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00:00:11The End
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00:01:26And then through the branches of the old trees
00:01:29I see the house again
00:01:32It sits there waiting for me
00:01:36Silent
00:01:38Malignant
00:01:39A place of unspeakable horror
00:01:44There is no one there now
00:01:47On a mailbox
00:01:48beside the driveway
00:01:49I can make out the name of the people who lived there once
00:01:53Tierney
00:01:55But the Tierneys must have all gone away a long time ago
00:01:59And the house stands like a moldering tombstone
00:02:04To a world that died
00:02:09There is an old-fashioned knocker on the door
00:02:17An unseen hand
00:02:19Always opens the door for me
00:02:28I always go up the shadowy stairway
00:02:31As if I know exactly where to find the answer
00:02:34To what has drawn me here
00:02:54It's behind a little unmarked door
00:02:57And some unearthly power
00:03:00Swings it open to receive me
00:03:03I look up that narrow, dusty stairway
00:03:06And for a moment that is so brief
00:03:09So filled with terror
00:03:11That my mind cannot hold on to it
00:03:12I know why I had to come to this place
00:03:29Did I go up the stairs this time, Doctor?
00:03:32No, it was the same as before
00:03:33You almost bring yourself to see the truth
00:03:36And then you...
00:03:36But what truth?
00:03:38All I know is that death
00:03:40In its most hideous form
00:03:41Waits for me at the top of those stairs
00:03:43That's not all you know, Mrs. Justin
00:03:46You hold the answer deep within your own mind
00:03:49Consciously, you've forgotten it
00:03:51That's the way the human mind works
00:03:53Whenever something is too unpleasant
00:03:55Too shameful for us to entertain
00:03:57We reject it
00:03:58We erase it from our memory
00:04:00But the imprint is always there
00:04:03Nothing is ever really forgotten
00:04:05But don't all of us do things we're ashamed of?
00:04:09We wouldn't be human if we hadn't
00:04:11I'm quite human, Doctor
00:04:13But there's nothing in my past
00:04:15That I couldn't tell my husband
00:04:17Or that I haven't told you
00:04:19I have never seen that house
00:04:22Except in my dream
00:04:25I can't connect it with any
00:04:27Any place or anyone I've ever known
00:04:29You're an orphan?
00:04:31Yes
00:04:33You've lived most of your life here in Switzerland?
00:04:35Yes
00:04:36I was sent here as a child for my health
00:04:40Incipient tuberculosis
00:04:41From which you made a complete recovery
00:04:44I'm strong as an ox now
00:04:47Those two years in the sanitarium
00:04:50It's not a very happy time, was it?
00:04:54I don't have a very clear recollection of them now
00:04:58These nightmares resumed about six weeks ago
00:05:02Yes
00:05:02You've been married about the same length of time
00:05:05You're on the wrong track there, Doctor
00:05:07I told Philip everything
00:05:09It made very dull telling, I assure you
00:05:12And now he's taking you back to America?
00:05:15Yes
00:05:16You're happy about this, of course
00:05:18I couldn't be happier
00:05:20I love Switzerland
00:05:21But after all, America's my real home
00:05:24Well, perhaps it's for the best
00:05:29These dreams may have some associations for you here in Switzerland
00:05:33If so, I think it's quite possible
00:05:35You may leave these behind, too
00:05:37At least we hope so
00:05:39Well, that's certainly good news, Doctor
00:05:44Dr. Farrell
00:05:45Yes
00:05:46You don't believe there's really any connection
00:05:48Between my dreams and my marriage, do you?
00:05:51No, no
00:05:52I merely noted the coincidence
00:05:54But several times you suggested Philip come to see you
00:05:57Why?
00:05:58I do that in most cases, Mrs. Justin
00:06:00Sometimes the husband can be very helpful
00:06:04Oh, I know he always intended to come
00:06:06But he had such a short time in Switzerland
00:06:10And he loves to go up in the mountains alone
00:06:13Mrs. Justin
00:06:14Your husband came to see me two weeks ago
00:06:18Oh, yes, I believe
00:06:23It slipped to my mind
00:06:27Was it helpful, Doctor?
00:06:29I believe you've known your husband a very short time
00:06:32Yes
00:06:34We had what you call in America a whirlwind romance
00:06:37Then whatever's causing these dreams
00:06:39Occurred a long time before you met Philip Justin
00:06:46Goodbye, Doctor
00:06:47Goodbye, Mrs. Justin
00:06:50And thank you for helping me
00:07:08Darling, I'm back
00:07:10I've got everything
00:07:10Tickets, passports, money
00:07:13Smallpox certificates
00:07:16What about customs decorations?
00:07:18Don't give them to you on the plane
00:07:19You'll have hours to fill them out
00:07:21Don't be too excited
00:07:23What did I do with the tickets?
00:07:24You got them right in your hand
00:07:27I can see you're going to be very useful to have around
00:07:29Oh, you have no idea
00:07:35I'm glad we'll be flying at night
00:07:37We can make all the way across the Atlantic
00:07:40You don't have to wait that long
00:07:43Here's to be a gag I pulled at college
00:07:46We would take a girl down to the airport
00:07:47Bus depot, station
00:07:49And watch the train or plane pull out
00:07:52And then we'd kiss the girl goodbye
00:07:58At least she wouldn't be going anywhere
00:08:00But nobody would know that
00:08:04All right, who was she?
00:08:06Oh, that was long ago
00:08:07Come on, I told Dr. Farrell
00:08:09I confessed all to you
00:08:10Now it's your turn
00:08:12How was the session with Farrell?
00:08:15No change
00:08:17Now he tells me
00:08:18The dreams are caused by something scandalous
00:08:20I did and then forgot
00:08:24Weren't you worried, darling?
