01x10 - Welcome to Horrorland

[bunniefuu]

We searched years for
this. We had a deal,

and it's your turn to repay me.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[NARRATOR] Previously on Goosebumps...

Maybe you might wanna consider

moving to Seattle and living with me.

Move to Seattle for senior year?

[JAMES] You've been
convincing everyone that

you guys are just friends and
you don't have feelings for her.

And it's okay if you do.

Man, I can't believe
Margot's moving to Seattle.

- Thinking.
- [LUCAS] Thinking.

She's, like, thinking of moving.

Road trip!

I don't really wanna be
here. I like Port Lawrence.

I just really shouldn't have come.

[SOBS] So maybe we're just, um,

not meant to be together.

[BRATT] The teens defeated
the wooden dummy, Snappy.

The end. And... sending it.

[ANN] So, my boss is very,
very interested in this book.

It needs a new ending.

[BRATT CHUCKLES]

That would be a twist.

- [FOREBODING MUSIC]
- I need to have...

You need an ending, and
I'm about to give you

the greatest ending of all time.

Haldoom. Zandratz.

- [AIR WHOOSHING]
- [BRATT GASPS]

- [RUPERT] Get back!
- [g*ns f*ring]

- [g*ns f*ring]
- [EXPLOSIONS THUNDERING]

[GRUNTING]

- Move! Stay back!
- [a*tillery WHOOSHES]

- [SOLDIERS CLAMORING]
- [BLADES CLANKING]

- [SOLDIER] Ha!
- [SOLDIERS CLAMORING]

- [RUPERT GROANS]
- [r*fle COCKS]

You're finished.

[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING]

[RUPERT COUGHING, GROANING]

[GROANS LOUDLY]

[GROANING]

[PANTING]

[MOANING]

[PANTING]

- [HEART b*ating]
- [BLOOD PATTERING]

[GROANING, WHIMPERING]

[COUGHING]

[WHEEZING]

[FIRE WHOOSHING]

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

Moori...

Azana...

Kanduu.

- [AIR WHOOSHING]
- [STOMACH SQUELCHING]

[RUPERT MOANS]

[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS]

[HORSE NEIGHS]

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

[MAN CLEARS THROAT] You
see, the wood from coffins,

it adds to their aura.

Do you like my work?

They're exquisite.

Thank you... uh...

Oh, um, my name is Franz... Mahar.

Kanduu.

Oh.

The magician.

I am not a magician.

Alem Nadri Meena Nari.

Hello, Papa.

A magician is someone
who stands on a corner

and tricks people for money.

I am real.

[THUDS]

I can see that.

[GASPING]

Your carnival is a failure.

I... I wouldn't call it a failure.

[KANDUU] I would.

But I can help you change that.

People would travel from
all around to see you.

And in exchange, I need you
to build something for me.

Anything.

[KANDUU] Karru Marri Odonna Loma...

Molonu...

Karrano.

[AIR WHOOSHING]

You've turned them all into... puppets?

For the ritual.

There's a reason I chose
your carnival, Mahar.

You are a maker of puppets.

And now, you can become...
the puppet master.

[MAHAR] What have I done?

[MAHAR EXHALES SHARPLY]

[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

- Hello, old friend.
- Hello.

Tonight is the night. Are you ready?

Yes, I am, I've...

put a lot of thought into it, actually.

This...

This is just a small gift
to mark the special occasion.

The doll I brought to
life the day we met.

- Mm.
- It's perfect.

I'm glad you like it,

because it's your turn
to be the puppet now.

Karru.

Marri. Odon...

[GROANS] Loma.

Stop, just stop, please.

Molonu.

- Karrano.
- [KANDUU GROANS]

[THUDS]

[MAHAR GROANING]

["NOSEDIVE" BY STONE IRR PLAYING]

♪ Ooh-hoo ♪

♪ Setting you up ♪

[YAWNS] I'm up.

[YAWNS] Okay, what are we doing?

- [ISABELLA GROANS]
- Brunch!

