- 5 months ago
Leaked radiation mutates something from the sea into a walking man-eating monster.
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00:02:21Come here, come here, quick!
00:02:51Geez, I've never seen anything like it.
00:03:07It's kind of like Patches in Dakota, don't it?
00:03:10I wonder if Mr. Payne knows.
00:03:14Jerry, where are you going?
00:03:17Come on, chicken.
00:03:18They won't hurt you.
00:03:19Hershey, they're dead.
00:03:22Hey, Jerry, wait up!
00:03:49Hey, Jeff.
00:03:51There's an article in the Outlook here that says they found two dogs near the Sherman Canal in Venice that had been mutilated.
00:03:56Police think it's some kind of ritualistic thing, like those cattle they found in Colorado last year.
00:04:02Sounds gruesome.
00:04:04They've got some very strange people walking around those canals.
00:04:09No, it's like that German Shepherd that I saw last week on the Marina Jetty when I was taking pictures of the El Riga races.
00:04:17Wayne, you said you found a dead dog, not a mutilated carcass.
00:04:21That's what was so odd.
00:04:23The thing looked like it had been butchered.
00:04:25It probably didn't look like an animal sacrifice at all.
00:04:28Whatever that's supposed to look like.
00:04:31Wayne, come on or I'm going to be late for work.
00:04:33It was more like the flesh and the coat had been sucked right off the bones clean.
00:04:37Will you hurry up or we're both going to be late? Come on.
00:04:40It wasn't a thing of beauty but I honestly couldn't imagine anything human doing what I saw.
00:04:44It was more like a piranha attack.
00:04:46Wayne, do you realize that you've gotten an exam in your first period class today?
00:04:50Now what's going to happen when you show up ten minutes late?
00:04:53Well, I'll scratch the first three questions and maybe one of the kids will pass the test.
00:04:57Sometimes I wonder about our communication. I'm talking enigma and you're talking exam.
00:05:01No, I'm not. I'm just talking about getting to work on time.
00:05:10Let's go.
00:05:40Let's go.
00:06:10Jack, wake up.
00:06:25Jack, I know you're awake.
00:06:28Now, go see what that noise was.
00:06:30Alan, I know what it was.
00:06:33It was that damn dog of yours.
00:06:35Go be sure.
00:06:40I'm sure.
00:06:50Maybe he's sick or hurt.
00:06:53With this crazy business going on around here, who can tell?
00:06:59Oh, Helen.
00:07:02It's 3 a.m.
00:07:04If the dog is sick, he can only get better or worse.
00:07:09And right now, neither one is fine with me.
00:07:18Christ!
00:07:19All right.
00:07:20But if that damn dog has broken through the screen again, that's it.
00:07:23He's out.
00:07:24It's the pound.
00:07:25Jack, I don't know why you have to put on all your clothes.
00:07:37You're only going to the living room.
00:07:39Wear that nice robe I bought you.
00:07:42For 42 years, I have gotten out of bed and put on my clothes.
00:07:47I detest bathrobes.
00:07:48Why you bought it is still a mystery to me.
00:07:51Now, unless you want to go check on the dog, shut up.
00:07:55All right.
00:07:56Regal!
00:08:00Damn.
00:08:02Damn mutt.
00:08:03That's it.
00:08:05Jack?
00:08:05What is it?
00:08:06Is Regal all right?
00:08:08Oh, of course he's all right.
00:08:10In and out like a tornado.
00:08:11You're going to have a mess to clean up in the morning.
00:08:14Jack?
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00:08:44Oh, my God.
00:09:14You know, I couldn't believe that sixth period class.
00:09:41I mean, I've got to be wasting their time because they're certainly wasting mine.
00:09:46There's a 12th grade group of kids that are supposedly headed for college and some of them can't even formulate a sentence.
00:09:51Well, they've been passed up through the prerequisites so they wouldn't be there, right?
00:09:55I know. The system forces the instructors to keep them moving, prepared or not.
00:10:01Which is just another reason why I'm getting more turned off to teaching every day.
00:10:05You're getting turned off and then you're leaving the teaching to incompetence like your esteemed colleague, Mr. Blakely.
00:10:10Well, the good teachers are bailing out and then the Blakelys are just destroying young minds.
00:10:14Now, this good teacher is about to blow some young minds.
00:10:17Like when I fail half the kids on the lighthouse staff.
00:10:19It's the worst high school newspaper in the state.
00:10:22Oh.
00:10:23Oh. Marty Mason hit me with her favorite simile again today, like a melted popsicle in the sun.
00:10:28She found it somewhere and I swear she manages to lose it at least once in every issue.
00:10:31Mr. Connors!
00:10:32Speaking of you now.
00:10:33Yeah, why me?
00:10:34Mr. Connors, listen to this.
00:10:35The last night of Venice Beach...
00:10:36It's about that article you read us in Outlook the other day.
00:10:38...their small canal side home.
00:10:40Police spokesman Commander Philip Reed released word today that an investigation is currently underway
00:10:45to find the individuals responsible for the mutilation murders of long-time residents Jack and Ellen Dole.
00:10:50While this is the first such attack on the human populace, the police reported that last week
00:10:54a similar mutilation incident occurred involving several animals in the same canal.
00:10:58See, Mr. Connors, that's what you read us.
00:11:00Okay, Marty, I'll read the rest in tomorrow's paper.
00:11:02Okay, Mr. Connors, I just thought it was kind of funny, you know.
00:11:04Thank you, Marty.
00:11:08Does she always listen to the news station?
00:11:10No, constantly, especially in class. She's a teenage news junkie.
00:11:13You know, I think I'll see if the Dole's address is listed in the phone room.
00:11:22It might be. Long-time resident and all.
00:11:24Why do you want the address?
00:11:28I'm not sure.
00:11:30After finding that dog on the jetty, then those animals, and now this.
00:11:37It's kind of interesting.
00:11:39I think it's morbid.
00:11:41Wayne, there's a lot of degenerate people living around those canals.
00:11:45Why don't you just stay out of it?
00:11:48Jeff, I'm just gonna take a look around, that's all.
00:11:52Wayne, call it the old journalist's curiosity.
00:12:06Wayne, you are not a journalist.
00:12:08You're a high school journalism teacher.
00:12:11After that class today, I'm not so sure.
00:12:13Look, it's not gonna involve me if I just drive by the Dole's place.
00:12:16I mean, just drive by.
00:12:17I mean, just drive by.
00:12:18I mean, just drive by.
00:12:19I mean, just drive by.
00:12:24I mean, just drive by the Dole's place to go to the Dole.
00:12:29I mean, I'm not a journalist's.
00:12:30You have to go to the Dole's place.
00:12:32Oh, I mean.
00:12:33I'm not a journalist.
00:12:34I mean, just drive by the Dole's place.
00:12:36I've been to the Dole.
00:13:07Hello? Anybody home?
00:13:37Hello?
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00:14:39Hey, boys, guy.
00:14:40Fred it.
00:14:41What?
00:14:42Who are you doing?
00:14:43What are you doing here?
00:14:44Fred him.
00:14:45My name is Wayne Connors. I'm a journalism teacher at the high school. I got identification.
00:15:00Okay, show it to me. Slowly.
00:15:03Okay. Here's my school ID, my LAPD, my press card, my driver's license,
00:15:14my note is right there in the back. I got a gas credit card.
00:15:18You know, Mr. Connors, these cards don't give you the right to break into a private residence.
00:15:24Of course not. I just knocked on the door and it swung open. I guess somebody forgot to close it.
