All language subtitles for watchable-frightmare-1080p-de(1974)

Oh ... 1, 1 called you.
Do you remember?

I'm Barry Nichols.

Well I hope it's all
right, but you said that

if ll ever needed you
again, to come back.

Well, ...

I'm in a bit of a mess,
you see, and ...

...there's nowhere
else I can go to.

Oh, thanks.
That's really good of you.

Under the circumstances,
ll have nothing further to add, my lord ...

...except to draw your attention to the
specialist's report on the defendants.

Thank you, Mr. Brunscombe.

Edmund and Dorothy Yates!

It is not my intention to distress this
court further by summarising your crimes.

As my views will reflect those of every
civilised man and woman in this country.

During 22 years on the bench,

1 have not found
a more sickening

nor disturbing case.

And you concieve that you,
Yates, were not wholly aware

of the depths of degradation
to which your wife had sunk.

Ultimately, though, your complicity
and guilt were beyond question.

Normally,
I would have no hesitation

to impose the death
penalty on you both.

However, in view of the
doctors' reports before me, ...

...- 1 have no alternative
but to make out a Section 65 order,

that you both
be committed,

within 28 days to a
mental institution.

And let the members of
the public be assured, ...

...that you shall remain
in this mental institution, ...

...until there can be
no doubt whatsoever ...

...that you are fit and able
to take your place in society again.

Come on!

What you on about?

Come on!

Come on, hurry up.

Nice people, but nowadays ...

Who cares?
Come on, mate.

No trouble, right?

Scared to death.

Oi, stop that.
I'm watching you.

You getting jealous, are you?

You getting damned. She's underage.
Just out of a convent.

It wasn't a convent!
- Did you get one for me?

No, get your own.

Put your bag down, will you?
- Oh, yeah. OK.

A vodka and lemon and a pint.
- How old are you?

18.
- Hop it.

18, I tell you!

Look at that.
5000.

Move your elbow.

Where have you been?

He wouldn't serve me.
And he was a real bastard, Alec.

What's up?

Oh, he said this is a nice
place. He didn't serve tarts.

Oh, he did, did he?
- Yes.

We'll see about that.

Alec! Alec!

Is that him?

Him over there?
- Yeah.

I want a word with you, mate.
- Wait your turn, will you.

How would you like a fist in your
face, you smart bastard?

Is this what you wanna get?
- What's the matter with you?

Piss off!
- What did you call her?

What did you call her?
- Nothing! I called her nothing.

Why don't you serve her?
- Well, she's underage.

Who said she is?
What did you call her?

He called me a tart!
Kill him!

Call her a tart, eh?
- I didn't call her anything!

Right, that's it, John.

Out!
Pronto!

You.
Out!

Oh, I don't believe it!
- It's true, it's true.

He pushed his wife out of bed,
because he wanted a matt finish.

Oh, Emma.

You've got to
laugh, haven't you?

Haven't you, Graham?
- Oh, yes, very funny.

He's probably analysing
the psychology of humour.

No, no, I start work at six.
And I had heard it before.

What do you do?
- I'm afraid I'm a psychiatrist.

Don't apologise, Graham!

That's a force of habit.
People go quiet when I mention it.

Jackie won't.
She knows a lot about psychiatry.

Merle, I don't.
- You go to one?

Me? Oh, no!

It's just that her
sister needs one.

Merle.

Sorry.

My sister's a bit of an extrovert.
- Huh!

She's a bit wild,
but perfectly all right.

Well, if she's your
sister, she must be.

My, my.

Well, yes.
That's managed to kill off the

conversation as usual, Graham.
Well done.

I'll get some more wine.

That's him.

Good night, mate.
See you tomorrow.

Hello, barman.

Give us a drink, barman.

Where you going, eh?
We didn't finish our chat.

Come on.
Don't you want to have a chat?

There's a friend of yours here.
Do you remember her?

Do you remember her?
- Yeah.

Now... You were a bit rude to her.
Do you remember that?

She's lying to you.
I wouldn't serve her a drink, that's all.

1 thought she was underage.
- Calling her a liar now, are you?

Are you?
- Mike!

Mike!

Hit me!

Hit me!

What's going on here?

I'm going to get the law.
- OK, that's it!

Knock it off.

Debbie! I said knock it off.

I said knock it off.
Now let's get out of here!

Come on, Deb!

Come on, hurry up!

What are you doing?

Take her.
- Where we going?

Rocky's Cavern to play pinball, okay?
- Oh god, we went there last night.

I hate that place.

What's that?

I'm not going to that gaff.

1 think I'll go home.
I'll hitch a lift.

Do what you want, but don't hang around!
The law's coming.

Merle, it was marvelous.

You're really so good at this
sort of thing, it makes me mad.

Yes, well, I'm thinking of
taking it up for a living.

Bye.

Thanks a lot, Merle.
- Thanks for coming, Guy.

Bye.
- Bye, love.

I See you tomorrow.
- Right, love.

Don't forget McDonald's
latecomers' purge.