Guys, come on, there's, like,
no brunch in Port Lawrence,

and I feel like Seattle's
all about brunch.

It's decided. We're getting mimosas.

James, mimosas have alcohol.

Yeah, virgin mimosas.

- That's orange juice.
- With a better name.

[ISABELLA SCOFFS]

Uh, raise your hand if
you don't wanna have fun.

- I... I am ready to have fun.
- [JAMES] Mmm...

You guys, I think my
mom's, uh, getting bagels.

Yeah, that... that's
cool. Bagels are cool.

Okay, well, maybe we
should go back home...

- After we get the bagels.
- Sure.

Um, have you guys heard
from Lucas since last night?

Uh, yeah. We heard back from
him after you fell asleep.

So he texted you guys back?

I'm sorry.

So he just left? He... he left me?

Just, "I'm going home."

No, "Sorry that we had a fight."

Just, "Okay, we're over."

[CHUCKLES] Who does that?

- Apparently Lucas.
- James.

- [MARGOT] Mm-mm.
- Well, she asked.

You know, it's fine. It's fine.

Uh, we're just really
different people, you know?

[SOBBING] And just because
we had this, you know,

whatever, doesn't
mean that we were like,

whatever, you know?

We know.

- Totally.
- Clearly.

But he didn't wanna be here.

[SIGHS] Fine.

Um, yeah, I have a great idea.

Let's go see my new high school.

Yeah?

Don't text him.

Why not?

Or... do.

I don't know what I'm talking about,

I've never had a boyfriend.

["ALL OF THIS WILL END"
BY INDIGO DE SOUZA PLAYING]

♪ Inside my cage I watch the clouds ♪

♪ Getting angry, turning
dark, and raining down ♪

So, what exactly happened at this party?

Uh, apparently, Margot whatevered,

but then Lucas whatevered.

What's up with you, princess?
You've been awfully quiet.

Mm.

Well, I don't have anything to say.

And sometimes, when you got
nothing to say, you don't talk.

That is a possibility, James.

I don't know what that means.

♪ Anything to do ♪

♪ With magic ♪

♪ And back then I had it ♪

♪ Aah-haa ♪

[CELLPHONE VIBRATING]

♪ Forgiving and sacred ♪

♪ Aah-haa ♪

♪ You ask me what I think about this ♪

♪ Is there even a reason for it ♪

♪ I don't have answers, no one does ♪

♪ I've been finding comfort in that ♪

♪ There's only love ♪

♪ There's only moving
through and trying your best ♪

♪ Sometimes it's not enough to... ♪

[DOOR BELL JINGLES]

Mom?

Mom?

Mom!

Where is everybody?

[DENNIS] Hey, kiddo.

Dad? Dad.

Um...

Uh, how is, how is, how is,

- how is this possible?
- How is this possible?

Well, it's a long story.

But you know the witness
protection program?

Well, I was in it. And I
know that sounds crazy,

like something out of
a movie, but it's true.

I was a government witness.

Even your mom didn't know,
I couldn't tell her either.

Um...

Okay, uh, we...

No, no, no, no, no, we buried you.

And, um, my, my life's been like,

messed up for like, a whole year.

This isn't, this isn't real.

- Uh, this...
- Honey, it's okay.

- No, no, no, I... We, we had a...
- Lucas!

- We had a funeral!
- Luc, it's okay.

Please don't be mad at him.
He didn't have a choice.

- Mom.
- It was either that or go to prison, son.

But the trial is over and I'm back.

And I'm never gonna leave you again.

Come on, son.

Let's make up for lost time, huh?

What do you say you
and me go for a ride?

- [LUCAS GRUNTS]
- [OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

["TEEN" BY KHALID PLAYING]

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Woke up a little
too late this morning ♪

♪ But I think I'll be okay ♪

- [ISAIAH] Take care.
- [JAMES] Bye, Iz.

♪ I'll be okay ♪

♪ You were there when times
were at their darkest ♪

♪ Always showing me the way ♪

♪ Lead the way ♪

♪ Your love seems to cut me deep... ♪

[MARGOT] Thank you.

