(dog barking)
(bells ringing)
("Wedding March" organ music)
I love you.
("Wedding March" organ music)
(gun firing)
("Wedding March" organ music)
(bells tolling)
(gun firing)
(dramatic music)
(dog barking)
(chattering)
Hold these for me, would you please?
I think this is the one.
Again.
Yes, yes, this is it.
Here we are.
Finally ours, at last.
I forgot something.
What?
There we go. Get the door.
(humming triumphantly)
(laughing)
Well, Mrs. Carol Henderson.
Mrs. Carol Henderson, I like the sound of that.
Happy?
I love the house.
So do I.
I'm glad we bought it too.
(clock tolling)
I'm sorry, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson, but.
I do have to get back to the office.
One final paper.
I'll need your signatures on this.
Last of the probate.
You two will be very happy here.
It's a lovely house.
We get all the furnishings with it too.
Yes, and at this price, it's a real bargain.
I wanna thank you very much for your patience.
Thought we'd never get it settled.
Uh-oh, I'm going to be late.
Is the phone working?
Should be on tomorrow.
I'll phone from that store on the corner.
(clock tolling)
You have my card.
And if you ever need anything in the future, call me.
And thank you again.
(dog barking)
Something tells me we're not gonna get much done.
Something tells me you're right.
Hungry?
A little.
You wanna go for dinner?
Yes, at that little Italian restaurant at the bridge.
You're on, but I don't think we have
enough for both of us.
I have some.
I thought you were broke.
Dad gave me a present at lunch.
Oh, good for good old dad.
Let's get some of this stuff unwrapped first.
Jonathan, look.
This is a beautiful couple.
I wonder why they left this here.
They are an attractive couple.
Son of a bitch.
Butterfingers.
I didn't drop it.
Uh, here.
I suppose it just fell out of your hand?
[Jonathan] I didn't drop it, Carol.
[Carol] Put it in that drawer over there.
Let's finish the dust coats.
I could use a cup of tea. Do you want one?
Sure.
(humming)
(door creaking)
Jonathan?
(clock tolling)
Oh.
(screaming)
You bastard.
You scared the hell out of me.
Oh, the water's hot.
So am I.
I thought you wanted tea.
Right now, come here.
Right now.
Right now, tea.
(laughing)
Oh you.
Come here, you.
I know you hear whistling tea.
Mm-hmm (giggles).
Come on.
(teapot whistling)
There's some teabags on the cupboard there, hon.
Sugar?
Yes, please, two.
One, two.
Two.
Okay.
Oh.
Walter still on his diet?
No, I can't get him to stay on it.
Want me to break his arm?
You may have to.
(bell ringing)
What's that?
Sounds like an old phonograph.
(bell ringing)
("Wedding March" organ music)
Did you turn it on?
No, you did, real cute.
It must a started by itself.
("Wedding March" organ music)
Guess what's on the other side.
What?
I Love You Truly.
Give it here. Let me go put it over there.
[Carol] You hungry?
Na, tea's enough.
Wanna go to dinner? We can celebrate.
We'll have to go. There's nothing in the house to eat.
I'll take you to a nice seafood restaurant
I used to go to, what did you do with my tea?
It's right there where you left it.
What's it doing in the sink?
[Jonathan] You must have put them there.
My mind must be going, I'm sorry.
You want another one?
Nah.
Let's get the house straight, and we'll go to dinner, okay?
Okay.
(phone ringing)
Oh my God.
It's only the phone.
But it's turned off.
It was turned off.
(phone ringing)
Hello.
Hello?
(soft music)
So?
It's dead.
(soft music)
(dog barking)
(orchestral music)
Hey, hon, get my bath ready.
[Carol] I put some bubble bath in it
to make it smell nice.
Bubble bath?
It won't hurt you.
Well, I always wanted to take a bubble bath.
Let me see what I got here.
Ooh, is that a pistol you got there,
or are you just glad to see me, big boy.
You're the pistol.
