ParaNorman (2012)

1. Brains!

2. What's happening now?

3. Well, the—the zombie is eating her head, Grandma.

4. That's not very nice. What's he doing that for?

5. 'Cause he's a zombie. That's what they do.

6. He's gonna ruin his dinner.

7. I'm sure if they just bothered to sit down and talk it through,

8. it'd be a different story.

9. Norman, didn't I tell you to take out the garbage?

10. Yeah, coming, Dad!

11. Tell him to turn up the thermostat too, will ya?

12. My feet are like ice.

13. - Come on. Fit, you stupid— - Hi.

14. - What ya watching in there? - Sex and violence.

15. Oh. That's nice.

16. Can't you be like other kids your age and

17. pitch a tent in the yard or...

18. have a healthy interest in carpentry?

19. - Perry. - I thought you said kids my age

20. were too busy shoplifting and joyriding.

21. - Norman. - He's, like, R-I-double-P-E-D.

22. Like, a seven-pack at least.

23. Uh-huh. Ew!

24. - Watch it. - Courtney, be nice.

25. Yeah, she totally doesn't deserve him.

26. I mean, she's nice, and I really like her,

27. but she's a complete loser.

28. Yeah, I know.

29. Hey, uh, Dad?

30. Grandma says, can you turn up the heating? Her feet are cold.

31. - Now, Perry— - How many times

32. do we have to go through this, son?

33. Your grandmother is dead!

34. I know.

35. Then why do you keep on talking to her?

36. - Because she talks back. - OMG. You are such a liar.

37. God, I'm not making this up. I swear.

38. - She talks to me all the time. - Oh, yeah?

39. Prove it.

40. She said it's not very ladylike to hide photos of the high school quarterback

41. with his shirt off in your underwear drawer.

42. I knew it!

43. Oh, you've been sneaking around in my personal—

44. No, I haven't. Grandma told me.

45. You are the worst!

46. Norman, I know you and Grandma were very close,

47. but we all have to move on.

48. Grandma's in a better place now.

49. No, she's not. She's in the living room.

50. Your grandmother was old and sick, and she died.

51. - That's all there is to it. - Okay. Perry,

52. this is just part of the mourning process.

53. Oh, stop indulging him. I'm nothing if I'm not liberal.

54. But that limp-wristed, hippie garbage needs to be nipped in the bud.

55. This behavior might be okay with your side of the family,

56. but I'm not putting up with it anymore, not me!

57. Oh, not this again.

58. This isn't the West Coast, Sandra. People talk. They do.

59. He's just sensitive, Perry.

60. Oh, please! Sensitive is writing poetry

61. and being lousy at team sports. Not this.

62. I won't have him turn out like that uncle of yours.

63. If that crazy old tramp has been around here,

64. - putting ideas in Norman's head— - Perry,

65. no one's had anything to do with Uncle Prenderghast in years.

66. I bet he doesn't even know what Norman looks like.

67. Not much time.

68. Not much time.

69. Good morning.

70. Hey, Bruce. How's it going?

71. Not much. I'm kinda late for school. I-1-I need to go.

72. Hi. Nice to see you guys.

73. Good morning.

74. Sorry, I gotta run. Oh.

75. E-Excuse me. Pardon me. See ya.

76. Hey there, little buddy.

77. Come on. Come here.

78. Yeah, good to see you.

79. How ya doin'?

80. Hi, Mrs. Hard man. You look nice today.

81. I like what you've done with your hair.

82. Does anyone smell burning?

83. Hey-hey. Peace, man.

84. - Totally. - Yeah.

85. As you were, soldier.

86. Sir, yes, sir.

87. Yo, Norman. You play in hooky?

88. No, no. I-ll—I'm just late for school.

89. Sorry. I gotta go. How you doing?

90. Hey. How you doin'?

91. Hi. Um, how's it hangin'?

92. Oh— Haven't heard that one before.

93. Well, it's a nice day.

94. Watch and learn.

95. "Parking violation" is my middle name.

96. Really? I thought it was Rhona.

97. Suck it in, sweetie.

98. No, no. Your gut. There you go.

99. Yeah.

100. Hey. Hey, ghost jerk. You know what?

101. What do you want, Alvin?

102. Why don't you go see some more ghosts, goober?

103. Oh, oh, oh, hey. Hey, Norman.

104. Talk to that.

105. That's so Alvin-y. Right? Right?

106. - Loser. - That was good, right, guys?

107. That was fun, yeah?

108. Flies don't talk.

109. Neil, come on. Let's go.

110. You stink of illiteracy!

111. Pilgrims. The Mayflower.

112. Don't any of you know anything about the history of this town?

113. Puritans...

114. were strict and devout settlers,

115. who came here to build a home, a place without sin.

116. Oh, what is it now, Salma?

117. Why is the witch always a hideous old crone

118. with a pointy hat and a broomstick?

119. I don't believe it's historically accurate, Miss Henscher.

120. It's not supposed to be!

121. It's supposed to sell postcards and key chains.

122. So, let's try it again.

123. Top of page six, Norman.

124. "The founding fathers of Blithe Hollow

125. discovered an evil witch amongst them—"

126. No, no, Norman. With gusto.

127. Like this—

128. "They put her on trial and hanged her!

