1 00:00:48,719 --> 00:00:52,086 The ghosts are moving tonight. Restless, hungry. 2 00:00:54,091 --> 00:00:55,718 May l introduce myself? 3 00:00:56,326 --> 00:00:57,850 l'm Watson Pritchard. 4 00:00:59,430 --> 00:01:03,423 ln just a minute l'll show you the only really haunted house in the world. 5 00:01:04,968 --> 00:01:08,495 Since it was built a century ago, seven people, including my brother... 6 00:01:08,572 --> 00:01:10,403 ...have been murdered in it. 7 00:01:11,775 --> 00:01:13,868 Since then, l've owned the house. 8 00:01:15,913 --> 00:01:19,781 l've only spent one night there, and when they found me in the morning... 9 00:01:19,850 --> 00:01:21,374 ...l was almost dead. 10 00:01:31,094 --> 00:01:32,584 l'm Frederick Loren. 11 00:01:33,397 --> 00:01:37,857 l've rented the ''House on Haunted Hill'' tonight so that my wife can give a party... 12 00:01:38,602 --> 00:01:40,331 ...a haunted house party. 13 00:01:41,905 --> 00:01:43,236 She's so amusing. 14 00:01:44,241 --> 00:01:46,903 There'll be food and drink and ghosts. 15 00:01:47,978 --> 00:01:51,436 And perhaps even a few murders. You are all invited. 16 00:01:52,516 --> 00:01:55,383 lf any of you will spend the next 12 hours in this house... 17 00:01:55,452 --> 00:01:57,511 ...l'll give you each $10,000... 18 00:01:58,489 --> 00:02:01,287 ...or your next of kin in case you don't survive. 19 00:02:02,459 --> 00:02:04,586 But here come our other guests. 20 00:02:08,398 --> 00:02:11,925 It was my wife's idea to have our guests come in funeral cars. 21 00:02:14,204 --> 00:02:15,569 She's so amusing. 22 00:02:16,273 --> 00:02:19,003 Her sense of humor is, shall we say, original. 23 00:02:19,543 --> 00:02:21,135 I dreamed up the hearse. 24 00:02:21,211 --> 00:02:26,649 It's empty now, but after a night in the ''House on Haunted Hill,'' who knows? 25 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:32,878 This is Lance Schroeder, a test pilot, so, no doubt, a brave man. 26 00:02:33,824 --> 00:02:36,987 But don't you think you can be much braver if you're paid for it? 27 00:02:37,060 --> 00:02:40,655 And I happen to know that Lance needs the $10,000 I'll give him... 28 00:02:41,365 --> 00:02:43,856 ...if he's brave enough to stay all night. 29 00:02:44,468 --> 00:02:48,461 This is Ruth Bridges. You've no doubt read her column in the newspapers. 30 00:02:48,539 --> 00:02:50,769 She says her reason for coming to the party... 31 00:02:50,841 --> 00:02:53,332 ...is to write a feature article on ghosts. 32 00:02:53,777 --> 00:02:56,940 She's also desperate for money...gambles. 33 00:02:59,416 --> 00:03:03,853 You've already met Watson Pritchard. A man living in mortal fear of a house... 34 00:03:04,021 --> 00:03:07,081 ...and yet he is risking his life to spend another night here. 35 00:03:07,157 --> 00:03:08,351 I wonder why. 36 00:03:09,226 --> 00:03:10,625 He says for money. 37 00:03:12,829 --> 00:03:15,263 This is Dr. David Trent, a psychiatrist. 38 00:03:16,066 --> 00:03:19,399 He claims that my ghosts will help his work on hysteria... 39 00:03:20,337 --> 00:03:23,397 ...but don't you see a little touch of greed there... 40 00:03:24,107 --> 00:03:26,007 ...around the mouth and eyes? 41 00:03:28,679 --> 00:03:32,240 This is Nora Manning. I picked her from the thousands of people... 42 00:03:32,316 --> 00:03:36,047 ...who work for me because she needed the $10,000 more than most. 43 00:03:36,119 --> 00:03:38,019 Supports her whole family. 44 00:03:38,555 --> 00:03:39,920 Isn't she pretty? 45 00:03:43,694 --> 00:03:45,491 The party's starting now... 46 00:03:46,063 --> 00:03:49,726 ...and you have until midnight to find the ''House on Haunted Hill.'' 47 00:06:33,563 --> 00:06:35,292 Well, where is everybody? 48 00:06:35,766 --> 00:06:37,961 lt isn't a very warm welcome, is it? 49 00:06:38,235 --> 00:06:41,068 Only the ghosts in this house are glad we're here. 50 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:45,000 Are we all strangers to each other? 51 00:06:46,076 --> 00:06:49,876 -Don't you two know each other? -l'm afraid l don't even know your name. 52 00:06:49,946 --> 00:06:52,380 -l'm Nora Manning. -Lance Schroeder. 53 00:06:52,816 --> 00:06:55,080 ls Frederick Loren a friend of yours? 54 00:06:55,385 --> 00:06:57,615 l've heard of him but l've never met him. 55 00:06:57,687 --> 00:07:00,247 l work for one of his companies but l've never seen him. 56 00:07:00,323 --> 00:07:03,952 l've never met the man either. Just a phone call. Do you know him? 57 00:07:05,262 --> 00:07:06,126 No. 58 00:07:06,563 --> 00:07:09,031 Then you're the only one of us who does. 59 00:07:09,099 --> 00:07:13,263 l don't know him. All the details about renting the house were done by mail. 60 00:07:13,336 --> 00:07:15,463 -He's quite wealthy, isn't he? -Millions. 61 00:07:15,539 --> 00:07:17,734 And five wives, l believe. 62 00:07:18,041 --> 00:07:19,599 Four, l think, so far. 63 00:07:20,410 --> 00:07:24,676 A $50,000 party for only five people is a little steep, even for a millionaire. 64 00:07:28,418 --> 00:07:30,249 lf l were going to haunt anybody... 65 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,153 ...this would certainly be the house l'd do it in. 66 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:38,850 Who closed the door? 67 00:07:48,205 --> 00:07:50,332 This thing is made of solid steel. 68 00:08:20,437 --> 00:08:25,067 Annabelle, our guests are here and, fortunately, still alive. 69 00:08:25,475 --> 00:08:26,965 ls your face on yet? 70 00:08:30,714 --> 00:08:33,842 Dust and dirt everywhere, and the water barely trickles. 71 00:08:34,184 --> 00:08:37,210 -Couldn't you have had the place cleaned? -Atmosphere, darling. 72 00:08:37,287 --> 00:08:39,812 You know how ghosts are, they never tidy up. 73 00:08:40,624 --> 00:08:44,185 That's a very fetching outfit, but hardly suitable for a party. 74 00:08:44,494 --> 00:08:46,291 l'm not going to the party. 75 00:08:46,563 --> 00:08:49,293 The spend-the-night ghost party was your idea, remember? 76 00:08:49,366 --> 00:08:52,665 Since it's going to cost me $50,000, l want you to have fun. 77 00:08:53,303 --> 00:08:56,363 The party was my idea until you invited all the guests. 78 00:08:57,173 --> 00:08:59,971 Why all these strangers? Why none of our friends? 79 00:09:00,043 --> 00:09:02,511 Friends? Do we have any friends? 80 00:09:02,812 --> 00:09:05,007 No, your jealousy took care of that. 81 00:09:05,815 --> 00:09:10,377 l had a reason for inviting each guest. l wanted kind of a cross-section... 82 00:09:11,154 --> 00:09:13,384 ...from psychiatrist to typist... 83 00:09:14,291 --> 00:09:16,282 ...and from drunk to jet pilot. 