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You can do this, Elliot. Come on, you can do this.
Elliot, you can do this.
No, please!
Elliot, Elliot, please, no!
Please, Elliot, don't!
Please, Elliot, you don't have to do this.
Please, Elliot!
It isn't you, Elliot, please!
Please, Elliot.
Elliot, please!
I can't look.
Please, please!
Please, he's your son, Elliot.
Don't do this, please. You don't have to. Don't!
Don't!
Where do you think you're going, Miranda?
Help me!
No, no!
Elliot!
No! No!
Help me!
Are we nearly there?
Nearly.
Penny, you've asked that like three times.
It's not even a long drive.
We've only been driving for like 30 minutes.
We are here.
Hurry up, out we go.
Eric.
Oh.
Brand new start for us.
Wow.
Welcome to Elm Lake.
Well I guess we should get our stuff.
Or, we go and explore?
Yeah? Yeah?
Come on, trouble, come on.
Chop chop.
This is amazing.
What do you think?
Wait, where did you find the time to do all this?
I just found the time.
Well it does need a bit more work.
Really?
I had to sign up for 12 months though.
But what the hell? We'll make this work.
Okay.
Yeah, I love it.
Really?
Yeah, really.
I was worried.
No, I do love it.
Thank you.
Penny?
So what do you think?
I want that room.
Cheeky.
Eric?
Hmm?
Come here.
This is for your man shed.
Alright.
I'll settle that tomorrow.
Are you gonna pick that up?
Take it, take it.
I'll take you now, I'll take you now.
What? What?
Eric!
Malcolm?
No.
Sorry, I'm Eric.
Mike.
I'm sort of taking over when Malcolm retires this week.
I don't know what the old boy promised you,
but he never said nothing to me about you taking over.
I don't know who you are.
Who are you?
Where's Malcolm?
I only spoke to him last week about all of this.
To be honest, you'd be the last thing on his mind.
He had a stroke.
Found him under a car out there, he did.
But I run this place now, yeah.
That doesn't seem fair.
He was quite keen about me taking over.
If you wanna visit him, you better take some flowers
'cause he's up at Splinters Mound Cemetery.
Mike, I can fix anything.
He used to own a garage like this when he was alive.
Me and my girlfriend, we just moved into the house by the lake
and, well, we're out of choices.
Elm Lake?
The house by the lake?
Yeah.
Bloody tragic, what went on.
They ruined it for the rest of us.
My family moved in with me a couple of days ago
and we're loving it up there.
Yeah, well you take care.
You're all alone up there.
No one can hear you scream.
Mike, can I?
Can I work for you?
Right.
There's a banger over there.
I've been meaning to change the brakes on it
for the last two months.
If you can get that old thing going
by the end of play today, you got a job.
Already on it.
Everything's gonna be fine now.
Just like it was before.
I know, Mom.
I love it here.
It feels like an extra long holiday.
Can I take the boat out tomorrow?
No.
Not on your own, no way.
But maybe your dad can take you out soon.
Yes.
Deal?
Okay.
Let's go to bed.
Come on you.
It's about time.
Eric?
Eric, are you there?
Yeah.
Can you come here for a sec?
I got Penny to sleep.
And you know she doesn't sleep long.
And what does this mean?
This means that we have some time alone.
Oh, do we?
Oh.
Eric, you okay?
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I'm fine.
Eric.
What was it?
I saw,
I thought I saw someone.
Eric.
Oh fuck.
Daddy?
Penny.
Where did you get that?
Found it.
Go back to sleep, Penny, okay?
Nothing?
I swear I saw something, someone.
A man there.
Well if you've checked and there's nothing there...
Let's just go to sleep, yeah?
I'm not feeling too well.
Yeah, okay.
I love you.
Don't worry.
He didn't see you.
You're my secret.
Hey.
Hon.
You okay?
Yeah, yeah.
I had light sleep, I guess.
My head kills.
Um.
Here you go, take one of these.
Maybe have a hot shower or something.
Yeah, thanks.
Ooh, that's good.
Who's that?
It's my friend.
Who?
Smithy.
He gave me that doll too.
It's her new friend and apparently he lives here as well.
Penny?
We talked about this.
We don't talk to imaginary friends anymore, do we?
Eric.
Will you stop encouraging her, please?
Sorry.
I think I will go for that shower.
Hi.
Oh, come in.
Oh, I must say, this is a cute place.
You think so?
Do I think?
Uh, yeah.
Hey you, good pick.
All right, shall I come back another time?
Oh no, he's just been unwell. Don't worry.
