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Prepare for a wonderfully campy cinematic voyage into one of the most famous creature features of the drive-in era. This high-quality, full movie follows a ship captain and a small group of scientists who must engineer a frantic escape after a genetic experiment gone wrong turns ordinary shrews into massive, flesh-eating monsters. Brimming with atmospheric isolation, tense mid-century sci-fi tropes, and a uniquely creative climax involving makeshift armor, this cult classic thriller is now free to watch for all fans of classic cinema who love vintage B-movie suspense and retro horror.
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00:00:03Those who hunt by night will tell you that the wildest and most vicious of all animals
00:00:10is the tiny shrew.
00:00:12The shrew feeds only by the dark of the moon.
00:00:17He must eat his own body weight every few hours or starve.
00:00:22And the shrew devours everything, bones, flesh, marrow, everything.
00:00:31In March, first in Alaska and then invading steadily southward,
00:00:38there were reports of a new species, the giant killer shrew.
00:00:54THE END
00:01:22THE END
00:01:48The End
00:01:49It shows a lot of quiet out there.
00:01:52Almost smell it, can't you?
00:01:54No, but I can feel it.
00:01:56The pressure's dropped so fast, it's almost made my ears pop.
00:02:01The hurricane's got different ways of telling you it's there.
00:02:05Where is it?
00:02:07Dead ahead.
00:02:10What's that mean, us?
00:02:12My boy, that puts our port right in the middle of it.
00:02:19There's a cove on the lee side, though.
00:02:20We'll snuggle up close to the bluff and ride it out.
00:02:22What about the bottom?
00:02:24Well, the chart shows it's good holding ground. It's clay.
00:02:30You know something?
00:02:32If this thing had an automatic pilot, I wouldn't have to put up with you.
00:02:35Then you wouldn't have nobody to chew out.
00:02:39We should be there in a couple of hours.
00:02:41These mills of yours keep running.
00:02:44Look, automatic pilots can't play Dixieland jazz on them engines like I can.
00:02:58Hey, Ruff.
00:03:00Ruff, come here.
00:03:03Take a look.
00:03:05There she is, dead ahead.
00:03:12Man, that sure do look good.
00:03:16A man named Craggers owns this island, doesn't he?
00:03:18That's the name on the crate, Dr. Milo Craggers.
00:03:21We'll unload tomorrow.
00:03:22I don't want this crap sitting high in that water when that blow hits.
00:03:25You're going to ride stern too with a lot of water under?
00:03:28That's right.
00:03:29That sea won't make up in that cold.
00:03:31That wind will have her whipping around like a kite.
00:03:34Step forward and break out the heavy weather hook.
00:03:36The track will make sure it's free to run.
00:03:37I'll mouse the shot.
00:03:38Good.
00:03:42The track will make sure it's free to run.
00:04:20Oh, she'll ride like a duck.
00:04:21If she swings too far to starboard, we might have to take a check line to shore.
00:04:26Hey, Rook.
00:04:27Take a slant up that trail.
00:04:31Now, that's a rather strange setup, wouldn't you say?
00:04:35Looks like somebody's getting rid of somebody, huh, Captain?
00:04:39Maybe.
00:04:40Hard to tell.
00:04:58I'm Dr. Craggers.
00:05:00Thorne Sherman.
00:05:01I have your supplies aboard.
00:05:03That's good.
00:05:04Nothing wrong with Captain Ferguson, I hope.
00:05:06Well, I wouldn't know.
00:05:08I just bought his run.
00:05:10Oh, I see.
00:05:11Were you able to fill our order?
00:05:13Everything on the list.
00:05:15Here's the manifest.
00:05:17Missing last week's supply has drawn us a little short, you know.
00:05:21Captain, after you have unloaded, I have a passenger for you.
00:05:24Anne?
00:05:26Captain Sherman, this is my daughter, Anne Craggers.
00:05:31Hello.
00:05:32So you're the passenger?
00:05:33That's right, Captain.
00:05:35Oh, it's going to be nice having you aboard.
00:05:37I'm getting a little tired looking at Griswold.
00:05:40But we're, uh, we're not leaving today.
00:05:46In fact, we're not even unloading.
00:05:51That load will cut the roll in half.
00:05:55You expecting an invasion?
00:05:58Yes, animals.
00:06:00Game or otherwise?
00:06:02There are certain conditions that could be dangerous.
00:06:09Hey, Ruff.
00:06:10You want to shake the kinks out?
00:06:11Limber up a little?
00:06:12Not me, Captain Blight.
00:06:14You go right ahead and stretch your legs.
00:06:15That ship's going to be bucking like a buck in Bronx for long.
00:06:18Besides, I've got some work left to do.
00:06:21If you do come ashore, wear a gun.
00:06:24Got you, Captain.
00:06:24I won't have you, Captain.
00:06:31I won't have you, Captain.
00:06:42I won't have you.
