The Dunwich Horror Page #4

Synopsis: H.P. Lovecraft meets Hollywood: Wilbur Whateley wants to help the Old Ones break through by consulting the Necronomicon, and Armitage must stop him. Attractive females are added to fill out the plot.
Genre: Horror
Director(s): Daniel Haller
Production: AIP
 
IMDB:
5.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
17%
R
Year:
1970
90 min
401 Views


TRANSPORT THE SPIRIT.

YOG-SOTHOTH...

ACCEPT THIS MAN INTO

THE DEATH OF DARKNESS.

HEAR ME, OLD ONES,

FOR YOUR TIME IS COMING.

THIS DEATH SHALL MARK

THE BEGINNING:

OF YOUR JOURNEY.

YOG-SOTHOTH.

YOG-SOTHOTH.

YOG-SOTHOTH.

[Trucks approaching]

SEE? I TOLD YOU

HE WAS HERE.

HE'S BURYING

THE OLD MAN.

LIKE HELL,

HE IS!

FROM DARKNESS WE CAME--

[Man] ALL RIGHT, HOLD IT!

WE BURY OUR TRASH

AT THE COUNTY DUMP,

NOT HERE!

THIS IS A CHRISTIAN

CEMETERY.

NO PLACE HERE:

FOR YOUR KIND.

FROM DARKNESS:

WE CAME--

I SAID HOLD IT!

GIVE ME THAT BOOK.

NOW, YOU GET OUT HERE.

YOU TAKE YOUR:

GARBAGE WITH YOU!

WHEN I'M FINISHED.

YOU'RE FINISHED NOW!

ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON!

HOLD ON, YOU TWO!

WHAT IN HELL ARE YOU

TRYING TO DO?

I WAS TRYING TO BURY

MY GRANDFATHER.

WE GOT FAMILY:

BURIED HERE.

WE DON'T WANT

NO WHATELEYS:

AMONG THEM.

WE OWN THIS PLOT,

AND I HAVE THE RIGHT

TO USE IT.

[Crowd jeering]

NO ONE'S GETTING

BURIED JUST YET.

THERE'S BEEN NO

DEATH CERTIFICATE

ISSUED ON THIS BODY.

WE'LL HAVE

TO TAKE IT BACK:

TILL IT'S ALL

STRAIGHTENED OUT LEGALLY.

COME ON, NANCY.

NOW, NANCY,

YOU'LL WAIT

RIGHT HERE, WON'T YOU?

I'LL WAIT.

PUT IT BACK.

[Drops book]

PICK IT UP.

[Telephone dialing]

UNH!

[Telephone rings]

HELLO?

UH, CORY HERE.

RASKIN JUST TELEPHONED

ME FROM THE ASYLUM.

I THOUGHT:

YOU'D WANT TO KNOW.

LAVINIA IS DYING.

FROM WHAT?

WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, I'M NOT SURE,

BUT IT SOUNDS AS IF

ALL HELL'S

BREAKING LOOSE.

WELL, CAN WE GO

OVER THERE?

I'LL PICK YOU UP.

NO, IT'LL BE FASTER

IF I MEET YOU THERE.

OH, DO YOU REMEMBER THE GIRL

THAT WAS WITH ME YESTERDAY?

YES.

I STILL HAVEN'T BEEN

ABLE TO REACH HER.

IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME.

SHE WAS TALKING:

WITH YOUR NURSE.

WELL, CORA'S RIGHT HERE,

I'LL ASK HER.

CORA, THE GIRL

WITH DR. ARMITAGE,

SHE DIDN'T

HAPPEN TO SAY:

WHERE SHE:

WAS GOING,

DID SHE?

WHY NO, DOCTOR.

WELL, I'M SORRY,

ARMITAGE,

YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK.

I'LL SEE YOU

AT THE ASYLUM.

ALL RIGHT. OK.

NOW, CORA, I WON'T

BE BACK TONIGHT,

SO WHY DON'T YOU

LEAVE ALL THAT WORK

TILL THE MORNING?

NO, I'D RATHER GET IT DONE

THIS EVENING, DOCTOR.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, SUIT YOURSELF.

AND BE SURE YOU--

BE SURE YOU:

LOCK UP, WON'T YOU?