00:15:28Well, a neighbor reported to Prowler and you're lucky that I got here before he did
00:15:32because he's got a loaded shotgun and he's just spooked enough to use it.
00:15:38Damn cold.
00:15:39Gesundheit.
00:15:40Get one every year.
00:15:41Oh, you should try one of these eucalyptus drops. They make your eyes water, but they really work. Try them.
00:15:51Say, weren't you involved in the initial investigation of this thing?
00:15:54Oh, I was. If it hadn't been so damn vicious, I could have had the day off and probably gotten over this cold.
00:16:00Well, those drops will help, but tell me something. Did the experts make anything out of this mud on the carpet?
00:16:07Well, they saw it, sure. Figured it was tracked in from somewhere around the building, you know.
00:16:11It's damp down here in these canals, a lot of mud and water.
00:16:14Did they find any footprints or impressions?
00:16:16No, I don't think so. They couldn't tell much from the mud one way or another.
00:16:20A little odd, I guess, but nothing too remarkable.
00:16:23Now, look, Mr. Connors, I'm not going to arrest you, but I want you to stop prowling around.
00:16:29This area is off limits until the investigation is over. Do you understand?
00:16:34I do, and thank you. I'm sorry to cause you any trouble.
00:16:46You look fine.
00:16:59Hello.
00:17:04What a lot of stuff you got here.
00:17:16Where did you get this substance, Wayne?
00:17:18In Venice. In fact, I found it over in the canal area where their couple was murdered. Why?
00:17:23Mainly because it's like nothing I've ever seen before. It seems to be protoplasmic, and what you've brought me is, and I'm only guessing, some kind of exoskeleton.
00:17:35It is organic. There's no doubt about that, but it's also inorganic.
00:17:41So it's not mud.
00:17:42This stuff intrigues me, though. I'll keep it around, make some further tests. Maybe something will surface.
00:17:48Well, many thanks, Dr. John.
00:17:50You just give me a day or two, and the mad doctor will come up with something.
00:18:07Come in.
00:18:08It's locked.
00:18:09Don't come in.
00:18:12Here, don't you move until I get back.
00:18:18Hi, Dr. John. How are you?
00:18:22Hi, Dr. John.
00:18:23Hi, Jeff.
00:18:24Papa Chick.
00:18:25Let's see.
00:18:29So, how you doing?
00:18:31Oh, I'm just fine. I'm even better after this last move here.
00:18:36You're dead, Wayne.
00:18:38It's compulsive. She cheats all the time. If I didn't let her win once in a while, she'd never play.
00:18:43Um, can I get you a beer or something?
00:18:45Yeah, I'd love one.
00:18:50Well, I take it you've come up with something, and in only two days.
00:18:54Uh-huh.
00:18:55And this is straight science fiction.
00:18:59So let's hear it.
00:19:01Well, first of all, that substance that you brought me is slightly radioactive.
00:19:08Now, not dangerously so, but it does register hot.
00:19:14That external stimulus you were talking about.
00:19:16Now listen to this.
00:19:18About 20 years ago, a nuclear reactor at the experimental test facility at Lake Sherwin, Wisconsin,
00:19:26was discovered to be leaking an infinitesimal amount of radioactive byproduct into the lake.
00:19:31This installation, by the way, is the forerunner of a modern-day nuclear power plant, like the one two miles down the coast here.
00:19:38What has this got to do with the mud I found?
00:19:40Well, now stay with me.
00:19:41This is the background phase of a two-part story.
00:19:44Along with the report on the nuclear litter was another report, damn near hidden and virtually ignored.
00:19:50It told of the effects the spill had on a certain stagnant lagoon adjoining Sherwin.
00:19:57It seems that the silt in the lagoon had picked up a bit of the radioactivity and had become extremely absorptive of the bacteria, the algae, and even some of the more advanced primitive life forms living in the lagoon.
00:20:10I am totally lost at this point.
00:20:13Well, now you won't be. According to the two scientists that discovered this silt, it had literally evolved, for lack of a better word, into a form of protoplasm that took on the characteristics of whatever it absorbed and mutated into something totally different.
00:20:28The scientists named this organic mud, Slythus.
00:20:32Slythus.
00:20:37Why?
00:20:38For the same reason your parents named you Jeff. Who knows?
00:20:41At any rate, what should have been the discovery of the century went virtually unnoticed, locked up tighter than a drum because of AEC's fear that notoriety over this Slythus would cause an uproar over the nuclear leak, which undoubtedly it would have.
00:20:56Slythus.
00:21:00That's a story, John.
00:21:02But you ain't heard the best part yet.
00:21:04There's more?
00:21:06One of the scientists who originally discovered this Slythus is now working for Crest Oil Company. Apparently the idea of using radiation to create new life stuck with him.
00:21:17There's a bit of the Frankenstein.
00:21:19Exactly. So he convinced the big shots at Crest to fund his experiments.
00:21:23He maintained that in creating instant life, he was also creating the ingredients necessary for the formation of natural petroleum.
00:21:34Oh, sure. By combining organic matter, a little bit of bacteria, and substituting the pressure of a million years of environmental change with a dose of radioactivity.
00:21:41To get to the point, it appears that that substance that you brought me is something very similar to the Slythus. A freak combination of natural radioactivity and the elements that science has not been able to duplicate.
00:21:59Who's the scientist that's been working for Crest?
00:22:04Oh, right, uh, Aaron Burick is his name, and I believe he lives somewhere in the Malibu Hills, if my sources are correct.
00:22:11Didn't you say that there is some other scientist?
00:22:14Unfortunately, he overdosed on radiation a few years ago at the Brown Ferry NUC in Alabama.
00:22:20It's a hazardous line of work.
00:22:24Good night, Jeff.
00:22:27Good night, Dr. Jones.
00:22:29Oh, and Wayne, let me know if you decide to pursue this.
00:22:33I sense your interest, and I feel the same way.
00:22:36You'll be the first to know.
00:22:38And thanks.
00:22:39Deadly stuff, that radioactivity.
00:22:51Wayne, you were handling that dirt.
00:22:54That's Slythus, and you heard Dr. Jones say it wasn't dangerous.
00:22:58I heard Dr. Jones say a lot of things, and it's all totally ridiculous.
00:23:04Look, I don't understand very much of this, but just, I want you to stay out of it.
00:23:09Hey, you've satisfied your journalist's curiosity now, so leave it be.
00:23:15Honey, listen.
00:23:19I don't understand it either, but I know there's something going on here.
00:23:24And if the police think this is the work of some bizarre cultist with all that mutilation business, well, they're way off base.
00:23:30There's a big story here.
00:23:33It's just the spot for a freelancer to step in and make himself an overnight reputation.
00:23:36Got a great job at the high school. Why can't you just be satisfied?
00:23:40Because I find myself hating it more and more every day.
00:23:43It's okay for now.
00:23:45But I want more than that.
00:23:47And this Slythus thing could be the perfect opportunity.
00:23:50Okay.
00:23:51If you want to mess around with radioactivity and cultists, you go right ahead and you have fun, but just don't you dare mention it around me.
00:23:59Don't you dare mention it around me.
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00:24:34Hey, Bob, ma'am, we needed some bread.
00:24:39I got some bread.
00:24:40I got some bread.
00:24:42What I gotta do is take a leak.
00:24:47You cracked your pants?
00:24:49No, no, I was just farting.
00:24:50You cracked your pants again, you goddammit.
00:25:01Hey, man, you're a mess.
