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πŸšοΈπŸŽ… A holiday homecoming soaked in blood... In Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974), the chilling blend of Christmas cheer and gothic terror unfolds in a cursed mansion with a bloody past.

πŸ“½οΈ Plot Summary:
A man inherits his family's abandoned mansion on Christmas Eveβ€”only to uncover a horrifying secret. As townsfolk are brutally murdered, the dark truth about the estate’s asylum past begins to surface. Can anyone survive the night of crimson snow?

πŸ•°οΈ Year Released: 1974
🎭 Genre: Horror, Mystery, Slasher
🎬 Directed by: Theodore Gershuny
🎞️ Starring: Patrick O'Neal, Mary Woronov, John Carradine

🎯 Why Watch It?
βœ”οΈ One of the earliest holiday horror slashers
βœ”οΈ Creepy, atmospheric 1970s cinematography
βœ”οΈ A true cult favorite with noir undertones
βœ”οΈ Public domain horror gem perfect for horror buffs

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πŸŽ„ This holiday season... the presents aren’t the only things getting unwrapped.
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Transcript
00:00:00One last time, I have to see this ground.
00:00:11It's beautiful now, as if nothing had happened here.
00:00:17Soon they will tear down the main house, and then nothing will be left.
00:00:21Nothing.
00:00:23Except what I remember.
00:00:27I grew up in the town nearby.
00:00:30Where my father was the mayor.
00:00:32And where this house stood, waiting for me.
00:00:35It was built by Wilfred Butler.
00:00:39We had never seen him, and he never lived at home.
00:00:44Until, the day before Christmas, in 1950, he finally did come back.
00:00:51For the last time.
00:01:00I know I won't go to the house.
00:01:01I mean, I haven't dug off.
00:01:02They...
00:01:02I'm just standing up.
00:01:03I'm still standing up here.
00:01:04Close your door!
00:01:10Ah!
00:01:11Ah!
00:01:11Ah!
00:01:12Ah!
00:01:12Ah!
00:01:13Ah!
00:01:14Ah!
00:01:15Ah!
00:01:15Ah!
00:01:16Ah!
00:01:17Ah!
00:01:18Ah!
00:01:19Ah!
00:01:19Ah!
00:01:22Ah!
00:01:22All of us believe that his death was an accident.
00:01:38No one knew that another person had come to Butler House that Christmas.
00:01:52As Deputy Coroner of the County of Parlington, State of Massachusetts, I hereby find, upon
00:02:14evidence of an autopsy conducted by the medical examiner of this county, that the deceased
00:02:20Wilford Butler died as a result of burns inflicted accidentally upon himself on his own premises
00:02:28during the afternoon of December 24, 1950.
00:02:33No further inquiry shall be held over the body of the deceased, and this inquest is officially
00:02:39closed.
00:02:40All is calm, all is bright, round yon virgin, mother and child.
00:02:56All is calm, all is calm, all is calm.
00:03:10All is calm, all is calm, all is calm.
00:03:24All is calm, all is calm, all is calm.
00:03:34All is calm, all is calm.
00:04:45It was the funeral of a stranger.
00:04:46I, Wilfred Butler,
00:05:13being of sound mind and body,
00:05:17at least what the world considers sound,
00:05:22to hereby leave my house and its grounds
00:05:25and all personal effects within that house
00:05:28to my only surviving relation,
00:05:34my grandson, Geoffrey Butler.
00:05:37And I solemnly charge him with one's duty.
00:05:45Let him leave the house as I left it,
00:05:50standing untouched
00:05:52to remind the world
00:05:55of its inhumanity
00:05:58and cruelty.
00:06:01For 20 years,
00:06:02that house lay empty,
00:06:04exactly as Wilfred left it.
00:06:08And then, last year,
00:06:10rumors began that it was finally being sold.
00:06:13The newspaper story traveled through the county
00:06:17to a state hospital
00:06:19for the criminally insane.
00:06:22The newspaper story
00:06:49THE END
00:07:19The man who came to sell the house had never seen it.
00:07:35He was a lawyer from the city.
00:07:37Just doing a job and enjoying it.
00:07:45Stop.
00:07:46And look serious, please.
00:07:50Oh, you're hopeless.
00:07:53Oh, look.
00:07:56Hey, wait. Where are you going now?
00:07:58The mayor's going to have a fit, kid.
00:08:02One more shot.
00:08:04Come on.
00:08:07Stay there.
00:08:09I want one together.
00:08:11And smile.
00:08:11For all the news as it happens, stay tuned to WLIX, your voice in the Northeast.
00:08:26This is Roger Fowler with Local Stories.
00:08:29First, today's headlines.
