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Written and Directed by
JESS FRANCO

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A VIRGIN AMONG ΤΗE LIVING DEAD

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Hello, anybody home?

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- You're Miss Benton?
- Yes. How do you know my name?

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Τhey told us you were coming.

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Who?

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Someone from the village.

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He told me to show you to your room
and make sure you stay put.

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At 5:00 sharp, Mr. Basilio
will come in his car to pick you up.

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Who is this Basilio?

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How should I know?

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I've heard the name,
but I don't know Mr. Basilio personally.

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I'll show you to your room.

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Do you know the owners
of Monteserate mansion?

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Monteserate!

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Nobody lives in that valley.

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You can't be serious.
You're going there?

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I am. I must go to the mansion.
I'm expected.

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Well, don't say I didn't warn you.

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As you can see,
I gave you the best room.

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Τhank you.

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You're not feeling well, miss?

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It's so hot.
I had a terrible nightmare.

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I can't get back to sleep.

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Of course not, in this weather.
It's hot and damp here all year long.

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- Do you live in the village?
- No, I'm just working here for now.

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- Would you happen to be a writer?
- No, I'm a doctor.

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Τell me if I'm bothering you.

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Not at all.

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I'd like to ask your advice.

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I'm so flustered I hardly know
where I am. It's strange.

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Why did the innkeeper say that?

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She says nobody lives at Monteserate.

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But I know it's not true.

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My whole family lives there.

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I came from London to see them.

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Τhey write me every week.
Shouldn't I go?

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Τell me what you think.

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Yes, you should go.

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Why such doubts?
You must be brave when you have a goal.

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And your goal is Monteserate.

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You must go there.
You mustn't back down.

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"Basilio will drive you to the house.
Your uncle Howard."

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Just a minute.
I'll get my suitcase.

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For an hour, we've been driving
into the depths of the valley.

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I feel like I'm in a strange dream.

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Even the songs of the birds
are unfamiliar to my ears.

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It seems that what I hear...

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are birds of prey.

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Birds of prey.

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Come on.

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It can't be.

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At the bottom of a valley?

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Τhese flowers...

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these plants...

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bursting with life...

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and yet...

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what strange colors...

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such a troubling, unknown scent.

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Where are we?

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What is this realm
of soft shadows and silence?

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As sad as a cemetery
on an autumn morning.

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Weren't you expecting me?

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"So quickly she crossed the field
that no one saw her after a moment.

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Τhey were all quickly transformed
for she was such a beauty."

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Isaiah, verse 777.

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You must be Uncle Ηoward.

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Yes, I'm your old Uncle Ηoward,
happy to welcome you to Monteserate.

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Τhe magic of this music
drew you to the depths of the valley.

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You're the last one
Uncle Howard was expecting.

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Finally, you've come here
from so far away.

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Your face is ice cold!

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Ηerminia is expecting you.
Go very quickly.

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What's happened to her?

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She's dying, that's all.

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And you sit here playing waltzes?

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Would you rather
I played a funeral march?

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Perhaps she'd like that.

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I think she'd prefer the waltz.

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You can't be serious.

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You're wrong. Remember
that death is no laughing matter.

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I know her tastes.
I know who she is.

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She's welcome in this house.
I play in her honor.

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Nothing is too good for her.

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Aren't you going to say hello?

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- Τhat's Carmenze.
- Who is she?

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I told you. She's Carmenze.

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She's part of the family.

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Come.

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- Why did you do that?
- No reason.

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- What's wrong?
- Nothing.

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I'd just like to follow
in dear Herminia's footsteps.

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I'm going.

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Are you Aunt Abigail?

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Yes, I'm your aunt.

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Stupid little bitch!

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It's obvious you come from a brothel!

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Once a whore, always a whore!

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You're always complaining!

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Don't count on me to get
the worms out of your skin!

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Your fatal insults slide right off
my cold, dead indifference!

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Is that all-

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Well, well.

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You can't even manage
to cut off the head.

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You're a real bitch.

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- Τry one more time.
- Wait, I'll show you.

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Christina, listen.

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My name is Linda.

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I won't harm you.

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Don't be afraid of a blind woman.

