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( woman screaming )

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( pained moaning )

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( woman screaming )

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( man laughing maniacally over screams )

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( creaking door )

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( rattling chains and heavy foot steps )

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The ghosts are moving tonight - [br]restless, hungry.

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May I introduce myself?

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I'm Watson Pritchard.

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In just a minute I'll show you the only[br]really haunted house in the world.

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Since it was built a century ago,

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seven people, including my brother,

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have been murdered in it.

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Since then, I've owned the house.

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I've only spent one night there.

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And when they found me in the morning I...

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I was almost dead!

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( pained moaning )

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♪ ( jarring musical note, swelling ) ♪

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I'm Frederick Loren.

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And I've rented the house on Haunted Hill[br]tonight

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so that my wife can give a party.

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A haunted house party. (chuckles)

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She's so amusing.

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There will be food and drink and... [br]ghosts.

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And perhaps even a few murders.

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You're all invited.

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If any of you will spend the next [br]twelve hours in this house,

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I'll give you each ten thousand dollars -

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- or your next of kin, [br]in case you don't survive.

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Ah, but here come our other guests.

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(Frederick) It was my wife's idea [br]to have our guests come in funeral cars.

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She's so amusing.

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Her sense of humor is, shall we say, [br]original.

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I dreamed up the hearse.

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It's empty now, but -

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- after a night in the house on Haunted Hill -

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- who knows?

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This is Lance Schroeder, a test pilot.

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So, no doubt a brave man.

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But don't you think you can be [br]much braver if you're paid for it?

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And I happen to know that Lance

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needs the ten thousand I'll give him,

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if he's brave enough to stay all night.

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This is Ruth Bridgers.

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You've no doubt read her column[br]in the newspapers.

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She says her reason [br]for coming to the party

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is to write a feature article on ghosts.

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She's also desperate for money. [br]Gambles.

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You've already met Watson Pritchard,

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a man living in mortal fear of a house,

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and yet he's risking his life [br]to spend another night here.

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I wonder why.

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He says "for money".

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This is Dr. David Trent, a psychiatrist.

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He claims that my ghosts [br]will help his work on hysteria.

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But don't you see a little[br]touch of greed there

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around the mouth and eyes?

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This is Nora Manning.

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I picked her

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from the thousands of people[br]who work for me

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because she needed the ten thousand[br]more than most.

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Supports her whole family.

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Isn't she pretty?

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The party's starting now.

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And you have until midnight to find[br]The House on Haunted Hill.

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♪ ( title music plays ) ♪

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Lance: Well, where is everybody?

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Nora: It isn't a very warm welcome, is it?

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Watson: Only the ghosts in this house[br]are glad we're here.

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Ruth: Are we all strangers to each other?

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Don't you two know each other?

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Lance: I'm afraid I don't even [br]know your name.

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- I'm Nora Manning.[br]- Lance Schroeder.

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Ruth: Is Fredrick Loren a friend of yours?

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Lance: I've heard of him, [br]but I've never met him.

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Nora: I work for one of his companies,[br]but I've never seen him.

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Ruth: I've never met the man either.[br]Just a phone call.

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Do you know him?

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David: No.

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(Ruth) Then you're the only one of us [br]who does.

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Watson: I don't know him.

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All the details about running the house[br]were done by mail.

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- David: He's quite wealthy, isn't he?[br]- Ruth: Millions.

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- David: And five wives, I believe.[br]- Ruth: Four, I think so far.

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David: A fifty thousand dollar party for[br]only five people is a little steep.

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(David) Even for a millionaire.

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Lance: Well, if I were going to haunt [br]anybody,

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this would certainly be [br]the house I'd do it in.

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( door creaks and slams shut )

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(chandelier tinkles)

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Nora: Who closed the door?

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♪ ( ominous music plays ) ♪

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Lance: This thing's made of solid steel.

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( chandelier crashes )

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♪ ( ominous music plays ) ♪

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Fredrick: Annabelle?

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Our guests are here and unfortunately[br]still alive.

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Is your face on yet?

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Annabelle: Dust and dirt everywhere.[br]And the water barely trickles.

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Couldn't you've had the place cleaned?

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Fredrick: Atmosphere, darling. [br]You know how ghosts are.

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They never tidy up.

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That's a very fetching outfit,[br]but hardly suitable for a party.

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Annabelle: I'm not going to the party.

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Fredrick: This 'spend the night [br]ghost party' was your idea. Remember?

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Since it's going to cost me [br]fifty thousand dollars,

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I want you to have fun!

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Annabelle: The party was my idea,

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until you invited all the guests.

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Why all the strangers? [br]Why none of our friends?

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Fredrick: Friends? Do we have [br]any friends?

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Annabelle: No. Your jealousy [br]took care of that.

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Fredrick: I had a reason for inviting [br]each guest.

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I wanted kind of a cross section.

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From psychiatrist to typist.

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And from drunk to jet pilot.

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They share one thing. [br]They all need money.

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Now, let's see if they're brave enough [br]to earn it.

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Annabelle: And you call this a party?

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Fredrick: Could be.

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Annabelle: Why do you always do that?[br]It spoils the champagne.

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Fredrick: It might explode.[br]- (Annabelle) It never does.

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Fredrick: Will you guarantee that?

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Annabelle: That isn't funny, Fredrick.

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Fredrick: It'd make a good headline.[br]"Playboy kills wife with champagne cork".

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- Will you join me?[br]- Annabelle: No, thank you.

