Unrated | 1h 15min | Horror, Drama | 17 February 1959 (USA)
A millionaire offers ten thousand dollars to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.
Director: William Castle
Writer: Robb White
Stars: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long
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A millionaire offers ten thousand dollars to five people who agree to be locked in a large, spooky, rented house overnight with him and his wife.
Director: William Castle
Writer: Robb White
Stars: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long
We have over 15,000 titles available for licensing to VOD platforms. Contact: sales@echelonstudios.us
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00:00:00You
00:00:30The
00:00:48Ghosts are moving tonight restless hungry
00:00:53May I introduce myself, I'm Watson Pritchett
00:00:57In just a minute, I'll show you the only really haunted house in the world
00:01:04Since it was built a century ago seven people including my brother have been murdered in it
00:01:11Since then I've owned the house
00:01:15I've only spent one night there and when they found me in the morning. I I was almost dead
00:01:28I
00:01:30Am Frederick Lauren
00:01:32And I've rented the house on haunted Hill tonight so that my wife can give a party a haunted house party
00:01:41She's so amusing
00:01:43There'll be food and drink and ghosts and perhaps even a few murders
00:01:50You're all invited
00:01:52If any of you will spend the next 12 hours in this house, I'll give you each
00:01:56$10,000 or your next-of-kin in case you don't survive. Ah, but here come our other guests
00:02:08It was my wife's idea to have our guests come in funeral cars
00:02:13She's so amusing
00:02:15Her sense of humor is shall we say original I dreamed up the hearse
00:02:20It's empty now, but after a night in the house on haunted Hill
00:02:25Who knows?
00:02:28This is Lance Schroeder a test pilot
00:02:31So no doubt a brave man
00:02:33But don't you think you can be much braver if you're paid for it?
00:02:36And I happen to know that Lance needs the 10,000. I'll give him if he's brave enough to stay all night
00:02:44This is Ruth bridges. You've no doubt read her column in the newspapers
00:02:48She says her reason for coming to the party is to write a feature article on ghosts
00:02:53She's also desperate for money
00:02:56gambles
00:02:58You've already met Watson Pritchard a man living in mortal fear of a house and yet he is risking his life to spend another night
00:03:06Here. I wonder why
00:03:08He says for money
00:03:12This is dr. David Trent a psychiatrist
00:03:15He claims that my ghost will help his work on hysteria
00:03:19But don't you see a little touch of greed there?
00:03:23around the mouth and eyes
00:03:26This is Nora Manning, I picked her from the thousands of people who work for me because she needed the 10,000 more than most
00:03:34Supports a whole family
00:03:36Isn't she pretty?
00:03:42The party's starting now and you have until midnight to find the house on haunted Hill
00:03:55I
00:04:25You
00:04:55I
00:05:25You
00:05:55I
00:06:25You
00:06:33Well, where is everybody it isn't a very warm welcome is it only the ghosts in this house are glad we're here
00:06:42Are we all strangers to each other
00:06:45Don't you two know each other? I'm afraid I don't even know your name. I'm Nora Manning Lance Schroeder
00:06:52It's Frederick Lauren a friend of yours
00:06:55I've heard of him, but I've never met him. I work for one of his companies, but I've never seen him
00:06:59I've never met the man either just a phone call. Do you know him?
00:07:04No
00:07:06Well, then you're the only one of us who does I don't know him all the details about running the house were done by mail
00:07:12He's quite wealthy, isn't he millions and five wives I believe for I think so far
00:07:20$50,000 party for only five people is a little steep even for a millionaire
00:07:24Hmm
00:07:28Well, if I were gonna haunt anybody this would certainly be the house I'd do it in
00:07:36Who closed the door
00:07:47This thing's made of solid steel
00:07:54I
00:07:57You
00:08:20Annabel
00:08:21Our guests a year and fortunately still alive your face on yet
00:08:26Dust and dirt everywhere, and the water barely trickles.
00:08:29Couldn't you have had the place cleaned?
00:08:31Atmosphere, darling, you know how ghosts are.
00:08:33They never tidy up.
00:08:35That's a very fetching outfit, but hardly suitable for a party.
00:08:39I'm not going to the party.
00:08:41The spend-the-night-ghost party was your idea, remember?
00:08:44Since it's going to cost me $50,000, I want you to have fun.
00:08:48The party was my idea until you invited all the guests.
00:08:52Why all these strangers? Why none of our friends?
00:08:55Friends? Do we have any friends?
00:08:58No, your jealousy took care of that.
00:09:01I had a reason for inviting each guest.
00:09:04I wanted kind of a cross-section,
00:09:06from psychiatrist to typist,
00:09:09and from drunk to jet pilot.
00:09:12They share one thing. They all need money.
00:09:15Now let's see if they're brave enough to earn it.
00:09:18And you call this a party?
00:09:20Could be.
00:09:26Why do you always do that? It spoils the champagne.
00:09:29It might explode.
00:09:31Never does.
00:09:33Would you guarantee that?
00:09:36That isn't funny, Frederick.
00:09:38Make a good headline.
00:09:40Playboy kills wife with champagne cork.
