- 2/17/2017
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)
Night of the Dark Full Moon (original title)
R | 1h 21min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | November 1972 (USA)
A man inherits a mansion, which once was a mental home. He visits the place and begins to investigate some crimes that happened in old times, scaring the people living in the region.
Director: Theodore Gershuny
Writers: Theodore Gershuny, Jeffrey Konvitz (screenplay)
Stars: Patrick O'Neal, James Patterson, Mary Woronov
Night of the Dark Full Moon (original title)
R | 1h 21min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller | November 1972 (USA)
A man inherits a mansion, which once was a mental home. He visits the place and begins to investigate some crimes that happened in old times, scaring the people living in the region.
Director: Theodore Gershuny
Writers: Theodore Gershuny, Jeffrey Konvitz (screenplay)
Stars: Patrick O'Neal, James Patterson, Mary Woronov
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Short filmTranscript
00:00:00One last time, I have to see this ground.
00:00:09It's beautiful now, as if nothing had happened here.
00:00:15Soon they will tear down the main house, and then nothing will be left.
00:00:21Nothing, except what I remember.
00:00:26I grew up in the town nearby, where my father was the mayor,
00:00:31and where this house stood, waiting for me.
00:00:35It was built by Wilfred Butler.
00:00:39We had never seen him, and he never lived at home,
00:00:43until, the day before Christmas in 1950,
00:00:48he finally did come back, for the last time.
00:00:54He came back for me.
00:00:59He came back for me.
00:01:04He came back for me.
00:01:09He came back for me.
00:01:14He came back for me.
00:01:19He came back for me.
00:01:24He came back for me.
00:01:29He came back for me.
00:01:34All of us believed that his death was an accident.
00:01:39No one knew that another person had come to Butler House that Christmas.
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00:02:08As deputy coroner of the county of Arlington, state of Massachusetts,
00:02:13I hereby find, upon evidence of an autopsy conducted by the medical examiner of this county,
00:02:19that the deceased, Wilfred Butler,
00:02:22died as a result of burns inflicted accidentally upon himself,
00:02:26on his own premises, during the afternoon of December 24th, 1950.
00:02:32No further inquiry shall be held over the body of the deceased,
00:02:38and this inquest is officially closed.
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00:04:36After the coroner's inquest, on New Year's Day, they buried Wilfred Butler.
00:04:42There was no one there to mourn him.
00:04:45It was the funeral of a stranger.
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00:05:09I, Wilfred Butler, being of sound mind and body,
00:05:18at least what the world considers sound,
00:05:21do hereby leave my house and its grounds
00:05:25and all personal effects within that house
00:05:30to my only surviving relation,
00:05:34my grandson, Jeffrey Butler.
00:05:39And I solemnly charge him with one duty.
00:05:45Let him leave the house as I left it,
00:05:50standing untouched to remind the world
00:05:55of its inhumanity and cruelty.
00:06:01For 20 years, that house lay empty,
00:06:04exactly as Wilfred left it.
00:06:08And then, last year,
00:06:10rumors began that it was finally being sold.
00:06:14The newspaper story traveled through the county
00:06:17to a state hospital for the criminally insane.
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00:07:32The man who came to sell the house had never seen it.
00:07:35He was a lawyer from the city,
00:07:37just doing his job and enjoying it.
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00:07:46Stop.
00:07:47And look serious, please.
00:07:51Oh, you're hopeless.
00:07:54Oh, look.
00:07:57Wait, wait, where are you going?
00:07:58Now, the mayor's gonna have a fit here.
00:08:03One more shot.
00:08:05Come on.
00:08:08Stay there.
00:08:11Smile.
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00:08:22For all the news as it happens,
00:08:23stay tuned to WLIX, your voice in the Northeast.
00:08:26This is Roger Fowler with local stories.
00:08:29First, today's headlines.
00:08:30A warehouse fire still rages in Elizabeth.
00:08:33Police suspect arson.
00:08:34That escaped inmate at Margaretville State Hospital
00:08:37still at large, still hunted by state police.
