The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977–1979): Season 2, Episode 15 - The House on Possessed Hill - full transcript

How old are you?

Four.

Your mommy's worried
about you,

but you want to explore

that old house on the hill.

Please help me. They're
chasing me. Who?

My little girl is dying because
of that, that monster in there.

They think I'm a witch.

JOE: She saw something.

What could she have seen?
The house?

It's alive.



What's happening?

Tonight, on the Hardy Boys,

The House on Possessed Hill.

GRANT: I see her.
She's just ahead of us.

There she is.

There she is. Come on!

Stop!

Stop! Stop!

Help me.

Please, help me.
They're chasing me. Who?

The townspeople.

Please! I don't know what
they'll do to me this time.

Oh!

Come on! Back to the cars!



Jim. Let's forget it.
Let's just forget it.

You want to tell me
what this is all about?

You wouldn't understand.

Why don't you try me.

Why don't you try me before I
dump you in the middle of the road.

Look, in most cases, I don't
mind becoming an accessory.

I would just like to know what
I'm becoming an accessory to.

I didn't do anything.

Why are those
people chasing you?

A little girl was hurt.

And we're friends.

We spend a lot
of time together.

How was she hurt?

In a car accident.

Were you involved?

No, but I saw it.

Well, if all you did was see
it, they can't blame you for it.

I saw it before it happened.

In every detail.

And I told the little girl's father
exactly how and when it would happen.

And it did.

They think I'm a witch.

Frank?

In here, Dad.

Just heard a weather report
on the news.

There's storms like this all
up and down the east coast.

Of unnatural violence.

Maybe you should postpone
your trip until the morning.

I'll be fine. I've driven in
worse storms than this.

I don't like the idea of Joe
driving down to Circle Hills in this.

He sounded tired
on the phone.

I'm sure
he'll be all right.

What's happening?

I don't know.

An earthquake?

It's some kind of a tremor.

(RUMBLING)

(GLASS SHATTERING)

Never experienced anything
like that before in my life.

There's never been an earthquake
in Bay Port, Massachusetts,

not that I can remember.

An earthquake?

Well, what else
could it have been?

I had the strangest feeling
that there was something...

What?

Nothing.

Well, don't let your
imagination run away with you.

Phil Carlson really needs
those files badly.

You sure you still
want to go on this trip?

Yeah, I'm sure.

Turn here. Right here.

What does this lead to?

The house.

What house?

The house on the hill.

Whose house on the hill?

It belongs to the dead.

Oh, the dead.

Stop here.

What is this place?

I told you.

Yeah.

Look, why did you want
to come here?

Because they won't
follow us in here.

I wouldn't follow us in there.

Wait a minute. Wait!

Hey, hey, come on.
You can't stay here.

Now, let me take you home.

They're watching us.

Who? Is there
someone in there?

Then, who?

Up there.

There's no one there. Come on,
you're going to catch pneumonia.

Let me take you home.

Wait.

Here they are. Come on!

I told you this is where
she was headed.

I'm not going in there.

Come on, it's just
an old house.

Is that all it is?

Well, then you go after her
and bring her out.

That's her house.

I'm not going to let any part
of that curse touch me.

All right. We'll wait.

They've gotta
come out sometime.

Who's that guy with her?

We'll find out.

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(DOOR CREAKING)

(CLOCK CHIMING)

Where are you?

Why didn't you answer me?

I was looking at him.

He sort of dominates
this room, don't you think?

This was his house, I know it.

I can feel it.

You couldn't have
lit this fire.

No.

Then, who did?

The house. It runs itself.

Listen, fires don't
light by themselves.

Now, I was just out
in that hallway,

and there's dust everywhere

except for one table that
is completely wiped clean.

Now, either someone is living
here, someone has been here or...

Or what?

Isn't it about time
you told me?

I mean, I don't even
know your name.

Stacey. Stacey Blain.

My name is...
Joe. I know.

You're very kind to
have helped me.

I didn't mean to drag you
into all this.

Other people's troubles
should be their own.

Yeah, well, I have a tendency of getting
involved in other people's troubles.

How did you know my name?

I know things.

I can feel things.

Things in the air around me.
Things that have happened,

or things that
are going to happen.

