HOUSE OF THE DAMNED (originally titled "Spectre") written by Brendan Broderick story by Victoria Muspratt Property of: CONCORDE/NEW HORIZONS 11600 San Vicente Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90049 (310)820-6733 Fourth Draft October 18, 1995 EXT ROAD - DAY An old foreign CAR on its last legs winds its way down a sunny road deep in the Irish countryside - ROLL CREDITS EXT CAR - DAY Two older CHAR WOMEN are in the car, searching apprehensively for their destination - EXT ROAD - DAY The car turns down a forbidding road - we follow the car as it makes its way down the winding, wooded path - EXT GLEN ABBEY MANOR - DAY The Victorian manor looms on the horizon in the hazy afternoon light - The car approaches and stops in front of the house - END CREDITS The two women get out, surveying the dark building - the FIRST CHAR WOMAN opens the trunk, removing a CARRYING TRAY of cleaning supplies - 1ST CHAR WOMAN Welcome to Siberia. The SECOND CHAR WOMAN takes some MOPS out of the back seat - 2ND CHAR WOMAN This is the last time I travel so far for a job. We won't get back till nightfall. 1ST CHAR WOMAN Well the pay is worth it. The two approach the front door as the first char woman takes a KEY out of an ENVELOPE - 1ST CHAR WOMAN Not a bad place to live. I wonder how much it cost. 2ND CHAR WOMAN If you have to ask, you probably can't afford it. The first char woman looks at the second, then unlocks the front door - INT MANOR DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY The two women enter with their supplies - the house is furnished with dusty antiques - 1ST CHAR WOMAN Looks like we have our work cut out for us. The second char woman heads toward the living room - INT LIVING ROOM - DAY The second char woman enters and looks around - suddenly she is STARTLED by something that catches her eye - POV the FURNITURE is in disarray, chairs and tables on end, all in the center of the room - a circle of BOOKS standing upright surrounds the furniture - The first char woman approaches, sees the same thing - The women approach the furniture - 2ND CHAR WOMAN What's all this? The first char woman shakes her head and heads out - The second char woman begins to pick up the books - 1ST CHAR WOMAN I'll start the upstairs. The first char woman exits as the second one picks a chair up out of the pile - INT MASTER BEDROOM - DAY The first char woman enters the bedroom and looks around, clearly impressed by the room and its furnishings - she puts her cleaning supplies on the ground, and goes over to the window - She looks out the window for a beat, then opens the window to let in some fresh air - a breeze blows in - the woman takes in the country scenery outside - Suddenly there is the faint sound of SCRATCHING - the char woman listens for a beat, then turns around and gasps - A large black RAT faces her, staring up at her with black beady eyes - The char woman's expression turns from shock to concern - 1ST CHAR WOMAN Oh Lord. Repulsed by the rodent she stomps her foot, in hopes it will scare it away - the rat backs off - INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY The char woman watches as the rat scurries away - INT LIVING ROOM - DAY The second char woman continues to straighten up the living room, setting a chair in place in the corner - She notices a small oval PAINTING on the wall a portrait of a WOMAN from the 1860's - the painting stares back at her - The char woman then finishes putting the remaining furniture in the center of the room away - INT MASTER BEDROOM - DAY The char woman sprays window cleaner on the windows - She wipes the window with a paper towel, apparently preoccupied until she suddenly stops wiping the window - Sensing something's presence, she slowly turns around and looks - The RAT has returned, and continues to look up at her - The char woman stares back at it with dread - The woman looks around for a blunt object, settling on a POKER next to the FIREPLACE - The woman approaches with the poker - the rat does not budge - Hoping to avoid the unpleasant task, the woman stomps her foot - nothing happens - she stomps harder - INT LIVING ROOM - DAY The second char woman moves some books and listens to the banging upstairs, wondering what all the commotion is - INT MASTER BEDROOM - DAY The char woman continues to stare at the rat - she stomps her foot - the rat does not move - The woman raises the poker to strike the rodent - it stares back at her - suddenly it RUNS toward the woman - The woman screams and JOLTS backward, hitting an end table and falling to the ground - She kicks her legs furiously to avoid the rat when suddenly DOZENS OF RATS emerge from all parts of the room and ATTACK the char woman - she lets out a BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM - INT LIVING ROOM - DAY The second char woman spins around to hear the horrible screaming, and runs toward the stairs - INT MASTER BEDROOM - DAY The char woman is COVERED by squealing rats as she furiously tries to fight them off, all the time screaming at the top of her lungs - INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY The second char woman runs down the hall with a panicked expression on her face - she approaches the master bedroom - INT MASTER BEDROOM - DAY The char woman continues to fight off the rats - they are everywhere, TAILS and CLAWED FEET and BLACK EYES and TEETH that rip into her skin - Soon the second char woman appears at the door and freezes in her tracks for a beat before running into the room - She runs to embrace the first char woman curled up in a ball in the corner - there are NO RATS on the 1st char woman but she HALLUCINATES that there are - The second char woman's presence only agitates the first char woman, who fights her off frantically - 2ND CHAR WOMAN Kathleen! For God's sake what's wrong! The first char woman springs to her feet, still screaming - The second char woman embraces her - 2ND CHAR WOMAN It's all right it's all right! The first char woman struggles to come to her senses and then begins to cry uncontrollably - 2ND CHAR WOMAN You're ok, everything's ok...what happened? 1ST CHAR WOMAN There were rats... (crying) 2ND CHAR WOMAN Rats? There are no rats...shhhh... The first char woman looks around the room - 1ST CHAR WOMAN Rats everywhere... The first char woman inspects her ankle which appears unharmed - 2ND CHAR WOMAN See? Everything's ok...there aren't any rats. The first char woman looks around the room, fighting to collect herself - 1ST CHAR WOMAN My God...I need some air... 2ND CHAR WOMAN Ok ok...Jesus you nearly gave me a - The first char woman then BOLTS out of the room - the second char woman watches her - 2ND CHAR WOMAN Kathleen! Wait! INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY The first char woman runs down the hall - The second char woman comes out and watches her with a look of genuine concern on her face - INT FOYER - DAY The first char woman yanks the door open and runs outside - INT MASTER BEDROOM - DAY The second char woman looks around the room for a beat, then heads out into the hallway - INT FOYER/STAIRCASE - DAY The second char woman heads down the stairs, notices the door is open, and starts to head in that direction - Something then catches her attention that freezes her in her tracks - she looks on in horror - INT LIVING ROOM - DAY The furnishings have been REARRANGED to their original state of disarray - Paralyzed with fear, the char woman takes a few steps back - Soon there is sound of a DETERGENT BOTTLE rattling on the ground - The char woman turns and sees it - The bottle suddenly rattles across the floor, as if kicked gently by an invisible man - the woman gasps- the bottle continues to be kicked around, gently at first, then the top pops off - The char woman stands frozen as the bottle sits dormant as some of the contents glug glug glugs out on the floor - Suddenly the bottle is KICKED violently - the woman cringes as she is SPATTERED with cleanser - The bottle slams around and finally rises and - SMASSHHH! SLAMS against the wall within inches of the woman's head - The woman frantically runs out the front door - leaves blow in from the outside - The women jump into the car and hastily start it - as they do a strong gust of wind SLAMS the door shut - we hear the car peel away - FADE OUT CUT TO EXT GLEN ABBEY MANOR - DAY POV of a VIDEO CAMCORDER turning on - it focuses on the house. It is a new day, and a midsize RENTAL VAN is parked out front - in front of it is an American AUTOMOBILE - WILL(V.O.) Well, it's moving day, and we finally made it here. The camera starts walking toward the house - WILL (V.O.) Glen Abbey manor, getting some new tenants... The camera TURNS to reveal WILL SOUTH, an American in his 30's, taping himself - WILL Let me take you on a tour... EXT MANOR ENTRANCE - DAY The video camera focuses on the front door - the camera approaches a tarnished lion's head KNOCKER - We see Will's free hand knock at the door - WILL(O.S.) Not bad... Just then the camera turns to show AUBREY SOUTH, a dark-haired 6 year-old girl, approach the front door carrying a doll - WILL(O.S.) Here comes Aubrey, say hi Aubrey. Aubrey looks at the camera, then back at the house - AUBREY Hi. As Aubrey heads in MAURA SOUTH, an attractive woman in her 30's, exits the house and heads toward the van - WILL(O.S.) And there's Maura, doing a little unpacking... Maura takes a box out of the back of the van - MAURA I could use a little help. We have to return the van soon. WILL(O.S.) Ok ok...we're just gonna head inside here... The camera approaches the front door - INT LIVING ROOM - DAY The camera pans the living room, filled with a few boxes amid the other furniture - WILL(O.S.) This is the living room... The camera approaches the FIREPLACE and then pans to the PORTRAIT on the wall of ELIZA LONDRIGAN - WILL(O.S.) Here's a picture of...someone... she doesn't look too happy. INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY The camera automatically adjusts its light to show the upstairs hallway - WILL(O.S.) Ok, this is the upstairs... The camera then heads down the hallway, toward a bedroom - WILL(O.S.) And down here is a bedroom... let's take a look at that - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT As the camera pans into the room, we see Aubrey standing in the middle of it, looking at her father with a blank look on her face - her doll is on the floor - WILL(O.S.) Hey. Aubrey says nothing, staring at Will with a trance-like expression - WILL(O.S.) What are you doing