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(WIND CHIMES TINKLING)

(WOMAN SINGING SPANISH LULLABY)

(WOMAN SPEAKING SPANISH)

(LAUGHTER ECHOING)

(WIND BLOWING)

DIEGO: (IN ENGLISH) Mama? Bartolo?

Mama?

Mama? Bartolo?

Mama?

Bartolo?

(WATER SLOSHING) (GASPING)

(BARTOLO YELPING)

(CONTINUES GASPING)

(SCREAMING)

Mama, no!

(FUNK MUSIC PLAYING)

ANNA: (IN ENGLISH) Sam, come on. We're late.

Guys, the bus is almost here.

Chris, in case I'm late for any reason, there's dinner in the fridge.

CHRIS: Meatloaf. Got it.

Misty!

Sorry, sweetie.

CHRIS: Mom, where's the jacket?

ANNA: It's in the closet upstairs.

Quick, quick, quick.

Lunchbox.

All right. Okay. I got my keys.

And... No.

No, no, honey, I already packed it.

Here you go. Take your backpack. Let's go.

Chris? Let's go.

Come on, guys. Oh, I see it.

ANNA: What? Honey, no, you can't wear these.

Okay. We're gonna miss the bus.

ANNA: Let's go, let's go, let's go. Come on.

Shit! (BUS DOOR CLOSING)

Language, Mom.

MAN: Department of Social Services.

Oh, Donna, what's the latest on the Alvarez case?

I called several times. She's not answering the phone.

I'm taking patrol over there. Something's up at that house.

Patricia Alvarez?

Why? What's going on?

We got a call from the school.

Alvarez boys aren't going to class again.

Okay, well, why is Donna going over there?

I transferred some of your cases.

Now, Donna has more energy.

More energy? And more time.

She doesn't have the outside responsibilities you have.

She has no kids. She has support at home.

'Cause her husband isn't dead.

She was on time every day this week.

All right? But believe me, we all understand.

Do you?

Doesn't really feel like it.

Less time here, more time at home might not be such a bad thing.

Patricia Alvarez isn't gonna talk to someone like Donna.

"Someone like Donna"?

I just mean that she knows me.

I've been with that family for four years.

I've seen those kids grow up. Patricia trusts me.

She knows that I'm a mom, too.

The job is to do what's best for the kids.

Okay, okay, look. Just keep the case.

Once you get done here, check in with patrol.

I don't need patrol. Take an officer.

That's not a request.

(SIGHS)

CLARO: I'm sorry.

ANNA: You know what, I can handle this myself, okay?

I'm sure you can.

(BABY CRYING)

(SIGHS)

Hi, Patricia.

How are you?

Are the boys home?

Ma'am, open the door. No, that's okay.

Just give us a second.

Patricia, where are the boys?

They're somewhere safe, Anna.

ANNA: Oh.

Look, I don't know what's going on

but I might be your best bet at clearing things up.

So why don't you let me in,

and you can show me that they're safe, like you said?

No, he doesn't even have to come inside.

Okay? Why don't you just let me in?

(DOOR CHAIN UNFASTENS) ANNA: Uh-uh.

Promised her that I'd go in alone.

Yeah, out of respect for Officer Garcia.

Your husband was a police officer.

You think he'd let you go in there alone?

Yeah, I do.

(SIGHS) I'll be right here. Thank you.

(DOOR CHAIN FASTENS) (SIGHS)

Patricia, what happened in here?

Where are the boys?

If you're drinking again or if you're having some kind of...

(SHUSHING)

(BREATH TREMBLING)

(SOFTLY) Listen.

What?

What do you hear?

Her crying.

(MUTTERING IN SPANISH)

(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

THUD

(IN ENGLISH) Carlos?

(TAPPING ON DOOR)

Tomas?

(TAPPING)

(ANNA GASPS)

Get away from that door, Anna.

Patricia... Get out, Anna.

What do you have inside here? (SPEAKING SPANISH)

(IN ENGLISH) Patricia, please. I just... Get out!

Please, just tell me what's in here. Get out!

