410 - January 19, 1968

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[Maggie narrating] - A séance has been held in the great house of Collinwood,

a séance, which has suspended time and space

and sent one girl on an uncertain

and frightening journey into the past,

back to the year .

There, each of the Collins' ancestors resembles

a present day member of the Collins family,

but the names and relationships have changed

and Victoria Winters finds herself a stranger

in a sea of familiar faces.

Night over the old house

and a storm approaches from the sea,

but inside, another storm rages,

caused by the mysterious death of the Collins' only son.

- The men have come to take the casket.

- Take the casket? - Yes.

To the grave.

- Is my husband to have no service of any kind?

- We have all prayed.

- He is to be denied a proper burial?

- The one who has admitted to me

that she's never been baptized --

- I have some rights!

- As far as I'm concerned, you have nothing.

- Legally, need I remind you?

- You tricked my son into marrying you!

- You have never given me a chance.

Even now.

You refuse to accept the fact that I have sorrow,

that I, more than anyone else, feel --

feel such grief.

- I have never been influenced by displays of emotion.

- I will not let you take him away.

- You have no choice!

- I will decide where he is to be buried and when.

- It has already been decided.

He must be buried tonight!

- Why?

- Death of my son

would panic the people in the village.

I have seen what fear of the plague can do.

- You may have the body in the morning.

Tonight, I must be alone with him.

- You have already been alone with him.

There is no time.

Later in the day, we will decide what you want to do.

- I will do nothing that you ask

unless you leave him here.

- That is impossible.

I'm spreading the word that my son left hurriedly for England

on an important business.

- Why, that's insane!

- And you will say nothing to the contrary!

- Won't I?

I will tell the entire town

that your son died

and you buried him in a secret grave.

- You are alone now.

You have no one to protect you or to help you,

remember that.

Now, you will excuse me.

I will summon the servants.

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- Ben?

Ben?

Wherever you are hiding, hear me,

come to me. I need you.

More than I have ever needed you before.

You must come to me at once, Ben.

At once!

[thunder rumbling]

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[thunder rumbling]

[thinking] - I played the Tarot cards

to see into the future

and now, here it is in a book,

published it says,

in Bangor, Maine, the year .

But Bangor is in Massachusetts

and is years away.

Can Ms. Winters' story be true?

Can she have come from another time?

Or is this book some monstrous joke,

some work of the devil to frighten us from here

by telling us that Josette will die?

- You are reading that book again.

- To - to keep from thinking.

Tell me, how is Mrs. Collins now?

- Asleep.

For the moment.

- Perhaps, she should spend the night here.

- No.

Not in this house.

- We should go to the new house.

You're - you're exhausted.

I should not have allowed you to sit with her.

I should have insisted you leave.

- No.

No, I wanted to stay.

It's done us both good talking of Barnabas.

- Josette. - Remembering him

almost made us forget that --

No, we will never forget him.

Neither of us.

Ever.

- No, of course not,

but it will be easier after we leave here.

When we return to Martinique, it will all seem a -

a nightmare we once shared.

- When will you be going back?

- When will we be going back,

isn't that what you meant?

Because we must leave immediately.

- You do believe this book, don't you?

- I didn't say that.

- But you must if you're so anxious to go away.

- We have no reason to stay now.

- Jeremiah's estate is still not settled.

- The barristers are settling it, not us.

- My father is in New York, on business.

- He still feels that -- - However he feels now,

he will feel differently when I show him this.

- Why don't you admit that you believe that book,

that you think that it does foretell

what's going to happen to me?

- Josette, I don't understand it.

What I don't understand, I run from.

Is - is that wrong?

- I don't know what is wrong or right anymore.

- I will take no chances.

We will pack tonight and leave in the morning.

- No.

- But you can't want to stay here.

- I have promised someone I must stay.

- Promised whom?

- I cannot say. - I insist.

- No. Please, Aunt Natalie.

- Josette, you cannot expect me to allow you to stay

unless I know who have you promised.

- If I tell you, will you let me be?

- Oh, I can't promise that.

- There's one person and one person alone

who could ask me to stay and I would.

You should know who.

It's Barnabas.

- Josette! He is dead.

- He will come back to me.

Here.

He has promised me that.

- Poor darling.

- Don't you feel sorry for me.

I love him.

His death cannot change that.

He will come back to me. - How?

- I don't know that, but he will come back.

- So, the rest of your life will be spent here?

- Yes.

- Waiting, thinking each day,

"This will be the one"? Oh, it's insane!

- I think not.

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No! No!

- Oh, my poor darling!

- You men will go on.

I will follow you there.

I am sorry.

I thought you had gone.

- Where are you taking him?

- I would like to tell you,

but I cannot tell you, my dear Josette.

His death is our secret

and the less you know, the better.

- I don't understand. - Nor I.

Mr. Collins, since we are so involved --

- You must trust me, Madame.

Now, I would suggest that you both return to the new house.

I will see Mrs. Collins home myself.

- I must know where you're taking him! - Josette.

- I have to know!

- We will discuss it tomorrow.

- No!

- Who's that?

- Where? - What?

Where is it? What?

- There was a face at the window!

- There is no one here at the window.

You are upset, understandably.

Let me see you to your carriage.

I might have known it was you.

So, you have come back.

- Aye.

- He is dead.

My son will never intercede for you again.

- Mr. Barnabas is dead?

Mr. Barnabas --

- Have you come to steal his valuables?

