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The City of the Dead 1960 Remastered
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00:00:26The End
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00:01:50Bring out Elizabeth Selwyn.
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00:01:53Bring out Elizabeth Selwyn.
00:02:15Witch!
00:02:17Burn the witch!
00:02:21Burn the witch!
00:02:38Burn!
00:02:40Jethro!
00:02:41Jethro!
00:02:43Jethro!
00:02:44Jethro Cain!
00:02:46Hast thou consorted with the witch, Elizabeth Selwyn?
00:02:55No.
00:02:57Burn the witch!
00:02:59Come and sleep!
00:03:01Jethro!
00:03:04Jethro!
00:03:12Jethro!
00:03:16Jethro!
00:03:19Jethro!
00:03:22Jethro!
00:03:23Jethro!
00:03:30No! No! No! No!
00:03:41Help her, Rosa. Help her.
00:03:45Elizabeth Selwyn!
00:03:47On this third day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1692,
00:03:53we have to be able to die.
00:03:55May the people of Whitewood, Massachusetts condemn thee as a witch.
00:04:03May the flames cleanse thy soul of its evil,
00:04:07of its lust for blood,
00:04:09but may they bring about the death of Abigail Adams.
00:04:31Help her, Lucifer. Help her!
00:04:42Help her, Lucifer.
00:04:46Help her!
00:04:46I have made my pact with thee, Lucifer.
00:04:49Hear me! Hear me!
00:04:52I will do thy duty for all eternity.
00:04:55For all eternity shall I practice the ritual of Black Mass.
00:04:59For all eternity shall I sacrifice unto thee.
00:05:02I give thee my soul.
00:05:05Take me into thy service.
00:05:08All those of her, listen to thy servant.
00:05:11Grant her this pact for all eternity, and I with her.
00:05:14And if we fail thee but once,
00:05:16you may do with our souls what you will.
00:05:19Make this city an example of thy vengeance.
00:05:25Curse it!
00:05:27Curse it for all eternity!
00:05:29Curse it for all eternity!
00:05:30And let me be the instrument of thy curse!
00:05:33Hear me, O Lucifer!
00:05:35Hear me!
00:05:37Just make him a curse!
00:05:39Curse?
00:05:40Curse!
00:05:41Curse!
00:05:41Curse!
00:05:53Burnwitch!
00:05:56Burnwitch!
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00:06:12Burnwitch!
00:06:12Burn! Burn!
00:06:16So shouted the people of Whitewood when they burned Elizabeth Selwyn in 1692.
00:06:21Though, as I've said, little is known today of the actual practice of witchcraft in 17th century New England,
00:06:27superstition, fear, and jealousy drove the Puritans to accuse their friends and relatives of consorting with the devil.
00:06:35Raiding around huge bonfires, repeating vindictive chants, they consigned the poor creatures to the flames.
00:06:40The tortured souls cried out in agony as the flames mounted higher and higher.
00:06:45Burn, witch! Burn, witch! Burn! Burn! Burn!
00:06:48Dig that crazy beat.
00:06:50Shh!
00:06:54That will be all for today.
00:06:57Tomorrow will be my concluding lecture on the history of witchcraft in 17th century New England.
00:07:01I shall bring along some illustrations which I'm sure will interest you all.
00:07:04I'll bring the matches.
00:07:08Maitland!
00:07:11Since you chose to attend these lectures, I had hoped that it was in a spirit of scientific curiosity about
00:07:16the subject.
00:07:19That will be all.
00:07:23Bill, how could you?
00:07:25Who takes it all so darn seriously? He's got you all hypnotized.
00:07:29Oh, Miss Barlow.
00:07:30Yes, Professor.
00:07:31Can I see you for a moment, please?
00:07:33What about our date?
00:07:35I'll meet you.
00:07:36Look, um, I'll wait for you outside, huh?
00:07:42Yes, Professor.
00:07:45How a difficult young man, that.
00:07:48I fear that you are more of an attraction to him than my poor efforts.
00:07:51However, I've been reading through your papers, Miss Barlow, they show a very sound appreciation of the subjects.
00:07:56I want to go to New England to do my senior paper.
00:07:59Mm-hmm. Not really quite good, you know.
00:08:01Well, I'm not quite satisfied.
00:08:06I feel I need some first-hand research. I want to get the atmosphere.
00:08:10Find out how widespread witchcraft really was, what the witches were really like.
00:08:14Well, that might take a little time, you know.
00:08:16Well, I have the time.
00:08:18My brother and I were going to spend our vacation with our cousins.
00:08:20What I'd really like to do is to get a room in the smallest, oldest town in New England I
00:08:26can find.
00:08:27Check through all the town hall records.
00:08:30Recheck the libraries.
00:08:31Talk to the Puritan descendants.
00:08:33Make a really thorough investigation.
00:08:37Your brother is professor of science, Miss Barlow.
00:08:39I hardly think he'd be very interested in the history of witchcraft.
00:08:41Then I'd go alone.
00:08:43You don't think he'd object to that?
00:08:45You leave Richard to me.
00:08:47He's picking me up here for lunch.
00:08:50What, Bill?
00:08:53Professor Barlow.
00:08:54Nan here?
00:08:55Yeah, she's in there with him.
00:08:59Well, I don't like her getting mixed up in this witchcraft business.
00:09:01Why not? It's only part of her history course.
00:09:05Professor Barlow.
00:09:07Before you go in there, could I have a word with you?
00:09:09Sure.
00:09:11Well, it's about Nan and me.
00:09:13Oh.
00:09:14If you're really serious about this, I happen to know of a town in New England.
00:09:17As a matter of fact, it's the identical place where the events occurred that I mentioned in today's lecture.
00:09:21Whitewood.
00:09:23It's quite a small place. It's a little bit off the beaten track.
00:09:26So maybe these directions will help you.
00:09:31I think you might very well find what you're looking for there.
00:09:34I happen to know the woman who owns the inn at Whitewood. Her name is Newelless. Mrs. Newelless. So you
00:09:38just tell her I sent you.