(ANNA GRUNTS)

Stay away from that door! (POUNDING ON FRONT DOOR)

CLARO: Anna! Anna! Anna! I told you! Get out!

(ANNA SCREAMS) CLARO: Jesus Christ!

Get off of her! Now! (BOTH GRUNTING)

PATRICIA: Don't open the door!

Calm down! Stop! Just one more night, Anna!

CLARO: I said calm down!

PATRICIA: Just one more night!

Let go of me! You don't understand! (PANTING)

(DOOR CREAKING)

(GASPS)

Oh, my God!

(WHISPERS) Close the door, please.

She'll hurt us.

No, she won't.

I promise.

ANNA: Guys, everything's all settled.

You're gonna have warm beds and hot food

and a shower.

Okay?

My gosh!

How did that happen?

She did it.

Your mother did that to you?

No. It wasn't her.

Your mother loves you. You know that, right?

Whatever's happening, we're gonna take care of it, okay?

But for tonight, you guys are safe.

I promise you.

We're not safe anywhere.

(CACKLING)

(WHIMPERING)

Hi!

Sorry I'm late.

How was school? SAM: Same old, same old.

Hey, Sam.

Hey.

There was meatloaf in the fridge. Did Chris warm it up for you?

I don't know.

(SINGSONG) Hello?

Yeah, he heated it up.

Okay. Where is he? He's playing in Dad's office.

ANNA: Not too much TV, okay?

CHRIS: We've got a 10-15 in Midtown. Suspect is on the run.

I'm pursuing on foot. I think I see something.

There he is. I'm on his tail. I see the suspect.

I need backup.

Barn, barn!

I need backup. I'm taking fire!

Freeze!

Barn, bam, barn!

I got him. I got the suspect.

Call it in, Coop. We got him.

Mom, I'm all done!

(SOBS) Uh...

I'm coming! (SNIFFLES)

Right. Let's see.

Okay.

Rinsing. Rinsing.

(GASPS LOUDLY)

(THUDDING IN THE DISTANCE)

(DOOR CREAKS)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) (KEYS JANGLING)

(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)

(GASPS)

(WOMAN CRYING)

(WHISPERING) Tomas. Tomas.

(ELECTRICITY BUZZING)

Tomas!

Tomas!

(ELECTRICITY CONTINUES BUZZING)

(WHISPERING) Tomas, what are you doing?

Tomas, come back.

(TOMAS GASPS)

WOMAN: Carlos.

(SCREECHING) (SCREAMING)

(RINGING)

(GASPS)

Hello? Anna, it's Coop.

We just pulled the Alvarez boys out of the river.

I'm gonna need you to meet me at Fourth and Mission.

Okay, I'll be right there.

(POLICE SIREN WAILING)

Stay in the car. Okay? And please don't wake up your sister.

I'll be back in a few minutes.

(POLICE RADIO CHATTER)

OFFICER: I'll keep checking on this one.

This way, ma'am.

OFFICER: All right.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(ANNA GASPS)

Oh, my God!

I don't understand. What happened?

We found them in the river. They were drowned.

When you saw them, how were they? They were fine.

They were scared, but they were fine, Coop!

I promised them that they would be safe, Coop.

I promised them. Anna, don't blame yourself.

(PATRICIA SCREAMING)

(PATRICIA SHOUTING IN SPANISH)

OFFICER: (IN ENGLISH) Hey! Hold her.

(CONTINUES SHOUTING IN SPANISH)

(IN ENGLISH) It's your fault!

I tried to stop her!

(SHOUTING IN SPANISH)

(IN ENGLISH) Who?

Who did you try to stop?

La Llorona.

(SIREN WAILING)

(CAMERA CLICKS)

(CLICKING CONTINUES)

(CAMERA FLASH POWERING UP)

(CLICKS)

(LA LLORONA SOBBING)

(CONTINUES SOBBING)

(GASPS)

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

(CHRIS SHUDDERING)

(LA LLORONA CONTINUES SPEAKING SPANISH)

(SIZZLING) (SCREAMING)

(LA LLORONA SHOUTS IN SPANISH)

(POUNDING ON DOOR) (IN ENGLISH) Sam! Sam, let me in!

