A chilling classic that defined the haunted house genre, House on Haunted Hill (1959) follows eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren, who invites five strangers to a mansion for a night of terror in exchange for a cash reward. As the night unfolds, guests are trapped inside a house filled with eerie surprises, psychological manipulation, and seemingly supernatural forces. Directed by the legendary William Castle, this cult horror masterpiece delivers suspense, atmosphere, and vintage thrills. Vincent Price’s unforgettable performance elevates the tension, making every moment feel dangerously unpredictable. A must-watch for classic horror lovers and fans of psychological mystery storytelling.
Movie Information
🎬 Title: House on Haunted Hill
🎭 Starring: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal
🎥 Director: William Castle
✍️ Based on the Novel by: N/A
🎞 Genre: Horror, Mystery
🌍 Country: United States
📅 Release Year: 1959
Why Watch House on Haunted Hill?
✔ Experience one of the most iconic haunted house stories ever told in cinema history
✔ Vincent Price delivers a legendary performance full of charm and menace
✔ Enjoy a perfect blend of mystery, suspense, and psychological horror
✔ Witness William Castle’s signature theatrical horror style and shocking twists
✔ A timeless black-and-white classic that influenced modern horror films
✔ Ideal for fans of vintage cinema and atmospheric storytelling
An unforgettable horror experience awaits—step inside the mansion if you dare, where fear, mystery, and suspense collide in a timeless cinematic masterpiece you simply cannot miss today.
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Movie Information
🎬 Title: House on Haunted Hill
🎭 Starring: Vincent Price, Carol Ohmart, Richard Long, Alan Marshal
🎥 Director: William Castle
✍️ Based on the Novel by: N/A
🎞 Genre: Horror, Mystery
🌍 Country: United States
📅 Release Year: 1959
Why Watch House on Haunted Hill?
✔ Experience one of the most iconic haunted house stories ever told in cinema history
✔ Vincent Price delivers a legendary performance full of charm and menace
✔ Enjoy a perfect blend of mystery, suspense, and psychological horror
✔ Witness William Castle’s signature theatrical horror style and shocking twists
✔ A timeless black-and-white classic that influenced modern horror films
✔ Ideal for fans of vintage cinema and atmospheric storytelling
An unforgettable horror experience awaits—step inside the mansion if you dare, where fear, mystery, and suspense collide in a timeless cinematic masterpiece you simply cannot miss today.
#classicmovie #horrorfilm #hauntedhouse #vincentprice #oldhollywood #mysterymovie #blackandwhitefilm #cultclassic #thrillermovie #ghoststory #filmclassics #retrocinema #scarymovie #cinemahistory #williamcastle #horrorfans #vintagefilm #mustwatchmovie #cinemalovers #fullmovie
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00:00:48The ghosts are moving tonight, restless, hungry.
00:00:53May I introduce myself?
00:00:55I'm Watson Pritchard.
00:00:58In just a minute, I'll show you the only really haunted house in the world.
00:01:04Since it was built a century ago, seven people, including my brother, have been murdered in it.
00:01:11Since then, I've owned the house.
00:01:15I've only spent one night there, and when they found me in the morning, I was almost dead.
00:01:30I'm Frederick Lauren, and I've rented the house on Haunted Hill tonight so that my wife can give a party.
00:01:38A haunted house party.
00:01:41She's so amusing.
00:01:43There'll be food, and drink, and ghosts, and perhaps even a few murders.
00:01:50You're all invited.
00:01:52If any of you will spend the next 12 hours in this house, I'll give you each $10,000.
00:01:58Or your next of kin, in case you don't survive.
00:02:02Ah, but here come our other guests.
00:02:07It was my wife's idea to have our guests come in funeral cars.
00:02:13She's so amusing.
00:02:15Her sense of humor is, shall we say, original.
00:02:19I dreamed up the hearse.
00:02:20It's empty now, but after a night in the house on Haunted Hill.
00:02:24Well, who knows?
00:02:28This is Lance Schroeder, a test pilot.
00:02:31So, no doubt, a brave man.
00:02:33But don't you think you can be much braver if you're paid for it?
00:02:36And I happen to know that Lance needs the $10,000 I'll give him, if he's brave enough to stay
00:02:42all night.
00:02:43This is Ruth Bridges.
00:02:45You've no doubt read her column in the newspapers.
00:02:48She says her reason for coming to the party is to write a feature article on ghosts.
00:02:53She's also desperate for money.
00:02:56Gambles.
00:02:58You've already met Watson Pritchard, a man living in mortal fear of a house,
00:03:03and yet he is risking his life to spend another night here.
00:03:06I wonder why.
00:03:08He says for money.
00:03:12This is Dr. David Trent, a psychiatrist.
00:03:15He claims that my ghost will help his work on hysteria.
00:03:19But don't you see a little touch of greed there, around the mouth and eyes?
00:03:28This is Nora Manning.
00:03:29I picked her from the thousands of people who work for me because she needed the $10,000 more than
00:03:34most.
00:03:35Supports her whole family.
00:03:38Isn't she pretty?
00:03:43The party's starting now, and you have until midnight to find the house on Haunted Hill.