84 00:09:17,093 --> 00:09:19,561 They share one thing: they all need money. 85 00:09:20,664 --> 00:09:23,462 Now let's see if they're brave enough to earn it. 86 00:09:24,301 --> 00:09:26,030 And you call this a party? 87 00:09:26,469 --> 00:09:27,493 Could be. 88 00:09:32,075 --> 00:09:34,737 Why do you always do that? lt spoils the champagne. 89 00:09:34,811 --> 00:09:36,176 lt might explode. 90 00:09:36,846 --> 00:09:38,108 lt never does. 91 00:09:39,482 --> 00:09:41,177 Will you guarantee that? 92 00:09:41,851 --> 00:09:43,580 That isn't funny, Frederick. 93 00:09:43,653 --> 00:09:44,984 Make a good headline: 94 00:09:45,055 --> 00:09:47,649 ''Playboy Kills Wife With Champagne Cork.'' 95 00:09:50,327 --> 00:09:51,692 Will you join me? 96 00:09:51,761 --> 00:09:53,160 No, thank you. 97 00:09:54,230 --> 00:09:56,528 Just a sip? Might improve your humor. 98 00:09:56,900 --> 00:09:58,595 My humor is fine, thanks. 99 00:09:59,336 --> 00:10:01,065 And l haven't poisoned it. 100 00:10:02,339 --> 00:10:04,273 lt's always good to know that. 101 00:10:08,912 --> 00:10:11,710 Have some. You'll enjoy the party more. 102 00:10:13,483 --> 00:10:14,472 Go on. 103 00:10:22,926 --> 00:10:26,225 Your trust is so touching. And l am not going to the party. 104 00:10:27,530 --> 00:10:29,828 Of all my wives, you're the least agreeable. 105 00:10:29,899 --> 00:10:31,264 But still alive. 106 00:10:32,802 --> 00:10:35,600 Would you go away for $1,000,000, tax-free? 107 00:10:37,374 --> 00:10:40,275 -You want it all, don't you? -l deserve it all. 108 00:10:41,177 --> 00:10:45,546 Your jealousy isn't tax-free and your possessiveness is maddening. 109 00:10:47,417 --> 00:10:49,885 lf ever a man had grounds for divorce.... 110 00:10:50,754 --> 00:10:52,187 But can't prove them. 111 00:10:52,255 --> 00:10:55,782 The time will come. You'll slip up one of these days. 112 00:10:56,126 --> 00:10:57,150 Think so? 113 00:10:57,627 --> 00:10:59,219 lf l live long enough. 114 00:10:59,996 --> 00:11:02,794 You remember the fun we had when you poisoned me? 115 00:11:05,101 --> 00:11:07,092 ''Something you ate,'' the doctor said. 116 00:11:07,170 --> 00:11:09,502 Yes, arsenic on the rocks. 117 00:11:11,241 --> 00:11:15,735 Annabelle, you'd do it again if you thought you could get way with it, wouldn't you? 118 00:11:16,579 --> 00:11:18,740 Darling, what makes you think that? 119 00:11:19,649 --> 00:11:21,139 Something about you. 120 00:11:24,754 --> 00:11:28,747 l hear that hanging is very uncomfortable, in case you get any more ideas. 121 00:11:30,126 --> 00:11:33,584 And don't let the ghosts and the ghouls disturb you, darling. 122 00:11:33,730 --> 00:11:36,494 Darling, the only ghoul in the house is you. 123 00:11:37,700 --> 00:11:42,694 And don't sit up all night thinking of ways to get rid of me. lt makes wrinkles. 124 00:11:57,987 --> 00:12:02,321 This is what she used on my brother and her sister. Hacked them to pieces. 125 00:12:02,892 --> 00:12:05,452 We found parts of the bodies all over the house... 126 00:12:05,528 --> 00:12:07,553 ...in places you wouldn't think. 127 00:12:07,997 --> 00:12:10,795 The funny thing is the heads have never been found. 128 00:12:10,867 --> 00:12:14,064 Hands and feet and things like that, but no heads. 129 00:12:15,238 --> 00:12:17,968 The wife, in a rage, threatened her husband with a knife... 130 00:12:18,041 --> 00:12:20,908 ...and then, hysterically, took a swing at him... 131 00:12:20,977 --> 00:12:23,673 -...and went on from there. -She certainly went on. 132 00:12:23,746 --> 00:12:26,112 How many people did she kill, Mr. Pritchard? 133 00:12:26,182 --> 00:12:29,845 Only two. Her husband and her sister. No one else was here. 134 00:12:30,386 --> 00:12:33,947 So there are two loose heads just floating around in here somewhere? 135 00:12:34,023 --> 00:12:35,650 You can hear them at night. 136 00:12:35,725 --> 00:12:38,353 They whisper to each other, and then cry. 137 00:12:40,163 --> 00:12:43,655 Since our host isn't here, would anyone care to mix me a drink? 138 00:12:44,067 --> 00:12:46,160 Certainly. What will you have? 139 00:12:49,973 --> 00:12:51,201 Good evening. 140 00:12:52,876 --> 00:12:54,969 l'm your host, Frederick Loren. 141 00:12:56,112 --> 00:13:00,139 Since we're all strangers to each other, let's get acquainted with a drink, shall we? 142 00:13:00,216 --> 00:13:01,877 Mr. Loren... 143 00:13:02,318 --> 00:13:04,718 ...l advise you to call this party off now. 144 00:13:04,787 --> 00:13:07,654 The ghosts are already moving. And that's a bad sign. 145 00:13:07,724 --> 00:13:11,182 Let me apologize for my wife. She'll join us later. What will you have? 146 00:13:11,261 --> 00:13:12,250 Scotch and.... 147 00:13:12,328 --> 00:13:14,455 -Doctor? -l'll have the same. 148 00:13:15,131 --> 00:13:18,999 Now, before the party begins, let's go over the details. 149 00:13:19,936 --> 00:13:23,303 The caretakers will leave at midnight, locking us in here... 150 00:13:23,406 --> 00:13:25,772 ...until they come back in the morning. 151 00:13:26,309 --> 00:13:28,903 Once the door is locked, there is no way out. 152 00:13:29,579 --> 00:13:32,776 The windows have bars that a jail would be proud of... 153 00:13:33,116 --> 00:13:36,244 ...and the only door to the outside locks like a vault. 154 00:13:36,753 --> 00:13:39,415 There is no electricity, no phone... 155 00:13:40,089 --> 00:13:41,579 ...no one within miles. 156 00:13:42,492 --> 00:13:44,460 So, no way to call for help. 157 00:13:45,895 --> 00:13:47,328 Like a coffin. 158 00:13:50,433 --> 00:13:53,027 So, if any of you decide not to stay for the party... 159 00:13:53,102 --> 00:13:55,502 ...you must let me know before midnight. 160 00:13:55,772 --> 00:13:59,139 Of course if you leave, l shan't be able to pay you anything. 161 00:14:00,076 --> 00:14:03,773 l'm interested in your reasons for this party... 162 00:14:05,114 --> 00:14:07,105 ...aside from pleasant company. 163 00:14:07,984 --> 00:14:09,281 Ghosts, Doctor. 164 00:14:10,486 --> 00:14:14,149 l think everyone wonders what they would do if they saw a ghost. 165 00:14:17,026 --> 00:14:20,462 And now my wife has given us all the opportunity to find out. 166 00:14:20,663 --> 00:14:25,066 Amusing. Ghosts, etcetera, being only creations of hysteria... 167 00:14:25,635 --> 00:14:27,762 ...your party should be a success. 168 00:14:27,937 --> 00:14:30,770 Well, Pritchard, here, promises us genuine ghosts. 169 00:14:31,207 --> 00:14:32,367 Seven now... 170 00:14:33,343 --> 00:14:35,436 ...and maybe more before morning. 171 00:14:36,179 --> 00:14:37,544 That's cheerful. 172 00:14:38,481 --> 00:14:42,884 Four men have been murdered in this house. And three women. 