Memorable Quotes from Vincent Price
84 quotesThe Burden of Inherited Evil
Richard's mother
I brought this curse upon this house when my womb concieved you... Better I should have died in my labor... and never unleashed your evil... upon this Earth.
Richard of Gloucester
You talk of evil... You, who gave me deformity in form of a twisted spine and a withered, arm. Who possesses the greater evil my mother? You who made me this way, or I who have to bare it!
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Transitioning from Film to Television Medium
Oliver Quayle
I don't make that cheap crap any more. I'm in television now.
Paul Toombes
Television? I thought that was a family medium.
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The Nature of Deliberate Harm
Ollie Higgins
It isn't as though I'd taken out a pistol and shot her or taken a knife and stabbed her, is it doc?
Dr. Warren Chapin
If you kill anybody deliberately, it's murder. No matter how you do it.
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Urgency in the Experiment's Execution
Francois Delambre
Put him in the cabinet quickly.
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Truth and Deception in Unlikely Circumstances
Felix Gillie
And what if I tell them the truth and say it was all your idea in the first place?
Waldo Trumbull
Mr. Gillie... Felix... friend... I put it to you, who in your discerning estimation are the police most likely to believe, hm? Mr. W. Trumble, respected local citizen and entrepreneur of death, or Mr. Felix Gillie... wanted fugitive and confessed bank robber?
Felix Gillie
I never confessed! They just proved it.
[pause]
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Madness and Strength in the Usher Family
Roderick Usher
Mr. Winthrop, three-quarters of my family have fallen into madness, and in their madness have acquired a, a superhuman strength... so that it took the power of many to subdue them.
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The Value of Labor and Sacrifice
Baka
We use the old ones for greasing the stones. If they are killed it is no loss.
Moses
Are you a master builder or a master butcher?
Baka
If we stop moving stones for every grease woman who falls, the city will not rise.
Overseer
If the slaves are not driven they will not work.
Joshua
If their work lags it is because they are not fed.
Moses
You look strong enough.
Joshua
I am a stone cutter. The pharaoh likes his images cut deep.
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The Burden of Justice and Guilt
Matthew Hopkins
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Seeking the Truth Without Fear
Matthew Hopkins
I will find out the truth for you, have no fear.
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The Ethics of Using Poison
Ollie Higgins
You gave me the idea, doc.
Dr. Warren Chapin
Just because poisons exist, is no reason to use them.
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The Nature of Fear and Danger
Dr. Warren Chapin
The tingler exists in every human being, we now know. Look at that tingler, Dave. It's an ugly and dangerous thing-ugly because it's the creation of man's fear; dangerous because... because a frightened man is dangerous.
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Betrayal and Deception Among Friends
Herbert Flay
But you're dead. You're dead!
Paul Toombes
Why did you do it, my friend? You killed Ellen... and all of the others, too. You wanted everybody to think that it was me. Why, Herbert? Why did you want to destroy me? You love Dr. Death.
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A Surprising Revelation of Mortality
John F. Black, Esq.
Mr. Trumbull... this man... what am I doing here?
[who has just awakened from a cataleptic trance in the mortuary basement]
Waldo Trumbull
Well, you're here because you're dead, Mr. Black.
[who has recovered from his shock]
John F. Black, Esq.
The hell I am!
Waldo Trumbull
Oh yes, Mr. Black, quite dead. Everybody knows it... except apparently you.
John F. Black, Esq.
What jiggery-pockery is this?
Waldo Trumbull
Oh, not jiggery-pockery, Mr. Black. Hinchley and Trumbull, Funeral Parlor.
John F. Black, Esq.
You wouldn't dare!
[realizing what Trumbull means]
Waldo Trumbull
Have we a choice, Mr. Black?
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Uncooperative Customer in Unusual Circumstances
Felix Gillie
For a man in his condition, he has a lot of energy!
[he and Trumbull are sitting on the coffin, trying to keep it closed and referring to Mr. Black, who's inside the coffin]
Waldo Trumbull
The stubborn old crackpot! I could have sworn that he was dead!
Felix Gillie
It's about time!
Waldo Trumbull
I've never had such an uncooperative customer in my life!
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Life and Death Misconceptions
George Maxwell
You... It's you! But you're dead!
Edward Lionheart
No. Another critical miscalculation on you part. I am well. It is you who are dead.
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Misunderstanding Amidst Expressions of Sympathy
Waldo Trumbull
Allow me, Madam, in this moment of your most desolate bereavement to lift from your sorrow-laden shoulders the burdens and tasks of exequiem sepulcher.
Mrs. Phipps
What?
