House on Elm Lake Page #2

isn't real.

Yes he is.

He's behind you.

There's nobody there.

Shut up, you're stupid.

All right, get to bed now.

Penny, now, I mean it.

It's late, I've had enough.

Now!

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

(TENSE MUSIC)

(BOOK THUMPING)

I did it.

They are gone now,

I will follow them.

I will be with them for I

have Lucifer's blood in me.

Light always needs a

source of energy.

Darkness does not need a

source of energy

therefore darkness will always

beat light.

He owns this house.

This was where generations

of his followers

have slain and appreciated

him for his work.

I obey him yet questioned him

and for this

he inflicted a great deal

of suffering upon me.

And I have not left the house

for days

due to that suffering.

(MOANING AND GROWLING)

My commitment has been said to

be proved

if I grant him my last wish.

To slay my family so they

follow my path and not God's.

Hey.

Shh, be quiet, they're asleep.

Look at the moon tonight.

Wait, he's out there.

Did you see anything?

What? No one.

Why?

I'm just freaking myself out.

Come in.

Okay.

Quick.

So, what was so urgent?

I found this.

It's a journal and I think

it belonged to that man,

you know, the man who

lived here before.

(CRYS) Holy sh*t, let me look.

It just really freaked me out.

I think maybe I need to

just find out what happened.

Oh my god.

Lucifer?

This is so messed up.

HAYLEY:
I know.

(KEYS CLACKING)

PENNY:
Mom.

Hang on, I'll just go and see

to her

and I'll be back, okay?

Oh my god.

(SCREAMING)

Okay, go.

What became known locally

as the Massacre at Elm Lake,

the family's bodies were

discovered by a dog walker

in the early hours

of the morning

in the lake outside

of the house.

Their bodies had been

drained of blood.

The father Elliot Mandres had

shot himself

after brutally slaying his

wife and 12 year old son.

Mrs. Mandres, Miranda had

been discovered decapitated

at the scene of the crime.

It was thought that Elliot

Mandres had been dabbling

with witchcraft and satanism

and was sacrificing his

family to the devil.

He had become increasingly

isolated in the weeks

leading up to the events

of that gruesome night.

And few friends or family

had contact

with the Mandreses for

a while beforehand.

Stop, okay, no.

It's nearly finished.

No, I can't hear any more.

It's f***ed up, right?

Yeah.

I don't like it.

So I got you something.

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

DARK VOICE:
Kill, kill, kill!

Kill!

It's nothing big.

It's just a little

housewarming present.

I think it's the perfect time.

If the spirits are chilling in

your house

then the least they can

do is talk to us, right?

Don't you think this

is a little bit stupid?

Don't you wanna know

what happened?

Listen, we tell them we're

not gonna do them any harm.

You just wanna know

why they're here.

Haven't you always been

curious to try one of these?

Not really, no.

Not even a little bit?

No.

Well, we're gonna do it.

So hand on it.

Go on.

Clear your mind.

Let go of any thoughts.

(LAUGHING)

Hey, be serious.

Okay, okay sorry.

Relax.

Allow the spirits in.

Allow them to use your body.

Allow them to enter your mind

to send us their message.

Allow their voices to be heard.

Don't...

be...

This is you.

No.

No, it's not.

Scared.

(ROARING)

Who was that?

Miranda.

Help me.

(SCREAMING)

Why are you not safe?

I'm sorry.

Well I guess you

found your spirit.

Put it away.

(MELANCHOLY MUSIC)

(SPLASHING)

(PHONE RINGING)

What?

Oh sorry, were you working?

No I'm not going in today.

Listen, I've booked us

a babysitter for tonight.

I think we should get

out, just the two of us.

Just get out of that house.

Are you feeling up to it?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's a great idea.

Okay.

Penny's here, do you wanna speak

to her?

Um, just say hi.

HAYLEY:
Okay.

Mom, I don't feel well.

Oh, it's just 'cause

you're nervous.

It's gonna be fine,

it'll be fun, first day.

They won't like me.

Of course they'll like you.

Everybody likes you.

No they won't, he told me.

They're horrible, mean,

they won't like me.

Who said that?

Smithy.

(BELL RINGING)

I love you, mom.

Wait, kiss.

Have a really good time.

Bye.

All right, bye.

(OMINOUS MUSIC)

Hayley Jones?

Hi, Julie.

Thank you so much for coming.

You're welcome, sweety.

I'm a bit scared of the

house we just moved into.

It's the Lake House on Elm Lake.

Apparently a family lived there

before

and some really bad things

happened.

I think the father murdered

the mother and the child

and I can't explain it

but I just,

I feel there's something there,

like there's something

not right.

And what have you felt exactly?

Have there been any

manifestations at all?

No, my partner Eric

thought he saw something.

But ever since we moved there,

he's just been acting

really, really strange.

Like he came down with

these flu like symptoms

when we moved in.

And he just seems to be

getting worse.

I know it sounds silly but it

just seems

like he's changing,

he's different.

Evil can manifest itself in

many ways.

It's within us all but

it can only come forth

if we allow it.

DARK VOICE:
Kill.

Kill.

Kill.

You all right, bud?

DARK VOICE:
Kill, kill.

(BASHING)

(ROARING)

And there are dark forces at

work here.

Have you spoken to

another medium?

Try to communicate in any way?

Actually me and my friend,

we did a Ouija board thing.

These things aren't

meant as games.

They can bring forth spirits

from another dimension.

We spoke to this lady, Miranda.

And it was like she was trying

to help us.

She was warning us about some

evil spirit in the house.

Well they may seem like

they're friendly

but there's no way to know

their motives

when they reach forth

in this way.

I need to evaluate the house.

I have to come and see what I

can sense,

see if I can feel anything.

Please do not use that

board again.

They are desperately dangerous.

They shouldn't be used by people

who aren't trained to resist.

Yeah.

(EERIE MUSIC)

(CREAKING)

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Hello, hi, come in, welcome.

Oh my god, it's freezing.

Penny?

I'm Hayley.

Nice to meet you,

nice to meet you.

Thanks for coming.

WOMAN:
That's all right.

HAYLEY:
Penny, this is

Bethany.

Hiya, you're all right.

Hi, nice to meet you.

She's a bit shy, sorry.

And this is Eric.

Hey, Eric, nice to meet you.

BETHANY:
Nice to meet you.

So we'll be back about 10.

Give me a hug.

Right, be good, okay?

Thank you so much.

BETHANY:
See you.

ERIC:
See you later.

HAYLEY:
See you, bye.

It's nice.

Yeah, it is, isn't it.

Yeah, thank you for

sorting it out.

It's okay.

It's been long overdue.

I know, well I meant

to be seeing him tonight

but I don't think that's gonna

happen.

Yeah, yeah yeah.

Well hopefully I'll see you

later anyway.

Yup, okay.

Bye, bye bye, bye.

Who are you talking to?

My friend.

What friend?

There's no one there.

He's right there.

Penny, there's literally

no one there.

What are you on about?

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