173 00:14:43,286 --> 00:14:45,811 You planned your party very well, Mr. Loren. 174 00:14:45,922 --> 00:14:48,117 Four of us are men, three are women. 175 00:14:49,192 --> 00:14:50,784 A ghost for everybody. 176 00:14:51,327 --> 00:14:54,262 Why don't you take us on a tour through the house... 177 00:14:54,330 --> 00:14:56,264 ...and let's see what happens? 178 00:15:06,142 --> 00:15:07,439 See that stain? 179 00:15:08,278 --> 00:15:09,472 Blood. 180 00:15:10,947 --> 00:15:12,938 A young girl was killed here... 181 00:15:13,283 --> 00:15:16,150 ...and whatever got her wasn't human. Don't stand there! 182 00:15:16,219 --> 00:15:17,948 What do you mean? Where? 183 00:15:29,966 --> 00:15:31,866 lt's too late. They've marked you. 184 00:15:31,934 --> 00:15:34,198 Ridiculous! The roof probably leaks. 185 00:15:34,437 --> 00:15:37,372 That must be what it is. Who would want to haunt me? 186 00:15:37,473 --> 00:15:39,964 l would say any self-respecting male ghost. 187 00:15:40,209 --> 00:15:42,040 l hope it doesn't come back. 188 00:15:42,111 --> 00:15:46,138 -Mr. Pritchard, you're the life of the party. -He hasn't even started yet. 189 00:15:46,282 --> 00:15:49,911 Wasn't there a man who threw his wife into a wine vat or something? 190 00:15:49,986 --> 00:15:51,419 That was in the cellar. 191 00:15:51,487 --> 00:15:54,547 There's been a murder almost every place in this house. 192 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:12,635 All this belonged to a Mr. Norton... 193 00:16:13,743 --> 00:16:16,610 ...who didn't die here. He was electrocuted later. 194 00:16:20,116 --> 00:16:23,574 Mr. Norton did a good deal of experimenting with wines... 195 00:16:25,254 --> 00:16:27,950 ...but his wife didn't think it was any good... 196 00:16:28,157 --> 00:16:31,320 ...so he filled the vat with acid and threw her in. 197 00:16:32,628 --> 00:16:34,653 She was supposed to stay down... 198 00:16:36,065 --> 00:16:37,760 ...but the bones came up. 199 00:16:39,035 --> 00:16:40,559 lt's a funny thing... 200 00:16:41,437 --> 00:16:44,406 ...but none of the murders here were just ordinary... 201 00:16:45,141 --> 00:16:47,132 ...just shooting, or stabbing. 202 00:16:49,145 --> 00:16:51,170 They've all been sort of wild... 203 00:16:52,181 --> 00:16:53,944 ...violent, and different. 204 00:16:54,550 --> 00:16:55,574 Look out! 205 00:16:56,819 --> 00:16:58,719 Thank God she didn't fall in. 206 00:16:59,422 --> 00:17:01,652 You mean there's still acid in there? 207 00:17:25,581 --> 00:17:28,209 lt destroys everything with hair and flesh... 208 00:17:29,952 --> 00:17:31,681 ...just leaves the bones. 209 00:17:43,966 --> 00:17:46,196 My, it's dry and dusty down here. 210 00:17:48,037 --> 00:17:51,165 There's a cure for that upstairs. 211 00:17:51,974 --> 00:17:52,963 Come on. 212 00:18:06,155 --> 00:18:08,453 How did you get invited to this party? 213 00:18:09,826 --> 00:18:12,260 No, let 'em go on. 214 00:18:12,995 --> 00:18:14,792 l mean, what'd he tell you? 215 00:18:17,967 --> 00:18:20,663 Mr. Loren said everybody'd get $10,000. 216 00:18:21,370 --> 00:18:23,736 But he didn't say anything about being locked in. 217 00:18:23,806 --> 00:18:24,670 No. 218 00:18:25,675 --> 00:18:29,736 He just made a deal with me on the phone, but nothing about having to stay. 219 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:32,809 Aren't you going to stay? 220 00:18:33,149 --> 00:18:35,174 lf l don't, l lose $10,000. 221 00:18:37,386 --> 00:18:39,013 l'm going to stay, too. 222 00:18:39,589 --> 00:18:41,079 $10,000! 223 00:18:41,591 --> 00:18:42,455 Yeah. 224 00:18:44,193 --> 00:18:45,922 Do you believe in ghosts? 225 00:18:46,996 --> 00:18:48,395 l don't know. 226 00:18:48,764 --> 00:18:51,927 Well, l agree with what that doc says, you can spook yourself. 227 00:18:52,001 --> 00:18:55,437 l've done it in planes, seen things that weren't really there. 228 00:18:55,805 --> 00:18:57,102 Or, were they? 229 00:18:59,175 --> 00:19:02,372 What are you going to do with your $10,000, if we get it? 230 00:19:02,879 --> 00:19:06,246 What do you mean, ''if we get it''? Won't he pay us if we stay? 231 00:19:06,582 --> 00:19:07,742 Sure he will. 232 00:19:07,817 --> 00:19:10,615 $10,000 is no more to him than a nickel is to us. 233 00:19:12,021 --> 00:19:14,012 We were in an automobile accident... 234 00:19:14,090 --> 00:19:17,651 ...and now l'm the only one in the family who can make any money. 235 00:19:18,327 --> 00:19:20,488 Boy, l've never seen so many doors. 236 00:19:27,503 --> 00:19:28,492 Closet. 237 00:19:39,849 --> 00:19:40,838 Bottles. 238 00:19:57,667 --> 00:19:59,157 Does it go anywhere? 239 00:20:02,038 --> 00:20:03,027 Lance! 240 00:20:04,407 --> 00:20:05,374 Lance! 241 00:21:03,499 --> 00:21:06,764 Help me, please! Lance is gone! And there's a ghost! 242 00:21:07,103 --> 00:21:09,230 -See what l mean? -Please, come on! 243 00:21:10,239 --> 00:21:12,969 Did she say Lance was gone? Gone where? 244 00:21:22,485 --> 00:21:24,953 We'll have to break it down. lt's locked. 245 00:21:25,721 --> 00:21:26,710 Locked? 246 00:21:38,367 --> 00:21:39,766 Are you all right? 247 00:21:40,503 --> 00:21:42,437 Nothing that money won't cure. 248 00:21:43,072 --> 00:21:45,302 l must've bumped my head. 249 00:21:46,842 --> 00:21:51,074 The only way you could bump your head in here is to run head-on into the wall. 250 00:21:53,015 --> 00:21:54,846 You didn't do that, did you? 251 00:21:56,719 --> 00:21:58,550 Let's get a bandage on that. 252 00:22:07,530 --> 00:22:09,657 l wonder why they didn't kill him. 253 00:22:09,965 --> 00:22:10,795 Who? 254 00:22:11,934 --> 00:22:14,835 He didn't bump his head, they hit him. 255 00:22:16,072 --> 00:22:17,039 They? 256 00:22:36,092 --> 00:22:40,085 Nora, when you came in you said something about a ghost. 257 00:22:40,629 --> 00:22:42,119 There was something. 258 00:22:42,231 --> 00:22:43,823 What did it look like? 259 00:22:44,033 --> 00:22:47,867 Well, it was wearing a black thing that went all the way to the floor. 260 00:22:48,637 --> 00:22:51,231 Weren't you a little frightened at the time? 261 00:22:51,741 --> 00:22:52,673 Yes. 262 00:22:53,876 --> 00:22:56,071 That, Mr. Loren, is hysteria. 263 00:22:56,879 --> 00:22:59,541 Then how do you explain what happened to Lance? 264 00:22:59,615 --> 00:23:01,242 Was that hysteria, too? 265 00:23:05,054 --> 00:23:08,455 -You better get that checked in a day or so. -Thanks, Doc. 266 00:23:15,865 --> 00:23:17,264 Wait for me in the hall. 267 00:23:22,805 --> 00:23:25,205 The ghosts are coming closer, Mr. Loren. 268 00:23:25,474 --> 00:23:28,705 You really believe in your pet ghosts, don't you, Pritchard? 