All language subtitles for The Blob Remastered - Horror 1958 English

01 The Blob - Horror 1958 English

♪ [POP] ♪

♪ [CHORUS VOCALIZING] ♪

♪ [MEN] Beware of the Blob ♪
♪ It creeps and leaps, ♪

♪ And glides and slides ♪
♪ across the floor ♪

♪ Right through the door ♪
♪ and all around the wall ♪

♪ A splotch, a blotch ♪
♪ Be careful of the Blob ♪

♪ Beware of the Blob ♪
♪ It creeps and leaps, ♪

♪ And glides and slides ♪
♪ across the floor ♪

♪ Right through the door ♪
♪ and all around the wall ♪

♪ A splotch, a blotch ♪
♪ Be careful of the Blob ♪

♪ Beware of the Blob ♪
♪ It creeps and leaps, ♪

♪ And glides and slides ♪
♪ across the floor ♪

♪ Right through the door ♪
♪ and all around the wall ♪

♪ A splotch, a blotch ♪
♪ Be careful of the Blob ♪

No.

[CHUCKLES]
Well, it's a shooting star.

I thought you were supposed to
wish on shooting stars.

- But I did.
- We only saw one.

But you see a lot of them
up here at night.

What?

Well, I mean,
there's a lot of them out at night.

You don't see them in town.
That's why I come up here.

Oh, no, no. That's not what I mean.
I mean, you can see them better up here -

I know what you mean, Steve.

No, no, it's not what you think,
Janey girl.

My name is Jane. Just Jane.

For a little while, I even thought
that shooting star business...

wasn't just part of your line.

But it's not, Janey gir...

Jane, I've never brought anyone
up here before.

Never?

Never.

Well, I may be crazy,
but well, I believe you.

Well, you're not crazy.

[WHISTLING SOUND]

[EXPLOSION]

Boy, that was close! Come on.
I want to see if I can find it.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[DOG BARKING]

[FAINT CHIRPING SOUND]

[BARKING CONTINUES]

[CHIRPING SOUND CONTINUES]

[BARKING CONTINUES]

Shut up. Get back inside.
Get. Get back in there.

[DOG WHIMPERING]

[CHIRPING CONTINUES]

Huh.

[CHIRPING CONTINUES]

[CHIRPING STOPS]

[GRUNTING]

[GASPING, SHOUTS]

[SHOUTING]

Could have sworn
it landed just over this hill.

Maybe it's like lightning.

Sometimes you think
it's striking right next door...

and it's really miles away.

No, I still think it's close by.

Well, do you want to go back
and try the other road?

No.

Urn I mean, well, I'm sorry
about the bumpy ride.

It's all right, Steve.

Well, listen, why don't we go back
to town, and I'll apologize?

I'll apologize over a sandwich.
I mean, on me.

- Okay?
- Okay.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[JANE]
Steve, watch out!

[TIRES SCREECHING]

- What was that?
- It looked like an old man.

[MAN GROANING]

[STEVE]
Where'd he go?

Hey, you okay?

[MAN]
Oh! Take me to a doctor!

- What's the matter?
- I can't get it off!

Well, here, let me try.
Maybe I can get it off.

- No! You can't!
- Okay.

Come on.
We'll get you in the car.

[GROANING]

- Yeah, okay. Go ahead. Get in.
- It hurts.

- [GROANING CONTINUES]
- Take it easy now.

Here, better put this on.
Now, take it easy.

We'll get you there as fast as we can.

Boy, I hope the Doc is in.

Mrs. Porter? Dr. Hallen.
I'm leaving now.

Yes, I'll be back tomorrow night,
probably late.

No, I haven't forgotten anything.

Ye Ye-Yes, I'll be fine.

Look, Mrs. Porter, if you'll just keep
your eye on the house while I'm gone?

Thank you. Good-bye.

[MAN WHIMPERING]

- [HORN HONKS]
- Come on!

[HONKING]

Hey, who's the cowboy?

That's no cowboy.
That's Steve Andrews.

- What?
- Yeah, that's his container.

- It's a real dog.
- Well, he can't do that to us.

[ENGINE ACCELERATING]

[VEHICLE APPROACHING]

Hey, Doc?

- It's all right. Come on.
- [GROANING]

Watch his hand.

Hey, Doc Hallen,
this man's been hurt.

Well, come on in.

- Wanna get the door?
- [MAN WHIMPERING, MUTTERS]

[WHIMPERING CONTINUES]

Oh, in there.

[GASPS]

What's the matter with him?

I...

I don't know.
He got something on his hand.

What do you mean?

Well, we ran into him
down on the Old North Road.

Ran into him?

No, Doc. We picked him up
out on the road.

He was screaming
about this thing on his hand.

Let's take a look.
Take it easy, old timer.

- What is it he's got on his hand?
- I don't know, Doc.

It was kind of like -

well, a big blister
on his fingers, you know?

- [WHIMPERING]
- Easy, now. Easy.

How are we gonna - How are we going
to help you if you don't let us see it?

Doc. It's gotten bigger.
It was just on his hand before.

[HALLEN] Cover him with this, please.
I've got to give him something.

[GROANING, MUTTERING]

Take it easy, old-timer.
Everything's gonna be all right.

- Steve, uh, you know who he is?
- Huh?

- Do you have any idea who he is?
- Oh, no, no.

All right. Take it easy.

There we are.

- Steve.
- Huh?

Could you drive out to the place
where you found him?

See if you can find somebody
that knows what happened.

Right. Right.

- Steve?
- Yeah?

Would you turn out
the outside light when you go?

- I don't want to be disturbed.
- Sure, Doc.

Sure.

What's up?

♪ [FANFARE] ♪

- [JANE LAUGHS]
- Congratulations.

- Yeah? For what?
- For what? he says.

Modest.

Mooch, quick - the crown.

♪ [FANFARE] ♪

[STEVE LAUGHING]

Okay, I give up.

You just beat out the champion, pal...

a little while ago
when you came into town.

Oh.
[CHUCKLES]

I get it. Well, thanks anyway,
but you can keep the crown.

No, no, no.
Wait a minute, Steve.

You just can't stop
being the champion like that.

You've gotta meet a challenger.

