All language subtitles for Terror.in.The.Woods.2018.WEBRip.x264-ION10

‐ I thought my daughter's
imaginary world was harmless.

[bird caws]

I thought she was
just bright and creative.

She was special.

‐ Please!
[screaming]

‐ And she is
all of those things.

Some kids' imaginations
are harmless.

[sirens blare]

‐ Please stop!

‐ But my daughter's
imaginary world

led her to do something
I never could have imagined.

‐ We're gonna go get help!

♪ ♪

Please help us!

‐ Her obsession
with the Suzerain

changed our lives forever.

♪ ♪

‐ Lord Suzerain,
we need you!

[indistinct chatter]

‐ [sobs]

‐ I have already told
one of your men

that Kaitlyn and Rachel,
they're not in this house!

‐ [sobbing]

No!

‐ And I don't understand
why you're here,

and you're not out there
searching for our daughters!

‐ Please!
Please help us!

‐ He's real.
I know it.

I proved his location
is here.

I swear, there's been signs
everywhere,

missing people, kids, adults.

There's so many signs,
like the eye and his fingers.

I swear he's here.
He's real.

I just seen him.

His palace is waiting in
the forest right back there.

He's got weird eyes
and sharp teeth.

I'm on to something here.

All my evidence leads to this.

I'm gonna catch him,

and I'm gonna be rich
and famous.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

Oh, my God.
Go! Go! Go! Go!

[indistinct shouting]

‐ Rachel.
‐ [screams]

‐ Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
stop, stop.

It's me. It's me.

[sighs]

‐ You scared me.

‐ No, you scared me.
What you doing in here?

‐ I was just looking at
some videos online.

‐ [chuckles]
Now come on.

‐ But I was just getting
to the good part.

‐ No, no, no, no,
no backtalk, come on.

‐ Sorry.

‐ It's getting late,
come on.

‐ Kaitlyn, got to leave
in ten minutes!

Here you go, buddy.

Okay, let's talk lunch.

What‐‐what are you thinking?

How do you feel about bologna
in your sandwich today?

‐ Morning.
‐ Hey, good morning.

Here you go.
‐ Thank you.

‐ What? Huh?

Crap, crap.
Ah, oh. Oh!

both: [whispered]
Mommy burnt the toast.

‐ Shoot.
‐ [laughs]

‐ I hear what you're
saying about the toast.

Here you go. Burnt toast.
‐ You eat the toast.

‐ Now Daddy's got
to eat the toast.

‐ Kaitlyn!

‐ Can't take the baby dragons
to school today, Sophie.

It's the first day.

Really, it's too soon
for that.

‐ Kaitlyn, come on!

‐ Not ready yet!
‐ What's taking so long?

‐ Have you seen
my other shoe, Sophie?

Oh.

‐ Kaitlyn.

‐ You shouldn't worry, Mommy.

I got this.

‐ I know you do, sweetheart.

‐ Mommy, please.

‐ All right, right,
no hugging, got it.

‐ Mommy.
‐ Aww.

Have a good day, okay?

I love you.
[sighs]

‐ I wish I never, ever
had to go to school again.

‐ Fictitious dark lord
called the Suzerain,

an Internet meme
that went viral.

Befriending young children
and inviting them to live

in his palace in the forest‐‐

‐ Oh, man, you breaking
all the rules, kiddo.

Hey, hey,
it's a middle school.

New kids, fresh start,
and a blank slate.

‐ Not all new kids.

Some of them know me,
some of the mean ones.

‐ All right,
let me see your bag.

Come on.

What?

‐ Well, no one nice is going
to this middle school.

‐ Oh, come on now, you gotta
watch your words, please.

Because if you don't have
nothing nice to say, then what?

Hmm?

‐ We don't say anything at all.

‐ That's right.

Hey, all right,
look, look, look, look.

What I want you to do
is just build up

a little more confidence
under your belt,

and if any kid messes with you,
I want you to stand up to them

and show them
what you're made of

and that no one messes
with Rachel Peters, okay?

‐ Okay.

‐ All right, your mother is
gonna pick you up after school

and keep you with her
until I finish up

at the recruiting station.

‐ Is Mom having dinner
with us?

‐ You know your mom work nights
down at the plant, Rachel.

Hey, look here, uh,
the bus be here real soon.

You have two minutes.
It's getting late.

[overlapping chatter]

[unsettling music]

♪ ♪

‐ Get out of the way,
butt breath.

[laughter]

Why her face look like that?

[laughter]

Yeah, right, man.
It's so funny.

‐ No, please.

‐ Weirdo.

‐ I'm Kaitlyn.
‐ I'm Rachel Peters.

It's my first time
going to middle school,

sixth grade, I mean.

‐ Duh, that's when
middle school starts.

‐ Yeah.

I like your gloves.
They're really cool.

‐ Thank you.

I don't like
to take them off ever.

Just so you know, I'm weird.
You can ask anyone.

Do you read fantasy books?
You should if you don't.

Don't tell anyone,

but I'm friends
with baby dragons.

[bell rings]

For real?

‐ Yeah, my mom got it
for me on my birthday.

‐ Hey, are these new wings?
‐ Yeah. I also got‐‐

‐ Oh, that's so cute.
What fairy is it?