00:08:39And over in Roxbury,
00:08:40the city passes a controversial housing code.
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00:09:51Well, didn't I tell you?
00:09:53It's beautiful.
00:09:55Can we see the rest of it?
00:09:57Honey, that was it.
00:10:00I think the mayor's waiting for me.
00:10:02My love is such an important man.
00:10:06Right, Laura always says that.
00:10:10Darling.
00:10:11What?
00:10:13Don't be long.
00:10:18Honey, if you get bored, just look at the view.
00:10:21Sooner or later, that viaduct's gonna take us back home.
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00:11:02Mr. Carter.
00:11:04The mayor.
00:11:13Let me introduce you.
00:11:15This is Charlie Towman, who publishes our weekly newspaper,
00:11:18The Patriot.
00:11:20Mr. Towman.
00:11:22Hmm?
00:11:24And this is Tess Howard.
00:11:25How do you do?
00:11:26She operates our switchboard.
00:11:27Oh, really?
00:11:28We call her the communications director.
00:11:32And this is Bill Mason.
00:11:34Nice to meet you.
00:11:35Our sheriff.
00:11:40Won't you sit there, Mr. Carter?
00:11:43At the head of the table.
00:11:47I, uh, I didn't expect to meet you all together.
00:11:51It's quite a reception.
00:12:03All right, let's begin.
00:12:07As you know, I've been retained by Jeffrey Butler.
00:12:10The matter concerns the house that he inherited from his grandfather,
00:12:13Wilfred Butler.
00:12:15Go on, Mr. Carter.
00:12:21I, I believe that you offered to buy the house from my client.
00:12:26Offered?
00:12:27We beg your pardon?
00:12:29The house from my client.
00:12:31Offered.
00:12:32We begged him.
00:12:33We wrote letters and we...
00:12:34That's enough, Tess.
00:12:35Well, it's true.
00:12:37Trouble.
00:12:38There's always trouble.
00:12:39I can sympathize.
00:12:40I spent the last 20 years and more driving people away from there.
00:12:45Prowlers, burglars, kids.
00:12:48They're the worst.
00:12:50Chasing for nothing because of that will.
00:12:53That drivel about humanity.
00:12:56No, no, no.
00:12:57Inhumanity.
00:12:58What the hell is that, huh?
00:13:04Yes, well, he was a bitter man.
00:13:07Hate.
00:13:08Must have been very hard.
00:13:09It must have been hate.
00:13:16That man hated.
00:13:17Well, some people are like that.
00:13:48The
00:14:16question is, well, do you still want the house?
00:14:19Are you offering it to us, Mr. Carter?
00:14:22Exactly.
00:14:25Why now?
00:14:27Well, that's Mr. Butler's business, isn't it?
00:14:32You know, we're not rich.
00:14:35Most of us came here during the Depression.
00:14:39But we love this town.
00:14:41It's our home.
00:14:43And naturally you want to improve it.
00:14:46Exactly.
00:14:48My client understands that and he fully sympathizes and he's willing to sacrifice the house.
00:14:55For $50,000.
00:14:57In cash.
00:14:59By noon tomorrow.
00:15:05That's an awful lot of cash.
00:15:08It's also an awfully good bargain.
00:15:11You could go to Wilton.
00:15:13You could go now to the bank.
00:15:18Am I clearly understood?
00:15:22All that cash.
00:15:25Perfect.
00:15:27I'll wait for your answer until tomorrow.
00:15:30You're spending the night here?
00:15:33Yes.
00:15:34May I ask where?
00:15:36At the Butler house.
00:15:40We could put you up at the motel as our guest.
00:15:44No, no, the house is fine.
00:15:46The Paradise Motel.
00:15:49That's very kind of you, but I'm meeting Mr. Butler about some personal items.
00:15:53You want a phone, I can reconnect the line.
00:15:56Don't trouble, please.
00:15:59No trouble.
00:16:00You need a phone.
00:16:02Don't want to be stuck out there.
00:16:06Well, you've convinced me.
00:16:11By the way, have you known Mr. Butler a long time?