(romantic music)
I could take the bath later.
Mm-hmm.
What makes you think you're gonna get any sleep tonight, hm?
What makes you think you're gonna
get any sleep tonight, hm?
I think there's an echo in here.
Come on.
(romantic music)
(water bubbling)
(romantic music)
(mysterious music)
(gas hissing)
(soft mysterious music)
(soft piano music)
(romantic music)
(dog barking)
(romantic music)
(door creaking)
(dog barking)
(soft music)
(dramatic music)
(dog barking)
[Jonathan] If I hadn't woken up,
God knows what would have happened.
You're sure now you didn't leave it on
when you went upstairs to bed?
We only just bought the house, Mr. Walsh.
I've only used the top front burner to make tea.
I'm not in the habit of leaving stoves turned on.
Some valves are hard to turn.
Maybe you thought you turned it off, and you didn't.
I don't see anything wrong with this.
It's a good make.
I've never had troubles with this before.
What can I tell you?
Thank you, Mr. Walsh.
Appreciate you coming out on short notice.
Here's my card.
And you can send the billing to that address.
Stocks, huh? I've got a cousin in that business.
Here's mine. In case you need anything, give me a call.
Mrs. Henderson.
Oh, I'll see you out.
(dog barking)
(traffic passing)
(dog barking)
(birds chirping)
(humming)
Call me later at the office?
Okay.
(traffic passing)
(engine starting)
(birds chirping)
I just had them.
Damn.
(birds chirping)
(clippers clicking)
(pot smashing)
(birds chirping)
(phone ringing)
Hello.
Dad, oh, it's working good.
I figured it'd be in by now.
How do you like playing house?
Well I love the house.
It has everything.
You know all those wedding presents that we got?
I don't think that I'm gonna need any of them.
I'm sending over your mother's linen and silver.
Don't need them around the apartment.
Just more work for Martha.
Oh, I got two tickets for Jerry Hermann's
new musical on the Seventh.
Uh, the Seventh, what day is that?
[Father] That Saturday night.
I better write that down, hold on.
Damn.
(sighing)
Hold on, I'm going into the kitchen for paper, Dad.
(humming)
(sighing)
(phone dialing)
(phone ringing)
What did you hang up for?
I don't know.
It's been very strange here the last two days, Dad.
You ever have a funny feeling that you were being watched?
[Father] I did when you were living with me.
Funny, real funny.
Gotta run, hon, I'll call you later.
(door buzzing)
Well, why didn't you use your key?
I can't unlock the door with all these
packages in my arms.
Come in.
Don't look at me like that.
Well, you could a put them on the floor.
Who was that on the phone?
It's none of your business.
What'd you buy?
What do you care?
Well, did you get enough for lunch?
Of course I did.
Was that Carolyn?
Yes.
Everything all right?
I certainly hope so.
Good.
(kettle clattering)
(soft mysterious music)
(creaking)
(dramatic music)
(groaning)
(dramatic music)
(moaning)
Damn it.
Damn.
Oh God.
Oh, damn.
(crying)
(dramatic music)
You have a vivid imagination.
It was only an accident.
It didn't cut too badly, did it?
No.
Jonathan?
Mm-hmm?
Nothing.
Did you call Tony and tell him about the housewarming?
He and Margaret left the kids
out at Mother's house for the weekend.
Ann called me earlier this morning,
and she said that because of da da da, da da,
she and Walter can't get here till Saturday morning.
Eh, you want me to leave the radio on for a while?
No, we might fall asleep with it on.
You better turn it off.
Don't put your wet towel on the end of the bed.
It'll warp the wood.
Hang it up please.
Whatever happened with the housekeeper?
Oh, I'm meeting Rose Novak tomorrow.
I sure hope she works out.
So do I.
This house is too much for you to keep up by yourself.
Hey, God, did I have a rough day.
(chuckling)
I'm tired.
Oh, poor baby.
(dog barking)
I love you.
I love you too.
