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00:00:00 [Silence]
00:00:17 [Screaming]
00:00:20 [Growling]
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00:00:34 [Door opening]
00:00:37 [Ghostly noises]
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 [Ghostly noises]
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.
00:02:41 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.
00:03:01 A man living in mortal fear of a house, 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?
00:03:24 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.
00:03:46 And you have until midnight to find the house on Haunted Hill.
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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.
00:06:43 Are we all strangers to each other?
00:06:46 Don't you two know each other?
00:06:48 I'm afraid I don't even know your name.
00:06:50 I'm Nora Manning.
00:06:51 Lance Schroeder.
00:06:53 Is Frederick Lawren a friend of yours?
00:06:55 I've heard of him, but I've never met him.
00:06:58 I work for one of his companies, but I've never seen him.
00:07:00 I've never met the man either.
00:07:02 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.
00:07:09 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.
00:07:18 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]
00:07:37 Who closed the door?
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00:07:48 This thing's made of solid steel.
00:07:50 [glass shattering]
00:07:55 [music]
00:08:19 [door slams]
00:08:20 Annabelle.
00:08:22 Our guests are here and fortunately still alive.
00:08:25 Is your face on yet?
00:08:30 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.
00:08:37 You know how ghosts are.
00:08:38 They never tidy up.
00:08:40 And 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 This 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?
00:08:58 Why none of our friends?
00:09:00 Friends?
00:09:01 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.
00:09:11 From psychiatrist to typist and from drunk to jet pilot.
00:09:17 They share one thing.
00:09:18 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.
00:09:32 Why do you always do that?
00:09:33 It spoils the champagne.
00:09:35 It might explode.
00:09:37 Never does.
00:09:39 Would you guarantee that?
00:09:41 That isn't funny, Frederick.
00:09:43 Make a good headline.
00:09:45 Playboy kills wife with champagne cork.
00:09:50 Will you join me?
00:09:51 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.
00:10:08 Have some.
00:10:09 You'll enjoy the party more.
00:10:12 Go on.
00:10:22 Your trust is so touching.
00:10:24 And I'm not going to the party.
00:10:26 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 and tax-free?
00:10:36 You want it all, don't you?
00:10:38 I deserve it all.
00:10:40 Your jealousy isn't tax-free.
00:10:43 And your possessiveness is maddening.
00:10:46 If ever a man had grounds for divorce.
00:10:49 That can't prove them.
00:10:51 The time will come.
00:10:53 You'll slip up one of these days.
00:10:55 Think so?
00:10:56 If I live long enough.
00:10:58 You remember the fun we had when you poisoned me?
00:11:04 Something you ate, the doctor said.
00:11:06 Yes.
00:11:07 Arsenic on the rocks.
00:11:10 Annabelle.
00:11:12 You'd do it again if you thought you could get away with it, wouldn't you?
00:11:15 Darling, what makes you think that?
00:11:18 Something about you.
00:11:23 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.
00:11:32 Darling, the only ghoul in the house is you.
00:11:36 And don't sit up all night thinking of ways to get rid of me.
00:11:40 It makes wrinkles.
00:11:57 This is what she used on my brother and her sister.
00:12:00 She 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.
00:12:23 How many people did she kill, Mr. Pritchard?
00:12:25 Only two.
00:12:27 Her husband and her sister.
00:12:28 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.
00:12:37 And then cry.
00:12:39 Since our host isn't here, would anyone care to mix me a drink?
00:12:43 Certainly.
00:12:44 What will you have?
00:12:49 Good evening.
00:12:52 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.
00:13:09 She'll join us later.
00:13:10 What will you have?
00:13:11 Scotch and?
00:13:12 Doctor?
00:13:13 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, locking us in here until they come back in the morning.
00:13:26 Once the door is locked, there's no way out.
00:13:29 The windows have bars that a jail would be proud of.
00:13:33 And the only door to the outside locks like a vault.
00:13:36 There's no electricity, no phone, no one within miles.
00:13:42 So, no way to call for help.
00:13:45 Like a coffin.
00:13:50 So, if any of you decide not to stay for the party, you must let me know before midnight.
00:13:55 Of course, if you leave, I shan't be able to pay you anything.
00:14:00 I'm interested in your reasons for this, uh, party.
00:14:05 Aside from pleasant company.
00:14:08 Ghosts, doctor.
00:14:10 I think everyone wonders what they would do if they saw a ghost.
00:14:17 And now my wife has given us all the opportunity to find out.
00:14:20 Amusing.
00:14:21 Ghosts, etc. being only creations of hysteria, your party should be a success.
00:14:28 Well, Pritchard here promises us genuine ghosts.
00:14:31 Seven now.
