What time did you say?
5:00 to 12:00.
It started when they died?
That's when the fire started.
According to the paper, the exits were blocked in purpose.
How many dead?
They hid the number.
Shit.
Mike, come on.
Let's get out of here.
Come on, guys.
I need to do this.
Come on.
No, no, no.
Come on.
Let's go.
Wait.
Mike.
You bleeding.
What's happening?
Let me see.
My eyes.
I can't see.
Mike, I'm here.
Tom.
Andy.
Guys.
Washed all your clothes last week.
No, everything except your purple sweater.
Still has your perfume on it.
I just... I miss it so much.
I just bought the scooter as well, finally.
Obviously I tweaked it.
I changed the battery to 500 watts.
I know what you're thinking, I should save up for a rainy day.
But I also know you want me to be happy.
I... I'm... what?
Where did you go?
Fuck.
Ain't you going to last?
Hey, Brian.
Hey, Alice.
Huh.
Mocha?
Yeah.
Do you want some?
I don't want.
You drink up.
Sure.
Next time.
Next time what?
You will avoid drooling it?
Drive your scooter holding two cups of coffee?
Or you're going to buy me breakfast?
Good morning.
Did you and Alice get here together?
You came 5 seconds after her.
That means you took the elevator together.
Am I wrong?
Shouldn't you be working?
I can.
I'm uploading files.
If I look at the screen, they upload things longer.
Scientifically proven.
Very true.
So Alice, what are you up to?
Deal with that heart stuff?
Heart rate monitoring, Heart Up.
No, it's got a name now.
That's all the progress I made.
It needs set up, testing.
Best case, 12 month till it's published.
What?
Really?
There goes our last chance of getting into the CS Tech Fair,
I guess.
Not to mention that my scholarship
is hanging by a thread.
Worse even, we won't be trending topic.
Not everything is fame and money, Sysop.
Tell that to this bloodsucker, manipulative prick.
Do you prefer sausage or banana shake?
What?
Hey.
Yeah.
What are you working on?
Oh, nothing interesting.
He's hiding something, and I'm the selfish one?
It's not that.
It's your virtual reality thing?
Augmented reality.
There is a difference, you know?
Well, we are going to the bar.
It's Friday.
Yeah, man, and it's happy hour.
I've seen your happy hour.
It's way too happy.
And we all know the outcome.
Ah, yes.
Very tempting, but I really want to try these wireless guys.
I need the empty space.
Why don't you try the old building?
I run there.
The old building?
Why would you run there?
What is wrong with the parks?
To test my Heart Up, honey.
The place is always empty.
It's also good for fucking.
Ugh, gross.
So I heard.
Apparently no one goes there since that maintenance guy
got electrocuted.
What?
This guy, this janitor, he died a couple of years back.
Some say that when they found him,
his eye had popped out of his head
from the electricity going through his body.
Really creepy shit.
Some swear they can still hear him scream.
That's supposed to scare us?
Sysop, if I ever hear you screaming or moaning,
ugh, I will be traumatized forever.
OK, you know where to find us.
Good luck.
See you later, man.
Yeah.
Huh?
Hello?
"Sonar magnetic detection."
Hello?
Who's there?
I can't imagine how it feels to see you girlfriend die.
I mean, Andrew just left me, and I can't even get over that.
What happened?
Nothing.
When he achieved his goal, he thought he deserved someone
better than me, so he left.
I was talking about Brian.
Of course.
Why would you care about my personal life?
Oh, Sysop, it's the 10th time you told me about your story
with Andrew.
I know in my heart.
Fine.
Brian was driving when they crashed.
Apparently, was snowing that night.
And Ellen asked him to leave the next day,
so he convinced her of driving back home.
The road was made of ice.
The car slip at a curve and fell down the cliff.
God.
Yeah.
She died instantly.
He survived.
That's what's killing him.
Poor guy.
Just know that you're handling damaged goods.
So I forgot my wallet.
I didn't know what to do.
Hey.
Are you crazy?
You just stole property from the institute.
Well, it was just lying there.
Plus I had to, OK?
There's something really strange about it.
Why, because your phone flew off the table?
No.
Well, yeah, but something else happened.
What do you mean?
It was this presence, and I guess the device reacted to it.
Oh, check this out.
I looked up this address.
Fuck.
Yeah.
Wait a minute.
Are you telling me you found the most expensive ouija
in the world?
I don't know.
And that what you felt was a ghost?
I don't know, Sy.
It's possible.
Possible?
