Other, The (2025)

[bunniefuu]

[arrows whooshing]

[dramatic music]

[metal clanging]

[haunting music]

[mysterious synth pulse]

[mysterious synth

pulse continues]

[eerie music]

[eerie music continues]

[music building crescendo]

[thrilling synthetic music]

[music fades out]

-[Agent] Kathelia doesn't

speak.

Um, she understands speech,

and she's clever.

She finds ways

to communicate,

so it's not as challenging

as it sounds.

-[Man] Can she speak?

-[Agent] We don't know yet.

It could be a birth defect

or some sort of

coping mechanism.

And it's also possible

she just doesn't want to talk.

-This says that

she's been returned

to you guys before.

-[Agent] Yes, we placed her

with an older couple.

Retired.

Adult children,

no grandchildren.

I just think they bit off

a little more

than they could chew.

[dog barking]

And it looks like

there were some health problems.

-With Kathelia?

-[Agent] No, Kathelia's fine

physically.

-[Woman] Okay.

-She just needs a family.

-[Woman] We really just

wanna do the most good.

[soft gentle music]

-Welcome home.

[soft, ethereal music]

[eerie music blast]

[birds chirping]

-[Robin] Daniel is on summer

break,

and I work from home

most of the time,

so we'll all be together.

That is where you'll go

to school in the fall.

-I might even be

your teacher!

If you're lucky!

-[Robin] [chuckles]

That's me.

-[Daniel] That's Robin,

building another dream home.

[wind chimes jangling]

[water rippling]

-Do you like to swim?

[rapid heartbeat pulsing]

Well, how about

we go upstairs?

Then we can show you

your room.

Yeah?

Watch your step

right there.

Okay. So our room is

just down the hall,

and your room

is right over here.

[gentle music]

-So...

what do you think?

It's all yours.

-[Robin] We put some new clothes

in the closet for you.

Hope you like them.

[nervous chuckle]

Oh, that was my doll

when I was your age.

-[Doll] Mommy, I love you.

-Now she has someone new

to play with.

We should probably

get some darker dolls too.

-Mm-hmm.

-Would you like

some lunch?

Do you like crusts

or no crusts

on your sandwiches?

I think you're

a no-crust girl.

Me too.

[phone ringing]

Hi, Mom.

-[Mom] [over phone]

I couldn't wait any longer.

How is she?

-[Robin] [into phone]

Um... she's lovely.

-[Mom] [over phone]

Oh, thank goodness.

Honey, I have to tell you

this because I love you.

I went on the internet

and I found out what happened

to your new little girl.

It's horrible.

-What?

Mom... no!

-[Mom] [over phone] The mother

butchered the whole family!

Her husband,

her other two kids--

-Oh my god--

-[Mom] [over phone] Police

took the bodies away

in little bags.

-Mom, stop!

-[Mom] [over phone]

You need to hear this--

-We already know!

-[Mom] [over phone]

Oh, I see.

You hadn't mentioned it.

-No?

-[Mom] [over phone] She

doesn't seem off, does she?

I mean,

sometimes that's hereditary.

-She's a

little girl, Mom.

She's fine.

She's just been through

some sh*t.

-[Mom] [over phone] Well,

I hope she appreciates you

taking her in.

-Oh, god! Daniel!

[foreboding music]

-[Daniel] So that's your window

right over there.

Then the birdhouse

to the left of it,

I built that.

Robin, she thinks

it's too small

but, I don't know,

I kinda like it.

Birds like it,

that's for sure.

Have a little nest by now.

Little--little eggs.

Little birdie babies.

[birds chirping]

-[Robin] Hey, don't eat

the fruit.

It's moldy.

-What?

-It's rotten.

It's fine.

I brought sandwiches.

[sighs]

-Rob...

[flies buzzing]

-What the heck?

[haunting music]

-[Daniel] Yeah, I'm not seeing

anything wrong.

The fridge is fine.

-Everything in the fridge

is spoiled, Daniel.

It's obviously not fine.

-I mean...

-Oh, yep.

Mm-hmm.

This is spoiled too.

-Mustard is eternal.

-Smell it.

-Ugh!

Jesus Christ!

-Yeah, I told you.

I know.

-Ugh!

-Okay, I have to get

Kathelia ready for bed.

I don't know.

-Well, I'll fix it.

-Mm-hmm.

-I can fix it!

[water running]

-Kathelia!

[foreboding music]

[gasps]

[nervous chuckle]

You got me!

You're like a...

little gremlin!

That's a really

pretty swimsuit.

Are you gonna wear

that to take a bath?

You know,

we don't have to

keep any secrets.

It's okay,

I get it.

Hop in.

"Kathelia."

You have such

an interesting name.

Do you know what name

I always liked?

I like the name "Jessica."

I think it's really pretty.

Do you like it?

Jessica?

Okay, do you wanna know

a secret?

About me?

You're not my first

little girl.

I had four before you.

I didn't get

to meet them though.

