(theme music playing)
YOU UNLOCK THIS DOOR WITH THE KEY OF IMAGINATION.
BEYOND IT IS ANOTHER DIMENSION--
A DIMENSION OF SOUND,
(glass shattering)
A DIMENSION OF SIGHT,
A DIMENSION OF MIND.
YOU'RE MOVING INTO A LAND OF BOTH SHADOW AND SUBSTANCE,
OF THINGS AND IDEAS.
YOU'VE JUST CROSSED OVER INTO THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
(birds chirping)
? ?
(screeching): ANNE!
WAIT!
ANNE!
THIS IS THE FACE OF TERROR.
ANNE MARIE HENDERSON, 18 YEARS OF OLD,
HER YOUNG EXISTENCE SUDDENLY MARRED
BY A SAVAGE AND WHOLLY UNANTICIPATED PURSUIT
BY A STRANGE, NIGHTMARISH FIGURE OF A WOMAN IN BLACK
WHO HAS APPEARED AS IF FROM NOWHERE
AND NOW, AT DRIVING GALLOP,
CHASES THE TERRIFIED GIRL ACROSS THE COUNTRYSIDE
AS IF SHE MEANS TO RIDE HER DOWN AND KILL HER,
AND THEN SUDDENLY AND INEXPLICABLY STOPS
TO WATCH IN MALIGNANT SILENCE
AS HER PREY TAKES FLIGHT.
MISS HENDERSON HAS NO IDEA WHATEVER
AS TO THE MOTIVE FOR THIS PURSUIT,
WORSE, NOT THE VAGUEST NOTION
REGARDING THE IDENTITY OF HER PURSUER.
SOON ENOUGH, SHE WILL BE GIVEN THE SOLUTION
TO THIS TWOFOLD MYSTERY, BUT IN A MANNER FAR BEYOND
HER PRESENT CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND,
A MANNER ENIGMATICALLY BIZARRE IN TERMS OF TIME AND SPACE--
WHICH IS TO SAY, AN ANSWER FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
WHAT IN THE NAME OF...
WHAT IS IT?
ANNE JUST CAME RIDING BACK
AS THOUGH THE DEVIL HIMSELF WERE CHASING HER.
REALLY? I WONDER WHAT'S WRONG.
ANNE?
ANNE, HONEY.
BOB.
(Anne crying)
WHAT HAPPENED?
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT HAPPENED?
ANNE.
WHAT HAPPENED?
TAKE IT EASY.
TRY TO GET YOUR BREATH.
TAKE A DEEP BREATH, ANNE, AND TELL US.
WHAT HAPPENED, ANNE?
THERE WAS A WOMAN OUT THERE.
WOMAN? WHO?
WHAT WOMAN?
I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW, I NEVER SAW HER BEFORE.
WELL, WHAT DID SHE DO?
ANNE.
SHE CHASED ME. CHASED YOU?
SHE... SHE WAS ON HORSEBACK...
TAKE IT EASY, TAKE IT EASY.
AND SHE CHASED ME.
SHE TRIED TO CUT ME OFF AND RUN ME DOWN.
ALL RIGHT.
I THINK IF SHE CAUGHT ME
SHE WOULD HAVE KILLED ME.
WHAT?
ANNE!
OH, GOD, THE WAY SHE LOOKED AT ME.
WHERE WAS THIS, ANNE?
I DON'T KNOW. TRY TO REMEMBER.
JOHN, HADN'T YOU BETTER GET ON THE PHONE,
GET SOMEBODY TO LOOK FOR HER?
OUT IN THE MEADOW?
NEAR THE HILLS?
DADDY.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.
IT'S OVER NOW, BABY.
EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.
DARLING, WHAT A FRIGHT YOU MUST HAVE HAD.
COME ON, NOW.
NOW IT'S ALL RIGHT.
GET YOUR BREATH.
TAKE THE GARDENER WITH YOU,
YOU MAY NEED HELP.
YES, WHEN YOU FIND HER,
BRING HER TO THE HOUSE IMMEDIATELY.
IMMEDIATELY!
I WAS SO FRIGHTENED.