Okay, let's see the land then.
Okay, let's go.
I don't mean to be a bitch but we both know
you can't afford this.
So it's either you won the lottery or...
Or?
Or there's something wrong with this place.
Okay well, this is the part
where you're gonna hate it.
Why?
Okay, apparently the family that lived here before,
the dad murdered the wife and kid or something.
Wow.
Oh, come on.
Say something.
Well I don't know what to say exactly.
Oh it's not that bad.
It isn't that bad?
Haley, it's really bad.
Well you know what I mean, like,
it happened years ago.
No one's lived here since, so.
How do you do it?
How do you stay there?
You know why, we can't afford anywhere else.
Besides, look at this.
It is beautiful.
Don't you think this whole situation
is moving really fast?
Crys, please, just don't go there, okay?
Haley, I'm gonna go there.
That man cheated on you for over six months.
Once a cheater, always a cheater in my book.
He's changed.
Like really, he has.
Really?
Because that didn't seem fine.
But we talked about it all.
And I mean look what he's done for us.
Like this place.
He's trying, like really hard.
Look, just because you have a kid together
doesn't mean you have to be together.
You're a hot girl.
Oh come on!
You could do so much better than that.
Be your own boss.
No, look, this is gonna be good, okay?
Like for all of us.
As a family and it's just what we need.
Okay, so I've got to go.
I've got a date.
Oh.
Yes.
Anyone I know?
Let's just say I'll tell you all the
naughty details later.
Okay, then have fun.
I will.
Penny, what are you doing?
It's really scary.
What happened?
I died.
Penny.
Wait, when?
Seven years ago.
Who?
My dad.
Penny.
Mom, you scared him away.
He's gone now.
What?
Smithy, he doesn't like when other people are around.
He only likes me.
Oh come on, Penny, Smithy isn't real.
Yes he is.
He's behind you.
There's nobody there.
Shut up, you're stupid.
All right, get to bed now.
Penny, now, I mean it.
It's late, I've had enough.
Now!
I did it.
They are gone now, I will follow them.
I will be with them for I have Lucifer's blood in me.
Light always needs a source of energy.
Darkness does not need a source of energy
therefore darkness will always beat light.
He owns this house.
This was where generations of his followers
have slain and appreciated him for his work.
I obey him yet questioned him and for this
he inflicted a great deal of suffering upon me.
And I have not left the house for days
due to that suffering.
My commitment has been said to be proved
if I grant him my last wish.
To slay my family so they follow my path and not God's.
Hey.
Shh, be quiet, they're asleep.
Look at the moon tonight.
Wait, he's out there.
Did you see anything?
What? No one.
Why?
I'm just freaking myself out.
Come in.
Okay.
Quick.
So, what was so urgent?
I found this.
It's a journal and I think it belonged to that man,
you know, the man who lived here before.
Holy shit, let me look.
It just really freaked me out.
I think maybe I need to just find out what happened.
Oh my god.
Lucifer?
This is so messed up.
I know.
Mom.
Hang on, I'll just go and see to her
and I'll be back, okay?
Oh my god.
Okay, go.
What became known locally as the Massacre at Elm Lake,
the family's bodies were discovered by a dog walker
in the early hours of the morning
in the lake outside of the house.
Their bodies had been drained of blood.
The father Elliot Mandres had shot himself
after brutally slaying his wife and 12 year old son.
Mrs. Mandres, Miranda had been discovered decapitated
at the scene of the crime.
It was thought that Elliot Mandres had been dabbling
with witchcraft and satanism
and was sacrificing his family to the devil.
He had become increasingly isolated in the weeks
leading up to the events of that gruesome night.
And few friends or family had contact
with the Mandreses for a while beforehand.
Stop, okay, no.
It's nearly finished.
No, I can't hear any more.
It's fucked up, right?
Yeah.
I don't like it.
So I got you something.
Kill, kill, kill!
Kill!
It's nothing big.
It's just a little housewarming present.
I think it's the perfect time.
If the spirits are chilling in your house
then the least they can do is talk to us, right?
Don't you think this is a little bit stupid?
Don't you wanna know what happened?
Listen, we tell them we're not gonna do them any harm.
You just wanna know why they're here.
Haven't you always been curious to try one of these?
Not really, no.
Not even a little bit?
No.
Well, we're gonna do it.
So hand on it.
Go on.
Clear your mind.
Let go of any thoughts.
Hey, be serious.
Okay, okay sorry.
Relax.
Allow the spirits in.
Allow them to use your body.
