[Dramatic orchestral music]
[Eerie music]
[Laine] I don't know if I wanna do this.
[Debbie] Relax, laine, it's fun.
First, the rules.
You can never, ever play alone.
You can never play in a graveyard.
And you always have to say goodbye.
To start, you circle the board once for each player.
Then we say, "as friends we gather, hearts are true.“
"as friends we gather, hearts are true.“
“spirits near, we call to you.“
is someone here with us?
[Eerie music continues]
Debbie, cut it out!
If a ghost is here,
you can see them through the planchette.
It's the eye to the other side.
If someone is here with us, make yourself known.
[Intense music] [Laine screams]
What are you guys doing?
Get out of here, Sarah!
Calm down. It's only a game.
[Suspenseful music]
[Fire crackling]
[Debbie breathes uneasily]
[Planchette scraping]
[Breathes uneasily]
Goodbye.
[Suspenseful music]
[Fire roaring]
[Debbie sighs]
[Phone ringing]
- Laine, hey. - Deb. Where are you?
[Debbie over phone] I'm... I'm here. I've been here.
It's just been a little rough this week.
[Laine] You've gotta tell me what's been going on.
And don't think you're bailing on me again.
We're gonna be late for the game.
[Debbie scoffs] Oh, yeah.
You know, I don't think I'm coming.
Oh, well, I'm not leaving until I get to talk to you.
Fine.
I'll be right out, just give me a sec.
[Phone beeps]
[Fire crackling]
[Debbie sighs]
[Door opens]
[Laine] What's going on?
- Are you sick? - [Debbie] No.
Did you and Pete have a fight?
- No, nothing like that. - Then what is it?
- Nothing. - Debbie, tell me.
I just don't wanna go out tonight.
No secrets between us, remember?
Remember that game we used to play,
where you ask questions about the future?
- The ouija board. - Yeah.
A couple of weeks ago, I played it.
Just messing around and...
[Sighs]
I don't know. I don't know.
That is just a game.
You know you've always been like this, right?
- Like what? - Just a total and complete spaz.
[Sighs] Huh.
You're right, I'm being crazy.
Look, I don't even have to go to the basketball game.
We always lose, I'm just gonna come in with you and...
No, don't.
I mean, my folks are gonna be home any minute,
and I'm just being dramatic, and everything is fine.
Are you sure you don't wanna come?
I have leftovers inside, I'm gonna rock it out,
but I will see you in the morning, that's for sure.
- Okay. Do you want me to order for you? - Mm-hmm.
- Pancakes with the works? - Mm-hmm.
Okay. I miss you.
I miss you already.
[Gate creaking]
[Suspenseful music] [Fire crackling]
[Microwave beeps]
[Microwave opens and closes]
[Debbie sighs]
[Door creaking]
[Wind whistling]
[Lock clicking]
[Flame whooshing]
[Suspenseful music]
[Knob clicks]
[Switch clicks]
[Suspenseful music continues]
[Floor creaking]
[Debbie breathes uneasily]
[Intense music]
[Debbie gasps]
[Lights rustling]
[Eerie music]
[Lights clattering]
[Neck snaps]
[Intense music]
[Traffic whirring]
[Bell rings] [Customers chattering]
[Trevor] Laine, hey. Sorry I'm late.
I have a surprise for you.
Check this out.
Oh, you have a map. [Laughs]
Yep. This is the place I was telling you about.
It's up the coast, away from everyone.
We can make camp right about here.
- Yeah. - Hike down to the beach anytime we want.
It's the first time I'm hearing it as "we."
I want you to come with.
But I thought this was your big camping trip with the guys.
I know, but I started thinking about it and I realized
I'd miss you too much.
[Scoffs] Okay, so you're surfing all day.
- What do I do? - I'm gonna teach you.
By the end of the week, you'll be one with the waves.
- It's gonna be awesome. - Oh, my god, no.
- I promise, come on. - Mm-mm.
You can forget about the world for a while,
leave it all behind.
I can't wait to see you run this past my dad.
I got that covered, too.
Tell him it's a senior trip. Fully chaperoned.
- Good luck with that. - What? I can be persuasive.
- Really? - Yeah. I've been told this.
- By who? - You, every day.