♪ You'll always have a part of me ♪

Bye.

You just have to do it, Isaiah.

[SIGHS] Do what?

Talk to Margot.

Man, Lucas' seat in the
car is not even cold yet.

Dude, that seat's empty.

Now go take a risk
for once in your life.

You don't have to play it safe.

- You're right. Margot! Hold on.
- [JAMES] There he is.

What?

- Hey.
- What's up?

What is it?

- Uh, what are you...
- Oh...

James.

James told me to...

- To?
- T... Sorry.

Don't worry about it.

Uh, no. Wait, come back.

Are... [CHUCKLES] are we gonna talk

about what just happened here?

[SIGHS] Look, here's the thing.

I know you're not with
Lucas right now, okay?

And before you make any more decisions,

I gotta tell you the truth.

Okay.

And...

And the truth is...

I got feelings for you.

And I've had feelings for a while.

And it's kinda hard for me to say,

because I've known you forever.

And I know everything about you.

Like, I know right after we talk,

you're gonna write about
this in your journal.

And you're gonna use three
words that are unnecessary...

But they're gonna describe
this moment way better

than I ever could.

Unforeseen, overwhelming, profound?

- Mm, good ones.
- [CHUCKLES]

So, I just wanna give this a sh*t.

Give us a sh*t.

Before we lose our chance.

[SIGHS]

[ISAIAH SIGHS]

I...

I don't know what to say.

Don't worry, you don't have
to say anything right now.

I just want you to think about it.

Okay?

Okay.

[BEN] Isaiah. What's up?

Come in here.

What's up, Dad?

- Baby. We've been waiting for you.
- Hey.

This is a scout from U-Dub.

I saw enough potential
in the game footage

your dad sent us, so we're
offering you a full ride

to the University of Washington.

Well, um, thank you.

But what if I decided
that maybe I didn't

really wanna play football anymore?

- Isaiah.
- The scholarship's still good.

But you're gonna have so much fun,

you won't even be asking that question.

Just sign on the dotted line.

Um...

Okay.

- Okay.
- [LAUGHTER]

- Okay. Yeah.
- Yeah.

[SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING]

Sam, what are you doing here?

Be my purr-fect date to prom?

What? Wait. You, you guys, you worked

it out after everything?

Yeah. Love finds a way.

We wanted to tell you together,

so I took off right after
you kids left Seattle.

You know, I was just
dealing with so much stuff

that I couldn't talk to your dad about.

But now that I can...

We wanna work it out.

Hey, come here.

- [DOOR SLAMS]
- [FOOTSTEPS THUDDING]

Margot!

Isaiah, what are you doing here?

Um, my mom is home.

It's not real.

[SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING]

- [GASPS]
- Yeah, we gotta go. Come on!

Hey. James!

[JAMES] Hey! Get in!

[ISAIAH] Come on.

Come on, drive, man!

Drive!

Who is that guy?

I don't know, but I saw him, too.

[MARGOT] How are you two here?

[JAMES] Isabella saved me.

I knew the second I got home
that something was wrong.

- How?
- Because when I walked in,

my mom said, "It's so nice to see you."

- What?
- Wait, your mom just said,

- "It was nice to see you"?
- Yes.

She's never said that to me before.

What did he do to our parents?

And how do we undo it?

[MARGOT SIGHS] Lucas was right.

He knew that this wasn't over.

Okay, we have to find him before
the same thing happens to him.

- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]
- [BELL RINGS]

Lucas!

Lucas!

And I thought this
wasn't already creepy,

but it's getting creepier.

You don't think what happened

to our parents happened
to everyone, do you?

No?

- Nobody's here.
- [MOTORCYCLE REVS]

That's him.

That's him. Come on, let's go!

Lucas!

Get in! Get in!

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[HONKING]

[HONKING]

Why is he at school on Sunday?

I didn't miss the SAT again, did I?

[BIKE ENGINE REVVING]

[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]

What's he doing?

[RASPY GROANING]

[ALL SCREAM]

- [JAMES] Mom! Wait!
- [MARGOT] Wait!

