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[fanfare]

[electronic music]

[footsteps approaching]

- [squeaks] - [gasps, screams]

[screaming, panting]

- [moaning] - [screams]

- [zombie groaning] - [screaming]

Brains!

[thunderclap]

- [gasps] - [moaning]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[munching]

[old woman] What's happening now?

Well, the--the zombie is eating her head, Grandma.

That's not very nice. What's he doing that for?

[chuckles] 'Cause he's a zombie. That's what they do.

He's gonna ruin his dinner.

I'm sure if they just bothered to sit down and talk it through,

it'd be a different story.

[man] Norman, didn't I tell you to take out the garbage?

Yeah, coming, Dad!

Tell him to turn up the thermostat too, will ya?

My feet are like ice.

- [man] Come on. Fit, you stupid-- - [woman] Hi.

- What ya watching in there? - [Norman] Sex and violence.

Oh. That's nice.

[groans] Can't you be like other kids your age and

pitch a tent in the yard or...

have a healthy interest in carpentry?

- [woman] Perry. - I thought you said kids my age

were too busy shoplifting and joyriding.

- [Mother] Norman. - He's, like, R-I-double-P-E-D.

Like, a seven-pack at least.

- [Norman grunting] - Uh-huh. Ew!

- Watch it. - [Mother] Courtney, be nice.

- [trash crashes] - Yeah, she totally doesn't deserve him.

I mean, she's nice, and I really like her,

but she's a complete loser.

[scoffs] Yeah, I know.

Hey, uh, Dad?

Grandma says, can you turn up the heating? Her feet are cold.

- [pops] - [gasps]

[bulb shatters]

- Now, Perry-- - [groans] How many times

do we have to go through this, son?

Your grandmother is dead!

I know.

Then why do you keep on talking to her?

- Because she talks back. - OMG. You are such a liar.

God, I'm not making this up. I swear.

- She talks to me all the time. - Oh, yeah?

Prove it.

She said it's not very ladylike to hide photos of the high school quarterback

with his shirt off in your underwear drawer.

[gasps] I knew it!

Oh, you've been sneaking around in my personal--

[frustrated grunt]

[chuckles] No, I haven't. Grandma told me.

You are the worst!

Norman, I know you and Grandma were very close,

but we all have to move on.

Grandma's in a better place now.

No, she's not. She's in the living room.

[Perry] Your grandmother was old and sick, and she died.

- That's all there is to it. - [Mother] Okay. Perry,

this is just part of the mourning process.

[Perry] Oh, stop indulging him. I'm nothing if I'm not liberal.

But that limp-wristed, hippie garbage needs to be nipped in the bud.

This behavior might be okay with your side of the family,

but I'm not putting up with it anymore, not me!

[Mother] Oh, not this again.

[Perry] This isn't the West Coast, Sandra. People talk. They do.

[Sandra] He's just sensitive, Perry.

[Perry] Oh, please! Sensitive is writing poetry

and being lousy at team sports. Not this.

I won't have him turn out like that uncle of yours.

If that crazy old tramp has been around here,

- putting ideas in Norman's head-- - [Sandra] Perry,

no one's had anything to do with Uncle Prenderghast in years.

I bet he doesn't even know what Norman looks like.

[man coughing]

Not much time.

Not much time. [wheezes]

[grunts, groans]

[coughing]

[gulps]

[muttering]

[ominous music]

- [moaning] - [gasps]

- [moaning continues] - [Norman groans]

[bright music]

[moaning]

[scoffs]

Good morning.

Hey, Bruce. How's it going?

Not much. I'm kinda late for school. I-I-I need to go.

Hi. Nice to see you guys.

Good morning.

Sorry, I gotta run. Oh.

E-Excuse me. Pardon me. See ya.

Hey there, little buddy.

Come on. Come here. [chuckles]

Yeah, good to see you.

How ya doin'?

Hi, Mrs. Hard man. You look nice today.

I like what you've done with your hair.

Does anyone smell burning?

Hey-hey. Peace, man.

- Totally. - Yeah.

As you were, soldier.

Sir, yes, sir.

Yo, Norman. You playin' hooky?

No, no. I-ll--I'm just late for school.

Sorry. I gotta go. How you doing?

Hey. How you doin'?

Hi. Um, how's it hangin'?

Oh-- [chuckles] Haven't heard that one before.

Well, it's a nice day.

[coughs]

[music continues]

Watch and learn.

"Parking violation" is my middle name.

Really? I thought it was Rhona.

[woman] Suck it in, sweetie.

No, no. Your gut. There you go.

Yeah.

- [indistinct chattering] - [phone beeps]

[tense music]

[students murmuring]

[school bell rings]

[students chattering, shouting]

[grunts]

[boy laughs]

[sighs]

[ominous music]

Hey. Hey, ghost jerk. You know what?

[sighs] What do you want, Alvin?

Why don't you go see some more ghosts, goober?

- [laughing] - [sighs]

- [buzzing] - Oh, oh, oh, hey. Hey, Norman.

- Talk to that. [laughs] - [laughs]

That's so Alvin-y. Right? Right?

- [laughing] Loser. - That was good, right, guys?

That was fun, yeah?

Flies don't talk.

Neil, come on. Let's go.

[groans] You stink of illiteracy!

Pilgrims. The Mayflower.

Don't any of you know anything about the history of this town?

[sighs] Puritans...

were strict and devout settlers,

who came here to build a home, a place without sin.

Oh, what is it now, Salma?

Why is the witch always a hideous old crone

with a pointy hat and a broomstick?

I don't believe it's historically accurate, Miss Henscher.

It's not supposed to be!

It's supposed to sell postcards and key chains.

- [sighs] - So, let's try it again.

Top of page six, Norman.

"The founding fathers of Blithe Hollow

discovered an evil witch amongst them--"

No, no, Norman. With gusto.

Like this--

[theatrically] "They put her on trial and hanged her!

But the vengeful witch cursed her accusers,

seven of them in all,

to die a horrible and gruesome death,

and rise from their graves

as the living dead!

Their souls-- [gasps]

Their souls doomed

to an eternity

of damnation!"

Now I want you to try that again, but with conviction.

My reputation is at stake here.

And I won't have this turn out like that wretched Kabuki debacle of '09.

Project!

