Puppet Master (1989) Movie Script
Life upon my life.
Know.
They're coming.
Don't worry. Don't worry.
I'll take care of you.
Did you understand everything?
It's very important.
All right?
Let's go then.
I'm coming.
We know. We saw them coming.
Now, don't be frightened.
I'm not going to let
anything happen to you.
I'm going to hide you
in a nice, safe place.
What a shame we did
not have more time.
Andre Toulon?
Mr. Toulon.
You can't save her, Alex.
- Do you see something, ma'am?
- Oh, yes.
I see many great things for you.
You have a wonderful life
ahead of you, young lady.
Do you see marriage, maybe?
Most definitely.
In a very short period of time, you
two are gonna be happily married.
And you are gonna to have
a little boy.
No yes, you are
he's a rambunctious little buddy,
but he's gonna be a good little boy.
And then you're gonna
have a little girl.
You know, ma'am, that's really
great. I like that, but, umm...
Do you think buddy here's
ever gonna get a real job?
I see retail sales.
Retail sales?
No, ma'am. I'm sorry.
You better look again, because
buddy here,
he flunked out of the tenth grade...
I don't see how he
can be in retail sales.
But you see here I see construction.
I see you working as a foreman
of a construction company
in a retail store.
Kind of like an
enormous shopping mall.
You are gonna to be a rich man.
You are gonna to
build a shopping mall.
Yes, sir, you are gonna
to be a rich man.
Oh, maybe I will marry him, then.
I sit next to a very rich man.
I'm a gold mine.
What else do you see, ma'am?
All I think I see is your grandmother.
She isn't going to
be around very long.
My grandmother's already dead, ma'am.
Well, it's
it's really your grandmother.
Oh, buddy. I'm sorry.
Ma'am?
I think something's wrong with her.
Ga... ga...
Gallagher!
He kill me!
- Ready, Carissa?
- Yes.
Okay.
Now commencing real-time thought
transmission experiment rt 638.
Passive subject: Andrea Clark.
Active subject: Carissa Stamford.
All right, Andrea.
I want you to recreate in your
mind your wildest sexual fantasy
paying particular
attention to the details.
All right?
Good.
All right, Carissa?
Begin sequence
Are you getting anything about
a man on a horse, in the rain?
Now she's running down
the beach and she's naked.
He's getting very close to her.
You're not getting any of this?
Why am I getting this and you're not?
This little girl has a
very vivid imagination.
- Hello.
- Hi, it's Alex.
Hello, Alex.
We were expecting your call.
You've had contact too, then?
Yes, last night while
we were experimenting.
It was very, very strong.
What what does it mean?
Why all of us at once?
It means Gallagher located the
old puppet master's hiding place.
And he's calling for
some kind of a meeting.
We also received a call
from the white witch.
Oh, you mean Dana?
Yes, the lovely Dana.
She knows the location.
It's an old hotel on
the californian coast
called the bodega bay inn.
I want you to come along, Alex.
We'll need all our collected powers.
Dana feels that this is not
going to be a friendly meeting.
Well, I don't know who
they think they are.
Just barging in here out of the blue.
They're probably the friends
Neil said would come.
They don't look like friends to me.
They look more like trouble.
- They look like
- shhh. Theresa, don't be rude.
Hello. I'm Megan Gallagher.
Somebody married Neil?
Hi, I'm Alex Whitaker.
I'm Frank Forrester.
This is Dana Hadley and
Carissa Stamford.
I hope this visit wasn't
entirely unexpected.
No, no. Neil told me you'd be coming.
And where might old Neil be?
I thought you knew.
Knew what?
He shot himself.
But why?
That's the hard part.
I don't know why.
He left a note
but all he said was he didn't want
to be buried until you all arrived.
So now that you're here,
we'll Bury him tomorrow.
You can stay.
Of course.
No problem.
Well, I'll show you to your rooms,
and then we'll see about some dinner.
Excuse me, Mrs. Gallagher.
Would you mind if
we stayed behind a while...
To pay our respects?
No, not at all.
I think Neil would appreciate that.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Don't touch the body.
Frank, what the hell is
going on around here?
And how is it that we didn't pick
up on the fact that he was dead?
Don't know.
Somehow he was able to
block the image when he
send that signal to us.
What are you doing?
Just making sure he is
what he appears to be.
Charming.
Dead as a doornail.
How did you know Neil?
