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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 $10,000 -

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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 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 from the thousands of people who work for me

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because she needed the ten thousand 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.

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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?

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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 $50,000 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 ) ♪

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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.

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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,

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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]$50,000,

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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 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?

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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.

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"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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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.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: Ridiculous. The roof [br]probably leaks.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ruth: That must be what it is. [br]Who'd want to haunt me?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
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,

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but the bones came up.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: It's a funny thing.

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None of the murders here [br]were just ordinary.

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Just shooting. Or stabbing.

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They've all been sort of wild. Violent. [br]Different.

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Lance: Look out!

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Watson: Thank God she didn't fall in.

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Nora: You mean there's still acid[br]in there?

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( violent bubbling )

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Watson: Destroys everything [br]with hair and flesh.

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Just leaves the bones.

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Watson: My, it's dry and dusty down here.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Well there's... a cure... [br]for that... upstairs.

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Lance: How'd you get invited [br]to this party?

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Lance: I mean, what'd he tell you?

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Nora: Mr. Loren said everybody would get [br]$10,000.

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Lance: But he didn't say anything about [br]being locked in.

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Nora: No.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: He just made the deal with me [br]on the phone.

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But nothing about having to stay.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: Aren't you going to stay?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: If I don't, I lose $10,000.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: I'm going to stay, too. [br]$10, 000...

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Yes... Do you believe in ghosts?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: I don't know.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Well, I agree with what [br]that doc says.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You can spook yourself.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I've done it in planes. Seen things [br]that weren't really there.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Or, were they?[br]( laughing )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: What are you going to do [br]with your $10,000?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
If we get it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: What do you mean [br]"if we get it"?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Won't he pay us if we stay?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Sure he will. $10,000 is no more [br]to him,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
than a nickle is to us.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: We were in an automobile accident.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Now I'm the only one in the family [br]who can make any money.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Boy, I've never seen so many doors.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Bottles!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: Does it go anywhere?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( door creaks and slams )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: Lance!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
♪ ( dramatic music ) ♪

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: Help me! Please!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance is gone and there's a ghost!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
- David: A ghost?[br]- Watson: See what I mean?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
- Nora: Please! Come on![br]- Ruth: Did she say Lance is gone?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ruth: Gone where?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: We'll have to break it down. [br]It's locked!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: Locked?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: You all right?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Nothing that money won't cure.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I must have - I must have bumped my head.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: The only way you could bump [br]your head in here -

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
- is to run head-on into the wall.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: You didn't do that, did you?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Let's get a bandage on that.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: I wonder why they didn't [br]kill him.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ruth: Who?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: He didn't bump his head.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
They hit him.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ruth: They?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
♪ ( eerie music ) ♪