00:08:26I may have a perfectly dreadful past
00:08:28Neither one of us knows about
00:08:29I don't believe you ever went to a station
00:08:32To watch the train pull out
00:08:34You're so smug
00:08:35These Swiss boys know a few tricks, too
00:08:38The way all I ever did to you
00:08:40Was your rule
00:08:42First time I kissed you
00:08:43Your nose got in the way
00:08:46Oh, you're learning
00:08:55Keep on teaching, Professor
00:09:13Philip
00:09:17What is it, the train?
00:09:19No, I wasn't sleeping
00:09:20I just remembered something awful
00:09:23I forgot to have the initials
00:09:24And my luggage changed
00:09:27Well, it'll get through customs anyway
00:09:28But they're all marked SW
00:09:31Your family might think we're not married
00:09:35I don't have any family, Sheila
00:09:39You never told me that, Philip
00:09:43So much I don't know about you
00:09:46It doesn't matter
00:09:47It doesn't matter
00:09:47Not really
00:09:49But I want to know everything you did
00:09:51Before you met me
00:09:53What you do, where you come from
00:09:56How you got along without me all these years
00:10:00All these years I've been looking for you
00:10:04I try to get some sleep
00:10:06All right
00:10:11Philip
00:10:12Yes?
00:10:14Why didn't you tell me you went to see Dr. Farrell?
00:10:18I did tell you
00:10:19Don't you remember?
00:10:22No
00:10:26I guess I didn't hear you
00:10:53We're lost, aren't we?
00:10:55No
00:10:57Now it's the right road
00:11:01It's creepy looking
00:11:02I wish we'd stayed in New York
00:11:05You need a quiet place
00:11:06Where you can rest for a couple of weeks
00:11:09You make me sound like an invalid
00:11:11Well, you did have that dream again last night
00:11:16Yes
00:11:47Take me away, take me away
00:11:50Sheila, what is it?
00:11:51What's wrong?
00:11:52It's the house
00:11:54I went in my dreams
00:11:56Nonsense, it can't be
00:11:58You said you've never been in Florida before
00:11:59How could you have seen it?
00:12:01I never saw it before
00:12:02But that's the house
00:12:04Oh, Philip, I'm frightened
00:12:07It's an old, empty house
00:12:09Why are you afraid of a house?
00:12:12I don't know
00:12:15Whatever's inside
00:12:17It's horrible
00:12:20I don't know what it is
00:12:22There's nothing to be afraid of
00:12:24An empty house can't hurt you
00:12:26But it's the same house
00:12:28You know that's impossible
00:12:32Look, you dreamed of an old house
00:12:34The first one you see
00:12:35Reminds you of it
00:12:36You simply made the transference
00:12:38In your mind
00:12:39You've got to be sensible
00:12:41You can't dream about a place
00:12:43You've never seen
00:12:44It's exactly the same
00:12:47There's trees
00:12:49There's stormer windows
00:12:53That must be the attic
00:12:55Every old house has an attic
00:12:58Do we have to go in there?
00:13:01Yes
00:13:02It'll be good for you
00:13:05Once you realize
00:13:06There's nothing in there
00:13:07That can hurt you
00:13:08The dream will go away
00:13:11Inside, darling
00:13:13I'll be with you every minute
00:13:36To say something like that
00:13:40Ok
00:13:40To say something like this
00:13:43To say something like that
00:13:44You have to love
00:13:46as Will
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00:13:55a moment Maybe amb
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00:13:58On
00:14:00O
00:14:01A
00:14:02Reminds
00:14:06what do you want here i'm jonah the caretaker and i'm justin the new residence
00:14:13oh you come to the wrong place this house ain't never rented it is now well they would have told
00:14:21me about it i've just told you we've rented the house we're going to live here now you know lie
00:14:28down come on don't be frightened i'll go out and get the bags you wait right here
00:15:04my husband took the house on short notice i'm sure you'll be notified by mail in a day or two
00:15:11there ain't been no mail here for the last 17 years
00:15:16it's been empty that long must have been a lovely home once
00:15:22what happened to the people who lived here they went away one by one they went away except me
00:15:32isn't it lonely for you lonely no it ain't lonely i got my dog you see i'm waiting for them
00:15:42to come
00:15:42back that's why i keep it like it was for them for whom well the folks it belongs to it's
00:15:53theirs
00:15:53that that's why i try to keep it looking nice what was
00:16:02what's their name we carry the bags upstairs and we decide which bedroom we're going to use
00:16:20this is the house i know every step before i take it
00:16:26i go up there along the railing to the left there's a bedroom
00:16:33hideous wallpaper huge awful looking flowers in it
00:16:42i never mentioned going into a bedroom in your dream
00:16:46no i didn't
00:16:50maybe i see it as i go past
00:16:57the door is closed
00:17:29i told you philip
00:17:31sheila
00:17:32told you philip it told you what it was like
00:17:35now do you believe me this is the house i dreamed about but why why do you dream about it
00:17:41what does
00:17:41it mean to you
00:17:44it means i'm going to die here
00:17:48philip take me away i can't stay here i can't i'll go out of my mind all right darling
00:17:56we'll go away
00:18:04i
00:18:12i
00:18:15i
00:18:17i
00:18:17i
00:18:19i
00:19:02We've got a spare can of gasoline.
00:19:04Isn't that?
00:19:06The tanks have four.
00:19:31What's wrong?
00:19:34It's been wrecked.
00:19:35The wires have been pulled out.
00:19:37The distributor cap is missing.
00:19:39Jonah.
00:19:41Why?
00:19:42He tried to keep us from staying here.
00:19:44Why did he do it?
00:19:45I don't know.
00:19:46For some reason, he changed his mind.
00:19:49Can't you repair it?
00:19:51I could probably fix the wires, but without the distributor cap, we're stuck here.
00:20:12John.
00:20:14The name is on the mailbox.
00:20:18What?
