Simon Says (2025)

[bunniefuu]

- Uh!

Ah.

Ah! Ah.

- It's amazing.

- So your fellow lives here?

Well, if I was you, I'd look after it.

You sure you don't want me to stay?

- Ah, no, it's fine. Honestly.

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

- It won't work.

- Oh, um, uh, sorry.

You almost gave me a heart attack.

- My name's Dina.

- Dina?

- Yeah.

- Ah, sorry, I'm here to see Richard.

- Richard?

- Yeah. This is his place, right?

He invited me here for a weekend away.

- That Richard?

- Um, yeah.

It is.

- I can see from the look in

your eye what you're thinking,

and you'd be right.

- You know him?

- Clearly not that well.

He invited me to

stay the weekend as well.

But he calls himself "Charles."

- What the...?

I told you,

you won't get any signal in here.

Nearest town, hours away on foot.

- Yeah, well, that would

give me plenty of time

to think about how stupid I've been.

- What?

- It's obvious, isn't it?

He's been playing us both.

- Obviously.

- So why spare the embarrassment?

I can just leave and...

- Oh, wait a minute.

He's gonna come back eventually,

so we can have some fun.

- What?

- Well, he's done it to us both, right?

- Yeah. So what?

- Well, he obviously

thought we were coming

on different weekends, so...

- If he even lives here.

- Hadn't even thought about that one.

- So what's your suggestion?

- We snoop around the place.

Then when he comes back, one of us hides,

the other one comes outta

nowhere and bang, we got him.

Yeah, I might even video it,

upload it later for posterity.

- I don't know.

- I don't know about you, but

I'm pretty angry right now.

So a little revenge would

be nice, don't you think?

- I guess.

- It's good enough for me.

Hey, you coming or what?

- Play the game.

- Not even a spot of dust.

This place is cleaned up.

- Why wasn't he here?

- What?

- I mean,

why wasn't he waiting?

- Guilt.

When I arrived, the

door was partially open.

God, I hope he owns this place.

Being catfished is one thing,

but being done for burglary.

You as well?

I think the sound's coming

from that direction.

You know, if he's having a heart attack,

I might take it easy on him, might.

- There's no one here.

- Well, at least we know he

wasn't lying about this place.

- Don't know whether

that's a good thing or not.

- Right.

Now it's getting interesting.

- Looks like Richard.

- What do you know about this place?

- He said it's been in his

family for generations.

I looked it up. I couldn't find much.

- Mm, he told me the same.

- So he's not lying completely.

- Mm, to make a lie convincing,

you need to drop a few truths in it.

Oh, wait.

The plot thickens.

- You've gotta be kidding me.

- Great. That's just great.

- We're just about ready to come up here

and give him a peace of our minds.

- Well, Tony, it looks like

that isn't happening, is it?

- So he's not here?

- Nope.

But we haven't checked all the rooms.

This place is a bit of a maze.

- Perfect. Just perfect.

- Looks like our catfish

swings both ways, though.

- Maybe our catfish doesn't even exist.

- Well, I knew it was

too good to be true, so.

- Well that's why I think we need

to have ourselves a little revenge.

- Revenge?

- Hey, come in here.

- Oh my God.

- What is this?

- Great, first legitimate man,

he turns out to be a wannabe Bond villain.

- Is this some kind of

secret camera thing?

Like a prank?

- Screw this.

- What are you doing?

- Having a drink.

- It might be poisoned.

- Hmm. One can hope.

- Well, he did promise us

dinner and a weekend away.

Oh, name tags.

- Hmm.

Hmm.

I'm starved.

- What?

- Well, I have to admit,

this isn't the strangest date I've had.

- Hmm. It isn't?

- Oh, come on. You can't

just leave it there.

You have to tell us the full story.

- I don't kiss and tell.

- Oh, so it did go somewhere.

- You really don't talk much, do you?

- I just like listening.

- She's been like that since we got here.

You know, you should really

learn to roll with the punches.

- So we're sure that this is beyond

a catfish thing, though, yeah?

- Oh, yeah.

- And he is not a serial k*ller.

- Well, we don't know that yet.

- Then why? Why are we here?

- Yes. And where's our lovely host?

- I think we all should leave.

- What?

- Why?

- Because none of this is right, is it?

