[ominous music playing]
It's been called the most haunted object
on the planet,
the subject of a feature film, books,
and countless documentaries.
It contains an entity of almost unspeakable evil,
an entity that can punish, curse.
And if the rumors are true,
even kill,
the Dybbuk Box.
According to Jewish tradition,
a Dybbuk is a dark spirit that attaches itself
to the living in order to complete
some kind of unfinished business.
Since it mysteriously appeared for sale
on the internet several years ago,
everyone who has owned it has apparently suffered
from strange and mysterious afflictions,
like bleeding eyes, hives,
and horrific nightmares involving a monstrous hag.
In one case, it allegedly caused a woman to suffer
a massive stroke that left her almost blind.
I've had my own experiences with it as well.
One night, for reasons I can't fully explain,
I felt compelled to touch it.
You know, as I did,
a dark power surged through my body
and it was quite simply
one of the most terrifying moments of my life.
Was the fear and the rage I felt
caused by an ancient Dybbuk
that is still bound in some way to this box?
And if so, where did it come from?
And how did this entity find itself trapped
within this box?
The film you are about to see explore such questions
and was inspired by my own investigations
into its history.
It is a very powerful reminder
that when we go reaching out to spirits,
we never really know what might reach back.
[ominous music playing]
[nurse gasps]
-[machine beeping] -[ominous music playing]
[door opens]
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[machine beeping]
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[footsteps]
[gasps]
[ominous music playing]
[cries] Who are... Who are you?
[gasps]
[machine beeping]
[ominous music playing]
[upbeat music playing]
[ominous music playing]
[urine splashing]
Derek, what the hell, man?
Derek?
What are you doing?
Derek?!
[ominous music playing]
Get up.
[moans] Oh.
-Get up! -Oh.
[moans] What's going on?
I don't care if you're too drunk to find the toilet.
Go clean it up now.
Clean what up?
-Go clean up your mess. -The hell is your problem?
Your eyes.
[Brad] My what?
Dude, what happened to your eyes?
[Brad] Holy shit.
[ominous music playing]
[screams]
[ominous music playing]
Help!
[ominous music playing]
[whirring]
It's obvious we've come so far in technology,
but also in many other ways.
It wasn't too long ago the majority of us believe
that the answer to everything
can be found within the supernatural.
Take this, for example.
Now, the ancient Egyptians
would wear this around their neck for days
because they believed that
it was the cure for indigestion.
How do I look?
[laughter]
Now can you imagine someone on campus
wearing this today for that reason?
They'd be ridiculed.
[sneezes]
Oh, now, what did I just do?
[man] Sneeze?
Ah.
If I was living in Ancient Greece,
it was believed to be the best form
of birth control.
Thankfully, we have the ability
to understand things through science.
But it is important to look to the past
so that we can see where we're going.
Um, but what about the Pyramids?
They are tombs built for the pharaohs
and nothing more.
Only a weak mind
doesn't take responsibility
for the reality that surrounds them.
That's it for today, everybody.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Assignment is due Tuesday.
Tuesday, don't forget.
[ominous music playing]
[screams]
[Brad] I need you to look at this.
I need you to take it.
Slow down. Slow down.
Grab a seat.
What's going on?
-You all right? -No.
No.
It all started as a joke.
I saw this for sale online.
The seller had a warning about it and...
A warning?
That it was haunted but...
it can't be, right?
We all thought it'd be fun and see if it was real.
So I bought it and...
when it arrived...
Go on.
Everything changed.
What changed?
I started seeing things.
Things that weren't there.
Terrible things.
Terrible, terrible things.
One of our roommates got really sick.
I wouldn't believe it if I didn't see it myself.
But my eyes were bleeding.
I could feel the blood on my hands.
I saw it.
How are they bleeding?
I don't know.
I try to throw it away.
I tried to smash it.
But nothing worked.
It was like something was holding me back,
something more powerful than me.
Brad, you're not making any sense.
I can't prove it.
But we made a dare that we would all take turns
sleeping with it in our rooms.
When it was my roommate Derek's turn,
we found him...
we found him laying in the basement
the next morning over top of it.
Maybe he just brought it downstairs.
He was dead.
What?
[breathes heavily]
And they said it was because of a heart attack.
A 19-year-old?
A heart attack?
I know it was because of this thing.
I know it.