00:25:05Sure, man, I'm high.
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00:25:42I'm a Christian, you snot-reg.
00:25:49Get up.
00:25:54Wake up, man.
00:26:09Australia.
00:26:11Australia wasn't shit.
00:26:14Didn't mean nothing after Nam.
00:26:17All the whores were just the same.
00:26:20Why shouldn't they be?
00:26:22They were just whores.
00:26:26Damn it.
00:26:35God damn it.
00:26:37But you ain't so smart, buddy.
00:26:42Of course, I got more.
00:26:43I got it hid right up there.
00:26:45Right up there.
00:26:46Hmm.
00:26:47I can't.
00:26:52OK.
00:26:54I can't keep writing progress.
00:26:56Someone gets aiken.
00:26:58Everyone gets a Christ.
00:27:00You know, I shall draw on.
00:27:01And I'm talking about this.
00:27:02It's not a joke.
00:27:04You're not working.
00:27:05I'm talking about it.
00:27:06You're not working.
00:27:07You're not working.
00:28:08What's he doing swimming in there?
00:28:20Hey, man.
00:28:22Ain't you cold?
00:28:26That dude needs some wine.
00:28:33Hey, man.
00:28:34You need some antifreeze.
00:28:40Hey, man.
00:28:49You need some antifreeze.
00:28:55Hey, man.
00:29:25that the police experts believe the murder took place.
00:29:28This latest killing brings to three
00:29:30the total number of Venice residents murdered
00:29:32in the last nine days.
00:29:34This in addition to reports of numerous dogs
00:29:36and other house pets in the area slain
00:29:38in a similar ritualistic fashion.
00:29:41Even the area transients are banding together,
00:29:44hoping for strength in numbers.
00:29:46The local street people, normally known to be loners,
00:29:49have begun setting up a network of protected shelters
00:29:52in safe areas.
00:29:53Sure we're scared, damn scared.
00:29:56Why not?
00:29:58Most of us ain't got no place to hide anyway,
00:29:59and the cops ain't gonna bust their butts trying to protect us.
00:30:02I sleep sometimes in the john down there by the beach.
00:30:05Them stalls ain't got no locks on them, you know.
00:30:08The police, in an attempt to prove
00:30:09their human sacrifice death cult theory,
00:30:12have questioned many of the various sects
00:30:14and unconventional social and religious groups
00:30:17which abound in the Venice area.
00:30:19And according to police spokesman Commander Philip Reed,
00:30:22with the additional personnel assigned to this case,
00:30:25we feel that we can successfully handle any threat to the Venice area.
00:30:30Our investigation is well underway,
00:30:33and we have several important clues.
00:30:36We are following up these leads as fast as possible.
00:30:40Despite police reassurances, however,
00:30:42Venice residents are bordering on panic.
00:30:44Streets are deserted, houses have become fortresses,
00:30:47and the smell of fear hangs like a stench over the canals.
00:30:51With the
00:31:49What are you doing?
00:32:06Hi. What are you doing here?
00:32:10Just looking around. Why?
00:32:14This is your camp?
00:32:15Yeah, that's right. This is my camp.
00:32:17And everything here is mine, man.
00:32:19Great. Look, I'm sorry. I thought the area was abandoned.
00:32:24Well, you were wrong.
00:32:26Yeah, I can see that now.
00:32:30You, uh...
00:32:30You around here last night?
00:32:34Hi. What's it to you?
00:32:37There was some trouble a few blocks down the canal.
00:32:38Well, I didn't hear nothing, man. Not a sound.
00:32:53Look, pal.
00:32:55How you want to handle your trip is up to you.
00:32:57But we're talking about some very nasty murders here.
00:33:00And if you didn't see what happened, maybe whoever was with you did.
00:33:02Now, you can talk to me, or you can talk to the police.
00:33:09I don't need the cops, man.
00:33:12I get hassled up by the damn kids around here.
00:33:14Oh, he's ripping me off.
00:33:17Oh, I wasn't alone. Another guy was over, okay?
00:33:19What's his name?
00:33:22There's a dude named Bunky.
00:33:25Yeah?
00:33:25That's it. Bunky.
00:33:27He hangs out at the plaza by the bike path, man.
00:33:31He was just juicing and shooting the shit.
00:33:34I passed out.
00:33:36I woke up, he was gone.
00:33:39It's okay, though, man.
00:33:40He didn't have nothing to do with that scene up the street.
00:33:42Yeah, I'm sure of that.
00:33:44But it looks like you two guys were the only possible witnesses.
00:33:47And if you were out cold, then it must have been Bunky who saw something.
00:33:52What does he look like?
00:33:53He's about 5'6", 5'7", I guess.
00:33:57How old?
00:33:58About my age.
00:34:0024, 25.
00:34:05Okay.
00:34:06My name's Wayne, by the way.
00:34:07Yeah.
00:34:08Preston, man.
00:34:12Okay, Preston.
00:34:15Thanks.
00:34:16We've seen you.
00:34:20Hey, man.
00:34:22You see Bunky?
00:34:24Tell me he left his stuff here, man.
00:34:27I don't dig messes.
00:34:42You see Bunky?
00:35:12Welcome back.
00:35:42Say, uh, I'm looking for a friend. Actually a friend of a friend. His name is Bunky.
00:35:55Uh-huh.
00:35:58What do you want with Bunky?
00:36:00Personal business. I had to tell him he left some stuff with Preston's.
00:36:05Good Samaritan, huh?
00:36:07Well, thank you, neighbor. We'll tell him about Preston.
00:36:12And let him know that you want to chat with him about some personal business.
00:36:18What's your name, man?
00:36:20Look, I just want to talk to Bunky. Where is it?
00:36:23Hey, uh, what's it worth there, uh, Good Samaritan?
00:36:27Oh, about a half a gallon of decent wine.
00:36:31Deal.
00:36:32Bunky's over at, uh, Osa's crib, Crudy's boarding house, 225 Driftwood.
00:36:43I don't think he's feeling too good today.
00:36:46So Osa let him hang out for a while.
00:36:51And a bottle of wine's about five bucks worth.
00:36:54It's inflation, you understand?
00:36:55Here.
00:37:02Hey, uh, thanks, Good Samaritan.
00:37:07All right.
00:37:11All right.
00:37:25Get out of here.
00:37:43Sure.
00:37:45Yeah?
00:37:47Donkey?
00:37:49I'm a friend of Preston's.
00:37:50I've got something they asked me to bring you.
00:38:02What do you got?
00:38:04Information.
00:38:06Can I come in?
00:38:10Why not?
00:38:11Maybe I could use some company.
00:38:20What do you need?
00:38:25What you doing is...
00:38:48Wasser.
00:38:50and asked me to tell you
00:38:53that you left some of your goods
00:38:54at his place last night.
00:38:57Last night?
00:38:59That's right.
00:39:01After he passed out
00:39:03and you saw whatever it was you saw.
00:39:08How do you know about that, Ace?
00:39:11Well, I don't.
00:39:13Not exactly.
00:39:15But, uh...
00:39:20you did see something.
00:39:23What was it?
00:39:30Man, I don't know what the hell I saw.
00:39:32You look like a big, slimy, goddamn lizard
00:39:35or something I crawl out of a sewer
00:39:38with a mouth like a sucker fish.
00:39:45Maybe I didn't see nothing.
00:39:48I was drinking yesterday.
00:39:49I don't always remember right.
00:39:51No, Bunky.
00:39:51You saw something.
00:39:58I saw something, all right.
