Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour (2007) - full transcript
In San Diego, Sarah Landon is invited by her grandmother's friend, Thelma Shaw, to spend the weekend with her in Pine Valley, California. Sarah used to spend vacations there during her childhood with her recently-deceased friend Megan. While heading to Pine Valley, her car breaks down and Carlos, the mechanic, calls his assistant, Matt Baker, to give her a ride. Sarah knows Matt from her childhood and asks about his older brother, David. Meanwhile Carlos tells a sad story about their uncle, Ben Woods. He apparently used to brag about his only son, Johnny, considered by Ben to be the best baseball player in the Valley. On his twenty-first birthday, Ben's sister Mary Ann Baker decided to celebrate with Johnny but she had a car accident and the teenager died. Ben promised to kill David Baker on his twenty-first birthday and he dies on the day of Johnny's funeral. Over the years, Mary Ann becomes delusional and has a breakdown. During an argument between his mother and father, David overhears the quarrel and becomes a hermit obsessed in occultism. Sarah joins to Matt to try and save David's life during the the paranormal hour.
YOUNG MEGAN AND SARAH:
Lemonade...
Crunchy ice. Beat it once,
beat it twice.
I'm totally into it.
I don't think so.
It's going to
be so nice.
I swear I'm not going.
For sure not.
Come on.
SARAH: Hi, Mrs. Shaw.
Oh, you remember me.
Of course.
How could I forget?
How are you doing,
sweetie?
I'm okay.
Mrs. Shaw
called for you.
For me?
She wanted to know when you were
coming out to Pine Valley to visit her.
What?
She said you two talked
at Megan's memorial.
That was like
three months ago.
Well, she still thinks
you're coming.
What would I do up there?
It'd be totally boring.
I don't know, Sarah.
You've been
out there before.
That was 10 years ago.
I was seven.
We caught frogs.
I think you should go.
SARAH: My name
is Sarah Landon.
And this is the story
of a recent trip I made
to Pine Valley,
California.
My car, which had never
given me trouble before,
suddenly started making loud noises just outside Pine Valley.
Some people say
things happen for a reason.
Is it fate I had
car trouble that day?
Sometimes I wonder.
Hello?
Hello.
(EXCLAIMING)
What can I do for ya?
There's something
wrong with my car.
Hey, I'm just kidding.
I'm Carlos.
Let's take a look.
Where you from?
San Diego.
Visiting?
Yeah. My friend's
grandma.
Who's that?
Thelma Shaw.
Oh, yeah.
1987 El Camino.
Belongs in
the junkyard.
(CHUCKLING)
Nice woman, though.
I used to hunt
with her husband.
It's your water pump.
You're going to
need a new one.
Are they expensive?
I'll work with you.
Problem is,
it's 4:30 on a Friday.
Won't be able to get a new one in here until Monday.
Do you want a ride
to Mrs. Shaw's?
Well...
It's not a problem.
(PHONE BEEPING)
(ENGINE REVVING)
Matt, I've got a young lady here who's gonna need a ride.
All right.
The kid that works for me,
he'll be here in about ten minutes.
Actually, he lives right around the corner from Mrs.
Shaw.
Did you say Matt?
Yeah, Matt Baker.
You know him?
I played with him
when I was little.
Ah, he's a great kid.
Works for me
part time after school.
Didn't he have
an older brother?
Yeah, David.
It's a sad story there.
What happened?
The name Ben Woods
ring a bell?
No.
David and Matt's uncle
started up this place.
His son, Johnny,
was a local baseball hero and the apple of Ben's eye.
I tell you Johnny's the best pitcher
in the history
of Pine Valley.
What about
Dan Cooper?
What?
Dan Cooper?
Tell me, Hank,
when did Dan Cooper ever have a no-hitter?
Hey, Dad.
Dan Cooper was one
heck of a pitcher.
Oh, Johnny, he wasn't
even in your league.
CARLOS: Ben was passionate
about Johnny's baseball.
But people in town
hated his bragging.
Let's just say he wasn't
the most popular guy around.
But there was no disputing the fact that
Johnny was a great baseball player.
And he was the most humble kid you could ever meet.
Johnny's mother died
when he was two.
But he had an aunt
that he adored.
Ben's sister. Mary Ann.
CARLOS: Ben and Mary Ann
hadn't talked for years.
Had a big falling out.
But Johnny used to go over
to Mary Ann's all the time.
To play with his little cousins,
David and Matt.
Ben didn't like the idea.
But Johnny didn't care.
He loved those boys.
High five.
Hey!
Oh, my God.
You and your
birthday balloons.
You're 21.
CARLOS: On Johnny's
21st birthday
Mary Ann wanted to take him
out for lunch.
Oh, no.
(BOTH CHUCKLING)
CARLOS: August
the eleventh, 1994.
A day Pine Valley
will never forget.
They never made it
to the restaurant.
She swerved to avoid a cat.
Hit a pole.
CARLOS: Johnny died at
the site of the accident.
And the next day,
Ben showed up at Mary Ann's door.
You killed my son!
Ben, please,
it was an accident.
You're gonna
pay for this!
An eye for an eye,
Mary Ann.
I don't care if
he is my nephew,
he dies on
his 21st birthday.
CARLOS: Poor David.
Oh, my God.
(CAR HORN HONKS)
There's Matt.
Thanks.
No problem.
You probably don't remember this but...
I met you before.
No, I remember you.
Really?
Yeah.
I'm sorry to hear
about Megan.
Thanks.
(ENGINE STARTING)
Here we are.
Thanks for the ride.
No problem.
Matt?
Carlos was
telling me about...
Actually, never mind.
What?
Oh, nothing.
Need help with this?
No, I'm fine.
Thanks, though.
Bye, Matt.
Bye...
Hey, Sarah.
Yeah?
Maybe I'll see you
tomorrow.
Sure.
(ENGINE STARTING)
Sarah! You're here!
I'm so happy
to see you.
You too.
How did you get here?
Matt Baker actually.
Matt Baker?
(LAUGHING)
Willow, where
are you going?
Okay. Thanks, Mom.
Love you, too. Bye.
Are you going to
stay till Monday?
Yeah.
Oh, that's wonderful.
Was that thing
there before?
No, that's only been up there a couple of years.
My husband shot it
just before he died.
He loved to hunt,
you know.
Yeah, I heard that.
Listen, my extra bedroom has turned into a storage room lately.
So I'm going to put you up in the guest house.
Where you and Megan
used to play, remember?
We loved it up there.
MRS. SHAW: The only thing is,
the darn toilet is out of order.
So you're going to have to use the one in the main house.
I hope that's
okay with you.
Of course.
I'll give you a key.
Okay.
Thank you.
(GIRLS LAUGHING)
Now there's clean sheets
on the bed.
And fresh towels
in the bathroom.
If you need anything else,
just let me know.
Thank you so much.
Dinner will be ready
in 30 minutes.
Okay.
(DOOR OPENING)
Thanks again for dinner.
It was really good.
I'm just happy to have
someone to cook for.
Now tell me about
your ride here with Matt.
Didn't he grow up
to be a nice boy?
Yeah, he seems
really nice.
You know,
this is kind of random,
but he was actually
my first kiss.
(LAUGHING) Oh, dear,
don't tell me.
It was just a peck.
We were playing
a kids' game.
I don't think
he remembered, though.
Oh, probably not.
Mrs. Shaw?
Mmm-hmm?
Carlos was telling me
the story about Ben Woods.
And how he threatened to kill Matt's brother, David?
Do you know about that?
Well, what did he tell you?
Well, he told me how Johnny died and about the threat.
But then
we got interrupted.
He didn't tell you what happened on the day of Johnny's funeral?
The whole town shut down.
All the stores were closed.
Even the local food market.
I've lived here
all my life
and I've never seen
anything like it.
Everybody in Pine Valley
was at the church.
Except Ben.
And he wasn't
answering his phone.
Finally, Carlos drove
to his house.
And when he got there,
he heard opera music
pouring out the windows.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Ben!
Ben!
(LOUD OPERA MUSIC PLAYING)
Ben!
Ben! What are you doing?
Ben! Ben!
No, Ben!
He died?
MRS. SHAW:
Heart attack.
Wow.
It was about
six months later
that things got really bad
for David and Matt's mother.
David!
David!
David!
David!
DAVID: Mom?
David?
Mom.
Mom.
(SCREAMING)
What? What?
Every one of her nightmares
included the same symbols.
Two X's,
a cross above the word "one" and a human skull.
So she went to see
Frida the town psychic.
Half the people of Pine Valley thought Frida was a fraud.
The other half thought
she walked on water.
These are telepathic
dreams you are having.
Really, they're psychic attacks is what they are.
MARY ANN: From Ben?
Yes.
The unconscious mind is capable of receiving messages from the dead.
Ben is sending you these dreams from the spirit world.
The skull obviously
represents death.
The cross above the one you've been seeing really isn't a cross at all.
It's a plus sign.
XX is Roman numeral
for 20. 20 plus one.
Oh, my God.
Have you ever heard
of the paranormal hour?
No.
Midnight to 1:00 a.m.
Witches call it
the witching hour.
It's when paranormal
activity is at its peak.
That's when
he would strike.
What are you saying?
I'm saying,
Ben will try to kill David on his 21st birthday.
Between midnight
and 1:00 a.m.
