9. Living Nightmare

Complete story — includes the ending

In 2010 in Plainfield, Connecticut, Angela Jasmine suffers through the same recurring nightmare she's had since she was thirteen. After her marriage with a man named Steve, her nightmares get worse but decides to keep them to herself. Angela has two young children from her previous marriage: Ava and Tyler. Angela thinks she's seen Ava entering her room but she then disappears. Angela feels someone watching her while she takes her shower. A human hand comes out to grab her but she sees nothing when she turns around. At work, she finds herself in panic and soon after is diagnosed with agoraphobia and given depression medication. She refuses to leave the house and undergoes mood swings. The witch that evades her mind begins to take over her feelings. Steve finds her in the bathroom in the dark and Angela enjoys it. The marriage between her and Steve fall apart. Steve is at home in the living room one night and furniture starts moving behind him and he hears banging sounds that cause pictures to fall off of the walls. He suspects something paranormal is in the house. Angela comes home during the night after a late shift and Steve tells her that something is in the house and that it's changing her, which Angela denies. Angela has another nightmare about the witch and sees her face. She wakes up and finally tells Steve about it. In the morning, the entire family walks throughout the house saying a prayer. Tyler begins feeling angry and throws tantrums, and one night, the demon appears in his room behind him and, while under her possession, he draws a picture of himself holding a bloody knife, which Angela discovers. Tyler tells her that something made him do it. Steve's friend Eric Morin, a spiritual counselor, comes to help and says Angela has experienced the "old hag" syndrome. His partner Mike Salerno, a demonologist, does an exorcism on Angela and has her say a prayer to remove the witch. Angela then remembers that when she was thirteen she opened a portal with a spirit board when she wants answers to why the witch attached to her. Eventually, she and Steve divorce and separate as a result of the situation but he still comes by to visit the family.