A young man visits his fiancée's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in his greenhouse to giants. When his own wife falls victim to this mysterious power, the old man takes it upon himself to destroy the glowing object with disastrous results. —Jeremy Lunt
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00:04:15Morning.
00:04:16Hello.
00:04:17Taxi?
00:04:18That's right.
00:04:19American, eh?
00:04:20Yeah, how'd you figure it out?
00:04:21Well, tub of your clothes.
00:04:22Don't fit proper.
00:04:23Well, maybe you can recommend it to Taylor.
00:04:25Ah, too much responsibility.
00:04:27Tailoring's a personal thing.
00:04:28You here to holiday?
00:04:30I'm going to the Whitley place.
00:04:32You're not.
00:04:35Something wrong?
00:04:36Nothing wrong.
00:04:37Can you tell me how to get there?
00:04:38No.
00:04:39Sorry, mate.
00:04:41The end
00:05:00I wonder if you could help me.
00:05:02Possibly.
00:05:03I'm anxious to get to the Whitley place.
00:05:06Sorry, I can't help you.
00:05:11Can you help me?
00:05:24Excuse me. This man following me is asking for the witness. Here you go.
00:05:36Hello. Is there any place around here where I can rent an automobile?
00:05:40No. Bicycle, maybe. Where are you going?
00:05:43The Whitley place.
00:05:45Then you're wasting your time.
00:05:47How do you figure that?
00:05:48The Whitley place. He wants to go to the Whitley place.
00:05:51Is there anything wrong with wanting to go there?
00:05:54He wants to know if there's anything wrong with that.
00:05:57Is there?
00:05:59Bicycle shops down the street.
00:06:01Is there, he asks?
00:06:21Hello.
00:06:22Something you want?
00:06:24Yeah, I'd like to rent a bicycle for a few days.
00:06:26Where would you be riding it?
00:06:28I'll pay for it in advance.
00:06:32I asked where you'd be going.
00:06:34To the Whitley place. I'd need a bicycle to do that, wouldn't I?
00:06:37Yes.
00:06:38Yes.
00:06:39And more than that, you'd not be using one of mine.
00:06:42Why? You've got loads of them and I don't see anybody waiting in line.
00:06:45No bicycles for rent.
00:06:47What about the motor?
00:06:48I've nothing for rent.
00:06:50What will it cost me to get to the Whitley place?
00:06:52More than anything you have to offer.
00:06:55Why?
00:06:56Why? What's the matter with everybody in this town?
00:06:58Nothing's the matter.
00:07:00Here...
00:07:01Just what's that supposed to mean?
00:07:03It means the only way you can get to the Whitley house from here
00:07:07is on your own two feet.
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00:10:46Hello?
00:10:49Hello?
00:11:17How do you do?
00:11:20I knocked, but there was no answer, so I took the liberty of entering.
00:11:23The signs clearly say to keep out.
00:11:26You must have seen them?
00:11:28Yes, I saw them.
00:11:30Then by what right have you entered this house?
00:11:32I've come to visit the Whitleys.
00:11:34Oh? I am now Whitley.
00:11:37Well, sir, actually, it's Susan I came to visit.
00:11:40Susan?
00:11:43My daughter's not receiving visitors.
00:11:45I must ask you to leave.
00:11:48Is this the way you treat all your guests?
00:11:50Guests? Guests are invited.
00:11:53I don't remember having invited you.
00:11:56I have been invited.
00:11:59I'm Mrs. Whitley.
00:12:02Stephen Reinhardt.
00:12:05You are Stephen Reinhardt?
00:12:07Yeah, that's right.
00:12:10Yes, my daughter did mention your name.
00:12:13She met you in America at the university?
00:12:15That's right. Susan and I were in the same science class.
00:12:18Science.
00:12:20I'm afraid it would disturb Mrs. Whitley to see you again.
00:12:22I must ask you to leave.
00:12:24But it isn't Mrs. Whitley I've come to see.
00:12:26Quite impossible. I will have Mervyn take you back to the village.
00:12:29Steve!
00:12:35Susan will ask you to stay.
00:12:38But for reasons that I cannot go into,
00:12:40I must insist you tell her that you have to leave at once.
00:12:43Mervyn, get the car.
00:12:49Steve!
00:12:51Susan!
