The 11th Hour (1995 Video Game)

Frances King: Samantha Ford

Quotes 

• [Robin is in a basement. She sits on the steps, desperate and hopeless] 

  Robin Morales : [tearfully]  Oh, god, help me. Please help me.

  [Carl, moving along a hallway, hears beeping. He pulls the portable computer out of his jacket and switches it on. The view of Robin in the basement appears on the screen] 

  Carl Denning : Robin!

  [Carl watches as a skeleton hand snakes up out of the pool, reaching for Robin] 

  Carl Denning : [shouts]  Robin, move! Get out!

  [Robin looks around as if she can hear Carl] 

  Robin Morales : Carl?

  Carl Denning : [shouts]  Look out!

  [at the last moment, Robin notices the hand, and moves away from its reach. Unbeknownst to Carl, Samantha watches Robin, too. The view fades in both Carl's and Samantha's computers. Samantha clicks, but nothing happens] 

  Samantha Ford : Damn!

  Carl Denning : Damn!

  [Samantha looks at the image of Stauf's mansion] 

  Samantha Ford : Where are you, Carl Denning?

• [Samantha sits at the computer, typing at a keyboard. There are several surveillance monitors in front of her, by which she watches the inside of Stauf's mansion. Suddenly she hears a knock at the door. Using one of the monitors, she sees Robin standing by the door] 

  Samantha Ford : Yes?

  Robin Morales : Samantha Ford?

  Samantha Ford : If you're selling anything, I'm not interested. Please go away.

  Robin Morales : No, I just want to talk to you.

  Samantha Ford : [impatiently]  About what?

  Robin Morales : Eileen Wiley.

  [Samantha's expression changes] 

  Robin Morales : Hello? Are you still there?

  Samantha Ford : [suspiciously]  Who are you?

  Robin Morales : My name is Robin Morales. I'm a producer for Case Unsolved and I;m researching a story on the Stauf mansion. I was told you were there the night Eileen Wiley lost her hand.

  Samantha Ford : Who told you that?

  Robin Morales : Doctor Thorton.

  [Samantha hesitates] 

  Robin Morales : May I come in? Please?

  [Samantha presses a switch. The door opens, and Robin enters. She finds herself in a very big room, mosty empty, except Samantha's desk. Samantha rolls her wheelchair toward Robin] 

  Samantha Ford : What do you want from me, Ms. Morales?

  Robin Morales : The truth.

  Samantha Ford : Whatever that is.

  Robin Morales : I want to know what really happened the night you and Eileen Wiley went to the Stauf Mansion.

  Samantha Ford : Everyone knows what happened. Eileen got her hand bitten off by a guard dog.

  Robin Morales : Did you see it happen?

  [Samantha does not answer] 

  Robin Morales : Did you?

  Samantha Ford : No.

  Robin Morales : I odn't believe you.

  Samantha Ford : [shakes her head]  So what?

  Robin Morales : What are you hiding?

  Samantha Ford : [sharply]  Who do you think you are, anyway? Coming here from some moronic TV show, speaking of the truth. You don't care about the truth. All you care about is ratings.

  [Robin lowers her eyes, embarrassed] 

  Samantha Ford : Now ain't that the truth!

  [Robin looks at one of the monitors, which shows a strange apparatus] 

  Robin Morales : This looks like very interesting work.

  [Samantha starts rolling the wheelchair away from Robin] 

  Robin Morales : Look, I'm sorry. We got off to a bad start...

  Samantha Ford : [turns her back to Robin]  A bad start and a bad end. Please leave!

• [while Samantha rolls the wheelchair back to the desk, Robin follows her] 

  Robin Morales : Do you think the current rash of murders and disappearances are connected to the house?

  [Samantha stops the wheelchair and turns back to Robin] 

  Robin Morales : You do, don't you?

  Samantha Ford : Get out.

  Robin Morales : I knew it! I'm on the right track.

  Samantha Ford : Leave now!

  [Robin grabs hold of the left handle of the wheelchair] 

  Robin Morales : Tell me what happened.

  Samantha Ford : No.

  [Robin lets go of the wheelchair] 

  Robin Morales : What happened to Eileen?

  Samantha Ford : I was a dog! A vicious dog!

  Robin Morales : What about the two boys you followed there? They disappeared.

  Samantha Ford : They never went there. They were runaways.