That woman is a fraud!
Telepathic dreams?
Psychic attacks?
All she wants
is your money!
Well then,
how do you explain the skull?
And the 20 plus one?
They're called
nightmares, Mary Ann.
Everyone has 'em.
You don't understand.
Oh, I understand.
You're convinced that Ben's gonna come back from the grave
to kill David on
his 21st birthday?
All because some
charlatan told you so?
MARY ANN: Not so loud.
MRS. SHAW: Soon after that,
Ted walked out on Mary Ann and the boys.
What a jerk.
Yes. Yes, he was.
And then the unbelievable
happened.
She saw his ghost?
So she claimed.
And she continued to see him.
(SCREAMING)
Return to where you came from.
I order you.
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost.
Leave me alone!
Leave me alone!
(SOBBING)
They finally had to
send Mary Ann away.
She was in a psychiatric hospital for a year and a half.
It's so sad.
But then one day,
everything stopped.
No more ghosts.
No more nightmares.
They sent Mary Ann home.
But she was never the same.
Spent the next 11 years staring out her bedroom window.
A lot of people in Pine Valley blamed Frida for Mary Ann's troubles.
Then one day,
Frida just up and left.
Moved up to Redding,
California,
where she died
a few years later.
David was never
the same after Ben's threat.
It really affected him.
When his 20th
birthday rolled along,
he started
getting really strange.
Hey, check this out.
If today's your birthday,
this is a very critical year for you.
Ignore the skeptics.
Scorpio was right.
What if Frida
was a Scorpio?
What?
Frida, the psychic.
Horoscopes are crap, man.
How do you know that?
I just do.
Okay, David,
I have it right here.
Frida was born on November the twelfth, 1929.
MRS. SHAW: After that,
he pretty much became a recluse.
He quit school
at the community college
and moved into an old loft
above the barn out there.
Sad story.
So what happened
on his 21st birthday?
Oh, that's on Monday.
Monday?
Yes.
This Monday?
Yes.
So do you think anything's
going to happen to him?
Oh, heavens no.
So Ben's ghost.
You think Mary Ann was
just imagining all that?
Well, of course she was.
Well, it's past my bedtime.
But what about
David's horoscope?
And Frida?
I was a high school
science teacher, dear.
I'm afraid astrology
and psychics
are right up there
with ghosts for me.
So how do you explain
Frida being a Scorpio?
Coincidence...
Just a coincidence.
(DOOR OPENING)
(TOILET FLUSHING)
(DOOR OPENING)
Mrs. Shaw?
(SHOUTING)
Willow, you scared me.
Mrs. Shaw?
Mrs. Shaw...
Mrs. Shaw?
(BOTH GASPING)
What's going on?
Where am I?
Come on.
Let me take you inside.
I must have
been sleepwalking.
Don't worry, Mrs.
Shaw. It's okay.
Mrs.
Shaw, did you know Ben Woods very well?
Well enough.
My husband hunted with him.
What was he like?
Oh, despicable.
I couldn't stand the man.
Why? Because he was evil,
that's why.
The way he treated people.
There was no excuse
for that.
And he knew
I didn't care for it.
I made it
very clear to him.
Then why did your
husband hunt with him?
It's a small town.
There's only one
taxidermy club.
But let me tell you
every time that man
would come by
to pick up my husband,
it would turn my stomach.
Sarah! Sarah, where are you?
I give up now.
Sarah! Sarah!
Boo!
That's the most greatest hiding spot ever!
I know!
(YOUNG SARAH GIGGLING)
Who's out there?
Hey. What are you doing?
Reading a book.
Reading a book?
On a Saturday afternoon
in Pine Valley?
What's wrong with that?
Nothing. But you're
missing a lot of action.
Oh, yeah? Like what?
All kinds of stuff.
2:00. Hot apple pie
comes out at Major's Diner.
Wow. That's huge.
MATT: You want
to check it out?
Yeah, sure.
All right.
Well, I'll be back in 10 minutes.
Okay.
Best pie in
the whole world, huh?
Mark my words,
the best pie you'll ever taste.
In this town?
Yeah.
So I heard the story about
Ben Woods and your brother.
Are you worried at all?
My brother's crazy.
You know where he lives?
Yeah, I heard.
He's been up there
for almost a year.
Lives like a hermit.
What does he do up there?
Up until a couple of months ago,
I had no idea.
He insisted
I never go up there.
But one day he was in with Mom...
I said, "Forget it."
I was going to see
what he's up to.
WOMAN ON STEREO:
Ken and Alice had never heard of shadow people...
And they certainly weren't the type to believe in ghostlike entities.
All that, however,
was about to change.
You see, the people that
sold the Reeds their new home
had failed to
disclose the fact
that this charming little fixer upper was not meant to be fixed up.
They appeared in front of her,
lingered for several seconds,
then vanished.
Afterward she was left with a horrible feeling of dread.
At first,
Ken thought Alice had...
I was shocked.
Every inch of that place was covered with books and tapes and articles.
All on weird
paranormal stuff.
Then I stumbled onto this documentary he was working on.
DAVID ON TAPE: Okay,
this is the road that my mom and Johnny
were traveling down.
This is probably where
the cat would have been.
And over here is
the pole that they hit.
As you can see, people are
always leaving flowers here.
What can I say?
Johnny was
a hometown hero.
DAVID: What are you
doing in here?
What are you doing in here?
What is all this?
You really want to know?
Yeah.
I'm trying to figure out
what happened to Mom.
I'm trying to figure out how Ben is going to try to kill me.
I'm trying to
save my life!
Mom had a nervous breakdown and Ben is dead.
He can't kill you.
Do you even know
what a nervous breakdown is?
It just a catchphrase for,
"We don't know what the hell is wrong with you."
That's what it is.
I mean, have you
ever thought that maybe
Ben has Mom in some
kind of psychic hold?
What?
Do you know
what telepathy is?
No.
It's mind-to-mind
communication.
Frida said Mom was receiving
telepathic dreams from Ben.
They're called
psychic attacks.
And they cause
psychic paralysis.
What if Ben is somehow
holding her in that state?
You're nuts.
See?
That's exactly why I don't talk to you about this kind of stuff.
You're just gonna
say I'm crazy.
Black art? Evil spirits?
What am I supposed
to think?
Do you even know what an evil spirit is?
What?
It's a spirit that remains earthbound to enact revenge.
Some even develop
demon-like powers.
That means they can possess the living,
take over their bodies
and then use them
to commit murder.
This is what you think
Ben's going to do to you.
No. At first I thought so,
but now I think he's reincarnated.
I think he's been reborn
as another person
and that person is
going to try to kill me.
(LAUGHING)
Okay.
Yeah, laugh.
Go ahead and laugh.
You can't be serious.
I'm totally serious!
Think about it!
Mom stopped having nightmares and
seeing Ben's ghost two years after he died.
Unless he messing with me,
there's only one explanation.
He reincarnated.
As who?
There's no way of knowing,
but it would have to be a kid.
A kid.
Ben's only been dead for 13 years.
A spirit needs at least two years to review its previous life
before it can reincarnate.
If Ben reincarnated right after he stopped haunting Mom,
that would make him
11 years old.
Okay. I get your point!
You really believe all this crap.
But you know what?
I still think it's crap,
and I think you're nuts!
Fine! Think what
you want to think.
But it's my life.
Yeah, I guess it is.
By the way,
the sign says stay out!
All right, I will!
And thanks for
all of your support!
You're welcome.
How do you know David's so wrong about all this stuff?
He seems to know
a lot about it.
Yeah, he's done a lot of research,
but come on.
Wait till you hear this.
A couple of weeks later...
BOY: Hello?
Hello.
Hi.
Who are you?
I'm Justin.
I just moved into the house around the corner.
I was wondering if there were any kids here I could play with.
How old are you?
Eleven.
Why did you come here?
I told you.
I was wondering if there were any kids here I could play...
There aren't
any kids here.
He's just
a new kid in town.
Yeah.
And he just happens to be 11 years old?
He just happens to move right around the corner from us?
And he knows he was Ben
in a previous life?
And he's here to kill you?
No, it doesn't
work that way.
We all pick our parents
before we are born.
He picked his
because he knew
they'd be living in Pine Valley when I turned 21.
Right now,
he's scouting me out and he doesn't even know it.
He has no idea
he wants to kill me.
But when my birthday comes his subconscious will trigger him to do it.
Whatever.
There are no
coincidences, Matt.
No coincidences.
(ROOSTER CROWING)
Good morning, Fletcher.
(ROOSTER CROWING)
* Camptown ladies sing this song,
do dah, do dah... *
Hey. What are you doing?
Swinging.
This is private property.
Sorry.
You need to leave now.
Okay.
Never come
back here, ever!
MATT: He actually believes this kid is the reincarnation of Ben Woods.
So why doesn't he just
leave town Sunday night?
Get away from him?
MATT: He was going to.
(PHONE RINGING) Then a few weeks ago,
Yolanda called.
Hello.
(WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH
ON PHONE)
Wrong number.
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello.
Hello... You David?
Who is this?
Yolanda Lopez.
David Baker?
David Baker?
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
I'll give you his cell phone number.
Do you have a pen?
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Forget it. Hold on.
David.
Yeah?
There's a woman
on the phone for you.
Who is it?
I don't know.
Yolanda or something.
