WEBVTT 00:00:22.469 --> 00:00:27.712 ( woman screaming ) 00:00:28.623 --> 00:00:32.319 ( pained moaning ) 00:00:32.557 --> 00:00:37.356 ( woman screaming ) 00:00:37.392 --> 00:00:43.288 ( man laughing maniacally over screams ) 00:00:43.753 --> 00:00:48.038 ( creaking door ) 00:00:48.038 --> 00:00:56.458 ( rattling chains and heavy foot steps ) 00:00:57.382 --> 00:01:00.924 The ghosts are moving tonight - restless, hungry. 00:01:02.468 --> 00:01:04.589 May I introduce myself? 00:01:04.906 --> 00:01:06.609 I'm Watson Pritchard. 00:01:07.747 --> 00:01:11.509 In just a minute I'll show you the only really haunted house in the world. 00:01:13.218 --> 00:01:15.243 Since it was built a century ago, 00:01:15.258 --> 00:01:17.067 seven people, including my brother, NOTE Paragraph 00:01:17.087 --> 00:01:18.987 have been murdered in it. 00:01:19.842 --> 00:01:22.802 Since then, I've owned the house. 00:01:24.351 --> 00:01:26.211 I've only spent one night there. 00:01:26.245 --> 00:01:28.335 And when they found me in the morning I... 00:01:28.488 --> 00:01:30.288 I was almost dead! 00:01:30.987 --> 00:01:35.185 ( pained moaning ) 00:01:35.603 --> 00:01:38.433 ♪ ( jarring musical note, swelling ) ♪ 00:01:39.493 --> 00:01:41.134 I'm Frederick Loren. 00:01:41.714 --> 00:01:44.505 And I've rented the house on Haunted Hill tonight 00:01:44.601 --> 00:01:46.274 so that my wife can give a party. 00:01:46.592 --> 00:01:47.592 A haunted house party. (chuckles) 00:01:49.945 --> 00:01:52.725 She's so amusing. 00:01:53.136 --> 00:01:55.634 There will be food and drink and... ghosts. 00:01:56.717 --> 00:01:58.109 And perhaps even a few murders. 00:01:59.274 --> 00:02:00.894 You're all invited. 00:02:01.094 --> 00:02:04.092 If any of you will spend the next twelve hours in this house, 00:02:04.252 --> 00:02:06.855 I'll give you each $10,000 - 00:02:06.855 --> 00:02:09.948 - or your next of kin, in case you don't survive. 00:02:10.358 --> 00:02:12.797 Ah, but here come our other guests. 00:02:16.495 --> 00:02:22.115 (Frederick) It was my wife's idea to have our guests come in funeral cars. 00:02:22.810 --> 00:02:24.962 She's so amusing. 00:02:24.962 --> 00:02:27.532 Her sense of humor is, shall we say, original. 00:02:28.070 --> 00:02:29.993 I dreamed up the hearse. 00:02:29.993 --> 00:02:31.987 It's empty now, but - 00:02:32.210 --> 00:02:34.750 - after a night in the house on Haunted Hill - 00:02:34.824 --> 00:02:36.664 - who knows? 00:02:37.315 --> 00:02:40.088 This is Lance Schroeder, a test pilot. 00:02:40.088 --> 00:02:42.424 So, no doubt a brave man. 00:02:42.424 --> 00:02:45.796 But don't you think you can be much braver if you're paid for it? 00:02:45.822 --> 00:02:47.511 And I happen to know that Lance 00:02:47.511 --> 00:02:49.903 needs the ten thousand I'll give him, 00:02:49.903 --> 00:02:52.349 if he's brave enough to stay all night. 00:02:52.470 --> 00:02:54.150 This is Ruth Bridgers. 00:02:54.430 --> 00:02:57.170 You've no doubt read her column in the newspapers. 00:02:57.289 --> 00:02:59.530 She says her reason for coming to the party 00:02:59.530 --> 00:03:02.340 is to write a feature article on ghosts. 00:03:02.448 --> 00:03:06.288 She's also desperate for money. Gambles. 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:10.270 You've already met Watson Pritchard, 00:03:10.341 --> 00:03:12.681 a man living in mortal fear of a house, 00:03:12.737 --> 00:03:15.807 and yet he's risking his life to spend another night here. 00:03:15.913 --> 00:03:17.373 I wonder why. 00:03:17.485 --> 00:03:19.535 He says "for money". 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This is Dr. David Trent, a psychiatrist. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He claims that my ghosts will help his work on hysteria. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But don't you see a little touch of greed there 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 around the mouth and eyes? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 This is Nora Manning. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I picked her from the thousands of people who work for me 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 because she needed the ten thousand most. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Supports her whole family. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Isn't she pretty? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The party's starting now. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And you have until midnight to find The House on Haunted Hill. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ♪ ( title music plays ) ♪ 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Well, where is everybody? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: It isn't a very warm welcome, is it? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: Only the ghosts in this house are glad we're here. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ruth: Are we all strangers to each other? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Don't you two know each other? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: I'm afraid I don't even know your name. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - I'm Nora Manning. - Lance Schroeder. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ruth: Is Fredrick Loren a friend of yours? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: I've heard of him, but I've never met him. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: I work for one of his companies. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But I've never seen him. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ruth: I've never met the man either. Just a phone call. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Do you know him? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: No. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Ruth) Then you're the only one of us who does. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: I don't know him. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 All the details about running the house were done by mail. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: He's quite wealthy, isn't he? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ruth: Millions. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - David: And five wives, I believe. - Ruth: Four, I think so far. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: A $50,000 party for only five people is a little steep. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (David) Even for a millionaire. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Well, if I were going to haunt anybody, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 this would certainly be the house I'd do it in. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ( door creaks and slams shut ) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (chandelier tinkles) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: Who closed the door? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ♪ ( ominous music ) ♪ 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: This thing's made of solid steel. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ( chandelier crashes ) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ♪ ( ominous music plays ) ♪ 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Annabelle? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Our guests are here and unfortunately still alive. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Is your face on yet? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: Dust and dirt everywhere. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And the water barely trickles. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Couldn't you've had the place cleaned? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Atmosphere, darling. You know how ghosts are. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They never tidy up. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 That's a very fetching outfit, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but hardly suitable for a party. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: I'm not going to the party. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: This 'spend the night ghost party' was your idea. Remember? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Since it's going to cost me $50,000, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I want you to have fun! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: The party was my idea, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 until you invited all the guests. