"(♪ Theme music)" "(Tannoy, in German)" "Thank you." "(Tannoy, in German)" "(Tannoy) 'Mr Peter KIeist." "'Mr Peter KIeist, please report to the central information desk." "'Thank you.'" "Excuse me." "You called Peter KIeist?" "Ah, yes." "This gentleman here is looking for you." "Ah, Peter!" " I'm KarI hummel." " uncle KarI!" "I really didn't expect you to meet me personally." "A nephew I've never seen - my curiosity got the better of me." " Any more bags?" " No, just these." "Oh, but you..." "welcome to Austria, Peter." " And how's my sister?" " Mother's fine." "She sends you her best." "She wrote saying that you were awarded your master's degree." "We're all very proud." "Education is a Iong and honoured tradition in our family." "Yeah, uncle, but I've had enough of it for a while." "Then you're not going on for your doctorate degree?" "I'm going on for some rest." "Some relaxation, some fun." "Back to the earth, back to my roots." "So that's why you've come here to Austria, hmm?" "We all want to know where we come from, and from whom." "I'm particularly fascinated by that ghoulish baron on my father's side." "Hmm..." "Otto von kleist." "The baron's name is not exactly popular around these parts." "To the villagers, he was not a fictional character, but real, and his victims were real people." "Even now, they all go out of their way to avoid going to the castle at night." "I heard the castle's being made into a hotel." "Yes, that's so." "But a hotel for foreigners, not for the locals." "How do you feel about it?" "We pass it along the way." "would you Iike to take a look?" "Yeah, between us we might even conjure up an ancestral ghost or two." "(chuckles)" "(♪ Theme music)" "(Peter) Hey, uncle, what are they gonna call the hotel?" " Von KIeist Horror House?" " (karl, chuckling) No." "But the castle has always been called Schloss des Teufels." "(Peter) Schloss what?" "(Karl) Schloss des Teufels, castle of the devils." "(Peter) That's not too inviting either, is it?" "(karl) It's good for tourists." "Look, there's your castle." "(Peter) Schloss des Teufels." "could we go up, do you think?" "Yes, we have a little time." "(Man) Eva, did they put up those partitions yet?" "Eva, please, please." "No, no, no, no, and I say you cannot make these changes in the cellar." "FräuIein, you're just a child, an attractive child, but I don't like you threatening me." "I am not threatening you, Herr Dortmundt, it's only that the Iaw says..." " Herr Dortmundt." "Eva." "Good day." " How are you?" "May I present my nephew, Peter KIeist, from America." " Herr Dortmundt." " It's a pleasure." " FräuIein." "Nice to meet you." " And you." "Eva's one of my prized architectural students." "She represents me on the Commission for the Preservation of national Monuments." "KIeist?" "Peter KIeist?" "Peter is a direct descendant of Baron von kleist." " Oh, really?" " Yes." "several great-grandfathers back, of course." "Baron blood, they called him." "well, I hope you haven't inherited his disposition." "One never knows!" "They say one of his favourite pastimes was to impale anyone who incurred his displeasure on stakes, planting their bodies up on this tower" " as a warning to others." " (Peter) Sweet guy!" "I imagine if he was around to see what Herr Dortmundt was doing to his castle he might get the same idea again." "Hey, that might be a good gimmick to attract people to the castle again." "Oh, sure, sure." "Herr Dortmundt likes the idea." "He would stick all of womanhood up there." "I think I'd better go and check what his workers are destroying in this part of the castle." "Go on, busybody." "Go ahead and spy on me!" "Ah, she can be so exasperating at times." "will you please close that door!" "Why do you keep opening it all the time?" " To see you come in." " really now..." "(Door slams)" "Hey... hey!" "Somebody!" "Open the door!" "Do you hear me?" "Somebody, please!" "Open the door!" "(Distant cackIing)" "(Screams)" "(CackIes)" "Fritz!" "Fritz!" "Don't you ever, ever dare do that to me again!" "Eva, what is it?" "That stupid fiend, he frightened me out of my mind." "(Laughs)" "(Dortmundt) Oh, that's just Fritz, the caretaker." "He's gotten into the bad habit of scaring intruders." "Fritz, come back here!" "I wonder how many victims the baron tortured with these trinkets." " Are you all right now?" " I'm sorry, I know." "Er, Peter..." "If you think you can tear yourself away for the time being, my wife has been waiting to give you a sample of some truly Austrian home cooking." "Eva, how about you joining us?" "(Peter) Not you, buddy." " Some more cheesecake, Peter?" " Oh, no, thank