R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2010–2014): Season 1, Episode 13 - The Black Mask - full transcript

Three friends find a mysterious mask that allows a glimpse into another time where they see a horrible accident they desperately try to prevent.

[BELLS CHIMING]

[♪♪♪]

[DOOR OPENING]

[DOORJAMB RATTLING]

MAYBE WE SHOULDN'T
BE HERE.

THE HOUSE HAS BEEN EMPTY
SINCE THE LADY DIED.

NO ONE'S GOING TO CARE
IF WE LOOK AROUND.

OH, YEAH?

THEN WHY DO YOU HAVE ROBB
ON LOOK-OUT?

HAD TO GIVE HIM
SOMETHING TO DO.

HE'LL BE AFRAID TO GO INSIDE.

WILL NOT.

HOW'D YOU OPEN THAT?

AH, SO YOU DO USE
YOUR LIBRARY CARD.

YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THIS HOUSE IS
OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD...

SO IT'S GOING
TO BE CREEPY.

COME ON.

YOU'RE TRYING TO MESS WITH US.
IT'S NOT FUNNY.

[DOOR CREAKS]

IT SMELLS
A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.

I HEARD
THE LADY LIVED HERE ALONE,

NEVER CHANGED A THING.

WANT TO KNOW WHY?

SHE WAS WAITING...

FOR HER DEAD HUSBAND.

HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
AN EXPLORER

WHO VANISHED WHILE AWAY
ON AN EXPEDITION.

SHE WAITED FOR HIM
BY THE WINDOW

TILL THE DAY SHE DIED.

COME ON.

LOOK AT THIS.

IT'S LOCKED
FROM THE OUTSIDE.

I'M BORED.

CAN WE... GO?

NOT UNTIL WE CHECK THIS OUT.

[RUMBLING]

WHAT'S THAT
NOISY OLD THING?

A FURNACE MAYBE?

WHOA.

CHECK OUT
ALL THESE COOL TOYS.

OLD-FASHIONED CLOTHES!

TONS OF THEM!

HEY, LOOK AT THIS.

SOME KIND OF OLD BOARD GAME.

WOW, THIS STUFF'S FROM
ALL OVER THE WORLD.

AM I TRES STYLISH?

UH, GUYS,

I THINK THAT STORY
ABOUT HER HUSBAND WAS TRUE,

'CAUSE THERE'S
SOME STUFF IN HERE

THAT YOU CAN'T GET
FROM A MALL.

TRUE.

CAN I SEE THAT?

COOL.

[SCREAMS]

[LAUGHS]

WHOA, THAT THING'S WEIRD.

GIVES ME THE CHILLS.

WANNA TRY IT ON?

ONE SIZE FITS ALL.

YEAH, I PREFER CHIC
OVER CREEP.

AND THAT IS SO LAST CENTURY.

OR THE CENTURY BEFORE.

I DON'T LIKE IT.

YEAH.

COULDN'T YOU HEAR ME
WITH THAT THING ON?

THEY'RE GONE.

WHAT?

YOU DIDN'T SEE IT?

NONE OF IT?

NO?

THIS IS GOING TO SOUND CRAZY,

BUT...

I SAW SOMETHING
THROUGH THE MASK

THAT'S NOT HERE...

BUT I THINK IT WAS ONCE.

BILL, YOU'RE NOT MAKING
ANY SENSE.

HE'S JUST TRYING TO SCARE US.

LOOK, IF THIS IS
SOME TRICK

TO MAKE ME PUT ON
A STUPID MASK, THEN--

WAIT... IT'S KIND OF SPOOKY.

WHATEVER.

[BILL]: JULIE!

JULIE! TAKE OFF THE MASK!

THOSE KIDS...

WHO ARE THEY?

HOW DID THEY...

I DON'T KNOW.

[PANTING]

ARE YOU OKAY, JULIE?

THE CLOTHES THEY WERE WEARING,

AND THE FURNITURE,

IT LOOKED LIKE MAYBE
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO...

BUT RIGHT HERE
IN THIS ROOM.

I KNOW.
IT WAS FREAKY, RIGHT?

YEAH.

HELLO?

WHAT'RE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

I THINK

THE BLACK MASK HAS...

A SPECIAL POWER.

IT'S ALLOWING US
TO LOOK INTO THE PAST.

LET ME SEE.

NO. YOU KNOW WHAT,

YOU'D BETTER NOT.