00:20:20You asked me who used to live here.
00:20:22You can still see the name on the mailbox.
00:20:26Tierney.
00:20:30Why did they all leave?
00:20:32Why?
00:20:33Nobody knows why they ever did anything.
00:20:36They were all the same.
00:20:38The whole family.
00:20:40Folks around here used to call them the, the mad tierneys.
00:20:44Didn't you know that?
00:20:46No.
00:20:47Then how come you knew the name?
00:20:49You didn't see the name on the mailbox.
00:20:51I watched you come.
00:20:53I don't know how I knew.
00:20:56Maybe I've been here before.
00:20:58A long time ago.
00:21:00Well, no, I want to remember you.
00:21:04I've always been here.
00:21:06If you've been here before, I would have remembered.
00:21:10It's all vaguely familiar.
00:21:13Like, like something that happened when you were a small child.
00:21:18What do you remember?
00:21:21I'm not sure.
00:21:25I can see myself as a little girl playing in the grass.
00:21:30There was a boy.
00:21:33He was older than I was.
00:21:36I think I was in love with him.
00:21:41I think he carved our initials on the trunk of a tree.
00:21:46A big old palm tree.
00:21:52It's all so vague.
00:21:55I don't know where it came from.
00:21:57I know every tree on this plantation.
00:22:01I would have seen them initials.
00:22:07Maybe it was someplace just like this.
00:22:15I thought I heard your voice.
00:22:17Jonah came back.
00:22:18Oh?
00:22:18Well, he's gone again.
00:22:20I tried to keep him talking until you came down.
00:22:24Did you ask him why you disabled the car?
00:22:26I was afraid to.
00:22:28He acts so queer.
00:22:31He's been living here alone too long.
00:22:33I'm sorry, there's no coffee.
00:22:35None of the stoves in here work.
00:22:37Oh, this is fine.
00:22:43Philip.
00:22:44Yes?
00:22:45Did you bring that gun with you?
00:22:48Yes, in my suitcase.
00:22:49Why?
00:22:50I don't know.
00:22:52The dog frightens me.
00:22:55Well, so does Jonah.
00:23:00I just feel better knowing you have it.
00:23:02I don't know.
00:23:03No.
00:23:12No.
00:23:14No.
00:23:17No.
00:23:18No.
00:23:20No.
00:23:20Aaaaaaahhh!
00:23:29Bella!
00:23:54Hello?
00:23:58Where are you?
00:24:31Hello?
00:24:33Hello?
00:24:56Hello?
00:24:56Sheila, what is it?
00:25:01What's wrong? Where were you?
00:25:03Looking for you. I woke up and you were gone.
00:25:07I couldn't sleep. I took a walk.
00:25:09I tried to find you.
00:25:11And then that dog came after me. He's out there.
00:25:15Stay here.
00:25:16Jonah!
00:25:20Light up!
00:25:22Jonah!
00:25:24Get the Santa Malata here and tie him up.
00:25:26I had him locked up in the center. Somebody must have let him out.
00:25:29If anybody let him out, it was you.
00:25:31Now, take him back and tie him up. If he gets lost again, I'll shoot him.
00:25:34Yes, sir. Come on, Jackie. Come with Jonah.
00:25:36Jonah!
00:25:45Everything's all right now. Don't worry.
00:25:49What ever made you go prowling around in the dark?
00:25:52There was someone looking in that window.
00:25:55A hideous, inhuman face.
00:25:57You weren't here. I was so frightened.
00:26:00It had to be Jonah.
00:26:02There's no one else around here for miles.
00:26:06For some reason, he's trying to scare us away from here.
00:26:10Why?
00:26:12He disabled our car to keep us here.
00:26:15I don't know.
00:26:17I'm gonna find out right now.
00:26:19Philip!
00:26:20Don't worry.
00:26:22Just lock the door.
00:26:24You'll be safe here.
00:26:26I'll be back in five minutes.
00:26:30All right, but...
00:26:32Take your gun.
00:26:34I can handle it.
00:26:44Do you got there and leave the man to find love?
00:26:49I don't know.
00:26:50I can do it with two minutes.
00:26:55You saw the woman who is receiving a room for her.
00:26:56Don't forget, nothing's easiest,
00:26:56I don't know if they cut out.
00:26:56There's no doubt.
00:26:56I don't know if I can hear a lot ofLA.
00:26:58Why I can't do it.
00:26:58Right?
00:27:05They're distributing.
00:27:10Hello.
00:29:18We have coffee this morning.
00:29:22Here we go.
00:29:24Drink this, huh?
00:29:29Slept badly?
00:29:32Dream again, huh?
00:29:34I wasn't dreaming.
00:29:36I found the door to the attic.
00:29:39I told you, all these old houses have attics.
00:29:41I recognized it the instant I saw it.
00:29:44It was just like in my dream.
00:29:46It was just like in my dream.
00:29:46Was it?
00:29:50I don't remember.
00:29:52But you must remember.
00:29:53Don't you see?
00:29:54Once you understand what it all means, you'll never have the dreams again.
00:29:58Is that why you brought me to this house, Philip?
00:30:01Darling, I brought you here for rest and to get over the dreams.
00:30:05But why to this house?
00:30:07How did you know where it was?
00:30:09I didn't even know.
00:30:11How did you find it?
00:30:13It's only the same house in your imagination.
00:30:17You're lying.
00:30:22Why are you doing this to me?
00:30:25Why?
00:30:28It's your breakfast.
00:30:29I'll be downstairs.
00:30:51Distribute us, guys.
00:31:22You're lying.
00:32:56Good morning.
00:32:57Good morning.
00:32:58My name is Snell.
00:33:00I own this house and I'd appreciate an explanation of what you're doing here.
00:33:04My husband rented it.
00:33:05Then in that case, I'd like to speak with your husband, if I may.