00:09:43Will you join me?
00:09:45No, thank you.
00:09:47Just a sip. Might improve your humor.
00:09:50My humor is fine, thanks.
00:09:52And I haven't poisoned it.
00:09:55It's always good to know that.
00:10:02Have some. You'll enjoy the party more.
00:10:07Go on.
00:10:16Your trust is so touching.
00:10:18And I'm not going to the party.
00:10:20Of all my wives, you're the least agreeable.
00:10:23But still alive.
00:10:25Would you go away for a million dollars, and tax-free?
00:10:29I don't think so.
00:10:32Would you go away for a million dollars, and tax-free?
00:10:36You want it all, don't you?
00:10:38I deserve it all.
00:10:40Your jealousy isn't tax-free.
00:10:43And your possessiveness is maddening.
00:10:46If ever a man had grounds for divorce.
00:10:49That can't prove them.
00:10:51The time will come.
00:10:53You'll slip up one of these days.
00:10:55Think so?
00:10:57If I live long enough.
00:10:59You remember the fun we had when you poisoned me?
00:11:04Something you ate, the doctor said.
00:11:06Yes. Arsenic on the rocks.
00:11:10Annabelle.
00:11:12You'd do it again if you thought you could get away with it, wouldn't you?
00:11:16Darling, what makes you think that?
00:11:19Something about you.
00:11:24I hear that hanging is very uncomfortable.
00:11:26In case you get any more ideas.
00:11:29Don't let the ghosts and the ghouls disturb you, darling.
00:11:33Darling, the only ghoul in the house is you.
00:11:37And don't sit up all night thinking of ways to get rid of me.
00:11:41It makes wrinkles.
00:11:57This is what she used on my brother and her sister.
00:12:00Hacked them to pieces.
00:12:02We found parts of the bodies all over the house.
00:12:05In places you wouldn't think.
00:12:07The funny thing is the heads have never been found.
00:12:10Hands and feet and things like that.
00:12:13But no heads.
00:12:15The wife, probably in a rage, threatened her husband with a knife.
00:12:18And then, carried away by hysteria, took a swing at him and simply went on from there.
00:12:22She certainly went on. How many people did she kill, Mr. Pritchard?
00:12:25Only two.
00:12:27Her husband and her sister. No one else was here.
00:12:30So there are two loose heads just floating around in here somewhere?
00:12:33You can hear them at night.
00:12:35They whisper to each other.
00:12:37And then cry.
00:12:39Since our host isn't here, would anyone care to mix me a drink?
00:12:43Certainly. What will you have?
00:12:49Good evening.
00:12:52I'm your host, Frederick Loren.
00:12:55Since we're all strangers to each other, let's get acquainted with a drink, shall we?
00:12:59Mr. Loren.
00:13:01I advise you to call this party off now.
00:13:04The ghosts are already moving and that's a bad sign.
00:13:07Let me apologize for my wife. She'll join us later.
00:13:10What will you have?
00:13:12Doctor, I'll have the same.
00:13:14Now, before the party begins, let's go over the details.
00:13:19The caretakers will leave at midnight, locking us in here until they come back in the morning.
00:13:25Once the door is locked, there's no way out.
00:13:29The windows have bars that a jail would be proud of.
00:13:32And the only door to the outside locks like a vault.
00:13:36There's no electricity.
00:13:38No phone.
00:13:40No one within miles.
00:13:42So no way to call for help.
00:13:45Like a coffin.
00:13:50So if any of you decide not to stay for the party, you must let me know before midnight.
00:13:55Of course, if you leave, I shan't be able to pay you anything.
00:13:59I'm interested in your reasons for this party.
00:14:04Aside from pleasant company.
00:14:07Ghosts, doctor.
00:14:10I think everyone wonders what they would do if they saw a ghost.
00:14:15And now my wife has given us all the opportunity to find out.
00:14:19Amusing.
00:14:20Ghosts, etc., being only creations of hysteria, your party should be a success.
00:14:26Well, Pritchard here promises us genuine ghosts.
00:14:29Seven now.
00:14:31Maybe more before morning.
00:14:34That's cheerful.
00:14:36Four men have been murdered in this house.
00:14:40And three women.
00:14:41And three women.
00:14:42You planned your party very well, Mr. Loren.
00:14:45Four of us are men, three are women.
00:14:48A ghost for everybody.
00:14:50Well, Pritchard, why don't you take us on a tour through the house and let's see what happens.
00:15:05See that stain?
00:15:07Blood.
00:15:08A young girl was killed here.
00:15:11And whatever got her wasn't human.
00:15:13Don't stand there.
00:15:14What do you mean?
00:15:15Where?
00:15:28It's too late.
00:15:29They've marked you.
00:15:30Ridiculous.
00:15:31The roof probably leaks.
00:15:32That must be what it is.
00:15:34Who would want to haunt me?
00:15:36I would say any self-respecting male ghost.
00:15:39I hope it doesn't come back.
00:15:41Well, Mr. Pritchard, you're the life of the party.
00:15:43He hasn't even started yet.
00:15:45Wasn't there a man who threw his wife into a wine vat or something?