Look who's talking.
- No, no.

Can I help you with that?

Oh, yes.
Like a bit of that sort of thing.

Oh well ...

...can I give you
a ring tomorrow?

Yes, please.

That's enough of that sort of thing.
He's got his career to think of.

So has he.
- God ... Finals in six days.

Yeah.
- Good night, all.

Good bye.
- Night.

See you.
- Bye.

Bye.

Did you, er, like her, Graham?

Yeah, she ... Actually she was ...

...rather super.

I told you she was a looker.

He didn't believe me.

Are you coming or ...

No, I'll be kipping here tonight.

I'll see you tomorrow.
- Yeah, right.

Fine. See you. Thanks for having me.
See you, Merle.

I suppose you know
what time it is.

Well, what are you doing?
- Nothing! I'm going to bed.

It's five past two
in the morning.

That's why I'm going to bed.

Debbie, I've told you
before, you must ...

I'm not interested in what
you've told me before.

I'm not interested in you!

So why are you so
interested in me?

I'm responsible for you.

Don't be! Our parents are dead
and you"re not my mother!

However much you like
you think you're.

I was made responsible
for you when you got slung

out of that orphanage
you silly little ...

Don't keep calling
it an orphanage!

Orphanage, convent.
What difference does it make?

Don't be so childish.

I'm old enough to
do what I like.

You're only 15
and I'm buggered if I'm going to ...

Debbie, look. ll don't want to
have to wait up for you again.

Don't give me that.

I beg your pardon.

You're not sitting up for me.
You're waiting to go out!

What are you dressed for?

You're waiting to go
out like you always do.

And don't say you don't!
'Cause I've heard you!

You creep out and creep
back two hours later!

And f you can go out at two o'clock,
I can come in at two o'clock.

Do you know who they were?
- No, I couldn't see.

I know them.

One of 'em's called Alec.
They've been here before.

Your barman turned up yet?

No, he must have gone
home, I suppose.

Funny, the way they
were laying into him.

I thought he'd have
come inside to clean up.

Found anything, Sergeant?

It's quite a bit of
blood around here.

We'd better find out
what's going on, hadn't we?

Don't get too near the fire.

It's spitting.

Must be a piece of slate on it.

You made me jump.

Didn't mean to.

I can't stay long, I'm afraid.

Yes, you're later than
usual, aren't you?

Yes, I had some trouble.
Debbie's found out.

What?

That I creep out of the house
at all hours of the night.

Oh, dear.

Oh, dear.
That was inevitable, wasn't it?

I'll make something up, I suppose.

Have you brought it?

Of course I've brought it.

Good.

How is she?

She's better, I think.

Well, better than
she has been anyway.

Although ...
- What?

I don't want her to hear me.

Well, where is she?
- 1 don't know.

But she's taken to just
standing, listening.

I don't know why.
- What were you going to say?

Well, it could be my
imagination, but ...

I have a feeling that she's trying
to make me believe that she is better.

You mean she's guessed
what we're doing?

Jackie!

Hello, darling.

Hello, Mother.

How are you, dear?

Very well. You?

You're standing there,
letting that fire go out, Eddie.

We're going to bed soon.
- Yes.

Well, I still have one or
two things to do, haven't 1?

Yes.
- Just one or two little things.

It's ... It's such fun being a night
person, isn't it, Jackie?

Some people are day people

but we like being night
people, don't we?

Night people.

How's your migraine?

1 ... I haven't had
a migraine for many

months now.
I thought you knew that.

Things have been so very much
better since we came here.

I think I left all my headaches
and problems behind at the ...

...other place.

Il closed the door carefully when
1 left and I locked them all in.

Perhaps you won't be needing the
parcels for very much longer.

Thank you so much
for bringing it, Jackie.

Oh, dear.

It's left a ...
Mark on the table.

I'll see to it, Dorothy.

Why don't you just
go and take it away?

Thank you so much.

I'll see you next week?

Next week.

She doesn't know.

I just sit here and
get these ideas.

I must go.
Are you all right for money?

Yes, thank you, dear.
We've got everything we need.

We haven't even touched Sir
Joseph's Christmas bonus yet.

He's a very generous men.

All right, then.
Good night, Dad.

Good night, dear.
Take care.

Both of you.

Miss Deborah Yates?

That's my sister.

So after you came out
of the discotheque, ...

...you went round the
back for your bikes, ...

...and than Alec ...

"Alec Morini saw a
man kick the barman."

That's right.

And you went over to him.

No, just Alec and the boys, ...

...while I stayed by the
bikes with the other two girls.

What did Alec do?

I dunno. He followed this guy round the
corner and we heard a bit of shouting.

And Alec told this guy
to watch who he was being cheeky to.

That's all. And then they
came back and we went home.

You didn't ask what happened?

No. He wouldn't
have told me anyway.

And you didn't see
the barman again?

No.

I see.

It's not quite the
story as Morini told it.

Look, it's what happened.

Fair enough.