00:33:08He should be back any moment.
00:33:09He's gone for a walk.
00:33:11Is something wrong, Mr. Snell?
00:33:13You said your husband rented the house, Mrs.
00:33:16Mrs.
00:33:17Justin.
00:33:17Yes, that's right.
00:33:18He rented it.
00:33:20From whom?
00:33:22I'm not sure.
00:33:24From a realtor, I suppose.
00:33:26This house is not in the hands of a realtor, and no one has approached me to rent it.
00:33:30And I wouldn't be interested in any case.
00:33:32I believe my caretaker informed you of that last night.
00:33:36Yes, he did.
00:33:38I'm sure my husband can explain satisfactorily when he comes back.
00:33:42Mrs.
00:33:42Justin, I don't want to appear to be unpleasant, but I'm not interested in explanations.
00:33:47You and your husband will have to leave this house immediately.
00:33:50Yes, I'm terribly sorry.
00:33:53You see, Mrs.
00:33:54Justin, the house has been closed up for a good many years.
00:33:57It's not even fit to live in.
00:33:59It's not safe.
00:34:00As a matter of fact, the electricity has been turned off.
00:34:03So if you fell through the floor or stumbled on the stairs, I'd be liable.
00:34:07I'm sure you understand.
00:34:09Of course.
00:34:10As a matter of fact, we started to leave last night, but the car...
00:34:15Her car wouldn't start.
00:34:16Well, I'm not very much of a mechanic, but what seems to be the trouble?
00:34:20My husband said the distributor had been stolen.
00:34:24Stolen?
00:34:25By whom?
00:34:27There's no one around here for miles except Jonah, my caretaker.
00:34:30And I can assure you he wouldn't do anything to delay your departure.
00:34:34On the contrary.
00:34:36He did his best to frighten us away.
00:34:38Oh?
00:34:40Well, all I can suggest is that you get in the car and drive with me to the nearest garage
00:34:45and have a mechanic sent back.
00:34:48I can't go until my husband comes.
00:34:51Mrs. Justin, the idea is for both of you to leave.
00:34:55Suppose we refuse to leave.
00:34:59What are you going to do about it?
00:35:00Philip.
00:35:02Good Lord, I have no idea.
00:35:03Your wife said that her name...
00:35:04I asked you how you intend to make us leave.
00:35:07Why?
00:35:07On earth would you want to stay in an old place like...
00:35:09You could run us off, huh?
00:35:17With an axe.
00:35:24I simply said that the house was dangerous.
00:35:27Naturally, if you want to stay here under these conditions,
00:35:31you're perfectly welcome.
00:35:35Well, I'm not being a very good host.
00:35:40It's been many years, Philip.
00:35:42We've lost touch with you.
00:35:45Where have you been?
00:35:47In Europe.
00:35:48Oh.
00:35:50Switzerland.
00:35:52Philip and I were married recently.
00:35:55In Lausanne.
00:35:56I hope I'm not interrupting our honeymoon if I stay a few days.
00:35:59Now that I'm here, I thought I'd look at the old place over
00:36:02and see if there's anything that could be done with it.
00:36:04You don't mind, do you, Philip?
00:36:08It's yours, isn't it?
00:36:18I'm afraid most of that went over my head.
00:36:22Philip never mentioned that he knew you.
00:36:24Or that you owned the house.
00:36:26What did he say?
00:36:28Nothing, really.
00:36:30He must have given you some explanation for bringing you back here.
00:36:34Back here?
00:36:36Then I have been here before.
00:36:40I, I don't know.
00:36:42But you said back here.
00:36:44That's what you meant.
00:36:46You know I've been here before, don't you?
00:36:49Don't you?
00:36:50This is a place you could never forget.
00:36:52You do remember being here, don't you, Mrs. Tierney?
00:36:54I'm not sure.
00:36:58Why did you call me Mrs. Tierney?
00:37:01Did I?
00:37:03I met Mrs. Justin, of course.
00:37:07S.W.
00:37:09And P.T.
00:37:12Philip Tierney.
00:37:14That's his name, isn't it?
00:37:16Look at me, Mr. Snell.
00:37:18I want to know it's true, isn't it?
00:37:20Yes.
00:37:22Philip is the last of the Tierneys.
00:37:24The last of the mad Tierneys.
00:37:27That's what they're called, isn't it?
00:37:30And those initials, that old tree, S.W., Sheila Wayne.
00:37:36Those are my initials, aren't they?
00:37:39He carved them, and I was just a little girl.
00:37:43Don't you remember any of it?
00:37:46It's all so vague.
00:37:48It all comes back to me in little bits and pieces.
00:37:51I try to fit them together, and they fade away.
00:37:56I was ill in the sanitarium in Switzerland for a long time.
00:38:03My memory always seems to start in the sanitarium.
00:38:09Before that, it's like a thick mist.
00:38:13What does that all mean?
00:38:16These are questions for your husband to answer Mrs. Tierney, not me.
00:38:20I wish I could help you, but I can't.
00:38:22It would have been better if you had never left Switzerland.
00:38:26You should never have come to this house.
00:38:30There's something evil here.
00:38:34It's bad, Philip.
00:38:37He wasn't like this in Switzerland.
00:38:41What is there about this house that makes him like his?
00:38:48Possibly only Philip knows.
00:38:51I urge you for your own safety to leave this house at once.
00:38:55Take my car if you like, but get away from here.
00:38:57Now.
00:39:33Philip.
00:39:40Tell me the truth, Philip.
00:39:43Why did you bring me to this house?
00:39:45For your own good.
00:39:52You knew I'd been here before.
00:39:55Yes.
00:39:56I knew.
00:39:59We lived here as children.
00:40:01I remembered that last night after we'd been here a little while.
00:40:05It was all so hazy, I couldn't quite make out the face
00:40:10of the boy who carved our initials on the tree.
