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This film is inspired by a true event.

During a major fire in the '70s,

13 people were found dead clutching each other in an elevator.

Their bodies were badly burned,

They were never identified or claimed by their loved ones.

All 13 bodies were buried side by side in an unmarked grave.

Newark - New Jersey

No one wanted to be the cemetery caretaker.

Strange and eerie things happen often.

You're never sure what's real and what's in your head.

I always hear screaming whenever I'm in this cemetery.

Water makes it disappear.

I try not to ask too many questions.

"13 Souls. Only God Knows Their Names."

Camden - New Jersey

Zila? Agne?

Zila? Agne?

What's going on in there? Open the door!

What's that smell?

Okay. Sweetheart, I want to ask you something.

How many days have you been here with your mom like this?

You can tell me. I'm here to help.

Listen, you've suffered a serious trauma,

You may be in shock, but...

We need to know what happened here, okay?

Do you understand what I'm saying?

She's been living in Brazil for 5 years,

But she was born in America. She speaks English.

Zila, her mother,

Ran away with her when she was still very little.

They came back not long ago.

You said they ran away?

From what?

I only know she came back here with her daughter...

...less than a year ago.

Zila always seemed a little confused.

Does Zila have any other family?

As far as I know, there's her ex-husband.

Agne's father.

Zila wouldn't let the girl talk to him.

And her other daughter.

Agne's sister. She lives with their father.

- In Brazil? - No. Here.

Their father is American.

Would you happen to have his number?

No.

Dad. Ariel Joan. 555-4207242

Hello?

Honey?

Dad wants to talk to you.

We'll talk on the phone.

Yes, thank you for coming so quickly, Ariel.

Is Zila in there?

They've already taken her.

Where's Agne?

She's inside.

She may need some time.

Ariel, all of this has been very upsetting for her.

Yes.

According to the coroner's report,

Agne stayed in the house with her mother's body for three days...

...before anyone found out.

So you can only imagine,

not to mention everything the girl saw here.

How did Zila die?

Some kind of mix of drugs and alcohol.

A large amount of drugs and alcohol.

I didn't even know they had gone back to America.

Why didn't she tell me?

Keeping this child away from what she went through here...

...was more important than getting those answers.

You should try to help her get through all of this.

- Yeah. - Yeah?

Yeah. Come on. Okay, let's go.

Honey?

It's Dad.

Are you ready to go home?

It's so nice to have a sister again.

When did you get back?

Not long ago. Mom wouldn't let me contact you.

Come here.

It'll be okay, sweetheart.

Were you close with Zila?

Honestly, it seemed like something was really bothering her.

She always seemed scared.

It was horrible to watch her destroy herself.

What about her house? Do you need...

Everything's taken care of.

The cleaning crew is coming tomorrow to start clearing it out.

Good luck.

Maybe you two can have a fresh start,

or rebuild.

Rebuild what should never have been broken in the first place.

Come on, Nina.

Thank you.

Do you want to sit up front?

No.

I always sit in the back.

Do you remember that?

I mean, the car's still the same, but it's been 10 years.

You still work at the cemetery?

Yeah.

It's hard to change careers when you're a cemetery caretaker.

And Dad never wanted to change careers either.

Do you remember us playing there, among the gravestones?

I want to go back there.

She didn't want to take a single thing from her mother's house.

I'd probably be the same.

Can we stop to eat?

Yeah? Yeah?

Thank you.

Agne, slow down.

Slow down.

Slow down! Agne!

What's wrong with you?!

Oh God, Dad, I'm sorry!

I didn't mean to! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to!

- I don't know what happened! Sorry! - Are you crazy?

I'll be right back.

We can order something else.

Want anything?

Nina, are you all right?

We have to go.

Nina, come on.

It's always here.

Some places are just not good.

It's not about the place, it's about the old car.

When we were in Brazil,

One of the things I remember...

...is how this car sounds.

It was hard living there with my mother, wasn't it, Abby?

There.

