Ghost Stories Page #3

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[HEAVY BREATHING]

[GASPS]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Yeah. I got you now.

[CHUCKLES]

Yeah.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[GASPS]

Let me out! Let me out!

[GASPING]

Sh*t.

What the..

[SCREAMS]

[GASPING]

[WINGS FLUTTERING]

[INTENSE MUSIC]

Dada!

[GASPS]

[GASPING]

[GROANING]

Do you know what brought

Tony back to the church?

Uh, you know,

I am not comfortable

talking so directly

about a parishioner.

I'm assuming you have Tony's

permission to talk to me?

Yeah, yeah, of course.

But I can..

I mean, I can ask you some

more indirect questions

if you're comfortable

with that?

- Yes.

- Okay. Great.

[CHUCKLES]

Um, so..

So what do you think

is your responsibility

when a grown man like Tony

comes to you and says

that they've had

a supernatural experience?

[CHUCKLES]

You know, uh, when I was

a school's chaplain

I would always say

to the boys

"Age is not important

to the Lord.

We are all children

before Him."

If He wants you to believe

He will send you a sign.

That is what

these experiences are.

Signs.

Sure, but..

Uh, Tony, with Tony, uh..

Presumably, Tony told you

about his incident?

Of course.

The spirit.

The unquiet spirit.

Yeah.

So for a moment

let's hypothesize that

that really happened...

Oh, you do not need

to hypothesize.

It did happen.

Tony testifies

that he saw a spirit

and he changed

his ways accordingly.

But in what way

is that not real?

Oh, of course, for Tony's

sighting to be taken seriously

there's got to be some

sort of material evidence.

Because without that,

it's, uh, you know..

Tony has got so much

emotional baggage.

Baggage? We... We are

talking about a man.

Our brother.

I'm so tired

of this modern disregard

for the spiritual life.

How unfashionable it's become

to believe in anything

other than

our own personal gains.

Did Tony tell you what he did

after he had that experience?

No.

He went to see his

daughter, Marnie, again

the very next day.

And when she heard

her father's voice

for the first time

in five years

the doctor said

her heart skipped a beat.

That, I think, professor

tells us everything

we need to know

about the reality of that

experience and its value.

You, Mr. Goodman,

would do well

to think about that with

regard to your own family.

Good day.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[RASPY BREATHING]

[INTENSE MUSIC]

[DOORBELL BUZZES]

Who is it?

Uh, it's

Professor Philip Goodman.

We spoke on the phone.

[CHUCKLES]

Do you have an ID

or anything?

You might not be the man

that I spoke to.

I am.

[CHUCKLES]

Oh, okay. Here you go.

You sent that

to Charles Cameron.

Come in.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV]

I'll be upstairs, mom.

[WATER RUNNING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Professor Goodman?

[DOOR SHUTS]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Simon?

Simon?

[COUGHING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

- Down here.

- Oh.

Jesus.

[ETHEREAL VOICE]

Demon.

- Sit down.

Please,

don't touch my books.

God, it's boiling

in here, Simon.

Oh, yeah, yeah, I know.

I just get really cold

and really uncomfortable

so I just like it

to be as comfort..

I just like it

how I like it.

[CHUCKLES]

Wow.

Uh, so..

So what are all these..

Where are

these pictures from?

They're from...

They're from all over.

It's my research.

Stuff that I find

on the internet

or books that I'm reading.

Stuff I'm interested in.

I'm just trying to

understand certain things.

So it's helpful

to have all that stuff out

so I can see it

all the time.

Or at least

whenever I want to see it.

If I don't wanna see it,

I can look over there.

The thing

that I don't want..

I don't want people

looking at me and thinking

that I'm mad

'cause I know what I saw.

And that's the thing.

I'm tired.

I'm so tired

and I'm finding it hard

to think straight right now.

But, I mean,

I want to talk about this.

I wanna find out

about this

but I don't want

people to think..

I just want everything

to be straight now.

No frayed edges,

no loose ends.

All straight. All smooth.

I don't want..

I don't want

people thinking that

there's anything

wr... wrong with me.

I see.

You okay?

Yeah.

Okay.

So..

...who else is up here

with us

in the...

in the upstairs room?

No one. It's just us.

No, sorry.

In the top bedroom?

- My brother's old room.

- Right. Your brother.

So is he still

living at home?

Well, Mr. Perfect..

No, he's 25 and married.

He's got a flat.

There's no one here.

It's just us.

- Sorry, I was just up...

- There's nobody here.

I'm telling you

there's nobody here.

Do you wanna go and look?

[EERIE MUSIC]

- No.

- Fine then.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Can you go away, please?

We're trying to talk.

Do you not get on well

with your parents?

They don't care about me.

I know you're still there!

[FOOTSTEPS]

Can you help me?

[SIGHS]

I'll try.

All I need you to do

is to just..

...just tell me everything

you can about that night.

Everything.

If I can just understand

what happened

then everything

will be fine.

[SNIFFLES]

Okay.

I'm not the same person

now as I was. It's..

The world is

n... not the same.

Oh, God.

I feel like such an idiot.

Why?

Yeah.

I was driving

my dad's car.

I failed my test

but I was too afraid

to tell them.

I pretended

that I had passed.

[INHALES]

I was driving

without a license.

[INTENSE MUSIC]

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

- Hello?

- Where are you?

I'm in the car. I am on the

way back from the party.

Oh, thank God.

He's in the car, Raymond.

We've been trying to call you.

Where have you been?

I... I'm sorry. There's no

reception near Eddie's.

We've been sitting here

on shpilkes.

You should have been

back hours ago.

Should have been back

hours ago!

Oh, Raymond, for God's

sake, I'm trying to talk..

Hello?

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Hello?

Your mother's

gone to bed.

We are very upset.

Dad, I didn't put

the phone down on you.

Oh.

And I'm sorry

that I'm late.

I just found that bloody

housing form for university

that you should have

sent in three weeks ago.

You told me

you'd sent it!

Well, I... I thought...

I thought that I had.

You're a bloody liar,

Simon.

You're a liar.

You might be able

to schmooze your mother

but you cannot

schmooze me.

You lied about that form.

You lied about getting that

Saturday job, didn't you?

What are we gonna

find out next?

That you lied about passing

your driving test?

- Sh*t.

- I'll tell you what.

I'm sick

to the bloody back teeth.

Sh*t.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Don't you put the bloody

phone down on me!

I... I... I didn't put

the phone down on you.

[CRASH]

[SCREAMING]

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Oh, my God! Oh, my..

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

You okay?

[GASPS]

[INTENSE MUSIC]

Oh, my God.

[LAUGHING]

[BEEPING]

[ENGINE SPUTTERING]

No, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no.

[GASPING]

[HEAVY BREATHING]

[INTENSE MUSIC]

No signal.

Come on.

[ROARING IN DISTANCE]

F***ing O2.

[KEYPAD CLACKING]

[PHONE RINGS]

- Hello? National Breakdown.

- Hello.

Can you give me the car's

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