129. But the vengeful witch cursed her accusers,

130. seven of them in all,

131. to die a horrible and gruesome death,

132. and rise from their graves

133. as the living dead!

134. Their souls—

135. Their souls doomed

136. to an eternity

137. of damnation!”

138. Now I want you to try that again, but with conviction.

139. My reputation is at stake here.

140. And I won't have this turn out like that wretched Kabuki debacle of '09.

141. Project!

142. Norman! Are you listening to me, boy?

143. - S-Sorry, Mrs. Henscher. - So am I.

144. Now, unless there's any other issues, let us resume.

145. "They put her on trial and hanged her."

146. Ooh. This is my moment.

147. Boom, baby.

148. - Sorry. - Oh, you useless bunch of—

149. - Norman, wait up. - I keep telling you, Neil.

150. I—I like to be alone.

151. So do I. Let's do it together.

152. You shouldn't let them get you down.

153. They always do stuff like that to me.

154. Why?

155. Because I'm fat. And my allergies make my eyes leak.

156. And I sweat when I walk too fast.

157. And I have a lunch box with a kitten on it.

158. Ooh, and I have irritable bowel syndrome.

159. I guess there's a whole bunch of stuff.

160. Doesn't it bother you?

161. Nah. You can't stop bullying. It's part of human nature.

162. If you were bigger and more stupid,

163. you'd probably be a bully too.

164. It's called "survival of the thickest."

165. Psst!

166. That statue just "psst” at us.

167. You know who I am?

168. The weird, stinky, old bum who lives up the hill?

169. I was a skin him.

170. Yeah. Uh, I know.

171. I was told not to talk to you. Sorry.

172. And you know why you're not supposed to talk to me?

173. I can see ghosts too.

174. And I know that's not all you've been seein' lately, is it?

175. Bad omens?

176. Things you can't quite explain.

177. Strange faces peering through the veil?

178. And I'll bet no one told you about the witch's curse, did they?

179. Actually, we're learning about it in school.

180. Oh, oh. I'm a tree.

181. There's something you really need to know.

182. This is the most important thing you will ever hear.

183. The fate of everyone depends on it.

184. Now listen close.

185. The witch's curse is real.

186. And you're the one who has to stop it.

187. You've gotta use your gift—

188. of talking to the dead.

189. Because if you don't, the witch is—

190. Oh, oh. This—

191. This is the most important thing of all.

192. You've gotta—

193. You've gotta—

194. You—

195. Leave him alone. Don't make me throw this hummus.

196. It's spicy.

197. This ain't done with. You'll see it soon enough.

198. Watch for the sign.

199. Oh!

200. Geez, what a dirty old creep.

201. He's my uncle.

202. - So is it true? - What?

203. Do you see ghosts, like, everywhere, all the time?

204. Uh, yeah.

205. Awesome.

206. Ooh, ooh. Do you think you could see my dog, Bub?

207. He was ran over by an animal rescue van.

208. Tragic and ironic.

209. We buried him in the yard. Could you see him?

210. - Maybe. - Sweet. Come on.

211. Whoa.

212. Neil, is that you?

213. - Hey, Mitch. - Whoa!

214. We're gonna go play with the dead dog in the garden,

215. and we're not even gonna have to dig him up first.

216. You're digging what?--

217. What? What'd you say?

218. Neil, isn't he that weird kid?

219. You know, "Look at me. Oh, I'm talking to ghosts

220. so people will pay attention to me."

221. Can you stop doing that? It's kinda stupid.

222. Now listen to me. You don't need to be hanging out with weird people, okay?

223. That's a tip.

224. Don't blow this for me, Mitch. This one's not weird.

225. He talks to dead people.

226. He's around here somewhere.

227. So does everyone come back as a ghost?

228. No. My grandma told me

229. it's usually people who still have stuff to figure out,

230. or sometimes it's the ones who died suddenly or in a bad way.

231. Bub?

232. Is he there? How does he look?

233. Uh, good.

234. He's happy to see you.

235. Who's a good boy, huh? Good boy.

236. - Can he feel if I pet him? - Yeah, I guess.

237. Mmm. Bubby-wubby-boo.

238. Uh, that's not his chin.

239. Go get it.

240. He can't fetch it, you know.

241. Yeah, well, it's still fun. Good boy.

242. Bring it back.

243. Go get it, Bub.

244. Good boy.

245. Why don't you try? 'Cause I don't really—

246. I don't—You can go.

247. - No, no. It's fun. Try it. - No, I don't want to.

248. - Y-You throw it. It's really easy. - No, it's okay.

249. - You can throw it. - No, come on. It's really—

250. It's really fun.

251. - Here. You go first. - No, you try it.

252. I already went, like, 50 times.

253. - Okay, what do I do? - Y-You throw—

254. You get the stick, you pull back, and you throw it.

255. Neil? Sorry.

256. I fetched it.

257. Are you okay?

258. I'll show him, and that scary, little fat kid.

259. Doesn't he realize we're running out of—

260. No. Not yet.

261. Not yet!

262. Ooh-ooh.

263. Whoa, whoa.

264. Aw, nuts.

265. No. No, I don't wanna go! I wanna go home! I don't wanna go!

266. Great. Now we'll never get to remember this moment.

267. You suck.

268. I curse you accusers

269. to die a horrible and gruesome death

270. and rise from your graves as the living dead.

