Amityville: The Awakening Page #3

BELLE :
Just try and find the fuse box.

TERRENCE :
Wow.

BELLE :
What?

Under the stairs.

It's where they discovered the Red Room.

Whatever is in there gets inside your head.

MARISSA :
Wouldn't find much in your head.

They say this house makes you see things.

It affects your dreams until you can't tell

what's real and what's a nightmare.

Then boom... blood splatter

and brain matter everywhere.

Can we please just find the fuse box,

so we can get out of here?

Hey, I think I found it.

(BLOWS)

(SIGHS)

BELLE :
My phone is dead.

(FLOORBOARD CREAKING)

- (GASPS)

- (SHRIEKS)

What the hell are you doing down here?

I could've killed you!

MARISSA :
Uh...

we'll let ourselves out.

Yeah, nice meeting you.

BELLE :
Since when do you carry a shotgun?

Jesus.

It was your father's, for protection.

Well, I really don't think I need protection

from my friends, but thanks.

You are not allowed to have

friends over without asking me.

You know how easy it is

for James to get sick?

What are you talking about?

They weren't anywhere near him.

Someone was in his room.

The door was open when they

came over, but I... shut it.

Then who took his blanket off?

He's not some sideshow attraction.

Go to bed.

DR. MILTON (VOICE-OVER): It's possible

that he has something called LIS...

Locked-In Syndrome.

JOAN :
Does that mean he's conscious?

Well, it means he may have

a sort of consciousness,

but he's locked into an inactive body.

So he is getting better?

Well, looking at this fMRI scan

and seeing the return

of some limited eye mobility,

uh, it would appear so.

And this thing will tell us for sure?

The EEG machine measures brain waves.

The more activity on this monitor,

the stronger the emotional response.

(MONITOR BEEPING)

You ready to give it a try?

(CHUCKLES):
All right.

Step into his line of sight.

Hi, Jimmy.

Hey.

(MONITOR BEEPING, VENTILATOR HISSING)

Jimmy.

(EEG BEEPS)

DR. MILTON :
Whoa.

That's a definite response.

(WHISPERING):
Candice.

Belle, come closer.

(EEG BEEPING, INCREASING IN FREQUENCY)

Mom?

(JOAN GROANS)

Mom?

Are you okay?

Your brother's back.

(EEG SLOWING)

Your brother's back.

(SIGHS)

- (FLY BUZZING)

- Oh.

It's just a fly, James.

Don't worry about that.

(BUZZING INTENSIFIES)

Jesus Christ!

(MUFFLED SCREAM)

(BUZZING STOPS, DR. MILTON CHOKING)

(GASPS)

What's going on?

I'm sorry, uh, I can't, uh,

I can't really explain it,

but I... I don't think

I can do any more for you.

Dr. Milton?

(DOOR CLOSES)

(MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY)

Come on, Jimmy.

You're doing great.

You're doing so great.

(WHISPERING):
I love you so much.

Come on.

Let's try and just move that thumb up.

Do you want me to rub your feet?

You can blink once for "yes."

That's okay.

That's okay.

When this first happened, Belle said,

"Jimmy will never give up."

(DOOR CREAKS)

(GROWLING)

(BARKING, GROWLING)

Okay, out! Out!

- Go, now!

- (BARKING CONTINUES)

Hey, hey, hey, hey! Out, Larry!

Bad dog!

Don't worry, I'll never let him hurt you.

(WHISPERING):

I love you more than anything in the world.

(FLOORBOARD CREAKING)

(GRUNTS)

(DOOR CREAKING)

(CREAKING)

(WHISPERING):
James, is that you?

JAMES :
Shh.

What do you want?

Come here.

(LOW, RASPY BREATHING)

Where are you?

James?

(HISSING)

(SCREAMING)

Juliet?

Jules, where are you?

(MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY)

(GASPS)

(GASPS)

Hey, sis.

(SCREAMING)

(GUNSHOTS)

(THUNDER RUMBLING, CRASHING)

CANDICE (VOICE-OVER): Start with just

- yes or no questions.

- Okay.

Dr. Milton said

that would be easiest for him.

JOAN :
Okay.

(MONITOR BEEPING)

Jimmy?

Sweetie?

Do you recognize me?

Belle?

James wants to talk to Deedee.

Will you help me find him?

(JOAN LAUGHS)

Belle...

come say hi to your brother.

CANDICE :

He's talking to us through the computer.

It's amazing. Come see.

It's called an AAC.

He can use his eyes to choose letters

so he can communicate.

(JOAN CHUCKLES)

You can talk to your brother again, honey.

- BELLE :
Uh...

- JOAN :
What do you want to say to him?

I don't know.

JOAN :
Just talk to him slowly.

Um...

Is that really you in there?

(BEEP)

(CHUCKLING):
Wow, it's so cool.

I miss you.

(ONE BEEP)

(TWO BEEPS)

(LAUGHS)

(SNIFFLES)

He misses me, too.

(SNIFFLING):
Um...

(ONE BEEP)

(CONTINUAL, SLOW BEEPING)

(SOBBING)

BELLE (VOICE-OVER):

I just never really told anybody about this.

You don't have to tell me

if you don't want to.

No, um...

I should.

(CLEARS THROAT)

I really think I need to.

I was having a lot of problems

with my family

and with school, um, in and out

of a lot of different programs.

And I just started doing stupid sh*t.

I sent these pictures to some guy,

and when I woke up the next morning,

they were all over the Internet.

They were everywhere.

Everyone had seen them.

Everyone at school and my mom

and my brother.

So what happened?

James wanted to find the guy who did it.

And he lived in a, um,

three-story apartment building.

There was a really big fight, and...

...he went over the balcony.

Look, you didn't do anything wrong.

You know that, right?

You know, I... I really want to believe that.

And I keep telling myself

it was his choice.

He would do it again in a heartbeat.

I know he would, because...

...that's just who he was.

No, that's who he is.

Belle, he's still alive.

You've just talked to him.

(SIGHS)

(MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

TERRENCE :
You're reading the wrong book.

And you know it.

TERRENCE (VOICE-OVER):

All I'm saying is it's a little weird

that your brother's in a coma for two years,

and the minute you move into this new house,

he miraculously gets better.

(SIGHS):
I don't... I don't know.

Unless, of course, it's not...

really him anymore.

What are you talking about?

He's talking about a possession.

Yeah. In 1974, the house drives Ronnie DeFeo

to kill his whole family.

A year later, it nearly drives the next

family to do the exact same thing.

And they blamed it on the Red Room

that they discovered

right there, in the basement.

See? It's right under your brother's bed.

So you're saying...

this evil thing...

- latched onto my brother?

- Okay, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Look, I hate to bring everyone

back down to earth, but...

other families have lived in that house...

nothing scary has happened

there for 40 years.

40 years... that's a very

significant number in the Bible.

"And the land had peace 40 years."

So maybe the evil only latches on

- every 40 years.

- No, that's stupid.

Dude, seriously? The Bible?

(CHUCKLES) Look, Belle, you're not

actually buying this sh*t, are you?

Well, you said he can talk now, right?

So why don't you just ask him yourself?

Yeah. What's the worst that could happen?

(MONITOR BEEPING STEADILY,

VENTILATOR HISSING)

I need to ask you a question.

You okay with that?

(BEEP)

Is someone else...

in there with you?

(BEEP)

(BEEP)

(BEEPING CONTINUES)

(VOICE BREAKING): What can I do to stop it?

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