Amityville Cult (2021)

[bunniefuu]

(tense music)

(heavy breathing)

(dramatic music)

(gasping)

(flesh squelching)

(tense music)

(keyboard clicking)

- Hey, I'm gonna put some coffee on.

Do you want any?

Hello, Stan?

Loving girlfriend offering
yummy delicious wake-up drink.

Can you hear me?

Hello!

What?

What's going on?

- I just got an email from a guy

claiming to be a representative

from my grandmother's estate.

He said she died about six months ago

and he's been trying to
locate me ever since.

- No way.

I thought you said you didn't
know anyone in your family

beyond your mother?

- That's the thing.

I don't.

But I get this email from some guy

in a middle of nowhere
town called Amityville,

saying that he knows with
almost % certainty

that I'm her grandson,

and he's trying to reach
me about her house.

- Well, that's wonderful.

Do you believe him?

- This is just so out of the blue.

I don't know.

You know, Mom didn't know her family.

She always wanted to know more

but she got pregnant so
young, and then Dad died,

and it was just her and I.

Then she died shortly
after this photo was taken.

She just never had the time.

- I'm so sorry.

What're you gonna do?

- Beyond my own curiosity,
I guess I owe it to her

to find out where she came from.

Where we came from.

I just hope this guy isn't full of sh*t.

(Crystal laughs)

(phone ringing)

- [Thomas] Hello?

- [Stan] Hi, I'm trying
to reach Thomas Davenport.

- [Thomas] This is he.

- [Stan] Excellent.

This is Stan DeFeo.

I'm calling in reference
to an email I received

from your office.

- [Thomas] Mr. DeFeo,
I represent the estate

of Miss Marie Cameron.

I believe her to be your grandmother.

(gentle music)

Sadly, Miss Cameron passed
away a few months ago

and left the entirety of
her house and its belongings

to her next of kin.

As it so happens, that's you.

- [Stan] I-

- [Thomas] I know this must
come as a bit of a shock,

but if you wouldn't mind
coming by my office soon

so we can sign some paperwork

and I can give you the key to the home.

- [Stan] Sure, I will certainly do that.

- [Thomas] Thank you, Mr. DeFeo.

My assistant will give
you all the info you need

to get here.

I look forward to seeing you.

- Likewise.

Thank you.

(eerie music)

(voices whispering)

(tense music)

(door creaking)

(clock ticking)

What the hell?

This must've been your diary.

May th, .

It took two years and the
birth of our little girl,

but Jeremy and I have finally
set out into the world

to build our family upright.

- [Marie] I'm so excited.

This is a massive step towards
making our dreams come true.

We decided to move to the
small town of Amityville.

We only had a few dollars to our name

when getting into town,
but that will soon change

since Jeremy had just accepted a new job

at a local law firm.

We met one of the partners
of the law firm today.

Gregory Davenport.

He was such a gentleman.

(gentle music)

Not only did the firm
welcome us into town,

they offered us a beautiful home.

We're so very happy.

(glass shattering)

- [Stan] August th, .

I find myself constantly amazed

by the inherent kindness of those

who are believed to be
wicked upon first meeting,

but are actually kind.

(gentle music)

(tense music)

- Oh my God!

- Please, accept my apologies.

Frightening you was
certainly not my intent.

- No, I'm sorry.

My reaction wasn't warranted.

I've seen you before.

You work at the same
law firm as my husband.

Jeremy.

- Yes, I'm a consultant at the firm.

My name is Asmodeus.

When I saw you leaving the store,

I thought it might be a good
time to introduce myself.

- Thank you for doing so.

It's very nice to meet you.

Did you say Asmodeus?

- Yes, that is correct.

And you are Marie, if I'm not mistaken?

- Yes.

Oh yes.

Marie is my name.

God, I'm sorry I'm just, um.

Would you mind helping me
to my car with these things?

- It would be my pleasure.

- [Marie] September nd, .

