Slumber Page #2

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house...

with good, strong, brave

children.

Show me the money.

Grrr. Mini muscle man.

Can Alfie sleep with us tonight?

Sure.

Love you both. Sleep tight.

- Dr. Arnolds!

- (GASPS)

Dammit, Cam!

Sorry.

Oh, gosh.

I have to get this coffee to

Malcolm in observation.

He's probably having a caffeine

melt-down by now.

Hey, what do you guys do

in that little cave anyway?

The observation room?

We observe.

Oh, that's genius.

Two times three is six.

Three times three, nine.

Four times three, twelve.

Five times three, fifteen.

Six times three, eighteen.

(WHINES)

Maybe it's safer if I stay

on the couch tonight?

You know, just in case...

No, I want you here.

Close to me.

It's gonna be okay,

we'll figure it out.

(EKG BEEPING)

(DEMON BREATHING)

What?

Alice, you all right?

Yeah... yeah, I was just resting

my eyes and I...

um, I nodded off.

Why don't you go home?

I have this covered.

Thanks, Malcolm.

- Hey.

- Hey.

(CLOCK TICKING)

(MUFFLED GROWLING)

[DANIEL]

No, no, they're gonna get me.

They're gonna get me.

Don't want them to get me.

(DOOR CREAKING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(THUD)

(FLIES BUZZING)

I don't wanna die.

(HUMMING)

(CONTINUES HUMMING)

[SARAH]

Daddy needs a smoothie.

[SARAH] Daddy needs a smoothie.

Daddy needs...

Daddy needs a smoothie.

Daddy needs a smoothie.

Your Daddy needs a smoothie.

It's you... yeah, that's right.

I don't want it to get me.

I don't want it to get me.

I don't want it to come again.

That's right, who is Daddy's

boy? It's you.

(INDISTINCT MUMBLING)

I don't want it to come again.

I don't want it to come again.

I don't want it to get me.

(TEETH CHATTERING)

Hey, boo-boo.

Hey, boo-boo-boo.

I hate you.

I hate you!

(DEMON BREATHING)

Mommy... help me.

(MUMBLING)

I hate you!

Why?

(RUMBLING)

I don't want it to get me.

What's wrong with my teeth?

I hate you!

(BARKING)

- I hate you!

- Emily, wake up!

Wake up.

(WHIMPERING)

Daniel...

Dad!

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

Here's your picture, Mom.

So what did you dream

about this time?

Niamh!

Sorry.

It's okay. It's okay, honey.

It's just an accident.

Just grab your school bag.

You...?

Fine.

Hey.

Hey, what's going on?

I'm just tired.

There was a boy yesterday, and

he reminded me of my brother.

Hey, why don't you go back

to bed for a while, huh?

You probably only slept

a couple of hours?

(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

[LIAM]

Ready or not, here I come.

(LIAM HUMMING)

Liam?

(CHUCKLES)

There you are, next to my

sister.

No, Liam, there's no one there.

It's just me.

Liam!

Alice! Help me!

Liam!

Alice! Alice!

You two will be sleeping

in here with your parents...

so you'll feel nice and safe,

okay?

What's that?

That is a polysomnogram device.

It helps us figure out why

you're not sleeping properly.

And this monitors your brain

waves...

your eye movements, your muscle

tone and your breathing.

And this right here measures

your heart rate.

You look like an alien.

That's stupid. She does not.

Well, not a scary alien, right?

Mr. Morgan.

It helps me sleep.

We had another terrible night

last night.

You got no idea how much

we need this to work.

Oh, believe me, I do.

Let's get you back in.

There's a night vision camera

in the corner of the room...

we'll be keeping an eye

on everything...

you do while you sleep.

So will this stop me from

killing all the teddy bears?

Can't we just never sleep?

Please?

I don't want it to come again.

You don't want what to come

again?

Daniel, we've already talked

about this.

We're the only ones in the room.

Okay? They're just dreams.

We need to get a good night's

sleep.

That's how we're going to get

fixed, sweetie.

Will you help me, Dr. Alice?

Of course I will. That's my job.

[ALICE] Everything's gonna be

fine. See you in the morning.

[ALICE] Did you check

on Mr. Futterman?

[MALCOLM]

Yes I did, and he's asleep.

They're definitely shook up.

The father just lost his job.

He seems to be drinking.

And his knuckles...

he says that he's punching the

walls while he's sleep walking...

which is enough to give

anyone nightmares.

Do you remember the, er,

Mitchell case?

It must have been, well, at

least a decade ago now.

I don't think so.

What was his first name?

Dan Mitchell. He was a farmer

over in Winnetka County.

- No.

- Popular guy by all accounts...

went to church every Sunday.

Not a bad word to be said

about him.

Anyway, this guy was a chicken

farmer with a few dozen coops.

His family and friends

knew him...

as a sleepwalker and a sleep

worker.

Every night he used to go out...

and do his farm chores while

he slept.

Fill the feeders, sweep the

floor, clean out the muck.

Every night like clockwork.

It sounds pretty useful.

Yeah, maybe to begin with.

Turns out, the whole family had

a history of parasomnia.

One night, while he was seeing

to the chickens in his sleep...

he thought there was an intruder

in his house.

He got into a fight with the

attacker...

trying to defend his daughter.

By the time they woke him,

it was too late.

He'd hacked his wife to death

with a shovel.

- That's terrible.

- [MALCOLM] Yeah.

And he was really asleep

when he did it?

Well, he passed all the lie

detector tests.

Even his daughter backed up

the story.

Daniel said he didn't want 'it'

to come again.

What do you think he meant

by that?

(DEVICE BEEPING)

[ALICE]

Oh, sh*t, Mr. Futterman's gone.

Well, he's probably gone

to the bathroom.

I'll go and check.

Why don't you go and get us

some more coffee.

(SHOWER RUNNING)

Mr. Futterman?

I f***ing told them.

I said no!

No! No! No, no.

(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUMBLING)

(WEEPING)

[SARAH] No... I... don't...

(EERIE MUSIC FADES UP)

I don't... I didn't...

(MUMBLING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(TEETH CHATTERING)

(DEMON BREATHING)

(DEMON BREATHING)

I didn't do anything.

[LIAM]

Ready or not, here I come.

(DEMON BREATHING)

Alice, guess where I found

Futterman?

He was sleep walking in the

shower. Can you believe it?

(DEMONIC GROWLING)

Daniel?

(WEEPING)

Daniel!

(MUMBLING)

Malcolm?

Oh, my God.

Daniel, Daniel just breathe.

You're okay. Take it easy,

you're all right.

You'll be okay. Okay, just

breathe. It'll be all right.

[MALCOLM] That's a good boy.

Take it easy. That's it.

(HUMMING)

- I won't let you!

- Let go of me!

[DANIEL] Dad, no! Stop!

Give him back.

[DANIEL] Dad! Stop!

Alice, are you okay?

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

[ALICE] I don't think he knew

what he was doing.

[MALCOLM] Alice.

[ALICE]

I think he was sleep walking.

[MALCOLM] Alice, imagine

if it was one of his kids...

he grabbed by the throat,

or hacked up with a shovel!

[MALCOLM] You saw the bruises

on Daniel's chest.

[MALCOLM] That man might not be

consciously abusive...

but he's an alcoholic,

he's dangerous...

and he shouldn't be around them.

This was the right thing to do.

Alice, you should go home.

Be with your family. God...

forget about this for now.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

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