(SIGHS)

This house is
full of memories.

And secrets, death.

Are you saying
this house is haunted?

There are forces at work here,

terrifying forces.

What kind of a police department
do you have in this town?

I mean, what does the Sheriff
think of all this?

I think he believes them.

Terrific.

This doesn't make sense.
There are six of us.

We're going in there right now
and drag her out.

Jim, I don't think
we ought to do that.

You may want it known
all over town

that you're too scared to
go into an old house at night.

Well, I don't.
Now, let's go!

They got tired of waiting.

They won't come in here.

Yeah? See for yourself.

Maybe the phone works.

It went dead, just then.

Stacey, there's gotta be
a way out of here.

Now, they may have
the back covered,

but we're gonna have to
take that chance.

They won't come in here, Joe.
They're afraid.

Afraid of what?

Afraid of what, Stacey?

The house.

The house?

It's alive.

Did you see that? The lights
just came on by themselves.

I know.

How could that happen?

It's the girl.
She controls that house.

Jim, if you forcibly take
that girl, it's kidnapping.

That's a felony.

You're not thinking. You're
not thinking rationally.

You don't understand.

My little girl is dying because
of that, that monster in there.

I've got to get her
out of here and away,

far enough away so
that Jennifer can recover.

And I'm going to
do it tonight!

Well, I don't want
any part of it.

I don't want any part
of your witch hunt.

Don't you go running
to the Sheriff.

All right, you men,
get around back

so they can't
get out that way.

I can wait.

WOMAN ON PA: Bell captain
to the front desk.

Bell captain to
the front desk.

JEFFERSON: Well, we would have
caught her right there

if this orange van hadn't picked
her up right out of the road.

WOMAN: Who was driving it?

I don't know,
some young guy.

He took her up to
the Denham House.

MAN: An orange van.
An instrument of the devil!

Unless she took him.

Let's get out of the lobby.

Where is Denham House?

(WOMAN SCREAMING)

Okay, they're watching
the back of the house.

I think we can make
a run for it out the front.

Listen.

Can't you hear it?

Hear what?

(WOMAN SOBBING)

A girl screamed
and now she's crying.

(WOMAN SOBBING)

In soft, heartbreaking sobs.

She's so unhappy.

I don't hear anything.

I wonder if it's her.
Who?

Anne. She wrote this letter.

It's dated 1743.

There's so much
history in here,

if only I could understand it.

What is this place?

I mean, what is
happening here?

What kind of a house is this?

It was built at
the turn of the 16th century

in Denham, England,

by Lord Douglas Spencer.

His descendants lived
in it for 200 years

until the last
of the Spencers,

John and his wife Anne,
and their three children

were murdered

by a secret society.

They threatened them
to leave for weeks.

They wouldn't leave
their house.

And this was their house.

And they never did leave.

That's John Spencer.

His wife had that
same satanic look.

You can see why
the people thought

they were
the devil's children.

But they weren't. I know that.

After the death
of the Spencers,

Denham House was empty
for 150 years.

The grounds became
overgrown with weeds

and the house fell into decay.

Strange noises were heard,

and lights were seen,

and no one would come near it.

Until a family bought it
and restored it in 1895.

What happened to them?

They lived in it for 35 years.

The wife was declared insane
and the husband disappeared.

He was never heard of again.

Then it remained empty
again for 30 years,

till Mr. Cunningham bought it.

Jack Cunningham,
the financier?

He has a big estate
outside Circle Hills.

He saw this house on
a trip to England.

He had it brought back,
piece by piece,

everything intact,
all the furniture.

He went to England to
find this house.

He's a direct descendant
of the Spencers.

He was going to live in it.

What changed his mind?

The house didn't want him.

Before she died, Anne
wrote this letter to her captors.

"Nothing will ever
grow here again.

"No one will live in peace
in this house.

"It has been tainted
with your dark forces.

"Your children will be born
hairless and nail less.

"You will all
perish violently.

"God forgive you for what
you are going to do."

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

It's her. I know it is.

There's someone at the van.

They can't get in unless they
force the door or break the window.

It's... It's a young man.

He's a little older than you.

It's a relative.

Can't see him clearly.

It is Frank.

Come on,
let's get out of here.