  Robin Morales : What about you? You haven't walked since that night.

  Samantha Ford : [waves toward to the door]  Get out. Get out!

  [Robin starts walking away. Halfway to the door, she stops and turns back to Samantha] 

  Robin Morales : It's been twenty years, Samantha. It's time you told the truth.

  [Samantha does not answer. Robin exits the house. Samantha sinks into her wheelchair, looking depressed] 

• [while Carl searches the mansion, he sees the ghost of young Samantha, standing on her knees, sobbing] 

  Samantha Ford : Please... please don't hurt me. No! No more!

  [Carl approaches the ghost and crouches down] 

  Carl Denning : I'm not gonna hurt you.

  [Carl tries to touch the ghost, but his hand goes through her] 

  Samantha Ford : [sobbing]  Where's Eileen?

  Carl Denning : [chuckles nervously]  I don't know!

  Samantha Ford : She ran away and left me! I couldn't move!

  [suddenly, a distant scream is heard. Samantha's ghost stands up] 

  Samantha Ford : It's her! It's all my fault!

  [the ghost runs out of the room] 

• [Chuck opens the trunk of his car and takes out a body, wrapped in a blood-stained sheet. He loads the body on his shoulders and walks to Stauf's mansion. At the entrance, he puts the body down and knocks three times on the door. The door opens. Chuck throws the body inside. As the door closes, Chuck rubs his hands and walks away. In the meantime, Samantha goes to visit Robin at the motel. She knocks on the room door] 

  Robin Morales : [from inside the room]  Who is it?

  Samantha Ford : Samantha Ford.

  [Robin opens the door] 

  Samantha Ford : I've come to tell you the truth... if you are ready for it.

  Robin Morales : Come in.

  [Samantha rolls the wheelchair inside. Robin closes the door] 

  Robin Morales : Can I get you something?

  Samantha Ford : No, I just need to collect my thoughts.

  Robin Morales : I have some wine. Would you like some?

  Samantha Ford : [laughs nervously]  I think I would.

  [Robin gives Samantha a glass, pours wine, and takes a glass of wine for herself] 

  Robin Morales : Cheers.

  Samantha Ford : Thanks.

  [they drink. Samantha hesitates for a moment, then begins telling her story] 

  Samantha Ford : What happened that terrible night, twenty years ago... there isn't a day that goes by that my mind isn't haunted by the memory. Everything that's happened since... every breath I take is influenced by that night.

  Robin Morales : Do you mind if I record this?

  Samantha Ford : [shakes her head]  No, I don't mind.

  [Robin takes a cassette recorder, clicks it on and places it on the bed] 

  Robin Morales : Please, continue.

  Samantha Ford : Eileen and I went to the house to find Peter and Charlie... the two boys that supposedly disappeared. They were going to break into the Stauf Mansion, the so-called "haunted house". I was a wild teenager. Eileen didn't want to go with me, but I talked her into it. She always did everything I did. Oh, god... what happened to her was my fault!

  Robin Morales : Do you want to stop?

  Samantha Ford : No. If I do, I don't know if I could start again. We... we were raped.

  Robin Morales : [shocked]  Oh, no! By those boys?

  Samantha Ford : [tearfully]  No... I'm sorry!

  Robin Morales : It's okay.

  [Robin reaches for Samantha's hand] 

  Robin Morales : [quietly]  It's okay.

  Samantha Ford : We were raped by the house.

  [Robin is speechless. She and Samantha just look at each other. Eventually Samantha breaks the silence] 

  Samantha Ford : So now you think I'm totally out of my mind.

  Robin Morales : No, I...

  Samantha Ford : Yes, you do! Here's this crazy lady raving about how she was raped by a house!

  Robin Morales : [shakes her head]  I... I don't know what to think.

  Samantha Ford : Think what you want. But I'll tell you... that house is not what it appears to be! It's a living thing! It's a house, or it's Henry Stauf, or it's some ungodly creature. It's impossible to explain... and impossible to believe, but I know what happened to me.

  Robin Morales : But how?

  Samantha Ford : [whimpers]  I don't know how! We were in the house... and suddenly I couldn't move. It was like some invisible thing were holding me. I couldn't see it, but I was in its grip. I could feel it all over me, touching me. I started screaming, and Eileen got scared and ran.

