Dead Birds Page #4

Synopsis: In Civil War-era Alabama, a band of outlaws takes refuge at an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank that held a cache of Confederate gold. Led by William, the group includes Sam, Todd, Annabelle, Clyde and Joseph. They intend to flee to Mexico, but nightfall and a thunderstorm force the robbers to remain in place. As the night wears on, each member of the group begins to have visions of the atrocities that occurred within the house. As supernatural forces begin to manifest themselves, the six turn on one another.
Director(s): Alex Turner
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
R
Year:
2004
91 min
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Though I walk through the valley

of the shadow of death

I will fear no evil...

I had to do it.

I put the children

where they'll never be found...

...by anyone.

I tried to bring my wife back,

but they tricked me.

They changed my children into demons.

Who are you?

Where is my wife?

Where is she?

Where is she?

Clyde here says

he saw Joseph and Dog.

At least it was some kind of animal.

Planning on keeping

this gold out all night?

We'll stand and watch over it. Why?

I say we divide it now,

so we're each carrying our own shares.

Seems safer.

And I said we divide the gold up

when we get to Mexico. Not before.

Doesn't make any sense, William.

Joseph's missing, we don't know where.

-The way it is, Clyde.

-Part of this gold is mine.

You'll get it when we're out of the country.

It's the way I say it is.

That's final.

Doesn't make any difference, I guess.

I'm gonna go get some rest.

You do that.

Sam!

Sam!

Please...

Who's there?

How'd you get in here?

Hey?

Listen, kid...

You need to tell me

if there's someone else in this house.

Did something happen?

How did you get in here?

Help me! Please help me.

Please let me go! I didn't do nothing.

I won't tell nobody about the others.

The others? Did you run away?

I didn't see nothing.

I didn't see nothing.

Hold tight. They used rawhide on you.

Oh, God, it hurts!

Yeah, I know. I know.

-Please help me. Hurry!

-Hold tight. I'm gonna cut this off you.

-Oh, God. He's here!

-What?

He's here! Oh, God, he's here!

He's here! Oh, God, he's here!

-Help me!

-I don't see anything.

Hold on. Just hold on.

Hold on.

Who did you see?

Joseph...?

Sam...

The gold.

Clyde.

Clyde!

You stay here with Annabelle. Understand?

Sam...

Where's William?

Where is the gold?

Will's taken care of it.

What's that?

A door.

-A page from that book.

-What are you talking about?

It's no door that you would understand.

It's for sacrifice.

First, all the slaves...

...all the cheap ones

and the females past their prime.

You have to follow certain rituals

to be heard.

Most think of them as spirits and ghosts.

But they have always been here.

They exist in a world around our own.

They wanna change what's in this world.

They wanna... torment us.

I don't understand.

Annabelle...

This really hurts.

I think something's wrong.

All right. Let me look at it.

What is that?

I don't know.

We have to get you to a doctor.

You have some sort of an infection.

I may be able to

get you something for the pain.

No.

It don't hurt no more, Belle.

What?

What did you just call me?

I wanna show you something.

Here.

Come on.

Don't you wanna see what they did?

You were shot. I was there, remember?

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