[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS]
MORNING.
HELLO. TAXI?
THAT'S RIGHT.
AMERICAN, EH?
YEAH. HOW'D YOU FIGURE IT OUT?
BY YOUR CLOTHES. DON'T FIT PROPER.
MAYBE YOU CAN RECOMMEND A TAILOR.
TOO MUCH RESPONSIBILITY.
TAILORING'S A PERSONAL THING.
YOU HERE ON HOLIDAY?
SORTA. I'M GOING TO THE WITLEY PLACE.
YOU'RE NOT.
SOMETHING WRONG?
NOTHING WRONG.
CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO GET THERE?
NO. SORRY, MATE.
I WONDER IF YOU COULD HELP ME.
POSSIBLY.
I'M ANXIOUS TO GET TO THE WITLEY PLACE.
SORRY, I CAN'T HELP YOU.
CAN YOU HELP ME?
EXCUSE ME.
THIS MAN FOLLOWING ME
IS ASKING FOR THE WITLEY PLACE.
HERE HE COMES.
HELLO.
IS THERE ANY PLACE AROUND HERE
WHERE I CAN RENT AN AUTOMOBILE?
NO. BICYCLE, MAYBE.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
THE WITLEY PLACE.
THEN YOU'RE WASTING YOUR TIME.
HOW DO YOU FIGURE THAT?
[LAUGHING] THE WITLEY PLACE.
HE WANTS TO GO TO THE WITLEY PLACE.
IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG WITH WANTING TO GO THERE?
[LAUGHING] HE WANTS TO KNOW
IF THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
WELL, IS THERE?
BICYCLE SHOP'S DOWN THE STREET.
HE'S SERIOUS.
[LAUGHS]
HELLO.
SOMETHING YOU WANT?
YEAH, I'D LIKE TO RENT A BICYCLE FOR A FEW DAYS.
WHERE WOULD YOU BE RIDING IT?
I'LL PAY FOR IT IN ADVANCE.
I ASKED WHERE YOU'D BE GOING.
TO THE WITLEY PLACE.
I'D NEED A BICYCLE TO DO THAT, WOULDN'T I?
YES.
AND MORE THAN THAT,
YOU'LL NOT BE USING ONE OF MINE.
WHY? YOU GOT LOADS OF THEM,
AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY WAITING IN LINE.
NO BICYCLES FOR RENT.
WHAT ABOUT THE MOTOR?
I'VE NOTHING FOR RENT.
WHAT WILL IT COST ME TO GET TO THE WITLEY PLACE?
MORE THAN ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO OFFER.
WHY? WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH EVERYBODY IN THIS TOWN?
NOTHING'S THE MATTER... HERE.
JUST WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
IT MEANS THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET
TO THE WITLEY HOUSE FROM HERE
IS ON YOUR OWN 2 FEET.
 HELLO!
[CLOCK CHIMES]
HOW DO YOU DO? I, UH...
I KNOCKED, BUT THERE WAS NO ANSWER,
SO I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF ENTERING.
THE SIGNS CLEARLY SAY TO KEEP OUT.
YOU MUST HAVE SEEN THEM.
YES, I SAW THEM.
THEN BY WHAT RIGHT HAVE YOU ENTERED THIS HOUSE?
I'VE COME TO VISIT THE WITLEYS.
OH?
I AM NAHUM WITLEY.
WELL, SIR, ACTUALLY IT'S SUSAN I CAME TO VISIT.
SUSAN?
MY DAUGHTER IS NOT RECEIVING VISITORS.
I MUST ASK YOU TO LEAVE.
THIS THE WAY YOU TREAT ALL YOUR GUESTS?
GUESTS?
GUESTS ARE INVITED.
I DON'T REMEMBER HAVING INVITED YOU.
I HAVE BEEN INVITED...
BY MRS. WITLEY.
STEPHEN REINHART.
YOU ARE STEPHEN REINHART?
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
YES, MY DAUGHTER DID MENTION YOUR NAME.
SHE MET YOU IN AMERICA
AT THE UNIVERSITY.
SUSAN AND I WERE IN THE SAME SCIENCE CLASS.
SCIENCE.
I'M AFRAID IT WOULD DISTURB MRS. WITLEY TO SEE YOU.
AGAIN, I MUST ASK YOU TO LEAVE.
BUT IT ISN'T MRS. WITLEY I'VE COME TO SEE.
QUITE IMPOSSIBLE.
I WILL HAVE MERWYN TAKE YOU BACK TO THE VILLAGE.
Susan: STEVE.
SUSAN WILL ASK YOU TO STAY.
BUT FOR REASONS THAT I CANNOT GO INTO,
I MUST INSIST YOU TELL HER
THAT YOU HAVE TO LEAVE AT ONCE.
MERWYN...
GET THE CAR.
STEVE.
SUSAN.
HONEY, YOU LOOK GREAT.
I THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER GET HERE.
IT'S ONLY BEEN A MONTH.
IS THAT ALL?
