Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour (2007) Movie Script

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!

(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: Mom?

David?

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!

(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?

(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.

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

Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour (2007) - full transcript