Buried Alive Page #4

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Hello?

Is somebody out there?

Hello?

No phone service.

No internet, no video games.

Hate the desert! Hate the desert.

Sweet.

There's a couple other places

in the house I'd like to show you.

Oh, really?

Cow, go sit by Danny.

Go on. We'll talk more later.

- Why are we here?

- So you can scare your wannabes.

- Are you in trouble with the dean again?

- No.

It's just academic probation. I do a couple

papers, retake a course or two and that's it.

- I'm back in class in a few weeks.

- You are so lame.

If you just study instead of dicking around,

you would have graduated a year ago.

- No, that's not true.

- What? Two years?

- Year and a half.

- You're just so... so...

So what? Unique? Individual?

Too good for words?

Lame. The word is lame.

Cow, tell him that he's lame.

You're lame. Cute but lame.

Did I tell you to tell him that he was cute?

Did I? Go stand on your head

and recite the Gettysburg Address.

Now, now, now.

Don't let the power go to your head.

Julie was only being honest.

Let me give you a hand with that.

Whoa, whoa.

Four score and...

Lincoln's face...

Mount Rushmore...

Sacagawea had lunch with Pilgrims.

- This is really hard.

- You have no idea.

Laura, are you fin...

I'm almost done. Gosh.

Don't go mad-cow on me.

- What's going on? What is it?

- Laura!

- Why are you shouting?

- Oh, my God. Oh!

Scary old woman...

Behind her! Ax...

- What?

- Is Laura OK?

- I don't know. I just ran!

- Come on, Danny.

Hurry.

- You OK?

- Yeah. You could have knocked.

Nobody tried to chop you up

with an ax?

Mm, not that I noticed, no.

- No psychos?

- Just Julie.

- Julie?

- I know what I saw.

Look. Up here, the light and shadows...

It could play tricks on your eyes.

- I'm not crazy!

- No one said you were.

- X making you see things.

- No, I don't think so.

No, no? Look at Laura.

She looks OK to me.

- Guys, do you mind?

- Right.

Why don't we let dog here finish up

her bath, and let's get something to eat.

Yeah. That's a good idea.

Why don't you all follow me to the kitchen?

Hey, Julie.

You thought you saw a crazy person

with an ax standing behind me?

- Yeah.

- And you didn't tell me?

Really bad karma.

Go.

Close the door!

Hey, Julie. Go outside

and tell Phil we're gonna eat now.

Hey, Phil? If you're hungry

we're gonna eat now.

Dusty. Hoo.

What is this stuff?

Well, it looks like we've got

some canned corn over there. Yum.

Some coffee. Boiled free-range chicken.

Is there any real food?

- What do you want? Pop-Tarts?

- Good.

I don't think there's anything in here

I wanna eat.

Yeah, keep looking.

You'll find something.

Maybe we can make some popcorn

out of this.

What the f*** is that?

Hit it, hit it!

You have to get it! Get it! Zane!

- Zane, help!

- Rene? Ooh!

Do something, man.

- Something to help us, a**hole!

- Zane, help, help!

- F***!

- Kill it! Kill it! Get it!

Be careful.

Oh, f***.

- You OK?

- Yeah, I guess so.

- You guys find some food?

- Yeah, we did. And it's fresh.

- Come on. You said you were hungry.

- Zane, don't.

- It's dead.

- So? It's not funny.

F***!

...that!

- You OK?

- Yeah. Are you?

Yeah.

What?

Think you should wear that more often.

Don't tell me

you're getting superstitious.

Nope. Not at all.

Don't f*** around with me!

Snakes aren't funny.

Ooh, Jesus.

There's nothing like a little excitement

to spark up an appetite.

- So what do you guys want to eat?

- Beer.

- Beer.

- Beer.

Strawberry daiquiri... Beer.

- Beer sounds good to me.

- Where are you going?

I'm returning them to the wild

where they belong.

Be careful, OK?

I just killed two snakes.

I think I can take care of myself.

I guess Phil got a signal.

Who could he be talking to this long?

Maybe he's asking his dweeb friends

to tape the History Channel for him.

No, he's probably calling his doctor.

"I can't take it.

There's too much nature out here."

I don't think his doctor

would be in his office right now. It's late.

Who cares?

He's probably jerking off.

- Hey, Rene?

- Hm?

Did you see these pictures?

They were stuffed under paper

and junk in the cellar.

Are these your great-grandparents?

That's our great-grandfather

but that's not our great-grandmother.

- That must be his first wife.

- Oh, a very strong presence.

Zane, come here. Look at this.

Who is this?

Uh, that's Great-Gramps,

his second wife and that's their four kids.

Look at the wife, Rene.

Wow. You look exactly

like your great-grandmother.

- You could be sisters.

- Totally!

She has a much different hairstyle, though.

Look closer at the first wife.

What do you see?

- She's wearing my necklace.

- Now look at the second wife.

She's wearing my necklace too.

Look at the first wife -

her features, her hair.

You can tell she has

Native American blood in her.

That's not just a necklace. That's a totem.

Like a pole?

No. It depends on the tribe.

But that design is very special. It's unique.

It's either for protection against evil spirits

or safe passage to the other side.

Safe passage?

So your spirit doesn't get lost on its

journey. How did you get the necklace?

Zane gave it to me.

Yeah, it was found in the wreckage

of the burnt-down house.

Ended up in a safety deposit box

and was there for decades.

My dad brought the box back

a few years ago and I took the necklace.

- Thought Rene might like it.

- I do like it.

You know,

there's something else in that box.

Rene, that necklace was made

by a tribal shaman for a specific individual.

How do you know all this stuff?

This is a Chinese symbol for Quan-Li,

an ancient mystical warrior

who destroyed all forces of evil.

He protects those who wear his mark.

And you really believe that?

This is a Celtic druid cross.

Ancient people who knew

mysteries of the universe millennia ago.

This symbol shows a connection

and entreats protection from harm.

Look, Laura,

they're attractive decorations but...

- They're way more than that.

- Fine, but as for making a point?

Really?

My necklace!

This is creepy.

This is boring!

I'm gettin' a beer.

- So what does this all mean?

- That necklace was created to protect.

If the first wife was buried alive

because she couldn't be killed,

maybe the necklace was doing

exactly what it was supposed to.

What's that?

This was in the box with the necklace.

It's supposed to be

Great-Gramps's second wife's diary.

Looks waterlogged.

Maybe she had it

in the bathtub with her at the end.

It's probably the only way it survived.

- It's impossible to read.

- Go to the end.

"S-seen her again.

"I think wants necklace, revenge.

"Something gold.

Fear for all, end it all,

stop this..." something.

A curse.

"...if I can."

You still think it's all a myth?

The gold, the bearing, the curse?

The second wife saw something she

feared. She says so. She has the necklace.

It has to be the same one

the first wife wore.

The second wife dies, the family

is slaughtered, the house burns down...

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