Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Portal to Hell - full transcript

A single mother senses that she and her son are not alone in their home.

[music playing]

[child laughing]

Jamie?

What are you doing?

JAMIE: We're playing.

[Jamie laughing]

You're it.

ELI ROTH [VOICEOVER]:
I'm Eli Roth.

I've spent my life
telling horror stories.

But imagine if those
stories were real.

And suddenly, you've
found yourself



stalked and tormented
by an evil spirit,

and no one believed you.

These are the actual
accounts of terror

as told by the victims who came
face to face with their demons

and survived.

Sorry.

It's just, it's hard
for me to revisit energy

like that because
I get so scared

that it's going to
come back around.

When I moved out of the home
that we will be talking about,

I moved in to here
with my mother.

This is a few photos,
before and after.

The first one is when I
first moved into this house.

Very energetic, very
smiling, very happy.



I was very proud.

And this is right about
the time I moved out.

I can just see the gleam in
my eye, the smile on my face.

It was a lot easier to smile.

I don't smile as
much as I used to.

I moved into the
house in December

with my three-year-old son.

It was a little
outdated, but had

a really good rate on my rent.

I mean, I was only bar
tending three days a week.

I was really grateful.

I felt at home there.

I was really excited because
it was right before Christmas.

We had some help from my
daughter and her boyfriend.

When you pull up
the house, the house

is in a beautiful
neighborhood out by the lake.

Peaceful, very nice,
full of nature.

So it was the perfect place.

The previous owners had
left some stuff there.

The house was absolutely full
with their personal property

and belongings.

There was a guitar,
a lot of things.

Where do you want this?

Oh, right over here.

But I'll take that right now.

Thank you.

Nothing's broken.

Hey, Jamie, come here.

Perfect.

You want to hang
them on the tree?

You know, you give
us a hand, mom.

First thing's first.

Just let her do what she wants

Oh, well, now you're just
sucking up, and you should be.

Can you take those
upstairs please?

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you.

Here it is.

Look.

[music playing]

Look what I found.

Do you want it?

No.

No he doesn't.

What?

Fine.

I also found this.

Ooh.

It was in one of the
boxes left behind.

Someone liked Christmas
just as much as you.

Yeah.

Christmas.

Christmas.

Merry Christmas.

See, this thing's so strong.

It knocked down the branch.

Jamie?

JAMIE: No.

You can't do that.

We live here now.

This is our house.

We can share.

OK.

Who are you talking to, bud?

I'm hungry.

I am a spiritual person.

I feel energy a lot different
than a lot of people.

Almost instantly,
living in this home,

I could definitely
sense a presence.

And I did find out
from the landlord

that there was at one time an
old lady that had lived there

and had passed away years ago.

I think her spirit was still
there because it was her home.

I took the paranormal less
seriously than my mom did.

I didn't think it was, you
know, to be taken seriously.

Oh, we got 1 minute.

1 minute til show time.

I get some of these and you
get some sparkling water.

Bubbles!

OK, you got to be careful, OK?

Here we go.

BOTH: 10, 9, 8, 7,
6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Happy new year!

Mommy, what is that?

What's what?

Behind you.

There's nothing there.

What's wrong?

[music playing]

This wasn't the same as the
spirit of this elderly woman.

This was different.

Things started
getting really rough.

I could have never predicted
what was about to happen next.

As I walked through
the house, I could

feel the energy was different.

It wasn't the same.

I knew that lady
was still there.

The elderly woman, her
spirit was still there.

But I knew something
else was watching me.

Jamie?

Jamie?

What are you doing?

JAMIE: We're playing.

My son was spinning
around in circles,

and laughing, and
giggling, and carrying on,

and there was no
one in the room.

You're it.

You're it.

There was this little
girl standing right there,

just staring at me straight
face, just glaring at me.

She looked around,
and then she was gone.

I was kind of in
shock that my son was

interacting with this spirit.

It was alarming.

Who are you?

I'm sorry.

I didn't want to hurt anyone.

Tell my sister she
can have my guitar.

Mom?

Mom?

What's wrong?

There was more than
one spirit here.

I just keep wondering, why
is this happening to me?

Instinct told me just right away
to start doing some research.

I got to understand what's going
on and what I'm dealing with.

Bill Reminy, 29.

A man that lived
there prior to me

committed suicide
before I moved in.

And I did research about
drownings at the lake

and what children.

And when I did,
almost instantly,

it popped up that
there was a girl who

had drowned at that lake just
a couple of years prior to us

moving in.

That's her.

It was a memorial video.

And in that video,
there was that child

to a T. Same appearance,
same size, it was her.

The spirits and the
energy in the house

wanted me to know
they were there.

The house was open season then.

[screaming]

OK.

I was coming in, in a hurry.

And as soon as I
opened the door,

as soon as I got right here,
there was a grayish skeleton

face in my face of a man.

