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. 00:01:47.592 --> 00:01:49.935 [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 ten thousand dollars - 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 part'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)