00:16:16No, I've never met him.
00:16:17He called me and asked if I'd handle this for him.
00:16:19I said yes.
00:16:20He had the key delivered to my office.
00:16:22Mr. Mayor, Sheriff, Mr. Tolman, Mr. Howard.
00:16:27See you all tomorrow.
00:16:31In fact, I'm looking forward to it.
00:16:43Slick, really slick.
00:16:45He's a big lawyer, Bill.
00:16:47You've got to expect that.
00:16:48Don't tell me about lawyers.
00:16:49You see the way he looked at us?
00:16:51You see his clothes?
00:16:52He's doing his job.
00:16:54Just don't tell me about lawyers.
00:16:56You know what I like to see?
00:16:58I like that one, talking to each other.
00:17:00Neither one of them would know what to believe.
00:17:02I love you, too.
00:17:04Honey, when I get home, I'm going to have a nice surprise for you.
00:17:08No, no, I can't tell you what it is now.
00:17:10It wouldn't be a surprise, now would it?
00:17:13No, no, I can't come home now, but it'll be very soon.
00:17:16Very soon.
00:17:19Honey, of course I miss you.
00:17:23Yes, yes, I miss Mommy, too.
00:17:27Uh, Laura, how are you, kid?
00:17:34Look, I'll call tomorrow.
00:17:37No, I want to call.
00:17:38I want to talk to Jenny.
00:17:42Yeah, well, as a matter of fact, I'm, uh...
00:17:44I'm having a fine time.
00:17:49Well, same to you, darling.
00:17:53What do you mean, hostile?
00:18:13I was wondering, if we get it, what then?
00:18:22Okay, okay.
00:18:26I'd better get going.
00:19:22It's fantastic, isn't it?
00:19:27Yeah.
00:19:29I love it.
00:19:33I love it.
00:19:37I love it.
00:19:40I love it.
00:19:43I love it.
00:19:46I love it.
00:19:50Yeah.
00:19:52Yeah, Butler wasn't kidding.
00:19:55Nobody's lived here for years.
00:19:57That would be such a waste.
00:20:00It's his grandfather's monument.
00:20:03You know, there's a caretaker who keeps this place just the way he left it.
00:20:08What kind of monument is this?
00:20:11Well, that's the trouble.
00:20:13Nobody remembers anymore.
00:20:16That's what usually happens in America.
00:20:19I remember this.
00:20:22And he walks with me, and he talks with me, and he tells me I'm his own.
00:20:29And he walks with me, and he talks with me.
00:20:35And he tells me I am his own.
00:20:39And the joy we share must we carry there.
00:20:48You're not furious.
00:20:50I used to hear that at funerals.
00:20:52At funerals?
00:20:54Yes.
00:20:55I was a kid in Chipley, Georgia.
00:20:58There was also a Chipley, Florida.
00:21:00But they had both been subsequently eradicated from the map.
00:21:07As ever, no.
00:21:38The only thing open was the delicatessen,
00:21:40so I brought you pastrami, salami, potato salad, macaroni, everything you like.
00:21:48I'll have bologna and macaroni.
00:21:52No, no, no, some of that potato salad.
00:21:55Did you pick the wine, too?
00:21:57The delicatessen man took a personal interest in its selection.
00:22:01Oh, well, we got lucky again.
00:22:03That's early 1970.
00:22:04That's hard to come by.
00:22:06Can I have some, too?
00:22:08Of course.
00:22:09Of course you may.
00:22:13Mmm.
00:22:23It must have been wonderful.
00:22:38What?
00:22:39The people who lived here.
00:22:42They must have had a wonderful life.
00:22:45Well, I hope they did.
00:22:49Well, Butler must have believed in something.
00:22:51Believed what?
00:22:52Look at that stone fireplace, parquet floor, the mahogany, this table.
00:22:57Now, you probably think this place is made of wood, right?
00:23:00Well...
00:23:01Wrong.
00:23:02You know what his grandson told me?
00:23:04Underneath that wood, there's two feet of stone.
00:23:07The foundation is eight bricks wide.