Hello?
YOLANDA: Are you David?
David Baker?
Yeah, who is this?
Me Yolanda Lopez.
I speak to, como dice,
I hear Frida.
Frida?
Si, si, si. Frida.
Frida's dead.
We not talk phone.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
I see you manana,
in Tijuana.
Tijuana?
Si. Manana. Okay?
DAVID: How do
you know Frida?
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Aunt.
Your aunt?
And she talks to you?
Si. From heaven.
What'd she say?
Ben Woods try kill you.
Oh, my God.
She say you
should stay home...
Birthday...
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
How say...
Twenty-one.
Si, si.
You stay home birthday...
She wants me to stay home
on my 21st birthday.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Did she say anything else?
She say... God help you.
MATT: She's obviously
a fraud like her aunt.
SARAH: But how
do you know that?
Trust me. The next thing you know,
she'll be asking for money.
So you got any
big plans tonight?
Mrs. Shaw's
famous meatloaf.
That's about it.
Want to see
a movie later?
Sure.
Okay. Pick you up
at 7:30?
Yeah. Sounds good.
Bye.
DAVID: This was
Ben Woods' place.
Back in the 1800s
it was a schoolhouse.
That's why it's got
that bell on the roof.
Ben was famous for ringing it every time Johnny's team won a game.
MAN 1: Where are
you from?
MAN 2: Riverside.
Relocating? Yeah.
We thought we'd check out the country life.
Well, you can't beat
Pine Valley.
WOMAN: Who lived
here before?
Vera Waters.
Very nice woman.
DAVID: Okay,
I guess this would have been Ben's old room.
It looks more like
a woman's room now
since he left it to his sister-in-law,
Vera Waters.
What do you think
you're doing?
I'm just checking out
the place.
Why?
I'm thinking of buying a house.
Yeah, sure you are.
The sign says open house.
Leave me alone.
I know who you are.
Get the hell out of here!
(DOORBELL RINGING)
Hi.
Hi. Is Mrs. Shaw home?
Actually, I think
she's sleeping.
Oh, okay.
SARAH: Can I tell her
who stopped by?
Sure. I'm Justin.
Cat hair.
Cat hair everywhere.
Justin came by to see you.
Oh, probably looking for one of my ginger snap cookies.
Do you know him well?
No, he's new around here.
I saw him riding
his bike one day
and offered him
a ginger snap,
told him Saturday was
my ginger snap day.
He's been back
every Saturday since.
Do you know
where he's from?
Iowa.
Why'd he move
all the way out here?
I'm not sure.
I haven't met his parents yet.
If you want,
I can drop some of those ginger snaps off to him.
What a splendid idea.
I'll send you
with a plate of them.
Oh, how sweet.
Justin just went for a bike ride with his dad.
But he'll be happy to see these when he gets back.
Care for a cup of tea?
Sure.
(KETTLE WHISTLING)
So where you from, Sarah?
SARAH: San Diego.
Are you related
to Mrs. Shaw?
SARAH: No, she's
just a friend.
That's nice.
Would you like French Vanilla,
Caramel Nut or just plain old Earl Grey?
French Vanilla would be great.
Thanks.
So where are
you guys from?
Iowa.
Wow, what made you guys move all the way out here?
Well, just a
change of scenery.
Does Justin like it?
Oh, he loves it.
That's good.
Kids normally hate
to move, you know.
Leaving their friends
and all that.
Oh, that wasn't
a problem for Justin.
What do you mean?
Well, I don't know.
He just loves Pine Valley, that's all.
Milk and sugar?
Are you kidding me?
No.
Just because she had
a book on past lives.
But what kid doesn't have a problem leaving his friends?
Maybe he didn't
have any friends.
Maybe he was bullied.
I'm telling you,
something's weird.
(CLANGING)
Okay, I'm back
at Ben's house.
Like I said,
it used to be an old schoolhouse.
Maybe this was
Johnny's room.
Let's see what's down here.
Just a bathroom.
(WHOOSHING)
(BELL TOLLING)
(OPERA MUSIC PLAYING)
(EXCLAIMING)
(BELL TOLLING)
Where have you been?
MATT: At a movie.
What's wrong?
I need to see you now.
Why?
Just get here. Fast.
Is it Mom?
No. Just come.
At first, I thought it was him.
I thought he was alive.
I thought he never died,
but then he disappeared,
and the bell was ringing
and I heard this opera music.
Calm down! You didn't see any ghosts.
You're losing it, man.
How can I calm down?
You know what this means?
He's gonna try to kill me
from the spirit world!
He didn't reincarnate!
He's not Justin!
MATT: I don't know why
we're doing this.
It's his camera,
he should pick it up.
Have you ever
been in there?
No.
So you never came
over here as a kid?
No. I never
even met Ben.
My mom didn't want us
anywhere near him.
He wasn't
your typical uncle.
This place is creepy.
Ben and Johnny.
Here it is.
(DOOR CLOSING)
What was that?
Somebody's here.
Phil.
Who's Phil?
He's a real estate guy.
Sells every house
in Pine Valley.
So many random things
around this place.
I know.
Sometimes I look at all the stuffed animals,
antlers and stuff
and I think,
who were they, you know.
I wonder what it feels
like to be hunted.
Scary as hell.
Seriously.
I love this thing.
What?
Nothing. That thing
just makes me laugh.
Why?
Me and Megan
used to play on it.
We called it
the Teacup Game.
You know,
like the teacups at Disneyland?
What was
the Teacup Game?
Well, one of us would
sit in the chair
and the other would twist the chair round and around and then let go.
And the person in the chair would go spinning uncontrollably.
(LAUGHING)
Oh, my gosh.
This one time
I spun it so much
that it was like all
the way up to here.
And Megan was sitting in it,
just screaming out of control.
And I let go and that thing spun like I'd never seen it spin before.
(LAUGHING) Then the hook broke off the chain
and Megan and
the chair went flying.
They landed all
the way over there.
Luckily she wasn't
hurt though.
Megan was a pretty
special friend, huh?
Yeah.
It's weird to be
out here without her.
I mean, it's weird to be anywhere without her, but...
this place?
It's like,
she's everywhere.
You okay?
Yeah.
See you tomorrow?
Sure.
Bye, Matt.
Good night.
So, how does a dead person kill someone?
The answer is,
any number of ways.
Apparitions have been known to cause heart attacks and car accidents.
Every year, 700 people
die in electrical fires.
How many of those are started by evil spirits?
(TOILET FLUSHING)
(PHONE RINGING)
Hey. GIRL ON PHONE: Hey,
where were you today?
I'm still
in Pine Valley.
You missed
an awesome party.
YOUNG MEGAN AND SARAH:
Crunchy ice. Beat it once. Beat it twice.
Lemonade. Crunchy ice.
Beat it once,
beat it twice. Lemonade.
Get out of here.
It's not safe for you.
Mrs. Shaw?
Can I borrow your car
for a little while?
Well, of course
you can, dear.
Where did you
want to go?
Just for a drive.
(BUZZING)
Hey, you. You the one
who rang my bell?
Yeah.
Someone told me that
Frida used to live here.
You know, Frida the psychic?
Is that true?
Yes, that's true.
Did you know her?
Oh, yeah.
Do you think
she was for real?
I mean,
do you think she really had psychic powers?
Ain't no doubt
about that.
Really?
Do you believe in psychics?
I'm not sure.
She told me something once.
She told me my dog
was going to die.
It died a month later.
Perfectly healthy dog.
How's Thelma doing?
Did Mrs. Shaw
tell you about me?
No. You're driving
her car.
(BOTH CHUCKLING)
So do you know the story about Ben Woods and David Baker?
Pine Valley's dark secret.
Dark secret?
Trust me...
Midnight tonight,
no one from this town will be anywhere near that Baker boy.
Ben Woods was
a scary man.
Have you been to the site
where Johnny Woods died?
No.
They say you can still feel Johnny's presence there.
Hi.
Thanks for bringing
the ginger snaps over.
I ate like ten of them.
Oh, you're welcome.
What are you doing?
Just riding my bike.
See you later.
Hi.
Hi.
You look a little bit young to be buying a house.
Yeah, I'm just
killing time.
I heard a rumor this place is haunted.
Is that true?
I haven't seen
any ghosts.
Did the previous owner
say anything?
Not to me.
PHIL: So where
are you from?
I don't think I've seen
you around here before.
San Diego.
I'm visiting Thelma Shaw.
You know her?
Thelma? Oh, sure.
I've been trying to get her to put her
house of hers on the market for years
and make some real money,
but she won't listen to me.
So do you sell many
homes in Pine Valley?
All of them.
You must be a good salesman.
The only one.
There used to be another guy kicking around here years ago.
But there wasn't enough business for the two of us.
It's not every day somebody moves to Pine Valley.
So you must have sold the Van Camps their home then.
Sure did.
You know them too?
Yeah, I was
over there yesterday.
That Justin's
quite a kid, huh?
Yeah, he's a nice boy.
There's something
off about him, though.
I can't put
my finger on it.
Something's different.
Seems like
a normal kid to me.
I guess it's
just me, then.
Come to think of it,
there was one thing that struck me as odd.
Oh, yeah?
What was that?
Well, he was adamant that they moved to that area of town.
He insisted on it.
DAVID: Come on in.
SARAH:
Maybe Justin is Ben.
