Hush Little Baby Page #4

Synopsis: A young mother suffers her worst nightmare -the drowning of her young daughter. Two years later, Jamie gives birth to another girl. After a series of suspicious accidents, Jamie becomes haunted by fears that her dead daughter's vengeful spirit has returned in her new baby. Is she right, or is guilt over her daughter's death pushing her sanity over the edge?
Director(s): Holly Dale
Production: Nomadic Pictures
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
4.2
TV-14
Year:
2007
90 min
147 Views


YOU PLAY THEM FOR ME.

HEY AMANDA, WHY

DON'T YOU COME INSIDE?

NO.

IF YOU COME INSIDE, I'LL

MAKE YOU SOME HOT CHOCOLATE.

NO.

WHY DO I ALWAYS HAVE

TO TELL YOU TEN TIMES.

AMANDA WE'VE

TALKED ABOUT THIS.

I'M NOT GOING

TO CHASE YOU.

AMANDA!

AMANDA!

STAY AWAY:

FROM THE WATER.

HOW DID YOU:

GET OVER THERE?

AMANDA...

THIS ISN'T FUNNY.

AMANDA STOP!

AMANDA... STOP!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

AMANDA!

AMANDA!

AMANDA!

AMANDA!

AMANDA,

WHERE ARE YOU?

NO!

PETER, PETER!

AMANDA!

HELP ME!

AMANDA!

PETER!

AMANDA!

I SHOULD HAVE:

WATCHED HER BETTER.

I SHOULDN'T HAVE LE HER GO OUTSIDE ON HER OWN.

YOU CAN'T KEEP

BLAMING YOURSELF JAMIE.

IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

YOU'VE BEEN DEALING

WITH OVERWHELMING GUILT.

THAT IS THE ROO OF YOUR DEPRESSION.

PETER THOUGHT HAVING

ANOTHER BABY WOULD

MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER.

BUT I DIDN'T WAN TO REPLACE AMANDA.

AND YOU CAN'T...

BUT YOU ALSO CAN'T CARRY

YOUR GUILT OVER TO CAITLIN.

YOUR FEAR OF SOMETHING

HAPPENING TO HER IS

DRIVING A:

WEDGE BETWEEN YOU.

YOU HAVE GOT TO:

MOVE FORWARD BY:

COMING TO TERMS:

WITH THE PAST.

PERHAPS SOMEDAY,

YOU'LL REALIZE THA

SOME PART OF AMANDA

LIVES ON IN CAITLIN.

I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

I THINK:

SOMETHING DOES.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

FINE.

HOW DID IT GO?

FINE.

WE GOT YOU CAKE:

FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY.

I'M NOT REALLY IN

THE MOOD TO CELEBRATE.

AHH, IT'LL BE FUN.

IT'S JUS THE FIVE OF US.

IT'LL CHEER YOU UP.

OH, GOOD GIRL.

CAN YOU:

LOOK AT DADDY?

KATIE?

CAN YOU SMILE:

SWEET PEA?

OH WHA A GOOD GIRL.

CAN YOU:

SMILE FOR DADDY?

GOOD GIRL.

CAN YOU:

PICK UP A BLOCK?

I THINK WE GOT A

PRODIGY ON OUR HANDS.

AHHH... THIS CAKE IS

DELICIOUS.

I'M TOTALLY

TANKING ON MY DIET.

REMEMBER THOSE HORRIBLE

BUNDT CAKES AUNT CAROL USE

TO MAKE US FOR OUR BIRTHDAYS?

OH GOD, YEAH, I USE TO GIVE

THEM TO THE WATSON'S DOG.

REMEMBER... IT WAS

A POODLE I THINK?

OH I THINK THA QUALIFIES AS ANIMAL CRUELTY.

OH I AM EXPECTING

A CALL FROM AN:

IMPORTANT CLIENT.

I'LL JUST BE

A MINUTE, OKAY?

MMMM.

SORRY I'VE BEEN

SUCH A FREAK LATELY.

HEY, IF I HAD TO GO AROUND

APOLOGIZING FOR THAT I'D

NEVER GET ANOTHER WORD IN.