[confused]
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A Mysterious Invitation to the Lab
Helene Delambre
André wants to show you something.
François Delambre
In the lab? Well, what is it? Flat screen?
Helene Delambre
It's better. No more questions. Come on.
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Lionheart's Triumph Over Death
Peregrine Devlin
Lionheart!
Edward Lionheart
Alive and triumphant. And you thought me slain? Lionheart is immortal! He can never be destroyed, never!
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Strange Motives Behind Men's Actions
Matthew Hopkins
Men sometimes have strange motives for the things they do.
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The Complexity of Criticism and Admiration
Edward Lionheart
I always admired you as a critic, Snipe. Your clever use of analogy and metaphor, plus you always strived to be complimentary. But not always complimentary.
Hector Snipe
Critics make mistakes, Lionheart. We're only human.
Edward Lionheart
An opinion I find myself incapable of sharing.
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The Cost of Creative Criticism
Peregrine Devlin
You did kill Larding and the others, didn't you?
Edward Lionheart
How many actors have you destroyed as you destroyed me? How many talented lives have you cut down with your glib attacks? What do you know of the blood, sweat and toil of a theatrical production? Of the dedication of the men and the women in the noblest profession of them all? How could you know, you talentless fools who spew vitriol on the creative efforts of others because because you lack the ability to create yourselves! No, Devlin, no! I did not kill Larding and the others. PUNISHED them, my dear boy, punished them. Just as you shall have to be punished.
Peregrine Devlin
Well, get it over with then, just so you don't have to make me listen to that demented rubbish of yours. Go on, kill me then!
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Claiming Recognition After Years of Denial
Peregrine Devlin
Lionheart! What the hell do you want here?
Edward Lionheart
This. My just reward. The whole world knows it is mine by right. But you deliberately withheld it from me. You deliberately humiliated me before the press, my public and my peers. It was the culmination of your determined denial of my genius!
[picking up the best actor award]
Peregrine Devlin
We've denied you nothing....
Edward Lionheart
For thirty years, the public has acknowledged that I was the master. And that this year, my season of Shakespeare was the shining jewel in the crown of the immortal Bard.
Meredith Merridew
Quite insane!
[sotto voce, to Chloe Moon]
Chloe Moon
He must be drunk.
[sotto voce, to Trevor Dickman]
Edward Lionheart
But you, with your overweening malice, give the award to a twitching, mumbling boy who can barely grunt his way through an incomprehensible performance! No. No. It is mine!
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The Spell of a Captivating Performance
Edward Lionheart
So my performance of Richard III cast such a spell upon the audience that it put this reviewer into a "deep sleep from which he awoke much refreshed and relieved by the knowledge that he had been spared the ordeal of attending to the aging matinee idol's ranting and posturing." Well, we shall see if we cannot spur you to more rapt attention with today's performance. "Dive, thoughts, down to my soul. Here Clarence comes.
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Confrontation Over Allegations and Evidence
Isabel Stevens Chapin
I had nothing to do with my father's death, and you can't prove that I did.
Dr. Warren Chapin
Would you like me to prove it isn't nonsense?
Isabel Stevens Chapin
You can't prove it. Anyway there isn't anything to prove.
Dr. Warren Chapin
But you wouldn't like me to try. And you should remember this, organic poisons are like old soldiers, they never die, they just lie smoldering in the grave, and I'm not bad at autopsies either.
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The Tragedy of Man and the Conqueror Worm
Matthew Hopkins
Out-out are the lights-out all!/And over each quivering form/The curtain, a funeral pall,/Comes down with the rush of a storm,/While the angels, all pallid and wan,/Uprising, unveiling, affirm/That the play is the tragedy, Man,'/And its hero, the Conqueror Worm.
[voiceover]
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The Limits of Medical Promises
Lt. Paul Stewart
Doctor, the important thing is - what can you do for her?
Dr. Richard Cross
It's hard for a doctor to make promises. We can only do our best.
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Uncertainty in Medical Predictions
Lt. Paul Stewart
Well, if you give Janet this insulin, how certain can you be it'll help her?
Dr. Richard Cross
I'm neither a miracle man nor a prophet, Lieutenant. If medicine were an exact science, not an art, I might be able to tell you.
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Final Scene of Dr. Death Approaches
Paul Toombes
Now I must play the final scene, the death of Dr Death!
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A Sister's Strong Opposition to Marriage
Isabel Stevens Chapin
The only way Dave Morris will marry my sister is over my dead body.
Dr. Warren Chapin
Unconventional but not impossible.
