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(EERIE MUSIC)
(CREEPY BREATHING)
(HEART BEATS)
(DOOR OPENS)
(EERIE ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC)
(CLOCK TICKS)
(WOMAN HUMS)
(PERSON KNOCKS)
(PERSON KNOCKS AGAIN)
- Scarlet?
- Excuse me,
I'm sorry to bother you
this late.
I'm looking for my child.
He wandered off, and I think
he's somewhere around the area.
WOMAN: I'm sorry,
I just got home.
STRANGER: Would you
mind helping me look?
Nobody's answering their
doors and I'm afraid
something will happen to him.
WOMAN: I really can't, I'm
expecting someone any minute.
STRANGER: I could really use
another set of eyes, please.
WOMAN: I'm sure there
are other people home
who could help you, I'm sorry.
STRANGER: Can I at least
give you a picture of him,
just in case?
WOMAN: Sure, but I'm terrible
with faces, just slip it
under the door.
STRANGER: Isn't he beautiful?
If you'd just keep an eye
out for him, I'd really
- appreciate it.
- No problem, good luck.
(EERIE ATMOSPHERIC NOISE)
(CLOCK TICKS)
(WOMAN HUMS)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(PHONE CHIMES)
Hello?
Hey.
No, that's fine, that's
fine, I'm still setting up
and hey, when you get
here, I have to show you
this picture this woman gave me.
She came looking for her kid.
No, really, it's fine,
just hurry up.
Okay, love you too, bye.
(CLOCK TICKS)
(EERIE ATMOSPHERIC NOISE)
(PERSON KNOCKS)
- Hello?
- It's me again.
- Any luck?
- Unfortunately no.
- Can I ask a favor of you?
- What is it?
STRANGER: Nobody else
is answering their doors,
I was wondering if you have
a flashlight I could borrow.
He'll know it's me
if he sees it.
WOMAN: I'm sorry, I
don't think I have one.
STRANGER: Please,
nobody else will help us.
WOMAN: You really need to
ask someone else, I've told you
I can't help you.
STRANGER: He's only five
years old,
he's my only child,
please, will you just look?
WOMAN: I'll be right back.
STRANGER: Rachel.
MAN: Where are the others?
STRANGER: Inside.
(DOOR CREAKS)
WOMAN: This is really old,
I can't guarantee it'll work.
STRANGER: Thank you so
much, sorry to bother you.
Enjoy your dinner.
(EERIE ATMOSPHERIC MUSIC)
(CLOCK TICKS)
Enjoy your dinner?
(EERIE NOISE)
(CLOCK TICKS)
(PHONE BEEPS)
Call Scarlet Jones?
(PHONE RINGS)
Hey, are you almost here?
The woman came back again
and I just feel weird.
She said something
kind of strange.
Okay, just hurry up.
Okay.
Okay.
(CLOCK TICKS)
(EERIE ATMOSPHERIC NOISE)
(GLASS SHATTERS)
(WOMAN GASPS)
(HEART BEATS)
(EERIE ATMOSPHERIC NOISE)
I never left these open.
(HEART BEATS)
(WOMAN BREATHES SHAKILY)
(CLOCK TICKS)
(EERIE ATMOSPHERIC NOISE)
(WOMAN SOBS)
(DOOR KNOCKS)
Leave right now or I'm calling
the police.
STRANGER: Please,
he needs help.
WOMAN: Get away from my door.
STRANGER: You can't leave
us out here.
Can't you see he needs help,
please?
(EERIE ATMOSPHERIC NOISE)
Open the door.
(WOOD CRACKS)
(GLASS SHATTERS)
(EERIE ATMOSPHERIC NOISE)
(GLASS SHATTERS)
(HEART BEATS)
(CLOCK TICKS)
(FOOTSTEPS CREAK)
(CLOCK CHIMES)
(CLOCK TICKS)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(WOMAN SOBS)
(WOOD SCRATCHES)
(WOOD SCRATCHES)
(WOOD SCRATCHES)
(CREEPY WHISPERS)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(SCRATCHING STOPS)
(FAINT DOO WOP MUSIC)
Did you take your
pill this morning?
It's rosemary.
