Haunting

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
Purgatory is over, you go to hell.

Luke:
What's the deal with the Addams Family mansion?

Theo:
You feel cut off from the world, but the world has missed you. Happy tossing and turning.

Theo:
You don't get this from the Martha Stewart Catalog.

Theo:
Isn't this based on the Gates of Hell, by Rodin?

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
Well, It's not just hell. You see these children are reaching up for heaven, but their souls are still trapped in purgatory. And these are the demons, who can stay with their souls for as long as they want.

Theo:
Did you study art?

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
No, I studied purgatory, I was there once for eleven years.

Dr. David Marrow:
Ok, so why are we here? Probably to answer the most basic question: "What is wrong with you people?"

Luke:
We don't have time for baby talk.

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
Have you ever kept something for yourself because you were afraid?

Theo:
All the time.

Mrs. Dudley:
I set dinner on the dining room sideboard at six. Breakfast is ready at nine. I don't stay after dinner. Not after it begins to get dark. We live in town, nine miles, so there won't be anyone around if you need help...

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
We couldn't even hear you.

Mrs. Dudley:
No one could. No one lives any nearer than town...

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
No one will come any nearer than that.

Mrs. Dudley:
In the night...

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
In the dark.

Jane:
Come live with us Nell; you have no idea how hard it is out there.

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
No Jane, you have no idea how hard it was in here.

Dr. David Marrow:
Let me explain what's happening. You're participating in a study on group fear and hysteria.

Luke:
What, and you were waiting for her to have a total nervous breakdown before you said it, I mean, what is your problem?

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
Why do you need so many chains?

Mr. Dudley:
That's a good question. What is it about fences? Sometimes the people on either side of the fence see a lock chain, they feel a little more conforted, why do you suppose that is?

Theo:
Hi. Don't worry I'm not an obsessive packer it's just a cheap and exploitative way of making new friends, I'm Theo.

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
Eleanor, but everybody calls me Nell.

Theo:
Well, "Everybody Calls Me Nell", don't you love it here? It's like Charles Foster Kane meets the Munsters.

Mrs. Dudley:
City People.

Theo:
Is this one of your sick jokes, Luke?

Luke:
What? You really think I wrote that?

Theo:
You found it; you could have.

Luke:
How, with the twenty-foot ladder I keep in my back pocket?

Dr. David Marrow:
Ok, so what do we all need in life? What are the basics? Food, water, shelter...

Theo:
...Sex.

Luke:
Oh, come on this is crazy; maybe she doesn't want to be found.

Dr. David Marrow:
The gate is still locked we have to wait until the Dudleys arrive.

Luke:
What? That's really compassion. Yeah "Let's wait until the morning, so tomorrow I have time to write a few more Welcome Home Eleanor's".

Dr. David Marrow:
Luke, I didn't write that stuff, OK?

Luke:
Of course you didn't that wouldn't be ethical, would it doc...

Theo:
Would you guys just shut up?

Dr. David Marrow:
Because it was a controlled experiment.

Theo:
A controlled experiment? She's in total shock, you can't do that.

Dr. David Marrow:
I told you, it wasn't meant to be like this.

Theo:
O c'mon, you don't care about insomnia, you just wanted to scare the hell out of us to be fit in your little test or model, in end to understand this. You can't do it...

Dr. David Marrow:
LISTEN. You listen to me. I am trying to help people. My field of study is the science of fear, I try to understand why people act the way they act, why they feel the way they feel...

Theo:
You don't feel.

Luke:
I'm not staying in this freaking house another second, so come on.

Luke:
And you I'm gonna guess, are a les...

Theo:
Don't even start.

Luke:
Wow, You're so bossy and domineering...

Theo:
Thanks. Theo.

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
You know all my life, I have been waiting for an adventure. I thought it would never happen to me. I mean adventures are for Soldiers, or for bullfighters, the women fall in love with. Now, here I am. Paintings are moving and strange voices are calling for me at night, and all it cost me was FIVE GALLONS OF GAS.

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
HE KILLED THEM. Hugh Crane. It's just like you said; He wanted to fill the house with the laughter of children. He took from mills and brought them here, but he wouldn't let them go. HE WOULD NEVER LET THEM GO.

Dr. David Marrow:
Eleanor, none of this is real.

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
Yes, it is real.

Dr. David Marrow:
It's not real.

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
You have to go look for the bones in the fireplace

Dr. David Marrow:
It's not real.

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
I saw... I saw his wife hanging in the greenhouse, I know, I saw it.

Dr. David Marrow:
No we'll be all gone, and the Dudley's will arrive in the morning and we can go. All of you.

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
I can't believe you're not gonna look.

Theo:
Ok, that's enough of you; I'm taking her upstairs. I think you've done enough.

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
You'll never gonna believe how I found them.

Theo:
How did you find them?

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
The blood led me to the bookcase.

Theo:
The blood?

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
Little footprints in blood.

Theo:
Nell, I'm worried about you.

Dr. David Marrow:
We should have stopped this when Mary got hurt. And definitely when Eleanor... Jesus Christ, we have to get out of here.

Jane:
Also, we know how much you loved Mom's car so we're giving it to you.

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
you're taking away my home, and giving me a twenty year old car? Who are you?

Luke:
I don't know, I just think Dr. Marrow's up to something. And you know what, I'm going to find out. Right after I check on Theo that is. I wonder how she's doing.

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
Doing or wearing?

Luke:
Yeah no kidding. Did you see what she had on yesterday? Hey I definitely got a soft spot for Theo.

Eleanor "Nell" Vance:
I love your boots.

Theo:
Oh, you do? Thanks. Prada. Milan, NOT New York. But they hurt. Small price to pay for such savage kicks.