That... You say you can explain anything.
Explain it.
Explain that.
Sorry, I'm just...
Please just take it.
I want nothing to do with it.
You're on drugs?
No. I'm telling you.
Something is wrong with this thing.
Okay.
Okay, I'll take a look at it.
Thank you.
I want you to do me a favor.
I'm not saying anything, but I'd like you to speak
to a counselor.
We have a number of great ones on campus.
Would you do that for me?
Yeah. Sure.
Okay.
[ominous music playing]
It's called a Dybbuk Box.
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-[car engine revving] -[ominous music playing]
[door opens, closes]
What's that, honey?
I don't know.
A student of mine brought it in today
and, uh, I think he wants me to ease his mind
about it or something, I don't know.
[woman] Hmm, still reading science fiction I see.
-Come on now, be nice. -[chuckles]
Okay, have fun.
I'm off to my spin class, love you.
Love you.
[ominous music playing]
[clock ticking]
[sighs]
[keyboard clacking]
Uh-huh.
[sighs deeply]
[ominous music playing]
[cockroach crawling]
[screams]
[ominous music playing]
[thud]
[door creaking open]
[slams]
[footsteps]
[ominous music playing]
Hello?
[ominous music playing]
[footsteps]
[ominous music playing]
[footsteps]
[thuds]
[heavy breathing]
I'm calling the police!
[ominous music playing]
[screams]
[pants]
[man on TV] Let them stay upstairs.
Let them.
Too many ways monsters can get in up there.
We'll see who's right.
We'll see when they come begging me
to let them in down here.
[woman on TV] That's important, isn't it?
-[man on TV] What? -[woman on TV] To be right,
everybody else to be wrong.
[man on TV] What do you mean by that?
[woman on TV] Does anyone out there
know why we're being attacked?
[man on TV sighs] Whatever it is,
it isn't just happening here.
It's some kind of mass murder,
it's going on everywhere.
-The radios had to stay in some... -[woman on TV] The radio?
[man on TV] Radio upstairs, I heard some stories.
[woman on TV] There's a radio upstairs
and you brought the thing down here?
[man on TV] I know what I'm doing.
-[woman on TV] What did it say? -[man on TV] Nothing.
Nothing. I don't know anything yet,
there's mass murder everywhere
and people are supposed to look
for a safe place in the...
[indistinct chatter]
[eerie music playing]
[ominous music playing]
[phone ringing]
[woman] Hello?
Honey, you there?
Hello?
Jason, are you there?
Yeah. Um, what is it?
Hey.
Honey, are you okay?
Just not feeling so well.
It just came on suddenly this morning.
I just feel dizzy.
Okay. Okay. Come, come.
-There we go. -Hmm.
I tried to go for a walk earlier,
it just felt worse.
-Honey... -My nose.
I'm really scared it's something serious.
[Jason] I think we should call Dr. Roberts.
[woman] No. No.
I just really want you here, honey.
I'm gonna make you some tea.
-Yeah. -[Jason] Okay?
-[sniffs] Thanks, honey. -Of course.
-I'm sorry. -No.
No, no, no. It's fine.
You're so sweet.
Okay. I'll be right back.
[ominous music playing]
[door squeaking]
Hello?
[knocking]
Hello?
[clock ticking]
What are you doing in my house?
[suspenseful music playing]
Who are you?
What do you want?
[growling]
[screaming]
[panting]
Okay everybody, that's it for today.
Um, Chapter 41 and 42.
I'll see you Thursday.
Brad.
Did you get my email?
No. I don't think so.
Where did you get it exactly?
I told you already, I got it online.
No, no, no, no, no, where did you get it?
Who sold it to you?
Just tell me who you bought the box from.
I believe you.
You wanna know his name?
[dramatic music playing]
Hello.
I'll take this lot.
[eerie music playing]
[phone ringing]
Hello?
No, of course, I didn't forget.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm gonna see you later today.
What?
No. No, that's not fair.
No, I went to an estate sale.
Yeah, of course, I got her a gift.
I just brought it back to clean it up a bit.
Well, if I told you
then it wouldn't be a surprise.
Okay.
All right. Bye.
[phone beeps]
[eerie music playing]
[machine beeping]
Happy birthday, Mom.
Here you go. Your favorite.
Oh, thank you, honey.
Your sister was here earlier.
