( rain pattering )
TEENAGED GIRL I hate television.
Gives me headaches
( woman on TV) ...makes your
color-treated hair
You know, I heard there's
so many magnetic waves traveling through the air
because of TV and telephones that we're losing, like
ten times as many brain cells as we're supposed to.
Like, all the molecules in our heads are all unstable
All the companies know about it
but they're not doing anything about it
|t's, like, a big conspiracy
( sighing ): You can pick something
I don't care
Say hello to luscious full bod...
You have any idea how many electro-rays
are traveling through our head every second?
I got a better one
Have you heard about this videotape
that kills you when you watch it?
What kind of tape?
A tape, a regular tape
People rent it, I don't know
You start to play it
and it's, like, somebody's nightmare
Then suddenly, this woman comes on
smiling at you, right?
Seeing you through the screen
and as soon as it's over...
your phone rings
Someone knows you've watched it
and what they say is
"You will die in seven days
and exactly seven days later...
Who told you that?
Somebody from Revere I don't...
Who told you?
What's your problem?
|'ve watched it
( sighing ): |t's a story, Katie
No, me and Josh, we saw it last weekend
I thought you were with your parents.
I wanted to tell you
You were with Josh all weekend?
Some of his friends got this-this place
up in the mountains
They were trying to record a football game
I guess the reception was so bad...
What are you talking about?
Listen to me!
When we played the tape the game wasn't there.
It was
What?
Wh-What was it?
It was something else
We thought it was some kind of sick joke
and then the phone rang
It was a week ago
one week ago tonight
( chuckles nervously)
You're just trying to scare me
( gagging )
( gagging continuing )
Oh, my God, Katie!
Are you okay?
Katie... oh, my
( snickering )
You freak!
( laughing ): You totally fell for it!
So... did you guys, you know, do anything?
Like what?
Oh, my God, you totally did!
You ho!
Tell me now!
( phone ringing )
( QHSPS )
( ticking )
( ringing continuing )
There really is a tape?
( ringing continuing )
( sighs )
This is so lame
Wait, don't!
Embrey residence
( pants nervously)
( rain continuing )
Hello
Hi, Nlom
( sighs angrily)
( chuckles )
Yeah, that was Becca
Nly mom says hi
She's glad you're here
Ask her where she keeps the Vicodin.
( chuckles )
Yeah, we're about to go to sleep.
Okay. Yeah, I will
Okay! Okay, yeah, yeah, I will
No, I won't
Bye, Nlom
( beeps )
( TV static blaring )
( static continuing )
Becca, quit being a bitch
Where's the remote?
( rain continuing )
( TV static resumes )
( static continues )
Becca, quit it!
( static continues )
( whimpers )
( panting nervously)
( sighs )
( gasps ) ( eerie rumbling )
( panting )
( whimpers softly)
( whimpers ) ( thump )
Becca, can you hear me?
( panting )
( static hissing )
( hissing continuing )
( breathing nervously)
( high-pitched electronic whine )
( static blaring )
( rain continuing )
( rain pattering )
( distant door opens )
WOIVIAN: Don't tell me what to write!
That assho|e's screaming for my attention
and |'m not going to give it to him.
I am being objective!
Listen, Harvey, you punctilious prick
you touch my column
and |'m coming down there and poking your eye out
with that little red pencil you like so much!
Harvey?
Shit!
Hey
Sorry |'m late
No worries
|'|| wait in the car
Have you got a moment Nls. Keller?
Um, sure
Call me Rachel
Please, sit down
He certainly is very independent, isn't he?
Oh, yeah, he sure is
I never have to tell him to do anything.
Well, if that's a problem
you'd be the first teacher in history to say so.
Nls. Keller
Rachel
I know that Aidan recently lost
his cousin
Yes, and |'m doing what I can
to find him some good daycare. |t's just...
Oh, no, that's not what I meant
By all means, take your time
I know they were very close Aidan and his cousin.
Yeah. They spent a few nights a week together.
Did he talk to you about her death?
Well, like you said, he's not the talkative type.
That doesn't mean he has nothing to say
He knows |'m there
Yes, |'m sure he does
but he may be expressing himself in... other ways.
|'d like to show you something
That's his cousin
That's Katie
Nls. Keller... |'m bothered by these drawings
Listen, I appreciate your concern
but my son lost his best friend three nights ago.