[Isabelle] Okay, very cute. Break it up, you two.
- [Trevor] Hello. - Hey.
Hey, iz. Little more bean juice?
Uh-huh.
- Where's Debbie? - Oh, I think she's running late.
So, what time are we hitting that party tonight?
- I think we're passing. - Yeah.
Might watch a movie or something.
- No, come on, you guys can't. - Yeah.
Laine, he's making you bail on me.
You're a big girl, iz. There's nothing wrong with flying solo.
Yeah, me showing up alone,
that's not really a good look for me.
- [Trevor chuckles] - Not everybody has,
- you know, this. - What's this?
Your perfect couple situation.
Look at her acting like she's not the one
who breaks up with every guy she goes out with.
I can't help it, I'm a picky bitch.
- [Trevor laughs] - [Laine] God!
[Phone dings]
What's up?
I gotta go. It's my dad.
Let me guess, your sister?
Yep. Causing chaos wherever she goes.
I'm sorry, guys. Come on.
- What's going on? - [Nona] I'm so sorry.
Nona wanted to be here for you.
Laine, sit down. We need to talk.
I don't wanna sit down. Just tell me what's going on.
Laine, sit down.
I don't wanna sit down! Someone tell me what's going on!
It's about Debbie.
[Soft dramatic music]
[Indistinct chattering]
- [Laine] Nona, can I talk to you? - Mm-hmm.
I don't think I can go in.
This doesn't seem real. She should still be here.
She's still here.
She's right here.
Here.
I just don't understand.
None of us can.
She told me, she told me that she'd see us the next morning.
Why would she say that if she was going to...
We'll never know.
I wish she would have talked to us about whatever it was.
I know what the police say, but I can't believe she'd ever...
[Somber music]
[Indistinct chattering]
And that Carol found her like that, it's just horrible.
They're packed and coming to stay with me.
Can't be in this house another night.
- [Door closes] - Pete.
Laine.
- I'm so sorry. - I'm sorry, too. [Sighs]
I brought flowers.
Debbie liked this kind.
They're really pretty.
Do you want me to put them in some water?
No. I'll find her mom.
I should give them to her.
[Somber music continues]
[Laine sighs]
[Soft dramatic music]
[Door creaking]
[Suspenseful music]
Laine. [Sighs]
- You were everything to her. - Mrs. G.
I'm... I'm sorry. I just...
I just wanted to be in her room.
- It's okay. - [Laine cries]
The hours you two spent in here.
And by fifth grade, you'd picked out your college.
[Chuckles] She... She used to draw pictures of,
of what our dorms would look like.
Everything was purple.
Yeah, I remember that.
Her purple phase.
Thank you for watching the house while we're gone.
I don't know when we'll be back.
Here.
I put these things together for you.
She'd want you to have them.
Always remember her.
[Debbie on recording] No, that's it, that's the one. Look! [Laughs]
Let me see your Booty shake!
See? It's good!
- [Knocking] - [Woman] Ladies, [need you
to keep it down in there.
We do have other customers.
[Debbie laughs]
We were a lot cooler than we're making this seem.
[Lane] Right. [Indistinct] Says, "how are you gonna dance?"
- [Woman] Look at my girls! - [Laine] I'm glad I have it now!
[Woman] Oh, my god, I need to see you.
- [Woman 2] I'm gonna cry! [Laughs] - [Debbie] Oh!
- Oh, my girls! - Cheese!
- Look at you! - Mm-uh.
- Booty-toosh! Booty-toosh! - You need to pull that up a little.
- Oh, I'm sorry. - Oh my god!
[Debbie] Why are you always pulling up my dress?
Whether or not you have any sort of affection
inside of you that you want to give to your boyfriend.
You don't think I have any affection?
I mean, right now, I don't know.
[Soft dramatic music]
You're gonna love me for doing that.
- Mm-hmm, why? - Mm-hmm.
[Camera beeps]
[Soft dramatic music continues]
[Vehicle approaching]
[Horn honking]
[Laine sighs]
Really, Sarah?
After everything that happened today, you have to do this?
- Do what? - Sneak out.
Make things so hard, all the time.
Look, I just wanna get out of here
and forget this shitty day, all right?
Well, I'm sorry, but you're not going anywhere.
