"Ow." "Stop worrying, Anna." "I'm not." "It's Mom and Dad." "It's all good, sweetie." "I just thought that I was gonna help you move, that's all." "Mom and Dad want you to keep an eye on me, don't they?" "No, Danielle." "I want to be there for you." "I know." "Okay." "Sorry, I just need to do this alone, okay?" "I know." "Hey, um, what's the sublet like?" "I got to tell you, your friend Scott is a little off-center," " but..." " He's not really my friend, Dani." "I don't know, he's just some guy that I kinda know." "At least, you know, the bathroom's clean and there's a tub and the kitchen's bright." "Hmm." "So you're good then?" "For the first time in months." " Good." " Look, I gotta go." "Oh." "Hey, did you end up finding a topic for your thesis?" " No." " Okay, bye." "Hi, you've reached Dani." "I can't take your call right now, so please leave me a message and I'll get back to you." "Thanks, bye." "Hey, Dani, it's Ryan." "Uh, I heard you got your shit back together, so I have a few psych books here for you." "I can..." "What a freak." "Ow." "Fuck." "Oh." "I'm telling you, I turned around and the books had stacked themselves." "Wow." " That's really creepy." " Creepy?" " Is that all you can say?" " Maybe it was Ryan?" "You said he called, and he is kind of weird." "Look, it wasn't Ryan." " Maybe you were dreaming." " I'm not delusional again." "And I'll prove it to you." "I mean, I believe you, but, Dani, it certainly wouldn't be the first time that you've imagined something." "Dani, are you..." " you know?" " Am I what?" "You know." "Anna, if you have something to say, then say it." " Are you taking your meds?" " Yeah." "Okay." "No, don't spit yet, Mr. Ferguson." "I gotta go." "I'll call you later." "If you want, I can come over" " and help you unpack." " Okay." "Hello?" "Ryan, it's Anna, Dani's sister?" "Hey." "How you been?" "Look, got a little bit of advice for you, Captain Nemo." "Stay away from her, you got it?" "Look, I know you're just sticking up for Dani, okay?" "But first off, I haven't been there in like three months." "Captain Nemo lived on a submarine." "I live on a 31-foot sloop." "Whatever." "Help, Dani." "Help me." "Dani, why don't you get the hell out of here," "Dani, why don't you get the hell out of here," " and go call the cops?" " In case it's nothing," "I don't want them to think I'm nuts." "I think I left that open." "Ahhh!" "What the fuck is that?" "What kind of wingnut is Scott?" "I think..." "I think he's an animator." "Mm, enough said." "Can you do me a favor?" "Dani?" "Not a frickin' wink." "I just think Ryan might have something to do with this." "Again with Ryan." " He's weird." " He's not weird, just a little egotistical." " Danielle, he lives on a boat." " With no bathroom." "Year round." "You know, he doesn't even sail." "Who lives like that?" " You like him, don't you?" " Captain Nemo?" "It's okay." "I broke up with him." "So go for it." "I don't like it." "It's slimy." " Have you ever tried it?" " No." " Now who's weird?" " Oh my God." "I had this one guy in today." "His name is Mr. Ferguson." "He's kind of good-looking for an old guy." "He's in for this really extensive root canal, and he just cannot stop spitting when I'm trying..." "Can you feel it?" "Feel what?" "The house." " It's like I'm..." " Being watched?" "No." "It's not like before." "I'm not running around a restaurant thinking I'm a secret agent or that my molars are bugged." "I'm not paranoid." "But I got Cooper to lower my dosage to 10 mils." "Why?" "Because the 20 mils were making me fat and all I did was sleep." "It's not the meds, okay?" "And it's not in my head." "There's something about this house." "Whoo, okay." "Is that this house?" "Oh, that's creepy." "Can you send an email or something?" "Let me see." "Yeah." "Ask about the house." "Okay." ""Just moved into... 216 Archwood Drive." "What can you tell me about it?"" ""Reply."" "Okay." "What the hell is that?" "I put it right here." "Now do you believe me?" "No, Professor, I'll have an outline for you soon." "It's okay if you need more time, Danielle." " No, I'm fine." " Okay." " See you at 1:00." " Uh, thank you." "Bye." "Ryan, please!" "This better be good." "Ready?" "What is that?" "See?" "The camera moved by itself." "Okay." "Now who's paranoid?" "Um... maybe there's something wrong with the camera." "Look at that fog." "There is nothing wrong with the camera." "Okay?" "It's this house." "Why can't you admit it?" "Okay." "I see..." "I see there's something weird, okay." "I just think there's got to be a logical explanation for it." "Oh!" "Danielle?" "You okay?" "What happened?" " Hello?" " It's me." " You gotta see this right now." " Dani, not again." "Fuck, what time is it?" "Shit, it's 4:00 a.m. I'm all the way at Mom and Dad's." "Just get your