00:11Graveyards, cemeteries, the ultimate collection, layers of earth separate ancient burials,
00:19both pagan and holy, a witch, a warlock, a saint, and the soil is full of secrets and treasure.
00:30For the vermin that shoot indifferently on wood or bone, it means nourishment, and for the humankind, bounty.
00:42Our tale today is the Graveyard Rats, and its director is Vincenzo Natale.
01:04The Graveyard Rats
01:05The Graveyard Rats
01:08The Graveyard Rats
01:15The Graveyard Rats
01:16The Graveyard Rats
02:17And in this state, I'd say she was a pretty one.
02:28Hey, I wish you'd never get a classic like this one.
02:32She's breathing.
02:34Me?
02:36I'd take what I could get.
02:38As do I.
02:45The bag, if you will.
02:53The name's Masson.
02:56I am the steward of this garden of remembrance from which you've so brazenly thieved.
03:03Nothing to say for yourselves?
03:05Have a heart.
03:06We're stupid and don't know no better.
03:08Yeah.
03:09Permit me to enlighten you.
03:11Are you aware that the very foundations of society are built on the respectful internment of the dead?
03:17We stopped being apes when we dug our first graves.
03:21It was the birth of civilization.
03:24And it will be its end when we cease to honor those that came before.
03:33Now, off with you.
03:34You ain't gonna hand us over to the local...
03:55Let's take a look at you.
03:58Here we go.
04:00Oh, yes.
04:01Yes.
04:17Foundations of society indeed.
04:26All right.
04:36Oh, come on.
04:37Oh!
04:38Oh!
04:40Oh!
04:44Oh!
04:46Yeah!
05:08Norm?
05:11We're here.
05:15Yeah, keep going.
05:20Well?
05:25That's it?
05:27What do you mean? There's more than enough there to satisfy this moon's installment?
05:30There ain't enough here to cover the enemy.
05:33That locket is sterling silver.
05:35It's pewter.
05:36Silver.
05:41Pewter.
05:46This is the third time you come up short.
05:50I give you the benefit of the doubt.
05:52But my employers take a less charitable view.
05:56They're beginning to think,
05:59maybe you're keeping the best for yourself.
06:01Well, fend my honor, sir.
06:03The Massons have always been good for their debt.
06:06I'm merely the victim of one night's misfortune at the car table and I have every intention of repaying it.
06:10The problem is the rats.
06:12The rats?
06:13Yes, the rats. They've infested my cemetery.
06:16The beasts steal the bodies before I have a chance to extract the items which constitute my stock and trade.
06:20Often is the time that after digging for hours in the dampness and cold of a miserable night,
06:24I reach my prize only to discover that it's merely an empty box.
06:27So you're telling me rats is stealing bodies out of coffins?
06:32What did I just say?
06:33It's an epidemic.
06:34I mean, my monthly returns are a fraction of what they once were.
06:37No, no, no, no.
06:38No.
06:39Rats can't do that.
06:40Oh, my dear fellow, they most certainly can.
06:42And Salem's rats are no ordinary rodents.
06:44No, they come from far off lands, have done for hundreds of years.
06:48As long as the port has existed, stowaways on trading ships returning from Malaysia, China, Ivory Coast, and other exotic
06:56lands
06:57where these creatures' ubiquitousness have inspired entire religions.
07:01I am, if nothing, a student of history.
07:05And it is well known that in the old days, when cotton mathers hunted Salem's evil cultists,
07:11there existed a network of caverns beneath these fair streets.
07:15Black churches.
07:18Hosted ghastly orgies and perverted sacraments to unspeakable entities.
07:24God in heaven only knows what's breeding down there.
07:27They're rats.
07:29Just kill them.
07:31I have employed both guile and brute force to destroy these pests.
07:36Traps, poison, even gas, nothing has stopped them.
07:39Their warrens are complex and well-fortified, not to mention I am a certified claustrophobe.
07:44The small spaces are unbearable to me, the result of a childhood incident in an icebox.
07:48It's not your concern.
07:48My point is that I am unable to penetrate the enclosures where they congregate.
07:53And all the while, the fruits get bolder.
07:55I mean, this, this is the result of a rat bite I suffered while attempting to acquire the very items
07:59you now have in your possession.
08:00The pain, let me tell you, was unbearable.
08:02It was nothing compared to what I had to endure under the care of my physician in the form of
08:06countless needles to inoculate me against disease.
08:08As you can see, I'm at my wit's end.
08:10And I beg you and your employer to please, please show me just a modicum of mercy or at least
08:15patience as I contend with these issues.
08:20He's already used up my patience standing here, listening to use your hammer.
08:27As for my employers, they'll give you one week.
08:32So if I was you, Mr. Maeson, I'd pay what you owe.
