Mansion (standard:Ghost stories, 13516 words)
Author: darkstoryteller	Added: May 10 2003	Views/Reads: 3360/2457	Story vote: 0.00 (0 votes)
Mansion is actually my screenplay for a hopefully upcoming movie of mine. Its about a man named Derek Helton who brings a group of people over to a large house named Ruth mansion,built by wealthy Victor Ruth and his family. The house has a darkened past.

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Sarah: "Alright. Bye." 

Monica: "Yep." 

Monica hangs up the phone and sees that her door is open. She goes over
to close it,and then turns around remembering something. She goes over 
to her phone and sees Derek Heltons phone number on a piece of paper 
beside it. She dials the number. 

EXT-DEREKS HOUSE-DAY 

-A shot of Dereks house from the outside. 

INT-DEREKS BEDROOM-DAY 

-Derek is lying on his bed with his eyes partially opened. His phone
beside him rings. He sits up on his bed and picks it up. 

Derek: "Hello,this is Derek Helton." 

Monica: "Hy,this is Monica,I was with my friend Sarah at your
department,remember me?" 

Derek: "Oh hy Monica,how are you this morning?" 

Monica: "Despite a little mess in the house,I'm doing okay." 

Derek: "Well thats good." 

Monica: "I was wondering if I should arrive at the mansion this
afternoon. Would that be okay?" 

-Derek looks down at his watch. 

Derek: "Perfect. Ill be in there at about 3:00,so you can go in. The
gate,and the doors are open already,so you can go inside and wait for 
me and the others." 

Monica: "Great! Bye." 

Derek: "I'll see you soon." 

-They both hang up. 

EXT-ROAD-DAY 

-Monicas car drives by on the road. The sky is still white,with a little
blue in it. The valleys surrounding the road are green with white 
little flowers. Monica looks at the ammount of gas in her car. Its 
almost empty. 

Monica: "No..." 

-She gets out of her car and looks for the nearest gas station. She
spots one someways down the road. 

EXT-GAS STATION-DAY 

-Monica opens her car door and gets out of it. A woman gas attendant
goes up to her. 

Gas attendant: "How may I help you mrs.?" 

-Monica looks at the gas selection. 

Monica: "Ummm,bronze." 

-She hands the gas attendant some money. 

Monica: "Just a second,I'll be back." 

Gas attendant: "Take your time." 

-Monica walks inside the little store beside the gas station. Theres an
antique shop. She walks inside it,and closes the door. Theres a 
customer at the till paying for his things. She looks and sees a little 
desk with ornaments on it. Miniature statues of angels and a long 
serpent. Theres a mirror on there also. A woman walks behind Monica. 

Woman: "Those are souvineers from Ruth mansion." 

-Monica turns around. 

Monica: "Ruth mansion?" 

-The woman nods smiling. 

Monica: "Im going there right now..." 

Woman: "You are? Your'e gonna love it there. I went on one of the tours
they held there. Its quite amazing." 

Monica: "Really? How big is it?" 

Woman: "Atleast four or five stories high." 

Monica: "Wow...How'd you get these?" 

Woman: "A man gave them to me to put on display here. I dont know why." 

Monica: "Uh. While,I need to get going,I have to arrive there soon." 

Woman: "Well come again if you ever need to." 

-Monica walks out the door and to her car. Her gas tank is full. She
starts the car,and drives off. 

EXT-OUTSIDE MANSION-DAY 

-Monica is still driving away to get to Ruth mansion. She is looking
through the trees on her left and suddenly spots a driveway. She looks 
further while slowing down to see a small gate. She suddenly gets more 
hope as she see's a rather large house some way's behind it. She gets 
to the driveway and rides in. The gate is open already. She slows down 
before she passes the open gate to see all the scenery. She is amazed. 
Its beautiful. Well some trees were dead,but some were full of leaves 
and pine needles. A small garden is on her left. Red roses and blooming 
white flowers stick out from it. The mansion before her was somewhat 
covered in vines,and still pretty in a way,and eerie. Two towers stick 
out of the front of the house,while the rest of it is enormous. Must be 
four or possibly five stories tall. It was made of stone/brick and gave 
off a feeling of eerieness...As soon as she is infront of it she stops 
the car. She sees her friend Sarahs black car. She takes her seatbelt 
off and gets her little suitcase,then she looks at the house again. 
Something about it draws her in. She opens her car door without laying 
her eyes off of it. Then she steps out of the car. She then looks to 
her right to see the forest a little away. She then turns to the 
mansion again,and starts walking. A shot of Monica's P.O.V. as she gets 
toward it. Then she gets to the door. She looks up to see the two 
little towers at the very top of the house. They stuck out like those 
of a castle. It even had a spire near it. She then moved her head to 
see the rest of it. She saw a window that in someway stood out. It was 
on the second floor. Monica stares at it. She then spots somebody in 
it. Not Sarah. Not any of the people at the mansion. It was a little 
girl in a white dress with blonde hair holding a doll. The girl then 
backs away from the window. Monica gets a chill. She knows its probably 
her mind playing images in her head. She then looks back at the front 
door with unease still a bit confused at what she saw. She grabs the 
doorknob,and the door flies open by itself. After bieng in a little 
shock for what just happened,she calms quickly. And opens her eye's. 
And in amazement too. The inside is marvelous and old fashioned. A 
large staircase sits in the middle,with supposedly other rooms behind 
it judging by the open wall behind it. The cieling is about 15 feet 
high with decorated lights hanging above her. The floor has red 
carpeting,the windows from the outside seemed even bigger on the 
inside,and theres a door on the far left,and far right. The top of the 
staircase shows some of the second floor,the bedroom hallway. The desks 
had miniature sculptures/statues of angels and dragons. Along the walls 
were a few paintings of possible owners of the house. Monica is smiling 
at just the sight of the place. She goes over to the staircase,and 
feels the knobs at the end of them,and passes through the place,which 
is the Main Hallway. She looks up the stairs. Up there is a little 
dark,and not as attractive as the room she is in right now. She goes 
toward the door on the far left while still eyeing the main hall and 
all its ornaments. Before she opens the door,she turns around to see 
the other door on the far right. Its darker over there. She gets a bad 
feeling of it. She then proceeds to open the door she is at. There is a 
hallway with a wooden floor,wooden cieling,and wooden walls. There is 
no carpet. It leads into another large room. The main parlor. She sees 
the fireplace from the end of the hall. She then walks to the end of 
the hall. The parlor has rather warm colours to it opposed as to the 
cold colours of the otherwise beautiful main hall. There was still a 
morbid feeling in there though. Old weapons sit on the walls. A huge 
double-sided axe,a scythe,and a golden spear. More portraits also hung 
on the walls. The cieling was white,and the walls were brown. There is 
a couch in the middle right before the fireplace,and a few chairs. 
There is a spiral staircase on the right of the room,and under it,an 
entrance to the kitchen. She stares at the spiral staircase,looking up 
only to see it leading up to a pitchblack room. The house is starting 
to give Monica an odd feeling. From gorgeous to creepy and dark. She 
looks back at the kitchen,and gets out of the spiral stairs way,and 
hears something in the kitchen. She hears footsteps. Light footsteps 
like those of a child. Quiet music is heard. It sounds like a childs 
music box. The melody is very faintly heard though. 

Monica: "Is somebody there?" 

-Someone grabs Monica from the back. She turns around a little jumpy. It
is her friend Sarah. Monica sighs. 

Sarah: "Woah,whats your problem?" 

Monica: "...Nothing Sarah,I just wasnt expecting that..." 

Sarah: "Yeah?" 

Monica: "Im okay now..." 

Sarah: "Alright." 

-Monica gives the parlor another stare. 

Monica: "Isnt this place great?" 

Sarah: "Yeah,no kidding. When I opened the front door I couldnt believe
it..." 

Monica: "Me niether. Have you checked out the whole house yet?" 

Sarah: "No,Ive only been here for half an' hour really. Theres supposed
to be four to five stories in this house,cant say I have seen them all 
yet. Especially considering all the secret passages in here..." 

Monica: "Secret passages?" 

Sarah: "Yeah,the professor told me about them on the phone. Didnt he
tell you yet?" 

Monica: "Nope." 

-Sarah goes past Monica to see the spiral staircase. 

Sarah: "Have you been up here?" 

Monica: "No,I just arrived. How many are supposed to be in the group?" 

Sarah: "Oh,a few. There names are Scott,Ray,Vickie,Mark and Elizabeth." 

Monica: "Five of them? How are we gonna keep track of everyone including
us?" 

Sarah: "I dunno. I heard Scott was a pretty nice guy..." 

Monica: "Really?" 

Sarah: "Yeah." 

Monica: "Whats he like?" 

Sarah: "I haven't met him yet,but I seen his profile." 

-Sarah starts to put her feet on the spiral stairs. 

