Conjuring: The Beyond (2022) Movie Script

(serene music)

(glass shattering)

(claws sheathing)

(tense music)

(man heavily breathing)

(doorknob rattling)

(man groaning)

(door creaking)

(tense music)

(bones creaking)

(tense music)

(creature groaning)

(man groaning)

(man screaming)

(metronome ticking)

I mean, you've

barely done anything

since you've gotten here.

All right, you spend most

of your time upstairs.

You only come down to

grab food or to watch TV

once we've gone to bed!

I mean, you can't

even be bothered

to have dinner with

us most of the time.

And now, you wanna take off?

To go god knows where to

take part in god knows what?

I told you, it's a sleep study.

Right, and that's

all you've told me.

I don't know why you're playing

this so secretively, Wanda,

it's like you're planning

a jail break or something.

Aren't I, though?

I'm a grown woman, yet

I feel as if I need

to ask your permission

to go and do what I want!

[Lucas] You're right.

You are a grown woman.

Living rent free in our house.

I'm sorry that my divorce

was such an inconvenience

for you, Lucas.

Oh, please don't

even start with that.

This has nothing to

do with that, all right?

We are more than happy

to open our home to you,

but the issue I have

is for weeks now,

you've been saying, you're

gonna go buy your own car,

which you haven't done, right?

You've also said that you

were gonna find a job.

You haven't even filled

out an application.

You blame your lack of

motivation on your anxiety

and your depression, but you

can't even pick up the phone

to make a doctor's

appointment, all right?

I mean, I'm asking

simple questions

and all I'm getting

are dramatics.

Dramatics?

I'm not the one

who's being dramatic!

Look, I'm just asking to

borrow the car for a few days,

so I can drive to Mineral,

a place where people are

expecting me to be, a job.

Isn't that what this

is really about?

What do you mean?

You think I'm milking this!

Wallowing in my own self pity.

Oh no, wait a minute, Wanda!

No, just hear me out!

Look, I understand, it's

been hard having me here.

I'm trying to get

back on my feet.

I can't begin to thank

you enough for helping me,

but now I just need

a little more help.

I just need to borrow the

car and then I'll come back

with a little money

and maybe then,

maybe then I can take

that next step forward.

I just don't think

it's a good idea.

[Wanda] Why?

Something seems off

about this whole situation.

First, you want me to

go out and make money,

then you feel skeptical

about the work I did find

and want me to stay back?

Why don't you make up your

mind and get back to me?

I just think your time

would be better spent here

on something more practical.

Okay, listen, I'm not trying

to be an asshole here, I'm not!

When you and Glen got divorced,

you said you needed some

time to be yourself.

I'm sympathetic to that.

I can't help but think you're

using this as an opportunity

to take off and just escape

reality for a few days.

Is that so wrong?

(Gloria sighing)

How do you even know that

this is a real thing, Wanda?

I mean, you filled out some

clickbait survey online?

What are you gonna

say when it turns out

to be some sort of timeshare

pitch or something?

Well, I guess then

you'll get the pleasure

of telling me I told you so.

Please, Lucas, I need to go.

I'd much rather drive

myself there and back

rather than, I don't

know, hitchhiking.

Oh, god, there's

the dramatics again.

- Gloria.

- Jesus.

It's late, let's

just call it a night.

We can talk about it

again in the morning.

I'll have to leave by

at least one o'clock.

Well, whose fault is that,

that you waited till

the last minute?

Let's just, let's go to bed.

We'll talk about it

again tomorrow, okay?

Listen, at the table,

we can have some breakfast.

All right, at a decent hour.

Okay?

Fine, whatever.

(eerie music)

(Wanda sighing)

(clock ticking)

(keys scraping)

(door creaking)

Boo. (Wanda gasping)

What's up?

I thought Gloria

made you quit smoking.

Yeah, no, she did.

Looks like sneaking out

runs in the family, huh?

I wasn't, I was just

gonna run to the store.

I never thought you'd

actually swipe my car, Wanda.

Lucas-

You've got some

balls, you know that?

I need to go.

Go.

Seriously, it's okay.

You can go, I get it.

I really am just

trying to work on myself.

Yeah, clearly.

I mean the old Wanda, she'd

still be upstairs in her room

sulking right now, so.

What are you gonna tell Gloria?

You know, I don't know,

but we'll talk about

it in the morning.

But hey, do me a favor

and bring my car back in

one piece though, okay?

Otherwise we are

both gonna get it.

I love you, sis.

You know that.

I know you're gonna find what

you're looking for, okay?

Get outta here before

you freeze to death.

Hey, do me a favor,

though, and pick that up.

I don't want Gloria to find it.

(suspenseful music)

(car engine roaring)

(birds chirping)

(eerie music)

(Wanda sighing)

(car door slamming)

Excuse me, Miss,

you wouldn't happen

to be Wanda Fulcia, would you?

Yes, I am.

My name's Victor, I'm the

assistant to Dr. Pretorius.

[Wanda] All right.

If you'd just follow

me up to the old school,

that's where you'll be staying.

The address brought me here.

Yeah, the Google Maps

doesn't really pick up

the building very well.

Small towns like this.

What did you say

your name was again?

Victor Fair, ma'am.

[Wanda] And you

work for the doctor?

That is what I said, isn't it?

Follow me up to the

old school house.

They're expecting you.

(Wanda sighing)

(tense music)

(door slamming)

Don't you wanna get your things?

I didn't bring anything with me.

All right, I'll get the doctor.

(clock ticking)

(creature screaming)

(Wanda gasping)

(floor creaking)

This used to be the

embalming room, you know?