Open the door! Hurry! Chris? What are you...

Open!

(PANTING)

(DOOR BEEPING)

(SCREECHING) (SCREAMING)

(GASPING)

What's going on?

Didn't you see her?

Who?

(PANTING)

(WINDOW HANDLE SQUEAKING)

(CHRIS GASPS)

(GRUNTING)

SAM: Chris, what's going on?

(GASPING)

Chris?

(WINDOW HANDLE SQUEAKING)

(GASPS)

(CHRIS GRUNTS)

(STRAINING)

(PANTING)

(BREATHING DEEPLY)

(GASPING)

Hey, sorry, guys.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm fine.

(CHRIS SIGHS)

I'm fine.

You okay, honey?

Yeah. I was just imagining things.

Okay.

Night.

Love you.

(INAUDIBLE)

FATHER PEREZ: He's a curandero.

The ritual is called smudging.

Do you believe it works?

(FATHER PEREZ CHUCKLES)

What does it matter what I believe?

It's what they believe.

And if they believe in that, then surely (CHUCKLES) they believe in this.

Did you know the boys?

Yeah. I was their case worker.

Can I ask you a question, Father? Yes.

Do you know anything about La Llorona?

(GASPS)

I haven't heard that name since I was a child.

The Weeping Woman.

She was known for her beauty.

Rode into her village. (CHUCKLES)

She set her sights on him.

The marriage was splendid.

They had two beautiful children whom they treasured.

But then, after a time

she discovered him in the arms of a younger woman.

What'd she do?

She took from him what was most priceless.

She murdered their children.

(BARTOLO YELPING)

In a fit of jealous rage, she drowned them in the river.

(LA LLORONA WEEPING) After she realized what she had done,

she was consumed by guilt.

She threw herself into those same waters.

And is cursed to roam the Earth

searching for children to take their place.

Children are told to behave,

listen to their elders

or La Llorona will come and steal them away.

So, it's a folktale?

To some.

Here.

It has seen me through many dark nights.

May it do the same for you.

Oh, thank you but my husband was the religious one, not me.

(CHUCKLES) You don't have to be religious

to have faith.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(SOBBING IN THE DISTANCE)

(SOBBING CONTINUES)

(SOBBING STOPS)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(WIND HOWLING) (GASPS)

(WIND GUSTS)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(SCREAMING) (SIZZLES)

(GASPING)

Chris?

Chris!

Sam?

Sam?

(FOOTSTEPS RUNNING OVERHEAD)

Sam?

(SAM CRYING)

(CRYING STOPS)

Sam?

Sam?

What's going on, honey?

Honey, what happened to your arm?

I fell.

That's quite a fall.

Hey.

I know things are a little bit hard right now.

And I know that the world sometimes seems scary.

But I was thinking...

Remember what Daddy used to say?

About if you were scared and he wasn't there?

He'd tell you to hold on to Misty and you squeeze her really tight.

Does it feel any better?

That feels a little bit better, right?

What are you looking at?

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Coop's here.

Come on.

Come on, sweetie.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Rough day, guys?

Can we go watch TV?

Sure.

(SIGHS HEAVILY)

(TV PLAYING)

Um...

Cheers?

It's been that kind of day, huh?

Week. Month?

Year. (CHUCKLES)

I don't know. They're hanging in.

I think we need...

Time. Yeah.

And the occasional takeout.

So, thank you. You're welcome.

Well, if you're not in the mood to talk personal problems,

how about professional ones?

Oh, no. What? It's about Patricia Alvarez.

We know that she had some involvement in her sons' deaths

but she has a solid alibi.

Several parishioners at her church say

they saw her at the time that her kids were taken.

Really?

You know her story. Just take a look at the file.

Maybe you'll see something I missed.

I would love to help you but she does not want to see me.

Well, that's just it.

She's angry at you.

And one of the first things your husband ever taught me is that...

Angry people love to talk.

(SIGHS)

CARLOS: She did it.

