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The Killer Shrews is a suspenseful classic sci-fi horror film from 1959 that follows a group of people trapped on a remote island terrorized by gigantic mutant shrews. As the deadly creatures grow larger and more aggressive due to scientific experiments gone wrong, survival becomes a desperate fight against fear and chaos. Filled with tension, vintage special effects, and classic monster movie atmosphere, this cult favorite remains a memorable experience for fans of retro science fiction and horror cinema.
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00:00:01First in Alaska, and then invading steadily southward, there were reports of a new species,
00:00:10the giant killer shrew.
00:00:38The End
00:01:18There's a lot of quiet out there. Almost smell it, can't you?
00:01:23No, but I can feel it. That pressure's dropped so fast, it's almost made my ears pop.
00:01:30The hurricane's got different ways of telling you it's there. Where is it?
00:01:36Get ahead.
00:01:39What does that mean to us?
00:01:41Now, boy, that puts our port right in the middle of it.
00:01:48There's a cove on the lee side, though. We'll snuggle up close to the bluff and ride it out.
00:01:52What about the bottom?
00:01:53Well, the chart shows it's good holding ground. It's clay.
00:01:59You know something? If this thing had an automatic pilot, I wouldn't have to put up with you.
00:02:04Then you wouldn't have nobody to chew out.
00:02:08We should be there in a couple of hours. These mills of yours keep running.
00:02:12Look. Automatic pilots can't play Dixieland jazz on them engines like I can.
00:02:27Hey, Rook. Rook, come here.
00:02:32Take a look. There she is, dead ahead.
00:02:41Man, that sure do look good.
00:02:45A man named Craggers owns this island, doesn't he?
00:02:47That's the name on the crate, Dr. Milo Craggers.
00:02:50We'll unload tomorrow. I don't want this craft sitting high in that water when that blow hits.
00:02:54You're going to ride stern, too, with a lot of water under?
00:02:56That's right. That sea won't make up in that cove. That wind will have her whipping around like a kite.
00:03:03Just look forward and break out the heavy-weather hook.
00:03:05The shacklet will make sure it's free to run.
00:03:07I'll mouse the shacklet.
00:03:08Good.
00:03:49Oh, she'll ride like a duck. If she swings too far to starboard, we might have to take a check
00:03:53line to shore.
00:03:55Hey, Rook, take a slant up that trail.
00:04:00Now, that's a rather strange setup, wouldn't you say?
00:04:04Looks like somebody's getting rid of somebody, huh, Captain?
00:04:08Maybe. Hard to tell.
00:04:27I'm Dr. Craggers.
00:04:29Thorne Sherman. I have your supplies aboard.
00:04:32That's good. Nothing wrong with Captain Ferguson, I hope.
00:04:35Well, I wouldn't know. I just bought his run.
00:04:39Oh, I see. Were you able to fill our order?
00:04:42Everything on the list. Here's the manifest.
00:04:46Missing last week's supply has drawn us a little short, you know.
00:04:49Captain, after you have unloaded, I have a passenger for you.
00:04:53Ann?
00:04:55Captain Sherman, this is my daughter Ann Craggers.
00:05:00Hello. So you're the passenger?
00:05:02That's right, Captain.
00:05:04Oh, it's gonna be nice having you aboard.
00:05:06I'm getting a little tired looking at Griswold.
00:05:09But we're, uh, we're not leaving today.
00:05:15In fact, we're not even unloading.
00:05:20That load will cut the roll in half.
00:05:24You expecting an invasion?
00:05:27Yes, animals.
00:05:29Game or otherwise?
00:05:31When there's certain conditions, it could be dangerous.
00:05:38Hey, Ruff. You want to shake the kinks out? Limber up a little?
00:05:41Not me, Captain Blight. You go right here and stretch your legs.
00:05:45That ship's gonna be bugging like a bug in Bronx for long.
00:05:47Besides, I got some work left to do.
00:05:50If you do come ashore, wear a gun.
00:05:53Got you, Captain.
00:06:24Well, I told you about the hurricane.
00:06:26You act like you didn't know anything about it.
00:06:28What's the matter? You're set broken down?
00:06:30You've been out of communication for more than a week, Captain.
00:06:33Well, can't it be fixed?
00:06:35It's totally out of commission.
00:06:38My assistants, Mr. Ferrell, Jerry Ferrell.
00:06:50Father, perhaps the Captain would enjoy a drink.
00:06:53Well, of course.
00:06:56Will you join us in a cocktail?
00:06:57Well, I've never been known to turn down a drink yet.
00:07:00I'll be glad to accept.
00:07:02Fine.
00:07:02In that case, we'll have martinis.
00:07:05Mario?
00:07:06Si, senor.
00:07:07Mix them, please.
00:07:13Right this way, Captain.
00:07:14Come in.
00:07:36You have everything here you need?
00:07:38Oh, we are self-sufficient here.
00:07:40We have cows for fresh milk, chickens for fresh eggs.
00:07:44We even have saddle horses.
00:07:46Sort of a world all your own.
00:07:48That's exactly what I've tried to create.
00:07:50Well, to each his own.
00:07:53If you have to be isolated for your work, you've picked a lonely little island.
00:07:58Excuse me, please.
00:07:59I think I'll change.
00:08:07Well, she's a little worried because you aren't leaving until tomorrow.
00:08:11Well, I can understand that.
00:08:13But there's something else bothering her.
00:08:28Rathford?
00:08:30Rathford?
00:08:32Rathford?
00:08:32Rathford, would you please step over here?
00:08:34I'd like you to meet someone.
00:08:35Just a second, Doctor.
00:08:38That could go on for hours.
00:08:40Dr. Baines.
00:08:43There's no need to shout, Doctor.