And it was like in my face.

And as soon as I
let go the door,

I kind of jumped a little
bit, and then I felt

instant squeezing on my heart.

And my heart started
racing really fast.

I felt a lot of pain.

I was having trouble breathing.

Was that the light?

I was starting to
feel heavy over here.

That's...

Yeah, when I started
talking about all of it.

The lights went flickering.

The light switch is
right back there.

There's nobody back there.

Let me see if I
can imitate that.

No, you have to...

I was kind of in
shock that there were

so many spirits in my home.

Things started to
get really intense.

I was talking to my friend
who is the psychic medium,

and she said that a
suicide, and kind of knowing

the kind of energy that
comes with suicides, it

can trap other spirits there.

He needed closure.

Once that happened, he would go.

And that once he was gone,
anything negative or dark

would go with him.

The guitar was relevant because
it was his pride and joy.

Hi.

Are you Denise Reminy?

Yes.

I'm renting the
house on Ashbridge.

I found some things.

The landlord told me
where to find you.

Thank you.

This is so kind.

Thank you.

The closure he needed was for
his family to understand he was

sorry, and don't be mad at him.

And it worked.

The suicide victim did go.

He did go.

He went on to where
he was supposed to be.

I was told that once he
left, the other spirits

would go with him.

Can I go to the lake tomorrow?

Oh, it's too cold
to go tomorrow.

No. Please?

Maybe, maybe. We'll see.

I love you.

Sleep tight.

Good night, bubba.

Mama?

Yeah, honey?

There's something in here.

Don't worry, baby.

There's no monsters.

Good night.

Good night.

[music playing]

Oh my gosh.

If you haven't had
that happen to you...

The feeling of seeing
something that intense coming

from my little child's room.

There was something there
wanted to hurt my son.

It just started getting
worse and worse.

I was like, that's
a little creepy,

but are you sure you weren't
just dreaming or something?

At one point, I did
think my mom was crazy.

I thought that maybe
she dreamed it.

Or, oh, she's just being
dramatic, you know.

I had no way out.

I had nowhere to go.

I have problems that kind
of ruined my rental history,

so I couldn't just move and
sign a lease somewhere else.

I just had to sit there and
keep trying to fix the problems.

I wasn't sleeping much.

I was working a lot.

And it kind of affects
me with coworkers,

just being real grumpy,
dealing with people,

working with the public.

Affected friendships.

I didn't talk to people
as much as I had before.

I kind of reclused a little bit.

I was a social butterfly
before that house.

I decide to seek out help
from the psychic medium.

We had definitely
come to the conclusion

that because of the
suicide, there had been

a portal opened in the house.

When you have a portal, you
have both good and negative

energy coming through.

There's no filter.

It's very dangerous
to have one open.

You need to close it.

That's when I decided to take
my son to my mother's house.

Grandma!

You don't mind having
a sleep over, do you?

I'll take this little monkey
any time I can get him.

What is it, honey?

Be careful.

You just take care
of grandma, OK?

All right.

The portal needed to be closed.

That was my family.

The psychic medium came up with
a game plan to try to fix it.

There's something
that you can do.

You can use aids like red
brick dust with some cinnamon,

and some thyme, and
some crushed egg shells.

This is where it's
been the strongest.

This is probably where
he killed himself.

St. Michael the archangel,
defend us in our battle.

Be our protection
against the wickedness

and the snares of the devil.

May God rebuke him, we humbly
pray, and do thou, oh prince

of the heavenly host.

What is it?

There's a monster in
the house with mommy.

By the power of God,
cast into hail Satan

and all the evil spirits
who go through the world

seeking the ruin of souls.

Amen.

Amen.

Give me one of these.

You're not a smoker, are you?

It's a nice house.

I'm envious.

Yeah.

Too bad the old woman's gone.

I kind of liked having
a free babysitter.

You know, if it wasn't for
all the evil and the pain.

And the blood.

Shannon?

Megan?

I can't help you with this.

Megan?

She was very, very
nervous, and I didn't

have any recollection of it.

We'd only had a
couple of drinks,

just sitting there after thing
was done, and we were visiting.

It's a very weird sensation.

I mean, I don't really
remember too much of it.

Oddly enough, I
just really don't

remember when it was happening.

Megan?

Megan, wait.

You need to get
out of this house.

Megan.

I think there's a lot of
spirits who can't leave,

who don't have an exit, who
are trapped at their location.

That's what was going on.

I'm living in hell
at this point.

I'm scared to death of the dark,
dark, dark, negative energy

at the house.

I was really scared.

I was really scared.

When the physical
attacks started,

I mean, it's just hard
to explain to someone

who doesn't understand.

Like, it got really
dark after that.

I had started feeling
like I was being watched.

Something very bad
wanted to hurt me.

The sleep deprivation is really
getting to me at this point.

How can someone sleep
when something like this

is happening to them?