[ominous music]

[Mrs. Henscher] Norman! Are you listening to me, boy?

[all giggling]

- S-Sorry, Mrs. Henscher. -So am I.

Now, unless there's any other issues, let us resume.

"They put her on trial and hanged her."

Ooh. This is my moment.

[groaning]

[gasps]

[all laughing]

- Boom, baby. [laughs] - [laughing]

- Sorry. - Oh, you useless bunch of--

- [school bell rings] - [indistinct chattering]

[panting]

- Norman, wait up. - I keep telling you, Neil.

I--I like to be alone.

So do I. Let's do it together.

You shouldn't let them get you down.

They always do stuff like that to me.

Why?

Because I'm fat. And my allergies make my eyes leak.

And I sweat when I walk too fast.

And I have a lunch box with a kitten on it.

Ooh, and I have irritable bowel syndrome.

I guess there's a whole bunch of stuff.

Doesn't it bother you?

Nah. You can't stop bullying. It's part of human nature.

If you were bigger and more stupid,

you'd probably be a bully too.

It's called "survival of the thickest."

[voice] Psst!

[whispers] That statue just "psst" at us.

[bright music]

You know who I am?

The weird, stinky, old bum who lives up the hill?

I was askin' him.

Yeah. Uh, I know.

I was told not to talk to you. Sorry.

And you know why you're not supposed to talk to me?

I can see ghosts too.

And I know that's not all you've been seein' lately, is it?

Bad omens?

Things you can't quite explain.

Strange faces peering through the veil?

And I'll bet no one told you about the witch's curse, did they?

[ominous music]

Actually, we're learning about it in school.

Oh, oh. I'm a tree.

[groans] There's something you really need to know.

This is the most important thing you will ever hear.

The fate of everyone depends on it.

Now listen close.

The witch's curse is real.

And you're the one who has to stop it.

[wheezes] You've gotta use your gift--

[wheezing] of talking to the dead.

[wheezing, coughing]

Because if you don't, the witch is-- [coughing]

[gasps] Oh, oh. This--

This is the most important thing of all.

[inhales deeply] You've gotta-- [wheezes]

You've gotta-- [wheezes]

You-- [hacking]

Leave him alone. Don't make me throw this hummus.

- It's spicy. - [gasps]

[whimpers]

This ain't done with. You'll see it soon enough.

Watch for the sign.

[wheezing laugh]

Oh!

Geez, what a dirty old creep.

He's my uncle.

-So is it true? - What?

Do you see ghosts, like, everywhere, all the time?

Uh, yeah.

Awesome.

Ooh, ooh. Do you think you could see my dog, Bub?

He was ran over by an animal rescue van.

Tragic and ironic.

We buried him in the yard. Could you see him?

- Maybe. - Sweet. Come on.

Whoa.

[Mitch] Neil, is that you?

- Hey, Mitch. - Whoa!

We're gonna go play with the dead dog in the garden,

and we're not even gonna have to dig him up first.

- [thuds] - You're digging what?--

What? What'd you say?

[whispering] Neil, isn't he that weird kid?

You know, "Look at me. Oh, I'm talking to ghosts

so people will pay attention to me."

Can you stop doing that? It's kinda stupid.

Now listen to me. You don't need to be hanging out with weird people, okay?

That's a tip.

Don't blow this for me, Mitch. This one's not weird.

He talks to dead people.

He's around here somewhere.

So does everyone come back as a ghost?

No. My grandma told me

it's usually people who still have stuff to figure out,

or sometimes it's the ones who died suddenly or in a bad way.

[dog barks]

[Norman chuckles] Bub?

[gasps] Is he there? How does he look?

- [whines] - [Norman] Uh, good.

- [sniffing, barks] - He's happy to see you.

Who's a good boy, huh? Good boy.

- Can he feel if I pet him? - Yeah, I guess.

Mmm. [kissing] Bubby-wubby-boo.

Uh, that's not his chin.

[whistling] Go get it.

He can't fetch it, you know.

Yeah, well, it's still fun. Good boy.

Bring it back.

Go get it, Bub. [kissing]

Good boy.

[chuckles]

Why don't you try? "Cause I don't really--

I don't--You can go.

- No, no. It's fun. Try it. - No, I don't want to.

- Y-You throw it. It's really easy. - No, it's okay.

- You can throw it. - No, come on. It's really--

It's really fun.

- Here. You go first. - No, you try it.

I already went, like, 50 times.

- Okay, what do I do? - Y-You throw--

You get the stick, you pull back, and you throw it.

- [grunts] - [groans]

Neil? Sorry.

I fetched it.

[chuckles]

[both laughing]

Are you okay?

[laughing continues]

[groans]

I'll show him, and that scary, little fat kid.

Doesn't he realize we're running out of--

[grunts, gasps]

[thuds]

[somber music]

[gasps]

[wheezing, chuckling]

No. Not yet.

[giggling] Not yet!

[grunts]

[somber music]

Ooh-ooh.

Whoa, whoa.

[whimpers]

Aw, nuts.

No. No, I don't wanna go! I wanna go home! I don't wanna go!

[children, off-key] ♪ Must be the season of the witch, yeah

Great. Now we'll never get to remember this moment.

♪ Must be the season of the witch ♪

[applause]

[man] You suck.

[sighs] I curse you accusers

to die a horrible and gruesome death

and rise from your graves as the living dead.

- [gasping] - Your souls doomed

to an eternity of damnation.

[screams, groans]

[scattered applause]

Kill the witch! Kill the witch!

Kill the witch!

Oh, gosh, aren't they adorable?

- Kill the witch! Kill the witch! - [owl hooting]

- Kill the witch! Kill the witch! - [hooting continues]

- Kill the witch! Kill the witch! - What?

Kill the witch! Kill the witch!

[audio fades, slows] Kill the witch!

[faintly] Kill the witch! Kill the witch!

What?

[squawks]

Oh, no. Not again.

[dramatic music]

[man] This way.

Over here.

[man 2] Witch, we know you're out there.

- [twig snaps] - [Norman gasps]

- There! - No.

Witch.

[tense music]

[grunting]

[panting]

[gasps]

[gasps, whimpering]

The dead are coming!

[screams]

- [gasps] - Hey, buddy.

- Are you okay? - [screaming]

The dead are coming!

- [audience gasps] - Norman!