Mom's not around. Hasn't been for a while.
And you don't need to be her, okay?
It's not your job to hover over me all the time.
I wish I didn't have to.
Well, then just don't care so much.
It's way easier.
Okay, dad, here's your flight confirmation.
Ah, once the permits get approved, I'll be back.
It might be a few days, though. Okay?
- Okay. - Nona knows I'm leaving,
so call her if you need anything.
Yeah, I got it covered, dad. Don't worry, bye.
Have a safe trip.
[Dad] Uh. I'll text you when I get there.
[Door closes]
[Eerie music]
[Bike rattling]
We have class in a half hour. How long is this gonna take?
Um, Mrs. G just wants me to check a few things.
- So, two minutes. - Sure.
Oh, and can you go around back and check the pool cover?
Yeah, I got it.
[Door opens]
[Keys jangling]
[Gate creaking]
[Water running]
[Trevor grunting] [Water splashing]
[Water sloshing]
[Loud thud]
Hello?
[Lights buzzing]
[Suspenseful music]
[Planchette clattering]
- [Gasps] Oh, my god. - Hey, it's me.
- Are you ready to go? - [Laine chuckles]
I didn't even hear you come up.
[Trevor] What is that?
Just something Debbie and I used to do ages ago.
But it was a joke, right?
We pretended it was real.
We asked it questions like, "do I have a secret admirer?
Will we be friends forever?" Things like that.
And one of you is just pushing it?
[Laine] Yes.
I didn't know she had one.
I have so many questions.
If I had just stayed. I was right here.
If I hadn't have left her, you know?
Laine, it's not your fault.
You just don't know when it's gonna be the last time
you get to talk to someone.
[Soft dramatic music]
I never even got to say goodbye.
I know.
[Planchette scraping]
[Students chattering]
Pete.
- Hey. - Hey.
Can you talk?
- Yeah, sure. - Okay.
I haven't gotten a chance to check in with you yet.
Are you doing okay?
I guess.
I can't bring myself to erase her voicemails.
I keep listening to them and it's like she's here, you know?
Leaving me messages, making plans.
Before Debbie died, did you notice anything going on with her?
Like what?
Acting different.
[Sighs] Yeah, she seemed worried about something.
Did she ever say what it was?
[Sighs] It just kind of started out of nowhere.
I didn't know what was going on.
I'd text her, she'd blow me off.
I thought maybe she wanted to break up with me or something.
A few days ago, I went to her house to try to talk to her.
She didn't even want me to come inside.
She did the same thing with me.
[Students chattering]
Why are you asking me all this?
I guess I'm just not ready to let her go.
Neither am I.
[Bell rings]
[Customers chattering]
I don't know. When I'm in the house, it just feels strange.
You miss Debbie. I mean, we all do.
[Laine] No, this, this is different.
I can't explain it. It's like she's there.
Laine, listen. Everyone's still in shock, okay?
But those things you were telling me the other day
about feeling guilty,
you don't have to keep doing this to yourself.
You ever feel like even after someone you love
has died, there's still a way you can talk to them?
You can't do that. She's gone.
The board. Isn't that what you're supposed to do with it?
But yesterday, you said it was just a game.
If we play the game and nothing happens,
then I'll never bring it up again.
But I really wanna try, so will you guys just do this with me?
[Soft dramatic music]
[Pencil tapping]
Sarah?
I'm heading out. I'll be an hour.
- [Muffled upbeat rock music] - Sarah!
- Yeah? - I'm going out.
- I'll be back in a bit. - Hour, yeah, cool, got it.
[Engine idling]
- Hey, get out of here! - [Sarah scoffs]
[Engine revving] [Tires screeching]
- What the hell, laine? - For a minute there,
I actually had a little faith in you.
We hang out. What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with that is that you're a kid
and that guy is too old for you!
[Sarah scoffs]
All right, since you can't be left alone, you're coming with me.
- I'm not going anywhere. - Get your stuff.
I'll be in the car.
[Eerie music]
[Gates creaking]
[Door creaking]
I don't wanna be in this house. It feels wrong.
Look, this is where Debbie died.
We have to play here.
It's okay.
We're all together.
So, where are we gonna do this?
