1 00:00:25,650 --> 00:00:29,600 NEW YORK ~ APRIL 2 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:36,400 [Rose Elliot reading:] "The Three Mothers." 3 00:00:54,250 --> 00:00:56,300 I don 't know what price I shall have to pay... 4 00:00:56,300 --> 00:00:59,080 for breaking what we alchemists call Silentium. 5 00:00:59,100 --> 00:01:01,400 The life experiences of our colleagues should warn us warns us... 6 00:01:01,400 --> 00:01:04,500 not to upset layman by imposing our knowledge upon them. 7 00:01:05,500 --> 00:01:09,800 I, Varelli, an architect living in London met the Three Mothers... 8 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:12,400 and designed and built for them three dwelling places. 9 00:01:12,650 --> 00:01:17,400 One in Rome, one in New York, and the third in Freiburg, Germany. 10 00:01:17,500 --> 00:01:21,620 I failed to discover until too late that from those three locations... 11 00:01:21,700 --> 00:01:26,860 the Three Mothers rule the world with sorrow, tears and darkness. 12 00:01:26,900 --> 00:01:32,400 Mater Suspiriorum, mother of sighs, and the oldest of the three, lives in Freiburg. 13 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:38,750 Mater Lacrimarum, mother of tears, the most beautiful, rules in Rome. 14 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,600 Mater Tenebrarum, the mother of darkness, 15 00:01:41,650 --> 00:01:45,850 who is the youngest and cruelest of the three, controls New York. 16 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,400 And I built their horrible houses, 17 00:01:49,500 --> 00:01:52,750 the repositories of all their filthy secrets. 18 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:56,200 Those so-called mothers are wicked stepmothers, 19 00:01:56,300 --> 00:01:57,900 incapable of creating life. 20 00:01:58,450 --> 00:02:04,900 Inferno 21 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:07,600 By giving these creatures... 22 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:09,700 the single yet terrifying name, 23 00:02:09,950 --> 00:02:11,300 in effect, however, 24 00:02:11,350 --> 00:02:14,200 those three were sisters as well as mothers. 25 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:15,950 Just as there are three Muses, 26 00:02:15,950 --> 00:02:19,300 three Graces, three Fates, and three Furies. 27 00:02:19,700 --> 00:02:21,450 The land upon which the three houses... 28 00:02:21,450 --> 00:02:24,250 have been constructed will eventually become... 29 00:02:24,250 --> 00:02:26,000 deathly and plague ridden,... 30 00:02:26,250 --> 00:02:28,800 so much so the area around will reek tolarable. 31 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,250 And that is the first key to the mothers' secret, 32 00:02:32,300 --> 00:02:35,000 truely, the primary key. 33 00:02:35,200 --> 00:02:37,550 The second key to the poisonous secret... 34 00:02:37,550 --> 00:02:39,850 of the three sisters is hidden... 35 00:02:39,850 --> 00:02:42,000 in the cellar of their houses. 36 00:02:42,500 --> 00:02:44,250 There, you can find both the picture... 37 00:02:44,250 --> 00:02:47,000 and the name of the sister living in that house. 38 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,500 This is the location of the second key. 39 00:02:50,900 --> 00:02:53,300 The third key can be found... 40 00:02:53,300 --> 00:02:55,700 under the soles of your shoes. 41 00:02:55,950 --> 00:02:59,440 There is the third key. 42 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:29,000 [Rose Elliot writing;] My dear brother Mark, 43 00:04:58,700 --> 00:05:01,700 The second key is hidden in the cellar. 44 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:28,500 Good evening. 45 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:31,000 I'd like to talk to you about that book. 46 00:05:31,700 --> 00:05:33,450 Which one? 47 00:05:34,200 --> 00:05:38,440 The one that you sold me. The Three Mothers. 48 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,320 Have you read it? 49 00:05:41,450 --> 00:05:44,190 Some of it. 50 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:51,580 Is that story just made-up, or is there some truth to it? 51 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,380 Is it upset you? 52 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,950 It's nothing more than a book written by some alchemist. 53 00:05:58,900 --> 00:06:03,250 Lots of books have been written about houses of the damned. 54 00:06:03,300 --> 00:06:06,560 "The Bafgeris Villa of Monsters" near Palermo. 