FADE IN:

INT. MARY SHERMAN'S HOUSE - DAY

The year is 1973.

MARY SHERMAN, 42, is said to be the town witch, but nobody has any proof to make such accusations.

She dressed in your typical 1970 fashion. She wore a dress and was very attractive for her age.

MARY sits down on her wooden floor drawing up a large pentagram with a piece of white chalk.

Candles were lit all around the pentagram.

MARY holds a book in her hand. A book that she would use to conjure up evil doings and spells.

She was chanting a rhythmic spell.

	MARY
Give me the strength, give me the power, on beauty and youth I shall devour.

MARY is done etching her pentagram.

She walks over to the closet and grabs out a girl.

The girl had been tied and bound with rope.

	MARY
It's time.

MARY holds a dagger in her right hand.

	GIRL
Let me go!

MARY lies the girl out on the pentagram.

She clamped her arms and legs to the shackles bolted on the floor.

	MARY
I take within thee, the beauty within thee, the youth within thee.

MARY slits the girl's wrist and let's her blood drip into a cup.

	GIRL
You crazy bitch!

MARY then slits her wrist and let's her blood drip into the cup.

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EXT. MARY SHERMAN'S HOUSE - PORCH

A bunch of neighbors are standing on the porch banging on the door.

	NEIGHBOR #1
Open this door, Mary! We know what you are doing!

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INT. MARY'S HOUSE

MARY forces the girl to drink the blood from the cup.

	MARY
Give me the strength, give me the power, on beauty and youth I shall devour.

Items in the house begin shifting and flying about.

Thunder strikes the air.

MARY holds the cup in the air.

	MARY
I take within thee, the beauty within thee, the youth within thee, and the blood within thee!

MARY drinks the cup.

The lights are blinking on and off fast.

The doors to the house burst open.

The neighbors run in and grab MARY and bring her outside.

Neighbors help the girl shackled to the ground.

	NEIGHBOR #2
Are you okay?

	GIRL
Yes. Thank you.

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EXT. MARY'S  HOUSE

MARY is thrown out into the middle of the street.

The neighbors form a circle around her.

	NEIGHBOR #3
You evil bitch!

A large stone shatters MARY in the head.

The girl MARY had shackled makes her way out into the crowd.

	GIRL
Stone her.

The neighbors join in and bomb her with rocks.

The girl stands there with an evil smile on her face.

The camera slowly zooms in on her eyes as we see them change to the color of MARY SHERMAN'S eyes.

CUT TO:

INT. VICTORIAN HOUSE - NIGHT

Present Day.

CATHY, 24, pulls up in her car and gets out.

She appears to have been on the run.

CUT TO:

INT. CATHY'S BEDROOM

CATHY makes her way over to her telephone.

She dials her boyfriend.

	CATHY
	(Into phone.)
Vince, please. You have to help me. I can't do this alone.

The phone line goes dead.

	CATHY
	(Into phone.)
Hello.

CATHY looks at the phone in horror.

	CATHY
Shit.

She turns around to see someone banging at her door.

	CATHY
Stay away!

She runs over to a large window by her couch.

She peeks out the window.

	CATHY
Too high.

CATHY turns around to see her attacker.

She screams and back up into the window.

The window shatters and she falls through it.

We can hear her screaming all the way down until we hear a SPLAT!

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INT. BAKER RESIDENCE - DAY

Three months later.

HEATHER BAKER, 17, is sitting down at her couch with the remote in her hand and flipping through the television.

Her father, RUSSELL, comes walking past her.

	RUSSELL
Are you packed?

	HEATHER
Dad, I don't understand why I just can't stay here.

	RUSSELL
Your mother and I are worried that something might happen to you. And your grandmother is really looking forward to seeing you.

	HEATHER
I'm a big girl, dad. I think I can handle it.

	RUSSELL
Well, maybe some other time. Until then go get your things and meet me out in the car.

	HEATHER
Fine.

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INT. HEATHER'S BEDROOM - SAME DAY

HEATHER is talking on her phone with her friend IAN.

She's throwing her clothes in a bag.

	HEATHER
	(On phone.)
Yeah. They're sending me away to my grandmother's house. I'm only going to be thirty minutes away.

	IAN (V.O.)
Yeah, but you're out in the middle of the woods.

	HEATHER
	(On phone.)
I'll get over it. You and Carrie are going to come see me, right?

	IAN (V.O.)
Of course.

	HEATHER
	(On phone.)
Well, I'll give you a call later. We're about to go.

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INT. RUSSELL and ELIZABETH'S BEDROOM

RUSSELL is looking for his car keys on the dresser.

ELIZABETH sits on the edge of the bed.

	ELIZABETH
Russell, honey. Are you sure sending her out there is for the best. She is old enough to be on her own.

	RUSSELL
Look, Liz. I know you have trouble letting go, but this is something we have to do.

	ELIZABETH
Okay. If that's what you really want to do then let's do it.

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INT. RUSSELL'S CAR - DAY

RUSSELL is driving the car with ELIZABETH in the passenger's seat.

HEATHER sits in the back.

	ELIZABETH
Don't worry about it, Heather. You can still see your friends. I'm sure your grandmother won't mind letting them come over for a few hours.

	HEATHER
That doesn't bother me. You guys are going away for a month. You won't even be here to celebrate my eighteenth birthday.

	ELIZABETH
Well, we gave you our gift, sweetie. I'm sure your grandmother will have something for you.

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EXT. HEATHER'S GRANDMOTHER'S VICTORIAN HOUSE - DAY

RUSSELL pulls the car up to the house.

	ELIZABETH
What do you think, Heather?

	HEATHER
It's nice. It's just out in the middle of nowhere.

HEATHER and ELIZABETH step out the car.

ALICE, the grandmother, comes walking off the porch with open arms.

	ALICE
Oh, my God. Is that my little angel, Heather?

	HEATHER
Hi grandma.

	ALICE
Look at you. You're so big.

ALICE hugs her and turns to ELIZABETH and hugs her.

	ALICE
Elizabeth, what have you been feeding this child? She was so tiny the last I seen her.

	ELIZABETH
It's been almost eight years.

	ALICE
Eight years too long.

ALICE turns to HEATHER.

	ALICE
Don't worry. I have an entire month to catch up with you.

	HEATHER
Wow.

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INT. ALICE'S BEDROOM

ALICE and RUSSELL are standing close to the door.

	ALICE
Are you going to be okay out there, baby?

	RUSSELL
Don't worry about me. What about you, mom? Are you gonna be okay?

	ALICE
I'll be okay now. I have you to thank for that.

	RUSSELL
Don't worry about it. I'll give you a call when I get there.

	ALICE
You better, sugar.

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EXT. ALICE'S HOUSE

HEATHER gets done hugging her father.

She then makes her way over to her mother.

	HEATHER
Have a safe trip.

HEATHER hugs her mother.

	ELIZABETH
Be careful.

	HEATHER
I will.

RUSSELL and ELIZABETH get into the car.

HEATHER stands there and watches them drive off.

ALICE puts her arm around HEATHER.

	ALICE
Why don't you come inside? I'll have Madeline make some tea.

	HEATHER
Who's Madeline?

	ALICE
She's our maid, sweetie. I'll let you meet her.

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INT. ALICE'S KITCHEN

ALICE and HEATHER make their way into the kitchen.

MADELINE is standing over the sink and washing some dishes.

	MADELINE
Is there anything you would like special for lunch, Ms. Donner?

HEATHER turns to ALICE.

	HEATHER
Ms. Donner? Your last name isn't Baker like my father's.

	ALICE
Oh, honey, no. I never took your dad's father's last name.

	HEATHER
Oh.

MADELINE turns around drying her hands off.

	MADELINE
Oh, I'm sorry. I had no idea we had a visitor.

	ALICE
It's okay. This is my son's daughter, Heather.

HEATHER shakes MADELINE'S hand.

	HEATHER
It's nice to meet you.

	MADELINE
Same here, child. If I can do anything for you then let me know.

	HEATHER
Okay.

HEATHER turns to ALICE.

ALICE puts her hand on MADELINE'S shoulder.

	ALICE
Madeline, would you whip us up some of that lovely tea you make?

	MADELINE
I'd be glad to.

ALICE looks to HEATHER.

	ALICE
I'll show you the bedroom while we're waiting.

	HEATHER
Okay.

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INT. HEATHER'S BEDROOM

ALICE and HEATHER make their way into the bedroom.

It was large and colorful.

It was complete with furniture.

	HEATHER
It's nice.

	ALICE
It's a little messy. I apologize for that.

	HEATHER
It's fine.

HEATHER walks over to the couch by the window.

	HEATHER
A couch.

