♪ I sent you 20 letters from Paris last year ♪
♪ Well, you've been gone six months J“
♪ And I got the fear ♪
♪ After all the songs that we've sung together ♪
♪ After all the sweet and all the stormy... ♪
♪ If I knew where you were ♪
♪ Well, I would surely inform you that... ♪
♪ But every night don't you sleep on your right? ♪
♪ Don't you... ♪
Hey, Ash, where are we?
Well, we just crossed the Tennessee border.
- Which would put us... - Yeah?
Which would put us...
"fight"
here.
Turn!
What the hell was that? Are you trying to kill us?
Hey, don't blame me. It's your steering wheel.
The damn thing jerked right out of my hand.
I can't understand it.
I had this thing in for a tune-up yesterday
and they said they'd go over everything.
You'd better take it back 'cause the damn thing don't work.
The only thing that does work is this lousy horn.
Aw, go to hell! I'm not honking at you.
Jesus Christ.
Hey, Scotty, what's this place like anyway?
Well, the guy that's renting it says it's an old place...
A little rundown, but it's right up in the mountains.
And the best part is we get it so cheap.
Yeah, why are we getting it so cheap?
Well, I don't know. Might be in real bad shape.
You mean nobody's seen this place yet?
Well, not yet.
- Well, it might not be that bad. - No.
- Actually, it might be kinda nice. - Yeah.
It's probably a real pit.
Hey, I think this is where we get off.
This is the bridge we're gonna cross?
Jesus Christ, the whole thing's falling apart on us.
Don't let the noise fool you, girls.
This thing is solid as a rock.
It's supposed to be one of these on here.
- Come on. - Hey.
Hey hey.
Huh!
Join us.
Dead bodies in the cellar.
- Dead bodies in the cellar. - Will you stop it?
I would like very much to make a toast here
for all this evening.
"That sounds a" right.
Uh, as a Greek friend of mine once said...
He said, "...I'"
No, okay okay okay.
"Nis nis..."
tu tu tu...
"tu-tar-im."
- Which means? - "Party down!" Yeah!
What is this?
Whatever it is, it's still down there.
I don't like cellars. Let's just close it up.
It's probably just some animal.
An animal? An animal.
That is the stupidest thing I ever heard of.
Jesus Christ.
Well, there's something down there.
Well, maybe it is just some animal.
Yeah, you're probably right.
It's probably just some animal.
Here, Cheryl. Why don't you go down and check to make sure?
Scotty, I'm not going down there.
Okay okay, you cowards. I'll go.
Be careful.
Back in a minute.
Hey... hey, Scotty, you find anything?
Scotty?
Scot“
He's just kidding around.
- Isn't he? - Scotty!
Scot“
Linda, get me a flashlight.
That's the only one we brought up.
Then get the lantern.
Scotty?
Boo!
Hey, come here. I want to show you something.
Look at all this stuff.
I bet this still shoots.
Probably does.
Oh! God.
Oh God.
Look at this.
This kind of looks like your old girlfriend.
Come on, let's take this stuff upstairs.
I'll grab the recorder and you get everything else.
This guy was a real turd, you know?
Everybody hated him.
Like you kind of, right?
Yeah, just like me. I'm gonna break your face.
Also, he was into this Western stuff.
He makes all these little models...
Okay, shh.
Listen to this.
This is the tape I found downstairs.
It has been a number of years
since I began excavating the ruins of Ca'n Dar
with a group of my colleagues.
Now my wife and I have retreated to a small cabin
in the solitude of these mountains.
Here I continued my research undisturbed
by the myriad distractions of modern civilization
and far from the groves of Academe.
I believe I have made a significant find
in the Ca'n Darian ruins:
a volume of ancient Sumerian burial practices
and funerary incantations.
It is entitled "Naturan Demanto.“"
Roughly translated... "Book of the Dead."
The book is bound in human flesh
and inked in human blood.
It deals with demons, demon resurrection
and those forces which roam the forest
and dark bowers of man's domain.
The first few pages
warn that these enduring creatures
may lie dormant but are never truly dead.
They may be recalled to active life
through the incantations presented in this book.
It is through recitation of these passages
that the demons are given license to possess the living.