55 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:08,900 "The House of Peacocks" in Brussels. 56 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,500 "The Salamander Maison" in France. 57 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,850 Some people think of these books as pure fantasy. 58 00:06:15,900 --> 00:06:19,480 Others believe every word. 59 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:23,450 Women are usually the worst readers of such stuff. 60 00:06:23,630 --> 00:06:26,540 Or the best, if you prefer. 61 00:06:26,710 --> 00:06:30,550 - They want very much to believe - Not really. 62 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:35,150 That book mentions a horrible odor, for example. 63 00:06:35,150 --> 00:06:39,950 And all around here, there's a very strange bittersweet smell. 64 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:43,600 They say it's comes from the cake factory. 65 00:06:43,650 --> 00:06:45,800 It's been here as long as I have. 66 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,150 Does it brother you? 67 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:51,000 You'll get used to it. After a while, you stop noticing it. 68 00:06:51,100 --> 00:06:53,750 That's not the only coincidence. 69 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:57,850 - If you've read the book-- - There are mysterious parts in that book. 70 00:06:57,900 --> 00:07:05,200 But the only true mystery is that our very lives are governed by dead people. 71 00:07:05,500 --> 00:07:08,330 Good night. 72 00:07:28,780 --> 00:07:32,400 The second key is hidden in the cellar. 73 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:21,000 [Whispering voices:] - She's been nosing around, - We have to hide it right away. 74 00:16:21,300 --> 00:16:23,400 Yes, we'd better get it all out of sight. 75 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,250 Be careful, though. She doesn't want anything changed. 76 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:11,300 ROME - APRIL 77 00:17:11,340 --> 00:17:14,460 This is the famous "Va, pensiero" chorus. 78 00:17:15,100 --> 00:17:17,460 Finale. 79 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:22,790 Part three. 80 00:17:28,150 --> 00:17:31,310 From Giuseppe Verdi's "Nabucco". 81 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,440 [Mark Elliot is reading the letter:] My dear brother Mark, 82 00:19:03,620 --> 00:19:06,650 As you know, here in New York, I've been living in a rather old building, 83 00:19:06,900 --> 00:19:09,290 quite some time. 84 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:39,210 Excuse me, I want to go someplace else. 85 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,970 49 Via dei Bagni. 86 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,600 What a strange smell. 87 00:23:08,700 --> 00:23:10,620 Sickly sweet. 88 00:23:21,230 --> 00:23:22,880 ABERTNY FOUNDATION 89 00:23:23,060 --> 00:23:25,470 PHILOSOPHY LIBRARY PUBLIC ADMISSION 90 00:24:19,540 --> 00:24:22,740 - What's wrong? - Nothing. 91 00:25:47,100 --> 00:25:50,600 - Looking for something? - No. 92 00:25:50,700 --> 00:25:54,450 Yes, I'm looking for an old book. 93 00:25:54,500 --> 00:25:56,600 For what book would you like? 94 00:25:56,700 --> 00:26:00,100 Its title is "The Three Mothers". Yes, "The Three Mothers". 95 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:03,960 Why? It should be there, right behind you. 96 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,600 Thanks. 97 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:39,700 [Mark's friend Sara's reading:] "This book is neither fictional nor a work of imagination." 98 00:26:39,700 --> 00:26:42,000 "It includes, instead, fragments of a diary..." 99 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,340 "which I discovered among the personal papers of a friend," 100 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:50,500 "an architect and highly respected alchemist by the name of Varelli." 101 00:26:50,700 --> 00:26:54,760 "Varelli disappeared under mysterious circumstances many years ago..." 102 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:07,650 "This diary may help clear up the reasons for his strange death." 103 00:27:07,700 --> 00:27:12,750 "Since it was written in Latin, we decided to publish it in that form. " 104 00:27:12,900 --> 00:27:14,670 [Whispering voice:] Sara. 105 00:27:24,300 --> 00:27:25,760 Sara. 106 00:27:29,650 --> 00:27:31,650 Sara. 107 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:37,700 Closing time. 108 00:28:18,300 --> 00:28:20,000 [Whispering voice:] Go with that anytime. 