271. Your souls doomed

272. to an eternity of damnation.

273. Kill the witch! Kill the witch!

274. Kill the witch!

275. Oh, gosh, aren't they adorable?

276. Kill the witch! Kill the witch!

277. Kill the witch! Kill the witch!

278. - Kill the witch! Kill the witch! - What?

279. Kill the witch! Kill the witch!

280. Kill the witch!

281. Kill the witch! Kill the witch!

282. What?

283. Oh, no. Not again.

284. This way.

285. Over here.

286. Witch, we know you're out there.

287. - There!

288. Witch.

289. The dead are coming!

290. Hey, buddy.

291. Are you okay?

292. The dead are coming!

293. Norman!

294. Oh.

295. Did he say the dead are coming?

296. - No. No, no, no, no. - Yes! The tree told me!

297. What did he say?

298. This is where it stops.

299. It's one thing being a mental case in front of your family,

300. but not the whole freakin' town.

301. There's not gonna be any more talking to ghosts

302. or grandmas or—or—

303. - What is it now? - I think it's trees.

304. You are grounded.

305. - You hear me? - This is ridiculous.

306. I wish everyone could see what I see.

307. I didn't ask to be born this way.

308. Funny. Neither did we.

309. Kids. It never ends.

310. Never ends.

311. You know, sometimes people say things that seem mean,

312. but they do it because they're afraid.

313. He's my dad.

314. He shouldn't be afraid of me.

315. He's not afraid of you.

316. He's afraid for you.

317. Look! It's AbNorman.

318. What did the tree

319. tell you today, Norman?

320. Are the dead coming soon, Norman?

321. Norman is a loser! Norman is a loser!

322. Norman is a loser!

323. - Whoa! - Huh?

324. Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!

325. Ew.

326. You—You died?

327. Yeah.

328. But I got unfinished business here.

329. Oh. Well, couldn't you use another stall?

330. My ghost isn't going anywhere

331. until I pass on my duty to another.

332. And that would be... you.

333. Me? No, no, no, no. You must have it wrong.

334. Hoo-hoo! It's you, all right.

335. I've been holding back the witch's curse for years.

336. But now I'm dead.

337. It has to be you.

338. But—But I—1-I don't know what any of it means.

339. It means the past is coming back to haunt you.

340. Time is running out.

341. The anniversary of the witch's death is tonight.

342. Her ghost is going to wake up.

343. And when she does, she'll raise the dead.

344. You've gotta keep her in her grave.

345. But I'm just a kid!

346. How am I supposed to stop it?

347. Read from the book

348. at the spot the witch was buried.

349. Wh-What book?

350. The one in my hands.

351. Not these hands.

352. My other hands.

353. The me that's at home in my study, starting to smell a little funny.

354. Get the book, and read from it...

355. before the sun sets tonight.

356. But-But th-this is crazy.

357. Do I look crazy to you?

358. Tell me you'll do this.

359. - Swear!

360. You—You mean like the F-word?

361. I mean promise!

362. 0-Okay, okay.

363. I... promise.

364. - That'll do. - No, Mr. Prenderghast, wait.

365. Sorry, kid. I'm done here. I'm free.

366. I'm finally free!

367. Wait. N-No, you can't leave now.

368. Please. I don't understand.

369. Uh, yeah. You, uh, you might want to give that a few minutes.

370. Norman?

371. Hey, what's the big deal?

372. Don't get your bra in a twist, fat boy.

373. This has nothing to do with you, so keep out of my way.

374. - Or what? - Or, uh, I'll punch you in the boobs.

375. I don't have boobs. These are pectorals.

376. Ow, my boobs!

377. You're dead, freak show!

378. Do you hear me? D-E-D, dead!

379. You're gonna— You're gonna be so dead

380. that you're gonna have to talk to yourself when you're dead!

381. I really don't think we should be leaving him.

382. Perry, you promised me a meal that someone else microwaved.

383. He's probably up there right now, fiddling with his

384. Ouija or his orbs or whatever it is he's got up there.

385. This is not good!

386. Ah.

387. Aaah!

388. You wanna play some hockey?

389. Hmm. You know, I've kinda got other things on my mind right now.

390. Is it all that walking dead stuff again?

391. Mr. Prenderghast appeared to me in the bathroom.

392. - Ew. - No. His spirit.

393. He s—He says the witch's curse is real,

394. and I have to go up to the old graveyard and stop it

395. before the sun sets tonight.

396. So, you wanna come play a bit later?

397. Didn't you hear what I just said?

398. Yeah, but I thought my idea was the less likely to get us eaten.

399. Just go home, Neil. I'm better off on my own anyway.

400. - But— - Go home.

401. Geez. Who rattled your chains?

402. No one.

403. Hmm.

404. Dad says I'm not supposed to talk to you anymore, Grandma.

405. Jackass.

406. If I were a poltergeist, I'd throw somethin' at his head.

407. You know, by rights,

408. I'm supposed to be frolicking in paradise...

409. with your grandfather.