‐ It's a Regina fairy.
[indistinct]

‐ They're cute.
‐ Thanks.

[indistinct chatter]

[bell rings]

‐ All right,
the bell has rung,

so please take your seats.

Good morning, class.

all: Good morning.

‐ I'm Ms. McKinley, and
I want to welcome you all

to Driftwood Hills
Middle School.

‐ Neigh!

[laughter]

‐ Settle down, everyone,

and as lovely as they are,

horses aren't allowed
in classes, okay?

This is sixth grade
creative writing,

so please take out
your textbooks

and open
to the table of contents.

‐ "Head to your neighborhood
record store or bathroom

"and look through the bins

until you find something
that tickles your vajayjay."

[laughter]

‐ Mom!
‐ Ah!

Hi.
‐ This is Kaitlyn.

She lives, like, a three‐minute
walk from Dad's house.

Cool, right?

‐ That's, like, totally cool.
‐ Yeah.

‐ Nice to meet you,
Mrs. Peters.

‐ Just Jackie's fine.

‐ Bye, Rachel.
See you tomorrow.

‐ Bye. Bye, Kaitlyn.
‐ Good‐bye. Come on, come on.

[both laughing]

‐ You should have an early
dinner with me and Dad.

It'd be fun.
‐ Rachel, no.

‐ It‐‐it would be fun, and‐‐
‐ Rachel, Rachel, I can't.

‐ I think Dad would like it.
‐ I have to work tonight.

I don't know that
that's a good idea anyway.

Oh, come on.
You're not upset?

Don't get upset, baby.

Hey, Dad said that
you're signing up for soccer

or something like that?

I mean,
that and vocal ensemble.

That sounds pretty rad.

Okay, look, please don't
do this, all right?

Look, it's hard enough
being away from you

with my work schedule.

I cannot deal
with this right now.

Please, come on.
Let's just‐‐

Let's just have a nice time,
just us ladies, okay?

‐ Okay.

‐ Oh, hey!

Guess who got asked to model
in a fashion show?

‐ You?
‐ Yep.

And guess who gets
to watch her kickass mom

model some super funky dresses?

‐ Just me?
‐ Just my best girl.

I love you, Rachie Belle.

Come on, I'm gonna let you
pick out the station. Ha ha!

‐ Good. I hate what you play.
‐ What did you just say?

‐ Sophie, you have to play
nicely with the baby dragons.

Purr.
Meow.

Purr.

Hey, be nice to kitty, Sophie.

[phone rings]

‐ Hey, Emily's on the phone.

‐ Kat, Emily's on the phone.

‐ Oh, hey, meow, Emily.

‐ Smells good, babe.

‐ ...regular weather.
Residents are being‐‐

...winners were
announced today.

‐ Oh, hey.
‐ Hey.

‐ Are you okay?

‐ Yeah, yeah,
just head fuzzies,

cotton wool brain
from my happy pills.

‐ Are you drinking water?
'Cause maybe you're dehydrated.

‐ Oh, yeah, drink water.
Check.

‐ Yeah, I guess.

‐ Oh, you know what?
I couldn't get away at lunch,

so I'll just, you know,
pick up your refill

maybe before
I go into work tomorrow.

‐ Yeah, thanks, babe.
‐ I'm trying to talk to Emily.

Hold on, I'm going upstairs.
No privacy.

‐ Emily's got some competition.
‐ Yeah?

‐ Apparently Kaitlyn met
a girl on the bus that lives

in our apartment complex,
and they hit it off.

‐ Well, maybe we could have her
over for a sleepover.

That'd be nice, right?

All right, look.
Look at this.

I found this in her backpack.

‐ [muttering, laughs]

‐ How does she even
know those words?

‐ That's pretty good.
‐ It's not funny.

They're gross.

‐ She's 11.

Puberty is primetime
for grossness.

‐ Oh, my God, she's 11.

How did we‐‐
how did we get to be so old?

I feel like we have an
almost‐teenager in our house,

and they were just babies.

Then I turn around, and‐‐

what do we do
about this stuff?

I think it's maybe time
for the talk.

‐ Ooh.

You're the mom,
so I'm afraid that it's on you.

‐ I so wish
you could be the mom.

‐ I'm so glad I'm not.

Listen, we don't have
to rush into it.

We can feel it out, right?

‐ Yeah, yeah, okay.

‐ Hey, hey,
thanks for cooking tonight.

I just couldn't
get it together.

Bad day.

Too much chatter.

‐ I'm super mom.
I can do it all.

‐ Rachel, it's bedtime, kiddo.

‐ Getting my PJs on!

[tense music]

♪ ♪

The Suzerain.

♪ ♪

‐ I told my parents
about the Suzerain,

but they didn't believe me.

They said
that I was making it up,

that it was in
my imagination,

but I could hear him in
my head whispering to me.

He told me that
if he came to me,

my mom and dad
wouldn't survive the visit.

I knew I had to go to him,
run away to protect my family.

‐ Man...
‐ He can read your mind.

‐ This is intense.
‐ He says what he wants

from you so that
only you can hear it.

‐ Oh, man, this can't be real.

‐ He's over there
in the corner right now.

Now he's on the ceiling.

‐ Hello?

Who's there?

[breathing heavily]

Suzerain?

