Hey, Ash, where are we?
- Well, we just crossed the Tennessee border.
Which would put us...
Yeah?
Which would put us...
Right...
Here.
Turn!
What the hell was that? Are you trying to kill us?
- Hey, don't blame me. It's your steering wheel.
- Damn thing jerked right out of my hand. - I don't understand it.
I had this thing in for a tune-up yesterday and they said they'd go over everything.
- Yeah. Well, you better take it back because the damn thing don't work.
The only thing that does work is this lousy horn.
Go to hell! I'm not honking at you.
Jesus Christ.
Hey, Scotty. What's this place like, anyway?
Well, the guy that's renting it says it's an old place.
Little run down, but it's right up in the mountains.
And the best part is we get it so cheap.
- Yeah, why are we getting it so cheap?
- Well, I don't know. Might be in real bad shape.
- You mean, nobody's seen this place yet? - Well, not yet.
- Well, it might not be that bad. - No.
Actually, it might be kind of nice.
Yeah.
It's probably a real pit.
Yeah, I think this is where we get off.
- This is the bridge we're going to cross? - Jesus Christ!
The whole thing's falling apart on us.
- Don't let the noise fool you, girls, this thing is solid as a rock.
It's supposed to be one of these on here.
- Come on. - Hey.
- Hey! Hey! - Hey.
It barks in the cellar.
- It barks in the cellar. - Will you stop it?
- I would like very much to make a toast here for all this evening.
- Yeah. - That sounds nice.
As a Greek friend of mine once said... He said,
Okay, okay, okay-
- Which means? - Party down. Yeah.
What is this?
Whatever it is, it's still down there.
I don't like cellars. Let's just close it up.
It's probably just some animal.
An animal? An animal?
That is the stupidest thing I ever heard of. Jesus Christ.
- There's something down there.
Maybe it is just some animal.
Yeah, you're probably right. Probably just some animal.
Here, Cheryl, why don't you go down and check, make sure?
- Scotty, I'm not going down there.
Okay. Okay, you cowards, I'll go.
Be careful.
Back in a minute.
Hey, Scotty. You find anything? Scotty.
Scotty!
Scott!
He's just kidding around. Isn't he?
- Scotty!
Scott! Linda, get me a flashlight.
- That's the only one we brought up. - Then get the lantern.
Scotty?
Boo!
Hey, come here, I wanna show you something.
Look at all this stuff.
I bet this still shoots.
- Probably does.
Oh, God.
Look at this.
This kind of looks like your old girlfriend.
Come on, let's take this stuff upstairs.
I'll grab the recorder and you get everything else, now...
This guy was a real turd. You know, everybody hated him.
- Like you, kind of. - Yeah, just like me.
I'm gonna break your face.
He was into... Also, he's into this western stuff. He makes all these little models...
- Okay. Listen to this. This is the tape I found downstairs.
It has been a number of years
since I began excavating the ruins of Candar with a group of my colleagues.
Now my wife and I have retreated
to a small cabin in the solitude of these mountains.
Here I continued my research
undisturbed by the myriad distractions of modern civilisation
and far from the groves of academe.
I believe I have made a significant find in the Candarian Ruins.
A volume of Ancient Sumerian burial practises and funerary incantations.
It is entitled Naturom Demonic, roughly translated, Book of the Dead.
The book is bound in human flesh and inked in human blood.
It deals with demons, demon resurrection and those forces
which roam the forest and dark bowers of man's domain.
The first few pages
warn that these enduring creatures may lie dormant, but are never truly dead.
They may be recalled to active life
through the incantations presented in this book.
It is through recitation of these passages
that the demons are given license to possess the living.
Hey, what did you do that for? It was just getting good.
- I just don't want to hear it any more, that's all.
Scott, come on. Leave her alone, man.
- Hey, come on. I just want to hear the rest of it.
No big deal.
Shut it off!
Oh, my God!
- Cheryl. Where're you going? - I can't believe this.
Scott, you knew not to play that.
I mean, come on, you knew it was upsetting her.
You just don't know when you're taking something too far.
- Hey, don't give me that. You were playing it, too.
You could have shut it off.
Hey, big deal. She's nuts.
I mean, it's just a joke, come on.
Jesus Christ. She acts like she's three years old or something.
Listen. Why don't we stay up for a while and listen to the storm?
- All right, yeah. Let me check on Cheryl first to make sure she's okay.
Stealing from the blind, huh?
This is for you.
Ash, how sweet of you.
- Would you put it on? - Oh, sure.
I was going to give it to you before we came up here, but things got so hectic,
this is really the first chance we've had to be alone.
Take a look.
Ash. It's beautiful.
I really love it. I'll never take it off.
Join us.
Is anybody out there?
I know someone's out there.
I heard you. I heard you in the cellar.
Ashley!
Help!
What the hell happened to you?
What's the matter with you? Did something in the woods do this to you?
No, it was the woods themselves.
They're alive, Ashley. The trees. They're alive.
Ash, why don't I take her in the back room so she can lie down.
I'm not lying down! I want to get out of here.
I want to leave this place right now. Right now, Ashley.
Wait a minute. I sure as hell am not leaving any place tonight.
- Cheryl. - Cheryl.
Look, Cheryl, there's nothing out there. Trees do not attack people.
Ashley. Will you drive me into town or not?
What? Right now?
Look, sure, sure, I'll take you into town, but just listen to what you're saying.
I don't care how it sounds. I wanna get out of this place, right now.