IT'LL TOTALLY WIG YOU OUT.

WILL NOT.

ARE YOU OKAY, ROBB?

ROBB?

ROBB?

ROBBIE?

YOU SAW THEM, TOO? THE KIDS--

IN THE OLD CLOTHES?

YEAH...

I SAW THEM...

AND THAT CREEPY GUY
HIDING IN THE CORNER, TOO.

CREEPY GUY?

YEAH.

HE HAD ALL THOSE POINTY TOOLS,

LIKE JACK THE RIPPER
OR SOMETHING.

WHAT IS THAT THING?

[CRASHING]

[CREAK]

MAYBE THE WIND
WAS BANGING A SHUTTER.

OR MAYBE IT'S HAUNTED.

THE BLACK MASK IS HAUNTED,
WHY NOT THE WHOLE HOUSE?

WHATEVER IT WAS,
IT STOPPED NOW.

COME ON.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

OKAY.

[DOOR CLOSES]

SEE, I DON'T THINK THE MASK
IS HAUNTED EXACTLY.

I JUST THINK IT HAS
TIME-TRAVELLING POWERS.

WHATEVER, IT'S CREEPY.

I MEAN, WE WERE SEEING SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENED

MAYBE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

BUT WHY DID THE MASK
ONLY SHOW ME THAT SCARY GUY?

WELL...

LET'S SEE WHAT IT SHOWS US
THIS TIME.

YOU...

YOU STOLE IT...

BORROWED IT.

I'LL GIVE IT BACK.

DON'T.

BUT IT MIGHT SHOW US
WHO LIVED HERE LONG AGO.

DON'T YOU WANT TO SEE THAT?

NO.

WELL, I DO.

WELL?

DID YOU SEE ANYTHING SCARY?

YOUR FACE.

I GUESS IT ONLY WORKS
IN THAT OLD HOUSE.

KNOW WHAT'S SO WEIRD
ABOUT ALL THIS?

BESIDES EVERYTHING?

I LIKED THOSE TWO KIDS
IN THE MASK.

SOMEHOW, I JUST KNOW
THEY WERE NICE.

YEAH. I KINDA FEEL
THE SAME WAY.

WE CAN PUT THE MASK BACK
REAL QUICK.

WAIT.

I'VE BEEN THINKING A LOT
ABOUT THOSE KIDS.

WHO THEY WERE,

WHEN THEY LIVED HERE?

WHY THAT SCARY GUY YOU SAW
WAS HIDING FROM THEM?

I WANT TO PUT THE MASK BACK ON.

JULIE,

ARE YOU SURE?

YEAH, I'M SURE.

I REALLY WANT TO SEE
THOSE KIDS AGAIN.

THEY'RE DEAD.

THOSE POOR KIDS.

IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY WARNING.

YOU'RE SURE WHEN
THE CEILING FELL,

THEY DIDN'T ESCAPE?

AND YOU DIDN'T SEE
THAT SCARY GUY

THAT ROBB WAS
TELLING US ABOUT?

NONE OF THIS MAKES ANY SENSE.

NOTHING FITS.

WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS WHY.

WHY WOULD THE MASK LET ME SEE
THIS HORRIBLE THING?

I LIKED THOSE KIDS.

I WANTED TO KNOW
MORE ABOUT THEM.

ME, TOO.

WHY WOULD THE MASK
SHOW ME THIS?

MAYBE...

MAYBE SO WE COULD
STOP IT.

YEAH, THAT'S IT.

THE MASK WANTS US
TO SAVE THOSE KIDS.

WAIT, GO BACK IN TIME

AND MAKE SOMETHING NOT HAPPEN?

IF WE COULD WARN THEM...

MAYBE SEND THEM A NOTE.

THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

[JULIE]: MAYBE NOT.

I THINK WHAT ROBB'S SAYING
IS RIGHT.

I MEAN, THE MASK SHOWED US
THESE VISIONS FOR A REASON.

AND IF THE MASK HAS THE POWER
TO SHOW US THE PAST...

ISN'T IT POSSIBLE

THAT IT HAS THE POWER
TO HELP US CHANGE IT?

OKAY.

WHERE SHOULD I PUT THE NOTE?

[DOOR CLOSES]

THERE'S NOBODY HERE...

THERE'S NOBODY HERE.

...SAYS THE GUY DELIVERING
A NOTE TO DEAD PEOPLE.

