WEBVTT 00:00:17.999 --> 00:00:26.359 Come in. Welcome. I'm E .G. Marshall. Welcome 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:29.420 to the world of your terrifying imagination. 00:00:31.059 --> 00:00:35.079 Consider. At one time, the great cold -blooded 00:00:35.079 --> 00:00:38.119 reptiles ruled supreme on the face of this earth, 00:00:38.799 --> 00:00:42.600 but they sickened and died. And dominion was 00:00:42.600 --> 00:00:45.659 seized by savage, ferocious, hot -blooded killers 00:00:45.659 --> 00:00:49.799 with hideous fangs and terrible claws. Today, 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:53.179 the undisputed Lord and Master of the planet 00:00:53.179 --> 00:00:58.859 is man. Yet, in the fullness of time, every victor 00:00:58.859 --> 00:01:03.200 is finally vanquished. Will we, in our turn, 00:01:03.899 --> 00:01:09.099 also be conquered? Who waits to make of us what 00:01:09.099 --> 00:01:14.620 we have made? the animals sure Yes, mr. DeMobison. 00:01:14.959 --> 00:01:19.439 Do you want to save the world I? Saved the world. 00:01:19.579 --> 00:01:22.540 Did you see yes save the world save the people 00:01:22.540 --> 00:01:25.379 save every human being on the face of the earth 00:01:25.379 --> 00:01:30.560 Well, sir, if I could be sure look out look out 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:38.019 toward the harbor there at the pier You see that 00:01:38.019 --> 00:01:47.030 ship Yes, sir. You and I, we have to blow it 00:01:47.030 --> 00:01:51.930 up. But it is such a beautiful sheep. Beautiful 00:01:51.930 --> 00:01:59.170 and deadly. Deadly enough all by itself to enslave 00:01:59.170 --> 00:02:12.909 the entire human race. Our mystery drama, The 00:02:12.909 --> 00:02:16.409 Horla, was especially adapted from a story by 00:02:16.409 --> 00:02:19.110 Guy de Maupassant for the Mystery Theatre by 00:02:19.110 --> 00:02:35.949 Sam Dann and stars Paul Hecht. His name was Guy 00:02:35.949 --> 00:02:39.460 de Maupassant. He was probably the greatest writer 00:02:39.460 --> 00:02:42.979 of short stories who ever lived. He died in the 00:02:42.979 --> 00:02:49.400 year 1893. He died young. He died insane. And 00:02:49.400 --> 00:02:51.620 if you read the stories he wrote toward the close 00:02:51.620 --> 00:02:54.919 of his life, the critics tell us, you can see 00:02:54.919 --> 00:02:58.699 how his madness slowly destroyed him. That's 00:02:58.699 --> 00:03:01.939 how they look at it. He himself insisted he was 00:03:01.939 --> 00:03:05.080 being possessed. His mind and all of his vital 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:08.560 forces were being drained from him by a mysterious, 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:12.520 supernatural, and superior being. He called it 00:03:12.520 --> 00:03:16.439 the Horla. And the Horla is one of the last stories 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:20.199 he ever wrote. Is the Horla merely the raving 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:24.780 of a man going mad, or is it an inspired prophecy 00:03:24.780 --> 00:03:33.569 of a fate that awaits us all? You decide. Yes. 00:03:34.069 --> 00:03:36.889 Yes, what is it? I have been pressing the bell 00:03:36.889 --> 00:03:41.449 signal, Doctor. It means you must pick up the 00:03:41.449 --> 00:03:45.069 telephone. Oh, that confounded diabolical contraption. 00:03:45.189 --> 00:03:47.210 Oh, please, Doctor Cartier. It's Monsieur de 00:03:47.210 --> 00:03:51.349 Maupassant. De Maupassant? Who is he? The nervous 00:03:51.349 --> 00:03:55.330 one. He was here the other day. Oh, that one. 00:03:55.530 --> 00:04:00.150 The writer. Tell him tell him I'm busy with a 00:04:00.150 --> 00:04:04.090 patient. I did but he insists on talking The 00:04:04.090 --> 00:04:06.729 combination of the whole person and the telephone 00:04:06.729 --> 00:04:13.069 just speak into it doctor Hello, this is dr. 00:04:13.270 --> 00:04:17.089 Cartier doctor You must come to see me. You must 00:04:17.089 --> 00:04:19.790 come here at once. Hey, please miss you calm 00:04:19.790 --> 00:04:27.540 yourself Monsieur, be reasonable. I would like 00:04:27.540 --> 00:04:30.339 to be. I'd give everything I own if I could be 00:04:30.339 --> 00:04:34.160 reasonable. If I could only be reasonable, but... 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:38.720 It won't let me leave. What won't let you leave? 00:04:38.819 --> 00:04:44.079 It, it! The whore -la. The what? Monsieur de 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:55.500 Moisson. Monsieur, speak up. What happened? You 00:04:55.500 --> 00:04:59.220 may put on your shirt, Monsieur de Maupassant. 00:04:59.579 --> 00:05:02.939 Ah, a lovely place you have here. Breathtaking 00:05:02.939 --> 00:05:05.699 view of the harbor. What's wrong with me, Doctor? 00:05:06.220 --> 00:05:09.279 Oh, nothing. Then why do I... You see, that's 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:12.100 a handsome ship out there, eh? That sparkling 00:05:12.100 --> 00:05:14.860 white three -masted schooner. Something must 00:05:14.860 --> 00:05:18.160 be wrong. Where's she from, I wonder? Oh, Brazil, 00:05:18.639 --> 00:05:21.139 I think. Doctor, why won't you tell me what's 00:05:21.139 --> 00:05:24.230 wrong with me? I told you, nothing. You have 00:05:24.230 --> 00:05:27.689 a mild nervous upset. Your nerves are highly 00:05:27.689 --> 00:05:30.689 strong. Your pulse is rapid. Your eyes dilated. 00:05:30.750 --> 00:05:35.069 And what do you advise? A course of shower baths. 00:05:35.290 --> 00:05:38.290 Cool shower baths. Two in the morning, two in 00:05:38.290 --> 00:05:41.910 the afternoon, two in the evening. And send down 00:05:41.910 --> 00:05:44.209 to the chemist for some bromide of potassium. 00:05:44.310 --> 00:05:47.129 You haven't listened. I listened. I heard every 00:05:47.129 --> 00:05:52.910 word. Now, you go to sleep. Yes. You slumber 00:05:52.910 --> 00:05:56.089 deeply for two, three hours, correct? Yes, yes. 00:05:56.250 --> 00:05:59.129 Then a nightmare lays hold of you, true? Yes, 00:05:59.189 --> 00:06:02.490 exactly. You feel someone is in the room with 00:06:02.490 --> 00:06:06.350 you, in the dark room. Someone is in the room. 00:06:06.889 --> 00:06:10.769 Am I stating the facts? Exactly. This someone 00:06:10.769 --> 00:06:16.329 or something is staring at you? Yes. I can't 00:06:16.329 --> 00:06:20.209 see it, but I know it's there. I know it's staring 00:06:20.209 --> 00:06:25.879 at me. And then it comes closer and closer to 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:30.660 me. I feel it touching me. A cold, terrifying 00:06:30.660 --> 00:06:35.519 touch. And then I hear a sound, a low, vibrating 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:40.319 sound. It's nothing human, nothing animal, nothing 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:45.459 mechanical. And then I feel a weight as if something 00:06:45.459 --> 00:06:50.459 kneels on my chest. A pressure, a terrible pressure. 