He's just trying to deal with it.
Yes, I understand but these pictures.
Are Aidan's way of working it out.
of expressing himself like you said.
( keys jingling )
He'|| be okay
You say she died three nights ago?
Yeah, that's right
Aidan drew these last week
What?
Nothing
Shall we read something?
|'m kind of tired
Okay
Sweet dreams
We don't have enough time
Oh, honey, I know |'ve been working a lot
and |'m sorry
but I promise you, |'m going to make it up to you
|'m not talking about that
|'m talking about time before we die
You have lots of time
So, you know when |'m going to die?
No one does
but I know you don't have to worry about it.
Katie knew
She told me
Katie told you she was going to die?
She said she didn't have enough time.
Good night, Rachel
( traffic passing )
RACHEL: oh, shit!
( grunting )
Aidan
Goddamn it!
Honey?!
Have you seen my black dress?
Aidan?
Have you seen my black
dress?
|t's a little wrinkled
|t's fine
Yeah. Thank you
Kids don't have strokes
unless they're on drugs
So, then, why the closed coffin?
oh, Ruthie
|'m so sorry
( sniffles )
You all right, Dave?
Yeah, |'m fine
How are you?
He sleeps all day
He doesn't move
( dish clatters )
|t's too much for him
It doesn't make any sense, Rachel
I spent four hours on the Internet
and I cou|dn't find one single case
of a 16-year-old gir|'s heart just stopping.
I spoke to three different doctors and not one of them
could tell me exactly what happened to my daughter.
( dish clatters )
( water stops running )
She was close... ( sniffles ) with you
And Aidan
But she confided in you
Yeah, but she never said anything...
nothing that would explain what happened.
But you could find out
|t's what you do, isn't it
ask questions?
Rachel, please
I saw her face
TEENAGED GIRL I knew Becca.
I mean, she was a little intense, but she wasn't crazy
They don't put you in booties and a straightjacket
if you're just freaked out
Something scared the shit out of her.
( music playing softly)
So, who's in the mental hospital?
Becca
Katie's friend
Oh, right. She was the one who was
There when it happened
So, what do you think they were doing up there?
Oh, thanks
I remember I was that age
Nle and my girlfriend used to
sneak up to my room, get high
Do you think maybe she was into...?
TEENAGED BOY: |t's not about that
|t's about the tape
Kellen, don't even
What tape?
The one that kills you when you watch it.
Oh, please
What was on the tape?
I haven't seen it, obviously
RACHEL: But Katie told you
she saw this tape?
Not Katie
I heard it from her boyf
You heard it from who?
She was dating this guy Josh.
He goes to Revere
It was kind of a secret.
Kind of?
Where is he-- Josh? ls-ls he here?
KELLEN: Josh is dead
RACHEL What?
What happened?
Supposedly, he killed himself
the same night that Katie died
( eerie rumbling )
( rain falling outside )
Aidan... what are you doing in here?
Come on
We shou|dn't be in her room
|t's not her room anymore
( rain continuing )
( train rumbling )
( traffic passing )
( sighs )
( traffic passing )
RACHEL: 10:00 p.m
RACHEL: Time of death, Wade
that's all I want to know
The name's Katie Embrey
Pull the report and read the time
No, that's okay. |'|| hold
Punctilious prick"?
Nice alliteration, huh?
You're fired
No, |'m not
Yes, you are
No, |'m not
|'m cooking too good a story
What is it?
Yeah, |'m still here
Shh!
Okay, so what's the time of death?
( music fades )
( bell dings )
( door creaks )
Hi. I was wondering
Pick a card, any card
Go ahead
Okay, put it back
Don't let me see it
That your card?
Damn
I was wondering if you'd remember someone
from a week ago
Was there a problem?
|t's my niece
She sort of ran out
on her parents
I have some photos here
That's her and her friends
I think they stayed here a night or so.
Yeah, they were in Cabin 12
They didn't pay
Had a number of complaints about the TV, mainly.
Uh, reception's never good here
That's why we bought
tape players for videos
Quite a selection
( scoffs )
Nlostly they're hand-me-downs
left by other guests
Anyway, they didn't pay
And kids like that sometimes don't.
Nliss?
You know, |'m kind of tired
|'m thinking I might take a nap before I drive back.