00:12:54Honey, you look great.
00:12:56I thought you'd never get here.
00:12:57It's only been a month.
00:12:59Is that all?
00:13:01Father, this is Stephen Reinhardt.
00:13:03I know.
00:13:05I must speak to you alone, Susan.
00:13:07Not now, Father. I want to take him up to meet Mother.
00:13:09You know it's forbidden for your mother to have visitors.
00:13:12Only for a minute. Mother's been waiting to meet Steve.
00:13:16I had no idea you lived in a house so, uh, sumptuous.
00:13:21This is my great-grandfather, Elias Whitley.
00:13:24He built this house over 150 years ago.
00:13:27This next one?
00:13:31That's my grandfather, Corbin Whitley.
00:13:34Oh, what did he do?
00:13:36He went insane.
00:13:41We must get rid of him, Mervyn.
00:13:43He must not stay.
00:13:46Steve, you must understand about Mother.
00:13:49She's not well.
00:13:56Mother?
00:13:58Come in.
00:14:00And close the door.
00:14:07Mother, this is Stephen Reinhardt.
00:14:11We have been expecting you.
00:14:15I'm, uh, sorry you're not feeling well, Mrs. Whitley.
00:14:20It will pass.
00:14:23You are a welcome guest in this house, Mr. Reinhardt.
00:14:30My husband will protest.
00:14:32Susan?
00:14:34Yes?
00:14:36I would like to speak to Stephen alone.
00:14:40Yes, Mother.
00:14:52Please sit down.
00:14:57Please sit down.
00:15:10I'm glad that you have come at this time.
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00:16:12Mervyn.
00:16:14Mervyn, are you all right?
00:16:17Yes, sir.
00:16:19I'm going to need your help.
00:16:22You can trust me, sir.
00:16:28About what, Mrs. Whitley?
00:16:31Come here.
00:16:35Closer.
00:16:40That box, Mr. Reinhardt, there.
00:16:45Open it.
00:16:50It's an earring.
00:16:52Yes.
00:16:54It's an earring.
00:16:57Take it out of the box.
00:16:59Examine it.
00:17:03It's like gold.
00:17:05Yes, it's gold.
00:17:07But its importance doesn't lie in the metal it is made of.
00:17:11I'm afraid I don't understand.
00:17:13Why should you?
00:17:15You probably think this whole house is obsessed with mystery.
00:17:20But I tell you, that single earring you are holding in your hand is surrounded by mystery.
00:17:26It belonged to my maid, Helga.
00:17:30She was a nice, simple girl and completely devoted to me.
00:17:35Well, about a month ago, she went down with some terrible disease.
00:17:41I begged of her to go to the doctor in Arkham.
00:17:44Did she go?
00:17:46No.
00:17:48No, I don't think she did.
00:18:00Let's go.
00:18:30Chains for devils.
00:19:00Whatever it was, she...
00:19:03She seemed to be overcome by...
00:19:06by something...
00:19:08Well, it almost seemed like self-loathing.
00:19:12She took to wearing a veil as if she wanted to hide herself from prying eyes.
00:19:18Why is the earring so important to you?
00:19:22I don't know.
00:19:24I don't know.
00:19:27Why is the earring so important?
00:19:31About a fortnight ago, she came here to see me.
00:19:35She was crying.
00:19:38She said she was...
00:19:40She was frightened of what was happening to her.
00:19:43What was happening to her?
00:19:45I don't know.
00:19:47I'm not sure.
00:19:49Anyway, she...
00:19:51She left and she dropped that earring.
00:19:55Stephen, I haven't seen her since.
00:20:00Well, perhaps Mr. Whitley knows.
00:20:04My husband says he knows nothing.
00:20:08Stephen, it's because of all these things that are happening here
00:20:12that I had to be sure of you.
00:20:14You are my one hope for Susan.
00:20:18Take her away from here as soon as you can, tomorrow, the next day.
00:20:23You must promise me that.
00:20:25My husband may not allow me to see you or speak to you again.
00:20:28I must have your promise now.
00:20:54What did you talk about?
00:20:56Oh, you. We talked about you.
00:20:59I want you to know I have the parental blessing.
00:21:01Well, half of it, anyway.
00:21:03My room's supposed to be down here.
00:21:05I'll show you.
