[regarding to Ellie lying down with eyes open]
One minute she was fine and the next she was talking crazy and... And now she's gone. [closes Ellie eyes which pop open]
F Mr. Fonda
[attempts to call]
Network's still ****.
She's not religious. Wasn't.
It's just a few words. Join me. [exhales and prays] Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon her. May her soul and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God--
F Mr. Fonda
What the hell happened to her face?
F Mr. Fonda
Looks like someone beat her up.
[wearing goggles]
You going deep sea diving?
I gotta see under before I get in. I got stung by a jellyfish at the beach before. I don't like going underwater.
I don't think there's any weird sea creatures in the tub. [reaches in, panics dramatically and pulls out a rubber duckie in light humor]
[hugs Beth]
I hate when my tummy hurts too.
B1 Boy 1
[Bridget greets at door]
Hey, Bridget. Mom's on nights and we're watching all the Freddy movies in a row. Even the shitty ones.
B2 Boy 2
There aren't any shitty ones.
B1 Boy 1
So, you, um, wanna come over and...
In your dreams. [closes door]
Your boyfriends are weirdos.
You're the weirdo. [Kass gut pokes Bridget with mop handle]
[Ellie attacks Beth with a glass shard impaling her hand]
Mom, stop it! [whimpers] Stop it!
It's not my fault, Bridget.
Get away from her, Bridge'!
What's happening to me, sweetheart?
I do. I'm free now. Free from all you titty-sucking parasites.
Don't you think Mom looks just like one of those pictures from that book? Answer me, Danny. You never should've stolen it.
This is your fault! [attacks Danny]
[stands between them]
Hey! Hey, hey!
Hey. Hey. [to Bridget] You don't turn on each other. [to Danny] Ever.
I need to show you something.
[observing the Naturum Demento, The Book of the Dead]
What is this, Danny?
I thought I should tie her up. Just in case.
I wanna listen to that vinyl.
It's too dangerous. Those words...
Yeah, well, maybe there's words on there that can help stop all of this.
We've got no power to run a turntable.
I can fix that. [solders vinyl player power cord to battery]
[to Beth holding up records]
I listened to the first and then he spoke the words on the second.
[sighs]
I guess I'll start at the other end, then. [hands kitchen knife to Danny] Just in case.
FM Father Marcus Littleton
It is now two nights since I read aloud from the book. My want to understand and commune with the other side could not have been more misguided. I make this final recording as a warning to whoever next comes into contact with its malignant pages. Naturum Demento cannot be destroyed. When you find it, bury it deep in our secret vault, for the words I uttered have unleashed a demonic entity beyond my darkest nightmare.
Is Bridget gonna come back like Mom?
FM Father Marcus Littleton
The demon possessed Cortez first, rotting him from the inside out. With the might of our Lord's words, we tried to drive out the foul entity but it mocked our prayers and took Shanahan under its control. Fellow priests came to our aid but the possession quickly spread amongst them without rhyme nor reason. [cat meows and snarls softly] This evil is not governed by the rules of man. No, it takes its pleasure in creating terror through total chaos. Desperate to end this curse, I tried to kill what were once my brothers. I led them to the woodshed and set it ablaze. But they danced in its flame and reveled in its burn. [Danny and Kassie realize Ellie is in air ducts]
Mr. Fonda's kitty hides up there sometimes.
I don't think it's a cat.
FM Father Marcus Littleton
I buried their squirming, spitting corpses in consecrated earth. But they arose again, rotting and rage-filled.
[Danny reaches for door handle]
Careful, Danny. [Bridget flies in room and attacks Danny]
FM Father Marcus Littleton
After hiding in the cellar for a night, I knew only one choice remained. Complete bodily dismemberment.
Told you, you should've put the book back, Danny. [Deadite Bridget attacks Danny with knife who then attacks Bridget with an accelerant flame]
FM Father Marcus Littleton
I chopped, and I hacked, and I... I failed. [thudding] I can hear them outside the doors now, begging for me. It is only a matter of time before I am taken too. Nothing can stop this demonic force. Even its final remnants will come after you. You must run. All you can do is run! This horror will not stop until innocence is destroyed. Until evil... [in distorted voice] ...be thy name.
Insane. Crazy, obsessive fans over there.
Did you drink snake blood?