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00:08:53The party was my idea until you invited all the guests.
00:08:56Why all these strangers? Why none of our friends?
00:08:59Friends? Do we have any friends?
00:09:02No, your jealousy took care of that.
00:09:05I had a reason for inviting each guest.
00:09:08I wanted kind of a cross-section.
00:09:10From psychiatrist to typist,
00:09:13and from drunk to jet pilot.
00:09:16They share one thing. They all need money.
00:09:20Now let's see if they're brave enough to earn it.
00:09:23And you call this a party?
00:09:25Could be.
00:09:31Why do you always do that? It spoils the champagne.
00:09:34It might explode.
00:09:36Never does.
00:09:38Would you guarantee that?
00:09:41That isn't funny, Frederick.
00:09:43Make a good headline. Playboy kills wife with champagne cork.
00:09:49Will you join me?
00:09:51No, thank you.
00:09:53Just a sip might improve your humor.
00:09:56My humor is fine, thanks.
00:09:58And I haven't poisoned it.
00:10:01It's always good to know that.
00:10:08Have some.
00:10:09You'll enjoy the party more.
00:10:13Go on.
00:10:22Your trust is so touching.
00:10:24And I'm not going to the party.
00:10:27Of all my wives, you are the least agreeable.
00:10:29But still alive.
00:10:31Hmm.
00:10:32Would you go away for a million dollars, tax-free?
00:10:36You want it all, don't you?
00:10:38I deserve it all.
00:10:40Your jealousy isn't tax-free.
00:10:43And your possessiveness is maddening.
00:10:46If ever a man had grounds for divorce.
00:10:50That can't prove them.
00:10:51The time will come.
00:10:53You'll slip up one of these days.
00:10:55Think so?
00:10:57If I live long enough.
00:10:59You remember the fun we had when you poisoned me?
00:11:04Something you ate, the doctor said.
00:11:07Yes.
00:11:08Arsenic on the rocks.
00:11:11Annabelle.
00:11:13You'd do it again if you thought you could get away with it, wouldn't you?
00:11:16Darling, what makes you think that?
00:11:19Something about you.
00:11:24I hear that hanging is very uncomfortable in case you get any more ideas.
00:11:29Don't let the ghosts and the ghouls disturb you, darling.
00:11:33Darling, the only ghoul in the house is you.
00:11:37And don't sit up all night thinking of ways to get rid of me.
00:11:41It makes wrinkles.
00:11:57This is what she used on my brother and her sister.
00:12:01Hacked them to pieces.
00:12:02We found parts of the bodies all over the house.
00:12:05And places you wouldn't think.
00:12:07The funny thing is the heads have never been found.
00:12:10Hands and feet and things like that.
00:12:13But no heads.
00:12:14The wife, probably in a rage, threatened her husband with a knife
00:12:17and then carried away by hysteria, took a swing at him
00:12:20and simply went on from there.
00:12:21She certainly went on.
00:12:23How many people did she kill, Mr. Pritchard?
00:12:25Only two.
00:12:27Her husband and her sister.
00:12:28No one else was here.
00:12:30So there are two loose heads just floating around in here somewhere?
00:12:33You can hear them at night.
00:12:35They whisper to each other.
00:12:37And then cry.
00:12:39Since our host isn't here, would anyone care to mix me a drink?
00:12:43Certainly.
00:12:44What will you have?
00:12:49Good evening.
00:12:52I'm your host, Frederick Lauren.
00:12:55Since we're all strangers to each other, let's get acquainted with a drink, shall we?
00:12:59Mr. Lauren.
00:13:01I advise you to call this party off now.
00:13:04The ghosts are already moving and that's a bad sign.
00:13:07Let me apologize for my wife. She'll join us later.
00:13:10What do you have?
00:13:10Scott and.
00:13:11Doctor?
00:13:12I'll have the same.
00:13:14Now, before the party begins, let's go over the details.
00:13:19The caretakers will leave at midnight, locking us in here until they come back in the morning.
00:13:25Once the door is locked, there's no way out.
00:13:29The windows have bars that a jail would be proud of.
00:13:32And the only door to the outside locks like a vault.
00:13:36There's no electricity.
00:13:38No phone.
00:13:39No one within miles.
00:13:41So, no way to call for help.
00:13:45Like a coffin.
00:13:50So, if any of you decide not to stay for the party, you must let me know before midnight.
00:13:55Of course, if you leave, I shan't be able to pay you anything.
00:13:58I'm interested in your reasons for this, uh, party.
00:14:04Aside from pleasant company.
00:14:07Ghosts, Doctor.
00:14:09I think everyone wonders what they would do if they saw a ghost.
00:14:16And now my wife has given us all the opportunity to find out.
00:14:19Hmm.
00:14:20Amusing.
00:14:21Ghosts, et cetera, being only creations of hysteria, your party should be a success.
00:14:27Well, Pritchard here promises us genuine ghosts.
00:14:30Seven now.
00:14:32Maybe more before morning.
00:14:35That's cheerful.
00:14:38Four men have been murdered in this house.
00:14:41And three women.
00:14:42You planned your party very well, Mr. Lauren.
00:14:45Four of us are men.