00:09:41Raven's Inn, Whitewood.
00:09:43What's Whitewood?
00:09:46Now, Dick, don't be too upset, but I'm going to change my plans for the vacation.
00:09:52Change your plans?
00:09:53Yes. Going to a place called Whitewood for a week or so to do some research.
00:09:58Who are you? And what about Cousin Sue? Why, she's expecting you for a birthday party on the 17th. She'll
00:10:04never forget you.
00:10:05I can still easily make it by then. This is important. My term paper's got to be good. It could
00:10:10mean a scholarship.
00:10:11And I've made all my ways.
00:10:12Come on, Dick. You'll have a good time without me. My mind's made up. I'm going to Whitewood.
00:10:18But surely any good encyclopedia will give you all the nonsense you want to know about witchcraft?
00:10:22Witchcraft is not nonsense, Barlow.
00:10:26I'm sorry, Driscoll.
00:10:28Witchcraft, like magic sorcery. To me, it's nothing but fairytale mumbo-jumbo.
00:10:33I'm a scientist, Driscoll. I believe what I can see, what I can feel and touch.
00:10:38The basis of fairytales is reality. The basis of reality is fairytales.
00:10:42As a scientist, you should be familiar with that quotation.
00:10:46Well, I don't believe that somebody in Chicago can die of a heart attack
00:10:48because some woman in New Orleans sticks a pin in a wax doll.
00:10:52Maybe you don't, but practitioners of voodoo claim otherwise.
00:10:56Dick, you're just being difficult.
00:10:57No. When I look into a microscope, Driscoll, I see bacteria swimming, fighting, existing,
00:11:03that's real.
00:11:04These witches, they were persecuted and burnt in the 17th century, were real too, but they weren't witches.
00:11:10They were pitiful human beings, victims of hysteria.
00:11:14There are many eminent scholars who have documentary proof of the actual practice of witchcraft.
00:11:19Yeah, but how effective was this practice?
00:11:20Did any of these eminent scholars ever meet a real practicing witch?
00:11:24Did you ever meet a witch, Driscoll?
00:11:29Perhaps.
00:11:30Oh, come on, you're an historian.
00:11:33No witch ever survived the burning at the stake for all that pact with the devil.
00:11:39In 1692, Elizabeth Sowen went to the stake.
00:11:42She was buried in a churchyard in New England.
00:11:46And yet, three years later...
00:11:48Yeah?
00:11:49Three years later, a new wave of blood sacrifices broke out in the village that had condemned her.
00:11:54The daughters of the elders who had condemned her were themselves found murdered with every last drop of blood drained
00:11:58from their bodies.
00:11:59And afterwards, people came forward to testify that they had actually seen Elizabeth Sowen.
00:12:05Oh, stop. This would be more effective at midnight with howling winds and crashing thunder, and even then it wouldn't
00:12:10frighten anyone.
00:12:12Dick, I'm sorry, Professor Driscoll.
00:12:17That's all right, Miss Barlow.
00:12:20You won't be the first person to have scoffed at the subject.
00:12:23Honey, when you get to, um, where is it?
00:12:26Whitewood.
00:12:27Ah, yes, Whitewood.
00:12:28Well, send me a picture postcard of a witch.
00:12:31If possible, autographed.
00:12:33Now, let's have some lunch, eh?
00:12:35I'm sorry, I have a date.
00:12:52I have a date.
00:12:53I have a date.
00:12:53Well, I just want to see you.
00:12:53I have to go to the Whitewood place.
00:12:55Now, I thought we were going to have some time together during this vacation.
00:13:00You know I want to be with you.
00:13:01It's just this is important.
00:13:02Look, what the heck can you find that hasn't been found before?
00:13:07I don't know.
00:13:08It's just that maybe, hidden in some attic or buried in some old antique shop,
00:13:13there's something that might give a whole new outlook to the subject.
00:13:16Oh, what new outlook can there be?
00:13:18You're a science student. How do you know how important research is?
00:13:21But this isn't about anything real.
00:13:24This is just superstitious people burning silly old women.
00:13:27But suppose the women weren't silly.
00:13:30Suppose they really had a pact with the devil.
00:13:33A pact that could have supernatural power.
00:13:35Oh, come on. What kind of power?
00:13:38I don't know.
00:13:46Look, it's no use, Bill.
00:13:48We've both tried our hardest to talk her out of going.
00:13:52Do you really think she will find anything worthwhile?
00:13:55I think we have to respect a desire to find something new,
00:13:58even if we don't agree with the subject.
00:14:01Agree with it?
00:14:02I've never heard so much nonsense as that guy Driscoll talks in all my life.
00:14:06Well, here I am, all packed.
00:14:08Oh, I suppose nothing I can say will stop you from going, huh?
00:14:12Yeah, well, I'll put this in the car.
00:14:20I still hoped you'd change your mind, Nan.
00:14:22Don't worry, darling.
00:14:24I'll be back as quick as I can.
00:14:25And I'll write.
00:14:29Well, don't forget me altogether, huh?
00:14:32I won't.
00:14:33Give Sue my love and don't forget we have a date at our party.
00:14:36Bye, darling.
00:14:40Bye.
00:14:50Bye, darling.
00:15:03Uh, excuse me, can you help me?
00:15:05I seem to be lost.
00:15:06Sure, if I can.
00:15:07I'm looking for the Whamport Road.
00:15:09Whamport Road?
00:15:10Hardly anyone uses that anymore.
00:15:12Well, my friend gave me the directions.
00:15:14Uh, take road 28A, turn onto the Whamport Road,
00:15:18bare left at the fork through to Whitewood.
00:15:20Whitewood?
00:15:21Am I that far away?
00:15:22No, ma'am, not far.
00:15:24Not many God-fearing folks visit Whitewood nowadays.
00:15:27If I were you, I'd...
00:15:28If you'll excuse me, I'm in a hurry.
00:15:30Which way is it?
