The Spiral Staircase

Mute Helen watches The Kiss in a movie theater: (0:01)

Dr. Harvey answers Dr. Parry, referring to the murder victim? "That lame girl..."
Referring to Stover: ”Don’t you know he’s my patient?”
”You might like to see what the Stovers did to that prescription you wrote last night” (0:06)

Parry tells Helen, "... no one else to worry about you." (0:08)

Parry tells Freddy, "Your father’s Dr. Harvey’s patient." (0:10)

Mrs. Oates tells Helen, "First there was... then that poor simple-minded creature, and now this cripple..." (0:14)

Nurse Barker answers Mrs. Warren, "It’s time for your medicine."
Mrs. Warren: ”Helen can give me my medicine.” (0:20)

The constable tells Professor Albert Warren, referring to Helen, "I’m especially worried about that girl who works for you." (0:22)

Mrs. Warren’s son Steven Warren tells Helen, "Give me the ether then. Don’t stand there, give me the ether."
Mrs. Warren: ”Take that ether with you.”
Mrs. Warren tells her stepson Albrt, ”I don’t like that ether.”
Albert: ”... it’s a stimulant rather than a depressant.” (0:30)

Household helper Mr. Oates tells Helen, "You got nothing to worry about." (0:36)

Parry tells Helen, "Well, I’ve got me a patient now." (0:37)

Mrs. Warren tells Parry, referring to her husband, "He died years before you came here."
Parry: ”Get me the ether, Helen.”
Parry asks Nurse Barker: ”Will you get me the ether?”
Mrs. Warren: ”You took the ether, Barker.” (0:38)

Albert tells Parry, "Ether was used less than two hours ago."
”Oates, I’m afraid you’ll have to go into the village for some ether.”
Parry: ”You should have some other stimulant at hand...” (0:41)

Parry tells Helen, referring to Mrs. Warren, "She seems obsessed by the idea that you get out of this house.... she saw her mother and father burn to death... by not blocking it out of your mind, you may find your voice again." (0:45)

Parry tells Steven, referring to Helen, "I know her condition is due to shock. I’m sure a new mental therapy can restore her voice."
Steven: ”... are your humanitarian instincts restricted only to people with serious afflictions?” (0:47)

Mrs. Warren tells Helen, referring to a murder victim, "... when the poor simple-minded creature came near the house..." (1:02)

Albert tells Helen, "Mrs. Oates is drunk... Oates, he’s gone to look for ether because I made sure there was no ether." (1:12)

Mrs. Warren tells Albert, "You killed them... today the cripple in the hotel..." (1:19)

Reference in The Black Stallion