00:40:01I cut my hand when I fell
00:40:02and my bottle broke.
00:40:04This I know is real.
00:40:05Seven stitches at the free clinic.
00:40:07Bunky,
00:40:08will you come with me
00:40:09and tell this to the police?
00:40:12The cops?
00:40:14You snapping?
00:40:16Them I got no use for.
00:40:17Besides,
00:40:19they want to talk to me
00:40:19about a condo breaking up
00:40:21on the peninsula.
00:40:23No, no authorities, man.
00:40:24No way.
00:40:26And if they should suddenly find me here,
00:40:28I didn't see a damn thing.
00:40:29I was here all night.
00:40:33You better split, man.
00:40:35Thank you, doctor.
00:40:41I certainly appreciate you
00:40:42taking the time.
00:40:44All right, 8.30 will be fine.
00:40:46See you then.
00:40:47Bye.
00:40:51Hey, Jeff.
00:40:53That was our man, Berwick.
00:40:54Sounds a little odd,
00:40:55but he seems friendly enough.
00:40:56And I can meet him
00:40:57at his place in Malibu
00:40:58at 8.30.
00:40:59Want to go?
00:41:01Yes.
00:41:02I'll go.
00:41:09Near the marina,
00:41:11there is a medium-sized
00:41:13nuclear energy facility
00:41:14just a mile or so
00:41:16down the coast.
00:41:17Now,
00:41:17it is not inconceivable
00:41:19that this facility
00:41:21may have leaked
00:41:22some radioactive material.
00:41:24Of course,
00:41:24the radioactivity
00:41:25is the catalytic ingredient
00:41:27that causes
00:41:28the abiogenesis.
00:41:30If you're familiar
00:41:31with my work, however,
00:41:32you'll know
00:41:33that I've had no success
00:41:34in creating slithous
00:41:35under laboratory conditions.
00:41:38I thought,
00:41:39what if the slithous
00:41:41had evolved
00:41:42beyond the point
00:41:44of your initial discovery?
00:41:46What if it evolved
00:41:47into a creature
00:41:47so complex
00:41:49that it
00:41:50sought out the nutrition
00:41:51necessary to keep it alive?
00:41:53evolved
00:41:56from the simple
00:41:57life form
00:41:58that we discovered
00:41:59into something
00:42:01more complex?
00:42:02I certainly
00:42:04wouldn't say
00:42:05that it was impossible.
00:42:08But what would
00:42:09cause such a change?
00:42:11Why,
00:42:12the radioactivity,
00:42:13my dear.
00:42:14It has the most
00:42:16astounding effect
00:42:17on all
00:42:19living
00:42:20organisms.
00:42:21We found that
00:42:26the slithous
00:42:26would incorporate
00:42:27the characteristics
00:42:28of anything
00:42:29it absorbed.
00:42:31Now, given the proper nutrients,
00:42:33the growth potential
00:42:34would be endless.
00:42:36I have no idea
00:42:37what shape
00:42:38or form
00:42:39this growth
00:42:40would eventually take.
00:42:42In other words,
00:42:43the form which most suited
00:42:44its need to survive?
00:42:45the job of
00:42:47an imagination
00:42:48more fertile
00:42:50than my own.
00:42:51Doctor,
00:42:52to prove
00:42:53any of this?
00:42:54You would first
00:42:54find the source
00:42:55of the radioactivity.
00:42:57Now, if it is
00:42:58the nuclear energy facility,
00:43:01security's tight
00:43:02and they'll admit
00:43:02to nothing.
00:43:04Through analysis
00:43:05of the soil
00:43:06off the shore
00:43:07of the plant,
00:43:08however,
00:43:08one could
00:43:10accurately determine
00:43:11such basic elements
00:43:13in an investigation
00:43:14of this nature.
00:43:17Howdy, Captain.
00:43:17Can I help you?
00:43:19Yeah, I'm looking
00:43:19for Chris Alexander.
00:43:21Oh, my nephew.
00:43:23I hope there's
00:43:24no problems.
00:43:25I just want to chatter
00:43:26his boat for an hour,
00:43:27that's all.
00:43:27Oh, he's on the boat
00:43:28in the back.
00:43:29You come right
00:43:29through this opening,
00:43:30you'll find him
00:43:31up on the top of you.
00:43:33Sure thing.
00:43:38Chris?
00:43:56What can I do
00:43:57for you?
00:44:00Up here.
00:44:04Like the spirit
00:44:05of the sea, eh?
00:44:06More often heard
00:44:07you can see.
00:44:09Again, I ask.
00:44:10What can I do
00:44:11for you?
00:44:14I'm Wayne Connors.
00:44:15I'm a friend
00:44:15of Peter Tanakis.
00:44:18I need the services
00:44:19of a diver
00:44:20with a boat
00:44:20and he said
00:44:21you might be interested
00:44:22and you might
00:44:23give me a break
00:44:23on the price.
00:44:24It's a small job.
00:44:28I might be interested.
00:44:30How small?
00:44:31Oh, just a few hours.
00:44:32I need some soil samples
00:44:33taken off the shore
00:44:34of the Imperial Energy
00:44:35Plant.
00:44:35I'll come down.
00:44:47So, my main man Peter
00:44:49is watching out
00:44:50for me, eh?
00:44:51Christopher Columbus,
00:44:52Alexander,
00:44:53at your service.
00:44:54Glad to meet you.
00:44:56Good.
00:44:56Let's check
00:44:57like you white folks.
00:44:58None of that tricky
00:44:59nigger shit.
00:44:59Takes too long.
00:45:01Now then,
00:45:02what did you have
00:45:03in mind for the dive?
00:45:05Well, I don't know
00:45:05much about it,
00:45:06but it's just routine.
00:45:08Routine?
00:45:09Just in,
00:45:10down and out?
00:45:11Are you with the
00:45:11Sierra Club
00:45:12by any chance?
00:45:13Oh, no.
00:45:13Nothing like that.
00:45:14See, I'm a journalist.
00:45:15I'm doing a series
00:45:16of articles
00:45:16on California's
00:45:17changing coastline
00:45:18and I need some
00:45:19soil samples
00:45:19to back up
00:45:19a few theories.
00:45:21It doesn't matter.
00:45:22As long as I'm paid,
00:45:23the reason for your
00:45:24tests make no difference.
00:45:26How much will it cost me?
00:45:28Well, let's see.
00:45:29Since you are a friend
00:45:30of my man, Peter,
00:45:31and I'm working
00:45:32for my uncle
00:45:32on the count,
00:45:34how does 30 plus
00:45:35fuel sound?
00:45:37That sounds fair.
00:45:38It is.
00:45:39Tomorrow is my
00:45:40day of freedom.
00:45:41Meet me at the
00:45:42Oceanside dock
00:45:43number 22 at 10
00:45:44and you can buy
00:45:45a few hours
00:45:46of my life.
00:45:49You know,
00:45:50I don't know
00:45:50how to take you.
00:45:51Be cool,
00:45:51and maybe we'll learn
00:45:52about one another
00:45:53together.
00:45:53Okay.
00:45:59How fast can
00:46:04this mini tug
00:46:05roll, Chris?
00:46:06Oh, about
00:46:07six knots.
00:46:08This boat wasn't
00:46:09built for comfort
00:46:10or speed.
00:46:11Reliability is
00:46:12the watchword
00:46:13on the creation.
00:46:14Suits your needs,
00:46:15huh?
00:46:15There you go.
00:46:16It totes my gear
00:46:17and holds the fish
00:46:18I catch.