you." "If I eat any more, I'II get as fat as the old baron." "The baron was a tall man, but he wasn't fat." "well, listen to her now." "How would you know?" "The child is right." "Von KIeist was tall and thin." "She must have seen a painting of him somewhere." "No, I didn't." "well then, child, how do you know what he looked like?" "I've seen him at the castle." "Gretchen, I don't like you telling stories like that." "But I have seen him, sometimes on my way home from school." "I can see him looking out from the castle wall, just like the nice witch said." "Ah, so, that explains it." "She's been hearing too many stories about EIisabeth HöIIe." "Then you, too, know about her." "When the baron had her burned to death..." "karl!" "Such talk at the dinner table." "Martha's right, I'm sorry." "Come, Gretchen, time to go to bed." " Excuse us." "Peter..." " Of course." " Eva..." " Good night, Mrs hummel." " Good night." " Good night, Gretchen." " Good night." " Good night." " Good night." " Bye!" "well, I'm glad the name of elisabeth HöIIe came up." "There's something I want to show you." "Oh, but before I show you this, suppose you tell me what you know about EIisabeth HöIIe?" "As legend has it, she was a witch, put at the stake by the baron, because he was afraid of her." "Is that all?" "well, no, before she died she put a curse on him, promising he would suffer a hundred times as much as any of his victims, and... he did die a horrible death." "They tortured him, then burned him in his own chambers." "fortunately for the castle, a storm extinguished the fire before it spread too far." "The baron's body was never found." "But EIisabeth HöIIe left an incantation that would bring him back to suffer again and again." "This is it." "Looks authentic enough." "Kunik Sator Holmat..." " Where did you get this?" " Up at my grandfather's place." "I was just a kid then, but I never threw it away." "Since I was coming here to Austria, I thought I'd bring it along and scare up a little family history while I was at it." "Hmm... very interesting." "Seems authentically old." "Worth trying out, or too dangerous?" "We live in an enlightened age, Peter, where science not only reveals the old mysteries as mere superstitions but, little by little, discovers the true mysteries of the universe." "However..." "I would not play with the occult, if I were you." "One's obsession with it could be the real danger." "It's getting late, and I still have my lectures to prepare for tomorrow." " No, don't get up." " I'II get Eva home safely." "No, no, that won't be necessary, because I Iive right close by." "well then, stay as long as you Iike, unless you have to rush off somewhere." " (Peter) Oh, no, no, no..." " Good night, then." " Good night." "Thanks, uncle." " Good night, Doctor." "May I?" "Thank you." "7 XGR..." "No, no, no, no!" "No, not here!" "Don't read it now." "well, you don't really believe in that, do you?" "Do you still have the keys to the castle?" " Look, as a trustee of the government..." " Yeah, listen to this for a second." "They say the only place the incantation will work is in the room where the baron was killed." "well, that should be the "burned room", then." "It's starting to make sense now." "Let's go to the castle." "Come on, Peter." "You want me to run off in the night as your "guide"?" "Have no fear, mein Fräulein, if the ancient baron should wake up on the wrong side of the bed," "I'II be there to protect you." " OK?" " Mm-hmm." "Does that mean yes or no?" "It only means that I wonder with whom I would be safer - with the baron's ghost or with you?" "(Peter) Oh, good, then that means "yes"." "(Eva) Are you always so sure of yourself?" "(Peter) Huh?" "No." "(Eva) That's good." "(Eva) Let's go..." "(Peter) After you, FräuIein." "Hurry!" "The witching hour is almost here." "Nothing to worry about." "The second incantation will put the old boy back where he came from." "I mean, if we don't dig him, we'II ditch him." "Come on!" "(Door is unlocked)" "(Door creaks)" "(Eva giggles, thump)" "(Peter) Damn!" "(Eva) Are you all right?" "(Peter) Yeah." "(Eva) Oh, if you feel to your right, there's an oil lamp on the table." "(Peter) Uh-huh." "Got it." "Now all I have to do is light it." "And then we'II be set." "Let's go." "It's up in the turret." " Over there?" " Mm-hmm." " well?" "Where to?" " There's a table inside." "Go ahead." " And now the incantation!" " Woo..." "The parchment!" "Oh, I have it here." " What's that?" " It's an original plan of the castle." "(Eva) Oh, the incantation of elisabeth HöIIe." "Kunik Sator Hol..." " Don't kid around!" " Why