00:15:49That was in the cellar.
00:15:50There's been a murder almost every place in this house.
00:16:07All this belonged to a Mr. Norton.
00:16:10Who didn't die here.
00:16:12He was electrocuted later.
00:16:17Mr. Norton did a good deal of experimenting with wines.
00:16:22But his wife didn't think it was any good.
00:16:25So he filled the vat with acid and threw her in.
00:16:29She was supposed to stay down.
00:16:33But the bones came up.
00:16:36It's a funny thing.
00:16:38But none of the murders here were just ordinary.
00:16:42Just shooting or stabbing.
00:16:46They've all been sort of wild.
00:16:49Violent and different.
00:16:52Look out!
00:16:54God, she didn't fall in.
00:16:56You mean there's still acid in there?
00:16:59You mean there's still acid in there?
00:17:02It destroys everything with hair and flesh.
00:17:07It just leaves the bones.
00:17:32My, it's dry and dusty down here.
00:17:35My, it's dry and dusty down here.
00:17:38Well, there's a cure for that upstairs.
00:17:42Come on.
00:17:44How'd you get invited to this party?
00:17:46No.
00:17:48No, go on.
00:17:50I mean, what did he tell you?
00:17:52Nothing.
00:17:54What about the others?
00:17:56Nothing.
00:17:58How about the others?
00:18:00How did you get invited?
00:18:02Nothing.
00:18:04What about the others?
00:18:06Nothing.
00:18:08What about the others?
00:18:10Nothing.
00:18:12I mean, what did he tell you?
00:18:17Mr. Lawrence said everybody would get $10,000.
00:18:21But he didn't say anything about being locked in.
00:18:23No.
00:18:25He just made a deal with me on the phone.
00:18:27But nothing about having to stay.
00:18:30Aren't you going to stay?
00:18:32If I don't, I lose $10,000.
00:18:37I'm going to stay too.
00:18:39$10,000.
00:18:41Yeah.
00:18:43You believe in ghosts?
00:18:46I don't know.
00:18:48Well, I agree with what that doc says.
00:18:50You can spook yourself.
00:18:51I've done it in planes.
00:18:53Seen things that weren't really there.
00:18:55Or were they?
00:18:58What are you going to do with your $10,000?
00:19:00If we get it.
00:19:02What do you mean, if we get it?
00:19:04Won't he pay us if we stay?
00:19:06Sure he will.
00:19:07$10,000 is no more to him than a nickel is to us.
00:19:11We were in an automobile accident.
00:19:13Now I'm the only one in the family who can make any money.
00:19:17Boy, I've never seen so many doors.
00:19:27Closet.
00:19:39Bottles.
00:19:41Bottles.
00:19:57Does it go anywhere?
00:20:02Lance!
00:20:04Lance!
00:20:09Lance!
00:20:11Lance!
00:20:41Lance!
00:21:04Please, Lance is gone and there's a ghost.
00:21:07See what I mean?
00:21:08Please, come on.
00:21:10Please say Lance is gone.
00:21:11Gone where?
00:21:22We'll have to break it down, it's locked.
00:21:25Locked?
00:21:38Are you all right?
00:21:40Nothing that money won't cure.
00:21:42I must have bumped my head.
00:21:46The only way you could bump your head in here
00:21:49is to run head on into the wall.
00:21:52You didn't do that, did you?
00:21:56Let's get a bandage on that.
00:22:07I wonder why they didn't kill him.
00:22:09Who?
00:22:11He didn't bump his head.
00:22:13They hit him.
00:22:15They?
00:22:35Nora.
00:22:36When you came in, you said something about a ghost.
00:22:39There was something.
00:22:40What did it look like?
00:22:42Well, it was wearing a black thing that went all the way to the floor.
00:22:47Weren't you a little frightened at the time?
00:22:50Well, yes.
00:22:52That, Mr. Loren, is hysteria.
00:22:55Then, doctor, how do you explain what happened to Lance?
00:22:58Was that hysteria too?
00:23:03You better get that checked in a day or so.
00:23:05Thanks, Doc.
00:23:14Wait for me in the hall.
00:23:21The ghosts are coming closer, Mr. Loren.
00:23:23You really believe in your pet ghost, don't you, Pritchard?
00:23:27Before the night's over, you will too.
00:23:30Wouldn't you like a drink, Lance?
00:23:31No, thanks.
00:23:32I'd like one.
00:23:33No, thanks.
00:23:34I'd like one.
00:23:35It's got to end.
00:23:43Mr. Loren, are you really going to pay anyone who stays all night?
00:23:47Certainly.
00:23:48Ten thousand dollars.
00:23:49Will there be much red tape or delay?
00:23:53In a hurry, dear?
00:23:54Frankly, yes.
00:23:56Or frantically.
00:24:00There you are, my dear.
00:24:23Someone or something was in here when I came in.
00:24:27But where?
00:24:29And if the door was locked, how did it get out?
00:24:33You're not a ghost, Nora.
00:24:34But what was in here with me was no ghost.
00:24:36I don't know.
00:24:37I was so scared.
