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[the group is huddled in the conservatory. Nell, Theo, and Markway are asleep as Luke enters and takes a drink from a liquor bottle, when the door suddenly slams shut by itself, waking everyone up!] Dr. John Markway:
[to Luke]
Why aren't you upstairs? Luke Sanderson:
I needed a drink. [suddenly there are sounds of wind blowing and then distant yet distinct pounding is heard] Dr. John Markway:
Grace! Luke Sanderson:
Wait a minute! It's nowhere near the nursery... it's down here. Theodora:
Seems we've been on this kick before. Eleanor Lance:
Next vacation I must really go somewhere else! [the pounding becomes louder and closer] Eleanor Lance:
[thinking; voice-over]
It knows my name, this time It knows my name! Dr. John Markway:
I have to go out there. Eleanor Lance:
[shouting]
No, no! It hasn't hurt me. Why should it hurt her? Dr. John Markway:
She might try to do something about it! [the pounding stops] Eleanor Lance:
Is it over, Theo? Is it? Theodora:
No, I'm still cold. It's going to start everything all over again! [the pounding resumes violently and loudly against the closed door] Eleanor Lance:
[screaming]
It can't get in! It can't get in! Don't let it get in! [the pounding stops and the doorknob jiggles] Eleanor Lance:
[whimpering]
God, it knows I'm here! [the door begins to buckle and bend in on itself, Luke in his horror drops his bottle] Luke Sanderson:
Doc... I'll let you have the house cheap! [the bulging door returns to normal, the wind is heard blowing again, and soon the pounding footsteps resume and head upstairs] Eleanor Lance:
[thinking to herself; voice-over]
Go on and on and come back again until it finds me! On and on and on until it finds me!
[to Luke]
Why aren't you upstairs? Luke Sanderson:
I needed a drink. [suddenly there are sounds of wind blowing and then distant yet distinct pounding is heard] Dr. John Markway:
Grace! Luke Sanderson:
Wait a minute! It's nowhere near the nursery... it's down here. Theodora:
Seems we've been on this kick before. Eleanor Lance:
Next vacation I must really go somewhere else! [the pounding becomes louder and closer] Eleanor Lance:
[thinking; voice-over]
It knows my name, this time It knows my name! Dr. John Markway:
I have to go out there. Eleanor Lance:
[shouting]
No, no! It hasn't hurt me. Why should it hurt her? Dr. John Markway:
She might try to do something about it! [the pounding stops] Eleanor Lance:
Is it over, Theo? Is it? Theodora:
No, I'm still cold. It's going to start everything all over again! [the pounding resumes violently and loudly against the closed door] Eleanor Lance:
[screaming]
It can't get in! It can't get in! Don't let it get in! [the pounding stops and the doorknob jiggles] Eleanor Lance:
[whimpering]
God, it knows I'm here! [the door begins to buckle and bend in on itself, Luke in his horror drops his bottle] Luke Sanderson:
Doc... I'll let you have the house cheap! [the bulging door returns to normal, the wind is heard blowing again, and soon the pounding footsteps resume and head upstairs] Eleanor Lance:
[thinking to herself; voice-over]
Go on and on and come back again until it finds me! On and on and on until it finds me!
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Movie Summary
Dr. Markway, doing research to prove the existence of ghosts, investigates Hill House, a large, eerie mansion with a lurid history of violent death and insanity.