not?" "Because you'II invoke EIisabeth HöIIe's anger." "only if we do it solemnly shall the bells toll," " announcing the baron's spirit." " How nice!" "(chuckles)" " Ready?" " Ready!" "Kunik Sator Holmat!" "I beseech thee, oh, elisabeth HöIIe, reach the fiery depths of hell, and bring forth the evil spirit of Baron Otto von kleist to this, the chamber of his tortured death." "Wow!" "What is he waiting for?" "Maybe he doesn't like us, huh?" "(bell tolls)" "well, that er..." "That must be the bell of the church of St Stefan." "Huh!" "It's midnight, but the bell only rang twice." "Twice." "Two o'cIock." "Two o'cIock was the hour that von kleist was killed." "Peter..." "Peter, if the curse really worked, then... if he really were to come back, he'd be a monster." " The way he was... killed and..." " Yeah, I know." "With his skull all crushed, tortured, burned..." "Peter, he'd be a monster." "I want to go, please." " Don't worry." "Come on." " (RattIing)" "(Footsteps)" "(Footsteps approach)" "Peter, make it go away!" " Break the incantation!" "I beg you!" " AII right!" "AII right!" "Kunik Sator Holmat!" "Change thy heart, and take him away." "Holmat Sator Kunik." "Take him away to the darkest depths, and break thy incantation." "I bet it was Fritz with one of his pranks." "I'II bet anything it was Fritz." "It had to be." " It couldn't have been anyone else." " I hope so!" " That's 16, huh?" " Yes, sir." " Good morning." " Good morning." "Good morning, Herr Dortmundt." "Is Fritz around?" "Fritz?" "No, I fired him yesterday." "Then he wasn't here last night?" "No, at Ieast he shouldn't have been." "Why do you ask?" "Herr Dortmundt, would you mind if I brought him to the castle?" " (Man) Herr Dortmundt, bitte." " I'II be with you in a second." "I'd Iike to show you around myself if I weren't so busy." "Maybe you'II come up with more gimmicks to attract American tourists!" "well, what is it?" "Eva, Iet's go back in, to the "burned room" again." "along one of these walls, there's got to be a hidden passage." "I was up half the night studying this thing." "The plan shows a corridor leading into another room." "That could be it." " What on earth are you doing?" " Here, hold this a second." " Why...?" " Just hold it!" "What are you going to do, break the whole castle down?" "There's got to be another room here." " Who could that be?" " Hmm..." "It's probably a painting of von kleist." "But why those scratches?" "Maybe one of his enemies let his hatred out in the painting." "There's something about his eyes." "I'd swear they were following me." "He's looking at me!" "Eva, Iet's try the incantation again." " What for?" " I must find out what happened." "But you told me nothing happened." "I know I did, but I want to make sure." "Oh, Peter, it was at night and spooky and frightening, but today everything seems so unreal." "Does it?" "What if the ghost of elisabeth HöIIe is stronger than the centuries?" "What if it could bring the baron back?" "Oh, come on!" "You don't believe that yourself." "It's not likely, but I must find out." "What are you thinking?" "That to come face to face with my ancestor from the 16th century, monster or not, is an experience I wouldn't want to pass up." "(Bird screeches)" "You feel better now?" "Yes, thank you." "I felt chills going right through me." "Are you ready to start?" "Kunik Sator Holmat." "I command you - return, wherever you may be." "Kunik Sator Holmat." "I call the body and soul of Otto von kleist!" "(bell tolls)" "(GrowIing)" "Peter, no." "No, Iet's stop it while we can." "Peter, Iet's stop it, please." "(RattIing)" "(Wind howling)" "(Footsteps)" "Peter..." "Peter, hurry, it will be too late." "(Footsteps)" "No!" "Peter!" "Peter!" "The door!" "He's coming in!" "The door, Peter!" "Peter, make him go away!" "Make him go away, please!" "The parchment!" "It's burning, it's burning!" "Peter!" "The parchment is burning!" "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "(Eva) blood!" "There's blood, Peter!" "There's blood under the door!" "(Sobs)" "What have we done?" "Peter?" "Peter." "I can't understand it." "It's impossible." "Peter, there's something horrible and terrifying out there, and we have released it!" "(ThundercIap)" "(Banging on door)" "MadeIeine?" "MadeIeine, is there someone at the door?" "Never mind, I'II go." "Yes?" "Who is it?" "Come in." "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "I haven't seen such a gale in years." "It blew the lights out." "What happened to you?" "Good lord!" "In here, quickly!" "Come!" "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "MadeIeine, bring some hot