Insidious Page #3

Now.

I wasn't sure the doorbell was working.

I'm sorry.

-That's fine. Come on in.

-Thank you.

Mrs. Rainier?

No, Mrs. Rainier is my mother.

Just call me Elise.

-I'm Josh.

-I knew that.

You've grown since I last saw you.

Since you last saw me?

Your mother and I have been friends

a long time.

-Well, hello.

-This is my wife, Renai.

-How do you do?

-Hi, thank you for coming.

-Thank you for having me.

-Can we get you anything, Elise?

No, I'm fine, thank you so much.

We took Trifield and EMF readings

of the whole house,

all the wiring, alarm clocks, radios, toasters,

IV, record player, fuse box,

nothing went off the charts except for the...

And the previous home?

Tucker hadn't monitored that yet.

You know what? Don't even sweat it.

I'll make myself available.

I'll get on that this afternoon.

Yeah, but I'll have to come, too,

because who's going to operate

the equipment?

Well, strictly, I could do it without...

-Yeah, but I need to oversee...

-Yeah, but it's not...

That's fine, gentlemen.

I don't think bad wiring is the problem here.

May I walk through the house?

-Sure, of course.

-Thank you.

Your other children are with Lorraine, right?

Yeah, they are.

Steven, do you have your sketchbook?

Yes. Yes, I do.

Good. 'Cause we're gonna need it.

What do you need that for?

She tells me what she sees, and I draw it.

It's the most important part of her process.

-That's debatable.

-it's not debatable.

It is, but whatever.

Leave the light off.

Hey, Dalton.

You are a very handsome boy.

Your mom and dad are here,

so don't you worry.

What? What...

The face...

What?

Blood red face.

Black... Black arms. Black legs.

Black body.

Slow down.

-His feet are black. His legs are black.

-Slow down.

What is it?

Oh, my God.

And pitch black eyes.

They're like two dark holes.

He has hooves for feet.

-What?

-And long spidery fingernails.

Elise, what's...

Hey, what is that?

I'm not sure if you're ready to hear this yet,

but unfortunately,

I can't waste any time easing you into it.

I want you to know, this is what I believe,

and it may contradict

a previous medical diagnosis, but...

You called me here, and I'm taking that

as an acceptance of my readings. Yes?

Yes, go on.

Your son isn't in a coma.

Falling off a ladder

had nothing to do with this.

His physical body's here.

But his spiritual body is not.

And the reason these disturbances,

they followed you to a new home,

is because it's not the house that's haunted.

It's your son.

I don't understand.

Have you ever heard of astral projection?

Yes. It's out of body experience

or something?

I like to call them travelers.

You see, these are people with the ability

to leave their physical body

and to travel to different places

in astral form.

Now, Dalton,

he is a very accomplished astral projector.

He's been doing it in his sleep

for a long time.

He has been since he was very young.

And he's unafraid

because he thinks they're dreams.

And it's that very lack of fear

that has led him to travel too far.

And to become lost.

Lost?

Lost where?

In a place that I call the Further.

What? What does that mean?

The Further is a world far beyond our own,

yet it's all around us,

a place without time as we know it.

It's a dark realm

filled with the tortured souls of the dead,

a place not meant for the living.

That's where Dalton is.

And the problem

is that with his astral body gone,

he's just left us with a physical body,

an empty vessel.

And there are entities that know this

because they can smell it.

That's why they're gathered around him.

Are these the things that I've been seeing?

They're all trying to get inside of his physical

body simply because they...

They crave life,

the chance to live again.

But there are other entities

who are malevolent

and have a more insidious agenda.

And then, there's this.

A demon who seeks Dalton's body

for one reason:

to cause pain to others.

He is so desperate to possess Dalton,

and he's the closest of all the entities

to getting inside of him.

What do you mean the closest?

Because these entities, they can't

just walk into the bodies of the living

anytime they please.

To cross over from their realm, it takes time.

It takes energy.

But the longer that Dalton's astral body

is kept away from his physical body,

the weaker the link gets.

The easier it is to possess him.

Is there anything we can do

to bring Dalton back?

There's something we could try.

It's a little unorthodox.

But I would need your complete trust.

No, no, no. I'm sorry, this has gone too far.

What? No, please, Josh.

You said you would give her a chance.

I have given her a chance, honey, but I can't

have somebody coming into our home

and telling us the reason

our son is in a coma

is because his soul has floated off

somewhere in another dimension.

We're gonna bring her all the way here

and not even consider what she's saying?

I did this to make sure you could feel at ease.

And if it helped, great.

I've listened to the dog and pony show.

I have seen the drawings.

But to bring Dalton into it, no.

But why is our son still in a coma?

Why can't the doctors tell us

what is wrong with him?

How did the voice of reason

become the bad guy here?

Don't you see, Renai?

You want to believe. Anybody would.

You don't believe me! You don't believe me!

I moved houses for you.

What do you mean, I don't believe you?

I'm on your side here.

But this, this is dangerous and exploitative.

You guys come into the home

of a seriously ill child,

and you make some tenuous connection

between him

and the images my wife is seeing, and voil!

Tears validate your power, and thank you

very much, that will be $600 please.

-Thank you for coming.

-Please. Please.

-Thank you. No, I really understand.

-Please.

Thank you for your hospitality. Good luck.

Oh, Jesus!

Sorry to waste your time.

Where are you, buddy?

Did you go somewhere?

No.

No, you're right here. You are right here.

Can you hear me?

I know you can hear me,

but you gotta show me, okay, buddy?

You gotta show me that you can hear me.

Okay.

What's most important is that you realize

no two attempts are the same.

I'm going to be completely honest with you

about the results.

If there's no dialogue established,

I'm gonna tell you.

These still cameras are rigged to pick up

any changes in the atmosphere,

both electrical or temperature-wise.

Don't be alarmed if they go off

You're gonna see a lot of confusing things,

things you don't understand.

But do not question them

and do not speak in any way.

I want you to know whatever I say

when I'm in tune

is going to be at a very low volume.

You won't hear any of it.

But Steven's gonna write it down.

He's going repeat it for you. Okay?

Dim the lights, please.

We are calling out to you, Dalton.

Tell us you're safe. Tell us where you are.

Tell us you're safe. Tell us where you are.

Dalton.

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