00:06:51.339 --> 00:06:55.879 My neck. My neck is being squeezed and squeezed 00:06:55.879 --> 00:06:58.560 as something seems to be draining the breath 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:02.220 from my body. Not only the breath, but my strength. 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:05.759 Everything is being drawn from me. I want to 00:07:05.759 --> 00:07:10.160 struggle, but I can't move. I want to shout for 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:12.980 help, but I can't utter a word. I try to fight, 00:07:13.100 --> 00:07:19.500 to resist, but I'm paralyzed and powerless. And 00:07:19.500 --> 00:07:24.240 then suddenly... I awake, bathed in perspiration, 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:31.740 trembling. And then, exhausted, I fall asleep 00:07:31.740 --> 00:07:38.100 and slumber restlessly till morning. Yes. Yes, 00:07:38.100 --> 00:07:43.060 I heard. Well, what have you to say about this 00:07:43.060 --> 00:07:48.300 mysterious creature? He exists in your imagination. 00:07:48.540 --> 00:07:53.250 Are you sure? Try the treatment, then call me 00:07:53.250 --> 00:07:55.550 in a few days. No, doctor. No, you must give 00:07:55.550 --> 00:07:59.310 me an answer for the Horla. The Horla? This creature, 00:07:59.449 --> 00:08:02.069 this being, this whatever it is. Monsieur de 00:08:02.069 --> 00:08:06.110 Maupassant, I understand you're a writer. Is 00:08:06.110 --> 00:08:11.129 that so? Now then, do I tell you how to write 00:08:11.129 --> 00:08:15.829 stories? Do I? No. Then don't tell me how to 00:08:15.829 --> 00:08:27.180 practice medicine. Fish fresh fish fresh marlette 00:08:27.180 --> 00:08:31.879 micro bar flounder Fresh and sweet as a faithful 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:35.679 wife. Good morning. Madam Bosa. Oh, it's you. 00:08:35.820 --> 00:08:40.080 Mr. Demo person. I Hear you have been ill. It's 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:42.220 because you have not been eating enough fish 00:08:42.220 --> 00:08:44.879 I instructed my cook to buy some for dinner. 00:08:44.980 --> 00:08:50.480 Oh, yes. She has been here You promised to put 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:54.960 me in a story. Well, perhaps I will. Tell me, 00:08:55.059 --> 00:08:57.080 mademoiselle, have any interesting new ships 00:08:57.080 --> 00:09:00.940 come in? Now, that is a good question. Yes, it 00:09:00.940 --> 00:09:05.659 is. And I would say it's not what comes in that's 00:09:05.659 --> 00:09:11.129 interesting. It's what's not going out. If you 00:09:11.129 --> 00:09:13.549 get my drift, Monsieur. No, I'm afraid I don't 00:09:13.549 --> 00:09:16.090 understand. The Brazilian. The Brazilian? The 00:09:16.090 --> 00:09:18.330 white three -master schooner at the end of the 00:09:18.330 --> 00:09:21.809 pier. You see? Oh, yes. Well, what about her? 00:09:22.470 --> 00:09:25.529 Monsieur, she has been tied up here for three 00:09:25.529 --> 00:09:29.789 weeks. So? She hasn't unloaded a stick of cargo. 00:09:30.090 --> 00:09:32.850 Perhaps she's put in for repairs. She has not 00:09:32.850 --> 00:09:36.730 replaced so much as a rope. Supplies? Food? Water? 00:09:36.990 --> 00:09:40.100 Listen, Monsieur de Maupassant. No one is allowed 00:09:40.100 --> 00:09:43.019 to go aboard her. Her crew has not been given 00:09:43.019 --> 00:09:45.940 so much as 10 minutes of liberty. Strange, no? 00:09:47.139 --> 00:09:50.659 Every few days, her captain comes down to the 00:09:50.659 --> 00:09:54.759 dock to buy fresh fish, meat, some fruits. And 00:09:54.759 --> 00:09:57.299 that's all we ever see of them. What does the 00:09:57.299 --> 00:10:02.159 captain say? Not a word. He's a huge, surly ape 00:10:02.159 --> 00:10:06.980 of a fellow. He points to what he wants and pays. 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:10.059 Comes in without the hello and and leaves without 00:10:10.059 --> 00:10:14.720 a goodbye. Well, we seem to have a mystery What 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:18.620 is the name of the ship the whole lot the what 00:10:18.620 --> 00:10:25.159 the whole lot? The whole lot but but that's that's 00:10:25.159 --> 00:10:30.500 what is it miss you the whole lot I Thought yes, 00:10:30.500 --> 00:10:35.559 I thought I had just made it up. Hey, miss you 00:10:35.759 --> 00:10:39.059 What are you saying? Are you sure? Are you positive 00:10:39.059 --> 00:10:43.179 that that's the name? The Horla? Well, walk down 00:10:43.179 --> 00:10:46.220 the pier. You'll see it. It's printed on the 00:10:46.220 --> 00:10:52.480 bow. Yes, yes. I think I will. Well, good day, 00:10:52.759 --> 00:11:02.379 Madame Bossa. Good day, Monsieur. The Horla. 00:11:04.100 --> 00:11:12.379 It's incredible. Ahoy! Ahoy there aboard the 00:11:12.379 --> 00:11:20.000 Horla! Ahoy there! Anyone there? What do you 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:24.240 want? Ah, you have a beautiful ship there, sailor. 00:11:24.779 --> 00:11:28.220 Listen, mister. Move on. All the other ships 00:11:28.220 --> 00:11:31.340 allow visitors. Captain's orders. None of your 00:11:31.340 --> 00:11:34.360 business. Couldn't I ask you something, sailor? 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:38.120 No. Your name, the Horla. What does it mean? 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:41.460 It doesn't mean anything. How did you come to 00:11:41.460 --> 00:11:43.139 choose it? Go on, move. You've got no business 00:11:43.139 --> 00:11:45.480 here. This is a public pier. I have as much right 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:50.299 to be here as you do. Perhaps more. Listen, mister, 00:11:51.100 --> 00:11:55.559 please, for your own good, get out of here. Leave 00:11:55.559 --> 00:11:59.299 as fast as you can. Go away. Go away as far as 00:11:59.299 --> 00:12:02.379 you can before... Before what? Before the... 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:09.320 Please, I didn't say anything to him. Who are 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:12.480 you talking to? No, no, no, please. Don't do 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:16.419 that to me. Sayler, what is it? What is it? Sayler! 