She thought you might forget.
Of course not.
I thought you'd like this.
It looks early 20th Century.
It's beautiful.
Put it over there.
All right. You're ready, spring chicken?
You bet.
How's today going?
You like my new lipstick?
It's beautiful.
[screams]
[eerie music playing]
[ominous music playing]
Hey, sir, slow down.
-Where is she? -Inside.
But wait, I... Listen, I need to prepare you.
Your mother had a stroke last night.
Now, now, listen, she's fine. She's doing okay.
But there will be some complications because of it.
-And this... -I wanna see her.
[sighs] Okay.
Oh.
[nurse] She hasn't been able to speak.
What happened to her?
This morning, when I was doing my rounds,
I found her in the hallway.
Her bathroom mirror was just completely smashed.
Nobody was in here with her
so we have to assume that she...
What do you mean you found her in the hallway?
Who put her there?
She hasn't been able to walk in over a year.
Listen, I can only tell you what I saw, okay?
I am not her primary caregiver.
Now, can you please step back from my face?
She still has a use of her arm and her hand,
so we gave her those to help her communicate.
What was? Who was?
I don't understand.
[ominous music playing]
[scratching]
[thumping]
[ominous music playing]
Yes?
Can you tell me more about this?
You bought it. It's yours.
Wait.
You know something, don't you?
Here, just take it back.
No, no, please, just go away.
What's your name?
Sophie.
Sophie, I don't know what's going on here
but my mother just had a stroke
and she believes this had something to do with it.
Now my mom is not known
to make up stuffs of anything.
Just tell me what this is.
Sorry about your mother.
There's nothing that I can help you with.
So please get off of our property.
She's really sick.
Please.
[ominous music playing]
[car door closing]
Sir!
[ominous music playing]
[indistinct whispering]
[indistinct whispering continues]
Would you like another tea?
No, I'm fine.
Was...
was someone in the room with you?
Was someone what?
I thought I saw...
You see someone now?
No.
You can take the cup.
[ominous music playing]
What...
[woman] Don't touch it.
Don't go near it.
Don't touch it.
Don't ever open it.
Do you understand me?
Yes.
Good.
For so long, our house was filled
with strange things,
shadows that moved.
Illnesses that one can't explain.
As the years went on and she got older,
my grandmother started to tell us
more about the box.
My grandmother survived the war.
She survived the Holocaust.
Before the Nazis took control,
she and some of her friends would get together
and perform rituals to evoke spirits.
Started out as entertainment but...
it took a dark turn
when they tried to evoke a spirit
to help them fight the Nazis.
They took it too far...
when the spirit that came to them was...
pure evil.
She would still do the ritual sometimes.
I've seen her.
[ominous music playing]
[man] Your grandmother was Jewish?
The etchings on the box, they're Hebrew?
Yes.
Was the box part of the rituals?
They took all of their knowledge
of the Kabbalah to break the spirit
and trap it into boxes,
10 boxes in total.
When they escaped the war, they took the boxes
and scattered them across the world
to keep them far apart.
My grandmother told me that
the first box was the most powerful,
the one you have now.
My grandmother was tied to that box.
She screamed and begged to be buried with it.
She was condemned to be its custodian,
its keeper until the end of her days.
Listen.
I don't know if any of this is real,
but what I do know is that...
since the box has been gone,
things have gotten better.
I'm sorry I didn't tell you.
Please.
I can't take it back.
[dramatic music playing]
Is she okay?
I don't know. I never saw her again.
No, um, your mom.
How is she doing?
She's better.
She's slowly getting better,
but it's just not the same.
My sister blames me for the whole thing,
which I think hurts the most.
You want my advice?
You need to get that thing out of your house.
[ominous music playing]
[sniffles, groans]
[Lyssa] Honey!
[groaning]
Where have you been?
[groans]
What's going on?
I don't know.
I just had this migraine all day.
It's just this constant pressure.
Oh.
[sobbing]
[indistinct] all day.
Oh.
Oh, God.
Honey.
Ah.
[doctor] And in.
Does that hurt?
Not at all.
We'll do the blood test,
but honestly, you're as healthy as can be.
It isn't cancer, right?
No, not as far as I can see,
but we'll need to do more tests.
As for your hair,
the only explanation I have for that is stress.
Just try and take it easy.