410. But I'm not.

411. So why did you stay?

412. I was never one for frolicking.

413. Bet there's no cable or canasta up there either.

414. Besides, I promised I'd always look out for you.

415. - So it's your duty. - Uh, in a manner of speaking.

416. - And you'd do it no matter what? - Of course.

417. Even if it was something really scary?

418. There's nothin' wrong with bein' scared, Norman,

419. so long as you don't let it change who you are.

420. So, I said to her, "Girl, come back and talk to me

421. when your basket toss gets 12,000 hits on YouTube."

422. Yeah. No, I said that.

423. Yeah, I'm stuck on lame patrol.

424. Tonight's gonna be a total yawn.

425. Ugh! Norman!

426. You better not be sneaking out, you little weirdo!

427. $ Fixup?

428. $ Fixup?

429. W hoa!

430. Hello.

431. Mr. Prenderghast?

432. Ugh.

433. Oh, come on.

434. Darn it.

435. Whoa! Oh!

436. Ugh.

437. Come on. Come on.

438. Let go!

439. Come on.

440. Ugh!

441. Aaah!

442. hooting]

443. This is it.

444. Read from the book, stop the curse,

445. go home and pretend this never happened.

446. "Once upon a time, in a far-off land,

447. there lived a king and a queen in a magnificent castle"?

448. What? A fairy tale?

449. - Ooh, what ya got there, Geekula? - No! Give it back!

450. Can't wait to see everybody's faces

451. - when they hear about this one. - No! No, don't!

452. - Alvin! - Hey. Nobody makes me miss out on

453. a possible date with a girl that almost had some interest

454. in talking to me. Yeah?

455. Thought so. You got nothin' to say.

456. - Uh-oh. - Dang straight, "uh-oh."

457. That's what happens when Alvin gets around here.

458. "Uh-oh, is that Alvin?"

459. "Uh-oh, Alvin's gonna make me run home to Mommy."

460. Uh-oh.

461. - What is that? - It's her.

462. What's that sound?

463. Aaah!

464. Aaah.

465. Aaah!

466. Uh.

467. "One—Once upon a time, in—in-in a far-off—"

468. - "One—Once upon a time in a—" - Make it stop right now, please!

469. lit-It's not working!

470. Stop.

471. - Stop? - You must stop!

472. - Wha—What? - Norman?

473. What are you doing?

474. I think I peed my pants.

475. Wait!

476. Neil! Will you get the door?

477. I'm busy.

478. Are you freeze-framing Mom's aerobics DVD again?

479. No!

480. Neil!

481. Would it kill you to get off your butt

482. - and answer the door? - God.

483. Oh, I'm gonna kill them.

484. I know you're in there!

485. Slumber party's over, dorks!

486. Um, can I help you?

487. Hell, yeah.

488. Hmm. Oh. I—

489. Sorry to bug you so late.

490. Um, does, uh, Neil live here?

491. Yeah. He's my brother.

492. Oh, wow. That's great.

493. Your brother and my brother are, like, best friends.

494. I'm Courtney.

495. Hey, Neil! Uh, you come here a minute?

496. There's a girl asking for you.

497. Hey there!

498. How you doin',

499. little guy?

500. - Neil. - Yeah. Neil.

501. Do you know where Norman is?

502. - He kinda disappeared. - Oh, no... idea!

503. I have no idea where he is. S-Sorry, bye.

504. Whoa, Neil. Better start talkin', buddy.

505. I—I didn't really think he was serious

506. about going up to the old graveyard on his own.

507. That's so Norman!

508. Oh, man, that place is bad news.

509. It's like a total slasher-movie vibe.

510. Why'd he go up there?

511. I don't know. Maybe we should go look for him.

512. I told you he was trouble.

513. - Sorry, but I did. - No, it's fine.

514. He sucks.

515. But I really gotta make sure he doesn't, you know, die

516. or anything tonight.

517. Will you help me?

518. Please?

519. Okay.

520. I guess I should, uh, go get some clothes on.

521. Uh, is Norman in trouble?

522. - Are they gonna try to eat our brains? - I think you'll be safe.

523. Oh-ho-ho-ho, thank God.

524. I don't get it. Why didn't it work?

525. "The Story of Sleeping Beauty"?

526. This doesn't make any sense.

527. Wait! What are— Where are you going?

528. Mr. Prenderghast, I-I don't understand.

529. Just tell me what to do.

530. Dude, what are you doing?

531. He told me to read from the book to stop the curse.

532. I-I thought it was like a spell or something, but—

533. Come on. There— There has to be something.

534. I really need to get home 'cause I've got,

535. like, a seriously early curfew.

536. - Okay, seven victims. - My mom gets—

537. - Seven— - ... really upset when I'm not—

538. Oh, no.

539. Okay, um,

540. we gotta defend ourselves. We gotta shoot them in the head with, like—

541. - Come on, come on! - ... some sort of silver stake

542. or something.

543. - Seven victims. - I'm way too awesome to get eaten.

544. - Seven graves. - Norman, are you listening to me?

545. - You really gotta do something! - The witch's grave.

