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[electric flickering]
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- [panting, whimpering]
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[gasps]
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[gasping, whimpering]
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[water dripping]
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[male voice laughing]
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[footsteps thump]
[metallic clank]
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- [gasping, panting]
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[whimpering]
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[electric static surge]
[gasps]
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[male voice laughing]
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[laughter continues]
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- It's okay, you're okay,
you're okay, okay--
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[gasps]
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- Help me, Rachel.
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[baby's distorted laugh]
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[eerie carousel music]
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♪ ♪
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[music grows louder]
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♪ ♪
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[metal squeaking]
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- [gasps, whimpers]
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♪ ♪
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It can't be real.
[panting]
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Wake up.
Please wake up.
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[thump, thud]
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[thump, thud]
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- Hello, Rachel.
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Welcome to the show.
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- No.
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[gasps]
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[panting]
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[birds fluttering]
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[whispering]
It was just a dream.
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It was
just a dream.
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[eerie music]
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♪ ♪
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[distant screaming]
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[somber music]
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♪ ♪
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[metal thumping]
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[children laughing]
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♪ ♪
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[match striking]
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[birds chirping]
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[door thuds]
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- You still haven't finished
unpacking?
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- [mumbling]
Soon.
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- It is your first day of
school,
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and we are
in a new town.
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This is a very big deal.
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- Why are you so caffeinated?
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- I haven't even had a cup of
coffee, yet.
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Can you believe it?
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That's how excited I am
about this.
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Aren't you excited?
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[Liam Gallagher's
"Shockwave" playing]
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Rachel?
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Rachel, Rachel!
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- ♪ Now I'm back in the city ♪
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♪ The lights are up on me ♪
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- Rachel?
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Well, this is a chance to
reinvent yourself.
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You're starting
with a blank slate.
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You get to decide
who you wanna be.
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Rachel.
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- ♪ All your darkness...♪
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- Going to a new school
provides new opportunities.
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This is an entirely
different speech.
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- ♪ Brace yourself world,
it's about to blow your mind ♪
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♪ It's comin' 'round
like a shockwave, hey ♪
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♪ It's comin' round like
a shock-- ♪
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- Hello, young man.
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- Hello...lady.
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- We're your new neighbors.
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- Right, uh...
I noticed.
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- Rachel, say something
to the boy.
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- I'm Rachel?
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- Is that a question?
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- No, no, I mean, um--
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- Gavin.
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- See, making friends already.
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[melancholy music]
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- ♪ Darkness falls into...♪
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- Are you thinking
about that boy?
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I mean, that young man was
a real Timothée "Shalamat."
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Did I say that name right?
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- No. It's Chalam--I think.
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- I mean, he looks like he
could be the love interest
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in a teen romance movie,
doesn't he?
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- Mom!
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- What?
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He's handsome.
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It's the first day of school,
honey.
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This is the best day ever.
- ♪ The world goes dancing ♪
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♪ On and on ♪
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♪ To the ever-moving ♪
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♪ Onward song ♪
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♪ And all there was ♪
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♪ Is left in the dust...♪
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[song fades]
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- Have a good day, sweetie!
[thunder cracks]
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- Now, listen,
honey, I am so proud of you.
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- No more speeches.
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You love me.
I get it.
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You also think I'll make
friends this time around,
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which is
excessively optimistic.
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I'm just gonna do my best,
Okay?
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- That's all I ask.
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- You know,
I'm rooting for you.
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I am your biggest fan.
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- I know, Mom.
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- Love you.
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Be careful.
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- [sighs]
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[groans]
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[overlapping chatter]
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[Tony and The Monstrosities'
"Igor's Party" playing]
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♪ ♪
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- ♪ Through my mailbox,
a letter dropped ♪
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♪ An invitation
to a rock'n'roll hop ♪
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♪ Sent to me by
a friend of mine ♪
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♪ Who lives in a castle
with Frankenstein ♪
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- Yo, Porky!
Watch this.
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- ♪ Igor, Igor,
what's your plan? ♪
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♪ Going out tonight
and dig a rock'n'roll band ♪
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- Hey, man, what'd you
do that for?
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- Dude, I'm sorry.
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- ♪ The band was great
and the floor was wide ♪
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♪ Three big cats rocking
side to side ♪
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♪ Up one side,
down the other ♪
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♪ Dracula was dancing with
Frankenstein's mother...♪
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- [groans]
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[sighs]
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- Need some help?
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- Uh...
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- Not many things I'm good at,
but I've mastered the art
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of opening
these death traps.
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The trick is you gotta--
you gotta--
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- Oh, back, got it, yeah,
Mm-hmm.
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- You gotta--you gotta--
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[locker slams]
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- Nice going, Adam.
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- Apply force the first time.
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They get pretty sticky.
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And then...
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Huh?
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[bell rings]
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That didn't work.
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- I appreciate the attempt.
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[overlapping chatter]
- Who's that?
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- Oh, I see we have
a new student.
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All right, come on up
to the front of the class.
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Okay,
everybody please be quiet
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while the new girl
introduces herself.
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[upbeat instrumental music]
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♪ ♪
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- [softly]
Hi, I'm Rachel Carpenter.
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- You'll have to speak up.
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I don't think
they can hear you.
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- [louder] Hi,
I'm Rachel Carpenter.
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- And tell them something
about yourself.
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- I'm...new.
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[laughter]
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- Well, thank you
for sharing that very...
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informative information
with us today.
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Okay, I'm assuming
that you all know
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that the square root
of 64 is--
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- [whispering]
Hey.
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Strong speech.
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- [sighs]
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Thanks.
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Put a lot of work into it.
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- I can tell.
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- [chuckles]
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- I'm Graham.
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- Watch horror movies?
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- Yeah.
Just a suggestion.
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- H-have you seen
"The Changeling"?
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- Have I seen "The Changeling"?
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Please.
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Wait, have you seen
"The Changeling"?
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- [chuckles]
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- My performance
of Harold Hill
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was referred to as, uh,
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intensely loud.
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Referred to as loud on stage...
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[soft music]
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♪ ♪
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♪ ♪
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[bell rings]
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- Okay, uh, don't forget.
Page 24 by tomorrow.
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All right,
thanks, everybody.
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[overlapping chatter]
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- [whispering]
No.
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No way.
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It's just a drawing.
It's a--
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Oh, that's a smoothie.
That's a moldy smoothie.
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Graham, you're the hero.
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You can do this.
You can do this.
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[upbeat electronic music]
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Nope.
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Okay, don't puke, don't puke
don't puke, don't--
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00:10:01,365 --> 00:10:04,505
[coughs]
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00:10:04,572 --> 00:10:05,772
[squirts sanitizer]
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00:10:05,848 --> 00:10:08,708
[upbeat electronic music]
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00:10:08,779 --> 00:10:10,709
[sighs]
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00:10:13,779 --> 00:10:15,269
[eerie whispers]
209
00:10:15,331 --> 00:10:17,151
Mr. Tophat?
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00:10:17,952 --> 00:10:19,222
[camera clicks]
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00:10:21,676 --> 00:10:24,466
[indistinct chatter]
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00:10:24,538 --> 00:10:27,398
[somber electronic music]
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♪ ♪
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- Sorry, it's taken.
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♪ ♪
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00:10:42,538 --> 00:10:45,368
- Gavin, that's so funny.
[laughs]
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♪ ♪
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- Mind if I join you?
