[screaming effect]
[audio crackling]
[scream]
[sinister laughter]
[screaming]
[loud thumping]
[screaming]
[Zak Bagans] Not all the items in my museum
are from my paranormal investigations.
There's some that are private donations
that are given to me by people
who are just too terrified to keep them in their homes any longer.
Others items, I just feel compelled to buy
for reasons that are not always clear to me at the time.
And that was certainly the case
with the subject of the film that you're about to watch.
When I discovered that the contents
of the old Museum of Oddities in Metamora, Indiana,
were being auctioned off,
I was immediately drawn to this stone face sculpture.
And it has been examined by several different experts,
but no one can agree on its origins or its purpose.
Some believe it's thousands of years old,
some that it comes from the 19th Century,
others maintain it was carved by Native Americans,
while some think that it's a pagan artifact
brought here by Celtic immigrants hundreds of years ago.
But there's one thing certain,
immediately after seeing this haunted item,
I felt a strong urge to bring it home to my museum.
And when I did, I began to feel
a very powerful ancient energy
emanating from within it.
Soon after, I began to have visions of it
being found buried deep within the ground.
I have no idea why I was getting these visions,
so, I consulted a psychic who I often work with,
and she told me that it possesses
a kind of dark, murderous energy.
One that made her feel quite ill during her reading.
And in her mind, this was no accident.
She's believes that a very powerful conjuring spell
was placed upon the stone face,
and it was a spell that will attack anybody who possesses it.
And that the curse has been in place for generations.
And that it will continue to inflict pain
until the sculpture is broken into four different pieces,
and then buried in separate locations.
Now, given the impact it had on me
and my psychic friend,
I began to wonder about its ability
to inflict pain and suffering on those who possess it,
and if it could affect us so strongly,
what might it do to someone that's just not used to such dark powers,
and accidentally provoked its ancient destructive energy.
[woman on phone] Decorations are here.
We'll start setting 'em up tonight after Hartley goes to bed.
[man] I can't believe he's already one.
[woman] I hear ya.
Are you still hoping to be home by...
[man sighs] 6:00.
Maybe 6:30.
[woman] You work too hard for that man.
That place needs a whole staff maintaining it, not just you.
He doesn't pay you enough.
[man] I know, Ma.
It's not a forever job.
[woman sighs] Okay.
Please don't be late.
[man] Don't worry.
I'll be home in time to read to Hartley before he goes to bed.
And send pictures! [chuckles]
[baby on phone] Dada.
Hey, buddy!
[boy] Dada!
[woman] He's trying to grab the phone.
[baby straining]
Listen, I'll be home in no time.
Just sit tight, okay?
[woman] Okay, I should go feed him.
- Love you. -[baby] Dada!
-Love you too, Ma. Love you, Hartley! -[baby cooing]
[woman] He just smiled.
Okay, we gotta go.
All right. Bye.
[knocking on door]
[man] Mr. Wilkes?
Anybody home?
[garage door opening]
Mmm.
[mimicking old man] "Caleb, son,
I can't pay you today,
problems with the pension.
But God, you've been doing such an outstanding job,
why don't you just, uh, take this...
...TS 400..."
[chuckles]
[sighs]
[garage door closing]
[distant rumbling]
[audio crackling]
[Thud]
♪♪
[leaf blower humming]
[phone ringing]
[woman on phone] Are you done?
Tell Hartley that I'll be home soon.
[woman] Great.
Can you pick up all the drinks and snacks for tomorrow?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, uh,
I'll see what I can do.
[woman] I'm proud of you.
Thanks.
[woman] No, I really am.
[exhales deeply]
I'm trying.
[woman] We'll see you soon, okay?
'Kay.
You gotta be kidding me.
[phone ringing]
[man on phone] Ride-Up Towing.
Hey, man, uh, my truck broke down.
Looking for a tow.
[man] The address?
Uh, yeah, address,
7599 Township Road.
Eighteen.
[man] Eighteen? Yeah, that's pretty far for us.
We usually stop around Township ten.
[Caleb] Come on, you're the only service in the area.
Please, man.
I'm stranded.
[man] Okay, but it'll take me a bit to get to you.
[Caleb] How long?
[man] At least two hours.
[Caleb] All right.
Sounds good, man.
Really appreciate it.
[man] We'll get there as soon as we can.
[phone clicking]
[sighs]
♪♪
[crackling]
[sinister rumbling]
[thunder clap]
[sharp crackling]
[crackling crescendos]
[silence]
[gasping]
[loud bang]
[thunder rumbling]
[Caleb] Come on, come on, come on!
Come on!
[heavy panting]
[shouting] Mr. Wilkes!
Come on!
Mr. Wilkes!
Uh, I found your stone head thing.
My truck died,
so, I'm just stepping out of the storm for a little bit.
Mr. Wilkes?
[sinister music]
[clock ticking]
[sighs]
Mr. Wilkes?
Guess it's just you and me in here, huh?
[chuckles]
Mr. Wilkes!
[chuckles]
What are you looking at?
Hey, uh, you don't happen to have any jumper cables on you, do you?
Hmm?
Worth a shot.
[sinister humming]
[intense whirling]
[scratching]
[whirling crescendos]
[whirling stops]
[gasping]
[trembling]
No.
No, no.
That's okay, I'm...
Thanks for the hospitality.
Come on.
Come on!
Come on.
-[woman on phone] Hello? -Mom.
