Bride of Boogedy (1987)

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(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

You all know
the house on the hill, don't you?

-CHILDREN: Yes.
-And Mr. and Mrs. Davis?

Nice people.

As soon as they moved into that house,

things began to happen.

What?

Noises. Strange, creaking noises

in the middle of the night.

And only the children could hear them!

It was ghosts.

It was Mr. Boogedy.

(OWL SCREECHING)

Mr. Boogedy was a horrible ghost

who had a magic cloak that gave him

terrible powers,
and he could do anything.

Anything!

Except for one thing.

He couldn't get to Marion.

The ghost of the
beautiful widow, Marion,

whom he loved
more than anything in this world.

And do you know what?

-What?
-He was trapped

in the Davis house with the ghost

of Marion's little son, Jonathan,

for over years.

Boogedy couldn't get out.

And so he got angrier and angrier,

and angrier!

Corwin and Ahri made
friends with Jonathan

and they tricked Mr. Boogedy.

They took his cloak and he vanished.

But maybe

Mr. Boogedy didn't
really disappear at all!

Maybe he's just hiding.

(ENGINE STALLING)

(THUNDER CRASHING)

He's coming! He's coming!

Hide, hide! Eloise!
Hurry up! Hurry up!

-ELOISE: All right!
-Eloise!

-Just a minute!
-All right. Hurry up!

-Okay. Do I have enough?
-Cover your face.

Yes, yes, yes.
You have enough.

Here, you got to put on the light.

(LAUGHING)

Cover your face, cover
your face... Great.

Kiss me, you fool.

(SCREAMING)

(THUNDER CRASHING)

Hello?

Anybody home?

(VIOLIN PLAYING)

(EERILY) Elmer...

Elmer...

(MOANING EERILY)

Elmer...

Ohh!

(SCREAMING)

(GASPS)

(MOANING)

(EERILY) Elmer...

Spiders...

The spiders...

-Spiders...
-(SHIVERING)

The spiders...

Beware the spiders.

Beware the spiders!

Spiders? What?

Spiders? What spiders?

(SCREAMING)

(ALL LAUGHING)

Elmer, ha! What did you think, Elmer?

(LAUGHING) You guys were terrific.

Carlton...

-Ha-ha, Elmer.
-Carlton...

-Great, huh?
-You...

-Let me give you a hand!
-(SCREAMS)

(ALL LAUGHING)

-You rascal!
-Good one, Dad!

And you guys, you little guys
are supposed to be my buddies.

Boogedy, Boogedy, Boogedy...

(LAUGHS)

Every time I come see you,
you pull one on me.

Weren't they great?
You were great. You were, oh...

-Oh, thanks.
-My own sister!

(ALL LAUGHING)

Lucifer Falls!
Lucifer Falls!

(THUNDER CRASHING)

This place gives me the creeps.

-Boys, where's Uncle Elmer's coffee?
-CORWIN: It's coming.

-Aren't you guys gonna join me?
-Yeah, in a sec.

-Is that enough cream, Uncle Elmer?
-Oh, sure, it's...

(ALL LAUGHING)

-Good one, son, good one.
-Thanks, Dad.

You! That's twice!
Now come here you little...

The cake, here comes the cake.

Oh, yeah?
You're gonna get yours.

(CHUCKLES)
Did we really fool you?

Yeah.

-Boogedy, Boogedy.
-I'll get you, too, Carlton.

-Yeah, I'll be waiting.
-Yeah.

Did you like the spider, Uncle Elmer?

-Corwin, I loved the spider, everything.
-Yeah, I did, too.

-Where's Jennifer?
-Oh, babysitting.

-Uh-huh.
-She should be home by now.

Gee, I hope she's okay.

Oh, one thing about Lucifer Falls, Elm,

you're as safe out there
as you are in your own living room.

(HEAVY BREATHING)

So, um,

what is this, um, Lucy Fest?

Oh, it's the Lucifer Falls annual festival.

They've been having it
since the pilgrims.

It's lots of fun, Elmer.
You ought to come!

I don't know, there was a whole
shipment of joy buzzers to Schenectady.

You can still come.

Yeah, and don't forget,
it's the only carnival in the whole world

with a super-duper, supernatural

third eye! Huh?

(LAUGHS)

I love it. I love it.

I hate it, I hate it.
I wished we'd never moved here.

(HEAVY BREATHING)

Hello?

Is anybody there?

And, Elmer, guess who was elected this
year's honorary mayor for Lucy Fest?

No...

-Carlton?
-What can I say, Elm?

These are my
kind of people.

-(LAUGHS)
-Hmm?

(BREATHING SHAKILY)

BOOGEDY: Jennifer Davis,

it's Mr. Boogedy.
Get out of my house!

(LAUGHS WICKEDLY)

(SCREAMS)

Carlton, you are really too much.
Look at this place.

And this town.

I mean, really.
Don't you think it's a little bit, uh...

(WOLF HOWLING IN DISTANCE)

Rustic?

Yeah. Isn't it great?
We love it here.

-Yeah, we like it here.
-Yeah.

Sure you do.
Listen to me, will you, buddy?

I've got great news.
The company wants you back.

You're too good for Lucifer Falls.

But we just got here.

-Our new house...
-Our store...

ELMER: You told me you hadn't even
found a place for the store yet.

-Well...
-Well, uh...

Listen to me, the home office
wants to promote you.

They want to make you
senior whoopee manager

for the entire Gag City
Eastern Region.

Oh, Carlton!

It's what you've always wanted!

-Oh, Dad...
-Come on, Dad!

-No.
-No?

What can I say, Elm?

Maybe I'm corny,
maybe I'm old-fashioned,

but Lucifer Falls is my kind of town.

A place we can raise our family,
a place we can call home.

-(JENNIFER SCREAMING)
-(THUNDER CRASHING)

Good heavens, Carlton,
what was that?

-Jennifer?
-Mom!

What?

CARLTON: What happened,
sweetheart?

It's Mr. Boogedy. I saw him!

-He's back!
-Uh-huh, yeah. Sure you did.

It was really him!

Was he real big and scary?

-Daddy...
-Did he drool all over you?

