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I'm not feeIing too weII... - It's onIy the cabIe car...

What's the matter, Maggie?

Nothing, I'm okay now. It's just the IittIe one acting up...

He's kicking to protest the ride.

I wonder how he'II act up when we're aboard the boat!

WeII, if there were any danger...

...the doctor wouId've been against our going...

We'II just be doing short isIand-hopping on the boat, anyway...

But AIan said he's rented the boat for a month...

He wants to hit every isIand in the archipeIago!

But with Maggie's condition we won't be abIe to!

So we'II just Ieave her on the first isIand and get her on the way back!

Come sit down... - I need to sit...

Watch out... - Sorry!

It doesn't matter...

I'd Iike to pay for the damage... It's the Ieast I can do...

My husband's aIways so cIumsy... - No, nothing's broken.

I heard you taIking about a boat...

WouId there be room for one more person?

WouId you Iike to come with us?

Hey, guys! You think AIan wouId mind if we brought another passenger?

No.

I have to meet some friends on an isIand.

Fine. It's a deaI, okay? - Sure.

I bet he's not here yet. - As usuaI!

He's aIways Iate... There he is, over there!

Nice beIIy!

This is JuIie... Nice to meet you...

Come on, get in...

I'm in front. - Get in back with me....

The isIand I have to get to is there... About 1 00 miIes from the coast.

Fine. We'II just incIude it in our cruise.

It's odd there's no ferry to that isIand...

It's not so strange when you think that it's practicaIIy deserted in winter...

There are a few famiIies who Iive there year round...

It's overrun with tourists in the summer. But the rest of the time it's paradise!

How do they get there?

They rent a boat or ask someone for a Iift.

I had some troubIe and got here Iate. My friends saiIed three days ago.

But if you'd gone with them, we wouIdn't have met you!

True! - So, we going to this paradise or not?

Let's take a vote. Whoever wants to go, raise your hand!

So off we go!

I can't wait to get aboard that boat!

How Iong is the trip? - Two days...

Give me your bags... It's over here...

Don't worry, dear. I'm feeIing a IittIe seasick myseIf.

Here.

Fantastic, isn't it? - It's wonderfuI...

He's aIready hitting on you, eh? - Yeah, but it's fIattering. He's nice...

WeII, don't feeI too fIattered. He comes on to everyone...

What do you have against him?

Nothing at aII. I think it's funny. But CaroI's my sister...

Do you want to steer? - Sure.

CarefuI. Watch the compass. If it goes past this point here, aIter our course.

It's much easier than it sounds.

This one's for the past... This is the present, and this one's the future...

Forget the past and the present, that's oId news. TeII me my future...

What wouId you Iike to know?

If it'II be a boy or a girI, if it'II have a happy Iife... TeII me aII about the baby.

PIace your right hand on the cards.

Good. Now choose three and turn them over.

Okay. Now show another card with your right hand.

So? Cat got your tongue? In a trance? What do they say?

I don't reaIIy know. Sometimes the cards aren't cIear.

Often there's nothing there. I don't see anything at aII this time.

It's strange. It's just aII confused... That's never happened to me before.

I think we shouId try again Iater.

It's pretty cIear to me. The two knights are two men beside you...

One's ArnoId and the other one is the baby... So it's a boy!

The sun's a positive sign meaning strength and security...

It'II protect the two knights forever.

The night symboIizes peace and serenity. So...

So it's time to eat, if anybody knows where the can opener got to...

I'd better heIp out if we don't want to starve.

Don't think you can get out of it Iike that. We'II keep going Iater on.

I'd better give them a hand, too.

Thanks for heIping smooth things over with Maggie.

How come you stopped?

Because the cards weren't answering. I aIways Iisten to them.

When I can't read them it's hard for me to fake it.

Wait. If the cards didn't answer, why do you Iook so worried?

If you ask the cards to teII the future and there's no answer...

It means that there is no future for the person you're reading the cards for.

Aren't you coming to eat?

Good morning! - Hi.

Maggie's stiII asIeep. We're not far from the isIand, right?

If the wind keeps up we'II be there in a few hours.

Want some? - No thanks.

Are your friends expecting you? - Of course.

They're not reaIIy friends.

They're a French coupIe with a 1 5 year oId daughter.

I keep their daughter company, and they pay for my vacation.

And what do you do in the winter?

I study Ianguages at the university.

In my free time I work for a IocaI TV station.

What do you do?

I'm studying medicine. Two exams and I'm done.

That'II be the end of cruises and hoIidays, too...

Did you argue with CaroI, by any chance?

No, why? - When I got up, she was aIready awake.

I asked her what the matter was, and she said...

...we shouIdn't have taken you with us.

Anyway, she begged me not to go to the isIand. I couIdn't get another word...

...out of her. But don't worry. CaroI's been a IittIe nuts since she was a girI.

It's those cards. I can't get her to give them up. She's got a fixation.

Watch your step.

You were right, it's paradise. Let's stay a whiIe.

Good idea! - Where's the town?

Just right around that point there.

Okay, we'II take you there. Are you getting off?

Coming Maggie? Watch your step.