00:14:46Three are women.
00:14:48A ghost for everybody.
00:14:51Now, Pritchard, why don't you take us on a tour through the house and let's see what happens, huh?
00:15:05See that stain?
00:15:07Blood.
00:15:10What?
00:15:10A young girl was killed here.
00:15:13And whatever got her wasn't human.
00:15:15Don't stand there.
00:15:16What do you mean?
00:15:16Where?
00:15:29It's too late they've marked you.
00:15:32Ridiculous.
00:15:32The roof probably leaks.
00:15:34Well, that must be what it is.
00:15:35Who would rather haunt me?
00:15:36I would say any self-respecting male ghost.
00:15:39I hope it doesn't come back.
00:15:41Well, Mr. Pritchard, you're the life of the party.
00:15:43He hasn't even started yet.
00:15:46Wasn't there a man who threw his wife into a wine vat or something?
00:15:49That was in the cellar.
00:15:50There's been a murder almost every place in this house.
00:16:09All this belonged to a Mr. Norton, who didn't die here. He was electrocuted later.
00:16:19Mr. Norton did a good deal of experimenting with wines.
00:16:24But his wife didn't think it was any good.
00:16:27So he filled the vat with acid and threw her in.
00:16:32She was supposed to stay down.
00:16:35But the bones came up.
00:16:38It's a funny thing.
00:16:40But none of the murders here were just ordinary.
00:16:44Just shooting or stabbing.
00:16:48They've all been sort of wild.
00:16:51Violent and different.
00:16:54Look out!
00:16:56God, she didn't fall in.
00:16:59You mean there's still acid in there?
00:17:24It destroys everything with hair and flesh.
00:17:29It just leaves the bones.
00:17:43My, it's dry and dusty down here.
00:17:47Well, there's a cure for that upstairs.
00:17:51Come on.
00:18:05How'd you get invited to this party?
00:18:09Oh, go on.
00:18:12I mean, what'd he tell you?
00:18:17Mr. Lorne said everybody would get $10,000.
00:18:21But he didn't say anything about being locked in.
00:18:23No.
00:18:25He just made a deal with me on the phone.
00:18:27But nothing about having to stay.
00:18:30Aren't you gonna stay?
00:18:32If I don't, I lose $10,000.
00:18:36I'm gonna stay too.
00:18:39$10,000.
00:18:41Yeah.
00:18:43You believe in ghosts?
00:18:46I don't know.
00:18:47No.
00:18:48Well, I agree with what that doc says.
00:18:50You can spook yourself.
00:18:51I've done it in planes.
00:18:53Seen things that weren't really there.
00:18:55Oh, were they?
00:18:58What are you gonna do with your $10,000?
00:19:00If we get it?
00:19:02What do you mean, if we get it?
00:19:04Won't he pay us if we stay?
00:19:06Ah, sure he will.
00:19:07$10,000 is no more to him than a nickel is to us.
00:19:11We were in an automobile accident.
00:19:13Now I'm the only one in the family who can make any money.
00:19:17Boy, I've never seen so many doors.
00:19:27Closet.
00:19:27What are you going to do?
00:19:39Shrek.
00:19:53Ad missiles.
00:19:56Does it go anywhere?
00:20:00Lance!
00:20:03Lance!
00:20:07Lance!
00:20:30Lance!
00:21:03Help me, please. Lance is gone, and there's a ghost.
00:21:06See what I mean?
00:21:07Please, come on.
00:21:09Did she say Lance is gone? Gone where?
00:21:22We'll have to break it down. It's not.
00:21:25Come on.
00:21:33Come on.
00:21:37You all right?
00:21:40Nothing that money won't cure.
00:21:42I must have bumped my head.
00:21:46And the only way you could bump your head in here is to run head on into the wall.
00:21:52You didn't do that, did you?
00:21:56Let's get a bandage on that.
00:22:06I wonder why they didn't kill him.
00:22:09Who?
00:22:11He didn't bump his head. They hit him.
00:22:15They?
00:22:17They hit him.
00:22:35I wonder why they're going to be there.
00:22:43I'm sorry.
00:22:43But I'm sorry.
00:22:46I'm sorry.
00:22:46that went all the way to the floor.
00:22:48Weren't you a little frightened at the time?
00:22:51Well, yes.
00:22:53That, Mr. Lauren, is hysteria.
00:22:56But then, Doctor, how do you explain what happened to Lance?
00:22:59Was that hysteria too?
00:23:04You'd better get that checked in a day or so.
00:23:06Thanks, Locke.
00:23:15Wait for me in the hall.
00:23:22The ghosts are coming closer, Mr. Lauren.
00:23:25You really believe in your pet ghosts, don't you, Pritchard?
00:23:28Before the night's over, you will too.
00:23:31Wouldn't you like a drink, Lance?
00:23:33No, thanks.
00:23:33I'd like one. It's got your hand.
00:23:43Mr. Lauren, are you really going to pay anyone who stays all night?
00:23:47Certainly.
00:23:48Ten thousand dollars.
00:23:49Will there be much red tape or delay?
00:23:52In a hurry, dear?
00:23:54Frankly, yes.
00:23:56Or frantically.