00:12:25.299 --> 00:12:29.460 Monsieur de Maupassant. Monsieur. What is it? 00:12:29.960 --> 00:12:35.320 Are you all right? No, I'm not all right. I thought 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:40.159 as much. I saw you from my shop. You've just 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:44.620 been standing here. Standing still without moving 00:12:44.620 --> 00:12:48.039 a muscle for... Oh, monsieur, it must be every 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:53.080 bit of three hours. The ship. The ship. What 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:58.480 about the ship? My head, I feel so weak. Oh, 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:02.220 take my arm, monsieur. The ship. No, I must go 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:09.649 aboard that ship. Do you hear that? What, Monsieur? 00:13:09.649 --> 00:13:13.590 That sound, that sound. It comes from the ship. 00:13:15.250 --> 00:13:22.129 I am sorry, but I hear nothing. Nothing? I hear 00:13:22.129 --> 00:13:27.409 seagulls, waves. And now, come, Monsieur, it's 00:13:27.409 --> 00:13:30.669 thunder, it's storm. I must go aboard that ship. 00:13:30.809 --> 00:13:33.990 But they won't let you. The ship. Come, come 00:13:33.990 --> 00:13:36.309 quickly, Monsieur. You'll catch your death. The 00:13:36.309 --> 00:14:00.460 ship. How indeed. And as long as we're asking 00:14:00.460 --> 00:14:03.799 questions, here's a couple to keep the cauldron 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:08.389 boiling. Who? Or should we say, what is aboard 00:14:08.389 --> 00:14:13.590 the Horla? Or perhaps the most strategic question 00:14:13.590 --> 00:14:18.649 of all, what does the name Horla mean? I'll be 00:14:18.649 --> 00:14:33.639 back shortly with Act Two. Guy de Maupassant 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:37.419 is writing a story about a mysterious force which 00:14:37.419 --> 00:14:41.139 he calls the Horla, a force that drains the life 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:44.820 and strength from his hero. Now, he discovers 00:14:44.820 --> 00:14:47.759 that a mysterious ship that lies in the harbor 00:14:47.759 --> 00:14:55.720 is also called the Horla. Hello? I must see Dr. 00:14:55.919 --> 00:15:05.659 Cartier. I must see him at once. But he is not 00:15:05.659 --> 00:15:08.600 here. How do I know that? Monsieur. Excuse me. 00:15:09.539 --> 00:15:14.000 I'm in my room, my bedroom, and at any moment 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:19.559 I fall asleep. I'm so tired. Well, sleep, monsieur, 00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:22.620 by all means. Sleep would be the best thing for 00:15:22.620 --> 00:15:27.039 you. No, not this kind of sleep. The horla will 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:30.679 come to me again tonight. I know it. I know it. 00:15:33.230 --> 00:15:42.629 Tell him I need him urgently. Yes. Yes Who's 00:15:42.629 --> 00:15:51.710 there who who is that? Oh It's you Jean -Baptiste 00:15:51.710 --> 00:15:56.309 and who else might it be please please come in 00:15:56.309 --> 00:15:59.809 My hair ladies finished in the kitchen and I'm 00:15:59.809 --> 00:16:02.980 finished too with the paint job Just in time, 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:05.379 just before that. Oh, you didn't have to hurry. 00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:09.139 Well, get it over with. That's my motto. You 00:16:09.139 --> 00:16:12.659 thought your house was white before. You should 00:16:12.659 --> 00:16:16.759 see it now. Please, Jean, sit down. Yes, monsieur. 00:16:19.100 --> 00:16:24.120 Jean, I have a job for you. Doing what? Doing 00:16:24.120 --> 00:16:27.539 just what you're doing now. But I am not doing 00:16:27.539 --> 00:16:30.700 anything. Oh, yes. Yes, you are. You're sitting 00:16:30.700 --> 00:16:37.340 there. That's the job? That's the job. And I'm 00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:40.899 just supposed to sit here? Well, you could talk 00:16:40.899 --> 00:16:43.720 to me. About what? About anything that comes 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:46.840 into your head. You may also have to serve as 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:49.659 my bodyguard. Bodyguard? Someone may try to break 00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:54.700 in while I'm asleep. I'm your man. I served the 00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:57.799 H in the Chasseurs, the Chasseurs d 'Afrique, 00:16:58.159 --> 00:17:00.379 the terrorist outfit in the army. Oh, is that 00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:03.590 so? Well... Tell me about it. Well, we were the 00:17:03.590 --> 00:17:06.750 only ones who could hold the ground at Sedan. 00:17:07.349 --> 00:17:12.170 And are you really interested? Oh, yes. Yes, 00:17:12.230 --> 00:17:15.130 please. Tell me. Tell me everything. Tell me 00:17:15.130 --> 00:17:26.410 the story of your life. And so we advanced against 00:17:26.410 --> 00:17:35.569 the Prussian left flank and we... We Show go 00:17:35.569 --> 00:17:40.490 on John don't stop Talk to me If you fall asleep, 00:17:40.490 --> 00:17:44.750 I'll fall asleep Sure, please talk to me. Don't 00:17:44.750 --> 00:17:49.170 let me sleep. Oh I'm so tired, but don't let 00:17:49.170 --> 00:18:08.079 me sleep. Don't let me Catch it! Catch it! Hold 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:11.039 it! Hold it! What is it? Kill it! Kill it! Wake 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:16.660 up! Get it off me! Kill it! Kill it! Kill what, 00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:21.619 Monsieur? The horror! The horror! Wake up, Monsieur! 00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:25.720 Please, wake up! I am awake! Can't you see? Can't 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:33.339 you see I'm... The rest, Monsieur. Relax. Where 00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:38.039 is it? Where did it go? There is nothing here. 00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:42.339 Somebody was in the... There was no one in here, 00:18:42.480 --> 00:18:48.279 except you and me. It was here. It was... Impossible, 00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:51.140 Monsieur. It's impossible. You didn't hear it? 00:18:52.180 --> 00:18:56.240 That terrible sound? Monsieur de Montessant, 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:01.410 I heard nothing. I saw nothing. There was nothing. 00:19:01.509 --> 00:19:06.029 Oh, no. No, you're wrong. It was here. The window, 00:19:07.109 --> 00:19:09.410 as you can see, is still locked from the inside. 