00:14:33 Maybe more before morning.
00:14:36 That's cheerful.
00:14:38 Four men have been murdered in this house.
00:14:42 And three women.
00:14:43 You planned your party very well, Mr. Loren.
00:14:46 Four of us are men, three are women.
00:14:49 And 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, huh?
00:15:06 See that stain?
00:15:08 Blood.
00:15:11 A young girl was killed here.
00:15:13 And whatever got her wasn't human.
00:15:15 Don't stand there.
00:15:16 What do you mean?
00:15:17 Where?
00:15:30 It's too late, they've marked you.
00:15:32 Ridiculous.
00:15:33 The roof probably leaks.
00:15:34 That must be what it is.
00:15:36 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 Well, 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?
00:15:50 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.
00:16:20 Mr. Norton did a good deal of experimenting with wines.
00:16:25 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.
00:16:36 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.
00:16:45 Just shooting or stabbing.
00:16:49 They've all been sort of wild.
00:16:52 Violent and different.
00:16:54 Look out!
00:16:57 My God, she didn't fall in.
00:16:59 You mean there's still acid in there?
00:17:02 It's a good thing.
00:17:26 It destroys everything with hair and flesh.
00:17:30 It just leaves the bones.
00:17:44 My, it's dry and dusty down here.
00:17:48 Well, there's a cure for that upstairs.
00:17:52 Come on.
00:18:06 How'd you get invited to this party?
00:18:10 Now, now go on.
00:18:13 I mean, what did he tell you?
00:18:18 Mr. Lawrence said everybody would get $10,000.
00:18:21 But he didn't say anything about being locked in.
00:18:23 No.
00:18:25 He just made the deal with me on the phone.
00:18:27 But nothing about having to stay.
00:18:30 Aren't you going to stay?
00:18:32 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.
00:18:48 Well, I agree with what that doc says.
00:18:50 You can spook yourself.
00:18:51 I've done it in planes.
00:18:53 Seen things that weren't really there.
00:18:55 Or were they?
00:18:58 What are you going to do with your $10,000?
00:19:00 If we get it.
00:19:02 What do you mean, if we get it?
00:19:04 Won't he pay us if we stay?
00:19:06 Sure he will.
00:19:07 $10,000 is no more to him than a nickel is to us.
00:19:11 We were in an automobile accident.
00:19:13 Now I'm the only one in the family who can make any money.
00:19:17 Boy, I've never seen so many doors.
00:19:20 Closet.
00:19:28 Bottles.
00:19:41 Door.
00:19:43 Does it go anywhere?
00:20:00 Lance!
00:20:04 Lance!
00:20:09 Lance!
00:20:11 Lance!
00:20:14 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
00:20:17 [WHISTLING]
00:20:20 [WHISTLING]
00:20:23 [WHISTLING]
00:20:31 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
00:20:47 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
00:20:50 Help me, please.
00:21:04 Lance is gone, and there's a ghost.
00:21:06 A ghost.
00:21:07 See what I mean?
00:21:08 Please, come on.
00:21:10 Did she say Lance is gone?
00:21:11 Gone where?
00:21:13 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
00:21:16 We'll have to break it down.
00:21:23 It's locked.
00:21:25 Locked?
00:21:26 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
00:21:29 You all right?
00:21:40 Nothing that money won't cure.
00:21:43 I 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?
00:21:55 Let's get a bandage on that.
00:22:07 I wonder why they didn't kill him.
00:22:10 Who?
00:22:12 He didn't bump his head.
00:22:14 They hit him.
00:22:16 They?
00:22:17 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
00:22:36 Laura, 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 Well, it was wearing a black thing
00:22:46 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. Lauren, is hysteria.
00:22:56 Then, Doctor, how do you explain what happened to Lance?
00:22:59 Was that hysteria, too?
00:23:05 You better get that checked in a day or so.
00:23:07 Thanks, Doc.
00:23:09 Wait for me in the hall.
00:23:18 The ghosts are coming closer, Mr. Lauren.
00:23:25 You really believe in your pet ghost, don't you, Pritchard?
00:23:28 Before the night's over, you will, too.
00:23:31 Wouldn't you like a drink, Lance?
00:23:33 No, thanks.
00:23:34 I'd like one.
00:23:35 It's got to end.
00:23:36 Mr. Lauren, are you really going to pay
00:23:45 anyone who stays all night?
00:23:47 Certainly.
00:23:48 $10,000.
00:23:50 Will there be much red tape or delay?
00:23:53 In a hurry, dear?
00:23:54 Frankly, yes.
00:23:56 Or frantically.
00:23:57 There you are, my dear.
00:24:01 [beeping]
00:24:03 Someone or something was in here when I came in.