	ALICE
Yes. It belonged to the young woman who use to rent this room.

	HEATHER
Where is she now?

	ALICE
She moved out.

HEATHER looks over to the window, which was covered up with a large piece of cardboard.

	HEATHER
What happened to the window?

	ALICE
I've been meaning to get that damn thing fixed. Sometimes occupants come with problems.

	HEATHER
I see.

ALICE looks at her and smiles.

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INT. ALICE'S DINING ROOM

ALICE and HEATHER are sitting down at the dining room table.

They're drinking the tea MADELINE made.

	ALICE
How's the tea?

	HEATHER
It's good.

ALICE sits her cup down.

	ALICE
So tell me what you've been doing all these years.

	HEATHER
Nothing much. I just graduated from highschool. I've had a couple options for college, but I can't decide.

	ALICE
Oh, wow. I'm so proud of you. What do you plan to do?

	HEATHER
Well, I've always been interested in helping children. I was thinking of doing something along the lines of a child therapist.

	ALICE
Interesting.

	HEATHER
Yeah. It's cool.

	ALICE
When I was your age I always wanted to be a teacher.

	HEATHER
Well, maybe I get it from you. Did you ever do it?

	ALICE
Oh, no. I fell in love and got married to your grandfather. But things didn't turn out bad.

	HEATHER
I see that. You have such a lovely home now.

	ALICE
Oh, this old pile of bricks. It's been in the family for years.

	HEATHER
It has.

	ALICE
Oh, yeah. It's got quite a story behind it also.

	HEATHER
Interesting.

	ALICE
Oh, but I'm sure it's nothing you would want to hear about.

	HEATHER
It's okay. Tell me.

ALICE sips her tea.

	ALICE
No. I'm sorry. I didn't mean anything by it.

	HEATHER
What's the matter? Did something bad happen?

	ALICE
Well...

HEATHER sips her tea.

	HEATHER
Come on. I can take it.

	ALICE
Well, back in the early 70's this house use to belong to a woman named Mary Sherman. She was a witch.

	HEATHER
	(Smiling.)
A witch.

	ALICE
A very nasty witch. She had very bad self-image issues about her. She thought by sacrificing and drinking the blood of an innocent girl would obtain her youth.

	HEATHER
Really?

	ALICE
One day a girl went missing and the local neighbors went looking for her all over, but couldn't seem to find her anywhere.

ALICE drinks her tea.

	ALICE
Then they heard screaming coming from inside Mary's house. They broke down the door to find the girl shackled to the floor over a pentagram. Mary was trying to sacrifice her.

	HEATHER
What happened?

	ALICE
The neighbors grabbed Mary and drug her outside. They formed a circle around her and each took turns in throwing large stones at her. They killed her.

There's a moment of silence.

	HEATHER
What happened to the girl?

	ALICE
She got older. She eventually left the town and nobody has ever heard from her since.

	HEATHER
That's some story.

	ALICE
I'm sorry. Did I scare you?

	HEATHER
No. Not at all.

	ALICE
Good.

The light bulb hanging above them shatters.

HEATHER jumps back.

	ALICE
I bet that scared you.

	HEATHER
A little.

HEATHER and ALICE laugh.

	ALICE
It's an old house. Things like this are happening all the time.

ALICE walks over and opens a kitchen drawer.

	HEATHER
Well, I think I'm going to go up and take a nap. I have some friends coming over tomorrow. Do you mind?

	ALICE
Oh, that's nice. I don't mind at all, honey?

	HEATHER
Thanks.

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EXT. ALICE'S HOUSE - DAY

A car pulls up onto the acre lot.

IAN and CARRIE step out of the car.

	CARRIE
Oh, wow. Take a look at this house. I want to own something like this one day, don't you?

	IAN
It's big.

HEATHER comes walking out the house.

	HEATHER
Hey guys.

CARRIE walks over and hugs HEATHER.

	CARRIE
Girl, your grandmother must be loaded with money.

	HEATHER
Not really.

HEATHER and IAN hug.

	IAN
So you like it?

	HEATHER
It's nice. Come inside and I will show you around.

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INT. HEATHER'S BEDROOM

CARRIE flops down on the bed and stretches out.

	CARRIE
Totally rad, Heather. You are going to have some good nights on this.

	HEATHER
Funny.

HEATHER smiles at her.

	IAN
You even have your own bathroom. Not bad, Heather.

	HEATHER
It's okay. I really miss being home and all. I'm just so far away from my best friends in the entire world.

HEATHER starts laughing.

	CARRIE
Girl, please. You're probably like, "Thank the Lord I am away from those two idiots."

	HEATHER
Never.

	CARRIE
But it's going to take more than some move to get away from me.

They all laugh.

	IAN
So...

IAN looks to the window.

	IAN
What happened there?

	HEATHER
Not sure. Alice said the girl who use to rent this room did it.

	CARRIE
Who's Alice?

	HEATHER
My grandmother.

ALICE somes walking into the room.

She has a tray in her hand.

	ALICE
I made cookies for those who would like some.

	CARRIE
Definitely.

CARRIE grabs some cookies.

	ALICE
	(To Ian.)
Would you like some?

	IAN
Oh, no thanks.

CARRIE takes another cookie.

	CARRIE
Ian's a struggling actor trying to make it into showbusiness. He's trying to watch his weight.

	ALICE
Oh, I see.

IAN turns to HEATHER.

	IAN
So...did you have anything planned for your birthday next week?

	HEATHER
Not really. My grandmother and I were going out for dinner.

	IAN
Good. Carrie and I want to take you somewhere.

	HEATHER
Really? Where do you want to go?

	IAN
We can't tell you. It's a surprise.

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INT. HEATHER'S BATHROOM - NIGHT

HEATHER is in the shower washing her hair.

She then turns to let the water run onto her face.

A loud thump is heard in her room.

	HEATHER
	(Calling out.)
Hello.

HEATHER turns off the water.

She steps out the shower.

She wraps a large towel around her.

	HEATHER
	(Calling out.)
Alice.

HEATHER opens her door to see a man standing there.

She screams.

	MR. ALPS
Oh, I'm sorry. I had no idea you were in here.

	HEATHER
Who are you?

	MR. ALPS
I'm Mr. Alps. Your grandmother hired me to fix the window.

	HEATHER
	(Gasping.)
I'm sorry. You startled me.

HEATHER was hiding behind the door.

	MR. ALPS
Well, it's fixed now. I guess I'll be seeing you.

	HEATHER
Why does she have you fixing the window this late at night?

	MR. ALPS
It's the only time I available. I work during the day.

	HEATHER
Oh. Well, goodnight.

	MR. ALPS
Take care.

HEATHER watches him leave.

She then opens up the bathroom door and walks out into her bedroom.

A breeze brushes over her.

	HEATHER
Where's that coming from?

She looks over to see the window was open.

	HEATHER
He must've left it open.

HEATHER walks over to shut the window.

Before she can touch it, it slams shut.

The glass shatters all over the wooden floor.

She jumps back and manages to step on a piece of glass.

	HEATHER
	(Painfully.)
Shit!

She turns around to see MADELINE standing there.

	MADELINE
What's the matter?

	HEATHER
The window broke and I stepped on a piece of glass.

	MADELINE
Take a seat on the bed and let me have a look at it.

HEATHER sits down on the edge of her bed.

MADELINE gets down and pulls out the piece of glass.

	MADELINE
There we go.

	HEATHER
Thanks.

ALICE comes into the room.

	ALICE
What's going on?

	HEATHER
I stepped on a piece of glass. Madeline helped me.

MADELINE turns to ALICE.

	MADELINE
It's out now.

	ALICE
I'm sure it is. You're excused for the night, Madeline.

	MADELINE
Thank you.

MADELINE leaves the room.

ALICE sits next to HEATHER on the bed.

	ALICE
I have a bandage in my bedroom if you need one.

	HEATHER
It's okay. I should be fine.

	ALICE
Well, I'm about to head down for a snack. Would you care to join me, Heather?

	HEATHER
Oh, no thanks. I'm going to get some sleep.

ALICE hugs her.

She then gets up and leaves the room.

	HEATHER
Night.

ALICE smiles and shuts the door.

HEATHER crawls into her bed and covers up.

CUT TO:

INT. CAFE - DAY

HEATHER, IAN, and CARRIE are sitting down at a booth in the corner of small cafe.

	HEATHER
I don't know why, but I am so tired for some reason.

	CARRIE
How much sleep did you get the other night?

	HEATHER
Not sure.

BONNIE, the waitress, comes out with their drinks.

	BONNIE
Here you go. Your food should be out shortly too.

	HEATHER
Thank you.

