The Taking of Deborah Logan Page #8

Synopsis: What starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening, as hair-raising events begin to plague the family and crew and an unspeakable malevolence threatens to tear the very fabric of sanity from them all.
Director(s): Adam Robitel
Production: Millennium Entertainment
  1 win & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
R
Year:
2014
90 min
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(SILENT AUDIO)

(MAN SCREAMS)

(SPITS)

(SIREN BLARES)

(BOTH SPEAK INDISTINCTLY)

We've got a five-mile

perimeter...

(BOTH SPEAK INDISTINCTLY)

We go back a long way.

I'm begging you.

- Of course we do. I...

- OK, OK, I'm coming, right?

SARAH:
Well, he's gotta

complete the ritual,

right, the fifth girl?

There's only one place he'd go -

the cave system.

He's headed to Monacan Mountain.

She's the fifth? She's gonna

complete it all for him?

That's who he's picked, right?

MIA:
I'm gonna fill

those syringes Nazir gave us.

SARAH:
There's the car.

She's walking.

OFFICER:
Get in!

There's a fire trail on the other side.

It gets us about halfway up.

We need to get the jump on them.

- SHERIFF TWEED:
Keep going.

- OFFICER:
Here we go!

TWEED:
This is the fire trail

so it should get us

up pretty close.

Requesting backup

on River Rouge trailhead.

We're heading north.

- LUIS:
Whoa! I see something.

- OFFICER:
There they are.

- LUIS:
Oh, my God.

- MIA:
She's got the girl.

OFFICER:
Everybody, stay back.

MIA:
Sheriff Tweed, Sheriff Tweed,

I have this sedative.

If you can restrain her

I can administer it.

Alright, stay behind me,

but get ready.

- OK.

- LUIS:
OK, OK, OK.

- Mrs. Logan?

- SARAH:
Linda, careful.

Can you hear me? I just

want you to know we're here.

I don't want to alarm you.

We're here to help, OK?

- Deb?

- (WHISPERS) Do you see this?

Deb, can you hear me'?

It's... it's Linda.

- SARAH:
Mom?

- LINDA:
No sudden movements.

OFFICER:
We need you

to release the child, ma'am.

LINDA:
Deb, I need you to turn around

for me real slow, OK?

You alright, honey?

Cara, are you OK?

Cara, are you hurt?

Don't hurt him.

- He's a nice man.

- LINDA:
Alright, Deb?

CARA:
He's gonna

wash me in the river.

- LINDA:
Deb, let's...

- OFFICER:
Jesus H. Christ.

LINDA:
..about getting you

down this mountain, OK?

No sudden movements

from anybody.

Real still, Deb. We're gonna do

everything real slow here, OK?

CARA:
He's gonna

wash me in the river.

- Don't hurt him.

- Yeah, it's alright, Deb.

- We got it.

- CARA:
He's gonna wash me...

Look at that.

Everything's OK.

Don't hurt him.

He's a nice man.

Alright, you gotta be real

still for me, nice and easy...

- (SPITS)

- Arggh!

- LINDA:
Are you alright?!

- SARAH:
Ma, no!

- (DEBORAH SNARLS)

- (ALL YELL FRANTICALLY)

(OFFICER MOANS)

- Ow!

- Are you alright?

- Get the girl, the girl...

- I'm gonna get her, alright?

- Come on.

- No, you gotta get the girl.

I need somebody to

get him down the mountain!

- LUIS:
Is he alright?

- Oh, God! It burns!

Take the sheriff's car

and get him down.

Luis, that's gotta be you, man.

That's gotta be you.

- LUIS:
Have you lost your mind?

- I'm sorry.

I can't... I can't leave Sarah.

I can't leave the girl.

LUIS:
You haven't learned sh*t.

Take it. I'm done.

- MIA:
Be safe, Luis! Be safe!

- SARAH:
Mom!

LINDA:
We need light over here!

- SARAH:
Cara!

- Cara, honey, can you hear us?

- Mom!

- Cara?

SARAH:
Can we move faster?

She's taken her to the mill.

- We have to go.

- LINDA:
Get that light up here.

MIA:
I'm coming,

I'm coming. Cara?

Shh! Hear anything? Quiet.

- (WATER FLOWS)

- (MIA SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

LINDA:
I hear the river.

Let's move.

Sarah, hold up.

Mom!

LINDA:
Hey, Mia,

shine your light to the right.

- What's that?

- (RUSTLING)

MIA:
Oh, my God. That's...

Is that the River Rouge

from the documentary?

(CREAKING)

- SARAH:
What the f*** was that?

- Shh!

Mia, keep the light up.

(MOUTHS)

(LINDA WHISPERS)

There's blood, footprints.

I know it's your mom,

But whatever this is,

it's not your mom.

- No, Tweedy...

- You stay here.

I'm gonna bring her out,

alright?