00:23:09Now, someday they're going to come in here and they're going to tear this place down
00:23:12and they're going to build little tract houses all over this property on quarter acre and half acre lots.
00:23:19And that bulldozer's going to come up that hill toward this house.
00:23:24And it's going to get the surprise of its life.
00:23:28They built a kingdom out here.
00:23:30Only nobody's left.
00:23:32No?
00:23:33Butler has a grandson.
00:23:35No, no.
00:23:36He's probably like the rest of us.
00:23:38Wants money.
00:23:40I'm asking $50,000 cash for this place.
00:23:42And if you only wait, he can get, oh, he can get at least $250,000.
00:23:47But he won't take his time.
00:23:51So he'll get screwed.
00:23:58Do you want to go upstairs now?
00:24:01Soon.
00:24:03You know, one of the great pleasures in life
00:24:07is the pleasure of anticipating pleasure.
00:24:10Isn't it?
00:24:13We are very close now, aren't we?
00:24:16Sure, honey.
00:24:18Very close.
00:24:25I don't see any beds yet.
00:24:28Keep looking, Ali. Butler said the place is furnished.
00:24:38Hmm.
00:24:40Yeah.
00:24:41It's furnished.
00:25:03Anything doing?
00:25:04No, sir.
00:25:05But look at this.
00:25:06More football, huh?
00:25:08Look how they smeared that quarterback.
00:25:10Look at his arm.
00:25:11Got no time now.
00:25:12Otaz, how about that telephone up at the Butler house?
00:25:16Is it working?
00:25:18Well, try it now.
00:25:19I'll wait.
00:25:22Hello?
00:25:24Oh, yes.
00:25:25Miss Howard.
00:25:27Yeah, the phone's working fine.
00:25:31Very nice of you to call.
00:25:34Good night.
00:25:37Honey, I'm going down to the car to get some cigarettes.
00:25:40I'll be back in a minute.
00:25:42Okay.
00:25:43Good night.
00:25:44Good night.
00:25:45Good night.
00:25:46Good night.
00:25:47Good night.
00:25:48Good night.
00:25:49Honey, I'm going down to the car to get some cigarettes.
00:25:51Be back in a minute.
00:25:52Okay.
00:25:53Don't get lonely.
00:25:54Oh, no.
00:26:19Oh, no.
00:26:49Did you get your cigarettes?
00:27:10Yes.
00:27:11Yes, I did.
00:27:12May I have one?
00:27:14Sure.
00:27:15It's the most amazing thing.
00:27:17These cigarettes come in these very small packages these days.
00:27:22Oh, that's for me?
00:27:25Mm-hmm.
00:27:27Can I open it?
00:27:29Oh, no, no, no.
00:27:31Our Christmas is the day after tomorrow.
00:27:34Is that an order?
00:27:37Yes, ma'am.
00:27:38That's an order.
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00:33:24Oh, no.
00:33:55I don't know what's going on.
00:33:56I don't know.
00:33:57I don't know.
00:33:58I don't know.
00:33:59I don't know.
00:34:00I don't know.
00:34:01I don't know.
00:34:02I don't know.
00:34:03I don't know.
00:34:04I don't know.
00:34:05I don't know.
00:34:06I don't know.
00:34:07I don't know.
00:34:08I don't know.
00:34:09I don't know.
00:34:10I don't know.
00:34:11I don't know.
00:34:12I don't know.
00:34:13I don't know.
00:34:14I don't know.
00:34:15I don't know.
00:34:16I don't know.
00:34:17I don't know.
00:34:18I don't know.
00:34:19I don't know.
00:34:20I don't know.
00:34:21I don't know.
00:34:22I don't know.
00:34:23I don't know.
00:34:24I don't know.
00:34:45Come in.
00:34:49It's open.
00:34:50Okay, mister. That's far enough. What do you want here?
00:34:57Mayor.
00:34:58Try again. My father's not home. And don't move.
00:35:03You want me to put my hands up?
00:35:05No. Just stay there.
00:35:08What are you staring at?
