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Houses are alive.
This is something we know.
News from our nerve endings.
If we 're quiet...
...if we listen...
...we can hear houses breathe.
Sometimes in the depth of night, we hear them groan.
It's as if they're having bad dreams.
A good house cradles and comforts.
A had one fills us with instinctive unease.
Bad houses hate our warmth, our humanness.
That blind hate of our humanity is what we mean by the word "haunted."
Steve? Are you all right?
Yeah.
It stopped.
I heard it ton. But it stopped.
What did you hear?
There were words. It wasn't clear. Did any of you...
I might have heard something. It may have been my imagination.
- What was it? - I don't know. I'm not psychic.
You tested me yourself. So there's no real...
What? What are you looking at?
Nothing.
Pam.
Can you come here?
Well. We might as well get started.
Will you“?
All right.
Emers. Old boy. Give us a hand. It seems to be the butler's day off.
- Don't call me that. - Come on.
For $5000 you can carry a couple boxes.
I am not being paid for my services as a porter.
Pam. You all right?
Hey, I thought this house was empty.
You would he Mr. Bollinger, I believe. The reporter.
I'm Bollinger, but how did you know?
Come in. Sir. You were expected.
This way.
Come in. Sir. You were expected.
This way.
How old were you when you got lost in there? Eight? Nine?
- What? - The room with coloured light.
The smell of sawdust.
What happened? What did you see?
What? What frightened you?
I don't know what you're talking about.
You know. Don't you?
But you're not saying.
What is it?
- It's cold. Cold metal. That's all. - No. But you spoke.
There was something there. But it's gone.
I didn't like the way it felt.
The caretaker left it after he let in the equipment guys.
- He'll miss it. - Not after summer.
In September there won't be a gate to open.
There's a flash light for everyone. Keep it on you at all times.
The power's usually fine.
If it goes out. I don't suppose the fuse box does much good?
Nope. Neither does calling Puget Sound Energy.
- And your equipment? - If the power goes. It uses batteries.
We better get started.
Where's Annie?
She's wonderful.
Friday afternoon, 3:17 p.m.
We've experienced our first paranormal phenomenon: a phantom draft.
I insist that you don't go exploring on your own.
The geography can seem unstable.
Let's double up on sleeping arrangements. I'll share with Cathy.
The three of us could go in.
I'll sleep with Emery. We'll raid the fridge.
No. The bedrooms are safe. Just don't wander off.
- I think you'll find this interesting. - Wow.
You could make Thanksgiving dinner for a hundred people here.
- Maybe after the place was fumigated. - You're such a charmer.
Was I talking to you?
Ellen Rimbauer called this the Health Room.
We call it a solarium.
A rail road executive. George Meader. Drinking buddy...
...of John Rimbauer. Died in here just after the end of WWI.
According to a doctor, he was stung by a bee.
He died of an extreme allergic reaction.
As I told you. In Rose Red's heyday. Men didn't fair well here.
That's not very reassuring.
Nothing to worry about. Just use the buddy system in the house.
- Now... - Whoa.
What?
What's this?
- The caretaker leave that too? - Doubt it.
- Well. Then who? - Press redial and see who answers.
You've reached Professor Miller of the Psychology department.
I'm unable to answer the phone. Leave a message. But remember Shakespeare:
- Who is it? - Brevity is the soul of wit.
This is Joyce Reardon's friend. Steven Rimbauer.
We found your property in Rose Red.
I'm sure you didn't drop it. Since we just saw you. But I know who did.
The guy who wrote the story. Trespassing isn't serious.
Abetting a trespasser is less serious. But your dignity will take a hit.
Guess who will be on next week's newspaper cover?
- You have a nice clay. - Bravo. Steve. Bravo.
- You can't be certain that's his phone. - Of course it is.
I bet one of the numbers in memory is that son of a bitch Bollinger.
If the reporter had the phone. Where is he?
Maybe the house ate him. Isn't that what it's supposed to do?