- [ISABELLA] Mom, what happened to you?
- Dad, what are you...

- [MARGOT] Dad, what's going on?
- [ISAIAH] Guys, wake up!

- [ISAIAH GRUNTS] Mom, this is not you!
- [JAMES] Mom, it's me!

[JAMES YELPS]

What the hell is that?

- [ISAIAH GRUNTS]
- [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

[COLIN] Get in!

[ISAIAH] Dad, what are you doing, man?

Dad, can you wake up?

D-Dad, please!

He can't hear you.

He's under a spell. They all are.

Kanduu shows them a fantasy,

and if they fall for
it, then he turns them

into living dummies that he can control.

Wait, so, so you're
saying that the entire town

has been turned into living
dummies except for you?

Yeah, that's not suspicious at all.

Yeah, I made a deal.

It's... it's complicated.

You brought Slappy back, didn't you?

[KANDUU] No, he did way more than that.

He freed me.

- That voice.
- It's Slappy.

It's good to see you all again.

Wait, so everything,
everything that happened

to us that we thought
it was Biddle or Slappy,

but it was you all along?

[KANDUU SCOFFS]

It was me all along.

Neni Omina Zargat.

[AIR WHOOSHING]

Weren't we just in a tent?

I think we still are.

It's like the visions in the scrapbook.

[SOLDIER] Lieutenant, orders
are to hold this position.

I don't care. We're retreating,

I'm not letting anyone else die today.

[KANDUU] We were fighting in a
country that we didn't belong in,

for something that was
not ours to begin with.

- [ROCKET WHOOSHING]
- [SOLDIER] Incoming!

- [expl*si*n THUNDERS]
- [ISABELLA GASPS]

- Get back! Get back! Get back!
- [SOLDIER] Ha!

- [g*n FIRES]
- [expl*si*n THUNDERS]

They taught us the local
languages before the battle.

And I was able to sound out
the inscriptions on the wall.

Moori. Azana. Kanduu.

I almost d*ed in this temple.

But instead, I was reborn.

The word that healed me
became my name and my purpose.

And that purpose is?

What is written on these walls

are the magical spells
that bring back monsters,

ghosts, demons, curses...

Every type of horror known to man.

And that's a good thing?

Don't you see?

w*r.

The way humans treat each other.

In the absence of true horrors,

humans created their own.

And they were far worse.

People need monsters
or they become monsters.

So now I am about to release
all of these horrors at once...

By performing the ritual of the spire.

Uh, there's bodies on this spire thingy.

Yes, , souls need to be sacrificed

- for the greater good.
- Wait, what?

There will never be wars again

when I give people something
to really be scared of.

You're just trying to justify inflicting

the horrors you went
through on everyone else.

To save the world.

No, to punish the world for
what you've been through.

[KANDUU] I thought that
you would understand

what I was doing was right.

After all you've been through.

What? No, we understand
what you're doing is wrong

- because of what we've been through.
- [SHUSHING] No.

Then you understand nothing.

Now, your death won't be a sacrifice,

just a death.

Let's go.

k*ll them.

- k*ll them?
- I was talking to the dog.

[FIFI BARKING]

[GROWLING]

[BRATT GASPS]

[ALL EXCLAIM]

[BRATT CLICKING TONGUE] Hey, Fifi.

Hey, Fiefs. Fifi, come here.

Come here, little Fifi.

That's a good... that's a good girl.

I'm sorry, Fifi.

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

I'm sorry! [SOBBING]

Oh, my God.

- Oh, my God.
- [SIZZLING]

Nathan...

- Oh, damn.
- [BRATT] I had no idea

he was gonna sacrifice the whole town.

You gotta believe me.

[ISABELLA] No? What did you think

that all of those people, our families,

were doing on that spire?

I don't know! I don't know.

I don't know. A ritual can
mean a lot of different things.

I didn't know he was gonna... [GULPS]

... m*rder them all. I promise you.

He's going to k*ll
our parents. And Lucas.

Yeah, and, like, everyone we know.

