The Legend of Hell House (1973)
Clive Revill: Dr. Barrett
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Quotes
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Ann Barrett : [after listening to a recording of Belasco's voice] What made the record player turn on?
Benjamin Franklin Fischer : Belasco claimed he was able to will people's attention to an object and then move among them unobserved.
Dr. Lionel Barrett : I doubt that.
Benjamin Franklin Fischer : Do you? Our attention was on that a moment ago. How do you know he didn't just walk right by us?
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Ann Barrett : Isn't it just another so-called haunted house?
Dr. Lionel Barrett : It's the Mount Everest of haunted houses. There were two attempts to investigate it. Both were disasters. Eight people died. Fischer was the only one who survived, and when he crawled out he was a mental wreck.
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Dr. Lionel Barrett : I get the impression that you know quite a bit about Belasco. Do you mind sharing it with us?
Benjamin Franklin Fischer : His first name was Emeric. He was born on March the 23rd, 1879. He was the illegitimate son of an American munitions maker.
Ann Barrett : What did he look like?
Benjamin Franklin Fischer : "His was a frightening visage, like the face of a demon that had taken on some human aspect."
Florence Tanner : Are you quoting?
Benjamin Franklin Fischer : Yes, I am. That is his second wife. She commited suicide in this room in 1927.
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Dr. Lionel Barrett : If there's anything you'd care to tell us?
Benjamin Franklin Fischer : What's to tell? The house tried to kill me; it almost succeeded.
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Florence Tanner : It's hideous.
Dr. Lionel Barrett : We're not even inside yet, Miss Tanner.
Florence Tanner : I don't have to be.
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Dr. Lionel Barrett : In essence, the house is a giant battery, the residual energy of which must inevitably be tapped by those who enter it.
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Dr. Lionel Barrett : [said repeatedly during séance] Leave a sample in the jar, please.
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Dr. Lionel Barrett : I'm sure it's nothing.
Benjamin Franklin Fischer : Are you?