FATHER, THIS IS STEPHEN REINHART.
I KNOW.
I MUST SPEAK TO YOU ALONE, SUSAN.
NOT NOW, FATHER. I WANT TO TAKE HIM UP TO MEET MOTHER.
YOU KNOW IT'S FORBIDDEN
FOR YOUR MOTHER TO HAVE VISITORS.
ONLY FOR A MINUTE.
MOTHER'S BEEN WAITING TO MEET STEVE.
I HAD NO IDEA YOU LIVED IN A HOUSE SO, UH, SUMPTUOUS.
THIS IS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER, ELIAS WITLEY.
HE BUILT THIS HOUSE OVER 150 YEARS AGO.
THIS NEXT ONE?
IT'S MY GRANDFATHER,
CORBIN WITLEY.
WHAT DID HE DO?
HE WENT INSANE.
WE MUST GET RID OF HIM, MERWYN.
HE MUST NOT STAY.
STEVE...
YOU MUST UNDERSTAND ABOUT MOTHER.
SHE'S NOT WELL.
MOTHER.
Mother: COME IN,
AND CLOSE THE DOOR.
MOTHER, THIS IS STEPHEN REINHART.
WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING YOU.
I'M SORRY YOU'RE NOTFEELING WELL,
MRS. WITLEY.
IT WILL PASS.
YOU ARE A WELCOME GUEST IN THIS HOUSE,
MR. REINHART.
THANK YOU.
MY HUSBAND WILL PROTEST, BUT I SHALL SPEAK TO HIM.
SUSAN.
YES?
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO STEPHEN ALONE.
YES, MOTHER.
[DOOR CLOSES]
PLEASE...
SIT DOWN.
I AM GLAD THAT YOU HAVE COME AT THIS TIME.
MERWYN.
MERWYN, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
YES, SIR.
I'M GOING TO NEED YOUR HELP.
YOU CAN TRUST ME, SIR.
Stephen: WHAT, MRS. WITLEY?
Mrs. Witley: COME HERE.
CLOSER.
THAT BOX, MR. REINHART, THERE.
OPEN IT.
IT'S AN EARRING.
YES, IT'S AN EARRING.
TAKE IT OUT OF THE BOX.
EXAMINE IT.
LOOKS LIKE GOLD.
YES, IT'S GOLD.
BUT ITS IMPORTANCE DOESN'T LIE
IN THE METAL IT IS MADE OF.
AFRAID I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WHY SHOULD YOU?
YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS WHOLE HOUSE
IS OBSESSED WITH MYSTERY.
BUT I TELL YOU THAT SINGLE EARRING YOU ARE HOLDING
IN YOUR HAND IS SURROUNDED BY MYSTERY.
IT BELONGED TO MY MAID HELGA.
SHE WAS A NICE, SIMPLE GIRL,
AND COMPLETELY DEVOTED TO ME.
WELL, ABOUT A MONTH AGO
SHE WENT DOWN WITH SOME TERRIBLE DISEASE.
I BEGGED OF HER TO GO TO THE DOCTOR IN ARKHAM.
DID SHE GO?
NO, NO, I DON'T THINK SHE DID.
[EERIE HUMMING]
CHAINS FOR DEVILS.
OH!
WHATEVER IT WAS, SHE...
SHE SEEMED TO BE OVERCOME BY...
BY SOMETHING--WELL...
WELL, IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE SELF-LOATHING.
SHE TOOK TO WEARING A VEIL
AS IF SHE WANTED TO HIDE HERSELF FROM PRYING EYES.
WHY, UM...
WHY IS THE EARRING SO IMPORTANT?
ABOUT A FORTNIGHT AGO, SHE CAME HERE TO SEE ME.
SHE WAS CRYING. SHE SAID SHE WAS...
SHE WAS FRIGHTENED OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HER.
WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HER?
I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT SURE.
ANYWAY, SHE LEFT, AND SHE DROPPED THAT EARRING.
STEPHEN, I HAVEN'T SEEN HER SINCE.
WELL, PERHAPS MR. WITLEY KNOWS.
MY HUSBAND SAYS HE KNOWS NOTHING.
STEPHEN,
IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL THESE THINGS
THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE
THAT I HAD TO BE SURE OF YOU.
YOU ARE MY ONE HOPE FOR SUSAN.
TAKE HER AWAY FROM HERE
AS SOON AS YOU CAN TOMORROW, THE NEXT DAY.
YOU MUST PROMISE ME THAT.
MY HUSBAND MAY NOT ALLOW ME TO SEE YOU
OR SPEAK TO YOU AGAIN.
I MUST HAVE YOUR PROMISE NOW.
[BIRD CROWS]
[DOOR OPENS]
WHAT DID YOU TALK ABOUT?
OH, YOU. WE TALKED ABOUT YOU.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW I HAVE THE PARENTAL BLESSING.
WELL, HALF OF IT, ANYWAY.
MY ROOM'S SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN HERE.
I'LL SHOW YOU.