109 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,000 [Whispering voice:] Go with this, go away, it's there. 110 00:28:23,100 --> 00:28:24,940 Huh? 111 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:29,450 [Whispering voice:] It has already been there, by me. 112 00:28:29,630 --> 00:28:35,050 [Whispering voice:] ... about the relationship between them. 113 00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:28,900 Sir? 114 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,280 Pardon me. 115 00:29:50,500 --> 00:29:53,540 Sir, excuse me. 116 00:29:54,840 --> 00:29:56,750 I can't find the way out. 117 00:29:57,100 --> 00:29:58,540 The other door. 118 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:21,700 The book! 119 00:30:21,700 --> 00:30:24,000 What? Why? 120 00:30:26,100 --> 00:30:29,300 No. No No! 121 00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:37,500 I think we can discontinue. 122 00:31:37,600 --> 00:31:41,070 Yes, we have to put a stop to it. 123 00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:43,530 What floor? 124 00:31:44,100 --> 00:31:45,750 What floor? 125 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,910 The 4th. 126 00:32:11,900 --> 00:32:13,000 No. 127 00:32:14,900 --> 00:32:17,200 Anything I can do for you? 128 00:32:17,300 --> 00:32:19,560 I'm afraid. 129 00:32:20,300 --> 00:32:23,070 I'm afraid to be left alone. 130 00:32:23,100 --> 00:32:27,000 All right. I get nothing to do for the next couple of hours. 131 00:32:27,100 --> 00:32:28,820 I can keep you company if you like. 132 00:32:33,900 --> 00:32:36,580 What do you do, Sara? Study or work? 133 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,400 I'm a music student. What about you? 134 00:32:39,450 --> 00:32:40,300 Oh, I'm in sports. 135 00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:42,670 I'm a sports writer for television. 136 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,500 - May I ask you a strange question? - How strange? 137 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:50,980 Have you ever heard of the Three Sisters? 138 00:32:51,300 --> 00:32:53,720 - You mean those black singers? - No. 139 00:32:53,900 --> 00:32:57,300 - I'm talking about mythology, the triad. - Hold on! 140 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,600 If you're talking about spooks and stuff, I don't believe in any of that. 141 00:33:00,700 --> 00:33:02,050 How can you be so sure? 142 00:33:02,100 --> 00:33:04,200 I don't believe such things. That's all. 143 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:06,500 And without any philosophical discussion. 144 00:33:06,500 --> 00:33:08,200 So what do you believe in? 145 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:11,700 In whatever I can see and touch. 146 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:24,420 You probably heard this before. 147 00:33:24,500 --> 00:33:27,350 It's Verdi's "Va, pensiero." 148 00:34:14,100 --> 00:34:16,310 Hello, Mark? 149 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,190 I found your sister's letter. You left it at the Academy. 150 00:34:20,200 --> 00:34:21,600 Have you read it? 151 00:34:21,700 --> 00:34:23,900 Well, you have to read it. It's important. 152 00:34:23,900 --> 00:34:28,000 Come over to my place right now. I want to tell you what happened to me. 153 00:35:05,130 --> 00:35:06,150 What's going on? 154 00:35:06,330 --> 00:35:10,450 I don't know. Maybe there's an overload on the wires. 155 00:35:11,260 --> 00:35:13,870 - Carlo? - Yes? 156 00:35:14,900 --> 00:35:17,040 Hey, where's the main fuse box? 157 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:22,170 In the storeroom, at the end of the hall, but don't go there! 158 00:35:22,350 --> 00:35:24,720 Don't worry, I just want to check the fuses. 159 00:35:24,890 --> 00:35:28,200 All right, but keep talking so I know where you are. 160 00:35:28,250 --> 00:35:30,340 I will. 161 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:52,910 Carlo? 162 00:35:53,900 --> 00:35:58,200 - Where are you? - In the storeroom. I found the fuse box. 163 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:02,840 I'll be right there. I'm afraid. 164 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:09,450 Carlo! 165 00:36:10,900 --> 00:36:14,000 Carlo! Carlo, what's happening? 166 00:36:14,100 --> 00:36:17,390 Just a second. I fix it now, I think. 167 00:36:18,300 --> 00:36:20,190 You see? 168 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:24,820 Carlo? 