5. Evil Rises

Complete story — includes the ending

In Montandon, Pennsylvania, in June 2013, Jacinda Rearick is recovering from a back injury. Her family had since moved into a three-bedroom home from their mobile home fourteen years earlier. Living with her are her caring husband Todd and their nineteen-year-old son Justin, who recently graduated from high school and works at a hardware store. While looking at pictures from Justin's graduation, she finds orbs in them. When the lights flicker, she believes it's a sign from her deceased parents to comfort her with her health issues. A long-time believer in the spirit world, she takes photos just to capture any more orbs. She manages to capture one photo showing a dark figure standing in an adjacent room next to the hallway. One day, she senses a presence in her home and discovers her pills stacked up on her dresser in her room. Todd and Justin are skeptical of the paranormal and blow off everything Jacinda tries to show them about it. In the fall, Justin has shoulder surgery and is stuck in the house. He hears footsteps walking above and it's only him in the house. He believes it is an intruder, but it's actually a dark entity with many tentacles inhabiting the house. Justin sees it in a photo his mother had saved on her computer. He then hears the clack of a pool cue ball striking in the house and rushes down to his room in the basement. He finds the pool balls on the table have been scattered. He then looks up and sees the entity, which then vanishes right before his eyes. He finally believes his mother and reports the incident to her. Jacinda sees it while painting and gets irritated when Todd doesn't believe her. The situation takes a toll on Todd who starts drinking heavily. One night, the spirit attacks him during family dinner, causing him to clutch at his chest and finally see it standing across from him. After more strange occurrences, paranormal investigator Kevin Tersavige and his team come to investigate. Kristeen and the other psychic, Liz, sense the spirits of Jacinda's parents trying to protect the family from the evil. She also gets a vision of European settlers who performed animal sacrifices and rituals on the property centuries earlier. They believed the ritual opened a gateway for the dark entity. The psychics both have encounters with the entity, with Kristeen seeing it in the form of a young boy in the kitchen and Liz getting grabbed and wrapped up in its black tentacles in the master bedroom. Despite nothing bad happening in the house for all the years the family has been there, the entity finally made its move when Jacinda had her surgery. Kevin is attacked during the cleansing but succeeds in vanishing the demon away. Todd is finally convinced they were under a paranormal influence.