DON'T SWEAT IT.

HEY... WHAT YOU GOT THERE, HUH?

AMANDA WAS QUITE A HANDFUL.

SHE WAS AHHH... A

STRONG WILLED LITTLE GIRL.

WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?

OH IT'S... DR. RUSSELL.

SHE WANTS TO:

TALK TO YOU.

TELL HER I HAVE:

A HEADACHE.

I'LL TALK TO HER AT MY

APPOINTMENT TOMORROW.

DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE....

DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE

FOR A BABY TO BE BORN EVIL?

DURING THE BIRTH.

I FELT LIKE SHE:

WAS TRYING TO KILL ME.

SOMETIMES I LOOK AT THA BABY MONITOR AND I SEE HER JUS

SITTING THERE WIDE AWAKE

JUST THINKING ABOUT ME.

THINKING ABOU WAYS TO KILL ME.

I SEE THE CROW.

A SOUL:

IS IN FLIGHT.

A LITTLE GIRL.

SHE IS:

HUNGRY FOR LIFE.

HATE MAKES THE SOUL STRONG.

CIRCLES THE EARTH LIKE

A BIRD IN FLIGHT WAITING.

BABY'S SOUL ISN'T FIRMLY

SECURED TO THE BODY...

IT GLITTERS, MAKING

IT A WEAK, EASY PREY

FOR AN OLDER:

SOUL TO PUSH OUT.

FEELS SO GOOD,

YEAH...

YEAH, RIGHT THERE.

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?

PETER GET YOUR ASS

OFF THAT BED RIGHT NOW!

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?

WHAT... YOU WANT TO

HAVE SEX WITH HER?

IS THAT WHA IS HAPPENING?

GOD JAMIE CHILL.

I JUST HAD A:

PINCHED NERVE.

YEAH I KNOW WHA YOU ARE DOING.

YOU THINK I'M JUST GOING

TO LET YOU STEAL MY HUSBAND?

LOOK, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT IS

RUNNING YOUR MARRIAGE

INTO THE GROUND; NOT ME.

YOU SHOULD KNOW;

YOU ALREADY TRASHED YOURS.

YOU B*TCH!

ALRIGHT... CALM DOWN!

BOTH OF YOU!

ARE YOU DEFENDING HER?

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M OUTTA HERE... I CAN' LIVE LIKE THIS ANYMORE.

GOOD.

PETER, PLEASE DON' GO INTO WORK TODAY.

THEY SAY THERE IS

GOING TO BE A STORM.

I HAVE A LOT OF:

WORK TO CATCH UP ON.

BECAUSE OF ME?

JAMIE, I REALLY CAN'T GE INTO THIS RIGHT NOW, OKAY?

PETER.

WHAT IS IT?

LOOK, I'M SORRY

ABOUT YESTERDAY.

OKAY, I DON'T KNOW

WHAT GOT INTO ME,

BUT I PROMISE THINGS

ARE GOING TO GET BETTER.

I SPOKE TO NICOLE

THIS MORNING.

THAT CONDO SHE IS INTERESTED

IN IS STILL AVAILABLE.

SHE IS GOING TO:

SIGN A LEASE SO...

MAYBE IT'S

FOR THE BEST.

HOW ARE:

YOU FEELING?

EXHAUSTED.

WHY DON'T YOU

GO BACK TO BED?

BECAUSE I CAN'T SLEEP.

AND EVERY TIME I DO I HAVE

THESE HORRIBLE NIGHTMARES.

IT'S THE MEDS.

DOCTOR RUSSELL SAID THEY

MIGHT HAVE SIDE EFFECTS.

I'M JUST SO TIRED.

I FEEL LIKE I:

AM EMPTIED OUT.

SNAP OUT OF IT,

OR SOMETHING.

SNAP OUT OF IT?

YOU THINK THIS IS JUST A

SWITCH I CAN TURN ON AND OFF?

I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

WELL THAT'S WHA IT SOUNDED LIKE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA

HOW HARD THIS IS FOR ME?

DO YOU EVEN CARE?

WHAT DO YOU THINK

IT'S LIKE FOR ME JAMIE?

