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- Welcome back
(creepy music)

to "Elvira's 40th
Anniversary, Very Special..."

Uh. I mean, "Scary,
Very Scary Special."

Oh shit, I did it again.

Okay, "Elvira's First 40th..."

I, I know, I know, I know.

This is some sort
of event, right?

(woman screaming)

(ghost calling)

(woman screaming)

(ghosts moaning)

(man laughing manically)

(door opens and creaks)

(chains rattling)

(wind whistling)

(door creaking)

(ghosts moaning)

- The ghosts are moving tonight.

Restless. Hungry.

May I introduce myself?

I'm Watson Pritchard.

In just a minute,
I'll show you the only

really haunted
house in the world.

(ghosts calling)
(floor creaking)

Since it was built a
century ago, seven people,

including my brother
had been murdered in it.

Since then, I've
owned the house.

(ghosts moaning)

I've only spent one night there

and when they found
me in the morning,

I, I was almost dead.

(ghosts calling)
(floor creaking)

(chains jangling)

(suspenseful music)

- I'm Frederick Loren.

And I've rented the house
on Haunted Hill tonight

so that my wife
can give a party.

A haunted house
party. (chuckles)

She's so amusing.

There'll be food and
drink and ghosts.

And perhaps even a few murders.

You're all invited.

If any of you will spend the
next 12 hours in this house,

I'll give you each $10,000,

or your next-of-kin in
case you don't survive.

Ah, but here come
out and other guests.

(creepy music)
- It's me, Elvira.

Hello again.

And if you're just joining
us, way to go, Einstein!

You missed the best
movie of the night,

"Elvira, Mistress of the Dark!"

And, FYI, we had an
order and a whole plan

for how the evening
would develop and flow,

so, you know, thanks.

But it just so happens that I
started meditating recently.

Yesterday.

And so I'm open to my true
self's intentions now.

I'm like too enlightened
to judge or shame anybody

just because they're too
stupid to look at a schedule.

Here's the thing, though.

I gotta make like a log
and split, you know?

'Cause remember that
dude, Frederick Loren?

I have to go find him because
I never received my invitation

to his little
haunted house party.

You know, the one he said,
we're all invited to?

Hmm. I guess it got
lost in the mail.

Probably his wife's doing.

"She's so amusing."

Now I don't wanna
sound conceited,

but I look good as
just a head, right?

Anyway, I am so excited
to meet the guests

and see how this little
shindig shakes out.

I'm a little bit
nervous in the dark

'cause I'm surrounded by traps.

(rats squeaking)
The neighborhood's

infested with rats!

The neighbors are
just off the rails,

but I promised them I'd
stop bringing my dates home.

You know, for the good
neighborhood and all,

'cause do you know what?

It is not always about me.

Well, it's mostly about me.

I mean, how could it not be?

In any case, I'm
ironically drawn

to the exterminator they hired.

(whip cracking)
And you would be too.

The word neighborhood,
like the word exterminator,

evokes warm and fuzzy images,

but they're houses.

This movie is about a house

and based on the floating heads,

not a very nice one.

I mean, what kind of a
nutbag rents a random

Byzantine fortress on a road
called Haunted Hills, anyway?

That was just
asking for trouble.

(creepy music)

(camera squeaking)

You gotta realize, most
people are way different

than you and me.

We're like, "Haunted
Hill? I'm in!"

"You find someone to sacrifice.
I'll bring the popcorn."

But in the boring,
pasty, mortal world,

people wanna feel safe
in a nice colonial

on Maple Street
or Wisteria Lane.

Haunted Hill isn't an
address that sounds safe.

Just the opposite.

So it's not just a real
estate agent's nightmare,

it scares people and they panic.

It's what my exterminator,
Dallas, calls "Too
Effin' Scary."

Which is just another
way of saying,

"Too scary."
(cat shrieking)

So, call your neighbors,

your real estate agent
and your exterminator

'cause we're going to
a haunted house party

at the "House on Haunted Hill."

(suspenseful music)
- It was my wife's idea

to have our guests
come in funeral cars.

Hmm. She's so amusing.

Her sense of humor is,
shall we say, original?

I dreamed up the
hearse, it's empty now,

but after a night in the house
on Haunted Hill, who knows?

This is Lance
Schroeder, a test pilot.

So no doubt, a brave man,

but don't you think
you can be much braver

if you're paid for it?

And I happen to know
that Lance needs

the 10,000 I'll give him

if he's brave enough
to stay all night.

This is Ruth Bridges.

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

She says her reason
for coming to the party

is to write a feature
article on ghosts.

She is also desperate
for money. Gambles.

You've already met
Watson Pritchard,

a man living in
mortal fear of a house

and yet he is risking his life
to spend another night here.

I wonder why.

He says for money.

