A Monster Calls

Graveyard in young Conor O’Malley’s nightmare
Narrator: ”And a nightmare.” (0:01)

A schoolmate asks Conner, "Are you drunk or something?" (0:06)

Conor and his mother Elisabeth “Lizzie” Clayton watch King Kong. (0:08)

The monster tells Conor, "The truth you dream. You will tell me your nightmare." (0:15)

Lizzie tells her mother, "Go and help Conor with the tea or I’ll literally go insane." (0:18)

Conor tells Grandma, referring to LIzzie, "She’s always sick after the treatments." (0:19)

Conor tells the monster, "... I don’t have time to listen to stupid stories from a stupid tree that is just a dream."
Monster: ”A dream. What is a dream, Conor O’Malley? And who is to say that it is not everything else that is a dream?” (0:22)

The monster tells Conor, "The king had lost all three of his sons..."
”The queen wasn’t able to bear the loss of all her three sons... A few weeks later, the king died.”
Referring to the Prince, ”Someone had killed his beloved in the night.” (0:25)

Lizzie tells Conor, "This latest treatment’s not doing what it’s supposed to." (0:33)

Conor tells his father Liam, "Mom’s on this new medicine... they pump the medicine into her bloodstream..." (0:40)

The monster tells Conor, referring to the apothecary, "He dealt in the old ways of medicine..."
”The very next day, both of the parson’s daughters died.” (0:46)

Lizzie tells Conor, "It’s a medicine that’s had some really good results."
”Well, this drug, it’s made from trees like that.” (1:00)

Conor tells the monster, "To listen to idiotic stories that make no sense."
Conor: ”That’s just a nightmare... That’s just a nightmare.” (1:02)

Liam: "Conor, this medicine your mom’s taking..."
Conor: ”At first I thought it was a dream.”
Liam: ”It’s a dream.” (1:04)

School bully Harry tells Conor, "All that you are looking for is someone to kick your head in." (1:11)

Conor punches Harry in the head. (1:13)

Lizzie tells Conor, "The new treatment, it’s not working..."
Conor: ”What’s gonna be the next treatment?” (1:16)

Conor runs through the graveyard. (1:19)

The monster tells Conor, "It is time for your nightmare."
Lizzie tells Conor, ”There’s nothing to worry about.”
Monster: ”Here is your nightmare.”
”You must tell me your nightmare before it is too late.”
Conor lets himself fall into the abyss, but the monster catches him. (1:21)

Grandma tells Conor, "I’ve been out of my mind trying to find you." (1:28)