00:15:31Well, follow this road about two miles, you come to a fork.
00:15:35There'll be a sign, Whamport Road.
00:15:36Turn left, keep straight, there'll be Whitewood.
00:15:39Thank you very much.
00:16:14Does that sign say Whamport Road?
00:16:18Whamport Road, yes.
00:16:20Oh, good, I was afraid I missed it.
00:16:22Is it, uh, Whitewood you seek?
00:16:24Yes.
00:16:25I do.
00:16:27Would I be imposing if...
00:16:29No, of course not.
00:16:30Get in.
00:16:40I think the Highway Commission would do something about these roads.
00:16:44Which out here comes another bump.
00:16:49What is your mission in Whitewood?
00:16:52Mission?
00:16:54Well, I'm going there to do some research on witchcraft.
00:16:58Professor Driscoll gave us some very interesting lectures on the subject.
00:17:01I'm going there to get some original source material.
00:17:05Do you know Whitewood?
00:17:06I've known it for many years.
00:17:08Do you go there often?
00:17:10Barely often.
00:17:11Oh, then you must know the Raven's Inn.
00:17:13I shall be resting there.
00:17:15Oh, so shall I.
00:17:17Oh, my name's Nan Barlow.
00:17:19My name's Jethro Keane.
00:17:21Pleased to meet you.
00:17:23Pleased to meet you.
00:17:37Just like a picture out of a history book.
00:17:41I feel as though I were in the 17th century.
00:17:45Why hasn't Whitewood been written about?
00:17:47Well, it's off the beaten path.
00:17:49Few tourists come here.
00:17:51For Whitewood, time stands still.
00:17:55Look at that church.
00:17:56It must have been beautiful.
00:17:59What a shame they let it get so run down.
00:18:04Straight on?
00:18:05Yes, follow the road around.
00:18:18Ah, there it is.
00:18:20What a lovely old building.
00:18:2217th century at least.
00:18:25How picturesque can you get?
00:18:27Right by the graveyard.
00:18:29Yes, it has not been used for more than 200 years.
00:18:33Any witches buried there?
00:18:34There are indeed.
00:18:36All in a section of unconsecrated ground.
00:18:40Spooky, isn't it?
00:18:43Well, keep your fingers crossed for me, Mr. Keane.
00:18:46I hope Mrs. Nillis has that run.
00:18:48Are you sure you are still open?
00:18:48Let's go.
00:18:53We'll have to go.
00:19:06It's a treasure, you'll keep the forest.
00:19:07It's all over.
00:19:08Good evening, your daughter.
00:19:09Why?
00:19:09You're living with some of these.
00:19:10Is the police.
00:19:10You're here?
00:19:11You're here?
00:19:11No, then?
00:20:00Oh, I didn't hear you come in.
00:20:02Are you Mrs. Newlas?
00:20:05Oh, I'm Nan Barlow.
00:20:08I was told I might find a room here.
00:20:12I was recommended by a friend of mine, Professor Driscoll.
00:20:15Perhaps you know him.
00:20:16That will be all, Lottie.
00:20:23Sorry to keep you waiting.
00:20:26Unfortunately, Lottie cannot talk.
00:20:28I've often told her not to answer the bell.
00:20:30Oh, poor thing.
00:20:31Then you're Mrs. Newlas.
00:20:32I am. May I help you?
00:20:34Yes, I'd like to have a room here for two weeks.
00:20:37The hotel is quite full.
00:20:40Oh, the guests are never about at this time of the day.
00:20:44Well, I'm a student of Professor Driscoll's.
00:20:46He told me if I mentioned his name, I'd have no trouble.
00:20:51Well, there is a room I could let you have.
00:20:54It's just off the lobby.
00:20:56Oh, thank you.
00:20:57Oh, Mrs. Newlas, that plaque.
00:21:01Is it true that Elizabeth Selwyn was really burnt here for being a witch?
00:21:06She was.
00:21:08And do you believe she was a witch?
00:21:12Come along.
00:21:13I'll show you to your room.
00:21:19I hope you will be comfortable.
00:21:29Yes, it is a nice room.
00:21:31The previous occupants have always found it most agreeable.
00:21:35Well, if there's anything you should need,
00:21:37just ring the bell for me at the desk.
00:22:00Oh!
00:22:01Oh!
00:22:03Oh!
00:22:05Oh!
00:22:06Oh!
00:22:13Oh!
00:22:15Oh!
00:22:19Oh!
00:22:22It's been so many months.
00:22:25I've counted the days to this holiday.
00:22:28So have the others.
00:22:30It wasn't easy for some of my guests to get here.
00:22:33Many had to travel vast distances.
00:22:35I was lucky.
00:22:36The last few miles were enchanting.
00:22:39Miss Barlow is very good company.
00:22:42You must be tired, Jethro. Your room is ready.
00:22:46And the festivities.
00:22:50I am prepared.
00:22:58Oh, Mrs. Newlas.
00:23:00I thought I'd have a short look around town.
00:23:02I won't be gone long.
00:23:04I think you'll find the church interesting.
00:23:06Unfortunately, it no longer has a congregation.
00:23:15He will be pleased.
00:23:40He will be pleased.
00:23:49Go.
00:24:08Go, Mrs. Newlas.
00:24:08Is it funny, Grually?
00:24:08Oh, dear.
00:24:09Oh, dear.
00:24:12Give us some hope of the thing to do.
00:24:13Oh, dear.
00:24:17I'm told this was once a house of worship it is still a house of worship I
00:24:23am the Reverend of this church as long as the breath of life is within me this
00:24:29house shall remain God's house must have been a beautiful building it is still
00:24:37beautiful I'm sorry what a shame the people have let it fall into such a
00:24:43state strangers rarely come to Whitewood who are you I'm Nan Barlow I'm staying at
00:24:50the Ravens Inn why have you come to Whitewood well because I'm interested in
00:24:57witchcraft young woman leave Whitewood leave Whitewood tonight for 300 years the
00:25:05devil has hovered over this city made it his own the people in it are his
00:25:11evil has triumphed over good here look at my church I have no parish no one
00:25:21worships here his is the power what power leave Whitewood leave Whitewood tonight I
00:25:31beg of you what power leave before it is too late
00:25:54I'm
00:25:55I'm
00:25:58I'm
00:26:00I'm
00:26:06I'm
00:26:28Good evening.