00:08:44I'm right here.
00:08:45I'd like you to meet Captain Thorne Sherman.
00:08:48This is my other assistant, Radford Baines.
00:08:50How do you do?
00:08:52Two new litters since lunch, Doctor.
00:08:54Both support GT 116.
00:08:56That's good, but, uh...
00:08:58We can breed them to the 205 group in about three weeks.
00:09:01But I'd prefer to wait and expose about half of them to the Hoskins factor first.
00:09:06If you agree.
00:09:08Good idea.
00:09:10Do you know there's a hurricane coming?
00:09:13A hurricane?
00:09:15Well, I don't suppose there's much we can do about that.
00:09:20Glad to meet you.
00:09:22Sherman, wasn't it?
00:09:29You have to excuse Rathford.
00:09:31Anything that does not concern this project does not get through to him.
00:09:35Brilliant mind.
00:09:36He would starve to it if someone didn't remind him to eat.
00:09:39Must be very interesting work.
00:09:40What's his field?
00:09:42Biology.
00:09:43We specialize in genetics, heredity.
00:09:45I'm afraid my interest doesn't run in that line, you know.
00:09:48Think what would happen if he could isolate and identify the inherited factor in each gene.
00:09:53Now, wait a minute.
00:09:54I'm afraid I'm not very good with pure research.
00:09:57This is practical research.
00:09:59Generally, among mammals, the smaller the size is the higher the metabolism and the shorter the lifespan.
00:10:05Is that right?
00:10:05Well, I'm attempting to decrease the size by maintaining a low metabolism and resultant a longer lifespan.
00:10:13What reason?
00:10:16Overpopulation.
00:10:18Not a problem now, but it will be in time.
00:10:26If we were half as big as we are now, we could live twice as long in our natural resources.
00:10:32Father, may I speak with you a moment?
00:10:35Will you please excuse us, Captain?
00:10:36Well, providing you drop the captain.
00:10:40I prefer a thorn.
00:10:44No.
00:10:49Well.
00:10:55Tell me something, Doctor.
00:10:57Has a hurricane ever hit this island before that you know of?
00:11:01I wouldn't know.
00:11:03You've only been here nine months and this place has been unoccupied for years.
00:11:06Well, have you ever been through one?
00:11:09Only the fringes.
00:11:10Well, this one's building up very fast.
00:11:12Pressure drops very quickly in the center.
00:11:14I'd advise you to get some doors and windows open in this place.
00:11:19Huh.
00:11:21Ventilators on the roof.
00:11:22And if you're freshened hands drink, I'll go and check them.
00:11:26I'd be happy to.
00:11:28Thank heavens, you're right today.
00:11:31Why?
00:11:31Oration's getting short?
00:11:33No, it's more than that.
00:11:34Much more.
00:11:35We'll surely be able to sail tomorrow, won't we?
00:11:38Possibly.
00:11:40But not probable.
00:11:41Not too late, anyway.
00:11:43It takes a long time for a sea like that to quiet down.
00:11:45Well, if you're worrying about the sea, you'll be able to sail.
00:11:47But not me, you needn't.
00:11:48I'm a good sailor.
00:11:50Well, I'm not worried about you.
00:11:52We'll sail when the time's right.
00:11:54I've got them opened all right.
00:11:57Well, Captain, let me freshen you a drink.
00:12:01One for the road.
00:12:03I'm not trying to rush you, but it will be dark soon.
00:12:06I've invited Thorne for dinner, Father.
00:12:10Oh, I see.
00:12:14If you're not worried about your ship, you're welcome.
00:12:17I'll take a rainjack on that dinner, if you wish.
00:12:20Father, I've asked Thorne to stay.
00:12:24Progress, Doctor.
00:12:28This is the sole survivor of group 30.
00:12:3228 months old today.
00:12:35Well, that's equivalent 240 years to us.
00:12:38That's right.
00:12:39Yet it still maintains low metabolism without any sluggishness.
00:12:44It's not the breakthrough, but it certainly sets our course.
00:12:49Well...
00:12:49Radford, suspend series 52 through, uh, 96.
00:12:55And we'll concentrate on the rest.
00:12:56What is that?
00:12:57It's a sorex soricity.
00:13:00Looks like a small rat.
00:13:02Smells like a skunk.
00:13:05They have musk glands in their knees.
00:13:07These little fellows are our subjects.
00:13:10They have a birth cycle of 10 to 14 days.
00:13:14And using them, we can establish traits.
00:13:16We can trace the progressions through a number of generations
00:13:19over a short period of time.
00:13:21Well, how big do they get?
00:13:25That's an adult.
00:13:29See, the muscle is longer and thicker than the rats.
00:13:32It extends over the lower mandible.
00:13:34See?
00:13:35Does he bite?
00:13:37Only when he's hungry.
00:13:38Well, maybe you better take him.
00:13:39He doesn't know me.
00:13:41All he knows is his next meal.
00:13:45He's just been fed.
00:13:47He'll be all right for another eight hours.
00:13:49Leave him!
00:13:49Help!
00:13:52The shutter blew open.
00:13:54Bradford!
00:13:55I got it, senor.
00:13:58Don't let that scare you.
00:14:00It's gonna get worse.
00:14:02The storm's always threatening her, ever since you were a child.
00:14:15They're not climbers.
00:14:16They are primers.
00:14:17They are digging animals, a lot like the moe.
00:14:21They feed only at night, unless they are starving.
00:14:24And when they are hungry enough, they...
00:14:27they'll tackle anything, regardless of size.
00:14:30No kidding.
00:14:30Mm-hmm.
00:14:31If you leave two of them in a cage for 12 hours without food,
00:14:34the stronger will eat the weaker.
00:14:37Like cannibals.
