24 quotes
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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Destruction and Erasure of a Haunted Place
Luke Sanderson
It ought to be burned down... and the ground sowed with salt.
[referring to Hill House]
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Confronting the House's Unseen Presence
Dr. John Markway
You wait here, Grace. I'll go in and get your things, and then call the police.
Grace Markway
No, no, no! No one must go back into that house again. Whatever's there might...
Dr. John Markway
I'll be all right. The house has what it wants... for a while.
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Humor Amidst Evolutionary Reflection
Dr. John Markway
It has taken 60 million years to develop the carnivorous biped you see before you, Luke Sanderson.
Theodora
Let's see what kind of martinis it makes.
Luke Sanderson
They should be pretty good. I majored in them at college.
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The Mystery of Hill House Awaits Exploration
Dr. John Markway
An evil old house, the kind some people call haunted, is like an undiscovered country waiting to be explored. Hill House had stood for 90 years and might stand for 90 more. Silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there... walked alone.
[voice-over]
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Questioning the Nature of the Location
Theodora
What would you call this place? Fun-o-rama?
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Awareness of an unseen presence
Eleanor Lance
Can't you feel it? It's alive... watching.
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Mrs. Dudley's Strict Evening Routine
Mrs. Dudley
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 has just been shown her room after she arrives]
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
No one could. No one lives any nearer than town. No one will come any nearer than that.
[cuts her off]
Eleanor Lance
I know.
Mrs. Dudley
In the night. In the dark.
[Mrs. Dudley smiles and leaves]
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Imagining a Family Portrait Together
Theodora
You know, this could be a family portrait of us.
[noticing the large sculptures]
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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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
It knows my name, this time it knows my name!
[thinking; voice-over]
Dr. John Markway
I have to go out there.
Eleanor Lance
No, No! It hasn't hurt me. Why should it hurt her?
[shouting]
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
It can't get in! It can't get in! Don't let it get in!
[screaming]
Eleanor Lance
God, it knows I'm here!
[whimpering]
Luke Sanderson
Doc... I'll let you have the house cheap!
Eleanor Lance
Go on and on and come back again until it finds me! On and on and on until it finds me!
[thinking to herself; voice-over]
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The Nature of the House's Evil
Dr. John Markway
It was an evil house from the beginning - a house that was born bad.
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Theodora's Concern for Nell's Well-Being
Theodora
Poor Nell. You look like Death.
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A Moment of Uncertainty and Fear
Eleanor Lance
God! God! Whose hand was I holding?
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Exploring the Mystique of Hill House
Taglines
An evil old house, the kind some people call haunted, is like an undiscovered country waiting to be explored. Hill House had stood for 90 years and might stand for 90 more. Silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.
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Reflections on Hill House's Enduring Silence
Eleanor Lance
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.
[voice-over]
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Consequences of Perception and Reality
Theodora
You've got foolishness and wickedness all mixed up.
Grace Markway
Didn't you see me?
Dr. John Markway
No, but Eleanor did and it nearly killed her.
Theodora
It DID kill her, seeing her's what made her crash the car.
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Deciding the Right Door to Enter
Dr. John Markway
Now. Which door?
Theodora
That one.
[pointing to her right]
Dr. John Markway
Wrong. I've studied the map, it's this one.
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The Dangers of a Closed Mind
Dr. John Markway
A closed mind is the worst defense against the supernatural... If it happens to you, your liable to have that shut door in your mind ripped right off it's hinges!
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The Reality of the Supernatural
Dr. John Markway
Look, I know the supernatural is something that isn't supposed to happen, but it does happen.
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Belief and Terror in the Unknown
Taglines
You may not believe in ghosts, but you cannot deny terror.
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Offer to Sell the House Cheap
Luke Sanderson
Doc, I'll let you have the house cheap!
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Reflections on Human Nature and Improvement
Eleanor Lance
Human nature could certainly stand some improvement.
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Advice on Arguing with Women
Luke Sanderson
Only one way to argue with a woman Doc... Don't.
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Silence and Fear in Hill House
Taglines
SCREAM...no one will hear you! RUN...and the silent foosteps will follow, for in Hill House the dead are restless!
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