00:26:29Good evening.
00:26:30Please excuse the mess. We haven't been open long.
00:26:33You have some very interesting things here.
00:26:35Yes, they belong to my grandmother.
00:26:37When she died, I came back to sort things out.
00:26:39Oh, I'm sorry.
00:26:41Then you don't live here?
00:26:42No, my family have lived here for generations,
00:26:44but I've just been back a few weeks.
00:26:46Would you like to have a look around?
00:26:49Oh, I didn't mean to frighten you when I came in.
00:26:52It's just that all the people I've met here
00:26:54have acted like I'm a person from another world.
00:26:57They don't see many strangers here.
00:27:00And I had the most, well, unusual experience with the Reverend.
00:27:04He barred my way from the church.
00:27:06And he talked to me about a curse.
00:27:09And he warned me to leave Whitewood.
00:27:11Can you explain that?
00:27:13No, I can't.
00:27:15Does he often act that way?
00:27:18He's my grandfather.
00:27:19Oh, I'm sorry.
00:27:21Oh, he's all right.
00:27:21It's happened before with strangers.
00:27:23Oh, the lack of parishioners and loss of his sight
00:27:25has made him bitter and suspicious.
00:27:28I'm afraid, but with him and the town, I was very scared.
00:27:32When I saw your lights, I made a dash for them.
00:27:34I'm glad you did.
00:27:37Do you have any books or pamphlets on witchcraft?
00:27:41You do, don't you?
00:27:41A friend of mine...
00:27:42Well, we have a collection gathering dust,
00:27:45but why on earth would you be interested in...
00:27:47Oh, I'm sorry.
00:27:48It's really none of my business.
00:27:49No, that's all right.
00:27:50I'm studying it in college,
00:27:51and I've come here to write my term paper.
00:27:53Well, just wait.
00:27:53I'll see what I can find.
00:28:03That's Elizabeth Selwyn.
00:28:05Burned as a witch, March 3rd, 1692.
00:28:08Yes, I know.
00:28:09I saw the plaque in the lobby of the hotel.
00:28:11You're staying at the Ravens Inn?
00:28:13Yes.
00:28:14It was recommended to me by a friend of mine,
00:28:15Professor Driscoll.
00:28:17Alan Driscoll?
00:28:18Yes, do you know him?
00:28:19No, but my grandfather speaks of him.
00:28:20His family come from here.
00:28:22Oh, I didn't know that.
00:28:24Here, I think that's a good one.
00:28:24I think this will do for a start.
00:28:28What a lovely locket.
00:28:29May I see it?
00:28:32I believe it's quite old.
00:28:33Oh, it is.
00:28:34You're very lucky.
00:28:36I'm even more lucky to have found this.
00:28:38A Treatise on Devil Worship in New England.
00:28:41This must be a very rare book.
00:28:44I'm afraid I couldn't afford to buy it.
00:28:47You can borrow it, if you like.
00:28:49Oh, could I?
00:28:49That would be wonderful.
00:28:50I promise I'll bring it back in a few days.
00:28:52You're very welcome, Miss Sir.
00:28:54Uh, Barlow.
00:28:54Nan Barlow.
00:28:55Nan Barlow.
00:28:56Thank you very much.
00:28:58Good night.
00:28:58Good night.
00:29:01Good night.
00:29:10Good night.
00:29:17Good night.
00:29:45Mrs. Noulis!
00:29:48Mrs. Noulis!
00:29:49Yes, Mrs. Barlow?
00:29:52I've heard some strange noises in my room.
00:29:54Oh, possibly the water in the pipes.
00:29:56This is a very old inn.
00:29:57No, it seemed to be coming from the cellar underneath.
00:29:59I hardly think so, Mrs. Barlow.
00:30:01The cellars do not extend beneath your room.
00:30:03Then why is there a trapdoor in the floor?
00:30:06The ground was filled in many years ago
00:30:08to strengthen the foundations of the building.
00:30:10But I'm sure I...
00:30:11Well, if you insist, I will come and see you.
00:30:21I don't hear anything.
00:30:24Well, just a few minutes ago.
00:30:28Never mind. I'm sorry.
00:30:30You're welcome.
00:30:31But you can see for yourself there is no ring in the trapdoor
00:30:33because there is no reason to lift it.
00:30:35There is nothing underneath but earth.
00:30:37There is nothing underneath.
00:30:57And there is nothing underneath.
00:31:01I was once a hole...
00:31:02There is nothing underneath.
00:31:16Come in.
00:31:20Oh, hello, Lottie. Come in.
00:31:23I don't need any more towels.
00:31:25I haven't used mine, and they're quite clean.
00:31:36Lottie?
00:31:36Lottie, I've told you before not to bother the guests.
00:31:44Miss Barlow, I thought you might care to join the others.
00:31:47I will, as soon as I finish my notes.
00:31:49I'll put some clothes on and join them.
00:31:52A treatise on devil worship in New England.
00:31:55Well, do you find this interesting?
00:31:58Why, it's fascinating.
00:31:59The things I've learnt.
00:32:01I bet you don't know the half of it.
00:32:03And you live right here on a spot
00:32:04where the witches were actually burnt.
00:32:07Listen to this.
00:32:08On Candlemas Eve, February 1st,
00:32:11in the year 1692,
00:32:13a coven of witches,
00:32:15a coven, that's 13,
00:32:17some men, some women,
00:32:18whose power came from the devil,
00:32:20gathered beneath the Raven's Inn
00:32:22to perform a black mass in the honour of Lucifer.