00:24:00There you are, my dear.
00:24:22Someone or something was in here when I came in.
00:24:25But where?
00:24:28And if the door was locked, how did it get out?
00:24:32What you saw might have been a ghost, Nora, but what was in here with me was no ghost.
00:24:36I don't know. I was so scared.
00:24:48I was so scared.
00:24:51Does that sound different to you?
00:24:53Yes.
00:25:05Three, six, nine, twelve.
00:25:11Twelve feet.
00:25:20Three, six.
00:25:22Now, I'm going to knock on the other wall. When you hear me, you knock on this wall.
00:25:33Tap lower down.
00:25:48Oh!
00:25:52Oh!
00:25:53Oh!
00:25:53Oh!
00:25:53Oh!
00:25:53Ah!
00:25:54Oh!
00:25:55Oh, Lance! I fought again!
00:26:08Where'd it come from?
00:26:09From in here.
00:26:17What if it ran out of here? I'd have seen it.
00:26:20Lance, it doesn't run. It just floats.
00:26:23Yeah, but why didn't I see it?
00:26:27You don't believe me.
00:26:29How can I?
00:26:50I'm Annabelle Lauren.
00:26:56You must be Miss Manning.
00:26:58I realize this is a very unusual and I'm afraid very dull party.
00:27:03Wouldn't you like to freshen up?
00:27:15I'm sorry.
00:27:16This is your room. Depressing, isn't it?
00:27:20I doubt if I'll spend much time here.
00:27:23It's going to rain.
00:27:25Perfect atmosphere for my husband's party.
00:27:31Why did you come here?
00:27:32He said he'd give me $10,000.
00:27:36Why did he pick you?
00:27:37I don't know.
00:27:39My supervisor just came and said I'd been invited.
00:27:46How long have you known my husband?
00:27:48I just met him tonight.
00:27:50So?
00:27:53Why you?
00:27:59What were you doing wandering around by yourself?
00:28:02Well, I was in the cellar with Lance.
00:28:05Mr. Schroeder.
00:28:06I just left, that's all.
00:28:10Don't do it again.
00:28:12Don't go anywhere in this house by yourself.
00:28:16Now fix your face and I'll come by for you in a few minutes.
00:28:20But I...
00:28:20You're in danger.
00:28:22We all are.
00:28:25But who?
00:28:26I hope for your sake you never find out.
00:28:44I'm Annabelle Lauren.
00:28:45Were you looking for something?
00:28:47Not exactly.
00:28:48Are you the doctor?
00:28:49No.
00:28:49No, I'm Lance Schroeder.
00:28:50The pilot.
00:28:51You've hurt yourself.
00:28:52Oh, it's just a bump on the head.
00:28:57Which is my room?
00:28:58I believe this is it.
00:29:01Thank you, Mrs. Lauren.
00:29:04Annabelle, Lance.
00:29:16You were with the young girl in the cellar.
00:29:18Why was she so upset?
00:29:20Was she?
00:29:21And you don't look like the type to around bumping his head.
00:29:24What really happened, Lance?
00:29:26Well, Nora thought she saw a ghost, but I didn't see anything.
00:29:30She was just frightened then.
00:29:32Ann mad at me.
00:29:33I think I kidded her about it.
00:29:36I wouldn't joke about anything else that happens here tonight.
00:29:39Now, don't tell me you're taking all this seriously.
00:29:43Aren't you?
00:29:44Well, I'd like to find out what hit me.
00:29:48Lance.
00:29:51If I need help, may I count on you?
00:29:55Sure, I guess so.
00:29:59Look, what's going on here anyway?
00:30:01I mean, what is with this party bit?
00:30:03This is no party.
00:30:04He's planning something.
00:30:05Your husband?
00:30:06I wish I knew what it was.
00:30:09Must be pretty big if he's gonna lay out 50,000.
00:30:11The money doesn't mean anything.
00:30:13He has a reason for getting us all up here to this dreadful old house.
00:30:17Well, what for?
00:30:18He doesn't even know us.
00:30:20Maybe that's exactly why you're here.
00:30:23Well, what can he get away with?
00:30:25Oh, he thinks that big money like his can get away with anything.
00:30:29You know, of course, that I'm his fourth wife.
00:30:32The first simply disappeared.
00:30:34The other two died.
00:30:35All right.
00:30:37Lance.
00:30:38I don't want to join them.
00:30:42You mean he, uh...
00:30:44Oh, his doctor said they died of heart attacks.
00:30:47Two girls.
00:30:49In their 20s.
00:30:51Well, what can he do?
00:30:53My husband is sometimes insane with jealousy.
00:30:55Nothing matters to him then.
00:30:58Please be careful.
00:31:00Would he hurt you?
00:31:03He would kill me if he could.
00:31:27Annabelle, you're missing all the fun.
00:31:30Nora Manning was almost killed by a falling chandelier.
00:31:33The pilot bashed his head in.
00:31:35Is he badly hurt?
00:31:36The Saturnine psychiatrist bandaged him up.
00:31:39Don't you want to go and console him?
00:31:41As you do most men.
00:31:43In your fashion.
00:31:45You're so clever, Frederick.