THIS IS THE ROOM.
I'LL HAVE MERWYN BRING UP YOUR CASE.
SUSAN, HOW LONG HAS YOUR MOTHER BEEN LIKE THAT?
ILL, YOU MEAN?
WELL, THAT AND THE, UH...
DARKENED ROOM, SHADED BED.
NOT LONG.
SHE'S BEEN WORSE THE PAST FEW DAYS.
AND THE, UH...
DOCTOR HAS FORBIDDEN HER TO HAVE ANY VISITORS?
NO, SHE HASN'T SEEN A DOCTOR.
FATHER WANTS TO LOOK AFTER HER HIMSELF.
AND WHAT ABOUT HELGA?
HELGA?
WHY ALL THESE QUESTIONS?
YOUR MOTHER'S VERY CONCERNED ABOUT HER.
SHE'S DISAPPEARED.
SUSAN, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
I DON'T KNOW, STEVE.
WHAT ELSE DID YOU AND MOTHER TALK ABOUT?
COME HERE.
YOUR MOTHER DID ASK WHETHER MY INTENTIONS ARE HONORABLE.
ARE THEY, STEVE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE INVITED REINHART HERE.
YOU'RE A DIFFICULT WOMAN, LETITIA.
NO, NOT DIFFICULT.
ONLY AFRAID.
OH, SO THAT'S IT, HUH?
THE SINS OF THE FATHERS, HUH?
WELL, LET ME WARN YOU.
NOTHING IS GOING TO DETER ME
FROM MY PURPOSE.
YES, THAT'S WHAT CORBIN SAID.
BUT HE'S DEAD, LETITIA.
HE'S BEEN DEAD FOR A LONG TIME.
IF THERE WAS EVIL,
IT'S BURIED WITH HIM.
ALL THAT REMAINS OF CORBIN
IS A FEW HARMLESS OBJECTS IN THE CELLAR.
NO, NO! YOU KNOW HOW LIGHT PAINS ME.
WHY DO YOU PERSIST IN THIS DELUSION?
PLEASE, NAHUM, CLOSE THE CURTAINS.
PLEASE.
I WONDER IF YOU REALIZE HOW LIKE CORBIN YOU'VE BECOME.
THERE'S NO SIMILARITY WHATSOEVER.
I'VE UTTERED NO INCANTATIONS.
NEITHER HAVE I CRIED OUT TO ANY
OF THE OTHER SO-CALLED...
CREATURES OF EVIL.
IT'S ONLY YOUR METHODS THAT DIFFER.
AND YOU KNOW WHY?
BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IN IT, ANY OF IT.
I NEVER HAVE BELIEVED IN IT.
IT IS YOU WHO WOULD PERPETUATE
THESE BLASPHEMIES...
THESE ABSURDITIES.
NAHUM,
I SAW YOUR FATHER CHANGE
FROM AN UPRIGHT GOD-FEARING MAN
INTO AN OLD MAN POSSESSED OF THE DEVIL.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MY FATHER
WILL NOT HAPPEN TO ME.
IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.
I COULD RATHER SEE IT HAPPENING TO YOU, LETITIA,
BUT NOT TO ME.
IT'S HAPPENING TO ALL OF US.
THERE'S EVIDENCE OF IT ALL AROUND US.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH CORBIN WITLEY.
CORBIN WAS INVOKING THE DARK POWERS WHEN HE DIED.
NOW HIS CALL IS BEING ANSWERED.
SO THAT IS WHY YOU SENT FOR STEPHEN REINHART.
I SENT FOR HIM TO TAKE SUSAN AWAY FROM HERE.
WHAT HAVE YOU TOLD HIM?
NOTHING.
ARE YOU SURE?
I DON'T NEED TO TELL HIM ANYTHING.
HE CAN SEE FOR HIMSELF.
I DON'T WANT HIM HERE. HE MUST LEAVE.
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, HE MUST LEAVE.
HE IS A GUEST HERE, NAHUM.
I WILL NOT HAVE HIM INTERFERING.
WOULD YOU PREFER THAT I WENT INTO THE TOWN
AND SHOWED MYSELF?
THE ONCE BEAUTIFUL
LETITIA WITLEY.
VERY WELL.
A DAY, PERHAPS. A DAY, BUT NO MORE.
THEN HE MUST LEAVE.
WELL, PERHAPS BY THEN YOU WILL HAVE SEEN THE TRUTH.
THE TRUTH?
THE TRUTH IS THAT I SEE THE FUTURE,
AND ALL THAT I'VE PLANNED FOR IT
WILL FILL IT WITH A RICHNESS WE HAVE NEVER KNOWN.
YES, THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE.
ALL THAT I CAN SEE IS HORROR.
HORROR!
[DISH CLATTERS]
I'M SORRY, SIR.
THIS IS A VERY LARGE ROOM.
BIG ENOUGH FOR A KING'S BANQUET.
THERE USED TO BE MANY PARTIES HERE, STEVE,
IN MY GREAT GRANDFATHER'S TIME.
