Original subtitles

HOUSE OF USHER English Subs by Yavass May 2011

During a dull, dark and soundless day in autumn,

....the clouds hang oppressively low in the heavens....

As the shades of night drew on....

...another tale of wow and misery was to unfold inside the melancholy House of Usher

Victor Reynolds passes alone thru a singularly dreary track of country....

....towards the infamous House of Usher

His spirits high, he was a man eager to meet an old acquaintance

Ush....

Roderick Usher, you look much taller since I saw you last

You look exactly as I remember you. Longer hair though

-It is good to see you -You too. Your letter concerned me though

Yes, well..... I need you

I was really worried Ush....

...."in great distress.... thoughts black as night...."

...."desperately in need of some good cheer"...

I know you weren't intoxicated when you wrote that. I know you far too well.

You're probably the only person that I can understand

Remember at school, when you stuck out for me....

..when all the other kids wanted to have their fun ?

the terrible nightmares, the fits... - Yeah, I remember...Epilepsy...

It wasn't Epilepsy Victor

-What was that ? - This house, it's terribly old

Ush, when was the last time you had a repairman here ?

It's rotten to the core

The ants are doin' in the house. I'll be glad to help out

That's kind Victor, but you're my guest

Besides, I had men working in the house in the past and....

they haven't had too much of success

Well, if you won't let me help you, then you can help me. You can tell me, where...

...you keep your treasure chest ? I can do with a fine Cognac

Then I was in India for 9 months, then we were stationed in China for 3 months...

I flew back yesterday...and here I am !!

Victor that's incredible, that you made it out of the war in one piece....

I was worried, I thought you'd never get my letter

-The horrors that you must have seen ! - I saw so many things Ush.Scenes of terror

Not even your darkest nightmares can imagine

-The loneliness, the claustrophobia... - I understand Victor, I know...

Athough I haven't left this house in many, many years, I also have seen horrors

So, Ush.....

What happened to this place ? I remember seeing it once, all these years ago.....

it was like a castle

My parents died a long time ago....

It hasn't been quite the same since....

What about Madeline ? She was so beautiful last I saw her, I'd love to see her

Marcus ?

Sir ?

Marcus, this is my good friend Victor Reynolds, whom I've known since childhood

Victor will be staying with us for a few days. So make sure he's well taken care of

Now please go fetch us another bottle of Cognac of Devald. - Devald, Sir ?

Yes, Marcus, Devald. Madeline isn't back yet, remember ?

Yes, Sir

Right away Sir

I wasn't expecting that you'd have Staff

Yes, it's more for Madeline than myself.....

since our parents died we've needed the help...

-Ush, I'm sorry about your parents - Thank you

You're always so polite

I'm fond of you, you know ? Now tell me more about what you've been up to ?

Tell me of these countries you've been to ?

Well I've been in too much of the world, but I never wanted to go back

These places that you've been....

I find it hard to believe that they can be so terrible....

One day if the opportunity were to rise, I'd like very much to fly away from this place

Well, the world is a strange place. The famine, the misery, the wars.....

Sometimes I'd go from one crazy country to the next and .....

...and not even be able to tell the difference

It drives you mad, like it wasn't even real

Anyways...I'd better turn in, it's been quite a day

What's wrong ?

I can't let you do that, Ush. I'm sorry

Victor, I thought, with you being away for so long that you...

No, never...

It was only ever you, Ush....

But it's nice to know that I wasn't the only one....

Victor I'm sorry. It was inevitable, after you left...

....I just broke.

Yeah, well...I guess we should take it slow this time

Leave !!!!

Hey, wait !

Madeline...it's Victor Reynolds... I'm a friend of Roderick's

We used to play together as children

- Victor ? - The one and only !

Victor ! Thank God you came ! We've been expecting you

The wait has been unbearable

- Look at you now, you're all grown up ! - Oh, please !

-Really Victor...I'm happy you came ! - So am I !

Although I'm yet to understand the urgency of it all ?

Things aren't how they used to be, Victor

Our circumstances have changed

I've noticed. Roderick looked so tired. Like he's aged twice as fast as I have

-There is a reason for that - What is it ?

I mean, it's nice to be invited to such a grand house and see older friends, but...

I was under the impression that this was an emergency

It is Victor !! It is !!

He needs you ! We need you !

He does need me, I can see that. I'm just not sure that I can come in, just yet...