219
00:10:57,262 --> 00:10:59,122
- Are you serious?
220
00:11:02,641 --> 00:11:06,221
You are serious.
Oh.
221
00:11:06,296 --> 00:11:08,126
Wow, uh...
222
00:11:12,124 --> 00:11:14,264
I'm bad at talking
to people.
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00:11:14,331 --> 00:11:16,641
- That's okay.
224
00:11:16,710 --> 00:11:18,680
I-I like silence.
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- Awesome.
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- Attention students of
Herbert West Middle School...
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00:11:26,986 --> 00:11:28,126
[camera clicks]
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00:11:28,193 --> 00:11:29,503
[bell rings]
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00:11:29,572 --> 00:11:31,052
- I think it was good,
but it was more like...
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[upbeat instrumental music]
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00:11:34,883 --> 00:11:36,393
That.
- That was good.
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- Hey, buddy.
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- I'll see you guys later.
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00:11:40,331 --> 00:11:41,951
- See ya.
235
00:11:42,021 --> 00:11:44,051
- I can't believe you did that.
236
00:11:44,124 --> 00:11:45,844
- Okay, I know it's slightly
creepy to take this picture
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00:11:45,917 --> 00:11:47,297
without her knowing,
but I just--
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- No, I mean I can't believe
you took it out of the trash.
239
00:11:49,917 --> 00:11:51,707
You wash your hands
50 times a day.
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00:11:51,779 --> 00:11:55,469
- At that moment, my curiosity
outweighed my germophobia.
241
00:11:55,538 --> 00:11:56,958
- Has that ever
happened before?
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00:11:57,021 --> 00:11:58,841
- [whispering]
Never.
243
00:11:58,917 --> 00:12:00,747
- You might have
something here.
244
00:12:00,814 --> 00:12:03,084
Talk to Akiko.
- Okay.
245
00:12:03,158 --> 00:12:04,958
Uh, see you later, Louise.
- No.
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00:12:05,021 --> 00:12:06,841
[dramatic music]
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00:12:06,917 --> 00:12:09,817
- [groaning]
248
00:12:09,883 --> 00:12:11,333
- Oh, no!
It's a zombie!
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- Cut!
Cut, cut.
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00:12:13,538 --> 00:12:14,508
[music fades]
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[sighs]
The line is,
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"Oh my God,
it's a zombie."
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00:12:17,848 --> 00:12:18,778
- Does it really matter,
Akiko?
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00:12:18,848 --> 00:12:19,818
- You're fired.
255
00:12:19,883 --> 00:12:21,773
- You're joking.
- Am I?
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00:12:21,848 --> 00:12:23,578
- Aah!
- [gasps]
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00:12:23,641 --> 00:12:24,641
- I knew...
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00:12:24,710 --> 00:12:26,610
that was a kid in makeup.
259
00:12:26,676 --> 00:12:27,646
[upbeat electronic music]
260
00:12:27,710 --> 00:12:29,440
- You haven't picked
a brain yet.
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00:12:29,503 --> 00:12:31,053
- The good one.
262
00:12:31,124 --> 00:12:32,884
- Hey, Akiko, when are you
gonna let me do the music
263
00:12:32,952 --> 00:12:33,952
for one of your productions?
264
00:12:34,021 --> 00:12:35,331
- I don't work with friends,
Graham.
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00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:36,270
- That's a weird rule.
266
00:12:36,331 --> 00:12:38,151
- I must push my collaborators.
267
00:12:38,227 --> 00:12:39,577
I'd be too worried
about your feelings.
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[police siren wails]
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Party's over.
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Look, it's Argenta's finest.
271
00:12:45,469 --> 00:12:47,399
- We've received many
complaints from the neighbors
272
00:12:47,469 --> 00:12:48,509
in the area.
273
00:12:48,572 --> 00:12:50,432
- Hmm. Can't imagine why.
274
00:12:50,503 --> 00:12:52,843
- Something about a slide
covered in blood?
275
00:12:54,089 --> 00:12:55,399
- Mommy?
276
00:12:55,469 --> 00:12:56,469
- It's corn syrup.
277
00:12:56,538 --> 00:12:58,748
- I also heard
there were explosions.
278
00:12:58,814 --> 00:13:00,154
Plural?
- Please.
279
00:13:00,227 --> 00:13:02,367
Those were very minor
pyrotechnics.
280
00:13:02,434 --> 00:13:03,814
I've got it all
under control.
281
00:13:03,883 --> 00:13:05,983
[boom]
- [screams]
282
00:13:08,331 --> 00:13:10,121
- I'm sorry!
283
00:13:10,193 --> 00:13:11,913
- [sighs]
That's a wrap, everyone.
284
00:13:11,986 --> 00:13:13,366
Great work today.
285
00:13:14,676 --> 00:13:16,156
- You know, it seems like it
would be kinda cool
286
00:13:16,227 --> 00:13:17,467
to have a cop as a brother.
287
00:13:17,538 --> 00:13:18,748
- How?
288
00:13:18,814 --> 00:13:20,084
- I don't know.
Like if--if you got a ticket?
289
00:13:20,158 --> 00:13:22,918
Maybe he could help you
with it?
290
00:13:22,986 --> 00:13:24,776
- I don't drive.
291
00:13:24,848 --> 00:13:28,128
So you really took a piece of
paper out of the trash?
292
00:13:28,193 --> 00:13:31,083
- Yes, why is that
so surprising to everyone?
293
00:13:31,158 --> 00:13:33,988
Right, 'cause it's totally
out of character for me.
294
00:13:35,227 --> 00:13:36,267
[whispering]
That was weird.
295
00:13:36,331 --> 00:13:37,331
- What's the new girl's
name?
296
00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:38,820
- Rachel.
297
00:13:38,883 --> 00:13:40,433
- And she'd asked you if you'd
seen "The Changeling".
298
00:13:40,503 --> 00:13:41,773
- Yep.
299
00:13:41,848 --> 00:13:43,438
- Not terrible.
300
00:13:43,503 --> 00:13:44,913
It shows some promise.
301
00:13:44,986 --> 00:13:46,226
Let's see if she's got
the right stuff.
302
00:13:51,745 --> 00:13:53,885
- I realize what went wrong
yesterday.
303
00:13:53,952 --> 00:13:56,082
I shoulda used
my other shoulder.
304
00:13:56,158 --> 00:13:57,468
I'll get it right this time.
305
00:14:00,883 --> 00:14:02,293
Oh.
306
00:14:04,331 --> 00:14:06,431
- Adam.
Save me a spot at lunch.
307
00:14:10,779 --> 00:14:13,919
[eerie music]
308
00:14:14,676 --> 00:14:16,156
TMS?
309
00:14:18,986 --> 00:14:23,026
"What is scarier...
A vampire or a werewolf?
310
00:14:23,089 --> 00:14:24,959
"Put your answer in the wall
behind the curtain
311
00:14:25,021 --> 00:14:26,361
"in the theater classroom.
312
00:14:26,434 --> 00:14:29,364
"PS--do not tell a soul
about this
313
00:14:29,434 --> 00:14:31,914
or you will be
disqualified."
314
00:14:37,745 --> 00:14:40,125
A vampire is much scarier.
315
00:14:40,193 --> 00:14:43,393
A werewolf only changes
during a full moon.
316
00:14:43,469 --> 00:14:45,779
A vampire is a vampire
every night.