This Dr. David Trent.
A psychiatrist.

He claims that my ghosts will
help his work on hysteria,

but don't you see a little
touch of greed there

around the mouth and eyes?

This is Nora Manning.

I picked her from the thousands
of people who work for me

because she needed the
10,000 more than most.

Supports her whole family.

Isn't she pretty?

(suspenseful music)

The party's starting now.

And you have until midnight

to find the house
on Haunted Hill.

(eerie music)

(gates creaking)

(gates clank)

(door opens and creaks)

(creepy music)

- Well, where is everybody?

- It isn't a very
warm welcome, is it?

- Only the ghosts in this
house are glad we're here.

- Are we all strangers
to each other?

Don't you two know each other?

- I'm afraid I don't
even know your name.

- I'm Nora Manning.
- Lance Schroeder.

- Is Frederick Loren
a friend of yours?

- I've heard of him,
but I've never met him.

- I work for one of
his companies, but
I'd never seen him.

- I've never met the man
either. Just a phone call.

Do you know him?

- No.

- [Ruth] Well then you're
the only one of us who does.

- I don't know him.

All the details about running
the house were done by mail.

- He's quite wealthy. Isn't he?

- Millions.
- And a five wives,

I believe.
- Four, I think, so far.

- $50,000 party for only five
people is a little steep,

even for a millionaire.
- Hmm.

Well, if I were
gonna haunt anybody,

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

(door creaks and slams)

(chandelier jingling)
(suspenseful music)

- Who closed the door?

(doorknob clattering)

(chandelier jingling)

- This thing's made
of solid steel.

(glass shattering)

(intense music)

- Annabelle?

Our guests are here and
fortunately still alive.

Is your face on yet?

- Dust and dirt everywhere,

and the water barely trickles.

Couldn't you have had
the placed cleaned?

- Atmosphere, darling.
You know how ghosts are.

They never tidy up.

And that's a very
fetching outfit,

but hardly suitable for a party.

- I'm not going to the party.

- Mm, "You Spend The
Night Ghost Party"

was your idea, remember?

Since it's gonna
cost me $50,000,

I want you to have fun.

- The party was my idea until
you invited all the guests.

Why all these strangers?
Why none of our friends?

- Friends? Do we
have any friends?

- No, your jealousy
took care of that.

- I had a reason for
inviting each guest.

I wanted kind of
a cross section,

from psychiatrists to typist.

And from drunk to jet pilot.

They share one thing.
They all need money.

Now let's see if they're
brave enough earn it.

- And you call this a party?

- Could be.

(champagne sloshing)

- Why do you always do that?
It spoils the champagne.

- It might explode.

- It never does.

- Will you guarantee that?

- That isn't funny, Frederick.

- It would make a good headline.

"Playboy kills wife
with champagne cork."

Will you join me?

- No, thank you.

(cork pops)

- Just a sip might
improve your humor.

- My humor is fine, thanks.

And I haven't poisoned it.

- It's always good to know that.

Have some. You'll
enjoy the party more.

Go on.

- Your trust is so touching.

And I'm not going to the party.

- Of all my wives, you
are the least agreeable.

- But still alive.
- Hmm.

Would you go away for a
million dollars, tax-free?

You want it all, don't you?

- I deserve it all.

Your jealousy isn't tax-free.

And you possessiveness
is maddening.

- If ever a man had
grounds for divorce.

- But can't prove them.
- The time will come.

You'll slip up
one of these days.

- Think so?

- If I live long enough.

You remember the fun we
had when you poisoned me?

- (laughs) Something you
ate, the doctor said.

- Yes, arsenic on the rocks.

Annabelle, you'd do it again

if you thought you could get
away with it, wouldn't you?

- Darling, what
makes you think that?

- Something about you.

I hear that hanging
is very uncomfortable,

in case you get any more ideas.

Don't let the ghost and the
ghouls disturb you, darling.

- Darling, the only ghoul
in the house is you.

- And don't sit up all night,

thinking of ways
to get rid of me.

It makes wrinkles.

(eerie music)

(lid slams)

- This is what she used on
my brother and her sister.

Hacked 'em to pieces.

We found parts of the
bodies all over the house.

In places you wouldn't think.

A funny thing is the heads
have never been found.

Hands and feet and
things like that.

But no heads.

- The wife, probably in a rage,

threatened her
husband with a knife

and then carried
away by hysteria,

took a swing at him and
simply went on from there.

- (chuckles) She
certainly went on.

How many people did she
kill, Mr. Pritchard?

- Only two. Her
husband and her sister.

No one else was here.

- So there are two loose
heads just floating around

in here somewhere?

- You can hear them at night.

They whisper to each
other and then cry.

(Lance laughs)

- Since our host isn't here,

would anyone care
to mix me a drink?