Hey, what'd you do that for? It was just getting good.
I just don't wanna hear it anymore, that's all.
Scott, come on. Leave her alone, man.
Hey, come on. I just wanna hear the rest of it.
No big deal.
Kanda.
Shut it off.
Kanda.
Shut it off!
Oh my God!
Cheryl.
- Where are you going? - I can't believe this.
Scott, you knew not to play that.
I mean, come on, you knew it was upsetting her.
You just don't know when you're taking something too far.
Hey, don't give me that. You were playing it too.
You could have shut it off.
I mean, big deal. She's nuts.
I mean, it's just a joke.
Come on.
Jesus Christ, she acts like she's three years old or something.
Listen, why don't we stay up for a while and listen to the storm?
All right, yeah.
But let me check on Cheryl first to make sure she's okay.
Okay.
Oh, stealing from the blind, huh?
It's for you.
Ash, how sweet of you.
- Would you put it on? - Oh sure.
I was gonna give it to you before we came up here,
but things got so hectic.
This is really the first chance we've had to be alone.
Take a look.
Oh, Ash, it's beautiful.
I really love it.
I'll never take it off.
Join us.
Is anybody out there?
I know someone's out there.
I heard you. I heard you in the cellar.
Join us.
Help!
Ashley!
Help!
Oh, the keys.
Help!
What the hell happened to you? What's the matter with you?
Did something in the woods do this to you?
No, it was the woods themselves.
They're alive, Ashley.
The trees, they're alive.
Ash, why don't I take her in the back room so she can lie down?
I'm not lying down!
I wanna get out of here.
I wanna leave this place right now.
- Right now, Ashley. - Wait a minute.
I sure as hell am not leaving anyplace tonight.
- Cheryl. - Cheryl.
Look, there's nothing out there. Trees do not attack people.
Ashley, will you drive me into town or not?
What, right now?
Yeah. Look, sure sure, I'll take you into town,
but just listen to what you're saying.
I don't care how it sounds.
I wanna get out of this place right now.
Okay, you can stay somewhere in town tonight.
Come on, come on, come on.
I know it's not gonna start. It's not gonna let us leave.
Why are you stopping?
Wait here a minute.
Do you see something?
Where are you going?
Ashley?
Oh oh!
- It's not gonna let us go. - What?
It's not gonna let us go. I told you!
I told you, it's not gonna let us go.
Why won't you listen to me?
No! No!
I know now that my wife has become host
to a Ca'n Darian demon.
I fear that the only way to stop
those possessed by the spirits of the book
is through the act of bodily dismemberment.
I would leave now to avoid this horror,
but for myself I...
I have seen the dark shadows moving in the woods
and I have no doubt that whatever I have resurrected through this book
is sure to come calling for me.
Okay, let me think. Um... it's a seven.
- What suit? - Um, diamonds.
No no no, wait. Um, hearts.
Oh my God! Seven of hearts, you're right.
Hey, Ash, I guessed the card right.
Yeah, truly amazing, Linda.
I don't know, I don't know, but I think
it's really some sort of extra sense or something.
- You know, like ESP? - Okay, try this.
- Okay, um, it's a seven. - I don't believe it!
Of spades... queen of spades.
Four of hearts,
eight of spades...
two of spades,
jack of diamonds, jack of clubs!
Why have you disturbed our sleep,
awakened us from our ancient slumber?
You will die like the others before you.
One by one we will take you.
What happened to her?
Did you see her eyes?
Ash, I'm scared. What's wrong with her?
Cheryl, stop it!
Join us. Join...
Ash, I think we ought to get out of here.
Yeah.
We still have a few more hours before morning.
I don't think I can wait that long.
You have to. We all have to.
And then in the morning we'll get in the car
and we'll take the bridge.
And...
Why does she keep making those horrible noises?
I don't know!
What about her eyes?
For God's sake, what happened to her eyes?
Everything's gonna be all right.
Scotty, I... I think there's something out there.
Go to bed and get some sleep, okay?
Shelly?
CWT-“Tm
No!
Don't burn her! Get her out!
No no no.
Thank you.
I don't know what I would have done
if I had remained on those hot coals,
burning my pretty flesh.