I'm gonna have to stay the
night again.
Again?
Uh-huh.
Deadline's tomorrow.
It's the biggest project
of the quarter.
Boss is asking the whole team
to burn the midnight oil.
(EERIE MUSIC)
(WOMAN PANTS)
(RECORD SKIPS)
(FORK SCRAPES)
(WOOD SCRATCHES)
(GLASS SHATTERS)
(WOMAN PANTS)
I told you not to take too
many of those fucking pills.
I'm gonna be late now.
Make sure you clean all this up.
(WOMAN PANTS)
(WOOD SCRATCHES)
(EERIE WHISPERS)
(CHEERFUL DOO WOP MUSIC)
Doorbell rings
Doorbell rings
Who's there
Is anybody there
Hello
Is anybody home
(EERIE MUSIC)
(WOOD SCRATCHES)
(SOMBER STRING MUSIC)
(WOMAN PANTS)
(WOOD SCRATCHES)
(SCRATCHING STOPS)
(WOOD SCRATCHES)
(EERIE WHISPERS)
(WOMAN GASPS)
(SOMBER MUSIC)
(EERIE WHISPERS)
(WOMAN BREATHES SHAKILY)
(WOOD CREAKS)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(CREEPY WOMAN WHEEZES)
(CREEPY WOMAN ROARS)
(WOMAN SCREAMS)
(SOMBER MUSIC)
(WOMAN MURMURS IN DISBELIEF)
(EERIE WHISPERS)
No, no, no, let me out,
let me out, let me out,
let me out!
(MUFFLED) Let me out,
no, please, let me out!
(EERIE WHISPERS)
Let me out, let me out!
(KNIFE SCRAPES)
(SOMBER MUSIC)
(WOMAN SOBS)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(DOOR OPENS)
John, leave, no!
What?
(FAINT JAZZ MUSIC)
Softly now I see her
Lovers arms entwine
Shadows of
Wait, no!
No!
Get out!
Now and again
Get out of there, go, go!
(STATELY STRING MUSIC)
(WOMAN STRUGGLES)
Wait.
(STATELY STRING MUSIC)
(MAN GRUNTS WITH EFFORT)
No, stop!
(WOMAN GASPS)
(WOMAN SOBS)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(SOBS) No, John.
(WOMAN SOBS)
(EERIE WHISPERS)
(WOMAN SOBS)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(EERIE WHISPERS)
(EERIE DISTORTED NOISE)
(WAVES CRASH)
(EERIE NOISE)
Oh look!
It's a hag stone, a stone
with its middle missing?
It's supposed to
bring good luck.
We could use some good luck.
If you look through it,
you're supposed to
see other worlds.
Oh yeah, you want
to try it out?
(EERIE NOISE)
(DISTORTED ROCK MUSIC)
(MUSIC STOPS)
(MAN PANTS)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(THUNDER BOOMS)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(MAN GASPS)
Can I help you?
(WOMAN GASPS)
(BOOK THUDS)
How much for the book?
I'm afraid this particular
book is not for sale.
Then why is it here?
(EERIE DISTORTED NOISE)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(WIND HOWLS)
(LIGHT BUZZES)
(EERIE DISTORTED NOISE)
(GROUND RUMBLES)
(FOREBODING MUSIC)
(WOMAN GASPS)
(METAL MUSIC)
(WOMAN PANTS)
(WOMAN SCREAMS)
(WOMAN COUGHS)
You okay?
(EERIE MUSIC)
You all right, Pam?
Yeah.
I'm all right.
MASON: What happened?
I thought you were choking.
No.
Mason, I have to tell
you this, my dream, I...
(SIGHS) I was down here
in the kitchen
and the wind was blowing
really loudly so I looked
out the window and the trees
were being ripped apart.
The wind just got louder and
louder until it was painful.
And then it just stopped.
And it got dark.
And then I felt
something near me.
I couldn't see it though,
I could just...
(WOMAN SCREAMS)
Feel it.
(WOMAN SIGHS)
That's a disturbing dream,
sweetheart.
(WOMAN SIGHS)
But it was just a dream, right?
Come on, let's go back to bed.