[whimpers] Oh.

Did he say the dead are coming?

- No. No, no, no, no. - Yes! The tree told me!

[crowd murmuring]

- [camera beeps off] - [man] What did he say?

[murmuring continues]

[murmuring continues]

[Perry] This is where it stops.

It's one thing being a mental case in front of your family,

but not the whole freakin' town.

There's not gonna be any more talking to ghosts

or grandmas or--or--

- What is it now? - I think it's trees.

[groans] You are grounded.

- You hear me? - This is ridiculous.

I wish everyone could see what I see.

I didn't ask to be born this way.

Funny. Neither did we.

[Perry groans] Kids. It never ends.

Never ends.

You know, sometimes people say things that seem mean,

but they do it because they're afraid.

He's my dad.

He shouldn't be afraid of me.

He's not afraid of you.

He's afraid for you.

[melancholic music]

- [boy] Look! It's AbNorman. - [school bell rings]

- [all laughing] - What did the tree

tell you today, Norman?

- [boy laughs] - Are the dead coming soon, Norman?

[all]] Norman is a loser! Norman is a loser!

Norman is a loser!

- [stall door rattles] - [footsteps approaching]

[marker squeaking]

[sighs]

[wind rustles]

[faint rumbling]

[gasps]

[ominous music]

[gasps]

- [whimpering] Whoa! - Huh?

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

[whimpering]

[coughing, whimpering]

Ew.

[whimpering, screams]

[gasps]

You--You died?

Yeah.

But I got unfinished business here.

Oh. Well, couldn't you use another stall?

My ghost isn't going anywhere

until I pass on my duty to another.

[wheezing chuckle]

And that would be...you.

Me? No, no, no, no. You must have it wrong.

Hoo-hoo! It's you, all right.

I've been holding back the witch's curse for years.

But now I'm dead.

It has to be you.

But--But I--I-I don't know what any of it means.

It means the past is coming back to haunt you.

Time is running out.

The anniversary of the witch's death is tonight.

Her ghost is going to wake up.

And when she does, she'll raise the dead.

- [whimpers] - [moaning]

[gasps]

[Prenderghast] You've gotta keep her in her grave.

[whimpering] But I'm just a kid!

How am I supposed to stop it?

Read from the book

at the spot the witch was buried.

Wh-What book?

The one in my hands.

Not these hands.

My other hands.

The me that's at home in my study, starting to smell a little funny.

Get the book, and read from it...

before the sun sets tonight.

But-But th-this is crazy.

Do I look crazy to you?

[blows]

Tell me you'll do this.

- I--I-- - Swear!

You--You mean like the F-word?

I mean promise!

O-Okay, okay.

I...I promise.

- That'll do. - No, Mr. Prenderghast, wait.

Sorry, kid. I'm done here. I'm free.

I'm finally free!

[laughing]

[Norman] Wait. N-No, you can't leave now.

[laughing]

[Norman] Please. I don't understand.

[laughing]

Uh, yeah. You, uh, you might want to give that a few minutes.

[flushing]

Norman?

Hey, what's the big deal?

Don't get your bra in a twist, fat boy.

This has nothing to do with you, so keep out of my way.

- Or what? - Or, uh, I'll punch you in the boobs.

I don't have boobs. These are pectorals.

Ow, my boobs!

You're dead, freak show!

Do you hear me? D-E-D, dead!

You're gonna-- You're gonna be so dead

that you're gonna have to talk to yourself when you're dead!

[somber music]

[Perry] I really don't think we should be leaving him.

Perry, you promised me a meal that someone else microwaved.

He's probably up there right now, fiddling with his

Ouija or his orbs or whatever it is he's got up there.

- This is not good! - [door closes]

[gasps]

[tense music]

Ah.

- [gasps] - [toy squeaks]

[sighs]

- [Friday the 13th ring tone] - [gasps]

Aaah!

[dramatic music]

You wanna play some hockey?

Hmm. You know, I've kinda got other things on my mind right now.

Is it all that walking dead stuff again?

[sighs]

Mr. Prenderghast appeared to me in the bathroom.

- Ew. - No. His spirit.

He s--He says the witch's curse is real,

and I have to go up to the old graveyard and stop it

before the sun sets tonight.

So, you wanna come play a bit later?

Didn't you hear what I just said?

Yeah, but I thought my idea was the less likely to get us eaten.

Just go home, Neil. I'm better off on my own anyway.

- But-- - Go home.

Geez. Who rattled your chains?

No one.

Hmm.

Dad says I'm not supposed to talk to you anymore, Grandma.

Jackass.

If I were a poltergeist, I'd throw somethin' at his head.

[grunts]

You know, by rights,

I'm supposed to be frolicking in paradise...

with your grandfather.

But I'm not.

So why did you stay?

I was never one for frolicking.

Bet there's no cable or canasta up there either.

Besides, I promised I'd always look out for you.

- So it's your duty. - Uh, in a manner of speaking.

- And you'd do it no matter what? - Of course.

[Norman] Even if it was something really scary?

There's nothin' wrong with bein' scared, Norman,

so long as you don't let it change who you are.

[somber music]

[Courtney] So, I said to her, "Girl, come back and talk to me

when your basket toss gets 12,000 hits on YouTube."

Yeah. No, I said that.

Yeah, I'm stuck on lame patrol.

- Tonight's gonna be a total yawn. - [door closes]

Ugh! Norman!

You better not be sneaking out, you little weirdo!

[man on radio] ♪ Oy! ♪

[hip-hop music]

♪ Ha, ha, ha ♪

♪ Fix up, look sharp, don't make me bring the blitz out, get dark ♪

♪ Hear the bang, see the spark ♪

♪ Duck down, lay down, just get on down ♪

♪ Fix up, look sharp ♪

♪ Fix up ♪

♪ Fix up ♪

[Alvin] Whoa! [grunts]

[growls]

[Norman gasps]

[ominous music]

[bird squawking]

Hello. [voice echoes]

Mr. Prenderghast?

[beeps]

Ugh.

[ominous music]

- [rat squeaking] - [gasps]

[phone beeps]

Oh, come on.

Darn it.

[dramatic music]

[grunts]

Whoa! Oh! [grunts]

Ugh.