Something that he doesn't believe in frightened him. And he ran off.
- Perhaps he's still in the house. - Then we'll find him.
- Come on. Folks... - You sure we shouldn't notify somebody?
Why should we? If he's here. He's trespassing. Like Steve said.
If we call the cops. We'll have half a dozen police...
...roiling up the atmosphere. And he'll win!
That pig Miller will win. And I can't have it.
Okay? I just won't. I can't.
It's okay. He doesn't get to win.
And if we find Bollinger. We spank him and send him on his way.
- Sounds good to me. - Yeah. Me too.
On with the show?
On with the show.
It's a pity no one kept up those vines.
There hasn't been a grounds keeper since Omicron Oil fell off the board.
We're in the kitchen because...
...Joyce wants to tell you about my great-aunt April.
- Go on. - Are you sure?
Sure. That's what we're here for. Besides. It was before my time.
April was 6 when she disappeared. Her brother Adam was in boarding school.
- Boarding school at 8? - It was Rimbauer's idea.
Ellen ranted and raved. But John put his foot down and kept it down.
He didn't trust Rose Red even then. This was the last place...
...April was ever seen.
Sukeena stepped into the pantry over there...
...for what she swore was no more than 30 seconds. When she came out...
April?
April. Honey. Where are you?
April?
Fifty men searched the house and grounds. They found nothing.
Not so much as a lock of hair or a thread from her dress.
Great-Grandfather. Convinced of Sukeena's guilt. Took her downtown.
Ellen objected in the strongest terms, but John declined to listen.
- She's innocent! - Ellen. Stop it!
Please. John! Sukeena!
She was taken to a room and questioned for 50 hours. No sleep. No food...
...no bathroom breaks. No mercy.
I don't know.
She was gone.
I don't know.
She convinced them she didn't know about April's disappearance. But...
...it cost her three teeth. A broken nose and a broken wrist.
Eventually. Ellen's maid was allowed to return home again.
I mean. The only home she had left.
When do we go upstairs? I hear that's where the weird stuff is.
No time like the present.
Come on. Everybody.
I didn't notice that one before.
Neither did I.
Could you try to remember who's running this expedition?
- Sure. - Thanks.
Come here. Please.
Tie your rope to that pole. It'll help us find our way back.
Couldn't we just go and get the plans?
- The plans don't always mean a lot. - It's a safety measure.
Sn follow me, and prepare to be amazed.
Ellen called this the Perspective Hallway.
Her first major addition. And no architect designed it.
She made it up herself? Way to go. Ellen.
But she didn't.
Then who?
Sukeena.
- Her maid? - Her companion.
It's so wild. Like something in a fun house.
Oh. It's making my stomach turn.
I guess they're pieces built in perspective.
Camouflaging the doors was Great-Gram's idea.
She didn't want them to spoil the illusion.
Bollinger! Hey. Bollinger. Are you in there?
Whoa!
Annie. No!
Ne!
You be quiet!
You wanted this place to wake up. I'd say you've been successful.
Does she ever get assertive, or does she always waffle like that?
She doesn't talk much. But what she says. She means.
- I'll say. - In the mid-60s...
...a team of scientists spent some time investigating Rose Red...
...and heard the house scream.
They recorded them. Although they don't sound impressive.
- And what did they conclude? - That it was underground water.
Perhaps amplified by the water pipes under this part of Seattle.
Underground water?
People facing these phenomena tend to protect their belief systems.
This hallway was the last place Ellen Rimbauer was ever seen.
They moved in on January 15th, 1909.
Each January 15th, Ellen wore the same dress she wore when they arrived.
Ellen threw a party every January 15th and everybody showed up.
Politicians, hoodlums. Sports players, stars.
When the actress disappeared. The parties stopped.
Finish telling us about old Mrs. Rimbauer.
She disappeared on January 15th. 1950. She was 70.
A maid wished her good evening...
...and she swept by as if she didn't even hear.