honey? Aubrey just stares back - WILL(O.S.) Aubrey? Will then lowers the camera and looks at Aubrey - Will's faint smile fades - WILL Are you ok? Aubrey looks at Will until he touches her shoulder - AUBREY Can I have this room daddy? WILL Sure. (Beat) Did you see the others? AUBREY (Beat) I want this one, daddy. WILL Ok. (Beat) If you want this room, you can have it. Will kisses Aubrey's head, and walks out of the room - Aubrey continues to look around - DISSOLVE TO EXT COUNTRY ROAD - DAY The South's CAR drives down a scenic road, lush green fields and whitewashed stone fences - INT CAR - DAY Will drives, Maura sits in the passenger seat - Aubrey sits in the back seat, looking out the window - WILL Well, we're not in California anymore... (Beat) Sure is beautiful. Maura seems to be concentrating on something - MAURA Now remember we have to call someone about that replacing that water heater. WILL Yeah I'll look into that tonight. MAURA (Beat, looks out window) I hope we have more success than we did with the cleaning service. WILL The place is pretty dusty. MAURA Well the realtor said that was going to be taken care of and it wasn't. I'll have to call her. WILL Who knows... (Beat) we have to get used to living around here. Maybe good help is hard to find. MAURA Must be... EXT ROAD - DAY The car drives away - DISSOLVE TO INT MASTER BEDROOM - DAY Maura unpacks the contents of a box as Will walks in with another box - Will places the box down, and approaching Maura from behind - WILL Well, we're officially in. Will puts his arms around her - she doesn't respond - WILL (gesturing) I think the bed should face this way. What do you think? Maura says nothing - WILL What's the matter? MAURA Will, maybe we should have separate bedrooms for a while. WILL Oh come on... MAURA I just, I don't know... WILL What will Aubrey think? MAURA Aubrey knows more about us than you think. Maura walks away and opens another box, inspecting the contents - WILL Well maybe we don't need to remind her of it. She has a lot more to adjust to...new friends, new schools...it would be good if she had a stable family environment. MAURA You didn't think much about that before. WILL Look, I thought we were all right on this, Maura. (Beat) It's over. You know that. Maura turns and looks at Will - MAURA (Beat) It's just going to take a while. WILL Whatever you say. Maura walks away - MAURA I think I'll start dinner. Will watches Maura leave the room - DISSOLVE TO INT DINING ROOM - DUSK CLOSE on a black and white PHOTOGRAPH from the 1930's framed on the wall: a WOMAN in her 20's bearing a resemblance to Maura, posing with a MAN, presumably her husband - WILL(O.S.) Well, I suppose I should make a toast. Will, Maura, and Aubrey sit around a large wooden table and have dinner - Will reaches for his wine glass, raises it to Maura and Aubrey, then gestures to the picture - WILL To Eliza Londrigan, for keeping this house in the family. Maura raises her glass and they look at each other for a beat before clinking glasses - Aubrey raises her wine glass full of milk - MAURA To our family. WILL To our family. They clink glasses with Aubrey - Maura looks at the picture - MAURA I wish I knew more about her. WILL Did anyone in your family keep in touch with her? MAURA Not really. She was just one of those names you hear growing up. You know, so-and-so who lives in Ireland. (Beat) I really don't think anyone knew about this place. WILL Or what she was worth. Maura gives Will a look - WILL God rest her soul. MAURA I don't think she willed it to me out of sentiment. She didn't even know who I was. It's just... tradition. Suddenly there is the eerie sound of distant THUDDING, as if some heavy presence walks above them - Aubrey looks at her parents, then around the room - no one says anything for a beat - WILL Did you hear something? Maura waits to hear it again - AUBREY What was it? BOOM BOOM...BOOM BOOM - the sound is louder - Will looks toward the front door - Will gets up and heads to the front door - Aubrey watches him - INT FOYER - DUSK Will walks past some boxes and opens the door - There in the doorway stands the startling presence of FATHER SEAMUS, a reedy, older Catholic priest with sunken eyes and ashen skin - the air is foggy - Will is taken aback by the man, waits a beat to compose himself - WILL Can I help you? Father Seamus slowly breaks into a faint smile, mirthless and creepy - SEAMUS You must be the new tenants. WILL And you...are? Seamus takes his hat off - the wind blows his wisps of hair - SEAMUS My name is Father Seamus. I'm from Holy Rood church. WILL How can I help you? At this point Maura approaches, Aubrey behind her - SEAMUS I came to see if everything is all right. Maura and Seamus make eye contact - SEAMUS You must be a Londrigan. MAURA Yes, I am. WILL She's a South now. Will extends his hand - Seamus shakes it - WILL I'm Will South. This is Maura, our daughter Aubrey. This is... Father Seamus? Aubrey looks at Seamus with trepidation - SEAMUS Yes. I'm sorry to call on you at this hour. You see, I knew Eliza well, and out of deference to her, I came by...to welcome you...and to bless this house... Will, Maura and Aubrey look at the priest for a beat - SEAMUS ...at her request. She was a very religious woman. MAURA Oh, that's nice... SEAMUS (Beat) May I come in? WILL (Beat) Sure, sure... INT DINING ROOM - DUSK Father Seamus looks around the room warily - Will, Aubrey and Maura follow him in - Father Seamus takes out some HOLY WATER and sprinkles it about the room - he then crosses himself and solemnly mutters a prayer, closing his eyes - Aubrey looks at Will - AUBREY (whispering) What's he doing daddy? WILL (whispering) He's blessing the house. AUBREY (whispering) Why? WILL For good luck honey. Seamus reads from his prayer book - SEAMUS Hear us, Holy Lord, and deign to send thy holy angel from heaven to guard, cherish, protect, visit, and defend all who dwell in this home. Will and Maura watch him - Aubrey looks at her parents - SEAMUS(O.S.) Per Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen. Seamus finishes his prayer, and crosses himself - As if coming out of a trance, Seamus turns and faces the family - SEAMUS Thank you. I believe she would have wanted it. MAURA Did you know her very well? Seamus looks at her, then around at the room - SEAMUS She attended the church for years. A dear woman, it was sad to see her decline so rapidly. MAURA It was a shame. SEAMUS (nods) In her later years she would often get very disoriented being alone here. She would call me, and I would come by. WILL What was she afraid of? SEAMUS Well, I believe her mind was playing tricks on her, God rest her soul. She would hear things, see things... MAURA Well it's nice that you were there for her. SEAMUS I took pity on the poor woman. This house is too big for one person to live alone in... Seamus looks at Aubrey - SEAMUS It needs to be filled with the laughter of children...right? Aubrey looks up at the priest - AUBREY Did you grow up in Ireland mister? WILL That's father, Aubrey. SEAMUS Well yes I did. Lived here my whole life. AUBREY (Beat) Did you ever see a leprechaun? SEAMUS (Beat, smiles) A leprechaun? Well, let me tell you. They've been known to roam the land, and like it very much when you leave a bowl of milk out for them during the night. Aubrey looks at Maura - AUBREY Can we leave out a bowl of milk, mommy? MAURA Sure. Aubrey heads toward the kitchen - Seamus watches Aubrey head off, then smiles back at Will and Maura - WILL Did you have dinner, father? We have plenty. SEAMUS Well thank you for the offer, (Beat) But I really have to go. EXT MANOR - DUSK The front door opens and Father Seamus steps out - Seamus then turns and looks at them earnestly - SEAMUS I hope everything works out for you, and you find happiness in your new home. WILL Thank you. SEAMUS Perhaps I'll see you in church. Will and Maura look at each other then at the priest - MAURA Uh, we're not really practicing Catholics... Father Seamus smiles politely - SEAMUS Well there's no time like the present. (Beat) Good night. WILL Good night. MAURA Good night. Father Seamus heads away from the house, into the fog - Will and Maura watch him leave as they close the door - INT FOYER - DUSK Will and Maura look at each other - WILL Well that was strange. Aubrey then emerges with a bowl of milk - MAURA Ah, he's a nice man. Who knows, maybe he misses her. Aubrey puts the bowl of milk down outside the front door and looks at Will and Maura - AUBREY For the leprechauns. Will gently leads her back inside - WILL For the leprechauns. Will closes the front door - DISSOLVE TO EXT MANOR - NIGHT Crickets chirp - lights are on in the upper floors only - INT STUDY - NIGHT Will begins to set up his video equipment, connecting the VCR cables to the TELEVISION - He takes the VHS CASSETTE from the camcorder and places it the VCR and rewinds it - INT MASTER BEDROOM/BATHROOM - NIGHT Maura is in her bathrobe taking the last three heavy hardcover BOOKS out of a box - she places the books on the edge of the bed, and tears the box so it's flat - she puts the box on a pile of other flattened boxes and picks up a final box, labeled BATHROOM - She heads into the bathroom - INT STUDY - NIGHT Will rewinds the tape with the remote, and hits play - we hear no sound but Will seems concerned with what's on the screen - INT BATHROOM - NIGHT Maura continues to put various JARS of medicine away on shelves in the bathroom - as she does she hears a brief but distinctive sound of a HUMAN VOICE whisper something unintelligible - she listens - a beat of silence, then - THREE LOUD THUDS come from the bedroom, jolting Maura - she turns - INT MASTER BEDROOM/BATHROOM - NIGHT Maura slowly pokes her head out the door - she then looks down on the ground with a troubled look- she walks into the bedroom - We see her crouch down to pick up the three books, which have been FLUNG across the room and lie open and askew on the floor - she picks them up and looks around the room - Suddenly something dawns on her - her expression changes, and she smiles faintly - INT STUDY - NIGHT Will looks at the screen with a troubled look on his face - Maura comes in with a faint smile - Will does not acknowledge her, continuing to stare at the screen - MAURA Are you playing tricks on me? WILL (Beat) What? MAURA It's not going to work. I'm too smart for you. Maura then looks at the screen as Will remotes the volume - MAURA What are you watching? Maura approaches - WILL It's the video I made... POV the screen shows