The Quiet Ones Page #3

Synopsis: In 1974, Oxford professor Joseph Coupland invites introspective lad Brian McNeil to film his experimental treatment of subject Jane Harper, aided by student assistants Krissi Dalton and Harry Abrams. Jane, a young woman with no memory of the past and repeatedly abandoned by foster families, believes herself possessed by a doll named Evey that gives her telekinetic power. Keeping her awake in an isolated house, Prof. Coupland intends that she puts her evil energy into an actual doll, thereafter destroying it to heal Jane. Amidst strange things happening in the house, Brian feels sorry for Jane and, researching her tattoo, learns an evil secret about Jane's past, and of Prof. Coupland's motivation.
Genre: Horror
Director(s): John Pogue
Production: Lionsgate/Summit
  7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.1
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
36%
PG-13
Year:
2014
98 min
Website
189 Views


You can leave the experiment

or see this through.

Either way I'll understand.

No, we're with you, Joseph.

All the way.

Cameraman, I'm not well off.

I won't have much left for film.

I'll use cheaper stock.

After all, I'm starting

to be a bit intrigued.

Ah, it's for the best.

Come on, let's pack.

Hmm.

Do you like it?

If it makes me better.

Let's get...

Yeah, one of all of us.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Okay, should we go in? I got you.

Just be careful.

EMF scanner.

And there's one in each corner and

one on the table. Five in total.

Basically, they pick

up minute changes

in electromagnetic energy fields.

I borrowed them from the

Engineering Department.

So if we can connect

Harper's mental activity,

which is recorded

on the EEG machine,

to telekinetic events, then...

BRIAN:
So if Evey's made

of negative energy,

then this should

help us identify...

COUPLAND:

Very good, Brian, very good.

- Are we ready?

- HARRY:
Yeah.

Here we go.

COUPLAND:
We just want to

ask Evey some questions.

HARRY:
Come on, Evey. Come out.

KRISSI:
Come play with us.

One knock for yes, two for no.

JANE:
God, please, Evey.

Why won't she speak to us?

Damn it, Jane!

I'm trying, Joseph.

Try harder.

So, how do we assess our progress?

How do I assess our progress?

Patience and courage.

Evey will slowly come to life.

If we survive, we

win a Nobel Prize.

Wait, is there a chance we won't?

Win?

Survive.

There's always a chance.

"Security is a superstition.

It does not exist in nature.

"Life's either a daring

adventure or nothing."

Einstein?

Helen Keller.

Mate, just put it in the bottom

corner. Have you got it?

(ROCK MUSIC PLAYING)

(KNOCKS AT DOOR)

To brighten things.

Thank you.

You feeling okay?

I'm a disappointment.

I'm taking too long.

I have to find Evey.

COUPLAND:
Slowly...

Go down into the darkness.

Allow the total

relaxation you're feeling

to plunge you through

any mental chaos.

Deeper.

HARRY:
Ready.

Deeper.

HARRY:
She's in alpha wave state.

How are you feeling?

Lost, alone...

COUPLAND:

But you're not alone, are you?

Peer into the darkness.

There's something there with

you, isn't there? What is it?

Say it, "I'm not alone."

- I am alone.

- Say it!

I'm a failure. Everyone hates me.

I want to die.

Jane, if you're not going to try

you can go back to the chemical...

- BRIAN:
Jesus.

- HARRY:
What was that?

The EMF, sensor two.

BRIAN:
Something knocked

the camera out of my hand!

I had a firm grip on it.

- COUPLAND:
Shh, shh!

- HARRY:
Oh, my God, it happened.

Evey was here? Why

didn't you tell us?

She was playing.

Bring her back.

Jane, bring her back.

(ALL LAUGHING)

We made progress tonight.

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