Is it you?

[tense music]

♪ ♪

[indistinct chatter]

‐ Earth to Rachel.

You can wake up now.

Come on.
I want you to meet Emily.

[indistinct chatter]

Rachel, meet Emily.
Emily, meet Rachel.

‐ I like your wings.

‐ They're real fairy wings.
My mom got them for me.

I have, like,
five different kinds.

‐ That's cool.
‐ Good morning, class.

Please take your seats.

Now, yesterday we talked about

the three parts
of writing a paper.

Who can tell me
what those are? You?

‐ An intro, a body,
and a closing.

‐ That's right, an intro,
body, and a closing.

And what goes in the intro?
Show of hands?

‐ Once upon a time...

‐ And it's called Fairy Time,

and my little sister's
a presenter,

and we wear our fairy wings
and invite real fairies

to come back and play with us
in the fairy garden

we built in the back yard.

And did you know there's
fairies for, like, everything?

Unicorn fairies,
cupcake fairies,

forest fairies,
garden fairies.

Have you ever wondered
how rainbows are made?

Unicorn fairies!

They shoot rainbows
out of their palms.

And have you ever seen
a double rainbow?

Those are super cool.

Those are made
from any unicorn twin.

Well, actually, it doesn't
have to be a unicorn twin.

It can be any fairy twin.
I like your earrings.

Maybe fairies
should have earrings.

‐ So Emily...

she's kind of immature,
I think.

A bit babyish?

‐ Emily's my best friend.

‐ Yeah, that's true.

‐ But only since second grade,

even though I've known her
since kindergarten.

‐ That's, like,
most of your lives.

‐ Yeah.

She's been my only friend
for a long time.

‐ She sure loves fairies.

‐ Yeah, she likes fairies
a lot, and cats and horses.

I do too.

‐ Me too.
I mean‐‐

[distorted sounds]

What's wrong?
You stopped talking.

‐ Nothing. I just thought
I saw something.

Did you see it, Sophie?

‐ See what?

‐ Nothing.
I wasn't talking to you.

Why do you look
so tired, Rachel?

‐ I was just up all night
looking at stuff online,

on the Creepystorypedia.

‐ What's that?

‐ It's a website
where monsters live,

monsters like the Suzerain.

‐ Who?

‐ Well, he's really big
and tall.

He has a big crown, big eyes,

and sharp teeth to eat you up,

and big claws,
and he hears everything.

He's all poised and perfect

until he gets angry,

and he kills everyone
who's near him.

And he'll strangle them, chop
your head off, and kill you.

I can show you.

Here it is.

‐ If you're sane
or have a good life,

don't watch this video.

‐ This is the Suzerain.

‐ Suzerain, an Internet meme
that went viral,

befriending young children

and inviting them to live
in his palace in the forest.

‐ He's real.
I've just seen him.

His palace is way back there,
way deep in the forest.

‐ He was created
on the Internet

and lives forever
on the Creepystorypedia,

a clearinghouse of bizarre,
fan‐created horror stories.

‐ He's got weird eyes
and sharp teeth.

‐ They said that
I was making it up,

that it was
in my imagination,

but I could hear him
in my head whispering to me.

He told me that
if he came to me,

my mom and dad
wouldn't survive the visit.

I knew I had to go to him.

I can see him now.

He's over there in the corner.

‐ I swear,
there's signs everywhere,

missing people, kids, adults.

‐ After the Suzerain marks
you, you better watch out

because he's coming for you
and your entire family.

‐ Oh, my God!

♪ ♪

‐ No!

‐ That's a creepy way
to end a video.

[both screaming]

‐ Rachel!

[laughter]

Oh, man.

You ladies are having way
too much fun in here.

‐ The Suzerain
is watching you.

‐ As you guys know,
the Suzerain is a‐‐

‐ [laughs]

‐ How do you know if
what you're seeing is real...

‐ Did you think
the Suzerain was secretly

sending us a message?

‐ He's worldwide...
‐ Yeah.

‐ From China to Japan,
from Russia to Germany‐‐

‐ 'Cause he's always
watching you.

‐ He is currently on...

‐ I mean, no matter
what you do,

where you go, he sees you.

‐ Sometimes he comes in peace.

Sometimes he starts
the fire for war,

but nobody knows
if it's true or if it's not,

but I do.

The Suzerain is here.

[gentle music]

♪ ♪

[tense music]

♪ ♪

[gentle music]

♪ ♪

[laughter]

all: ...rosie,
a pocketful of posies.

Ashes, ashes,
we all fall down!

‐ [snoring]

‐ Why were you going through
my backpack?

It's private!

‐ Listen, your bag
was open, okay?

And‐‐and sometimes parents
see something that's not right,

and then the privacy
rules are waived.

‐ Maybe.

‐ Well, honey, there's some
very racy stuff in here,

and, I mean, some of it
went right over my head.

I had to look up a few things,
like vajayjay‐‐

‐ Ew, Mom.
‐ You wrote it.

‐ Stop.

‐ Okay, listen.

Sweetheart,
I want you to be free

and to be able
to express yourself and‐‐

[distorted sounds]

[eerie whispering]

...their parents
might not understand.

Okay?

‐ Oka‐‐okay.