Jesus Christ.

You scared the shit out of me.

Name's Margarite, but

my friends call me Margo.

Oh, so you're not the doctor?

Nope, like I said, name's Margo.

I was joking, you know?

What?

I was joking about it

being an embalming room.

I figured as much.

Well, aren't you

gonna tell me your name?

Duh, Wanda, Wanda Fulcia.

Mm, we've been expecting you.

You work for the doctor?

Oh, no, I didn't know who he was

until I got the email saying

this was a quote unquote

"sleep experiment."

Right.

But don't worry.

Everything seems to

be on the up and up.

[Wanda] What?

Well, that's what you're

worried about, isn't it?

That this was yet

another let down,

or better yet,

something sinister?

How do you know

what I'm thinking?

You wear your thoughts

on your sleeve, Wanda.

Ah, there you are.

I'm Dr. Richard Pretorius,

this here is Theodore Olson.

Hi.

And you've already

met Victor, I assume.

Hi, it's nice to meet you.

My name is Wanda.

Wanda Fulcia.

Yeah, we've been expecting you.

Ah, now it's a party!

We're just waiting on one more.

If y'all just follow me

to the back of the room now,

we can perform the

exam while we wait.

It's extremely invasive.

(lips smacking)

Now, take a deep breath.

And again.

(velcro scratching)

Well, Doctor, am I dying?

We're all dying, Ms. Fulcia,

it's just a matter of how long.

Well, we're going to use this

as the main operating room.

The center for operations.

Mm, cheerful.

Oh, I don't know.

Nothing is more comforting

than my sixth grade math class.

Oh, so you're from around here?

Oh, no, no, no, no.

I grew up in Idaho

Falls, actually.

I just mean that,

well, you know,

once you've seen one

small town school.

EverywheresVille, U.S.A.

Yes, look, believe it or not,

until fairly recently,

this school was used

as a overflow ward

for the local hospital

during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now it was supposed

to be torn down

when the city commissioned

a new building

to be built in town.

But luckily my funding

came through just in time.

It's a perfect place

to conduct group

studies, don't you think?

More than accommodating lodging

with plenty of living space

and quite the aura

of academia to it.

The plan is for

doctors like myself

to use this sort of shared

space to conduct our research.

What is it exactly

that you're researching?

A criminally under

researched phenomenon

known as sleep paralysis.

[Wanda] But I've never

experienced sleep paralysis.

Exactly why you were chosen.

I don't understand.

The good doctor here

thinks he can give it to us.

Look, I'm not taking

any experimental drugs!

You won't have to, this is

strictly a holistic study.

Now all I need is your

time and open minds.

As soon as our

last guests arrive,

I'll be more than

happy to fill you in.

[Porter] Hello?

It just so happens

that time is now.

(typewriter clacking)

Ah, fuck me, the welcome wagon?

Oh, you must be Porter

Watson, I'm Dr. Pretorius.

'Sup, Doc.

Now you got a place where

I can stash my stuff?

Yes, I'll have my

assistant Victor show you

to your room here shortly.

Perfect.

Baby.

Hey, yo, Doc, how

about introducing me

to the rest of the band?

Cleopatra, isn't it?

Margarite Swanson, our

resident fortune teller.

But my friends call me Margo.

Logger, Theodore Randolph.

- Hey!

- What's up, man?

And Mrs. Wanda Fulcia.

Miss Wanda Fulcia.

So I'm afraid I didn't catch

your social security occupation

for you there, Miss Fulcia.

Well, I'm in a bit of a

transitional period at the moment.

Ha, a woman after my own heart.

Well, I gotta, say if you

two ladies are the specters

that haunt these gloomy halls,

well, I'm still

glad that I came.

Now that you're all here.

Can I offer you all a drink

back in the operations room?

Yo, this surprise party

just keeps getting better

and better, don't it?

And again.

All done, you passed.

You know, I didn't hear

nothing about them flying colors.

You're awfully thorough for

a sleep study there, Doc.

My research is awfully thorough.

And what is that exactly?

We were just getting

to that when you arrived.

Before the welcome

wagon was summoned.

My sincerest apologies, y'all.

Quite the hassle, you

really threw a wrench

in the whole operation, man.

Yeah, Mama says I got

a knack for doing that.

You best get a hold

of your class, Doctor.

Yes, as some of

you may have guessed,

I belonged to a collective

of independently

funded researchers

dedicated to solving

the biggest mystery

since man first arrived on

the scene, the human mind.

Couldn't have picked

a better study group.

I'll say.

Well, being someone with degrees

in both psychiatry

and hypnotherapy,

I've long been

fascinated with disorders

that accompany

generalized anxiety,

post traumatic stress

and obsessive compulsion.

None of that was on

the survey, Doctor.

No, no, it wasn't.

How many of you here have

heard of sleep paralysis?

Good, I can spare you

most of the gory details

about shadow creatures

and witch demons.

Now, as you may have guessed,

it has been proven that

the majority of people

who experience sleep

paralysis and night terrors

have also been diagnosed

with post traumatic stress

and panic attacks.

The reason for these outbursts

is due to the over stimulation

of the amygdala

and the mid interior

singlet cortex.

The same center is of

course tied to nightmares,

hence sleep paralysis.

You're losing me, Doc.

Yeah, can you fast

forward to the part

where, I don't know,

we can understand.

Yeah, certainly, my purpose here

is to try and find

a way that we deal

with both sleep paralysis

and night terrors,

though, the focus

is on the latter.

Now, as I mentioned to

you, Wanda, previously,

I don't plan on using

any experimental drugs.