Oh, my God. I'm gonna throw up.

If I had known this was
gonna happen, I never...

I never would've done what I did.
You gotta believe me.

What? Then why would
you do it, Mr. Bratt?

I needed an ending for my book.

- There it is.
- You... Oh.

[ISAIAH] What? Did, did,
did I hear that right?

I can't believe you did this.

I can believe he did it.

I can too, 'cause I'm a coward.

And I'm a good enough writer to know

that I'm not a good enough writer.

But I just wanted it, so I cheated.

Have you guys ever done
something so profoundly stupid,

but you can't see how
stupid it is in the moment

because y... y... you're so blinded

by your own selfish
desire? That is regret.

Apparently, it runs in the family.

Oh, yeah, my... my
great-great-grandfather,

Franz Mahar,

he was the first to make
a deal with old Kanduu.

A proud family tradition of selling out.

[CHUCKLES] Ironically,
he was also the one

who figured out how to stop him.

[SCOFFS] So, he must have
known the same regret.

Hold on.

What? He, he figured
out how to stop Kanduu?

What? How did Mahar stop Kanduu?

According to these manuscripts,

he just used his magic against him.

Because they were friends,
they got really close, so...

But how exactly did he do it?

I don't know.

[SCOFFS] You'd have to ask him.

Yeah, great advice.

[SCOFFS] We'll just, we'll
just bring back the dead guy.

[CHUCKLES] Seeing as you're so good at

bringing people back from the grave.

[ALL] Yes.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[MAHAR] Hello, old friend.

Mahar?

They brought me back.

[ISAIAH] Mm-hmm.

Now, he stopped you before.

And if you remember,

we stopped you before.

So now we're gonna stop you together.

[KANDUU CHUCKLING]

I... I gave you everything you wanted.

Do you remember?

I know.

I'm not here to stop you.

- Wait, what did he just say?
- Wait, what are you doing?

Trying to fix the trust
I broke a long time ago.

- [MARGOT] Wait.
- [JAMES] What?

- No, no. Hold on, man!
- Please, please!

I'm sorry for my betrayal.

I didn't see it before, but now I do.

You are a true genius.

A man ahead of his time.

And as I vowed once before,
but failed to deliver on,

I am your humble servant.

We must unleash the horrors...

Together.

It's good to see you, old friend.

Start the ritual.

Don't do this, please,
please, please, please, please.

- [ISABELLA] No, no.
- [MARGOT] Wait, wait, wait.

Wait, wait, wait.

Nusku Rantok Krastani...

[CHUCKLES]

- [MARGOT SOBBING]
- [FLAMES WHOOSHING]

- [ALL SOBBING]
- No!

[KANDUU] It's working, Mahar.

We did it.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

[SCREAMING]

- [PEOPLE SCREAMING]
- [FIRE CRACKLING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[AIR WHOOSHING]

Hey! hey! [TAUNTING]

Kanduu! Kanduu, Kanduu!
It's still working.

Okay, have you found
the incantation yet?

It's, remember, it's
"Madonna" something.

It's, like, "Madonna,"
um, and then like,

an S word, I think. God,
I wish I could remember it.

I've seen nothing like that so far.

If you see "Madonna", then
it'll, it'll be that one,

and you just say that in reverse,
and it just breaks the spell.

- Okay and you're sure about that?
- Yes.

- How?
- He's awake. He's awake.

That spell doesn't work on me.

Now, if you would hand me my book,

we can get on with it.

Stop right there...

Or I burn this journal
and all your magic with it.

You hear me?

I know every word in that book.

I've been studying it my whole life.

Nusku.

Rantok.

Krastani.

Meluu.

[GROUND RUMBLING]

[AIR WHOOSHING]

- [CREATURE GROWLING]
- [MARGOT WHIMPERING] Guys, guys!

It's an earthquake...

[ISAIAH] The book repels it.

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS] Hey, find the
spell. Reverse all this.

Wait!

[GRUNTING]

- [KANDUU GRUNTING]
- [ISAIAH MOANING]

[MARGOT] Where is it? I can't find it.