[reluctant chuckle]

But that's okay

because I'm getting to know you.

[foreboding music]

-[whistling] Baah!

Snug as a bug in a rug.

[sighs]

-I brought you

some water

in case you get thirsty.

Oh, wait.

How about a bedtime friend?

It's for you.

-If you need anything at all,

we're just...

right down the hall, okay?

Happy first night home.

-Good night, Kathelia.

Kathy.

-[Daniel] Kathy?

-[giggles] I know.

-Kathy?

-I know!

I was just...

-[groaning]

-Just trying something out.

It was bad.

-Yeah, well,

she's not much of a Kathy.

-No, she is not.

She looks at me like

she's mentally cutting me open.

I feel like

I'm doing it all wrong.

-No...

No, no, no, no.

[sighs]

I don't think

we have to try so hard.

Okay?

Just...

let her breathe.

Hmm?

Everything is new.

Strange.

She doesn't know us.

We don't know her.

-[Robin] I keep thinking about

her mom.

How do you trust someone

after something like that?

How do you trust anyone?

I don't want her

to feel that way with us.

-Hmm.

-I just...

I just really want her

to feel safe with me.

-Kathy's not gonna

win her over.

-No. [chuckles]

[eerie chord striking]

[knife swishing]

[knife swishing]

[eerie ambient music]

[insects chirring]

[foreboding music]

[water bubbling]

[wind chimes jangling]

[wind chimes jangling]

[water bubbling]

[pouring]

[menacing music]

-Hey.

-Hi.

-Look what I found

in the pool.

-Eww.

What is that?

-It's cool!

I don't know.

I think it's cool.

Hey, Kathelia, you want to see

something cool?

-Uh, I think

she's sleeping.

Hey, what did you do

with all my knives?

-Uh... nothing.

-Really?

So if I go in your man-cave,

I'm not gonna find

all my knives?

-No, no, no.

You don't go in my space.

That is my space.

You don't go in there.

-Mm-hmm.

-It's off limits to, uh...

mothers.

-Get rid of that!

-Have a good day

at work.

-Thank you.

Bye.

-Bye.

-I'll be at

the model home.

-I'll be...

here.

[whistling]

[foreboding music]

Ahh! Hey!

There you are.

How was your, uh...

how was your first

night home?

You--you sleep okay?

Oh, these are my dad's

old tools.

He wanted me

to be a doctor.

[scoffing]

Can you imagine?

Oh! That is...

not for you.

I should probably

find another spot for that.

That goes there.

[drill whirring]

Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

[nervous chuckle]

[exasperated sigh]

I gotta kid-proof better.

You're trouble,

aren't you?

What?

Oh, this?

Yeah, I found this

in the pool this morning.

Kinda neat, huh?

I mean, gross that was

in the pool, but...

Wait a second...

[playful music]

[whispering]

I think it's moving.

Check this out.

Aaaah!

[container clatters]

Um, sorry.

I'm sorry.

Hey, Kathelia,

I--I--I, uh,

that was a joke.

I was joking!

[soft, dreamy tune]

[water flowing]

[water falling]

-[Girl] They don't go away

forever.

They come out

down there.

I'm Fiona.

I live over there.

[birds chirping]

Can I try?

Trade for a candy?

[water rushing]

[gentle music]

Another?

[gentle music continues]

[clattering]

[foreboding music]

-Huh.

-[Fiona] You have so many dolls!

I used to have dolls.

My mama doesn't

let me anymore.

Which should we pick?

Okay, let's play

with that one.

She's pretty.

Here.

You can tie her up.

[menacing music]

The insides are best.

That's where

the colors are.

See?

This one's pink.

I like talking to you.

-[Daniel] Hey!

Are you Fiona?

-Uh-huh.

We're playing dolls!

-Starlight!

You're giving me

a heart attack!

I've been looking

all over for you.

Hi.

-The girls were out

at the creek.

-They didn't give you

any trouble, right?

She was good?

-Yeah.

-We were playing with dolls.

-Dolls!

Cool, I bet you liked that!

-Mm-hmm.

-f*ck me! [laughing]

-Oh, I'm Daniel.

-Lizzie Carmichael.

Thank you, guys.

You're my hero.

-[Robin] [chuckles]

-So, uh,

where's your new friend?

-Oh! Uh, oh, there she is.

That's our daughter,

Kathelia.

-[Lizzie] Hi!

Hi, Kathelia.

Aw, she's beautiful.

-[Robin] Thank you.

-[Lizzie] She's fine.

Just fine.

-That lady is a door.

-The sh*t kids say!

[laughing]

-Well, our girls

are two peas in a pod.

-That would be...

that would be something.

Yeah.

All right, thanks so much.

-[Robin] Nice to meet you.

-I'm gonna go and pick up

my shitty mom of the year award.

-[Robin] No.

-[Daniel]

I think it looks better.

-[Robin] You're messing with me.

-It's like a little zombie.

-God, they were so odd!

And I don't know how

you didn't pick up on that.

-I thought they were nice.