Similarly, I don't plan

on using electrotherapy

or lobotomizing you, so

there's no need to worry.

We aren't living in the

days of Dr. Frankenstein.

I believe there is an option

for a more holistic approach,

because the over stimulation

of this part of the brain

is the reason for these issues.

And through my

research into hypnosis

and cognitive

behavioral therapy,

I believe that we

can find a way to,

you know, open the

door, if you will,

to where these issues lie.

Now, I specifically

chose you four

because of your lack of

experience to sleep paralysis.

That is evidence that this

door has never been opened,

but the goal through

understanding how to open it

is then to understand how

to reverse engineer

it closed again

without the use of

psychotropic drugs,

which ends up being

more than a mask

for these demons,

rather than a solution.

How ghostly.

Ah, ah, ah, don't get

ghostly and ghoulish confused,

that offends them.

Look, I'm training

on in layman's terms,

the study itself, I'll be

hypnotizing you as a group.

And with any luck,

I will excite that part

of the unconscious mind

and I'll monitor your sleep

habits for a couple of days.

And if successful, I'll

reverse the process.

I'm sorry, you're

going to hypnotize us?

Now, that is ghostly.

Look, look, I can

assure you I am,

I'm very experienced

and have been able

to help people with

unlocking memories

to further deal with their

trauma in therapy sessions.

You know, you're in good hands.

I'm sorry for the skepticism.

I just, I don't know.

Well, could be the biggest

trip I've ever taken.

I'm in.

Your sanity is

nothing to gamble with.

(Theodore spitting)

I've leveraged a lot more

than that for a dollar.

Here, here.

Man, I knew there was

something about you.

What do you mean?

I don't know, I just figured

you looked a bit strange

to be a doctor.

Well, perception is everything.

[Porter] And your

name, Pretorius?

Well, it's half German.

Nah, no, that's not it.

Yo, why do I feel like I've

heard that name before?

Well, my great grandfather

was quite famous back home.

Huh?

Okay, so at what point, Doc,

do you try to sell us your

tofu weed grass supplements

outta the trunk?

I take it you don't

believe in hypnosis

as a legitimate form of therapy?

Nah, and I don't believe

in energy crystals either.

Ah, here I thought your

brutish persona was just an act.

Hey, look here, baby girl,

I'm just as open

minded as the next guy,

but this kind of

homeopathic stuff,

it just ain't my jam.

Shocker.

Look, I'm just saying

there's a reason why my grandma

lived to be 83 years old

and it wasn't because of

ginseng or water chestnuts.

Look, this might come

as a surprise to you,

but just because

you kicked around

the same city blocks

your whole life

to become a what, amateur boxer,

doesn't mean there isn't a

whole world of possibilities

out there that you couldn't

even begin to imagine.

Listen, I'm not denying the

importance of modern medicine,

Mr. Watson, my interest is

strictly in cognitive behavior-

And that's the thing,

that's what I mean

with these whole people

that think smoking weed

and chia seed oil is

the cure for everything,

and that the ancient Chinese

had it all figured out

with natural medicine.

Even though the life expectancies

of a 1500 China was 25.

Ugh, you're all over the place.

I don't even know

what your point is.

All right, look,

my point is this,

if you got sleeping issues,

they made a pill for it.

I know, there's a little

pill for everything.

Yeah, exactly.

No one's making you stay here.

Yeah.

If you wanna leave,

the door's right there.

Whoa, whoa, chill, who

said anything about leaving?

Look a couple hundred bucks to

play "Criss Angel Mind freak,"

yeah, I'll stick around.

Even if it is to keep a

fair skeptical opinion.

Glad to hear it.

Now, if the rest of you wish

to continue on with the study,

we will begin first

thing tomorrow afternoon,

and after dinner, I will

have you leave your keys

and phone with my

assistant, Victor,

who will return next Friday

after the exam is over.

Our keys?

Have you ever heard of a

man named Kenneth Hawkins?

So Kenneth, he suffered

from a ever-worsening

sleep disorder, which

led him to sleep walk.

So one night, he

climbed into his car,

he drove up the wrong lane,

just here on the

interstate, on I12.

It was one of the many tragic

cases of sleep driving.

Man, that shit sound made up.

Most things do,

until it happens.

Now, tonight, I

want you to relax,

carry on the way you would

in any other setting.

Then there's drink and

food in the cafeteria,

and, hopefully, a

bottle of scotch.

(Porter laughing)

Read my mind.

Hey, maybe you are a

mystic after all, Doc.

(eerie music)

Theo!

Another one?

Hell yeah, player.

Hey, yo, Doc, you might have

to conjure some more Maker's,

I don't imagine this'll

last the whole week.

Can't tell if you're

actually being funny

or you really are that ignorant.

[Wanda] I don't think we drew.

Geez, I'm just breaking balls.

Mm, maybe somebody

ought to break yours.

Is that an invitation?

Hey, what is it you do again?

Voodoo practice?

I'm a bank teller,

but I also practice

tarot card readings on YouTube.

So is she like the plant?

There is a world of difference

between spiritualism,

hypnotherapy, and voodoo.

It's all shit, it's all crock.

No offense, Doc.

None taken, your

skepticism is exactly

why you were chosen.

In order for the

study to be a success,

I'll need to prove beyond

a shadow of a doubt.

Shadow of doubt, that

title suits you well.

Haven't you guys ever heard

of people being operated on

while being under hypnosis?

Shit, I've heard

a lot of things.

Then how do you

explain a surgical blade

being stuck into someone

without them drawing a

single drop of blood?

It's all bullshit.

I've actually seen it happen.

Really?