269 00:23:28,778 --> 00:23:31,076 Before the night's over, you will too. 270 00:23:31,881 --> 00:23:34,076 -Would you like a drink, Lance? -No, thanks. 271 00:23:34,150 --> 00:23:36,345 l'd like one. Scotch and.... 272 00:23:43,959 --> 00:23:47,486 Mr. Loren, are you really going to pay anyone who stays all night? 273 00:23:47,563 --> 00:23:49,963 Certainly. $10,000. 274 00:23:50,032 --> 00:23:52,227 Will there be much red tape, delay? 275 00:23:53,335 --> 00:23:54,666 ln a hurry, dear? 276 00:23:54,737 --> 00:23:55,965 Frankly, yes. 277 00:23:56,872 --> 00:23:58,169 Or frantically. 278 00:24:00,743 --> 00:24:02,370 There you are, my dear. 279 00:24:22,731 --> 00:24:25,598 Someone or something was in here when l came in. 280 00:24:26,602 --> 00:24:27,694 But where? 281 00:24:29,004 --> 00:24:31,700 And if the door was locked, how did it get out? 282 00:24:32,641 --> 00:24:36,737 What you saw might have been a ghost, but what was here with me was no ghost. 283 00:24:36,812 --> 00:24:39,042 l don't know, l was so scared. 284 00:24:51,727 --> 00:24:53,251 That sound different to you? 285 00:24:53,329 --> 00:24:54,261 Yes. 286 00:25:06,075 --> 00:25:09,101 Three, six, nine, twelve. 287 00:25:11,580 --> 00:25:12,740 Twelve feet. 288 00:25:19,989 --> 00:25:21,547 Three, six.... 289 00:25:22,825 --> 00:25:27,091 l'm going to knock on the other wall. When you hear me, you knock on this wall. 290 00:25:34,503 --> 00:25:35,800 Tap lower down. 291 00:25:55,224 --> 00:25:57,988 Oh, Lance! l saw it again! 292 00:26:08,671 --> 00:26:10,070 Where did it come from? 293 00:26:10,139 --> 00:26:11,538 From in here. 294 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:20,246 lf it ran out of here, l'd have seen it. 295 00:26:20,683 --> 00:26:23,413 Lance, it doesn't run, it just floats. 296 00:26:24,486 --> 00:26:26,545 Yeah, but why didn't l see it? 297 00:26:28,157 --> 00:26:29,681 You don't believe me! 298 00:26:30,392 --> 00:26:31,484 How can l? 299 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,404 l'm Annabelle Loren. 300 00:26:57,152 --> 00:26:58,881 You must be Miss Manning? 301 00:26:59,488 --> 00:27:03,015 l realize this is a very unusual and l'm afraid very dull party. 302 00:27:03,459 --> 00:27:05,484 Wouldn't you like to freshen up? 303 00:27:16,405 --> 00:27:17,804 This is your room. 304 00:27:18,841 --> 00:27:20,365 Depressing, isn't it? 305 00:27:21,176 --> 00:27:23,440 l doubt if l'll spend much time here. 306 00:27:23,846 --> 00:27:25,313 lt's going to rain. 307 00:27:25,714 --> 00:27:28,182 Perfect atmosphere for my husband's party. 308 00:27:31,553 --> 00:27:33,111 Why did you come here? 309 00:27:33,389 --> 00:27:35,482 He said he'd give me $10,000. 310 00:27:36,525 --> 00:27:37,992 Why did he pick you? 311 00:27:38,060 --> 00:27:39,288 l don't know. 312 00:27:39,361 --> 00:27:42,194 My supervisor just came and said l'd been invited. 313 00:27:46,535 --> 00:27:48,594 How long have you known my husband? 314 00:27:48,670 --> 00:27:50,399 l just met him tonight. 315 00:27:50,572 --> 00:27:51,436 So? 316 00:27:53,575 --> 00:27:54,564 Why you? 317 00:27:59,615 --> 00:28:02,413 What were you doing wandering around by yourself? 318 00:28:02,551 --> 00:28:06,009 Well, l was in the cellar with Lance, Mr. Schroeder. 319 00:28:07,322 --> 00:28:09,017 l just left, that's all. 320 00:28:10,759 --> 00:28:12,158 Don't do it again. 321 00:28:12,961 --> 00:28:15,486 Don't go anywhere in this house by yourself. 322 00:28:17,232 --> 00:28:20,224 Now fix your face, and l'll come by for you in a few minutes. 323 00:28:20,302 --> 00:28:21,132 But l-- 324 00:28:21,203 --> 00:28:22,568 You're in danger. 325 00:28:23,338 --> 00:28:24,430 We all are. 326 00:28:25,407 --> 00:28:26,431 But who? 327 00:28:27,409 --> 00:28:29,809 l hope for your sake you never find out. 328 00:28:44,693 --> 00:28:47,355 l'm Annabelle Loren. Were you looking for something? 329 00:28:47,429 --> 00:28:48,327 Not exactly. 330 00:28:48,397 --> 00:28:50,888 -Are you the doctor? -No, l'm Lance Schroeder. 331 00:28:50,966 --> 00:28:53,059 The pilot. You've hurt yourself. 332 00:28:53,135 --> 00:28:55,000 lt's just a bump on the head. 333 00:28:57,406 --> 00:28:58,771 Which is my room? 334 00:28:58,874 --> 00:29:00,398 l believe this is it. 335 00:29:01,577 --> 00:29:03,169 Thank you, Mrs. Loren. 336 00:29:04,213 --> 00:29:05,578 Annabelle, Lance. 337 00:29:17,092 --> 00:29:20,391 You were with the young girl in the cellar. Why was she so upset? 338 00:29:20,462 --> 00:29:21,554 Was she? 339 00:29:21,697 --> 00:29:24,757 And you don't look like the type to go around bumping his head. 340 00:29:24,833 --> 00:29:26,698 What really happened, Lance? 341 00:29:26,935 --> 00:29:30,393 Well, Nora thought she saw a ghost but l didn't see anything. 342 00:29:30,873 --> 00:29:32,534 She was just frightened, then. 343 00:29:32,608 --> 00:29:35,236 And mad at me, l think. l kidded her about it. 344 00:29:36,245 --> 00:29:39,339 l wouldn't joke about anything else that happens here tonight. 345 00:29:39,414 --> 00:29:42,281 Now don't tell me you're taking all this seriously? 346 00:29:43,552 --> 00:29:44,610 Aren't you? 347 00:29:44,686 --> 00:29:47,052 Well, l'd like to find out what hit me. 348 00:29:48,056 --> 00:29:49,023 Lance... 349 00:29:52,294 --> 00:29:54,592 ...if l need help, may l count on you? 350 00:29:56,098 --> 00:29:57,463 Sure, l guess so. 351 00:29:59,535 --> 00:30:03,130 Look, what's going on here anyway? l mean, what is with this party bit? 352 00:30:03,205 --> 00:30:05,673 This is no party. He's planning something. 353 00:30:05,741 --> 00:30:06,833 Your husband? 354 00:30:06,909 --> 00:30:08,638 l wish l knew what it was. 355 00:30:09,044 --> 00:30:11,774 lt must be pretty big if he's going to lay out $50,000. 356 00:30:11,847 --> 00:30:13,872 The money doesn't mean anything. 357 00:30:14,082 --> 00:30:17,916 He has a reason for getting us all up here to this dreadful old house. 358 00:30:18,020 --> 00:30:20,147 What for? He doesn't even know us. 359 00:30:20,722 --> 00:30:22,986 Maybe that's exactly why you're here. 360 00:30:23,659 --> 00:30:25,820 Well, what can he get away with? 361 00:30:26,028 --> 00:30:29,395 He thinks that big money like his can get away with anything. 362 00:30:29,698 --> 00:30:32,223 You know of course that l'm his fourth wife. 363 00:30:32,834 --> 00:30:36,167 The first simply disappeared. The other two died. 364 00:30:37,539 --> 00:30:40,007 Lance, l don't want to join them. 365 00:30:43,045 --> 00:30:44,103 You mean he...? 366 00:30:44,179 --> 00:30:46,807 His doctor said they died of heart attacks... 