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Concerns About Wife's Well-Being
Dr. Warren Chapin
I came because I was a bit worried about your wife, a shock like that can have bad after effects you know.
Ollie Higgins
You know I've been worried about her too, she hasn't eaten hardly a thing and she can't sleep. Ever since she saw that blood, she just roams around the theater all night.
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Confusion Between Roderick and Philip
Roderick Usher
Be done.
[shouting]
Philip Winthrop
What?
Roderick Usher
I think I rave.
Philip Winthrop
You said be done.
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A Request to Check the Crypt
Roderick Usher
See to the crypt, will you?
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The Interconnection of Oil, Money, and Politics
Dervos
Oil is money. Money is politics. I work for money.
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Treachery and Loyalty in the Crown's Court
Richard of Gloucester
Mistress Shore is dead... As Protector of the Realm, I can not tolerate treachery to the Crown... Mistress Shore has been executed for such treachery.
Queen
There was no more faithful woman in the castle.
Richard of Gloucester
I had always thought that myself your Majesty, but when she admitted her crime, I had no choice.
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Judgment on the Mark of Satan
Matthew Hopkins
They swim... the mark of Satan is upon them. They must hang.
[Hopkins and his men throw three securely-bound people into the moat as a witchcraft test]
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Questioning Power and Loyalty in Leadership
Baka
Will you lose a throne because Moses builds a city?
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Murder and Responsibility in The Fly
Francois Delambre
You've committed murder just as much as Helene did. You killed a fly with a human head. She killed a human with a fly head.
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Assertion of Innocence
Matthew Hopkins
She was innocent.
[a tied-up woman Hopkins has thrown into the moat to test for witchcraft drowns]
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A Father's Legacy of Curiosities and Children
Amaryllis Trumbull
If my father chose to spend his hard-earned money in the collection of curious objects...
Waldo Trumbull
He did more than collect curious objects, madam, he also fathered one!
[interrupting]
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The Need for Light in Darkness
Philip Winthrop
Would you permit me to light a candle so that...?
Roderick Usher
I think you had better leave, Mr. Winthrop.
Philip Winthrop
I think you need some light in this house, Mr. Usher.
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Sensory Overload and Fragility of Existence
Roderick Usher
Madeline and I are like figures of fine glass. The slightest touch and we may shatter. Both of us suffer from a morbid acuteness of the senses. Mine is the worst for having existed the longer, but both of us are afflicted with it. Any sort of food more exotic then the most pallid mash is unendurable to my taste buds. Any sort of garment other then the softest, is agony to my flesh. My eyes are tormented by all but the faintest illumination. Odors assail me constantly, and as I've said, sounds of any degree whatsoever inspire me with terror.
Philip Winthrop
That's why your servant asked me to remove my boots?
Roderick Usher
Yes... and even so I could hear you coming: every footstep, every rustle of your clothes. I could hear your horse approaching, hear the clatter of his hooves across the courtyard, your knock - the grating of the door bolt was like a sword-stroke to my ears... I can hear the scratch of rat claws within the stone wall!
[lowers his voice to a whisper]
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The Struggle Between Faith and Doubt
Verden Fell
Man need not kneel before the angels, not lie in death forever, save through the weakness of his feeble will." Her words.
[reading at Ligeia's funeral]
Minister at Graveside
Blasphemy!
Verden Fell
Benediction.
[closing book]
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Reflections on Loss and Memory
Francois Delambre
Here passes from this earth Helene Delambre, widow of my brother, Andre, whom I loved deeply, hopelessly. She was destroyed in the end by dreadful memories, a recollection of horrors that did not dim as the years went on, but instead grew monstrously, and left her mind shocked and unsteady, so that death, when it came, was a blessed release.
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The Rise of the Witchfinder General
Matthew Hopkins
By the way, you know what they call me now?
John Stearne
What?
Matthew Hopkins
Witchfinder General.
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Power and Paranoia in Witch Hunts
John Stearne
He's after our blood!
[about Richard Marshall]
Matthew Hopkins
You're forgetting our powers... he could be a witch.
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Examining the Bat's Brain for Clarity
Dr. Malcolm Wells
I'll feel better after I've examined the bat's brain under a microscope.
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A Warning About Fear and Silence
Dr. Warren Chapin
Ladies and gentlemen, just a word of warning. If any of you are not convinced that you have a tingler of your own, the next time you're frightened in the dark... don't scream.
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Ethics and Money in Moral Dilemmas
John Fleming
Doctor.
Dr. Malcolm Wells
Yes, John?
John Fleming
What would you do for half a million dollars?
Dr. Malcolm Wells
Anything short of murder.