Okay, this is it. This is it.

Kanduu.

Azana.

Moori!

[GAGGING]

[SNARLING]

No.

No!

No. No.

[MUFFLE g*nsh*t]

- [BLOOD SQUELCHING]
- [SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]

[MARGOT] I reversed the
spell that saved your life,

so now everything you
did is coming undone.

Including you.

[WHIMPERING]

[UNDEAD GROWLING]

Get away from me!

- [SCREAMING]
- [g*n f*ring]

- You!
- No!

[b*llet THUDS]

[GASPS]

- Is-Isaiah! Isaiah!
- Hey! Hey! Hey!

[SCREAMING]

- What's going on?
- I don't know, but run.

Everybody, run! Everyone, run!

- Go.
- [COLIN] Isaiah!

[MARGOT] Oh, my God. [SOBBING]

- Isaiah!
- [LAURA] Isaiah!

[JAMES] He's not breathing.

[BEN] Lift his head, prop him up.

[COLIN] Give him some room.

- Come on, baby.
- Just stay with us.

[LAURA] You're okay. You'll be okay.

You'll be okay. Come on, baby.

Just breathe, baby.

- [ALL SOBBING]
- [SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

Thanks.

This is all on us.

- No, it's not.
- No, it is. It is.

We shoulda stopped this years ago.

But instead, we passed
it on to our kids.

And now Isaiah's in
there paying the price.

He did it for Margot.

I know.

[WOMAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY OVER PA]

This is never easy
news to give a family,

but I'm not sure what we're
gonna be able to do for him,

other than make him comfortable.

W-what are you saying?

What? What is she saying?

- What is she saying? [SOBBING]
- [DOCTOR] I'm so sorry.

[LAURA SOBBING]

[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

[HEART MONITOR BEEPING]

[SNIFFLES]

[SOBS] This is what I...

wanted to say to you...

earlier.

Yes.

Yes, I wanna be with you.

I've always wanted to be with you.

But I've been scared.

I am really scared.

[SIGHS] I'm scared
of ruining everything.

Scared of losing you.

And you... [SOBBING]

You always break my heart.

You've broken my heart so many times.

It's kind of what you're best at.

Even now, it... [SOBBING]

But I would still give
anything to have you back.

I would risk anything to have us back.

[BEEPING FLATLINES]

Moori.

Azana.

Kanduu.

- [HEART MONITOR BEEPING]
- [BOTH SOBBING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

[ISAIAH GROANING]

[SOBBING]

[GROANING]

Ugh, God.

Oh.

Ugh.

- Ah.
- [OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

Oh, not again.

- ["GOOSEBUMPS" BY SKYLAR GREY PLAYING]
- ♪ Hey, hey ♪

♪ I get those goosebumps
every time, yeah ♪

♪ You come around, yeah ♪

♪ You ease my mind, you
make everything feel fine ♪

♪ Worried 'bout those comments ♪

♪ I'm way too numb, yeah ♪

♪ It's way too dumb, yeah ♪

♪ I get those goosebumps every time ♪

♪ I need the Heimlich ♪

♪ Throw that to the side, yeah ♪

♪ I get those goosebumps
every time, yeah ♪

♪ When you're not around ♪

♪ When you throw that
to the side, yeah ♪

♪ I get those goosebumps
every time, yeah ♪

♪ -- ♪

♪ To the --, yeah, I'm ridin' ♪

♪ Why they on me ♪

♪ Why they on me, I'm flyin' ♪

♪ Sippin' low-key ♪

♪ I'm sippin' low-key
in Onyx, rider, rider ♪

♪ I get those goosebumps
every time, yeah ♪

♪ I need the Heimlich ♪

♪ When you throw that
to the side, yeah ♪

♪ I get those goosebumps
every time, yeah ♪

♪ When you're not around ♪

♪ When you throw that
to the side, yeah ♪

♪ I get those goosebumps
every time, yeah ♪

♪ You come around, yeah ♪

♪ You ease my mind, you
make everything feel fine ♪

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