Insidious: Chapter 4 Page #3

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Yeah, of course.

[CLEARS THROAT]

GIRL:

All right.

[GIGGLES]

Oh.

[LAUGHING]

Oh. I'm sorry. I...

You just look so much

like someone I know very well.

GIRL:

Oh, really?

I'm Elise.

Melissa.

Imogen.

And you're sisters?

Yes, we are.

Tucker.

Specs.

I'm Specs. Or Steven.

Whatever. Your choice.

She's psychic,

and we're sidekick.

I'm sorry?

Forget it.

So are you guys

visiting the area?

Tough to talk about. Actually,

it's pretty confidential.

It's a poltergeist infestation

involving Ted Garza.

Do you know him? He lives,

like, down the road or...?

Ghosts and ghouls.

What he's trying to say

is we're ghost hunters.

- The three of us.

- TUCKER:
Kind of like cops.

Only we don't arrest humans.

[LAUGHS]

I'm funny too.

A lot of the time.

- I can also be funny... What?

- Okay. Okay.

ELISE:
I think that

that's enough, boys.

Oh, yeah?

I used to live in this town

a long time ago.

Well, good for you.

You got out.

Um. I'm really making a fool out

of myself. We're making...

No, you're not.

It's really nice to meet you.

MAN:

Ernie, how's it hanging?

Dad, over here.

- How are you?

- Hot enough for you?

[]

Hello, Christian.

Have I aged that much?

ELISE:
Well, aren't you

gonna say anything?

I have nothing to

say to you.

Girls, come on.

Let's go.

- Come on.

- IMOGEN:
We just got here.

Hear me out.

I'm... I'm still

your sister, and...

That only means something

if I choose it to

mean something,

and I choose it not to.

Please, Christian.

I just want you

to hear my piece.

I didn't know

how this was gonna go.

I thought you could

see the future.

- Is this really your sister?

- No, it isn't! Come on.

Yes, yes, I am his sister.

Listen to me.

You listen.

Now, when we were children,

you terrified me.

You scared

the life out of me

with stories about a monster

behind a red door,

and then you opened the door,

and you left.

You left me.

You abandoned me to

a real monster, our father.

Look, I wish you no harm, but

you stay away from us, Elise.

You stay away.

Christian.

[DOOR CLOSES, BELL TINKLES]

Christian!

Christian!

[CRYING]

I was stupid to come back here.

No, you weren't.

You're helping people.

That's what you do,

remember?

Elise.

I'm sorry.

He can be unreasonable

sometimes.

Knowing what he grew up with,

that's perfectly understandable.

He's never told us anything

about his childhood.

I've never even seen a picture.

He never told us

anything about you.

I left him alone,

and I shouldn't have.

He is a great dad,

you know?

I love him a lot.

You have no idea how happy

that makes me, honey.

Um.

- Tucker?

- ...share with me. Yes?

ELISE:
Do you have the still

frames that we printed?

- Yes, I do.

- ELISE:
Bring them here.

Eaten by the female,

that's why...

Tucker?

ELISE:

Tucker, I need you.

- TUCKER:
Yes.

- Come on.

Here you go.

Here. You give this

to your dad,

and you tell him

it was taken yesterday

in our old bedroom.

Oh, I think he will be

very surprised to see it.

I'm so happy to meet you.

MELISSA:

Okay.

[MACHINERY GRINDING]

SPECS:

Testing. One, two.

Can you hear me, guys?

No.

ELISE:
I noticed this last night,

but I couldn't quite place it.

Then Christian reminded me

that when I was a child

I saw a red door.

The entity that killed my mother

came through it.

I don't get it. A red door is

a red door. Anyone can see it.

No, it's not a literal door.

It's a metaphysical one.

Remember when I went

into The Further

to find Quinn Brenner?

I came across a red door.

And I... I passed

through it,

and it took me deeper

into The Further.

If I can find out

what it means,

I might be able to

stop the thing

[DISTORTED VOICE]

that's haunting this house.

[DISTORTED VOICE]

Well, this might help.

[DEVICE BUZZES]

I spoke to you last night.

