Say Cheese and Die… Forever!

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It has been five years since Greg Banks had a hold of the haunted camera that could create a terrible future. Yet, he has had been having nightmares that the camera would be back in his possession and reek havoc again. Thus, he is seeking hours of counseling from his therapist Dr. Jacob. Greg tells him everything that happened with him, his friends, and the camera. Dr. Jacob would continuously ask questions about the camera such as "Where is it now?" Greg said he kept it buried where no one could find it.

However, Dr. Jacob has come to the conclusion that he has selaphobia. He told Greg that selaphobia is the fear of flashing lights, particularly coming from a camera. Because of that, Dr. Jacob believes that Greg has lived in his own world where such a camera exists to give him such nightmares. Afterwards, Greg was prescribed medication to help him with his anxiety and sleep.

Meanwhile, things have changed between him and his old friends. Shari has been too busy with her soccer team while Doug and Michael are in the marching band. His brother, Terry has moved on with his life at college. So far, Greg has been on his own, trying to seek the best help possible. Luckily, Greg still had his parents by his side to help him out with his nightmares, and lack of sleep. However, he still felt alone without his old friends.

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While taking his anxiety medication that he has been prescribed, Greg hears a knock at the door. So he ran downstairs and answers it to see who it is, only to find that no one was there. Confused, he walked back upstairs to his room, only to find a package on his bed. Greg did not know who it was from. He did not order anything and he wasn't expecting anything.

Hesitantly, he opened one corner of the box. He didn't see much, so he opened another corner and to his horror, Greg could not believe what he saw. It was the haunted camera, buried within the box. Within it was a card, that read "I know you feel alone." Traumatized, he took the camera, placed it in his backpack and rode his bike as far away from the edge of town. Greg buried the camera again to make sure that it wouldn't find him again.

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Greg thought it would be best not to tell anyone about what he had come across. Two things would happen. Either someone would think he's crazy or would not listen to him. So as two weeks have past, Greg had another session with his therapist. Dr. Jacob asked Greg write down his feelings on a sheet of paper. So Greg offered to get a pencil from his backpack, only to find the haunted camera in it. This time, it had a card that read "Let's have some fun." As, he was picking up his backpack, the camera fell out and landed near Dr. Jacob's feet.

As he picked up the camera, Dr. Jacob asked if this was the camera he was talking about. Greg replied "yes" and said he needed it back. As Dr. Jacob looked at the camera, he told Greg that someone could've been pulling a joke on him. He told him that there was nothing to worry about. To demonstrate, Dr. Jacob took a picture of himself, only to be shocked by the picture. Greg looked at the picture with horror too. That was when Dr. Jacob left his office in a state of worried panic. Greg decides to head out with devastation on his mind on what will happen to his therapist.

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Later that night, Dr. Jacob was alone in his house, typing on his computer. He could not stop thinking about that picture that he took of himself. Was it real or was it just a cruel joke someone set up? He did not know as he looked at the picture itself. After he threw it away, Dr. Jacob put his hands to his face as thoughts raced down his mind. They said…"Die! Die! Die!" Dr. Jacob could not get his head clear anymore, as it was filled with darkness. Before he knew it, Dr. Jacob had a noose around his neck and had himself hanged, just like the photo predicted. The camera had created Dr. Jacob's death.

As Greg was watching television that night, the news came on. An anonymous neighbor had reported that Dr. Jerry Jacob has committed suicide via hanging. Greg knew this would happen, but did not want to think about it. All he could think about was how his therapist was gone because of him. If only he stopped him from taking that photo, maybe Dr. Jacob would still be alive.

As Greg's parents heard about the news too, they gave their son a big hug. They told Greg that Dr. Jacob probably had mental issues and stress on him that nobody knew about. However, it still did not make sense to them on why he would kill himself. That knew the kind of man Dr. Jacob was. They knew he was a strong, and confident person.