00:06:55When I told you about the hurricane, you act like you didn't know anything about it.
00:06:59What's the matter?
00:07:00You're set broken down?
00:07:01You've been out of communication for more than a week, Captain.
00:07:05Can't it be fixed?
00:07:06It's totally out of commission.
00:07:09My assistant, Mr. Ferrell, Jerry Ferrell.
00:07:21Father, perhaps the captain would enjoy a drink.
00:07:24Well, of course.
00:07:26Will you join us in a cocktail?
00:07:28Well, I've never been known to turn down a drink yet.
00:07:31I'll be glad to accept.
00:07:32Fine.
00:07:34In that case, we'll have martinis.
00:07:36Mario?
00:07:37Si, senor.
00:07:38Mix them, please.
00:07:44Right this way, Captain.
00:07:45Come in.
00:08:06You have everything here you need?
00:08:09We are self-sufficient here.
00:08:11We have cows for fresh milk, chickens for fresh eggs.
00:08:15We even have sadden horses.
00:08:17Sort of a world all your own.
00:08:19That's exactly what I've tried to create.
00:08:21Well, they each his own.
00:08:24If you have to be isolated for your work, you've picked a lonely little island.
00:08:29Excuse me, please.
00:08:30I think I'll change.
00:08:38She's a little worried because you aren't leaving until tomorrow.
00:08:42Well, I can understand that.
00:08:44There's something else bothering her.
00:09:00Bradford, Bradford.
00:09:03Bradford, would you please step over here?
00:09:04I'd like you to meet someone.
00:09:06Just a second, Doctor.
00:09:09You're going for hours.
00:09:11Dr. Bain.
00:09:14There's no need to shout, Doctor.
00:09:15I'm right here.
00:09:16I'd like you to meet Captain Thorne Sherman.
00:09:19This is my other assistant, Bradford Bain.
00:09:21How do you do?
00:09:23Two new letters since lunch, Doctor.
00:09:25Both support GT-116.
00:09:27That's good, but...
00:09:28We can breed them to the 205 group in about three weeks.
00:09:32But I'd prefer to wait and expose about half of them to the Hoskins factor first.
00:09:37If you agree.
00:09:40Good idea.
00:09:42Do you know there's a hurricane coming?
00:09:44Very good.
00:09:47Well, I don't suppose there's much we can do about that.
00:09:51Glad to meet you.
00:09:53Sherman wasn't?
00:10:00You have to excuse Bradford.
00:10:02Anything that does not concern his project does not get through to him.
00:10:06Brilliant mind.
00:10:07He would start at it if someone didn't remind him to eat.
00:10:10Must be very interesting work.
00:10:11What's his field?
00:10:13Biology.
00:10:14He specializes in genetics, heredity.
00:10:16I'm afraid my interest doesn't run in that line, you know.
00:10:19Think what would happen if he could isolate and identify the inherited fact on each gene.
00:10:24Now, wait a minute.
00:10:25I'm afraid I'm not very good with pure research.
00:10:28This is practical research.
00:10:30Generally, among mammals, the smaller the size, the higher the metabolism and the shorter the life span.
00:10:36Is that right?
00:10:37Well, I'm attempting to decrease the size by maintaining a low metabolism and, resultant, a longer life span.
00:10:44What reason?
00:10:47Overpopulation.
00:10:49Another problem now, but it will be, in time.
00:10:57If we were half as big as we are now, we could live twice as long in our natural resources.
00:11:03Father, may I speak with you a moment?
00:11:06Will you please excuse us, Captain?
00:11:08Well, providing you drop the captain, I prefer a thorn.
00:11:27Tell me something, Doctor.
00:11:28Has a hurricane ever hit this island before that you know of?
00:11:32I wouldn't know.
00:11:34You've only been here nine months and this place has been unoccupied for years.
00:11:37Well, have you ever been through one?
00:11:40Only the fringes.
00:11:41Well, this one's building up very fast.
00:11:43Pressure drops very quickly in the center.
00:11:45I'd advise you to get some doors and windows open in this place.
00:11:52Ventilators on the roof.
00:11:54And if you'll freshen hands drink, I'll go and check them.
00:11:57I'd be happy to.
00:11:59Thank heavens, you're right today.
00:12:02Why, are rations getting short?
00:12:04No, it's more than that.
00:12:05Much more.
00:12:06We'll surely be able to sail tomorrow, won't we?
00:12:09Possibly.
00:12:11But not probable.
00:12:12Not too late, anyway.
00:12:14Takes a long time for a sea like that to quiet down.
00:12:16Well, if you're worrying about me, you needn't.
00:12:19I'm a good sailor.
00:12:21Well, I'm not worried about you.
00:12:23We'll sail when the time's right.
00:12:25Got them opened, all right.
00:12:28Well, Captain, let me freshen you a drink.
00:12:32One for the road.
00:12:34I'm trying to rush you, but it will be dark soon.