- You mean you?
- Me?

Did I say anything about a race, guys?

- Huh?
- Not a word.

All right, look, it's been a ball,
you know? But I gotta go.

Yeah. We know how you go.

We're just not so sure
you should drive around so fast.

Now look, I just don't have time
to prove anything tonight.

- Now, do you understand?
- Well, who's asking you to prove anything?

We can beat this kiddie car of yours
going backwards.

[MOOCH]
Oh, that's a foregone transfusion.

- Okay.
- [WHOOPING]

Now you're talking', king.

And we'll do it just like you said.

What did I say?

- Backwards.
- Huh?

Said you could beat this kiddie car
going backwards.

- To the light.
- Okay.

You say when.

Okay.

- [ENGINES REVVING]
- When!

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[BOTH LAUGHING]

Mmm.
[BLOWS]

I told you. I got to leave now.

Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh!

Steve.

[VEHICLE APPROACHING]

All right. What's this all about?

Hi, Dave. Hey, what's up, huh?

I seem to be missing something.
What's going on?

We're just sitting here
waiting for the light.

Oh, you mean
that light down there.

Yeah.

And you do know you're
on the wrong side of the road?

[CHUCKLES]
I know.

Would you think it was funny
if your father.

If Jane's father heard you were booked
for reckless driving?

Okay, don't bring the fathers into this.
I'll never do it again.

- Do what again?
- Huh?

Do what again?

Well...

whatever you think I'm doing, Dave.

Like driving
on the wrong side of the road?

Well, yeah, yeah.

Or maybe even driving backwards?

Hey, Dave, that's an idea.

Listen, you know that 80% or 90%
of the accidents are a front-end job.

You know, in Australia,
they got airplanes, you know...

with the seats set in backwards,
so in case you get a collision...

they got... no concu...

[LAUGHING]

Uh no good, huh?

Okay.
[CLICKING TONGUE] Lock me up.

You mean, you were cm...

Why?

What am I gonna do with you kids?
You know I don't wanna haul you in.

No more fooling' around, Dave.

No, I mean it. I.

- I swe
- I promise.

- Right, Jane? Huh?
- Right.

See?

- No more horseplay.
- No more horseplay, Dave.

No, no more fooling around.

Get outta here.

[ENGINE STARTS]

Here they come.

Hey what happened?

- Sergeant Bert?
- No, no, no. Dave.

- Oh, you're lucky it wasn't Bertsie.
- Yeah, you're not kidding.

- You don't know the half of it.
- What?

Last night we seen Gig's car parked
in front of Nancy's, you know?

Listen to this.

So we decided we'd move it,
hide it on him.

So we're moving it down
the centre of the street-

[CHUCKLING]
when along comes Sergeant Bert.

[MAN LAUGHING]

So Mooch tells him
we can't get it started, you know?

He says, "I don't care.

You're blocking traffic.
Move it. Move it out of the way.

You know?
So then he gets out of the car...

comes over to us,
and he's helping us move Gig's car.

[ALL LAUGHING]

Just then,
Gig comes out of the house...

and he's yelling,
Who's stealing my car?

- I thought Bertie would drop his teeth.
- I'll bet he did.

- [ALL LAUGHING]
- Boy.

Boy, if Gig didn't cover for us,
we would've been in trouble.

Yeah, you know, I'd sure hate
to cross Bertie again tonight.

Hey. Hey, what happened
with you and Dave?

I got a lecture.
Promised to be a good boy.

You know, Dave's a good guy.

I think we have been steaming him up
a little too much.

There's about two inches of rubber
on the street outside Doc's house.

Hey, I almost forgot.
I gotta do something for the Doc.

What?

I gotta go up on the Old North Road
and check on some people.

- You wanna come with me?
- Oh, no, man, no.

- We're going to the flicks, right?
- Sure. Good luck. At this time of night?

- Yeah.
- Yeah, it's a midnight spook bit.

We got some rumours there'd be
some unprotected women in the balcony.

Well, listen. Why don't you.
Come on. Come with us.

You can go to the movies afterwards.
It'll only take a half hour.

- Come on!
- It's okay with me.

- All right, man. Lead the way.
- Okay.

[JANE]
Good.

Groverton 4771.

5296.

Hello. Is Dr. Gilpen there?

Dr. Hallen.

Oh, he has?

No. No message.
Thanks. Good-bye.

[WOMAN ON PHONE]
Hello?

Kate? Dr. Hallen.
I'm still at the office.

Something's come up.
I'll need your help right away.

No, you've got to come back, Kate.

There's a man here with some sort
of a parasite on his arm.

It's assimilating his flesh
at a frightening speed.

I may have to get ahead of it
and amputate.

No, I

I don't know what it is
or where it came from.

[MOOCH WHISTLES]
Hey, man, look at that, will you?

- What is it, Steve?
- Wow. I don't know.

[JANE]
Tony, look.

Hey, what landed here?

[MOOCH] We must be getting
pretty close to the front line.

Hey, why would anybody
leave a lantern here?

- I don't know.
- [MOOCH] The old man might have.

- [TONY] What is it, Steve?
- It's hot.

Watch it.

- A shooting star?
- [TONY] Hey, we saw that too.

A real big one, like a skyrocket?

[MOOCH]
Oh, yeah. About an hour ago.

I Tony 1
Do you think this is it?

- I don't know.
- Let me see.

Wow.

A real piece of sky.
Here, Mooch.

[CHUCKLES] You mean that
this little pebble's been out there...

hot rodding around the universe?

Probably big as the moon
when it started.

No kidding.
Let me see it, Mooch.

And this is all that's left?

Well, it's all that's here.

[DOG HOWLING]

I'll bet there is a house close by.

Doesn't sound like a house.
It sounds like a dog.

- Come on, Steve. Let's go look.
- Yeah, sure.

- [HOWLING CONTINUES]
- Hey, wait a minute.

[DOG BARKING]

Hey, there's a house.

[BARKING CONTINUES]

- Hey, real nice.
- [JANE] You think anybody's here?

Hello? Hello?

Doesn't look like
there's anybody here at all.

Hey, I can't see anything
but just that little dog.

Oh, Steve, open the door
and let him out.