Whether this goes
any further or not

will depend on what
the barman has to say.

Meanwhile, young lady, I should be
careful of the company you keep.

Right, two ultimatums.

Firstly, if the police ever come
again, I won't cover up for you.

Do you understand?

And Secondly,
my salary will not support two people.

You've got 3 interviews.

If you haven't got a job
by the end of the week,

you can get out,
which is what you want to do anyway!

You can fend for yourself
and see how that grabs you!

"Would the cast
of the Robin Hood junior production ...

There you are.
Now, don't touch it.

How am I meant suppose
to blow my nose?

With great difficulty.

'Il repeat. Would the cast
of the Robin Hood junior production ...

I feel like crawling into a
corner the rest of the day.

Oh, you in your small
corner and me in mine.

Everything's really
getting me down, Merle.

Darling, in this job, anything less than
screaming abdabs is perfectly normal.

Hello?

Yes.

Why?

I've got to talk to you.

I wouldn't have phoned
if it hadn't been urgent.

But ...
- Look, I'm outside.

I've driven Sir Joseph
to his stockbroker's.

It won't take long.
I promise you.

It's terribly difficult.

Please, Jackie!
It's about Dorothy.

All right.
All right, I'll come out.

I've got to go
and see somebody.

Can you ...
- Yes, don't worry.

Come in.

Yes?
- Mrs. Crosby?

Yes.

I wem

I read this advert in Time Out.

I think it's very
interesting that ...

Yes, I'm sure you do, dear.
It's a fascinating, fascinating subject.

Come in.

Your timing's immaculate.
I've just put the kettle on.

Yeah?

You bet I do.
Be down in a while.

Aren't I rude,
keeping you waiting like that?

You don't mind, do you?

Of course not.

We must get down to work.

It's so ...

I don't know what to say.

It's all so accurate.

Exciting, isn't it?

It's a bit unnerving.

You should have
finished that earlier!

It's ... It distracts me.

I'm sorry.

Swords ...

...swords, swords ...

...Swords.

It's all strife, isn't it?

Strife and heartache
and loneliness.

Not a lot of friends.

None at all to speak of.

No.

No close family ties?

No romantic involvement,
not even round the corner.

Never?

Never any?

This is the card that shows
what lies ahead, Lillian.

Oh, it's symbolic of course.

It predicts an end
to the strife and the loneliness.

Very soon.

It was last night,
after you left.

That still doesn't prove
she knows we're tracking her.

It does.

I've found something
else as well.

What?

I didn't want you to
know, Jackie.

For Christ's sake,
I've been involved

in this since I was
eight years old.

What on earth can't
you tell me about?

Look,
I just want you to trust me.

Come down tonight
and talk to her.

No.

Look, I can't make her
talk to me but you can.

She'll tell you the truth.

I can't come tonight.

I'm going out.
I've got a date.

That woman has had enough
of my time allready.

I'm not gonna let her
wreck my love life as well!

Look, I'm sorry, Dad,
but I've got to draw the line somewhere.

Jackie.

I didn't want to show you.
- Show me?

Oh, darling, touch me.
- What have they done to you?

I can never forgive Matt.
You must go to the police, now.

You have no feelings,

no idea of how I suffered
and in one night.

Yes, I wanted to know that, too.

That's all right. Robin has seen it.
I'll ask Robin what happened.

I feel so guilty about this.

No, don't worry.
It can't be helped.

I'll take you home.

You don't do such thing?

I've ruined the evening already.

I'm not gonna let you put
yourself out any further.

Don't be silly,
it doesn't matter.

It means a lot to me.

My bus goes from over the road.
It drops me right pass my door.

Promise you'll ring me tomorrow?

Yeah, all right.

I'm terribly sorry.

Oh, God,
I can't stand much more of this.

Get up.

Hello, Merle.

What?

Hello, Graham.

1 thought you were
studying all evening.

I thought you were
going out all evening.

Okay, okay.
I'll go to the pub.

No, you don't.
Don't be a martyr.

We're all friends here.

Friendship does
have its limits.

I am not suggesting
a ménage a trois dear.

Thank God for that.

Oh, go and make the coffee.

It's freezing out, isn't it?

I can go if you like.

Sit down and don't pretend
you have any intention of leaving.

What is with this 9:30 routine.
She slapped your face or something?

No, she had to go home.

Some relative coming from Glasgow.
I don't know.

Oh, she didn't mention it to me.

I think it was an excuse actually.
But don't tell her I said so.

No, of course not.

Mind you,
you're probably right.

Is there someone else?

Someone else? No!
It's that sister of hers.

She's driving Jackie up the
wall, that little cow.

Ah, yes, she mentioned her at dinner.
What's wrong with her?

What's wrong with her?
What's right with her?

She's a bloody delinquent.
She's absolutely uncontrollable.

You know they had the
police there this morning.

Well, didn't Jackie tell you?

No, she didn't tell me.
- She wouldn't.

She spends half her life
sorting that kid live out

and than pretends it's
all peaches and cream.

