" What about the caretaker?" " Who cares about her?" "She never comes out at night." "Besides, she can find her own date." "Oh, this place is so freaky." "All those stories about murders and ghosts." " Haunted, they say." " It's a trip, huh?" "It's a real different kind of place." "I'm scared." "I mean about the house." "Nobody'll interrupt us, that's all it means, and you're with me!" "See?" "Come on." "Oh, Nancy, come on." "Danny, let's go someplace else." "Please." "Not here." "Come on, you said you loved me." "Didn't you mean it?" "Yes, I do, but... there's something wrong with this place." "What's that?" "!" "Get over here." "Where are my keys?" "I got ya." "Hey, Arty, that's the best one I ever dreamed up!" "Charlie, that was the best yet." "Oh, God!" "Hey, Charlie, we got 'em!" "Charlie?" "Hey, Charlie!" "Ouch!" "Damn!" "Charlie!" "Charlie...?" "Hey, Arty, we really got 'em!" "Hey, Arty!" "Hey, Arty!" "Come on, Arty, let's go!" "Arty!" "Arty, let's get the heck outta here." "Arty!" "Hey, Arty!" "Hey, Arty!" "Arty?" "Arty?" "Arty!" "Arty, let's get the hell outta here!" "Come on in." "David." "Oh, no." "Keep this up, we'll have to sell the church." "Just raise the collection ante and you both can be driving Cadillac's." " I'm sorry, have we been introduced?" " Excuse me, David." "inspector Sturgess of the County Police and his associate, Jack Hollister." "Reverend Maier tells me you're in charge now." " I've been assigned here." " I thought they were sending two?" "Well, Reverend Leahy should arrive in a couple of weeks." "He was delayed." "I know about him." "Got to give him time to dry out, huh?" " Is there something we can do for you?" " The house on Mill Road." "The Sharack place." "County record it as church property." "You had 120 days after the hearing to act." "You haven't, now time is running out." " I don't know what you're talking about?" " Two kids were killed out there." "The Medical Examiner thinks it's a cult thing or something." "One kid was gutted and slashed to death, the other microwaved." "Wait a minute, what?" "!" "The place is like a County dump, it's full of trash." "A microwave gets damaged, somebody throws it away, somebody picks it up, somebody chuckling the way you just did," " decapitates a kid..." " Oh, no, no, no." " Please, Inspector, David is new here." " That's only part of it." "You also have standing water on the property, Black Pond." "Kids like to skinny dip there at midnight and sometimes they drown." "Inspector, the property is posted against trespassing." "It really doesn't matter." "It's a make-out place, always has been." "I got my first..." "We held your caretaker's idiot son but then we had to let him go." "Inspector, the man is a mute." "You say he can't talk, I say he won't." "His mother tells me that he collects this junk for a mistress." "I guess she's imaginary, doesn't make any difference." "History is against it." "The place has been trouble all along." "If you don't take any action, County will, and you know what that means - demolition." "Henry, I'm sorry you're leaving." "Come on, Jack." "Nice meeting you, sonny." "The property was left to the church ages ago, with the provision that Sharack descendants can live there in perpetuity." "They're not really caretakers, they just live here." "Elvira's the last of the line - at least her son Arlen is." "All the ministers provided menial jobs for them but Arlen doesn't fit into anything." "Perhaps when the Leahys move in, they'll find something for him." "What about the violent history this place is supposed to have had?" "I'd hoped to tell you after you had settled in." "There have been many houses on this foundation." "All of them and their tenants come to bad ends." " Like those kids Sturgess spoke of?" " Yes." "Whoa, what is this stuff?" " Smell it." " I don't know." "Argh!" "Arlen?" "Yeah." "Follow!" "I don't understand any of this." "It's fairly obvious, isn't it?" "Hollister followed Arlen in here, Arlen came out alone." "We found him hiding in the brush by the house this morning." "Are you sure about him?" "When we haul Hollister out, I'll make sure this moron is put away for good." "Whatever happens, this pond is a detriment to the property." "I'll have that thing drained." "Hey!" "Your son has never had any professional help?" "He is well enough when people stay away from him... and stay away from here." "Well, that's the point." "People are coming here." "One of our ministers and his family are going to live here." "For a while at least." "They'll live here till we make arrangements closer to the church." "Then this place will have to be rented - a matter of economics, just business." "The Reverend Leahy has problems of his own to deal with." "I wouldn't want your son to be another one - speak to him." "He is already lost to me." "It took my husband too." "He will try to help and protect her and protect you too," " until she no longer needs him." " Who?" "You'll