00:21:11This is the room. I'll have Merwin bring up your case.
00:21:16Susan, how long has your mother been like that?
00:21:20Ill, you mean?
00:21:22Well, that and the darkened room, shaded bed.
00:21:27Not long. She's been worse the past few days.
00:21:31And the doctor has forbidden her to have any visitors?
00:21:36No, she hasn't seen a doctor.
00:21:39I'm afraid she's been very ill.
00:21:43No, she hasn't seen a doctor.
00:21:45Father wants to look after her himself.
00:21:47And what about Helga?
00:21:50Helga?
00:21:52Why all these questions?
00:21:54Well, your mother's very concerned about her. She's disappeared.
00:21:57Susan, what's going on here?
00:22:00I don't know, Steve.
00:22:03What else did your mother talk about?
00:22:08Come here.
00:22:13Your mother did ask whether my intentions are honorable.
00:22:17Are they, Steve?
00:22:19What do you think?
00:22:43You shouldn't have invited Reinhardt here.
00:22:47You're a difficult woman, Letitia.
00:22:50No, not difficult.
00:22:53Only afraid.
00:22:55Oh, so that's it.
00:22:58The sins of the father, sir.
00:23:01Well, let me warn you.
00:23:03Nothing is going to deter me from my purpose.
00:23:06Yes, that's what Corbyn said.
00:23:08But he's dead, Letitia.
00:23:10He's been dead for a long time.
00:23:13If there is evil, it's buried with him.
00:23:18All the remains of Corbyn is her.
00:23:20Few harmless objects in the cellar.
00:23:23No, no, you know how the light pains me. No.
00:23:26Why do you persist in this delusion?
00:23:28Please, Nan, close the curtains. Please.
00:23:33I wonder if you realize how light Corbyn you've become.
00:23:38There's no similarity whatsoever.
00:23:41I've uttered no incantations.
00:23:44Neither have I cried out to any of the other so-called creatures of evil.
00:23:51It's only your methods that differ.
00:23:54And you know why?
00:23:56Because I don't believe in it, any of it. I never had believed in it.
00:24:00It is you who would perpetuate these blasphemies,
00:24:05these absurdities.
00:24:07Nan, I saw your father change from an upright, God-fearing man
00:24:13into an old man possessed of the devil.
00:24:17Whatever happened to my father will not happen to me.
00:24:21It's already happening.
00:24:23I could rather see it happening to you, Letitia, but not to me.
00:24:27It's happening to all of us.
00:24:29There's evidence of it all around us.
00:24:31There is nothing to do with Corbyn Whitley.
00:24:34Corbyn was invoking the dark powers when he died.
00:24:39Now his call is being answered.
00:24:45So that is why you sent for Stephen Reinhardt.
00:24:48I sent for him to take Susan away from here.
00:24:51What have you told him?
00:24:53Nothing.
00:24:54Are you sure?
00:24:55I don't need to tell him anything.
00:24:57He can see for himself.
00:24:59I don't want him here.
00:25:01He must leave. One way or another, he must leave.
00:25:04He is a guest here, Nan.
00:25:06I will not have him interfering.
00:25:08Would you prefer that I went into the town and showed myself?
00:25:13The once beautiful Letitia Whitley.
00:25:20Very well.
00:25:22A day, perhaps. A day, but no more. Then he must leave.
00:25:25Perhaps by then you will have seen the truth.
00:25:28The truth?
00:25:32The truth is that I see the future.
00:25:35And all that I've planned for it will fill it with a richness we have never known.
00:25:41Yes, that is what you see.
00:25:45All that I can see is horror.
00:25:48Horror!
00:25:55Horror!
00:26:20I'm sorry, sir.
00:26:25I'm sorry.
00:26:28Jesus.
00:26:54It's a very large room.
00:26:58Big enough for a king's banquet.
00:27:05There used to be many parties here, Steve, in my great-grandfather's time.
00:27:09But none since?
00:27:11None that I remember.
00:27:13Why not?
00:27:15I don't know.
00:27:17Perhaps the name of Whitley no longer commands the affection and respect it once did.
00:27:23Is that why no one in the village would drive me out here?
00:27:27You mean you had to walk all that way?
00:27:30The villagers have no use for us, Mr. Reinhardt, I may add.
00:27:34The feeling is mutual.