00:46:18And the pavements
00:46:19are right.
00:46:20I own it.
00:46:21The only possession
00:46:21my family ever owned.
00:46:29Yeah, I appreciate
00:46:56you helping me.
00:46:57I wish I could
00:46:58tell you more,
00:46:59but I don't know
00:47:00anymore.
00:47:01And what do I
00:47:01need to know?
00:47:02You want some
00:47:03soil and water
00:47:04samples.
00:47:04You're paying
00:47:05for the fuel.
00:47:06I'm just along
00:47:07for the dive.
00:47:14Go in as far
00:47:15as you have to.
00:47:16Closer to shore,
00:47:16the better.
00:47:17I can go all
00:47:18the way to the
00:47:18power plant if
00:47:19you want.
00:47:20Well, maybe
00:47:22halfway.
00:47:28You've got lots
00:47:36of tubes here.
00:47:38I'll just bring
00:47:38you samples
00:47:39from three or
00:47:39four areas.
00:47:40You won't need
00:47:41too many because
00:47:42the floor hits
00:47:42its steepest point
00:47:43pretty quick,
00:47:44then levels
00:47:44for a long way
00:47:45out.
00:47:46All right, good.
00:47:46You bring them
00:47:47up and I'll mark
00:47:47them.
00:47:47All right, good.
00:48:17All right, that
00:48:32should do it.
00:48:42I'm waterlogged
00:48:43to the bone.
00:48:44Man, it is dark
00:48:46down there.
00:48:46You didn't see
00:48:47anything out of
00:48:48the ordinary
00:48:49down there, did
00:48:49you?
00:48:49Nah, not even
00:48:50any fish, which
00:48:52are odd because
00:48:53they usually lack
00:48:53the warm waters
00:48:54off these power
00:48:55plants.
00:48:56Oh?
00:48:57Yeah.
00:48:58Well, at least
00:48:59I found a spot
00:49:00not to go fishing.
00:49:02Let me dry off
00:49:03and we'll head
00:49:03for home.
00:49:09You sure?
00:49:10I mean, I only
00:49:10dropped the stuff
00:49:11off this morning
00:49:11is why I'm asked.
00:49:12Okay, it's fine
00:49:14with me.
00:49:15Well, what about
00:49:15the water?
00:49:17Right.
00:49:20Great.
00:49:21I'll be by to
00:49:21see you then.
00:49:22Tomorrow.
00:49:24Yeah.
00:49:25Bye.
00:49:26Well?
00:49:30Yes and no.
00:49:31There was
00:49:34slithous in the
00:49:34water samples
00:49:35from about
00:49:3520 yards out.
00:49:36Not exactly like
00:49:37the first droppings
00:49:38I gave him,
00:49:39but similar.
00:49:41None of the
00:49:41water samples
00:49:42showed any
00:49:42radioactivity,
00:49:43though.
00:49:45Is that what
00:49:45you expected?
00:49:46I would have
00:49:47confirmed a
00:49:48current leak.
00:49:49See, the slithous
00:49:50means that there
00:49:51was a leak sometime.
00:49:52Impossible to
00:49:53determine when,
00:49:54though, according
00:49:54to Dr. John.
00:49:55Wayne, I just
00:49:56can't imagine how
00:49:58you're going to
00:49:58convince anybody
00:49:59that there's a
00:50:00slime creature
00:50:01feasting on the
00:50:02residents of
00:50:03Venice.
00:50:05I love you
00:50:06very, very much,
00:50:07and I don't
00:50:08believe a word of it.
00:50:11Well, just wait
00:50:13till I suggest
00:50:14the idea to the
00:50:15police tomorrow morning.
00:50:21So, you weren't
00:50:23too surprised when
00:50:24the police didn't
00:50:24think much of
00:50:25your theory, huh?
00:50:26Yeah, but I
00:50:27had to give it a
00:50:27shot.
00:50:28The aggravation
00:50:28was that
00:50:29Lieutenant Prentiss.
00:50:30He says he's
00:50:31in charge of
00:50:31120 men.
00:50:32He shouldn't
00:50:32be in charge
00:50:32of pencils.
00:50:34Well, so the
00:50:35cops aren't
00:50:35interested.
00:50:36What's your
00:50:36next step?
00:50:38Well, I got
00:50:39an idea.
00:50:40Now, apparently
00:50:41the creature
00:50:41moves on land,
00:50:42but primarily
00:50:43it's a water
00:50:43animal, right?
00:50:45So, what if
00:50:47we cut off the
00:50:48only access to
00:50:48the canals?
00:50:50In theory,
00:50:51no more
00:50:52Venice murders.
00:50:53Right.
00:50:54The damn thing
00:50:54will go on out
00:50:55looking for more
00:50:55food and hopefully
00:50:56going right on
00:50:57out to sea.
00:50:58So, how do you
00:50:59plan to close
00:50:59off the canal?
00:51:01Well, the water
00:51:02level of the
00:51:02canals is determined
00:51:03by the tides.
00:51:04High tide, lots of
00:51:05water.
00:51:05Low tide in the
00:51:05canals are dry.
00:51:07So, we wait for
00:51:08low tide and then
00:51:08close off the water
00:51:09lock at the mouth
00:51:10of the Grand Canal.
00:51:11Deprived of that
00:51:12route, the creature
00:51:12can't get to the
00:51:13upper canals.
00:51:14somebody's gonna raise
00:51:15holy hell when they
00:51:16notice that the water
00:51:17isn't coming back in
00:51:18with the tide.
00:51:19Now, wait a minute.
00:51:20What do you mean
00:51:20we close off the
00:51:21water lock?
00:51:24You know, this is
00:51:25probably illegal.
00:51:27Yeah, this is gonna be
00:51:28tougher than I thought.
00:51:29Two locks and a lot
00:51:30offence.
00:51:34A key.
00:51:34Where did you get a key?
00:51:36An old college friend
00:51:37of mine is a resident
00:51:37oceanologist here.
00:51:39All it takes is a phone
00:51:40call.
00:51:40Ha, ha, ha.
00:52:10Okay, with any luck at
00:52:32all, no one will notice
00:52:33this until tomorrow and
00:52:34we'll see what happens
00:52:35tonight.
00:52:36Three, two, one, you
00:52:39get a race.
00:52:41Don't step on,
00:52:42Juliet.
00:52:43Oh, my God, also,
00:52:44right now, hey.
00:52:46Don't put it.
00:52:48This is Wayne,
00:52:49starting changing
00:52:50direction.
00:52:51He's gonna tease you
00:52:52for still dying.
00:52:59Where's that $150
00:53:00turtle there?
00:53:02Gary's gonna bring
00:53:03out a no-time winner
00:53:04by the name of
00:53:04the Plague Spicker
00:53:05that has an almost
00:53:06racing win of zip.
00:53:08Nothing.
00:53:09Five, four, three, two,
00:53:13five.
00:53:14The gate is up there
00:53:15over the medium dimension.
00:53:16You got a pile going
00:53:17out the gate.
00:53:18Look at this.
00:53:19Good squad.
00:53:19The magician's gone
00:53:21to the line.
00:53:24The magician in the
00:53:25floor.
00:53:27Hey, man.
00:53:29The magician
00:53:30tied for number 13.
00:53:32These are the monsters.
00:53:33These are the ones
00:53:34you gotta watch out for.
00:53:34They've been known to
00:53:35attack spectators.
00:53:36From BS Racing,
00:53:37Cheryl's gonna bring out
00:53:38come on.