Yeah, it was at a show.

Well, there you have it.

I'm serious!

I watched this guy get stuck

with a needle in his arm

and he didn't even feel a thing.

Interesting.

Although, I wouldn't

exactly recommend it,

hypnosis should only

really be performed

by a proper licensed

hypnotherapist.

At the P.T. Barnum Institute.

Well, it should be used

to create a state of

focus of attention,

focused attention

in the treatment

of a medical

psychological disorder.

[Wanda] What exactly is it

that you find so interesting

about sleep paralysis?

Other than being a

victim of it, myself?

Really?

Well, during my nightmarish

years of internship

at Mercy West, I was

so mentally exhausted

and more anxious than my

conscious mind was aware of.

It was two or three

nights a week for a year.

Jesus.

I can't imagine.

You won't have too long enough.

Well, yeah, I mean the

history also fascinated me.

The first recorded

case of sleep paralysis

wasn't documented until 1666

by Dutch physician who

referred to it as the Incubus.

I mean, it's intriguing to me

that over all these

hundreds of years,

the symptoms and the experiences

have all remained the same,

the same shadow-like

witch woman,

most commonly

referred to as The Hag

and no doubt having

something to do

with our more animalistic

side of the brain,

conjured up from that

deep dark primordial jelly

that we inherited from

the time of the dinosaurs.

Mass suggestion, maybe.

The law of the time was

that, I mean, Edward Kelly,

who was a 17th

century necromancer

who claimed to have the powers

to communicate with

the dead was to blame,

thinking he had cursed a

town with the devil's plague.

Don't worry, I highly

doubt superstition

and spiritualism is afoot.

(Richard laughing)

Don't be so sure.

[Porter] Uh, oh, way to

alienate your base there, Doc.

There's just so much

we can't yet comprehend,

and we don't know about

the universe around us.

So who's up for little music?

I got my boombox.

One can be entirely faithful

to the path of inquiry

and honesty while also embracing

the totality of your

human experience.

[Porter] I'm gonna

go get my boombox.

It would be ignorant

as truth seekers

to be closed-minded

to any possibility.

Well, I suppose you're right.

Until fairly recently,

we were convinced that the atom

was the smallest unit of

matter until it was split,

you know, unleashing the

progress into the atomic age.

Not exactly the most

comforting comparison to make.

Perhaps not.

(door slamming)

(Richard laughing)

All right, all you

ghosts and ghouls,

I'm at the dance floor.

May I?

Of course.

(chair scraping)

♪ You know what I'm saying ♪

♪ So tell all your lovers

and friends about this ♪

(crickets chirping)

(upbeat music)

♪ So tell all your lovers

and friends about this ♪

♪ Uh, what's really cracking ♪

♪ What's really gonna happen ♪

♪ When the DJ pull the

record out the jacket ♪

♪ Is he gonna push the

Michael automatic ♪

♪ Incorporate it, mix

it with the scratching ♪

♪ A thought filled

a lot of my time ♪

♪ Into this evening ♪

[Richard] May I?

Of course.

You're not a dancer?

No, not really.

Why, are you propositioning me?

I'm afraid not, I'm unable to

on account of my terribly

debilitating condition,

I've got two left feet, and

they plagued me my whole life.

Yeah, I can relate,

you know, in a sense.

Shyness or anxiety.

Yeah.

♪ You work around

the 24 and seven ♪

I've been attempting to

get myself out there more.

Take more risks,

hence my being here,

drinking whiskey in

an elementary school.

Interesting.

You know, this here is

precisely the reason

I got into psychiatry.

Getting smashed in a school?

No, that's one

of the many perks.

But understanding

all the personalities

that make up this world,

figuring out what

makes them tick.

What are you hoping to

gain from this really?

What do you mean?

Well, you don't seem

to fall on either side

of the warring fences,

and you don't appear

to be overly concerned

about the payment,

and you certainly

just like the others,

don't really believe

in my hypothesis.

Well, Doctor, what

conclusion do you come to?

Well, I'm sensing some

major recent life changes.

Yeah.

♪ And every type that I be

rocking on, the tightest shit ♪

♪ We take it to

that upper echelon ♪

♪ The highest city ♪

I think I'm just searching

for some confidence.

You're stronger than

you think you are, Wanda.

Hey, guys, come on!

We're gonna hit the dance floor

to ward off the evil spirits.

Come on!

Let's go!

♪ I'll ride to this ♪

♪ And all my people

from the neighbor ♪

♪ I'll ride to this ♪

♪ All my people from the

continental United States ♪

(uplifting music)

(Margo moaning)

(upbeat music)

So is this as exciting

as it is in the ring?

At least I don't have to

worry about getting hit.

(hand slapping)

Ow!

(both moaning)

[Margo] Oh, my

fucking god, yeah!

(Margo moaning)

(upbeat music)

♪ Hmm ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Cryptic analytics

for the promises ♪

♪ Assurances that rival all

the love you've shared ♪

♪ All the times

we tried to face ♪

♪ What we know ♪

♪ Brevity for something

only time can hack ♪

♪ Drag me to the corner

'cause I'm feeling sad ♪

♪ Open like the mouth

that cries out ♪

♪ Don't let go ♪

♪ Walk me home ♪

♪ On that note ♪

♪ Let me show ♪

♪ What I know ♪

♪ If I lie, time will fly ♪

(light screeching)

Is everybody comfortable?

[Wanda] Yes.

I'm getting sleepy,

Doc, very sleepy.

Shut it.

[Porter] You can make me.

I will ask you all

to just settle down

and reduce the hostility.

I'm not hostile.