John Fleming
Why not murder?
Dr. Malcolm Wells
Too messy.
John Fleming
Too great a risk?
Dr. Malcolm Wells
For half a million, yes.
John Fleming
I pinched a million from the bank.
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Trust and Betrayal in a Toxic Relationship
Frederick Loren
Do you remember the fun we had when you poisoned me?
Annabelle Loren
Something you ate, the doctor said.
[laughs]
Frederick Loren
Yes, arsenic on the rocks... Annabelle, you'd do it again if you thought you'd get away with it, wouldn't you?
[grabs Annabelle]
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A Foreboding Warning in Horror Films
Paul Toombes
Miss Peters, as they say in horror movies, you will come to a bad end.
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A Clash of Artistic Perspectives
Peregrine Devlin
Nothing you can do will sway me from my original judgement.
Edward Lionheart
Your judgement was ill-considered and irresponsible.
Peregrine Devlin
It was neither. We gave the award to William Woodstock as your performances lacked originality.
Edward Lionheart
Lacked originality? My Julius Caesar, cut down by a drunken mob in an abandoned warehouse? My Titus Andronicus: This Is Your Dish, Meredith Merridew? My Othello, one of the greatest performances in the history of the theatre?
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A Night of Hope and Despair
Matthew Hopkins
Lo! Tis a gala night/Within the lonesome latter years./An angel throng, bewinged, bedight/In veils, and drowned in tears,/Sit in a theatre to see/A play of hopes and fears,/While the orchestra breathes fitfully/The music of the spheres.
[voiceover]
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A Lesson on Reputation and Integrity
Edward Lionheart
Will you ever again ruin the reputation of an honest man?
Meredith Merridew
No.
Edward Lionheart
Have you learned your lesson?
Meredith Merridew
Yes.
Edward Lionheart
Can I be sure you will never again offend me?
Meredith Merridew
Yes.
Edward Lionheart
You're right. I can be sure. "Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death, Gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth, Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open, And, in despite, I'll cram thee with more food!
[quoting Romeo and Juliet]
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The Enigmatic Nature of Egyptian Eyes
Verden Fell
The eyes, they confound me. There's a blankness, a mindless sort of malice in some Egyptian. They do not readily yield up the mystery.
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The Importance of Scientific Discovery
Francois Delambre
The search for the ] is the most important work in the whole ] — and the most ].
[[truth; [world; [dangerous]
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Perceptions of Death and Identity
Paul Toombes
Everybody thinks I'm dead, including myself.
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The Sacredness of Life and Innocence
Francois Delambre
No, Helene and Andre believed in the sacredness of life. They wouldn't harm anything... not even a fly.
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Prioritizing Appearance Over Character Integrity
Shelby Carpenter
I can afford a blemish on my character but not on my clothes.
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Endless Horrors in House of Usher
Philip Winthrop
Is there no end to your horrors?
Roderick Usher
No. None whatever.
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A Disagreement Escalates to Insults
John F. Black, Esq.
Let me out of here!
[fighting to get out of the coffin into which Trumbull and Gillie have put him and which they are fighting to keep closed]
Waldo Trumbull
We most certainly will NOT let you out of here, sir!
John F. Black, Esq.
Confound you, sir!
Waldo Trumbull
Confound you too, sir! Will you KINDLY have the goodness to die?
John F. Black, Esq.
NEVER!
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Trust and Ambition in Political Intrigue
Lady de Winter
But, your grace, how can you trust me with such a confidence? What if I refuse to go to England?
Richelieu
Can there be anybody more trustworthy, Milady, than an ambitious woman of fashion... with a history?
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Skepticism About Life's Fleeting Nature
John F. Black, Esq.
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more...
[as he's dying again]
Waldo Trumbull
I'll believe that when I see it.
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A Humorous Take on a Classic Adage
Waldo Trumbull
To... uh... paraphrase the venerable adage: we shall kill two birds, with one... pillow.
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Headache Diagnosis Between Elaine and Dr. Cross
Elaine Jordan
You've got a headache. I can tell from your eyes.
Dr. Richard Cross
Yes, it's bursting.
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Confrontation Over a Sister's Tragic Fate
Philip Winthrop
You have murdered your sister, Mr. Usher, and I intend to see that you hang for it.
Roderick Usher
Arrange it quickly then. The old house crumbles.
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Critique of Edward Lionheart's Performance
Edward Lionheart
Now, let us see what that stupid cretin Mr. Meredith Merridew had to say about my Titus Andronicus. "Mr. Lionheart's rendering of the role can only be described as villainous. Laid between the delicately underplayed performances of Miss Lillywhite as Lavinia and Miss Mole as Tamora, one is irresistibly reminded of a ham sandwich." My reputation.