(WIND HOWLING)

(DOOR SLAMS)

(WIND CONTINUES HOWLING)

(DOOR OPENS)

(HINGES CREAKING)

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

(DOOR CONTINUES OPENING AND CLOSING)

(BREATHING SHAKILY)

(WIND HOWLING)

(SIGHS IN RELIEF)

Chris.

What are you doing?

Chris.

Hey.

You okay, honey?

Chris?

Honey?

You all right?

You okay, honey?

Chris? (GASPS)

(CHRIS BREATHING HEAVILY)

(ANNA GASPS)

(GROANS)

Chris?

Honey. Hey.

Come on. (GROANING)

Hey, wake up. What happened?

You were sleepwalking, baby.

Oh, sweetie.

You were just sleepwalking.

It's okay.

Come on. Come on, baby.

Let's get you upstairs. Let's go to sleep.

Come on.

You're okay.

(RUSTLING)

(SWITCH CLICKING)

Is there someone in here?

Because my husband is a cop and he's gonna be home any minute now.

(DOOR OPENS, CREAKING)

(SCREAMING)

Sam! Chris!

Kids, wake up! Open the door!

Open the door!

(PANTING)

(SCREAMS)

What are you doing in my house?

(GASPING)

What are you doing in my house?

Get out of my house!

(SCREAMS)

Mom?

SAM: What happened?

(ANNA CONTINUES GASPING)

Nothing. Nothing.

Nothing, honey. Nothing. I'm sorry. Come on in, honey.

Go on, go on.

Why don't you sleep in Mommy's bed tonight, okay?

(BREATH TREMBLING)

(SAM MOANING)

SAM: Chris, get your foot off of me.

What?

(DOOR BUZZES)

(DOOR CLOSES)

Patricia?

I'm very sorry about your loss.

I can't even imagine how you must feel.

How I feel? (SCOFFS)

I feel nothing.

Because I have felt the worst.

I am done.

I don't care what they do to me.

You should be sitting here instead of me.

You killed my boys, not me.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

(IN ENGLISH) Patricia, you had them locked up.

I had them hidden.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

(IN ENGLISH) And now she has them!

She has them!

(WHISPERS IN SPANISH)

(IN ENGLISH) What happened to your arm?

What happened to you, Patricia?

La Llorona.

Your children...

Have they heard her crying?

Have they felt the sting of her tears?

They will. Soon.

And she will come for them. You know why?

Because I told her to.

No, Patricia...

You know, when my boys died,

I didn't pray to God for their salvation.

Instead, I prayed to her.

(SCOFFS) I prayed

and I prayed, and I prayed to her to give my children back to me

and take yours instead.

(INHALES SHARPLY)

(THUD)

(BREATHING SHAKILY)

(THUDDING)

(GRUNTING)

(SAM SOBBING)

Sam?

Sam?

(SAM CONTINUES SOBBING)

Sam?

(WIND GUSTING) (GRUNTS)

(GASPING)

(SCREECHES)

(SCREAMING)

(PANTING)

(WIND HOWLING)

(SCREAMING)

Chris!

What?

(CHRIS GROANING)

(GASPS) Chris!

Chris!

(CHRIS INHALING SHARPLY) (INDISTINCT ANNOUNCEMENT ON PA)

DOCTOR: Ah. (CHRIS GROANING SOFTLY)

Sprained this pretty bad, champ.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

ANNA: Cooper, hi.

What? The hospital called?

Yeah. Welfare check.

DONNA: Samantha, how did you get those burns?

How about you, Chris?

I told you, I fell.

Is that true?

Where was your mom?

Anna, you know you can't be here.

Oh, come on, Donna. I wouldn't... They're trying to protect you.

They're telling you the truth.

I would never hurt my kids.

She's right.

You can't be here.

(DONNA SIGHS)

You may not believe this, but I hate having to be here.

I promised your dad I'd watch out for you guys.

So if you ever need anything, just call me.

Got it?

We had to release Patricia Alvarez.

Didn't have enough to charge her.

Maybe she didn't do it.

What do you mean?

I don't know. Never mind.

Anna...

Whatever's going on here, fix it.

Dad, for the first time in my life, I'm in love.

That's very serious.

