Oculus Page #4

- Why not?

You're wrong. I saw Mom

lock him in the office

and I sat outside that door all

day, and nobody went in or out.

Have you ever heard of the fuzzy

trace theory of human psychology?

No. But I'm gonna guess you have.

I'm the star of a psychiatric

article about it.

Our brains actually encode

information as fuzzy traces.

More like a general meaning

than an exact record.

- This is horseshit, Tim.

- Adults are more likely

to combine those traces

into false memories.

You saw Mom put the dog in the

office on a number of occasions.

My God, what did they do to you?

Way before Dad forbade anyone

else from going in the office.

Those traces fused with

your memory of that day.

- I feel sorry for you.

- OK, what's more likely?

That you're misremembering

events from 11 years ago,

or that the mirror eats dogs?

Oh, look! It's Dog!

Give it some time.

A little time.

There's nothing going on here,

woman! You're really losing it!

I can hear you talking to someone,

and it sounds like a woman.

- You know what, you're crazy!

- I'm not crazy!

I can hear you talking to someone.

I mean, listen to yourself!

"I can hear you through the door."

Why would I make this up?

I'm not crazy!

The water supply is poisoned?

And we got a burglar?

You're losing your mind.

I'm sorry that we woke you up.

Are you and Daddy fighting because

of the woman in the office?

You got to remember that woman.

You saw her too.

I convinced myself I

saw a lot of things.

But what did we really see?

Mom yelling at Dad in the

middle of the night.

Mom said she heard voices, but it

was probably just Dad on the phone.

Doesn't explain the woman

I saw through the window.

But when did you see her?

The first time? We were

playing in the yard.

Was Mom at home?

Mom was always home.

Are you sure about that?

Because I'm not.

- Oh, sh*t.

- Sh*t.

Get back. Get back.

He was having an affair,

saint that he was.

It was a bad marriage.

Look how it ended up.

- No.

- Our father was a cheater,

- and it drove our mother crazy.

- Stop it.

He snapped and he killed her.

He was gonna do the same to us.

Oh, yeah. A bad marriage.

That explains how Mom had no

teeth, no hair, no mind left,

by the time she died.

Yeah, a bad marriage.

That explains those other people we

both saw in the house that last night.

He was withdrawn, secretive.

All signs of an affair.

I had access to all of

Mom and Dad's stuff.

While you were getting

brainwashed, I looked.

Not one credit card receipt,

phone call, flower order.

Nothing to suggest an affair.

He was smart enough

not to leave a trail.

Quiet!

I talked to his friends

and co-workers.

If there was another

woman, she was a ghost.

Yeah, I agree, he was withdrawn,

secretive, suspicious, sure.

All signs of an affair, fine. I'm

not saying he wasn't seduced.

It's a matter of what seduced him.

And things have been happening in

here while we argue, you know.

You know the temperature in here

has risen by three degrees?

- Three degrees.

- Two people in a small space,

lights burning,

electrical equipment...

Phone lines are probably down

by now. Why don't you check?

OK, then. Let's have a look.

Dial tone.

Static?

Look, Kaylie. You can

deal with this. I did it.

You want to redeem the family name?

You don't need to do it for Mom and Dad.

You only need to do

it for yourself.

Oh...

They did a bang-up job on

you in there, didn't they?

You were perfectly normal

when they locked you up.

You had to go bat-sh*t to get out.

Mason, stop your goddamn whining!

You know what? That's it. I'm done.

I know I'm supposed to

wait around for you

to find your own way out of this.

But I'm not gonna stand here

and let you torture a dog.

- What do you think you're doing?

- Listen to it!

Stop it! Stop it.

No! No! Wait!

What?

- You didn't need to do that.

- Oh, yes, I did, Kaylie. You're sick.

Nothing you said would

happen tonight has happened.

The plants are still alive,

the mirror is just a mirror.

The only thing threatening

that dog was you!

And it's not your fault.

Like it wasn't my fault.

I had help, and you were alone.

These kinds of problems

are hard to overcome,

but they're nothing

to be ashamed of.

They run in our family.

Kaylie, I'm sorry.

Look...

Let's get out of here.

Go some place else and

talk about how to move on.

Where can we go?

Oh, Kaylie...

Where?

Let's go turn off those

cameras, disarm that anchor...

and we can go anywhere you want.

Go talk to your fianc, maybe.

He'll want to help.

You know he will.

Kaylie?

There it is.

There it is.

Ha!

Yes.

Yes!

Yes!

Yes. Yes.

Yes. Yes!

I'm now reviewing the tape

of the last few minutes.

He was having an affair,

saint that he was.

It was a bad marriage.

Look how it ended up.

Our father was a cheater,

and it drove our mother crazy.

- Stop it.

- He snapped and he killed her.

- He was gonna do the same to us.

- Yeah, a bad marriage.

That explains how Mom had no

teeth, no hair, no mind left,

by the time she died.

Yeah, a bad marriage.

That explains those other people we

both saw in the house that last night.

I don't remember doing that.

Do you? You don't.

The temperature in the room has

increased another two degrees

to 78 degrees Fahrenheit...

- but the alarms didn't go off...

- My phone.

We've lost the ficus and

the blooming plants.

- My phone.

- Which tells me that the dog

provided at least enough

energy to bait the shark.

I'd better call the doctor.

Tim. If you're gonna

make a phone call,

you need to do it outside

its radius of influence.

Otherwise there's no way of knowing

who you're really talking to.

Hello? Hi. Yeah.

Everything's fine now.

I'm sorry about earlier.

I'll talk to you in an hour.

50/50 that was even him.

We need to get out of

this room for a while.

It must've gotten more from

the dog than I guessed.

Its radius of influence

appears to be... 30 feet...

which means we're still

good to go in the kitchen,

laundry room, garage,

master bedroom,

and the yard, front and back.

Oh, but I doubt for very long.

Tim?

Tim!

Your call cannot be

completed as dialed.

Your call cannot be

completed as dialed.

Please check the

number and dial again.

Your call cannot be

completed as dialed.

Please check the

number and dial again.

Tim.

Tim.

How did I get back in here?

What do you mean? You walked

over here and you sat down.

- I was outside.

- No, you weren't.

Did you think you were?

Would you mind saying

that on camera?

Hey. Hey!

It's because you're still here

that I know we're gonna win.

Do you hear me?

Do you understand?

When's Daddy coming home?

I don't know.

You don't know when

Daddy's coming home?

I don't know where he is.

I know where he says he is.

Kaylie.

Tell me more about the

woman in the office.

I haven't seen her.

I have.

When?

Last night.

She wasn't in the office.

She was on the stairs.

What was she doing?

I didn't look.

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