But he can't be.
I saw Ben's ghost, remember?
He's in the spirit world.
That means he hasn't been reborn as another person.
Are you sure you saw his ghost?
Yeah.
Well, I could have been having hallucinations,
but I don't think so.
Do you know Vera Waters?
Sort of.
Could you call her?
If anyone else has seen his ghost in there,
it'd be her.
I tried that.
She hung up on me.
She doesn't want anything to do with our family.
Why don't you just
show up at her house?
She lives up in Julian now.
So? I'll go with you.
All the way to Julian?
Please?
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
What do you want?
I need to talk to you.
About what?
Why are you
selling your house?
That's none of
your business.
Please. I need to know.
Did you see his
ghost in there?
My life depends on it.
I'm sorry.
I can't help you.
Please!
I need to know.
I'm as afraid of
him as you are!
I knew it!
I saw him
with my own eyes.
He's in the spirit world.
What are you
talking about?
She didn't say
she saw his ghost.
DAVID: She might
as well have.
Did I miss something?
Why didn't she just
answer the question?
Why is she afraid
of him? He's dead!
It's because she saw
what I saw, that's why.
Ben's coming after me
from the spirit world.
Hey.
Can I help you?
Yeah, do you guys have a rest room I can use?
MAN: Yeah, it's the little
white building right here.
MATT: Thanks.
It's at your
own risk, though.
SARAH: David?
Yeah.
You okay?
Yeah.
What's the difference between a ghost and a spirit?
A ghost is a spirit.
Just a spirit of a dead person that hasn't crossed over to the afterlife.
Stuck between two worlds.
Why does that happen?
It still thinks it has
business to do here.
In Ben's case,
it's to kill me on
my 21st birthday.
If a spirit has crossed
over to the afterlife,
can it still
communicate with us?
Say, like in a dream?
Oh, yeah.
But how do we know if it's them or if it's just an ordinary dream?
We don't, really.
There's no way of
knowing for sure.
Can I talk to you
for a minute?
Sure.
Why are you
so hard on him?
David?
Yeah. I mean,
I know you don't believe in ghosts
and reincarnation and
all that kind of stuff but,
why not just
be on his side?
You don't understand.
I've been dealing
with this my whole life.
And he hasn't?
In six hours he thinks an evil spirit is going to try to kill him.
He's been living in fear of this moment since he was a little boy.
You don't have to believe it's going to happen to be there for him.
But if you are,
regardless of what happens
he'll always
remember you for it.
Mom, I'm coming in.
I have someone
here to see you.
Mom? This is Sarah.
Hi, Mrs. Baker.
Hello.
Well, she must like you.
She just said hi.
It's a big deal.
Most days I don't
even get that.
(BEEPING)
YOLANDA ON MACHINE:
Hello, David. It's Yolanda.
Frida, you know,
she has speak to me again.
David.
DAVID: What?
YOLANDA ON MACHINE:
Hello, David. It's Yolanda.
Frida, you know she
has speak to me again.
She say tonight...
Como dice? Midnight.
She say you,
Druid ritual, si?
You know? Adios.
Who's Drew and Rachel?
I have no idea.
Do you have
her phone number?
Yeah, on my cell.
(YOLANDA SPEAKING SPANISH
ON ANSWERING MACHINE)
Hi, Yolanda.
This is David Baker.
I got your message.
Who are Drew and Rachel?
Please call me back
as soon as possible.
It's urgent.
Not home.
Let's check the internet.
Maybe they're experts
on this stuff.
(TYPING)
None of this
makes any sense.
Is there another
word we can try?
Besides paranormal?
How about Drew and Rachel
and evil spirits?
You're wasting your time.
There are no Drew and Rachel experts.
If there were,
I would have heard of them.
I'm out of here.
Where are you going?
DAVID: To eat
my last meal.
Let's keep trying.
All right.
Try Drew and Rachel
and black art.
You know what's
weird to me?
What?
The way she said Drew and Rachel.
It's like she was assuming that he should know who they are.
But he's never
heard of them.
Maybe she was saying
something else.
YOLANDA ON MACHINE:
She say tonight... Como dice? Midnight.
She say you,
Druid ritual, si?
You know? Adios.
I don't think
she's saying Rachel.
I think she's
saying ritual.
And she's not
saying Drew.
She's saying Druid.
The Druid ritual!
What's the
Druid ritual?
It's a ritual to
ward off evil spirits.
The Druids, they were priests
in ancient Gaul and Britain.
They were surrounded
by evil.
DAVID: A Druid that was thought to be the target of an evil spirit
would sit in the center of a circle of scooped up turnips
fashioned into skulls
and lit with candles
to keep the evil
spirit at bay.
As a second line
of defense,
should the spirit be so bold as to enter the circle of skulls,
the Druid would
wear a disguise
and attempt to
confuse the spirit.
But the Druid knew he could not display even the slightest sign of fear.
For his disguise
would be of little use
should the evil spirit detect him trembling under his mask.
I'll never be able to
pull this off on time.
Do you have a mask?
An old Halloween
mask somewhere,
but definitely don't
have any turnips,
and it's Sunday night and the food market closed at 9:00.
I'll call Ron.
Fifty turnips and
a box of tea candles?
It's a long story.
Sorry, Matt.
I'm not going to open up the store on a Sunday night
so you guys can go play
some high school prank.
It's not a high school prank,
I promise.
What do you need them for?
Ron.
Remember that time you needed that muffler?
And I sped to Alpine and back for you so you could get up to Tahoe?
Did I ask any questions?
No. I just did it.
How was that ride
to Tahoe anyway?
Pretty quiet, huh?
Matt, sometimes you can be
a real pain in the ass.
(EXCLAIMS)
What do you think?
You scared me.
Good.
We did it.
With 22 minutes
to spare.
Thanks, guys.
So now what?
You guys need
to leave.
Why?
Because if you stay here,
he might try to kill you, too.
We're dealing with
an evil spirit here.
I don't care.
I'm staying. No!
In the book,
the Druid is left to face the spirit all by himself.
We need to
follow the book.
This could be
my only chance.
Okay. Okay.
Do you think he'll try
to kill your mom, too?
No. She's the last
person he wants dead.
He wants her to live.
What do you think's
gonna happen?
I have no idea.
Maybe he'll take over
someone's body.
Like Carlos.
Carlos?
Ben was a hunter,
he could use one of his hunting rifles.
Okay. You guys
better leave.
All right.
Okay.
Sarah, nothing's going to happen.
Trust me.
The next hour's going to pass right by and David's gonna suddenly realize
he's been worrying
his whole life
over something that
could never happen.
These are good.
Yeah.
You know,
if David was right
and Ben was going to take over someone's body to kill him,
the last person he would choose would be Carlos.
Why?
Carlos was
his best friend.
He'd be charged
with murder.
Good point.
MATT: If he was going to
take over someone's body,
you'd think he'd take over the body of somebody he didn't like.
(DOOR OPENING)
Mrs. Shaw.
(DOOR CLOSING)
Is that the front door?
She sleepwalks.
Mrs. Shaw,
you're sleepwalking.
(IN MAN'S VOICE)
I'm not Mrs. Shaw!
(GUNSHOT)
(SHOTGUN COCKING)
(PANTING)
(DOG BARKING)
Run!
(SARAH GASPING)
(SHOTGUN COCKING)
(WHISPERING) Do you think she's still out there?
I don't know.
But we've got to go.
Justin.
Happy birthday.
JUSTIN: No!
Dad! Don't do it!
Dad, please.
Johnny?
It was an accident.
Unbelievable.
Where am I?
What am I doing here?
I need to go home.
The reincarnation
of Johnny Woods.
You guys.
You saved my life.
No, we didn't.
Justin saved your life.
Johnny saved your life.
No, you don't understand.
It would have been too late.
The Druid ritual.
It delayed Ben just long enough for...
David! Matt!
Mom?
Mom!
MATT: I can't
believe it.
MRS. SHAW:
What's going on?
Where am I?
It's okay, Mrs. Shaw.
Was I sleepwalking again?
Yeah, you were
sleepwalking.
So I'm not crazy.
Thanks for
everything.
You're welcome.
Drive safe.
Okay.
Have a happy birthday.
I will.
I need to thank you, too.
For what?
It felt really good
to be there for him.
Can I call you
sometime?
Sure.
SARAH: And that's the story
of my trip to Pine Valley.
That day, David
cleared out the loft
and moved back
into the house.
His mind finally at ease for the first time since he was a little boy.
Justin has no recollection
of what happened that night.
And if we tried to tell him,
he wouldn't believe us.
As I drove home,
I thought about my encounter with the paranormal.
Little did I know,
it would be just the beginning.
* My hands are shaking
* I've been driving all night
* Into the daylight
* My heart is aching
* And I'm trying to find
what's burning inside
* When there's nobody else
* I should take cover
in myself
* But I can't hide
in the middle of nowhere
* I don't know where I'm going
* But I'll know it
when I get there
* Out on this one way road
* It's time to let go
of everything I know
* My gauge is empty
* And my soul weighs a ton
from trying to outrun
* Everything inside me
* I see coming undone
one by one
* When there's nobody else
* I should take cover
in myself
* But I can't hide
in the middle of nowhere
* I don't know where I'm going
* But I'll know it
when I get there
* Out on this one way road
* It's time to let go
of everything I know
* I should have said goodbye
* But I'm not
turning around tonight
* I know I should have
said goodbye
* But I'm not
turning around tonight
* Tonight
* But I can't hide
in the middle of nowhere
* I don't know where I'm going
* But I'll know it
when I get there
* Out on this one way road
* It's time to let go
* But I can't hide
in the middle of nowhere
* I don't know where I'm going
* But I'll know it
when I get there
* Out on this one way road
* It's time to let go
of everything I know
* Of everything I know
* You're all I know
* You're all I know
Lemonade...