[Laine] In there.
I'm gonna go and get the board.
[Switch clicks]
How are you even supposed to talk to someone
using a board game?
I mean, "yo, can you hear me?
Signal's real bad. I only got like one bar in here."
Your sister wants to do this.
So, just zip it and go along.
[Switch clicks]
- [Intense music] - Oh my god!
Jesus, Pete!
It's okay. It's just me.
I heard you come in through the front.
What the hell are you doing, man?
I have a spare key for the back.
I come in that way all the time.
[Eerie music]
- So, let's play. - [Laine] Wait.
There's a few rules first.
Like you're never supposed to play in a graveyard,
never play alone, and always say goodbye.
Can we just do this?
I don't even think I believe in these things,
but I still don't wanna touch it.
Come on. They sell 'em in toy stores.
Circle the board, once for each of us.
[Planchette scraping]
And then you say these words.
"As friends we've gathered, hearts are true.
Spirits near, we call to you."
If there's a presence here, please make yourself known.
Is there a presence here among us?
[Planchette scraping] [Isabelle gasps]
This is a joke.
Come on, you guys. Who's doing that?
Sarah, cut it out! I'm not pushing it.
Is there something you wanna tell us?
[Planchette scraping]
[Pete] H-i...
[Planchette scraping]
It spelled, "hi, friend."
Hi, friend.
[Suspenseful music]
When I was here yesterday, was that you?
Who is this?
[Planchette scraping]
Debbie.
[Pete breathes uneasily]
Sarah, if that's you pretending to be Debbie,
then that's really messed up.
- I swear it's not me, all right? - Okay, this is freaking me out.
- Let's just stop it now. - I'm sorry.
Just, just put your hand back, please.
[Suspenseful music continues]
Debbie, was there something I could have done?
Was there some way we could have helped you?
If there's anything you wanna tell us about why you did...
If you did this to yourself...
Did you really do this?
[Suspenseful music continues]
[Door bangs and creaks]
[Pete breathes uneasily]
Guys, calm down. It's an old house.
Laine, keep going.
- Debbie, I miss you. - I miss you, too.
We all do.
If you can hear us, we just...
I don't know, we just wanted a chance to say goodbye.
[Suspenseful music continues]
[Planchette scraping]
[Lights clanks] [Intense music]
[Uneasy breathing]
- Laine! - [Sarah] Iz.
It's not even real, okay? It's just a game.
[Suspenseful music]
- [Switch clicking] - It's all the lights.
They're all out.
[Suspenseful music continues]
[Laine breathes uneasily]
[Door opens]
[Floor creaking]
So, be honest. Was it you moving the planchette?
No. You?
No. No way.
For all we know, it was laine.
[Sarah scoffs]
Maybe it was really something she needed.
Might not have even known she was doing it.
[Suspenseful music continues]
[Burner clicks and ignites]
[Door creaking]
Is it Debbie? Did she do this?
[Metal creaking]
- [Isabelle] Where are you going? - Just a second.
[Metal creaking]
[Burner hissing]
- Deb, is that you? - Laine, laine, please stop, okay?
- It's not her. - But what if it is?
What if she's trying to tell me something?
[Knob clicks]
[Metal creaking]
[Suspenseful music]
[Pete gasps] [Mirror shatters]
- [Intense music] - Oh, my god!
What happened? Are you okay?
- What was that? - I saw a reflection
in the mirror, and then someone pushed me from behind.
Can we just get out of here, please?
Come on.
[Eerie music]
Why are you bringing that home?
It was hers. I want it here.
[Trevor sighs]
- What? - It's just that you need
to believe that was really Debbie.
You were there. It was weird, right?
Yeah, it was weird.
But I don't know if it means anything.
But what if it's her, what is she wants to tell me something?
You wanted us to play, we did.
And now we can leave it alone.
Laine, you said goodbye to her.
[Sighs] I know you'll find the moment when you're ready,
but I think you can start to move on.
- Good night. - Night.
[Match striking]
[Eerie music]
[Laine blows]
[Planchette scraping]
[Birds chirping]
I couldn't sleep last night.
We don't have to talk about it.
I had all these weird dreams.
I keep thinking about being in her house.
I2, I know you didn't wanna be there.
