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Nah!

No!

I told you to have dinner at six sharp!

Why aren't we ready to eat?

Miss Carol told us to have dinner

half an hour later tonight.

- Since when do you take orders from Miss Carol?

- Miss Carol said because she arrives late

you wouldn't mind waiting an extra half hour for dinner.

- I run this household, if you value your job

you'll take orders from me, and you go up and tell

Miss Carol to get her ass down here!

Get going! - He's putting fresh

linen in the second floor closet.

What for, this isn't Tuesday,

he's only supposed to do that on Tuesday,

what's going on around here?

- Miss Carol... - I don't want to hear

anymore, you go up and tell Miss Carol

to get down here, we're gonna have this out right now!

- Get so excited, you know it's not good for you.

I want a drink!

- You've had enough already, you know what the doctor said.

- I don't give a good god damn what the doctor says,

get me a drink!

- Don't be too hard on Carol, she means well.

- If I wanted your opinion I'd ask for it!

Mind your own business!

She is my business!

I told you to drop it!

Where the hell are they?

They'll be down in a moment.

Would you like me to serve dinner now?

Yes, immediately, it's 6:15,

we're already 15 minutes late, start serving!

I want you to sit on my right.

Do you think that's a good idea?

I told you to sit!

- I'm sorry mother, but when I got home late

from the city I didn't think you'd mind

having dinner half an hour later.

I didn't know it would upset you so much.

- Just see that it never happens again,

you know how I hate to have my schedule disrupted!

What made you so late?

- I stopped off to see Margaret and her husband.

- What for? - I've got a great

surprise for you. - You know I don't

like surprises.

I thought it'd be very pleasant,

it being Christmas and all.

What's Christmas got to do with it?

You better get her pills Mortimer,

she's not gonna like this.

Gonna like what, out with it dammit!

Stop playing games!

- I've invited the family here for Christmas dinner!

- Who gave you the right to invite anyone?

Listen mother, it'd be very pleasant

to have the family here for Christmas.

We never see them, I just thought it would be a good idea.

Out of my way!

Now look what you've done!

She'll be impossible for the rest of the day!

- I didn't think it would upset her so much!

By now you should know better!

Better go to her.

They'll only be here for a few days,

and besides, you haven't seen them for a long time.

Please mother! - I don't want them in

this house, I don't want them here!

You had no right to invite them!

You'll have to tell them not to come!

Call 'em up, I don't want them here!

You can't do that to them!

- They're no god damn good, the whole lot of them,

they're selfish and conniving,

they're only waiting for me to die.

What'd they do,

fawn all over you, tell you how much they loved me?

And you played right into their hand you stupid little fool,

how could you be so stupid as to tell them to come here?

- They all arrive tomorrow morning, it's too late now.

Mortimer!

Take me to my room!

- It's no good to carry on like this mother,

here give me your glass and I'll...

- Take your hands off, I don't want you to touch me!

If I had my way you wouldn't be living in this house,

you're lucky your father provided for you!

If I had my way I'd throw you out!

And now you do this to me! - How could you

hate them so much?

- I've had many years to learn to hate them,

they're no good!

And you Carol, you don't know what you've done!

They'll destroy this house!

You better carry her up the stairs!

Do you think I ought to call Dr. Kramm?

I'll give her some of her pills!

She'll be all right.

She's right you know.

- What? - By inviting them

you've destroyed this house.

- Jessica, you and Peter had better drop that

and come out to the living room.

Why what's the matter?

- Mother's had another one of her tantrums.

Not again!

- I'm going out, if you need any help you can ask Mortimer,

he's upstairs. - Do you know what time

you might be back?

Just do as your told.

- Oh Christ look at this mess, just look at it!

- I'm getting tired of cleaning up after her.

Well it won't be much longer.

Shhh, somebody might hear us!

There's no one around!

- Still I'd be more careful if I were you.

I don't trust that Mortimer.

Every time I turn around I find him listening at a door.

And uh, you remember last night?

- I don't think that was Mortimer last night.

I think it was her.

You think she can't get out of that bed alone.

I bet if she had to she could,

she's got the strength of an ox.

For someone who never eats she certainly is strong.

We've been here a year and a half now,

I think we should wrap the whole thing up,

sooner than we expected.

I'm getting itchy about.

Remember what happened last week?

Let's go into the kitchen, I feel safer in there.

Look, as long as we can intercept the mail

like we've been doing we'll be all right.

- Suppose Carol delivers one of those inquiries herself?

Then what are we supposed to do?

Has she ever?

- Well no... - Well then what the hell

are you worried about?

You're worrying about nothing.

- Why don't we get married when this is all over with, huh?

Want to?

- We have a very good business arrangement the way it is.

Let's keep it that way.

You're quite a girl you know that?

You should know.

When's Kramm coming?

- Oh boy, you sure know how to change the subject.

Get me all hot and bothered, and you bring up Kramm.

- Look honey if we're going to screw around

we'll do it in the bedroom.

This isn't the place.

Besides we've got lots of work to do.

Okay, okay!

- How much did Kramm want for the stuff?