00:19:09.829 --> 00:19:14.289 The door still barred. From the inside, nothing 00:19:14.289 --> 00:19:17.509 human could have gotten in or out. Who says it's 00:19:17.509 --> 00:19:22.609 human? Are you saying that something... Less 00:19:22.609 --> 00:19:25.849 than human may be coming in and out of here at 00:19:25.849 --> 00:19:29.890 night. It may be more than human. In that case, 00:19:30.130 --> 00:19:32.690 monsieur, I resign from the job. No, no, no. 00:19:32.789 --> 00:19:35.710 I'll raise the pay. You cannot raise it high 00:19:35.710 --> 00:19:38.970 enough. There isn't that much money in the whole 00:19:38.970 --> 00:19:48.839 of the world. Dr. Cotchey. I thought you'd never 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:51.980 get here. Nothing works. Shower baths, the bromides. 00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:55.579 You insist you still have this visitor? I know 00:19:55.579 --> 00:19:59.799 I do. He was here last night. He overpowers you? 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:02.859 Yes. He makes this awful sound? Yes. He drains 00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:05.359 all your strength? Yes, exactly as I told you. 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:10.160 Your handyman Jean -Baptiste stopped my carriage 00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:13.819 as I drove up. He spent the night in this room 00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:16.700 with you, I understand. Yes, that's right. While 00:20:16.700 --> 00:20:21.079 this... this... Hoyla. This Hoyla attacked you. 00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:27.220 He heard nothing. He saw nothing. Well? Well 00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:32.859 what? Come, monsieur. Admit this is all a nightmare. 00:20:33.099 --> 00:20:37.329 But it was so real. It's always so real. There 00:20:37.329 --> 00:20:42.130 was a witness. Is Jean Baptiste reliable? Is 00:20:42.130 --> 00:20:45.730 he sane? I would say so, yes. Would he have any 00:20:45.730 --> 00:20:51.750 reason to lie? To embarrass you? No. Then why 00:20:51.750 --> 00:20:54.930 do you insist on maintaining this ridiculous 00:20:54.930 --> 00:20:59.630 fiction of a Horla? Doctor, that name, that name, 00:20:59.650 --> 00:21:02.960 Horla, I thought I had made it up. that it was 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:06.660 a creation of my own imagination. But it happens 00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:10.640 to be the name of that ship. What ship? You know, 00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:13.059 the one you asked me about last week, the white 00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:16.240 three -masted Brazilian schooner. I mean, where 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:18.940 would I get that name? Why would that name pop 00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:23.220 into my head? That Brazilian ship is called Orla? 00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:25.440 Prove it to yourself. Pick up that telescope. 00:21:25.720 --> 00:21:28.200 See her out there at the pier. You can read her 00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:32.690 name. Ah, then that explains it. You had picked 00:21:32.690 --> 00:21:35.329 up your telescope one day to view the harbor 00:21:35.329 --> 00:21:38.670 Without being aware of it. You might have read 00:21:38.670 --> 00:21:41.809 the name on her bow. I have never seen that name 00:21:41.809 --> 00:21:47.809 before in my life someone somehow Placed it into 00:21:47.809 --> 00:21:51.470 my imagination. Monsieur de Maupassant sit down 00:21:51.470 --> 00:21:56.569 at once Now I have coddled you long enough. You 00:21:56.569 --> 00:21:59.559 are one of the great writers of France But you 00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:02.420 have reduced yourself to a terrified, trembling 00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:06.359 wretch. This will not do. I admit that I am terrified. 00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:09.039 That's what I've been trying to tell you. Yes, 00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:11.740 yes, you terrified. You have been terrified by 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:13.740 the critics. That's a lie. I don't care for the 00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:16.400 opinions of those... You are human. You care. 00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:21.200 I read what they write. You've lost your touch. 00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:24.259 Your best work is behind you. I am as good as 00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:28.250 I ever was. Better. Sometimes genius becomes 00:22:28.250 --> 00:22:32.589 too heavy a burden to bear, and so you construct 00:22:32.589 --> 00:22:37.190 this fable in order to have an excuse not to 00:22:37.190 --> 00:22:40.529 work anymore, not to be judged anymore. That's 00:22:40.529 --> 00:22:42.890 not true. But the fact is you're not writing. 00:22:42.930 --> 00:22:46.009 I am writing. What are you writing? I'm writing 00:22:46.009 --> 00:22:51.230 a story. A story called The Horror. That's not 00:22:51.230 --> 00:22:54.880 a story. It's an account of your nightmare. I 00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:57.500 just don't know what else to do, doctor. I do. 00:22:58.539 --> 00:23:02.279 Sit down at that writing desk. Pick up your pen. 00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:07.200 Create another Bellamy. Another Pierre and Jean. 00:23:08.140 --> 00:23:11.180 Another ball of fat. Doctor, it's not that simple. 00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:15.099 Make it simple. Remember, you're more than a 00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:26.140 great writer. You're a great French writer. May 00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:28.180 I come in, monsieur? Oh, Jean -Baptiste, yes, 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:31.539 of course. I see your honor is working. That's 00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:34.359 good. It's good. Yes, I feel wonderful this afternoon. 00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:36.740 The old lady wants to know if you'd like to come 00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:38.559 down for tea. Oh, no, I'm in the middle of things 00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:40.920 here. I'll work through till supper. Well, I 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:43.099 didn't mean to interrupt. I just brought you 00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:45.880 the paper from Paris. Thank you. Well, I'll see 00:23:45.880 --> 00:23:48.799 you later. I've got to put in the chrysanthemums. 