317
00:14:45,848 --> 00:14:52,958
♪ ♪
318
00:14:58,469 --> 00:15:00,989
"Would you rather be a ghost
or a zombie?"
319
00:15:01,055 --> 00:15:05,775
♪ ♪
320
00:15:05,848 --> 00:15:07,708
I'd rather be a ghost.
321
00:15:07,779 --> 00:15:10,269
Ghosts at least get to keep
their personalities.
322
00:15:10,331 --> 00:15:13,911
Besides, sometimes I feel
like a ghost already.
323
00:15:13,986 --> 00:15:21,086
♪ ♪
324
00:15:22,848 --> 00:15:24,888
"Would you rather spend
the night in a haunted house
325
00:15:24,952 --> 00:15:26,052
or a cemetery?"
326
00:15:26,124 --> 00:15:27,884
♪ ♪
327
00:15:27,952 --> 00:15:31,222
I'd sleep in a cemetery.
That sounds peaceful.
328
00:15:31,296 --> 00:15:32,746
Unless it's raining,
329
00:15:32,814 --> 00:15:35,744
then I'd risk staying
in a haunted house.
330
00:15:35,814 --> 00:15:39,884
PS--is the house haunted by
scary ghosts or nice ghosts?
331
00:15:39,952 --> 00:15:41,502
That makes a big difference.
332
00:15:41,572 --> 00:15:48,502
♪ ♪
333
00:15:50,676 --> 00:15:53,336
"Congratulations!
You have passed the challenge.
334
00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:54,780
Be there at midnight."
335
00:15:54,848 --> 00:15:57,158
Yes!
[giggles]
336
00:16:06,021 --> 00:16:08,021
Who are these guys?
337
00:16:13,710 --> 00:16:16,650
[somber music]
338
00:16:16,710 --> 00:16:23,710
♪ ♪
339
00:16:23,779 --> 00:16:27,679
[heavy breathing]
340
00:16:33,917 --> 00:16:35,707
I can do this.
341
00:16:35,779 --> 00:16:36,749
[animal calls]
342
00:16:41,262 --> 00:16:42,152
[wings fluttering]
343
00:16:42,227 --> 00:16:43,157
[surprised yell]
344
00:16:43,227 --> 00:16:45,267
[animal squeals]
345
00:16:49,572 --> 00:16:56,462
♪ ♪
346
00:17:03,296 --> 00:17:06,396
[water sloshing]
347
00:17:10,469 --> 00:17:12,269
[grunts]
348
00:17:12,331 --> 00:17:14,431
Almost there.
349
00:17:18,917 --> 00:17:20,127
[wood snaps]
350
00:17:20,193 --> 00:17:23,293
[heavy breathing]
351
00:17:25,021 --> 00:17:27,701
Hello?
352
00:17:28,745 --> 00:17:29,775
[wood snaps]
353
00:17:40,710 --> 00:17:43,650
[ominous music]
354
00:17:43,710 --> 00:17:45,990
[birds squawking]
355
00:17:46,055 --> 00:17:47,845
Hello?
356
00:17:47,917 --> 00:17:49,367
Is someone there?
357
00:17:50,986 --> 00:17:54,086
[foliage rustling]
358
00:17:57,262 --> 00:17:58,882
[twig snaps]
359
00:17:58,952 --> 00:18:00,702
[whispering]
Don't be scared.
360
00:18:00,779 --> 00:18:02,159
Don't be
scared.
361
00:18:02,227 --> 00:18:03,747
Don't be scared.
362
00:18:03,814 --> 00:18:05,124
Don't be
scared.
363
00:18:05,193 --> 00:18:06,193
Don't be scared.
364
00:18:06,262 --> 00:18:08,292
[wings fluttering]
[gasps]
365
00:18:11,296 --> 00:18:14,086
This is a bad, bad, bad idea.
366
00:18:14,158 --> 00:18:15,058
[running footsteps]
367
00:18:15,124 --> 00:18:16,224
[gasps]
368
00:18:16,296 --> 00:18:18,266
[rapid footsteps]
369
00:18:18,331 --> 00:18:21,431
[voices giggling]
370
00:18:24,021 --> 00:18:24,951
- Rachel.
371
00:18:25,021 --> 00:18:25,981
- [screams]
372
00:18:26,055 --> 00:18:27,985
[suspenseful music]
373
00:18:28,055 --> 00:18:31,125
[frantic breathing]
374
00:18:36,710 --> 00:18:43,610
♪ ♪
375
00:18:46,883 --> 00:18:48,703
- Put this on.
376
00:18:53,952 --> 00:18:55,152
- Now.
377
00:19:02,262 --> 00:19:05,332
- [shallow breathing]
378
00:19:16,021 --> 00:19:16,951
[gasps]
379
00:19:26,745 --> 00:19:28,465
[animal calls]
380
00:19:30,883 --> 00:19:32,393
- Take a seat.
381
00:19:36,538 --> 00:19:38,268
- You have passed
the initial trials.
382
00:19:38,331 --> 00:19:39,331
- Trials?
383
00:19:39,400 --> 00:19:40,750
- There is one final step.
384
00:19:40,814 --> 00:19:42,464
- You'll meet us
at the exact same place,
385
00:19:42,538 --> 00:19:43,848
tomorrow at midnight.
386
00:19:43,917 --> 00:19:46,747
You have 24 hours to come up
with a story.
387
00:19:46,814 --> 00:19:50,024
- A story?
- A truly scary story.
388
00:19:50,089 --> 00:19:54,199
- If we like your story,
you'll join our group.
389
00:19:54,262 --> 00:19:56,812
If we don't,
we will never contact you
390
00:19:56,883 --> 00:19:59,463
ever again.
391
00:19:59,538 --> 00:20:01,158
You get one opportunity,
Rachel.
392
00:20:01,227 --> 00:20:03,577
Do not waste it.
393
00:20:08,469 --> 00:20:10,299
- I-I'm gonna need
more than a day
394
00:20:10,365 --> 00:20:11,435
to come up with
something great.
395
00:20:11,503 --> 00:20:13,953
- That's all you get.
396
00:20:14,021 --> 00:20:17,671
- I declare this meeting of
The Midnight Society closed.
397
00:20:17,745 --> 00:20:20,125
[fire sizzles]
398
00:20:20,193 --> 00:20:21,433
- [gasps]
399
00:20:21,503 --> 00:20:23,953
- Do not tell anyone
about us.
400
00:20:27,193 --> 00:20:30,123
[dramatic music]
401
00:20:30,193 --> 00:20:37,573
♪ ♪
402
00:20:37,641 --> 00:20:38,571
- [chuckles]
403
00:20:43,089 --> 00:20:44,439
[knock on door]
404
00:20:44,503 --> 00:20:46,883
- Coming, coming, coming.
405
00:20:46,952 --> 00:20:50,602
Oh, Rachel, there's someone
here to see you.
406
00:20:52,676 --> 00:20:55,776
Oh, thank you.
[laughs]
407
00:20:55,848 --> 00:20:58,958
I know.
408
00:20:59,021 --> 00:21:00,431
- Hi.
409
00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:02,610
- Hi.
410
00:21:02,676 --> 00:21:05,536
- Morning.
- Hi.
411
00:21:05,607 --> 00:21:07,127
- Your mom and I were just
talking about
412
00:21:07,193 --> 00:21:09,953
the hot summer nights here.
413
00:21:10,021 --> 00:21:12,361
Well, I just figured you could
give your mom the day off
414
00:21:12,434 --> 00:21:14,294
and walk me to school today?