00:08:30A warehouse fire still rages in Elizabeth.
00:08:33Police suspect arson.
00:08:34That escaped inmate at Margaretville State Hospital, still at large, still hunted by state police.
00:08:39And over in Roxbury, the city passes a controversial housing code.
00:08:42more policemen.
00:08:43Once the news is done withaverion.
00:08:44We'll see you next time, if you follow the butt.
00:08:46Let's go.
00:09:47Well, didn't I tell you?
00:09:53It's beautiful.
00:09:54Can we see the rest of it?
00:09:57Honey, that was it.
00:09:59I think the mayor's waiting for me.
00:10:02My love is such an important man.
00:10:06Right.
00:10:07Laura always says that.
00:10:10Darling.
00:10:10What?
00:10:13Don't be long.
00:10:17Honey, if you get bored, just look at the view.
00:10:21Sooner or later, that viaduct's gonna take us back home.
00:10:40Mr. Carter.
00:11:03Mr. Mayor.
00:11:04Let me introduce you.
00:11:14This is Charlie Toman, who publishes our weekly newspaper, The Patriot.
00:11:19Mr. Toman.
00:11:19And this is Tess Howard.
00:11:25How do you do?
00:11:25She operates our switchboard.
00:11:26Oh, really?
00:11:27We call her the communications director.
00:11:31And this is Bill Mason.
00:11:33Mason.
00:11:34Our sheriff.
00:11:35Won't you sit there, Mr. Carter?
00:11:42At the head of the table.
00:11:46I, uh, didn't expect to meet you all together.
00:11:50It's quite a reception.
00:11:51All right.
00:12:08Let's begin.
00:12:10As you know, I've been retained by Jeffrey Butler.
00:12:14The matter concerns the house that he inherited from his grandfather, Wilfred Butler.
00:12:17Go on, Mr. Carter.
00:12:25I, I believe that you offered to buy the house for my client.
00:12:30Offered?
00:12:31We begged him.
00:12:32We wrote letters and we...
00:12:33That's enough, Tess.
00:12:34Well, it's true.
00:12:37Trouble.
00:12:37There's always trouble.
00:12:39I can sympathize.
00:12:39I spent the last 20 years and more driving people away from there.
00:12:44Prowlers, burglars, kids, they're the worst.
00:12:50Chasing for nothing because of that will.
00:12:53That dribble about humanity.
00:12:56No, no, no.
00:12:57Inhumanity.
00:12:58What the hell is that, huh?
00:13:04Yes, well, he was a bitter man.
00:13:07Hate?
00:13:08Must have been very hard.
00:13:08It must have been hate.
00:13:09Hate.
00:13:09That man hated.
00:13:17Well, some people are like that.
00:13:19No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
00:13:49the question is
00:14:19well do you still want the house
00:14:21are you offering it to us
00:14:23Mr. Carter
00:14:24exactly
00:14:25why now
00:14:28well that's
00:14:31Mr. Butler's business
00:14:33isn't it
00:14:34you know we're not rich
00:14:36most of us came here
00:14:39during the depression
00:14:40but we love this town
00:14:43it's our home
00:14:45and naturally
00:14:47you want to improve it
00:14:48exactly
00:14:50my client understands that
00:14:52and he fully sympathizes
00:14:54and he's willing to sacrifice the house
00:14:57for $50,000
00:14:59in cash
00:15:01by noon tomorrow
00:15:03that's an awful lot of cash
00:15:11it's also an awfully good bargain
00:15:13you could go to Wilton
00:15:14you could go now
00:15:17to the bank
00:15:18am I clearly understood
00:15:22all that cash
00:15:27perfect
00:15:29I'll wait for your answer
00:15:30until tomorrow
00:15:31you're spending the night here
00:15:34yes
00:15:36may I ask where
00:15:38at the Butler house
00:15:40we could put you up at the motel
00:15:44as our guest
00:15:46no no
00:15:47the house is fine
00:15:47the paradise motel
00:15:50that's very kind of you
00:15:52but I'm meeting Mr. Butler
00:15:53about some personal items
00:15:55you'll want a phone
00:15:56I can reconnect the line
00:15:58don't trouble please
00:15:59no trouble
00:16:01you'll need a phone
00:16:03don't want to be stuck out there
00:16:05well
00:16:08you've convinced me
00:16:10thank you
00:16:11by the way
00:16:14have you known Mr. Butler
00:16:16a long time
00:16:17no I've never met him
00:16:19he called me and asked me
00:16:20if I'd handle this for him
00:16:21I said yes
00:16:22he had the key delivered
00:16:23to my office
00:16:23Mr. Mayor
00:16:25Sheriff
00:16:26Mr. Tolman
00:16:27Mr. Howard
00:16:29see you all tomorrow