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Fredrick: Just a sip [br]might improve your humor.

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Annabelle: My humor is fine, thanks.

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And I haven't poisoned it.

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Fredrick: It's always good to know that.

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Fredrick: Have some. You'll enjoy [br]the party more.

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Go on.

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Annabelle: Your trust is so touching.

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And I'm not going to the party.

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Fredrick: Of all my wives, [br]you're the least agreeable.

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Annabelle: But, still alive.

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Fredrick: Would you go away, for [br]a million dollars, tax-free?

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You want it all, don't you?

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Annabelle: I deserve it all.

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Your jealousy isn't tax-free.

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And your possessiveness is maddening.

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Fredrick: If ever a man had grounds [br]for divorce...

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- Annabelle: But can't prove them.[br]- Fredrick: The time will come.

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Fredrick: You'll slip up [br]one of these days.

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- Annabelle: You think so?[br]- Fredrick: If I live long enough.

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Fredrick: Do you remember the fun we had [br]when you poisoned me?

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Annabelle: Something you ate, [br]the doctor said.

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Fredrick: Yes. Arsenic on the rocks.

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Annabelle,

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you'd do it again if you thought you could[br]get away with it, wouldn't you?

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Annabelle: Darling, what makes you[br]think that?

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Fredrick: Something about you.

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I hear that hanging is very uncomfortable,[br]in case you get any more ideas.

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(Fredrick) Don't let the ghosts and the [br]ghouls disturb you, darling.

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Annabelle: Darling, the only ghoul [br]in the house is you.

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Fredrick: Don't sit up all night, [br]thinking of ways to get rid of me.

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It makes wrinkles.

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Watson: This is what she used [br]on my brother and her sister.

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Hacked 'em to pieces.

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We found parts of the bodies [br]all over the house.

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In places you wouldn't think.

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A funny thing is, the heads have [br]never been found.

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Hands and feet and things like that.

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But no heads.

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David: The wife, probably in a rage, [br]threatened her husband with the knife

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and then, carried away by hysteria, [br]took a swing at him,

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and simply went on from there.

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Lance: She certainly went on. How many [br]people did she kill, Mr. Pritchard?

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Watson: Only two.

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Her husband and her sister. No one [br]else was here.

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Lance: So there are two loose heads just [br]floating around here somewhere?

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Watson: You can hear them at night.

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They whisper to each other.[br]And then cry.

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( Lance laughs )

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Ruth: Since our host isn't here, [br]would anyone care to mix me a drink?

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David: Certainly. What will you have?

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( door opens )

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Fredrick: Good evening.

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I'm your host, Fredrick Loren.

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Since we're all strangers to each other, [br]let's get acquainted with a drink.

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Watson: Mr. Loren, I advise you to [br]call this party off now.

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The ghosts are already moving [br]and that's a bad sign.

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Fredrick: Let me apologize for my wife. [br]She'll join us later.

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- What will you have?[br]- Ruth: Scotch and.

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- Doctor?[br]- David: I'll have the same.

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Fredrick: Now, before the party begins, [br]let's go over the details.

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The caretakers will leave at midnight,

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locking us in here, [br]until they come back in the morning.

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Once the door is locked, [br]there's no way out.

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The windows have bars[br]that a jail would be proud of.

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And the only door to the outside [br]locks like a vault.

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There's no electricity. No phone.[br]No one within miles.

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So, no way to call for help.

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Watson: Like a coffin.

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Fredrick: So, if any of you decide [br]to not stay for the party,

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you must let me know before midnight.

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Of course, if you leave, I shan't be able [br]to pay you anything.

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David: I'm interested in your reasons [br]for this "party".

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Aside from present company.

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Fredrick: Ghosts, Doctor!

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I think everyone wonders [br]what they would do

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(Fredrick) if they saw a ghost.

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Fredrick: And now my wife has given us [br]the opportunity to find out.

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David: Hm. Amusing.

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David: Ghosts, etcetera, being only [br]creations of hysteria,

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your party should be a success!

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Fredrick: Pritchard here promises us [br]genuine ghosts.

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Watson: Seven, now. Maybe more [br]before morning.

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Fredrick: That's cheerful.

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Watson: Four men have been [br]murdered in this house.

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And three women.

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David: You've planned your party [br]very well, Mr. Loren.

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Four of us are men. Three are women.

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A ghost for everybody.

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Fredrick: Pritchard, why don't you take [br]us on a tour through the house?

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Let's see what happens?

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Watson: See that stain? Blood.

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Watson: A young girl was killed here.

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And whatever got her, wasn't human.

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- Don't stand there![br]- Ruth: What do you mean? Where?

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Watson: It's too late. [br]They've marked you.

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David: Ridiculous. The roof [br]probably leaks.

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Ruth: That must be what it is. [br]Who'd want to haunt me?

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Fredrick: I'd say any self-respecting [br]male ghost.

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Watson: I hope it doesn't come back.

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David: Well, Mr. Pritchard, you're the [br]life of the party.

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Fredrick: He hasn't even started yet.

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Wasn't there a man who threw his wife [br]into a wine vat or something?

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Watson: That was in the cellar.

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There's been a murder almost every [br]place in this house.

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Watson: All this belonged to a Mr. Norton, [br]who didn't die here.

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He was electrocuted later.

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Watson: Mr. Norton did a good deal of [br]experimenting with wines.

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But his wife didn't think it was any good.

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So he filled a vat with acid and [br]threw her in.

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(Watson) She was supposed to stay down,