00:40:14I was in love with you then.
00:40:18That must be why I fell in love with you so quickly in Switzerland.
00:40:23I told Dr. Farrell we had a whirlwind romance.
00:40:28It wasn't really.
00:40:31I've been in love with you for years and years.
00:40:36I love you, Sheila.
00:40:43Do you?
00:40:44I love you very, very much.
00:40:49And why did you bring me to this place?
00:40:52To this horrible, evil house?
00:40:54So you would get over the nightmares.
00:40:56They were destroying you, Sheila.
00:40:58In no time they'd have you back in the sanitarium.
00:41:00Sanitarium?
00:41:02I was sent there because of my lungs.
00:41:06Wasn't I, Philip?
00:41:07No, darling.
00:41:09You were trying to tell me that
00:41:12I was sent away to Switzerland because I was insane.
00:41:17Sheila, you'd had a nervous breakdown.
00:41:19A nervous breakdown?
00:41:20I was seven years old.
00:41:22A child of seven doesn't have a nervous breakdown.
00:41:25I was insane, wasn't I?
00:41:27Sheila, there's nothing wrong with you now except those nightmares.
00:41:30I brought you here to regain your health.
00:41:32There's only one way to cure you.
00:41:34No, Philip.
00:41:35You must go up in that attic.
00:41:37I can't, I can't.
00:41:39There's something waiting for me up there.
00:41:41If I climb those stairs, I'll die.
00:41:44I know that.
00:41:44Darling, it's all in your imagination.
00:41:46I'll be with you every step of the way.
00:41:48Please, you must do this.
00:41:50Don't ask me to do that, Philip.
00:41:52I can't.
00:41:54I won't.
00:42:33I'll be with you every step of the way.
00:42:38I'll be with you.
00:42:39Matthew Tierney.
00:42:46Matthew Tierney.
00:42:47Died November 4th, 1939.
00:42:55Born to Matthew and Bliss Tierney.
00:42:58Son, Lawrence.
00:43:01Died November 4th, 1939.
00:43:06Born a daughter, Lydia.
00:43:09Died January 18th, 1920.
00:43:13Born a son, Samuel.
00:43:17Died November 4th, 1939.
00:43:27Born to Samuel and Anne Tierney.
00:43:30Son, Philip.
00:43:33Philip.
00:43:36The last of the mad Tierney's.
00:43:43Oh, Jonah.
00:43:46I was just looking at the family Bible.
00:43:50It belonged to my husband's grandfather, didn't it?
00:43:54Did you know him?
00:43:55I know him.
00:43:57I know them.
00:43:58I know them all.
00:44:01Matthew Tierney had two sons and a daughter.
00:44:05They're all dead now.
00:44:08I can see that.
00:44:11Jonah, it says that Matthew and his sons, Lawrence and Samuel, all died on the same day.
00:44:18November 4th, 1939, at midnight.
00:44:24What happened, Jonah?
00:44:27Was there an accident?
00:44:28All of them dying at once?
00:44:30The strain died out.
00:44:32All except him.
00:44:36Philip.
00:44:37But what caused it?
00:44:40He...
00:44:41He's seen death coming for him.
00:44:44Well, he was 84 and it was his time.
00:44:49Matthew was...
00:44:50Matthew died of old age, but...
00:44:53But...
00:44:54Lawrence and Philip's father...
00:44:56They were both young men.
00:44:58He's seen what he had to do.
00:45:00The curse of the Tierneys was on him.
00:45:03And he could see it.
00:45:05He brought him into this world and...
00:45:07And he took him out again before he died.
00:45:12You mean...
00:45:13The old man?
00:45:16His two sons?
00:45:18He...
00:45:18He...
00:45:19He watched for it all the time they was growing up.
00:45:23He looked for it to show up.
00:45:24And it did.
00:45:25Like in all the Tierneys.
00:45:27They was tainted.
00:45:30He knew he had to wipe it out before he was taken.
00:45:35There was only one way.
00:45:38Blood.
00:45:40There was blood all over everything.
00:45:43The place run with the blood of the mad Tierneys.
00:45:49I...
00:45:50I took the axe out myself and buried it.
00:45:55Horrible.
00:45:58He'd done what he had to do.
00:46:00He'd done what he had to do.
00:46:00Then he laid down and died himself.
00:46:03But he missed one.
00:46:06Philip.
00:46:07Yeah.
00:46:09He was away.
00:46:10Up north.
00:46:12That's what saved him.
00:46:14And he's the last.
00:46:16He's come back because he knows he's got it too.
00:46:20He's mocked.
00:46:22Like all the others.
00:46:27I don't believe it.
00:46:30I don't believe it.
00:46:35Go away miss.
00:46:36Go away before it's too late.
00:46:38Ain't nothing you can do for him.
00:46:41I seen it in him just the same as in all others.
00:46:46Yeah.
00:46:58Watch out! Watch out!
00:47:07Are you alright, Doc?
00:47:25I've taken care of it.
00:47:27I won't put up with carelessness. You know that.
00:47:29I know. I know.
00:47:31Mrs. Tierney might have been killed.
00:47:32Now look, you've been around here for a long time.
00:47:35And if you want to keep your home,
00:47:36you see that nothing goes wrong from now on. Do you understand?
00:47:48Philip.
00:47:50Philip.
00:47:50Get away from me.
00:47:51You're gonna listen to me for once.
00:47:53I don't know what you're up to or why you ever came back here,
00:47:55but I can tell you this.
00:47:57You're only gonna make matters worse for yourself.
00:47:59And maybe that's the way you like it.
00:48:01And tell me, why do you insist on pulling your wife down with you?
00:48:05How much more do you think she can stand?
00:48:06You've nearly driven her out of her mind now.
00:48:09Or is that what you're trying to do, Philip?