( sniffles )
|'|| take Cabin 12
Hey
This is your card, right?
That's it
( insects chirping )
( electronic whirring )
( static )
( sighs )
( eerie humming and whining )
( whining stops )
( woman singing softly)
( eerie rumbling, hissing )
( gurgling )
( piercing whine )
( crackling )
( whine continues )
( static )
( whining fades )
( flute playing softly)
( eerie rumbling, hissing )
( static )
( wind blowing hollowly)
( static )
( electronic whirring )
( phone ringing )
( breathing heavily)
GIRL ( whispering ) Seven days.
( breathing shakily)
( rain pelting )
( ZFPPFHQ )
|'m going to school
( breathing shakily)
( door closes )
Hold up
( rain pattering on umbrella )
RACHEL: What do you think?
IVIAN: Well, it's a pretty cool effect
What does this have to do with the tape?
Take my picture
( whirring )
Are you going to look at me
at least?
( camera beeps )
This the same camera?
No. Scan the rest
( beeping )
So, what do you think?
Well, look, I thought you said this was about a tape.
( sighing )
|'m thinking maybe you shou|dn't see it
( chuckling )
No, I should know more about it first.
Well, isn't that why |'m here?
So you can benefit from my wisdom?
Four kids are dead, Noah
Not from watching a videotape
( clock ticking )
Come on, show it to me
( eerie humming and whining )
( high-pitched screeching )
( traffic hum )
( mans deep laughter)
( romantic music playing distantly )
( TV sports announcer shouting )
( indistinct dialogue on TV)
( door slides open )
Roll credits
That was very student film
|'m sure it's alot scarier at night
( phone ringing )
( breathing shakily)
( ringing continues )
You going to get that?
( ringing continues )
( ringing stops )
So, you been working a lot?
|'m not tired, Noah
Okay
That tape didn't scare you?
No, not really. Sorry
Four people are dead
Yeah, but like I said not from watching..
Four people who watched it
Come on, we watched it
We're hanging
lt... takes a week
Right. Yeah, |'m just going to go downtown
I got to pick up some cameras from this guy
and then I got to prep this thing
that I may end up doing next week.
Noah... -Hmm?
Would you say that |'m gullible?
Easily rattled?
Definitely not
I mean, you're a little
highly strung maybe
And you ain't much of a dresser.
Who made it?
Where'd it come from?
All right
Nlake me a copy. |'|| see what I can do
Thanks
Yeah
( door closes )
( beep )
( phones ringing, typewriters clacking )
( whirring )
( eerie humming and whining )
( woman singing softly)
( blipping, whirring )
( slight static burst )
( whirring )
You sure this is a copy?
Yeah, why?
The numbers are all screwed up
The same problem got copied, I guess
That's impossible
The numbers of the control track
they put on the tape whenever it's recorded
which means theoretically, there shou|dn't be any images
Hey, Noah, can you pretend for one minute
that I don't read Video Geek Nlagazine?
Okay, when you record a tape
the makeup of the tracks is like a signature
for whatever did the recording
like a camcorder VCR, whatever.
So the control track could tell us where it came from.
But to not have one
I mean, that's like being born without fingerprints.
Then, how did this get recorded?
I don't know
But |'m going to find out
NOAH: All right, take a look
You should be able to see the camera here
in the reflection
The ang|e's straight on, but you don't.
Hmm. What's that?
It looks like she's walking away
whoever she is
No, I mean up there at the top
Oh, no, that's just the tracking
I can fix that
Whup, sorry
Wait, go back
There's something there
Yeah, you're right
-There's more picture --Hold on.
|'m going to stretch the alignment.
Yeah, it's working
Yeah, it won't go any further
Okay, keep going
No, no, no, no, let me do it
Wait, it won't go any further
It won't go any further! Get...
Let me do it --Shit!
( door opens )
Hey, Noah
I picked up the cameras
They're in really good shape
Did you see the reprints I did
of that Guatemala stuff?
Cause they came out kind of
overexposed
You working?
This is a friend, Rachel Keller
She writes for the "P.|
Rachel, this is Beth my assistant.
Well, I prefer partner in crime
( all chuckling )
She's a journalism student at Kirkland, actually.
Well, |'|| stay out of your way
|'m not even here
Rachel is researching a story |t's this video hoax.
|t's sort of interesting So you know video.