BUT NONE SINCE?
NONE THAT I REMEMBER.
WHY NOT?
I DON'T KNOW.
PERHAPS THE NAME OF WITLEY NO LONGER COMMANDS
THE AFFECTION AND RESPECT IT ONCE DID.
IS, UM...
THAT WHY NO ONE IN THE VILLAGE
WOULD DRIVE ME OUT HERE?
YOU MEAN YOU HAD TO WALK ALL THAT WAY?
MM-HMM.
THE VILLAGERS HAVE NO USE FOR US, MR. REINHART.
I MAY ADD THE FEELING IS MUTUAL.
MERWYN.
YES, SIR?
HAS MRS. WITLEY HAD HER DINNER?
I PLACED A TRAY BEFORE HER, SIR,
BUT SHE DIDN'T SEEM TO WANT IT.
I'LL TAKE HER UP SOMETHING A LITTLE LATER, FATHER.
[WOMAN SCREAMS]
WHAT WAS THAT?
MR. WITLEY, I NOTICED A STRANGE BLACKENED AREA
ON THE WAY TO THE HOUSE.
WHAT HAPPENED THERE?
THERE WAS A FIRE, STEVE.
A FIRE?
WHY DO YOU SAY IT LIKE THAT?
WELL, DID YOU SEE IT?
NO, BUT FATHER DID.
WHY ARE YOU SO CURIOUS?
WELL, EVERYTHING IS DEAD IN THE AREA.
 NOTHING SEEMS TO GROW THERE.
I TOUCHED A BRANCH, AND IT FELL TO ASHES.
MY DAUGHTER HAS ALREADY TOLD YOU,
THERE WAS A FIRE.
BUT, MR. WITLEY,
NO FIRE LEAVES A PLACE LIKE THAT.
FATHER'S NEVER ALLOWED ME TO GO IN THE HEATH.
WHY NOT?
I DON'T KNOW...
BUT AFTER THE FIRE,
SOME OF THE VILLAGERS DISAPPEARED THERE.
NO ONE'S EVER BEEN ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
I THINK, SUSAN, YOU'RE INCLINED TO EXAGGERATE.
I WOULD SUGGEST POSSIBLY THAT YOU BOTH--
MERWYN!
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH HIM?
IT'S ALL RIGHT. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.
BUT HE'S UNCONSCIOUS.
PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO. SUSAN.
COME ON, STEVE.
STEVE.
[BIRD CROWS]
MOTHER.
I'VE BROUGHT YOUR DINNER.
IT'S YOUR FAVORITE.
TAKE IT AWAY.
YOU MUST EAT.
SHH.
QUIET, CHILD.
LISTEN.
WHAT IS IT?
SHH, SHH, QUIET.
YES.
[TAPPING]
AAH!
STEVE.
WHAT'S WRONG? WHAT'S WRONG, HONEY?
I THINK I SAW SOMETHING OUTSIDE THE WINDOW.
WELL, WHAT? WHO?
I DON'T KNOW,
BUT SOMETHING WAS STARING AT ME.
ARE YOU SURE YOU WEREN'T IMAGINING IT?
OH, I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S THIS HOUSE.
WHAT ABOUT THIS HOUSE?
THERE'S SOMETHING IN IT, SOMETHING SMOTHERING.
I'M TAKING YOU AWAY FROM HERE.
OH, I WISH I COULD--
TONIGHT!
I CAN'T.
WHY?
I CAN'T LEAVE MOTHER THE WAY SHE IS.
FIRST IT WAS THE LIGHT SHE COULDN'T STAND,
AND THEN SHE TOOK TO HER BED.
NOW SHE WON'T EAT.
SUSAN, IT WAS YOUR MOTHER WHO MADE ME PROMISE
TO TAKE YOU AWAY FROM HERE.
DARLING, I WANT TO GO WITH YOU.
WE'RE LEAVING HERE RIGHT AWAY.
NO, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
TOMORROW MORNING.
I'M AFRAID SHE WON'T BE ANY BETTER IN THE MORNING.
OH, STEVE, I WISH I KNEW WHAT TO DO.
STEVE!
WHAT?
BY THE WINDOW.
THERE'S NOTHING THERE. IT'S YOUR IMAGINATION.
I'M NOT IMAGINING IT.
LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT IT ANYMORE.
WE'LL DISCUSS IT TOMORROW.
YOU HAVE TO GET SOME REST.
OH, STEVE.
I LOVE YOU.
AND I LOVE YOU.
EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE ALL RIGHT.
[SHRIEK]
IT CAME FROM DOWNSTAIRS.
[SHRIEK]
[CLUNK]
[POP]
WHERE DOES THIS GO?
IT LEADS TO MERWYN'S ROOM.
FATHER!
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE COME DOWN HERE.
BUT THE SCREAMING AND THE NOISE.
IT WAS MERWYN. HE'S DEAD.
IT WAS TERRIBLE.
