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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 - 
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
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
tonight

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so that my wife can give a party.

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A haunted house party.

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[chuckles]

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She's so amusing.

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There will be food and drink and... 
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 
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, 
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 
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, 
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 
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
in the newspapers.

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She says her reason 
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. 
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 
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 
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 part's starting now.

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

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(title music plays)