$500.

That's too much!

He says it's too little.

I had to make like I'd go along with him.

Did he ask any questions?

- No. - You let him know

we could blackmail him, didn't you?

- He knows enough not to fool around with us.

Let's keep it that way.

What are you doing that for?

Hey.

- Look I don't want to fool around down here.

So we close the door!

Look here, in front of Mrs. Manning,

we play the married scene, but on our own time,

it's a different story!

I want it now!

- Why does it always have to be your way?

That was our deal, remember?

Can't we go upstairs instead?

In a minute, in a minute!

Mortimer!

- Yes? - It's Dr. Kramm!

- I know, send him in, hurry!

- You're late dammit, you were supposed

to be here at nine o'clock!

We had a little accident.

Miss Bundy dropped one of the bottles and I had to take down another one.

another one. - Well you better hurry

she's in a bad way!

- Get up with the bottle, get up here!

- I'm sorry we're late, we had a little mishap.

- You're an hour late, she's gasping for breath!

Don't get so uptight,

she'll be all right.

Now don't worry, in a few minutes she'll be good as new.

Where should I put them?

- On the, on the dressing table, over there!

She'll be all right.

There's a little matter I want to discuss with you.

This is no time to discuss money!

- Who said it's money I want to discuss?

- What else could it be, you've raised your price

twice in the past two months!

Mrs. Manning and I have decided

there will be no more increases!

- I see no reason why we can't discuss it.

This isn't the time!

Now get started!

Suppose I refuse?

- There's an envelope with Mrs. Manning's lawyer.

I guess I don't have to tell you what's in it,

if you so much as mention an increase again,

or I'll wait for your end of the bargain

it shall get to the proper authorities.

Miss Bundy fix the bottles!

- I'll give you a hand with Mrs. Manning!

How much alcohol has she had?

Too much!

I told you to keep

here intake down! - How the hell can I stop her?

You know she does what she wants!

It's bad enough she doesn't eat,

but this amount of alcohol is destroying her arteries.

You've got to cut down her intake of alcohol

or this new stuff I'm giving her is not going to work.

Are you ready, Miss Bundy? - Yes Dr. Kramm.

Proceed.

She's breathing too heavy!

She's convulsuing!

Ether, ether!

Ether!

It's cold, take it away!

I said no more, take it away!

Get me scotch!

- I've told Mr. M not to give you any more.

You mind your own business!

- You are my business, I've told you before,

you're not to have any more alcohol.

If you continue to sop it up as if it were water

you're just not going to live much longer.

You shut up and get out of here!

You had your money, didn't you,

what else are you waiting for?

- I mean it, I've got a good investment in you!

For seven years you've been part of my income,

and I'm not going to let you take it away from me,

because you can't keep off the booze!

- You bastard, what are you doing to me?

You get out of here!

Mortimer get him out of here!

Out, out, out!

Who is it?

It's me, Carol!

Just a minute mother!

Yes, what is it?

I'm sorry about earlier.

- So am I. - I guess I lost my temper.

May I come in?

If you wish.

You still mad at me?

It's not that, it's just that

I don't like to see you get excited.

You know what the doctor said.

Oh, he's a jackass.

I'm still not happy about them coming tomorrow.

- Well, the holiday will be over before you know it.

Besides, it won't hurt to see your own children.

They all uh, they haven't been here in years.

Did you ever think you were unfair to me?

- What do you mean? - Well I might like to see

my brothers and sisters, it's been a long time you know.

It has been, hasn't it.

Don't you ever miss them?

No, just, maybe...

- Buster. - Yeah.

How old is he?

17.

Why don't you have him live with us?

I don't want any of them!

- Including me? - Sometimes.

Well at least you're honest.

What time are they coming tomorrow?

- Around noon. - And what about food?

I've taken care of that.

- Oh I should have known you would have.

Where we gonna put 'em all?

I'll put Margaret and her husband in

the second floor front.

I thought Drew would like the downstairs study,

you know that bed that pulls out.

And then Buster can have the top floor

bedroom next to yours.

Where are you putting Michael?

Well I thought I'd put him in that

small bedroom next to mine.

- You're not gonna start that up again are you Carol?

- What do you mean? - You know damn well

what I mean!

What about Michael's wife?

What about her?

- I'm warning you Carol, let sleeping dogs lie!

- I'm very tired mother, would you mind?

- All right, you want to play games I can play them too,

but I know everything that goes on, always,

you ought to know that.

Oh, one other thing.

- What's that? - You haven't mentioned

Matthew, dear sweet Matthew, where's he gonna sleep?

He can sleep with Buster.

Won't be the first time.

But, but-but Father Matthew!

- Look Slippery, you know better than that!

You should never touch anything that doesn't belong to you!

- But, it was there since June and I figured

if it didn't fbelong to anybody anybody, so I just took it!

Everything belongs to somebody.

This isn't the first time either.

But, I just can't help myself!

You could if you tried.

- Do you want me to go to the grocery store for you,

do you need anything at the grocery store?

The, the backroom needs cleaning.

Are you broke again Slippery?