Crunchy ice. Beat it once,
beat it twice.
I'm totally into it.
I don't think so.
It's going to
be so nice.
I swear I'm not going.
For sure not.
Come on.
SARAH: Hi, Mrs. Shaw.
Oh, you remember me.
Of course.
How could I forget?
How are you doing,
sweetie?
I'm okay.
Mrs. Shaw
called for you.
For me?
She wanted to know when you were
coming out to Pine Valley to visit her.
What?
She said you two talked
at Megan's memorial.
That was like
three months ago.
Well, she still thinks
you're coming.
What would I do up there?
It'd be totally boring.
I don't know, Sarah.
You've been
out there before.
That was 10 years ago.
I was seven.
We caught frogs.
I think you should go.
SARAH: My name
is Sarah Landon.
And this is the story
of a recent trip I made
to Pine Valley,
California.
My car, which had never
given me trouble before,
suddenly started making loud noises just outside Pine Valley.
Some people say
things happen for a reason.
Is it fate I had
car trouble that day?
Sometimes I wonder.
Hello?
Hello.
(EXCLAIMING)
What can I do for ya?
There's something
wrong with my car.
Hey, I'm just kidding.
I'm Carlos.
Let's take a look.
Where you from?
San Diego.
Visiting?
Yeah. My friend's
grandma.
Who's that?
Thelma Shaw.
Oh, yeah.
1987 El Camino.
Belongs in
the junkyard.
(CHUCKLING)
Nice woman, though.
I used to hunt
with her husband.
It's your water pump.
You're going to
need a new one.
Are they expensive?
I'll work with you.
Problem is,
it's 4:30 on a Friday.
Won't be able to get a new one in here until Monday.
Do you want a ride
to Mrs. Shaw's?
Well...
It's not a problem.
(PHONE BEEPING)
(ENGINE REVVING)
Matt, I've got a young lady here who's gonna need a ride.
All right.
The kid that works for me,
he'll be here in about ten minutes.
Actually, he lives right around the corner from Mrs.
Shaw.
Did you say Matt?
Yeah, Matt Baker.
You know him?
I played with him
when I was little.
Ah, he's a great kid.
Works for me
part time after school.
Didn't he have
an older brother?
Yeah, David.
It's a sad story there.
What happened?
The name Ben Woods
ring a bell?
No.
David and Matt's uncle
started up this place.
His son, Johnny,
was a local baseball hero and the apple of Ben's eye.
I tell you Johnny's the best pitcher
in the history
of Pine Valley.
What about
Dan Cooper?
What?
Dan Cooper?
Tell me, Hank,
when did Dan Cooper ever have a no-hitter?
Hey, Dad.
Dan Cooper was one
heck of a pitcher.
Oh, Johnny, he wasn't
even in your league.
CARLOS: Ben was passionate
about Johnny's baseball.
But people in town
hated his bragging.
Let's just say he wasn't
the most popular guy around.
But there was no disputing the fact that
Johnny was a great baseball player.
And he was the most humble kid you could ever meet.
Johnny's mother died
when he was two.
But he had an aunt
that he adored.
Ben's sister. Mary Ann.
CARLOS: Ben and Mary Ann
hadn't talked for years.
Had a big falling out.
But Johnny used to go over
to Mary Ann's all the time.
To play with his little cousins,
David and Matt.
Ben didn't like the idea.
But Johnny didn't care.
He loved those boys.
High five.
Hey!
Oh, my God.
You and your
birthday balloons.
You're 21.
CARLOS: On Johnny's
21st birthday
Mary Ann wanted to take him
out for lunch.
Oh, no.
(BOTH CHUCKLING)
CARLOS: August
the eleventh, 1994.
A day Pine Valley
will never forget.
They never made it
to the restaurant.
She swerved to avoid a cat.
Hit a pole.
CARLOS: Johnny died at
the site of the accident.
And the next day,
Ben showed up at Mary Ann's door.
You killed my son!
Ben, please,
it was an accident.
You're gonna
pay for this!
An eye for an eye,
Mary Ann.
I don't care if
he is my nephew,
he dies on
his 21st birthday.
CARLOS: Poor David.
Oh, my God.
(CAR HORN HONKS)
There's Matt.
Thanks.
No problem.
You probably don't remember this but...
I met you before.
No, I remember you.
Really?
Yeah.
I'm sorry to hear
about Megan.
Thanks.
(ENGINE STARTING)
Here we are.
Thanks for the ride.
No problem.
Matt?
Carlos was
telling me about...
Actually, never mind.
What?
Oh, nothing.
Need help with this?
No, I'm fine.
Thanks, though.
Bye, Matt.
Bye...
Hey, Sarah.
Yeah?
Maybe I'll see you
tomorrow.
Sure.
(ENGINE STARTING)
Sarah! You're here!
I'm so happy
to see you.
You too.
How did you get here?
Matt Baker actually.
Matt Baker?
(LAUGHING)
Willow, where
are you going?
Okay. Thanks, Mom.
Love you, too. Bye.
Are you going to
stay till Monday?
Yeah.
Oh, that's wonderful.
Was that thing
there before?
No, that's only been up there a couple of years.
My husband shot it
just before he died.
He loved to hunt,
you know.
Yeah, I heard that.
Listen, my extra bedroom has turned into a storage room lately.
So I'm going to put you up in the guest house.
Where you and Megan
used to play, remember?
We loved it up there.
MRS. SHAW: The only thing is,
the darn toilet is out of order.
So you're going to have to use the one in the main house.
I hope that's
okay with you.
Of course.
I'll give you a key.
Okay.
Thank you.
(GIRLS LAUGHING)
Now there's clean sheets
on the bed.
And fresh towels
in the bathroom.
If you need anything else,
just let me know.
Thank you so much.
Dinner will be ready
in 30 minutes.
Okay.
(DOOR OPENING)
Thanks again for dinner.
It was really good.
I'm just happy to have
someone to cook for.
Now tell me about
your ride here with Matt.
Didn't he grow up
to be a nice boy?
Yeah, he seems
really nice.
You know,
this is kind of random,
but he was actually
my first kiss.
(LAUGHING) Oh, dear,
don't tell me.
It was just a peck.
We were playing
a kids' game.
I don't think
he remembered, though.
Oh, probably not.
Mrs. Shaw?
Mmm-hmm?
Carlos was telling me
the story about Ben Woods.
And how he threatened to kill Matt's brother, David?
Do you know about that?
Well, what did he tell you?
Well, he told me how Johnny died and about the threat.
But then
we got interrupted.
He didn't tell you what happened on the day of Johnny's funeral?
The whole town shut down.
All the stores were closed.
Even the local food market.
I've lived here
all my life
and I've never seen
anything like it.
Everybody in Pine Valley
was at the church.
Except Ben.
And he wasn't
answering his phone.
Finally, Carlos drove
to his house.
And when he got there,
he heard opera music
pouring out the windows.
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
Ben!
Ben!
(LOUD OPERA MUSIC PLAYING)
Ben!
Ben! What are you doing?
Ben! Ben!
No, Ben!
He died?
MRS. SHAW:
Heart attack.
Wow.
It was about
six months later
that things got really bad
for David and Matt's mother.
David!
David!
David!
David!
DAVID: Mom?
David?
Mom.
Mom.
(SCREAMING)
What? What?
Every one of her nightmares
included the same symbols.
Two X's,
a cross above the word "one" and a human skull.
So she went to see
Frida the town psychic.
Half the people of Pine Valley thought Frida was a fraud.
The other half thought
she walked on water.
These are telepathic
dreams you are having.
Really, they're psychic attacks is what they are.
MARY ANN: From Ben?
Yes.
The unconscious mind is capable of receiving messages from the dead.
Ben is sending you these dreams from the spirit world.
The skull obviously
represents death.
The cross above the one you've been seeing really isn't a cross at all.
It's a plus sign.
XX is Roman numeral
for 20. 20 plus one.
Oh, my God.
Have you ever heard
of the paranormal hour?
No.
Midnight to 1:00 a.m.
Witches call it
the witching hour.
It's when paranormal
activity is at its peak.
That's when
he would strike.
What are you saying?
I'm saying,
Ben will try to kill David on his 21st birthday.
Between midnight
and 1:00 a.m.
That woman is a fraud!
Telepathic dreams?
Psychic attacks?
All she wants
is your money!
Well then,
how do you explain the skull?
And the 20 plus one?
They're called
nightmares, Mary Ann.
Everyone has 'em.
You don't understand.
Oh, I understand.
You're convinced that Ben's gonna come back from the grave
to kill David on
his 21st birthday?
All because some
charlatan told you so?
MARY ANN: Not so loud.
MRS. SHAW: Soon after that,
Ted walked out on Mary Ann and the boys.
What a jerk.
