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The City of the Dead (U.S. title: Horror Hotel) is a 1960 supernatural horror film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and starring Christopher Lee, Venetia Stevenson, Betta St. John, Patricia Jessel and Valentine Dyall.
Plot:
In 1692 in fictional Whitewood, Massachusetts, a witch named Elizabeth Selwyn is burned at the stake. Before her death, Selwyn and her accomplice, Jethrow Keane, sold their souls to Lucifer for eternal life and revenge on Whitewood in return for providing the Devil with two yearly virgin human sacrifices on the Hour of Thirteen during Candlemas Eve and the Witches' Sabbath.
Present day a young college student Nan Barlow (Venetia Stevenson) arrives in the sleepy Massachusetts town of Whitewood to research witchcraft. Nan's stay at the eerie Raven's Inn takes a portentous turn when she learns its proprietor Mrs. Newless (Patricia Jessel) is the reincarnation of a witch burned at the stake in 1692. The discovery unravels the startling truth about the town: that it is really a coven of witches who have a sinister plan to sacrifice humans so that they can become immortal.
Credits
Christopher Lee as Alan Driscoll
Dennis Lotis as Richard 'Dick' Barlow
Patricia Jessel as Elizabeth Selwyn / Mrs. Newless
Tom Naylor as Bill Maitland
Betta St. John as Patricia Russell
Venetia Stevenson as Nan Barlow
Valentine Dyall as Jethrow Keane
Ann Beach as Lottie
Norman MacOwan as Reverend Russell
Fred Johnson as The Elder
James Dyrenforth as Garage Attendant
Maxine Holden as Sue
William Abney as Policeman
Screenplay by George Baxt
Story by Milton Subotsky
Produced by Seymour S. Dorner, Milton Subotsky, Donald Taylor, Max Rosenberg (uncredited)
Cinematography Desmond Dickinson
Edited by John Pomeroy
Music by Douglas Gamley & Ken Jones (jazz)
Plot:
In 1692 in fictional Whitewood, Massachusetts, a witch named Elizabeth Selwyn is burned at the stake. Before her death, Selwyn and her accomplice, Jethrow Keane, sold their souls to Lucifer for eternal life and revenge on Whitewood in return for providing the Devil with two yearly virgin human sacrifices on the Hour of Thirteen during Candlemas Eve and the Witches' Sabbath.
Present day a young college student Nan Barlow (Venetia Stevenson) arrives in the sleepy Massachusetts town of Whitewood to research witchcraft. Nan's stay at the eerie Raven's Inn takes a portentous turn when she learns its proprietor Mrs. Newless (Patricia Jessel) is the reincarnation of a witch burned at the stake in 1692. The discovery unravels the startling truth about the town: that it is really a coven of witches who have a sinister plan to sacrifice humans so that they can become immortal.
Credits
Christopher Lee as Alan Driscoll
Dennis Lotis as Richard 'Dick' Barlow
Patricia Jessel as Elizabeth Selwyn / Mrs. Newless
Tom Naylor as Bill Maitland
Betta St. John as Patricia Russell
Venetia Stevenson as Nan Barlow
Valentine Dyall as Jethrow Keane
Ann Beach as Lottie
Norman MacOwan as Reverend Russell
Fred Johnson as The Elder
James Dyrenforth as Garage Attendant
Maxine Holden as Sue
William Abney as Policeman
Screenplay by George Baxt
Story by Milton Subotsky
Produced by Seymour S. Dorner, Milton Subotsky, Donald Taylor, Max Rosenberg (uncredited)
Cinematography Desmond Dickinson
Edited by John Pomeroy
Music by Douglas Gamley & Ken Jones (jazz)
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00:04:24I have made my pact with Thee, O Lucifer, hear me, hear me, I will do thy duty for all eternity.
00:04:54For all eternity shall I practice the ritual of Black Mass, for all eternity shall I sacrifice unto Thee, I give Thee my soul, take me into thy service.
00:05:07O Lucifer, listen to my servant, grant her this pact for all eternity, and I with her, and if we fail thee but once, you may do with our souls what you will.
00:05:19O make this city an example of thy vengeance, curse it, curse it for all eternity, and let me be the instrument of thy curse.
00:05:31Hear me, O Lucifer, hear me.
00:05:36He's making a curse, curse?
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00:05:53Burn Witch! Burn Witch! Burn Witch! Burn Witch! Burn Witch!
00:06:09Burn Witch! Burn Witch! Burn! Burn!
00:06:16So shouted the people of Whitewood when they burned Elizabeth Selwyn in 1692.