- No, sir. He was my friend.

- Oh, yes, you were so close

that you have no feeling about hurting him

so that you could escape my house.

- He understood, sir. I - I swear he did.

- But I don't!

- You can do what you want to me,

but if you had any love for your son, you --

you'll let me grieve for him.

[Angelique] - Yes, you will, Mr. Collins.

- You will stay out of this. - I will not.

What he says is true.

Barnabas liked him. - Aye.

- You must treat him as your son would wish.

- I will decide this for myself in due time,

but I must go now.

Are you afraid if I leave this man here?

Shall I take him with me?

- No, I'm not afraid.

You forget, we were servants together.

- That, Madame, I will never forget.

- Thank you.

- I need your help.

Come into the drawing room. - Wait!

How did he die?

- I loved him, Ben.

You are the only person who knows how much.

- He said you didn't know the meaning of the word.

- He was wrong.

It is because I love him

that I'm going to do what I must.

With your help.

And you must help me, Ben.

- I don't know. - You will.

I want you to do three things.

Follow Mr. Collins and find out where

they are burying Barnabas.

- What are you plotting now?

- This is the last thing I will ever ask you to do,

I promise you that.

- You are scared. - Yes. Yes, please!

After you find out,

I want you to cut down a holly tree

and fashion a small stake from the trunk,

or inches long,

thick enough to be hit by a hammer.

The stake must be needle sharp.

- Wait! What's it for?

- Do as I say!

Or we will all die!

When dusk falls.

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[clock chimes]

I must insist that you treat Ben

as my husband would have wished.

- I did not come here to discuss Ben.

- I realize how much you disliked him --

- Madame, I have not been to my bed in over hours.

You will forgive me if I come to the point.

- Perhaps it would be best if Ben stayed here

in my employment.

- And you are content to stay here?

- I have always imagined living in a house like this.

With the money from the estate,

I will be able to improve things as I see fit.

I would like living here very much and be very happy.

After the shock of my husband's death has passed,

I will travel some, of course,

make friends, bring them here.

You do not approve of my talking this way.

- I do not approve of the life you described,

but I think there is another solution.

- Money, of course. - Yes, money.

For you to make a new beginning somewhere else.

- How much?

- Ten thousand.

- You offered me that much before I married your son.

- Very well.

Fifteen.

- In gold?

No.

- Twenty! And that's my final offer.

- You have , in the bank here in gold?

- In a bank in Boston.

- And all I have to do is leave?

- And sign this paper.

The first paragraph will assure you of any monies

or investments coming from the estate

as soon as it is settled.

The second paragraph is a promise

that you will never return to Collinsport

in your lifetime.

- You may leave the paper here.

- I want an answer now.

- What assurance do I have that the money is in the bank?

- Here is the passbook.

The money is payable to the bearer.

- I must think about it. - No!

- If I decide to leave, I will do so impulsively

and I shall leave tonight.

- Then how am I to know?

- The paper will be here signed and I will not.

- But you could take the book

and leave without signing the paper.

- Would you trust Josette in a situation like this?

- Why, yes, certainly.

- Then you will trust me.

I always knew that someday,

you would treat me as a lady, Mr. Collins.

Good afternoon.

- I will not!

- You have no choice!

- Here! - Oh!

Oh, you frightened me!

- Is this right?

- Yes, it will do.

- What for? That's what I want to know.

- I want you to go to the stable.

I want you to have a carriage here at o'clock.

That is nightfall, isn't it?

- What's going to happen after nightfall?

- You will see, Ben.

- No. Tell me.

- I will tell you when it is necessary,

but now, you must hurry! We have no time.

[thunder rumbling]

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- You got to tell me the truth!

How did he die? How did he die?!

- I did not want him to die, Ben!

- How did it happen?

- He was bitten by a bat.

- You caused that.

- He shot me, Ben!

He shot me!

- And he had reason to!

- You were always on his side!

If I weren't so sure of you,

I would think that you had told him.

Did you tell him?

- I didn't say a word!

- You would have become mute if you had.

It's getting dark!

- It's just the rain. - Are you sure?

- What's going to happen after it gets dark?

- I have to tell you,

but you can't get out of helping me, Ben.

You know that.

Barnabas --

Barnabas will come to life again at nightfall,

this night and every night throughout eternity.

Yes, Ben, that was my curse.

I hated him at that moment!

I thought he had k*lled me!

He is one of the living dead!

I cannot bear to think of what he is.

He will do terrible things, Ben,

more terrible than even I would ever wish on anyone.

I must stop him!

And the only way is to drive this into his heart.

Why is it getting so dark?

Quickly! Take me where he is!

- He's in there.

Behind the walls, there's a secret room.

They built it during the w*r.

They used to hide g*ns in there then.

It's hard to think of Joshua Collins being a patriot,

but I guess he was.

The first day I worked here,

he brought me to this place and opened the door.

I cleaned up.

He said he wanted it always to be ready.

You have to do what you said.

- I'm going to.

- But do you have to?

- Yes!

- You got me so befuddled, I don't know what to think.

I know he's dead, but - but you said!

I never heard of a man rising from his coffin.

- Do you know the word, "Vampire," Ben?

- Vampire?

- Open the casket.

- No!

Just leave him be! - It's getting --

it's getting dark! Open it!

- No!

- He'll comes to life, you won't be --

you won't be safe!

- If he comes to life, he will settle you!

- Ben!

[lid creaking open]

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