-My alarms were going off

the entire time.

-Huh.

-Her mom--

Mm...

-Lizzie?

-Yeah. I dunno,

it's like she's got

some dark secrets or something.

[nervous chuckle]

-She's a single mom

with a special needs kid.

That's gotta be tough, right?

-Oh, hey, I get that.

But I mean, that's like

serial k*ller behavior.

-[Daniel] No, kids do

stuff like that all the time.

-I didn't!

-Look, Fiona...

she likes Kathelia.

I don't see that's such

a bad thing right now.

-No, I want her

to have friends.

I just...

You know what we could do?

We could have all

of our friends

who have kids over.

For like a cookout.

-If that's, yeah,

if that's what you want.

-Yeah.

I just think that

Kathelia needs

a little normalcy right now.

I mean, she's just been

surrounded by darkness.

I don't think

that she needs any more...

You found my knives!

Where were they?

-They... were...

in... Kathelia's room.

-What?

-[Daniel] Yeah.

Hey, kiddo!

How you doing?

-[softly] Hi.

-We were just talking about you.

We're thinking of having

a little cookout.

Invite all the kids

around the neighborhood.

That sound fun?

-Yeah.

[menacing music]

[eerie music]

[eerie music]

[haunting music]

[foreboding music]

-Kathelia?

[shaky breath]

[birds chirping]

[puffing smoke]

[distant dog barking]

-Hey.

-Hi.

-What are we

doing out here?

-[sighs]

You're gonna laugh at me.

Something's...

not right.

In the house.

[eerie ambient music]

It's like when I'm alone,

I don't feel like I'm alone.

My stomach gets tight.

And I have a hard time

catching my breath.

And it feels like

there's something...

else in there with me.

[foreboding music]

I've felt that way

ever since we got Kathelia.

-Oh, boy...

You, uh, [scoffing]

you really spooked yourself

this time.

-Oh, come on!

This is why

I don't tell you things!

-No, hey--no,

I'm--I'm with you.

I am.

I've been

feeling strange too.

-Yeah?

-I'm sure

Kathelia is as well.

-I don't know what

she's feeling.

[foreboding music]

-[whispering] Come inside.

-In a minute.

-[softly] Okay.

-Mm.

-Hey! I think

we could use a party.

[haunting music blast]

[insects chirring]

[eerie chord striking]

[menacing music]

[water bubbling]

[birds chittering]

[eerie chord striking]

[rock music blaring]

[background chatter]

-[Ryan] Careful with that slime.

It's gonna eat your face.

-[Steven] Look, dude,

he just quit wetting the bed.

[indistinct chatter]

[party chatter]

-[Woman] Oh, gosh, girl,

you got your

gold star taking her in.

-[chuckles] Yeah.

-[Woman] How's she adapting?

-Good. Yeah.

-We heard about her family--

-Uh, Kathelia!

You look beautiful!

Um, this is Maddox's mom

and--and Chelsea's mom.

-Hello, Kathelia.

It's so nice to meet you.

-[Samantha] Look at you!

So darling in that dress!

-[Beth] Look at this party!

All of these people!

Are you having

a nice time?

Have you met my daughter

Maddox yet?

You'll love her.

-[Boy] Dead birds!

It's dead birds!

[faint background chatter]

[flies buzzing]

-[Robin] Oh. Beth, you have

something in your teeth.

-[Beth] Oh.

-[Maddox] Hey. I heard

your mom k*lled your dad.

Do you remember it?

Were you there

when she did it?

-[Man] Ohh!

-[Beth] Maddox!

-Get off!

-[Beth] What are you doing?

-[Robin] Kathelia!

Get off of her!

Kathelia!

That is not okay!

We do not behave

this way!

-Whoa, whoa, whoa!

What's happening?

-[Robin] Kathelia?

Kathelia? [panting]

[faint background music]

[rapid heartbeat pulsing]

[wind chimes jangling]

[door opens]

-Kathelia's in bed.

Everyone else is gone.

[haunting music]

-[heavy breathing]

-Rob?

Are you, are you drunk?

Maybe don't go in there.

[nervous chuckle]

It's--

it's a little gross.

[foreboding music]

[pulsing electronic beat]

[pulsing electronic beat]

[pulsing electronic beat]

-It's just us.

No gremlin.

[pulsing electronic beat]

[water burbling]

[both grunting]

[both moaning]

[menacing music]

[both moaning]

[both moaning]

[menacing music]

[water splashing]

[both moaning]

[water splashes]

[both panting]

-She's not in her room.

Kathelia! Hey!

[shouting] Kathelia!

-Go check the creek.

I'm gonna call

the neighbors.

-Kathelia!

[soft ethereal music]

Kathelia!

No, no, no.

Are you okay?

Kathelia.

Hey, wake up!

Wake up! Wake up!

-[Father] Daddy's got you.

It'll be okay.

I got you.

Daddy's got you.

Daddy's got you.

[screaming] Come on!

Come on!

[banging]

I'm in trouble.