Okay. Come on.
[KISSING SOUNDS, WHISTLES]

- Come on. Come on.
- Come on. Come on.

- Come on, pal.
- Come on. Oh! Come on out.

Doesn't look like anybody
was there at all.

- Come here.
- [TONY] No.

I guess it's the old man's dog.
Don't you worry, baby. You'll be all right.

Think this is the place?

Well, it sure looks like it.

This is a cosy spot. No neighbours,
no cars, no roads, no lights.

Yeah, and no movies.
Come on, you guys. Let's get outta here.

- Let's go, Mooch.
- I guess there's nothing else you can find out here, Steve.

No, no. I guess not.

Why don't you come with us
to the spooky show, huh?

- You'd like it.
- No, no, thanks.

Ah, you gotta stop
taking' everything so serious-like.

Gotta live a little.
You gotta go, you know?

Yeah, Steve.
You gotta hang loose, like me.

- Okay, sure. The spook show.
- Come on.

- Let's go, you guys!
- Yeah, comm'.

- Steve?
- Yeah.

What about the dog?

I don't know.

I mean, we can't just leave him here.
He'd starve to death.

- Yeah, that's right.
- Couldn't we take him with us?

Sure. I guess that's the least
we could do for the old man.

Come on. Let's go.

Oh, hello, Kate.
Thanks for coming back.

It's okay.
What do you want me to do?

You better take his pulse. But don't
touch that material on his right hand.

It absorbs flesh on contact,
like an acid.

Doctor, where is he?

What do you mean?

[GASPS]

[DR. HALLEN]
Kate, stand still. Don't move.

It must have absorbed
the old man completely.

I don't know what this is, but it's got
to be killed before it gets any bigger.

- Oh, Doctor, I'm afraid.
- Try to stay as far away from it as you can.

- [STIFLED GASP]
- Kate, be calm! Now do as I say.

Behind you,
the trichloroacetic acid.

Throw it!

Throw it?

Yes, but for heaven's sake,
don't get any of it on your hands.

Doctor, nothing will stop it.

A gun. In my den.

I've got to go for it, Kate.

Now try to stay absolutely still.

Don't go. Don't leave me.

I'll be right back.

Doctor, come back! Come back!

[WHIMPERING, SCREAMS]

- [GLASS SHATTERS]
- Kate, what's the matter?

[SWITCH CLICKING]

Kate! Kate, what is it? Kate!

Kate!

[GUNSHOTS]

[DOG BARKING]

Listen, you stay there,
and I'll go in and tell the Doc.

- It doesn't look like there's anybody here.
- Yeah.

Well, you know, maybe he took
the old man over to the hospital.

- Anyway, I'll check.
- Okay.

Listen, I'm gonna check in the garage
and see if the Doc's car is there.

Oh, okay.

[WINDOW RATTLING]

[HALLEN SCREAMING]

Steve. Steve, what's the matter?

[PANTING]

Steve. Tell me, what happened?

- I can't.
- Well, what happened?

- It was so.
- It was.

Steve, what is it?

- It's got the Doc. It's got-
- What's the matter with him?

Just like the thing on the old man's hand,
only - only it was bigger.

Then it was on his whole head,
and then in just a second he disappeared.

- He disappeared?
- He was all gone. He was all gone.

- He just disappeared in just a second.
- Steve, what are you talking about?

I'm sorry. Get in the car, Jane.

Well, what are you gonna do, Steve?

We're gonna go to the police.
They'll know what to do.

[MAN ON POLICE RADIO, INDISTINCT]

[MAN] There's not much we can do unless
you're adequately protected yourself.

Yeah, sure. Mm-hmm.

You got any, um.

Well, we can get someone
over there tomorrow. Yeah.

We'll have someone over there
first thing in the morning.

Well, what's this?

Hey, watch it, Dave.
Don't mix up the pieces.

Ritchie, you old buzzard.
I didn't know you were a chess player.

It's like I've been telling you, Dave.
You're not the only thinker around here.

It's nothing.
Just a hobby kind of, you know?

Well, wait. Wait a minute.

I think this is pretty interesting.
Who do you play with?

Well, late at night
when I'm here by myself...

and things are pretty slow, I.

Well, you gotta do something'.

You ought a take up chess, Dave.
Loosen up your grey matter a little.

I guess I'd better.
You'll have to teach me, Ritchie.

Sure, Dave. Anytime.

Dave, Doc Hallen's been killed.

- Doc Hallen? What happened?
- It's over at his place.

- You gotta come now!
- Wait a minute, Steve.

- Tell us what happened.
- I'm trying to tell you.

Now this thing, it killed the Doc.

What was it? Out with it, kid.

Well, it's kind of like a ma -

It's kind of like a mass
that keeps getting bigger and bigger.

- Come on, Steve. Make sense.
- I know, I know.

Look, Dave, you gotta see this thing
to believe what I'm telling you.

Maybe the thing you saw
was a... monster?

Yeah, maybe it was. I don't know.

Hold on, Jim.
Now, what is this, Steve?

A little while ago, it was driving
backwards, and now it's monsters.

Look, he's not making it up, Dave.
Honest.

Dave, I'm not kidding. I swear.

Come on over to the Doc's.
You can see it for yourself.

You're crazy if you go.
Can't you see it's a gag?

He says Doc Hallen's dead, Jim.
We've got to check it out.

Let's go.

Ritchie, you mind the store.

Dave, listen.
[CONTINUES, INDISTINCT]

[ENGINE STARTS]

[CAR PULLS AWAY]

- [RADIO HUMMING]
- [MAN ON RADIO CHATTERING, FAINT]

East Cornwall, Downingtown H.Q.

[MAN ON RADIO]
Downingtown, East Cornwall H.Q.

Q to K-2.

Do I read you right?

Q to K-2?

Roger.

KN to KB-5.

Shucks.

This office will be closed
all day Saturday. Dr. Hallen.

- Wait a minute.
- What's the matter?

You're not gonna go in there. The
thing might be in there waiting for you.

Well, we'll have to
take that chance, won't we?

I'm not kidding.

Dr. Hallen?

Dr. Hallen?

[SWITCH CLICKING]

Hmm. Seems to be
a short circuit in here.

You got your light?