367 00:30:47,916 --> 00:30:50,680 ...two girls in their 20s. 368 00:30:51,753 --> 00:30:53,050 What can he do? 369 00:30:53,689 --> 00:30:55,919 My husband is sometimes insane with jealousy. 370 00:30:55,991 --> 00:30:57,822 Nothing matters to him then. 371 00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:00,159 Please be careful. 372 00:31:01,029 --> 00:31:02,428 Would he hurt you? 373 00:31:03,966 --> 00:31:05,866 He would kill me if he could. 374 00:31:27,889 --> 00:31:30,187 Annabelle, you're missing all the fun. 375 00:31:30,492 --> 00:31:33,290 Nora Manning was almost killed by a falling chandelier. 376 00:31:33,362 --> 00:31:35,262 The pilot bashed his head in. 377 00:31:35,330 --> 00:31:36,695 ls he badly hurt? 378 00:31:36,798 --> 00:31:39,289 The saturnine psychiatrist bandaged him up. 379 00:31:40,168 --> 00:31:44,764 Don't you want to go and console him, as you do most men in your fashion? 380 00:31:46,408 --> 00:31:48,239 You're so clever, Frederick. 381 00:31:48,477 --> 00:31:51,446 Yes. l lie awake nights wondering why l married you. 382 00:31:51,580 --> 00:31:53,275 lt was rather a mistake. 383 00:31:53,615 --> 00:31:57,312 You didn't marry me, dear, l married you. Unpleasant but no mistake. 384 00:31:59,021 --> 00:32:00,045 Hurry up. 385 00:32:00,322 --> 00:32:03,553 Frederick, for the last time, l am not going to your party. 386 00:32:04,326 --> 00:32:07,193 And for the last time, it's not my party but yours. 387 00:32:08,263 --> 00:32:09,662 And you are going. 388 00:32:11,300 --> 00:32:12,767 l am not. 389 00:32:13,001 --> 00:32:13,968 Ready? 390 00:32:14,436 --> 00:32:15,300 No. 391 00:32:16,004 --> 00:32:17,733 Are you ready, dear? 392 00:32:17,973 --> 00:32:19,463 Yes. Damn you! 393 00:32:20,208 --> 00:32:22,676 Would you adore me as much if l were poor? 394 00:32:24,012 --> 00:32:26,276 All you want to be is a lovely widow. 395 00:32:28,383 --> 00:32:30,681 lt's almost time to lock up the house. 396 00:32:31,253 --> 00:32:33,380 Then your party will really begin. 397 00:32:34,956 --> 00:32:36,685 l wonder how it will end. 398 00:32:56,511 --> 00:32:58,308 lt's close to midnight, Lance. 399 00:32:58,380 --> 00:33:00,610 Okay, l'll be down in a minute. 400 00:33:07,656 --> 00:33:09,954 -Who is it? -Your host, my dear. 401 00:33:11,893 --> 00:33:13,360 lt's almost midnight, Nora. 402 00:33:13,428 --> 00:33:15,862 We're all getting together in the living room. 403 00:33:15,931 --> 00:33:18,399 All right, Mr. Loren, l'll be right down. 404 00:34:17,292 --> 00:34:20,022 Come with us. Come with us before he kills you. 405 00:34:33,275 --> 00:34:35,072 Where's Nora? Miss Manning? 406 00:34:41,450 --> 00:34:43,179 l don't want to stay here! 407 00:34:43,518 --> 00:34:45,008 Nora, what happened? 408 00:34:55,730 --> 00:34:57,823 That's Jonas Slydes and his wife. 409 00:34:58,834 --> 00:35:01,200 They've been caretakers here for years. 410 00:35:01,470 --> 00:35:03,062 She's blind, you know. 411 00:35:03,271 --> 00:35:05,068 l'm not going to stay here! 412 00:35:08,109 --> 00:35:12,136 Well, Doctor, it looks like we have a real case of hysteria on our hands. 413 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:15,181 l think she's just a little upset, not hysterical. 414 00:35:22,491 --> 00:35:23,890 Good evening. 415 00:35:27,796 --> 00:35:29,093 Hello, my dear. 416 00:35:29,931 --> 00:35:32,422 This is my wife. These are our guests. 417 00:35:33,702 --> 00:35:34,828 Ruth Bridges. 418 00:35:34,903 --> 00:35:35,892 Dr. Trent. 419 00:35:35,971 --> 00:35:37,905 You know Watson Pritchard, of course. 420 00:35:37,973 --> 00:35:39,099 Nora Manning... 421 00:35:40,141 --> 00:35:42,109 ...and this is Lance Schroeder. 422 00:35:48,850 --> 00:35:50,317 Get me out of here! 423 00:35:50,652 --> 00:35:54,019 -What about the $10,000? -l don't care! He wants to kill me! 424 00:35:54,122 --> 00:35:55,714 Who wants to kill you? 425 00:35:56,291 --> 00:35:57,383 Mr. Loren. 426 00:35:58,493 --> 00:36:00,427 May l have your attention, please? 427 00:36:00,495 --> 00:36:04,431 l think you all remember the bargain we made about staying all night. 428 00:36:05,033 --> 00:36:06,933 $10,000 apiece. 429 00:36:07,335 --> 00:36:09,235 lf any of you don't survive... 430 00:36:09,905 --> 00:36:12,772 ...$50,000 will be divided amongst the rest of you. 431 00:36:13,408 --> 00:36:14,807 lf l should die... 432 00:36:19,314 --> 00:36:21,407 ...you will be paid by my estate. 433 00:36:21,483 --> 00:36:24,213 When the door is locked outside by the caretakers... 434 00:36:24,286 --> 00:36:27,084 ...we'll all be forced to stay in this house till morning. 435 00:36:27,155 --> 00:36:31,057 lf any of you decide not to stay, you must leave with the caretakers now. 436 00:36:31,126 --> 00:36:34,095 You won't have a chance to change your minds later... 437 00:36:34,563 --> 00:36:36,929 ...because there'll be no way to get out. 438 00:36:36,998 --> 00:36:38,898 -l don't want to stay! -Wait! 439 00:37:02,424 --> 00:37:04,892 lt isn't midnight. Who told them they could leave? 440 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:08,225 -They never leave before midnight. -Well, they've gone now. 441 00:37:08,897 --> 00:37:11,730 l was going to ask you whether you wanted to stay or not... 442 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:15,463 ...but it seems that the caretakers have made the decision for you. 443 00:37:15,670 --> 00:37:17,331 We're all locked in now. 444 00:37:17,706 --> 00:37:19,230 But l don't want to stay. 445 00:37:19,307 --> 00:37:21,741 l'm sorry, my dear, but it's too late now. 446 00:37:22,444 --> 00:37:25,470 Darling, haven't you had enough of this silly game? 447 00:37:26,147 --> 00:37:29,275 Get some cars up here for these people and let them go home. 448 00:37:29,351 --> 00:37:30,818 But pay them first. 449 00:37:33,121 --> 00:37:35,316 This is your party, remember? 450 00:37:38,026 --> 00:37:41,587 ln spite of my wife's faith in my ability to do the impossible... 451 00:37:42,364 --> 00:37:46,061 ...we will all have to stay in this house until 8:00 in the morning. 452 00:37:46,234 --> 00:37:48,998 But, we have some party favors for you... 453 00:37:49,604 --> 00:37:51,731 ...in these little coffins. 454 00:37:56,344 --> 00:38:00,440 This is my wife's idea and l must say l think it's rather dangerous. 455 00:38:01,049 --> 00:38:05,110 l suppose you all know how to use one these things, but in case you don't... 456 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:08,847 ...you just press down on this lever with your thumb and then... 457 00:38:09,224 --> 00:38:10,714 ...pull the trigger. 458 00:38:14,162 --> 00:38:15,857 You see, they're loaded. 