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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

I can't if I'm talking to you, can I? I'm using Locations.

I'm gonna be there all night, £11 an hour.

I'm not, I swear. And it's till 2:00.

Yeah, £88 for the night.

I'll text you the address, shall I?

Shell?

(RINGING)

Miss Hepworth?

That's right, Katy. Mrs. Moloch?

Miss. Come in, please.

We're delighted you could do this.

Oh, did you bring an extra coat as I advised?

Yes, it's in here.

You might want to put it on now.

Oh, you weren't joking.

The house is maintained at three below freezing at all times.

My eldest brother has a... a medical condition.

The air humidity is critical.

Wow.

These are old.

Ah, you're studying art, aren't you?

KATY: Yes.

These originals?

What would be the point, otherwise?

I have never understood the notion of prints.

Puts me in mind of wax fruit.

Well, I suppose some people can't afford the real thing.

I disagree.

Bananas are very cheap if you buy them brown.

I'm joking, of course.

Are they all religious?

Most depict the Harrowing of Hell.

All of which is non-canonical to the Bible.

The Harrowing of Hell?

Jesus is said to have descended into Hell and released its captives.

Set free Adam and Eve.

All the Old Testament saints.

You can read about it in the Gospel of Nicodemus.

This is a lesser known Andrea da Firenze from the 14th century.

You recognize it?

Not really.

We do more collages and stuff.

What are you working on at the moment?

I'm doing a still life of a pair of trainers and a jack-in-the-box.

Sounds charming.

Our teacher says the Renaissance was the biggest dead end in art.

You don't like them?

They're not what I would choose.

Oh, and what would you choose?

A topless man holding a baby?

Kitten in a champagne glass?

Keep Calm And Carry On poster?

Well, I... I'm teasing.

You find them frightening.

It's understandable.

Still too full of life to find solace in them.

I don't agree with my teacher.

Good.

Is that for your brother?

Hmm? Oh, my other brother. Hector.

Oh, right. Is he...

Disabled? No. Just lazy.

One day in 1998, he complained his knees hurt on the stairs

and three days later, he installed this.

KATY: Wow.

He's impulsive in all the wrong ways.

We now have zinc roofs because he tired of galvanized steel.

I have a waste disposal unit in the sink.

(WHISPERING) But he won't take me to Florence.

Maybe one day he'll surprise you.

Doesn't know the meaning of the word.

Come through.

You've got a lovely house.

"We have put her living within the tomb."

Madeline Usher and I have a great deal in common.

Do you know Poe?

From the Teletubbies? Who are they?

It's a children's program.

There's four of them, the smallest one's called Po.

That's not who I meant.

You come highly recommended by Gracie Proud.

Friend of mine who attends the church.

Yes, she said she's spoken to you about me.

Well, I am pleased I have found someone like you.

Someone like me?

Someone I can be confident in.

(WHISPERING) Championed.

(MECHANICAL WHIRRING)

What's that?

Oh, it's Hector.

He's on his way down.

It's the noise of the stair lift.

Ironically enough, it's on its last legs.

But, to business.

As people, Hector and I never leave the house.

We have an event tonight that surfaces so rarely,

it would be considered rude not to attend.

Mrs. Proud said that your older brother...

Andras.

He, unlike Hector, is disabled.

Terribly so.

Born inside out, as my mother used to say.

It's no concern of yours, however.

He will be confined to his room at the top of the house.

Your stay here this evening is more to look after the house

than to babysit Andras.

HECTOR: He's older than us, Tabs.

He's hardly a baby.

Miss Hepworth, this is my brother, Hector.

How do you do?

(CHUCKLES) I play guitar, Miss Hepworth.

I'm not a vampire, if that's what you're thinking.

No, I wasn't. Katy, my name's Katy.

Hello.

Can you tie a bow tie, Katy?

No, I don't know how to, sorry.

It'll have to be you then, Tabs.

Has Tabitha gone through the phone numbers?

Not really, she was just talking about...

Adrian, was it?

Andras.

Oh, he's not going anywhere. He can wait.

Mobile telephones in this street are useless.

It's a dead zone.

Yes, my signal went.

I think it's due to foliage, or some such.

And since rounding the corner,

your phone will have been in a state of outage.

We were offered something called broad bands, weren't we?

Yes, but the man was certified. So I closed the door.

Therefore, the landline is of vital importance to us here.

This evening, if the need arises,

it is from this telephone that you can call us.

You won't need to ring it, nothing will happen.

Nothing ever happens, and we are back by 2:00 a.m.

But, but-but-but, should an emergency occur,

this is the number to call.

We do share a party line here, so try to avoid eavesdropping

if it happens to be engaged.

Right.

Do you need me to check on Andras? Is that something you need me to do?

You have no need to go up there.