And that was the last anyone ever saw of her.
Come on. Lots more to see.
This is the gymnasium.
The exercise equipment is out-of-date.
This room demands a particular form of exercise.
- What...? How“? - It's the mirror library.
It's not in the plans. I remember seeing it as a boy.
They're not in the plans? How can it not be in the plans?
Here's a camera.
Not good. Not good at all. "The property of Kevin Bollinger."
- Mr. Bollinger. Are you here? - What's wrong?
I said this might happen. Just use your flash lights.
- We should go back downstairs. - Nonsense.
Oh. My...! Look.
Steve. Roll tape. Roll tape!
Annie.
Annie. No.
Annie. Don't touch it.
Annie. No!
Annie, come home.
Come with me.
Stop her! Somebody's got to stop her!
Are you okay?
- How did you know to do that? - I don't know. I just did it.
- Take it. I don't want it. - Here. Give it to me.
Try and get some good pictures of them being psychic.
What's that supposed to mean?
It's someone talking to Bollinger.
- I bet I know who. - Ls he alive? Can you tell?
He was when he dropped this camera. I don't know.
We ought to get out of here.
Okay. Folks. Let's head back downstairs. Break time.
Thank God.
Wait.
It's not the same.
- The hallway. - No. Nonsense.
He's right. We're not going the way we came.
- What in heaven's name is that? - What's going on?
The building started again. You wanted to wake the place up.
Now you got what you wanted.
- Who's building. And what? - I don't know.
You're lying.
No. I'm not lying.
Is it too hard to remember? Or too frightening to remember?
It's gone. It stopped.
I suggest we go downstairs before it starts again.
Annie. I need your help.
Now put your hand here. And push from here.
Annie. What are you doing?
- Nick. - Not now. Joyce.
Annie!
That wasn't funny.
Okay. I know another way down. There might be something worth seeing.
- Are you sure you know the way? - Yes.
Oh. My God.
- "Oh. My God" is right. - More camouflaged doors, Stevie?
Gram wasn't above using a trick twice. This was a joke...
- ...on her husband's business life. - Did he get it?
I doubt it. I don't even really get it.
Here's the door right here.
Just press right there.
This house has everything but chow.
Joyce. It's this way.
Oh. Of course. I knew that.
Better. Emery?
Than nothing. I guess. Too much mayo in the crab meat.
What do you want?
Bare-breasted nymphs offering delicacies from a silver platter?
Stop it. Stop harassing me.
Ever learn the difference between joking and harassing?
I learned plenty in high school. From guys like him. And you.
Come on. Give it a rest.
Emery. I may have something better for you in a while.
Tell us about the actress. Joyce. I'm a sucker for celebrities.
Well. That's her. On Ellen's wall of fame.
Deanna Petrie...
...was a fairly big star in the '40s.
Musical comedies mostly.
She could dance...
...sing a little...
...and she was sexy as hell.
She was one of Ellen's favourite guests at her January 15th parties.
In 1946 she showed up in what Hedda Hopper called "The Cocktail Dress."
She was wearing it when she disappeared.
She spent the night here. In the billiard room...
...wowing guests with her many...
...talents.
She left behind a single earring.
A maid found it. But there was no girl to go with it.
Deanna's disappearance made Rose Red's reputation.
And now. Annie. If you've finished eating...
...l have something to show you.
It's nice.
You'll like it. I promise.
It's okay.
Go up. Annie. Go up and see what you find.
- It's not dangerous is it? - No. Not a bit. Go on. Annie.
You okay. Son?
Yeah. Sure, I'm fine.
Annie?
What in the world is it?
Whatever it is, she likes it.
Cathy. You were right. Revelation 12.
Oh. Yeah.
No corporal presence in six centuries.
No psychic pulse.
Emery. Are you thinking of dressing for dinner?
You tell me. Read my mind.
Annie. Glenn Miller.
That doesn't work. I tried it while I was setting up.
Sorry. Annie.