00:16:30in fact
00:16:33I'm uh
00:16:34I'm looking forward to it
00:16:35slick
00:16:45really slick
00:16:46he's a big lawyer Bill
00:16:48you've got to expect that
00:16:49don't tell me about lawyers
00:16:51oh you see the way
00:16:52he looked at us
00:16:52you see his clothes
00:16:53he's doing his job
00:16:55just don't tell me
00:16:57about lawyers
00:16:57you know what
00:16:58I'd like to see
00:16:59two of them like that
00:17:00when talking to each other
00:17:01neither one of them
00:17:02would know what to believe
00:17:03I love you too
00:17:05honey when I get home
00:17:06I'm gonna have a nice
00:17:07nice surprise for you
00:17:08no no
00:17:10I can't tell you
00:17:11what it is now
00:17:11it wouldn't be a surprise
00:17:12now would it
00:17:13no no
00:17:15I can't come home now
00:17:16but it'll be very soon
00:17:17very soon
00:17:19honey of
00:17:21course I miss you
00:17:23yes yes
00:17:25I miss mommy too
00:17:27uh
00:17:29Laura
00:17:30how are you kid
00:17:31look I'll call tomorrow
00:17:37no I want to call
00:17:40I want to talk to Jenny
00:17:41yeah well
00:17:44as a matter of fact
00:17:45I'm uh
00:17:46I'm having a fine time
00:17:48well same to you darling
00:17:52what do you mean
00:17:55hostile
00:17:56I was wondering
00:18:16if we get it
00:18:18what then
00:18:20take it down
00:18:25okay
00:18:28okay
00:18:28okay
00:18:30I'd better get going
00:18:32do me a favor Tess
00:18:34call Diane
00:18:35tell her I'm going to
00:18:36Wilton
00:18:37and I'll be back late
00:18:38I'll be back late
00:18:40I'll be back late
00:18:42I'll be back late
00:18:43I'll be back late
00:18:49I'll be back late
00:18:51I don't know.
00:19:21I don't know.
00:19:51I don't know.
00:19:55It's fantastic, isn't it?
00:19:59Yeah.
00:20:01Yeah, Butler wasn't kidding.
00:20:04Nobody's lived here for years.
00:20:06That would be such a waste.
00:20:08It's his grandfather's monument.
00:20:11You know, there's a caretaker who keeps this place just the way he left it.
00:20:17What kind of monument is this?
00:20:20Well, that's the trouble.
00:20:22Nobody remembers anymore.
00:20:24That's what usually happens in America.
00:20:27I remember this.
00:20:31And he walks with me, and he talks with me, and he tells me I'm his own.
00:20:35And he walks with me, and he talks with me, and he tells me I am his own.
00:20:47And the joy we share, and we carry there.
00:20:57You're not serious.
00:20:59I used to hear that at funerals.
00:21:01At funerals?
00:21:01I was a kid in Chipley, Georgia.
00:21:06There's also a Chipley, Florida.
00:21:09But they have both been subsequently eradicated from the map.
00:21:12None other has ever known.
00:21:19None other has ever known.
00:21:42The only thing opened was a delicatessen, so I brought you pastrami, salami, potato salad, macaroni, everything you like.
00:22:00I'll have bologna.
00:22:03And macaroni.
00:22:04No, no, no, some of that potato salad.
00:22:08Did you pick the wine, too?
00:22:09Well, the delicatessen man took a personal interest in its selection.
00:22:14Oh, well, we got lucky again.
00:22:16That's early 1970.
00:22:17That's hard to come by.
00:22:19Can I have some, too?
00:22:21Of course.
00:22:22Of course, you may.
00:22:27Mmm.
00:22:39It must have been wonderful.
00:22:48What?
00:22:50The people who lived here.
00:22:53They must have had a wonderful life.
00:22:56Well, I hope they did.
00:22:58Wilford Butler must have believed in something.
00:23:00I believe it.
00:23:01Look at that stone fireplace.
00:23:03Parquet floor.
00:23:04The mahogany.
00:23:05This table.
00:23:06And you probably think this place is made of wood, right?
00:23:09Well...
00:23:10Wrong.
00:23:11You know what his grandson told him?
00:23:13Underneath that wood, there's two feet of stone.
00:23:16The foundation is eight bricks wide.
00:23:18And now, someday, they're going to come in here, and they're going to tear this place down,
00:23:21and they're going to build little tract houses all over this property on quarter acre and half acre lots.
00:23:28And that bulldozer's going to come up that hill toward this house.
00:23:33And it's going to get the surprise of its life.
00:23:37They built a kingdom out here.
00:23:39Only nobody's left.