What happened to that $10 I gave you yesterday?

I don't know it, i-i-i-it just went!

All right.

Here.

That's done, don't spend it all on booze, okay?

Oh uh, I forgot to tell you,

Miss Cole was here looking for you.

- When was that? - About a half hour

ago I told her you'd be back soon.

Thank you Slippery.

Hi Miss Cole!

Matthew?

How are you Matthew?

- What are you doing here, don't you work today?

No I told 'em I'd be back Monday.

- How come? - Because I'm going with you!

Don't do that here.

- But what, what's the matter, there's no one here!

- You never know who might be watching.

- What the hell is the matter with you Drew?

Why did you attempt something like that yourself,

why didn't you call me first?

- I didn't want to get involved with you,

your reputation's not the best you know?

- I've been handing your family's problems for years.

Why would you attempt something like that yourself,

why don't you call me first?

What if, what if she'd died, what would you have done then?

Well she didn't!

- It's gonna be expensive. - How much?

- $1500. - Are you out of your mind?

Get it from your mother.

- Are you kidding, she'd murder for $1!

- What about Denise's family, do they have any money?

Her parents are loaded!

- Get it from them. - She never has any

liquid cash, all she's got is this.

That's some necklace.

- I'll tell you what I'll do, it's worth at least $3000.

You take half, I'll take the other half,

and we won't tell her. - It's a deal.

She's hemorrhaging again, you'd better hurry!

- No! - I think the baby's

still alive!

- Get me the hypodermic! - I need you!

Don't leave me!

Tell me you love me!

I love you!

I can't face mother!

What am I gonna tell them?

No, what am I gonna tell them?

No, stop, hold me!

It'll be all over in a few minutes!

Come on man get going! - Yes, please!

Hold me!

Oh! - You better hold her

down Drew!

Hold me!

Let me,

no, no!

- Hold her Drew! - Shut up, shut up!

- No, no, no! - Hold her down Drew!

- Shut up! - No,

no, no! - Shut up god dammit!

- How are you! - You look so good in

that uniform!

You're gonna be a little lady killer some day!

- I'm sorry I'm late, but I was reading

some sonnets and I missed my bus connection.

You still do a lot of reading?

Reading is half my life.

Am I the last to arrive?

- No Michael and his wife haven't arrived yet.

- Oh good I'm glad, I'd hate to have her

squeal on me because I held up dinner.

- That's all you remember about her, huh?

Do you know it's been five years since

she sent you away to military school?

It used to seem like a long time,

but it doesn't anymore.

- Oh baby will you go in the other room,

I want to greet Michael alone.

Hmm, he's still your favorite, huh?

- Well it's a tossup between the two of you.

- Hmm, you know I don't believe that.

Michael!

Michael I've missed you so much, you don't know how much!

How's mother?

- She's the same as ever, I've got your old room ready,

right next to mine.

Um, hadn't we better let in Susan?

- Susan? - My wife.

Oh I'd forgotten!

By all means let her in!

Not going to work, I just know it!

It's not going to work!

Can't do it Mortimer, I just can't do it!

Oh yes you can!

I don't like it!

It's wrong to bring them here,

it'll end in disaster, I can just feel it!

Everything'll be all right.

- Stay close to me Mortimer, I need you.

- The first time you've needed me in years!

Mrs. Manning!

- Sit down, you look like a bunch of fools, standing there!

- Please mother, don't be harsh, it's been a long time!

Ah, should have been longer, hmph!

I might as well make it clear, right here and now,

I didn't invite any of you.

And don't get your hopes up.

Carol I guess thought she was doing me a favor

when she asked you to come here.

There ain't anyone sitting at this table

I'd give two cents for!

Well it's not entirely your fault,

it's mostly mine, I spoiled you all when you were children!

I spoiled you rotten!

The good book says ye shall reap what ye shall sow!

Well look at the lot of you!

You're bunch of bad seeds, ha!

Well, you've ruined my life,

and now I've just ruined your dinner!

Go ahead and eat!

- To our dear sweet mother, long may she live!

I second that!

- That's very sweet Michael, and I may just

very well outlive the lot of you,

did you ever think of that?

- I don't think nature would allow that.

- Nature can be goosed in any direction you want her!

I should know, I've been doing it for years!

- You always did have a descriptive tongue!

Oh come off it, Margaret,

you'd stab me in the back if you had a chance!

Mother, Margaret,

please let's try to have a pleasant meal.

How's the advertising business, Michael?

- I'll be, I'll be starting my own company pretty soon.

- You must be doing very well.

Yes as well as could be expected.

- Buster, how do you like military academy?

Are you going to make a career of it?

- Probably, it's about the only thing I know.

Do you still read a lot?

Whenever I get a chance.

I've been writing a lot of poetry lately.

I'd like to read some of it later.

I've got a copy of one of my poems,

it's gonna be in next week's newspaper upstairs.

I wish you'd have some soup mother.

You know I hate food!

- The doctor... - Shut up!

Grab some bowls, let's get on with the meal.

I'll help you.

- A pretty tree you have in the parlor Carol,

did you decorate it yourself?

