Witchery Page #2

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Miss Donovan.

We are not millionaires.

Yet.

Why was it so difficult to

find someone to

take us to this island?

Oh, you know, sailors are

weird, superstitious.

They've got a bunch of

legends about this island.

Witches and rainbows and sh*t.

If you want my opinion,

you're gonna make

a killing on this place.

Okay, push this button

here, that will make...

the tape start, so you

can hear music.

Then push stop.

And this button here is so you

can record your own voice.

Jane loves Tommy very much.

Then we can play it back.

[CLICKS]

Jane loves Tommy very much.

I love you, Jane.

I love you, Jane.

I love you, Jane. I love you, Jane.

I love you, Jane.

- Do you want some coffee?

- No, thanks.

That's amazing these

old projectors.

God knows how

this thing got here,

but I'd sure like

to get it to work.

Sh*t! Somebody is coming.

- So what?

- It's a private island.

I know.

I thought you asked permission

to visit the island

and do research.

- I did.

- So?

They didn't give it to me.

Oh, God, you're a genius

forgetting us into trouble.

[SEAGULLS SCREECHING]

Come on.

Listen, if you're not back

here before low tide,

I'm leaving without you.

We'll be back, Sam.

Scout's honor.

I mean it.

Hard-nosed bastard!

Well, it's your own

damn fault, Rose.

If you had given him a decent tip,

he would've softened up.

ROSE:
I thought it was

in better shape!

JERRY:
Oh, don't worry

about that.

A coat of paint and this

place will be good as new.

And look at that view!

Quiet, tranquil, isolated.

Let's have a look inside.

I think you're gonna

change your mind

as soon as

you see the interior.

You know, this place is

quite a find...

Oh, you folks are gonna be very

happy with this investment.

I think with just a few minor

renovations you'll find that...

[THUD]

it virtually pays for itself.

I think in about a year, you'll

be living here rent-free.

Let's take a look at the

grand salon .

You'll find that this room

is quite spacious, as all

the rooms on this floor are.

[ROSE SIGHS]

This place is a wreck!

It's going to cost me a

goddamn fortune to fix it up.

That you bought for a sumway below....

below market value.

It was a lucky coincidence.

The owners were

desperate to sell.

In fact, had they given

us any kind of a time frame,

we could've gotten

double what we paid for it.

We were very shrewd to grabit

when we did, sight unseen.

- You really think so?

- [SCOFFS]

You think I don't know?

No doubt about it.

Well, now let's go check out

that kitchen.

It's newly renovated,

pipes and wiring,

has a wonderful double

gas stove and a really...

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

This house shouldn't

cost that much to rebuild.

The structure has good bones.

Well, maybe so, but it

looks like a lot of work to me.

MR. BROOKS:
This place

gives me the shivers.

Don't worry about that. Have the

heating fixed up in a snap.

[PANTING]

[DOOR CREAKING]

- You live here?

- Nobody lives here, Tommy.

Nobody.

[SEAGULLS SCREECHING]

[SIGHS]

Just figures these people

would turn up today.

They couldn't wait until tomorrow,

we're leaving anyway.

I think we should just

make a run for it.

Got plenty of pictures, jump

in the Zodiac, out of here.

They'll nail us and

figure we're thieves.

That's a dumb idea.

That's a dumb idea.

What do you suggest?

- Let's wait until they leave.

- Sh*t!

[WHISPERS] The hot plate.

MR. BROOKS:
It's still hot.

Someone's been here,

just now.

Or...

someone lives here.

It's impossible. I assure

you, nobody has been here.

Besides, my father would

have told me.

No one's lived here for years.

Years!

The last person,

that's what they say,

was a woman, a movie actress.

She was shooting a picture here

and fell in love with the place.

I mean, really, let's face it.

This is a wonderful building.

Have you ever seen

such elegance?

Anyway, I guess she decided

to pack it in and stay here.

- Alone?

- Well, that I don't know.

All I know is she must

have been a little crazy.

My father remembers her.

He saw her in the movies

when he was a kid.

In the end, she was kind of

like, um... like Gloria Swanson.

In Sunset Boulevard.

Well, if this is her, got to

give her credit. Not bad.

They say at a certain point

she quit the movies all together,

because she didn't want

people to see her getting old.

Her last picture never even

came out!

I guess she

paid off the producers

not to put it on the market.

At any rate, by the time

she retired, she was already...

retirement age.

She couldn't possibly

still be alive.

LINDA:
And if she were?

[SIGHS]

Aah!

[PANTING]

[PANTING]

[WATER SPLASHING]

Oh!

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

[LAUGHTER]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[CHATTER CONTINUES]

[SCREAMS]

[ANGRY SCREAMS]

[JANE GASPS]

[GASPING]

[EVIL LAUGHTER]

[THUD]

JANE:
No! My baby.

What are you talking about,

dear?

Jane, calm down, honey.

- What happened?

- I...I don't know.

I don't know.

It's like something pulled me

down in there.

Are you okay now? Come on

downstairs and we'll lie down.

I don't know what happened,

but I am not crazy!

Uh, the tide's going out.

I think we'd all better

get back to the boat.

Yes, good idea. I think I've had

enough of this island.

- GARY:
Hey, they're leaving.

- LESLIE:
Great!

I think I have enough

for my book.

I don't feel like hanging

around here anymore.

- Let's just go.

- Okay.

I'll go get the hot plate,

unless they made off with it.

Now what do we do?

I told you to tip him!

Jane isn't well, we have

to get back to Boston.

Daddy, I'm all right.

Don't worry.

But I want to get off

the island right now!

Sir, I just don't think

that's feasible right now.

Why don't we all go back

in the house and wait?

When my father finds out

we're not back yet,

he'll take care of everything.

I certainly hope so.

You know, this is all your fault,

you trusted that idiot.

Nice lady, huh?

Don't envy you having to work

with her for the next 6 months.

TOMMY:
She told me she lived

here for years and years.

But I met her yesterday

in a park.

JANE:
What did she look like?

TOMMY:
Pretty old

and dressed in black.

Look, there she is,

the woman in black.

- [GARY WHISTLING]

- [FOOTSTEPS]

- Oops!

- Who are you?

Uh... Hi, my name is Gary.

I'm a photographer and I came to

the island with a friend of mine

to shoot some pictures of

that crazy witch's light.

You know very well that

this is private property

and you're not supposed to

be here without permission.

- What witch's light?

- Oh, nothing.

It's an old wives' tale.

Told you, people in this area

have very weird superstitions.

And that's why I was determined

to visit this island.

It's a mystery which

fascinates me.

Oh, all right. What the hell?

Goddamn it, the mystery now is

how to get off this island!

I can help you there.

My Zodiac is parked outside.

Obviously, we can't all fit.

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