Original subtitles

-[mysterious music] -[crickets chirping]

[dramatic music]

[footsteps thudding]

[match scrapes]

[dramatic music continues]

[Clive] To the entity

oppressing the owner of this ring,

I summon thee.

Paint yourself.

Reveal yourself on this canvas.

To the oppressive entity that has taken

control of my wife.

Reveal yourself!

I command thee.

Paint yourself!

[Clive pants]

[book thuds loudly]

[suspenseful music]

[door closes]

[loud sigh]

[distorted squelching]

[suspenseful music continues]

[distorted squelching]

[dramatic music]

[match scrapes]

-[match scrapes] -[distorted squelching]

[match scrapes]

[suspenseful music]

-[Succubus screams] -[Clive] No!

[Ana gasps]

[soft suspenseful music]

[Clive cackling]

[Clive cackling]

[Clive cackling]

[Ana gasps loudly]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music continues]

[upbeat rock and roll music]

Janice, Lucy.

You've got to stop leaving your dishes out.

[upbeat rock and roll music continues]

Stop following me.

[Evelyn] Lucy, what are you doing?

Lucy.

Go play with your brother.

[upbeat rock and roll music continues]

[sandpaper scraping]

[hammer thudding]

-[tool thuds] -Argh!

[Adam grunts]

[objects clattering]

[tools clank]

[box thuds]

[Adam sighs]

[footsteps thudding]

[Evelyn] Adam, Janice wants to borrow the car tonight,

and I said she could.

[chuckles] I never understand

why you collect these dusty old magazines.

It's just... I...

That's research for the business, please.

The bindings are very delicate.

So, Janice wants to borrow the car tonight?

[upbeat quirky music]

Janice doesn't like me.

Yes, she does.

She's just hormonal.

-[Lucy chuckles] -[Nelson chuckles]

You know,

back when she was your age,

we'd build these huge forts in the basement.

Drove Mom and Dad nuts.

I made you something.

Oh, wow. That is amazing.

[doorbell rings]

[footsteps thudding]

[door clicks]

-Are you Evelyn Elster? -[Evelyn] Yes.

I'm here representing the Franco estate.

Actually, we've been meaning

to speak with you about your role.

What?

I'm sorry. Weren't you notified?

You've been named the executor of your cousin's estate.

We weren't exactly close.

She's much younger than me.

She married up.

So they were rich?

Filthy.

Her husband

Clive, was old money.

The Franco family.

She didn't even write to me.

You understand?

Not to mention the way she died.

It's just...

absolutely bizarre.

The circumstances. That house.

So you'd get paid by the estate?

[sighs] Yes. Well, the salary

is ten thousand plus a percentage.

Ten thousand dollars?

[chuckles] Jesus, Ev.

Or we just wait and the estate goes through probate--

No, that could take over a year.

Adam, I... I don't want to go there by myself.

I could come.

We could bring the kids--

Janice has softball camp.

We can cancel softball camp for one year.

She's gonna be really pleased--

This is the opportunity of a lifetime!

You're being selfish.

[gentle music]

[gentle music continues]

[car engine revving]

[car engine revving]

[car door thuds]

[Evelyn] We've got the appraisers coming next week,

so we've got to catalog everything before Sunday.

[Adam sighs]

Okay, Nelson,

you take the lower level.

Your dad and I will do this floor.

Tag, you're it!

-No running in the house. -She's annoying.

You've decided not to participate,

why don't you go outside and supervise your sister?

Mom, that's not fair.

Fine.

[clipboard thuds]

She'll come around.

[soft piano music]

Wow.

[soft piano music continues]

[Nelson] Hey, Mom.

I found something weird.

[Nelson] Paint looks fresh.

[Evelyn] Wow. That's...

exotic.

What's going on?

Honey, what do you think?

Eh... What do you mean?

I mean, I don't want

Lucy seeing this sort of thing.

It's salacious.

Sweetheart, will you move this up to the attic for now?

[knocks on table]

Mahogany.

[crickets chirping]

[suspenseful music]

[moaning with effort]

[lips smack]

Not tonight.

