Oct. 2, 2024

Erasure — Halloween Scary Horror Story and a Cursed VHS Nightmare

Erasure — Halloween Scary Horror Story and a Cursed VHS Nightmare
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It’s Halloween, the perfect night for scary horror stories that dig deep into spooky season chills. In Erasure, a cursed movie rental turns an ordinary October evening into pure nightmare fuel. When Joey slides the mysterious tape into the VCR, he awakens something trapped in the static—something that wants out. As his brother vanishes and the TV hums with whispers from beyond, Joey must uncover the truth before the recording consumes him.

A haunting mix of spooky stories and mature themes, this tale captures the eerie glow of 1990s video stores and the fear that your favorite movie might start watching you back. Press play… if you dare.

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In the nineties and early two thousands, there was very

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little less troublesome than heading out to a video store

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on Halloween night to rent something scary for you and

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your friends. But what happens when the videotape you've rented

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turns out to be something more than you could ever

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bargain for indescribable horror?

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There's a shill in the air, must be fall Join

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me for a tale of Falloween. You will experience tales

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for over ghosts, and it is not recommended for the

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week at heart.

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Join me for.

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A tale of Fallowey. This is Weekly Spooky.

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Hello, my Spooky's it's October, which means here at Weekly Spooky,

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it's Halloween. I'm your host and narrator, Enrique Kuto, and

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right here we're giving you thirty one shows to enjoy

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in thirty one days of October. Yesterday you got to

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listen to myself and my good buddy David Deniger talk

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about the Halloween classic in the making, Cobweb. Well, that

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was a very scary film, and tonight we have a

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very scary story. This one is a novella just for you.

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as well as that fun, nostalgic feeling that Halloween always

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story after these quick words. Erasure by Morgan Moore. Joey McGhee,

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his brother Chris, and Chris's friend Mac walked down Main

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Street on a Chris October afternoon as normal. Joey was

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forced to walk behind them, the other two not willing

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to admit it, but it was due to them being

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afraid of being seen out and about with a little kid.

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They were at the age where all any kid cared

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about was being cool and in. Joey didn't get it,

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and usually when he said as such, his parents would

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say that he would understand when he was older. Chris

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usually said it was just because he was a seven

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year old baby. Even if he had to stay in

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the back, Joey didn't mind, since it meant he got

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to hang out with his brother. They never did anymore

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unless their parents made them, and Joey missed having fun

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with Chris. It just sucked that they were out and

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about with Mac, a kid. Joey thought was the embodiment

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of the Big Dumb Dog from the Tom and Jerry cartoons. Besides,

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Joey kept reminding himself that while Mac was hanging out

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with them right now, it wasn't going to take away

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from their weekend together. Mister and Missus McGee were going

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away for the weekend to visit some of their extended family.

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They initially intended to bring Joey and Chris with them.

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That was until Chris threw a fit, begged and pleaded

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to stay home alone, and Dad agreed that it wasn't

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something they were extremely open to doing, especially with it

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being the weekend of Halloween, when Lord knows what could

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happen to their boys, let alone what they might get into.

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But they also agreed that Chris, now being twelve, was

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old enough to stay home alone, as that was the

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age they had been allowed to start being left alone themselves,

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and so they made the decision to let Chris stay

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home while they were gone, but only under one condition.

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Joey got to stay and Chris had to watch him

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for the entirety of the time they would be gone.

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Chris naturally threw a fit, but eventually agreed to the condition.

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Joey was excited when he heard the news. Finally he

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could spend some time with his big brother, and maybe

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the two away from Chris's friends or school, could finally reconnect.

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Their parents had even given them some cash so they

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could run a movie and order some pizza. It was

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the movie in question that brought the two in Mac

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out and walking. They were headed to their local rental store,

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Binford Video. The mc geese had been going there since

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Chris was little, and while there were a few big

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name rental stores around the area, they preferred the personal,

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homey feeling of Binford's. The trio stopped as they reached

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the door of the video store. Well here we are,

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Chris said to Mac. You ready, he asked, Of course,

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Chris answered, ready for what? Joey asked. The younger mc

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gee went unanswered as the older boys gave each other

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high fives, fist bumps, and friendly shoves to amp each

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other up. When done, the two of them looked at

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the video store in silence. So who's goin in? Mac questioned,

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You mean you're not. Chris responded, why would I be

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the one doing it? His friend retorted, doing what? Joey

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asked again, getting no answer. Quit being a wimp and

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go in, Chris commanded his friend. Hell no, it was

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your idea to begin with. Mac shot back, guys, Joey shouted.

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What the two older boys shouted at their young companion.

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Joey shrank back some at the two on one verbal attack.

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What are you guys even talking about? I thought we

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came here to rent a movie. Why does it matter

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who goes in? Joey asked, now that he had their attention,

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because we're not just getting any movie, twerp, We're renting foot.

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Mac begins to explain before catching one of Chris's elbows

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in his gut. Shut up, Chris intervened, No, tell me,

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I can handle it. Whatever it is, Joey insisted. The

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two older boys looked at each other. Chris sighed and

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turned his back to his little brother. We're getting flesh

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for the android. Mac is spending the night, and we're

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gonna watch it. Joey frowned as disappointment set in. He

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should have known Chris was going to have his friend

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over instead of spending time with him. But while disappointment

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took hold, a sudden realization came to Joey and his

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eyes and mouth widened in shock. But but that's a

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horror movie, an R rated horror movie, Joey stammered out,

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Uh huh, and we're gonna get it. Mac chimed in,

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and you're not going to say anything to mom and

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dad about it. Of course, somebody has to stop being

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a pussy and go in and get it, Chris explained

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before shoving Mac. Oh, screw you, Chris. It's your plan,

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so you should do it. Mac shot back. Joey watched

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the two argue and thought it was one thing that

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his weekend with his brother was going to be taken

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away from him. It was another thing that the two

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were going to get a movie that Joey would didn't

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even want to watch. Horror movies scared Joey to death,

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whether they were old ones with no sound, kooky three

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D ones from the fifties, or some more gruesome ones

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that came out anymore. It was also that gruesomeness that

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made Joey even more uncomfortable. Chris had been begging and

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pleading to watch Flesh of the Android from the moment

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it hit theaters, but while his begging got him his

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way every so often, it wasn't working this time. Their

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parents held strong The movie was rated R, and from

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what they had seen of trailers and promotional images, was

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nothing more than a gross garbage heap of celluloid. Everything

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Chris found attractive about the film, their parents found repulsive.

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Joey supposed it wasn't too surprising that now that the

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movie was on video, Chris was going to try and

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watch it, but from what he was seeing of the

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two boys arguing, it seemed like neither one of them

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wanted to go through with whatever it was they were planning.

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How are you going to get it? Anyways? There's no

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way mister Binford is going to rent either one of

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you a movie. That's righted r. Joey asked, that's the

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genius part of our plan. We're going to take the

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tape for Flesh of the Android and put it in

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a case for a movie he would let us rent.

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Mac explained, with excitement and accomplishment. Mac shut the hell up.

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Chris nearly screamed at his friend, clearly upset that his

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little brother now had even more info on their scheme.

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What he was bound to figure out? What we did

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when we took it back to your place, Besides, at

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this rate, we aren't going to get it, since you're

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too chicken to go in and do it, Mac argued.

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The two boys fought more. While Joey pondered the situation.

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A light bulb went off in his head. Then an

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idea to get his time with his brother that he

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desperately wanted. I'll do it, he announced. The two older

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kids looked at the younger one and burst out laughing.

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You're serious, Chris asked, in between laughter. Why not, Joey asked,

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Cause you're a baby. Mac answered, at least I'm willing

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to do it, unlike you two, Joey said. The two

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bigger boys looked at him in annoyance. Joey knew that

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while they had to be mad for what he said,

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that they couldn't admit that he was indeed right. While

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they bickered about who was going to do it, he

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had volunteered. Let's say we let you go do it. What?

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Then Chris asked, you get the movie you want, but

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there's a price. Joey told his brother that being Chris questioned,

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I get to watch it with you too, Joey explained.

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Chris laughed uncontrollably and was eventually joined by Mack. You

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you're going to watch Flesh of the Android with us?

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Get real? Why not? Kid? That movie is supposed to

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be like the grossest thing ever. Mac told Joey. You're

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scared of Frank and Weeney. Hell, you're scared of Garfield's Halloween.

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Yet you're going to watch this, Chris questioned mockingly. Yes,

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Joey stated, doubt it. Chris retorted, well, I don't think

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you have much of a choice if you want to

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watch the movie unless the two of you grow a

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set of balls and do it yourselves. Besides, mister Binford

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likes me more anyways, Joey said angrily. Mac gasped and

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softly laughed in surprise at the younger McGee's sudden exclamation.

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Chris stared down at his little brother. Knowing that Joey

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had him beat, Chris pulled cash out of his pocket

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and shoved it into Joey's hand. All right, then, since

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you think you're some hot tough shit, you do it.

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Grab the movie and swap its tape into another case.

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Simple as that, in and out, Chris explained, Easy peasy.

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Joey said, uh huh, we'll see you don't exactly have

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a good track record of not spilling the beans or

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folding under pressure. Chris responded, I won't this time, I promise.

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Joey insisted. You better not, little man, or else your

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ass will be in some deep trouble. Mac told Joey

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he means it too. If you mess this up, mister Binford,

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won't be who you'll be in trouble with the most.

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Mom and Dad won't even be the worst you could

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be in trouble with. Not even the police'll be because

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for all intents and purposes, you'll be stealing. Nah, bro,

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I will be the one to be afraid of, especially

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if you wrap me out. You screw this up in

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any way, shape or form, and I'll make you pet,

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Chris explained intensely and menacingly to his little brother. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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Joey said, as he pushed past the two toward the

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door of the video store. He stopped and stared into

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the glass door hazily, able to make out the insides

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of the lobby. Joey turned around and looked at Chris

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and Mack. The two of them made a shoeing motion

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with their hands, gesturing for him to hurry up. Joey

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looked at the front door and gulped before grabbing the

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handle and pulling the door open.

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More scarce to come, weekly, Spooky, We'll be right back.

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A bell rang as the door to the video store

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opened and Joey stepped inside. The interior was the same

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as it always had been since Joey and his family

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had started going there, Walls lying with film reels, posters,

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and various cutouts of movie scenes and stars. Shelves were

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placed in almost every nook and cranny, and were organized

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in ways Joey could only call weirdly specific. The owners,

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mister and Missus Binford, were both film lovers and wanted

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the store to reflect that love. Well, would you look

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at that, Joey McGhee, my favorite customer, the old shop

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keep called out as he watched the seven year old

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walk in. Hi, mister Binford, Joey replied, this is probably

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a silly question since you're in the shop, But what

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brings you in today? Mister Binford looked around as if

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trying to find somebody alone too at that? Oh, is

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that a problem? My brother and his friend are outside.

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I could go get them if you need me to,

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Joey said, with a blush. Oh, it isn't a problem

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at all. I'm just not used to seeing you by yourself.

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So what brings you in? Mister Binford asked with a

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My parents are away for the weekend, so we're using

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some of the money they left us to get a movie.

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Joey explained, this year guy's first time being left alone.

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The shop keep asked, yeah, big milestone for kids to

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be left alone for the weekend, right in time for

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Halloween too. Got any scary movies in mind to rent,

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mister Binford asked, with a grin. The Benfords liked all

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kinds of movies, but from what little Joey knew of

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the couple, it was horror movies mister Binford liked, especially

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the old ones. I don't know. Chris just sent me

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in to get a movie, didn't say what he wanted.

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Joey felt a tinge of pain at lying to the

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old man. I see well, I'm running a special right

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now for the holiday. Rent one horror movie and get

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one with the price slashed in half, mister Binford said

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with an excited menace, before slamming a fake meat cleaver

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down onto the counter. Surprised by the sudden action, Joey

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jumped back a little before smiling and laughing a little bit,

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the old man laughing along with him. Right, I'll have

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to see if I find anything I like, the seven

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year old said. Can never go wrong with the classics.

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But that's a ramble for another time. I'm holding you

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up while your brother and his friend wait outside. Mister

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Binford jabbed a thumb toward the door the two older

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boys peered in through its glass. I'll be up here

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rewinding some tapes if you need anything, kiddo. Thanks, mister Binford,

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Joey said, before heading off into the maze of shelves.

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Despite boasting about how he would do it, Joey couldn't

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help but feel bad about the whole thing, especially after

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talking to mister Binford. He really liked the guy and

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didn't want to disappoint him. Joey shook his head and

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took a deep breath. Come on, McGhee, we have a

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mission to do. Joey walked through the shelves and looked

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at case after case and thought about his mission in question.

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It certainly was an easy enough plan. Swap the cassette

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of flesh of the android with another movie, any movie,

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and it would look like he was renting anything other

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than an R rated horror film. Only problem was trying

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to pick out a movie to do it with. It

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couldn't just be any movie. Joey needed a movie that

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mister Binford wouldn't think twice about him renting. He was

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hesitant to make it be another horror film. Mister Binford

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had to have remembered he didn't like scary movies. Renting

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two of them might make him suspect something was going on. Mindlessly,

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Joey wandered into the action section and looked around. He

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was about to turn a corner and leave when he

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had an idea. Joey turned around and smiled a bit

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as he stared at the case for a movie called

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Quantum Cop. It was a film he had seen loads

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of times, and while he hadn't seen too many movies

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in his life to make a definitive statement, he did

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consider it his favorite. It was one that he and

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his family rented numerous times, and if he saw it

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was going to be on TV, he would drop everything

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to watch it. He had toys for it and even

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acted it out with some of his friends. Most importantly,

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it was rated PG. Joey knew if he did the

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swap with Quantum cop mister Binford would expect nothing. Joey

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took the tape off the shelf and made his way

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to the horror section. Like the rest of the sections,

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it was decorated to its theme, with cobwebs and masks

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and cutouts of various monsters and other things from horror films.

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It amped up even more so with the rest of

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the store for Halloween. Joey was always intimidated by the decorations,

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but this was worse. Whether it be its crank to

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eleven nature for the holiday, or because of what he

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was planning, He found himself deathly frightened of walking through

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through it. He gulped and started down the path, making

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sure he didn't look around too much so that he

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wouldn't see something he didn't want to. The way the

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horror section was set up, Joey went from classic horror

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movies up through to current ones, the boxes getting more

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and more intense as he went along, shielding his eyes

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as they did so. And yet you're wanting to watch

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a gross out movie just to be with your brother,

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he told himself. Joey stopped when he came to his destination.

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In front of him on the rack was a shiny,

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near brand new VHS tape. It was Flesh of the Android.

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The front cover depicted what he could only describe as

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a mix between a zombie and a robot ripping its

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way through a person, blood and viscera flying every which way,

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while the title was printed in such a way that

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it looked like it had been carved into human flesh. Joey,

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hand shaking, turned it around to look at the back,

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while the front had been drawn or painted artwork. Joey

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was greeted by images from the movie showing the creature

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chained to a wall and on fire, people looking afraid

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and huddled together, a scientist with an eye gouged out,

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and a girl with no shirt having what looked like

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her chest but more balloon shaped, being squeezed while puss

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oozed out of it. Joey quickly put it back on

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the shelf and covered his mouth with his now free

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hand while he gagged, get it together, Joey, it's only

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a movie. It's only a movie. It's only a movie.

