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