00:32:25The witch, Elizabeth Selwyn,
00:32:28later to be burnt at the stake,
00:32:30marked a young girl for sacrifice
00:32:32by obtaining an object of value belonging to her
00:32:35with which to call her.
00:32:37And leaving in its place
00:32:38a dead bird and a sprig of woodbine,
00:32:42the witches sacrificed her on the altar
00:32:44and drank her blood at the hour of 13.
00:32:49What's the hour of 13?
00:32:51Well, personally,
00:32:52I have never heard a clock strike more than 12.
00:32:54Now, how about joining the dancing?
00:32:56In a little while, I promise.
00:32:58Oh, by the way,
00:33:00I seem to have misplaced my locket.
00:33:03I remember having it in my room
00:33:04and now it's disappeared.
00:33:05Oh, I'm sorry.
00:33:06I'll ask Lottie.
00:33:08Well, I'm not saying it was stolen.
00:33:10It's just,
00:33:10I remember having it on the dresser
00:33:12and now it's gone.
00:33:14I would appreciate it.
00:33:15Of course.
00:33:16I'll look into it immediately.
00:33:27Lottie,
00:33:28I have warned you too often
00:33:29about annoying our guests.
00:33:31If you disobey me again,
00:33:33I shall turn you out.
00:33:34And if I turn you out,
00:33:36there will be no place for you anywhere.
00:33:38You do understand, Lottie, don't you?
00:34:03You do understand, Lottie.
00:34:28You do understand, Lottie.
00:35:13Ah, Miss Barlow.
00:35:15I'm afraid Lottie is nowhere to be found,
00:35:17but I will inquire about your locket first thing in the morning.
00:35:20Oh, thank you.
00:35:21Where is everybody?
00:35:22Most of the other guests have gone to services.
00:35:25Services on the 1st of February.
00:35:30Candlemas Eve.
00:35:32The night when the witches mock the rituals of the church.
00:35:36Are you all right, Miss Barlow?
00:35:39Yes, quite.
00:35:42Good night.
00:35:43Good night, Miss Barlow.
00:36:02Mrs. Noless.
00:36:05Mrs. Noless.
00:36:06Mrs. Noless.
00:36:07Mrs. Noless.
00:36:08Mrs. Noless.
00:36:14Mrs. Noless.
00:36:16Mrs. Noless.
00:37:05Oh
00:37:35Oh
00:37:46Oh
00:38:21Oh
00:38:23Oh
00:38:23Oh
00:38:23Oh
00:38:44No
00:38:45No
00:38:45Let go of me
00:38:46Help
00:38:49Let me go
00:38:51No
00:38:53Take your hands off of me
00:38:55Let me go
00:39:00No
00:39:01No
00:39:02No
00:39:04Let go of me
00:39:10Four
00:39:16Five
00:39:19Six
00:39:20Seven
00:39:22No
00:39:23No
00:39:24No
00:39:26No
00:39:27No
00:39:28No
00:39:28I am Elizabeth Selwyn
00:39:32No
00:39:33Eleven
00:39:34One
00:39:35One
00:39:35Let's go of me! Let's go!
00:39:43Happy birthday to you!
00:39:46Happy birthday to you!
00:39:49Happy birthday dear Susie!
00:39:53Happy birthday to you!
00:40:06Yummy!
00:40:08Delicious.
00:40:09Dick, have you got any idea what's happened to Nan?
00:40:12I'm sure she'll show up.
00:40:13She probably met a good-looking heewitch
00:40:15and was bringing him along to the party,
00:40:16only they broomstick blew her gasket.
00:40:18It's not like Nan to be late for anything.
00:40:20Aren't you a bit worried about her?
00:40:22She'll be here. I'm sure she'll make it.
00:40:25It's probably here now.
00:40:26You answer the door,
00:40:27and I'm gonna put a record on for some dancing.
00:40:29All right.
00:40:35Hi, Dick.
00:40:36Bill.
00:40:37What's the matter?
00:40:38Are you expecting somebody else?
00:40:40Oh, yes, Nan.
00:40:41Look, come in, come in.
00:40:43Well, Nan, didn't she hear you?
00:40:45We made a date to meet her before she left for Whitewood.
00:40:48Well, she probably got held up.
00:40:50Look, look, give me your coat, huh?
00:40:52Nan was never late for anything in her life.
00:40:55Relax.
00:40:55Take it easy.
00:40:57Join the party.
00:40:58She'll be here.
00:41:02Dick.
00:41:06Dick, I haven't had a letter from Nan in over two weeks now.
00:41:09She's probably been too busy working on her paper.
00:41:11No, no.
00:41:12There's something wrong.
00:41:12I know it.
00:41:13Look, will you do something for me?
00:41:15Hmm?
00:41:15Ring up Whitewood, will you?
00:41:17Ask him...
00:41:17Ask him if she's left.
00:41:19You serious?
00:41:20Yes, I am.
00:41:23Okay.
00:41:36Well, long distance.
00:41:38I'd like to speak with Miss Nan Barlow at the Raven's Inn, Whitewood.
00:41:43No, I don't know the phone number.
00:41:46What?
00:41:46Didn't she give you the phone number?
00:41:48I know, but that's my sister.
00:41:55They say there's no such place as the Raven's Inn.
00:41:58But that's crazy.
00:41:59She's staying there.
00:42:03Give me the police.
00:42:09She left in such a hurry, she must have forgotten to return it to you, Miss Russell.
00:42:14She seems such a nice girl, too.
00:42:16Wouldn't have thought she was the sort who'd forget to return a book.
00:42:18We cannot always judge by our first impressions, can we?
00:42:22I'm not usually wrong about the people I lend my books to.
00:42:25Well, perhaps you'll be more careful in future.
00:42:28Thank you for letting me have it.
00:42:29Remember me to your grandfather.
00:42:37Lottie!
00:42:38Get out of the way, you clumsy creature.
00:42:51Can I help you?
00:42:52Yes, we're from the sheriff's office.
00:42:54We had a call this evening.
00:42:55A missing person's report from some college kid named Nan Barlow.
