All language subtitles for Scared To Death 1980 ALTERNATIVE CUT 1080P BLURAY X264-WATCH

[cricket chirping]

[dog barking]

[music]

[phone ringing]

[phone ringing]

-Hello?

Hi, Walter.

No, I was just reading.

What's happening with you?

To the movies?

Well, I don't know.
What are you going to see?

Maria who?

An Osborne Skier film festival.

No. I don't think so, Walter.

Oh, besides my favorite program
IS coming on

and I don't want to miss it.

Well, look, Walter,

why don't I give you a call back later
if I'm still hanging around, okay?

Walter, look, I have to go.

I think my cat knocked
over one of my flower pots.

Yes, Walter.

Yes.

All right.

Oh, shit.

[dog barking]

[dog barking]

[dog barking]

Gordon?

[dog barking]

Gordon?

[dog barking]

Oh, wow.

Oh, great.

[dog barking]

[dog barking]

[dog barking]

Now, where do they hide
the fuse box in this house?

[eerie music]

[door open]

[door close]

[eerie music]

[suspense music]

[screaming]

No. Help. No.

[screaming]

[screaming]

[police siren wailing]

-Anything?
-Not a thing.

Some sticky substance.

-What is it?

-I have no clue.

Look, it's all over everything.

You know, I'm gonna take
what he have down to the lab for analysis.

-Okay but can you fix the time
of death for me?

- I have to guess.

Say about 7 to 10 last night.

Usually,
I can give you something closer

but with the cold temperature
makes all the usual test unreliable.

-It wasn't cold last night.

-It wasn't here?

-Take it away.

-Lou.

What do you got?

-Not a hell of a lot, Chief.

-That the girl?

-Yes, her name is Janie Richter.

Her left leg was ripped from her body

and her hair was pulled back so hard
that it broke her neck.

Whoever did this
tore the closet door off the hinges.

-Lou, the pressure is on
to find this guy.

I'm counting on you
to bring him in soon.

I've got the mayor, the commissioner,
and the press on my back.

Lou, shit rolls downhill.

-You read me?
-What do you want me to do?

Go out and arrest a bum
to get them off your back?

-Lou, you know what I mean.

-Look, Chief, I told you,
we don't have a clue.

We have no witnesses,
no prints, no nothing.

Look, Chief,
if you want to catch this guy,

let's bring Ted Lonergan in
on the case.

-Forget it, Capell.

I'm already dealing with one maniac.
I don't need another one.

-He's the best and you know it.

-I don't know it.

The police department
is doing very nicely without him.

Lou, I don't give a damn
how you solve this case,

but if you bring any embarrassment
to the department,

so help me, I'll fry your ass.

You got that?

-Yes. I got it, Chief.

-No Lonergan.

-Asshole.

-We have an agreement.

You deliver five books per year.

-I delivered five books.

-Five different books,
not the same story over and over again.

-What do you want? Blood, Victor?

Why don't you fight right here?
That way, the marks won't show.

-Oh, that's very funny, Ted.

It's very funny, but it won't be so funny
when I stopped the checks.

-Victor, you're an idiot
and I can prove it.

You know why you're not going
to stop the checks, huh?

You know why?

Because those tired old plots
were the same ones

that gave you that home in Bel-Air

and that Rolls Corniche
sitting in your driveway.

Lighten up.

-You guys kill me.

Every writer thinks that
this is the great American novel,

but you know what it is, Ted?

You know what it really is?

It's garbage.

- I can listen to you all day.

You're right, it is garbage.

You buy it. [chuckles]

-Contract with no contract.

You better shape up
or pull the rug right off your foot.

[laughs]

-You got to look where you're going.

-You hit me.

-What?

- I said you hit me.

- I did?

Oh, yes, would you ever think
about maybe getting a smaller car?

This thing is like a bolt cruiser,
kind of hard to miss, like a tank.

- I don't want another car.

I like this car

and I especially like this car
without any dents.