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The young boy gathered his composure and took the film

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off the shelf, He stared at it and the other

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movie in his hand. One was a simple and fun

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action movie. The other contained images that, based on the box,

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were going to live up to how Chris and Mac

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had been describing it. Quantum Cop in one hand and

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Flesh of the Android in the other. Joey looked back

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and forth between the two. He sighed and placed Flesh

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of the Android back on the shelf. Afterward, he pulled

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the cassette of Quantum Cop out and laid it on

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another movie. Joey then repeated the action for Flesh of

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the Android before slipping its cassette into the case for

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Quantum cop. He sighed after doing so and paused for

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a second before sliding Quantum cop into the case of

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Flesh of the Android. The deed was done. Joey had

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successfully completed Chris and Max's plan to rent an R

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rated horror movie right under the nose of mister Binford.

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Joey smiled faintly at having completed his task, but could

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already feel the guilt eating him up inside. All right, McGhee,

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you did it. Now, you just have to check out

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and get it out of the store. Joey turned around

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and started back down the horror section. As he walked,

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he suddenly remembered mister Binford's words, rent one horror movie

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and get one with the price slashed in half. The

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old ShopKeep might find it weird that Joey had only

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grabbed not just one movie, but a non horror title.

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At that, he began to feel anxiety at how his

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plan might crumble. Joey stopped when he got to the

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classic horror section. Maybe if I rent one of these,

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mister Binford won't suspect anything. Joey looked over the movies

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and blindly picked one. After all, it didn't really matter

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what the movie was, just that he had another one

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to distract from the ruse he was attempting to pull.

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Newly satisfied, Joey made his way out of the horror

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section and through the maze of shelves and movies until

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he reached the front counter. A couple of moments, mister

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Binford turned around from his task of rewinding tapes. The

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customers hadn't ah, if it isn't mister McGhee back with

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some plunder. Let's see what you got, the man said,

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with a smile, holding out his hand for the tapes.

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Joey returned the smile and handed him the movies. Mister

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Binford looked at the two tapes. Let's see what we

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have here, quantum cop my Mi. You never tire of

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this one, do you? With how many times you rent it?

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You should save up some allowance and buy yourself a copy,

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mister Binford said, with his usual friendly smile. Yeah, maybe,

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Joey responded, And let's see. We also have Ooh, Phantom

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of the Opera, the nineteen forty three version starring Claude Rains.

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Very very nice choice here, Joey. It's a personal favorite

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of mine. I remember seeing this in the theater when

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I was close to twenty years old and before I

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got shipped off to Europe. Binford explained with a glee

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and twinkle in his eye that Joey never remembered seeing before.

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That's really cool, mister Binford. Joey said he genuinely enjoyed

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seeing the shop owner talk about his childhood. Indeed, those

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were the days. Oh, I'm sorry, Joey, I'm rambling and

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getting nostalgic again. I'll make sure these are rewound and

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then get you checked out and on the way. Mister

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Binford explained. Joey's mind went blank and then flooded with

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a surge of anxiety. Rewinding the tapes that meant mister

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Binford would have to take the tapes out of their cases.

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That meant he would have to see the cassettes, and

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that he would see the titles of the movies on

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the plastic shells. Joey's plan was about to crumble. That

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would mean he'd get in trouble with mister Binford, with

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his parents, maybe with the police. Worst of all, he

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knew that when they asked him about why he did

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the switch, he would eventually crumble and reveal that it

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was Chris's idea, and then he'd be in deep, deep trouble.

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Joey nervously stood watching as mister Binford began the process

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of checking the tapes and where or if they had

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been rewound. He paused at one point and turned to

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look out the glass door, catching Chris and Max staring

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in and quickly disappearing when they knew they had been

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seen by the shop owner. Mister Binford turned his attention

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back to his task and started humming. While doing so.

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After what seemed like an eternity to Joey. Mister Binford

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turned around, holding both movies in their cases in his

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hand and stared at Joey. Joey, we have a problem here.

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Are you afraid? Good? Weekly spooky, We'll be right back.

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The young McGee gulped and could feel his heart starting

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to pound faster and faster. What problem, he stammered out, Well, Joey,

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you only have one horror movie here. Remember the special

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is if you rent one horror movie, you get another

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horror movie half off. Oh guess I wasn't thinking. Joey said,

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mm hm, Well tell you what. Since you're my favorite customer,

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I'll let you have the deal anyways, Just don't go

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telling anybody. How's that sound, mister Binford asked with a smile.

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Joey felt a wave of relief come over him. He

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smiled and nodded his head. Sounds great, Mister Binford smiled

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and nodded his head in agreement. Joey handed the cash

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for the movies to the shop owner and watched as

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mister Binford bagged up the two movies and handed them

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over to his young patron. You boys enjoy yourselves, to

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old Joey, as the young McGhee headed toward the door.

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Joey turned around and waved goodbye with a smile before

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leaving the store. He walked away to where Chris and

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Mack were standing well. The two asked in both curiosity

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and simmering agitation. Joey pulled out the case for Quantum

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cop then slid out the cassette that sat inside of it.

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Chris and Mack looked at the tape and grinned like

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a cheshire cat when they saw flesh of the Android

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printed on the black plastic in stuttered white. All right,

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way to go, Joe, Mac cheered, before giving Joey a

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playful punch. Good job, little bro, Good job, Chris told

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his brother with a smile. Joey's face grew warm and

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he smiled, nearly tearing up and hearing his brother giving

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him praise. All right, girls, let's go get some pop

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and pizza and head back, Chris said, Mac and Joe.

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Joe nodded in agreement, and the three walked off towards

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their next destination before what was sure to be a

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terrifyingly fun night. After the video store, the boys made

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their way to the supermarket and filled a cart with soda, popcorn,

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and everything they needed to make nachos. Once done, they

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went down the street to a pizza joint called Haha Pizza.

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They argued over what to get until they eventually settled

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on extra cheese with sausage, onions, and banana peppers. With

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pizza and various snacks in hand, the trio headed on

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back to the McGee's. Once they arrived, the boys got

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to work on setting up shop for the night. The

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pizza box got tossed onto the coffee table along with

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the sodas, while the kitchen became an aroma of salt, butter,

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tortilla chips, cheese, jalapinos, and tomatoes. Done in the kitchen

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and with the suns starting to set, the trio headed

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00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:05.119
into the living room with their plunder of buttery, greasy goodness,

460
00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:08.519
the older McGee instructed Mac to put out a bowl

461
00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:11.559
of candy their parents left for tricker treaters and turn

462
00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:13.880
off the porch lights so that when the sun went

463
00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:17.720
down they wouldn't be disturbed. With that taking care of,

464
00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:22.720
Mac returned and handed Chris their feature presentation. He pulled

465
00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:26.359
out the in disguise flesh of the Android and headed

466
00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:31.240
toward the VCR. What about the other movie, Joey asked,

467
00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:35.559
what about it? Chris countered, aren't we going to watch it?

468
00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:40.480
As if? Chris and Max said in unison, why not?

469
00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:45.000
Joey questioned, who wants to watch an older than dirt movie?

470
00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:49.559
Not us, that's for sure, Chris explained, what if I

471
00:30:49.640 --> 00:30:54.960
wanted to? Mister Binford said it was really good, Joey said, please,

472
00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:58.720
As if mister Binford knows anything about quality, the man

473
00:30:58.839 --> 00:31:03.599
is older than time it's self. Mac said, tauntingly. Besides,

474
00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:08.480
we have more important things to do, like watching this awesomeness,

475
00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:12.359
Chris told his companions as he held up the flesh

476
00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:15.000
of the android tape as if it was a trophy.

477
00:31:15.839 --> 00:31:18.599
Aren't you scared of these kinds of movies? Anyway? Squirt?

478
00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:22.079
Why do you want to watch that one? Mac asked mockingly.

479
00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:26.200
I don't know. I guess I just wanted to try

480
00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:30.960
mister Binford's suggestion, Joey explained as he bowed his head. Well,

481
00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:34.960
we're going to show you real horror, that is, if

482
00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:38.079
you can make it past the trailers, Chris said, with

483
00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:41.960
a snicker that was soon followed by Mac. Shut up,

484
00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:45.200
Joey shouted as he plopped himself down on the floor

485
00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:49.400
in front of the coffee table play the movie. Chris

486
00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:52.000
and Mac pretended as if they were intimidated by the

487
00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:56.640
youngest of the group before having another chuckle. Chris slid

488
00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:59.920
the cassette into the VCR and turned on the television.

489
00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:04.000
The older boys settled in on the couch and relegated

490
00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:07.720
Joey to turning off the lights. He sighed and reluctantly

491
00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:10.200
did so before sitting on the floor in front of

492
00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:14.039
the couch. Chris powered on the VCR using the remote

493
00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:18.359
hit play, and the trio waited for the tape to start.

494
00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:23.079
Staticky Black faded into pitch black before the logo of

495
00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:26.920
the video company appeared with its jingle. The boys were

496
00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:31.119
then shown trailer after trailer of various movies the company

497
00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:35.240
is about to release or has released. Genres ranged from

498
00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:39.400
the expected horror, to drama, to sci fi, and even

499
00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:44.200
to romance, albeit of a steamier variety. Joey found the

500
00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:47.519
majority of the trailers not to his liking. He had

501
00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:50.200
to grit his teeth to make it through the horror trailers,

502
00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:53.440
but he stuck through them. If he backed out now

503
00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:56.519
because of some trailers he would never hear the end

504
00:32:56.559 --> 00:33:00.480
of it. Once the trailer stopped, the company logo appeared

505
00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:05.000
again and gave way to the opening credits. Blood curdling

506
00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:09.240
red splashed onto a black as night background. Then the

507
00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:12.720
title appeared, with a shriek that Joey could only liken

508
00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:17.200
to a small dog having its tail stomped on. When

509
00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:20.599
the movie proper started up, Joey found himself able to

510
00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:23.960
handle it for the most part, having not seen a

511
00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:26.920
lot of horror. It seemed boring to him that there

512
00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:29.960
was a bunch of talk about science and not having

513
00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:34.160
any viable options left, and some other junk about morality

514
00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:37.319
and stuff he didn't understand, but seemed to make Chris

515
00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:41.599
and Mack excited and what Joey assumed meant embarrassed with

516
00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:45.880
how red they got. But once the horror started, Joey

517
00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:48.839
quickly concluded that despite how much he wanted to show

518
00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:52.640
the two older boys how tough and brave he was,

519
00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:56.039
and especially how much he wanted to spend time with

520
00:33:56.079 --> 00:33:59.759
his older brother over the weekend, he simply couldn't handle

521
00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:03.519
the horror in the film. The way everything looked dark

522
00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:08.960
and grimy, the music, and the special effects, By god,

523
00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:13.079
the special effects were simply too much for him. From

524
00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:17.360
the crazed doctor dissecting and then forming his abomination, to

525
00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:21.239
how that creature looked once completed, and moving around to

526
00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:25.079
the red oozing blood and the tortuous cries of agony.

527
00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:29.320
Joey did his best to watch as much as he could. However,

528
00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:32.119
when the creature skinned an arm and ripped open the

529
00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:36.519
victim's veins to feed on their blood, Joey could take

530
00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:39.880
no more. He ran out of the living room hand

531
00:34:39.920 --> 00:34:44.159
over mouth. Chris and Mack laughed hysterically while he fled.

532
00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:46.840
I told you he wouldn't be able to handle it.

533
00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:51.400
Mac Shrilly said through his laughter. That's my baby brother

534
00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:56.519
for you being a big fat baby. Chris mocked, and

535
00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:59.840
like a baby, I think he crapped himself too, Max

536
00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:03.679
shouted in humored excitement. The two continued to watch the

537
00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:06.039
movie and make fun of Joey As he made his

538
00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:09.960
way upstairs. Tears flowed from his eyes and he was

539
00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:12.599
doing his best to not let out the sobbing whimpers

540
00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:15.679
building up in his throat. In the safety of his

541
00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:18.719
own room, he buried himself under his comforter with his

542
00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:22.960
face and his pillow. Then Joey let out his embarrassment

543
00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:26.519
and sadness, Confident that the two wouldn't be able to

544
00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:30.519
hear him now, he screamed and sobbed and cursed what

545
00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:34.000
little curse words he knew. Joey swore that he hated

546
00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:37.159
the two of them, his brother in particular, for ruining

547
00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:40.679
what was supposed to be their weekend together. It was

548
00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:43.760
just like Chris to twist everything into what he wanted

549
00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:48.599
and not what others or Joey wanted. I hate you,

550
00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:52.639
I hate you, I hate you, Joey shouted into his pillow.

551
00:35:53.559 --> 00:35:56.440
He turned to stare at the clock on his bedside table.

552
00:35:57.079 --> 00:36:00.199
To him, knowing what time it was didn't really matter.

553
00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:03.639
It was simply something to look at to help him

554
00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:07.599
fall asleep. He certainly wanted to, but every time he

555
00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:11.400
closed his eyes, the images of flesh of the Android

556
00:36:11.559 --> 00:36:15.079
where he played in his mind distorted in even more

557
00:36:15.199 --> 00:36:19.559
nightmarish ways. Joey cursed Chris for wanting to watch such

558
00:36:19.599 --> 00:36:23.000
a thing, but equally cursed himself forgetting the tape for

559
00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:26.360
them and watching something that he knew he couldn't handle.

560
00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:29.920
Their father would say he had polluted his mind and

561
00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:32.920
that it would poison him for the rest of his life.

562
00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:37.880
Garbage in, garbage out, his father would say. Joey continued

563
00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:41.440
to stare blankly at the clock as he sobbed. The

564
00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:44.519
red glow of the numbers began to blur from the tears,

565
00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:47.880
before blurring more so from an inability to keep his

566
00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:54.559
eyes open. Eventually, mercifully, even Joey fell asleep.

567
00:36:56.440 --> 00:37:00.440
You're not safe yet, weekly Spooky will be right back.

568
00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:09.679
A loud thud woke Joey up from his slumber. Dazed

569
00:37:09.719 --> 00:37:13.199
from the sudden awakening, he sat himself up and stared

570
00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:17.599
off into the darkness of his room. His eyes, half shut,

571
00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:23.599
widened quickly when screams filled his ears. Joey turned to

572
00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:29.519
his clock. Midnight too late for tricker treaters to still

573
00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:32.880
be out having fun. It could be older kids trying

574
00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:36.639
to scare people. Joey tried to think it through logically

575
00:37:37.039 --> 00:37:41.320
so that his mind his imagination wouldn't kick in due

576
00:37:41.360 --> 00:37:44.760
to the influence of the movie. Maybe it's Chris and

577
00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:47.880
Mack trying to have more fun at my expense, he

578
00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:52.000
told himself. Joey laid back down and closed his eyes.

