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00:17In the middle of the night, a stranger with a cane breaks into the Conroy house.
00:20Ella is awakened by the noise and she's so scared that she rushes to close the door.
00:24When she gets back in bed, she's shocked to find the stranger sitting next to her.
00:28He calls her by her name and tells her not to curse because it's a sin.
00:32Ella wonders why he knows her name, but he just says that he knows lots of things before grabbing her
00:36face.
00:36At that moment, Ella wakes up, only for the old man to grab her by the neck and lift her
00:40as he says that he knows something about her dad.
00:42Suddenly Ella's father Theo wakes up from this nightmare and goes to check on his daughter, who is still sleeping
00:47peacefully.
00:48Then he takes his medicine and complains about the constant nightmares.
00:51Sometime later Theo is relaxing by the pool while listening to a meditation podcast that is supposed to help people
00:56with nightmares.
00:57His wife Susanna asks him to pick up Ella since she has work, and Theo asks her if he can
01:01visit her at the movie set tomorrow.
01:03Susanna agrees with a kiss, but Theo still gets annoyed because she keeps laughing at her co-workers' texts.
01:08The next day Theo tries to visit Susanna at work, but the guard claims that he doesn't have Theo's name
01:13on the list so he doesn't let him pass.
01:15Because of the age difference, the guard wonders if Theo is Susanna's father.
01:18In the background, Susanna is acting in a dirty scene for the movie and Theo has to pretend it doesn't
01:23bother him.
01:23After waiting for a while, Theo is finally allowed to go in and he's bothered again by Susanna hugging a
01:28co-worker.
01:29When she sees him, she apologizes for having to do that scene and complains about the director being a creep.
01:34Theo tells her what happened and Susanna swears she put his name on the list.
01:38However Theo theorizes that the guard recognized him and didn't let him pass because he thought he was dangerous.
01:43Susanna admits she likes that and convinces him to get naughty in the car.
01:46When they're done, Susanna says she could retire since Theo is rich, but he knows she wouldn't be happy that
01:51way.
01:51Instead, they agree to go on a vacation.
01:54That night, a booking is confirmed on the internet for a lovely house in the Welsh countryside.
01:58Sometime later, the family is on their way to the holiday house.
02:01Theo and Susanna are arguing about her driving but they're interrupted by Ella, who asks if Theo will die first
02:06because he's older.
02:07Her parents fail to explain matters of life and death to her, and this distraction almost causes them to crash.
02:13Thankfully Susanna dodges the other car just in time.
02:15Eventually they reach the house and they're impressed by how beautiful it is.
02:18Ella keeps running around, so Theo calms her down and finally gives her a proper answer.
02:23One day everyone will die, but they'll meet again in heaven.
02:26That night Ella is doing shadow puppets on her bed.
02:28Suddenly a human-shaped shadow appears next to hers and a startled Ella turns around, but it's just her father.
02:34She tells him that she saw a shadow, but Theo brushes it off and tucks her in.
02:37After she hides under the blankets, the shadow leaves her room.
02:41Afterward Theo tells Susanna that the thermostat is broken.
02:43Since the booking is under her name, he asks her to call the owner Stetler in the morning to ask
02:47for repairs.
02:49Ella sneaks out of bed to spy on her parents, but as soon as they see her she runs back
02:52to her room.
02:53In the living room, Theo turns off all the lights but can't find the right switch for the lamp in
02:57the corner, so it stays on.
02:59At 10.35, Theo enters the laundry room to turn off that light too but he's shocked to discover a
03:04picture on the wall.
03:05It shows a man standing on the basement door with a flashing light.
03:08Theo ignores it and leaves, closing the door behind him.
03:11He doesn't see the light turning on again.
03:12When he enters his bedroom, Susanna is already asleep.
03:16He sits next to her and she's startled awake.
03:18After telling him that she had a very bad dream, she scolds him for taking so long to turn off
03:22the lights and falls asleep again.
03:24Theo thinks she's joking and goes to sleep too without realizing that it's 3.12.
03:28For the rest of the night, Theo keeps dreaming about a tub, a man with a cane, and a woman's
03:32dead body.
03:33When he wakes up, he notices it's 10.46, which is strange because he never oversleeps.