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Guiltily grieving over the loss of his therapist, Greg worked on getting some sleep. The pain was too much for him to try to sleep. Then Greg began to hear footsteps coming from the hallway. They began to get closer and closer. So Greg got up from his bed to see where the footsteps were coming from. As he opened his bedroom door, Greg found no one was there. Confused and scared, Greg looked around in his bedroom for anything suspicious, but found nothing.

Meanwhile, as Greg was looking around, the door slammed shut on its own. Ad Greg turned around, he saw the most horrifying image. It was Dr. Jacob's ghost! He took the camera that was near Greg's bed stand and held it to his face as the camera was facing Greg. The ghost said "Smile Greg" as he snapped the photo. As the photo fell on the floor, the ghost disappeared.

Greg felt really scared on what would happen to him this time. He picked up the photo and gasped in horror at what he saw. The picture showed Greg smothering a pillow over his dad's face. The camera was going to make Greg kill his father. As he getting ready to tear apart the picture, he heard his parents come down the hallway. So before could think of anything to say, Greg hid the picture and fell back asleep, thinking of what fate awaits of his father.

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A few days have past since Greg was visited by Dr. Jacob's ghost. Since then, Greg started has becoming ill. He has started seeing visions of himself killing his father. He started hear voices inside his head that said "Kill!Kill!Kill!" Soo as Greg sat their lying in his bed, he had to fight this madness as it got stronger.

So later that night, as Greg was lying in bed, he got another visit from Dr. Jacob's ghost. He was just standing by the edge of his bedside, filling Greg with fright. What do you want from me", Greg asked with fear. Dt. Jacob did not reply. All he did was hold the camera and begin to leave. As he left, he turned around and said "You'll figure it out." This left Greg puzzled and scared.

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The next day, Greg's condition started to get worse. For one thing, the voices and visions are becoming stronger. Greg is also getting major fatigue. Then his eyes started to turn a pinkish color. Greg's doctor, Dr. Rivet starts to make out that what he has could be a major allergic reaction.

While Greg sat lying in bed, he heard a knock at the door. He tried to ignore it, thinking it was the same ghost again. However, the knock begin to grow louder and louder. So, as Greg slowly walked down the stairs with little energy he had, he reached for the door and opened it. When he opened it, he screamed with as much noise as he could muster.

It was his father's dead body lying on the front porch! He knew that he was going to be forced to kill him just like in the picture. The corpse grabbed Greg's leg and yelled "You did this to me!" As he was grabbed, Greg was being sunken into the ground. Below him, is fire and brimstone where he is dragged down to hell.

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Greg awoke from his horrible dream with fear in his eyes. Sweat was pouring down his forehead as he was screaming with panic. It was 8 o' Clock in the morning and Greg has missed 5 days of school since the picture of him was taken. He wanted to tell his old friends Shari, Michael, and Doug about his encounter with the camera again. Yet, despite of everything they went through, their friendship has grown apart ever since they entered high school. Not to mention, they likely have put their memories of the camera behind them.

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That night, Greg could feel his own body not in his control anymore. He could feel himself holding a pillow clutched tightly in his hands He could here the voices reach their strongest points. His eyes had gray shadows underneath them. Greg could now feel an evil presence within him.As he sat on his bed holding the pillow, Dr. Jacob's ghost approached Greg once more. Greg just gave the ghost a sinister smile. It asked, "How does it feel, all that darkness inside of you?" All Greg could say without hesitation was "Good." The ghost smiled as it slowly began to fade.

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Greg slowly got up from his bed and started walking down the hallway with the pillow in his hands. As Greg walked slowly, he cannot think about anything else. All he could do was walk toward his parents bedroom where both of his parents were asleep. As he held the pillow in his hands, he leaned towards his father. He holds the pillow on his head places it firmly.