water." "Hurry up!" "(clicking)" "I forgot." "There's no light." "Wait!" "Wait there!" "I have a flashlight here somewhere." "Oh, God in heaven." "Lie down, please." "I'II be right with you." " Werner?" " Wait outside!" " Here." " No, madeleine, you wait outside." "Hmm." "(Baron moans)" "I've applied a disinfectant and stopped the bleeding." "Now we've got to get you to a hospital." "Listen, it's a miracle if you're alive." "It's my duty as a doctor to call an ambulance." "You need to be in a hospital." "hello?" "Dr Werner Hesse, here." "SchIoss des teufels, ja." "I need an ambulance." "Ja, it's urgent, I... (Screams)" "(Chokes)" "(telephone) 'hello?" "hello, Dr Hesse?" "'HeIIo, Dr Hesse?" "'HeIIo?" "Dr Hesse?" "'" "Werner?" "(MadeIeine screams)" "(♪ Sings drunkenIy)" "Who's there?" "(Gasps)" "Nein!" "Nein!" "Hilfe!" "Nein!" "Nein!" "Hilfe!" "Nein!" "(Screams)" "uncle KarI!" " So, wie geht's, Peter?" " Not bad." " Good morning." " Morning, Eva." "Do you have a few minutes you can spare us?" "well, I have a class, but I guess it can wait." "well... you remember our talking about EIisabeth HöIIe and the curse she put on Baron von kleist?" "Yes?" "well, last night at the castle, I invoked the curse." "Did you bring the baron back from his grave?" "Oh no, it's true, Professor." "According to the curse, the baron was supposed to come back with blood flowing from his wounds, and last night, Professor, there was blood under the door." "And the door, a big, heavy oak door, gave away like a supernatural force was trying to crush through it." "A spooky castle, a dark night, a witch's curse..." "It can play strange tricks on our imagination." "And last night, a doctor was killed." "Yes, I know." "I read about it in the paper." "You see Professor, if the baron should have come back, he would have needed medical attention, and he could have killed the doctor, no?" "If you really think the baron is here, why don't you send him back?" " But we can't!" " The parchment blew into the fire." "(Indistinct shouting)" "(Indistinct)" "Ah!" "(Screams)" "(Bones crunching)" "(Straining)" "(Gasps)" "(chuckles)" "(Moaning)" "(Screams)" " Good morning, Inspector." " Good morning." "Eva called and told me about Dortmundt." "Strange." "Why would a man like that want to commit suicide?" "He just wasn't the type - always active, thinking of money..." "Hm." "I don't think it was suicide." "The noose was tied by an expert and there were signs of a struggle, which leads us to suppose that someone else was present." "But if it wasn't suicide," " then who...?" "I mean..." " Who killed him?" " Why would anyone want to kill him?" " Fritz." " Fritz?" " He was discharged just recently and was seen in this area last night." "We have yet to check it out, but we're looking for him." "AUCTION OF THE CASTLE HOTEL SEALED BIDS ONLY" "sold for 90,000 schiIIings." "And now we come to the next item, Iot number 1 5, consisting of 20 Iarge-screen colour television sets, all brand new, all still crated." "We start the opening bid with 1 35,000 schiIIings." "Who's going to up that bid?" "Now, ladies and gentlemen." "145,000." "Are you bidding there, sir?" "1 55,000." "1 55,000?" "165,000!" "175,000 schiIIings." "We're at 175,000." "175,000 once... 175,000 twice... 175,000 for the third..." "sold at 175!" "And now the next and last item of this auction." "Ladies and gentlemen, the castle and its grounds." "(Speaking German)" "How much do you think the castle will go for?" "I'm not sure." "I would say, in American money... at Ieast 600,000 dollars." "You're including the dungeon." "Yeah, at Ieast." "For this bid we have asked you to submit sealed bids prior to the start of this auction." "Now I'm going to announce the result of these bids." "Thank you." "I beg your attention, ladies and gentlemen." "The winning bid was submitted by Mr alfred Becker." " Is Mr alfred Becker in the audience?" " Yes, I am." "My sincerest congratulations, Mr Becker!" "congratulations!" "The castle could not have been placed in better hands." "Thank you." " You know him, Doctor?" " No." " Maybe we should introduce ourselves." " Why not?" " The documents will be here shortly." " Thank you." "Mr Becker?" "I'm Doctor hummel." "This is Eva arnold and my nephew, Peter KIeist." "How do you do, sir?" "We'd all like to offer our congratulations." " Thank you very much." " Thank you, sir." " Peter KIeist?" " Yes." "Baron Otto von kleist was an ancestor of mine." "It might interest you to know, Doctor, that Mr Becker intends to live in this castle and plans to restore it to its original condition." " Oh, really?" " Yes." "That's Eva's special