Mm.
Oh.
(groaning)
(moaning)
Good night.
(groaning)
(soft mysterious music)
(dog barking)
(soft mysterious music)
(clock tolling)
(soft mysterious music)
(door banging)
What the hell?
(orchestral music)
(record smashing)
You shouldn't have smashed it.
(woman screaming)
Did you hear that?
You shouldn't have done that.
My God, Carol, it was only an old phonograph record.
It was more than that.
What do you mean?
I don't know. I just don't know.
(soft mysterious music)
(woman screaming)
(screaming continues)
(dramatic music)
(traffic passing)
(humming)
Good morning.
When is their housewarming?
Saturday night.
There'll be the six of us.
Tony and Margaret, Walter and I.
Have you and Walter seen the house yet?
Carol didn't want anyone to see the house
until she and Jonathan had their party.
Mother, I don't wanna go.
Just because you and Walter had a little tiff,
that's no reason to spoil Carol's housewarming.
You'll go, and you'll go with a smile on your face.
Hungry?
No.
Now you picked at your dinner last night.
You have to have something.
You're eating for two, you know.
Oh, God, I sound just like a mother.
A better mother I couldn't have.
Who else would let me knock on their door at two AM?
The next time you two pick a fight,
pick it at a more humane time
and don't make this a habit.
Oh, God, I'm too young to be a mother.
Now I'm gonna be a grandmother.
Whatever will I tell my boyfriend?
You mean Carlos?
[Mother] Who?
Carlos, that Latin waiter you picked up in the Oak Room.
I didn't pick him up, he picked me up,
and he wasn't a waiter, he was a maitre d.
I don't go to the Oak Room anymore.
They throw you out for soliciting?
You know, you have a very vicious sense of humor.
It's inherited. Where do you hang out now, hm?
None of your business. Hadn't you better call Walter?
What for?
He is the father, isn't he?
Shouldn't he be the first to know?
Sit.
You were the first to know.
I just can't tell him, Mother.
I'm afraid he'll think I'm trying to trap him.
What do you mean trap?
My God, girl, you've been married for three years.
And it's beginning to wear.
Did you and Dad have a rough time of it?
All marriages do, and three years
is one of the rough spots.
After that, it gets worse and worse.
Thanks a lot.
No, Dear, it isn't bad.
You just have to give your man a lot of rope to wander
with in the early years of wedded bliss.
Then, every year, you pull it in a little bit
without his noticing it, and soon you won't need it anymore.
I'll give him rope... enough to hang himself with.
Oh, Mother.
Stop that right now.
The last thing I want is to play mother to a crying brat.
I don't even do that for my patients.
God, I feel uncomfortable.
I ought to send you home right now.
I can't even get any love from my own mother.
You got plenty of that nasty stuff
when you were in pigtails.
Your husband's the one to give you love.
Now shut up and drink your breakfast.
I'll bet you don't treat your patients that way.
I get 85 an hour from them.
For that, they get my undivided love and attention.
You want 85? I'll give you 100.
I once some undivided love and understanding.
Darling, you and Walter have to smooth
out your own lives.
He doesn't need a meddling mother-in-law telling him
what to do, and neither do you.
But you're sticking up for him more than you are for me.
It's not fair. I'm your own flesh and blood.
You know, I sometimes question that.
You should take my side. You're my own mother.
Now you listen to me, young lady.
You're not the easiest person to get along with.
Ever since you were a baby, you've been strong-willed
and obstinate, and I had my hands full raising you.
Your father, God rest his soul, spoiled you rotten
for being an only child, and it's taken me years
to shake some sense into you.
Now you get right over to that phone
and call him at the office and apologize.
You've got a good man there and I, where are you going?
Somewhere else. Anywhere else.
And you can go to hell.
Is that any way to talk to your mother?
[Ann] I don't want you as my mother.
Young lady, you have one hour and 50 minutes
to get yourself together.