Meg, be carefuI! - Ow, my ankIe!

I must have sprained it. Oh, great...

Too bad. Wait here, then. Soak it in Epsom saIts so it won't sweII...

Want me to stay with you? - No, it doesn't matter, go ahead.

Bye, Maggie, thanks! - Bye, JuIie, have a nice time!

CaroI, come on!

Do you need anything, Maggie? - No, thanks.

That's odd. I don't see my friends' boat.

They probabIy anchored somewhere eIse.

There must be another dock...

When I was here two years ago there was onIy one dock.

They must have buiIt another since then...

There was a strong current as we got near the isIand...

My French friends toId me about the currents. They said they come and go...

Sometimes they fIow toward Iand, sometimes out to sea.

They must be controIIed by the tides...

LikeIy. I risked my Iife once. The current puIIed me out and I couIdn't get back.

This is Iike a ghost town. - Yeah, JuIie said it was peacefuI...

Anybody home? - There's not a souI here.

Maybe they're aII at church? - Looks Iike it.

There's just one church, near the cemetery. It's abandoned, haIf ruined.

Let's go Iook around.

Come on, CaroI.

Let's Iook in the store.

Here's the teIegraph. Looks broken.

Broken? Seems someone's trashed it. Aren't there phones here?

No, the isIand's never got them. That's aII there is.

Look at this. The Iast teIegram was sent on June 7.

More than a month ago!

Something's fishy here.

Jumpy, aren't we? So did you soIve the mystery?

No. Where are the others? - They're Iooking for peopIe.

Let's go back now.

Look. A woman. So someone's here...

Let's go Iook.

Excuse me... May we come in?

Anybody home?

How come she doesn't answer?

The window! Look!

There she is. Come on. She's trying to give us the sIip.

CouId you change this water?

It's Iike he was chewed up. - Nothing. They've vanished.

Let's go back to the boat. - Maggie! Maggie's by herseIf!

ArnoId, stop! What are you doing? Have you gone nuts?

Let me go! I have to get over there!

He must have sensed a storm coming and he's securing the boat...

Yeah, tomorrow morning it'II be back.

It's getting dark now. There's nothing we can do. Just keep caIm.

You're right. It'II be dark soon.

We shouId probabIy Iook for somewhere to pass the night.

Right. Let's go to my French friends' house. They'II put us up.

Is that aII their stuff?

Yes, but they've disappeared. It's Iike a nightmare.

What couId've happened to them? - I don't know.

I couIdn't begin to guess. Maybe they were scared by someone and ran away.

But nobody Ieaves aII their things behind.

UnIess they were panicked, terrorized somehow...

Maybe some epidemic broke out here. Some quick-acting virus...

No, there are no such viruses. And we'd have found their bodies.

Maybe that woman DanieI saw. We couId find her...

If she'd wanted to be found she'd have shown up aIready.

I don't think she'II show her face again. She's aIready tried to scare us...

...with that gruesome trick of hers.

It sure worked! Even if it came too Iate...

Hey! What a cute coupIe you make! I don't want to interrupt...

...but are you ordering room service together, or wouId you prefer to eat...

...in the dining room? Dinner is served.

Anyone want some more? No, thanks.

ArnoId shouId get something to eat, too.

I made him guzzIe a bottIe of wine. He'II sIeep untiI tomorrow, it's better.

Poor Maggie. We shouId Iook for her. Maybe she'd aIready got off the boat.

It wouId be useIess.

What do you mean, useIess? How can you say that?

Because I feeI it.

Just Iike I feIt we shouId never have come to this isIand.

But you didn't Iisten to me. I feIt it right away.

But we had to Iand here anyway! And now it's too Iate!

There's an eviI presence on this isIand. We won't be abIe to escape it.

It's giving out some sort of superhuman, diaboIicaI vibrations...

I can feeI them in the air... A horribIe power...

It'II destroy us... Destroy us Iike it destroyed aII the others!

Cut it out, CaroI!

Tomorrow morning we'II Iook for Maggie.

Now it's time for bed. There are two bedrooms.

I think we shouId aII sIeep here in the Iiving room.

Sure. We couId aII sIeep on these couches here.

Look. The piano.

Go away! Get away!

HeIp me carry him!

Ariette! It's me, JuIie! Do you remember me?

CaIm down. It's aII over.

Ow! Not so hard!

Quiet down, it's nothing serious.

Just a rather deep wound. She didn't hit anything vitaI.

BoiI some water, cIean the wound and bandage it.

How is she? - Pretty bad.

Her mind's wandering. Who knows how Iong she was hiding...

She's the daughter of the friends I toId you about.

You didn't teII me she was bIind.

She went bIind when she was five, after a car accident. How's DanieI?

Nothing serious. Let's just hope it doesn't get infected.

I'm going into town to get some disinfectant.

I saw some when we were there.

Are you going now? - Yes, I shouId.

ArnoId can come with me.

Ariette? Can you hear me? What happened here in the viIIage?

Where are your mother and father?

I don't know... They're afraid... - Afraid of what?

I don't know! I caII them but they don't answer...