So.....?

....no other half ?

No. What about you ?

Men have been here. They just never last

Why is that ?

It's this house !

It gives them the creeps

-You wanna see something ? - Sure !

In here....

Come inside, but keep very quite, don't wake him

You woke him !!!

Many an Usher child slept in that room

Of course Roderick and I, can have no use for it now

I thought I saw something

I told you not to wake him. He gets angry when you wake him !

- Wake who ? - The baby !

A ghost !

- Of the unborn - The unborn ?

Life is nothing but a period between birth and death

The spirits of those who are no longer alive, roam around....

...why not spirits of those who were never alive ?

For every woman, there is a child waiting to be born.....

Imagine that child trapped....

betrayed, for ever kept from that...

Think of what kind of anger would grow in that cold, dark place.....

I fear the unborn far more than I fear the dead, Victor....

I can never give birth...

So, it will always haunt me !

God, I'm sorry Madeline for what ever it is you're going thru

But please....you didn't tell me about Roderick.

-Why am I here ? - You can make him better

- How ? - Just stay a few days !

It's up to him now !

A new morning shines fresh light onto the House of Usher

Yet, just like any other day, no ray.....

..shall permeate it's grim veneer of black and stone and shattered window

Thank you Marcus

- Goodmorning Victor ! - Goodmorning ! What's his problem ?

(He reads with a low voice titles of various books)

These are all text books written by Ushers

Indeed they are. For Ushers by Ushers

Maybe one day you'll write a book

No thank you. I prefer images towards photography

- May I look at them ? -Rather than looking at a photograph...

...why don't you try looking into one ?

Words merely imply, a photograph tells the truth.....allegedly.

Seeing things thru a lens, you master your insecurities, it gives you strength

...with a camera you can accomplish anything

I'm sorry about last night Victor. I was insensitive.

-Ush ? -Yes ?

That newspaper you're reading... is three months old !

Yes, it is !

In fact it's the most recent we have. We don't get the mail delivered any more.

What happened ? The dog chased the postman away ?

You can say that

Goodmorning boys ! What are you up to ?

I've been learning about your postman

Well, that was all my fault. I scared him away

-Does my sister scare you Victor ? -No, not really

She seems in good spirits. And you would do well to take a leave out of your books

You don't understand Victor. She's strong sometimes, yes....

...but as of late, her health is declining, as well as mine

And for me, to get my energy back, I have to sacrifice something sacred.

Life !!

Life ??

Usher, by the looks of it, you don't have one

You creep around indoors all day and you read old newspapers

This depression...I can't bear to see you wallow in it

Usher....

I came back here 'cause you asked me to. OK, what we had all those years ago....

..it was really special. And I haven't forgotten that

Light is blinding to me, do you understand? I feel it like a 100-fold.

As each day passes, I become weaker. I'm trapped here

Is it the house ?

Yes, it's full of pain, it seeps from the very bricks

-So, then why not leave ? - If it were only that simple

OK fine Usher... Great....

You just sit here and wither away into a pile of dust

But let me tell you something. I too have pain.

The pain of a wounded young girl I left, to fight

Sorry Marcus, I'm just in a bit of stress, that's all

Not to worry, Sir

-Marcus, who are these in the pictures ? -Workers, Sir. They used to work here

Like this one here ?

Yes, Sir, that was Daniel or Danny as we used to call him

He was a plumber

What about this one ?

That Sir, was Casper. He was our painter

And I'm guessing this one was the gardener. I mean...the rake gave him away

Yes Sir.... His name was.....

....Samuel, I believe

Who took them ?

Master Usher of course !

The House is Usher !!!

There is no escape !

- Sir ? - Sorry about that. Sorry !

Marcus, why are you using glue ? Wouldn't nails and a hammer work far better ?

No....

That would endanger the house

This place is weird

Roderick won't come out here, of course

He doesn't like the scent of the flowers

You might recall.....his senses drive him to destruction

You see, I thought it was his aversion of bright light that kept him indoors

Yes, that too...

Roderick is very, very sensitive

He needs your understanding

Madeline, this is a beautiful garden

You must be quite handfull

I manage

I saw some of Roderick's photographs earlier today

And they're interesting. Rather revealing......

Revealing ?

Well, that doesn't surprise me

Some pictures tell you more about the person that took them...

than the people they're in them.