-Yes. It probably would look better
without dents.

-Look what you've done?

-Oh, gee,
I hit the rear quarter panel there.

I bet it's really hard
to find parts for this car.

Especially that little chrome strip,
that's going to be tough to find.

-You jerk.

This car has been in my family
for years without any accidents.

It's never going to be the same

and you didn't even look,

you just threw your car in a gear
and smashed into me.

How the hell did you
ever get a license?

-Would you like some atomic rocks?

-What?

-Atomic rocks, would you like some?

- I think you're crazy

-Juicy fruit? I got a stick
of Juicy Fruit here somewhere.

-I'm going to call the police.

-Oh, miss, you forgot something.

-Thanks.

-Hey, look, I'm sorry I hit your car.

I understand why you're upset.

Here, let me give you my card, okay?

Do you have a pen?

Something like that?

Here's my phone number
and my address,

but you'll need
my driver's license number.

You just come by my office anytime.

I'll give you a check
for the damages, okay?

It was really nice meeting you
and I am sorry that I hit your car.

-Wait a minute.
You're not leaving, are you?

-Well, yes,

-I've got to go back to my office.
-No, you can't leave.

I've got to call the police
and report this.

-Oh, okay.

All right. I tell you what,
the number is 555-9000.

A guy with a name of Chuck
will answer the phone.

He's really a nice guy.

You just tell him what happened
and they'll send a squad by, okay?

-No, you've got to stay here.

-Oh, no, I can't.

Here, have some atomic rocks.

What's your name?

-Jennifer Stanton.

-Oh, I'll see you soon, Jenny.

-Wait.

[music]

-Oh, for Christ's sake, would you move?

-Don't rush me. That's how
you make mistakes in this game.

-You've been working on that move
for two days.

-Hey, you want to play chess
or you want to argue?

[music]

-That's your move?

-Yes. [laughs]

-What the hell are you doing?

-What do you mean?
-You just throw away your queen?

[laughs]

-Hey, I got a plan.

-Yes, right. You got a plan.
You threw your queen and you got a plan.

You're crazy. Do you know that?

By the way, how's the asshole?

-You mean, Warren?
-Who else?

-He's doing the same thing
we're all doing.

Trying to find some psycho
who's running around trashing people.

-Yes, I read about that in the paper.

Got any clues?

-No, nothing that makes any sense.

Ted, why don't you
come down to the office

-and look at some of the files--
-No, Lou. No.

-Ted, I think you ought
to give this thing a chance.

You know you're the best
I've ever seen

-at this kind of job.
- I told you a long time ago.

I am through with investigation

and don't go talking to Warren

because I don't want
anything to do with him.

-You sound like
a 34-year-old has-been to me.

-Yes, well, maybe I am, but I don't need
any of your goddamn social work.

-Yes, well, I'm sorry.

-Me too.

-By the way, check.

-What?

[door Knock]

-Yes.
-Is this Mr. Lonergan's office?

-Oh, yes, hi, come on in.

-Yes, well, I think
I hear Captain video calling me

on the optical scholameter.

-Oh, you don't have to go away.

I Just wanted to talk
to Mr. Lonergan about my car.

-You're the crazy--

The lady with the jank?

I know I've got to go now.

-See you later, Ted.
-Yes, bye Lou.

Get a spot here.

My mate's coming in next week.

Please, sit.

-Mr. Lonergan, I hate to be blunt, but--

-You want me to pay you
for the damage to your car?

-It will cost at least $1,200
to repair my car

and I think you will admit
that it was your fault.

-Yes, well, I'm starting to understand
I can't give you a cheque.

- I thought so.

-All I have is cash.

A little while quirk of mine.
I don't trust bankers.

-There's over $2,000 in here.

-Yes. Well, that's in case
you have trouble finding parts.

-NO-
-Oh, which reminds me

here's the name of a guy

who can find parts if you need him.

His name is Hewitt. He's Scottish.

Those are mark nine check, right?

-Yes.