I know what I'm doing is not appropriate,

but it was never my intention
for things to go this far.

It started so innocently.

(gentle music)

I would leave our daughter
at home with the sitter

while Jeremy was working, and
meet with Asmodeus for coffee.

That would eventually lead to
spending more time together.

(uplifting music)

More intimate time together.

And then things took an
even more unexpected turn

when he introduced me to some friends.

(dramatic choral singing)

October th, .

I've decided to leave Jeremy
and our daughter for Asmodeus.

Jeremy is a good man and a great father,

but I am unfulfilled with him.

And I'm pregnant.

- What the f*ck?

June th, .

Asmodeus has opened my mind

to experiences I've never
dreamed were possible.

- [Marie] I've danced
with demons and the devil

in pools of blood.

(choral singing)

My soul, once innocent and
pure, has been blackened.

And I don't want to get away.

(bells chiming)

July st, .

I can't leave him, but I also
cannot allow anything evil

to happen to our daughter.

Our Anna.

My Anna.

(clock ticking)

- Mom.

That's my mom.

Hi, uh, Mr. Davenport?

Thomas Davenport?

Hi, this is Stanley DeFeo.

You represented my grandmother Marie?

Yeah.

Well I found what I
believe to be her diary,

and frankly none of it makes sense,

it's all pretty unbelievable.

And I wanted to know
how well you knew her?

Uh, sure.

minutes at the Main Street Cafe?

Yeah.

I can be there.

All right.

Thank you, sir.

Thank you.

Crystal?

Hey babe, it's Stan.

Hey.

Things got really really crazy here.

I know it's only been a couple of months,

but would you mind coming down?

Yeah, it takes about two hours.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Thank you, you're incredible.

All right babe, yeah, okay,
I'll see you this evening.

Love you too.

Bye.

(tense music)

(eerie music)

(tense music)

- Stan, back here.

Stan, thanks for coming.

- No thank you, thank you for meeting me.

It's been a rough couple of hours.

- Yes, you sounded
distressed over the phone.

So what's been causing you such stress?

- I don't even know where to begin.

How well did you know my grandmother?

- Well, my grandfather was there

the first day her and her first family

moved into our quiet little town.

He hired Jeremy on and actually
helped them get their home.

- So she was married when she moved here?

What happened?

- Well, as I said, my
grandfather hired Jeremy's firm.

Supposedly he was a stand up guy.

Always up on his work, never slouched.

Unfortunately, a few months
after they arrived here,

Marie and Jeremy's
relationship just fell apart.

- How?

- Well, who knows really?

Back in those days a
husband would leave his wife

and go to work while she was
at home caring for a child

in a small town where she
didn't really know anybody.

She was bound to get
bored and wanna leave.

You know how these things go.

- No, no.

I don't know how they go.

But what I do know is
that something happened,

because everything that I have found

is beyond wild and comprehensive.

- [Thomas] Why, whatever do you mean?

- Who's Asmodeus?

- Where did you hear that name?

- [Stan] So, you know who he is?

- Where did you hear that name?

- It was in the diary.

My grandmother left it behind,
I found it in the house.

- [Thomas] The diary, did
you bring it with you,

do you have it on you?

- No, it's back at the
house, but who is Asmodeus?

- He's a no good son of a
b*tch, that's who he is!

And if you were smart

you'd get the hell out of this town now.

And it'd be wise if you'd disregard

any trust towards this one right here,

lest you wanna end up dead or insane!

The sins of your grandfather
didn't die with him

or your father.

I see your villainy boy.

You may not see me, but I see you.

I said, hey, let go of me you b*stards!

Let go of me!

Get out of town!

Get out of this town!

Get out!

Get out!

- What the hell was that?

Who the hell is that guy?

- Just a local loon.

Much like Elm Street, I
suppose every town has one.

- What's his story?

And why the interest in
me and the hatred for you?

- Well, that was, um,

that was your grandmother's first husband.