(THUNDER BOOMS)
(WIND HOWLS)
(THUNDER BOOMS)
(WOMAN PANTS)
Pam?
It's here.
It knows we see it.
(EERIE ROCK MUSIC)
(THUNDER BOOMS)
(THUNDER BOOMS)
MASON: What are you doing?
- Where is it?
- Where is what?
My necklace, my stone
necklace, where is it?
I threw it away.
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
(EERIE MUSIC)
Oh my God. (WHIMPERS)
(EERIE MUSIC)
What, Pamela, what am I
looking at?
Just look at it. (WHIMPERS)
(THUNDER RUMBLES)
What happened to it, Mason?
Mason, what did you do with it?
(WATER DRIPS)
(THUNDER BOOMS)
(IDYLLIC MUSIC)
(MUSIC CUTS OUT)
(EERIE ATMOSPHERIC NOISE)
(CREATURE GROANS)
Mason, Mason.
Mason, Mason.
Mason.
Wake up.
It's not following me anymore.
You know the morning
when we were at the motel?
You said that it's not
following you anymore?
You know what, never mind.
Just forget I said anything.
The seeing hole.
The seeing hole from the stone.
That's what was following me.
And I never said it was gone.
Are you saying the stone is
still here?
I threw it out, Pamela,
I threw it away.
No.
It's right here.
(EERIE DISTORTED NOISE)
(MAN PANTS)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(WOMAN WHIMPERS)
(WOMAN SCREAMS)
Pamela, Pamela, are you okay?
I can't see, I can't see,
I can't see anything. (SOBS)
There seems to be nothing
wrong with her physically,
Mason, but we'd like to
keep her for a day or two
for psych observation,
is that okay with you?
(EERIE GUITAR MUSIC)
Sir, can I come in, please?
What is it you want?
We're closed.
I need your help.
Help regarding what?
(EERIE DISTORTED NOISE)
Hey.
Hey, where are you going?
I need your help.
(DOOR BUZZES)
So.
You've decided to return
what you've taken.
Something happened to Pamela.
I just thought that...
And you thought what, exactly?
I thought you would know
something about the book.
Maybe it had something...
Yes, it belongs to me.
I didn't know she
had taken it.
It's just a book.
Any recipes or spells
in it are just for fun.
You're a liar.
Listen.
Some strange things are happening
to my girlfriend, Pamela.
I need your help.
I've never believed in this
kind of thing before, but...
I think I'm starting to.
And between that weird book
and that creepy hag stone,
she seems to think
things are following her.
Hag stone.
Yes, the stone.
She's had it for a while now.
Then she started
sleeping with it.
Recently it started
to freak me out,
but now she's going
berserk over it.
Now she seems to think
something's following her.
Can you tell me anything?
Did you see this something?
No.
I mean...
I don't know.
(EERIE MUSIC)
I did feel something.
Something cold.
(DISTORTED ATMOSPHERIC NOISE)
You should distance
yourself from her.
What?
You should distance
yourself from me.
Leave.
But Pamela...
(BOOK THUDS)
(EERIE NOISE)
Now.
What...
(EERIE ATMOSPHERIC NOISE)
Her optic nerves are
in perfect condition.
I'm not going to refer
her to the optometrist,
but I'm going to give you a
number to a psychotherapist.
Pamela's issues are rooted
somewhere in her mind.
Her affliction is real, Mason,
even if it's not apparent to us.
Why is she wearing those?
(FAINT NOISE FROM TV)
(IDYLLIC MUSIC)
(SOMBER ROCK MUSIC)
(DISTORTED ATMOSPHERIC NOISE)
(CREATURE GROANS)
(CREATURE HOWLS)
(CREATURE GROANS)
(MASON GASPS)
(CREATURE GROANS)
(MASON SIGHS)
(STATIC FROM TV)
(MASON GASPS)
Shit, Pam.
You scared the hell out of me.
Are you feeling any better?
I can see now, Mason.
What?
(CREATURE GROANS)
I can see now.
(CREATURE GROANS)
I can see everything.
(EERIE ROCK MUSIC)
I'm scared, Mason.
Nothing is solid anymore,
everything is
opening up, like flowers.
Mason, please.
Help me.