the house tour, but the image is GROTESQUELY DISTORTED, and GUTTURAL, TWISTED SOUNDS of suffering and SCREAMING intersperse with the static - Maura and Will stare at it in shock, listening for a beat - MAURA What the hell is that? WILL I don't know. That's strange. Will fast-forwards and plays it, but it is more of the same throughout - WILL I'm sure this was a blank tape. I must have screwed up. (Beat) Damn it. What is all this? Maura looks at Will - MAURA Were you just upstairs? Will looks at the screen - WILL No. Why? Maura thinks about it for a beat - MAURA You didn't come in and knock over some books? Will looks at Maura for a beat then back at the screen - WILL No. Maybe it was Aubrey. MAURA She's asleep. (Beat) I think that's what I need, too. I'm starting to see things. WILL Yeah, well I'll be joining you shortly. I just want to... Will fast forwards some more - WILL ...set up some more things. MAURA Ok. Maura looks at the screen for a beat, then heads down the hall - Will continues to look at the screen with a concerned expression - CLOSE on the screen as the distorted images and sounds play - DISSOLVE TO EXT GLEN ABBEY MANOR - FRONT DOOR - DAY Aubrey opens the front door - she looks down at the bowl from the previous night and picks it up - The bowl is empty - Aubrey smiles - just then she looks up, appearing somewhat startled - A large burly PLUMBER stands and faces her - Aubrey says nothing - PLUMBER Hello there little girl. AUBREY Hello. PLUMBER (Beat) Are your parents in? Aubrey turns and looks inside - AUBREY (loud) Daddy! There's a man out here! The man looks around, feeling a little uncomfortable - Will approaches the door - PLUMBER I'm here with the new heater. Will opens the door and steps back - WILL Oh, great, c'mon in. INT DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY Will, Aubrey and the plumber enter the hallway - Aubrey lifts the bowl to show Will - AUBREY Look daddy! It's empty! WILL That's great, honey. Aubrey looks at the plumber - AUBREY The leprechauns drank it last night! The Irish plumber looks at Aubrey - PLUMBER Uh huh. (to Will) Before I bring it in I'll take the old one. Will heads toward the cellar - WILL Ok. It's down here in the cellar if you want to follow me. INT CELLAR - DAY The camera pans the staircase to show Will and the plumber in the dark, damp cellar, standing by the old water heater - WILL Thanks for coming by. You're the fourth guy I had to call! The plumber shuts the water off from the old heater - PLUMBER Well you called the right man. This new heater's a great deal If I do say so meself. The plumber looks at Will as he dismantles the old heater - PLUMBER Fifty gallon capacity, r-foam insulation, low w.c. manifold and a radial flame spreader! Will looks at him, failing to make the connection - PLUMBER For lower N.O. emissions. WILL Oh, right. The plumber begins to dismantle to old heater - INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY Maura carries a full laundry basket down the hall, passing Aubrey who sits on the floor of her room playing with her dolls - AUBREY Mommy, the leprechauns drank the milk last night. MAURA Well I bet you they're happy. Maura opens up some cabinets and begins to put away some folded towels onto some shelves - AUBREY(O.S.) Can I do it again tonight? MAURA We'll have every leprechaun in Ireland here honey. INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - DAY Aubrey has several DOLLS facing her in a semi-circle, some old, some new - she combs the hair on one doll, a porcelain one - Aubrey picks up one doll which has a CORD on its neck - Aubrey pulls the string - DOLL(V.O.) Hi, what's your name? INT CELLAR - DAY Having disconnected the heater, the plumber prepares to remove it - Will approaches him- WILL You want a hand with that? PLUMBER Sure. The two men begin to WRENCH the rusted heater free - they pull and pull until the heater begins to slide off the foundation - soon it is removed - PLUMBER Back's rusted all to hell. The plumber heads upstairs as Will wipes his hands - something then catches his attention - Will crouches down, inspects the mildewed wall - as he smears away the dirt, he reveals an ancient bronze AMULET adorned with CRYPTIC SYMBOLS, six inches in diameter, nailed to the wall - Intrigued, Will stares at it for a beat - WILL What's this? Will begins to loosen it - INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY Maura continues to put away the laundry when suddenly the LIGHTS begin to flicker - Maura looks around - The lights go OUT for a beat, then back on - and then SMASH! a light bulb EXPLODES - Startled, Maura looks around, then heads downstairs - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - DAY Aubrey looks at the doll, whose face smiles yet has an eerie quality to it - Aubrey pulls the string again - DOLL(V.O.) Hi. What's your name? Aubrey looks at the doll - AUBREY Aubrey... Aubrey pulls on the string again - DOLL(V.O.) Do you want to play...Aubrey? Aubrey stares at the doll as if being drawn in by some force - The doll stares up at her - INT DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY Will heads up the stairs inspecting the amulet as Maura approaches him - WILL The heater's here. MAURA Were you fooling with the power? WILL No. MAURA Didn't you just see the power go off and on? I just had a bulb break on me! Will looks at Maura - WILL No. I don't know. (Beat) Look at this. Maura notices the amulet - MAURA What is it? WILL It was in the cellar. (Beat) Weird. MAURA Well something just happened to the power upstairs... Maura heads off and shakes her head, troubled by the event - Will continues to smear the dirt off the amulet - INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY Maura walks up the stairs - she then looks ahead and GASPS in fright - POV - ALL the cabinet doors are WIDE OPEN - towels are all over the floor - Maura slowly approaches the opened doors with growing impatience - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - DAY Maura pokes her head in - MAURA Aubrey, did you do this? Aubrey holds the doll, and shakes her head no - MAURA (angry) Don't play games with me, little girl. AUBREY I didn't do anything, mommy. MAURA Well then who did?! AUBREY Maybe it was Colleen... MAURA Who...is Colleen? Aubrey looks at Maura for a beat, then holds up the doll, and smiles - DISSOLVE TO INT STUDY - NIGHT The cleaned-off amulet is propped on a shelf - the sound of a running SHOWER can be heard in the background - PAN to see Will in his pajama bottoms, sitting in front of a COMPUTER - he leans back in his chair and stares at the screen - he rubs his chin with one hand, types in random commands with the other - He waits for a beat, shakes his head - INT BATHROOM - NIGHT Maura is in the shower - she leans against the wall, letting the hot water cascade over her head and down her bare, exposed breasts - INT STUDY - NIGHT Will hits another command, then lifts the keyboard, inspects it, puts it down - WILL God damn it... PAN to show the computer screen - Will tries to run a VIRUS CHECK program - he hits enter - There is a pause - the screen is filled with a FLURRY of gibberish - the computer beeps uncontrollably - WILL What the hell is wrong with this thing? Will turns the computer off, stands up, sighs - INT BATHROOM - NIGHT Maura turns the water off - she picks up a towel and begins to dry off - Suddenly she hears the CLEAR SOUND of a woman's voice abrubtly say something in Gaelic - Maura GASPS and spins around - No one is there - dripping with water, Maura looks around, clearly troubled by what she heard - INT MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT Maura opens the bedroom door and walks into the bedroom - Will approaches her as she dries her hair - WILL I tell you everything seems to have broken in the move. Now the computer's screwed up. Maura just stares at him for a beat, then heads over to the mirror and dries her hair - Will approaches her, kisses her neck - WILL Mmmm....I love you right out of the shower... Will begins to gently remove the towel - Maura resists - she then walks away from him and takes a nightgown out of a dresser - Will watches her - WILL What's the matter, Maura? Maura drops the towel and put on the nightgown - MAURA I don't know... She then turns and faces Will - MAURA Some strange things have been going on around here. Very strange things. Will looks at her for a beat, having misread her reluctant behavior - MAURA (Beat) Weird sounds, things moving, lights going off. (Beat) The videotape... WILL So what are you saying? MAURA (Beat) I don't know what I'm saying. Maura laughs faintly then turns and looks at Will earnestly - MAURA But do you agree with me? WILL Yeah, I'd say some weird things have happened. MAURA Well what do you think it is? Will looks at Maura for a beat - WILL Well, I try to keep an open mind, but... MAURA Maybe Eliza wasn't so crazy after all. WILL There's got to be an explanation. It could be a magnetic flux or something, maybe the power lines are giving off something. Who knows? (Beat) I don't know, I think it's kind of interesting. MAURA Well what power lines, Will? Where? (Beat) Maybe we should call someone about it. WILL Who? MAURA I don't know. Someone who...knows about this kind of stuff. WILL Oh come on! MAURA What about keeping an open mind? WILL Just because I have an open mind doesn't mean I'm going to pay some snake oil peddler to come in and shake a voodoo stick around the house. MAURA Voodoo stick? It's nothing like that Will. You're just being cynical. WILL I'm being realistic. Look, I have a spiritual side. (Beat) I mean, we had a priest come in and bless the house. That should count for something. Suddenly the air is pierced with CRASHING and SCREAMING - it is Aubrey - Maura jumps out of bed and rushes toward Aubrey's room - Will follows her - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT Maura bursts the door open - they see Aubrey but not what she's screaming at - Then suddenly a strange black CREATURE LEAPS in front of them across the dark room and rapidly DISAPPEARS as it passes through the wide open window - Aubrey RUNS to her mother grabbing her for dear life - the curtains blow frantically - AUBREY It was a monster! It was a monster! Will RUSHES down the hall, ripping open a drawer - MAURA Oh my God - Will! Will grabs a FLASHLIGHT - as he does he sees something in the study - INT STUDY - NIGHT POV the computer screen is fully LIT UP with numbers and letters rapidly flashing across the screen - Maura