That's where she said she tried to kill me and herself.

Wait, what?

Did she really say that to you?

Dad, is that the reason?!

Is that true?

She said she would save the world from a big problem.

Please, Agne!

Your mother is insane.

Can you talk about something else?

Okay.

I'll stop.

Did our mother ever ask about me?

No.

It's like you're not even here.

Agne, stop it.

Look what you're doing to your little brother.

Fine.

Yeah, sure, I'll stop.

Dad's going to talk to David.

Wait, where are you going?

Just going for a walk.

Dad'll be right back, okay?

- Come on. - Bastard!

Nina! Nina!

What?

What? What? What?

What is it? What's wrong?

What?

Come on. Come on.

Agne?

Agne?

Get in the car.

Is everything all right?

I was just making sure my houses are still there.

If you want to play, we can fix them.

Newark Bay, Industrial Area

Firefighters dig through the ashes of a deliberate fire

The Bronx fire is believed to have been an act of revenge.

Boy, 14, the only survivor of the Kentucky departure

Sorry, we don't have anything else for you to sleep on tonight.

Tomorrow I'll buy you a mattress.

We weren't prepared for you.

I know.

Nina, dinner's almost ready.

Nina?

Help me, Nina.

I don't want to do this to you.

Do what?

There it is.

I'm scared of them too.

Come on, Nina. I'm hungry.

Go on. You won't stop me.

Stop what?!

Dad won't say something?

Agne?!

Stop it!

Stop what?

- Stop scaring your sister! - I'm not scaring anyone!

I just asked her to stop following me!

Who?

Oh my God.

If you don't know,

then I'm not the one who'll tell you.

Hey, son.

Dad saw what happened at the cemetery.

Your sister needs our help.

She's like a helpless child.

What help?

She wants to destroy us.

Just like when she was here before.

Do you really think I don't remember?

I hear you, Nina, I really do.

Really.

Your mother was complicated.

But now she's gone.

Now we have to focus on helping Agne...

...even though it's hard for us.

She spent years...

...in the care of unstable people. Okay?

What's wrong?

Dad... Dad thought...

Forget it. Dad...

Dad thought he saw...

Saw who, Dad?

Mom?

Why are you still awake?

Nina keeps breathing heavily, so I can't sleep.

- I can't sleep... - Agne... Agne...

Dad said we'll get you a mattress tomorrow, okay?

Could you go back to your room and try to sleep?

My room or Nina's room?

Agne, that's your room too, okay?

She must have been happy when I left.

To have her own room.

No, no.

Agne, nobody was happy.

On the contrary, we cried a lot.

I always cried. I always missed you.

Then why didn't you let me stay?

With you. With Nina.

Yes, that's...

It was your mother who took you away to Brazil.

But I let you go.

I wanted to go and bring you home.

But then...

She took over.

A few months became ten years. Is that it?

Dad planned to go and get you, but I was scared.

Scared of what?

Mom?

Go on, say it!

You were scared of a crazy, helpless woman...

...who took your 5-year-old daughter to another country,

And you did nothing!

No, I wasn't scared for myself.

I don't believe you.

She was blackmailing me, Agne.

She threatened to kill you and herself if I came near.

She tried to do it on the railway tracks.

Dad knew she was very serious.

Dad thought maybe if he gave him some time, then...

Dad didn't know what to do.

He got what he wanted in the end.

What he needed was some extra drugs.

Yes.

That was the only way I could come back home with you and Nina.

I've always known I'm stronger than they are.

Than Nina. And from what I can see now...

Than you, Dad.

I'll sleep in the living room.

Mom was pregnant with your little sibling back then.

Your father took this photo without your mom knowing.

Mom knows what you're feeling, my child.

But try not to listen to them.

I can't.

Try, Agne.

Go on.

It won't help.

Get rid of...

I'm Master.

I'm the worst one.

Morning.

Good morning.

Agne,

Can you chew with your mouth closed?

So, Dad talked with the school.