ass over here as fast as you can, okay?" "What is it?" "Danielle?" "Danielle?" "Jesus." "Danielle, I'm coming over." "Danielle?" "Fuck me." "Help me." "You gotta see this." "You okay?" "What the hell happened here?" "I found this place, this... secret room." "Have a look." "Shit." "So what do you think?" "I don't know what to think." "That guy Crowe was a child-killer, and that mesmerizer guy, that Zymytryk... did you read?" "The prison branded Crowe's hand with an "M" for murderer." "That's just messed up." "And this music box and that gramophone thing, the Incorruptible Cylinder Company... pretty weird." "Gotta get it transferred to CD." "See, something did happen in this house and it's still happening." "Now I have proof." "It's not in my head." " What are you doing?" " Hmm?" "When'd you learn how to do that?" "I didn't." "I must have, but I..." "I don't know..." "I don't know when." "Danielle, I know you haven't been taking your meds." "I counted them." "You've missed five in the last two weeks." "This isn't about my goddamn meds." "It's about this fucking house." "You said I could count on you this time, but it's bullshit, just like before." "I'm sorry." "It's gonna be okay." "Danielle?" "Danielle?" "I want to show you something." "That webmaster sent me a link." "This Zymytryk lived in this house 100 years ago." ""It is believed that Zymytryk mesmerized a man at the point of death and buried him alive on September 2nd, 1906." "Whereabouts... unknown."" "See?" "September 2nd." "Just three weeks before I moved in." "That doesn't mean anything." "Danielle, you don't even know who put that site together." "Just some guy who's into Zymytryk." "Watch this." "There's no sound." "Holy shit, this is perfect." "I just found my thesis." "Danielle, that's not a thesis." "It's just a bunch of bullshit." "You don't even know if any of it's true." "But my fear is... and that's what I'm going to study." "I'll call it "A Dissertation on Spectrophobia..." "Real or Imagined?"" "The fear of things that go bump in the night." "I'll keep a video journal and be my own subject." "I can't wait to tell Hoffsteen." "I just need to get my thoughts together." "Fuck it." "I sound just like Anna." "She doesn't come right out and say it, but I know she thinks I'm delusional or paranoid again." "But that secret room... that room proves to me that something is in this house, and Zymytryk did something awful here." "That gramophone cylinder must be the key." "For my own sanity, I have to keep digging." "It's weird." "I don't feel anything in the house anymore." "But I'm almost... it's almost like I'm too afraid to say what I feel." "Um..." "I have blackouts." "Not blackouts, not really." "I know what I'm doing." "I..." "I'm there but I'm not there." "I see, I feel... ugh." "I see and feel things, but... it's like..." "Look, I don't like you and..." " well, you don't like me." " That's not true and you know it." "But this is about Danielle, okay?" "What?" "What's wrong?" "She found this stuff at her new place." "What kind of stuff?" "Just listen, Nemo." "I think she's starting to have another one of her episodes, and... and this... well, this stuff is only making it worse." "I have to work during the day, and our folks are way out in Woodbridge." "I mean, I know this is asking a lot of you, but please..." "It's okay, I get it." "Check in on her." "Yeah, she broke my fucking heart, but I'll always be there for her." "Are you sure?" "The question is are you sure?" "Hi, you've reached Dani." "I can't take your call right now, so please leave me a message and I'll get back to you." "Thanks, bye." "Danielle, Professor Hoffsteen." "Spectrophobia, while..." "while an interesting subject, might not be taken seriously as a topic for a master's thesis." "Also, you missed our appointment this afternoon." "Call my office to reschedule." "I was going to..." "I was going to play the CD but... it's like I already know what's on it." "Like it's a dream I remember, or even a part of me." "Is my fear fueling my imagination, or is my imagination fueling my fear?" "It feels too real inside me to be my imagination." "I should talk to Hoffsteen." "I have these..." "Yes, talk to Hoffsteen." "What the...?" "What the fuck is the matter with me?" " Hello?" " Hello, Professor Hoffsteen." " It's Danielle Velayo." " How are you?" "I'm good." "Look..." "I was thinking you could... come over to my place tomorrow night." "We could have dinner, talk about old times, and my thesis." "We have to discuss the viability of it first." "How about Monday at 4:00 in my office?" "Okay, Professor, whatever you say." "Hey, there." "I'm Danielle, by the way." "What's your name?" "It... it sucks." "I hate it." "Come on, it can't be that bad." "Jacob." "You're right." "It does suck." "What's