[DAVE]
Everything looks okay.

There. I think this is the room
I saw him in.

It's locked.

Let's see if I can find a key that'll work.

Nah, the key's already here.
It's been locked from the inside.

Hello? Who's in there?

Better go around
and see if the window's unlocked.

If it isn't, break the glass,
come in and unlock the door.

- All right.
- You're not gonna let him do that.

Now, don't worry, Steve.

Sergeant Bert knows
how to handle himself.

And this is the only way
to get to the bottom of this.

- I'll see if I can find the fuse box.
- Okay.

Steve.

I wonder where the little dog is.

Yeah.

What do you think happened to him?

I don't know.

Well, that's more like it.

This must have been
what blew the fuse.

[GLASS SHATTERING]

Jim?

Wait till you get a load of this mess.

[DAVE WHISTLES]

[JANE]
Oh.

What about this, Steve?

I don't know, Dave. I can't figure it.
But I know I saw the Doc.

All right, kid. Cut the act.
What really happened here?

I don't know.

All of a sudden, your mind is a blank?
Is that it?

- No.
- Steve, are you sure this is the room?

Yes. Yes, I'm sure of it.

[SNIFFS]
This has been fired.

But I haven't seen any shot marks
around anyplace.

Let me tell you what happened, kid.

You and whoever else was in on this with you
thought you'd put one over on the police.

So you break in here when the Doc's
not around, you mess the place up a little.

Now, wait a minute, Jim.

The kids couldn't have done this.
You saw for yourself.

The window was locked from the inside,
and so was the door.

They rigged it with a piece of string. It's
part of their plan to make us look silly.

I think you're doing that pretty well
by yourself, Sergeant.

Steve, was there anybody else with you?

No.

How 'bout when I stopped you
over on Morgan Street?

When you were pulling that stunt.

- Those kids had nothing to do with this.
- Who were they?

Why, it was Tony Gressette
and - and Mooch Miller.

Those kids?
Well, there's your answer right there.

They're just the kind of kids
to pull a trick like this.

But this time they've gone too far.

What goes on out here?

- Land's sakes!
- What are you doing here, Mrs. Porter?

Boy, oh, boy, oh, boy!

Wait till Doctor gets back and sees this.

Back? From where?

Lieutenant, was it burglars?

We don't know yet.
Where is Dr. Hallen?

Johnsonville. A medical convention.

You know, I told him
this would happen one of these days...

the way he leaves everything unlocked.

Of course, it was my fault too.
He asked me to keep an eye on the place.

But that's not true, Dave.
He never left.

[SCOFFS]
I don't think I've had the pleasure.

Oh, this is Steve Andrews, Mrs. Porter.

He seems to think the doctor got
into some trouble here tonight.

No, sir! The doctor
don't know anything about this.

He called me just before he left.

He didn't leave.

Look, Dave, I'll bet his car
is still in the garage.

Hmm. Might be.

Doctor sometimes goes
in somebody else's car.

Dr. Gilpen from over in Groverton.

- Jim, call Dr. Gilpen.
- Right.

- He won't be home.
- Just checking.

Mrs. Porter, did you hear
any gunshots tonight?

I sure did.
Tonight and every other night.

The people downstairs have
those old movies on their television.

There's always some shooting
or screaming.

Whoever this thief was, he didn't
have to tear up the place like this.

I feel terrible.

Wait a minute, Mrs. Porter.
I don't want any of this touched.

Well, I don't want the doctor to come back
tomorrow and find the place like this.

It's bad enough
the window's broke and all.

But, Mrs. Porter.

Now, you boys have your work to do,
and I have mine.

There's a criminal walking around
out there free as a bird.

You go get him.
Let me clean up here.

Mrs. Porter, you don't understand.

We may want to check here
for fingerprints later.

Dr. Gilpen's on his way to Johnsonville.

Did he pick up Dr. Hallen?

I spoke with Mrs. Gilpen, and she said
that Dr. Hallen had called around 11:00...

just after her husband left...

but she thought
they were going together.

- Where can we reach them in Johnsonville?
- I don't know. I didn't ask her that.

St. John's Hotel.
That's where the doctor usually stays.

Well, they should be there
in a couple of hours.

We'll leave word to have him call us
when he checks in.

Can't I just dust around the fingerprints?

Tomorrow.

Well, let's go, kids.

Dave, this is all wrong.

All right, kid. The show's over.

It was a cute act,
but this time it didn't work.

This locked door business
really hung you.

If everything happened like you
said it did, where's the doctor?

And where is this old man?
And where is the big, bad monster?

I don't know.

Hand me that small hammer, will ya?

Why don't you finish that tomorrow?

I ain't gonna be here.

I'm going' on a hunting' trip.

I didn't know you was a hunter.

Neither did I.

We got a little cabin up in the
south woods, the boys and me.

And I'm telling' you, Marty boy,
we're going' up there this weekend...

and I'm gonna get so roaring',
stinking', no-good drunk...

I won't be able to see.

Hey, why don't you come with us?
It'll do you some good.

Oh, I don't think Martha
would figure it that way.

Do you have to tell your old woman
everything?

Tell her you gotta see a sick friend.
Tell her your uncle died.

Tell her you're going away so you can
love her more when you get back.

- Good night.
- [HAMMERING]

Boy, I'm so tired of looking'
at the inside guts of second hand cars...

I could spit grease.

You know, Marty, if I didn't get away
once in a while and cut loose...

I'd blow a gasket.

[HAMMERING CONTINUES]

And when I come in on Monday, if
Mr. Johnson looks at me funny just once -

just once -

you know what I'm gonna
do to him, Marty?

Hey. Marty?

[SCREAMING]

- [PHONE RINGING]
- Look, you keep telling me about a monster.

I don't know what you're talking about.
All I want to do is clear this thing up.

All right, I agree. But I still don't see
why you had to call our folks.

- Dave, it's for you.
- What else could I do?

Well, give us a chance
to find out what happened.

You know we didn't tear up Doc's house.
Look, how long have you known me, Dave?

- Have I ever done anything like that before?
- All right. All right! I believe you.

But I still don't think
you're telling me all you know.

- Oh, Dave.
- Hello?