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Why all the strangers? Why none of our friends? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Friends? Do we have any friends? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: No. Your jealousy took care of that. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: I had a reason for inviting each guest. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I wanted a cross section. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 From psychiatrist to typist. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And from drunk to jet pilot. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They share one thing. They all need money. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Now, let's see if they're brave enough to earn it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: And you call this a party? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Could be. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: Why do you always do that? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It spoils the champagne. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: It might explode. - (Annabelle) It never does. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Will you guarantee that? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: That isn't funny, Fredrick. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: It'd make a good headline. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 "Playboy kills wife with champagne cork". 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Will you join me? - Annabelle: No, thank you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Just a sip might improve your humor. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: My humor is fine, thanks. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And I haven't poisoned it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: It's always good to know that. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Have some. You'll enjoy the party more. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Go on. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: Your trust is so touching. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And I'm not going to the party. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Of all my wives, you're the least agreeable. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: But, still alive. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Would you go away, for a million dollars, tax-free? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You want it all, don't you? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: I deserve it all. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Your jealousy isn't tax-free. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And your possessiveness is maddening. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: If ever a man had grounds for divorce... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Annabelle: But can't prove them. - Fredrick: The time will come. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: You'll slip up one of these days. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Annabelle: You think so? - Fredrick: If I live long enough. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Do you remember the fun we had when you poisoned me? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: Something you ate, the doctor said. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Yes. Arsenic on the rocks. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You'd do it again if you thought you could get away with it, wouldn't you!? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: Darling, what makes you think that? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Something about you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I hear that hanging is very uncomfortable, in case you get any more ideas. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Fredrick) Don't let the ghosts and the ghouls disturb you, darling. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: Darling, the only ghoul in the house is you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Don't sit up all night, thinking of ways to get rid of me. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 It makes wrinkles. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: This is what she used on my brother and her sister. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Hacked 'em to pieces. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We found parts of the bodies all over the house. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 In places you wouldn't think. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 A funny thing is, the heads have never been found. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Hands and feet and things like that. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But no heads. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: The wife, probably in a rage, threatened her husband with the knife 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and then, carried away by hysteria, took a swing at him, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 and simply went on from there. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: She certainly went on. How many people did she kill, Mr. Pritchard? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: Only two. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Her husband and her sister. No one else was here. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: So there are two loose heads just floating around here somewhere? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: You can hear them at night. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They whisper to each other. And then cry. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ( Lance laughs ) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ruth: Since our host isn't here, would anyone care to mix me a drink? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: Certainly. What will you have? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ( door opens ) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Good evening. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I'm your host, Fredrick Loren. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Since we're all strangers to each other, let's get acquainted with a drink. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: Mr. Loren, I advise you to call this party off now. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The ghosts are already moving and that's a bad sign. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Let me apologize for my wife. She'll join us later. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - What will you have? - Ruth: Scotch and. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Doctor? - David: I'll have the same. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Now, before the party begins, let's go over the details. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The caretakers will leave at midnight, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 locking us in here, until they come back in the morning. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Once the door is locked, there's no way out. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 The windows have bars that a jail would be proud of. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And the only door to the outside locks like a vault. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 There's no electricity. No phone. No one within miles. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So, no way to call for help. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: Like a coffin. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: So, if any of you decide to not stay for the party, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 you must let me know before midnight. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Of course, if you leave, I shan't be able to pay you anything. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: I'm interested in your reasons for this "party". 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Aside from present company. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Ghosts, Doctor! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I think everyone wonders what they would do 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Fredrick) if they saw a ghost. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: And now my wife has given us the opportunity to find out. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: Hm. Amusing. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: Ghosts, etcetera, being only creations of hysteria, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 your party should be a success! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Pritchard here promises us genuine ghosts. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: Seven, now. Maybe more before morning. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: That's cheerful. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: Four men have been murdered in this house. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And three women. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: You've planned your party very well, Mr. Loren. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Four of us are men. Three are women. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 A ghost for everybody. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Pritchard, why don't you take us on a tour through the house? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Let's see what happens? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: See that stain? Blood. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: A young girl was killed here. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 And whatever got her, wasn't human. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Don't stand there! - Ruth: What do you mean? Where? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: It's too late. They've marked you. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: Ridiculous. The roof probably leaks. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ruth: That must be what it is. Who'd want to haunt me? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: I'd say any self-respecting male ghost. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: I hope it doesn't come back. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: Well, Mr. Pritchard, you're the life of the party. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: He hasn't even started yet. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Wasn't there a man who threw his wife into a wine vat or something? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: That was in the cellar. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 There's been a murder almost every place in this house. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: All this belonged to a Mr. Norton, who didn't die here. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 He was electrocuted later. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: Mr. Norton did a good deal of experimenting with wines. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But his wife didn't think it was any good. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 So he filled a vat with acid and threw her in. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Watson) She was supposed to stay down, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but the bones came up. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: It's a funny thing. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 None of the murders here were just ordinary. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Just shooting. Or stabbing. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They've all been sort of wild. Violent. Different. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Look out! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: Thank God she didn't fall in. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: You mean there's still acid in there? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ( violent bubbling ) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: Destroys everything with hair and flesh. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Just leaves the bones. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: My, it's dry and dusty down here. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Well there's... a cure... for that... upstairs. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: How'd you get invited to this party? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: I mean, what'd he tell you? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: Mr. Loren said everybody would get $10,000. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: But he didn't say anything about being locked in. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: No. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: He just made the deal with me on the phone. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But nothing about having to stay. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: Aren't you going to stay? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: If I don't, I lose $10,000. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: I'm going to stay, too. $10, 000... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Yes... Do you believe in ghosts? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: I don't know. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Well, I agree with what that doc says. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You can spook yourself. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I've done it in planes. Seen things that weren't really there. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Or, were they? ( laughing ) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: What are you going to do with your $10,000? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 If we get it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: What do you mean "if we get it"? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Won't he pay us if we stay? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Sure he will. $10,000 is no more to him, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 than a nickle is to us. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: We were in an automobile accident. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Now I'm the only one in the family who can make any money. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Boy, I've never seen so many doors. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Bottles! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: Does it go anywhere? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ( door creaks and slams ) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: Lance! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ♪ ( dramatic music ) ♪ 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: Help me! Please! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance is gone and there's a ghost! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - David: A ghost? - Watson: See what I mean? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - Nora: Please! Come on! - Ruth: Did she say Lance is gone? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ruth: Gone where? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: We'll have to break it down. It's locked! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: Locked? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: You all right? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Nothing that money won't cure. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I must have - I must have bumped my head. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: The only way you could bump your head in here - 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 - is to run head-on into the wall. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: You didn't do that, did you? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Let's get a bandage on that. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: I wonder why they didn't kill him. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ruth: Who? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: He didn't bump his head. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 They hit him. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ruth: They? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ♪ ( eerie music ) ♪ 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Nora, you said something about a ghost. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: There was something. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: What did it look like? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: It was wearing a black thing that went all the way to the floor. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: Weren't you a little frightened at the time? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: Well, yes. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: That, Mr. Loren, is hysteria. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Well, then, Doctor, how do you explain what happened to Lance? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Was that hysteria, too? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 David: You'd better get that checked in a day or so. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Thanks, Doc. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance (whispering): Wait for me in the hall. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: The ghosts are coming closer, Mr. Loren. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: You really believe in your pet ghosts, don't you Pritchard? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Watson: Before the night's over, you will, too. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Would you like a drink, Lance? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: No thanks. - Ruth: I'd like one. Scotch and. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ruth: Mr. Loren, are you really going to pay anyone who stays all night? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: Certainly. $10,000. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ruth: Will there be much red-tape or delay? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: In a hurry, dear? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Ruth: Frankly, yes. (muttering) Or 'frantically'. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Fredrick: There you are, my dear. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ( clock ticking ) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Someone or some thing was in here when I came in. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 But where? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 If the door was locked, how did it get out? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What you saw might have been a ghost, 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 but what was in here was no ghost. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: I don't know. I was so scared. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ( solid knocking ) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ( knocking with echoes ) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Does that sound different to you? - Nora: Yes! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ( knocking with echoes ) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: 3... 6... 9... 12. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: 12 feet. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: 3... 6. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: I'm going to knock on the other wall. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 When you hear me, you knock on this wall. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ( knocking with echoes from first room ) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ( Nora knocks ) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Lance) Tap lower down! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ( knocking with echoes ) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ( Nora screams in terror ) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 ( sobbing ) 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: Oh Lance! I saw it again! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Where'd it come from? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: From in here! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Well if it'd ran out of here - I'd have seen it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: Lance, it doesn't run, it just floats! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: But why didn't I see it? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: You don't believe me! 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance (laughing): How can I? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: I'm Annabelle Loren. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You must be Miss Manning. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 I realize this is a very unusual and, I'm afraid, very dull party. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Wouldn't you like to freshen up? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: This is your room. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Depressing, isn't it? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: I doubt if I'll spend much time here. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: It's going to rain. Perfect atmosphere for my husbands party. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Why did you come here? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: He said he'd give me $10,000. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: Why did he pick you? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: I don't know. My supervisor just said I'd been invited. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: How long have you known my husband? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: I just met him tonight. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: So... why you? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What were you doing wandering around by yourself? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: I was in the cellar with Lance - Mr. Schroeder - I just left, that's all. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: Don't do it again. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 (Annabelle) Don't go anywhere in this house by yourself. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Now fix your face and I'll come by for you in a few minutes. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: But I - - Annabelle: You're in danger. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 We all are. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Nora: But who? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: I hope, for your sake, you never find out. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: I'm Annabelle Loren. Were you looking for something? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Not exactly. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: Are you the doctor? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: No. I'm Lance Schroeder. - Annabelle: The pilot. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 You've hurt yourself. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Oh, it's just a bump on the head. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Which is my room? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: I believe this is it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Thank you, Mrs. Loren. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: Annabelle, Lance. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: You were with the young girl in the cellar. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Why was she so upset? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Was she? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: And you don't look like the type to go around bumping his head. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What really happened, Lance? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Nora thought she saw a ghost, but I didn't see anything. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: She was just frightened, then? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: And mad at me, I think. I kidded her about it. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: I wouldn't joke about anything else that happens here tonight. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Now, don't tell me you're taking all of this seriously? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: Aren't you? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Well, I'd like to find out what hit me. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: Lance... 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 If I need help, may I count on you? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Yes, sure. I guess so. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Look - what's going on here, anyway? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 What's with this party business? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: This is no party, he's planning something. 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Lance: Your husband? 99:59:59.999 --> 99:59:59.999 Annabelle: I wish I knew what it was.