00:12:37I've invited Thorne for dinner, Father.
00:12:41Oh, I see.
00:12:45If you're not worried about your ship, you're welcome.
00:12:49I'll take a rain check on that dinner.
00:12:50If you wish.
00:12:51Father, I've asked Thorne to stay.
00:12:56Progress, Doctor.
00:12:59This is the sole survivor of Group 30.
00:13:0328 months old today.
00:13:06Well, that's equivalent to 140 years to us.
00:13:09That's right.
00:13:10Yet it still maintains low metabolism without any sluggishness.
00:13:16Not the breakthrough, but it certainly sets our course.
00:13:20Bradford, suspend series 52 through 96.
00:13:26And we'll concentrate on the rest.
00:13:27What is that?
00:13:28It's a Sorex soricity.
00:13:31Looks like a small rat.
00:13:34Smells like a skunk.
00:13:36They have musklans in their knees.
00:13:38These little fellows are our subjects.
00:13:41They have a birth cycle of 10 to 14 days.
00:13:45And using them, we can establish traits.
00:13:48We can trace the progressions through a number of generations
00:13:50over a short period of time.
00:13:52Well, how big do they get?
00:13:56That's an adult.
00:14:00See, the muscle is longer and thicker than the rats.
00:14:03It extends over the lower mandible.
00:14:05See?
00:14:06Does he bite?
00:14:08Only when he's hungry.
00:14:09Well, maybe you better take him.
00:14:10He doesn't know me.
00:14:12All he knows is his next meal.
00:14:16He's just been fed.
00:14:18He'll be all right for another eight hours.
00:14:20He'll be all right for another eight hours.
00:14:21Help!
00:14:24The shutter blew open.
00:14:25Bradford?
00:14:26I got it, senor.
00:14:29Don't let that scare you.
00:14:31It's going to get worse.
00:14:33Storms always threaten her, ever since she was a child.
00:14:46They're not climbers.
00:14:48They are digging animals.
00:14:50A lot like a mole.
00:14:52They feed only at night unless they're starving.
00:14:55And when they are hungry enough, they'll tackle anything, regardless of size.
00:15:01I'm kidding.
00:15:02If you leave two of them in a cage for 12 hours without food, the stronger will eat the weaker.
00:15:08Like cannibals.
00:15:09Precisely.
00:15:10You see, their intense activity requires a tremendous amount of energy.
00:15:15To supply, they must eat three-time bone weight in food every 24 hours or starve.
00:15:24Bradford?
00:15:25Bradford?
00:15:26Would you please take this?
00:15:28Take it.
00:15:30Yeah.
00:15:31Yeah.
00:15:35Some call them bone eaters.
00:15:38When the flesh is gone, they'll eat the bones for marrow.
00:15:41All they'll leave are teeth, horns, hooves, and...
00:15:44I could use another martini, do you mind?
00:15:47Of course, my dear.
00:15:48I'll get you one.
00:16:01Mario.
00:16:03Mario.
00:16:05Here, please.
00:16:07Mario, we'll show you to the bathroom.
00:16:09He'll freshen up a bit.
00:16:10Here be the signor Albanyo.
00:16:13Yes, sir.
00:16:14Follow me, please.
00:16:15Excuse me.
00:16:31Here, sir.
00:16:54You got a problem, too?
00:16:56What's going on?
00:16:58What's going on?
00:16:58Nothing, sir.
00:16:59But you will leave on the ship tomorrow.
00:17:02Well, I think that all depends on the wind and the sea, don't you?
00:17:06Yes.
00:17:07Yes, sir.
00:17:09I don't know.
00:17:12Ah, you're me joking.
00:17:15I feel the point.
00:17:16I see.
00:17:17Well, I'm glad to hear that.
00:17:19Now, if anybody else is concerned about my sailing tomorrow, why, you see, they feel the point, too, huh?
00:17:25I don't like to repeat myself.
00:17:26Okay, sir.
00:17:28Okay, sir.
00:17:30No.
00:17:42Okay, sir.
00:17:44No.
00:17:50Okay, sir.
00:18:00I know, but I'm not saying that you created them, Jerry.
00:18:04I am saying that because of your drunkest stupidity in leaving the cage door open,
00:18:09you created the horrible situation that now exists.
00:18:12Look, Ann, this is a mistake any one of us might have made.
00:18:16I'm getting a little sick of being called an irresponsible drunk.
00:18:20Now, believe me, I am.
00:18:27Excuse me.
00:18:39Care for a cigarette?
00:18:41Thanks.
00:18:42Thank heavens you arrived today.
00:18:44You said that before.
00:18:45What's the strain?
00:18:46I don't know if I'm here.
00:18:48Please excuse me.
00:18:49But it's been like everything in the moment we had at once.
00:18:52I want to leave, but I want my father to go with me.
00:18:55Well, then, why doesn't he?
00:18:59We've discussed it many times, but he's adamant.