03:38A note on the nightstand says that Susanna and Ella went out for a walk.
03:41Theo decides to write in his meditation notebook, describing how angry and confused he feels.
03:46As he writes, the shadow behind him grows.
03:49When his pen runs out of ink, he throws it away in frustration.
03:52In the woods, Ella is climbing a tree, ignoring her mother's protests.
03:56Suddenly she slips and falls, but luckily Susanna catches her.
03:59Then Ella asks why people dislike her dad.
04:01Susanna explains that Theo's first wife self deleted in the bathtub and people thought he killed her.
04:06He was later acquitted at trial, but his reputation was already ruined.
04:10Meanwhile Theo goes to the village to buy some groceries.
04:12The shopkeeper realizes he's staying at the house on the hills and asks if anything has happened yet,
04:17but Theo doesn't understand the question.
04:19The man also asks if he's met Stetler, so Theo says no.
04:22When Theo is about to leave, the shopkeeper gifts him a drafting triangle and tells him to measure the right
04:27angles.
04:27Outside, a woman is waiting against the car.
04:30She asks how he found the house, so he tells her about the website and that he hasn't seen Stetler.
04:34The woman says that Stetler has seen Theo before she leaves.
04:37When Theo returns home, Ella tells him she's sorry about what happened to him.
04:41A furious Theo talks to Susanna in private and they have an argument.
04:44They blame each other for having chosen this place, but both deny having found the link and think the other
04:49saw it first.
04:50During dinner, Ella notices that her parents aren't talking and pats Theo's hand while Susanna is constantly texting in the
04:55background.
04:56Before bed, Susanna takes a bath and leaves her phone in the bedroom.
04:59Theo uses the chance to read her messages, but there are no signs of cheating anywhere.
05:03Next he checks her tablet and her laptop, but they don't have anything either.
05:07When Susanna comes out of the bathroom, Theo apologizes for his attitude lately.
05:11Hours pass and Theo can't fall asleep.
05:13He decides to listen to his meditation podcast and keeps thinking about the mysterious guy with the cane, Susanna in
05:19the tub, and his dead wife opening her eyes in the water.
05:21Suddenly Theo opens his eyes too and realizes he fell asleep.
05:25He opens his notebook to keep writing only to find the words you should leave now, which he doesn't remember
05:29writing.
05:29Suddenly he hears someone screaming in the distance and he turns around to check, but his reflection in the window
05:34doesn't do the same.
05:35There are three shelves against the wall looking normal.
05:38Theo then looks at his notebook again, but the noise repeats.
05:41He turns around once more and the reflection freezes this time too.
05:44On the wall, one of the shelves has been replaced by a door.
05:47Theo decides to open it and finds the stairs to the basement.
05:50The area is quite big so Theo looks at the corridor next to it because the layout still doesn't make
05:54sense.
05:55A curious Theo goes downstairs and finds an old unkept corridor.
05:58As he wanders around, he senses someone moving behind him.
06:02Eventually he finds a dark corridor and sees the silhouette of a man entering a room as a camera flashes
06:06inside, matching the picture from the laundry room.
06:09Theo enters the room and finds a bunch of photographs on the floor.
06:12To his shock, there's a picture of himself with Ella.
06:15Nearby he also finds an empty bottle and Ella's plush bunny.
06:17When he picks it up, he sees some legs behind a door.
06:20Theo rushes into that room and is devastated to find a dead Ella.
06:23He picks her and brings her to the first room, only for water to come out of Ella's mouth, indicating
06:28she drowned.
06:29A desperate Theo begins to repeat that this has to be a dream, and his hands strike multiple times to
06:34try to wake up.
06:34Since it doesn't work, the bottle gets shattered and is used to cut his arm.
06:38This isn't effective either, so the bottle stabs Theo's neck.
06:41At that moment Theo finally wakes up.
06:43Susanna is already up and tells him about a silly nightmare she had.
06:46Theo takes her downstairs to show her the shelves, the laundry room, and the picture while describing what happened.
06:52But Susanna assures him that he never left the bed.
06:54They both admit they hate this house so they agree to leave.