00:24:51Does that sound different to you?
00:24:53Yes.
00:25:04Three, six, nine, twelve.
00:25:10Twelve feet.
00:25:18Three, six.
00:25:21I'm going to knock on the other wall.
00:25:22When you hear me, you knock on this wall.
00:25:34Tap lower down.
00:25:56I fought again.
00:26:03Where did it come from?
00:26:05From in here.
00:26:13What if it ran out of here?
00:26:14I'd have seen it.
00:26:16Lance, it doesn't run.
00:26:18It just floats.
00:26:20Yeah, but why didn't I see it?
00:26:24You don't believe me.
00:26:26How can I?
00:26:28You don't believe me.
00:26:30How can I?
00:26:51I'm Annabelle Loren.
00:26:52Annabelle Loren.
00:26:57You must be Miss Manning.
00:26:59I realize this is a very unusual and I'm afraid very dull party.
00:27:03Wouldn't you like to freshen up?
00:27:16This is your room.
00:27:18Depressing, isn't it?
00:27:19I doubt if I'll spend much time here.
00:27:22It's going to rain.
00:27:24Perfect atmosphere for my husband's party.
00:27:29Why did you come here?
00:27:31He said he'd give me $10,000.
00:27:34Why did he pick you?
00:27:36I don't know.
00:27:38My supervisor just came and said I'd been invited.
00:27:44How long have you known my husband?
00:27:46I just met him this morning.
00:27:47And your husband?
00:27:49I just met him tonight.
00:27:51So?
00:27:54Why you?
00:28:00What were you doing wandering around by yourself?
00:28:03Well, I was in the cellar with Lance.
00:28:06Mr. Schroeder.
00:28:08I just left, that's all.
00:28:11Don't do it again.
00:28:13Don't go anywhere in this house by yourself.
00:28:17I'll fix your face and I'll come by for you in a few minutes.
00:28:20Quit it.
00:28:22You're in danger.
00:28:24We all are.
00:28:26But who?
00:28:28I hope for your sake you never find out.
00:28:31I'm Annabelle Lauren.
00:28:33Are you looking for something?
00:28:35Not exactly.
00:28:37Are you the doctor?
00:28:39No, I'm Lance Schroeder.
00:28:41The pilot.
00:28:43You've hurt yourself.
00:28:45Oh, it's just a bump on the head.
00:28:48Which is my room?
00:28:50I believe this is it.
00:28:52I'm sorry.
00:28:54I'm sorry.
00:28:56I'm sorry.
00:28:58I'm sorry.
00:29:00Thank you, Mrs. Lauren.
00:29:03Annabelle, Lance.
00:29:16You were with the young girl in the cellar. Why was she so upset?
00:29:19Was she?
00:29:21And you don't look like the type to go around bumping his head.
00:29:24What really happened, Lance?
00:29:26Well, Nora thought she saw a ghost, but I didn't see anything.
00:29:30She was just frightened.
00:29:32Ann mad at me, I think. I kidded her about it.
00:29:36I wouldn't joke about anything else that happens here tonight.
00:29:39Now, don't tell me you're taking all this seriously.
00:29:43Aren't you?
00:29:45Well, I'd like to find out what hit me.
00:29:47Lance.
00:29:52If I need help, may I count on you?
00:29:55Sure, I guess so.
00:29:56Look, what's going on here, anyway? I mean, what is with this party bit?
00:30:00This is no party. He's planning something.
00:30:02Your husband?
00:30:04I wish I knew what it was.
00:30:06Must be pretty big if he's going to lay out 50,000.
00:30:09The money doesn't mean anything.
00:30:11He has a reason for getting us all up here to this dreadful old house.
00:30:15Well, what for? He doesn't even know us.
00:30:17Maybe that's exactly why you're here.
00:30:20Well, what can he get away with?
00:30:22Oh, he thinks that big money like his can get away with anything.
00:30:25You know, of course, that I'm his fourth wife.
00:30:28The first simply disappeared.
00:30:31The other two died.
00:30:33Lance, I don't want to join them.
00:30:39You mean he...
00:30:41Oh, his doctor said they died of heart attacks.
00:30:44Two girls.
00:30:46In their 20s.
00:30:48Well, what can he do?
00:30:49My husband is sometimes insane with jealousy.
00:30:52Nothing matters to him then.
00:30:54Please be careful.
00:30:56Would he hurt you?
00:30:59He would kill me if he could.
00:31:20Annabelle, you're missing all the fun.
00:31:23Nora Manning was almost killed by a falling chandelier.
00:31:26The pilot bashed his head in.
00:31:28Is he badly hurt?
00:31:30The Saturday night psychiatrist bandaged him up.
00:31:33Don't you want to go and console him?
00:31:35As you do most men.
00:31:37In your fashion.
00:31:39You're so clever, Frederick.
00:31:42Yes, I lie awake and think of you.
00:31:44And I think of myself.
00:31:46You're so clever, Frederick.
00:31:48Yes, I lie awake nights wondering why I married you.
00:31:51It was rather a mistake.
00:31:53You didn't marry me, dear. I married you.
00:31:55Unpleasant, but no mistake.
