Choice #1
I don't usually watch scary movies. If i do, it's mostly because I just do it because my friends were. I don't sleep well to begin with, and having nightmares after scary movies doesn't help. If I were to choose a movie that I was incredibly freaked out by, it would probably be Case 39. In the movie, Renee Zellweger portrays a social worker that gets assigned a case on top of her already growing case list. This case happens to be Case 39, where the title comes from. The social worker goes to the household of the alleged abused child, and there she talks to the parents about the complaint and what they can do to help out the abusive situation. The usual social worker spiel. From the first time she walked into the home, the social worker, Emily, could tell that something was off in this house. The parents were reluctant to talk. The child was afraid to talk. Emily grows to like to child in the time she spends with her in her continuing visits, and when the family comes to the agency to talk about their relationship with their child. When the child gets to talk to the workers by herself, she sees her father give her a death glare through the window, and shuts her mouth, too frightened to say anything. This makes Emily’s superiors believe that Emily is chasing a dead end of a case, which you will find out is the exact opposite. The child goes to get a drink at the water fountain, and Emily follows her, hoping she can discover something that will convince her superiors that this case is important. After Emily asks the girl several questions, the child begins to cry, and tells Emily what her parents do. The child explains while choking down tears that her parents are constantly digging a large hole in her basement, and spy on her when she sleeps. She says that her parents tell her that they are going to send her somewhere. “Where?” asks Emily, finally getting the evidence she need. “To hell.” Emily gives the child her number just in case and comforts the child as she sobs. The family goes home, and Emily feels uneasy while they leave. She tells her superiors that she doesn’t feel comfortable letting the child go back to such a household. That night, Emily’s cell phone rings. It is the child, saying in a hushed voice that they’re coming for her, that she needs help, that she’s scared. Emily calls her friend and superior, the police chief, and they rush out to the house. They break in to the locked house just to stop the parents from burning the child in their kitchen oven. Emily and her friend rescue the child and defeat the crazed parents. The parents are imprisoned, and the child ends up staying with Emily for the night. At this point in the movie, I would imagine most of those who are watching are convinced that the child was the victim and that the parents were just insane and terrible. Emily accompanies the child to school the next day, and falls in love with her. The child begs Emily to stay with her, and that she wants to live with Emily instead of the alternative foster home. Emily promises she’ll do what she can. That day, Emily inspects the very house that she rescued the child from the previous night. The housed seemed pretty normal, except for the strange marks on the parent’s bedroom floor. It seemed like they were drag marks, probably from the bed being dragged to the door to barricade it. There also were 4 locks on the door. Emily figured that whoever was in that room at the time had something pretty strong to hide from. Keeping her promise, Emily went to the board of fostering and asked for the child. After some arguing, she gets custody of the child until another foster family turns up and wants her. Emily picked up the child from school and told her the good news. She brought her home, excited to have made the child happy when her life had been so bleak. Since the child had to go to therapy after her experience, the next day, Emily brought the child to her meeting with the therapist, who was also her good friend. The therapist speaks one on one with the child, and the therapist asks the girl questions he is trained to ask all of the children. This particular girl though acts completely different around the therapist than she does around Emily. She intimidates the therapist, and asks what he is afraid of, to which he replies bees, right after he asks the same question to her. After the session, the therapist talks to Emily, and speaks of her strange behavior. He speaks of a weird feeling that he got from her gaze, something wrong, she intimidated him. With Emily, the child was bubbly, cute, and innocent. It was the exact opposite with the therapist. Emily and her temporary daughter return home to Emily’s, and everything is normal. The next day, the therapist is found dead in his apartment. The only evidence is a phone call that was made by Emily’s cell phone very late in the night. The audio sounds just like a bunch of static, but it is much more. The movie does show the therapist that night, getting a random phone call, and then eventually killing himself after he imagines killer bees coming out of him and attacking him. Emily is devastated by the loss of her friend, but cannot believe that the call was made from her phone, or by whom. Life goes on for the two, but when one of the child’s classmates randomly kills his parents, and doesn’t know why, something seems amiss. Also, it seems very suspicious that the killer received a strange phone call from none other than Emily’ cell phone. At this point, Emily realizes that it must be the child that is making these calls, despite the child’s denial of any questions relating to it. Soon the child begins to act differently around Emily. The girl tries to intimidate Emily, as she did the therapist, because Emily has figured out her secret. This scares Emily, so she seeks answers and goes to visit the parents of the child. She now knew that they were doing the right thing when she first met them. They told her that she needed to show no fear in front of the child, for it is what she uses against you. They also said that they have to get the child at night when she’s sleeping, which she rarely ever does. Emily was dealing with something larger than life, a demon child that could control people and make them do whatever she wanted. Emily knew what she had to do. She had to kill the child. Emily started by