(EERIE ROCK MUSIC)
(CREATURE GROANS)
(PAM GRUNTS)
Help me, Mason.
(CREATURE GROANS)
(EERIE DRUM MUSIC)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
(CREATURE GROANS)
(WIND HOWLS)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(MASON PANTS)
(EERIE GUITAR MUSIC)
(DISTORTED ATMOSPHERIC NOISE)
(DISTORTED ROCK MUSIC)
(EERIE NOISE)
(CROWD CHATTERS)
(SIRENS WAIL)
MORGAN: As you can see,
it's complete pandemonium
and chaos in the streets.
(PANTS)
I thank you for allowing me to
be your...
Your final newscaster here on...
Channel four news.
I trust that everyone
is with their loved ones
or doing what they love or
making love.
For me, it's even... (SIGHS)
Oh my God.
It's happening.
JULIAN VOICEOVER:
Apocalypse, yeah right.
Why are people so asinine?
I mean, this isn't the first
time we tried
to predict the end of the world.
I remember this whole Mayan
Calendar crap a few years ago.
You know, it had everyone
turning into preppers.
Well, I think it's just,
well, stupid,
how so many people can put
so much thought into the end
over the present and now,
here I am, 2015,
January 1st, and...
No end of the world, no
UFOs, solar flares, no comet
and, uh, no return of Cthulhu.
Nope, it's just me
and my cubicle
and another shitty day.
(QUIET STRING MUSIC)
(ALARM BEEPS)
DJ: It's 6:30 AM in
our paradise we call
East Prairie, and there isn't
a lot of surprises this week.
We're going to have a lot
of highs in the upper 70s
and things are going to...
(VOICE FADES OUT)
(MAN SIGHS)
JULIAN VOICEOVER: I
wonder if they noticed
if I didn't show up today.
DJ: Business is business as
usual, I like to always say.
Everstone Medical has once
again surpassed X Quartech
as the worlds most valuable
company after the release
of their new medication,
absorvital, that has been proven
to eradicate autism within
children and adults.
MAN: Yes, and X Corp's
stock has been on the decline...
JULIAN VOICEOVER:
What in the hell is that?
MAN: Suggesting that
its fast growth phase,
rare for a company of its
size, may be coming to an end.
DJ: Speaking of coming
to an end,
there has been speculation...
MAN: Suggesting that
its fast growth phase,
rare for a company of its
size, may be coming to an end.
DJ: Speaking of coming
to an end,
there has been speculation of
just that
as it pertains to the world.
We may have narrowly
escaped armageddon
a little over two years ago
from the supposed
Mayan prediction...
JULIAN VOICEOVER: I don't
remember having this box.
God, I'm losing it today.
MAN: Speculations have
gone on to say that a local
conglomerate, ironically
made to save lives,
may be the cause
of said apocalypse.
Skepticism has run heavy
over this story
since its announcement.
We actually go live to
Morgan Middlebrook,
our man on the street,
as he gives us a look
on how the city has been
taking the news
of possible imminent death.
No, no, no. (GROANS)
No.
Oh, you're so gonna charge
me for this, I know it.
Where the hell did that
come from?
Another day of being alive
after the apocalypse scare.
Yes, yet another
prediction has...
(HORN BLARES)
(QUIET PIANO MUSIC)
NARRATOR: Steps to
building self motivation,
how to motivate yourself
written by Rob Fladry.
You have no personality,
low self esteem,
and have driven yourself
into a safe routine life.
And if you want to excel,
you need to remember
these three steps, have a cause,
be hungry
and let go of the past.
Step one, I can't think
of a more powerful source
of motivation than a
cause that you care about.
Such cause can inspire
you to give your best,
even in the face of adversity.
It can make you do the seeming...
Watch where you're... (SIGHS)
Just going.
JULIAN VOICEOVER: Shut up,
Julian, shut up and walk away.
Oh, God, she's beautiful, why
is she just staring at me?
( "LA HABANERA")
Aw, crap, not this guy,
every morning.
No, I want to get
an email to...
JULIAN VOICEOVER: I wish
you'd get in the elevator
with me, I wonder if he
senses the awkwardness
of these elevator rides so
he fakes phone conversations.