Hide my girl!

Please!

[screaming]

-[gasping]

[continuous knocking]

-I want to see Kathelia.

-Hi, Fiona.

-I want to see Kathelia.

-Lizzie?

-Hey.

-I want to see Kathelia.

-Yeah. It's--it's 7:30.

-I want to see Kathelia.

-Fiona would like to

see Kathelia.

She won't

shut up about it.

Look, um, Kathelia...

she's had kind of

a rough night, so...

-Actually, we've all

had a rough night.

It's--

it's not really good time.

-[Lizzie] See, Fiona,

it's not a good time.

Fiona! Oh my god, man.

She's being such

an as*h*le today!

-You tried to get away.

You're stuck here now.

Good.

Let's play.

[eerie ambient music]

Your colors are funny.

I talk to

a lot of people.

Some have pretty colors.

Most are the same.

No one has your colors.

-[Daniel] Hey.

[knocking]

Just uh, checking in

on you girls.

What are you doing?

-It's Kathelia.

She's not done yet.

She needs another head.

-It'll look just

like her then.

You doing okay?

-Monsters are coming.

-Monsters? Here?

To this... house?

-They'll be here soon.

-Monsters like this?

[low growling]

-Mm... nah.

-Okay. Well, let's,

[nervous chuckle]

let's not scare

each other here.

Um, monsters, are not...

anything to be afraid of.

They're like shadows.

They might seem scary,

but they cannot hurt us.

-[Fiona] [chucking]

-Why, why is that funny?

-You're funny.

You're wrong.

-Okay. [chuckles]

That's... nice.

Okay, I'm gonna leave

you two to...

continue playing.

-Bye-bye.

-Bye-bye.

-[Fiona] [giggling]

-Little psycho.

[menacing music]

-You knew a monster before.

A real one.

One that scares you.

One that hurts people.

You keep running from it.

You can't get away.

It follows you.

It follows you everywhere.

It's already here.

[vomit splatters]

I wanna go home.

-Baby!

-Ugh!

-[Robin] I don't even know

what to say.

[indistinct chatter]

[haunting music]

-[muffled scream]

-[Doctor] That's an interesting

picture of you, Kathelia.

Can you paint

your family for me?

[soft ethereal music]

That's Robin,

am I right?

-[Daniel] [chuckles]

-[Doctor] Who else

is in your family?

That's Daniel.

[foreboding music]

[haunting music]

[haunting music]

[music building crescendo]

-[vomits]

[hysterical laugh]

[foreboding music]

-[Daniel] You ever done

swings before?

Okay, okay.

You can do it on your own,

but watch out.

You might

swing all the way around.

[whistling]

-We made a mistake.

Getting Kathelia.

I wanted to believe that

we were rescuing her

from something,

and that if we gave her

everything...

that she could possibly need,

that it would be enough.

-But it's not.

-Okay, let's just, uh...

Just hold on

for one second.

-I don't know how

to help her!

-We have to give it time.

-I don't have time.

-We have not given it time.

-I don't have time!

-She's been abandoned

by everyone else

in her entire life.

-I don't care!

She's dangerous, Daniel.

-She's eight years old!

-Her mother was psychotic!

Do you really want

to risk it?

She could hurt me, Daniel.

And not just me.

[swing creaking]

[soft giggles from a distance]

[menacing music]

[birds chirping]

[door creaking]

[door opening]

[door closing]

[menacing music]

[rapid heartbeat pulsing]

-[muffled cry]

[louder muffled cry]

-Robin? Hey. Hey.

-Get her off me!

- [Daniel] [grunting] Stop!

Stop it!

You...

you're in big trouble!

[menacing music]

Hey. Hey, hey, hey.

-[shuddering breaths]

-What the--

-This is exactly

what I warned you about!

We're not safe!

Our baby is not safe!

-You're all right.

-We're not!

-It's okay.

-No! Get off me!

Get off me.

I want her out

of this house, Daniel!

I want her out

of my house!

[panting]

Go!

Deal with her!

Now! Go!

[sobbing]

-The way that you

just behaved

is unacceptable, okay?

You cannot act like that.

She will send you back

to child services like that.

Do you understand

what I'm saying to you?

No. Please.

Stop. Stop.

Stop, stop.

No. Stop!

I'm sorry. Just...

Look, I don't know

what it's like to be you, okay?

I have no idea.

You've been through things

that I cannot imagine.

But we are not the enemy.

Okay? Robin and I,

we are trying to give you

a life that is safe

and--and that is loving.

But Robin, she's my family.

She's my wife,

and I have to protect her too.

I need you to stop

doing what you're doing.

I need you to stop.

Can you do that?

An address?

What is this?

This--this isn't an answer.

[soft eerie music]

[blows breath]

-[shuddering breaths]

[haunting music]

No, no,

no, no, no, no.

[whimpering]

[melancholic music]

[sobbing]

[melancholic music continues]

[heartbeat pulsing]

[laughing nervously]

-You coming?