00:19:03I'm sure Jerry has a lot to do with his decision.
00:19:08He tried to convince me that the crisis will only last for a few...
00:19:18Well, this is certainly a cozy little scene.
00:19:23Might even be called intimate.
00:19:24Boy meets girl and all...
00:19:26Stop it, Jerry.
00:19:27That remark is uncalled for.
00:19:29What I do or have to say does not concern you.
00:19:31I can't disagree with you more, my dear.
00:19:34I'm concerned with everything you do, and I intend to keep it that way.
00:19:38Now, in my book, an engagement isn't a casual thing.
00:19:40In my book, it isn't either.
00:19:42And last night ended ours.
00:19:51I'm scared of, new jeans.
00:19:52I brought you back!
00:19:57I brought you back!
00:20:03I brought you back!
00:20:05I brought you back!
00:20:09I brought you back!
00:20:19Let's go.
00:20:44Help! Help!
00:20:46Don't move on!
00:20:47Somebody help!
00:20:49Help! Don't move on!
00:20:58Be reasonable.
00:21:00Everybody in the world is scared to death of something.
00:21:03That's evident.
00:21:04When they came at us last night, you knocked me down getting inside the fence.
00:21:07It's just that I can't stand them.
00:21:09And I've discovered something I can't stand.
00:21:12All right.
00:21:14But I advise you not to mention them to anyone.
00:21:17I'm going to complete these experiments with your father regardless of anything.
00:21:21Do you understand that?
00:21:22Nobody is going to take this chance away from me.
00:21:28That's Captain Sherman.
00:21:30Checking the weather. I'll get him.
00:21:36Captain.
00:21:36Time for dinner.
00:21:37Do you want me to face earlier?
00:21:44Let me out!
00:21:46Come over!
00:21:47Lord!
00:21:56Help!
00:22:00Help!
00:22:01Help!
00:22:02Help me! Help me!
00:22:35I'll miss as good as a mile, I'll wish, eh?
00:22:38You know, if one of those trees crashes through, it might just knock the...
00:22:41Well, if any tree on this side of the house will fall away from it, so just relax.
00:22:45But I think I'd better go back aboard.
00:22:48I don't think I'm not grateful for your hospitality. I am.
00:22:51I'll see you tomorrow.
00:22:52Thawne, your ship is safe. Please, stay here with me.
00:22:58Why? You scared or lonesome?
00:23:00Both.
00:23:02I'll take a rain check on it.
00:23:04Thawne, you can't leave. No one opens that gate after dark.
00:23:10Well, who's gonna stop me? You?
00:23:13Well, this. No one opens that gate at night.
00:23:21Now, look, I don't ask questions because it's against my principles.
00:23:25Wouldn't you like to explain that?
00:23:28All right. Sit down and I will.
00:23:30Just give me the gun.
00:23:32Not very becoming, anyway.
00:23:34Do you believe in fairy tales?
00:23:36Well, I'm a little old for that sort of thing, but, uh, what'd you have in mind?
00:23:40Well, I'll tell you about one.
00:23:42A true fairy tale. And you're right in the middle of it.
00:23:46Oh?
00:23:46No.
00:23:47Have you ever heard of a shrew?
00:23:49As in taming of the...
00:23:51No, the animal.
00:23:52Bradford called them swords, sericity, when he showed you one.
00:23:55Oh, then shrew must be the common name for those cute little animals.
00:23:58Cute?
00:23:59That's the last word you can use to describe those little monsters.
00:24:02They're the most horrible animals on the face of the earth.
00:24:06As father told you, they breed within three weeks after birth.
00:24:08The last time is around one year.
00:24:09Yeah, yeah. I know what your father told me, but what's that got to do with me opening that gate?
00:24:16There are two or three hundred giant shrews out there. Monsters weighing between fifty and a hundred pounds.
00:24:26Fifty to a hundred?
00:24:28Wait a minute. You must be kidding.
00:24:30I'm definitely not kidding.
00:24:34That's as big as a full-grown wolf.
00:24:36And what's more, they are beginning to starve.
00:24:43No wonder you didn't want me to go out there.
00:24:46Thanks for saving my skin.
00:24:48Well, I'm sorry I had to threaten you with a gun.
00:24:51But I didn't know how else to stop you.
00:24:53Oh, it was very effective.
00:24:54But all you had to do was tell me about them.
00:24:57Well, I hoped I wouldn't have to.
00:24:59But you changed everything when you started to leave.
00:25:02And I had to stop you some way.
00:25:06You say there's two or three hundred out there?
00:25:09Ann!
00:25:15That's right, Captain Thorne.
00:25:17And if you'd stuck with your rowboat and played captain instead of trying to play detective,
00:25:21you wouldn't have to worry about how many are out there, would you?
00:25:24That's enough, Jerry.
00:25:31What's wrong, Ann?
00:25:33Well, Thorne decided to leave.