- Yeah.
- Daddy.

Well, young lady, do you mind telling me
where you've been spending the evening?

- Daddy, it's all right.
- Oh, yes, everything's fine.

I always stop by the police station in the
middle of the night to pick up my daughter.

Don't you realize
what this will do to me?

- Why, by morning, it will be all over town.
- [POLICE RADIO, INDISTINCT]

We were just trying to warn people.

After all, I am principal
of the high school.

Young man, this is the last time you're
ever going to take my daughter out!

Daddy, Steve didn't do anything wrong.

Mr. Andrews, can you make anything
out of all this? I can't.

Take it easy, Mr. Martin. We'll
straighten everything out. Hello, Son.

- Dad, I saw something terrible tonight.
- And nobody'll believe us.

Mr. Martin, Mr. Andrews...

uh, apparently, Doc Hallen's office
was broken into by vandals tonight.

And Steve and Jane seem to know
something about it.

Vandals? My daughter?

Well, you don't think our kids
were mixed up in it, do you?

All we know is that they told us something
had happened over at Dr. Hallen's house.

We're not accusing anyone
of what we found.

Now, we can't be more definite until
we contact Dr. Hallen in Johnsonville.

Dad, it isn't vandalism!

Dr. Hallen is dead, and he was killed
by some sort of a monster.

Now, I know because I saw it, Dad.

Lieutenant, I want you to know that Steve
is not in the habit of telling lies.

If he says he's not mixed up in this
vandalism, you can be sure it's the truth.

Did you see this thing too, Jane?

Well...

No. Not exactly.

Well, look, folks. We'll all know more in
the morning after we've called Johnsonville.

I think the best thing now is for
all of us to go home, get some sleep.

Maybe it's a good idea, Son.
We can talk about this some more at home.

Sure, Pop.

Get out of the house as fast as you can.
I'll be over.

Maybe Bertie's right.

Maybe it is this is just a gag like those
school fraternities were throwing last year.

Remember how they stitched that bathing
suit to the statue of General Hayes?

I don't think this is a gag.

Why didn't you book the kids then?

Why make a big thing of it tonight...

if we can clear
the whole thing up tomorrow?

Boy, if it was Bertie, he'd have them
strung up by the thumbs by now.

Maybe he would.

[PHONE RINGS]

Police department.

Hold on. It's Bertie.

- Hello?
- Dave?

- Yeah.
- I checked around the neighbourhood.

A couple people thought they heard shots,
but they weren't sure.

- Okay, Jim. Doc's place locked up?
- Yeah.

- Check back in then.
- Right.

We'll get the truth out of those kids
if it takes all night.

- I sent the kids home.
- Home? Are you crazy?

Jim, we'll take care of
this whole thing tomorrow.

Yes, sir. Is that all?

Yes. That's all.

[RITCHIE]
Bertie got some idea what this is?

I don't care what Bertie's ideas are.

He acts like he was still fighting the war.

Just because some kid smacks into his wife
on the turnpike...

doesn't make it a crime to be 17 years old.

Okay. So I don't know what the kids
are up to tonight.

But I'm not gonna throw them into a cell
like a couple of vagrants.

We'll put this puzzle together
in the morning.

In the meantime, at least we know
where the kids are.

- Hey, where are you going?
- Oh, shh, Danny. Shh, shh, shh.

Where are you going?

Oh, I've got something very important
to do, Danny, but it's gotta be a secret.

I won't tell anybody.
I'll go with you.

No, honey. I have to go by myself.

- Will you be back pretty soon?
- Well, I don't know.

Aren't you afraid to go out by yourself?

Yes I, I guess I am, Danny.

I'm not afraid.
I'll go with you.

Oh, no, Danny. You — You've got
a bigger job to do.

You've gotta stay here
and guard Mommy and Daddy.

Aw, they don't need guarding.

Oh, look, Danny. Go on to bed die.
Look. If you go to bed, I might-

I might bring you
a little dog all your very own.

A dog? Honest?

Honest. I cross my heart.

Oh. boy!

Now shh. Go on up to bed.

What's his name?

- Oh, any name you want, Danny.
- Can I name him William?

Oh, that's a fine name, Danny.
Now you better run on up to bed. Go on.

Aw, I don't like William.

Now you run on to bed, honey.

[MR. ANDREWS WHISPERING]
Steve. Steve.

- [MRS. ANDREWS] Is he asleep?
- Yes.

[MRS. ANDREWS]
Do you think he did something wrong?

[MR. ANDREWS]
I don't know. I don't think so.

And apparently the police don't either,
or they wouldn't have sent him home.

I felt that he was keeping
something from us.

[MR. ANDREWS] Yes. He did seem more willing
to talk when we were at the police station.

Oh, I think that - well, tomorrow he might
talk, and we'll be able to straighten this out.

[MRS. ANDREWS]
Maybe. After a good night's sleep.

[MR. ANDREWS]
Yeah. Good night.

[MRS. ANDREWS]
Night, dear.

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

You scared me to death.
What are you doing here?

- Listen, Jane. I told you to wait over there.
- The folks went right to bed, so I came on out.

I didn't see you,
so I thought I should just come over.

All right, come on.
Let's go around the corner.

- Steve?
- Huh?

Oh, I'm sorry.

Least I could've done is thank you
for coming out tonight.

You didn't need to.

I never needed to talk to anyone before,
not as much as I do now.

Well, we're in this together,
aren't we, Steve?

You know, I wish that we -

I must be getting confused.

I know we saw the old man.
I know we took him to the Doc's...

and I know the Doc sent us out to see
if we could find out what happened.

That's right.

And I know the old man
had something on his hand...

something he couldn't get off,
something that kept getting larger.

I saw that.

And then I.

I think I saw the Doc.

He was standing by the window,
and he was - he was -

Well, he was trying to get out...

and that thing was all over him, and -

And then he -

he just dissolved while I stood there.

I think I saw this.

I believe you did.

You know,
plenty of people in their right minds...

thought they saw things that didn't exist-
you know, like flying saucers.

The light was just right,
and the angle and the imagination.

[SIGHS] Oh, boy, if that's what it is,
then this is just an ordinary night.

