"I'm not feeling too well..." " It's only the cable car..." "What's the matter, Maggie?" "Nothing, I'm okay now." "It's just the little one acting up..." "He's kicking to protest the ride." "I wonder how he'II act up when we're aboard the boat!" "well, if there were any danger the doctor would've been against our going..." "We'II just be doing short isIand-hopping on the boat, anyway..." "But alan said he's rented the boat for a month..." "He wants to hit every island in the archipelago!" "But with Maggie's condition we won't be able to!" "So we'II just leave her on the first island and get her on the way back!" "Come sit down..." " I need to sit..." "Watch out..." " Sorry!" "It doesn't matter..." "I'd Iike to pay for the damage..." "It's the least I can do..." "My husband's always so clumsy..." " No, nothing's broken." "I heard you talking about a boat..." "would there be room for one more person?" "would you Iike to come with us?" "Hey, guys!" "You think alan would mind if we brought another passenger?" "No." "I have to meet some friends on an island." "Fine." "It's a deal, okay?" " Sure." "I bet he's not here yet." " As usual!" "He's always late..." "There he is, over there!" "Nice belly!" "This is julie..." "Nice to meet you..." "Come on, get in..." "I'm in front." " Get in back with me...." "The island I have to get to is there..." "About 1 00 miles from the coast." "Fine." "We'II just include it in our cruise." "It's odd there's no ferry to that island..." "It's not so strange when you think that it's practically deserted in winter..." "There are a few families who live there year round..." "It's overrun with tourists in the summer." "But the rest of the time it's paradise!" "How do they get there?" "They rent a boat or ask someone for a lift." "I had some trouble and got here late." "My friends sailed three days ago." "But if you'd gone with them, we wouldn't have met you!" "True!" " So, we going to this paradise or not?" "Let's take a vote." "Whoever wants to go, raise your hand!" "So off we go!" "I can't wait to get aboard that boat!" "How long is the trip?" " Two days..." "Give me your bags..." "It's over here..." "Don't worry, dear." "I'm feeling a little seasick myself." "Here." "Fantastic, isn't it?" " It's wonderful..." "He's already hitting on you, eh?" " Yeah, but it's flattering." "He's nice..." "well, don't feel too flattered." "He comes on to everyone..." "What do you have against him?" "Nothing at all." "I think it's funny." "But carol's my sister..." "Do you want to steer?" " Sure." "careful." "Watch the compass." "If it goes past this point here, alter our course." "It's much easier than it sounds." "This one's for the past..." "This is the present, and this one's the future..." "Forget the past and the present, that's old news." "tell me my future..." "What would you Iike to know?" "If it'II be a boy or a girl, if it'II have a happy life..." "tell me all about the baby." "place your right hand on the cards." "Good." "Now choose three and turn them over." "Okay." "Now show another card with your right hand." "So?" "Cat got your tongue?" "In a trance?" "What do they say?" "I don't really know." "Sometimes the cards aren't clear." "Often there's nothing there." "I don't see anything at all this time." "It's strange." "It's just all confused..." "That's never happened to me before." "I think we should try again later." "It's pretty clear to me." "The two knights are two men beside you..." "One's arnold and the other one is the baby..." "So it's a boy!" "The sun's a positive sign meaning strength and security..." "It'II protect the two knights forever." "The night symbolizes peace and serenity." "So..." "So it's time to eat, if anybody knows where the can opener got to..." "I'd better help out if we don't want to starve." "Don't think you can get out of it like that." "We'II keep going later on." "I'd better give them a hand, too." "Thanks for helping smooth things over with Maggie." "How come you stopped?" "Because the cards weren't answering." "I always listen to them." "When I can't read them it's hard for me to fake it." "Wait." "If the cards didn't answer, why do you look so worried?" "If you ask the cards to tell the future and there's no answer..." "It means that there is no future for the person you're reading the cards for." "Aren't you coming to eat?" "Good morning!" " Hi." "Maggie's still asleep." "We're not far from the island, right?" "If the wind keeps up we'II be there in a few hours." "Want some?" " No thanks." "Are your friends expecting you?" " Of course." "They're not really friends." "They're a French couple with a 1 5 year old daughter." "I keep their daughter company, and they pay for my vacation." "And what do you do in the winter?" "I study languages at the university." "In my free time I work for a local TV station." "What do you do?" "I'm studying medicine." "Two exams and I'm done." "That'II be the end of cruises and holidays, too..." "Did you argue with carol, by any chance?" "No, why?" " When I got up, she was already awake." "I asked her what the matter was, and she said we shouldn't have taken you with us." "Anyway, she begged me not to go to the island." "I couldn't get another word out of her." "But don't worry." "carol's been a little nuts since she was a girl." "It's those cards." "I can't get her to give them up." "She's got a fixation." "Watch your step." "You were right, it's