00:48:11What do you think I'm trying to do?
00:48:12Take her away from here at once if you've got any sense left.
00:48:15Why are you so concerned about Sheila?
00:48:17Because if she stays in this house another night,
00:48:19she'll be a raving maniac.
00:48:21I'll drive her to town myself.
00:48:23Sheila stays here with me.
00:48:25Why?
00:48:26Because she has nightmares, Mark. Didn't she tell you that?
00:48:28She was going to a psychiatrist in Switzerland to find out what caused them.
00:48:32Doctor couldn't help her, but I can. I know exactly what to do.
00:48:36And when she's better, everything's going to be all right again.
00:48:40For her, for me, and for all the Tierneys, dead or alive.
00:48:46You'd hate that, wouldn't you, Mark?
00:48:49You've always hated the Tierneys.
00:48:52You're insane.
00:48:54You're really out of your mind.
00:49:11Who is it?
00:49:12It's Mark. I brought you some dinner.
00:49:31you must eat something i can't where's my where is he he went away about an hour ago as soon
00:49:38as it
00:49:38was dark you should eat something he tried to kill me it could have been an accident i told you
00:49:54how old
00:49:55and rotten the house was the chandelier probably just broke away no he was up there if jonah hadn't
00:50:02shouted why he said he loved me i'm sure he does but at other times he's not responsible for what
00:50:11he
00:50:11does you see in a way you're a threat to him phillip is the last of the tyrannies unless you
00:50:19have a child and in his own tortured mind he knows that this must never happen let me explain
00:50:29with each generation the wild strain and the tyrannies becomes not less but more pronounced
00:50:35do you understand why did he marry me why doesn't he leave me he loves you you're his one hold
00:50:44on
00:50:44sanity and at the same time the one thing that that's driving him to do what his grandfather did
00:50:52i know jonah told me i didn't want to believe it i'm afraid it's true you see sheila philip is
00:51:05my
00:51:05cousin yes my mother was lydia tyranny she died in childbirth in 1925 i grew up here with philip
00:51:15until he went up north to school when the old man why didn't he you mean why didn't grandfather
00:51:22kill me too oh i don't know i suppose it's it's because i really wasn't like a tyranny i was
00:51:30a
00:51:30snail when i was growing up i didn't understand it at the time grandfather tyranny was very hard on me
00:51:38almost cruel he must have decided i had escaped the curse of his line he knew he was mad i
00:51:48think
00:51:48he did it came in spells he used to lock himself away in his room for days at a time
00:51:56what will become of philip i don't know i'm more concerned with what will become of you
00:52:05you must leave here as soon as it's daylight i take your way tonight but my car has been disabled
00:52:11too couldn't we walk no it's 15 miles and along those winding roads we probably lose our way or wind
00:52:20up in the marshes that's better than staying here no he's outside somewhere watching the house
00:52:27you'll be safer here besides jonah and i are going to take turns standing watch outside your door
00:52:34you may not get much sleep but i can promise you nothing will happen to you
00:52:43thank you are you sure you don't want something to eat
00:52:49good night
00:52:53good night
00:52:53good night
00:52:53good night
00:53:06good night
00:53:09good night
00:53:10good night
00:53:12good night
00:53:15good night
00:53:56good night
00:53:58good night
00:54:02good night
00:54:21Don't come any farther.
00:54:23His neck's broken.
00:54:25I heard him scream.
00:54:26Yes, he was.
00:54:28He fell over the railing up there.
00:54:31He must have been dead before he hit the bottom.
00:54:35Poor John.
00:54:36He said the house was dangerous.
00:54:41What happened?
00:54:43The railing gave way?
00:54:44No, it didn't.
00:54:47What was he doing prowling around in the dark?
00:54:50It's his job.
00:54:51He's the caretaker.
00:54:58Here.
00:54:59What the sound?
00:55:01You think we ought to move him?
00:55:03It's your house.
00:55:05I hate to leave him lying there.
00:55:08I suppose we'll have to call the police.
00:55:10Why?
00:55:11It was an accident.
00:55:13Wasn't it?
00:55:14That's not for us to say.
00:55:17How are you going to get in touch with him?
00:55:19I understand your car broke down.
00:55:20I thought you might fix it.
00:55:22I can try.
00:55:24Who's going to drive?
00:55:26She can't.
00:55:28I was merely suggesting that she might like to drive into town with me.
00:55:33This has been an awful shock for her.
00:55:38I'll go.
00:55:39I don't know.
00:55:42I don't know.
00:55:45I don't know.
00:55:50I don't know.
00:55:55I don't know.
00:55:57I don't know.
00:55:59I don't know.
00:56:00I don't know.
00:56:01I don't know.
00:56:03I don't know.
00:56:04I don't know.
00:56:05I don't know.
00:56:06I don't know.
00:56:07I don't know.
00:56:07I don't know.
00:56:09I don't know.
00:56:30How long before the police will get here?
00:56:33It won't be denied.
00:56:34He won't go to the police.
00:56:36He'll just keep on going.
00:56:37There's nothing else he can do.
00:56:40It's better that it's happened this way, my dear.
00:56:44You'll forget the time.
00:56:45I'll be back.
00:56:48I'll be back.
00:56:57I'll be back.
00:58:14Mark, what is it?
00:58:16I don't know.
00:58:18I'll go down and see.
00:58:20You wait here.
00:58:44Where's Sheila?
00:58:49What are you doing back here?
00:58:51I took a wrong turn.
00:58:52I must have gotten lost.
00:58:53Where's Jonah?
00:58:54I don't know.
00:58:55I heard a noise, came down to investigate.
00:58:58His body's gone.
00:59:00That's strange.
00:59:01Yes, isn't it?
00:59:02The dead man gets up and walks away.
00:59:06Maybe he wasn't dead.