00:06:20Though, as I've said, little is known today
00:06:23of the actual practice of witchcraft in 17th century New England,
00:06:26superstition, fear, and jealousy
00:06:29drove the Puritans to accuse their friends and relatives
00:06:32of consorting with the devil.
00:06:34Riding around huge bonfires,
00:06:36repeating vindictive chants,
00:06:38they consigned the poor creatures to the flames.
00:06:40The tortured souls cried out in agony
00:06:42as the flames mounted higher and higher.
00:06:44Burn, witch! Burn, witch! Burn, burn, burn!
00:06:47Dig that crazy beat.
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00:06:54That will be all for today.
00:06:56Tomorrow will be my concluding lecture on the history of witchcraft
00:06:59in 17th century New England.
00:07:01I shall bring along some illustrations,
00:07:02which 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,
00:07:13I had hoped that it was in a spirit of scientific curiosity
00:07:16about the subject.
00:07:19That will be all.
00:07:23Bill, how could you?
00:07:25Who takes it all so darn seriously?
00:07:27He's got you all hypnotized.
00:07:30Oh, Miss Barlow.
00:07:31Yes, Professor.
00:07:32Can I see you for a moment, please?
00:07:33Yes.
00:07:33What about our date?
00:07:36Look, um, I'll wait for you outside.
00:07:38I'll wait for you outside.
00:07:42Yes, Professor.
00:07:45How a difficult young man, that.
00:07:49I 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.
00:07:54They show a very sound appreciation of the subjects.
00:07:56I want to go to New England to do my senior paper.
00:08:00They're really quite good, you know.
00:08:02Well, I'm not quite satisfied.
00:08:06I feel I need some first-hand research.
00:08:09I want to get the atmosphere.
00:08:10Find out how widespread witchcraft really was.
00:08:13What the witches were really like.
00:08:15Well, that might take a little time, you know.
00:08:17Well, I have the time.
00:08:18My brother and I were going to spend our vacation with our cousins.
00:08:21What I'd really like to do
00:08:22is to get a room in the smallest, oldest town in New England I can find.
00:08:28Check through all the town hall records.
00:08:30Recheck the libraries.
00:08:32Talk to the Puritan descendants.
00:08:34Make 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.
00:08:42Then I'd go alone.
00:08:43You don't think he'd object to that?
00:08:46You 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?
00:08:56Yeah, she's in there with him.
00:08:59Well, I don't like her getting mixed up in this witchcraft business.
00:09:02Why not?
00:09:03It'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?
00:09:10Sure.
00:09:11Well, it's about Nan and me.
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00:09:14If you're really serious about this, I have to know the town in New England.
00:09:18As 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.
00:09:24It's a little bit off the beaten track.
00:09:26So maybe these directions will help you.
00:09:28I 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.
00:09:36Her name is Newelless.
00:09:37Mrs. Newelless.
00:09:38So you just tell her I sent you.
00:09:39Raven'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?
00:09:54Yes.
00:09:55Going to a place called Whitewood for a week or so to do some research.
00:09:58Who are you?
00:10:00What about Cousin Sue?
00:10:01Why, she's expecting you for a birthday party on the 17th.
00:10:04She'll never forget you.
00:10:05I can still easily make it by then.
00:10:07This is important.
00:10:08My term paper's got to be good.
00:10:10It could mean a scholarship.
00:10:11Man, I've made all my ways.
00:10:13Come on, Dick.
00:10:13You'll have a good time without me.
00:10:16My mind's made up.
00:10:17I'm going to Whitewood.
00:10:18But surely any good encyclopedia will give you all the nonsense you want to know about witchcraft.
00:10:23Witchcraft is not nonsense, Barlow.
00:10:27I'm sorry, Driscoll.
00:10:28Witchcraft, like magic sorcery.
00:10:31To me, it's nothing but fairy tale mumbo-jumbo.
00:10:34I'm a scientist, Driscoll.
00:10:35I believe what I can see, what I can feel and touch.
00:10:38The basis of fairy tales is reality.
00:10:40The basis of reality is fairy tales.
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
00:10:49because some woman in New Orleans sticks a pin in a wax doll.
00:10:52Maybe you don't.
00:10:54But practitioners of voodoo will claim otherwise.
00:10:56Dick, you're just being difficult.
00:10:58No.
00:10:59When 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.
00:11:08They 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?
00:11:21Did 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.
00:11:32You're an historian.
00:11:33No witch ever survived the burning at the stake for all that pact with the devil.
00:11:37In 1692, Elizabeth Selwyn went to the stake.
00:11:43She was buried in a churchyard in New England.