You did it for me. So, thank you.
I owe you.
Let's just forget the whole deal, yeah?
- Yeah. - Okay.
[Eerie music]
Nona, what are you doing?
You should never touch these things.
You used it, didn't you?
It... it was just once.
Promise me, laine, do not go seeking answers
from the dead.
Get rid of the board.
Yeah, I will. I promise, nona.
[Eerie music continues]
[Bike rattling]
[Brakes squeaking]
[Bike rattling]
[Bottles clinking]
[Footsteps echoing]
[Chalk scraping]
Who is that? [Echoing]
[Chalk scraping]
[Bottles clinking]
[Chalk rolling]
[Cart clattering]
[Trevor gasping]
[Bottle rolling]
[Suspenseful music]
[Siren wailing]
Good night, Hank. See you tomorrow.
Uh-huh.
Oh, hey, can you grab the garbage on your way out?
Thank you.
[Door slams] [Isabelle gasps]
[Lid slams]
[Traffic whirring]
[Keys jangling]
[Paper fluttering]
[Eerie music]
[Hand pounds] [Isabelle gasping]
[Intense music]
[Phone ringing]
[Suspenseful music]
Hi, Isabelle.
Where?
No, no, it doesn't sound crazy at all.
I'll pick you up. I'll be there in a few minutes.
[Suspenseful music continues]
[Man on video] This idea of messages from the board is nothing more
than our unconscious minds.
It's known as the ideomotor effect.
Involuntary motor muscles kick in
which drive the movement of the planchette.
We 're simply telling ourselves what we wanna believe.
[Door opens]
Sarah?
[Leaves rustling]
[Wind whistling]
[Laine breathes uneasily]
- Was that you? - No, I thought it was you.
[Door creaking]
Dad, you home?
Dad!
- [Door slams] - Go!
[Both panting]
[Banging on door] [Both scream]
[Both hyperventilating]
- Do you have your phone? - No.
- No? - It's outside.
Okay, just be quiet, just be quiet.
[Both panting]
[Door opens and closes]
Sarah, stay back, okay?
[Door opens and creaks]
[Suspenseful music]
[Static crackling]
[Students chattering]
Isabelle was shaking when I picked her up last night.
I called this morning to check in.
She doesn't even wanna leave the house.
And I saw it, too.
"Hi friend." Carved right into my desk.
Did we all see it?
Debbie's trying to reach us.
What could she want?
If we wanna know, we gotta ask her.
[Eerie music] [Planchette scraping]
I think we should say the words together.
"As friends we've gathered, hearts are true.
Spirits near, we call to you."
If there's a presence here, make yourself known.
[Suspenseful music]
Debbie, we're all here for you.
We all got your messages. We're here.
[Laine breathes uneasily]
Can you show us a sign?
Are you here?
[Chair scraping]
[All breathe uneasily]
[Planchette scraping] [All gasp]
[Suspenseful music]
Come on, guys.
You didn't kill yourself, did you?
[Planchette scraping]
I knew it. [Exhales]
Debbie, if you didn't do this, who did?
Did someone hurt you? Did... did someone...
[Planchette scraping]
Who did it? Who hurt you?
[Laine breathes uneasily]
Debbie, why won't you answer us?
[Suspenseful music continues]
I have a question.
[Planchette scraping]
On our first real date away from everybody else,
we told everybody we went to the fair,
but where did we really go?
We went to the lookout.
By the point, in the canyon.
Do you remember that?
What I said to you?
[Planchette scraping]
[Pete breathes uneasily]
This isn't Debbie.
What do you mean?
I never took her there. Not once.
Is this you, Debbie?
Then who the hell is this?
[Sarah] "D."
[Planchette scraping]
"Z."
[Suspenseful music continues]
Is this who we were talking to the other night?
- [Planchette scraping] - [Sarah] Oh, my god.
Were we ever talking to Debbie?
[Planchette scraping]
[Breathes uneasily] Laine, we can stop.
When Debbie played the ouija, did she make contact with you?
[Planchette scraping]
Dz, where are you?
The chair.
[All breathe uneasily]
[Laine breathes uneasily]
- I don't see anything - [Isabelle] Guys.
I think we should get out of...