00:35:10I seem to remember you from the road.
00:35:12That's why I'm holding a gun. You scare me.
00:35:15That makes sense.
00:35:16Thanks.
00:35:17Does everybody carry one here?
00:35:19You can ask the sheriff when he gets here. I'll call him.
00:35:22I'm sorry to disappoint you, but the sheriff's office is empty.
00:35:28How do you know?
00:35:30I was just there.
00:35:32Who are you?
00:35:34I'm Jeffrey Butler.
00:35:37Oh, you're the one who's selling the house.
00:35:40Yes.
00:35:42Have you any ID?
00:35:45Come on.
00:35:46Don't laugh at me. I want your ID.
00:35:49Some maniac escaped from Margaretville.
00:35:56Okay.
00:36:04Put it on the table.
00:36:10Go back.
00:36:22California license.
00:36:25Lucky you.
00:36:28Would you like to see my maniac card from the asylum?
00:36:32They give you one when you escape.
00:36:34There's a big scarlet M on it so people won't get confused.
00:36:38Okay.
00:36:39Look, I'm sorry about the gun.
00:36:41My father's in Wilton getting your money.
00:36:46All I want to do is to get into my house.
00:36:49The sheriff's deputy might have a key.
00:36:51He's about the only one I know of.
00:36:53Where is he?
00:36:55You go down the road about a mile and a half
00:36:57till you come to a white house with a white fence.
00:37:00And then you can't miss it.
00:37:03Thanks.
00:37:04That's okay.
00:37:06Merry Christmas.
00:37:09Same to you.
00:37:17If I don't call back in an hour...
00:37:20What?
00:37:22Call the mayor or Mr. Tolan and nobody else.
00:37:27Promise me you'll do that.
00:37:29Well, sure.
00:37:31Mark it down, honey, so you'll have it.
00:37:36Sheriff to 301.
00:37:37I'm heading west on Route 5 to Butler House.
00:37:40You'll hear from me.
00:37:51What the hell?
00:37:53What's that light out there?
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00:43:02Someone left their sunglasses in the snow.
00:43:07They're the sheriff's.
00:43:10My lawyer's missing, so is his sheriff.
00:43:14You get strange phone calls.
00:43:17And now someone's fascinated by my grandfather's grave.
00:43:21Let's get out of here.
00:43:24You still want to go to my house?
00:43:26Yes.
00:43:29But I don't want to go alone.
00:43:32Listen...
00:43:33I'm not nervous.
00:43:34Well, of course you're not.
00:43:35Oh, it's the cold. I'm shaking from it.
00:43:39Let's get out of here.
00:43:42Okay.
00:43:43We'll get help in town. It's ten minutes' drive.
00:44:13TEN MINUTES LATER
00:44:28Good night, Mr. Towman.
00:44:34Have a nice holiday.
00:44:43TEN MINUTES LATER
00:45:13TEN MINUTES LATER
00:45:43TEN MINUTES LATER
00:45:50The deputy's not here, but Towman is.
00:45:53Who's Towman?
00:45:54Come on, you'll see.
00:46:09Mr. Towman, wait!
00:46:11No, please. I have to talk to you.
00:46:16I'm sorry. This is Jeffrey Butler.
00:46:18He's the one who's selling the house.
00:46:21He can't get inside the place.
00:46:23And my father's gone to Wilton.
00:46:25So we wondered...
00:46:33Anything wrong?
00:46:34They'll tell us.
00:46:37Tess...
00:46:39...has gone to his house.
00:46:41Why would she go there?
00:46:43I don't know.
00:46:46Anyway, she won't get in. You say it's locked.
00:46:52It says she hates the place.
00:46:55Would you like to drive there?
00:46:59Diana could stay here, lock herself in.
00:47:02I need a key.
00:47:08I need a key.
00:47:38I need a key.
00:47:59Towman, this isn't my house.
00:48:01It's Tess's.
00:48:08Come on.
00:48:32Well, Tess isn't here.
00:48:34Are you satisfied?
00:48:38She must have gone to my place.