‐ Is there anything that you
would like to ask me about,

about your body or‐‐

‐ No.
‐ No? Okay.

‐ Um, can I go over
to Rachel's?

She was at vocal
ensemble practice,

but she should be home by now.

‐ Okay. I‐‐you know, it's‐‐it's
a lot about Rachel these days.

I mean, you and Emily,
you were so close.

I thought she was
your best friend.

‐ She's‐‐

she's just kind
of hard to play with.

‐ Okay, look, if‐‐

if you want to go play
with Rachel, that's fine.

Please be home
for dinner, okay?

[eerie music]

♪ ♪

[laughter]

‐ No.

Sophie, I don't want to look.

The Suzerain scares me.

♪ ♪

[eerie whispering]

♪ ♪

‐ Well, I'm not really sure
how that went.

She didn't let me get very far.

She was more upset because I
was infringing on her privacy.

‐ [chuckles]

‐ But, you know, like,
what parent is in a hurry

for their kid
to grow up, right?

‐ That'll happen soon enough.

‐ Are you all right?

‐ Yeah.
Yeah, I'm good.

‐ Are you sure?

You just seemed a little off
the last few days.

Have you been taking your‐‐
‐ Yes.

I took them.

We wouldn't be sitting here
like this if I hadn't.

You don't have to worry, okay?

‐ I do worry.

I think about it
all the time.

What if one of the kids has it?

‐ Hey, we will cross
that bridge when we‐‐

if we get to it.

You heard what the doctor said.

They're too little for us
to worry about that stuff.

So let's not, okay?

‐ Okay.

‐ [giggles]

I don't know what it is,

but Dad says
we're too young to have it.

[giggles]
Stop it!

Stop tickling me, Sophie.
I don't want to get wet.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

‐ All right.
Wait a minute.

You're gonna fall
Just‐‐

[laughter]

‐ Okay, like, right?

Hey, sorry I got
her home late from practice,

but we stopped
and got hot chocolate

and we lost track
of time, and‐‐

‐ Rachel, can you go
to your room?

I'ma talk to your mom, okay?

‐ Kaitlyn's at the park.

Can I‐‐

‐ That's‐‐
hey, that's fine, sweetheart.

Go ahead.
‐ Aww.

‐ You‐‐you know,
could have called.

‐ Hey, I'm‐‐I'm sorry.
I should have called.

‐ Jackie, Jackie‐‐
hey, hey, you know,

I don't ask much, you know?

Just, you know, you get to be
as free as you want,

and, you know, just kind of,
you know, be on time, you know?

That's‐‐there's rules
in this house for a reason.

‐ Mm‐hmm.

‐ And structure is important
for Rachel, all right?

You know, we can't raise
a child in chaos.

‐ Uh‐uh.

God, do you think
this is how I want things?

Do you think I want to be
working my ass off at a job

that I hate, by the way,
while you're raising my kid, D,

in a new apartment
that I help pay for?

I don't get to live in it.
‐ Hold on, now, you‐‐

you made the decision
to step out‐‐

‐ It happened once!

‐ Okay, so why am I always
the bad guy here, Jackie?

‐ I don't know.

‐ Come on, now.
That's not fair.

It's not.

‐ Yeah.

‐ Look, hey‐‐hey,
hey, look, you know,

you can always come back
and be with the both of us.

I mean, that's
always on the table.

‐ Yeah, and live
under your thumb?

I think I'm good.
‐ Jackie, come on, please.

‐ It has been six months!

D, think about that,
six months.

How do you expect Rachel
to move on when you don't?

‐ Your daughter is doing fine.
‐ Yeah?

‐ Yeah, she's got friends.
‐ Great.

‐ She doesn't come home in
tears like she did last year.

‐ And what is wrong with that?
That is great.

‐ She keeps asking me, Jackie,
what did she do wrong,

and I have to tell her
it wasn't her.

It was her stepdad and her mom
that messed stuff up.

‐ You know, I‐‐
I did not come here

to fight with you, not today.

‐ We're not‐‐Jackie, listen,
we're not fighting.

We're not fighting.
We're just talking.

‐ No, no, we're not.
No, we're not.

[tense music]

‐ Jackie.

‐ My mom saw our Rad Riffs.

She actually said at least
one of the words out loud.

‐ No, she didn't.
That's so gross.

‐ Totally gross!

Rachel, do you ever‐‐

‐ You do that a lot.

‐ What?

‐ Not say stuff.

‐ Do you ever see things
that aren't there and‐‐

I mean, things that aren't
there for other people to see?

Like the Easter Bunny
or Santa Claus?

‐ Yeah, I guess.

Sometimes when I'm watching
the Suzerain videos online,

I feel like
I can feel him watching me.

I mean, I think I feel
his eyes on me, watching me.

So yeah, I think so.

I think he's real,
and I think he watches me.

‐ For real?
‐ For real, yeah.

What?

What? I told you.

‐ I've seen him in real life.

The Suzerain.

‐ No way.

He's‐‐he's real.

He's really real.

Oh, no.

He's real.
He's really real.

I knew it!

‐ And he's not
the only thing I see.

I see Sophie most of the time,

the baby dragons,

but especially Sophie.

‐ And you talk to them,
and they talk back?

‐ Sometimes I can hear things
that I can't see,

like voices talking to me,

weird sounds.