00:42:59The party calling said that her last known whereabouts was the Raven's Inn.
00:43:03Nan Barlow, that's strange.
00:43:05Yes, I met her.
00:43:06When did you last see her?
00:43:08About two weeks ago.
00:43:09She came to my shop and borrowed this book.
00:43:11It's quite valuable.
00:43:12And so not hearing from her, I decided to come and get it.
00:43:15Mrs. Newless had it.
00:43:17May I?
00:43:17Yes.
00:43:20That treat is on devil worship.
00:43:22I must put this in the report.
00:43:25A peculiar thing some of these college kids do nowadays.
00:43:28Well, thanks for your help.
00:43:30Come on, Charlie.
00:43:41Jeremy.
00:43:50It must be kalony with the
00:43:54It's not a creep.
00:43:58Or are you listening too?
00:44:04How's that?
00:44:12Hello?
00:44:14Yeah.
00:44:17It's the police.
00:44:20Yeah.
00:44:24Okay, thanks.
00:44:28Well?
00:44:30The police sent a car out to the Raven's End.
00:44:32Man checked out two weeks ago.
00:44:35I can't get it.
00:44:36Well, neither do I.
00:44:38Look, these are Nan's books and papers.
00:44:40Go through them.
00:44:41See if you can find anything which might give us a lead.
00:44:44I'm gonna pay a visit to a colleague of mine.
00:45:09Oh, Lord of Light, accept the sacrifice.
00:45:12I'm gonna pay him for a man.
00:45:16Oh.
00:45:22Oh, God.
00:45:22I'll pay the price.
00:45:23I'll pay the price.
00:45:24Oh, God.
00:45:30I'll pay for the price.
00:45:31One of the price.
00:45:32Oh, I'll pay for it.
00:45:57My Barlow.
00:45:58May I come in?
00:46:00Well, of course, please do.
00:46:02Can I take your coat?
00:46:03I tried to phone you last night, but I guess you weren't in.
00:46:06No, no, I wasn't.
00:46:08Would you care to go on the study?
00:46:13Sit yourself down.
00:46:15Thanks.
00:46:18You take a drink?
00:46:20Ryan's soda.
00:46:22Ice, please.
00:46:25What's on your mind?
00:46:26A man's missing.
00:46:28And she has been since the day after she arrived at Whitewood.
00:46:31Really? You quite sure?
00:46:33That's what the police said.
00:46:35What are they doing about it?
00:46:37Carrying out a routine check.
00:46:38I don't suppose they can do much more until they've got something definite to go on.
00:46:42I would have thought there was a very great deal more they could do.
00:46:44What?
00:46:46As far as they're concerned, she disappeared two weeks ago,
00:46:48and no one in the village seems to know anything about it.
00:46:50What are you going to come to see me for?
00:46:52I thought you might have some ideas.
00:46:55Why did you send her to Whitewood?
00:46:57Because it was the best place for her research.
00:46:59And you suggested she stay at the Raven's Inn.
00:47:00Sure, it's the only inn there is.
00:47:01With an unlisted phone number?
00:47:03The inn has its own clientele, Barlow.
00:47:05It doesn't need to advertise.
00:47:06How do you know it so well?
00:47:07Because I was born in Whitewood.
00:47:09I see.
00:47:11And you'd have every reason to believe she'd be perfectly safe in going there.
00:47:14I have no reason to suppose that she wouldn't be.
00:47:16Nan struck me as being perfectly capable of taking care of herself.
00:47:19I grant you that, but why hasn't she come back or let us know?
00:47:23Look, Barlow, I can understand your anxiety,
00:47:25but I'm quite sure there's nothing for you to worry about.
00:47:26Nothing at all.
00:47:27She's probably got absorbed in subjects and gone off someplace.
00:47:31I wish that all my class had her application.
00:47:33Yeah, well, I'm going to find out where this application led her.
00:47:37I'm going to retrace every step Nan took.
00:47:40I'm either going to find Nan or know what happened to her.
00:47:53I can't stop you from going.
00:47:54No.
00:47:55I'm not afraid.
00:47:56Afraid? Why?
00:47:58Well, if anything did happen to your sister
00:48:00and somebody else went along to try and find out about it.
00:48:02Same thing might happen to them?
00:48:04Possible.
00:48:05You seem to think something happened to my sister then.
00:48:08No, I just think you're jumping to conclusions, Barlow.
00:48:10Maybe, but I shall find her.
00:48:14Professor Driscoll?
00:48:15Yes.
00:48:16I don't like to disturb you, but may I see you?
00:48:18Well, of course, please come in.
00:48:19Good luck in Whitewood.
00:48:20Thanks.
00:48:23I'm sorry, but did you say he was going to Whitewood?
00:48:26Yes, he is.
00:48:27It's silly to be surprised, but I've just come from Whitewood.
00:48:33Really?
00:48:34Quite a coincidence.
00:48:35My own family happens to come from Whitewood.
00:48:37As a matter of fact, I was born there.
00:48:38Yes, I know.
00:48:39Please sit down.
00:48:43You care for a drink?
00:48:45No, thank you.
00:48:48I think you know my grandfather, the Reverend Russell.
00:48:52Russell?
00:48:53Why, yes, of course I do.
00:48:54How long have you been living in Whitewood?
00:48:56Since my grandmother died a few weeks ago.
00:48:58Oh, I'm sorry.
00:49:00Well, now, how can I help you?
00:49:03I've come about a pupil of yours, Barlow.
00:49:05Nan Barlow?
00:49:07Yes.
00:49:08She came to Whitewood two weeks ago.
00:49:10I met her and liked her, and she told me that she was a student in one of your classes,
00:49:14that you recommended that she stay at the Raven's Inn.
00:49:17That's quite right.
00:49:18I did.
00:49:19Well, that's what I've come to see you about.
00:49:21On the day after she arrived, she disappeared.
00:49:24Oh?
00:49:24Later, the police came asking questions.
00:49:26Her family were worried.
00:49:28I thought you might have their address.