00:53:39Let's get out of here.
00:53:40It's a main entry.
00:53:47The winner.
00:53:48The winner.
00:53:49In a time of
00:53:5022 seconds left.
00:53:52Richards.
00:53:53Richards reading
00:53:54to Jackie.
00:53:55That place is like a zoo
00:54:10tonight.
00:54:10A lot crazier than usual.
00:54:12I know.
00:54:12I've never seen anything
00:54:13like it.
00:54:14So now I'm gonna show you
00:54:15something else you've never
00:54:15seen before.
00:54:16The Marina del Rey from the
00:54:18rear deck of my boat.
00:54:18It sounds like fun.
00:54:22Who is the girl you're
00:54:23with tonight?
00:54:24Oh, that's my cousin.
00:54:25That's who I'm staying
00:54:26with while I'm out here.
00:54:28Yeah, right.
00:54:28You said you were
00:54:29visiting from, uh...
00:54:30Suska, North Dakota.
00:54:32Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:54:32Population 611.
00:54:37All right.
00:54:37The big time, huh?
00:54:40You know, I saw you get
00:54:41checked three times a night,
00:54:42so I guess you're old enough
00:54:44to party, but you do look
00:54:46younger.
00:54:47Oh, would it make a
00:54:48difference in my work?
00:54:50Not really.
00:54:51Depending on how much, though.
00:54:53Oh, back home, everyone
00:54:54has ID.
00:54:55I'm only 18, but I don't
00:54:57act like a dude.
00:54:58Oh, absolutely not.
00:54:59I mean, you come across
00:55:00much older, at least 20.
00:55:02And I'm an instant,
00:55:04dirty old man.
00:55:08So what do you do in
00:55:09Suska, North Dakota?
00:55:10I mean, in fact, what does
00:55:10anybody do in Suska,
00:55:12North Dakota?
00:55:12Oh, practically everyone
00:55:15leaves.
00:55:15That's what I'm about to do.
00:55:17That's why I'm out here
00:55:17now.
00:55:18I'm just, uh, you know,
00:55:19getting things together.
00:55:21Because back home, the only
00:55:22work is in the ball bearing
00:55:23factories.
00:55:25Suska's famous for its
00:55:26ball bearings.
00:55:27I can't believe it.
00:55:29Well, it's true.
00:55:30Suska's a factory town.
00:55:32So what are you going to do
00:55:33out here?
00:55:33I don't know.
00:55:34I really don't care.
00:55:35It's just different.
00:55:36It's exciting.
00:55:37And it's not Suska, right?
00:55:38Yeah, right.
00:55:39So, um, how long have you
00:55:43lived on a boat?
00:55:44Oh, a couple years now.
00:55:47But I'm, I'm getting the old
00:55:49bug again.
00:55:49I'll be doing some more
00:55:50traveling pretty soon.
00:55:52My cousin and I were in
00:55:54Hawaii last summer.
00:55:56Hmm.
00:55:58You know, you are really
00:56:00nice looking.
00:56:01Such a nice, tight body.
00:56:03Well, I played a lot in
00:56:05school.
00:56:06You know, sports and
00:56:07things.
00:56:07Yeah, that too.
00:56:37Hey, listen.
00:56:43I've got to go to the
00:56:44john's.
00:56:44So why don't you go out
00:56:45on the boat, maybe pour
00:56:46us a little wine, huh?
00:56:47All right.
00:56:47Well, which one is it?
00:56:49Big cruiser.
00:56:50See, end of the dock.
00:56:51Lights are on and the
00:56:52cabin door should be
00:56:53open.
00:56:54Okay.
00:56:54Okay.
00:56:54Okay.
00:56:54See, end of the boat.
00:57:00Oh, my God.
00:57:30Oh, my God.
00:58:00Oh, my God.
00:58:30Oh, hey, I'm sorry.
00:58:31I thought it was Doug.
00:58:33I was waiting, and I hurt his car.
00:58:35I'm really sorry.
00:58:36It's all right.
00:58:37You just scared me.
00:58:38My name is Rex.
00:58:39I live in the building next door.
00:58:41Hi, I'm Jennifer.
00:58:46Great.
00:58:47You made a party, huh?
00:58:48What's all the commotion?
00:58:51Nothing much.
00:58:51I was waiting for you and watching a little TV down below, and I kind of caught Jennifer here off guard.
00:58:57Yeah, I'll bet.
00:58:58Just leave you there, weren't you?
00:58:59Yeah, I guess I was.
00:59:02Nice meeting you, Jennifer, and again, I apologize for the shock.
00:59:05Bye.
00:59:06It's all right.
00:59:06It's nice meeting you.
00:59:13Rex is a good guy, but he hangs around a lot.
00:59:15Just a frustrated boat owner, I guess.
00:59:18Let's go below.
00:59:18It's a nice place to live.
00:59:29Yeah, I try to make it as comfortable as possible.
00:59:39Oh.
00:59:48And I am sorry about Rex.
00:59:50I mean, I was surprised as you must have been.
00:59:53Well, you know, good fences make good neighbors.
00:59:55Or at least that's the way Robert Frost felt about it.
00:59:58And he was right.
00:59:59At least where Rex is concerned.
01:00:01How about that wine?
01:00:02That'd be great.
01:00:03Okay.
01:00:04Hit the music.
01:00:05Okay.
01:00:05Okay.
01:00:18Red wine from chilled glasses.
01:00:44And with a flick of the switch.
01:00:46Instant atmosphere.
01:00:51To us.
01:01:05What time is your curfew?
01:01:06Why would you ask?
01:01:07I was just wondering.
01:01:09Yeah, I'm there.
01:01:09Oh, yeah.
01:01:17You're tense.
01:01:18Cool.
01:01:19Yeah, give me this.
01:01:22Turn around.
01:01:23Turn around.
01:01:25Oh.
01:01:26You're tense up here and...
01:01:28And here.
01:01:29Can you feel this?
01:01:31Yeah, I can.
01:01:32And down in here?
01:01:33Yes.
01:01:34Come on.
01:01:45Let's go be low.
01:01:46God, I shouldn't.
01:01:47Come on.
01:01:48Come on.
01:01:48Come on.
01:01:49Come on.
01:01:49Hey, what was that?
01:02:02That's nothing.
01:02:04I moored at the end of the dock and I kissed the wake for every passing boat.
01:02:07That's all.
01:02:08Boy, you know, you left the cabin door open.
01:02:11I wish you'd lock it.
01:02:12I know it's silly, but with your friend here...
01:02:14Hey, hey, hey, listen, listen, listen.
01:02:15If it'll make you comfortable, I'll do it, all right?
01:02:19And I like my privacy, too.
01:02:23Why don't you...
01:02:24Get naked while I'm gone.
01:02:27All right?
01:02:28Okay.
01:02:28Doug?
01:02:52Doug?
01:02:55Doug?
01:02:56No, no, no, no, no!
01:03:26Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
01:03:29Ah! Ah! Ah!
01:03:32Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!
01:03:37What?
01:03:41Oh, god!
01:03:46Oh!
01:03:50Oh, god!
01:03:51Yeah, what?
01:03:57Oh...
01:04:00Look, I said no comment, and I mean no comment!
01:04:26Connors!
01:04:31Well, Lieutenant, there's some guy named Connors here to see you.
01:04:35Oh, yes, I know Connors, Brown. Bring him in!
01:04:39Connors!
01:04:43Well, very good, Brown. Hold up.