Okay.

[knocking]

Hello?

[indistinct background voices]

Hello?

Excuse me,

is anyone home?

[indistinct voices]

Hello?

Hello? [knocking]

-[Woman] Who's there?

-Ah...

-[Woman] What do you want?

-Hello,

my name's Daniel Hutson.

I'm just here to--

-[Woman] I don't know you.

-No. Uh, no, you don't.

Look, I was, uh...

I'm sorry to bother you.

I was just...

My foster daughter,

she gave me your address.

And I don't even know why

I'm here, so...

-[Woman] Huh, a mystery!

Well, come on inside.

This way, Daniel Hutson!

[foreboding music]

[flies buzzing]

[eerie music]

You'll have to

come in here.

-I, um... don't mean to

bother you, ma'am.

-Oh, Miss Evelyn, sweetie.

I don't get company much.

I forget how to act.

I'd offer you

a glass of sweet tea,

but I can't get up.

My husband doesn't like

me on my feet when he's gone.

Oh, no, no,

sit closer.

Ugh! Come closer so I can

look at you properly.

-[Daniel] O...kay.

-[chuckles]

-Um...

-Oh, that's better.

So handsome.

Now, what's this about

a foster daughter?

-Kathelia Harris.

I think she knows you.

-[laughing]

Oh, I know Kathelia.

Always so quiet,

you hardly even know

she's there.

-[nervous chuckle]

-But don't let

your guard down. Ever.

-[nervous chuckle] Yeah.

Uh, me and my wife,

we are...

having some trouble with her.

-[Evelyn]

Yeah, she's a tricky one.

Always getting into something,

can never just sit still

and behave.

Naughty to the bone.

What she needs is

a good swat across the backside.

Where is that little devil?

Did you bring her

to see me?

[menacing music]

-She's at home.

With my wife.

-Oh. Well, now,

that's too bad.

I would have loved to...

Well, you came to see me

after all.

Your new papa's a liar.

Now, come on over here.

Give me a little cuddle.

[screaming]

[thuds]

[thuds]

[screaming]

-[Man] Hey!

Get that girl out of here!

Get her out!

-[Evelyn] [screaming]

-[Man] Get her out of here!

-[screaming]

-Stop it! It's all right.

Hey!

-Put you in the car front.

-What the hell

are you doing?

bringing her here

upsetting my wife?

-Is this how you take care

of a kid, huh?

Locked in there

with a crazy woman?

-My wife has a busted lip

because of that child!

-Your wife

f*cking attacked us!

She's deranged!

-Don't you dare!

Don't you say it!

You think you know

who we are?

Who we were before

that girl got here?

You know nothing about us.

Nothing! Or about her.

But you will know.

You will.

-Okay.

-[Joe] You married?

She pregnant yet?

[sinister music]

My wife can't make no babies.

She ain't got the parts.

She lost them to cancer.

But something took

root in her,

something horrible,

as soon as we got that girl.

I used to believe God

looked out over everybody.

But when we got that girl

to the house,

He closed His eyes tight!

Get rid of her

while you can,

any way you can!

[car door slamming]

-[Daniel] g*dd*mn it!

Sorry.

[exasperated sigh]

You should never,

never have been put

in that home

with those people.

Look, I don't believe

in devils or demons

or whatever it is

he thinks you are.

Those things, they,

they don't exist.

Look...

That man's wife,

she's sick.

He's afraid of

what's coming and--

and he wants someone

to blame.

It's a terrible,

terrible, sad situation.

But you...

You are not

the cause of it.

You, me, Robin.

We're gonna be fine.

-[screaming]

[engine revving]

[tires screeching]

[body thuds]

-[shuddering breaths]

[indistinct chatter]

[tires screaching to stop]

-[Daniel] Stay here.

[foreboding music]

Hey.

[foreboding music continues]

-We wanted this.

-Yeah.

-It's gonna be different

this time.

This baby's

gonna be good for us.

[heartbeat pulsing]

[faint background music]

[door opens]

-[Nurse] Mrs. Hutson?

We're ready to see you.

-Robin, great to see you.

How you feeling?

-Great.

-Good.

How's Daniel doing?

-Good.

-Is he being supportive?

-Yes.

-Good. And I will be

there with you too,

every step of the way.

-Thank you.

I was a little worried

that maybe,

that I lost the baby.

-What do you mean?

-There was blood

on the sheets

and I found this.

-You found this

in the blood?

-[Robin] Yeah, but then

I felt her move so

I knew it was

all okay.

-You...

you felt your baby?

-[Robin] Yeah.

And then this morning...

there was this.

-[soft gasp] Oh.

[clears throat]

Robin, we have to get you

to the hospital

for a full examination today.

-No, no.

I don't need to go

to the hospital.

-Honey, I'm sorry.

You've had a complication.

We have to make certain

there's no immediate health

issue for you.

No, no, no. No.

[nervous chuckle]

I'm pregnant.

-That's not really possible.

-I'm pregnant.