- I'm interested to see

where this is going.

- I have to admit, I'm

with Dina on this one.

- What do you think's gonna happen?

- I don't know, but if

we all leave together...

- I'm not going anywhere.

- If you wanna leave, why don't you leave?

You seemed eager earlier.

- And you convinced me to stay.

- That was before I

realized how boring you are.

- Cats got some claws.

- What? You scared of he dark?

- Okay, come on.

- What?

- Fine.

- Hey, come back.

- You're no fun.

- Oh.

- Hey, Clara. Come on.

Why don't you stay?

- No, it's fine.

This place is too weird for me.

- It's fine. She won't

have much fun, anyway.

- It's locked.

- What?

- It's locked.

- Where's the key?

- I never saw one earlier.

- Oh, decided to still

grace us with her presence.

- Quiet.

- What? You've got some nerve.

I was pretty nice to you earlier

and now you're just gonna be rude?

- What are you doing?

- The windows.

They're locked too.

- Do all of you have a key?

- What?

- No, ah, a key, why?

- The front door is locked.

- Back door too.

- What do you mean, "locked?"

- That's the opposite

of unlocked, darling.

- Oh, shut up.

- Is it one of you?

- No.

- You were here before us.

What did you do with his body?

- Huh. That's not even funny.

- We need to check

all the doors and windows.

- You gotta be joking, right?

- We need to check them.

- She's right.

- You're gonna hurt yourself.

- I can't get it open.

- Maybe it's reinforced.

- It doesn't look it.

Maybe the quiet girl was right.

- What was that?

- Hmm. Ring and they will come.

- You've got some nerve Charles?

- Or is it Daniel?

- What's in a name?

Catfishing is one thing,

but if you're gonna quote

Shakespeare, I'm leaving right now

- Then you won't understand why it is

that I brought you here.

You're angry with me, I know.

You have every right to be.

- Do you even own this place?

- Yes.

- Is your name Richard?

- I have many names.

I brought you all here

because I'm in love with all four of you.

- God, you can't be for real, can you?

You know, you might

have had the right idea.

- I'm serious.

- You know, when I saw you before,

and I thought, "It's too good to be true."

And I was right.

- Where's the key?

- You're very direct, Clara.

That's what I love about you.

You seem nervous, but on the surface,

you have a sense of directness

that you keep hidden.

And Dina, your captivating,

spunky attitude.

It's, it's wonderful.

Tony, your sense of humor, perfect.

- And let me guess, I have beautiful eyes.

Clara's, right. Where's the key?

- I need to make a choice.

- What?

- I must decide, but I'm

struggling to choose.

- "Choose?"

- I think you know what I mean.

- You know, I kind of wish

you were having a heart attack, actually.

- I love all four of you, and frankly,

I can't quite make up my mind of who it is

I want to spend the rest of my life with.

- Well, we'll make the

decision easier for you.

None of us.

- Yeah, you might be handsome,

but you seem to come with a

bit of very unhealthy delusion.

- Whoever I choose gets the castle.

No strings attached.

All you have to do is play my game.

And only one can win.

Tony, you're a lawyer.

- What are you talking about?

- I share everything,

and there's no greater

gift than this place.

- I still want out.

- Now hang on a minute.

- No, Clara's right.

- It checks out.

- What?

- I mean, I'd have to go over

it, but it seems legitimate.

- I still wanna leave.

- I'm just asking for one night.

That is all.

Play the game and win the prize.

- And we get this place? No strings?

- Play to win.

- Key.

- It only works if the four

of you stay and play the game.

- What game? Listen, I really don't care.

- Hey, this is a group decision.

I want to stay. Tony?

- If it's legitimate,

then yeah, I want to stay.

- Whatever.

- It's good enough for me.

- You're kidding me, right?

You're all actually going along with this?

- Oh, come on, you're as

desperate as the rest of us.

Let's play his game

- Then it is decided.

- All right, what happens first?

- Well that was unexpected.

- I'm not doing this,

playing some rich as*h*le's parlor game.

I want out.

- Hey!

You heard what he said.

- Is it some kind of trap door?

- I'm picking the lock,

and I'm getting out of here.

- You know how to pick locks, do you?

Tony was right.

We're all desperate.