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:54.980 The old lady... Jean. Jean, listen. What is it, 00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:59.339 monsieur? You tell me. I can't tell you nothing. 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:05.960 You don't hear anything? What? What am I supposed 00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:11.259 to hear? Just listen, John, listen! You're having 00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:14.640 that problem. The one you had last night. Yes, 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:18.880 I... I'm afraid so. Well, you'd better see the 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:22.140 doctor. I've just seen the doctor. Sean, please. 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:24.920 Please, would you mind sitting here with me? 00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:31.200 I don't mind as long as it's the daytime. I just 00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:34.460 can't work anymore. I don't think I'll be able 00:24:34.460 --> 00:24:37.420 to concentrate. Well, why don't you take a little 00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:48.960 nap? No, no, I don't want to sleep. Jean! Jean! 00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:54.029 I must have... Quickly, take this telescope, 00:24:54.130 --> 00:24:56.650 go to the window. What for? Down at the pier. 00:24:57.069 --> 00:24:59.109 At the end of the pier, the Three -Mastered Schooner. 00:24:59.549 --> 00:25:03.609 Do you see her? Yes, I see. Don't you see anyone 00:25:03.609 --> 00:25:06.869 standing on her deck? No. It's empty. All right, 00:25:06.950 --> 00:25:09.730 now keep looking. Why? Cover the gangplank. Have 00:25:09.730 --> 00:25:12.710 you got it in focus? Yes, Monsieur. Now, if you 00:25:12.710 --> 00:25:15.589 see anyone, anyone at all leaving that ship, 00:25:15.950 --> 00:25:17.769 follow him through the telescope and see where 00:25:17.769 --> 00:25:21.000 he goes and let me know. You understand? I think 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:24.579 so, but why? I don't think you would really want 00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:28.779 me to tell you. Now, just watch. And watch carefully. 00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:32.880 Wait, monsieur. Where are you going? I'm going 00:25:32.880 --> 00:25:36.180 to see Dr. Cartier. But how will I be able to 00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:38.880 tell you if anybody... Just call me on the telephone. 00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:41.500 The telephone? There's nothing to it. You just 00:25:41.500 --> 00:25:43.759 pick up the receiver, turn the handle, and ask 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:53.750 the operator for Dr. Cartier. You simply can't 00:25:53.750 --> 00:25:56.109 barge into my surgery. I can if it's an emergency. 00:25:56.490 --> 00:25:59.069 I thought we had settled your problem this morning. 00:25:59.150 --> 00:26:01.089 Look, there is an article in the Paris newspaper, 00:26:01.089 --> 00:26:03.289 and I want to read it to you. I refuse to listen 00:26:03.289 --> 00:26:05.430 to anything that's in a Parisian paper. They're 00:26:05.430 --> 00:26:07.390 all filthy rags. Come on, just listen to this 00:26:07.390 --> 00:26:09.769 article. I listen to nothing from Paris. It's 00:26:09.769 --> 00:26:12.809 a sewer of anarchy and atheism. This won't take 00:26:12.809 --> 00:26:15.390 a minute. Perhaps if you spent less time reading 00:26:15.390 --> 00:26:17.430 Parisian papers... Doctor, this time you sit 00:26:17.430 --> 00:26:22.150 down and listen. The date is August the 19th. 00:26:22.529 --> 00:26:24.690 A curious piece of news comes to us from Rio 00:26:24.690 --> 00:26:27.329 de Janeiro. That's in Brazil. Yeah, I knew that's 00:26:27.329 --> 00:26:31.240 in Brazil. Madness. An epidemic of madness. like 00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:33.619 that contagious madness which attacked Europe 00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:36.400 in the Middle Ages is now raging in the province 00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:39.259 of San Paulo. The terrified inhabitants are leaving 00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:41.759 their houses. They say they're being pursued 00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:44.480 and possessed. Now, these are not my words, Doctor. 00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:48.099 I quote from this article. Typical Parisian exaggeration. 00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:50.299 They only copied the story that arrived on the 00:26:50.299 --> 00:26:52.700 wire from Brazil. The people are quoted as saying 00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:55.380 that they are pursued and possessed, dominated 00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:59.420 as if they were human cattle by invisible though 00:26:59.420 --> 00:27:02.680 tangible beings. like so many vampires which 00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:06.519 feed on their life while they're asleep. Now, 00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:10.339 what do you say, Doctor? South Americans are 00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:15.559 basically Spaniards. A highly romantic, unstable 00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:19.500 people. To continue, if I may, Professor Don 00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:22.960 Pedro Enriquez and several other medical experts 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:25.880 have gone into the province to study this madness. 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:31.880 Brazil. Doctor, Brazil. The ship that you noticed 00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:35.779 in the harbor. She comes from Brazil. What of 00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:40.019 it? I say she brings this madness here with her. 00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:42.019 She has been tied up here the better part of 00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:44.259 a month. No one leaves her. No one visits her. 00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:46.539 She makes no repairs. She takes on no cargo. 