I'm pregnant.

I-I hear my baby's heartbeat.

I-I feel her.

I feel her moving!

She's strong.

[door opens]

-[Doctor] Robin.

Robin! [sighs]

[thunder rumbling]

[rain pattering]

[bubbling]

-[Robin] Kathelia!

[muttering indistinctly]

[haunting music]

[muffled] Kathelia!

[louder] Kathelia!

[grunting]

Hi.

[sinister music]

I want you to know

that this isn't my fault.

I wanted to

bond with you.

I wanted a family.

It doesn't matter now.

I have all that I want

with this one.

[dramatic music]

Maybe if you scream,

he'll hear you.

You think he'll rescue you?

Go ahead, scream.

Scream for him.

[shouting]

Scream! Come on!

Come on!

Let it out!

Let it out!

Look at us.

Look at us.

It never

would have worked.

You can't

even call me mother.

Let's stop pretending

that we're a family.

Run.

Run!

[grinding]

[faint background music]

-Hey.

Peas in a pod!

Fiona's inside.

Do your parents know

you're here?

Of course they do,

they're f*cking

good parents.

[grinding]

[knocking]

-[Fiona] I can't tell you

how to fight it.

I'm sorry.

I don't know how.

[slaps wall]

Don't be mad.

I'll keep trying.

Come up here.

I'm with my friends.

[foreboding music]

These are all

the people who live up here.

I talk to them

sometimes

when Mama isn't around.

My friends are over here.

Come listen.

[whispering]

Can you hear them?

They say...

[whispers]

[soft ethereal music]

They're coming.

Tiny specks of color.

Do you want to meet them?

Don't be scared.

[soft dreamy music]

They like you.

[ambient music]

All your colors.

So beautiful.

[hammer thuds]

[foreboding music]

[electronic beeping]

[machine beeping]

-You're a lucky girl.

No fracture,

no serious bleeding.

Just a purple bump.

-[soft gasp] That's great.

-Kids bounce.

It's amazing.

Complications can occur.

Keep an eye on her.

Dizziness, nausea,

anything unusual.

Uh...

one other thing.

I did see

something curious.

Not cancer.

Something old.

A scar.

I'd like a closer look

at her scans.

-Uh, is that something

that we should

be worried about?

-[Dr. Kumar] No, no.

I'm just being nosy.

Any news, I'll call.

For now, my advice:

if Kathelia

has another play date

with the uh, hammer girl,

make it supervised.

[mysterious synth pulse]

-[sigh]

[soft ethereal music]

[insects chirping]

She's asleep.

-[Robin] Great.

-I know you weren't

around to see it,

but the kid

had a rough day.

-[Robin] Do you really think

I care?

-[scoffs] What?

-I don't love her.

And you don't love

her either.

How could you?

She's not ours.

-Robin?

What's going on

with you?

-I don't want her!

We have our own

child now.

Our real child.

Kathelia is a parasite.

[sinister music]

And she will destroy

this family.

I won't let that happen.

You won't even miss her

when she's gone.

-Look, Robin, I, um...

I think something

is seriously wrong with you.

I-I think you need help.

You and the baby.

-We don't need help.

We're f*cking great.

[eerie music]

[Robin humming]

[Robin grunting, groaning]

[menacing music]

[sinister music]

[cell phone ringing]

-Yeah?

[sinister music]

Rob?

The doctor called.

He wants to meet

this morning.

Some... [sighs]

some updates on Kathelia.

-[Robin] You go.

[eerie music]

Almost.

Almost, little Jessica.

-Forgive me

for being so excited.

I feel, uh...

If Kathelia hadn't had

her accident,

we never would have known.

-Known what?

-Please.

You should sit.

-Okay.

-This is Kathelia's

CT scan.

That's the scar

I mentioned.

Just a little thing

right there

in the frontal lobe.

The area of the brain

that creates speech.

Which is why this

caught my attention.

When we magnify,

the scar becomes an object.

A fetus.

-A what?

-Yeah.

Vanishing twin syndrome.

Bizarre. Very unusual,

but completely natural.

When Kathelia

was in the womb,

she had a twin sibling

floating happily

alongside her.

Until Kathelia ate her.

I'm being dramatic.

But it is horrific.

Kathelia absorbed her twin

into her own body,

and the remains

of her sibling lodged here

in Kathelia's brain.

Obstructing Kathelia's

ability to speak.

You are a sister.

A very naughty one.

[chomps]

[faint background music]

-Do you wanna go play?

I get it.

This week's been

a lot of weird sh*t.

[faint background music]

-[Man] Number 47.

-Be right back.

Hey.

[faint background chatter]

[foreboding music]

[footsteps approaching]

Double patty, double cheese,

extra large fries,

and a milkshake.

Oh.

[sighs]

[beeping]

[phone trilling]

-[Robin] [over phone]

[panting] [low growl]

-Hey. Robin,

are you there?

-[Robin] [over phone]

[soft gasp]

-Robin?