00:25:35To dissuade him, I started to tell him about their shoes.
00:25:39You might as well know the whole story. It's half of it.
00:25:48I guess we're all a little jumpy, Captain.
00:25:49Yeah, I'm sorry.
00:25:53Six months ago, we managed to isolate the Pacta control in size.
00:25:58Two leaders were born.
00:26:00Six individuals we kept to study.
00:26:03They were about the size of Buckshot at birth.
00:26:06But the rate of growth was abnormal.
00:26:11They continued to grow.
00:26:13They were mutants.
00:26:16But they inherited all the negative characteristics of their breed.
00:26:20Somehow they managed to escape.
00:26:27But a month later, we saw one of the offspring.
00:26:31They were multiplying.
00:26:34We did everything in the world to exterminate them, but no apparent luck.
00:26:40Then we haven't seen any.
00:26:42Since daylight needle blinds them and they forage only at night,
00:26:46and they're starving.
00:26:49But the fact that two of them charged Ann and Jerry at the gate last evening
00:26:55indicates that the available food on the island is nearing the patient.
00:27:03Then what, Doctor?
00:27:05They will exterminate each other.
00:27:07It'll take a couple days.
00:27:09What do we do during that time?
00:27:11Stay indoors and wait until it's over.
00:27:17I'll get some wires to go down on the transformer.
00:27:20I'm sorry.
00:27:22I'll get some lamps.
00:27:25Mario!
00:27:26Mario!
00:27:28There's a lantern in the pantry.
00:27:30Light it and bring it in here.
00:27:34Bradford, light all the candles you can find.
00:27:36All right, I will.
00:27:37Where's the generator?
00:27:38Outside.
00:27:39Can't get at it at night.
00:27:43Here, let me help.
00:27:45The lantern will give you all the light you need.
00:27:48I will join you shortly, Jerry.
00:28:02Well, Jerry, I felt she was sincere and made sense from her standpoint.
00:28:09Wanting her father to leave the island with her makes sense?
00:28:12It would be much better for the project if I went with her for a few days.
00:28:18As a matter of fact, I think I'll talk to Doctor about that.
00:28:21That might be the answer.
00:28:23And another thing, I don't take much to this Thorn Sherman.
00:28:26He looks to me like the type that'd try anything.
00:28:31That left-handed dinner invitation.
00:28:33That was just to keep me here till after dark, wasn't it?
00:28:42I wanted you here tonight.
00:28:44I've heard something terrible was going to happen.
00:28:47Why, you still feel the same way about it?
00:28:48Not as much.
00:28:50Not since you're here.
00:28:51I know everything.
00:29:07I love an open fire, don't you?
00:29:10Mm-hmm.
00:29:14The wind has a lonesome sound, doesn't it?
00:29:19Sure does.
00:29:21Back in Sweden, we don't have a wind this strong.
00:29:28You're a strange man, Thorn.
00:29:30I never met anyone like you.
00:29:33How?
00:29:34You seem so disinterested in everything.
00:29:38Aren't you the least bit curious?
00:29:40Don't you wonder about the unusual things around here?
00:29:45The guns?
00:29:46The fence?
00:29:47The shattered windows?
00:29:49My accent?
00:29:51Anything?
00:29:51I'll tell you something.
00:29:53I'm only interested in anything that concerns me,
00:29:56then I do something about it.
00:30:01You're gonna sail with me tomorrow,
00:30:03whether your father intends me or not.
00:30:05What?
00:30:13No!
00:30:13Thor, no!
00:30:15Father!
00:30:16Brad!
00:30:18Out there!
00:30:25I don't think he was going out, Jerry.
00:30:27I couldn't take a chance.
00:30:28He's fool enough to.
00:30:29Don't be stupid.