01:04:49Good evening, Lieutenant.
01:04:51No, it is an insidious evening following a disastrous morning.
01:04:58I suppose you've heard the latest.
01:05:01Mm-hmm. Two more.
01:05:05This time in the marina. That's why I'm here.
01:05:10I assumed that that had something to do with your visit.
01:05:14I know you don't think very much of my theory, Lieutenant,
01:05:17but this time I've got evidence that's a bit more substantial.
01:05:20Well, get on with it, Connors.
01:05:22Last night's murders took place in the marina
01:05:24because I shut off the creature's access to the canals.
01:05:27Yesterday afternoon, I closed the lock at the marina jetty.
01:05:30It's against law to tamper with those locks.
01:05:33You should have been arrested.
01:05:35But I wasn't.
01:05:37Look, I'm trying to help you people stop this horrible business.
01:05:40I've been doing the work your police officers haven't been
01:05:43because they've been too busy trying to prove this ridiculous mutilation called garbage.
01:05:46All right, Connors.
01:05:48It's obvious that you are trying to help us.
01:05:53And if I were not dissatisfied with this mutilation theory myself,
01:05:59you would not be sitting in my office at this time.
01:06:03But I do not believe one word of your slither story.
01:06:12Slithis.
01:06:14Oh, pardon me.
01:06:16Slithis.
01:06:17Story.
01:06:18But what I saw this afternoon was a blunder.
01:06:26In the interest of public safety, I am willing to consider everything.
01:06:33Therefore, I will have one of my police scientists talk even with you.
01:06:39Sergeant, I'll squeeze in to come in for a moment.
01:06:45So then, this incredibly adaptable mutation has evolved into a humanoid creature.
01:06:53But, Mr. Connors, why is it murdering people?
01:06:57Not murdering.
01:06:58It's feeding on them.
01:07:00See, it attacks and eats whatever is around.
01:07:02Look, when I sampled the mud off the shore of the power plant,
01:07:06my diver said he saw no sea life at all.
01:07:08No fish, nothing.
01:07:10It stands to reason that the creature has eaten himself out of his spawning grounds
01:07:13and he's moved on, looking for food.
01:07:15Now, it hit a good area in the canals.
01:07:18Fish, dogs, people.
01:07:20So it returned.
01:07:22Yesterday afternoon, I cut off the creature's access to the canals
01:07:25and it moved on down the channel and onto one of the boats.
01:07:28Now, maybe if there had been water in the canal when we closed it off,
01:07:31the creature would have gone over the embankment and across the road.
01:07:33I don't know.
01:07:34See, I don't believe we're dealing with anything that's ever existed before,
01:07:37so there's no way of predicting what it's going to do.
01:07:39Well, I'm not going to question the possibility of Slithis,
01:07:42because organic mud may well exist, although it borders on a biogenesis
01:07:47which was disproven by Louis Pasteur back in the 1800s.
01:07:50But that's neither here nor there.
01:07:51What I can't accept is the idea that this thing has been living off the coast all this time
01:07:55and no one's noticed it.
01:07:56Bruce Lee, the point is moots.
01:08:02I have just finished chatting with the plant manager at the Imperial Nuclear Energy Station,
01:08:09and he assures me that his facility has not had any radioactive leak of any kind
01:08:16since this plant was constructed in 1965.
01:08:20Of course he did. I told you he would.
01:08:23Did you expect him to admit something like that?
01:08:27Unless Reasley feels that some further conversation would be of a productive nature,
01:08:32I believe we will close with this subject, Reasley.
01:08:36Very well, Mr. Connors.
01:08:39Again, I want to thank you for your display of public spirit.
01:08:45But I'm very busy, and my department is very busy.
01:08:50Whistling will escort you out for the last time.
01:08:57Brother, that is one crazy story. But who knows?
01:09:00Stranger things have come to pass, like the existence of Slithis itself.
01:09:05Last year, two of my people fishing off the coast of Jamaica
01:09:08netted an eel-like creature that the expert thought extinct for centuries.
01:09:13In the sea, all things are possible.
01:09:16Really?
01:09:17But not probable.
01:09:21I won't be the lone dissender, though.
01:09:23Whatever you guys decide is fine with me.
01:09:26I never thought I'd hear it.
01:09:27Yes, I never thought I'd say it.
01:09:30Tell me something.
01:09:31If this Slithis does retain the traits you saved,
01:09:34why won't it return to its bonding beds?
01:09:36I mean, in the area where we found the samples?
01:09:38Right.
01:09:39Hey, why am I thinking of it?
01:09:41If there is a creature down there, you might have gotten eaten.
01:09:46What's the chance I had to take?
01:09:47White boy, please.
01:09:50Hey, Chris.
01:09:51Have you got a small sonar tracker?
01:09:54I think I can get one.
01:09:55A friend of my uncle will loan it to me.
01:09:57I like it.
01:09:59All we do is wait out there until we detect the creature,
01:10:01and then follow it in.
01:10:02And if the thing exists, I'll spot it all right.
01:10:04Yeah, but what then?
01:10:05I mean, you're assuming that you spot him.
01:10:07We catch the bad-ass mother.
01:10:09I've got netting that'll hold a great white.
01:10:11I guarantee it won't get away.
01:10:13And I know a couple of guys that would love to join us on a monster hunt.
01:10:17Okay.
01:10:18Okay.
01:10:19Hell with the police.
01:10:20Dr. John, you and Jeff, you wait by the canal entrance.
01:10:23When we pick up the creature and see he's headed toward the canals,
01:10:26you close off the lock.
01:10:28How are we gonna know?
01:10:30Yeah.
01:10:31There's a couple of radios I can get at school.
01:10:33I think I can get it out with no problem.
01:10:34They're good for up to a mile or so, huh?
01:10:36And then when we close off the canal,
01:10:38you guys follow the big boy wherever his appetite leads him.
01:10:41Right.
01:10:42Send in the hue and cry as we go.
01:10:43Oh, no.
01:10:44If this thing is real,
01:10:45we ain't going to say anything to anyone until it's caught,
01:10:48and I'm going to catch it.
01:10:50All right.
01:10:53All right.
01:11:08Sun's going down quick.
01:11:10There should be a clear night.
01:11:12But in case it's not,
01:11:13I had Mike and Nicholas to hook up the generator and the night lights.
01:11:16Sonar's working okay.
01:11:17And I borrowed the spotlight in case we need it.
01:11:18It's one powerful mother.
01:11:19Yeah.
01:11:20I thought this radio was going to be all right.
01:11:21Worked out fine at school.
01:11:22And I brought this too.
01:11:23Yeah.
01:11:24Yeah.
01:11:25I noticed.
01:11:26I don't know if that's going to be of any use though.
01:11:29I don't know if that's going to be of any use though.
01:11:30I remember the Dones unloaded a whole pistol into that creature and nothing happened.
01:11:32This ain't a pistol, my man.
01:11:33This ain't a pistol, my man.
01:11:34I don't know if that's going to be of any use though.
01:11:35I remember the Dones unloaded a whole pistol into that creature and nothing happened.
01:11:39This ain't a pistol, my man.
01:11:47You think we'll be here all night?
01:11:50Well,
01:11:52I don't know if that's going to be of any use.
01:11:53I know you don't know if that's going to be of even use though.
01:11:54I remember the Dones unloaded a whole pistol into that creature and nothing happened.
01:11:57There isn't a pistol, my man.
01:11:59It would be here all night.
01:12:04I think we'll be here all night.