putting locks on her door, just as the parents had done. She also stripped the house of anything that could be used against her if a fight started. Instead of a home, Emily’s house became a warzone that was prepared for the child’s arrival that night. The child noticed what Emily had done to the house, and realized that Emily would be trying to kill her. The following events that night included Emily barricading herself in her room that night and the child breaking in and Emily running from her house to escape the evil inside. After accepting defeat that night, Emily went to bed, feeling shaken and scared, horrified at what kind of monster she was living with. This was no girl. It was a demon, a devil within that showed itself if it felt threatened. The movie even shows the girls limbs transform into demon limbs, and other disturbing images are shown that scare the viewer. The following night, the child sleeps, or so Emily thinks. Thinking that the child is sleeping, Emily douses her house in gasoline, going to all extremes to get rid of this terror. She lights the house ablaze, and flees, finally thinking that the child is gone from her life. But just when you think you’ve seen it all, the child appears from behind one of the fire engines that are summoned to the fire. Emily can’t believe her eyes. The child tells Emily that she cannot win. Whatever the child wants, she will get, and Emily will give it to her, or else she will kill anyone that matters near her. Emily sobs, and accepts this defeat, knowing that her life is now dominated by a demon who can do whatever she wants with her. The following day, Emily is driving the child to school, and it begins to rain. Emily, being fairly tired, accidently veered into the wrong lane on the road. She veered back and looked at the child. A scared expression was on the face of the girl. Interesting, Emily thought, I’ve never seen her scared before. Then, Emily realized, this was the key. If she could scare the one who is the master at scaring, this would be the way to defeat the devil. Emily began veering the car this way and that, with every turn the child getting more and more terrified. Finally, after driving randomly around, off a few back roads and taking random turns, Emily ended up at a dock. She pressed the gas pedal to the floor. Her car soared, landing with a gigantic crash as it hit the surface of the water. Fumbling for her seatbelt, Emily cared not of where the child was, she only cared whether or not she would survive. She broke free, and started swimming toward the surface, as the car quickly sunk. As she struggled to the surface, a hand grabbed her by the ankle. This wasn’t a child’s hand. It was transformed into something horrific, a demon hand. Emily, running out of breath, shook her leg ferociously. The hand miraculously released her ankle, and Emily swam to the surface. She submerged, tasting the sweet air of freedom.
I don't usually watch scary movies. If i do, it's mostly because I just do it because my friends were. I don't sleep well to begin with, and having nightmares after scary movies doesn't help. If I were to choose a movie that I was incredibly freaked out by, it would probably be Case 39. In the movie, Renee Zellweger portrays a social worker that gets assigned a case on top of her already growing case list. This case happens to be Case 39, where the title comes from. The social worker goes to the household of the alleged abused child, and there she talks to the parents about the complaint and what they can do to help out the abusive situation. The usual social worker spiel. From the first time she walked into the home, the social worker, Emily, could tell that something was off in this house. The parents were reluctant to talk. The child was afraid to talk. Emily grows to like to child in the time she spends with her in her continuing visits, and when the family comes to the agency to talk about their relationship with their child. When the child gets to talk to the workers by herself, she sees her father give her a death glare through the window, and shuts her mouth, too frightened to say anything. This makes Emily’s superiors believe that Emily is chasing a dead end of a case, which you will find out is the exact opposite. The child goes to get a drink at the water fountain, and Emily follows her, hoping she can discover something that will convince her superiors that this case is important. After Emily asks the girl several questions, the child begins to cry, and tells Emily what her parents do. The child explains while choking down tears that her parents are constantly digging a large hole in her basement, and spy on her when she sleeps. She says that her parents tell her that they are going to send her somewhere. “Where?” asks Emily, finally getting the evidence she need. “To hell.” Emily gives the child her number just in case and comforts the child as she sobs. The family goes home, and Emily feels uneasy while they leave. She tells her superiors that she doesn’t feel comfortable letting the child go back to such a household. That night, Emily’s cell phone rings. It is the child, saying in a hushed voice that they’re coming for her, that she needs help, that she’s scared. Emily calls her friend and superior, the police chief, and they rush out to the house. They break in to the locked house just to stop the parents from burning the child in their kitchen oven. Emily and her friend rescue the child and defeat the crazed parents. The parents are imprisoned, and the child ends up staying with Emily for the night. At this point in the movie, I would imagine most of those who are watching are convinced that the child was the victim and that the parents were just insane and terrible. Emily accompanies the child to school the next day, and falls in love with her. The child begs Emily to stay with her, and that she wants to live with Emily instead of the alternative foster home. Emily promises she’ll do what she can. That day, Emily inspects the very house that she rescued the child from the previous night. The housed seemed pretty normal, except for the strange marks on the parent’s bedroom floor. It seemed like they were drag marks, probably from the bed being dragged to the door to barricade it. There also were 4 locks on the door. Emily figured that whoever was in that room at the time had