[screaming]
[man cackling]
[screaming]
[growling]
[screaming]
My passion to understand the inexplicable
has pushed me to pursue some of the most haunted
and dangerous items on the planet.
But as I've learned the hard way,
when it comes to the paranormal,
some artifacts are in a league all their own.
According to the person I obtained
this mummified head from,
he stated it was from a Swiss man
who was executed some 300 years ago in Scotland.
His crime, practicing witchcraft.
Immediately after I brought it into my museum,
I begin to lose my balance
whenever I was in its presence.
But the real trouble began
when I dared to look at it in its eyes.
I started to suffer from the most vivid
and terrifying nightmares in my entire life.
And in these horrifying dreams,
I was constantly pursued
by a monstrous entity
whose face that I could never see,
but that clearly wanted to destroy me
and to protect myself and my guests,
I felt like I needed to put the head
in a specially designed witch's crypt,
hoping that it would contain some of its dark energy.
But it still continues to exert
a very powerful influence.
Now, many visitors have been profoundly affected by it.
And there was this one time
where one of my veteran tour guides
witnessed what I believe to be the same dark entity
from my nightmares come out of the witch's crypt room
and absolutely terrorize her
to the point of an emotional breakdown.
I saw a gray cloaked figure come around the corner
by witchcraft tube and it charged,
and then it did that.
And then I screamed and I looked back
and it was gone.
And I've often wondered what could account for this dark energy.
And if this head is home to an entity
that has some unfinished business in our world.
It was these questions that served as the inspiration
for the film you are about to watch.
[knock at door]
[door opens and closes]
[door hinges creaking]
-[man] Hello? -Hey.
I have something very special here
for Mr. William Lily.
Is that your father?
Thanks, Gracie. Hi.
That's... that's my father.
Just one second, okay?
Dad?
Dad? Can you go get him?
He needs to come sign for this.
William?
Your package is here.
[grunts]
Why?
18th century.
William?
[yawning softly]
William?
You two were up early.
Well, when inspiration strikes.
Hi, grandma.
Like my drawing?
Very creative, honey.
Have you seen your father?
No, I haven't seen him.
Hey, pancakes?
William?
Oh.
Oh, William?
William?
Olivia?
William?
Olivia? Bring your phone! It's your father!
William, can you hear me?
Olivia?
Before plunging into food,
what you really have to be aware
of is the gastric residual volume
also known as the GRV.
What does that mean?
It means what's in his stomach at that point in time.
If the GRV is elevated,
we don't wanna be pumping
more food on top of that, okay?
When it comes to our loved ones
who are unresponsive,
proper food is the most important
responsibility of the family
that's including the old.
Dad?
[gasping]
[indistinct]
[screaming]
[panting]
[door opens]
No.
[objects clattering]
Sorry, Mommy.
Oh, my God. Okay.
Come on, Gracie.
Let's get back to bed, okay?
Why were you up?
Come on.
Let's go.
[door hinges creaking]
Hey.
[sobbing softly]
Who's that?
Gracie, this is... this is your uncle.
It's my brother, Jacob.
You have a brother?
Adopted brother.
No, he's my brother.
Why haven't I met you before?
Come in. Come in.
[kettle whistling]
I never thought she could take her own life.
Without your help it's been...
it's been really difficult, you know, taking care of dad.
I just...
I just never could have imagined,
like, lighting herself on fire?
I just...
I just worry
how this is gonna affect Grace, you know?
Because...
Are you okay, Mommy?
Oh, sweetheart.
[sniffles]
Can you go play?
I just...
[Olivia sniffles]
After the heart attack, the...
the doctors diagnosed him
with unresponsive wakefulness syndrome,
apparently from lack of oxygen to his brain.
[Jacob] How did he have a heart attack?
[Olivia] We don't know.
[screams]
[door opens]
Looks like you've seen better days.
Can't blame me for this one.
Hmm.
Yummy.
[Olivia] Don't be mean, Jacob.
He's not my father.
Oh, great. Okay.
So I guess we should just have a lawyer
take you off the will, then.
No.
I've earned it.
[dog barking in distance]
[screaming]
What... what was it?
I saw something, and then it was grandpa,
and he was watching me.
[sobs]
Okay, it was just a bad dream.
-[sobs] -It's okay.
Why don't you come sleep in my bed?
Okay?
[sobs]
It's all right.
[objects clattering]
It's the middle of the night. Jacob.
What are you looking for?
This.
My entire life that prick made me feel like I was insane.
Like there was something wrong with me.
I can't even tell you
how many doctors were brought here
to assess me after the accident.
I lost track.
But they all say the same thing.
Wait...
These are all different doctors?
Yeah.
And they all agree that I wasn't crazy.
I don't get it.