- Certainly. What will you have?

(door opens)

- Good evening.

I'm your host, Frederick Loren.

Since we're all
strangers to each other,

let's get acquainted
with the drink, shall we?

- Mr. Loren, I advise you
to call this party off now.

The ghosts are already
moving and that's a bad sign.

- Let me apologize for my wife.

She'll join us later.
What will you have?

- Scotch Anne.
- Doctor.

- I'll have the same.
- Hmm.

Now before the party begins,
let's go over the details.

(scotch pouring)
The caretakers

will leave at midnight,

locking us in here until they
come back in the morning.

Once the door is locked,
there's no way out.

The windows have bars that
a jail would be proud of.

And the only door to the
outside locks like a vault.

There's no electricity, no
phone, no one within miles.

So no way to call for help.

- Like a coffin.
(drink pouring)

- So if any of you decide
not to stay for the party,

you must let me know
before midnight.

Of course, if you
leave, I shan't be able

to pay you anything.
(drink pouring)

- I'm interested in your
reasons for this, uh, party.

(drink fizzing)

Aside from a pleasant company.

- Ghosts, doctor.

I think everyone wonders
what they would do

if they saw a ghost.

And now my wife has given us all

the opportunity to find out.

- Hmm, amusing.

Ghosts, et cetera, being
only creations of hysteria,

your party should be as success.

- Well Pritchard here
promises us genuine ghosts.

- Seven now and maybe
more before morning.

- That's cheerful.

- Four men have been
murdered in this house.

And three women.

- You planned your party
very well, Mr. Loren.

Four of us are men,
three are women.

Well, a ghost for everybody.
- Hmm.

Now Pritchard, why don't
you take us on a tour

through the house and let's
see what happens, hmm?

(suspenseful music)

- See that stain? Blood

A young girl was killed here.

And whatever got
her wasn't human.

Don't stand there!
- What do you mean?

Where?

(intense music)

- It's too late.
They've marked you.

- Ridiculous. The
roof probably leaks.

- Oh, that must be what it is.

Who would wanna haunt me?

- I would say any
self-respecting male ghost.

- I hope it doesn't come back.

- Well, Mr. Pritchard,
you're the life of the party.

He hasn't even started yet.

Wasn't there a man
who threw his wife

into a wine vat or something?

- That was in the cellar.

There's been a murder almost
every place in this house.

(suspenseful music)

All this belonged
to a Mr. Norton,

who didn't die here, he
was electrocuted later.

Mr. Norton hit a good deal
experimenting with wines.

(lift clattering)

But his wife didn't
think it was any good.

So he filled the vat with
acid and threw her in.

She was supposed to stay down,

but the bones came up.

It's a funny thing,

but none of the murders
here were just ordinary.

Just shooting or stabbing.

They've all been sort of
wild, violent and different.

- Look out!

(Nora sighs)
- Thank God she didn't

fall in.

- You mean there's
still acid in there?

(suspenseful music)

(rat plops)

(acid bubbles and fizzes)

It destroys everything
with hair and flesh.

just leaves the bones.

My, it's dry and
dusty down here.

- Well there a, a cure
for that upstairs.

(lift clattering)
Hmm, come on.

- How'd you get
invited to this party?

No. Let 'em go on.

I mean, what'd he tell you?

- (sighs) Mr. Loren said
everybody would get $10,000.

- But he didn't say anything
about being locked in?

- No.
- Ah, he just made

a deal with me on the phone,

but nothing about
having to stay.

- Aren't you gonna stay?

- If I don't, I lose $10,000.

- I'm going to
stay too. $10,000.

- Yeah.

You believe in ghosts?

- (chuckles) I don't know.

- Well, I agree with
what that doc says.

You can spook yourself.

I've done it in planes.

Seeing things that
weren't really there.

Or were they?
(both chuckle)

- What are you gonna do with
your 10,000? If we get it?

- What do you mean,
"if we get it?"

Won't he pay us if we stay?

- Oh, sure he will.

10,000 is no more to him
than a nickel is to us.

- We were in an
automobile accident.

Now I'm the only one in the
family who can make any money.

- Boy, I've never
seen so many doors.

Closet.

Bottles.

- Does it go anywhere?

(door creaks and slams)

(suspenseful music)

Lance!

(pounds on door)
Lance!

Oh!

(Nora gasps)

(suspenseful music)

Help me, please! Lance is gone,

and there's a ghost!
- A ghost?

- Please, please!
- See what I mean?

- Come on!

- Did you say Lance
is gone? Gone where?

- We'll have to break
it down. It's locked.

- Locked?

Are you all right?

- Nothing that money won't cure.

I must've, I must've
bumped my head.

- And the only way you
could bump your head in here

is to run head on into the wall.