00:31:48As I lie awake nights wondering why I married you.
00:31:51It was rather a mistake.
00:31:53You didn't marry me, dear.
00:31:54I married you.
00:31:55Unpleasant, but no mistake.
00:31:58Hurry up.
00:31:59Frederick, for the last time, I'm not going to your party.
00:32:03And for the last time, it's not my party, but yours.
00:32:07And you are going.
00:32:10I am not.
00:32:12Are you ready, dear?
00:32:14No.
00:32:15Are you ready, dear?
00:32:17Yes, damn you.
00:32:19Would you adore me as much if I were poor?
00:32:22No.
00:32:23All you want to be is a lovely widow.
00:32:27It's almost time to lock up the house.
00:32:30Then your party will really begin.
00:32:34I wonder how it'll end.
00:32:55It's close to midnight, Lance.
00:32:58Okay.
00:32:59I'll be down in a minute.
00:33:07Who is it?
00:33:08Your host, my dear.
00:33:11It's almost midnight, Nora.
00:33:13We're all going to get together down in the living room.
00:33:15All right, Mr. Lloyd.
00:33:16I'll be right down.
00:33:50You're welcome.
00:34:00Come on, see you.
00:34:01I'll be right down.
00:34:01You're welcome.
00:34:01Well, you can wait.
00:34:02Let's go.
00:34:02And you hit me.
00:34:02What's up, how are you?
00:34:04What's up, sir?
00:34:15Who is here?
00:34:16Come with us. Come with us before he kills you.
00:34:32Where's Nora? Miss Manning.
00:34:40I don't want to stay here.
00:34:43Nora, what happened?
00:34:55That's Jonas Slides and his wife. They've been caretakers here for years. She's blind, you know.
00:35:03I'm not going to stay here.
00:35:07Well, Doctor, it looks like we have a real case of hysteria on our hands.
00:35:12I think she's just a little upset, not hysterical.
00:35:21Good evening.
00:35:27Hello, my dear.
00:35:29This is my wife. These are our guests.
00:35:33Ruth Bridges, Dr. Trent, you know Watson Pritchard, of course.
00:35:37Nora Manning, and this is Lance Schroeder.
00:35:48Get me out of here.
00:35:50What about the $10,000?
00:35:51I don't care. He wants to kill me.
00:35:53Who wants to kill you?
00:35:55Mr. Lawrence.
00:35:58May I have your attention, please?
00:36:00I think you all remember the bargain we made about staying all night. $10,000 apiece.
00:36:06If any of you don't survive, $50,000 will be divided amongst the rest of you.
00:36:12If I should die, you will be paid by my estate.
00:36:21When the door is locked from the outside by the caretakers, we'll all be forced to stay in this house
00:36:25until morning.
00:36:27If any of you decide not to stay, you must leave with the caretakers now.
00:36:30You won't have a chance to change your minds later, because there'll be no way to get out.
00:36:36I don't want to stay.
00:36:37Wait.
00:37:02It isn't midnight yet. Who told them they could leave?
00:37:04They never leave before midnight.
00:37:06Well, they've gone now.
00:37:08I was going to ask you whether you wanted to stay or not, but it seems that the caretakers have
00:37:13made the decision for you.
00:37:15We're all locked in now.
00:37:17But I don't want to stay.
00:37:18I'm sorry, my dear, but it's too late now.
00:37:22Darling, haven't you had enough of this silly game?
00:37:25Get some cars up here for these people and let them go home.
00:37:28But pay them first.
00:37:32This is your party.
00:37:34Remember.
00:37:37In spite of my wife's faith in my ability to do the impossible, we will all have to stay in
00:37:43this house until 8 o'clock in the morning.
00:37:45But we have some party favors for you in these little coffins.
00:37:55This is my wife's idea.
00:37:58I must say, I think it's rather dangerous.
00:38:00I suppose you all know how to use one of these things, but in case you don't, you just press
00:38:06down on this lever with your thumb and then pull the trigger.
00:38:13You see, they're loaded.
00:38:18These are no good against the dead, only the living.
00:38:22Doctor?
00:38:25Lance?
00:38:30Nora?
00:38:33Go ahead.
00:38:34Take it.
00:38:38Miss Bridgers?
00:38:40Miss Bridger.
00:38:46And here's yours, dear.
00:38:47I don't need it.
00:38:49It was your idea.
00:38:50Who knows, you may want to use it on me before this night is over.
00:38:56Throw these guns away. They won't do you any good.
00:39:00I agree with Pritchard on that point, although not for the same reason.
00:39:04Dr. Trent, don't you approve of our little party favors?
00:39:12Suppose Nora had had a gun when she mistook the blind woman for a ghost.
00:39:16I don't think anyone else is going to walk around in total darkness.
00:39:21Oh, I'm sure we're not going to go running around the house shooting each other, aren't you?
00:39:25Who knows? Fear makes people do amazing things.
00:39:34Mr. Pritchard, you said your sister-in-law killed a man and a woman here and cut them up?
00:39:41You said they found hands and feet, but they never found any heads.
00:39:45Would you like to see one of those heads? Would you all like to see one of those heads?