You and I are gonna go home and go
to sleep, and tomorrow when we get up...

that sun's gonna shine,
just like yesterday.

Good old yesterday.

Steve.

Well, you believe you did see it,
don't you?

I don't know. I, I.

That's not true, Steve.

Well, maybe - maybe now you -
you don't want to believe it.

Maybe you'd like to tell yourself
it didn't happen.

But, Steve, you're not the kind of person
that can turn your back...

on something you know is true.

I don't know.

Well, you actually did see
what happened to Dr. Hallen.

How do you know I did?

Because I know you.

Okay.

Well, now what do we do?

How do you get people to protect themselves
from something they don't believe in?

Well, you keep trying
and hoping you can find...

some sort of proof
that'll convince them.

Okay.

I mean, I don't like it much...

but I guess the only way you can find that
is to go out and look for it.

I'll go get the car.

- You sure you want to go with me?
- Yes.

I wouldn't give much
for our chances.

You know, wandering around in the middle
of the night trying to find something...

that if we found it,
it might kill us.

If we could only find
a couple of people to help us.

[CHUCKLES]
Who?

Well, your friends,
Tony, Mooch and AI.

Hey, you know, that-
that's worth a try.

My [DRAMATIC THEME]

[MAN]
Yes. I am here...

the demon who possesses your soul.

Wait a bit.

I'm coming for you.

I have so much to show you.

Tony, listen,
I wanna see you outside.

Hey, what gives? I thought you cats
didn't dig spooky shows.

Tony, this is important. Outside.

- Hey What's up?
- Shh!

I'll explain outside.
Now this is important.

You missed most of the picture.
You're not gonna get your money's worth.

None of us are,
unless somebody keeps quiet.

Oh, look, you've gotta come with us.
There's nobody else we can go to.

Okay, you kids, knock it off.

- Come on.
- What? Walk out on the movie?

Let's cut out.
You cats gonna make it?

Not me. I'm part of this chair,
and I can't move.

Hold up, Mooch.

Hey, all right. All right, Steve. You made
us waste our 80 cents. Now what gives?

- [AL] Yeah, what's the scoop?
- [MOOCH] Yeah, what's the big idea, Steve?

Would you believe me if I told you...

there was something
inside of that rock we found tonight...

something that could wipe out
this whole town?

[ALL LAUGHING, JEERING]

- [GROANS]
- Hey, knock it off. Go ahead, Steve.

I saw this thing kill Dr. Hallen tonight.

- Kill Dr. Hallen?
- Come on.

That's right.

Well, what is it?

I don't know.

But one thing's for sure, if it can kill
Dr. Hallen, it can kill somebody else.

[Al]
Well, what do you want us to do, Steve?

All right. We're gonna find this thing,
and we're gonna make people believe us.

Let's try Johnsonville again, Ritchie.

- Okay.
- Just saw a strange one.

What do you mean?

Well, on my way back here, I ran into
Mr. Connors coming out of that bar...

in the building he owns
over on Second Street.

He'd just stopped in,
and there was nobody there.

Queerest thing I've ever seen.
TV was playing' away.

The cash register was sitting there
with all the money still in it.

Nobody around.
No bartender, nobody.

I'll look in there on the way home.

Forget it. The place is all locked up now.

Why don't you go home
and get some shut-eye?

You can't run our shift
and yours too, you know.

Yeah, I know.

I wish I knew where
those two doctors were though.

- Any luck, Ritchie?
- Nope. They're not there.

Want me to call the other hotels?

There's a lot of them
between here and Johnsonville.

No. Nah, I guess you're right.

I guess there's nothing here
that won't wait till morning.

Well, I'll see you guys.

- Good night.
- Good night.

[SWING JAZZ]

Well, hello, kids!
Come on in!

You're just in time for the fun.

- Look. We came to warn you.
- Huh? How?

- We came here just to warn you -
- Oh, a warning!

Well, that's fine.
I didn't know you cared.

Hey, folks!
♪ [VOCALIZES FANFARE] ♪

I want you to meet Paul Revere...

and this is Mrs. Revere.

They, They've come to give us a warning
about something important.

The British are coming!
[LAUGHING]

Yeah, sure.

[CHUCKLES]
Excuse me.

We were just, just looking for a monster.
[CHUCKLES]

Monsters?

You must have been talking to that guy
who cruised in here from Second Street.

Man, I don't know what
they're serving over there tonight...

but it sure must be great stuff.

Listen. Listen. We're trying to tell you -
We don't wanna get served.

Look, I have monsters in here
all the time, so beat it.

We don't serve kids anyway.

Where is he?

Over there,
in the doorway of your dad's store.

- Come on. Come on.
- Come on.

- Come on.
- Hey!

That's funny.
The door's not locked.

Do you think
it's been open all night?

Well, I don't know.
This is Friday.

The store closes at 10:00, you know,
and then old Mr. Wintermeyer sweeps up...

and then he collects
all the pushcarts.

Huh. He works around for a couple
of hours before he looks up...

but I'm sure he'd never
be this late, not-

Hey, Mr. Wintermeyer?

Hey, Mr. Wintermeyer,
where are you?

I'm gonna turn on the light.

- [CRASHING]
- [JANE] Steve, what is it?

[STEVE]
I don't know. Oh.

It's a broom and stuff
that Mr. Wintermeyer cleans up with.

It's spread all over the aisle.

[JANE SCREAMS]

What's the matter? Jane!

[DOG BARKING]

[BARKING CONTINUES]

Here. You all right?

Yes.

Steve!

[CLANGS]

[BOTH PANTING]

[SOBBING]

Oh, Steve, our parents.

They think we're home in bed
asleep, sound and safe.

[BARKING CONTINUES]

Steve, it's the little dog!

Now listen! Everything's gonna be
all right. Do you hear me? Now -

It's gonna be all right.

[Jane Yelps, Sobs]

- [BARKING CONTINUES]
- I don't know if we can stop that thing.

- [BOTH SHIVERING]
- [DOG HOWLS, BARKING STOPS]

- The dog, Steve. The doggie.
- Take it easy, Jane.

- Oh, Steve, the little dog.
- Don't cry, Jane.

- There's nothing we can do about it.
- [SOBBING]

Now, Jane, just put this on.
It'll be all right.

