[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
[FATHER SIGHS]
[EXCLAIMING IN ANNOYANCE]
[UTENSILS CLATTERING]
Honey, it's family hour,
there must be something on.
DAUGHTER: Oh, wow, Candied Critters!
[FATHER EXCLAIMS]
Oh, great. It's Monsters, our favorite show!
[MONSTROUS LAUGH]
Shh. It's starting.
[MONSTROUS LAUGH]
[FATHER CHUCKLES]
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
Can't find what you want?
It's a little more difficult.
I got this girlfriend to please, you know.
What size is she?
I'd say her size is probably just about this.
Oh, she's one of those? I'm jealous.
It may take me a while. She's kinda picky.
It's getting late, though. I don't want to keep you open.
It's six o'clock already.
But take your time.
You'll know what you want when you see it.
[BELL TOLLS]
I found what I came for.
Are you sure?
Last time you wore a mask.
It wasn't me last time.
I ain't gonna rob you, and I ain't gonna rape you.
But I'll tell you this. I'm gonna kill you.
Why? No, no, no.
The one with the knife asks all the questions.
You're dead, lady, and you don't even deserve to know why.
Why don't you tell me anyway?
[CHUCKLES]
I just have a feeling you've never shot that before.
No, I haven't.
And I bet it isn't even loaded.
LIA: So where do you get off coming into my store with a knife, huh?
[GUN CLICKS]
I'm listening.
Still have nothing to say?
[GUN COCKS]
[TRIGGER CLICKS]
You must have been born under a lucky star.
My mother died yesterday.
Hmm.
I'm sorry to hear that.
But that still doesn't explain... this.
You killed her.
Yesterday? What time?
I seem to remember being downstairs all day.
Oh, come on, I know you're a witch.
I know you're La Strega.
You put a curse on her ten years ago.
Hmm.
Refresh my memory.
There used to be a pawnshop downstairs.
VITO: I was sick a lot as a kid.
My mother was always selling things to pay for the doctor.
Finally, she had to sell her engagement ring.
It was gold with a red stone.
LIA: Cornelia.
VITO: No, a ring.
LIA: That is a ring, silly.
VITO: All I know was it had a red stone.
When she came to redeem it, you wouldn't give it back.
WOMAN: Give me back my ring.
I told you it is not your ring.
You switched rings on me.
You give me back my ring, or I'll call the police.
I wouldn't do that if I were you.
Why not?
You go to the police,
and I swear ten years from now to this day you would die.
What are you talking about?
Go to the police. You'll find out.
[DOOR CHIME DINGS]
So your mother never went to the police?
She never got there.
She got a heart attack on the street.
They brought her home. She never got out of bed again.
She died yesterday.
So you're here to avenge your mother's death.
And get her ring back so I could bury her with it.
[SIGHS]
The problem is, I am not La Strega.
La Strega was my mother,
and she's as dead as your mother is.
I don't believe you for a second.
Ten years ago, I was 16.
Stop playing with me, you were older downstairs.
Now you're young.
Well, it's obvious you don't see very clearly,
so I hope you'll listen better,
because in the next five minutes,
I'll decide whether you live or die.
Why five minutes?
Well, it'll take that long to do the dishes.
Hey, I got to take a piss.
Is that your last request, pee before you die?
Forget it.
Look, if I let you go, you'll kill me.
Isn't that what you said? Yeah, well...
[GUN CLICKS] Then I have no choice.
Please, please don't.
Okay.
Then I won't. Why not?
Well, because you said "please."
And because your mother died yesterday, I feel sorry for you.
So I have to give you another chance.
Then please, please let me go.
I'm not that easy.
But I'll make you a deal.
You stay with me for the next two weeks without trying anything,
and you see what kind of witch I am.
Then if you decide you still wanna kill me after the two weeks are up,
that's up to you.
You promise?
Well, yes, but I don't understand wha...
Ow!
The one who's not tied up gets to ask all the questions. Do you understand?
Yeah, I just don't understand why...
Yeah. The one who's not tied up asks all the questions.
You're learning.
You're just an errand boy for your mother.
If it's in your fate to kill me,
then that's something you have to decide for yourself.
That felt real good.
LIA: Well good, then I guess you're ready.
VITO: Well, that depends.
Ready for what?
LIA: Ready to show me how you'll honor your word.
