♪ Demons come from every side ♪
♪ In the darkness is the light ♪
♪ Out of the shadows of my life ♪
♪ In the darkness is the light ♪
♪ Surrender will win the fight ♪
♪ This girl's walked on fire and ice ♪
♪ But I come out On the other side of ♪
♪ Paradise ♪
[Annie] When I was little, I loved dolls,
but there was one doll I loved more than all the others.
If I accidentally dropped it on the floor, I was the one who'd say "ouch!"
I know it's impossible,
but it was almost like it was me who got hurt.
Well, maybe not that impossible.
There are cultures all over the world who believe in voodoo.
That's a form of black magic,
where you can make things happen to people
by doing something to a special kind of doll
that's made from something belonging to the person,
hair, clothing and personal things.
There's good voodoo and there's bad voodoo,
depending on the person who's doing it.
And what if the person doing the voodoo was mad about something?
Really, really mad.
Ah, Louisiana!
So, pop, where's Mardi Gras?
In New Orleans, about 200 miles that way and six months from now.
Oh, what a bummer. Little break from college...
I thought we were going to get all costumed up and party.
Hey, don't look now, Clu, but you're already in costume.
All right!
So all we're missing is the party then, huh, boys?
Go long, Clu.
A most excellent catch, bro.
Yeah, well, I looked good, didn't I?
It's not about the look, Clu. You've got to catch the ball.
It's the journey itself that is important, not the ultimate destination.
I don't know about your brother's future in philosophy,
but his chances in football are very slim.
Irene, Annie, come on.
Your friend's shop is just over here.
[Clu] Oh... uh...
Sorry, ma'am. The ball must have gotten away from me.
[door opening]
Can I help you?
Hi... Nola?
Oh, my goodness, You've gotten all grown up!
[laughs] Oh, Sally was just here a minute ago.
She's going to be so excited to see you again.
Nola, this is Molly Phillips...
Ned and Irene Bell...
Carey.
I haven't seen Annie since she was this high...
And this is my son, Andre.
Andre, nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you. -Hi.
Oh, this is the boy whose dreams you are making possible.
Well, when Annie told us about the situation,
we were so happy to be able to help.
You have no idea what this scholarship fund means to our community.
And we are very grateful that my Andre is going to be the very first recipient.
Mrs. Lague, this is Molly Phillips. She is a famous rock star.
Uh, not that famous.
-I think you cut it too short this time. -I cut it fine.
Are you listening to me?
This is the lady who is going to play the benefit Saturday
so Andre can get tuition money for medical school in New York,
and this girl here,
she's the one who lived next door to us when we were in Jamaica.
Annie Thelen. I've told you about her a hundred times.
-[Nola] Where's your son? -[Molly] Oh, he's outside playing ball.
[Carey] Come on. I'll introduce you to Jack and Clu.
[screaming]
What's the matter?
-[woman] Don't you see it? -See what?
[woman] The tarantula!
It's... it's... it's huge!
[screaming]
Olivia Grange!
This is your work.
Black magic, that's what it is.
Mom? What's the matter with Mrs. Lague? She was running and...
-Annie? -Sally?
Wow, third grade to ninth grade is, like, huge.
OK, ladies,
for what you're doing for my boy, you are going to get pampered.
Manicure, pedicure, face wrap, the works,
and I'm not taking no for an answer.
"No" was never a word that crossed my mind.
Uh-uh.
Thanks for the trim. I love it.
Mavis will do your nails.
I think I could get used to being pampered.
[Irene] Oh, I'm already used to it.
I think we should remodel the bus and put in a spa in.
[laugh]
[Irene] I'm serious, Ned. You'd love it.
That's right. I could drive the bus around while you all are in the back hot-tubbing.
It's an unfair world.
Ahh...
It's sort of weird seeing you again.
I mean, I have this image of, like, third-grade you.
I know. Same with me.
Hey, remember that waterfall in Jamaica where we used to go all the time?
Yeah, where we used to pretend we were mermaids.