Why not?
Because, A, they don't exist.
And B, they don't fucking exist.
Well, if I recall correctly, I wasn't
the one going on about people hearing
a dead janitor screaming.
I mentioned a bullshit urban legend.
That doesn't mean it's real.
I mean, we are tech engineers.
Practically scientists.
Exactly.
Aren't you curious?
I think you have to put that back where you found it.
Why?
We could have potentially detected something here, Alice.
Something you can't explain but a ghost?
Well, a ghost is a very ambiguous term.
We don't know what it is, but we can try and prove
its existence, try and explain it.
It could be unknown energies.
It could be an interference from a parallel universe.
We have to stop now.
I don't like this at all.
Why?
Because you don't believe in afterlife, OK?
You don't mess with the spiritual world.
I do believe in ghosts, and I don't
think they are crazy energies.
I think they are dead people.
Well, if there is something strange...
Shut up.
With your neighbor who...
It's not funny.
Two people died because of things you
can't explain or understand.
Brian, please.
Fine.
Take it back.
Hello?
Come out.
Fuck.
Come on.
Why won't you... Why won't you work?
Come on.
Thanks.
Hey.
I didn't see you at the institute,
and you weren't answering your phone.
I was dating this guy, this very rich and spoiled kid,
and one day we had a stupid fight.
And the asshole hit me, and he hurt me pretty bad.
I told my parents, but instead of defending me,
they say that was probably my fault
and that I have a very bad temper.
What did you do?
I run away and never looked back.
Well, it's not the same, Alice.
I didn't get to make a decision like you did or apologize.
That's what you're trying to do, apologize?
Maybe.
Spirits don't work like that.
If they are here is because they have unfinished business.
There is no technology to bring her back if she passed on.
I daresay that if she's not among us,
it's because she was happy with you,
and there's nothing to forgive.
How can you be so sure?
Also why do you know so much about ghosts all of a sudden?
What?
This?
Nothing's going to happen while we're here.
What?
When I first came, I rent a room in Keyra's house.
Obviously the bookshelf was there,
but it belongs to Keyra's mother.
The first time I saw the book on the floor, I did what you did.
Does it always come back?
It doesn't come back.
Someone puts it back, which is not the same.
A ghost then?
A dead person?
Any other idea?
Some energies from another dimension
particularly interest in children's literature.
Wait.
Does Keyra know?
No.
You never told her.
Tell her what?
One of your dead relatives is messing with your books?
You could start by asking her to lower your rent.
He does have a point.
It's not funny.
OK, let's say I believe you.
We have to test this machine and see what happens.
In my house?
Yeah.
If it is a ghost detector, it's the only place
we know for sure it would work.
Come on.
Weren't you worried about your scholarship?
This could change your life, Alice.
And ours.
Shit, and the lives of people we don't even know.
Hell, we could change history.
All right, I'm up for it.
Come on, Alice.
Your room-mate's harmless.
Honestly, it is the safest way to do this.
It's just like a lab, but you know, paranormal.
Promise me that if anyone gets hurt, even a scratch, we'll
give it all up, OK?
OK.
It's 8:00 PM, September 29.
I'm Sysop Chen.
I'm with Alice Ortiz Leon, and Brian Douglas.
Today we will be testing this device.
Apparently, a ghost detector.
Yes, I know.
It's me saying this, believe it or not.
But stranger things are happening.
Brian spent long hours in here in Alice's room,
but they didn't make out.
Hey, Alice.
Do you think we should keep the lights on?
No, let's keep the routine.
At this time, the house is always dark.
Let's go.
3, 2, 1.
OK.
You don't want me to go?
No, it's my house.
It knows me.
Are you sure?
Yes, I did this 100 times.
OK.
Take this.
If you feel anything unusual, just say the word pretzel,
and we're turning the dice right off.
Pretzel?
That's an S and M safe word.
Yeah, everything is with you.
Alice, Alice.
Alice.
Just be careful, yeah?
Yeah.
Can you hear me?
Yes.
OK, I'm right here.
So?
I see the book.
It's still there.
I'm putting it back.
And?
Nothing yet.
Nothing's happening.
Come back.
Brian.
Wait.
There's something.
Alice.
Alice, can you hear me?
We've lost you.
What's going on?
Where she go?
This doesn't make sense.
Talk to me.
Fuck it.
I'm going.
Wait.
Brian, wait.
Pretzel.
Alice.
Guys, there's a lot of activity going on here.
Guys, get out there now.
Let's go.
