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hello. i'm george romero. i'm here to tellyou a deadtime story. "now i lay medown to rest "but there's a goblinupon my chest. "he's gray and ugly,and very gory "and he wantsto tell me a deadtime story." i see you haveyour popcorn ready so if you go outin the woods today
you'd betternot go alone. (woman) rio santa maria de la mar dulce. it's so beautiful. [car horn honking] [clock ticking] what's in it for me? uh, the conservancyhighly recommended-- screw the conservancy.i don't care. i don't have to putmy money into anythingi don't want to.
so, they can recommend,but they still workfor me. doing somethingworthwhile for humanity-- worthwhile.worthwhile isfor pussies. i'm sorry,but i think youget what i'm saying. i think so. good. i checked up on you. it seems yourhusband, jay went missingthree years ago
in the exactsame area youwant to explore. i don't fundscavenger hunts. there's money in it. how much? a lot. i have a lot. a lot more. all right.one condition. only one?
if i was younger,there'd be two. what is it? i get to come along. okay. [jungle noises] [whispers]umbare. [on the radio] angela! angela, do you copy? alan!alan, couldyou get the-- or i could do it.
angela, go. i was walking-- good timing. what? [radio interference] i found the um-- walking-- bridge-- umbare. umbare. angela, are you okay? heading to camp. (david) angela.
hey, i got somegood stuff, you know? i'm working over here.i got branches-- something's wrong! you got that right. oh, no. [man talking in spanish] ave maria, bendicion a los muertos. you can't. don't go, then. you're not goingupriver alone!
oh, how macho. me, i'd lether go alone.she walks. she's not takingthis boat. - we're goingdownriver.- what's that? - it's weed.- weed?- keep that handy. [talks in spanish]tu eres una tremenda loca. go upriver. go upriver. - angela!- go upriver.- turn the boat around! - go upriver!- turn it around.
monte was workingthe first ridge. you spent a lotof money for us tofind something valuable. not enoughto die for. go upriver! go! go, go, go! turn the boat around! estamos jodidos! when i get back,i'm investing incellular technology. more cells meanbetter cellularservice.
[howling] what is that? paul! paul, turnthis boat around! i hate to agree with him,but whatever got into campis still out there. i see something.paul, pull in here! warning. okay. we head backto the embassy andtell them what-- the governmenthere isn't too opento expeditions. it took me long enough to get this one funded
and after what justhappened back there. what are we doing? why are we stopping? angela, wait! let her go. wait. let her go! alan, we need the gun. [painful yelling] [yelling continues]
come on! we're here. [painful groaning] [groaning] [gunshot] [guttural sounds] hold him. [laughing] [laughing continues]
[monkey screaming] where's the boat? they took it. it floated away. downriver. downriver? like we shoulda wentin the first placelike i said. [speaks in spanish]espera. aguanta. where we go?
you, damn it,i say, where we go? back downriver. beyond camp. i think maybea two-day walk,we can make it back. you think thatwhatever's out there we're gonna make itin two days? hey. quiet! both of you, quiet!
now this woman, shebring us upstreamfor tree bark. we, we seea man die. we see many men die. well now, maybewe see a woman die. dammit. [gunshot] let it be. seã±ora, i'm so sorry. so am i.
hey, stay close. we stickto the plan! you don't even knowwhat you're doing. i know whatwe're doing! you don't know junk,you don't know shit. [men arguing] we should havegone downriver. why didn't we? we were marriedfor less than a year.
he was an ethnobotanist naturopathic medicine,herbalism research. he was the kindest,gentlest man iever knew. but three years agothey sent him here. cuvian pharmaceuticals. there wasa-a rumor. i don't know,something ofa plant, a pod. umbare. supposedly the nativeshere live a lot longer
than your averageanglo-saxon biped. some tribal folkloreeven suggest theylive forever. the fountain of youth? something like that. where's miguel? [miguel groans] [angela screams] [screaming continues] [screams]
[whimpers] (angela) i could stay here forever. despite everythingthat's happened, there's nowhere inthe world i'd ratherbe than with you. nothing quitelike a beheading in the morning. true lovenever dies. it rots,but never dies. one fine dayin the middleof the night
i woke up toa terrible fright. but it wasn'ta monster oreven a ghost. but a beautiful mermaidproposing a toast. [sizzling] [calling of whales] hello! hello. [ding-ding] you in the marketfor a bell?
no. pity. so, are you hereto buy something? i'm not interested. it's jade. or an imitation of it. it's not imitation. where'd youget this? my grandmotherleft it to me.
sorry, i can'thelp you. it's not stolen, ifthat's what you'rethinking. oh, i'm sureit's not stolen. what would yousay it's worth? not enough. look, i'll giveyou a bargain. where isthe rest of it? the box. [whispers]that's all i have.