field." "Perhaps she could be of some help." "I'm sure she could." "When you have a moment, young lady," "I would be delighted if you would pay me a visit and share some of your knowledge with me." "Er... well, thank you very much." "Excuse me, Mr Becker, if you'd be good enough to sign this document you shall take legal title to the castle." " Er... good day, Mr Becker." " Nice to have met you." "FräuIein, don't forget - I shall be expecting you." "(♪ Organ plays)" "(Eva) Mr Becker?" "Herr Becker?" "(RattIing)" "(Gasps)" "Herr Becker, you..." "you frightened me." "(Laughing) I'm sorry." "I couldn't help but admire that beautiful tapestry." " Where did you find it?" " Oh, in a little antique shop." "It was a stroke of pure luck." "They didn't even know it belonged to the castle." "Of course it does." "How clever of you to find it." "well, thank you." "Herr Becker, there's something I would Iike to tell you." "Oh?" "Go ahead, dear." "Yes, it seems that a curse has been put on Baron von kleist by a witch." "Now, she vowed that he would suffer a horrible death and be returned only to go through all the agonies again." "(chuckles) A witch?" "You... you believe this?" "well, but..." "let me finish, please." "You see, when Peter first arrived, we invoked the curse." "We said the words that would bring the baron back to life." "And?" "I don't know..." "So many terrible things have happened here after that, that I..." "I know it all sounds foolish, but..." "Let me be the judge of that, my dear." "Go ahead." "horrible things have happened since then." "A doctor was killed in his home." "Herr Dortmundt was murdered right here in this castle." " And now Fritz is missing." " Fritz?" "Oh, he's the caretaker here in the castle." " If only we could send him back!" " Send him back?" "well, yes." "You see, the parchment with EIisabeth HöIIe's curse also contained an invocation to send the baron back." "Where is the parchment now?" "well, er... that is the trouble." "It burned in the fireplace." "(Tuts) What a pity!" "But there is another way." "I just can't remember it." " Another way?" " There must be another way." "You know, I remember when I was a child, there were other similar legends." "But now I search and search and search my mind, and I just don't..." "don't seem to remember it." " And yet..." " Eva!" "Yes, Herr Becker?" "please... enough of that!" "Eva!" "Oh yes, sir." "would you drape the tapestry over the railing?" " I'd Iike to see how it looks hanging." " certainly." "Like this?" "Eva, is something wrong?" "No, it is that..." "It's just that for..." "for a moment, I thought that..." "Why not put it in your work room until we decide where to hang it?" "Yes, sir." "After which, you'd better get some rest, don't you think?" "Yes, sir." " Forgive me." " certainly, my dear." "certainly." "(Screams)" "No!" "No, go away!" "No!" "No!" "(Sobs)" "(Eva screams) No!" "No!" "Eva!" "Eva!" " Where are you?" " (Eva) No!" "No!" "Eva, where are you?" "Answer me!" "Eva!" "(Peter) Eva!" "Eva!" "Eva!" "Eva!" "Where are you?" "Eva!" " Where's Eva?" " She's in trouble, Peter." "Go help her." "Hurry!" "Hurry!" " Where is she?" " The tower." "Up in the tower!" "(Sobbing)" "Eva!" " Eva!" " Peter!" "Oh, Peter!" "Peter, please take me away from here." "I never want to come back here again." "please!" " please... never." "Peter, please!" " AII right, darling." "HALLS OF RESIDENCE" " Eva, I..." " Don't say anything." "We don't need words." "No matter, darling, what Becker or anyone else says, I..." "Look, I don't care about anybody else." " I believe you." " The only one who matters is you." "I'd still feel better if you stayed at my uncle's place for a few days." "Oh no, I'II be all right." "Don't worry about me." "I won't be alone there." "There are lots of students who stay over the weekend." "Listen, I'II give you my car, and then you pick me up in the morning, OK?" "A kiss first." "No, no, no, don't get out." "And... well, thank you for..." "for everything." "(Door opens)" "(GrowIing)" "(Screams)" "Taxi!" "Oh!" "Open!" "Open the door!" "The door!" "The door, please!" "Open the door!" "Eva, what is it?" " The monster!" "My God!" " What's wrong?" "What happened?" "It was the monster!" "The baron!" "It was the baron!" "The baron!" "I know it was." "No, no!" "He's still out there!" " Eva, you must get a hold of yourself." " It was the monster!" "It was!" "(Continues sobbing)" " No, don't, Eva." "Don't." " Easy, easy." " May we?" " Oh, come in, come in." " How are you?" " Fine." "Finishing a few assignments." " If you're busy, we can..." " No, I'm almost finished." "As you know, part