Shit.
Brian.
No!
Wait.
What?
Let me help you.
What?
Why?
I'm fine, Alice.
Don't be such a baby.
You don't need to do this.
Wait.
OK.
Really, I feel fine.
But you look like shit.
Brian, where do you keep your aspirins?
Hi.
How are you?
What time is it?
You don't want to know.
How are you feeling?
It still hurts.
You should have seen the other guy, though.
Hey.
We have to try this again.
You promised me that if anything went wrong, we'd give it up.
It's just a bruise, Alice.
It seems more like a warning to me.
This stops here, OK?
Why would...
They have not a clue who or what killed the guy.
But it was no accident.
That's for sure.
Apparently the machine upsets them somehow.
Spirits in my house had never shown hostile behavior before
until we turned on the device.
Let's find out why.
Mr. Turner.
Who are you?
Journalists?
No.
YouTubers?
Instagrammers?
Shit talkers?
What?
No.
We're from the institute.
ITT.
I see.
Well, now will be about a good time
to get the hell off of my property.
I don't want anything to do with that place.
We found your device.
Shoes.
I'm Brian.
This is Alice and Sysop.
What kind of name is that?
What?
Brian, Celtic, means brave.
But anyone can use it, even him.
Sysop stands for system operator.
Is that what you do, computer engineers?
No, I am designing an app for cell phones.
You obviously all hot shots, so you here.
That means either, A, you have no idea what the device is for,
or B, you're already in deep shit.
Pardon my French.
Well, we are a little closer to be.
The institute was the facade of the government
during the Cold War.
They developed all sorts of new technology
there, things that even today sound like science fiction.
We worked on radar above all else.
But by chance, something unexpected
appeared, an electromagnetic manifestation,
a presence from no visible or nearby source.
The ghost?
Perhaps.
But it interacted with the environment and with us.
And what happened?
Apparently, the electromagnetic waves bounced back against it,
hurting it and pissing it off.
We decided to ignore it.
I decided to ignore it, and we paid the consequences.
We have to stop right now.
Every time we turn on the device, we will be at risk.
Unless... unless we go unnoticed.
I can soften those waves, digitize them.
If you could do that, you'd not only go unnoticed,
you could do anything with the data.
Guys, we're going to see actual ghosts on our cell phones.
We can now receive the data, turn it into video signals.
That thing is from 1970.
Are you suggesting it will be able to detect, send,
and receive a video signal in real-time?
Yes, with my terabyte data transmission device.
OK, I'm in.
If you guys promise to keep it confidential, I'm in too.
All right.
But if we're going to do this, Alice, think it's about time
you had that chat concerning your rent.
Sy, is this fully infrared?
Last time we didn't have enough signal.
Sy.
Dude, not right now.
Is it true?
It is.
Are you sure these guys aren't doing drugs?
What?
No.
I'd give anything to see my mom again.
We are not sure if it is her.
But is there a better reason to test this device?
OK, I pair your phone to the VR glasses.
And this is the attenuator.
It will make the entire system work in the lowest range.
You will be able to see ghost, but they won't see you.
Come here.
This is crazy.
Are you sure it'll even work?
Its my tech.
Of course, it's going to work.
Just in case, move carefully.
Don't be afraid.
OK?
Here, I installed the same app for you
to monitor along the way.
If something should come near you, well, you'll know.
Thanks.
Now I feel much safer.
OK, let's do this.
OK.
Receiving video and sound.
Can I have that?
Remember, pretzel.
Yeah, thanks.
Easy, Brian.
So you didn't know about this?
No.
My mom and I didn't end up on the best of terms.
I guess I always felt her presence here.
That's probably why I rented the room.
Brian, the temperature is dropping.
I don't see anything.
Do you see a dark shape?
It's nothing.
It's just a coat.
It has to be there.
Maybe this isn't working, guys.
OK, come back.
What's the matter?
Mom.
Keyra, no.
Keyra.
Wait, wait.
Mama?
Time for the reward.
Yeah.
Time to get wasted.
We do a little ghost toast.
Cheers.
Oh, my god, I love this song.
Well, off you go then.
OK.
Come on.
So I know lady living in my house.
Yeah, it seems so.
What's next?
Shall I ask?
No.
I can do it.
With more power, I can amplify the signal
from the device like a Wi-Fi network.
Then we improve the app, and we will
be able to see ghosts on our phones from a much wider range.
I don't know.
We're going to be rich.
Just imagine.
Apparition available on Play Store.