Yes. Yes, he was.
And then the unbelievable
happened.
She saw his ghost?
So she claimed.
And she continued to see him.
(SCREAMING)
Return to where you came from.
I order you.
In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost.
Leave me alone!
Leave me alone!
(SOBBING)
They finally had to
send Mary Ann away.
She was in a psychiatric hospital for a year and a half.
It's so sad.
But then one day,
everything stopped.
No more ghosts.
No more nightmares.
They sent Mary Ann home.
But she was never the same.
Spent the next 11 years staring out her bedroom window.
A lot of people in Pine Valley blamed Frida for Mary Ann's troubles.
Then one day,
Frida just up and left.
Moved up to Redding,
California,
where she died
a few years later.
David was never
the same after Ben's threat.
It really affected him.
When his 20th
birthday rolled along,
he started
getting really strange.
Hey, check this out.
If today's your birthday,
this is a very critical year for you.
Ignore the skeptics.
Scorpio was right.
What if Frida
was a Scorpio?
What?
Frida, the psychic.
Horoscopes are crap, man.
How do you know that?
I just do.
Okay, David,
I have it right here.
Frida was born on November the twelfth, 1929.
MRS. SHAW: After that,
he pretty much became a recluse.
He quit school
at the community college
and moved into an old loft
above the barn out there.
Sad story.
So what happened
on his 21st birthday?
Oh, that's on Monday.
Monday?
Yes.
This Monday?
Yes.
So do you think anything's
going to happen to him?
Oh, heavens no.
So Ben's ghost.
You think Mary Ann was
just imagining all that?
Well, of course she was.
Well, it's past my bedtime.
But what about
David's horoscope?
And Frida?
I was a high school
science teacher, dear.
I'm afraid astrology
and psychics
are right up there
with ghosts for me.
So how do you explain
Frida being a Scorpio?
Coincidence...
Just a coincidence.
(DOOR OPENING)
(TOILET FLUSHING)
(DOOR OPENING)
Mrs. Shaw?
(SHOUTING)
Willow, you scared me.
Mrs. Shaw?
Mrs. Shaw...
Mrs. Shaw?
(BOTH GASPING)
What's going on?
Where am I?
Come on.
Let me take you inside.
I must have
been sleepwalking.
Don't worry, Mrs.
Shaw. It's okay.
Mrs.
Shaw, did you know Ben Woods very well?
Well enough.
My husband hunted with him.
What was he like?
Oh, despicable.
I couldn't stand the man.
Why? Because he was evil,
that's why.
The way he treated people.
There was no excuse
for that.
And he knew
I didn't care for it.
I made it
very clear to him.
Then why did your
husband hunt with him?
It's a small town.
There's only one
taxidermy club.
But let me tell you
every time that man
would come by
to pick up my husband,
it would turn my stomach.
Sarah! Sarah, where are you?
I give up now.
Sarah! Sarah!
Boo!
That's the most greatest hiding spot ever!
I know!
(YOUNG SARAH GIGGLING)
Who's out there?
Hey. What are you doing?
Reading a book.
Reading a book?
On a Saturday afternoon
in Pine Valley?
What's wrong with that?
Nothing. But you're
missing a lot of action.
Oh, yeah? Like what?
All kinds of stuff.
2:00. Hot apple pie
comes out at Major's Diner.
Wow. That's huge.
MATT: You want
to check it out?
Yeah, sure.
All right.
Well, I'll be back in 10 minutes.
Okay.
Best pie in
the whole world, huh?
Mark my words,
the best pie you'll ever taste.
In this town?
Yeah.
So I heard the story about
Ben Woods and your brother.
Are you worried at all?
My brother's crazy.
You know where he lives?
Yeah, I heard.
He's been up there
for almost a year.
Lives like a hermit.
What does he do up there?
Up until a couple of months ago,
I had no idea.
He insisted
I never go up there.
But one day he was in with Mom...
I said, "Forget it."
I was going to see
what he's up to.
WOMAN ON STEREO:
Ken and Alice had never heard of shadow people...
And they certainly weren't the type to believe in ghostlike entities.
All that, however,
was about to change.
You see, the people that
sold the Reeds their new home
had failed to
disclose the fact
that this charming little fixer upper was not meant to be fixed up.
They appeared in front of her,
lingered for several seconds,
then vanished.
Afterward she was left with a horrible feeling of dread.
At first,
Ken thought Alice had...
I was shocked.
Every inch of that place was covered with books and tapes and articles.
All on weird
paranormal stuff.
Then I stumbled onto this documentary he was working on.
DAVID ON TAPE: Okay,
this is the road that my mom and Johnny
were traveling down.
This is probably where
the cat would have been.
And over here is
the pole that they hit.
As you can see, people are
always leaving flowers here.
What can I say?
Johnny was
a hometown hero.
DAVID: What are you
doing in here?
What are you doing in here?
What is all this?
You really want to know?
Yeah.
I'm trying to figure out
what happened to Mom.
I'm trying to figure out how Ben is going to try to kill me.
I'm trying to
save my life!
Mom had a nervous breakdown and Ben is dead.
He can't kill you.
Do you even know
what a nervous breakdown is?
It just a catchphrase for,
"We don't know what the hell is wrong with you."
That's what it is.
I mean, have you
ever thought that maybe
Ben has Mom in some
kind of psychic hold?
What?
Do you know
what telepathy is?
No.
It's mind-to-mind
communication.
Frida said Mom was receiving
telepathic dreams from Ben.
They're called
psychic attacks.
And they cause
psychic paralysis.
What if Ben is somehow
holding her in that state?
You're nuts.
See?
That's exactly why I don't talk to you about this kind of stuff.
You're just gonna
say I'm crazy.
Black art? Evil spirits?
What am I supposed
to think?
Do you even know what an evil spirit is?
What?
It's a spirit that remains earthbound to enact revenge.
Some even develop
demon-like powers.
That means they can possess the living,
take over their bodies
and then use them
to commit murder.
This is what you think
Ben's going to do to you.
No. At first I thought so,
but now I think he's reincarnated.
I think he's been reborn
as another person
and that person is
going to try to kill me.
(LAUGHING)
Okay.
Yeah, laugh.
Go ahead and laugh.
You can't be serious.
I'm totally serious!
Think about it!
Mom stopped having nightmares and
seeing Ben's ghost two years after he died.
Unless he messing with me,
there's only one explanation.
He reincarnated.
As who?
There's no way of knowing,
but it would have to be a kid.
A kid.
Ben's only been dead for 13 years.
A spirit needs at least two years to review its previous life
before it can reincarnate.
If Ben reincarnated right after he stopped haunting Mom,
that would make him
11 years old.
Okay. I get your point!
You really believe all this crap.
But you know what?
I still think it's crap,
and I think you're nuts!
Fine! Think what
you want to think.
But it's my life.
Yeah, I guess it is.
By the way,
the sign says stay out!
All right, I will!
And thanks for
all of your support!
You're welcome.
How do you know David's so wrong about all this stuff?
He seems to know
a lot about it.
Yeah, he's done a lot of research,
but come on.
Wait till you hear this.
A couple of weeks later...
BOY: Hello?
Hello.
Hi.
Who are you?
I'm Justin.
I just moved into the house around the corner.
I was wondering if there were any kids here I could play with.
How old are you?
Eleven.
Why did you come here?
I told you.
I was wondering if there were any kids here I could play...
There aren't
any kids here.
He's just
a new kid in town.
Yeah.
And he just happens to be 11 years old?
He just happens to move right around the corner from us?
And he knows he was Ben
in a previous life?
And he's here to kill you?
No, it doesn't
work that way.
We all pick our parents
before we are born.
He picked his
because he knew
they'd be living in Pine Valley when I turned 21.
Right now,
he's scouting me out and he doesn't even know it.
He has no idea
he wants to kill me.
But when my birthday comes his subconscious will trigger him to do it.
Whatever.
There are no
coincidences, Matt.
No coincidences.
(ROOSTER CROWING)
Good morning, Fletcher.
(ROOSTER CROWING)
* Camptown ladies sing this song,
do dah, do dah... *
Hey. What are you doing?
Swinging.
This is private property.
Sorry.
You need to leave now.
Okay.
Never come
back here, ever!
MATT: He actually believes this kid is the reincarnation of Ben Woods.
So why doesn't he just
leave town Sunday night?
Get away from him?
MATT: He was going to.
(PHONE RINGING) Then a few weeks ago,
Yolanda called.
Hello.
(WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH
ON PHONE)
Wrong number.
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello.
Hello... You David?
Who is this?
Yolanda Lopez.
David Baker?
David Baker?
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
I'll give you his cell phone number.
Do you have a pen?
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Forget it. Hold on.
David.
Yeah?
There's a woman
on the phone for you.
Who is it?
I don't know.
Yolanda or something.
Hello?
YOLANDA: Are you David?
David Baker?
Yeah, who is this?
Me Yolanda Lopez.
I speak to, como dice,
I hear Frida.
Frida?
Si, si, si. Frida.
Frida's dead.
We not talk phone.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
I see you manana,
in Tijuana.
Tijuana?
Si. Manana. Okay?
DAVID: How do
you know Frida?
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Aunt.
Your aunt?
And she talks to you?
Si. From heaven.
What'd she say?
Ben Woods try kill you.
Oh, my God.
She say you
should stay home...