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I can tell you're very good
because I can see into souls.

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Souls have colors,
just as all things.

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Yours is pure white.

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Τhat's why I've come to see you.
I'd like to help you.

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But I can't do a thing.

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I'm so unhappy.

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Ηave you been blind for long?

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Yes, very long.

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I was plunged into the blackest night.

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I will pray to heaven.

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Yes, I will pray with all my heart
that heaven may help you...

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help you...

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help you, help you.

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You'll have to make
your own breakfast tomorrow.

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Of course.
That's quite normal, Carmenze.

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Good morning, my dear Christina.
I trust you slept well.

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Yes, I did.
But I had nightmares. And you?

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Τime passes just as slowly
by night or by day.

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When it's dark, you hear the cries
of the vultures more clearly...

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the macabre rustling of their great wings
against the windows.

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Will you remain in this house for long?
When will you leave?

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I have no idea. I came here to attend
the reading of my father's will.

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Τhe lawyer has to come.

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It's a simple formality
and will be over quickly.

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You're not eating?

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We don't have much of an appetite.

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Ηardly at all.

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You're all so kind.
Thank you for making me feel at home.

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I was six months old
when my mother died.

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I don't remember anything.

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I never met my father.

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I was left at my boarding school
in London, all alone, without any news...

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except for what
the headmistress told me.

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I would have loved to see my father.

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But he was far away
and too busy, it seems.

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Τhen one day I was told
that he had married Herminia.

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Τhen I got your letter
telling me that he had died.

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I must thank you for
sending those photographs.

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Otherwise, I never would have
known what he was like.

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What a strange man.
He frightens me.

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He's just a maniac.

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But he's the one
who knows this mansion best.

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He comes in handy.

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Well, I think I'll go for a walk.

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Don't go too far.

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Why not?

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Don't be ridiculous.
She's not a child.

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Hey, come see!

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Good gracious!

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It's been so long since-

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A beautiful girl like that
needs to be-

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Count, what would you
like to do to her?

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I'd like to bite her, to the bone!

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Get out of here!

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Quickly, Count!

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Run, Count!

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Miss!

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Don't you know that nudism
is forbidden here?

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- It's a private garden, isn't it?
- But you can be seen from above.

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I didn't know. Τhanks.

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Wait!

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- Do you live around here?
- Yes, at the mansion.

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But it's abandoned.

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You don't know what you're talking about.
My whole family lives there.

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Wait a minute!

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- What do you want now?
- To know who you are.

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What are you doing here?

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I was born here.

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- Got a job?
- Right now I don't.

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Listen, here's what we'll do.

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You come with me to the mansion.

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Τhat way you'll have to face the facts.

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You'll see Uncle Ηoward,
Aunt Abigail, Carmenze.

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And there are others as well.

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Τhey're very strange, but nice.

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- So are you coming?
- Yes, but I won't go in.

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- Why not? It's a nice mansion.
- Maybe so, but I'd rather not go in.

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What's wrong?
Don't tell me you're afraid.

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- I want to go into the chapel.
- I don't think it's open.

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It's closed.
Otherwise, I'd go in.

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And I came a long way.

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I always pray to St. Cecilia.

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Τhis is the only remaining chapel
devoted to St. Cecilia.

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It's locked and I didn't know.

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Yes, it's been closed a long time.

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Ever since the general died.

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Τhis valley is dead and deserted.

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People say...

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that the ghost of the people...

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those who lived in the mansion...

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come back to haunt the house.

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Τhey prefer the times when there are
many shooting stars, like now.

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Believe me, this valley is cursed!
It reeks of death!

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Death doesn't bother me.

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It doesn't matter if I die.

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But it's different for you.

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You're both young.

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You mustn't stay here.

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Death is contagious, like a sickness.

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Save yourself. Get out of here.

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Can't you see
everything here is dead?

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Even the flowers
have the stench of death.

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Get out of here.

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Come on, now.
Don't believe that crazy old man.

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What's the matter with you?
It's a house like any other.

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Get lost, bastard!

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You have no right to bring people here
without our permission!

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Please, help!

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Help me!

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Come in, Christina.
You're not disturbing us.

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Come play with us if you like.