- Joyce? - It's all right.
Got three loaded for Reardon. Large. With two six-packs of soda.
Thank you. I told you there'd be something you'd like better.
Loaded. Excellent.
Miss Asbury?
May I?
Okay.
- Do this often? - Every chance we get. How much?
- This is some place. Ls it haunted? - Yeah...
...by ghosts of delivery men who asked stupid questions and never escaped.
This is unbelievable. What are you doing to me?
She's terrific.
I wouldn't think you'd need a telemetry readout to count heads.
Not human ones. Certainly.
- I'm real worried about Mr. Bollinger. - Don't bother. He'll show up.
I wish I was as sure of that as you are. Where's Vic?
Right here. Anyone care to dance?
Well. Not me. I'm pooped.
Where have you been?
I lost my book.
It's story time. We've heard the one about the actress...
...tell us about Rimbauer's partner. Mr. Pusey.
- Remember that seance I spoke about? - Starring the gypsy psychic Cora Frye?
Yes. That was 1914...
...and the war was heating up the economy.
Omicron Oil was in clover. Money was rolling in...
...and John Rimbauer was tired of sharing.
In October of that year. He gave Douglas Pusey the bum's rush.
According to family legend. Uncle Pusey had a taste for cowboys.
He liked chaps in chaps?
- Was he into roping or branding? - Probably a little bit of both.
Rimbauer bought him out at distressed sale prices.
He was told never to come back. But he did. Once.
That was in 1915. John was in Europe. And Adam and April were home with Mom.
Granddad never forgot Pusey tossing him that Tom Mix hat of his.
He wanted it and threw a tantrum when his mother tried to take it.
And he never forgot April catching the rose.
Why did Pusey wait a year to do it? And why here? Any ideas?
I don't have any answers.
After the suicide, John and Ellen kept Adam away as much as possible.
He was at boarding school when his sister disappeared.
He knew that something was wrong here. Even then.
The male descendants have mostly stayed away.
I was here only a few times. I got off on my own once. I was 8.
Your father...
He hated this place. He was afraid. My mother brought me.
I forgot till today. I blocked it out, I guess.
Nick reminded me. She probably couldn't find a babysitter.
- What was she looking for? - Loot. I think she was drunk.
That's my memory of it, but she so often was in those days.
I know she and Dad were broke.
After we lost the oil company, it's been a family disease.
Broke it is.
And while your mother was treasure hunting. You got lost.
Yeah. It was no big deal. But...
You were upstairs before you realized how lost you were.
One floor above the mirror library. Or was it three floors, or 10?
When this place gets going and feels lively...
...when it has energy to use...
...it can make itself as big as it wants.
But you got to the top...
...and that's where...
Oh. My God!
What is it? Do you know?
It's a cluster manifestation with elements like an earthquake.
It's the house! It's coming alive!
How many are there? Can you tell?
Damn this thing!
I'm not so sure that there is anyone here!
I know that sounds crazy. But...!
BE gone!
Oh. Annie. Don't touch it.
- Go. - Annie.
Go ahead.
Go.
Annie, come.
I'd advise none of you to go wandering tonight.
- You'd agree. Wouldn't you, Steve? - As a matter of fact, I would.
If we're quiet...
...if we listen...
...we can hear houses breathe.
Sometimes. In the depth of the night...
...you can hear them groan as if they were having bad dreams.
Can I ask you something?
Of course. Emery.
Will you come to bed with me?
Look. Isn't that your mom?
That's not my mother.
That's just an old... Pam?
- Pam. What are you doing? - Say cheese. Say cheese, Emmy!
Oh. Man!
Five grand wasn't enough. Ma. Not at all.
Twenty wouldn't have been enough.
Wanna get it on?
We've got all night. Emery.
- We've got forever. - You're not there. Not there!
But I am. I'm your girl.
I'm your dream girl.
Not there. Not there. Not there. Not there.
Say cheese!
- Who is it? - Cathy.