Okay, you can stay somewhere in town tonight.
Come on, come on, come on.
I know it's not gonna start. It's not gonna let us leave.
- Why are you stopping? - Wait here a minute.
Do you see something?
Where're you going?
Ashley?
It's not gonna let us go. It's not gonna let us go. I told you.
I told you. It's not gonna let us go. Why won't you listen to me?
No!
I know now that my wife has become host to a Candarian demon.
I fear that the only way
to stop those possessed by the spirits of the book
is through the act of bodily dismemberment.
I would leave now to avoid this horror, but for myself,
I have seen the dark shadows moving in the woods
and I have no doubt that whatever I have resurrected through this book
is sure to come calling for me.
Okay, let me think. It's a seven.
- What suit? - Diamonds.
No, wait. Hearts.
Oh, my God! Seven of hearts. You're right.
Hey, Ash. I guessed the card right.
Yeah, truly amazing, Linda.
I don't know, but I think it's really some sort of extra sense or something,
you know, like ESP.
- Okay, try this. - Okay, it's a seven.
I don't believe it.
Of spades. Queen of spades.
Four of hearts. Eight of spades.
Two of spades! Jack of diamonds!
Jack of clubs!
Why have you disturbed our sleep?
Awakened us from our ancient slumber?
You will die. Like the others before you.
One by one, we will take you.
What happened to her?
Did you see her eyes? Ash, I'm scared. What's wrong with her?
Cheryl. Stop it.
Join us!
Ash, I think we ought to get out of here.
Yeah.
We still have a few more hours before morning.
I don't think I can wait that long.
You have to. We all have to.
And then in the morning, we'll get in the car and we'll take the bridge.
And...
Why does she keep making those horrible noises?
I don't know!
Her eyes. Her eyes.
For God's sake, what happened to her eyes?
Everything's going to be all right.
Scotty. I think there's something out there.
Go to bed and get some sleep. Okay?
Shelly?
Thank you.
I don't know what I would have done
if I had remained on those hot coals,
burning my pretty flesh.
You have pretty skin.
Give it to us.
Join us. Join us...
Join us.
Hit her!
Hit it!
Scott.
Yeah?
What are we going to do?
We're going to bury her.
We can't bury Shelly.
She's a friend of ours.
Ash, she's dead.
Shelly's dead.
We gotta bury her now.
Linda's still sleeping.
- I think once her leg... - I'm getting out of here.
Scott, we can't take Linda anywhere with her leg like that.
We don't even know if there is any other way back besides the bridge.
Well, maybe there's a hiking trail,
or an old road, or some other way around the cliff.
I mean, there's gotta be another way besides the bridge.
Listen to me.
Linda cannot walk with her leg like that.
She can't even stand up.
Well, then we'll leave her here.
Until we can send somebody back.
What? Are you crazy?
Look! I'm getting out!
I don't care what happens to her.
She's your girlfriend, you take care of her.
I'm getting the hell out of here. Right now.
Soon all of you will be like me.
And then we will lock you up in the cellar.
Oh, my God!
Help me!
Scotty. You're going to be okay.
You're going to be just fine. You'll see.
Ash. It's not going to let us leave.
Cheryl was right. We're all going to die here!
No, we're not going to die.
We're all going to die. All of us!
No, we're not going to die!
We're not going to die! We're gonna get out of here.
Now, listen to me, Scotty.
Is there a way around the bridge?
Scotty! Listen to me, please, for God's sake!
Scott!
- Come on. - Ash.
Ash. I don't wanna die.
You're not going to leave me, are you, Ash? Are you?
"I don't wanna die.
"You're not going to leave me here, are you? Are you, Ash?"
Scotty! Now, come on, listen to me, for God's sake!
Is there a way around the bridge?
There's a way. The trail.
But the trees, Ash.
They know.
Don't you see, Ash? They're alive!
Shut up. Shut up, Linda.
Shut up!
Kill her!
Kill her if you can, lover boy.
God forgive me, Linda.
Ash, help me, please!
Ash.
Help me, please, Ash.
Oh, Ash. Please don't let them take me away again.
- Please. - No, won't. I won't. I promise.
Ashley.
Ashley, help me.
Let me out of here.
Ashley?
Ash, help me.
Let me out of here. I'm all right now.
I'm all right now, Ashley.
I'm all right.
Unlock this chain and let me out.
Cheryl?
I'm all right now, Ashley!
Come unlock the chain and let me out!
I'm all right now.
It's your sister, Cheryl.
You bastards! Why are you torturing me like this?
Why?
Shut up!
We're gonna get you
Not another peep
Time to go to sleep
Useless! Useless!
In time we'll come for him and then we'll come for you!
Here.
Now, the sun will be up in an hour or so
and we can all get out of here together.
You, me, Linda, Shelly.
Well...
No, not Shelly, she...
We'll all be going home together.
Wouldn't you like to be going home?
I bet you'd like that, wouldn't you?
Scott?
Join us!
Oh, Linda...
Don't kill me.
The door.
The back door.
Shells.
Where'd I see that box of shells?
We're gonna get you
- Shut up, Linda! - All of us die!
Shut up!
- All of us! - Shut up!
Ash, how sweet of you...
God forgive me, Linda.
...is through the act of bodily dismemberment.
- Hit her! - [ really love it.
- Hit her! - I'll never take it off.
Hit it!
Come on. Come on. Why are you torturing me like this?
Linda.
Join us.
Join us...