SHE JUST RODE AT ME
WITH SUCH A LOOK OF HATRED.
BUT YOU'D NEVER SEEN HER BEFORE?
NO.
GET THE POLICE.
IT WAS JUST UNEXPECTED.
ONE SECOND, I'M ALL ALONE AND THEN, I LOOK UP
AND THERE SHE IS ON THIS HILL, GLARING DOWN AT ME.
THEN SHE STARTED DOWN THAT HILL
WHIPPING THAT HORSE AND SCREAMING AT ME.
DARLING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL US ANY MORE.
TRY TO FORGET.
I CAN'T FORGET.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND-- WHO IS SHE?
WHY WAS SHE CHASING ME?
WE'LL FIND OUT.
YOUR FATHER'S CALLING THE POLICE.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE CAME FROM.
WAS IT A WARNING?
A WARNING?
ARE YOU TELLING US EVERYTHING?
YOU'RE SURE SHE WASN'T CARRYING A SIGN THAT READ:
"CANCEL THAT ENGAGEMENT PARTY.
"DON'T MARRY THAT INVESTMENT BROKER.
YOURS TRULY, FATE."
THAT'S NOT FUNNY, BOB.
I'M SORRY, I WAS ONLY TRYING TO CHEER YOU UP.
THANK YOU.
ALL SET.
WE'LL FIND HER.
FEELING BETTER?
YES, DADDY.
GOOD.
CAN'T HAVE A RED-EYED FIANCEE
AT THE PARTY TONIGHT.
CERTAINLY NOT.
TELL US ABOUT THIS WOMAN...
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHO SHE IS?
NO, DADDY.
MAYBE SHE HAVE RIDDEN ONTO OUR PROPERTY BY MISTAKE.
MISTAKE?
THAT'S RIGHT, MRS. HENDERSON.
IF SHE'D RIDDEN HERE BY MISTAKE
WHY SHOULD SHE ATTACK ANNE?
DID SHE SAY ANYTHING TO YOU?
SHE JUST KEPT SCREAMING AT ME
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.
I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HER.
ALL I KNOW IS THAT SHE WANTED TO KILL ME.
NOW, YOU'RE JUST ASSUMING THAT, HONEY.
NO, SHE WANTED TO KILL ME, BOB.
(doorbell rings)
I DOUBT IF SHE FOLLOWED YOU HOME.
WHAT IF SHE DID?
LET'S HOPE SHE DID.
SAVE US THE TROUBLE OF LOOKING FOR HER.
WHERE EXACTLY DID THIS HAPPEN?
(doorbell rings)
ANNE?
DADDY, AREN'T YOU GOING TO LOOK?
WHOEVER IT IS, REYNOLDS WILL LET THEM IN.
I KNOW THAT, BUT... COME ON, BABY,
WHERE DID THIS HAPPEN?
LOOK, I TOLD YOU, DADDY,
ON THE MEADOW NEAR THE HILL. PLEASE.
Reynolds: YES, MR. MITCHELL?
Mitchell: I SAID THAT I WANT TO SEE MISS HENDERSON.
Reynolds: I'M SORRY, SIR...
THAT'S NO MYSTERIOUS WOMAN, I'M AFRAID,
UNLESS SHE'S A BARITONE.
SOUNDS LIKE...
(men arguing)
Mitchell: I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT, I WANT TO TALK TO HER.
...DAVID.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS.
DADDY?
OH, DEAR, I THOUGHT THAT WAS ALL ENDED.
IT IS, MOTHER, I DIDN'T...
ANNE.
NOW, ANNE, YOU KEEP AWAY FROM HIM.
(men arguing)
I WILL, MOTHER.
I WANT TO TALK TO HER, NOW GET OUT OF MY WAY.
MR. MITCHELL, YOU ARE NOT AT LIBERTY...
REYNOLDS, I'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS.
YOU'RE NOT WELCOME IN THIS HOUSE, MR. MITCHELL.
I CAME TO SEE ANNE.
SHE DOESN'T CARE TO SEE YOU.
YOU'RE MAKING ALL HER DECISIONS NOW?