Did he bite your neck?

Carlton!

Honey, we got rid of Mr. Boogedy,
remember? He's never coming back.

I saw him!

Daddy, he was wearing his magic cloak

and his pilgrim hat.

-No.
-Yes!

(ALL CHUCKLING)

He rose from the bushes!

Sounds like it might be a good idea to
start considering my offer, buddy.

Look, honey, I'm sure
it was someone else.

Maybe the paper boy.

That's right.

-He has been running late.
-In a pilgrim's hat?

Well, this is New England.

There. He was right there.

-(TWIG SNAPS)
-(ALL GASP)

You see anything?

I see him.

-Corwin!
-(CAT YOWLS)

Oh!

Boy, Jennifer, are you a baby.

-Yeah, Jennifer!
-All right, boys, that's enough.

Boogedy? Ghosts? Come on,
I gotta hit the road.

Come on, guys,
Uncle Elm's got a long drive home.

Come on, Jen.

Okay.

Now I want you guys to realize

that those are
the state of the art in dribble glasses.

Okay? And, uh, as for you, old buddy,
you better be careful.

'Cause I'm gonna get even with
you for that spider business.

I'll be waiting.

Yeah, you'll be waiting. You just...

-What is that?
-This?

-Yeah.
-(SQUIRTS)

(ALL LAUGHING)

-Gag City!
-All right, Dad, good one.

All right, Dad, yeah!

-Gonna get you, Carlton.
-I love you.

-Elmer...
-Okay, drive safe now.

Bye, Elmer.

ALL: Bye!

-Drive safe!
-ALL: Bye!

-He always did finesse, just like you.
-Oh...

ELOISE: Come on, boys.

I can't wait to try the glasses out.

I know, I bet they're so neat.

(EERIE HOWLING)

Did you hear that, Corwin?

Yeah. Maybe...
Maybe it was just the wind.

-But it sounded like Boog...
-I know.

(BOOGEDY LAUGHING)

Come on!

May I speak?

Get out of my house!

We have had this carnival

for as long as I can remember.

That must be a very long time.

Well, Mrs. Hooter, I've had warts for as
long as I can remember. So what?

(ALL PROTESTING)

Why does he do this?
Every year, he does this!

MAN: He's always causing trouble.

Well, somebody has to keep
you people on your toes.

Lord knows, this bonehead Davis won't!

(ALL MURMURING)

You can't do this! We've been
planning this carnival for months!

-Right.
-ALL: Yeah.

You should have talked to me first.

Oh, Mr. Lynch, be reasonable.
The town cannot afford it.

The carnival barely breaks even as it is.

You've never charged us
to use your property before.

MAN: That's right!

Well, I was always
Honorary Mayor before, now wasn't I?

(CROWD EXCLAIMS)

Now listen,
if you people have a problem,

then why don't you
talk to Mr. Big City Hotshot Davis?

In fact, have the carnival in his house.

(LAUGHS)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Why don't we just
have the carnival in the town square?

The town square?

Why not? Sure.

The town square...
The town square! (LAUGHS)

(ALL CHATTERING EXCITEDLY)

All right, now listen, everybody.

(STAMMERING) I never said that, you
know, we shouldn't discuss this openly.

You can keep your cow pasture!

Mr. Davis was right.
We'll hold the carnival in the square!

ALL: Yeah, in the square!

All right, now maybe I was
just a little hasty.

And, as I recall,

the original Lucifer
Falls Festival was held in the square.

Right you are, Mrs. Hooter.

Well, you're making a big mistake!
I'm warning you!

-(CROWD APPLAUDING)
-(BANGING GAVEL)

I think

Mr. Davis has something to say.

(CROWD APPLAUDING)

Would, uh...

Would Paris tear down the Eiffel Tower?

ALL: No!

Would Egypt level the pyramids?

ALL: No!

Would Arizona fill in the Grand Canyon?

ALL: No!

And are we going to cancel Lucy Fest,

the only carnival with
a super-duper, supernatural

third eye!

ALL: No!

(ALL CHEERING)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Oh! (LAUGHS) Just kidding.

Oh, thank you so much.

Are you enjoying
your new house, dearie?

(CACKLING)

I don't know what I have to do.

Maybe I was a little hasty, I don't know.

(SIGHS)

You'd think I was asking
for their firstborn.

It's just a little rent.

Oh...

Well, here it is, guys,
our new store. Isn't it great?

You're gonna love it.

I don't know, I like the boards, Eloise.

I think we should leave 'em up.

ELOISE: And the cobwebs, too?

Please tell me you're kidding.

Uh... I don't know, Dad.

I don't agree. Very original.

You don't know
how we looked and looked.

I guess we just got lucky.

Well, here we go,
the big moment. Let's go.

But, Dad, it's dark in there!

Uh, maybe later, Dad.
I think we should go home now.

Oh, Carlton, don't move.

It looks like there's somebody in there.

No, honey. You really think so?

Lots of somebodies.

Yeah.

Daddy, um, let's get out of here.

-Yeah, yeah...
-No, no, no. Wait, wait.

Come on, let's go.

I think we should stay
and find out who it is.

Maybe it's customers.

You gotta be kidding.

(ELECTRICAL WHIRRING)

Oh, look! It's a wax museum!

WALTER: Mr. Hamilton's
House of Horrors.

CARLTON: You mean,
Mr. Davis' House of Gags.

JENNIFER: What happened
to Mr. Hamilton?

WALTER: He disappeared
one day, without a trace!

Left everything just as you see it.

Ooh, quite a story.
I'll tell you all about it one day.

JENNIFER: Can hardly wait.

Hey, guys! Look what's for dinner!

Pot luck!

(ALL LAUGHING)

Oh, Carlton's so excited about the store.

-I love it when he gets like this.
-AHRI: What's he doing?

Guys, come here!

Ooh...

Oh, look! It's Jack the Ripper!

And Mrs. Ripper!

Hey, guys. Look!

Werewolf... There wolf!

WOMAN: Mr. Davis, we need to talk.

Right now.

-Hey, this one's real.
-Oh, bright boy.