You have pretty skin.
Give it to us!
Join us. Join us.
Join us.
Hit her.
Hit her!
Hit it!
No no no!
No no! You love her.
No, you love her. Don't do it!
Scott?
Yeah?
What is... what are we gonna do?
We're gonna bury her.
You can't bury Shelly.
She's a... She's a friend of ours.
Ash, she's dead.
Shelly's dead.
We gotta bury her now.
Linda's still sleeping.
- I think once her leg's... - I'm getting out of here.
Scott, we can't take Linda anywhere with her leg like that.
We don't even know if there is any other way back besides the bridge.
Well, maybe there's a hiking trail or an old road
or some other way around the cliff.
I mean, there's gotta be another way besides the bridge.
Listen to me.
Linda cannot walk with her leg like that.
She can't even stand up.
Well, then we'll leave her here until we can send somebody back.
What are you, crazy?
- Scott... - Look, I'm gettin' out.
I don't care what happens to her.
She's your girlfriend. You take care of her.
I'm getting the hell out of here right now.
Soon all of you will be like me
and then we will lock you up in the cellar.
- Ahh! - Ash!
- Oh my God. - Help me.
Yes yes.
Ash.
Scotty, you're gonna be okay.
You're gonna be just fine, you'll see.
Ash, it's not gonna let us leave.
Cheryl... Cheryl was right.
- We're all gonna die here. - No, we're not gonna die.
"We're all gonna die, a" of us!
No, we're not gonna die.
We're not gonna die! We're gonna get outta here.
Now listen to me, Scotty.
Is there a way around the bridge?
Scotty!
Listen to me, please. For God's sake!
Scott!
- Come on. - Ash...
Ash, I don't wanna die.
You're not gonna leave me, are you, Ash?
- An you? - "I don't wanna die."
"You're not gonna leave me here, are you?"
"Are you, Ash?"
Scotty, now come on! Listen to me, for God's sake.
Is there a way around the bridge?
There's a way... the trail.
But the trees, Ash,
they know.
Don't you see, Ash? They're alive.
Ahhh!
Shut up. Shut up, Linda!
Shut up!
Kill her. Kill her.
Kill her if you can, lover boy.
God forgive me, Linda.
Oh, Ash... help me, please.
Ash.
Help me, please, Ash.
Oh, Ash, please don't let them take me away again.
- Please. - No, I won't.
- Please. - I won't, I promise.
Ashley. Ashley, help me.
Let me out of here.
Ashley? Ash, help me.
Let me out of here. I'm... I'm all right now.
I'm all right now, Ashley.
I'm all right.
Unlock this chain and let me out.
Cheryl?
I'm all right now, Ashley.
Come unlock the chain and let me out.
I'm all right now.
It's your sister Cheryl.
Oh, you bastards.
Why are you torturing me like this?
Why?!
Shut up.
♪ We're gonna get you ♪
♪ Not another peep ♪
♪ Time to go to sleep ♪
♪ We're... ♪
Useless! Useless!
In time we'll come for him
and then we'll come for you!
Here. Here.
Now the sun will be up in an hour or so
and we can all get out of here together...
You, me, Linda, Shelly.
Oh no, not Shelly.
She...
We'll all be going home together.
Wouldn't you like to be going home?
Bet you'd like that, wouldn't you?
Scott?
Ahh!
Join us.
Join us!
Oh, Linda.
Ahh!
No! Ahh!
Eyah!
Oh!
Come to me.
Yah!
Ahh ahh ahh!
Come on, get off.
Ahh ahh!
Oh God.
The door.
The back door.
Shells... where did I see that box of shells?
Ow! Ahh!
♪ We're gonna get you ♪
- J“ We're gonna get you. J“ - Ash's voice: Shut up, Linda!
- We're all gonna die. - Shut up.
- All of us. - Shut up!
Ash, how sweet of you.
God forgive me, Linda.
Through the act of bodily dismemberment.
- Hit her. - I really love it.
- Hit her. - I'll never take it off.
Hit it!
Ahh ahh!
Oh God...
There.
Come on, come on.
Why are you torturing me like this?
Linda.
Join us!
Must die.
No.
Ahh! Oh God!
Join us.