459 00:38:18,500 --> 00:38:21,435 These are no good against the dead, only the living. 460 00:38:23,538 --> 00:38:24,527 Doctor. 461 00:38:26,808 --> 00:38:27,797 Lance. 462 00:38:31,312 --> 00:38:32,176 Nora. 463 00:38:34,416 --> 00:38:35,815 Go ahead, take it. 464 00:38:40,221 --> 00:38:41,449 Miss Bridges. 465 00:38:46,561 --> 00:38:49,155 -And here's yours, dear. -l don't need it. 466 00:38:49,397 --> 00:38:50,830 lt was your idea. 467 00:38:51,332 --> 00:38:54,995 Who knows, you may want to use it on me before this night is over. 468 00:38:57,472 --> 00:39:00,305 Throw these guns away. They won't do you any good. 469 00:39:00,542 --> 00:39:04,410 l agree with Pritchard on that point, although not for the same reason. 470 00:39:04,612 --> 00:39:05,772 Dr. Trent... 471 00:39:08,083 --> 00:39:11,246 ...don't you approve of our little party favors? 472 00:39:13,021 --> 00:39:17,014 Suppose Nora had had a gun when she mistook the blind woman for a ghost. 473 00:39:17,125 --> 00:39:20,822 l don't think anyone else is going to walk around in total darkness. 474 00:39:21,362 --> 00:39:24,024 l'm sure we won't go running around the house... 475 00:39:24,099 --> 00:39:26,090 ...shooting each other, aren't you? 476 00:39:26,167 --> 00:39:27,225 Who knows? 477 00:39:27,736 --> 00:39:29,931 Fear makes people do amazing things. 478 00:39:35,076 --> 00:39:36,338 Mr. Pritchard. 479 00:39:36,911 --> 00:39:40,904 You said your sister-in-law killed a man and a woman here and cut them up? 480 00:39:41,483 --> 00:39:45,317 You said they found hands and feet, but they never found any heads! 481 00:39:45,620 --> 00:39:47,918 Would you like to see one of those heads? 482 00:39:47,989 --> 00:39:50,389 Would you all like to see one of those heads? 483 00:39:50,458 --> 00:39:52,187 Well then, just follow me! 484 00:40:01,035 --> 00:40:03,902 Darling, l really don't need this. 485 00:40:20,288 --> 00:40:22,779 Just go look in my suitcase. Just go look. 486 00:40:36,571 --> 00:40:38,061 But it was in there! 487 00:40:38,439 --> 00:40:39,701 A woman's head! 488 00:40:39,874 --> 00:40:44,004 Nora, l think you're a little upset. Would you care for a sedative? 489 00:40:44,679 --> 00:40:49,139 Get out! Get out, all of you! All of you, get out of here and leave me alone! 490 00:40:49,484 --> 00:40:51,008 Just get out of here! 491 00:40:55,623 --> 00:40:58,524 You think it's all right to leave her by herself, Doctor? 492 00:40:58,593 --> 00:41:00,390 l wish she'd taken the sedative. 493 00:41:00,461 --> 00:41:02,395 What do you suppose she thought she saw? 494 00:41:02,463 --> 00:41:03,930 They're closing in on her. 495 00:41:03,998 --> 00:41:05,761 Somebody ought to stay with her. 496 00:41:05,834 --> 00:41:10,237 There could be a million people around her, but if they wanted her they'd get her. 497 00:41:12,507 --> 00:41:13,599 What if he's right? 498 00:41:13,675 --> 00:41:15,973 He's too drunk to know what he's saying. 499 00:41:16,044 --> 00:41:17,068 l wonder. 500 00:41:17,745 --> 00:41:19,474 l'll join you in a minute. 501 00:41:25,286 --> 00:41:28,551 Do you think it would do any good if you went in and talked to her? 502 00:41:28,623 --> 00:41:31,592 Do you think there really was a head in her suitcase? 503 00:41:32,193 --> 00:41:33,387 l don't know. 504 00:41:33,461 --> 00:41:36,294 A thing like that would put me right over the edge. 505 00:41:36,364 --> 00:41:40,027 Would you sort of stay up here? l mean, in case she needs help. 506 00:41:40,835 --> 00:41:43,963 All right, l'll be in my room. Just call me. 507 00:41:45,607 --> 00:41:46,665 Thanks. 508 00:41:57,886 --> 00:42:00,377 Are you sure there are only seven people here? 509 00:42:00,455 --> 00:42:02,480 Positive, except for the ghosts. 510 00:42:03,324 --> 00:42:06,521 l don't believe in ghosts, nor in frightening women. 511 00:42:07,962 --> 00:42:11,125 ln Nora's case, it's gone far enough. Perhaps too far. 512 00:42:11,833 --> 00:42:14,233 What do you suggest we do about it, Doctor? 513 00:42:14,302 --> 00:42:16,133 Don't frighten her anymore. 514 00:42:40,528 --> 00:42:41,426 Nora.... 515 00:43:34,315 --> 00:43:35,942 What do you know about this? 516 00:43:36,017 --> 00:43:37,416 They've taken her. 517 00:43:37,518 --> 00:43:39,918 ln a little while she'll be one of them. 518 00:43:41,422 --> 00:43:42,684 Where is Nora? 519 00:43:44,158 --> 00:43:46,718 -Where is she? -lt's too late. lt's too late. 520 00:43:46,794 --> 00:43:48,284 You'll never find her again. 521 00:43:48,363 --> 00:43:50,627 lf you know where she is, you'd better tell me! 522 00:43:50,698 --> 00:43:54,566 She's gone! She's gone with them. There's nothing you can do about it. 523 00:44:08,116 --> 00:44:09,105 Nora. 524 00:44:18,559 --> 00:44:19,958 Let her down. 525 00:44:56,798 --> 00:44:57,924 Nora? 526 00:45:01,869 --> 00:45:03,461 She's dead, Mr. Loren. 527 00:45:04,872 --> 00:45:06,601 Your wife hanged herself. 528 00:45:07,642 --> 00:45:08,631 Suicide. 529 00:45:37,872 --> 00:45:38,861 Lance! 530 00:45:39,607 --> 00:45:41,370 Lance, hide me! Please, hide me! 531 00:45:41,442 --> 00:45:43,273 -What's the matter? -Hide me! 532 00:45:52,587 --> 00:45:54,077 He tried to kill me! 533 00:45:55,256 --> 00:45:58,191 He grabbed me and choked me and put me in that room. 534 00:45:58,993 --> 00:46:00,984 And then he went away and left me. 535 00:46:01,062 --> 00:46:01,960 Who? 536 00:46:03,064 --> 00:46:04,622 He thought l was dead. 537 00:46:04,932 --> 00:46:05,864 Who? 538 00:46:07,301 --> 00:46:08,393 Mr. Loren. 539 00:46:10,004 --> 00:46:11,699 Are you sure about this? 540 00:46:13,074 --> 00:46:16,066 l don't know. lt was dark, but it must have been him. 541 00:46:17,879 --> 00:46:20,245 Has anybody seen you since he left you? 542 00:46:21,415 --> 00:46:24,976 l heard some people in that room but l went by and nobody saw me. 543 00:46:26,988 --> 00:46:28,455 Mrs. Loren is dead. 544 00:46:30,258 --> 00:46:31,225 But how? 545 00:46:35,429 --> 00:46:39,126 Loren said she committed suicide, but l think somebody killed her. 546 00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:40,630 Him? 547 00:47:18,673 --> 00:47:21,198 l'm sure you've come to the same conclusion l have. 548 00:47:21,275 --> 00:47:22,435 Yeah, l think so. 549 00:47:22,510 --> 00:47:26,139 Let's all have a meeting, discuss what to do. The living room? 550 00:47:26,747 --> 00:47:28,146 Okay, in a minute. 551 00:47:42,830 --> 00:47:44,559 l've got to go downstairs. 552 00:47:44,665 --> 00:47:47,964 Now you lock yourself in here and don't let anybody know you're here. 553 00:47:48,035 --> 00:47:50,196 lf he thinks you're dead he won't come here. 554 00:47:50,271 --> 00:47:53,536 l'll get back as soon as l can. You'll be all right. 