Monica: "How'd you see that?" 

Sarah: "At the department along with the rest of the descriptions." 

-She puts her feet on the second step,and slowly goes up them. 

Monica: "Why didn't I see them?" 

Sarah: "Because you were a little busy speaking with our professor at
that time. What did you talk about anyway?" 

Monica: "Hmmm...I dunno. Just asking what the house looked like,why he
was doing his research,you know,that stuff." 

-Sarah continues up the stairs looking strangely at the dark spot at
top. 

Monica: "I dont think he has it easy with life." 

-Sarah takes another step. 

Sarah: "Why do you say that?" 

Monica: "His wife died 6 months ago." 

-Sarah stops,and the step she is on breaks apart,and she gives a little
gasp. 

Monica: "Sarah! What happened?" 

Sarah: "...Uh...Nothing..." 

-Sarah is scratching her back with a pained expression. She looks into
the black spot. 

Sarah: "Uh,lets go..." 

Monica: "Sure..." 

-Monica grabs Sarahs arm and pulls her away from the stairs. 

Monica: "When will the group be here?" 

Sarah: "Any minute..." 

-A front way shot of the spiral staircase. 

EXT-OUTSIDE MANSION-DAY 

-A car drives in front of Ruth mansion. It stops. The door opens and a
foot steps out. The camera pans up to Derek Helton,who has just 
arrived. He looks over at the house. 

Derek: "Ruth mansion. There you are..." 

-A sound is heard behind him. A red car also pulls into the driveway and
hits to a stop. A guy with black hair steps out. He is Scott. 

Scott: "Hy. Are you Derek Helton?" 

Derek: "I believe I am. You are Scott right?" 

Scott: "Thats right. Scott Dunn." 

Derek: "Welcome." 

Scott: "Thanks." 

-Scott handshakes Derek,and looks behind him. 

Scott: "Thats Ruth mansion?" 

Derek: "Yes...Amazing isnt it?" 

Scott: "...Yeah...Is the rest of the group inside?" 

-Derek looks around the parking space and sees the two cars. 

Derek: "Well,two of them are. Lets get inside." 

INT-MAIN HALL-DAY 

-Derek and Scott walk in the front door and spot the two girls,Monica
and Sarah. 

Derek: "Hello you two. I remember you girls,we met at the department.
Your Monica,and your Sarah right?" 

Monica/Sarah: "Thats right." 

Derek: "This is Scott." 

Scott: "Hy girls." 

Monica/Sarah: "Hy Scott." 

-They both shake hands with Scott. Then Scott reacts to the house much
like Monica has when she arrived. He just looks around staying in his 
place. 

Scott: "Wow...This place is huge..." 

Derek: "Yes,it is,it was built in 1839 by a very wealthy man named
Victor Ruth." 

Scott: "1839?" 

Monica: "Thats pretty old..." 

Sarah: "How is it in such good shape?" 

Derek: "Its been looken after by the present owners who are on vacation
at the present time." 

Scott: "So,is it really...haunted?" 

Derek: "No one knows for sure whether or not a place is haunted. One
must examine the supposed haunted enviroment. That is what I plan on 
doing with the help of you and the rest of the group." 

Sarah: "So...what are we supposed to do?" 

Derek: "If your conducting an experiment,you'll find that a group is
very necessary within' time. Especially one of this nature. You will 
each be getting your own bedrooms on the second floor up there,and feel 
free to roam the house,just dont get lost. Some people have dissapeared 
here in the past,some have not returned." 

-Sarah and Monica nod there heads and Scott gets closer to the group.
Two cars are heard driving in. The four look through the windows to see 
a middle aged man come out of his car,with a lady coming out of the 
other one. 

Derek: "I believe those two are Ray and Vickie. Mark should arrive
behind them in a matter of seconds along with Elizabeth. They are 
driving together." 

-Marks car drives in. Derek walks to the door and so does the other
three. The big door flies open and in comes Ray,the middleaged 
man,Vickie the young woman,and some feet behind them is Mark and 
Elizabeth. Derek shakes hands with them. 

Derek: "Welcome everyone,I think this is the rest of the group. Follow
me,and I'll show you people where you will be sleeping for the next few 
days,and get you all settled in. We will meet you inside the main 
parlor Mark and Elizabeth! 

Mark: "Alright!" 

-The group walks off to the left door,and Mark walks inside,and stops at
the front door. He looks around the main hall for a little period of 
time. He then stares off at the cieling. A slow zooming shot of Marks 
face with an expression of slight fear. Elizabeth stands behind him 
peeking her head out from his shoulders to see the place Mark is 
staring at so strangely. 

EXT-OUTSIDE MANSION-EVENING 

-A wide shot of the mansion sitting in the breeze of the trees with the
cloudy,pinkish sky. A light is on in the first floor. In the parlor. 

INT-MAIN PARLOR-EVENING 

-A shot of the fire in the fireplace roaring. The camera backs up to see
the group sitting down all having a drink while chatting to each other. 
Scott and Monica are talking too. 

Monica: "So what do you think of this place 'uh?" 

Scott: "Well,it's certainly different." 

-Monica chuckles as Scott eyes the place. 

Scott: "Looks as if it was built in the middle ages or something you
know,with all the spiral staircases,high cielings and such." 

-Monica looks up. 

Monica: "Yeah." 

Scott: "So Monica,what do you do for a living?" 

Monica: "Me? I live a pretty basic life. I have a job,some friends. But
no mother or father. I dont live with anybody. They all passed away by 
some disease. I was away at the time. Ever sinse then Ive just been 
waiting for something like this to happen." 

Scott: "Im sorry." 

Monica: "Oh,Im use to it. Its been this way for years. And you?" 

Scott: "Oh,Ive been living with my parents until last year. Im waiting
to get hired somewhere for work,and I should be getting enough money 
out of staying here for the week." 

Monica: "Ah..." 

-Monica looks at the group. 

Monica: "You know any of them?" 

Scott: "The group? Not many of them. I have seen Vickie around,she was
in my highschool a few years ago. And thats it. 

Monica: "Is Vickie the brunette?" 

Scott: "Yep,thats her." 

-Scott looks at Sarah. 

Scott: "So,whos your friend over there?" 

Monica: "Oh,Sarah? Shes been my best friend sinse we were in high
school." 

Sarah: "'Scuse me?" 

Monica: "Nothing,just Scott here wants to know who you are." 

Sarah: "Well,hy there." 

Scott: "Hey." 

Sarah: "Saw your profile at the science and psychology department." 

Scott: "You have?" 

Sarah: "Yeah,on the desk. Me and Monica were talking to Professor Helton
that day." 

Scott: "Yeah." 

Sarah: "Well,Im just here with my friend Monica exploring you know. What
are you doing?" 

Scott: "Well,looking for a job or enough money to keep myself alive.
Thats pretty much whats in for me now." 

-Sarah nods. 

Sarah: "Okay,you guys have fun,Im gonna talk to Vickie now." 

Monica: "Seeyah Sarah." 

Sarah: "Yep." 

-She gets up and walks over to Vickie. Scott looks back at Monica. 

Scott: "She kinda shy?" 

Monica: "A little." 

-Scott takes a sip of his wine and puts it down and signs and lays back
on the couch. Monica decides to wait for Derek Helton to come in,while 
the rest chat. All of the sudden Derek walks in from the kitchen,and 
everyone stops talking and look at him. He is holding some supplies. 
Some photos probably from a room in the house,and a ring. He puts them 
down on the table infront of the fireplace. 

Derek: "Well,I think it's about time I told you people the history of
this house." 

-Everyone is looking at him. Derek is standing up. 

Derek continued: "This mansion was built back in 1839 by a rich man
named Victor Ruth. He and his family moved in right after construction 
was finished. He had one little daughter named Emily,and one little boy 
named Arthur,and his lovely wife Lily. They were all a happy 
family,until 1844,five years later." 

Vickie: "What happened then?" 

Derek continued: "The children dissapeared and were never found again." 

-Derek picks up a photo of a little girl Emily Ruth. 

Derek continued: "Emily Ruth,Victor and Lili's daughter was last seen
walking upstairs to her bedroom. 

-Theres a little flash of Emily Ruth,the daughter looking up the main
staircase,and a flash of her mirror in her bedroom. 

-Derek picks up a photo of a little boy Arthue Ruth from the table. 

Derek continued: "Arthur Ruth was in the backyard of the house playing
with his white ball. That was the last anybody seen of the poor boy. 
His ball was the only thing found left of him." 

-Theres a little flash of Arthur Ruth,the son holding his white ball
while looking at the forest. And a flash of a bloody ball(the same 
one)rolling out of the bushes. 

Derek continued: "Victors wife Lily,was heart broken. She came down with
a nasty fever,and eventually died. 