00:31:58Hurry up.
00:32:00Frederick, for the last time, I'm not going to your party.
00:32:03And for the last time, it's not my party, but yours.
00:32:07And you are going.
00:32:10I am not.
00:32:12Are you ready?
00:32:13No.
00:32:15Are you ready, dear?
00:32:17Yes, damn you.
00:32:19Would you adore me as much if I were poor?
00:32:23All you want to be is a lovely widow.
00:32:27It's almost time to lock up the house.
00:32:30Then your party will really begin.
00:32:34I wonder how it will end.
00:32:44It's close to midnight, Lance.
00:32:46Okay, I'll be down in a minute.
00:32:55Who is it?
00:32:57Your host, my dear.
00:33:00It's almost midnight, Nora.
00:33:02I'll be down in a minute.
00:33:04I'll be down in a minute.
00:33:06Who is it?
00:33:08Your host, my dear.
00:33:10It's almost midnight, Nora.
00:33:11It's almost midnight, Nora.
00:33:13We're all going to get together down in the living room.
00:33:15All right, Mr. Lloyd. I'll be right down.
00:33:41No.
00:34:12Come with us.
00:34:14Come with us before he kills you.
00:34:30Where's Nora?
00:34:32Miss Manning?
00:34:41I don't want to stay here.
00:34:43Nora, what happened?
00:34:55That's Jonas Slides and his wife.
00:34:58They've been caretakers here for years.
00:35:01She's blind, you know.
00:35:03I'm not going to stay here.
00:35:04Doctor, it looks like we have a real case of hysteria on our hands.
00:35:08I think she's just a little upset.
00:35:10Not hysterical.
00:35:19Good evening.
00:35:24Hello, my dear.
00:35:26This is my wife.
00:35:28These are our guests.
00:35:30Ruth Bridges.
00:35:31Dr. Trent.
00:35:33You know Watson Pritchard, of course.
00:35:35Nora Manning.
00:35:37And this is Lance Schroeder.
00:35:46Get me out of here.
00:35:48What about the $10,000?
00:35:50I don't care. He wants to kill me.
00:35:52Who wants to kill you?
00:35:54Mr. Lloyd.
00:35:56May I have your attention, please?
00:35:58I think you all know who I am.
00:35:59May I have your attention, please?
00:36:01I think you all remember the bargain we made about staying all night.
00:36:05$10,000 apiece.
00:36:07If any of you don't survive,
00:36:09$50,000 will be divided amongst the rest of you.
00:36:13If I should die,
00:36:19you will be paid by my estate.
00:36:21When the door is locked from the outside by the caretakers,
00:36:24we'll all be forced to stay in this house until morning.
00:36:26If any of you decide not to stay,
00:36:28you must leave with the caretakers now.
00:36:30You won't have a chance to change your minds later,
00:36:33because there'll be no way to get out.
00:36:36I don't want to stay.
00:36:38Wait.
00:36:57It isn't midnight yet. Who told them they could leave?
00:37:00They never leave before midnight.
00:37:02They've gone now.
00:37:05I was going to ask you whether you wanted to stay or not,
00:37:08but it seems that the caretakers have made the decision for you.
00:37:11We're all locked in now.
00:37:14But I don't want to stay.
00:37:16I'm sorry, my dear, but it's too late now.
00:37:19Darling, haven't you had enough of this silly game?
00:37:23Get some rest.
00:37:24Get some cars up here for these people and let them go home.
00:37:27But pay them first.
00:37:31This is your party.
00:37:33Remember?
00:37:36In spite of my wife's faith in my ability to do the impossible,
00:37:40we will all have to stay in this house until 8 o'clock in the morning.
00:37:44But we have some party favors for you
00:37:48in these little coffins.
00:37:55This is my wife's idea.
00:37:58I must say, I think it's rather dangerous.
00:38:01I suppose you all know how to use one of these things,
00:38:04but in case you don't,
00:38:06you just press down on this lever with your thumb
00:38:09and then pull the trigger.
00:38:14You see, they're loaded.
00:38:18These are no good against the dead, only the living.
00:38:20Doctor?
00:38:24Lance?
00:38:29Nora?
00:38:32Go ahead, take it.
00:38:38Miss Bridgers?
00:38:44And here's yours, dear.
00:38:46I don't need it.
00:38:48It was your idea.
00:38:50Who knows, you may want to use it on me before this night is over.
00:38:56Throw these guns away, they won't do you any good.
00:39:00I agree with Pritchard on that point,
00:39:02although not for the same reason.
00:39:04Dr. Trent.
00:39:07Don't you approve of our little party favors?
00:39:12Suppose Nora had had a gun
00:39:14when she mistook the blind woman for a ghost.
00:39:16I don't think anyone else
00:39:18is going to walk around in total darkness.
00:39:21Oh, I'm sure we're not going to go running around the house
00:39:23shooting each other, aren't you?
00:39:25Who knows?
00:39:27Fear makes people do amazing things.
00:39:34Mr. Pritchard,
00:39:36you said your sister-in-law killed a man and a woman here
00:39:39and cut them up.