Jessica and Peter helped.

Ah, the servants, how nice.

Things must be nice living around here

when we're not here.

- You have a nasty tongue don't you Margaret?

I thought it might improve with age!

- Well you know the saying, like mother, like oh!

What the hell is the matter with you!

You big clumsy oaf!

My new dress, I just bought it, you stupid freak!

Shut up!

Now what's the matter with you?

- You get out of here, get up to your room!

You've gone crazy!

Oh Claris forget about it!

- Don't you talk to my mother like that!

Who the hell do you think you are?

He's your father!

What is it?

- It's Michael's wife Susan, can I come in?

Just a second.

Okay.

Oh, you're much prettier than I thought you'd be.

- Why'd you say that? - Well knowing Michael's ego

I thought he'd pick a wife that was plain

to show off his plumage, that's generally

the case with handsome men.

Why do you hate him so?

- Hate is a dirty word my dear, it's the wrong word.

Hate's so final.

Dislike is the word you should have used in fact.

Anything with dis in front of it would suit Michael.

Why do you dislike him so?

- Oh, I dislike them all, it's not just him.

I suppose it's my own doing, I spoiled them all,

in childhood, they did anything they wanted to,

they had money for anything they wanted.

Especially Michael, he was the first born

of my second husband.

Where is your husband now?

- Michael never told you? - No.

- Michael's father, my husband, is in the home

for the criminally insane!

A minute!

Oh, it's you.

What's up?

You if I play my cards right.

You're a little bold, aren't you?

Well that's just so I get around.

- Yeah, well let's just say that my wife is uh,

upstairs and she's gonna be down any minute.

Well then we'll go to my room.

Uh, second here.

You've already corrupted Matthew, must you,

seek out new material, hmm?

- Something tells me it'd be good material.

Oh?

What do you go by, my thumbs or my feet, huh?

Both.

I like the way you walk,

like you were carrying a great weight.

You do know how to work, don't you?

Well it's uh, working isn't it?

As a matter of fact, to steal a line from Mae West,

What's that?

is uh, that a pistol in your pocket,

or are you just glad to see me?

What do you think?

Can I go by what I think?

By what I feel.

- You little bitch, you really want it don't you?

What do you think?

Hold it, hold it!

There's someone outside the door!

That's funny, there's nobody here.

- Ja-jada, jada, jada, jada, jada, jada...

Don't you knock?

Since when do I have to knock?

- Well you're not in your rectory anymore Matthew,

it'd be a good idea to knock.

Where have you been?

None of your god damned business.

Now listen you little slut,

I'm not taking any shit

from you, now tell me where have you been?

Stop it you're hurting me!

- I'll do worse than that if I catch you

fooling around with one of my brothers!

- So it was you listening at the door, a fine thing!

Imagine a priest listening at the door!

A priest?

That's a laugh, there's not much of that left in me.

You've taken care of that.

Well, don't blame it all on me.

It didn't take much to get you swinging.

And now that you've got your own Garden of Eden,

gonna blame it all on Eve?

Maybe better read your little book again honey.

There were two that picked that apple, remember?

And uh, if you want Eve to play with the snake

you better not do that to me again.

Now, think Barbie's gonna go take her bath,

so why doesn't the nice priestie go away?

Oh!

What are you doing in here?

And what are you doing?

Who was in here!

- What do you mean? - There was somebody in

here wasn't there, it was that Barbara wasn't it?

Now why do you say that?

- Oh I'm not stupid, I know she's been cruising you!

She's been cruising you ever since...

- Are you out of your mind, you're imagining things.

- Where are you going? - I'm going downstairs

to get something to eat!

You're going to see her aren't you?

- What's the matter with you, did my mother

say something to you?

- Oh yes I had a very nice conversation with your mother!

She told me a lot of interesting

things! - Yeah I bet she did!

Look please stay away from her, she's trouble!

That's what she said about you!

Oh yeah, and who do you believe?

I'm inclined to believe her!

Yeah you're very funny when you play

the jealous wife you know?

- Listen here Michael, I'll kill anyone

who comes between you, you're mine!

As long as I'm around nobody's gonna have you!

Where are you going, I'm warning you,

don't walk out of this room!

You're warning me?

Look, don't push me around!

Susan who the hell do you think you are,

I do as I please you know!

And hey, hey, if you're talking about tramps,

have you taken a good look at yourself lately, eh?

Have you taken a good look, heh?

Did you tell my mother that you forced me

into getting married by getting pregnant, huh?

- You've never forgiven me for that have you?

- Why should I, I don't want the kid, I don't want you,

I thought I did once but that's all over now!

- You don't mean that! - Oh come on Susan

don't start crying, ah, you've done that so many times!

When I first knew you it meant something

but it doesn't mean anything now!

Oh Michael I love you so much,

you don't know how much I love you!

- Ah love, you don't know anything about love,

what do you know about love?

Love is something beautiful, it's something inside,

it's something you don't know anything about!

Love to you is a four-letter word!

Why are you being such a bastard!

- That's very easy for someone who's stuck

with someone like you!