-Theres a little flash of the dead woman Lili lying down on the bed. 

Derek continued: "Victor Ruth,he couldnt take it any longer. The love of
his wife has died right before him on her bed,and his adorable children 
were never found. Bieng alone for two weeks or so,Victor couldnt take 
it anymore. Out of grief,he hung himself in one of the rooms within the 
house. 

-Theres a little flash of Victor Ruth hanging from a rope in a dark
room. The group sits there listening to the story with there eyes 
widened. 

Derek continued: "The next family to take residence in Ruth mansion was
an average family. A man,Ryan,his wife Linda,and one daughter 
Margeret,very similar to Emily Ruth,with blonde hair and a blue dress. 
One month into owning the house,Linda has been suffering horrible 
hallucinations and dreams. She said they were visions of things soon to 
come. She woke up every night in a cold sweat,and even said she had 
these images in her mind during the daytime. Some time later,the maid 
of the house ran out screaming saying she saw something in the cellar. 

-Flashback of a terrified woman(maid)running out the front doors,and a
shot of Linda doing her laundry while reacting strangely to the maids 
constant screaming. 

Derek continued: "She refused to work there ever again,and they couldnt
afford another maid to take care of the house. They say it was her last 
time in the house. She quit over the phone. Too scared to ever go near 
the house again. Linda continued having her bad dreams,and one certain 
dream revolved around her daughter. " 

-Flashback of Margeret standing over the water fountain at the front of
the house,then a quick flash of her head submerged in the water. Dead. 

Derek continued: "A dream of her daughter dying." 

-Another shot of the group in front of Derek Helton. 

Derek continued: "The next week lead to Margerets death. She went
outside. And she was looking into the water fountain. Linda was 
watching from the window carefully. Then she saw Margerets head plunge 
in the water,but nothing drowning her. Nothing she could see. It would 
be Lindas last day alive too. She went downstairs yelling to Ryan. She 
was on the first step up on the main hall. 

-Flashback of Linda standing at the stairs. 

Derek continued: "Ryan was alarmed and ran to her." 

-Flashback of Ryan running to the stairs. Shot is from top view. 

Derek continued: "But it was too late. Linda slipped on the step and
fell all the way down the stairs right infront of Ryan. Later that 
evening,he then found Margeret dead in the fountain. Before he left 
Ruth mansion with his coach and horses,he gave his wife and his 
daughter a burial in the back of the house,where Victor and his wife 
were buried. Some say Ryan died of old age at his other home in 
England. Others say he also killed himself of a broken heart just like 
Victor. Stories went on and on,but nobody really knows what happened to 
Ryan that day in 1894. From then on,nobody else lived in Ruth mansion. 
Most people said the house was cursed,and would bring bad luck to 
anybody who would live there. In the early 1900's,after a young 12 year 
old German boy named Joseph was found in a cabinet hanging by his neck 
after getting reeled up by a rope,the place was set on fire by the 
locales. 

-Dereks talking is mixed with a flashback of the house burning. 

Derek continued: "But the next day,the house was still standing. After
that,it was boarded up 'till 1953 where they held tours in it,which we 
will get to ourselves in a moment,where a teenage girl reported seeing 
the specter of an old man walking into a room with rope in his hands. 
The tours gone on and on,until two people came in and bought the house 
and its property. They still live here to this day,who are apparently 
on vacation. The two have not experienced anything truly paranormal in 
there years here. The worst they suffered through was the whole house 
shaking one day. They thought of it as a small earthquake,although 
nobody else recalled experiencing it. Many more stories about the house 
go on through this town,mostly about the supposed third family moving 
in. A photo was found in one of the rooms here of a group of 
people,possibly a man,wive,boy,and daughter." 

-Derek picks up another photo...of the supposed third family. 

Derek continued: "The daughter had something wrong with her. She was
deformed. She didnt have a nose,just a blank spot where it should have 
been,and no eyebrows. The rest of the people looked perfectly normal. 
The realtors of the house died the day after somebody saw a girl in 
there with no nose from the entrance. The realtors deaths were 
unknown,and it remained unclear if the girl was a ghost or lived with 
her family in there." 

-Elizabeth holds her hand up. 

Derek: "Yes?" 

Elizabeth: "How did anybody else not know of this third family besides
the realtor's?" 

Derek: "I dont know. Dont think much people do these days." 

Elizabeth: "Strange..." 

Derek: "Yes,I know. The house has been through alot. There are more
legends surrounding Ruth mansions dark history,but thats all I'll tell 
for now. If you'd all stand up,we can begin the tour of the house." 

-Derek walks over to the the entrance to the parlor,and the group also
gets up with him. They all head for the main hall. Monica then hears 
something in the parlor. She turns around and sees the windows are 
open. She looks strangely remembering they were closed a few moments 
ago. Then the fire goes out. The parlor is dark. Sarah grabs Monica 
from behind. 

Sarah: "Come on Monica,what are you waiting for?" 

-Monica looks back in the parlor,and then back at Sarah. 

Monica: "Nothing." 

Sarah: "Well,lets go." 

Monica: "Okay." 

-She turns and follows the group. 

INT-MAIN HALL-EVENING/NIGHT 

-High shot from top of main hall,panning down to group and Derek who is
leading them up the stairs. 

Derek: "First we will go upstairs,where the bedroom hallway is. Each of
you will get your own rooms,which belonged to the past owners,and if 
anybody needs me,Im in the room on the right with the little window on 
the door. Knock first. 

-The group and Derek are now in the bedroom hallway. Elizabeth looks at
all the doors. 

Elizabeth: "God..." 

Derek: "After the tour,you will be getting a set of keys from me to
enter your bedrooms." 

-Vickie looks over Dereks shoulder and sees a staircase. 

Vickie: "Whats up there?" 

-They turn around. 

Derek: "The third floor. Come along." 

-Derek walks to the staircase with the group behind him,then they go up
them. Monica gets an uneasy feel looking at the old portraits of the 
houses early owners after hearing the stories. They are now at the top 
of the stairs. Derek turns to the left. 

Derek: "Over there is the library." 

-Then he turns right where a boarded up section of the house is. What
appears to be an entrance to a room,or hall is boarded up by wood. 

Derek continued: "And over there is a closed up area because of a near
fatal accident there in one of the tours. I suggest none of you go over 
there alone." 

-Monica looks at the right way strangely. Dereks words left a chill in
her spine. 

Derek continued: "Alright. Lets proceed to the library now." 

-They turn for it and walk for it. One last slow zooming shot of the
boarded up section of the house. It zooms in until it goes through one 
of the boards and is pitch black. The shot turns into a bookcase,where 
it pans over to the left to see the group walking. The library 
floor,walls,and cieling is made of wood,and has no carpeting. Just 
bookshelves with old encyclopedias,stories,ETC. 

Derek: "Perhaps the most strange thing in this house lies within this
very room." 

-Derek walks over to a door behind all the bookcases and shelves. 

Derek: "This." 

-He opens the door and there is a blank wall behind it. Everybody looks
at it odd. The wall behind it looks as if it could slide over,but there 
is a lock on it." 

Derek: "This wasnt here before the second family moved into this house.
Not even the door,just a walkspace. When Victor and his wife's bodies 
were buried,it led to a room made of brick with a hole in the wall. No 
one knows how the door or blank wall appeared." 

Ray: "Thats impossible..." 

-Ray looks in disbelief. He comes closer and puts his hand against it
while looking straight at it. There is a view from inside the small 
opening in the blank wall. The shot is in slow motion,and is a P.O.V. 
Something is in there. The light from the library shines through the 
opening. Ray peaks through the opening,and a large shadow passes. Ray's 
eye squints,and puts his head back up. 

Elizabeth: "You alright Ray?" 

-Ray takes a pause. 

Ray: "...Yeah." 

-Derek senses Ray seen something odd. You can see it in his face. One of
the lights in the library dim down. 

Derek: "We should get out of here now. 

Group all: "Yeah." 

-Monica is behind everyone. Then a young childs voice says "Hi." Monica
stops straight in her tracks. Then slowly turns around. There stands 
the eerie little girl she saw in the window during her arrival. Monica 
has a fearful face. Her eyes are wide,and she is moving her mouth 
slightly. The little girl is donning a music box. It opens by itself 
and starts playing a haunting children tune. The girl smiles,and then 
dissapears into thin air. Monica can barely speak. She backs away out 
of the door,and sees the group going down the third floor stairs. She 
looks back once more in the library. She gets a bad feeling from it. 
Then gets back to her senses. She follows them. A front shot of Derek 
leading the group down the third floor stairs. 

Derek: "The fourth floor leads to the towers. It has a great view of the
forest. It also holds the attic. We'll now go down to the first floor." 


-A shot of them going down the main hall stairs from the left side.
Derek walks towards camera. 

Derek: "Over here." 