00:11:47And 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.
00:11:53The daughters of the elders who had condemned her were themselves found murdered with every last drop of blood drained from their bodies.
00:12:00And afterwards, people came forward to testify that they had actually seen Elizabeth Selwyn.
00:12:05Oh, stop.
00:12:06This would be more effective at midnight with howling winds and crashing thunder.
00:12:10And even then, it wouldn't frighten anyone.
00:12:13Dick.
00:12:13I'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.
00:12:24Honey, when you get to, um, where is it?
00:12:26Whitewood.
00:12:27Ah, yes, Whitewood.
00:12:29Well, send me a picture postcard of a witch.
00:12:31If possible, autographed.
00:12:33Now, uh, let's have some lunch, eh?
00:12:35I'm sorry, I have a date.
00:12:36Nan, darling, I still don't see why you have to go off to this 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?
00:13:06I don't know.
00:13:09It's just that maybe, hidden in some attic or buried in some old antique shop,
00:13:14there's something that might give a whole new outlook to the subject.
00:13:16Oh, what new outlook can there be?
00:13:19You're a science student.
00:13:20Honey, you know how important research is.
00:13:22But 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.
00:13:37What kind of power?
00:13:38I don't know.
00:13:46Oh, look, it's no use, Bill.
00:13:48We've both tried our hardest to talk her out of going.
00:13:53Do you really think she will find anything worthwhile?
00:13:55Well, and I 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.
00:14:07All packed.
00:14:08Oh.
00:14:09I suppose there's nothing I can say that will stop you from going, huh?
00:14:13Yeah.
00:14:13Well, I'll put this in the car.
00:14:15I still hoped you'd change your mind, Nan.
00:14:23Don't worry, darling.
00:14:24I'll be back as quick as I can, and I'll write.
00:14:29Well, don't forget me altogether, huh?
00:14:32I won't.
00:14:34Give Sue my love, and don't forget we have a date at our party.
00:14:38Bye, darling.
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00:15:03Uh, excuse me.
00:15:04Can you help me?
00:15:05I seem to be lost.
00:15:06Sure, if I can.
00:15:08I'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, uh, take road 28A, turn onto the Whamport Road,
00:15:18bare left at the fork through to Whitewood.
00:15:20Whitewood?
00:15:21Uh, am I that far away?
00:15:22No, ma'am.
00:15:23Not far.
00:15:25Not many God-fearing folks visit Whitewood nowadays.
00:15:27If I were you, I'd...
00:15:28If, if 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, there'll be a sign, Whamport Road.
00:15:37Turn left, keep straight, there'll be Whitewood.
00:15:39Thank you very much.
00:15:40I got covered in it, apparently.
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00:15:43I can't see, asvenge fell down.
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00:16:10Does that sign say Wampart Road?
00:16:19Wampart Road, yes.
00:16:21Oh, good.
00:16:21I was afraid I missed it.
00:16:22Is it Whitewood you seek?
00:16:25Yes.
00:16:26I, too.
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.
00:16:50What 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?
00:17:07I haven't owned it for many years.
00:17:09Do you go there often?
00:17:10Barely often.
00:17:11Oh, then you must know the Raven's Inn.
00:17:14I shall be resting there.
00:17:15Oh, so shall I.
00:17:17Oh, my name's Nan Barlow.
00:17:20My name's Jethro Keane.
00:17:21Pleased to meet you.
00:17:23Pleased to meet you.
00:17:24Just like a picture out of a history book.
00:17:40I 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.
00:17:57Must 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.
00:18:07Ah, there it is.
00:18:20What a lovely old building.
00:18:2317th century, at least.
00:18:24How picturesque can you get?
00:18:27Right by the graveyard.
00:18:30Yes, it has not been used for more than 200 years.
00:18:33Any witches buried there?
00:18:35There are indeed.
00:18:36All in a section of unconsecrated ground.
00:18:39Spooky, isn't it?
00:18:43Well, keep your fingers crossed for me, Mr. Keane.
00:18:46I hope Mrs. Nillis has that run.
00:19:09Yes, it is.
00:19:34Oh, I didn't hear you come in.
00:20:02Are you Mrs. Noulis?
00:20:04Oh, 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.
00:20:24Sorry 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, boy, think.
00:20:31Then you're Mrs. Noulis.
00:20:33I 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.
00:20:49Well, there is a room I could let you have.
00:20:54It's just off the lobby.
00:20:56Oh, thank you.
00:20:58Oh, Mrs. Noulis, that plaque.
00:21:02Is it true that Elizabeth Selwyn was really burnt here for being a witch?
