Scared of what? Dying?
- My sister, Zelda... - I know. She died.
Spinal meningitis.
She was in the back bedroom, like a dirty secret.
My sister died in the back bedroom, and that's what she was,
a dirty secret.
I had to feed her sometimes. I hated it. But I did it.
We wanted her to die. We wished for her to be dead.
It wasn't so she wouldn't feel any more pain.
It was so we wouldn't feel any more pain.
Because she started to look like this monster.
Even now, I wake up and I think, "Is Zelda dead yet?"
"Is she?"
My parents were gone when she died.
Rachel!
She started to...
She started to convulse, and I thought,
"Oh, my God, she's choking. Zelda's choking!"
They'll come home and say I murdered her by choking.
"They'll say, 'You hated her, Rachel,"' and that was true.
"They'll say, 'You wanted her dead,"' and that was true, too.
And then she died.
I started to scream. I ran out of the house, screaming, "Zelda's dead!
"Zelda's dead!"
The neighbours came out and they looked...
They thought I was crying.
But you know something?
I think maybe...
I was laughing.
If you were, I salute you for it.
If I needed another reason to dislike your parents, I have one now.
You should never have been left alone with her.
Where was her nurse?
They went out and left an eight-year-old kid
in charge of her dying sister, who was probably insane by then.
- Where are you going? - To get you a Valium.
- You know I don't take... - Tonight you do.
Look!
- Daddy's flying the kite! - Mommy, look!
- There it goes! - That's it, Louis.
- Go, Daddy! - Higher! We want it higher!
- Louis, let Gage do it. - Here you go, buddy.
- You're flying it. - There's the kite.
Gage is flying it. You got it?
- Can I fly it now? - Let Gage finish his turn.
- We gotted it. - We got it.
You're flying it. Go ahead. Go ahead. Run, boy.
- Gage is flying it. - I'm flying it.
That kite's getting up there!
It got away from him, that numb shit!
I dropped it.
- Daddy, can I fly it now? - OK. Just a minute.
I want to fly it.
- Daddy, it's my turn now. - All right. Just a minute.
- Don't let him go out in the road! - Get him, Louis. Get the baby!
Get the baby!
No!
The sedative finally took hold. Rachel's asleep.
I wanna go back to my own room.
I can't sleep with Mommy. She keeps stealing the covers.
Ellie, what you got there?
What you got there? Let me see.
Can I see?
Ain't that real nice? You pulling him in the wagon.
Bet he liked that.
I'm going to carry this picture
until God lets Gage come back.
- God doesn't do things like that. - He can if He wants to.
I have to keep his things waiting for him. That's what I think.
I've got this picture, and I'm going to sit in his chair...
Take care of your little girl. She needs you.
I knew something would happen. I told her when you got married,
"You'll have all the grief you can stand and more. " Now, look at this.
I hope you rot in hell! Where were you when he was playing in the road?
You stinking shit! You killer of children!
Daddy!
Stop it!
Son of a bitch! You've no right!
What's wrong with you?
It's your son's funeral. Get a hold of yourself, please!
Good night, Ellie.
Good night, Daddy.
Daddy?
God could take it back if He wanted to, couldn't He?
If He really, really wanted to?
Can I have faith in that?
Yes, I suppose you can.
Good night, Ellie.
Fuck off, hairball!
Jud, I buried my son today.
I'm very tired. I wonder if we could just...
You're thinking thoughts best not thought of, Louis.
I'm thinking about going to bed.
I'm responsible for more pain in your heart
than you should have tonight.
For all I know, I may even be responsible for your son's death.
What?
Jud, you're talking crazy.
You're thinking of putting him up there.
Don't deny the thought hadn't crossed your mind.
You asked me...
if anyone had ever buried a person up there in the Micmac grounds.
I lied when I said no.
It's been done.
What you've been thinking of has been done.
He was a local boy.
It was towards the end of the Second Worid War.
His name was Timmy Baterman.
He was killed on his way home from the Second Worid War.
His father Bill Baterman was so grief-struck
he buried his son up there
before he had a chance to get to the bottom of the truth.
I'll bite, Jud.
What's the bottom of the truth?
That, sometimes, death is better.
The person you put up there ain't the person that comes back.
It may look like that person, but it ain't that person.
Because whatever lives in the ground beyond the pet cemetery...
ain't human at all.
It was four or five days after Timmy's funeral
that Margie Washburn seen Timmy
walking up the road towards Yorkie's livery.
As time went by lots of folks saw Timmy walking back and forth.
But it was Margie who came to us men folks
and said it had to be stopped!
She knew it was an abomination.
So us men sat down and talked it out.
We went over to the Baterman place to take care of it.
One way or the other.
He's gotta burn!
You're wrecking the house! Stop it! Timmy, stop it!
- The place is going up. - Go away!
Get out while you still can, Bill!
- Bring out the cans! - Wait a minute, fellas.
He's a monster, Bill!
Leave us alone! He's my son!
- Come, Timmy, let's get out! - Love death. Hate living.
Come on, son!
Love death! Hate living!
Louis, sometimes dead is better. The Indians knew that.
They stopped using that burial ground and the ground went sour.
Don't think about doing it. The place gets hold of you.
The place is evil.
Sometimes, dead is better.
You see, Louis, what I'm getting at? You understand?
You're telling me that place knew Gage was going to die?
I'm saying...
that place might have made Gage die
cos I introduced you to the power.