As soon as they get that kid
to a psychiatrist, the better!

Now, here I am.

You wait till you're asked.
- You wait a long time.

Well, I'd better offer then.

What? Now?
- Why not?

Oh, come in.
Come in, Jackie.

I'm not going to make
a big thing of this Dad.

I'm staying half an
hour and that's all.

Don't go in yet.
ll want a word with you.

This is a waste of time, you know.

I've been thinking about
what you showed me.

There is a simple explanation.
It must be.

Keep your voice down please.

Dad, she's been in an
asylum for 15 years.

She must be cured.

We've both been in an
asylum, Jackie.

Then you ought to know
it better than anyone else.

1 found something else
this evening, Jackie.

Oh, God, no.

Look.

What are they?

Tarot cards.

Found them in a drawer.
- So?

Well, it takes two to
play that game, Jackie.

And if I'm not the other one ...

...who is?

Who are you talking to, Eddie?

Oh, Jackie, it's you.
How nice.

How are you feeling, Mother?

See, see how much I've done
since I saw you last week? I've almost ...

How are you feeling, Mother?

Pardon, dear?

You heard what I said.

Mother, I know we agreed
not to talk about the past.

But Dad and I have been discussing ...
- Jackie!

I've got such a migraine tonight,
I can hardly see the stitches.

The migraine you
haven't had for months?

I don't understand you, dear.

You understand every
word I say, mother.

You just choose to
ignore most of it, that's all.

Jackie, don't.
There is no need ...

I don't know what's
come over you Jackie.

Just tell me one thing, Mother.

Are you well?

Am I well, dear?
I don't understand.

You know what I mean. I ...

Have you started again?

Oh, how can you?

How can you ask me that?
How can you be so cruel?

That was months ago.

Years ago.

That was in the old place.

So long ago,
SO many years ago.

All over so long ago.

Then what are these?

Hello.
Are you Debbie?

Yeah.

Is your sister in?

No.

She's not?
Any idea when she'll be back?

My name's Graham Haller.
Actually, it was you I wanted to speak to.

Do you mind if I
come in for a minute?

Thank you.

They come and go.
Lonely people.

All lonely people.
Not a friend in the world.

And I help them.

I haven't got a friend in the world.
You know that.

Only you.

We're trying to help you, Mother.

You're trying to help me
back into that asylum!

That's what you trying to do!

By trying to trick me into
thinking I'm not better what I'm!

Aliright then mother.
All I've done is ask you one question.

And I've given you an answer!

I never go out of this house.

It's so lonely here all day.

I don't have any interests?

And those cards are my property.
Give them back to me, you thief.

You don't like me having
anything of my own, do you?

I'm not allowed
to keep anything.

Oh, Eddie.

They even took my
baby away from me.

My only child.

She ...
She doesn't even know I exist.

Now, now, Dorothy.
Don't upset yourself like this.

There's no need.
Let's forget any of this happened.

You plotted it
all between you.

No, no!

Jackie insisted on coming down.

Dad!

It's all over now.

And we're going to forget
this ever happened.

We're not going to
mention it again.

And we're going to go
on just like we were.

Just the two of us together. Hm?

Oh, I ...

I've lost my needle.

I'll get you another one, dear.

You know how I look forward
to your visits, Jackie.

With your little parcels.

I do appreciate the trouble you take.
You know that, don't you?

You will keep on bringing them,
won't you, dear?

Just to please me?

You will, won't you?

Did anyone ever tell you
you've got a great bedside manner?

Il don't think, that's quite the
right expression, is it?

It is for what
I've got in mind.

Thank you, Doctor.
- Graham.

Thank you, Graham.

You were telling me
about the orphanage.

No, I wasn't.
- You said you didn't like it.

I don't want to talk about it.
It's boring.

Did you resent being there?

Are you screwing Jackie?

I asked first.

If 1 tell you,
will you tell me?

No.
- That's not fair!

Did you ever see a
photo of your parents?

I don't know.

I can't remember.

I don't even care about them.
Why should 1?

I haven't even met them.

I think you do care, Debbie.

I think you care very much.

Well, he is a great showman,
but ll can't stand his music.

He's a great musician.

He was at the Rainbow last week.
- Did he?

We went hystaric.
We waited for him to come out after,

but he didn't come. Jackie went mad.
I didn't get home till three.

Didn't you? Huh!

Oh, hello, Jackie.

How long have you been here?

Not long. We've just been
having a little chat.

You don't mind, do you?

It's time you were in bed.

For Christ's sake!

Don't shout at me.

I'll shout at you.
I'll shout at you whenever ll like!

Stop showing off.

Where do you think you're going?
- Out.

You're not, you know.
- Try and stop me!

Don't treat her like a child.

Thank you very much. How much do I
owe you for that piece of analysis.

Why don't you sit down and
talking to her for a change?

Well, I'll certainly
think about that Graham.

After what you've seem
to achiev so much.

Yes, we were getting
on well actually.