546. It wasn't there! I was reading the book in the wrong place.

547. Hide!

548. What?

549. Aaah!

550. Come on!

551. And she said I could totally consider a career

552. in formation swimming.

553. But I was, like, "ll wanna do something that

554. helps people less fortunate than me, thank you very much.”

555. You know? Like, um, like the poor,

556. or people who are dying or ugly or something.

557. 'Cause I—I really think that ecology and world peace

558. are, like, totally important today.

559. Do you use free weights? 'Cause your deltoids are huge.

560. I've never used deltoids in my life, I swear.

561. - You can test me. - Kill me now.

562. Thank you for doing this, Mitch.

563. He means an awful lot to me, you know?

564. I love him like he was a brother.

565. He is your brother.

566. Whoa.

567. Look at that sky!

568. Look out!

569. Oh, no!

570. That was Norman!

571. - Is everyone okay? - No.

572. Uh, hello, sir?

573. Is he dead or what?

574. I don't know. He's not moving.

575. He's still breathing.

576. So, he's okay?

577. Uh, not exactly.

578. What? I— What did you just say?

579. Does anyone know, uh, CPR or—

580. Run!

581. Aaah!

582. - Did you see that? - That was insane.

583. I know, right? I kicked that, like, 100 yards!

584. Norman, what just happened?

585. Zombies. I swear, okay?

586. We saw them burst out of their graves, for real.

587. Just so you know, I totally saved his life,

588. and I could totally save yours.

589. - Sorry. Who are you? - I'm Alvin.

590. Um, guys?

591. Maybe we should actually drive away now.

592. Oh, right.

593. Pesky kids with their cell phones, burnin' up the ozone.

594. That's what this is.

595. What the—

596. I just knew something like this was gonna happen tonight.

597. You did? Wow. 'Cause that zombie bit really threw me.

598. Why'd you have to go and get everyone involved

599. in all your weird stuff?

600. Well, you weren't supposed to follow me, were you?

601. Sorry. My fault. When I'm nervous,

602. I get mouth diarrhea.

603. Whoa-ho-ho-! Diarrhea.

604. Oh, my gosh! I think I'm having an aneurysm.

605. Oh, this is so typical of you.

606. No, you don't understand.

607. I'm the only one who can stop this, Courtney.

608. Oh, I-I understand.

609. I understand that this is all getting completely out of—

610. hand!

611. What do we do? What do we do? Mitch!

612. - I don't know! I don't know! - You're the oldest.

613. Not mentally!

614. Oh, great, the cops.

615. Pull over the vehicle!

616. Norman, how do we stop them?

617. I-I'm supposed to read from the book at the witch's grave.

618. We've gotta go back to the graveyard?

619. She wasn't buried with the others. I don't know where else to look.

620. Well, you better think of something quick.

621. Oh, oh. I have an idea.

622. So, Norman. Let me get this straight.

623. You guys all go on this big supernatural adventure.

624. And you're calling me in the middle of the night

625. because you need someone to help you do your homework?

626. Uh, yeah.

627. Whoa!

628. Please, we need to find out

629. where the witch is buried!

630. Oh, no! Whoa!

631. I went to the old graveyard, but her—her grave wasn't there.

632. Well, duh.

633. People found guilty of witchcraft weren't considered people anymore.

634. Norman, your witch was buried someplace else.

635. In an unmarked grave.

636. Mitch, do something!

637. Aaah!

638. If you cared to pay attention some of the time,

639. you would know that we covered this in fifth-grade history class.

640. Salma! Please hurry!

641. - Aaah! - Oh, no!

642. You know, I would Google this myself

643. if there wasn't a 300-year-old dead guy trying to rip my face off.

644. Okay, okay.

645. It says here she was tried in the old town hall on Main Street.

646. There may be a record of her execution and burial in the archives.

647. Quick. She said go to the town hall.

648. Oh, my goodness! Oh, my goodness!

649. I really think it might help

650. if you tried to see things from his point of view.

651. I don't want to.

652. Perry, not believing in the afterlife

653. is like not believing in astrology.

654. I have no idea what you're talking about. Seriously.

655. - Where did you learn that? - Calm down.

656. Delinquent drivers!

657. Where are the police when you need 'em?

658. - Oh, my gosh. - I broke a nail.

659. - I'm gonna be sick. - Yeah-ha-ha.

660. Alvin, the Zombie Slayer.

661. I got you—Ow! Oh!

662. Baby, I'm so sorry. You'll be all right.

663. We're gonna get through this together.

664. Uh-oh.

665. Come on.

666. Oh, yeah.

667. Perfect. Now the geeks are in charge.

668. Oh!

669. Booyah!

670. See? I told you. Zombies.

671. - It's the witch's curse. - Mama?

672. What?

673. What should we do?

674. - Kill 'em in the head! - Yeah!

675. Hurry, this way.

676. Oh, this is awful!

677. The zombies are, like, eating everyone!

678. Come on!

679. Is everyone all right?

680. - Nobody got bitten? - I bit my tongue.

681. Does that count?

682. Does anyone know how to pick a lock?

683. Sure. Pickin' locks is my thing.

684. Boom.

685. - This is it! - This is?