579
00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:57.119
The sound of something crashing, followed by shrieks disturbed Joey

580
00:37:57.159 --> 00:38:00.239
from his attempt to sleep. He bolted up right in

581
00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:04.440
his bed, eyes wide open. The thudding and crashing was

582
00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:07.639
one thing, It was the shrieks that had Joey upright

583
00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:11.840
and starting to be afraid. They sounded too close to

584
00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:15.000
be coming from outside the house and didn't sound as

585
00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:18.519
if they were emanating from the television, which left only

586
00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:25.960
Chris and Mac. Are they pretending? Or is it? Joey

587
00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:28.639
found his train of thought cut off as the sound

588
00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:32.440
of footsteps pounding up the stairs assaulted his ears at

589
00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:35.679
the top. They continued down the hall and only ended

590
00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:39.639
once a door was slammed shut. Shocked from the sudden

591
00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:43.960
and frantic sequence of events, Joey sat stunned and unsure

592
00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:46.880
of what to do. The boy, who was known to

593
00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:50.760
be greatly susceptible to fear, was equally horrified at what

594
00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:55.559
he had heard, but was also curious. It could well

595
00:38:55.599 --> 00:38:58.840
be Chris and Mac simply messing with him as one

596
00:38:59.000 --> 00:39:02.400
final Halloween frank and to taunt him for being unable

597
00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:06.920
to handle the movie despite all his boasting. But what

598
00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:11.480
if it wasn't. What if something really did happen that

599
00:39:11.840 --> 00:39:15.159
was so horrific that it scared even his older brother

600
00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:20.400
and Mac. Joey weighed his options and eventually took a calming,

601
00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:24.920
deep breath before climbing out of bed. He squeezed his

602
00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:28.039
fingers into his palms as he walked towards his bedroom door,

603
00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:31.599
the only action he could do to keep himself steady

604
00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:35.199
in his decision to investigate and not just hide under

605
00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:39.840
the covers. Whatever was going on, Joey was determined to

606
00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:42.880
not let it get to him as much as possible.

607
00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:46.639
You can do it. You can do it. You can

608
00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:50.039
do it. You can do it. The young McGhee reached

609
00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:54.079
his bedroom door and stared at it. Doubt crept into

610
00:39:54.079 --> 00:39:57.840
his mind. It has to just be a trick, just

611
00:39:57.880 --> 00:40:00.840
a trick to scare me one more time. Don't let

612
00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:04.039
them get the satisfaction, joe Just climb back into bed

613
00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:08.280
and go back to sleep. Yet, even with the doubt,

614
00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:13.119
Joey's curiosity was too much to not indulge in. He

615
00:40:13.239 --> 00:40:16.440
unclenched his right hand and took hold of the doorknob.

616
00:40:17.360 --> 00:40:21.880
Joey took several deep breaths, turned the knob, and pulled

617
00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:27.400
his door open. He stuck his head out dark nothing

618
00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:31.360
but darkness in the hallway. The shapes of picture frames

619
00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:35.400
were there, but the images inside were hidden. Not only that,

620
00:40:36.039 --> 00:40:39.960
but so was the light switch. Sure Joey knew where

621
00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:43.440
in theory it should be, but with the pitch black

622
00:40:43.519 --> 00:40:47.159
blanket of darkness, it was as lost as those images

623
00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:50.480
in the picture frames. He looked to where the stairs

624
00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:54.719
were nothing, or at least nothing that seemed to be

625
00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:58.519
lurking or out of place. Joey turned his head to

626
00:40:58.559 --> 00:41:01.760
the other side of the hall, where hiding behind closed

627
00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:07.480
doors were the remaining rooms, a bathroom, Chris's room, and

628
00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:14.639
their parents room, along with a closet. Again nothing, What's

629
00:41:14.719 --> 00:41:19.400
going on, Joey wondered aloud. He shrugged as he continued

630
00:41:19.440 --> 00:41:22.639
to stare in the darkness. The door to a room

631
00:41:22.719 --> 00:41:26.360
down the hall burst open and out flew a body

632
00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:29.880
into the wall across from it. Joey screamed in response

633
00:41:29.960 --> 00:41:32.519
to the suddenness of the event and ran back into

634
00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:36.840
his room. His mind screamed at him to hide, but

635
00:41:37.000 --> 00:41:41.000
one thought shut down that idea. He didn't know who

636
00:41:41.039 --> 00:41:45.079
it was he saw flung into the wall. It could

637
00:41:45.159 --> 00:41:50.000
be Mac, it could be his brother. Joey scrambled to

638
00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:53.280
his bedside table and opened the drawer under the top

639
00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:57.119
of it. He searched frantically and sighed until his hand

640
00:41:57.199 --> 00:41:59.800
found the shape of the object he was looking for.

641
00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:04.199
Joey pulled his hand out a flashlight grasped in it.

642
00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:07.880
He pushed the power button on and a yellowish white

643
00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:11.880
light shined out from it. Joey ran into the hallway

644
00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:15.519
and shined the light down where the body was. The

645
00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:20.840
light revealed that the body was of Mac. He rushed

646
00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:24.400
to the older boy and kneeled down by his side. Mac,

647
00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:28.920
what happened? What's going on? Joey asked, in a frantic manner.

648
00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:34.400
Mac looked at Joey, his movement slow and pained. His

649
00:42:34.519 --> 00:42:38.320
eyes were partially glazed over and showed to be unaffected

650
00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:42.159
by the light being shined directly into them. Mac's lips

651
00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:45.840
moved in an attempt to speak, but no sound came out.

652
00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:50.440
Joey didn't know much about injuries outside of scrapes, cuts,

653
00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:53.480
and bruises, but he had heard and seen his dad

654
00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:56.559
care for Chris and himself if they got hit roughly

655
00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:59.679
on their head. He remembered the word he heard his

656
00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:07.079
father used in those situations, concussion. Joey set the flashlight

657
00:43:07.159 --> 00:43:10.559
down and put his hands on Mac's shoulders gently. He

658
00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:14.320
tried to remember everything his father would do in situations

659
00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:18.840
like this. Come on, Mac, stay with me. What's your

660
00:43:18.880 --> 00:43:23.119
full name? Where are you countdown from twenty? Who's your

661
00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:27.679
best friend? Who am I? Joey asked each question frantically,

662
00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:30.719
but also with brief pauses to try and give Mac

663
00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:36.480
an opportunity to answer. Mac's eyes slowly became less glazed

664
00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:39.800
as Joey talked to him, repeating each question in no

665
00:43:39.840 --> 00:43:43.800
particular order. He stared at the younger McGhee and tried

666
00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:48.159
to gather strength to speak. His eyes widened suddenly, as

667
00:43:48.199 --> 00:43:49.960
if he had awakened in the middle of the night,

668
00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:55.360
not unlike Joey had earlier. Max stared at Joey and

669
00:43:55.480 --> 00:44:00.519
gulped Mac. Joey asked, surprised at the old old boy's

670
00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:07.800
sudden awareness and expression, run, Mac stammered out. Joey blinked,

671
00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:11.639
confused by the statement. Before he could respond, Mac was

672
00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:16.159
suddenly pulled away by an unseen force, his body being

673
00:44:16.239 --> 00:44:20.639
dragged forcefully down the stairs, screaming all the way. Joey

674
00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:23.400
screamed in shock in horror, and ran back into his

675
00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:27.199
bedroom and quickly shut the door. He ran to and

676
00:44:27.239 --> 00:44:31.039
then jumped into his bed, hiding under the covers. What

677
00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:34.800
the what the heck just happened? How can somebody just

678
00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:36.880
fly out of a room and then get pulled away?

679
00:44:37.639 --> 00:44:41.159
Whatever the answer was, Joey could definitely say that Mac

680
00:44:41.239 --> 00:44:44.679
and Chris were not playing a joke. How could they?

681
00:44:45.119 --> 00:44:47.000
There was no way they could have done all that.

682
00:44:47.880 --> 00:44:50.400
Maybe Chris could have pushed or thrown Mac out of

683
00:44:50.400 --> 00:44:53.960
a room, but pull him down the stairs without being seen,

684
00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:57.320
Not even with a rope or a cable could his

685
00:44:57.360 --> 00:45:01.760
brother do that. Seeing what happened to Mac only moments ago,

686
00:45:02.159 --> 00:45:05.920
left Joey unsure what to do next. Every fiber of

687
00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:09.280
his being screamed in fear and told him to simply

688
00:45:09.320 --> 00:45:14.559
stay in his room and hide, stay unseen, and eventually

689
00:45:14.599 --> 00:45:18.280
the sun would come up and all the darkness would

690
00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:22.400
be gone. Then he could explore the house and see

691
00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:26.039
what exactly was going on, or at that point, what

692
00:45:26.159 --> 00:45:30.719
all had happened. However, Joey knew that as much as

693
00:45:30.760 --> 00:45:34.079
he wanted to do just that, there was something that

694
00:45:34.119 --> 00:45:36.760
would not let him do it. The knowledge that it

695
00:45:36.800 --> 00:45:39.440
was Mac who ran upstairs to hide before being pulled

696
00:45:39.480 --> 00:45:45.079
away meant that Chris was likely still downstairs. Joey wasn't

697
00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:47.800
sure what had caused Mac to be thrown from whatever

698
00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:50.079
room he had hid in, and even less of a

699
00:45:50.119 --> 00:45:52.199
clue as to how he had been dragged down the

700
00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:56.119
stairs by an unseen force, even with Joey having a

701
00:45:56.159 --> 00:46:00.440
flashlight handy to illuminate the darkness. But he did know

702
00:46:00.559 --> 00:46:03.679
that meant Chris was downstairs where all the commotions started,

703
00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:08.960
and was likely where whatever had taken Mac was now at. Chris,

704
00:46:09.400 --> 00:46:12.599
Joey's older brother, one of the people who he loved

705
00:46:12.639 --> 00:46:15.760
most in the world, was down on that first story

706
00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:19.360
with some unknown being that had hunted down Mac and

707
00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:24.840
dragged him downstairs without being seen. Joey crawled out from

708
00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:28.599
under his blanket and stared at his door again. He

709
00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:32.400
couldn't begin to imagine what was happening to Mac let alone.

710
00:46:32.440 --> 00:46:36.599
In general, however, Joey did know that none of it

711
00:46:36.719 --> 00:46:39.480
was good, and that most likely what happened to Mac

712
00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:43.119
was bound to happen to his older brother. Normally, when

713
00:46:43.159 --> 00:46:46.000
the two boys were in trouble or something bad happened,

714
00:46:46.280 --> 00:46:48.599
they would turn to their father and mother to help them.

715
00:46:49.480 --> 00:46:52.920
They weren't in the house, though they were miles away

716
00:46:53.079 --> 00:46:57.039
visiting family. Joey couldn't even recall who they had gone

717
00:46:57.079 --> 00:47:00.559
to see. No phone call would likely bring him back.

718
00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:04.880
Chris was in an unknown state, and Mac was likely

719
00:47:04.920 --> 00:47:08.440
no longer able to help. That left only one option,

720
00:47:09.079 --> 00:47:12.719
and Joey, while aware of it, did not want to

721
00:47:12.760 --> 00:47:15.800
admit it. If there was going to be any happy

722
00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:18.880
ending to what was going on, it was up to

723
00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:23.519
Joey to do it. Trepidaciously, Joey climbed out of bed

724
00:47:24.000 --> 00:47:27.400
and walked back to his bedroom door. He was not

725
00:47:27.440 --> 00:47:30.320
sure as to what was down there, and even less

726
00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:32.559
so that he would be able to do much of

727
00:47:32.599 --> 00:47:35.920
anything to either help Chris and Mac or stop whatever

728
00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:40.000
it was, but Joey knew deep down that he had

729
00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:43.920
to at least try, both for his brother and perhaps

730
00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:49.039
even more so for himself. After all, if his parents,

731
00:47:49.320 --> 00:47:52.480
Mac and Chris weren't going to save him, then he

732
00:47:52.519 --> 00:47:55.639
had to do it himself. Just like switching from a

733
00:47:55.679 --> 00:48:00.000
tricycle to a bicycle, Joey couldn't rely on training wheels

734
00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:05.039
in this case others to help him get along. Joey

735
00:48:05.079 --> 00:48:09.119
told himself that was a pretty cheesy and probably dumb comparison,

736
00:48:09.880 --> 00:48:13.679
but it was a way to motivate himself. Maybe he

737
00:48:13.760 --> 00:48:17.039
needed that silly level of TV sitcom Dad Pep Talk

738
00:48:17.519 --> 00:48:22.360
to do what he knew he had to do. Joey

739
00:48:22.440 --> 00:48:26.440
closed his eyes and prayed for protection and the courage

740
00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:29.079
to get through the night and protect his brother and

741
00:48:29.159 --> 00:48:32.599
himself from whatever it was that had come into the

742
00:48:32.679 --> 00:48:37.760
McGee's house. The youngest McGhee opened his eyes, took a

743
00:48:37.800 --> 00:48:42.199
deep breath, and grasped the knob of his door. He

744
00:48:42.320 --> 00:48:47.719
twisted it, and with a newfound courage and intent, pulled

745
00:48:47.719 --> 00:48:52.840
open his bedroom door and stepped out into the hallway.

746
00:48:54.559 --> 00:48:58.960
There's more scares where that came from. Weakly, Spooky will

747
00:48:59.000 --> 00:48:59.840
be right back.

748
00:49:02.719 --> 00:49:05.480
Joey looked up and down the hallways for any sign

749
00:49:05.639 --> 00:49:09.000
of whatever it was that was inside the house and

750
00:49:09.159 --> 00:49:12.960
terrorizing the boys. He couldn't see anything that looked out

751
00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:15.880
of place, nor could he see anything that looked like

752
00:49:15.960 --> 00:49:20.000
it was moving. Thinking through the sequence of events that

753
00:49:20.079 --> 00:49:23.840
had happened only minutes ago, Joey came to the conclusion

754
00:49:23.920 --> 00:49:27.760
that unless this presence had come back upstairs to get him,

755
00:49:28.320 --> 00:49:32.440
it was most likely downstairs where Chris was. Joey thought

756
00:49:32.480 --> 00:49:36.000
briefly about why it hadn't come back upstairs to get him.

757
00:49:36.360 --> 00:49:39.760
After all, whatever it was must have seen or sensed

758
00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:42.800
or had some way of knowing he was there when

759
00:49:42.840 --> 00:49:46.679
it took Mack not to mention that if Joey's worst

760
00:49:46.760 --> 00:49:49.840
fears were true and the presence had already done something

761
00:49:49.880 --> 00:49:53.800
to Chris, then why not come back upstairs and finished

762
00:49:53.840 --> 00:49:57.159
the trio off. Maybe Chris had ran out of the

763
00:49:57.199 --> 00:50:01.519
house and whatever it was had chased after him. Perhaps

764
00:50:02.039 --> 00:50:06.320
it wanted to save Joey for last. Maybe it didn't

765
00:50:06.320 --> 00:50:09.880
want Joey at all. All of these possibilities the young

766
00:50:09.960 --> 00:50:15.079
McGee thought about. Joey shook his head. While his thoughts

767
00:50:15.119 --> 00:50:17.679
were of genuine concern as to what was going on

768
00:50:17.840 --> 00:50:21.920
and why this thing hadn't come back for him, he

769
00:50:22.039 --> 00:50:25.119
also knew it was partially him trying to talk and

770
00:50:25.320 --> 00:50:29.760
psych himself out of going downstairs. Get it together, Joey,

771
00:50:30.159 --> 00:50:33.639
you can do this. You can do this. The young

772
00:50:33.719 --> 00:50:37.039
McGee headed to the stairs and started to descend them.

