01x02 - Master of the House

[bunniefuu]

[Donald] Sam was just, just

a super smart, super happy

fantastic, energetic dog.

It just Amazing dog.

[Eli Roth] Pets are our

most loyal companions.

[Donald] He didn't have a ba

bone in his body whatsoever

[Eli] But what happens when something

evil takes hold of your dog?

[Donald] The graveyard

was the start.

That was the beginning of when our

relationship started to change.

[Eli] And man's best friend.

[Donald] He's almost like

under a control of some sort

[Sam barking] - [Eli]

becomes your worst enemy?

It just became an actual

living, breathing nightmare.

He became the master and I was looking

for his affection and approval.

I felt like a hostage

in my own home.

You know, who do you call?

Like, there's no

There's no exorcist for this.

Something evil has taken

control of my dog.

I have to save my dog.

[Donald actor whispering]

Okay, okay. Okay.

[Donald] I'm in

the insurance business

and at this point,

I had just gotten

like, my first

really big promotion.

So I had been just eager to,

"A" get out of

living with roommates,

move on my own.

Just, just get some independence

at a point in life when I just,

I thought

I should be getting it.

You're going to be okay,

living here all by yourself?

After living with you pigs?

Yeah, I think I'll be okay.

Oh. Now I know why

the rent is so cheap.

Obviously, being young and

on your own, money's a factor.

So, I took

the cheapest place I found.

And it happened to be

next to a graveyard.

Nice view.

- Yeah, right?

That doesn't freak you out?

No. Why would it?

[Donald] You know,

I'm not superstitious.

I mean, for me it made

my rent very affordable.

It made the price right.

[knocking]

Living on my own was great.

You know.

The one downside is it did

get a little boring,

not having anyone to talk to.

So I just, I decided that I,

it would probably be

a good idea for me

to have a dog.

[Donald actor] There you go.

Welcome home.

What do you think? Oh, my God.

You like it? Yes?

There you go.

[Donald] Sam was just, just

a super smart, super happy,

fantastic, energetic dog.

It just Amazing dog.

[indistinct party chatter]

[Donald] Everyone

loved him, like

People would come to my hom

just to play with him,

hang out with him.

Are you so cute? Yes, you are.

You are the cutest.

Aww. [kissy noises]

I knew right there,

I was like, "Yeah, this

This is my guy right here.

This is him."

We were just really

in tuned to each other.

We were inseparable.

[blows air]

Okay, buddy.

We managed to get

into a routine super easy.

Super quick.

[Donald actor]

No ham for you, buddy.

Ahh.

Good boy.

Guard this place

with your life, all right?

[door closes]

- [Sam whines]

Let's see.

- [woman] Aww. What a cutie.

[Donald actor] Oh, look at that.

- Oh, my. How old is he?

He's, uh, around six.

He's awesome.

[door unlocks]

Oh, hey, buddy.

"I at least recognize you." Get the

leash, okay? Get the leash.

Hey.

[Donald] We managed to

just get into that lifestyle

You know, coming home from work,

walking up in the morning,

talking him for walks,

taking him to the park.

It was everything

that you would ever want

owning a dog to be. Um

But it just, it grew

to something that it wasn't.

All right, Sam, let's go.

All, right. No, no. We're not going to

let you pee on somebody's grandma, buddy.

Come on. Nope. No, sit!

Sit!

Hey, Sam.

Ah, come on.

Ah, Sam.

Sam?

Sam?

Sam!

Sam, what are you doing?

Come here.

It's almost like

something called his name

out of the graveyard.

This was the first time

he's ever disobeyed.

You know, I pretty much

had to drag him

out of the graveyard

and into the home.

I really feel like that

was the start.

That was the beginning of

the change in him.

Sam.

Dinner time.

[fork scrapes]

Sam, come on, buddy.

[exhales forcefully]

[sighs]

Sam?

Sam?

There you are.

What you looking at, buddy?

Sam?

Okay. I'm leaving.

[door squeaks open]

[door shuts]

[Donald] He would just sit

in the home all day long,

looking out of the window that

kind of overlooked the cemetery.

And he was just

fixated on it all day.

Sam?

[keys rattle]

Hey, buddy.

What's going on?

Hey, what's wrong, buddy?

Come on.

I started to notice a lot of

A lot of change in his behavior.

Um

It became something just so

like scary.

[Sam barking]

Sam?

[Sam continues

barking in the distance]

[Sam barking loudly]

What are you barking at?

Sam.

[Sam continues barking]

Stay here.

Hey, Sam, stay here.

[Sam barking in the house]

Sam!