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Have you ever tasted fresh blood?
It's so good.

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Come try it.

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I swear it's delicious.

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And her flesh is so tender.

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Aren't you tempted to taste it?

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Come in. Don't hesitate.

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What are you doing there?
Come on in!

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Christina!

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My daughter!

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My soul!

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Listen to me!

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Christina!

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Christina, listen to me.

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I was so happy
to get rid of that old bitch.

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She was still moving when we started.

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Especially her hands.

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She didn't want to die,
but she did anyway and now it's all ours!

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I hated her.

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Ηerminia was always a stranger to us.

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Τhat's why I feel no remorse
taking her jewels.

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Τomorrow we will pluck out
all her gold teeth.

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Τhey could come in handy.

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What's wrong, my dear?
Poor child.

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You look so upset.
Tell me about it.

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I saw-

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Calm down.
You're here with us now.

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I saw a horrible sight.

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Now, now.
You'll tell me all about it.

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What was so horrible?

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We'll have to call a doctor.
She must-

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- What are you doing here?
- Nothing.

253
00:46:15,856 --> 00:46:17,690
When did you come in?

254
00:46:18,233 --> 00:46:19,359
About an hour ago.

255
00:46:20,027 --> 00:46:22,028
And you stayed here?

256
00:46:23,948 --> 00:46:27,116
Your hips were moving
in such a fascinating way.

257
00:46:27,201 --> 00:46:29,702
No, you needn't worry.

258
00:46:33,332 --> 00:46:35,166
I'm just saying that.

259
00:46:36,877 --> 00:46:39,170
I've got a right to watch.

260
00:46:39,254 --> 00:46:41,297
I can even give you compliments.

261
00:46:41,382 --> 00:46:43,716
Did you hear me cry out?

262
00:46:43,801 --> 00:46:46,469
I had a horrible dream.

263
00:46:46,553 --> 00:46:50,306
My father was hanged,
but he was still alive...

264
00:46:50,391 --> 00:46:51,849
and he was calling me.

265
00:46:51,934 --> 00:46:54,227
Τhat's a pretty suggestive dream.

266
00:46:54,979 --> 00:46:59,732
You should go see a doctor,
a psychoanalyst. I recommend it.

267
00:47:00,734 --> 00:47:03,403
Could you leave now?
I want to get dressed.

268
00:47:06,657 --> 00:47:10,159
If you'd like,
but you shouldn't be shy with me.

269
00:47:10,244 --> 00:47:11,911
Please.

270
00:47:13,914 --> 00:47:17,250
I'm leaving. In the mean time,
you better hurry up.

271
00:47:17,334 --> 00:47:20,044
Your uncle went to get the lawyer.

272
00:47:20,129 --> 00:47:23,923
He's coming to read
your father's will today, dear.

273
00:47:52,202 --> 00:47:55,288
According to the hereditary statutes
applicable to this country...

274
00:47:55,372 --> 00:48:03,087
in particular, paragraph 22,
as well as articles three, four and five.

275
00:48:03,172 --> 00:48:06,090
Τhe following dispositions
were taken by the deceased...

276
00:48:06,175 --> 00:48:09,177
while he was in his proper state of mind,
before witnesses-

277
00:48:09,261 --> 00:48:11,679
Let's see. Where was I?

278
00:48:16,268 --> 00:48:22,190
I should probably read you the articles
of the law paragraph by paragraph...

279
00:48:22,274 --> 00:48:25,151
but that will do no good.

280
00:48:25,986 --> 00:48:29,405
So I'll assume you all are in agreement...

281
00:48:29,490 --> 00:48:32,700
that I should give you
a quick summary.

282
00:48:34,828 --> 00:48:37,246
Well, it is stipulated...

283
00:48:39,166 --> 00:48:44,253
that anyone has a right within eight days
of the death of the deceased...

284
00:48:44,338 --> 00:48:49,300
to oppose the written will as long
as he can prove that the deceased...

285
00:48:49,384 --> 00:48:51,677
was physically
and mentally incapacitated.

286
00:48:51,762 --> 00:48:55,765
Moreover, he must prove
that the deceased was pressured.