This is Madeleinska.
She lives on the edge...

Of town.

She knows things.

Do you know
how to ride a skateboard?

Or do percentages?

You better pay attention,
my little friends,

because your family is in deep trouble.

Follow me.

ELOISE: Oh, my goodness,
a crystal bowling ball. (LAUGHS)

You tell fortunes with
an electric crystal ball?

Honey, this is the th century.

Here, make yourself useful.

This... This could be fun.

Shh!

Madeleinska must concentrate.

I'm beginning to see things.

A truck...

With clowns trying to get out?

That's our truck.

Ah, I see,
then the clowns are already here.

Let me see!

-Ahri, would you go sit down?
-ELOISE: Boys!

Mmm.

(EXCLAIMS)

(LAUGHING EVILLY)

AHRI: It's Mr. Boogedy!

Nice trick.

No tricks.

Mr. Boogedy!

He's coming back!

-No, no, no, no, no.
-That's impossible.

No, uh, we chased him away.

Carlton's right,
we all saw him disappear.

I told you. I told you I saw him!

-CARLTON: Now, honey.
-Yes.

-JENNIFER: Daddy!
-He is still

nearby.

(LAUGHS EVILLY)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Jennifer Davis, it's Mr. Boogedy.

Get out of my house!

(CACKLING)

Come on, guys, hurry up!

He shouldn't be here. Should he?

CORWIN: Hi, Mr. Witherspoon.

-Dad wanted us to give you one.
-Mmm...

Oh, very nice.
I'll put it in the window.

What are you doing?

Making ice cream for the carnival.

-Oh, cool.
-Neat!

Would you like to try some?

I'm working on some new flavors.

JENNIFER: New flavors?

Spinach with crunchy bacon bits!

-Ew!
-Mmm-mmm.

No, thank you.

-Not for me.
-Forget it.

Okay.

Mmm!

(ALL EXCLAIM IN DISGUST)

Um, Mr. Witherspoon,

that gypsy woman,

can she really see things
with her crystal ball?

Oh, yes. Many things.

Does that mean
Mr. Boogedy's gonna come back?

Well, this being Lucifer Falls,

I'd say it's a definite...

-(GASPS)
-Maybe.

-Ahh! Come on, Corwin.
-I'm coming.

Um, bye.

Wait a minute.

He doesn't know anything.
He's just trying to scare you.

We're not scared. You're
the one who's scared.

Yeah.

Me? You're the one
who took his magic cloak.

If he comes back, he's going after you.

Oh, yeah? Well, so what?
I don't even care.

Come on, Corwin.

Ahri, Corwin... I didn't mean it.

-Hello?
-Anybody here?

Mr. Lynch?

Hey, we brought you a poster.

Oh, is that so?

And what if I don't want one?

Hey, look, Corwin,
he sells funny faces.

-These are no good.
-Hey!

What're you trying to do?
Ruin my business?

Oh, look... Chattering teeth.

-Give me that.
-And Groucho glasses.

-And rubber snakes.
-Hey, what're you guys looking at?

-And spiders.
-Great.

Oh, yuck.

What's wrong with these things?

What's wrong with it?
I'll tell you what's wrong with it.

Bad little boys and girls
that like to touch and break things.

We didn't break anything.

Yeah. It was already broken.

-It's all old stuff.
-Oh, a real expert, huh?

Five years old
and I guess you know everything!

I'm not five years old.

I'll show you how it works.

You just...
You have to give it a little turn, that's...

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

Well, it needs
a small adjustment is all.

You don't have to be so mean.

We can't help it if you sell broken junk.

Oh. Well, I suppose
your father the genius

sells better junk, huh?

Five'll get you ten,

his stuff wasn't even
made in America.

We don't want your kind
here in Lucifer Falls.

And we certainly don't
need another joke store!

We've got all the jokes
this town can handle right here.

This is a hardware store.

Oh, is that so?
Well, it just so happens

this is a general store,
little miss know it all!

BOOGEDY: Get out of my house!

(BOOGEDY LAUGHING EVILLY)

-What're you looking at?
-Nothing.

Did your father
send you here to spy on me?

Spy on you?

CORWIN: What're you doing?

Hey! What'd you do that for?

I don't like posters.

So? You didn't have to tear it up.

I don't like carnivals!
And I don't like kids!

So go on! Get outta here!

-Come on, guys.
-Scram.

Go on.

You should've moved out
of that house when you had the chance.

(BELL JINGLES)

(LAUGHS)

So, tried to pull a fast
one on me, huh, Davis?

Well, when I get through with you,

you're gonna be sorry you
ever moved to Lucifer Falls.

(GRUNTS)

Uh...

Junk.

He was terrible!

He tore up the poster right in front of us.

Oh, honey, there's
no need for bad feelings.

Once Mr. Lynch gets to know you
better, he won't be so grouchy.

Daddy's right, Jennifer.

Besides, Mr. Lynch
has been in town a very long time.

But that doesn't
give him the right to be nasty to us.

Sweetheart, I'll tell you what,
I'll go talk to him.

What're you gonna say?

Boogedy, Boogedy, boo...

(CLEARS THROAT)
Just kidding. Just kidding.

(CARLTON LAUGHS)

Hey, guys, what's the matter?

BOTH: It's Mr. Boogedy.

Boogedy again.

Hey, I got an idea!

Why don't we
have our own booth at the carnival?

-How does that sound?
-(GASPS)

We can't.

We promised we'd
have Gag City Open House that night.

No, wait, but we
can have the booth inside the store.

(GASPS) Yeah!

Oh, gee, what kind of booth?

I don't know. We'll think of something.

Hey, guys, look...

Look what I got special
for the carnival.

-A new mask!
-ELOISE: Ooh.

-Oh, gosh, can I see?
-Sure.

Oh, no, honey, look.

-Oh, no, whoa...
-There's a spot on the nose.

Look, Ahri.

(LAUGHING)

Come on, guys, it's a joke.

Good one, Dad.

Thanks, son.

I thought that was funny.

Didn't you think that was funny?

(LAUGHS)

Jennifer?

What?

Do you think Boogedy's gonna
come back and get us?

No.

