Sinister (I) (2012)

Juliet Rylance: Tracy

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Quotes 

• Tracy : What the hell are you doing?

  Ellison Oswalt : We have to leave here.

  Tracy : What's the matter? What's happened?

  Ellison Oswalt : You were right. I made a mistake, and we should have never come to this house. We have to leave now!

  Tracy : You are freaking me out here!

  Ellison Oswalt : Get the kids! Pack the car! We have to leave! GO!

• Ellison Oswalt : Tracy, nobody died here! It's not like we're sleeping where somebody was killed or they had to wipe blood off the walls for the open house!

  Tracy : So you're saying it didn't happen here?

  Ellison Oswalt : No! Uh, it happened in the backyard...

  Tracy : Oh! Oh, that is so fucked up! God, you think that makes any difference?

  Ellison Oswalt : It does!

  Tracy : No, Ellison, it doesn't! You have done some crazy shit in the past, but this definitely takes the cake! My God. what on earth possessed you to move here?

• Tracy : Sheriff's here.

  Ellison Oswalt : Already?

  Tracy : Play nice this time.

  Ellison Oswalt : I'm always nice.

  Tracy : I'm not kidding. I'm tired of driving five miles under the speed limit only to get ticketed anyway. Be nice.

• Ellison Oswalt : We only gave you one rule. It was a really big deal to let you paint on your wall. What was that rule?

  Ashley : Paint only goes in the bedroom.

  Ellison Oswalt : So what makes you think you can paint out here?

  Ashley : I wanted to paint her picture, but she didn't want me painting in there because that used to be her brother's room.

  [Ellison is shocked to see that Ashley has painted Stephanie on the wall] 

  Tracy : Who are you talking about, Ashley?

  Ashley : Stephanie.

  Tracy : Who's Stephanie?

  Ashley : She used to live here. She's the one Daddy's writing his book about.

  Tracy : Ashley, go to your room and shut the door!

• Tracy : Why was he pointing at the house? Ellison, we didn't move in a few houses down from a crime scene again. did we?

  Ellison Oswalt : Tracy...

  Tracy : No, just don't say anything. If we did, I don't wanna know about it.

  Ellison Oswalt : We didn't.

  Tracy : You promise?

  Ellison Oswalt : I promise.

• Trevor : Please don't talk about the dryer.

  Tracy : Are we talking about the time we found Trevor trying to pee in the dryer?

  Trevor : God mum, no!

  Tracy : I'm sorry honey, I thought that's what you were talking about.

  Ashley : Did Trevor try to pee in the dryer again?

• Tracy : Then why did you come in here white as a ghost?

  Ellison Oswalt : Because I saw a dog!

  Tracy : A dog?

  Ellison Oswalt : A very big dog, like Cujo big, I mean, I'd never seen him before! He's like...

  Tracy : Did you get rid of it?

  Ellison Oswalt : Yeah, it's gone.

• Tracy : [Angrily from the distance]  That's the problem - you don't think! You want to be treated like an adult but you don't act like one!

  Trevor : [sarcastically]  Oh yeah, 'cuz you and Dad do a lot of thinking together! If you did, we wouldn't be here!

  [Ellison steps out of his office to see what the argument is about] 

  Tracy : Go to your room Trevor, and I don't wanna see you again 'till dinner!

  Ellison Oswalt : Hey hey hey! What's the problem?

  Tracy : Your son's been acting out again! He drew a picture with a permanent marker on the classroom whiteboard!

  [to Trevor] 

  Tracy : tell him what you drew!

  Trevor : [reluctantly muttering]  I drew a tree.

  Tracy : With four people HANGING from it! Go to your room Trevor, I need to speak with your father.

  Trevor : Fine!

  [slams the door] 

  Tracy : [Sounding more worried and embarrassed than angry]  First day of school Ellison, and your son's already drawing the grisly details of your mystery? Your book's about a family that was HUNG? Christ, Ellison!

  Ellison Oswalt : And that's all he drew?

  Tracy : That's not enough?

• Tracy : It's one thing to hear about something but it's another thing to see it.

• Tracy : I think I'll do some grocery shopping. I figured I'd get the lay of the land - have a nice morning with your murder victims!

• Ellison Oswalt : When bad things happen to good people they still need to have their stories told, they deserve that much!

  Tracy : [annoyed and sarcastic]  You're a real man of the PEOPLE!

• [first lines] 

  Tracy : Just one box?

  Ellison Oswalt : It's for my office. It's fragile.

  Tracy : Sissy.

• Tracy : Kentucky Blood was ten years ago.

  Ellison Oswalt : And?

  Tracy : And, what if that was your 15 minutes?

  Ellison Oswalt : Okay, so what if it was?

  Tracy : If it was, you can't just spend the rest of your life chasing after it. If you miss out on these years with the kids, you won't get them back.

• Tracy : Your legacy? That's Ashley and Trevor! Your KIDS are your legacy!

• Ellison Oswalt : [to Ashley and Trevor]  Well, it's nice to see that you two are so *enthusiastic* about our adventure!

  [Ashley begins throwing er food at Trevor and Trevor does the same] 

  Tracy : Stop it!

  Ellison Oswalt : Hey, stop it - be the bigger person.