ANNA: Hey.

And she loves me, Dad.

Chris...

Can we talk?

Honey, I need to know what really happened.

CHRIS: I saw a woman. In the house?

In Samantha's room.

I thought it was Sam but...

A woman in a white dress.

She was crying.

She wants us.

She wants us to be hers.

Ow. Mom, that hurts.

Rinsing.

You believe me?

Yes.

I do.

(GRUNTING)

(GASPING)

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

(THUDDING)

Sam?

Sam?

Sam! Sam!

Sam! Open the door! Sam!

Sam!

(GRUNTS)

(SAM COUGHING)

(GASPING)

What happened? What happened to you?

Honey.

You okay? What happened?

Sam?

(SAM WHIMPERING)

Sam? CHRIS: Mom.

(STAMMERS) Mom. Mom!

Mom!

(SCREECHING) (SCREAMING)

(SIZZLING) (SCREAMING)

(GROANS)

Go!

(ANNA AND SAM SCREAMING)

Go! Run!

Go!

Run!

(YELPING)

(POUNDING ON DOOR) (CONTINUES YELPING)

(DOORKNOB RATTLING)

Run!

Go!

Run!

(WHIMPERS) (POUNDING STOPS)

ANNA: I know it sounds hard to believe.

A few years ago, I placed little stock in legends, myths,

things that go bump in the night.

But then

there was an incident...

With a doll.

It opened my mind to possibilities out of the ordinary.

Can you help us?

The Church works with people who specialize in situations like this.

Okay.

But to get to them, we'd have to go through the archdiocese.

How long does that take?

At its best, several weeks for a case to be approved.

ANNA: No.

There may be another way.

It's unorthodox, but he's local.

However, if you choose this route...

I must obey the laws of the Church, and remove myself from this process.

As I said, his methods are unorthodox.

And the Church, well...

The Church has their ways, and he has his.

It's why he abandoned the collar years ago.

He used to be a priest. Yes.

But now, he's a faith healer.

A shaman who operates on the fringes of religion and science.

A curandero.

(MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO) (DOOR BELLS JINGLING)

Don't touch anything, okay?

Hola. Excuse me. Um... I've seen you before.

The Alvarez memorial. Yes?

Yes. I was her case worker.

Well, if you've come just to gawk at my shop,

I have more important things to do.

You know what, I don't think that we're in the right spot. I'm sorry.

Come on, guys.

Have you seen this before?

Yes. What is it?

The Church can help you.

No, no, no, please. The Church sent us here, to you.

This is Church business.

Please.

RAFAEL: These are the marks of La Llorona.

You have seen her then?

ANNA: You ever seen her? No.

Not directly.

But I have seen what she does.

What do we do?

We are facing an evil that has no bounds.

But she's not human. Right?

No. But she was...

Until her murderous vanity consumed her.

She's just a dark spirit. Unholy. Forsaken by God.

Okay, that's it. I'm gonna take them to a motel.

Why?

She's attached herself to your family, not your house.

If you move, she will follow you.

What are we supposed to do then?

I don't think that's gonna help.

No. Not just this.

At the memorial...

I saw you speaking with Father Perez.

He said that you used to be a priest.

My journey began in the Church.

Yes.

That was a long time ago.

Take me to your home. We must begin immediately.

We're done.

I'm sorry, are you just gonna rub eggs all over everything?

You think it's silly, don't you?

Pretty much.

Come with me.

This ritual, la limpia,

is used to detect the presence of evil.

The bloodier the content, the greater the evil.

(PRAYING IN SPANISH)

(IN ENGLISH) Oh, that's a trick. I saw it on Johnny Carson.

Mom.

(ALL GASP)

Ta-da.

Did you see that on Carson?

No.

(PRAYING IN SPANISH)

RAFAEL IN ENGLISH: We all need to work together.

La Llorona thrives in darkness.

Let's prepare.

(WHISPERING PRAYER)

That cross was carved from a tree in Mexico.

It blooms with red blossoms that make it look like it's on fire.

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

(IN ENGLISH) The fire tree.

They say...

the fire trees wept as La Llorona drowned her children.