You can start tomorrow if you want.

Okay.

My school?

Okay.

I'll just stay home today.

Dad will drop Nina off at school,

then Dad will go to work, okay?

Dad, I'm thirsty, I'm going.

You can make your own lunch in the microwave.

I can cook.

I often cooked lunch for Mom...

...ever since she always got drunk at lunchtime.

Bye, Dad.

Aren't you going to say goodbye to your sister?

Mr. Ariel, I already told you before.

I don't believe in science,

Doctors, medicine, and all that nonsense.

If there's a problem, I always go to the Catholic Church.

Why don't you talk to a priest? Ask him for help.

Yes, maybe you're right.

How long have we known each other, Mr. Ariel?

A very long time, right?

We've hardly ever talked about our families,

Especially what happened to little Tony.

Good God.

I know exactly what you've been through.

Our work doesn't help, does it?

That's true.

We deal with death more than we deal with life.

I think I've gotten used to living with death every day.

You mentioned your son.

With everything that happened to my daughter,

I can't stop thinking...

Have you ever wondered whether working so close to death...

...might be what caused it?

After what I've been through,

I put my faith in God.

I try not to think about the devil.

Maybe that's why I don't understand it.

Do you know what you need to do, Mr. Ariel?

Find out what's best for you and your children.

David told me you'd be coming.

Yes.

Thank you for seeing me, Father.

I'm not sure what you want.

I'm lost.

Father, I'm confused.

And I was told that maybe you could help me.

The church can help.

Yes, yes, the church.

I don't think I've ever seen you at Mass.

Yeah, I don't have a lot of free time.

But we've met at the cemetery. I'm the caretaker there.

I don't understand why David sent you here...

...after everything that happened to him.

I'm sorry. Honestly, I don't know what happened to him.

I don't want to talk about that.

What matters is...

...he came to Mass and embraced the faith.

Father,

My daughter seems...

...possessed by something very evil.

People believe in possession more than they have faith.

- For God's sake. - I don't know...

...if that's what's really happening. That's why I came here.

You wouldn't believe how many people come to the church...

...and say a family member is possessed.

This is a church, not an exorcism altar.

People watch too many movies and think God's house...

...can be used for fantasies.

How do you know it's fantasy?

You didn't ask what I saw, and you don't know what happened.

Is this how you recruit people to attend Mass,

by ignoring them when they need your help?

You have no virtue in attending Mass.

For more than 2,000 years,

people have needed God's house, not the other way around.

So you won't help me, then?

I'm leaving.

Pray.

Let your daughter pray.

That's the help you can give yourself.

Exorcism, sorcery, they are evil forces.

Here in my home, evil is no longer allowed to enter.

You need help.

Yes, I do need help.

- You heard what the priest said. - I know.

Father Benjamin, he's from a different time.

Yes, I think I understand what you mean.

Father Melchior?

Is this another priest who's going to blame me...

...for not going to church? I have to work every day.

I know...

That's why I think he can help you.

Who is he?

He was the priest of this church years ago,

Before he was removed from his position.

"Removed"?

Yes, I can't talk about that,

But I'm sure he can help you.

Why are you doing this?

Some things that seem like fantasy

Are actually very real in this world.

Hey, Mrs. Nina, are you all right?

Mr. X, I'm sorry, but you have to leave.

This is Mrs. X.

See the girl over there?

That's Nina.

Mr. Ariel's daughter.

That family has problems.

If only I could do something to help.

You know, Ariel is a good father, but...

He has suffered so much.

And all I see is all the corpses I buried that day.

It feels like you're always following me all the time.

Then there are the homeless dead wandering around.

I've dug up too many graves already.

BndrST

Father Melchior?

My daughter needs help.

Michael, at your church...

He's the one who gave me your contact.

I don't have a church.

Then I guess I've come to the right place.

The right place may be far from here.

These 13 people were buried...

...as paupers in a cemetery in New York.

I managed to get the church's support...