-Derek points behind the stairs. They look. A dark space for walking
through is under the stairs. He goes through it. The group follows,and 
Derek is looking at a door at the end of a hall on the left. The walls 
surrounding them are a flourescent green shaded by the darkness. 

Derek: "Behind that door is the basement. It is a forbidden area. The
stairs are weak and the lights flicker,and the floor has holes so it is 
easy to have an accident down there. It hasnt been used in years. The 
present owners store their stuff in the closet,so all thats down there 
are a few boxes and old toys for children." 

-Derek turns. 

Derek: "This way." 

-Another shot of the door. A closer shot. Then a shot of its doorknob.
It turns. 

INT-MAIN PARLOR-NIGHT 

-Derek leads them to the spiral staircase Monica has been staring at,and
that Sarah fell through. 

Derek: "If you look up there at the very top,there is a door. Its been
locked up for years. Dont go up there. The stairs are not very 
strong,and none of the keys in my pocket can open it,so I suggest you 
all just ignore it. 

-Shot of the small locked door up there. 

Derek continued: "Come on,lets go to the kitchen." 

INT-KITCHEN-NIGHT 

-A shot from inside the a cabinet with Mark looking into it. 

Mark: "Is this where 12 year old Joseph was found dead professor?" 

-Derek turns around while holding a little statue of a fanged cat with
its eyes closed. He puts it down on the countertop. 

Derek: "Yes,I believe it is." 

-Derek grabs the rope hanging down it. 

Derek: "He was hanging by his neck on this." 

Vickie: "Okay,I think I've heard of enough of these stories,I probably
wont be getting any sleep tonight as it is." 

Scott: "Goin' to bed Vickie?" 

Vickie: "You bet,Scott,'night guys." 

Derek: "Well,here are the keys to your bedroom,If you need anything,just
call out." 

Vickie: "'Kay." 

-Vickie walks out of the room. 

Ray: "Is there anything else to be shown?" 

Derek: "I'll let you people explore the house for yourself over the
weekend,just dont go past the boarded area. We dont wanna lose anybody 
now." 

-As Derek says that Monica thinks about what she saw in the library. A
flash of the girl seen with the music box goes by. 

INT-BEDROOM HALLWAY-NIGHT 

-A view from the top of the main hall stairs where the bedroom hallway
is. Vickie stands at the bottom. She looks up at the dark hallway up 
there. She slowly starts going up them until shes at the top. She looks 
at her keys. She sees her bedroom door. She looks both ways. Then runs 
to it and unlocks it and shuts the door behind her. Her room is painted 
white,and it is fairly spacious. She notices her windows are open. She 
walks over and closes them,then turns around to face her bed. 

EXT-OUTSIDE MANSION-NIGHT 

-A shot under the two main towers with all the lights off in the house. 

INT-MAIN PARLOR-NIGHT 

-Everybody is out of their chair. 

Mark: "Well,I'm off to bed for the night." 

Monica: "Yeah,me too." 

-The rest of them agree by nodding their heads and faintly saying
"Yeah." 

Derek: "Well,here are your keys." 

-Derek reaches into his pockets and grabs all the keys. He hands them
out while saying... 

Derek continued: "Mark,Monica,Elizabeth,Ray,Scott,and Sarah...Good night
everyone,I'll see you all tommorow." 

INT-BEDROOM HALLWAY-NIGHT 

-Everybody is getting into their rooms. Sarah is following Monica
talking to her. 

Sarah: "So what did you and Scott talk about in there?" 

Monica: "Oh. Things. You know,what he's like. He seemed like a nice
guy." 

Sarah: "Yeah,I'll bet 'eh...Well,see you in the morning." 

-Monica nods. She opens her door with the keys. She slowly presses
against the door. A front shot of her slowly opening it while giving 
off another gaze of amazement. The room was spacious,and had a carving 
of a woman made out of wood covering her chest. It has a big mirror and 
tall windows with white curtains covering them. There are little photos 
on the desk. Monica puts her suitcase down beside it. She takes her 
nightgown out of the suitcase before she leaves it. Then she looks at 
herself in the mirror. 

INT-SARAHS ROOM-NIGHT 

-A shot of cieling goes down to Sarahs face smiling. She is walking
towards her windows. She looks out them. She turns her head to see a 
little cemetery,she puts her hand to her face and puts her other hand 
out the window which is opened. She stares at the cemetery for a few 
heartbeats time,then looks across to the forest. Something catches her 
eye. She rubs her hands against her eyes. She sees two things hanging 
from each side of an elm tree. They look human,but Sarah cant be 
sure,she is too far away. She turns around and her door is in front of 
her someways. She walks toward the camera,then goes to her lights to 
shut them off. She then looks at the curtains dancing in the wind. 

INT-SCOTTS ROOM-NIGHT 

-Scott is standing in his room looking at his closet which is open a
bit,he walks over to close it,and gets back to his bed. He falls down 
on it. A shot of his face looking into the darkness of his room. 
Something casts a shadow under the door. Something walking in the hall. 
His eyes move over,and then move back. He thinks its somebody walking. 

--A long moving shot of the library,from the book filled shelves to the
entrance. Then we are in the hallway with the doors to everyones rooms. 
The shot moves forward until it hits a wall and everything is black. It 
fades into view blurrily,like someone awoken from a dream. 

INT-SARAHS ROOM-NIGHT 

-It is Sarahs room. Everything is a dark shaded blue. She is in her bed
laying down with blanket ontop of her sinking into the soft bed. She is 
admiring the look of her room. Looking at the pretty yet eerie looking 
dolls sitting on a chair and the rest on a desk. Then she notices a 
slight draft. The curtains are blowing in the air. She turns over and 
watches them. After a while she notices a shape behind it. Then a 
curtain passes,and a little blonde girl in a blue dress is visible. A 
close shot of her face flashes by before her face is covered by the 
curtain. Sarah gasps and when the curtain moves back,the little girl is 
gone. Then she sighs in relief and buries her head in her pillow. A 
shot of the curtains not blowing movies to the left. Camera pans down 
to little feet in slippers. It walks out from behind the curtain and 
moves out of the dark room and closes the door behind it. Sarah lifts 
her head up. 

INT-SCOTTS ROOM-NIGHT 

-Scott is lying in his bed. He is asleep. Wind echoes from outside into
his room. The camera pans up closer to him under his covers with his 
arm sticking out and rested on his chest. He is dreaming. The camera 
closes up to him until it goes black,and you see a shot of the mansion 
far away. It is the evening. The sky is white around it and the shot is 
tooken from the top of a hill. Then a quick flash of the mansion 
burning on fire like told by Dereks story. A shot of a large 
architectual door open,with nothing seeable inside it. Just darkness. A 
flash of the little girl without the nose from the story with her eyes 
open wide,with black bags under them,with pale skin. Then a flash of a 
guys face with sharp teeth,no eyes,and a large tongue,with brown 
hair,and eyebrows. Then a shot of blood dropping onto a white table in 
an otherwise dark room. Then a flash of a set of stairs going upwards. 
Quick flash of a man in a hood wielding a sickle,a gallow area,the 
cemetery,and a room with blood splattered on the walls. The subliminal 
images stop. We are in a room. A dark room with windows covered with 
curtains. Moaning is heard in the corner. It zooms in really fast to 
reveal a woman with a green dress,almost blue face suffering and 
sweating with her eyes rolled over. Her hair is in golden little locks. 
Then another quick array of disturbing images. A woman at the top of 
the stairs,a girl smiling,a rope hanging in a room made of brick,and a 
woman screaming. The nightmare is over. Scott shoots up in the air in a 
cold sweat breathing heavily. He realizes he is in reality now. 
He,still panting,looks around his room. A wide P.O.V. shot of it. He 
once again falls into his bed letting out a sigh of relief. He then 
sees another shadow run under his door with footsteps along with it. He 
gets up,and stares at his door scared. The footsteps are heard again. 
He goes to his door speedwalking,and looks under it again. A shadow of 
a pair of legs stand there. His eyes widen,and he swings open his door. 
Nothing is there. He looks confused,and then takes a glance at both 
sides of the hallway. Dark. Just dark. He turns around and decides to 
leave his door open after looking at it once. Huge and carved with 
wood. He then moves on forward to his bed. 

INT-DEREKS STUDY-NIGHT 

-Derek is writing about what has gone in Ruth mansion so far. Its a
behind shot of him writing. 

Derek: "First the group arrived at Ruth mansion,and were told the story
behind it. Then they were given a tour of the houses first three 
floors. The group reacted quite strangely to each room shown to them. 
In the library,one of the group,Ray,supposedly felt a strong presence 
within the wall behind the door. Another one of the group,Monica,shown 
un-natural behavour,staring at the boarded area,cellar door,and library 
for quite some time after we left them. No spiritual activity has gone 
on yet through the house,but hopefully,its only a matter of time. 

