Darkness Reigns Page #5

Synopsis: A film crew is ravaged by a demon, who is hell bent on cashing in on a deal he made with someone on set who was seeking fame and fortune.
Genre: Horror
Director(s): Andrew P. Jones
Production: Picture Palace Films
Year:
2017
8 Views


any control over this at all.

- Look, guys, this

is not helping the situation.

Hey, Daniel, why don't

you stay out of this.

- Aaron, you need

to calm down, alright?

Dumping on Sidney's not

gonna help anything.

Hey, guys, stop it, okay?

We need to stay together

as a team.

It's not going to matter.

Why are you so negative?

Have you seen what the thing's

capable of?

Yeah.

No, no, no, I mean have

you really seen it?

Darling, I've studied

these phenomena all my life

and I have never, never, seen

anything like this, ever.

Well, that doesn't mean that

we can't stop it somehow.

Son, we're dealing with a

power of the universe here.

Something that human beings

aren't able to comprehend.

The brightest minds in

particle physics and cosmology

and quantum mechanics don't

even begin to understand it.

Sorry, I'm just being real.

- Yeah, well keep it

to yourself

because it's not helping us.

Wait, guys.

You hear that?

Come on, let's go, let's go.

- Why are we

running toward the noise?

- 'Cause it

might be help that's why.

- I don't know

anything about that.

I don't like it.

Well, then just stay back!

You know, Van-, Vanessa's right.

I don't have a good feeling

about this.

Oh, you don't have a

good feeling.

Well, with all due respect,

Sidney,

if you had any

psychic ability whatsoever,

we would not be in this mess.

- Now what does

that mean?

It means you woulda

seen it coming.

Oh, just leave him alone.

No one could have expected

that what happened today was

gonna happen.

Well, he should have,

I mean, if any of this crap

was even real

in the first place.

- It doesn't

work like that, Aaron.

I-, I-, I get impressions,

I-, I sense things,

and I sensed this presence,

I talked about it.

Yeah, well, why didn't

you warn us?

Oh right, oh hey, guys,

I recommend that you shut

down the production right now

and get out of the building

because I've got a bad feeling.

Okay, single file now.

Oh, come on, get real man.

- Wait, that, where...

Where's that coming from,

do you hear it?

It's coming from over here.

[ominous ringing

and static crackling]

Maybe there's,

someone's trapped.

Hello?

Oh, sh*t.

Hello, hello, who's in there?

We're stuck, we need help.

- Aaron, is that you?

Yes, yes, it's me, who is this?

- Open the door,

please, I can't get to it.

Careful, Aaron.

Aaron.

Mom?

Mom, what are you doing here?

- Aaron.

Aaron, look at me man,

look at me.

That's not your mom, alright?

Your mom died a long time ago.

You know that, you know that.

Mom, Mom, he's right.

You can't be here.

I'm right here, Aaron.

I came to visit you, but

I've been alone in here.

I had a bite to eat while

I was waiting.

I hope that's okay.

Yeah, yeah, of course it's okay.

I missed you, Aaron.

Take me home.

I missed you too, Mom, so much.

Aaron, let's go, it's

just one of his tricks.

Shut up, Sidney!

Just leave me alone.

- Aaron, this

is not your mother.

I think you know that.

We need to go,

right now, please.

Stay with me Aaron.

Leave your friends.

I need you, I need you.

Mom, I can't, you're not,

you're not real.

Ugh, something's not right, Son.

I don't feel well.

What's wrong, just tell me

what's wrong.

- Aaron, Aaron.

- I'll get help I promise.

Where does it hurt?

Oh, oh, my god. [crying]

- Holy sh*t,

Aaron, Aaron, come on man.

- Don't give in, Aaron.

It's feeding on your emotions,

your fears.

- Ah, Jesus,

oh my god...

- Aaron.

- Stay with me, Aaron.

- Aaron.

- Stay with Mommy.

I missed you so much.

- Aaron, come on man.

Come on man.

- Ugh, ugh.

- Aaron!

- That's it.

That's a good boy.

- Aaron, Daniel,

right now, get out.

- Come on.

Aaron!

- Aaron, where's Aaron?

- Get away from

her, she's not real.

- Aaron, you hear

me open the door, Aaron.

Open the door, come on!

Daniel, stand back.

I'm gonna kick the son of a

b*tch in.

Ah, oh!

- Oh God.

Jesus, stand back.

Don't look at him.

Oh, my god.

Don't--

- Get off me.

- Oh God,

oh, okay, okay.

Aaron!

God damn!

- Daniel,

are you okay?

I'm fine...I'm fine.

We need to,

we need to stay focused.

We need to keep moving.

Give me the camera.

Oh God.

Is this thing just going to kill

us all?

I mean, is this where

we all just wrap it up?

It could be,

but I've still got a little

piss and vinegar left in me.

Let's keep looking

for a way out.

- Sh*t!

What is it, what's wrong?

- Take the camera.

- What?

- Take the camera

and point it into that mirror.

Wh-, what is it, Daniel?

I saw something,

I swear I saw something.

Look, we're all more

susceptible right now.

That's what paranormal energy

does, it breaks you down.

It, it was me but it,

wasn't, it wasn't me.

I swear, I saw something.

It's okay, Daniel, it's okay.

These things play tricks

on us all the time.

They relish it.

They thrive on causing

misery and confusion.

That's where they get their

power, their energy.

I swear, I, I saw it.

After everything we've seen

today, Daniel,

no one's doubting you.

- Ugh, there,

let's go.

- At least he'll, you

know, be preserved in here.

Daniel, son?

Come on let's go.

- Yeah.

- Guys, stairs.

[light switch clicking]

Lights aren't working.

- Hold on,

I have infrared

on the camera, night vision.

Slow and steady, we'll be fine.

- So, in case anyone

finds this recording, this,

this recording that has

outlived us,

we are the last survivors.

We, we witnessed

the murder, or...

or demise of the entire crew

at the hands of someone,

so-, some,

some being, some,

some--thing unexplainable.

- It's another

kitchen.

- Aaron is now dead,

and we placed his body

in the cooler.

Unless we find a way

out, we're probably next.

- Ugh.

- There are no

working elevators.

All the windows and doors are

boarded up or frozen shut.

The footage on the memory

card should tell you

everything that you

need to know.

I've recorded everything

that I could.

I mean, it,

it's almost as if this

thing is trying to show off.

I have never seen anything

this intense.

- No one has.

I think it's a ballroom.

- Let's go.

Of course, no windows.

We, we must be underground.

- Come on, over there.

I've studied footage from

hundreds of haunted locations.

For the most part they just

let the cameras roll for days

and if they're lucky,

they might see a, a

marble move half an inch,

but you,

what you've recorded is,

is nothing short of phenomenal.

When we get out of here,

can you imagine what

this is gonna be worth?

- Yeah, well,

if, if we get out of here.

Daniel, when we met last night,

you said you'd heard a voice.

- What?

Yeah, you, you told me

that you'd heard a voice

in your hotel room.

We never talked about it.

- Right, yeah,

yeah, it said, "It's time",

But it-, I mean, it was,

it was probably nothing.

It was just, I mean,

it was probably the TV.

It, it, look it was nothing.

- Huh.

- Guys, come on.

This is crazy.

Ugh!

- Guys, what is that?

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