06:57While packing, Susanna explains to Ella that they'll finish their vacation in London, and afterward she'll be away for two
07:02months to be in a movie.
07:04Later Ella and Susanna are playing outside while Theo is gathering any remaining groceries.
07:08He sees how happy his family is and texts Susanna telling her that they're cute.
07:12Susanna pulls out her phone, but at the same time, a phone on the kitchen counter vibrates.
07:16Theo sends a second message and this time looks at the other phone's screen to see it appear.
07:21Susanna is texting outside and he doesn't receive anything, which means she has a secret phone.
07:25Now he's paranoid again.
07:27A furious Theo rushes to his notebook only to discover that the weird message is still there, so that wasn't
07:31part of his dream.
07:32When he flips the page, he finds new words that say you should have left, now it's too late.
07:37Then Theo runs outside and confronts Susanna about the second phone.
07:40She admits she's been having an affair with a co-worker but she never brought him to the house.
07:44They argue for a while and Theo ends up kicking Susanna out, saying he needs just one night alone.
07:49While Theo hugs an upset Ella, Susanna leaves in the car only to stop in the middle of the road
07:53to have a breakdown.
07:55Afterward Theo is on the verge of losing his patience because Ella refuses to eat Welsh food and keeps driving
07:59her scooter around the kitchen.
08:01When she accidentally drops a glass of water she immediately apologizes, so Theo calms down and hugs her.
08:06Ella admits she doesn't like the house because it gives her bad dreams and bad moods, and she wants to
08:10leave.
08:11Theo promises they'll leave tomorrow when Susanna returns with the car.
08:14As Theo turns around, he notices that the water on the floor is moving in two separate puddles.
08:19He brings another glass of water and pours it on the floor, and the same happens.
08:23The liquid splits and joins the previous puddles.
08:25Theo also uses the drafting triangle to check the angles and finds an anomaly between the wall and the floor.
08:30Next Theo and Ella use a measuring tape to take the exact measurements of the kitchen and living room.
08:35They repeat the process outside and discover that the house is strangely larger on the inside.
08:39Ella says she's cold, so Theo tells her to get her jacket.
08:42She immediately rushes to the door, but he doesn't see her come in.
08:46Suddenly Ella appears on the opposite side of the kitchen and waves at him after grabbing her jacket,
08:50but when she crosses the door again, she doesn't come out.
08:52A worried Theo rushes inside and finds the jacket on the floor but no Ella.
08:56He searches every room in the house yet he can't find her anywhere.
08:59At the same time, Ella is in the mysterious corridor from the dream.
09:03Theo keeps searching and goes through a different door, only to return to the living room.
09:07Behind him, a strange shadow flickers.
09:09Then Theo runs out through another door and goes back to open the first one.
09:13This time he finds the usual corridor, so he keeps the door open with a chair.
09:17When he turns around, he discovers that the corridor has expanded and now there are dozens of doors.
09:21Theo goes to the room with the shelves and finds the door in the middle.
09:24When he steps in and turns on the light, the door closes behind him.
09:28Meanwhile Ella sees a door open in the dark corridor and goes inside.
09:31She looks around the room until she finds a tub with a dead woman in it.
09:34Suddenly the body starts moving and Ella screams as she tries to run away, only to bump into the
09:39stranger with the cane.
09:40He says he doesn't see innocent faces in the house often and asks her about her dad, but
09:44Ella just runs in the opposite direction.
09:46Theo hears her scream and desperately searches every room.
09:48In one he finds rain falling from the ceiling, while in another one he finds infinite stairs.
09:53Following Ella's voice, Theo begins kicking a door until the chair flies out and he runs back
09:57into the normal house to find Ella sitting on the stairs.
10:00They hug tightly as she shares how scared she is.
10:03Afterward Theo tries calling Susanna but he's sent to voicemail.
10:06Ella tells him to call Susanna's other phone, but he doesn't have that number.
10:09After leaving a message, Theo calls the store to ask the owner about a taxi service.
10:13The man tells him there isn't such a thing in the village and asks him if he used the
10:17triangle.
10:17When Theo says yes, the shopkeeper tells him that before that house, there was a different
10:21house, and before that one there used to be a tower.
