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[WIND BLOWING]
[DOOR UNLOCKING]
SIR?
I SHOULD LIKE TO SEE MISS USHER.
WELL, I...
I'M AFRAID THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, SIR.
MISS USHER IS CONFINED TO HER BED.
SHE'S ILL?
YES, SIR.
IS IT SERIOUS?
SIR?
MY NAME IS PHILIP WINTHROP.
MISS USHER AND I ARE ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED.
I CANNOT ADMIT YOU, SIR.
CANNOT?
BY WHOSE ORDER?
MR. RODERICK. HER BROTHER.
HE HAS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN--
THEN I SHALL SPEAK TO HIM.
I INSIST YOU ANNOUNCE ME.
YES, SIR.
IF YOU'LL JUST COME IN.
YOUR COAT, SIR.
IF YOU'LL JUST FOLLOW ME.
YES, WHAT IS IT?
YOUR BOOTS, SIR.
WHAT ABOUT THEM?
DO YOU MIND TAKING THEM OFF?
WHAT ON EARTH FOR?
I'M SURE MR. RODERICK WILL EXPECT YOU TO, SIR.
A STRANGE REQUEST.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER BEEN--
SIR...
IF YOU'D CARE TO PUT THESE ON, SIR.
THANK YOU.
WELL, IF WE MAY GO NOW.
THIS WAY, SIR.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?
I...
THIS IS MR. WINTHROP, SIR.
HOW DARE YOU ADMIT ANYONE INTO THIS HOUSE.
Winthrop: I INSISTED, SIR.
I FELT I HAD THE RIGHT.
WELL, WE CAN'T TALK OUT HERE.
PLEASE COME IN.
I GATHER YOU KNOW WHO I AM, SIR.
IF YOU PLEASE, [WHISPERING] MR. WINTHROP...
SOFTLY.
AN AFFLICTION OF THE HEARING.
SOUNDS OF ANY EXAGGERATED DEGREE
CUT INTO MY BRAIN LIKE KNIVES.
MY APOLOGIES.
I'M AFRAID YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE, MR. WINTHROP.
I'VE COME TO SEE MADELINE.
THAT IS QUITE IMPOSSIBLE.
SHE IS CONFINED TO HER BED.
MR. USHER, YOUR SISTER AND I ARE BETROTHED.
IT WAS A MISTAKE.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
PLEASE DON'T ARGUE WITH ME, SIR.
YOU MUST LEAVE THIS HOUSE NOW.
IT IS NOT A HEALTHY PLACE FOR YOU TO BE.
[LOUDLY] MR. USHER...
I HAVE RIDDEN ALL THE WAY FROM BOSTON
TO SEE MADELINE.
AND I DO NOT INTEND TO LEAVE
[LOUDER] WITHOUT SEEING HER. NOW, IF--
Woman's voice: PHILIP.
MADELINE.
MADELINE, IN HEAVEN'S NAME,
YOU MUST RETURN TO YOUR BED.
MADELINE...
YOU CAME ALL THE WAY JUST TO SEE ME?
YES, TO SEE YOU.
MADELINE, I MUST INSIST.
WE SHALL TALK LATER, PHILIP.
MR. WINTHROP IS LEAVING.
LEAVING?
I'M NOT LEAVING.
HE MUST STAY, RODERICK.
PLEASE LET HIM STAY, RODERICK.
VERY WELL, HE WILL STAY.
NOW, FOR PITY'S SAKE, RETURN TO YOUR BED.
Roderick: WHAT HAPPENED?
I THINK YOUR FIREPLACE NEEDS A SCREEN.
DOES IT?
I WAS JUST ADMIRING THIS PAINTING HERE.
IS IT YOUR OWN WORK?
IT IS.
AND YOU ALSO PLAY THIS LUTE.
I DO.
MR. WINTHROP, ARE YOU ACTUALLY PLANNING
TO MARRY MY SISTER?
MR. USHER,
DURING THE TIME THAT WE SPENT TOGETHER IN BOSTON,
IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME THAT--
AND I DARE SAY TO MADELINE, EITHER--
THAT WE WERE NOT DESTINED FOR EACH OTHER.
WHEN SHE LEFT ME, SHE SAID TO ME,
"I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER."
DOES IT SEEM SO INCREDIBLE THEN
THAT I WOULD WANT TO MARRY HER?
IF YOU ONLY KNEW HOW INCREDIBLE.
AND I SUPPOSE THIS...
THIS VISION INCLUDES CHILDREN?
GOD WILLING.
GOD WILLING?
IF YOU KNEW THE NIGHTMARE YOU ARE PICTURING FOR ME, SIR.
NIGHTMARE?
THAT'S WHAT I SAID.
WHY SHOULDN'T MADELINE MARRY AND HAVE CHILDREN?
BECAUSE THE USHER LINE IS TAINTED, MR. WINTHROP.