Oh, he and I worked
together on a project.
I'm a professor of anthropology
at Yale university.
You're staring at me.
Sorry.
It's just that Neil was
so obsessed with his work...
It's hard to imagine him
taking time-out to get married.
These rooms, they haven't
been used for quite a while.
You know people used to come here
just to see this place from all over?
The queen of england came here once.
I took care of her myself.
That's an interesting aroma.
What is it?
A Korean dragon's blood.
What are you doing?
I'm cleaning your etheric body.
- What?
- It's for protecting.
Listen to me.
You are in great danger.
Do not go near the
fireplace, whatever you do.
Why?
Don't go near the fireplace.
I have to go. I have work to do.
This isn't gonna to be easy.
There's my little darling.
Hello, sweetheart.
I bet you are starving to death.
Screwball!
Got you a mighty dog
You can't save her, Alex.
Right this way.
Pity about dear Neil.
Were you friendly with him?
Not very.
Sorry to hear that.
What's wrong?
Something happened in this elevator.
Something
A man forcing a woman to have sex.
It was Gallagher.
That woman wasn't his wife.
What is she talking about?
Please, don't interfere.
What is it?
She's experiencing the past.
Tell me.
It was horrible what he did to her.
Oh, god.
Please don't bring up any of
this around Mrs. Gallagher.
She's upset enough as it is.
Wouldn't want to have
disturbed Mrs. Gallagher.
Don't worry.
- Oh my god, Frankie!
- What?
This is a movie star bed.
Not now, Carissa.
No, really.
Two famous movie stars had
a wild night in this bed.
- Come feel it.
- Stop it!
This is business.
We're focusing on Gallagher remember?
You know I can't help it, Frankie.
I know, baby. It's just that
I don't want you becoming distracted.
We have to use your gifts to find
out what Gallagher was doing here.
Oh my god!
They did it right in this bed.
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
Did everybody get
settled in all right?
Yes, thank you.
This hotel seems to have quite
a history, Mrs. Gallagher.
Yes, it does.
It's been in my family since
the turn of the century.
My parents operated it till
they died a few years ago.
Thank you, Theresa.
Miss Megan,
we are just so curious to hear
about you and your dear Gallagher.
Well.
I've met Neil when he was staying
here working on a project.
We became friends and
when my parents died
he helped me through
some rough times.
Now, that doesn't sound like
the Gallagher we all know.
Anyway, it was something of a surprise
to me when he asked me to marry him.
He said he loved me
and he offered to
help me run this hotel.
Now, that sounds like Gallagher.
He wanted something.
So we got married.
Two years ago next Friday.
He had so many ideas for the hotel.
He wanted to renovate it completely.
So we shut it down.
He didn't really tell
me much about it.
I knew it was important to him.
I didn't want him to stop.
Seems like the first year
of our marriage he spent
most of his time supervising
construction all over the place.
They really tore it apart.
Then
one day he just stopped everything
and from the next year he spent
almost every day locked up with his work.
I really didn't know what to do.
I would've kicked that
bastard out on his ass.
Dana
if you have something to say
I wish you would say it to me.
She likes to stir things up.
Don't let her bother you.
Now, Alex
the lady has invited me to speak.
I have a wealth of information about her
dear beloved Neil that
I would love to share with her.
Sit down and shut up.
Well, aren't we the
excitable one this evening?
Miss Megan.
There's a question that's
been burning inside of me.
Did it ever pass through your
sweet innocent, little mind
that your husband possibly
married you for your money?
Little bit of sauce and Dana becomes
quite the cynic, doesn't she?
I'm not a cynic, Frank.
I prefer to think of myself as a
nasty bitch.
That's enough, Dana.
Fuck you, you Ivy league tard-ass.
And who's kidding who.
We all know why we're here.
So why continue the pitiful
charade of the grave widow?
The truth is, honey your husband
was a despicable greedy bastard.
He screwed us now we
mean to even the score.
Do I make myself clear?
Perfectly.
You're some piece of work.
Did I say something?
I'm sorry.
I don't know what's wrong with her.
She usually isn't like this.
I'm so confused.
Who are you people?
Well
some would call us magicians.
To some degree, we all have
unusual psychic powers.
Your husband brought us together several
years ago to try to help in his research.
He and Frank began to study in the
ancient Egyptian methods of the old.