You didn't do that, did you?

Let's get a bandage on that.

(suspenseful music)

- I wonder why they
didn't kill him.

- Who?

- He didn't bump his
head. They hit him.

- They?

(eerie music)

- Nora, when you came in, you
said something about a ghost.

- There was something.

- What did it look like?

- Well, it, it was
wearing a black thing

that went all the
way to the floor.

- Weren't you a little
frightened at the time?

- Well, yes.

- That, Mr. Loren, is hysteria.

- Well then doctor,
how do you explain

what happened to Lance?

Was that hysteria too?

- You better get that
checked in a day or so.

- Thanks, doc.

- Wait for me in the hall.

(Watson sighs)
(cork pops)

- The ghosts are coming
closer. Mr. Loren.

- You really believe
in your pet ghost,

don't you, Pritchard?

- Before the night's
over, you will too.

- Would you like a drink, Lance?

- Ah, no thanks.
- I'd like one.

Scotch Anne.

(scotch pouring)

Mr. Loren, are you really
going to pay anyone

who stays all night?

- Certainly. $10,000.

- Will there be much
red tape or delay?

- In a hurry, dear?
- Frankly, yes.

Or frantically.
- Hmm.

(ice cubes clink)

There you are, my dear.

(clock ticking)

(match striking)

- Someone or something
was in here when I came.

But where?

And if the door was
locked, how did it get out?

What you saw might've
been a ghost, Nora,

but what was in here
with me was no ghost.

- I don't know. I was so scared.

(knocking)

(knocking echoes)

That sound different to you?

- Yes.

(knocking echoes)

- Three, six, nine, 12.

12 Feet,

Three, six.

Now I'm gonna knock
on the other wall.

When you hear me, you
knock on this wall.

(knocking on wall)

Tap lower down!

(tapping echoes)

(intense music)
(Nora screaming)

(Nora sobbing)

- Oh, Lance! I saw it again!

- Where'd it come from?

- From in here.

(suspenseful music)

- Well if it ran out of
here, I would have seen it.

- Lance, it doesn't
run. It just floats.

- Yeah, but, why
didn't I see it?

- You don't believe me!

- Well, how can I?

(door closes)

(eerie music)

- I'm Annabelle Loren.

You must be Miss Manning.

I realize this is very unusual

and I'm afraid very dull party.

Wouldn't you like to freshen up?

This is your room.

Depressing, isn't it?

- I doubt if I'll
spend much time here.

- It's going to rain.

Perfect atmosphere for
my husband's party.

Why did you come here?

- He said he'd give me $10,000.

- Why did he pick you?

- I don't know.

My supervisor just came
and said I'd been invited.

- How long have you
known my husband?

- I just met him tonight.

- So, why you?

What are you doing wandering
around by yourself?

- Well I was in the
cellar with Lance.

Mr. Schroeder and I
just left, that's all.

- Don't do it again.

Don't go anywhere in
this house by yourself.

Now fix your face and I'll come
by for you in a few minutes.

- But I...
- You're in danger.

We all are.

- But who?

- I hope for your sake.
you never find out.

(eerie music)

I'm Annabelle Loren. Were
you looking for something?

- Not exactly.
- Are you the doctor?

- No, no, I'm Lance Schroeder.

- The pilot. You've
hurt yourself.

- Oh, it's just a
bump on the head.

Which is my room?

- I believe this is it.

- Thank you, Mrs. Loren.

- Annabelle, Lance.

You were with a young
girl in the cellar.

Why was she so upset?

- Was she?

- And you don't
look like the type

to go around bumping his head.

What really happened, Lance?

- Well, Nora thought
she saw a ghost,

but I didn't see anything.

- She was just frightened then?

- And mad at me, I think.
I kidded her about it.

- I wouldn't joke
about anything else

that happens here tonight.

- Now don't tell him you're
taking all of this seriously.

- Aren't you?
- Well, I'd like to find out

what hit me.

- Lance, I need help.

May I count on you?

- Yeah, sure. I guess so.

Look, what's going
on here anyway?

I mean, what is
with this party bit?

- This is no party.
He's planning something.

- Your husband?
- I wish I knew

what it was.

- Must be pretty big if
he's gonna lay out 50,000.

- Money doesn't mean anything.

He has a reason for
getting us all up here

to this dreadful old house.

- Well, what for? He
doesn't even know us.

- Maybe that's exactly
why you're here.

- Oh well, what can
we get away with?

- Oh, he thinks that
big money like his

can get away with anything.

You know of course that
I'm his fourth wife.

The first simply disappeared.

The other two died.

Lance, I don't wanna join them.

- You mean he, uh-

- All his doctors said
they died of heart attacks.

Two girls in their 20's.

- Well what can he do?

- My husband is sometimes
insane with jealousy.