686. Now we can find out where the witch was buried.

687. Uh-oh.

688. Whoa.

689. Great. I'm super-psyched.

690. This is turning into the most fun night ever.

691. Man. Zombies take over the world, and we lock ourselves in a library?

692. Are you kidding me?

693. There's an adult video store just across the street.

694. This will be a piece of cake. You'll see.

695. "Page... one.”

696. Okay, "Page one."

697. I really hate these places.

698. Come on.

699. - Feel it. Push it, push it. - Come on.

700. - Push yourself. Come on. Let's go. - Oh, that's not it.

701. Time is running out.

702. Ain't room for no more zombies in this town!

703. Yeah.

704. Hi-yah!

705. Ya-ha-hoo!

706. Would've been a quiet night too,

707. if it hadn't been for those meddling kids.

708. Huh.

709. Sweet baby jinkies!

710. What do you think you're doing, firing at civilians?

711. That is for the police to do!

712. Oh, no, no, no. It's okay, Sheriff.

713. We've only been shooting at the dead ones.

714. It's the living dead come to take us all to hell.

715. And we gotta stop them before they get away.

716. Mmm.

717. Move along now, people! There isn't anything to see here.

718. I saw them! I saw them!

719. They're in the town hall!

720. "Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war!"

721. Let's rip 'em apart!

722. We're not gonna find it in here, Norman.

723. - This is useless. - Yeah, I know.

724. And it's also really boring.

725. I thought I was driving the van.

726. No one told me I was gonna have to do this other dumb stuff.

727. If I'd known there was so much reading involved,

728. I would've brought a completely different group of people who hate me.

729. Yes! Book number one finished.

730. That is right. Twenty-six pages.

731. Oh, yeah.

732. I can't believe this is your plan.

733. I'm gonna get bitten and start eating people's brains.

734. - Guys! - I'm supposed to be vegan.

735. There's something moving out there.

736. - I think it's the zombies. - Hide!

737. Oh, no, it's not. It's just grown-ups.

738. Hide!

739. - Open up! - Hi-yah!

740. Whoa. That sound. You know what that is?

741. That's not-awesome things.

742. - Guys, come on! - Just give it up, you wiener.

743. No, we have to keep trying.

744. Oh! We tried, and look what happened.

745. I'm scared, Norman, and I can't listen to this anymore.

746. You never listen. No one ever listens.

747. I'm scared too, but I've still gotta do this.

748. I do too listen.

749. And whatever it was you just said, it's not working.

750. You—You think you're gonna go out there,

751. you're gonna do your talking to the dead thing,

752. and this is all gonna be okay? It—Uh—

753. What are you gonna do? Huh? Ask the zombies not to eat you?

754. I should've known you wouldn't understand. No one ever does.

755. Norman, you need to stop all this weird stuff

756. and start living in the real world.

757. Everyone in the real world thinks I'm a freak.

758. And you know what? Maybe they're right. Maybe I am a freak.

759. But I never asked for your help. Just go!

760. Get out!

761. Geez, that was dramatic.

762. Come on.

763. I'm not going anywhere. You can't make me.

764. - Dude, you're really heavy. - I'm not speaking to you.

765. You can't make me.

766. Um, excuse me. Hello?

767. Oh, no!

768. They're in there, all right. I can feel its clammy flesh!

769. Hello?

770. Help! Somebody, help me!

771. Let's burn 'em out!

772. We're all gonna die!

773. Oh, my gosh.

774. Do you think this has got anything to do with Norman?

775. Of course not.

776. Everyone, look!

777. Perry, do something!

778. Norman! Get down from there this instant!

779. You're supposed to be grounded!

780. You horrible old witch!

781. Is this what you want?

782. Necromancer!

783. - This is all his doing! - Norman!

784. "Once upon a time, in a—

785. I-in a far-off land, there-there lived a king and a queen

786. in a magnificent castle.”

787. Why won't you listen to me? Why are you doing this?

788. Agatha Prenderghast,

789. of His Majesty's province of Massachusetts.

790. On this day, you have been arraigned

791. for the horrible crime of witchcraft,

792. witnessed by those whose testimonies

793. have been heard.

794. You have, by this court, been found guilty.

795. - No! - And it is passed on you,

796. according to your grievous crimes,

797. execution!

798. No. No!

799. Do you have anything to say for yourself?

800. - I was only playing. - Aye!

801. With fire!

802. You were speaking with the dead!

803. - Wait! No! - I'll not risk damnation

804. on these good people.

805. - No, you can't do this! - You are to be taken—

806. - I didn't do anything wrong! - ... to the place of execution,

807. where you will be hanged by the neck—

808. - ... until you be dead. - Stop!

809. Leave me alone or I'll make you sorry!

810. I'll make all of you sorry!

811. How could you?

812. She was just a little kid.

813. She was no different than me.

814. Keep away from me.

815. Y-You must stop

816. the curse.

817. What?

818. You don't want to kill me?

819. You can speak to the dead.

820. To us.

821. To her.

822. We need you to read from the book,

823. to send us all back to the grave.

824. But it didn't work.

825. It's a fairy tale.

826. Just a bedtime s... story.

827. That's it, isn't it?

828. A bedtime story to keep a little girl asleep for another year.

829. And now you need my help

830. because I'm the only one who can read it to her?