...to move them to Newark, closer to me,

So I can give these souls the proper rest they deserve.

I'm the one who made that cross.

I never saw you there.

But I've seen you, Ariel.

Listen, my daughter,

Ever since she came back, strange things have been happening.

I don't even recognize myself anymore.

I need help.

The girl is now 15 years old, right?

Yes. She's 15. Why?

Can you help her?

I don't know if I can help you and your child.

I'm not a man of faith.

I'm a man who suffers,

Over what she knows or doesn't know how to put right.

Listen, I didn't come here to judge you.

Okay? I'm lost.

We're talking about demons.

We're talking about a fallen angel.

- Demons. - No. No.

You're the one talking about demons. I'm talking about my daughter.

I lost my wife.

I don't want to lose both my daughters.

So can you help me or not?

Where is your daughter's mother, Ariel?

She's dead.

A few days ago.

Your wife was killed by her.

Who is "her"?

I need a rest, Ariel.

I need to think.

- Focus... - No, no...

I want you to help me tonight.

But I have to be ready.

Ariel, believe me.

I don't know when I'm being me and when I'm being you.

Just try to help.

Try, Agne.

Use the moment when you're yourself,

- and try to get away. - But how?

Mom, I'm alone.

And I'm scared.

She's much stronger than me. You know that.

I can't help you while I'm still alive.

But you'll find the strength.

You're different from me.

Protect your sister.

You won't survive if you don't listen.

Leave me alone!

I'm not weak like you.

Get out of here!

I'll complete my mission.

- Hey, boss. - Hey.

I've been working with death for so long.

Yeah, especially for a gravedigger...

...who's afraid of corpses, right?

You know, Mr. Ariel, it's not the dead I'm worried about.

Yeah.

Yeah, I should go see what's happening.

What about your school?

Why don't you go home?

I don't want to go there.

Yeah.

You know, we're all still adjusting.

Adjusting?

Look, you don't have to be intimidated by your sister.

It's not that I'm intimidated by her.

Dad, she's not normal.

You should be able to see that.

Dad'll look for help. Okay?

Come on. Let's go.

I'm making us dinner.

What happened to the photos on the wall?

Sorry. That's entirely my fault.

I left the doors and windows open. The wind blew them all down.

Okay.

Nina, would you help me?

Would you grate the cheese?

How?

- Just do it. - Okay.

I'm almost done.

I just need to add the pasta and then clean everything up.

Okay.

Thank you, Agne.

Nina? Nina!

What's wrong? What happened?

Make it stop, make it stop, please make it stop!

Please!

Come on.

David.

I thought you might need my help with something.

Did someone contact you, or...?

No, no, I thought you might need my help.

I can't explain it.

Dad, can I stay here?

Yes. David, could you keep her company?

I have to take Nina to the hospital.

Thank you.

Of course.

How are you holding up?

It was her, Dad.

Don't be ridiculous.

She's possessed.

Don't overreact.

I'm the one who called you here.

Your son is with me.

No! David!

Dad, please help him!

David!

I don't know what happened.

When I went in, he was already on fire.

That doesn't make any sense.

Just like leaving your own daughter alone...

With the gravediggers.

The police will think you did it.

What?

He just suddenly caught fire for no reason?

They can blame me, but that won't happen.

They're going to blame you.

Does anyone else know she's here?

Unmarked Grave

For God's sake, please help me.

She's in the back.

You should have gotten into that elevator.

Can you perform an exorcism?

I can't do it.

Exorcisms are usually fatal.

We tried it with your friend's child,

And the child couldn't survive it.

This demon is afraid of the thirteen souls.

They've met again,

And that's what made it angry and afraid.

Who are they?

They are the chosen ones,

who came to do good.

What do you mean?

Humans who transcend.

Some call them angels.

I need Michael.

I'll take him home, stay with him for a while,

and make sure he gets better.

Yes, thank you.

Come on, Father. Let's go.

He has a fever. How long has he been like this?

Did you do this?

