Gremlin Page #2

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- Hey.

You left this

paperwork on your desk,

so I just wanted to bring it by.

- Oh, right, thank you.

- You have a lovely home, Julie.

- Oh, thank you.

It was actually

my grandmother's.

- Ah.

- Yeah, would you like

a drink or something?

- Water would be

great, thank you.

- Sure.

- Thanks.

What do you think you're doing?

- I wanted to see you.

And you're not replying

to my messages.

- I'm gonna get caught.

Is that what you want?

- Maybe.

Would it be such a bad thing?

- Yes, it would be terrible.

I'll explain later,

but I need time,

and I need you to leave, now.

- Okay.

- Alright, I'll

see you on Monday.

- She had to leave?

- Yeah.

She had to go.

- She's pretty.

- Hadn't noticed.

- So the plan is we

just drive around

and wait til our families

forget about us, or what?

Look, I'm totally out of

cash, and I'm starving.

You gotta be hungry too.

I mean, remember, you're

eating for two now.

- God, you are so stupid.

- Well, you can't just

run away from this.

Let's just go to your house,

I'll get something to eat,

and we'll sit down

with your parents,

and we can tell them together.

- You would really do that?

- Yes.

I'm that hungry.

- Fine.

I'm hungry, too.

- Anna.

Hey, wait!

Hey!

Anna!

- What?

- Sit down!

I'm sick of this.

Your mom was up all

night worried about you.

- And you?

I'm surprised you

realized I was even gone.

- Chicken!

- How many times are we

gonna go through this?

I'm tired of this conversation.

Hey!

Hey!

Go!

- Yeah, sure, no problem.

- No, Tyler, you don't

have to go anywhere.

- Seriously, it's fine.

- Whatever you can

say in front of me,

you can say in front of him.

Sit down.

- We've been trying to get

a hold of you all night.

Grandma Mary's dead.

- What?

- She passed away

last night in her bed.

- How, what do you mean-

What happened?

- We don't know.

The police were here.

They don't know what caused it.

- I told you that the

monster killed Grandma

and went back into the box!

- Stop it with the box, Charlie.

Stop it.

- I thought I told you to

put that somewhere else.

- I did.

- If you guys don't

want it, I'll take it.

I mean, it's got to

be worth something.

- Please, take it

on your way out.

Everything's going to be okay.

(monster screeching)

Go, go, go!

Go!

- Get in the car!

- Start the car,

come on, let's go!

- I'm trying!

- Sh*t!

- I dropped the keys!

- Pick them up!

- I'm trying!

- Hey, hey, where'd it go?

(screaming)

What the hell was that thing?

- Okay, okay, calm down.

We can't stay in here, I

have to go find my family.

- No, wait, wait!

Think about your new family.

I've been thinking about it,

and I can get a job.

Yeah, it'll be a

little hard at first,

but I think with some patience,

and maybe a little luck-

- Stay here.

- We can do it!

- Is that what you

saw last night?

- Yes!

- Let me in, let me in!

- Are you okay?

- Yeah, I'm fine, it

followed us outside,

but then when we got in

the car, it just went away.

- Okay, good, good.

- Where's Tyler?

- Anna?

Anna?

Hey.

(sobbing)

- I've got it, I've got it!

It's in the box, I got it!

- We have to call the police!

We have to!

- Wait, hold on, hold on, wait-

Stop!

Stop for a second.

- Are you kidding me?

- No!

- Adam, you're losing

your mind if you think

we're not calling

the police right now!

- What are you gonna say?

Huh, what are you

gonna tell them?

"I'm sorry, officer, this

monster comes out of this box

and kills this kid in our house,

and we don't know

anything about it."

That doesn't make any sense!

Think about it, think

about how you'll sound!

It's insane!

That's two dead

bodies in two days.

If we weren't suspects already,

then we're definitely

gonna be suspects now,

and that doesn't

turn out good for us.

- What are we gonna do?

We are not criminals!

- Just give me a second.

Let's just hold on.

Think about it, okay?

This thing is counting down.

We don't know when it's

coming back out, okay?

Let me get rid of it.

You clean this up.

And we take him...

We can take him downstairs

for just a little bit.

- Are you f***ing kidding me?

- For right now, just-

- Are you insane?

- Just for a minute,

I'm sorry, baby!

We put him downstairs

for a minute.

I'll get rid of this, and

we'll figure it out, okay?

Trust me.

- So where are we gonna take it?

- I'm gonna take it

back where it came from.

I'm sorry.

Trust me, okay?

- I'm so sorry, Tyler!

- So what do we have?

- One victim, Mary Roberts.

77 year old female.

Puncture wound to the chest,

directly into the heart.

This was no accident.

- Got any leads?

- She had some family

living in her house.

The Thatchers.

Adam and Julie, and their kids.

- Adam and Julie Thatcher?

Youngest son Charlie,

eldest daughter Anna.

- You know them.

- Two years ago, I

worked a kidnapping case.

10 year old boy went

missing from a park.

We searched the entire

county, find nothing.

Two weeks later, we find a

dismembered body in a dumpster.

It's Henry Thatcher.

Adam and Julie's middle child.

- Jim!

Jim!

- [Jim] Sorry, Adam!

- You're sorry?

- [Jim] I didn't know

you were living with Mom!

- Open the door,

you crazy prick!

Your mom's dead.

Woah, woah, woah, woah!

- Don't you even f***ing try

to give that little

gremlin thing to me!

Listen to me!

You have to give the

box to someone you love!

You have to truly love them,

that's the only way

to give it away.

- Why would I do that?

Huh?

It's already killing people.

- Oh my God.

- Yeah.

Your mom's dead.

And it killed Anna's boyfriend.

- Your family?

- They're okay.

- It will kill them, and

everyone else around you.

Give it away!

- How do you know

so much about it?

How do you know what to do?

- Get out of here now!

- What happens when

this timer runs out?

- I don't f***ing know!

Maybe it finally comes

for you, you know?

Like your time is up.

I didn't wait to find out.

- No, you didn't.

You gave it to your mom.

Save your own ass.

- She was old.

I didn't know you

guys were there.

- F*** you.

F***ing box.

- Go.

(orchestral music)

(phone ringing)

- Hey.

- Hey.

Sorry about earlier.

- [Natalie] Yeah, you

were being an a**hole.

- You came to my house.

She's not an idiot.

- Where are you right now?

- I'm driving home.

- [Natalie] No,

you're driving here.

- [Adam] I can't,

I've gotta get home.

- Did something happen?

- Yeah.

Yeah, you wouldn't

believe me if I told you.

- [Natalie] Sounds mysterious.

- Listen, I'm gonna talk to her.

I'm gonna end it.

- Promise me.

- Fine.

I promise.

- I love you.

- Yeah, I love you too.

- Anna?

Please talk to me.

- Mom, I'm scared.

- Dad's taking care of it.

- Good.

You know, I'd actually feel

better about this situation

if it weren't for the

fact that my boyfriend

is in a bag in the basement!

- Your dad loves you very much.

And when he gets home...

- He'll what?

He'll fix it?

Dad breaks things,

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