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What do you want?

I’m here about the room.

No pets, no parties, no loud music.

This is a quiet building.

I’m a grad student at the university

doing my thesis.

I just need a quiet place to study. Student?

Then I’m going to need the extra month’s rent in advance.

Oh, I can’t afford another month’s rent.

Come on, man. I really need this apartment.

Well, I don’t like renting to students.

Young people-- they have no respect.

This one’s on welfare already.

And she owes me two months’ rent.

Hey, you know anybody who needs a place?

No. Ah.

This is the room.

There’s a $100 security deposit

for damage to the furnishings.

And it’s not refundable.

You ain’t going to find any cheaper than this.

Yeah, I know.

I’ll take it.

Fuck.

God damn it.

Huh.

Ohh! Get away from me!

Uh... Somebody help!

You all right?

Do you need help? Get away from us!

He-- Hello! It won’t stop!

It won’t go away! Ohh! Oh, God!

It won’t leave us alone! Oh! Oh!

Oh, God! Ohh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh! Oh.

It’s okay. It's okay. It’s gone now. It's okay.

Don’t let it come back. Please, just help me.

All right. I’ll help you. It’s okay. Hold on.

I’ll be right back. Where are you going?

Mr. Dombrowski? What do you want?

The woman upstairs was attacked by a large rat.

Is that what all that screaming was about?

I thought somebody was dying.

You tell her that she better keep it down.

And that-- that kid of hers, too.

Whoa. It almost bit the baby.

You got to get the exterminators in here. Oh, right.

So she can claim that her kid ate rat poison and then try to sue me.

This house is infested with rats.

I can hear them in the walls.

Hey! You put them up to this, Masurewicz? Huh?

Is this more of your nonsense?

Look, I saw it attack her and the baby.

Come on, man. You-- You got to do something about the rats.

This house is over 300 years old.

Of course it has rats! Every building

in this godforsaken neighborhood has rats.

Here. You fix it.

Wha--

Mister.

You saw a rat?

Yeah.

A big one?

Yeah.

With a face?

A human face?

I don’t know what you mean.

That should do it. Are you sure?

Yeah, it won’t get back in that way.

Well, maybe somewhere else.

I don’t see any other place it could fit through.

Ohh! Well, thank you.

Well, you’re safe now. You’re a hero.

No.

I’m Walter Gilman. I just moved in next door.

Oh, uh, Frankie--

Frances Elwood.

And this is Danny.

Hey.

Brave fella.

Ah, he likes you.

Can I make you some tea?

Uh, no. No, that’s okay.

I got to get back and study, so...

Oh. Oh, you’re a student.

Yeah. Grad student at the U.

One day, this guy’s going to get a college degree.

Okay.

Okay.

So, uh...

Hey, thanks again.

- Yeah. - For...

Yeah.

Bye.

Walter.

Walter.

She’s coming.

She’s coming for you. Mmm.

Who is it?

It’s me, Frankie.

Hey.

Are-- Are you okay?

Yeah. Yeah, I’m fine. I’m fine.

Well, I-- I thought I heard...

It sounded like somebody screamed.

It’s-- It's nothing. A nightmare.

Oh.

Um, hope I didn’t wake the baby.

No. He slept through a rock concert once.

Are you sure that you’re okay?

Yeah. Yeah, I’m fine. Really. Yeah. Mmm.

No problem.

Okay. Uh...

How about that cup of tea?

So, what are you studying?

I’m working on something called string theory.

Oh. It’s totally non-Euclidean.

One of its propositions is that the universe--

everything we know that exists exists on one plane.

We call it a membrane. And, uh, we know this by calculations--

there are a number of other membranes on the universe--

some with as many as 11 dimensions.

But my work shows, I think, so far, anyway,

that at certain angles, two membranes can intersect.

You know? And if you know where they cross

and how to recognize those angles,

you can go from one universe to the other.

Huh. See?

So, you’re packing?

I’m a little behind on the rent,

so Dombrowski’s evicting us.

We’re leaving in the morning.

Where you going to go?

There are, um, places.

I’m going to get a job soon,

and we’ll find a better home than this.

How much do you owe him?

No. I’m not taking your money.

I can lend you the money. It’s not a big deal.

I don’t even know you.

Look. Here. Fifty dollars.

I’ll bet you he lets you stay another week for that.

You’re a student. You can’t afford that.

Or why would you be living in this rat hole?

I grade papers for this professor, and he pays me.

Look, it’s just for a week. Till you get that job.

So Danny doesn’t have to go to one of those places.

With this and what I’ve got, he might let us stay.

But I am paying you back by next week.

Great.

Would you like another cup?

Uh, no. No, no. It’s okay.

I got to finish those papers, and I got to study and...

Oh. Yeah, I better go.

Well, uh, good night, then.

And thank you.

Yeah. Yeah. Good night.

Oh, God!

Excuse me.