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Nora, you said something [br]about a ghost.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: There was something.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: What did it look like?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: It was wearing a black thing [br]that went all the way to the floor.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: Weren't you a little frightened [br]at the time?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: Well, yes.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: That, Mr. Loren, is hysteria.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Well, then, Doctor, how do you [br]explain what happened to Lance?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Was that hysteria, too?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: You'd better get that checked in [br]a day or so.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Thanks, Doc.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance (whispering): Wait for me [br]in the hall.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: The ghosts are coming closer, [br]Mr. Loren.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: You really believe in your pet [br]ghosts, don't you Pritchard?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: Before the night's over, you [br]will, too.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Would you like a drink, Lance?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: No thanks.[br]- Ruth: I'd like one. Scotch and.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ruth: Mr. Loren, are you really going to [br]pay anyone who stays all night?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Certainly. $10,000.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ruth: Will there be much red-tape [br]or delay?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: In a hurry, dear?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ruth: Frankly, yes.[br](muttering) Or 'frantically'.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: There you are, my dear.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( clock ticking )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Someone or some thing was in here [br]when I came in.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
But where?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
If the door was locked, [br]how did it get out?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What you saw might have been a ghost,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but what was in here was no ghost.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: I don't know. I was so scared.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( solid knocking )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( knocking with echoes )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Does that sound different to you?[br]- Nora: Yes!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( knocking with echoes )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: 3... 6... 9... 12.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: 12 feet.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: 3... 6.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: I'm going to knock on the [br]other wall.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
When you hear me, you knock on this wall.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( knocking with echoes from first room )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( Nora knocks )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Lance) Tap lower down!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( knocking with echoes )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( Nora screams in terror )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( sobbing )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: Oh Lance! I saw it again!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Where'd it come from?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: From in here!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Well if it'd ran out of here - [br]I'd have seen it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: Lance, it doesn't run, [br]it just floats!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: But why didn't I see it?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: You don't believe me!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance (laughing): How can I?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: I'm Annabelle Loren.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You must be Miss Manning.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I realize this is a very unusual [br]and, I'm afraid, very dull party.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Wouldn't you like to freshen up?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: This is your room.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Depressing, isn't it?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: I doubt if I'll spend much time here.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: It's going to rain. Perfect [br]atmosphere for my husbands party.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Why did you come here?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: He said he'd give me $10,000.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Why did he pick you?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: I don't know. My supervisor just [br]said I'd been invited.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: How long have you known my [br]husband?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: I just met him tonight.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: So... why you?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What were you doing wandering around [br]by yourself?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: I was in the cellar with Lance - [br]Mr. Schroeder - I just left, that's all.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Don't do it again.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Annabelle) Don't go anywhere in this [br]house by yourself.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Now fix your face and I'll come by [br]for you in a few minutes.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: But I -[br]- Annabelle: You're in danger.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We all are.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: But who?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: I hope, for your sake, [br]you never find out.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: I'm Annabelle Loren. [br]Were you looking for something?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Not exactly.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Are you the doctor?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: No. I'm Lance Schroeder.[br]- Annabelle: The pilot.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You've hurt yourself.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Oh, it's just a bump on the head.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Which is my room?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: I believe this is it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Thank you, Mrs. Loren.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Annabelle, Lance.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: You were with the young girl [br]in the cellar.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Why was she so upset?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Was she?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: And you don't look like [br]the type to go around bumping his head.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What really happened, Lance?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Nora thought she saw a ghost, [br]but I didn't see anything.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: She was just frightened, then?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: And mad at me, I think. [br]I kidded her about it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: I wouldn't joke about anything [br]else that happens here tonight.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Now, don't tell me you're taking [br]all of this seriously?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Aren't you?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Well, I'd like to find out [br]what hit me.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Lance...

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
If I need help, may I count on you?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Yes, sure. I guess so.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Look - what's going on here, anyway?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What's with this party business?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: This is no party, [br]he's planning something.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Your husband?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: I wish I knew what it was.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: It must be pretty big, [br]if he's going to lay out $50,000.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Money doesn't mean anything.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
He has a reason for getting us all [br]up here to this dreadful old house.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Well, what for? He doesn't [br]even know us.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Maybe that's exactly [br]why you're here?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance (scoffs): What can he get away with?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Oh, he thinks that big money [br]like his can get away with anything.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You know, of course, that [br]I'm his fourth wife.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The first simply disappeared...

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The other two died.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance, I don't want to join them.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: You mean, he, uh -

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Oh, his doctors said [br]they died of heart attacks.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Two girls, in their twenties.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Well, what can he do?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: My husband is sometimes [br]insane with jealousy.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nothing matters to him then. [br]Please be careful.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Would he hurt you?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: He would kill me if he could.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Annabelle, you're missing [br]all the fun.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora Manning was almost killed [br]by a falling chandelier.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The pilot bashed his head in.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Is he badly hurt?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: The saturnine psychiatrist [br]bandaged him up.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Don't you want to go and console him?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
As you do, most men, in your fashion.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: You're so clever, Fredrick.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: I lie awake nights, [br]wondering why I married you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It was rather a mistake.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: You didn't marry me, dear.[br]I married you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Unpleasant, but no mistake.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Hurry up!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Fredrick, for the last time, [br]I'm not going to your party.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: And, for the last time, [br]it's not my party -

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
- but yours.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And you are going.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: I am not.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Are you ready? [br]- Annabelle: ... no ...

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick (forceful): Are you ready, dear?[br]- Annabelle: ... Yes, damn you!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Would you adore me as much, [br]if I were poor?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(laughs) Or do you want to be [br]as a lovely widow?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It's almost time to lock up the house.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And then your party will really begin.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I wonder how it will end.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( knocking )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: It's close to midnight, Lance.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Ok. I'll be down in a minute.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( knocks )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Nora) Who is it?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Your host, my dear.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: It's almost midnight, Nora.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We're all going to get together [br]down in the living room.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: All right, Mr. Loren.[br]I'll be right down.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( recoils in disgust )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( gasping )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Jonas: Come with us.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Come with us, before he kills you!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( screams )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Where's Nora? Miss Manning?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: I don't want to stay here!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Nora, what happened?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( creaking )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: That's Jonas Slydes and his wife.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
They've been caretakers here for years.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
She's blind, you know.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: I'm not going to stay here!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Doctor, it looks like we have [br]a real case of hysteria on our hands.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: I think she's just a little upset, [br]not hysterical.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( door opening )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Good evening.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Hello, my dear.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
This is my wife.[br]These are our guests...