00:24:26 But where?
00:24:28 And if the door was locked, how did it get out?
00:24:32 What you saw might have been a ghost snore,
00:24:34 but what was in here with me was no ghost.
00:24:36 I don't know.
00:24:37 I was so scared.
00:24:38 Does that sound different to you?
00:24:53 Yes.
00:24:54 [knocking]
00:24:56 3, 6, 9, 12.
00:25:11 12 feet.
00:25:12 3, 6.
00:25:22 I'm going to knock on the other wall.
00:25:24 When you hear me, you knock on this wall.
00:25:26 Tap lower down.
00:25:35 [screaming]
00:25:44 [screaming]
00:25:46 I saw it again.
00:25:58 Where'd it come from?
00:26:10 From in here.
00:26:12 [knocking]
00:26:14 What if it ran out of here?
00:26:20 I'd have seen it.
00:26:21 Lance, it doesn't run.
00:26:23 It just floats.
00:26:25 Yeah, but why didn't I see it?
00:26:28 You don't believe me.
00:26:30 [laughs]
00:26:31 How can I?
00:26:33 [footsteps]
00:26:35 I'm Annabelle Lauren.
00:26:53 You must be Miss Manning.
00:26:59 I realize this is a very unusual and I'm afraid very dull party.
00:27:03 Wouldn't you like to freshen up?
00:27:05 This is your room.
00:27:18 Depressing, isn't it?
00:27:21 I doubt if I'll spend much time here.
00:27:23 It's going to rain.
00:27:25 Perfect atmosphere for my husband's party.
00:27:28 Why did you come here?
00:27:33 He said he'd give me $10,000.
00:27:36 Why did he pick you?
00:27:38 I don't know.
00:27:39 My supervisor just came and said I'd been invited.
00:27:42 How long have you known my husband?
00:27:48 I just met him tonight.
00:27:50 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 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...
00:28:21 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.
00:28:48 Are you the doctor?
00:28:49 No, no, I'm Lance Schroeder.
00:28:51 The pilot. You've hurt yourself.
00:28:53 Oh, it's just a bump on the head.
00:28:55 Which is my room?
00:28:59 I believe this is it.
00:29:01 Thank you, Mrs. Lauren.
00:29:03 Annabelle Lance.
00:29:17 You were with the young girl in the cellar. Why was she so upset?
00:29:20 Was she?
00:29:21 And you don't look like the type to go around bumping his head.
00:29:24 What really happened, Lance?
00:29:26 Well, Nora thought she saw a ghost, but I didn't see anything.
00:29:30 She was just frightened, then.
00:29:32 Ann mad at me, I think I kidded her about it.
00:29:35 I wouldn't joke about anything else that happens here tonight.
00:29:39 Now don't tell me you're taking all this seriously.
00:29:42 Aren't you?
00:29:44 Well, 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 Yeah, 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?
00:30:06 I wish I knew what it was.
00:30:08 Must be pretty big if he's going to 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.
00:30:19 Maybe that's exactly why you're here.
00:30:22 What can he get away with?
00:30:25 Oh, he thinks that big money like his can get away with anything.
00:30:28 You know, of course, that I'm his fourth wife.
00:30:31 The first simply disappeared.
00:30:34 The other two died.
00:30:36 Lance, I don't want to join them.
00:30:40 You mean he...
00:30:42 Oh, his doctor said they died of heart attacks.
00:30:45 Two girls.
00:30:47 In their twenties.
00:30:49 Well, what can he do?
00:30:51 My husband is sometimes insane with jealousy. Nothing matters to him then.
00:30:55 Please be careful.
00:30:58 Would he hurt you?
00:31:00 He would kill me if he could.
00:31:09 (Door opens)
00:31:10 (Door closes)
00:31:13 Annabelle, you're missing all the fun.
00:31:29 Nora Manning was almost killed by a falling chandelier.
00:31:33 The pilot bashed his head in.
00:31:35 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?
00:31:42 As you do most men.
00:31:43 In your fashion.
00:31:45 You're so clever, Frederick.
00:31:48 I lie awake at night wondering why I married you.
00:31:51 It was rather a mistake.
00:31:53 You didn't marry me, dear. I married you. Unpleasant, but no mistake.
00:31:57 Hurry up.
00:32:00 Frederick, for the last time, I'm not going to your party.
00:32:04 And for the last time, it's not my party, but yours.
00:32:07 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 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.
00:32:34 I wonder how it will end.
00:32:36 It's almost midnight, Lance.
00:32:58 Okay, I'll be down in a minute.
00:33:00 Good night, dear.
00:33:01 Who is it?
00:33:09 Your host, my dear.
00:33:10 It's almost midnight, Nora.