see." "The moon is rising." " Who are you?" " My name is Mary." "I see." "Do you live here?" "Not really." "Not anymore." "I'm visiting." " Oh." " David, will you come here a moment?" "Ah, yes, just a sec." "Excuse me, Mary." " Any news about Arlen?" " Inspector Sturgess says no." "Two weeks and nothing, not a trace." " Hm." "What about the drainage project?" " Not good, I'm afraid." "The pumps are constantly being fouled with silt and debris." "Was this in the pond?" "I wonder how it got there?" "David, I think the time has come when we should bless the house." "Cleanse it somewhat of the deeds that have been committed here." "Do you know what they are?" "I've done some research on it that you should be aware of." "First let us do what we have been praying to do." "Hey, everybody, let's take a break for a minute." "Cut the machinery." "Hey!" "Come on." "Henry!" "Henry!" "Come on, Sheryl, let's get this stuff in the house." " It's not so bad, is it?" " Not so bad for a last chance." "Oh, George." "It just seems like something's always wrong." "This place, the way people talk about it and the police always hanging around." "It just seems we've had enough troubles." " Where's Justin?" " Outside exploring." "He loves it." "I'm glad to see you notice women." "I confess I've always wondered about you men of the cloth." " They're the Reverend Leahy's daughters." " No doubt born without bottoms." "And like most church people, you've no sense of humor." "Henry I knew for many years." " I'm sorry he's gone." " It's all right, I understand." "I've seen men die, some violently, but..." " It shook me up." "He was a good man." " Why not invite the old bat up?" "I've tried - she won't come." "Says she's not allowed, whatever that means." " Not allowed?" " Yeah." "Henry's death must have rattled her, or the kids or Hollister." " That old phony thing with the son." " Phony?" "Oh, yes, that's phony." "He's around here somewhere, you can bet on it." "Somebody's got to be feeding him." "Brad!" "Brad, we're leaving." "Brad!" "Rush, rush, rush." "Hey, what are you doing down there?" "Hello!" "Hi." "Did I scare you?" "My name is Mary." " What's yours?" " Justin Leahy." "And naw, you didn't scare me." " Bet I did." " Well, you didn't." " What are you doing down here?" " I came to say hello and show you round." "But if you don't want to learn anything..." "I'll see you later." "Hey!" "Hey, wait a minute!" "David?" "Brad was going to turn the elevator power off." "You seen him?" " No, I haven't." " He must have left with the other truck." " Bye." " Bye." "Hey, everybody!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "We've got our own swimming pool!" "We got our own pool!" "I'm not very happy about this." "Relax, you didn't find anything." "Besides, we're supervising." "Hey, you made a mistake, don't worry about it." "If you spent some church funds on a decent pump, I wouldn't have to worry." "And get this straight, I didn't make a mistake." "Hello." "Howdy." "That's no Sunday School teacher, sonny." " Remember the Good Book." " Oh, I will." "I will." "Where's Dad?" "Is he coming down?" "He wasn't feeling too well." "A little tired, I think." "Help me!" "Something's got my..." "Foot... mud!" " Wait a sec." " Something's got my foot!" "I got it." "Give me your hand." "Come on, good girl." "Was that Hollister's hand?" "We'll have to wait for proper ID from his fingerprints on file." "Yeah, they'll confirm it." " What did Sturgess say?" " Didn't say anything." "They don't know anything." "Or they said they didn't." "He told me about Henry..." "said he died here." "An accident, they said." "I don't want to stay." "Sh..." "There'll be a few bad dreams for a while but she'll be OK." "No." "How can she?" "She will be - and, George, we have to stay." "Why does she watch us?" "What is she waiting for?" "How the hell do I know?" "Maybe she's waiting for history to repeat itself." "Oh, I'm sorry... it's this house." "There was another family that tried to live here." "Er... 1958." "I was just new with the County force." "There were three of them." "Name of Montclare." "Mrs. Montclare, the son, the daughter, all murdered." "One was hung, one spiked to the attic floor, one was literally torn apart." " Daddy?" " Justin, what?" " Daddy, are you sick?" " No." " Is that medicine?" " No." "What are you doing here?" "Just looking around." "Are you sure you're OK?" "Sure." "Come on, let's go back up." " Don't have to tell your mom, do we?" " No, Daddy, no." "I think I'm going to stay down here." "Want to check it out." " Who...?" " My name is Mary." "How long have you been there?" "Upstairs." " Just a dream, a bad dream." " But it was so real." "I saw the hand in the water, it was calling me." " You're all right now." " I thought it was away again, then the spikes came through the ceiling." "There was a little girl here, Mary." "She said her name was Mary." "I thought..." "I was so sure of it." "I was so sure." "Can