00:21:07She was.
00:21:08And do you believe she was a witch?
00:21:10Come along.
00:21:14I'll show you to your room.
00:21:19I hope you will be comfortable.
00:21:21Yes, it is a nice room.
00:21:31The previous occupants have always found it most agreeable.
00:21:34Well, if there's anything you should need,
00:21:37just ring the bell for me at the desk.
00:22:01Oh!
00:22:01Oh!
00:22:01It's been so many months.
00:22:25I've counted the days to this holiday.
00:22:28So have the others.
00:22:29It wasn't easy for some of my guests to get here.
00:22:33Many had to travel vast distances.
00:22:35I was lucky.
00:22:37The last few miles were enchanting.
00:22:40Miss Barlow is very good company.
00:22:43You must be tired, Jethro.
00:22:44Your room is ready.
00:22:46And the festivities.
00:22:50I am prepared.
00:22:52Oh, Mrs. Neulis.
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.
00:23:07Unfortunately, it no longer has a congregation.
00:23:08He will be pleased.
00:23:17He will be pleased.
00:23:18The other way at the home, poor people,
00:23:37I can find the church on the edge.
00:23:38Well, yes.
00:23:40Please.
00:23:41Amen.
00:23:42Do you have any help?
00:23:43Yes.
00:23:43Yes.
00:23:45Your argument was unwell,
00:23:45I think you didn't agree?
00:23:46Oh, my God.
00:24:16I'm told this was once a house of worship.
00:24:21It is still a house of worship.
00:24:24I am the reverend of this church.
00:24:26As long as the breath of life is within me,
00:24:29this house shall remain God's house.
00:24:33Must have been a beautiful building.
00:24:35Me, it is still beautiful.
00:24:39I'm sorry.
00:24:41What a shame the people who have let it fall into such a state.
00:24:44Strangers rarely come to Whitewood.
00:24:47Who are you?
00:24:49I'm Nan Barlow.
00:24:50I'm staying at the Raven's Inn.
00:24:52Why have you come to Whitewood?
00:24:55Well, because I'm interested in witchcraft.
00:24:58Young woman, leave Whitewood.
00:25:01Leave Whitewood tonight.
00:25:03For 300 years,
00:25:05the devil has hovered over this city,
00:25:08made it his own.
00:25:09The people in it are his.
00:25:12Evil has triumphed over good here.
00:25:17Look at my church.
00:25:19I have no parish.
00:25:20No one worships here.
00:25:23His is the power.
00:25:25What power?
00:25:26Leave, Whitewood.
00:25:29Leave, Whitewood, tonight.
00:25:31I beg of you.
00:25:33What power?
00:25:34Leave before it is too late.
00:25:37I beg of you.
00:26:03Good evening.
00:26:29Good evening.
00:26:31Please 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.
00:26:40Oh, I'm sorry.
00:26:41Then you don't live here?
00:26:42No, my family have lived here for generations, but 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 have acted like I'm a person from another world.
00:26:57They don't see many strangers here.
00:26:59And 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?
00:27:14No, I can't.
00:27:15Does he often act that way?
00:27:16He's my grandfather.
00:27:20Oh, 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 has 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?
00:27:42A friend of mine.
00:27:42Well, we have a collection gathering dust, but 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, and I've come here to write my term paper.
00:27:53Well, just wait.
00:27:54I'll see what I can find.
00:28:04That'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.
00:28:12You were staying at the Ravens Inn?
00:28:13Yes.
00:28:14It was recommended to me by a friend of mine, Professor Driscoll.
00:28:17Alan Driscoll?
00:28:18Yes.
00:28:18Do you know him?
00:28:19No, but my grandfather speaks of him.
00:28:21His family come from here.
00:28:22Oh, I didn't know that.
00:28:24Here, I 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.
00:28:39A 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.
00:28:51I promise I'll bring it back in a few days.
00:28:52You're very welcome, Miss Sir.
00:28:54Barlow.
00:28:55Nan Barlow.
00:28:55Nan Barlow.
00:28:57Thank you very much.
00:28:58Good night.
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00:29:45Mrs. Noulis!
00:29:48Mrs. Noulis!
00:29:49Yes, Miss 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.
00:30:00I hardly think so, Miss Barlow.
00:30:01The cellars do not extend beneath your room.
00:30:04Then 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...
00:30:11If you insist, I will come and see you.
00:30:15I 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
00:30:32there is no ring in the trapdoor
00:30:33because there is no reason to lift it.
00:30:36There is nothing underneath but earth.