But you saw him.

Maybe I didn't.

Maybe Daddy was right.

-Good night, Jennifer.
-Good night, guys.

Get in the bed.

(EERIE NOISES)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

BOOGEDY: Corwin...

Ahri...

(MENACING LAUGH)

(CROAKING)

Ahri. Ahri, wake up.

What?

-I heard something.
-You did?

Downstairs.

Come on.

Shh!

(CREAKING)

(WHISPERS) It's over there.

Yeah.

What do you think it is?

I don't know.

Maybe it's Dad.

(CLATTERING)

Did you hear that?

Yeah.

(NERVOUSLY) Did you hear it?

(SIGHS)

Look!

Let me see.

Careful.

Hey, Corwin...

Where are we?
How did we get here?

I don't know.

(BOOGEDY LAUGHING EVILLY)

(BOTH GASP)

It's Boogedy!
We gotta get out of here!

Ahri! Hurry! Hurry up!

I'm trying! My legs won't move!

Corwin, help me!
I don't want him to get me!

Run, Corwin! Run!
Don't let him catch you!

It's Jonathan!

(CONTINUES LAUGHING EVILLY)

(BOYS SCREAMING)

We gotta get outta here!

(BOTH SCREAMING)

(GASPS)

(PANTING)

Okay, okay. So, you
came down the stairs and you saw

a big, green, flashing skeleton, right?

No, Dad!

It was a skeleton key!
And it wasn't flashing.

And the key was right here.

-Right here?
-Uh-huh.

And the door was right here.

Okay, now we're getting someplace.

No key,

no door, you know why?

-Why?
-'Cause it was a dream.

But it seemed so real.
We both saw him.

He was chasing us.

Only, it was different...

Like a statue.

And Jonathan was there, too.

It was a dream, guys, just a dream.

You know, I once dreamed

a hedgehog was
chasing after me in an ambulance.

(SCOFFS)

Daddy, Corwin and Ahri can't dream
the same dream at the same time.

Why not, honey? I mean
they're brothers, right?

They have the same house,
same Mom and Dad.

Same big sister.

Why not the same dreams?

Because it's impossible.

-Is that a reason?
-Yes.

Honey, as you get older,
you'll find that if you put your mind to it,

nothing is impossible.

AHRI: I found the key!

That's impossible.

That's it all right.

Okay, let me see it.

Eloise, I think someone
is playing a little joke here.

See, this is not the key.
It's not glowing green.

But, Dad.

-It was glowing green!
-Mmm-hmm.

As your daddy always says,
"Never kid a kidder."

JENNIFER: This just
doesn't make sense.

Listen, Daddy,
I've been thinking about this all night.

Are you listening?

Okay, say it was a dream.

What about the gypsy woman?

She also warned
us that Boogedy was coming back.

-That's right, Dad.
-Yeah.

Honey, those
people don't really tell fortunes.

It's just like professional wrestling,
it looks good.

-CARLTON: Mmm-hmm.
-Well, what if he is coming back?

What, what if he's appearing to Corwin
and Ahri in their dreams?

Yeah, Dad. You didn't
believe in ghosts either,

till Mr. Boogedy
nearly blew up the house.

A day that shall live in infamy.

Yeah, guys, it's kind of like, uh...

I don't know, Elvis Presley.

He's not coming back.

-(LAUGHING)
-I mean, you'd practically need a seance

just to talk to the guy.

-Wait! That's it!
-ELOISE: What?

-A seance.
-To talk to Mr. Boogedy?

No, no, uh, for our carnival booth!

We can set up a seance
right in the store!

(GASPS) What a wonderful idea!

Oh, I like that.

Carlton, you're such a genius.

Thank you.

(SIGHS)

-BOY : Come on, hurry up!
-BOY : Wait for me!

(BABY COOING)

MRS. HOOTER: Oh, Mr. Lynch,

must you hurry away so fast?

What is it, Mrs. Hooter?

Oh, I don't suppose
you've changed your mind?

You know, some of us
would really miss you

if you didn't
participate in the carnival.

Well, I'm afraid I have more
important things to do that evening.

-You do?
-Yes.

I'll be changing
the shelf paper in my kitchen.

Oh, now you're
acting like a spoiled little boy.

Do you know
Mr. Davis is really quite a lot of fun

when you get to know him?

And he has some
wonderful costumes in his store.

Oh! So you've been
shopping in his store, too, have you?

I see being Honorary Mayor
hasn't hurt his business.

Oh, so that's still bothering you, is it?

Oh, good day,
Mrs. Hooter. I'm a busy man.

Oh!

(ALL CHATTERING EXCITEDLY)

-Now wait till you get home.
-BOY: Aw...

Why don't you
teach these kids some manners?

Go on.

(BOYS LAUGHING)

Gag City.

(SCOFFS)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Jennifer, are you sure
it's okay to be here?

-We have to find out what's going on.
-CORWIN: Yeah, Ahri.

I know that.

Why, why is it so foggy here?

I know.

It's creepy.

Look! That's him!

Is this how it was last night?

Kind of...

AHRI: Only it was darker.

Let's get out of here.

It's a statue.

We knew that.

Who are you?

I'm Lazarus.

I dig graves.

Sounds like fun. We gotta go.

Wait! Don't you want to see it?

It's been here as
long as the graveyard.

Maybe longer.

Who's it of?

An old pilgrim.

His name...

William Hanover.

(GASPS)

That's... That's Mr. Boogedy!

Do you know about Mr. Boogedy?

William Hanover became Mr. Boogedy

after his deal with the devil.

But you haven't seen
him lately, have you?

Or anything else
with shiny green eyes?

Things are pretty dead around here.

Wait for me!

Mom and Dad
are practicing for a seance.

Looks closed.

ALL: Come on!

Uh...

JENNIFER: (LAUGHS)
I don't believe it!

I guess Mom and Dad
have been decorating.

(BOYS LAUGHING)

Check out Jack the Ripper.

Fascinating.

-Yeah... Hey, come on.
-Come on.

Let's go find Mom and Dad.

Come on, let's go.

(IN TRANSYLVANIAN ACCENT)
Good evening.