I need the money. That's why I'm here.

Yeah, he showed me pictures of this place,

and straight away, I wanted in.

So if he wants to play a creepy game

of hide and seek, I'll do it.

And you're helping.

Tony, check that document.

Make sure everything's correct.

- Give me a few minutes.

Legal stuff is my forte.

- Come on.

- It's the real deal.

Whoever he chooses signs

this and gets the castle.

- There's a catch.

- I don't doubt that.

You ever done that before?

- No.

- I can tell.

- Have you?

- I'm a man of many talents.

- Fine. Be my guest

- That's if I wanna get outta here.

You realize what's at stake here, right?

- And you don't find any

of this strange or unusual?

- Oh, I don't know.

You're the one who flew thousands

of miles to come meet him.

I think that's pretty strange and unusual.

Don't you?

Suit yourself.

- Clara's found something.

- Well, that's not weird.

- Maybe we should put it back.

- It was you that picked it up.

- It could be worth quite a bit of money.

It looks really old.

- Hmm.

Well, I would Google it,

but can't get any signal out here.

- "Simon Says."

- Hmm?

- Look at it.

- Oh, right. Hmm.

- It's creepy. I'll give it that.

Maybe we should play a game.

- Really?

- Well he said we have to play to win.

- Hmm. You know, there are

exactly four pieces in here.

- What?

- Four pieces.

Three girls, one boy.

- Weird and creepy.

- I mean, we've all played

Simon Says before, haven't we?

- Not like this.

- Something in there.

- Cards?

- Maybe.

- Maybe we should put it back.

Looks like it's worth a lot of money.

- Yeah, exactly.

- No, no harm came from playing the game.

- This could be what he wants us to do.

I mean, you're not even

wondering about our host.

- Yes, I am.

But I'm also wondering about

how much this place is worth.

- Let's play it.

- Look, maybe-

- Clara, I'm not being funny,

but I'm my own person.

If I wanna play, I'm gonna play.

- Okay. You can play it.

- It's just a stupid game.

- Clara?

- No, it's fine. Really.

- Right. Who's gonna be who?

Well, maybe we should just

roll to get this started.

- This is stupid.

- Yep.

Which is exactly why

we're not playing alone.

- Ah, I feel like a caveman.

- Right.

- "Simon says," wait,

what? Is this a wind up?

- What?

- "Simon says, 'Tell

the others what you did

to your sister three years ago.' "

What is this? Is this

is some kind of joke.

Are you all in on this?

Is it something that he

got you to say? Is it?

I mean, serious guys, what is this?

- It's counting down.

- Huh. Of course.

Catfish. You're all in on it, aren't you?

- I've nothing to do with this.

I've been catfished like everyone else.

- Is this, Clara, did you know about this?

- N-no. Of, of course I don't.

- Uh. Look, it's just

a truth or dare thing.

- Dina, calm down.

- Samantha, it's, whose idea was this?

Now listen,

I'm not going to...

- What the hell is she doing?

- Dina?

- Dina?

- I can smell your fear.

There is no escape.

Ah.

- Where is she?

- Hello?

Anyone there?

- Simon says,

"Play the game or die."

Tick, tick, tick.

Time's running out.

Simon says, "Play the game or die."

So be it.

- Dina!

- Dina!

- Dina!

- Dina!

Dina!

Dina, open the door!

- Dina, open the door!

Dina!

- Dina?

Dina?

- Dina?

- Dina, can you hear me?

- Whoa, showing no pulse.

- There's still nothing.

- I've checked everyone's phone.

There's no signal, there's nothing.

- Emergency numbers are supposed to work.

- I'm telling you, I'm getting nothing.

- Okay, right. How long

did it take us to get here?

- What?

- How long was the drive from

the nearest town to here?

Do you remember?

- I, I don't know.

Um, 40, maybe 45 minutes.

- Okay, what I'm gonna do

is I'm gonna take my phone,

I'm gonna get on the

road and I'm gonna start

walking towards the town.

As soon as I get reception,

I'm gonna call for help.

- Well how are you gonna get

out? All the doors are locked.

- Where's Clara?

Right.

- Play the game or die.

- Clara, you okay?

- I, uh...

Uh, um, mm.

- What's wrong?

- I don't, um...