00:14:38Precisely.
00:14:39You see, their intense activity requires a tremendous amount of energy
00:14:44to supply, they...
00:14:46they must eat three times their own weight in food every 24 hours,
00:14:51or starve.
00:14:53Radford!
00:14:54Radford!
00:14:55Would you please take this?
00:14:57Take it with me.
00:14:59Yeah.
00:15:04Some call them bone eaters.
00:15:06When the flesh is gone, they'll eat the bones for marrow.
00:15:10All they'll leave are teeth, horns, hooves...
00:15:13I could use another martini.
00:15:14Do you mind?
00:15:15Of course, my dear.
00:15:17I'll get you one.
00:15:26There you are.
00:15:30Mario!
00:15:31Mario!
00:15:34Mario!
00:15:34Mario!
00:15:34Aqui, por favor!
00:15:36Mario will show to the bathroom.
00:15:38You will freshen up a bit.
00:15:39Uh...
00:15:39Yerbi el sr al baño?
00:15:42Si, señor.
00:15:43Sígame, por favor.
00:15:44Excuse me.
00:15:59Here, sir.
00:16:23You got a problem, too?
00:16:25¿Qué pasó?
00:16:26Nada.
00:16:27Nothing, señor.
00:16:28But you will live on the ship tomorrow.
00:16:31Well, I think that all depends on the wind and the sea, don't you?
00:16:35Si.
00:16:36Si, señor.
00:16:38I don't know.
00:16:41Ah, you're me joking.
00:16:43I feel the point.
00:16:45I've seen.
00:16:46Well, I'm glad to hear that.
00:16:48Now, if anybody else is concerned about my sailing tomorrow, why, you see, they feel the point, too, huh?
00:16:54I don't like to repeat myself.
00:16:56Okay, señor.
00:17:29I know, but I'm not saying that you created them, Jerry.
00:17:33I am saying that because of your drunken stupidity in leaving the cage door open, you created the horrible situation
00:17:40that now exists.
00:17:41Look, Ann, this is a mistake any one of us might have made.
00:17:45And I'm getting a little sick of being called an irresponsible drunk.
00:17:49Now, believe me, I am.
00:17:56Excuse me.
00:18:08Care for a cigarette?
00:18:10Thanks.
00:18:11And thank heavens you arrived today.
00:18:13You said that before.
00:18:14What's the strain?
00:18:15See?
00:18:15If I don't make sense.
00:18:17Please excuse me.
00:18:18But it seems like everything is coming to a head at once.
00:18:21Oh.
00:18:21I want to leave, but I want my father to go with me.
00:18:24Well then, why doesn't he?
00:18:28So we've discussed it many times, but it is adamant.
00:18:32I'm sure Jerry has a lot to do with his decision.
00:18:37He tried to convince me that the crisis will only last for a few...
00:18:47Well, this is certainly a cozy little scene.
00:18:52Might even be called intimate. Boy meets girl...
00:18:55Stop it, Jerry. That remark is uncalled for.
00:18:58What I do or have to say does not concern you.
00:19:01I can't disagree with you more, my dear.
00:19:03I'm concerned with everything you do and I intend to keep it that way.
00:19:07Now, in my book an engagement isn't a casual thing.
00:19:09In my book it isn't either.
00:19:11And last night ended ours.
00:19:31No way!
00:19:32Come on!
00:19:38Whoa!
00:19:38Whoa!
00:19:47Let's go.
00:20:13Help! Help!
00:20:15Stop the car!
00:20:16Somebody help!
00:20:18Help! Stop the car!
00:20:27Be reasonable.
00:20:29Everybody in the world is scared to death of something.
00:20:32That's evident.
00:20:33When they came at us last night,
00:20:34you knocked me down getting inside the fence.
00:20:36It's just that I can't stand them.
00:20:38And I've discovered something I can't stand.
00:20:41All right.
00:20:43But I advise you not to mention them to anyone.
00:20:46I'm going to complete these experiments with your father regardless of anything.
00:20:50Do you understand that?
00:20:51Nobody is going to take this chance away from me.
00:20:54Nothing.
00:20:57That's Captain Sherman.
00:20:59Checking the weather. I'll get him.
00:21:04Captain, time for dinner.
00:21:14Help! Somebody!
00:21:16Help, Captain!
00:21:18Captain!
00:21:20Help! Somebody!
00:21:23Help!
00:21:29Help!
00:21:30Help!
00:21:31Help!
00:21:32Help!
00:21:33Help!
00:21:38Help!
00:21:48weitere
00:22:04Well, I miss as good as a mile, I always say.
00:22:07You know, if one of those trees crashes through,
00:22:09it might just not go...
00:22:10Well, honey, any tree on this side of the house
00:22:11will fall away from it, so just relax.
00:22:14But I think I'd better go back aboard.
00:22:17I don't think I'm not grateful for that.
00:22:18for your hospitality, I am.
00:22:19I'll see you tomorrow.
00:22:21Thorne, your ship is safe.
00:22:23Please, stay here with me.
00:22:26Why?
00:22:27You scared or lonesome?
00:22:29Both.
00:22:31I'll take a rain check on it.
00:22:33Thorne, you can't leave.
00:22:35No one opens that gate after dark.
00:22:38Well, who's gonna stop me?
00:22:40You?
00:22:42Well, this.
00:22:43No one opens that gate at night.
00:22:50Now, look, I don't ask questions
00:22:51because it's against my principles.
00:22:54But wouldn't you like to explain that?
00:22:57All right.
00:22:58Sit down and I will.
00:22:59Give me the gun.
00:23:01It's not very becoming anyway.
00:23:03Do you believe in fairy tales?
