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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.

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[chuckles]

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She's so amusing.

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

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And perhaps even a few murders.

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You're all invited.

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

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I'll give you each ten thousand dollars -

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

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Ah, but here come our other guests.

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

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She's so amusing.

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

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I dreamed up the hearse.

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It's empty now, but -

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- after a night in the house on Haunted Hill -

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- who knows?

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This is Lance Schroeder, a test pilot.

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So, no doubt a brave man.

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

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And I happen to know that Lance

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needs the ten thousand I'll give him,

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if he's brave enough to stay all night.

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This is Ruth Bridgers.

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

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

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is to write a feature article on ghosts.

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

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You've already met Watson Pritchard,

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a man living in mortal fear of a house,

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

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I wonder why.

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He says "for money".

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This is Dr. David Trent, a psychiatrist.

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

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But don't you see a little 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[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 fifty thousand dollar party for[br]only five people is a little steep.

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(David) Even for a millionaire.

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

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

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(door creaks and slams shut)

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(chandelier tinkles)

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Nora: Who closed the door?

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♪ (ominous music plays) ♪

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Lance: This thing's made of solid steel.

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(chandelier crashes)

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♪ (ominous music plays) ♪

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Fredrick: Annabelle?

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

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Is your face on yet?

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Annabelle: Dust and dirt everywhere.

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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]fifty thousand dollars,

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I want you to have fun!

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Annabelle: The party was my idea,

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until you invited all the guests.

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

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

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

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

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I wanted 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...