WOULD YOU PREFER THAT I CALL THE POLICE.
CALL WHO YOU WILL, I'M HERE TO SEE ANNE.
WHAT WILL CONVINCE YOU, PROSECUTION?
JUST A FEW WORDS FROM YOUR DAUGHTER.
HEAR THEM, THEN...
IF THAT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN BE RID OF YOU.
ANNE, IT IS OVER BETWEEN YOU AND HIM, ISN'T IT?
YES, I JUST DON'T WANT TO TALK TO HIM THAT'S ALL.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
DAVID, PLEASE.
ANNE, IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
ONLY A BLIND MAN COULD BELIEVE THAT.
I WASN'T TALKING TO YOU.
THAT'S RIGHT, I WAS TALKING TO YOU.
TELL ME YOU DON'T LOVE ME AND I'LL GO.
TELL ME!
DAVID.
HER SILENCE IS YOUR ANSWER.
ARE YOU CONVINCED NOW?
I SAID, FROM YOUR DAUGHTER.
I'M GIVING YOU ONE MINUTE
TO FINISH YOUR LITTLE DIATRIBE.
THEN, IF YOU DO NOT LEAVE IMMEDIATELY--
IMMEDIATELY,MR. MITCHELL--
YOU'LL BE REMOVED BY FORCE
AND THROWN INTO JAIL FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY.
ANNE, LOOK AT ME. I'VE LOVE, ANNE.
DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I'VE LOVED YOU?
ALL OUR LIVES, ANNE, ALL OUR LIVES.
YOU'D THROW IT AWAY FOR HIM?
HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW YOU, ANNE.
WE BELONG TOGETHER, ANNE.
WE BELONG TOGETHER, YOU KNOW THAT.
DON'T LET YOUR FATHER FORCE YOU INTO THIS.
DON'T MAKE THIS MISTAKE WITH YOUR LIFE.
BREAK YOUR ENGAGEMENT.
I CAN'T, DAVID.
YOU BROKE OURS.
PLEASE, ANNE, PLEASE, MARRY ME.
WE ALWAYS KNEW WE'D BE MARRIED,
EVEN WHEN WE WERE KIDS, WE KNEW IT.
YOU BELONG WITH ME, ANNE.
PLEASE, DON'T.
John: TIME, MR. MITCHELL.
GET OUT.
I'M NOT THROUGH YET.
YOU'RE THROUGH.
ANNE, PLEASE...
ANNE... DAVID, PLEASE...
HOLD STEADY, MR. MITCHELL.
DADDY, NO.
John: EASY.
I THINK YOU'LL GO NOW.
DON'T THINK THAT I WON'T USE THIS.
ON THE CONTRARY.
DADDY, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T HURT HIM.
IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT?
YOUR FATHER TO BREAK US UP AT THE POINT OF A GUN?
ANNE...
MITCHELL!
PLEASE, ANNE, PLEASE.
(whimpering)
NOW YOU'LL HAVE THE COMMON COURTESY AND SENSE
TO LEAVE THIS HOUSE.
(sighs)
YOU KNOW, I ALMOST FEEL SORRY FOR HIM.
BUT NOT QUITE, HMM?
NOT QUITE.
A GOOD STIFF DRINK IS IN ORDER.
AMEN.
ANNE?
WHAT?
THAT LAWYER PHONED AGAIN.
DID YOU HEAR ME?
I SAID, THAT LAWYER PHONED AGAIN.
I COULDN'T CARE LESS.
WILL THAT HELP?
YES, IT'LL HELP
IF I DRINK ENOUGH OF IT.
AMBROSIA.
THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE HOUSE AWAY FROM US, ANNE.
ARE THEY REALLY?
YES.
WELL... THEY CAN HAVE IT.
THAT'S ALL IT MEANS TO YOU?
THAT'S ALL.
THE HOME YOU WERE RAISED IN.
RAISED? YOU MEAN LOWERED.
SPOILED, SQUEEZED TO DEATH WITH A VELVET GLOVE.
ARE WE STARTING THAT AGAIN?