This is weird, um, I'm in Mr. Wilkes' house...
[baby crying over phone]
The doors and windows are...
[woman] What? Sorry, you're gonna have to speak up.
[baby crying over phone]
Is everything okay?
[woman] Yeah. Well, no.
He won't go down without you.
How far are you?
I'm just, uh, waiting for the tow truck.
It should be here soon, I...
[call ends]
Hello?
Mom! Mom?
[woman's voice crackling] Caleb, are you there?
Mom, something's going on.
[baby crying crackles]
I don't know what.
[woman's voice crackling] Caleb? Hello?
[sinister voice on phone] Caleb!
Mom!
Hello?
Mom!
♪♪
[distant tapping]
♪♪
[Caleb] Come on. Come on.
Come on!
♪♪
[trembling]
[loud bang]
[Caleb] Hello!
Hello.
[loud tap]
[bangs]
[banging]
[flash bulb pops]
Oh, jeez. [panting]
What the hell?
[shutters banging]
[creaking]
[windows latch]
What is this?
[ominous music]
[wind howling]
[breathing heavily]
♪♪
[camera beeps]
It's been 119 hours
since I held The Stone Face in the sunlight.
That's when the entity first appeared.
I knew it was connected to The Stone Face.
My visions have intensified
and the entity has made its demands more clear to me.
Once awakened, it will torment anyone who touches it
until the sacrifice by decapitation has been made.
If a sacrifice isn't made in time,
it will take one instead.
I've seen the deadline.
Seven rotations of the sun.
168 hours.
I'm almost out of time.
The sacrifices aren't working.
I can feel it getting impatient,
getting inside my head,
making me hurt myself.
No, please!
I'm trying!
I've made sacrifices!
[music intensifies]
[gasping]
[grunting]
[gasping]
[screeching]
[gasping]
[creaking]
[gasping]
[grunting]
[shrieks]
[gasping, coughing]
[breathing heavily]
What do you want from me?
[breathing heavily]
Last chance.
[grunts]
[dramatic music]
[hissing]
[gasps]
[groans]
[grunts]
[exhales]
[breathing heavily]
[ominous music]
[grunting]
Whoa.
Hey.
Stop!
[grunting]
Stay back.
Please!
-[grunting] -Stop!
Hey!
Don't make me do this!
Stay back!
[grunting]
Please, stop!
-No! -[growling]
[whimpering]
Stop! Stop!
-Stop! -[growls]
[yells] Stop!
[whimpering, screaming]
[crying, gasping]
[breathing heavily]
Okay.
Whoa. Keep going. Keep going.
[breathing heavily]
Hey! Hey!
Please, please, please. Hey! Hey! Hey!
[distantly] Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Hey! Hey!
Hey. Please.
Hey!
[breathing heavily]
Hey!
[straining] Hey! [grunting]
[breathing heavily]
[grunting, gasping]
[shrieks]
[gasping]
[grunting]
[breathing heavily]
[music intensifies]
[shrieks]
[breathing heavily]
[labored] Come on. Come on.
Come on. Come on.
[exhales]
[breathing heavily]
[music intensifies]
[breathing heavily]
[engine stuttering]
[screams]
[sobbing] God!
Why won't you work?
[screams]
[sobbing]
[ominous music]
♪♪
[door creaking]
Mr. Wilkes?
[drawers clattering]
Okay.
Mr. Wilkes, you down there?
[ominous music]
-[gasps] -[dramatic music]
[panting]
♪♪
Mr. Wilkes?
Where are you?
[gasps]
Mr. Wilkes?
[Mr. Wilkes] Caleb?
Mr. Wilkes?
Say something!
Where are you?
[shouts] Mr. Wilkes?
[Mr. Wilkes] Caleb!
Mr. Wilkes?
[ominous music]
Hey! I know you hear me.
[clattering]
Mr. Wilkes?
[Mr. Wilkes] You've seen him, haven't you?
[Caleb] It's that Stone Face thing, isn't it?
[Mr. Wilkes] I was studying for months...
[Caleb] Where are you?
[Mr. Wilkes] ...finding accounts from the past.
What's going on?
Mr. Wilkes?
[Mr. Wilkes] I thought they were just stories,
but they were true.
Where are you?
[Mr. Wilkes] I was careful with it,
but last week, I brought it into the sunlight.
Come on!
[Mr. Wilkes] It activated somehow
and now it demands a sacrifice
or it will take me as one.
Mr. Wilkes?
[Mr. Wilkes] I tried animals hoping it could stop it,
but it wants more.
Hey! Where are you?
It's you or me, Caleb.
[music intensifies]
[Caleb] Oh, no.
No.
No. No.
No.
[breathing heavily]
[shrieking]
[grunts]
[screaming]
[breathing heavily]
[grunts] Come on!
[breathing heavily]
[whimpering]
[Mr. Wilkes] It's you or me!
[dramatic music]
[panting, shrieking]
I'm out of time!
[panting, shrieking]
[alarm clocks ringing]
[music intensifies]
No!
I'm doing what you asked.
I just need more time!
[blade slices]
[dramatic music]
[panting, shrieking]
[grunting]
[shrieks] No!
No!
[whimpering]
[sobbing]
[panting, whimpering]
[ominous music]
[breathing heavily]
[music lightens]
[birds tweeting]
[grunting]
Please, please.
[engine starts]
[soft music]
♪♪
[music intensifies]
♪♪
[ominous music]
♪♪