The Dead Room

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Well, the house is a dump.

What an amazing view.

Oh.

We'll, we won't need that.

No, we're not on the grid.

There's a generator.

-Okay.

Anything?

No.

Ugh.

Oh.

Oh, you poor, things.

There you go.

They've left plenty of fuel

for the generator.

Good.

You're right, Scott,

this place is incredible.

Yeah.

I... I don't feel anything.

Eh.

Perfect.

Liam.

Liam!

-What?

You're going to have to

rig up some sort of kill switch

for the generator.

Why?

I'm picking up

its magnetic field.

- Yeah, alright.

Just let me finish this first.

Yeah, okay.

- It's not like

you couldn't do it.

Good move on taking

the table, Scott

you know how I love to eat

standing up.

What are you

complaining about?

These flight cases make

a perfectly good dining table.

-Spot the bachelor.

- Yeah, well, at least now

we have a proper control center.

I'm sick and tired of working

hunched up over a coffee table.

-Hey, you not eating those?

-Ah, uh, no.

-Hm.

-So it was around dinner time

that they took off, right?

-Yeah. Left all their stuff.

Didn't even pack anything

for the baby.

-Well of course they didn't.

They probably figured it would

make their claim more credible.

What?

Look, Holly, in my experience

most of these situations

turn out to be benign.

It's either noisy pipes,

house subsidence

forgetting to take medication.

-Oh, yeah.

- Yeah, well, some people

like to keep an open mind.

-Oh, I have an open mind.

As long as it's scientific data

we're collecting.

- Hey, Holly, wanna come

see something really cool?

-Yeah, alright.

- Our sensors captured this

at our last investigation.

-Alright, Scott.

How's your science

explain that one?

-I don't know.

- Under the bridge

around the lake

between the rocks,

through the woods..

Up... Spook hill.

Hooo!

Down spook hill,

through the woods

between the rocks,

around the lake

under the bridge,

over the wall, up the tree..

-Okay, so have fun..

I guess?

- Okay.

-Don't forget to eat and, um..

Sleep, okay? Goodnight.

- Okay, goodnight

to you too, darling.

Give them a kiss for me.

I'll ring you

in the morning, okay?

- Okay, bye.

- Bye-bye.

Morning, Holly.

- Hm.

- You wanna come here

and have a look at this?

Something tripped our

motion camera in the hallway

at 3 A.M. this morning.

What do you think?

Uh, I don't know.

Hm..

Weird.

Uh, just here.

Yeah, there's a small gap.

I can feel the air on my face.

- Nothing. There's nothing.

- It's right there.

- The camera wouldn't trace a

breeze or a temperature change.

It won't even react

unless something passes

through all three beams

on the sensor.

- Just here.

Right in front of you.

I've got it, I've got it.

Keep your pants on.

- Are you recording?

- Yeah, recording now.

ID, okay, so this is, uh..

The front bedroom.

I'm Liam Andrews

here with... Holly Matthews

and Scott Cameron.

Okay, Holly.

- Is there anybody else

here with us?

If there's anybody else

here with us

can you give us a sign?

I'm not getting anything

from this room.

Should we have a look

at another one?

-Yeah, sure.

- Is there anyone else

here with us?

If there is anyone else here..

You don't have to fear us.

We just wanna understand you.

- It doesn't matter.

Early days.

- Liam.

- Yeah?

-What's the formula

for the particle displacement

in a standing wave?

- Uh... It's equal to one

over acoustic impedance

depending on the Peri..

I can't remember. Just Google

particle displacement.

-Oh, yes, thank you.

- What are you nerds

talking about?

-Uh, Scott's latest obsession.

It is not an obsession,

it's a theory.

-What kind of theory?

-If spirit entities

exist, Holly..

They have to be made of matter.

Otherwise you couldn't see them.

Now, we know

that low frequency sound waves

can displace matter.

So, theoretically

by using infrasound waves

we could break down

their particle structure.

-Right. Yeah.

Sorry I asked.

- Scott wants to be

a ghostbuster.

-They were trapping them

which is absurd.

You'd have more luck trapping

helium in a bird cage.

- If there is anyone else here..

You don't have to fear us.

-Everyone okay?

-3 A.M.

- On the minute.

- Yeah.

-Something feels different.

-Did you leave the door open?

-No, I didn't.

-Anything?

-No.

No, so far there's nothing

that can't be put down

to other causes.

Noisy floorboards, a gust

of wind, but as I told you

I couldn't swear

to being 100 percent sure.

Well, I just feel another

couple of days and we could get

you something definite,

one way or the other.

Fantastic! Thank you.

Yeah, we'll talk soon.

The insurance company's

happy for us to stay on

another couple of days.

-No seismic action last night.

I've got the seismology

report right here

if you want to look at it.

-Must've been the wind then.

- Yeah, when was the last time

wind shook a house like that?

-Last night.

Are you alright?

- Yeah.

- Are you sure?

- I said I'm fine.

- 3 A.M., just like last night.

- Hmm.

- We know the hallway is

air tight, so there aren't any

drafts or anything like that,

that can mess with the cameras.

- Well, we'll keep

documenting everything.

Let's keep an open mind.

Remember, we're only

interested in facts.

Holly! Oh, sorry, there you are.

I'd like you

to take some stills.

Concentrate on the area around

the front door and the hallway.

You can double check

the cameras.

Have a look

at the sensitivity settings.

I want to rule out

any possibility of error.

I'll make another pass

with the thermal imager.

-Aye, aye, captain.

-Anything?

-No.

- I... I have to say,

when the wind..

-Y... yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Hit the side

of the house last night

it scared the hell out of me.

I had to question

what I'm doing here.

- Well, you're here for

the science... And the adventure.

- It's certainly

not for the money.

I suppose sensing

stuff like this

all the time,

you'd be used to it.

-N... no. Not really.

It still scares me.

- So you decided to go

and stay in a haunted house?

- Well, it's kinda different,

it's like..

Someone who's,

I don't know, afraid of flying

and they get on a plane.

So it's... it's like

they're facing their fears.

- How's that workin'

out for you?

-Hopefully we'll see.

- I'll put the coffee on.

- I don't know how you can

drink coffee at this hour.

Keep me awake all night.

- You're always

so sprightly, Liam.

It's not natural.

-It's nearly time.

- Generator.

- Oh!

-That's good.

-3 A.M.

-Holly?

-Holly?

-There's a man.

- You can see someone?

- Yeah.

-Where?

-He's..

He's, uh..

He's standing right

in... in front of me.

He's by the door.

-What is it?

- God, he... he's looked

straight at me.

He's in the hallway.

- I'm still getting

a reading, but it's very low.

No, no, there's nothing now.

-That was awesome!

-Now it's gone.

- No, something feels different.

-I'm not getting a reading.

-No, the air feels different.

- How does

the air feel different?

- Don't talk to me

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