(MYSTICAL MUSIC PLAYING)

Welcome to Madame Eloise.

(LAUGHS) Mom...

Won't you sit down?

Have a seance with us?

Hi, Mr. Witherspoon.

(SHUSHING)

The spirits are everywhere!

Do sit down. It's so dark in here.

We have asked these people to come

to help us practice contacting the spirits.

(IN NORMAL VOICE)
Who's your friend?

I'm Lazarus.

We found him in a graveyard.

Evening, Mr. Witherspoon.

Good evening, Lazarus.

Lazarus wants to be in the carnival.

Yeah. He's practicing
to be a ventriloquist.

I can also do a hula-hoop.

(IN TRANSYLVANIAN ACCENT) Well,
Madame Eloise once had a hula-hoop.

Please, sit down.

(RECORD SKIPS)

Hey, Dad.

-Is that you?
-CARLTON: No!

-(GRUNTS)
-(RECORD SCRATCHES)

ELOISE: Pay no attention
to what's behind

the curtain.
There is no one behind the curtain.

(MYSTICAL MUSIC RESUMES)

Now, we will contact the spirits.

Okay?

-ALL: Okay.
-AHRI: Right, Mom.

(CLEARS THROAT)

We must hold hands.

Good.

(CHANTING)
I am now calling the spirits...

Calling the spirits...

(EERIE WHISTLING)

CARLTON: (IN SPOOKY VOICE)
The spirits are here.

Is there someone
you would like to talk to?

Alexander the Great?

Julius Caesar?

Pinky Lee?

Oh, Master of the Spirit World,

we wish to talk with

whomever is handy.

-(TOY SQUEAKING)
-(GASPS)

(BLOWING WHISTLE)

Is Jennifer Davis there?

Right here, Daddy.

The Master of Spirits does not respond
to the name "Daddy," Jennifer.

Is there someone
special you would like to talk to?

Do ask for someone scary, dear.

I don't... I don't think so.

Okay, be that way
if you want to, Jennifer.

Is Walter Witherspoon

there?

Yes, I'm right here.

-(TOY SQUEAKING)
-(GASPS)

(TOY RINGING)

I think it's for you.

(GASPS)

How exciting!

Hello?

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

CARLTON: Walter Witherspoon.

Is there someone scary
you would like to talk to?

Scary? Like a ghost?

Like...

Mr. Boogedy?

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

Did you guys plan this?

BOTH: No!

Are we supposed to
hear Mr. Boogedy now?

These things aren't real.

You know?

We know.

CARLTON: (WITH STATIC) I can't
come back. You chased me away.

We can't hear you,

the connection is weakening.

CARLTON: Sorry about that.
(CLEARS THROAT)

I can't come back

because you chased
me away forever,

and you beat me up
and stole my magic cloak.

(EERIE SOUNDS)

Mr. Boogedy, Walter Witherspoon here.

(EERIE SOUNDS CONTINUE)

We all want to know

what you have in store for us.

Nothing.

(MOUTHING) Nothing!

I can do nothing.

Are you sure?

Are you absolutely % sure

you won't come back?

Oh, yes.

I'm absolutely sure.

It's out of my hands now.

I can never come back.

I'm so sad.

Boogedy, Boogedy,
boo-hoo-hoo...

(SCREAMING)

Oh, that's good!

Boogedy...

(SCREAMING)

(expl*si*n)

(GRUNTING)

(LAUGHING)

(SOFTLY) Stop.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Very funny, very funny.

Will somebody get me a real glass?

Come on.

CARLTON: Eloise, look at this.

He completely wrecked my microphone.

-I'm gonna get him for this.
-Get who?

Look.

"T.R. Lynch."

I should have known.

That's terrible.

Do you believe it?
A grown man acting like a little boy.

Are you gonna beat him up?

Yeah, Dad. Punch his lights out.

We'll form a l*nch m*b.

-We'll lynch Lynch.
-ELOISE: Carlton.

I think you boys
are getting out of hand.

Now, this isn't going to help matters any.

Mom's right, guys.

I mean, just because he
ruined my good microphone

and, uh, practically electrocuted me.

I'll blow up his store.

-Yeah!
-ELOISE: Shh.

(SOFTLY) What?

What was that?

-There's someone outside.
-Yeah.

Mommy, I'm scared.

It's Lynch.
He must have followed us home.

-Can you see him?
-No, he's hiding. Coward.

-Well, let's go get him!
-Yeah!

Oh, now, Carlton,
remember you're an adult.

-I don't want any fighting.
-Mom!

Eloise, this is different.

He's sneaking up on our house.
This is w*r.

Yeah, Mom. w*r.

Dad's right,
we can't let him get away with that.

Okay, you guys stay here
and protect the women.

(SIGHS)

Dad, take this.

Thanks, son.

Is it loaded?

Just in case.

Check.

(DOG BARKING)

(MEOWING)

Oh, Mr. Lynch!

I think I see you.

Are you over here?

Ahh! Oh!

Can you see anything?

Okay, okay.

Just your father.

Are you over here?

(SOFT GRUNT)

Who's that? What's going on?

Boogedy, is that you?

BOOGEDY: You.

Ooh.

You.

Why's he just stand there?

I don't know.

I hope he didn't forget his slippers.

BOOGEDY: Davis!

-Now, look here, don't you think...
-Davis!

Enough is enough?

Why don't you just
go someplace else?

Why don't you...

Davis,

bring me my cloak.

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)

I guess he's gone, guys.

(BURPS) Boogedy.

JENNIFER: What did you say, Daddy?

I guess he's gone, guys.

Nobody ever

listens to me.

Nobody ever, ever listens to me.

(CARLTON SNORING)

(CARLTON LAUGHING)

(CARLTON CONTINUES LAUGHING)

Daddy?

Just kidding, just kidding.

(CARLTON LAUGHING)

Ooh...

(CONTINUES LAUGHING)

Bye...

Mom, Mom, wake up.

Carlton? Carlton?

-Mmm-mmm.
-Oh, Jennifer, what's going on?

It's Daddy.

Where?

He's acting funny.

Oh. (CHUCKLES)

Funny.