Do I seem hostile to any of you?

(Theo laughing)

Yeah.

Damn, my bad, I'll

follow every instruction.

Okay.

Let's begin.

(tense music)

(metronome ticking)

Now, please close your eyes

and take a deep breath.

Now, listen for a moment.

Listen to the sounds around you.

Just let yourself sink into

the grooves of the chair.

Fix your eyes on a

spot in the dark.

It doesn't matter where, just

fix your eyes on the spot

in the dark and begin to relax.

If you have any thoughts,

just let them drift

through your mind

like beautiful clouds

across a clear blue sky.

They drift through your

mind and away from you,

through your mind and

away as you relax,

deeper, deeper,

deeper, relaxed.

That's it, just

let go and relax.

Now I want you to imagine

a staircase standing

in front of you with 10 wide

safe stairs down,

down to a perfect relaxation.

Down to peace and contentment.

Down towards happiness

that you deserve.

As I count down from 10,

I want you to take one

step with each number.

One step down the staircase.

10, nine, eight.

There's some letters at

the bottom of the stairs

that are out of focus.

Can you see that?

Seven, six, five.

The letters are being clearer

the closer we get.

Four, three, two, one.

You can almost see it now.

The letters spell

trance.

(Wanda gasping)

(voices whispering)

(voices screaming)

[Voice] Wake up!

Somebody wake me up!

(metronome ticking)

(eerie music)

(Wanda panting)

(creature screaming)

[Richard] Wake up.

(all gasping)

Holy shit.

How do you feel, all right?

- Fuck no.

- That was intense.

I think I need a minute.

(door slamming)

(Wanda coughing)

You okay?

I've never experienced

anything like that before.

Right, it was like a nightmare.

The screaming.

You heard screaming?

Yeah, someone screaming

like "Wake me up!"

What do you remember seeing?

Dr. Pretorius, you

gotta hear this.

Wanda and I had

similar experiences.

The woman, the black figure?

The fuck you trying

to pull here, Doc?

It's remarkable.

Are you telling me we

all saw the same thing?

Or went to the same place?

How is that possible?

Look, a form of mass

suggestion, I suspect.

How is that?

Look, we all sat

around and discussed

the common experiences of

sleep paralysis together.

Your unconscious minds

drew on that conversation

and the projections it used.

So how do you

explain the screaming?

Right, "Someone wake me up."

That shit wasn't part

of the discussion, Doc.

I knew I never should have

fucking left Idaho Falls.

This whole thing has bad juju

written all over it, man!

Look, I could assure you,

there's nothing to

be concerned about.

I need to make sure I take

complete preliminary notes.

Please just help yourself

to some food or a drink.

I'll join you all shortly.

I think I need to be

alone for a little while.

(birds chirping)

I didn't know you smoked.

(lighter clicking)

I don't.

Well, you know, if there ever

is a perfect time to start,

and, you know, the doc is

knocking around in your head,

maybe he can lock the door

to the nicotine addiction.

(tense music)

That was really

strange, you guys.

Yeah, you can say that again.

No, I mean, even Dr. Pretorius

seemed caught off guard.

What I tell you guys

about this black magic?

It's sick shit.

(tense music)

(voices screaming)

Somebody wake me up!

No!

(bed creaking)

(light clicking)

[Porter] Hey there,

sleeping beauty.

Hey.

How you feeling

there, Theo, all right?

Yeah, I'm all right.

I just got this funk.

I can't shake it, Doc.

Hey, take a sip

of this, my friend.

It'll make it feel

a whole lot better.

Try not to get

too sloshed tonight.

I want accurate

notes in the morning.

What are you expecting

us to experience tonight?

No expectations,

but with any luck,

a few moments into

your REM cycle,

you'll experience a textbook

case of sleep paralysis.

But what if we don't?

If you don't, well, my

study's off to a rough start.

Hey, Doc, we still get

our money though, right?

Oh, yes, you'll be

a part of the study

for the full seven days until

Victor returns with your keys.

But you could call him

though, couldn't you?

[Richard] Of course, any time.

Not before you

unfuck my head, man.

All right, guys, so

what are we drinking to?

To progress!

[All] Progress.

Progress.

[Margo] Woo!

(tense music)

(wind whooshing)

(metronome ticking)

(wind whooshing)

(bones cracking)

(creature screaming)

(Richard panting)

(voices whispering)

(door creaking)

(creature groaning)

A beautiful discovery.

(Richard crying)

(wind whooshing)

(bones cracking)

(Wanda gasping)

(door creaking)

(voices whispering)

(bones creaking)

(wind whooshing)

(Wanda gasping)

(tense music)

(door clicking)

(wind whooshing)

(bones cracking)

(voices whispering)

(wind whooshing)

(bones cracking)

(door creaking)

(wind whooshing)

(bones creaking)

(Margo panting)

(creature groaning)

(Margo gasping)

(wind whooshing)

(bones creaking)

(voices whispering)

(Margo panting)

(Theo screaming)

(voices whispering)

(Theo screaming)

(voices whispering)

(creature groaning)

(Theo screaming)

(voices whispering)

(Theo screaming)

(voices whispering)

(creature screeching)

(Theo screaming)

(voices whispering)

(Theo screaming)

(creature groaning)

Somebody wake me up!

(Theo screaming)

(creature screaming)

(tense music)

- Theo!

- Theo?

Theo?

- Theo!

[Margo] Oh, god,

Dr. Pretorius!

What's all this commotion?

[Wanda] We can't find Theo.

Well, what do you mean?

Look around, Doc, he ain't here.

Well, he didn't just disappear.

Last night, we all heard him.