00:39:49Yes. Well then, just follow me.
00:40:01Darling, I really don't need this.
00:40:19Just go look in my suitcase. Just go look.
00:40:36But it was in there. A woman's head.
00:40:39Nora, I think you're a little upset. Would you care for a sedative?
00:40:43Get out! Get out, all of you!
00:40:46All of you, get out of here and leave me alone!
00:40:49Just get out of here!
00:40:55You think it's all right to leave her by herself, Doctor?
00:40:58I wish she'd taken the sedative.
00:41:00What do you suppose she thought she saw?
00:41:02They're closing in on her.
00:41:03Look, Doc, I think somebody ought to stay with her.
00:41:05There could be a million people around her.
00:41:07But if they wanted her, they'd get her.
00:41:12What if he's right?
00:41:13He's too drunk to know what he's talking about.
00:41:15I wonder.
00:41:17I'll join you in a minute.
00:41:24Do you think it would do any good if you went in and talked to her?
00:41:28Do you think there really was a head in their suitcase?
00:41:31I don't know.
00:41:32A thing like that would put me right over the edge.
00:41:36Look, would you sort of stay up here?
00:41:38I mean, in case she needs help?
00:41:40All right.
00:41:41I'll be in my room.
00:41:43Just call it.
00:41:45Thanks.
00:41:57Are you sure there are only seven people in this house?
00:41:59It's positive, except for the ghosts.
00:42:02I don't believe in ghosts.
00:42:04Nor in frightening women.
00:42:07In Nora's case, it's gone far enough.
00:42:09Perhaps too far.
00:42:11What do you suggest we do about it, Doctor?
00:42:14Don't frighten her anymore.
00:42:39Nora?
00:42:43Nora?
00:42:53Nora?
00:42:55Nora?
00:43:17Laura!
00:43:20Laura!
00:43:22Laura!
00:43:33Laura!
00:43:34What do you know about this?
00:43:35They've taken her.
00:43:37In a little while, she'll be one of them.
00:43:41Where's Nor...
00:43:43Where is she?
00:43:44It's too late.
00:43:45It's too late.
00:43:46You'll never find her again.
00:43:48Pritchard, if you know where she is, you better tell me now.
00:43:50She's gone.
00:43:51She's gone to them.
00:43:52And there's nothing you can do about it.
00:43:55Yeah!
00:43:57No!
00:44:06Laura!
00:44:18Let her down!
00:44:33Screams
00:44:34Oh!
00:44:36Oh!
00:44:37Oh!
00:44:38Oh!
00:44:38Oh, oh, oh!
00:44:41Oh!
00:44:56Nora?
00:45:01She's dead, Mr. Lauren.
00:45:04Your wife hanged herself.
00:45:07Suicide.
00:45:37Please, Nora.
00:45:39Then, hide me.
00:45:40Please, hide me.
00:45:41What's the matter?
00:45:41Hide me.
00:45:42And, hang oh.
00:45:52He tried to kill me.
00:45:54He grabbed me and choked me and put me in that room.
00:45:58And then he went away and left me.
00:46:00Who?
00:46:02He thought I was dead.
00:46:04Who?
00:46:06Mr. Lord.
00:46:09Are you sure about this?
00:46:12I don't know. It was dark, but it must have been him.
00:46:17Has anybody seen you since he left you?
00:46:21I heard some people in that room, but I went by and nobody saw me.
00:46:26Mrs. Lord is dead.
00:46:29But how?
00:46:35Lord said she committed suicide.
00:46:37But I think somebody killed her.
00:46:39Him?
00:46:57He ended up passing away.
00:46:58Of course.
00:46:58We're not.
00:46:58He was whose weapon is not.
00:46:59Sir, when you've made a biblical dinner,
00:46:59I do not criticize you.
00:47:11He's not killing me.
00:47:12He's holding you.
00:47:18I'm sure you've come to the same conclusion I have.
00:47:20Yeah, I think so.
00:47:22Let's all have a meeting, discuss what to do.
00:47:25The living room?
00:47:26Okay, in a minute.
00:47:42I've got to go downstairs.
00:47:44Now, you lock yourself in here and don't let anybody know you're here.
00:47:47If he thinks you're dead, he won't come here.
00:47:49And I'll get back as soon as I can.
00:47:52You'll be all right.
00:47:57And if you have to, you use it.
00:48:41You'll be all right.
00:48:54So beautiful.
00:48:57So greedy.
00:48:59So cold.
00:49:07What are you doing in here?
00:49:08Wait.
00:49:09Wait.
00:49:10What do you mean coming in here?
00:49:12I didn't want them to take her away.
00:49:14You're drunk.
00:49:15They will if you don't watch her.
00:49:16You're drunk.
00:49:17All right, out with it, Bridget.
00:49:18Why did you come into this room?
00:49:19I'm the only one who understands.
00:49:20Understands what?
00:49:22Your wife isn't there anymore.
00:49:25She's already joined them.
00:49:27Look, Bridget, I've had enough of your spook talk.
00:49:29Get out, you sotten.
00:49:31Don't come back into this room again.
00:49:32I'm the only thing that's in the room.
00:49:33Come back.
00:49:44Please.
