Before Someone Gets Hurt Page #2

Synopsis: Tim and his team are the rising stars of the ghost hunting game. One thing they all like better than a good haunt is a great prank. When the team arrives at a new investigation, they cannot figure if the occurrences are part of some elaborate master prank or if the house is actually haunted. Unfortunately, they don't find the answer until it is far too late.
TV-MA
Year:
2018
86 min
493 Views


- Here, have a hand job. Go.

- Thank you.

Finally.

[Stefan]

Ready?

We're on our way

to 311 Lenox Avenue.

There have been

14 unexplained deaths there.

[Stefan] Wait a second,

I'm just going to make a...

And action.

Okay, we're on our way

to 311 Lenox Avenue.

There have been 14 unexplained

deaths there...

- [Lisa] Murders.

- Murders there, since 1692.

And seven different structures

have stood on the plot,

including a church

originally.

[Stefan]

I'm going to get some B roll

- of driving real quick.

- [Tim] Okay, great, great, yeah.

Okay, here's B roll

of driving.

Run away

Run far away

Run away

Run far away

Run away...

Oh, two bathrooms.

F***ing fancy.

Master bedroom.

Master.

[camera beeps]

[mouse button clicks]

[busy signal buzzes]

So, 46 Hightown Road,

did you say?

Forty four.

Forty four, right.

- [woman] Greenburg.

- [man] Greenburg.

Excuse me? Hi.

We're producers of the show

Ghost Investigations.

We're here about a filming

permit for 311 Lenox,

in Edgemont Hills.

Our colleague

was here earlier

and he said the permit

wasn't ready yet.

The gentleman

in the baseball cap?

And you all would like

to film your...

your little television program

up at 311 Lenox?

- Yeah.

- Yup.

Yeah, you shouldn't

go to that house.

- It's creepy.

- Right.

Like creepy,

like the music plays

even though the power's

been turned off,

and the lights are turning

on and off, that sort of thing?

[laughs]

No, like people being chopped up

in itsy-bitsy pieces

and reassembled on the wall

in the shape of a cross

kind of creepy.

Have a good film shoot.

Hello?

[laughs]

Jamie, real original.

Jamie?

Dude, if you've been here

this whole time

while I've been setting up,

that is not cool.

[whistling]

So, who's the guy who

texted you about the house?

I can't reveal my sources.

Okay, that's cute.

But seriously, who?

A ghost.

- Stacy.

- David Ellington.

Okay, who's David Ellington?

What's with all

the questions?

Why are you being

so secretive?

I'm not.

We may want to interview him.

Who is he?

He doesn't want

to be interviewed.

- Why, what did he say?

- Who the hell is he?

David Ellington,

he took over ownership

of the property in 1992,

when the last murder occurred,

and it's been vacant

ever since.

Well, why did

he text you?

Oh, I don't know, baby.

Maybe because I'm a producer

on a hit Internet show

about haunted houses,

and he has a haunted house.

Work on him.

I want him on camera.

All right,

I'll get his address.

Wow, they found them all...

- [Tim] What?

- ...crucified.

What do you mean

crucified?

Look.

[Stacy]

All at 311 Lenox?

[Lisa]

All at 311 Lenox.

And some of them

had these strange symbols

branded on their wrists.

- [Tim] Holocaust survivors?

- I don't know.

They're all blacked out.

Ongoing murder investigations

are classified.

Even hundreds

of years old?

There's no statute

of limitations on murder.

Sorry.

- Stacy.

- Yeah.

Did you get the owner,

Ellington,

whatever his name is,

to change his mind

about being on camera?

Uh, yeah.

Yeah, I told you

he won't do it, so...

And I don't care.

I said I want him.

Well, he can't.

Then let me talk to him.

No.

Why not?

Uh, because...

um, because he's...

He's what?

[Gary]

Dead.

What are you

talking about?

Wiki says he owns

the building.

Wiki says a lot

of bullshit.

David Ellington,

born 1865, died 1934.

New York death

certificate.

He was the owner of

this place until then.

And...

he died here.

[Tim]

Well, who's been texting you?

[Stefan] And why is he

pretending to be a dead guy?

I don't know,

but I can find out.

[Stefan] Please do.

And while you're at it,

find out who owns the house now,

so I know who's going

to sue me for trespassing.

Thank you.

[cell phone chimes]

[Tim] Billy.

He did a good job down here.

Let's check everything's okay.

I'm going to lay

some audio down.

Check upstairs first.

If Billy's up there,

can you bring him down?

What happened here?

- What do you mean?

- All their stuff is still here.

Their clothes, their shoes,

their crystals.

Why didn't they have someone

pack all this stuff up

and have it shipped

to wherever they are now?

Well, all the details are murky,

but from what I understand,

whatever happened here...

had the last tenants

so freaked out,

that they didn't want anything

that reminded them of it.

Or they didn't want

that sh*t to follow them.

Exactly.

Well, there's no reception.

Wait, hold on.

[automated voice on phone]

...Can't take your call.

Please leave a message

after the tone.

[answering machine beeps]

Billy, where the hell are you?

Please, call me back.

We're ready to do

a baseline reading.

Alison. Bag. Room.

Hate. Much. You.

Someone needs to secure

the windows.

It's drafty upstairs.

Yeah! I'm on it already.

[wind whistling]

Just give me

a couple minutes, babe.

Mm-hmm.

Hey, do you guys know

what Novum is?

I couldn't find anything

on the Internet about it,

other than it's Latin

for "nine."

Yeah, because it is

also the name

of one of the

most stealthy, vicious,

satanic cults that exists.

Their mission is to get

Lucifer back to heaven,

where he belongs,

because he used to be

a good angel,

and they believe

he can be again.

Originally Lucifer

was an angel for God,

until he fell from grace.

Novum have been around

since Christ,

worshiping Lucifer.

Okay, and who do they target?

They believe that the truest,

purist form of sacrifice to God,

is the most precious life

to the most devoted to God,

and the most

precious to them.

Novum believes that in order for

Lucifer to get back to heaven,

and in God's good graces,

they need to kill

59,049 firstborns

of people of the cloth.

What? So, how many people

have they killed?

[Tim] All right.

What are you guys doing?

We're all set.

Are you ready?

- Yup. Ready, ready.

- Let's do it.

Yup, set up.

Good to go.

Yeah, it's probably

the circuit breaker.

- We'll check it out.

- [Gary] Whoa, hold on.

If it's anything electrical,

I'll do it.

Bring the equipment

with you.

Check for activity

while you're down there.

If this is Billy,

we're going to have words.

[door opens]

[Gary] In the back,

it's near the boiler.

Okay, so, the power

just went out.

Get the lights back on,

which will determine

what happened to them.

People who believe

in the paranormal

believe that power sources

have been known to drain

when depressed by spirits.

Those people also believe

that an entity will use

the power from batteries

and other power sources

to manifest themselves

in our world.

That's why we're here.

To investigate.

[thump]

You guys hear that?

Gary?

Yeah, I'm here.

All right,

time for an EVP.

If there's anyone down here,

can you make that sound?

We're here to help you.

Can you make that sound again?

[loud thud]

- You hear that?

- [Tim] Yeah.

It's in here.

[Stacy] Ready?

Uh-huh.

It stopped.

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