WE STARTED IT THE DAY I WAS BORN.
YOU, ME, AND DADDY, DEAR DADDY.
I WON'T HEAR YOU DEBASE HIS MEMORY.
(gasps)
DEBASE HIS MEMORY-- HOW CORNBALL CAN YOU GET?
HOW DARE YOU...
HOW DARE YOU!
HOW DARE YOU TALK LIKE THAT ABOUT YOUR OWN FATHER
WHO GAVE YOU EVERYTHING,
EVERYTHING.
THAT'S RIGHT, GAVEME EVERYTHING.
I NEVER HAD TO EARN A BIT OF IT.
I DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK FOR ANYTHING.
NEVER HAD TO BOTHER ACQUIRING SUCH USELESS TRAITS
AS JUDGEMENT, DISCRIMINATION.
NO, WHO NEEDS THEM?
CHEERS.
YOU BLAME YOUR FATHER FOR...
YES, I BLAME MY FATHER.
OH, HE WAS STRONG, WASN'T HE?
STRONG, SO EFFICIENT, SO METICULOUS
AND I WAS HIS BABY.
16, 17, 18 YEARS OF AGE AND I WAS HIS BABY
WITH ALL THE KEEN INSIGHTS OF A BABY.
ALL THE CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND, THE ABILITY TO JUDGE.
SO I MADE A MISTAKE...
A LITTLE MISTAKE
JUST ENOUGH TO RUIN MY LIFE.
ANNE, DON'T.
AH, HOW WONDERFUL.
I AM FINALLY BEING DISCIPLINED
AT THE AGE OF 43.
WHAT ABOUT THE HOUSE, ANNE?
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE HOUSE.
I CARE.
THAT'S YOUR MISFORTUNE AND NONE OF MY OWN.
YOU KNOW WHAT I SAW TODAY?
DO YOU?
I DON'T KNOW.
I SAW A GHOST, MOTHER...
MY OWN.
WHAT?
INTRIGUING, ISN'T IT?
TO BE HAUNTED BY ONE'S OWN SELF.
POSITIVELY INTRIGUING.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
I'M TALKING ABOUT GHOSTS, MOTHER.
PHANTOMS, VISITATIONS.
REMINDERS...
FROM THE PAST AND THE FUTURE.
I WENT OUT RIDING TODAY.
OUT WHERE I USUALLY GO, BEYOND THE MEADOW.
I WAS ON A RIDGE AND I SAW
THIS YOUNG GIRL RIDE TOWARD ME.
ME.
ME, MOTHER...
AS I LOOKED AT 18.
DO YOU REMEMBER?
THE DAY OF MY ENGAGEMENT PARTY?
DO YOU?
JUNE 13, 1939.
I EVEN REMEMBER THE DATE.
REMEMBER HOW I CAME IN TERRIFIED
BECAUSE SOME WOMAN HAD ATTACKED ME
AND DADDY, DEAR DADDY HAD THEM SEARCH FOR HER IN VAIN.
WELL, I WAS THAT WOMAN, MOTHER.
(laughs): IAMTHAT WOMAN.
AND YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING FUNNY,
SOMETHING MARVELOUSLY FUNNY?
THAT'S NOT THE ONLY TIME I'VE SEEN HER.
BIZARRE, ISN'T IT?
I KEEP SEEING HER AGAIN AND AGAIN.
KEEP SEEING MYSELF AGAIN AND AGAIN
ON THAT DAY, THAT ONE PARTICULAR DAY.
YOU KNOW THE EXPRESSION "GO CHASE YOURSELF"?
WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING--
CHASING MYSELF.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT ROBERT SAID TO ME THAT DAY?
"MAYBE IT'S A WARNING," HE SAID.
HE THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING.
WELL, IT WAS A WARNING.
I WAS WARNING MYSELF NOT TO MARRY THE WRONG MAN.
BUT I MARRIED HIM ANYWAY, DIDN'T I?
AND NOW I HAVE PAID THE PRICE.
I HAVE BECOME THAT GROTESQUE PHANTOM
THAT FRIGHTENED THAT POOR CHILDLIKE GIRL
HALF TO DEATH 25 YEARS AGO.
