Review of Running Scared (2006) by Excommunicado — 19 Jan 2020

Edele: [as Teresa is checking the strange apartment in search of Oleg] Well, it's all about the children, and as you can see, there's no Oleg.

[pause].

Edele: I really hope that you find him.

[pause].

Edele: You hear too many stories these days. God only knows if it were our children...

Teresa Gazelle: [after Teresa is led out of the door, she starts barging in] Where are your children's photographs?

Edele: [politely] Excuse me?

Teresa Gazelle: No, photographs. Photographs. If they were your children, you would have at least one photograph somewhere in this apartment...

Edele: This is ridiculous! We only just moved into this place. Everything's in storage.

[pause].

Edele: Now, I really must ask you to leave! I INSIST!

Teresa Gazelle: [while running to the video room] It's too much. It's like some kind of a lure!

Dez: You're making a mistake...

Edele: Tell her to leave, Dez...

Dez: Ma'am, if you don't leave right now, I am calling the police!

Teresa Gazelle: Call them, CALL THEM! And be sure to mention that you've got two abducted children in the next room! Two children who don't appear in any photographs in this house...

Edele: [Walks up to Teresa] How dare you suggest that we...