  [a flashback: young Eileen runs away from house, whimpering, toward the gate. The gate begins to close on its own. Eileen reaches the gate when it's almost closed. She tries to pull it open, and the gate traps her hand. She screams in pain and horror as the iron bars squeeze tighter, her blood pours and stains her sleeve] 

• Robin Morales : How did you get away?

  Samantha Ford : [whimpers]  When it was finished with us, it just let us go. I got Eileen to Doctor Thorton. But the worst is yet to come. Whatever it was, that thing... I became pregnant. We both did.

  Robin Morales : Oh, my god.

  Samantha Ford : I decided to have an abortion, but... Eileen was afraid to go through with it. It was a... back-alley thing.

  Robin Morales : [quietly]  It's okay. You've said enough.

  Samantha Ford : No. I have to finish this. I got a very serious infection. The result is what you see. I suffered irreparable nerve damage. I'm confined to a wheelchair.

  Robin Morales : [shakes her head]  I can't imagine such horror.

  Samantha Ford : Eileen lives the real horror! She gave birth to Marie! I'd rather spend my life in a wheelchair than have a child like that. She's always been evil. A bad seed, but... Hell itself has been unleashed since her 18th birthday. She's behind the violent happenings in this valley! Whatever evil that house is, she's its offspring. It's crazy... a house... pure insanity. But it's the truth. Just ask Eileen.

  [Samantha leaves. Robin remains sitting, thinking about what she has just heard] 

• [Robin parks her car near the gate of Stauf's mansion, dressed in jeans and a T-shirt and her new hiking boots. She exits the car and approaches the gate. She lingers for a moment, looking at the sign that read "Stauf", then enters. She makes her way through the weeds. When she reaches the door, she heistates. Unbeknownst to her, Samantha watches her on the computer screen at her home] 

  Samantha Ford : Don't do that.

  [Robin enters. The door slams behind her] 

  Samantha Ford : [whimpers]  Oh, god.

  [Robin walks through a corridor. She hears a cat meowing, and turns around. Then Stuaf's voice is heard over] 

  Stauf : You don't like cats, do you, Robin?

  Robin Morales : [worried]  Who's there?

  Stauf : You've been afraid of them... ever since you were a little girl. Ever since you and your sister drowned the kitten in the toilet.

  Robin Morales : How did you know I...

  Stauf : [interrupts]  Poor little kitty.

  Robin Morales : I didn't mean to drown...

  Stauf : [interrupts]  Poor little dead kitty! Here, kitty-kitty-kitty.

  [a cougar appears, growling. Robin watches it fearfully as it advances toward her, snarling. The cougar growls and springs at Robin, who desperately shields her head with her hands. As the cougar reaches Robin, it vanishes] 

• [Robin enters the nursery. Her shirt is torn, and there are scratch marks on her throat and face. She examines the toys and picks up one of the dolls. The doll's face turns into demonic, with long fangs, and it cries "I want my mommy!". Horrified, Robin drops the doll. Then she hears Stauf's voice] 

  Stauf : [mockingly]  "I want my mommy"...

  [Rohin spins around and sees Stauf in the room, approaching her] 

  Stauf : ...and what do you want? Not your mommy. I'd guess...

  Robin Morales : [interrupts]  Who are you?

  Stauf : ...success... power... influence...

  [Stauf turns his back to Robin and starts walking away while talking] 

  Stauf : ...money...

  [Stauf stops and turns around to face Robin] 

  Stauf : Fame! Some of us want even more than that. I thought that all I wanted was money. Enough wealth for, oh... a lifetime... or two.

  [Stauf reaches out and caresses Robin's hair. She shrugs his hand off in annoyance] 

  Stauf : But that was just the beginning. And all it wanted...

  [Stauf bends and picks up the doll] 

  Stauf : ...all the house wanted was merely to exist.

  [again, Stauf turns his back to Robin and starts walking away while talking] 

  Stauf : Of course, like so many things...

  [Stauf stops and turns around to face Robin] 

  Stauf : ...to exist, it needs to be fed.

  Robin Morales : [confused]  What are you talking about?

  [Stauf approaches Robin. His facial expression becomes angry, and his tone becomes harsh and loud] 

  Stauf : To live it must eat! That's not too much to ask, now is it?

  [Robin does not respond. Stauf's tone softens] 

  Stauf : What is it that you want? What can this house...