The van!

GRANT: They're getting away.
Stop them!

Glad you could make it.

Well, I was in the area,
you know how it is.

You can't run forever.

Sheriff, you don't understand.
We're here to report that...

To report what?

Just exactly what charge
are you bringing Grant up on?

Those people were chasing her.

I mean, she was running
through those woods for her life.

Joe, take it easy.

Yeah, take it easy.

Do you know that
they were calling her a witch?

A witch!

I know what
they were calling her.

And I know what
some people think.

I don't like what happened
to you tonight,

but you can't arrest somebody
for wanting to talk to you

or following you
when you run away.

He wasn't threatening?

Did you see a gun
or any other weapon?

Well, there's nothing
I can do about it tonight.

If Grant continues
to harass you

or he actually makes
a threat, then I can act.

Oh, well, that's comforting
to know.

Don't get involved.
It's none of your business.

I'm making it my business.
Joe.

Frank, I'm not leaving
Circle Hills

until I'm sure
that she's safe.

If you're passing through
our town, pass through.

If you're staying,
I don't want to hear

either one of
your names again.

Is that clear?

Crystal.

Stacey, I'll have one
of the cars take you home.

I called your mother and
told her you were all right.

She's waiting up for you.

We'll take her.

MRS. BLAIN: Oh, Stacey,
I was so worried about you.

I'm fine, Mother,
just fine.

Goodbye.

Stacey, do you want
to talk to me?

No, I said I was fine.

Good night.

Oh, this is Dr. Mann,
Stacey's doctor.

How do you do.

It's nice to meet you.

I'm very grateful to you.

Sheriff Hollister told me how you
protected my daughter from those...

Those men.

I don't know how to thank you.

Tell us about your daughter,
Mrs. Blain.

Tell us about Stacey.

Well, I...

I'm sure Mrs. Blain's
gratitude does not extend

to discussing her daughter
with strangers, Mr. Hardy.

Dr. Mann, we probably saved
Stacey's life tonight.

There was an angry mob
out there,

chasing her
and calling her a witch

and wanting to
run her out of town.

Now, we've become
friends with her,

and we'd like to
help her if we could.

I see.

How long has your daughter
been able to see things?

Predict the future?

Why don't you all
come and sit down?

Stacey's always been
highly strung.

When she was very small,
my husband and I realized

right away that
she was different.

I mean, she has
a strange intensity.

She'll tell you what's
going to happen to you

or can tell
if something's wrong.

Precognition?

I treated Stacey,

even took her to New York once
to see a colleague of mine there.

MRS. BLAIN: Nothing helped.

She has a strange fascination
with the supernatural.

That house on the hill.

What is Stacey's association
with that house?

I'll never forget the night
she came home from there.

The police brought her,

sobbing and crying,
and talking about the house,

the evil there.

I had told her never to
go to Possessed Hill.

That's what they call it here,
Possessed Hill.

For days and days, she cried.

She'd never tell us what she was
upset about or what frightened her.

How old was she?

Four.

How long have the townspeople
considered her some sort of witch?

Oh, since she was about eight.

She'd tell people something
was going to happen to them,

and then it happened,

and they were
frightened by it.

And so was she.

You know, I think the
answer is pretty simple.

Stacey is psychic.
She's clairvoyant.

Some people consider
that a gift.

Well, it's not right.
It's not meant to be.

I don't know how long we
can stay here in Circle Hills.

It's always been our home.

A witch. A witch!

From what you've told me,
this girl does sound a little weird.

That's never
stopped us before.

That's true.

Do you know she knew my name
before I told her?

She knew that was you outside
getting into the van, too.

I never met
anyone like her.

I didn't say anything.

Yeah, yeah,
you were thinking it.

I was thinking that Dad sent
us to Circle Hills to do a job,

not to turn the whole town
against us.

Joe, maybe we should
leave it alone.

Maybe the Sheriff's right.

Maybe we shouldn't
be involved.

We can't pick up every emotional
stray we run into, can we?

Is that what you really think?

No, but I thought I'd try it
on for size, see if I like it.

I didn't like it.
Let's help her.

FRANK: You know, it's almost
3:00 in the morning.

I suggest we get some sleep.

Joe.