paradise." "Let's stay a while." "Good idea!" " Where's the town?" "Just right around that point there." "Okay, we'II take you there." "Are you getting off?" "Coming Maggie?" "Watch your step." "Meg, be careful!" " Ow, my ankle!" "I must have sprained it." "Oh, great..." "Too bad." "Wait here, then." "Soak it in Epsom salts so it won't swell..." "Want me to stay with you?" " No, it doesn't matter, go ahead." "Bye, Maggie, thanks!" " Bye, julie, have a nice time!" "carol, come on!" "Do you need anything, Maggie?" " No, thanks." "That's odd." "I don't see my friends' boat." "They probably anchored somewhere else." "There must be another dock..." "When I was here two years ago there was only one dock." "They must have built another since then..." "There was a strong current as we got near the island..." "My French friends told me about the currents." "They said they come and go..." "Sometimes they flow toward land, sometimes out to sea." "They must be controlled by the tides..." "likely." "I risked my Iife once." "The current pulled me out and I couldn't get back." "This is like a ghost town." " Yeah, julie said it was peaceful..." "Anybody home?" " There's not a soul here." "Maybe they're all at church?" " Looks like it." "There's just one church, near the cemetery." "It's abandoned, half ruined." "Let's go look around." "Come on, carol." "Let's look in the store." "Here's the telegraph." "Looks broken." "Broken?" "Seems someone's trashed it." "Aren't there phones here?" "No, the island's never got them." "That's all there is." "Look at this." "The last telegram was sent on June 7." "More than a month ago!" "Something's fishy here." "Jumpy, aren't we?" "So did you solve the mystery?" "No." "Where are the others?" " They're looking for people." "Let's go back now." "Look." "A woman." "So someone's here..." "Let's go look." "Excuse me..." "May we come in?" "Anybody home?" "How come she doesn't answer?" "The window!" "Look!" "There she is." "Come on." "She's trying to give us the slip." "could you change this water?" "It's like he was chewed up." " Nothing." "They've vanished." "Let's go back to the boat." " Maggie!" "Maggie's by herself!" "arnold, stop!" "What are you doing?" "Have you gone nuts?" "Let me go!" "I have to get over there!" "He must have sensed a storm coming and he's securing the boat..." "Yeah, tomorrow morning it'II be back." "It's getting dark now." "There's nothing we can do." "Just keep calm." "You're right." "It'II be dark soon." "We should probably look for somewhere to pass the night." "Right." "Let's go to my French friends' house." "They'II put us up." "Is that all their stuff?" "Yes, but they've disappeared." "It's like a nightmare." "What could've happened to them?" " I don't know." "I couldn't begin to guess." "Maybe they were scared by someone and ran away." "But nobody leaves all their things behind." "unless they were panicked, terrorized somehow..." "Maybe some epidemic broke out here." "Some quick-acting virus..." "No, there are no such viruses." "And we'd have found their bodies." "Maybe that woman daniel saw." "We could find her..." "If she'd wanted to be found she'd have shown up already." "I don't think she'II show her face again." "She's already tried to scare us with that gruesome trick of hers." "It sure worked!" "Even if it came too late..." "Hey!" "What a cute couple you make!" "I don't want to interrupt but are you ordering room service together, or would you prefer to eat in the dining room?" "Dinner is served." "Anyone want some more?" "No, thanks." "arnold should get something to eat, too." "I made him guzzIe a bottle of wine." "He'II sleep until tomorrow, it's better." "Poor Maggie." "We should look for her." "Maybe she'd already got off the boat." "It would be useless." "What do you mean, useless?" "How can you say that?" "Because I feel it." "Just like I felt we should never have come to this island." "But you didn't listen to me." "I felt it right away." "But we had to land here anyway!" "And now it's too late!" "There's an evil presence on this island." "We won't be able to escape it." "It's giving out some sort of superhuman, diabolical vibrations..." "I can feel them in the air..." "A horrible power..." "It'II destroy us..." "Destroy us like it destroyed all the others!" "Cut it out, carol!" "Tomorrow morning we'II look for Maggie." "Now it's time for bed." "There are two bedrooms." "I think we should all sleep here in the living room." "Sure." "We could all sleep on these couches here." "Look." "The piano." "Go away!" "Get away!" "help me carry him!" "Ariette!" "It's me, julie!" "Do you remember me?" "calm down." "It's all over." "Ow!" "Not so hard!" "Quiet down, it's nothing serious." "Just a rather deep wound." "She didn't hit anything vital." "boil some water, clean the wound and bandage it." "How is she?" " Pretty bad." "Her mind's wandering." "Who knows how long she was hiding..." "She's the daughter of the friends I told you about." "You didn't tell me she was blind." "She went blind when she was five, after a car accident." "How's daniel?" "Nothing serious." "Let's just hope it doesn't get infected." "I'm going into town to get some disinfectant." "I saw some when we were there." "Are you going now?" " Yes, I should." "arnold can come with me." "Ariette?" "Can you hear me?" "What happened here in the village?" "Where are your mother and father?" "I don't know..." "They're