00:27:36Mervyn.
00:27:38Yes?
00:27:41Has Mrs. Whitley had her dinner?
00:27:43I placed a tray before her, sir, but she didn't seem to want it.
00:27:47I'll take her up something and let her know.
00:27:50What was that?
00:27:57Mr. Whitley, I noticed a strange blackened area on the way to the house.
00:28:03What happened there?
00:28:09I don't know.
00:28:11I don't know.
00:28:13I don't know.
00:28:15I don't know.
00:28:18There was a fire, Steve.
00:28:20A fire?
00:28:22Why do you say it like that?
00:28:24Well, did you see it?
00:28:26No.
00:28:28But Father did.
00:28:30Why are you so curious?
00:28:32Well, everything is dead in the area.
00:28:34Nothing seems to grow there.
00:28:36I touched a branch and it fell to ashes.
00:28:38My daughter has already told you there was a fire.
00:28:42But, Mr. Whitley, no fire leaves a place like that.
00:28:46Father's never allowed me to go on the heath.
00:28:49Why not?
00:28:51I don't know.
00:28:53But after the fire, some of the villagers disappeared there.
00:28:56No one's ever been able to explain what happened.
00:28:59I think, Susan, you're inclined to exaggerate.
00:29:02I would suggest possibly that you both...
00:29:05Murder!
00:29:11What's the matter?
00:29:14What's the matter with him?
00:29:16It's all right. This has happened before.
00:29:18But he's unconscious.
00:29:20Perfectly all right. I'll take care of it.
00:29:22I know exactly what to do.
00:29:24Susan.
00:29:26Come on, Steve.
00:29:28Steve.
00:29:44Mother?
00:29:46I've brought your dinner.
00:29:50It's your favourite.
00:29:53Take it away.
00:29:55Well, you must eat.
00:29:57Shh. Quiet, child.
00:30:01Listen.
00:30:03What is it?
00:30:05Shh. Quiet.
00:30:07Listen.
00:30:09What is it?
00:30:11Shh. Quiet.
00:30:13Yes.
00:30:16Yes.
00:30:37Shh.
00:31:07Shh.
00:31:31Steve.
00:31:33What's wrong?
00:31:35What? Who?
00:31:37I don't know. Something was staring at me.
00:31:40Are you sure you weren't imagining it?
00:31:43Oh, I don't know.
00:31:45It's this house.
00:31:47What about this house, Susan?
00:31:49There's something in it. Something's smothering.
00:31:51I'm taking you away from here.
00:31:53Oh, I wish I could.
00:31:55Tonight.
00:31:56I can't.
00:31:57Why?
00:31:58Well, I can't leave Mother the way she is.
00:32:00First it was the light. She couldn't stand it.
00:32:02Then she took to her bed. Now she won't eat.
00:32:04Who made me promise to take you away from here?
00:32:06Darling, I want to go with you.
00:32:08We're leaving here right away.
00:32:10No, it's impossible.
00:32:12Tomorrow morning, then.
00:32:13I'm afraid she won't be any better in the morning.
00:32:16Oh, Steve. I wish I knew what to do.
00:32:23Steve!
00:32:24What?
00:32:25With the window!
00:32:35There's nothing there. It's your imagination.
00:32:37I'm not imagining it.
00:32:39Let's not talk about it anymore. We'll discuss it tomorrow.
00:32:41Now, you have to get some rest.
00:32:43Oh, Steve.
00:32:45I love you.
00:32:57And I love you.
00:32:59And everything's gonna be all right.
00:33:04I love you.
00:33:34I love you.
00:33:57It came from downstairs.
00:34:04It came from downstairs.
00:34:34It came from downstairs.
00:35:04It came from downstairs.
00:35:34It came from downstairs.
00:35:57Where does this go?
00:35:58It leads to Merwin's room.
00:36:04It leads to Merwin's room.
00:36:06It leads to Merwin's room.
00:36:33Father!
00:36:34You shouldn't have come down here.
00:36:36But the screaming and the noise.
00:36:39Miss Merwin is dead.
00:36:41It was terrible.
00:36:43Now, please go back up to your rooms.
00:36:45Nobody can do anything to help.
00:36:47Now, wait a minute.
00:36:49What's this all about? How did he die?
00:36:52He's been ill for a very long time.
