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[from trailer]
Emily: Let's just hope you don't end up like her.
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Emily: Do you like her, Daddy?
David: Emily.
Emily: Charlie says you do.
David: Stop this.
Emily: Did Daddy tell you about my mommy?
David: I'm sure Elizabeth doesn't want to hear such things.
Emily: She killed herself. She slit her wrists and drowned in the bathtub. Let's hope you don't wind up like her.
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Laura: It's going to be a real treat having both of you here.
David: I didn't even realize anyone else lived up here.
Laura: Well, it does get pretty quiet in the off season.
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Emily: I have a new friend.
David: A new friend?
Emily: He told me to call him Charlie.
David: When did you meet Charlie?
Emily: Today.
David: When we went to town?
Emily: Just before that.
David: Is he here right now?
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David: Emily, why would you do this?
[scene changes to bathtub lit with candles. A message on the tub wall in blood: You let her die]
Emily: It was Charlie.
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David: Emily, did you have a part in this?
Emily: I can't tell you.
David: DID YOU HAVE A PART IN THIS?
Emily: I'm sorry. I can't tell you.
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David: Emily, what's going on?
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Katherine: It's not unusual for a child to create an imaginary friend.
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David: I don't want to be too forward, but I don't notice a lot of kids around and I'm trying to find other kids to have play dates with Emily.
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David: You know Charlie doesn't exist.
Emily: You shouldn't say that.
David: Why not?
Emily: You're gonna make him mad.
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Emily: You like games?
Elizabeth: I love games. Would you like to play one?
Emily: I'm already playing.
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David: What? Spaghetti and meatballs is your favorite dish.
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[from trailer]
David: We're gonna move, out of state - country.
Katherine: What about Emily? This is a traumatic time for her. I think it's important she stays here and works through this.
David: No, here she's flooded with memories. Right now, I need to be a full-time dad.
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[first lines]
Alison: Faster.
Emily: No, no, no.
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Elizabeth: Is your daughter this crazy?
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[last lines]
Katherine: Did you do your homework?
Emily: Yes.
Katherine: Did you brush your teeth?
Emily: Yes.
Katherine: Good.
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[first title card]
Title card: First day of the New Year. New York City
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[last lines]
Emily: Can you leave the door open?
Katherine: You know I can't do that.
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Emily: Can you see now, Daddy?
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David: [after having several flashbacks]
Emily: Can you see now, daddy?
David: [possessed] It's okay. Daddy's gone now.
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[after hearing a noise at the front door at about 2am in the morning]
David: [tears open front door to see Mr. Haskins kneeling on porch]
Mr. Haskins: [bolts up] Dr. Calloway. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to disturb you at this hour.
[hands over small envelope]
Mr. Haskins: These are the keys to the individual rooms in the house. I thought you might be needing them. I meant to be give them to you earlier, but I forgot. I'm sorry.
David: [looks at the keys and then glares back at Mr. Haskins] It's a little bit late to be delivering keys, isn't it?
Mr. Haskins: Wife and I are going to Canada early in the morning, so I thought I'd just slip them under your door while it was still on my mind.
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Steven: Dr. Callaway!
David: You. What are you doing here?
Steven: I heard some noises. I saw you come out of the woods with a shovel. Is everything all right?
David: No.
Steven: Is Emily all right?
David: You stay away from us.
Steven: I want to see her.
David: You stay away or I'm gonna call the cops.
Steven: I want to see her now.
David: You sick fuck.
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[Steven is peering in through the windows]
David: [screaming] You stay away. You stay away. You get out of here.
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David: [hugging Emily] I'm so sorry I didn't believe you. I'm so sorry, honey.
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David: [possessed as Charlie] I can't help but sense a certain tension between us.
Emily: [too scared to answer]
David: What's the matter? Don't you want to play anymore? Don't you want to have fun?
Emily: [sniffles sadly and scaredly]
David: Hmm? You want your daddy back? Is that it? You like him more than me, don't you?
Emily: [quietly] No.
David: Oh. Liar.
Emily: [quietly] No. I'm not.
David: Yes you are. Liar, liar. You big fat liar.
Emily: [quietly] You killed mommy.
[wind whistles in the background]
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[from deleted scene after David helped sheriff with problem]
Sheriff Hafferty: You still got that parking ticket?
David: Yeah. It's in the glove compartment.
Sheriff Hafferty: No it's not.
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[bedtime one night]
David: Honey, where's Alex?
Emily: I don't like her anymore.
David: Did I just hear what I thought I heard?
Emily: Are you mad, Daddy?
David: No, I'm not mad at all, honey. I think it's great.
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[about Charlie]
David: Is he... here right now?
Emily: I think he's sleeping.
David: Okay. Well, in that case, we better not wake him.
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Emily: Can you see now, daddy?
David: [possessed] It's okay. Daddy's gone now.
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Emily: You shouldn't be here.
Amy: Why is that?
Emily: You could get hurt.
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David: So did you like Amy?
Emily: I don't need anymore friends.
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David: Why did Charlie do that? Was it because of Elizabeth?
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Emily: Charlie did it!
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[last lines, alternative ending]
Emily: One-1000, two-1000, three-1000, four-1000, five-1000, six-1000, seven-1000, eight-1000, nine-1000, ten-1000. Ready or not, here I come.
Emily: Come out, come out, wherever you are...
Emily: There you are.
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Emily: Come out come out, where ever you are...
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Emily: [about Charlie] He doesn't want me to talk about him.
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Alison Callaway: Some things are beyond therapy, David.
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