Talking about me, I suppose.

No, mostly about your parents.

1 just wish you'd
asked me first, that's all.

But you would have said no.

Look, Jackie, Merle says you like
to pretend that nothing's the matter.

But something is the matter
and Debbie can be helped.

By you?

Yes, I'd like to try.

Look, it's too early
to draw conclusions.

I'd have to spend much
more time with her.

But it's pretty obvious, that she is
suffering from some identity problem.

I can't stand that jargon.

Yes, it's very simple
if you'd just listen!

Look, ...

...on the surface, she seems ...

...cold and
insensitive, but that's

because she's got no background.
No roots.

She doesn't seem to have given much
understanding in the orphanage.

So, this is the result.

But Debbie's got an addiotional
problem in the shape of a close relative.

You.

Who refuses to tell her
anything about her parents.

Now ... why won't you discuss it with her?
You must remember them.

Listen, the one thing you're
conveniently leaving out Graham,

is the fact that I know a dampster
more about it, than you do.

And I know how to handle her.

Jackie, I'm sorry,
but ll don't think you do.

Jackie, I'm trying to help.

I want to help you.

I don't need help!

Graham, I'm very tired.
We're going to have to leave it there.

Yes, you've had a very
busy evening, haven't you?

Good night, Graham.

How are you going to do it?

Somerset House.

Did Jackie ask you to go?

No.

Why are you doing it, then?

I don't know really.

1 think you need
your head examined.

What's all this about, Deb?

Come here!
- You come here.

Is this yours?

I use it to keep things in.

I've got summat in
here for you.

Nice!

Jesus Christ!

Nasty, isn't it?

How did he get in there?

I put him in there.

Why?

If he was left where he was,
you'd be in a cell by now.

I didn't do that to him.
Look at his head.

1 didn't do that.

Who did, then?

But I hardly ... Oh, Christ.
What are we gonna do?

Dump him off.
- Where?

Well, you bring your
brother's van tonight

and we're going to
stick him in the quarry.

No.

Leave him there, then.

Graham, there was a callout
for you at the reception.

Yes, er... Excuse me, David.

Dr Lytell. Could you spare me
a moment now, please, sir?

Oh, Graham, of course.
By all means, come on in.

I should have seen you long ago
but I've had one of those mornings.

Alright, thank you sir.

Now, what's your problem?

Forgive me if I potter a bit
while we're talking.

It's a favour, actually, sir.

I was wondering if you could
give me an introduction

to one of the supervisors
at the Lansdown hospital?

The Lansdown?

That's a bit off your beat.
What are you working on?

Well, it's a patient of
mine, sir.

She's under the impression ...

She?

Yes, it's a young lady.

I see.

She's under the impression
that her parents are dead but they're not.

I found out,
they were committed to the

Lansdown in 1957.
I'm trying to find out why.

You have been busy.

Well, I think it's
important, sir.

Is it vital?

Yes, I think so.

Fair enough. If it's vital,
I'll get you in touch with Matt Laurence.

He's the medical
superintendent at the Lansdown.

I didn't expect you
to go to all that trouble, sir.

No, it's nothing.
He and I are old friends.

We were at King's together.
Give me a line, will you?

Did you cut them, dear?

Yes.

Then ...
we shall see what we shall see.

Are you warm enough?

I'm fine, thanks.

It does get so chilly
here sometimes.

You didn't come by car, did you?

Why?

No, I don't think you did.

Now, this signifies you, dear.
The Queen of Pentacles.

Cunning.

Passionate. Self-reliant.

This covers you.

This crosses you.

This beneath you.

This behind you.

This crowns you.

And this is before you.

I think you've had a sudden loss,
haven't you?

Not a death.
Sudden departure.

Someone you love.

I think it's your husband.

Yes?

Yes.

You did say your name was Delia,
didn't you?

You don't like being left on your own,
do you, Delia?

You're frightened
you're going to be left by yourself.

But don't worry about
that, will you, dear?

You said you were alone.

Sometimes the little
animals come in

and go all over the place.
They're awfully naughty.

Do you like little animals?
Little squirrels and things?

I'm not all that fussy.

There's one peeping
at you down there.

Oh, not really.

My husband ...

Will he come back?

What else do you
know about him?

Nothing.

But I know everything about you.

One look and I know it all.

Then perhaps you'd
like to tell me.

"Perhaps you'd
like to tell me."

Perhaps I wouldn't ...

...Delia.

Look, I've paid you
a considerable amount of money.

There is your considerable
amount of money!

There is your future!

You are quite mad.

I suppose you know that.

You've locked this door!

Help me. She's not dead yet.

Dorothy?

Dorothy!

Dorothy!

Dorothy!

Oh, my God.

Dorothy?

I had to do it. I had to do it.
I had to! I had to!

Is she the first?

What have you been
doing to them?

What have you been
doing to them?

She was a cannibal.

L\ '\\ \ 'k3, \

I can't put it more daintily
than that, I'm afraid.

The fact is, she ate people.

