Collinwood; a house of mystery and countless agonies. Through generations of the Collins ancestry its residents have lived under a nebulous darkness; a darkness that has brought them on many occasions to the brink of destruction. One man, an intensely evil man, has been the cause of the miseries that have beset a once proud family. Judah Zachary, convicted of the vilest sorceries ever known was sentenced to death for his crimes against humanity by a Collins ancestor. His spirit has transcended death and possesses one who lives in the great house. One through whom he hopes to finally bring about the fulfillment of his ages old curse; the total annihilation of the Collins family...
Julia pleads with Trevor, "Judah you must be reasonable! The Collins family living in this time cannot be held responsible for what happened 300 years in the past any more than those were who lived in 1841."Trevor then said, "The sins of the fathers shall be visited upon the sons, even to the third and forth generations! It has been that way since the beginning of time, dear Dr. Hoffman! You should have remained as you were when we labored in the crypt, to rejoin my head and body, but you and Barnabas had to meddle in a century that was not your own! So now, I have to settle my score with you!" Julia looked up at him fearfully and asked "What are you going to do?" Trevor's eyes grew wide as he said in a menacing tone, "I'm going to see that you never meddle in anyone's affairs again!" He slowly takes a step toward her, then another, then another. Julia's eyes widened in horror, more with each step he took. She frantically shakes her head back and forth as she cries out, "NO...NOO ...NOOOO! (Three sets of three sharply dramatic notes sound, followed by one sustained dramatic note which fades as the screen goes black.)
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Carolyn Stoddard-Halliburton struggles to free herself from her captivity. Her face is distorted with pain as she wrests with the ropes that bind her to a post on an old canopy bed. Her wrists are chafed and a small amount of blood has broken through the abrasions left there by her struggle. Weary from the toil, she sighs deeply and collapses on the corner of the bed. Tears stream from her eyes as she whimpers at her inability to get free. "Why? Why is he doing this?" she cries with pleading in her voice. "Why does my life always have to be filled with such agony? Why can't I just be happy and have a normal life? The horrible thing Barnabas did to me, my father, losing Jeb. Trevor seemed so nice. Now some twisted maniac has taken control of him. It's not our fault what happened 300 years ago! Why can't he just leave us alone? Why?" Carolyn now sobs as she leans her head on the bedpost. After several moments she stood by the bedpost once again and resumed her struggling with the ropes. After several frustrated tries, she stops and sobs a bit longer. Her hair hangs in front of her face. Carolyn tosses her head to shake the strands out of her eyes when her eyes catch sight of something. A look of renewed hope crosses her face as she slips out of her shoes and carefully steps up on the bed using the bedpost to maintain balance. Slowly she works the ropes up the bedpost until they are just below the canopy. With her severely limited movement she tries to reach the canopy, but she cannot manage to get a good enough grasp on it to be effectual. Disappointment wracks her face as she realizes it simply won't work. In frustration she balls her fists rams the bottom of the canopy with them. The canopy remained firmly in place. She rams it again and again as she seems completely out of control now with disappointment. After about the seventh ram against canopy, it noticeably gives a little. Carolyn's eyes light up as her hopes surge. With a determined look on her face, she once again began ramming at the canopy. Every other impact raises it a bit more. Carolyn is now almost ecstatic, and fresh vigor rushes through her being as she watches the old oak frame progressively yielding to her efforts. Suddenly, it pops completely off the top of the bedpost. Now it simply rests atop the post. With an almost giddy laugh, she works the ropes up the post until they clear it completely.
Missing the additional tension that was present while the ropes encompassed the bedpost, Carolyn was now effortlessly able to let them roll off her wrists. Carefully using the bedpost to steady herself, she steps down onto the floor. She looks anxiously at the door hoping she had gone unheard. She quickly slips back into her shoes and then ran over to the door. Carolyn pressed her ear to the door and listen for a moment. Convinced that no one was there, she opened the door and hurriedly looked in both directions. Seeing the path was clear, she quickly darted out of the room. Camera lingers on the open doorway.