773
00:50:37.639 --> 00:50:40.960
He briefly considered going back up to retrieve his flashlight,

774
00:50:41.360 --> 00:50:44.440
but opted not to, if only because he suspected Chris

775
00:50:44.480 --> 00:50:48.880
and Mack had continued to watch TV after finishing Flesh

776
00:50:48.880 --> 00:50:52.480
of the android, and thus the television would still be

777
00:50:52.599 --> 00:50:56.760
on and provide some form of light that or at

778
00:50:56.760 --> 00:50:59.559
the very least the windows that were peppered on the

779
00:50:59.559 --> 00:51:02.199
first floor, or would allow light from the moon and

780
00:51:02.280 --> 00:51:05.840
street lamps to illuminate the house just enough for Joey

781
00:51:06.440 --> 00:51:10.239
to make his way through. Joey continued down the stairs,

782
00:51:10.239 --> 00:51:13.880
and when at the bottom looked into the entryway and

783
00:51:13.920 --> 00:51:18.280
to the front door, the door was shut, meaning either

784
00:51:18.400 --> 00:51:21.199
Chris was still in the house somewhere or he had

785
00:51:21.320 --> 00:51:24.519
left and closed it on his way out. If the

786
00:51:24.599 --> 00:51:27.079
latter was the case, then it must have been before

787
00:51:27.159 --> 00:51:31.400
this thing had gone after Mac. Joey wasn't quite sure

788
00:51:31.440 --> 00:51:34.960
which option seemed more likely. He thought about it and

789
00:51:35.000 --> 00:51:39.039
how to proceed. Ultimately, Joey landed on continuing to look

790
00:51:39.079 --> 00:51:42.760
around the house for Chris and to see what had

791
00:51:42.800 --> 00:51:46.880
happened to Mac. Joey made his way toward the living room.

792
00:51:47.800 --> 00:51:51.480
There he found, as he suspected, the television was on

793
00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:55.719
its screen a bright blue, the default sign for when

794
00:51:55.719 --> 00:52:00.039
the VCR was on, but no tape was playing. He

795
00:52:00.119 --> 00:52:02.400
looked around the room and saw no sign of his

796
00:52:02.480 --> 00:52:06.519
brother or of Mac. However, Joey did see that a

797
00:52:06.599 --> 00:52:09.440
lamp had been knocked over, as had the coffee table.

798
00:52:10.039 --> 00:52:12.840
Picture frames and other various objects in the room were

799
00:52:13.400 --> 00:52:18.360
strewn about. The couch itself had its cushions half off

800
00:52:18.360 --> 00:52:22.320
the frame. Broken bottles of pop lined the floors, with

801
00:52:22.400 --> 00:52:25.480
the glow of the television showing where the fragments of

802
00:52:25.519 --> 00:52:30.480
glass were. What in the world happened here? The younger

803
00:52:30.559 --> 00:52:35.360
McGhee questioned both himself and the room. With the living

804
00:52:35.440 --> 00:52:38.400
room empty of his brother and Mac, that left only

805
00:52:38.440 --> 00:52:43.679
the kitchen, the downstairs bathroom, and the garage of his options.

806
00:52:43.920 --> 00:52:48.719
Joey decided to check the bathroom first, empty with no

807
00:52:48.920 --> 00:52:52.719
signs of a disturbance like in the living room. One down,

808
00:52:53.199 --> 00:52:56.679
two to go. The young McGhee walked to the kitchen,

809
00:52:57.519 --> 00:53:00.360
light faintly shining through the window over the st sink

810
00:53:00.840 --> 00:53:03.519
and the glass sliding door that led to the backyard.

811
00:53:04.320 --> 00:53:08.039
With this, Joey was met with a mess. Parts of

812
00:53:08.079 --> 00:53:10.679
it were clearly left over from when he, Chris and

813
00:53:10.800 --> 00:53:15.119
Mac had prepared the food for their movie, but containers

814
00:53:15.119 --> 00:53:18.800
of flour and sugar, a cutting block and board, pots

815
00:53:18.800 --> 00:53:23.119
and pans, dishes, and a nearly tipped over refrigerator were

816
00:53:23.199 --> 00:53:26.719
not something that the three boys had caused at least

817
00:53:26.840 --> 00:53:29.079
Joey and the other two hadn't caused it when they

818
00:53:29.119 --> 00:53:32.840
were prepping for the movie. Did Chris and Mac do this?

819
00:53:33.719 --> 00:53:39.480
Or did whatever this thing is do this? Joey scratched

820
00:53:39.480 --> 00:53:42.239
his head and felt his brain starting to hurt from

821
00:53:42.280 --> 00:53:46.440
trying to deduce what exactly was going on. He could

822
00:53:46.480 --> 00:53:49.920
also feel himself tensing up as he hadn't found his

823
00:53:49.920 --> 00:53:55.079
brother yet, which meant all that was left was the garage.

824
00:53:56.639 --> 00:53:59.159
He turned and looked down a small hallway on the

825
00:53:59.239 --> 00:54:02.800
left hand side of the kitchen. There he saw the

826
00:54:02.840 --> 00:54:07.320
outline of the door that led to the garage. Joey

827
00:54:07.360 --> 00:54:10.559
gulped and felt a chill run down his spine and

828
00:54:10.599 --> 00:54:14.599
the cold stickiness of sweat starting to drip down his face.

829
00:54:15.480 --> 00:54:19.320
With another gulp, to regain his composure and summon some bravery,

830
00:54:19.920 --> 00:54:23.400
Joey headed down the hall, stood at the door to

831
00:54:23.440 --> 00:54:27.800
the garage and clutched the knob and threw it open.

832
00:54:29.039 --> 00:54:32.320
Stepping into the garage, Joey was once more met with

833
00:54:32.559 --> 00:54:35.800
darkness that was darker than the darkness he had been

834
00:54:35.840 --> 00:54:39.199
met with upstairs. How much of his fear was from

835
00:54:39.199 --> 00:54:41.880
the unknown, and how much of it was the usual

836
00:54:42.000 --> 00:54:45.400
unsettling feeling he always had when he was in the garage,

837
00:54:46.119 --> 00:54:49.440
or maybe the real fear was of not finding Chris

838
00:54:49.480 --> 00:54:53.119
in this final room, of having no real answers as

839
00:54:53.159 --> 00:54:57.559
to just what was going on in their house. Unlike

840
00:54:57.599 --> 00:55:00.079
the other rooms in the house, the garage did not

841
00:55:00.199 --> 00:55:02.880
have a light switch to flip. The only way to

842
00:55:02.960 --> 00:55:05.599
have light on in the garage was to either pull

843
00:55:05.639 --> 00:55:07.840
a cord attached to the ceiling to turn on a

844
00:55:07.920 --> 00:55:10.880
light bulb, or to open the garage door and let

845
00:55:10.960 --> 00:55:14.559
light in. The latter option was not possible in the

846
00:55:14.559 --> 00:55:17.280
dead of night. Joey would need to turn on the

847
00:55:17.320 --> 00:55:19.639
light in the garage if he had any hope of

848
00:55:19.679 --> 00:55:24.119
actually seeing what all was inside. Joey held his arms

849
00:55:24.159 --> 00:55:26.679
straight out and started to walk toward the center of

850
00:55:26.719 --> 00:55:30.840
the garage, where the cord should be. While walking, he

851
00:55:30.880 --> 00:55:34.280
moved his hands in twisting motions to try and find

852
00:55:34.360 --> 00:55:37.880
and grab onto the cord. After what seemed like an

853
00:55:37.920 --> 00:55:41.320
eternity to him, he found the cord with his left hand.

854
00:55:42.159 --> 00:55:45.119
He let out a sigh of relief and yanked on it.

855
00:55:46.480 --> 00:55:51.599
Nothing no light came on. Joey looked up in surprise.

856
00:55:52.400 --> 00:55:57.400
He pulled again. Nothing. He pulled a third time, this

857
00:55:57.519 --> 00:56:03.760
time harder, and once more nothing happened. Joey felt an

858
00:56:03.840 --> 00:56:07.400
unsettling feeling flood his whole body, a dread of not

859
00:56:07.519 --> 00:56:10.440
being able to search the basement and being stuck in

860
00:56:10.519 --> 00:56:14.960
pitch blackness. Along with that, he felt an anger he

861
00:56:15.000 --> 00:56:19.360
couldn't remember ever feeling before. In that anger, Joey thought

862
00:56:19.400 --> 00:56:21.840
about moments he had seen his father and even his

863
00:56:21.920 --> 00:56:26.519
grandfather angry had something that wasn't going their way. Shit,

864
00:56:27.440 --> 00:56:29.960
he shouted in the same way he heard his father

865
00:56:30.079 --> 00:56:34.880
and grandfather do so when they were upset. Joey thought

866
00:56:34.880 --> 00:56:38.000
about what to do next. I guess I could turn

867
00:56:38.039 --> 00:56:40.679
on all the lights in the house. I could get

868
00:56:40.719 --> 00:56:43.880
my flashlight, and then I could see in the garage.

869
00:56:43.920 --> 00:56:46.800
With a new on the fly plan made, Joey turned

870
00:56:46.840 --> 00:56:51.920
to leave. As he exited, facing the door, Joey saw

871
00:56:51.960 --> 00:56:55.840
a face illuminated in yellowish white light that was coming

872
00:56:56.440 --> 00:57:01.519
from a flashlight. Joey, a voice said in relief, it

873
00:57:01.639 --> 00:57:05.920
was Chris. Chris. Joey cried in enjoy at being reunited

874
00:57:05.960 --> 00:57:08.679
with his brother. He flung himself into him and the

875
00:57:08.719 --> 00:57:13.440
two hugged. Where have you been Chris asked, looking for you.

876
00:57:14.199 --> 00:57:18.880
Where have you been? Joey responded, hiding. I was hiding

877
00:57:18.920 --> 00:57:21.440
for a while in the pantry. Then I remembered you

878
00:57:21.440 --> 00:57:23.880
were upstairs, and so I went to get you, but

879
00:57:24.239 --> 00:57:27.079
you weren't there. I found the flashlight in the hallway

880
00:57:27.079 --> 00:57:29.360
and saw some of Mom and Dad's pictures knocked off

881
00:57:29.400 --> 00:57:34.559
the wall. Chris explained. Joey remembered what had happened upstairs.

882
00:57:35.119 --> 00:57:38.800
Mac he he came flying up the stairs and then

883
00:57:38.800 --> 00:57:45.559
he Chris, what's going on? Joey asked his brother. I

884
00:57:46.719 --> 00:57:49.840
don't even know how I could explain it. We watched

885
00:57:49.960 --> 00:57:54.079
Flesh of the Android, rewound the tape and watched it again. Well,

886
00:57:55.039 --> 00:57:59.599
we tried to. We fell asleep, and then Jesus, I can't.

887
00:57:59.840 --> 00:58:03.000
Just out of nowhere, this thing or or force or

888
00:58:03.079 --> 00:58:07.320
whatever it is appeared and came after us. I ran

889
00:58:07.360 --> 00:58:10.599
and hid, and Mac ran the other way. Chris explained

890
00:58:10.639 --> 00:58:14.519
as best he could, his voice heavy with terror, something

891
00:58:14.519 --> 00:58:18.760
that Joey had never heard before. What do we do,

892
00:58:19.519 --> 00:58:23.119
he asked his older brother. I don't know what to

893
00:58:23.159 --> 00:58:26.840
tell you, Joey. Mom and Dad aren't here. It's too

894
00:58:26.920 --> 00:58:29.519
late to go to any of the neighbors too. We

895
00:58:29.639 --> 00:58:34.719
can't really call the police either, So what do we do?

896
00:58:35.320 --> 00:58:39.199
Joey asked again. I guess just go to our rooms,

897
00:58:39.280 --> 00:58:43.719
turn on a light, and then wait until morning. Chris suggested,

898
00:58:44.920 --> 00:58:49.199
And then what, Joey asked. I don't know. Let's just

899
00:58:49.239 --> 00:58:52.039
get through the night and go from there, Chris said.

900
00:58:52.719 --> 00:58:57.159
Joey nodded in acceptance, and he and Chris left the garage.

901
00:58:57.320 --> 00:59:00.760
The brothers walked through the house, passing the entryway to

902
00:59:00.800 --> 00:59:03.559
the living room. Joey turned his head and saw the

903
00:59:03.559 --> 00:59:08.400
television was still on. He stopped. Chris noticed and looked

904
00:59:08.440 --> 00:59:13.159
at his brother, then the TV, then back to his brother.

905
00:59:14.119 --> 00:59:18.519
What is it, Chris asked, shouldn't we turn the TV off?

906
00:59:19.000 --> 00:59:24.360
Joey said, does it matter? Chris asked, in honest confusion

907
00:59:24.360 --> 00:59:26.440
as to why his brother felt the need to turn

908
00:59:26.480 --> 00:59:31.840
off a television. I mean, I guess not, but it's

909
00:59:31.840 --> 00:59:34.280
something we always do before we go to bed if

910
00:59:34.280 --> 00:59:38.519
we've been watching it, Joey explained. Chris looked at his brother.

911
00:59:39.280 --> 00:59:44.079
He smiled at the simplicity of his brother's explanation. Okay, squirt,

912
00:59:44.400 --> 00:59:47.880
I'll humor you. Joey smiled, and Chris returned it with

913
00:59:47.960 --> 00:59:51.920
a loving punch. The two walked to the television and

914
00:59:52.000 --> 00:59:56.400
Chris turned off the VCR and then the TV. Joey

915
00:59:56.440 --> 00:59:59.199
and Chris walked out of the living room into the staircase.

916
01:00:00.079 --> 01:00:03.639
Suddenly they heard the click of both the TV and

917
01:00:03.719 --> 01:00:07.159
the VCR turning on, and the glow from the television

918
01:00:07.239 --> 01:00:11.519
shining into the hallway. The brothers McGhee looked at each

919
01:00:11.519 --> 01:00:16.719
other in surprise and growing dread. They cautiously walked into

920
01:00:16.760 --> 01:00:19.519
the living room and stared in awe at the sight.

921
01:00:21.840 --> 01:00:27.960
How Joey started, I don't know, Chris stammered out. Chris

922
01:00:28.000 --> 01:00:31.119
grabbed the remotes to both the TV and VCR and

923
01:00:31.239 --> 01:00:34.639
powered both of them. He then threw the remotes into

924
01:00:34.639 --> 01:00:37.960
the hallway. Not even a minute later they powered back on.