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

[Moaning]

[Heavy breathing]

[Doctor] WE'VE DONE

EVERYTHING WE CAN.

BLOOD PRESSURE, PULSE,

RESPIRATION--

EVERYTHING IS SKY-HIGH.

SO IT CAN'T LAST

MUCH LONGER.

[Panting]

[Armitage]

WHAT CAUSED IT?

[Doctor]

I WISH I KNEW.

[Moaning]

[Armitage]

LISTEN.

[Birds shrieking]

[Cory] THE BIRDS ARE

IN RHYTHM WITH HER BREATHING.

[Moaning]

LISTEN!

[Lavinia] YES...MY SON.

[Panting]

[Birds shrieking]

SHE'S FINISHED.

THEY'VE STOPPED.

WHAT WAS SHE MUTTERING?

THE BIRDS.

THAT CHANT.

THE NECRONOMICON.

DR. CORY,

I'VE GOT TO GET TO

THE LIBRARY RIGHT AWAY.

[Thunder]

LAND OF LIGHT...

THE ARMY OF DARKNESS

SHALL SWEEP DOWN.

THEY ARE GATHERED LIKE

A HORDE OF AVENGERS,

LIFE WITHIN LIFE,

THE POWER THAT SUMMONS.

COME BACK, OLD ONES...

PRINCES OF DARKNESS,

AND REPOSSESS THE EARTH.

[Inaudible]

[Speaking ancient,

cryptic language]

YOG-SOTHOTH.

YOG-SOTHOTH.

YOG-SOTHOTH.

[Speaking ancient,

cryptic language]

[With echo] I SUMMON YOU.

COME, BROTHER OF DARKNESS.

LEAVE YOUR PRISON

AND HELP ME:

BRING THE OLD ONES THROUGH.

BROTHER OF MY BLOOD,

MY SOUL, I SUMMON YOU.

THE TIME HAS ARRIVED.

NOW WE WAIT NO LONGER.

WE MUST ACT.

UPON THIS SACRIFICE,

SHALL THE JOURNEY BEGIN.

[Heartbeat]

[Heartbeat]

[Whateley]

"YOG-O-OTH. YOG-O-OTH.

"JOIN THE CIRCLE,

COMPLETE THE CHAIN.

"YOG-SOTHOTH IS THE GATE

"WHEREBY THE SPHERES MEET.

"AND WITH THE GATE OPEN,

"THE OLD ONES SHALL BE.

"MAN RULES NOW

WHERE THEY RULED ONCE.

"THEY WAIT,

PATIENT AND POTENT,

"FOR HERE THEY SHALL

REIGN AGAIN,

"AND RULE WHERE THEY

ONCE WALKED.

"THE OLD ONES

BROKE THROUGH OF OLD,

"AND THEY SHALL

BREAK THROUGH AGAIN."

YOG-SOTHOTH!

[Woman]

WE THANK THEE, O LORD,

FOR THE FOOD WE ARE

ABOUT TO TAKE:

FOR THE NOURISHMENT

OF OUR BODIES.

AMEN.

[Growling]

SOMETHING'S

BOTHERING RUSTY.

BEEN ACTING STRANGE,

ALL RIGHT.

[Dog barking]

WHAT'S THE MATTER,

BABY LAMB?

[Growls]

[Neighs]

[Whining]

[Growls]

[Growling]

[Barking]

[Barking]

[Horse neighs]

[Barking]

[Barking]

[Horse neighs]

[Heartbeat]

[Gunshot]

[Gunshot]

[Neighs]

[Bellows]

[Bellowing]

[Ringing]

PLEASE...

LUCILLE?

[Crashing]

[Heartbeat]

AH!

[Inaudible]

[Thunder]

THE GATE IS:

OPENING NOW.

WE DON'T HAVE

LONG TO WAIT.

YOU'RE ONE OF US NOW.

[Thunder]

IT'S TIME.

[Thunder]

YOU SAW WHAT WILBUR DID

TO GET THE BOOK.

HE'S GOING TO TRY TO LET

THE OLD ONES THROUGH.

WHETHER THEY EXIST OR NOT

DOESN'T MATTER.

HE'S NOT RESPONSIBLE

FOR HIS ACTIONS.