you give me a history on this place?" "You came of your own free will." "You must leave the same way." " Do you know where your son is?" " I told you, he is lost to me forever." "You say that as if you think he's dead." "He is in a secret place his father knew and his father and his." "He protects his mistress who dominates him." " His mistress?" " He guards her." "Protects her cruelties, her leavings." "He guards you against her." "She's crazy, you're wasting your time." "Why, stupid man." " Right." "And you are an ugly old bag!" " Come on, Inspector, that doesn't help." "I'm sorry." " When did this violence begin?" " Summer of 1692." "1692?" " We're talking almost 300 years ago." " You are clever" "Church records don't go back that far." "Check the archives of St Luke's." "The Roman church." "Dad?" "Dad, are you down there?" "Dad?" "Dad?" "Wow." "Argh!" "David, you can't be serious." "That's ridiculous." "You may be right, but I'd like to check." "Supper's almost ready." "I can't find Justin." "Have you seen him?" " David, will you stay for supper?" " For dessert - something's come up here." "And Sturgess too." "I'll maybe go and have a look at those records." "David, this is unnecessary." "Inspector, George has an invitation for you, don't you, George?" " Yes, for supper, but, David..." " What about you?" "I'm going to St Luke's." "I'll be back." " Did you say supper?" " It'll take a little while." "I wonder if you could help me?" "It's Justin, he's missing." "May have doomed us all, churchman." " What?" "What did you say?" " You took that from the pond." "That's right, yes." "A compassionate priest would not purify her with fire." "The ritual was not completed." "As long as that was in the pond she could only move about at night." "Now she can return in the early hours of the dawn, unless you repeat the ritual with fire." "Elvira, I don't know anything about Arlen's mistress." "Arlen is very real, though." "You'll see, she will seek you out." "You must understand." "If she was alive in 1692, she's dead now." " She's going to stay dead." " You have a 20th-century mind." "You may soon regret it." "Justin!" "This is Steele." "Go ahead, Nick." "Wait a minute." "It's Nick, what do you want him to do now?" "Nothing, damn it." "Tell him to work around the other way and come back to the house." "Kid can't be far from here." "Any luck?" "No." "Have you looked everywhere in the house?" "Not in the basement." "I called out - if he'd been there he'd have come." "The basement." "Just seems like something's always wrong." "Both of you stay here." "Mom, it'll be all right." "Daddy's down there, it'll be all right." "Oh, sure Daddy's down there, he knows what to do" "He always knows what to do" " Sheryl, don't." " Especially when he wants to run lives." "That's a crack-up!" "A burn-out trying to run my life!" " Sheryl..." " He can't do anything right." " He's a waste, Mom, a burn-out." " Shut your bitchy mouth!" "Something doesn't add up." "This room should be bigger." "Steele." "Pace off from here to that far wall." "I want an accurate measurement." "Yes, sir." " We could..." " Sh." "If you want to stay then keep quiet or go upstairs." "All right." "That's odd?" "Here, hold this." "This is the Malleus Malefactorum." " The book of the Spanish inquisition." " Oh, you know that?" "Yes, the order of inquisition and exorcism, the punishment of heresy." "And the methods for extracting confessions." "Of course, that was never sanctioned by the Church." "Of course." "That's interesting..." "The name here on the spine is Sharack." "Ah, a progressive priest, unusual in those times." "It's written in English, you see, old-style." ""Father Andrew Pike.." ""on the trial and resulting execution of one Elondra Sharack," " "on which... "" " Excuse me, Father," "I don't want to seem rude but I'm in a hurry." "Oh, yes, of course, surely." " I certainly appreciate your help." " That's quite all right." "I'll put this away and close the door when I'm finished." "Yes, of course." "Goodnight." "Goodnight." ""The trial and sentence conducted and carried out by the parishioners" ""of St Luke's diocese, 7th July, in the most holy year of our Lord, 1692."" "Wring her neck!" "We want justice!" "Traitor!" "Kill her now!" "Kill her!" "We want justice!" "Silence!" " Andrew Pike!" "Andrew Pike!" " Elondra Sharack." "You have been found guilty of heinous crimes against God and man." "You visited torture and done murder to this innocent child, in sight of her sister." "You have no authority to pass judgment on me." "Be silent!" "Unless you mean to repudiate your service" " to the unholy forces of Hell." " I am the daughter of Satan." "He is my lord and he will protect me." "He will bring you all to death." "Be silent!" "We have not the proper machinery to force a cleansing of this twisted soul." "How can I bring myself to burn alive even one so vile as this?" "Let the sentence then be drowning!" "Our sole blessed relic from