169 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:33,600 No! Ah! 170 00:36:44,730 --> 00:36:48,650 My-- My God. No. 171 00:37:49,500 --> 00:37:51,160 Sara? 172 00:37:55,100 --> 00:37:56,920 Sara? 173 00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:02,330 Sara, it's Mark. 174 00:38:11,860 --> 00:38:13,450 "My dear brother Mark," 175 00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:20,480 "The house I live in... 'The third key is under the soles of your shoes.'" Kazanian. 176 00:39:18,300 --> 00:39:20,120 ...so many ways. 177 00:39:20,310 --> 00:39:23,050 No, I think it was the usual crazy slaughterer. 178 00:39:43,100 --> 00:39:44,900 What about you? You know what happened? 179 00:39:45,900 --> 00:39:49,660 I don't know anything about it, she was already dead. 180 00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:53,800 Hello? Hello? 181 00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:57,670 - Can you hear me? It's Mark. - Oh, Mark, finally. 182 00:39:58,500 --> 00:40:00,500 Talk louder, Rose. I can hardly hear you. 183 00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:02,840 Did you get my letter? 184 00:40:03,300 --> 00:40:05,800 Yes, it came. But I didn't get a chance to read it. 185 00:40:05,900 --> 00:40:09,400 - Why not? - A lot's happended. 186 00:40:11,200 --> 00:40:12,400 Hello? 187 00:40:12,700 --> 00:40:15,000 I-- I can't hear a thing. 188 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:19,100 So come to New York right away, Mark. You care anything about me? 189 00:40:19,100 --> 00:40:22,950 I can't hear you. I don't understand a thing. What's going on, Rose? 190 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,200 Promise you'll come right away. 191 00:40:25,650 --> 00:40:28,800 Sure, of course, I'll come. But-- 192 00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:31,350 Hello? I can't-- 193 00:40:31,600 --> 00:40:34,750 Hello? Rose, hello? 194 00:40:34,920 --> 00:40:36,410 Mark? 195 00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:40,290 Mark? 196 00:40:40,500 --> 00:40:46,300 NEW YORK – The Same Night in April 197 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:22,400 [Whispering voices:] ...unless what you say, eh/ 198 00:41:23,300 --> 00:41:25,300 - Great! - Right here. 199 00:41:26,100 --> 00:41:27,890 Listen! 200 00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:32,850 Here we go. 201 00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:40,540 This goes to the usual place. 202 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:43,500 - So, Mame? - Yes? 203 00:48:44,000 --> 00:48:45,800 I'm Mark Elliot, Rose's brother. 204 00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:48,890 Oh, yes. 205 00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:55,350 Here is for Apartment 45, 4th floor. If you'd like to go up, I have another set of keys. 206 00:48:55,450 --> 00:48:56,800 Thanks. 207 00:48:57,000 --> 00:49:01,230 - Well, are you going up or not? - Oh, yes. 208 00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:08,100 4th floor, to the left. 209 00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:12,900 This is Miss Elliot's brother. He's just arrived... from Rome. 210 00:49:13,100 --> 00:49:14,830 Oh, Italy. 211 00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:25,550 Thank you. 212 00:49:36,100 --> 00:49:37,730 He'd like to speak to you. 213 00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:40,800 He does that whenever he has something to say. 214 00:49:41,500 --> 00:49:46,600 His name is Professor Arnold. He's been ill for many years. 215 00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:51,500 And you, what do you do? 216 00:49:52,300 --> 00:49:54,900 Oh, I'm... a student. Musicology. 217 00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:59,700 Oh, wonderful! A professor of toxicology. 218 00:49:59,800 --> 00:50:03,500 - We know two other young men-- - No, no, no. It's not toxicology, musicology. 219 00:50:03,500 --> 00:50:07,340 - It got nothing to go with medicine. - What is it, then? 220 00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:10,200 - The study of music. - Oh, yes. 221 00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:13,300 Your sister's involved in rather strange work, too. 222 00:50:13,400 --> 00:50:16,300 - Strange? No, she writes poetry. - Oh, yes. 223 00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:22,500 A pastime especially suited for women. Now, goodbye. 