HEATHER sips her drink.

	HEATHER
Find anything, Ian.

IAN was reading the paper.

	IAN
Not yet. There's a couple ads seeking actors for theater, but you know how I feel about that.

	CARRIE
Well, baby, sometimes you have to do what you have to do to get where you want to be.

	HEATHER
She's right.

	IAN
Maybe so.

CARRIE sips her drink.

She looks to HEATHER.

	CARRIE
Ian and I were thinking about taking his father's boat out on the water for the weekend. Can you come?

	HEATHER
I'd like to, but I get sea sick real easy.

CARRIE and HEATHER laugh.

BONNIE comes out with their food.

	BONNIE
Here you go.

They all thank her as she hands them their food.

HEATHER bites into her chicken.

	HEATHER
So have you guys thought about what college you want to go to?

	CARRIE
Not yet.

	IAN
Me neither.

HEATHER sips her drink.

	CARRIE
	(To Heather.)
You?

	HEATHER
Actually, I've been considering that offer to Harvard.

	CARRIE
Awesome. You should go. It's a great opportunity.

	HEATHER
Maybe.

HEATHER looks at her cell phone.

	CARRIE
What's wrong?

	HEATHER
Oh, nothing. I was just looking to see if my parents called me.

	CARRIE
Maybe they're not at the hotel. Where did you see they were going?

	HEATHER
I forget. Some stupid business trip for my father.

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INT. HEATHER'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

HEATHER lies in bed tossing and turning.

She's having a bad dream.

Within seconds she wakes up covered in sweat.

	HEATHER
Oh, God.

She looks over to see her bedroom door cracked open.

It slowly opens more.

	HEATHER
Is someone there?

The door fully opens up.

HEATHER slowly steps out of bed.

	HEATHER
	(Calling out.)
Hello.

She walks over to the door and closes it.

Something can be heard running across her bedroom floor.

She turns around.

	HEATHER
Who's there?

She looks over at the broken window.

The cardboard had fallen off.

She makes her way over to the window.

	HEATHER
Mr. Alps definitely needs to fix this window again.

She holds the cardboard in her hand.

She can hear the creeking of a door opening.

	HEATHER
	(Calling out.)
Alice.

The door suddenly slams shut.

HEATHER jumps in place.

	HEATHER
	(Asking herself.)
What the hell's going on?

She walks over to the door and opens it up.

She peeks out into the hallway.

The figure of someone can be seen down the hall.

	HEATHER
	(Calling out.)
Who is that?

HEATHER closes the bedroom door.

She turns around to walk away.

The door slowly opens back up.

She slowly turns around to face the door.

She slowly walks closer.

	HEATHER
	(Asking aloud.)
Hello?

A figure suddenly runs past the door.

HEATHER backs up and gasps.

She reaches for the door and yanks it open real fast.

	HEATHER
Get the hell out!

She opens the door to see ALICE standing there.

	ALICE
You okay, sugar?

	HEATHER
I'm fine. I thought I seen someone in the hallway.

	ALICE
Maybe it was me.

	HEATHER
I don't think so. It didn't look like you.

	ALICE
Did you see the person?

	HEATHER
No. Just the shadow.

	ALICE
It was probably me. I was just using the bathroom.

	HEATHER
Maybe.

There's a moment of silence.

	ALICE
You should get some sleep. You look a little tired.

	HEATHER
Yeah. I am.

ALICE kisses her on the forehead.

	ALICE
See you in the morning.

	HEATHER
Goodnight.

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EXT. CITY STREET - DAY

HEATHER and CARRIE are walking down the sidewalk.

They have coffee in their hands.

	HEATHER
Don't you think it's weird?

	CARRIE
I don't know. Maybe. Didn't you say you had a bad dream?

	HEATHER
Yeah.

	CARRIE
Maybe you were still dreaming. That's happened to me before.

	HEATHER
I don't know. Ever since I heard that story from my grandmother strange things have happened.

	CARRIE
What story?

	HEATHER
Oh, forget it. It's a stupid story about the house.

	CARRIE
Well, now you have to tell me. You can't just start to tell me a story and then not tell me.

HEATHER sips her coffee.

	HEATHER
Supposedly a witch use to live in the house back in the 70's. She was killed by the town when they found out she kidnapped some girl and was casting a spell on her.

	CARRIE
What kind of spell?

	HEATHER
Some sort of sacrifice. She used young and pure girls for their blood. She thought that by performing this spell and drinking their blood would help her gain youth.

	CARRIE
Creepy.

	HEATHER
It's only a story. I doubt any of it really happened.

	CARRIE
Actually...

HEATHER looks to CARRIE.

	HEATHER
What?

	CARRIE
I have heard a story like that, but it didn't happen here.

	HEATHER
What have you heard?

	CARRIE
Well, there was this woman named Elizabeth Bathory from Transylvania who would bathe in the blood.

	HEATHER
That's sick.

	CARRIE
Yeah, but that's probably just a story too.

	HEATHER
Yeah. I mean, do they have proof it actually happened?

	CARRIE
I doubt it.

CARRIE sips her coffee.

	HEATHER
Where's Ian?

	CARRIE
He's home. Working on his resume. He's got that acting thing going on.

	HEATHER
You're worried.

	CARRIE
What?

	HEATHER
Oh, come on, Carrie. I know how you are. We've been friends since like forever.

	CARRIE
Well, maybe a little.

	HEATHER
What's the matter?

	CARRIE
I'm just worried that one day he's going to wake up and head out to California.

	HEATHER
I see.

	CARRIE
Yeah.

	HEATHER
There's always New York.

CARRIE laughs.

	CARRIE
New York is nothing, but Broadway and MTV reality television.

	HEATHER
True.

They laugh with one another.

	CARRIE
Did you hear from your parents?

	HEATHER
Not yet. I'm getting worried. I'll give it another day.

	CARRIE
Yeah. They're probably busy. It is a business trip.

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EXT. ALICE'S HOUSE - DAY

CARRIE had just dropped HEATHER off.

HEATHER watches her drive away.

She turns around and looks at the house.

Someone was watching her from the window.

When she seen them the person left real quick before HEATHER could get a good look at them.

She walks up onto the porch and knocks on the door.

	HEATHER
	(Calling out.)
It's me.

Nobody answers the door.

She knocks again.

	HEATHER
	(Calling out.)
Hello!

She walks off the porch.

She looks up at the window where she saw someone looking at her.

	HEATHER
	(Calling out.)
Madeline!

She decides to walk around the side of the house.

ALICE was lying face down on the ground.

HEATHER runs to her in panic.

	HEATHER
Oh, my God!

She bends down to help her up.

	ALICE
Ugh, Heather.

	HEATHER
You okay?

	ALICE
I'm fine.

ALICE dusts off.

	HEATHER
You sure?

	ALICE
Yeah. Just took a little spill. I'll be fine in no time.

	HEATHER
You scared me.

ALICE smiles.

	ALICE
Oh, I'm sorry.

The two start walking around to the front of the house.

	ALICE
Where'd you take off so early in the morning?

	HEATHER
I went out and grabbed some coffee with Carrie.

	ALICE
Well, I was just about to make us some lunch. I hope you're hungry.

	HEATHER
I'm so hungry. All I had was a bagel with cream cheese.

They walk onto the porch.

	ALICE
Well, I had Madeline whip us up some sandwiches and juice.

	HEATHER
Can't wait.

CUT TO:

INT. ALICE'S KITCHEN

ALICE sits her coat down over her chair.

	ALICE
I'm going to use the bathroom. You can start without me.

	HEATHER
Are you sure?

	ALICE
Go ahead.

ALICE leaves the kitchen.

HEATHER walks over to a drawer and opens it up.

She was looking for a knife to cut her sandwich.

She's digging through the silverware when she comes across a large dagger buried.

It's the same dagger used by MARY SHERMAN in the beginning.

	HEATHER
What's this for?

The dagger was old and rusted.

She touches the tip.

	HEATHER
Sharp.

She sits the dagger back in the drawer.

	ALICE (O.S.)
What you doing?

HEATHER was startled.

She quickly buries the dagger and closes the door.

	HEATHER
Oh, I was just...uh...looking for a knife.

HEATHER turns to ALICE.

	HEATHER
To cut the sandwich.

ALICE looks at her awkwardly.

	ALICE
Wrong drawer. I keep the knives in the one below it.

	HEATHER
Okay.

HEATHER opens the knife drawer.

She smiles.

	HEATHER
	(To Alice.)
Good to know.

She sits down at the table.

	HEATHER
How come you don't eat lunch in your dining room?

	ALICE
I only use the dining room for when I'm having dinner.

	HEATHER
Understandable.