And they found evidence
that the Egyptians have
developed a secret method
of giving life to inanimate figurines.
Then the secrets were passed on to
select few who knew and practiced magic.
Dana there makes a
living telling fortunes.
She used her powers to help your
husband locate the last true alchemist
of the modern times
a famous puppet
master in the twenties.
And what about Carissa?
Well, your husband brought her in
because of her skills in psychometry.
Which means?
I mean she can reconstruct
the emotional history
of an object by touch or feel.
She could sit in a car
tell you who owns it
sit on a bed and tell
you its entire history.
Oh, I see.
What about you? What do you do?
- Dream.
- Everybody dreams.
Sure, but not about things to come.
It wouldn't kill you to act like
normal people.
I may need a day off.
Somebody there?
What happened?
Is he alive?
No, he's dead.
Believe me. He's dead.
Starting tomorrow we're going
to tear this place apart.
I think Andre Toulon's
secret is right here.
Doesn't make sense.
Why kill himself?
And who's fooling
around with the body?
I never did trust this son of a bitch.
What's he up to?
Maybe it's Mrs. Gallagher
who's up to something?
That wasn't a dream I had, was it?
I don't understand.
Well, we think it was Theresa.
Theresa?
Where is Teresa?
We can't find her.
We looked all over.
Take it easy.
Why did you come here?
Why?
I had this dream and I came here
to make sure it didn't come true.
Oh my god!
What's wrong?
Two women.
Maybe.
And? Details.
They spent their entire
leave in this tub.
Listen, darling, as long you're going
to be fooling around in there
see if you can pick
up on Neil Gallagher
and that young wife
of his, of course.
Shut up.
Sweet dreams
What are you doing, Frank?
Preparing for tonight's experiment.
Suppose we found it, Frank
what Andre Toulon's
discovered, I mean
what would you do with the power?
If you had it, I mean.
Well, that's easy.
I'd rule the world.
Do you think she's pretty?
Gallagher's wife, I mean.
Frank.
Frank
Frank.
Frank - yeah?
You scared the heart of me, you jerk.
Come on, darling.
I just wanted to get you into that
haunted house mood for tonight's work.
What're you doing?
We're all in danger.
He means to kill us all.
Gallagher.
Honey, even the dead have their ways.
Protection.
December eighth.
Researcher and principle
psychometric subject
are about to embark on
sexual experiment number 517a.
Hopefully, we'll be opening up
a channel to Neil Gallagher.
The experiment will utilize
various sexual aids and
certain assorted apparatus.
Descriptions to follow.
Sidebar note to transcriber file
under personal documentation
and be sure to annotate the location.
Are you ready?
Ready and willing.
Promise you'll be gentle.
I love it when you do that.
God, I like this.
No, no. Not this time.
You don't get to do anything
but what I want you to do.
Oh, great. That's just great.
Yeah
I think I'm gonna like this.
A little life insurance
from the white witch.
Leroy, there's gonna
be a lot of changes
in the next 24 hours.
And it's not going to be
promising for you-know-who.
This is going to be a long
night and lonely night, sugar.
I never did get
used to those two.
What are you what are you doing?
Don't stop.
- My god.
- What is it?
The door is open.
I think someone's in the room, Frank.
Untie me, Carissa.
Come on, untie me.
Come on
what the hell was that?
- Frank!
- What?
Carissa, what are you doing?
God. Don't do this to me, Carissa.
Carissa?
Shhh. Quiet, Frank
Carissa
it's a joke, right?
Carissa, where are you?
Carissa, what's happened?
Carissa, what're you doing?
Carissa, you know I have
no sense of humour.
You little minx.
You connected with
Gallagher, didn't you?
I'm ready for
What are you going to do to me?
Must be one of those undisclosed
sexual aids, huh, is it?
Good
Carissa, stop that!
Carissa you're hurting me!
Carissa, stop it!
Oh, man
come on, wear it out
give it a rest
Oh, no! Please, no
Hmmm? What's that?
Oh, I'm real happy you decided
to come on a trip with me.
Yes I am.
Well, it would be an awful lonely
trip if you hadn't come along.
What are you doing sneaking
around this time of night?
Well, Frank and Carissa are trying
to rearrange the walls in their room
makes it hard to sleep.
I know what you mean.
Would you like to come
in for a little nightcap?
Thanks, but I'd rather
do a little wandering.
I was hoping we could do a little
rearranging of the walls ourselves.
