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Charlie: Who's gonna take care of me? Annie: Uh, excuse me? You don't think I'm gonna take care of you? Charlie: But when you die?
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Annie: I never wanted to be your mother. Peter: Why? Annie: I was scared. I didn't feel like a mother. But she pressured me. Peter: Then why did you have me? Annie: It wasn't my fault! I tried to stop it. Peter: How? Annie: I tried to have a miscarriage. Peter: How? Annie: However I could. I did everything they told me not to do, but it didn't work. I'm happy it didn't work. Peter: You tried to kill me. Annie: No, I love you! Peter: [crying] Why did you try to kill me? Annie: I didn't! I was trying to save you!
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Joan: [about Charlie] You didn't kill her, Annie. Annie: What? Joan: She isn't gone.
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Peter: You okay, Mom? Annie: What? Peter: Is there something on your mind? Annie: Is there something on your mind? Peter: Just seems like there... might be something you... wanna say. Steve: Peter. Annie: Like what? I mean, why would I wanna say something? So I can watch you sneer at me? Peter: Sneer at you? I don't ever sneer at you. Annie: Oh, sweetie, you don't have to. You get your point across. Peter: Okay, so, fine, then say what you wanna say, then. Steve: Peter. Annie: I don't wanna say anything. I've tried saying... Peter: Okay, so try again. Release yourself. Annie: Oh, release you, you mean? Peter: Yeah, fine, release me, just say it! Just fucking say it! Annie: DON'T you swear at me, you little shit! Don't you EVER raise your voice at me! I am your mother! You understand? All I do is worry and slave and defend you, and all I get back is that fucking face on your face! So full of disdain and resentment and always so annoyed! Well, now your sister is dead! And I know you miss
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Annie: Steve, uh, upstairs... In the attic when you were gone, I went up there and I... I just... I really need you to go up there and see what I saw. There's a body. Yeah. I mean, I think it's my mother, I think, but I can't tell because the skin's all black and she's all distended but the head is gone. [crying] Will you, please? I just need you to go and see upstairs. Please, Steve. And then there's more. Steve: You mean more than your mother's headless body? Of course there is. Steve: Jesus, fuck! Annie: Okay, there's more. Steve: What the fuck was that? Why didn't you call the police? Annie: The police can't help us. Steve: Who the fuck is that up there? Annie: Do you remember Joan, my friend whose grandson died? She took me to her apartment. Steve: It did look like your mother. Annie: Well, listen. She taught me how to do the seance. I didn't even want to, but she brought her grandson back and I saw it and felt it just like you did with Charlie. Now, look. This is my mother's albu
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Joan: Oh, hey, hey, hey. It's alright. Charlie, you're alright, now. You... are Paimon. One of the eight kings of Hell. We have looked to the northwest and called you in. We've corrected your first female body and give you now this healthy male host. We reject the trinity and pray devoutly to you, Great Paimon. Give us your knowledge of all secret things, bring us honor, wealth, and good familiars. Bind all men to our will as we have bound ourselves for now and ever to yours. Hail, Paimon! Worshippers: Hail, Paimon! Hail, Paimon! Hail!