00:30:31I know intentions of going out there opening that gate,
00:30:34now somebody needed it did you hear it doctor sound like a human voice i was thinking of rook
00:30:40because the life's stuck his shoes got into the bomb
00:30:55what was it father the life's stuck
00:31:00did mario forget to borrow those doors no i put them in the barn myself
00:31:07they couldn't get through the wood doors they dug through the dirt floor let me ask you something
00:31:14doctor how could you expose all our lives yourself included with those things out there
00:31:19all you had to do was get the coast guard or the navy to come in here and burn them
00:31:22out
00:31:23those things got loose any unusual experiment can produce unusual results
00:31:30that's why i chose this island isolated miles of open water in any direction
00:31:38our project is privately financed it's not a problem for the government or military the world is no danger
00:31:50his species does not swim and as far as the shrews are concerned this island is their world
00:31:58very soon right here on this island is going to be a miniature reproduction of an overpopulated world
00:32:06and you'll see the importance of what we're working to avoid i'm not concerned about all
00:32:11this theory what i'm concerned about is our lives there'll be ample time to panic when they run out
00:32:16of food and go on a 24-hour forage how do you know they haven't already that's possible their main
00:32:23diet
00:32:23has been the small animals on the island that sauce could have been depleted 18 or 20 hours ago
00:32:31and that's why they went after the livestock there's still some food on this island before they reach the
00:32:36crisis where no worry about them digging in here the floors are tile the walls aren't doctor they're adobe
00:32:50our safest bet would be on that boat you may be right you can reach your boat in daylight the
00:32:58shrews
00:32:58will gorge themselves on livestock don't you keep them lethargy for several hours there's no sense looking
00:33:05at the dark side and there's no sense minimizing a serious situation leaves you completely unprepared
00:33:11to cope with it well we certainly can't make it tonight that's out of the question maybe tomorrow
00:33:21i haven't we'll get some sleep tonight but we'll have a watch an hour and a half apiece
00:33:26doctor you go first and then radford mario jerry and then me shutter all the windows make sure they're
00:33:33locked good and tight check all these walls
00:33:38come on no i think i'll stay here by the fire i feel safer i couldn't stand it in that
00:33:44room alone
00:33:45all right as you wish but try to get some sleep
00:34:09so
00:34:10so
00:34:29Mr. Farrell, it is Mario. You are next to make the patrol, no?
00:34:34Sure, Mario. Come on in.
00:34:38I've been waiting for you to finish.
00:34:40I must have dozed off. You kind of startled me.
00:34:45Sit down. Here. Have a drink. It will help you to relax.
00:34:51Gracias, señor.
00:34:53Sit down.
00:34:56Just a while.
00:34:59You just checked every room in the house, didn't you?
00:35:02Si.
00:35:04Fine.
00:35:06You're a good man, Mario.
00:35:08A man that can be trusted.
00:35:19You know what I've been thinking about, Mario?
00:35:23Ann and that captain.
00:35:28You and me.
00:35:31Imagine an intelligent girl like her going for a common sea tramp like him.
00:35:43I know why. You do too.
00:35:47In case anything goes wrong, she's looking out for her own hide.
00:35:53That's why I keep thinking about you and me.
00:35:57Anything goes wrong, we're going to outlast them all.
00:36:17I'm going to trust you to take my turn of patrolling the house.
00:36:25But when you're finished, don't wait for the captain.
00:36:31Come back here and get me.
00:36:34Yeah, I'll probably feel good enough by then to take his turn.
00:36:40Okay, Mario?
00:36:42Si.
00:36:42Okay.
00:36:45Okay.
00:36:55Okay.
00:37:01Come on.
00:37:45Come on.
00:37:56Well, how did he get in?
00:37:58The store broke out the kitchen window, but I closed it off. He went down there.
00:38:02Why should he go down there?
00:38:04The food for the little ratones. I put out to enfrost. They love it.
00:38:08Did you tell Jerry?
00:38:09No, senor. Here is your turn next. Here is una luz. We kill him, no?
00:38:14Yeah.
00:38:33Ann. Ann, wake up. A shrew got in. It's all right. He's down in the cellar. Now, we're going down
00:38:40after him.
00:38:40But I don't want you to let anybody open that door until I tell you to. You understand?
00:38:46Good girl.
00:39:04Okay. Open it just a crack.
00:39:08Open it. Hold on to it.
00:39:14Okay.
00:39:40Take that side.
00:40:08Mario.
00:40:12I see where he was. I do not see where he is.
00:40:17Cuidado.
00:40:18Si, senor. I will be careful.
00:40:32I got him.
00:40:33I got him.
00:40:34I have he also gotten busy.
00:40:38You won't be excited.
00:40:39Oh, my God.
00:41:01You all right down there?
00:41:03Doctor, get down here, quick.
00:41:17Oh, my God.
00:41:18Oh, my God.
00:41:36He... he's dead.
00:41:46I got this on him right away. He couldn't have bled to death.
00:41:52Might as well let go of it.
00:41:54Won't do him any good now.
00:41:58What could have killed him?
00:42:01I'm not certain.
00:42:03Till the autopsy.
00:42:06Hemotoxic syndrome.
00:42:09I'm afraid so.
00:42:11We'll know after pathology.
00:42:14Doctor, that's not the same animal you showed me.
00:42:17That's a monster.
00:42:19As I said.
00:42:21They are mutants.
00:42:24In controlling the size factor,
00:42:26we seem to have crossed some of the other characteristics.
00:42:29Well, you certainly did a good job of it.
00:42:32I've known that for some time, Captain.
00:42:40Would you please give me a hand that Mario...
00:42:44Bradford...
00:42:44...bring up the animal.
00:42:58I'll...
00:42:58...
00:42:58...
00:43:02...
00:43:02...
00:43:02...
00:43:04...
00:43:04...
00:43:07...
00:43:09Now, compare it with this.
00:43:11Careful count isn't necessary.
00:43:14Any indication to the same poison,
00:43:16Mary's blood will give you the answer.