- I think it could have been poison.

- Poison?

- Yeah.

There are some drugs that affect the body

that have a delayed reaction.

- How do you know that?

- I'm a doctor. Ah, was, was.

- "Was?"

- Yeah.

Um, I used to work in London.

Bright future, medical

genius, all that crap.

That's what they thought

of me, at least...

- Until?

- I got addicted to painkillers

and I performed surgery high as a kite.

And the patient, it, it

was a routine surgery.

I won't go into details,

but if the head surgeon

hadn't been there, I might've k*lled him.

So I earned a two-year

prison sentence and, um,

I got struck off, and, yeah.

But I'm clean now, so, yeah.

- Ah, I'm sorry.

- Tony is picking the lock.

And then I'm gonna walk towards the town.

- I, I, I really don't

think that's a good idea.

- Well, don't know about you,

but I don't quite fancy staying here

and trying to inherit this place, so.

- Samantha, I really think

we should stick together.

- It's gonna be okay.

- No, we never should have

come here.

- We're gonna get through this.

- Samantha, you saw what he did to her.

- Eyes on me.

Eyes on me.

- Oh my God.

Hello? Can you hear me?

Hey, I'm Clara.

You dropped me off earlier.

Yeah, the taxi, yeah.

Do you think you could, okay,

can you, could you come back

to where you dropped me off, please?

It's, it's really important.

Hello?

Can you hear...

Hello?

- Yes.

I got it.

- Okay, great. I'm feeling pretty charged.

I'm gonna get jogging. You

two, keep checking your phones.

- Maybe this isn't such a good idea.

- Best idea we've got.

- Out there?

- Yes.

- It's pitch black out there.

- Yeah. That's why I've got this.

- Hello?

Yeah, hello.

Oh, I'm, I'm, I'm, I've

come back to the castle.

Um, I'm out the front,

if you get this message.

Um, I couldn't get in.

Um, there's no one here.

If you get this message, can you come,

can you come to the, come to the front?

'Cause I'm here, if you,

if you need some help.

- Why do this?

Why make us play the game?

I can't get this open.

- Tony.

- Serious.

- Tony, stop it.

- Wait, did, did you...?

Look at the piece.

- What?

- No.

Some, some kinda sick joke.

- It's more than that.

- It's a joke, it has to be.

He gets

us here, for what? Why?

- To play the game.

- You're right. We should have left.

- Don't need me to tell you that.

Wait, there's a piece missing.

- What?

- There's a piece missing.

It's Samantha.

It has to be here. It has to be.

- I can't see anything.

What does it matter?

- We just need to find it. Okay, please.

- Clara.

- I don't know.

Will you just...

- You forfeit.

- "Simon says, 'Penalty for

leaving is disqualification.' "

It's another coffin.

- Samantha.

Don't go near it.

- I have a feeling we have to.

- Did you see his face?

- Yeah.

- It was, it was like he was dead inside.

- Like he wasn't there.

- It was him, wasn't it?

- Yeah, definitely.

- So he brings us here, the poison,

the promise of the life, the castle.

There's gotta be another

way. There's a a way to-

- No, we win.

- What?

- We aren't the first

for this to happen to.

Years ago, maybe hundreds of years ago,

the owners of this castle,

maybe they played this game,

but it looks like they didn't win.

We just have to win.

- What makes you so sure?

- Uh, what choice do we have?

- We just wait out. Don't play it.

- And stay here? Never leaving.

Is that what you're thinking?

How long will that last?

- I don't have the answers. Okay?

- Maybe that's what they did.

Maybe they tried to wait

it out, but eventually...

- Play the game, win the game.

- Refuse to play, and he

makes you pay. Simon Says.

Simon is a demon waiting for us to lose.

- Run away and he'll k*ll you, anyway.

- You have to play.

- There's no end to the board.

It's designed to whittle

you down to the last player.

- When we started playing the game,

the demon trapped us here.

- Who?

- Simon.

- Simon Says, simple, Simon

Says, it's a nursery rhyme,

- But that's it. What if

it has basis in reality?

Some kind of fact like, um, fairytales,

urban legends, folklore.

- Simon was real?

- Think about it. The

game itself, Simon Says.

- He, you do whatever

he commands you to do.

- Played for generations, but

sometimes the game is real.

