Child Eater

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(wind lightly blowing)

(eerie dramatic music)

(car door opens)

- Hey.

Sweetie?

(eerie ethereal music)

Honey, are you all right?

- [Ginger] He hurt me.

(gasping)

(screaming)

(eerie dramatic music)

(eerie somber music)

- Look Tom may not be your

knight in shining armor

but you could do worse.

(laughing)

- Wow, that's a

ringing endorsement.

He is more like a court

jester, and self appointed.

- Look I've got to go,

but call me tonight, okay?

I should get a break

around midnight.

- I bet you look

great in that uniform.

- I do, you know I've always

liked a man in uniform,

and now I'm one of them.

- You won't say a word to him?

- Of course not.

Never.

(laughs)

(eerie somber music)

(sighs)

- [Helen] F***.

(slow melodic music)

I could really use a word

of advice right about now.

(door closes)

- [Sheriff] Helen.

- Great, thanks.

- Hey, what are you doing?

Let's go.

- What?

- [Sheriff] The Parker gig.

- That's tonight?

- It's now, come

on, I'll drive you.

- Dad I'm really not

feeling up to it.

Can't he find someone else?

- Five minutes before

you're supposed to arrive?

The guy just moved in,

doesn't know anyone in town.

Who is he supposed to find?

It was your idea to

look for more work.

(sighs)

(eerie somber music)

(eerie dramatic music)

(gasps)

- [Matthew] Where were you?

- Just in the woods.

- I told you, you

shouldn't wander around

out there by yourself.

- I saw that man again.

- Who, that old bird watcher?

Lucas, you're going to

have to learn to respect

your elders.

You're going to look

like that when you're 80.

- Do you really have

to go out tonight?

- Hey where did I pack my ties?

I think I left them

in the basement.

Would you run down there

and grab that for me?

(exhales deeply)

(eerie ethereal music)

Lucas, did you find them?

(eerie dramatic music)

- [Sheriff] Casey is doing

pretty well at the station.

I have to admit, I wasn't

sure what to expect.

- Great.

- You can talk to me, you know?

Tell me what's going on.

Is it the house?

- Dad, I'm not 10.

I mean that story

still creeps me out.

Eating the eyes of kids to

keep himself from going blind.

It's disgusting.

(eerie dramatic music)

(eerie somber music)

- Thank you so much for coming,

I don't know what

I would have done

if your dad hadn't offered.

Lucas doesn't know the

history behind this place

so I would appreciate it if

we could keep that quiet.

He has a pretty

active imagination.

- [Sheriff] She

won't say a word.

I'm going to head

back to the station,

but I just wanted to

make sure everything

was okay, Mr. Parker.

- Awesome, thanks,

sheriff, I owe you one.

- Don't mention it.

- [Helen] Owes you one?

Christ.

(door closes)

- I should get Lucas,

get you two acquainted.

- It's just the two of you?

- Yeah.

Lucas' mom Linda passed

away when he was born.

- Oh.

I'm so sorry.

I didn't mean to--

- [Matthew] No, don't worry.

She would have hated this house.

Ah there he is.

- Hello there.

- [Matthew] Come

down, don't be shy.

- I'm Helen, nice to meet you.

(eerie somber music)

- Yes, the squatter,

yes I remember.

The sheriff?

No.

Yeah, of course.

I'll transfer you right

now, Mrs. Haggemeyer.

(phone rings)

Widow's Peak sheriff

office, this is Casey.

He'll sing you songs

and tell you lies

- Excuse me?

- [Ginger] I've seen

things, heard things.

- Who is this?

- [Ginger] Tell the

sheriff Ginger called.

Tell him he's awake.

(eerie dramatic music)

- [Man] Keep going!

I've got it, V.

I've got it, V.

- You should probably

turn this off.

- No, no, it's fine.

- When you have terrible

nightmares tonight

we'll talk about whether

or not it's fine.

What's that you've got there?

- It's my mom's.

Was my mom's.

It's supposed to

be for protection.

It's silver and silver

keeps the monsters away.

(sparrow flutters)

It's stuck.

- What, Lucas?

- [Lucas] You hear that?

It's a bird in my bird house.

- [Helen] Your what?

(eerie somber music)

- It's so dark.

(eerie somber music)

It's a sparrow.

Sparrow flies through a house,

someone is going to die.

(eerie somber music)

- Ginger, you're sure

that's what she said?

- Yes, absolutely.

(eerie somber music)

- Did she say anything else?

- Just that song

and "he's awake."

- Thank you.

(eerie somber music)

- You weren't kidding about

liking this horror stuff.

- [Lucas] Wait.

Could you leave that light on?

- [Helen] Of course.

What is it, Lucas?

- I think I saw someone

around the house.

In the woods.

An old man.

- An old man?

- He's always there.

Today I found a hole in

the wall in the basement.

There was wind in there.

What if it leads outside?

What if he can come inside?

What if he knows about it?

- Shh, shh.

No one is coming inside.

- I saw him today.

I think he was

going to the farm.

- No, Lucas, the

farm is off limits.

It's very dangerous, you should

not go there alone, okay?

- When I was a kid, I

used to think children

couldn't die, but they can.

A lot of them died, over there.

I Googled it.

- Oh.

You should know that that

happened a long, long time ago.

You have nothing to worry about.

It's time to go to bed, okay?

- Okay.

(eerie somber music)

- [Man] Yes, sir?

- [Sheriff] I need you to

look up some files for me.

(eerie ethereal music)

(knocks at window)

- [Helen] What are

you doing here?

- I tried to call but there's

no reception out there

and I'm really

terrified of the dark.

You're eating melted ice cream.

That's super gross.

- Nope, it's best like this.

(laughs)

How did you know I was here?

- Casey might have

told me something.

I do think it's super

weird that I've got to

talk to Casey to figure out

where you are these days.

- Yeah, I've been working a lot.

- So this is the old

Bowery place, huh?

Got to admit, I expected

something a little more Gothic.

Did you find any dead

bodies in the walls?

- No.

It's just a house,

a normal house.

- Yeah, people that bought

it might be a little, right?

- Nope, perfectly normal.

Well--

- Well?

- I don't know, maybe I

don't understand boys.

Did you ever trap animals

when you were a kid?

- Trap animals?

- Not to hurt them,

I don't think,

I think he just

wanted to keep them.

I don't know.

Maybe he is a little weird.

- Maybe.

- But you know that's really

none of your business.

You should go.

- Oh come on, it will

be like we're teenagers.

I'll be the bad

boyfriend sneaking in.

- We're not teenagers anymore.

- Helen, who's he?

- He's here to help me babysit.

- What up, little man?

I'm Tom.

- You're not supposed

to have company.

- [Helen] I know.

Tom was just about to leave.

What is it?

Is anything wrong?

- [Lucas] First it

was like breathing.

Then, a voice, whispering.

- See I told you that

movie was a bad idea.

- It's not the film, I heard it.

Someone is in there.

- Okay.

Let's see then.

- [Lucas] Wait!

(sighs)

- [Helen] It's nothing, Lucas.

Old houses make strange

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