01:12:07Well, since it's never been spotted during the day,
01:12:11I guess it does all its foraging after dark.
01:12:14Maybe it's irritated by the boat traffic and waits until it dies down.
01:12:17I don't know what senses this thing has,
01:12:19so I don't know how it reacts to its environment.
01:12:22It's got an appetite. That's its downfall.
01:12:26Give Mike and Nicholas a hand with the nets, will you?
01:12:29Yeah, okay.
01:12:37What time is it?
01:12:51Oh, about 1.30.
01:12:57What time is it?
01:13:01Oh, about 1.30.
01:13:05Time isn't going by slow. It's stopped.
01:13:11Feels that way.
01:13:21Wayne!
01:13:22What?
01:13:26It's real. It's over there, about 20 feet off the ball.
01:13:30Okay. Now, when it really starts moving,
01:13:32let it get enough ahead so the engines don't spook it.
01:13:35I just hope we can keep up with it.
01:13:37This is it.
01:13:38Wake up on deck. We got something.
01:13:43Right back towards the marina.
01:13:45Now, don't lose.
01:13:47Don't worry. I couldn't lose Junior here even if I tried.
01:13:50According to the sonar, this thing is size large.
01:13:53Straight for the canal entrance.
01:13:55Hello, Jeff. Hello, Jeff.
01:13:57I had to rest upon sleep.
01:14:00Well, wake up, because we're on our way.
01:14:02The creature's heading right for the opening.
01:14:03Tell John to close off the lock.
01:14:05What? There really is something?
01:14:06We're following it now. Get John moving.
01:14:08Dr. John! Dr. John, wake up.
01:14:10Huh? What is it?
01:14:11They're headed this way.
01:14:12They're tracking the thing towards us.
01:14:13Wayne says to close the lock.
01:14:14Okay.
01:14:15Okay.
01:14:39Wayne, John's got it sealed.
01:14:41Good. Now, stay awake and keep your eyes open.
01:14:43I don't know what you should expect.
01:14:45We see what we shall see.
01:14:47Jeff, Chris says we're in about as far as we can go.
01:14:50The creature's getting close to you,
01:14:51but it's difficult to say just how close because of the rocks.
01:14:54We're watching.
01:14:57Wayne, I hear something.
01:14:58What's going on?
01:14:59Maybe I can see something.
01:15:04Okay, I must be heading for the boat.
01:15:05I should pick it up on the tracker pretty quick.
01:15:13Get in the car, quicker. Get in the car.
01:15:14Get in the car.
01:15:15Get in the car.
01:15:16Get in the car.
01:15:17Get in the car.
01:15:18Get in the car.
01:15:19Get in the car.
01:15:20Get in the car.
01:15:21Get in the car.
01:15:22Get in the car.
01:15:23Get in the car.
01:15:24Get in the car.
01:15:25Get in the car.
01:15:26Get in the car.
01:15:27Get in the car.
01:15:28Get in the car.
01:15:29Get in the car.
01:15:33Get in the car.
01:15:53The transmission's locked down inside the car.
01:15:55Jump! Jump!
01:16:25No!
01:16:43Get in the car!
01:16:55Dr. John!
01:17:14Dr. John!
01:17:17Dr. John, are you all right?
01:17:19I'm okay. I'm okay.
01:17:25No, it's alive. We got it on the scanner again.
01:17:29It's headed for the harbor, and I think the thing was trying for the canal when it ran into you.
01:17:33We gotta move. Nicholas, keep your eyes open.
01:17:36Jeff, we're gonna follow it. Head it off before it reaches the boats.
01:17:39Now, you and John, wait for Chris to slip.
01:17:41Wayne, be careful. I love you.
01:17:44The thing's making a crazy move, but he doesn't seem to be injured.
01:17:47This son of a bitch probably can't feel pain.
01:17:49You know, if it gets in the docking, you're end of the docking.
01:17:52We've lost it. I've got that covered. We're gonna get it to chase after us for a while.
01:17:55How?
01:17:56I've got 30 gallons of chum in the tank.
01:17:58If the big boy's hungry, I'll give him all he can handle.
01:18:00Remember, brother, this thing is just a fish.
01:18:02I'm one hell of a fisherman. Take over the ham.
01:18:06I'm one hell of a fisherman. Take over the ham.
01:18:11Come on.
01:18:14Come on.
01:18:22Here. Pour this fragrant garbage over the port while I reverse our direction.
01:18:35Better reserve you, big bastard. Fish and soup.
01:18:38You ready to put the hook to the slimy beast?
01:18:52I guess.
01:18:54What's the plan?
01:18:55We're gonna net it, drag it out to sea, wear it down, and pull it in.
01:18:58Pull it in? We just saw that son of a bitch demolish a car, and you're gonna pull it in?
01:19:02How about calling the coast guard?
01:19:03No way. This thing belongs to us.
01:19:06Besides, if this creature's shy of boats like you say,
01:19:09an open call to the coast guard is gonna bring out every boat in the harbor.
01:19:13The thing will then head right out to sea.
01:19:15You sure about the nets?
01:19:17Hey, man. Strong as still.
01:19:22Let's do it.
01:19:24Okay. I'll slow it down.
01:19:28Nicholas.
01:19:31Move forward and keep watch.
01:19:34Now dump what you've got left.
01:19:36Right next to the side.
01:19:38When we spot it below surface, we toss the nets.
01:19:43Ah, shit.
01:19:45What happened?
01:19:47I don't know, but I don't want to be sitting without power when that thing finishes the charm.
01:19:51Mike, take the helm.
01:19:55Let's go below.
01:20:03Let's go.
01:20:05Let's go.
01:20:07Let's go.
01:20:09Damn it.
01:20:11Engine's overheated.
01:20:13Bring me a bucket of water.
01:20:33I can't wet it now. If I crack the block, that's it.
01:20:37What caused it to overheat?
01:20:38I don't know. Maybe the water pump.
01:20:40I can fix it, but not till it cools down.
01:20:42Close the door. The guys on deck don't have to know what's happening here.
01:20:48I don't see a damn thing out here.
01:20:50Mike, turn on the big lamp, will you?
01:20:55Ah, hell. This thing isn't working. I'm gonna have to find a flashlight.
01:21:03Take your time. Not much happening out here.
01:21:19Mike! Mike! Mike!
01:21:23Mike!
01:21:33Ah!
01:21:39You leave.
01:21:54Look out! Use the shotgun!
01:22:03Clive?
01:22:10What's up?
01:22:11Clive?
01:22:12The bats, we can snap.
01:22:17Come on, come on, come on!
01:22:47Come on, come on!
01:23:17Oh, my God.
01:23:47Oh, my God.
01:24:17Oh, my God.
01:24:47Oh, my God.
01:24:54He's dead now.
01:24:57Then let's get rid of the nasty son of a bitch.
01:25:00Over the side.
01:25:00No.
01:25:04We got to take it back.
01:25:06Proof.
01:25:07Of what?
01:25:09Mike?
01:25:11Nicholas gone?
01:25:12The two of us damn near dead?
01:25:14That's garbage there.
01:25:19Wayne, smell it, man.
01:25:22It came from the sea.
01:25:23Now it's dead.
01:25:24Send it back.
01:25:25It's better, man.
01:25:47That thing doesn't belong with us.
01:25:51With anyone.
01:25:59Yeah, okay.
01:26:04Yeah, what the hell?
01:26:05Mike!
01:26:16Mike!
01:26:16Mike!
01:26:17Mike!
01:26:18Oh, my God.
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