08:39Otherwise, you won't be any cemetery business anymore.
08:43You will be the business.
08:52Keep the pewter.
09:12I'll be back.
09:19Go away.
09:25Lee!
09:26Julie!
09:34is he in i told you never to come here what is he no thank goodness out attending to some
09:42business but he might be back anytime so make it quick i need to know if you've got anything
09:46promising nothing this week nothing of consequence could i have a look absolutely not i don't
09:54understand this is a matter of life or death i only deal in the latter and in this case there
09:59are only paupers and vagrants no one of particular value perhaps there is an unfortunate soul who
10:06like myself knew better times and procured gold fillings before a fall from grace it would only
10:12take me a minute to check no come duly dear fellow how many times have i assisted you in the
10:22past
10:23not to mention lined your pockets more than was bartoned for and my dad only one thing
10:29can convince me to let you examine those cadavers oh duly i expected more the devil's elixir
10:40if only you could muster the will to abstain so many find their end in its dark pleasures
10:47i pray you don't one day count yourself among them having said that i did come prepared
11:22we're still looking for the head
11:31found in a bath it was like soup
11:41looks like the old gal still took good care of the teeth though
11:52wooden indentures some fine workmanship there sadly underrated on the open market
11:59god damn it all the hell i told you all they left to the world was their mortal remains
12:05what's that what's in there nothing of value to you come on you've had your luck let's go
12:18leave that one alone it just came in the coroner hasn't had a chance to examine it
12:24oh hallelujah are you out of your mind he's important wealthy shipping merchant would scratch on him
12:31and the coroner will know then he'll start asking questions do you know how soon it'll be before
12:36he figures out particulars of our arrangement i need those teeth wait until tomorrow and then
12:42i'll let you out you know that could be too late once he's in the ground the rats will get
12:45him
12:48this way madam
13:09there there mother forgive me it seems almost alive
13:19as if he were having his afternoon rest but do as you must but please preserve his appearance
13:27for the presentation i would have him dressed in his finest
13:31all of his medals will be affixed to his breast
13:33and in his hand
13:37will be the sabre gifted to him by king george
13:40his most prized possession
13:44are you sure mother it's priceless once interred it is lost to you forever
13:50shamed
13:51no father would have it no other way
13:53no cost is too great for this final tribute
13:59and the night on the town wouldn't do is stay hard
14:12and we'll roll down behind
14:15and we'll roll down behind
14:22and we'll roll down
14:26and we'll roll down
14:27and we'll roll down behind
14:31you madame and sir
14:34fuck off
14:42long is the way and hard
14:46out of hell leads up to light
14:49truer worlds were never ready
14:55he'll only be in the ground for a few hours before i reach him
15:00surely those
15:01pests can't get to him that quickly
15:06oh lord
15:09please
15:11show me mercy
15:14if only this one time
15:40if only this one time
15:59Oh, my God.
16:12Oh, my God.
16:54Our love is buried with you.
16:57Such a touching epitaph.
17:01You'll remain with him forever.
17:04Madame, the name's Masson.
17:07I'm the caretaker of your husband's final resting place.
17:11I shall make it my personal mission to ensure its integrity is preserved in perpetuity.
17:19Place him.
17:37Lord our God, you are the source of life.
17:40In you we live and move and have our being.
17:45Lead us to your kingdom through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
17:49Keep us in life and death in your love.
17:54And by your grace, amen.
18:08That's it.
18:11Oh, no, no, no, no.
18:23No, no, no, no, no, no.
18:25Lord, don't let it be too late.
18:27Hang on.
18:37What?
18:39What?
18:40No, no, what?
18:42No.
19:04No, no, no, no.
19:09Oh, no.
19:09No, no.
19:09Oh, my God.
19:49Oh, my God.
20:06Come on, man.
20:07This is your prize.
20:09Your prize.
20:11Come on.
20:15I got you.
20:16I got you.
20:30Oh, my God.
20:31Oh, my God.
20:35Oh.
20:35Oh, my God.
20:37Oh, my God.
20:44Oh.
20:48Oh, my God.
20:59Oh, God damn it!
21:37Oh God, oh God, darkness, oh God, oh God, oh God, oh God, oh God, oh God.
21:44Oh, okay, breathe, breathe, breathe, you will survive this, you will, you will, where are you?
22:08I will have my vengeance, mark my words, my son will return with hell, fire, reach, and every one of
22:16you and your pestilent kid.
22:32Smart, smart, my son, smart.
22:37Yeah.
22:39Never give up, never give up.
22:42That's how you're gonna beat them, that's how you're gonna beat them.
22:54Oh, God, oh, God, no, no, oh, God, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
23:26I'll see you next time.
23:38Oh, my God.
24:07Oh, my God.
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