TAINTED, SIR?
YOU SAW MADELINE AND YOU SEE ME.
WE ARE DYING, MR. WINTHROP.
AS YOU SAW HER TODAY,
SHE IS AND WILL REMAIN.
BELIEVE ME, SIR, I BEAR YOU NO MALICE.
WERE THINGS OTHERWISE,
I SHOULD WELCOME YOU INTO OUR FAMILY JOYOUSLY.
BUT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT IS QUITE IMPOSSIBLE.
BUT WHY DO YOU ASSUME THAT...
THAT YOU ARE DYING?
THERE ARE MANY REASONS.
PRAY, GIVE ME ONE THEN.
MADELINE AND I ARE LIKE FIGURES OF FINE GLASS.
THE SLIGHTEST TOUCH AND WE MAY SHATTER.
BOTH OF US SUFFER
FROM A MORBID ACUTENESS OF THE SENSES.
MINE IS THE WORSE FOR HAVING EXISTED THE LONGER,
BUT BOTH OF US ARE AFFLICTED WITH IT.
ANY SORT OF FOOD
MORE EXOTIC THAN THE MOST PALLID MASH
IS UNENDURABLE TO MY TASTE BUDS.
ANY SORT OF GARMENT OTHER THAN THE SOFTEST
IS AGONY TO MY FLESH.
MY EYES ARE TORMENTED
BY ALL BUT THE FAINTEST ILLUMINATION.
ODORS ASSAIL ME CONSTANTLY,
AND, AS I HAVE SAID,
SOUNDS OF ANY DEGREE WHATSOEVER
INSPIRE ME WITH TERROR.
THAT'S WHY YOUR SERVANT
ASKED ME TO REMOVE MY BOOTS.
YES. AND EVEN SO, I COULD HEAR YOU COMING.
EVERY FOOTSTEP.
EVERY RUSTLE OF YOUR CLOTHES.
I COULD HEAR YOUR HORSE APPROACHING.
HEAR THE CLATTER OF ITS HOOVES ACROSS THE COURTYARD.
YOUR KNOCK...
THE GRATING OF THE DOOR BOLT
WAS LIKE A SWORD STROKE TO MY EARS.
I CAN HEAR THE SCRATCH OF RAT CLAWS
WITHIN THE STONE WALL.
MR. WINTHROP...
THREE QUARTERS OF MY FAMILY HAVE FALLEN INTO MADNESS,
AND IN THEIR MADNESS HAVE ACQUIRED
A SUPER-HUMAN STRENGTH.
SO THAT IT TOOK THE POWER OF MANY TO SUBDUE THEM.
DO YOU NOT EXAGGERATE, SIR?
[PLAYS CHORDS]
PERHAPS THERE HAVE BEEN IN YOUR FAMILY CERTAIN...
PECULIARITIES OF TEMPERAMENT, BUT--
PECULIARITIES OF TEMPERAMENT?
HOW DIPLOMATICALLY YOU PUT IT.
PECULIARITIES OF TEMPERAMENT.
[STRUMS LUTE]
WOULD YOU PERMIT ME
TO LIGHT A CANDLE SO THAT--
I THINK YOU HAD BETTER LEAVE, MR. WINTHROP.
I THINK YOU NEED SOME LIGHT IN THIS HOUSE, MR. USHER.
2 PALE DROPS OF FIRE...
GUTTERING IN THE VAST, CONSUMING DARKNESS.
MY SISTER AND MYSELF.
SHORTLY, THEY WILL BURN NO MORE.
SHE CANNOT LEAVE THIS HOUSE, MR. WINTHROP.
BELIEVE THAT OR NOT, AS YOU WILL,
BUT SHE CANNOT LEAVE IT.
FOR HER OWN SAKE AS WELL AS YOURS,
WILL YOU LEAVE NOW, PLEASE?
NO, I WILL NOT.
VERY WELL.
BRISTOL WILL SHOW YOU TO A ROOM.
I HAVE WARNED YOU, SIR.
WHATEVER CONSEQUENCES MAY FOLLOW YOUR REFUSAL TO LEAVE
ARE UPON YOU ALONE.
[HOUSE SHAKING]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
YES?
Bristol's voice: SUPPER, MR. WINTHROP.
I'LL BE DOWN DIRECTLY.
Bristol: VERY GOOD, SIR.
[HOUSE CREAKING]
[HOUSE RUMBLING]
AAH!
WHAT IS THAT NOISE?
WHAT HAPPENED?
IS IT, MR. WINTHROP?
PHILIP!
I'M ALL--I'M ALL RIGHT, MADELINE.
WHAT HAPPENED?
I'M NOT SURE.
PHILIP, YOU BETTER LEAVE THIS PLACE.
PLEASE LEAVE.
IT ISN'T SAFE FOR YOU.
