2012
In 1974, Ronald "Butch" DeFeo Junior, influenced by a mysterious hooded figure, murders his entire family at 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville. Years later, Lisa Templeton takes a cleaning job at High Hopes Hospital, built on the former Amityville site, where she encounters unsettling patients, including Sadie Krenwinkel, and the ghost of a young girl. Lisa experiences disturbing hallucinations and learns from her friend Nancy that the hospital's land is cursed, prompting her to research the DeFeo murders and discover that the ghostly girl is Allison DeFeo, one of Butch's victims. Lisa uncovers a connection between Doctor Mixter, the hospital's head, and the Satchem Cult, realizing he is orchestrating a ritual to unleash evil, and when she confronts him, he has her committed as a patient.
Save the Cat beat sheet
Lisa Hardesty takes a cleaning job at a mental hospital built on the infamous Amityville site and soon encounters unsettling apparitions of a little girl.
Open full beat sheetLisa Templeton is listed as Protagonist / Cleaner. Young woman in her mid-twenties, attractive, conservative dresser, prone to nervousness. In the parsed data, Lisa Templeton is connected to 61 scenes, 205 dialogue lines, 206 text mentions, first appearing around scene 13.
61 scenes / 205 dialogue linesDelaney is listed as Cleaner / Co-worker. Polish man in his thirties, articulate, works night shifts. In the parsed data, Delaney is connected to 22 scenes, 109 dialogue lines, 111 text mentions, first appearing around scene 18.
22 scenes / 109 dialogue linesRonald DeFeo Junior is listed as Mass murderer / Patient. Bearded man in his early twenties, later seen as a catatonic and violent patient. In the parsed data, Ronald DeFeo Junior is connected to 21 scenes, 17 dialogue lines, 17 text mentions, first appearing around scene 2.
21 scenes / 17 dialogue linesDoctor Elliot Mixter is listed as Head of High Hopes Hospital. Middle-aged man, well-groomed, warm and inviting demeanor, secretly sinister. In the parsed data, Doctor Elliot Mixter is connected to 12 scenes, 36 dialogue lines, 37 text mentions, first appearing around scene 13.
12 scenes / 36 dialogue linesHardcastle is listed as Orderly. Well-built man, skinhead, visible tattoos, aggressive. In the parsed data, Hardcastle is connected to 10 scenes, 22 dialogue lines, 23 text mentions, first appearing around scene 29.
10 scenes / 22 dialogue linesPemberton is listed as Orderly. Thin but muscular man, slicked back hair, predatory behavior. In the parsed data, Pemberton is connected to 7 scenes, 22 dialogue lines, 28 text mentions, first appearing around scene 34.
7 scenes / 22 dialogue linesDennis Palmer is listed as Patient. Slicked back hair, jet black eyes, dangerous. In the parsed data, Dennis Palmer is connected to 7 scenes, 9 dialogue lines, 10 text mentions, first appearing around scene 42.
7 scenes / 9 dialogue linesAllison DeFeo is listed as Ghost / DeFeo family member. Young girl, angelic face, haunting sadness. In the parsed data, Allison DeFeo is connected to 7 scenes, 4 dialogue lines, 4 text mentions, first appearing around scene 26.
7 scenes / 4 dialogue linesSadie Krenwinkel is listed as Cult member / Patient. Long flowing black hair, pentagram carved into forehead, intense eyes. In the parsed data, Sadie Krenwinkel is connected to 6 scenes, 9 dialogue lines, 10 text mentions, first appearing around scene 49.
6 scenes / 9 dialogue linesRonald DeFeo Senior is listed as Butch's father. Heavy set Italian American man, age forty-three. In the parsed data, Ronald DeFeo Senior is connected to 4 scenes, 17 dialogue lines, 17 text mentions, first appearing around scene 63.
4 scenes / 17 dialogue linesLouise DeFeo is listed as Butch's mother. Slender woman, aged forty-two, flowing blonde hair. In the parsed data, Louise DeFeo is connected to 4 scenes, 9 dialogue lines, 9 text mentions, first appearing around scene 45.
4 scenes / 9 dialogue linesJerry Kimble is listed as Patient. Skinny man in his thirties, wild hair, scraggly beard. In the parsed data, Jerry Kimble is connected to 4 scenes, 4 dialogue lines, 6 text mentions, first appearing around scene 42.
4 scenes / 4 dialogue linesNancy is listed as Lisa's friend. Attractive young blonde woman. In the parsed data, Nancy is connected to 2 scenes, 35 dialogue lines, 36 text mentions, first appearing around scene 15.
