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Synopsis: A gripping story of a family in search of help for their son, Dalton, who fell into a coma after a mysterious incident in the attic. Little do they know that there is much more to this endless sleep than meets the eye as they explore the paranormal, and rediscover the past; the key to getting their son back once and for all.
Director(s): James Wan
Production: FilmDistrict
  8 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
65%
PG-13
Year:
2010
103 min
$53,700,000
Website
2,888 Views


It's okay. It's okay.

What's this?

An award.

That's today's date. Did you get this today?

Honey, why didn't you tell us?

I know it's hard right now,

but things are going to get better, I promise.

I'm gonna show this to your dad.

It's fantastic.

I'm scared, Mom.

-Scared of what?

-Dalton.

Can I change rooms?

Why would you want to change rooms?

I don't like when he walks around at night.

Something really weird happened

to me today.

What?

I heard this noise coming from Cali's room.

It was on the baby monitor.

It was like voices.

And I ran up here and I had a look,

but there was no one in there.

It was probably just interference.

Those things are always picking up

somebody else's signal.

I don't know. It sounded so clear.

It was like this whispering.

It was... It scared the hell out of me.

I was at the piano,

and I could hear it on the monitor,

and I turned up the volume and...

Who the hell is that?

Hold on.

Stay here.

Who is it?

Jesus.

Hello?

Oh, my God! Josh! Josh! Josh!

Please. Someone's in Cali's room!

Someone's in Cali's room!

There's someone there! I saw somebody!

He was standing right there!

He was standing right there!

-There's nobody here.

-I saw someone!

Okay, take her, get Foster,

go in Dalton's room.

-Foster!

-What's going on?

The alarm's gone off!

God damn it!

Thanks, guys.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Hey, honey. It's me.

They just told me, I've got to...

I'm gonna have to stay late tonight to...

I gotta grade some tests,

and it's gonna be a while so...

You don't have to wait up, okay?

I'll be home as soon as I can. I love you.

Did he respond to any of the new tests?

No. No, he didn't.

But we have to give it time.

I've seen coma patients

with a much longer inactivity time

suddenly start making noises.

He's not in a coma.

They don't know what to call it.

They don't know what to do with him,

so they've just given up.

I feel like the universe is just

trying to see how far I'll bend before I break.

Well, the universe picked a fight

with the wrong chick.

That's okay. I got it.

Thank you.

Okay.

Josh, where are you?

I need you to come home now, please.

It's 10:
30.

You've been coming home late

every single night.

In all the years you've worked at the school,

you've never had to do that.

Why all of a sudden

are you staying back late?

You know, I don't like it either.

I was grading tests. I mean...

What choice do I have?

-I've got to pay Dalton's bills.

-Josh.

I'm scared. I'm so scared and...

I'm scared. He's my son, too.

You don't understand. I'm scared for Dalton.

I'm scared of this house.

There's something wrong with this place.

I'm not imagining it. I can feel it.

It's like a sickness.

Ever since we've moved in,

everything's just gone wrong.

You think our house is haunted?

I don't think it. I know it.

Things move around in here by themselves.

I walk into the kitchen at night to get a drink,

I can feel eyes on me.

I can't be in there alone anymore.

I need you. But you're never here.

-Where are you?

-I told you. I was grading tests.

That's not what I mean.

You're not here with me in this situation.

You're just avoiding it,

like everything stressful,

whether it's this or parking tickets.

Oh, God. Stop saying that, okay?

I don't avoid stressful situations.

I'm just dealing with it

in my own f***ing way.

Fine. Deal with this!

Jesus.

Oh, God.

Josh?

Josh.

Renai?

Renai!

-What, what, what? What is it?

-There's someone here.

There's someone in the room!

He was right there, I swear!

Don't you dare not believe me.

Please. Please, believe me.

I swear he was right there.

I do, I do. I do believe you.

I just don't know what you want me to do.

I want to leave. Please.

I want to leave this house.

I can't spend another night here. Please!

-Please, help me!

-Okay, okay, okay.

We're going.

Lorraine, please, you shouldn't be doing

any of this. Just sit down.

I'm perfectly capable

of putting a few things away.

I did it for Josh his whole life.

I know, but I feel terrible.

I think it's you who should be sitting down

by the looks of it.

I can't believe you got Josh to hold still

for a photo.

What I can't believe

is that we are doing this all over again.

Ridiculous.

You must think I'm crazy.

Nobody,

not me or anybody, knows

what you're going through right now.

Whatever you have to do

to get through it, do it.

And you don't have to apologize

for anything.

Thanks.

Dalton?

Your faith can help. Trust it, you know.

-Hello.

-Josh.

This is the first line of a joke, right?

A guy comes home to find his wife

with a priest.

This is Liam Martin.

-Nice to meet you.

-He's actually a very old friend of mine.

-This is my husband, Josh.

-What's going on here?

-I should be going.

-Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much for the tea.

This thing from the other house

has followed us here.

I saw something today.

I thought it was a little boy.

I followed it into Dalton's room.

But it wasn't a child. It was something else.

So what?

You just brought a priest in to get rid of it?

I didn't know what else to do, Josh.

Come on, Renal.

When's the last time you went to church?

What's happening to Renai is real.

I've seen it for myself.

I came today because last night

I had a dream about this place.

I was in this house, but it was late at night.

I was afraid.

I went into your bedroom,

but you were both asleep.

I knew I was asleep in the dream,

but I could feel that someone was awake

in the house.

I went into Dalton's room.

There was something in there with him.

It was standing there in the corner.

I asked it, "Who are you?"

And it said it was a visitor.

I said, "What do you want?"

It Said, "Dalton"

I can still hear that voice.

What? What?

-it's here!

-What?

Jesus!

Oh, my God!

Okay. He's okay.

Please! Please, help him! Please!

I know someone who can help

if you're willing to ask.

I'm Specs. This is Tucker.

-I'm Renai. Hi.

-Hi.

-You must be Josh.

-Yeah. Hi.

That wasn't psychic.

Elise already told me your name so...

Where is Elise?

She sent us ahead

to do some preliminary tests.

Helps weed out the nut jobs.

-What is that?

-It's a Trifield meter.

Measures DC fields

and the natural

electromagnetic environment.

Yeah, sometimes old wiring

can leak into the atmosphere.

It causes hallucinations, changes in energy.

It's a little more important than that,

but whatever.

The tech stuff's not really relevant

to you guys anyway.

It's all very relevant, actually.

What?

Starfleet Series One.

It's hard to find.

Should have kept it in its box.

This device measures changes in UV light.

I make all this equipment myself, you know.

It's impressive.

Thanks.

It's not that hard

if you know what you're doing.

Yeah, that one's basically a modified toy.

I'm gonna need some time alone

to concentrate.

This field is...

Look, the body is made up of energy.

-Where does that energy go when we die?

-We can call Elise.

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Leigh Whannell

Leigh Whannell (born 17 January 1977) is an Australian screenwriter, producer, director, and actor. He is best known for writing films directed by his friend James Wan, including Saw (2004), Dead Silence (2007), Insidious (2011), and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). Whannell has directed two films, Insidious: Chapter 3, released in 2015, and Upgrade, released in 2018. Whannell and Wan are the creators of the Saw franchise. Whannell wrote the first installment, co-wrote the second and third installments, was producer or executive producer for all the films, and appeared as the "Adam Stanheight" character in four of the installments. He was also the writer of the Saw video game (2009), and co-writer of the 2014 film Cooties. more…

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