[inquisitive music]

[grunting]

[groans]

[grunting]

- [grunts] Come on. Come on. - [elanging]

[groaning]

[grunting]

Let go! [grunts]

Come on. [grunts]

[chuckles]

[creaking]

[gasps]

Ugh!

Aaah! [whimpers]

- [slobbering] - [grunting]

[shouts, pants]

[shuddering]

[melancholic music]

[owl hooting]

[gasps, whimpering]

This is it.

[grunting]

[dramatic music]

Read from the book, stop the curse,

go home and pretend this never happened.

[wind whistling]

[clears throat]

"Once upon a time, in a far-off land,

there lived a king and a queen in a magnificent castle"?

What? A fairy tale?

- Ooh, what ya got there, Geekula? - No! Give it back!

[chuckling] Can't wait to see everybody's faces

- when they hear about this one. - No! No, don't!

- Alvin! - Hey. Nobody makes me miss out on

a possible date with a girl that almost had some interest

in talking to me. Yeah?

Thought so. You got nothin" to say.

- Uh-oh. - Dang straight, "uh-oh.”

That's what happens when Alvin gets around here.

"Uh-oh, is that Alvin?"

"Uh-oh, Alvin's gonna make me run home to Mommy."

[thunderclap]

[growling]

- Uh-oh. - [sinister laughing]

- What is that? - It's her.

[both whimper]

[whooshing]

[thunderclap]

- [screaming] - [gasps]

- [thudding] - What's that sound?

- [thudding] - [whimpers]

- [Norman shouts] - [Alvin yelps]

[dramatic music]

[whimpering]

[roaring]

- Aaah! - [growls]

- [whimpering] - [groaning]

- Aaah. - [growling]

[shouts]

- [Alvin gasps] - [moaning]

[groaning]

Aaah!

[intense music]

[roaring]

- [screams] - Uh.

"One--Once upon a time, in--in-in a far-off--"

- "One--Once upon a time in a--" - Make it stop right now, please!

It-It's not working!

[growling]

Stop.

- Stop? - You must stop!

- Wha--What? - Norman?

What are you doing? [gasps]

I think I peed my pants.

Wait!

[munching]

[doorbell rings]

[Mitch] Neil! Will you get the door?

I'm busy.

[Mitch] Are you freeze-framing Mom's aerobics DVD again?

No!

- [doorbell rings] - [Mitch] Neil!

Would it kill you to get off your butt

- and answer the door? - [mocking] God.

Oh, I'm gonna Kill them.

I know you're in there!

Slumber party's over, dorks!

Um, can I help you?

Hell, yeah. [laughing]

Hmm. Oh. I--

Sorry to bug you so late.

Um, does, uh, Neil live here?

Yeah. He's my brother.

Oh, wow. That's great.

Your brother and my brother are, like, best friends.

I'm Courtney.

Hey, Neil! Uh, you come here a minute?

There's a girl asking for you.

[Courtney] Hey there!

- [mouthing words] - [Courtney] How you doin',

little guy?

- Neil. - Yeah. Neil.

Do you know where Norman is?

- [whispering] He kinda disappeared. - Oh, no...idea!

I have no idea where he is. S-Sorry, bye.

Whoa, Neil. Better start talkin', buddy.

I--I didn't really think he was serious

about going up to the old graveyard on his own.

That's so Norman!

Oh, man, that place is bad news.

It's like a total slasher-movie vibe.

Why'd he go up there?

I don't know. Maybe we should go look for him.

I told you he was trouble.

- Sorry, but I did. - No, it's fine.

He sucks.

But I really gotta make sure he doesn't, you know, die

or anything tonight.

Will you help me?

Please?

Okay.

I guess I should, uh, go get some clothes on.

- [Courtney whines] - Uh, is Norman in trouble?

- [dramatic music] - [screaming]

- Are they gonna try to eat our brains? - I think you'll be safe.

Oh-ho-ho-ho, thank God.

[panting] I don't get it. Why didn't it work?

"The Story of Sleeping Beauty"?

This doesn't make any sense.

Wait! What are-- Where are you going?

Mr. Prenderghast, I-I don't understand.

Just tell me what to do.

Dude, what are you doing?

He told me to read from the book to stop the curse.

I-I thought it was like a spell or something, but--

Come on. There-- There has to be something.

I really need to get home 'cause I've got,

like, a seriously early curfew.

- Okay, seven victims. - My mom gets-- [clears throat]

- Seven-- - ...really upset when I'm not--

- [pounding on door] - Oh, no.

- [zombie grunting] - Okay, um,

we gotta defend ourselves. We gotta shoot them in the head with, like--

- Come on, come on! - ...some sort of silver stake

- or something. - [pounding on door]

- [Norman] Seven victims. - I'm way too awesome to get eaten.

- [Norman] Seven graves. - Norman, are you listening to me?

- You really gotta do something! - [Norman] The witch's grave.

It wasn't there! I was reading the book in the wrong place.

- [growls] - Hide!

[whimpering] What?

[ominous music]

[groaning]

[growls]

[whimpering]

[moaning, groaning]

[growls]

[questioning growl]

[sighs]

[screaming]

[dramatic music]

- [gasps] - [growls]

Aaah!

[groans]

- [screams] - [roars]

[pants]

[grunts] Come on!

[Courtney] And she said I could totally consider a career

in formation swimming.

But I was, like, "I wanna do something that

helps people less fortunate than me, thank you very much."

[chuckles] You know? Like, um, like the poor,

or people who are dying or ugly or something.

'Cause I--I really think that ecology and world peace

are, like, totally important today.

Do you use free weights? 'Cause your deltoids are huge.

I've never used deltoids in my life, I swear.

- You can test me. - Kill me now.

Thank you for doing this, Mitch.

He means an awful lot to me, you know?

I love him like he was a brother.

[Neil] He is your brother.

- [thunderclap] - Whoa.

Look at that sky!

[tense music]

Look out!

- Oh, no! - [tires screech]

- That was Norman! - [all screaming]

- [Mitch] Is everyone okay? - [Courtney and Neil] No.

Uh, hello, sir?

Is he dead or what?

I don't know. He's not moving.

- [quiet growling] - He's still breathing.

So, he's okay?

Uh, not exactly.

What? I-- What did you just say?

Does anyone know, uh, CPR or--

Run!

- [growls] - [screams]

Aaah!