-Dereks words are interrupted by the same footsteps that went across
Scotts room. A closeup shot of his eyes turning the other way,but not 
his head. He gets back to writing. 

INT-MONICAS ROOM-NIGHT 

-A P.O.V. shot of something looking through Monicas closet door. Its
partially opened. Heavy breathing is heard. Its watching her. A shot of 
a little girls lower half of face. Her lips are only clearly seen. The 
rest is shaded black by the darkness in the closet. Back to little 
girls P.O.V. shot opening the closet,and moving forward slowly to 
Monicas bed. A shot of Monicas face. The shadow of the little girls arm 
waves against her face. The girl is singing a little lullabye. It is 
only faintly heard. Monicas arm moves her blanket up to her face. And 
turns over while another shadow runs across her. A shot of Monica 
turned over. The background is blurry. It fades in to reveal the whole 
body of the little girl. A shot of the girls hand touching Monicas 
face. Then her eyes open. The girl is nowhere. Monica feels her face to 
see if anything happened to it. Theres a drop of blood on her fingers 
now. She is alarmed. She gets up out of her bed,goes to the lights and 
turns them on. She rushes to the mirror with her hand over her face. 
She slowly moves it off. A scratch line is across her cheek. Probably 
from the girls fingernails. She reaches into her pocket,and pulls out a 
kleenex. She presses it against her face. It closes up on the mirror 
where Monica is pressing the kleenex on her face,then fades to 
outside,still night. 

EXT-OUTSIDE MANSION-NIGHT/DAY 

-A shot of the the cemetery,panning up to the mansion in the dark and
fades into a shot of it into the day,at morning. 

INT-MONICAS ROOM-DAY 

-Monica rises out of her bed after sleeping. She looks at her watch and
gets off the bed. Shes in her nightgown. She looks out her window and 
spots the small cemetery at her right. 

INT-BEDROOM HALLWAY-DAY 

-Monica gets out of her bedroom all dressed and sees Scott walking down
the hall. 

Monica: "Hey Scott." 

-He turns around. 

Scott: "Oh,hy Monica. What are you doing?" 

Monica: "Nothing. Im just going outside for a while to check out
something. Wanna come?" 

Scott: "Sure." 

EXT-CEMETERY-DAY 

-Monica and Scott are walking through the little cemetery by the house. 

Monica: "So Scott,anything wierd happen to you last night?" 

Scott: "No. Why?" 

Monica: "Oh,I dont know. Just wonderin'." 

-Monica looks at Scott and smiles. 

Scott: "So Monica,Im curious. Why are you here?" 

Monica: "Well,me and my girlfriend Sarah have been waiting for something
like this for a long time." 

Scott: "Staying in a supposedly haunted house for the weekend?" 

-Scott say's with a little sarcasm while smiling. Monica chuckles. 

Monica: "We just thought it would be fun to get out,meet some people,you
know." 

Scott: "I see." 

-Monica and Scott take a few steps. Monica looks over at Scott. 

Monica: "Do you believe what Professor Helton said in there last night
about the house?" 

Scott: "Well,I guess. Not any of the ghost stuff,but people did die
here. And here they are." 

-Scott say's while looking at the crosses and tombstones. 

Monica: "Yep. Look at all of them. Its so sad." 

Scott: "Yeah,I know. Its so bizzare all these deaths occured here
though." 

-Monica kneels down to the tombstone she is infront of. She reads it
out. 

Monica: "Joseph Melvin,1863-1875. He was only twelve years old." 

-Monica looks over at the tombstone next to it. 

Monica: "Jesus." 

-Scott looks over at a big tombstone. 

Scott: "Victor Ruth. 1787-1831." 

-Scott turns to Monica. 

Scott: "Wasnt he the one who built this house?" 

Monica: "I think so. How old was he?" 

-She goes to the large tombstone. 

Monica: "41. He hung himself right?" 

Scott: "Yeah,he did. After his wife died of sickness,and his three
children dissapeared." 

-Monica sees his wifes tomstone beside his. 

Monica: "Lili. 1844." 

-Flash of a closeup on dead Lili's face on her bed. Monica looks around
the cemetery. 

Monica: "I dont like this place." 

Scott: "Yeah,mean either." 

They both take off for the little gate to the cemetery. A shot of them
heading towards the house is seen behind Victor's tombstone. They grab 
the front door and step inside. 

INT-MAIN HALL-DAY 

-A high shot of Scott and Monica coming inside. They close the door.
Monica walks on to the staircase and Scott stays where he is standing 
looking at her. 

Scott: "So I guess Ill see you around 'ey?" 

Monica: "Sure." 

-Scott smiles slightly as Monica walks up the stairs to turn to her
bedroom door down the left bedroom hallway. 

INT-DEREKS STUDY-DAY 

-The lights in Professor Derek Heltons room are dimmed as usual as he
looks through photos of him and his deceased wife with his research 
papers on his desk nearby. Mark steps in his door looking at Derek and 
his photos. 

Mark: "What are those?" 

-Derek turns around to face Mark. 

Derek: "Nothing. Just some old photos I keep." 

Mark: "Of who?" 

-Derek swallows hard. 

Derek: "My wife." 

Mark: "Ah...say,I was just going down to the kitchen,would you like some
wine? I brought plenty." 

Derek: "Sure." 

INT-KITCHEN-DAY 

Mark: "How do you like yours? On the rocks?" 

Derek: "It doesnt matter." 

Mark: "If you say so." 

-Mark pours Derek a glass. Mark then picks up the bottle. 

Mark: "1957. Drink up." 

-Derek takes a swig and puts his small glass down. Mark then pours
himself a glass and takes a sip. 

Mark: "So what do you figure?" 

Derek: "Excuse me?" 

Mark: "Is this place all you have imagined? Anything interesting to
you?" 

Derek: "I suppose. No real paranormal activity at the moment. Of
course,ill be here if anything goes on." 

Mark: "I did hear something last night in my room. Im not quite sure
what it was." 

Derek: "Probably nothing. Ive experienced a few noises last night,but
nothing out of the ordinary yet." 

-There is a little moment of silence. 

Mark: "How are things going with you and your wife Derek?" 

-Derek gives a moment. Hes obviously kinda shocked with the question. 

Derek: "She...she died 6 months ago..." 

Mark gives an expression of feeling guilt for asking a question with
such a horrible answer. 

Mark: "Oh my god...Im sorry,I didnt know." 

Derek: "Thats alright. Im trying to get over it,but I cant try hard
enough. She was pregnant. It was a carcrash. I was at home. We could 
have both died if I went with her." 

Dereks eyes get watery but holds in tears. He holds up his glass and
takes another drink. Mark looks down at the ground lost for words. 

INT-SARAHS ROOM-DAY 

-Sarah is in the bathroom looking in the mirror getting her hair ready.
Shes wearing jeans and a red shirt and a brown leather jacket. Shes 
combing her hair now. Then something runs behind her. She sees it 
through the mirror. It was fast,and wasnt clearly visible. She turns 
around and puts her comb down on the counter in front of the mirror. 
She hears footsteps leading out of her room. She follows the sound out 
of her bathroom and bedroom to the bedroom hallway. She then hear 
footsteps up the stairs to the third floor. 

Sarah: "Hello?" 

Sarah follows them up the stairs. A shot from the top of the stairs
shows Sarah going up them. She sees the paintings on both sides of the 
walls and gets an uneasy feeling about them. Nonetheless,she still 
follows them up the stairs. When shes at the top she stops. The library 
door opens up on her left. She looks over. 

INT-MAIN PARLOR-DAY 

-Ray is sitting on the chair staring at the fireplace doing nothing.
Monica walks in. She has a camera. 

Monica: "Hy Ray. Do you wanna go outside? Im about to take some pictures
of the area." 

-Ray turns around. 

Ray: "No thats okay Monica,you go have fun,I'll just stay here." 

Monica: "Alright. Seeyah later." 

-Ray faces back to the fireplace. 

Ray: "Yep." 

INT-MAIN HALL-DAY 

-Monica heads out the front doors. 

INT-LIBRARY-DAY 

-Sarah continues walking through to see who is in here. She hears a
crash. 

Sarah: "Is somebody here?" 

-Sarah walks to where the noise occured. She sees the door with the
blank wall behind it open. And the blank wall has an opening on it. She 
looks at it strangely. 