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Fredrick) Ruth Bridgers,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Fredrick) Doctor Trent,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Fredrick) You know Watson Pritchard, [br]of course,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Fredrick) Nora Manning,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Fredrick) and this is Lance Schroeder.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora (whispering): Get me out of here!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance (whispering): What about the $10,000?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora (whispering): I don't care! [br]He wants to kill me!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance (whispering): Who wants to kill you?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora (whispering): Mister Loren.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: May I have your attention, please?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: I think you all remember

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Fredrick) the bargain we made about [br]staying all night?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: $10,000 a piece.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
If any of you don't survive, $50,000 [br]will be divided amongst the rest of you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: If I should die...

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: ...you will be paid [br]by my estate.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: When the door is locked [br]from the outside by the caretakers,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
we'll all be forced to stay in this house [br]until morning.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
If any of you decide not to stay, [br]you must leave with the caretakers now.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: You won't have a chance [br]to change your minds later.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Because there'll be no way to get out.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
- Nora: I don't want to stay![br]- Lance: Wait!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( wind whistles, chandelier clatters )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( loud bang )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: It isn't midnight, yet! [br]Who told them they could leave?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: They never leave before midnight.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: They've gone, now.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: I was going to ask you [br]whether you wanted to stay or not,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
but it seems the caretakers [br]have made the decision for you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: We're all locked in, now.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: But I don't want to stay!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: I'm sorry, my dear.[br]But it's too late, now.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Darling, haven't you had enough [br]of this silly game?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Get some cars up here for these people, [br]and let them go home.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: But pay them, first.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: This is your party, remember?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: In spite of my wife's faith [br]in my ability to do the impossible,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
we will all have to stay in this house [br]until eight o'clock in the morning.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: But, we have some party favors [br]for you...

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In these little coffins.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Fredrick) This is my wife's idea.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Fredrick) I must say, I think it's rather [br]dangerous.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: I suppose you all know [br]how to use one of these things.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: In case you don't,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
you just press down on this lever[br]with your thumb...

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And then pull the trigger.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( bang )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: You see? They're loaded.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: These are no good [br]against the dead -

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
- only the living.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Doctor?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Lance?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Nora?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Go ahead. Take it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Miss Bridgers?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: And here's yours, dear.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: I don't need it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: It was your idea.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Who knows, you may want to use it [br]on me before this night is over.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: Throw these guns away.[br]They won't do you any good.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: I agree with Pritchard, [br]although not for the same reason.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Dr. Trent, don't you approve [br]of our little party favors?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: Suppose Nora had a gun,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
when she mistook the blind woman [br]for a ghost?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ruth: I don't think anyone else [br]is going to walk around in total darkness.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Oh I'm sure we're not going to [br]go running around the house

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
shooting each other, aren't you?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: Who knows? Fear makes people [br]do amazing things.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: Mister Pritchard...

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: You said your sister-in-law killed [br]a man and a woman here and cut them up?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You said they found hands and feet, but [br]they never found any heads?!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Would you like to see one of those heads?!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: Would you all like to see [br]one of those heads?!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Just follow me!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: Darling, I really don't [br]need this.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: Just, go look in my [br]suitcase. Go look!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: But it was in there!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Nora) A woman's head!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: Nora, I think you're [br]a little upset.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Would you care for a sedative?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: Get out!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Get out, all of you!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
All of you, get out of here [br]and leave me alone!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Just get out of here!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( crying )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Do you think it's all right [br]to leave her by herself, Doctor?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: I wish she'd taken the sedative.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ruth: What do you suppose [br]she thought she saw?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: They're closing in on her.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Look, Doc, I think somebody [br]ought to stay with her.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: There could be a million people [br]around her -

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
- if they wanted her, they'd get her.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: What if he's right?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: He's too drunk to know [br]what he's talking about.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: I wonder...

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Annabelle: I'll join you in a minute.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Do you think it would do any good [br]if you went in and talked to her?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ruth: Do you think there really was a [br]head in her suitcase?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: I don't know...