831. Here's your book!

832. Try reading it yourself.

833. Why did you do it?

834. We were scared.

835. Of what?

836. Of her.

837. I believed we were doing what was right.

838. I was wrong.

839. Now, this is our punishment.

840. We thought we knew our way in life,

841. but in death...

842. we are lost.

843. Please, help us.

844. Every year, someone reads the story at her grave.

845. Before me it was Mr. Prenderghast.

846. And before him there were others.

847. But the curse doesn't ever go away.

848. Nothing gets better. It's not enough.

849. What will you do?

850. Something nobody ever did before.

851. I've gotta go talk to her.

852. Guys, guys!

853. Under here, under here!

854. Mitch. Mitch. If we die tonight,

855. this may be the last chance I get to tell you how I feel.

856. Uh...

857. Well, no. Unless we get brought back as zombies,

858. and then, technically, you'll have longer.

859. - Norman? - Come on.

860. - This way. - You've gotta be kidding me.

861. You stay right where you are!

862. You may be dead already,

863. but I will still shoot you!

864. Wait!

865. Oh, my gosh.

866. Son!

867. Step away from the zombies!

868. No, I won't.

869. Perry, calm down! You're gonna have a heart attack,

870. and then what are you gonna do?

871. I'll come back and haunt Norman!

872. Maybe then he'll start listening to me.

873. No! No, you don't understand what's happening here.

874. I spoke to them, and—and it's not what you think.

875. The curse isn't about the zombies hurting you.

876. It's about you hurting them.

877. I figured it out. And—And I know a way to stop this.

878. He's in league with them!

879. Let's hang him!

880. No. We can't hang him, stupid. It's the 21st century.

881. Then let's burn him!

882. Can you stop being a mob for just one minute?

883. - Listen to me. - Get 'em before they eat us!

884. Leave him alone!

885. Hand, Alvin. My hand.

886. Everybody, listen up!

887. You all need to stop trying to kill my brother!

888. You're adults! You stop it!

889. I know that this seems crazy.

890. Believe me, I am with you on that.

891. But I think he does actually know what he's talking about.

892. All night, he's been trying to save you from the witch's curse.

893. Yeah. Yeah!

894. And all you wanna do is burn and murder stuff,

895. burn and murder stuff.

896. Just burning and murdering.

897. Yeah. Shame on every single one of you.

898. How dare you all.

899. So they're not going to hurt us?

900. No.

901. Does it look like any of them are trying to hurt you?

902. They're just people.

903. Well, at least they used to be.

904. Just... just stupid people who should've known better.

905. They did something unforgivable because they were scared,

906. and they were cursed for it.

907. Now it's happening all over again.

908. Just—don't you get it?

909. They were just like you.

910. But now it has to stop.

911. For good.

912. Geez! What is her problem?

913. Oh, Norman!

914. - So, what do we do now? - Uh, I—

915. - |I-I really don't know. - Yes, you do, Norman.

916. You've gotta get to that witch's grave.

917. - But— - But nothing. You listen to me, buster.

918. We didn't turn away

919. when Daleridge High was slaughtering our volleyball team, did we?

920. - I thought we did. - No, we didn't.

921. I have cheered the uncheerable, Norman,

922. and I'm not letting you give up now.

923. - Dad, could I borrow the car? - Excuse me?

924. Officials are urging people

925. to panic and run!

926. Whew! Boy. The traffic tonight, huh?

927. The witch!

928. Norman. Ugh. He's on my side of the seat.

929. She wants you to move over.

930. Um, I heard that!

931. Mom, tell the zombie to stop saying stuff about me.

932. - Can you quit using the Z-word? - "Can you quit using the Z-word?"

933. So help me, I will stop this car right now

934. if all three of you don't quit it this instant!

935. He—He says, take a left here.

936. We've already been this way.

937. We're going around in circles!

938. Maybe we should pull over and ask someone.

939. Oh! Right!

940. You think maybe we should stop at a graveyard

941. and dig up some other 18th-century corpses?

942. It's not a bad idea.

943. I wish I understood you.

944. Please, don't tell me he needs to use the bathroom.

945. Turn down there.

946. Oh, my. Do you think that's it?

947. So, why are we here?

948. Someone's gotta talk to her, Dad.

949. Yeah, um... why is that person you, exactly?

950. - Oh, my goodness. Look out! - Mom!

951. Perry! Do something!

952. I am trying!

953. Kick it in the knothole!

954. Whoa!

955. Norman?

956. I'm—I'm okay, Mom!

957. Just wait for me here. Don't worry.

958. Be careful!

959. Uh, hello.

960. You're not welcome here.

961. Go away.

962. Uh, I-I really need to speak with you.

963. Who are you?

964. I'm—I'm Norman. Norman Babcock.

965. You—You don't actually know me, but I know you.

966. We're actually kind of the same, you and I.

967. You're not dead.

968. Well... well, no, a-apart from that.

969. And you're a boy.

970. Oh, well, yes. That too.

971. You're not like me at all.

972. Well—I— I know how you feel.

973. No, you don't.

974. You don't know anything about me.

975. I know your name is Agatha Prenderghast.

976. What?

977. A-And I know you're probably tired, right?

978. Because, I mean, it's—it's really late, and it's been a long night.

979. And we're, like, only 11 years old, and—

980. I don't want to go to sleep.

981. And you can't make me.

982. Whoa!

983. Whoa!

984. I burnt the book into dust.

985. Now I don't have to listen to that stupid story anymore!

986. Ow!

987. Leave me alone.

988. No. No, I'm not leaving.

989. Just listen to me.

990. Uh... Once upon a time,

991. long ago, there was a little girl.