415
00:21:14,365 --> 00:21:17,985
- Uh...
- It's not that far.
416
00:21:18,055 --> 00:21:20,335
Plus it's good exercise.
417
00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:22,920
[upbeat instrumental music]
418
00:21:22,986 --> 00:21:24,436
- Sure.
419
00:21:24,503 --> 00:21:26,333
Whatever, I guess I could walk.
420
00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:27,510
- Cool.
421
00:21:29,538 --> 00:21:33,058
So I saw you last night.
422
00:21:33,124 --> 00:21:34,674
- W-when?
423
00:21:34,745 --> 00:21:36,055
- At 2:00 a.m.
424
00:21:36,124 --> 00:21:37,674
- Um, uh--
425
00:21:37,745 --> 00:21:40,195
- You were climbing
in your window.
426
00:21:40,262 --> 00:21:43,432
- Uh, I was at a party.
427
00:21:43,503 --> 00:21:45,223
- Oh, really?
428
00:21:45,296 --> 00:21:46,776
- Oh, for sure.
429
00:21:46,848 --> 00:21:48,818
I love partying.
430
00:21:48,883 --> 00:21:50,673
- Yeah, cool.
431
00:21:52,814 --> 00:21:54,674
- Oh.
432
00:21:54,745 --> 00:21:56,125
- What was that?
433
00:21:56,193 --> 00:21:58,773
Practically saw a light bulb
appear over your head.
434
00:21:58,848 --> 00:22:01,888
- I'm trying to come up with
a good idea for a story.
435
00:22:01,952 --> 00:22:05,122
- Oh, for what?
436
00:22:05,193 --> 00:22:06,883
- For class.
437
00:22:06,952 --> 00:22:08,952
- What class?
438
00:22:09,021 --> 00:22:10,641
- Story class?
439
00:22:10,710 --> 00:22:13,470
- What kind of story?
440
00:22:13,538 --> 00:22:16,888
- I have to come up with
something scary.
441
00:22:16,952 --> 00:22:18,742
Can't decide what to do.
442
00:22:18,814 --> 00:22:21,334
- That's easy.
443
00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,850
Yeah, we're all afraid
of something.
444
00:22:23,917 --> 00:22:27,227
I'm afraid of vampires,
spiders, pop quizzes.
445
00:22:27,296 --> 00:22:28,296
- [laughs]
446
00:22:28,365 --> 00:22:29,575
- What are you afraid of?
447
00:22:29,641 --> 00:22:32,191
What scares you the most?
448
00:22:32,262 --> 00:22:34,022
- Um...
449
00:22:35,365 --> 00:22:38,125
I know what
I'm gonna write about.
450
00:22:38,193 --> 00:22:39,843
- Glad I could help.
451
00:22:39,917 --> 00:22:41,297
- Me too.
452
00:22:41,365 --> 00:22:43,815
- Lightning always strikes
in a concentrated area.
453
00:22:43,883 --> 00:22:47,193
Why am I telling you this
in math class?
454
00:22:47,262 --> 00:22:48,192
[baby's distorted laugh]
455
00:22:48,262 --> 00:22:49,152
The atmospheric condi--
456
00:22:49,227 --> 00:22:50,467
[eerie music]
457
00:22:51,503 --> 00:22:54,503
- [mumbling]
458
00:22:54,572 --> 00:22:57,332
[upbeat electronic music]
459
00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:58,510
[sighs]
460
00:23:02,158 --> 00:23:05,368
♪ ♪
461
00:23:05,434 --> 00:23:07,574
[heavy breathing]
462
00:23:09,055 --> 00:23:11,885
[gasps]
463
00:23:11,952 --> 00:23:18,572
♪ ♪
464
00:23:18,641 --> 00:23:22,951
- It's all part of the show.
465
00:23:26,158 --> 00:23:27,818
- Let's do this.
466
00:23:34,676 --> 00:23:37,466
[ominous music]
467
00:23:37,538 --> 00:23:39,228
♪ ♪
468
00:23:39,296 --> 00:23:41,776
Bring on the bag.
469
00:23:41,848 --> 00:23:43,028
I'm ready.
470
00:23:46,986 --> 00:23:47,956
[gasps]
471
00:23:54,848 --> 00:23:56,818
- Toss a handful of this
in the fire.
472
00:23:59,883 --> 00:24:06,883
♪ ♪
473
00:24:08,469 --> 00:24:10,159
[fire whooshes]
474
00:24:13,089 --> 00:24:20,029
♪ ♪
475
00:24:21,917 --> 00:24:26,747
- Every story begins
with these words,
476
00:24:26,814 --> 00:24:29,644
followed by the title
of your story.
477
00:24:35,779 --> 00:24:38,399
- "Submitted for the approval
of The Midnight Society.
478
00:24:38,469 --> 00:24:42,229
I call this story..."
479
00:24:42,296 --> 00:24:46,886
"The Tale of Mr. Tophat
and the Carnival of Doom."
480
00:24:48,676 --> 00:24:50,536
They called it
The Carnival of Doom.
481
00:24:50,607 --> 00:24:52,227
- Are you ready?
482
00:24:52,296 --> 00:24:54,536
- Her parents promised her
it wouldn't be that scary.
483
00:24:54,607 --> 00:24:56,227
[fire whooshes]
484
00:24:56,296 --> 00:24:57,296
- Wow!
485
00:24:57,365 --> 00:24:58,845
- Isn't that something?
486
00:24:58,917 --> 00:25:01,297
- The Carnival of Doom lives up
to its name, huh?
487
00:25:01,365 --> 00:25:02,395
Come on.
488
00:25:02,469 --> 00:25:03,749
- Thank you, have a nice--
489
00:25:03,814 --> 00:25:05,224
- They promised her
it would be fun.
490
00:25:05,296 --> 00:25:06,436
- Move along, folks.
491
00:25:06,503 --> 00:25:07,883
- But what they didn't know
492
00:25:07,952 --> 00:25:09,262
was she liked being scared.
493
00:25:09,331 --> 00:25:10,701
- Is it--is it really
free admission?
494
00:25:10,779 --> 00:25:12,029
I mean, what's--what's
the catch?
495
00:25:12,089 --> 00:25:13,339
- No catch, my friend.
496
00:25:13,400 --> 00:25:15,540
Tonight only.
Come right in.
497
00:25:15,607 --> 00:25:16,747
- Or at least, she did.
498
00:25:16,814 --> 00:25:20,264
- [laughs]
- Okay, come on, yeah.
499
00:25:20,331 --> 00:25:21,981
- Because after that night,
500
00:25:22,055 --> 00:25:26,535
she never set foot
in a carnival again.
501
00:25:26,607 --> 00:25:28,537
[suspenseful music]
502
00:25:28,607 --> 00:25:30,057
- [screaming]
503
00:25:33,158 --> 00:25:34,298
- The young girl grabbed her
mother's sleeve and--
504
00:25:34,365 --> 00:25:36,265
- W-w-w-wait.
The clown had no eyes?
505
00:25:36,331 --> 00:25:37,431
- Yes.
506
00:25:37,503 --> 00:25:38,813
- Nothing at all?
507
00:25:38,883 --> 00:25:40,603
Like, nothing
in his eye sockets or anything?
508
00:25:40,676 --> 00:25:42,776
- Look, if the story
is too scary,
509
00:25:42,848 --> 00:25:44,468
I can always tone it
down for you.
