Child Eater Page #2

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sounds sometimes.

(eerie dramatic music)

See, empty.

Now you're going to go to bed.

- [Lucas] You think

I'm making it up.

You just want me to stay up

here, so you can be with him.

- I already told you I was

going to tell him to leave.

- [Lucas] No you're not.

- Listen you don't need

to worry about things

that don't concern you.

There is nothing in your closet.

The only reason you're

scared is because

I let you watch

that scary movie.

- What if it's that old man?

- There is no old man, okay?

It's just all in your head.

- Yeah because I'm a weird kid.

(sighs)

- Lucas--

- You can leave now.

I'm going to bed.

(eerie somber music)

- So was it Robert Bowery?

- [Helen] You're still here.

- He's not scared

of the Boogie Man.

He's got a crush on you, and

he wants to get rid of me.

Smart kid.

- I think I messed that one up.

- What are you talking about?

He's a kid, he's going

to forget in two seconds.

What does that even mean?

If you mess up, you can't

babysit here anymore?

Big deal.

(ethereal somber music)

I think it's actually

a good thing,

because you really should be

spending more time with me.

(ethereal somber music)

I miss you.

It's good to hear

that you miss me too.

I know that's got to

be a complex emotion

to sort of put into words.

- Tom, I'm pregnant.

- What?

Is it mine?

(wind blowing heavily)

(eerie ethereal music)

When were you going

to tell me this?

- I just told you.

- Are you going to keep it?

(footsteps running)

- Did you hear that?

- Hear what?

- [Helen] Lucas?

(eerie ethereal music)

Tom, check the study.

Lucas?

(eerie ethereal music)

- [Tom] He's not there.

(eerie ethereal music)

- I think I know where he went.

(birds flutter)

Lucas?

Lucas, where are you?

(sighs)

- [Tom] Kid could be

anywhere, this is pointless.

- No he would have followed

the path, he's a smart kid.

- I think we should

call someone.

- Why, so they can

clean up our mess?

- [Tom] Your mess.

- See, this is why

I've been avoiding you.

You can't deal when

things get serious.

- Helen.

- [Helen] No please,

let me finish.

- No, Helen, what is that?

(eerie somber music)

- That's feathers.

(eerie ethereal music)

That's his blanket.

(eerie ethereal music)

- [Wesley] Hey wait a minute,

what do you got there?

- Just some files

Connolly asked me to get.

- [Wesley] From the basement?

Let me see.

The Bowery case?

What the hell for?

- [Rebecca] What

are you looking at?

- I should probably get

these to the sheriff.

- [Wesley] The Child

Eater of Widow's Peak.

Bowery was a weird one.

No one suspected a thing,

little did we know.

- My mom says it's

because of those woods.

Said he spent too much

time there, went too deep.

- Bunch of horse

sh*t, he snapped.

Developed an eye disease.

- Macular degeneration.

It's genetic.

- [Wesley] He slowly went blind.

But at some point it

seems he started believing

eating other folks'

eyes would cure his own.

Said the younger, the better.

He put a mask over their heads

to make them as blind as he was.

This death mask.

- What is this, ghost

stories around the camp fire?

Should I go out and buy

some goddamn marshmallows?

Old bastard was

just a sick sadist.

(eerie ethereal music)

- [Tom] Did you hear that?

- [Helen] What?

- The sound of every

bone in your body

telling you not

to go any further.

- He is just hiding somewhere.

Lucas?

Okay you got what you wanted,

we're out here, now let's go.

- Stop!

- [Helen] Jesus Christ,

that's a f***ing bear trap.

- Are there bears

in these woods?

- [Helen] What if Lucas

stepped into one of these?

- I mean we know, we would hear

him screaming his lungs out.

- [Helen] Tom.

- No I mean it, Helen,

seriously, we would know.

(eerie ethereal music)

- [Helen] Are you in here?

Tom, look at this.

Someone has been here.

- [Tom] Of course

someone has been here,

this place is legendary.

- Did you ever come here?

- [Tom] No but I was never into

this kind of stuff any way.

Used to play hide and seek.

Apparently he was so unassuming,

you could just be

in a room with him

for minutes before you

would even notice him.

- [Helen] It wasn't until

you heard him breathing

that you realized

he was right there.

I remember the stories.

They used to keep me awake.

(eerie dramatic music)

(thudding sound)

(eerie somber music)

(thudding)

(eerie somber music)

- Lucas?

(thudding sound)

(eerie dramatic music)

(thudding sound)

(eerie dramatic music)

- Hey.

(eerie dramatic music)

- Teeth.

- Hey, you!

(eerie ethereal music)

Hey we're looking for

someone, it's a little kid.

(metal clamping)

(screaming)

- [Tom] Help, Helen!

(eerie ethereal music)

Help!

Help!

(groans)

Ah.

No, f***, no!

(screams)

- [Helen] Tom?

(screams)

(eerie ethereal music)

(pants)

(eerie ethereal music)

F***!

(pants)

(eerie dramatic music)

He'll sing you songs

and tell you lies

But all he wants is

to taste your eyes

(eerie ethereal music)

(somber instrumental music)

(pants)

(eerie ethereal music)

(eerie somber music)

(door opens)

Hello?

(eerie somber music)

Is anyone here?

(eerie somber music)

I just need to use your phone.

I need to call the police.

(eerie somber music)

(eerie dramatic music)

(door opens)

- [Ginger] So close them shut.

Run away, or you'll never

see the light of day.

(eerie dramatic music)

(gasps)

(ringing sound)

(eerie dramatic music)

(children's laughter)

(eerie ethereal music)

(humming)

- Help!

Somebody please help me!

(eerie ethereal music)

- [Ginger] Call Lucas.

- Please let me go.

- [Ginger] Call him, and

we will end this now.

(eerie ethereal music)

He may not be able to see,

but he can hear everything.

He can smell blood.

He knows these woods like

the back of his hand.

So which do you want: the

boy out there with him

or here with us?

- Who are you?

(eerie ethereal music)

- [Ginger] I was the

one that got away.

(gasps)

(eerie ethereal music)

They thought he was dead.

But evil never dies.

(eerie ethereal music)

In these woods, it lingers.

Dwells.

When I was a child, long

before Robert Bowery went mad,

there was an old, old story.

They say the stork comes

at night and brings people

their newborn babies.

But this was another

kind of stork.

One with black feathers.

(eerie ethereal music)

Every once in a

while, he would call.

A call only children of bad

unworthy parents could hear.

They would crawl out of

their beds in the middle

of the night and follow

the call, all the way

up the hill to where

the stork was waiting.

Once they got there, he

would peck out their eyes

with his beak, and all the

blind babies would crawl

around the woods and couldn't

find their ways back home.

(eerie ethereal music)

Then the stork ate the babies.

Their blood soaked up the soil.

The trees and the grass

grew from that bloody soil.

That place is built on

that blood of innocents.

(groans)

(eerie dramatic music)

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