Are you there?

Can you hear me?

[STATIC CRACKLING]

You took something from me.

Why?

ELISE:
Why did you

say, "Help her"?

Help who?

[WHISTLE BLOWS

THREE TIMES]

[STATIC CRACKLING]

[WHISTLE BLOWS

THREE TIMES]

This way.

[STATIC CRACKLING]

[WHISTLE BLOWS

THREE TIMES]

[TUCKER GASPS]

[]

[FLOOR CREAKING]

[SQUEAKING]

[WHISTLE BLOWS

THREE TIMES]

[ELISE GASPS]

[IN NORMAL VOICE]

Is that you?

Whistle once for yes,

twice for no.

Are you the woman

I saw last night?

[WHISTLE BLOWS ONCE]

Is there an entity

in this house

that is trying

to hurt Ted Garza?

[WHISTLE BLOWS ONCE]

Are you that entity?

[WHISTLE BLOWS TWICE]

Is there something

you're trying to show me?

[WHISTLE BLOWS ONCE]

Is what you want to show me

behind this wall?

[WHISTLE BLOWS ONCE,

SUSTAINED]

[]

[ELISE GASPS]

Keys.

Freeze, buddy. Freeze.

On.

Wait. On.

[PANTING]

[CLATTERING]

[DOOR CREAKING]

TUCKER:

Wait.

ELISE:

Thank you.

[ELISE GASPS]

What is it you wanna show me?

[SHUFFLING]

- FEMALE GHOST:
Help her!

- [ELISE SCREAMS, GRUNTS]

[CHAIN RATTLING]

Help me.

[]

[GASPS]

That's not a ghost.

ELISE:

Oh, my God.

[BOTH CRYING]

Oh, my God.

I'll break the chain.

No, you won't.

[WOMAN WHIMPERING]

GARZA:

Move.

Get away from her!

I asked you, help me

get rid of the ghost.

Help me get rid of it!

GARZA [OVER HEADSET]:

Help me!

Why did you

have to come down here?

[STATIC CRACKLES

ON HEADSET]

- Why?

- Your ghost led us down here.

He's in my head.

[WHISPERS]

He's in my head.

[GUN CLICKS]

[FOOTSTEPS CREAKING]

Is that your friend?

That is your friend.

[LOCK CLICKS]

[]

[PANTS]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING SLOWLY]

You there, Specs?

Specs!

[PANTING]

What?

[OBJECT CLATTERS DISTANTLY]

[PANTING]

- [GRUNTS]

- [GUN FIRES]

[GRUNTS]

- [OBJECTS CLATTER]

- F***.

[CLICKING RHYTHMICALLY]

[GRUNTS]

[SPECS GRUNTS]

[SIGHS, THEN PANTS]

[MAN CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY

OVER POLICE RADIO]

WHITFIELD:

Her name is Mara Jennings.

Uh, she's a nurse from a town

about 10 miles outside of here.

She's been missing

for approximately four months.

[]

Watch your step down.

Can you stick around

for a few days?

Yeah, we'll be here.

I'm gonna have to get statements

from all of you.

[SIGHS]

There are plenty of demons

in this world

who are very much alive,

and you stopped one of them.

Thanks, Elise.

[HOUSE CREAKING]

[MACHINERY CREAKS]

IMOGEN:

Dad, this is crazy.

CHRISTIAN:
This is

something I have to do.

CHRISTIAN:

I gotta find it.

It's a little whistle,

a little silver whistle.

ELISE:
Look, I deal

in the spirit world,

and spirits can make people

do bad things in the real world.

Some of these people come

to me for help.

But to you, that's weird.

To me, it's a day job.

This one was different,

though.

The haunted house

was my house.

[OBJECTS CLATTER]

[SIGHS]

It's not in here.

Hey, I'm gonna check on him.

Mm-hm.

Why would Garza

invite you up,

knowing the risk

that you might discover Mara?

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLES

FAINTLY]

These hauntings

can be terrifying things.

Maybe the fear

of the beyond...

overcame the fear

of getting caught.

Mm.

Or maybe he wanted

to get caught.

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