Apparition?
OK, marketing is not my thing, I admit it.
But that's not the point.
The point is the clock is ticking now, and we can't stop.
If we don't take this opportunity, someone else will.
I get it, Sy.
I really do.
But we're just not ready to test the app.
What do we do if...
What do we do when we encounter more than one ghost?
More than one ghost?
What are the odds of that happening?
Of what?
Of there being more than one dead person?
Look, I came to this institute because I
wanted to create amazing technologies,
things that could change the world, go beyond.
This is going beyond.
And if the next level is multiple objectives,
then so be it.
Fine.
Well, we're going to test it then.
The factory was taken for weeks during a strike.
There were families there.
Apparently the owner decided to light the basement on fire
to force them out, but somehow they got trapped inside.
They all burned alive.
How many dead?
The newspapers didn't say, but I hacked the public records.
53.
55.
Don't forget Mike's friends.
Yeah, whatever.
It's the only place we can do this.
I can take the risk.
If the system fails, you will be attacked by a dozen ghosts.
Yeah, if he's lucky.
Why would it fail?
We just found the thing.
Oh, I see.
You all got what you wanted.
That's why you don't care stopping now.
We're not going to quit.
We're just trying to avoid an unnecessary risk.
I shared my work.
You owe me.
We don't ask you for anything.
It was your decision.
You say that because you're only contribution
was emotional support.
Is that what you think I did?
I don't know.
You tell me.
I brought the first ghost, but most importantly, I
took care of you from the beginning.
So believe it or not, that turns me into the smartest person
here.
The machine is in the trunk.
Good luck.
Oh, here.
Apparition.
What?
Sysop, what the fuck?
Brian.
Mike.
Mike, it's me, Alice.
Mike.
Brian.
Yeah.
If anything goes wrong, I just want you to know that...
Wait.
Are you getting all emotional on me?
What?
No, dude.
I was going to tell you that I have
all the data from this project ready to be uploaded
to the web.
See?
One click away.
What are you doing here?
What the bloody hell happened to you?
I think I made a mistake.
What do you mean?
I came hoping you would help me stop my friends,
but you never stopped.
I stopped.
Really?
When?
When your friends got killed?
You could destroy that machine, but you left it there
in the basement hoping that some young, reckless, ambitious kids
do what you don't dare to do, take the risk so you can
see your parents again, right?
And my sister.
They all died in that fire.
Now my friends are in danger, and you're
going to help me stop them, OK?
I don't get it.
The ghost in your house is harmless.
Do you think they are in my house?
We have to stop them now.
I know.
No, you don't understand.
This is why I stopped.
The cell phone companies took advantage
that the factory was closed, and they put antennas there.
That's for interference.
Yeah, the data transmitter, the attenuator, it'll
all malfunction.
And the system may collapse.
Damn, why are they not answering?
You OK?
What time is it?
11:50 PM.
Help me with this.
Yeah.
Ready?
Yup.
Lead the way.
Can you hear me?
Yeah.
You all right?
Yeah, but my butt is freezing here.
Brian, there's something wrong.
I don't see anything, Sy.
Was it you?
No.
Come on.
You coming?
I have to shut it down.
Here, go get my friends.
You OK?
Yeah, I'm fine.
You sure you OK?
Yeah.
You seen something?
No.
Guys.
Brian.
Sysop.
What's going on?
Can we see them?
I don't know, Sy.
Maybe we should leave.
Yep, we're leaving.
What the fuck.
Holy shit.
Help me, Sy.
Yeah.
I'm sorry, guys.
What was that?
I don't know, man.
But we have to find another exit.
Where are they?
I don't know.
What the hell?
Sy.
Sysop.
Don't move.
They're all around us.
That's impossible.
What did you do?
Nothing.
Nothing, man.
Oh, my god.
Sy, wait.
Run!
Sy!
Sysop!
Wait.
You shouldn't be here.
Come on.
We will kill you.
Help!
Somebody, help!
Alice.
We have to get out of here.
Where'd you go?
No.
Please.
Fuck.
Fuck!
Alice...
Brian.
Apparition.
Hey, girl, what up?
Hey.
Do you know who Sysop Chen is?
I just got this email, and...
No, never mind that.
I mean, all my friends at the institute
got spammed with that email.
Oh, did anybody open it.
Yeah, of course, I did.
What is it?
Nothing, really.
I mean, it's a strange app that has
an empty interface that is supposed
to be a ghost detector.
But nothing in that app works.
Oh, cool.