I don't think that would
be a good idea, Dana.
No?
Goodnight.
Sweet dreams.
It's just me and you, Leroy.
Well, I guess we'll just have
to entertain each other
like we always do, Leroy.
I know you don't like Alex
very much, but he's all right.
Now, you just sit down
and you stay like a good boy.
Well, look who's here
if it isn't my dear
old friend, Gallagher.
Come to make a call?
Now, you can fool the others
but you don't fool me.
I know what you're about.
You are done!
We put the dead to rest.
He won't be bothering
us anymore, Leroy.
Wake up.
Just a second.
Alex
I want you to come with me.
I have something I want to show you.
Just let me get my shoes.
Hurry.
I couldn't sleep.
Something about Neil's death
kept on bothering me.
It never occurred to me before that
there was a connection between
the old puppet master's
death and my husband
but after dinner, it
began to make sense.
Neil used to spend hours up here.
I don't know what he was
doing exactly, but
he never let me come up.
I thought it was strange.
Didn't really mind it.
I came up here earlier
and I found something in here.
Would you hold that, please?
I told you I wanna show you something.
You can't save her, Alex.
Stop!
What's happening, Alex?
Wake up!
I want you to come with me.
I have something to show you.
Yeah
let me get my shoes.
Hurry.
I couldn't sleep.
Something about Neil's death
was really bothering me.
It never occurred to me that
there was a connection between
the old puppet master's
death and my husband's
but after dinner, it
started to make sense.
Neil used to spend hours up here.
I don't know what he
was doing exactly
- but he never let me
- never let you come up.
You thought it was strange,
but you didn't really mind.
How did you know?
Well, I'm kind of a magician, remember?
I came up here earlier tonight
and I I found something in here.
I was looking through
Neil's books up here
and I started reading this one.
This is Andre Toulon's diary.
Listen to this.
Today, I gave them life
using the ancient
Egyptian rites of afterlife.
I know that like all my other
children, like my other puppets...
They mirror the soul of their master.
With me, they are harmless, but...
I fear what they are capable of
if placed in the wrong hands.
Alex.
Alex, what is it? What's wrong?
Alex.
Alex, what is it?
Hello, Alex.
Bye, Alex.
Are you ok?
Alex.
Come on. Let's go.
Alex.
They're in the dining-room.
Oh my god.
We have to get out of here.
You're not leaving on
my account, are you?
You're dead.
Yes. I am.
I put a gun in my mouth and
blew away my vast knowledge.
And here I am.
Dead.
Megan doesn't understand
the metaphysics of it, Alex.
Will you explain it to her, please?
What's the matter, Alex?
You're not getting
slow on me, are you?
Let me explain.
Metaphysically speaking I killed myself
and, using the techniques
of the old puppet master,
I brought myself back to life.
Why?
That's easy.
I wanna live forever.
All life eventually ends in death
but, for me, there is no end now.
You mean no natural end.
Alex...
Don't even entertain the thought.
It would take the total
destruction of this body
something that you're not capable of.
I'm much stronger now
than I ever was in life.
Why did you kill them?
Why?
Because we are all
joined by our thoughts
and sooner or later one
of you would have learned
that I have discovered
Toulon's secrets.
I had to bring you here.
Besldes
I'm tired of experimenting with
silly, little wooden puppets.
Actually, I wasn't the
first human experiment.
The first experiment
was on her parents.
It was a stroke of luck, actually.
I followed the trail of the old
puppet master to this hotel.
I was always quick with the women.
Right, Alex?
And Megan, ah...
She was so young.
- So easy to win over.
- No
Parents
that's another story.
I had no choice but to kill them.
It was a small price
to pay to live forever.
What the hell are you looking at?
Don't touch the body.
It's time to die, Alex
- stop it!
- So you can live forever.
Stop!
Stop it!
What the hell do you
think you're doing?
Open that door you
fucking little cretin
or I'll chop you into firewood.
You brainless little pinhead.
Get out of my way.
Open this fucking door!
What the hell do you
think you're doing?
Oh, no, you don't.
I'm the master
and you're the puppet.
I'll get you, Alex.
No, no, stop!
Get away!
No! Stop!
Stop!
Stop!
Stop!
Well, my cab's waiting
you take care of yourself.
Yeah, I will you too.
If you ever get to the
east, give me a call.
I will.
You have a good trip.