[Intense music] [Laine gasping]
[Planchette scraping]
"Run"?
[Planchette scraping]
- "She's coming." - Who, who's coming?
[Planchette scraping]
"Mother." [breathes uneasily]
[Suspenseful music]
[Whimpering]
[Mother screaming] [Laine screaming]
[Board fluttering] [All gasping]
[Sarah screaming]
[Suspenseful music]
[Door opens]
- Sarah, wait! - What happened in there, laine?
[Laine] It doesn't matter, because we're not playing anymore.
Okay? We're walking away from the board, the whole thing.
Debbie played, and now she's dead.
Look, what if we made the same mistake?
What if we broke some sort of rule?
Hey, hey.
We're finished with this, okay?
[Eerie music]
[Bike rattling]
[Students chattering]
[Lock clicks]
[Locker opens]
[Eerie music continues]
[Bell ringing] [Locker closes]
[Insects chirping]
Operation clean house.
I get to clean...
The attic!
God.
All right, attic done. I did the best I could.
Um, I'm not gonna lie, that was not fun.
However, I did find something.
Along with a lot of oldjunk from the previous owners.
Ta-da! It's cool, right?
They go together.
She found it in her house.
Do I like my find?
- [Planchette scraping] - Ooh.
[Laughs] Yes.
Am I cleaning the attic again? No.
[Footsteps approaching]
[Eerie music]
[Debbie] Answer my question. I'm waiting.
- "R. I, - [Sarah] She played alone?
[Planchette scraping]
"H-i-f-r-i-e-n-d." whoa.
"Hi, friend."
[Eerie music continues]
[Car approaching]
[Keys jangling]
[Lock clicks]
[Water running]
[Isabelle groaning]
[Intense music]
[Muffled screaming] [Water dripping]
[Isabelle groaning]
[Head slamming]
[Bell ringing]
[Students chattering]
[Man] As you know, our community has been devastated
the last few weeks.
First with Debbie, and now, Isabelle.
I wanted to talk to each of you because...
I just wanna make sure you and your friends are okay.
When you lose someone close to you,
there's always help available.
We care about you.
Now, um, there's a lot of very, very helpful information
in here about dealing with loss and moving forward.
You have no idea what you're talking about.
[Man] Laine, we're only trying to help you.
You can't. I'm not even sure who can.
Trevor, we need to talk. All of us.
[Lock clinking]
You made us play. Now Isabelle's dead.
I know, and I'll never forgive myself.
This thing, it's haunting us,
wherever we go, watching everything we do.
It's coming for all of us.
So who's next?
Hey. Look, back there with Trevor.
- He's right. - Hey, I need you.
It's just us now.
What does this spirit wanna do with us?
It's angry.
When Debbie played, she woke something up in her house.
- Okay? - [Pete sighs]
Pete, please. I need your help.
[Suspenseful music] [Door opens]
[Door opens]
I think that's where Debbie found it.
[Hatch scraping]
[Suspenseful music] [Laine coughing]
[Laine grunting]
[Floorboards creaking]
[Clattering from attic]
[Suspenseful music continues]
[Floor creaking]
[Laine coughing]
[Laine breathes uneasily]
[Suspenseful music continues]
[Object clinking]
[Object tapping]
[Suspenseful music continues]
- [Pete] Laine, you all right? - [Laine gasps]
- [Pete] Laine! - Uh, I'm coming!
[Items rustling]
Pete. Pete, grab this.
It's heavy. Okay.
[Pete grunts]
[Flashlight rolling]
[Suspenseful music]
[Footsteps shuffling]
[Laine breathes uneasily]
[Intense music] [Flashlight clattering]
[Eerie music]
[Laine screaming]
Laine!
[Items rustling]
Hey, this is the family.
For some reason, they're still connected to the house.
From the look of these photos, I'd say this is the late '405, the early '505.
Is there a way to get any records?
I don't know like property archives or something?
I can try.
We need to find out who they are.
[Eerie music]
[Mouse clicking]
Laine, you should come look at this.
I found this old article.
Doris Zander.
D2, d2. This is, this is her.
Pete, listen. Doris Zander.
She used to live in Debbie's house with her mother.
Dz was a missing girl. They never found her.
They suspected the mother had something to do
with her disappearance.