Okay.
[ominous music playing]
Something's not right.
I know.
[sighs]
[ominous music playing]
[grunts]
[straining]
[ominous music playing]
Excuse me.
Now is not a good time. Thank you.
[Jason] Listen, I was just wondering
if you could help me. I was looking for someone...
I can't help you.
Not right now. I'm sorry.
Please, if you could just take a look at this
for a second.
We are about to begin prayers.
I'm going to have to ask you to step out.
Please respect this.
[Jason] Just tell me if you've heard of this.
Have you heard of the Dybbuk Box?
[speaks in Hebrew]
[man speaking in Hebrew]
[speaking in Hebrew]
Follow me.
[dramatic music playing]
[speaking in Hebrew]
[man] Here, O Israel
Hashem is our Lord, Hashem is the one.
[speaking Hebrew]
Must be the name of his glorious kingdom
forever and ever.
[speaks in Hebrew]
[man] This is from our daily Shema recitation book.
[dramatic music playing]
[speaking in Hebrew]
[man] It is what I feared.
[man speaking in Hebrew]
The spirit that has attached itself
to this box is pure evil.
[speaking in Hebrew]
This evil spirit is called a Dybbuk.
Can you ask him what is a Dybbuk?
[speaking in Hebrew]
[man] When a person commits a great crime
such as murder...
[speaking in Hebrew]
...but dies before they get a chance
to repent for their sin...
[man speaking Hebrew]
...their evil spirit is displaced
and remains on earth.
[speaking in Hebrew]
These spirits that are destined to hang in limbo
are known as a Dybbuk.
[man speaking in Hebrew]
It takes someone who is only an expert
in Jewish mysticism or the Kabbalah
to be able to trap one of these spirits
in an item such as this.
[speaking in Hebrew]
[man] A Dybbuk is a devouring parasite.
[speaking Hebrew]
They have one purpose and one only,
to cause pain.
[speaking in Hebrew]
[man] Anyone who comes in contact with
a box containing one of these spirits...
[speaking in Hebrew]
...falls victim to the evil within it.
[man speaking in Hebrew]
No one is spared.
[man speaks Hebrew]
Not...
not even us.
[man speaking in Hebrew]
[man] There is no destroying it.
What do I do?
What?
[speaking in Hebrew]
The only way to lay the box to rest
is to look to the Sefer Shemot,
the Holy Book of Exodus.
[speaking in Hebrew]
Wrap it in gold leaf...
[speaking in Hebrew]
...and case it in acacia wood
and bury it deep in the ground.
[speaking in Hebrew]
[man] The evil will depart
all who have come in contact with it.
[speaking in Hebrew]
There is no such thing as a coincidence.
[speaking in Hebrew]
[man] This box found you...
[speaking in Hebrew]
...and you must bring peace to those who seek it.
[speaking in Hebrew]
[man] You need to do this now.
[speaking in Hebrew]
[ominous music playing]
[automated voice] To listen to your unheard messages,
press 1...
[phone beeping]
[Lyssa] Jason, something is wrong.
Where are you?
I really need you to come home.
Please come home.
[phone dialing]
Come on, baby. Pick up.
[phone ringing]
[ominous music playing]
[Jason] Hi, you've reached Professor Jason Haxton.
Please leave your name and number...
[engine revving]
[sinister music playing]
[object clattering]
[ominous music playing]
[car door closes]
Lyssa?
Honey?
Lyssa?
Are you okay, honey?
Lyssa?
Hon?
Are you okay? I tried calling.
Yeah.
Thank you for coming home, honey.
It's all right that you're here.
Are you okay?
All better. Yeah.
[Jason] Okay.
If you need anything, I'll be here.
Mmm-hmm.
[suspenseful music playing]
[wood clattering]
[pounding]
[grunting]
[panting]
[metal clangs]
[door creaking]
[ominous music playing]
[creature growling]
[thuds]
[ominous music playing]
[breathes heavily]
[grunts]
[metal clanks]
[Jason straining]
[grunting, panting]
[woman sobbing]
[ominous music playing]
[screaming]
[thuds]
[gasps]
[panting]
[breathing heavily]
[eerie music playing]
[door opens]
[Lyssa] Prop for your class, hon?
Kinda.
Yeah.
What are you doing with it?
[ominous music playing]
[dramatic music playing]