HEATHER bites into her sandwich.

	ALICE
By the way, your mother and father gave me a call today.

	HEATHER
Did they?

	ALICE
Yes. They wanted to speak with you, but you weren't here. They told me to tell you that they would call as soon as they could.

	HEATHER
Thanks.

HEATHER takes another bite of her sandwich.

	ALICE
I just can't get over how much you have grown up, Heather. You're so young and beautiful.

	HEATHER
Thank you.

	ALICE
I was young and beautiful when I was your age. I must be where you get your looks from.

	HEATHER
Maybe.

ALICE bites into her sandwich.

	ALICE
How's the sandwich?

	HEATHER
Not bad.

CUT TO:

DREAM SEQUENCE.

EXT. ALICE'S HOUSE - NIGHT

HEATHER stands on the porch of ALICE'S house.

She's wearing an old dress from the 70's.

A group of people come running up to her and grab her by the arms.

	NEIGHBOR #1
Get her.

	NEIGHBOR #2
We got you now, Mary!

HEATHER tries tugging away.

	HEATHER
Wait. Get off me.

They throw her out into the street.

HEATHER looks up to see a young girl staring at her with evil eyes.

	GIRL
Stone her.

HEATHER stands up and turns around.

A large rock comes into view and hits her in the face.

END DREAM SEQUENCE.

EXT. ALICE'S HOUSE

HEATHER opens her eyes in shock.

	HEATHER
Shit.

HEATHER slowly gets up to realize she was outside.

	HEATHER
What the hell?

CUT TO:

INT. ALICE'S LIVING ROOM - DAY

HEATHER walks up to MADELINE.

MADELINE was dusting off some figurines.

	HEATHER
Hey Madeline.

MADELINE turns her attention towards her.

	MADELINE
Hi Heather.

	HEATHER
Do you have a minute?

	MADELINE
Sure.

HEATHER walks closer to her.

	HEATHER
How long have you been living here with my grandmother?

	MADELINE
Quite some time.

	HEATHER
Has anything strange ever happened to you?

	MADELINE
Like what.

	HEATHER
Ghosts.

	MADELINE
	(Smiling.)
There's no such thing as that. Don't you know it?

	HEATHER
Yeah, but strange things have been happening to me.

	MADELINE
Like.

	HEATHER
Well, I can't tell you without you thinking I'm delusional, but this morning I woke up in the yard.

	MADELINE
Do you sleepwalk?

	HEATHER
I don't think so.

	MADELINE
I'm not quite sure. What does have to do with ghosts?

	HEATHER
A couple nights ago I could've swore someone was in my bedroom. Then there was that night the window crashed and shattered.

	MADELINE
It's an old house.

HEATHER takes a deep breath.

	HEATHER
My grandmother told me about the woman who use to own this house. I think she said her name was Mary Sherman. Do you know the story?

	MADELINE
Well...

	HEATHER
The other night I had a dream I was Mary Sherman and I was being stoned to death a group of people.

	MADELINE
It's a dream. I dream up crazy things like that all the time.

	HEATHER
Are you sure nothing strange has ever happened to you?

	MADELINE
Ghosts aren't real.

	HEATHER
I use to think the same thing, but after staying in this house I'm not sure anymore.

HEATHER turns around and walks off.

CUT TO:

INT. HEATHER'S BEDROOM

HEATHER sits on the edge of her bed.

ALICE comes walking into her bedroom.

	ALICE
Do you mind if I come in and speak with you for a second?

	HEATHER
Sure.

ALICE walks over and sits next to her.

	ALICE
Madeline tells me you were asking her questions about the story I told you about the witch that use to occupy this house.

	HEATHER
I mean, it was only a question.

	ALICE
What's this about a dream?

	HEATHER
Well, the other night I had a dream I was Mary Sherman and I was being stoned to death outside this house.

	ALICE
Well, I didn't mean to frighten you by anything I told you.

	HEATHER
You didn't. It's just me. It's all in my head.

	ALICE
But if you ever have any questions like that you can always come to me.

	HEATHER
I will. I just didn't want you to worry or anything.

	ALICE
You're too kind.

ALICE hugs her and walks out the room.

HEATHER gets down on the floor and looks under her bed.

She pulls out a video camera.

	HEATHER
This ought to catch anything strange going on in here.

Her cellular phone rings.

She answers it.

	HEATHER
	(On phone.)
Hello.

	CARRIE (V.O.)
Happy Birthday!

HEATHER smiles.

	HEATHER
	(On phone.)
Thanks.

	CARRIE (V.O.)
So are you ready for the surprise Ian and I are taking you to?

	HEATHER
	(On phone.)
Oh, I forgot.

	CARRIE (V.O.)
Don't even try and bail. I'm coming to get you.

HEATHER smiles.

	HEATHER
	(On phone.)
Okay. I'll be ready by the time you get here, Care.

	CARRIE (V.O.)
Ta-ta.

HEATHER hangs up the phone.

CUT TO:

INT. IAN'S CAR - NIGHT

IAN is driving the car with CARRIE in the passenger seat and HEATHER in the backseat.

	HEATHER
Where are we going?

	CARRIE
We can't tell you.

	IAN
All we can tell you is that it's a surprise.

IAN and CARRIE look at one another with smiles.

	HEATHER
Give me a hint.

	CARRIE
It's somewhere you've been dying to go, but you had to be eighteen.

HEATHER smiles.

	HEATHER
Oh, my God. Are you serious.

	CARRIE
Damn right! Whoo!

CUT TO:

EXT. CLUB CALYPSO - NIGHT

There's a line of people waiting to get into the club.

We can hear the music out the door.

People are dancing in place.

CARRIE was one of them.

	HEATHER
I don't have any money.

	CARRIE
Don't worry about it. It's your gift, Heather. You're covered.

	HEATHER
Where'd Ian go?

	CARRIE
He's friends with the doorman. He went to go see if he can let us in.

	HEATHER
Oh, cool.

IAN comes walking back to them.

	IAN
Let's go. He's going to let us in with no charge too.

	CARRIE
Awesome.

CUT TO:

INT. CLUB CALYPSO

The music is playing loudly and people are dancing on one another.

The lights are flashing.

Everyone is having a good time.

	CARRIE
	(To Ian.)
Baby, go find us a table. I'm going to take Heather here out on the floor and bump into some people.

	IAN
Gotcha.

CARRIE grabs HEATHER by the hand.

	HEATHER
Oh, come on, Carrie. I'm not really in the mood to hook up with some random guy I don't even know.

	CARRIE
Live a little. You're too pure. You don't want to die a virgin, do you, Heather?

	HEATHER
Well...no.

	CARRIE
Exactly. Come on.

CARRIE and HEATHER go out into the middle of the floor.

They're dancing with one another.

	CARRIE
The guy behind you is cute.

HEATHER turns and looks at him.

	HEATHER
Yeah, but he's dancing with his girlfriend.

	CARRIE
Nonsence. She's a friend.

	HEATHER
How do you know?

	CARRIE
Trust me. I'm a pro.

CARRIE grabs the guy on the shoulder.

He turns to look at her.

	CARRIE
Hi. This is my friend Heather. She's tired of being a virgin.

	GUY
Really?

CARRIE pushes HEATHER into the guy.

	CARRIE
	(To Heather.)
Thank me later.

CARRIE makes her way over to IAN.

	CARRIE
Let's dance.

	IAN
Where's Heather?

	CARRIE
I hooked her up with some hottie for the night.

	IAN
	(Smiling.)
You're bad.

	CARRIE
Spank me later.

IAN grabs CARRIE by the hand and makes his way out to the floor.

CUT TO:

HEATHER makes her way over to the table.

She sits down and waits for the waitress to come to her.

	HEATHER
Hi.

	WAITRESS
Hey. What can I get you?

	HEATHER
Club soda, please.

	WAITRESS
Alright.

CARRIE runs over to HEATHER.

	CARRIE
How'd it go?

	HEATHER
Not bad. I'm still not having sex with the guy. I don't know how you give it up so easily.

	CARRIE
Can you keep a secret?

	HEATHER
What are you hiding?

	CARRIE
I'm a virgin. I only tell people I have sex to make me cooler.

	HEATHER
Slut.

The two of them laugh.

	HEATHER
I thought that you and Ian did it already.

	CARRIE
There's other ways to satisfy your man without having sex with him.

IAN grabs CARRIE by the arm.

	IAN
Come on.

	CARRIE
	(To Heather.)
Order us some drinks.

IAN and CARRIE head back out to the dance floor.

The WAITRESS comes back up to HEATHER.

	WAITRESS
Here you go. The guy at the far right of the bar said it's on him.