Rome, will be the holy seal that will hold you fast for all eternity." "Suspended between Hell and the release of death." "May God's mercy serve you." "I have no need of his mercy, I am in the hands of Satan!" "Take her out!" "Take her out!" "Anyone threaten to resolve, may they live in at the sound of my voice." "Spare her!" "Almighty God, look at her face!" "You appear to be a true servant of evil." "You will suffer!" "Pray to your false god - he cannot protect you!" "You and all your generations will damn your birth!" "Anyone who ventures near this pla-a-a-ce..." "May God forgive us all for this action you've forced upon us." "I will not die!" "You do not have the power to destroy me-e-e-e..." "Cut the rope." "Almighty God, through this instrument of your power, seal forever away the evil misdeeds of this creature." "We beseech thee, Lord, to protect and safeguard your servants." "Amen." "Father, the church!" ""St Luke's church was razed by fire that night," ""and disaster befell the parish." ""The Sharack house burned, the blacksmith sickened with fever and died." ""Mary Shire, the witch's accuser, drowned in Black Pond. "" "Inspector, what are you doing?" "This house has a rock foundation all around it, the basement has three stone walls, the back wall is made of wood." "Paced off, this house is 20 foot wider than downstairs." " There's got to be something here." " You don't think..." "Give me a hand here." "Come on, give us a hand." "There." "Steele, stay here, make sure no one comes out of this place." " You think Justin's in a secret room?" " That's what I'm going to find out." " Inspector..." " What do you want me to tell you?" "You wouldn't risk this if you thought Justin was still alive, would you?" "Go upstairs, stay with your wife and daughters." " They're safe, it's where you belong." " I have to stay, he's my son." " I know that." "Get upstairs!" " I..." "All right, let's clear this junk outta here." "I tried to call for back-up." "The phones are out." " Did you try your radio?" " Static." "The phone's out... the radio..." "Well... we're set for him." "I don't want to wait any longer." "Let's go." "I want to see your mother alone." " Sheryl..." " What is happening down there?" "Sheryl, I ask you..." "Yes, right Your decisions are so right, your will so strong" "What is it, George?" "We'll be finding out soon." ""Father Andrew Pike spent most of his hours at the new church," ""praying for those he believed he'd betrayed." ""He prayed his own death would one day satisfy the unknown and vengeful force" ""that has inflicted the community since the execution of Elondra Sharack. "" ""Father Andrew Pike was committed to the earth this morning," ""five years to the day after the trial and execution of Elondra Sharack." ""No perpetrator was confined or punished. "" " Mom?" " Listen." "Hold it!" "There is a room!" " God, what a stink." " That's rotting flesh." "Oh, Jesus!" "We missed him." "All that work and we missed him." "Wait a minute." "Where's the outside door?" "Cuff him and get him out of here." "Shouldn't we go down there?" "George?" "No, he told me to wait." " Melinda, where are you going?" " Something's wrong." "I have to know." " He told us he'd come and tell us." " I can't wait any longer." "George, I don't want to go down there alone." "I'm going." "George?" "Inspector?" "Sturgess?" "Oh, God!" "Stop it!" "Dad!" "What are you waiting for?" "Get in Sheryl's room and stay there." "Melinda!" "Melinda!" "George..." "Oh, no." "Leahy, Sturgess, come on, you gotta get out!" "Come on, George!" "Am I too late?" "Has it already started?" "Answer me!" "You have the cross." "If you are to survive, it is your only hope." "George?" "George, it's me." "It's me, David, come on." "Something's got Melinda." "Help me." " OK." "Where are the girls?" " Safe upstairs, but Melinda's..." "David, the door won't open." "She was in here, David, I swear she was." "George, there's nothing we can do in here." "Let's go, come on!" "Ann?" "Sheryl?" " What's happened?" " Never mind, we've got to get out of here." "Come on, you gotta run!" "Come on, run!" "Come on!" " Wait, where's Sheryl?" " I'll go back." "Sheryl!" "Wait a minute." "Sheryl, come on!" " Daddy!" " Listen." "Take the keys for my car and get the hell out of here, fast!" "Justin?" "David!" "Look out." "Out the way." "Come on!" " Come on!" " Justin?" "Come on." " Take my car and go!" " Yes." "You got to help us try catch him." "Melinda!" " Daddy!" " Just go." "Run!" "Run!" "George?" "George?" "George!" "George?" "George!" "George!" "Oh, no!" " Mary, what are you doing here?" " I saw the fire." "It's over." "The witch is dead, Mary, she's gone." "We're saved." "You would've been if the witch had been home." "No." "No!" "I will not die." "You can't kill me." "You can't kill me!" "You can't kill me, I'll never die!" "You can't kill me!" "I will not die!" "You do not have the power to destroy me!" "Ah!" "Subtitles by SDI Media Group"