- You don't mean that, you're just angry

because I found out about you and that tramp!

Please don't talk to me

like that anymore, I can't take it!

I'll never talk like that again, I promise!

- Let me tell you a little story Susan,

let me tell you a little story,

it happened a long time ago, you see?

There was this young boy, only 17 years old,

pretty much like me, you know, and he had

a sister, she was only 13 years old.

And this brother and sister they were very close, you know?

Kind of like abnormally kind of close, you know?

They had a very strange kind of physical attraction

to one another, as a matter of fact it was so much so

that they used to have sex with one another,

every night they'd have sex with one another!

Till he hit 21, he went off by himself see?

The girl was my sister, Carol.

Now who do you think the boy was, huh?

It's a lie!

- Why, why would, why would I lie about a thing like that?

Why don't you go ask Carol, eh?

You better not ask her, because I don't think

she would even discuss it with you!

I don't want to listen to any more!

I can't stand it!

I'm gonna kill myself!

- Oh, you're gonna kill yourself, you haven't gotthe nerve to kill yourself!

Go on, get out of here!

I can't, I can't,

I can't, I can't...

Miss Cole!

Miss Cole answer me!

You've got to turn off the water, it's running all over!

Oh my god!

Peter, Peter, open the door, something terrible has happened!

What time did the police leave?

A little after three this morning.

- Why didn't you wake me when they left?

- I tried to but you'd passed out from drinking too much.

What was the final decision, hmm?

- Well Inspector Blaugh said Miss Cole was electrocuted

and drowned when the radio fell in the tub.

- And the other? - Well, he wasn't so sure.

He said it looked like suicide but he couldn't understand

how anyone could take their own life with such strength,

haven't ruled out murder though.

Said he's gonna call back later, set up another inquiry.

- It was, you know. - What was?

Murder.

What makes you think so?

- Instinct, feeling, call it what you like,

I feel it was murder.

- And you think someone here could do such a thing?

- Everybody in this house is capable of murder,

including you, and me.

- You're wrong Claris. - Am I, wait and see.

There will be others. - What makes you say

such a thing? - Oh that's easy.

You know them almost as well as I do.

This whole family is sick, there isn't anything

they wouldn't stop at to get what they want.

There's only one reason they're here now,

and that's for this.

The whole world revolves around this,

everything you can think of comes back to this.

Hmph!

Only a piece of paper that people would do

almost anything to get their hands on it.

Let it burn, it's a beautiful sight isn't it?

If I was sure that I'd die tomorrow

I'd burn all of it that I've accumulated

just to spite them!

Is everything all right?

- No? - What happened?

- She's dead. - Oh Christ, I thought

you said everything was gonna be all right with her?

If you hadn't been so careless and

bungled the first attempt I might have been able

to do something, but you fouled things up beautifully.

Where is she?

- No need to worry, she'll be found floating

in Long Island Sound, and by that time from the

condition of her body they won't be able

to tell what happened.

There's no way to connect the two of you is there?

Do you think I would have tried the

abortion in the first place if there was?

Hell no, I was gonna meet her parents

next week for the first time!

This is the only thing I could find

connecting the two of you.

You were a little careless about that.

Did you sell the necklace?

- I got $3500 for it, that's all I could get.

- Well it's worth a lot more than that,

give me my share.

- Under the circumstances you don't have a share,

in fact you're getting off cheaply!

What do you mean?

I figure $1500 for the abortion,

$2000 for disposing of the poor little rich girl.

It should have cost you much more!

But considering I'm the family doctor

I'll let you get away with that.

- You son of a bitch! - Don't bruise the action

baby, you wouldn't want your mother to know!

Now if I were you I'd get me upstairs and

pack me a bag like a good little boy.

Take a vacation, the Bahamas or something,

get lost for a couple of months.

Now I'd say that was good advice, wouldn't you?

- Oh, ow! - Give me my robe.

- We've gone too far, you know that don't you?

- You knew what you needed when you married me.

Didn't you? - So you finally caught on,

haven't you?

Well I ain't as dumb as I look.

At least not when it comes to making love.

When I was a kid, I used to have a gang,

in the tree house, about nine members.

There was this girl named Jenny.

That was her name.

It was the first time I ever noticed girls.

She was older, real beautiful.

Big bust, wild looking legs.

You like it rough, don't you?

You're hurting me!

- Say yes. - Yes!

- Sure? - Sure!

Come here.

Did you talk to your mother about that

deal we was talking about?

- No not yet. - Why not?

Well you don't know her,

I have to wait for the right time.

I'm afraid of her.

Why are you so afraid of her?

She used to beat me all the time.

I try a cold indifference to her now,

but she knows I'm still afraid of her,

she knows me too well.

You see I was the older, and she being an invalid,

I had to do all the work.

I had to take care of all of them.

I had a miserable youth.

I couldn't go out on dates, I, I had no life of my own.

I was tied down to here, to this house,

to my brothers and sisters.

First I resented everything but her.

But in time it reversed itself,

and she was completely to blame, nothing but her.

Then I met you.