00:49:46You don't want you to buy anything.
00:49:46Be kind of the co-piece of olive oil.
00:49:47Go for it.
00:49:47Sorry.
00:49:47I'll go for it.
00:49:53Come back in here.
00:49:54roll up.
00:50:07Where's, what's her name?
00:50:09Nora.
00:50:11I didn't disturb her since I don't think this concerns her.
00:50:15No, you're right.
00:50:17Mr. Loren, isn't there some way we can get out of this house now?
00:50:22No, none at all.
00:50:25We could try breaking out.
00:50:26The only door to the outside is made of steel.
00:50:30The bars of the windows are set in solid stone.
00:50:34We've got to stay.
00:50:37I'm not afraid of your ghosts, Bridget.
00:50:42But I am afraid.
00:50:46When we came here a few hours ago, the only thing we had in common was the $10,000 we'd
00:50:50get.
00:50:51Now, however, we share something else.
00:50:53The death of Mrs. Loren.
00:50:57So far tonight, one of us was almost killed by a falling chandelier.
00:51:03One of us was mysteriously slugged.
00:51:06One of us has been driven to the brink of absolute hysteria.
00:51:10And one of us is dead.
00:51:13Were these accidents?
00:51:16Suicide?
00:51:17And we must stay here for six more hours.
00:51:19Six hours.
00:51:22Six of us.
00:51:25Time of night.
00:51:27It will be next.
00:51:29How will it happen?
00:51:31Let me ask you a question, Doctor.
00:51:34You were the first one to see my wife there.
00:51:37Did you also see anything that she could have climbed up on and then jumped?
00:51:41No.
00:51:43Did any of them?
00:51:48There was nothing.
00:51:50How then did she get up there so high?
00:51:54Exactly, Mr. Loren.
00:51:55How?
00:51:56She couldn't have pulled herself up there.
00:51:58She couldn't have dropped from the ceiling.
00:52:00Do you think your wife killed herself?
00:52:03No.
00:52:05She was murdered.
00:52:07By one of you.
00:52:14Or you, Mr. Loren.
00:52:17To deliberately kill someone, you must have a reason.
00:52:20We were all strangers to your wife.
00:52:22Only you had a motive for murder.
00:52:26What husband hasn't at some time wanted to kill his wife?
00:52:29What husband hasn't had a thousand opportunities to do it in such a way so that he'd never be suspected?
00:52:35I'm not such a fool as to hang my wife from a ceiling by a rope.
00:52:39The fact remains that you, or one of us, murdered Mrs. Loren.
00:52:43And that's a matter for the police.
00:52:45So, how do we get the police?
00:52:47That's my point.
00:52:48We can't until morning.
00:52:50What began as a silly party given by an eccentric has now involved us all in murder.
00:52:55For once, Pritchard may be right.
00:52:56All right. If another murder's in the works, let's stop it now.
00:53:00Another murder?
00:53:01Why not?
00:53:02Maybe one of us saw too much.
00:53:07Why should even a millionaire want to give each of us $10,000 to spend one night in a gloomy
00:53:12old house?
00:53:13To see some ghosts? Have a party?
00:53:16No.
00:53:17Have you finished trying me, doctor?
00:53:18And is the verdict guilty of murder?
00:53:21Oh, this isn't getting us anywhere.
00:53:22Somebody killed Mrs. Loren. We know that.
00:53:25One of us is guilty and the rest of us are innocent.
00:53:27Okay.
00:53:28Now, what we have to do for the next six hours is protect ourselves from each other.
00:53:33Do you really think...
00:53:34I don't think anything.
00:53:36I just know that I'm going to my room.
00:53:38And if anybody comes in, I'll shoot him.
00:53:41Or her.
00:53:42And if we all stay in our rooms, we'll be safe.
00:53:44Because the innocent will have no reason to leave his room.
00:53:47And the guilty will admit his guilt if he or she does.
00:53:50And we all have guns.
00:53:52And we'll all agree.
00:53:54Oh, I wish this night were over.
00:54:00Rooms?
00:54:01Guns?
00:54:03I tell you, it doesn't make any difference.
00:54:06They aren't through with us yet.
00:54:08Guns?
00:54:23Guns?
00:54:25Guns?
00:54:27Guns?
00:54:28Guns?
00:54:32Guns?
00:54:38Well, what's the use of saying good night?
00:54:54Good night.
00:55:15Good night, Doctor.
00:55:47Good night.
00:56:11Good night.
00:56:47Good night.
00:57:17Good night.
00:57:40Good night.
00:57:41Nora, it's me, Lance.
00:57:49You okay?
00:57:51They've all gone to their rooms and locked themselves in.
00:57:54Lance, I've been thinking.
00:57:55It was so dark down there, maybe it wasn't Mr. Lorne.
00:57:59It was him, all right.
00:58:00He tried to kill you, and he did kill his wife.
00:58:05How can he be so sure?
00:58:06She tried to warn me, asked me to help her.
00:58:10The doc thinks he's going to try and kill one of us.
00:58:14Now, there must be a way out of this place,
00:58:16and I'm going to find it and get the police before he does.
00:58:18I'm going with you.
