Paganini Horror

Hello, darling.

Have you finished practicing?

You got a new lesson today.

Yes, Mom.

Good, you can play now.

Go on, darling, it's all right.

But just remember, one day

you're going to be a great, famous musician.

Just like your father.

Yes, Mom.

Turn it down lower.

More Kate higher, though.

Yeah, I think that's better.

Stop the tape, Paul.

I can't take anymore.

A complete waste of time.

That's enough, Kate.

It's really enough.

- Okay girls, let's just stop for a moment.

The hangman wants to talk to us.

So you don't like this one either, huh?

It's the same old stuff.

There's nothing original about it.

Hmm, I know, it's the violin,

but it's essential to the sound.

No, it's not the violin.

It's the whole song that doesn't make it.

There's something missing.

I know the difference between a hit and the mundane.

Oh, really?

Let's hear it then.

If you knew what it was,

we wouldn't be here discussing it.

If you ask me, your creativity has fallen on its ass.

You keep doing the same stupid things over and over again.

- I cannot make million selling records all the time.

I just can't!

- Yeah, but this one wouldn't sell a thousand, Kate.

It's anonymous, boring.

I'd rather not even record the thing.

Well I have to record it now, Lavinia.

People are already asking for it.

Yeah, but this isn't it honey.

Find another song.

Something new.

Something mind-blowing and sensational.

That's what people expect from you.

Another hit, not rehashed bullshit.

Oh, my god, I don't know.

I can't seem to come up with anything else.

I don't know!

- Then find someone else that can write a new song for you.

Someone that can do what you

no longer seem capable of.

Or maybe you're all washed up already, finished!

Finished?

I'm not finished and I'm gonna show you.

Okay kids, that's it for today.

Okay, you finish too, Paul.

Wait here for me, I'll be right back.

Okay-

Mr. Pickett?

Daniel?

Come in, I'm over here.

Hi, Mr. Pickett.

Couldn't we have met somewhere a little less out of the way?

No, Daniel, this place is perfect.

We have a transaction to make.

A very particular one.

Did you bring what I asked for on the telephone?

Yes, it's right in here.

Good.

Yes, it's, it's light, it's very, very light.

It contains only one thing,

but it could mean a lot to the person who possesses it.

Right, Daniel?

Check it, if you like.

The combination is 666.

On each lock.

Go ahead, open it.

(eerie music.

See, it's just what you asked for.

The original score.

With his own personal seal.

This is the song for Kate.

Do you like it?

Yeah, sure, that's nice.

We should be able to come up with a winner out of that.

Right, Kate?

Yeah, I like it a lot.

But where did you find it?

It's a long story.

Let's just say that there's an interesting

little secret behind it.

What secret?

It's a song written by Nicolo Paganini.

I have the original parchment.

The real thing.

- Do you mean Paganini, the famous Italian violist?

- Yeah. - Oh, really?

But that means it's well-known.

Even though it's public domain,

we can't use it.

Hold it, Lavinia.

This song was never published before.

Never published?

That's right.

Paganini wrote this song 200 years ago

for some secret use, some secret sect

that held mysterious ceremonies at night.

Don't you know about it?

No.

They say he sold his soul to the devil

in exchange for fame and wealth.

Hey you guys, don't you realize what this means?

If Daniel really has the original,

we can use the title Paganini Horror.

It's gonna be fantastic, sensational.

I can see it, people are gonna love the music.

No one has ever done anything remotely like it before.

Except for Michael Jackson with Thriller

and his fantastic video clip.

We could do the same.

Yeah, it's a great publicity idea.

We hire Mark Singer, the director.

The King of Horror.

Uh, are you serious?

No one else could do justice to it.

We'll shoot the video clip in some lonely house.

The kind that scares you just to look at it.

I know just the place.

La Casa De Sol, The House of the Key of G,

where musicians and composers lived many centuries ago.

Yes, I know it.

And I know the girl who bought it, Sylvia.

She's a reasonable woman, I think.

That's it, that's our house, my friends.

The house of Kate's video clip

of Paganini and ghosts.

Where am I?

What am I doing in this house?

In this dress?

Who put this dress on me?

Where's that music coming from?

But this is my music.

Paganini.

Where's it coming from?

Kate.

Come to me, Kate.

Today in this house,

a contract has been stipulated

between Nicolo Paganini and the devil.

Wherein the musician is granted eternal fame

in exchange for his soul.

Signed, Paganini and Satan.

No!

That's it, that's great!

Hit her again, harder!

Now angle the blade a little more this way, up.

Great.

According to the legend,

it was right here in this venetian house,

that Paganini sealed his agreement with the devil.

And then killed his bride Antonia.

And used here intestines as strings

for the violin that he played from then on.

In fact, Paganini's violin had really a unique sound.

Maybe because the strings played forever

the screams of his poor bride.

It really is a horrible story.

Mm, just one of the many concerning

the great Italian violinist.

But they're only fairy tales.

- Of course, I don't believe any of it either.

Okay, that's it.