IF YOU'RE RIGHT, HOW ARE

WE GOING TO HANDLE IT?

WHAT? SOMETHING'S

GOING ON.

WELL, THAT'S

THE COLE PLACE.

[Dr. Cory]

HARRISON.

[Sheriff] I TRIED TO

CALL YOU, DOC.

WHAT'S HAPPENED?

ALL HELL'S

BUSTED LOOSE.

[Reeger]

DAMN WHATELEYS.

NO MAN WOULD HAVE MUTILATED

THE BODIES THAT WAY.

I DON'T SAY

THE WHATELEYS DID IT,

BUT DAMN IT,

THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE.

SETTLE DOWN, REEGER.

SETTLE DOWN? THERE'RE

DEAD PEOPLE IN THERE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN

SETTLE DOWN?

REEGER'S RIGHT.

[Crowd clamors]

LET'S GO

GET THEM!

YOU CAN'T DO THIS.

YOU STOP THEM,

REEGER, OR I WILL.

[Man] WELL, LET'S GO!

MY FAMILY'S NOT GONNA--

COME ON,

LET'S GO!

STOP! STOP, YOU CAN'T

KILL WILBUR WHATELEY.

HE DIDN'T DO THIS,

BUT HE MAY BE:

THE ONLY MAN:

WHO CAN SAVE US:

FROM WHAT DID.

[Man] WHY SHOULD

WE LISTEN TO YOU?

WELL, YOU ALL KNOW ME.

I DELIVERED:

MOST OF YOU.

I'M TELLING YOU

TO LISTEN TO THIS MAN.

HE'S THE ONLY ONE

WHO CAN HELP US.

[Man] WHAT DO YOU

WANT ME TO DO?

[Clamoring]

GET IN YOUR CARS,

AND MEET US AT:

THE WHATELEY PLACE.

COME ON.

[Heartbeat]

[Wind howling]

AH!

[Groans]

[Heartbeat]

AH!

AH!

[Cracking]

LISTEN!

[Heartbeat]

[Wind howling]

WHAT IN GOD'S NAME

IS THAT?

I'VE NEVER HEARD

ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

HENRY, IT'S REALLY

HAPPENING, ISN'T IT?

IT'S MOVING

TOWARD THE HILL.

THE DEVIL'S

HOPYARD.

WE'VE GOT

TO GET UP THERE.

[Moaning]

[Moaning]

ALL RIGHT, NOW,

LET'S ALL SPREAD OUT,

AND ALL OF YOU,

STAY ON YOUR TOES.

[Man] HURRY UP,

LET'S GO.

[Man] START UP THAT WAY.

YOU ALL RIGHT,

REEGER?

YEAH.

GO ON,

I'LL CATCH UP.

I JAMMED:

THE DAMN RIFLE.

[Man] YOU FIND

ANYTHING?

[Heartbeat]

[Wind howling]

[Heartbeat]

[Growling]

[Gunshot]

[Growling]

AH!

[Reeger]

AH!

[Growling]

[Growling]

[Reeger]

AH!

[Loud growling]

[Reeger]

AH!

[Speaking ancient,

cryptic language]

[Moaning]

[Thunder]

MY GOD,

WHAT'S HE DOING?

[Moaning]

[Speaking ancient,

cryptic language]

[Speaking ancient,

cryptic language]

[Thunder]

YOG-SOTHOTH.

YOG-SOTHOTH.

YOG-SOTHOTH.

[Speaking ancient,

cryptic language]

YOG-SOTHOTH.

[Thunder]

YOG-SOTHOTH.

YOG-SOTHOTH!

[Speaking ancient,

cryptic language]

[Thunder]

[Speaking ancient,

cryptic language]

AH!

[Roaring]

NO.

OH, NO. NO.

I'M SORRY, NANCY.

THERE WERE 2 CHILDREN

BORN THAT NIGHT:

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Curtis Hanson

Curtis Lee Hanson (March 24, 1945 – September 20, 2016) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. His directing work included the psychological thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), the neo-noir crime film L.A. Confidential (1997), the comedy Wonder Boys (2000), the hip hop drama 8 Mile (2002), and the romantic comedy-drama In Her Shoes (2005). Hanson won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1998, for co-writing L.A. Confidential with Brian Helgeland. more…

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