00:49:29And why do you want her family's address?
00:49:32Because I have something of hers I want to return.
00:49:36Well, you just leave it with me, and I'll make sure they get it safely.
00:49:40Well, I don't want to trouble you if you just give me their address.
00:49:45As you wish.
00:49:48Her address is Dorchester Street.
00:49:52Two, two, five.
00:49:54She lives with her brother.
00:49:55As a matter of fact, he's a colleague of mine.
00:49:56You just met him.
00:49:57He was leaving when you arrived.
00:50:00Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got a lot of work to do.
00:50:02I'm rather a busy man.
00:50:04A moment.
00:50:04Of course.
00:50:04Thank you for your help.
00:50:06Not at all.
00:50:06I hope it achieves something.
00:50:09Well, you will remember me to your grandfather, won't you?
00:50:11Yes, of course.
00:50:12Goodbye.
00:50:13Goodbye, Miss Russell.
00:50:23Yeah, it's Nan's luck at her rights.
00:50:26As far as I know, it's unique.
00:50:28I gave it to her.
00:50:29Where did you get it?
00:50:30The servant at the inn gave it to me.
00:50:32It was strange.
00:50:33I don't think she wanted Mrs. Newless to know I had it.
00:50:35Mrs. Newless?
00:50:36Well, she runs the inn.
00:50:37Well, why did you come here, Miss Russell?
00:50:40I found this.
00:50:44It's Professor Driscoll's note paper.
00:50:46I found it in the pages of a book I lent your sister on her first evening in Whitewood.
00:50:51When she didn't return it, I went to the hotel.
00:50:53What was the book?
00:50:55An old book.
00:50:56A book about witchcraft.
00:50:58Do you believe in it, Miss Russell?
00:51:00I don't know.
00:51:02Sometimes I almost think I live with it.
00:51:05Live with it?
00:51:06It was an obsession of my grandfather's.
00:51:08Up till now, I didn't take him very seriously.
00:51:10He's an old man.
00:51:11But now I'm beginning to wonder if what he says isn't true.
00:51:14What does he say?
00:51:16That there's something evil about the village.
00:51:18That on certain nights, the inhabitants leave the streets, close their doors, and stay behind them.
00:51:24That on these nights, the dead come to life.
00:51:28Nights like Candlemas Eve?
00:51:31What do you know about Candlemas Eve?
00:51:34It's in one of Nan's books.
00:51:44I don't believe it.
00:51:46Things like this don't happen today.
00:51:49In Whitewood, I wonder.
00:51:51I'm going to Whitewood tomorrow after classes.
00:51:53I can give you a lift.
00:51:54Thank you, but I must get back.
00:51:56I can't leave my grandfather alone.
00:51:58He's blind.
00:51:59May I come and see you when I arrive?
00:52:00I'd like to have a talk with him.
00:52:02Please do.
00:52:03It's the house next to the church.
00:52:04Goodbye.
00:52:06I'll see you at the door.
00:52:32Would you be going to Whitewood?
00:52:34Yes.
00:52:35Would you take me along with you?
00:52:36It's a dark night for walking.
00:52:50You're the Reverend Russell's granddaughter, aren't you?
00:52:53Yes.
00:52:54How did you know?
00:52:54I know a great deal about Whitewood.
00:52:57Have you ever been there?
00:52:58None, then.
00:53:00Never seen you.
00:53:01To see me is a special privilege.
00:53:04Reserve for a chosen few.
00:53:07What does that mean?
00:53:10We'll soon be at Whitewood now.
00:53:18This is as far as I go.
00:53:20This is as far as I go.
00:53:20You will...
00:53:38She is pretty, too.
00:53:39Yes, she is.
00:53:41Yes, she is.
00:53:42Very pretty.
00:53:42A living descendant of those who are cursed.
00:53:46It somehow seems to make it better.
00:53:56Another day.
00:53:58And tomorrow.
00:53:59The witch's sapin.
00:54:04The witch's sapin.
00:54:12The witch's sapin.
00:54:19Here.
00:54:28Okay.
00:54:56Which way to Wamport Road?
00:54:58Straight ahead, fork in the road. You see a sign, turn left. You heading for Whitewood?
00:55:03I am. Many people head this way?
00:55:05Not many.
00:55:06Is this the only way in and out of the town?
00:55:08In this direction, yup.
00:55:10You wouldn't remember by any chance a pretty girl in a convertible about a month ago.
00:55:14The Barlow girl. Read about her in the papers. Never seen her again. Told the police.
00:55:18Thanks.
00:55:42I wonder, could you tell me the way to Whitewood, please?
00:55:45Another one. Straight ahead, fork in the road, you see a sign, Wamport Road, turn left, takes you right in.
00:55:50But thanks.
00:55:51Let me warn you, young fella, they don't like strangers in Whitewood.
00:55:54Okay, fine. Thanks very much.
00:55:55Let's go.
00:56:19Oh, my God.
00:56:30Oh, my God.
00:56:56Oh, my God.
00:56:57Oh, my God.
00:56:58Oh, my God.
00:56:59Oh, my God.
00:57:01Oh, my God.
00:57:01Oh, my God.
00:57:31Oh, my God.
00:58:10Oh, my God.
00:58:28Oh, my God.
00:58:44Oh, my God.
00:58:59If you should need anything, and I am not at the desk, you have only to ring the bell.
00:59:15Oh, my God.
00:59:27Oh, my God.
00:59:32Oh, my God.
00:59:51Oh, my God.
01:00:39Hello.
01:00:40I'm so glad you've come.
01:00:42I saw your car outside the Ravens Inn earlier.
01:00:45I wondered what had happened to you.
01:00:46I've been talking with Mrs. Newlis and then I took a walk around the village.
01:00:50Find out anything?
01:00:52Everyone here seems to be afraid of something.
01:00:55And you don't think it's just my imagination?
01:00:57I don't know.
01:00:58Who's to say where imagination ends and truth begins?
01:01:01It's nothing tangible.