Nothing matters to him then.

Please be careful.

- Would he hurt you?

- He would kill me if he could.

(suspenseful music)

- Annabelle, you're
missing all the fun.

Nora Manning was almost killed
by a falling chandelier.

The pilot bashed his head in.

- Is he badly hurt?

- The saturnine psychiatrist
bandaged him up.

Don't you wanna go
and console him?

As you do most men
in your fashion.

- You're so clever, Frederick.

- As I lie awake nights,
wondering why I married you.

It was rather a mistake.

- You didn't marry me,
dear. I married you.

Unpleasant, but no mistake.

- Hurry up.

- Frederick, for the last time,
I'm not going to your party.

- And for the last time,
it's not my party, but yours.

And you are going.

- I am not.

- You ready, dear?
- No.

- Are you ready, dear?

- Yes. Damn you!

- Would you adore me
as much if I were poor?

No, all you wanna be
is a lovely widow.

It's almost time to
lock up the house.

And then your party
will really begin.

I wonder how it will end?

(knocking)

It's close to midnight, Lance.

- Okay. I'll be
down in a minute.

(knocking)

- Who is it?
- Your host, my dear.

It's almost midnight, Nora.

We're all going to get together
down in the living room.

- All right, Mr. Loren.
I'll be right down.

(intense music)

Eh! Uh! (gasping)

(intense music)

- Come with us. Come with
us before he kills you.

(Nora screaming)

(clock ticking)

(suspenseful music)

- Where's Nora? Miss Manning?

- I don't wanna stay here!

- Nora, what happened?

(doors creaking)

That's Jonas Slydes
and his wife.

They've been caretakers
here for years.

She's blind, you know.

- I'm not going to stay here!

- Well, doctor, it looks
like we have a real case

of hysteria on our hands.

- I think she's
just a little upset.

Not hysterical.

(door opens)

(suspenseful music)

- Good evening.

- Hello, my dear.

This is my wife.
These are our guests.

Ruth Bridges.

Dr. Trent.

You know Watson
Pritchard, of course.

Nora Manning and, uh,
this is Lance Schroeder.

(creepy music)

- Oh, and what am I,
Mr. Man, chopped liver?

Do they still say, Mr. Man?

Um, don't worry.

I'll be gone in a mo.

Pour yourself
something. I'm good.

So is this party a
shit show or what?

I mean, the wife, the
husband, the screamer.

This guy.

Uh, sheesh.

I mean the kitchen sink was
about to make an appearance.

And how about that exterior?

Can you imagine if this
place showed up on Zillow?

"Frank Lloyd Wright,
tomb-like residence.

Eight bedrooms, 10 baths,
elevator, barred windows,

large basement with easy
access acid pool, central air."

- "Wait, stop. What?

Acid? Uh, okay.

That's right officer.

Uh, we were playing
in the basement.

We were playing flashlight tag,

when suddenly my ex-husband

who I'm suing for
years of unpaid alimony
and child support,

fell into the vat of acid."

Ah, if only life
were that simple. Ah.

(wine bubbling)

Wait a minute. What happened?

Uh, I told you. Uh!

As God as my witness,
I'll never go...

What? "Gone with the Wind."

Uh, okay. Anyway,
beat it, scabbers.

(rat whistling)
(glass shattering)

(cat shrieking)

(wine bubbling)

- Get me out of here!

- What about the 10,000?
- I don't care.

He wants to kill me!

- Who wants to kill you?

- Mr. Loren.

(clock ticking)
- May I have

your attention please?

I think you all remember
the bargain we made

about staying all night.

$10,000 a piece.

If any of you don't survive,

$50,000 will be divided
amongst the rest of you.

If I should die,

you will be paid by my estate.

When the door is locked from
the outside by the caretakers,

we'll all be forced to stay
in this house until morning.

If any of you
decide not to stay,

you must leave with
the caretakers now.

You won't have a chance
to change your minds later

because there'll be
no way to get out.

- I don't wanna stay!
- Wait.

(wind whistling)
(chandelier jingling)

(suspenseful music)

(door slams)

(doorknob clattering)

- It is midnight yet. Who
told them they could leave?

- They never leave
before midnight.

- Well they've gone now.

I was going to ask you whether
you wanted to stay or not,

but it seems that the caretakers

have made the decision for you.

We're all locked in now.

- But I don't wanna stay.

- And I'm sorry, my dear,
but it's too late now.

- Darling, haven't you had
enough of this silly game?

Get some cars up
here for these people

and let them go home,

but pay them first.

- This is your party. Remember?

In spite of my wife's
faith in my ability

to do the impossible,

we will all have to
stay in this house

until eight o'clock
in the morning.

But we have some
party favors for you

in these little coffins.

This is my wife's idea.

