The Secret of Crickley Hall Page #10

107 EXT. CRICKLEY HALL - DAY 6 107

Loren calls into the darkness, scanning the trees with a

flashlight.

LOREN:

Clyde! ... Clyde!

108 INT. CRICKLEY HALL / MAIN BEDROOM - NIGHT 6 108

Gabe and Eve undress for bed. Gabe shuts the bedroom door.

EVE:

I’m not afraid of ghosts. You don’t even

believe in ghosts

GABE:

The girls are scared.

EVE:

Cally’s having the time of her life. A

ghost never hurt anyone.

GABE:

We are not staying in a house where they *

think there’s dead children running *

around.

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EVE:

I heard Cam’s voice.

Gabe stares at her. Suppressed anger. Eve’s unsurprised.

EVE (cont’d)

And that is why I didn’t tell you.

GABE:

We don’t get to grieve because you’re in

denial for a year and now he’s not just

dead he’s a ghost

EVE:

He’s not dead! He’s alive and he’s trying

to reach me

GABE:

You.

EVE:

Please.

GABE:

You think I don’t hear his voice?

EVE:

Gabe.

GABE:

I hear his voice.

EVE:

This is real. It’s the house. Somehow

he’s able to reach me here where he

couldn’t before.

GABE:

Well make the most of it cause we’re

going.

EVE:

You should be happy! Why aren’t you

happy! There’s nothing to be afraid of!

109 INT. CRICKLEY HALL / BATHROOM - NIGHT 6

Loren is washing her bruised knuckles under the cold tap.

Cally is emitting a stream of consciousness.

CALLY:

There’s a man too and when they did

something bad like steal a toy from the

cupboard the man would whack them.

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LOREN:

You’re making that up.

CALLY:

Ask Mum. You better not do anything bad

or he’ll come and get you.

LOREN:

You first.

Loren sprays water at Cally who screams delightedly.

CALLY:

No! No! He’s going to get you!

Close on their bare feet making noise as they run about.

110

INT. CRICKLEY HALL / CELLAR - NIGHT 6 110

View from the bottom of the well looking up. The ceiling of

the cellar visible in the circle surrounded by blackness. The

point of view rises, something leaving the well.

111 INT. CRICKLEY HALL / ENTRANCE HALL - NIGHT 6 111

Pools of water on the stone floor. And on the stairs.

112 INT. CRICKLEY HALL / MAIN BEDROOM - NIGHT 6 112

Gabe and Eve are in bed. Back to back. Eve gently clasps his

hand. He returns the gesture.

EVE:

Did Loren say anything to you about

school?

GABE:

No.

EVE:

You believe that story about her hand.

GABE:

Sounded plausible to me.

EVE:

Maybe she’s being bullied.

GABE:

Loren can take care of herself.

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INT. CRICKLEY HALL / LOREN’S ROOM - NIGHT 6

Loren is in bed, studying her bruised knuckles. She can’t

resist smiling at the memory. A little bit proud of herself.

She reaches out to turn the bedside lamp off.

As the light snaps off the covers are torn from her bed,

exposing her bare legs. She looks up into the dark figure

towering over her.

Cribben is in her room. His arm raised holding his cane.

Loren gasps, frozen. Whispers.

LOREN:

Daddy -

Cribben brings down the cane, savagely lashing at Loren.

SWISH-THWACK. On her scream:

CUT TO BLACK.

END OF EPISODE.

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