Well, I'm the kid of guy who always keeps my promises.
[GROWLING]
You are La Strega!
Mamma!
Thought you were gonna kill me.
Well, it's obvious you didn't pass the first test.
What's going on here? What are you doing to me?
Well, I guess I'll just have to give you a second chance.
Why?
Suppose for a minute I am La Strega,
then you'd have to bear the burden of my death for the rest of your life.
What's that to you?
What happened between La Strega and your mother was between them.
That was their destiny.
What happens between you and me is our destiny.
Who knows? Maybe you'll fall in love with me.
Lady, you're crazy.
Maybe so.
If you still wish to kill me after the two weeks are up,
that's up to you.
But until then, I'll just keep this.
[DOOR OPENS]
It worked. Great.
Here's what I owe you.
Do you think it'll be a girl?
It's a boy. But here, this is all I want.
Come here. I have something for you.
This is for you.
But I want you to put it away until your son is born.
And then wear it every night
until you decide to have a second child.
Thank you.
I can't get a slant on you.
You actually made that girl pregnant?
Her husband made her pregnant.
Look, the girl's 18 and very much in love.
No one has that kind of power.
But that guy yesterday with the twisted neck...
What are you, like the local fairy godmother here?
Hardly.
He believed. That was my power.
Now I have something for you.
Nice, huh?
It's got my name written all over it.
That's why I thought you'd like it.
Wait, it is mine.
VITO: This was ten years ago.
My mother gave it to me.
She said the fate of a man is in this belt
and to hold on to it until he came for it.
I guess that man must be you.
I guess so.
Lia.
Hmm?
Lia.
I don't think anyone dreams as much as I do.
This was just laying around.
I guess you could have killed me just then, huh?
Two weeks aren't up.
I always keep my promises.
What were you dreaming about?
Your mother and her ring.
What? My ring Vito Chino. Did you get it?
Mamma! You never listen to me.
Even my last wish.
You never loved me, Vito.
Mamma, I do. I love you.
Then keep your promise. Get my ring back.
MAMMA: Kill that witch. Don't let her trick you.
VITO: What was that?
The sound of my heart cracking.
Mamma, don't.
Mamma.
Lia.
Vito, wake up.
You were having a nightmare.
Lia.
That's Mamma's ring. Give it to me!
Why would you think it's your mother's? You've never seen it before.
2It's hers. I know it.
It's not hers.
But after tomorrow if you want it, then it's yours.
[UTENSILS CLATTERING]
I'm sorry.
This is delicious.
It had to be. It was our last dinner together, Vito Chino.
I just wish I knew.
[SIGHING]
One day your mother came into the shop
with a pawn ticket for a ring.
My mother gave her the ring,
but your mother said it was the wrong one.
She said it was a different one in the case.
LIA: When my mother's back was turned,
your mother switched the rings and left the shop.
It's not yours.
Give it back.
Give it back or I shall call the cops.
Don't do that.
Why not?
Because if you do, I've got friends who'll testify
that this is my ring, and you're the one who stole it.
Don't be stupid.
What's the matter?
I see your death ten years from this day.
[SCOFFS]
What are you talking about?
I see you in pain every day of those ten years.
Liar.
You know, my mother never went to the police.
Because La Strega's curse was more powerful.
LIA: She never put a curse on her.
She simply told her what her fate would be.
Well, did she also tell you what your fate would be?
Because tomorrow, the two weeks are up.
Whatever happens tomorrow is our fate.
Not just mine.
What if I killed you?
That would make this my last night on earth.
And I don't wanna waste it.
[CHILDREN PLAYING IN DISTANCE]
You love me, don't you?
And I know you love me.
But I also know you came here to kill me.
I came here to kill La Strega.
I am La Strega.
I know.
Trust me.
[GUN CLICKS]
I do.
[GUN FIRES] No!
[SCREAMING]
Vito Chino.
Mamma!
Why didn't you get my ring, Vito Chino?
It was my dying wish.
You never listen, do you?
Vito Chino.
It was La Strega's ring.
Wasn't it?
It was you who stole it from her.
I was alone.
Your father was dead.
I found another man.
He didn't have enough money to start over
and take care of you.
It was only a ring to La Strega
but to me it was everything.
But I really did it for...
[GROANING]
For me?
Right?
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]
Did I ever tell you
that I never go back on a promise?
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]