00:33:14 We're all going to get together down in the living room.
00:33:16 All right, Mr. Lloyd. I'll be right down.
00:33:18 [Door opens]
00:33:19 [Glass shatters]
00:33:29 [Nora screams]
00:33:32 [Nora screams]
00:33:34 [Nora screams]
00:33:36 [Nora cries]
00:33:38 [Nora cries]
00:33:40 [Nora cries]
00:33:42 [Door opens]
00:34:08 [Doorbell rings]
00:34:09 [Doorbell rings]
00:34:14 Come with us. Come with us before he kills you.
00:34:19 [Nora screams]
00:34:21 Where's Nora?
00:34:34 Miss Manning.
00:34:36 [Door opens]
00:34:37 I don't want to stay here.
00:34:43 Nora, what happened?
00:34:44 [Doorbell rings]
00:34:47 That's Jonas Slides and his wife.
00:34:57 They've been caretakers here for years.
00:35:00 She's blind, you know.
00:35:02 I'm not going to stay here.
00:35:05 Well, doctor, it looks like we have a real case of hysteria on our hands.
00:35:09 I think she's just a little upset. Not hysterical.
00:35:13 Good evening.
00:35:20 Hello, my dear.
00:35:26 This is my wife.
00:35:28 These are our guests.
00:35:30 Ruth Briggs.
00:35:33 Ruth Bridges.
00:35:34 Dr. Trent.
00:35:36 You know Watson Pritchard, of course.
00:35:37 Nora Manning.
00:35:39 And this is Lance Schroeder.
00:35:42 Get me out of here.
00:35:49 What about the 10,000?
00:35:51 I don't care. He wants to kill me.
00:35:53 Who wants to kill you?
00:35:55 Mr. Lorne.
00:35:57 May I have your attention, please?
00:36:00 I think you all remember the bargain we made about staying all night.
00:36:04 $10,000 apiece.
00:36:06 If any of you don't survive,
00:36:09 $50,000 will be divided amongst the rest of you.
00:36:12 If I should die,
00:36:14 you will be paid by my estate.
00:36:20 When the door is locked from the outside by the caretakers,
00:36:23 we'll all be forced to stay in this house until morning.
00:36:27 If any of you decide not to stay, you must leave with the caretakers now.
00:36:30 You won't have a chance to change your minds later
00:36:33 because there'll be no way to get out.
00:36:36 I don't want to stay.
00:36:38 Wait.
00:36:39 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
00:36:40 It isn't midnight yet. Who told them they could leave?
00:37:04 They never leave before midnight.
00:37:06 They've gone now.
00:37:09 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.
00:37:14 We're all locked in now.
00:37:17 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.
00:37:30 This is your party. Remember?
00:37:35 In spite of my wife's faith in my ability to do the impossible,
00:37:39 we will all have to stay in this house until 8 o'clock in the morning.
00:37:43 But we have some party favors for you in these little coffins.
00:37:49 This is my wife's idea.
00:37:56 I must say, I think it's rather dangerous.
00:37:59 I suppose you all know how to use one of these things,
00:38:03 but in case you don't,
00:38:04 you just press down on this lever with your thumb
00:38:07 and then pull the trigger.
00:38:09 You see, they're loaded.
00:38:14 These are no good against the dead, only the living.
00:38:20 Doctor?
00:38:24 Lance?
00:38:27 Laura?
00:38:33 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.
00:38:53 Throw these guns away, they won't do you any good.
00:38:58 I agree with Pritchard on that point.
00:39:01 Although not for the same reason.
00:39:02 Doctor Trent.
00:39:04 Don't you approve of our little party favors?
00:39:09 Suppose Nora had had a gun when she mistook the blind woman for a ghost.
00:39:14 I don't think anyone else is going to walk around in total darkness.
00:39:18 Oh, I'm sure we're not going to go running around the house shooting each other, aren't you?
00:39:23 Who knows?
00:39:25 Fear makes people do amazing things.
00:39:30 Mr. Pritchard.
00:39:31 You said your sister-in-law killed a man and a woman here and cut them up?
00:39:35 You said they found hands and feet, but they never found any heads.
00:39:39 Would you like to see one of those heads?
00:39:42 Would you all like to see one of those heads?
00:39:44 Well, then, just follow me.
00:39:47 Darling, I really don't need this.
00:39:51 I'm going to get you out of here.
00:39:53 I'm going to get you out of here.
00:39:55 I'm going to get you out of here.
00:39:57 I'm going to get you out of here.
00:39:59 I'm going to get you out of here.
00:40:01 I'm going to get you out of here.
00:40:03 I'm going to get you out of here.
00:40:05 I'm going to get you out of here.