I fell desperately in love with you,

I was so sex starved, so desperate for physical love,

that you were just what I needed, an animal.

Oh, don't be upset by that, I mean that,

you were a beautiful animal.

And I knew from that first night

that you had sadistic impulses.

Doesn't make any sense, does it?

You know what I'm trying to say.

I love you so much I could kill you!

Oh Joe, Joe...

Oh, oh oh...

Oh, yeah, now, now,

now...

What's it like?

- What's what like? - The monastery where

you studied, did you have

to stay in a room all by yourself, heh?

- Hmm, you've been asking questions all afternoon.

Why don't you rest for a while?

- I'm sorry, I guess I've been asking a lot of questions.

It's just that I'm so excited about

being home after all these years!

- Do you like school? - No, I hate school.

They don't understand me there.

Did you ever try to understand them?

They don't need any understanding.

They're so square there they fit into a box,

into a cubby hole.

I don't go along with them at all you know,

I'm quite different you know.

- What makes you think you're so different?

I have different feelings.

And different emotions, I can find beauty in

anything if I put my mind to it.

If I try to explain it to them they just laugh.

- You should try harder to get along with others.

- Why should I, my life is worth four of theirs!

I'm a much better human being.

Matthew I've read about the Hitler regime!

Do you know that they had a beautiful set up?

They wanted so bad just to take over the whole world!

Had they stayed in their own back yard,

they would have made a beautiful world

if they'd only took their time!

- You don't know what you're talking about!

- Don't say that, don't you ever speak to me like that again!

I saw research on everything I say!

Ask my teachers, that's why they can't stand me!

- Buster sit down bro... - Don' you ever touch me,

don't try to touch me again!

Do you know what you've done?

You've ruined me by touching me,

I hope you remember!

You call yourself a priest?

Give me that!

You don't deserve to touch these!

My rosary!

Your tears don't mean a thing to me.

What makes you think I meant them?

- Do you know how many letters I've got

since you went away?

- I don't know what you're talking about!

- Hell you don't, would you like to read some of them?

They're very interesting!

I don't want to see them!

- Of course you don't, they're not very nice to look at.

I've had at least three for every year

since you've been away.

Well you wouldn't have gotten them

if you didn't send me away!

- Best thing I ever did was send you to military school,

and out of my life, you're such a little bastard!

- Yeah but we know what that makes you don't we?

Shut up!

Thanks mother I needed that!

- You're a bad seed, the whole bunch of you, are bad seeds!

- A bad seed comes from a diseased plant!

Why did you come in here?

- I told you why, I felt sorry for what I said to Matthew!

No you didn't, tell me the truth!

- I want to know how much I'm going to inherit when you die!

I haven't made a will.

Don't you think that's dangerous?

Someone might kill you, then what would you do?

- I know what I'm doing, I'm a very shrewd cookie.

What do you mean by that?

Huh, you'll stay awake nights trying

to figure that one out!

What's the matter with you?

I think you ought to see a psychiatrist,

you're a very sick boy!

I'm not a sick boy!

The whole world is sick, it's a terrible world to live in!

Oh, everybody is so full of hate, and deceipt!

I try to go out to them and give them love,

and I get nothing in return!

All I ask, is nothing more than you'd give a dog!

But I just get kicked in the side.

Why mother, why can't I have any peace?

- You'll never know peace as long as you're alive!

- Why can't I? - Did you ever give

me any peace?

Here, five years ago,

you were thrown out of St. Thomas's Academy,

for having abnormal relations with another boy!

You can blame Matthew for that.

Uh, and four years ago,

that expensive school in Georgia,

my dear Mrs. Manning, this afternoon I received a letter

that was confiscated from your son in history class.

This letter indicates a blackmail attempt

on one of your son's classmates!

- Stop it stop it I don't want to hear any more!

Oh you don't?

Well I got a whole drawer full of them!

There's one from the Benedictine Boarding School!

Seems they couldn't pinpoint the fires

that were starting all over the school,

but all the evidence pointed to you!

So they asked me to bring you home, remember that darling?

Remember? - You've been through my...

Oh, you can't stand the truth!

...so here's another one!

From the military academy, you attended last year!

Well, it seems that you tried to

drown one of the students, yes,

and then you locked yourself in the bathroom

and they had to break the door down!

And when they found you you had your head in the urinal,

and you tried to slice your wrists!

well...

And there's hardly a trace, you didn't try very hard!

What were you trying to do, get attention as always?

You must try a little harder the next time,

or will there be a next time?

Run!

Run!

Run, run, run...

Run, run, run!

Now what the hell is going on?

It was mother and Buster.

- Well what the hell were they yelling about?

- I never should have invited you here,

I should have known better!

Yeah but it's not your fault.

May I come in?

Since when do you have to ask?

- You didn't know about Buster, did you?

What?

- That he's been thrown out of every school

on the East coast, that he's a thief, a pervert, a liar.

You didn't know about that did you?

- I really guess I don't care, you know.

- That's what I like about you, you're so honest.

May I be honest with you?

Why not?

You didn't love Susan did you?