00:30:38There is no ring in the trapdoor
00:30:39because there is no ring in the trapdoor
00:30:42There is nothing underneath the mining
00:30:43and there is no ring in the trapdoor
00:30:45in the trapdoor
00:30:47Come in.
00:31:17Oh, hello, Lottie. Come in.
00:31:23I don't need any more towels. I haven't used mine. They're quite clean.
00:31:36Lottie, I've told you before not to bother the guests.
00:31:39Miss Barlow, I thought you might care to join the others.
00:31:47I will as soon as I finish my notes. I'll put some clothes on and join them.
00:31:52A treatise on devil worship in New England.
00:31:56Well, do you find this interesting?
00:31:58Why, it's fascinating. The 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 where the witches were actually burnt.
00:32:07Listen to this.
00:32:08On Candlemas Eve, February 1st, in the year 1692,
00:32:14a coven of witches, a coven, that's 13, some men, some women,
00:32:19whose power came from the devil,
00:32:21gathered 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
00:32:45and drank her blood at the hour of 13.
00:32:49What's the hour of 13?
00:32:51Well, personally, I have never heard a clock strike more than 12.
00:32:54Well, now, how about joining the dancing?
00:32:57In a little while, I promise.
00:32:59Oh, by the way, I seem to have misplaced my locket.
00:33:03I remember having it in my room and now it's disappeared.
00:33:06Oh, I'm sorry. I'll ask Lottie.
00:33:08Well, I'm not saying it was stolen.
00:33:10It's just, I remember having it on the dresser
00:33:12and now it's gone.
00:33:14I would appreciate it.
00:33:15Of course. I'll look into it immediately.
00:33:24Lottie, I have warned you too often
00:33:29about annoying our guests.
00:33:31If you disobey me again, I 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?
00:33:40I don't know.
00:33:48I don't know.
00:33:48I don't know.
00:33:49I don't know.
00:33:56I don't know.
00:33:57There will be no place for you.
00:34:58Ah, Miss Barlow, I'm afraid Lottie is nowhere to be found, but I will inquire about your
00:35:19locket first thing in the morning.
00:35:20Oh, thank you.
00:35:21Where is everybody?
00:35:23Most of the other guests have gone to services.
00:35:25Services on the first of February.
00:35:29Candle Mass Eve.
00:35:32The night when the witches mock the rituals of the church.
00:35:37Are you all right, Miss Barlow?
00:35:39Yes, quite.
00:35:42Good night.
00:35:43Good night, Miss Barlow.
00:35:44Mrs. Noless.
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00:39:04No, let go of me!
00:39:06No!
00:39:11Three, four, five, six...
00:39:22No!
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00:39:30I am Elizabeth Selwyn.
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00:40:17veriers!
00:40:18Oh!
00:40:19I'm sure she'll show up, she'll probably met a good looking he-witch and she was bringing
00:40:20him along to the party, only they broomstick blew her gasket.
00:40:23Yeah it's not like man to be late for anything.
00:40:25What's she a bit worried about hear?
00:40:26If she'll be here I'm sure she'll make it.
00:40:28It's probably here now.
00:40:29You answer the door, and I'm gonna put a record on for some dancing.
00:40:32All right.
00:40:36Hi Dick.
00:40:37Bill.
00:40:38Oh, what's the matter?
00:40:39You expecting somebody else?
00:40:41Oh yes Nan.
00:40:42Look, 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.
00:40:54Relax. Take it easy. Join the party. She'll be here.
00:41:02Dick!
00:41:05Dick, I haven't had a letter from Nan in over two weeks now.
00:41:08She's probably been too busy working on her paper.
00:41:11No, no, there's something wrong. I know it.
00:41:13Look, will you do something for me?
00:41:15Hmm?
00:41:16Ring up Whitewood, will you?
00:41:17Ask him, ask him if she's left.
00:41:19You serious?
00:41:20Yes, I am.
00:41:23Okay.
00:41:36On a long distance,
00:41:38I'd like to speak with Miss Nan Barlow
00:41:40at the Raven's Inn, Whitewood.
00:41:43No, I don't know the phone number.
00:41:45What? Didn't she give you the phone number?
00:41:47I know, but that's my sister.
00:41:54They say there's no such place as the Raven's Inn.
00:41:57But that's crazy. She's staying there.
00:42:00Give me the police.
00:42:10She left in such a hurry, she must have forgotten to return it to you, Miss Russell.
00:42:13She seems such a nice girl, too.
00:42:15Wouldn'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?
00:42:21I'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.
00:42:36Lottie!
00:42:38Get out of the way, you clumsy creature.