2 scenes / 35 dialogue linesEstablishing shot of the Amityville house at night.
Butch is visited by a mysterious hooded figure who commands him to kill his family.
Ronald DeFeo JuniorButch stalks the hallway with a rifle.
Ronald DeFeo JuniorButch murders his parents.
Ronald DeFeo Junior, Ronald DeFeo Senior, Louise DeFeoButch moves to the next bedroom.
Ronald DeFeo JuniorButch murders his brothers.
Ronald DeFeo JuniorButch moves to the girls' bedroom.
Ronald DeFeo JuniorButch murders his sisters.
Ronald DeFeo Junior, Allison DeFeoButch exits the scene of the crime.
Ronald DeFeo JuniorLisa drives to the hospital.
Lisa TempletonLisa checks her directions.
Lisa TempletonLisa arrives at High Hopes Hospital.
Lisa TempletonLisa meets Doctor Mixter.
Lisa Templeton, Doctor Elliot MixterLisa interviews for the cleaning job.
Lisa Templeton, Doctor Elliot MixterLisa talks to Nancy about the interview.
Lisa Templeton, NancyLisa gets ice cream.
Lisa TempletonMixter calls to offer Lisa the job.
Lisa Templeton, Doctor Elliot MixterLisa meets Delaney.
Lisa Templeton, DelaneyDelaney shows Lisa the cleaning supplies.
Lisa Templeton, DelaneyDelaney shows Lisa Ward B.
Lisa Templeton, DelaneyDelaney leads Lisa toward Ward X.
Lisa Templeton, DelaneyThey descend to Ward X.
Lisa Templeton, DelaneyDelaney shows Lisa the criminally insane patients.
Lisa Templeton, Delaney, Jerry KimbleThe hospital exterior is shown under moonlight.
Lisa cleans the communal room.
Lisa TempletonLisa encounters a young girl in the hallway.
Lisa Templeton, Allison DeFeoDelaney startles Lisa in the storage cupboard.
Lisa Templeton, DelaneyLisa and Delaney have coffee and discuss the girl in the hallway.
Lisa Templeton, DelaneyHardcastle confronts Lisa about the girl.
Lisa Templeton, Delaney, HardcastleLisa walks down the stairs.
Lisa TempletonLisa encounters Sadie in Ward X.
Lisa Templeton, Sadie KrenwinkelDelaney asks Lisa to clean Mixter's office.
Lisa Templeton, DelaneyLisa enters the office.
Lisa TempletonPemberton harasses Lisa.
Lisa Templeton, Delaney, PembertonDelaney comforts Lisa.
Lisa Templeton, DelaneyTime passes.
Lisa encounters Mrs. Hardesty.
Lisa TempletonLisa reports the patient to Hardcastle and Pemberton.
Lisa Templeton, Hardcastle, PembertonHardcastle and Pemberton reveal Mrs. Hardesty is dead.
Lisa Templeton, Hardcastle, PembertonLisa sees the girl again.
Lisa Templeton, Allison DeFeoLisa follows the girl.
Lisa Templeton, Allison DeFeoLisa finds a teddy bear in John Doe's cell.
Lisa Templeton, Ronald DeFeo Junior, Dennis Palmer, Jerry KimbleLisa goes to sleep.
Lisa TempletonLisa has a nightmare.
Lisa TempletonLisa's nightmare continues in a church.
Lisa TempletonLisa wakes up from a nightmare.
Lisa TempletonRainy night outside the hospital.
Lisa and Delaney discuss work duties and the unsettling nature of Ward X.
Lisa Templeton, DelaneyLisa mops Ward X and is confronted by Sadie, who claims to speak to Lisa's dead mother.
Lisa Templeton, Sadie KrenwinkelLisa has a disturbing hallucination in the mirror.
Lisa TempletonLisa tells Delaney she cannot work in Ward X anymore.
Lisa Templeton, DelaneyTime passes from night to day and back.
Palmer tricks Pemberton into opening his cell.
Pemberton, Dennis PalmerPalmer attacks and kills Pemberton.
Pemberton, Dennis PalmerPalmer releases Kimble.
Dennis Palmer, Jerry KimbleHardcastle walks through the hallway.
HardcastleHardcastle searches for Pemberton.
HardcastleHardcastle discovers the murder and subdues Palmer.
Hardcastle, Dennis Palmer, Jerry KimbleLisa witnesses Palmer being tortured with ECT; Hardcastle threatens her.
Lisa Templeton, Hardcastle, Dennis PalmerLisa arrives at a coffee shop to meet Nancy.