- That's not what I meant - I know what you meant

Besides.....photographs don't interest me much

To me, they are merely copies.....

..reproduction of something that existed

...reminders of something forgotten....

or tributes to something dead.

I prefer things that are alive

Things that I can hold in my hand

Are you sensitive like Usher ?

Oh, I can be very sensitive dear

I need your understanding just as much as he does

What is that ?

This, right here

The Atropa belladonna (=Devil's berries or Deadly Nightshade)

A rather peculiar plant...

It does have low tolerance for sun light and its berries are highly toxic

Some consider it to be a weed

-I hate it ! - Then why do you keep it ?

Pity....

Now these....

These are my beauties

Damn him !!

Roderinck put these plants that don't have a scent, like ivy !

-Do you know how this grows ? -With water and sun light....?

Madeline....

It attaches itself to something... it lives off of it

Slowly strangles it and sucks it dry !

I would enjoy sucking you dry, Victor

Madeline, don't keep him outside all day

We should get back in...

Come back inside, there is a storm on the way....

Don't run from me Victor. I want to feel you inside of me

Madeline, stop !

Don't fuck with me, Mister...

With an animal that's weak, the predator feel the instinct to chase...

He feels compelled to go after its prey

Victor, what happened ?

Usher....

She's had some kind of a seizure. I was telling her we should get back inside...

....and the next thing, she had this weird look and she fell into the ground

I kind of saw something, Ush but I don't remember.

-It didn't make much sense - It happens sometimes. She goes comatose

Her condition is worsening...

Madeline

- I need some water - The kitchen

You were right. I shouldn't have tried

He's not like the others. He's like you

He can "see"

Roderick

Take him !

How is she ?

It happened sometimes when we were younger. As an adult she's cursed with it.

Seizures paralyze her like a living death

I remember the seizures you used to have

Yes, but Madeline is more susceptible to them

Her condition used to last minutes,then hours, now the better part of the day

What is it ? What exactly is her illness ?

Catalepsy, is what it is

But it's anyone's guess how long it will last

Her body is just withering away, giving in like that

- I'm sure there is help for her, Ush - No one would come....

So, all we can do is wait for it to pass

- Is that you ? - Yes...

..it was a wedding matinee, 10-year old children. It was so long ago

It's amazing how alike you two looked and how different you look now

I thought that too

Take one of these bricks. They are old, loose...

- What do you feel ? -It's warm, it's pulsy....

-Smash it on the ground - What ?

Break it !!

Feel it !

Ush, this is wet ! What is this ?

This house is alive, Victor

This house, the brick it's built from, the wood, the plastic, the air...

Don't you feel the gloom ?

This house feeds on you. It has always fed on us.....

-Bricks are warm, full of life, you felt it -Usher you can't think that....

Ushers built this house, died in this house, are burried in this house

This isn't the Usher house, this is the House of Usher

Usher there is no way that you can believe that this house has a spirit

Do you believe in spirits ?

They are all around us, around this house

Good ones and bad ones

Where are they ?

-Right beneath our feet - Beneath our feet ?

Generations of Ushers are burried deep down beneath, where we are now standing

In the floor ?

Usher ?

Ush, wake up !

Victor, are you OK ?

I'm sorry Victor. Sorry for bringing you here

Don't be ! You needed me Ush

-I'm glad I came - It may not be apparent to you...

...but I've never been happier

Having you in this house, it makes it warm again

Being locked away all this time, I forgot how fond I was of you

What's happened to you Ush ?

I can't take what it isn't mine

Lock your door, Victor

You have no business ducking in these corridors at this hour !

I've been in the kitchen all evening, Sir

I'm sorry Marcus, but I don't believe you

The house is playing tricks on you Sir.

Strange voices echoing, cracks in the walls.....

-It's breaking -I'm doing what I can about this. Leave things as they are, OK?

Do you like them ?

-Very much Sir -I can put you in a picture, if you like

With your sister, Sir ?

Don't worry about that

She can barely contain herself

Hello ??

Go ! Go !! Go !!!

Open Usher !

Please Medeline, open !!!

Victor .....

Victor .......

In what was once the greenest of the valleys.....

..a pestilent and mystic vapor did invade

Evil things, in robes of sorrow, assailed this high estate....

....today they linger still, their grim histories.....