- Did you see that? - That was insane.

I know, right? I kicked that, like, 100 yards!

Norman, what just happened?

Zombies. I swear, okay?

We saw them burst out of their graves, for real.

Just so you know, I totally saved his life,

and I could totally save yours.

- [Courtney] Sorry. Who are you? - I'm Alvin.

- [growling] - [Norman] Um, guys?

Maybe we should actually drive away now.

Oh, right. [screams]

[coughing]

[groans]

[shouting]

[shouting continues]

[dramatic music]

[groaning]

[scoffs] Pesky kids with their cell phones, burnin' up the ozone.

That's what this is.

[slurping]

What the--

[growls]

[groans] I just knew something like this was gonna happen tonight.

You did? Wow. 'Cause that zombie bit really threw me.

Why'd you have to go and get everyone involved

in all your weird stuff?

Well, you weren't supposed to follow me, were you?

Sorry. My fault. When I'm nervous,

[whispering] I get mouth diarrhea.

Whoa-ho-ho-! [chuckles] Diarrhea.

Oh, my gosh! I think I'm having an aneurysm.

Oh, this is so typical of you.

No, you don't understand.

I'm the only one who can stop this, Courtney.

Oh, I-I understand.

I understand that this is all getting completely out of--

- [glass shattering] - ...hand!

- [screams] - [growls]

[both screaming]

- [growling continues] - [shouts]

What do we do? What do we do? Mitch!

- I don't know! I don't know! - You're the oldest.

- Not mentally! - [screams]

- [siren wails] - [Mitch] Oh, great, the cops.

[siren continues wailing]

Pull over the vehicle!

- [grunts] - [zombie growls]

Norman, how do we stop them?

I-I'm supposed to read from the book at the witch's grave.

- [moans] - We've gotta go back to the graveyard?

She wasn't buried with the others. I don't know where else to look.

Well, you better think of something quick.

Oh, oh. I have an idea.

[Salma] So, Norman. [sighs] Let me get this straight.

You guys all go on this big supernatural adventure.

And you're calling me in the middle of the night

because you need someone to help you do your homework?

- Uh, yeah. - [bangs]

- [siren wails] - [all] Whoa!

- [growls] - Please, we need to find out

where the witch is buried!

- [siren continues] - [grunts, groans]

- [screams] - Oh, no! Whoa!

I went to the old graveyard, but her--her grave wasn't there.

Well, duh.

People found guilty of witchcraft weren't considered people anymore.

Norman, your witch was buried someplace else.

In an unmarked grave.

- [growls] - Mitch, do something!

Aaah!

[muffled grunting]

[screams]

[siren wailing]

If you cared to pay attention some of the time,

you would know that we covered this in fifth-grade history class.

- Salma! Please hurry! - [whimpers]

[grunts]

- Aaah! - Oh, no!

[both screaming]

[groaning]

[both screaming]

[Norman over phone] You know, I would Google this myself

if there wasn't a 300-year-old dead guy trying to rip my face off.

[sighs] Okay, okay.

It says here she was tried in the old town hall on Main Street.

There may be a record of her execution and burial in the archives.

- Quick. She said go to the town hall. - [grunts]

[zombie moaning]

- [tires screeching] - [siren wailing]

[humming]

[dramatic music]

- [humming continues] - [soft growling]

- [gasps] - [all moaning]

[Mrs. Henscher screams]

Oh, my goodness! Oh, my goodness!

[Sandra] I really think it might help

if you tried to see things from his point of view.

[Perry] I don't want to.

Perry, not believing in the afterlife

is like not believing in astrology.

I have no idea what you're talking about. Seriously.

- Where did you learn that? - Calm down.

- [tires screeching] - [Perry screams]

Delinquent drivers!

- Where are the police when you need 'em? - [siren wails]

[grunts]

[Perry groans]

[grunts, growl is]

- [groaning] - [growls]

- [all scream] - [growling]

- [all screaming] - [screaming]

[groaning]

[all screaming]

[groans]

- [giggles] - [chuckles]

- [all screaming] - [groaning]

[screaming continues]

- [Mitch] Oh, my gosh. - [Courtney] I broke a nail.

- [Mitch] I'm gonna be sick. - Yeah-ha-ha.

Alvin, the Zombie Slayer.

I got you--Ow! Oh! [wails]

[Alvin sobs]

Baby, I'm so sorry. You'll be all right.

We're gonna get through this together.

[alarm chirps]

Uh-oh.

- [thunderclap] - Come on.

Oh, yeah. [vocalizing "Ride of the Valkyries"]

Perfect. Now the geeks are in charge.

[humming]

[coin clatters]

[beeps]

[whirring]

[zombie groans]

[gasps]

- [gasps] - [whirring continues]

[whimpers]

[moaning]

- [whimpers] - [whirring continues]

- [whimpers] - [groans]

[screams]

[screaming resumes]

- [screaming continues] - [moaning]

[tense music]

[gasping]

[pleasant music]

[all] Oh!

- [all shout] - [laughing]

- [all gasp] - [chuckles] Booyah!

[all gasp]

[all shout]

- [simulated gunfire] - [metal crunching]

- [lips squeak] - [explosion]

- [pop music playing] - [high-pitched laughing]

- [all groaning] - [screams]

- See? I told you. Zombies. - [gasps]

- It's the witch's curse. - Mama?

What?

- What should we do? - [whimpers]

[all moaning]

- Kill 'em in the head! - Yeah!

[groaning, whimpering]

[chattering]

[dramatic music]

- Hurry, this way. - [screaming]

- [zombies growling] - [Courtney] Oh, this is awful!

The zombies are, like, eating everyone!

[screaming in distance]

Come on!

- [shouting continues] - [clanging]

[thunderclap]

[panting]

- [thunderclap] - Is everyone all right?

- Nobody got bitten? - [lisping] I bit my tongue.

Does that count?

[door rattles]

Does anyone know how to pick a lock?

Sure. Pickin' locks is my thing.

[grunts]

- [lock clicks] - Boom.

[thunder rumbles]

[tense music]

- [growls] - [thunderclap]

[grunts]

- This is it! - [Neil] This is?

Now we can find out where the witch was buried.

Uh-oh.

[dramatic music]

[Mitch] Whoa.

Great. I'm super-psyched.

This is turning into the most fun night ever.