DARLING, I'M ALL RIGHT.
I'M NOT LEAVING YOU, MADELINE.
MR. WINTHROP.
UH, NO...THANK YOU.
MY DEAR?
YOU HAVEN'T TOUCHED A THING, MADELINE.
[HOUSE CREAKS]
DON'T YOU THINK...
THAT CRACK IN THE WALL SHOULD BE REPAIRED?
FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS OF USHERS?
FOR MADELINE'S SAFETY.
IT WAS PROBABLY THE TREMBLING OF THE HOUSE
WHICH CAUSED THAT CHANDELIER TO FALL.
DO YOU REALLY THINK SO?
HAVE YOU A BETTER EXPLANATION?
AHEM.
WHILE I WAS RIDING HERE,
I NOTICED A SINGULAR LACK OF VEGETATION
IN THE AREA.
IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SOIL?
THE SOIL?
YES, OF COURSE.
RODERICK, PLEASE...
AS YOU WILL.
HOW DO THINGS GO IN BOSTON, PHILIP?
EVERYONE ASKS FOR YOU.
OH, DO THEY?
THEY MISS YOU, MADELINE.
WE ALL...MISS YOU.
[RODERICK PLAYING LUTE]
REMARKABLE.
AND YOU COMPOSED IT YOURSELF?
YES.
MAY WE HAVE ANOTHER?
I'M AFRAID MADELINE MUST RETIRE NOW.
BUT I'M NOT TIRED.
VERY WELL.
GOOD NIGHT, BROTHER.
GOOD NIGHT, MY DEAR.
GOOD NIGHT, PHILIP.
GOOD NIGHT.
I SUGGEST WE RETIRE, TOO, MR. WINTHROP.
GLADLY.
I TRUST THAT YOU WILL BE PREPARED TO LEAVE
TOMORROW MORNING.
IF YOU WISH.
BUT IF I DO...
I WON'T BE ALONE.
I INTEND TO SEE THAT--
[MUFFLED] AAH.
[WHISPERING] PHILIP.
OH, DARLING, DARLING.
I'M SORRY I FRIGHTENED YOU.
I DIDN'T WANT TO KNOCK
FOR FEAR YOUR BROTHER WOULD HEAR.
PHILIP, I'VE MISSED YOU.
OH, I LOVE YOU.
MADELINE, I SWEAR TO YOU,
TOMORROW YOU WILL LEAVE THIS PLACE WITH ME.
IF ONLY I COULD.
YOU WILL, YOU WILL.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
MAY YOU NEVER SEE INTO THE HEART
OF THIS HORRIBLE HOUSE.
DARLING, ONCE YOU'RE WITH ME,
YOU'LL WAKE UP FROM THIS... THIS NIGHTMARE.
[DOOR SLAMS]
GOOD NIGHT, SIR.
MR. USHER, PERHAPS YOU FAIL TO UNDERSTAND--
GOOD NIGHT, SIR.
YOU CANNOT ORDER MY LIFE, RODERICK.
IS IT SO EASY FOR YOU TO FORGET, MADELINE?
MY LIFE IS MY OWN.
IS IT?
YES.
I THINK--
IS IT, MADELINE?
DO YOU HATE ME SO MUCH
YOU WANT TO KEEP ME A PRISONER HERE?
HATE YOU?
OH, MY DEAR, HATE YOU?
DON'T YOU KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU
MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD?
CAN'T YOU SEE IT'S MY LOVE FOR YOU
MAKES ME ACT AS I DO?
YOU CANNOT LEAVE HERE, MADELINE.
YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU DID.
YOU KNOW THAT.
I ONLY KNOW WHAT YOU'VE TOLD ME.
OH, MY DEAR.
DO NOT DELUDE YOURSELF.
I BEG OF YOU, DO NOT DELUDE YOURSELF.
SIR...
I SHALL STAY WITH HER.
IN THE NAME OF GOD, SIR, WILL YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?
LEAVE MY SISTER BE.
MR. USHER, I MEAN TO TAKE HER FROM THIS HOUSE TOMORROW.
I WILL NOT ARGUE WITH YOU.
WOULD YOU LEAVE, PLEASE?
Philip: IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT, MADELINE.
[DOOR CLOSES]
[HOUSE CREAKING]
[CLANGING, RUMBLING]
[DOOR HINGE CREAKING]
MADELINE?
[WIND GUSTING]
[DOOR SLAMS]
[CLANG]
[CLANGING]
[CLANG]
[CREAKING]
MADELINE?
[WHISPERING] DON'T TOUCH HER.
YOU MUSTN'T WAKE HER, SIR.
THE SHOCK COULD BE VERY HARMFUL.
Philip: HOW DID SHE GET HERE?
SHE WALKS IN HER SLEEP, SIR.
AND THEN SHE COMES HERE?