925
01:00:38.679 --> 01:00:41.960
The blue of the VCR screen started to distort in colors.

926
01:00:42.440 --> 01:00:45.360
Flesh of the android flickers on and off in its

927
01:00:45.400 --> 01:00:49.519
glorious moments, the screen eventually turning into black and white static.

928
01:00:50.880 --> 01:00:54.199
Joey and Chris stare at each other in surprise and

929
01:00:54.360 --> 01:00:58.960
horror at the scene unfolding before them. They turned their

930
01:00:59.000 --> 01:01:01.800
attention back to the television and see the black of

931
01:01:01.840 --> 01:01:04.320
the static dripping down to the bottom of the screen

932
01:01:04.760 --> 01:01:08.679
until none of it is left only white. The dust

933
01:01:08.679 --> 01:01:11.559
cover of the VCR shoots open, and the boys watch

934
01:01:11.599 --> 01:01:15.079
in horror as a blackish brown substance begins to drip

935
01:01:15.119 --> 01:01:18.760
out of it. At first liquid and substance, it begins

936
01:01:18.800 --> 01:01:24.400
to solidify and become almost transparent. As it solidified, it

937
01:01:24.440 --> 01:01:28.719
took on monstrous and exaggerated human qualities. Joey and Chris

938
01:01:28.760 --> 01:01:32.199
watched as a black and nearly transparent hand reached out

939
01:01:32.239 --> 01:01:36.000
of the VCR and dug into the carpeted floor. In

940
01:01:36.039 --> 01:01:39.199
a violent, jerky motion, the hand pulled the rest of

941
01:01:39.239 --> 01:01:42.039
the growing form out of the VCR and onto the

942
01:01:42.039 --> 01:01:45.800
floor of the McGee's living room. Joey and Chris stood

943
01:01:45.840 --> 01:01:48.639
in shock and horror at the scene that was unfolding.

944
01:01:49.039 --> 01:01:52.159
Joey tried to gather the strength to say something, but

945
01:01:52.360 --> 01:01:56.679
was quickly silenced by the form shooting itself upright. The

946
01:01:56.760 --> 01:02:00.920
creature stood almost to the ceiling and say, for its limbs,

947
01:02:01.119 --> 01:02:05.519
had no other features recognizably human. Both Joey and Chris

948
01:02:05.559 --> 01:02:08.119
saw from the glow of the television that the creature

949
01:02:08.199 --> 01:02:11.920
still had a transparent nature to it. However, they also

950
01:02:12.039 --> 01:02:15.599
saw that all over the creature's body. It looked as

951
01:02:15.599 --> 01:02:22.039
if something was moving back and forth. Joey, in shocked,

952
01:02:22.079 --> 01:02:25.599
awe and unable to think of anything else, likened it

953
01:02:25.639 --> 01:02:28.639
in his mind to a video cassette being re wound

954
01:02:28.840 --> 01:02:33.199
and fast forwarded to him. It made sense considering where

955
01:02:33.239 --> 01:02:39.239
this thing had come from. Chris. Joey started, Yeah, Joey.

956
01:02:39.760 --> 01:02:44.719
Chris stammered out, what do we do? The younger McGee asked,

957
01:02:45.400 --> 01:02:48.559
Almost exactly at the end of Joey's question, the creature

958
01:02:48.639 --> 01:02:52.599
leaped to the ceiling and began crawling around on it. Run.

959
01:02:53.119 --> 01:02:55.599
Chris shouted and shoved Joey out of the living room

960
01:02:55.639 --> 01:02:58.800
and towards the stairs. Joey looked back toward the room

961
01:02:59.159 --> 01:03:02.840
and started to head back. Chris was no longer in sight,

962
01:03:03.159 --> 01:03:06.079
but he heard him, and the sounds emanating from Chris

963
01:03:06.320 --> 01:03:09.880
were inhuman and the most pained and terror filled noises

964
01:03:10.000 --> 01:03:15.039
Joey had ever heard. Joey Run, Run, goddamn it, run.

965
01:03:16.320 --> 01:03:18.800
Joey began to tear up at his brother's words as

966
01:03:18.800 --> 01:03:21.159
he turned around and rushed up the stairs and into

967
01:03:21.199 --> 01:03:23.960
his bedroom. He slammed the door shut and moved his

968
01:03:24.039 --> 01:03:26.400
dresser and anything else he could get in front of

969
01:03:26.440 --> 01:03:29.840
the door as a barricade. He then ran to and

970
01:03:29.920 --> 01:03:33.360
slid under his bed. The young McGee curled up in

971
01:03:33.400 --> 01:03:37.599
a ball and continued to cry, hearing the sounds of

972
01:03:37.599 --> 01:03:42.239
the living room and likely his brother being torn apart.

973
01:03:43.519 --> 01:03:46.400
It's only a dream, It's only a dream. It's only

974
01:03:46.440 --> 01:03:51.079
a dream, Joey shouted to himself, repeating the statement until finally,

975
01:03:51.719 --> 01:03:54.920
due to exhaustion and the stress of what was happening,

976
01:03:55.760 --> 01:04:00.239
he fell asleep.

977
01:04:00.280 --> 01:04:05.280
That was scary. Just you wait, weekly, spooky, We'll be

978
01:04:05.400 --> 01:04:06.000
right back.

979
01:04:09.360 --> 01:04:13.239
Joey woke up, gasping for breath and covered in sweat.

980
01:04:13.639 --> 01:04:17.159
He looked around, remembering that he had hid and spent

981
01:04:17.239 --> 01:04:21.119
the remainder of the night under his bed. He remembered

982
01:04:21.159 --> 01:04:25.239
watching Flesh of the Android until he ran out, nearly vomiting.

983
01:04:25.880 --> 01:04:29.440
He remembered seeing mac throne and dragged around in the

984
01:04:29.519 --> 01:04:34.519
darkness Chris, not even knowing what ultimately happened to Chris

985
01:04:35.199 --> 01:04:39.280
and that creature, that thing which came spilling out of

986
01:04:39.280 --> 01:04:44.920
the VCR. Joey started to hyperventilate and felt tears starting

987
01:04:44.960 --> 01:04:49.159
to run down his face. The young McGhee caught himself

988
01:04:49.639 --> 01:04:53.239
and started to take slow and deep breaths and counted

989
01:04:53.280 --> 01:04:58.199
back from ten to rein in his panic attack. When

990
01:04:58.199 --> 01:05:01.800
the anxiety was at a manageable level, Joey crawled out

991
01:05:01.800 --> 01:05:05.960
from under his bed and slowly stood up. His eyes

992
01:05:06.039 --> 01:05:08.840
blink and then widen as he sees that his room,

993
01:05:09.599 --> 01:05:13.639
barricaded to protect him from whatever that thing was, was

994
01:05:13.679 --> 01:05:20.039
back to normal. Every piece of furniture, every item, everything

995
01:05:20.159 --> 01:05:24.320
was as it was before the horror had happened. Joey

996
01:05:24.360 --> 01:05:30.920
turned to look at his clock nine to thirty am. Noises.

997
01:05:31.760 --> 01:05:37.440
Joey heard noises emanating from downstairs. Was it Chris mac,

998
01:05:38.440 --> 01:05:43.360
the creature, somebody or something else. He had to know

999
01:05:43.400 --> 01:05:46.880
what it was and perhaps figure out why his room

1000
01:05:47.079 --> 01:05:51.159
was back to normal. Joey quickly got dressed and rushed

1001
01:05:51.159 --> 01:05:55.440
out of his bedroom and down the stairs. Once downstairs,

1002
01:05:55.559 --> 01:05:58.760
Joey immediately went to the living room and found it

1003
01:05:58.840 --> 01:06:01.320
not in the state of chaos it was last night,

1004
01:06:02.400 --> 01:06:07.280
but in a state of ideal cleanliness and organization, just

1005
01:06:07.440 --> 01:06:10.280
like it was before the boys took it over for

1006
01:06:10.360 --> 01:06:16.880
their movie. This is surreal. The young McGhee heard noises

1007
01:06:16.920 --> 01:06:21.519
emanating from elsewhere in the house. He followed them, deducing

1008
01:06:21.559 --> 01:06:24.920
that the noises are coming from the kitchen. Joey slowly

1009
01:06:25.000 --> 01:06:29.280
moved closer and closer to the kitchen, readying himself in

1010
01:06:29.360 --> 01:06:33.159
case the creature was back. His heart drummed fiercely in

1011
01:06:33.199 --> 01:06:35.400
his chest to the point where he could hear it

1012
01:06:35.440 --> 01:06:37.599
in his ears. Over the sounds that were coming from

1013
01:06:37.599 --> 01:06:42.159
the kitchen, Joey stopped right near the entryway. He closed

1014
01:06:42.159 --> 01:06:45.239
his eyes and let out a breath before jumping into

1015
01:06:45.239 --> 01:06:48.639
the kitchen with what he thought was a battle cry.

1016
01:06:49.440 --> 01:06:53.480
What was that about, Joey, an older male asked. That's

1017
01:06:53.519 --> 01:06:55.920
certainly a way for you to say good morning, sweetie,

1018
01:06:56.320 --> 01:07:00.559
an older female said. Joey opened his eyes and found

1019
01:07:00.599 --> 01:07:03.760
his mom and dad in the kitchen. His father sat

1020
01:07:03.800 --> 01:07:06.280
at the kitchen table, a cup of coffee in one

1021
01:07:06.320 --> 01:07:09.239
hand and a pencil in the other. He used it

1022
01:07:09.280 --> 01:07:12.599
to work on a crossword. His mother was hopping between

1023
01:07:12.599 --> 01:07:17.920
the stovetop and the fridge in preparing breakfast. Mom, Dad,

1024
01:07:18.119 --> 01:07:22.079
why what I thought you guys were out of town,

1025
01:07:22.800 --> 01:07:27.079
Joey questioned, in utter confusion. We were until we got

1026
01:07:27.079 --> 01:07:31.280
home last night, his father explained. But I didn't see

1027
01:07:31.280 --> 01:07:35.000
her hear you, guys, Joey said, you were out cold

1028
01:07:35.000 --> 01:07:38.679
in bed when we got home. His mother added, what

1029
01:07:38.800 --> 01:07:42.719
time did you get home? Joey asked, oh, about eleven,

1030
01:07:43.320 --> 01:07:47.199
his mom answered. Joey walked to the kitchen table and

1031
01:07:47.239 --> 01:07:50.239
took a seat across from his father. His head hurt

1032
01:07:50.280 --> 01:07:53.199
from the shock of seeing his parents and the revelation

1033
01:07:53.360 --> 01:07:57.800
that they had been home last night. Joey's thoughts swirled

1034
01:07:57.880 --> 01:08:00.800
with the possibility that the creature might have gone after

1035
01:08:00.880 --> 01:08:07.400
them first before Mac and Chris. If so, why, Maybe

1036
01:08:07.440 --> 01:08:09.880
it was surprising that two people came into the house

1037
01:08:10.079 --> 01:08:13.320
and attacked them in response, But that left the question

1038
01:08:13.960 --> 01:08:17.439
that plagued Joey from the moment the horror started and

1039
01:08:17.520 --> 01:08:20.800
still had yet to be answered. Why did it go

1040
01:08:20.880 --> 01:08:26.159
after them and seemingly left Joey alone? Are you okay? Sport,

1041
01:08:26.720 --> 01:08:33.079
Joey's dad asked, yeah, Why, Joey said, you look clammy.

1042
01:08:33.520 --> 01:08:38.640
His father replied, oh, I I didn't sleep that well,

1043
01:08:39.000 --> 01:08:42.399
Joey offered as an answer, I think it's more that

1044
01:08:42.479 --> 01:08:45.039
you ate too much candy and junk food for Halloween.

1045
01:08:45.640 --> 01:08:50.039
Does your stomach hurt? His mother asked him, yeah, Joey

1046
01:08:50.079 --> 01:08:53.920
answered it was the truth. Though Joey didn't think he

1047
01:08:53.960 --> 01:08:56.640
had eaten too much junk food and was chalking it

1048
01:08:56.720 --> 01:08:59.119
up to how anxious and scared he had been and

1049
01:08:59.159 --> 01:09:03.439
still was. I think your mother's right then. That isn't

1050
01:09:03.439 --> 01:09:06.000
to say you didn't toss and turn, but eating all

1051
01:09:06.039 --> 01:09:09.079
that crud won't do you any favors, his father said,

1052
01:09:10.000 --> 01:09:14.399
I guess you're right, Joey responded. Joey looked around the kitchen.

1053
01:09:15.000 --> 01:09:18.039
Everything was put back in place and clean, just like

1054
01:09:18.079 --> 01:09:21.079
it had been in the living room. If the creature

1055
01:09:21.119 --> 01:09:24.399
had gone after his parents before Chris, Mack and himself,

1056
01:09:24.960 --> 01:09:28.760
then who did the cleaning. Did Chris survive his encounter,

1057
01:09:29.159 --> 01:09:33.359
defeat the creature and then clean up? How did his

1058
01:09:33.399 --> 01:09:35.880
parents come back if the thing had gotten hold of them.

1059
01:09:36.479 --> 01:09:39.520
If they were back, did that mean so was Mac.

1060
01:09:40.239 --> 01:09:43.800
It was in this avalanche of thoughts that something struck Joey.

1061
01:09:44.680 --> 01:09:48.000
Chris wasn't down yet. Sure, it was still the weekend

1062
01:09:48.039 --> 01:09:51.159
and his brother usually slept in, but their mom was

1063
01:09:51.199 --> 01:09:54.159
making her homemade biscuits and gravy, and that was one

1064
01:09:54.159 --> 01:09:56.800
of the few things Chris would wake up for no

1065
01:09:56.920 --> 01:10:03.079
matter the time. Where's Chris, Joey asked his parents. I

1066
01:10:03.119 --> 01:10:08.359
don't know who's Chris. His mom answered, and then asked

1067
01:10:08.760 --> 01:10:13.439
the question hit Joey like a freight train. Who's Chris?

1068
01:10:14.359 --> 01:10:19.880
You know Chris? Chris McGee my brother, Joey said. The

1069
01:10:19.960 --> 01:10:24.640
older McGee's chuckled a little at what their son was saying. Oh, Joey,

1070
01:10:24.720 --> 01:10:29.039
you don't have a brother, his father explained, But I do.

1071
01:10:29.239 --> 01:10:34.560
It's Chris, Joey stated, Oh, Bill, maybe this is Joey's

1072
01:10:34.560 --> 01:10:37.239
way of telling us he wants to be a big brother,

1073
01:10:37.840 --> 01:10:41.880
his mother suggested. Joey's father snapped his fingers to what

1074
01:10:41.920 --> 01:10:44.880
his wife was saying, that's gotta be it. Are you

1075
01:10:44.920 --> 01:10:47.640
ready to be a big brother, Joe? How can I

1076
01:10:47.680 --> 01:10:50.520
be a big brother to Chris? He's older than me.