510
00:25:44,538 --> 00:25:45,888
- [laughs]
511
00:25:45,952 --> 00:25:47,152
Too scary? Ha.
512
00:25:47,227 --> 00:25:48,707
What? I-I mean,
513
00:25:48,779 --> 00:25:52,089
if anything, it's not
too scary enough, so...
514
00:25:52,158 --> 00:25:55,028
- Please continue.
515
00:25:56,262 --> 00:25:59,152
- As I was saying...
516
00:25:59,227 --> 00:26:01,707
the young girl grabbed her
mother's sleeve
517
00:26:01,779 --> 00:26:04,509
and told her what she saw.
518
00:26:04,572 --> 00:26:06,152
- He has no eyes.
519
00:26:06,227 --> 00:26:08,817
Have him take off his glasses.
You'll see.
520
00:26:10,710 --> 00:26:13,510
- Your glasses--would you mind?
521
00:26:15,607 --> 00:26:16,777
- Not at all, ma'am.
522
00:26:16,848 --> 00:26:19,958
[suspenseful music]
523
00:26:20,917 --> 00:26:24,297
[eerie orchestral music]
524
00:26:24,365 --> 00:26:27,885
♪ ♪
525
00:26:27,952 --> 00:26:30,192
- Seems like someone's letting
her imagination get to her.
526
00:26:30,262 --> 00:26:31,742
- Yeah.
527
00:26:35,021 --> 00:26:37,081
- Maybe this is
too much for you.
528
00:26:37,158 --> 00:26:38,538
You wanna go home?
529
00:26:38,607 --> 00:26:40,917
Nothing bad will happen
tonight.
530
00:26:40,986 --> 00:26:42,296
I promise.
531
00:26:42,365 --> 00:26:43,605
You can trust me.
532
00:26:43,676 --> 00:26:46,466
- If only her mother knew
how wrong she was.
533
00:26:46,538 --> 00:26:48,708
- Popcorn, honey.
534
00:26:48,779 --> 00:26:51,469
- Everyone enter the big tent.
535
00:26:51,538 --> 00:26:55,608
Tonight's spooky festivities
will begin right inside.
536
00:26:55,676 --> 00:26:58,576
Everyone report directly
to the big tent.
537
00:27:03,227 --> 00:27:06,127
[applause]
538
00:27:09,745 --> 00:27:11,955
[microphone feedback]
539
00:27:12,021 --> 00:27:15,021
- Welcome to tonight's
main event.
540
00:27:15,089 --> 00:27:16,989
I am Bartholomew.
541
00:27:17,055 --> 00:27:20,225
It is my honor
to introduce to you
542
00:27:20,296 --> 00:27:24,366
the master of ceremonies,
king of the carnival,
543
00:27:24,434 --> 00:27:29,604
emperor of the night,
and friend to no man.
544
00:27:29,676 --> 00:27:32,886
[cheers and applause]
545
00:27:40,055 --> 00:27:42,985
[floor thumping]
546
00:27:44,607 --> 00:27:49,707
You may call him...
Mr. Tophat.
547
00:27:49,779 --> 00:27:52,889
[cheers and applause]
548
00:27:56,986 --> 00:27:59,536
- Ladies and gentlemen,
549
00:27:59,607 --> 00:28:01,467
boys and girls,
550
00:28:01,538 --> 00:28:03,468
cats and dogs,
551
00:28:03,538 --> 00:28:05,468
ghouls and goblins,
552
00:28:05,538 --> 00:28:08,398
fast zombies, slow zombies,
553
00:28:08,469 --> 00:28:09,919
creatures of the night,
554
00:28:09,986 --> 00:28:11,706
enemies of the day,
555
00:28:11,779 --> 00:28:17,469
lovers of fun, and haters of
everything good and decent.
556
00:28:17,538 --> 00:28:19,648
[laughter]
557
00:28:19,710 --> 00:28:25,200
Welcome
to The Carnival of Doom.
558
00:28:25,262 --> 00:28:26,952
[all murmuring]
559
00:28:28,676 --> 00:28:30,026
Ladies and gentlemen,
560
00:28:30,089 --> 00:28:31,749
please forgive these
technical difficulties.
561
00:28:31,814 --> 00:28:32,744
- What's going on?
562
00:28:32,814 --> 00:28:34,464
- Let's just wait.
563
00:28:34,538 --> 00:28:36,918
- We'll be right with you
in just a moment.
564
00:28:38,296 --> 00:28:39,676
- I'm right here.
- We should--we should go home.
565
00:28:39,745 --> 00:28:40,745
- It's all right.
566
00:28:40,814 --> 00:28:42,674
- [screams]
- [shouts]
567
00:28:42,745 --> 00:28:45,845
Very good scream.
Use that one later.
568
00:28:45,917 --> 00:28:47,677
Oh, don't be alarmed,
everyone.
569
00:28:47,745 --> 00:28:49,845
It's all part of the show.
570
00:28:49,917 --> 00:28:53,027
You may experience things here
that are going to...
571
00:28:53,089 --> 00:28:55,709
Shake you to your very core.
572
00:28:55,779 --> 00:28:57,369
Right down here, right?
[laughs]
573
00:28:57,434 --> 00:28:58,884
[smooches]
574
00:28:58,952 --> 00:29:03,502
But just remember, everyone,
it's all part of the...
575
00:29:03,572 --> 00:29:04,502
- Show.
576
00:29:04,572 --> 00:29:05,882
- Yes.
577
00:29:05,952 --> 00:29:08,262
- She understood
what was happening.
578
00:29:08,331 --> 00:29:09,841
- [gasps]
Look.
579
00:29:09,917 --> 00:29:12,507
- They were putting on a show.
She liked being scared.
580
00:29:12,572 --> 00:29:14,022
This was fun.
581
00:29:14,089 --> 00:29:18,159
- Oh, now the real fun begins.
582
00:29:18,227 --> 00:29:22,057
[laughter]
583
00:29:22,124 --> 00:29:25,674
Outside of this tent,
adventure is in store.
584
00:29:25,745 --> 00:29:28,025
We've got rides.
- Rides.
585
00:29:28,089 --> 00:29:31,339
- We've got food, thrills,
danger,
586
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,200
whatever you could
possibly want,
587
00:29:33,262 --> 00:29:36,462
whatever you could
possibly feel.
588
00:29:36,538 --> 00:29:40,778
But remember,
no matter how it may seem,
589
00:29:40,848 --> 00:29:44,508
it's all part of the show.
590
00:29:44,572 --> 00:29:47,432
[cheers and applause]
591
00:29:49,538 --> 00:29:50,538
- [laughs]
592
00:29:50,607 --> 00:29:51,847
- Let's go on some rides!
593
00:29:51,917 --> 00:29:53,367
- Sure, yeah, okay.
Whatever you wanna do, honey.
594
00:29:53,434 --> 00:29:54,434
- All right.
595
00:29:54,503 --> 00:29:55,603
- Let's go.
Fun.
596
00:29:55,676 --> 00:29:56,706
That was fun.
597
00:29:56,779 --> 00:29:58,299
- I gotta go to the bathroom.
598
00:29:58,365 --> 00:29:59,815
- Do you want me
to come with you?
599
00:29:59,883 --> 00:30:01,533
- I'll be fine.
600
00:30:01,607 --> 00:30:05,987
- The Carnival of Doom was
too big for someone so small.
