The Haunted Palace

245 00:34:33,704 --> 00:34:38,207 Of course, every mythology has such a book, 246 00:34:38,275 --> 00:34:42,412 but the Necronomicon supposedly contained formulas 247 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:47,984 through which one could communicate with or even summon the elder gods... 248 00:34:48,052 --> 00:34:52,622 the dark ones from beyond who had once ruled the world 249 00:34:52,690 --> 00:34:56,993 and now are merely waiting for an opportunity to regain that control. 250 00:34:57,061 --> 00:35:00,897 Cthulhu, yog-sothoth. 251 00:35:00,965 --> 00:35:03,366 Dreadful rubbish, I know. 252 00:35:03,434 --> 00:35:06,536 Still, the people of Arkham believed it. 253 00:35:06,604 --> 00:35:11,608 They claimed that Joseph Curwen and two other warlocks 254 00:35:11,676 --> 00:35:15,011 were trying to open the gates to these dark gods. 255 00:35:15,079 --> 00:35:17,781 Open the gates? How? 256 00:35:17,849 --> 00:35:20,116 They claimed that Joseph Curwen was trying 257 00:35:20,184 --> 00:35:25,288 to mate those beings with humans to create a new race 258 00:35:25,356 --> 00:35:28,058 through which the gods could regain their control. 259 00:35:28,125 --> 00:35:31,595 That's how they explained the mutated births-- 260 00:35:31,663 --> 00:35:36,500 unsuccessful experiments passed on from generation to generation, 261 00:35:36,568 --> 00:35:38,401 carried in the blood. 262 00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:42,906 What's your explanation, doctor? I don't have one. 263 00:35:42,974 --> 00:35:47,177 I advise you, Mr. Ward, to leave this village. 264 00:35:47,244 --> 00:35:51,648 I advise you to flee it as you would from a madman with a knife 265 00:35:51,716 --> 00:35:55,586 who feels compelled to destroy you 266 00:35:55,653 --> 00:35:58,655 before you can destroy him. 267 00:38:31,325 --> 00:38:34,995 It's a cold night, sir. You'll need your coat. 268 00:38:35,062 --> 00:38:39,532 Thank you. You seem troubled, sir. 269 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:43,336 Is something wrong? You didn't hear them? 270 00:38:43,404 --> 00:38:47,540 Beg your pardon? The voices... people. 271 00:38:47,608 --> 00:38:52,512 Well, no, sir. Must have been the wind. 272 00:38:52,579 --> 00:38:56,082 Perhaps you should ask Mr. Curwen. 273 00:38:56,150 --> 00:38:57,483 Curwen? 274 00:38:57,551 --> 00:39:02,055 Yes. Maybe he could tell you. 275 00:39:24,845 --> 00:39:28,348 Welcome, Joseph. Simon? 276 00:39:28,416 --> 00:39:30,483 How long? 277 00:39:30,551 --> 00:39:32,986 110 years. 278 00:39:33,054 --> 00:39:36,789 110 years? 279 00:39:36,857 --> 00:39:41,394 And whose body is this I'm now occupying? 280 00:39:41,462 --> 00:39:45,565 His name is Charles Dexter Ward. 281 00:39:45,632 --> 00:39:49,135 My great-great-grandson. Perfect. 282 00:39:49,203 --> 00:39:53,306 All the others were useless. You would not accept them. 283 00:39:53,374 --> 00:39:56,376 No matter. Where's Jabez? 284 00:39:56,444 --> 00:39:58,678 Here, Joseph. 285 00:40:01,515 --> 00:40:04,184 Jabez, my old friend. 286 00:40:04,251 --> 00:40:10,723 Well, we three... together again. 287 00:40:10,791 --> 00:40:15,395 But briefly, I fear. 288 00:40:15,463 --> 00:40:20,100 I shan't be able to hold him much longer. 289 00:40:20,167 --> 00:40:23,203 He...he fights me. 290 00:40:23,270 --> 00:40:28,475 When will you have full control? Soon, Simon, soon. 291 00:40:28,542 --> 00:40:32,379 Keep him here for a while longer, 292 00:40:32,446 --> 00:40:34,847 and he will be all mine. 293 00:40:36,950 --> 00:40:41,654 He has my blood. I can feel it. 294 00:40:41,722 --> 00:40:45,858 Ah...the book. 295 00:40:45,926 --> 00:40:49,329 The book! Good. 296 00:40:49,397 --> 00:40:51,931 Good. 297 00:40:51,999 --> 00:40:58,571 Now leave me, my friends. He fights me. 298 00:40:58,639 --> 00:41:01,574 He fights to leave me. 299 00:41:13,587 --> 00:41:17,190 What is it, Charles? What's the matter? 300 00:41:17,258 --> 00:41:19,792 Dear, what are you doing down here? 301 00:41:24,798 --> 00:41:27,200 I don't know, Ann. 302 00:41:27,268 --> 00:41:30,770 I must have walked in my sleep. 303 00:41:30,837 --> 00:41:34,941 Please, dear, let's leave here now, tonight. 304 00:41:35,008 --> 00:41:40,613 I want to, Ann, but...I can't. 305 00:41:40,681 --> 00:41:42,682 Why not? 306 00:41:44,952 --> 00:41:48,654 Charles, why not? 307 00:42:03,204 --> 00:42:06,973 Over a whole week he's been there, and what's he been doing? 308 00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:09,976 That's what I want to know. What's he been doing? 309 00:42:10,043 --> 00:42:13,913 Getting ready, that's what. And meanwhile, we sit here like sheep. 310 00:42:13,981 --> 00:42:17,950 Willet, I thought you said he'd be gone. 311 00:42:18,018 --> 00:42:21,821 I thought he would be, but you made him feel so welcome, 312 00:42:21,888 --> 00:42:23