Yeah, sure, I'll just hit
a button that you normally
can hit yourself, sure,
no, no, problem, no, no,
not at all, you're the boss.
I'm just another slave
to your grindstone.
(SIGHS) I swear.
Catch that Bucks
game yesterday?
No. (STAMMERS)
Dean, all right, yeah,
no, good job.
Yeah, uh-huh.
(BELL DINGS)
(CHEERFUL MUSIC)
(TIMER RINGS)
(MAN SIGHS)
MAN: Everstone Medical
Supplies has been serving
the great city of East
Prairie for almost 40 years,
founded in 1975 by my
great friend and father,
Patrick Romero, he
helped make this company
what it is today.
Basing its success on three
core beliefs, speedy deliveries,
building a personal
relationship with clients,
and keeping the highest
recovery rate in the country.
Here at EMS, we don't
just save lives...
(TIMER DINGS)
(NUMBERS CLICK)
(LIGHT ROCK MUSIC)
JULIAN VOICEOVER: It's her.
It's really her.
I can't believe it, she's...
Did she even see me?
What is she doing here?
(FLAMENCO MUSIC)
She's still out there.
What is she doing with that
teddy bear?
What in the hell?
Tonight we are live
on the streets
where you can see people
are in celebration
over another day of being alive.
Yes, it is true, yet another
prediction has been debunked.
People are excited,
Tom, people are excited.
Yes, another prediction
has been debunked,
giving us all another
reason to appreciate
the lives that we live,
now, let's see if we can't
pull the people off the
street and get their opinion.
Ma'am, ma'am, ma'am, how
do you feel about tonight?
WOMAN: I feel excited
about tonight.
That's enough.
(TV CLICKS)
(DOWNBEAT GUITAR MUSIC)
ANNOUNCER: This is an
attack warning.
Attack warning means that an
actual attack
against this country has
been detected
and that protective
actions should be taken.
Important instructions
will follow in 30 seconds.
(RADIO BEEPS)
(MAN SIGHS)
JULIAN VOICEOVER: I
wonder if they'd notice
if I didn't show up.
ANNOUNCER: This is an
attack warning.
Attack warning means
that an actual attack
against this country
has been detected
and that protective
actions should be taken.
Important instructions
will follow in 30 seconds.
FEMA presents you the
following message,
this is an attack warning,
repeat,
this is an attack warning,
attack warning means
that an actual attack against
this country
has been detected and
that protective actions
should be taken.
This is the emergency
action notification.
(SIREN WAILS)
DISTORTED ANNOUNCER:
This is an attack warning,
repeat, this is an
attack warning.
(ANNOUNCER'S VOICE ECHOES)
DISTORTED MOTIVATION TAPE:
Steps to
building self motivation.
How to motivate yourself,
written by Rob Fladry.
Step two, being hungry, wanting
something is not enough.
You must hunger for it.
Having your desire won't take
you through the difficult
times since you don't want
things badly...
(CAR ALARM BEEPS)
(SIRENS WAIL)
(ANNOUNCER'S VOICE ECHOES)
Morning, thanks for
calling Everstone Medical
tech support, this is
Julian speaking.
Can I have your
account number please?
Can I have your first
and last name, please?
(DOWNBEAT GUITAR MUSIC)
Do you have a number I
can reach you in case
we get disconnected?
Is there a secondary number
I can reach you
in case I can't
reach you there?
How can I help you today?
Good morning, thank you
for calling...
JULIAN VOICEOVER: I
don't know why I can't stop
thinking about her, there's
just something about her.
JULIAN: What is your
first and last name, please?
(JULIAN TYPES)
Do you have a number I can
reach you in case we get
disconnected?
(DIAL TONE BEEPS)
Is there a secondary
number I can reach you
in case I can't reach you there?
(TIMER DINGS)
(JULIAN SIGHS)
Too many calls today.
(ELECTRICITY BUZZES)
ANNOUNCER: This is an
attack warning.
Attack warning means that an
actual attack
against the country
has been detected
and protective actions
should be taken.
Important instructions
will follow in 30 seconds.
Repeat, this is an attack
warning, attack warning means
that an actual attack
against this country...