00:48:41Why wouldn't she go there?
00:48:47She hates it.
00:48:52Maybe she went to see the woman who's there.
00:48:55Someone called the mayor's house before.
00:48:57Said she'd be waiting.
00:49:05What is it?
00:49:08I don't know.
00:49:38Hello, Jeff?
00:49:44Hello?
00:49:46Is anybody there?
00:49:49Who is this?
00:49:53I'm Diane Adams.
00:49:55I spoke to you before.
00:49:59I don't know who you are.
00:50:02I don't know who you are.
00:50:05I don't know who you are.
00:50:08Bring your father to the house.
00:50:12This is Marianne.
00:50:16Tell him I have the diary.
00:50:19I'm waiting.
00:50:21Who are you?
00:50:24He'll know.
00:50:26Christmas Eve, 1934.
00:50:34Hello?
00:50:36Hello?
00:51:06Hello?
00:51:36Christmas Eve, 1934.
00:52:06Christmas Eve, 1934.
00:52:23Sheriff, I saw your car.
00:52:37Bill?
00:52:39Is that you?
00:52:42Bill?
00:52:44Is that you?
00:52:46Is that you?
00:53:08You can't see me, but I can see you.
00:53:12Oh, yes.
00:53:14I remember that face.
00:53:18You're older now.
00:53:21And fatter.
00:53:24But still this.
00:53:28And you're frightened, aren't you?
00:53:34Don't be afraid.
00:53:36I will help you.
00:53:38I will help you.
00:53:41Take my hand.
00:53:43Take it, Tess.
00:53:59The person on the telephone said 1935.
00:54:03Christmas Eve.
00:54:05But that's not the beginning.
00:54:07In 1927, Butler House was restored by Wilfrid Butler.
00:54:12After that, I find social notes, parties, nothing special.
00:54:18Then, in 1930, Butler's wife, Catherine, dies of tuberculosis.
00:54:25In August 1933, it starts.
00:54:29Wilfrid Butler's daughter is cruelly attacked and raped.
00:54:34Her name is Marianne.
00:54:37The same name as the caller who left those messages tonight.
00:54:42She's 15 then.
00:54:45On May 2nd, 1934, Marianne Butler gives birth to a son,
00:54:51Jeffrey Butler.
00:54:54Jeff.
00:54:56Early in 1935, Butler House is turned over to a Dr. Robinson
00:55:02as an asylum for mental patients.
00:55:05And then, Butler goes on to say that he has committed his own daughter.
00:55:11Marianne will live at the asylum.
00:55:15There's no end to this story.
00:55:17It's been carefully cut out of all the papers.
00:55:21Why would Thoman do that?
00:56:03You scared me.
00:56:05What happened?
00:56:06What happened is...
00:56:08Tess has 40 bird cages.
00:56:11Thoman is hysterical.
00:56:13Everybody's at my house but me.
00:56:15It's cold outside and you forgot to lock the door.
00:56:19Jeff, how old are you?
00:56:22How old am I? You mean, how many years have I lived?
00:56:25No, there's a lot in the past.
00:56:28Wait a minute.
00:56:29There's a woman calling and she says her name is Marianne.
00:56:33That was your mother's name, wasn't it?
00:56:35My mother died in childbirth.
00:56:39That's when I started traveling.
00:56:42It's not what the papers say.
00:56:46What's your point?
00:56:49I just thought that you should know.
00:56:51I don't know.
00:56:53I don't know.
00:56:56I just thought that you should read something for your own good.
00:57:02Nothing you could tell me about my past or future would be for my own good.
00:57:12Where is the paper?
00:57:13It's on the table.
00:57:26It's so stupid to lie.
00:57:29You'll miss the whole event.
00:57:31Jeff, maybe your mother's still alive.
00:57:34Maybe she's waiting for you at the house.
00:57:40I don't know.
00:57:47I don't know.
00:57:50I don't know.
00:57:53Come on.
00:57:55No more side trips.
00:57:57Let's go out there.
00:58:22I don't know.
00:58:46It's Thomas' car.
00:58:53It's empty.