Jeremy.

- What?

- Yes.

After the relationship went
south he, uh, went a little mad.

Swears everything is the
fault of my grandfather

and his firm.

Naturally, none of that is true.

- Asmodeus?

- Yes, I'm afraid so.

- So who or what was this Asmodeus guy?

- Asmodeus was once
associated with the firm.

He was hired on to be a consultant.

He was good.

He was damn good.

But he had a way about him

that some folks just found insidious.

- So he's the one who lured my grandmother

away from her family?

Away from that guy?

- Yes, you could say that.

He had a hint of danger about him

that some people found enticing.

- Insidious and dangerous.

Now the devil worshipping
is starting to make sense.

- Devil worshipping?

Where did you get that idea?

- Well, I read about it in the diary.

- Well I wouldn't put
too much faith into that.

- Well I'm not a man of faith,
I think it's all bullshit,

but what I do know is that
people that believe in something

to worship it at that
extent are dangerous.

- Look Asmodeus, he was
a creepy guy, no doubt.

But devil worship?

It's just crazy.

I sure would like to take a
look at that diary though.

Would you mind bringing it by my office?

- Uh, yeah, sure, but I gotta
finish reading it first.

- Fair enough.

Is there anything else that bothers you?

- Aside from the diary?

The house is a little odd.

Something about it is so unsettling.

- You know, for a man
with no religious belief,

you sure do scare easily.

Look, I'm not aware of
anything sinister going on

with that house.

Aside from Asmodeus living there once.

Still, I'll go through our records

and see if we can find anything
on the history of the home.

- Thank you, I'd appreciate that.

- I'll tell you what, why
don't you go back home,

raid the liquor cabinet in the study.

I'm willing to bet you'll
find a nice bottle of

old aged Scotch in the back.

Pour yourself a couple of fingers,

take the edge off a bit.

You've had a lot going on.

Just take some time to settle down.

You can drop off that diary
at my office any time.

And I'll look through the records

and see if we find anything on the home.

- Sure, absolutely.

- Great.

Some sleep would probably
do you some good too.

- Yeah I know, I am exhausted.

Well, thank you for meeting me.

I really appreciate it.

- Sure.

Give me a call if you need
anything, my phone is always on,

and I'll see if I can find
any records on the home

and be in touch.

- Thank you.

(birds chirping)

(dramatic music)
Holy sh*t!

- It's okay.

It's okay, I promise,
I'm not gonna harm you.

- What the hell do you want?

- Just to talk.

You're in great danger, boy.

- What do you mean
danger, what kinda danger?

- The worst kind.

We can't talk here.

Quick, follow me.

I said quick boy!

You wanna know about your grandmother,

and the evil of this place?

Then you need to follow me.

Either that, or believe the lies

of that lawyer man back there.

Do that, you'll be dead by dawn.

- All right, but don't try anything.

I can run fast.

- Best make use of those skills
and get out of this town.

(tense music)

- Where are we going?

- Sanctuary!

Now stay quiet, they can hear you.

- Oh this is too weird.

I wanna know where we're
going and I wanna know now.

- Dammit boy, stay quiet.

We're almost there.

Come on.

(eerie music)

- Oh, no, no, no.

- Quiet.

Just up there, you see it?

That's where we need to be.

(voices whispering)

Pay no mind to all that.

They can't bother us up here.

(voices whispering)

Have a seat.

- No thanks, I'd rather stand.

- Suit yourself.

- What're we doing here?

- Want one?

- Uh, no thanks.

- This here place is out of
their boundary of influence.

They can't hear us here.

- They?

Who the hell are they?

- Have you been comfortable at all

since you got to this little town?

You felt all right in that big old house?

Or walking through town,
interacting with the locals?

- [Stan] No.

- It feels like you're
constantly being watched, right?

And the hairs on the back of your neck

are constantly at attention?

- Yeah.

- Well that, my dear boy,
is your natural instincts

letting you know something's off.