00:40:07 I'm going to get you out of here.
00:40:09 I'm going to get you out of here.
00:40:11 I'm going to get you out of here.
00:40:13 I'm going to get you out of here.
00:40:15 I'm going to get you out of here.
00:40:17 I'm going to get you out of here.
00:40:20 Just go look in my suitcase.
00:40:21 Just go look.
00:40:23 But it was in there.
00:40:37 A woman's head.
00:40:39 Nora, I think you're a little upset.
00:40:42 Would you care for a sedative?
00:40:44 Get out! Get out, all of you!
00:40:47 All of you, get out of here and leave me alone!
00:40:49 Just get out of here!
00:40:51 You think it's all right to leave her by herself, Doctor?
00:40:58 I wish she'd taken the sedative.
00:41:00 What do you suppose she thought she saw?
00:41:02 They're closing in on her.
00:41:04 Look, Doc, I think somebody ought to stay with her.
00:41:06 There could be a million people around her.
00:41:08 If they wanted her, they'd get her.
00:41:10 What if he's right?
00:41:14 He's too drunk to know what he's talking about.
00:41:16 I wonder.
00:41:17 I'll join you in a minute.
00:41:19 Do you think it would do any good if you went in and talked to her?
00:41:27 Do you think there really was a head in her suitcase?
00:41:30 I don't know.
00:41:32 A thing like that would put me right over the edge.
00:41:35 Look, would you sort of stay up here, I mean, in case she needs help?
00:41:39 All right.
00:41:41 I'll be in my room.
00:41:43 Just call if you need me.
00:41:45 Thanks.
00:41:46 Are you sure there are only seven people in this house?
00:42:00 Positive, except for the ghosts.
00:42:02 I don't believe in ghosts.
00:42:04 Nor in frightening women.
00:42:06 In Nora's case, it's gone far enough.
00:42:09 Perhaps too far.
00:42:11 What do you suggest we do about it, Doctor?
00:42:14 Don't frighten her anymore.
00:42:15 Nora.
00:42:42 Nora?
00:42:43 Nora?
00:42:54 Nora?
00:42:55 Nora!
00:43:19 Nora!
00:43:22 Nora!
00:43:23 What do you know about this?
00:43:35 They've taken her.
00:43:37 In a little while, she'll be one of them.
00:43:39 Where's Nora?
00:43:42 Where is she?
00:43:45 It's too late. It's too late.
00:43:46 You'll never find her again.
00:43:48 Pritchard, if you know where she is, you better tell me now.
00:43:51 She's gone. She's gone with them.
00:43:52 And there's nothing you can do about it.
00:43:54 Nora.
00:44:09 Take her down.
00:44:19 Now.
00:44:20 Now.
00:44:22 Now.
00:44:23 Now.
00:44:25 Nora!
00:44:26 Nora!
00:44:27 Nora!
00:44:28 Nora!
00:44:57 Nora?
00:44:58 She's dead, Mr. Lauren.
00:45:03 Your wife hanged herself.
00:45:06 Suicide.
00:45:09 Suicide.
00:45:10 Nora.
00:45:39 Nora.
00:45:40 Please hide me. Please hide me.
00:45:41 What's the matter?
00:45:42 Hide me.
00:45:43 He tried to kill me.
00:45:53 He grabbed me and choked me and put me in that room.
00:45:57 And then he went away and left me.
00:46:00 Who?
00:46:02 He thought I was dead.
00:46:04 Who?
00:46:06 Mr. Lauren.
00:46:09 Are you sure about this?
00:46:10 I don't know. It was dark, but it must have been him.
00:46:15 Has anybody seen you since he left you?
00:46:18 I heard some people in that room, but I went by and nobody saw me.
00:46:23 Mrs. Lauren is dead.
00:46:27 But how?
00:46:30 Lauren said she committed suicide.
00:46:37 But I think somebody killed her.
00:46:38 Him?
00:46:40 No.
00:46:41 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
00:46:43 [KNOCKING]
00:46:45 [CLICK]
00:46:46 [KNOCKING]
00:46:54 [KNOCKING]
00:47:09 [KNOCKING]
00:47:10 I'm sure you've come to the same conclusion I have.
00:47:20 Yeah, I think so.
00:47:22 Let's all have a meeting, discuss what to do.
00:47:24 The living room?
00:47:26 Okay. In a minute.
00:47:28 [DOOR CLOSES]
00:47:29 I've got to go downstairs.
00:47:41 Now, you lock yourself in here and don't let anybody know you're here.
00:47:44 If he thinks you're dead, he won't come here.
00:47:47 And I'll get back as soon as I can.
00:47:49 You'll be all right.
00:47:51 And if you have to, you use it.