224 00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:30,940 M-A-T-E-R 225 00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:50,220 Rose? 226 00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:56,810 Rose? 227 00:53:01,700 --> 00:53:03,610 Rose? 228 00:53:20,500 --> 00:53:21,800 Rose? 229 00:53:29,200 --> 00:53:31,220 - Was that you? - Yes. 230 00:53:31,400 --> 00:53:35,440 I was calling Rose. I saw the lights on, so I thought she was back. 231 00:53:35,500 --> 00:53:40,700 - I'm a friend. I live upstairs. - Rose isn't back. I'm her brother, Mark. 232 00:53:41,660 --> 00:53:44,360 How did you do that? I heard your voice coming from everywhere. 233 00:53:44,500 --> 00:53:47,450 Oh, that's something your sister and I discovered. 234 00:53:47,500 --> 00:53:50,790 It's our little secret. Look here. 235 00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:54,550 See this hole in the wall? 236 00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:56,450 There one going into my flat, too. 237 00:53:56,500 --> 00:53:59,170 It connects with open pipes in all the rooms. 238 00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:03,000 When you speak into it, your voice becomes amplified. 239 00:54:03,100 --> 00:54:07,040 This weird old building is full of secrets like that. 240 00:54:09,800 --> 00:54:12,350 Would you like to come in? 241 00:54:12,400 --> 00:54:14,760 All right, but just for a moment. 242 00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:24,280 No, no. Don't close it. Someone's coming to get me, for the phone call. 243 00:54:25,000 --> 00:54:27,100 My name is Elise Stallone Van Adler. 244 00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:30,450 I've been living here for five years, alone. 245 00:54:30,500 --> 00:54:33,200 My husband's job keeps him traveling all the time. 246 00:54:33,250 --> 00:54:37,500 I can't travel with him because... I'm not well. 247 00:54:53,110 --> 00:54:56,600 It's strange. Rose knew I was coming. 248 00:54:56,800 --> 00:54:58,850 I thought she'd be awaiting for me. 249 00:54:58,850 --> 00:55:01,720 I can't understand why she's not back yet. 250 00:55:02,910 --> 00:55:05,110 What kind of people live in a building like this? 251 00:55:05,290 --> 00:55:09,830 There aren't many tenants. A lot of the apartments are empty. 252 00:55:11,670 --> 00:55:15,450 What I mean is, is there anyone special? But I-- 253 00:55:16,800 --> 00:55:19,700 I don't know how to explain matters Rose mentioned something in the letter. 254 00:55:19,700 --> 00:55:24,300 All I know is that this building used to belong to a rich old eccentric. 255 00:55:24,300 --> 00:55:26,700 They closed it down after he died. But eventually, 256 00:55:26,700 --> 00:55:29,010 an investment company took it over. 257 00:55:29,900 --> 00:55:32,000 - Who is Kazanian? - He's a book seller... 258 00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:34,750 and antique dealer who owns the shop next door. 259 00:55:35,280 --> 00:55:37,800 Rose buys a lot of rare books from him. 260 00:55:37,900 --> 00:55:39,770 He also... 261 00:55:46,100 --> 00:55:49,700 Excuse me. You're wanted on the telephone, madam. 262 00:55:49,800 --> 00:55:51,650 All right, I'm coming. 263 00:55:51,800 --> 00:55:54,600 See you tomorrow, Mark. 264 00:56:04,850 --> 00:56:09,250 - Did madam cut herself? - No, no. It's paint, not blood. 265 00:57:01,000 --> 00:57:02,500 "The Three Mothers" 266 00:57:54,300 --> 00:57:56,210 Who's there? 267 00:58:09,300 --> 00:58:11,260 Who's there? 268 00:58:22,500 --> 00:58:24,890 Woe! Ouch! 269 00:58:30,700 --> 00:58:33,370 Damn cats. 270 00:58:43,670 --> 00:58:45,620 What is the dosage this time? 271 00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:49,420 The first was 200 milligrams. 272 00:58:49,800 --> 00:58:52,720 The second, 400. 273 00:58:53,700 --> 00:58:56,510 That's the most you can take. 274 00:58:57,400 --> 00:58:59,930 Shall I prepare your bath? 275 00:59:01,150 --> 00:59:02,940 Thank you. 276 00:59:55,660 --> 00:59:57,240 Blood. 277 01:00:08,680 --> 01:00:10,920 Your bath is ready, madam. 278 01:00:11,100 --> 01:00:13,760 Good night. I'll see you in the morning. 279 01:00:14,350 --> 01:00:17,760 Good night. I hope you sleep well. 280 01:00:46,170 --> 01:00:47,910 I'm sure I stepped on blood. 281 01:00:48,090 --> 01:00:50,380 Did you notice that the door handle wss broken? 282 01:00:50,550 --> 01:00:53,250 - Yes, I did. - I want to tell you something. 283 01:00:53,890 --> 01:00:56,590 I used to wonder about Rose's ravings. 284 01:00:56,770 --> 01:01:00,450 Her nervousness, her fear of death, 285 01:01:00,450 --> 01:01:03,010 the myth of the Three Mothers. 