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This is a VCA picture presentation.

Wonder who that could be.

Oh, hello.

My name is Rob. This is my friend Gary.

Our car broke down. Do you mind if we use your phone? We got a call from a

truck.

Yeah, I suppose that'll be all right.

Thank you. Follow me.

The phone's right over here.

Thank you.

Yeah, hi.

I'm having problems with my car.

Yeah, I think the battery's dead.

Yeah.

Oh, hold on a second.

What address is this?

1526 Atlantic.

Oh, 1526 Atlantic.

Yeah, it's a 58 Buick Riviera.

Why?

Yeah, okay.

That'll be fine.

Thank you.

They'll be here in about 45 minutes to take care of it, okay? Thank you very

much. I appreciate what you did.

Would you guys like to join in for a bite to eat rather than waiting out on

street?

Okay, what do you think?

Yeah, sure.

Well, sure. Yeah, thank you.

Appreciate that.

What's the matter with this guy? Why does he keep staring at us like this?

He's old. He just does that.

Can you see what we're doing?

Yeah.

But he doesn't do much about anything.

Really?

Do you like some big dick?

Yeah, what do you think about that, huh?

How about it, old man?

You think she'd like some big dick?

You

like

this, huh?

This is gonna be fun.

Yeah, I got something.

What are you doing, man?

What am I doing?

Oh, yeah.

Oh,

that's a good idea.

Yeah,

get some of this, Mom.

What do you think there, Ralph?

oh this is great

Oh, man.

Oh, man.

Oh,

man.

Oh, man.

All right.

Good.

All right.

Oh, you want some of that? Oh yeah.

I can't see her.

Oh, God.

What do you think, man?

Oh, yeah.

Is it ready?

Mm -hmm.

Come on, dude.

Hello. Hello.

Hello.

Hello.

Hi, Mr. Reynolds?

Yes. Joe Harper.

Good to meet you. Money.

Hope you don't mind all this stuff. The house is just filled with it. Let's go

upstairs.

The old man is a true eccentric.

Can I get you a cup of coffee?

That would be nice.

You'll be here for six months, as you know.

And all you really have to do is to clean up after yourself because we have

cleaning service that comes in.

They come in the first Monday of every month.

And, you know, there's just too much stuff here to expect you to take care of

all of it.

The first Monday? The first Monday.

On the second Monday, the gardener comes to take care of the outside grounds.

Where's Mr. Davis?

Mr. Davis, well, the old man's not having a very good day.

He's confined to a wheelchair, you know.

And I think it's best that we just don't disturb him today. He's upstairs

sleeping.

How about if you meet him when you move in in a few days?

Of course.

That'd be okay?

Okay.

You ready for me to show you around?

Let's go.

There's 15 rooms in this house, and they're all filled with things like

What does he do with all this?

Who knows? You know, he's been collecting all his life. I guess he just

having it around.

This is the main living room.

There's cable TV.

There's a VCR in the cabinet. There's a really nice collection of movies, and

you guys should feel free to watch them whenever you want.

Great.

And this, this is your bedroom.

I think it'll be fine.

Good.

Okay. The old man has the room down the hall, and we shouldn't have any need for

it.

Upstairs here, there's another kitchen.

And if you have guests visiting, this is almost like having another apartment.

It's very private. There's a bathroom. There's bathrooms on all the floors.

Look at this.

Isn't this a wonderful view of the bay?

What?

The bay.

This is beautiful.

I almost forgot.

There's an elevator.

Come here.

The old man needed it because of his disability, but you guys can use it for

whatever you want. You know, you get lazy. You feel like riding in an

I don't know.

It leads down there to the basement. There's a laundry room, which is a real

convenience if your wife... Does your wife do the laundry?

Yeah. And, you know, sometimes I even use it for a dumb waiter.

That's a good idea.

That's about it.

Well, I can't wait to tell my wife about this.

It's really great.

It's the perfect solution for us.

Something to tell your grandchildren about.

Jeff, have a safe trip. I'll see you in a couple days.

And I look forward to meeting your wife.

Well, thank you very much.

It's going to be a lot of fun. Good. So long. Bye -bye.

I really appreciate your fast service.

Elizabeth,

I'm home.

Jeff! Oh, my husband's home.