SHE'S OBSESSED BY THOUGHTS OF DEATH.
POOR CHILD.
HOW LONG HAS SHE BEEN DOING THIS?
EVER SINCE HER RETURN FROM BOSTON, SIR.
I'LL JUST TAKE HER TO HER ROOM.
NO, I'LL--
NO, NO.
YOU MIGHT AWAKEN HER, SIR.
BETTER LET ME.
I'VE DONE IT BEFORE.
GOOD MORNING, BRISTOL.
GOOD MORNING, SIR.
HAS MISS MADELINE HAD HER BREAKFAST YET?
OH, NO, SIR.
GOOD. THEN I'D LIKE TO TAKE A BREAKFAST TRAY TO HER.
VERY WELL, SIR.
OF COURSE, SHE DOESN'T EAT MUCH USUALLY.
WELL, THEN WE'LL SEE TO IT THAT SHE DOES EAT.
YES, SIR.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
BREAD, THAT'S GOOD.
UM, MILK. A LITTLE FRUIT?
OH, I--I'LL TAKE IT TO HER, SIR.
NO, I'LL DO IT.
YES, SIR.
OH, HOW ABOUT SOME EGGS?
OH, SIR, I...
I THINK PERHAPS A LITTLE GRUEL.
IT'S THE MOST SHE'S EVER EATEN IN THE MORNING.
GRUEL?
YES, SIR.
OH, YES, HER-- HER SENSE OF TASTE.
WELL, ALL RIGHT, THEN.
HOT GRUEL... FOR BOTH OF US.
YES, SIR.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN WITH THE USHERS, BRISTOL?
60 YEARS, SIR.
60 YEARS?
EVER SINCE I WAS A BOY.
WHY, THEN THIS IS AS MUCH YOUR HOUSE
AS IT IS MR. RODERICK'S.
AND MISS MADELINE, SIR.
NOT AFTER TODAY.
I'M TAKING HER TO BOSTON WITH ME.
I SEE.
[CRACKING]
HOW LONG HAS THAT BEEN GOING ON?
SO LONG I'M HARDLY AWARE OF IT ANYMORE.
IT'S JUST THE SETTLING OF THE HOUSE.
THAT SETTLING CAN CAUSE THIS ENTIRE STRUCTURE
TO COLLAPSE.
AND THAT DOESN'T WORRY YOU?
OH, NO, SIR.
IF THE HOUSE DIES,
I SHALL DIE WITH IT.
OH, BE CAREFUL, SIR.
IT WAS ABOUT TO HIT YOU.
IT COULD CAUSE A NASTY BURN.
IT'S THAT FISSURE.
IT CAUSES THE ENTIRE HOUSE TO SHAKE.
YES, SIR.
[KNOCK ON DOOR]
WHO IS IT?
YOUR BREAKFAST, MISS USHER.
HOT GRUEL AND...
UH, HOT GRUEL.
IT'S SO DARK IN HERE I CAN BARELY SEE YOU.
THERE!
[SIGH]
NO SUNLIGHT.
THERE WILL BE SUNLIGHT WHERE WE LIVE.
OH...
GOOD MORNING.
IF HE COMES IN NOW, DON'T BE AFRAID.
HE WON'T COME IN.
HE HAS TO TAKE DRUGS TO SLEEP.
OH, I'M SORRY.
WELL, NOW...
TO FILL YOU WITH HOT GRUEL...
AND GOOD CHEER.
YOU'RE SO SWEET TO ME.
NOTHING TOO GOOD FOR THE FUTURE MRS. WINTHROP.
MRS. WINTHROP?
OPEN YOUR MOUTH.
I'M NOT HUNGRY.
MADELINE, I'LL HAVE NO SCRAWNY WOMAN IN MY HOME.
NOW OPEN YOUR MOUTH.
COME ON.
MADELINE, GET READY TO LEAVE.
I WANT TO, PHILIP.
THEN YOU WILL.
I CAN'T.
WHY?
BECAUSE VERY SOON I SHALL BE DEAD.
I FORBID YOU TO SAY THAT EVER AGAIN.
IT'S TRUE, PHILIP.
IT IS NOT TRUE, MADELINE.
YOU'RE FULL OF LIFE.
LOOK AT ME, PHILIP.
DO I LOOK FULL OF LIFE?
I REMEMBER YOU AS YOU WERE IN BOSTON.
DO YOU REMEMBER?
YOU WERE EXUBERANT.
YOU WERE FILLED WITH THE JOY OF LIVING.
THAT'S HOW YOU WILL BE AGAIN
WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE AND BECOME MY WIFE.
I WISH YOU COULD UNDERSTAND.
THEN LET ME UNDERSTAND, MADELINE.
LET ME SO THAT I CAN HELP YOU.
PERHAPS YOU'LL FEEL DIFFERENTLY
AFTER YOU'VE SEEN...