He is fine in his room.

He has everything he needs.

He knows you are here this evening. We told him all about you.

He won't disturb you. HECTOR: Ahhh.

There's food in here.

Obviously we have no need of a refrigerator.

Obviously.

Plenty of milk.

That's Andras.

Milk and rusks. That's all he can have.

The disability.

That, and the fact he doesn't have a mouth.

The car's here, Tabs. We'd better get moving.

Got everything?

Just need my bag.

Oh, one last thing, Katy.

Just so you know.

Andras has a bell by his bed.

He won't ring it.

He's never rung it.

But I'm telling you, just in case.

Right. We'll be off, then.

Good night, Katy.

Night.

Be good.

(DOOR CLOSES)

(DIALING TONE)

Hello, you.

(HOLLOW KNOCKING)

He doesn't look disabled.

(DOORBELL RINGING)

(DOOR SLAMMING)

God!

Who lives here, the Munsters?

I can't believe you found it.

Oh my God, it's freezing.

What is this? Is there no heating?

No, there's someone upstairs, they need it cold.

What is he, a snowman?

I can't stay here, Katy. It's unbearable.

Ugh.

These are vile.

I love them.

I knew you would. They're all demons.

(CHUCKLES) This lot looks like One Direction.

KATY: Do you think things like that actually exist?

One Direction? Sadly, yes, they do.

I meant the demons.

I know you did. I was being ironical.

KATY: I think it's all just made up to scare people.

SHELL: And what's wrong with that?

I like to scare people! Ahhh!

It comes so easily to you, doesn't it?

I'd have definitely been burnt as a witch if I lived in them days.

You would, dressed like that.

Speaking of witches, come and see the cat, it's so cute.

Have you found out where they keep the drink?

They haven't got any. All they've got is milk and rusks.

SHELL: Oh, I love rusks.

This house is amazing, I could so live here.

Look at this!

Don't, Shell, you'll break it.

It's like Chessington for old people.

Stop it. I'm getting in it.

You can't, you're too big!

Oh, thanks, bitch.

I'm here two minutes and I'm getting called fat.

It's not that. It's just she said it was going to break.

(WHIRRING STOPS)

And don't touch anything else!

Where's this cat, then?

There on the sofa.

Very funny. What have you done with it?

What do you mean?

(CAT MEOWING) Ugh!

What? You said they had a cat!

Yes, but it was stuffed. Get lost.

It was, I stroked it, it was rock hard.

It was probably just cold. Weren't you, little one?

It's in the pictures with them, look.

What are you doing?

I'm ringing my dad. I want to go home.

Not on that, you're not.

(LAUGHTER ON PHONE)

Brilliant. What's wrong?

It's a party line. What?

Excuse me? Excuse me? (LAUGHTER CONTINUES)

I need to use the phone.

(IN DISTINCT CHATTERING)

Do you think I could...

It's an emergency!

(CHATTERING CONTINUES)

That's it, I'm off.

You can't just leave, Katy.

What about Frosty the Snowman upstairs? He might melt.

He's not going anywhere, he's an invalid.

(STAIR LIFT STARTS)

Well, you said it was faulty.

Come on, let's go.

Oh, are you really gonna leave?

Yes, I am.

(BELL RINGING)

Oh, no.

(BELL RINGING) What is it?

It's him. Who?

Him.

The snowman. The brother.

(BELL RINGING)

What should we do?

I don't know. Oh, God.

They said this wouldn't happen. He said nothing ever happens.

(BELL RINGING) We'll have to go up.

No, I can't.

We have to!

He might be ill or something.

He is ill.

Well, come on then.

Come on, Katy. We can't just leave him.

It stopped. Maybe he's all right.

Yeah. It's either that, or he's died.

Don't say that!

Come on, then.

Stay with me.

(GIGGLES) Look at this.

If she was in school uniform, she'd look like you.

Don't, Shell! What?

You could be a reincarnation.

Me and Carl Crawford did this Ouija board once,

and a ghost from the future came through.

How do you know he was from the future?

Because he told us that he wasn't even dead yet.

Hello? Don't!

What? We have to!

Hello? Are you all right?

He can't answer. Well, why not?

He just can't. Why not?

Because he hasn't got a mouth, Shell. All right?

That's what they told me.

Apparently, he hasn't got a mouth.

He's not here.

Don't do that!

Shit. Come on.

Cool!

Look at this!

Put that down, it's Hector's!

I always wanted a guitar.

(STRUMS)

Cockin' cello. No one plays the cello.

Leave it, please.

Ugh.

Look at this.

What is it? Salt.

Why has he got salt around his bed?

Maybe they've got slugs.

(BELL RINGING)

(BELL RINGING)

(BELL RINGING)

This is not worth £88.