that?" "It's for a game I made up." "How..." "how do you play?" "When it's ready, you'll be the first I show." " Hi, there." " Hi." "I just... is everything okay?" "I'm good." "And you?" "Good." "I just wanted to make sure everything was okay." "Anna stopped by and... you know, she..." "What the fuck did she tell you?" "Nothing." "Just to... just to stay the hell away from you." "Sorry." "It's cool." "Hey... did you find a topic for your thesis?" "Sort of." "Come on in, we can talk about it." "I gotta get to class." "It will only take a minute." "I can make you a snack." " Hello?" " I got your message." " Yeah, dinner sounds great." " Good." "Hey, Ryan stopped by." "Seems like you two are getting real close." "It's not like that." "I mean, if he's bothering you..." "No, he's not bothering me." "Not anymore." "Gotta get back to work." "See you tonight." "Okay, bye." " Did you get that cylinder transferred?" " Mm." "It's all good, sweetie." " What was on it?" " Nothing." "Just some old song." "Would you set the table?" "Can I listen to it?" "I told you, it's nothing." "What's gotten into you?" "Would you set the table, please?" "But the drinking and... that smells like some kind of weird meat." "Danielle, you don't eat meat." "Just go set the fucking table." "Listen, I know you're stressed, but don't take it out on me." "Sorry." "It's just... sorry." "What is that?" "Goulash." "Dig in." "Thanks." "Oh my God." "Is that cashews?" "I love cashews." ""Cromwell Sanitarium"?" "Dani, what's that smell?" "Are you okay?" "I ran out of my meds." "Could you pick me some up tomorrow?" "Yeah." "Thank you." "Please don't go." "It's okay, sweetie." "I'm..." "I'm here all night." "Get some rest." "Hello?" "Hey, it's me." "Look, I'm gonna need your help." "What's up?" "I've got to go and refill her meds, but I really don't want to leave her alone." "How bad is she?" "I can't tell." "Take her to the hospital then." "No." "No hospital." "Not yet." "Why?" "'Cause I promised her, Nemo." "Okay, it's your call." "When do you need me?" "Tomorrow." "Um, how about 10:00?" "And, Ryan?" "Thanks." "I really appreciate it." "Sure, don't worry about it." "Hey." " She... she's still in bed." " Okay." "I'll be back in a bit." "Sounds good." "Maybe after we should grab some...?" "Ryan?" "Um..." "Thanks." "See ya." "Dani?" "Jesus." "You scared the hell out of me." "Who, me?" "I wish I had your home number, Professor, but alas, this will have to do." "I'd like you to come over and see my thesis." "It's breathtaking." "Mmm." "Hey, guys." "Sorry it took so long." "I had to talk to..." "Dani?" "Ryan?" "Danielle, come on, I've got the meds." "Damn it, this isn't funny." "Second day of September, 1906." "It's five minutes to 11:00 at night." "I, Mordecai Zymytryk, have mesmerized many people in a state of perpetual comatose, but never at articulo mortis." "My subject, Edgar Crowe, a foul and vicious man once destined for the hangman's rope, has been procured for this experiment in punishment." "I have injected him with a lethal dose of arsenic and iron." "He will be near his death shortly." "Are you nearing death, Crowe?" "Yes." "It's coming." "He will be near his death shortly." "The music box." "Are you nearing death, Crowe?" "Yes." "It's coming." "It hurts." "It hurts." "For a century..." "for a century." "For a century." "For a century." "Can you hear me?" "Can you hear me?" "Crowe?" "Can you hear me?" "Are you dead?" "Yes." "The pain." " Help me." " His death has been arrested." "His body is now suspended in time for 100 years." "His soul lingers between two worlds, suffering physical and spiritual torment for a century." "A fitting punishment for the torture he inflicted on my grandson." "Can you hear me?" "Can you hear me?" "Can you hear me?" "I can hear you." "Crowe, can you hear me?" "Are you dead?" " Oh." " Yes." "Help me." " Danielle?" " Shut your goddamn gob." "Danielle?" "For every breath out your chest, here creeps death by panic vest." "For a century." "A fitting punishment for the torture he inflicted on my grandson." "Crowe, you robbed a boy of a future..." "Danielle?" "Danielle, please." "Fuck Danielle and fuck you." "I act on behalf of him, and all of the victims." "And that is my cross to bear." ""Notes that sleep, let them keep"" "or he will be free to have you." "And if the notes don't keep, find Crowe buried under the gargoyle at Cromwell." "Play them." "Play the notes for Crowe, and the spell shall cease." "After a century, may God have mercy on his soul as I certainly do not." "You and Zymytryk are really one and the same... self-righteous fucks trying to control everyone." "And I'm really no different from Danielle." "We're both... misunderstood." "You know... she told me all about you." "Always the favorite, always the