10:24Legend says that the devil builds a tower to collect souls and God destroys it, but the devil
10:28keeps building it back.
10:29As the shopkeeper mentions the people who weren't able to leave the house, Theo keeps glancing
10:33at the wall and sees more and more photographs appear.
10:36He snaps and says he needs to leave now, but the shopkeeper explains it's not up to him.
10:41Suddenly the call is taken over by Stetler, who tells Theo that he's always here.
10:44A desperate Theo decides they'll walk to the village and almost panics when he can't open
10:48the door, but he just has to unlock it.
10:50As Theo and Ella leave, they see a person appear inside the house.
10:54They walk down the road as fast as possible and keep getting startled by various animal sounds.
10:58After walking for a while they finally see some lights however it isn't the village,
11:02it's the house again.
11:03Ella doesn't want to go inside, but Theo explains they have no choice and promises to protect
11:07her.
11:08Once they're both in bed, Theo admits that when he was young, he was rich and successful,
11:12so he lost track of his life and became someone he isn't proud of.
11:15However Ella makes him a better person.
11:17The duo soon falls asleep, only for a camera flash to wake Theo up.
11:21He hears the water running in the bathtub, so he decides to check it out.
11:24When he enters the bathroom, there's no water at all.
11:27The door's close behind him so he immediately pushes them, only to walk into the dark corridor.
11:31As water drips on the walls, he can hear Ella calling for him in the distance.
11:35Theo searches the area until he finds a tub full of water.
11:38Suddenly his dead wife grabs him from behind and pushes him down on the floor.
11:42Theo tries to defend himself but the woman starts puking water on his face.
11:46After Theo struggles for a while, she disappears.
11:49Then Theo runs to the laundry room and finds the picture of him and Ella on the wall next to
11:52the old photograph.
11:53He rushes through the door and is shocked to see himself a few days ago throwing away
11:57the pen.
11:58After his other self goes to the village, Theo opens the journal and writes the mysterious
12:01message.
12:02Next he goes to the other room and keeps seeing himself and his family when they arrived.
12:06Theo tries using his phone and Stetler's voice tells him he isn't going anywhere.
12:10When Theo tries to take the stairs, they keep growing larger.
12:13The memories of the past few days keep mixing with reality as Theo tries to climb, but a strange
12:17energy makes him fall.
12:18He refuses to give up and tries again until he reaches the next floor.
12:22When he looks out the window he sees Susanna parking, but this is mixed with the memory
12:26of their arrival again.
12:27In just one blink, Theo reappears in the creepy room and finally meets the stranger with the
12:31cane.
12:32He's Stetler, the owner of the house but also the devil.
12:35Ella's voice asking for help can be heard and her shadow appears on the wall.
12:38Theo tells Stetler to let her go and Stetler pokes him with the cane, so Theo steals it and
12:42threatens to attack.
12:43When Stetler blames Ella's situation on him, Theo starts yelling that he didn't do it and hits Stetler
12:48with the cane multiple times.
12:50Stetler begins to bleed, loses his glasses and even a tooth, yet he keeps talking about
12:54the sins of the father affecting the children.
12:56He takes off his hat and reveals that he looks like Theo, reminding him that mirrors only
13:00show a person their own selves.
13:01He also explains that the only one keeping Ella in the house is Theo.
13:05On the verge of a breakdown, Theo says he can't do this.
13:08Stetler tells him he knows what he must do and disappears.
13:11Then Ella appears behind him and they reunite with a hug while Theo apologizes for everything.
13:15Outside, Susanna has finally arrived.
13:18Theo puts Ella in the car and kisses her goodbye before talking to his wife in private.
13:22Susanna wants to work things out, however Theo thinks he belongs in the house.
13:25He explains that he didn't directly kill his wife, but when he found her in the tub, he
13:29didn't help.
13:30Theo could have saved her, but instead he watched her drown because he had been hating
13:34her for years and wasn't brave enough to divorce her.
13:36He tells Susanna that he can't run away from his shadow, confirming that the presence
13:39in the house has always been his sin.
13:41Susanna and Ella leave safely while Theo is stuck in the house forever.
13:44On the internet, the house goes up for rent again to catch new souls.
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