00:42:40Can 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.
00:43:16May 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.
00:43:39If who had to leave you had to leave him alone?
00:43:49It's not fair enough...
00:43:52...but then PewDiePie was my wife.
00:43:54Have this one.
00:43:55ć
00:44:09Hello?
00:44:14Yeah.
00:44:18It's the police.
00:44:21Yeah.
00:44:24Okay, thanks.
00:44:28Well?
00:44:30The police sent a car out to the Raven's Inn.
00:44:33Man checked out two weeks ago.
00:44:35I don't get it.
00:44:37Well, neither do I.
00:44:39Look, these are Nan's books and papers.
00:44:41Go through them.
00:44:42See 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.
00:45:12Mm-hmm.
00:45:13Oh, God.
00:45:17Mm-hmm.
00:45:19Beep?
00:45:20Oh, God.
00:45:23Oh, Lord.
00:45:25Oh, Lord.
00:45:27Oh.
00:45:28Let's go.
00:45:58My Barlow. Can 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.
00:46:09Would you care to go on the study?
00:46:14Set yourself down.
00:46:15Thanks.
00:46:19You take a drink?
00:46:20Ryan's soda.
00:46:23Ice, please.
00:46:25What's on your mind?
00:46:26A man is missing.
00:46:28And she has been since the day after she arrived at Whitewood.
00:46:31Really? Are 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?
00:46:39I 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.
00:46:45What?
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?
00:46:51I thought you might have some ideas.
00:46:55Why did you send her to Whitewood?
00:46:56Because 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.
00:47:02With 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.
00:47:10I 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.
00:47:20I 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.
00:47:27Nothing at all.
00:47:28She's probably got absorbed in the subjects and gone off someplace.
00:47:32I wish that all my class had her application.
00:47:34Yeah, well, I'm going to find out where this application led her.
00:47:36I'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.
00:47:55You're not afraid?
00:47:57Afraid? 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 jubbing to conclusions, Barlow.
00:48:10Maybe, but I shall find out.
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.
00:48:20Good luck in Whitewood.
00:48:21Thanks.
00:48:24I'm sorry, but did you say he was going to Whitewood?
00:48:26Yes, he is.
00:48:28It's silly to be surprised,
00:48:29but I've just come from Whitewood.
00:48:33Really?
00:48:35Quite a coincidence.
00:48:36My own family happens to come from Whitewood.
00:48:37As a matter of fact, I was born there.
00:48:39Yes, I know.
00:48:40Please sit down.
00:48:44Do you care for a drink?
00:48:45No, thank you.
00:48:46I 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.
00:49:01Well, now, how can I help you?
00:49:02I'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,
00:49:11and she told me that she was a student in one of your classes,
00:49:14that you recommended that she stay at the Ravens Inn.
00:49:17That's quite right, I 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?
00:49:25Later, the police came asking questions.
00:49:27Her 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,
00:49:38and I'll make sure they get it safely.
00:49:40Well, I don't want to trouble you.
00:49:42If you just give me their address...
00:49:45As you wish.
00:49:48Her address is Dorchester Street.
00:49:522-2-5.
00:49:54She lives with her brother.
00:49:55As a matter of fact, he's a colleague of mine,
00:49:56and you just met him.
00:49:57He was leaving when you arrived.
00:50:00Now, if you'll excuse me,
00:50:01I've got a lot of work to do.
00:50:03I'm rather a busy man of the moment.
00:50:04Of course.
00:50:05Thank you for your help.
00:50:06Not at all.
00:50:06I hope it's achieved something.
00:50:10Well, you will remember me to your grandfather, won't you?
00:50:11Yes, of course.
00:50:12Goodbye.
00:50:13Goodbye, Miss Russell.
00:50:14Yeah, it's Nan's luck at all right.
00:50:27As 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. Newlis to know I had it.
00:50:35Mrs. Newlis?
00:50:36She runs the inn.
00:50:38Well, why did you come here, Miss Russell?
00:50:40I found this.
00:50:45It's Professor Driscoll's newspaper.
00:50:47I 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.
00:50:54What was the book?
00:50:55An old book.
00:50:56A book about witchcraft.
00:50:58Do you believe in it, Miss Russell?
00:51:01I don't know.
00:51:01Sometimes 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.
00:51:12But now I'm beginning to wonder if what he says isn't true.
00:51:15What does he say?
00:51:16That there's something evil about the village.
00:51:19That 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.
00:51:29Nights like candle, Miss Eve?
00:51:30What do you know about candle, Miss 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.
00:51:55Thank you, but I must get back.
00:51:56I can't leave my grandfather alone.