of my work here at the university involves research in extrasensory perception." "Each card shows either a circle, a line or a rectangle." "My average score is one out of three, and that's exactly what chance predicts, and..." "Do these equations have anything to do with your calling about, er... about what happened last night?" "Just my way of leading up to the subject." "The fact is, I haven't been thinking of anything else." "Then you do believe that I saw someone or something in my room and on the streets?" "I'm convinced that you did." " Do you believe it was the baron?" " I believe that it could have been." "Do you realise what that means?" "A human spirit brought back to life after centuries." "It makes the greatest discovery look trivial by comparison." "Try to remember - what did he look like?" "Oh, it was just horrible." "I really don't want to talk about it, Peter, if you don't mind." "I don't blame you." "You really had a terrifying experience." "If it was the baron, then both your lives are in danger." "He'II try again." " But why?" " Because he fears you'II send him back." "But we can't!" "The parchment with EIisabeth HöIIe's curse burned." "It is gone." "There may be still another way." "You know of one?" "About a year ago, we were interviewing subjects for ESP right here in this classroom." "For the most part, we came up with results that were about average, but with one very notable exception." "A woman named Christina Hoffmann." " A former teacher." " Did you test her with these, uncle?" "Yes." "And by many other methods." "Her results were astounding." "Far surpassing random or chance probabilities." "But what makes you think that she can help us?" "Because Christina Hoffmann claims, and I believe her, that she is not only cIairvoyant, but a medium between the living and the dead." "Why did you come here?" "I feel..." "I feel something." "No, I don't want to talk to you." "Christina, you're the only one who may be able to help us." "(Christina) No." "No." "It may be too late for all of us." "So, you've come to talk to me about the baron." "remarkable!" "It was a foolish thing you did." "And a dangerous thing." "He will destroy you, if he can." "(Peter) But why?" "only those present the day the spell was invoked have the power to eliminate it." "(Peter) You mean, Eva and I..." "Thus the baron has only you two to fear." "Christina, can you help us?" "No, I cannot." "I must not." "But the parchment with EIisabeth HöIIe's invocation burned, and with it the order to send him back." "please." "please, you're the only one who can help us." "please." "I told you I can do nothing." "elisabeth HöIIe invoked the curse." "only she can tell you its secret." "But she's dead!" "(Scoffs) Oh, mortals are such fools!" "Once you killed innocent witches, and now you bring murderers back to life." "It was my ancestor who burned her at the stake." "I can make amends, with your help." "This once belonged to EIisabeth HöIIe." "Tonight, we'II go to the place where she was burned at the stake." "(♪ Drumming)" "(Christina) Peter." "Eva." "elisabeth, these two who brought back your murderer would speak with you." "The will of thy tortured spirit has been placed in these unknowing hands." "Come, speak to us, elisabeth." "Come before the rock that shall forever mark the place of thy death." "Come, elisabeth." "(Moaning)" "(Repeats distant voice) You lost the parchment." "fools!" "The curse shall stand forever." "(Echoing)" "And the baron shall suffer forever!" "The baron can be destroyed only by those he has himself destroyed." "Now because of you I have made him suffer again." "And for that, I'm in your debt." "(Moans)" "I will tell you this..." "You have the power to destroy him, to make him suffer again the agonies of hell!" "Use it!" "Before it's too late!" "(Screeching)" "(Woman) Death awaits." "Death." "You knew he sees EIisabeth HöIIe." "You cannot escape him, Christina." "You cannot escape him." "I appreciate your coming here today, and I promise I will not keep you long." "But FräuIein arnold..." "Can't you tell me something more about the man you saw in your room the other night?" "No, Inspector, I cannot!" "I hardly saw his face." "I only saw his hands, and they were crushed and burned and bloodied!" "It was a nightmare, Inspector." "Inspector, is it really necessary to make Eva go through this again?" "I'm afraid so." "You see, the murderer of Dortmundt is still at large." " And Fritz?" " My men are still looking for him." "Inspector, what if we told you that we had another theory as to what happened to Herr Dortmundt and possibly Fritz as