EXT-OUTSIDE MANSION-DAY 

-Monica is walking outside the front of the mansion a little ways into
the little flower garden. She looks up at the trees. Some are dead,and 
some are beautiful. Strange how a place can be eerie and pretty at the 
same time. There is a slight breeze as shes wearing a warm coat. She is 
in the forest now walking on the crunched leaves on a trail. She then 
sees a ball rolling on the ground about 20 feet away from her. A white 
ball. She has a strange look on her face echoing why would a childs 
ball be here. And it is. An eight year old boy runs up to it and picks 
it up. Monica is looking at him. He senses it and turns around to look 
her straight in the face. The ball is in both hands up to his chest. He 
turns away and runs into the forest again. Monica is confused. It looks 
exactly like the boy on the photo that died years ago without a trace 
of what happened except the white ball. She backs away. Then turns and 
walks back to the mansions direction looking back once. A front shot of 
the forest. Monica walks out and keeps on going forward to the mansion. 
Past the water fountain and garden to the front doors. She shuts the 
doors behind her and takes a deep breath and opens her eyes again. She 
then proceeds to walk to the stairs and up them,to turn left to the 
hallway where she then goes to her bedroom. Or tries to. Her door is 
locked. She then grabs the doorknob and tries opening it again. 

Monica: "Shit..." 

-She then hears someone in there. Crying. She puts her ear against the
doorknob and the crying continues. 

Monica: "Whos in there? Are you hurt?" 

-She then remembers her keys to her room that Derek gave her and the
others. 

Monica: "Stay there,im coming in,dont worry." 

-She gets it from her pocket and opens the door with it. 

Monica: "Is everythi-" 

-Theres nobody in the room. Another face of confusion hits her. She goes
over to her desk to put down her things like her jacket. Then she hears 
pounding on the floor below her. She looks down at the floor and hears 
it again. She goes over to the end of the room and pulls over the 
carpet. Nothing. Then theres more pounding. Wierd as its coming from 
under the floor. She goes out of her room downstairs to see whats under 
her room holding the little knob at the end of the stairs then letting 
go to keep walking. As soon as shes under the staircase,she goes 
left,where her bedroom would be if she were upstairs. At the end of the 
hall under the second floor there is a door. The end is where Monicas 
room starts. The door is open. She goes to it,and it is a basement. She 
can tell because of how dark it is,and that a set of old wooden stairs 
sits before her going down. There is lightswitch next to the door. She 
turns it on and sees cobwebs and a dusty area below like most 
basements. She then goes down the stairs looking everywhere to see if 
anybody is there. The basement is not a huge area. Its basically a 
dusty square with a crate sitting in the corner,a few childs toys,a 
music box and a bed. Although she notices theres more to the basement 
by a dark walkway. She goes into it. Theres a rat on the floor and she 
cringes. Then a dead rat. Theres a hole in the floor with clothing 
sticking out of it. Monica looks into it. She cant see anything but 
theres a P.O.V. of someone in there looking up at her and heavy 
breathing. Then the pounding starts again. The same pounding from her 
bedroom. She walks back into the main part of the basement and sees a 
ladder up to a vent. Monica is afraid and the lights go out. She panics 
and runs as fast as she can up the stairs. The door is slowly closing 
but she gets out as it closes the rest of the way. She goes back up to 
her room and looks through the carpet again and sees the vent. She 
takes it out and looks through it. The ladder stands there. Then theres 
a P.O.V. inside the basement looking up at the light of the vent 
upstairs. It moves forward and grabs the ladder and starts coming up. 
Monica can hear it but it was too dark too see anything but the top of 
the ladder. Sarah comes in. 

Sarah: "Monica." 

-Monica turns around and then puts the vent back on. 

Monica: "Yes?" 

Sarah: "You have to see what I found upstairs in the library!" 

-Monica gets up. 

INT-LIBRARY-DAY 

-Sarah moves on with Monica behind her. 

Sarah: "Right over here." 

-She stops at a door,and opens it. Theres a black wall behind it. 

Monica: "Sarah,we've already been here." 

Sarah: "But have you seen this?" 

-She grabs the right side of the blank wall. There is a thin opening
from top to bottom. She pulls at it and it slides to the left. Its a 
secret passage. 

Sarah: "We've been told of these by Derek. 

Monica: "Oh my god..." 

-Inside is possibly a huge storage space. Monica looks up and sees a
rope hanging with the bottom tied up in a noose. The whole area is 
similar to the basement. Only instead of crates,there were boxes with 
decor and stuff inside them. The walls were made of brick. 

Sarah: "Wierd 'uh?" 

Monica: "Yeah..." 

-She again looks up at the rope strangely. 

Monica: "Isnt this where Mr. Ruth hung himself?" 

Sarah: "Probably." 

-Monica looks to the end of the room. There are knobs like at the
begining and end of a staircase. 

Monica: "Whats this?" 

Sarah: "What?" 

Monica: "Over there." 

-The two walk to it. It is a set of stairs. Leading down to the first
floor,they were pretty long. 

Monica: "Lets see whats down there..." 

-They do. Its dark down there and they have no flashlights. Once they
finally get to the bottom,there is a small door. They open it,and they 
are in the main hall. 

Monica: "What?" 

-They are coming out of the fireplace. It has a little passage on its
right side. 

Sarah: "But..." 

-They both look at eachother,then the fireplace. It closes up on its
bricks till its all red. The red fades to outside. The evening sky. The 
shot is between two trees. Elizabeth is walking infront of Ruth 
mansion. The sun is setting. She is quietly humming to herself. 
Touching the trees and little flowers in the garden. She then looks 
over at the big water fountain and walks over to it. She is smiling 
looking into her reflection in the water. The water is surprisingly 
clean for bieng so old. She puts her hands into the glistening water 
and wipes it against her face. The birds are chirping away. She opens 
her eyes and spots something inside the water floating up. It suddenly 
comes into view. A little girls face. Not the same one with the white 
dress,but with a blue dress and blonde almost curly hair. The image 
dissapears in the water. Elizabeth backs away stepping on the green 
grass mixed with the crunched leaves. She looks over at the forest 
where she heard a voice muttering "Come here..." She comes forward 
towards where she heard the voice. It is the same trail Monica came 
down. She passes a big tree. And a foot steps down behind it. A 
wet,dirty foot with torn clothing on it. She hears the voice again 
coming from her left side. Theres a crate like in the basement sitting 
there. Its not locked up because it is partially open. She goes to it 
and opens it. It is the crate from the basement. There is the music box 
in it. It opens and plays itself. Elizabeth looks up and sees the two 
hanging men on the branches of a tree. Then a P.O.V. is coming in fast 
behind her. Leaves are flying up in the air. She turns around and 
screams and the camera zooms into her mouth,and a flash of somethings 
face goes by. Its mouth is open,it has no eyes and a blank spot where 
its nose should be with its long hair dirty with leaves in it. 

EXT-MANSION-EVENING 

-A shot of one of the mansions towers with its white curtains over it.
Its window is open making the curtain sway in the breeze a little. 
Monica is looking out of it. It closes up. 

INT-TOWER VIEW-EVENING 

-Monica is admiring the view of the area from the top floor in the
tower. A front shot of Monicas face. Scott comes in the little door to 
the tower view behind her. Monica turns to him. 

Monica: "Hy Scott..." 

Scott: "Hey. What are you doing?" 

-Monica turns around in a shot almost identical to the front shot of her
face before smiling a little. 

Monica: "I'm looking at the view. Its beautiful. The ocean is over
there,then the forest..." 

Scott: "I know. Its great,isnt it?" 

Monica: "Yeah..." 

-He walks over to her and looks with her. 

-A long shot of the valley,sea,and driveway from the window. 

Scott: "Pretty high up here. Wouldnt want to fall down." 

Monica: "I know...Too bad something so awful happened to such a
beautiful place. So many people...just died here...Places like 
this...just make your imagination work...I mean...places like this make 
your mind play tricks on you." 

Scott: "I know what you mean." 

Monica: "Something happened to you last night?" 

Scott: "Well...no." 

-Its obvious Scott is holding in what happened to him last night. His
dream,the footsteps. Monica sighs and looks out the window again. Scott 
looks up at the cieling. Its spiral because they are in one of the 
towers. 

EXT-OUTSIDE MANSION-EVENING 

-A light is on in one of the windows outside. 

INT-MANSION-EVENING 

-Derek is in his little room writing about what spiritual activity has
been going on sinse he and his group arrived. He hears the door creak 
behind him. He looks back at the door. He thinks nothing of it,as most 
would. He gets back to writing. Now were in the parlor. Ray is having a 
small glass of wine and taking his pills. He then walks out of the 
parlor and goes down to the kitchen. Then he hears a noise in the 
cabinet. Like something in it. Then he sees the rope dangle in it. He 
walks over and looks into it. Pitchblack,much too dark to see anything. 
The rope dangles again in his face. He sees the handle to it. He turns 
it. Something is down there. He turns it again. Whatever is on the rope 
is heavy. He lets go. Then he grabs it and turns it again. All of the 
sudden the rope zooms up very fast and what is hanging on it is 
Joseph,the 12 year old dead german boy who died here during the houses 
early days. Ray lets out a scream and holds his chest and falls dead. 
He has had a heart attack. 

