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THE WOMAN WHO CAME BACK (1945)

A little north of Boston is the town of Eben Rock.

Despite his calm and peaceful appearance,

300 years ago it was the scene of the Black Terror.

Innocent people were convicted of witchcraft.

The punishment: the bonfire.

Reverend Jim Stevens knows the story in detail.

through the numerous procedural documents

found in the crypt of his church,

Silent witnesses to the brutality of

who brought the new world

the dark traditions that

They wanted to escape in El Viejo,

something never forgotten by the locals,

Well, it's Judge Elijah Webster's town,

who condemned 18 women to the stake.

On the shores of a beautiful lake there is an altar

in memory of Jezebel Trister,

who died in the flames

cursed out loud for his return

to take revenge on those who condemned her.

3 KILOMETERS

Lady, there is no way to stop here.

- Dogs are not allowed. - This one is special.

Sorry, those are the rules.

- If he doesn't go up, neither will I. - Well, they will have to walk.

- Where are you going? - To Eben Rock.

It's 30 cents.

- What's that? - A payment document.

Nobody would say that.

You're wrong. It is valid throughout the colony.

See the signature of the Governor of Massachusetts Bay?

The governor of Ma...?

For a moment he didn't know where he was.

- Are we at Eben Rock? - Not yet.

I thought they had left me behind. Are you going there too?

I lived there a long time ago.

And now I'm back, like you, Lorna Webster.

- How do you know my name? - I met a relative of yours.

I don't have a family.

I mean, his great-great-grandfather, Judge Elijah Webster.

-He died 200 years ago. - 300 years.

- Who are you? - My name is Jezebel Trister.

"In this place, in the year of Our Lord 1645,

Jezebel Trister was burned for practicing

sorcery and witchcraft, by command of

Elijah Webster, judge of the town of Eben Rock."

- Lorna! -Lorna Webster...

- Matt... - What happened, honey?

- The bus... on the lake... - An accident!

- In the lake. Are you coming doctor? - As early as possible.

Come on.

Serve him a hot drink.

-Why did he come back? - Not at all, I hope.

Peggy, go upstairs to help Uncle Matt.

- Can you hear me, Peggy? - It's Halloween, mom.

She stops doing nonsense and obeys.

- This can happen to anyone. - Yeah.

To Mary and me last week.

How is Lorna?

Everything will be fine. She is resting.

It's curious. She just came back and there was already another accident.

- Are you implying that Lorna...? - No. I'm just saying it's weird.

Good ...

Can I help with anything else?

- I'm afraid not. - All dead.

Lorna mentioned a tearful old woman sitting next to her.

- An old woman? - Yeah.

We check the ticket. There were no old women.

How odd...

Lorna is a bit incoherent. It would be your imagination.

Yes. Otherwise, this old lady would have appeared.

Maybe her body hit the rocks.

- You already heard the doctor: imagination. - Let's try the same.

I don't. I have more to do than look for ghosts.

Are you coming, Matt?

I think you were right, Matt. We checked the entire lake.

Lorna must have been fooled by her memory.

I wouldn't be surprised what happened to her.

I know it's none of my business, but...

Continue.

Sorry ...

Are you happy that Lorna is back?

- A lot. - Good.

You were madly in love with her, right?

And I am.

Did you ever find out why he ran away from his marriage and the city?

I know the same as you.

Lorna was always different from other girls,

very closed in on himself.

She was greatly affected by this series of accidents.

No, you know they were coincidences.

I know. But she blamed herself for them.

One young woman can ruin everything...

What's up, Matt?

That dog wants something.

Come, mongrel!

Come, I won't do anything to you!

Why would I do that?

What are you thinking, Jim?

I just remembered ...

who, apparently, found the body of

bus driver with torn neck,

as if an animal had attacked him.

A few more days and you will be as good as new.

Why don't you let the sun in?

You know I always felt bad.

Do you remember that burn?

I will never forget this. You were my first patient.

- And my favorite. - Well, you cured me...

That's when we took the day off...

and we went fishing.

Do you remember?

That day I fell in love with you.

I bring something of yours.

I told Ruth to wash it.

- It's not my veil! -Whose is he?

His! The old woman I told you about.