00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:51.019 Now stop fighting me. Think with me. Why is she 00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:53.880 here? What do you expect me to say? She is here 00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:56.180 to spread that madness, to capture our souls. 00:27:56.480 --> 00:28:00.700 Very well. I'll stop fighting you. I'll start 00:28:00.700 --> 00:28:05.279 to think with you. Assume she is here on the 00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:08.839 errand you mentioned. Yes. Then why is there 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:11.619 no panic in the town as there was in Brazil? 00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:14.660 Perhaps the conditions aren't the same here. 00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:18.259 So far, again for the sake of argument, only 00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:21.519 you have been attacked. Why? Why you? Perhaps, 00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:25.559 Miss Hoyler, perhaps it's selective. Perhaps 00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:28.849 only I have what it wants. Yes, that could be 00:28:28.849 --> 00:28:31.369 possible. Of course, it could be completely irrational. 00:28:33.009 --> 00:28:36.130 When I saw that ship sailing up the Seine, I 00:28:36.130 --> 00:28:40.190 thought... I thought she looked so pretty. So 00:28:40.190 --> 00:28:45.150 white. And this being, this... this Horla... 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:49.779 It also saw me, and it saw my house, which was 00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:54.259 also a brilliant, sparkling, dazzling white, 00:28:54.579 --> 00:28:57.460 just like the color of its own ship. For that 00:28:57.460 --> 00:29:00.480 reason, it decided to take me... Monsieur de 00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:07.019 Maupassant, I recommend a journey for your health. 00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:09.160 No, thank you, Doctor. I am going to play this 00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:13.519 out. Listen, now listen to me. Does it matter 00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:17.839 if you're attacked by an outside force or by 00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:21.839 a weakness in your own body? The result is the 00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:29.039 same madness now try a change of scene of climate 00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:42.240 The telephone for you, oh, thank you Yes Yes, 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:53.619 Jean. Yes, of course it is. What is it? Never 00:29:53.619 --> 00:30:03.099 mind that. What do you have to report? Where 00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:08.619 did he go? Well, meet me there. I may need your 00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:18.839 help. And bring a weapon. Well, will the man 00:30:18.839 --> 00:30:22.359 of letters become the man of action? And how 00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:25.819 ironic it is that the epic struggle for the mind 00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:29.240 and the soul of not just one man, but perhaps 00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:33.119 all men, may take place in the small crowded 00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:37.200 stall of a provincial fishmonger. I shall return 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:52.799 shortly with Act 3. A beautiful white sailing 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:56.119 ship is docked in the harbor near the mouth of 00:30:56.119 --> 00:31:00.099 the Seine River, and a famous French writer claims 00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:03.700 she carries aboard her a mysterious force that 00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:08.400 intends to destroy the world. Only he can't be 00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:14.099 sure, and neither can we. Is this just a story 00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:19.619 he is writing, or a nightmare he is living? What? 00:31:20.159 --> 00:31:23.759 fancied or real, a confrontation with the ship's 00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:29.240 captain awaits us. Jean, here, here I am. Yes, 00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:32.059 Monsieur. Are you armed? Yes, I have my old service 00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:33.980 revolver loaded and ready. Well, keep it out 00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:36.720 of sight. Your man is inside the store buying 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:38.759 fish from Le Bonsaint. All right, come along, 00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:43.539 follow me. Yes, Monsieur. And you'll have some 00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:46.660 mollet, very good. Oh, good afternoon, Monsieur 00:31:46.660 --> 00:31:48.859 de Maupassant. I'll be with you as soon as I'm 00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:50.460 through with this customer. You're not too sure? 00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:54.880 Look, he doesn't speak. He points to the fish 00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:57.000 he wants and holds up his fingers for how many 00:31:57.000 --> 00:32:01.779 he'll take. Very well. That'll be 27 francs, 00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:03.960 monsieur. René will bring it out to your ship. 00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:07.349 Bon appétit. One moment. Captain, I'd like a 00:32:07.349 --> 00:32:09.950 word with you. Stand aside. My name is Guy de 00:32:09.950 --> 00:32:12.109 Maupassant. Stand aside. I would like to talk 00:32:12.109 --> 00:32:15.009 to you about your ship. I said stand aside. Not 00:32:15.009 --> 00:32:17.329 until we learn what's happening here. Stand aside. 00:32:17.730 --> 00:32:25.750 Help me. Help me with this fellow. Help me. My 00:32:25.750 --> 00:32:31.609 head. My head. What's the matter, Monsieur? René, 00:32:31.930 --> 00:32:34.130 get Monsieur de Maupassant a glass of wine. Sure. 00:32:34.700 --> 00:32:38.059 Shum, why didn't you help me? Help you to do 00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:40.440 what, Monsieur? To detain that man, to hold him 00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:44.960 here. But you didn't say anything. I kept waiting. 