Allow them to enter your mind
to send us their message.
Allow their voices to be heard.
Don't...
be...
This is you.
No.
No, it's not.
Scared.
Who was that?
Miranda.
Help me.
Why are you not safe?
I'm sorry.
Well I guess you found your spirit.
Put it away.
What?
Oh sorry, were you working?
No I'm not going in today.
Listen, I've booked us a babysitter for tonight.
I think we should get out, just the two of us.
Just get out of that house.
Are you feeling up to it?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's a great idea.
Okay.
Penny's here, do you wanna speak to her?
Um, just say hi.
Okay.
Mom, I don't feel well.
Oh, it's just 'cause you're nervous.
It's gonna be fine, it'll be fun, first day.
They won't like me.
Of course they'll like you.
Everybody likes you.
No they won't, he told me.
They're horrible, mean, they won't like me.
Who said that?
Smithy.
I love you, mom.
Wait, kiss.
Have a really good time.
Bye.
All right, bye.
Hayley Jones?
Hi, Julie.
Thank you so much for coming.
You're welcome, sweety.
I'm a bit scared of the house we just moved into.
It's the Lake House on Elm Lake.
Apparently a family lived there before
and some really bad things happened.
I think the father murdered the mother and the child
and I can't explain it but I just,
I feel there's something there,
like there's something not right.
And what have you felt exactly?
Have there been any manifestations at all?
No, my partner Eric thought he saw something.
But ever since we moved there,
he's just been acting really, really strange.
Like he came down with these flu like symptoms
when we moved in.
And he just seems to be getting worse.
I know it sounds silly but it just seems
like he's changing, he's different.
Evil can manifest itself in many ways.
It's within us all but it can only come forth
if we allow it.
Kill.
You all right, bud?
Kill, kill.
And there are dark forces at work here.
Have you spoken to another medium?
Try to communicate in any way?
Actually me and my friend, we did a Ouija board thing.
These things aren't meant as games.
They can bring forth spirits from another dimension.
We spoke to this lady, Miranda.
And it was like she was trying to help us.
She was warning us about some evil spirit in the house.
Well they may seem like they're friendly
but there's no way to know their motives
when they reach forth in this way.
I need to evaluate the house.
I have to come and see what I can sense,
see if I can feel anything.
Please do not use that board again.
They are desperately dangerous.
They shouldn't be used by people
who aren't trained to resist.
Yeah.
Hello, hi, come in, welcome.
Oh my god, it's freezing.
Penny?
I'm Hayley.
Nice to meet you, nice to meet you.
Thanks for coming.
That's all right.
Penny, this is Bethany.
Hiya, you're all right.
Hi, nice to meet you.
She's a bit shy, sorry.
And this is Eric.
Hey, Eric, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
So we'll be back about 10.
Give me a hug.
Right, be good, okay?
Thank you so much.
See you.
See you later.
See you, bye.
It's nice.
Yeah, it is, isn't it.
Yeah, thank you for sorting it out.
It's okay.
It's been long overdue.
I know, well I meant to be seeing him tonight
but I don't think that's gonna happen.
Yeah, yeah yeah.
Well hopefully I'll see you later anyway.
Yup, okay.
Bye, bye bye, bye.
Who are you talking to?
My friend.
What friend? There's no one there.
He's right there.
Penny, there's literally no one there.
What are you on about?
That wasn't nice.
I'm not nice?
I'm taking care of you.
I'm looking after you.
He says you're not safe here.
Well tell him to piss off.
You said a naughty word.
Do you wanna know something?
What?
Do you know who Smithy's dad was?
He was a bad man.
And you know why?
Do you know outside your bedroom,
he shot himself in the head after killing his family
with a knife.
Anyway, bedtime, let's go.
Eric.
We're okay, aren't we?
Of course.
I know it's been difficult lately
with moving in and Penny and everything
that's been going on.
I love you.
I won't do what I did again.
I mean it.
I'm yours and you're mine.
It was a stupid thing.
I just, I was in a bad place.
I wasn't thinking straight.
I know.
Having Penny, don't get me wrong.
I love that girl to pieces.
And I wouldn't change her for the world.
But I think having a child that young
made me freak out, you know.
I jumped to the first thing that felt
like an escape and I messed up, I really did.
But I love you.
And I can't imagine losing you, not again.
I love you too.
Oh my god!
Get up now, get up now!
What's going on?
Oh my god. It's gonna be okay.
Where's my dad?
Stay here, stay here, okay?
You're in my house.
Get out!
Well, yeah I do.
I mainly eat what you don't finish.