Why don't you come take a look at this thing with the tracking.
RACHEL: You know, |'m late
I really should go
Yeah, but why are you taking...?
I got to go
|t's good to meet you
( elevator grinding )
So you're taking the tape?
I don't want her to see it
Whoa. You don't want her to see it?
What about me seeing it?
You had no problem showing it to me.
I did have a problem
You're angry
|'m not angry
Oh, no? What are you then?
In a hurry
( scoffs )
Look, |'m sorry, but |'m not going to get all worked up
over some high school rumor
What are you thinking?
|'m thinking this is the part where I say
"You're a flake, never finishes anything
Then you say |'m "an obsessive bitch
Needs to lighten up
Then I storm out
all pissed off, kicking myself for ever thinking
that you could just
grow up
So, why don't we just cut to that part right now
and save ourselves a lot of grief?
All right
Bye
( eerie rumbling )
Watch out, missy
Bad luck. You don't need that
( wheels squeaking and clicking )
( squeaking continues )
( game show plays on TV)
( squeaking continues )
Becca?
Becca
We're almost there
HOST ( on TV): Summer, actually
So circle gets that square
We take a break, while you check this out
This is how you can be part
RACHEL: Do you remember anything
about that night
that night with Katie?
Do you remember
how she died?
Becca?
She told you about a videotape didn't she?
She was afraid, wasn't she?
Something was happening to her
Becca
how did she die?
Please
I need to know
And you will
She'|| show you
Who?
Who will show me?
Not now
Four days
WOIVIAN: Yeah, well, your home VCRs
will give you a tracking window
but they won't let you stretch it
There's no point, really, unless you're talking restoration.
Archives will come in here
with these crummy old tapes sometimes.
Tracks totally shot-- servos can't line them up
But the big box here's a warhorse.
Totally analog
She'|| read to the very edge of your tape.
Just don't force her or she'|| get pissy with you
Your tracking, your monitor your printer, if you need it.
So, uh
what are we watching, home movies or something?
|'d really rather watch it alone
Really
Whatever
( whirring )
( sighs heavily)
Come on
( soft high-pitched humming )
Come on
( humming intensifies )
Lighthouse
Shi
Hello? Somebody?
( tape deck whirring )
( grunting softly)
Damn
( slow whirring )
Something you needed help with?
( fly buzzes )
Hey, you... you got a... ya
Well, that seems to be the lot of it.
Thank you
( pages turning )
( sighing )
Nloesko Island
( keys clacking )
( sighs quietly)
( mouse clicks )
( eerie rumbling )
( printer whirring )
Anna Nlorgan
Oh, my God
( books and papers thudding )
( grunting )
"N|ysterious Sickness Strikes Nlorgan Ranch Horses
"|nvestigators search for answers
after second horse drowning
( eerie rumbling )
( rhythmic clicking )
( whispering ) 'Anna Nlorgan.
"Horses Recovering After Breeder's Suicide
( rapid scratching )
"...suffered from ha||ucinations."
Eola... County Psychiatric
( intense scratching )
What happened to you, Anna?
Pack of Double Lights Thanks, Lani.
( register beeps )
$15.33
You're gonna die
Nly cousin was two packs a day
Used the patch... never looked back
All right, well, |'|| keep that in mind
Have a nice day
You, too
( eerie rumbling )
( indistinct arguing in background )
( unearthly whistling )
( sighs heavily)
( keys clank)
( static hisses on TV)
( shrieks )
( anxious laugh )
Sorry |'m late
Uh... mmm... no. No problem
Everything okay?
Oh, yeah. He was an angel
I-I... went in to tell him that it was bedtime
and he was already under the covers.
And then he read me a bedtime story.
Um... ( clears throat)
he learned the word "conundrum
Really?
Yeah. And then... he drew my picture
Well, here you go
Thanks
Sure
( rain falling outside )
( rainfall continues )
( door creaking )
Hey, Ruthie, it's me
|'m sorry to call so late, but I need a favor.
I have to go upstate to do this story
and I need you to watch Aidan for me
RUTHIE ( on phone): Oh, Rachel, I don't know
How long will you be gone?
|t's just for two days I promise.
This isn't the best time for me
( coughing )
Rachel? Rachel, are you there?
Hold on a sec Sorry.