Sometimes colors
get all funny.

And people's faces, they‐‐

they get all weird
even when I'm talking to them.

‐ Whoa.
That's so cool.

What do your parents say?

‐ I told them, but...

they didn't believe me.

No one does.

‐ Kaitlyn,

Kaitlyn,
I believe you.

‐ I think there might be
something wrong with my brain.

‐ No. No, Kaitlyn.

The Suzerain's real.
I feel it too.

Maybe if we prove he's real,

then he'll think we're cool
or we're friends,

or he'll just leave us alone.

‐ He'll never leave me alone.

‐ He'll never leave
either of us alone.

One night he's gonna come
into our houses.

The claws are gonna
pop out of his hands,

and he's gonna
cut us to death,

and then‐‐and then he's
gonna kill our families too.

He's gonna kill your mom
and your dad and your brother

all in, like, four seconds.

‐ I can't let him do that.

‐ I can't believe
he chose us, Kaitlyn,

out of everyone
in the whole world.

Why us?

What makes us so special?

[knocking]

[glass shatters]

[rustling]

[tense music]

♪ ♪

[eerie whispering]

♪ ♪

‐ Sophie, I'm scared.

I know.

It's bad if he's revealing
himself to Rachel too.

I thought it was just you,
me, and the dragons.

[glass shatters]

Oh.

♪ ♪

[eerie whispering]

Mom!

♪ ♪

‐ Hey, Kat.
Did you have fun at Rachel's?

‐ Yeah, it was fine.

[panting]

‐ Hey, Dani?

‐ [breathing heavily]

[knocking]

‐ Kaitlyn, are you okay?

Your dad said you ran up here
like you were being chased.

Are you all right?

‐ Using the power of dragons.

No crying.

I'm fine.

No one was chasing me, Mommy.

‐ Well, did something happen
between you and Rachel?

‐ No. What's for dinner?

‐ Well, um, I'm gonna
try something new.

It's a‐‐it's a round dish,

and it's gonna have
these little round things

on it called pepperonis,
kind of crazy.

‐ Mom, it's called pizza.

You know that.

‐ I do know that, sweetheart.

[thunder rumbling]

‐ Hiya, Kat.

‐ Um, I‐‐

I was just getting
some water before bed.

Goodnight.

‐ Goodnight, baby.

[eerie whispering]

‐ Suzerain?

Are you there?

[eerie whispering]

Sophie.

We need protection.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

[thunder rumbles]

‐ [snoring]

[indistinct chatter]

[gentle music]

♪ ♪

‐ What's that?
‐ The Suzerain.

‐ He's creepy.

‐ He's real,

and he wants us to come
live with him

in his palace
in the dark forest.

‐ No, he doesn't.

You're just trying to be
all spooky to scare me.

[bell rings]

[overlapping chatter]

‐ This is the Suzerain.
He's kind of a friend of mine.

He's pretty cool, huh?

‐ He's just an Internet
urban legend.

‐ No way.

Just because
you haven't seen him

doesn't mean
he doesn't exist.

‐ Yeah, and I guess
you probably have seen him.

‐ My friend Kaitlyn and I
have totally seen him,

so I know
what I'm talking about.

‐ You're so weird.

‐ Move over, please.

‐ Oh, sure.

‐ Oops.

Sorry.

[laughs]

‐ No, you're not.

Leave my friend alone!
‐ Oh, yeah?

[crowd oohs]
‐ Fight!

[excited chatter]
‐ He got hit by a girl!

‐ You better watch out or I'll
send the Suzerain after you.

[tense music]

[excited chatter]
‐ Come on, hurry!

‐ You're an easy target,
Kaitlyn, but I told him

I'd send the Suzerain after him
if he messed with you again.

I really don't think
he'll bother you anymore,

and if he does,
I'll protect you.

They're so cool.
They look just like him.

‐ You guys, stop acting like
the Suzerain's real.

It's scary.
You're scaring me.

‐ Well, you don't
have to be here.

‐ Kaitlyn?

‐ Wow, Emily was
being such a baby.

I think she cried.

‐ I read more about him
online last night.

He's everywhere, Rachel,
watching us all the time.

We're not safe anywhere.

‐ Yeah, I know,

and girls like Emily
just don't get it.

‐ Look.

‐ Kaitlyn and Rachel, you‐‐

What is this?

The principal and I
thought with Kaitlyn

getting a week's suspension
that maybe you and I

should have a little talk
about some of the other stuff

I've noticed in class.

There's the odd drawings,
the imaginary friends,

the pretending
to be an animal,

and she's also having trouble
connecting to other students.

‐ Well, that's not true,
because she has friends.

She has Emily, she has Rachel.

‐ She does, yes,
and that's very important,

but I'm talking about
classroom participation.

Honestly,
the problem I'm having

is that I feel like
Kaitlyn's fantasy life

competes with what we're
doing here in the classroom.

‐ Well, we value vivid
imaginations in our household.

We encourage her‐‐
‐ That's not what I'm saying.

Look...

Kaitlyn is an incredibly bright
and very creative girl,

but as an educator,

when I see some of the stuff
like what I saw today,

it makes me question
the home environment.

‐ The home environment is fine.