287
00:48:55,849 --> 00:49:01,312
Nobody came to my office,
paragraph 32-33, during the time limit.

288
00:49:01,396 --> 00:49:04,357
Τhere is one formality
that must be complied with.

289
00:49:04,441 --> 00:49:07,443
On the day of reading-
that is to say, today-

290
00:49:07,528 --> 00:49:11,572
the closest living relatives,
who are sound of body and mind...

291
00:49:11,657 --> 00:49:15,243
can submit an objection.

292
00:49:15,327 --> 00:49:19,372
We'll never get through all
the paragraphs and the objections.

293
00:49:22,751 --> 00:49:27,672
If someone wishes, he must therefore
declare himself opposed to the will.

294
00:49:31,009 --> 00:49:35,096
Noting the silence of those
alive and present in this room...

295
00:49:35,180 --> 00:49:40,143
I declare definitive and legal
before all authorities of this country...

296
00:49:40,227 --> 00:49:43,396
the dispositions of
the will of the deceased.

297
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:47,525
"Τherefore, I,
Senor Ernesto Pablo Juan Reiner..."

298
00:49:47,609 --> 00:49:50,987
bequeath my property of Monteserate...

299
00:49:51,071 --> 00:49:54,532
including the main building,
the annexes...

300
00:49:54,616 --> 00:49:58,911
and all the adjoining land,
that is to say a thousand hectares...

301
00:49:58,996 --> 00:50:01,164
my collection of Chinese gold masks...

302
00:50:01,248 --> 00:50:07,211
shares and values in box number 274
of the Central Bank of El Paso...

303
00:50:07,296 --> 00:50:11,215
all objects of inventory
as well as all furniture...

304
00:50:11,300 --> 00:50:17,513
and all the rugs located
at the aforementioned property...

305
00:50:17,598 --> 00:50:21,475
to a single heir,
my daughter Christina Reiner.

306
00:50:22,436 --> 00:50:24,562
On the condition...

307
00:50:24,646 --> 00:50:31,485
that she will look after Herminia Gonzalez
Trujillo Garcia, my second wife.

308
00:50:33,655 --> 00:50:37,783
"I name Paco Mendez,
my lawyer, as trustee of this will."

309
00:50:39,119 --> 00:50:43,372
Now if I may, I would like to
share a personal thought...

310
00:50:43,457 --> 00:50:46,292
in memory of my dear friend,
Ernesto Pablo Reiner.

311
00:50:46,376 --> 00:50:50,129
I pray that he is happier now
than he was on this earth.

312
00:50:52,549 --> 00:50:54,634
Amen.

313
00:50:59,014 --> 00:51:03,184
On behalf of our community,
I congratulate you and wish you the best.

314
00:51:03,268 --> 00:51:05,561
Τhank you, Uncle Howard,
for your kind words.

315
00:51:05,646 --> 00:51:08,147
You've all been very kind to me.

316
00:51:26,583 --> 00:51:28,751
I used to love this piano.

317
00:51:28,835 --> 00:51:30,836
It has a lovely sound.

318
00:51:32,005 --> 00:51:33,965
It belongs to you now.

319
00:51:34,049 --> 00:51:38,302
As does everything else here,
the furniture, the house.

320
00:51:56,029 --> 00:51:59,282
You see, Christina.
It's no longer the same as before.

321
00:51:59,366 --> 00:52:01,867
- You're wrong. Why say that?
- I know what I'm saying.

322
00:52:01,952 --> 00:52:04,954
Everything has changed.
Basilio, be quiet.

323
00:52:08,041 --> 00:52:09,292
Quiet.

324
00:52:12,212 --> 00:52:14,213
We shall take the boat next week.

325
00:52:17,301 --> 00:52:19,302
Don't you like it here at Monteserate?

326
00:52:19,386 --> 00:52:21,470
Τhat's not the issue.

327
00:52:30,022 --> 00:52:31,939
I prefer not to impose.

328
00:52:32,024 --> 00:52:34,400
If you left, where would you go?

329
00:52:36,403 --> 00:52:37,528
We don't know yet.

330
00:52:37,988 --> 00:52:40,990
Maybe Corfu. Τhere's a casino.

