The Haunting - Discussion in the Haunting House
Dr. John Markway:
Why aren't you upstairs?
Luke Sanderson:
I needed a drink.
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!
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!
Eleanor Lance:
Is it over, Theo? Is it?
Theodora:
No, I'm still cold. It's going to start everything all over again!
Eleanor Lance: [screaming]
It can't get in! It can't get in! Don't let it get in!
Eleanor Lance: [whimpering]
God, it knows I'm here!
Luke Sanderson:
Doc... I'll let you have the house cheap!
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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The Haunting - Imagining a Family Portrait Together
Theodora: [noticing the large sculptures]
You know, this could be a family portrait of us.
Eleanor Lance:
Don't be ridiculous.
Theodora:
You're the companion, I'm Abigail, uh, grown up, and Markway could be old Hugh.
Luke Sanderson:
Where do I fit in?
Theodora:
The dog.
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The Haunting - Mrs. Dudley's Strict Evening Routine
Mrs. Dudley: [Eleanor has just been shown her room after she arrives]
I can't keep the rooms the way I'd like, but there's no one else they could get that would help me.
Eleanor Lance:
How very nice.
Mrs. Dudley:
I set dinner on the dining room sideboard at 6. I clear up in the morning. I have breakfast for you at 9. I don't wait on people. I don't stay after I set out the dinner, not after it begins to get dark. I leave before the dark.
Eleanor Lance:
Your husband?
Mrs. Dudley:
We live over in town, miles away.
Eleanor Lance:
Yes.
Mrs. Dudley:
So there won't be anyone around if you need help.
Eleanor Lance:
I understand.
Mrs. Dudley:
We couldn't hear you. In the night.
Eleanor Lance:
Do you have any idea when Dr. Markway...
Mrs. Dudley: [cuts her off]
No one could. No one lives any nearer than town. No one will come any nearer than that.
Eleanor Lance:
I know.
Mrs. Dudley: [Mrs. Dudley smiles and leaves]
In the night. In the dark.
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The Haunting - Questioning Sanity and Perception of Reality
Theodora:
Is this another one of your crazy hallucinations?
Eleanor Lance:
I'm not crazy!
Theodora:
Crazy as a loon! You really expect me to believe that you're sane and the rest of the world is mad?
Eleanor Lance:
Well, why not? The world is full of inconsistencies. Unnatural things. Nature's mistakes they call you for instance!
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The Haunting - Reflections on Human Nature and Improvement
Eleanor Lance:
Human nature could certainly stand some improvement.
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The Haunting - Awareness of an unseen presence
Eleanor Lance:
Can't you feel it? It's alive... watching.
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The Haunting - A Moment of Uncertainty and Fear
Eleanor Lance:
God! God! Whose hand was I holding?
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The Haunting - Reflections on Hill House's Enduring Silence
Eleanor Lance: [voice-over]
Hill House has stood for 90 years and might stand for 90 more. Within, walls continue upright, bricks meet, floors are firm, and doors are sensibly shut. Silence lies steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House. And we who walk here... walk alone.
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