Oh yeah. That you said she was next to you on the bus.

- You do not believe me, right? - A body does not evaporate.

Well, you'll never convince me it wasn't there.

Let's say you imagined this.

And how did this veil appear here?

You brought it when you arrived at the inn.

Don't worry.

In an accident everything is confused.

You better forget that night.

What happen dear?

I remembered something the old lady told me...

- Think no more. - You do not understand ...

Maybe.

But something I understand:

that you came back And that is what counts.

See you tomorrow, darling.

Oh, Bessi...

Miss Lorna will need a lot of quiet these days.

- He seems strong. - I still don't react.

-Why do you think she came back? - I didn't know she was gone.

All I know is that she turned the house upside down.

- And I with my pain... - We have to ventilate the house well.

The Websters lived in this house for three centuries.

Yes, and your memories are here kicking up dust.

See this chart.

This is Caleb, a slave trader who frequented the Gulf of Guinea.

This is Joshua, soldier of fortune...

He made a fortune by providing men to fight for money.

This is Lucio. ...

He tried to steal the jewelry that belonged to the then governor.

He took them, but he did not realize that they were fake.

He disappeared with them and never returned.

But the real ones are still there.

Elijah Webster. That would be good for you.

A fanatical witch hunter.

He was a judge... Do you know what he did?

Yes, but I must go.

Don't forget what I said about the lady.

- and don't work too hard. - No, doctor.

What happens?

- Anything. - And why did you scream?

- I didn't scream. - I heard her scream.

Impossible. I'm telling you, I didn't scream!

Do you want to go to sleep and leave me alone?

PILGRIM TAVERN Owner: Ruth Gibson

Are you sure you're not sick, doctor?

She has me very worried.

The thing about your little girl is that she ate too many sweets.

And she's not going to pre... pre... prescribe anything, doctor?

- Tell me. - Well, that could be it. Let's see...

Yes... one pill a day

and it will be restored in the blink of an eye.

Ah, mint!

Haven't you already noticed the improvement?

- Give me more. - No, I have another patient.

- I know who it is... - Come on, run, urchin!

- Demon girl... - She has ears.

Repeat what everyone else says.

And what they say?

Since Lorna's return you haven't stopped making a fool of yourself.

She is my patient and she is sick.

Not enough to run home every day.

Aren't you proud?

She left one day without saying anything.

-She would have her reasons. - I think so.

That you weren't worthy of marrying a Webster.

That didn't have to happen.

And that mysterious air, that secrecy?

She had been away for two years. She maybe she got married in New York.

Matt, I'm your sister. I'm telling you this for your own good.

Due to her position and money, she would have no shortage of suitors here.

I know you mean well, Ruth.

How are you, Bessie?

I still have my pains.

Doctor, she's there.

How come my favorite patient isn't in bed?

Hello dear.

I felt so good that I thought of surprising him.

It seems that you don't need the medicine I brought you...

I like these medications.

How do you read it? It's very dark.

Blame old Elijah.

My taste for darkness comes from him.

And because of the scandal.

Better this way.

What's happening?

Like flowers...

They are withered.

How odd ...

They looked beautiful when they were packaged.

Would you like some tea, doctor?

Although I don't know anyone who likes it.

- No, thanks. - Take them, please.

- They are withered. - Do you want to take them?

- What did you read? - Oh that...

"The Practice of Witchcraft and Witchcraft in New England."

It must be old Elijah's book with the intention

to prove the existence of witches.

He wouldn't have another one if he wanted to burn 18 women.

And don't you think some of them could be?

None.

But Elijah Webster was an ecclesiastical dignitary,

and a respected judge.

That's why witch hunters abounded in the region.

Whoever hated witches gave them prestige in their eyes.

- You must know. - Ought?

It appears in any textbook.

All it took was a naughty child or a fight

to start a witch hunt.

The collective hysteria and a certain theatricality of the inquisitor did the rest.

- TRUE? - You don't believe in witchcraft?

I only know this...

There are people whose strange acts are beyond his control.

But that's not why they are haunted.

They will suffer some kind of neurosis.

What they need is a psychiatrist.

There are people who are worthless to a psychiatrist.

But he is not condemned as a witch.

Jim Stevens, by the way, was looking into this.