( coughing and gasping )
Rachel?
Is this about Katie?
( retching )
( retching and gasping )
Ruthie
( eerie rumbling )
( gasping )
Aidan?
( eerie rumbling )
( unearthly screeching )
( gasping )
( panting )
( panting slows )
( rainfall outside )
( deep rumbling )
( grunts )
0!
( static hissing )
Why, baby, why? Why?!
I cou|dn't sleep
Who is she, Rachel?
( phone ringing )
( ringing stops )
( gasping )
( ringing )
Leave him alone!
NOAH ( on phone ) Rachel?
( sobs )
Noah
L-Listen to me. R-Rachel
I need to talk to you, okay?
I believe you
Rachel, you there?
( quiet sobbing )
He... He watched the tape
Who? Who watched it?
( sobs )
Our son
( unearthly whistling )
( rain pattering )
You took my picture
|'ve seen you
When |'m in the yard at school
You're there
You wish I was around more?
Do you want to be around more?
Rachel and I were
Young
N|om's told me that story
The thing is, I
I don't think |'d make a good father
Nlaybe it was because my own was...
such a... disappointment
Thing is, I don't want anyone else to do it, either
Be your father
|t's a conundrum
( laughs )
Yeah, it is
( paper crackling )
( pages turning )
( rain falling )
( door opening )
Time to go, mister
|'m not finished
Noah said to make one for you
RACHEL: You could almost draw
a line through her life.
On one side, theres this happy woman
who spends her time with her husband, riding horses
everything sheltered, protected and comfortable.
Her face, theres... light, theres pride.
And then, one day, something happens
and she takes this hard corner
and the light... goes out
and then she ends up at Eola County Psychiatric
all alone.
NOAH: What happened to her?
I don't know yet
butl think it has something to do with the horses.
It think we should go to the island togetherz
Its Tuesday, Noah
I only have one day left.
lneed you to go to the hospital
and find out as much as you can about Anna.
The images on the tape are leading us somewhere
Katie saw them all, too
I think... before you die
you see the ring
( wipers clacking )
Shit!
Hey, Rach! Wait!
( rain splattering )
( bell clanging )
( ferry engine roaring )
A daughter?
( ferry engines rumbling smoothly)
( footsteps approaching )
( chuckles softly)
Hey, you
( nickers )
Ooh
|t's okay
|'m not going to hurt you
Yeah
Easy, boy
( nickering )
That's it
( whinnying nen/ously)
Hey, boy
|'m not going to hurt you
( whinnying frantically)
|t's okay. Calm down
( whinnying )
Somebody!
( whinnies )
( whinnying )
Jesus Christ!
( whinnies )
Somebody help!
( grunting )
Daddy, my horse!
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!
( horse whinnying )
He's going out!
Over here!
Whoa! Whoa! Easy!
Come on
( snorting )
( yelling )
( whinnying )
No, down! No!
( grunting and gasping )
( snorting )
( whinnying )
( gasps )
( whimpering )
( whinnying )
( panting )
( screaming )
( horn blowing )
( speaking indistinctly)
I need to see the records
for a patient named Anna Nlorgan
Are you a relative?
Well, no
|'m sorry, sir
We're a mental health facility
Our records are private
Well, she's been dead 24 years
I don't think she'|| mind
|'m sorry
|t's impossible
Look
|'ve seen them before
|'ve been up there
IVIAN: Nice try
The record rooms are downstairs, guy
( chuckles softly)
You win
( grunting )
Jerk off!
( fly buzzing )
Are you in here, Anna?
Hello?
( eerie rumbling )
( hammering )
( hammering continuing )
Excuse me, Nlr. Nlorgan
I was wondering if you'd have a moment to speak with me.
Nly name's Rachel Keller
|'m a writer with the "Seatt|e P.|."
You want to know about the horses.
I didn't mean to
|t's just I wasn't able to find a number to reach you
Every now and then, a writer comes along.
heard about what happened
What's left to write about though, I don't know.
I was hoping you had just a few minutes.
Well, work never ends around here, really...
but I guess I got a few
So, what is it you're writing, miss?
About horses in general
or just those that go strange?
I read you had to put so many down
Nlost put themselves down
They drowned
How'd they get out?
Theyjust broke
through the fences and ran to the shore
So, they went crazy?