601
00:30:06,055 --> 00:30:07,505
And little did she know,
602
00:30:07,572 --> 00:30:10,842
one wrong turn would
lead her to a place
603
00:30:10,917 --> 00:30:13,887
where no child
was meant to be.
604
00:30:18,641 --> 00:30:21,771
- [laughing]
605
00:30:22,538 --> 00:30:23,438
[snake hisses]
606
00:30:23,503 --> 00:30:24,433
- [gasps]
607
00:30:24,503 --> 00:30:27,533
- [laughing]
608
00:30:27,745 --> 00:30:30,675
[ominous music]
609
00:30:30,745 --> 00:30:36,505
♪ ♪
610
00:30:36,572 --> 00:30:39,052
- Mr. Tophat.
611
00:30:39,124 --> 00:30:41,154
- Hello.
612
00:30:43,365 --> 00:30:46,365
[grunts]
613
00:30:46,434 --> 00:30:48,154
- [frantic breathing]
614
00:30:56,227 --> 00:30:57,817
[crunching]
615
00:31:04,227 --> 00:31:06,537
- Is this
part of the show?
616
00:31:24,469 --> 00:31:26,029
- [grunts]
617
00:31:27,434 --> 00:31:30,124
[gasps, grunts]
618
00:31:30,193 --> 00:31:32,953
What's wrong, little girl?
619
00:31:33,021 --> 00:31:36,461
I thought you liked
being scared.
620
00:31:36,538 --> 00:31:37,608
- [screams]
621
00:31:37,676 --> 00:31:40,126
- [laughs]
622
00:31:40,193 --> 00:31:42,503
- The scorpions were crawling
out of his pant leg?
623
00:31:42,572 --> 00:31:43,672
- Yes.
624
00:31:43,745 --> 00:31:45,465
- And he took one,
and he ate it.
625
00:31:45,538 --> 00:31:46,398
[rock thumps]
626
00:31:46,469 --> 00:31:47,679
Ow.
627
00:31:47,745 --> 00:31:49,915
- Just let her tell the story,
Graham.
628
00:31:51,503 --> 00:31:52,983
- Graham, is it?
629
00:31:53,055 --> 00:31:55,465
- This is not the Graham
you know.
630
00:31:55,538 --> 00:32:00,368
This is an entirely different
one that you don't know.
631
00:32:02,883 --> 00:32:04,813
- Well, I like that Graham.
632
00:32:04,883 --> 00:32:06,333
- Really?
- [whispering] Yes.
633
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,540
- Please continue.
634
00:32:09,607 --> 00:32:12,537
- To make matters worse,
the young girl ran directly
635
00:32:12,607 --> 00:32:15,157
into the two meanest girls
in her school.
636
00:32:15,227 --> 00:32:16,957
- What's wrong, little girl?
637
00:32:17,021 --> 00:32:18,951
- Someone looks scared.
638
00:32:19,021 --> 00:32:20,701
- Looks like
someone's gonna cry.
639
00:32:20,779 --> 00:32:21,989
- Don't go back there, please.
640
00:32:22,055 --> 00:32:23,535
- Why, you think there's
something back there
641
00:32:23,607 --> 00:32:24,647
that we can't handle?
642
00:32:24,710 --> 00:32:25,850
- We're not babies.
643
00:32:25,917 --> 00:32:27,027
- We're gonna tell everyone
in school
644
00:32:27,089 --> 00:32:28,439
that you couldn't handle
the carnival.
645
00:32:28,503 --> 00:32:29,503
- It's not--
646
00:32:31,021 --> 00:32:33,331
Mr. Tophat's back there.
He's...
647
00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:34,400
Evil.
648
00:32:34,469 --> 00:32:36,229
[laughter]
649
00:32:36,296 --> 00:32:37,986
- It's all part of the show,
you baby.
650
00:32:38,055 --> 00:32:41,155
Come on, let's go check it out.
651
00:32:41,227 --> 00:32:44,437
- She watched them leave.
She hoped she was wrong.
652
00:32:44,503 --> 00:32:45,813
She hoped they'd be safe.
653
00:32:45,883 --> 00:32:47,053
- Oh, oh!
- Whoa, honey.
654
00:32:47,124 --> 00:32:49,224
- She begged her parents
to go.
655
00:32:49,296 --> 00:32:50,676
- He ate one.
He ate a scorpion.
656
00:32:50,745 --> 00:32:52,155
- Okay, honey, let's go.
- He picked it off the ground.
657
00:32:52,227 --> 00:32:54,227
- She knew they weren't safe.
658
00:32:55,469 --> 00:32:57,199
The young girl woke up
the next day,
659
00:32:57,262 --> 00:33:00,332
and her memories from the
previous night felt more like
660
00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,370
a nightmare than something
she actually experienced.
661
00:33:03,434 --> 00:33:05,464
She was grateful
it was all over.
662
00:33:05,538 --> 00:33:07,988
- Interest from
economic analysts.
663
00:33:08,055 --> 00:33:09,535
And in breaking news,
664
00:33:09,607 --> 00:33:12,367
two middle school girls
have been reported missing.
665
00:33:12,434 --> 00:33:14,334
Police have begun the search
666
00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:16,400
with the help of
friends and family.
667
00:33:16,469 --> 00:33:18,439
Sources say
that neighboring counties
668
00:33:18,503 --> 00:33:21,743
will also be donating
resources in the coming days
669
00:33:21,814 --> 00:33:23,394
until the girls are found.
670
00:33:23,469 --> 00:33:25,649
Both the parents and police
urge anyone
671
00:33:25,710 --> 00:33:28,060
who may have had
recent contact with the girls
672
00:33:28,124 --> 00:33:30,124
to come forward
as any and all leads
673
00:33:30,193 --> 00:33:31,883
will be crucial in this case.
674
00:33:31,952 --> 00:33:33,602
- They were at the carnival.
675
00:33:33,676 --> 00:33:36,266
- We will continue to report
on this story as it develops.
676
00:33:36,331 --> 00:33:38,701
- I-I told them not
to go back there.
677
00:33:38,779 --> 00:33:40,819
- What carnival?
678
00:33:40,883 --> 00:33:42,333
- The Carnival of Doom.
679
00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:43,650
- [laughs]
680
00:33:43,710 --> 00:33:45,340
Such a dramatic name.
681
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:46,300
[laughing]
682
00:33:46,365 --> 00:33:47,885
- You--you don't remember it?
683
00:33:47,952 --> 00:33:50,152
- [laughs]
I'm sorry, honey,
684
00:33:50,227 --> 00:33:52,127
I honestly don't know what
you're talking about.
685
00:33:52,193 --> 00:33:53,333
[ominous music]
686
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:54,960
- We went there,
687
00:33:55,021 --> 00:33:56,391
together.
688
00:33:56,469 --> 00:33:57,199
[mixing loudly]
689
00:33:57,262 --> 00:33:58,642
Th-the three of us?
690
00:33:58,710 --> 00:34:00,090
[slurping loudly]
691
00:34:00,158 --> 00:34:02,468
- Sweetie, are you okay?
692
00:34:02,538 --> 00:34:05,058
[eerie music]
693
00:34:05,124 --> 00:34:08,024
- [breathing heavily]
694
00:34:08,089 --> 00:34:15,199
♪ ♪
695
00:34:18,503 --> 00:34:21,333
- There was no sign
of the carnival.