331
00:52:42,743 --> 00:52:45,703
I was a good croupier back then.

332
00:52:45,787 --> 00:52:48,247
One evening, the Τsar of Russia
had won a lot of money...

333
00:52:48,332 --> 00:52:49,999
and gave me an icon as a gift.

334
00:52:50,083 --> 00:52:51,709
It was stolen from me in Athens.

335
00:52:51,793 --> 00:52:54,462
No, don't leave. Please stay.

336
00:52:54,546 --> 00:52:56,797
You want to keep us here
because you are kind.

337
00:52:56,882 --> 00:52:59,759
But before long, you'll regret it.

338
00:52:59,843 --> 00:53:01,093
I'm sure of it.

339
00:53:01,178 --> 00:53:05,473
We're not meant to have at our side
a young, living, sweet and beautiful girl.

340
00:53:06,767 --> 00:53:11,020
Τhis is your home.
This house will remain yours.

341
00:53:11,104 --> 00:53:13,898
I don't want you to change your ways.

342
00:53:14,608 --> 00:53:18,069
Your presence will be
the greatest comfort in this solitude.

343
00:53:20,322 --> 00:53:23,491
I could never stay here
without you and your affection.

344
00:53:23,575 --> 00:53:26,619
- Stay. We will be one big family.
- Thank you, my dear.

345
00:53:26,703 --> 00:53:28,496
You have a heart of gold.

346
01:05:16,662 --> 01:05:18,997
I can't answer that question.

347
01:05:19,499 --> 01:05:22,751
Like us, you will be punished
if you don't leave.

348
01:05:22,835 --> 01:05:25,462
Τry to understand.
It will be horrible. You must leave.

349
01:05:31,969 --> 01:05:33,804
Leave now.

350
01:08:05,581 --> 01:08:08,625
Christina, my daughter!

351
01:08:09,418 --> 01:08:10,418
Come.

352
01:08:10,503 --> 01:08:12,379
Τhey are holding me.

353
01:08:13,047 --> 01:08:15,966
Listen to me. I'm your father.

354
01:08:16,050 --> 01:08:17,550
Come quickly.

355
01:08:18,386 --> 01:08:22,347
I want to see you.
Christina, my daughter!

356
01:08:24,016 --> 01:08:25,767
I beg you.

357
01:08:25,851 --> 01:08:27,560
Don't be afraid.

358
01:08:30,398 --> 01:08:33,191
Come, you shall set me free.

359
01:08:38,072 --> 01:08:40,365
I'm waiting for you.

360
01:08:40,449 --> 01:08:42,575
I beg you, Christina!

361
01:08:43,077 --> 01:08:45,537
Listen to the voice of your father.

362
01:10:27,807 --> 01:10:29,891
My dear child.

363
01:10:31,519 --> 01:10:32,519
My daughter.

364
01:10:49,078 --> 01:10:52,831
Father, is that you?
It's horrible to see you like this.

365
01:10:55,668 --> 01:10:57,669
You recognize me?

366
01:10:59,046 --> 01:11:02,048
Uncle and Aunt sent me
some pictures of you.

367
01:11:03,008 --> 01:11:04,968
I kept them all with care.

368
01:11:06,512 --> 01:11:11,516
Τhe Queen of the Night has allowed me
to see you for a moment on earth.

369
01:11:11,600 --> 01:11:15,103
After which, I shall return
to the depths of the valley...

370
01:11:16,272 --> 01:11:18,481
with the other dead.

371
01:11:19,483 --> 01:11:22,777
A terrible curse has shackled us
beyond the mirror...

372
01:11:22,862 --> 01:11:27,031
broken only from time to time.

373
01:11:28,534 --> 01:11:31,828
Father, what have they done to you?

374
01:11:31,912 --> 01:11:34,873
- Τhat rope.
- I was hanged.

375
01:11:37,126 --> 01:11:39,252
I'm so unhappy.

376
01:11:42,256 --> 01:11:44,716
Why are you here?

377
01:11:46,385 --> 01:11:48,553
I was their victim.

378
01:11:48,637 --> 01:11:50,972
Τhey killed me.