I may have murdered your son, Louis!
This could be the beginning of patching things up with your folks.
If something good doesn't come from Gage's death, I think...
- I don't want to go to Chicago. - Why not, darling?
- I had a bad dream last night. - About what?
About Daddy... and Gage...
and someone named Paxcow.
You guys better get going, you're gonna miss the boat.
I am sorry. What can I say? I lost my mind.
We all lost our minds.
- You take care of your mother. - Come with us, please!
I'll be there in three or four days.
Please, Daddy. I'm scared.
- Everything's gonna be all right. - Do you swear?
I swear.
Come on, Ellie. Let's go.
It's wrong.
What happened to you is wrong.
Remember, Doc...
The barrier...
was not meant to be crossed.
The ground is sour!
If it doesn't work...
If he comes back...
and he's like Jud said Timmy Baterman was...
I'll just put him back to sleep.
And they don't have to know.
Rachel and Ellie don't ever have to know.
Mommy.
Mommy!
Honey, you just had a bad dream. That's all.
It wasn't a dream. It was Paxcow!
Paxcow says Daddy's going to do something really bad.
Who is this Paxcow? Is he like the bogeyman?
He's a ghost. He's a good ghost.
He says he was sent to warn us.
He says he was near Daddy,
because they were together when his soul was... dis... dis...
I can't remember!
Listen. There are no ghosts.
There are no ghosts.
Go to sleep and forget all this nonsense. Do you hear me?
Will you at least call and make sure Daddy's OK?
Of course I will.
- Paxcow? Why do I know that name? - Pascow.
Was she saying Pascow?
He was trying to help me because Daddy was helping him
when his soul dis... dis...
Discorporated.
I'm gonna bust you out, son.
He's not home.
He probably went out for a hamburger or a chicken dinner.
You know how men are when they're alone.
Jud, it's Rachel Creed. I'm calling from Chicago.
Chicago? Is Louis with you?
No. We're going to be here a while
and he needed a few days to close things up.
- I just wondered if he was with you. - No.
But if he drops by, I'll tell him to call you.
- Don't bother. I'm coming home. - Rachel, no!
- Don't do that. - I have to. Goodbye.
You've done it, you stupid old man.
Now you've got to undo it.
It's going to be all right.
I swear it's going to be all right.
I'm coming for you, Rachel.
And this time...
I'll get you.
Gage and I...
will get you.
For letting us die!
Good evening again. We've had a strong tailwind,
and we expect to arrive at Boston's Logan Airport almost on time.
Thank God.
Sorry. Excuse me.
Excuse me. Excuse me.
Don't do that.
- Make it wait! - I can't!
All right, I'll call the pilot.
I'm not gonna stop, Gage.
I'm not gonna look down.
I'm sorry. It's been very busy. I don't have anything.
What about the Aries K? The one with the scratch.
I do have an Aries K.
It's rather beat up, there's a long scrape up one side.
I'll take it.
OK. Major credit card and a licence.
See?
It's just imagination.
- Now what? - It's trying to stop you.
Do you hear me? It's trying to stop you!
Is anyone there?
Come back to me, Gage.
Come back to us.
Stop!
- Hop in, babe. - Thank you.
Oh, my...
Who's here?
Let's play hide-and-go-seek.
Are you the one playing games?
Come on out!
I brought you something.
Where did you...?
Thank you so much.
Think nothing of it.
I didn't get a ticket, so you're welcome.
Whatever your problems are, I hope they work out.
End of the line for me. I'm not allowed any further.
I'm sure things will be fine.
I'm not.
Rachel!
Are you up there?
Rachel? Is that you?
I finally came back for you, Rachel.
I'm going to twist your back like mine,
so you'll never get out of bed again!
Never get out of bed again! Never get out of bed again!
I brought you something, Mommy.
Oh, my God.
- Hello. - Hello, Louis.
It's Irwin. I just wanted to be sure Rachel got back all right.
- Are you there? - Yes, I'm here.
- Did she get back all right? - Yes. She's fine.
Put her on at that end, and I'll put Ellie on this one.
Ellie's very worried about her mother.
She's almost in hysterics.
- Rachel's asleep. - I suggest you wake her up.
Ellie had a dream that her mother was dead.
Irwin, I can't talk to you right now.
Irwin, I can't talk to you now!
I'm at Jud's, Daddy. Will you come over and play with me?
First I played with Jud.
Then Mommy came and I played with Mommy.
Will you play, Daddy? We had an awful good time.
Now I want to play with you.
What did you do?
Hi, Church.
Want some grub, Church?
Don't mind me.
Eat it while you can.
That's right.
Today is Thanksgiving Day for cats.
But only...
if they came back from the dead.
Go on! Lie down.
Play dead!
Be dead!
Gage, what have you done?
Scared you, didn't I?
Hi, Daddy. Now I want to play with you.
All right, Gage.
Let's play.
Daddy.
Come here.
No fair.
No fair. No fair.
I'm so sorry, Louis. I'm so sorry.
But don't make it worse. Don't!
I waited too long with Gage.
With Rachel... It will work this time!
Because she just died. She just died a little while ago.
Don't! Please, Louis!
No!
It will be all right, Rachel.
I promise.
The soil of a man's heart is stonier, Louis.
A man grows what he can, then he tends it.
Cos what you buy is what you own.
And what you own...
always comes home to you.
Darling.
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