It would seem so, yes
or maybe they just sense things before we do.
So, where are your horses now?
I don't breed anymore
I guess you wou|dn't
not after what happened
That must've been hard on both of you...
you and your wife
( thunder rumbling )
|'m sorry, miss, what's your name again?
Rachel
Well, Rachel
you want to tell me what's really on your mind?
Do you know what this is?
I think it's a message
from your wife
Anna's on this tape
She's right there in that room
You can see the lighthouse the horses...
Where'd you get that?
Shelter Nlountain Inn
Is that the only one?
I made a copy
( sighs )
|'ve got a lot of work to do today...
a lot of acres out there
Nlinute I think |'m done with one thing...
another thing needs fixing
You don't want to see this tape?
You're not even curious?
Curious?
No. I don't think so
Nlr. Nlorgan
I can't help you
Where's your daughter?
Nlaybe she could help
I don't have a daughter
Excuse me?
What is it with reporters?
You take one person's tragedy
and force the world to experience it...
spread it like sickness
Nlr. Nlorgan
Tell me, miss
what is it you think you know?
Then leave it alone
( slams )
( sighs )
( rope creaking )
( banging )
( whispering ) Anna.
Anna N|organ's
Ha||ucinations"?
What's wrong with you?
65, conceived
65, miscarriage
66, conceived
66, miscarriage
Christ, she wou|dn't give up
( file falls on floor)
Sessions terminated at father's request.
See Video Record S-NI-0-1-5
( phone ringing )
( grinding furiously)
RUTH: Aidan?
Aidan, it's your mom
( Aidan over telephone ) Hi, Nlom.
Honey, the house you drew for me...
Uh-huh?
where did you see it?
Did you see it in your head?
Is that why you drew it?
In my head?
Aidan... why did you draw that house?
Because she told me to
Who?
Who told you to?
The little girl
She talks to you?
She shows me things
Did she show you the horses?
She doesn't like it in the barn
The horses keep her up at night
So, she still lives there?
( whispering ): She lives in a dark place now
( clock ticking )
( puzzle pieces clicking )
( ticking loudly)
( puzzle pieces clicking )
( door opening )
WOIVIAN: You're getting a little old
to be crabbing out there, Cal
Your body's about outlived its warranty, you know.
You ain't exactly the catch of the day
Oh... |et's see you catch one better!
CAL Yeah
Good afternoon
|'m Dr. Grasnik
I think he was here before me
Darby? Darby's always here
Aren't you, Darby?
He's my son's boy
Come over on the ferry, did you?
Yes
Um... have you lived here long?
Born and raised
Only doctor on the island
Then you know the Nlorgans and their daughter.
Do you know their daughter?
( clock ticking continuing )
What's this about?
Look, |'m sorry
I-I don't know how to say this
but |'m seeing things in my head-- images--
and so is my son
Nly son, that... that's why |'m here
and somehow, I don't know how, but
it's because of that girl
Haven't heard anybody say that in a long time.
( squeaking loudly)
She wanted a child more than anything
Poor Anna
They tried hard for years
but sometimes it's just not meant to be
Then one winter, they went away
When they came back
it was with Samara
Adopted, they said
Never did say from where
Said the mother had died of complications.
But they had their baby they had their horses--
everything was fine
till Anna started coming to see me.
Said she was suffering visions
seeing things
horrible things
like they'd been burned inside her...
and it only happened
around Samara
that the girl put them there
( merry-go-round squeaking continues )
Were you Samara's doctor, too?
Was there anything wrong with her?
You mean medically?
I mean whatever you mean
( squeaking continuing )
When Darby, there, was born
we knew something wasn't right with him...
but we loved him anyway
Takes work, you know
Some people have limits
So, what happened to her?
I referred them to Eola Psychiatric
on the mainland
I assume she's still there
You don't know?
How can you not know?
We've been through
a lot of hard years out here
mean winters
small hauls, no fish
and that was long before the horses.
See, when you live on an island
you catch a cold, it's everybody's cold
No offense, ma'am
but what the hell does that mean?
It means ever since that gir|'s been gone
things have been better
( squeaking continuing )
NIAN 1978
Nlan, we're really going back in time, here.
Yeah, the lady at reception said it should still be here.
Should be. You say you're the patient's father, right?