I don't know what happened on the stairs that day,
but I know I'm not insane.
And I wasn't trying to kill Mom.
He lied to everybody. He made me feel crazy.
I believe you.
But what does it even matter now
with dad the way he is and Mom gone?
It's not like that.
I know you feel he's not your dad,
but we are your family,
Jacob, regardless of how you feel.
Can I show you something?
[Jacob] What is it?
I don't know how to explain this but...
[scoffs] this...
this came to me in flashes from Dad.
-From Dad? -Yeah.
I...
I swear to God, I...
I was with Dad,
and all of a sudden he was looking at me
like it felt like he was,
like, trying to say something to me.
And I saw this.
Maybe he was saying something.
[yelling]
[screaming]
[panting]
[kid laughing in distance]
[gasping]
Covington.
Mom.
[keyboard clicking]
[brush scratching]
[Jacob] Olivia?
Olivia?
You're not gonna believe this.
Your great, great, great grandfather,
Jack Covington, was this famous witch hunter.
The guy murdered hundreds of people
in the 1700s accused of witchcraft.
You know, there...
there was the Swedish guy named Aggo Blom,
they hunted him down
for practicing witchcraft back then.
But they slaughtered
his entire family in front of him.
Right then they decapitated him
and torched his body.
But listen, before they decapitated him,
Aggo declared a curse to eradicate
the entire Covington bloodline.
This is the insane part.
That head, according to this,
is the decapitated head of Aggo Blom.
[scoffs] Olivia, when I turned 18,
I got my adoption papers.
Do you wanna guess what my parents last name was?
Blom.
This can't be a coincidence, Olivia.
I think that's why I tried to push Mom
down the stairs that day.
It's part of the curse.
Blom is going after the other Covingtons.
I think that you and Grace are in danger.
We need to get out of here now.
Mom?
[panting]
Jacob?
Mom?
Mommy, what are you doing?
Mommy?
Stop.
Mommy, stop.
Please.
Why would you paint that?
[choking]
Grace, we need to get out of here now.
-Go. -[Gracie] No.
Get out of here, Grace. Get in, Grace.
Mommy?
[sobbing]
Stop. We can't leave her here.
That wasn't your mother, Grace.
What do you mean?
We're in real danger, Grace.
We need to get out of here now.
-Okay? -No.
-No. No. -Stop it. Stop.
Listen to me. Listen to me, okay?
There is something very dangerous in there.
We need to leave.
Please, don't leave her here.
Please.
Oh, my God.
Please.
Okay. Okay.
But you gotta promise me
that you're not gonna leave this truck.
Okay.
You keep these doors locked until I get back,
and you don't open them for anybody except me.
-Okay. -Okay?
Who are you gonna open the doors for?
Nobody, except you.
Okay.
[sobbing]
[door opens]
I'm sorry, Grace.
[engine starts]
ELI ROTH: Hi, I'm Eli Roth, welcome to Filmmaker
2 Filmmaker, I'm back with one of my favorite
directors Mr. Justin Harding.
So, everyone has just watched this
fantastic-fantastic episode with this cursed head.
This witch's head.
Talk about the story, what drew you to the story
and what was interesting and kind of your approach
to a different type of horror story
than you've done before
Well the item itself was really interesting
because it's an actual human head that had been mummified
from the 1700's, but that is the.I know Zac mentioned,
it being one of the most terrifying objects
in his collection visually.
ELI: I know, it's very rare that you see an object,
that just the object itself is like—is freaky.
I mean there were certain things like the dollhouse,
certainly was terrifying.
But this witch's head, as soon as you look at it,
it gives you the creeps.
JUSTIN: It's terrifying.
ELI: One of the scariest moments is when the mother
is trying to kill her daughter,
and she's possessed so she's not trying to do it—
the demon is trying to do it.
But there's something very real, very terrifying.
Talk about getting the actors to that place,
staging that scene and how you were able to pull
that scene off and make it look effortless.
JUSTIN: Well, some of my favorite horror films
are about families that don't really make it
in the end, you know?
Films like “The Shining” or “The Hereditary”
where the family—there isn't really a happy ending
and I do feel like, it's—there's nothing
scarier than your loved ones turning on you,
you know?
There the ones that are supposed to protect you,
there the ones that are supposed to nurture you,
they're the ones that you're supposed to be safe with,
and when they turn on you--
I mean there's— that idea to me
is just inherently frightening
Well Justin, thank you so much, uh again,
another amazing episode.
I know how hard you work for it.
But for me as the Exec Producer of the show,
it's such a pleasure to just sit back and watch you
do your thing, I really think your such an incredible talent
and anything you do, I'm going to be there watching so.
Thanks Eli,
it's always an honour to talk to you about this stuff.