00:23:06Well, I'm a little old for that sort of thing,
00:23:08but what'd you have in mind?
00:23:09Well, I'll tell you about one.
00:23:11A true fairy tale.
00:23:13And you're right in the middle of it.
00:23:15Oh?
00:23:16Have you ever heard of a shrew?
00:23:18As in, taming of the...
00:23:20No, the animal.
00:23:21Radford called them Saurix sericidae
00:23:22when he showed you one.
00:23:24Oh, then shrew must be the common name
00:23:26for those cute little animals.
00:23:27Cute?
00:23:28That's the last word you can use
00:23:29to describe those little monsters.
00:23:31They're the most horrible animals
00:23:33on the face of the earth.
00:23:35As father told you,
00:23:36they breed within three weeks after birth.
00:23:37The last time is around one year.
00:23:38Yeah, yeah, I know what your father told me,
00:23:40but what's that got to do
00:23:41with me opening that gate?
00:23:45There are two or three hundred giant shrews out there.
00:23:50Monsters weighing between 50 and 100 pounds.
00:23:5550 to 100?
00:23:57Wait a minute, you must be kidding.
00:23:59I'm definitely not kidding.
00:24:03That's as big as a full-grown wolf.
00:24:05And what's more,
00:24:06they are beginning to starve.
00:24:12No wonder you didn't want me to go out there.
00:24:15Thanks for saving my skin.
00:24:17Well, I'm sorry I had to threaten you with a gun.
00:24:20But I didn't know how else to stop you.
00:24:22Oh, it was very effective.
00:24:23But all you had to do was tell me about them.
00:24:26Well, I hoped I wouldn't have to.
00:24:28But you changed everything
00:24:29when you started to leave.
00:24:31And I had to stop you some way.
00:24:35You say there's two or three hundred out there?
00:24:38Anne!
00:24:44That's right, Captain Thorne.
00:24:46And if you'd stuck with your rowboat
00:24:48and played captain
00:24:49instead of trying to play detective,
00:24:50you wouldn't have to worry about
00:24:52how many are out there, would you?
00:24:53That's enough, Jerry.
00:25:00What's wrong, Anne?
00:25:02Well, Thorne decided to leave.
00:25:03To dissuade him, I started to tell him
00:25:06about their shoes.
00:25:08He might as well know the whole story.
00:25:10It's half of it.
00:25:16I guess we're all a little jumpy, Captain.
00:25:18Yeah, I'm sorry.
00:25:22Six months ago,
00:25:23we managed to isolate
00:25:25the fact of controlling size.
00:25:27Two leaders were born.
00:25:29Six individuals were kept for study.
00:25:32They were about the size
00:25:33of buckshot at birth.
00:25:35But the rate of growth
00:25:37was abnormal.
00:25:40They continued to grow,
00:25:42grow.
00:25:43They were mutants.
00:25:46But they inherited
00:25:47all the negative characteristics
00:25:48of their breed.
00:25:50Somehow, they managed to escape.
00:25:56But a month later,
00:25:58we saw one of their offsprings.
00:26:01They were multiplying.
00:26:03We did everything in the world
00:26:05to exterminate them,
00:26:06but no apparent luck.
00:26:09Then we haven't seen any.
00:26:11Since daylight needle blinds them
00:26:13and they forage only at night,
00:26:15well, they're starving.
00:26:18But the fact that two of them
00:26:20charged Ann and Jerry
00:26:21at the gate last evening
00:26:24indicates that the available food
00:26:27on the island
00:26:27is nearing depletion.
00:26:32Then what, Doctor?
00:26:34They will exterminate each other.
00:26:37It'll take a couple days.
00:26:38What do we do during that time?
00:26:41Stay indoors and wait
00:26:42until it's over.
00:26:47I'll get some wires
00:26:48blew down on the transformer.
00:26:50I'm sorry.
00:26:51I'll get some lamps.
00:26:54Mario!
00:26:55Mario!
00:26:57Si, senor!
00:26:58There's a lantern in the pantry.
00:26:59Light it and bring it in here.
00:27:04Bradford,
00:27:04light all the candles you can find.
00:27:06All right, I will.
00:27:07Where's the generator?
00:27:08Outside.
00:27:09Can't get at it at night.
00:27:13Here, let me help you.
00:27:15The lantern will give you
00:27:16all the light you need.
00:27:18I will join you shortly, Jerry.
00:27:31Well, Jerry,
00:27:33I felt she was sincere
00:27:34and made sense
00:27:36from her standpoint.
00:27:38Wanting her father
00:27:39to leave the island
00:27:40with her makes sense?
00:27:42That'd be much better
00:27:43for the project
00:27:43if I went with her
00:27:44for a few days.
00:27:48As a matter of fact,
00:27:49I think I'll talk
00:27:49to Doctor about that.
00:27:50That might be the answer.
00:27:52And another thing,
00:27:53I don't take much
00:27:54to this Thorn Sherman.
00:27:56He looks to me
00:27:56like the type
00:27:57that'd try anything.
00:28:01That left-handed
00:28:01dinner invitation,
00:28:03that was just to keep me
00:28:03here till after dark,
00:28:04wasn't it?
00:28:11I wanted you here tonight.
00:28:13I thought something
00:28:14terrible was going to happen.
00:28:16Why, you still feel
00:28:17the same way about it?
00:28:18Not as much.
00:28:19Not since you're here.
00:28:20I know everything.
00:28:36I love an open fire,
00:28:38don't you?
00:28:39Mm-hmm.
00:28:43The wind has a lonesome sound,
00:28:46doesn't it?
00:28:48It sure does.
00:28:50Back in Sweden,
00:28:52we don't have a wind this strong.
00:28:57You're a strange man, Thorn.
00:29:00I never met anyone like you.