..... brimming beneath every stone and tile

It's rather plain. My stomach cannot handle much flavor

-What is it ? - I was thinking last night

And this may be beyond my comprehension

You mean me ? I'm beyond your ability to help ?

You, Madeline, all of this. I'm not a doctor Ush. Quite frankly this may be beyond me

Living in the house of the damned, is not easy thing.....

-..even if it's thru one night. I understand -It's not that Ush !

You needn't say anything more. It was a mistake to call upon you

Really ??

- What comes around goes around - I'm sorry ?

People don't ask for help, unless they need it. And some day I may need the help

What comes around goes around

I'll be more than happy to pay you for your company, Victor

The loneliness in this house is killing me. I don't know if I'm gonna die of that....

...before I die of fear

It's not just the house falling to pieces that's getting to me Ush.

It's these nightmares that I'm having...

-Go on... -I've had them running two nights now

Sometimes they feel so real, I'm actually seeing something .....

.....that happened here, in this house

In an imaginary world, that people in that world only exist in somebody else's mind...

-Like dream people ? - I'm saying if we were in somebody....

...else's dream world, we ought to be aware

Are we the creation of somebody else's dream ?

Are we unaware that we're only make-belief ?

Would we be self aware and in control of actions ??

- How would we know ? - It's up to metaphysical, Ush

I think these things actually happened

Take quantum-science. The Universe is held together by things we can see....

.... and things we can't see

Our music, art and literature, all comes from that creative power of man.

Which takes place in our minds. And what is that ?

- Chemical reaction and electric impulse ? -I suppose ...

If we can create entire worlds in our thoughts.....

....who is to say that we aren't the creation of someone else's thoughts ?

You don't understand Ush !

It's not about the people in my dreams being conscious of where they are

It's about me being conscious of where they were. These people existed !

I have some things to attend to. Finish your breakfast and come find me

Victor, come on in. I can use a hand

Don't be bashful. Even the ill have to wash up

-She needs a doctor Usher - No need,no one would come.I'll do the work

I'm not the strongest I'm afraid. Forward....that's it....

You're a little closed off yourself Victor

This is the type of thing, that companions do for the infirm

Help me !

You're a little shy

-Clean her ! -It just takes some getting used to it, that's all

She doesn't mind. She'll appreciate your help.....

and affection

-I'm sorry about Madeline, Usher -There is nothing you can do Victor

I'm not well, Madeline's fits are getting worse.....

....this house is falling to pieces

I should have never left you Ush

I missed you so much and I wanna stay, I do. But something just isn't right

Follow me

-These....these bother you ? -Yeah, they bother me, very much !

The men in these pictures have been haunting my dreams for the past couple of nights

And I haven't told you because I was afraid that you'd think I was crazy

You're not alone. They haunt my dreams also. I took these pictures

-Who are they ? -The men I hired after ...

my parents died. Men that I thought the house needed for some repairing

The plumber, the painter and the gardener, right ?

That's right. We had many men come to this house, but these were the three

-The three what Ush ? - The three that I liked the most

You see Victor.... mother and father were....

only approving of you as being my friend

None of my other friends nor Madeline's were ever right in their eyes

..-but they knew you were right for me -Yeah, I remember

After their death, Madeline and I got so excited at the prospect of visitors that...

we nearly drafted whole teams of workmen to restore the former glamor of the Usher House

-And there was the company ? -The company ?

-What's that supposed to mean ? - Well...

...we were both young, wanted to try new things....

...we were hungry for experience. Madeline and I, we didn't realize.....

...-the consequences of our actions - You know Ush looking at these pictures...

...of your artistic subjects, I should say, they seem ....a little....

... - under-dressed, wouldn't you agree ? -Victor please, it's not like that !

After mother and father died....

...Madeline and I, we didn't know there were changes so far...

We changed, we became....

You know, I need to get some fresh air. Excuse me !

Victor.....wait !

Victor, please !!

Leave !!

Leave, while you still can !!

Marcus !

Marcus !

Marcus tell me !

Tell me what happened here ?

Tell me about the people that worked for the House of Usher....

...the plumber, the painter and the gardener....

And why doctors and postman won't come to visit, why no one lives for miles around

What is it about this place ?

Won't you look around ?

Marcus tell me....tell me what happened here ?

It didn't always use to be this way...

Until you left and the Usher parents passed on....

everything changed

My services.....were outlined in the will...