He found valuable documents in the parish crypt. He told me ...

Lorna.

- That? - What's wrong sweetheart?

Oh, Matt...

I, Jezebel Trister, confess that today, in 1645, she appeared to me,

under the guise of a noble knight, the Devil.

I signed a pact with him by which, upon my death,

my mortal soul will be transferred to the body of a young woman.

The devil promised to repeat this process for 300 years,

returning at the end each time to claim yours.

At all times I will be instructed in the dark arts.

by an unclean spirit or demon in the family,

in the figure of the hare, the goat or the black dog.

I received the power of invocation,

and spells and incantations.

Where were you?

- What have you got there? - Anything ...

It's no big deal. Leave me alone!

You found this in the parish crypt.

What were you doing there?

- Well... - I told you to rest.

I can't, Matt. He won't leave my mind...

the old woman who was next to me on the bus...

- Lorna, don't start... - You think I imagined it.

But it's not like that. There was an old woman there.

Her name was Jezebel Trister, who had lived in

Eben Rock a long time ago, and that she had met my great-great-grandfather.

- Matt, let's say... - What?

How did they not find the body?

Of all the passengers, why was I saved?

Because you are lucky. Don't give it any more thought.

No, Matt. There is another explanation.

And it is in this confession.

"Upon my death, he would transfer my soul into the body of a young woman.

The devil has been committed to doing it for 300 years."

- You're not going to believe these things? - Yes, I do, Matt.

That's why the body didn't appear. That's why I ended up saving myself.

This woman is not dead. She lives in this very moment.

She returned to get revenge on Elijah Webster for burning her.

and you can only do it through me.

And she is already acting. I know, I realized that.

I feel like I look more and more like her.

It's a terrible darkness...

- Honey, don't say those things. - I can't help it.

It's this city and the places...

to my own house.

I can't spend a moment without feeling...

Elijah Webster's eyes examining me.

That's why I left.

Lorna, there's nothing wrong with the city or you.

You are simply Lorna Webster and I am Matt Adams.

Two lovers. Do you know what I'm going to do?

Today I'm going to get you out of here.

Ruth will give you a room at the inn and you will rest.

After,

I will make the preparations...

of our marriage and after it,

We are going to enjoy a long honeymoon.

- Oh, Matt, I wish we could... - We can.

And we will do this

ANNUAL COUNTY FAIR

- Hello noe. - Do you want to try your luck?

- I don't. - I will, Matt.

Well, go ahead. What is all this, Noah?

A new version of an old idea.

They say that in other times if you wanted harm

someone, you made a clay doll

or wax on his image, and stuck a pin in it

- and the person got sick. - How did you get sick?

Because it was a spell.

Of course, you had to understand a lot of witchcraft to do this.

You for example.

If she was possessed and put a spell on the sheriff

With this doll, do you know what would happen?

That he would suffer a horrible death.

Forgive me, I didn't mean...

- Matt... let's go. - Didn't you want to play?

I doubt... I'll have any luck right now...

Take me home, please.

- What size, Noah? - A weather vane.

She looks like a witch on a broom.

Well, an ugly weather vane.

Ruth, I thank you very much for having me in your home.

I hope we will be very good friends.

Matt says you're getting married.

- When? - Something we talked about.

There is no specific date. It will be soon.

Lorna...

Do you really love Matt?

Of course.

What is the question?

I don't know...

Maybe I love him too.

I finish.

You can feed the fish.

The food is on the windowsill.

This right.

Say it, Lorna.

Do you want a pinwheel with your image?

It does not matter. She was just joking.

Ruth...

Would you prefer that I leave?

Stay as long as you want. I don't mind.

But you don't approve of Matt and I getting married.

- I did not say that. - But you think about it carefully, don't you?

- Mom mom! - What happened, dear?

All the fish died.

Impossible, if Lorna simply gave them to them...

RATIO POISON

Do not worry honey.

You were mistaken for a package, nothing more.

Now go to the inn and get ready,

that in an hour I will pick you up for dinner

and buy new fish.

- I'm not going back to the inn. - Because?

I don't think we should get married.

Because of what Ruth said? How absurd!

It's not absurd.

At first I thought everything would be fine.

But it is not like that and it never will be.