As the only witness to her sins,

they hold a special power over her.

(KNOWING)

(PRAYING IN LATIN)

(IN ENGLISH) What is that?

The tears of La Llorona. I've sanctified them.

Why?

Antivenom.

(LA LLORONA WHISPERS IN SPANISH)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(IN ENGLISH) Is that another ritual?

Yes. Breakfast for dinner.

That was David's thing.

Breakfast for dinner. I used to always tease him

it was 'cause cereal was the only thing he knew how to make.

Tonight, la comida is for comfort

after everything that you've been through,

and what's to come.

You don't seem very confident. I'm confident in God.

Father Perez said you turned your back on the Church.

The Church? Yes.

God? Never.

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLES) (ANNA GASPS)

Get the kids.

(RATTLING)

Watch the flames.

A steady flame tells us that our protective charms are working.

Is she coming?

She's already here.

(LOUD THUD)

(FLOORBOARD CREAKS)

(THUDDING)

(ALL SHUDDERING)

(THUDDING CONTINUES) (FLOORBOARDS CREAKING)

What is she doing? She's searching.

For what?

Us.

(LA LLORONA SCREECHING)

(ALL SHUDDERING)

(WATER DRIPPING)

(BREATHING SHAKILY)

(WHISPERING IN SPANISH)

(SIZZLING)

(ANNA GASPS) (SCREECHING)

(SCREAMING)

(CHILDREN SCREAMING) (GROANS)

(IN ENGLISH) Mom!

SAM: Mommy?

(GASPING)

(WHISPERING PRAYER)

(RATTLING)

SAM: Rafael...

Help us.

(BOTH GASPING)

(LANTERN RATTLING)

(WOOD CREAKING)

(WHISPERING IN SPANISH)

(CHRIS AND SAM SCREAMING)

CHRIS: (IN ENGLISH) Mom!

Mom, she's got me!

(SCREAMING)

Mom! Chris!

CHRIS: Mom! Sam, help me!

SAM: Chris! Grab my hand!

(SCREAMING)

No!

(SCREECHING)

(SIZZLING) (SCREAMING)

(CONTINUES SCREAMING)

(SCREAMING STOPS)

(SNARLING)

(SIGHS)

You told us we'd be safe!

You said the light would protect us! Not true.

Mommy, Misty's gone! I can't find her! Honey, not now.

You let her get me.

What are you talking about?

You used my son as bait?

No. Of course not.

I used all of you as bait. Are you crazy?

What if you didn't get to him in time? But I did.

And now La Llorona is out of your house.

What are those?

Remember the fire tree?

Those are its seeds.

As long as this line remains unbroken, she cannot enter.

Do not touch them.

La Llorona will do whatever she can to get back inside this house.

(BANGING)

(DOOR SLAMS OPEN) (ANNA GASPS)

CHRIS: The back door! ANNA: Chris!

(WIND HOWLING)

(BOTH GRUNTING)

Quick! Grab a hammer and nails!

CHRIS: She's gonna get in!

(GRUNTING)

Don't let her in! Don't! RAFAEL: Away, spirit!

You have no power here!

Away from this family!

Anna, hurry!

(WIND CHIMES TINKLING)

RAFAEL: Hold it steady! Hold it!

Just a few more nails!

(GRUNTING)

(SIGHS)

(WIND CHIMES TINKLING)

Sam! Get away from that door!

Mommy, I got Misty and I didn't break the beans.

(SCREAMING)

(SCREAMS)

(GRUNTING)

Sam! Sam! Sam!

Sam!

She's gonna drown her.

Oh, God! The pool!

Sam! (GRUNTS)

(GASPING)

(FLASHLIGHT BUZZING)

(SCREECHING) (MUFFLED SCREAMING)

Mom!

(PRAYING IN SPANISH)

(SCREAMING) (SCREECHING)

(BOTH GASPING)

(SAM COUGHING)

ANNA: (IN ENGLISH) Take her!

Is she okay? She's okay!

She's breathing. She's okay.

(ANNA PANTING)

What did you do?

Your pool is now filled with holy water.

La Llorona had no choice but to leave.