00:23:41No?
00:23:42Butler has a grandson.
00:23:44No, no.
00:23:45It's probably like the rest of us.
00:23:46It wants money.
00:23:48You know, he's asking $50,000 cash for this place, and for the only way that he can get,
00:23:53oh, he can get at least $250,000.
00:23:56But he won't take his time.
00:24:00So he'll get screwed.
00:24:07Do you want to go upstairs now?
00:24:10Soon.
00:24:12You know, one of the great pleasures in life
00:24:15is the pleasure of anticipating pleasure.
00:24:19Isn't it?
00:24:21We are very close now, aren't we?
00:24:25Sure, honey.
00:24:27Very close.
00:24:34I don't see any beds yet.
00:24:37Keep looking, honey.
00:24:38Butler sent a place to spend it.
00:24:40It's furnished.
00:24:53It's furnished.
00:24:53Anything doing?
00:25:15No, sir.
00:25:16But look at this.
00:25:17More football, huh?
00:25:19Look how they smirved that quarterback.
00:25:21Look at his arm.
00:25:22Got no time now.
00:25:23Go test.
00:25:24How about that telephone up at the Butler house?
00:25:26Is it working?
00:25:29Well, try it now.
00:25:30I'll wait.
00:25:30Hello?
00:25:44Oh, yes.
00:25:45Miss Howard.
00:25:46Yeah, the phone's working fine.
00:25:51Very nice of you to go.
00:25:54Good night.
00:25:58Honey, I'm going down to the car to get some cigarettes.
00:26:00Be back in a minute.
00:26:01Okay.
00:26:02Don't get lonely.
00:26:03No, no.
00:26:04No.
00:26:04No.
00:26:31Good night.
00:27:01Did you get your cigarettes?
00:27:19Yes, yes, I did.
00:27:21May I have one?
00:27:22Sure.
00:27:24It's the most amazing thing.
00:27:26These cigarettes come in these very small packages these days.
00:27:31Oh, that's for me?
00:27:35Mm-hmm.
00:27:36Can I open it?
00:27:38Oh, no, no, no.
00:27:40Our Christmas is day after tomorrow.
00:27:43Is that an order?
00:27:46Yes, ma'am, that's an order.
00:28:01Yes, ma'am.
00:28:12Oh, no.
00:30:48Butler.
00:30:48I'm worried, Sheriff.
00:30:50Carter's not here.
00:30:53Speak up.
00:30:54I can't hear you.
00:30:55I can't.
00:30:56I'm sick.
00:30:58Can you come here?
00:31:00What is it?
00:31:01What's wrong?
00:31:02His car is here, but he's gone.
00:31:04Won't you come?
00:31:06Okay, okay.
00:31:08Now, you stay put in that house.
00:31:10I'll wait for you.
00:31:11Please, hurry.
00:31:13I'm afraid.
00:31:15Now, take it easy.
00:31:16I'm coming.
00:31:17Mr. Butler, are you done?
00:31:27I've come back.
00:31:31What's that?
00:31:32Tess, I want to see you again.
00:31:36Hello?
00:31:37Who is this?
00:31:38You know me, Tess.
00:31:41It's Mary Ann.
00:31:44Tell the mayor.
00:31:46Tell them all.
00:31:47I'm waiting in my father's house.
00:31:53Tess, it's so lonesome here.
00:31:58Don't be long.
00:32:03Hello?
00:32:05Hello?
00:32:06Hello?
00:32:07Hello?
00:32:07Hello?
00:32:37Oh, my God.
00:32:47Where is everybody?
00:33:04Hello?
00:33:05Oh, Maggie.
00:33:07Thank goodness.
00:33:09What is it, Tess?
00:33:11Something's come up.
00:33:12Something urgent.
00:33:13Can you start early?
00:33:14Oh, honey, I'm watching TV.
00:33:16Maggie Daly, you get yourself over here.
00:33:18What is it?
00:33:20Just get moving, Maggie.
00:33:22Just please, hurry.
00:33:35Thanks, dear, buddy.
00:33:57Β‘Galberус!
00:33:58Let's go.
00:34:28Come in.
00:34:58It's open.
00:35:03Okay, mister, that's far enough.
00:35:05What do you want here?
00:35:08Mayor.
00:35:09Try again.
00:35:10My father's not home.
00:35:12And don't move.
00:35:13You want me to put my hands up?
00:35:15No.
00:35:16Just stay there.
00:35:19What are you staring at?
00:35:20I seem to remember you from the road.
00:35:22That's why I'm holding a gun.
00:35:24You scare me.
00:35:25That makes sense.
00:35:26Thanks.
00:35:27Does everybody carry one here?
