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there will be a signal which will give you a sense of power, of release, and you will know the time for action is at hand. Evan holds up a card--the queen of spades--and tells Tim, when you see it, the name of the person you are to kill will be in your mind, and nothing will stop you. He makes sure Tim looks closely at the card--it has meaning for you and you alone--it's the face of a woman who needs to be punished, and deserve everything that will come to it--you have been chosen to do it, and it will be done, says Evan firmly.
Moving on to the next three scenes:
186 EXT - ROAD NEAR SWIMMING POOL - NIGHT 186
as the lights of a car come TOWARD CAMERA.
187 INT - CAR - NIGHT 187
Alex drives as Claire stares out the window. Suddenly
she reacts.
CLAIRE
It's Quentin!
QUENTIN - THEIR P.O.V.
Through the window, Quentin can be seen as he comes
out of the pool building.
INT - CAR - NIGHT
as Alex stops the car, Claire is about to call out.
Alex grabs her arm.
ALEX
Don't!
Through the window Quentin can be seen disappearing
into the darkness. Alex grabs a flashlight, they get
out of the car and run toward the pool house.
188 INT - POOL HOUSE - NIGHT - HIGH ANGLE 188
As Alex and Claire ENTER, the SOUND OF THEIR FOOTSTEPS
ECHO LOUDLY. Stopping at the edge of the pool, Alex
flashes the light about.
CLAIRE
What was he doing here?
ALEX
I don't know.
As he starts toward the back of the pool, still
panning his light, he suddenly sees something in the
water.
THE WATER - THEIR P.O.V.
The light has picked up the shadowy form of Tracy at
the bottom of the pool.
And that's when today's quote -Page 87/Scene 188 - Claire (O.S.) (screaming): 'It's Tracy!'
- comes up.
And when it comes to differences in the dialogue, in more unscripted dialogue, Claire asks -
"Suppose he won't leave?"
- at the start of Scene 187 - and to that Alex replies -
"He'll leave if I have to drag him out of there."
- and right after that, rather than saying "It's Quentin!", Claire actually says -
"Alex, there he is!"
- when she spots Quentin - and rather than a simple "Don't!", Alex actually says -
"No, no, wait!"
- but the dialogue for what's covered so far of Scene 188 is delivered exactly as scripted, with the exception that, as can be seen in today's capture -
Page 87/Scene 188 - Claire (O.S.) (screaming): 'It's Tracy!'
- today's quote is not delivered off screen.
And when it comes to the differences in the descriptions and directions, there is no Scene 186 as the film currently stands, though it's not on the unrecovered footage list, so it may be in the 129 minute version - and when it comes to Scene 187, after Claire spots Quentin, we don't actually see him shot through the car's window as he -
- walks away from the pool house - and we also see the Jenkins' car in the background as -
- Quentin soon disappears off camera - and unlike what's scripted, Alex doesn't grab a flashlight before he and Claire get out of the car and run toward the pool house - and when it comes to what's covered so far of Scene 188, we don't actually hear the sound of the Jenkins' footsteps echo loudly as they enter the pool house - and considering that Alex doesn't carry a flashlight, obviously he doesn't flash its the light about or pan it as he and Claire make their way through the building - and the way Tracy is actually spotted by Claire is that she sees Tracy's body -
- bobbing in the water, meaning Tracy has not sunk to the bottom of the pool.
And speaking of the drowning, here's a still -
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The Famous Monsters caption for it reads: "Influenced by a malignant spirit, Quentin (David Selby) attempts to drown Tracy."
- of which a slightly cropped copy appeared in the NoDS cover article in Famous Monsters of Filmland #88 Jan. 1972. The Doctor and K9 generously shared a PDF of the article back in Reply #132.