Hey, that's culturally insensitive.
What about monkey brain barbecue?
Oh, yeah. That's so much better, Dan.
Oh. Hey, Staffanie. What's her, uh, situation?
Danny told me that when this building used to be a bank, a teller got caught stealing and "hunged" himself and if you walk around with coins in your pockets, his ghost hears the jingle. And he scares you to death so he can take all your money.
If he comes after me, Staffanie will scare him to death first.
Then how do you know they don't exist?
Because... I only believe what I can see. [holds up bracelet and puts it on Kass's wrist]
It's for badass rock chicks only.
[giggles softly, turns and holds up wrist]
Look, Mom. I'm a badassǃ
Please don't indoctrinate her into your groupie world.
Your mom's favorite nickname for me, even though she knows I'm a guitar technician.
Hey, be nice or you don't get a gift. Speaking of which, check out what I got your dad. [holds up beer mug, with ensuing awkward silence] What's going on, El?
Danny, go take my car and get pizza with your sisters.
[flying at Beth in hallway]
Bethy-boo! [Beth fires shotgun at Ellie] She's trying to take your mommy away from you, Kassie.
I know you're not my mom anymore.
Don't take me from them. You have no idea what it's like to bring a child into this world, Beth. :Mr. Fonda: That's my gun, you thieving ****ǃ [Beth pounds him with gun butt]
[to Kassie through door peephole]
Oh, there you are. Hey there, cutie-pie.
What's wrong with you, Mom?
I was just feeling sad about me and your dad. But he's here now. He came home to see us. We're getting back together. We love each other. [gestures to side] Isn't that right, my darling? And we love you too. Open up and let us in, Kassie. We can be a big, happy family again.
You don't look so good, Mom.
Oh. Nothing a big old hug and kiss from you won't fix. Open up now... like a good girl. [Kassie grabs door handle] That's it. Come on, now. [in demonic voice] Do it for Mom and Dad.
I just can't wrap my head around all this.
What, did he meet someone else?
No. He believes paying child support equals co-parenting from afar.
[collapses on bed and sighs]
Why didn't you tell me, El? I would've jumped right on a plane to help you work through this.
I called you. Twice. First time, when he told me he was leaving. Second, the night he moved out. That was two and half months ago, Beth. [walks to bedroom and starts packing books]
[in doorway]
I'm sorry, okay? You know when I'm on the road, I get sucked in deep and I'm trying to make chief tech right now. And if I do, I'll be the first woman in my crew to do it, so... Please, Ellie, we need to talk this through properly. El...
Look, you can sleep on the sofa tonight but I gotta pack and move.
It's just like a nightmare, Kass.
Is what happened to Bridget and Mom gonna happen to us?
I'm not gonna let that happen. I promise.
You'd be a good mom someday, Auntie Beth.
[chuckles softly]
Oh, yeah?
Yeah. You know how to lie to kids.
FM Father Marcus Littleton
[Danny plays vinyl record]
Good afternoon, my fellow clergymen. I am Father Marcus Littleton, the library keeper here at Saint Patrick's Cathedral and I welcome you all today to the City of Angels. [audience applauses] You've been invited here to witness the unveiling of a unique artifact that was discovered by our overseas missionaries. I would like to present what I believe to be one of the three fabled volumes of Naturum Demento, The Book of the Dead. My tests to date have revealed that its bindings are made of cured human flesh, its passages and etchings inked in blood.
AM Audience man
This is heresy!
FM Father Marcus Littleton
Today, I seek church approval to translate the spiritual mysteries its pages undoubtedly hold.
AM Audience man
Destroy it! It's called The Book of the Dead for a reason!
FM Father Marcus Littleton
I seek to look at this book for the good of man! Rejected by the elders of our church, myself, Canon Damien Shanahan, and Father Hugo Cortez have been working in secret to translate The Book of the Dead's myriad writings and glyphs. Its pages contain ancient rituals and incantations, the recitation of which proclaim to allow contact with supernatural forces that exist beyond the thin veneer of our known world. It is January 24th in the year of our Lord, 1923. And I, Father Marcus Littleton, shall now commence reading aloud the first of the spiritual resurrection passages. [demonic voice utters summoning incantation with Danny unsuccessfully trying to turn off vinyl player and Ellie becomes possessed in elevator]