Oh, Steve, what are we gonna do?

I don't know.

That thing probably isn't far away.

We've gotta get out of here
before it comes back for us. Now come on.

- All right?
- Uh-huh.

- There they are! Hey, where you kids been?
- Hey, it's in there!

- You're kidding!
- I wish I were kidding. It's in there.

- He got the little - the little dog.
- Oh, you mean the old man's dog.

We just seen him running down the street
scared stiff.

- Oh, Steve!
- What do we do now?

We're gonna call the police.
They want evidence.

- They got all the evidence they want!
- There's a phone at the corner!

- Hmm.
- Go on!

- You talk to him, Tony.
- Me? Why me?

I'm supposed to be home asleep. If they think I'm
running around loose, they'll never believe us.

Yeah, here. Here's a dime.
Come on. Come on.

[BELL DINGS]

- Hey, what'll I say?
- Ask for Dave.

And listen, Tony, you give it to him straight.
You tell him to get out to the store quick.

Tell him to bring every piece of hardware
he can find in the police station.

[RINGS]

Hello. Police department.

Is, who's this?

Arthur who?

Is every kid in town in on this?

I don't know who this is, but let
me tell you, you're going to wish...

you never thought of this.

Hello? Hello?

Big deal! Boy, oh, boy,
I'd like to take that guy and -

- Bert the Shmert?
- Yeah.

Wouldn't you know it?

All right.
We tried to do it the right way.

Now we're gonna
wake this town up ourselves.

- Yeah, yeah, but how?
- Yeah, how?

Any way we can think of.

We've got to stop being a babysitting
service and start being a police department.

- Just kids, Jim.
- Just kids?

That's about the craziest argument
I've ever heard.

Every criminal in the world was a kid once.
What does it prove?

You know what I think?
I think they've got it in for me.

- You?
- Yeah.

They've heard about my war record,
and it bugs them.

They're trying to break me down,
see what makes me tick.

Anything they can try, they try.

Aw, I don't think so, Jim.

[CAR HORNS HONKING]

- What the
- Sounds like New Year's Eve.

[HONKING CONTINUES]

[BELL RINGING]

- [PHONE RINGS]
- [AIR RAID SIREN WAILING]

Hello?

I don't know lady?

[SIREN CONTINUES]

- [RINGS]
- Police department.

Looks like everybody
in the town's getting up.

[AIR RAID SIREN CONTINUES]

What's going on here?

Why, that's an air raid.

[MUTTERING]
Come on. Pull yourself together.

Oh, it's probably only -
No, maybe it's the real thing.

It isn't a drill.
Where is my civil defence helmet?

Where is it?
Here you are.

Got that now. Keep going.

That's right. Here we go.

[SIRENS WAILING]

Fire?

This has never happened before.
What am I gonna wear?

- [HONKING CONTINUES]
- [BELL RINGING]

[SIRENS CONTINUE]

[MRS. MARTIN]
Henry, Danny's gone.

What?

And Jane too.

Well, now, calm down, Elizabeth.

I looked in both their rooms.
They're both gone!

- Are you sure?
- Yes! Yes!

Well, maybe they're down here.

Here's Danny.

Danny!

What are you doing here?

I'm... guarding you.

Guarding us?

Guarding us against what, darling?

I don't know.

Has everyone in this fool town gone crazy?

Danny, do you know where Janey is?

She's just gone.

I'm going to get to the bottom
of this right now. Come, Elizabeth.

- [CHATTERING]
- [HONKING CONTINUES]

[LOUD CHATTERING]

[SIRENS WAILING]

[CHATTERING CONTINUES]

[WOMAN]
Hey, what's going on here?

[BOY] What's the matter?

All right now, kill the ho -
Kill the horns!

All right, knock off the noise now.

[CHATTERING, SHOUTING]

Listen to - Listen to me!
Now listen to me, everybody!

This town is in danger. Now several
people have been killed already.

Now we.
Now we had to make this noise.

We had to make it so you'd listen to us,
so we could warn you.

If we're in trouble,
where are the police?

You! Boy, this time
you've really hung yourself.

Now look now look, Sarge, just give me
a chance to talk to them, that's all.

I don't know what kind of a game
it is you're playing, kid...

but whatever it is,
it's gonna stop right now.

I Tony 1 Here comes Dave.

What's going on here, Jim?
Steve!

Dave, make them listen to me.
There is a monster.

We saw it again in Dad's store.
Dave, it's bigger now.

Your story's gotten bigger now, kid.

Dave, look at me!

Do I look like somebody
who's playing a practical joke?

Am I laughing...
or am I scared stiff?

What are you gonna do?

- He's telling the truth.
- Now, wait a minute!

It's one thing
to make a fool out of yourself...

but it's another thing to make a fool out
of the police department and the whole town.

- [MAN] He's right, Lieutenant.
- You've been wrong before.

Maybe I have! But as long as I'm in charge
of this town's police force...

I'm gonna handle this thing
the way I see fit.

And your job right now is to help me
restore some order around here.

Yes, sir.

- [CROWD SHOUTING]
- Okay, everybody, quiet down a minute.

Quiet down, please!

Listen, this is an emergency...

and it can affect every one of us.

That's all I can tell you right now.

But we're trying to get things
under control.

In order to do that, we have to
clear this area immediately.

So please go home and stay there.

We'll keep in touch with you
through your radio station.

Now be careful pulling
your cars out of this area.

Go home slowly and quietly.

Just keep calm.
Everything's going to be all right.

[CHATTERING]

Steve, I wanna talk with you.

- Anything I can do to help?
- Lieutenant, what's going on?

Ask your daughter, Mr. Martin.
She can tell you more than I can.

Phil, can your boys give us a hand
clearing this area?

Sure.

- Do you have any guns?
- A couple of them.

- Get them.
- Say, Dave...

what is this thing
the kids are talking about?

I don't know. But if it's in the market,
we'll all know in a few minutes.

[MAN]
Now all the images of horror...

the demons of your mind
crowd in on you to destroy you.

My [DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL]

[FILM PROJECTOR WHIRRING]

[VOICES LAUGHING]

[FILM PROJECTOR WHIRRING]

[LAUGHING CONTINUES]

[LAUGHING CONTINUES]

[MOVIE STOPS]

Phil, can you move your truck
over to the door...

and shine your big light
into the market?

