1244 - March 31, 1971

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[horror-themed music]

NARRATOR:The great house of Collinwood in the year ,

when the Collins family lived under the terror

of a century-and-a-half old curse.

On this night, Morgan Collins, having learned the truth

about his wife, Catherine, and his cousin, Bramwell,

has locked Bramwell in the dreaded room in the west wing.

Catherine has pleaded with Morgan

to have mercy on Bramwell

and let him out.

Morgan has finally agreed.

On the tour on their way to the west wing,

Catherine, unaware of the

treachery that is soon to occur.

[foreboding music]

I can't hear anything.

He's probably down in the secret file room.

I'll get the key.

Morgan, thank you.

Please don't thank me.

You won't regret it, I promise you.

I'm sure I won't.

[lock opening]

[screaming]

Morgan, no, what are you doing?

MORGAN: You don't believe I

believed a word you said, do you?

Morgan, you're not gonna shut me up in this room!

Oh, yes, but I am, my dear unfaithful wife.

CATHERINE: No, you can't, you can't!

You and Bramwell wanted to be together.

Well you are together.

You are together like James and Amanda,

and I hope you rot together like James and Amanda.

[suspenseful cadence]

[horror-themed music]

[tense music]

You tricked me,

just as you did Bramwell, you tricked me!

MORGAN: I plead guilty, my dear, on both counts.

Well, you listen to me, Morgan.

I would rather die with Bramwell

than live with you one more day.

Then you have your wish, don't you?

Goodbye, Catherine.

[door creaking]

Catherine!

Oh, Bramwell, thank God you're alive!

How did you get in this room?

Morgan,

he pretended to come to let you out and locked me in.

You can't stay here, we have to find a way

to get you out of here.

No, I don't care anymore.

I just want to stay here with you.

But the child that you're carrying must live!

There's no future for me or the child, not without you.

We've got to find a way to get you out of here.

[clock tolling]

Nine o' clock.

Time is creeping by.

How, how is Melanie?

No change.

If there is to be a change, it won't happen

until tomorrow morning.

I feel like tomorrow morning is a year away.

If only I had gone into that room myself.

WOMAN: Don't t*rture yourself, it isn't your fault.

It's just that I feel so useless.

I wanted to fight this thing, and now someone else

is doing it for me.

It doesn't matter who went into the room.

The curse will never end.

You must stop talking that way!

It's been going on for years, Kendrick,

and continue until there is not one Collins left alive.

So all you can do is stand here and feel defeated?

Don't you think that I would like to help Bramwell?

k*ll the ghost of Brutus Collins?

I don't know how to.

Julia.

What if we brought Carrie Stokes here, held a seance?

Maybe we could make the ghost of Brutus Collins appear.

No, Kendrick.

We have tried that, and it brought us more trouble.

As a matter of fact, there isn't anything

that you can think of that we haven't tried.

Kendrick.

Julia is right.

The curse is more powerful than all of us put together.

I might have been able to prove otherwise

if you hadn't interfered!

I should think you'd be grateful to me!

After all, I saved your life!

I don't remember asking you to!

Now, stop arguing, the two of you.

Morgan, did you talk to Catherine?

Yes, I did.

JULIA: How is she?

She's fine, I, I assume.

What do you mean, you "assume?"

Catherine is gone.

JULIA: Gone?

Catherine has left Collinwood forever.

[tense cadence]

What do you mean, she's "gone forever?"

We discussed our marital differences

calmly and in an adult fashion.

I made my decision, and she made hers.

She decided to leave.

Just like that, without saying goodbye to any of us?

Catherine didn't say goodbye to you?

Well, that's not like her.

Morgan, I want to talk to you alone.

Kendrick, would you excuse us for a moment?

Julia, I am a member of the family.

Now, I have every right to stay.

I'm sorry Kendrick, it's important

that I talk to Morgan alone.

Very well.

I wasn't aware that we had anything to discuss, Julia.

Catherine is going to have Bramwell's child, isn't she?

You don't even have to answer.

Your reaction is enough.

Now you know the reason for the fainting spells.

Somehow, I knew they were more than just fainting spells,

but I never dreamed anything like this.

I'm terribly sorry, Morgan.

You needn't be.

I will survive.

How, how did you find out?

I followed Catherine last night.

Instead of going to the old house,

she went to the gazebo with him.

Strangely enough, that's not what upset me.

You see, they were talking about a child.

Their child!

You don't have to talk about it anymore

if you don't want to.

I knew, then and there, what I had to do.

I wanted my revenge in the form of poetic justice.

And that's why you tricked Bramwell

into going to the locked room.

Yes.

It's ironic, isn't it?

It's exactly the way the curse started originally,

when Brutus did it.

The wife of a Collins's lover was locked into that room

and then...

Morgan!

Morgan, you lied.

You lied when you said Catherine had gone.

She hasn't gone at all!

You've done exactly what Brutus did!

You locked her in that room with Bramwell!

[somber music]

I'm going to try and break down that door.

It's no use.

We're here at least until morning, if not longer.

No, our child must live.

I suddenly feel so tired.

Sit down, my darling.

Sit over here.

- Yes. - I'll try the door.

[banging]

No.

[clanking]

I'm going to get you out of here!

What's happening?

Catherine, something's happening.

Catherine, are you alright?