[reads; pause]
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Witty Exchange Between Characters
Isabel Stevens Chapin
There's a word for you.
Dr. Warren Chapin
There are several for you.
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Knowledge in Uncertainty
Shelby Carpenter
I don't know a lot about anything, but I know a little about practically everything.
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The Challenge of Perception and Visibility
Willie Spears
Where are you? Where are you?
Geoffrey Radcliffe
Here beside you!
Willie Spears
But, but I can't see you!
Geoffrey Radcliffe
Of course you can't, I'm a ghost.
Willie Spears
Ghost!
[Gasps]
Willie Spears
What kinda ghosts sneeze?
Geoffrey Radcliffe
It's cold in the other world, so cold!
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A Call to Scream for Survival
Dr. Warren Chapin
Ladies and gentlemen, please do not panic! But SCREAM! Scream for your lives!
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Perception of Sounds from Beyond the Grave
Roderick Usher
Did you know that I could hear the scratching of her fingernails on the casket lid?
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Concern Over the Soil's Condition
Philip Winthrop
While I was riding here I noticed a singular lack of vegetation, is there something wrong with the soil?
Roderick Usher
The soil?
Madeline Usher
Roderick please!
Roderick Usher
As you wish.
[looking at Madeline]
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The Cost of Pursuing Truth
Philippe Delambre
Why did he die?
Francois Delambre
Well, Philippe, he died because of his work. He was like an explorer in a wild country, where no one had ever been before. He was searching for the truth. He almost found a great truth, but for one instant he was careless.
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Questioning the Essence of the Monster Club
Eramus
Can we truly call this a monster club if we do not boast amongst our membership a single member of the human race?
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Authority and Fear in Witchfinder General
Matthew Hopkins
* from ]'s ]; included in the U.S. release
[[Edgar Allan Poe; [w:The Conqueror Worm|The Conqueror Worm]
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The Role of Good and Great Men
Richelieu
It takes a good man to prevent a catastrophe, Milady, and a great man to make use of one.
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A Warning of Imminent Danger
Roderick Usher
I suggest you leave, Mr. Winthrop. No? Then perish with us.
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Reflections on Chaos and Desire
Verden Fell
Christopher, not ten minutes ago I... I tried to kill a stray cat with a cabbage, and all but made love to the Lady Rowena. I succeeded is squashing the cabbage and badly frightening the lady. If only I could lay open my own brain as easily as I did that vegetable, what rot would be freed from its grey leaves?
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A Strained Relationship Revealed Through Dialogue
Waldo Trumbull
Get away from me!
Amaryllis Trumbull
Am I so repulsive?
Waldo Trumbull
That's the word, yes.
Amaryllis Trumbull
Couldn't you find it in your heart to love me, Waldo?
Waldo Trumbull
Get up, you're sitting on my money!
Amaryllis Trumbull
So you reject me?
Waldo Trumbull
As long as there's liquor in the house!
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Concern for Safety and Heritage
Philip Winthrop
Don't you think that crack in the wall should be repaired?
[as the house starts to rumble]
Roderick Usher
For future generations of Ushers?
Philip Winthrop
For Madeline's safety.
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Questioning Identity and Responsibility
The Great Rinaldi
You had every reason to hate him. What did you do with him, Gallico? How did you get rid of it? Was this thing already built and hidden away, waiting for a job like that?
[about Ormond; indicating Gallico's furnace]
Don Gallico
Ormond was seen alive two weeks ago, The Prentisses identified him.
The Great Rinaldi
That didn't have to be him.
Don Gallico
Who else could it have been?
The Great Rinaldi
It could have been you, Gallico. From what Ormond told me you are a clever man, developed a wonderful new makeup, something new in the theater. Something that might be used offstage too. Only a man who dreams up illusions would think of such a thing, and only people of the theater would know it was possible.
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A Dark Choice: Money or Life
Dr. Warren Chapin
Either you give Lucy half of all the money you have and leave her alone, or you commit suicide right now.
Isabel Stevens Chapin
Suicide? You mean murder.
Dr. Warren Chapin
When I finish rearranging things, it'll look like suicide.
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The Uncertainty of Sleep and Life
Isabel Stevens Chapin
I'm tired, I think I'll go to bed.
Dr. Warren Chapin
Stay up a bit, who knows? The next time you go to sleep it might be forever.
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A Moment of Reunion Between Helen and Geoffrey
Helen Manson
Geoffrey!
Geoffrey Radcliffe
Helen, darling!
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