- Because? - Dear, please!

Why did the fish die? Why did the flowers wither?

Why did I receive the wrong package?

Why did these things happen?

- Because I met... - Lorna, stop, stop!

You look like a hysterical girl who is afraid of her own shadow.

Either you control yourself or you will end up trapped like a crazy person.

Don't let this happen again, you understand?

Lorna.

Beautiful.

Beautiful and deceptive.

The lake. Look at it.

The sun reflects in its calm waters.

Nobody would have imagined that last week,

Twelve people fell into it.

- No, it doesn't seem like it. - There are people like that.

calm in appearance

and inside it harbors dark secrets.

A lot of philosophy in a single day, even for a preacher.

How's Matt? Is everything okay between the two of you?

- Well... I don't know... - Thinking about Jezebel Trister?

- Co... how do you know? - Matt told me.

Mr. Stevens...

Since the accident, I have the terrible feeling of...

be changing slowly.

Changing?

You will take me for... a hysterical girl.

No, Lorna. Anyone can change.

For better or worse.

If you are convinced that something will happen, it will happen.

You have to find something good and pure that you believe in.

Lorna, are you in love with Matt?

- You know so. - Well, get married.

Get married immediately. And you won't change.

You will continue to be yourself. And you will like it.

Come to my house. I have a book for you.

- A book? - Yeah.

It is titled "The Origins of Superstition."

You should read it.

THE ORIGINS OF SUPERSTITION

At all times I will be instructed in the dark arts.

by an unclean spirit or demon in the family,

in the figure of the black hare, the goat... or the dog.

Go ...

Skirt! Get away from me!

Leave me alone!

What are you doing here? What do you want?

She was coming back from Shirley's house and I thought...

That you thought?

That if he came home wet, Mom would be angry.

She told me that if it rained she would sleep at Shirley's house.

But Shirley and I got into a fight and...

- Miss Webster... - Tell me, beautiful.

Can I stay until it stops raining?

Of course.

I better call mom and tell her I'm here.

No, Peggy...

I will call her.

They do not answer.

No? Because?

The storm must have affected the line.

You will have to spend the night here.

Remove soaked clothing.

Do not touch me ...

What's wrong, Peggy?

Do not be afraid.

Peggy!

The times here, Peggy!

What's wrong with her, Matt?

How long has it been like this?

All night since Noah brought her.

Don't be ashamed of being honest.

I do not know yet.

My doll...

Mommy, I want my doll...

I already told you they will bring it to you, dear.

How are you doctor?

How did you find her, Noah?

She was coming back from Boston and I saw her running in the rain.

Mommy, my doll...

Piety.

- Where is your doll? - I don't know.

He took her to a friend's house yesterday.

but they said that when he left, he was with her.

When I found it, I didn't have any.

Nothing can be done? He just likes this one.

If you were taking it, he would have seen it.

He's been crying for her all night.

-She has other dolls. - Many, but they don't interest you.

Matt, I'm really worried.

Peggy was never sick. It's not that bad.

You can not do anything?

How was she when you found her?

Hysterical, scared.

- How, scared? -As if she was running away from something.

- Where were you? - Near Lorna Webster's house.

- Shall I make you a new doll? - Yes good idea ...

- Matt... Could this be...? - Don't start with assumptions.

Mom, I want my doll...

Calm down, honey. She is coming...

Dr. Adams, I wanted to ask you something.

We'll talk soon, Bessie.

Hi Matt. You came too soon.

Yes... I have to talk to you, Lorna.

How's Peggy?

Do you know she got sick?

- Then no. - Was she here last night?

Why does she ask?

Noah found her wandering in the rain.

and he thought she had been here.

And what happens?

She is very sick and upset.

She asks again and again about her doll.

-His doll? - Yeah.

Maybe he left it here when he came in and then left without it.

No, Matt.

The girl wasn't here.

Miss Webster.

Yes, Bessie.

I want to talk to you.

Excuse me, Matt.

THE ORIGINS OF SUPERSTITION

- When do you plan to leave? - As soon as you pack your bags.

How's Peggy? What happened to her?

Nobody knows for sure.

But I've been thinking. And if you want my opinion...

- Any changes, doctor? - Serve me some wine.