1077
01:10:51.560 --> 01:10:55.399
Is this Chris maybe an imaginary friend that you believe

1078
01:10:55.520 --> 01:11:00.119
is your big brother? His mom asked. It's okay if

1079
01:11:00.119 --> 01:11:03.560
you have an imaginary friend, Joe. We all did. After all,

1080
01:11:03.600 --> 01:11:06.960
it can be lonely being an only child, his father explained.

1081
01:11:07.840 --> 01:11:12.119
Joey cannot believe what he's hearing. An only child, How

1082
01:11:12.199 --> 01:11:15.600
is that possible. I've known Chris my whole life. Mom

1083
01:11:15.640 --> 01:11:19.640
and dad know him too. What's going on? Joey stood

1084
01:11:19.720 --> 01:11:21.680
up from the table and ran out of the kitchen,

1085
01:11:22.079 --> 01:11:25.560
his parents, shrugging at his action. His feet carried him

1086
01:11:25.600 --> 01:11:27.640
back to the living room and right up to where

1087
01:11:27.640 --> 01:11:31.319
the family's fireplace was. Joey looked at the mantle above

1088
01:11:31.399 --> 01:11:35.119
it and the row of family photos. There were the

1089
01:11:35.119 --> 01:11:38.079
ones of just Joey and Chris's parents, the ones of

1090
01:11:38.159 --> 01:11:40.840
Joey as a baby and a school photo, and the

1091
01:11:40.840 --> 01:11:44.039
ones of their other family members. But photos that were

1092
01:11:44.039 --> 01:11:46.680
supposed to have Chris in them, whether it was of

1093
01:11:46.840 --> 01:11:52.119
just him or with other family members, were missing. Chris

1094
01:11:52.199 --> 01:11:55.159
was somehow now absent in all the photos he was

1095
01:11:55.199 --> 01:12:00.720
supposed to be in. This, this can't be happening, Joey

1096
01:12:00.800 --> 01:12:04.640
choked out. The young McGhee bolted upstairs to where Chris's

1097
01:12:04.720 --> 01:12:07.680
room should be and flung open the door, only to

1098
01:12:07.760 --> 01:12:11.560
discover the room was filled with various supplies and stations

1099
01:12:11.560 --> 01:12:15.640
for his mother's sewing and crafting. Normally, Joey had seen

1100
01:12:15.680 --> 01:12:19.319
these items in the downstairs office where his father usually worked,

1101
01:12:19.920 --> 01:12:23.520
apparently having been moved from where Joey's room was. After

1102
01:12:23.560 --> 01:12:27.680
the mcgees found out they were expecting this isn't right,

1103
01:12:28.640 --> 01:12:31.479
Joey ran back downstairs to the office and found it

1104
01:12:31.560 --> 01:12:34.680
filled with everything he knew should be there that belonged

1105
01:12:34.680 --> 01:12:37.520
to his father, and only those items that belonged to

1106
01:12:37.600 --> 01:12:41.079
his father. No cramp, tight space, no room divided by

1107
01:12:41.159 --> 01:12:44.359
sports memorabilia in his father's work area along with his

1108
01:12:44.439 --> 01:12:48.439
mother's sewing and crafts. What the hell is going on?

1109
01:12:49.159 --> 01:12:52.840
Joey asked the room, Finding the situation appropriate for what

1110
01:12:52.920 --> 01:12:55.880
he was told was a curse word but frequently heard

1111
01:12:55.920 --> 01:13:00.279
and saw in church. A thought shot through Joey's mind,

1112
01:13:01.239 --> 01:13:05.520
the tape flesh of the Android. The boy walked to

1113
01:13:05.520 --> 01:13:08.920
where the TV stand was. Joey kneeled down and looked

1114
01:13:08.920 --> 01:13:12.399
at the VCR. Sweat started to drip down his face.

1115
01:13:13.079 --> 01:13:15.920
Joey hit the eject button, not sure if he wanted

1116
01:13:15.960 --> 01:13:19.199
flesh of the Android to pop out, have another movie

1117
01:13:19.239 --> 01:13:23.680
be ejected, or have nothing happen at all. The VCR

1118
01:13:23.800 --> 01:13:27.439
made various worrying and clicking sounds before ejecting the cassette.

1119
01:13:28.039 --> 01:13:31.000
With his hand shaking, Joey took hold of the videotape

1120
01:13:31.359 --> 01:13:33.840
and pulled it out. He moved it to where he

1121
01:13:33.880 --> 01:13:37.560
could read the label. His mouth gaped and a sound

1122
01:13:37.640 --> 01:13:41.720
of horror and confusion came from his throat. Flesh of

1123
01:13:41.760 --> 01:13:45.720
the Android was printed in blood red on a bright

1124
01:13:45.760 --> 01:13:52.640
white label. How, Joey questioned, how was any of this possible?

1125
01:13:53.000 --> 01:13:55.439
If Chris no longer existed to the point that he

1126
01:13:55.560 --> 01:14:00.399
wasn't in pictures or more shockingly, their parents' memory, then

1127
01:14:00.920 --> 01:14:03.159
that would mean the trio of the two McGee and

1128
01:14:03.319 --> 01:14:06.920
mac never went to Biinford's video to get the movie.

1129
01:14:07.760 --> 01:14:10.560
So how was the tape? How was flesh of the

1130
01:14:10.600 --> 01:14:16.520
android here Binford's video. Joey sprinted upstairs and hastily put

1131
01:14:16.560 --> 01:14:19.520
on and then tied his shoes. He threw on a

1132
01:14:19.600 --> 01:14:23.359
zip up hoodie before rushing back downstairs, through the kitchen

1133
01:14:23.680 --> 01:14:28.960
and into the garage. Whoa speed racer, Joey's dad called out.

1134
01:14:29.600 --> 01:14:32.199
Joey ignored his father as he hit the button to

1135
01:14:32.239 --> 01:14:36.000
open the garage door. Once opened, Joey hopped on his

1136
01:14:36.039 --> 01:14:39.439
bike and sped out of the garage, hands clasped on

1137
01:14:39.520 --> 01:14:42.399
the handlebars, with the tape gripped in his right hand,

1138
01:14:43.279 --> 01:14:47.479
high hose silver away. His feet pedaled harder and harder

1139
01:14:47.479 --> 01:14:50.720
to build up speed, Joey leaning forward to try and

1140
01:14:50.800 --> 01:14:55.279
do so even more. Joey kept pedaling down his street

1141
01:14:55.319 --> 01:14:58.079
and through the town. The seven year old paid no

1142
01:14:58.199 --> 01:15:01.640
attention to anybody on the sidewalk or even traffic lights

1143
01:15:01.640 --> 01:15:05.680
and cars. He heard the screeching of tires and disgruntled

1144
01:15:05.720 --> 01:15:08.319
drivers shouting and cursing at him as he rode on.

1145
01:15:09.399 --> 01:15:12.039
Joey had only one thing on his mind, and that

1146
01:15:12.239 --> 01:15:15.720
was Binford's video, and he was hell bent on getting there.

1147
01:15:16.279 --> 01:15:18.800
Everything seemed as if it could be traced back to

1148
01:15:18.920 --> 01:15:23.800
flesh of the Android. But why and how? How was

1149
01:15:23.840 --> 01:15:26.399
it that a movie played in theaters and had been

1150
01:15:26.439 --> 01:15:29.359
seen by others on tape? But yet this happened to

1151
01:15:29.439 --> 01:15:33.079
Joey and his family. Has it happened to anybody else?

1152
01:15:33.880 --> 01:15:36.760
Joey didn't know for sure if mister Binford could give

1153
01:15:36.800 --> 01:15:39.279
him the answers he wanted, but it was his best

1154
01:15:39.399 --> 01:15:43.159
chance of figuring out what was going on, if only slightly.

1155
01:15:44.279 --> 01:15:48.000
Joey approached a hill that, once descended, would take him

1156
01:15:48.039 --> 01:15:51.319
to Binford's video. The young boy pedaled as hard as

1157
01:15:51.319 --> 01:15:55.039
he could before beginning to go downhill, letting his momentum

1158
01:15:55.119 --> 01:15:58.600
carry him down. His left hand poised over the break

1159
01:15:58.640 --> 01:16:02.239
on the left handle. Joey winced as he flew downhill,

1160
01:16:02.760 --> 01:16:06.399
hoping that he wouldn't crash. When he braked. When close

1161
01:16:06.520 --> 01:16:10.359
enough to the bottom, Joey began to slowly break, making

1162
01:16:10.439 --> 01:16:13.119
sure to not do it too hard or too fast

1163
01:16:13.560 --> 01:16:15.800
and cause him to go flying off of the bike.

1164
01:16:16.479 --> 01:16:19.479
Just before he reached the end of the hill, Joey

1165
01:16:19.520 --> 01:16:24.159
gave one final break, this time harder than before. He

1166
01:16:24.279 --> 01:16:27.359
breathed a sigh of relief as he successfully came to

1167
01:16:27.399 --> 01:16:31.880
a stop at the bottom of the hill. With the

1168
01:16:31.960 --> 01:16:35.640
video store in sight, Joey went back to pedaling and

1169
01:16:35.800 --> 01:16:38.640
raced up to the storefront. He hopped off of his

1170
01:16:38.760 --> 01:16:43.000
bike and let it fall to the ground. Videotape in hand.

1171
01:16:43.479 --> 01:16:47.600
Joey ran to the door, threw it open, and then

1172
01:16:48.159 --> 01:16:50.399
rushed inside.

1173
01:16:51.079 --> 01:16:55.039
You're not safe yet, Weekly Spooky will be right back.

1174
01:17:00.439 --> 01:17:03.359
The bell to the store rang as Joey rushed inside

1175
01:17:03.680 --> 01:17:06.960
and went straight to the counter. Mister Binford stared at

1176
01:17:06.960 --> 01:17:10.760
the boy in surprise. Why if it isn't Joey mc ghee,

1177
01:17:11.439 --> 01:17:13.720
what has you up this early? And out of breath,

1178
01:17:14.119 --> 01:17:18.359
the man asked his patron. Joey nearly slammed the tape

1179
01:17:18.399 --> 01:17:21.159
for Flesh of the Android down on the counter while

1180
01:17:21.159 --> 01:17:24.600
he tried to catch his breath. Mister Binford stared at

1181
01:17:24.640 --> 01:17:28.279
it while Joey composed himself before his eyes shifted to

1182
01:17:28.359 --> 01:17:31.279
the boy. Joey stared at the elder man until he

1183
01:17:31.399 --> 01:17:35.479
was back to a relatively normal state. What is this tape,

1184
01:17:36.079 --> 01:17:39.479
Joey asked. It looks like a videotape for a movie,

1185
01:17:40.359 --> 01:17:43.359
horror movie at that, and one which is rated are

1186
01:17:44.319 --> 01:17:47.319
I'm actually curious as to why you have it both

1187
01:17:47.399 --> 01:17:49.960
the movie itself and why you don't also have a

1188
01:17:50.000 --> 01:17:54.479
case for it. Mister Binford responded, no, I mean, what

1189
01:17:55.119 --> 01:17:59.560
is this tape? Joey asked again, I don't know if

1190
01:17:59.600 --> 01:18:05.039
I follow. Mister Binford said in a calm and collected manner. Look,

1191
01:18:05.560 --> 01:18:08.239
me and my brother and his friend came here yesterday.

1192
01:18:08.760 --> 01:18:11.399
They wanted to rent this stupid movie, but were too

1193
01:18:11.520 --> 01:18:14.119
chicken shit to come in and do their stupid plan

1194
01:18:14.239 --> 01:18:16.880
to swap it with another movie so they could rent it.

1195
01:18:17.560 --> 01:18:20.079
So I said I would do it, and I came

1196
01:18:20.159 --> 01:18:22.520
in and I did it by swapping it with Quantum

1197
01:18:22.560 --> 01:18:24.680
cop because I knew you wouldn't bat and eye at

1198
01:18:24.720 --> 01:18:28.159
me renting that again. We went home and put it on,

1199
01:18:28.800 --> 01:18:31.600
but I couldn't finish it because it was too terrible,

1200
01:18:31.800 --> 01:18:34.479
so I went to bed then in the middle of

1201
01:18:34.520 --> 01:18:37.520
the night, my brother and his friend started screaming and

1202
01:18:37.600 --> 01:18:40.239
running all over the place and woke me up doing it.

1203
01:18:40.920 --> 01:18:44.319
Some thing got spat out or crawled out of the

1204
01:18:44.399 --> 01:18:48.720
VCR and attacked us. It did who knows what to

1205
01:18:48.880 --> 01:18:52.560
Mack apparently also did something to my mom and dad,

1206
01:18:52.600 --> 01:18:55.439
And then I don't know what it did to Chris

1207
01:18:55.520 --> 01:18:58.760
because he told me to run, so I did. I

1208
01:18:58.840 --> 01:19:01.920
hid under my bed until morning, but then I woke

1209
01:19:02.000 --> 01:19:05.319
up to find my house not in a mess. It

1210
01:19:05.479 --> 01:19:08.960
was last night, my parents going about their day like normal,

1211
01:19:10.039 --> 01:19:13.960
but they don't remember Chris. His room's now my mom's

1212
01:19:14.000 --> 01:19:16.720
sewing room, and he isn't in any pictures that he

1213
01:19:16.760 --> 01:19:20.960
should be in. And guess what, this stupid movie was

1214
01:19:21.039 --> 01:19:24.239
still in the VCR, So what is this damned thing?

1215
01:19:25.560 --> 01:19:28.399
Mister Minford looked at Joey as he unloaded the whole

1216
01:19:28.439 --> 01:19:32.439
story on him. He watched as when finished, Joey had

1217
01:19:32.479 --> 01:19:36.000
to catch his breath again and cool off. He hadn't

1218
01:19:36.000 --> 01:19:38.520
meant to get as fired up as he did, but

1219
01:19:38.720 --> 01:19:40.600
it was the only way he could think to get

1220
01:19:40.640 --> 01:19:44.439
mister Binford's attention, and he found it came naturally. As

1221
01:19:44.439 --> 01:19:47.800
he went on about the previous day. The elder man

1222
01:19:47.840 --> 01:19:50.479
looked at Joey, then at the tape of flesh of

1223
01:19:50.479 --> 01:19:54.119
the android, then back at Joey. He took a deep

1224
01:19:54.159 --> 01:19:59.560
breath before leaning his elbows onto the countertop. I know, Joey,

1225
01:19:59.680 --> 01:20:05.960
he said. Joey blinked. What I know everything that you

1226
01:20:06.119 --> 01:20:10.439
just said. I know what happened. Actually, it's more accurate

1227
01:20:10.479 --> 01:20:15.119
to say I knew it would happen, mister Binford explained.