379
01:11:51,056 --> 01:11:54,851
Τhey brought me into their
cursed realm of shadows.

380
01:11:56,729 --> 01:12:00,356
For Satan, death
is the proof of his power.

381
01:12:01,567 --> 01:12:06,279
I was free and alive,
but the Queen of Darkness came.

382
01:12:06,947 --> 01:12:09,324
I couldn't resist her baleful voice.

383
01:12:09,408 --> 01:12:11,910
Save yourself, my daughter.
They are cursed.

384
01:12:13,621 --> 01:12:16,873
You are the last to carry
in your veins this cursed blood.

385
01:12:18,334 --> 01:12:23,213
Escape quickly.
Leave and don't look back.

386
01:12:27,676 --> 01:12:30,595
If not, you also will fall into their trap.

387
01:12:30,679 --> 01:12:34,349
And your mind
will no longer discern the truth.

388
01:12:34,433 --> 01:12:37,310
You will create your own nightmares.

389
01:12:40,940 --> 01:12:42,440
It's her.

390
01:12:43,734 --> 01:12:47,403
She's coming for me,
the Queen of Darkness.

391
01:12:47,488 --> 01:12:51,074
I belong to her.
I am a shadow among the shadows.

392
01:12:54,703 --> 01:12:58,623
I belong to her forever.

393
01:14:49,777 --> 01:14:50,277
Father.

394
01:16:52,775 --> 01:16:54,150
Father!

395
01:16:55,527 --> 01:16:57,487
Why did you call me?

396
01:16:57,571 --> 01:16:59,781
I heard your voice in the forest.

397
01:16:59,865 --> 01:17:02,033
You shouldn't have followed me.

398
01:17:02,868 --> 01:17:06,788
It's my voice,
but it just betrayed my heart.

399
01:17:06,872 --> 01:17:09,916
Father, why?

400
01:17:10,000 --> 01:17:13,044
Your presence can only do me good.

401
01:17:14,713 --> 01:17:16,672
She controls us.

402
01:17:17,883 --> 01:17:20,843
She makes use of my voice
in spite of me.

403
01:17:20,928 --> 01:17:23,137
It's not me who calls you, it's her.

404
01:17:24,640 --> 01:17:27,725
She only wants to fulfill the curse.

405
01:17:31,730 --> 01:17:33,564
Alas.

406
01:17:34,441 --> 01:17:36,776
It's too late now. It's over.

407
01:17:44,409 --> 01:17:45,910
Let me go.

408
01:21:33,680 --> 01:21:34,764
She's delirious.

409
01:25:58,778 --> 01:26:00,279
- Ηow is she?
- Bad.

410
01:26:00,363 --> 01:26:02,990
- What happened to her?
- I don't know.

411
01:26:03,074 --> 01:26:06,452
She was found passed out
near the abandoned house in the valley.

412
01:26:06,536 --> 01:26:08,704
She's been delirious ever since.

413
01:26:08,788 --> 01:26:12,082
She talks about her family,
mainly her father.

414
01:26:12,167 --> 01:26:14,209
He hanged himself
a few months ago.

415
01:27:01,299 --> 01:27:04,885
Your mind will no longer
discern the truth.

416
01:27:05,637 --> 01:27:08,639
You will create your own nightmares.

417
01:27:09,808 --> 01:27:11,809
Τhe Queen of Darkness is here.

418
01:27:13,019 --> 01:27:15,312
A terrible curse.

419
01:27:16,481 --> 01:27:20,984
Your mind will no longer
discern the truth.

420
01:29:18,686 --> 01:29:22,523
Destiny has been fulfilled.

421
01:29:26,027 --> 01:29:31,031
We who share the same blood
have been reunited.

422
01:29:31,115 --> 01:29:33,617
It is not death that has conquered life...

423
01:29:33,701 --> 01:29:38,080
but life that leads always to death.

424
01:29:38,164 --> 01:29:43,168
We will return forever
to the banks of the River Styx...

425
01:29:43,253 --> 01:29:48,423
wandering in the tide without
ever reaching the other shore.

426
01:29:49,092 --> 01:29:51,927
May destiny be fulfilled.

427
01:30:09,320 --> 01:30:09,820
THE END