286 01:01:03,190 --> 01:01:07,600 - What's that? - She has a fixation. Three Latin names. 287 01:01:07,950 --> 01:01:10,230 Mater Suspiriorum... 288 01:01:10,570 --> 01:01:12,190 ...the mother of sighs. 289 01:01:12,370 --> 01:01:15,900 Mater Lacrimarum, the mother of tears. 290 01:01:15,900 --> 01:01:19,440 And Mater Tenebrarum, the mother of darkness. 291 01:01:19,550 --> 01:01:22,330 Rose read about them in an old book. 292 01:01:22,500 --> 01:01:24,790 And she talks as if it was a true story. 293 01:01:25,590 --> 01:01:28,120 Rose thinks that someone living in this building. 294 01:01:28,300 --> 01:01:30,650 No, I can't explain it. She'll have to tell you. 295 01:01:31,200 --> 01:01:33,300 Such strange, impossible things. 296 01:01:34,000 --> 01:01:38,500 She's convinced that this building is someway connected to those three mothers. 297 01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:42,900 She mentioned an architect, Marelli or Varelli. An Italian name. 298 01:01:42,950 --> 01:01:45,500 I don't know what the connections is aside from that. 299 01:01:45,850 --> 01:01:49,600 But I too have begun to feel nervous and unseasy lately. 300 01:01:49,600 --> 01:01:51,850 It's as if I were constantly being watched. 301 01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:56,690 At times, I can actually feel a presence, as if someone were in the room with me. 302 01:01:57,200 --> 01:02:00,400 I suppose the doctor's right. I am nervous wreck... 303 01:02:08,300 --> 01:02:09,620 Did you hear this laugh? 304 01:02:10,090 --> 01:02:12,500 - What laugh? - I dont' know. 305 01:02:13,010 --> 01:02:15,000 - It sounded like-- - You were right. 306 01:02:17,600 --> 01:02:20,560 It really is blood. Come look. 307 01:02:31,800 --> 01:02:36,410 - Where does this door lead to? - To the service entrance. But nobody ever uses it. 308 01:02:36,600 --> 01:02:39,900 Well, somebody's been through here. I'm going to go look. 309 01:02:39,950 --> 01:02:44,200 - You want to come? - No, I'll wait for you here. I'm scared. 310 01:02:45,220 --> 01:02:46,870 Okay. 311 01:04:38,300 --> 01:04:40,000 Mark! 312 01:04:40,350 --> 01:04:41,870 Mark! 313 01:04:47,300 --> 01:04:48,790 Mark? 314 01:04:48,970 --> 01:04:50,790 Where are you? 315 01:05:13,620 --> 01:05:15,070 Mark? 316 01:05:15,200 --> 01:05:17,570 Answer me. 317 01:06:23,360 --> 01:06:25,890 Open the door, please! 318 01:07:00,700 --> 01:07:02,000 Huh? 319 01:08:10,000 --> 01:08:11,330 Ah! 320 01:08:11,600 --> 01:08:13,900 Ah-a-ah! 321 01:08:27,100 --> 01:08:30,270 My heart. 322 01:08:31,870 --> 01:08:36,410 Help me. I'm sick. My heart... 323 01:08:38,600 --> 01:08:41,950 He said it's his heart. 324 01:08:43,000 --> 01:08:45,410 Then he needs some heart medicine. 325 01:08:50,640 --> 01:08:53,250 Oh... Oh, God! I feel a-- 326 01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:57,590 Drink this now. You'll feel better. 327 01:09:04,100 --> 01:09:08,530 My sister Rose, where is she? 328 01:09:09,200 --> 01:09:11,560 Why didn't she... come back? 329 01:09:12,500 --> 01:09:16,230 Let's take him up to the apartment. 330 01:09:17,300 --> 01:09:18,870 Where is she? 331 01:09:37,000 --> 01:09:39,200 Elise! 332 01:10:52,700 --> 01:10:54,170 Elise? 333 01:10:54,800 --> 01:10:57,430 Elise, it's Mark. Can you hear me? 334 01:10:58,100 --> 01:11:00,970 Elise, it's Mark. 335 01:11:01,000 --> 01:11:02,630 Elise. 336 01:11:05,700 --> 01:11:08,350 Elise, it's Mark. 337 01:11:15,900 --> 01:11:19,200 It's really disgusting. There must be dozens of them. 338 01:11:19,200 --> 01:11:21,950 They walk right into my shop. 339 01:11:22,000 --> 01:11:26,000 Last night, one of them scratched me and broke an expensive statue. 340 01:11:26,100 --> 01:11:30,000 I'm telling you, this is the very last time. 341 01:11:30,000 --> 01:11:33,450 I'll go to the police or the Board of Health. 342 01:11:33,800 --> 01:11:38,900 I want all those damned cats away from here. 343 01:11:39,000 --> 01:11:42,380 Do as you please, Mr. Kazanian. 344 01:11:43,100 --> 01:11:47,000 A! Good morning. I see you're well again, Mr. Elliot? 345 01:11:47,050 --> 01:11:49,300 Yes, I can't event remember what happened to me last night. 346 01:11:49,300 --> 01:11:51,000 You weren't feeling well. It was your heart. 347 01:11:51,000 --> 01:11:52,500 But I don't have heart problems. 348 01:11:52,500 --> 01:11:55,000 - Oh, we gave you some heart medicine. - Who was that man? 349 01:11:55,050 --> 01:11:57,100 That guy? His name is Kazanian. 350 01:11:57,100 --> 01:11:58,900 - He's got an antique shop. - Well, thank you. 351 01:11:58,900 --> 01:12:01,500 - Thank you very much for last night. - A pleasure. 