NOW PLEASE GO BACK UP TO YOUR ROOMS.
NOBODY CAN DO ANYTHING TO HELP NOW.
WAIT A MINUTE.
WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT? HOW DID HE DIE?
HE'S BEEN ILL FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
WELL, WHERE'S THE BODY?
THAT'S REALLY NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
WELL, I SEEM TO THINK IT IS MY BUSINESS.
NO, STEVE.
WAIT A SECOND, SUSAN.
YOU DON'T SEEM TO REALIZE WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE.
THIS IS MY HOUSE.
I MUST ASK YOU TO ALLOW ME
TO RUN MY OWN AFFAIRS MY OWN WAY.
THIS MAY BE YOUR HOUSE, BUT A MAN IS DEAD!
GET DRESSED. WE'RE GONNA LEAVE NOW.
I CAN'T LEAVE NOW, STEVE.
PLEASE DON'T MAKE TROUBLE.
GOOD NIGHT.
[RUSTLING]
[DIGGING]
[WHINE]
[CLANK]
 [WOLF HOWLS]
[SNORING]
[CREAK]
[THUMP]
[DOOR OPENS]
[DOOR CLOSES]
[BIRD CAWING]
[SHRIEK]
[BIRD CRYING]
[ANIMAL CALLING]
OOH!
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
[BELL TOLLING]
YES?
IS THE DOCTOR IN?
DID YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT?
NO, BUT I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO HIM.
IS IT AN EMERGENCY?
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I SPEAK TO THE DOCTOR.
COME INSIDE.
THIS WAY.
YOU WANTED TO SPEAK TO ME?
DR. HENDERSON?
MY NAME IS STEVE REINHART.
I'M FROM THE UNITED STATES.
I HAD TO TALK TO YOU.
NOBODY IN THE VILLAGE RECOMMENDED ME.
I'M SURE OF THAT.
I FOUND YOUR NAME IN THE PHONE BOOK.
ACTUALLY, I'VE BEEN OUT OF PRACTICE FOR SOME TIME NOW.
WELL, I, UH, I DIDN'T COME TO SEE YOU
IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY, DOCTOR.
I, UH...
WELL, SOMETHING FUNNY'S HAPPENING IN THIS TOWN.
I THINK THE FAMILY I'M STAYING WITH
MAY BE INVOLVED.
WHY COME TO ME? WOULD YOU LIKE A DRINK?
NO, THANKS. IT'S A LITTLE EARLY.
I, UH, I THOUGHT A DOCTOR,
SOMEONE OBJECTIVE COULD HELP ME,
GIVE ME SOME INFORMATION.
ABOUT WHAT?
ABOUT THIS VILLAGE.
ABOUT THE PEOPLE I'M STAYING WITH.
WHY WAS EVERYONE FRIGHTENED
WHEN I TOLD THEM WHERE I WAS GOING?
FRIGHTENED? YEAH.
OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WITLEY PLACE.
ONLY THE NAME WITLEY
COULD BRING OUT THAT SORT OF REACTION.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHY?
I'M SORRY. I CAN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING.
EVEN IF I TOLD YOU
AN OLD MAN DIED OUT THERE LAST NIGHT?
DIED? I DON'T GIVE ONE DAMN WHAT HAPPENED IN THAT PLACE,
NOR DOES ANYBODY ELSE IN THIS VILLAGE.
HEY, WHAT IS THIS?
YOU'RE SCARED. EVERYBODY'S SCARED.
NOW, YOU'RE A DOCTOR.
DON'T YOU HAVE ANY PRIDE IN WHAT YOU ARE?
I'VE SEEN PEOPLE IN TROUBLE.
I MAY HAVE SEEN A MURDER.
MURDER?
THAT'S RIGHT.
I'M SORRY. I CAN'T HELP YOU.
NOW, GO AWAY.
YOU, TOO.
WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE?
WHY IS THERE THAT SUDDEN FEAR,
THAT RELUCTANCE TO SPEAK
WHENEVER THE NAME WITLEY IS MENTIONED?
MISS BAILEY, CAN YOU SHOW MR. REINHART TO THE DOOR?
YOU ASKED THE DOCTOR ABOUT THE WITLEY PLACE?
CAN YOU TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT IT?
CAN YOU TELL ME ANYTHING ABOUT THE WITLEYS?
ONLY THIS--DR. HENDERSON WAS A GOOD DOCTOR.
A WONDERFUL MAN.
CORBIN WITLEY DIED IN DR. HENDERSON'S ARMS.
DR. HENDERSON RETURNED HERE
FROM THAT VISIT TO THE WITLEY PLACE,
AND HE'S NEVER BEEN THE SAME.
WHAT DID CORBIN WITLEY DIE FROM?
IT'S NEVER SPOKEN OF.
ON THE DEATH CERTIFICATE,
IT SAID "CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE,"
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS--
THERE WAS NO AUTOPSY,
BECAUSE THERE WAS NO FUNERAL.
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY.