- No. - Why did you marry her?

- Because she was pregnant and I thought the baby was mine!

You could have gotten out of it,

you could have come to us!

Maybe I didn't want to.

Why?

To get away from this house, mother.

Me?

Maybe.

I'm glad Susan's dead.

Did you drive her to it?

No.

Something funny about that though,

I really didn't think she had the nerve to do it.

Matter of fact I don't think she did do it.

I could be wrong, I don't know.

Michael may I come in?

The door's open!

Oh I'm sorry am I intruding?

No it's all in the family.

Would you like a cigarette?

No I don't smoke.

- Oh that's right, priests don't have any vices.

Are you trying to say something?

No, did I say something?

What was the matter with Buster?

- Mother's been after his scalp ever since

he got kicked out of that last school.

I guess she just got a little too close.

- I guess I'm just not used to the noise.

Come on off it Matthew,

you were weaned on that stuff, that and other things!

- I had forgotten what a dirty mind you have Michael.

- Yeah, well that makes two of us!

So better still let's make it the whole family!

- Stop it you two, I've had all I can take

in the past two days! - I'll go upstairs.

- Yeah, say... - Stop it Michael.

I'll walk with you.

I want to talk to you.

- What about? - I want to know

about Barbara. - There's nothing to say now.

- It'll do you good to get it off your chest.

Please Matthew, I want to know about it!

Perhaps I can help you.

Come inside.

Oh god!

Oh...

This is the color of Michael!

- How could you get involved with a girl like that?

Don't misunderstand Carol,

there are a lot of good things about Barbara.

Nobody's all bad. - You're talking

to me remember?

Religion is fine when you're around it,

but don't use cliches with me.

Am I?

I've been doing it so long I don't even notice anymore.

- You're not a very good priest Matthew.

I'm no worse than a lot of them.

- You consider yourself as good, as most of them.

- Yes, I've never considered otherwise.

What would happen, if you uh,

lost your faith, as they say?

I have, many times.

- No I mean, if you no longer considered

yourself worthy to wear that collar.

I don't know what I'd do.

You're a very weak man Matthew.

- Why are you saying these things to me Carol?

Because if I bug you enough,

you'll be open and honest with me.

- But I am, I am being honest with you.

You're playing words games with me.

Stop it darling.

Do you remember when you were 16,

you wanted so very much to be a doctor?

This wasn't the first thing you wanted to be.

Every year you wanted to be something different.

You were so intense about anything you set your mind on.

Well, you were 16 and you wanted to be this doctor,

and I was only 12 at the time.

You cut open one of my dolls and refused

to put it back together.

Said she'd died, do you remember?

- Uh-huh. - Mph, I was so mad at you.

But I took the doctor's kit and I hid it

where you'd never find it.

It's probably still there.

You were so upset you didn't eat for days.

You locked yourself in your room.

Mother had to make Mortimer break the door in.

You were so intense then,

and I feel your intensity has grown through the years.

If I sit next to you, like I am now,

I can feel your nerve ends snap, like electricity.

You're cool on the outside,

but on the inside you're like a volcano.

You're just like the rest of us.

Why didn't you come to me first?

First?

What are you talking about?

- Why did you got to a slut like that when

you could have had me?

- Carol you don't know what you're talking about.

Yes I do, I've wanted you ever since

that first time we played doctor!

- Don't Carol. - Don't what?

Don't want? - No!

- Don't ever want! - Please, please Carol!

- Now please Carol, put your hands here!

Matthew that feels so nice!

Now do to me what you did to Barbara!

I- I can't.

You're my sister! - The whole world

are brother and sister!

Now, do to me what you did to Barbara!

That's a good boy.

Here, now kiss me here.

Now ask for forgiveness!

Oh God forgive me!

God forgive me for what I'm about to do,

no punish me, punish me now!

Now look you bastard...

You're not a priest!

I can't,

I can't do it!

I can't!

Ah!

I don't want to go through with it.

It's not going to work, Peter.

I want to cut out, right now!

Are you out of your mind!

Look I didn't put a year and a half

into this place for nothing!

I planned everything beautifully,

there wasn't a flaw in the whole plan.

I'm frightened.

Everything's gone wrong,

I don't like the smell of this place.

- You're just edgy because of what happened.

Maybe it's for the best.

Maybe with all the attention on the deaths,

our plan will come off better.

When do you want to pull it?

- Tonight. - It's too soon!

It's not too soon.

It'll look like she died of a heart attack.

My god she's old enough, she should have died years ago.

- You know how she stays alive, new blood every week.

The thought of it gives me the shivers.

Where'd you put her signature?

- It's behind that picture, I'll get it.

Write her name again.

- You know I've been doing that for months,

I do it perfectly, why do I have to do it again?

Because I want to see it!

- What do you want? - Write!

Where'd you put the power of attorney

making us the executors?

In the boiler room near the furnace.

- Ah, leave it there until she's out of the way.

Did you get the stuff from Kramm?

It cost a pretty penny.

- How much? - $1000.

That bastard!

It'll be worth it tomorrow.

Are you sure it'll work?