-Look, I am sorry that I hit your car.

I know sometimes people can become
attached to something like that.

-Yes, it's just that it does have
a certain sentimental value.

Excuse me for you're saying this,

but this is really not the reaction
I expected to get.

After this morning, I thought
I'd be dealing with a real mental case.

-Well, I'm in contact
with earth, occasionally,

but don't be fooled
by this calm exterior.

It's just a clever disguise.

Actually, I'm Errol Flynn.

-Well, Errol, it was nice meeting you.
-Yes,

Jen, maybe we'll run
into each other again.

- I hope not. [laughs]

-Yes.

Hey, sorry about that.

Look, why don't you let me
take you out to dinner

and make it up to you.

-Oh, I don't think so.

Besides,
you've already made it up to me.

Thanks again, Mr. Lonergan.

-Oh, Ted.

-Ted. Okay, Ted.
-Yes, Ted.

[laughter]

Bye, Ted.

-Hey, you guys. That's my car.

-[laughs]

Wow. I can walk from here,

I think.

Listen, I'll call you guys tomorrow

-if I'm still alive.
-Okay.

-Bye.
-Bye.

-Thanks.

[engine starting]

[engine starting]

[music]

[noise from tyres]

What's the matter with you?

Shit.

Stupid car.

Come on, start.

What am I going to do?

[eerie music]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[eerie music]

-Here on this quiet little street
in Sherman Oaks, a college coed,

22-year-old Janie Richter
became victim number 11

in a series of brutal slayings
over the past few weeks.

The coroner's office
issued a report this morning

that Ms. Richter's body
had been found beaten.

Apparently, her neck had been broken

and her left leg
ripped from her body.

Los Angeles police chief Dennis Warren

stated today that
the killer will be caught

and that the police department
is working around the clock

to bring the Killer to justice.

Informed sources say however that
the police department has no real clues

and such statements
by chief Warren are wishful thinking.

This is Alex Waverley
in Sherman Oaks for KJ.

-Jennifer.

I hope this is the right color.

-I've changed my mind.

A woman's prerogative.

Can we have dinner? It's on me.

Eight-ish.

I'll pick you up here.

[eerie music]

[terrifying music]

[door knocking]

-Ted?
-Hello?

-Hi, it's Jennifer.

-Oh, hi. Come on in.
I'll be out IN a second.

-Okay.

-Aw.

-[laughs] Are you all right?

-Yes, I'm all right.
Just hold on a second.

- I found this great restaurant
in Century City.

They have their own wine cellar
and the food is fantastic.

Hi.

Tell you what,

why don't we have dinner at my place?

I have some steaks and it'll be quiet

and we can talk
and you won't have to dress up.

-Sure. Great. Yes, I'd love to.

-[laughs] Okay.

-Dinner jacket here.
-[laughs]

-Could Jeff looking Betty Crocker, is it?

-[laughs] No.

Actually, it's very basic.

-It was very good. I enjoyed it very much.

-Okay.

I'm feeling a little bit of the wine.

-Good.

-Would you like some more.

-Yes, I would.

How about some music?

-Yes.

-Any request?

-Roberto Valero?

-What?

-Never mind.

[music]

-Thank you. I like a girl with commitment.

-Yes?

There you go.

-You're very funny.
[laughter]

-A little bit.

[laughter]

Tell me,

excuse me.

Isn't this the part of the evening
that you say,

So, Ms. Stanton,
tell me a little bit about yourself?

- I don't have to, I know everything.

You were born in September 20th, 1950
in Boston, Massachusetts.

You had a very happy childhood.

You graduated from Red cliff,

with a 3.6 in economics.

Your father owned
a tool and die company.

Your parents were Killed
In an automobile accident in 1975.

Shall I go on?

-No, that's all right.

-I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

That's all right.

It's an old habit.

-That's right you are a detective.

-Was.

I was a detective but not anymore.

Let me ask you a question.

-What?

-Why'd you decide
to go out with me tonight

or whatever it is we're doing here?