I called your husband, and he's due here at 12 noon
for lunch with his beloved mother-in-law
and his beloved wayward wife.
You didn't.
I did, and if you are the fine lady I brought you up
to be, you'll get back into that bathroom
and put on a new paint job and behave like
a dutiful wife to your husband.
You know, I can think of about half a dozen
four-letter words I would like to call.
I've heard them all and been called them
by some of the best.
Oh.
Why me?
Now watch these steps, Mrs. Novak, they're very steep.
Call me Rose, everyone does.
You don't know how glad I am you can start right away.
There's so much to be done.
I don't remember the basement being so full of cobwebs.
Where do you want me to start?
Well, you can start with the boxes right over there.
They're dishes and stemware, mostly.
Oh, what are these over here?
Oh, linens, blankets, et cetera.
Do you want me to take them upstairs after I unpack them?
No, my husband and I will carry them up.
We don't want you to do any carrying.
I see that we'll get along just fine, Mrs. Henderson.
If I can call you Rose, you can call me Carol.
I prefer to call you Mrs. Henderson.
I find that at least for me
a formal relationship works better.
Well, would you like me to take that
up to the kitchen for you?
Oh no, I'll be just fine, thank you.
I'll see you later.
Okay, I'll see you later then.
(humming)
(creaking)
(humming)
(creaking)
Uh, Rose Novak.
Yeah, she's started already.
She lives out here near us.
(chuckling)
Oh, don't forget that I'm coming in
with Jonathan to spend the day with you on Tuesday.
(Rose screaming)
(dramatic music)
(screaming)
(dramatic music)
(Susan laughing)
(soft mysterious music)
(laughing)
(dramatic music)
(screaming)
Mrs. Novak, Rose!
Rose!
(screaming)
(dramatic music)
Go, get out of my house.
(Rose screaming)
Mrs. Novak.
Rose.
Rose!
Mrs. Novak.
(dramatic music)
(soft mysterious music)
(door creaking)
Rose?
Rose.
(moaning)
Rose, Rose.
Rose.
(hard breathing)
Rose.
(horns honking)
(sirens blaring)
(sirens blaring in distance)
Well, there's nothing much we can do
but hope and pray she comes out of this.
You'll call us if there's any change, Dr. Marcus?
Of course.
Well... I've never seen anything like this before.
It's as if she were in a state of suspended animation.
The poor woman has no relatives as far as I can find out.
I've checked and called, made many calls and still nothing.
[Carol] I checked where she used to live in New Jersey.
[Jonathan] Did you check her address book?
(soft mysterious music)
(hard breathing)
(soft mysterious music)
(moaning)
(mysterious music)
[Susan] Rose.
Get out.
(dramatic music)
(hard breathing)
(moaning)
(dramatic music)
(hard breathing)
Go.
Get out.
(dramatic music)
Go.
Get out
out of my house.
Go.
(dramatic music)
(horn honking)
You did all you could.
You brought her to the doctor.
What more can you do?
I don't wanna hear any more about it, hon.
It's not your fault.
Somehow I feel it is, Dad.
Something happened to her in that cellar.
What could have happened?
You said you found nothing.
It has something to do with the house. I just feel it.
I don't know what to tell you.
Sell the house.
What, Martha?
Sell the house.
From what you've told your father, I'd say it had
the devil in it, sell the house.
Martha, they just bought the house.
So what? Sell it.
There's no need for that, Martha.
Hon, it's only a series of freak circumstances.
That's all it is.
I'd like to believe that, Dad.
I wanna find out more about the history of the house,
why it was closed up for so long, when it was built,
who Mark and Susan Webb were.
You told me it was everything you ever wanted in a house.
Remember how long it took you and Jonathan to find it?
Sell the house.
And you, Martha, are beginning to sound like a parrot.
That house has the devil in it, sell it.
More wine?
(soft music)
I'm glad you and Ann have this place to get away to.
Upstate New York?
It's such a good buy, we can't go wrong with it.
It'll be good to get away.