Barnabas stands in a closed up room peering out between boards over the window. After a moment of trying to see whatever he could, he turned around and said, "It's no use. The windows are covered over with dust and dirt from years without proper care." Selena Parker sat on a velvet cushioned arm chair by the fireplace. She looked up at Barnabas and then rose from the chair and approached him. Looking into his face, she replied, "I know how frustrated you are; a prisoner in your own home, having to sneak around. There's a vile and evil monster out there that has taken over a man who has been a good friend of mine since we were children. Trevor isn't a saint, but I know he would never be capable of the things Judah is forcing him to do. We're no closer to finding a way to exorcise him than we were when we started." Barnabas eyes filled with tenderness as Selena broke down and rushed into his arms. Selena looked up into his caring face and said, "Look what he's done to you! How can we restore to you and Trevor from what Judah has done?" Sadness filled Barnabas' eyes as he softly replied, "I don't know, Selena, I don't know..." A series of knocks came on the door. First three knocks, followed by one, and then two final knocks as they looked at each other, and then at the door. Barnabas then said, "It's Willie." He unlocked the door and opened it to reveal an excitable Willie standing there. "What is it, Willie?" Willie stepped inside and the door was once again locked. Willie licked his lips and said, "Hallibutton just went downstaihs! He left huh in theah! He left Julia in theah!" Barnabas then said, "It may be a trap! He's hoping we will try to free her and then spring his trap just as he did with Quentin!" Willie seemed to disagree and said, "I'm not so shuah, Barnabas! He looked kinda mad! I think he went downstaihs to talk to Adam about somethin' cause he looked like he wus real put out about somethin'!" Barnabas pondered for a long moment, and then said, "We can't take any chances!" He turned to Selena and handed her the door key and said softly, "I won't put your life at risk. Lock the door and wait for us until you hear the special knock." Selena protested, "If he captures you I may not be able to free you!" Barnabas looked at her with understanding and compassion and replied, "I will be careful. You have my promise." Selena knew it was no use to protest further and simply said, "Please do! I'll hold you to that promise." He gave her a warm smile and then asked her to unlock the door. She did so and he and Willie quickly left the room. Selena locked the door behind them and anxiously waited for their return.
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Adam paced in front of the double doors of Collinwood. He held in his hands, a book which he read as he walked. In the distance, the sound of a wolf howling is heard. Adam seemed disquieted by the sound of it. He shrugged it off and resumed reading the book. The door on the landing flew open and Trevor burst out onto the landing and rushed down the stairs. "Well? Have the deputies returned yet?" Trevor demanded as he reached the bottom of the stairs. Adam lowered the book to his side marking his place with a finger. "No, I just looked a few minutes ago. Everything is so quiet, except that wolf that keeps howling. It sounds like it comes from a different direction every time it does it." Trevor gave a slight smile and said, "Ahh yes, the hunter prowls about restlessly, seeking to make the kill, but no victim can be found." Trevor spots the book Adam is holding and asked, "What is that?" Without waiting for an answer he grabs the book and looks at its cover. "The Poetry of Love." Trevor said looking at Adam with an incredulous expression. "I have you here standing guard, and you're taking the edge of your warrior spirit by feeding on this preposterous pabulum! Now I want you to keep watch over that front door! I'm going to have a look around the servants' quarters again." Trevor then rushed off through the door under the landing, taking Adam's book with him. Adam took a few steps with a disappointed frown on his face. Then his countenance lit up again as he stopped for a moment and said, "Your long flowing hair adorns you as the veil of a bride..." Suddenly Carolyn burst through the upstairs doorway and begins rushing down the stairs. A look of shock filled Adam's face as he rushed to the foot of the stairs. "Carolyn! You shouldn't be here. If Judah sees you he'll..."Carolyn breezed right by him as if she didn't even see him and threw open the outside door and rushed out into the blackness. Adam stood torn for a moment looking back and forth at first the empty entranceway, then the door to the servants' quarters, then the front door again. A moment of quiet emotional struggle ensues, and then Adam gave a determined look at the doorway and rushed out into the night to find Carolyn. Dramatic music sounds as camera fades on the half open door.
In a deserted hallway off the west wing, a door quietly opens. Willie and Barnabas step into the musty smelly corridor and quietly shut the door behind them. "Which door is it, Willie?" Barnabas quietly asked. Willie pointed down the hall and replied, "The last one on the right." Both men approach the large oak door and Willie pressed his ear to the door for a moment and then said, "I don't heah nobody." He tries the door knob and then quickly turned to Barnabas in surprise, "It's locked!" he said looking alarmed. Barnabas frowned and then declared, "If Julia is there, we must free her!" Willie nods in agreement, but looks uncertain about what he should do. Suddenly an idea hits him. He reaches into his pocket and produces a pocket knife. He opens it and wedges the blade between the door and its facing and pries at it as he grits his teeth while applying pressure. "Hurry Willie, Judah could return at any moment!" Barnabas said impatiently. Willie continued to wiggle the knife until a distinct click was heard. "I got it!" Willie said, with a look of triumph at his ingenuity. He opened the door and his expression changed immediately. He stepped back out into the doorway and said, "Barnabas, you don't wanna go in theah!" Barnabas looked at Willie in confusion and asked, "What is it Willie?" Willie simply shook his head back and forth and again said, "I'm tellin' ya, ya don't wanna go in theah." Barnabas forced his way past Willie and opened the door. Immediately his eyes widened and his mouth dropped open. "JULIA!" he cried out in horror. In the chair was the lifeless form of Dr. Julia Hoffman, with eyes wide open in terror. (Three sets of three dramatic notes followed by one sustained note which fades as camera goes to black.)