-You're kind of cute

and you do have a way about you.

-Don't mistake being comatose for style.

-What do you have
on your cheek there?

Don't touch it. Don't touch it.

You're beautiful.

Come here.

[romantic music]

- I don't get it, Bert.

How come anytime something goes wrong
in the middle of the night Simpoe says,

"Call Tindall."

-Oh, sure. He won't mind getting up
at 3:00 in the morning

to bend pipes and wait in crap

Call Tindall.

-Maybe he just likes your smile.

-You know what,
I was doing with a gal, don't you?

-Valerie?

-Oh, yes. Oh, yes.

Oh, yes.

- I get the picture, Howard.

- I got to teach you how to school.

-Spare me.

-Come on.

[suspenseful music]

-Jesus, it's cold down here.

[suspenseful music]

-Hey did you hear something?

-Hey, like what, rowdy boy?

-I'm serious.

[suspenseful music]

-Hey, you know,
there's something down here.

-Hey, maybe it's Valerie
come back for more. [laughs]

[suspenseful music]

[screams]

[music]

-Hey, Howard,
that sounded pretty good.

Howard?

I suppose you're waiting for me
to come down there

and play some kind of game with you.

What you do, you're a bigger asshole
than I think you are.

Howard? Howard?

Oh, come on, man.

Howard,
don't make me come down there.

Shit.

Oh, look, man, you know I scare easy.

Howard?

Howard?

Holy shit.

[screams]

-Oh, damn it.

-Hello, Ted.

-Hi, Lou.

What brings you here?

-Just in the area.

Wow, what happened here?

-Hi.

Ted, where do you want these?

-Jennifer, this is Lou Capell.

You've met him before.

-[chuckles] The crazy lady with the Jag.
-Crazy lady with the Jag.

-Lou's an old friend.

He's with the police force.

-Oh.

Well, I'll let you two play
cops and robbers if you like.

I just want to know where 10 file this,
and I'll go back and finish.

-You file this one under Akkerman F.

And the other one in the big green file
under O'Quinn K.

-Okay.

Bye-bye, Lou.

-It was nice seeing you.
-Oh, it's my pleasure.

That's a very nice lady.

-Yes. What are you doing here?

-You know it's been a long time
since you've been down to the office,

I thought I'd come by
and let you know what's happening.

-About those murder cases, right?

-Yes.
-Lou--

-Look, wait a minute,
before you start to get upset,

would you hear me out
for once, please?

Please hear me out.

Ted,

you and I have worked together
on some off-beat cases,

but this is the strangest case
I've ever been on in my life.

Look,

people in this town
are dying like flies

and I don't know
what you've read in the newspapers,

but there's some cycle running loose in LA
and he's killing people at random.

-There's always a pattern.

-Yes. Not to this one, there's not.

Whoever this guy is, he's stronger

and more cunning than anybody
we've ever been up against.

He pulled the door
completely off the car

-of his last victim.
-Oh, Lou, come on.

-Listen, if you don't believe me,

I'll take you down to the office
and show you the car.

Ted, I'm flying blind on this thing.

The only thing I got going for me
is Kathy Sperry is latest victim.

She's still alive,

but she's in a coma

and there's a chance
she may come out of it,

but if she doesn't,

Ted, I talked to the chief and he said,
I can bring you in.

-No, Lou.
-He'd give anything you want.

-Look, I appreciate
what you are trying to do for me,

but I don't want
any half-asked therapy.

-Look, I'm not here
because I think you are some charity case.

I'm here
because people out there need you

and I need your help.

Ted, look, you're my best shot.

- I am sorry.

I am not ready for that yet.

-Yes. Well, I'm sorry too.

Seems like I've been hearing
that a lot around here I lately.

[background conversation]

-You know, I'm gonna let you guys
find this dump here.

I gotta go back to the car.

Can I have the keys, please?

-What for?

-It's going to get dark in an hour.

I forgot my lip gloss.