00:43:19Yes, you're right.
00:43:23Look, Ann.
00:43:27Rooting about it's not going to do any good.
00:43:30Now, why don't you try to think of something else?
00:43:33Tell me, what do you do around here?
00:43:35Are you a scientist?
00:43:37A misologist.
00:43:39Oh, that's the study of animal life, isn't it?
00:43:43Well, do you specialize?
00:43:44What do you specialize in?
00:43:46They're dying.
00:43:49I had a hand in this, too.
00:43:51And I'm partly to blame.
00:44:01But this ends it.
00:44:03We ever get off this island,
00:44:05I'll never have anything to do with it again.
00:44:08What will you do?
00:44:10Live normally.
00:44:12Like normal women do.
00:44:14You see, it seems a little dull
00:44:17after the life I've been living.
00:44:19It's rather dull and alive than excited and...
00:44:22I'll take a dull, alive woman every time.
00:44:24I'll take a dull, alive woman every time.
00:44:46I'll take a dull, alive woman every time.
00:44:52So we put it out as bait.
00:44:56Mario was killed by poison.
00:44:59Doctor, I wonder if you thought
00:45:01the system of the Sorex
00:45:03enabled them to assimilate that poison.
00:45:05It remained in the salivary glands of their jaws.
00:45:08Isn't that wonderful?
00:45:11I am sorry.
00:45:13Of course, I always speak
00:45:14from the clinical point of view.
00:45:16Well, don't you have something
00:45:18to counteract that poison?
00:45:21Once Mario was bitten,
00:45:23I'm afraid there's nothing anyone could have done.
00:45:27This indicates that they cannot afford
00:45:29to get even so much as a scratch
00:45:31from these animals.
00:45:33They're more poisonous than snakes.
00:45:35Well, do you think they're all affected?
00:45:38The best way to find out
00:45:40is let them all bite you
00:45:41and see which bite you die after.
00:45:43We might just all get that chance, Jerry.
00:45:45You included.
00:45:48Doctor, I've closed all the doors in the house.
00:45:50I suggest we do the same thing
00:45:52with this hall and this lab.
00:45:54Cut down the chances of getting
00:45:55in the front of the house.
00:45:57I think if we keep a close watch
00:45:58in those walls and windows in there,
00:46:00we might make it till daybreak.
00:46:03The walls are two feet thick, too.
00:46:05Do you think they have a chance
00:46:06to dig in?
00:46:08Of course there's a chance.
00:46:10Anywhere that plaster's off,
00:46:11that adobe's as soft as mush
00:46:12where that rain hit it.
00:46:18Where do you think they have more than undone?
00:46:27Sure.
00:46:33I've found that he went
00:46:36and caught the front
00:46:37and were able to actually
00:46:37Not the départ
00:46:37it's fine
00:46:42to imagine
00:46:43the days
00:46:46it's not a bad idea doctor but here's another possibility doctor it's very light out it's
00:46:53going to be daylight soon we'll take the shrew that killed mario and throw it over the fence
00:46:59and use it for bait if they show up for it of course the run for the boats out if
00:47:05they don't
00:47:05then i'll go down and have rook lay two with a lighter then i'll return to the bend and the
00:47:10trail and give you the all clear signal sounds fine captain good then you explain it to the rest yes
00:47:15i
00:47:15will well the bait's been out for 20 minutes nothing's touched it
00:47:43so
00:47:46so
00:47:50so
00:48:11even the wind has gone down isn't that wonderful
00:48:14i'm afraid it's not over my dear it's just a low there'll be a lot more he's right
00:48:20i'll be back at the bend shortly now you watch for my signal
00:48:23you can't go alone i'll go with him not you father you haven't even fired a gun
00:48:28take rather jerry sure i'll go
00:48:33then you'll be sure of getting a signal
00:48:39you
00:49:15Don't shoot that gun unless you have to.
00:49:18We've only got 20 rounds altogether.
00:49:20I know that as well as you do.
00:49:26Sherman.
00:49:28You stay away from her.
00:49:30You have that gun pointed at me?
00:49:33Right at the middle of your back.
00:49:36Look, we've got enough problems without worrying about Ann.
00:49:39I'm telling you, stay away from her.
00:49:41When the shrews get through with you, they won't even find a buckshot.
00:49:43Come on.
00:49:45Come on.
00:49:46Come on.
00:49:58Come on.
00:50:16Hey, Rook!
00:50:19Hey, Rook!
00:50:21Rook!
00:50:27Where's the skiff?
00:50:32I'll follow that check line.
00:50:33I gotta find him.
00:50:35Since last night, you won't find much of him.
00:50:38Will you shut up?
00:50:39I'm not going back.
00:50:41You're what?
00:50:42I'm staying here.
00:50:44All right.
00:50:45You suit yourself, but if I were you, I'd swim out to that boat.
00:50:50Can't swim.
00:50:51Then stay here.
