Masters of Horror

What do you want ?

I'm here about the room.

No pets, no parties, no loud music.

This is a quiet building.

I'm a grad student at the university

doing my thesis.

I just need a quiet place to study.

Student ?

And I'm gonna need the extra month's rent in advance.

I can't afford another month's rent, you know?

Come on, man, I really need this apartment.

Well, I don't like renting to students.

Young people...

They have no respect!

This one's on welfare already.

And she owes me two months rent.

Eh, you know anybody who need a place?

No.

Ahh...

This is the room.

There's 100 dollar security deposit for damage to the furnishings.

And it's not refundable.

You ain't gonna find any cheaper than this.

Yeah, I know.

I'll take it.

Fuck!

God damn it!

Get away from me!

You alright?

You need help?

Hel... hello?

It won't stop!

It wouldn't go away!

It won't leave us alone!

It's okay, it's okay. It's gone now. It's okay.

Do not let it come back, please. Just help me!

All right, I'll help you. It's okay.

- I'll be right back. - Where are you going?

Mr Dombrowski ?

What do you want?

The woman upstairs was attacked by a large rat.

Is that what all that screaming was about?

I thought somebody was dying!

You tell her that she better keep it down.

And that... that kid of hers too!

Woh! It almost bit the baby!

You gotta get the exterminators in here!

Oh right!

So she can claim another kitty ate rat poison

and then try to sue me!

This house is infested with rats. I can hear them in the walls.

Hey! You put them up to this, Masurewicz, huh?

Is this more of your nonsense?

Look! I saw it attack her and the baby?

Come on, man!

Can you do something about the rats?

This house is over 300 years old.

Of course it has rats!

Every building in this God forsaken neighborhood has rats!

Here, you fixed it!

Mr.!

You saw a rat ?

Yeah.

A big one?

Yeah.

With a face...

A human face?

I don't know what you mean.

- That should do it. - Are you sure?

Yeah, it won't get back in that way.

Well, maybe somewhere else!

I don't see any other place it could fit through.

Ohhh... well thank you.

Well, you're safe now.

You are a hero!

I'm Walter Gilman. I just moved in next door.

Oh! Frankie... Frances... Elwood.

And this is Danny!

Hey!

How are you, fella?

Ah, he likes you.

Can I make you some tea?

Ohh... no, no, it's okay.

I gotta get back to study... so.

Oh. Oh, you are a student!

Yeah, grad student at the U.

One day this guy is gonna get a college degree.

- Okay. - Okay.

So...

- Thanks again. - Yeah.

Bye.

Walter!

Walter!

She's coming!

She's coming for you!

Ahhh!

Who is it ?

It's me... Frankie.

Hey!

Are you... okay?

Yeah! Yeah. I'm fine, I'm fine.

Well, I... thought, I heard...

It sounded like somebody screamed.

Just nothing, a nightmare...

I hope I didn't wake the baby...

No, he slept through a rock concert once.

Are you sure that you're okay?

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Really, yeah.

No problem.

Okay.

How about that cup of tea?

So, what are you studying?

Working on something called Street theory.

It is totally ***.

One of its proposition is that the universe,

everything we know that exist,

exists on one plane.

We called them "membrane".

And, we notice, by the calculations,

there are a number of other membranes,

of the universe, somewhere there is as many as 11 dimensions.

But my work shows, I think, so far anyway,

that at certain angles,

two membranes can intersect, you know.

And if you know where they cross, and how to recognize those angles,

you can go from one universe...

- ... to the other. - Huh.

So... you packing?

I'm a little behind on the rent, so...

Dombrowski is evicting us.

We're leaving in the morning.

Where you gonna go?

There are um... places.

I need to get a job soon, and we'll find a better home than this.

How much do you owe him?

No, I'm not taking your money!

I can lend you the money. It's not a big deal.

I don't even know you!

Look... here, 50 dollars.

I bet you, he'll let you stay another week for that.

You are student, I think can't afford that!

Why would you be living in this rat hole?

I create papers for this professor and he pays me.

Look, it's just for a week.

Till you get that job.

So, Danny doesn't have to go to one of those places.

With this and what I've got, he might let us stay.

But I am paying you back

by next week.

Okay.

Would you like another cup?

Ah, no... no, it's okay.

I got to... finish those papers,

and I got to study, and...

Yeah, I better go.

Well, good night, then... and thank you.

Yeah. Good night.

Oh, God!

Excuse me!

Sir!

Excuse me!

You saw it.

The rat... with a face.

- That was a dream. - No dream.

You... you put the idea in my mind.

I went to sleep and I dreamt about it.

It is her familiar.

She is hunting you.

Who? Who are you talking about?

The witch! Did you see her in your dream?

Forget it... I just need some quiet in this house, so I can study.

Can you, please, pray a little more quietly?

She is coming for you.

Yeah... Well, I don't believe in much of this, okay?

You will.

Please.

No, I gotta go study.

I have seen her. The demon bitch!

Many times.

What? What are you trying to say to me? Huh?

No.

I come to this house, like you.

A young man. Poor man.

It's cheap. It's quiet.

But this house... is evil!

I lived where you live.

Then, I have dreams...

Like you!

Then...

Then you... you saw the witch?

Her eyes... I still see her eyes!

She made me do... terrible things!

Then why are you staying in this house?

I worked, I prayed to stop her!

Here...

Take this.

Well man, man. Look, no thanks.

It was just a dream.

No dream!

Walter? Hey!