00:35:29You can ask the sheriff when he gets here.
00:35:31I'll call him.
00:35:32I'm sorry to disappoint you, but the sheriff's office is empty.
00:35:38How do you know?
00:35:40I was just there.
00:35:42Who are you?
00:35:44Jeffrey Butler.
00:35:45Oh, you're the one who's selling the house.
00:35:50Yes.
00:35:52Have you any ID?
00:35:54Come on.
00:35:55Don't laugh at me.
00:35:57I want your ID.
00:35:58Some maniac escaped from Margaretville.
00:36:00I want your ID on the table.
00:36:05Okay.
00:36:13Put it on the table.
00:36:19Now go back.
00:36:30California license.
00:36:34Lucky you.
00:36:37Would you like to see my maniac card from the asylum?
00:36:41They'll give you one when you escape.
00:36:43There's a big Scarlet M on it so people won't get confused.
00:36:47Okay.
00:36:48Look, I'm sorry about the gun.
00:36:50My father's in Wilton getting your money.
00:36:55All I want to do is to get into my house.
00:36:57This sheriff's deputy might have a key.
00:37:01He's about the only one I know of.
00:37:03Where's he?
00:37:04You go down the road about a mile and a half
00:37:06till you come to a white house with a white fence
00:37:08and then you can't miss it.
00:37:12Thanks.
00:37:13That's okay.
00:37:15Merry Christmas.
00:37:19Same to you.
00:37:27If I don't call back in an hour...
00:37:30What?
00:37:32Call the mayor or Mr. Tone
00:37:34and nobody else.
00:37:37Promise me you'll do that.
00:37:39Well, sure.
00:37:41Mark it down, honey.
00:37:43So you'll have it.
00:37:46Sheriff to 301.
00:37:47I'm heading west on route 5 to Butler House.
00:37:50You'll hear from me.
00:37:57What the hell?
00:38:03Is that light out there?
00:38:04No.
00:38:13Oh, no.
00:38:16Oh, no.
00:38:24Oh, no.
00:38:27Yeah, we'll do it.
00:38:29Yeah.
00:38:30Hello.
00:38:30Oh, no.
00:38:31I understand.
00:38:32Oh, no.
00:38:33I know.
00:39:42Hi.
00:39:43Hi.
00:39:44Did you find the deputy?
00:39:45No, I wasn't there.
00:39:47Oh.
00:39:49I was thinking.
00:39:51Isn't your lawyer supposed to be at the house?
00:39:54The door was locked.
00:39:56His car was there, so I borrowed it.
00:39:58You mean you stole a car?
00:40:01Yeah.
00:40:03Keeping it warm.
00:40:05What if he needs it?
00:40:06Let him find me.
00:40:09Who's coming to dinner?
00:40:11Oh.
00:40:12Daddy.
00:40:13We always have dinner every Thursday.
00:40:16Do you want something?
00:40:18No, I ate Paradise Motel.
00:40:20Yeah, I know.
00:40:21It's awful.
00:40:23What about a drink?
00:40:24Yeah.
00:40:27It's cheap bourbon, but that's a big favorite around here.
00:40:31Do you want ice?
00:40:35No, it's straight.
00:40:40You look tired.
00:40:42I am tired.
00:40:44Well, here's to a fast dollar.
00:40:47Cheers.
00:40:47Cheers.
00:40:47Why did you decide to sell the house?
00:41:00Needed the cash.
00:41:02After all these years?
00:41:05I need to know.
00:41:08Huh.
00:41:10What's it like on the inside?
00:41:13You know, I've never seen the inside.
00:41:15When I was a child, my father told me to stay away from it,
00:41:18for something terrible might happen.
00:41:20Sort of like a haunted house.
00:41:24I haven't seen it either.
00:41:26You're going to sell it, and you've never seen it?
00:41:28Yeah.
00:41:31I don't know.
00:41:31It's too bad.
00:41:33It's about the only place to see around here.
00:41:35Oh, I forgot.
00:41:37Someone keeps calling with a message for my father.
00:41:41She says that she's waiting at your house.
00:41:43In the reception room.
00:41:46What woman is waiting in my house in the reception room?
00:41:49Oh, I don't know.
00:41:51It's not a voice that I know.
00:41:56I better go out there.
00:41:57Can I come too?
00:41:59What for?
00:42:02I'm pushing.
00:42:03I suppose you'll be going back to California soon.
00:42:10Hmm?
00:42:12California.
00:42:13You said you lived there, remember?
00:42:15No, I'll be traveling.
00:42:17Jeff, look.
00:42:19It's the sheriff's car.
00:42:20He's doing it.
00:42:21I don't know.
00:42:22No, Jeff.
00:42:26Hi.