no, it isn't. what part of her wasinside the box? it's not whatyou think. i didn't chop somebody upand bury her in the beach. that's a relief,isn't it? [whispers]it's gold. this goldis worth a lot. the jade isworth even more. but the money won't matterbecause you won't live longenough to spend it
and all the boxesin the whole-- there's morethan one? there's morethan one part! now, let me give yousome advice, my friend:you take this and you take whatever wasinside. you put it in. you put the lid on itand you bury it whereyou found it and you bury it deep! it's the morai tomb. what's your name?
jack. are you adrinking man, jack? almost allthe time. here's to halfthe women everywhere. why only half? you said it's calleda morey tomb. morai tomb. yin and yang, jack. dark and light.
men and women. good and evil. what are youtalking about? men at sea. sometimes they, uh they meet upwith, uh...women in the water. only they're not
entirely women. are you trying to tellme a mermaid story? just becauseit's a clichã©, jack,don't mean it ain't true. not all of themare...are pretty. not all of themare kind. and the onlyway to kill oneis to dismember it. and the only wayto keep the piecesfrom coming back together is to take themand to put theminto the morai tombs and to bury them.
no one knows how or whythe-the tombswork, bu-but they do. how do you knowall this? don't ask. all i can tell you isthat if a man letsone of them out his life will neverbe the same again. and before he dies he will paythe price. what's the price?
anything she wants. [laughs] [laughter] [echoing laughter] [calling continues] whales. just big whales. [clap of thunder] [heavy rain]
[thundering] swan! i know you'reout there! [high-pitch beep] [panting] (swan) here's to half the women everywhere. yin and yang, jack. dark and light. men and women.
all i can tell you is that if a man lets one of them out his life will never be the same again again, again, again, again. [painful yell] [yelling] [yelling] jack. are you okay? damn. jack?
[soft splashing] oh, jack. i-i triedto warn youto put it back. [choking] show me. i can't fix it until youto show me. [screeching] [shouts]
are you...? yes, swan. i am. how do youknow my name? when you were young,you buried me. no! yes. no, that wasn't you. it was me. it was her,it was all of us.
we're all the same. it's the samewith people. only people are toobusy with themselvesto feel it. a connection. what you didto her then,you did to me. what you did to him,you did to all of us. you know what thatmeans, don't you? you have to paythe price. come with us.
i can't. i'll help you. my pretty swan. my pretty, pretty swan. nice house on thebeach, a few drinks,a beautiful woman. it all seemspretty good but it just seems that way. totally disgusting. thank goodness.
if you'redone screaming we haveanother story. [raining] [young lad screaming] mama, please. [telephone rings] [glenn miller music] [ringing] hello?
dr. marsten? it's mrs. normanout to the end ofcarnyridge road. mrs. norman. yes. i hope there'sno trouble. i know i shouldn't bebothering you on sucha night as this but couldyou come? perhaps you couldstop by the officetomorrow morning. there's something going around. no, no, it's not that.it's my boy, jimmy.
he thinkshe's a, a-- vam-- [music continues] [knocking on door] doctor? yes. yes. oh, thank god you're here. thank the good lord jesus. let me take your things before you catch your death. at my age,such weather.
i know i oughtn't have phoned. wouldn't have if i thought i could do anything else. them at the hospital would have thought i was a crazy person i told them what i told you. he hasn't hurt himself, or you? no, he--no. may i see him? of course. he's-- he's in there.
in his room. he made me do that to him. i-i wouldn'thave done it,but he made me. he said it was for hisown good and mine, too. and sweet jesus, it sounded like he meant it. let's justcalm down. i'll take acloser look at him. [high-pitched screech] i thought i'dmake us some tea.
i won't be long. [hinges creak] jimmy. your mother saysthat you believestrange things. who are you? dr. marsten,in town. your mothersent for me. she's worriedabout you. please, i wanna stop.
i've wanted to stop for so long. now, now,now, now, now. you seem fine. she don't understand. what doesn'tshe understand? i was bit. what was it? it's huge and horrible. huge and horrible.when did this--
take my motheraway from here. please? i don't wannahurt her but sometimes i justcan't help what i do. you know, jimmy there are testsfor such things now. the malady that you feel you've contracted. for example if this bloodof yours is tainted
hold still we'll be ableto find that-- it is. it is tainted. well, i'll take this outto the other room andrun the test. we'll know for certainin just a few minutes. all right? you don'tbelieve me,do you? nobody willever believe me.
until it'stoo late. [chuckles] [sighs] even if i goback in there and tell him he's notwhat he thinks he is-- he won't believe you. when someone latcheson to a...fantasy sometimes mere factswon't refute it. his eyes.
did you seehis eyes? he seems weakerthan a normal-- how old? sixteen thispast summer. well. sometimes the bodyreacts in a strange way. loss of strengthis to be expected if he hasn't eatenor had any fluids. oh, i'm-i'm soafraid for him.