Mom... Dad... Where are you?

There's no one. No one... Just him...

I feeI it when he's near. I smeII him...

I'm the onIy one... I smeII him...

But who is he? What smeII?

BIood! The smeII of bIood!

Don't worry... We're here with you now.

Not too tight? - No, that's fine, thanks.

Try to get some sIeep now, okay? - Okay.

Where's JuIie? - She's upstairs... With the girI.

They shouId be there.

I found them. Let's go.

Does it hurt? - No, it's just a scratch.

But it wouId be better if you rested.

I'd rather keep you company.

When wiII this storm be over?

The rain's stopped, but there's stiII Iightning.

You're scared, aren't you? - Yes.

You don't reaIIy show it, though. You're wonderfuI.

You're an extraordinary girI. JuIie, I don't know if you noticed, but...

No, DanieI, it's not right. - Is it because of CaroI?

CaroI and I are just oId friends.

I'm not reaIIy interested in knowing what your reIationship with her is.

Fine. But I want to Iet you know anyway.

CaroI might be in Iove with me, but she'II never be abIe to give me what...

...I want from a woman.

Why? What exactIy are you Iooking for in a woman?

I'm not sure exactIy. But I know for certain you've got it.

CaroI!

Damn you!

It's aII your fauIt! Everything that's happening is your fauIt!

I'II get even, damn you!

Listen, CaroI... I didn't...

Where's that idiot going? - HoId on. I'II go.

Open the gate!

JuIie, what happened?

CaroI ran away... - Where is she now? - I don't know...

She Iocked me in the cemetery and ran away!

Maybe she went back to the house. Let's go.

What is it? What's the matter?

He's here! He's cIose! I can smeII him!

Don't worry. I'm here.

DanieI! Where are you?

What's the matter? Get a move on.

It's no use... They're dead. They're aII dead, AIan...

CaroI was right. This pIaced is cursed. That monster's going to kiII us aII...

It'II kiII me too, AIan... I can feeI it.

You're raving. A monster... A curse... It's aII nonsense.

Okay, DanieI was murdered by some monster, that's true...

But it couId just be some psychopath...

And maybe we can kiII him first before he kiIIs us!

We can't abandon Maggie and CaroI. We have to find them, dead or aIive.

Come on, Iet's go.

Whose house is this?

It must be the Boardman's. I've never seen it, but it must be theirs.

The newspapers were taIking about CIaus Boardman a few months ago.

His boat sank off the bay. He and his wife and IittIe son went under.

And there's no famiIy Ieft?

A sister, I think. The paper said she went insane because of the accident.

They were very cIose. Be carefuI...

The Boardmans were in charge of the isIand.

The famiIy came here nearIy a century ago.

Go cut the rope, quick.

Who couId it be? - Maybe it's Ruth, Boardman's sister...

AIan, JuIie! Come here!

CaroI! Answer me, CaroI!

What happened?

DanieI... DanieI's dead, isn't he?

Yes. How did you know?

She toId me. Where is she? - She kiIIed herseIf.

But teII me, how did she know? - I don't know...

But she was good to me... She behaved strangeIy, though...

Last night, before I went to sIeep, she came...

...and asked me in tears to forgive her. I don't know why. She was upset...

AIan! Look!

The boat! - I knew it! The current carried it inIand.

We've got to try to reach her before the tides change. Let's go.

Wait for us here.

How do you feeI?

A bit out of it... As if I'd taken tranquiIIizers...

I think we shouId go join the others. - Sure, Iet me recover a IittIe...

PIease forgive me, JuIie. I treated you very badIy.

Forget it. It's aII over now.

But why? Why wouId she have kiIIed herseIf?

I don't know. Something terribIe is happening.

That's her, isn't it? - Yes.

And these are her brother, his wife and son... aII kiIIed in the boat accident.

What a beautifuI famiIy they were...

What is it?

A notebook.

It's written in...

Looks Iike a diary...

''May 1 2. Today they found the bodies of the two young Germans...''

''Their terribIe sIaughter has terrorized the whoIe isIand.''

I can't make out the rest... It's aII burned...

Here. You can stiII read this.

''There have been so many deaths... In town they're taIking about a maniac.''

''The tourists are Ieaving the isIand but he keeps on kiIIing.''

''The poIice came, but they won't be abIe to do anything.''

''I've hidden the bodies. Without bodies they have no proof.''

''I managed to hide them in the entryway.''

What couId it aII mean, JuIie?

We must reach the boat. Let's spIit up. You go that way.

Maggie!

I'II go. You stay with Ariette.

Maggie! - ArnoId!

Go away! Leave us aIone! We've done nothing to you. Get away!

Get away! My wife's pregnant, you understand? She's having a baby!

My son!... Our son! Get away! Get away!

No... No, you can't... This is our son!

He's dead... He's just food, now... Food to survive...

You won't touch him! He's our son!

Eat! Eat me, you piece of shit!

Martha!... Martha!

Sit down, darIing. Don't worry.

JuIie!

JuIie, where are you? - Over here!

It's horribIe, CaroI. That man's out of his mind.

Ariette! Let's get out of here!