‐ Maybe‐‐maybe we should
reschedule this meeting

so that you and your husband
can come in together.

I think Kaitlyn said
he's at home during the day.

Maybe‐‐maybe he might
have some insight.

‐ No, no, that's‐‐no.
That's not a good idea.

He‐‐he can't‐‐he‐‐
he has a medical condition.

‐ Oh.

I‐‐I didn't realize.

‐ It's‐‐it's not bad.

He just has this chemical thing
in his brain,

and, well, it just‐‐
it makes things hard on me

because I‐‐
I work all the time,

and then I'm taking care
of the kids,

and I'm taking care
of the house,

and I'm putting food
on the table,

and Nathan, he does‐‐

he does the best that he can,

But it's‐‐it's just‐‐
it's a lot, you know?

It's a lot, and‐‐
and sometimes I feel like

I can't find my way
out of any of it.

It just feels like so much.

Um, I should go.

Uh, I need
to get Kaitlyn home.

[tense music]

[eerie whispering]

♪ ♪

Let's go, Kaitlyn.

What were you thinking?

‐ Dad, what do your pills do?

What happens
if you don't take them?

‐ [laughs]

I'm not ever taking that off.
I'm never taking that off.

‐ It's gonna stay
up there forever.

‐ Are you laughing at me?

‐ Yeah.

And then this is me
as a dragon.

I don't want to go back.

‐ Huh?

Oh. Yeah.

‐ It's better here with you.

‐ Hey, sweetheart,
have you thought any more

about your birthday sleepover?

‐ I don't know. Maybe.

‐ Well, if you think about it,
then we can make a plan.

‐ Um, maybe we could
go roller skating.

‐ Yes, that sounds
like a great idea.

You could invite Emily too.

You haven't played
with her in a while.

‐ That's some real talent
there, kiddo.

Is that for me?
‐ Yeah.

‐ Great job, hon.
‐ Thank you.

‐ Look at that.
‐ Wow.

‐ That's going on the fridge,
you hear me?

Right in the middle.
‐ How about this?

‐ Well, that it is
very good too.

[phone rings]

[indistinct chatter]

‐ I'll get it.

Hello?
‐ Hey, it's me.

‐ Hey, meow, Emily.

‐ I just wanted to say
that my mom says

that the Suzerain isn't real,

and she said
if you're my friend,

you'll stop talking about him
all the time.

‐ Okay. I just hope he doesn't
kill you in your sleep

'cause he does that sometimes.
‐ Stop it, Kaitlyn!

‐ Emily.
‐ Seriously.

‐ My mom's taking us roller
skating for my birthday.

‐ That's cool.

‐ Emily, get off the phone.
It's time for bed.

‐ Well, I've got to go
get ready for bed.

‐ Okay. Bye, Emily.

[eerie music]

♪ ♪

‐ I almost don't want her
to go back yet.

‐ Well, you know,
she misses her friends.

‐ I know,
but I worry about her.

‐ Hmm.
Look, we had a great week.

I mean, Kaitlyn
was a sweetheart.

We had fun.
She's a really great kid.

‐ I just wish I had
more time with her.

‐ Look, if there was something,
anything, I'd see it.

I mean,
I know you're not around

as much as you want from work,
but I'm here.

I'm watching.

Maybe her teacher was right.

Maybe talking to a school
therapist is a good idea.

‐ Yeah.

This whole thing has just been
such a big wakeup call for me.

‐ Come here.

You're such a good mom.

[eerie whispering]

‐ Emily doesn't mean it.

[tense music]

She's just scared of you.

I'm scared of you too.

♪ ♪

‐ So you want to join
the Suzerain's dark kingdom?

Become a member
of his royal family?

He will start to speak
with you in your mind.

As a member of his
sovereign royal family,

you will do a special task
for the Suzerain, a ritual.

The ritual is private.

You can't tell anyone else
what you're doing,

and I mean anyone.

‐ I watched a video about
a boy who didn't believe,

and his parents died.

‐ Yeah, I watched
another one too.

"Want to join the Suzerain's
dark kingdom?"

The girl totally knows
the Suzerain, and she tells you

exactly how to complete
his ritual to call him to you.

Then he becomes, like,
your feudal overlord,

and you kind of
have to do whatever he says.

‐ Whoa.

And‐‐and we'd belong to him?

‐ Yeah, I mean,
we have to do something.

We can't just let him
kill our families.

‐ I know.

‐ I don't want
to die, Kaitlyn.

‐ Me either.

‐ So do you think
we should join him then?

‐ Do you?

‐ Well, if we belong to him,

we could prove to everyone
that he was real

and shut the boys up for good

and not die.

‐ And he really wouldn't
hurt us or our families

because we'd be his princesses,
and we'd be living with him.

‐ Totally, but we'd
have to do a ritual,

something really serious
and important,

like a blood sacrifice.

‐ To show our loyalty.

‐ To prove ourselves to him

and get him to reveal
more of his powers to us.

‐ A blood sacrifice?

Like we'd have
to kill something?

‐ Yeah, I think it
might be necessary.

Maybe, like, a bird
or a cat or something.

‐ Kill something
to protect our families

and to prove to everyone
that he's real.

‐ Yeah, maybe,
something like that.

[distorted sound,
eerie whispering]

‐ Rachel?