BECAUSE FOR THE EXCEPTION OF DR. HENDERSON,
NO ONE IN THE VILLAGE SAW THE BODY.
I'VE SAID ENOUGH.
I'VE SAID MORE THAN I OUGHT.
[BIRD CAWING]
MOTHER?
MOTHER, PLEASE LET ME IN.
SUSAN, DEAR.
I HEARD HER MOVING ABOUT.
I KNOW.
MOTHER, WILL YOU PLEASE OPEN THIS DOOR?
IT'S ALL RIGHT, SUSAN, NOW DON'T WORRY.
I'LL TALK TO HER.
I'VE TRIED TO, FATHER.
I KNOW YOU HAVE, DEAR, I KNOW.
NOW, YOU GO ALONG. I'LL TALK TO HER.
LETITIA.
I MUST SPEAK TO YOU. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
LETITIA.
BUT, STEVE, NO ONE EVER GOES TO THE GREENHOUSE AT NIGHT.
WELL, IF THERE WAS NO ONE INSIDE,
THEN WHY WAS THERE A LIGHT?
A LIGHT?
THAT'S RIGHT. THE ENTIRE GREENHOUSE.
THE ONLY WORD I CAN THINK OF IS "GLOWED."
I'VE SEEN A GLOW LIKE THAT ONCE BEFORE
IN A RADIATION LAB.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND, STEVE.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING OUTSIDE LAST NIGHT?
I WAS WATCHING YOUR FATHER.
FATHER?
WHAT WAS HE DOING?
BURYING MERWYN.
SOMETHING ELSE HAS HAPPENED, TOO.
WHAT?
I WAS ATTACKED ON THE HEATH THIS MORNING.
I'M SURE IT WAS HELGA.
OH, STEVE.
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
WHY IS THE GREENHOUSE LOCKED?
WHY, IS IT?
IT NEVER HAS BEEN BEFORE.
WELL, IT IS NOW.
WELL, IT SHOULDN'T BE.
HAVE YOU BEEN IN IT LATELY?
NO. NOT SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK FROM COLLEGE.
COME ON.
LETITIA, NOW, LISTEN TO ME.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE, I KNOW,
BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU TO THE VILLAGE
TO SEE THE DOCTOR.
[MOANING]
LETITIA.
HOW LONG HAVE THESE WINDOWS BEEN WHITEWASHED?
THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN WHITEWASHED.
THERE.
[CHAIN CLINKING]
I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT LOCK BEFORE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY OF GETTING IN?
OH, STEVE, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD.
THE ANSWER TO WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND HERE
MAY BE INSIDE.
WE'VE GOT TO GET IN.
I KNOW A WAY.
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I USED TO HIDE FROM MERWYN
WHEN MOTHER WOULD SEND HIM TO LOOK FOR ME.
I USED TO GET IN SOMEWHERE ALONG HERE.
HERE IT IS.
[EERIE HUMMING]
I SEE IT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE IT.
HOW COULD PLANTS GROW LIKE THIS?
IT'S FANTASTIC.
YEAH.
HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN?
[SHRIEK]
WHAT WAS THAT?
I DON'T KNOW.
REMEMBER THE CRY WE HEARD AT DINNER LAST NIGHT?
I HEARD ONE JUST LIKE IT THIS MORNING.
WHAT'S IN THERE?
IT USED TO BE A POTTING SHED.
OH, COME ON, STEVE.
IT'S DARK IN THERE, EXCEPT...
EXCEPT FOR A KIND OF GLOW.
OH, STEVE. PLEASE COME AWAY.
WE CAN'T, SUSAN.
THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON AROUND HERE.
SOMETHING THAT'S AFFECTING EVERY MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY.
WE SHOULDN'T.
IF FATHER FINDS OUT, HE'LL BE FURIOUS.
WELL, LET HIM.
WE'RE NOT GONNA LEAVE HERE WITH ANY QUESTIONS UNANSWERED.
NOW, STAY HERE.
NO.
I'M COMING WITH YOU.
OK. COME ON.
WHAT IS IT?
THOSE FLICKERING COLORS MUST BE SOME KIND OF ENERGY.
URANIUM.
THIS ROOM IS BEING EXPOSED TO SOME FORM OF RADIATION.
[SHRIEK]
IT'S HORRIBLE.
[SCREECHING]
IT LOOKS LIKE A ZOO IN HELL.
OH, COME ON, STEVE. COME ON!
IT'S ALL RIGHT, SUSAN. IT'S ALL RIGHT.
THAT MENAGERIE OF HORRORS.
WHAT WERE THEY?
GENETIC MUTATIONS PROBABLY CAUSED BY RADIATION.
IT'S A SCIENTIFIC FACT
THAT CONTINUED EXPOSURE TO RADIOACTIVE ENERGY
CAN CHANGE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THESE PLANTS.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE CREATURES IN THERE.
THE SCENT IN HERE, IT'S SO SWEET.
IT'S SICKENING.
IT'S THE EFFECT OF DECAY.