Horrifying,
but thankfully quite unique.

Caused a bit of a
scandal in 1957.

Probably you remember.

I was a bit too young.

Oh, yes, of course.
ll tend to forget.

What was the case history?

It goes way back.

Would you sit down please.
- Thank you.

Here we are.

Yes.

She had a pet. She was very
fond of when she was a girl.

A rabbit or something similar.
It died.

I'm afraid the parents were
foolish enough to use it as food.

It was in the middle of the
Depression, late 20's, early 30's.

Meat was hard to get hold of.

And she found out.

She went into such shock
that she twisted the

horror of the situation
into something pleasurable.

She began killing animals
and dissecting them, eating them.

Secretly of course.
Nobody found out about it for years.

God.

She was specially interested
in their brains, ll remember.

They held some sort
of weird fascination for her.

How long before
she started on ...

On people?

Well, by the time she met her husband ...
What was his name? Edmund.

...it was 1955.
She was a hopeless case.

The craving had become
almost uncontrollable.

He, it seems,
helped her to find human victims.

They killed six people
before they were caught.

They were sent here in 1957.

It was the only case of caribanthropy
on record in this country.

Cari what?

Caribanthropy.

Pathological cannibalism.

A couple of cases in the US,
but almost unheard of anywhere else.

They had children,
this couple, didn't they?

Oh, you're one up on me there.

Yes, there was a
daughter, born in 1948.

Jackie.
- Jacqueline, that's right.

And she was the daughter from
the father's previous marriage.

She was sent to live with
an aunt who later died apparently.

There is another
daughter, Deborah.

Born shortly after the
couple were committed.

They put her in an orphanage.
- That's correct.

Suddenly it all makes sense.

I've always felt that the father
was the more interesting of the parents.

It's my opinion that
he shouldn't have been committed.

It was never established that he had
anything to do with the actual murders.

He knew about them, certainly.

But it was more of a case of
his being totally devoted to his wife.

Turning a blind eye to
absolutely anything she might do.

Even towards the end.

I was almost certain ...

...that he was deliberately faking
derangement to remain here with his wife.

Towards the end?
You mean they died?

No, they were released,
some months ago.

He's got a job I believe.
Some aristocrat's dogsbody or something.

Released?

Don't look so
flabbergasted about it.

We didn't kick them
out for the fun of it.

They're completely cured.

As sane as you or I.

You won't tell anyone,
will you, Eddie?

It'll be our secret, won't it?

You won't tell, will you?

Haven't got much
choice, have 1?

No one would be interested.

These people,
they've no friends, no relations.

No one will miss them.

Are they all in here?

Most of them.

Let's go back, Eddie.

When did you find
out about the parcels?

Find out, dear?

You've known all
along, haven't you?

I wanted to please you, Eddie.

You started as soon as
you left the Lansdown, didn't you?

Let's go back, Eddie.
It's not right that you should be here.

In future I'll come
here by myself.

In future!

You gonna tell me everything.

That's just my jacket.

Everything.

I couldn't bear it, Eddie.

What?

To be sent back.

You won't be sent back.

You do understand, then?

I understand.

And ...
You're not angry with me?

You're not angry?

I always wondered why
people got glasses

of water thrust at
them after crying.

It relaxes you.

Really?

Do you want to talk about it?

Yes, I do, quite honestly.

Oh, I'm sorry.
ll interrupted you.

Breaking down
like the fragile creature I'm not.

And you would saying you've
been researching something ...

No, it can wait.
Come on, tell me what's wrong.

1 feel like falling on my knees
and asking for forgiveness.

Why?

I was wrong about Debbie.

I should have taken
everybody's advice.

Now it's too late.

Why?

She got involved in a fight
a couple of nights ago.

A man was killed.

She told you?

No. I found her
jacket covered in blood.

I had to force her to tell me.

Did ...

Did Debbie kill the man?

No. No, her boyfriend,
so-called, he ...

He hit him with a
thing, a bicycle chain.

Debbie panicked and hid ...

Hid the body.
Oh, Christ.

Come on.
That's the worst over now.

Finding out and then
having to tell me.

I don't know.

I'm so worried about
the police and ...

There's no need to be.

Debbie's committed a crime.

I want to do all I
can to help you both.

My offer still holds, you know.

I don't deserve you, do I?

We'll have to do something about that
inferiority complex of yours. Won't we?

Is she here?

In her room.

We're leaving now, Debbie.
- Okay.

Don't worry.

It'll be all right.
Graham knows what to do.

Oh, you'd better
give me the key.

We"ll be back
as soon as we can.

See you soon Debbie.
Stay here till we get back.

That was done with
a bicycle chain?

Look, I'm sorry, but I don't understand.
What are you talking about?

Mind if I have a word with
your sister, please, miss?

What did you mean when you
said it was "more than murder"?

Exactly what I said.

Now, if we could go
back to your flat, please.

She's gone, Graham.
She's gone.

The wardrobe's empty and
her suitcase is missing.