	HEATHER
Man, he doesn't waste any time. I just got here.

	WAITRESS
I don't know. He told me you were a friend of his.

The WAITRESS walks away.

HEATHER watches the man at the bar walk over to her.

	VINCE
The name's Vince.

	HEATHER
Do I know you?

	VINCE
No. I know you. You're Heather, aren't you?

VINCE sits across from her.

	HEATHER
I'm sorry, but how do you know who I am again?

	VINCE
You're staying at the house on Cresent Drive, right?

	HEATHER
Who are you?

	VINCE
I'm a friend. A friend that's here to help you.

	HEATHER
I'm sorry, Vince, but I have no idea what you're talking about.

	VINCE
It's happening to you too.

	HEATHER
What is?

	VINCE
The shadows in the hallway. The bad dreams at night.

	HEATHER
What?

	VINCE
You're not the only one that it's happened to.

	HEATHER
I'm sorry...

VINCE cuts her off.

	VINCE
My girlfriend use to rent a room from the people who live there. She jumped out a window and killed herself.

	HEATHER
I'm sorry, but what does any of this have to do with me?

	VINCE
There's something wrong with that house. You have to get out of there before it's too late.

	HEATHER
Okay. You've lost it. I'm going to say goodbye now and you're going to get up and walk away from the table.

VINCE stands up.

	VINCE
I suppose it's already too late for you, Heather.

VINCE walks off.

IAN walks over to HEATHER.

	IAN
Who was that?

	HEATHER
Some guy.

HEATHER stands up and puts on her coat.

	IAN
What are you doing?

	HEATHER
I'm not feeling good. Can you lend me a few dollars so I can catch a cab. I'll pay you back.

IAN pulls out his wallet.

He hands her a twenty.

	IAN
It's on me.

	HEATHER
Thanks.

HEATHER turns to walk off.

	IAN
Heather, wait.

She turns to IAN.

	HEATHER
What?

	IAN
You've been acting different ever since you started staying with your grandmother. What's up?

	HEATHER
Nothing.

	IAN
If you need anything don't hesitate to call me. Please.

	HEATHER
I will.

She turns, but IAN grabs her arm.

	IAN
I'm serious, Heather. I'm here for you. It doesn't matter what the problem may be.

	HEATHER
Okay.

CUT TO:

EXT. CLUB CALYPSO - MIDNIGHT

HEATHER stands outside the club flagging down a cab.

One finally stops and pulls over for her.

CUT TO:

INT. TAXI CAB

HEATHER gets into the taxi and shuts the door.

	HEATHER
Sixty-six Cresent Drive. And drive fast, please.

CUT TO:

INT. HEATHER'S BEDROOM

HEATHER walks into her bedroom and shuts the door behind her.

She tries flicking on the light.

They're not working.

	HEATHER
Great.

HEATHER makes her way over to the dresser.

She opens up the top drawer and pulls out a flashlight.

She walks back over to the door, but she steps on something along the way.

	HEATHER
What's that?

She looks down to see her camera in pieces.

	HEATHER
What...

She turns around and aims the light in the room.

	HEATHER
	(Calling out.)
Who's there?

The light is aimed on the wall.

She could see that something was written on it.

Then the lights to the house click on.

She could see what was written on the wall.

She covers her mouth in horror.

On the wall, in dark red letters, were the words: GET OUT.

HEATHER turns around to see ALICE standing there.

	ALICE
What's the matter?

	HEATHER
On the wall.

CUT TO:

INT. ALICE'S HOUSE - KITCHEN - DAY

ALICE is sitting down at the kitchen table.

MADELINE is serving her breakfast.

	ALICE
Well, someone wrote that terrible message on her wall, Madeline. If it wasn't you then who was it?

	MADELINE
It wasn't me. I had nothing of the sort to do with it, Ms. Donner.

	ALICE
Very well, Madeline. Just serve the food and you're dismissed. I need time to think.

	MADELINE
Yes, ma'am.

HEATHER comes walking into the kitchen.

	HEATHER
What's for breakfast?

	ALICE
Eggs and toast.

	HEATHER
Smells good.

HEATHER makes her plate and sits down.

	ALICE
You're in quite a good mood for someone who had a terrible message written on their wall last night.

	HEATHER
Is that a bad thing?

ALICE looks at her.

	ALICE
I talked to Madeline a few minutes ago about the incident. She said that she didn't do it.

	HEATHER
That's a relief.

	ALICE
It's got me thinking.

	HEATHER
About what.

	ALICE
You didn't write that on the wall for attention, did you?

	HEATHER
No. Why would I do something like that. It's stupid.

	ALICE
I'm only asking a question. There's no need for that talk.

	HEATHER
I'm sorry. It's just that I am trying to forget it even happened. It'll just be something else I have to worry about again.

	ALICE
I suppose.

CUT TO:

INT. LOCAL LIBRARY - DAY

HEATHER makes her way into the library.

She walks over to a desk where a librarian sits by himself.

	HEATHER
Hi.

The librarian looks up to her.

	HEATHER
I was wondering if you had a computer available.

CARRIE comes walking up behind her.

	CARRIE
Well...

HEATHER looks at CARRIE.

The two of them follow the librarian.

CUT TO:

HEATHER sits down at the computer.

CARRIE'S sitting next to her.

	CARRIE
What exactly is it that you're looking for, Heather?

	HEATHER
Information.

	CARRIE
Well, it better be important. Ian will kill me when if he finds out that I took his car.

	HEATHER
He'll get over it.

HEATHER types something on the keyboard.

CARRIE leans over to see what she typed.

	CARRIE
	(Reading.)
Mary Sherman.

CARRIE gets confused.

	CARRIE
Isn't that the name of that witch you were telling me about?

	HEATHER
Yeah.

	CARRIE
You have go to be kidding me. Please tell me you don't believe any of that crap, Heather.

	HEATHER
It's hard to explain. Strange things have happened to me ever since I went to that house.

	CARRIE
You got that right. All of a sudden you're on this hunt for some witch that doesn't even exist.

	HEATHER
Maybe not.

HEATHER keeps looking for a second.

	CARRIE
Well...

	HEATHER
	(Frustrated.)
I don't get it. There's nothing on here about some woman who was stoned back in the 1970's.

	CARRIE
That's because it's not true. It's an urban legend.

HEATHER looks to CARRIE.

	HEATHER
I want to believe that it isn't true, Carrie, but how else do you explain the things that are happening.

	CARRIE
What things, honey? What are you talking about?

	HEATHER
Windows shattering, strange shadows, people in the hallway.

	CARRIE
You're not the only one who's staying in that house, Heather. It could've been anyone.

	HEATHER
I've even had a dream I was Mary Sherman and I was being stoned to death and when I woke up I was outside.

	CARRIE
Sleepwalking.

	HEATHER
And the message on the wall the other night too. Explain that.

CARRIE rolls her eyes.

	HEATHER
I can't believe you of all people don't believe me. Do you want me to think I am crazy?

HEATHER gets up and walks off.

	CARRIE
	(To herself.)
Shit.

CUT TO:

EXT. ALICE'S HOUSE - DAY

HEATHER makes her way up onto the porch of the house.

She tries opening the door, but it's locked.

	HEATHER
Great.

She turns around to see MADELINE standing there.

HEATHER jumps back.

	HEATHER
Sorry. You scared me.

	MADELINE
Heather, do you have a minute. I need to talk to you.

	HEATHER
I wish I could, but there's something I need to do.

HEATHER grabs out her key to open the door.

MADELINE grabs her arm.

	MADELINE
You have to get out of the house, Heather.

HEATHER turns to her.

	HEATHER
What are you talking about?

	MADELINE
I wrote that message on the wall to help you. As a warning.

	HEATHER
It was you.

	MADELINE
Things aren't what they seem. They're different.

	HEATHER
Different?

	MADELINE
Your window breaking, someone in your bedroom. Please tell me you don't think those things happened by a coincidence, do you?

	HEATHER
Didn't they?

	MADELINE
It's more to it. You and I both know that. That's the reason why you went to the library, right?

	HEATHER
How did you know that? Are you watching me now?

	MADELINE
It doesn't matter. Whatever you're thinking about the house is right, but much worse.

	HEATHER
What is it then? I can't seem to figure it out. Is it haunted?

	MADELINE
You could say that.

	HEATHER
I thought you told me that you didn't believe in that.

	MADELINE
It only exist when you believe they exist.

	HEATHER
Well, I don't believe. So why is it happening to me?

	MADELINE
If you didn't believe then you would not have went to the library to do some research on Mary Sherman.

There's a moment of silence.

	MADELINE
You have to get out of the house, Heather. Before you...

HEATHER interrupts her.