-Sandy, what are you doing?

-I'm getting my lip gloss.

-Christ. We're going skating.

Not to chasings.

-Hey, we can still skate
if it gets dark.

They do turn on the lights at night.

-Don't worry, Kelly.

It's not going to get dark
for a few hours yet.

-We're going to go take a run.

Come on back right away, okay?

I'll have this fixed in a minute
and we can go for a run together.

[background noise]

-What the hell was that?

-Sounds like someone's
power steering up again.

-When is Kelly coming back?
I wanna skate.

-She'll be back in a minute.

She probably went
all the way to the bottom.

[background noise]

[scary music]

[screaming]

-Get to tunnel with Kelly.

-No, don't try and scare me.

-Yes, I do. Come on, let's go.

Let's go.

-Wait a minute. I'm not going.

Hey, don't leave me.

[music]

[sobbing]

[sobbing]

Hey, you guys, this is Kelly's.
She wouldn't leave these here.

- I don't see her.

Kelly?

Kelly?

Kelly?

- I don't like this.

Scott, let's go back to the car,
come on.

[screaming]

[police siren wailing]

[officer speaking on radio]

[officer speaking on radio]

[officer speaking on radio]

[officer speaking on radio]

[officer speaking on radio]

-What do you got? Radar or what?

-Well, that's why I'm the chief and you--

-Spare me, my illusionist,
don' finish that.

-You think this is the work
of that same creep?

-Yes, looks like it.

-Any witnesses?

-No. I talked to all the kids

and they were up on the top level
when this thing happened.

-Notified the parents?

-No, not yet.

-Don't you think that'd be a good idea
to give them a call now?

- I thought I'd go over
to see them in person, chief.

-Who is that?

What the hell is he doing here?

-Ted.
-What the hell's he think he's doing?

Listen, if you had anything
to do with this I'll have--

-Warren, how you doing?

Looks like somebody
interrupted your dinner party.

-Well, Lonergan,

I wondered if you'd be sober
long enough to stick your nose into this.

-My, my aren't we hostile.

Talk is, is that you need
all the help you can get.

But then again, you never were able
to find your own ass with both hands.

-Get him out of here.

Get him out of here
before I kick his tail into the slammer

and throw away the key.

Get him out.

-That's just fine. That's just fine.

What the hell
do you think you're doing?

I've been working on him
for two weeks.

I almost had him convinced.

-He's an asshole.
-I know that.

You don't have one ounce
of diplomacy in your body, Ted.

Look, Ted, I consider you a friend.

I would appreciate it
if you would go over and apologize.

-Ted, I'm going to go meet
that girl over there.

She says she has some information.

She doesn't want to talk to the police.

-Okay.
-Okay?

-Yes.
-You all right?

-Yes, I'm fine.

-Okay. Goodbye.

Sherry?

Sherry?

[footsteps]

Sherry Carpenter?

[music]

Come on, Jennifer, it's all right.

It's nothing.

[music]

[Synge-nor rattling]

Nice.

[suspenseful music]

Sherry.

[music]

[Synge-nor rattling]

Oh, shit.

[Synge-nor rattling]

[eerie music]

[Synge-nor rattling]

[eerie music]

[grunts]

[eerie music]

[grunts]

[grunts]

[coughs]

[coughs]

[phone rings]

-Jennifer?
-Ted, it's Lou.

-Oh, hi, Lou. What's up?

-It's Jennifer, Ted.
She's in the hospital in deep coma.

[siren wailing]

Ted, are you there?

-What? What happened?

-They're not sure.

The doctors think it's a brain tumor.

She was in a place called
the Aberdeen Research Facility.

She apparently went into convulsions
and into a coma.

The young girl who works there found her.

-Where is she?

-In Central.

[siren wailing]

[footsteps]

-I'd like to go in there if I could.

-I can't let you go in there right now.
I'm sorry.

-I'd like to see Ms. Stanton if I could.

-You know Ms. Stanton?