If you don't mind, I fixed the doll as best I could.

Yes that's fine.

Do you want me to continue carving the new one?

So that? It will take more than a doll to cure Peggy.

It's none of my business, and I'm not saying I believe in these things,

But people are already talking.

That says?

That it's very strange that Peggy got sick so suddenly.

And the doll appeared bitten.

It seems like witchcraft.

They believe that the doll was opened to bewitched.

- I wouldn't believe it, Noah. - I don't give in to that.

But the doll is identical to her.

and the girl was at Lorna Webster's house.

And after what happened at the fair...

I said I don't take credit.

It's okay, doctor. It's a joke.

I don't like these jokes.

Are you going out, Ruth? It's cold.

I have something to do.

- I can not wait? - No, it can't.

I beg you God, make her heal.

She is too young to suffer like this.

Noah says she was under a spell.

I don't understand these things.

I only know that she is sick.

And something or someone in Eben Rock causes this disease.

Finish anyone,

Before I finish with Peggy,

with Matt and with all of us.

Mate!

- Jesus! - What is wrong?

Church wine...

As I passed Lorna Webster's house, he began to follow me.

- Getting closer and closer... - What was following you?

I'm not sure...

An animal, I think... Big, black...

- And Matt? - On. I follow you.

Something strange happens in this city.

You listened? He said it started at Webster's house.

- And what was an animal? - What if it were something else?

Look, I'm not saying I believe in these things, but...

May my words and thoughts be acceptable to the Lord,

my strength and my redemption.

today I want to tell you something

that threatens the peace of our community.

Last week some gossip reached my ears.

Unpleasant conversation.

I don't know who put them into circulation, but...

I have an idea.

Whoever it was, it doesn't matter.

The important thing is that some of you

are starting to give rise to such rumors.

You all know what I'm talking about.

Strange events occurred: a seriously ill girl,

Your parents were terribly scared...

These rumors try to make us believe

that what happened is the work of a member of the community,

an evil member of it.

My friends, we all harbor evil.

But none of us...

He is capable of causing harm with the mere will of it.

Well, there is a higher power.

who acts among us so that good triumphs.

We may not always understand how it works

but we must have faith in this higher power.

- Come quickly, doctor. - Alright.

- Is something wrong with Peggy? - They are going to take her to the hospital.

- I will accompany you. - No, Ruth.

It will be better for Peggy than staying here.

As I said,

We must have faith in this higher power.

I'm sorry to say that in the last week,

I did not receive many proofs of this faith,

rather a great cloud of suspicion, mistrust and fear.

The fear that drips from hearts.

of men 300 years ago,

when innocent people were taken from

their houses and burned at the stake

with so much childishness, so much stupidity...

I'll tell you what happened, the steps,

sudden illnesses,

scare us just because we are not

able to understand them.

But someone understands them.

And who, if not this person, is responsible for this?

I'll tell you who!

None of that happened until she returned.

She hates us because we know she is a witch.

He made my daughter sick and he wanted to kill me!

Mrs. Gibson, I beg you...

And the dead in the lake the day she arrived? Only she remained.

They took my girl to the hospital...

Sit down please. This is a place of worship.

Everyone, please sit down!

Please!

The Lord is my shepherd, I will lack nothing.

Lying down in green pastures,

Guide me gently towards calm waters.

Refresh my soul.

He guides me along straight paths, in the grace of his name.

Even if I walked through the valley of shadows

of death, I would fear no harm

because you are with me.

Your rod and your staff comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies,

you anoint my head with oil,

my cup overflows. Certainly

that goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life

and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for long days.

-Do you think she is a witch? - Shut up, she's coming there...

"Dear Matt, it's useless, I can't take it anymore."

BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

- Until now the exams have been useless... - I don't understand.

We know it's not pneumonia.

There must be an emotional cause.

She doesn't seem to want to recover.

- Do you have any idea why? - No.

Look at this doll.

She told me that she had lost it. That could be the cause.

This is the psychology of children.

If a child loses a toy

or a pet that you like, it affects you

more than you think.

They gave him a pulse back.

But she is so sick that she can't stand it.

- The damage is done. - And there is not...?

There are things that medicine ignores, Matt.

Forces that we do not know how to combat.