Lisa TempletonLisa tells Nancy about the hospital and learns it was built on the Amityville site.
Lisa Templeton, NancyLisa researches the DeFeo murders.
Lisa TempletonFlashback to 1974: Butch and his father argue.
Ronald DeFeo Junior, Ronald DeFeo SeniorButch buys drugs.
Ronald DeFeo JuniorButch injects heroin and hears voices.
Ronald DeFeo JuniorButch confronts his parents with a rifle.
Ronald DeFeo Junior, Ronald DeFeo Senior, Louise DeFeoButch overhears his parents planning to kick him out.
Ronald DeFeo Junior, Ronald DeFeo Senior, Louise DeFeoLisa discovers a photo of Allison DeFeo and realizes she is the girl from the hospital.
Lisa Templeton, Allison DeFeoLisa and Delaney discuss the history of the hospital land and the Amityville murders.
Lisa Templeton, DelaneyLisa meets Gloria Branco to research the history of the land.
Lisa TempletonGloria provides historical context about the Satchem Tribe and the land.
Lisa TempletonLisa and Delaney discuss the potential for external evil influences.
Lisa Templeton, DelaneyLisa researches the Satchem Cult online and finds a connection to Doctor Mixter.
Lisa Templeton, Doctor Elliot Mixter, Sadie KrenwinkelLisa rushes to the hospital.
Lisa TempletonLisa confronts Sadie and discovers Butch DeFeo is a patient.
Lisa Templeton, Ronald DeFeo Junior, Sadie KrenwinkelLisa approaches Doctor Mixter's office.
Lisa Templeton, Doctor Elliot MixterLisa confronts Mixter, but he has her committed as a patient.
Lisa Templeton, Doctor Elliot Mixter, HardcastleLisa wakes up in a cell and is told she is a patient.
Lisa Templeton, Doctor Elliot MixterA storm brews.
Sadie performs a ritual.
Sadie KrenwinkelHigh Hopes was only built two years ago and as an institution we have only been running for just over a year now. So we're still building our reputation. But I am very clear on what I want that reputation to be. I intend to make this institution one of the foremost centres for mental health treatment in the country. If you look into my history you'll know that I have a stellar reputation in the field of psychiatry and I want to use that to help others. That is why I have put my own money into the creation of this institution. We are only just starting out but we have a long term ambition to be considered the best. So what I require is that every person who works at this institution, in any capacity, must be professional and sensitive to the needs of the patients. Unlike other institutions, the welfare and care of our patients comes first here.
They first brought him in about six months ago. No one knows where he came from, he literally just turned up late one night. An orderly found him wandering the grounds. First of all he was like Missus Hardesty upstairs-catatonic. Then a few weeks later he started to respond to Doctor Mixter and the nurses through facial expressions and gestures. But soon, he got violent. Very violent. He'd have bursts of rage and beat other patients. One day he appeared to have a seizure and collapsed. A young doctor tried to take his vital signs. Patient X here throttled him so hard he crushed his larynx. It took six orderlies to restrain him. Now they won't even let him out for the obligatory hour a day exercise. We still don't know who he is.
It was a famous house. Or should I say infamous. Some guy shot his whole family there back in the seventies. Parents, brothers, sisters. Wiped out his entire family with a shotgun. Then the next owners of the house only lasted there about a month. They said they were driven from the house by evil spirits. The house became known around the world. That's why the recent owners sold the land, they had enough of all the media interest and constant tourists. Have you seriously never heard of the Amityville horror house?
Perhaps you can tell me all about the summer trips to Key West with your mother? Those were your favourite memories of your mother weren't they? Or perhaps you'd prefer to tell me about when you sat at your mother's bed side for six months, watching on helplessly as the cancer ravaged her body and sucked the life out of her?
A big fucking inconvenience is what it is! Do me a favour, the next time you think you see something be absolutely sure before you go running to Jumpsuit here! I ain't got time to be running around this place looking for shit that isn't there! You understand??
Yes, well, these patients are beyond help so they've become athe hospital's secret. Many of them were transferred from prisons and other institutions. Doctor Mixter probably thought he could help them. He can't. The staff call this place Blood Row.
That's Dennis Palmer. Also known as The Long Island Cannibal. He was abused as a child so his targets were always paedophiles and rapists. He'd track them down and torture them. He would eat parts of their body while they were still alive.
It may be strange at first but I actually have some experience in that area. I would clean my mother when she lost control of her bodily functions during her illness. It's something I got used to very quickly. It became routine.
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