The Dark Tapes Page #2

Synopsis: A genre-defying mixture of horror, sci-fi, myth, mystery and thrills told as four interlocking tales in one intelligent anthology. Ghosts, spirits, creatures, demons and more from the paranormal world collide with rational curiosity.
Production: Epic Pictures
  17 wins & 21 nominations.
 
IMDB:
4.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
Year:
2016
98 min
Website
53 Views


- We don't have a floor.

- It started with

a thump thump, like before.

But now.

- That sounds like somebody's

walking on the ceiling.

- Exactly.

- But there's no

floor above, so.

That's on the roof,

that's really weird.

- That's really weird.

- It could be a

rat or something.

- What are you suggesting?

- I'm suggesting

we try to document this.

We keep the camera

on as much as we can.

- Oh my god.

- Oh my god, really?

- That's just so invasive.

- Then what's your idea?

- I don't have an idea.

I'm upset about what's going on.

- We just need to

have it nearby,

so that we can

document this stuff.

We need to show somebody this.

How are we gonna show them if

we don't have the camera on.

- It's like a thump,

but not a thump.

It's not a bump, it's really...

- like a shoe thump?

- No, no.

It's like a muffled sharp thump.

That sounds, I know

it's contradictory,

but the weird thing is,

and this is what I wanna

know if you had heard it.

It's like, it's

right in this space.

- In this kind of,

wait wait!

Did you just hear that?

Let's be quiet for a second.

- Okay, see.

- It was there.

- Yeah.

- What if it's

the house settling,

I mean that's gotta be, no?

- No, cause it's

been consistent.

Cause I heard two yesterday,

and before that on Thursday,

I heard,

but I haven't heard

any one until here.

I was hearing them

in the living room.

But that one right now

was just right here.

- And we haven't heard them

at the same time until now.

Come here, come here.

Watch this.

- Whoa,

alright what?

- I mean, not normal, right?

But cool!

- Does it?

- Watch this ball.

- Okay here is

the lovely living room.

With a gorgeous view.

Where the majority of

the upstairs activity,

is happening.

Okay then downstairs

in the hallway,

is where the majority of the,

this is the hallway,

where most of the downstairs

activity is happening.

Okay, just like that.

That sound.

That's what I'm talking about.

Oh my god, see?

Those things were over here.

This just happened, this

is really freaking me out.

Okay.

I don't wanna be here anymore.

I'm done with this.

What?

Okay.

- Is it the wind?

I think we should get

out of this house.

Come here, come here.

Hi, I'm David Katil, and

this is my wife Karen.

We need help.

Not normal help, we

need ghost hunters,

paranormal investigators.

I'm not sure what

you call yourselves,

but we need your help.

Ever since my wife and I...

- David.

- Okay.

Whatever it is, it's

gotten physical.

Here.

That's the fourth night I've

woken up with that on my back.

There's something here.

Please help us.

Please come.

Soon.

- Should we get unloaded?

- Oh my gosh I'm so

psyched about this one.

I think this is the one.

This is the one we've

been waiting for.

Don't you think so?

My intuition bell's

ringing off the hook.

I'm telling you, big time.

It's gonna be great.

This couple's fantabulous.

The network, they're

gonna love them.

They're young,

they're attractive,

they're in love.

They're so much like

my third husband and I.

Are you recording this?

- Nope.

- The red light's on, Geoff.

- It's because

the battery's low.

- You sure you're

not recording this?

- I am certain.

- I don't look good in a

close up, you know that.

- I do know that.

- What house is it?

- This one here.

- 2062.

- Karen, right?

Do I look okay?

Hi.

- You must be Susan?

- Yes, David?

Nice to meet you.

Thanks.

- Is this everybody?

- Yeah, yeah.

This is Cameron,

he's my director.

- Hey, how you doing?

- And that's Geoff.

He's my technician.

- Please.

- Okay so I'm gonna ask you

a couple of questions now

for our actual interview,

if that's okay?

Are you feeling up for that?

You've never ever had

anything like this

happen to you before?

When you were living

anywhere else before, or?

- No, no.

- Any strange, different things

that you might have noticed?

Any experiences?

Recent deaths in the family?

Mom, dad?

Nothing like that?

- How long

have you done this for?

- About six, seven years now.

We've seen some intense things.

Some hectic cases.

- Like this stuff?

- You know you guys are extreme,

what can I tell you?

The physical situation with

you is worrying, it is.

But we've dealt with some

really, really strong spirits.

And we've done a

good job so far.

People have been okay.

- But have you ever

seen anything like this?

- You know it's

definitely negative.

It feels negative.

It definitely feels like

there's something here.

- It's okay, it's okay.

- I know, I know.

- Yeah, I'd say it's negative.

- Yeah it is, but.

You know, sometimes they

just need to be spoken to.

Sometimes you just need

to explain to these,

these beings, for a

lack of a better term,

that this is no longer

where they belong.

This is not their dimension.

They just struggle

to take that step,

to move on.

They don't realize

they've actually passed.

And you've kind of just

entice them and invite them

and tell them it's safe.

- It's, it's...

- it's gotten to that point.

- It's weird, it's evil.

I was pushed down

onto the couch.

It's, you know,

something is clawing his back.

This is bizarre,

this is, this isn't

just you know...

- what you need to

know you're not crazy.

That's what you've got to

know, you're not crazy.

This is very real.

It exists.

- David and Karen

are here, over.

- Roger that.

- It's full tonight.

You know, this is a good

time for us to be here.

Point three.

If that was you,

make that noise again,

we want to hear it again.

Did you hear it?

- No, was that Geoff?

Is he downstairs?

- Come to this device

I have in my hand.

We wanna help you.

It's just a little chillier.

It's slight, but it's here.

We're not here to

harm any of you.

Don't be afraid.

Show us again that

you are with us.

- Oh man.

- Can you hear that?

- The chair's rocking.

Did you hit it?

- No, I didn't touch it.

Hey.

Okay, it's late,

we're just gonna call it a

night and all get some sleep.

We'll do our background

research on the place tomorrow

and then come back at night.

- Did you guys catch anything?

- Yeah, some possibilities.

We'll let the cameras keep

recording while we're gone,

so you two behave yourselves.

- David!

David!

Karen?

Karen?

- Wait, what's that?

Stop.

- It can't be.

It can't be her.

Why is she here David?

I thought this was over.

I can't go through this again.

- I, um.

I'm sorry.

Karen didn't want

me to tell you,

she refuses talk about it.

But, um,

three years ago we lost

our daughter ashen.

Karen's, she's in denial.

She can't handle it.

I'm sorry.

- We need to do an e.V.P

with these two now.

I think there's a couple

of things that we can do,

but most importantly

I think we should do

an e.V.P. With the two

of you immediately.

I think there are two

entities in this house.

One, quite obviously,

is your daughter ashen.

The other one, is a

negative presence,

I feel that it's trapping

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