This is a missing
persons call to all units.

Deborah Yates,
aged 15 and wanted for questioning.

In connection with the murder
of Douglas Mecik on February 27th.

Is missing from her home
in Beaufort Street, SW10.

She's §' 2", light brown hair,
light colouring.

She's probably wearing jeans ...

It's a bit early for me.

You're over 18, aren't you?

Early in the evening, idiot.
- Oh.

Well, just think of it as
Dr Haller's nerve tonic.

My nerves need more than a tonic,
I can tell you.

Neat?

Of course. Cheers.

Better?
- Give it time.

I've made rather a
mess of it, haven't I.

I wouldn't say that.

You would if you
knew everything.

I think l1 do.

You don't, Graham.
That's the trouble.

I was at Lansdown today.

Oh, God.

I wouldn't say
you'd made a mess of anything.

What I can't understand is why you feel
you've got something to be guilty about.

Look, your parents were
certified sane Jackie.

And hat's the way you've
got to learn to treat them.

I know it must have been difficult for you
but don't you see it's all over now?

It's not all over, Graham.
I'm afraid it's just beginning again.

I can't see nothing.

We're in the middle of nowhere.

What is all this?

I told you. It's a place
where they won't find us.

Stay here, I wanna see if
everything's all right.

Well, hurry up.

I'm freezing me
bollocks off out here.

I don't like your gloomy face, Eddie.

It reminds me of a gargoyle.

It's gloomy enough here already.

Only the little animals are happy.

They come and see me sometimes
when you're not here, Eddie.

I wish you could be here
during the day to see them.

What's the matter?

A noise.

There is someone
else in the house.

Who are you?

Hello, Dad.

I can't believe it.

It's our little girl, Eddie.
It's true.

Hasn't she grown?

My God, I wanted to
protect her from this.

We were going to tell you, Eddie.
In time.

How long has she known?
- Iv'e always known.

Jackie told me.

She promised!

She promised me.

Who else have you told?

My boyfriend outside.

She's so grown-up, isn't she?

There ... There's a ... I found ...

Oh, no.

Please! Deb!

What the hell were you
thinking of, Jackie?

It's absolutely ludicrous.

It was Dad's idea.

A week after they left Lansdown
he realised something was wrong.

Dorothy used to just sit
and gaze into the fire.

It seemed she was pining away.
- So you played amateur psychiatrist?

You seriously thought you
could diminish her so-called

killing instincts by pretending
you doing it for her.

And taking down
these ridiculous

things that you bought
from the butcher's?

It seemed to work.
And anyway.

Dad wouldn't consider
the alternative.

And what was that alternative?
- She'd be sent back to Lansdown.

I'm sorry Jackie, you didn't know
what the hell you were thinking about.

Dorothy was in the
best care for 17 years.

She was certified sane.

I swear there's still
something wrong.

Allright. She's probably
going through pair of readjustment.

But if there is something wrong, it can
be remedied by outpatient treatment ...

...In her own home
if necessary.

I never considered
anything like that.

I had nobody to talk to.

Well, you have now.

Eight o'clock.

What about it?

Well, you could be down there
in an hour and a half.

It's hardly likely a
psychiatrist would make

a house call at the middle
of the night, is it?

Oh, that's right.

You could go for a reading.

With her set of
marked tarot cards?

You're
going?

Something else I want to check on.

About Dorothy?
- No, about Debbie.

Debbie?

After all,
she is Dorothy's daughter.

No alternative.
- No alternative, Eddie.

The boy knew everything.

We've got to wipe the slate
clean, haven't we?

How many more?

How many more
before the slate is wiped clean?

One more.

Jackie.

No.

No!

Stop kidding yourself, Dad.
Forget about Jackie. She's an enemy.

I won't listen to this!

She's an enemy I tell you.
She's gonna break the family up.

You don't know what
you're talking about.

I know her.
She wants to break us up.

She tried to keep me away from you
for as long as she could, didn't she?

No arguing.
Not when we're all together again.

This has gone too far, Deborah.

I can't handle this any more.

Is it for you?

We never have visitors.

Police?

Take her to the attic, Dorothy.

All right, Eddie.
This way, dear.

Good evening.
Sorry to trouble you so late.

I wonder if Mrs Yates
could give me a reading.

Not at this time of night,
I'm afraid.

It's rather difficult for me, you see.

I'm staying over night in this area
and I'm leaving early in the morning.

So ll won't get another chance.

You should call in next
time you're partying.

Perhaps I could persuade you. You see,
I'm rather worried about my health.

1 think I may be very ill.

I'd like to know one way or the other.
You understand?

Come in.
- I'm very grateful.

I won't stay any
longer than necessary.

Wait here.

Thank you.
- I'll tell my wife.

You go through.
- Thank you.

Mrs. Yates?

Hail to thee, Knight of Pentacles.

Sorry?

You are the
Knight of Pentacles.

This is your card.

Oh, I see.

Sit down.

The other side.

Would you like me to
pay you beforehand?