00:36:55Well, where's the body?
00:36:56That's really none of your business.
00:36:58Well, I seem to think it is my business.
00:37:00No, Steve.
00:37:01Wait a second, Susan.
00:37:02You don't seem to realize what's happened here.
00:37:04This is my house.
00:37:05I must ask you to allow me to run my own affairs my own way.
00:37:10This may be your house, but a man is dead.
00:37:29Get dressed. We're going to leave now.
00:37:30I can't leave now, Steve.
00:37:32Please don't make trouble.
00:37:37Good night.
00:37:41Good night.
00:38:00Good night.
00:38:30Good night.
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00:44:19Hmm.
00:44:20Hmm.
00:44:21Hmm.
00:44:22Hmm.
00:44:23Hmm.
00:44:24Hmm.
00:44:55♪
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00:45:25♪
00:45:35Yes?
00:45:37Is the doctor in?
00:45:38Did you have an appointment?
00:45:40No, but I'd like to speak to him.
00:45:42Is it an emergency?
00:45:44It's important that I speak to the doctor.
00:45:46Come inside.
00:45:52This way.
00:46:17You wanted to speak to me?
00:46:18Dr. Henderson?
00:46:20My name is Steve Reinhardt. I'm from the United States.
00:46:22I had to talk to you.
00:46:24I'm not sure of that.
00:46:25I found your name in the phone book.
00:46:27Actually, I've been out of practice for some time now.
00:46:31Well, I didn't come to see you in your professional capacity, doctor.
00:46:35Something funny is happening in this town,
00:46:37and I think the family I'm staying with may be involved.
00:46:40Why come to me? Would you like a drink?
00:46:43No, thanks. It's a little early.
00:46:45I thought a doctor, someone objective, could help me,
00:46:48give me some information.
00:46:49About what?
00:46:50About this village, about the people I'm staying with.
00:46:53Everyone frightened when I told them where I was going.
00:46:56Frightened?
00:46:57Yeah.
00:46:58You're talking about the Whitley place.
00:47:00Only the name Whitley could bring out that sort of reaction.
00:47:03Can you tell me why?
00:47:04I'm sorry, I can't tell you anything.
00:47:06Even if I told you an old man died out there last night?
00:47:09Died?
00:47:10I don't give one damn what happened in that place,
00:47:12not as anybody else in this village.
00:47:14What is this? You're scared? Everybody's scared.
00:47:16Now, you're a doctor. Don't you have any pride in what you are?
00:47:19I've seen people in trouble. I may have seen a murder.
00:47:21Murder?
00:47:22Right. I'm sorry, I can't help you. Now, go away.
00:47:25You too.
00:47:26What's happened here?
00:47:28Why is there that sudden fear, that reluctance to speak,
00:47:30whenever the name Whitley is mentioned?
00:47:32Miss Bailey, can you show Mr. Reinhardt to the door?
00:47:43You asked the doctor about the Whitley place.
00:47:47Can you tell me anything about it?
00:47:49Can you tell me anything about the Whitleys?
00:47:51Only this.
00:47:52Dr. Henderson was a good doctor.
00:47:54A wonderful man.
00:47:56Corbyn Whitley died in Dr. Henderson's arms.
00:47:59Dr. Henderson returned here from that visit to the Whitley place,
00:48:02and he's never been the same.
00:48:05What did Corbyn Whitley die from?
00:48:07It's never spoken of.
00:48:09On the death certificate, it said cerebral hemorrhage.
00:48:12But I can tell you this.
00:48:13There was no autopsy.
00:48:15Because there was no funeral.
00:48:17And I'll tell you why.
00:48:19Because with the exception of Dr. Henderson,
00:48:21no one in the village saw the body.
00:48:24I've said enough.
00:48:25I've said more than I ought.
00:48:44Mother?
00:48:49Mother, please let me in.
00:48:51Susan, dear.
00:48:53I heard her moving about.
00:48:54I know.
00:48:55Mother, will you please open this door?
00:48:57It's all right, Susan.
00:48:58Now, don't worry.
00:48:59I'll talk to her.
00:49:00I've tried to.
00:49:01I know you have, dear.
00:49:02I know.
00:49:03Now, you go along.
00:49:04I'll talk to her.
00:49:08Letitia.
00:49:09I must speak to you.