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ruth: A thing like that would put me [br]right over the edge.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Would you, sort of, stay up here? [br]In case she needs help?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ruth: All right. I'll be in my room.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Thanks.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: Are you sure there are only seven [br]people in this house?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Positive... [br]Except for the ghosts.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: I don't believe in ghosts.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nor in frightening women.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In Nora's case, it's gone far enough.[br]Perhaps, too far.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: What do you suggest [br]we do about it, doctor?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David (stern): Don't frighten her [br]any more.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
♪ ( eerie music ) ♪

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Nora... Nora?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Nora?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( creaking )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Nora! Nora!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: What do you know about this?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: They've taken her!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
In a little while, she'll be one of them.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Where's Nora- !

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Where is she?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: It's too late. It's too late.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You'll never find her again.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Pritchard, if you know where she is

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
you'd better tell me, now![br]- Watson: She's gone!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: She's gone with them [br]and there's nothing you can do about it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( woman screams )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
♪ ( eerie music ) ♪

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: ... Nora ...

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: Let her down.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Nora?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: She's dead, Mr. Loren.[br]Your wife hanged herself.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Suicide...

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora (whispering): Lance!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Nora!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: Lance, hide me! Please hide me!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: What's the matter?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: Hide me!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: He tried to kill me.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
He grabbed me and choked me [br]and put me in that room.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And then he went away and left me.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Who?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: He thought I was dead.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Who?!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: Mister Loren.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Are you sure about this?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: I don't know. [br]It was dark but it must've been him.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Has anybody seen you since [br]he left you?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: I heard some people in that room [br]but I went by and nobody saw me.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Mrs. Loren is dead.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: But how?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Loren said she committed suicide.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Lance) But I think somebody killed her.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: Him?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( door locking )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( knocking at door )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: I'm sure you've come to the same [br]conclusion I have.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Yeah, I think so.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: Let's all have a meeting to [br]discuss what to do.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The living room?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Ok. In a minute.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: I've got to go downstairs.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Now, you lock yourself in here and [br]don't let anybody know you're here.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
If he thinks you're dead, [br]he won't come here.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'll get back as soon as I can.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
You'll be all right.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: If you have to, you use it.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: So beautiful.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
So greedy.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Fredrick) So cold.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: What are you doing in here?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: Wait! Don't! Wait!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: What do you mean, [br]coming in here?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: I didn't want them to [br]take her away.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: You're drunk!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: They will if you don't watch her![br]

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: All right, [br]out with it, Pritchard -

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
- why did you come into this room?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: I'm the only one who understands!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Understands what?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: Your wife isn't there any more.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
She's already joined them!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: I've had enough of your [br]spook talk.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Get out, you sot, and don't come back [br]into this room again!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: Where's whats-her-name?[br]Nora?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: I didn't disturb her, [br]since I didn't think this concerns her.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: You're right.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: Mr. Loren, isn't there some way [br]we can get out of this house now?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: No... none at all.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: We could try breaking out.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Watson) The only door to the outside [br]is made of steel.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: The bars of the windows [br]are set in solid stone.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
We gotta stay.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: I'm not afraid of your ghosts, [br]Pritchard.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: But I am afraid.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: When we came here a few hours ago,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
the only thing we had in common [br]was the $10,000 we'd get.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: Now, however, we share [br]something else -

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
- the death of Mrs. Loren.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: So far, tonight, one of us was [br]almost killed by a falling chandelier.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: One of us was mysteriously slugged.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(David) One of us has been driven to [br]the brink of absolute hysteria.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(David) And one of us is dead.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: Were these accidents?[br]Suicide?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: And we must stay here [br]for six more hours!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: Six hours? Six of us...[br]Time enough.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: Who'll be next?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(David) How will it happen?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Let me as you a question, [br]Doctor.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: You were the first one [br]to see my wife there.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Fredrick) Did you also see anything that [br]she could've climbed up on,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Fredrick) and then jumped?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: No.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Did any of you?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: There was nothing.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
How, then, did she get up there, so high?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: Exactly, Mr. Loren. How?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
She couldn't have pulled herself up there.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
She couldn't have dropped [br]from the ceiling.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Do you think your wife killed herself?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: No. She was murdered.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
By one of you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: Or, you, Mr. Loren.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: To deliberately kill someone, [br]you must have a reason.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: We were all strangers to your wife.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Lance) Only you had a motive for murder.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: What husband hasn't, at some [br]time, wanted to kill his wife?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
What husband hasn't had a thousand [br]opportunities