[Pete] So, who is the other girl in the pictures with them?
Doris had a sister.
And she might still be alive.
[Eerie music]
[Crows cawing]
[Intercom buzzing]
[Man over intercom] May I help you?
I'm here for visiting hours.
[Gate buzzes]
[Gate opens and closes]
[Eerie music]
Thank you.
They told me my niece was here to visit.
I don't have a niece.
My name is laine.
I'm here to ask about your sister, Doris.
[Gasps] Doris.
My best friend, Debbie, lived in your old house.
She's not alive anymore.
And... and this is gonna sound really strange but,
but I think I know why.
I believe there's a presence in that house.
I wouldn't be surprised if there's more than one.
I found pictures of you and your sister.
You found pictures?
You found my family photos?
Yeah. I can bring them to you or send them, if you like.
Please bring them.
I haven't seen my sister's face in a very long time.
At least not her real face.
I believe I saw her. Me and my friends.
And her lips, they were stitched shut.
Mother did that to her.
[Eerie music]
My mother practiced mediumship.
And if practice makes perfect, let me tell you,
she was pretty damn good, depending on your point of view.
She conducted séances, she used spirit boards. Anything.
A bit reckless, actually. Doris loved my mother.
She wanted to help. She was fascinated by it all.
And when the séances got bigger and my mother
really made connections, she needed a vessel.
A vessel to give them a voice.
- Who? - The spirits.
She used Doris.
And then something went wrong with mother.
Chasing the dead and living in all those shadows,
something snapped, she couldn't turn it off.
She couldn't break the connection.
Mother was consumed by them.
She was insane.
So she did that to Doris.
To her lips. To stop them from talking.
And then Doris went missing?
Missing.
She never left the house, did she?
No. No, she didn't.
Mother wasn't herself. She killed Doris.
And after that, I did what I needed to do to stop mother.
That's why I'm here.
But that doesn't mean mother is gone.
[Eerie music continues]
How did you see her?
What?
You said you saw her.
You said you saw her lips. How did you see her?
You wouldn't have been able to see her. Not unless...
Look, I just wanna stop whatever it is that is happening.
My friends are dying.
No, no, you... you... You opened up a channel.
You... you made a connection. With what?
- A spirit board, I bet. - Yeah.
You played in a graveyard, and now she's awake again.
Both of them. Mother, too.
And if you could see them...
- Just through the planchette. - Not for long.
They're getting stronger.
The points of connection.
In your case, it's the body and the board.
The link is between them.
The energy is growing, and it is hard to stop.
Mother used to have a secret room.
She sealed it up after Doris, down in the basement.
Don't go alone. Mother will try to stop you.
[Laine] What do I have to do?
[Paulina] You need to cut the stitches from her mouth.
And if it works, you have to pray
that Doris can deal with mother.
[Suspenseful music]
It's supposed to be somewhere here. Pete, grab this.
[Trevor] This is crazy, laine.
We should just leave. We shouldn't be here.
What?
The shadow. [Whimpers]
- [Shadow snarling] - Trevor!
[Trevor screaming]
[Body slams]
Trevor!
[Door slams]
Pete! Trevor!
Pete!
[Pounding on door]
[Sarah grunting]
Laine! Keep going!
[Laine grunting] Sarah, I need your help!
[Laine grunting]
[Grid clanks]
[Suspenseful music]
[Wood cracking]
[Suspenseful music continues]
[Laine panting]
[Laine breathes uneasily]
Laine!
Stay there. I found her.
[Suspenseful music]
No, no, no, not now.
Come on, stop. Come on!
[Laine breathes heavily]
- [Match striking] - Come on.
[Laine breathes uneasily]
[Shrieking]
[Suspenseful music] [Clippers clicking]
[Gasping] Come on.
- _ |_. - No! [ Alne gasping]
[Clippers clicking]
[Jaw cracks]
[Doris screaming]
[Mother shrieking] [Body whooshing]
[Light buzzing]
[Sarah breathes heavily]
- Are you guys okay? - Yeah.
Where's laine?
[Suspenseful music]
[Laine moans]
[Laine breathes uneasily]
[Soft dramatic music]
- [Laine on recording] What do I do? - [Debbie] Okay, to our future selves,
I hope we look back on this, and, um...