01:01:02It's just the way they look at you.
01:01:05I felt it, too.
01:01:07May I see the book that Nan borrowed?
01:01:09Yes.
01:01:10I put a marker between the pages where she must have stopped reading.
01:01:14Just sit down and I'll tell my grandfather you're here.
01:02:05I warned you, Lottie.
01:02:10I warned you.
01:02:12No, my son.
01:02:14No.
01:02:16Oh.
01:02:39Grandfather, this is Mr. Barlow.
01:02:41How do you do, sir?
01:02:43God be with you.
01:02:44Shall we sit where we'll be more comfortable?
01:02:50Here's your chair, Grandfather.
01:02:51You must be tired.
01:02:52I am very tired.
01:02:55I have little strength left these days for the fight.
01:02:59Won't you sit down?
01:03:00I'll make some coffee.
01:03:01The fight against what, Mr. Russell?
01:03:03Against the evil that besets this village.
01:03:07The people are creatures of the devil.
01:03:09They know no other god.
01:03:11You mean they worship Satan here?
01:03:13Today?
01:03:13Satanism was never stronger than at the present time.
01:03:17For two hundred years, the people of Whitewood have carried out rituals that mock the church's teaching.
01:03:23I find it very hard to believe, sir.
01:03:26I do not doubt, my son.
01:03:28It is real enough.
01:03:30For years, I struggled against the witches.
01:03:34Their master took away my sight.
01:03:36Seems incredible.
01:03:38I have tried to convince others.
01:03:40They, too, found it unbelievable.
01:03:42But I know these people have a pact with the devil to worship him and do his works.
01:03:51In return, he gives them eternal life.
01:03:54Eternal life?
01:03:55Aye.
01:03:56And to seal this bargain, they must sacrifice a young girl on two nights of the year.
01:04:03When are these nights, sir?
01:04:05Candlemas Eve and the Witch's Sabbath.
01:04:09Candlemas Eve?
01:04:10That's February the 1st.
01:04:12And when is the Witch's Sabbath?
01:04:14Tonight.
01:04:15Now you know why I came to see you.
01:04:19I had no idea it was so late.
01:04:21May I have a rain check on the coffee?
01:04:23I'd like to have a few words with Mrs. Noulis again.
01:04:26Of course.
01:04:27Good night, sir.
01:04:29Good night.
01:04:29I'll see you to the door.
01:04:34God be with us.
01:04:37Miss Russell, do you think that Nan's disappearance is connected in some way with these witch's ceremonies?
01:04:43Yes.
01:04:45Well, I'd like to come back later, if I may.
01:04:48Please do.
01:04:49And my name is Pat.
01:04:50Well, mine's Richard.
01:04:51I think I feel better now you're here.
01:04:53Well, I'm going to stay until I find out what's happened to Nan.
01:04:57Take care.
01:05:09Now drink your coffee before it gets cold.
01:05:11You must not see that young man again tonight.
01:05:16Why not?
01:05:16The devil comes in many disguises.
01:05:20I'll get you a spoon.
01:05:25Grandfather, there's a bird in the drawer.
01:05:29It's got an arrow through it.
01:05:30Go and look on the front door.
01:05:39There's a sprig of woodbine.
01:05:41Shut the door.
01:05:41Shut the door.
01:05:42Shut the door quickly.
01:05:45Grandfather, what does it mean?
01:05:47Now listen, my darling.
01:05:49This is their sign.
01:05:50The witch's sign.
01:05:52What can we do?
01:05:53We must leave here.
01:05:54Leave here immediately.
01:06:02I'll start the car.
01:06:15Something's wrong.
01:06:19They've wrecked the car.
01:06:22Barlow.
01:06:23Hold Barlow.
01:06:31Hello, I want the ravens in.
01:06:42Yes, Mrs. Newlas.
01:06:45Mr. Barlow.
01:06:47Is that for me?
01:06:48Yes.
01:06:51Hello?
01:06:52Dick.
01:06:53Dick, I'm in terrible danger.
01:06:54We've got to leave Whitewood at once.
01:06:56Danger?
01:06:57But from what?
01:06:58We've got to leave...
01:06:59Pat!
01:07:00Please help me!
01:07:01Patricia!
01:07:02Pat!
01:07:15Patricia!
01:07:16Pat!
01:07:40What's happened, Mr. Russell?
01:07:43The witch's...
01:07:45The witch's...
01:07:46Have Patricia...
01:07:48Destroy them!
01:07:50Mr. Russell, how?
01:07:51The shadow of the cross.
01:07:54To use the cross.
01:07:56I adjure thee, O creatures of salt...
01:08:01By the living God!
01:08:05Mr. Russell.
01:08:14Maitland!
01:08:16Maitland!
01:08:17Maitland, what's happened?
01:08:44Come on.
01:09:08Cut!
01:09:10Patricia!
01:09:34Hello?
01:09:36Hello?
01:09:37Hello, operator?
01:09:47Oh, oh, oh.
01:12:51Dick!
01:12:57Dick!
01:13:19Dick!
01:13:20Dick!
01:13:57I'm a curse!
01:13:58A curse!
01:13:59A curse!
01:14:00A shadow of a curse!
01:14:09Yes!
01:14:39Dick, Dick, he's moving!
01:14:46Lift across!
01:14:54Quick!
01:15:08I've journeyed by the living God!
01:15:16Back from the cross!
01:15:18Come nearer, Lou!
01:15:20Get the shadow over!
01:15:22It comes nearer.
01:15:25Don't fail.
01:15:27We must finish the sacrifice.
01:15:32Jake, don't!
01:15:34Wait!
01:15:35Wait for the hour of 13!
01:15:53Let's go!
01:15:55Go!
01:15:55Go!
01:16:02Go!
01:16:05Go!
01:16:06All right, are you all right?
01:16:07Think so.
01:16:22I've got a score of a sizzle with Mrs. Newis.
01:16:38You stay here.
01:17:10You stay here.
01:17:38You stay here.
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