576 - September 8, 1968

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♪ [EERIE MUSIC]

NARRATOR:Night lies over the great estate of Collinwood,

and in an old house on the wooded grounds

a young man is forced to work on a project he loathes,

forced because his finance's life is at stake.

And while he grapples with the problem of creating human life,

he stands unknowingly on the brink of terror.

♪ [TENSE MUSIC]

Good evening.

How did you get in here?

Who are you?

What do you want?

Who I am doesn't matter.

I've come to help you with the experiment.

How did you get in here, I locked that door--

You're Jeff Clark, aren't you?

Well, that's very clever, how'd you find that out?

I just knew, from the description.

JEFF: What description?

The one Adam gave me.

You know Adam?

Yes, yes I've promised Adam I'll help him,

when his mate is ready.

You look very familiar to me.

I've seen you someplace before.

No, no we've never met.

If you're supposed to help with the experiment,

why hasn't anybody told me?

Oh, I'm sure I don't know.

Well, I'm sure we'll find out right now.

Come on.

What are you looking at me like that for?

What's the matter with you?

Hey, look, I know...

What, hey, hey...

[CHOKING]

♪ [EERIE THEME MUSIC]

♪ [TENSE MUSIC]

What happened?

[HEAVY BREATHING]

What did you do?

What did you do to me?

Let's start now.

Hey, don't do that.

You can't give me orders.

You understand that, don't you?

And you won't forget it, will you?

My life force will go into this.

She will rise, walk, breathe...

and I will be free.

Can we start now?

- Start what? - The experiment.

♪ [FRANTIC MUSIC]

No, no we can't.

Julia Hoffman's the only one that can do that.

- You can do it. - No!

You'll have to deal with her.

You will try?

Yes...

No.

No, I couldn't even try alone.

You must.

You worked with Doctor Lang.

How did you know that?

- Adam told me. - When?

Look, it doesn't matter,

I know you helped Doctor Lang, you helped create--

No, I only helped in the beginning,

I didn't have anything to do with bringing him to life!

Those... Those books of Doctor Lang's,

they tell you what to do, don't they?

- You told me you were here to help me. - Yes.

You said you were gonna put the life force into this.

Yours!

But Barnabas and Julia never told me anything about that.

And this body isn't ready yet.

It's not? But it must be!

Why, why, because you say so?

I'm telling you that nobody could put life into this yet.

When will it be ready?

I don't know.

But you will find out?

Stay away from me.

Oh, you don't seem to understand how serious I am,

how desperate.

You must use me as the life force!

What happened to Barnabas will happen to me.

- No, you may die. - No, Barnabas didn't die.

[HEAVY BREATHING]

Do you mind my putting my arms around you?

Yes.

You'll learn not to mind.

I'll teach you not to mind.

♪ [EERIE MUSIC]

I was surprised by the news of your engagement,

I admit.

Of course, we're all very happy for you.

Thank you, Roger.

- I don't know Jeff Clark terribly well. - You'll like him.

Oh, I'm sure I will,

he seems to be a very presentable young man.

He is, and we're going to be very happy together.

Well, we want you to be, all of us here.

Well, for once, I think you're gonna get what all of you want.

What kind of work does he plan on doing,

do you know?

No, I... I don't know.

ROGER: Well, I don't suppose it matters if you don't,

as long as he knows.

Well, actually, he's very bright,

there are a great many things he could do.

Well, is he interested in business?

VICKY: Well, yes, but he has no experience.

Well, we don't require that, we provide it.

Roger, are you offering him a job?

Well, would that be so unusual?

No, but, Roger of all the nice things you've done,

this is the nicest.

Well, now, it's not a job, exactly.

Well, actually, it is.

We're sending two of our young junior executives

to a sales training program in Boston,

and I see no reason why Clark shouldn't go too.

Uh, and if his report is good--

Oh, it will be.

Well, then we'll certainly find a place for him.

Roger, thank you, you don't know.

This means that we can get married sooner.

Oh, well, I'm not sure I like that idea at all.

We're gonna be very happy.

I don't know how to thank you.

♪ [EERIE MUSIC]

You will remember me...

and you will remember this night.

But no one else will know

and when the body is ready, you will call me,

and I will come to you.

We will do the experiment together, alone.

Do you understand, Jeff?

Oh, I understand.

You will do everything I tell you to do.

I will do everything you tell me to do.

We will make her live, together.

Yes, yes we will.

And when we do...

When we do...

I will begin to live again.

[KNOCKING]

Jeff, I thought you'd never get here.

I have some wonderful news for you.

Jeff, what's the matter?

I guess I'm just tired.

I probably should go back and get some sleep.

No, you can't do that, Roger wants to talk to you.

Roger?

ROGER: Oh, there you are, Clark.

I thought I heard someone come in.

You haven't told him, have you?

- No. - Good.

Come in, Clark.

♪ [EERIE MUSIC]

Well, I wanted to congratulate you

on your engagement.

Thank you.

You know, we're very fond of Vicky, as you know.

And we're very concerned about her future.

Yes, yes, I'm sure you are.

And since she chooses you.

Why, that's good enough for us.

We'd like to help in any way we can.

That's very kind of you.

ROGER: Is anything wrong?

No, I was just, uh,

just wondering when Vicky was going to come back.