You see him now, don't you?

‐ Oh, my God.

I see him.

He looks so scary.

[eerie whispering]

‐ I think he wants us to do it

to someone that
doesn't believe in him.

‐ That makes sense.

I get that.

[eerie whispering]

‐ I think we might have
to kill Emily.

[tense music]

‐ Emily doesn't believe.

[gentle piano music]

♪ ♪

all: ♪ Hush‐a‐bye,
don't you cry ♪

‐ Do you ever wonder
why he chose us?

‐ Because we're special?

‐ No one else thinks
we're special.

‐ It doesn't matter
what they think.

The Suzerain
knows we're special.

♪ ♪

‐ It matters what
Emily thinks, I guess,

or the Suzerain
wouldn't have chosen her.

‐ It's not what she thinks.

It's 'cause
she doesn't believe.

‐ I used to be able
to talk to D,

but then he got
really sad and busy too.

I think it's 'cause my mom
doesn't love him anymore.

‐ The Suzerain is always
listening, not like my mom.

Sometimes I think she loves
her work more than her family.

Even when she's home,
she never really listens.

She's always busy.

all: ♪ All the pretty
little horses ♪

‐ I want to prove
our loyalty to him.

‐ We have to prove it.

The Suzerain
will kill your parents

and your brother
if we don't.

all: ♪ All the pretty
little horses ♪

‐ He's saying
we have to do it.

We have to kill Emily.

all: ♪ Horses ♪

It's the only way to save
everyone else we love.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

‐ And then after we go skating,
we'll be at my sleepover,

and then we'll wake up,
and Emily will still be asleep.

‐ We just have
to get through today.

‐ And then we do it tonight.

I'll set the alarm
so we wake up at midnight,

the witching hour.

‐ Happy birthday, Kaitlyn!

We're gonna have so much fun
at your sleepover tonight.

Bye!

‐ I just don't want it
to hurt too much.

‐ Well, once we put
the pillow over her face,

she'll just go to sleep.

‐ That's okay then.

If she's already asleep, she
won't really know she's dying.

‐ Yeah.

No matter what happens,

they can never take us away
from each other.

[bell rings]

Happy birthday.

‐ Thanks.

‐ ♪ Baby ♪

♪ Then you've got to shout out
scream it loud ♪

♪ Tell 'em what it's
all about ♪

♪ Bring it ♪

♪ Don't wait another minute ♪

♪ You could lose it all ♪

♪ Push it to the limit ♪

♪ Yeah you've got shout out
scream it loud ♪

♪ Tell 'em what
it's all about ♪

‐ I'm gonna go get a hot dog.
We can share it.

‐ That's okay, Emily.
We're not hungry.

Come on, Kaitlyn, let's go.

It's necessary.

all: ♪ Happy birthday
dear Kaitlyn ♪

‐ Cha, cha, cha.

all: ♪ Happy birthday to you ♪

‐ Whoo!

‐ Yay! Whoo‐hoo!
‐ Yay!

‐ Yay!
‐ What'd you wish for?

‐ I can't tell you,
or it won't come true.

‐ [snickers]

‐ Okay, okay, okay, so,
uh, let's cut the cake.

You, babe, you do it.
I don't want to do it.

I wreck it every time.
‐ Got it.

‐ All right. Who wants cake?

[overlapping talking
from videos]

‐ I'm sorry.

Ow!

I said I was sorry.

[indistinct talking
from videos]

‐ [scoffs]

[gentle music]

♪ ♪

‐ Happy birthday, sweetheart.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

‐ Midnight.

♪ ♪

How come you
didn't set the alarm?

‐ I forgot.

‐ Really?

‐ Not really.

‐ Are you scared?

‐ Yeah.

‐ Me too.

‐ Maybe we could just
put it off forever.

‐ Yeah, okay, maybe.

[gentle music]

♪ ♪

[excited chatter]

‐ Hey. Hey.

Morning.

‐ Hey. Morning.

‐ Kaitlyn seems happy.

Honey, I think‐‐I think
the girls had fun last night.

‐ Oh, they definitely had fun,
all three of them.

It's good, right?

‐ Yeah.

All right,
I'm gonna go make breakfast.

Okay.

‐ I'll be down in a minute.

♪ ♪

[unsettling music]

♪ ♪

[eerie whispering]

‐ No. Please.

♪ ♪

‐ I think we have to
do it after all.

The Suzerain said he'll kill
our families if we don't.

It's time.

‐ For the ritual?

A princess's blood
for the Suzerain.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

Then we need a new plan.

We know that Emily
can't really swim, right?

So we could go to the lake,
to the park, and‐‐

and we could...

tie her arms and legs up
so she can't swim away.

‐ Yeah.
Yeah, we could do it there.

‐ Do what?

What are you guys
talking about?

‐ Nothing.

‐ I'm a warrior king,

and I'm going to
destroy the princess.

[laughter]

‐ Did you know that each
sprinkle is a fairy seed?

‐ What's a pink one?
‐ Uh, it's a garden fairy.

‐ Oh, 'cause I have,
like, four on my hand.

Mommy, can we go to the park?

‐ Well, I know
it's your birthday,

but is that what everybody
wants to do?

‐ Yeah.
‐ Okay, sounds good.