picks up an hysterical Aubrey and brings her into their bedroom - MAURA Shh shh shh! INT FOYER - NIGHT Will runs down the stairs and yanks the door open - EXT MANOR - NIGHT Will runs around the corner of the house, pointing the flashlight in all directions - INT MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT Aubrey cowers on the bed, hysterical - AUBREY It's going to hurt us! MAURA No it won't - no it won't! Maura frantically pulls a SKELETON KEY out of the door - INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - NIGHT Maura slams the door to Aubrey's bedroom shut and locks it, fumbling with the key - EXT GLEN ABBEY MANOR - NIGHT Will makes his way around the other side of the house - we can see his breath in the cold, damp air as he point the flashlight around - POV we see the surrounding in the dark of night - the flashlight beam runs into distant trees and scenery, but nothing moves - Slightly out of breath, Will stands alone in the darkness, as the wind blows around him - DISSOLVE TO EXT COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD - DAY ESTABLISH the neighborhood of a quaint Irish town, with people walking the streets amid shops and offices - Will and Maura approach the front of a building - Maura checks a piece of paper with the corresponding address - She looks at the building, then at Will - MAURA This is it. Will looks at Maura for a beat, then together the two of them head in - DISSOLVE TO INSERT DOOR IN HALLWAY - DAY We see a SIGN on a doorway - it reads: DR. EDWARD SHEA Psychic/Spiritual Advisor SHEA(O.S.) Did it harm either one of you? Or your daughter? INT SHEA'S OFFICE - DAY CLOSE on a hand pulling a cigarette out of a package on a desk - MAURA(O.S.) (softly) No. We see EDWARD SHEA, an eccentric-looking man in his 40's as he lights the cigarette - behind him are various occult and spiritual items on shelves and on the walls - SHEA Did it leave any tracks, or footprints of any kind? WILL(O.S.) No. Nothing. A haggard-looking Will and Maura face Shea - WILL It just disappeared. Literally. MAURA (Beat) I'm sure this sounds crazy to you. SHEA Not at all. I'm just trying to put together all the evidence, to determine what it could possibly be. MAURA Well that's what we're here for. I mean - Maura laughs faintly, then becomes serious again - MAURA We don't know. SHEA I could see if I detect the presence of something. WILL What do you have, some kind of meter or something like that? Shea looks at him - SHEA No. But I'm a clairvoyant. I can sometimes talk to unhappy spirits inhabiting a certain place. WILL Oh. MAURA Well what would you do, in our case? SHEA Well it all depends on how much money you want to spend. (Beat) A standard visit would run you about fifty pounds. That would include myself and an assistant. WILL And what would you do? SHEA Well, we could bring in special equipment, monitors, sound devices, things like that. Maura looks at Will - MAURA I think we should do it. SHEA We're usually successful in detecting the source of most problems. (Beat) Unfortunately. MAURA What do you mean, unfortunately? SHEA We usually find nothing. We've debunked many a reported haunting. About ninety five percent of the cases had some technical explanation. MAURA What about the other five percent? Shea looks at the two of them - SHEA Well...it's that five percent that keeps us interested... INT LIVING ROOM - DAY We see AMY WOLFE, a very attractive historian in her 30's, taking snapshots of the house with a DIGITAL CAMERA - around her neck are other sophisticated devices including a DIGITAL thermometer- Amy turns and looks at Will - AMY They don't build them like this anymore. WILL Suppose not. We then see Will and Amy follow Shea and Maura toward the stairs - SHEA Where is your daughter? She might be able to give us some information. MAURA She's at school. We've tried not to upset her more than she's been. The group begins to head upstairs - SHEA That's understandable. But sometimes spirits prefer to communicate with children. Innocence, perhaps. INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY Shea leads the group up the stairs - SHEA I feel something. It's faint, but...it's there... AMY You say you saw some activity here? MAURA Yes. All these cabinets opened by themselves. AMY Did you see them open? MAURA Uh, no, but - AMY See the key to this type of thing is to see it as it happens - empirical observation is the best way to come to a conclusion as to cause. Maura nods - Amy runs an ELECTRICAL SENSOR up and down the cabinets - she turns to Maura - AMY I'm getting nothing here. EXT ROAD - DAY A SCHOOL BUS pulls up - Aubrey gets out, waves to the driver, and runs toward her house - INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY Amy follows her meter toward the door of Aubrey's bedroom - Shea concentrates, as if picking up some kind of vibe - SHEA I'm feeling something, but it seems as if it's...moving... Amy pauses, tries to open the door, but it's locked - Maura approaches with a key and unlocks it - MAURA This used to be Aubrey's room. (Beat) She stays with us now. INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - DAY Amy, Shea, Will and Maura enter the room - as they do - The window then CREAKS and opens outward - Amy pulls out a DIGITAL THERMOMETER and walks around the room - He waves the thermometer at different in the room - Shea begins to concentrate, closes his eyes - soon it is apparent that he entering some type of trance - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT POV of what Shea envisions: The room is bathed in candlelight - in the center of the room is a large CANOPY BED, whose curtains blow gently in the wind - As we approach the bed we see a VOLUPTUOUS WOMAN in a sheer nightgown roll over in her sleep - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - DAY CLOSE on Shea as he opens his eyes and stares forward, lost in a deep hallucination - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT Shea's POV - panning down from the sleeping woman we see the floor and the antique rug - then slowly a MALE HAND enters the floor presumably belonging to someone lying on the floor - after a beat it drags itself forward - As it does we soon see it is SEVERED below the wrist - it continues to claw forward - INT AUBREY'S ROOM - DAY Amy waves the thermometer around - Will and Maura watch Amy as she walks around the room - EXT GLEN ABBEY MANOR - DAY Aubrey heads toward the house - We see the BOWL on the stoop, but not its contents - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - DAY Amy stops walking, examines the thermometer - she frowns and waves the thermometer back and forth through a foot-wide patch of air - Will and Maura approach her, see that the TEMPERATURE DROPS dramatically, but only in that given spot - CLOSE on Shea, deeply entranced and motionless - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT Shea's POV - we approach the sleeping woman as she rolls onto her back - as we get closer to the upper portion of her body we see her stir - She slowly opens her eyes, looks down - her EYES WIDEN - The hand is ON HER STOMACH - She SCREAMS in horror and leaps out of the bed as the hand TEARS the nightgown off her body - As she recoils the hand CLENCHES TIGHTLY around her throat in a chokehold - she struggles in vain - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - DAY Will and Maura look at the thermometer with Amy - thing - Then, as if the spell has broken for Shea he COLLAPSES back against the wall - the other approach him as Will helps him get his balance - WILL Whoa there... MAURA Are you ok? AMY What happened? Shea feels his head, frightened and disoriented - SHEA I don't know...my God... EXT GLEN ABBEY MANOR - DAY Aubrey looks down at the contents of the bowl with a concerned expression - A RED SWIRL begins to form in the milk - Aubrey's eyes widen as she inspects the bowl - then suddenly - The bloody milk SPATTERS Aubrey's face - she screams - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - DAY Will and Maura hear the screams and run down the stairs, followed by the others- INT FOYER - DAY Will runs to the door and opens it - A bloodstained Aubrey grabs her mother - Will and Maura looks in the bowl - The bowl is filled with blackened, discolored BLOOD - DISSOLVE TO INT LIVING ROOM - DAY Will and Maura sit on a couch, Aubrey sits on Maura's lap as her mother cleans off her face - Shea inspects the blood in the bowl with a medical-looking PROBE - SHEA Looks like we have some animal hairs in here. Maybe some kind of a rodent. WILL So is that what all this is? Someone have a problem with us living here? SHEA Not someone. Something. I've never felt a presence that strong before. MAURA Ok, so we have a...presence. What do we do about it? SHEA If we have a troubled spirit here, we have to find out why it's troubled. Amy is online on her portable computer - soon her PORTABLE FAX begins to spit out documents, town records, and listings of residents - AMY Town records are coming up now. WILL What will they tell you? AMY I'll be able to do a search, to find out who lived here previously. (Beat) And who died here. Amy keeps typing at the computer - AMY We know the house was built in 1863. Your family, the Londrigans, first established residence after the first world war, so...we have an unknown window, 1863 to 1919. Shea concentrates for a beat, then - SHEA Do you have any other physical evidence, that we can look at? WILL Not really. (Beat) Oh, wait a minute. Will stands up - WILL I think I do. CLOSE on the AMULET - Shea examines it with a MAGNIFYING GLASS - SHEA Where did you find this? WILL It was nailed to the cellar wall. SHEA I see some faint lettering. It appears to be the...Runic alphabet? WILL Runic? SHEA I'm not sure, but I can check. (Beat) Did the events start before or after you discovered this? MAURA Before. SHEA Do you mind if I borrow it? WILL Not at all, if it can help. AMY (looking at computer) Damn it. SHEA What's the matter? AMY These records only go back to 1880. But... (Beat) ...wait a minute... Will, Maura and Shea approach Amy at her computer - SHEA Did you find something? AMY I did a cross search, death certificates with this address. James and Marion Foster. They had a daughter. Right here, it says James died, 1882, pneumonia. Marion dies September the next year. Suicide. WILL Suicide? How? AMY It doesn't say. (scanning the screen) But that's not what interests me. (Beat) There's no death certificate for the daughter. Anywhere. SHEA