Ruth, I'm going back to Eben Rock for a while.

Piety...

No problem, Matt.

Jim.

-Jim Stevens! - To the crypt!

- Hi Matt. - What are you doing here?

I reviewed old documents looking for

something profitable for the book.

I'm writing the story of Eben Rock, remember?

- Oh yeah. - Clear ...

How is the hospital?

In the morning they will know what they have.

- So it's pneumonia? - Yeah.

- And yet... - What?

You spend your life thinking according to some principles,

knowing with complete certainty that the

Superstition is a trick, until...

That?

Aren't you starting to believe these rumors?

I don't know what to believe, Jim. I'm confused

But you are a doctor. A man of science.

I am beginning to see that science cannot explain everything.

Wait a moment.

Let's keep our sanity.

Yes you're right. So I don't help Peggy.

Wait a minute.

About Lorna, today in church,

There was quite a fuss after you left.

- Almost a riot. - Against Lorna?

They are committed to her being the cause of Peggy's illness.

- Are you afraid that they will get angry? - No, a lot of fuss over some nuts.

No, I think about how it will affect her.

Lorna in her current mental state.

Jim, I'm going to get Lorna and now you'll marry us.

We'll leave the city until everything calms down.

No, Matt.

The only way out is for Lorna to stay and face the situation.

I think you're right.

- I'm going back to the hospital. - Hold on.

I keep all this and accompany you.

These are old minutes that I thought would be useful.

One moment.

He is trapped...

- Something is pressing behind... - Let's get it out.

Yes, here she is.

"Diary of Elijah Webster".

Give it to me here.

Oh how wonderful.

Come on, Jim.

Yeah.

Wait wait.

"November 10, 1645."

"Without great violence, the woman called Jezebel Trister

appeared before this court accused of practicing witchcraft. "

"When she was interrogated, she refused to confess."

"Despite the many torments to which he was subjected

subdued, she persisted in her silence."

"Therefore, she gave me permission to continue the interrogation."

November 11, November 12...

"It was a lucky day.

Against Jezebel Trister, I finally found someone..."

"To do this I forced her to sign her confession in great panic:

that she had sealed a deal with the Prince of Darkness."

"This document will silence the growing

rumors circulating among neighbors

in every corner of this city."

So for her position! Think about it:

Elías falsified the confession.

That was your job. Everything fits very well.

Yes, Jezebel Trister was too ignorant to say such a thing.

Do you know what that means?

If this doesn't bring Lorna back to her senses, nothing will.

Let us go fast!

Go Go!

Mate.

Do you remember what the confession said?

Jezebel Trister would be renewing her life for 300 years.

Yes I know.

Thus, today marks 300 years since her death.

- It is what? - Anything. It's interesting.

But we'll have to see what Lorna's face will look like.

her when she knows that the confession was false.

- Not everything is clear. - How not?

The diary does not explain the presence of the old woman on the bus.

Nothing to explain. It was your imagination.

I'm going to see what these people are doing here.

We are not going.

Look.

- Ruffians... I'll teach you! - No, Matt, wait!

Lorna!

Jim! You are injured?

- No... it's nothing... - What happened?

Lorna...she's up.

Lorna.

She's going to the lake!

Lorna Webster, stick this needle in this doll.

and the sheriff will die a horrible death.

No no ...

Lorna Webster, you killed my fish.

You killed them...

No!

Lorna Webster, you made my Peggy sick.

- And you wanted to kill me. - No!

- Yes, it was you. - No!

You you!

Witch! Witch! Witch! Witch!

Lorna!

Lorna, react!

Calm down, Lorna. She finished.

Matt, come here a moment!

That?

The only thing left unexplained:

the old woman who was with Lorna on the bus.

How did you get here?

The dog dragged her to save her.

- I get used to it badly. - I haven't started yet.

Children! They identified the old woman.

She is an escapee from a sanatorium.

- Very interesting... - Wait, wait.

The woman lived here in Eben Rock.

-She knew the legends here. - Oh yeah?

Then she felt so identified with

Jezebel Trister who he came to believe was her.

Already, and some believe she is Napoleon Bonaparte.

And I thought he was crazy...

This woman was considered a witch...

Oh, Matt!