992. - What? - A-A little girl

993. who was different—

994. Who was different from the other people in her village.

995. She could see and—and do things that no one could understand.

996. And that made them scared of her.

997. I don't like this story!

998. She turned away from everyone and became sad and lonely,

999. and had no one to turn to!

1000. Stop it!

1001. But the more she turned away from people,

1002. the more scared they were of her.

1003. And they did something terrible.

1004. - Oh! - They became so scared...

1005. that they took her away, and they killed her!

1006. - No! - But—But even—

1007. Even though she was dead,

1008. - something in her came back. - Stop!

1009. And this part of her wouldn't go away, not for 300 years!

1010. - Shut up! - And the longer it stayed,

1011. the less there was of the little girl.

1012. I'll make you suffer!

1013. Why? Oh!

1014. Because... Because...

1015. Because you want everyone to hurt just as much as you are.

1016. So whenever you wake up,

1017. you play this mean game, but you don't play fair!

1018. They hurt me!

1019. So you hurt them back?

1020. I wanted everyone to see how rotten they were.

1021. You're just like them, Agatha.

1022. - No, I'm not! - You're a bully!

1023. No, I'm not!

1024. Ugh!

1025. They did something awful, but that doesn't mean you should too.

1026. All that's left of you now is mean and horrible!

1027. - That's not true. - Then stop.

1028. This is wrong, and you know it.

1029. You spent so long remembering the bad people

1030. that you've forgotten the good ones.

1031. There must have been someone who loved you and cared for you.

1032. - You don't remember them? - Leave me alone!

1033. But you're not alone. You have to remember.

1034. - Keep away from me! - Remember!

1035. Aggie.

1036. My name was Aggie.

1037. I...

1038. I remember my mommy brought me here once.

1039. We sat under the tree, and she told me stories.

1040. They all had happy endings.

1041. And then those horrible men came and took me away,

1042. and I never saw her again.

1043. Sometimes when people get scared, they say and do terrible things.

1044. I think you got so scared that you forgot who you are.

1045. But I don't think you're a witch.

1046. Not really.

1047. You don't?

1048. I think you're just a little kid with a really special gift,

1049. who only ever wanted people to understand her.

1050. So we're not all that different at all.

1051. But...

1052. what about the people who hurt you?

1053. Don't you ever want to make them suffer?

1054. Well, yeah. But what good would that do?

1055. You think just because there's bad people out there

1056. that there's no good ones either?

1057. I thought the same thing for a while.

1058. But there's always someone out there for you.

1059. Somewhere.

1060. I just want my mommy.

1061. I'm—I'm sorry, Aggie.

1062. She's gone.

1063. That story you were telling...

1064. How does it end?

1065. I think that's up to you.

1066. Is this where they buried me?

1067. It's a pretty good place to sleep.

1068. Then you can be with your mom again.

1069. Sleep tight.

1070. Norman? Norman!

1071. My brave little man!

1072. I thought I was gonna lose you.

1073. Mom!

1074. - You're embarrassing me. - That's my job.

1075. Psst. Good job, Norman.

1076. Well done, son. You did it.

1077. So, uh, are we gonna need statements?

1078. Ow! That was my fingernail.

1079. You know what it's like. You join a mob, and you say things—

1080. I was merely inhabiting the role.

1081. Yeah, it was the others. They pushed me into it.

1082. Yeah, no, uh, me and Norman are in a lot of the same classes.

1083. We're pretty much inseparable best buds.

1084. And we do a lot of psychic investigations together.

1085. We have a blog actually. You should check it out.

1086. So I was thinking maybe we could catch a movie sometime.

1087. - Nothing scary. - That sounds great, Kathy.

1088. You know, you're gonna love my boyfriend.

1089. He's like a total chick-flick nut.

1090. - Hey, Neil. - You did it.

1091. You stopped the witch's curse.

1092. And made the zombies go away. And saved pretty much everything!

1093. I guess.

1094. I just wanted to say thanks. You stood by me.

1095. - All the time. - Yeah, of course.

1096. Don't get weird or anything.

1097. So, uh, you think now everything's gonna turn back to normal?

1098. Well, as normal as it could be.

1099. Ugh! Stop it!

1100. whose lives have been ruined by

1101. last night's mystery tornado.

1102. But first, here's Mindy Rinager with a kitten on roller skates.

1103. Mmm.

1104. - Son. - Hi, Dad.

1105. - What are you watching? - A scary movie.

1106. Oh, yeah. Um...

1107. Your grandma here, is she?

1108. - Mmm. - Right.

1109. Of course she is. Um...

1110. Is she, uh... is she, uh,

1111. sitting next to me?

1112. Hi, Mom.

1113. So, what's happening now?