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Barnabas, Willie, and Selena stand over a lifeless body covered over by a blanket. "You were the best friend I have ever known. I never told you that. All the times you saved my life, all the sacrifices you made to keep this family safe..." His thoughts wandered as Willie stood looking at the covered form as well, remembering all that he himself had witnessed of this heroic woman's actions over the years. Selena looked up at Barnabas and noticed the tear forming in his eye. Her own eyes lowered in respect to this woman who had braved so much. Barnabas knelt down next to the body and with anger welling up in his eyes, declared, "Your death will not be in vain, dear friend! You WILL be avenged! Judah will NOT win! You have my word, Judah Zachary will be DESTROYED! (Dramatic drum roll rises and fades.
Trevor Halliburton bursts out of the door under the landing in the front foyer. He immediately notices that Adam is nowhere to be seen. "Adam!" he called out in anger. Then he saw the half open door and rushed over to see if Adam was outside. Seeing no one, he stepped back into the house and closed the door and locked it. With a frightened look, he ran up the stairs two at a time and rushed into the upstairs bedroom hallway.
In a closed off bedroom, the bedspread is mussed and a length of rope lies on the floor. One corner of the canopy on the bed hangs lower than the rest. The door to the bedroom bursts open and Trevor rushes inside and immediately sees that his captive is no longer there. He takes a deep breath and in anger yells out, "That fool! I told him what would happen if he betrayed me!" He runs out slamming the door behind him.
A door bursts open in yet another room and Trevor storms into the room. Liz Stoddard and Roger Collins were jarred out of their slumbers in the commotion. Trevor rushed over to Liz and demanded, "Where is she?" Liz looked up confused and weakly replied, "I don't know what you're talking about." Trevor was fuming as he shouted, "Your daughter! Where IS she? She has escaped from where I had he contained! Where would she go?" Liz, while obviously concerned about her daughter, was also quite pleased to see Judah not quite as sure of himself as he had previously been. "I don't know where is! Why don't you use your crystal ball if want to find her so badly!" Judah seethed inside Trevor and caused him to snarl as he leaned back and delivered a hard slap across Liz's face. "Leave her alone, warlock!" Roger called out in anger. Judah turned to Roger in anger and looked as if he would strangle the life from him. Then the anger subsided and gave way to amusement. "So the mouse does have a backbone after all! I will deal with you shortly!" He then turned back to Liz and said, "Out of the mouth of babes! What a fool I've been! Yes Mrs. Stoddard! I WILL use my crystal ball, as you call it! And when I do, your dear Carolyn...will DIE!" Roger and Liz exchange looks of horror as three dramatic notes sound.
Elizabeth Stoddard.
JOAN BENNETT
Barnabas Collins.
JONATHAN FRID
Roger Collins.
LOUIS EDMONDS
Carolyn Stoddard-Halliburton.
NANCY BARRETT
Julia Hoffman.
GRAYSON HALL
Willie Loomis.
JOHN KARLEN
Selena Parker.
KATE JACKSON
Adam.
ROBERT RODAN
Trevor Halliburton/Judah Zachary.
KEITH PRENTICE
Written and Directed by RUSS WILLIAMS
Story Developed and Created by ART WALLACE
Produced By PETER MINER
Associate Producer GEORGE DiCENZO
Fashions courtesy of ORBACH'S
Music composed by ROBERT COBERT
Scenic Design SY TOMASHOFF
Music Supervisor SYBIL WEINBERGER
Costume Design MOSTOLLER
Make up VINCENT LOSCALZO
Associate Producer KEN McEWEN
Assistant to the producer HARRIET ROHR
Unit Manager PATRICK PLEVEN
Technical Director J.J. LUPATKIN
Lighting Director MEL HANDELSMAN
Audio FRANK BAILEY HENRY PLIMACK
Sound Effects ED BLAINEY
Video RUDY PICCIRILLO ROSS SKIPPER
Series created by DAN CURTIS Executive Producer
Had this been an actual episode, the air date would have been July 14, 1971