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
YOU'LL SEE.
CAREFUL, DARLING.
YOU DON'T WANT TO GO IN THERE.
I WANT YOU TO SEE.
PUT YOUR WEIGHT AGAINST IT.
[DOOR CREAKS]
HERE THEY ALL ARE...
USHERS.
IT'S THE LACK OF AIR IN HERE.
IT'S THE AIR ITSELF.
NOTHING CAN SURVIVE IT LONG.
MY GREAT GRANDFATHER.
HIS WIFE.
MY GRANDFATHER.
MY GRANDMOTHER.
MY FATHER.
MY MOTHER.
THIS IS MONSTROUS.
WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS, YOUR DEAR BROTHER'S?
THERE'S ONE FOR HIM, TOO.
DOES THAT ABSOLVE HIM?
IT WAITS FOR ME.
NO, IT DOES NOT.
THEY ALL WAIT FOR ME.
OH, MADELINE. MADELINE, YOU MUST STOP THIS.
CAN'T YOU SEE WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO YOURSELF?
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MUST LEAVE THE DEAD TO THEMSELVES.
OH, MADELINE, COME AWAY WITH ME NOW.
AAH!
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
GIVE HER TO ME.
THANK YOU.
SEE TO THE CRYPT, WILL YOU?
YES, SIR.
WELL, ARE YOU CONTENT NOW, MR. WINTHROP?
IT IS NOT I WHO FORCED HER TO LIVE IN A CEMETERY.
DO YOU THINK THAT I WISH HER HARM?
I THINK YOU STILL DO NOT UNDERSTAND.
AND I THINK IT'S TIME THAT YOU DID.
THE TARN IS VERY DEEP.
ONE OF THE USHER WOMEN DROWNED HERSELF IN IT.
SHE WAS NEVER FOUND.
I DARE SAY IT'S DEEP ENOUGH
TO SWALLOW THIS HOUSE ENTIRE.
I'M WAITING, MR. USHER.
LAST NIGHT YOU ASKED ME ABOUT THE SINGULAR ARIDITY
OF THE LAND AROUND THIS HOUSE.
ONCE THIS LAND WAS FERTILE.
FARMS ABOUNDED.
EARTH YIELDED HER RICHES AT HARVEST TIME.
THERE WERE TREES AND PLANT LIFE...
FLOWERS.
FIELDS OF GRAIN.
THERE WAS GREAT BEAUTY HERE.
AT THAT TIME, THIS WATER WAS CLEAR AND FRESH.
SWANS GLIDED UPON ITS CRYSTAL SURFACE.
ANIMALS CAME TO ITS BANK TRUSTINGLY...
TO DRINK.
BUT THIS WAS LONG BEFORE MY TIME.
WHY DO YOU TELL ME THESE THINGS?
AND THEN SOMETHING CREPT ACROSS THE LAND
AND BLIGHTED IT.
THE TREES LOST THEIR FOLIAGE.
THE FLOWERS LANGUISHED AND DIED.
SHRUBS GREW BROWN AND SHRIVELED.
THE GRAIN FIELDS PERISHED.
THE LAKES AND PONDS BECAME BLACK AND STAGNANT.
AND THE LAND WITHERED, AS BEFORE A PLAGUE.
A PLAGUE?
YES, MR. WINTHROP.
A PLAGUE OF EVIL.
Roderick: ANTHONY USHER.
THIEF, USURER...
MERCHANT OF FLESH.
BERNARD USHER.
SWINDLER...
FORGER...
JEWEL THIEF...
DRUG ADDICT.
FRANCIS USHER.
PROFESSIONAL ASSASSIN.
VIVIAN USHER.
BLACKMAILER...
HARLOT, MURDERESS.
SHE DIED IN THE MADHOUSE.
CAPTAIN DAVID USHER.
SMUGGLER, SLAVE TRADER...
MASS MURDERER.
MR. USHER...
I DON'T SEE THAT THIS HAS ANYTHING TO DO
WITH MADELINE AND MYSELF.
I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE SINS OF THE FATHERS
BEING VISITED UPON THE CHILDREN.
YOU DO NOT, SIR?
THE HOUSE OF USHER SEEMS TO YOU THEN NORMAL?
THE HOUSE, SIR, IS NEITHER NORMAL NOR ABNORMAL.
IT IS ONLY A HOUSE.
YOU ARE VERY WRONG, MR. WINTHROP.
THIS HOUSE IS CENTURIES OLD.
IT WAS BROUGHT HERE FROM ENGLAND.
AND WITH IT, EVERY EVIL ROOTED IN ITS STONES.
YOU REALLY BELIEVE THIS.
EVIL IS NOT JUST A WORD.
IT IS REALITY.
LIKE ANY LIVING THING,
IT CAN BE CREATED AND WAS CREATED
BY THESE PEOPLE.