00:29:04You seem so disinterested in everything.
00:29:07Aren't you the least bit curious?
00:29:10Don't you wonder
00:29:11about the unusual things
00:29:12around here?
00:29:14The guns,
00:29:16the fence,
00:29:17the shattered windows,
00:29:19my accent,
00:29:20anything?
00:29:21I'll tell you something.
00:29:22Mm-hmm.
00:29:23I'm only interested
00:29:24in anything that concerns me,
00:29:26then I do something about it.
00:29:31You're going to sail
00:29:31with me tomorrow
00:29:32with your father
00:29:33and friends being in.
00:29:42Thorn, no!
00:29:44Father!
00:29:45Brad!
00:29:47Out there!
00:29:55I don't think
00:29:55he was going out, Jerry.
00:29:57I couldn't take a chance.
00:29:58He's fool enough to.
00:29:59Don't be stupid.
00:30:00I had no intentions
00:30:01of going out there,
00:30:02opening that gate,
00:30:03and now somebody needed it.
00:30:05Did you hear it, Doctor?
00:30:07It sounded like a human voice.
00:30:09I was thinking of a rook.
00:30:10It was the livestock.
00:30:11The shrews got into the barn.
00:30:24What was it, Father?
00:30:27It was the livestock.
00:30:30Did Mario forget
00:30:31to borrow those doors?
00:30:32No.
00:30:34I put them in the barn myself.
00:30:37They couldn't get
00:30:38through the wood doors.
00:30:40They're dug
00:30:41through the dirt floor.
00:30:42Let me ask you something, Doctor.
00:30:44How could you expose
00:30:45all our lives,
00:30:46yourself included,
00:30:47with those things out there?
00:30:48All you had to do
00:30:49was get the Coast Guard
00:30:50or the Navy
00:30:51to come in here
00:30:51and burn them out.
00:30:53Those things got loose.
00:30:55Any unusual experiment
00:30:56can produce unusual results.
00:30:59That's why I chose this island.
00:31:01It's isolated.
00:31:03Miles of open water
00:31:05in any direction.
00:31:07Our project
00:31:08is privately financed.
00:31:11It's not a problem
00:31:12for the government
00:31:12or military.
00:31:14And the world
00:31:15is no danger.
00:31:19His species
00:31:20does not swim.
00:31:21And as far as the shrews
00:31:22are concerned,
00:31:24this island
00:31:25is their world.
00:31:27Very soon,
00:31:29right here on this island,
00:31:31there's going to be
00:31:32a miniature reproduction
00:31:33of an overpopulated world.
00:31:35And you'll see the importance
00:31:37of what we're working
00:31:38to avoid.
00:31:39I'm not concerned
00:31:40about all this theory.
00:31:42What I'm concerned about
00:31:42is our lives.
00:31:43There'll be ample time
00:31:44to panic
00:31:45when they run out of food
00:31:46and go on a 24-hour forage.
00:31:48How do you know
00:31:49they haven't already?
00:31:51That's possible.
00:31:52Their main diet
00:31:53has been the small animals
00:31:54on the island.
00:31:55That sauce
00:31:56could have been depleted
00:31:5718 or 20 hours ago.
00:32:00And that's why
00:32:01they went after
00:32:02the livestock.
00:32:03There's still some food
00:32:04on this island
00:32:05before they reach
00:32:06the crisis.
00:32:07Where?
00:32:12No worry about them
00:32:13digging in here.
00:32:14The floors are tile.
00:32:16But the walls aren't,
00:32:17doctor.
00:32:18They're adobe.
00:32:19Our safest bet
00:32:20would be on that boat.
00:32:22You may be right.
00:32:24You can reach
00:32:25your boat in daylight.
00:32:27The shrews will gorged
00:32:28themselves on livestock.
00:32:30Don't you keep them
00:32:31lethargy for several hours?
00:32:33There's no sense
00:32:34looking at the dark side.
00:32:36And there's no sense
00:32:37minimizing a serious
00:32:38situation.
00:32:39It leaves you
00:32:40completely unprepared
00:32:41to cope with it.
00:32:43Now, we certainly
00:32:44can't make it tonight.
00:32:45That's out of the question.
00:32:46Maybe tomorrow.
00:32:50Hi, Evan.
00:32:51We'll get some sleep tonight.
00:32:53But we'll have a watch,
00:32:54an hour and a half apiece.
00:32:55Doctor, you go first
00:32:56and then Radford.
00:32:57Mario, Jerry, and then me.
00:33:00Shutter all the windows.
00:33:02Make sure they're locked
00:33:02good and tight.
00:33:03Check all these walls.
00:33:07Come on.
00:33:08No, I think I'll stay
00:33:09here by the fire.
00:33:10I feel safer.
00:33:12I couldn't stand it
00:33:13in that room alone.
00:33:15All right.
00:33:15As you wish.
00:33:17Put fire to get some sleep.
00:33:19I will.
00:33:45All right.
00:33:46Good.
00:33:46Good.
00:33:58Mr. Farrell, here is Mario.
00:34:01You are next to make the patrol, no?
00:34:03Sure, Mario. Come on in.
00:34:07I've been waiting for you to finish.
00:34:10I must have dozed off. You kind of startled me.
00:34:15Sit down.
00:34:16Come on in.
00:34:16I've been waiting for you to finish.
00:34:16Here, have a drink. It will help you to relax.
00:34:20Gracias, señor.
00:34:23Sit down.
00:34:25Just a while.
00:34:28You just checked every room in the house, didn't you?
00:34:32Si.
00:34:33Fine.
00:34:35You're a good man, Mario.
00:34:38A man that can be trusted.
00:34:48You know what I've been thinking about, Mario?
00:34:53Ann and that captain?