Man. Zombies take over the world, and we lock ourselves in a library?

Are you kidding me?

There's an adult video store just across the street.

This will be a piece of cake. You'll see.

"Page...one."

- [scoffs] - Okay, "Page one."

- [Mitch] I really hate these places. - [sighs]

- [grunts, pants] - Come on.

- Feel it. Push it, push it. - Come on.

- Push yourself. Come on. Let's go. - Oh, that's not it.

Time is running out.

Ain't room for no more zombies in this town!

Yeah.

[gasps]

- [shouting, screaming] - [zombie growling]

- Hi-yah! [grunts] - [groans]

- [child growling] - [howling]

- [gunshot] - [groans]

Ya-ha-hoo!

- [groaning, calling out] - [groaning]

- [growls] - [grunting]

- [groaning] - [crunching]

[screams]

[grunting]

Would've been a quiet night too,

if it hadn't been for those meddling kids.

Huh.

Sweet baby jinkies!

What do you think you're doing, firing at civilians?

That is for the police to do!

Oh, no, no, no. It's okay, Sheriff.

We've only been shooting at the dead ones.

It's the living dead come to take us all to hell.

And we gotta stop them before they get away.

- [thunderclap] - [moaning]

[grunting speech]

- [thunderclap] - [all gasp]

- [grunting speech] - [moaning]

Mmm.

[crowd shouting]

Move along now, people! There isn't anything to see here.

I saw them! I saw them!

They're in the town hall!

[shouting]

"Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war!"

[car creaking]

Let's rip 'em apart!

[cheering]

We're not gonna find it in here, Norman.

- This is useless. - Yeah, I know.

And it's also really boring.

I thought I was driving the van.

No one told me I was gonna have to do this other dumb stuff.

[sighs] If I'd known there was so much reading involved,

I would've brought a completely different group of people who hate me.

Yes! Book number one finished.

That is right. Twenty-six pages.

- Oh, yeah. - [all groan]

- [dramatic music] - [crowd shouting]

I can't believe this is your plan.

I'm gonna get bitten and start eating people's brains.

- Guys! - [Courtney] I'm supposed to be vegan.

There's something moving out there.

- I think it's the zombies. - Hide!

Oh, no, it's not. It's just grown-ups.

Hide!

- [man] Open up! - Hi-yah!

[glass shatters]

Whoa. That sound. You know what that is?

That's not-awesome things.

- Guys, come on! - Just give it up, you wiener.

No, we have to keep trying.

Oh! We tried, and look what happened.

I'm scared, Norman, and I can't listen to this anymore.

You never listen. No one ever listens.

I'm scared too, but I've still gotta do this.

I do too listen.

And whatever it was you just said, it's not working.

You--You think you're gonna go out there,

you're gonna do your talking to the dead thing,

and this is all gonna be okay? It--Uh--

What are you gonna do? Huh? Ask the zombies not to eat you?

I should've known you wouldn't understand. No one ever does.

Norman, you need to stop all this weird stuff

and start living in the real world.

Everyone in the real world thinks I'm a freak.

And you know what? Maybe they're right. Maybe I am a freak.

But I never asked for your help. Just go!

Get out!

Geez, that was dramatic.

[groans] Come on.

[mob clamoring]

[somber music]

[mob clamoring]

I'm not going anywhere. You can't make me.

[grunts]

- Dude, you're really heavy. - [Neil] I'm not speaking to you.

- You can't make me. - [mob clamoring]

[door shuts]

- Um, excuse me. Hello? - [man screams]

[Courtney yelps]

[screams] Oh, no!

- [shrieks] - [screams]

They're in there, all right. I can feel its clammy flesh!

[crowd shouting]

[melancholic music]

[footsteps approaching]

[low growling]

- Hello? - [moans]

[gasping]

[growls]

[zombies moaning]

[tense music]

[moaning continues]

Help! Somebody, help me!

Let's burn 'em out!

[crowd shouting]

We're all gonna die!

- [moaning] - [Norman panting]

- [thunderclap] - [grunts]

[growls]

[grunting]

[growls]

Oh, my gosh.

Do you think this has got anything to do with Norman?

Of course not.

- Everyone, look! - [crowd clamoring]

Perry, do something!

Norman! Get down from there this instant!

You're supposed to be grounded!

- [growls] - You horrible old witch!

- Is this what you want? - [crowd shouting]

Necromancer!

- This is all his doing! - Norman!

[dramatic music]

"Once upon a time, in a--

I-in a far-off land, there-there lived a king and a queen

- in a magnificent castle." - [laughs]

Why won't you listen to me? Why are you doing this?

[roars]

[screaming]

[scream echoes]

[low ominous music]

Agatha Prenderghast,

of His Majesty's province of Massachusetts.

On this day, you have been arraigned

for the horrible crime of witchcraft,

witnessed by those whose testimonies

have been heard.

You have, by this court, been found guilty.

- No! - [Judge] And it is passed on you,

according to your grievous crimes,

execution!

[girl sobbing]

[dramatic music]

No. [sobs] No!

[crying]

[Judge] Do you have anything to say for yourself?

- I was only playing. - [Judge] Aye!

With fire!

- You were speaking with the dead! - [gasps]

- Wait! No! - I'll not risk damnation

on these good people.

- No, you can't do this! - [Judge] You are to be taken--

- I didn't do anything wrong! - ...to the place of execution,

- where you will be hanged by the neck-- - [groans]

- [Judge] ...until you be dead. - Stop!

Leave me alone or I'll make you sorry!

I'll make all of you sorry!

[thunder rumbling in distance]

[gasps]

[sighs]

[whispering] How could you?

She was just a little kid.

She was no different than me.

Keep away from me.

Y-You must stop

the curse.

What?

You don't want to kill me?

You can speak to the dead.

To us.

To her.

We need you to read from the book,

to send us all back to the grave.

But it didn't work.

It's a fairy tale.

Just a bedtime s...story.

That's it, isn't it?

A bedtime story to keep a little girl asleep for another year.

And now you need my help

because I'm the only one who can read it to her?

Here's your book!

Try reading it yourself.

Why did you do it?

We were scared.

Of what?

Of her.

[somber music]

I believed we were doing what was right.

[breathes deeply] I was wrong.

Now, this is our punishment.

We thought we knew our way in life,

but in death...

