480 - April 26, 1968

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A silent moon shines over the great house at Collinwood,

a silent observer to all the terrors past and present

that have visited the Collins family.

Far away from Collinwood,

a member of the Collins family is in danger,

far graver danger than he knows.

You must let Clark live.

No.

But Julia will make him forget

and she will keep your secret, I swear.

I said, no!

I'm going to call her no matter what you say.

Put down that phone.

There's nothing you can do to stop me.

- Oh, isn't there? - No.

Now, hang up that phone.

You know, as well as I do how hollow that threat is.

Hang up that phone

or by the time I count three, I will sh**t.

What good would sh**ting do?

You know, that an ordinary b*llet has no effect on me.

You're mistaken my friend.

One of the melancholy facts about your present condition

is that now like all men,

you are susceptible to death.

I am counting to three.

One,

two--

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You mean to say that I can actually die.

If I'd pull this trigger, you'd be dead now.

Strange.

It almost gives me pleasure to think that I am that human.

All right, I won't call her, but we must contact Julia,

she's the only one who can get us out of this situation.

I won't do anything to endanger the experiment.

I keep telling you that - that she will - can be trusted.

I don't want to have to trust her.

There's something about Julia that you know nothing about?

What's that?

She cares for me.

Unfortunately, but she does.

Yes, I've known that.

Then can't you see why it's so easy for her to be trusted?

She will be all right, believe me.

She would keep the secret because she knows that -

that I would be in danger.

Possibly. But only possibly.

I won't allow you to k*ll Jeff Clark.

I'm going to call her and get her over here.

She's going to hypnotize Jeff

into forget everything that's happened here tonight.

There's no other way.

Stay away from that phone.

You won't sh**t.

- You don't think so? - No.

Because you need me for your experiment

and your experiment means more to you

than anything else.

So, you won't k*ll me.

I wouldn't advise you to test me.

For both our sakes, I must test you.

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I - I really can't understand why you want me

to meet this Professor Stokes.

Oh, he's a very interesting man

and I know you'll like each other.

You know, you might even become good friends.

- Why do you want us to become friends? - Well, because -

well, because you were the first person in this house

who was nice to me

and I want you to know me and like me.

And, well, one way to know someone

is to know their friends, don't you think that's true?

Yes, I do.

I also think it's a very honest answer.

I try to be honest.

I like that.

It's a quality I admire in people.

- Shall we go? - Yes, let's.

Hello.

May I speak to Julia Hoffman, please?

It's for you.

Hello?

-Hello, Julia, this is Barnabas. - Yes.

I need your help urgently.

Well, what do you mean?

Don't ask questions,

just listen to me and do as I say.

All right.

I'm here at Dr. Lang's,

I want you to come over immediately

and bring your medallion.

- My-- -Don't ask questions,

just get here as quickly as possible.

All right.

Something wrong?

Yes, an emergency has come up.

I'm sorry, I won't be able to go to see

Professor Stokes with you after all.

An emergency?

Yes, there's something I - I must attend to immediately.

Excuse me.

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- Did you move him? - Yes, to his room.

Good.

Here she is.

She'd better be convincing.

Well, what's going on? What's happening?

- Where is Barnabas? - In here.

Barnabas, are - are you all right?

I'm fine.

But then, what's the emergency, I don't understand.

Well, why don't you sit down, Doctor.

No, thank you, I don't want to sit,

I want to understand what's going on.

- It's Jeff Clark, we need your help. - My help?

Yes.

We want you to hypnotize him as you hypnotized Maggie.

As you know this,

we want him to forget five hours of his life.

I don't understand.

You will in a moment.

You see, Julia, there's a good deal about Jeff Clark

that you don't understand.

Oh, well I understand

that he was in a mental institution once,

- Vicky told me that. - That's right.

I was his doctor then and I still am.

I'm still treating him.

Oh, well, then that explains why he was here the other night.

Yes, he's been living here so that I could keep an eye on him.

You see, he's intensely paranoid to the point of being dangerous.

Now, tonight, he came in here

and said he was going to pack up and move his things

over to the Evans Cottage.

And then, for no reason, he suddenly became quite

- irrational and violent. - What did he do?

Well, first of all, he accused me of wanting to k*ll him,

of actually trying to cut off his head.

And then he attacked me and tried to k*ll me.

Fortunately, at that moment, Barnabas came in

and we were both able to restrain him

and I then put him under sedation.

So that's how you got mixed up in this Barnabas,

- I wondered. - That's right.

It's lucky, I came to see Dr. Lang when I did

or he may have been dead by now.

Poor Vicky.

She's in love with this young man and she doesn't know.

You see, if he wakes up tonight and remembers what he did,

it could drive him insane, permanently insane.

And you want me to hypnotize him to block out the memory?

Yes, yes, would you help him, please?

Oh, yes, yes, of course, where is he?

In one of the upstairs bedrooms,

- come I'll show you. - Yes.

Why - why did you tie him up?

Well, isn't that obvious,

I was afraid that he'd wake up and be violent again.

I see.

How strong was the sedative you gave him?

Well, he - he could regain consciousness at any moment.

- Oh, then you better leave the room now. - What?

Is that necessary?

Yes, I can't do anything with either of you here.

Are you sure?

I'm positive.

I'm afraid if you want my help, you'll have to do as I tell you.

Now, please, leave the room.

Very well, I'll - I'll wait downstairs.

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Barnabas, I don't like the idea

of leaving her alone with him up there.

Don't worry.