00:47:54 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
00:48:17 [DOOR OPENS]
00:48:18 [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
00:48:20 [DOOR CLOSES]
00:48:43 [DOOR OPENS]
00:48:44 [DOOR CLOSES]
00:48:50 So beautiful.
00:48:55 So greedy.
00:48:58 So cold.
00:49:01 What are you doing in here?
00:49:08 Wait. Don't wait.
00:49:09 What do you mean, coming in here?
00:49:12 I didn't want them to take her away.
00:49:13 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 Your wife isn't there anymore.
00:49:23 She's already joined them.
00:49:25 Look, Bridget, I've had enough of your spook talk.
00:49:28 Get out, you sot, and don't come back into this room again.
00:49:31 [DOOR OPENS]
00:49:33 [DOOR CLOSES]
00:49:40 [DOOR OPENS]
00:49:41 [DOOR CLOSES]
00:49:43 Where's what's-her-name?
00:50:08 Nora.
00:50:09 I didn't disturb her since I don't think this concerns her.
00:50:13 No, you're right.
00:50:15 Mr. Loren,
00:50:17 isn't there some way we can get out of this house now?
00:50:20 No.
00:50:22 None at all.
00:50:23 We could try breaking out.
00:50:25 The only door to the outside is made of steel.
00:50:28 The bars of the windows are set in solid stone.
00:50:31 We've got to stay.
00:50:38 I'm not afraid of your ghosts, Bridget.
00:50:40 But I am afraid.
00:50:44 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.
00:50:50 Now, however, we share something else.
00:50:53 The death of Mrs. Loren.
00:50:55 So far tonight,
00:50:59 one of us was almost killed by a falling chandelier.
00:51:02 One of us was mysteriously slugged.
00:51:06 One of us has been driven to the brink of absolute hysteria.
00:51:09 And one of us is dead.
00:51:12 Were these accidents?
00:51:15 Suicide?
00:51:17 And we must stay here for six more hours.
00:51:20 Six hours?
00:51:21 Six of us.
00:51:24 Time enough.
00:51:27 Who'll be next?
00:51:28 How will it happen?
00:51:30 Let me ask you a question, Doctor.
00:51:35 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
00:51:41 and then jumped?
00:51:42 No.
00:51:43 Did any of them?
00:51:45 There was nothing.
00:51:50 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.
00:52:00 Do you think your wife killed herself?
00:52:04 No.
00:52:05 She was murdered
00:52:07 by one of you.
00:52:09 Or you, Mr. Loren.
00:52:16 To deliberately kill someone, you must have a reason.
00:52:20 We were all strangers to your wife.
00:52:22 Only you had a motive for murder.
00:52:25 What husband hasn't at some time wanted to kill his wife?
00:52:30 What husband hasn't had a thousand opportunities
00:52:32 to do it 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,
00:52:41 murdered Mrs. Loren.
00:52:43 And that's a matter for the police.
00:52:45 So how do we get the police?
00:52:47 That's my point.
00:52:48 We can't until morning.
00:52:49 What began as a silly party given by an eccentric
00:52:52 has now involved us all in murder.
00:52:54 For once, Pritchard may be right.
00:52:57 If another murder's in the works, let's stop it now.
00:52:59 Another murder?
00:53:01 Why not?
00:53:02 Maybe one of us saw too much.
00:53:04 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?
00:53:13 To see some ghosts, have a party?
00:53:15 No.
00:53:17 Have you finished trying me, Doctor?
00:53:18 And is the verdict guilty of murder?
00:53:20 Oh, this isn't getting us anywhere.
00:53:22 Somebody killed Mrs. Loren, we know that.
00:53:24 One of us is guilty and the rest of us are innocent.
00:53:27 Okay.
00:53:28 Now what we have to do for the next six hours
00:53:30 is protect ourselves from each other.
00:53:32 Do you really think...
00:53:34 I don't think anything.
00:53:36 I just know that I'm going to my room.
00:53:38 And if anybody comes in, I'll shoot him.
00:53:40 Or her.
00:53:42 And if we all stay in our rooms, we'll be safe.
00:53:44 Because the innocent will have no reason to leave his room.
00:53:47 And the guilty will admit his guilt if he or she does.
00:53:50 And we all have guns.
00:53:52 And we'll all agree.
00:53:54 Oh, I wish this night were over.
00:53:57 Rooms, guns.
00:53:59 I tell you, it doesn't make any difference.
00:54:02 They aren't through with us yet.
00:54:06 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:54:08 (SIGHS)
00:54:09 (SIGHS)
00:54:10 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:54:20 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:54:21 What's the use of saying good night?
00:54:41 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:54:42 Good night.