  [again, Stauf turns his back to Robin and starts walking away while talking] 

  Stauf : ...my house... give you?

  [Stauf stops and turns around to face Robin] 

  Stauf : Success? Power? Influence?

  Robin Morales : [derisively]  How can a house give anything to anyone?

  Stauf : [raises his voice]  Never doubt the power of this house! You've seen its magic.

  Robin Morales : You're saying I can have anything I want?

  Stauf : [smiles]  Name it!

  [Stauf turns his back to Robin and starts walking away. Robin hesitates] 

  Robin Morales : I...

  [Samantha, who has been watching Robin ever since she entered the mansion, becomes frantic] 

  Samantha Ford : [desperately]  No, don't say it!

  [Samantha types furiously on her keyboard. Carl, while climbing the stairs, hears a beeping from the portable computer] 

• [while climbing the stairs, Carl hears a beeping from the portable computer] 

  Carl Denning : It's about time.

  [Carl takes the computer from his pocket and switches it on. He sees Robin and Stauf on the screen, and hears their conversation] 

  Stauf : [smoothly]  Tell me what you want. The world is waiting.

  Carl Denning : Robin?

  Robin Morales : [stunned, hearing Carl's voice]  Carl?

  [Robin looks around] 

  Robin Morales : Carl? Where are you?

  Stauf : [snaps]  Never mind him! He's an illusion! Tell me what you want.

  [Stauf's tone becomes coaxing] 

  Stauf : Your own show. Your own network!

  [Robin pauses for a moment] 

  Robin Morales : [softly]  My own network?

  Stauf : [snaps his fingers]  Like that. Is that what you want?

  Carl Denning : [yells]  Robin!

  Stauf : Is it?

  Robin Morales : I...

  Stauf : [shouts]  Say it!

  Carl Denning : [yells]  Don't!

  [Robin and Stauf disappear from the screen. Samantha appears] 

  Samantha Ford : [to Carl]  She's gone.

  Carl Denning : [snarls]  Who are you?

  Samantha Ford : Samantha. I'm the one who sent you the GameBook. I've been trying to help you save Robin.

  Carl Denning : Samantha... why are you doing this?

  Samantha Ford : I thought... hoped that you could defeat the house, but the house is too powerful. We're all so weak. You've got to get out now.

  Carl Denning : Well, you know, I just can't leave her here.

  [Carl hears Robin's voice in the distance] 

  Robin Morales : Help! Carl! Help me!

  [Carl looks around, trying to find where Robin is calling from] 

  Samantha Ford : Don't go! It's too late!

  Carl Denning : Samantha, I'll see you later, all right?

  [Carl closes the portable computer, and follows Robin's voice] 

  Robin Morales : [her voice sounds over]  Oh, god... help! Please... no... no more. No.

  [Carl enters Temple's bedroom, from which he hears Robin's voice. He looks around but does not see her] 

  Carl Denning : Robin?

• [Carl enters Temple's bedroom, looking for Robin. The roon is empty. Suddenly it is brightly illuminated. An audience applause and game show music are heard. Carl looks around, but sees no one. A large electrical sign "Let's make a... real deal!" appears. Stauf, dressed in a tuxedo and a red bow tie, appears in the room] 

  Stauf : [smiles]  Hello, Carl Denning, and welcome to "Let's Make A Real Deal".

  [pigs' oinking is heard] 

  Carl Denning : Who the hell are you?

  Stauf : Why, I'm Monty Stauf, your host on "Let's Make A Real Deal", and have I got a real deal for you. I wonder what I've got in my pocket.

  [Stauf pulls out a wad of money. Pigs' oinking is heard again] 

  Stauf : Six! Count 'em. Six hundred dollars!

  [Stauf hands the money to Carl. The invisible audience cheers. Carl takes the money hesitatingly] 

  Stauf : Now, Carl, here's the deal...

  [Stauf places his hand on Carl's left shoulder] 

  Stauf : You can keep the six hundred dollars, but you must choose a door. Be it door number 1, door number 2, or door number 3!

  [Stauf points to three doors, marked with numbers 1, 2 and 3] 

  Stauf : ...or you can give me two hundred dollars and see what's behind the door of your choice. Well, Carl, what'll it be?

  Carl Denning : [clueless]  I'll pay.

  [Carl gives Stauf 200 dollars] 

  Stauf : Thank you! Now, which door?