00:42:31Hi.
00:42:34Bye.
00:42:36Bye.
00:42:37Bye.
00:42:44Bye.
00:42:46Bye.
00:42:47Bye.
00:42:48There's a light.
00:42:54Look at that tombstone.
00:42:57Pretty cheerful.
00:43:01Who bears the cross shall wear the crown.
00:43:05Wilfred Butler.
00:43:07My grandfather.
00:43:09Oh.
00:43:15Someone left their sunglasses in the snow.
00:43:17They're the sheriffs.
00:43:21My lawyer's missing.
00:43:22So is the sheriff.
00:43:24You get strange phone calls.
00:43:27And now someone's fascinated by my grandfather's grave.
00:43:32Let's get out of here.
00:43:35You still want to go to my house?
00:43:37Yes.
00:43:39But I don't want to go alone.
00:43:43Listen.
00:43:43I'm not nervous.
00:43:44Well, of course you're not.
00:43:46Oh, it's the cold.
00:43:46I'm shaking from it.
00:43:50Let's get out of here.
00:43:53Okay.
00:43:54We'll get help in town.
00:43:55It's ten minutes drive.
00:43:56Good night.
00:44:03Good night.
00:44:05Good night.
00:44:05Let's go.
00:44:35Good night, Mr. Towman.
00:44:45Have a nice holiday.
00:45:05Good night.
00:45:35Good night, Mr. Towman.
00:46:05Come on, you'll see.
00:46:20Mr. Towman, wait.
00:46:22No, please, I have to talk to you.
00:46:27I'm sorry, this is Jeffrey Butler.
00:46:29He's the one who's selling the house.
00:46:32He can't get inside the place.
00:46:34And my father's gone to Wilton.
00:46:35So we wondered...
00:46:37Anything wrong?
00:46:45He'll tell us.
00:46:48Tess...
00:46:49has gone to his house.
00:46:53Why would she go there?
00:46:55I don't know.
00:46:58Anyway, she won't get in.
00:46:59You say it's locked.
00:47:04It says she hates the place.
00:47:07Would you like to drive there?
00:47:11Diana could stay here and lock herself in.
00:47:13I need a key.
00:47:15I need a key.
00:47:15I need a key.
00:47:44This is not my house, it's Tess's.
00:48:14This is not my house, it's my house.
00:48:44This is not my house.
00:48:46This is not my house.
00:48:48You're satisfied?
00:48:50She must have gone to my place.
00:48:52But why wouldn't she go there?
00:48:57She hates it
00:49:02Maybe she went to see the woman who's there someone called the mayor's house before said she'd be waiting
00:49:16What is it
00:49:26Oh
00:49:56Hello Jeff
00:50:05Hello is anybody there
00:50:14I'm Diane Adams I spoke to you before
00:50:26Tell him I have the diary
00:50:30I'm waiting
00:50:32Who are you?
00:50:34He'll know
00:50:36Christmas Eve
00:50:381935
00:50:44Hello?
00:50:46Hello?
00:50:48Hello?
00:51:09Hello?
00:51:12Hello?
00:51:13Let's go.
00:51:43Let's go.
00:52:13Sheriff, I saw your car.
00:52:36Bill, is that you?
00:52:54Tess, you can't see me, but I can see you.
00:53:21Oh, yes, I remember that face.
00:53:30You're older now, and fatter, but still, Tess.
00:53:38And you're frightened, aren't you?
00:53:46Don't be afraid.
00:53:49I want to help you.
00:53:52Take my hand.
00:53:54Take it, Tess.
00:53:56The person on the telephone said 1935, Christmas Eve.
00:54:15But that's not the beginning.
00:54:19In 1927, Butler House was restored by Wilfred Butler.
00:54:24After that, I find social notes, parties, nothing special.
00:54:29Then, in 1930, Butler's wife, Catherine, dies of tuberculosis.
00:54:37In August 1933, it starts, Wilfred Butler's daughter is cruelly attacked and raped.
00:54:46Her name is Mary Ann, the same name as the caller who left those messages tonight.
00:54:54She's 15, then.
00:54:55On May 2nd, 1934, Mary Ann Butler gives birth to a son, Jeffrey Butler.
00:55:06Jeff.
00:55:08Early in 1935, Butler House is turned over to a Dr. Robinson as an asylum for mental patients.
00:55:16And then, Butler goes on to say that he has committed his own daughter.
00:55:23Mary Ann will live at the asylum.
00:55:27There's no end to this story.
00:55:29It's been carefully cut out of all the papers.
00:55:33Why would Toman do that?
00:55:46Why would Toman do that?
00:56:16You scared me.
00:56:22What happened?