And I must say, I think
it's rather dangerous.

I suppose you all know how
to use one of these things,

but in case you don't,

you just press down on
this lever with your thumb

and then pull the trigger.

(gun fires)
(vase shatters)

Hmm. You see they're loaded.

- These are no good against
the dead, only the living.

(suspenseful music)

- Doctor.

Lance.

Nora.

- Go ahead, take it.

- Miss Bridges.

And here's yours, dear.
- I don't need it.

- It was your idea. Who knows?

You may wanna use it on me
before this night is over.

- Throw these guns away.
They won't do you any good.

- I agree with
Pritchard on that point

although not for
the same reason.

- Dr. Trent,

don't you approve of
our little party favors?

- Suppose Nora had had a gun

when she mistook the
blind woman for a ghost.

- I don't think anyone else

is going to walk around
in total darkness.

(chuckles) Oh, I'm
sure we're not gonna go

running around the house,
shooting each other, aren't you?

- Who knows? Fear makes
people do amazing things.

(bottle clinks)

(liquor pouring)

- Mr. Pritchard, you
said your sister-in-law

killed a man and a woman
here and cut them up.

You said they found
hands and feet,

but they never found any heads.

Would you like to see
one of those heads?

Would you all like to
see one of those heads?

Well, then. Just follow me.

(suspenseful music)

- Darling, I really
don't need this.

- Just go look in my suitcase.

Just go look.

(suspenseful music)

But it was in there.
A woman's head!

- Nora, I think
you're a little upset.

Would you care for a sedative?

- Get out! Get out, all of you!

All of you get out of
here and leave me alone!

Just get out of here! (sobbing)

- Do you think it's
all right to leave her

by herself, doctor?

- I wish she'd
taken the sedative.

- Now what do you suppose
she thought she saw?

- They're closing in on her.

- Look, doc, I think somebody
oughta stay with her.

- There could be a
million people around her

and if they wanted
her, they'd get her.

- What if he's right?
- He's too drunk

to know what he's talking about.

- I wonder.

I'll join you in a minute.

(door opens and closes)

- Do you think it
would do any good

if you went in
and talked to her?

- And do you think
there really was a head

in her suitcase?

- (sighs) I don't know.

- A thing like that would
put me right over the edge.

- Would you sort
of stay up here,

I mean, in case she needs help?

- All right. I'll be in my room.

Just call if you need.

- Thanks.

(door closes)

(door closes)

- Are you sure there are only
seven people in this house?

- Positive, except
for the ghosts.

- I don't believe in ghosts
nor in frightening women.

In Nora's case, it's
gone far enough.

Perhaps too far.

- What do you suggest
we do about it, doctor?

- Don't frighten her any more!

(suspenseful music)

(knocking)

- Nora?

(knocking)

Nora?

Nora?

(door creaking)

(intense music)

Nora!

Nora!

What do you know about this?

- They've taken her.

In a little while,
she'll be one of them.

- Where's Nor...

Where is she?
- It's too late.

It's too late. You'll
never find her again.

- Pritchard, if you
know where she is,

you better tell me now!
- She's gone!

She's gone with them!

And there's nothing
you can do about it.

(woman screaming and choking)

(eerie music)

- Nora.

- Raise her down.

- Nora?

- She's dead, Mr. Loren.

Your wife hanged herself.

- Suicide.

(door closes)

(suspenseful music)

- Lance!

- Nora!

- Lance, hide me,
please hide me!

- What's the matter?
- Hide me!

(Nora cries)

He tried to kill me.

He grabbed me and choked
me and put me in that room.

And then he went
away and left me.

- Who?

- He thought I was dead.

- Who?

- Mr. Loren.

- Are you sure about this?

- I don't know. It, it was
dark, but it must have been him.

- Has anybody seen
you since he left you?

- I heard some
people in that room,

but I went by and nobody saw me.

- Mrs. Loren is dead.

- But how?

- Loren said she
committed suicide.

But I think somebody killed her.

- Him?

(lock clicks)

(knocking on door)

(Nora gasps)

(knocking on door)

(suspenseful music)

- I'm sure you've come to
the same conclusion I have.

- Yeah. I think so.

- Well let's all have a
meeting, discuss what to do.

The living room?
- Okay.

In a minute.

(lock clicks)

I've got to go downstairs.

Now you lock yourself in
here and don't let anybody

know you're here.

If he thinks you're
dead, he won't come here.

And I'll get back
as soon as I can.

You'll be alright.

And if you have to, you use it.

(lock clicks)

(door closes)

(lock clicks)

(suspenseful music)

- So beautiful.

So greedy.

So cold.

What are you doing in here?

- Wait, don't we...

- What do you mean,
coming in here?

- (chokes) I didn't want
them to take her away.