Come on. Hurry up.
What is it?
Steve found something amazing. It explains so much.
Explains what? What are you talking about?
Annie...
...turn your record player off. Dad'll be pissed.
What is it?
Did you open that?
If you opened it. Close it.
I can't sleep with the door open.
I'm afraid of the bogeyman. Aren't you?
No "bogeyman."
No bogeyman?
Bogey" lady-
Bogey lady?
- Night-night. - You are gonna get it now.
Sorry. Your call can't be completed. Pay your bill and kiss my ass.
No luck?
My mom will go crazy. It's not a long trip for her. Even at the best times.
Sorry about that.
Yeah. Well. I'm thinking about getting out of here before she shows up.
I get tired of her. You know. Showing up.
Also. Rimbauer gets on my nerves. Joyce ton.
"On our left. The ghosts of April Rimbauer and Douglas Pusey.
Don't worry. They're perfectly harmless."
And you know what? Under that phony tour-guide shtick...
...she's as crazy as the Red Queen. "Off with their heads."
And that creepy kid with that creepy doll.
She's nuts ton.
Rimbauer's just smart-ass do four.
Well. What's this. Your shrink routine?
Just get it off your chest.
A dead cell, isn't that what Joyce called it?
Wanna know about dead? I had a dead movie star in bed last night.
- Deanna Petrie? - Didn't last long. But it was a very...
...physical manifestation. I'm getting tired of Rose Red's tricks.
Joyce wants some of her 5000 back. I'll see her in court.
If my mom doesn't hear from me soon. She's really gonna go nuclear.
I will not try my call again later!
Good morning. Annie.
All right then.
- Good morning. Steve. - Good morning.
- Is that Annie? - Annie it is.
Would you like some eggs? It'd be a pleasure.
No. Thanks.
- Seen Joyce? - She's fiddling with her equipment...
...looking as if she last got a good sleep circa 1972. I'd tread carefully.
- She's crabby. Huh? - Very. Video's cloudy. Audio garbled...
...no recorded telemetry of any use.
- What's that? - That's the wine cellar.
Isn't it marvellous? The door was open when I came down.
- Haven't you seen it before? - No.
Rose Red hasn't just woken up...
...it's House and Garden's version of Frankenstein's monster.
- That's ridiculous. - Ls it?
Listen.
- You heard much of that? - Enough to worry me.
Bollinger's persistent non-appearance worries me ton.
You would think. If he was still here and alive...
- ...we'd run into him, wouldn't you? - I don't know.
The longer we go without reporting his disappearance...
...the more peculiar our position is if he turns up dead. Or not at all.
Dom Perignon, 1949. A very good year.
In my experience. They're all good years.
What goes better with eggs than champagne?
Pull the cork. Steve.
- Will you wet your whistle? - It's a little early for me.
- Cheers. - Cheers.
You know. This place is feeding off us.
And although I'm sure it finds us all...
...rather tasty. Its primary sources of nourishment are Annie and you.
- I don't have a telepathic bone in me. - I don't know what you were before...
...and the house almost ate you. But now you're a psychic transmitter...
...operating on Rose Red's wavelength. It almost had you. It wants you back.
It wants Annie ton.
- You' re crazy. - Crazy?
Maybe. But I vouch that Joyce is crazier...
...and she means to have proof even if someone has to die.
- You' re wrong. - Really?
Let's ask Mr. Bollinger. If we meet him again.
- What are you doing? - Making sure Miller sent Bollinger.
- If he did. I'll report him missing. - Joyce won't like that.
According to you, she's not very happy anyway.
Hey. Professor. What you doing here?
Minding my business, as I hope you will yours.
Who locked this door?
I imagine you locked it yourself. Professor. It being your office.
You must have the number. It's your cell phone.
- Will you talk to him if he calls? - I’d be delighted.
Thanks.
Guess who's on the cover of next week's paper?
You have a nice day.
- Damn you! - Received at 8:42 a.m.