352 01:12:03,600 --> 01:12:06,000 - Mr. Kazanian. - Huh? Yes? 353 01:12:06,000 --> 01:12:08,600 I'm Mark Elliot, Rose's brother. I think you know her. 354 01:12:08,600 --> 01:12:11,700 - She brought some books from me. - Do you know her well? 355 01:12:11,800 --> 01:12:14,650 - No, why? - No one's seen her for the last two days.... 356 01:12:15,000 --> 01:12:17,920 Now look here, I just sell books to her, that's all. 357 01:12:18,050 --> 01:12:19,500 What kind of books? 358 01:12:19,600 --> 01:12:22,500 Old editions, that sort of thing. 359 01:12:22,500 --> 01:12:26,400 If you can't find her, why don't you do what people usually do? 360 01:12:26,500 --> 01:12:31,300 - Oh, such as? - Call the hospitals, or the police. 361 01:12:31,300 --> 01:12:33,560 I've already done that. They don't know a thing. 362 01:12:34,200 --> 01:12:37,850 Does this mean anything to you? "The key is under the soles of your shoes"? 363 01:12:37,900 --> 01:12:43,000 What's that, a riddle? I'm not good at riddles. 364 01:12:47,100 --> 01:12:49,200 How long have you been here? 365 01:12:49,200 --> 01:12:52,500 - Well, just yesterday. - Uh. 366 01:12:52,500 --> 01:12:57,200 You know what? There is going to be an eclipse of the moon tonight. 367 01:12:57,250 --> 01:12:59,400 - Oh, I didn't know. - Uh-huh. 368 01:13:00,000 --> 01:13:04,350 It's been 46 years since we've had a total eclipse around here. 369 01:13:04,800 --> 01:13:08,900 I heard them talking about it on television a little while ago. 370 01:13:09,000 --> 01:13:12,600 You ought to watch. It ought to be interesting. 371 01:13:12,600 --> 01:13:17,100 - Okay, I'll watch. - You'll like a lot. 372 01:13:27,900 --> 01:13:31,200 Goodbye, Mr. Elliot. 373 01:13:31,700 --> 01:13:34,250 Goodbye. 374 01:14:05,500 --> 01:14:09,200 Uh! There you are. 375 01:14:17,100 --> 01:14:20,600 That's a nice cat. 376 01:14:24,400 --> 01:14:27,680 Come along. 377 01:14:28,360 --> 01:14:30,810 Nice. 378 01:14:31,500 --> 01:14:33,000 Uh-huh. 379 01:14:41,200 --> 01:14:44,160 Well, you don't want to leave, huh? 380 01:18:28,600 --> 01:18:29,800 My crutch. 381 01:18:34,350 --> 01:18:35,700 Oh, God! 382 01:18:47,700 --> 01:18:49,060 Help! 383 01:19:23,300 --> 01:19:25,300 Help! 384 01:19:31,800 --> 01:19:34,660 Help me! 385 01:19:35,600 --> 01:19:37,400 Help! Rats! 386 01:19:38,000 --> 01:19:40,000 Help me, please! 387 01:19:43,200 --> 01:19:45,420 Rats! 388 01:19:45,420 --> 01:19:47,420 Oh! Oh! 389 01:19:47,800 --> 01:19:49,000 Help! 390 01:19:58,600 --> 01:19:59,600 Rats! 391 01:20:10,600 --> 01:20:11,500 Help me! 392 01:20:12,100 --> 01:20:13,350 Oh, my God! 393 01:20:16,500 --> 01:20:19,800 The rats are eating me! Ah! Ahh! 394 01:20:21,800 --> 01:20:23,700 Help, help! 395 01:20:26,600 --> 01:20:27,600 Help! 396 01:20:32,000 --> 01:20:33,600 Please, help! They're biting me. 397 01:20:34,500 --> 01:20:36,750 They're eating me alive! 398 01:20:38,000 --> 01:20:39,550 Help! 399 01:20:47,100 --> 01:20:49,500 Oh, my God! 400 01:20:50,700 --> 01:20:54,750 Help! Help! They're eating me alive! 401 01:20:55,200 --> 01:20:57,700 The rats are eating me alive. Help me! 402 01:20:57,800 --> 01:21:00,000 Oh! Oh, help me, guy, oh, oh! 403 01:21:00,200 --> 01:21:02,000 Ah-hh! 404 01:21:48,300 --> 01:21:50,060 Come here, look at this. 405 01:21:50,100 --> 01:21:53,270 Oh! All that stuff! 406 01:21:53,300 --> 01:21:55,400 The Countess, that bitch. 407 01:21:55,400 --> 01:21:58,000 She thought she'd hidden it so no one could find it. 408 01:21:58,100 --> 01:22:01,800 I spent a good 15 minutes looking for it. 409 01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:04,550 - You've been drinking. - Not a drop. 410 01:22:04,600 --> 01:22:08,570 - I can smell it all over you. - I said I haven't. 411 01:22:15,140 --> 01:22:16,710 All right. 412 01:22:18,060 --> 01:22:20,700 Now, run upstairs and give her husband a call. 413 01:22:20,800 --> 01:22:22,900 - Know where to find him at this hour? - Uh-huh. 414 01:22:23,000 --> 01:22:25,300 Tell him the countess left all at a sudden... 415 01:22:26,200 --> 01:22:28,730 and took all her valuables with her. 416 01:22:29,000 --> 01:22:32,100 - What if the bitch comes back? - Don't worry. 417 01:22:32,200 --> 01:22:36,100 - She won't be back. - How can you be so sure? 418 01:22:36,290 --> 01:22:37,610 Let's say she does come back? 419 01:22:37,830 --> 01:22:41,100 I told you, she's not coming back. 420 01:22:41,300 --> 01:22:43,650 You just take care of calling her husband. 