[Adam sighs]

-[keys jingling] -[trunk clicks]

[crickets chirping]

[door thuds]

[box thuds]

[faint whispers]

[suspenseful music]

[door creaks open]

[door clicks]

[crickets chirping]

[dramatic music]

-[scissors snipping] -[dramatic music continues]

[gasps]

Lucy!

Lucy! Get over here!

-[body thuds] -[Lucy shrieks]

Girls. Girls!

Janice, stop it. Stop it.

What's going on?

Look what she did to my hair.

-Lucy! -I didn't do it!

Yes, you did. I know it was you.

Okay, Janice. Stop. Both of you.

Apologize to your sister.

Lucy, apologize right now!

[sobbing] But I didn't do it.

She's lying.

It'll grow back.

-[Janice scoffs] -[footsteps thudding]

[birds chirping]

-[mixer whirring] -[Nelson and Lucy indistinctly]

Hello?

Oh, it's for you. [Nelson indistinctly]

[clears throat] Are we running low on anything?

Everything.

Don't forget the eggs!

[suspenseful music]

[faint footsteps and giggling]

-[footsteps thudding] -[Lucy giggling]

Lucy?

[door clicks open]

-[door clicks shut] -[Lucy] Mommy?

Mommy, come and get me!

[suspenseful music]

[door clicks]

Who's... Who's down there?

[faint giggling]

[suspenseful music continues]

-[cupboard doors thudding] -[eerie music]

[Evelyn sighs]

[box clanks]

I can understand that you're upset.

This has nothing to do with you, Evelyn.

They're just-- They're just pictures.

You have two daughters in this house.

-What if they-- -That's why they were hidden!

-I found them. -Then you were looking for them

I was not looking for that.

[Adam] You know when I think

about all the sacrifices that I have made every day

to protect you.

-To protect them. -[Evelyn] From what?

So you wouldn't notice the ship was going under.

[Adam sighs]

Going under?

I lost half my clients last quarter.

Retailers aren't buying local anymore.

The business is hollowed out. They're moving overseas.

I had to drain our savings account

to pay for Nelson's college.

[somber music]

I need some air.

Evelyn?

[scissors snipping]

[suspenseful music]

[light clicks]

Adam?

[Adam] Hmm?

Something happened today.

When I was playing with Lucy.

I saw a...

-What? -I don't know.

Something strange.

It's these paintings,

they're just...

all so creepy.

I don't know what you're talking about.

[clears throat] Forget it.

[scissors snipping]

[crickets chirping]

[whisper] Lucy.

[door creaks]

[door thuds]

[eerie music]

[scissors snipping]

[Janice gasping]

-[Janice screams] -[dramatic music]

[scissors snipping]

[Janice screams]

[Janice screams]

[door creaks]

What's going on? What?

[trembling] There was someone in here.

-Janice, honey-- -[Adam] Where?

-Who's in here? -Honey.

Him.

He was right behind me.

I could smell his breath.

All right. Maybe it was just a nightmare.

No, he was right there.

Look, look, look what he did to my hair.

All right, well,

we're going to get rid of this, then.

What the hell?

Nelson, could you give me a hand with this?

Yeah.

[Adam] Just right here, yeah.

[Adam and Nelson grunt]

Do something with that.

There.

Now, let's all go to bed.

[sobbing]

[light clicks]

[door slams]

[crickets chirping]

-[faucet squeaks] -[water splashes]

[faint whispering]

[faucet squeaks]

Hey, did you--

[faint whispering]

[dramatic music]

[lighter flicks]

[candle thuds and rolls]

Who's there?

[suspenseful music]

Who's there?

[music ends abruptly]

Make me one of the Painted.

[Evelyn sighs]

[piano music]

[Adam groans]

Ow.

Where were you last night?

I couldn't sleep.

[Evelyn sighs] You know, you don't have

to lie anymore about the magazines.

For God's sake, it wasn't the magazines.

Let's get some work done.

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music continues]

[dramatic music]

Janice, eat your dinner.

Adam, it's okay.

Your mother and I work very hard

to put this food on the table.

Adam, stop. You're upsetting her.

We can talk about this later.

Why don't we talk about it now?

You can tell them.

The furniture business is failing.

We're saving what we can with this opportunity, but...

after this, money is going to be tight for a while.

[suspenseful music]

-Mommy? -Yes, sweetie?