00:58:20Well, if he finds out you're alive...
00:58:23No, Nora, you're safer here than any place else.
00:58:26Now, just lock yourself in and keep quiet.
00:58:34If I find a way out, I'll come back and catch you.
00:59:15That you're safe.
00:59:17That's not fair.
00:59:18You're safe.
00:59:21You're right, I'm sorry.
00:59:21You're safe.
00:59:21It must be.
00:59:22You're safe.
00:59:24It must be.
00:59:24It must be.
00:59:24I'm sorry.
00:59:24Oh, my God.
00:59:27I don't know.
00:59:55Let's go.
01:00:26Let's go.
01:00:51No!
01:01:10Oh, no!
01:01:13Oh, no!
01:01:29Oh, no!
01:01:34Oh, no!
01:01:36Oh, no!
01:01:38Oh, no!
01:02:19Oh, no!
01:02:28Oh, no!
01:02:28Oh, no!
01:02:56And admission of guilt, doctor?
01:02:59Certainly not.
01:03:01There's either somebody else in this house,
01:03:02or one of us has left his room.
01:03:04Did you hear anything?
01:03:09Organ music?
01:03:11That.
01:03:11And someone walking.
01:03:15You got yours?
01:03:18Ready?
01:03:19You look downstairs, and I'll look up here.
01:03:22Why not together?
01:03:24There may be only minutes, seconds left of someone's life.
01:03:26Why waste time?
01:04:22It's almost over, darling.
01:04:25Every detail was perfect.
01:04:28Every detail was perfect.
01:04:41What's happening?
01:04:43We've done it.
01:04:45A perfect crime.
01:04:47Beautiful.
01:04:49Has she killed him?
01:04:51Not yet.
01:04:52But she will.
01:04:56Get me out of this hanging harness.
01:05:00What's taking that girl so long?
01:05:02What time is it?
01:05:03At first, I couldn't get Nora to want to protect herself with a gun.
01:05:06After you appeared at the window, everything began to work just as we had planned.
01:05:10You were wonderful.
01:05:11Just the touch that finally drove her into complete hysteria.
01:05:14It'll be worth all of our planning, darling.
01:05:17Where's Nora now?
01:05:19What's happening?
01:05:20On her way to the cellar.
01:05:21So scared she'll shoot the first thing that moves.
01:05:24And Frederick?
01:05:25On his way to the cellar, too.
01:05:29David, are you sure none of them will suspect us?
01:05:31Of what?
01:05:32An hysterical girl accidentally shoots somebody?
01:05:34Who would suspect that we planned it that way, that we drove her to it?
01:05:37What about my suicide?
01:05:39Just a ghost party gag.
01:05:41We'll claim it was a dummy since I'm the only one who touched you.
01:05:43And the caretakers?
01:05:45Well, they had no idea what they were really doing.
01:05:47What about Nora?
01:05:48She's not stupid, you know.
01:05:49Darling, believe me.
01:05:50Everything we planned is working perfectly.
01:05:53Nora is sure Frederick murdered you.
01:05:55She thinks Frederick attacked her in the cellar, not me.
01:05:57And now Nora's almost out of her mind with fear.
01:06:00The heads, the music you're hanging.
01:06:01I tell you, when Frederick walks in there, she'll shoot him.
01:06:04It's taking too long.
01:06:06David, you ought to be there.
01:06:18When you hear the shot, come down to the cellar.
01:06:44Your
01:06:57I know.
01:07:13It's good.
01:07:27No, no!
01:08:10No, no!
01:08:14No, no, no!
01:08:22Eric!
01:08:58David?
01:09:01David?
01:09:03David?
01:09:06David?
01:09:18David?
01:09:20David?
01:09:20David?
01:09:21David?
01:09:23David?
01:09:27David?
01:09:30David?
01:09:35David?
01:09:36David?
01:09:37David?
01:09:38David?
01:09:40David?
01:09:43David?
01:09:44PHONE RINGS
01:10:32At last you've got it all, everything I have, even my life, but you're not going to live to enjoy
01:10:42it.
01:10:43Come with me, murderess. Come with me.
01:10:58PHONE RINGS
01:12:11Good night, Doctor. Good night, Annabelle.
01:12:16The crime you two planned was indeed perfect. Only the victim is alive and the murderers are not. It's a
01:12:25pity you didn't know when you started your game of murder that I was playing too.
01:12:37There must be some way to get in here. It's right along here, somewhere.
01:12:44Lance! I've shot Mr. Lorne. He's down in the wine cellar.
01:12:49Alive? I don't think so.
01:13:01It's him. He's alive.
01:13:08You didn't shoot anyone, my dear. I loaded your gun with blanks.
01:13:14I can tell you all now, Trent and my wife were planning to kill me. They failed. Trent tried to
01:13:23throw me in the vat. My wife stumbled and fell.
01:13:29I'm ready for justice to decide if I'm innocent or guilty.
01:13:55Now there are nine. There'll be more, many more.
01:14:04They're coming for me now. And then they'll come for you.
01:14:49And then, our Reno's coins were missed.
01:14:49It stands for dweltner with room!
01:14:49It stands for dweltner rattan ravedória.
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