Okay.

Mom, this is different.

He was floating down the hallway.

Like, like in a horror movie or something.

What's going on?

Oh, Jennifer was worried
about you, dear.

(SLURPING)

(BURPING) Why?

I don't know.

Go back to sleep, sweetie.

Or you'll be tired in the morning.

Night, honey.

(BURPING)

Please, Mr. Witherspoon,
you've got to help us.

My father was floating
down the hallway last night.

Well, your father is strange.

Maybe.

But even he can't float in midair.

Yeah. And this morning,
I saw him in the living room,

and his eyes were all shiny and green,

like little light bulbs.

And it wasn't a mask.

Ah, and what did he do

next?

CORWIN: He smiled at me,

real funny like,

and said, "Boogedy!"

Boogedy?

Boogedy.

Boogedy.

Boogedy.

So, what do you think?

Something very

strange happened.

That's what we've been trying to tell you.

I'm not talking about your father.

Look.

What happened to her clothes?

When I opened
the Historical Society this morning,

they were gone.

So, what's so special about
an old pilgrim's costume?

This costume used to belong
to the Widow Marion.

The ghost lady?

The woman Boogedy was in love with?

That's right.

And now it's missing.

I don't get it.
Who would want to take that?

Marion.

You're mumbling, honey.

Look what I brought you.

A great new costume.

You can wear it at the carnival.

Oh, Carlton!

I love it! (GASPING)

Oh, do you think
it'll go with the seance?

Oh, what the heck.

It's a little dusty though.
Not now, honey,

I'd better go clean it.

Boogedy, Boogedy, boo!

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

I hope it rains.

Carlton?

Well, Carlton, what do you thinketh?

Marion!

Carlton.

Uh-huh.

Come to me!

-Ooh.
-Come!

Oh, Carlton, your hands
are filthy, the dress. (LAUGHING)

-Marion, I want you.
-Honey, it's Eloise.

I want to marry you.

Cut it out, Carlton.

I'm not Carlton!

Okay, who are you?

-Boogedy!
-Ahhh!

Boogedy!

Boogedy!

Boogedy!

Boogedy!

Boogedy!

I think we have a problem.

Walter, the bag!

So how bad is it?

Pretty bad.

Now that's something
you don't see every day.

Boogedy, boo.

Just kidding.

Boogedy.

Just kidding.

(CHUCKLES) Boogedy

is pulling his strings.

Boogedy?

-Boogedy.
-CARLTON: Boo!

Just kidding. Boogedy! Kidding.

Boogedy! Kidding.

Boo...

Kidding!

What's he doing now?

I think he's
taking a nap...

On the ceiling.

(SNORING)

He's tired. He's had a hard day.

No time to waste.

Walter, come in.

Sit down.

(MADELEINSKA CHANTING)

That's Boogedy!

MADELEINSKA: I see the past!

I see Boogedy!

I see him living in your house,
making all kinds of trouble

for everyone.

And two other ghosts,

who are not so bad.

ELOISE: Oh, look, it's Widow Marion.

AHRI: And Jonathan!
Me and Corwin made friends with him.

Hmm, good for you.

That guy again.

He just won't leave us alone.

It's not fair!

Corwin's right.

The boys did destroy his magic cloak.

Easier said than done.

What do you mean by that?

Magic cloaks are not so easy...

(WOLF HOWLING)

To destroy.

Forget it! He's not in the house.

And, unless he gets his cloak back,

he can never return.

Right now, he's trapped
between the real world

and the spirit world.

Waiting, waiting.

It's like waiting for a bus

that's never going to come.

-Then what's the problem?
-WALTER: Mrs. Davis,

he is trying to get

out.

He still wants Marion.

(GASPING)

And he wants something

here in this house.

Well, he can't come in.

I mean, you said
he can't come back into the house.

Maybe he'll send someone else.

Someone he can control
from the spirit world.

-Hello, everybody!
-(ALL GASPING)

I'm so hungry,
I could eat a horse.

But how does Mr. Boogedy
make Dad do these things?

I don't know.
Maybe it's a remote control gizmo.

Like for the TV?

MADELEINSKA: Mmm-hmm.

I don't believe this.

Don't give up.

It's too soon to say who is going to win,

and besides,
your father is still fighting him.

(ENGINE STARTS)

(SNORING)

Oh...

(GASPING)

(GRUNTING)

-What's wrong?
-I told you.

Shh!

Boys!

All right.

Stay back.

Stay back.

Stay back.

St...

You're gonna get it now, Carlton.

(LAUGHING)

It's the door!

Are we all having the same nightmares?

Oh, my gosh.

It's the cloak!
Dad found Boogedy's cloak!

Carlton, maybe you
better take that thing off.

(LAUGHING)

Uh-oh.

Boogedy, boo!

(SCREAMING)

The thing is, Davis,

I just don't like you very much.

No, that's wrong.
Uh, now you see, Davis,

I'm trying to be a nice guy about this.

So why don't you just get out!

Uh, no, not get out, too strong.

Why don't you just leave, huh?

(ALL SCREAMING)

(LAUGHING EVILLY)

(SCREAMING CONTINUES)

Boogedy, Boogedy, Boogedy.

Good Lord!
What's that bonehead up to now?

(ALL SCREAMING)

(CACKLING)

(SCREAMING CONTINUES)

(YELLING)

Huh?

(INDISTINCT SCREAMING)

(GASPING) It's him!

Boogedy!

-Boo...
-Mom, make Daddy stop.

Boogedy.

(ALL SCREAMING)

(LAUGHING)

Boogedy.

Boogedy.

(INDISTINCT SCREAMING)

Boogedy.

Boo.

(DOOR OPENING)

(ROARING)

(GROWLING)

(LAUGHING)

Boogedy.

He's making Daddy laugh.

(LAUGHING)

Boogedy.

Boogedy, Boogedy,
Boogedy, Boogedy.

He's saving him.

Boogedy, Boogedy.

Boogedy, Boogedy.

Boogedy, Boogedy.

Boogedy, Boogedy.
Boogedy, Boogedy. Boogedy, Boogedy.

Oh!