Yeah, and we both pretended that we were queen mermaids.
And we kept fighting about it, so we ended up being princess mermaids.
I wonder if it's still the same. The waterfall, I mean.
Well, why wouldn't it be?
I don't know.
Things change.
Who's that?
Mrs. Grange, the voodoo lady.
The what?
She comes from the islands. She can put a voodoo curse on you.
-What sort of curse? -Anything she wants.
Voodoo is very, very powerful.
You don't ever want A curse like that put on you.
-Hey. -Hey, kiddo. What's the problem?
It's Sally.
She seems different.
How so?
Well, in Jamaica, she was always laughing and having fun,
and now she seems... sad.
She's probably just having a tough time adjusting.
Her brother told me about their father dying
and how they had to leave Jamaica.
And now her brother is going off to medical school in New York...
Yeah. I guess I hadn't thought about that.
OK, guys. Time to head back to the hotel. Big day tomorrow.
-Good night, Annie. -[Annie] Good night.
[soft chanting]
Fire! Fire, Annie!
-Fire! -[Molly] Annie, Fire!
-No! -Everybody!
Fire! Fire!
[both] Help us!
-Fire! -Fire!
What's going on?
The fire.
What fire?
What happened to the fire?
OK... OK, what's going on here?
I believe the scientific name is "bad dream."
[Molly] We both had the same dream?
[Molly] [over speakers] Check, one, two. Check.
-[loud feedback screeching] -[man] Ow!
Sorry. Sorry, everybody.
-[chuckles] -[Molly] [over speakers] Check, one, two.
Molly had, uh, sort of a tough night last night.
How come?
She had a nightmare that the hotel was on fire.
-She did? -Yeah, it scared her. I mean, it...
It, like, really, really scared her.
It's Mrs. Grange, the voodoo lady.
Voodoo?
[Sally] That's the kind of curse she can put on a person.
You've got to leave town.
If Molly got a curse put on her like that, it could be really dangerous.
OK, thank you,
but if you could do me a favor and not mention any of that to Annie?
I already did.
Perfect.
Ugh, I've got to go finish that dumb homework assignment.
All right.
All right, gang. Ready to start?
Hey, Annie, did you see this?
So cool. It's 3D.
-Huh? -Oh, that's so cool.
Isn't it?
I'm thinking of sending a postcard to my mom and dad.
Do you guys know how much postage it takes for Pakistan?
Sure. Serious cash.
I'd renegotiate my allowance contract if I were you.
OK, here's what I'm talking about. Right here.
-There the refrain comes in? -Yeah.
[grunting]
Annie, what's going on?
[gasps]
[panting]
-What just happened? -No idea.
I think that postage situation must have totally freaked you out, though.
But I was underwater!
-You sure you're OK? -I'm fine. Thank you.
OK, everyone, let's try and get through this one last time,
and then we can move on to rehearsing for tonight's show.
Check it out.
You get an itch on your back, here's what you do.
What happens if your foot itches?
Trick question.
-[Jack laughing] -Dude, dude,
you should have seen what just happened with your mom.
She was seriously, like, freaking out,
acting like somebody had tossed her into a swimming pool or something.
Whoa, that's funny, 'cause just now Annie was...
Whoa...
OK, now we're getting way, way into weirdville.
What?
-This voodoo... How does it work? -Work?
Well, I mean, I saw it in a movie once.
The witch makes a doll, right?
A doll that sort of looks like a human they want to put a spell on?
That's basically it,
but the doll needs to be made with something from the intended victim.
Like what?
Piece of clothing, hair, fingernail clippings, whatever.
[Annie] Hair clippings...
OK, let's take it from the top. All the way through this time.
♪ When I can't sleep at night ♪
♪ And my days are like a dream ♪
♪ I feel you holding me tight ♪
♪ I try to remember ♪
♪ Can't fight ♪
♪ Whoo, ooh ♪
[Jack] Annie! Annie, come on!
Annie, what's going on?
She's doing it.
-[Jack] Ms. Grange? -[Clu] The voodoo lady?
