn't see that? Who's out there? You didn't see that? Who's there? Who's there? Hey, hey. Don't fucking turn. Motherfucker. Hey. Get out of the fucking truck. Get down. Get out of the fucking truck. Oh shit. - Chris, what is going on? - Doctor Atterson listen, listen. Got it all figured out okay. - Chris you gotta calm down, I, I. - Everything, everything that's been happening, the visions, everything, everything I've been seeing, it always leads back to the house. Our childhood home okay, our old house, our childhood home. - Calm down. - Always. - I really think we need to stop and think about. - I know where Trisha is. It always, it all ends with the house. It always goes back to the fucking, to the childhood home. That's where it goes fucking back to. - Calm down. I'm gonna call the authorities. - Listen, you fucking listen to me right now. You're not calling and you're gonna fucking listen to me right now okay. I'm gonna go back to the house because I've thought about it, I figured it all out already. I know Trish is at the fucking house. Get in the fucking car. - Okay, okay. - I said we're going. - Fine, fine. - Right now. - I'll go with you. But you gotta promise to put the gun away. Look, I'm telling ya, if we don't find Trisha there, then we gotta call the cops. - Alright. Fine. - Let's go okay. - Course I'm going fucking crazy. I haven't slept in fucking days. Now the motherfucker not sleeping I feel like a fucking lifetime. - Chris. - Deal with this fucking shit. Look doc, I need to do this okay. I know you think I'm crazy alright, but I'm not. I'm not fucking crazy. - Chris. Look at yourself. You haven't slept in days, you're having a breakdown. Look I'm here to help you. - Listen, I can sleep alright, I just don't want to alright. Alright this alp, this alp thing gets a kick out of this shit. I swear it does alright. You, you don't even believe me. You tried to call the fucking cops on me. - Chris okay, we're doing what you want. We're going to Dave's house. We get there, what then? - I don't know I just, I just know that she's there alright. You don't fucking believe me. It doesn't matter what I say to you doc because you don't and I don't know if you ever fucking have. Alright. This alp, it's trying to tell me, it's trying to tell me something I just, I don't know what it's trying to tell me okay. I just know, we need to go to Dave's. I just know Trish is there alright. Just believe me doc, you gotta believe me on this. - I believe you Chris, we're doing it. - For all I know Dave's gone too. - Gone too? - I don't know I, I haven't been able to get a hold of him. - I haven't either. - Listen okay, I'm gonna pay for this gas alright, you just pump it, I'll be right back okay. We're going to the house. - Alright. - Come on let's go. - Help! Dave. Dave. Dave. Dave get up. - Where am I? - Get up, please help me, help me. Dave can you help me. - I can't feel my legs. Trisha. - Help me. - Turn the wheel, turn the wheel Chris. Stop the truck, you're gonna kill us. What are you doing? - Can't feel my. - Please, please. You gotta get up, time to get up. Get up. - Can't feel my legs, can't even move. - You gotta get up Dave please. You gotta move. - I can't. - I can't please. Please move. You gotta move. - The hell? Did you, did you see that? - Chris you're hallucinating. We're here. - Come on let's go. - I'm coming, I'm coming. - Let's go. - I told you I'd go. We're here. - The fuck. Trish, Trish. Dave. Trish. Atterson. - Dave, Dave. Dave. Wake up. - When it started I would get this strange feeling in the night, as though something was watching me. Then I would wake, but I could not move. It would laugh at me. Those nights were an eternity. Who are you? Shadows, shadows everywhere. Children, I must take care of the children. Please god, no. No. - I'll be back for you Dave, I promise. Help. Help me. - It was you the whole time. - Chris you gotta calm down, get it together. - This whole fucking time it's been you. - I've been trying to help you all this... - help. Help me. Please. - Your wife, Martha Atterson. - Chris my wife Martha Atterson - was my babysitter when I was a kid. - Had a disease. - She's a sick woman. I couldn't tell you. - I trusted you. - Please Chris, help. Help. Chris. - Trish oh shit. - Baby we just went to the party, other than that nothing happened. - This is all a dream. - It's not a dream Chris. You are tripping. Chis wake up. - Chris, relax. I'm here to help you. - Chris. - Oh my god, oh my god, what are you doing? What are you, - don't shoot. - Doing with that gun? - You fucking tried to kill me. - What are you doing? - Please please no. - Your wife, Martha Atterson, she was my babysitter when I was. - She was a sick woman. I couldn't tell you. - You should've fucking told me. I trusted you. - Put the gun down. - Put the gun down. - No reason to. - What did you do, you shot him. - Last night, authorities reported to a grizzly murder scene in the lions park suburb. Therapist Jim Atterson died after suffering a single gunshot wound to the chest. Three other people on the scene survived unharmed. Police have apprehended a suspect, but we'll no more until formal charges are filed. |
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