555 00:47:58,179 --> 00:48:00,807 And if you have to, you use it. 556 00:48:54,368 --> 00:48:55,665 So beautiful... 557 00:48:57,638 --> 00:48:58,935 ...so greedy... 558 00:49:00,341 --> 00:49:01,603 ...so cold. 559 00:49:07,315 --> 00:49:08,714 What are you doing here? 560 00:49:08,783 --> 00:49:10,250 Wait, don't...wait! 561 00:49:10,351 --> 00:49:12,444 What do you mean, coming in here? 562 00:49:12,887 --> 00:49:15,651 -l didn't want them to take her away. -You're drunk! 563 00:49:15,723 --> 00:49:17,315 They will, if you don't watch her! 564 00:49:17,391 --> 00:49:20,622 -Why did you come into this room? -l'm the only one who understands. 565 00:49:20,695 --> 00:49:22,060 Understands what? 566 00:49:23,030 --> 00:49:25,021 Your wife isn't there anymore. 567 00:49:25,533 --> 00:49:27,262 She's already joined them. 568 00:49:27,468 --> 00:49:30,028 Pritchard, l've had enough of your spook talk. 569 00:49:30,104 --> 00:49:33,369 Get out, you sot, and don't come back in this room again! 570 00:50:07,608 --> 00:50:10,202 Where's what's her name, Nora? 571 00:50:12,213 --> 00:50:15,148 l didn't disturb her since l don't think this concerns her. 572 00:50:15,216 --> 00:50:16,444 You're right. 573 00:50:19,520 --> 00:50:22,648 lsn't there some way we can get out of this house now? 574 00:50:23,124 --> 00:50:24,614 No. None at all. 575 00:50:25,493 --> 00:50:26,983 We could try breaking out. 576 00:50:27,061 --> 00:50:29,689 The only door to the outside is made of steel. 577 00:50:30,698 --> 00:50:33,394 The bars on the windows are set in solid stone. 578 00:50:35,069 --> 00:50:36,366 You gotta stay. 579 00:50:38,339 --> 00:50:40,933 l'm not afraid of your ghosts, Pritchard... 580 00:50:43,144 --> 00:50:44,577 ...but l am afraid. 581 00:50:46,113 --> 00:50:49,014 When we came here the only thing we had in common... 582 00:50:49,083 --> 00:50:50,914 ...was the $10,000 we'd get. 583 00:50:51,352 --> 00:50:53,650 Now, however, we share something else. 584 00:50:54,355 --> 00:50:56,050 The death of Mrs. Loren. 585 00:50:57,858 --> 00:51:02,192 So far tonight, one of us was almost killed by a falling chandelier. 586 00:51:03,697 --> 00:51:05,858 One of us was mysteriously slugged. 587 00:51:06,567 --> 00:51:09,866 One of us has been driven to the brink of absolute hysteria. 588 00:51:10,971 --> 00:51:12,563 And one of us is dead. 589 00:51:14,175 --> 00:51:15,699 Were these accidents? 590 00:51:16,243 --> 00:51:17,210 Suicide? 591 00:51:18,145 --> 00:51:20,306 And we must stay here for six more hours! 592 00:51:20,381 --> 00:51:21,473 Six hours? 593 00:51:23,117 --> 00:51:24,209 Six of us. 594 00:51:26,187 --> 00:51:27,347 Time enough. 595 00:51:27,588 --> 00:51:30,113 Who will be next? How will it happen? 596 00:51:32,126 --> 00:51:34,253 Let me ask you a question, Doctor. 597 00:51:34,895 --> 00:51:37,420 You were the first one to see my wife there. 598 00:51:37,765 --> 00:51:41,895 Did you also see anything that she could have climbed up on, and then jumped? 599 00:51:41,969 --> 00:51:42,833 No. 600 00:51:44,004 --> 00:51:45,301 Did any of you? 601 00:51:48,776 --> 00:51:50,175 There was nothing. 602 00:51:51,145 --> 00:51:53,909 How then did she get up there, so high? 603 00:51:54,381 --> 00:51:56,178 Exactly, Mr. Loren, how? 604 00:51:56,650 --> 00:52:01,019 She couldn't have pulled herself up there. She couldn't have dropped from the ceiling. 605 00:52:01,088 --> 00:52:03,386 Do you think your wife killed herself? 606 00:52:04,091 --> 00:52:04,921 No. 607 00:52:05,693 --> 00:52:07,160 She was murdered... 608 00:52:08,362 --> 00:52:09,727 ...by one of you. 609 00:52:14,802 --> 00:52:16,201 Or you, Mr. Loren. 610 00:52:17,638 --> 00:52:20,539 To deliberately kill someone you must have a reason. 611 00:52:20,708 --> 00:52:24,667 We were all strangers to your wife. Only you had a motive for murder. 612 00:52:26,614 --> 00:52:29,811 What husband hasn't at some time wanted to kill his wife? 613 00:52:30,184 --> 00:52:32,482 What husband hasn't had 1,000 opportunities... 614 00:52:32,553 --> 00:52:35,545 ...to do it in such a way so that he'd never be suspected? 615 00:52:35,623 --> 00:52:39,218 l'm not such a fool as to hang my wife from the ceiling by a rope! 616 00:52:39,527 --> 00:52:43,054 The fact remains that you or one of us murdered Mrs. Loren. 617 00:52:43,564 --> 00:52:45,293 That's a matter for the police. 618 00:52:45,366 --> 00:52:47,163 So how do we get the police? 619 00:52:47,234 --> 00:52:49,702 That's my point. We can't until morning. 620 00:52:50,504 --> 00:52:53,029 What began as a silly party given by an eccentric... 621 00:52:53,107 --> 00:52:55,371 ...has now involved us all in murder. 622 00:52:55,576 --> 00:52:57,441 For once, Pritchard may be right. 623 00:52:57,511 --> 00:53:00,105 lf another murder's in the works, let's stop it now. 624 00:53:00,180 --> 00:53:01,511 Another murder! 625 00:53:01,882 --> 00:53:04,783 Why not? Maybe one of us saw too much. 626 00:53:08,188 --> 00:53:11,680 Why should even a millionaire want to give each of us $10,000... 627 00:53:11,759 --> 00:53:14,023 ...to spend one night in a gloomy old house? 628 00:53:14,094 --> 00:53:17,120 To see some ghosts? Have a party? No! 629 00:53:17,531 --> 00:53:21,365 Have you finished trying me, Doctor? And is the verdict guilty of murder? 630 00:53:21,435 --> 00:53:25,394 This isn't getting us anywhere. Somebody killed Mrs. Loren, we know that. 631 00:53:25,639 --> 00:53:28,665 One of us is guilty and the rest of us are innocent. Okay. 632 00:53:28,742 --> 00:53:33,509 What we have to do for the next six hours is protect ourselves from each other. 633 00:53:33,581 --> 00:53:34,946 Do you really think-- 634 00:53:35,015 --> 00:53:38,473 l don't think anything. l just know that l'm going to my room. 635 00:53:38,652 --> 00:53:41,018 And if anybody comes in, l'll shoot him. 636 00:53:41,655 --> 00:53:42,485 Or her. 637 00:53:42,556 --> 00:53:45,184 And if we all stay in our rooms, we'll be safe. 638 00:53:45,259 --> 00:53:48,194 Because the innocent will have no reason to leave his room... 639 00:53:48,262 --> 00:53:51,095 ...and the guilty will admit his guilt, if he or she does. 640 00:53:51,165 --> 00:53:52,689 And we all have guns. 641 00:53:52,833 --> 00:53:54,425 Then we're all agreed? 642 00:53:55,135 --> 00:53:57,103 l wish this night were over! 643 00:54:00,007 --> 00:54:00,939 Rooms? 644 00:54:01,408 --> 00:54:02,306 Guns? 645 00:54:03,577 --> 00:54:06,102 l tell you, it doesn't make any difference. 