-Yes.

-We've been trying to get
In touch with her relatives.

- I don't think she has any.

Can 1 go in and see her?

-No, I can't let you
go in there right now.

Besides, she wouldn't even know
you were there.

-What the hell happened?

Is she going to be all right?

-We don't know a lot
about what happened,

but apparently, she went into a form
of epileptic convulsions,

and then into a comatose condition.

I'm afraid she's slowly slipping
into a profound state.

-What does that mean?

-Next 24 hours will tell,

but you have to know
her chances aren't good.

Sorry.

Listen, could you come downstairs
to admissions?

[footsteps]

-Ted? Ted, it's Lou.

Come on, get yourself together.
What are you doing?

You can't go on like this.

-Right.
-Come on.

No, you've had enough of that.

-Stuff's going to kill you.
- I don't care, I need a drink.

-Do you think that Jennifer
would want you to act like this?

-Excuse me, are you Mr. Lonergan?

-Yes, I'm Lonergan.

You look familiar.

-My name is Sherry Carpenter.

I would like--

-You talked to Jennifer, right?

-Yes.
-You were going to meet her somewhere.

-My car overheated and I couldn't--
-What the hell did you do to her?

-Nothing. I didn't do anything.

-Oh. Haven't you done enough
damage already? Get out of my office.

-Would you just get the hell out of here?
-Ted, take it easy.

Look, she didn't have
anything to do with it.

Jennifer had a brain tumor.

Ted, you got to stop
doing this to yourself.

-That's what I came
to talk to you about.

I do not think she has a brain tumor.

-What the hell does that mean?

-Look, lady, the attending physician
said that she's--

-Comatose due to a possible brain tumor.

You see, that's how it Kills.

That's how it would look.

-That's how what kills? How what looks?

-Let me start from the beginning.

When I got out of college,

I had an opportunity
to work for Dr. Amberdine.

I had majored in biology,
specifically genetics.

Dr. Amberdine was working
in genetic engineering.

He was at work, in secret,
on designing a new life form.

-This is real fascinating,
but what does it have to do with Jennifer?

-I'm getting to that.

Look, do you want to hear this
or don't you?

-No, not really.

-Ted, shut up. Would you go on, lady?
We're sorry.

-He actually succeeded
in designing a totally new life form.

I mean something
that has never existed before.

Resilient, intelligent,
and I think very deadly.

He told me once that if it ever grew up,
it would probably be very dangerous.

- I take it, it never grew up?

- I don't know.

You see,

Dr. Amberdine had
a heart attack and died.

I know he planned on killing it
before it got too big,

but he didn't get a chance.

He was working alone when he died
and the creature escaped.

We all assumed that
it crawled away somewhere and died.

-What makes you think different now?

-The murders.

It feeds on spinal fluid.

It draws out of its victim
with a needle-like tongue.

-Yes, but we never had
any murders like that.

-Yes, but most people
wouldn't be looking for it,

because its victims would look like
they had an epileptic fit

or a brain tumor.

-Why didn't you come forward
with this sooner?

-I wasn't sure.

-Have you seen this thing?
Do you know what it looks like?

-No.

I snuck in once,

but it was only
in its embryonic stage then.

-Ted, is it possible?

-At least check into it.

What have you got to lose?

Please, if this thing grows up--

-Lou, she's right.

Let's check it out.

Look, I want you to go talk to the coroner

and find out if they overlooked anything.
I mean anything.

-Okay, I'll give you a call.

In the meantime,
get her name and phone number.

- I want to see if I can find
the center point of these attacks.

If this thing is real,
how are we going to Kill it?

- I don't know.

I only came in on the end
of the experiment.

-You said the doctor--

-Amberdine,
-Amberdine,

he was planning on killing it.

-It's true.

There's some experiment notes.

Now they might tell us something.

-You still got them?

-The originals were taken by the people
who were financing the project,

but I made some copies for myself.

I'll go back and get them if you want.

-Do that, go get them.