00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:48.819 I called on you for help. When? Just now. Madame 00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:51.859 Borson, didn't you hear me? I didn't hear anything. 00:32:51.980 --> 00:32:54.799 But you saw me struggle with him. No, Monsieur. 00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:58.259 I asked him to stop. I said I wanted to have 00:32:58.259 --> 00:32:59.819 a word with him, and then he pushed me away. 00:32:59.920 --> 00:33:02.259 I tried to hold him. I called on you for help. 00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:07.500 Oh, no, no. No. All right. All right, according 00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:10.920 to you. Just what happened here? He finished 00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:14.180 buying whatever it was. He paid Madame Bonsin. 00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:17.480 She gave him his change and he walked out. Madame, 00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:21.119 is that true? Yes, yes. I was waiting for you 00:33:21.119 --> 00:33:25.160 to stop him. But as long as you didn't, I fear... 00:33:25.160 --> 00:33:29.079 Well, it's your concern. Yes, Jean -Baptiste. 00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:42.180 It is my concern. All mine. Good evening, de 00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:45.119 Maupassant. I didn't send for you, Doctor. No, 00:33:45.140 --> 00:33:48.119 you didn't. But I received a visit from your 00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:53.140 handyman and the Bonsa women. They fear for your 00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:56.559 sanity. I can't fault them in that regard. I 00:33:56.559 --> 00:34:00.519 fear for it too. I want to help you. What can 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:03.599 you do? I tell you the problem and you dismiss 00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:07.799 it as an aberration. Give it up. Give me up, 00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:11.489 Doctor. I can't. Surely you've lost a patient 00:34:11.489 --> 00:34:14.409 or two in your career doctor. Well, then this 00:34:14.409 --> 00:34:17.789 should be no novelty Why do you persist? Are 00:34:17.789 --> 00:34:22.969 you that fond of me? No Actually, I dislike you 00:34:22.969 --> 00:34:28.309 heartily your ideas your politics But I am first 00:34:28.309 --> 00:34:32.530 a Frenchman and a patriot Your writing brings 00:34:32.530 --> 00:34:37.090 honor to our country. You are one of our national 00:34:37.090 --> 00:34:41.559 resources I must save you. How far would you 00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:46.019 be willing to go? I still don't know the problem. 00:34:46.099 --> 00:34:48.559 I told you the problem. I read you the dispatch 00:34:48.559 --> 00:34:52.420 from the Paris newspaper. Very well. This force, 00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:58.280 this thing, this horla, why does it attack? Why? 00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:03.650 Perhaps... The reign of man on this earth is 00:35:03.650 --> 00:35:06.110 over. What kind of nonsense is that? You'll get 00:35:06.110 --> 00:35:07.989 nowhere if you keep saying nonsense to me every 00:35:07.989 --> 00:35:11.630 time I open my mouth. Man did not always rule 00:35:11.630 --> 00:35:15.130 this planet. He didn't? No. We are but one of 00:35:15.130 --> 00:35:18.809 a series of rulers according to evolution. Evolution? 00:35:19.210 --> 00:35:21.309 What do you say? Do you quarrel with Darwin? 00:35:22.250 --> 00:35:25.230 Why, is it too much to suppose that we, in our 00:35:25.230 --> 00:35:27.929 turn, are being supplanted? By whom? It doesn't 00:35:27.929 --> 00:35:32.070 have to be a whom. It could also be a what? What 00:35:32.070 --> 00:35:36.469 kind of a what? A horla. And we are back where 00:35:36.469 --> 00:35:42.769 we started. Yes. A horla. I would accept a vampire, 00:35:43.570 --> 00:35:48.010 a physical, tangible, visible creature, but your 00:35:48.010 --> 00:35:51.980 horla cannot be seen. That's true. Then how can 00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:54.940 he do damage? He can seize control of the brain. 00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:59.059 Never. The brain is inside the skull. It is safe. 00:35:59.099 --> 00:36:02.139 It cannot be tampered with. The Horla has always 00:36:02.139 --> 00:36:05.920 tampered with it. Primitive man feared him. This 00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:10.219 unknown, unseen horror. The priests, magicians 00:36:10.219 --> 00:36:13.159 through the centuries have tried in vain to exorcise 00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:17.420 him. Yet he has stolen into our minds, captured 00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:21.179 our thoughts. Mesmer. Mesmer, he understood this 00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:23.699 power. He could even demonstrate it. And Mesmer 00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:26.360 was a Frenchman. I regret to say he was also 00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:29.820 a charlatan. The mind. That part of it we don't 00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:34.579 know. That dynamic, unconscious portion. The 00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:38.940 part discovered by Freud. Who? Freud. Sigmund 00:36:38.940 --> 00:36:42.559 Freud of Vienna. Oh, an Austrian. A brilliant 00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:46.039 psychologist. Freud. Mesmer others they show 00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:49.460 us glimpses of this awful mental power some call 00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:53.219 it magnetism Suggestion hypnotism, but only the 00:36:53.219 --> 00:36:56.320 Horla fully understands it and he will use it 00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:59.539 to conquer but why why did we conquer because 00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:05.659 our time had come and I hear him He keeps telling 00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:11.570 me he has come my boy Let us put you into a The 00:37:11.570 --> 00:37:14.949 hospital. For your own good. He'll follow me 00:37:14.949 --> 00:37:17.949 there. What do you suggest? Eventually, he will 00:37:17.949 --> 00:37:20.449 make of us what we have made of the horse, the 00:37:20.449 --> 00:37:25.369 ox. His beast of burden, and his food, just by 00:37:25.369 --> 00:37:28.289 the strength of his will. You need a complete 