INT-BEDROOM HALLWAY-EVENING 

-Mark is walking through the bedroom hallway on the second floor. He is
alone. The lights are switched off. He sees the mysterious door with 
the sheet over it in front of him someways. He doesnt go any further 
then the staircase leading to the first floor. He goes down them and 
takes a left for the main hall. He looks down at the desk and sees a 
broken wine glass. Probably was Ray's. He hears a crack. He sees the 
fireplace. Its secret passage is open. Mark thinks this is wierd sinse 
only Monica and Sarah have seen it. Out of confusion,he looks into it. 
He hears footsteps up the rather large stairs. He goes up them. 

Mark: "Ray? Are you up there?" 

-He continues going up the dusty stairs and keeps hearing the footsteps.
He reaches the top and sees a coat in the corner. Thinking its just 
hanging,he turns away. Then all of the sudden a huge figure with a 
large axe steps out from behind him. The figure slams the axe in the 
back of his skull,and his eyes widen in shock. He is then pushed down 
the stairs and falls down to the bottom. The figure steps away after 
looking down at the now dead Mark. 

EXT-OUTSIDE-EVENING 

-A slight breeze runs through the branches of a big tree with a rope on
it tied up in a noose. Its an elm. The ocean has waves running through 
it,and the huge field has wind blowing through the weeds. The lonely 
country road surrounded by leafless trees. The sky is getting darker in 
the next shot. The next shot shows the sun slowly going down behind a 
mountain. Now it is completely dark,and a shot of the house is seen. 

INT-MANSION-NIGHT 

-The large staircase in the main hall is shown,panning up to the top of
them. Connecting to it is a dark hallway with several doors leading to 
bedrooms. One bieng open. Monica is in the shower next to her room. 

Sarah: "Monica! Are you in there?" 

-Sarah stands next to the bathroom door waiting. 

Monica: "Yes Sarah,I just got in here!" 

-Monicas eyes roll. 

Sarah: "Well hurry up,I plan on going to bed tonight!" 

-Sarahs voice is interrupted by something elses. It says "Sarah..." it
is a childs voice which seems to be ending at the hall. 

Sarah: "Hello? Is somebody there?" 

Monica: "Sarah,who are you talking to?" 

Sarah: "I dont know. It said my name..." 

-Sarah goes off getting closer to where the voice was heard from,until
she gets to the end of the hall. She looks over and sees someone in a 
white dress walking. It stops,turns around slowly,and looks at her. 
Sarah stares back into those lifeless eyes. She is frightened and her 
face takes on a terrified expression. She backs up and looks at the 
floor boards. They are squeaky and old. She looks further and sees a 
white shoe,the same as one of the shoes the little girl is wearing. Her 
other foot is cut up,and the shoe Sarah stands before is bloody. Sarah 
screams and runs down the main stairs to the front door in which she 
tries to open forgetting its locked for the night. Monica stands at the 
top of the stairs with a towel on. 

Monica: "Sarah! What are you doing?!" 

-Sarah looks up and turns around crying. 

Sarah: "Monica...we...have to...get out of here!" 

Monica: "What are you talking about,what happened?" 

Sarah: "You wouldnt understand. Ever sinse I have been here Ive been
seeing things!!" 

Monica: "Its just the hou-" 

Sarah: "Dont give me that bullshit!! The things im seeing are worse then
goddamn shadows in the dark,and a hell of a lot worse then anything I 
am imagining!!" 

-Sarah calms down some while Monica waits. 

Sarah continued: "At first,I thought it was in my head. The
closet,window,and even the strange noises. But now I know. Somethings 
here. Somethings in this house..." 

Monica: "Why dont you sleep with me tonight,and get your mind off
things. Its all in your head..." 

Sarah: "Sure. You'll see." 

-Monica looks over the stairs and sees something. The girl in white. It
walks away into the darkness. Monica gets a chill. 

Sarah: "What is it?" 

Monica looks back. 

Monica: "Nothing..." 

-Various shots of the houses rooms come by. We see the guillotine in a
darkened room. Next is a moving shot of a door,inside it bieng pitch 
black. Next is a shot of the cabinet with rope on the floor next to it. 
It soon becomes a P.O.V. shot of something moving,we never really see 
it. It keeps walking through the mansion. Vickie walks by,and a vase 
near the entity falls down and breaks. It gets Vickies attention,she 
looks back and gets a glimpse of a leg going into a door. Vickie slowly 
walks over and peeks into the opening of the door. She sees nothing but 
hears footsteps forwarding to her,and before she turns away she sees an 
eye. An eye so dead and terrifyingly abnormal that she screams. 

INT-SCOTTS ROOM-NIGHT 

-Scott is woken by the bloodcurdling cry for help. 

Scott: "Liz? Vickie?!" 

-Its obvious scott is chilled by the sound. He gets out of his bed and
gets out               of his room after hearing faint breathing a 
distance away. 

Scott: "Whos there? Are you alright?!" 

-Scott doesnt get an answer. 

Scott: "Jesus,what the fu-" 

-Scott is interrupted by something running behind him. He sees the
broken vase that has fallen when Vickie was there,by the room she 
looked into. Scott     runs over to the rooms open door and turns on 
the light switch. Everything looks normal. A bed at the corner of the 
room,a desk with a small mirror on it. A ledger for photos. Not as big 
or fancy as most of the rooms in the house. 

Scott: "Is anybody in here?" 

-Scott is confused,its seen in his face expression. He goes over to the
photos and looks at them. There is a little girl smiling. The next 
photo shows the girl not smiling,and the next shows a cross with the 
name Emily Ruth on it. He turns away from them and sees a quick flash 
before his eyes of a dead,cut up Emily Ruth. It cuts back to reality 
where the room is anything but believable as blood is splattered all 
over the walls and through the little mirror on the desk Scott sees 
Emily Ruth getting killed by something. She is stabbed in the stomach 
and all over her chest until the knife plunges into her heart killing 
her as she is screaming with blood gurgling out her mouth. The mirror 
shatters and Scott yells and then is hit in the back of the head with 
the same knife. He falls over dead. All is silent but the haunting 
rhythm of the girls music box...The scene fades to black. 

INT-MONICAS ROOM-NIGHT 

-Fades in. Monica and Sarah are on the bed. Sarah faces Monica. 

Sarah: "Come on Monica..." 

-Monica looks Sarah in the eye. 

Sarah continued: "I see them. Why dont you?" 

Monica: "Fine,I'll admit it. This place gets to me. But the things I see
are just images in my head created by the fear of this place." 

-Monica rolls over to the other side of the bed. 

Monica continued: "I dont know what to think anymore..." 

-Sarah keeps looking at her. 

Sarah: "Do you believe in ghosts Monica?" 

-Monica rolls back. 

Monica: "What?" 

Sarah: "...Do you?" 

Monica: "What kind of question is that Sarah?" 

Sarah: "Exactly what it sounds like." 

Monica: "No. Not really." 

Sarah: "Your hiding something from me." 

-Monica pauses looking as if she is hiding something. Something only to
be said in her mind only. A secret. 

Monica: "I...I have been seeing things my whole life Sarah. Well.
Sensing things anyway. You dont know what its like living alone Sarah. 
No mom,no dad,no husbands,no brothers,no sisters. Things happen in our 
minds because we want them to happen. Some good,some bad. It seems 
something has been interrupting my life. I dont know what it was I saw 
when I arrived here for the first time." 

-Flashback of what she saw on the top floor from an outside window. 

Monica continued: "I at first thought it was just a vision. Just my
imagination. But as more things happened,I became more..." 

-Flash of what she saw in front of her bed that first night. Monica
pauses,looking back. 

Sarah: "Monica. What did you see?" 

Monica: "A little girl." 

-Sarah looks worried. 

Monica continued: "A little girl in a white dress. And white slippers." 

-Sarah is now convinced she isnt alone. 

Monica: "Whats wrong?" 

-She looks afraid. 

Monica continued: "Sarah?" 

Sarah: "Me too..." 

Monica: "What are you talking about?" 

Sarah: "I saw her. In the halls. Blonde hair. Blue eyes." 

-As Sarah tells,her eyes swell up. A tear runs down her cheek. Monica
touches her face gently. 

Monica: "Sarah...Its okay..." 

-Sarah removes Monicas hand,and rolls back again. 

Sarah: "I wish I could convince myself." 

-Nonica looks over at the window. Then falls asleep. 

