The Skeptic Page #3

Synopsis: After the mysterious death of his Aunt, a confirmed skeptic lawyer, Bryan Becket, dismisses reports that his Aunt's house is haunted and moves in. Immediately occurrences begin he cannot explain. And beyond the occurrences there is something about the house which gnaws at Becket - some strange connection he senses he has with the house's past. Soon, the haunting turns personal, he hears voices suggesting clues to a deep mystery. He questions his sanity, seeks medical help, but instead finds assistance in a young psychic who immediately declares, "There's a very bad secret in this house." Together they embark on a terrifying journey to uncover the secret - a journey which leads them deep into the recesses of The Skeptic's own troubled mind.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director(s): Tennyson Bardwell
Production: IFC Films
 
IMDB:
5.8
Metacritic:
31
Rotten Tomatoes:
8%
Year:
2009
89 min
43 Views


- That's between Robin and me.

- And Celeste and Karen.

- All right.

Robin thinks that I'm too unemotional.

- Unemotional?

[laughs]

She knew that going' in.

- Thank you.

Exam... thank you.

She knew that going' in.

I haven't changed.

I'm the exact same guy

I advertised in the store window

You bet I'm unemotional.

She used to be fine with that.

It was a turn-on.

But suddenly it's not enough

for her anymore,

'cause she turned 40,

and she wants someone to panic with.

And she wants me to cry.

- About what?

- It's my choice.

She just wants me to reach down

and fall apart.

- Could you even do that?

- Are you kidding' me, Sully?

I'm a guy.

I haven't cried since I went

to Cooperstown.

- The Lou Gehrig speech.

So what's your plan?

- My plan is to stay separated

until she realizes

she can't change me,

gets scared that if she keeps

trying' to change me,

she's going to lose me forever,

takes me back as is,

gets used to being' 40.

We live happily ever after.

- Dismissed.

[door creaking]

[door creaking]

[wooden creaking]

- Becket!

Beck!

- Hey!

- Don't you answer your door?

- You're a crisis addict.

Do you know that?

What is it now?

- This is your crisis this time.

Come on.

- Okay, what?

- This is your aunt's will.

- What?

No, no, no.

My aunt didn't have a will.

- Well, her good friend Martha Corn

dropped this off today,

so I checked it out.

This is your aunt's will.

She wrote it herself,

and it's completely legal.

This isnt your house, Beck.

- What are you talking about?

I'm her only kin.

I have this house through succession.

- You are her only kin.

- Then who the hell did she

leave the house to?

- The Delano Institute.

I don't know why...

- Why would she...

- But she left it to

a particular department there

run by one Dr. Warren Coven.

- Okay, what do we know about

this Coven guy?

- He runs a sleep lab.

- Which is what, exactly?

- I don't know;

I assume it's a lab where people sleep.

And now they've got your house,

I'm sure they're going to sleep a lot easier.

- So this is a sleep lab.

- Yeah, it's not a typical one.

The Institute had space issues,

and we take the brunt.

But we're very proud of our work.

We're regular contributors

to The Poly graphic Journal,

and we do treat the uninsured.

- People with problems sleeping.

- Uh, yeah.

Do you have sleep problems, Mr. Becket?

- Sometimes.

- Well, we're here to help.

Yeah, please take a look.

Ms. Carl is with us tonight.

She's a sleepwalker,

and we want to know why.

- And what was my aunt's problem?

I mean,

I'm assuming that you treated her

for some sort of sleep disorder.

Is that right?

- No, actually, she...

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