House on Elm Lake

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(SILENCE)

(EERIE MUSIC)

(CRYING)

You can do this, Elliot.

Come on, you can do this.

Elliot, you can do this.

No, please!

Elliot, Elliot, please, no!

Please, Elliot, don't!

Please, Elliot, you don't have

to do this.

Please, Elliot!

It isn't you, Elliot, please!

Please, Elliot.

Elliot, please!

I can't look.

Please, please!

Please, he's your son, Elliot.

Don't do this, please.

You don't have to. Don't!

Don't!

(STABBING)

(ELLIOT GRUNTING)

(SCREAMING)

Where do you think

you're going, Miranda?

(SCREAMING)

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

(SCREAMING AND WEEPING)

(SOBBING)

(SCREAMING)

Help me!

No, no!

Elliot!

No! No! (SCREAMING)

Help me!

(EERIE MUSIC)

GIRL:
Are we nearly there?

MAN:
Nearly.

WOMAN:
Penny, you've

asked that like three times.

MAN:
It's not even a long drive.

We've only been driving

for like 30 minutes.

(SLIGHTLY TENSE MUSIC)

We are here.

Hurry up, out we go.

Eric.

Oh.

Brand new start for us.

Wow.

Welcome to Elm Lake.

Well I guess we should

get our stuff.

Or, we go and explore?

Yeah? Yeah?

Come on, trouble, come on.

Chop chop.

(LAUGHING)

This is amazing.

ERIC:
What do you think?

Wait, where did you find

the time to do all this?

I just found the time.

Well it does need

a bit more work.

Really?

(LAUGHING)

I had to sign up

for 12 months though.

But what the hell?

We'll make this work.

Okay.

Yeah, I love it.

Really?

Yeah, really.

I was worried.

No, I do love it.

Thank you.

Penny?

So what do you think?

I want that room.

Cheeky.

Eric?

ERIC:
Hmm?

Come here.

This is for your man shed.

Alright.

I'll settle that tomorrow.

Are you gonna pick that up?

Take it, take it.

I'll take you now, I'll take

you now.

What? What?

Eric!

Malcolm?

No.

Sorry, I'm Eric.

Mike.

I'm sort of taking over when

Malcolm retires this week.

I don't know what the

old boy promised you,

but he never said nothing

to me about you taking over.

I don't know who you are.

Who are you?

Where's Malcolm?

I only spoke to him last week

about all of this.

To be honest, you'd be

the last thing on his mind.

He had a stroke.

Found him under a car out there,

he did.

But I run this place now, yeah.

That doesn't seem fair.

He was quite keen about me

taking over.

If you wanna visit him,

you better take some flowers

'cause he's up at

Splinters Mound Cemetery.

Mike, I can fix anything.

He used to own a garage

like this when he was alive.

Me and my girlfriend, we just

moved into the house by the lake

and, well, we're out of choices.

Elm Lake?

The house by the lake?

Yeah.

Bloody tragic, what went on.

They ruined it

for the rest of us.

My family moved in with

me a couple of days ago

and we're loving it up there.

Yeah, well you take care.

You're all alone up there.

No one can hear you scream.

Mike, can I?

Can I work for you?

Right.

There's a banger over there.

I've been meaning to

change the brakes on it

for the last two months.

If you can get that

old thing going

by the end of play today, you

got a job.

Already on it.

Everything's gonna be fine now.

Just like it was before.

I know, Mom.

I love it here.

It feels like an

extra long holiday.

Can I take the boat out

tomorrow?

No.

(LAUGHING) not on your own,

no way.

But maybe your dad can

take you out soon.

Yes.

Deal?

Okay.

Let's go to bed.

Come on you.

(CREAKING)

(SLIGHTLY TENSE MUSIC)

(EERIE MUSIC)

(GURGLING)

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

(DOOR SHUTTING)

It's about time.

Eric?

Eric, are you there?

ERIC:
Yeah.

Can you come here for a sec?

I got Penny to sleep.

And you know she

doesn't sleep long.

(GIGGLING)

ERIC:
And what does this mean?

This means that we have some

time alone.

Oh, do we?

(LAUGHING)

Oh. (LAUGHING)

(SLOW PIANO MUSIC)

(MOANING)

Eric, you okay?

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I'm fine.

(EERIE MUSIC)

Eric.

What was it?

I saw,

I thought I saw someone.

Eric.

Oh f***.

(TENSE MUSIC)

(CREAKING)

Daddy?

Penny.

Where did you get that?

Found it.

Go back to sleep, Penny, okay?

Nothing?

I swear I saw something,

someone.

A man there.

Well if you've checked

and there's nothing there...

Let's just go to sleep, yeah?

I'm not feeling too well.

Yeah, okay.

I love you.

Don't worry.

He didn't see you.

You're my secret.

Hey.

Hon.

You okay?

Yeah, yeah.

I had light sleep, I guess.

My head kills.

Um.

Here you go, take one of these.

Maybe have a hot shower

or something.

Yeah, thanks.

HAYLEY:
Ooh, that's good.

ERIC:
Who's that?

It's my friend.

Who?

Smithy.

He gave me that doll too.

It's her new friend and

apparently he lives here as well.

Penny?

We talked about this.

We don't talk to imaginary

friends anymore, do we?

Eric.

Will you stop encouraging her,

please?

Sorry.

I think I will go

for that shower.

Hi. (GIGGLING)

Oh, come in.

Oh, I must say,

this is a cute place.

You think so?

Do I think?

Uh, yeah.

Hey you, good pick.

All right, shall I come back

another time?

Oh no, he's just been unwell.

Don't worry.

Okay, let's see the land then.

Okay, let's go.

I don't mean to be a

b*tch but we both know

you can't afford this.

So it's either you won the

lottery or...

Or?

Or there's something

wrong with this place.

Okay well, this is the part

where you're gonna hate it.

Why?

Okay, apparently the family

that lived here before,

the dad murdered the wife

and kid or something.

Wow.

Oh, come on.

Say something.

Well I don't know what to say

exactly.

Oh it's not that bad.

It isn't that bad?

Haley, it's really bad.

Well you know what I mean, like,

it happened years ago.

No one's lived here since, so.

How do you do it?

How do you stay there?

You know why, we can't

afford anywhere else.

Besides, look at this.

It is beautiful.

(EERIE MUSIC)

Don't you think this whole

situation

is moving really fast?

Crys, please, just don't go

there, okay?

Haley, I'm gonna go there.

That man cheated on you

for over six months.

Once a cheater, always

a cheater in my book.

He's changed.

Like really, he has.

Really?

Because that didn't seem fine.

But we talked about it all.

And I mean look what he's done

for us.

Like this place.

He's trying, like really hard.

Look, just because

you have a kid together

doesn't mean you have to

be together.

You're a hot girl.

Oh come on!

You could do so much

better than that.

Be your own boss.

No, look, this is gonna be

good, okay?

Like for all of us.

As a family and it's just what

we need.

Okay, so I've got to go.

I've got a date.

Oh.

Yes.

Anyone I know?

Let's just say I'll tell you

all the

naughty details later.

Okay, then have fun.

(CRYS) I will.

(MUTTERING WHISPERS

IN BACKGROUND)

Penny, what are you doing?

(CREAKING)

KID:
It's really scary.

PENNY:
What happened?

KID:
I died.

Penny.

PENNY:
Wait, when?

KID:
Seven years ago.

PENNY:
Who?

KID:
My dad.

Penny.

Mom, you scared him away.

He's gone now.

What?

Smithy, he doesn't like

when other people are around.

He only likes me.

Oh come on, Penny, Smithy

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