[line beeps]

I have to go talk to her.

No. No.

No.

Don't let her see you.

[car door slamming]

[foreboding music]

Hey, Rob?

[water flowing]

[menacing music]

Robin?

[water flowing]

[menacing music]

[sinister music]

[sinister music]

[water gushing]

-[Robin] You came back

to us.

No, you didn't.

-Robin. Robin,

I think, uh...

I think we need to get you

to a hospital.

-It's too late.

She's here.

[water bubbling]

[growling]

[loud continuous screaming]

[screaming continued]

[water bubbling]

-[gasping] [whimpering]

[haunting music]

[music building crescendo]

-f*ck!

[sniffles] Hey.

Um, I'm gonna

get you outta here, okay?

What?

What? I don't...

What are you

talking about?

The doll is...

you.

Fiona?

f*ck!

Fiona knows?

Yeah?

Okay. Okay. Okay.

[engine revving]

[lawn ornament creaking]

[car approoaching]

Hey, Lizzie!

-Fiona's a sweet,

happy girl!

-[Daniel] Look, I just need

to talk to you for a second.

-She doesn't hurt people!

-Look, I'm not trying

to argue or anything.

I think Fiona knows things.

In ways that...

f*ck, I can't even believe

that I'm f*cking saying

this right now.

Something terrible is happening

to my family,

and Fiona knows what.

So I just...

I need your help.

-Hey, Kathelia...

Fiona's upstairs.

Would you mind

getting her for us?

She won't bite.

Thank you, darlin'.

-So... what?

Are--are you gonna

tell me

that angels gave

Fiona a gift?

-No, no angels.

I f*cked her up

all on my own.

When I got pregnant

with Fiona,

I was a mess.

I had been for a while.

Doctors told me

she wasn't developing normally.

I didn't think

I could love her right.

I had nothing

to give her.

So...

I tried to fix both of us

the only way I knew.

I died.

Fiona didn't.

I was still in the hospital

when Fiona was born.

[laughing] I had never seen

such a sunny baby, man.

I couldn't believe

she came from me.

She was light.

Still is.

When she was five,

her pet cat died.

I was wrecked,

but not Fiona.

To her the cat

wasn't any different.

A few weeks after that,

she started spending time

with her dad,

who I knew was dead.

And I got it.

For Fiona, life, death

they're the same thing.

She lives in both worlds.

Sees both.

-[Fiona] You're more fun

to play with--

-Hey, starlight!

Come here. Come here.

You remember Kathelia's dad?

-[Daniel] Hey.

-[Fiona] You saw a monster.

Not the real one.

Not the one in Kathelia.

Look, you--you

gave me this.

-[Fiona] It's Kathelia.

This? No, this...

Who is this?

This isn't Kathelia.

-She didn't say her name.

Just ugly things.

I hurt you so

you could find it.

-Okay, so...

this...

monster... thing,

is that...

is that what's hurting my wife?

-Yes.

-So what do I do?

-Okay. We're gonna need

one more drink.

And then maybe

we can all go upstairs

and talk to the monster?

[haunting music]

-Who are they?

-[whispering] Dead people.

-Right. So we're talking to...

-[whispering] Just buckle up.

-What, like ghosts

or something?

-[Fiona] No ghost.

Ghosts were alive.

The monster wasn't born.

-Oh.

[intense eerie music]

-[Fiona] [groaning]

-Hey, is she okay?

-[groaning continues]

She dreams of life.

You took it from her.

She's mad.

Her mad spreads.

-[low growl]

-Makes everything sick.

She looks for doors

to reach you.

Like your real mama.

-[screaming]

-Like the old woman.

-[screaming]

-Your new mama

is a door, too.

She's weak now.

Too weak to live.

Too weak

to break through.

But she gets stronger

each time she tries.

I'll live here now.

-What--

what can I do?

How do I, how do I stop this?

Fiona?

-Dig out the body.

Dig out the body.

Dig it out.

Let her free.

-Whoa, whoa, whoa!

-Dig out the body!

Hurry! Dig it out.

Before she hurts all of you.

She's at the door.

[doorbell ringing]

[doorbell ringing]

-Hello?

I'm Dr. Billie Neil.

I'm here to see

Mrs. Hutson.

-Not today.

-Robin? I tried to call.

You never responded

to my messages.

I'd very much like

to talk with you,

about your baby.

I'll be with you

through the end,

and I mean that.

[lock clicks]

Robin?

[haunting music]

Robin?

[menacing music]

Robin?

Robin?

[light switch clicks]

Robin I...

I owe you an apology. I...

The other day

at the office I...

I didn't give you

the support you needed.

I'm sorry.

[metal clanking]

Robin?

If you're feeling

overwhelmed, I can help.

I-I'd like to help you.

I promise I am not here

to hurt you.

Or your baby.

[scissors swishing]

Robin.

Please, please come.

[blades scratching]

Maybe another time

is better.

You can call

my office anytime.

I'll see you

whenever you like, okay?

I'm heading

to the front door now.