-We are in Dereks room. The chandelier is seen,then the camera pans down
to Derek sitting in his chair asleep. A P.O.V. shot from behind comes 
closer to Derek. We see a dirty hand clutch his shoulder. This awakes 
him and he panics for a second. But whatever grabbed him is now gone. 
He sighs. He gets up and walks to the washroom beside his room,and 
opens the door,walks to the tap,and turns it on. He washes his 
hands,and wipes his face. As soon as his eyes are cleared after wiping 
he sees someone in the mirror with blonde hair,similar to Emily 
Ruth,but in a blue dress. It was Margeret,the second daughter. Now 
Derek is scared,turns around and all the lights shut off. He sees the 
light in the door,and runs to it,and sees that his bedroom door is 
locked. Derek turns to the front view of the room and the girl is 
behind him. She dissapears,and Derek hears and looks back to see. An 
unseen spirit grabs Derek from behind while he struggles and shouts and 
is thrown into the window which breaks. Derek falls through the window 
three stories down and is crushed. A shot of Margerets eyes closeup 
staring down. A closeup shot of her mouth slightly smiling. 

INT-MONICAS ROOM-NIGHT 

-Monica is in bed. Her eyes open. She sits up and sees Sarah still
sleeping. She doesnt bother waking her up before leaving the room. She 
leaves the door open. Monica notices how quiet the house is. She stares 
at all the closed doors while continuing walking. She doesnt know what 
shes doing,but she feels something isnt right. Another P.O.V. of ghost 
shot,walking into Monicas room through the door. Back to Monica walking 
through another dark hallway. She stops,and turns to a door. Emily 
Ruths room. Scenes of the ghost in Monicas room,and Monica going into 
Emilys room are mixed. Monica has a look of bieng alone,and hears a 
sound in the closet. She walks slowly to it,and opens it. There are 
dresses in there. She looks at the left corner which is darkened. 
Nothing. Then she looks at the right and screams. Scotts dead body lies 
there with a bloody wound in his head after bieng stabbed. His eyes 
terrified her the most. So lifeless. She screams again and is thrown 
into an attack of hysterics. The camera zooms in real fast on 
everything in the room,mixed with images of dead people,dolls,and 
knives penetrating skin. One last scream escapes her mouth before she 
runs out. Back in Monicas room,the ghost still approaches Sarah. Its a 
foot away from her,and lifts the small knife its possessing up in the 
air ready to plunge. Monica runs into the room and Sarah jolts up. 
Before the light switch is clicked,Sarah sees Emily Ruth raising her 
knife with her smirk. Sarah screams now,and backs away from the bed. 
Monica face is still high in shock,eyes bulging out,with a sweaty face. 
Sarah is no different. 

Monica: "Sc-scotts de-dead..." 

-She is stuttering. 

Monica: "In the-closet..." 

Sarah: "No..." 

-Sarah cant believe her ears. And gets up and keeps her eyes on Monica.
Monica catches something in the corner of her eyes. A dark figure 
stands up behind Sarah and walks over to her back. 

Monica: "Sarah!!" 

-Sarah turns around and sees its face for a second,then the desks start
shaking and the noise comes from all around the room,as if its taking 
on a life of its own. Then the lightbulbs explode and the entire room 
is dark besides the doorway. Sarah turns to the door and runs out and 
Monica follows. They run through the dark corridors of the house. 

Monica: "Sarah,what the hell is going on?!!" 

-She doesnt get an answer,and Sarah runs downstairs towards the big
doors. She looks for something to break it down. She spots an axe. She 
picks it up and runs back to the doors and swings at them. It has no 
effect. She swings again and nothing happens. 

Sarah: "Jesus christ!!!" 

-She doesnt give up hitting the door with it,until the top of the axe
breaks off. 

Sarah: "Sh*t!!" 

-Sarah is pouting. Monica stands there without a thought on her mind
other then getting out of the house. 

Monica: "You think anybody else is still here?" 

Sarah: "I dont know." 

Monica: "Shouldnt we look for them?" 

Sarah: "You seen what happened in there. And you seen Scott in the
closet...dead...No way. I am getting out of here!" 

-Sarah goes to the next room. 

Monica: "Where are you going?!" 

Sarah: "Trying to find a way out!" 

-Sarah keeps walking until Monica feels no choice but to catch up to
her. 

Monica: "Where would you find that?!" 

-Sarah turns around to face Monica. She backs away as she talks,until
shes behind another door. 

Sarah: "I dont know! Would you rather stay out there or atleast try and
get out of here?" 

-The door infront of her shuts tight. 

Monica: "Sarah!!!" 

-Cuts to where Sarah is where once again she has a distorted face of
shock and is sweating. Her heart is beating rapidly. All of the sudden 
everything dims around her. The room is pitch black. Nothing is seeable 
but herself. As she tries to calm down,she hears something. A child 
singing softly. A beautiful yet chilling voice. Sarah walks 
forward,even though she doesnt have a clue of where she is. Then shes 
it. The girl is in a blue dress. Margaret. She is faced in another 
position standing,and still singing. She seems to be dirty,with dirt on 
her dress,and dried blood on the skin of her arm. Sarah bieng as 
curious as she is comes closer,rather then running away. There is 
something about Margaret that draws Sarah closer to her. She finally 
reaches her,and takes her hand,and softly presses against it. Then it 
starts. Sarah cant get her hand out of hers. Margaret squeezes it 
tight,and Sarahs face expression shows that she has made a dire 
mistake. Margaret flips around facing Sarah,with her head down. Then 
her head comes up,and we see those two eyes again. Those two ominous 
eyes giving that chilling lifeless stare,with the skin around the two 
pale green,wet,and rotted. Sarah gives her last scream out of her mouth 
as she sees what we dont. 

Back to Monicas whereabouts still looking at the door hearing her best
friends terrified scream echoe through the walls. Suddenly the wooden 
door swings open,only this time,the room inside it,looking normal. 
Something is dripping above the door. Dripping blood. Monica slowly 
looks up and sees professor Derek Helton on a rafter on the cieling. He 
is crushed from bieng thrown out of the window. Blood runs out of his 
mouth and other parts of his gored up body. The rafters Dereks corpse 
lays on start to fall apart. And they fall right infront of Monica who 
is still too shocked for words,shivering violently. The door she came 
from shuts behind her. The cieling is still making noises. Its almost 
twisting around,but not really. A crack erupts from it. Dust falls out 
of it,as more cracks appear. The desk starts shaking and glasses fall 
off it. The little gothic small statues also fall from it,not breaking 
when hitting the floor hard. Now the floor is cracking. From one crack 
beside her legs opens up it gets larger and doesnt stop till its at the 
end of the room. Monica jumps away. The room distorts as the cieling 
slides down. The lights turn on and off. Just flickering. Everytime 
light appears,she sees Emily at the corner of the room. Each time light 
flickers her way,the image of Emily darts closer,until the huge crack 
on the floor is big enough for Monica to fall through. Whats beneath 
the floor is the same blackness as Sarah met her demise in. Only 
herself is visible. She looks up and there is no crack above her. Just 
black like the rest of her surrounding. A light source turns on. Its a 
candle on a desk with a notebook on it. 

Monica: "Oh my god..." 

Monica walks closer to the desk. Its a diary. Emily Ruths diary. She
picks it up and sees its not locked. She turns the page to see Emily 
writing about her personal life. She goes down skipping lines,and turns 
to the next page. Halfway through the paper there is a dried stain and 
a messed up line. Dried blood. Monicas eyes widen. A flashback of Emily 
on her desk in her room writing in her diary that Monica now is 
holding. Monica looks down and sees the blood is now wet. She drops it 
in shock. Another flashback of Emily writing her diary is seen. Only 
something is coming closer to her writing. A P.O.V. shot coming closer 
halfway visible in her little mirror. Shots of Monica and Emily come 
together until something grabs Emilys hair,and stabs into her chest 
spraying blood onto her diary. Next we are seen Emily bieng murdered 
through her mirror like Scott seen before he died. The flashbacks stop. 
Monica looks forward. Emily stands there. Monica screams,and Margeret 
shows up behind her. They are both coming straight for her. She turns 
around to see Margeret,and little flashes of Margerets death appear. 
She is over the water fountain admiring it. The same dark figure 
appears and violently pushes her little head into the fountain. She is 
drowning and screaming in the water until she passes out. Monica is 
almost once again in hysterics. The two entities forward her and 
suddenly go through her. Then an array of disturbing images fill the 
screen. A little girl without a nose flashes by,along with a 
church,then a statue of a demented creature. Monicas terrified eye 
closes up mixed with shots of a hand reaching out for her face. It 
reaches it,and Monicas face screams while her eyes roll over. Then all 
turns black. 

INT-OUTSIDE MANSION-DAY 

Monica is on the field standing looking up at the sky with Ruth mansion
right behind her. Shes just staring at the white morning England sky. A 
faraway shot of the land with Monica standing there. She fades into 
thin air. The house has claimed another victim. She shall dwell there 
forever... 

EXT-CREDITS 

-The childs music box plays as the credits go by. When it is
finished,the haunted bedroom music plays,then the main theme. 


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