00:37:28.289 --> 00:37:32.599 rest, a change of scene. But you know... Sometimes 00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:36.559 an animal turns on its master. Sometimes the 00:37:36.559 --> 00:37:40.099 slave rebels and kills the oppressor. And I know 00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:43.340 just the place. Get away from the sea. Breathe 00:37:43.340 --> 00:37:46.980 some good, crisp mountain air. And so I'll kill 00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:49.599 this horla. I'll have your servants pack some 00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:53.400 clothes. And if I kill him, perhaps all of us 00:37:53.400 --> 00:38:10.150 will be safe for a while. Jean -Baptiste here. 00:38:10.570 --> 00:38:14.710 Allo, this is Dr. Cartier. I called to make sure 00:38:14.710 --> 00:38:17.510 Monsieur de Vaupassant is all right. Oh, he's 00:38:17.510 --> 00:38:20.489 all right, feeling fine. Ah, is he back for the 00:38:20.489 --> 00:38:23.789 journey? Yes, we're all set here. You say he's 00:38:23.789 --> 00:38:27.690 feeling fine. Is he sleeping soundly? No, he's 00:38:27.690 --> 00:38:29.929 not sleeping at all. He felt so good, he went 00:38:29.929 --> 00:38:33.170 out for a walk. You let him go out? Well, he 00:38:33.170 --> 00:38:35.809 said he felt so good. Where did he go? I guess 00:38:35.809 --> 00:38:37.570 he went to the harbor. We have to bring him... 00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:55.099 Fish to the captain. All right. Go all the way 00:38:55.099 --> 00:39:05.360 out. What is it? What are you doing here? What 00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:07.820 are you doing here, Captain? What is your ship 00:39:07.820 --> 00:39:10.380 doing in this harbor? I'll have you thrown overboard. 00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:14.820 I'll keep coming back. Why are you here? Why? 00:39:15.820 --> 00:39:21.610 You know. You know why. Tell me. You know everything 00:39:21.610 --> 00:39:26.190 there is to tell. The ship is captured. It belongs 00:39:26.190 --> 00:39:31.369 to... To? To the Horla. Yes. It captured us in 00:39:31.369 --> 00:39:35.289 the harbor back in Rio. It owns us. It owns every 00:39:35.289 --> 00:39:37.829 man on board. What is it doing here? Looking 00:39:37.829 --> 00:39:42.329 for captives. Looking for you. Why me? I don't 00:39:42.329 --> 00:39:45.409 know. It chooses its victims according to... 00:39:45.409 --> 00:39:50.219 I don't know the reasons. Some are obvious. Us 00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:55.260 we have a ship it wanted a ship But you others 00:39:55.260 --> 00:40:01.199 I don't know. I don't know why it wants you the 00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:07.059 whaler Where is it now? Here in this cabin with 00:40:07.059 --> 00:40:13.260 us here now. Yes What's it doing sometimes like 00:40:13.260 --> 00:40:17.639 now it sleeps other times You better leave leave 00:40:17.639 --> 00:40:20.400 now while you can no captain. Let's fight it. 00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:24.300 You cannot find it. Let's kill it We can't kill 00:40:24.300 --> 00:40:27.579 it and then we'll all be free. But how can we 00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:30.840 kill it? It's in here. It's asleep in here. Yes 00:40:30.840 --> 00:40:34.400 lock the door Lock the door and destroy the ship 00:40:34.400 --> 00:40:37.800 destroy the sheep burn it. I can't burn it. It's 00:40:37.800 --> 00:40:41.440 my she not anymore It belongs to the Horla you 00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:44.280 belong to the Horla. I belong to the Horla. Let's 00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:48.329 be free I cannot let you do it. I'm afraid. Let 00:40:48.329 --> 00:40:53.869 go! No! Let go of me! Let go! The floor! You 00:40:53.869 --> 00:40:55.650 knocked over the lamp. The floor is acquired! 00:40:56.170 --> 00:40:58.389 Let's get out of here! We'll be burned to death! 00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:44.920 Yes. This is such a pleasant, restful ride. We 00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:47.460 will be at the sanitarium in time for dinner. 00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:54.219 You won't regret it. You had a narrow escape 00:41:54.219 --> 00:41:59.739 last night. Yes. Yes, I know. Why did you go 00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:05.179 aboard that ship? Why? Yes. Why? I told you. 00:42:05.869 --> 00:42:09.690 To strike a blow for freedom, to overthrow the 00:42:09.690 --> 00:42:15.090 slave master, to kill the oppressor. And did 00:42:15.090 --> 00:42:22.210 you? Did I what? Did you kill the Horlain? Did 00:42:22.210 --> 00:42:28.329 you prevail? For just a moment, I thought I did. 00:42:30.510 --> 00:42:36.119 But no, how can man prevail? against the Horla. 00:42:40.320 --> 00:42:44.900 They say de Maupassant lost his mind. They also 00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:49.719 say, those whom the gods would destroy, they 00:42:49.719 --> 00:42:56.599 first make mad. Are there new gods? As we are 00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:59.739 absolute monarchs over the willing horse, the 00:42:59.739 --> 00:43:05.039 faithful dog. Will someone soon force us to you? 00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:13.559 spirit soul and body to him I'll be back shortly 00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:27.380 We look down from the top of the evolutionary 00:43:27.380 --> 00:43:31.840 tree And we consider ourselves the highest, the 00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:36.820 noblest, and the best. But there can be someone 00:43:36.820 --> 00:43:42.699 ready to take over, someone more perfect. Maybe 00:43:42.699 --> 00:43:46.199 the only way we can survive is to beat this thing 00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:50.880 at its own game, improve ourselves, shape up, 00:43:51.360 --> 00:43:55.980 and also show up regularly for the next adventure 00:43:55.980 --> 00:44:00.199 in the macabre. Our cast included Paul Hecht, 00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:03.320 Bryna Rayburn, Robert Dryden, and Dan Ockel. 00:44:04.179 --> 00:44:06.300 The entire production was under the direction 00:44:06.300 --> 00:44:10.360 of Hyman Brown. This is E .G. Marshall inviting 00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:13.719 you to return to our Mystery Theatre for another 00:44:13.719 --> 00:44:20.059 adventure in the macabre. Until next time, pleasant 00:44:20.059 --> 00:44:20.960 dreams.