It was awful.

It was like-

[Richard] Last night?

Because we all saw it.

Saw what?

Oh, did you experience

the sleep paralysis?

Yeah, you better

fucking believe we did.

We all did, we all

saw the exact same thing

and we all heard-

You trying to tell me you

didn't hear nothing, Doc?

[Richard] What?

Theo!

He was screaming for

someone to help him,

and now he's missing.

What is happening?

Look, let's just all calm down.

Let's go back to

the operations room.

You say you all

heard this as well?

[All] Yes!

Doctor, we have to find Theo.

He'll turn up.

(tense music)

The screams were so loud.

They echo through the halls,

I mean, as long as I've lived,

I've never heard anything

like that before.

You all had the same experience?

Right down to what

the thing looked like.

Imagine sharing a bad hair day.

Fascinating.

Who was the first to share

their occurrence this morning?

Wanda and I woke up at

nearly the exact same time.

And then we woke up Porter

once we realized that

Theo was missing.

You informed Wanda

of your experience?

We both knew.

But who shared

the details first?

I'm not sure.

Why?

(Richard sighing)

(lips smacking)

Have you heard of a

phenomenon forwalli ado?

Doctor, last night,

Theo was screaming

for someone to help him

and now he's missing.

What do you think

happened to him?

I don't think we know,

but shouldn't you

be more concerned?

I'm very concerned

with his well being,

as I am of all of you.

You've all just experienced

for the first time

what it's like to live

with a sleep disorder.

This can be extremely

distressing for some.

My guess is that Theo

needed to be alone

after such trauma,

or most regrettably,

he took himself home on

the bus he came in on.

That doesn't sound so

regrettable to me, Doc.

Well, without proper treatment,

poor Theo may suffer from a

debilitating sleep disorder

from here on.

You mean without

the hypnotherapy?

It's entirely possible.

It's also equally as possible

that last night was

just a coincidence

and had nothing to do with

the study in the first place.

A sample size such as this

really tells us nothing.

[Wanda] Oh, gosh.

I just feel so paranoid.

You know, what really worries me

is you hear stories like this,

about people being

stuck together,

sharing the same paranoia

like mass hysteria.

Dyatlov's Pass and shit.

I used to watch those

YouTube channels,

like five unsolved mysteries

that keep you up late at night

about families being

away at a cabin

and tearing each other apart

for seemingly no reason at all.

And if I'm being honest,

I'm really starting

to get scared.

My ex, Glen,

it's like he woke up one day,

his entire mood and

outlook had shifted.

It was like he was a new person

with a clear sense

of what he wanted.

And he had come to

the realization that

that wasn't a life with me.

I couldn't understand

how something like that

could happen so quickly.

Now I think I'm

starting to understand.

What's the verdict?

(tense music)

[Margo] No.

(wind whooshing)

(crickets chirping)

You're all rather quiet.

Don't tell me you're all still

worried about last night?

Come on, what

should we drink to?

How about to Theo?

I told you that he probably

left early this morning

and it turns out I was right.

Now, why don't we

drink to success?

How do you figure success, Doc?

Well, you're all

still here, aren't you?

And last night went

to be as expected.

Even a small bit of

success, is still a success.

Doctor, how do you know that

Theo left on his own accord?

Come with me.

Now, I would suggest that

you all get in the habit

of fully reading your

contracts before signing them.

So you saw what

happened last night.

I reviewed it after

interviewing the three of you.

Hey, Doc, we

should probably talk

about what you gonna

do with that footage.

No, don't worry, your

extracurricular activities

have already been erased.

Please.

(tense music)

Fuck.

Where is he going?

I only have five cameras,

and this one's

facing the entrance.

This is weird.

I don't think he'd just

get up and leave like that.

We should go to the police.

We can, but I believe

they would require

more than 48 hours before

doing much about it.

But if it would make

you feel a lot better.

(door clicking)

(door slamming)

I believe the sign says girls.

Yeah, I'm not into the

whole gender identity thing.

So how you feeling?

(Margo spitting)

About?

Everything that's been going on?

I'm just trying

to stay rational.

Yeah.

I swear, if another

person makes a run for it

in the wee hours of the morning,

I'm going full

Rambo on this bitch.

Hmm.

Likewise.

(Porter sighing)

(tense music)

(Wanda gasping)

(voices whispering)

(Wanda panting)

(voices whispering)

(door creaking)

(Wanda gasping)

(creature groaning)

(voices whispering)

(Wanda crying)

(voices whispering)

(creature groaning)

(Wanda panting)

(creature wheezing)

(Margo panting)

(creature groaning)

(nails screeching)

(tense music)

(creature groaning)

(creature screaming)

(Margo screaming)

(tense music)

(bones cracking)

(Porter gasping)

(suspenseful music)

(floor creaking)

(Porter crying)

No, please.

(Porter crying)

No, please, somebody

help me, please!

(Porter screaming)

Please!

(Richard breathing heavily)

(creature groaning)

(voices chanting)

(creature screaming)

(door clicking)

Dr. Pretorius?

No way this is

fucking happening.

Dr. Pretorius!

[Margo] I think I'm actually

having an anxiety attack.

Dr. Pretorius!

Why don't we stop

fucking yelling?

What the fuck is

happening, you guys?

It's that thing.

You know what I'm talking about.

God, she came in

through the door.

She looked right at me.

Fuck this.

Porter, where are you going?

To check the fucking cameras!

All right, let's figure

out how to rewind.

Menu, playback.

There!

What's he doing?

[Wanda] Sleep walking.

So what we heard last

night was what, a nightmare?