00:55:09 (DOOR OPENS)
00:55:10 Good night, Doctor.
00:55:17 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:55:28 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:55:29 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:55:46 (COCKS GUN)
00:55:54 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:55:56 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:55:57 (COCKS GUN)
00:56:14 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:56:16 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:56:17 (COCKS GUN)
00:56:28 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:56:32 (COCKS GUN)
00:56:45 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:56:46 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:56:51 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:56:52 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
00:57:18 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
00:57:19 Nora, it's me, Lance.
00:57:44 (SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
00:57:45 You okay?
00:57:50 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.
00:57:58 It was him, all right.
00:58:00 He tried to kill you and he did kill his wife.
00:58:02 How can you be so sure?
00:58:06 She tried to warn me, ask me to help her.
00:58:08 The doc thinks he's gonna try and kill one of us.
00:58:12 (GUNSHOT)
00:58:13 Now, there must be a way out of this place
00:58:15 and I'm gonna find it and get the police before he does.
00:58:17 I'm going with you.
00:58:19 But if he finds out you're alive...
00:58:21 No, Nora, you're safer here than anyplace else.
00:58:25 Now, just lock yourself in and keep quiet.
00:58:27 If I find a way out, I'll come back and get you.
00:58:36 (THUNDER RUMBLING)
00:58:37 (THUNDER RUMBLING)
00:58:39 (THUNDER RUMBLING)
00:58:41 (THUNDER RUMBLING)
00:58:43 (THUNDER RUMBLING)
00:58:44 (THUNDER RUMBLING)
00:58:53 (SCREAMING)
00:59:10 (SCREAMING)
00:59:11 (SCREAMING)
00:59:12 (SCREAMING)
00:59:19 (SCREAMING)
00:59:21 (SCREAMING)
00:59:23 (SCREAMING)
00:59:25 (SCREAMING)
00:59:27 (SCREAMING)
00:59:29 (SCREAMING)
00:59:31 (SCREAMING)
00:59:33 (SCREAMING)
00:59:35 (SCREAMING)
00:59:37 (SCREAMING)
00:59:40 (wind howling)
00:59:42 (bell ringing)
00:59:48 (dramatic music)
00:59:52 (guns firing)
00:59:55 (dramatic music)
00:59:57 (dramatic music)
01:00:00 (guns firing)
01:00:03 (dramatic music)
01:00:06 (dramatic music)
01:00:08 (dramatic music)
01:00:11 (dramatic music)
01:00:14 (guns firing)
01:00:26 (woman screaming)
01:00:31 (guns firing)
01:00:36 (dramatic music)
01:00:41 (guns firing)
01:00:43 - No!
01:00:52 No!
01:00:55 (dramatic music)
01:00:59 (guns firing)
01:01:04 (dramatic music)
01:01:11 Oh no!
01:01:12 (dramatic music)
01:01:18 (woman screaming)
01:01:20 (dramatic music)
01:01:33 (woman screaming)
01:01:36 (guns firing)
01:01:38 (woman crying)
01:01:41 (dramatic music)
01:02:08 (dramatic music)
01:02:10 (woman screaming)
01:02:23 (guns firing)
01:02:29 (thunder rumbling)
01:02:57 (dramatic music)
01:03:00 (dramatic music)
01:03:02 (dramatic music)
01:03:05 (dramatic music)
01:03:09 (door clattering)
01:03:10 - Organ music?
01:03:11 - That, and someone walking.
01:03:13 - You got yours?
01:03:16 Ready?
01:03:20 - You look downstairs, and I'll look up here.
01:03:23 - Why not together?
01:03:24 - There may be only minutes,
01:03:25 seconds left of someone's life.
01:03:27 Why waste time?
01:03:28 (door clattering)
01:03:31,
01:03:32 (door clattering)
01:03:35 (dramatic music)
01:04:02 (door clattering)
01:04:05 - It's almost over, darling.
01:04:25 Every detail was perfect.
01:04:28 (siren wailing)
01:04:30 - What's happening?
01:04:44 - We've done it.
01:04:45 A perfect crime.
01:04:46 Beautiful.
01:04:48 - Has she killed him?
01:04:52 - Not yet, but she will.
01:04:57 - Get me out of this hanging harness.
01:04:59 What's taking that girl so long?
01:05:02 What time is it?
01:05:03 - At first, I couldn't get Nora
01:05:05 to want to protect herself with a gun.
01:05:07 After you appeared at the window,
01:05:08 everything began to work just as we had planned.
01:05:10 You were wonderful, just the touch
01:05:12 that finally drove her into complete hysteria.
01:05:15 - It'll be worth all of our planning, darling.
01:05:18 Where's Nora now?
01:05:19 What's happening?