00:49:10It's very important.
00:49:14Letitia.
00:49:16But Steve, no one ever goes to the greenhouse at night.
00:49:19Well, if there was no one inside,
00:49:20then why was there a light?
00:49:22A light?
00:49:23That's right.
00:49:24The entire greenhouse.
00:49:25The only word I can think of is glowed.
00:49:28I've seen a glow like that once before in a radiation lab.
00:49:32I don't understand, Steve.
00:49:34What were you doing outside last night?
00:49:36I was watching your father.
00:49:38Father?
00:49:40What was he doing?
00:49:42Burying Merwin.
00:49:44Burying Merwin.
00:49:47Something else has happened, too.
00:49:49What?
00:49:50I was attacked on the heat this morning.
00:49:52I'm sure it was Helga.
00:49:54Oh, Steve.
00:49:57What's happening?
00:49:59Why is the greenhouse locked?
00:50:01Where is it?
00:50:02Never has been before.
00:50:03Well, it is now.
00:50:04Well, it shouldn't be.
00:50:06Have you been in it lately?
00:50:07No, not since I've been back from college.
00:50:10Come on.
00:50:12Letitia.
00:50:14Now listen to me.
00:50:15It's very important.
00:50:17I should have done this before I know it.
00:50:20I'm going to take you to the village to see the doctor.
00:50:32Letitia.
00:50:38How long have these windows been whitewashed?
00:50:40They've always been whitewashed.
00:50:42There.
00:50:46I've never seen that lock before.
00:50:48Is there any other way of getting in?
00:50:50Oh, Steve, I don't think we should.
00:50:52The answer to what's going on around here may be inside.
00:50:54We've got to get in.
00:50:57I know a way.
00:51:00When I was a child, I used to hide from Merwin
00:51:02when Mother would send him to look for me.
00:51:04I used to get in somewhere along here.
00:51:08Here it is.
00:51:30I see it, but I don't believe it.
00:51:32How could plants grow like this?
00:51:46It's fantastic.
00:51:49Yeah.
00:51:53How can this happen?
00:51:57How can this happen?
00:52:12What was that?
00:52:14I don't know.
00:52:16Remember the cry we heard at dinner last night?
00:52:19I heard one just like it this morning.
00:52:21What's in there?
00:52:23It used to be a potting shed.
00:52:25Oh, come on, Steve.
00:52:33It's dark in there, except...
00:52:35except for a kind of glow.
00:52:37Oh, Steve, please come away.
00:52:40We can't, Susan. There's something going on around here,
00:52:42something that's affecting every member of your family.
00:52:44We shouldn't.
00:52:46If Father finds out, he'll be furious.
00:52:48Well, let him.
00:52:50We're not going to leave here with any questions unanswered,
00:52:52and I'll stay here.
00:52:54I'm coming with you.
00:52:56Okay. Come on.
00:53:11What is it?
00:53:13Those flickering colors, there must be some kind of energy.
00:53:17Uranium.
00:53:19This room is being exposed to some form of radiation.
00:53:25It's horrible.
00:53:33It looks like a zoo in hell.
00:53:37Oh, come on, Steve. Come on.
00:53:44It's all right, Susan. It's all right.
00:53:46A menagerie of horrors. What were they?
00:53:48Genetic mutations probably caused them.
00:53:51It's a scientific fact that continued exposure to radioactive energy
00:53:54can change the characteristics of living things.
00:53:57It's what happened to these plants.
00:53:59It's what happened to those creatures in there.
00:54:01The scent in here, it's so sweet.
00:54:04It's sickening.
00:54:07It's the effect of decay.
00:54:22Steve, what is it?
00:54:24There's something down here.
00:54:36There's stone like the ones in the potting shed.
00:54:39What is it, Steve?
00:54:41I don't know. I've never seen anything like it before.
00:54:44I wonder if it's an element.
00:54:48It's giving off heat.
00:54:52Looks like it's been cut away from some larger stone.
00:55:09There's one under every plant.
00:55:12This is the answer. There's no doubt about it.
00:55:15The stones?
00:55:17Yeah.
00:55:18You mean that they make everything in here grow this way?
00:55:21Yeah, and they're there too.
00:55:25Oh, but Steve, if it does this to plants...