Do you still love Daddy?

Lucy, why would you ask me that?

Sometimes Mommy and Daddy have disagreements,

but that doesn't mean...

It's just grown-up problems.

You don't have to worry about that.

Okay?

[gentle music]

[lips smack]

[lighter flicks]

[lighter clicks]

[lighter flicks]

[ominous music]

[suspenseful music]

[faint footsteps thudding]

Lucy?

[faint footsteps thudding]

[suspenseful music]

[faint giggling]

[footsteps thudding]

[eerie music]

[suspenseful music]

[distorted] Mommy, come and get me.

[eerie music]

[faint giggling]

-[Evelyn screams] -[eerie music]

[giggling]

[Evelyn] Stop!

[door creaks]

-[eerie music] -[footsteps thudding]

-[Evelyn screams] -[body thuds]

-[body thuds] -[Evelyn grunts]

[Nelson shivering]

[eerie music]

-[dramatic music] -[Nelson muffled]

[wall thudding]

[faint thudding]

[Nelson muffled faintly]

[dramatic music]

-[Nelson muffled] -[wall thudding]

Nelson! Nelson!

[Adam grunting]

One, two...

[bodies thud]

[Nelson panting]

Nelson?

What's going on?

[Adam] You okay?

Where's Mom?

[dramatic music]

Come on.

[moans]

[mysterious scraping sound]

[eerie music]

What do you want?

[flashlight thudding]

[Adam faintly] Evelyn?

Down here!

We need to get out of here.

Now!

[dramatic music]

[car engine revs]

[gentle music]

[jazz music]

I should have done this weeks ago.

[Adam] Ev.

Needs to be cleaned.

[water sloshing]

[gentle music]

[Lucy] Would you like to dance? Sure.

You're good.

Hey Lucy.

I just wanted to say

I'm sorry

for blaming you and

everything.

[gentle music continues]

Hey, do you want to do something fun?

[Evelyn] They said it was a murder suicide,

but they were newlyweds.

Just doesn't add up.

I think that her husband, Clive,

was trying to summon something

the night they died.

Maybe, it's crazy.

[dramatic music]

What?

There's something I have to do.

[car door slams]

[car engine revs]

[Janice] Yeah, cover that hole.

I think this place needs more room.

Yeah.

I'm gonna get some more boxes from upstairs, okay?

Okay.

[footsteps thudding]

Hello. What are you doing today?

Hmm, I don't know. What about you?

Hmm.

Would you like to play?

Sure.

[hands and knees thudding]

[faint whispering]

[hands and knees thudding]

Wait!

-[hands and knees thudding] -[Lucy screams]

[dramatic music]

[Lucy screaming faintly]

[dramatic music]

[Lucy screaming]

Lucy!

[Lucy grunting]

[Janice and Lucy panting]

[suspenseful music]

[Nelson] Don't touch that!

It was just there, in the basement.

I don't know how it got there.

It's okay.

I'll take care of this.

[dramatic music]

[car door thuds]

[door knocking]

[door knocking]

-We're closed today. -[Evelyn] No, wait.

I need to know about The Painted.

[Leonora] They called them,

The Painted. Spirits summoned through art.

This book is one of the few surviving manuals.

[Evelyn] Why did they do it?

[Leonora] Most spirits continue in death

as they did in life.

These paintings gave them a home

but it also gave malevolent entities a way in.

By the early twenties,

the ritual was permanently retired.

We keep them here for safety.

But the painting that I saw was fresh.

Do you think Clive was--

That's not for me to say.

The Franco family

kept many secrets.

But I do know this.

By the turn of the century, they were among

the foremost practitioners of spirit painting.

They believed, if you became one of the Painted,

then you could never truly die.

[ominous music]

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music continues]

Oh, my God.

[car door thuds]

[painting thuds]

[flames crackle]

[Evelyn] That's not going to do any good.

She'll keep coming back

no matter where we go

or what we do.

We have to figure out where she came from.

There's something you need to see.

[Evelyn] You sure that's the same woman?

[Adam] Pretty sure.

Her name was Cassandra DuBray.

She's not a relative.

But she knew Iver.

Clive's great, great grandfather.

[Adam] From Clive to your cousin.

To us.