Oh, and look, I'm sorry about
what happened earlier.

-Oh.

I'll be back soon.
I'm just going to go down to the lab.

[door closes]

[footsteps]

[trimmer whirring]

[phone rings]

-Hello?
-Ted? Lou.

-Hi Lou. [cross talk]
-Hi buddy, I've been doing some checking

and that girl of yours
is right on the money.

There's been an unusually high instant
of brain tumor and epileptic deaths.

-Are you sure?

-The coroner also said that

a lot of the death victims had
a tremendous loss of spinal fluid.

Listen, I'm beginning to think
that the girl was right.

If she is, that means that there have been
a lot more deaths than have been reported.

-I'll tell you.
There's something I don't understand,

is how the hell something
like this creature

could get around town
without being seen?

Nobody's reported anything strange.

- I know. That's one of the parts
of the puzzle that doesn't fit.

I'm afraid I got another one for you.

-What?

-The case has been closed.

-What?

- I got a bulletin the other day
which reads,

"The suspect was cornered
and was killed

during a subsequent gun battle
with police."

-Where? What division?

-It didn't say.

I tried to get more information,

but the big wigs upstairs
put a gag order on it.

- I think they're trying
to cover something up.

-You don't know that.

-You know something else?

They're going to stop looking.

-Look, Ted,
this isn't getting us anywhere.

Now, I cannot be involved
in this thing official anymore.

The case is closed.

-Dammit.

-Ted, hey, take it easy.

It doesn't mean that I'm giving up.

Tell you what I'm going to do,

I'm going to come over to your office
after I borrow a few things here,

and we'll see
if we can figure it out, okay?

Ted?

-Okay.

Look, I'm sorry, Lou.
I just got a little excited.

I'll talk to you soon.

-Right.

-Oh Christ, that's where the lab is.

[background noise]

-[groans]

-721 PM.

It's been 512 hours since birth.

The Synge-nor is growing
at an astounding rate.

The vertebrae heat exchange system
is functioning at maximum.

Drawing the warm air in

and expelling cold air out
into its surroundings,

the organism is able to maintain
the high body temperatures

needed for its internal chemistry.

Still small at this point,

I'm unable to determine
what proportions the being might attain

when fully grown.

The question, I'm afraid,
will have to remain unanswered

as the Synge-nor already exhibits
extremely aggressive behavior.

Its diet being what it is,

spinal fluid,

along with what seems
an almost diabolical cunning

could make this creature
extremely dangerous

if I were to allow it to reach maturity.

10:42.

The Synge-nor is becoming
increasingly difficult to manage.

When it's not pounding
or chewing on its container,

it just sits there staring at me,

its silvery eyes almost glowing,

burning into me.

I have to admit it's a little unnerving.

I will have to put an end
to the Synge-nor soon.

I can't allow it to get any larger.

[background noise]

[music]

[footsteps]

[music]

[screams]

[music]

[screams]

-Sherry, it's Ted.
Sherry, settle down, would you?

What is it? What's wrong?
What's wrong?

-There was a man over there.

-Just listen to me.
Settle down, settle down.

Show me, show me.

It's okay. It's all right.

-[coughs]

-What happened to him?

- I don't know.

What is this stuff? Do you know?

-[groans]

-No.

-Looks like a maintenance worker,

-or a construction worker.

-[groans]

In the sewer.

The sewer.

[coughs] It's killing them.

[breathes heavily]

-The sewer, that's where it is.

That's how the thing gets around
without anybody seeing it.

-Ted, there's something I found out,
something in the notes.

I think the thing is getting
ready to reproduce.

-How is that possible? I thought
there was only one of these things.

-Yes, but it doesn't need a mate
to reproduce.

Not all organisms do.

What are you going to do?

Don't you think you want to call
for help or something?

At least call the police?

-By the time they get here,
it's going to be too late.

You should go home and stay there.
Okay?

-You're right, I should.

I should, but I'm not going to.

-What are you doing?