THE HISTORY OF THE USHERS
IS A HISTORY OF SAVAGE DEGRADATIONS...
FIRST IN ENGLAND, THEN IN NEW ENGLAND.
AND ALWAYS IN THIS HOUSE.
ALWAYS IN THIS HOUSE.
THE PALL OF EVIL WHICH FILLS IT
IS NO ILLUSION.
FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS,
FOUL THOUGHTS AND FOUL DEEDS
HAVE BEEN COMMITTED WITHIN ITS WALLS.
THE HOUSE ITSELF IS EVIL NOW.
NO, I... I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS.
BUT YOU MUST.
FOR MADELINE'S SAKE YOU MUST.
MOST OF ALL DOES THIS EVIL RESIDE IN HER.
AND THIS IS YOUR DREADFUL SECRET?
MR. WINTHROP...
DO YOU THINK THOSE COALS JUMPING FROM THE FIRE
ONTO YOU WERE AN ACCIDENT?
DO YOU THINK THAT CHANDELIER FALLING WAS AN ACCIDENT?
DO YOU THINK THAT FALLING CASKET WAS AN ACCIDENT?
ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME
THAT THE HOUSE MADE THOSE THINGS HAPPEN?
YES.
OH, NO, SIR. THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
BUT EVEN IF IT WERE TRUE,
EVEN IF THIS HOUSE WERE FULL OF EVIL,
MADELINE IS NOT.
NOR, FOR ALL OF YOUR TALK, ARE YOU.
YOU CANNOT TAKE MY SISTER OUT OF THIS HOUSE.
IF SHE WERE TO WED AND BEAR CHILDREN,
THE USHER EVIL WOULD SPREAD ANEW--
MALIGNANT, CANCEROUS.
YOU ARE MAD. I WILL NOT LISTEN TO YOU.
YES, YOU WILL.
NO, I WILL NOT!
Philip: I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S EVIL
IN THIS HOUSE, SIR-- YOU!
I WILL NOT LET YOUR SICKENED FANCIES
DESTROY MADELINE'S LIFE!
SHE LEAVES WITH ME TODAY.
[KNOCKING]
WHO IS IT?
WE'RE LEAVING...NOW.
PHILIP...
MADELINE, YOU HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE.
IF YOU REMAIN HERE, THIS HOUSE WILL DESTROY YOU.
THEN YOU KNOW.
I KNOW THAT YOUR BROTHER HAS POISONED YOU
WITH HIS ABSURDITIES.
THIS ENTIRE ATMOSPHERE OF SICKNESS AND DISILLUSION
IS HIS DOING.
OH, MADELINE, BELIEVE ME,
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU
THAT LEAVING THIS HOUSE WON'T CURE.
DO YOU LOVE ME?
YOU KNOW I DO.
THEN LEAVE WITH ME NOW.
I WILL.
ALL RIGHT, PACK JUST A FEW BELONGINGS.
I'LL GET MY THINGS READY.
HOW WILL WE GO?
YOU'LL RIDE WITH ME.
LATER ON WE'LL GET A COACH TO BOSTON.
OH, PHILIP, CAN IT TRULY BE?
DARLING, WITHIN AN HOUR--
WITHIN AN HOUR WE'LL BE AWAY FROM HERE.
I LOVE YOU.
PACK...QUICKLY.
Madeline's voice: NO, RODERICK.
NO, I WILL NOT LISTEN.
I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH. NOW PLEASE LET ME GO.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY! YOU CAN'T KEEP ME HERE.
NO, NO, RODERICK.
NO, I WILL NOT LISTEN. PLEASE LET ME GO.
THERE MAY BE NO HOPE FOR YOU, BUT THERE IS FOR ME.
I SAY I WILL!
MADELINE.
I MUST LEAVE.
PLEASE LET ME--
MADELINE!
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY.
THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN SAY TO ME, RODERICK.
MADELINE, OPEN THE DOOR.
AAH!
MADELINE!
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER?
MADELINE.
MADELINE...
MADELINE.
NO.
MADELINE.
MADELINE...
NO.
YES, SHE'S DEAD.
I TOLD YOU SHE COULD NEVER LEAVE THIS HOUSE.
WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?
I DIDN'T TOUCH HER.
YOU KILLED HER!
THERE IS NO MARK ON HER.
YOU ARE THE ONE WHO KILLED HER.
I...
I TOLD YOU SHE WAS NOT WELL,
AND YET YOU PERSISTED.
HER HEART COULD NOT WITHSTAND THE STRAIN
YOU PUT UPON IT.
NO.
IT'S NO MATTER NOW.
AT LEAST SHE HAS BEEN SPARED THE AGONY
OF TRYING TO ESCAPE.
ONE CANDLE LEFT TO BURN NOW...
BEFORE THE DARKNESS COMES.
AT LEAST...
SHE HAS FOUND PEACE NOW.