But Dr. Pretorius did walk

up outta here like Theo!

I mean, that's insane!

Fuck this, I'm out!

Wait!

Where are you going?

Home, to a hospital,

anywhere but fucking here.

[Margo] Good idea.

Wait, just wait a minute!

For what?

[Wanda] We have to

find the doctor and Theo.

Fuck that, I say

we call the police

and let them handle it.

And as far as us, I say we

find the nearest bus stop

and get the fuck outta here

until Vincent or Victor,

or whatever the fuck

his name is comes back!

I'm not so sure

that's gonna work.

Something's happened

to us, you guys.

[Porter] Yeah, yeah,

something did happen.

We're being "Punk'D," or worse,

we're all actually fucking

disappearing one by one.

Then we have to do something!

(Porter clapping)

Great plan, Napoleon.

[Wanda] Porter!

You coming?

Maybe we're overreacting.

Look, I'd rather

overreact than under react

when it comes to people

fucking disappearing.

Let's just think

about this, okay?

We're all having

these dreams, right?

And we know that something's

happening to the person

that gets up and leaves in

the middle of the night.

Fuck this, fuck this.

- Porter!

- Bye, I'm out.

- Wait, no, wait!

- I'm fucking out!

[Wanda] Porter!

Well, go on.

With what?

Where you were going with that.

I don't know.

What's the real reason you

don't wanna leave, Wanda?

How do you know that isn't?

You wear your

thoughts on your sleeve.

I got nowhere else to go.

Maybe we can find his

assistant's phone number

or something, get

him to help us?

Yeah, there's a plan, come on.

Okay, okay.

(tense music)

Try it on her, you

can hear her heart.

(phone ringing)

All right, just a sec.

Hello.

Victor!

This is Wanda, Wanda Fulcia.

Who?

Wanda from the sleep study.

[Victor] Oh, right,

Wanda from the sleep study.

We really need you

to come back here.

Something strange has happened.

Can you get over here quick?

You know, I could lose my

job for something like that.

You read your contract, right?

Listen, Theo went missing, okay?

Porter just left and we

can't find Dr. Pretorius.

We need you to get over here.

Will you please?

Look, put the

doctor on the phone.

He's missing, okay?

He's not here.

Fuck!

Yeah, all right, I'll

see what I can do.

Thank you, thank you so much.

Okay, okay, see you soon.

Thank you.

(dramatic music)

(papers rustling)

(Wanda sighing)

[Margo] Anything?

No, not really.

(Margo sighing)

Huh?

What?

It's an article.

So?

Nightmares suspected in

bed deaths of 18 Laotians.

Shut your fucking mouth,

what the fuck is this?

It's from 1981.

"The Department of Health

and Human Services in Atlanta

"is conducting an intensive

inquiry into the manner

"in which 18 apparently

healthy Laotian refugees died

"mysteriously in their sleep."

Why the fuck is this

in his fucking notebook?

I'm not sure.

(metronome ticking)

(tense music)

The doctor was really

obsessed with the details

of the sleep

paralysis experience.

It's truly fascinating.

I'd probably inquire

more about that

if I wasn't so afraid

for my life right now.

Seriously, he goes on for pages

about The Hag.

I mean, he's got quotes,

and like this one,

"I remember hearing

a roaring sound

"then seeing a shadowy figure

"standing in the

middle of my room,

"either saying my name and

laughing or just watching me.

"It was so real.

"I refused to sleep as a

child, but when I told my mom,

"she didn't take me seriously

"until it started chasing me,

"I would wake up and

it was still there.

"It started chasing

me around my room."

Chester Fair, 10/22/20.

[Margo] Wanda, what the fuck?

Chester Fair.

Victor Fair.

Is that like his brother?

Wanda, what

difference does it make?

Look, I'm less interested

in what's actually happening

and more interested in

what's making it happen.

Is there a way to stop it?

I don't know.

(Margo sighing) (tense music)

(tense music)

(people screaming)

(creature groaning)

(creature screaming)

(door slamming)

Hello?

Wanda?

Hello?

Doctor?

(Victor groaning)

(creature screaming)

God, it's fucking dark.

Maybe we should've gone, too.

I think that would've

been a mistake.

Well, yeah, how do you know?

Just a gut feeling.

I wonder where Porter

is right about, oh, Wanda!

(tense music)

What?

- The doctor!

I just saw him and Theo!

Are you sure?

I looked right at them!

Doctor, Theo!

(both screaming)

Shit, shit, my bad, my bad.

Can't you cough or clear

your throat or something

to let people know

you're coming?

I'm not in the mood, all right?

Did you guys find 'em or what?

[Margo] We just saw them!

You did?

Well, I didn't.

I swear I saw them

walking down the hall!

Just now?

Yes, goddamn it!

Well, fuck, they

didn't go this way.

I would've saw 'em.

What are you doing back here?

Look, the bus station comes

around once a day, all right,

and I just fucking missed it.

And this place is

like a ghost town.

Did you guys know the police

station closes on the weekends?

But I did manage to

flag down a patrol car

from a few towns over.

[Wanda] And what did they say?

Not much, other than that

they'll keep an eye out

for the both of them

and report it as a

potential missing persons.

That's it?

Great.

So did you guys make any dinner?

I'm starving.

(both sighing)

No?

So what's the plan, Napoleon?

Me?

Yeah, you.

I mean, you're the

only person here

trying to find a

solution and, well,

my plan for the bus doesn't

pan out til the morning,

so let's hear it.

Well, the doctor had

documented extremely thoroughly

how to perform the hypnosis.

So?

So, Margo has some experience

with that kind of stuff.