-I'm going with you.
-No, you're not.

-Yes, I am.

Besides, you need me.

-Oh, I do?
-Sure.

I'm the only one
that knows all about this thing.

It's called the Synge-nor.

-What?

-It stands for synthesized
genetic organism.

-Sherry, this is not a game.
We are dealing with a killing machine.

I'm not going to risk your life
by taking you with me.

-Do you think I'd be any safer up here?

-No, but you'd be safer at home.

-If you go down there,
I am not going home.

I am going to wait for you,
right here.

-Come on.

-What a smell.

-What'd you expect?

-Which way?

-This way.

[music]

-What have you planning on doing
when you go face to face with that thing?

-Ventilating it a little.

-Oh.

- I don't think
I like the way you said oh.

How big is this thing right now?

-I'm not sure.

-What's it look like?

- I don't know.

- I thought you said
you know all about this thing.

[music]

[Synge-nor screeching]

-Let's go.

-No. Come on.

[music]

[Synge-nor screeching]

[groaning]

[groaning]

[groaning]

[groaning]

[groaning]

[groaning]

[groaning]

It feeds off of these people.

[groaning]

[groaning]

[music]

[coughing]

[coughing]

[gun shot]
[Synge-nor wails]

[gun shot]
[Synge-nor wails]

[gun shot]

[Synge-nor wails]

Let's get out of here.

Sherry, no, no, no, this way.

Sherry, come on, come on.

-I can't move it. I can't lift it.

Ted, it's too heavy.

[gun shot]

- I got you.

God. Sherry, come on back down.

Come on, come on.
Come here, come here. Go, go, go.

[background noise]

There's a grate in here. Damn.

Oh, it's too high. Dammit.

There's a ladder back there.

I'm going to have to go get it.

-Wait a minute.

Please come back.

Ted.

Hurry, please. Hurry.

Go, go. Move, move.

-Ted, I dropped my glasses.

-That's it, the sewer.

Ed, I want us to get on the radio
and get somebody out here

who has a map of this darn system,
right now.

-Okay.

-Locked.

-The door at the back.
This way. Go, go, go, go.

No, come on. Come on, this way.

There's got to be another way out of here.

Sherry, if we can break that
window, we're outta here.

I can't get up.
I need something else.

-This stuff is either too heavy
or it's bolted down.

-Thing isn't going to work.

There's got to be something else.

[Synge-nor whizzes]

-Ted, it's in here.

[Synge-nor whizzes]

[Synge-nor whizzes]

-[grunts]
[Synge-nor whizzes]

-Go, go, go, go.

-[sobs]

-[shushes]

[music]
[background noise]

Go, move, move, move, move.

There's got to be something.
There has got to be something.

-What? What?
-Come on. Go, go, go.

-What are you doing?

-We can win.

[background noise]

[background noise]

Sherry, listen to me.
Listen very carefully.

This thing can wait us out,

and we don't stand a chance
unless we do something.

What I'm going to try and do, is

I'm going to try to get him-

I'm going to try to lure him
over the bed,

on the bed of this drop forge.

If can do that, if I can get him there,
I want you to operate this machine.

-I can't operate this thing.

-Shut up. Yes, you can.
Now, listen to me.

You got to hit both of these buttons
at the same time,

otherwise, it won't operate.

Put your foot on that.

That's the safety.

If your foot is not in there,
it will not operate.

Do you understand?

You have to hit both buttons
at the same time,

otherwise, it won't operate.

I'll be right back.

-Ted, wait a minute.

[background noise]

Ted, the power went out.

There's a note,
and it says something about breakers.

[background noise]

[music]

Ted, the power's back on.

I can't see you.

Ted.

Ted.

Ted?

Come on, Ted.

-Ted.

[gun shot]

-Sherry, you have to press,
you have to press.

[background noise]

-Ted.

Ted.

[music]

Ted.

[screams] No. No. No. No.

[sobs]

[sobs]

[Synge-nor rattling]