- I'm gonna bring her out.

- Be careful, OK?

(MIA WHIMPERS)

- Are you OK?

- Sarah, I lied.

In the beginning I lied.

I lied about my grandfather.

I don't give a sh*t.

You're here now.

LINDA IN DISTANCE: Cara?

LINDA:
Cara, honey?

Cara, where are you?

MIA:
Can you see anything?

(LINDA SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY

IN DISTANCE)

- MIA:
Do you see... Arggh!

- (GUNSHOT)

SARAH:
Linda? Linda?

Linda! Linda!

We're here! Linda?

(MIA IN DISTANCE) Sarah?

Do you see anything?

(TEARFULLY) Linda, where are you?

Can you hear me?

Come on.

- No!

- (SCREAMING IN DISTANCE)/font

- No! Mom!

- (BANGING IN DISTANCE)

Mom!

Which way?

Which way?

- MIA:
Sarah, I'm coming!

- SARAH:
Mom!

MIA:
Sarah! I'm following you!

Where are you?!

Sarah! Oh, my God.

This is f***ing ludicrous.

We're never gonna be able

to get out of here.

SARAH:
Mia, calm down.

I need you to keep calm.

We're gonna get lost

and we're never gonna get out.

What? What's wrong

with the light?

SARAH:
OK, Mia,

I'm gonna give you this...

- MIA:
Oh, my God.

- OK? Calm down.

- SARAH:
You can do it.

- Give me the camera!

MIA:
Come on, come on, come on.

Yes, yes, yes! OK, got it.

- Sarah?

- (CARA SCREAMS)

MIA:
Sarah!

- (CARA SCREAMS)

- (SARAH GROANS)

MIA:
I'm coming! Where are you?

Don't leave me, Sarah.

Don't leave me!

SARAH:
Over here!

- (MIA WEEPS)

- SARAH:
They're in there.

- (CARA SCREAMS IN DISTANCE)

- Sarah, no, no!

(SCREAMING CONTINUES)

- She's gonna die. Give me!

- No, no...

Then I'll go. Give me

the f***ing light.

Don't touch anything.

This sh*t will collapse.

- (CARA SCREAMS)

- SARAH:
F***, f***!

- In there.

- (SNAKES HISS)

Ugh! (GRUNTS)

- (SNAKES HISS LOUDLY)

- Ugh!

MIA:
Here. Take the light. Here.

(SARAH PANTS)

- Oh, f***. Go f*** yourself!

- (SNAKE HISSES)

- OK.

- (MIA WHIMPERS) Sarah?

- SARAH:
Just keep going.

- MIA:
I can't do this!

Get... get off of me!

SARAH:
Shh, shh. It's OK.

Just stay near me.

OK, here's what we're gonna do.

We're gonna sedate her.

I'm gonna jab her

if I can get it in

and then she'll be out,

he'll be weakened, right?

- Right?

- (CRYING) Yeah, yeah.

Then we can burn the remains

just like Schiffer said.

- It'll be clone, alright?

- Oh, my God...

You grab Cara, OK?

Gather yourself.

We gotta shut this off.

She's gonna...

she's gonna see us.

- I don't wanna do it.

- I can do this.

SARAH:
Thank you, thank you. OK.

(DEBORAH CHANTS INDISTINCTLY)

(SARAH WHISPERS) Come on.

(DEBORAH CONTINUES CHANTING)

(SNARLS)

(CARA SCREAMS)

(DISTORTED SCREAMING

AND MOANING)

(CARA SCREAMS)

(SNARLS)

SARAH:
Get off, Ma!

(MIA SCREAMS)

- (AUDIO WHINES)

- (SARAH YELLS INDISTINCTLY)

(CRIES) Holy sh*t...

- SARAH:
Are you OK? Are you OK?

- Oh, my God.

SARAH:
Come on. Cara?

- Cara?

- MIA:
What do we do?

- (CRYING IN DISTANCE)

- SARAH:
Cara!

(CARA MOANS AND CRIES)

MIA:
Cara?

(SNARLING AND CRYING

IN DISTANCE)

SARAH:
Mom?

(MIA GASPS)

(MIA WEEPS)

Mom?

No, no, no... (CRIES)

- Oh, what's that?

- (CRACK)

SARAH:
What's that?

F***! It slipped.

- (MIA WHIMPERS)

- SARAH:
Shh. Shut up.

MIA:
I don't know,

I don't know, I don't know...

(SARAH WHISPERS) Come on.

Come on.

(SOFT SQUELCHING

AND CRUNCHING)

Come around here, OK? Ma?

- OK...

- No, Sarah. Don't.

OK, OK, Ma. Here I come.

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Adam Robitel

Adam Robitel (born May 28, 1978) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He directed the 2014 film The Taking of Deborah Logan, was the writer for the 2015 film Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, and directed the 2018 film Insidious: The Last Key. more…

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