Coparino used it and it worked.

We've got the same exact stuff.

The only reason he got caught

was he used it a couple of times.

We need only use it once.

They'll never notice the needle punctures

in that arm of hers.

Did you put the sleeping pills in her drink?

Not yet.

I thought I'd wait till we're ready.

It'll all be over pretty soon.

Son of a bitch, think of all that money.

This last year and a half will all be worth it.

Gimme a kiss.

God I feel good!

I thought you wanted sex?

We've got all night for that baby.

I can't keep my mind on us.

Better have a drink, you want a drink?

I could use one.

Where are the glasses?

In the desk, I'll get them.

I've been saving this.

Here's to a wild future Jessica!

Shit, who can that be?

Long ring, that's both of us.

What do they want at this hour?

And why are they ringing from the second floor kitchen?

I don't know, come on let's go!

- Who the hell would put a match in the buzzer?

It's a little late for playing games.

I'm scared.

Come on, here, drink up.

It'll make us feel better.

Cheers.

Want to go back in the morning?

Tonight if it weren't so late.

- Scared ain't 'ya? - I'm scared to death.

- Well everything's gonna be all right.

We'll stay in the room one more night

and go back in the morning.

What did your mother tell you?

- Tell me what? - About your old man?

I was very young at the time,

I didn't know that she was married twice.

I didn't know that Mortimer was my father.

I guess I was the only child she had by him.

I guess she didn't want to complicate things.

I didn't remember and she knew it.

- You mean all this time you thought Manning

was your father?

I didn't know any better.

- You never talk about your stepfather.

- No. - Why not?

He wasn't very pleasant.

Why?

- He was committed to an insane asylum.

How old were you when it happened.

I don't remember.

She always drink that much?

- My mother? - Yeah.

As far back as I can remember.

I'm surprised it hasn't killed her.

She's an amazing woman.

I don't think anything could kill her.

Your whole family's amazing.

Especially Carol.

She hates me. - Why do you say that?

All my life she's hated me.

Maybe she really knew that we weren't really sisters,

only half-sisters.

Carol's always been jealous of my looks.

When we were children, she'd destroy everything of mine.

And when I'd tell mother about it

she just said I was imagining things.

Carol's lucky you know.

Her father left her a trust fund.

Provided that she stays and takes care of mother

after her accident.

- How'd she get crippled? - No one knows.

She was standing at the top of the stairs,

and the next thing we knew she'd been pushed down it.

Her back and neck were broken.

No one thought she'd live.

Nothing can kill a bitch like momma.

Ever since that day she's grown more and more hateful.

Like a cancer on the whole family.

Says that we we're the puppets and,

she controlled the strings,

making us share her pattern of hate.

It's very sick isn't it?

I've never hated anyone as much as I hate Carol.

Momma's hatred I can understand but,

no one knows Carol as well as I do.

She's the destructive force Jonathan, it's her.

- I don't want to hear it anymore, I don't like it.

Go brush your teeth, we'll get some sleep.

Margaret!

Yes?

Oh!

Margaret!

Margaret!

- Yes? - May I come in?

Uh, just a minute.

Oh, hi.

Come in.

I didn't wake you did I?

No I was just reading.

Oh, you want me to read to you?

- No. - Why are you laughing,

I used to read to you all the time, remember?

No, that was a long time ago.

Not so long ago.

You were pretty good at it too.

I was very good at a lot of things.

- Listen, why don't we change the subject, huh?

- Why? - 'Cause I'd just rather

talk about something else.

Then let's talk about us.

- Look there's no more to be said about us.

Isn't there?

Uh, what are you doing?

Massaging your neck.

- I really don't think you should do that.

Why?

- Because it just leads to other things, that's all.

- Such as? - Now look, let's not

start this up again, huh?

- What makes you think it was ever over?

- Look, it's been over since the day I left!

But you came back, didn't you?

- Shouldn't have. - Why did you?

To see you.

Oh, it's been such a long time.

Too long!

No, no, no...

...no one else but you and I!

No, no, no no no...

Mikey, what would you give me for a

basket full of kisses Mikey, Mikey?

What would you give me for basket full of kisses?

A basket full of hugs.

- I'll ride on your train if you'll play in my house!

Can't play in a house without a daddy!

Mmmm!

Bread and butter, bread and butter.

What goes up the chimney?

- Smoke. - What comes down the chimney?

What comes down the chimney?

- Santa Claus. - Don't talk or I'll

wish you...

Oh Carol!

- Get out of here! - All right...

Get out of here you hear!

Michael, michael...

Michael!

Step on a crack and break your mother's back!

Step on a crack and break your mother's back!

One two three, four, hurry up four five six...

Seven eight nine... Kill everyone...

Oh!

Momma!

Momma?

Momma, momma?

Momma, momma?

Momma?

Momma?

Carrie?

Is that my Carrie?

It was you all the time, wasn't it?

Hippity hop, in the barber shop,

to get you a bag of candy,

one for you and one for me,

and one for mommy and daddy.

Daddy, daddy...

- Operator, could you please connect me with the police.