00:39:41You said they found hands and feet,
00:39:43but they never found any heads.
00:39:45Would you like to see one of those heads?
00:39:47Would you all like to see one of those heads?
00:39:48Well then, just follow me.
00:39:59Darling,
00:40:01I really don't need this.
00:40:19Just go look in my suitcase.
00:40:21Just go look.
00:40:36What was in there?
00:40:38A woman's head.
00:40:40Nora, I think you're a little upset.
00:40:42Would you care for a sedative?
00:40:44Get out!
00:40:46Get out, all of you!
00:40:48Leave me alone!
00:40:50Just get out of here!
00:40:56You think it's all right to leave her by herself, Doctor?
00:40:58I wish she'd taken the sedative.
00:41:00What do you suppose she thought she saw?
00:41:02They're closing in on her.
00:41:04Look, Doc, I think somebody ought to stay with her.
00:41:06There could be a million people around her.
00:41:08If they wanted her, they'd get her.
00:41:12What if he's right?
00:41:14He's too drunk to know what he's talking about.
00:41:16I wonder.
00:41:18Just a minute.
00:41:25Do you think it would do any good
00:41:27if you went in and talked to her?
00:41:29Do you think there really was a head in her suitcase?
00:41:32I don't know.
00:41:34A thing like that would put me right over the edge.
00:41:36Look, would you sort of stay up here,
00:41:38I mean, in case she needs help?
00:41:40All right.
00:41:42I'll be in my room.
00:41:44Just call if you need me.
00:41:46Thanks.
00:41:49Are you sure there are only seven people in this house?
00:41:51Positive.
00:41:53Except for the ghosts.
00:41:55I don't believe in ghosts.
00:41:57Nor in frightening women.
00:41:59In Nora's case, it's gone far enough.
00:42:01Perhaps too far.
00:42:03What do you suggest we do about it, Doctor?
00:42:05Don't frighten her any more.
00:42:07I don't believe in ghosts.
00:42:09Nor in frightening women.
00:42:11In Nora's case, it's gone far enough.
00:42:13Perhaps too far.
00:42:15What do you suggest we do about it, Doctor?
00:42:16a
00:42:40Nora?
00:42:43Nora?
00:42:46Nora?
00:43:17Nora!
00:43:20Nora!
00:43:33What do you know about this?
00:43:35They've taken her.
00:43:37In a little while, she'll be one of them.
00:43:40Where's Nora?
00:43:43Where is she?
00:43:44It's too late.
00:43:45It's too late.
00:43:46You'll never find her again.
00:43:48Pritchard, if you know where she is, you better tell me now.
00:43:50She's gone.
00:43:51She's gone with them.
00:43:52And there's nothing you can do about it.
00:44:07Nora.
00:44:15Lay her down.
00:44:45Nora.
00:44:56Nora?
00:45:01She's dead, Mr. Lauren.
00:45:04Your wife hanged herself.
00:45:07Suicide.
00:45:15Nora.
00:45:39Nora.
00:45:40Please hide me.
00:45:41Please hide me.
00:45:42What's the matter?
00:45:43Hide me.
00:45:46Please.
00:45:52He tried to kill me.
00:45:55He grabbed me and choked me and put me in that room.
00:45:59And then he went away and left me.
00:46:01Who?
00:46:03He thought I was dead.
00:46:05Who?
00:46:07Mr. Lauren.
00:46:10Are you sure about this?
00:46:12I don't know.
00:46:13It was dark, but it must have been him.
00:46:17Has anybody seen you since he left you?
00:46:21I heard some people in that room, but I went by and nobody saw me.
00:46:26Mrs. Lauren is dead.
00:46:29But how?
00:46:35Lauren said she committed suicide.
00:46:37But I think somebody killed her.
00:46:39Him?
00:46:41Yes.
00:47:12I'm sure you've come to the same conclusion I have.
00:47:15Yeah, I think so.
00:47:17Let's all have a meeting, discuss what to do.
00:47:20The living room?
00:47:21Okay, in a minute.
00:47:42I have to go downstairs.
00:47:44Lock yourself in here and don't let anyone know you're here.
00:47:47If he thinks you're dead, he won't come here.
00:47:49And I'll be back as soon as I can.
00:47:52You'll be fine.
00:47:57And if you have to,
00:47:59use it.
00:48:11Thanks.
00:48:42So beautiful.
00:48:45So greedy.
00:48:48So cold.
00:48:55What are you doing in here?
00:48:57Wait.
00:48:58Don't wait.
00:48:59What do you mean, coming in here?
00:49:01I'm not coming in here.
00:49:03I'm not coming in here.
00:49:05I'm not coming in here.
00:49:07I'm not coming in here.
00:49:09I'm not coming in here.
00:49:12I didn't want them to take her away.
00:49:14You're drunk.
00:49:15They will if you don't watch it.
00:49:16You're drunk.
00:49:17All right, out with it, Bridget.
00:49:18Why did you come into this room?
00:49:19I'm the only one who understands.
00:49:20Understands what?
00:49:22Your wife isn't there anymore.
00:49:25She's already joined them.