That you're in some kind of danger.

- And am I?

- Not here.

Not with me.

(voice growling)

- What is this place?

- Here's the thing.

The town, and the surrounding area,

is covered by an evil you
couldn't possibly understand.

It's like a cloud hanging over it

that won't let the light in.

And this here place of mine

is out of their boundary of influence.

That evil can't follow us here.

- You say that evil.

What evil?

I found a diary in my grandmother's house

and it talks about devil
worship and all kinds of other.

- Devil worship?

Ain't nobody in this town
worships the devil, boy.

Beelzebub's got way too much on his hands

to give a damn about the meanderings

of these small-town folks.

Now demon worship on the other hand,

that's a whole different story.

- Demon, devil, whichever, I
don't really buy into either.

What worries me is I'm related to someone

who would partake in
such a violent worship.

- A non-believer are we, huh?

- So?

- This ain't the boogey man, boy.

Evil don't give a damn what you believe.

If it wants you, it will have you.

And that house you're in,
that's where it'll consume you.

(voices howling)

None of this would've happened

if I'd been a more attentive husband.

- Tell me more about my grandmother.

About the relationship you two had.

- We were a new family, just
starting out, in need of funds,

and lo and behold a job out
here in Amityville opened up.

Offered good potential
for growth, good pay.

You know, in a town with great potential.

So we packed up our things and moved out.

The first few months were great.

I was working, building a
reputation and bringing home

more than enough to keep us going.

(gentle music)

But then my time on the job

kept growing and growing and growing.

I was working -hour days sometimes,

and that was when things
started to crumble

with our marriage.

(baby crying)

(sobbing)

Marie became distant and neglectful.

I thought it was just a phase,

so I kept telling myself all I need to do

is keep putting in the work
and bring home the money.

You know, if I stayed the path

then we could do everything we dreamed of.

But then I came home one
day and she was gone.

No note, nothing to tell me why.

Just our hungry and soiled
child left in her room.

But I wasn't ready to give up on her.

On us.

I started noticing many
things wrong with this town.

Mostly the residents.

I couldn't walk out of my own house

without catching a scornful glare.

And then I saw Marie with him.

Asmodeus.

I say it was her, but it wasn't.

She was changed.

I didn't recognize my Marie.

That, coincidentally, was
my last day at the firm.

I was abruptly fired and
because I didn't own it,

they took the house too.

I took our daughter to
live with my parents

and I came back here to
try to save my Marie.

- What did you do?

- I kept an eye on that damn
house, that's what I did.

Trying to see my Marie.

There was always these cloaked
visitors coming and going.

But never Marie.

In fact, that last day at the firm

was the last time I saw her.

So there I was, an
unemployed man with no home,

no one in this town to trust.

Since Marie's new home was close

I spent most nights just
wandering through these woods

looking for something,
anything, to get me by.

(birds chirping)

I'd fall asleep out there

and wake up with terrible
scratches and bruises.

It was as if someone, or something,

was torturing me in my sleep.

One day, as I was attempting
to make my way to Marie's home,

and these woods came alive.

Branches reached for me.

Roots came unearthed.

All I could do was run.

And in doing so, I
stumbled across this place

and I was safe.

- But why here?

Why this place?

- I did a little reading on
this town after we moved here,

and it seems it was founded

by a small group of protestant settlers

during the Western Expansion
in the th century.

Over the years they
built a fine little town.

There was a couple of
buildings and a church.

Things went well for quite a while,

till one day a visitor came to town.

By all accounts he was tall, handsome,

and gifted with a silver tongue.

It didn't take him long to make friends

with some of the town's folks,

then he managed to make
a place for himself

in the very spot you just inherited.

One by one, he managed
to make these townsfolk

question their faith.

Not all succumbed to his ways.

Most notably the town pastor.

They had a big rivalry, as
they had feuding flocks.

Those that followed the visitor,

they believed his promises
of riches and purity.