Good dog, Leroy.
Know.
They're coming.
Don't worry. Don't worry.
I'll take care of you.
Did you understand everything?
It's very important.
All right?
Let's go then.
I'm coming.
We know. We saw them coming.
Now, don't be frightened.
I'm not going to let
anything happen to you.
I'm going to hide you
in a nice, safe place.
What a shame we did
not have more time.
Andre Toulon?
Mr. Toulon.
You can't save her, Alex.
- Do you see something, ma'am?
- Oh, yes.
I see many great things for you.
You have a wonderful life
ahead of you, young lady.
Do you see marriage, maybe?
Most definitely.
In a very short period of time, you
two are gonna be happily married.
And you are gonna to have
a little boy.
No yes, you are
he's a rambunctious little buddy,
but he's gonna be a good little boy.
And then you're gonna
have a little girl.
You know, ma'am, that's really
great. I like that, but, umm...
Do you think buddy here's
ever gonna get a real job?
I see retail sales.
Retail sales?
No, ma'am. I'm sorry.
You better look again, because
buddy here,
he flunked out of the tenth grade...
I don't see how he
can be in retail sales.
But you see here I see construction.
I see you working as a foreman
of a construction company
in a retail store.
Kind of like an
enormous shopping mall.
You are gonna to be a rich man.
You are gonna to
build a shopping mall.
Yes, sir, you are gonna
to be a rich man.
Oh, maybe I will marry him, then.
I sit next to a very rich man.
I'm a gold mine.
What else do you see, ma'am?
All I think I see is your grandmother.
She isn't going to
be around very long.
My grandmother's already dead, ma'am.
Well, it's
it's really your grandmother.
Oh, buddy. I'm sorry.
Ma'am?
I think something's wrong with her.
Ga... ga...
Gallagher!
He kill me!
- Ready, Carissa?
- Yes.
Okay.
Now commencing real-time thought
transmission experiment rt 638.
Passive subject: Andrea Clark.
Active subject: Carissa Stamford.
All right, Andrea.
I want you to recreate in your
mind your wildest sexual fantasy
paying particular
attention to the details.
All right?
Good.
All right, Carissa?
Begin sequence
Are you getting anything about
a man on a horse, in the rain?
Now she's running down
the beach and she's naked.
He's getting very close to her.
You're not getting any of this?
Why am I getting this and you're not?
This little girl has a
very vivid imagination.
- Hello.
- Hi, it's Alex.
Hello, Alex.
We were expecting your call.
You've had contact too, then?
Yes, last night while
we were experimenting.
It was very, very strong.
What what does it mean?
Why all of us at once?
It means Gallagher located the
old puppet master's hiding place.
And he's calling for
some kind of a meeting.
We also received a call
from the white witch.
Oh, you mean Dana?
Yes, the lovely Dana.
She knows the location.
It's an old hotel on
the californian coast
called the bodega bay inn.
I want you to come along, Alex.
We'll need all our collected powers.
Dana feels that this is not
going to be a friendly meeting.
Well, I don't know who
they think they are.
Just barging in here out of the blue.
They're probably the friends
Neil said would come.
They don't look like friends to me.
They look more like trouble.
- They look like
- shhh. Theresa, don't be rude.
Hello. I'm Megan Gallagher.
Somebody married Neil?
Hi, I'm Alex Whitaker.
I'm Frank Forrester.
This is Dana Hadley and
Carissa Stamford.
I hope this visit wasn't
entirely unexpected.
No, no. Neil told me you'd be coming.
And where might old Neil be?
I thought you knew.
Knew what?
He shot himself.
But why?
That's the hard part.
I don't know why.
He left a note
but all he said was he didn't want
to be buried until you all arrived.
So now that you're here,
we'll Bury him tomorrow.
You can stay.
Of course.
No problem.
Well, I'll show you to your rooms,
and then we'll see about some dinner.
Excuse me, Mrs. Gallagher.
Would you mind if
we stayed behind a while...
To pay our respects?
No, not at all.
I think Neil would appreciate that.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
Don't touch the body.
Frank, what the hell is
going on around here?
And how is it that we didn't pick
up on the fact that he was dead?
Don't know.
Somehow he was able to
block the image when he
send that signal to us.
What are you doing?
Just making sure he is
what he appears to be.
Charming.
Dead as a doornail.
How did you know Neil?