Sir?

Excuse me!

You saw it?

The rat with a face?

That was a dream.

No dream.

You-- You put the idea in my mind.

I went to sleep and I dreamt about it.

It is her familiar.

She is hunting you.

Who? Who are you talking about?

The witch.

Did you see her in your dream?

Look, uh, I just need some quiet

in this house so I can study.

Can you please pray a little more quietly?

She is coming for you.

Yeah, well, I don’t believe in witches, okay?

You will.

Please.

No. I got to go study.

I’ve seen her-- the demon bitch--

many times.

What? What are you trying to say to me? Huh?

No.

I come to this house like you,

a young man, poor man.

It’s cheap. It's quiet.

But this house... is evil.

I lived where you live. Huh?

Then... I have dreams

like you.

Then...

What? Then you-- you saw the witch?

Her eyes.

I still see her eyes.

She made me do terrible things.

Then why stay in this house?

I work, I pray to stop her.

Here.

Take this.

Come on, man. Look, no, thanks.

It was just a dream.

No. No.

No dream.

Walter? Hey. Hi.

Can you do me a favor, please? Please? Sure. What?

I just got a call about a job interview.

Can you just watch Danny for me

for maybe an hour or two?

Uh...

Uh, okay.

But I-- But I never babysat before.

No, no. You’ll be great. He loves you.

Look who it is, Danny. Hey.

Hey, uh, so, what happens if he has to be, uh...

No, no. I just changed him,

and I fed him, and he should be fine.

He’s a good boy. Okay.

Now, I promise you, I won’t be too long.

I just-- I really need this job.

And then I’ll be able to pay you back, too.

Don’t worry about that. I’d be glad to watch him.

Thank you so much. Yeah.

Bye, baby. Wish me luck.

Yeah, good luck.

Okay. You boys have a good time.

Bye.

You want a beer?

No? Okay.

Look, I got to grade papers, dude,

so I’m going to put you back in your pen.

Okay, okay, okay.

Yeah.

So, I’ll tell you a secret

if you promise not to tell your mom.

I think she likes me.

I think I like her.

It’s okay.

It’s okay, fella.

It’s okay.

I’ll take care of you.

Mmm.

Frances?

Mmm!

Mmm.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Danny!

Walter?

Danny!

It’s okay, baby. Hey, honey.

It’s Mama.

You’re all right. What happened?

I don’t know. I just... I fell-- I fell asleep for a second.

Where? Why did you leave him?

I didn’t! I mean, I nodded out right there.

Right there.

Are you on drugs?

Shh. Shh.

Oh, I know.

I need to borrow some flour.

Flour? Why?

Shh.

The only explanation for what happened

is I must’ve been sleepwalking.

Sleepwalking? Look...

I’ve been having weird dreams.

I mean like really, really intense dreams,

and I think maybe I’m starting to walk in my sleep.

Oh, look. I-- I don’t know what happened,

but I promise you, I would never leave Danny alone.

Okay? I would never leave Danny alone.

Please believe me.

What do you need the flour for?

There.

Now if I get out of bed,

even if I’m not conscious of it, I’ll leave a trail.

Maybe you should, uh, see a doctor.

I mean, to help you with these dreams.

You mean a psychiatrist?

We all need help sometimes, right?

Yeah, well,

in the morning, I’ll know for sure.

So will you.

Well, I’ll see you in the morning, then.

Good night.

Just a dream. Just a dream.

Sign.

Sign.

Sign!

Sign!

Sign.

Sign. Sign.

Sign. Sign.

Sign. Sign. Sign.

Oh, God. Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Ahh!

Oh, my God. Oh, my...

What are you doing here?

This is a restricted area.

The rare book room is always locked.

How did you get in? I don’t know.

And how did you get this book?

No one has permission to see the Necronomicon.

No one! Who let you in?

Please, I-- Oh!

Security!

Wait a sec.

- Help! - No...

Security!

Walter. What’s wrong?

Get Danny and leave now.

What? Why?

’Cause he's in danger.

From who? What kind of danger?

The dreams, they’re real.

The witch and the rat-- You’ve seen the rat.

Oh, Walter, you’re scaring me.

They want Danny for some ritual, some sick ceremony.

They need a child to sacrifice.

Listen to me. You have to stop this now.

You have to see a doctor and get medication.

You’re not thinking straight. No, no, no.

It’s real! It's in the book in the library!

The walls in my room-- that’s where the membranes meet.

That’s how they get in. They’re hiding in another universe!

Get help, Walter. No!

Hey! Walter!

Look. Look. You believe.

You believe it’s true-- that he’s helpless, he needs protection.

You need to take him away from here, away from me.

Listen, I have nowhere else to go. I can’t afford anyplace else.

Just get ahold of yourself.

They want me to do it! To take him!

They need me. I don’t know why. Look.

Oh, God. What did you do to yourself?