1228
01:20:15.960 --> 01:20:19.720
Joey's face went blank, then a scowl formed and tears

1229
01:20:19.760 --> 01:20:25.159
started to bubble up. What mister Binford gave a smile

1230
01:20:25.760 --> 01:20:31.039
the kind only an older person could. Let me explain, Joey,

1231
01:20:31.840 --> 01:20:35.520
I knew exactly what was going on yesterday. I might

1232
01:20:35.600 --> 01:20:38.760
be getting older and losing some of my faculties, but

1233
01:20:38.880 --> 01:20:42.439
my peepers worked just fine. I saw that you would

1234
01:20:42.479 --> 01:20:45.399
swap the movie with quantum cop, and I saw how

1235
01:20:45.479 --> 01:20:48.560
Chris and his friend were acting. I've seen a lot

1236
01:20:48.560 --> 01:20:51.239
of kids, both here and in general over my years,

1237
01:20:51.720 --> 01:20:55.800
people too, so I know when a person, especially a kid,

1238
01:20:56.239 --> 01:20:59.239
is trying to do something they shouldn't. So I let

1239
01:20:59.279 --> 01:21:01.880
you take the movie and I let them have it.

1240
01:21:02.600 --> 01:21:07.680
Mister Binford explains, I don't get it. What did you

1241
01:21:07.760 --> 01:21:09.880
let them have? And what does this have to do

1242
01:21:10.000 --> 01:21:13.720
with what happened to us? And why Chris is just gone?

1243
01:21:14.600 --> 01:21:19.239
Joey asked, What you saw was an eredaire or if

1244
01:21:19.239 --> 01:21:22.800
you don't want to use Latin and erasure. It's a

1245
01:21:22.840 --> 01:21:26.239
creature that has been used throughout history to eliminate things

1246
01:21:26.319 --> 01:21:29.920
that have been deemed unneeded or for a multitude of

1247
01:21:29.960 --> 01:21:33.920
other uses. It depends entirely on who the summoner needs

1248
01:21:33.960 --> 01:21:38.479
it for, Mister Binford explained, like a teacher explaining history

1249
01:21:38.600 --> 01:21:41.680
or any other subject. Joey stared at the old man,

1250
01:21:41.800 --> 01:21:47.359
open mouthed and visibly confused. In simpler terms, Joey, it's

1251
01:21:47.399 --> 01:21:51.039
a monster that people have used to make things disappear completely.

1252
01:21:52.800 --> 01:21:59.000
But but how Joey started but trailed off. The monster,

1253
01:21:59.159 --> 01:22:02.359
once summoned, goes after who or what it has been

1254
01:22:02.399 --> 01:22:05.960
told to erase, and it does not stop until its

1255
01:22:06.079 --> 01:22:09.760
task is done. When it erases something, it does so

1256
01:22:09.960 --> 01:22:14.560
completely from existence and history. In this instance, it erased

1257
01:22:14.600 --> 01:22:20.079
Chris and Mack, mister Binford told Joey. So that means

1258
01:22:20.640 --> 01:22:25.239
Joey started, they have been utterly erased from existence. That's

1259
01:22:25.279 --> 01:22:28.199
why your parents don't remember Chris and why he isn't

1260
01:22:28.239 --> 01:22:31.439
in photos, and all of his belongings are gone, the

1261
01:22:31.520 --> 01:22:35.800
same with Max family. Joey wanted to throw up. He

1262
01:22:35.880 --> 01:22:38.880
felt his stomach churning and his body began the motions

1263
01:22:38.920 --> 01:22:42.840
of heaving before vomit would be produced, but nothing came up.

1264
01:22:43.640 --> 01:22:46.520
Joey dropped to his knees while he continued dry heaving,

1265
01:22:46.920 --> 01:22:49.239
and only stood up once he was able to control

1266
01:22:49.279 --> 01:22:56.399
his body again. That's that's terrible. Why why did you

1267
01:22:56.520 --> 01:23:03.359
do this, Joey demanded mister Binford side. I've seen how

1268
01:23:03.399 --> 01:23:06.359
people act over the years. There are those that are

1269
01:23:06.399 --> 01:23:09.520
some of the finest examples of goodness and humanity you'll

1270
01:23:09.560 --> 01:23:13.840
ever see. Some are so so or middle of the road.

1271
01:23:14.720 --> 01:23:17.319
Some aren't the best, but you can tell there's some

1272
01:23:17.439 --> 01:23:21.199
good deep down. But then there are those you can

1273
01:23:21.239 --> 01:23:25.319
look at and just tell their bad apples. I hate

1274
01:23:25.359 --> 01:23:27.239
to say this so matter of fact to you, but

1275
01:23:28.000 --> 01:23:31.960
Chris was the latter. I've known him since he was little,

1276
01:23:32.000 --> 01:23:34.960
and over the years I've seen him act like to

1277
01:23:35.039 --> 01:23:39.560
be frank and utter brat. I've seen how he manipulates

1278
01:23:39.560 --> 01:23:42.439
your parents and how he treats you when the three

1279
01:23:42.439 --> 01:23:44.760
of you came yesterday. I saw how they were acting,

1280
01:23:45.159 --> 01:23:48.039
in particular, how they were when I looked out my

1281
01:23:48.119 --> 01:23:51.439
window when I was rewinding the tapes. I had seen

1282
01:23:51.479 --> 01:23:54.079
what the movie was, and once I saw them, I

1283
01:23:54.159 --> 01:23:58.960
knew what was up. Joey, You're a good kid, a

1284
01:23:59.000 --> 01:24:02.319
good person, one of the kindest and most honest I've

1285
01:24:02.359 --> 01:24:06.359
ever seen. I know you would never do anything wrong purposefully,

1286
01:24:07.039 --> 01:24:09.119
so it was easy to piece together that you had

1287
01:24:09.119 --> 01:24:11.840
been put up to this. I know you said you

1288
01:24:12.000 --> 01:24:15.439
volunteered to do it, but I know deep down you

1289
01:24:15.520 --> 01:24:18.600
wanted to impress your brother so he would like you more.

1290
01:24:19.119 --> 01:24:23.479
That is why I gave you the movie. But how

1291
01:24:24.680 --> 01:24:28.960
how are you able to do this? Joey questioned. Back

1292
01:24:29.000 --> 01:24:30.920
when I was a younger man, I served in World

1293
01:24:30.920 --> 01:24:33.760
War Two over in Europe. While we were in Italy,

1294
01:24:33.840 --> 01:24:37.079
I had found a book containing old dark magic, A

1295
01:24:37.079 --> 01:24:40.640
combination of my natural curiosity and the pool I've always

1296
01:24:40.720 --> 01:24:44.880
had to things otherworldly or dark or horror. I've had

1297
01:24:44.920 --> 01:24:48.119
an interest in the occult. Once I moved out on

1298
01:24:48.199 --> 01:24:51.560
my own, I slowly started to practice it. So when

1299
01:24:51.560 --> 01:24:54.399
I found the book, I couldn't just leave it there.

1300
01:24:54.880 --> 01:24:56.840
I put it in my bag. And brought it home.

1301
01:24:57.680 --> 01:25:01.439
I studied it and found out about the air spell

1302
01:25:01.520 --> 01:25:04.600
and all. At first, I tried it out on a

1303
01:25:04.640 --> 01:25:07.920
random drunkard at a local bar. When I saw that

1304
01:25:08.000 --> 01:25:11.319
it did, in fact work, I started using it more.

1305
01:25:12.239 --> 01:25:15.520
Despite my interest and practice of the occult, I still

1306
01:25:15.520 --> 01:25:17.920
believe in doing right and being the best you can be.

1307
01:25:18.800 --> 01:25:22.039
So when I would observe the worst of humanity and

1308
01:25:22.119 --> 01:25:25.479
felt that something needed to be done, I did something

1309
01:25:25.960 --> 01:25:29.720
and used the eradaire, mister Binford explained to the boy.

1310
01:25:30.800 --> 01:25:35.079
Joey listened and took everything in. He didn't fully understand

1311
01:25:35.119 --> 01:25:37.800
all of it, nor could he believe what he was hearing.

1312
01:25:38.520 --> 01:25:40.520
Stuff like this was the kind of thing he would

1313
01:25:40.520 --> 01:25:43.439
find in books or movies. Not to mention, it was

1314
01:25:43.479 --> 01:25:46.199
hard for him to believe that mister Binford would be

1315
01:25:46.239 --> 01:25:49.800
into stuff like that or do something that was so terrible,

1316
01:25:50.840 --> 01:25:54.439
erasing people completely from the world to where nobody could

1317
01:25:54.439 --> 01:25:57.800
remember them and there were no signs that they ever existed.

1318
01:25:58.840 --> 01:26:02.279
Joey looked mister Binfa in the eyes and took a

1319
01:26:02.319 --> 01:26:07.479
deep breath to calm and assure himself. So my parents,

1320
01:26:08.000 --> 01:26:12.399
Joey said, it never went after them. Why was the

1321
01:26:12.399 --> 01:26:16.880
tape still there this morning, Joey asked. The Aradare was

1322
01:26:16.920 --> 01:26:19.840
simply placed into the tape by me using the spell.

1323
01:26:20.560 --> 01:26:22.359
At the end of the day, it is still just

1324
01:26:22.399 --> 01:26:26.399
a videotape of flesh of the Android. Usually, if the

1325
01:26:26.399 --> 01:26:30.239
Aradare is placed in an object, the object still remains

1326
01:26:30.760 --> 01:26:33.760
unless the summoner wants that object to vanish as well,

1327
01:26:34.399 --> 01:26:38.000
mister Binford told the boy. Joey thought for a second

1328
01:26:38.239 --> 01:26:42.680
and then gulped. So why didn't it come after me?

1329
01:26:44.159 --> 01:26:48.720
And why do I still remember him? Joey asked. Mister

1330
01:26:48.760 --> 01:26:53.640
Binford smiled sweetly as I said a moment ago. You

1331
01:26:53.720 --> 01:26:56.079
are one of the best kids I've ever seen or met.

1332
01:26:56.640 --> 01:26:59.000
You're as pure and honest as anybody I've ever had

1333
01:26:59.000 --> 01:27:02.119
the pleasure of meeting. And while you could, in theory

1334
01:27:02.279 --> 01:27:05.000
use the creature to go after anybody, I don't like

1335
01:27:05.159 --> 01:27:08.319
using it for just anybody, only for those that are

1336
01:27:08.359 --> 01:27:11.960
examples of the worst of humanity, or those I think

1337
01:27:12.039 --> 01:27:16.159
need to learn their actions and character have consequences. In

1338
01:27:16.199 --> 01:27:19.119
this case, Chris and how he treated you in your

1339
01:27:19.159 --> 01:27:23.800
parents and probably others. As for his friend, well, let's

1340
01:27:23.880 --> 01:27:27.680
just call that a bonus. Bad apples tend to attract

1341
01:27:27.720 --> 01:27:32.399
bad apples after all. For your other question, I suppose,

1342
01:27:32.439 --> 01:27:34.880
if anything, it's so that you can remember how he

1343
01:27:35.079 --> 01:27:38.319
was and where it led him. I know he had

1344
01:27:38.359 --> 01:27:41.560
his moments of being good, most likely, but he still

1345
01:27:41.720 --> 01:27:44.960
chose to be the way he was. Think of it

1346
01:27:45.560 --> 01:27:50.600
in a way as a cautionary tale. Joey wasn't really

1347
01:27:50.680 --> 01:27:53.479
sure what to think. He loved his brother and had

1348
01:27:53.520 --> 01:27:56.960
looked up to him even when Chris wasn't being that great.

1349
01:27:57.439 --> 01:28:00.800
Life without him, especially having the knowledge of what happened

1350
01:28:01.279 --> 01:28:04.720
was something Joey didn't know if he could handle. He

1351
01:28:04.800 --> 01:28:07.560
had just been told that magic and monsters were in

1352
01:28:07.600 --> 01:28:10.680
fact real, and that it was because of this his

1353
01:28:10.800 --> 01:28:14.520
brother was gone in every sense of the word. But

1354
01:28:14.640 --> 01:28:17.319
Joey had to admit that Chris wasn't always the best

1355
01:28:17.319 --> 01:28:21.720
to him, let alone how he might be toward other people. Still,

1356
01:28:21.760 --> 01:28:24.439
it was hard to fathom that he would never see

1357
01:28:24.520 --> 01:28:29.560
Chris again. Joey turned away from mister Binford and started

1358
01:28:29.600 --> 01:28:34.399
to head to the door. Hey, Joey, mister Binford called out.

1359
01:28:35.159 --> 01:28:37.840
Joey stopped at the sound of his name. He turned

1360
01:28:37.880 --> 01:28:41.000
around and looked at mister Binford. The old man using

1361
01:28:41.000 --> 01:28:44.840
a hand to beckon the young McGee over. Joey walked

1362
01:28:44.840 --> 01:28:49.039
back to the counter and stared at mister Binford. What

1363
01:28:49.159 --> 01:28:54.000
is it, mister Benford? He asked, Well, I was wondering

1364
01:28:54.039 --> 01:29:01.039
something what, Joey asked? You know, Joey, you remind me

1365
01:29:01.079 --> 01:29:03.479
a lot of me when I was younger. Back when

1366
01:29:03.520 --> 01:29:05.880
I was a kid, my father got me a job

1367
01:29:05.920 --> 01:29:08.880
at a general store. I didn't earn much of anything,

1368
01:29:08.920 --> 01:29:11.479
but it did teach me about how to work hard,

1369
01:29:11.840 --> 01:29:15.000
and it helped me build my character. So I was wondering,

1370
01:29:15.600 --> 01:29:17.319
would you like to work at the store with me,

1371
01:29:18.079 --> 01:29:22.479
mister Binford questioned. Joey was dumb struck by the offer

1372
01:29:23.479 --> 01:29:30.000
me work here. I couldn't. Why not, mister Binford asked,

1373
01:29:30.840 --> 01:29:33.479
I'm only seven and I don't know anything about movies.

1374
01:29:34.079 --> 01:29:37.000
What would I even do, Joey asked the old man.

1375
01:29:37.960 --> 01:29:40.680
I can teach you about movies. As for what you

1376
01:29:40.720 --> 01:29:43.199
would do, you could help me put the movies back

1377
01:29:43.239 --> 01:29:45.600
and make sure they're in the right spots and help

1378
01:29:45.640 --> 01:29:48.880
me tidy up a little bit. What about how old

1379
01:29:48.920 --> 01:29:52.359
I am? That is true, but I'm sure if I

1380
01:29:52.439 --> 01:29:56.079
explained my reasoning to your parents they would understand. Besides,

1381
01:29:56.359 --> 01:29:58.840
I would make your pay free rentals of any movie

1382
01:29:58.840 --> 01:30:05.239
you like. Mister Binford elaborates, I don't know, Joey said, well,

1383
01:30:05.279 --> 01:30:05.880
I'll tell you what.

1384
01:30:06.000 --> 01:30:06.199
Then.