- You're drunk.
- They will

if you don't watch her.
- You're drunk!

All right, out
with it, Pritchard!

Why did you come into this room?

- I'm the only one
who understands.

- Understands what?
- (gasps) Your wife

isn't there anymore.

She's already joined them.

- Now Pritchard, I've had
enough of your spook talk.

Get out you sod and don't come
back into this room again!

(suspenseful music)

- Where's what's her name? Nora?

- I didn't disturb her
since I don't think

this concerns her.

- No, you're right.

- Mr. Loren, isn't
there some way

we can get out of
this house now?

- No. None at all.

- We could try breaking out.

- The only door to the
outside is made of steel.

The bars at the windows
are set in solid stone.

We've gotta stay.

- I'm not afraid of
your ghosts, Pritchard.

But I am afraid.

When we came here
a few hours ago,

the only thing we had in common

was the $10,000 we'd get.

Now however we share
something else.

The death of Mrs. Loren.

So far tonight, one of
us was almost killed

by a falling chandelier.

One of us was
mysteriously slugged.

One of us is being driven to
the brink of absolute hysteria.

And one of us is dead.

Were these accidents? Suicide?

And we must stay here
for six more hours?

- Six hours?

Six of us.

Time enough.

- Who will be next?

How will it happen?

- Let me ask you a
question, doctor.

You were the first one
to see my wife dead.

Did you also see anything
that she could have

climbed up on and then jumped?

- No.

- Did any of you?

There was nothing.

How then did she get
up there so high?

- Exactly, Mr. Loren, how?

She couldn't have
pulled herself up there.

She couldn't have
dropped from the ceiling.

Do you think your
wife killed herself?

- No. She was murdered.

By one of you.

- Or you, Mr. Loren.

To deliberately kill someone
you must have a reason.

- We were all
strangers to your wife.

Only you had a
motive for murder.

- What husband hasn't at some
time wanted to kill his wife?

What husband hasn't had
a thousand opportunities

to do it in such a way so
that he'd never be suspected?

I'm not such a fool
as to hang my wife

from a ceiling by a rope.

- The fact remains
that you or one of us

murdered Mrs. Loren.

And that's a matter
for the police.

- So, how do we get the police?

- That's my point. We
can't until morning.

What began as a silly party
given by an eccentric,

has now involved
us all in murder.

- For once, Pritchard
may be right.

If another murder's in the
works, let's stop it now.

- Another murder?

- Why not? Maybe one
of us saw too much.

- Why should even a millionaire
want to give each of us

$10,000 to spend one night
in a gloomy old house?

To see some ghosts,
have a party? No.

- Have you finished
trying me, doctor?

And is the verdict
guilty of murder?

- Oh, this isn't
getting us anywhere.

Somebody killed Mrs.
Loren, we know that.

One of us is guilty and the
rest of us are innocent. Okay.

Now what we have to do
for the next six hours

is protect ourselves
from each other.

- Do you really think-

- I don't think anything.

I just know that I'm
going to my room.

And if anybody comes in,
I'll shoot him or her.

- And if we all stay in
our rooms, we'll be safe.

Because the innocent will have
no reason to leave his room,

and the guilty will admit
his guilt if he or she does.

- And we all have guns.

- Then we're all agreed?

- Oh, I wish this
night were over.

- Rooms? Guns?

I tell you, it doesn't
make any difference.

They aren't through with us yet.

(suspenseful music)

What's the use of
saying good night?

(door closes)

- Good night.

(door closes)

(door slams)

(lock clicks)

- Good night, doctor.

(lock clicks)

(glass shatters)

(gun clacks)

(doorknob clattering)

(lock clicks)

(lock clicks)

(intense music)

(Ruth gasping)

(Ruth whimpering)

(suspenseful music)

(knocking)

- Nora, it's me, Lance.

Are you okay?

They've all gone to their
rooms and locked themselves in.

- Lance, I've been thinking.

It was so dark down there.

Maybe it wasn't Mr. Loren.

- It was him, all right.

He tried to kill you and
he did kill his wife.

(lightning striking)

- How can you be so sure?

- She tried to warn me.

Asked me to help her.

The doc thinks he's gonna
try and kill one of us.

(lightning striking)

Now there must be a
way out of this place

and I'm gonna find it and get
the police before he does.

- I'm going with you.

- Well if he finds
out you're alive...

No, Nora, you're safer
here than any place else.

Now just lock yourself
in and keep quiet.

(lightning striking)

(lock clicks)

If I find a way out, I'll
come back and get you.

(lighting striking)
(suspenseful music)

(pounding on door)

(thunder rumbling)

(lightning striking)

(suspenseful music)

(lightning striking)

(Nora gasping)

(lightning striking)
(eerie music)

- No! (gasping)

No!

No!