Oh, he and I worked
together on a project.
I'm a professor of anthropology
at Yale university.
You're staring at me.
Sorry.
It's just that Neil was
so obsessed with his work...
It's hard to imagine him
taking time-out to get married.
These rooms, they haven't
been used for quite a while.
You know people used to come here
just to see this place from all over?
The queen of england came here once.
I took care of her myself.
That's an interesting aroma.
What is it?
A Korean dragon's blood.
What are you doing?
I'm cleaning your etheric body.
- What?
- It's for protecting.
Listen to me.
You are in great danger.
Do not go near the
fireplace, whatever you do.
Why?
Don't go near the fireplace.
I have to go. I have work to do.
This isn't gonna to be easy.
There's my little darling.
Hello, sweetheart.
I bet you are starving to death.
Screwball!
Got you a mighty dog
You can't save her, Alex.
Right this way.
Pity about dear Neil.
Were you friendly with him?
Not very.
Sorry to hear that.
What's wrong?
Something happened in this elevator.
Something
A man forcing a woman to have sex.
It was Gallagher.
That woman wasn't his wife.
What is she talking about?
Please, don't interfere.
What is it?
She's experiencing the past.
Tell me.
It was horrible what he did to her.
Oh, god.
Please don't bring up any of
this around Mrs. Gallagher.
She's upset enough as it is.
Wouldn't want to have
disturbed Mrs. Gallagher.
Don't worry.
- Oh my god, Frankie!
- What?
This is a movie star bed.
Not now, Carissa.
No, really.
Two famous movie stars had
a wild night in this bed.
- Come feel it.
- Stop it!
This is business.
We're focusing on Gallagher remember?
You know I can't help it, Frankie.
I know, baby. It's just that
I don't want you becoming distracted.
We have to use your gifts to find
out what Gallagher was doing here.
Oh my god!
They did it right in this bed.
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
Did everybody get
settled in all right?
Yes, thank you.
This hotel seems to have quite
a history, Mrs. Gallagher.
Yes, it does.
It's been in my family since
the turn of the century.
My parents operated it till
they died a few years ago.
Thank you, Theresa.
Miss Megan,
we are just so curious to hear
about you and your dear Gallagher.
Well.
I've met Neil when he was staying
here working on a project.
We became friends and
when my parents died
he helped me through
some rough times.
Now, that doesn't sound like
the Gallagher we all know.
Anyway, it was something of a surprise
to me when he asked me to marry him.
He said he loved me
and he offered to
help me run this hotel.
Now, that sounds like Gallagher.
He wanted something.
So we got married.
Two years ago next Friday.
He had so many ideas for the hotel.
He wanted to renovate it completely.
So we shut it down.
He didn't really tell
me much about it.
I knew it was important to him.
I didn't want him to stop.
Seems like the first year
of our marriage he spent
most of his time supervising
construction all over the place.
They really tore it apart.
Then
one day he just stopped everything
and from the next year he spent
almost every day locked up with his work.
I really didn't know what to do.
I would've kicked that
bastard out on his ass.
Dana
if you have something to say
I wish you would say it to me.
She likes to stir things up.
Don't let her bother you.
Now, Alex
the lady has invited me to speak.
I have a wealth of information about her
dear beloved Neil that
I would love to share with her.
Sit down and shut up.
Well, aren't we the
excitable one this evening?
Miss Megan.
There's a question that's
been burning inside of me.
Did it ever pass through your
sweet innocent, little mind
that your husband possibly
married you for your money?
Little bit of sauce and Dana becomes
quite the cynic, doesn't she?
I'm not a cynic, Frank.
I prefer to think of myself as a
nasty bitch.
That's enough, Dana.
Fuck you, you Ivy league tard-ass.
And who's kidding who.
We all know why we're here.
So why continue the pitiful
charade of the grave widow?
The truth is, honey your husband
was a despicable greedy bastard.
He screwed us now we
mean to even the score.
Do I make myself clear?
Perfectly.
You're some piece of work.
Did I say something?
I'm sorry.
I don't know what's wrong with her.
She usually isn't like this.
I'm so confused.
Who are you people?
Well
some would call us magicians.
To some degree, we all have
unusual psychic powers.
Your husband brought us together several
years ago to try to help in his research.
He and Frank began to study in the
ancient Egyptian methods of the old.
And they found evidence
that the Egyptians have
developed a secret method
of giving life to inanimate figurines.