perfect one... always the fucking harlot who's got to take what's not hers." "We know you're fucking Ryan." "It's all good, sweetie." "You can tell us the truth." "Dani doesn't mind." "Shh." "But you want to, don't you?" "Huh-uh." "You lie." "Huh-uh." "Now if we can't count on our little pretty sister to tell us the truth, who can we count on?" "Hmm?" "By the way..." "Danielle's the one who wants you dead, not I." "I tried to stop her." "I'd like to tell you it'll be over soon, but it won't." "Huh-uh." "Like Zymytryk's grandson... it took him nearly four glorious hours." "Danielle!" " Danielle!" " Ah," "Master Jacob from down the street." "Danielle?" "When it rains, it pours." "You won't go anywhere, will you?" "My chain fell off." "Aw, it's all good, sweetie." "I'll fix it, okay?" "Okay." "Ah!" "All fixed." "Shit, it's still broke." "Fuck me." "I see the problem." "Oh." "Ah." "Okay, good as new." "Come back later and we'll play that game, okay?" "Cool." "Anna!" "Anna!" "Can you hear me?" "Danielle, are you awake?" "What are you doing?" "Calling the cops." "Go ahead, it's your word against mine and I'm the one tied up." "And the cops can't help you get your sister back." "Anna?" "What are you doing?" "Anna?" "Please." "What are you doing?" "I'm going to Cromwell, Danielle." "I'm gonna fix this." "Anna?" "Anna, you'll never find me." "Jacob..." "Where's that little shit when I need him?" "# Jacob. #" "Jacob." "Hey." "You want to play that game now?" "Danielle?" "No, it's Jacob." " Who?" " Jacob," " from down the street." " Oh my God, are you okay?" "Relax, lady." "I'm just playing Danielle's game." "Jacob, listen to me." "Get out of there as fast as you can, do you hear me?" "It's not..." "it's not a game." "It's... just get out of there, Jacob." "No, it's okay." "But..." "Danielle says that you only went 20 minutes." "No!" "I'm gonna break your record, lady." "Jacob..." " Jacob, um..." " The game's already started." " He can't talk now." " Danielle, listen to me." " You can't do this." " Be back soon." "Or you'll miss the game, and especially Jacob." "Don't let me have all the fun, okay?" "Danielle, Danielle, listen to me!" "Danielle?" "Shit." "It's gone." "Zymytryk?" " Come!" " No." "Come!" " How?" " Come, I'll show you." "This is impossible." "Nothing is impossible." "Come." "If you want to save your sister, please!" "You're a big boy, aren't you?" "You ever heard the story about the scorpion and the crane?" "No?" "Well... it's the story I tell all my special boys." "Once upon a time, on a sunny day, the scorpion and the crane met on the banks of a river." "And the scorpion asked the crane for a ride to the other side." "The crane said, "No." "You're going to hurt me."" "And the scorpion said," ""I won't, because if I do," "I'll die too."" "Well, the crane had to think about that for a minute." "Yes, I've stayed alive reinventing myself as needed for the last century." "Professor Hoffsteen is merely my latest identity." "You're..." "you're Dani's teacher." "But how do you do it?" "You mesmerize yourself?" "The mind is far more powerful than most could ever imagine." "Over here... over here by that gargoyle." "But why Dani?" "Because she opened the music box?" "Yes, but my experiment should have expired on September 2nd." " Something went wrong." " Yeah." "I never meant..." "I never meant to hurt anyone except Crowe." "I never thought he would ever rise again and kill." "But he is stronger than I thought." "This is all my doing." "I must make it right." "Get the shovel." "Dig." "Over here." "After a long think, the crane agreed to carry the scorpion across the river." "So the scorpion climbed aboard... and they were off." "Crowbar for Crowe." "But when they reached midstream, the scorpion stung the crane, and the crane yelled, "Why'd you do that?" "Now we'll both die."" "And the scorpion whispered as they sank," ""I'm sorry." "I can't help myself." "It's my nature."" "Okay, here." "Take that." "When I play the music, his soul will leap again into me." "You must promise me something." "Take this pistol." "You kill me and you kill him." "It's the only way to end this." "If you don't, he..." "I... will kill you." "And no matter what I say, kill me." "You understand?" "Uh-huh." "Where is the music box?" "It's in my bag." "Crowe, can you hear me?" "Can you hear me?" "Can you hear me?" "Come to me, Crowe." "Can you hear me?" "Come to me, Crowe." "Come to me." "Come to me." "You're too late." "He didn't leap." "He's not here." "Don't shoot!" "Oh my God." "Th... this game sucks." "Come on, let's get you home." "Thanks for having me, Danielle." "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "It's over." "It's over." "No." "He's still here." "I can feel him." "Can't you feel him?" "Danielle?" "Subtitles by LeapinLar"