Yep. Richard Nlorgan, that's me
What is your secret?
Diet and exercise, man
No shit!
Yeah, that's all it takes
You know, |'m not an idiot.
You try and walk out of here with my file
and |'|| be on you like white on rice.
You understand?
No, man
I just want to watch it
|'m responsible for every file tape in here
I have a system... and I don't want anyone
disarranging it
|'d never... disarrange
Long as we understand each other.
Okay, now |'m mad
Does it say who was the last person to watch it?
Yeah
It was you
Come on, come on!
( cell phone beeping )
( man overphone ): The mobile unit you've called
is not responding or is outside the coverage area
You piece of shit!
( beeping I
( sighs )
Come on, Rachel
( crickets chirping )
Hello?
( door creaking )
Nlr. Nlorgan?
( doors rattling )
( eerie rumbling )
( inhales slowly)
( exhales slowly)
( clock ticking )
( ticking continues )
( gasps )
( shudders )
( tape machine whirring )
NIAN ( on tape): This is SN|0015
Samara Nlorgan, hour 14
Good. Very good
So, what is it that's keeping you awake?
You must sleep sometime
Do you dream about something?
Samara?
Let's talk about the pictures
How did you make them?
Samara?
How did you make these pictures?
I don't
make them
I see them
and then
theyjust... are
IVIAN: Samara
I need you to start telling me the truth, okay?
Can I see my mommy?
No, Samara
Not until we understand what's wrong with you.
I love my mommy
Yes, you do
But you don't want to hurt her anymore, now, do you?
You don't want to hurt anyone
But I do, and |'m sorry
It won't stop
Well, that's why you're here
So that I can help you to make it stop.
He's going to leave me here
Who?
Daddy
They just want to help you
Not Daddy
Your daddy loves you
Daddy loves the horses
He wants me to go away
No, he doesn't
But he doesn't know
He doesn't know what?
Samara?
( static hissing )
She's never gonna whisper in my fucking ear ever again!
What did you do to her?
She was your daughter!
You killed Samara didn't you?
You killed her, and when your wife
Nly wife was not supposed to have a child!
Nlr. Nlorgan
What are you doing?
The whispers... you could hear them all the time.
At night. In your sleep
Even the damn horses
Nlr. Nlorgan, come out of there
And those pictures
Oh, Good Christ
The things she'd show you
She's still showing them
And she'|| never stop
You coming here proves that
Where is she? Please
I have to stop her
If I don't, my son will die!
Oh, yes
He will
She never sleeps
Wait. No
0!
( screaming )
0!
Rachel! Shh! Shh!
|t's all right!
shh,shh,shh,shh,shh
|t's okay. |t's okay
You're okay
shh, shh, Shh!
You're okay
You okay?
NOAH: Oh, Jesus
( gasping )
SAIVIARA: She doesn 't like the barn
The horses keep her up at night.
She doesn't like the barn
What?
The horses keep her awake
( doors creaking )
( crickets chirping )
( whispering ) Samara...
He kept her here
Her mother was going crazy
Nlorgan blamed the child
So he kept her here
Alone
Not alone
Rachel
There's something under here
It looks like it's etched into the wood
Or burned
( wallpaper ripping )
|'ve seen this tree before
Yeah, it was on the tape
|'ve been there
Shelter Nlountain
RACHEL: The sun came through the leaves
lit them up like it was on fire
Right at sunset
Right when I watched the tape
That was a week ago
( sighs heavily)
We're back to where we started from.
Something led us here
The tree, the drawing on the wall
It doesn't matter
We're too late
You have to help him
What are you talking about?
Aidan
|t's up to you now
Just use the time you have and figure something out.
We'|| figure this out together, right now!
|t's too late, Noah!
Stop it, okay? There's a reason that we're here!
-What?! I don't know, okay?
There's something in this room!
I mean, it's in this phone!
|t's in this television!
Come on!
Tell us now, why don't you?!
( grunts )
( clattering )
Noah
ook
( clacking )
( grunting with effort)
( grunting )
( Noah panting )
( eerie rumbling )
( stone scraping )
( both panting )
Aw, Jesus
How far down do you think it goes?
I can't see anything
( staticky blurts )
We should drop something
( static hissing )
( scraping )
( both breathing deeply)
( rock hitting bottom )
Do you think she's down there?
