1.17 Hell House (transcript)

SUPERNATURAL

1.17 Hell House

Written by: Trey Callaway

Directed by: Chris Long

Air Date: 30 Mar 2006

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TEASER

RICHARDSON, TEXAS. TWO MONTHS AGO.

NIGHT.

Three guys, one holding a torch, and a girl, walk along a muddy path.

GUY 1

Come on man, is it much further? I'm cold.

GUY WITH TORCH

It should be just up here.

A deserted cabin comes into focus through the mist.

GIRL
Whoa.

GUY WITH TORCH
There we go.

GUY 2
How'd you find this place anyway Craig?

CRAIG (guy with torch)
My cousin told me about it.

GIRL
I am so not going in there.

CRAIG
Wuss'. We came allthe way out here may as well check it out.

GUY 1
Let's just hurry this up and get back to the car all right? It's friggin cold out here.

GUY 1 and THIRSTON move ahead.

GUY 2
(To girl) Want me to hold your hand?

Girl thinks about it then takes his hand.

GUY 2
Is there...anything else I can hold?

GIRL
(Hitting him) Loser.

GUY 2
(Laughing) Come on!

Inside the torchlight reflect walls covered in weird symbols.

CRAIG
No way. Look at this stuff.....Come on. It's this way.

They move into another room.

CRAIG
They say that it lives in the root cellar. It goes after girls. Always girls. It just, strongs them up.

GUY 1
They say? Who's they, where'd you hear this crap?

CRAIG
I told you, my cousin.

GUY 1
And where'd she hear it?

CRAIG
I don't know. She heard it.

GUY 1
(Smirking) Whatever. Gimme that thing. (He grabs the torch)

He opens the door to the basement and goes downstairs. The others follow more slowly.

GUY 1
Oh look. It's the evil root cellar. You know where Satan can's all his vegetables. Come on, get your candy ass' down here and see for yourselves. It's just a basement full of skank-filled jars in some crap farmouse. I don't see anything scary. Do you?

The others join him and look around. They freeze, looking over his shoulder, terrified.

GUY 1
What? what is is?

He slowly turns around. A girl hangs from the rafters. He screams.

END TEASER

ACT ONE

INTERSTATE 35. PRESENT DAY

Music: Blue Öyster Cult – Fire of Unknown Origin

The Impala cruises past Big Texas Towing and Salvage yard.

DEAN is driving. He looks over and sees SAM sleeping with his mouth open. He feels around for someting, then gently places a plastic spoon in SAM'S mouth. Grinning, he flips open his phone and takes a photo, then turns the music up loud.

DEAN
(Singing) Fire...of unknown origins...took my baby away!

SAM jerks up, realising something is in his mouth, panics and waves his arms as he spits it out. DEAN air drums along to the song on the steering wheel, then looks over, grinning as SAM wipes his mouth and turns down the music.

SAM
Ha ha, very funny.

DEAN
heh heh heh. Sorry, not a lot of scenery here in East Texas, kinda gotta make your own.

SAM
Man we're not kids anymore Dean. We're not going to start that cap up again.

DEAN Start what up?

SAM
That prank stuff. It's stupid, and it always escalates.

DEAN
What's the matter Sammy, scared you're going to get a little Nair in your shampoo again huh?

SAM
All right, just remember you started it.

DEAN
Ah ha, bring it on baldy.

SAM
Where are we anyway.

DEAN
A few hours outside of Richardson. Gimme the low down again?

SAM
(grabbing some paper) All right, about a month or two ago this group os kids goes poking around in this local haunted house.

DEAN
Haunted by what?

SAM
Apparently, a misongynistic spirit. Legend goes, it takes girls and strings them up in the rafters. Anyway this group of kids see this dead girl hanging in the cellar.

DEAN
Anybody ID the corpse?

SAM
Well, that's the thing. By the time the cops got there the body was gone. So cops are saying the kids were just yanking chains.

DEAN
Maye the cops are right?

SAM
Maybe, but I read a couple of the kids first hand accounts. They seemed pretty sincere.

DEAN
Where did you read these accounts?

SAM
(A little embarrased) Well, I knew we were going to be passing through Texas. So last night, I surfed some local paranormal websites. And I found one

DEAN
And what's it called.