HAS SHE?
WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?
BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT FOR THE USHERS
THERE IS PEACE HEREAFTER.
IS THERE NO END TO YOUR HORRORS?
NO.
NONE WHATEVER.
FOR THEY ARE NOT MINE ALONE.
MERE PASSAGE FROM THE FLESH
CANNOT UNDO CENTURIES OF EVIL.
THERE CAN BE NO PEACE WITHOUT PENALTY.
YET YOU WANTED HER TO DIE.
WANTED?!
YES!
I DID NOT WISH HER DEATH.
I ONLY KNEW IT WAS INEVITABLE,
AS MY DEATH IS INEVITABLE.
OUR BLIGHT MUST BE REMOVED FROM THIS EARTH.
WHAT LIES BEYOND IS SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN.
MUST YOU CLOSE IT NOW?
SHE MUST TAKE HER PLACE BELOW
WITH THE REST OF THE USHERS.
ONE LAST LOOK.
I CANNOT BEAR TO LOOK AT HER.
I'LL CARRY HER WITH YOU.
BRISTOL AND I CAN MANAGE.
I WOULD RATHER, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
I'LL CARRY HER.
COME.
[MADELINE BREATHING]
AAH!
I JUST WANTED TO SAY GOOD-BYE.
SHALL I PREPARE SOME BREAKFAST
BEFORE YOU LEAVE, SIR?
NO, THANK YOU.
SOME COFFEE, THEN?
YES, A LITTLE BIT.
VERY GOOD, SIR.
SHALL I SERVE IT IN THE--
NO, NO, I'LL TAKE IT HERE.
YOU LOOK TIRED, SIR.
I DON'T SUPPOSE ANY OF US SLEPT MUCH LAST NIGHT.
NO, SIR.
BRISTOL...
YES, SIR?
DO YOU THINK IT WAS MY COMING
THAT CAUSED MISS MADELINE'S--
OH, NO, SIR.
NOT AT ALL.
MISS MADELINE WAS NOT WELL.
HER BROTHER THINKS I KILLED HER.
IT'S JUST THAT HE'S HIGHLY OVERWROUGHT, SIR.
YES.
THANK YOU FOR THE COFFEE.
YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR.
DON'T RECRIMINATE YOURSELF, MR. WINTHROP.
MISS MADELINE'S PASSING WAS NOT YOUR FAULT.
SHE WAS VERY WEAK, POOR CHILD.
IT WAS... THE USHER BLOOD.
THERE'S BEEN SUCH A HISTORY OF ILLNESS
IN THE FAMILY--
WHAT WITH HEART AILMENTS,
NERVOUS DISEASES,
CATALEP--
AND THE LIKE, SIR.
MISS MADELINE WAS--
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
SIR?
YOU SAID CATALEPSIES?
DID I, SIR?
WAS MISS MADELINE SUBJECT TO CATALEPTIC TRANCES?
OH, NO, SIR, NOT MISS MADELINE.
THE TRUTH! NO, SIR.
WAS SHE? NO, SIR.
THAT'S WHY MR. USHER
WANTED HER PUT INTO THE CRYPT SO SOON.
OH, NO, MR. WINTHROP.
OH, MY GOD.
OH, NO, YOU'RE WRONG, SIR.
YOU'RE WRONG, SIR.
SIR!
Bristol: MR. WINTHROP!
LEAVE HER IN PEACE, SIR.
PEACE?!
MR. WINTHROP, LEAVE HER IN PEACE, SIR.
OH, DON'T, SIR.
I BEG YOU.
WHERE IS SHE?
I DON'T KNOW, SIR.
TELL ME!
I DON'T KNOW.
I SWEAR I DON'T KNOW.
I THOUGHT SHE WAS HERE.
YOU KNEW SHE WAS ALIVE.
I WASN'T SURE, SIR.
YOU WEREN'T SURE!
AW...
SIR!
USHER!
[DOOR OPENS]
WHAT DO YOU WISH?
WHERE IS SHE?
SO YOU KNOW.
WHERE?
YOU CANNOT FIND HER.
TELL ME WHERE SHE IS.
IN A SECRET PLACE.
FOR THE LAST TIME...
GO ON. YOU WOULD BE DOING ME
A VERY GREAT FAVOR. GO ON.
AH!
WHERE IS SHE?
DON'T TOUCH ME.
WHERE IS SHE?
DON'T TOUCH ME!
WHERE IS SHE?!
DEAD.
YOU LIE.
YOU BURIED HER ALIVE.
I DID...
BUT SHE'S DEAD NOW.
I SWEAR IT.
YOU SWEAR IT?!
YOU BURIED YOUR OWN SISTER ALIVE?
BUT I HAD TO DO IT.
CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
SHE WAS DOOMED.
WHERE IS SHE?
MR. WINTHROP.