421 01:22:44,200 --> 01:22:45,750 Uh! 422 01:22:45,800 --> 01:22:48,500 Now it's our turn to enjoy life. 423 01:22:48,600 --> 01:22:51,650 Now we're going to live it up like the Countess... 424 01:22:51,700 --> 01:22:54,170 and all the other rich bastards. 425 01:23:31,000 --> 01:23:32,880 Who's there? 426 01:23:58,300 --> 01:24:00,200 Who's there? 427 01:24:20,400 --> 01:24:22,310 John? 428 01:24:28,200 --> 01:24:29,770 John? 429 01:24:32,600 --> 01:24:34,360 John? 430 01:27:33,300 --> 01:27:36,510 Well, what was that line? 431 01:27:39,000 --> 01:27:42,970 "Under the soles of your shoes." 432 01:28:18,200 --> 01:28:23,010 "The key is under the soles of your shoes." 433 01:32:34,120 --> 01:32:37,850 [Reading in Latin:] "Mater Tenebrarum, Mater Lacrimarum, Mater Suspiriorum," 434 01:32:37,900 --> 01:32:43,000 "Ignis vestri imagine inferorum recipiunt, animi mei delitarum." 435 01:36:47,600 --> 01:36:49,500 You found the way down, I see. 436 01:36:52,800 --> 01:36:57,870 - And now I suppose... you know who I am. - No, I don't know. 437 01:36:58,000 --> 01:37:01,830 When I lived in London many years ago, I called myself Varelli. 438 01:37:01,900 --> 01:37:06,300 I use another name these days, to be forgotten. 439 01:37:06,400 --> 01:37:11,730 Are you surprised to hear my voice? I can only talk with this. 440 01:37:12,000 --> 01:37:14,860 I built the houses for the Three Mothers. 441 01:37:14,900 --> 01:37:17,270 Houses which became their eyes and ears. 442 01:37:17,490 --> 01:37:20,690 Then I buried myself in here. 443 01:37:20,870 --> 01:37:24,600 This building has become my body, its bricks my cells, 444 01:37:24,600 --> 01:37:27,440 and its horror, my very heart. 445 01:37:27,670 --> 01:37:30,290 Its horror is my life now. 446 01:37:30,900 --> 01:37:34,400 My sister. Where is my sister? 447 01:37:34,400 --> 01:37:37,670 Come closer. They should not hear you. 448 01:37:37,840 --> 01:37:40,460 She's the cruelest of them all. 449 01:37:40,640 --> 01:37:43,090 The mother of shadows. 450 01:37:44,230 --> 01:37:46,390 Come closer. 451 01:37:48,360 --> 01:37:52,300 You can't be afaid of a man who can hardly move. 452 01:37:52,530 --> 01:37:56,740 A little closer so I can whisper. 453 01:39:09,900 --> 01:39:12,850 I maybe dying now, 454 01:39:13,030 --> 01:39:15,270 but nothing will change. 455 01:39:15,450 --> 01:39:20,270 They don't want anything to be different. 456 01:39:20,900 --> 01:39:23,700 I am not the master. 457 01:39:23,750 --> 01:39:27,000 - I am... just a slave. - Who is it? 458 01:39:27,000 --> 01:39:29,000 Who lives in this damned house? 459 01:39:30,000 --> 01:39:32,410 Someone who is waiting. 460 01:39:32,630 --> 01:39:36,410 - But who? - You are being watched. 461 01:39:39,500 --> 01:39:41,880 But-- But to them, 462 01:39:42,300 --> 01:39:45,590 you are nothing but dust. 463 01:40:49,800 --> 01:40:51,910 It's on fire. 464 01:40:53,350 --> 01:40:58,750 It's all going to burn down, just like before. 465 01:40:59,000 --> 01:41:01,300 We have to get out of this place. 466 01:41:25,370 --> 01:41:27,410 You can't leave. 467 01:41:28,100 --> 01:41:30,200 Your journey has come to an end. 468 01:41:30,300 --> 01:41:32,450 Everything around you becomes dark. 469 01:41:32,600 --> 01:41:37,350 And someone will take your hand. You'll be pleased, not unhappy. 470 01:41:37,500 --> 01:41:41,710 You'll enjoy moments of incredible brightness. 471 01:41:51,000 --> 01:41:55,230 You think it's magic? No. 472 01:41:55,660 --> 01:41:58,650 I am not a magician. Now we have to hurry... 473 01:41:58,650 --> 01:42:02,900 because we still have to pass through a numbers of strange phases and you'll change. 474 01:42:03,050 --> 01:42:05,950 You were looking for me, just like your sister. 475 01:42:06,120 --> 01:42:09,450 This is what you wanted. I'm coming to get you now. 476 01:42:09,450 --> 01:42:13,160 - Tell me who you are! - The Three Mothers. 477 01:42:13,340 --> 01:42:15,580 Haven't you understood? 478 01:42:15,760 --> 01:42:19,290 Mater Tenebrarum, Mater Lacrimarum, 479 01:42:20,060 --> 01:42:22,400 Mater Suspiriorum. 480 01:42:22,500 --> 01:42:26,210 But men call us by a single name, 481 01:42:26,400 --> 01:42:29,010 a name which strikes fear into everyone's heart. 482 01:42:29,230 --> 01:42:32,400 They call us: Death. 483 01:42:32,400 --> 01:42:34,190 Death! 484 01:43:53,500 --> 01:43:55,700 Stand back, stand back. 485 01:44:00,300 --> 01:44:02,300 Give me units around the back. Three units. 486 01:44:06,800 --> 01:44:09,170 Get the hard things and some floor equipment. 487 01:44:17,700 --> 01:44:21,500 Ten units sent in to fill in 20 minutes. 488 01:44:21,500 --> 01:44:23,500 VictorR – 08/29/2013.