Whoa, I only performed tarot

card readings as a hobby.

I mean, but we could try

to perform the hypnosis

on one of us.

I just don't think I can-

Yeah, that's out.

Any other ideas?

No?

- No.

Well, I guess we'll

just never sleep again.

I mean, how hard

could that be, right?

Yeah, I mean, what about that?

Right, two of us stay

up, watch the other one.

I mean that way if something

weird starts happening,

we can wake the person up.

At least that way we'll

know what's going on.

All right, Margo, call it.

[Margo] Heads.

Heads.

Okay, ladies, you better

brew up some coffee.

It's gonna be a long night.

(tense music)

(bottle thudding)

(crickets chirping)

[Wanda] Jesus Christ.

[Margo] What?

I made it to the

end of his journal.

And?

And all it says is,

"It no longer appears to be a

matter of inward projection.

"The door was

opened and something

"has gotten outside."

What the fuck does that mean?

(creature groaning)

(toy clinking) (toy whirring)

(tense music)

Goddamn, I am so tired.

Yeah, it does look

nice, doesn't it?

Ugh, I can't wait for

the morning to come

and for Porter to wake up

and we can all laugh

about that one time

we almost went crazy.

Hilarious.

I'm gonna go splash

some water on my face.

Hey, watch him.

Oh, hey, can you

make some more coffee?

[Wanda] On it.

(tense music)

(Porter gasping)

(creature groaning)

[Porter] Somebody?

(Porter screaming)

Oh shit, oh my god.

Porter, wait!

Porter, Porter!

Porter!

[Wanda] Margo,

what are you doing?

- He's gone!

- What?

- He's gone!

- Oh my god!

Margo!

- I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!

What the fuck happened?

I fell asleep.

Ah, fuck.

Okay, you have to

listen to me, all right?

No.

Yes, Margo, you

have to listen to me!

Okay?

We're gonna fix this,

we're gonna fix this, okay?

All right, come on,

we're gonna do this,

it's gonna be okay,

it's gonna be okay.

[Margo] No, I don't wanna do it.

[Wanda] You have

to sit down, okay?

I don't wanna!

Look at me!

No, I don't wanna die!

You're not gonna die.

Margo, you need to calm down.

You need to calm

down and relax, okay?

Can you just relax?

Okay, I want you to take a deep

breath, sit back and relax.

Can you trust me?

Margo, do you trust me?

Mm-hmm (affirmative).

Okay.

(Margo crying)

(metronome ticking)

Sit back, relax.

(papers rustling)

(wind whooshing)

Now, I want you to

imagine a staircase,

10 wide safe stairs down.

You're standing at the

top of those stairs.

I need you to take

one step down.

10, nine, eight, seven,

six, five, four,

three, two, one.

(creature screaming)

Deeper, deeper, relaxed.

(wind whooshing)

(Margo gasping)

(bones cracking)

(metronome ticking)

(Wanda gasping)

(creature whispering)

Now listen to me, Margo.

We opened ourselves up

to the forces around us.

We opened that door

and when you come back,

you're gonna have

that door closed.

When you come back, you're

gonna be less perceptive

to things, less perceptive

than you've ever been.

But you're gonna come back

with that door closed.

Listen to me, Margo.

I need you to close that door.

Somebody wake me up!

(Margo crying)

(Wanda gasping)

(creature groaning)

When I call you, Margo,

you're coming back

with that door closed!

Wake up, wake up, Margo!

(door clicking)

Wake up!

- Somebody wake me up!

- Margo, wake up!

Margo!

(Margo panting)

[Margo] What the fuck

happened, oh my god!

Oh, Jesus Christ!

It felt like they were

in the fucking room!

Yeah, I don't know.

Did it work, did it

work, did we get them back?

I think so.

Jesus Christ, oh my god.

I need a fucking drink.

Yeah.

Margo?

Yeah, yeah, why don't

you get some water

and we can talk?

Margo?

(Wanda heavily breathing)

(Wanda gasping)

(wind whooshing)

Somebody wake me up!

[Richard] Wake up.

(all gasping)

(Wanda panting)

That was intense!

Holy shit!

How do you feel, all right?

No, no, no, no!

♪ Oh, walk me home ♪

♪ On that note ♪

♪ Let me show ♪

♪ What I know ♪

♪ If I lie, time will say ♪

♪ Walk me home ♪

♪ Watch me go ♪

♪ Took down in the chambers,

locked in la la land ♪

♪ Worried we could wake

up at our arms again ♪

♪ Steady apparatus

spoiled in ink ♪

♪ From the thrones ♪

♪ Something doesn't measure

and I can't relate ♪

♪ A heavy head for something

while the brain remains ♪

♪ Tethered in the

lies you spin ♪

♪ All alone ♪

♪ Walk me home ♪

(guitar solo)

♪ Walk me home ♪

♪ On that note ♪

♪ Let me show ♪

♪ What I know ♪

♪ If I lie ♪

♪ Time will fly ♪

♪ Walk me home ♪

♪ Watch me go ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ Riddled by the crimes ♪

♪ Tangle with the rules ♪

♪ Lost in the reprise they're

singing about in school ♪

♪ We can't relieve the strain ♪

♪ Can't undo the

lies you've spun ♪

♪ So hold them to their words ♪

♪ Don't reveal the spines ♪

♪ Leave it to the world that

turns before it shines ♪

♪ We watch it fade away ♪

♪ Just like all

times we've rued ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Walk me home, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Watch me go, yeah ♪

♪ Walk me home, yeah, yeah ♪

Conjuring: The Beyond (2022) - full transcript