Biggedy, bobbity, boo...

(GRUNTING)

Good grief!

What in the world?

Carlton.

You certainly have
learned a few things.

Those are some tricks!

How'd I get here?
How did all these flowers get here?

-Wow, Dad!
-It was?

Well, I wish I knew how you did

that one with the, with the green lights.

Elmer, I am so proud of you.

You are? Why?

You helped exorcise Carlton!

He did?

I did?

Exercise?

(ALL LAUGHING)

Oh, honey,
did you want some more pie?

No, thank you, honey.

Was I really floating in the air?

(SIGHS)

It was really weird, Dad.

Yeah? Gee, I wish I could still do that.

That sounds great.

Certainly was colorful.

Mr. Boogedy wanted you
to bring him his cloak, honey.

Oh, sure, right,
so he could get back into the real world.

Huh! No way, Jose.

In fact, now that we have his cloak,

we can get rid of it once and for all.

But Madeleinska said you couldn't.

Madeleinska. Madeleinska's
a fortune teller. What does she know?

And this time, we'll burn it.

Eloise?

Uh, where did you put the magic cloak?

So, this is the secret
of your success, eh, Davis?

Magic. Well,

two can play the same game, my friend.

I'll make you sorry

that you and your family
ever came to Lucifer Falls.

(CARNIVAL MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

-Hey, let's go get some popcorn.
-Yeah! Hi, Mom.

PARROT: Shiver me timbers,
shiver me timbers.

Tim, tim.
Shiver me timbers, shiver me timbers!

DUMMY: Hello, hello, hello.
Hello, boys and girls, how are you?

Watch this!
A glass of water, please.

(GARGLING)

(CHILDREN LAUGHING)

Ice cream!

Get your ice-cold ice cream!

Cooling and refreshing!
Ice cream!

-BOYS: Hi, Witherspoon!
-Hi.

Good afternoon, Mr. Witherspoon.

Good afternoon, Mrs. Hooter.
What can get for you?

(CLEARS THROAT)

I'll have one of those, please.

Ah, excellent choice!

I just love chocolate.

Chocolate surprise.

Ah! Thank you.

Mmm. And what's the surprise?

-Coconut?
-Onions.

Yuck.

-Tasty, no?
-Mmm.

Ice cream! All flavors! Ice cream!

(GROWLING)

Uncle Elmer!

Hi, Uncle Elmer.

Hi, kids. Isn't this some carnival?

Seems like everybody
in the world is here, huh?

Not everybody.

Ah, bad attitude.
Where's your mom and dad anyway?

-In the store. Come on.
-Uh-huh.

(SQUEAKING)

Why don't you answer it?

Hello?

CARLTON ON SPEAKER:
h*, h*, h*, little girl.

Is this Santa?

No! This is the Spirit Master.

What's your name?

Linda.

Well, Linda,
who would you like to talk to?

Nobody.

Oh, no!

It's him!

(ALL GASPING)

It's Mr. Boogedy!

ALL: Oh!

Mr. Lynch?

What's he doing here?

Good of you to come after all, Mr. Lynch.

Love the costume!

Daddy, he's wearing
Mr. Boogedy's magic cloak.

It's mine now.

You stole it from us.

You people think you're so smart.

Fooling everybody into liking you.

Making believe you're stupid.

Why would we make believe?

Mr. Lynch, we don't have to fight.

We can be friends.

Oh, sure we can, Davis.
Easy for you to say.

After you humiliate me
in public and steal the carnival

right out from under me.

Oh, now, wait a minute...

No, you wait!

(GASPING)

Okay.

Mr. Big City, franchise sneak!

Ever since you came into town, Davis,

it's been one thing after another.

Don't think I don't know how you've
turned everyone against me.

Hey, Carlton, who is this guy?

You stay out of this.

Very clever, Davis, very clever.

How you

used this magic cloak

to weasel your way into Lucifer Falls.

And become Mayor of Lucy Fest.

Daddy would never do anything like that.

Mr. Lynch, that cloak is evil.

Oh, right, like it's so evil

I should take it off
and give it to you, right, Davis?

(LAUGHING) Fat chance.
I've got it now, and I intend to use it.

No more Mr. Nice Guy, folks.

This cloak will give me power!

Nobody laughing at me
behind my back.

People will respect me.

I'll have friends again.

Mr. Lynch, you're lonely.

Ha! That's rich!

You don't need
a magic cloak to make friends.

No, if you just,
if you just give people a chance.

Stop being so mean.

Mr. Lynch, we'll be your friends.

What about them?

ALL: Mmm-hmm.

Uh, don't look at me, I'm just visiting.

(SCOFFS)

Yeah, well, sure,
yep, uh, yeah, I'll be your friend.

No, it's a trick.

Yeah, it's one of
your stupid little gags, isn't, Davis?

-No, it isn't, no. Really.
-ALL: No!

(LAUGHING EVILLY)

Lynch! The cloak!

Bring me the cloak!

No, Mr. Lynch! Don't do it!

Don't listen to him!
Give it to us!

BOOGEDY: Now, Lynch, now!

I want that cloak!

Now!

(ALL GASPING)

Oh, great.

Mr. Lynch has been Boogedy-ized.

Marion.

Oh, no, not again.

Mr. Lynch, don't go.

Boogedy!

Boogedy!

Boogedy!

Boogedy!

Boogedy!

(GASPING)

Boo!

(LAUGHING)

ALL: Uh-oh.

(LAUGHING EVILLY)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Uh, uh, gentlemen...

Come on, Ahri.

(SCREAMING)

(GROWLING)

Ah! Get away! Get away!

(YELPING)

Oh, my God. Stop it. Stop it!

Please don't do that, please... Ahhh!

(INDISTINCT)

Stop it! Stop!

(PEOPLE CLAMORING)

Carlton!

You're really being
unbelievably rude about this.

Come on.

(BOTH SCREAMING)

Ahri, Ahri, come on.

-You were terrible!
-I don't get this.

ELMER: How come they all stopped?
What's going on here?

Yeah, okay. Yeah, okay.

Oh, that was close, close.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

-It's the cemetery, Corwin.
-I know.