696
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:23,960
No one in town even
remembered that night.
697
00:34:24,021 --> 00:34:25,501
[distant screaming]
698
00:34:26,676 --> 00:34:28,816
Not her parents,
not her friends,
699
00:34:28,883 --> 00:34:29,813
not her teachers...
700
00:34:29,883 --> 00:34:31,123
[crunching]
701
00:34:32,055 --> 00:34:33,465
[laughing]
702
00:34:33,538 --> 00:34:35,988
No one.
703
00:34:36,055 --> 00:34:40,815
And in time, the girl forgot
about the carnival too,
704
00:34:40,883 --> 00:34:45,743
and the man in the top hat
faded from her memory.
705
00:34:45,814 --> 00:34:48,574
The two girls were never found.
706
00:34:52,021 --> 00:34:53,501
The end.
707
00:34:58,572 --> 00:35:01,572
[dramatic music]
708
00:35:01,641 --> 00:35:08,571
♪ ♪
709
00:35:23,641 --> 00:35:30,571
♪ ♪
710
00:35:33,779 --> 00:35:35,709
Let me guess.
711
00:35:37,089 --> 00:35:38,299
Adam?
712
00:35:41,296 --> 00:35:43,646
[sentimental music]
713
00:35:43,710 --> 00:35:45,610
- You didn't know it was me?
714
00:35:45,676 --> 00:35:48,466
- It literally
never occurred to me.
715
00:35:48,538 --> 00:35:51,058
- I thought I asked you
too many questions.
716
00:35:51,124 --> 00:35:53,054
I had to make sure
you wouldn't rat us out.
717
00:35:53,124 --> 00:35:55,504
- I'm Louise,
by the way.
718
00:35:55,572 --> 00:35:57,982
And this guy over here, who
couldn't handle your story,
719
00:35:58,055 --> 00:35:59,085
is Graham.
720
00:35:59,158 --> 00:36:00,158
- I handled it.
721
00:36:00,227 --> 00:36:01,467
- We know each other.
722
00:36:01,538 --> 00:36:03,028
- You were scared
out of your mind.
723
00:36:03,089 --> 00:36:04,649
- Yeah, but that's
a good thing.
724
00:36:04,710 --> 00:36:06,820
I want to be scared.
I like to be scared.
725
00:36:06,883 --> 00:36:09,083
Why am I the only person who
understands that concept?
726
00:36:09,158 --> 00:36:11,228
- And this is Akiko.
727
00:36:11,296 --> 00:36:12,916
- Greetings and salutations.
728
00:36:12,986 --> 00:36:15,086
- You took off your masks.
729
00:36:15,158 --> 00:36:17,608
You told me your names.
730
00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:19,886
Does this mean what
I think it means?
731
00:36:19,952 --> 00:36:26,772
♪ ♪
732
00:36:28,917 --> 00:36:30,777
- You do the honors.
733
00:36:33,952 --> 00:36:36,842
[dramatic music]
734
00:36:36,917 --> 00:36:43,847
♪ ♪
735
00:37:02,193 --> 00:37:03,393
Welcome to the club, Rachel.
736
00:37:03,469 --> 00:37:06,129
- Well, it's a lot of pressure.
737
00:37:06,193 --> 00:37:07,813
Hope you can handle it.
738
00:37:07,883 --> 00:37:10,643
- Don't worry.
I can.
739
00:37:12,434 --> 00:37:14,394
- I declare this meeting
of The Midnight Society
740
00:37:14,469 --> 00:37:15,959
closed.
741
00:37:16,021 --> 00:37:19,841
[fire sizzles]
742
00:37:19,917 --> 00:37:21,957
- I'll have to tell you about
my first story sometime.
743
00:37:22,021 --> 00:37:24,221
It was about a leprechaun
who drinks blood.
744
00:37:24,296 --> 00:37:25,986
- A vampire leprechaun?
745
00:37:26,055 --> 00:37:30,395
- Uh, no, it's not, um, you
know what, it's complicated.
746
00:37:30,469 --> 00:37:33,059
- You could annoy her
another time, Graham.
747
00:37:33,124 --> 00:37:36,194
The weird thing is
I hate camping.
748
00:37:36,262 --> 00:37:40,052
- Do you wanna know a secret?
749
00:37:40,124 --> 00:37:42,084
You're not annoying.
750
00:37:42,158 --> 00:37:43,538
- Well, I knew that part.
751
00:37:43,607 --> 00:37:47,227
I thought you were gonna tell
me an actual secret.
752
00:37:49,538 --> 00:37:51,298
- Hey.
753
00:37:51,365 --> 00:37:54,815
Um, you wanna walk home
together?
754
00:37:57,055 --> 00:38:01,195
- If you don't mind me asking,
why--
755
00:38:01,262 --> 00:38:02,532
- Why did we choose you?
756
00:38:02,607 --> 00:38:03,437
- Yeah.
757
00:38:03,503 --> 00:38:05,393
- It was your drawings.
758
00:38:05,469 --> 00:38:07,129
- What--what drawings?
759
00:38:07,193 --> 00:38:08,573
- There was one of Mr. Tophat
760
00:38:08,641 --> 00:38:10,601
and one of a giant spider.
761
00:38:10,676 --> 00:38:13,126
- You--you all saw my drawings?
762
00:38:13,193 --> 00:38:14,603
- Yeah, they were amazing.
763
00:38:14,676 --> 00:38:18,026
Really creative stuff, and, um,
more importantly,
764
00:38:18,089 --> 00:38:21,539
they were pretty scary.
765
00:38:21,607 --> 00:38:23,777
- Thanks.
766
00:38:23,848 --> 00:38:25,988
[chuckles]
767
00:38:26,055 --> 00:38:29,025
So how long have you been
in The Midnight Society?
768
00:38:29,089 --> 00:38:31,269
- Uh, around two years.
I think.
769
00:38:31,331 --> 00:38:33,841
- I wouldn't have guessed
you like scary stories.
770
00:38:33,917 --> 00:38:37,397
I-I-I mean, I guess
I don't know much about you.
771
00:38:37,469 --> 00:38:41,749
- Oh, okay, um...
772
00:38:41,814 --> 00:38:45,914
I don't eat meat--that's not
like an ethical choice.
773
00:38:45,986 --> 00:38:47,266
I just--I don't like it.
774
00:38:47,331 --> 00:38:49,391
- Right.
- The taste, not...
775
00:38:49,469 --> 00:38:51,819
sometimes I worry
people will think I do that
776
00:38:51,883 --> 00:38:53,643
just to seem interesting,
777
00:38:53,710 --> 00:38:56,710
but then I remember it doesn't
matter what people think.
778
00:38:56,779 --> 00:38:57,749
So--
- Right.
779
00:38:57,814 --> 00:38:58,884
- [laughs]
780
00:38:58,952 --> 00:39:01,842
Uh, I like the Knicks.
781
00:39:01,917 --> 00:39:04,467
[both chuckling]
782
00:39:07,986 --> 00:39:12,196
Um, what do you really
want to know?
783
00:39:12,262 --> 00:39:14,952
- Why do you like telling
scary stories?
784
00:39:17,365 --> 00:39:19,815
- I think I prefer listening,
actually.
785
00:39:19,883 --> 00:39:23,603
Yeah, it's fun to see what
people come up with.
786
00:39:23,676 --> 00:39:27,336
'Cause that's the whole fun of
The Midnight Society, right?