Listen to me. If I go to sleep again,

I don’t know if I can protect him.

I don’t know if I can control myself.

They want me to kill your son!

That’s enough! Get away from him.

Get out of here now, or I’m calling the police.

No, listen to me-- No! Go! Now!

Wait a minute! Walter, no!

Ohhh.

Hello!

Hello!

It’s old Joe.

I bring coffee from my country.

It’s very strong.

- Thanks. - Mm-hmm.

You are having the dreams?

They’re not dreams. They’re real.

She has come.

Your soul is in peril.

Look.

I think I figured it out-- how she does it.

Witches were astrologers. Huh?

They knew science.

She must’ve discovered the intersection.

She goes back and forth between dimensions.

If I can find the secret to the intersection of the planes,

I can trap her and that thing in the other universe.

I can stop her.

You cannot stop her.

She has marked you.

She has made you her man.

Well, I have to stop her.

If she comes back again, I can’t fight her.

That’s why she comes when you’re asleep.

The unconscious state is like hypnosis.

She can make you do what she wants.

No, not unconscious, more conscious.

Hear more, see more, huh? Know more.

It’s not dreaming we fear,

it’s knowing that they are strong

and we are weak.

You must run. Run away. Now!

No. If I run, she’ll take Danny.

She can take him, yes, but she needs a human soul--

a man-- to make the sacrifice,

to complete the ritual, hmm?

The devil-- he does not thirst for blood,

he thirsts for souls!

Well, then, I have to stop her now.

I tried to stop her.

I prayed and I prayed.

I should’ve run-- run away,

and-- and then

I-- I-- I wouldn’t have...

You killed a child, didn’t you?

Children.

I-- I killed...

children.

She made me.

Look.

Look.

Why didn’t you turn yourself in? Why didn’t you tell someone?

I did.

They wouldn’t believe me.

Here.

God have mercy on your soul.

Hey! What the hell do you think you’re doing here?

Don’t hit me. I’ll-- I'll call the cops.

Don’t hit me!

Oh, what the...

Walter. Walter.

Walter.

She’s coming for you.

She’s coming.

She’s coming for you.

Danny!

No!

Kill him!

K-Kill him. Kill-- Kill.

Morte. Morte.

Morte. Morte.

Morte! Morte! Morte!

Morte! Morte! Morte!

Morte! Morte! Morte!

Morte! Morte!

Ahh!

Ahh!

Okay, okay.

No!

Walter! Walter!

No! Danny! Walter!

Danny! Oh, my God! Help!

Help me! Oh, please, God!

Help me! Walter, open this door! Danny! Danny!

Help me!

Walter!

Walter!

Walter!

Walter!

Move! Move! Open the door!

Gilman! Gilman! Open the door! Open the door!

Damn you! You’re in trouble now!

There! Danny! Danny!

Danny?

No!

No!

Danny!

Why?

Why?

Why? Why?

Damn you!

She’d wait until I was asleep,

and then she’d come.

She found the intersection.

"The intersection."

Yes! Of universes.

That’s how she’d get into my room and then disappear.

Now, this woman would just disappear?

Yes!

That’s what happens when you travel through space and time!

And is this why you killed the baby?

The evil witch cast a spell and made you-- No, no!

I already told you, I did not kill Danny!

Yes, you told us. The rat did it.

The rat with the human face.

No, Walter. Listen to me.

You threatened the child’s mother.

You were caught with the body.

You were covered with the child’s blood.

You’ve got to face what you did.

I tried-- I tried-- I tried to save him.

I killed the witch. She’s still there.

Her body must be there. I’m telling you the truth!

Why won’t you listen to me?

That’s classic paranoid schizophrenia

brought on by the stress of graduate school, I imagine.

Is he competent to stand trial?

He’s intelligent, but he is completely psychotic.

He can’t face what he’s done.

He probably never will.

Either way, he’s going to be locked up for life.

I want to do better than that.

I’m not sure you’re going to like this.

What do you got?

We’ve recovered skeletal remains.

Full and partial. Over 70 bodies.

All of them are children.

Some of them are infants less than a year old.

Jesus.

Our Mr. Gilman’s been a very busy boy.

So, uh, what’s the problem?

All of the remains we’ve tested so far are at least 30 years old.

The oldest are from over 300 years ago.

What? Yeah.

And the boy, Danny, has what appears to be animal bites on the side of his neck.

And the DNA, it’s--

Gilman’s? No.

We can’t identify it.

It’s not like anything we’ve ever seen before.

And then there’s this.

So what are you saying?

Well, none of this makes any sense unless you believe his story.

What story? Witch and the rat? Yeah.

None of this exonerates Gilman.

No. But we’ve got to disclose this to the defense.

Go ahead. Who’s going to believe him?

Gilman! Gilman!

What’s the matter?

Backup! Backup!

Is that Walter? What are you doing?

Boo!

Jesus.

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