00:55:28Exactly. If it affects plants in such a way,
00:55:31after hours and days of exposure,
00:55:34what would it do to a human being?
00:55:37Mother and Helga, they worked in here.
00:55:41Yeah, and Merwin, he must have come in contact with these stones.
00:55:44Or the larger one from which they were cut.
00:55:48I wonder where the larger stone could be.
00:55:51I don't know. In the cellar, perhaps.
00:55:54The cellar?
00:55:56There are many rooms down there.
00:56:14Come on.
00:56:16Come on.
00:56:41Come on.
00:56:46Come on.
00:56:53You all right? Yes.
00:57:06Letitia.
00:57:10Letitia!
00:57:17That's the door.
00:57:21You stay here.
00:57:23But you won't find the way.
00:57:25Yes, I will. Now go upstairs.
00:57:27Steve, be careful.
00:57:29Don't worry.
00:57:46Don't worry.
00:58:16Come on.
00:58:47Where's Reinhardt? I've been looking for him.
00:58:50What happened to you? Where have you been?
00:58:53The greenhouse.
00:58:55But I put a lock on that door.
00:58:57I knew another way in.
00:58:59You had no right to be there.
00:59:01Why have you been keeping it a secret?
00:59:03Is Reinhardt with you?
00:59:05Yes.
00:59:07Is he still there? No.
00:59:09Where is he? Where is he?
00:59:11You're hurting me. Tell me where he is.
00:59:15He's in the cellar.
00:59:17The cellar.
00:59:19Father! Stay there!
00:59:44Get out of this room.
00:59:46I said get out!
00:59:48No. Not until you listen to what I have to say.
00:59:51Don't press me. I'm in no mood for words.
00:59:54Well, you prefer death!
00:59:56Don't threaten me!
00:59:58If you don't listen to me, every living thing in this house will die.
01:00:01Now you have to get rid of me!
01:00:03I'm not afraid of you.
01:00:05I'm not afraid of you.
01:00:07I'm not afraid of you.
01:00:09I'm not afraid of you.
01:00:11I'm not afraid of you.
01:00:13Every living thing in this house will die.
01:00:15Now you have to get rid of that stone and the smaller ones in the greenhouse.
01:00:18If you don't, all life in and around this house will become exactly like the burned-out area.
01:00:21The monstrosities in the greenhouse.
01:00:23You don't know what you're talking about.
01:00:25It's already destroyed Merwin. You want it to destroy your wife as well.
01:00:27And Susan's beginning to destroy you.
01:00:29No.
01:00:31Listen to that humming sound. Look at the way it flows.
01:00:35It's only a stone. It's harmless.
01:00:37Oh, I don't think you really believe that, Mr. Whitley.
01:00:39I think you already know what it can do.
01:00:41Call the doctor.
01:01:07Susan.
01:01:09Are you all right?
01:01:15Susan.
01:01:17Steve.
01:01:19What happened?
01:01:23It's all right. I got you now.
01:01:27Susan.
01:01:29Are you all right? What happened to your mother?
01:01:31I don't know.
01:01:33I heard her smashing things.
01:01:35I tried to get her to come out.
01:01:39And then the door burst open and I screamed.
01:01:43I don't remember anything after that.
01:01:47Can you get up now?
01:01:51I think so.
01:01:53Come on.
01:01:55Are you okay?
01:01:57I'll be all right.
01:01:59I must find Letitia.
01:02:01Letitia.
01:02:09I must help.
01:02:11No, come on.
01:02:31Come on.
01:03:01Letitia.
01:03:03Letitia.
01:03:13Letitia.
01:03:21Come on.
01:03:23Letitia.
01:03:33Let's try this way.
01:03:41Letitia.
01:03:49Mother?
01:03:53Mother?
01:04:13It's only the wind.
01:04:15Come on.
01:04:23Don't do that.
01:04:47Steve.
01:04:53Steve.
01:05:09Letitia.
01:05:11Letitia.
01:05:23Letitia.
01:05:53Letitia.
01:06:13Reinhard.
01:06:15Get my daughter out of here.
01:06:17Please take Susan away.
01:06:23Please.
01:06:41The evil that Corbyn has created
01:06:43has finally come to root here.
01:06:47I refused to listen to her entreaties.
01:06:49And now Letitia has paid with her life
01:06:51for Corbyn's blasphemies.