What was her name? AMY Colleen. MAURA Colleen... Maura turns and looks over at Aubrey - Aubrey looks back at her - Maura approaches her - MAURA Honey, isn't your friend's name Colleen? AUBREY Yes. Shea approaches Maura and Aubrey - MAURA Can you talk to her? AUBREY She talks to me. Will approaches - WILL What are you talking about? MAURA She has a...friend. Colleen. WILL A friend? MAURA (to Will) You, an imaginary friend. That's what she calls her. Shea crouches down to talk to her - SHEA What does Colleen say to you? The others listen - Aubrey stares at Shea - AUBREY She says she's lonely... SHEA Where is she? AUBREY (Beat) She's here. SHEA Where is she now? AUBREY She's hiding. Will looks at Maura - SHEA Can you take me to her? Aubrey then seems to fall into a hypnotic spell - AUBREY (Beat) She's down... MAURA She's down...how do you mean honey? SHEA Do you mean she's sad? AUBREY She's down. Help her... SHEA Take me to her. Aubrey looks at Shea for a beat, then slowly shakes her head - SHEA Ok...ok... Shea stands up, and looks at Will and Maura - SHEA Well, maybe we're getting somewhere. Just then Amy realizes something - AMY Wait a minute. She's down... (Beat) Where did you find that medal again? Will looks at Amy - WILL In the cellar. Amy then looks at Shea - INT CELLAR - DAY Aubrey and Shea descend the staircase - Will, Maura and Amy follow - Shea stands in the center of the room - he closes his eyes, concentrates for a beat - SHEA Colleen...Colleen... The others watch him - Will and Maura look at each other - SHEA We want to help you...can you talk to me? There is no response - Amy tests the room with her electrical device - SHEA If you're lonely you can talk to us...Colleen... Aubrey then starts to walk toward the other side of the room - no one pays much notice - SHEA Colleen...can you tell me where you are... Will does a double-take towards the other side of the room - Aubrey stands in front of the wall - slowly she raises her hand and places it up against the wall - Will gestures to Maura, who sees Aubrey - MAURA Aubrey? Shea then looks over to Aubrey - Aubrey has both hands against the wall - Shea and the others slowly approach - Shea slowly puts his hands against the wall - Aubrey backs off as Shea closes his eyes, concentrates - The others watch - Suddenly Shea backs up and opens his eyes - SHEA There's something in there. WILL What? SHEA There's something through that wall! WILL Well what is it! SHEA I don't know! Trust what I'm saying, we have to open this wall! INT CELLAR - NIGHT Shea and Will continue bash away at the wall, knocking away chunks of concrete - Shea sees something - gestures to Will to stop hammering - SHEA Oh my God... Will then sees something - he steps back - The others gather around, and look in horror at what they find - POV a GIRL'S SKELETON in a decaying Victorian dress, lies in a pile, clearly mutilated: disjointed, broken bones and shattered skull - SHEA(O.S.) Colleen... DISSOLVE TO EXT HOLY ROOD CHURCH - DAY Will, Maura, Aubrey, Shea and Amy join Father Seamus around a fresh grave on the Hillside - the sky is gray - Seamus administers last rites in Latin - the others solemnly listen - Seamus then crosses himself, and closes his prayer book - SEAMUS May you find the peace you've sought in vain for so long. AMY That poor little girl. SHEA So many unanswered questions. Why was she buried there. And who killed her? AMY It might have been her mother. SHEA We don't have proof of that. AMY The style of dress on the girl... it coincides with the era Marion Foster killed herself. (Beat) Who else could have gone in there and done something like that? Will looks down at the grave, then at the others - WILL We'll never know for sure. SEAMUS Hopefully the whole sad chapter is over. And everyone, including your family, will find peace. WILL I just want to...thank all of you, for everything you've done for us. MAURA Yes. We'd like to have you over for dinner. Give a sense of closure to the whole thing. You too, father. Seamus looks at Will and Maura - WILL Yes. It would mean a lot to both of us. The father considers for a beat, then smiles - The group then slowly heads off down the hill, storm clouds brewing in the distance - DISSOLVE TO EXT GLEN ABBEY MANOR - NIGHT The rain falls hard - distant thunder can be heard - INT LIVING ROOM - NIGHT CLOSE on Maura handing Shea a glass of whiskey - SHEA You've done your homework, Mrs. South. MAURA Maura. SHEA Maura. MAURA Yeah, they told us this was the best. Shea nurses his glass - SHEA There's nothing like a nice single malt to warm the bones. Maura gives a glass to Seamus - MAURA Father. Seamus takes the glass - SEAMUS One good drink before dinner. He raises his glass - SEAMUS Here's mud in your eye. The men take sips of their whiskey - Maura then turns and looks in the direction of the dining room - INT DINING ROOM - NIGHT Will sets the table - Amy approaches - AMY Do you need help with anything? Will and Amy look at each other for a beat - WILL Oh no, thank you. Everything's pretty much under control. Amy looks around the dining room - AMY I have to admit you really have a beautiful home. WILL Thank you. If you told me two years ago we'd be living here, I would never have believed it. (Beat) Do you live around here? AMY No, I live about in Wexford. It's about a five hour drive. WILL How did you meet Dr. Shea? AMY There were a series of lectures about parapsychology at my university. I went and heard him speak, and became fascinated with the idea of hunting ghosts. WILL I have to admit I was skeptical. (Beat) Until now. AMY So was I. The usual investigation turns up nothing more times than not. WILL Well, I guess this whole thing was as strange for you as it was for us. AMY Yes. It was. Will and Amy look at each other for a beat - there is an underlying attraction between the two of them - Just then Maura enter the room - MAURA How are we doing? WILL I think everything's ready. MAURA Good. I'll start bringing things in. Maura looks at Will and Amy, then head into the kitchen - INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - NIGHT Aubrey wears her bathrobe and looks around the hallway before entering her room - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT Aubrey enters the room, looks around - She sees her dolls, looking at her - She sits on her bed - the storm rages outside - she looks out the window apprehensively - MAURA(O.S.) Aubrey, come on down and have some dinner! AUBREY Ok... Aubrey looks around the room - AUBREY Colleen? There is no response - AUBREY Colleen, are you there? INT DINING ROOM - NIGHT Amy, Shea, Seamus and Will sit down at the table - Maura comes in with the turkey - SHEA I'm hungry enough to eat a horse. MAURA You'll have to settle for turkey. AMY It looks delicious... WILL (to Amy) Why don't you pass me your plate? Amy passes her plate to Will, who puts it near Maura - Maura proceeds to carve the turkey - MAURA Will, will you call Aubrey again? Will gets up and heads toward the stairs offscreen - WILL Aubrey! Come on down. INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT Aubrey stares at something with a hypnotized expression, as if she wants to scream but can't - We see what she is staring at - the ghostly apparition of MARION, the woman in the painting - it stares back at Aubrey with ashen skin and sunken cheeks - the two stand and stare at one another - Marion takes a few steps closer, ever so slowly - Slowly, she offers Aubrey her hand - Aubrey takes a few steps back, shivering and mute with terror - INT DINING ROOM - NIGHT Maura continues to carve the turkey - MAURA Is white meat all right for you, Mr. Shea? SHEA White meat will be fine... Maura suddenly seems to be having difficulty carving through the turkey - Will looks at her - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT Aubrey backs into the wall - Marion stares at Aubrey for a beat, then LUNGES at her, bearing her teeth - CLOSE on Marion's ICY HAND as it violently grabs Aubrey's arm - INT DINING ROOM - NIGHT As Maura carves, the turkey SPLITS OPEN spurting Maura with blood - she SCREAMS and drops the knife as blood spatters the others - EXT MANOR - NIGHT A tremendous BOLT OF LIGHTNING SMASHES the house - INT DINING ROOM - NIGHT Everyone cowers as the house goes dark and plates and glasses are SWEPT off the table, smashing against the wall - Father Seamus is BLASTED backward, slamming his head against the wall and falling unconscious - Strange noises begin to emanate from the house, agonized moans and screams of suffering - things continue to fly around the room - Will covers Maura as they struggle to get their bearing - The windows HURL themselves open as the furious wind sends things blowing about the room - INT FOYER - NIGHT In the deafening chaos Shea fumbles in the dark through his equipment until he finds a powerful FLASHLIGHT - his trembling hands fumble to get it to light - And just then there is a flash of LIGHTNING - Shea looks up to see the shadow of the BLACK CREATURE leering at him for a split second and then SMASH - the window BURSTS into a million pieces - Shea crashes back against the wall screaming, his face bloodied with shards of glass - INT LIVING ROOM - NIGHT Amy dives for cover under a desk as the house shakes - she sees Father Seamus lying there, unconscious, and crawls over to him - Lights rapidly go on and off, bulbs EXPLODE - Objects continue to fly around - the moaning persists - Maura and Will look up - MAURA (frantic) Aubrey...Aubrey! Maura gets up and runs toward Aubrey's room - Will follows her - Shea staggers to his feet, and BOLTS toward the front door - Kneeling over Seamus, Amy turns to see Shea flee - AMY Shea! Shea! Just then a KNIFE from the dinner table FLIES across the room - It SLASHES Amy's arm - she screams and falls backwards - EXT MANOR - NIGHT Shea flees the house, tripping and falling through the mud and the rain toward his CAR - INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - NIGHT Maura rushes to Aubrey's closed door and struggles with the knob - MAURA Oh my God Aubrey!!!! She fights furiously to open the door - Will pushes her aside and begins to SMASH the door with his shoulder - the door doesn't budge - EXT ROAD - NIGHT Shea's car violently SWERVES around a corner as he frantically attempts to flee the scene - INT SHEA'S CAR - NIGHT Bloodied and soaked, Shea struggles to navigate - He sees something up ahead - POV it is the ghostly white apparition of MARION standing in the middle of the road as Shea rapidly