- No, it looks so good. - My boobs look huge.
Okay, turn around. What does it look like in the back?
Hold on. Let me see.
- [Mrs. G] You look so beautiful! - I know.
- Thank you. - [Mrs. G] Oh, my babies.
- Look at my angels. - [Laine laughs]
I miss you, Debbie. All the time.
[Soft dramatic music]
[Pete groans]
Debbie?
[Suspenseful music]
[Screaming]
[Pete groaning]
[Flesh squishing]
[Phone buzzing]
[Eerie music]
[Footsteps approaching]
[Laine] Miss Zander.
Oh. My tenacious little niece.
I did everything you said.
We found the body, I cut the stitches, she sent mother away.
But it didn't work. Why didn't it work?
Mother must have come back, because my friend, Pete,
another friend is dead.
She's free.
You lied to me.
[Paulina sighs and laughs]
Your mother didn't try to hurt us.
She tried to stop us.
Your mother wasn't the one that was evil.
- It was... - I told her...
That I would help her.
I heard the voices, too.
They tell you the most wonderful, awful things.
You're gonna hear them, too, little girl.
You'll hear them soon enough
because she's coming to get you, too.
- I always told her... - [Guard speaks indistinctly]
- Because I always told her. - Miss Zander.
- She's gonna be nice to me. - Miss Zander, miss Zander.
- She... I was gonna help her. - Miss Zander, calm down.
- And now she's gonna be nice to me! - You have to calm down, miss Zander.
She's gonna keep her promises!
No! No!
You have to break the connection
or it will keep coming back for you.
- I'll burn the board. - That won't be enough.
A spirit this strong could bring it back.
A connection once made to a spirit
is very difficult to break.
The board is just the conduit.
You have to sever the connection on both sides.
- How? - Your connection
is through the board and that little girl's body.
The spirit lives through both of them,
so you must destroy them both.
What? Destroy the body?
And the board. And you must hurry.
- I'll call Trevor. - Thank you.
[Suspenseful music]
[Bike rattling]
- [Sarah] Trevor. - Sarah?
[Sighs] We're back here.
Wait up!
[Gate creaking]
Sarah?
Laine?
[Trevor breathes uneasily]
- [Shrieking] - [Trevor gasps]
[Water splashing]
[Trevor gasps]
[Laine] Trevor's already here.
[Door opens]
[Suspenseful music]
Trevor!
Where is he?
[Suspenseful music continues]
[Water dripping]
Trevor?
[Sarah breathes uneasily]
- [Gasps] No! - [Trevor groaning]
[Whooshing]
[Both breathe heavily]
Laine, what do we do?
Laine!
Go get the board.
[Eerie music]
[Door creaking]
[Pilot light clicking]
[Fire crackling]
We need the body, too.
Let's burn this damn thing already.
[Doris shrieking] [Sarah screaming]
- Laine! - Sarah!
Sarah!
[Suspenseful music]
[Sarah breathes uneasily and gasps]
[Board scraping]
Hey!
[Sarah yelping]
"As friends we've gathered, hearts are true.
Spirits near, we call to you."
Doris, I'm playing alone! You have to play!
[Breathes uneasily]
[Suspenseful music] [Laine whimpering]
[Body banging]
[Laine groaning]
[Planchette scraping]
[Laine groaning]
[Flesh squishing]
[Laine gasping]
[Dramatic music]
[Laine grunting]
[Latch clanks]
[Fire crackling] [Doris shrieking]
[Laine grunts] [Fire roaring]
[Laine groaning]
[Doris shrieking]
[Whooshing]
[Soft dramatic music]
[Laine breathes uneasily]
[Fire crackling]
Hey.
Feeling any better?
Yeah. Yeah, I, I guess so.
I just, I miss them.
All the time.
Yeah, me too.
I guess you never really feel like you get to say goodbye,
and maybe that's okay.
Oh, well, maybe there are no goodbyes.
Not really.
I keep wondering about that night.
That poor little girl.
All of those dark spirits that were in her.
Where do you think they went?
[Floss clattering]
[Laine breathes uneasily]
[Suspenseful music]
[Intense music]
[Eerie music]
[Eerie music continues]