Ghostwatch Page #12

And why are you calling, sir?

MAN:
I worked

as his social worker

when he came out of

psychiatric hospital.

He had several convictions

for molestation,

aggravated abuse,

abduction of minors...

He should never have been let

anywhere near any community.

He was a very disturbed man

in my opinion.

MICHAEL:
In what way?

MAN:
From the time he moved

to Foxhill Drive,

he developed

paranoid fantasies.

He used to tell me there was

a woman on the inside

of his body,

taking over his thoughts

and actions,

making him do things

he didn't want to do.

He started to wear dresses.

The delusions got so bad,

there was only one way

to escape them.

He took his own life.

That's why I called.

When I heard...

When I was sitting here

watching the TV and...

Hello? Are you still there?

If you are, please go on.

Hello?

MAN:
Tunstall hanged himself.

He tied a wire around his neck

to a lathe and switched it on.

He did it where he kept

his tools, under the stairs.

His aunt and uncle

were on holiday.

It was twelve days

before anybody found him.

They heard the cats screaming.

He had about a dozen cats.

The cats were locked in,

of course.

Of course...

Twelve days...

They got hungry.

They got to work, on...

On his face.

DR PASCOE:
Mister...

I'm sure what you say is true.

We've no reason

to disbelieve you. But...

(SIGHS)

In order to substantiate...

MICHAEL:
He's gone.

Doctor, he's... He's hung up.

Sorry, but that's how it is.

He's gone.

Oh, dear...

I think this is

the onion skin.

-What is?

-(SIGHS)

I mean, what happened

on that spot,

how many terrible things

have...

Oh, this has got to be

nonsense, Doctor.

Before Turnstall, before

Mother Seddons, way back...

Maybe into prehistory...

Oh, nonsense. There'll be

no more calls, please.

Also,

our switchboard's jammed.

We've been inundated

with hoaxes...

The Rosenheim poltergeist

affected a telephone exchange,

rang up endless bills,

misdirected calls...

...poltergeist

or no poltergeist.

They are seeing it now,

for God's sake.

Don't close the lines!

We need to know

what's happening out there!

You're the expert!

What is happening out there?

I don't know.

-Jeez...

-MICHAEL:
What is it?

Doctor, what's wrong?

What's the matter?

It's in the machine.

MICHAEL:
Wh... What?

-Well, look at the picture.

-Where?

DR PASCOE:
On the wall.

The picture on the wall.

- MICHAEL:
What about

the picture on the wall?

-Well, it's still there.

It hasn't fallen.

It's not come off the wall.

This picture we're seeing now

isn't live.

This is some earlier footage

from earlier in the evening.

This is just a cover.

-It's a dupe.

-(MICHAEL STAMMERS)

DR PASCOE:
This isn't

happening now.

MICHAEL:
But what is

happening?

(SCREAMING)

(LOUD GROANING)

It's what you wanted,

wasn't it?

Well, we just gave you

what you wanted!

-DR PASCOE:
They don't look

very shocked any more.

-KIM:
Stop it! Stop it!

MICHAEL:
...o f course

the recorder isn't shocked

any more. You're being silly.

(WIND HOWLING)

There's a wind.

Have you ever heard of

-in a studio?

-How many observers

do we have tonight?

-I don't understand.

-Jesus, Mike,

we've created a seance.

A massive seance.

MICHAEL:
Where are we now?

What's this? This...

(SIREN BLARING)

This could be live. Is this is

happening outside the house?

-I think it is.

-The police! The police!

The police!

(SIREN BLARING)

MICHAEL:
We've got

to assume this is live,

actually happening.

-DR PASCOE:

Is that Kimmy? Yes.

-(DOGS BARKING)

KIM:
(SOBBING) Mum! Mum!

MICHAEL:
We've seen...

We've seen Mike come out.

We've seen Kim.

We've seen... We've seen Pam.

So that leaves Suzanne...

And Sarah.

Now... Now where are they?

Where can they be?

-Have you seen them?

-DR PASCOE:
Must be

still in there.

MIKE:
What are these shapes?

MICHAEL:
Where are we?

MIKE:
Look,

what are we seeing here?

DR PASCOE:

The infrared camera.

DR PASCOE:
Who's that?

SARAH:
Suzie?

MIKE:
It's Sarah.

DR PASCOE:
Is it?

SARAH:
Suzie, are you there?

MICHAEL:
Can she hear us?

SARAH:
Chris?

CHRIS:
Down here.

-Where are you?

-CHRIS:
Here.

Oh, my God, you're there.

Can you see if you can

see her in that room?

CHRIS:
Hold on.

CHRIS:
No, she's not

down here.

I know, Chris. Have you still

got your lighter?

CHRIS:
Yeah.

Got it. There we are.

Oh...

(CLATTERING)

There we go.

Is it okay for you?

Is it okay?

CHRIS:
Yeah, hold on.

SARAH:
Mmm-hmm.

Chris, look.

(CAMERA WHIRRING)

SARAH:
Can you see them?

CHRIS:
Yeah.

-(WIND HOWLING)

-(SARAH GASPS)

SUZANNE:
Mum!

-(ELECTRICITY CRACKLES)

-SUZANNE:
Mum, help me!

Help me, Mum, please!

SARAH:
It's okay Suzie,

we're here!

Where are you?

SUZANNE:
Mum, help!

-Help!

-CHRIS:
She's downstairs.

In the glory hole.

-(CHRIS GRUNTS) Sh*t.

-SARAH:
Chris,

are you all right?

CHRIS:
Yeah.

SARAH:
Hang on.

SUZANNE:
Get off me! Get away!

SARAH:
It's all right, Suzie.

SUZANNE:
Get off me.

Get away!

SARAH:
Come on.

Suzie?

SUZANNE:
He's hurting me.

I can't open the door.

It's blocked. Suzie?

You've got to push it

from the inside.

SUZANNE:
He's hurting me.

Come on!

It's no good.

SUZANNE:
Get off me!

-(WIND HOWLING LOUDER)

-(SARAH GASPS)

Suzie?

-Thank God.

-(CAT MEWLING)

No one's gonna hurt you.

You're safe here.

MIKE:
Sarah? Sarah!

(CAT SHRIEKING)

-(WOMAN GASPS)

-(CATS SHRIEKING)

MAN 1:
Clear the studio!

Get out!

Get out!

MAN 2:
Quickly!

People are leaving

the studio now.

-(LIGHTS BURST)

-The lights are blowing

all over the place.

MIKE:
No, I'm not going out.

-I'm not going.

Get the link back.

-(MICHAEL TALKING)

Get the link back. If somebody

can get the link back...

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

Lights... I think

we're losing power.

MIKE:
When you show me

that my wife is safe, I'll go.

We have got an emergency

generator...

-Whether or not we should

bring it in, I don't know.

-MIKE:
I'm not going.

MICHAEL:
The studio's

completely dark.

Just... Just blackness now.

All the... The lights have

failed. The power's gone off.

We've got some...

Some lights in the studio.

I don't know...

This camera's... I don't know

which one's working. I mean...

(CHUCKLING)

There are no cameramen.

I mean, it's difficult to know

even if anybody's

still with us, but...

-If they are, this is the

scene in this...

-(CATS MEWLING)

In this studio.

This totally deserted studio.

Autocue's working.

"Round and round the garden...

"Like a teddy bear"?

(CATS MEWLING)

GHOST:
Didn't believe

those stories about

Mother Seddons, did you?

Fee fie foe fum...

(CATS SHRIEKING)

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