STEVE, WHAT IS IT?
THERE'S SOMETHING DOWN HERE.
THIS STONE--LIKE THE ONES IN THE POTTING SHED.
WHAT IS IT, STEVE?
I DON'T KNOW. I NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE.
I WONDER IF IT'S AN ELEMENT.
IT'S GIVING OFF HEAT.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN CUT AWAY FROM SOME LARGER STONE.
THERE'S ONE UNDER EVERY PLANT.
THIS IS THE ANSWER, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
THE STONES?
YEAH.
YOU MEAN THAT THEY MAKE EVERYTHING IN HERE
GROW THIS WAY?
YEAH. AND IN THERE, TOO.
OH, BUT, STEVE,
IF IT DOES THIS TO PLANTS...
EXACTLY. IF IT AFFECTS PLANTS IN SUCH A WAY
AFTER HOURS AND DAYS OF EXPOSURE,
WHAT WOULD IT DO TO A HUMAN BEING?
MOTHER AND HELGA-- THEY WORKED IN HERE.
YEAH. AND MERWYN,
HE MUST HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH THESE STONES,
OR THE LARGER ONE FROM WHICH THEY WERE CUT.
I WONDER WHERE THE LARGER STONE COULD BE.
I DON'T KNOW.
IN THE CELLAR, PERHAPS.
THE CELLAR.
THERE ARE MANY ROOMS DOWN THERE.
AAH!
COME ON.
YOU ALL RIGHT?
YES.
LETITIA.
LETITIA!
THAT'S THE DOOR.
YOU STAY HERE.
BUT YOU WON'T FIND THE WAY.
YES, I WILL. GO UPSTAIRS.
STEVE, BE CAREFUL.
DON'T WORRY.
[CREAKING]
WHERE'S REINHART? I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR HIM.
WELL, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
THE GREENHOUSE.
BUT I PUT A LOCK ON THAT DOOR.
I KNEW ANOTHER WAY IN.
YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO BE THERE.
WHY HAVE YOU BEEN KEEPING IT A SECRET?
WAS REINHART WITH YOU?
YES.
IS HE STILL THERE?
NO.
WHERE IS HE?
WHERE IS HE?!
YOU'RE HURTING ME!
TELL ME WHERE HE IS!
HE'S IN THE CELLAR.
THE CELLAR!
FATHER!
STAY THERE! STAY THERE!
[SQUEAKING]
[EERIE HUMMING]
GET OUT OF THIS ROOM!
I SAID GET OUT!
NO.
NOT UNTIL YOU LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
OH, DON'T PRESS ME. I'M IN NO MOOD FOR WORDS.
DO YOU PREFER DEATH?!
DON'T THREATEN ME!
LISTEN! EVERY LIVING THING IN THIS HOUSE WILL DIE!
GET RID OF THAT STONE AND THE ONES IN THE GREENHOUSE.
IF YOU DON'T, ALL LIFE IN AND AROUND THIS HOUSE
WILL BECOME EXACTLY LIKE THE BURNED OUT AREA,
THE MONSTROSITIES IN THE GREENHOUSE!
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S ALREADY DESTROYED MERWYN.
YOU WANT IT TO DESTROY YOUR WIFE AND SUSAN?
IT'S BEGINNING TO DESTROY YOU!
NO.
LISTEN TO THAT HUMMING SOUND.
LOOK AT THE WAY IT GLOWS.
[HUMMING]
IT'S ONLY A STONE. IT'S HARMLESS.
I DON'T THINK YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT, MR. WITLEY.
I THINK YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT IT CAN DO.
YOU KNOW MRS. WITLEY NEEDS A DOCTOR!
[SUSAN SCREAMS]
SUSAN!
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
SUSAN!
OH, STEVE.
WHAT HAPPENED?
[SIGHS]
IT'S ALL RIGHT. I GOT YOU NOW.
SUSAN, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR MOTHER?
I DON'T KNOW.
I HEARD HER SMASHING THINGS AND...
I TRIED TO GET HER TO COME OUT...
AND THEN THE DOOR BURST OPEN AND I SCREAMED.
I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING AFTER THAT.
CAN YOU GET UP NOW?
I THINK SO.
COME ON.
ARE YOU OK?
I'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
Nahum: I MUST FIND LETITIA.
[THUNDER]
I MUST HELP.
NO. COME ON.
[CLATTER]
LETITIA!
[THUMP]
[VASE SHATTERS]
COME ON.
Nahum: LETITIA!
LET'S TRY THIS WAY.
LETITIA!
[THUNDER]
MOTHER?
IT'S ONLY THE WIND.
COME ON.
LETITIA.
[SHRIEKING]
[POUNDING]
STEVE!
NO!
AAH!
[GRUNTING]
[SOBBING]
[GASPS]
REINHART...
GET MY DAUGHTER OUT OF HERE!
PLEASE TAKE SUSAN AWAY!
THE EVIL THAT CORBIN HAS CREATED
HAS FINALLY COME TO ROOT HERE.