‐ I love you, Mommy.

‐ I love you too.

Happy birthday.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

‐ You guys, we were supposed
to be racing!

Come on!

‐ This is really happening.

♪ ♪

[all laughing]

‐ Hey, Emily,
look what I brought.

‐ What is it?

‐ Let's play fairy princess,

and I'm the evil warrior
who's kidnapped

and tied up the princess,
and that's you, Emily.

‐ No thanks. I don't really
want to play that now.

‐ Come on.

We all want to play
fairy princess,

especially Kaitlyn,
and it is her birthday.

‐ What will you be, Kaitlyn?

‐ Um, uh.

‐ She'll be the big,
bad dragon

who wants to eat you up.

‐ Okay.

‐ Uh‐oh, the princess has been
tied up by the evil warrior.

‐ And I'm gonna eat you.

‐ I won't let you eat me.

[laughter]
‐ Come on.

‐ Where are we going?

‐ Somewhere fun.

My secret evil
warrior hideout.

I had her close her eyes
because when you look

into a person's eyes,
you can see yourself,

and you don't want to be
killing yourself.

♪ ♪

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

‐ Ahh!

‐ You have to go and push
her head under the water.

‐ What? I can't do that.
I'm too scared.

You push her head
under the water.

‐ What was that for?
It really hurt,

and you know how much
I don't like the water.

‐ I'm sorry, Emily.
It was an accident.

Just like when you kicked me
in the face last night.

‐ I told you I was sorry.

‐ It was just
an accident, Emily.

‐ Well, it really hurt.

‐ You should go up
to where the backpacks are.

We'll be there in a minute.

‐ You guys are acting
really weird today.

‐ It's okay,
little princess dragon.

Shh. Shh. Shh.

Let's go deeper
into the woods.

‐ We're gonna play dragon eats
fairy princess now.

Kaitlyn will count to ten
so we can start running.

‐ No, I don't want
to play that now.

‐ It is my birthday.

‐ Yeah.

Okay.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

‐ One, two,

three, four,

five,

six,

seven,

eight,

nine,

ten.

I'm coming to eat
the fairy princess!

‐ Be a dragon
chasing its prey!

‐ Whoa, look at these flowers.

So pretty.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

‐ You do it.

You know where all
the good spots are.

‐ You do it.
Go bananas.

Take her down.

‐ Give me your permission.

♪ ♪

‐ Kaitlyn!

Go for it!

[eerie whispering]

♪ ♪

‐ [screams]

Ow! Please, Kaitlyn!

[screaming]
Stop! Stop!

Stop! Please!

Kaitlyn!
Stop it!

[eerie whispering]

What are you doing?
What are you doing?

Please, Kaitlyn.

You hurt me.

No, please!

[sobbing]

‐ No!

‐ Ow!
[sobbing]

[screaming]

Ow! Ow!

‐ Emily, Emily‐‐

‐ [screaming]

Stay‐‐stay here,
and don't move!

We're gonna go get help!

[indistinct yelling]

[both panting, sobbing]

‐ Run. Run. Run.

[tense music]

♪ ♪

‐ We just keep walking.
That's the rule.

Just keep walking until
the Suzerain finds us.

♪ ♪

Do you think
she's dead yet?

‐ I don't know. Probably.

‐ I want to go home!

I want to call D!
I want him to take us home!

‐ No, you can't do that!

He'll call the police!

We'll go to prison forever!

‐ You did it!

You wanted to do it!

‐ Lord Suzerain!

Please, please, we need you.

Please!

We need you!

[tense music]

♪ ♪

[gentle music]

♪ ♪

‐ ♪ It's long hard fall ♪

♪ Down to the bottom ♪

♪ And it's so cold ♪

♪ So cold on the way down ♪

♪ And I never thought
we'd become ♪

♪ Those kind of people ♪

♪ But it just happened ♪

♪ It happened,
it turned out that way ♪

♪ We're not perfect ♪

♪ We're not the same ♪

♪ We're just imperfect ♪

♪ But it hurts the same ♪

♪ Will you still love me ♪

♪ Will you still love me ♪

♪ No matter what ♪

♪ No matter what ♪

♪ Will you still love me ♪

♪ Will you still love me ♪

♪ No matter what ♪

♪ No matter what ♪

♪ It's a long hard fall ♪

♪ Down to the bottom ♪

♪ And it's so cold ♪

♪ So cold on the way down ♪

♪ ♪

‐ I'm scared.

‐ Don't be, all right?

You're safe now,
but your parents

are waiting for you
down at the station.

‐ They're alive.

Everything's
gonna be okay now.

‐ Sophie says everything's
gonna be okay.

‐ I thought my daughter's
imaginary world was harmless.

I thought she was
just bright and creative.

She was special,

and she is
all of those things.

Some kids' imaginations
are harmless,

but my daughter's
imaginary world

led her to do something
I never could have imagined.

As a community,
how do we know

when children's play
takes a serious turn?

[indistinct chatter]

We pretend that
it's not an issue

for our friends and family,

and then when we do
finally acknowledge it,

it's often
with fear or anger.

Today we're working
with my daughter

to get her medication right

so that someday
she can rejoin the world,

and when she does,
I am gonna be there for her,

but this time with my eyes
wide open.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