1385
01:30:06.760 --> 01:30:09.039
How about we call this an offer for down the

1386
01:30:09.119 --> 01:30:11.800
road when you're a little older. But if you still

1387
01:30:11.800 --> 01:30:14.199
want to come in every so often and learn about movies,

1388
01:30:14.640 --> 01:30:16.960
I'll talk to you about them, and if you want

1389
01:30:16.960 --> 01:30:18.760
to do some stuff to help out, I can pay

1390
01:30:18.800 --> 01:30:23.359
you with those free rentals. How's that sound, mister Binford asked,

1391
01:30:23.600 --> 01:30:28.119
with a hand outstretched to Joey. Joey stood there thinking

1392
01:30:28.880 --> 01:30:31.239
he liked the idea of being able to rent movies

1393
01:30:31.279 --> 01:30:33.760
free of charge, and he was sure his parents would

1394
01:30:33.840 --> 01:30:37.560
enjoy it too. He also liked mister Binford and liked

1395
01:30:37.560 --> 01:30:39.800
that he might be able to learn more about movies.

1396
01:30:40.720 --> 01:30:43.159
At the same time, though, he thought it would be

1397
01:30:43.239 --> 01:30:46.640
weird working with the man who made his brother disappear

1398
01:30:47.279 --> 01:30:50.479
and had apparently been using some creature to do the

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same for others in any story that he had ever

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01:30:53.720 --> 01:30:56.720
been told that would make mister Binford a bad guy.

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01:30:57.399 --> 01:31:00.760
Yet Joey could understand mister Binford's reasoning for doing it,

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01:31:01.159 --> 01:31:04.640
and if he was being honest with himself felt a

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01:31:04.680 --> 01:31:07.399
pool to, wanting to be able to do the same.

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01:31:08.920 --> 01:31:11.159
Could I ask for an extra way of being paid?

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01:31:11.760 --> 01:31:16.479
Joey asked mister Binford, chuckled. Only seven years old and

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01:31:16.520 --> 01:31:20.239
already negotiating for pay. What do you have in mind?

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01:31:21.359 --> 01:31:25.880
Joey looked the old man in the eyes. Well could

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01:31:25.960 --> 01:31:32.159
you teach me about this magic of yours? Mister Binford

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01:31:32.199 --> 01:31:38.439
smiled widely, My boy, I would gladly do that. Joey

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01:31:38.479 --> 01:31:41.880
smiled in return and took mister Binford's hand with his.

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01:31:43.000 --> 01:31:46.359
Then you have a deal, did you hear that?

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01:31:46.840 --> 01:31:50.920
Better check the locks on your doors weekly, Spooky, We'll

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01:31:50.920 --> 01:31:51.760
be right back.

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01:31:55.920 --> 01:32:00.840
Nine years later, Joey stood behind the counter of Binford's

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01:32:00.920 --> 01:32:06.000
video organizing tapes that had been recently returned. Mister Benford

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01:32:06.039 --> 01:32:11.000
sat on a stool behind him, rewinding tapes. Now sixteen

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01:32:11.119 --> 01:32:14.399
years old, Joey had been officially working at the store

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01:32:14.560 --> 01:32:18.439
for about two years. Up until that point, Joey would

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01:32:18.479 --> 01:32:20.399
go into the store once a week to help mister

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01:32:20.439 --> 01:32:23.680
Binford with some odd tasks and talk movies with him,

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01:32:24.159 --> 01:32:29.199
along with learning other nuggets of information. Surprisingly, his parents

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01:32:29.199 --> 01:32:32.119
were okay with him having a job. His father even

1423
01:32:32.159 --> 01:32:34.680
saying it made sense, as he too had worked as

1424
01:32:34.720 --> 01:32:37.760
early as eight years old with a paper route. The

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01:32:37.880 --> 01:32:40.640
only thing they probably didn't enjoy was the love of

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01:32:40.720 --> 01:32:45.159
collecting films Joey now had. Mister Binford once said he

1427
01:32:45.239 --> 01:32:48.439
had become quite the cinophile, and it certainly showed in

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01:32:48.479 --> 01:32:52.119
his bedroom that had become cramped with a TV VCR,

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01:32:52.520 --> 01:32:57.159
LaserDisc player and shelves and stacks of videotapes, laser discs

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01:32:57.199 --> 01:33:00.199
and books about film, as well as walls that were

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01:33:00.279 --> 01:33:04.600
covered with posters. The bell on the door rang, letting

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01:33:04.640 --> 01:33:09.800
the two know they had a customer. Welcome to Binfred's video,

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01:33:09.960 --> 01:33:13.560
Joey started to greet, before stopping mid sentence. A group

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01:33:13.600 --> 01:33:15.880
of teenagers had walked in, and it was a group

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01:33:16.079 --> 01:33:19.479
Joey knew well. They were a bunch of kids from

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01:33:19.520 --> 01:33:22.600
his class in high school, mostly a mix of quote

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01:33:22.640 --> 01:33:26.600
unquote cool kids. Leading the pack was a wrestler named

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01:33:26.680 --> 01:33:31.479
Fred Tennyson and his girlfriend Cameron Collins. Joey was frequently

1439
01:33:31.520 --> 01:33:34.119
bullied by most of the kids in the group, but

1440
01:33:34.319 --> 01:33:38.720
was tormented the most by Fred. If a person could

1441
01:33:38.800 --> 01:33:41.319
name the things a typical bully would say and do

1442
01:33:41.560 --> 01:33:45.560
to somebody, Fred had done them to Joey. The animosity

1443
01:33:45.640 --> 01:33:49.479
stemmed from Joey being labeled a weirdo, but Joey knew

1444
01:33:49.560 --> 01:33:52.039
it was most likely due to the fact that he

1445
01:33:52.079 --> 01:33:55.680
had a crush on Cameron. For every bit of bad

1446
01:33:55.800 --> 01:34:00.640
Fred was Cameron was that good? Hey, there, it's the

1447
01:34:00.760 --> 01:34:05.199
film fairy, Fred called out to Joey. The kids laughed,

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01:34:05.279 --> 01:34:08.880
save for Cameron. She gave Joey a small smile and

1449
01:34:08.960 --> 01:34:12.680
a wave. What do you want, Fred, Joey asked, in

1450
01:34:12.720 --> 01:34:16.279
as flat and annoyed a tone as he could a

1451
01:34:16.319 --> 01:34:21.119
movie duh, A kid said mockingly, didn't know you were

1452
01:34:21.159 --> 01:34:26.840
that stupid Josephine. Another taunted, don't give me shit McGee.

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01:34:27.079 --> 01:34:29.359
I don't want to be here either, but Blockbuster in

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01:34:29.399 --> 01:34:33.000
Hollywood Video didn't have what we wanted, so unluckily for

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01:34:33.119 --> 01:34:38.159
me and you, we came here. Fred explained he matched

1456
01:34:38.239 --> 01:34:41.079
Joey's tone, but with the upped ante of getting in

1457
01:34:41.119 --> 01:34:44.680
his face. Well, then get whatever it is you want

1458
01:34:44.720 --> 01:34:47.359
and get out. I don't have time for your bullshit,

1459
01:34:47.880 --> 01:34:51.800
Joey countered. Behind him, Mister Binford turned his head to

1460
01:34:51.880 --> 01:34:55.960
the conversation behind him. Fred gave Joey a push before

1461
01:34:56.000 --> 01:34:59.119
he Cameron and the rest of their group headed to

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01:34:59.199 --> 01:35:02.840
a wall of new releases. Mister Binford joined Joey at

1463
01:35:02.880 --> 01:35:06.439
the counter and watched the group with him. What was

1464
01:35:06.479 --> 01:35:11.199
that all about, he asked his young employee and friend. Oh,

1465
01:35:11.439 --> 01:35:15.680
just some blowhards from school. Joey told him. They give

1466
01:35:15.720 --> 01:35:21.279
you trouble always, well, all of them, but one, Joey said,

1467
01:35:21.319 --> 01:35:24.920
as he pointed to Cameron. Mister Binford smiled at Joey.

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01:35:25.880 --> 01:35:29.560
Is she somebody that you're sweet on? Joey blushed and

1469
01:35:29.640 --> 01:35:33.840
smiled a little. I wish you should tell her sometime,

1470
01:35:34.359 --> 01:35:39.439
mister Binford told Joey. I can't. She's taken by Fred,

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01:35:39.600 --> 01:35:43.439
the guy I had in my face, Joey explained, And

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01:35:43.520 --> 01:35:46.279
that means you can't, at the very least talk to her.

1473
01:35:46.880 --> 01:35:51.319
Mister Binford asked, pretty much, She's off limits unless I

1474
01:35:51.319 --> 01:35:54.000
want to get put in an early grave. The two

1475
01:35:54.079 --> 01:35:57.479
return their attention to the group. They watch as Cameron

1476
01:35:57.520 --> 01:35:59.600
pulls a movie off of the shelf and shows it

1477
01:35:59.600 --> 01:36:03.159
to Fred. Unable to hear them, Joey can only make

1478
01:36:03.199 --> 01:36:06.159
an educated guess as to what was being said, but

1479
01:36:06.359 --> 01:36:09.279
was able to clear his day see that she said

1480
01:36:09.399 --> 01:36:13.199
or did something to tick Fred off. The next thing

1481
01:36:13.239 --> 01:36:15.840
the two clerks knew they were watching as the two

1482
01:36:15.920 --> 01:36:18.800
started to have an argument that ended with Fred chewing

1483
01:36:18.840 --> 01:36:23.479
his friends away. Believing that no one was watching, Fred

1484
01:36:23.479 --> 01:36:26.880
smacked Cameron with the tape she had picked out. Joey

1485
01:36:26.920 --> 01:36:30.319
clenched his hands into tight fists at the scene. It

1486
01:36:30.399 --> 01:36:32.720
was not the first time he had observed how Fred

1487
01:36:32.760 --> 01:36:35.760
treated her when he believed no one was paying attention.

1488
01:36:36.640 --> 01:36:39.359
Mister Binford watched the scene unfold in front of him

1489
01:36:39.720 --> 01:36:43.920
and how his protege was reacting. You never know, Joey,

1490
01:36:44.560 --> 01:36:49.239
things change. Sometimes people are into something one day and

1491
01:36:49.359 --> 01:36:53.960
then simply forget about it the next, mister Binford explained,

1492
01:36:54.319 --> 01:36:57.560
he giving Joey a pat on the back. Joey looked

1493
01:36:57.560 --> 01:37:00.479
at his mentor a small smirk on it his mouth.

1494
01:37:01.359 --> 01:37:05.319
Excuse me, geezer and nerdor rama. The two returned their

1495
01:37:05.319 --> 01:37:08.079
attention to the counter. It was Fred with a movie

1496
01:37:08.119 --> 01:37:11.840
in hand. You found what you're looking for, son, mister

1497
01:37:11.880 --> 01:37:17.600
Binford asked. Finally, Fred said, in his usual gruff fashion, Well,

1498
01:37:17.640 --> 01:37:19.720
I'll get you checked out while Joey here make sure

1499
01:37:19.760 --> 01:37:24.319
the movie's been rewound. Mister Binford tells the teen, Yeah, yeah, Yeah,

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01:37:24.439 --> 01:37:27.680
just make it snappy, all right, Fred told the two

1501
01:37:27.760 --> 01:37:31.960
before shoving the movie into Joey's hands. Joey turned around

1502
01:37:31.960 --> 01:37:35.039
and headed for the tape rewinder. He slid the movie

1503
01:37:35.079 --> 01:37:38.319
out of its case and popped it into the machine.

1504
01:37:38.399 --> 01:37:42.359
As he watched the tape rewind, mister Binford's words echoed

1505
01:37:42.399 --> 01:37:46.159
in his head. Sometimes people are into something one day,

1506
01:37:46.720 --> 01:37:52.560
then they simply forget about it the next forget. Joey

1507
01:37:52.640 --> 01:37:56.119
hung on that word. He thought back to everything mister

1508
01:37:56.159 --> 01:37:59.279
Binford had taught him, both for movies and for what

1509
01:37:59.359 --> 01:38:04.279
the two decided to refer to as extracurriculars. A grin

1510
01:38:04.439 --> 01:38:09.039
formed across Joey's lips. He held a hand over the rewinder,

1511
01:38:09.560 --> 01:38:13.199
and under his breath he uttered a series of words

1512
01:38:13.199 --> 01:38:17.319
in Latin that mister Benford had taught him, and all

1513
01:38:17.399 --> 01:38:21.039
two important string of words Joey had learned about all

1514
01:38:21.119 --> 01:38:25.319
those years ago. Once finished with the string of words,

1515
01:38:25.359 --> 01:38:29.439
the taper winder stopped and popped open. Joey took the

1516
01:38:29.479 --> 01:38:33.000
tape out and slid it back into its case. He

1517
01:38:33.079 --> 01:38:35.800
returned to the register and placed it on the counter.

1518
01:38:36.640 --> 01:38:38.680
That'll be two dollars and fifty cents for the night,

1519
01:38:39.079 --> 01:38:42.159
Joey tells Fred. Fred fishes the money out of his

1520
01:38:42.239 --> 01:38:46.199
pocket and pushes it towards Joey before picking up the tape.

1521
01:38:46.840 --> 01:38:49.960
As the two finish their transaction, Cameron and the other

1522
01:38:50.079 --> 01:38:53.600
kids walk back up to Fred. Enjoy your movie night,

1523
01:38:54.079 --> 01:38:59.640
Joey tells them. Whatever freak Fred said, Is it good?

1524
01:39:00.239 --> 01:39:04.000
Cameron asked, in her always cheerful but matter of fact voice,

1525
01:39:04.399 --> 01:39:08.159
a voice that Joey compared to Barbara Stanwick. What do

1526
01:39:08.239 --> 01:39:13.079
you mean, Joey replied the movie? Is the movie any good?

1527
01:39:13.680 --> 01:39:18.760
She asked him again. Joey smiled at her, Yeah, I

1528
01:39:18.760 --> 01:39:22.479
think you'll like it. That doesn't tell us if it's good.

1529
01:39:22.840 --> 01:39:27.760
Dumbass a kid said, yeah, you only said she'd like it.

1530
01:39:28.239 --> 01:39:32.920
What about the rest of us? Fred questioned, Oh, don't worry.

1531
01:39:33.479 --> 01:39:36.840
You have my word that it's something you'll never forget.

1532
01:39:37.439 --> 01:39:42.399
Joey told them, with his best customer service smile, whatever

1533
01:39:42.960 --> 01:39:46.239
Fred said, before he and the others head towards the door.

1534
01:39:47.279 --> 01:39:51.239
Mister Benford stood beside Joey, whose smile was turning into

1535
01:39:51.279 --> 01:39:57.239
a smirk. What's you thinking about, my boy, he asked Joey. Oh,

1536
01:39:58.279 --> 01:40:01.520
just something my father used to tell me. What was

1537
01:40:01.560 --> 01:40:06.880
that garbage in Joey started as the bell to the

1538
01:40:06.960 --> 01:40:10.319
door rang as the group of teenagers left the video store,

1539
01:40:10.800 --> 01:40:21.840
the door closing behind them, garbage out. Well, my spookeys,

1540
01:40:21.920 --> 01:40:24.640
I hope you enjoyed this terror tale and be aware

1541
01:40:25.159 --> 01:40:25.680
there are.

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Four more novellas for your listening displeasure as October continues

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