Corwin, did you see that?

Yeah.

What's he doing?

He's putting the cloak on the statue.

Mr. Lynch!

(BOOGEDY LAUGHING)

Come on, come on, come on, Mr. Lynch!

-No, come on! Hurry up!
-Come on, Ahri, pull!

No! (GROANING)

(BOTH CLAMORING)

(BOOGEDY LAUGHING EVILLY)

You can't hide from me, little boys!

I'm coming.

I'm coming to get you!

(YELLS)

(CARNIVAL MUSIC PLAYING)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Okay, Big Fella, you're the last.

Nice try. Give me that stomach.

I love this town, Carlton.

Even the dummies are dummies.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

-Dad!
-Dad!

-He's coming! We all saw him.
-Mr. Boogedy!

Mr. Boogedy?
What, is this the real Mr. Boogedy?

It's the genuine article, Davis.

I swear, he scared me half to death.

-Oh, no.
-Don't worry, darling.

Daddy will take care of everything.

We have to alert the town.

It's too late, look!

He's back already!

(LAUGHING EVILLY)

A carnival!

Mr. Boogedy!

A carnival!

Mr. Boogedy.

BOOGEDY: How nice.

Would you like me to
show you some tricks?

Ah! Boogedy, Boogedy, boo!

(YELLING)

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

Holy cow!

Boogedy, Boogedy.

(CAROUSEL MUSIC PLAYING)

(LAUGHING)

Boogedy, Boogedy, Boogedy.

WALTER: Hang on, Mrs. Hooter.

Carlton, he's ruining everything!

(ENGINE STARTS)

My motorcycle!

I'll get you for this! You... (SCREAMING)

Boo!

Boogedy, Boogedy, Boogedy.
(LAUGHING)

We've gotta do something
about this, Eloise.

You'll never get his
magic cloak back again.

Carlton, come back.
Where're you going?

I'm Honorary Mayor, Eloise.
I have to say something to him.

Daddy!

Carlton.

BOOGEDY: Did you miss me,
your old friend?

Uh, excuse me, uh, uh, Boogedy?

(LAUGHING)

What do you want around here?

Why don't you leave us alone?

Carlton!

I'm all right, honey, I'm all right.

You have your cloak,
why don't you just go?

Carlton, no!

It's all right, Eloise.

Oh!

Marion!

-Really, I'm all right.
-Don't talk to him. He's so horrible!

-At last I've found you.
-I have to do this.

-Please...
-Huh?

Boogedy, Boogedy, boo!

Come to me!

(ALL GASPING)

Mom, don't go!

AHRI: Mommy!

-Eloise.
-Daddy, don't let her go!

AHRI: Mommy.

Eloise, don't listen to him!

-ELMER: Eloise.
-CARLTON: Don't listen to him, Eloise.

-Mom, come back.
-Please, come back!

-Come back!
-Mom, come back!

Eloise!

(LAUGHING)

(ALL CLAMORING)

ELMER: My gosh!

Mom?

We must act quickly.

The longer Mrs. Davis is gone,
the harder it will be to get her back.

Maybe impossible!

Tell us what to do.

We want our mother back.

I'll do anything.

Can you really
make this seance thing work?

It depends.

On what?

Whether or not
you all believe it can work.

-We believe.
-Yeah, we believe it.

-We do.
-Of course we believe it can work.

-Yes.
-Okay.

-Okay, so let's do it. Call somebody.
-Who?

You're the gypsy. Don't you know?

You don't understand.
You have to tell me who you want.

Can we call Mom?

No good.

Why?

She's under Boogedy's spell.

Doesn't anyone know any ghosts?

We know somebody.

Jonathan.

Of course.
The Widow Marion's little boy.

Jonathan.

Jonathan, are you there?

Will you speak
to your friends, Corwin and Ahri?

Jonathan, hurry up.

MADELEINSKA:
Are you there, Jonathan?

Hello, Ahri. Hello, Corwin.

-Jonathan.
-JONATHAN: Hello, Corwin.

We need your help.

It's Mr. Boogedy, isn't it?

He took Mom.

I know.

You've gotta help us.

There must be something you can do.

Wait a minute.

But...

Shh. We must be patient.

I feel terrible.
This whole thing is my fault.

No. It's Boogedy's.

No, it's my fault,
if I hadn't been such a...

All right, enough.

I'm back. I had to ask someone.

Who?

He told me not to tell.

Well, what did he say?

Do you still have the key?

Dad, the key.
Do you still have the key?

-Yeah, Dad, do you still have the key?
-The key?

-You mean this key?
-JONATHAN: That's the one.

Take the key and go
to the broken statue at the graveyard.

The key will open
the door right through to the underworld.

Its power will take Mr. Boogedy back.

-Is that all?
-No.

That's what I figured.

JONATHAN: Be very careful.

If Mr. Boogedy is
holding on to anyone else,

they will go down with him,
and won't be able to come back.

Bye.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

There.

Mr. Davis, I've been such a fool.

This is all my fault.

No, it isn't, Mr. Lynch. It's no one's fault.

Okay, honey?

Ready?

Yep.

-(GASPING)
-(RUMBLING)

(ALL GASPING)

(LAUGHING)

Eloise.

You've opened the portal,
but it's too late.

Marion is coming with me.

William Hanover.

What is this?

Why do you taketh that woman?

Am I not the real Marion?

Uh...

Marion!

Come, come. Jennifer! Jennifer!

ELOISE: Jennifer, Jennifer.

(LAUGHING)

Everybody, pull together!

Pull! Pull!

Huh?

(ALL GRUNTING)

(BOOGEDY SCREAMING)

(SCREAMING)

CORWIN: He's gone!

Boogedy's gone.

-Very interesting.
-I'll say.

(SOBBING) Mommy!

Oh, it's over, Jennifer. We're safe.

He even took his magic cloak with him.

Good riddance.

Well, guys, I think that's the last
we're going to see of Mr. Boogedy.

JONATHAN: I don't think so.

Just kidding.

"Just kidding. Just kidding," he says.

-Look!
-Jennifer's coat.

Come on, let's get out of here.