00:51:58He's blind.
00:51:58May 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.
00:52:05Goodbye.
00:52:05Bye.
00:52:06I'll see you at the door.
00:52:07Would you be going to Whitewood?
00:52:33Yes.
00:52:35Would you take me along with you?
00:52:37It'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.
00:53:02To see me is a special privilege.
00:53:04It's reserved for a chosen few.
00:53:07What does that mean?
00:53:11We'll soon be at Whitewood now.
00:53:12This is as far as I go.
00:53:20You will...
00:53:21She is pretty, too.
00:53:39Yes, she is.
00:53:41Very pretty.
00:53:43A living descendant of those who are cursed.
00:53:46It somehow seems to make it better.
00:53:48Another day.
00:53:58And tomorrow.
00:54:02The witch's sapeth.
00:54:04The witch's sapeth.
00:54:06What?
00:54:12The heavy, baby.
00:54:24Oh.
00:54:24Oh.
00:54:31Oh.
00:54:32Oh.
00:54:33Which way to Wamport Road?
00:54:58Straight ahead, four from the road, you see a sign, turn left.
00:55:01You 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, yep.
00:55:09You wouldn't remember, by any chance, a pretty girl in a convertible about a month ago.
00:55:13The Barlow girl. Read about her in the papers. Never seen her again. Told the police.
00:55:18Thanks.
00:55:31I wonder, could you tell me the way to Whitewood, please?
00:55:45Another one. Straight ahead, four from the road, you see a sign, Wamport Road, turn left, takes you right in.
00:55:50But thanks.
00:55:50Let me warn you, young fella, they don't like strangers in Whitewood.
00:55:53Okay, fine. Thanks very much.
00:55:55Let me warn you, young fella.
00:56:13You're welcome, young fella.
00:56:15Man!
00:56:17Here's your father!
00:56:22This was a young fella from the road over your to Achille.
00:56:37Let's go.
00:57:07Good evening.
00:57:21Good evening.
00:57:22I'd like a room, please.
00:57:24The inn is closing.
00:57:25I'll only be here a few days.
00:57:27But the inn is closing.
00:57:29When?
00:57:30In two days.
00:57:31Well, if you don't mind, I'd like to stay until then.
00:57:34If you insist.
00:57:37Could I have the same room my sister had?
00:57:43Still available, isn't it?
00:57:45Yes, it's available.
00:57:47Mrs. Newlis, you told the police that my sister checked out.
00:57:50You are mistaken, Mr. Barlow.
00:57:52I told them that on the morning of February 2nd, I went to her room and found it empty,
00:57:56her bed not slept in, her luggage and car gone, and her bill unpaid.
00:58:00Well, you can put the charges on mine.
00:58:02When was the last time you saw her?
00:58:04On the evening of February 1st.
00:58:06It was shortly before midnight.
00:58:07She'd been in the lobby here dancing with some of the guests.
00:58:10She seemed to be enjoying herself.
00:58:12Did any particular guests pay a special attention to her?
00:58:15Not that I noticed.
00:58:17Your sister kept very much to herself.
00:58:19Do you know why she came to Whitewood?
00:58:21It is not my habit to inquire into people's private business.
00:58:25Would the fact that she was investigating witchcraft have antagonized anyone in the village?
00:58:31Hardly.
00:58:31There have been other students here, you know.
00:58:34Beside, your sister was a very agreeable and likable young woman.
00:58:37Have you any idea where she might have gone?
00:58:40None.
00:58:42Now, may I see the room?
00:58:44As you wish.
00:58:45It is this way.
00:58:46If you should need anything, and I am not at the desk, you have only to ring the bell.
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.
01:00:55Then you don't think it's just my imagination?
01:00:57I don't know.
01:00:59Who'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.
01:01:06May I see the book that Nan borrowed?
01:01:10Yes.
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.
01:01:34Oh, my God.
01:02:04I warned you, Lottie.
01:02:34Grandfather, 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.
01:02:52You must be tired.
01:02:53I am very tired.
01:02:55I have little strength left these days for the fight.
01:02:59Won't you sit down? I'll make some coffee.
01:03:02The fight against what, Mr. Russell?
01:03:04Against 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?
01:03:14Satanism was never stronger than at the present time.
01:03:17For 200 years, the people of Whitewood have carried out rituals that mock the church's teaching.
01:03:24I find it very hard to believe, sir.
01:03:26Do not doubt, my son.
01:03:29It is real enough.
01:03:31For years, I struggled against the witches.
01:03:34Their master took away my sight.
01:03:37Seems incredible.