Somehow, I don't think
I have your full attention.

Sorry, I...

I just can't get that house
out of my mind. I mean...

There's something happening
up there, Frank. I know it.

The fireplace was lit
when we got there.

There's a connection.
I know there's a connection

between Stacey and that house.

I think we should go
back there.

We will, in the morning,
in daylight.

Frank, you're not scared of
going there at night, are you?

I think that captures
the spirit of it.

Okay, okay.

I guess I can face
the demons of the night alone.

See you in the morning.

(SIGHS)

Brothers.

I wonder if Hitchcock's
seen this place.

Well, at least the place
is hospitable.

That's how Stacey talked
about it,

like it had an identity
of its own.

Forget I mentioned it.

JOE: Some place, huh?

Yeah, nice.

Frank.

This fire shouldn't
be burning this hot.

It shouldn't be burning
like that at all.

As a matter of fact,
it was almost out when...

Someone stoked this fire
since I left.

I'll check out
the first floor.

Okay, I'll look upstairs and see if
there is anything in any of the bedrooms.

Why don't you... Why don't
you see if there's a basement?

Thanks.

It's a dirty job,
but somebody's gotta do it.

(RUSTLING)

(RUSTLING)

(WOMAN SOBBING)

(WOMAN SOBBING)

(TINNY CARNIVAL MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC STOPS)

(WOMAN SOBBING)

Stacey,

why did you come back here?

The house called me.

Memories locked inside.

I can't get them
out of my head.

What?

A terrible thing, a tragedy.

And I was there
when it happened.

I saw it all.

What did you see?

When it was over, I ran
all the way home, crying.

Is that who you heard crying
in your head earlier? Yourself?

No, that was Anne.

Her bad memories are
locked inside this house, too.

Stacey, you have to
tell me what you saw.

You have to tell me
what frightened you.

Where did you see it that
night all those years ago?

Where...

Where've you been?

I found someone
in the basement.

He saw me and ran,
so I went after him.

Unfortunately, he got away.

Would you recognize him again
if you saw him?

Yeah, I got a good look
at his face.

You know, he seems familiar. I think
I've seen that face somewhere before.

I just can't remember where.

Good.

Stacey, we're going to
take you home now, okay?

I don't think the house
wants you here tonight.

No, not tonight.

(TINNY CARNIVAL MUSIC PLAYING)

WOMAN ON PA: Mr. Enright,
please pick up a house phone.

Mr. Enright, pick up
a house phone, please.

For a minute, I thought
we were going to our room.

Yeah.

That guy you tackled,

you said you could recognize
him again if you saw him.

I think so.

Well, was it someone
you knew personally?

No, not personally.

Someone you saw on television,
maybe on the news.

No, it wasn't television.

In the newspaper. I've seen
that face before in a newspaper.

Recently?

I think so, some crime.

Do you remember
where the crime took place?

I think it had something to do
with Circle Hills.

For a sleepy little town, they sure
know how to fill up a weekly paper.

Some of this stuff's
almost interesting.

I just wish we knew
what we were looking for.

We're looking for a face, a
face I think I've seen before.

You know, I think we've
gone back too far.

I think it was more recent.

No, wait.

What? What is it?

It's our man.

Saturday, August 12, 1959.

You couldn't have seen
this story before.

You were a baby.

Don't you remember? They
reviewed the case last year.

It was in all
the papers and magazines.

Allyn, the guy in front here,
was still claiming he was innocent.

They gave him a retrial
and his sentence was reduced.

In fact,
he'd be paroled by now.

What happened to his partner?

He's still in jail. He confessed to
masterminding the whole thing.

Frank, it says there were three
people involved in the robbery.

They never found
the third man.

Everyone assumed that he'd
made off with all the money.

So they never found the
half-million dollars either, right?

No.

And Allyn and his partner
were found here in Circle Hills.

How old would
you say Stacey is?

Twenty-two, 23.

And at the time of the Jackson
robbery, she'd have been about...

Four.

That was the time she came running
down from the house on the hill,

crying and upset.

Something that's disturbed
her ever since.

She was saying she was, uh...
Something happened. She was...

Something terrible, a tragedy.

She saw something.

What could she have seen?

Well, I think there is only one
person who can tell us that.