SAM
Hell hounds lair.com

DEAN
Let me guess, streaming live out of Mom's basement.

SAM
(Grinning) Yeah, probably.

DEAN
Yeah. Most of those websites wouldn't know a ghost if it bit 'em in the persqueeter.

SAM
Look. We let Dad take off. Which was a mistake, by the way. And now we don't know where the hell he is and in the meantime we gotta find ourselves something to hunt. There's no harm in checking this out.

DEAN
All right. So where do we find these kids?

SAM
Same place you always find kids in a town like this.

...............................

EXTERIOR. NIGHT. FAST FOOD OUTLET 'RODEO DRIVE'.

The Impala pulls up.

MUSIC:Blue Öyster Cult – Burnin' for You .

Snippets of people talking.

GUY 1
(At outside table) It was the scariest thing I ever saw in my life, I swear to God.

GUY 2
(through the serving hatch) From the moment we walked in the walls were painted black.

GUY 1
Red.

GIRL
(at inside table) I think it was blood

GUY 1
All these freaky symbols.

GUY 2 Crosses and stars and...

GUY 1
Pentagons.

GUY 2
Pentacostals.

GIRL
Whatever, I had my eyes closed the whole time.

GUY 1
But I can damn sure tell you this much. No matter what anyone says...

GIRL
That poor girl.

GUY 2
With the black..

GUY 1
Blonde...

GIRL
Red hair, just hanging there.

GUY 1
Kicking!

GUY 2
Without even moving!

GIRL
She was real.

GUY 1
One hundred percent.

GUY 2
And kinda hot. Well you know in a dead sort of way.

DEAN
(lookng at SAM with eyes raised) Ok!

SAM
And....how'd you find out about this place anyway?

All THREE SITTING TOGETHER NOW
Craig took us.

.........................

INTERIOR. MUSIC SHOP.

CRAIG
(Behind counter) Fellas. Can I help you with anything?

SAM
Yeah, are you Craig Thurston?

CRAIG
I am.

DEAN
Well we're reporters with the Dallas Morning News. I'm Dean, this is Sam.

CRAIG
No way. Well I'm writer too. I write for my school's lit magazine.

DEAN
Well, good for you Morrisey.

SAM
Umm. We're doing an article on local hauntings and rumor has it you might know of one.

CRAIG
You mean the Hell House?

DEAN
That's the one.

CRAIG
I didn't think there was anything to the story.

SAM
Why don't you tell us the story.

CRAIG
Well, supposedly back in the '30s this farmer, Mordacai Murdoch, used to live in this house with his six daughters. It was during the depression, his crops were failing, he didn't have enough money to feed his own children. So I guess that's when he went off the deep end.

DEAN is ignoring SAM and CRAIG and checking out records.

SAM
How?

CRAIG
WEll, he figured it was bets if his girls died quick, rather than starve to death. So he attacked them. They screamed, begged for him to stop but he just strung 'em up, one after the other. And when he was all finished he just turned around and hung himself. Now they say that his spirit is trapped in the house forever, stringing up any other girl that goes inside.

DEAN
Where'd you hear all this.

CRAIG
My cousin Dana told me. I don't know where she heard it from. Ya gotta realise, I didn't believe this for a second.

SAM
But now you do.

CRAIG
I ofn't know what the hell to htink man. You guys, I tell you exactly what I told the police ok? That girl was real. This was not a prank. I swear to God, I don't wanna go anywhere near that house ever again ok?

DEAN
Thanks

............................

EXTERIOR. HELL HOUSE. DAY.

SAM and DEAN slush up the maddy path to the house.

SAM
I can't say I blame the kid.

DEAN
Yeah so much for curb appeal.

Cut to them both looking around. SAM comes back toward DEAN who is holding the EMF. It is given out beeps.

SAM
You got something?

DEAN
(Tapping the EMF) Ye-ah. the EMFs no good.

SAM
Why?

DEAN
(Gesturing at overhead power lines) I think that things still got a little juice in it, it's screwing with all the readings.

SAM
Yeah that'd do it.

DEAN
Yeah. Come on, let's go.

They head inside and start looking around.

DEAN
(Whistling) Looks like old man Murdock as a bit of a tagger in his time.