Yes.

This probably ...

Your name was?

Robin.

I'm a commercial traveller,

just staying in the
village for one night.

How did you know about me?

Through a friend.

His name?

Well, he's not exactly a friend.

It was a party
and I heard him talking about you.

Do you travel in
medical supplies?

No.

I see healing hands.

You're either something to do with
a hospital or you're a doctor.

Well ,that'll be all the doctors I've
been to. There have been so many.

It's not the doctors you've been to.
I'm telling you it's you.

Well, I was a medical student once.
It was a long time ago.

Were you, how?

You're worried
about something.

Yes, very.

A girl.
No, two girls.

Two girls.

There's a romantic
involvement with one

and some other involvement
with the other.

What is it?

Ha! Isn't that strange?

I come back to
the healing hands.

Why are you lying to me?

I'm not lying to you.

You called me Mrs. Yates.

You've come here
for a purpose.

To have my fortune told.

No, there's something else.
What is it?

1 told you, I'm worried about ...
- Be quiet.

You've come here to search.

You're searching for ...

No.

No, not searching.

Investigating.

Investigating me.
- You're dead right he is.

Debbie!

What did he tell
you his name was?

This is Robin, my dear.

This is Graham, my dear.

Dr. Graham Haller, to be exact.

One of Jackie's little friends.

She sent him
to put you back in the nuthouse.

That's not true.
You know it isn't.

You lie, you lie,
you lie, you lie!

I have the proof
here in the cards!

Come on, love.
We're waiting for you.

I'm sorry, Merle,
I just can't concentrate.

Oh, don't worry, kid.
We'll wind it up.

No, we"ll go on.

No, it was one of my stupid ploys
to try and get your mind off things.

You're obviously not up to it.

I'm sorry.

Don't worry, kid.
We'll have a chat instead.

That's what you
came round for, isn't it?

Yes. Very much so.

I just couldn't bear sitting
alone in the flat, just waiting.

Well, what are friends for?

Oh, bugger.
Hang on a minute.

You know what really
drove me out tonight?

What?

I knew that any second
the phone would ring,

and it would be the police
to say they'd found Debbie.

That would be the
end, wouldn't it?

Jackie, you're building this
up into something it isn't.

Why would it be the end?

They don't send 15-year-olds
to prison anymore, you know.

They send them
to a reformatory.

They won't send Debbie anywhere.

Jackie, it's for you.

Who knows I'm here?

Well, I wouldn't swear it
but It sounds like Debbie.

Hello?
- Jackie, it's Debbie.

Debbie, where are you?

I'm at the farm.

The what?
- I'm at the farm with Mum and Dad.

But how?

Look, I can't explain now.
Will you come down?

Yes, of course.
- Graham's here.

Yes, I know.

You will come down, won't you?

Straightaway.
- OK, see you, then.

Debbie?

I'm flying high with an ace.

I knew it.

Was it her?
- Yes.

Where is she?

She's found a place to hide.

Oh. Are you going?

I must.

What about the police?

I don't know. I don't know.

Jackie!

Debbie, is that you?

I almost hoped you
wouldn't come, Jackie.

Why are you prowling round
with the bloody lights off for?

I won't be spoken to
like that in my own home.

Especially by you.

Especially by me?

What am I supposed
to have done?

You hurt me, Jackie.

You hurt all of us.

What are you talking about?

What's Debbie been saying to you?

She's told us the truth.

And you believed it?

She is my daughter.

And I'm not, I suppose?

We both feel closer to Deborah.

You stupid old man!
- How dare you!

You've been taken in
by a 15-year-old delinquent.

Aliright then,
if that's the way

we want it,
you can get along without me.

You can all get along without me.
I wash my hands of the lot of you.

Shh!

Jackie, if only you hadn't come.

What is it?

What's going on?

Where's Graham?

Who?

The man ... I'm not going to stand here
talking to you in the bloody twilight.

No, Jackie.
Don't put the light on.

What's the matter with you?

Nothing.

You've been hit. You've been hit
with something. Who was it?

It was Dorothy, wasn't it?
She did it ... with this.

Your stepmother's very
sick woman, Jackie.

How sick?
How sick?

She's had a very serious
relapse, I'm afraid.

Jackie, I love her.

Can you understand that?

But I can't do any
more for her now.

Deborah's looking after her.

Looking after her?

What do you mean,
looking after her?

She's with her now.

A 15-year-old girl?
I don't believe it!

They have a lot in
common, you know.

More in common than
you would think.

Where's Graham?
Where is he?

They said she was well again.

They said she was well.

Graham?

Graham!

Leave us alone, Jackie.

No! No!

Shut up that stupid screaming!

You knew.
You knew.

Why did you let them?

No! Please! Please, no!

Dad! Help me!
Please help me!

For God's sake, Dad!
Please don't let them ...

And let the members of
the public be assured, ...

...that you shall remain
in this mental institution.

Until there can be
no doubt whatsoever, ...

that you are fit and able
to take your place in society again.