A STERILE, ALCOHOLIC PHANTOM
MARRIED TO A MAN WHO'S RUN THIS ESTATE INTO RUIN.
IF ONLY I HAD KNOWN I WAS BEING WARNED.
WARNED ABOUT WHAT?
HUH?
NO ANSWER FOR YOUR LOVING HUSBAND?
HUH?
SHE... SHE'S TURNED HER BACK ON ME.
I WONDER WHAT THIS SIGNIFIES.
LACK OF RESPECT?
YOU MIGHT HAVE THE COURTESY
JUST ONCE...
WOULD YOU...
WOULD YOU GET OUT?
DO I HAVE TO DRAW YOU A MAP?
GET OUT OF HERE, GET OUT!
TWO MINDS BUT WITH A SINGLE THOUGHT:
ALCOHOLIC DISSOLUTION.
YOU'VE NOT FAR TO GO.
DISRESPECT?
IT'S DISRESPECT, MY GIRL.
CAN'T HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW.
NOW THAT...
YOUR OLD DADDY'S GONE AND BURIED
I'M THE MAN OF THE HOUSE NOW.
MAN?MAN?
(laughs jeeringly)
THAT'S RIGHT, MY DARLING.
SWEETHEART, LOVELY.
MAN, AND YOU MUST LOOK UP TO ME
WITH RESPECT.
YOU CAN GO TO THE DEVIL.
NOW, WE MUST HAVE RESPECT.
WE MUST HAVE A LITTLE RESPECT.
AFTER ALL, I AM YOUR ADORED ONE.
YOUR TRUE LOVE...
YOUR, UH... TRUE LOVE, YOUR ADORED ONE.
ANNE?
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
MM-HMM.
I SAW YOU GO OUT
AND I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU DIDN'T FEEL WELL.
OH, I'M FINE.
LOVELY NIGHT.
YES, IT IS.
ARE YOU WARM ENOUGH?
MM-HMM.
YOUR FATHER THROWS QUITE A PARTY.
YES, HE DOES.
HE'S REALLY IN A MARVELOUS MOOD.
OH, DADDY'S ALWAYS IN A GOOD MOOD
WHEN HE GETS HIS WAY.
WHAT?
NOTHING.
YOU KNOW, I THINK I AM A BIT CHILLY.
DO YOU SUPPOSE YOU COULD GET, UH, SOMETHING
TO PUT OVER MY SHOULDERS?
OF COURSE.
(both laughing)
OH, OH, DAVID!
OH, ANNE, ANNE, I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU, COME AWAY WITH ME.
OH, DAVID, DAVID, I WANT TO...
NOW, ANNE, NOW, DECIDE!
THERE'S NO MORE TIME.
OH, DAVID, YOU ARE MY TRUE LOVE.
MY ADORED ONE, MAKE ME HAPPY
PLEASE, MAKE ME HAPPY.
OH, I WILL, I WILL, I WILL.
OH, ANNE.
ANNE...
I LOVE YOU.
I LOVE YOU, COME AWAY WITH ME.
(shrieking): ANNE!
(wailing): ANNE!
WAIT!
COME BACK!
THIS IS THE FACE OF TERROR.
ANNE MARIE MITCHELL, 43 YEARS OF AGE,
HER DESOLATE EXISTENCE ONCE MORE AFFLICTED
BY THE HOPE OF ALTERING HER PAST MISTAKE--
A HOPE WHICH IS UNFORTUNATELY DOOMED TO DISAPPOINTMENT.
FOR WARNINGS FROM THE FUTURE TO THE PAST
MUST BE TAKEN IN THE PAST.
TODAY MAY CHANGE TOMORROW BUT ONCE TODAY IS GONE
TOMORROW CAN ONLY LOOK BACK IN SORROW
THAT THE WARNING WAS IGNORED.
SAID WARNING AS OF NOW STAMPED "NOT ACCEPTED"
AND STORED AWAY IN THE DEAD FILE
IN THE RECORDING OFFICE OF THE TWILIGHT ZONE.