	HEATHER
Before what. Before I end up like the last girl who lived here.

	MADELINE
Who told you?

	HEATHER
She killed herself.

	MADELINE
That girl didn't kill herself. It's darker than that.

Another moment of silence.

It's broken by ALICE.

	ALICE (O.S.)
What's going on here?

HEATHER turns to see ALICE in the doorway.

	HEATHER
Nothing. I was just asking Madeline a question about the house.

	ALICE
I don't pay Madeline to answer any questions, Heather. She's here to do her job. If you have any questions I told you to ask me.

	HEATHER
Okay.

HEATHER looks her in the eyes.

	HEATHER (CON'T)
Why don't you tell me about the last girl who lived here?

	ALICE
What do you mean?

	HEATHER
Did she kill herself?

ALICE grows curious.

	ALICE
Who told you this?

She looks to MADELINE.

	ALICE (CON'T)
Did you tell her this?

	MADELINE
No, ma'am.

HEATHER looks to ALICE.

	HEATHER
I'm asking you a question. You told me I could ask you a question.

	MADELINE
No. She didn't kill herself. The last girl that lived here moved out. Just like people do.

	HEATHER
Are you sure? Because something tells me you might not be so sure.

They share a moment of silence.

HEATHER walks past her and into the house.

CUT TO:

INT. HEATHER'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

HEATHER lies in bed.

She's tossing and turning.

Another dream.

She wakes up to see ALICE standing over her.

	HEATHER
What are you doing?

ALICE sits on the edge of the bed.

	ALICE
I came to talk to you about that little ourburst you had.

	HEATHER
It's two in the morning.

	ALICE
And.

	HEATHER
I was sleeping.

	ALICE
Well, it looked like you were just about to wake up from a bad dream you were having.

HEATHER leans up.

	HEATHER
Look. I'm sorry for the way I acted earlier. I have a lot on my mind. I haven't been myself.

	ALICE
I see that.

	HEATHER
Can we forget about it tonight and talk in the morning?

	ALICE
Okay. I'll be waiting.

HEATHER watches ALICE leave.

	HEATHER
God, what kind of family was I born into?

HEATHER lies back in her bed.

CUT TO:

INT. HEATHER'S BEDROOM - DAY

HEATHER is looking in the mirror and brushing her hair.

Her bedroom door opens up and she turns around to see ALICE there.

	ALICE
Madeline and I were heading into town to buy some groceries. Would you like me to buy you something?

	HEATHER
I'm good. Thanks.

	ALICE
Okay. We'll back in about an hour or so.

	HEATHER
Okay.

ALICE shuts the door.

A picture above HEATHER'S bed falls to the bed.

HEATHER turns around and looks at the wall.

There was a large hole that had been blocked by the picture.

	HEATHER
What's that?

HEATHER walks over to her window.

She looks outside to see MADELINE and ALICE driving off.

HEATHER makes her way over to her dresser.

On the dresser was a large medal candlestick.

	HEATHER
Let's see what we've got hidden behind the wall.

She takes the candlestick and starts breaking the wall.

She makes the hole larger.

The candlestick drops from her hand and onto the ground.

	HEATHER
What's this?

Some sort of large symbol was imprinted behind the wall.

CUT TO:

INT. IAN & CARRIE'S APARTMENT - DAY

IAN is sitting down on the edge of the couch.

HEATHER is standing up and talking to him.

	HEATHER
There was some sort of symbol on the wall, Ian.

	IAN
A pentagram.

	HEATHER
No. I know what a pentagram looks like. This was different.

	IAN
I can't tell you what it could be then, Heather. The only thing I know is that strange things have happened to you since you got to that house. Is there something you want to talk to me about or anything?

	HEATHER
I don't know.

CUT TO:

INT. ALICE'S HOUSE - DAY

HEATHER comes walking inside the house.

She doesn't hear anyone.

	HEATHER
Anyone home?

INT. LIVING ROOM

HEATHER walks into the living and stands at the bottom of the steps.

	HEATHER
	(Calling out.)
Anyone up there?

INT. HALLWAY

HEATHER makes her way into the hallway.

	HEATHER
	(Lowly.)
Madeline.

Loud thumps were coming from MADELINE'S bedroom.

She walks over to her door.

	HEATHER
You in there?

HEATHER looks down on the ground to see a book.

She bends down and grabs the book.

On the cover was the symbol she saw on her wall.

	HEATHER
Madeline.

She opens the door slowly.

She peeks in to see nothing.

	HEATHER
Hello.

All of a sudden MADELINE'S body comes flying out.

HEATHER falls to the ground.

MADELINE was hung and hanging from her celing in front of the door.

HEATHER screams.

	HEATHER
Oh, my God! Madeline! Ah!

She screams again.

HEATHER stands up and darts down the hallway.

CUT TO:

INT. LIVING ROOM

HEATHER comes running down the steps.

She makes her way to the front door and opens it up.

ALICE was standing there.

HEATHER screams and grabs her.

She's crying.

	ALICE
What's wrong?

	HEATHER
	(Sobbing.)
Madeline!

	ALICE
What?

	HEATHER
She's dead.

CUT TO:

INT. ALICE'S HOUSE - DINING ROOM - NIGHT

HEATHER and ALICE sit at opposite ends of the table.

	HEATHER
I can't believe she would go and do such a thing.

	ALICE
It's a sad thing.

	HEATHER
She's been casting harmful spells against me. I found a symbol behind the wall and the symbol was on the book I found in Madeline's room.

	ALICE
I'm sorry, Heather. I just wanted you to have a good time out here.

	HEATHER
It's not your fault. I tried telling my parents to let me stay home.

HEATHER starts playing with her food.

	HEATHER
Maybe everything that's been going on was because of Madeline. I guess she just hated me.

	ALICE
Hate's such a strong word. You should becareful on how you use it.

	HEATHER
But that's how it seems.

ALICE looks at HEATHER and frowns.

	ALICE
I'm so sorry.

	HEATHER
Why haven't my parents tried to call me? What's going on?

	ALICE
Nothing. They've been busy. I'm sure of it.

	HEATHER
It's not like that. They would've called me the second they got to the hotel.

	ALICE
I told you they called.

	HEATHER
Yeah, but if they wanted to talk to me, why didn't they just call my cell phone or something?

	ALICE
You're asking the wrong person. I'm not sure.

HEATHER stands up and pushes in her chair.

	HEATHER
I think I'm going to get some sleep now.

	ALICE
Okay.

HEATHER walks off.

ALICE grabs her phone off the table.

She dials a number and holds it up to her ear.

	ALICE
	(On phone.)
Hey. It's me. Just calling to let you know it's about that time.

CUT TO:

INT. ALICE'S HOUSE - HALLWAY

HEATHER stands in the hallway facing MADELINE'S room.

The door had suddenly opened.

	HEATHER
What's going on?

INT MADELINE'S BEDROOM

HEATHER walks into the bedroom and looks on MADELINE'S bed.

The book she had found on the floor was opened and the pages were flipping open.

HEATHER slowly walks over to the book.

She grabs it to see the pages were turned to the symbol that MADELINE has drew behind the wall.

HEATHER skims through to see the title.

	HEATHER
	(Reading.)
"Circle of Protection."

She drops the book on the bed.

	HEATHER
Protection from what.

HEATHER turns around to see ALICE standing there.

	ALICE
What are you doing?

	HEATHER
Nothing. I was just about to go to bed, but I thought I saw something.

	ALICE
What do you have in your hand?

	HEATHER
Nothing.

	ALICE
	(Smiling.)
Honey, you just had something in your hand that you were looking at.

	HEATHER
Oh.

HEATHER grabs the book and hands it to her.

	HEATHER
I was looking at this book. This was the one Madeline had with the symbol on the cover.

	ALICE
Why do you have it?

	HEATHER
I wanted to show you it. So you would believe me.

	ALICE
I do believe you.

HEATHER starts walking past her.

	HEATHER
Well, I'm going to bed. I'll see you in the morning.

	ALICE
Goodnight.

CUT TO:

INT. HEATHER'S BEDROOM

HEATHER stands at her bedroom door listening to see if she can hear ALICE'S bedroom door shut.

She finally hears it shut.

She makes her way over to her bed and grabs her cell phone.

CUT TO:

INT. IAN & CARRIE'S APARTMENT

IAN and CARRIE are sitting on the edge of their bed.

They're making out.

IAN'S cell phone starts ringing.

	IAN
Should I get that?

	CARRIE
Just let it go. Maybe they'll leave a message.

CUT TO:

INT. HEATHER'S BEDROOM

HEATHER sits on the other end of the phone.

IAN'S answering machine picks up.

