Insidious: Chapter 4 Page #2

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My name is Ted Garza.

Nice to meet you,

Mr. Garza.

GARZA:
Yeah. I'm-I'm

having some problems.

Things are happening

in my house,

and they say that

you know about this stuff.

I know some things.

GARZA:
Yeah, well, I was wondering

if you could take a look.

I need... I need help

is the thing, see.

May I ask where you live?

GARZA:

I live at 414 Appletree Road

Five Keys, New Mexico.

[]

Um. Mr. Garza, ahem,

I wish I could help you,

but I really can't.

I'm so sorry.

I thank you very much

for thinking of me.

ELISE:
Sorry to drag

you boys out of bed.

That man who called

today about a job?

He told me he lives in the house

that I grew up in.

I call it a house

because it wasn't a... a home.

I don't have memories

from that place. I have scars.

This gift I have

that you boys are so in awe of,

my father tried

to beat it out of me.

[]

And...

my mother,

she was killed

in that house.

She was murdered by something

that I brought into this world.

This demon wants

to use my abilities,

and it will hurt the ones I love

to get to me.

That's why I never want to go

into The Further

like I did for Quinn.

I have spent my life fighting

these things

because I can

never forget the look

on my mother's face

when she died.

So...

[SNIFFS]

I have to help this man

because I know

what he's up against.

SPECS:
We'll pack up

the truck tonight.

We'll get an

early start tomorrow.

Not this time.

This one, I have to do...

alone.

[TIRES SQUEALING]

[VAN RUMBLING]

[BRAKES SQUEALING]

We have to come with you now.

This cost us 700 bucks.

Plus 200 for

the logo paint job.

[HORN HONKS]

[]

[ELECTRIC LINES HUMMING SOFTLY]

[BRAKES SQUEAL]

Oh. Oh...

[PUMPJACK CREAKING]

[EXHALES DEEPLY]

ELISE:

Before we go inside,

I brought some clothes

for you boys.

Some of it belonged to Jack,

and it's very important to me.

GARZA:

I bet I can guess who you are.

There's no need.

I'm Elise.

- Hi.

- And this is Specs and Tucker,

my associates.

She's psychic.

We're sidekick.

Where's that?

She's psychic.

We're sidekick.

[CHUCKLES]

Sorry, I'm... I'm

not understanding.

Yeah, never mind.

You wanna come in? Here.

Come on. I'm supposed

to invite you in. Come on.

- Hello.

- [GRUNTS]

[DOOR CREAKS, CLOSES]

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REPORTER [ON TV]: ...and history

always repeats, my friends.

The ghosts of their past

will soon become our present

if we do not confront them...

You still have

so much of our old stuff.

GARZA:

It was all here.

Pretty good stuff, you know?

I didn't see any reason

to get rid of it.

There's stories.

About your family.

I never listened to them

when they said that

this wasn't a place

that I should live.

You know, I looked at it,

and I just saw a little house.

I said, "Screw the stories,"

and I bought it.

[VOICES WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]

GARZA:

Now I believe the stories.

[VOICES CONTINUE

WHISPERING]

You getting anything?

There are so many spirits

in this house,

it's hard to tell

the good from the evil.

A lot of people

died in that prison.

When did these

occurrences start?

GARZA:

Soon after I moved in.

First, it was, uh,

the little things,

you know?

Things that...

AUDREY:
You've been

blessed with a gift.

AUDREY [DISTORTED]:

You're special.

You just keep it between us

from now on, okay?

[GERALD SCREAMS]

GERALD:

No. No!

You okay?

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Yeah, I'm... I'm fine.

These experiences

you're having...

Where do they mainly occur?

Mostly in one room.

I keep it locked now.

I haven't opened it

in three months.

I'll take that one.

You wanna give me a hand?

That's good.

A little bit more.

[SPECS AND GARZA PANTING]

[KEY CLICKS]

[]

[CAMERA CLICKS,

WHINES]

Sorry.

Can't go in there.

[CAMERA CLICKS,

WHINES]

[CAMERA CLICKS,

WHINES]

When it first started,

I could hear somebody

just walking back and forth.

Someone was talking

to themselves.

You think you're going crazy,

and then you...

you actually hear it.

And you know you're not.

Finally, one day,

I walked in,

and I screamed at it:

"You stop.

"You stop.

Please stop."

My whole life savings

is in this place.

You gotta help me.

You gotta help me, please.

That's what we do.

SPECS:
The camera

is so we can see

what she sees

from out in the truck.

We call it

the "Winneba-ghost."

[SNORTS]

I think

I'm gonna go there now.

[MACHINERY GRINDING]

You really are

gonna stay here all alone?

My presence tends to draw

the spirits out

of their dark,

little corners.

You need to take this.

Thank you.

Good night.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[MACHINERY GRINDING,

CREAKING]

SPECS:

Can you hear us, Elise?

- [MIC SQUEALS]

- [ELISE GRUNTS]

Yes. Try not to drown out

the other voices.

SPECS [ON RADIO]:

We got you, we're gone.

Here you go.

- What's this?

- Lights.

Thanks.

[FLOOR CREAKING]

[]

[VIDEO CRACKLING]

[ELISE SIGHS]

[LAUGHS SOFTLY]

I thought you

were gone forever.

ELISE [ON RADIO]: My mother

got this for my brother

and he lost it

when he was 6 years old.

Safe now.

Oh...

Huh.

Mm.

[FLOOR CREAKING]

[GASPS]

[PANTING]

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- [ELECTRICITY ZAPS]

- [GASPS]

[FLOOR CREAKS]

[CREAKING]

[]

TUCKER [ON RADIO]:

Stop.

- What?

- Go back, to the left.

SPECS:

What?

Yeah, nothing.

Thought I saw some feet.

Feet?

[GASPS]

Elise, there's someone

right in front of you.

SPECS [ON RADIO]:

Looks like a woman.

ELISE:

I don't see anything.

SPECS:

Elise, be careful.

[ELISE BREATHING HEAVILY]

ELISE:
I don't see

what you're seeing.

SPECS:

You're going to touch it.

Be careful.

Help her.

[SCREAMS]

Elise? Elise? What happened?

The whistle.

It took the whistle.

What were you doing

in there?

Thought you were gonna stay

in the bedroom.

ELISE:

Something led me down there.

The spirit of a woman.

I don't know why she said,

"Help her,"

but it's a ghost

I have seen before

in this house,

when I was 16 years old.

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[SOFT SCRAPING]

[CLATTERING]

Did you hear that?

Hear what?

There's someone

in the laundry room.

No, there isn't.

I heard it.

I'm gonna go look.

No. Don't, Elise.

Hello.

I live here with my brother,

Christian.

What's your name?

Stop it.

You're making it up.

Come out

and see my brother.

He doesn't believe

that you're here.

GERALD:

Christian!

What are you doing, girl?

There's someone

in the laundry.

[CLEARS THROAT]

There's no one in here.

You're doing it again.

You can't punish me

for this.

I never wanted it.

I never asked for it.

Sh.

If there's one thing

you've been doing

your whole life, Elise

it's ask for it.

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[STATIC HUMMING]

[GASPS]

[CRYING] I won't let

you hurt me anymore.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

CHRISTIAN:

Please!

Elise.

Elise!

Elise, don't go!

GERALD:

Leave her be. Leave her be.

She needs to learn

that nobody else

can possibly

love someone like her.

I haven't been back here since.

I think that's

all for tonight.

We'll pick it up tomorrow.

ELISE:
Christian and I

came here a lot as kids.

Do I look okay?

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