00:56:23What happened is, uh, Tess has 40 birdcages.
00:56:28Toman is hysterical.
00:56:30Everybody's at my hospital.
00:56:31Me, it's cold outside, and you forgot to lock the door.
00:56:36Jeff, how old are you?
00:56:39How old am I?
00:56:40You mean, how many years have I lived?
00:56:42No.
00:56:43There's a lot in the paper about your family.
00:56:45I don't want to talk about my family.
00:56:48Wait a minute.
00:56:49There's a woman calling, and she says her name is Mary Ann.
00:56:53That was your mother's name, wasn't it?
00:56:55My mother died in childbirth.
00:56:59That's when I started traveling.
00:57:02It's not what the papers say.
00:57:03What's your point?
00:57:09I just thought that you should read something for your own good.
00:57:14Nothing you could tell me about my past or future would be for my own good.
00:57:18I don't know.
00:57:24Where is the paper?
00:57:26It's on the table.
00:57:27It's on the table.
00:57:27it's so stupid to lie
00:57:49I missed the whole event
00:57:52Jeff
00:57:53maybe your mother's still alive
00:57:55maybe she's waiting for you
00:57:57at the house
00:57:58I don't know
00:58:03come on
00:58:09no more side trips
00:58:11let's go out there
00:58:25I don't know
00:58:37no more side trips
00:58:43It's Tolman's car.
00:58:59It's empty.
00:59:13Jeff, look!
00:59:39Oh, my God!
00:59:48Stay back!
00:59:49It's Tolman!
00:59:50Stay back!
00:59:52He's dead.
01:00:07He's dead.
01:00:20He's dead.
01:00:27He's dead.
01:00:34He's dead.
01:00:36He's dead.
01:00:40He's dead.
01:00:59His hands.
01:01:03Somebody cut off his hands.
01:01:06You killed him.
01:01:08You killed Tolman.
01:01:11He's asking for help.
01:01:13You killed him.
01:01:18He's dead in the car.
01:01:33He's dead.
01:01:49He's dead.
01:01:52He's dead.
01:01:55He's dead.
01:02:00He's dead.
01:02:04He's dead.
01:02:09What's her house?
01:02:33The keys.
01:02:35He took them.
01:02:39He took them.
01:03:10Hello?
01:03:11Hello, Mr. Mayor.
01:03:14Yes, what?
01:03:16This is Marianne Butler.
01:03:19I'm calling from my house.
01:03:22Won't you come over here, Mr. Mayor?
01:03:26We're having a reunion.
01:03:30Everyone's here.
01:03:32Even your daughter.
01:03:34All right.
01:03:50All right.
01:03:51Let's go.
01:04:21Let's go.
01:04:51Let's go.
01:05:21Let's go.
01:05:51I turned my house into an asylum.
01:05:56I brought doctors to live there.
01:05:58I welcomed other patients.
01:06:02Useless.
01:06:03All of it.
01:06:04I remembered what she had been.
01:06:11There was never a lovelier, happier child.
01:06:13Ladies and gentlemen, quiet, please.
01:06:37By Christmas of the first year, I knew that I must act.
01:06:45Not for myself, but for my helpless child.
01:06:48Led him to create this institution.
01:06:51Our friend.
01:06:52I had no plan.
01:06:54All I knew was that I must take her from these men.
01:06:58With their promises.
01:07:00Their lies.
01:07:01Shall we?
01:07:02All right.
01:07:09For he's a jolly good fellow.
01:07:12For he's a jolly good fellow.
01:07:14For he's a jolly good fellow.
01:07:17Which nobody can deny.
01:07:19Which nobody can deny.
01:07:21Which nobody can deny.
01:07:23I knew that they would gorge themselves into a stupor that afternoon.
01:07:36It was their celebration.
01:07:38I expected no less.
01:07:40Since they had come into my house, they had acted as if they owned it.
01:07:43They had behaved like poor relations, half guilty, but finally unable to control their appetites.
01:08:13After dinner, they danced and drank as they usually did.
01:08:29All the time, Robinson would smile and reassure me.
01:08:34They expected me to believe.
01:08:36Because I had no choice.
01:08:40Wilfred, trust me.
01:08:43He really believed Marianne would be well.
01:08:47He saw a light.
01:08:49There is a light at the end of a long tunnel.
01:08:52Believe me.
01:08:55There is a light.
01:08:57At the end of a long tunnel.
01:09:06Stay here, doctor.
01:09:09I'll get more champagne.
01:09:11He was ready.
01:09:12I knew it.
01:09:13Drunk and fat and full of his own importance.
01:09:17I left then.
01:09:43Yeah.
01:09:44Yeah.
01:09:44Yeah.
01:09:44Yeah.