This is Steve again. I need to talk to you about Kevin Bollinger.
He slit his wrists and wrote your name in his blood before he died.
Joyce suggests you come before we call the cops.
Maybe we can minimize this scandal, but...
...it's imperative you come the second you get this.
End of message. You have no more new messages.
Have a nice day. Professor.
Morning. Annie.
Good morning. Annie.
Goad "taming."
Steve. Good morning. Steve.
Goad "' taming.“ Sieve.
Right.
Knock yourself out.
That's pretty good.
She can also bend spoons. Turn on lights. And set off car alarms.
- I got babies. - Yes. Very nice babies.
I got Adam. I got April.
She never talks to strangers. I'm impressed.
In fact. I'm stunned.
Well. I've never heard Glenn Miller playing out of a flower before.
You're Rachel. That's right, isn't it?
Yeah. Most people call me Sister or Sissy. For short.
I think I prefer Rachel.
So. This is a very big deal for Joyce. Right?
Yes. Because of the disappearances. Rose Red...
...is a white whale in the field of psychic research.
Now that Miller got her tenure revoked. It's more important.
If Joyce gets proof of paranormal activity. She's okay. If not...
I had no idea things were so dire for her.
She's paying me a lot of money. Paying Annie. I should say.
- I wonder if she can afford it. - I wonder ton.
You really don't know? I thought you two were closer than that.
In some ways. In others. We're not in the same neighbourhood.
Tell me about her.
She's 15. She's autistic.
She loves "A Summer Place." She loves big bands.
She's also telepathic and psychokinetic.
Which are probably the least important things about her.
- Can I show you something? - Sure.
Everything was dead at this end of the room yesterday.
We all feel the house coming to life.
Maybe. But the house didn't do this. Annie did.
It's the other side of what she is. It's not all...
...frozen pipes and falling stones.
When I look at her. I don't see ruin. I see roses.
When Annie was 5. A dog bit her.
Annie. Make him go away!
Annie. Make him stop!
Oh. Annie. Make him go away!
What happened? Oh. My God.
He bit her. Your dog bit my sister!
Oh. My God. Buddy. Get back in the house!
I'm so sorry. He's never done this before. He's never bitten anyone.
It'll be all right, you'll see. It'll be just fine.
Sister. Look at this.
Sister. I got baby.
Hey. Go on, now.
Stones from the sky just fell on the house. Nowhere else on the street.
The dog that hurt her had been destroyed. But Annie...
Annie didn't understand that.
- Stop it. - Answer me! Are you proud of this?
- Stop it! - No. I'm not going to!
How could you be so stupid?
How could you let a reporter get Annie's drawings?
Annie came in while I was arguing with my father and...
...well...
...I guess you could say she lodged a protest.
She froze all the water in the house.
She's a big-time telekinetic. And that's all Joyce cares about.
- Joyce is... - No!
No. I... Thank you.
I do understand. I mean...
...l think even Annie understands why we're here. In her own way.
But for me...
...the important thing about Annie. All that's important about Annie...
...is that she responds to love with love.
Isn't there a place for the Annies of the world?
It'd be nice to think so. But the world isn't always fair. That's all.
I know it.
For the lamb shall lead and feed them unto the living fountains of waters.
We must drink from the grape...
...and not the grain.
Maybe later.
You sure?
Could we...?
What's she thinking? Any idea at all?
Not the slightest.
Miss Asbury. You look lovely this morning.
If only I'd have known. I would've dressed for the occasion.
What's wrong. Sweetheart?
- Miss Asbury? Pam? - It's not much farther.
Who are you?
- I might ask you the same thing. - Patricia Waterman. Emery's mom.
Professor Carl Miller.
Nice to meet you. Are you going in?
- I'm afraid so. - Good. I've come to get my boy.
Get the gate. Would you?
Come on! Put your back into it!
- What is it you found? - Something amazing. It explains a lot.
- We should tell the others. - We will.
But I wanted to show you first.
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