It's Watching

Josie and her best friends Jackson and Allison plan to spend their Halloween night in the very haunted Bachelor's Grove Cemetery in Midlothian, Illinois, but not for the reasons you might think. They don't plan on desecrating tombstones while drinking beer; they want to try to see if they can photograph the fabled Lady in White and use their experience to write a news article for the Summit Hill Junior High newspaper. The three have secured coveted spots on the newspaper and have their own column, "The Magnifying Glass". They are very resourceful, planning their trip for a weekend when Josie's parents are out of town helping her grandmother move into assisted living. They think that she is with Allison, who uses her parents' Uber account to get them out to the cemetery. While there, creepy things happen, and on their way out, they are chased by a police patrolman. That's not the only thing that has found them; they each get a text saying "I'm watching" that is accompanied by a picture of the fabled Phantom Farmhouse as well as an eventual countdown. They have three days to figure out whatever this spirit wants. When they get back to Josie's house, things get creepy. The house alarm goes off for no reason, there's dirt on the floor where there shouldn't be, and the furnace goes off. The next morning, the computer is typing out "19191919" for 100 pages even though the electricity is out, and the Halloween decorations are changing in a sinister way. Ever resourceful, the kids take the clues they have gathered and spend their hard earned money to visit a reputable ghost hunter, Janessa. Janessa thinks that spirits have chosen the three friends to help them, and that she wouldn't be much use, but does give them her emergency contact information and drives them home. All three kids are also in contact with their parents, although they are not telling them the truth! Taking the information Janessa has given them, the three visit the local historical society and talk to Susan, who enlightens them on some of the people who lived near the cemetery. They also discuss where the phantom farmhouse might have been, while all the time the dolls in the museum are menacing them from their showcases! They think that a woman named Hulda Fulton wants her headstone back, so they create one and Uber back to the cemetery. They think for a while this might work, but more frightening things happen and they regroup at Josie's. Jackson has heard a creepy song, and they've seen "help her" scratched on the ground. They try researching various people in the cemetery, but can't quite figure out what's going on until Janessa returns with more information. By this time, they've been cold and wet, the house is growing algae on the ceiling, and they've been brewing coffee that they have to chew. With the hours passing quickly, they figure out another connection and return to the cemetery with yet another tombstone. Will it be enough to put the spirits to rest?