	HEATHER
	(Leaving message.)
Ian, it's me. I need you to come and pick me up immediately. Things are happening here. Jesus Christ, Ian, people are dead.

HEATHER hangs up the phone.

She gets down and looks under her bed for her shoes.

They're not there.

	HEATHER
Shit.

She grabs her coat off the bed and throws it on.

CUT TO:

INT. HALLWAY

HEATHER stands in the hallway outside her door.

She's looking down at ALICE'S door.

She turns her head in the direction of MADELINE'S room.

	HEATHER
The keys to Madeline's car have to be in the room.

HEATHER starts walking down the hallway.

INT. MADELINE'S ROOM

HEATHER makes her way over to MADELINE'S dresser.

She starts looking for her keys.

	HEATHER
Shit. Where are they?

She finds the keys in the bottom drawer.

	HEATHER
Yes!

She turns around to see ALICE standing there.

ALICE hits her on the side of her head with the end of the rifle.

HEATHER screams and falls to the ground.

	HEATHER
Bitch!

	ALICE
It's time, Heather.

ALICE grabs HEATHER by the feet.

HEATHER manages to kick herself loose and kicks ALICE in the gut.

ALICE falls to the ground with the rifle in her hands.

HEATHER stands up and runs to the door.

INT. HALLWAY

HEATHER comes out the bedroom door and slams it shut.

She turns to face the door.

ALICE fires a round through the door.

HEATHER screams and jumps back.

She turns around and starts running down the hall.

ALICE opens the bedroom door and steps into the hallway.

She takes aim and fires another round.

The round misses HEATHER and hits the wall by her.

HEATHER screams.

She falls to the ground and down the steps.

INT. LIVING ROOM

HEATHER lies on the living room floor.

She slowly starts getting up.

	ALICE (O.S.)
You've got no place to go!

CUT TO:

EXT. ALICE'S HOUSE - RAINING NIGHT

HEATHER runs outside and out into the pouring rain.

She gets in MADELINE'S car and starts it up.

	HEATHER
	(Panicky.)
Come on! Start.

The car starts backing up.

HEATHER looks up at the house to see ALICE on the porch.

ALICE fires a round at the car, but misses.

HEATHER gasps.

She manages to turn the car around and speeds off.

CUT TO:

INT. ALICE'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM

ALICE makes her way over to her telephone.

She grabs it and dials a number.

She puts the phone up to her ear and waits.

	ALICE
	(In phone.)
She got away. I think she's heading back to her house.

CUT TO:

EXT. HEATHER'S HOUSE - MIDNIGHT

HEATHER parks the car on her lot and gets out.

She runs up to her front door and tries tugging on the door.

	HEATHER
Shit.

HEATHER looks around her porch.

She grabs a chair and makes it over to a window.

She's breathing heavily.

HEATHER takes the chair and throws it through the glass window.

She then climbs through.

CUT TO:

INT. HEATHER'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM

HEATHER drops to the floor of her living room.

She stands up and looks at the broken window.

Strange sounds can be heard coming from a room upstairs.

She turns and looks up at the ceiling.

	HEATHER
	(Murmuring.)
Who's there?

She starts walking over to her steps.

She suddenly comes to a stop when she can see her parent's suitcase sitting on the floor next to the door.

	HEATHER
What?

HEATHER bends down and grabs the suitcase.

She opens it up.

Everything inside falls out along with two wallets.

	HEATHER
I don't get it. If they were back why didn't the call me.

She opens one wallet.

It was her father's.

She starts flipping through the wallet.

That's when she comes to a photo I.D.

She looks at the I.D.

Her face lights up in horror.

	HEATHER
Oh, my God.

The name on her father's I.D. wasn't RUSSELL BAKER.

She reads the name allowed.

	HEATHER
	(Reading.)
Jim Conner.

She grabs the other wallet and opens it up.

It was her mother's.

She looks to see that her mother's name wasn't ELIZABETH BAKER.

She reads the name.

	HEATHER
	(Reading.)
Nancy Conner.

She drops the wallets to the ground.

	HEATHER
	(To herself.)
They're not my parents.

CUT TO:

INT. HEATHER'S PARENT'S ROOM

HEATHER runs into the room and over to a dresser.

She pulls out the top one and nothing, but papers fall to the ground.

She starts digging through the papers.

HEATHER comes to a stop when she finds what she was looking for.

	HEATHER
Adoption papers.

HEATHER finds adoption papers that were hers.

	HEATHER
Oh, my God.

She stands up and turns around to see RUSSELL standing there.

She backs away and gasps.

	RUSSELL
Honey, what are you doing here? You should be with your grandmother.

	HEATHER
I could ask you the same. I thought you were on a business trip.

	RUSSELL
Don't question me when I am asking you a question.

HEATHER backs up into the dresser.

	HEATHER
You're not my father.

	RUSSELL
What are talking about? Of course I'm your father.

	HEATHER
Liar!

RUSSELL holds out his hand.

	RUSSELL
Come on. I'll take you back to your grandmother's.

	HEATHER
Stay away! She's not my grandmother. She's Mary Sherman.

	RUSSELL
What are you talking about? Who's Mary Sherman?

	HEATHER
It doesn't matter. I'm not going back there and you can't make me.

RUSSELL lunges at her.

HEATHER grabbed a phone in her hand.

She hits him in the head.

RUSSELL falls to the ground.

HEATHER runs out the door.

CUT TO:

INT. LIVING ROOM

HEATHER makes her way to the front door.

She opens it up to see her mother standing there.

They look one another in the eye.

ELIZABETH grabs her on the shoulder's.

	ELIZABETH
Run.

ELIZABETH moves out of the way.

EXT. HEATHER'S HOUSE

HEATHER runs down the steps and out into the rain.

RUSSELL comes running out onto the porch.

ELIZABETH grabs him by the shoulder.

	ELIZABETH
Stop! Please. Just let her go. Please let her go.

	RUSSELL
No. Mother needs her. You knew what the plan was from the start.

	ELIZABETH
Russell, no.

	RUSSELL
What do you care? She's not even our child.

	ELIZABETH
She is. When you went off to Irag for a year I found out I was pregnant. I had her before you came back. I let you think she was adopted. The papers are fake, Russell. She's our child. She's your daughter.

	RUSSELL
Liar!

RUSSELL grabs ELIZABETH by the neck and starts choking her.

He turns around and slams her face first through the glass window.

CUT TO:

INT. IAN & CARRIE'S APARTMENT - SAME NIGHT

IAN and CARRIE are lying in bed.

They're both lying  under the covers.

	IAN
It's okay. You're not ready. There's nothing wrong with that.

	CARRIE
I'm sorry.

	IAN
	(Smiling.)
Carrie, it's fine. Why don't you go take a shower.

CARRIE smiles and gets out of bed.

IAN gets out of bed.

He's wearing a t-shirt and boxers.

	IAN
	(Calling out.)
Carrie, where's my cell? I'm going to see who called earlier.

	CARRIE (O.S.)
On the table!

IAN makes his way over to the table.

He grabs his cell phone and dials his voice mail.

	OPERATOR (V.O.)
You have one new voice mail. Press one at any time to skip this message, two if you would like to save it, and three if you would like to delete it.

IAN waits for the message.

	HEATHER (V.O.)
	(Recorded message.)
Ian, it's me. I need you to come and pick me up immediately. Things are happening here. Jesus Christ, Ian, people are dead.

IAN'S eyes grow wide.

CUT TO:

INT. MADELINE'S CAR

HEATHER sits in MADELINE'S car.

She's trying to start it.

	HEATHER
Fuck.

RUSSELL runs up to the car.

He stands in front of the car so she can't move or else she would have to run him over.

	RUSSELL
Just get out of the car, Heather. It will all be over before you even knew it began.

	HEATHER
Go to hell!

The car starts.

HEATHER slams on the gas.

She runs RUSSELL over.

The car comes to a stop.

	HEATHER
Shit!

It's not starting.

	HEATHER
No!

HEATHER looks back to see that RUSSELL wasn't on the ground.

She peeks out both windows on her side.

	HEATHER
Shit.

RUSSELL pops up on her side window where she was sitting.

He slams his fist through it.

HEATHER screams.

His hands grab her by the head.

She's struggling to get away.

	HEATHER
Get off me!

HEATHER manages to reach the door handle on the passnger's side.

The door was jammed.

She scratches RUSSELL on the arm causing him to let go.

	HEATHER
Open!

She tugs at the door.

It's not opening.

RUSSELL opens the driver's door.

He grabs her again.

She manages to kick the window on the passenger's side.

It shatters.

RUSSELL and her are struggling.

HEATHER grabs the car keys and cuts RUSSELL on the face.