No.

(lightning striking)

Oh, no!

(intense music)

(Nora screaming)

(Nora whimpering)

Lance!

(Nora whimpering)

(creepy organ music)

(Nora screaming)

(thunder rumbling)
(lightning striking)

(knocking on door)

- An admission of guilt, doctor?

- Certainly not.

There's either somebody
else in this house

or one of us has left his room.

Did you hear anything?

- Organ music?

- That and someone walking.

- You got yours?

Ready?

- You look downstairs
and I'll look up here.

- Why not together?

- There may be only minutes,
seconds left of someone's life.

Why waste time?

(eerie music)

(lock clicks)

- It's almost over, darling.

Every detail was perfect.

- What's happening?

- We've done it.

The perfect crime. Beautiful.

- Has she killed him?

- Not yet. But she will.

- Get me out of this
hanging harness.

What's taking that girl
so long? What time is it?

- At first I couldn't get Nora

to want to protect
herself with a gun.

But after you appeared
at the window,

everything began to work
just as we had planned.

You were wonderful.

Just the touch that
finally drove her

into complete hysteria.
(Annabelle exhales)

- It'll be worth all of
our planning, darling.

Where's Nora now?

What's happening?

- On her way to the cellar.

So scared, she'll shoot
the first thing that moves.

- And Frederick?

- On his way to the cellar too.

- David, are you sure none
of them will suspect us?

- Of what?

An hysterical girl
accidentally shoots somebody?

Who would suspect that
we planned it that way?

That we drove her to it?

- What about my suicide?

- Well, just a ghost party gag.

We'll claim it was a dummy

since I'm the only
one who touch you.

- And the caretakers?

- Well, they had no idea
what they were really doing.

- What about Nora? She's
not stupid, you know.

- Darling, believe me.

Everything we planned
is working perfectly.

Nora is sure Frederick
murdered you.

She thinks Frederick attacked
her the cellar, not me.

And now Nora's almost out
of her mind with fear.

The heads, the
music, your hanging.

I tell you, when Frederick walks
in there, she'll shoot him.

- It's taking too long.

David, you oughta be there.

- When you hear the shot,
come down to the cellar.

(suspenseful music)

- Nora! No!

(gun fires)

(body slams)

(Nora screaming)

(suspenseful music)

(lift clattering)

(man choking)
(acid splashing)

(acid bubbling and fizzing)

- David?

David.

(door creaking)

(suspenseful music)

(door creaking)

(door creaking)

(acid bubbling and fizzing)

(intense music)

- [Frederick] At last,
you've got it all.

Everything I have,
(Annabelle screams)

even my life.

But you're not going
to live to enjoy it.

Come with me,
murderess. Come with me.

(Annabelle screaming)

(Annabelle continues screaming)

(acid splashing)

(acid bubbling and fizzing)

(eerie music)

Good night, doctor.

Good night, Annabelle.

The crime you two planned
was indeed perfect.

Only the victim is alive
and the murderers are not.

It's a pity you didn't
know when started

your game of murder
that I was playing too.

(acid splashing)

(acid bubbling)

- There must be some
way to get in here!

- Well it's right
along here, some what.

(tapping on wall)

(wall scraping)

- Lance!

I've shot Mr. Loren! He's
down in the wine cellar!

- Alive?
- I don't think so.

It's him! He's alive!

- You didn't shoot
anyone, my dear.

I loaded your gun with blanks.

I can tell you all now,

Trent and my wife were
planning to kill me.

They failed.

Trent tried to
throw me in the vat.

My wife stumbled and fell.

I'm ready for justice to decide
if I'm innocent or guilty.

(suspenseful music)

- Now there are nine.

There'll be more, many more.

(floor creaking)

(chains jangling)
(ghosts calling)

They're coming for me now.

And then they'll come for you.

(ghost laughing maniacally)

(chains jangling)

(door creaking)

(intense music)

(suspenseful music)

- Yeah, what did you say
you needed at the mall?

(bright music)

I said, what do you
need from the mall?

(sighs) Desmon?

Are you really sleeping or
are you just screwing with me?

Okay, fine.

But I'll need you to make
sure the GPS is working

or we're gonna end up in
another Mexican prison.

Just saying.

Desmon, I swear if I
find out you're awake,

I'm gonna kill...

Oh, (chuckles), we'll
be right back with more

of my "40th Anniversary
Scary Special Special."

Now with 20% more fear.

Which is why we
here at Shudder say,

"If we can't scare you to death,

at least we can make
you wish you were dead."

BRB.

(upbeat music)

- [Narrator] Don't go away.

If you liked, "House
On Haunted Hill,"

you're going to love
"The City of the Dead."

(laughs) You heard me
right. They're dead.

And it's a city.

Like the lady said, "BRB."