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to do it in such a way

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
that he'd never be suspected?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm not such a fool to hang my wife from [br]the ceiling by a rope.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: The fact remains that you, [br]or one of us,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
murdered Mrs. Loren.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And that's a matter for the police.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: So how do we get the police.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: That's my point.[br]We can't until morning.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: What began as a silly party, [br]given by an eccentric,

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
has now involved us all in murder.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: For once, Pritchard may be right.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
If another murder's in the works, [br]let's stop it now.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ruth: Another murder?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Why not. [br]Maybe one of us saw too much.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: Why should, a millionaire want to [br]give each of us $10,000

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
to spend one night in a gloomy old house?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
To see some ghosts? To have a party?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: No!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Have you finished trying me, [br]Doctor?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And is the verdict "guilty of murder"?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: This isn't getting us anywhere.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Somebody killed Mrs. Loren, [br]we know that.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
One of us is guilty, [br]and the rest of us are innocent.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Now, what we have to do [br]for the next six hours

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
is protect ourselves.[br]From each other.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ruth: You really think -[br]Lance: I don't think anything.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I just know that I'm going to my room.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And if anybody comes in, I'll shoot him.[br]Or her.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
David: And if we all stay in our rooms, [br]we'll be safe.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Because the innocent will have [br]no reason to leave his room.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
And the guilty will admit his guilt [br]if he or she does.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: And we all have guns.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: We're all agreed?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ruth: I wish this night were over.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: Rooms. Guns. I tell you, [br]it doesn't make any difference.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
They aren't through with us yet.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Watson: What's the use [br]of saying "good night"?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( door shuts and locks )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Ruth: Good night.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( door shuts and locks )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( door shuts and locks )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Fredrick: Good night, Doctor.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( door shuts and locks )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( glass breaks )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( gun cocking )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( doorknob lightly rattles )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
♪ ( jarring musical notes ) ♪

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( Ruth stammering )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( knocking )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
(Lance) Nora, it's me, Lance.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Are you okay?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
They've all gone to their rooms [br]and locked themselves in.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: Lance, I've been thinking.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
It was so dark down there, [br]maybe it wasn't Mr. Loren.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: It was him, all right.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
He tried to kill you, [br]and he did kill his wife.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( thunder )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: How can you be so sure?

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: She tried to warn me.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Asked me to help her.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
The Doc thinks he's going [br]to try to kill one of us.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( thunder )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: Now, there must be a way [br]out of this place.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
I'm going to find it [br]and get the police, before he does.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: I'm going with you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: If he finds out you're alive...

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
No, Nora. You're safer here [br]than any place else.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Now, just lock yourself in [br]and keep quiet.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( thunder )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Lance: If I find a way out, [br]I'll come back and get you.

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( thunder )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
♪ ( piercing notes ) ♪

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( Lance knocking )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( thunder )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
♪ ( descending tones ) ♪

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( thunder )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
♪ ( discordant piano ) ♪

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( rolling thunder )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( Nora gasps )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: No!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( rolling thunder )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
♪ ( eerie ethereal notes ) ♪

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: No! No!

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
( rolling thunder )

9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000
Nora: No!

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♪ ( sudden musical stab ) ♪

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( Nora screams )

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( gasping )

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Nora: Lance...

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( Nora breathes shallowly )

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♪ ( organ playing ) ♪

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( Nora screams )

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( thunder rolling )

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( knocking )

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Fredrick: An admission of guilt, Doctor?

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David: Certainly not.

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There's either somebody else [br]in this house,

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or one of us has left his room.

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Did you hear anything?

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Fredrick: Organ music?

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David: That, and someone walking.

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Fredrick: You got yours?

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Fredrick: Ready?

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David: You look downstairs, [br]and I'll look up here.

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Fredrick: Why not together?

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David: There may be only minutes, [br]seconds, left of someones life.

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Why waste time?

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♪ ( eerie music ) ♪

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( door locking )

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David: It's almost over, darling.

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(David) Every detail was perfect.

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Annabelle: What's happening?

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David: We've done it.

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The perfect crime.[br]Beautiful.

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Annabelle: Has she killed him?

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David: Not yet.

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But she will.

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Annabelle: Get me [br]out of this hanging harness.

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Annabelle: What's taking that girl [br]so long?

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What time is it?

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David: At first, I couldn't get Nora [br]to want to protect herself with a gun.

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After you appeared at the window,

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everything began to work [br]just as we had planned.

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David: You were wonderful!

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Just the touch the finally drove her

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into complete hysteria!

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Annabelle: It'll be worth [br]all of our planning, darling.

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Where's Nora now? [br]What's happening?

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David: On her way to the cellar.