The house went from being a
new beginning, real airy, to...

Oh my gosh, I turned
that volume off.

I'm so sorry.

That is so weird.

[phone ringing]

I turned that off.

That volume, I turned
down til it vibrated,

and it still did that.

That is...

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's...

[phone ringing]

I turned it off.

I powered it down.

My phone was off.

My daughter had contacted me
and asked me if she could stay

with me for a couple of months.

We got laid off from our jobs.

And so we decided to
stay there until we

could get jobs,
get back on track,

and get our life back together.

I did tell her that
there was something

going on in the house.

She wasn't really scared.

Sure you want to stay here?

Why, because it's haunted?

I wasn't concerned
about anything.

I was excited to be staying
with my mother again.

I was really excited
to be with my brother.

I'm just kidding, mom.

Come on.

Where's Jamie?

He's inside.

He's been asking
about you all morning.

I can't wait to
see the little guy.

I missed you.

Hey, squirt. You want
to go for a ride?

Yeah!

ED: Let's go, buddy.

I just realized I
forgot my duffel bag.

I'm going to grab it.
- Oh, I'll get it.

Don't worry.
- Are you sure?

Go ahead with the boys.

Hey, Ed.

Ed?

What are you doing?

Nothing.

Ed?

Ed?

What's going on?

I don't know what, but something

latched itself onto him.

I had never seen him
act the way he did.

But the moment
that he would step

through the door in that
house, it was like he

was just a person of anger.

The spirit of targeting
him to get to me...

I'm not going to
let that happen.

I had been streaming
a show, and they

were talking about
how to cleanse

the dark, dark negative spirits.

She was talking about tar water.

So I started doing a lot of
research into what it is,

and what its uses
are, and how to use

it to get rid of the bad stuff.

And this stuff
smells so horrible.

It does not smell good.

Mom, what are you doing?

That smells awful.

What is that smell?

What are you doing?

Ed?

That's when the anger in
the house really set in.

The feeling of just...

I knew something was mad.

It's angry and it
wants to harm me.

I had no idea how bad
things were about to get.

[screaming]

This thing attacked
what I love, you know.

This is a huge
turning point for me.

I'm determined to fight.

I can't even like
put into words just

how terrified we were like.

I, just knew that we needed to
get out as fast as we could.

Hurry up.

I'm sorry.

You need to leave.

OK?

Go.

Tell mom I'll be by
later to pick up Jamie.

OK?

OK.

Please get out of this house.

I can't afford anything else.

Maddie, let's go.

I was terrified for her.

And I genuinely felt bad.

I was kind of ashamed that I was
leaving her in this situation

that I knew was dangerous.

Mom.

It's OK, honey.

I'm not going to
let it defeat me.

I'm going to fight back.

I'm going to win.

What do you want from me?

What did I do wrong?

Show yourself.

No.

No, please.

Stop it.

Stop.

Stop.

Stop.

Stop.

Stop it.

Stop it.

[screaming]

The final straw was
seeing that face to face.

And it was nothing that I
wanted to go to war with.

And I folded.

I admitted defeat, as far as
trying to make everything stop.

There was nothing
else I could do.

I couldn't beat it,
I couldn't defeat it,

and I didn't want
to try anymore.

I was done.

Mom!

Buddy.

Do you have room
for us to move in?

I'll make room.

It was hard for me to accept,
but it was time to go.

People were getting
physically harmed.

Health was deteriorating.

I was losing who
I was as a person.

My whole perspective
on the paranormal world

completely changed.

I never want to go back
to this house again.

I have like a new direction now.

I want to use these
experiences to help

both people and spirits.

Getting this RV
means a lot to me

because it's a new beginning.

It absolutely is.

I have freedom.

If things get really bad where
I'm at, I can just get a truck

and pull it somewhere else.

You know, that's some freedom.

That's some peace
of mind for myself

so I don't feel so isolated
and stuck in a bad situation

anymore.

Because I was stuck.

And I don't want to
ever be stuck again.

And this is, you know,
my son and I are going

to travel around the country
here in less than a year,

and go all over.

You know, every month,
we'll be in a new location.

And I'm excited.

I live, eat, sleep, breathe
the paranormal field now.

And I host investigations
around the country.

I interact with spirits
and the people there.

I've been able to
really talk people

through a lot of that stuff.

Despite all the
terror and horror

that happened in that home,
I mean, I've come out of it.

I've come ahead.

OK.

So basically just relaxed.

Think good intentions
or good intent.

Just anything negative is
not allowed to go with you.

Just only imagine positive
energy being on you.

Breathe in good.

Exhale bad.

Nothing negative is
going to be with you.

Just think about
how the energy is

only going to be good
that's attached to you

when you leave here.

And leaving anything negative,
it will stay where it's at.

ELI ROTH [VOICEOVER]: Do you
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[music playing]