The Appearing

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I believe that there are different

levels of evil in the world.

No rituals, no magic.

It already dwells in all of us...

that's it, that's the battle.

This is war.

There's no neutral ground.

Never, never come up...

Come on.

- Ah!

- A**hole.

No. Ow! Easy, buddy.

Would you relax? Come on.

I don't like being out here.

It creeps me out.

No one asked you to come.

- We're trespassing.

- Do you hear this sh*t, baby?

What are you afraid of anyways?

Janet Hobbs came out

here five years ago,

went missing, never came back.

Yeah well, Janet Hobbs was a nutjob.

- She wasn't the only one.

- I don't see what the big deal is anyways.

- It's just an old house.

- I think you're just scared.

And I think you're gonna be

finishing all by yourself tonight.

You serious? The Granville

place is haunted.

- What are you guys talking about?

- Martha May?

Crazy chick from the '80s,

possessed by a demon.

S-U-E-D-O-M-S-A.

It did all kinds of

freaky sh*t to her.

You are so full of sh*t.

My mom went to high

school with that lady.

She had an affair with

this guy from across town.

She couldn't handle the guilt.

It drove her crazy.

- I heard she committed suicide out there.

- That's a lie.

Okay, then what really

happened, wise-ass?

The real question is what's

the town hiding from us?

I wanna see it.

No! Forget about it!

Are you out of your mind?

I wanna see what's out there.

Susie, no.

We've grown up with these

stories our whole life.

- Aren't you curious what's out there?

- That's just it, it's just stories.

- There's nothing out there.

- It's like...

It's like a bad place, man.

It's like...

Very bad.

- Susie!

- She'll be dead by morning.

Hello?

This place is freakin' creepy.

What the hell is this sh*t?

Are you joking?

I mean this is freakin' weird.

- Who the hell would even live here?

- Hey hey.

- I mean...

- Hey, hey, hey!

We're finally alone now.

You promised.

That's too rough for me.

It's too rough for me.

Something doesn't feel right.

Nathan?

Nathan!

Nathan?!

Nathan?

Nathan.

Our new deputy from San Francisco?

- Sheriff Hendricks, right?

- Yeah, we spoke on the phone.

I'm Michael Brodie,

this is my wife Rachel.

- Nice to meet you.

- Hi. You too.

Have any trouble finding us?

Your town doesn't really

appear on most maps.

It's always hard to see what's

right in front of your face.

I'm... I'm just messin' with you.

Not even on most maps.

Listen, I... uh, I...

I really appreciate

what you're doing here.

Oh yeah, glad to help, glad to help.

It's not every day we get

a big-city detective here.

The truth is my deputy

bailed town last minute,

so I was bound to hire the

first person that called.

Most folks who come here are

usually running from something.

That or they got no place else to go.

I'm not running from anything.

We're just looking for something new.

Ain't we all? Ain't we all?

Anyway, winter months are

usually pretty quiet here.

Population just under a thousand.

We're just simple

folk really, just...

It's the way I like to keep it.

All right.

It's really amazing.

Ugh. All right, this is the place.

There you go.

Thank you.

- You're welcome.

- Oh, it's beautiful.

Yeah, this is one of

our summer rentals.

Uh, the family doesn't

come up till June

so you guys are welcome to

use it until you find a place.

Okay, thank you.

Uniform, gun, badge.

All right, I guess I'll

leave you guys alone.

- Let you get settled in.

- Thank you.

- Thanks.

- You're welcome, welcome.

Um, I'll pick you up in the morning?

- Yeah.

- Welcome to Glenwood Bay.

- Well, here we go.

- Here we go.

- I made us breakfast.

- Yeah.

This is Mike.

Uh-huh.

What do you normally do?

Really?

No, okay, I'll be there.

I'll leave right now.

What was that about?

It was Hendricks.

First day on the job,

already a missing person.

I thought maybe we could

have breakfast together.

I'm sorry, Rach, you know

there's a missing person.

I'm already late.

Mmmm.

Have a good day.

Hello?

Hello.

Are you okay?

My husband and I live in

the house over there.

I shouldn't be here.

My sister left me here.

I have to go.

Wait up. Hold up. Let me just...

...help you.

So who's the missing person?

Some local teen girl.

It's weird. It's not every day

we get to do real police work.

- Yeah, what's that?

- That?

The lily among thorns.

It's a shield to those

who walk in integrity,

guarding the paths of justice and...

And watching over

the way of his saints.

It's proverbs 2,

verse seven and eight.

You a religious man?

God-fearing. You?

No.

Not anymore.

I really don't see the point.

Every man for himself in my opinion.

That's a lonely way of thinking, son.

Your choice.

I care about this town.

The good lord has burdened my heart

and I see it as my

duty to protect 'em.

Susie went out night before

last and she hasn't come home.

Was she alone?

There was a party or something. I...

I don't know where they went.

I told her we couldn't afford it.

Hey.

It's okay, Margo.

Go ahead.

She wants to go to the university.

I told her we couldn't

afford it, she stormed out

and that's the last time I saw her.

I've been working at Wayne

Fleener's, the graveyard shift,

and I've been saving every

penny that I can and I...

It's just...

Do you mind if I keep this?

Can you tell me if she has

a boyfriend, a best friend?

Uh, yeah. There's this

kid Nathan Miller.

- She knows I don't approve.

- And why is that?

'Cause he's got one thing on his mind and

Susie's not very good at telling him no.

She's dead, isn't she?

No. No, no, no, no. Let's don't

jump to conclusions, okay?

I'm sure she's fine.

I used to speak with someone in

San Francisco, but I'm fine.

My husband, he insisted

I come see you.

Our daughter was killed in an

accident a few months ago.

What happen to her?

Your daughter has been

a huge part of your life.

If you weren't thrown

off-guard by this,

then something would be wrong.

My husband blames me for her death.

Have you forgiven yourself?

Things haven't been the same since.

He won't talk to me.

He won't touch me. He...

He's married to his job.

He doesn't care.

I thought moving here

would change things.

And why did you move here?

We needed a change and

Michael let me decide.

I went to see Dr. Farnell today.

Are you taking your meds?

They make me numb.

Who was the last person to see her?

Are you the new guy?

You're kinda cute.

Miss Wilcox.

Miller-comma-Nathan, her boyfriend.

- They left the party early.

- Yeah, where was the party?

Campfire in the forest,

near the old Gra...

It was nothing,

Mr. Police-officer-man. Nothing.

Was there drugs, huh?

Booze? Having a good time?

- We don't kiss and tell.

- They're... they're fine, man.

We don't know anything.

Sheriff Hendricks, I mean,

you have to believe us.

Where were they going?

What's a man like you doing

in this hick town anyway?

- Miss Wilcox!

- Nowhere else to go?

- Why don't you answer the question?

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