01:03:38I have tried to convince others.
01:03:41They, too, found it unbelievable.
01:03:44But 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.
01:03:55Eternal life?
01:03:55Aye.
01:03:57And to seal this bargain, they must sacrifice a young girl on two nights of the year.
01:04:04When are these nights, sir?
01:04:05Candlemas Eve and the Witch's Sabbath.
01:04:09Candlemas Eve?
01:04:10That's February the 1st.
01:04:13And when is the Witch's Sabbath?
01:04:14Tonight.
01:04:15Now you know why I came to see you.
01:04:20I had no idea it was so late.
01:04:21May I have a rain shake on the coffee?
01:04:23I'd like to have a few words with Mrs. Newlas again.
01:04:26Of course.
01:04:28Good night, sir.
01:04:29Good night.
01:04:30I'll see you to the door.
01:04:30God be with us.
01:04:37Now, Miss Russell, do you think that Nan's disappearance is connected in some way with these, uh, witch's ceremonies?
01:04:43Yes.
01:04:45Well, I'd, uh, 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, I'm going to stay until I find out what's happened to Nan.
01:04:57Take care.
01:04:57Now, drink your coffee before it gets cold.
01:05:12You must not see that young man again tonight.
01:05:16Why not?
01:05:17The devil comes in many disguises.
01:05:21I'll get you a spoon.
01:05:26Grandfather, there's a bird in the drawer.
01:05:27It's got an arrow through it.
01:05:30Go and look on the front door.
01:05:39There's a sprig of wood by.
01:05:41Shut the door.
01:05:42Shut the door.
01:05:42Quickly.
01:05:46Grandfather, 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.
01:05:55Leave here immediately.
01:05:56I'll start the car.
01:06:16Something's wrong.
01:06:20They've wrecked the car.
01:06:21Barlow.
01:06:23Hold Barlow.
01:06:24Hold Barlow.
01:06:30Hello?
01:06:31Hello?
01:06:34Hello.
01:06:35I want the ravens in.
01:06:36Yes, Mrs. Newlis.
01:06:46Mr. Barlow.
01:06:47Is that for me?
01:06:49Yes.
01:06:52Hello?
01:06:52Dick.
01:06:53Dick, I'm in terrible danger.
01:06:55We'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.
01:07:03Pat.
01:07:15Patricia.
01:07:16Pat.
01:07:23Pat.
01:07:26Patricia.
01:07:27Mr. Russell, are you there?
01:07:42What's happened, Mr. Russell?
01:07:44The witches. The witches have Patricia destroyed them.
01:07:50Mr. Russell, how?
01:07:52The shadow of the cross. Use the cross.
01:07:57I adjure thee, O creatures of salt, by the living God.
01:08:06Mr. Russell.
01:08:15Maitland!
01:08:16Maitland, what's happened?
01:08:27He is lying.
01:08:28He is lying.
01:08:29He was dead.
01:08:33He is lying.
01:08:34I am lying.
01:08:36Let's go.
01:09:06Cut!
01:09:09Patricia!
01:09:36Hello, operator?
01:09:38Let's go.
01:09:45Let's go.
01:09:52Let's go.
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01:10:31Let's go.
01:12:41Come on.
01:12:43Come on.
01:12:45Dick!
01:12:53Dick!
01:12:55Dick!
01:12:59Dick!
01:13:03Dick!
01:13:13Dick!
01:13:21Dick!
01:13:23Dick!
01:13:33Dick!
01:13:43Dick!
01:13:53Dick!
01:13:54Dick!
01:13:55Dick!
01:13:56Dick!
01:13:57Dick!
01:13:58Dick!
01:13:59Dick!
01:14:00Dick!
01:14:01Dick!
01:14:02Dick!
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01:14:27Dick!
01:14:28dick!
01:14:32Dick!
01:14:34Dick!
01:14:36Dick!
01:14:38Dick! Dick, he's moving!
01:14:46Lift the cross!
01:14:55Quick!
01:15:08It isn't fault! I am journeyed by the living God!
01:15:17Back from the cross!
01:15:18Come nearer, Lou!
01:15:20Get the shadow over!
01:15:23It comes nearer.
01:15:26Do not fail.
01:15:28We must finish the sacrifice.
01:15:33Dick, don't!
01:15:34Wait!
01:15:35Wait for the hour of 13.
01:15:38Wait!
01:16:05Are you all right?
01:16:07I think so.
01:16:14No!
01:16:15I've got a score to settle with Mrs. Newis.
01:16:16You stay here.
01:16:18You stay here.
01:16:20You stay here.
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