Whereas the pastor and his followers

saw this trickster for what he was.

A demon.

One evening, as the
pastor and his followers

were practicing in the church,

this dark visitor, this demon,

talked his followers into
barricading the doors

and setting fire to the building.

(flames crackling)

They watched as the building
burned to the ground,

and laughed at the horrific
screams that came from within.

(voices screaming)

It's said that the souls of the departed

still wander the area where
they met their demise,

and fend off the evil spread of that demon

and his followers.

And that is why I'm safe in this area.

- Sounds more like a man on
the edge of his sanity to me.

A demon?

Haunted woods?

Gimme a break.

- Ignorance truly is
bliss, my young friend.

It's easy to look at someone
like me and think the worst.

It's much harder to trust.

But believe me when I tell
you, that house is evil

and it took my family!

For years, hell decades,

I've been trying to get my Marie back!

I've lost contact with
everyone in my family,

including our daughter.

Marie was the reason I woke
every morning, and she's gone.

I will have my vengeance on
those that took my Marie!

That demon!

Yeah, run you little idiot!

(birds chirping)

(voices growling)

(voices whispering)

(voices whispering)

- The house is a little odd.

Something about it is so unsettling.

(eerie music)

- But believe me when I tell
you, that house is evil.

Get out!

Get out!

(tense music)

Devil worship?

Ain't nobody in this town
worships the devil, boy.

Beelzebub's got way too much on his hands

to give a damn about the meanderings

of these small-town folks.

Now demon worship on the other hand,

that's a whole different story.

- Who's Asmodeus?

- Where did you hear that name?

- [Stan] So you know who he is?

- Where did you hear that name?

- It was in the diary.

My grandmother left it behind,
I found it in the house.

- [Thomas] The diary, did
you bring it with you,

do you have it on you?

- No, it's back at the
house, but who is Asmodeus?

(very tense music)

- It would be my pleasure.

- Asmodeus?

- Yes, I'm afraid so.

- So who or what was this Asmodeus guy?

- Asmodeus was once
associated with the firm.

He was hired on to be a consultant.

He was good.

He was damn good.

But he had a way about him

that some folks just found insidious.

- So, he's the one who
lured my grandmother away

from her family?

Away from that guy?

- [Thomas] Yes, you could say that.

He had a hint of danger about him

that some people found enticing.

(dramatic choral singing)

- [Jeremy] And then I saw Marie with him.

Asmodeus.

(birds chirping)

- [Marie] Never had an
entity taken a hold of me

as this one.

I felt at once c*ptive and invincible.

Master and sl*ve.

No man had ever entered
me with such gentle force,

and I would make sure none
would attempt to again.

October th, .

My time in this realm
is nothing but short.

I must find someone to take my place.

My own blood.

For my shell is frail and weak,

and the Grand One must find another.

To pass him on to one of
my own is more than a gift.

- [Marie and Stan] It is a birthright.

(voice growling)

(tense music)

(clock ticking)

(floor banging)

- Hello?

Somebody there?

(door slamming)

(voices whispering)

What the hell is going on?

Who are you people?

What do you want?

- Hello Stan.

- That makes sense.

Who are you?

- We are the followers of the Grand One.

An entity who has promised
great wealth and pride

to our people.

The one who has, for the most part,

rid our community of
undesirables and nonbelievers.

- Why me?

- Think of it as your christening.

Your reason for being or
your destiny, if you will.

- I don't understand.

- Well, it's really simple Stan.

You see, in order to
survive on this plain,

the Grand One requires a body.

But not just any body.

He requires one that has his blood

coursing through their veins.

And that is where you come in.

- No, no, no.

I won't do it.

See, people know I'm here

and if y'all don't let me
leave, they will come for me.

- I don't think that's entirely accurate.

Babe.

- Crystal?

- Oh, Crystal is one of our best agents.

She's actually the one
who tracked you down.

- It wasn't easy, but I
was able to figure out

where Marie went.