[Sam barking and growling]

[Sam whines and stops barking]

[faint ticking]

[ticking growing louder]

[shovel scraping dirt]

[breathing heavily]

Things just started to,

to unravel. Fast.

[door closes]

[Donald actor] So, where

you living these days?

Still with Meg and Jennie.

- Oh.

Full house.

- Yeah.

You got all this

space to yourself.

At that point in time,

I had met someone,

uh, a lady named Ashley.

We just kind of hit it off.

We get along great.

You know, she was pretty,

she was funny.

Arrival.

We were both into animals.

We were both into dogs.

You know,

it kind of just, it worked.

When Ashley was coming over

to hang out,

Sam wasn't really

having any of it.

You don't give him

raw meat, do you?

[Donald actor] No.

Of course not.

[Donald] He would just star

and it was like a

It was like a death stare.

It, it It definitely

put Ashley on edge.

I really don't want him

sleeping in here with us.

What? Why?

Please.

You know, you're making

a big deal out of nothing.

[sighs] Just, please.

- Okay, okay.

I'm sorry, buddy.

[rustling and soft thudding]

[sighs]

[tap running]

[tap stops]

[faint snap]

[Sam growls]

[continues growling]

Jeez.

This dog is freaking me out.

How do you not see this?

[Sam whines]

He's just sitting there.

I don't like it.

- What?

[Donald] At that time,

I just, I didn't feel it.

But it just became a nightmare.

[Benny yapping]

[Donald actor] Go.

Welcome home.

[Donald] Now,

when Ashley moves in,

that also means her dog

and her cat come with her.

[Donald actor] Hey, Sam.

Come meet your new pals.

[Benny barking] - [Ashley] Come on.

Come on, buddy.

And Sam didn't want them around.

He just became really withdrawn

from everything and everyone.

Like he, it's almost like

he disappeared.

And then, you know,

Ashley was freaked out.

She's on about me as well.

She My behavior

has changed.

[door opening]

Hi, babe.

Babe?

Sam?

What are you doing?

Oh. Hey, babe.

Uh, what are we doing

for dinner?

You want steak?

I feel like steak.

Yeah?

Yeah. Okay.

[Donald actor] How come

Benny gets to sleep in the bed

and Sam has to sleep outside?

[Ashley] Because Benny

doesn't scare me.

[Donald actor] What are you

talking about?

You and Sam.

You don't see it, do you?

Nevermind.

[Donald actor]

You're imagining things.

[Donald] I didn't see it.

I didn't see it.

I couldn't see it.

You know, at that point,

it just,

it still just felt normal.

You know, I just

I didn't know what he was capable of.

It became very dangerous.

[Ashley] Got your keys?

- [Donald actor] Yeah.

[Ashley] Benny?

Sam, come here, bud.

[Ashley] Weird.

Benny?

[Donald actor] Come here, boy.

What Where are they?

Maybe they got out.

The doors locked.

Okay, well, then where are they?

I have no idea.

I swear if your dog--

- If my dog what?

The animals

aren't in the house

anywhere.

Like, no one's been in.

There's no sign of forced entry,

there's no windows

that are broken.

So Ashley's like,

you know, "Let's go

check the graveyard."

Sam!

[Ashley] Benny!

- [Donald actor] Sam!

[Ashley] Benny!

Sam!

[Ashley] Benny!

Benny!

[Donald actor] Sam!

[Ashley] Benny!

[whimpering]

Benny. Benny!

[whimpering]

Donny.

Sam.

It's Ashley's dog in the

bottom of the hole, whimpering.

And I mean, this is a deep hole.

It's too big for a dog

to have just jumped in.

I'm immediately like,

there's just no way,

like, Sam could've done it.

I call his name,

and he doesn't move.

He's almost, like,

under a control of some sort

Like, did he somehow have

something to do with this.

[Ashley] This would never have

happened if it wasn't for that dog.

[Donald actor] You saying

this is Sam's fault?

There is something wrong

with that dog.

You have to get rid of it.

[growling]

I will make it easy for you.

It's him, or it's me.

Fine.

Come on, Sam.

We don't need her.

We don't need anybody.

I'm not giving up Sam.

You know, he's my dog and

my dog's

my partner as well.

This is my dog. We're gonna

find a way through it.

I felt him change.

[breathing heavily]

I could feel myself change.

I started getting nightmares.

Everything about the whole

situation was just

It was just shifting,

it was just evolving,

you know, and not even

in a good way.

We were de-evolving.

Everything just felt different.

[barking]

I don't seem like

myself anymore.

I felt like things that

should be aren't,

and things that aren't should be.

It felt like a big dream.

Like, I don't know

what is going on.

Something's happening

to Sam and I,

and I don't know what.