Uh -huh.

Hold on one sec.

Hi, baby.

How you doing?

Great.

Okay, so tomorrow's wonderful.

Yeah, thanks so much. I'll see you then.

Bye -bye.

I missed you so much.

I missed you, too.

Well, that was Mr. Tucker. He's coming tomorrow to take the last of the

furniture into storage.

It's going to be strange being in this house without our furniture.

Hey, in a few days we'll be living in San Francisco.

So tell me, what happened? What's it like?

Well, it's an old Victorian.

Sort of strange.

I mean, there's a lot of strange things in the house.

What do you mean?

Well, this old man lives there. He's confined to a wheelchair. I didn't meet

him. I talked to the real estate agent.

Anyway, this old man collected all kinds of stuffed animals, sculptures,

artifacts, antiques. The walls are literally covered with the stuff.

It's not my style, but...

I think it'll be okay.

It'll be fun.

Was it scary?

No. No, it's not scary at all.

I mean, the place doesn't look like it's been dusted or cleaned for God knows

how long.

But it'll be okay for six months.

You see, we house -sit for the old man.

He pays us.

We pay no mortgage, no rent, and it gives you and I time to find the perfect

place for us. We can take our time.

It's an ideal situation.

Elizabeth.

You and I, we can do it together.

I am really excited about this. Living in San Francisco, I just love the city.

don't know, I just have a great feeling about it.

Yeah, me too.

Oh, what do you think of this lipstick?

I don't like it.

It's too orange for you.

But I bought it especially for you because you said you like lighter lips.

Well, I do, I do, but... I don't know, it's just too orange, that's all.

So that's what you think, huh?

Well, then you're going to pay me for it. Give me ten bucks.

Come here.

You know, that other lipstick you had, it was sort of pink.

I like that. It looked really good on you.

Well, okay.

Well, I hope the stuffed animals don't scare you.

Don't you do that to me. Are there spiders in that house?

No.

Maybe.

You're always trying to scare me. Don't you scare me. Is that going to scare

you?

Yes, it is. Oh, you do it to me, Jeffrey.

The spiders.

The spiders are crawling up your back.

They're crawling around.

They're going to get you. I'm going to get you. I'm going to get you.

What are you doing?

Oh baby, I love you.

Hmm?

Thank you.

There we go.

everything satisfactory, and if you have any problems, you give me a call.

Okay? Well, everything seems to be just fine, and I'm sure Jeff and I are going

to be very happy here.

That's great.

Oh, Mr. Davis.

This is the young couple that's going to take care of the house while you're

away. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds, this is the owner, Mr. Ben Davis.

How do you do?

It's a great place you have here.

Incredible stuff.

I'm Jeff Reynolds. This is my wife, Elizabeth.

Hello. He won't answer you. We talk to him anyway.

He hears us, but he can't respond.

Well, look, Mr.

Davis and I will get out of your hair. He has his plane to catch anyway.

And there's something I should tell you. I almost forgot.

What's that?

Well, it's nothing.

It's just that some of the neighbors, they have this crazy notion that the

is... I don't even know how to tell you this.

Haunted?

I've spoken with Mrs. Peterson.

Mrs. Peterson.

Well, then I guess you've heard it all.

I've got to tell you, that first day I looked at the house, she tried to scare

me.

Hey, but don't worry about it. There are people like that in every neighborhood.

Well, I just thought you both should know.

No problem.

Yeah, I thought you were going to say something about broken plumbing.

That would care.

Yeah.

Okay, well, Mr.

Davis and I will wish you luck, and we'll be on our way.

Mrs. Reynolds?

Pleasure to meet you, and we hope you'll be happy in our house. I'm sure we will

be. Okay.

Jeff? Goodbye.

Are you comfortable, Elizabeth?

I think you drank too much wine tonight.

Elizabeth, it's bad luck to go to bed the first night in a new house without

first making love.

I love you so much.

I love you too, darling.

I'm so glad.

I'll do anything for you.

I'll do anything I can for you.

Anything?

Time to finish here.

What?

It's no big deal.

It's time to finish here.

It'll make me want you a lot more.

I don't know.

Sort of weird.

Did you love me, Archie?

You said you did.

It's the time.

Now death is beyond us. Death is

beyond us.