Thank you, honey.

Sweetie?

Are you okay, honey? Sam. Sam.

Sam?

What's she doing?

Sam.

What's wrong with her?

Rafael?

What's wrong with her?

La Llorona had your daughter in her grasp.

Now, when she calls to her, she will go.

When we banish the spirit, her trance will be broken.

Until then, we have to keep them close.

(ANNA SHIVERING)

ANNA: What? What are you thinking?

What? What do we do?

Do we have to? RAFAEL: Yes.

Just until sunrise.

Okay.

Okay, you gotta sit down. Sam.

Sweetie.

You are so brave. Your daddy would be so proud of you.

The way you look after Sam and me.

I need you to know that it's okay to be scared.

Everybody is, sometimes.

I am. Daddy was.

Rafael? No.

He's lying.

I love you, Mom.

I love you too, baby.

I love you both so much.

It's okay, Mom. Do it.

(WIND HOWLING)

Where did you get that?

It's hers.

RAFAEL: Hers? It was around her neck.

RAFAEL: Keep it close.

We might be able to use it against her.

(DOOR CREAKING)

(WOMAN SINGING SPANISH LULLABY)

CHRIS: Mom! Mom! Chris!

Chris! Mom!

Mom!

(GUN CLICKS)

(SHRIEKS)

ANNA: Patricia.

Patricia. Patricia, please.

You took my babies from me!

Don't do this. She'll give them back to me.

ANNA: Patricia, please don't do this!

Patricia, please. Please put the gun down.

Okay? We can talk about this.

You and I can just talk about this. Okay? Patricia, please.

(GROANING)

Please...

Please bring them back to me.

No.

Give me back my boys!

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

No!

(ANNA SCREAMING)

Mom!

Run! (CHOKING)

Mom!

(CONTINUES CHOKING)

(LIGHTNING CRASHES)

(SAM YELPS)

CHRIS: Come on.

It's locked. Mine too.

Let me check this one.

Chris, they're all locked. What do we do?

(GROANS)

SAM: Hurry, Chris! (STRAINING)

Please. Oh, God.

Come on! She's coming!

She's coming. She's coming! I know!

Faster! I got it!

Pull it!

CHRIS: Go, go, go!

Come on. Hurry.

Grab the rope.

(BOTH GRUNTING)

SAM: She's coming.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(GASPING)

Help!

(BOTH GRUNT)

CHRIS: Grab the light. SAM: Here it is.

(SCREAMING) (CHRIS YELPS)

(BOTH GASPING)

(ROPE CREAKING)

(BOTH YELPING)

(BOTH SCREAM)

No. This way.

(CHRISTMAS MUSIC PLAYING) (SCREAMS)

Follow me. Okay, I'm coming.

CHRIS: No!

(TOY SQUEAKS)

(MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING)

(FLASHLIGHT CRACKLING) Oh, no.

(MUSIC DISTORTS) No.

(MUSIC STOPS)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)

Get behind me.

Help!

They're not your kids! No!

Let them go!

No!

Let them go!

(SCRAPING)

(LOUD THUD) (GASPS)

Go.

ANNA: Chris! Sam!

(RAFAEL GROANING)

(POUNDING ON DOOR)

(SCREECHING) (CHILDREN SCREAMING)

Kids!

Behold the cross of the Lord and begone, wicked spirit!

(GROANS)

(SCREAMING)

CHRIS: Mom!

SAM: Mom.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

(LA LLORONA SCREECHING)

RAFAEL: (IN ENGLISH) Anna!

(SCREECHING)

(GASPING)

(SCREAMS)

(LA LLORONA SCREECHING)

(SIZZLES)

(ALL PANTING)

(GROANING)

(ANNA SOBBING)

Ta-da!

(ALL CRYING)

Come here.

It's okay.

You're okay now.

Thank you.

I don't know how I could ever repay you.

(CHUCKLES)

You two were very brave.

Even I was scared for a while.

Really?

No.

Not really.

(ENGINE STARTS)

Race you inside.

(CHRIS AND SAM LAUGHING)

(WOMAN SOBBING)