646 00:54:06,614 --> 00:54:08,639 They aren't through with us yet. 647 00:54:39,346 --> 00:54:41,541 What's the use of saying good night? 648 00:54:55,329 --> 00:54:56,421 Good night. 649 00:55:16,250 --> 00:55:17,717 Good night, Doctor. 650 00:57:42,362 --> 00:57:43,886 Nora, it's me, Lance. 651 00:57:49,903 --> 00:57:50,892 You okay? 652 00:57:51,972 --> 00:57:54,600 They've all gone to their rooms and locked themselves in. 653 00:57:54,675 --> 00:57:56,108 Lance, l've been thinking. 654 00:57:56,176 --> 00:57:59,111 lt was so dark down there, maybe it wasn't Mr. Loren. 655 00:57:59,313 --> 00:58:03,147 lt was him all right. He tried to kill you, and he did kill his wife. 656 00:58:05,285 --> 00:58:06,877 How can you be so sure? 657 00:58:06,954 --> 00:58:09,445 She tried to warn me. Asked me to help her. 658 00:58:10,657 --> 00:58:13,524 The doc thinks he's going to try to kill one of us. 659 00:58:14,394 --> 00:58:16,089 There must be a way out of here. 660 00:58:16,163 --> 00:58:18,791 l'll find it and get the police before he does. 661 00:58:18,866 --> 00:58:20,356 l'm going with you. 662 00:58:20,500 --> 00:58:22,525 lf he finds out you're alive.... 663 00:58:23,437 --> 00:58:26,133 No, Nora, you're safer here than any place else. 664 00:58:26,206 --> 00:58:28,674 Now just lock yourself in and keep quiet. 665 00:58:34,381 --> 00:58:37,077 lf l find a way out, l'll come back and get you. 666 01:02:57,344 --> 01:02:59,278 An admission of guilt, Doctor? 667 01:02:59,813 --> 01:03:01,075 Certainly not. 668 01:03:01,381 --> 01:03:04,908 There's either somebody else in this house or one of us has left his room. 669 01:03:04,985 --> 01:03:06,577 Did you hear anything? 670 01:03:10,090 --> 01:03:11,216 Organ music? 671 01:03:11,391 --> 01:03:13,291 That, and someone walking. 672 01:03:15,762 --> 01:03:17,127 You've got yours? 673 01:03:18,932 --> 01:03:19,921 Ready? 674 01:03:20,300 --> 01:03:22,791 You look downstairs and l'll look up here. 675 01:03:23,270 --> 01:03:24,601 Why not together? 676 01:03:24,671 --> 01:03:28,732 There may be only minutes, seconds left of someone's life. Why waste time? 677 01:04:22,862 --> 01:04:24,557 lt's almost over, darling. 678 01:04:26,333 --> 01:04:28,028 Every detail was perfect. 679 01:04:42,449 --> 01:04:43,814 What's happening? 680 01:04:44,284 --> 01:04:46,548 We've done it. The perfect crime. 681 01:04:47,921 --> 01:04:49,013 Beautiful! 682 01:04:50,390 --> 01:04:51,880 Has she killed him? 683 01:04:52,025 --> 01:04:53,890 Not yet, but she will. 684 01:04:57,230 --> 01:04:59,391 Get me out of this hanging harness. 685 01:05:01,034 --> 01:05:03,730 What's taking that girl so long? What time is it? 686 01:05:03,803 --> 01:05:06,738 At first l couldn't get Nora to protect herself with a gun. 687 01:05:06,806 --> 01:05:10,333 After you appeared at the window, everything worked just as we planed. 688 01:05:10,410 --> 01:05:11,570 You were wonderful! 689 01:05:11,645 --> 01:05:14,978 Just the touch that finally drove her into complete hysteria. 690 01:05:15,048 --> 01:05:17,516 lt'll be worth all our planning, darling. 691 01:05:18,018 --> 01:05:20,452 Where's Nora now? What's happening? 692 01:05:20,587 --> 01:05:22,054 On her way to the cellar. 693 01:05:22,122 --> 01:05:24,955 So scared, she'll shoot the first thing that moves. 694 01:05:25,025 --> 01:05:26,014 And Frederick? 695 01:05:26,092 --> 01:05:27,650 On his way to the cellar too. 696 01:05:29,162 --> 01:05:31,562 Are you sure none of them will suspect us? 697 01:05:31,631 --> 01:05:32,598 Of what? 698 01:05:32,666 --> 01:05:35,032 An hysterical girl accidentally shoots somebody? 699 01:05:35,101 --> 01:05:37,968 Who'd suspect that we planned it, that we drove her to it? 700 01:05:38,038 --> 01:05:39,562 What about my suicide? 701 01:05:39,639 --> 01:05:40,936 Just a ghost-party gag. 702 01:05:41,007 --> 01:05:44,033 We'll say it was a dummy, since l'm the only one who touched you. 703 01:05:44,110 --> 01:05:45,805 And the caretakers? 704 01:05:45,879 --> 01:05:47,847 They had no idea what they were doing. 705 01:05:48,181 --> 01:05:50,012 What about Nora? She's not stupid. 706 01:05:50,083 --> 01:05:53,610 Darling, believe me, everything we planned is working perfectly. 707 01:05:53,887 --> 01:05:55,787 Nora is sure Frederick murdered you. 708 01:05:55,855 --> 01:05:58,016 She thinks Frederick attacked her, not me. 709 01:05:58,091 --> 01:06:00,286 Now Nora's almost out of her mind with fear. 710 01:06:00,360 --> 01:06:04,091 The heads, the music, your hanging. When Frederick walks in, she'll shoot him. 711 01:06:05,098 --> 01:06:06,622 lt's taking too long. 712 01:06:07,000 --> 01:06:08,900 David, you ought to be there. 713 01:06:18,712 --> 01:06:21,442 When you hear the shot, come down to the cellar. 714 01:07:28,515 --> 01:07:30,005 Nora! No! 715 01:08:59,939 --> 01:09:00,906 David? 716 01:10:33,333 --> 01:10:35,096 At last you've got it all. 717 01:10:35,735 --> 01:10:37,100 Everything l have. 718 01:10:38,104 --> 01:10:39,469 Even my life. 719 01:10:40,640 --> 01:10:43,268 But you're not going to live to enjoy it. 720 01:10:43,743 --> 01:10:47,440 Come with me, murderess, come with me. 721 01:12:11,464 --> 01:12:12,897 Good night, Doctor. 722 01:12:14,333 --> 01:12:15,925 Good night, Annabelle. 723 01:12:17,003 --> 01:12:19,597 The crime you two planned was indeed perfect. 724 01:12:20,907 --> 01:12:23,842 Only the victim is alive, and the murderers are not. 725 01:12:25,578 --> 01:12:29,241 lt's a pity you didn't know when you started your game of murder... 726 01:12:30,416 --> 01:12:32,213 ...that l was playing, too. 727 01:12:38,257 --> 01:12:41,920 -There must be some way to get in here. -lt's along here somewhere. 728 01:12:44,430 --> 01:12:45,397 Lance! 729 01:12:46,265 --> 01:12:48,961 l shot Mr. Loren. He's down in the wine cellar. 730 01:12:49,569 --> 01:12:51,298 -Alive? -l don't think so. 731 01:13:02,048 --> 01:13:03,640 lt's him! He's alive! 732 01:13:09,255 --> 01:13:11,314 You didn't shoot anyone, my dear. 733 01:13:11,924 --> 01:13:13,858 l loaded your gun with blanks. 734 01:13:15,361 --> 01:13:19,559 l can tell you all now. Trent and my wife were planning to kill me. 735 01:13:20,967 --> 01:13:22,127 They failed. 736 01:13:23,269 --> 01:13:25,533 Trent tried to throw me in the vat... 737 01:13:25,972 --> 01:13:27,872 ...my wife stumbled and fell. 738 01:13:29,842 --> 01:13:34,245 l'm ready for justice to decide if l'm innocent or guilty. 739 01:13:56,002 --> 01:13:57,594 Now there are nine. 740 01:13:59,038 --> 01:14:00,972 There will be more, many more. 741 01:14:04,877 --> 01:14:06,708 They're coming for me now... 742 01:14:10,082 --> 01:14:12,175 ...and then they'll come for you.