Maybe I am the one that's crazy.

[knocking at door]

Don?

Are you here?

Donald?

Donald?

Hey.

[growling]

What's going on?

What are you doing here?

[Justin] I haven't heard from

you for days. - Leave us alone!

[dog barking]

- [Justin] Are you okay?

[grunts] Get out of our house!

Get out of our house!

- [Justin] Okay, okay, okay.

You're bugging us.

- [Justin] Okay.

I was volatile.

You know, emotionally unstable

in my personal life.

Like, I have not been sleeping.

I was literally detaching

from everyone,

my family, my friends,

my coworkers.

[phone ringing]

My quality of my work

definitely went down.

Like, it just, it

He became an obsession.

[barking]

When I got him,

I was his master,

and he was looking

for my affection and approval.

Like, it changed.

He became the master,

and I was looking for his

affection and approval.

It just became the polar

opposite of what you'd expect.

It was to the point where I

felt like he was in control

over the entire home.

[growling]

[growling]

[barking]

It just It

It was all just uneasy.

You know, none of it

felt normal.

It all just felt like a dream.

Even still now looking back

it just didn't seem real.

[breathing heavily]

[Sam whimpering]

Sam?

[whimpering]

[whimpering]

Sam?

What's going on, buddy?

- [growls]

[barking]

Sam.

[barking]

[snarling]

I was actually in fear

of getting attacked.

Like, it became

It became like I felt like

a hostage in my own home.

[sighs]

My entire place was trashed

It looked like a pack of dog

had attacked my home.

It's a scene, like,

it looks like a crime scene.

I felt like

reality was slipping.

It just became an actual

living, breathing nightmare

Something evil

has taken control of my dog

And I know if something did

and Sam's still in there,

he's probably just

as terrified as I am.

And I owe it to him and myself

to help him, to get

to the bottom of this.

Like, I have to save my dog.

[whimpering]

Every once in a while,

he would just give me enough

to understand

that he was still there,

my Sam was still in there.

We had to get to the bottom of it.

I had to figure it out.

It was something that had to

have come out of that graveyard.

You could just tell,

like you could sense it.

It was just so heavy and thick

in there, the atmosphere.

It was just dripping

with bad energy.

So at this point, I think

it is something paranormal.

Like, the dog

is probably possessed.

[barking]

I was starting to worry

for myself now,

as well as Sam.

I thought

that maybe

something bad

was gonna happen to me.

I wanted answers.

So I, uh, went online,

looked for some resources.

You know, who do you call?

A puppy priest?

Like, there's no

There's no exorcist for this.

It's, you know

But I just, I wasn't

I wasn't going to have

someone tell me I was crazy

or even look at me

like I was even more crazy.

I was past that point.

I wore a crucifix

around my neck now.

Sam sort of reacted.

- [barking]

When I show him

a crucifix, like, he cowers.

[whimpering]

So I just

I put them everywhere.

I put them all over the home

I lit candles,

St. Christopher, St. Jude,

I lit all the candles

I possibly could.

He would just

- [dog barking]

whine and kinda, like,

shriek and make noises

Like, it was It was

I've never seen a dog

do it before or since.

So with the crucifixes

all over the home

Sam retreats

into the basement.

[barking]

He doesn't want

to be around the crucifix.

He doesn't want to be

around the crosses

or religious symbols.

[barking and growling]

He just stays in the basemen

and the longer he stays there,

it's, like, the more

you just hear, like, noises.

[barking and growling]

Something awful was happening.

Sam?

[barking]

[screaming]

Sam! Run!

Something was coming after me,

and it was taking

control of him.

[barking and growling]

[snarling]

Whatever was happening

in there

it was coming for us both.

I grabbed what stuff

we had there,

and we jumped in my car,

and we drove

until we found a hotel

that took dogs.

The further we got

away from that place,

it's just like he

Every mile we drove was a mile

back towards his old self.

Like, he was back to the dog

that I had originally got.

After we got out of there,

Sam went back to normal. He.

I mean, sadly, he did pass,

but he lived a long,

healthy life after that.

There was no

There was no more issues.

Uh, everyone went back

to loving him.

Sitting here,

talking to you now,

looking back,

it's like he

took a paranormal

b*llet for me.

You know, whatever it was, it

He took it for me.

Sam was a great dog.

I'll never have

another dog like Sam.

There will probably be

[laughing] never another do

to bring me on

a roller coaster,

the way he did.

But in the end,

our bond was super strong.

Today, I still own dogs.

I still completely

adore my dogs.

Um, just when we do

go for walks now,

we avoid cemeteries

at all costs.

[narrator reading]