approaches - Shea SLAMS on the brakes - EXT ROAD - NIGHT Shea's car SPINS violently as it passes through the apparition - The violently out-of-control vehicle SPINS and - SMASHES head on into a tree, killing Shea instantly - We see Shea's bloody, mangled body, pinned inside the vehicle on the desolate road - INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - NIGHT Will stands back and SMASHES the door with his foot - he does it again and again until finally the door starts to give - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT A DRESSER blocks Will from getting in, which he furiously shoves out of his way - WILL Aubrey! Will and Maura rush into the room - Aubrey is nowhere to be found - MAURA Oh my God where is she! MAURA She's gone! WILL Aubrey?! Aubrey?! INT DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY - NIGHT Amy finds a BOX OF CANDLES in a hallway closet - she lights one up with trembling hands then puts her free hand over the cut on her arm - EXT GLEN ABBEY MANOR - NIGHT Maura and Will rush outside in the rain - WILL Aubrey! MAURA Aubrey! INT LIVING ROOM - NIGHT Will and Maura rush in as Amy comes in with a candle - AMY Did you find her?! WILL No! MAURA The cellar! Will and Maura rush toward the direction of the cellar - INT DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY - NIGHT Will rushes over to the cellar door - he rips it open - Maura and Will are met with a blinding WALL of swirling LIGHT and COLOR - Amy watches on in horror, light reflecting off of them - Father Seamus comes to, gets his bearings - Will and Maura stare at the light as a low strange demonic voice mutters something indecipherable - then - WHAM! Will and Maura are blown back off their feet as the cellar door slams shut - Will comes to his senses and charges the door again - this time it does not budge - he slams it again and again and again - WILL Aubrey! Aubrey! MAURA (hysterical) My God what is it? Strange sounds continue to emanate from the house - BEAMS OF LIGHT emit through the cracks of the cellar door - Out of breath and drenched in sweat Will looks at Maura then around the house - WILL This isn't happening... SEAMUS(O.S.) The amulet... Will turns in the direction of Seamus - INT LIVING ROOM - NIGHT Will enters with Maura - Amy looks at Seamus, who stands up - SEAMUS ...where is it? SHEA What? SEAMUS Where have you put the amulet? Will approaches Seamus - WILL What...amulet? SEAMUS Did you remove anything in the cellar! WILL Yes... (Beat) How do you know about that? Seamus looks at Will for a beat - SEAMUS I was the one who put it there. Will says nothing - SEAMUS Your daughter's been taken. MAURA What! Seamus looks at all of them with a grave expression - SEAMUS I said nothing before, for fear you wouldn't believe me. (Beat) I've been here before to cast evil from this house. The amulet is a guard against evil, blessed in countless rituals. It is an ancient ceremony of the early Catholic church, a ceremony whose secrets are all but lost. WILL So what does that have to do with Aubrey! Where is she! SEAMUS We must return it, if you want your daughter back. WILL What are you getting at! SEAMUS I said nothing before, for fear you wouldn't believe me. (Beat) I've exorcised forces from this house. Eliza knew, she was there. It wants another soul, the one we've taken away. We must weaken it! Seamus approaches Will and Maura - SEAMUS Aubrey may be in grave danger! Where is the amulet! Amy rushes over to a BAG containing Shea's equipment - she opens the bag and pulls out the amulet - Amy approaches Seamus and hands him the amulet - Seamus takes it, looks to Maura - SEAMUS I'm going to need a hammer, some nails, a candle and a pin. Will heads off to get the items - Seamus looks at Maura - SEAMUS I'm going to need some other things. Some pearls, and onyx. Maura begins to head off but looks at Seamus in hesitation - MAURA I don't have any onyx. Amy takes off her ring - AMY I do. CLOSE on a piece of PAPER - the onyx stone drops to the paper - Seamus proceeds to SMASH the onyx, crushing it, as Maura hands him some pearl earrings - Will and Amy watch as Seamus then puts the pearls and onyx on a piece of paper and begins to smash them up - AMY Where does this amulet come from? SEAMUS It's origin is unknown. The symbol does correspond to a dagger I acquired many years ago. Seamus turns and looks at Amy and Will - SEAMUS The dagger is used to free those possessed if stabbed directly into the heart, according to ancient beliefs - AMY By killing them? SEAMUS By freeing them. AMY I don't understand. SEAMUS The knife destroys the evil and saves the soul of the possessed. Shea watches Seamus mix the ingredients - AMY What do these ingredients mean? SEAMUS (trance-like) Pearl, is the twilight, the divinity... Onyx is the sickle, death... Seamus takes the AMULET and nails it to the wall - Seamus then takes the crushed ingredients and pours them into the top of a large CANDLE filled with liquid wax... SEAMUS As I said, only fragments of ritual exist. Of what I know, this is the procedure. It seems to have suppressed the forces of evil, if not removed them altogether... Seamus then looks at Amy and Maura - SEAMUS I'm going to need some blood. It must be from a woman. MAURA Why? SEAMUS The blood of a woman is birth, life. It is part of the ceremony. Seamus offers up the pin - Maura waits a beat, then takes it - WILL How long will it take! SEAMUS It will not take long... Maura takes the pin and PRICKS her finger - she winces as the blood rises - Maura heads over to the candle - lets the blood drip out into the wax - Just then WHAM! The front door flies open and a strong wind blows the candles out, immersing the group in darkness - Will lights the candle again - Seamus then approaches the amulet on the wall and pours the dripping contents over the amulet - The house is RATTLED by loud thumping and screams - Seamus puts the candle down and addresses Will and Maura - SEAMUS Now you must listen to me. This force is like a parasite, or a virus. It feeds on doubt, suspicion, discord... you must clear your mind as we reach out for her. MAURA So what should we do, father? Seamus looks at Maura - SEAMUS You have to lead her out. (to Will) Come over here... Amy watches as Will approaches - Seamus takes Maura's hand and places it on Will's - he then looks at Will - SEAMUS Talk to her, and remove her fear...only she can cross over. Maura and Will hesitate - SEAMUS Go ahead. I believe right now she may hear you. MAURA (Beat) Aubrey? It's mommy. The group waits - MAURA Aubrey? Can you hear me! Then, over the twisted, distorted sounds, almost imperceptibly - AUBREY(V.O.) Help me! Please!!! SHEA My God, I heard something! WILL We're here Aubrey! Look, don't be afraid. We want you to come back to us... AUBREY(V.0.) It's dark! I can't breathe! MAURA Don't be afraid of it honey. It's just like a bad dream. Listen to us... Suddenly the lights FLICKER - the telephone FLIES off the desk - SEAMUS Keep talking! WILL It can't hurt you if you're not afraid Aubrey. Think about us. We're here for you, we love you... Odd THUMPING and slamming rattle through the house - Seamus looks around, as does Amy - AUBREY(O.S.) I can't move! WILL Fight it back Aubrey. Fight it back as hard as you can! The lights flicker - there is no reply - MAURA Aubrey are you still there! Soon things begin to fly across the room - Seamus looks directly at Maura - SEAMUS Concentrate! She can hear you! MAURA Come back to us honey, don't be afraid! The window flies open - wind blows through the room - Then, much louder and clearer than before - AUBREY(V.O.) Mommy please help me! WILL Don't be afraid! AUBREY(V.O.) Daddy, please!!! Seamus looks at Maura - SEAMUS She's coming back. Keep talking! MAURA Come back to us honey! The noises in the house get louder - everyone looks around - and then suddenly - All noise ceases - then a loud CRASH in the hallway - Everyone looks at everyone else - then, from somewhere in the house, the muted but distinct sound of Aubrey SCREAMING - AUBREY(V.O.) Help!! Will and Maura realize its from the cellar - they run toward it - INT DOWNSTAIRS HALLWAY - NIGHT The cellar door HANGS askew - Will and Maura head down the stairs - INT CELLAR - NIGHT Will approaches the screaming - it comes from BEHIND THE WALL, the same patched-up spot where Colleen was discovered - Amy heads down the stairs with a candle - Seamus watches at the top of the stairs - Will feels the wall in horror - WILL Oh my God! She's in there! AUBREY Daddy help! Maura looks at Will with a panicked expression as Will lifts up a SLEDGE HAMMER - WILL All right Aubrey look out! Be careful! Will then proceeds to SMASH away at the freshly cemented wall with all his might - Maura and Amy watch as Will begins to shatter the cement - he clears some away - crouches down - Suddenly Aubrey's dirty, scratched ARM pokes out through the hole - AUBREY Daddy! Maura begins to cry as Will grabs Aubrey hand for a beat - WILL It's all right baby, just stay back! Cover your eyes! Will continues to smash away the concrete - As he yanks the final piece away - Aubrey JUMPS OUT, hugging Will for dear life - AUBREY Daddy I'm scared! Maura hugs Will and Aubrey, crying and kissing Aubrey's face - MAURA My angel! AUBREY I'm scared! WILL It's all right...it's all right. Shhh... Amy looks on with a haggard expression and lets out a deep sigh of exhaustion - Father Seamus watches the action from the top of the stairs - DISSOLVE TO EXT MANOR - DAWN Establish - the rain has slowed to a drizzle - INT FOYER - DAWN Will picks up a chair and puts it in place - most of the furniture is back in place - Father Seamus walks over to the front door and opens it - Will approaches him - Seamus and Will look outside - WILL The rain is letting up. SEAMUS Yes it is. Will and Seamus look at each other - WILL (Beat) I don't know what happened... and I don't know what you did... SEAMUS I didn't do anything...God saved her... WILL What's going to happen? SEAMUS I wish I had an answer. (Beat) Evil is powerful, more so every day it seems. But I believe the worst for you and for this house is behind us. The two men look at each other - WILL Well, I want to thank you. Seamus nods - SEAMUS Take care of the girl. (Beat) Take care of your family. They are important. WILL Yes, they are. Seamus looks at Will - SEAMUS Well, you know where to reach me. The church is a stone's throw away if you want to come to mass. WILL We'll be there. Seamus nods at Will - the two men look at each other for a