After Cassandra died,

you get a lot of murders,

suicides, disappearances.

What about the fire?

[Adam] Right.

The original house burned down in 1907,

killing Iver and his wife.

The house that we were in was built

on the original foundation three years later.

There's only one way to stop this.

I know the ritual,

but we need something else.

Her closest possession.

When I was in the basement, I thought I saw something.

Another room.

I think that's where she keeps it.

That could be the original cellar.

We have to go back,

tonight.

[insects buzzing]

If anything happens,

you call Steve right away.

We'll be back soon.

It's going to be okay.

[gentle music]

[door slams]

[car engine revs]

[suspenseful music]

[eerie music]

[paint squelching]

[suspenseful music]

[faint whispering]

[sigh]

[dramatic music]

[car engine revs]

[car door slams]

[door clicks]

-[door clicks] -The paintings.

She may try and use them against us.

Then we burn them.

[dramatic music]

[paintings thud]

[dramatic music continues]

[shelves clattering]

[Evelyn grunts]

-[shelves whirr] -[Evelyn grunts]

[Evelyn] Oh...

[match scrapes]

[door creaks]

[door thuds]

[eerie music]

[chest clatters]

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music continues]

[key clunks]

[dramatic music]

[Cassandra distorted] Make me one of the Painted.

Make me one of the Painted.

[dramatic music]

[wheelbarrow rolling]

[suspenseful music]

[suspenseful music continues]

[paint squelching]

[suspenseful music continues]

[paint squelching]

[door creaking]

[door thuds]

[faint breathing]

[ominous music]

[faint groaning]

-[paintings screams] -[Evelyn screams]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music continues]

-[Evelyn screaming] -[paintings groaning]

[bottle shatters]

[dramatic music continues]

-[Adam grunts] -[painting screams]

[painting thuds]

[dramatic music continues]

[faint screaming]

Evelyn!

-[Evelyn screaming] -[paintings groaning]

Evelyn!

Evelyn!

[dramatic music continues]

[Evelyn] Adam!

Grab a hold of my arm.

Come on.

-[bodies thud] -[door thuds]

[Adam and Evelyn grunt]

[Evelyn] I saw her.

Cassandra DuBray.

-[gasoline sloshing] -[dramatic music]

[crickets chirping]

[gasoline container thuds]

[match scrapes]

[flames crackle]

[faint breathing]

-Ev? -[Evelyn] Mm?

There's something that I have to tell you.

What?

We really should get going.

[dramatic music]

[Lucy moans]

Nelson?

[suspenseful music]

[faint breathing]

What are you doing?

[Lucy whimpering]

Nelson?

-No! -[door thuds]

-[doorknob clattering] -Nelson?

-[banging on door] -Open this door!

-[doorknob clattering] -[banging on door]

[gentle music]

I saw her.

I saw everything.

It's a curse. And it runs in the family.

And it started with Iver Franco.

He was the most gifted spiritualist of his time.

Famous for his ability to summon paintings

of the dead.

Then one day, he met Cassandra DuBray.

A cosmopolitan heiress.

[camera shutters]

[Evelyn] That night,

they made a lover's promise

to run away together and marry in secret.

[lips smacking]

But it wasn't meant to be.

At the age of 29,

Cassandra unexpectedly

became terminally ill.

Make me one of the Painted.

[Evelyn] So he prepared a bewitched painting.

A place where their spirits could live

and love forever.

After her death,

he would conduct the ritual

binding her spirit to the painting he designed.

Then he would take

his own life and join her.

[dramatic music]

Cassandra DuBray.

I summon thee!

[Evelyn] But when it came time for him

to prove his undying love to her,

to join her as one of the Painted,

He did not.

[dramatic music]

He abandoned Cassandra.

Doomed her to spend

eternity alone.

[flames crackle]

So she cursed Iver.

And all of his descendants.

Then she became a demon,

a succubus.

She possesses the men to kill the women.

Right down the line.

She wanted to get inside of me.

What do you mean?

[tires screech]

There's something that I need to tell you.

-[window thudding] -He took her!

-He took her to the basement! -What?

Honey, what are you talking about?

[panting] Nelson took Lucy to the basement!

And he locked the door,

There's something wrong with him!