[sighs] we are lost.

Please, help us.

Every year, someone reads the story at her grave.

Before me it was Mr. Prenderghast.

And before him there were others.

But the curse doesn't ever go away.

Nothing gets better. It's not enough.

What will you do?

Something nobody ever did before.

I've gotta go talk to her.

- [thunderclap] - [cackles]

[shouting]

- [all scream] - [Mitch] Guys, guys!

Under here, under here!

[whimpers]

Mitch. Mitch. If we die tonight,

this may be the last chance I get to tell you how I feel.

Uh...

Well, no. Unless we get brought back as zombies,

and then, technically, you'll have longer.

- Norman? - Come on.

- This way. - You've gotta be kidding me.

[all gasp]

[dramatic music]

[moaning]

You stay right where you are!

- [gasping] - You may be dead already,

but I will still shoot you!

- Wait! - [all gasp]

- Oh, my gosh. - [gasps]

- [growls softly] - [Perry] Son!

Step away from the zombies!

- No, I won't. - [Perry grumbles]

Perry, calm down! You're gonna have a heart attack,

and then what are you gonna do?

I'll come back and haunt Norman!

Maybe then he'll start listening to me.

No! No, you don't understand what's happening here.

I spoke to them, and--and it's not what you think.

The curse isn't about the zombies hurting you.

- [shouting] - [Norman] It's about you hurting them.

I figured it out. And--And I know a way to stop this.

He's in league with them!

Let's hang him!

No. We can't hang him, stupid. It's the 21st century.

Then let's burn him!

Can you stop being a mob for just one minute?

- Listen to me. - Get 'em before they eat us!

- [shouting] - [gasping]

Leave him alone!

[all gasp]

[emotional music]

[gasps] Hand, Alvin. My hand.

Everybody, listen up!

You all need to stop trying to kill my brother!

You're adults! You stop it!

I know that this seems crazy.

Believe me, I am with you on that.

But I think he does actually know what he's talking about.

All night, he's been trying to save you from the witch's curse.

Yeah. Yeah!

And all you wanna do is burn and murder stuff,

burn and murder stuff.

Just burning and murdering.

Yeah. Shame on every single one of you.

How dare you all.

So they're not going to hurt us?

No.

Does it look like any of them are trying to hurt you?

They're just people.

- Well, at least they used to be. - [sighs]

Just...just stupid people who should've known better.

They did something unforgivable because they were scared,

and they were cursed for it.

Now it's happening all over again.

Just--don't you get it?

They were just like you.

But now it has to stop.

For good.

[somber music]

[shrieks, roars]

[crowd screaming]

[screaming]

[roaring]

Geez! What is her problem?

[roaring continues]

Oh, Norman!

- So, what do we do now? - Uh, I--

- I-I really don't know. - [Courtney] Yes, you do, Norman.

You've gotta get to that witch's grave.

- But-- - But nothing. You listen to me, buster.

We didn't turn away

when Daleridge High was slaughtering our volleyball team, did we?

- I thought we did. - No, we didn't.

I have cheered the uncheerable, Norman,

and I'm not letting you give up now.

- Dad, could I borrow the car? - Excuse me?

[woman on radio] Officials are urging people

- to panic and run! - [static]

[light jazz music]

[sniffs]

- [indistinct shouting, screaming] - [car alarm blaring]

- [tires screeching] - [horn blaring]

Whew! Boy. The traffic tonight, huh?

- [man in distance] The witch! - [woman screaming]

Norman. Ugh. He's on my side of the seat.

She wants you to move over.

- [moans] - Um, I heard that!

Mom, tell the zombie to stop saying stuff about me.

- Can you quit using the Z-word? - "Can you quit using the Z-word?"

[Perry] So help me, I will stop this car right now

if all three of you don't quit it this instant!

[jazz continues]

[mutters]

[Norman] He--He says, take a left here.

- [tires screech] - [Perry] We've already been this way.

We're going around in circles!

[Sandra] Maybe we should pull over and ask someone.

Oh! Right!

You think maybe we should stop at a graveyard

and dig up some other 18th-century corpses?

It's not a bad idea.

I wish I understood you.

- [mutters] - [groans]

Please, don't tell me he needs to use the bathroom.

Turn down there.

- [wind blowing] - [brakes squeaking]

[Sandra] Oh, my. Do you think that's it?

[Perry] So, why are we here?

- [zombie groans] - Someone's gotta talk to her, Dad.

Yeah, um... why is that person you, exactly?

[ominous music]

- [tree rattles] - [gasps]

[dramatic music]

- Oh, my goodness. Look out! - Mom!

- [screams] - Perry! Do something!

[Perry] I am trying!

Kick it in the knothole!

Whoa!

- Norman? - [panting]

I'm--I'm okay, Mom!

Just wait for me here. Don't worry.

Be careful!

[tense music]

[thunderclap]

[gasps]

[dramatic music]

[thunderclap]

Uh, hello.

[Agatha] You're not welcome here.

Go away. [voice echoes]

Uh, I-I really need to speak with you.

[Agatha] Who are you?

I'm--I'm Norman. Norman Babcock.

You--You don't actually know me, but I know you.

We're actually kind of the same, you and I.

[Agatha] You're not dead.

Well...well, no, a-apart from that.

[Agatha] And you're a boy.

Oh, well, yes. That too.

[Agatha] You're not like me at all.

Well--I-- I know how you feel.

[Agatha] No, you don't.

You don't know anything about me.

I know your name is Agatha Prenderghast.

[Agatha] What?

A-And I know you're probably tired, right?

Because, I mean, it's--it's really late, and it's been a long night.

And we're, like, only 11 years old, and--

[Agatha whispering] I don't want to go to sleep.

And you can't make me.

[rumbling]

[Norman shouts]

Whoa!

[grunts]

[dramatic music]

Whoa! [grunts]

[grunts, screams]

[grunting]

[grunts]

[shouts]

[whooshing]

[panting]

[thunderclap]

I burnt the book into dust.

Now I don't have to listen to that stupid story anymore!

Ow! [grunts]

[whimpers]

Leave me alone.

[dramatic music]

No. No, I'm not leaving.

Just listen to me.

Uh... Once upon a time,

long ago, there was a little girl.

- What? - A-A little girl

who was different--

Who was different from the other people in her village.