Walter, what is this with you and Ann?
Didn't she tell you?
Only what she wants me to hear.
I wanna hear your side of it.
I don't know what it is. She's never satisfied.
Maybe we're getting bored with each other. I don't know.
You two need a change of routine.
I'm glad you got this new place. When's the closing?
We don't know yet, but it should be soon.
You know, you should come up and help us renovate.
We could use some pointers.
How's work going? You don't have any money problems?
No, nothing like that.
When we were going together, we were never bored.
Now we seem to run out of conversation.
With Ann, that's hard to believe.
I don't know.
When I come home, she wants to go out,
and that's the last thing I wanna do.
Be patient, give it some time, it'll work out.
I love Ann.
Have you told her that?
Not lately.
Well it's magic, three little words
that can move mountains.
(door buzzing)
I got ice cream.
And me on my diet, no thank you.
Okay, what were you two talking about?
You of course, what else?
Everything revolves around you.
If only that were true.
Do you want your ice cream now?
No, give me a few minutes to catch my breath.
Are you gonna tell him, or shall I?
Don't you dare. I'm saving that.
[Walter] Saving what?
Nothing. Did you get the car fixed?
It was just the starter. Everything's fine now.
I'm dying to see their new house.
They got all the furnishings with it.
Talk about luck.
A lot of antiques.
Oh, speaking of antiques,
I got a call from your Aunt Bertha.
She says you owe her a letter.
Why does she do that, involve you?
Well that's all she has left
is involvement in other people's lives.
Write to her.
Now I hope you two are not gonna give me any more trouble.
The last thing I need is to be a marriage counselor.
You know, you contradict all the mother-in-law jokes.
[Ann] All this cheap sentiment, I'm going to be sick.
That sentiment is not cheap.
It cost me a lot of heartache.
Now I want you two to be very happy.
A marriage is more give than take. Any relationship is.
So be patient, think before you speak,
and I don't wanna see you two here again.
And you, young lady, are gonna help me with the dishes.
(dog barking)
(birds chirping)
(dog barking)
(dog whimpering)
(dog barking)
(dog whimpering)
(dog barking)
(whistling)
(dog barking)
(dog whimpering)
(birds chirping)
(creaking)
(rumbling)
(creaking)
(soft mysterious music)
- Jesus Christ! - What's the matter?
What's the matter?
Brandon, wait!
(dramatic music)
Go.
(dramatic music)
(burglar screaming)
(laughing)
(dramatic music)
(screaming)
(Susan laughing)
(screaming)
(groaning)
(laughing)
(groaning)
(Susan laughing)
(screaming)
(groaning)
(birds chirping)
(horn honking)
(chattering)
(birds chirping)
(laughing)
You didn't have trouble finding the place?
Nope, here.
What's this?
Housewarming presents, you better like them.
Did you bring the beer?
[Walter] No.
You didn't bring the beer?
We'll go to the store later.
You didn't have to do that.
How often do you two go around buying houses?
Well, this it. What do you think?
Beautiful, beautiful.
(chattering)
(laughing)
(dog barking)
(humming)
(lipstick clattering)
(whistling)
Uh-huh.
(whistling)
(exhaling)
(classical music)
(humming)
(brush clattering)
(classical music)
(water running)
(classical music)
(humming)
(steam hissing)
(classical music)
(screaming)
What happened?
I don't know. I thought I saw something in the mirror.
What happened?
Ann said she saw something in the mirror.
Who screamed? Was that you, Ann?
You scared the hell out of us.
What's wrong with the plumbing?
What do you mean?
Well, I was in the shower,
and the water turned scalding hot.
Just now, Walter?
[Walter] Uh-huh.
It's the first time we've used the bathroom
since we moved in, it could be the faucet's stuck.
Ann, you all right?
You look like you've seen a ghost.
I don't know.
I was sitting at the mirror, brushing my hair.
And I must have imagined it.
Must have imagined what?