Then the secrets were passed on to
select few who knew and practiced magic.
Dana there makes a
living telling fortunes.
She used her powers to help your
husband locate the last true alchemist
of the modern times
a famous puppet
master in the twenties.
And what about Carissa?
Well, your husband brought her in
because of her skills in psychometry.
Which means?
I mean she can reconstruct
the emotional history
of an object by touch or feel.
She could sit in a car
tell you who owns it
sit on a bed and tell
you its entire history.
Oh, I see.
What about you? What do you do?
- Dream.
- Everybody dreams.
Sure, but not about things to come.
It wouldn't kill you to act like
normal people.
I may need a day off.
Somebody there?
What happened?
Is he alive?
No, he's dead.
Believe me. He's dead.
Starting tomorrow we're going
to tear this place apart.
I think Andre Toulon's
secret is right here.
Doesn't make sense.
Why kill himself?
And who's fooling
around with the body?
I never did trust this son of a bitch.
What's he up to?
Maybe it's Mrs. Gallagher
who's up to something?
That wasn't a dream I had, was it?
I don't understand.
Well, we think it was Theresa.
Theresa?
Where is Teresa?
We can't find her.
We looked all over.
Take it easy.
Why did you come here?
Why?
I had this dream and I came here
to make sure it didn't come true.
Oh my god!
What's wrong?
Two women.
Maybe.
And? Details.
They spent their entire
leave in this tub.
Listen, darling, as long you're going
to be fooling around in there
see if you can pick
up on Neil Gallagher
and that young wife
of his, of course.
Shut up.
Sweet dreams
What are you doing, Frank?
Preparing for tonight's experiment.
Suppose we found it, Frank
what Andre Toulon's
discovered, I mean
what would you do with the power?
If you had it, I mean.
Well, that's easy.
I'd rule the world.
Do you think she's pretty?
Gallagher's wife, I mean.
Frank.
Frank
Frank.
Frank - yeah?
You scared the heart of me, you jerk.
Come on, darling.
I just wanted to get you into that
haunted house mood for tonight's work.
What're you doing?
We're all in danger.
He means to kill us all.
Gallagher.
Honey, even the dead have their ways.
Protection.
December eighth.
Researcher and principle
psychometric subject
are about to embark on
sexual experiment number 517a.
Hopefully, we'll be opening up
a channel to Neil Gallagher.
The experiment will utilize
various sexual aids and
certain assorted apparatus.
Descriptions to follow.
Sidebar note to transcriber file
under personal documentation
and be sure to annotate the location.
Are you ready?
Ready and willing.
Promise you'll be gentle.
I love it when you do that.
God, I like this.
No, no. Not this time.
You don't get to do anything
but what I want you to do.
Oh, great. That's just great.
Yeah
I think I'm gonna like this.
A little life insurance
from the white witch.
Leroy, there's gonna
be a lot of changes
in the next 24 hours.
And it's not going to be
promising for you-know-who.
This is going to be a long
night and lonely night, sugar.
I never did get
used to those two.
What are you what are you doing?
Don't stop.
- My god.
- What is it?
The door is open.
I think someone's in the room, Frank.
Untie me, Carissa.
Come on, untie me.
Come on
what the hell was that?
- Frank!
- What?
Carissa, what are you doing?
God. Don't do this to me, Carissa.
Carissa?
Shhh. Quiet, Frank
Carissa
it's a joke, right?
Carissa, where are you?
Carissa, what's happened?
Carissa, what're you doing?
Carissa, you know I have
no sense of humour.
You little minx.
You connected with
Gallagher, didn't you?
I'm ready for
What are you going to do to me?
Must be one of those undisclosed
sexual aids, huh, is it?
Good
Carissa, stop that!
Carissa you're hurting me!
Carissa, stop it!
Oh, man
come on, wear it out
give it a rest
Oh, no! Please, no
Hmmm? What's that?
Oh, I'm real happy you decided
to come on a trip with me.
Yes I am.
Well, it would be an awful lonely
trip if you hadn't come along.
What are you doing sneaking
around this time of night?
Well, Frank and Carissa are trying
to rearrange the walls in their room
makes it hard to sleep.
I know what you mean.
Would you like to come
in for a little nightcap?
Thanks, but I'd rather
do a little wandering.
I was hoping we could do a little
rearranging of the walls ourselves.