Death is beyond us. Death is beyond us.

How K -A -T -V fucking works.

I love you.

Oh.

Morning, honey. How you doing?

You need some coffee.

I had the weirdest dream last night.

Too much wine.

It always fucks me up the next day.

Here, drink this.

You want some aspirin?

Yeah, that's a good idea.

Did you ever have the kind of dream where you feel like you were really

What we have here is just a simple old -fashioned hangover.

That's all.

Here, you take these.

There you go.

You know, you really conked out last night.

I tried to wake you.

I told you it was bad luck to go to bed in a new house without first making

love.

Oh, more wisdom from your dick.

You should have been in my dream.

Sounds like I wish I was.

Well, listen, baby, I got to get out of here.

I don't want to be late first day on the new job.

You going to be all right?

Yeah.

Besides the fact that my brain feels like mashed potatoes, I'm okay.

You just take it easy.

You know, we don't have to do everything in one day.

We've got all kinds of time to get settled in here.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Just don't ever ask me to tie you to a chair.

What?

Nothing. It's just my crazy dream.

Well, listen, honey, you better save me some of that wine, because I never have

dreams like that.

Believe me, you don't want them.

Kiss me.

Oh, sorry, honey.

Now I'll call you from the office.

And I left the work number by the phone.

Knock him dead, huh? I will.

Take me back.

Take me back.

Oh. Oh.

Stop it!

Stop it, all of you!

Stop it.

Thank you.

I'm home.

Elizabeth.

Elizabeth.

Well, I think she's going to be all right.

There's no immediate need for hospitalization, but we're going to have

an eye on her.

The tests didn't show any high concentration of valium in her system,

rule out an overdose.

But, Mr. Reynolds, your wife has sustained a severe shock to her system.

For now, let's just let her rest, and why don't you bring her around to my

office in the morning?

Call my office after nine, and my secretary, Denise, will fit you in.

Okay.

Should we be giving her anything?

Well, no. To tell you the truth, I'm reluctant to medicate her for the time

being until I've found out more about what we're really dealing with here.

Just let her rest if she develops a fever or if there's vomiting in the

Give me a call at home. But for now, I think we've done all we can.

Yes, Doctor.

And I want to thank you for coming by. I really appreciate it.

Are you all right?

Yes, I'm okay. It's just a little scary, that's all.

Nothing like this has ever happened to Elizabeth before.

Well, I don't think she's in any immediate danger.

Tomorrow, things are going to look a lot better.

I'm sure we'll find some explanation for all this. Just take care of yourself.

Thanks, Doctor. I really appreciate it.

I'll show you the door.

This is some place you have here.

You some kind of collector?

No, I'm a lawyer.

Sort of reminds me of the Smithsonian.

It's been a long

time.

Ben, is that you?

Yes, it's me.

Ben, you're so old.

Go into them, Elizabeth.

Go to them.

Ben, I can't. It's not me. It's now.

It's not right.

You must.

We're here.

It's a victory over death.

You must go to them.

You silly man. There is no victory over death.

You want me to take them for you?

I will.

You watch.

You silly man.

So, high card bet?

Certainly for me.

Okay, and you win?

I'm out.

No, I'll go on.

Okay, you bet.

Okay,

here we go.

Yes, I'll do it for you.

It'll be a blast, but... I don't know if we're going to find one now. It's hard.

Yeah, we're trying to get one in.

Yeah.

What are you doing?

Huh?

What are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing?

What are you doing?

All right. All

right.

Oh, God.

All right. Okay.

I'll see.

Yeah. Going for a possible scream. Yeah, man.

What do you think he's like? He's leaving the jackpot. He's faking it. I

like, oh, hey, come on. Yeah, man. You know?

You know what I mean? Yeah.

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

See that?

Ready?

20.

It's like the 90s. All right.

Thank you.

Yes.

Whoa. Careful.

I don't know. Yeah.

oh oh

Oh, yeah.

Thank you.

Oh!

Ben, I'm going to have to go soon.

You can't leave me again.

I must, Ben. This isn't right.

Right? Is this right?

Look what he did to us.

Is this right?

They're calling you.

Can you hear them?

Oh, Ben, I'm scared.

Kiss me now forever.

You slut!