She believed every word of our story.

In his condition, he could say anything to her

and she wouldn't believe him.

You'd better be right.

Who are you?

I'm a doctor, I'm here to help you.

I know you from some place.

Yes, we've met before.

I'm Julia Hoffman, Vicky Winters' friend.

Vicky.

Where am I?

In your room at Dr. Lang's house.

Lang?

Yes, you're perfectly safe.

No, no, I'm not safe. He tried to k*ll me.

Oh, now, easy.

He did.

He tried to k*ll me, Lang. He tried to cut off my head!

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Don't you - don't you hear what I'm saying?

I hear you.

- Dr. Lang, you know who he is. - Yes.

He tried to cut off my head.

I'm here to help you, you've got to remember that.

You don't believe a word I'm saying.

I do.

No, no, you don't, I can tell.

I can see it in your face.

I'm here to help you.

Help me. Help me.

Yes, I want to help you because I'm Vicky's friend.

I want you to believe that.

Vicky.

Now, you must try to cooperate.

How?

Just relax.

Listen to my instructions and do as I tell you.

All right, I will if you'll listen to me first, all right?

All right.

Now, Dr. Lang did try to cut my head off.

I - I know it sounds crazy, but he did.

He tried to cut my head off and I'm not insane.

Now, why would he do that?

To complete his experiment.

His experiment?

Yes. He's - he's trying to create human life.

He's trying to make something alive

out of life out of something dead.

What?

I know.

It's incredible, but it's the truth

and he's been trying to force me to help him.

Help him, how?

Promise me you won't tell Vicky any of this.

I promise.

- He made me rob graves. - Graves.

Yes, he made me dig up dead bodies to make that thing.

What thing?

I don't know, I can't describe it,

you'll have to see it for yourself.

It was almost finished.

All he needed was a face and he wanted my face.

That's why he wanted to k*ll me

because he needed mine.

What is it?

I - I just - I honestly don't know what to make

- out of what you are saying. - Look, there's only one way to tell

- that I am telling the truth. - How?

You have to go out and go to the laboratory.

- Laboratory? - Yes.

It's here on the second floor, down the hall,

you'll see a closed door.

Go inside, you'll see it

and you'll know that I'm telling the truth.

- Please, promise me, you've got to go there. - I promise.

You have to keep your promise.

Please, you've got to do this.

Somebody has got to stop him, please.

I - I'll keep my promise.

But now - now, I've cooperated with you by listening,

- now you've got to cooperate with me. - All right.

What do I have to do?

Oh, just relax.

What's that?

Just look at it.

Look at it very carefully, Jeff,

and try to find the center,

a flashing light, can you see the center?

The center.

Can you see the center?

All right.

Go on, Jeff, keep trying.

Try to find the center, the center of the light.

Yes.

Center.

I can see.

Good.

Now, I want you to listen to me very carefully.

Are you listening?

Yes.

When I snap my fingers

you will go to sleep and when you awaken,

you will not remember anything that has happened here tonight.

You will remember coming here to get your belongings

and simply falling asleep, do you understand?

Yes.

He must be mad.

None of what he was saying could possibly be true.

A laboratory on this floor?

Why is she taking so long.

Don't be so impatient.

- But I want to know what's going on out there. - Well, you heard her.

She said she had to be alone with him

or she could accomplish nothing.

Well, she's been alone with him long enough.

Come on.

Ah!

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Everything - everything Jeff Clark said was true that -

that man was going to cut off his head

and you were going to let him do it.

No, I prevented him from doing it.

- You did? - Well, yes.

Don't you understand why that he's still alive

and why I called you here.

It's true you did.

I want to save him the only way I knew how.

Now, no harm will come to him Julia, I swear.

And then you won't allow the experiment to continue?

- No, I want it to continue. - Barnabas.

It's my only way to escape from Angelique.

This - this experiment, whatever you call it,

it's madness.

It's far from madness.

I'm trying to reach into the darkness

and discover how to do something

that no one has ever been done before.

I plan to create human life.

I plan to transmit the life force of Barnabas

into this creature I've created.

And if I succeed,

Barnabas will no longer be what he was.

He'll be free forever.

For - forever?

Don't you understand how much this means to me Julia?

Yes. Yes, of - of course.

Then cooperate with us and remain silent.

You needed a face

that's why you tried to k*ll Jeff Clark.

And now you'll have to find some - someone else.

Julia, lives have been sacrificed before

for the sake of science.

One more life that's all it will take

and then the destruction will be ended forever.

One more life.

Julia, you wanted to save me, but you failed.

- Do you want the experiments that you started to succeed? - Yes.

Then say that you will cooperate by remaining silent.

Can we trust you?

I - I want Barnabas to be cured.

I sincerely do want that.

Now, I - I must go.

I can't stay - stay here any longer.

I'll show you to the door then.

No, no, that's - that's not necessary.

I don't trust her. I don't trust her.

She's had a bad shock, that's all.

She'll cooperate for my sake.

You can believe that if you wish.

But I'm going to follow and see where she's going.

Another k*lling, another death.

I - I can't let this madness go on,

not even for Barnabas.

Not even for Barnabas.

Wait, wait. Why is that door closed?

I don't know.

It's locked. She must be in there.

She must be in there.

Operator, operator get me the police.

The police. We've got to stop her.

Wait, wait. Julia, let me in.

We've got to stop her. This must be stopped.

Julia, wait!

Operator, operator, get me the police quickly,

quickly, quickly!

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