Oh, thank heavens you're alright.

Why do you keep calling me "Catherine?"

My name is Amanda.

Catherine, he's trying to possess you.

There is nothing anyone can do.

Yes, there is.

You can fight, you must fight!

No, there is only one way for us to have peace.

Catherine, you have the willpower.

No, Brutus will never set us free, you know that!

I will not believe that,

and you mustn't believe it either!

First, you must k*ll me.

Then, you must k*ll yourself.

No, Catherine.

Then if you won't do it, I shall.

That Kn*fe wasn't here before! Where did it come from?

[shouting]

No, no, I must die!

No, you must live, Catherine, you must live!

You are not Amanda.

You are Catherine, my Catherine!

Oh, Bramwell!

You will not have her, Brutus!

She is mine, and you will not take her from me!

I don't see what difference it makes

where Catherine has gone!

She is gone, and that's all there is to that.

You locked her in the room, admit it.

I will admit nothing,

and I'd rather not talk on this subject if you don't mind.

Morgan, be reasonable.

You were in love with her once.

That must mean something to you.

It means absolutely nothing to me.

As far as I'm concerned,

Catherine Harridge does not exist.

You have lost your mind completely!

Is that all you have to say, Julia?

No, please, Morgan.

Morgan, I beg you, let me have the key.

Let me go upstairs and unlock to room.

I do not have the key,

and if I did, I would not give it you.

Now, I am going out for a stroll, Julia.

Good night.

Morgan, Morgan come back!

Julia, what happened?

Something terrible.

We've got to find the key to that room.

- Why? - Because I am certain that,

that Morgan has locked Catherine in there with Bramwell. Come!

[suspenseful cadence]

Look at me, Catherine.

- You know who you are? - Yes, yes.

You are not Amanda.

I know, I just don't know what happened, that's all.

You let your guard down.

You allowed the spirit of Brutus to enter your mind.

But I didn't feel anything, only drowsy.

You can't afford to do that anymore than I can.

We must exert every bit of willpower we have.

Whatever happens tonight, you must remain Catherine,

and I must remain Bramwell.

Yes, darling.

Then listen to me.

We have the strength to make it through the night,

we both have.

Stay where you are, Catherine.

Oh, what is it, what's happening?

He's here with us.

Brutus, show your face to me.

Show yourself, Brutus!

I challenge you to fight me, but I beseech you,

leave Catherine alone!

Bramwell, why is it so cold?

You must show yourself!

You must show me you, ahh!

Bramwell, what is it?

He's choking me, I can't breathe!

I can't breathe, Catherine!

Fight him, Bramwell!

Fight him!

[choking, gasping]

No, no, no, oh!

Bramwell, are you alright?

Yes, I am now.

I must heed my own advice.

I wasn't ready for that.

He will try once more before this night's over.

There are too many rooms in this house.

We'll never find the key.

He could have hidden it anywhere.

He might still have it on him!

You're right, Kendrick.

We don't have a chance unless Morgan changes his mind

and decides to tell us where it is.

Which Morgan is not going to do!

How dare you come in and search this room?

You gave us no choice.

Get out of here, both of you!

No, no, I'm very glad we came in here,

because now I know that my suspicions are justified.

What are you talking about?

Catherine could conceivably have left

without saying saying goodbye to anyone,

but she would not leave without her clothing

and her jewelry.

They are still here.

So they are.

You have locked her in the room, haven't you?

[laughter]

What are you laughing about?

Oh, your concern over a domestic little triangle.

Yes, I locked her in the room, and with her lover,

and they just may stay there beyond the morning.

I haven't quite made up my mind yet.

You know that that door must be open tomorrow morning.

I know no such thing, Julia!

You see, there are no more rules anymore.

I have taken over, at last,

and what a pleasant sensation it is not to be

at the mercy of anything or anyone,

to be my own master!

A master of Collinwood.

You lost your mind!

No, no, no, quite the contrary.

I have regained my senses.

You know, I am, I am the master of Collinwood.

I have such sympathy for Brutus, how misunderstood he was,

but Brutus got his revenge, didn't he?

Oh, yes, and I'm getting mine.

[laughter]

[tense gloomy music]

[clock tolling]

- more minutes. - I know.

Julia, if the curse isn't over,

I'll have lost Melanie forever.

I don't think I'll be able to bear it.

Well, we'll know very soon.

Excuse me.

I thought you'd like to know

that I'm going to open the room.

I knew you'd see it that way.

I'm going there now.

We'll come with you.

No!

You and Kendrick are going to stay here.

I am going there alone.

JULIA: But why, Morgan?

This is my moment, and I want it for myself.

I have as much right to be there as you do.

Kendrick, your only concern at this moment is Melanie.

I think you should worry about --

I am coming with you!

Very well.

I'm not.

You see, I'm the only one who knows where the key is.

Now, do I go alone, or don't I?

Let, let him go alone, Kendrick.

Alright, go,

but I'll be waiting right here.

Good.

There's also something else I'd like to warn you against.

If I'm followed, there may be trouble.

[laughter]

Julia, what are we going to do?

I don't know.

In his present state, he frightens me.

[suspenseful music]

There is no way I can lose this time, Bramwell.

If it's either death or insanity, I will have won,

and if somehow you have defied all the odds

that are still against you,

then I will have to use this.

[foreboding music]

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