and god help me,sometimes i'm-- i'm afraid of him. you're fine. and he'll be fine, too. i promise. ca-can they reallytest the blood? i-i meanin the hospital.can they do that? to find out whatever'sthe matter with him. they have a laboratoryright there.
opens first thingin the morning. amazing whatthey can do now. some day,no more polio no more smallpox black plague of europecarried on fleas thatwere carried on rats. no more. i-- i don't haveno money to payno hospital. but i need to know what's wrong with my boy.
i'll make arrangements. you won't haveto worry about that. he's alwaysbeen so healthy. if it's nothing physical perhaps he'll needsomething else. to talk to someone. you meana head doctor? i think they call thempsychiatrists now. are you sayingyou think he's crazy?
no, no. these things are oftenadolescent daydreams. guilt, repression. guilt about what? i don't know,mrs. norman. it's not my field. let's take this allone step at a time,shall we? is he-- [muffled voice] is he gonna die?
he's in great need of attention. and he will need to get some nourishment soon. at the hospital they will give him medication. get his strength back. as for a psychiatrist, i-- it may not be rightfor me to say, but i've never putmuch stock in them until everything elsehas been ruled out. i noticedthe cat at first.
she disappeared. well...cats. jimmy said that-- [sobs] he said that he, that he ate her. he says that he'sdoing it again. this timethe sheller girl. out to the orchard.he says they meet there. she comes willing.
then he bites her. sucks. you remember the aldery clan. they lived out in the hollow. can't say that i do. oh. that must've beenbefore your time. before olddoc williams left. the alderys moved awaywhen their girl tooksick and died. and jimmy saidlast week that he--
that he killed her. i thought you saidshe took sickand died. that's just it. he said he went upto their place. and he would go into colleen's window. that's their girl, colleen. we knowed her since she was born. he said he used to bite her. he said that every night
he would suck a little bit of blood out of her. till she just-- till she died. and you believe thatthis actually happened? oh, i don't know.i don't know. boys at this age,for attention. no! no. jimmy came homelast night latefrom howen. my god, he...cuthis lip or something.
bit down on it, 'cause there was some blood there. but i-i... i looked in on him during the night and-- there was no cut. mrs. norman, i'm sure you're aware modern medicalscience does not acceptthe existence of vampires. i know! but he's not crazy. an-and he can't bewhat he-what he thinksor says he is. can he?
i think not. what are wegonna do? well let's give ita few more minutes. and then we'll see. jimmy. it's just the two of us nowsince his papa passed awaylast year. i'm sorry i never gota chance to meetyour husband. he drove for mccullough's farm .
wrecked outon the new highway. not a nightlike tonight. but a clear night.clear as far as theeye could see. the stars were out. me and jimmy wereon the front porch when mr. mcculloughdrove up to tell us. [dog barking] "ben's dead, martha," he said. just like that.
everything you knew everything you lived for, everything you believed in is gone. snatched away forever. in my businessi've seen a greatmany tragedies. it doesn't getany easier. you probably thoughtthis here town was a goodplace to retire to after big city life,didn't you, dr. marsten? just a few bumps and bruises. maybe a cold or two. but things are getting worse all the time.
and we ain't freefrom it out here. what is itthey say? you haveto have faith. [chuckles]faith! mr. norman and inever thought we'dhave a child. never thought the good lord would bless us that way. but when he did oh, i love that boy more than i love anything or anyone. and i couldn't stand it now if anything was to happen to him.
i never told no oneabout colleen aldery or the sheller girl. and i never told nobody about them hikers. come up to town, staying at the arlington. they just up and disappeared, leaving all their things behind. heard the story. they never did turn up, did they? jimmy says he was mixed up in that, too. wouldn't tell me no more, but
he wanted to go to the sheriff. i forbid him to go. i said no. you're a good boy. you always been a good boy. was that wrong of me? of course it wasn't. only now i'm gettingscared, doctor. maybe i should've lethim go to the sheriff. maybe i should'vegone myself. maybe there are thingsout in this world thati am not willing to see.
[crying] [groans] [thumping and groaning] [thumping stops] doc-doctor? jimmy? please. somebody. answer me.
no, no! no![crying] mrs. norman. the test wasconclusive. wh-wh-what? a foul unappetizingmixture of flavors that don't complementone another at all. wh-wha-what areyou talking about?
i rememberyour boy well. [growling voice] afterwards, i foolishly left himfor dead. i've been searchingfor him, your son. and at last thanks to you,i found him. no! it's time for meto feed, mrs. norman now thatthe competition
is out of the way. [growling] [shouting] [growling and shouting] thank you so much for calling. that didn't work outvery well, did it? until next time i'll keep an eyeout for you. well, i hope youenjoyed the show.
stay scared.