- You're saying this

board game's been played

for a hundred years?

- No, maybe it was

something else like a spoken

word game or a puzzle.

- Okay. Who cares where it's from?

Who cares what the story's about?

All that matters is how do

we get outta here? Okay?

With not just one of us

surviving, but all of us.

- Dina was told to confess something.

- Like a truth or dare.

- Dina ended upstairs

in some other reality.

Like she was possessed,

but she was somewhere else.

Somewhere, um...

- What is it?

- Maybe he pulls you into his realm

when you refuse to do what he asks.

- And then he kills you.

- Why did you come here?

- The same reason as you.

- It's not,

- Invited me for a weekend away.

- It's not just that though, is it?

- What?

- I was homeless.

- What?

- Sleeping rough

on the streets of Seattle.

- And?

- And a friend of mine,

one of the few I had,

he would let me crash

at his place, use his laptop.

I found Richard or

whatever his real name is

on a singles website.

Within weeks, he was wiring me money.

Samantha, she told me herself,

she had a, she was at rock bottom and-

- Embezzlement.

- What?

- I was a lawyer

until I embezzled a million

pounds from my own firm.

- Right.

- Yeah.

- Dina, maybe Dina had a similar story.

- I don't get why

you're driving at here.

- I guess we're

all pretty lonely, right?

- I suppose.

- You're kidding?

No friends, no families who

want to know us anymore.

- Okay, yeah, you're right.

Friends I did have, they

wouldn't look at me now

even if I was on fire.

- And that's exactly my point.

- No one will miss us.

Maybe we're not the first.

- There are others?

- Maybe.

Maybe there have been.

- Maybe there's some

clues in these rooms to,

to how to win the game, about the others.

Ah, should we split up?

- Have you ever seen a horror movie?

- Point taken.

- Simon says, "Hide and seek."

But I didn't say "hide."

- It's not your fault. I've

been trapped for 20 years.

- What?

- I made one simple

mistake and he found me.

- But how did you survive?

- With luck.

- What do I do?

- Just, just try and stay alive.

If he can't find you, he can't k*ll you.

And he'll move on to the next person.

So just take this.

Here's all the safe places.

- She's mine now.

- Run!

- Simon says,

"Play the game or die."

- I'm coming for you.

- Forfeit is death.

There is no escape.

I can smell your fear.

Simon says,

"Play the game or die."

- Now it's your turn.

- So be it.

- Game over.

- Okay. Well, that room was empty.

- There has to be somewhere in this place.

- What is it?

- The library.

I found it in a journal.

Come on.

- What is it?

- There's an entry at the start, January.

- "I am charmed man.

Another penalty for writing this down,

but seems not to care about the danger

or punishment would suffer.

He's invited me to stay at his..."

Oh my God.

- Yeah, saw it too.

- Forfeit is death.

Play the game.

- What are you doing?

- I, I think I know what this is.

It's a priest hall.

- What?

- Could be something in there.

- You're not seriously going in there.

Tony.

Tony.

- He's playing tricks with us.

There's, there's nothing in there.

Wait.

- Take it.

- Really?

- Take it.

God.

- What is it?

- iPad.

Is it working?

- Don't know.

- Photos.

- There's letters too.

- Yeah.

- There's a lot of photos.

- Yeah.

This one.

See if there's anything on this.

- Hey John, I cannot wait to see you.

I know I'm not supposed

to be sending you messages

due to your high-security job,

but I just couldn't help myself.

And I hope you receive this message soon.

I have been thinking about

you for a long time now,

and I just cannot get you out of my head.

Huh.

The long nights seem to last forever

in hopes that we can meet soon.

Call me when you're free

and let me know the travel arrangements.

I have my passport and I'm ready

to drop everything for you.

- Hi, Henry. I cannot wait to see you.

I miss you so much.

I'm counting down the

days until I see you.

And the castle looks absolutely amazing.

It is ridiculous. I'm so excited.

My mom's really nervous

'cause she doesn't understand.

She's like, "Nicole, why are

you flying out to meet this guy

that you've never even seen in person?"

She doesn't get it, she doesn't get

that you've helped me through

the last year of my life,

and it's been so hard.

I don't know how I would've

gotten through it without you.