01:09:44Yeah.
01:09:44Yeah.
01:09:44Yeah.
01:09:44Yeah.
01:09:44Yeah.
01:09:45Yeah.
01:09:45Yeah.
01:09:45Yeah.
01:09:45Yeah.
01:09:45Yeah.
01:09:46Yeah.
01:09:46Yeah.
01:09:47Yeah.
01:09:47Yeah.
01:09:48Yeah.
01:09:48Yeah.
01:09:49Yeah.
01:09:49Yeah.
01:09:49Yeah.
01:09:50Yeah.
01:09:50Yeah.
01:09:51Yeah.
01:09:51Yeah.
01:09:52Yeah.
01:09:52Yeah.
01:09:53Yeah.
01:09:54Yeah.
01:09:54Yeah.
01:09:55Yeah.
01:09:56Yeah.
01:09:56Yeah.
01:09:57Yeah.
01:09:58Yeah.
01:09:59Yeah.
01:10:00Yeah.
01:10:01Yeah.
01:10:02Yeah.
01:10:03Yeah.
01:10:04Yeah.
01:10:05Yeah.
01:10:06Yeah.
01:10:07Yeah.
01:10:08Yeah.
01:10:09Yeah.
01:10:10Yeah.
01:10:11Yeah.
01:10:12Yeah.
01:14:47Oh, my God.
01:15:17Oh, my God.
01:15:47Oh, my God.
01:16:17Oh, my God.
01:16:47Oh, my God.
01:17:18I assume that when they saw her in the dining room, the inmates believed her to be part of that household which they hated.
01:17:26And so, they killed her.
01:17:32Later, there was a celebration.
01:17:34And then most of the inmates fled, I don't know where.
01:17:38I shall never forget what they did to my child.
01:17:44Since that Christmas, I have lived in prisons and asylums, lived anonymously, as an animal.
01:17:54I have wandered in bitterness until all seasons have become as one, and that is a season of vengeance.
01:18:06And so, it's a season of silence.
01:18:08And so, it's a season of silence.
01:18:12And so, it's a season of silence.
01:18:14And so, it's a season of silence.
01:18:16And so, it's a season of silence.
01:18:18And so, it's a season of silence.
01:18:24And so, it's a season of silence.
01:18:34Jeff.
01:18:44Jeff.
01:18:47Wilfred Butler is still alive.
01:18:51This is still his house.
01:18:55Your grandfather died in 1950.
01:19:00He was burned to death in this house.
01:19:04My grandfather poured gasoline over a squatter he found here.
01:19:10The town wanted to believe he was dead.
01:19:13They still do.
01:19:22This house was an asylum.
01:19:25There was a massacre by the inmates.
01:19:28Tess, Tolman, the sheriff.
01:19:31Jeff, you're a father.
01:19:35No.
01:19:36All inmates.
01:19:37They killed my mother in this room.
01:19:40Don't 07.
01:19:43Come on.
01:19:43Oh
01:20:08Who's that
01:20:10Who's there?
01:20:40Butler.
01:20:50Oh, no.
01:20:56Oh, my God, no.
01:21:10Daddy, Daddy.
01:21:18Brian.
01:21:20Jeff, Jeff, no, no.
01:21:27Jeff, why?
01:21:29Why?
01:21:30I'm sorry.
01:21:32Marianne.
01:21:35Marianne!
01:21:38No!
01:21:40Maria!
01:21:41Don't run away.
01:21:43Don't.
01:21:44I'm your father.
01:21:46Don't be afraid.
01:21:47I won't hurt you.
01:21:49Please.
01:21:51It's all right.
01:21:53I won't hurt you.
01:21:57I need you.
01:21:59I will see you.
01:22:03I've waited for you.
01:22:05Please.
01:22:08I will see you.
01:22:09Please...
01:22:10Please.
01:22:13Please.
01:22:14Help me.
01:22:18Help me.
01:22:32Help me! Help me!
01:22:48I spent that night weeping.
01:22:50By morning, there were no more tears.
01:22:53I know that my father and Jeffrey both thought they were shooting at killers.
01:23:03But they were simply the last victims in that house of victims.
01:23:13And now, a year later, they will tear down Wilfred Butler's monument.
01:23:19But they can never destroy my memories of what happened here.
01:23:49To be continued...
01:23:51Of the Sabbath.
01:23:52From the Sabbath, a sad world.
01:23:54And his wife is now.
01:23:55To be continued...
01:23:57Of the Sabbath.
01:23:59But he was almost dead.
01:24:00For the Sabbath.
01:24:02The Sabbath.
01:24:03The Sabbath.
01:24:04In the Sabbath.
01:24:05The Sabbath.

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