00:59:16Jeff, look!
00:59:22Jeff!
00:59:35Oh my God!
00:59:36Stay back!
00:59:37It's Thomas!
00:59:38Stay back!
00:59:52Stay back!
01:00:09She's dead.
01:00:22She's dead.
01:00:48His hands.
01:00:50Somebody cut off his hands.
01:00:53You killed him.
01:00:55You killed Thomas.
01:00:58He's asking for help.
01:01:00You killed him.
01:01:05Get in the car.
01:01:20Get in the car.
01:01:50Get in the car.
01:01:52Get in the car.
01:02:17What is it?
01:02:20The keys.
01:02:22He took them.
01:02:49Hello?
01:02:51Hello, Mr. Mayor.
01:02:54Yes, what?
01:02:56This is Mary Ann Butler.
01:02:59I'm calling from my house.
01:03:02Won't you come over here, Mr. Mayor?
01:03:07We're having a reunion.
01:03:10Everyone has to come.
01:03:13We're having a reunion.
01:03:17Everyone's here.
01:03:20Even your daughter.
01:03:46Even your daughter.
01:04:16I'm sorry.
01:04:18I'm sorry.
01:04:47I write this knowing that no one shall ever see it.
01:04:51Not my beloved daughter,
01:04:53or even my grandson, Jeffrey.
01:04:56I write for myself, in the hope of forgiveness,
01:04:59if that is still possible.
01:05:03And I write for myself,
01:05:05in the hope of forgiveness,
01:05:08if that is still possible.
01:05:11And I write for myself,
01:05:14and I write for you, Mary Ann,
01:05:18whose youth and innocence I have destroyed.
01:05:23By 1935,
01:05:25the doctors had treated my daughter for a year.
01:05:29I had believed they could cure her.
01:05:32The child Jeffrey was taken from us and sent to California.
01:05:36I turned my house into an asylum.
01:05:39I brought doctors to live there.
01:05:42I welcomed other patients.
01:05:45Useless. All of it.
01:05:52I remembered what she had been.
01:05:55There was never a lovelier, happier child.
01:06:06The End
01:06:22Ladies and gentlemen, quiet please.
01:06:24I propose toast.
01:06:26A doctor, please.
01:06:28By Christmas of the first year,
01:06:30I knew that I must act.
01:06:32Not for myself,
01:06:34but for my helpless child.
01:06:39I had no plan.
01:06:41All I knew was that I must take her from these men,
01:06:45with their promises,
01:06:47their lies.
01:06:57For he's a jolly good fellow,
01:06:59for he's a jolly good fellow,
01:07:01for he's a jolly good fellow,
01:07:04which nobody can deny,
01:07:06which nobody can deny,
01:07:08which nobody can deny,
01:07:11for he's a jolly good fellow,
01:07:14which nobody can deny.
01:07:19I knew that they would gorge themselves into a stupor that afternoon.
01:07:23It was their celebration.
01:07:25I expected no less.
01:07:27Since they had come into my house,
01:07:29they had acted as if they owned it.
01:07:31They had behaved like poor relations,
01:07:34half guilty,
01:07:36but finally unable to control their appetites.
01:08:00After dinner, they danced and drank as they usually did.
01:08:04All the time, Robinson would smile and reassure me.
01:08:09They expected me to believe,
01:08:11because I had no choice.
01:08:15Wilfred, trust me.
01:08:17I had no choice.
01:08:19I had no choice.
01:08:21I had no choice.
01:08:23I had no choice.
01:08:25I had no choice.
01:08:27Wilfred, trust me.
01:08:32He really believed Marianne would be well.
01:08:35He saw a light.
01:08:36There is a light at the end of a long tunnel.
01:08:39Believe me.
01:08:42There is a light
01:08:44at the end of a long tunnel.
01:08:54Stay here, Doctor.
01:08:57I'll get more champagne.
01:08:59He was ready.
01:09:00I knew it.
01:09:01Drunk and fat and full of his own importance.
01:09:05I left then.
01:09:27I left then.
01:09:57I left then.