I don't think that would
be a good idea, Dana.
No?
Goodnight.
Sweet dreams.
It's just me and you, Leroy.
Well, I guess we'll just have
to entertain each other
like we always do, Leroy.
I know you don't like Alex
very much, but he's all right.
Now, you just sit down
and you stay like a good boy.
Well, look who's here
if it isn't my dear
old friend, Gallagher.
Come to make a call?
Now, you can fool the others
but you don't fool me.
I know what you're about.
You are done!
We put the dead to rest.
He won't be bothering
us anymore, Leroy.
Wake up.
Just a second.
Alex
I want you to come with me.
I have something I want to show you.
Just let me get my shoes.
Hurry.
I couldn't sleep.
Something about Neil's death
kept on bothering me.
It never occurred to me before that
there was a connection between
the old puppet master's
death and my husband
but after dinner, it
began to make sense.
Neil used to spend hours up here.
I don't know what he was
doing exactly, but
he never let me come up.
I thought it was strange.
Didn't really mind it.
I came up here earlier
and I found something in here.
Would you hold that, please?
I told you I wanna show you something.
You can't save her, Alex.
Stop!
What's happening, Alex?
Wake up!
I want you to come with me.
I have something to show you.
Yeah
let me get my shoes.
Hurry.
I couldn't sleep.
Something about Neil's death
was really bothering me.
It never occurred to me that
there was a connection between
the old puppet master's
death and my husband's
but after dinner, it
started to make sense.
Neil used to spend hours up here.
I don't know what he
was doing exactly
- but he never let me
- never let you come up.
You thought it was strange,
but you didn't really mind.
How did you know?
Well, I'm kind of a magician, remember?
I came up here earlier tonight
and I I found something in here.
I was looking through
Neil's books up here
and I started reading this one.
This is Andre Toulon's diary.
Listen to this.
Today, I gave them life
using the ancient
Egyptian rites of afterlife.
I know that like all my other
children, like my other puppets...
They mirror the soul of their master.
With me, they are harmless, but...
I fear what they are capable of
if placed in the wrong hands.
Alex.
Alex, what is it? What's wrong?
Alex.
Alex, what is it?
Hello, Alex.
Bye, Alex.
Are you ok?
Alex.
Come on. Let's go.
Alex.
They're in the dining-room.
Oh my god.
We have to get out of here.
You're not leaving on
my account, are you?
You're dead.
Yes. I am.
I put a gun in my mouth and
blew away my vast knowledge.
And here I am.
Dead.
Megan doesn't understand
the metaphysics of it, Alex.
Will you explain it to her, please?
What's the matter, Alex?
You're not getting
slow on me, are you?
Let me explain.
Metaphysically speaking I killed myself
and, using the techniques
of the old puppet master,
I brought myself back to life.
Why?
That's easy.
I wanna live forever.
All life eventually ends in death
but, for me, there is no end now.
You mean no natural end.
Alex...
Don't even entertain the thought.
It would take the total
destruction of this body
something that you're not capable of.
I'm much stronger now
than I ever was in life.
Why did you kill them?
Why?
Because we are all
joined by our thoughts
and sooner or later one
of you would have learned
that I have discovered
Toulon's secrets.
I had to bring you here.
Besldes
I'm tired of experimenting with
silly, little wooden puppets.
Actually, I wasn't the
first human experiment.
The first experiment
was on her parents.
It was a stroke of luck, actually.
I followed the trail of the old
puppet master to this hotel.
I was always quick with the women.
Right, Alex?
And Megan, ah...
She was so young.
- So easy to win over.
- No
Parents
that's another story.
I had no choice but to kill them.
It was a small price
to pay to live forever.
What the hell are you looking at?
Don't touch the body.
It's time to die, Alex
- stop it!
- So you can live forever.
Stop!
Stop it!
What the hell do you
think you're doing?
Open that door you
fucking little cretin
or I'll chop you into firewood.
You brainless little pinhead.
Get out of my way.
Open this fucking door!
What the hell do you
think you're doing?
Oh, no, you don't.
I'm the master
and you're the puppet.
I'll get you, Alex.
No, no, stop!
Get away!
No! Stop!
Stop!
Stop!
Stop!
Well, my cab's waiting
you take care of yourself.
Yeah, I will you too.
If you ever get to the
east, give me a call.
I will.
You have a good trip.
Good dog, Leroy.