418 - January 31, 1968

[bunniefuu]

[narrator] -A séance has been held in the great house at Collinwood.

A séance, which has suspended time and space

and sent one girl on an uncertain

and frightening journey to 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

in a sea of familiar faces

swept along with the entire Collins ancestry

from a terrifying tide of inhuman horror,

the effects of which will haunt even the present.

[distant church bell rings]

- No!

Why have I risen to the summons of another night?

- I couldn't do it.

I know I promised you, but I - I couldn't,

I couldn't.

- You betrayed me, didn't you?

- Didn't you?! - Yes.

- Yes, I - I betrayed you.

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Please. I couldn't help it.

- You promised.

You swore that I would never be forced to rise again

as the monster I've become.

- I was going to do it.

I had the stake ready, I swear it.

- Then why didn't you do it? - I couldn't.

- You were the one person I thought I could trust.

- You can.

- That's not true.

- Please don't. I can't breathe.

- I would have never laid a hand on you before,

but now, no cruelty seems beyond me.

I wanted to be destroyed.

If you stopped out of some feeling for me,

that feeling was false, tragically misguided.

- I was ready to do it. I had the stake in my hand.

- Then why didn't you?

- She wouldn't let me.

- She?

- Angelique. - Angelique.

- Up here. Standing where I am now.

At first I could only hear her.

- You were imagining it.

- No, no, I wasn't.

The room was filled with her laughing, laughing,

like a crazy lady, like a witch.

- A witch.

- Then she was here.

She stopped me, I swear it.

- Are you certain that you're not having

your old fears of her?

- No, it was too real.

You know better than anyone what terrible powers she has

even in the grave.

- Am I never to be free of her?

- She won't let you be destroyed,

you can stop trying.

No matter what you do,

she's going to force you to carry out the curse.

- Never.

- It's already begun.

- What do you mean?

- Do you remember she promised to destroy everyone you love?

- I know.

- Now already Miss Sarah's lying in her grave. - I know, I know.

- it's my fault.

But I won't let the rest happen. I won't.

- What do you mean?

- You know as well as I do

the real target of Angelique's wrath is.

- Miss Josette.

- All the strength I have in me,

I will keep myself away from her,

I will not see her even though I promised

that I would return from the grave.

- She remembers your promise.

- What?

- Nothing.

- You talked to her. She mentioned me.

- No.

- What does she say?

You must tell me.

- Best not think about such things.

- What did she say?

Does she think of me?

Please.

- She remembers your promise.

- She-- - Go on.

- You mustn't think about her ever again,

even now.

- Just one last time, what did she say?

- She said she feels you near her.

- Near.

Yes, I - I must be near her again.

- Even - even from a distance. - No.

- I'd never harm her. - No!

- Whatever feeling I have left in me cries out for her,

for her love.

Without her, there's nothing left.

- You'll never see her again. - Only from a distance.

- She is going away.

- What? - She's going away.

- She's been convinced she's in danger here.

- She's leaving. - She has to.

- And you want her to go.

- Yes, I suppose she must go.

I must never see her again.

I'm happy because now she will be saved.

- It's what you really want

and maybe now the curse won't come completely true.

- Yes, the curse,

Josette must go away and go far away

as soon as possible.

- It's what you really want.

- What's human in me wants her to go away,

but there's not much human left.

- Maybe more than you think.

- Hardly anything at all.

- You're not going to her.

- No.

I'm going to where the night takes me,

but not to Josette.

[Angelique laughing]

- Go away, please!

I ain't done nothing.

- How good you have been! - No! I swear it.

- You have allowed yourself to be misguided.

- I don't understand.

- Well, do you really think along with Barnabas

that you can prevent my curse from being fulfilled?

- She's going away Miss Josette. - Yes,

- on an endless and eternal journey, but first--

- And Mr. Barnabas, he won't go near her.

- I know.

But what if dear sweet Josette should come to him?

- What?

- If Barnabas refuses to go to her,

then she must come to him.

- What do you mean?

What do you mean by that? What do you mean?

- You will see, Ben. You will see.

Josette.

Josette.

- Josette. - Josette.

[Barnabas] - Josette.

Josette.

Josette!

Josette.

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Josette.

Josette.

[Angelique laughing]

-Now, sleep, sleep deeply Josette.

Sleep, sleep,

and in your deepest, darkest sleep

surrender yourself to me.

Surrender yourself to me

and I will grant you your first and greatest wish.

[Barnabas] -Josette.

- Barnabas.

- You have returned to me. -Yes.

- You want to see him again, don't you?

[Barnabas] -Josette.

- Barnabas.

-In deepest, darkest sleep,

surrender to me

and your wish will be granted.

Now, dream, dream

and in your dream you will see me,

but only as a shadow.

Dream, dream and you will hear my voice,

but only as a disembodied sound.

You will not know your guide.

You will not know who it is who takes you in your dream

to that one place you long to see.

Dream.

Dream and come with me.

