They Live Inside Us

Why'd you stop?

It's the Booth House.

You know, a family used to live here a while back, right?

Yeah, I heard they went missing.

Because of the curse.

What curse?

A witch used to live here, man. Now this place is cursed.

Wait, you haven't heard about this?

Well, she and her daughter lived here when this place was first built.

When her daughter died, she was blamed for it.

They say, she locked herself in the basement,

and eventually, she killed herself.

Dude, no. That's not even close to what I heard.

I heard the guy who used to live here, Mr. Booth, was a monster.

He went crazy, killed his whole family,

and then shot himself.

Yeah, but what about the bodies? The bodies were never found.

They say, he hid the bodies somewhere inside the house,

that's why their ghosts are stuck here.

I guess no one really knows, then.

Yeah.

Dude, it's late. We should go.

Where are you going?

Dude, what are you doing?

What is wrong with you?

Why you're always such a wuss?

You always say you want to do something scary,

but only when it's made up.

- Shut up. - Gosh...

Dude, up there!

What?

Let's get out of here!

Every house has a story.

A story that lives inside it,

like a memory in a brain.

The characters of these stories are the ghosts

of the people who once inhabited these places.

Who lived out their narratives only to forget

and be forgotten by the passage of time.

But in some places, these stories are never quite finished,

leaving the spirits to wander aimlessly like a spinning wheel.

And I think...

that's what's been going on at the Booth House

for the last 30 years.

The horrors that happened to the missing family have been buried here,

hidden in the darkness behind closed doors.

I think there's a story here, waiting to be told.

And that's why I'm here.

Welcome back!

You're listening to 94.9,

Witching Season Radio!

Midnight is here, you know what that means?

Halloween is officially upon us!

The veil is thin and the world of the dead and living

are almost interchangeable.

To celebrate, stick with me

as we broadcast for the next 24 hours.

Hello?

I'm here at the, the Booth House.

This place is exactly as I pictured it would be.

Doesn't look like anyone is here.

Everything is covered in sheets.

It's a locked door.

Maybe it leads to the basement?

Hello?

Jesus.

I found the study.

And a really nice writing desk.

And of course I already broke something so, there's that.

- God, Dani! - Dad!

What's your problem?

I thought you were asleep.

- You alright? - Yeah, I'm okay.

What the hell?

Watch your mouth.

You say it all the time.

So I thought someone was meeting us here?

You know, uh...

you don't even worry about it, we're good to go.

Where the hell is the thermostat?

Watch your mouth.

So what's in there?

Oh, uh, ghosts.

There're ghosts?

No.

They're the friendly ghosts, okay?

So, so, they're like the...

what's that dumb... like, they're like the Casper,

they're, they're friendly, they're not going to, they're not going to...

There's no ghosts, alright? I'm...

So...

I was... it was just a...

God, damn it.

Wow.

Looks like the one Grandma and Grandpa gave us.

Dad.

No. Stop it!

When that school bell rings tomorrow at 2:30,

- officially Halloween has begun. - Alright, here we go.

This year, with Halloween landing...

I don't want to watch TV.

- ...officials have urged... - Why?

They always have the best stuff on in October.

- ...children. This is... - Hey folks, come on down

to McKade's Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze!

There's still plenty of time to pick up

your Halloween Jack O'Lantern!

And, of course, if you stay after dark,

the corn maze becomes the "Haunted Corn Maze."

Hey, where do you want me to come out from?

- Uh, just... - They super glued the coffin lid up.

Just the curtain and the coffin right...

See?

- Here? - No, no, no, other side of the coffin.

Yeah, but, I'll knock shit over if I come out here.

No, the right... Your right side of the coffin.

Oh, here?

- Yes. - Okay, got it.

- This is lame. - Welcome everyone

to "Count Spookula's Horrific...

- It's not lame, it's Spookula. - ...Spookula...

- ...be your host tonight... - He is lame.

...and take you through a journey...

Ah, come on, he is great.

I, I grew up watching this, okay?

- Me and your mo... - We've got professional,

we've got semi-professional,

- and we've got... - It's Spookula.

It's, it's not bad.

...Todd made last week.

Okay, Count, just, just stick to the script, okay?

- What are we doing here? - You told me to promote local films,

- I'm promoting local films. - Yeah, but...

Todd worked his ass off!

Came for work, sweetie. You know that.

But why here?

In this house.

You know, sometimes it's...

Sometimes it's hard for...

for people to...

for me, to be creative.

And I guess that's everyone, it's hard,

it's hard for anyone to be creative...

after something bad has happened.

I find that, uh...

that sometimes a change of scenery,

doing something new, can help.

And I guess I figured that it would be good for me.

I mean...

good for us.

With everything that's going on.

Sweetheart, I know that...

I know this isn't what you want.

Maybe when we're done though, I... we can go camping or something?

Really?

Yeah.

Go up to the lake?

- Yes! - Yeah? Okay.

Done.

Are you okay here for a minute? I got to make a phone call.

Okay, I'll be back, alright? There you go.

Yeah, hi. Uh, it's me, um...

I just wanted to let you know I'm here.

Uh, we...

Welcome back, boils and ghouls,

to the channel 33,

- Halloween Spookathon! - So we just came in...

...and I hope that's fine.

I, I didn't know what else to do, so...

Um.

Yeah, if we see you...

great, uh, but, yeah, just figured I'd let you know we're here. So...

Yeah.

First up tonight on our chopping block:

Drill Massacre 4.

This is the fourth film in a series.

I think there's one or two that came before it,

I don't know, I haven't seen them.

Who's there?

You found her.

What?

Cynthia?

Isn't she beautiful?

Wha... what are you doing here?

I've always been here.

You're not real.

I know you're stuck.

I jus... just don't have anything left.

Don't have any ideas, any...

inspiration, anything.

I'm, I'm just going in a circle.

I'm so sorry.

Sorry I was always gone.

I should've been there for you.

And I know I wasn't.

Please. Please don't go.

Please, please, please, please stay.

I can't stay.

- I can't. - Why?

But I can help you.