Voodoo?
The personal thing Andre was talking about...
The thing you need to make a voodoo doll?
It was our hair.
Your mom and I got our hair cut at the salon.
Wait, I still don't understand...
My hair that fell on the floor
must've gotten mixed up with your mom's hair.
Think about it.
We both thought the hotel was on fire,
and now we both thought we were underwater at the exact same time.
-This is crazy. -Not that crazy, Jack.
Whatever you want to call this, it definitely has power.
We've got to go in.
Trespass, in other words.
But if we don't stop her...
Private property is private property.
[Molly vocalizing]
Whoa, Annie, what's the matter?
I don't now. Something's happening.
♪ Tell me ♪
♪ What you do, what you do With your voodoo ♪
♪ What you do Put a spell on me ♪
♪ What you do, what you do With your voodoo ♪
♪ What're you doing to me? ♪
Why are you doing this?
My house?
Oh, no.
[soft chanting]
[chanting intensifies]
Sally!
Check the kitchen. You go see if she's in the backyard.
Sally!
[vocalizing]
[soft chanting]
♪ Tell me ♪
♪ What you do, what you do With your voodoo ♪
[Andre] Sally!
What are you doing?
♪ What you do, what you do With your voodoo ♪
♪ What're you doing to me? ♪
♪ What you do, what you do With your voodoo ♪
♪ What you do with your spell on me ♪
A voodoo doll?
Don't go, Andre.
If you go to college in New York, I'll never see you again.
But why are you doing this to Annie?
Annie? But...
Help!
I didn't mean it for Annie.
-It was for Molly. -Molly?!
Just to scare her away, that's all.
Just so she'd leave town and wouldn't do the concert, and then...
you wouldn't go away to college and leave me here alone.
[Andre] Sally, listen to me.
Take that doll off the ledge, now.
I'm sorry, Andre.
Sally, the doll.
♪ Tell me ♪
-♪ What you do, what you do ♪ -Clu!
-Catch it! -♪ What you do with your spell on me ♪
♪ What you do, what you do With your voodoo ♪
♪ What're you doing to me? ♪
♪ What you do, what you do With your voodoo ♪
♪ What you do with your spell on me ♪
♪ What you do, what you do With your voodoo ♪
♪ What're you doing to me? ♪
Thanks.
National Football League, here I come.
No way, bro. That's really how it was?
Yeah, man. Oh, I'm just, like, running, man, full-out leap,
-three mid-air somersaults! -Three?
-No... -Yeah.
You don't believe me? Oh, come on.
[Andre] No, really. It was great.
What I don't get is the tarantula in the salon.
I was at Mrs. Grange's the day you came.
I was, uh... practicing with some of Mrs. Lague's hair.
I guess it worked.
Annie, I'm sorry for what I did to you and Molly.
I mean, you guys must hate me now.
Of course I don't hate you, but what's gonna happen?
Well, Mrs. Grange is super mad at me.
Said she's not going to give me any more voodoo lessons for a long time,
not until I know how to use it for good stuff, not bad.
Everybody has a dream, Sally. Your brother's is to be a doctor.
I know it's hard, but you have to let people follow their dreams,
and it's exciting if you think about it.
Kind of like what you're doing.
Right, and what you'll be doing one day, too.
I wonder what my dream will be.
Oh, it's a big world out there, Sally.
You'll have more choices than you can handle.
[Annie sighs]
One lucky catch doesn't mean you can take your act on the road.
No matter how many somersaults you did.
Yeah.
Clu, Clu, here, here. Try one, and then move up.
Right...
But what is the sound of one orange juggling?
I think, in your case, "splat."
♪ Hey, hey, hey ♪
♪ What you do, what you do With your voodoo ♪
♪ What you do with your spell on me ♪
♪ What you do, what you do With your voodoo ♪
♪ What're you doing to me ♪
♪ What you do, what you do With your voodoo ♪
♪ What you do with your spell on me ♪
♪ What you do, what you do With your voodoo ♪
♪ What're you doing to me? ♪