Well, she probably thought it best for you to hear

the news alone.

News?

Yes, we're sending some men to Boston

on a training program, it's for sales.

I think they leave day after tomorrow,

and will be gone for about six weeks.

When you come back, there'll be a place for you.

Your position will be determined by the work

you do at the seminar.

Mr. Collins, you're offering me a job?

Well, yes, actually, I am.

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Well, you certainly don't seem overjoyed

by the prospect.

Oh, I am, I really want a job.

Well, I'm glad to hear it.

Come by the office in the morning

and meet the other two men,

and we will discuss the details.

I think you'll find the program interesting and informative.

When did you say I had to leave?

ROGER: Day after tomorrow.

Well, I... I can't go now.

Maybe in a week.

Well, you don't seem to understand.

These universities do this thing about once a year.

I can't change the date on it.

Well, then...

thank you very much, but...

Are you turning it down?

JEFF: Well, it's not that I want to, it's...

It's just that I can't go.

Why?

I'm busy.

Doing what?

Mr. Collins, I...

Look, I can't go now.

Well, this is an opportunity that doesn't happen too often.

I think you'd better reconsider,

if not for Vicky's sake, at least for your own.

I can't accept,

and I can't expect you to understand.

I can't, at all.

I, um, hope for your sake that Vicky will.

♪ [EERIE MUSIC]

You mean you turned down Roger's offer?

Yes.

But don't you know what it could mean?

We could afford to get married.

I know that.

Then why did you do it?

This just isn't the time.

But I thought you wanted to get married right away.

I do.

Well, then, go to Roger, and apologize to him,

and tell him you'll go to Boston.

Vicky, do you trust me?

- Oh, I think so. - Yes or no?

I always have until now.

Look, you have to trust me,

even though you don't know what I'm doing

or why I'm doing it, you have to trust me.

Why is it that I can tell you things,

and you can't tell me anything?

Jeff, you know how I feel about the Collins family,

how much I love them.

This is obviously a family decision.

They've done it because they like you,

and they want to help you.

Why can't you accept their help?

- Is it pride? - No.

Well, then, tell me what it is?

You have to tell me.

I can't, I can't! Goodnight!

Jeff, please don't go.

Please don't!

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♪ [SOMBER MUSIC]

Mother?

Oh, hello, darling. Come in.

I was just going through my closet.

I obviously haven't done it in ages.

I've always liked that dress on you.

Oh, Mother, it's so good to see you doing things again.

I just assumed you'd throw that one away.

I remember the day that I bought it.

I was with you, in Boston.

Yes, we were on our way to lunch before the matinee.

It was your birthday.

Oh, Mother,

I missed you so much when you were at Windcliff.

We're so glad to have you home.

I found out how much easier you make all our lives.

It's good for you to be without me.

It isn't at all.

Mother, why don't... Why don't we go to Boston again?

The two of us, we can...

We can spend the weekend there and buy some new clothes.

That would've been nice, wouldn't it?

Well, it's not impossible.

It would do you so much good.

You're feeling better, I can tell.

Look at what you're doing!

You haven't taken any interest in clothes before.

Mother, please.

Let's do it.

I think not, dear.

But why?

It would be a waste of time.

It wouldn't at all.

Please, mother.

You go.

I don't want to go without you.

Mother, will you please stop staring at that dress,

and talk with me?

Give me one logical reason why you shouldn't do it.

Caroline, I want you to promise me something.

CAROLINE: If you'll come with me, anything.

No, no, I mean, promise me something seriously,

without any qualifications.

CAROLINE: Well, of course.

When they think I'm dead...

- It's going to happen. - It's not.

Mother, please don't start thinking that again.

I don't think it, I know it.

Why do you think I've been going through the closet?

Getting rid of everything?

Because I'm not going to be here long.

That's no true, you are!

No, no.

And when it does happen,

I want to be buried in this dress.

I want you to see to that, Caroline.

Do you promise me?

Mother...

Mother...

♪ [DISTRAUGHT MUSIC]

[LAUGHTER]

You don't have enough to think about, Elizabeth.

I shall give you something to think about...

Death.

Death, your own death.

That will occupy you

and when you have thought about it for as long as you can,

you will think that you are dead,

and others will think so, too.

You will by lying in a coffin,

and everyone will think that you are dead.

[LAUGHTER]

Why is the coffin open? I ordered it closed.

Uncle Roger, please.

I don't think it should be open.

She looks so beautiful.

ELIZABETH:You must pen your eyes,

you are not dead.

Try to open your eyes.

Try to move.

You must show them you aren't dead.

You must.

ROGER : I'm going to...

ROGER: I'm going to close it.

ELIZABETH:No, no.

ROGER: As the head of the family...

ELIZABETH:Why can't I speak?

Why can't I move?

They're going to bury me alive.

ROGER: I have the right to make this decision.

Must you do it now?

Yes.

ELIZABETH:No, no, no!

I'm not dead, I'm not!

Don't bury me!

[LAUGHTER]

ELIZABETH:I must scream, they will bury me.

they think I'm dead.

I'm not, I'm not!

[SCREAMS]

[SOBS]

Mother, Mother, what is it?

Oh, I know how it's going to happen,

I know it.

Oh, I... I saw it.

CAROLINE: Saw what?

Mother, saw what?

I saw it.

I saw it.

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