00:59:07That's ridiculous.
00:59:09His neck was broken.
00:59:10You saw him.
00:59:11I didn't examine him.
00:59:12You did.
00:59:14Well, don't you think we ought to go look for the body?
00:59:17No.
00:59:19I think you should do what you started out to do.
00:59:21Go for the police.
00:59:22And only get lost again.
00:59:23I don't know the roads around here.
00:59:24Somebody's got to go.
00:59:26How about you?
00:59:27Why, I can't.
00:59:28My car's broken down.
00:59:29I'll fix it.
00:59:30Besides, I don't want to leave Sheila here alone.
00:59:33She won't be alone, Mark.
00:59:35I'll be with her.
00:59:39You wait here a minute.
00:59:40I'll be right back.
00:59:56Are you listening?
00:59:57Yes.
00:59:57He's hitting Jonah's body, probably in the cellar.
01:00:00We've got to get away to the police.
01:00:01He won't go, and he won't let me take you with me.
01:00:04Oh, come with me.
01:00:05No, he won't give us that much time.
01:00:06Have you still got his gun?
01:00:07Yes.
01:00:08All right, now, listen carefully.
01:00:09There's a farmhouse about five miles from here.
01:00:11I can go there and get back in about 20 minutes.
01:00:14He'll expect me to be gone for hours.
01:00:16Now, when I leave this room, you lock the door.
01:00:19Use the gun if you have to.
01:00:21If you'd only wait till morning.
01:00:22No, this is what he wants us to do.
01:00:24If we stay in this house tonight, he'll finish his horrible job.
01:00:27Our only chance is to act faster than he does.
01:00:30Do you think you can do it?
01:00:32I'll try.
01:00:33Go ahead.
01:00:33You guard the fire skate with a gun, and I think you can hold him off until I get back.
01:00:37Good luck.
01:00:42Good luck.
01:01:10Good luck.
01:01:10Sheila, unlock the door.
01:01:13I have to talk to you.
01:01:19I only want to help you, darling.
01:01:22Everything will be all right.
01:01:24I love you, Sheila.
01:01:27I'm going to take you away.
01:01:29You've got to trust me.
01:01:52I'm going to take you away.
01:01:56I love you, Sheila.
01:01:59I'm going to take you away.
01:02:02Oh, my God.
01:02:32All things come to an end.
01:02:37Pull the trigger, Sheila.
01:02:39And it'll be the end of the Tierneys.
01:02:42Don't make me do it, Philip.
01:02:43I don't want to.
01:02:45Pull the trigger, Sheila.
01:02:47You can go downstairs and write the final entry in the family Bible.
01:02:50Philip Tierney died here and now, the last of the mad Tierneys.
01:02:55I can't.
01:02:59Do whatever you want to, Philip.
01:03:01I don't care.
01:03:04If I'm your enemy, if that's what your mind tells you, then go ahead and do it.
01:03:15You could have killed me.
01:03:18Why didn't you?
01:03:20I don't know.
01:03:24Yes, I do know.
01:03:25Because I love you.
01:03:28So many years ago, long before you carved our initials on that tree, I can't remember any further back.
01:03:36I loved you.
01:03:38We met in Switzerland.
01:03:40I didn't know it, but it was the same love.
01:03:43That's why I married you, Philip.
01:03:46That's why I could never hurt you.
01:03:50I don't want to hurt you either.
01:03:53But you feel you must.
01:03:55Is that it, Philip?
01:03:57Let me help you.
01:03:59Don't look away.
01:04:02I want to help you.
01:04:05Everything's going to be all right now.
01:04:09Let me help you.
01:04:10Tell me how.
01:04:13Will you do anything I ask?
01:04:15Anything?
01:04:16Anything?
01:04:17What do you want me to do?
01:04:19Come with me, right now.
01:04:22All right.
01:04:23Here.
01:04:25Take this.
01:04:28Please, I want you to have it.
01:04:50I'm not in there.
01:04:51Sheila.
01:04:51I'm not in there.
01:04:52You must.
01:04:53I can't.
01:04:53I can't.
01:05:07You must.
01:05:08I'll never.
01:05:09This trunk full of old clothes.
01:05:12You used to dress up in them.
01:05:14Remember darling?
01:05:15No.
01:05:16It'll all come back to you.
01:05:17Believe me.
01:05:18It will.
01:05:19It'll all come back to you.
01:05:21Everything.
01:05:22Don't open the door.
01:05:23I can't even look.
01:05:24If you want to kill me, kill me here, but not torture me.
01:05:28Sheila!
01:06:15The axe, he's using the axe!
01:06:18Stop him!
01:06:21Shut up!
01:06:23The blood!
01:06:25The blood of me!
01:06:27It's everywhere!
01:06:29It's blood!
01:06:35You're all dead.
01:06:37You're dead.
01:06:57It wasn't a dream.
01:07:00It really happened and I saw it.
01:07:08That's why you brought me back.
01:07:10You wasn't a killer.
01:07:11Yes, dear.
01:07:15I tried to run away, but I couldn't.
01:07:19It was buried inside my mind.
01:07:23I didn't remember.
01:07:25I couldn't remember.
01:07:26I would've...
01:07:28I would've been insane.
01:07:33I was insane in that sanitarium, wasn't I?
01:07:38No.
01:07:40You saw the kind of horror no child should see.
01:07:44Your mind locked it away.
01:07:48So you'd never see it again.
01:07:51You knew it was there.
01:07:54And you had to dig it out.
01:07:58I searched for years.
01:08:01I found you in Lausanne.
01:08:04But the secret was hidden in your subconscious.
01:08:08Only you and the person who used the axe knew what really happened up here.
01:08:12I had to dig it out.
01:08:14You caused the dreams to start.
01:08:18You took me to Dr. Farrell.
01:08:20And then when nothing else worked, you brought me here.
