The Purgation

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(silence)

Pop Goes the Weasel

(creepy laughter)

(footsteps)

(static)

(slow piano music)

- [Eddie] Looking back,

I wonder sometimes if

my memory is flawed.

I remember the

feeling of that day.

The smell of my secondhand car.

The sunshine from

the indian summer.

That desperate

teenage hope that,

in a few years it

would all get better.

And it did get better,

at least for me it did.

Part of me thinks that Iris

stayed down there too long,

and maybe it was something

in the air that got to her.

That musty mist that

stayed on my clothes

long after they were washed.

A reminder...

...to feel guilty.

(ominous music)

(rock music)

- Hey Eddie, hey Derrick.

- How ya doing kid?

- Hey Iris.

(car door closing)

Hey, I found three

flashlights at my house

and I brought one for ya.

- Awesome, thanks.

Hey, this has a

cute sticker on it.

- Aw, just like my

cute little bro.

(laughing)

- Hey guys!

- Hey Caden, you're back!

(nervous laughter)

- You know, hay is for horses.

(neighing)

(laughing)

(mumbling)

(laughing)

- No, no, no.

- You guys, seriously?

I'm trying to drive.

- Hey!

- Am I really the only one

who knows where we're going?

- Like mom would let

us go if she knew.

- Well, all I'm saying is,

if you're not back on time,

I'm not looking for you and

I'm not waiting for you.

(engine idling)

(car door shutting)

- Thanks for the ride Eddie!

- Six o'clock!

Don't be late!

- Hey Marlene!

- Hey Iris.

- Hey Marlene, I can't

believe we're actually

going to film inside

a crazy house.

- It's not a crazy house,

it's called an asylum.

- Ass-i-lum.

- Hello to you too.

(sneeze)

(trampling through grass)

Thanks.

This grass is

giving me allergies.

I brought flashlights

for everyone.

- I'm good.

- If we're going

to be underground,

we're going to

need lots of light.

- Whatever.

(sneeze)

(smacking flashlight)

It's broken.

- Sorry.

So, how'd you hear

about this place?

- These high schoolers

were talking about it

during bible study.

They said it used to be a

big party place for drinking,

until one night, like,

a super long time ago,

one of the football

players went crazy.

- What do you mean crazy?

- He started screaming

about a bleeding cross

and how he was being

chased by a nun.

- Nuns are kinda creepy.

- They're married to God.

Anyways, he attacked his friends

with a broken beer bottle,

slashed his

girlfriend's neck so bad

her head almost fell off.

- Whoa.

- What scene should

we shoot first?

- I don't know.

- It's gonna be so cool.

- I know.

Think it'll be all creepy?

- What happened

to the rest of it?

- It caught on fire

and burnt down.

- [Derrick] It's real, I can't

believe it's actually here.

- Yeah!

Hey guys, I caught

a grasshopper!

- Have you been inside it yet?

- I'm not going in

there by myself.

- Well, we're here

now, let's do this.

(grunting)

- Really?

You're just going

to stand there?

(struggling with door)

- Wow, that's dark.

(ominous music)

You think these steps are okay?

- I don't know about this, guys.

There could be a law

against just being here.

We're basically

trespassing, you know?

- Only one way to find out!

Woohoo!

- Hey, be careful!

Caden?

Caden?

Caden!

- Yeah!

This place is perfect

for a scary movie!

- Caden!

- Stop freaking us out!

- Sorry.

Come on, what are

we waiting for?

Let's make a movie.

- I think I'm gonna stay up here

and stand guard in

case anyone comes.

- Suit yourself.

- What?

Are you scared?

- I'm not scared.

- Have fun with your flashlight.

(ominous music)

(sneeze)

- What is wrong with

you, you retard?

- I'm sorry, it's just,

it's colder down

here than I expected.

I should've brought

an extra sweater.

- Come on guys, let's not fight.

We're here to make

a movie, okay?

- That was seriously gross.

- Derrick, shine the

light on Marlene's face.

Marlene, I want you

to start back up

at the top and come down.

(footsteps)

Caden, you're in charge

of the background noise.

- Okay!

- And, action!

(suspenseful music)

(moaning)

- Cut!

Nice job, guys!

- Hey guys, it's like a

miniature church in there!

- Like, a chapel?

- Whatever.

- We can shoot the

next scene in there!

I have a great idea.

We can draw a pentagram

with the chalk I brought.

(ominous music)

- Yuck!

(yelling)

- What?

- Nothing.

- What happened?

- Nothing, I thought I heard

something, but it was nothing.

Yeah, let's make a movie!

- Should we really be drawing

that kind of stuff in a church?

- It's a chapel, whatever.

If there's a God,

he should be helping

starving children in

Somalia or something.

- I wouldn't touch that if

I were you, it might be...

- Might be what?

- Ugh, get that

thing away from me.

- Come on guys,

let's shoot this.

- What are my lines again?

- You don't remember your lines?

- Shut up, you dork, I

have more lines than you.

- You have six lines.

- Six too many.

- Here.

- Thanks.

(girls mumbling)

(ominous music)

(creepy piano music)

(ominous music)

- [Iris] Marlene,

help me move these.

Caden...

- Iris, hey.

(thuds)

(ominous music and growling)

(coughing)

(growling)

- Marlene, take a step back.

Caden, we need

more light on her.

- Hey what happened?

- Are you okay?

- I wanted to see what

was in the next room.

- Did you fall?

- Hm-mm, I guess I did.

- You don't look so good.

- I'm fine.

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