It didn't take too much persuasion

to get those nuns to spill their guts.

But, after a while, they told
me where Marie's child went.

Next, I tracked down where all she'd been

and all the things she'd done,

including that she had a little boy.

After that it was easy.

Got in good with you and found a way

to get you to come here.

Oh hey, don't look so down.

You and I had a lot of fun.

I'm not ashamed.

Oh, and uh, sorry about your dead mom.

- And now you're here.

Look Stan, you might as
well just give up, right

There's no escaping this.

(tense music)

(yelling)

- You will not take this boy,
you evil sons of b*tches!

- Oh Jeremy, you old coot.

Still blaming us for your
inability to husband, as it were?

- Wait, Jeremy?

Is he the one related
to that little mistake?

- The very one.

- Mistake, what mistake?

- Well, Jeremy.

For the longest time

we've been trying to track
down Marie's offspring.

Lo and behold, we found
her daughter and grandson.

Unfortunately for us, it
was the wrong grandson.

Yeah, he was related to
Marie, but not the right one.

- You mean, my grandson?

What did you b*stards do?

- Calm down Jeremy,
there's no need for this.

- Shut the hell up!

You ruined me and my
family, you son of a b*tch!

Back up!

Marie?

- Hello Jeremy.

- It can't be you.

You're dead.

- No, my love.

I am very much alive.

- I don't understand.

How?

- I've always been here.

It just had to appear
as if I wasn't alive.

- But why?

(very tense music)

(flesh squelching)

- Appearances aren't everything.

Hello grandson.

(dramatic music)

- Oh sh*t, what do I do?

Come on you piece of sh*t.

f*ck!

- Get out!
- Get out!

- f*ck me, I'm trying!

- Get out.
- Get out!

- Who are you?

What do you want?

- Get out, get out, get
out, get out, get out!

(stairs creaking)

(tense music)

- [Voice] Stan.

(very tense music)

(gentle music)

(whispering in foreign language)

- Get out!

- I'm trying but I don't know how!

- Not your body.

Your soul.

Now is your time to carry.

You will become the vessel.

It is your birthright.

(very dramatic music)

- Oh, f*ck!

Oh, f*ck!

(tense music)

(growling)

(dramatic music)

(gentle music)

(growling)

(wind howling)

♪ Take a good look around you ♪

♪ With that fear inside ♪

♪ There's no one around you ♪

♪ No one by your side ♪

♪ It always surrounds you ♪

♪ And you just can't hide ♪

♪ Keep looking around you ♪

♪ Darkness never lies ♪

♪ There's nowhere to run ♪

♪ Nowhere to hide ♪

♪ It's a one-way ticket to the dark side ♪

♪ There's nowhere to run ♪

♪ Nowhere to hide ♪

♪ It's a one-way ticket to the dark side ♪

♪ When the end is upon you ♪

♪ And you've run out of time ♪

♪ It was never about you ♪

♪ Now it's all in your mind ♪

♪ You'll be looking around you ♪

♪ For some sacred sign ♪

♪ There's nothing to show you ♪

♪ This is the end of the line ♪

♪ You come into this world alone ♪

♪ Or you're gonna be alone ♪

♪ You can try to run ♪

♪ You can try to hide ♪

♪ But time is simply not on your side ♪

♪ Sun may set, the curtain will fall ♪

♪ But in the end, darkness will be all ♪

♪ There's nowhere to run ♪

♪ Nowhere to hide ♪

♪ It's a one-way ticket to the dark side ♪

♪ There's nowhere to run ♪

♪ Nowhere to hide ♪

♪ It's a one-way ticket to the dark side ♪

♪ Nowhere to run ♪

♪ Nowhere to run ♪

♪ Nowhere to run ♪

♪ Nowhere to hide ♪

♪ Nowhere to run ♪

♪ Nowhere to run ♪

♪ Nowhere to run ♪

♪ Nowhere to hide ♪