787
00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:28,650
We get scared,
788
00:39:28,710 --> 00:39:31,780
we get to let our imaginations
run wild.
789
00:39:31,848 --> 00:39:35,538
But then we get to go home
and sleep,
790
00:39:35,607 --> 00:39:36,887
safe and sound
in our beds,
791
00:39:36,952 --> 00:39:39,572
knowing that the real
world is much simpler
792
00:39:39,641 --> 00:39:43,331
and nothing's out there going
bump in the night.
793
00:39:44,814 --> 00:39:46,644
- Yeah.
794
00:39:49,227 --> 00:39:50,647
- Hey.
795
00:39:52,469 --> 00:39:53,849
Good night, Rachel.
796
00:39:53,917 --> 00:39:55,367
- Good night, Gavin.
797
00:40:02,917 --> 00:40:04,297
Yes.
[giggling]
798
00:40:04,365 --> 00:40:06,265
[whispering, giggling]
Yes, yes, yes!
799
00:40:06,331 --> 00:40:08,601
[creaking]
800
00:40:19,814 --> 00:40:20,914
[dog whines]
801
00:40:20,986 --> 00:40:23,506
[wind roaring]
802
00:40:23,572 --> 00:40:24,502
- Come on, Jefferson.
803
00:40:24,572 --> 00:40:27,642
[melancholy piano music]
804
00:40:27,710 --> 00:40:34,650
♪ ♪
805
00:40:43,952 --> 00:40:45,192
[car honking]
806
00:40:45,262 --> 00:40:46,702
- Hey, watch it!
807
00:40:46,779 --> 00:40:49,579
[workers shouting indistinctly]
808
00:40:49,641 --> 00:40:51,601
- Move it over here, let's go.
- Move it off the back
809
00:40:51,676 --> 00:40:53,916
of the truck--
pull the 18-footer!
810
00:40:53,986 --> 00:40:55,026
- No! Jefferson!
811
00:40:55,089 --> 00:40:56,849
Come back!
Wait!
812
00:40:56,917 --> 00:40:59,437
[man shouting
indistinct orders]
813
00:40:59,503 --> 00:41:01,843
[music intensifying]
814
00:41:01,917 --> 00:41:04,987
[eerie chords]
815
00:41:05,055 --> 00:41:07,705
[dog barking]
816
00:41:12,262 --> 00:41:13,192
[dog whining]
817
00:41:13,262 --> 00:41:16,432
- Adam?
Adam?
818
00:41:16,503 --> 00:41:18,773
Jefferson, where's Adam?
Adam!
819
00:41:18,848 --> 00:41:21,028
[thunder rumbles]
820
00:41:21,089 --> 00:41:22,199
- I'm over zombies.
821
00:41:22,262 --> 00:41:23,572
Next movie is werewolves.
822
00:41:23,641 --> 00:41:25,501
Okay, it's a really
underused genre.
823
00:41:25,572 --> 00:41:27,912
- Cops.
- What?
824
00:41:27,986 --> 00:41:28,986
Hideo?
825
00:41:29,055 --> 00:41:31,985
[eerie music]
826
00:41:32,055 --> 00:41:37,265
♪ ♪
827
00:41:37,331 --> 00:41:39,391
What's wrong?
828
00:41:39,469 --> 00:41:40,579
[backpack thumps]
829
00:41:44,986 --> 00:41:46,776
- Hey.
830
00:41:46,848 --> 00:41:49,678
When do I get
my own scary mask?
831
00:41:49,745 --> 00:41:53,085
- [whispering] We don't
talk about TMS at school.
832
00:41:53,158 --> 00:41:57,438
- Oh, sorry.
Sorry, my bad.
833
00:41:57,503 --> 00:42:00,533
- But the answer is--soon.
834
00:42:00,607 --> 00:42:05,027
- All right, everybody,
settle down, take your seats.
835
00:42:05,089 --> 00:42:06,819
Okay, quiet please, quiet.
836
00:42:06,883 --> 00:42:08,333
I've got something I need
to share with you.
837
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:10,270
- You got fired?
- Jeremy, come on.
838
00:42:10,331 --> 00:42:11,911
[laughter]
All right, look.
839
00:42:11,986 --> 00:42:14,576
It appears that one of
your fellow students
840
00:42:14,641 --> 00:42:17,021
went missing this morning--
Adam Lynch.
841
00:42:17,089 --> 00:42:20,199
Now if any of you have seen him
or know anything about it,
842
00:42:20,262 --> 00:42:21,532
please come talk to me
843
00:42:21,607 --> 00:42:23,397
or someone in
the principal's office, okay?
844
00:42:23,469 --> 00:42:28,299
Now, on a more positive note.
845
00:42:28,365 --> 00:42:29,705
You wanna hand
those back, please?
846
00:42:29,779 --> 00:42:31,229
Thank you.
847
00:42:31,296 --> 00:42:34,086
There's a really fun thing
going on this weekend.
848
00:42:34,158 --> 00:42:35,958
- Class, pass these back.
849
00:42:36,021 --> 00:42:38,391
- Pass it along.
850
00:42:38,469 --> 00:42:42,029
- Hand that back.
851
00:42:42,089 --> 00:42:44,299
A carnival's coming to town
this Thursday.
852
00:42:44,365 --> 00:42:47,265
[eerie music]
853
00:42:47,331 --> 00:42:54,431
♪ ♪
854
00:42:55,917 --> 00:42:57,777
- Oh my God.
855
00:43:08,952 --> 00:43:11,122
- Shh.
856
00:43:11,193 --> 00:43:15,123
It's all part of the show.
857
00:43:15,193 --> 00:43:18,053
[laughing]
858
00:43:18,124 --> 00:43:21,534
[eerie music]
859
00:43:21,607 --> 00:43:23,537
- ♪ New school, new life ♪
860
00:43:23,607 --> 00:43:25,267
♪ New locker ♪
861
00:43:25,331 --> 00:43:29,531
♪ With notes
that make you wonder ♪
862
00:43:29,607 --> 00:43:32,467
♪ What kinds of stories ♪
863
00:43:32,538 --> 00:43:36,228
♪ Likes the Midnight Society ♪
864
00:43:36,296 --> 00:43:40,776
♪ She told the tales
of Mr. Tophat ♪
865
00:43:40,848 --> 00:43:44,888
♪ A man that's friends
to no one ♪
866
00:43:44,952 --> 00:43:47,812
♪ It's all part of the show ♪
867
00:43:51,365 --> 00:43:53,535
- Adam went missing the same
day the carnival came to town.
868
00:43:53,607 --> 00:43:55,647
I think Mr. Tophat took him.
869
00:43:55,710 --> 00:43:57,270
We should go tomorrow night.
870
00:43:57,331 --> 00:43:58,291
Together.
871
00:43:58,365 --> 00:44:01,335
[laughter]
872
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:02,540
Adam?
873
00:44:02,607 --> 00:44:06,777
[suspenseful music]
874
00:44:06,848 --> 00:44:08,198
[all gasp]
875
00:44:08,262 --> 00:44:09,332
[all screaming]
876
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:11,890
- Aah!
- Aah!
877
00:44:11,952 --> 00:44:12,882
[laughter]
878
00:44:12,952 --> 00:44:14,572
- Hello, Rachel.
879
00:44:14,641 --> 00:44:15,881
- Get off!
- [screams]
880
00:44:17,607 --> 00:44:18,887
You need to take me to school
right now.