I know, I noticed.
The trick is to shut your door now.
Lock it like four times.
Inside?
Yeah.
Penny!
Eric!
Penny?
Penny, where are you?
Penny!
Eric!
Penny! He's got Penny.
What, who, who?
That man!
What man? Who are you talking about? What man?
Penny! Penny!
Where is she?
Eric, Eric!
Eric, look at me. What the hell is going on?
What is going on?
He's got her.
Penny.
Penny, where are you?
Penny, you okay?
What happened? What happened?
Mom, I don't feel well.
What happened?
Where's Beth, where is she?
She left with a man.
What man?
I heard a man.
For God's sake!
Eric!
Come on, it's okay.
It's okay now.
He did a bad thing.
I know, I know.
It's okay now, okay?
Come here.
Eric.
This was all your idea, wasn't it?
You don't know what the hell you're doing,
leaving our child alone with a complete stranger,
you don't even know.
Now look what's happened.
Wait, how can you just start blaming me
for all of this?
Where did you even find her, hmm?
I don't know, she came recommended.
No, she wasn't just some random girl off the street, Eric,
I didn't know she was gonna run off like that, did I?
Right, I saw the way you looked at me when she arrived.
Those eyes, that look you do.
Every time there's another girl around
you always think I'm gonna fuck her!
I don't know what you're talking about.
You're insecure, constantly.
Well can you blame me?
You're right, maybe I don't trust you.
Because you cheated on me, Eric.
You cheated on me.
You were prepared to throw away absolutely everything
that we have.
And when we moved here, you promised me,
you promised that things would change,
there would be a brand new start.
But no, of course I don't bloody trust you.
Shut the fuck up!
Don't do that.
Don't open your fucking mouth.
I can't even look at you.
Look, I want this more than anything in the world,
but I can't see much of a future with you
if you won't even bloody talk to me!
Eric, I can't do this on my own.
I can't save our relationship on my own.
I need you to help me.
Please, just look at me.
Hey, princess.
I thought that you were sleeping.
I can't sleep.
Look Penny, I'm so sorry.
I'll never leave you again like that.
I promise, okay?
Let me have a look.
This one.
Don't worry.
Can you just sleep with me now?
Are you sad?
No.
I'm not sad.
Mommy's fine, okay?
Don't worry.
I love you.
I love you too.
I love you so much.
Do you wanna come and sleep in my bed tonight?
Yeah.
Yes?
Yeah.
Okay, come on, let's go.
Hey, thanks for coming.
Hayley.
Thank you so much for coming.
Oh, you're welcome sweety, thanks.
Um, yes this is the place.
And this is my partner Eric.
Hello, I'm Julie.
All right.
Mom?
Sorry, I'll just, I'll be a second.
Do you mind if I take a look around?
Yeah.
Do you like that?
I knew you always wanted to go.
Hello, Penny.
How are you feeling?
I heard you had quite a night of it.
Yeah, there was a man here.
What did he look like?
He doesn't like me.
He wanted to take me into the forest away,
away from my family.
Do you mind if I take a look?
It started ever since we moved in.
You've been an angel, Penny.
Can you tell me where this man is now?
Can you see him at the moment?
He's there.
Wait here, please.
It's okay.
What?
Julie, what's happening?
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I have to get out of this house!
What?
Wait, wait, wait, Julie, Julie.
Julie, please, Julie!
What happened?
What a nutjob.
Another one of your bright ideas, Hayley.
What?
Um, I'm going out, but Crystal's gonna come over
to look after Penny.
Right.
Eric, what's going on?
I just want us to be like we used to be.
Please, come on.
Tell me what's wrong.
No!
Fine.
Come here.
Eric, Eric!
What are you doing?
Eric.
Oh Eric, Eric.
How are you feeling?
I feel sick.
Look.
Mommy's got to go out soon, okay?
But it's just gonna be for an hour or two.
If it wasn't important I wouldn't go.
But I really have to go.
But Auntie Crystal is gonna come and look after you, okay?
Tomorrow, we are gonna leave here.
We're gonna get out of this house.
And everything's gonna be back to the way it was before.
I promise.
Daddy's scaring me.
He's angry, shouts at me all the time.
He's not dad.
Of course it's Daddy.
He's just not been very well at the moment, has he?
He loves you, yeah.
We both do.
I love you.
I love you too, Mom.
This better be good.
I just had a really hot date.
Sorry, I didn't mean to call you out like this.
I just don't want them to be on their own.
What's going on?
Are you okay?
Yeah, yeah I'm fine.