- I'm not listening! - [specters] ♪ La, la, la ♪

She could see and--and do things that no one could understand.

And that made them scared of her.

I don't like this story!

She turned away from everyone and became sad and lonely,

and had no one to turn to!

Stop it!

[intense music]

[panting]

But the more she turned away from people,

the more scared they were of her.

And they did something terrible.

- Oh! - They became so scared...

that they took her away, and they killed her!

- No! - [Norman] But--But even--

Even though she was dead,

- something in her came back. - Stop!

[Norman] And this part of her wouldn't go away, not for 300 years!

- Shut up! - And the longer it stayed,

the less there was of the little girl.

[shrieking]

[gasps]

I'll make you suffer!

Why? Oh!

Because... Because...

Because you want everyone to hurt just as much as you are.

[grunts] So whenever you wake up,

you play this mean game, but you don't play fair!

[grunts]

- [grunts] - They hurt me!

So you hurt them back?

I wanted everyone to see how rotten they were.

[grunts] You're just like them, Agatha.

- No, I'm not! - You're a bully!

No, I'm not!

[screams]

[grunts, groans]

[grunts]

Ugh!

[gasps]

[dramatic music]

[Norman shouts]

[grunting]

They did something awful, but that doesn't mean you should too.

All that's left of you now is mean and horrible!

- That's not true. - Then stop.

This is wrong, and you know it.

You spent so long remembering the bad people

that you've forgotten the good ones.

There must have been someone who loved you and cared for you.

- You don't remember them? - Leave me alone!

But you're not alone. You have to remember.

- Keep away from me! - Remember!

- [leaves rustling] - [faint birdsong]

Aggie.

My name was Aggie.

I---

I remember my mommy brought me here once.

[peaceful music]

We sat under the tree, and she told me stories.

They all had happy endings.

And then those horrible men came and took me away,

and I never saw her again.

[gasps]

[sobs, sniffles]

Sometimes when people get scared, they say and do terrible things.

I think you got so scared that you forgot who you are.

But I don't think you're a witch.

Not really.

You don't?

I think you're just a little kid with a really special gift,

who only ever wanted people to understand her.

So we're not all that different at all.

But...

what about the people who hurt you?

Don't you ever want to make them suffer?

Well, yeah. But what good would that do?

You think just because there's bad people out there

that there's no good ones either?

I thought the same thing for a while.

But there's always someone out there for you.

Somewhere.

[Agatha] I just want my mommy.

I'm--I'm sorry, Aggie.

She's gone.

That story you were telling...

How does it end?

I think that's up to you.

Is this where they buried me?

It's a pretty good place to sleep.

Then you can be with your mom again.

[sighs]

[emotional music]

[music continues]

Sleep tight.

Norman? Norman!

My brave little man!

I thought I was gonna lose you.

- [kissing) - Mom!

- You're embarrassing me. - That's my job.

Psst. Good job, Norman.

Well done, son. You did it.

[music continues]

So, uh, are we gonna need statements?

Ow! That was my fingernail.

You know what it's like. You join a mob, and you say things-- [chuckles]

I was merely inhabiting the role.

Yeah, it was the others. They pushed me into it.

Yeah, no, uh, me and Norman are in a lot of the same classes.

We're pretty much inseparable best buds.

And we do a lot of psychic investigations together.

We have a blog actually. You should check it out.

So I was thinking maybe we could catch a movie sometime.

- Nothing scary. - That sounds great, Kathy.

You know, you're gonna love my boyfriend.

He's like a total chick-flick nut.

[bright music]

- Hey, Neil. - You did it.

You stopped the witch's curse.

And made the zombies go away. And saved pretty much everything!

I guess.

I just wanted to say thanks. You stood by me.

- All the time. - Yeah, of course.

Don't get weird or anything.

So, uh, you think now everything's gonna turn back to normal?

Well, as normal as it could be.

- [shrieks] - Ugh! Stop it!

[male TV newscaster] ...whose lives have been ruined by

last night's mystery tornado.

But first, here's Mindy Rinager with a kitten on roller skates.

Mmm. [munching]

- Son. - Hi, Dad.

- What are you watching? - A scary movie.

Oh, yeah. Um...

Your grandma here, is she?

- Mmm. - [Perry] Right.

Of course she is. Um...

[smacks lips] Is she, uh...is she, uh,

sitting next to me?

[gulps] Hi, Mom.

[music continues]

[both] So, what's happening now?

[chuckles]

[folk music]

♪ Little ghost, little ghost, one I'm scared of the most ♪

♪ Can you scare me up a little bit of love? ♪

♪ I'm the only one that sees you! ♪

♪ And I can't do much to please you! ♪

♪ And it's not yet time to meet the Lord above ♪

♪ The first moment that I met her I did not expect a specter ♪

♪ When I shook her hand I really shook a glove ♪

♪ She looked into me so sweetly ♪

♪ And we left the room discreetly ♪

♪ No one else could know the secret of our love ♪

♪ Little ghost, little ghost, one I'm scared of the most ♪

♪ Can you scare me up a little bit of love? ♪

♪ I'm the only one that sees you ♪

♪ And I can't do much to please you ♪

♪ And it's not yet time to meet the Lord above ♪

♪ Every morning I awoke I'd see my little ghost ♪

♪ Wonderin' if it's really her that's lying there ♪

♪ I lean to touch her and I whisper ♪

♪ But not brave enough to kiss her ♪

♪ When I held her I was really holding air ♪

♪ Little ghost, little ghost, one I'm scared of the most ♪

♪ Can you scare me up a little bit of love? ♪

♪ I'm the only one that sees you ♪

♪ And I can't do much to please you ♪

♪ And it's not yet time to meet the Lord above ♪

♪ Though I try my best to keep it ♪

♪ There really was no secret ♪

♪ Must have looked like I was dancing with the wall ♪

♪ No one else could see ♪

♪ This apparition ♪

♪ I fell in love with a little ghost and that was all ♪

♪ Little ghost, little ghost, one I'm scared of the most ♪

♪ Can you scare me up a little bit of love? ♪

♪ I'm the only one that sees you ♪

♪ And I can't do much to please you ♪

♪ And it's not yet time to meet the Lord above ♪

♪ No, it's not yet time to meet the Lord above ♪

[orchestral music]