[DOOR CREAKS]

I DON'T KNOW
HOW YOU WORK EXACTLY,

BUT CAN YOU HELP US OUT?

I GUESS THERE'S
ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.

BILL, WHAT'S WRONG?

I AM TIRED OF THAT FREAKY MASK
MESSING WITH US!

IT DIDN'T WORK, DID IT?

[JULIE]: THE KIDS
DIDN'T GET OUR NOTE?

NOTE? NO.

THEN WE HAVE TO TRY
SOMETHING ELSE.

THOSE KIDS ARE
COUNTING ON US.

[HAMMERING]

IT'S JUST A HANDYMAN.

THAT'S HIM! THE SCARY GUY--

WITH THE POINTY TOOLS!

THE ONE YOU SAW
THROUGH THE MASK?

YES! I'M SURE.

ROBB, THAT GUY WOULD'VE BEEN
HERE, LIKE, A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

HE COULDN'T
STILL BE ALIVE.

THEN...

THEN HE MUST BE A GHOST.

OR THERE'S
A HEX ON HIM

SO HE DOESN'T GET ANY OLDER.

I DON'T KNOW,

BUT I'M NOT STICKING AROUND
HERE TO FIND OUT.

BILL, LOOK.

SOMEBODY BOUGHT
THE OLD HOUSE.

THAT MEANS THEY'RE GOING
TO BE CLEARING

EVERYTHING OUT.

IF THERE IS A WAY TO HELP
THOSE KIDS FROM THE PAST...

WE'VE GOT TO FIND IT NOW.

COME ON, LET'S GO.

YOU KNOW,
SINCE THE NOTE DIDN'T WORK,

WE'VE GOT TO FIND SOME OTHER WAY
TO SEND A MESSAGE.

TOO BAD THEY DIDN'T
HAVE, LIKE, EMAIL

OR TEXTING BACK THEN.

YEAH.

BUT THEY DID HAVE THIS!

HELLO?

HELLO? IS ANYONE THERE?

IS IT SILLY THAT
WE'RE EVEN TRYING?

WE'VE GOTTA BELIEVE

THAT WHAT THE MASK SHOWED US
WASN'T JUST RANDOM.

I WISH THE MASK WOULD JUST
TELL US HOW TO GO BACK IN TIME.

MAYBE IT ALREADY HAS.

THE DESK WAS OVER THERE.

AND THE SOFA WASN'T COVERED.

AND THE TOYBOX WAS RIGHT HERE.

SO...

SO, MAYBE IF WE CAN SEE IT
FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE...

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

MAYBE SINCE THE MASK
CAN SHOW US THE PAST,

IF WE CAN RECONSTRUCT THE PAST,

THE MASK WILL SOMEHOW

BRING THE PAST
AND THE PRESENT TOGETHER?

AND THAT MIGHT ALLOW US
TO CHANGE THE PAST!

IT'S WORTH A SHOT.

WHY NOT? IT CAN'T HURT.

[RING]

HELLO?

ROBB, LOOK, WE REALLY
NEED YOUR HELP.

WHAT CAN I DO?

HELP US REMEMBER

EXACTLY HOW EVERYTHING WAS
IN THE BASEMENT.

IT MAY BE OUR LAST CHANCE
TO SAVE THOSE KIDS.

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SCARY GUY?

HE'S NOT HERE, I PROMISE.

LOOK, ROBB,
WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP.

OKAY, FINE.

THANKS.

ALL RIGHT, I'M HERE.
WHAT'S THIS PLAN...

HEY, ROBB!
GREAT! YOU CAME.

BILL?

JULIE?

HOW DOES THE ROOM LOOK?

IS EVERYTHING EXACTLY THE SAME?

YEAH, BUT...

IT'S YOU...

THE KIDS ARE YOU...

[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]

HEY!

WHAT'RE YOU KIDS DOING HERE?

[RUMBLING]

SHE'S GONNA BLOW!
GET OUT OF HERE!

WE WERE WRONG!

YOU KIDS GET OUT!

YOU COULD
GET KILLED!

NO! NO, IT'S YOU!
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO'S GONNA DIE!

MOVE AWAY! MOVE!

NO WONDER WE CARED ABOUT
THOSE KIDS SO MUCH...

THEY WERE US.

THE MASK WASN'T SHOWING US
THE PAST...

IT WAS SHOWING US THE FUTURE.

LET'S GO. LET'S GO.

YOU KIDS
NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE.

THE FUTURE...

THE FUTURE...