- Sure, Dave.
- All right.

What the -

[STEVE]
Hey. Who's in the store?

Huh?

There's nobody in here
but us monsters.

[CROWD SCREAMING]

Dave. Dave, the theatre!

[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

[GUNSHOTS]

Don't go in, Jim.
This won't do any good.

It's the most horrible thing
I've ever seen in my life.

- So what is it?
- Come on, we've gotta clear this area.

All right, step back!
Everybody step back!

[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

[MAN]
Here it comes!

[TOY GUN FIRING]

[STEVE] Danny!

[JANE]
No, Danny, wait!

What goes?
What happened out there, huh?

Oh, I almost got it.

No, Danny! Danny, we can't stay here.
Come with me, Danny.

- Now listen. It's too late.
- What?

- Let's see if we can get out the back.
- [SHOUTING]

- Wait a minute!
- What's going on here?

- [THUDS]
- What happened?

- It's all over us.
- What do you mean?

- Take it easy!
- What's the matter?

Jim, get the telephone company.
Have them connect you with the diner, fast.

I'm getting out of here!

Now wait a minute!
You open that door, and we've had it!

- You understand? You wanna die?
- [SPEAKING ITALIAN]

You wanna die?

[PHONE RINGS]

- Hello?
- [DAVE] Steve?

- Yeah. Hey, listen. This thing is all over us!
- [JANE] Watch out!

[DAVE] I don't think it can be killed,
Steve, but we've gotta try one more thing.

- Okay.
- Is everybody all right?

- Okay, but not for long.
- We can drop a power line on it. Do you understand?

- Yeah.
- There should be enough juice in that line...

to burn the thing to a crisp.

Yeah, get everyone down in the cellar.

We'll do it in 60 seconds, Steve.

Cellar!

Okay.

Jim, here's a rifle.

- Take the phone, Ritchie.
- All right.

Dave, this is the baby to do the trick.
It's all set to go.

Try not to miss, Jim.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

Okay, let's have those lights!

Fifteen seconds.

It's quiet now.

I think the upstairs is clear.

Good. Keep your ear
to that phone, Ritchie.

Okay, Jim.

[GUNSHOT]

[CRACKLING]

It didn't work.

Why don't you do something?
Do something!

- Elizabeth.
- [SOBBING]

The diner's on fire.

Well, can't we put it out?

Any suggestions how?

Anyway, not enough oxygen in there
to keep a fire going for 10 minutes.

[SPEAKING ITALIAN]

There's something burning.
[COUGHING]

Now listen.
Is there any other way out of here?

The windows.

[DANNY SOBBING]

Hey. Now you be quiet. Shh.

- I'm not afraid.
- Well, I know you're not.

Hey, listen, Jane -

It'll be all right.

Honey, lay your head down
and try to go to sleep.

Everything will be all right, Danny.

Hey, there's the fire!
I'll stop it!

Wait a minute.
Let me have that a minute.

[COUGHING]

CO2! Hey, that's it.
It's cold!

That's why it didn't come in the icebox
after us. It can't stand cold.

- You got any more of these things? Huh?
- [MAN] No.

This thing's running out.
The phone. Hey, Dave!

Hey, Dave! Hey, Da -
Anybody on the phone?

Hey, Dave!
Dave, can you hear me?

CO2!

- [EXTINGUISHER HISSES]
- Dave!

- What did he say?
- AI, what's up?

Shh! Quiet.

CO2?

Phil! Phil, do you got
any CO2 extinguishers?

Not many.
Some soda acid.

Well, get the cogs out here and start
hitting around those cellar windows.

- What?
- Just do it, Phil!

And have your men check these buildings for
fire extinguishers. But only the CO2 kind.

- Bring back every one you can get your hands on. And hurry!
- All right. Okay.

Hey, maybe we can help.
Let's get some of the guys together, huh?

Lieutenant, I know where there are
20 extinguishers of that type.

- Good. Where?
- At the high school. Who can go with me?

Hey, right here, Mr. Martin.

Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go.

Okay, hey, let's go.

Over here, Mr. Martin.

[CHATTERING]

[HISSING]

This thing's running out!
[COUGHING]

Hey, Dave! Dave?

Dave, CO2 fire extinguishers!

Dave, can you hear me?
CO2!

[TIRES SCREECHING]

- Okay, come on.
- [CHATTERING]

- Oh, it's locked.
- Of course it's locked.

- Here comes Mr. Martin.
- Here comes the principal.

Here comes the principal.

- Hey!
- [CHATTERING]

[CHATTERING]

Keep going. Keep going.

We could only find four or five
of these things, Dave.

- How many of them do you need?
- A lot more than that.

- Keep looking. It's all we can do.
- Okay.

Dave, Colonel Spalding
got me through to Washington.

They thought I was crazy at first,
but they're getting someone now.

[MAN]
Hey, here come the kids back!

Our power's still out, so we can't do much
in the way of refrigeration.

We think we've got it under control, but
we won't rest easy until it's frozen solid.

Now -

No. No, it's too big for that,
and it's impossible to cut it.

No, sir, a bomb would spread it
all over the country.

Look, this thing has killed probably
40 or 50 people since last night.

In a few hours, we're gonna have
the sun overhead.

I think you should send us
the biggest transport plane you have...

and take this thing
up to the Arctic or somewhere...

and drop it where it'll never thaw out.

Oh, Daddy! Oh, Daddy! Oh!

Let me see him. Come on.
Let me see my boy.

[CHUCKLES]

- Nice work, Steve. You okay?
- Yeah, I'm okay.

Dave, listen, I wanna -

Well, I wanna thank you
for getting us out of there.

You know, for a while,
I didn't think we were gonna make it.

That makes two of us.

What are they gonna do
with that thing, Dave?

Well, the air force
is sending a Globemaster in.

- They're flying it to the Arctic.
- It's not dead, is it?

[DAVE]
No, it's not.

- [STEVE] Just frozen.
- I don't think it can be killed.

But at least we've got it stopped.

Yeah, as long as the
Arctic stays cold, huh?