beat, then Seamus walks away into the mist - Will watches him, and closes the door - INT LIVING ROOM - DAWN Maura sits on the couch, hugging Aubrey - there is a distant expression in Maura's eyes, and she looks exhausted to the point of unhealthy - An ashen-faced Amy collects some of her equipment - a makeshift BANDAGE is tied around her arm - Will approaches Amy - WILL Are you all right? AMY A few years older, perhaps. WILL How's your arm? The two look at each other for a beat - AMY It will heal. WILL I'm sorry. AMY There's no need to be. Amy closes her bag - AMY Well I suppose I should go. Amy looks at Maura and Aubrey - Maura looks at her - AMY Good-bye. (Beat) Good luck. Maura nods, and Amy follows Will toward the front door - Aubrey looks at Maura - AUBREY Are we leaving mommy? MAURA Yes, we'll be leaving soon. Maura looks in the direction of Amy - INT FOYER - DAY Amy approaches Will - the two look each other in the eyes - WILL You sure you're ok? Amy looks at Will for a beat, then nods - AMY I guess I should be asking you that. Maura stares at Will and Amy as she strokes Aubrey's hair - Amy then extends her hand - Will grabs it - AMY Good-bye. WILL Good-bye. Choked up with emotion, Amy hugs Will - Maura watches this - Amy then rushes off - EXT GLEN ABBEY MANOR - DAY Amy gets in her car and drives away as Will watches from the doorway - EXT CAR - DAY Amy rolls down her window, and looks blankly at the house - POV the house - The car drives away, down the road - Will watches the car leave - Maura looks at Will with a more sinister look - DISSOLVE TO EXT BED AND BREAKFAST INN - NIGHT Establish a rustic inn on the outskirts of town - INT ROOM AT INN - NIGHT Will closes the door and locks it - He walks into the room containing two double beds - Maura and Aubrey lie on each bed - the circles under Maura's eyes have become darker, and her face paler - Will looks at Maura - WILL You ok? Maura nods - AUBREY Are we going back to California daddy? WILL Well, that all depends. Will lies down on the bed, looks at Aubrey, then at Maura - WILL What do you think we should do? MAURA Maybe you have a reason to stay here. The statement surprises Will - WILL It doesn't matter to me. (Beat) What do you mean by that? MAURA You seem to appreciate the local scenery. Will scrutinizes Maura's face - WILL You don't look too well, Maura. Do you feel ok? MAURA What's wrong with the way I look? Will approaches Maura and gently feels her head - WILL Maybe you're getting a fever. Maura brushes Will's hand aside - MAURA I'm fine. WILL Ok... Will sits down on the other side of the bed, then turns and looks to Maura - WILL You know, I was thinking... All that stuff father Seamus said...about discord, distrust... we're doing all right, aren't we? (Beat) You don't have any doubts about me, do you? MAURA (Beat) Should I... WILL No. (Beat) You two are the most important things in my life. (Beat) I don't ever want to lose you. Maura looks at him, then takes a long, drawn out breath - MAURA I'm tired. Will looks at her, and laughs weakly - WILL I don't see why. (Beat) Let's get some sleep. Will turns out the light - he goes over to Aubrey and kisses her on the head - WILL Good night Angel... AUBREY Good night daddy. Will climbs into bed with Maura - WILL Good night. Will's about to kiss Maura goodnight, but she rolls over - MAURA See you in the morning. Will looks at her - she stares out the window with a distant expression on her face - INT COTTAGE - NIGHT A fire crackles in the fireplace - Father Seamus sits in a chair, in front of a desk - He writes in a JOURNAL - we can't see what he's writing - he pauses for a beat, deep in concentration, and then continues to write - Soon he puts the pen down and heads over to the fireplace - Taking a LOG from a basket, he drops it into the fireplace - He pauses to contemplate the fire - his expression is one of exhaustion, his face drawn - POV CLOSE on the lapping flames - Father Seamus continues to look at the fire - DISSOLVE TO INT ROOM AT INN - NIGHT Maura is sleeping - the room is silent - Soon she rolls over to discover Will is not in the bed - She opens her eyes and looks in the room - Aubrey is asleep in the other bed, but there is no sign of Will - Maura gets up, notices something - The door to the room is AJAR - Maura approaches the door - she looks around before hearing the faint but unmistakable of a couple briefly giggling - she listens for a beat - INT INN HALLWAY - NIGHT Maura pokes her head out for a beat before heading down the hallway - The sound of lovemaking becomes clearer - soon Maura sees something - Down the hall, the door of one of the rooms is AJAR - Maura approaches the room with trepidation - the sound of lovemaking gets louder - Maura gets closer to the door - she listens for a beat, then ever so gently pushes the door open - The sound of lovemaking continues - Maura cautiously positions herself for a view of the room - As she looks in, her eyes widen - INT ANOTHER ROOM AT THE INN - NIGHT Will and AMY are in bed, nude, making love - Will and Amy then turn and look at Maura - WILL Well, someone likes to watch. INT ROOM AT INN - NIGHT Maura JOLTS up from bed - the room is silent - She looks over to see Will next to her, sound asleep, as well as Aubrey, asleep in the other bed - she looks around the room - looks towards the window - The CURTAINS billow gently - Maura lies back down slowly, recounting the dream - DISSOLVE TO EXT GLEN ABBEY MANOR - DAY It is a beautiful day, blue skies, sunshine - Will packs some boxes into the back of the car - INT MASTER BEDROOM - DAY Maura packs a suitcase - there is a change in her expression, she looks tired, and very pale - Aubrey approaches her with a suitcase - AUBREY I'm finished. Maura says nothing - Aubrey looks at her - AUBREY Where are we going to go, mommy? MAURA We're going to go someplace new. AUBREY What about all my other stuff? MAURA We'll get it later. Aubrey looks at her mother as Maura looks out the window - A concerned expression appears on her face - POV AMY approaches Will at the car, walking almost in a trance - Will looks around - AUBREY(O.S.) How long will it take? Maura watches - POV Amy embraces Will - they kiss passionately - Maura watches, clenching her jaw - AUBREY Mommy? POV Will props Amy on the hood of the car - as they kiss Will begins to unbutton her blouse - Maura's expression begins to change dramatically, an expression of contempt and rage - POV Will begins kissing Amy, going down her neck and heading toward her breasts - AUBREY(O.S.) Mommy? Maura turns and looks at Aubrey with a sinister expression - Aubrey is visibly taken aback by the look she receives - AUBREY H-how long will it take? MAURA Go to your room! Now! Aubrey is scared by this outburst - she exits the room - Maura looks out the window with a growing sense of rage - POV Will and Amy continue kissing - EXT MANOR - DAY Will packs the car - Amy is nowhere to be seen - Maura approaches him - something has definitely changed in her personality - Will turns and faces her - WILL Ready? Maura simply stares at him - MAURA (Beat) You don't think I know? WILL Know what? MAURA Do you think I'm a fool? WILL (confused) What? MAURA Nothing's changed, has it. You still want to deceive me? WILL What are you talking about? Maura looks at him for a minute, then SMACKS him hard across the face - she then storms off - Will follows - WILL Maura, what is this! MAURA We're not going. WILL Not going! Are you out of your mind?! Wait! Will grabs Maura by the arm and swings her around - she counters this by SHOVING him violently to the ground - Maura storms off - Will gets up, gets his bearings - WILL Son of a - Will heads to the front door - Will approaches Maura as she yanks open the front door - WILL I want to know what's going on! Maura turns and faces him - MAURA You're the enemy, and now I understand! (Beat) Leave, and don't come back! WILL I'm not going anywhere until you tell me - Maura looks at Will - the door SLAMS shut on it's own - Will stares at the door in total shock, then tries to open it - he pounds on the door - WILL Maura! Maura! INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY Aubrey approaches Maura - AUBREY What's happening? Maura storms away from the girl - MAURA Your father doesn't love us anymore! AUBREY What do you mean? Mommy? You're scaring me! EXT MANOR - DAY Will continues to bang on the door - WILL Open this goddamn door! Aubrey! INT FOYER - DAY Aubrey goes to the front door - Maura sees this and rushes up to her, grabbing her VIOLENTLY by the arm - MAURA Stay away! Maura yanks the girl away from the door - AUBREY Ow! You're hurting me! EXT MANOR - DAY Will bangs on the door - WILL Aubrey! Will looks around - He rushes toward an open WINDOW - as he attempts to climb in BLAM!! An invisible FORCE shoves him - Will crashes to the ground - The window SLAMS shut - Maura looks down at him - Will looks up at her - POV Maura has a truly frightening look on her face - Will realizes something terrible is happening - He gets up and takes a few steps back, thinking of what he should do - He begins to walk backwards towards the car before turning and running toward it - He gets into the car, and peels out - INT MASTER BEDROOM - DAY Maura watches the car drive away - MAURA Don't ever come back. A frightened Aubrey approaches Maura - AUBREY Mom, what's happening to you? Maura turns, and looks at the girl - her face is truly evil now - MAURA Your father is evil. I sent him away, forever. AUBREY What do you mean? What did he do? Maura walks out of the room - Aubrey follows - AUBREY Mommy you're scaring me. I want to see daddy! Maura turns and faces the girl - MAURA You don't believe your mother, do you? (loud) Do you! Aubrey begins to cry - MAURA I should have known you wouldn't. You love him more. Maura stares at Aubrey - MAURA You love him more, you believe all his lies. Aubrey goes to hug Maura - AUBREY Mommy, what's happening to you? Maura SHOVES the little girl across the room - MAURA (shouting) I'll teach you to turn on me! Maura grabs Aubrey by the arm and drags her out of the room - Aubrey begins to get hysterical - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - DAY Maura pushes Aubrey into the room - MAURA You can stay here and think about it! Maura slams the door shut, locking it - Aubrey frantically goes to open the door, which doesn't budge - AUBREY Mommy! Mommy! INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY Maura presses her back against the wall, with a psychotic, evil