  Carl Denning : [points]  What's behind the middle door?

  Stauf : Let's see what's behind door number 2!

  [door number 2 opens, showing a big TV screen] 

  Stauf : A big-screen TV!

  [the invisible audience cheers. Pigs' oinking is heard] 

  Stauf : Isn't this fun, Carl?

  [Carl shakes his head, confused] 

  Stauf : Let's make another deal. You can keep the big-screen TV and the four hundred dollars you still have, or you can give me two hundred more, and see what's behind another door.

  [again, Carl gives Stauf 200 dollars] 

  Stauf : Thank you! What a player!

  Carl Denning : [points]  Let's see what's behind number one here.

  Stauf : Door number 1!

  [door number 1 opens. Pigs' oinking is heard. Marie is revealed, sitting on a chair, dressed in a black bra and panties, garter belt, stockings and high heels. She smiles seductively and waves her hand] 

  Stauf : Sweet Marie! She can be yours, absolutely anytime, night or day.

  Marie Wiley : [grins]  Any time.

  Stauf : Imagine the hours of enjoyment, the fun you'll have with sweet Marie. Much more exciting than watching TV.

  Marie Wiley : [laughs]  You can watch ME if you like.

  [pigs' squealing is heard. Suddenly, Samantha's face appear on the TV screen] 

  Samantha Ford : Be strong, Carl! Don't give in to temptation.

  Stauf : [annoyed]  Damn it. I thought that TV was unplugged.

  [the invisible audience boos] 

• Samantha Ford : Choose me!

  Stauf : [taunts]  What a choice. Marie... sweet, sensuous, sexy Marie...

  [Marie moves her body seductively. The audience cheers] 

  Stauf : ...or Samantha in a wheelchair!

  [the invisible audience boos] 

  Robin Morales : What's behind door number 3?

  Stauf : Pay up!

  [Carl gives Stauf his last 200 dollars. The audience cheers] 

  Stauf : Door number 3!

  [door number 3 opens, revealing Robin. She stands there, her shirt is torn, and there are scratch marks on her throat and face] 

  Robin Morales : Carl, I'm so scared! Please choose me! Save me!

  [the invisible audience boos] 

  Robin Morales : [tearfully]  I... love you.

  Marie Wiley : [smiles]  I'll give you anything you want. Anything and everything.

  Samantha Ford : Don't listen to them, Carl! You'll be lost forever!

  [Marie scowls at Samantha] 

  Stauf : [angrily]  Shut up, Samantha!

  Samantha Ford : [urges]  He's afraid of you, Carl! Choose me. Destroy the power of this hellish house.

  [the invisible audience boos] 

  Robin Morales : [pleading tearfully]  Carl, you have to choose me. After all we've been through... I need you!

  Marie Wiley : [grins seductively]  Anytime... any place... anywhere you want me.

  [the audience cheers. Pigs' oinking is heard] 

  Stauf : [smiles]  Well... what'll it be, sport? The choice is yours

  [Stauf pats on Carl's shoulder] 

  Stauf : The choice is yours.

  [the audience cheers. Carl sighs, unsure whom to choose] 

• [alternative ending #3: Carl chooses Samantha. The audience boos. Robin looks desperate, while Marie bares her teeth in anger. Carl approaches the TV. Samantha reaches for him. Carl touchs the TV, then finds himself walking into Samantha's studio] 

  Samantha Ford : [smiles]  Welcome, Carl Denning. You made the right choice.

  Carl Denning : [raises his eyebrows]  It wasn't easy.

  Samantha Ford : [shakes her head]  No.

  Carl Denning : [raises his eyebrows]  I hated leaving Robin behind...

  Samantha Ford : [softly]  I know. You risked your life for her, but it was too late to save her.

  Carl Denning : So...

  [Carl clears his throat] 

  Carl Denning : ...what happens now?

  Samantha Ford : Come and see.

  [Samantha extends her hand. Carl takes her hand and sits next to her, as they both look at the monitor] 

  Samantha Ford : You won, Carl.

  [on the screen, Stauf's mansion is engulfed in flames] 

  Carl Denning : What about Robin?

  Samantha Ford : [shakes her head]  She was lost the moment she said yes to Stauf.

  [they watch the monitor as the house is being destroyed. There are tears in Carl's eyes. Samantha looks content and relaxed]