00:49:27Look, Bridget, I've had enough of your spook talk.
00:49:29Get out, you sot,
00:49:31and don't come back into this room again.
00:49:41Get out.
00:50:07Where's what's-her-name?
00:50:09Nora.
00:50:11I didn't disturb her
00:50:12since I don't think this concerns her.
00:50:14No, you're right.
00:50:16Mr. Loren,
00:50:18isn't there some way we can get out of this house now?
00:50:21No, none at all.
00:50:24We could try breaking out.
00:50:26The only door to the outside is made of steel.
00:50:29The bars of the windows are set in solid stone.
00:50:33We've got to stay.
00:50:36I'm not afraid of your ghosts, Bridget.
00:50:38But I am afraid.
00:50:41When we came here a few hours ago,
00:50:43the only thing we had in common
00:50:44was the $10,000 we'd get.
00:50:46Now, however, we share something else.
00:50:49The death of Mrs. Loren.
00:50:52So far tonight,
00:50:54one of us was almost killed by a falling chandelier.
00:50:58One of us was mysteriously slugged.
00:51:01One of us has been driven
00:51:02to the brink of absolute hell.
00:51:04And one of us is dead.
00:51:07Were these accidents?
00:51:09Suicide?
00:51:11And we must stay here for six more hours.
00:51:14Six hours?
00:51:16Six of us.
00:51:19Time enough.
00:51:21Who'll be next?
00:51:23How will it happen?
00:51:25Let me ask you a question, Doctor.
00:51:28I don't know.
00:51:30I don't know.
00:51:31Let me ask you a question, Doctor.
00:51:34You were the first one to see my wife there.
00:51:37Did you also see anything
00:51:38that she could have climbed up on and then jumped?
00:51:41No.
00:51:43Did any of you?
00:51:48There was nothing.
00:51:50How, then, did she get up there so high?
00:51:54Exactly, Mr. Loren. How?
00:51:56She couldn't have pulled herself up there.
00:51:57She couldn't have dropped from the ceiling.
00:51:59Do you think your wife killed herself?
00:52:02No.
00:52:04She was murdered
00:52:06by one of you.
00:52:13Or you, Mr. Loren.
00:52:16To deliberately kill someone, you must have a reason.
00:52:19We were all strangers to your wife.
00:52:21Only you had a motive for murder.
00:52:25My husband hasn't at some time wanted to kill his wife.
00:52:29But husband hasn't had a thousand opportunities
00:52:32to do it in such a way so that he'd never be suspected.
00:52:35I'm not such a fool as to hang my wife
00:52:37from a ceiling by a rope.
00:52:39The fact remains that you, or one of us,
00:52:41murdered Mrs. Loren.
00:52:43And that's a matter for the police.
00:52:45So how do we get the police?
00:52:47That's my point. We can't until morning.
00:52:49What began as a silly party given by an eccentric
00:52:52has now involved us all in murder.
00:52:55For once, Pritchard may be right.
00:52:57If another murder's in the works, let's stop it.
00:52:59Another murder?
00:53:01Why not?
00:53:03Maybe one of us saw too much.
00:53:07Why should even a millionaire
00:53:09want to give each of us $10,000
00:53:11to spend one night in a gloomy old house?
00:53:13To see some ghosts, have a party?
00:53:15No.
00:53:17Have you finished trying me, Doctor?
00:53:19And is the verdict guilty of murder?
00:53:21Oh, this isn't getting us anywhere.
00:53:23Somebody killed Mrs. Loren, we know that.
00:53:25One of us is guilty and the rest of us are innocent.
00:53:27Okay.
00:53:29All we have to do for the next six hours
00:53:31is protect ourselves from each other.
00:53:33Do you really think...
00:53:35I don't think anything.
00:53:37I just know that I'm going to my room.
00:53:39And if anybody comes in, I'll shoot him.
00:53:41Or her.
00:53:43And if we all stay in our rooms, we'll be safe.
00:53:45Because the innocent will have no reason to leave his room.
00:53:48And the guilty will admit his guilt if he or she does.
00:53:51And we all have guns.
00:53:53And we'll all agree.
00:53:55Oh, I wish this night were over.
00:53:59Rooms.
00:54:01Guns.
00:54:03I tell you, it doesn't make any difference.
00:54:06They aren't through with us yet.
00:54:30What's the use of saying good night?
00:54:51Good night.
00:54:59Good night.
00:55:17Good night, Doctor.
00:55:29Good night.
00:55:59Good night.
00:56:29Good night.
00:56:59Good night.
00:57:30Nora, it's me, Lance.
00:57:39Are you okay?
00:57:41They've all gone to their rooms and locked themselves in.
00:57:44Lance, I've been thinking.
00:57:46It was so dark down there.
00:57:48Maybe it wasn't Mr. Lorne.
00:57:50I don't know.
00:57:52I don't know.
00:57:54I don't know.
00:57:56I don't know.
00:57:57Maybe it wasn't Mr. Lorne.
00:57:59It was him, all right.
00:58:01He tried to kill you, and he did kill his wife.
00:58:05How can you be so sure?