He let's her go.

She crawls out the car window.

HEATHER drops to the ground.

EXT. HEATHER'S HOUSE

She lies on the ground outside MADELINE'S car.

She gets up and takes off running.

It wasn't long before RUSSELL catches her by the hair.

	RUSSELL
You little bitch! Do you have any idea how much that hurt? I'd cut the shit out of you if I knew it wasn't going to affect my mother's new look.

RUSSELL throws her into his car.

CUT TO:

INT. RUSSELL'S CAR

HEATHER sits in the backseat.

She tugs on the doors, but they don't open.

RUSSELL sits in the driver's seat.

	RUSSEL
Stop trying! There's no way you can get out of this car.

HEATHER looks at him with disgust.

	HEATHER
You're fucking sick! I know what you are doing!

	RUSSELL
	(Laughing.)
Oh, do you? Why don't you enlighten me then?

	HEATHER
You're helping her! You used me as her sacrifice!

RUSSELL turns out onto the street.

	RUSSELL
You're good. How long did it take you to figure this out?

	HEATHER
Drop dead.

RUSSELL'S avoiding the main streets.

He's taking the backroads.

	HEATHER
The stories are true. The story she told me about Mary Sherman. Alice was the girl back in the 70's that Mary had shackled over that pentagram. Only when the neighbors got there it was too late. Mary became Alice and Alice becamse Mary, right?

	RUSSELL
I suppose.

	HEATHER
Mary got away. Alice was stoned that day. Your mother isn't Alice Conner it's Mary Sherman. She kept the name and gave it to you as a cover up. So nobody would know. Not that anyone would believe, but I do! I know what happened that night.

RUSSELL starts laughing.

	RUSSELL
Well, would you look at that? We got ourselves a regular Nancy Drew on our hands, don't we?

	HEATHER
Go to hell.

RUSSELL starts laughing again.

	HEATHER
That girl who rented that house from your supposed mother didn't commit suicide. She died trying to stay alive from the same fate you're trying to give me!

	RUSSELL
Wow. I must say that I am seriously impressed.

	HEATHER
Only she wasn't strong enough. Not as strong as I am. I'm not going down that easy without a fight.

	RUSSELL
If that's what you want, but I'm sure it would be much more easy if you just gave in and let it happen.

CUT TO:

INT. IAN'S CAR - SAME NIGHT

IAN is stuck in traffic.

	IAN
	(Disgusted.)
Red lights.

The light turns green, but traffic slowly moves.

	IAN
Come on!

He blows his horn.

CUT TO:

EXT. ALICE'S HOUSE - SAME NIGHT

ALICE stands on the porch with the rifle in her hand.

RUSSELL gets out of the car.

	ALICE
It took you long enough!

	RUSSELL
She put up a fight, but she's here now, ain't she?

	ALICE
Don't back talk me! Just get that little whore in here!

RUSSELL opens the car door and reaches in for HEATHER.

She kicks him in the face.

HEATHER gets out the car and tries running.

RUSSELL grabs her.

He turns her around and is about to hit her.

ALICE grabs him by the hand.

	ALICE
Don't ruin my face because you got kicked in the face. Be a man.

ALICE aims the gun at HEATHER.

	ALICE
We're going to do this my way. Don't make me fire this gun.

	HEATHER
You won't do it. You need me alive for the switch, you old bitch.

	ALICE
She's right.

ALICE hits her in the back of the head with the gun.

HEATHER falls to the ground.

ALICE looks to RUSSELL.

	ALICE
Pick her up.

	RUSSELL
Oh, sure. I can't hit her, but you sure can.

	ALICE
Just come on.

CUT TO:

INT. IAN & CARRIE'S APARTMENT

CARRIE comes walking out of the shower.

She doesn't see IAN around.

	CARRIE
Ian?

CARRIE walks over and grabs his cell phone.

	CARRIE
Who called you that caused you to run off so quickly?

She dials a number.

She then holds the phone up to her ear.

CUT TO:

INT. ALICE'S BASEMENT

HEATHER slowly opens her eyes.

She tries getting up, but she finds out that she has been shackled to the ground.

	RUSSELL
Where do you think you're going, little lady?

HEATHER looks at him.

	RUSSELL
I thought you said you weren't going down without a fight, but it looks like not much of a fight went down.

RUSSELL starts laughing.

	ALICE (O.S.)
Get away from her.

ALICE comes walking down the steps.

	RUSSELL
Oh, mother. I was only having a little fun with her.

	ALICE
Well, that's enough.

HEATHER was shackled over a pentagram.

Candles were lit all around her.

	HEATHER
You're never going to get away with this. One of these days you will get caught.

	ALICE
But not this one.

ALICE holds a dagger in her hand.

HEATHER looks at the dagger to see it was the one that she found in the kitchen drawer.

	ALICE
Look familiar.

ALICE giggles to herself.

She opens her book up to the page she needed.

	ALICE
Let's get on with the services, shall we?

	HEATHER
I should've know it was you from the beginning. Madeline was trying to warn me about you, but I didn't listen. I ignored the clues.

	ALICE
Madeline's dead.

	HEATHER
You killed her. It was you. You hung Madeline.

ALICE starts laughing.

	ALICE
It was something that had to be done, you see? I didn't want that old hag to get in the way of this.

RUSSELL hands her a rusted cup.

It looked ancient.

	ALICE
Now, it's time to get this show on the road.

ALICE looks her in the eyes.

	ALICE
	(Chanting.)
I take within thee, the beauty within thee, the youth within thee.

ALICE keeps chanting those words.

She bends down and cuts HEATHER on the wrist.

HEATHER screams.

ALICE let's her blood drip into the cup.

She's still chanting.

ALICE then cuts her wrist and let's her blood drip into the cup.

She holds the cup in the air.

Things in the room start moving and blowing around.

Strange sounds are heard.

ALICE is chanting something else.

	ALICE
	(Chanting loudly.)
Give me the strength, give me the power, on beauty and youth I shall devour.

ALICE bends down and forces HEATHER to drink.

ALICE is still chanting.

She holds the cup to her mouth about to drink.

The suddenly the lights click out.

	ALICE (O.S.)
Russell, get the lights. It doesn't work when I'm not able to look into her eyes!

	RUSSELL (O.S.)
I don't know what happened.

All of a sudden the lights click on.

HEATHER was now unshackled and standing in front of ALICE.

	HEATHER
Fuck you!

HEATHER punches her hard in the face.

ALICE stumbles back.

RUSSELL stands there in shock.

	RUSSELL
What the hell? Who let you out of there?

	IAN (O.S.)
I did.

RUSSELL turns around to see IAN.

IAN stands there with a pipe in his hand.

He uses it to hit RUSSELL in the face.

RUSSELL falls to the ground.

IAN reaches out for HEATHER'S hand.

	IAN
Time to go.

HEATHER grabs IAN'S hand and starts to run.

RUSSELL grabs her and yanks her back.

IAN falls in place.

RUSSELL holds HEATHER and faces ALICE.

RUSSELL and ALICE are standing over the pentagram.

	RUSSELL
Come on, mom!

ALICE gets to her knees.

	ALICE
Where's the dagger?

IAN stands behind RUSSELL with the dagger.

	IAN
Right here.

IAN stabs RUSSELL in the back.

RUSSELL falls to the ground and bleeds.

IAN grabs HEATHER and the two run up the steps.

ALICE makes her way over to her son.

	ALICE
My baby.

She gets down on her knees.

CUT TO:

INT. IAN'S CAR

IAN is sitting behind the wheel of the car.

HEATHER is in the passenger's seat.

	IAN
Are you okay?

	HEATHER
Nobody will believe me.

	IAN
I believe you.

CUT TO:

EXT. ALICE'S HOUSE

CARRIE is stepping out of a taxi.

She walks around to the driver and gives him the money.

The taxi then pulls off.

CARRIE then turns around to face the house.

She walks up to the front door and knocks.

	CARRIE
	(Calling out.)
Ian! Heather! It's Carrie. What's going on?

CUT TO:

INT. ALICE'S BASEMENT

ALICE heard CARRIE at the door.

She suddenly stops crying and evilly smiles.

	ALICE
Well, what do you know? The lord sure does work in mysterious ways.

CUT TO:

EXT. ALICE'S HOUSE

CARRIE stands on the front porch.

She knocks on the door again.

	CARRIE
	(Calling out.)
Hello!

The front door slowly opens.

CARRIE peeks inside to see nothing, but darkness.

	CARRIE
Anyone home?

CARRIE walks into the house.

The door slams shut behind her.

CUT TO BLACK:

CARRIE'S screams can be heard as a V.O.

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THE END