YOU STOMP:

AROUND THE HOUSE WITH

A BLACK CLOUD:

OVER YOUR HEAD.

YOU DIDN'T EVEN TELL ME

YOU WERE SEEING DR. RUSSELL.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU

WANT OR HOW TO HELP YOU.

YOU CAN HELP ME BY PAYING

SOME ATTENTION TO ME.

LIKE YOU DO TO:

NICOLE AND DEVIN

AND EVERYBODY:

ELSE BUT ME.

EVERY TIME I TRY

I GET SHOT DOWN.

WHEN DID YOU TRY?

JUST TELL:

ME ONE TIME.

ALRIGHT.

THIS IS:

GOING NOWHERE.

I GOT TO:

GO TO WORK.

PETER, PLEASE DON'T GO.

I WILL TRY TO:

COME HOME EARLY,

JUST CALL ME:

IF YOU NEED ME.

PETER...

I'LL SEE YOU TONIGHT.

PETER...

JAMIE, IT'S DOCTOR RUSSELL.

YOU MISSED YOUR:

APPOINTMENT YESTERDAY.

WILL YOU PLEASE CALL ME?

NEXT TIME YOU ARE NO

GOING TO JUMP OFF

THE SWING ARE YOU?

I LOOK UGLY.

NO YOU DON'T BABY, AND THA IS GOING TO FADE OVER TIME.

NO IT WON'T, IT'LL

STAY THERE FOREVER.

THAT'S THE SAME ONE.

WHY DIDN' I SEE THAT?

THAT'S THE

SAME SCAR.

NO!

THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE!

JAMIE... JAMIE... JAMIE!

PETER... PETER IT'S ME.

CAN YOU CALL ME AS

SOON AS YOU GET THIS?

I NEED TO:

TALK TO YOU.

DR. RUSSELL, THIS IS JAMIE,

CAN YOU:

CALL ME PLEASE?

I NEED TO:

TALK TO YOU.

I WAS RIGH ABOUT AMANDA.

YOU KILLED ME, MOMMY.

AMANDA!

HELLO JAMIE?

CAN YOU HEAR ME?

IT'S DR. RUSSELL,

I GOT YOUR MESSAGE.

ARE YOU OKAY?

JAMIE?

JAMIE TALK TO ME.

IS CAITLIN OKAY?

YOU CALLED HER:

AMANDA IN YOUR MESSAGE.

I KNOW THE TRUTH NOW.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

JAMIE?

JAMIE?

JAMIE... JAMIE,

IT'S DOCTOR RUSSELL!

YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO

BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF

YOUR CRIB BY YOURSELF.

NIC, IT'S ME.

HAVE YOU:

HEARD FROM JAMIE?

NO.

WHY IS:

SOMETHING WRONG?

EVERYTIME I CALL THE

HOUSE THE LINE IS BUSY.

YOU WANT ME TO CHECK ON HER?

YEAH, TRAFFIC'S

BACKED UP FOR MILES.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN

I'M GOING TO GET HOME.

YOU HAD EVERYBODY

FOOLED DIDN'T YEAH?

BUT NO YOUR MOMMY.

I DON'T WANT TO

HAVE TO DO THIS.

OH GOD.

WHAT AM I DOING?

I'M SO SORRY.

JAMIE...

I'M SO SORRY.

JAMIE IS EVERYTHING OKAY?

YOU DID THIS!

YOU KILLED ME MOMMY.

NO.

NO!

YOU CAN'T HAVE HER.

YOU CAN'T HAVE HER.

JUST STAY AWAY:

FROM MY BABY.

JAMIE!

JAMIE!

JAMIE!

JAMIE!

JAMIE!

STOP!

PLEASE JAMIE...

JUST DON'T HURT HER.

WHAT?

I WOULD NEVER:

HURT MY BABY.

I HAD TO SAVE:

HER FROM AMANDA.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

AMANDA DID THIS?

PLEASE JUS GIVE HER TO ME.

PLEASE JUS GIVE HER TO ME.

NO.

JAMIE PLEASE DON'T!

AHHHHH!

AHHHHH!

NO DON'T HURT MY BABY.

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