It was a woman,
beautiful young woman in a wedding dress.
(soft dramatic music)
Well come on, everybody, let's get dressed
and go downstairs, come on.
Yeah, hurry up.
(chuckling)
(soft music)
(upbeat classical music)
(group chattering)
I don't think it'd take too long.
When are you having the closing?
Closing's at the end of August.
Good, I can start the first of September.
Honey, Ann and Walter are having their closing
the first of August, which means I can start
renovating the house in September.
Fabulous.
I talked to Ann Friday. She didn't tell me.
Congratulations.
The lawyer called and told us last night.
(classical music)
I'm so glad you and Walter got a place upstate.
It'll be great for you to get away.
We need it, Carolyn.
I haven't told Walter yet, but we're gonna have a baby.
(gasping)
Oh, God.
That's wonderful.
When are you gonna tell him?
Tonight, I was saving it for your housewarming.
(laughing)
(classical music)
Uh-huh, where did you first see it?
In the New York Times.
And I couldn't believe the price.
We got it for a song.
I know. Jonathan and I wish we'd seen it first.
Toast time.
You wanna get the glasses? Tony, you wanna help?
(chattering)
- There you go. - All right.
This is for Ann.
Oh.
This is for me.
And this is for my baby.
And this is for Walter.
And this is for Margaret.
And this is for Tony.
Mm, oh.
Okay.
I bought this a whole year ago,
before Carol and I found this place.
Little did I know that we'd find such a house.
A place that needs renovating.
You think so?
Sure, it'd be a good idea.
You tear out some of the upstairs,
put in a second kitchen, save a lotta steps.
Ah, stop talking shop.
Okay, everybody.
Friendship.
- Friendship. - Friendship.
And good health.
And lots of money.
Ah, and lots of money (laughs).
And to...
The new baby.
- What? - Hey.
The Chase family is proud to announce,
within the next six months, the birth of a boy
or girl by the name of...
You devil, you. Why didn't you tell me?
I was saving it for tonight.
And to everyone.
And to the new house of Jonathan and Carol Henderson.
The Henderson House, just thought of that.
(laughing)
(clock tolling)
That's good, Jonathan.
You ever think of going into advertising?
(laughing)
To Henderson House.
With a few changes.
To Henderson House.
(dramatic music)
(glass smashing)
Susan.
Sh.
Let me.
No no no, go ahead and pass. I'll get the broom.
[Jonathan] Tony, you wanna get more glasses please?
Yeah, sure.
(soft mysterious music)
We could put in another small bathroom upstairs,
since we'll be rearranging the plumbing for the kitchen.
Carol's set on no changes.
She likes the house the way it is.
Between the both of us, we can change her mind.
I'll take that.
Put it in the garbage by the sink.
(soft dramatic music)
(screaming)
(plates smashing)
(screaming)
(group panicking)
[Walter] Honey, watch it.
You got her?
Get some towels and water, quick.
Raise her arms.
[Tony] I'm gonna go call the doctor.
The rug pulled out right from underneath me.
Boy I really screwed things up. I'm sorry, Jonathan.
That's all right.
Look the other way now. This is gonna hurt.
(screaming)
Easy.
Okay, all right, all right.
Come on, one more.
Hold her hand.
That's it.
Okay.
Give me your face.
Was that the doctor?
(soft mysterious music)
I knew it. I knew something was going to happen.
There's something about this house, Jonathan.
Martha was right.
[Jonathan] Martha?
Dad's housekeeper.
What does she have to do with us?
A lot of strange things have happened
since we moved in, Jonathan.
At first, I thought it was my imagination, coincidence.
I talked to Dad about it.
Martha said she thinks there's a devil in the house.
Now I'm beginning to believe she's right.
Hey, come on now, this is not like you, now stop it.
(soft music)
I'm sorry.
Jonathan, I feel awful.
Is Margaret gonna be all right?
She's fine.
The ambulance took her to emergency,
and then Tony's taking her home.