I REFUSED TO LISTEN TO HER ENTREATIES,
AND NOW LETITIA HAS PAID WITH HER LIFE
FOR CORBIN'S BLASPHEMIES.
AND MY OWN, TOO!
MR. WITLEY, BLASPHEMY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
IN MY HEART, I MUST HAVE KNOWN THAT SHE WAS RIGHT.
IT IS AS SHE SAID. A CURSE IS SET UPON THIS HOUSE.
HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO BLIND AS NOT TO KNOW THAT?
THAT STONE WAS SENT FROM THE OTHER SIDE
BY THE HAND OF CORBIN REACHING OUT TO US
FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE.
A CURSE?
WHAT DO YOU KNOW OF THIS HOUSE
OR THE PEOPLE WHO'VE LIVED IN IT?
I KNOW ENOUGH TO KNOW
THAT THE STONE WAS NOT SENT BY ANYONE.
AH, IT'S EASY ENOUGH FOR YOU TO SAY THAT,
BUT YOU DIDN'T SEE IT AS I DID THAT SUNDAY MORNING,
SCREAMING DOWN OUT OF THE HEAVENS
TO CRASH AND BURY ITSELF IN THE HEATH.
IT FELL FROM THE SKY.
THEN IT WAS A METEORITE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A GIFT FROM HEAVEN.
THE PEOPLE FROM THE VILLAGE CAME TO SEE WHAT IT WAS,
BUT THEY WOULDN'T COME NEAR IT.
OH, NO, THEY KNEW,
BECAUSE THE FEAR OF CORBIN WAS STILL IN THEM.
THE NEXT MORNING THE HEATH WAS COVERED WITH A LUSH VEGETATION
THAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE GROWN THERE.
WHY DID YOU BRING IT INTO THE HOUSE?
WHY?
BECAUSE I THOUGHT-- AS CORBIN KNEW I WOULD--
I THOUGHT I'D FOUND A WAY TO TURN THIS WASTELAND
INTO A PLACE OF BEAUTY.
GREAT VINEYARDS, GARDENS...
THAT WAS MY DREAM.
I THOUGHT THE NAME OF WITLEY WOULD MEAN SOMETHING ONCE AGAIN
AND CORBIN'S INIQUITIES WOULD BE ATONED FOR.
EVERYONE HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH WAS TOUCHED BY IT.
FATHER, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME BACK INTO THE HOUSE?
SUSAN...
STEPHEN, WILL YOU TAKE SUSAN AWAY, PLEASE?
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
I WILL STAY HERE TO DESTROY THIS MONSTROUS THING.
YOU CAN'T DESTROY IT. IF YOU GO NEAR IT,
THERE IS ONLY ONE RESULT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
YOU SEEM TO FORGET. THIS IS MY HOME.
I LIVE HERE...
AND I, LIKE MY FATHER AND HIS FATHER BEFORE HIM,
WAS BORN HERE.
I'M AN OLD MAN NOW, AND IF I'M TO DIE,
I WILL DIE HERE.
I'M NOT LEAVING HERE WITHOUT YOU, FATHER.
SUSAN, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.
NOW, LET'S GO.
SOMETHING DREADFUL'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
NOW, PLEASE!
SUSAN, GO WITH STEPHEN.
GO AWAY! GO AWAY!
COME ON. LET'S GO AND PACK.
[EERIE HUMMING]
UNH.
[CREAKING]
[HUMMING GROWS LOUDER]
HELGA!
AAH! [KNIFE DROPS]
[HUMMING GROWS FASTER]
[SCREAMING]
THAT'LL DO. COME ON.
[NAHUM SCREAMS] FATHER!
STAY HERE.
[MOANS]
MR. WITLEY!
[CLATTER]
[BAT SQUEAKING]
SUSAN, GET BACK!
[EERIE HUMMING]
COME ON.
GET OVER THERE AND STAY THERE.
WHEN I SAY, "RUN," HEAD FOR THE DOOR.
GO AHEAD.
[GRUNTING]
AAH!
NO!
AAH!
COME ON.
RUN, SUSAN, RUN!
STEVE!
AAH!
OH!
SUSAN!
STEPHEN!
SUSAN! SUSAN, HOLD ON!
HOLD ON!
I GOT YOU.
IT'S ALL RIGHT.
OH, STEVE.
AAH!
COME ON, SUSAN.
WE'RE GOING, AND WE'RE NOT LOOKING BACK.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND, STEVE.
WHY DID ALL THIS HAVE TO HAPPEN?
I DON'T THINK IT HAD TO HAPPEN.
IN THE PROPER SCIENTIFIC HANDS,
YOUR FATHER'S DISCOVERY COULD HAVE BEEN BENEFICIAL.
BUT HE USED IT TO FIGHT IN THE ONLY WAY HE KNEW--
FOR HIS HOUSE AND THE WITLEY NAME.
IT WAS HIS CHOICE, AND HE MADE IT.
COME ON, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
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