WHERE IS SHE?!
MR. WINTHROP.
WHERE IS THE SECRET PLACE?
SECRET?
BRISTOL, YOU MUST KNOW.
I KNOW NOTHING, SIR, NOTHING.
I'LL FIND HER.
SIR...
WAS IT NECESSARY TO--
YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS.
MADELINE!
PLEASE, SIR...
TRY TO GET SOME REST, SIR.
I HAVE TO FIND HER.
BUT IT'S TOO LATE, SIR.
NO!
PLEASE, SIR, PLEASE.
SHE'S ALIVE.
TRY TO GET SOME REST, SIR.
I KNOW SHE IS.
SHE'S ALIVE.
SHE...
[VOICES FAINTLY WEEPING]
[VOICES LOUDER]
[NO AUDIO]
AAH!
[THUNDER]
[WINDOWS CLANGING]
[LUTE PLAYING]
[THUNDER]
[DOOR OPENS]
STILL HERE?
I SUGGEST YOU LEAVE, MR. WINTHROP.
NO?
THEN PERISH WITH US.
[THUNDER]
THE OLD HOUSE CRUMBLES.
PERHAPS THIS STORM WILL FINISH IT.
YOU HAVE MURDERED YOUR SISTER, MR. USHER,
AND I INTEND TO SEE THAT YOU HANG FOR IT.
DO YOU?
ARRANGE IT QUICKLY, THEN.
IF ONLY I COULD KILL YOU MYSELF.
YES, IF ONLY YOU COULD.
YES.
[THUNDER]
WHY DID YOU DO IT?
I TOLD YOU.
SHH.
YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND.
TO SO LOGICAL A MIND AS YOURS,
I HAVE COMMITTED A MURDER.
IF YOU ONLY KNEW THE AGONIES
I HAVE SPARED YOU AND THE WORLD.
IF YOU ONLY KNEW THE AGONIES
I HAVE ENDURED ON YOUR BEHALF.
DID YOU KNOW--
[THUNDER]
DID YOU KNOW THAT I COULD HEAR EVERY SOUND SHE MADE?
THAT I HEARD HER BREATHING IN HER CASKET?
HEARD HER FIRST GASP AS SHE AWOKE.
HER FIRST SCREAM OF TERROR.
DID YOU KNOW THAT I COULD HEAR
THE SCRATCHING OF HER FINGERNAILS ON THE CASKET LID?
YOU ARE MAD.
BE DONE!
WHAT?
I THINK I RAVE.
YOU SAID, "BE DONE."
WHAT DID YOU MEAN?
NOTHING.
IS SHE STILL ALIVE?
NO.
IS SHE?! NO.
IS SHE?! YES!
YES. EVEN NOW I HEAR HER.
NO.
YES...
ALIVE...
DERANGED...
INFURIATE.
CAN YOU NOT HEAR HER VOICE?
WHERE?
IN THE NAME OF GOD, WHERE?!
BELOW.
TWISTING...
TURNING...
SCRATCHING AT THE LID WITH BLOODY FINGERNAILS.
STARING, SCREAMING...
WILD WITH FURY.
THE STRENGTH OF MADNESS IN HER.
CAN YOU NOT HEAR HER VOICE?
SHE CALLS MY NAME.
RODERICK!
[THUNDER]
Madeline's voice: RODERICK!
[SCRATCHING]
RODERICK!
WHERE IS SHE?
Madeline's voice: RODERICK!
NO.
GIVE ME THIS.
Roderick: WAIT.
DON'T GO DOWN THERE.
LET HER DIE.
[CREAKING]
SHE HAS THE MADNESS.
Madeline's voice: AAH.
AAH.
Bristol: MR. WINTHROP, PLEASE.
LEAVE HER, SIR.
LEAVE HER?
BUT YOU MAY NEVER FIND HER.
THE HOUSE IS--
IT'S HONEYCOMBED WITH SECRET PASSAGES.
SHE COULD BE ANYWHERE, SIR.
I'LL FIND HER.
BUT SHE'S MAD, SIR.
[BREATHING HARD]
[THUNDER]
[VOICES CRYING FAINTLY]
[THUNDER]
[HINGE CREAKS]
[THUNDER]
AAH!
MADELINE!
Bristol: MR. WINTHROP!
MR. WINTHROP.
MR. WINTHROP, PLEASE.
MR. WINTHROP, YOU MUST LEAVE.
WHERE IS SHE?
THE OUTSIDE WALL HAS BEGUN TO CRACK.
WHERE HAS SHE GONE?
I DON'T KNOW. PLEASE.
I BEG OF YOU, PLEASE.
THE WHOLE HOUSE MAY, AT ANY MOMENT--
Madeline: AAH!
MADELINE.
NO.
MADELINE.
AAH!
THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY.
NO OTHER WAY.
[VOICES CRYING]
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