Birthday...
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
How say...
Twenty-one.
Si, si.
You stay home birthday...
She wants me to stay home
on my 21st birthday.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Did she say anything else?
She say... God help you.
MATT: She's obviously
a fraud like her aunt.
SARAH: But how
do you know that?
Trust me. The next thing you know,
she'll be asking for money.
So you got any
big plans tonight?
Mrs. Shaw's
famous meatloaf.
That's about it.
Want to see
a movie later?
Sure.
Okay. Pick you up
at 7:30?
Yeah. Sounds good.
Bye.
DAVID: This was
Ben Woods' place.
Back in the 1800s
it was a schoolhouse.
That's why it's got
that bell on the roof.
Ben was famous for ringing it every time Johnny's team won a game.
MAN 1: Where are
you from?
MAN 2: Riverside.
Relocating? Yeah.
We thought we'd check out the country life.
Well, you can't beat
Pine Valley.
WOMAN: Who lived
here before?
Vera Waters.
Very nice woman.
DAVID: Okay,
I guess this would have been Ben's old room.
It looks more like
a woman's room now
since he left it to his sister-in-law,
Vera Waters.
What do you think
you're doing?
I'm just checking out
the place.
Why?
I'm thinking of buying a house.
Yeah, sure you are.
The sign says open house.
Leave me alone.
I know who you are.
Get the hell out of here!
(DOORBELL RINGING)
Hi.
Hi. Is Mrs. Shaw home?
Actually, I think
she's sleeping.
Oh, okay.
SARAH: Can I tell her
who stopped by?
Sure. I'm Justin.
Cat hair.
Cat hair everywhere.
Justin came by to see you.
Oh, probably looking for one of my ginger snap cookies.
Do you know him well?
No, he's new around here.
I saw him riding
his bike one day
and offered him
a ginger snap,
told him Saturday was
my ginger snap day.
He's been back
every Saturday since.
Do you know
where he's from?
Iowa.
Why'd he move
all the way out here?
I'm not sure.
I haven't met his parents yet.
If you want,
I can drop some of those ginger snaps off to him.
What a splendid idea.
I'll send you
with a plate of them.
Oh, how sweet.
Justin just went for a bike ride with his dad.
But he'll be happy to see these when he gets back.
Care for a cup of tea?
Sure.
(KETTLE WHISTLING)
So where you from, Sarah?
SARAH: San Diego.
Are you related
to Mrs. Shaw?
SARAH: No, she's
just a friend.
That's nice.
Would you like French Vanilla,
Caramel Nut or just plain old Earl Grey?
French Vanilla would be great.
Thanks.
So where are
you guys from?
Iowa.
Wow, what made you guys move all the way out here?
Well, just a
change of scenery.
Does Justin like it?
Oh, he loves it.
That's good.
Kids normally hate
to move, you know.
Leaving their friends
and all that.
Oh, that wasn't
a problem for Justin.
What do you mean?
Well, I don't know.
He just loves Pine Valley, that's all.
Milk and sugar?
Are you kidding me?
No.
Just because she had
a book on past lives.
But what kid doesn't have a problem leaving his friends?
Maybe he didn't
have any friends.
Maybe he was bullied.
I'm telling you,
something's weird.
(CLANGING)
Okay, I'm back
at Ben's house.
Like I said,
it used to be an old schoolhouse.
Maybe this was
Johnny's room.
Let's see what's down here.
Just a bathroom.
(WHOOSHING)
(BELL TOLLING)
(OPERA MUSIC PLAYING)
(EXCLAIMING)
(BELL TOLLING)
Where have you been?
MATT: At a movie.
What's wrong?
I need to see you now.
Why?
Just get here. Fast.
Is it Mom?
No. Just come.
At first, I thought it was him.
I thought he was alive.
I thought he never died,
but then he disappeared,
and the bell was ringing
and I heard this opera music.
Calm down! You didn't see any ghosts.
You're losing it, man.
How can I calm down?
You know what this means?
He's gonna try to kill me
from the spirit world!
He didn't reincarnate!
He's not Justin!
MATT: I don't know why
we're doing this.
It's his camera,
he should pick it up.
Have you ever
been in there?
No.
So you never came
over here as a kid?
No. I never
even met Ben.
My mom didn't want us
anywhere near him.
He wasn't
your typical uncle.
This place is creepy.
Ben and Johnny.
Here it is.
(DOOR CLOSING)
What was that?
Somebody's here.
Phil.
Who's Phil?
He's a real estate guy.
Sells every house
in Pine Valley.
So many random things
around this place.
I know.
Sometimes I look at all the stuffed animals,
antlers and stuff
and I think,
who were they, you know.
I wonder what it feels
like to be hunted.
Scary as hell.
Seriously.
I love this thing.
What?
Nothing. That thing
just makes me laugh.
Why?
Me and Megan
used to play on it.
We called it
the Teacup Game.
You know,
like the teacups at Disneyland?
What was
the Teacup Game?
Well, one of us would
sit in the chair
and the other would twist the chair round and around and then let go.
And the person in the chair would go spinning uncontrollably.
(LAUGHING)
Oh, my gosh.
This one time
I spun it so much
that it was like all
the way up to here.
And Megan was sitting in it,
just screaming out of control.
And I let go and that thing spun like I'd never seen it spin before.
(LAUGHING) Then the hook broke off the chain
and Megan and
the chair went flying.
They landed all
the way over there.
Luckily she wasn't
hurt though.
Megan was a pretty
special friend, huh?
Yeah.
It's weird to be
out here without her.
I mean, it's weird to be anywhere without her, but...
this place?
It's like,
she's everywhere.
You okay?
Yeah.
See you tomorrow?
Sure.
Bye, Matt.
Good night.
So, how does a dead person kill someone?
The answer is,
any number of ways.
Apparitions have been known to cause heart attacks and car accidents.
Every year, 700 people
die in electrical fires.
How many of those are started by evil spirits?
(TOILET FLUSHING)
(PHONE RINGING)
Hey. GIRL ON PHONE: Hey,
where were you today?
I'm still
in Pine Valley.
You missed
an awesome party.
YOUNG MEGAN AND SARAH:
Crunchy ice. Beat it once. Beat it twice.
Lemonade. Crunchy ice.
Beat it once,
beat it twice. Lemonade.
Get out of here.
It's not safe for you.
Mrs. Shaw?
Can I borrow your car
for a little while?
Well, of course
you can, dear.
Where did you
want to go?
Just for a drive.
(BUZZING)
Hey, you. You the one
who rang my bell?
Yeah.
Someone told me that
Frida used to live here.
You know, Frida the psychic?
Is that true?
Yes, that's true.
Did you know her?
Oh, yeah.
Do you think
she was for real?
I mean,
do you think she really had psychic powers?
Ain't no doubt
about that.
Really?
Do you believe in psychics?
I'm not sure.
She told me something once.
She told me my dog
was going to die.
It died a month later.
Perfectly healthy dog.
How's Thelma doing?
Did Mrs. Shaw
tell you about me?
No. You're driving
her car.
(BOTH CHUCKLING)
So do you know the story about Ben Woods and David Baker?
Pine Valley's dark secret.
Dark secret?
Trust me...
Midnight tonight,
no one from this town will be anywhere near that Baker boy.
Ben Woods was
a scary man.
Have you been to the site
where Johnny Woods died?
No.
They say you can still feel Johnny's presence there.
Hi.
Thanks for bringing
the ginger snaps over.
I ate like ten of them.
Oh, you're welcome.
What are you doing?
Just riding my bike.
See you later.
Hi.
Hi.
You look a little bit young to be buying a house.
Yeah, I'm just
killing time.
I heard a rumor this place is haunted.
Is that true?
I haven't seen
any ghosts.
Did the previous owner
say anything?
Not to me.
PHIL: So where
are you from?
I don't think I've seen
you around here before.
San Diego.
I'm visiting Thelma Shaw.
You know her?
Thelma? Oh, sure.
I've been trying to get her to put her
house of hers on the market for years
and make some real money,
but she won't listen to me.
So do you sell many
homes in Pine Valley?
All of them.
You must be a good salesman.
The only one.
There used to be another guy kicking around here years ago.
But there wasn't enough business for the two of us.
It's not every day somebody moves to Pine Valley.
So you must have sold the Van Camps their home then.
Sure did.
You know them too?
Yeah, I was
over there yesterday.
That Justin's
quite a kid, huh?
Yeah, he's a nice boy.
There's something
off about him, though.
I can't put
my finger on it.
Something's different.
Seems like
a normal kid to me.
I guess it's
just me, then.
Come to think of it,
there was one thing that struck me as odd.
Oh, yeah?
What was that?
Well, he was adamant that they moved to that area of town.
He insisted on it.
DAVID: Come on in.
SARAH:
Maybe Justin is Ben.
But he can't be.
I saw Ben's ghost, remember?
He's in the spirit world.
That means he hasn't been reborn as another person.
Are you sure you saw his ghost?
Yeah.
Well, I could have been having hallucinations,
but I don't think so.
Do you know Vera Waters?
Sort of.
Could you call her?
If anyone else has seen his ghost in there,
it'd be her.
I tried that.
She hung up on me.
She doesn't want anything to do with our family.
Why don't you just
show up at her house?
She lives up in Julian now.
So? I'll go with you.
All the way to Julian?