afraid..." " Afraid of what?" "I don't know!" "I call them but they don't answer..." "Mom..." "Dad..." "Where are you?" "There's no one." "No one..." "Just him..." "I feel it when he's near." "I smell him..." "I'm the only one..." "I smell him..." "But who is he?" "What smell?" "blood!" "The smell of blood!" "Don't worry..." "We're here with you now." "Not too tight?" " No, that's fine, thanks." "Try to get some sleep now, okay?" " Okay." "Where's julie?" " She's upstairs..." "With the girl." "They should be there." "I found them." "Let's go." "Does it hurt?" " No, it's just a scratch." "But it wouId be better if you rested." "I'd rather keep you company." "When will this storm be over?" "The rain's stopped, but there's still lightning." "You're scared, aren't you?" " Yes." "You don't really show it, though." "You're wonderful." "You're an extraordinary girl." "julie, I don't know if you noticed, but..." "No, daniel, it's not right." " Is it because of carol?" "carol and I are just old friends." "I'm not really interested in knowing what your relationship with her is." "Fine." "But I want to let you know anyway." "carol might be in love with me, but she'II never be able to give me what I want from a woman." "Why?" "What exactly are you looking for in a woman?" "I'm not sure exactly." "But I know for certain you've got it." "carol!" "Damn you!" "It's all your fault!" "Everything that's happening is your fault!" "I'II get even, damn you!" "Listen, carol..." "I didn't..." "Where's that idiot going?" " hold on." "I'II go." "Open the gate!" "julie, what happened?" "carol ran away..." " Where is she now?" " I don't know..." "She locked me in the cemetery and ran away!" "Maybe she went back to the house." "Let's go." "What is it?" "What's the matter?" "He's here!" "He's close!" "I can smell him!" "Don't worry." "I'm here." "daniel!" "Where are you?" "What's the matter?" "Get a move on." "It's no use..." "They're dead." "They're all dead, alan..." "carol was right." "This placed is cursed." "That monster's going to kill us all..." "It'II kill me too, alan..." "I can feel it." "You're raving." "A monster..." "A curse..." "It's all nonsense." "Okay, daniel was murdered by some monster, that's true..." "But it could just be some psychopath..." "And maybe we can kill him first before he kills us!" "We can't abandon Maggie and carol." "We have to find them, dead or alive." "Come on, Iet's go." "Whose house is this?" "It must be the Boardman's." "I've never seen it, but it must be theirs." "The newspapers were talking about claus Boardman a few months ago." "His boat sank off the bay." "He and his wife and little son went under." "And there's no family left?" "A sister, I think." "The paper said she went insane because of the accident." "They were very close." "Be careful..." "The Boardmans were in charge of the island." "The family came here nearly a century ago." "Go cut the rope, quick." "Who could it be?" " Maybe it's Ruth, Boardman's sister..." "alan, julie!" "Come here!" "carol!" "Answer me, carol!" "What happened?" "daniel..." "daniel's dead, isn't he?" "Yes." "How did you know?" "She told me." "Where is she?" " She killed herself." "But tell me, how did she know?" " I don't know..." "But she was good to me..." "She behaved strangely, though..." "Last night, before I went to sleep, she came and asked me in tears to forgive her." "I don't know why." "She was upset..." "alan!" "Look!" "The boat!" " I knew it!" "The current carried it inland." "We've got to try to reach her before the tides change." "Let's go." "Wait for us here." "How do you feel?" "A bit out of it..." "As if I'd taken tranquiIIizers..." "I think we should go join the others." " Sure, Iet me recover a little..." "please forgive me, julie." "I treated you very badly." "Forget it." "It's all over now." "But why?" "Why would she have killed herself?" "I don't know." "Something terrible is happening." "That's her, isn't it?" " Yes." "And these are her brother, his wife and son... all killed in the boat accident." "What a beautiful family they were..." "What is it?" "A notebook." "It's written in..." "Looks like a diary..." ""May 1 2." "Today they found the bodies of the two young Germans..."" ""Their terrible slaughter has terrorized the whole island."" "I can't make out the rest..." "It's all burned..." "Here." "You can still read this." ""There have been so many deaths..." "In town they're talking about a maniac."" ""The tourists are leaving the island but he keeps on killing."" ""The police came, but they won't be able to do anything."" ""I've hidden the bodies." "Without bodies they have no proof."" ""I managed to hide them in the entryway."" "What could it all mean, julie?" "We must reach the boat." "Let's split up." "You go that way." "Maggie!" "I'II go." "You stay with Ariette." "Maggie!" " arnold!" "Go away!" "Leave us alone!" "We've done nothing to you." "Get away!" "Get away!" "My wife's pregnant, you understand?" "She's having a baby!" "My son!" "..." "Our son!" "Get away!" "Get away!" "No..." "No, you can't..." "This is our son!" "He's dead..." "He's just food, now..." "Food to survive..." "You won't touch him!" "He's our son!" "Eat!" "Eat me, you piece of shit!" "Martha!" "..." "Martha!" "Sit down, darling." "Don't worry." "julie!" "julie, where are you?" " Over here!" "It's horrible, carol." "That man's out of his mind." "Ariette!" "Let's get out of here!"