(DISTORTED NOISE)
DISTORTED TV: Has been
serving the great city
of East Prairie for
almost 40 years.
Developed in 1975 by my great
grandfather, Patrick Romero.
He helped make this
company what it is today,
basing its success on
three core beliefs,
speedy deliveries, building
personal relationships
with clients, and keeping
the highest recovery rate
in the country, here at EMS,
we don't just save lives,
we change them...
(NUMBERS CLICK)
(DOWNBEAT MUSIC)
DISTORTED ANNOUNCER:
This is an attack warning.
Attack warning means
that an actual attack...
Attack warning...
(MUFFLED TV FROM WITHIN)
(WOMAN KNOCKS)
Against this country
has been detected
and that protective...
Hello?
ANNOUNCER: Important
instructions will follow
in 40 seconds.
(NO AUDIO FROM WOMAN)
Important instructions will...
Hey, hey, I just saw
you turn out the light.
Answer the door.
What is she doing here?
(DOWNBEAT MUSIC)
Hello?
Oh, she's beautiful.
All right.
I can do this.
Oh, God, who am I kidding, I
can't do this, I can't do this.
Who am I kidding?
Who am I kidding?
He's not gonna answer.
Why do I have to be
so awkward all the time?
I mean, lions,
they're not awkward.
I was shocked too.
Just to see someone.
I know this sounds crazy,
I can't imagine
what you must be going through.
It's kinda nice to be not
be talking to the wind
or inanimate objects around me.
I mean, you're here
and I'm here.
I remember when I couldn't
even pass by people
just walking down the street.
(SIGHS) Painful memories
right now.
Walking hand in hand? (SIGHS)
I know you're in there, just
answer the door, dammit.
(DOWNBEAT MUSIC)
Okay, I can do this.
Be a lion.
(ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)
ANNOUNCER: News anchors
John Carlo Hernandez,
Michelle Lynn, and our
man on the street,
Morgan Middlebrook.
(LIGHT PIANO MUSIC)
Hey you, come here,
no, closer.
All types of men, and I'm
just waiting for you to call.
So I can show you just
how much I like you,
how much I want you.
At only 4.99 a minute, how
could you resist this, Julian?
Julian?
Julian?
Julian?
Julian?
Julian.
(SIRENS WAIL)
Julian!
Julian!
Julian!
Julian!
Julian!
(WATER RUNS)
(MAN HUMS)
(LIGHT MUSIC)
NARRATOR: Steps to
building self motivation,
how to motivate... (BEEPS)
(UPBEAT SYNTHESIZER MUSIC)
Huh?
JULIAN VOICEOVER: This
is it, she's talking.
And I'm talking.
You stroll down the
street with this dumb look
on your face, you come over
to this newspaper stand,
grab that newspaper and
go into this building.
JULIAN VOICEOVER: Oh, do
not mess this up, Julian,
do not mess this up.
- With the same dumb look.
- Yeah, but...
What, are you stupid
or something?
- No, I...
- What do you even do in there
I'm just going to work.
(SCOFFS) Work?
Wait, work, what?
JULIAN VOICEOVER: I know
I'm supposed
to be paying attention to her
right now,
God, she's beautiful.
She's so...
Wait, what did she say?
There is no more work,
there are no people.
There is just you and me.
(SOMBER VERSION OF
AULD LANG SYNE)
(DISTORTED ANNOUNCER ECHOES)
(SIRENS WAIL)
I am standing here in
downtown with...
One minute away from the
moment of destruction.
As you can see, it's complete
pandemonium and chaos
in the streets.
I thank you for allowing
me to be your...
Your final newscaster,
here on...
Channel four news.
I trust that everyone
is with their loved ones
or doing what they love or
making love.
For me it's even...
Oh my God, it's happening.
(BOMBS EXPLODE)
(SIRENS WAIL)
JULIAN VOICEOVER:
Apocalypse, yeah right.
(GUN FIRES)
(EERIE MUSIC)
(WOMAN HUMS)
(EERIE WHISPERS)
(SOMBER STRING MUSIC)
(DISTORTED ROCK MUSIC)
(GUN FIRES)
(SOMBER MUSIC)