Get out.

Are you going to say this isn't your doing, just like with David?

Get out!

Dad, I'm in so much pain.

Thank you, Michael.

Of course, Father.

Sit down.

This is very serious.

Who is this girl?

She's not an ordinary girl.

And all of this has to do with the cemetery where Ariel worked.

The Bronx, 1970.

I was there back then.

I saw what happened.

That's why I'm scared.

Agne,

- I want you to be honest with me. - Okay, Dad.

What happened tonight?

What happened to David?

You don't...

I don't remember anything, Dad.

You don't remember David burning?

I remember he burned, I just...

I don't remember how it happened.

When I saw him, he just...

You don't remember that at all?

I don't...

Dad, I feel so lost.

- I need help. - Stop.

- You keep making me feel bad. - Stop. Stop.

Agne, Dad wants to tell you the truth.

Dad did something tonight that I...

Dad buried my friend.

This is all so crazy, and Dad needs to understand it.

Dad needs you to help him understand.

Dad, something happened,

- and I don't understand why. - No, no, no. No.

Why did you go to that dollhouse?!

Because I missed the time before Mom took me away.

This is all your fault.

This family needs you, Father.

It's time to face your fear.

Hello? Yes.

Now?

Yes, we'll be there right away.

No, no, no. Not at this hour.

I'm not asking. Nina?

Come on. Try to keep up, Nina.

Wait here.

I'm not afraid of the hour of death.

Three in the morning.

Where the material and spiritual worlds meet.

The moment before Christ's death.

The time to confront evil.

3:15 in the morning.

My world is above your world.

Evil reigns supreme.

You won't have the power of the 13 souls.

Making the cross for the poor souls...

Let's take him home.

Is she free now?

Let's take her home.

Is this really necessary?

Ariel?

Take Nina to your room.

Agne has to be alone.

How long does she have to be tied up like this?

Let's talk in the living room, Ariel.

The demon inside Agne has completely taken control.

This demon has been here,

In the Bronx, for more than 200 years.

Many strange and terrible things have happened there.

In 1977,

I was still young and studying exorcism at the Vatican

When a demon was identified in the Bronx.

We tried, but couldn't locate it.

Wait, the Bronx fire?

There was one very large building,

Where 13 messengers came...

...to save the residents of that building.

Thirteen unmarked graves.

That's right. They died in the elevator, embracing each other.

I should have been able to prevent that.

I saw the thirteen of them enter that building,

But I failed.

So, after the fire,

All that remained between the new building

Was the original staircase.

Demons fear the number 13.

Jesus and the Twelve Apostles.

King Arthur and the twelve Knights of the Round Table.

In Islam, one prophet and 12 caliphs.

For thousands of years, those thirteen figures held the highest power.

And Agne?

She is a devil.

She is here to prevent the return of the thirteen souls.

Why is she chasing Nina?

She's the reincarnation of one of those 13 souls.

When she was pregnant,

there was a connection between Zila and one of the souls in there.

Nina is the reincarnation of that soul.

What about the others?

You heard their screams from the graves.

They're begging for help, trying to come back.

Why did Zila run off with Agne?

I told Zina that Agne would try to prevent...

...the 13 souls from gathering when she grows up.

And that means...

She's going to kill her own sister?

Just like she killed her own mother.

I first met Zila when she was still at the church.

When I saw Agne, I knew I couldn't hesitate.

Zila left you to protect you,

and she suffered greatly because of it.

Fire room!

Your faith is suffering.

Get out! Get out!

Out!

Nina, wait here. Wait here.

You'll meet the other souls again.

This time you'll gain power.

Forgive me, Nina.

They only found Michael's remains.

Newark Fire Department

After the fire,

it didn't take Nina long to know what she wanted to do.

Agne left me with more questions than answers.

They didn't find any other remains from the fire.

I just hoped I could say a proper goodbye...

...to my little girl.

Her screams are gone.

I found peace in the graveyard.

Finally.

Bronx - New York