Please?
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
What do you want?
I need to talk to you.
About what?
Why are you
selling your house?
That's none of
your business.
Please. I need to know.
Did you see his
ghost in there?
My life depends on it.
I'm sorry.
I can't help you.
Please!
I need to know.
I'm as afraid of
him as you are!
I knew it!
I saw him
with my own eyes.
He's in the spirit world.
What are you
talking about?
She didn't say
she saw his ghost.
DAVID: She might
as well have.
Did I miss something?
Why didn't she just
answer the question?
Why is she afraid
of him? He's dead!
It's because she saw
what I saw, that's why.
Ben's coming after me
from the spirit world.
Hey.
Can I help you?
Yeah, do you guys have a rest room I can use?
MAN: Yeah, it's the little
white building right here.
MATT: Thanks.
It's at your
own risk, though.
SARAH: David?
Yeah.
You okay?
Yeah.
What's the difference between a ghost and a spirit?
A ghost is a spirit.
Just a spirit of a dead person that hasn't crossed over to the afterlife.
Stuck between two worlds.
Why does that happen?
It still thinks it has
business to do here.
In Ben's case,
it's to kill me on
my 21st birthday.
If a spirit has crossed
over to the afterlife,
can it still
communicate with us?
Say, like in a dream?
Oh, yeah.
But how do we know if it's them or if it's just an ordinary dream?
We don't, really.
There's no way of
knowing for sure.
Can I talk to you
for a minute?
Sure.
Why are you
so hard on him?
David?
Yeah. I mean,
I know you don't believe in ghosts
and reincarnation and
all that kind of stuff but,
why not just
be on his side?
You don't understand.
I've been dealing
with this my whole life.
And he hasn't?
In six hours he thinks an evil spirit is going to try to kill him.
He's been living in fear of this moment since he was a little boy.
You don't have to believe it's going to happen to be there for him.
But if you are,
regardless of what happens
he'll always
remember you for it.
Mom, I'm coming in.
I have someone
here to see you.
Mom? This is Sarah.
Hi, Mrs. Baker.
Hello.
Well, she must like you.
She just said hi.
It's a big deal.
Most days I don't
even get that.
(BEEPING)
YOLANDA ON MACHINE:
Hello, David. It's Yolanda.
Frida, you know,
she has speak to me again.
David.
DAVID: What?
YOLANDA ON MACHINE:
Hello, David. It's Yolanda.
Frida, you know she
has speak to me again.
She say tonight...
Como dice? Midnight.
She say you,
Druid ritual, si?
You know? Adios.
Who's Drew and Rachel?
I have no idea.
Do you have
her phone number?
Yeah, on my cell.
(YOLANDA SPEAKING SPANISH
ON ANSWERING MACHINE)
Hi, Yolanda.
This is David Baker.
I got your message.
Who are Drew and Rachel?
Please call me back
as soon as possible.
It's urgent.
Not home.
Let's check the internet.
Maybe they're experts
on this stuff.
(TYPING)
None of this
makes any sense.
Is there another
word we can try?
Besides paranormal?
How about Drew and Rachel
and evil spirits?
You're wasting your time.
There are no Drew and Rachel experts.
If there were,
I would have heard of them.
I'm out of here.
Where are you going?
DAVID: To eat
my last meal.
Let's keep trying.
All right.
Try Drew and Rachel
and black art.
You know what's
weird to me?
What?
The way she said Drew and Rachel.
It's like she was assuming that he should know who they are.
But he's never
heard of them.
Maybe she was saying
something else.
YOLANDA ON MACHINE:
She say tonight... Como dice? Midnight.
She say you,
Druid ritual, si?
You know? Adios.
I don't think
she's saying Rachel.
I think she's
saying ritual.
And she's not
saying Drew.
She's saying Druid.
The Druid ritual!
What's the
Druid ritual?
It's a ritual to
ward off evil spirits.
The Druids, they were priests
in ancient Gaul and Britain.
They were surrounded
by evil.
DAVID: A Druid that was thought to be the target of an evil spirit
would sit in the center of a circle of scooped up turnips
fashioned into skulls
and lit with candles
to keep the evil
spirit at bay.
As a second line
of defense,
should the spirit be so bold as to enter the circle of skulls,
the Druid would
wear a disguise
and attempt to
confuse the spirit.
But the Druid knew he could not display even the slightest sign of fear.
For his disguise
would be of little use
should the evil spirit detect him trembling under his mask.
I'll never be able to
pull this off on time.
Do you have a mask?
An old Halloween
mask somewhere,
but definitely don't
have any turnips,
and it's Sunday night and the food market closed at 9:00.
I'll call Ron.
Fifty turnips and
a box of tea candles?
It's a long story.
Sorry, Matt.
I'm not going to open up the store on a Sunday night
so you guys can go play
some high school prank.
It's not a high school prank,
I promise.
What do you need them for?
Ron.
Remember that time you needed that muffler?
And I sped to Alpine and back for you so you could get up to Tahoe?
Did I ask any questions?
No. I just did it.
How was that ride
to Tahoe anyway?
Pretty quiet, huh?
Matt, sometimes you can be
a real pain in the ass.
(EXCLAIMS)
What do you think?
You scared me.
Good.
We did it.
With 22 minutes
to spare.
Thanks, guys.
So now what?
You guys need
to leave.
Why?
Because if you stay here,
he might try to kill you, too.
We're dealing with
an evil spirit here.
I don't care.
I'm staying. No!
In the book,
the Druid is left to face the spirit all by himself.
We need to
follow the book.
This could be
my only chance.
Okay. Okay.
Do you think he'll try
to kill your mom, too?
No. She's the last
person he wants dead.
He wants her to live.
What do you think's
gonna happen?
I have no idea.
Maybe he'll take over
someone's body.
Like Carlos.
Carlos?
Ben was a hunter,
he could use one of his hunting rifles.
Okay. You guys
better leave.
All right.
Okay.
Sarah, nothing's going to happen.
Trust me.
The next hour's going to pass right by and David's gonna suddenly realize
he's been worrying
his whole life
over something that
could never happen.
These are good.
Yeah.
You know,
if David was right
and Ben was going to take over someone's body to kill him,
the last person he would choose would be Carlos.
Why?
Carlos was
his best friend.
He'd be charged
with murder.
Good point.
MATT: If he was going to
take over someone's body,
you'd think he'd take over the body of somebody he didn't like.
(DOOR OPENING)
Mrs. Shaw.
(DOOR CLOSING)
Is that the front door?
She sleepwalks.
Mrs. Shaw,
you're sleepwalking.
(IN MAN'S VOICE)
I'm not Mrs. Shaw!
(GUNSHOT)
(SHOTGUN COCKING)
(PANTING)
(DOG BARKING)
Run!
(SARAH GASPING)
(SHOTGUN COCKING)
(WHISPERING) Do you think she's still out there?
I don't know.
But we've got to go.
Justin.
Happy birthday.
JUSTIN: No!
Dad! Don't do it!
Dad, please.
Johnny?
It was an accident.
Unbelievable.
Where am I?
What am I doing here?
I need to go home.
The reincarnation
of Johnny Woods.
You guys.
You saved my life.
No, we didn't.
Justin saved your life.
Johnny saved your life.
No, you don't understand.
It would have been too late.
The Druid ritual.
It delayed Ben just long enough for...
David! Matt!
Mom?
Mom!
MATT: I can't
believe it.
MRS. SHAW:
What's going on?
Where am I?
It's okay, Mrs. Shaw.
Was I sleepwalking again?
Yeah, you were
sleepwalking.
So I'm not crazy.
Thanks for
everything.
You're welcome.
Drive safe.
Okay.
Have a happy birthday.
I will.
I need to thank you, too.
For what?
It felt really good
to be there for him.
Can I call you
sometime?
Sure.
SARAH: And that's the story
of my trip to Pine Valley.
That day, David
cleared out the loft
and moved back
into the house.
His mind finally at ease for the first time since he was a little boy.
Justin has no recollection
of what happened that night.
And if we tried to tell him,
he wouldn't believe us.
As I drove home,
I thought about my encounter with the paranormal.
Little did I know,
it would be just the beginning.
* My hands are shaking
* I've been driving all night
* Into the daylight
* My heart is aching
* And I'm trying to find
what's burning inside
* When there's nobody else
* I should take cover
in myself
* But I can't hide
in the middle of nowhere
* I don't know where I'm going
* But I'll know it
when I get there
* Out on this one way road
* It's time to let go
of everything I know
* My gauge is empty
* And my soul weighs a ton
from trying to outrun
* Everything inside me
* I see coming undone
one by one
* When there's nobody else
* I should take cover
in myself
* But I can't hide
in the middle of nowhere
* I don't know where I'm going
* But I'll know it
when I get there
* Out on this one way road
* It's time to let go
of everything I know
* I should have said goodbye
* But I'm not
turning around tonight
* I know I should have
said goodbye
* But I'm not
turning around tonight
* Tonight
* But I can't hide
in the middle of nowhere
* I don't know where I'm going
* But I'll know it
when I get there
* Out on this one way road
* It's time to let go
* But I can't hide
in the middle of nowhere
* I don't know where I'm going
* But I'll know it
when I get there
* Out on this one way road
* It's time to let go
of everything I know
* Of everything I know
* You're all I know
* You're all I know