well?" "I'd be most interested." "(Eva) You see, Inspector, it involves a curse, a curse put on Baron von kleist 300 years ago." " Von KIeist?" "Baron blood?" " (Eva) exactly!" "300 years ago!" "Yes, and we believe the curse has brought him back to life." "And that he killed Dortmundt and attacked Eva in the castle." " And then he tried to kill her." " (Eva) Yes, I'm certain of it." "FräuIein, we are well aware of your interest in historical archives." "Mr KIeist, we're aware also of your emotional involvement in this particular castle." "You're both young, impressionable..." "But you, Herr Professor..." "You said yourself there have been other disappearances - a fisherman, a villager on his way home, and then that peddIer, all gone without a trace." "Yes, and of course all in the vicinity of the castle." "I'm afraid your theories are not of much use to me." " Is that all, Inspector?" " For the moment, yes." " Thank you." " Thank you for your assistance." "I just don't understand that inspector." "Four people disappear, and he doesn't care." " And all in the vicinity of the castle." " I don't get it." "My God, I never stopped to think that..." "She passes by there every day, on her way from school!" " Who?" " Gretchen!" "(RustIing)" "(karl) How stupid of me not to think of it." "Hurry!" "(karl) Gretchen!" "Gretchen!" " Are you all right?" " I fell off my bike." "Oh look, she's bleeding." "Do you have a handkerchief?" "It doesn't hurt much." " Thank God it's only a scratch." " What happened, Gretchen?" "I stopped to look at the castle, and I hurt myself when I..." "I tried to jump on my bike." "well, thank goodness that's all!" "I saw the bushes move because a ghost was there." "(Eva) Look, Doctor." "Mr Becker is there all by himself." "Don't you think we should warn him of this?" "(Becker) I appreciate your concern, Doctor hummel." "I respect your opinion, though I do think it's a bit far-fetched." "I'm afraid Eva can't consider it far-fetched." "I understand your apprehension, sir." "In view of the strange things she appears to have seen - strange enough to cause her to leave my employment." "I hope this talk isn't going to give this young lady nightmares." "She's my daughter, Gretchen." "(chuckling) hello, Gretchen." "lovely child!" "Oh, I am very happy to announce that I have completed the restoration of the castle, including a few items that may surprise even you, dear Eva." "Why don't you drop by this evening?" " well, I don't know, sir..." " AII of you!" "AII of you, of course." "I promise you won't be disappointed, Doctor hummel." "Thank you." "Oh, and do be careful of these mountain roads." "As you know, they can be quite treacherous after dark." "(Laughs) until tonight, then!" "Mr Becker is the ghost." " What do you mean, darling?" " I'd know him anywhere." "His eyes burn like fire." "AII right, Gretchen, that's enough now." "Go out and play, yeah?" "Let's go and wash up first." "Then you can go out and play in the garden." " Wait a moment!" " Hmm?" " What do we really know about Becker?" " personally, nothing." "Who is he?" "Where did he come from?" "Why did he..." "How is it he suddenly appeared at the auction?" "And where did he get his money?" "It's true, his background has a little mystery about it." "And another thing, he's the only one who's not afraid to stay by himself in the castle." "And then his invitation for tonight was pretty weird." " And yet, what about his face?" " What do you mean?" "You know, the man who was in my room, who chased me all over the castle, he wasn't even human-Iooking." "I don't know." "If he is the baron, it's possible that he has the power to change his appearance." "But you know, I remember now that when I mentioned the name of elisabeth HöIIe for the first time," "Herr Becker looked..." "well, he looked stricken." "If Becker is the baron, then you must realise how dangerous it is to go to the castle tonight." "There are too many unknown quantities to this mystery, and there's no logical procedure to its solution." "(Peter) We can't drop everything right now, just when... (karl) Just when it may seem too dangerous to go further, Peter?" "But uncle, we must go!" "It's the only way we can get the proof." "If only we knew what EIisabeth HöIIe meant when she said we had the power to destroy him." "Maybe she meant the amulet." "The amulet!" "(Eva) Peter, look!" "(Peter) What?" "Up there, that painting!" " Isn't that the one we saw...?" " The night of the incantation, exactly!" "(Becker) Good evening, my dear friends." "please... please come in." "(chuckling) I am really delighted to see you." "I was afraid