00:34:58You and me.
00:35:01Imagine an intelligent girl like her going for a...
00:35:06common sea-tramp like him.
00:35:12I know why. You do, too.
00:35:17In case anything goes wrong, she's looking out for her own hide.
00:35:22That's why I keep thinking about you and me.
00:35:26Anything goes wrong...
00:35:31we're gonna outlast them all.
00:35:46I'm going to trust you...
00:35:49to take my turn at patrolling the house.
00:35:54But when you finish...
00:35:57don't wake the captain.
00:36:00Come back here and get me.
00:36:03See, I'll probably feel good enough by then to take his turn.
00:36:09Okay, Mario?
00:36:11Si.
00:36:11Okay.
00:36:49Maybe they'll get us in the middle of your car.
00:36:49Go ahead.
00:36:49Come here!
00:36:49There's nothing.
00:36:50I'll see you, Harley.
00:36:50Come here.
00:36:50Come here.
00:36:50Come here.
00:36:50You are a delicious tree.
00:37:18There is a big rat on the table.
00:37:20A tall.
00:37:20A clubHarry is angry like this?
00:37:20A shrew in the cellar?
00:37:22Si. I hear him singing down there.
00:37:25Well, how did he get in?
00:37:27The store broke out the kitchen window,
00:37:29but I closed it off. He went down there.
00:37:31Why should he go down there?
00:37:32The food for the little ratones.
00:37:34I pull out to Enfrost. They love it.
00:37:37What did you tell Jerry?
00:37:38No, senor. Here is your turn next.
00:37:40Here is Una Luz. We kill him, no?
00:37:43Yeah.
00:38:02Ann. Ann, wake up.
00:38:04A shrew got in. It's all right.
00:38:06He's down in the cellar.
00:38:08Now, we're going down after him,
00:38:10but I don't want you to let anybody open that door
00:38:12until I tell you to. You understand?
00:38:15Good girl.
00:38:33Okay. Open it just a crack.
00:38:37Open.
00:38:39Hold on to it.
00:38:43Okay.
00:39:08You take that side.
00:39:37Good girl.
00:39:38Mario.
00:39:39Here.
00:39:40Look here.
00:39:41You see anybody?
00:39:42I can see where he was.
00:39:44I do not see where he is.
00:39:46Careful, sir.
00:39:47Yes, sir.
00:39:48I will be careful.
00:39:49We'll be careful.
00:39:50I see where he is.
00:40:00What do you think?
00:40:02What the hell is this?
00:40:03I've been here, I've also got him busy.
00:40:06I'm here, I've got him.
00:40:07There will be a second.
00:40:36Doctor, get down here, quick!
00:40:36You all right down there?
00:40:37You all right down there?
00:40:38Doctor, get down here, quick!
00:40:52Mario, Mario!
00:41:07Mario.
00:41:10He's dead.
00:41:13Dead?
00:41:20I got this on him right away. He couldn't have bled to death.
00:41:26Might as well let go of it.
00:41:28Won't do him any good now.
00:41:33What could have killed him?
00:41:36I'm not certain.
00:41:38Till the autopsy.
00:41:41Hemotoxic syndrome.
00:41:44I'm afraid so.
00:41:46We'll know after pathology.
00:41:48Doctor, that's not the same animal you showed me.
00:41:52That's a monster.
00:41:54As I said.
00:41:56There are mutants.
00:41:58In controlling the size factor,
00:42:01we seem to have crossed some of the other characteristics.
00:42:04Well, you certainly did a good job of it.
00:42:07I've known that for some time, Captain.
00:42:15Would you please give me a hand with Mario?
00:42:18Bradford, bring up the animal.
00:42:20Well, let's go.
00:42:38An extremely high poison content in the shrew's saliva.
00:42:41Mm-hmm.
00:42:43Now compare it with this.
00:42:46Careful count isn't necessary.
00:42:49Any indication of the same poison,
00:42:51and Mario's blood will give you the answer.
00:42:53Yes, you're right.
00:42:57Look, Ann.
00:43:01Brooding about it's not gonna do any good.
00:43:04Now why don't you try to think of something else?
00:43:07Tell me, what do you do around here?
00:43:09Are you a scientist?
00:43:12I'm a zoologist.
00:43:14Oh.
00:43:15That's the study of animal life, isn't it?
00:43:18Well, do you specialize?
00:43:19What do you specialize in?
00:43:21They're dying.
00:43:23Well, I had a hand in these two.
00:43:25And I'm partly to blame.
00:43:35But this ends it.
00:43:37If we ever get off this island, I'll never have anything to do with it again.
00:43:42What will you do?
00:43:45Live normally, like normal women do.
00:43:47Well, you may see it seem a little dull after the life I've been living.
00:43:54But rather dull and alive than excited and...
00:43:56I'll take a dull, alive woman every time.
00:44:11Say, Thorn.
00:44:15The autopsy has proved what we suspected.
00:44:19Several weeks ago, I concocted the most virulent poison I could with the materials I had at hand.
00:44:26And we put it out as bait.
00:44:30Mario was killed by poison.
00:44:33Doctor, I wonder if you thought the system of the Sorex enabled them to assimilate that poison.
00:44:39It remained in the salivary glands of their jaws.
00:44:42Isn't that wonderful?
00:44:46Well, I am sorry.
00:44:47Of course, I always speak from the clinical point of view.
00:44:51Well, don't you have something to counteract that poison?
00:44:56Once Mario was bitten, I'm afraid there's nothing anyone could have done.
00:45:02This indicates that they cannot afford to get even so much as a scratch from these animals.
00:45:08They are more poisonous than snakes.
00:45:10Well, do you think they're all affected?