Dream. Dream...

Come, follow me.

You are almost in the depth of your dream.

- And where the place, I long to be.

Where is it? Where is it?

- Speak the name you long most to say.

- Barnabas. - Yes.

- You want to find him, don't you?

- All my heart.

- You want to see him again, don't you?

- I want nothing more.

- Your first and greatest wish is about to be fulfilled.

- No. I can't find him.

I can't remember.

- But you will find him.

- Where?

- When I tell you,

you must turn,

and your sleeping dream-filled eyes

will see the place where Barnabas can be found.

- Barnabas? - Yes, Barnabas.

- When I say the word, you must turn and see,

see and remember.

- I will.

- Now, turn.

- [screaming]

- See. See and remember.

[Angelique laughing]

- [screaming]

I know you're there.

Barnabas, I know you're there.

[Barnabas] -Josette.

Josette.

- I know you're there.

-Josette.

Josette!

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Josette. Josette.

- This is only a dream.

Why am I here?

- Josette? - Oh, Ben.

- Josette. What--

What are you doing here this time of night?

- You almost frightened me half to death.

- Sorry, but I - I was that surprised to find you.

- What are you doing here in the woods this time of night?

- You shouldn't be here.

Where are you supposed to be going?

- I believe I've asked you the same.

- I was going home by way of a shortcut.

- Come on, I'll take you. You must have got yourself lost.

- No. No, I'm all right, Ben.

You just continue on home.

- I can't leave you alone in a place like this.

Do you realize where we are?

- Of course, I do.

- We're right on the edge of the graveyard.

- I said, I knew where I was.

- Why?

Why are you going there?

- Ben, I don't believe I - I told you where I was going.

And I don't think that I have to discuss it with you.

- Forgive me, Miss, but please.

Please don't go there. Please, you can't.

- Ben, you don't know where I'm going.

- I do and you mustn't, you mustn't.

[Barnabas] -Josette.

-Josette. - Did you hear it?

- I didn't hear anything, no.

Now, please Miss, come with me.

- Did you hear that voice?

- It was the wind in the woods.

- It was his voice.

- His?

- Never mind.

- You heard his voice? - No.

- Mr. Barnabas? - Of course not, Ben,

- it was only the wind.

- You didn't hear his voice, believe me.

You don't realize whose voice you heard calling.

No matter how much it sounded like him.

- What are you talking about? - Please, please, Miss, come away.

- I want to know what you're talking about.

- Maybe it sounded like Mr. Barnabas to you.

- But it was really--

- Yes?

What were you about to say?

- It was really the wind in the woods.

- Ben, that's not what you're going to say.

- It was Miss, I swear it.

- But why is it so cold?

- It's the wind.

The wind in the woods.

- Ben, I know I can trust you,

perhaps you should come with me.

- I can't Miss, I've got to get back.

- But I'm not sure that I want to be alone.

- It wasn't my place to stop you in the first place.

Begging your humble pardon, I - I better get back.

- Ben, please don't go.

- You just go on the way you were going

and don't pay no mind to anything I say,

- no mind at all. - Ben.

- Please wait!

Is someone there?

It's so cold.

-Josette.

- The wind? -Josette.

- It must be the wind.

No!

[Angelique laughing]

Why am I here? It's only a dream.

[gate slams shut]

♪♪

Barnabas.

You're not a ghost. You're not dead.

- Why did you come to this place?

- I heard you calling.

- I calling?

- I - I knew that it wasn't the wind.

I knew that it was your voice.

I - I just couldn't believe it.

- I never called you.

- But you did, I followed your voice here.

Barnabas, why didn't you tell me that you are alive?

- You must go away. - What?

- You must leave this place. You must go far, far away.

- Yes, but we'll go together.

- You should never have come here.

- Barnabas, how can you say that?

- Don't you want to see me? - No.

- But that's not true,

you said you would return to me and you have.

- You must leave here at once, you are in great danger.

- I'm not.

You are here, Barnabas.

With your with me even - even this horrible,

frightening place, I am not afraid.

- Please, you must leave at once.

- Barnabas, how can you say that,

you know you don't mean it.

- I mean them with all my heart, with all my soul.

- Barnabas, you love me.

We both suffered so long, both of us.

- I beg you.

If you love me then go.

Forget that you ever saw me.

Remember only this as a terrible nightmare.

- But it's not a nightmare or dream.

- Don't you realize what powers there are over us

that we cannot control?

- Yes.

And I know now what those powers are.

- You do?

- Yes.

'Tis my love for you and your love for me.

- Leave me. Forget me.

Forget you ever knew me.

- No, no, I could never do that, never!

- Please, you mustn't come near me.

- Barnabas, whatever it is, I'm not afraid,

just take me and hold me and I'll never be frightened.

Just hold me in your arms and nothing will ever harm me.

Barnabas.

Barnabas.

Oh!

At last.

At last, I'm safe.

Barnabas, I'm safe, at last.

Oh, Barnabas.

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