FirstBorn
- Year:
- 2016
- 86 min
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[distant siren]
[train wheels clacking,
siren wailing]
Sh*t.
[light buzzing]
[knock on door]
[man] Charlie, come on,
let's go.
[laughter, indistinct chatter]
Hey! Hey-hey-hey!
[laughing]
Are you trying it on with me?
- Me?
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Are you?
- Always.
- Good.
[giggles]
[vomits]
[man chuckles]
Fancy a kebab?
[woman coughing]
Maybe you should pace yourself
next time.
Oh, shut up.
Oh...
[softly] I'm pregnant.
What?
I'm pregnant.
[man laughing hysterically]
You serious?
[laughing]
That's...
That is...
brilliant.
I mean... we're gonna...
We're gonna keep it, right?
Is it... is it us?
Charlie, it's a little us.
All right?
A little us.
[Charlie shrieking, giggling]
- [Charlie] Wait, wait.
- Hm-mm.
Baby...
Who the f*** cares?
[man chuckles]
[giggling, laughter]
Come get me!
You gonna be sick again?
One sec.
Ohhh!
[chuckles] F***!
J-James!
[James] Not again!
[chuckles]
- [scratching sound]
- [Charlie] Ohhh...
[door creaks, slams]
[babies crying in distance]
[baby fussing]
All right, listen...
Nirvana.
Uh-uh. Try again.
Uh...
Poppy!
Determined for her to be
a smack addict, James?
[Charlie] Thea?
It means goddess.
We can't actually just call her
Goddess, can we?
That would make her arrogant.
Thea.
Can I have a go?
I called your dad.
- When?
- A few days ago.
- Why?
- I don't know.
for him to meet Thea.
He's not coming
anywhere near her, Charlie.
- James!
- Charlie.
He'll try and use her
in a ritual or something.
[baby crying]
Proud father?
Yeah.
Just starting to sink in.
Her name?
Thea?
[woman] Lovely.
A whole lifetime ahead of her.
And a whole afterlife
after that.
Good luck.
[baby crying]
[crying continues]
[kettle boiling]
[train wheels clacking]
Back in a few hours, promise.
Gonna be all right?
Yeah. I may want to hang out
without you, anyway.
[James] Hmm.
Maybe you two should go
for a walk, eh?
You haven't left the house
in days.
See ya.
[door opens, closes]
[swings creaking]
[train wheels clacking]
Hi, yeah, um...
I thought you said a few hours.
Can, uh...
Can you just call me
when you get this, yeah?
[baby crying]
It's OK, Thea. I'm sorry.
[Thea fussing]
- I'm sorry.
- [crying stops]
[children shouting]
[sighs]
[door opens, closes]
[James] All right?
Yeah, it's just...
[bowl shatters, water spills]
For f***'s sake!
Sorry, must have
not put it down.
[baby shrieking]
[baby wailing]
[telephone ringing]
[woman] How was she during
her immunization?
Important to protect her against
all nasty bugs out there.
Barely made a sound.
[woman] You getting enough time
to eat properly?
Enough sleep?
How are you getting on
with feeding?
Fine, yeah, she's been great.
Yeah, and you are breast
or bottle feeding?
Uh, bottle.
[woman typing]
Honestly, it doesn't matter
what method you choose,
as long as you're happy
with the decision.
Bonding well with baby?
Spending time together?
Yeah, loads.
Are you getting
much support at home?
Your partner, parents?
Oh, I don't know our parents.
But I can manage.
- You're allowed to ask for help.
- Oh, yeah, I know, I know.
But I like it, being a mum.
My boyfriend's a big kid,
so it's just like having
another one, isn't it?
[woman typing]
Are you OK?
Oh, yeah, yeah, I just got
these bruises on my back.
- May I see?
- Uh, yeah.
[Charlie] They started
after she was born.
Seem to get a new one every day.
Do you have animals at home?
[Charlie] No.
[woman] Do you feel dizzy,
faint?
Uh, no, it's just, I...
like I'm losing my brain a bit.
Put her down and...
OK.
Keep an eye on things
and let me know if it continues.
If you don't mind, I'd like you
to have a few blood tests.
Yeah, sure.
[R&B on headset]
[baby crying]
[crying continues]
For f***'s sake,
would you shut the f*** up?!
[crying stops]
[door bangs]
Ohh!
[creature snarling]
[skittering noises,
Charlie gasping]
[skittering]
[door creaking]
[click]
- [key turning in lock]
- [James] Home.
Maybe they can do something.
I don't want to talk
to the f***ing police, James.
Baby, there was something
in the flat, OK?
And...
it hated me.
All right, what sort of thing?
I don't know!
You...
Could it be...
postnatal depression?
Oh, yeah, OK, I strangled myself
as a cry for help, OK, yeah.
Nice.
We'll start looking
for somewhere else to live, OK?
How long will that take?
Don't know.
Call your dad.
He's full of sh*t. Charlie...
Please.
Please, just ask him.
I don't know what to do.
Please, f***ing ask him.
I don't know what to do.
OK.
[man] It's nice to see you.
Looking good.
He's taking good care of you?
Get to the point,
please, Charlie.
Something attacked me
in our house.
- Sorry to hear that.
- [James] Are you?
You live for this stuff.
Like all that sh*t you used to
bang on about when I was a kid,
drawing weird stuff
on the walls...
I'm an occultist, James,
I'm not a crazy man.
Anything else?
Well, I've got these bruises
all over my back, as well.
We, as a family, have dealt with
situations like this before.
"We" haven't, 'cause I've never
seen anything, have I?
Because I protected you.
The house will need
depopulating.
Depopulating?
I'll need to clean whatever
it is that attacked you.
And then...
create a barrier
to stop it happening again.
Noisy lot, are you?
I need a bag or a box.
I miss her.
Your wife?
Hmm.
I saw her, you know.
After she passed.
- What happened?
- Don't.
Charlie, seriously.
[clattering]
What the f*** are you doing?
Vessels.
Anything with features.
Eyes, teeth, a face.
They're a window
into our world...
and incredibly dangerous
around children like Thea.
Like Thea?
Yes.
This is because of her.
Her light shines
beyond our world into the...
- Will you stop talking bollocks?
- James!
Can you just shut up
for a second, please!
Put simply...
Thea is a magnet
for the supernatural.
As the house is your main place
of habitation,
it will have to be closed off.
You need to start
listening to me
if you want to stop this
happening again.
[unintelligible whispering]
Redo this every week.
Fresh salt every day.
Form a barrier.
Same with the windows.
There's one more thing
we need to do.
drip the candle wax
in four points around her body.
As close as you can to her.
The closer the droplets...
the stronger the bond.
You want us to drip boiling hot
wax next to our baby?
Yes.
- No.
- [Alistair] You have to.
You need to protect her.
And yourselves.
This is the only thing
that will work.
Well, how do you know that?
Because I had to do it myself.
Her...
ability...
it's hereditary.
Trust me.
[cooing]
[Alistair] You need
to close your eyes.
You need to close your eyes.
You need to visualize
the barrier.
[baby crying]
[Alistair whispering
indistinctly, baby crying]
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