Stacey.

And she can't remember.

She could
if she were four, again.

How old are you?

Four.

And what kind of a day
did you have today, Stacey?

I played with
my friend, Sarah.

We were playing Laramie,

and I'm Jess and she's Slim.

But then she had to go home because
her mommy had to go to the market.

And I fell down
and hurt my knee.

And does it hurt now?

No, it's all right.

This is my doll, Matilda.

I call her that because my daddy
brought her all the way from Australia.

He's coming home
for Christmas.

It's late now.

Very late.

You should be home,

but you've wandered off
on your own.

You do that a lot, I know.

Your mommy's worried
about you,

but you want to explore

that old house on the hill.

How did you get in?

The back door was open.

What's it like in here?

Scary.

What do you hear, Stacey?

Voices.

Where are they coming from?

Down there.

The basement.

What is it, Stacey?
What is it?

Men.

Stacey.

Fighting.

You're known,
don't you understand that?

You're the first guy
they'll try and track down.

You've got to go undercover.

Two men are shouting.

What else, Stacey?
What else are they doing?

BLAKE: ...$500,000
and not even my own mother.

We took that bank together and
we're taking the money together.

We're getting out of the country
through my connections, Blake.

You seem to forget that.

We do it my way
or there's no plane.

One of them is putting flour
in the wall.

Flour?

Flour sacks, white sacks.

In the wall.

In the wall where, Stacey?
Show us.

Stacey, what's happening?

It's all right.
Don't be afraid.

We're here with you.

Show us where
the men were fighting.

Show us where they were
putting the sacks in the wall.

We're here with you.

Here.

Here, Stacey?

Wait a minute. Wait, Joe.

Joe.

That's what happened
to the third man.

And the money.

Thank you, you saved me
a lot of trouble.

You two, against the wall.

Get away from there.

Nineteen years.

Nineteen years
I've waited to find this.

What are you going to
do with it?

What I intended to
do with it then.

I'm going to take it.

Your partner never told you

he was going to bury it all.

No, but I knew it was
somewhere in this house.

And what about us?

What about you?

I don't think anyone's going
to come up here to look for you.

(FOOTSTEPS)

JOE: Hold him!

(HANDCUFFS LOCKING)

All right, get up.

You got to break yourself
of that habit.

You could hurt yourself.

I'll try and remember that.

You got here
just in time.

Yeah, I heard you were up here

working on some kind
of an experiment.

Grant had made some more
threats against Stacey.

I wanted to see if
she was all right.

I've got some men outside.

After I deliver him,

I think somebody
around here should tell me

what in the blue-eyed world
is going on.

It's all right.

Everything's all right now.

What happened?

I'll tell you
when you grow up.

Be happy to know that Grant's
daughter is going to recover.

Now, I talked to the Sheriff.

He said there won't be
any more harassment.

And, apparently,
there's quite a reward

for the recovery of
the Jackson bank money.

10% goes to you.

Really?
Yeah.

I know that Dr. Mann wants you
to see some parapsychologists,

but don't worry about it.

I mean, what you have
is a gift.

And you should
treat it as such.

Don't be frightened by it.

You're such
a good person, Joe.

Be happy.

You, too.

I'll see you again.

I know.

Goodbye.

Thank you.

Bye.

Hi, how are you?
I'm good.

That's quite a girl.

I didn't say anything.
Did you hear me say anything?

You didn't have to.

I gave Phil Carlson Dad's files,
and he gave me the package.

He apologized for being
a day late coming home.

He said he knows that,
after living here 20 years,

not much happens
in Circle Hills,

and we must have
been pretty bored.

Of course, you told him
we were.

Let's go.

That place does look
kind of alive, doesn't it?

Joe, there's
a reasonable explanation

for everything that's
taken place here.

Yeah?

The house in Bay Port was hit
by a freak earth tremor.

The Sheriff had said that

a freak bolt of lightning hit
the power station in Jackson.

That's why all
the lights came on.

The fire in the fireplace
was lit by Allyn,

that's whose presence
you felt.

And Stacey only heard a
girl crying in her imagination,

probably herself.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

Frank?

Frank!
What?

Hmm.

Never mind.
Let's just get out of here.