Told you it was like Chessington. At least we didn't have to queue.

(BEEPING)

Ugh. Stinks!

Mr. Moloch?

Moloch as in bollock?

Shhh.

Oh, creepy bed.

I knew it would be. Deliberate.

Andras?

Just checking you're okay.

Oh, my God.

Shit.

I don't believe this.

I know.

Such a cheat. He has got a mouth, it's just bandaged up.

Shell, help me.

Shell!

Katy, look.

What have they done to you?

Okay... (GASPING)

Are you all right now?

(GASPING)

He's trying to say something.

Okay, okay, slowly, slowly.

Free.

Free.

Yes, yes! We're going to get you out.

Mischief.

What did he say?

I don't know, come on!

Wait a minute.

If his hands were tied up, how was he ringing that bell?

(BELL RINGING)

♪ I danced on the Friday when the sky turned black

♪ It's hard to dance with the Devil on your back ♪

All right, Hector, that's enough.

You know I can't abide that modern music.

I don't know what you've been doing, but I'm calling the police.

What with? Your phone is in a state of outage.

You keep forgetting that.

"Were he as fair once, as he now is foul,

"And lifted up his brow against his Maker,

"May well proceed from him all tribulation."

Dante's Inferno.

Dante's Hell was ice. And just as Lucifer was kept in ice, so our brother,

the demon, is kept in ice.

What are you talking about? Your brother's not a demon.

Technically, you are right.

Andras was possessed when he was just 10 years old.

Possessed?

His name is Castiel.

Demon of mischief.

Mischief.

From the seed of He Who Walks Backward.

Michael Jackson?

No. Not Michael Jackson.

The Goat of Mendes. The Devil himself.

Ask 'em how they did the cat. Shut up.

Have you been here all along?

Yes. You see, despite what my sister says,

I am capable of some surprises.

You said you had a function.

Event. I said event. And this is it.

You are it.

Ask them how they did the cat.

For almost half a century, we have kept the demon from roaming the Earth

by confining Andras to this room.

Alas.

The host body is only mortal.

And when our brother passes, Castiel will be free.

And that's where you come in, Katy.

You have the strength of character to tame the beast.

You will house the demon for another 50 years.

Fuck off!

Ask them how they did the cat.

I think you should have that pleasure, Michelle.

Wait, how do you...

Michelle comes to our church, Miss Hepworth.

She's one of us.

We're just keeping order, Katy.

Without us, it really would be Hell on Earth.

And I did the cat, if you must know.

What?

I hid the stuffed one when you weren't looking.

Well, you're all just mad.

This is just abuse. Your brother's not possessed.

He's a frightened old man who's been tied to the bed for 50 years.

You're worse than the Fritzls.

Stop that! Please.

What is that?

It's a Taser gun.

How could you have not heard of broadband

but you own a Taser gun?

Be still, Miss Hepworth.

Michelle, fetch the epidural.

Wait!

If your brother is a demon, then where's the proof?

Well, as you can see, his feet are cloven.

My mum's got feet like that, it's just hard skin.

It's ready.

Turn around, please, Miss Hepworth.

And remove your blouse and coat.

We will try to make this as painless as possible.

What are you going to do to me?

The procedure is not unlike giving birth.

Except, the other way around.

There's no point running, Katy. There's no way out.

Mischief!

Quiet, Andras!

Sorry about that, Tabs. You always said they were like two fried eggs.

That's not funny, Hector. Where's the girl?

Shit!

Come on, Katy. This is an honor.

Your sacrifice keeps misrule from the whole world.

And for that, you'll be rewarded in Paradise.

Plus you get your babysitting money, so it's not all been for nothing.

I thought you were my friend.

I am your friend. I wouldn't be doing this otherwise.

Why don't you let the demon go into you then?

Oh, I wanted to, but they said that I was too weak-willed.

I think it's because I'm fat.

You were chosen.

Why?

Well, I can't remember now.

This is Andras's last supper, Katy.

That's it.

Won't be long now.

Castiel will soon be leaving this withered husk,

and he will find a new home

inside you.

We'll leave you to get acquainted.

You're going to be spending a long time together.

I'm so jealous.

Mmm!

(MUFFLED GROANING)

Mischief.

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

Mischief!

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

Mischief!

♪ I danced in the morning when the world was young

♪ I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun

♪ I came down from Heaven and I danced on the Earth

♪ At Bethlehem I had my birth

♪ Dance, dance, wherever you may be

♪ I am the Lord of the Dance, said He

♪ And I lead you all, wherever you may be

♪ And I'll lead you all in the dance, said He

♪ I danced for the scribes and the Pharisees

♪ They wouldn't dance, they wouldn't follow me

♪ I danced for the fishermen, James and John

♪ They came with me so the dance went on ♪