00:58:07She tried to warn me.
00:58:09Asked me to help her.
00:58:11The doc thinks he's going to try and kill one of us.
00:58:15Now, there must be a way out of this place,
00:58:17and I'm going to find it and get the police before he does.
00:58:19I'm going with you.
00:58:21If he finds out you're alive...
00:58:23No, Nora.
00:58:25You're safer here than anyplace else.
00:58:27Just keep quiet.
00:58:34If I find a way out, I'll come back and get you.
00:58:57Come on.
00:59:27Come on.
00:59:57Come on.
01:00:27No!
01:00:51No!
01:00:53No!
01:00:58No!
01:01:11Oh, no!
01:01:27No!
01:01:57No!
01:02:27No!
01:02:57An admission of guilt, Doctor?
01:02:59Certainly not.
01:03:01There's either somebody else in this house
01:03:03or one of us has left his room.
01:03:05Did you hear anything?
01:03:09Organ music?
01:03:11That, and someone walking.
01:03:15You got yours?
01:03:18Ready?
01:03:20You look downstairs, and I'll look up here.
01:03:23Why not together?
01:03:25There may be only minutes, seconds left of someone's life.
01:03:27Why waste time?
01:03:58Organ music
01:04:22It's almost over, darling.
01:04:23Every detail was perfect.
01:04:40What's happening?
01:04:42We've done it.
01:04:44The perfect crime.
01:04:46Beautiful.
01:04:48Has she killed him?
01:04:50Not yet.
01:04:51But she will.
01:04:55Get me out of this hanging harness.
01:04:58What's taking that girl so long?
01:05:00What time is it?
01:05:02At first, I couldn't get Nora to want
01:05:04to protect herself with a gun.
01:05:06But after you appeared at the window,
01:05:08everything began to work just as we had planned.
01:05:10You were wonderful, just the touch
01:05:12that finally drove her into complete hysteria.
01:05:14It'll be worth all of our planning, darling.
01:05:16Where's Nora now?
01:05:18What's happening?
01:05:19On her way to the cellar.
01:05:21So scared, she'll shoot the first thing that moves.
01:05:23And Frederick?
01:05:25On his way to the cellar, too.
01:05:28David, are you sure none of them will suspect us?
01:05:30Of what?
01:05:32An hysterical girl accidentally shoots somebody?
01:05:34Who would suspect that we planned it that way,
01:05:36that we drove her to it?
01:05:38What about my suicide?
01:05:40Just a ghost party gag.
01:05:42We'll claim it was a dummy,
01:05:44since I'm the only one who touched you.
01:05:46And the caretakers?
01:05:47What are you doing?
01:05:49What about Nora? She's not stupid, you know.
01:05:51Darling, believe me,
01:05:53everything we planned is working perfectly.
01:05:55Nora is sure Frederick murdered you.
01:05:57She thinks Frederick attacked her in the cellar, not me.
01:05:59And now Nora's almost out of her mind with fear.
01:06:01The heads, the music, you're hanging.
01:06:03I tell you, when Frederick walks in there,
01:06:05she'll shoot him.
01:06:07It's taking too long.
01:06:09David, you ought to be there.
01:06:17When you hear the shot, come down to the cellar.
01:06:47David?
01:06:49David?
01:07:17No, no!
01:07:47David?
01:08:17David?
01:08:48David?
01:08:51David?
01:09:17David?
01:09:47David?
01:10:18At last you've got it all.
01:10:20Everything I have.
01:10:22Even my life.
01:10:24But you're not going to live to enjoy it.
01:10:27Come with me, murderess.
01:10:29Come with me.
01:10:31Come with me.
01:10:33Come with me.
01:10:35Come with me.
01:10:37Come with me.
01:10:39Come with me.
01:10:41Come with me.
01:10:43Come with me.
01:10:45Come with me.
01:10:47Come with me.
01:11:17Come with me.
01:11:47Come with me.
01:12:11Good night, Doctor.
01:12:13Good night, Annabelle.
01:12:14The crime you two planned was indeed perfect.
01:12:18Only the victim is alive and the murderers are not.
01:12:22It's a pity you didn't know
01:12:24when you started your game of murder
01:12:27that I was playing too.
01:12:35There must be some way to get in here.
01:12:37It's right along here somewhere.
01:12:44Lance!
01:12:46I've shot Mr. Lorne. He's down in the wine cellar.
01:12:49Alive?
01:12:50I don't think so.
01:13:02It's him. He's alive.
01:13:09You didn't shoot anyone, my dear.
01:13:11I loaded your gun with blanks.
01:13:15I can tell you all now.
01:13:17Trent and my wife were planning to kill me.
01:13:20They failed.
01:13:23Trent tried to throw me in the vat.
01:13:25My wife stumbled and fell.
01:13:29I'm ready for justice to decide
01:13:31if I'm innocent or guilty.
01:13:45Now there are nine.
01:13:48There'll be more, many more.
01:13:54They're coming for me now.
01:13:59And then they'll come for you.
01:14:03No!
01:14:05No!
01:14:07No!
01:14:09No!
01:14:11No!
01:14:12No!
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