SAM
And after his time too. That reverse cross has been used by Satanists for centuries but this sigil of sulfer didn't show up in San Franciso until the '60s.

DEAN
(Staring at SAM) That is exactly why you never get laid.

DEAN
(Moving to the other wall) Hey what about this one, you seen this one before?

It is a cross with a dot in the middle, the bottom stroke lookint like an upsidedown question mark.

SAM
No.

DEAN
I have. Somewhere.

SAM

(rubbing the symbol) It's paint. Seems pretty frsh too.

DEAN
I don't know Sam. You know I hate to agree with authority figures of any kind...but the cops may be right about this one.

SAM
Yeah, maybe.

A sudden noise has them on alert. They take up positions either side of an inside door. DEAN nods and they bust through. Bright lights shine in their eyes.

GUY 1
Oh, cut. It's just a coupla humans.

One guy holds a small electrical gadget, the other a camera which he switches off.

GUY 1
What are you guys doing here?

DEAN

What they hell are you doing here?

GUY 1
Ah-ha-ha. We belong here, we're professionals?

DEAN
Professional what?

GUY 1
Paranormal Investigators. (he hands them both a business card) There you go, take a look at that, boys.

DEAN
Oh you gotta be kidding me.

SAM
Ed Zeddmore and Hary Spangler? Hell hounds lair.com, you guys run that website.

ED
Yeah.

DEAN
Oh yeah, yeah, we're huge fans.

ED
And ahh, we know who you guys are too.

DEAN and SAM both look at him sharply.

SAM
Oh yeah?

ED
Amatuers. (DEAN immediately loses interest) Looking for ghosts and cheeap thrills.

HARRY
Yep. So if you guys don't mind, we're trying to conduct a serious scienfitic investigation here.

DEAN
Yeah, what have you got so far?

ED
Harry, why doncha tell 'em about EMF?

HARRY
Well..

SAM
(Playing dumb and trying not to smile) EMF?

HARRY
Electromagnetic field? Spectral entities can cause energy fluctuations that can be read with an EMF detector. Like this bad boy right here.

He turns it on. Dean smirks at SAM.

HARRY
Whoa. Whoa. It's 2.8mg

ED
2.8. It's hot in here.

DEAN whistles in admiration.

SAM
Wow.

DEAN
Huh. So you guys ever really seen a ghost before, or...

ED
Once. We were, uh...we were investigating this old house and we saw a vase fall right off the table...

HARRY
by itself.

ED
Well we didn't actually see it, we heard it. And something like that...it uh...it changes you.

DEAN
Yeah. I think I get the picture. We should go, let them get back to work.

ED
Yeah, you should.

DEAN
Sam.

ED
(As SAM and DEAN leave) Yeah, work.

ED
(To HARRY) I'm sorry. That pot we smoked gave me the giggles.

............................

EXTERIOR. PUBLIC LIBRARY.

SAM exits and comes down the stairs as DEAN approaches.

SAM
Hey.

DEAN
Hey. What you got?

SAM
Well I couldn't find a Mordecai but I did find a Martin Murdockwho lived in that house in the '30s. He did have children but only two of them, and there's no evidence he killed any of them.

DEAN
Huh.

SAM
What about you?

They have reached the Impala and stand talking over the top of it.

DEAN
Well those kids didn't really give us a clear description of that dead girl but I did hit up the police station. No matching missing persons, it's like she never existed. Dude come on, we did our digging, this one's a bust. All right. For all we know those hell hound boys made up the whole thing.

SAM
Yeah all right.

DEAN
I say we find ourself a bar and some beers and leave the legend to the locals.

DEAN gets into the car. SAM leans down, smiling, to look in the window.

DEAN turns the key in the ignition. South American music blasts from the speakers, the wipers turn on and DEAN rears back. He quickly reaches to turn everything off.

DEAN
WHOA! What the...

SAM gets in, laughing. He licks his finger and marks an imaginary '1' in the air then points to himself, laughing at DEAN.

DEAN
(Giving him a dirty look) That's all you got? Sweet. That is bush league.

The impala pulls away.

............................

EXTERIOR. HELLS HOUSE. NIGHT.

Two girls and a guy approach the house.

GUY
This is it. The point of no return.

GIRL 1
Why do I have to go in there?