00:45:13The best way to find out is let them all bite you and see which bite you die after.
00:45:18We might just all get that chance, Jerry.
00:45:20You included.
00:45:23Doctor, I've closed all the doors in the house.
00:45:25I suggest we do the same thing with this hall and this lab.
00:45:29They'll cut down the chances of getting in the front of the house.
00:45:32I think if we keep up close watching those walls and windows in there,
00:45:36we might make it till daybreak.
00:45:38The walls are two feet thick. Do you think they have a chance to dig in?
00:45:43Of course there's a chance.
00:45:45Anywhere that plaster's off, that adobe's as soft as mush where that rain hit it.
00:45:58It's true for the back of the city.
00:45:58It's quite nice.
00:46:03Come on, you.
00:46:22It's not a bad idea, Doctor.
00:46:25But here's another possibility, Doctor.
00:46:28It's very light out.
00:46:29It's going to be daylight soon.
00:46:32We'll take the shrew that killed Mario and throw it in there.
00:46:34We'll throw it over the fence and use it for bait.
00:46:37If they show up for it, of course, they'll run for the boats out.
00:46:41But if they don't, then I'll go down and have Rook lay-to with a lighter.
00:46:44Then I'll return to the bend and the trail and give you the all-clear signal.
00:46:49Sounds fine, Captain.
00:46:50Good. Then you explain it to the rest.
00:46:52Yes, I will.
00:47:06Well, the bait's been out for 20 minutes. Nothing's touched it.
00:47:49Well, the wind has gone down. Isn't that wonderful?
00:47:52I'm afraid it's not over, my dear. It's just a lull.
00:47:55There'll be a lot more.
00:47:56He's right.
00:47:58I'll be back at the bend shortly. Now, you watch for my signal.
00:48:01You can't go alone.
00:48:02I'll go with him.
00:48:03Not you, Father. You haven't even fired a gun.
00:48:06Take Rad or Jerry.
00:48:08Sure, I'll go.
00:48:11Then you'll be sure of getting the signal.
00:48:54Don't shoot that gun unless you have to. We've only got 20 rounds altogether.
00:48:59I know that as well as you do.
00:49:05Sherman.
00:49:06You stay away from her.
00:49:09Do you have that gun pointed at me?
00:49:12Right in the middle of your back.
00:49:15Look, we've got enough problems without worrying about Ann.
00:49:18I'm telling you, stay away from her.
00:49:20When the shrews get through with you, they won't even find a buckshot.
00:49:45You, for the company's energy.
00:49:47I'll take care of you.
00:49:48Look.
00:49:49Stay away!
00:49:50Go up!
00:49:50Go up!
00:49:51Listen.
00:49:52Get back.
00:49:52Get back.
00:49:52I'm on it.
00:49:56Hey, look!
00:49:59Hey, look!
00:50:01Hey, look!
00:50:07Where's this gift?
00:50:12I'll follow that check line.
00:50:13I gotta find him.
00:50:15Since last night, you won't find much of him.
00:50:18Would you shut up?
00:50:19I'm not going back.
00:50:21You're what?
00:50:22I'm staying here.
00:50:24All right. You suit yourself,
00:50:26but if I were you, I'd swim out to that boat.
00:50:30Can't swim.
00:50:31Then stay here.
00:50:33Wait a minute. You gotta give me a gun.
00:50:37Give you a gun?
00:50:42Chairman, wait!
00:50:52Oh, let's go.
00:50:53Come on.
00:50:53Come on, boy!
00:50:57Come on!
00:50:57Come on!
00:50:57Come on!
00:50:58Come on, boy.
00:51:18Come on!
00:51:19We had on the boat.
00:51:26They don't leave much, do they?
00:51:32Sherman, we've got to make a deal for them.
00:51:38What is it?
00:51:39Shh.
00:51:41They've been trailing us on both sides.
00:51:44Where?
00:51:45I didn't see anything.
00:51:47Look, Sherman, you've got to give me
00:51:49a gun.
00:51:55All right.
00:51:56Whatever you do, don't you run.
00:51:58You stay in front of me, because I don't trust you.
00:52:16They're coming!
00:52:25Open the gate!
00:52:26Open the gate!
00:52:30Open!
00:52:30Open the gate!
00:52:32Open the gate!
00:52:33Open the gate!
00:52:39Look!
00:52:41Open the gate!
00:52:42Listen!
00:52:42Let them in!
00:52:45Joey, open the gate!
00:52:50Baby!
00:53:01The shoes were out there, I couldn't take a chance.
00:53:17Give it up, give it up, give it up, look at the back.
00:53:35For heaven's sakes, doctor, stop them!
00:53:38Come on, come on.
00:53:40Come on, come on!
00:53:47Come on!
00:53:56Come on!
00:54:22all right didn't he have it coming or didn't he what happened out there
00:54:27oh nothing much Jerry just tried to kill me twice in the last five minutes
00:54:35Rook came ashore last night he's dead
00:54:43this saw was left won't do us any good it's got no ammo
00:55:02I'm deeply sorry captain I wish you had followed your orders look doctor you
00:55:09casually mentioned animals you didn't explain to us what we were facing out
00:55:13there every right to feel the way you do my mistake was only mine was one of
00:55:21our judgment I didn't know about the hurricane I didn't anticipate the
00:55:26effect it would have on the shrews I thought the house would be safe through
00:55:31the crisis how could you expose your own daughter
00:55:33how could you expose and of that she was going to leave last week but the boat
00:55:38didn't come I need a drink
00:55:46anybody else care for one I could use some coffee
00:55:50I'll make some
00:55:51thank you again
00:55:53creamy sugar
00:56:07slam the door
00:56:10you all right doctor he just ripped my trousers that's all are you sure
00:56:15that's all I'm completely aware of it
00:56:37that was a stupid waste of ammunition everyone I'm a clean mess
00:56:42there's still four of them in there
00:56:48how did they get in through that kitchen window that rope must be rotten
00:56:54it's got him
00:56:57that's what
00:57:06he's dead
00:57:23he recorded every symptom and reaction right up to the moment of his death
00:57:33I'll make the same
00:57:34jerry turn down one of those drapes and cover him up
00:57:39sure sure
00:57:41cragos will cover Ann and i'll cover him
00:57:45you'll cover me but who will cover you
00:57:49We can get on the man who's swayed from the shadows.