01:06:53And my own, too.
01:06:55Mr. Whitley,
01:06:57blasphemy had nothing to do with it.
01:06:59In my heart, I must have known
01:07:01that she was right.
01:07:03It is as she said.
01:07:05A curse is set upon this house.
01:07:07How could I have been so blind
01:07:09as not to know that?
01:07:11That stone was sent from the other side
01:07:13by the hand of Corbyn,
01:07:15reaching out to us from beyond the grave.
01:07:17A curse?
01:07:19What do you know of this house?
01:07:21Or the people who've lived in it?
01:07:23I know enough to know that the stone
01:07:25was not sent by anyone.
01:07:27Ah, it's easy enough for you to say that.
01:07:29But you didn't see it as I did
01:07:31that Sunday morning,
01:07:33screaming down out of the heavens
01:07:35to crash and bury itself in the heath.
01:07:37It fell from the sky.
01:07:39And it was a meteorite.
01:07:41I thought it was a gift from heaven.
01:07:43The people from the village
01:07:45came to see what it was,
01:07:47but they wouldn't come near it.
01:07:49Oh, no, they knew.
01:07:51They knew because the fear of Corbyn
01:07:53was still in them.
01:07:55The next morning, the heath was covered
01:07:57with a lush vegetation
01:07:59that should never have grown there.
01:08:01Why did you bring it into the house?
01:08:03Why?
01:08:05Because I thought,
01:08:07as Corbyn knew I would,
01:08:09I thought I'd found a way
01:08:11to turn this wasteland
01:08:13into a place of beauty.
01:08:15Great vineyards, gardens,
01:08:17that was my dream.
01:08:19I thought the name of Whitley
01:08:21would mean something once again.
01:08:23And Corbyn's iniquities
01:08:25would be atoned for.
01:08:27Everyone he came in contact with
01:08:29was touched by it.
01:08:31Father, won't you please come back
01:08:33into the house?
01:08:35Susan, Stephen,
01:08:37will you take Susan away, please?
01:08:39What about you?
01:08:41I will stay here to destroy
01:08:43this monstrous thing.
01:08:45You can't destroy it.
01:08:47If you go near it,
01:08:49there can be only one result,
01:08:51and you know what that is.
01:08:53You seem to forget.
01:08:55This is my home.
01:08:57I live here,
01:08:59and I, like my father
01:09:01and his father before him,
01:09:03was born here.
01:09:05I'm an old man now,
01:09:07and I know what I can do.
01:09:09Now let's go.
01:09:11Something dreadful's going to happen.
01:09:13I know it. Now, please.
01:09:15Susan, go with Stephen.
01:09:17Go away.
01:09:19Go away!
01:09:23Come on, let's go and pack.
01:09:37Come on.
01:10:07Come on.
01:10:37Oh!
01:10:59Helga!
01:11:03Ah!
01:11:07Ah!
01:11:15Ah!
01:11:19Ah!
01:11:21Ah!
01:11:35Ah!
01:11:39That'll do. Come on.
01:11:41Ah!
01:11:43Father!
01:11:45Stay here.
01:11:51Stay here.
01:12:21Mr. Whitley!
01:12:51Ah!
01:13:15Shh!
01:13:17Shh!
01:13:19Shh!
01:13:47Ah!
01:13:59Susan, get back!
01:14:09Come on.
01:14:17Get over there and stay there.
01:14:19When I say run, head for the door.
01:14:21Go ahead.
01:14:47Now!
01:15:17Run, Susan, run!
01:15:19Stephen!
01:15:21Ah!
01:15:47Ah!
01:15:51Ah!
01:15:53Susan!
01:15:55Susan, hold on.
01:15:57Hold on.
01:16:09Stephen.
01:16:21Ah!
01:16:51Ah!
01:17:09Come on, Susan.
01:17:11We're going and we're not going to look back.
01:17:13I don't understand, Steve.
01:17:15Why did all this have to happen?
01:17:17I don't think it had to happen.
01:17:19In the proper scientific hands,
01:17:21your father's discovery could have been beneficial.
01:17:23But he used it to fight in the only way he knew.
01:17:25For his house and the Whitley name.
01:17:27It was his choice and he made it.
01:17:29Come on, let's get out of here.
01:17:47Ah!
01:18:17Ah!