Charlie Charlie

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- Okay, now what?

- Now you say the phrase

that starts the game.

- I'm not gonna say it.

You say it.

- Nuh-uh.

You say it, it was your idea.

Hey!

Can you help us with something?

It'll just take a second.

- Okay.

Hang on.

- Okay.

- You guys, I don't

have time for this.

- Come on.

- I have mid-terms next

week, and I'm so far behind!

- Please?

- Please?

- Fine.

Charlie Charlie, can we play?

There, I said it.

- No wait, say it again,

it didn't hear you.

- Charlie Charlie, can we play?

Charlie Charlie, can these two

idiots play your stupid game?

- Whatever, stop it.

- Rachel,

what's going on?

Rachel, breathe!

What do I do?

- Oh god.

Oh god.

Gwen!

Gwen!

Gwen?

Gwen?

Oh god.

- It's not like we get paid.

- You and I could go

do something after.

Hey, hey, I heard there

was a wreck on the highway.

Heard some little

smart car ran over

a blade of grass or something

and it flipped like 20 times.

But there was a lot of blood.

Anyway, hey, what I'm sayin' is,

maybe that's why nobody's here?

Maybe they're all

stuck on the highway.

- Alice, we've been

open for five hours now.

A smart car that's

been in a tiny little

Fender bender wouldn't

explain why there's

nobody here lining

up to get tickets.

So if you're not busy

selling anything,

could you just keep

your mouth shut?

- I'm just saying it

was ironic, is all.

I mean, it's a smart car, right?

It's supposed to be

smart and it's...

- Let's just close

up for the night.

I'm gonna go to my office,

why don't you tell

the other actors?

- Well hey wait, but

you said I can't,

I should keep my mouth shut

if I'm not selling tickets.

Can I...

- Hi, I'm Karen Arnold

for tiptop news.

Have you been to a

haunted house this year?

Well neither has anyone else.

Gene, you in there?

- No!

- Gene, open up!

We need to talk

to you right now!

- We?

- Listen, man.

I'm tryin' to be

cool about this.

We have been working

for you for three weeks

and haven't been paid.

Now we demand, tonight,

that you pay us.

- Well actually, he's demanding.

I'm just asking.

- Shut up.

- Right, paychecks.

Let me see.

Hmm.

Let me check here.

Not there.

Hmm.

Oh, that's right, they're

around back on the money tree.

While you're back there,

why don't you grab mine too?

- Sweet!

Okay.

- Look, man.

No more jokes.

Now I need my money,

and I need it tonight.

Or else.

- Or else?

- Yeah.

- Or else what?

I don't have any money, fellas.

We don't have any customers.

No customers equals no

money, do you understand?

I would love to pay you two.

Because there's a

lot of other things

I'd rather be doing right

now than dealing with this!

Oh!

Here's a thought.

Why don't you two geniuses

put your brains together and

come up with some amazing new

way to draw in some business?

Because I don't

have any ideas left!

- We could...

- That's not our

problem, it's yours!

You figure it out.

- Move over ouija board,

there's a new game in town

and his name is Charlie.

Charlie Charlie, actually.

It's the Internet

sensation that has

all of America's youth

trembling with fear.

The game seems to have

gotten out of hand a little.

21-year-old Ryder Allen was

charged several months ago

with multiple counts

of first-degree murder

after playing the

game with friends.

The charges were later dropped

due to lack of evidence.

Allen insisted on her

innocence, saying her friends

were killed by a demon

summoned by the game.

- That footage of Karen

Arnold was recorded

previously today, from

the front lawn of the

double-homicide sorority house.

And continuing breaking

news about that murder case

involving local college

student Ryder Allen.

- Guys.

I think I actually

have a new idea.

All right, we need something

to draw in new interest, right?

We need something to really

strike terror and fear

in the minds of those

little bastards!

- Like what?

- Like Lizzie borden.

Bloody Mary.

The stuff of legends!

Except new!

- What are you gettin' at?

- I'm thinking we have

kids over here after hours.

You see, we could come up

with a new challenge for 'em.

A challenge based on...

Based on that!

- A game she's calling

Charlie Charlie.

A new team of investigators

have been hired.

- So we invite kids in here,

and we have 'em play

a game or something?

And then we scare 'em!

- Yeah, but don't

hurt yourselves.

- And then we scare them.

- Better.

All right, so the plan is

we're gonna have kids here

after hours, we're just

gonna let 'em run around

for a while and scare

the hell out of 'em!

- If I do this,

you better pay me overtime.

- Paulie, my boy,

when news about

this story gets out,

and what we're about

to do with this house,

teens will be lining

up from across

the state just to get in here!

- Thanks for watching the

nightly channel six tiptop news.

I'm Peter hanes, with

one final question.

If miss Allen did not

kill her roommates,

then who, or what, did?

- Now.

For the flier.

I need the big pen.

Yes.

Charlie

Charlie

challenge.

Is that with two l's?

Yes.

- Okay, so you're gonna

be careful, right?

You're gonna call

me when you're done.

And you're gonna keep

your hands off my sister

and you're gonna

take care of her.

- Yeah, dude, it's

fine, it's no problem.

- Hey man, it's all right,

we'll watch after her.

- We're gonna be fine.

- I've been expecting you!

Seriously, guys, I've

been waiting here

since midnight, where ya been?

- Well this...

- Midnight, sharp.

Great.

No big deal, the point

is you're here now.

So welcome to hangman's

house of horrors

Charlie Charlie challenge!

Came up with that myself,

has a certain ring to it.

Before we begin, it's time

to lay a little ground rules.

- Fine.

But can we go inside?

These are real

designer shoes and I

try not to wear 'em on concrete.

- Try not to wear

them on concrete?

- Duh, they're real

designer shoes.

- So.

Let's get down to it, shall we?

The challenge begins

when the game does.

I will be escorting you

to a specific location

in this house which I've already

laid out the game for you.

- Uh, what's your name?

- Oh, it's gene, but everyone

here calls me the ringmaster!

- Okay, gene,

where is everybody?

- Oh.

They're off for tonight, i

thought it would be a hell

of a lot scarier if they

weren't kinda hangin' around.

Which means you will all be

here overnight by yourselves.

So please be careful.

Which reminds me, my

attorney prepared, oh!

These tiny little

contracts for you to sign.

Hopefully this

will stop you from

suing on the slight chance

of any kind of accident.

Here's some pens,

pass 'em around.

Oh, I'm also told I'm

required to say that playing

the Charlie Charlie

challenge is strictly

for entertainment purposes only.

You cannot actually summon

a demon and the game

is just that, a game.

- Yes you can.

It says on this website

that not too long ago

a group of friends were playing

and all and one person died.

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