something pretty strong to hide from. Keeping her promise, Emily went to the board of fostering and asked for the child. After some arguing, she gets custody of the child until another foster family turns up and wants her. Emily picked up the child from school and told her the good news. She brought her home, excited to have made the child happy when her life had been so bleak. Since the child had to go to therapy after her experience, the next day, Emily brought the child to her meeting with the therapist, who was also her good friend. The therapist speaks one on one with the child, and the therapist asks the girl questions he is trained to ask all of the children. This particular girl though acts completely different around the therapist than she does around Emily. She intimidates the therapist, and asks what he is afraid of, to which he replies bees, right after he asks the same question to her. After the session, the therapist talks to Emily, and speaks of her strange behavior. He speaks of a weird feeling that he got from her gaze, something wrong, she intimidated him. With Emily, the child was bubbly, cute, and innocent. It was the exact opposite with the therapist. Emily and her temporary daughter return home to Emily’s, and everything is normal. The next day, the therapist is found dead in his apartment. The only evidence is a phone call that was made by Emily’s cell phone very late in the night. The audio sounds just like a bunch of static, but it is much more. The movie does show the therapist that night, getting a random phone call, and then eventually killing himself after he imagines killer bees coming out of him and attacking him. Emily is devastated by the loss of her friend, but cannot believe that the call was made from her phone, or by whom. Life goes on for the two, but when one of the child’s classmates randomly kills his parents, and doesn’t know why, something seems amiss. Also, it seems very suspicious that the killer received a strange phone call from none other than Emily’ cell phone. At this point, Emily realizes that it must be the child that is making these calls, despite the child’s denial of any questions relating to it. Soon the child begins to act differently around Emily. The girl tries to intimidate Emily, as she did the therapist, because Emily has figured out her secret. This scares Emily, so she seeks answers and goes to visit the parents of the child. She now knew that they were doing the right thing when she first met them. They told her that she needed to show no fear in front of the child, for it is what she uses against you. They also said that they have to get the child at night when she’s sleeping, which she rarely ever does. Emily was dealing with something larger than life, a demon child that could control people and make them do whatever she wanted. Emily knew what she had to do. She had to kill the child. Emily started by putting locks on her door, just as the parents had done. She also stripped the house of anything that could be used against her if a fight started. Instead of a home, Emily’s house became a warzone that was prepared for the child’s arrival that night. The child noticed what Emily had done to the house, and realized that Emily would be trying to kill her. The following events that night included Emily barricading herself in her room that night and the child breaking in and Emily running from her house to escape the evil inside. After accepting defeat that night, Emily went to bed, feeling shaken and scared, horrified at what kind of monster she was living with. This was no girl. It was a demon, a devil within that showed itself if it felt threatened. The movie even shows the girls limbs transform into demon limbs, and other disturbing images are shown that scare the viewer. The following night, the child sleeps, or so Emily thinks. Thinking that the child is sleeping, Emily douses her house in gasoline, going to all extremes to get rid of this terror. She lights the house ablaze, and flees, finally thinking that the child is gone from her life. But just when you think you’ve seen it all, the child appears from behind one of the fire engines that are summoned to the fire. Emily can’t believe her eyes. The child tells Emily that she cannot win. Whatever the child wants, she will get, and Emily will give it to her, or else she will kill anyone that matters near her. Emily sobs, and accepts this defeat, knowing that her life is now dominated by a demon who can do whatever she wants with her. The following day, Emily is driving the child to school, and it begins to rain. Emily, being fairly tired, accidently veered into the wrong lane on the road. She veered back and looked at the child. A scared expression was on the face of the girl. Interesting, Emily thought, I’ve never seen her scared before. Then, Emily realized, this was the key. If she could scare the one who is the master at scaring, this would be the way to defeat the devil. Emily began veering the car this way and that, with every turn the child getting more and more terrified. Finally, after driving randomly around, off a few back roads and taking random turns, Emily ended up at a dock. She pressed the gas pedal to the floor. Her car soared, landing with a gigantic crash as it hit the surface of the water. Fumbling for her seatbelt, Emily cared not of where the child was, she only cared whether or not she would survive. She broke free, and started swimming toward the surface, as the car quickly sunk. As she struggled to the surface, a hand grabbed her by the ankle. This wasn’t a child’s hand. It was transformed into something horrific, a demon hand. Emily, running out of breath, shook her leg ferociously. The hand miraculously released her ankle, and Emily swam to the surface. She submerged, tasting the sweet air of freedom.
What
makes this story so frightening to me is the way that at first, you believe
that the girl is the victim in the beginning. Then, you realize that she is the
evil that is causing the crazed behavior of the parents. The parents also died
in their prison after their daughter caused them to die within their cells. Also,
the settings are very regular, but in the presence of the child, they become
very horrific. The ways in which those who died in this story also add to the
terror.
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