00:57:53Shut up!
00:57:56Now, you stop sniffling on things.
00:57:59It'll take a tank to get us out of here.
00:58:05Look!
00:58:07Sam!
00:58:14What happened with this?
00:58:26It won't take them off to dig around this?
00:58:27You're right.
00:58:28No telling where else they're digging, too.
00:58:53Come on!
00:58:54Come on!
00:59:06There's not enough stuff here to barricade those walls.
00:59:10I'll tell you, we'll pile some of those crates up over there.
00:59:12And the roof's our last chance.
00:59:13Here, help me, Doctor.
00:59:15Find something light!
00:59:16All right.
00:59:25Here, help me with that, Doctor.
00:59:26Let's see if you have a moment.
00:59:47Doctor.
00:59:48Yes?
00:59:48We'll use these chemical drums as tanks.
00:59:52Individual tanks.
00:59:53Here, I'll show you.
00:59:54All right.
00:59:55Stand down here.
00:59:56Yep.
00:59:57Look down now.
00:59:58All right.
00:59:59Slow.
01:00:00All right.
01:00:01You all right?
01:00:02Yeah.
01:00:11It'll work.
01:00:13It'll work.
01:00:14But these drums are too tall for the base.
01:00:17If the shoes don't push us over, the wind will.
01:00:20Not if we lash them together.
01:00:21All right.
01:00:22Hazel, are there any more around here?
01:00:25Only that one over there.
01:00:27If you have any cold chisels or hammers or anything,
01:00:29I can knock a hole in here and make some high pieces.
01:00:32Yeah, that's some tools over there in the carola.
01:00:35All right.
01:00:45Hey, here's another one.
01:00:48Hey, get that out there.
01:00:49We'll let's work on it.
01:00:51Hey, that's even better.
01:01:02Give me a little more slack.
01:01:06Get some rope and put it on that latch so we can read from the ground.
01:01:18Yeah!
01:01:27Ew!
01:01:39Come on.
01:01:41Hey, everybody.
01:01:45Come here.
01:01:47Come on, you go to the other side.
01:01:59Now, hold this answer, all right?
01:02:19All right, we're all set.
01:02:22Something's going to be rough,
01:02:24but we should be able to duck walk to the beach.
01:02:26Where's Jerry?
01:02:27There's a lot of them out there. I can see them.
01:02:29I'm not going.
01:02:30Look, come down here.
01:02:31That wind will blow you right off that roof.
01:02:33I told you, I'm not going.
01:02:35I'm staying here.
01:02:37We've got to get them down here somehow
01:02:39and see if you can close them down here.
01:02:41Jerry, Jerry, please come down with us.
01:02:44No, Ann, they'll get you if you go out here.
01:02:46Come down here, you fool.
01:02:48Poor devil, I hope he makes it.
01:02:50If he can't leave, he's not responsible for himself.
01:02:55You have to go now.
01:03:04All right, doctor.
01:03:05All right.
01:03:11All right.
01:03:12All right.
01:03:12Now, hold it up.
01:03:18All right.
01:03:23Everybody ready?
01:03:24I'm going to open that gate.
01:03:27They're ready.
01:03:30Ready.
01:03:31Okay, here they come.
01:03:37Hold on.
01:03:38Hold on.
01:03:39Hold on.
01:04:11Hold on.
01:04:13Ann, what's the matter?
01:04:15Your side's dragged.
01:04:18You want to rest?
01:04:19You tired?
01:04:21You tired?
01:04:24What'd you say?
01:04:26She says she's all right.
01:04:28She's keeping her eyes closed.
01:04:31All right.
01:04:32Keep your eyes closed.
01:04:33They can't get at you through the sled.
01:04:47Hold on.
01:04:48This empty drum is too heavy for her.
01:04:50I can barely hold up my side.
01:04:53I'll be all right in a minute.
01:04:56All right.
01:04:58You walk.
01:04:59I'll drag for a while.
01:05:05Listen, don't let their head get under, they'll flip us over.
01:05:30Let's go.
01:06:18He got my foot.
01:06:20Check your foot.
01:06:22No, my foot is free, but he got my foot.
01:06:25Is there a scratch?
01:06:28No, not a mark.
01:06:43Keep moving.
01:06:45Let's go.
01:06:46Let's go.
01:06:52Let's go.
01:07:23Let's go.
01:07:23Let's go.
01:07:26All right.
01:07:28All right.
01:07:29Let's go.
01:07:30You better go deeper.
01:07:36I'm about to round out.
01:07:38OK, let's swim for it.
01:07:40OK.
01:08:06We are safe, aren't we?
01:08:10I mean, the storm.
01:08:11Sure.
01:08:12She wrote out the first half, all right.
01:08:14And that's always the roughest.
01:08:16Anyway, riding an anchor, I'll get a chance to learn a little more about that Swedish accent.
01:08:21In 24 hours, there'll be one shrew left on the island, and he'll be dead of starvation.
01:08:28An excellent example of overpuppetage.
01:08:32Well, you know something, Doctor?
01:08:34What's that?
01:08:36I'm not going to worry about overpopulation just yet.