But just know that I

can't wait to see you,

and I love you so much, Henry.

I miss you and we're gonna

have the best week together.

I just can't wait to be in your arms

and everything's gonna be so much better.

I hope you get this before

you go to sleep tonight.

- You've probably seen this in the press,

but my sister Gina has been

missing for a few months.

Now it's not like my sister

to be away for so long

without letting her family know.

All we know is she was involved

in a long-distance online relationship

with someone in Scotland.

If you have any information

on the whereabouts

of my sister Gina, please contact us.

I'd like to thank everybody that's helped

in the search for my sister.

Our whole family really

appreciate all of your help.

Gina, if you hear this message,

please, please contact us

just so that we know that you're safe.

I'm appealing to anybody,

everybody that's out there, please,

share this with all your

social media contacts.

Let's work together and find my sister.

- Hi, Nigel. This is your

one and only Savannah Jean.

I'm finally gonna get to

see you. I'm so happy.

Why you're all I think about.

My life was so empty without you.

Now, I'll never have

to be alone ever again.

And I know I'm the only

woman in your life.

I just can't wait to be with you forever.

So until we meet, I'm sending

lots of hugs and kisses.

I love you, Nigel.

- As you are aware, my

18-year-old daughter Ann-Marie,

has been missing for six weeks.

I want to thank everybody

who has helped in my search so far.

I know that it's not like her

to suddenly just go off missing.

The police, investigating,

believe she may have been struck up

in an online relationship with somebody.

I plead with that person

to please come forward

and let me know that she is safe.

The detectives believe

she could be in Scotland,

and they are working with

the authorities there

to help locate her.

Ann-Marie, if you see this message,

please, please contact us.

We won't be angry.

We just want to know that you are safe.

- Hi, well, you wanted

to look at me, here I am.

Hope you like what you see.

I've been, um,

counting down the days

until we get to see each

other for the first time.

I just hope this is all real.

I hope that you're real and

that big castle is real.

I've done as you said.

I haven't told anyone about this.

Well, not yet.

I know that your security's

really important to you

and your job and everything,

but I do hope I can tell

my friends and family soon.

It's just, um, I've never

felt this way before.

I didn't think I could fall

so quickly or so intensely.

Anyway, I will see you soon.

Don't forget to tell me the

instruction to get to the castle

and I'll be there waiting.

I think this could be

something really special.

- How did you, how did you...

- Who are you?

- Oh my God.

You played the game, didn't you?

- We did.

- How did you get here?

- I found your photo. I found

everything and everyone.

What happened to you?

Did, did it bring you

here like the others?

We need to find a way to win the game.

- It was Richard.

He, he told me

he inherited this castle.

He convinced me to play the game.

He told me I was the special one.

- You played the game

alone? Just you both?

- Yes, just us.

I refused to answer Simon's questions

and he keeps me here as his plaything,

trapped for all eternity.

If you hide,

you are safe for a while

until his power returns.

- How long have you been here?

- I don't know, but I'm not alone.

There are others.

- "Others?"

- Women. Many women.

The ones that I've encountered,

they're, they're from

different time periods.

The 1920s, maybe even earlier.

He keeps us here like trophies.

- How do we beat him?

- There might be a way, but

it needs two of you to try it.

I've hidden from his grasp

long enough to know this,

he can only sense one soul at a time.

- I, I don't understand.

- Think about it.

You might be able to save yourself

and all of us if you cheat him.

- "Cheat him," how?

- He keeps us

isolated from each other.

Away from each other. He

doesn't want us near each other.

His powers are stronger then.

But I have noticed that

in this time period

when he's collecting new souls,

that is when he's at his weakest.

- Play the game and win.

- No, that's the thing. Nobody can win.

- Everybody loses.

- It might break him.

He's come for me.

- Tick, tick, tick,

tock.

Time to die.

You're next.

- Clara?

Clara?

Are you all right?

- Yeah, um, he's been doing this,

he's been doing this for years,

centuries, year in, year out.

- Finding lonely souls.

- Only one can win. Only one can win.

I think I know

how we can both win.

- Show me.

Look, new figure and both coffins.

- I see them. That's Simon, the demon.

He's controlling the game,

somehow, through Richard.

He's watching us because

he only gets the souls

he needs if only one of us win.