As Greg's father struggles for air, Greg gets a deranged look in his eyes. As his mother begins to awaken, she sees the horror that she is witnessing. She grabs hold onto Greg, shouting his name repeatedly, telling him to stop. However, the voices in his head have become too strong for his real self too hear. As she pulled Greg away from his father, she saw a deranged look in her son's eyes. She began to think this was not her son. As Greg's father began to wake up too, he also sees his son's evil expression. Suddenly, they both start feeling the same vibe of horror running through them.

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Mrs. Banks was too afraid too call the police. She was afraid of what they might do to him. Luckily, the Banks were good friends with the Walkers. Mrs. Banks had a feeling that ever since Greg has been going on about an evil camera, things have been strange. As she was holding down her son, Mrs. Banks told her husband to call the Walker house and if there is anyway they could help.

Mr. Banks dialed the numbers for the Walker house and the phone started ringing. "Hello," Mrs. Walker said on the other line. "Yes, this is an emergency," Mr. Banks exclaimed. He told her that their son Greg was in trouble and that something may have happened to him. He asked if Shari knows anything about a haunted camera. Mrs. Walker said she did, but it was a long time ago.

"What did she say", Mr. Banks asked. Mrs. Walker told him about all the mishaps the camera caused that Shari would tell her. She mentioned that when Shari disappeared, Greg tore up the photograph and it brought her back. She thought for a long time that Shari was kidnapped. Mr. Banks said thank you and after he hung up, he knew one thing. He had to find the picture.

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Mr. Banks remembered to head back to help his wife maintain their son. As he got back to the bedroom, he witnessed a horrible sight. He had found his wife laying dead with Greg at his knees in front of her body. The thing that possessed Greg had killed her.

Mr. Banks screamed in agony as he knocked out the shell of Greg. It hurt him to do so because he looked like his son, but he knew deeply inside that shell was a monster. Mr. Banks mourned he loss of his wife. Not only was she gone, but she was killed by someone who looked like his son. He cried as he held her into his arms.

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With tears and anger in his eyes, Mr. Banks ran into Greg's room, looking for the photograph. He looked all through the room, but could find nothing. As he was searching through Greg's room, the monster in Greg slowly began to awaken. Mr. Banks had to look faster. As he did, he finally found the photograph along with the camera hidden secretly underneath floorboards, where it couldn't be found.

Before Mr. Banks could tear up the photo, Greg was in the room with a bat. He came at Mr. Banks bluntly beating him with the instrument. As he was being beaten by Greg, Mr. Banks attempted to reach for the photo. That was until Greg grabbed it and threw it out the window.

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Back outside, the neighbors pit bull, Otis caught a glimpse of where the picture landed. It sniffed it for a minute, and then started to chew it up. Meanwhile, as Mr. Banks was crawling on the floor in pain, Greg was getting ready to make a final strike. He had a deranged look in his eyes that were not even human. But as the picture outside was finally chewed up for good, the evil look in Greg's eyes were gone.

Greg looked at the bat that was in his hands and dropped it. He looked around the room, not realizing what had happened. Then he looked at his dad, who was severely beaten. Greg gave his dad a big hug as he said he was sorry, with tears in his eyes. Mr. Banks hugged him back. They both were filled with relief and anguish.

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Months went by since the incident where Greg almost killed his father. Greg is now being held at Bell Mental Institution. He had confessed to the murder of his mother and the attack on his father. But as he is being wheeled in a wheelchair while wearing a straight jacket, Greg kept saying "The camera made me do it!" Even while Greg is in his room, he has drawn pictures of the camera and past pictures from the camera. He is getting visits from Dr. Jacob's and his mother's ghosts. Now he knows that as along as he has his darkest secrets, he is never alone.

Meanwhile, Greg's father tries to destroy the camera over the past months. One day, after many failed attempts, he throws the camera into the river. But when he returned, so would the camera. Mr. Banks looked around the camera, trying to see how it is made. As he accidentally had it facing towards him, it set off by itself and took a picture of him. Mr. Banks gasped at what just happened, he slowly took the picture out of the camera. He screamed and dropped the picture, knowing what horrible future awaits him.