-I've had to guard a secret ! - What secret ?

Why was I called here ?

The garden.....

The plants......they grow faster than any other...

Oh the trees, yeah.... big and tall....

And the flowers....the flowers are always bright and beautiful...

I don't understand... What are you trying to get at ?

The richest soil......the richest soil comes from the grave.

What's left of death, gives life to nature.

What's underneath that garden....

..are the souls of men that gave their life to the House of Usher

How did these men die, Marcus ?

Listen to me. It's the house, OK Victor ? This house consumes the souls of men

Master and Ms Usher are alive. And they are trapped. Trapped inside this House

The House is alive !

I've said too much. Go !!

Go !!!!

He knows, doesn't he ?

No, not yet. But Marcus might say too much....

He's been a good servant in this house. I'll give him that.

But he's been here long enough....

This house needs him. In a different capacity

The other house boys surrendered their lives. Now he must surrender his....

Yes, you're right. I'll go fetch a picture frame from the vault. What about Victor ?

He can "see" , Roderick ....

He can "see" what the others couldn't

Why ?

- Is he like us ? - He's not an Usher !!

No, but he won't surrender himself to this House

Whom else are we supposed to bring here ?

It's all so hopeless !

I'm weak, Roderick

And so is this House

- We must provide it with... - I know !! Please, don't remind me !

Victor is different. He's not like the others

Because....I'm in love with him

I knew it ! All along I could see that

But we must put things in perspective, if we want this house...

-....us, to survive ! -I'll never harm him !

- He won't succumb to you. - He has learned from our mistakes

-He can see right thru you ! - Shouldn't I be saying that about you ?

As the shades of the evening draw to a close....

....a sense of insufferable gloom descends on the valley...

Along the ramparts, plummed and pullet, the thrum of a life, once exiled......

....threatens to perforate the surface

I don't know what's goin'on Roderick

Usher... Usher.

You're freezing.

It's so cold. It's so lonely, in the deep dark hole in the ground, it's so cold

Usher....

Please, tell me... I care for you.

We've been here, generation upon generation

Ushers built this house. Every board, nail, every masonry, every brick....

Many people lost their lives during the construction of this building

Decades, centuries passed and this house was still not finished

More and more men were drafted from villages to work...

Tens, hundreds have died, according to father....

Worked to death, apparently....

...whilst my ancestors became more obsessed....

....to complete the house. The house developed a thirst for blood

Please continue.....

-I want to know everything - Nobody could leave

More and more come, but nobody dared to leave

Under mother and father the house thrived thru all the souls they gave to it

But after their death, there is a bit of a problem

We haven't a neighbor for miles and no one dares to come to this house

It's the end of the line, Victor

Madeline and I, are weak. This house is on its last leg

We're hungry

Although I've tried, I can't help it but succumb

Usher...

-The House... -It was you Victor. It was always you...

The House.... the House it is you....

I'm sorry Victor, but I have to. For me, for this House, for Madeline....

I must sacrifice you....

This way, we'll always be together

You'll be the finest picture. A memento

Master Reynolds !! Master Reynolds !!

Master Reynolds ! Victor !

Victor, wake up please ! I'll tell you everything. I'll tell you the truth !

Master Reynolds please wake up ! Victor !

- I'm trapped here, aren't I ? - No !!

You are not yet like us !

Don't let the Ushers take you !

We succumbed to Usher's charms. This House is alive thanks to us

Marcus....

Victor, kill them ! Kill them both !

Destroy this House ! Save yourself !

Just go....

Madeline ?

Madeline

Stop !

Usher ?

You found something ?

-It's over Ush... - Madeline ?

I'm sorry. My sister, this beautiful house, we needed you...

I wanted you ....

Good Bye Usher. I'll always remember you

How are you today, Victor ?

- What is it ? - Art therapy

He insists on a camera, but we won't give him one

Our resident psychologist is analyzing the pictures

Interesting technique

Well, at least it keeps him busy

-Anything of value, so far ? - No, not really

Doctor, we need your help in the next room

I'm fine here

Are you gonna tell me anything today, Victor ?

A dose of sedative

STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL

And now it was acknowledged the fall of the House of Usher

Here was a man trapped within a recurring tale, most terrifying....

....where darkness and decay held illimitable dominion over all

HOUSE OF USHER English Subs by Yavass May 2011