- Richard lures us in.

- And Simon collects our souls

- Burn it.

We can't keep playing this. We can't.

- We can.

We can and we will.

Sit.

- Okay.

- "Simon says,

'Tell Tony what happened in 2016.' "

- What is it?

Clara, this is no time for secrets.

- It's why I'm so,

so...

- What?

- There was a young man.

He was my...

He was crying for help and...

- What?

- I ran.

I, I just couldn't.

- Do you know what happened to him?

- I dunno. I dunno.

But what I do know is that I didn't act.

- You did nothing wrong.

- Oh, didn't I?

- Well, so you've more

of a made up for it now.

Clara.

- Your turn.

- "Simon says, 'Kiss Clara.' "

Oh, who said staring death

in the face isn't scary?

- Not bad.

- It's not bad for a girl. Huh.

- Thanks.

Why do I get a feeling that this one

isn't gonna be as enjoyable?

- Yeah. Can you feel that?

- Yeah.

- It's like a sickness

in the air.

He's watching us.

It's like he gets off on it.

- He's as trapped as us.

- What?

- Think about it. Only

one of us can survive.

Only one of us can win.

- Until then...

- Until then, you and

I have to play forever.

- But so does he.

- That's, that's why

he wants us to turn against each other.

To hurt each other.

- Thins the numbers.

- Yeah.

The game ends, he goes back.

- Until somebody opens it up again.

- What if there's a way

to trap him somehow?

A way to keep him in the game? This game.

- I don't see how.

Should I roll?

- Do it.

- "Simon says,

'Only one winner can there be.

Only one survivor can there be.

A choice must be made.' "

- k*ll each other or-

- The last one kills themselves.

- They mustn't have had an option.

- No, ah, that's not...

- If it's suicide...

- Tony, I, I can't.

We can't. There's no way that...

- Simon says,

"Play the game or die."

There is no escape.

Play the game.

I control this world.

- Who are you really?

- How do we win?

- I am forever.

Only one can win.

- Show yourself. Don't

hide inside this vessel.

- You wish to

know who I really am?

- Yes. Or are you too weak

to show your true self?

- Clara, what are you doing?

- To hide inside something

means he has a weakness.

He needs this vessel to survive.

He needs it so he can collect.

- I am forever. I can

be anyone or anything

- If that were true, why stay here?

You don't win anything until one survives.

- I will show you who I really am

and how I came to be,

but it won't save you from your destiny.

Only of you will survive and win.

It is the way it has

been and always will be.

- Show me

- So be it.

A millennium ago,

I was banished here to this Earth

and buried in unholy ground.

There I slept dormant and the

blood drained from my body

and the woods grew around me.

A guardian of the castle

and forest protected people

from me for hundreds of years,

until a plague came along

and wiped out the final guardian.

With no descendant left

to protect them from me,

unsuspecting humans moved into the castle

and they collected wood from my forest.

Unbeknownst to them,

the wood was tainted with my blood.

A trusted servant

- Ah!

- came into the forest

and tried to collect firewood.

- Ah.

It was there I encountered

him in my domain.

I was strong enough to control him,

but I was still not free.

I ordered him to collect me souls,

as I needed 1,000 to be at full strength

and be able to return home

and seek revenge against

those that banished me

to this pitiful Earth.

He used his skills to create the game.

It has evolved over decades.

And now it is even easier to

collect the souls that I need.

And now it's your turn.

Play the game or die.

Only one can win.

- Simon, he's trapped here

by the castle, by the woods,

by the game Richard made for him.

- What?

- He can't be alone.

That's why, he can never be alone.

- Simon says, "It's time to die."

- Tony, come on, let's go. Go!

- What do we do?

- I know how to beat him.

Nobody wins. Tic-tac-toe.

If he thinks I'm dead,

you can get away.

- How?

- Nobody wins. Tic-tac-toe.

Have you ever seen the film "w*r Games"?

- Yeah, I have.

No, no, no, no, no way.

- Nobody wins.

- Whatever you're doing,

do it quickly. Okay?

- Tic-tac-toe has no winner.

If we both lose, he never wins.

- He's coming through the door.

The other door.

- Die, b*tch!

Sorry.

- Clara?

Clara?

Anyone?

- Oh, f...