[dramatic music]

[drawer thuds]

[tools clattering]

-[dramatic music continues] -[Lucy screams]

-[Adam] Nelson! -I'll get the key!

-[dramatic music continues] -[Nelson screams]

[Lucy screams]

[body thuds]

[Lucy screams]

[utensils clattering]

[dramatic music continues]

[Nelson grunts]

[Nelson grunts]

[Adam] Nelson!

[Adam] Get her out of here!

[Nelson screams]

[body thuds]

Let's go!

-[Nelson screams] -[door thuds]

[door thuds]

Give me the chair! Hand me the chair!

Go, go, go, go!

-Adam! -[door thuds]

We have to start the ritual.

[dramatic music continues]

All right, girls. Listen, listen.

Go to Officer Steve's house and stay put.

What about Nelson?

Do not come back to this house tonight

under any circumstances.

Do you understand?

[car door slams]

-[door thudding] -[Nelson grunting]

-[door thuds] -We're not going to need that.

Jesus.

[dramatic music]

[canvas tearing]

[hammer thudding]

[hammer thudding]

[hammer thudding]

[hammer thudding]

We need to barricade this door!

[dramatic music continues]

One more thing.

As soon as we lift the curse,

we have to unbind her soul from the painting.

What? How?

We burn it!

[door thuds]

[dramatic music continues]

[dramatic music continues]

[fuse box thuds]

[Nelson screams]

[electricity whirring]

[lighter flicks]

[suspenseful music]

[door thuds]

[door thuds]

[Nelson grunting faintly]

[door thudding]

[Adam] Okay.

-[Nelson grunts] -[Evelyn] Together.

[both] Iver Franco, we summon thee!

[both] Paint yourself on this canvas!

Reveal yourself!

Join your beloved.

-[Nelson grunts] -[door thudding]

[dramatic music continues]

-This isn't working. -Just, again.

[both] Iver Franco, we summon thee!

[car engine revs]

We have to go back.

-[Nelson grunting] -[door thudding]

[both] Iver Franco, we summon thee.

Paint yourself on this canvas.

-Reveal yourself. -Reveal yourself!

We command you.

[door thuds]

No, no, no.

This isn't working. This is supposed to work.

Are you certain?

Yes, look at the painting. Look at her arm.

It's supposed to end like this. It has to.

We're supposed to bring them back together.

Iver made a vow.

But he was too cowardly

to make the sacrifice in life.

Now, in death...

[door thudding]

"In order for a spirit to precipitate

it must be a willing participant.

The ritual is, in effect,

a petition

which the entity can refuse."

He's not coming.

He won't come.

She needs a sacrifice.

The vow that Iver broke,

needs to be fulfilled.

Yes, but how?

[dramatic music]

[Adam sighs] There's something I need to tell you.

When we were...

at the house that night.

[Adam] I went to the attic.

And she came to me.

We were together.

I'm so sorry.

-[Nelson grunting] -[door thudding]

She tried to take my daughter's life.

And now she has my son.

This ends tonight.

[body slapping]

I'm sorry.

[Evelyn] What have you done?

It's all there, ready for you now.

It had to be me.

A willing participant.

[somber music]

Please don't hate me.

[sobbing] No, no, no. Adam.

Adam.

No, no, no. Adam.

Adam!

[sobbing] Adam.

Adam.

-[body thuds] -[Evelyn crying]

[dramatic music]

-[Nelson grunting] -[door thudding]

Adam Elster.

I summon you.

[dramatic music continues]

[paint squelching]

[gentle music]

Nelson?

-[Nelson chuckles] -[dramatic music]

Cassandra?

-[Nelson grunts] -[Evelyn screams]

[Nelson groaning]

[tires screech]

[car door slams]

[Nelson grunts]

[Janice] No!

[dramatic music continues]

-[Janice screams] -[body thuds]

[lighter flicks]

-[dramatic music] -[faint hissing]

[Nelson screams]

-[Nelson coughing] -[Evelyn panting]

Hey.

What happened?

[Lucy screams]

[somber music]

[Lucy sobbing]

[dramatic music]

[door thuds]

[footsteps thudding]

[light clicks]

[footsteps thudding]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music continues]

[dramatic music continues]

[dramatic music continues]

[dramatic music ends abruptly]