I'm leaving!

[gasps] Oh, sh*t!

Oh! You scared the sh*t out

of me, little girl.

Mr. Hutson!

-You need to get out

of here.

Right now.

-[Robin] [screaming]

-[grunting]

-[screaming]

[mysterious synth pulse]

[body thuds]

[muffled gasp]

[menacing music]

- You don't have to do this.

Calm breaths.

[scissors stabbing]

-[Robin] [groaning]

[body thuds]

[footsteps]

-[whispering] m*rder*r.

m*rder*r.

m*rder*r.

m*rder*r.

m*rder*r.

m*rder*r.

m*rder*r.

m*rder*r.

m*rder*r.

m*rder*r.

m*rder*r.

m*rder*r.

[glass shattering]

[dramatic music]

Gremlin!

[grunting]

[bite crunches]

[thrilling music]

[thrilling music continues]

[music building crescendo]

Welcome home.

[water bubbling]

[heartbeat pulsing]

-[Lizzie] Oh my god.

Kathelia!

[indistinct yelling]

[splash]

[water bubbling]

[soft dreamy tune]

-[spits]

-[Lizzie] Atta girl.

Good, get it out.

Get it out.

You okay?

[insects chirring]

[soft music]

[pounding]

Oh, sh*t.

-[coughing]

Hey, come on.

No, no, no, no.

Come on.

I know, I know, I know.

I know.

I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

-Wait.

She's not in there.

That lady's just a door.

She's in here.

[eerie music]

-[lizzie] Hey. You with us?

-[gasping]

-Oh, hey. Take it easy,

take it easy, take it easy.

Take it easy.

-Where's Kathelia?

-She's fine.

She's fine.

-Robin?

-Yeah, she's--

just gonna take a look.

With little--okay.

-[screams of pain] [winces]

-Oh, no.

-I feel like sh*t.

-Well, you're fine, okay?

You're gonna have

a super sexy scar.

[sinister music]

[haunting music]

You're a bit of a bleeder.

We need to get

the hell out of here.

Starlight, I need you

to find me a phone, all right?

Starlight!

Starlight!

[menacing music]

Okay, okay, okay.

Come on. All right.

You sit here.

-Just keep your hands here.

-[wincing] Okay.

-And I'll be right back,

all right?

Oh, f*cking family.

Jesus. Honestly.

I love you.

[knife slashes]

Oh, m*therf*cker!

-[gasping]

-[sighs]

I'm the cat.

[body thuds]

[haunting music]

-[screaming]

[shuddering breaths]

[winces] [screaming]

[sledgehammer thuds]

Open the door!

Go, go, go!

-[Robin] [grunting]

-[Daniel] Go, go, go!

Go, go, go!

Open the door!

[sledgehammer thuds]

Open it!

Oh, sh*t!

[bone cracking]

[screaming]

Shut the door!

Shut the door! Lock it!

[door banging]

[shuddering breath]

-This is gonna hurt.

-What? [bone breaking]

[screaming] How do you know

how to do that?

-[screaming]

-You next.

Dig out the body.

Now.

-Fiona? No.

-[screaming]

-Dig out the body

or it won't stop.

-[Robin] [screaming]

-Dig out the body

or we all die.

-You don't know that.

-Now!

-[Daniel] Not here.

What Fiona wants you

to do is gonna hurt you, okay?

We're not doing that right now.

We could do that later.

We could take you

to a hospital.

-[Fiona] No more time!

-We're not opening up

anyone's head.

-[screaming]

Now, Kathelia!

End it!

End it now!

-[Robin] [screaming]

-f*ck!

-[Robin] [grunting]

[sledgehammer thudding]

-No...

don't make me do this,

please.

-She's dead if you don't.

[foreboding music]

[sledgehammer thudding]

[sledgehammer thudding]

-[Robin] Kathelia!

[grunting]

-Tell me where

to do it.

-[Robin] [screaming]

Dig there.

-[Robin] [screaming]

-Okay.

-Oh, okay.

-I'm so excited.

[drill whirring]

-[panting] I love you.

[drill whirring]

-[screaming]

-[Daniel] [screaming]

-[screaming]

[groaning]

[drill whirring]

-Almost.

[drill whirring]

[body thuds]

-Kathelia?

[shuddering breaths]

No, no, no.

f*ck.

It didn't work.

[sobbing] You said this

would work!

[eerie music]

Hey. Hi. Hi.

You okay?

You're okay. You're okay.

[shuddering breaths]

I'm gonna look here.

Oh god.

[intense dramatic music]

Oh god! [gasping]

[haunting music]

[intense music]

[whimpering in fear]

[panting]

What the f*ck?!

[ntense music continues]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[groaning]

-Sister.

[screeching]

[neck snaps]

[intense music stops]

-Bury the body.

[trash bin clattering]

Okay.

[gentle music]

[eerie ambient music]

[music building crescendo]

[eerie music stops]

[dramatic music]

[gentle eerie music]

[sinister music]