Walter and Ann should go, Jonathan.
The house doesn't want them here.
The house doesn't want us here.
(soft music)
Make them go, Jonathan, please.
Please.
(soft music)
Do you hear what you're saying?
It's nonsense. Now stop it.
Walter and Ann are leaving the first thing in the morning.
(exhaling)
(soft music)
(Walter humming)
(accordion music on radio)
(muffled music)
(singing in foreign language)
(muffled music)
(soft dramatic music)
(explosion)
(soft mysterious music)
(birds chirping)
And today, all of us here assembled on hallowed ground
have shared moments of joy and sorrow.
(mournful organ music)
Walter Chase was a man loved by many.
A man whose life was cut short by an unfortunate accident.
A man with whom we shall all be reunited
at some God-chosen future time and place.
(mournful organ music)
Let us all now, each in his and her own way,
say a silent prayer.
(mournful organ music)
(crying)
("Amazing Grace" organ music)
(crying)
("Amazing Grace" organ music)
(traffic passing)
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I don't know, Jerry. I said I don't know.
Hold on a minute, Jerry. Yeah, Judy, what is it?
Your wife is on three. Should I tell her to call back?
Uh, tell her to hold on.
About the Goldman appointment,
should I change that to next week.
Uh, good idea, Judy.
Jerry, look let's get together next Tuesday
and we'll hash it out.
(typewriter clacking)
Mrs. Henderson, he'll be with you in a moment.
Mm-hm.
Oh, and thank you for that lovely engagement present.
No.
No, I wouldn't quit on him, least not for a couple of years.
Oh, here he is.
(typewriter clacking)
Yeah, what's up?
Do you remember when I told you last night
that I wanted to find out more
about the history of the house?
Well I'm down here at City Hall.
What did you find out?
Did you find out anything more about the probate?
I'm meeting a Willis Cobb here at 11:30 at City Hall.
Yes, I know, Jonathan.
No, he used to know Mark and Susan Webb, that's right.
Jonathan, I know how...
Excuse me, are you Mrs. Henderson?
Yes I am.
I'm Willis Cobb. We have an 11:30 appointment.
He's here, hon, I've gotta go.
I call you later, bye-bye.
It's not 11:30 yet.
I know, but I'm running a little ahead
of schedule this morning.
It was very rude of me to interrupt you that way
while you were on the phone,
but we live in rude times, Mrs. Henderson.
The whole world is rude.
Years ago, we had manners with beauty around it.
Now, it's anything ugly's a way of life.
People have forgotten how to live with manners,
so you do the same thing.
You wake up one fine morning
and you find you're rude just like the rest of them.
(typewriter clacking)
(intercom buzzing)
Stockroom.
Yeah, Barbara, what is it?
Oh, well, put him on.
Jonathan?
Mm-hm.
Uh-huh.
When?
Today?
What time?
Does it have to be done today?
All right. I'll catch the 1:30.
Someone will be there?
Just give it to her.
Mm-hm.
What time are you due back here?
You're not.
Okay, I'll see you Monday then.
Bye.
Oh, Jonathan.
You have a 10 o'clock appointment on Monday, don't forget.
The Hooper account.
(laughing)
Very funny.
Bye.
(typewriter clacking)
The house was bought in late spring of that year.
The closing was in April,
and they took possession immediately.
I knew them very well.
He used to come in with her all the time,
and they'd insist on taking me to lunch.
They were such a beautiful couple.
They loved each other very dearly.
Their whole lives were each other.
He spent years restoring that house.
And the research we did, my the three of us.
Do you know, they spent almost all their spare time
searching out the original furnishing
before the house fell into disrepair.
Then they lost their baby.
We were heartbroken.
They wouldn't talk about it.
They just worked harder and harder restoring the house.
Oh, I used to be a house guest on weekends,
and you could feel that house come alive
with their love and their adoration.
And then it happened.
What?
Susan found a lump in her right breast.
They went to a doctor, and he ordered an operation.