I just need to go see someone urgently, and.
Yeah, we'll be fine.
Yeah.
What have you been doing?
Dunno, men stuff.
Okay.
Um, just look after Penny, okay?
Of course.
I'll go and get us a takeout.
You go do that.
Thank you for coming.
She just won't leave the church, keeps asking for you.
Please do go, go and see.
Thank you, yeah.
That was a good takeout.
Yeah.
Uh, I'd better go check on the little one.
Uh, do you wanna go?
Uh, Eric.
What are you doing?
Eric, I don't think we should.
She doesn't know you were the one I slept with.
I know you think about me like this.
I know you want me.
Are you okay?
Hayley, Hayley.
Hayley, it's not safe, it's not safe in that house.
What it's done, what lives there.
It's evil.
You have to get your family out of there immediately.
Is this Eric?
What did he do? Tell me?
Harder, harder!
Hard, harder!
There's a spirit, an entity.
It's a force like nothing I felt before.
And it's taken Eric.
That's not your partner anymore.
Whatever is inside Eric now is not his soul.
Eric! Eric!
Eric, stop.
Stop it.
Eric, you're hurting me.
Eric, Eric!
What are you doing?
Penny, help me!
You have been a bad girl, Penny.
You should be asleep!
It's his body.
But not his spirit.
Lucifer needs a host to return.
He means to rise again.
The only way to stop this, to stop him gaining power
is to kill the host.
That's how you stop this.
Shh.
By the hand of Lucifer and the kingdom
that brings the light from the dark,
take this body and replace with thy child,
and take his life,
and make him replenish with all evil and bring him to life.
Take my offering, Lucifer!
I love you.
What are you waiting for?
Kill her! Kill her!
Eric?
Eric isn't here anymore.
Come to me, my darling.
Come with me, come with me to the house.
I need your help.
I can't leave here, I can't leave here.
It's not safe, it's too dangerous.
It's protected here.
Your daughter.
Your daughter's the only one who could help you now.
She has the light.
Penny.
My god, I have to go.
I can smell the fear dripping.
When I find you,
I will pull the layers of skin from your body
one layer at a time before I gouge your eyes out.
Hello?
Crystal, Crystal is that you?
Crystal.
What's going on?
Are you okay? Where's Penny?
Is she all right?
Crystal?
Help me.
Oh Crys, Crys, what's going on?
You okay, where's Penny?
Crystal!
No, fuck!
Get off me!
Penny.
Penny!
No, Penny.
Penny! Penny!
You're back.
What did you do to them?
They're very unwell.
No.
Yes.
No.
What did you do to Penny?!
Hayley. Where is she?!
Hayley!
Don't be like that.
If you would just for once listen.
So listen.
Just fucking listen!
What are you gonna do with that?
Don't come any closer.
Please!
Let me in!
Let Lucifer the fuck in!
Come on!
Oh my god!
Oh my god.
Oh no, no, no, no.
Crystal!
Oh my god.
Wait, you're gonna be okay.
You keep looking at me, okay?
It's gonna be fine, it's gonna be fine.
I'm gonna ring an ambulance, okay?
It's gonna be okay.
It's not okay.
It's not.
Okay.
The ambulance is gonna be here soon, okay?
You're gonna be fine.
I'm sorry.
Don't say that for once.
Eric.
I always knew.
Hayley.
I need to go.
I'm gonna get the car, okay, okay?
Wait, the keys, the keys.
The keys!
No, no, no please. Don't, no.
No!
Stop it, stop!
Run, run, run.
I know you're in there.
Come out, come out!
Eric, please don't.
Eric, please.
Hayley, Hayley.
It's me, Eric.
What have I done? What have I done?
Please.
Eric, Eric!
Okay, okay, we need to get you help.
We need to get you help, okay?
Help me.
Help me, please.
We need to leave.
No, no!
I need you!
No!
No, Eric!
Please stop, please!
Eric's gone.
This time, it's Lucifer's night.
Please.
Just tell me where my daughter is.
Mommy?
I will walk again!
Penny!
Baby, you're freezing.
Oh god.
It's too late.
She's gone.
Only you can save us now.
Come to me, my children.
No, no!
Mommy, kill him.
No, I can't, I can't.
Please.
I love you, I always have.
You don't have to do this.
No.
Mommy, it's time.
Finish this once and for all.
Do it now, Hayley.
It's not him anymore.
Please, please, please, don't make me do this.
You've got to do this.
Let me go.
I love you.
I love you, I love you.
Eric, Eric, no, no.
Eric!