01:08:29You want to know what happened that night, Philip?
01:08:33I remember now.
01:08:37We lived in a little house.
01:08:40By a stream.
01:08:43My father and I.
01:08:45He was a caretaker.
01:08:48You were one of the family.
01:08:50I remember.
01:08:54They used to let me play up here on rainy days.
01:09:01It rained that day.
01:09:04I forgot my doll.
01:09:07And.
01:09:09I woke up late at night and crept back in the house to get it.
01:09:13I came up here.
01:09:17And then I heard someone coming up the stairs.
01:09:21I hid under this bed.
01:09:25And then I saw them.
01:09:28Your father.
01:09:31And your uncle Lawrence.
01:09:35And then he killed them.
01:09:37Who did?
01:09:37Who was it?
01:09:38With the axe.
01:09:41The blood spurted clear across the room.
01:09:45It was all over me.
01:09:49It was all over me.
01:09:51Was it my grandfather?
01:09:53You must have seen who did it.
01:09:55Was it my grandfather?
01:09:59No.
01:10:02It was Jonah.
01:10:08That's the only way it could have happened.
01:10:11Why?
01:10:14They didn't tell me much about it.
01:10:17Jonah married my aunt Lydia.
01:10:20Lydia.
01:10:21She was Mark's mother.
01:10:23Yes.
01:10:25Jonah was Mark's father.
01:10:29They tell me Lydia was a headstrong girl.
01:10:33Rebellious.
01:10:35My grandfather never had much time for anyone but his sons.
01:10:40Lydia in order to get attention through herself at the caretaker.
01:10:44A stable hand named Jonah Snell.
01:10:49When my grandfather found out what happened, he made them get married to give the child a name.
01:10:54Lydia died giving birth to Mark.
01:10:58My grandfather brought them into the house.
01:11:01He raised Mark.
01:11:03But beyond that, he wouldn't have anything to do with them.
01:11:08Jonah must have brooded and plotted for years.
01:11:10He knew he couldn't have the family name and fortune for himself.
01:11:14But he thought he could get them for his son.
01:11:16He must have been insane.
01:11:18He wasn't then, he was later.
01:11:21He also knew that when my grandfather died,
01:11:24the estate would pass to Lawrence and then to Samuel, my father.
01:11:27After that, to the next oldest relative.
01:11:30Mark is three years older than I am.
01:11:34The night my grandfather died, Jonah saw his chance.
01:11:38I don't know how he lured them up here or why he chose this attic.
01:11:42Where he slaughtered them.
01:11:44And he put the axe in a dead man's hand.
01:11:48And so Mark inherited everything.
01:11:50The plantation, the money, the estate.
01:11:55That's when I stopped using the name of Tierney.
01:12:00I swore that I'd never use that name again.
01:12:04Until people could stop whispering it behind closed doors.
01:12:13Listen.
01:12:16Mark.
01:12:17What did you do with the gun?
01:12:19I don't know.
01:12:21I lost it.
01:12:22Get over there.
01:12:31Were you successful, Philip?
01:12:35Yes, I'm sure that it...
01:12:37Now the question is, what are we gonna do about it?
01:12:40The truth has to come out, Mark.
01:12:43Grandfather's name has been stained for 17 years.
01:12:46You're gonna clean it up.
01:12:47They're both dead.
01:12:48What difference does it make?
01:12:50None to you.
01:12:51You're a snell.
01:12:53Yes, you never let us forget it, did you?
01:12:56We were poor white trash and we dared link our name with the Tierneys.
01:12:59The pure aristocratic Tierneys.
01:13:02If you look under the surface, you'll find it there as common as the rest of us.
01:13:06Have you forgotten Lydia?
01:13:09She liked to play on the stables with a hard job.
01:13:12She was your mother, Mark.
01:13:14Now look.
01:13:16I'm willing to believe you were too young to know what Jonah was going to do.
01:13:20If you renounce all claims to the estate and go away, we'll call it even.
01:13:23Very generous of you.
01:13:25Always the fine Tierney gesture.
01:13:29I hate your nobility.
01:13:32It isn't that, Mark.
01:13:34It's just that I'm tired of hatred and revenge.
01:13:38I want only what's mine.
01:13:41But if you refuse, I'll fight you in every court in the land and I'll win.
01:13:46Yes, I knew what he was going to do when he went there that night, but I didn't try to
01:13:49stop it.
01:13:50I wanted it just like he did.
01:13:52Well, he got it for me and I'm going to keep it.
01:13:54If you want to fight, well, let's have it now.
01:14:47Don't shoot! Don't shoot!
01:14:50Don't shoot!
01:14:53Don't shoot!
01:15:15Come on, darling.
01:15:30Philip, where are we going?
01:15:33Anywhere.
01:15:34It's got to take a little time to clean things up here.
01:15:37We can go to Lausanne if you wanted to.
01:15:41They sent me there, didn't they?
01:15:43Yes.
01:15:45Even that madman Jonah couldn't bring himself to murder a child.
01:15:50He knew that your mind had blocked out what it had seen.
01:15:53So he set up a trust fund for you, set you away.
01:15:58Forgot about you.
01:16:01Philip, why did Mark throw Jonah over the railing?
01:16:05The old man must have brooded a long time over what he'd done.
01:16:09He wanted to stop any more killings, I'm sure.
01:16:12He even warned you about the chandelier.
01:16:16Mark was afraid he was going to confess, so he killed him.
01:16:19Come on.
01:16:23We left the old house.
01:16:26Silent and foreboding.
01:16:29A place of horror and death.
01:16:31It was truly haunted.
01:16:35No one would ever live there again.
01:16:38It was a house of madness.
01:16:40It was trying a booking you up every time before something.
01:16:41On the.
01:16:45On.
01:16:52A sunny.
01:16:54Green at night .