01:10:27I left then.
01:10:49My cruelty to Marianne was inhuman.
01:10:53I know that.
01:10:55I had loved her.
01:10:57I had fathered our child, Jeffrey.
01:11:00I had brought her to this.
01:11:03But I swear that on that afternoon,
01:11:06all I wanted was to save my child.
01:11:25My hope was to get her away from that house.
01:11:28Also, I wanted to set free those other wretches
01:11:31who had so long been abused by the doctors.
01:11:55I knew what they might do if these inmates were freed.
01:12:00And this is my guilt.
01:12:04I knew.
01:12:06And still, I freed them.
01:12:55Let's go.
01:13:25Let's go.
01:13:55Let's go.
01:14:01Let's go.
01:14:25Let's go.
01:14:55Let's go.
01:15:25Let's go.
01:15:56Ah.
01:16:09Ah.
01:16:11Ah.
01:16:13Ah.
01:16:15Oh.
01:16:17Oh.
01:16:19Oh.
01:16:21Oh.
01:16:23Oh.
01:16:25Oh.
01:16:27Oh.
01:16:29Oh.
01:16:31Oh.
01:16:33Oh.
01:16:35Oh.
01:16:37Oh.
01:16:39Oh.
01:16:41Oh.
01:16:43Oh.
01:16:45Oh.
01:16:51After the inmates started for their house,
01:16:54I went to get a car to take Marianne away.
01:16:58I do not know exactly when she slipped away from me.
01:17:04I assume that when they saw her in the dining room,
01:17:08the inmates believed her to be part of that household which they hated.
01:17:14And so, they killed her.
01:17:18Later, there was a celebration.
01:17:22Most of the inmates fled.
01:17:24I don't know where.
01:17:26But I shall never forget what they did to my child.
01:17:30Since that Christmas, I have lived in prisons and asylums.
01:17:37Lived anonymously as an animal.
01:17:42I have wandered in bitterness until all seasons have become as one.
01:17:50And that is a season of vengeance.
01:18:21Jeff.
01:18:27Jeff.
01:18:30Wilfred Butler is still alive.
01:18:34This is still his house.
01:18:39Your grandfather died in 1950.
01:18:43He was burned to death in this house.
01:18:48In this house?
01:18:50My grandfather poured gasoline over a squadron he found here.
01:18:56The town wanted to believe he was dead.
01:18:59They still do.
01:19:08This house was an asylum.
01:19:11There was a massacre by the inmates.
01:19:14Tess Tolman, the sheriff.
01:19:19Your father.
01:19:21No.
01:19:22All inmates.
01:19:23They killed my mother in this room.
01:19:45Who's there?
01:19:49Who's there?
01:20:15Ah!
01:20:33Butler.
01:20:40Oh, no.
01:20:44Oh, my God, no.
01:20:56Daddy.
01:20:58Daddy.
01:21:03Diane.
01:21:06Jeff.
01:21:08Jeff.
01:21:10No.
01:21:11No.
01:21:12Jeff, why?
01:21:14Why?
01:21:15I'm sorry.
01:21:18No.
01:21:19Marianne.
01:21:22Again.
01:21:24No.
01:21:25No.
01:21:26Marianne.
01:21:27Don't run away.
01:21:28Don't.
01:21:29I'm your father.
01:21:31Don't be afraid.
01:21:33I won't hurt you.
01:21:35Please.
01:21:36It's all right.
01:21:40Get away from me.
01:21:42I need you.
01:21:44Get away from me.
01:21:46I will see you.
01:21:48I will get away from you.
01:21:50I waited for you.
01:21:52Please.
01:21:54Please.
01:21:57Oh, my God.
01:22:17Help me.
01:22:19Help me.
01:22:26I spent that night weeping, by morning there were no more tears.
01:22:44I know that my father and Jeffrey both thought they were shooting at killers, but they were
01:22:49simply the last victims in that house of victims.
01:22:58And now, a year later, they will tear down Wilfrid Butler's monument, but they can never
01:23:06destroy my memories of what happened here.
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