Deliver Us from Evil Page #2

Raring to go.

Mmm.

(INDISTINCT TALKING)

RALPH:
Go, Savannah, kick it.

Let's get it down here.

Let's go!

Christina, you gotta run, baby!

You gotta run!

(WHISTLE BLOWING) (ALL CHEERING)

Oh, yeah!

Attagirl!

Attaway, Christina!

Yeah, baby!

All right, Ralph, sign her out,

and she's off to Hanwell.

RALPH:
Is she drugged?

She's been sedated.

You know this lady?

Yeah, her name is Jane Crenna.

You got a name?

Joe Mendoza.

She's one of my Charges.

One of your "charges"?

What does that mean?

I'm a Jesuit priest.

Ain't they the priests

you always read about?

Dying in bed with

hookers and sh*t?

There are worse ways to go.

Where's your collar, Padre?

I work Undercover, like you.

Are you going with her?

He's here at

the family's request.

They felt she

needed a specialist.

(HISSING) Specialist.

Are you a psychiatrist, too?

No, I'm not.

Can you tell me

exactly how she was

behaving when you

first saw her at the zoo?

Like she was nuts, that's how.

She's going to the loony

bin where she belongs.

When you arrested her, did

she seem unusually strong?

No, why?

No reason that

would interest you.

But if you do think

of something more specific,

or if I can be of any help,

please call me.

Okay-

(HISSING)

Do you think she's single?

(BUZZER RINGING) Oh, sh*t.

BUTLER:
No usable prints on the

ladder or any of the paintbrushes.

What about the security cams?

The zookeepers can't explain how

he let those goddamn lions loose.

Cameras were on

the backup genny,

but the lawyers for the zoo

want a written

request for the footage.

Should only take a day or two.

I'm gonna find that

f***ing freak painter.

I promise you. (PHONE BEEPING)

CHRISTINA:
(ON PHONE) Hi, Daddy.

I'm going to sleep now,

but first, I want to tell

you that I love you,

and I miss you, and I wish

you were home, and good night,

and I got a gold star

in class yesterday.

And I also love you,

and miss you,

and if you're home in time,

I'll see you in the morning.

Oh! Sorry.

JEN:
That's okay. I'll get you another one.

Here, give Daddy a kiss.

Be safe tonight.

BUTLER:
Sarchie.

Hey, Sarchie? Watch this.

(LAUGHING)

GORDON:
Lady's out

of her f***ing mind, man.

She's crazy. Out of her mind.

Why? What does it say?

She said that nobody's

been down in that basement

since it was

painted two weeks ago,

but that's where all the strange

noises are coming from.

I'm so sick of

these bullshit calls.

Waste of my f***ing time.

Gordon, did you say something

about a room being painted?

Yeah, it was a basement. This

crazy lady down in Belmont

complaining about some strange

disturbances, noises,

sh*t moving around

on its own. Weird, huh?

And then today she gets

a call from her father

saying, "Shut the doors, the doors.

Shut the goddamn doors."

That's not so weird.

NADLER:
Yeah, but she

swears it was her pop.

He's been dead for seven years.

She's a whackjob, trust me.

Let me see that.

Nadler, you guys

can skip this one.

We'll take the call.

Radar?

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

BUTLER:
This is it. (LAUGHING)

I think the Addams

Family lives here.

You know, the last time we

took somebody else's job,

you almost got eaten.

Yeah, if something eats me here,

feel free to say,

"I told you so."

(BUTLER HUMMING ADDAMS FAMILY

THEME) (BUTLER SNAPPING FINGERS)

Salvatore Alberghetti?

We're from the 46 precinct.

May we come in?

Yes, please.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Sorry for, uh, mess.

It's, uh, much trouble here.

(SALVATORE SPEAKING ITALIAN)

You all, uh, sleeping in the living room?

SALVATORE:
Yes.

We, uh...

Since worse, we sleep

by door in case...

No sleeping alone.

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

This is my wife, Serafina.

The boy, Mario, he will tell.

Hello.

Is nightmare!

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

Since a few weeks ago,

we started seeing

and hearing things.

What kind of things?

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

Things moving and sounds,

mostly at night,

coming from the basement.

Come. This way.

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

Mama says, it's like the

whole house is possessed.

"Possessed"?

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

Gordon called it. She's a whackjob.

(SNAPS FINGERS)

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

She knows you don't believe,

but it's okay.

She says,

"Let me show you."

Do you ever change

a light bulb around here?

SALVATORE:
No matter how

many times we get new,

they burn out in a few hours.

We get holy Candles from priest,

but here, they no burn.

The candles won't burn?

No. We all try light them.

Many times.

(SERAFINA SPEAKING ITALIAN)

This Jesus,

he came down off

the wall and broke.

(CAT MEOWING)

Jesus.

What the hell is wrong with it?

It's a cat. That's

what's wrong with it.

(CAT YOWLING)

(SERAFINA SPEAKING ITALIAN)

What are they saying?

They think

that down there

is where the evil comes from.

(SIGHING)

Excuse me.

All right.

Take the kid. Wait upstairs.

We are gonna go down and

check out the basement.

(STAMMERING)

The bulb, it burn out.

No light down there.

(DOOR CREAKING)

After you.

(FAINT WHIRRING)

BUTLER:
(WHISPERING) Listen.

(CLATTERING)

(SOUNDS STOP)

(GASPS) You missed your calling.

You should have been a plumber.

(LAUGHING)

(FAINT CLATTERING SOUND)

There. Look at that.

(LOUD CLICKING)

You wanna read him his rights

or shoot him while he's down?

(SIGHING)

You know, it stinks down here.

I'm gonna go get some air.

(DOOR CLOSING)

(FOOTSTEPS OVERHEAD)

(STATIC ON RADIO)

(STATIC STOPS)

(HISSING)

(RATTLING)

(GASPS)

(SLOSHING)

(INSECTS BUZZING)

(SHUDDERING)

MAN:
Watch your step.

MAN 2:
Do me a favor.

Get these lights on.

So these two painters you hired,

did they ever say

anything strange to you?

Tell you do anything?

No. They...

Barely speak.

Is one of them, no?

You tell me. This is his ID.

His name was David Griggs. Si.

Did you ever meet him or the other

painter before you hired them?

BOTH:
No.

As far as we can tell,

the other painter

was the last person

to see Griggs alive.

So, did you ever get

a good look at him?

(SPEAKING ITALIAN)

No.

Wore a hood.

A hood?

Dark.

Part of jacket.

F12. This is it.

(INDISTINCT TALKING)

RALPH:
Sh*t.

Griggs and Jane Crenna,

the lady from the zoo.

BUTLER:
Sarch.

RALPH:
Griggs,

body in the basement.

Jimmy, the wife-beater.

There.

That's the guy

we're looking for.

Sanno.

(CHAIN THUDDING) (GASPS)

(CHAIN RATTLING) (CREAKING)

(CHAIN RATTLING)

(STATIC ON RADIO)

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

(FLY BUZZING)

(BARKING)

(DOG GROWLING)

Oh, sweet Mary, that is sick.

There you go, princess.

Thanks, Daddy.

Christina, here's your toast.

Why doesn't Daddy

go to Church with us?

Legend has it, your daddy used

to go before we were married.

Did Grandma make you go

when you were little?

I go Christmas and Easter. Doesn't

that pretty much cover it, anyway?

JEN:
Christina,

go wait for me in the car.

CHRISTINA:
Bye, Daddy.

Bye.

I'm pregnant.

That's great.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

When did you find out?

A week ago.

A week? Why didn't you tell me?

You've been working a lot.

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