00:12I'm home.
00:26You're still at it?
00:29Well, no rest for the wicked.
00:30How was your fundraiser?
00:33Well, it was a big success.
00:35It would have been nice if you had come.
00:37Everyone is asking about you.
00:40I'm on a deadline.
00:43You know, Dan, there are some things
00:44that are more important than work.
00:46Please, Rachel, don't start.
00:48I'm just saying, it would have been nice to have you there.
00:52Nothing is more important than this.
00:53Why is that so hard for you to understand?
00:58You still writing that scary book of yours?
01:00What, the one that freaks you out?
01:04Yes.
01:05Well, at least you won't expect me to proofread it.
01:11What are these?
01:13I haven't seen you draw since you were in college.
01:16They're story inspirations.
01:18This isn't exactly what your publisher is expecting from you.
01:21Well, that's the point.
01:24You know, this is the one that's really going to hit.
01:26It's going to change everything.
01:28This one.
01:29Look at these.
01:31This is like the mind of a lunatic.
01:33It's research.
01:34It's obsessive.
01:37Why don't you say what you really want to say?
01:40Fine.
01:42You need to sell another book, Dan.
01:47Look, I'm sorry.
01:50Why don't you go back to writing what you know?
01:54You know what?
01:57I'm going to take a shower.
02:00Going to bed?
02:02Yeah.
02:07Yeah.
02:18Okay.
02:22Yeah.
02:45We need to use your phone, ma'am.
02:55Hon, what are you doing out so late?
03:02Where are your parents?
03:04They're worried about us.
03:05We need to call them.
03:07Don't you have a cell phone?
03:09Please, ma'am.
03:10My sister is scared.
03:13Where do you live?
03:16Give me your home phone number and I'll call your parents for you.
03:22You know, I'll tell you what.
03:23I'll call the police and tell them that you need their help
03:26and it'll only be a few minutes before they get here, okay?
03:32There's no need to do that.
03:48Dan!
03:50Dan!
03:50Please, you have to invite us in.
03:54We just need you to open that door.
03:56We're not going to hurt you.
03:57We're just kids.
04:02If we wanted to hurt you, we would have broken in already.
04:12Light us in.
04:15Please, ma'am.
04:32I've been able to tell you they need to believe I could keep going.
04:34It's pretty awesome.
04:34It's a sort of fucking thing.
04:34You've been practicing.
04:34A few days before we have to do that.
04:35I test a few days before we have to leave and go.
04:35I know that's not like you.
04:37It's pretty cool.
04:39It's a weird thing.
04:39It's pretty cool.
04:40It's pretty cool.
04:48Holy shit.
04:50Rachel!
04:52Rachel!
04:54Rachel!
05:12Hi.
05:13Okay, I got it. I got you the interview.
05:15Oh, you're kidding. That's great.
05:18He can only meet with you tomorrow.
05:20Okay.
05:21He's not particularly happy about plugging this book.
05:24So I've read.
05:26He all but disappeared after his wife died.
05:29Why are you pushing so hard for this?
05:31I just think it's a fascinating story.
05:38Mr. Metzger, I'm Sarah Foster.
05:46Your home is really lovely.
05:51I've always been a fan of your work. I think I've read every book twice.
06:01I'd offer you a drink, but I can see you're in no condition.
06:05Oh.
06:06I guess congrats are in order.
06:08Thank you. It's my first. A boy.
06:14I'm not doing many press interviews for this book.
06:18But you're very, very persistent.
06:22The Black Eyed Kids is different from your other books.
06:26You want to know if I'm planning a follow-up?
06:29No. Not exactly.
06:32I'm more interested in the process of writing the book.
06:37How you researched it. The encounters.
06:41That's all urban legend.
06:44You're known for going to great lengths to immerse yourself in the subject you're writing about.
06:49Well, I wouldn't say I'd go overboard.
06:52When you wrote your first collection of short stories, you trained for months as a boxer to get an inside
06:59perspective.
07:00I found a picture of you with a huge shiner.
07:04Well, back then everyone wanted to be Rocky.
07:08It's just, you've never written about the paranormal before.
07:13And there are things in this book that don't seem-
07:17What?
07:20Made up.
07:22Like fiction.
07:25Was Rachel aware of the research you were doing with this book?
07:28Why are you asking me about my wife?
07:30Because I've seen them, Mr. Metzger.
07:33They're just stories.
07:34No.
07:35I know they're real.
07:38So do you.
07:41Yeah, you should leave.
07:42No. Wait.
07:46One night in my car, two kids knocked on the window asking for a ride.
07:53They looked at me with the most terrifying eyes I've ever seen.
07:58They were pure...
08:02Black.
08:05Almost...
08:05Hypnotic.
08:08Yes.
08:09And if you hold their gaze long enough, they'll pull you in.
08:15What do they want?
08:18They want a soul.
08:20And they'll keep coming back until they get it.
08:24Not yours.
08:27Someone close to you.
08:29Is that what happened with your wife?
08:33No.
08:34Mr. Metzger.
08:36Look, we're not going to talk about the book.
08:37Why am I seeing them?
08:41You did something to invoke them.
08:45Just like I did.
08:48While I was researching the book, I...
08:52I tapped into something I never should have messed with.
08:55But they can't come in unless you invite them, right?
09:01Right?
09:02They should have come after me, not her.
09:06I brought this on.
09:08What?
09:09She opened the door, didn't she?
09:12Didn't she?
09:15Rachel didn't die of a brain aneurysm like they ruled.
09:19That's just how they explained it away.
09:23But I saw her face, Sarah.
09:28I saw the horror on her face after they had drained the soul from her body.
09:38I know what happens.
09:43When you let them in.
09:46I know what happens.
09:49I mean, it's not just a producer.
09:49It's just a movie that was a movie that never left.
09:49That's what it was.
09:49But the movie was, you know, a horror movie that didn't miss them.
09:49I didn't know what it was, necessarily.
09:49I would have been to the movie.
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