01:05:20 - On her way to the cellar.
01:05:22 So scared, she'll shoot the first thing that moves.
01:05:25 - And Frederick?
01:05:26 - On his way to the cellar, too.
01:05:27 - David, are you sure none of them will suspect us?
01:05:31 - Of what?
01:05:32 An hysterical girl accidentally shoots somebody?
01:05:35 Who would suspect that we planned it that way,
01:05:36 that we drove her to it?
01:05:37 - What about my suicide?
01:05:39 - But just a ghost party gag.
01:05:41 We'll claim it was a dummy,
01:05:42 since I'm the only one who touched you.
01:05:44 - And the caretakers?
01:05:45 - Well, they had no idea what they were really doing.
01:05:48 - What about Nora?
01:05:48 She's not stupid, you know.
01:05:49 - Darling, believe me,
01:05:51 everything we planned is working perfectly.
01:05:53 Nora is sure Frederick murdered you.
01:05:55 She thinks Frederick attacked her in the cellar, not me.
01:05:58 And now Nora's almost out of her mind with fear.
01:06:00 The heads, the music, your hanging.
01:06:02 I tell you, when Frederick walks in there,
01:06:03 she'll shoot him.
01:06:04 - It's taking too long.
01:06:07 David, you ought to be there.
01:06:08 - When you hear the shot, come down to the cellar.
01:06:21 (door creaking)
01:06:24 (door creaking)
01:06:26 (somber music)
01:06:33 (ominous music)
01:06:35 (ominous music)
01:06:38 (ominous music)
01:06:41 (ominous music)
01:06:44 (ominous music)
01:06:46 (ominous music)
01:06:50 (ominous music)
01:06:52 (ominous music)
01:06:58 (ominous music)
01:07:09 (ominous music)
01:07:17 (ominous music)
01:07:20 (ominous music)
01:07:28 - No, no!
01:07:30 (gun firing)
01:07:32 (Nora screaming)
01:07:40 (somber music)
01:07:46 (ominous music)
01:07:49 (ominous music)
01:07:52 (gun clicking)
01:07:55 (somber music)
01:08:06 (ominous music)
01:08:09 (ominous music)
01:08:12 (ominous music)
01:08:14 (ominous music)
01:08:17 (ominous music)
01:08:20 (ominous music)
01:08:23 (gagging)
01:08:25 (static crackling)
01:08:28 (static crackling)
01:08:31 (footsteps tapping)
01:08:34 - David?
01:09:00 (baby crying)
01:09:03 David?
01:09:04 (baby crying)
01:09:06 (gun firing)
01:09:15 (gun firing)
01:09:21 (gun firing)
01:09:26 (gun firing)
01:09:29 (gun firing)
01:09:46 (gun firing)
01:09:54 (ominous music)
01:09:57 (ominous music)
01:09:59 (ominous music)
01:10:02 (ominous music)
01:10:05 (ominous music)
01:10:33 - At last you've got it all.
01:10:35 Everything I have.
01:10:38 Even my life.
01:10:39 But you're not going to live to enjoy it.
01:10:43 Come with me, murderess.
01:10:46 Come with me.
01:10:47 (Nora screaming)
01:10:51 (Nora screaming)
01:10:53 (water splashing)
01:11:18 (ominous music)
01:11:21 (ominous music)
01:11:23 (ominous music)
01:11:26 (ominous music)
01:11:29 (ominous music)
01:11:31 (ominous music)
01:11:34 (ominous music)
01:11:37 (ominous music)
01:11:39 (Nora screaming)
01:11:42 (ominous music)
01:12:11 - 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.
01:12:25 It's a pity you didn't know
01:12:26 when you started your game of murder
01:12:30 that I was playing too.
01:12:32 - There must be some way to get in here.
01:12:39 - It's right along here somewhere.
01:12:42 - Lance!
01:12:44 I've shot Mr. Loren.
01:12:46 He's down in the wine cellar.
01:12:49 - Alive?
01:12:50 - I don't think so.
01:12:51 It's him, he's alive.
01:13:08 - 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.
01:13:20 They failed.
01:13:21 Trent tried to throw me in the vat.
01:13:25 My wife stumbled and fell.
01:13:27 I'm ready for justice to decide if I'm innocent or guilty.
01:13:33 (ominous music)
01:13:39 (footsteps)
01:13:41 Now there are nine.
01:13:57 There'll be more, many more.
01:14:00 They're coming for me now.
01:14:07 (bells jingling)
01:14:09 And then they'll come for you.
01:14:12 (screaming)
01:14:14 (gunshot)
01:14:26 (dramatic music)
01:14:29 (gunshot)
01:14:31 (dramatic music)
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