expression on her face - EXT ROAD - DAY Will's car SPEEDS down the desolate country road - INT CAR - DAY Will drives around, frantically looking for something - EXT CROSSROADS - DAY The car comes to a stop - Will looks around, and decides to make a right - the car PEELS out - INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - NIGHT Maura listens to Aubrey through her bedroom door, crying hysterically, struggling to get out of the room - her face is away from camera - she starts to speak, her voice changing to something far- sinister sounding - MAURA He dares to disrespect me... she dares to disrespect me.... Maura turns around, looks around the hallway - her face has TRANSFORMED HORRIBLY, a combination of herself and MARION - she is clearly possessed - MAURA It's time to teach her a lesson. EXT ROAD - DAY The car drives down the road - Will sees something up ahead - POV HOLY ROOD CHURCH and an adjacent cottage - The car speeds toward it - EXT CHURCH - DAY Will pulls up, and gets out of the car - he runs toward the front of the church - He bangs on the front doors of the old church - the doors are locked, and refuse to budge - WILL Father Seamus! He runs over to the cottage - WILL Father Seamus! Will bangs on the door and waits a beat, then tries the handle - the door is open - INT COTTAGE - DAY Will runs in, looks around - He sees something and freezes - He sees Father Seamus, seated in a chair, dead - INT KITCHEN - DAY Maura finds herself a large MEAT CLEAVER - the expression on her face has become considerably more evil - in her other hand she picks up a CARVING KNIFE - she looks at them through possessed eyes - She approaches one of Aubrey's dolls - she raises the cleaver and begins to HACK the doll to pieces - We see the doll's head SPLIT OPEN - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - DAY Aubrey struggles to unlock the door - INT COTTAGE - DAY Will grabs father Seamus by the lapels - he feels his wrist for a pulse - WILL Jesus... He then notices the opened journal - the pages blow in the wind - Will looks down, reads the entry - SEAMUS(V.O.) It is real and I have seen it in many forms and many disguises... the human evil is self-evident in this world, but there are other purer forms belonging to the vapor and the darkness... Will picks up the book - SEAMUS(V.O.) This evil swallows up innocence and light, feeds on violence and human fear...the girl is in danger...I have seen this again and again...nothing in this world can overcome that evil - Will seems to concentrate on the next part - SEAMUS(O.S.) ...save for the power of holy unconditional love, for that is the one force it can never defeat...this I have discovered. Should the force return, I fear more drastic measures may be necessary - I don't know if they, or I, will have the strength... The entry ends - Will looks around the room, thinking of what to do - Then something catches his eye - Will freezes and stares at it for a beat, then slowly approaches - POV - something is mounted to the wall - it is an ancient DAGGER, shaped like a billowing snake tail, coming to a razor sharp point - Will heads over to it, looks at it closely - CLOSE At the base of the handle, THE SAME symbol as the amulet - Will takes the dagger off the wall - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - DAY Aubrey still tries to fight with the door - she suddenly turns around and screams - COLLEEN stands before her in a VICTORIAN DRESS torn and bloody from stab marks - COLLEEN Mother's awful when she's like this. Soon things begin to get FLUNG around the room - the muffled sound of twisted moaning and screaming is heard - INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY Maura begins to head towards Aubrey's room, carrying the cleaver and the knife - she now looks more like Marion than ever, as if the bodies have merged - EXT STREET - DAY The car speeds down the street - INT CAR - DAY Will drives with a determined look on his face - INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY Maura slowly turns the key to Aubrey's bedroom - INT AUBREY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT The objects stop flying around as Maura opens the door - Crouched on the floor, Aubrey looks up in terror - Maura looks down at her daughter - and then in a grotesque combination of MULTIPLE VOICES merged together: MAURA You're coming with me. We'll suffer together. Maura approaches Aubrey who is frozen with fear - Maura then sneers, and LIFTS the cleaver - Aubrey SHOVES her out of the way as WHAM!!! the cleaver smashes into the wall - Aubrey runs toward the door - The knife HURLS its way across the room, stabbing deeply into the wall inches from Aubrey's passing head - INT UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - DAY Aubrey screams as she flees down the hall, lighting fixtures going on, horrible noises echoing through the house - Maura approaches with the cleaver and the knife - EXT MANOR - DAY Will car zooms toward the manor - INT CAR - DAY Will looks at the house up ahead - POV lights going crazy in the house - EXT MANOR - DAY The car pulls up - Will gets out with the dagger and runs toward the door, hearing Aubrey screaming - WILL Aubrey! Will approaches the door and begins to SMASH AWAY at it with all his might - INT LIVING ROOM - DAY Aubrey runs toward a chair - A pair of SCISSORS suddenly spins off a shelf - The scissors STAB VIOLENTLY into the chair, narrowly missing Aubrey - EXT MANOR - DAY Will manages to BASH open the front door - INT FOYER - DAY Will gets the door open as Maura approaches - between them is a COUCH - Maura seems to will the couch to ROAR across the floor as Will pushes halfway inside - NOT QUICK ENOUGH - WHAM!!! The couch SMASHES Will back outside, SLAMMING his hand in the door jam - Will yells in pain, fighting to free his hand - INT LIVING ROOM - DAY Maura approaches Aubrey with the knives - Aubrey manages to barely avoid her - AUBREY Leave me alone! Leave me alone! INT FOYER - DAY Will furiously struggles with the door, eventually fighting his way in - INT LIVING ROOM - DAY Will bursts in - Maura whips around to see this - Will gets his bearing - Maura CHARGES at him - WHAMM!!! She sinks the carving knife into the wall - Maura grabs the wrist with the dagger - Maura appears psychotically strong - Will fights her with all his might - WILL (to Aubrey) Aubrey run! Now! Aubrey heads toward the doorway - The scissors FLY across the room stabbing Will in the leg - He howls in pain as he pulls them out - MAURA You can't have her! She's going to rot with us! Aubrey watches as the two fight - A burst of energy sends everything crashing around the room, as if the demon is fighting back desperately - Maura HURLS Will across the room - the dagger rattles across the room - Aubrey watches on in horror, unable to leave - Maura FLINGS the cleaver at Will - Maura SMASHES Will across the face, sending him against the wall - Will has no choice but to SMASH her back before tackling her and throwing her to the ground - Maura fights back howling and screaming - Will clings onto her for dear life - AUBREY Mommy! Will fights off the blows - WILL Come back to us - Maura! Maura begins to choke Will to death - he fights as hard as he can - MAURA You're going to die! Aubrey rushes over to them - AUBREY Stop! Maura violently BACKHANDS Aubrey and she flies back - Taking this opportunity Will SMASHES Maura and breaks free, rolling across the floor - Maura LUNGES at Will as he reaches for the dagger - Aubrey screams - Maura grabs the dagger - Will and Maura wrestle for control of it - The blade gets closer to Will's throat - MAURA We'll destroy you...destroy all of you! WILL (struggling) No... (Beat) NO! In a furious burst of energy Will SHOVES Maura backward violently - he grabs the dagger with both hands - She falls to the ground and Will POUNCES with the dagger - Maura SNARLS as Will raises the dagger - Aubrey screams as - WHAM!! The dagger stabs through Maura's heart as she SCREAMS at the top of her lungs - Then BLAM!!! - In a flash of light as Will is blown back - The house begins to shake violently - pieces of the wall begin to crumble - Aubrey rushes over to Maura - AUBREY Mommy! WILL (to Aubrey) Aubrey run! Aubrey stares in horror at Maura - just then the knife FADES AWAY as Maura rolls over, returned to normal - The house begins to shake violently - stone begins to chip and fragment, falling all about - the noise is becoming deafening - Aubrey holds on for dear life - Soon HUGE chunks of stone begin to fall around them - Will sees it is no longer possible to remain there - Maura comes to, and becomes aware of her surrounding - she embraces Aubrey - Will gets up - WILL Maura! MAURA What's happening! Will grabs up a heavy CHAIR, runs toward the living room window and HURLS the chair - EXT MANOR - DAY The chair EXPLODES through the window in a shower of glass - INT LIVING ROOM - DAY The house seems to be crumbling in upon itself - Will grabs Maura and Aubrey WILL (to Aubrey) Run! Aubrey refuses to let go of her mother's hand - the three of them dodge falling debris as they flee out the window - EXT MANOR - DAY Will carries Maura out of the building with Aubrey in tow - The flee across the front lawn - A final gust of energy from the house BLASTS the three of them off their feet - INT LIVING ROOM - DAY Everything is smashed apart in a final burst of fury - EXT MANOR - DAY Aubrey cowers on the muddy ground - - Will follows, mustering the last of his strength to drag himself and Maura to safety - Will and Aubrey embrace Maura - Will looks at Maura - she begins to cry, sees blood on Aubrey's face - MAURA Oh my God, what happened to you? My baby - AUBREY I'm ok mommy. WILL Are you all right? MAURA I'm ok. Will then kisses the both of them - WILL I love you both...I love you both so much... Will looks at her with love and concern in his eyes, wipes the dirt off her face - Maura sees Will leg - MAURA You're bleeding. WILL I'm all right... Gently he lifts her off the ground along with Aubrey - The look in silence at the house - INT LIVING ROOM - DAY The destruction, howling, crashing and groaning continue for a beat but then stop abruptly, as if sucked down some invisible, paranormal drain - The wind blows through the destruction, dust rising through stabs of light - EXT MANOR - DAY Will, Aubrey, and Maura look back at the now darkened house - the sound of the wind blows - WILL We're all going to be all right. We pull back to see the three lonely figures standing on the hill - THE END