you might have changed your minds." "Come!" " Good evening, Mr Becker." " I'm so glad you could come, Doctor." " Um, Herr Becker..." " Isn't that Baron von kleist?" "Yes, I believe it to be the only true portrait of the baron in existence." "well, it really seems very odd to me, Herr Becker, that the whole painting was restored, except for the face." "Artistic integrity, dear Eva." "Since no one knows what the baron actually looked like, would you have a painter give him a face that wasn't truly his own?" "I understand that he was a sadist and a murderer." "And quite probably insane." "Sadist?" "Murderer?" "Matters of terminology." "Insane?" "Hmm..." "I rather think not." "He was much too clever." "But such cleverness goes hand in hand with insanity, don't you think?" "You are the scientist, Doctor." "But let's not bore these children with clinical analyses!" "I'd Iike to show you something more realistic." "Excuse me, dear Eva." "Now, if you'II all just follow me, please." " well, what do you think?" " Did you see that?" "My God, it's pretty startling, even for a castle like Schloss des Teufels." "But they seem so Iife-Iike." "Anybody would think they were real." " A magnificent effect, Herr Becker." " If it is just an effect!" "Oh, Peter." "I've restored not only the furniture of the castle," "I've tried to recreate the atmosphere, the personality of its original owner." "The baron's will not only dominated this castle, but all the valley below." "The people were necessary only for his convenience." "Those whom he found inconvenient... (chuckles) follow me." "I'm particularly pleased with the meticulous and exacting restoration of this dungeon." "With a little imagination you should be able to envision the tortures and hear the screams that echoed through here." "(Screams, echoing)" "Those recorded screams in the baron's day were real." "Hours perhaps." "Entertaining?" "It's disgusting and horrible, and I..." "I'd Iike to leave, please." "It's all very fascinating, but I'm afraid, we must be going." " May we assist you upstairs?" " Thank you, no." "But please come back." "There are many more things I would Iike to ask you, Herr Becker." " Perhaps you would Iike to stay." " Peter, please." " (chuckles) I understand." " Let's go." "It was a pleasure." "Good night." "Do come back soon for a longer visit." "A much longer visit..." "Auf Wiedersehen." "I'm sure he's the baron." "But if he is, why did he let us go?" "possibly he's just playing a game." " Do you have the amulet?" " Oh yes, it's here." "We've got to try to send his ghost back." "Hurry!" "Let's go." "But let's talk to him before sending him back." "This opportunity is never gonna come again." "Think what it wouId mean to actually speak with someone from the past." " Peter, please." " Peter!" "You've unleashed a monster on the world." " You must try to send him back." " (Becker) Oh..." "I am disappointed, Doctor." "Is your scientific interest waning?" "For a man in your position," "I would have expected more intellectual curiosity." " Baron Otto von kleist!" " What a pity... (Eva) You are Baron von kleist!" "...that circumstances oblige me to eliminate my only living male descendant." "Go back!" "Go back!" "Go back!" "Go back to wherever you came from!" " Go back!" " child..." "Do you think you can destroy me with a trinket?" "Good shot, Doctor!" "(chuckles)" "(Baron laughs)" "(SizzIing)" "(Baron laughs)" "(Peter) No!" "No!" "Now you shall taste the pain, the exquisite agony the fate you'd planned for me." "only, luckily for you, there will be no coming back." "No!" "(Baron laughs)" "(Baron) You shall join the others - the miserable beings who dared to oppose my will." " You shall die!" " (Peter) No!" "No!" "(Groans)" "(Groaning)" "(karl) Eva!" "Hurry!" "(Echoing scream)" "(EIisabeth HöIIe) 'The baron of blood and evil shall be destroyed... '...only by those he has himself destroyed." "'You, his victims, have the power to crush him 'and make him suffer the agonies of hell." "'Use it, before it's too late.'" "(Eva) It's the monster!" "He's coming!" "(Peter) Eva, don't!" "(Eva) It's the monster!" "(Eva) No!" "(Screaming)" "Get a hold of yourself!" "(Sobbing)" "No!" "(Screams)" "No!" "No!" "Hurry, hurry, Peter." "(Echoing scream)" "(karl) Come!" "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "(Eva sobs)" "(Echoing screams from the castle)" "Are you OK?" "No, don't look back, Evie." "(EIisabeth HöIIe) 'Leave the Iast blow for me, elisabeth HöIIe." "'Let me taste sweet revenge." "'Let me please, please..." "'Let me cut into his heart." "'PIease!" "'" "(ManiacaI laughter)" "(♪ Theme music)"