Shh
( deep rumbling )
( squeaking )
( thunderous whooshing )
( screaming )
( echoing ) Rachel!
( fly buzzing )
( water gurgling and bubbling )
( gasping )
Rachel!
( Rachel coughing and gasping )
Rachel!
|'m here!
|'m all right!
( quietly) I think.
|'|| go find something to get you out!
Hurry!
( gasping )
( water dripping )
( gasping )
( eerie screeching )
Noah?
( stone scraping )
( grunting )
Noah?
Noah!
( static blips )
( grunting )
( eerie rumbling )
( yells )
Oh!
( gasping )
( panting )
( eerie screaming )
( Samara singing )
J` Here we go J`
J` The world is spinning J`
J` When it stops, it's just beginning. J`
ANNA: |sn't it beautiful here, Samara?
So peaceful
I know things will get better
( breath quivering )
All I ever wanted was you
( eerie rumbling )
( low rumbling )
( gasps )
( panting )
She was still alive
Where did you go?
( gasping )
( panting )
|t's okay now
|t's okay
NOAH: Rachel!
Rachel, the sun's set!
The sun has set!
|t's past sunset
Do you hear me?
|t's past sunset!
Rachel?
Rachel, are you there?
( shivering )
|'m here
( frogs croaking )
( speaking indistinctly)
They're going to bury her next week.
|t's over
You okay?
She wanted that child more than anything in the world
How could she have done that?
She just wanted to be heard
Sometimes children
yell or cry or draw pictures
I want to go home
I can't imagine being stuck down a well all alone like that
How long could you survive?
Seven days
You could survive for seven days.
( rain falling )
Come on
Hey
Why don't you just call me sometime?
Unless you're renting a movie
( chuckles )
( sighs )
Call me tomorrow
and the day after that
( murmurs )
Rachel?
Hmm?
What time is it?
|t's either really late or really early...
depending on how you look at it
Don't you have to be at work?
Not today
What happened to the girl?
Samara?
Is that her name?
Nlm-hmm
Is she still in the dark place?
We set her free
You helped her?
Yeah
Why did you do that?
What's wrong, honey?
You weren't supposed to help her.
|t's okay now
She's not going to hurt you
She
Don't you understand, Rachel?
She never sleeps
( TV static blaring )
( static continuing )
( static stops )
( static hissing )
( ringing )
( ringing through )
Pick up the phone, Noah
Come on, pick up
( phone ringing )
( static hissing )
( ringing continuing )
( eerie whirring )
( ringing continuing )
( tires squealing )
RACHEL: Come on, Noah!
Pick up the goddamn phone!
( horn honking )
( tires squealing )
( trickling )
( phone ringing )
( gasping )
( ringing continuing )
( gasping )
( grunting )
( ringing continuing )
( grunting )
( screaming )
( static blaring )
( brakes squealing )
( panting )
Come on!
( phone ringing )
( static hissing )
( ringing continuing )
( ringing through )
( static hissing continues )
( glass crunching )
( hissing continues )
( sighs )
( screaming )
( screaming echoing )
( panting and crying )
( mud)
( elevator whirring )
( sobbing )
Go to your room!
Now!
( breathing anxiously)
What do you want?
What do you want?!
What do you want from me?
( Cf.Ving )
( sobbing )
Why not me?
What did I do that he didn't?
( crying stops )
( fire crackling )
( echoing ): She just wanted to be heard.
He wants me to go away
Nly wife was not supposed to have a child!
ANNA: All I ever wanted was you.
AIDAN: Don 't you understand, Rachel?
But he doesn't know
She never sleeps
IVIORGAN: You take one persons tragedy
and force the world to experience it.
You spread it like sickness.
IVIAN: You don't want to hurt anyone
But I do
And |'m sorry
It won't stop
RACHEL: I made a copy.
Push it in
Play
Push
( high-pitched electronic whining )
|t's going to keep killing isn't it?
She'|| never stop
Don't worry, sweetie
You're going to be okay
What about the person we show it to?
What happens to them?
( static hissing )
( static blaring )
( music box playing )
CHILD: J` Here we go J`
J` The world is spinning J`
J` When it stops J`
J` |t'sjust beginning J`
J` Sun comes up J`
J` We laugh and we cry J`
J` Sun goes down J`
J` And then we all die. J`