But it was too late. The cancer had spread too far.
They did everything.
Doctors, everything... no use.
On August the 10th, it'll be three years ago this month,
Mark and Susan Webb died of gunshot.
On the anniversary of the day
they took possession of their house.
Please, excuse me a second.
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(whooshing)
(birds chirping)
(traffic passing)
(soft mysterious music)
(dramatic music)
(mournful woodwind music)
(mournful organ music)
There have been times in history when a soul
or a ghost has taken possession of something.
Or so it seemed.
Do you think such a thing is possible?
I don't know.
Suppose I come over to your place. We could talk.
When would you like me?
The sooner the better.
Tomorrow then.
I have an early christening.
I could be at your place by noon.
Good.
(mournful organ music)
(birds calling and chirping)
(traffic passing)
When you say that objects move, what do you mean?
Well I'll put something down and I'll turn away,
and then when I turn back again, it's not there anymore.
You could have imagined this.
She didn't imagine it.
The phonograph was playing the Wedding March.
You leave a room, you come back in
and things have moved from where you left them.
Let's go inside.
(birds chirping and calling)
(clock tolling)
Well, after looking it over, I'd say the house seems normal.
This figure, the one your friend saw.
Who do you think it was?
I know who it was.
I showed a portrait, the one that Jonathan said pulled out
of his hands the first night in the house, to Ann.
She identified it as Susan Webb.
The young couple that committed suicide?
[Carol] Yes, Mark and Susan Webb.
Well I don't know what to tell you.
As I see it, the soul of Susan is controlling,
let's say the soul of the house.
They've become one.
I don't see any way of resolving the problem
except... sell the house.
(woman screaming)
That's the same sound we heard
the night she smashed the Wedding March.
Look, we love this house.
My brother's a real estate developer.
He could give you a very nice price on your house.
Here's his card.
(woman screaming)
Look, you better leave.
(whooshing)
(door banging)
God, the door's locked.
(door banging)
Come on, let's go through the back.
No, this way, this way.
(soft mysterious music)
[Minister] Move it.
(woman screaming)
(soft mysterious music)
(laughing)
(soft mysterious music)
[Johnathan] The stairs!
(shrieking)
Go.
Go, leave our home.
(dramatic music)
The other way, come on!
(screaming)
(dramatic music)
I've gotta get to him. Oh my God, no!
(screaming)
(dramatic music)
(groaning)
Get him, oh my God.
(Minister screaming)
(dramatic music)
Pastor, Pastor.
Oh.
[Carol] Oh God!
(moaning)
(dramatic music)
Come on.
(dramatic music)
(screaming)
Jonathan.
Okay.
All right, nice and quiet, let's go.
We're gonna go through the front door.
Okay.
Oh boy.
(mysterious music)
Okay, everybody.
We're gonna go through the front door.
(whooshing)
Nice and easy.
Carol go first.
Okay, hurry up.
(screaming)
(dramatic music)
Oh, God, get it out.
(dramatic music)
(birds chirping and calling)
I'm sorry, darling.
It's not your fault.
I can't see any other choice.
I love this house so much.
So do I.
I'll get the car ready.
(soft woodwind music)
(soft mysterious music)
(bus passing)
(soft mysterious music)
I'm sorry.
Don't... go.
(soft mysterious music)
We can't stay.
(soft mysterious music)
Not now.
(traffic passing)
Don't... go.
We will leave
you alone,
if you
keep our house
just
as it is.
(soft mysterious music)
(traffic passing)
I'm sorry.
(soft mysterious music)
[Jonathan] Carol.
(soft mysterious music)
[Together] Hello, Jonathan.
[Jonathan] Oh my God.
(fast dramatic music)
(bell tolling)
("The Wedding March" organ music)
I love you.
("The Wedding March" organ music)
I love you.
("The Wedding March" organ music)
(dramatic music)
(gun firing)
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(soft music)
(dog barking)
(soft music)
(barking continues)