GIRL 2
Because Jill you chose dare. You either have to grab a jar from Mordechai's cellar and bringn it back or....

GUY
...or you can make out with me.

JILL
(giving them both a dirty look) I'll take the homicidal ghost, thanks.

She turns on her torch and slowly approaches the house, leaving the other two behind.

GUY
Would you ever take that dare?

GIRL
Hell no!

JILL cautiously moves inside. There is a noise like a knive being bought down.

JILL
Hello? Hello? Is there anybody there?

She makes her way to the cellar, looks around and moves toward the jars. One falls and she jumps back, panicked.

Ok. ok ok ok.

She turns and sees Mordechai. He throws a rope around her neck and she screams and keeps screaming as he pulls her up by her neck.

END ACT ONE

ACT TWO

EXTERIOR. HELL HOUSE. DAWN.

Emergency vehicles and men move around. The girls body is bought out on a stretcher.

DEAN and SAM approach an man standing outside.

DEAN
What happened?

YEAH

A coupla cops say a girl hung herself in the house.

SAM
Suicide?

MAN
Yeah. She was a straight A student, with a full ride to UT too. It just dont' make sense.

He walks away.

SAM
Whaddaya think?

I think maybe we missed something.

...........................

EXTERIOR. HELL HOUSE. NIGHT.

A police car is parked outside, two cops stand around. SAM and DEAN crouch in the bushes.

SAM
I guess the cops don't want anyone else screwing around in there.

DEAN
Yeah but we still gotta get in there.

DEAN hears whispers and peaks from their hiding place.

DEAN
I don't believe it.

SAM spins to look. ED and HARRY are approaching hunched over, wearing all sorts of gadgets, whispering to and shh-ing each other.

DEAN
I got an idea.

He rises slightly, turns towards the cops and cups a hand to his mouth.

DEAN
Who ya gunna call!

ED and HARRY
Wha...huh?

COP
Hey you!

There is a muddled mixture of voices.

'Freeze.' 'Run!' 'Come on!' 'Get back here.Hey!'

The cops chase ED and HARRY back down the path. Laughing, SAM and DEAN make a break for the house. Once inside SAM breaks out the guns, handing one to DEAN. DEAN turns on a flashlight.

DEAN
Where have I seen that symbol before? It's killing me!

SAM
Come on, we don't have much time.

They go down to the basement and look around. DEAN spies the jars and picks one upu for a closer look. The pale red liquid inside sloshes around.

DEAN
Hey Sam. I dare you to take a swig of this.

SAM
What the hell would I do that for?

DEAN
.....I double dare you.

SAM just shakes his head, looking away. DEAN grins. A noise has them both on and they move toward the cabinet it came from, guns at the ready. At DEAN'S nod SAM opens the door. Rats squeak and run from the torchlight.

DEAN
(Lifting his feet) Arghh! I hate rats.

SAM
You'd rather it was a ghost?

DEAN
Yes.

Behind SAM'S head we can see Modechai has appeared. SAM and DEAN realise at the same time and swing around to see Mordechai raising an axe above his head. SAM shoots him twice but he's still there. DEAN shoots him again and he mists away.

SAM
What the hell kind of spirit is immune to rock salt?

DEAN
I dunno. Come on. Come on come on!

As they run toward the stairs Mordechai smashes his axe down, catching the shelves and bringing the jars crashing down on DEAN. Mordechai and SAM begin fighting.

SAM
Go! Get outta here!!

Mordechai smahes the electrical box and sparks fly everywhere.

SAM and DEAN bolt for the door.

...............................

Outside, ED and HARRY creep back toward the house.

HARRY
(Raising his night vision goggles) Maybe we should just get out of here.

ED
No. Would John Edward go? We've lost the cops, let's find our centre and get some work done. Ok? All right?

As they approach the porch, camera raised, SAM and DEAN bust out the front door, falling and rolling down onto the grass and springing up to keep running.

DEAN
Get that damn thing outta my face

SAM
Go go go!

ED and HARRY are staring at the door where Mordechai lurks.

ED
Sweet Lord...

HARRY
..........of the rings. RUN!!! GO GO GO

They turn to flee...and run straight into the arms of the cops.

HARRY
look, there's a...Look. There's a man over there....I saw....where'd he go?

COPS
(Grabbing their collars) Boys come on.

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