00:50:53Wait a minute.
00:50:54You gotta give me a gun.
00:50:57Give you a gun?
00:51:02Sherman, wait!
00:51:37This is the gun we had on the boat.
00:51:45They don't leave much, do they?
00:51:51Sherman, we've got to make a deal for...
00:51:56What is it?
00:51:57Shh.
00:51:59They've been training us on both sides.
00:52:03Where?
00:52:03I didn't see anything.
00:52:06Look, Sherman, you've got to give me a gun.
00:52:14Whatever you do, don't you run.
00:52:16You stay in front of me because I don't trust you.
00:52:33They're coming!
00:52:43Open the gate!
00:52:44Open the gate!
00:52:48Open the gate!
00:52:50Open the gate!
00:52:58Let him in!
00:52:59You've got to let him in!
00:53:00Let him in!
00:53:02Jerry, open the gate!
00:53:16Jerry, the shoes were out there.
00:53:20I couldn't take a chance!
00:53:21Jerry!
00:53:34Come on, baby!
00:53:34Give him an inch!
00:53:35Give him an inch!
00:53:35Look in the back!
00:53:36Look in the back!
00:53:52For heaven's sakes, doctor, stop them.
00:54:36For heaven's sakes, doctor, stop them.
00:54:38All right, didn't he have it coming, or didn't he?
00:54:41What happened out there?
00:54:43Oh, nothing much.
00:54:44Jerry just tried to kill me twice in the last five minutes.
00:54:50Brooke came ashore last night.
00:54:53He's dead.
00:54:59This saw was left.
00:55:01Won't do us any good.
00:55:02It's got no ammo.
00:55:17I'm deeply sorry, captain.
00:55:20I wish I'd followed your orders.
00:55:23Look, doctor, you casually mention animals.
00:55:26You didn't explain to us what we were facing out there.
00:55:29You have every right to feel the way you do.
00:55:33My mistake was only mine.
00:55:35It was one of judgment.
00:55:37I didn't know about the hurricane.
00:55:40I didn't anticipate the effect it would have on the shrews.
00:55:44I thought the house would be safe through the crisis.
00:55:47How could you expose your own daughter?
00:55:49How could you expose Anne to that?
00:55:51She was going to leave last week, but the boat didn't come.
00:55:55I need a drink.
00:56:01Anybody else care for one?
00:56:03I could use some coffee.
00:56:05I'll make some.
00:56:08Creamy sugar.
00:56:11Oh, my leg.
00:56:22Slam the door.
00:56:24You all right, doctor?
00:56:26He just ripped my trousers, that's all.
00:56:28Are you sure that's all?
00:56:30I'm completely aware of it, doctor.
00:56:52That was a stupid waste of ammunition.
00:56:54Every one of them a clean mess.
00:56:56There's still four of them in there.
00:57:01How did they get in?
00:57:03Through that kitchen window.
00:57:04That rope must be rotten.
00:57:08It got him.
00:57:11That's what?
00:57:19He's dead.
00:57:20Oh, no.
00:57:23No.
00:57:36He recorded every symptom and reaction
00:57:40right up to the moment of his death.
00:57:46Jerry, tear down one of those drapes and cover him up.
00:57:51Sure.
00:57:52Sure.
00:57:54Gregus will cover Anne, and I'll cover him.
00:57:58You'll cover me, but who'll cover you?
00:58:00Shut up.
00:58:02Shut up.
00:58:02We can get on the man who'll sway from the ship.
00:58:05I told you to shut up.
00:58:09Now, you stop sniffling and think.
00:58:11It'll take a take to get us out of here.
00:58:20There.
00:58:38It won't take them off to dig around this.
00:58:39You're right.
00:58:40No telling where else they're digging, too.
00:58:42I'll do it.
00:58:43I'll do it.
00:59:05I'll do it.
00:59:18There's not enough stuff here to barricade those walls.
00:59:21I'll tell you, we'll pile some of those crates up over there.
00:59:23That route's our last chance.
00:59:24Here, help me, doctor.
00:59:26You can find something light.
00:59:28All right.
00:59:36Here, help me with that, doctor.
00:59:37Jerry, see if you find some room.
00:59:58Doctor.
00:59:59Yes.
00:59:59Use these chemical drums as tanks.
01:00:03Individual tanks.
01:00:04Here, I'll show you.
01:00:05All right.
01:00:05Stand down here.
01:00:06Yeah.
01:00:08Look down now.
01:00:09All right.
01:00:09Slow.
01:00:10All right.
01:00:11Are you all right?
01:00:12Yeah.
01:00:13Hold on.
01:00:14Hold on here.
01:00:15Make some eyepieces.
01:00:16Get out some tools of the band.
01:00:18It's all right.
01:00:20All right.
01:00:29Hey, here's another one.
01:00:32Hey, get that out there.
01:00:34We'll work on it.
01:00:35Hey, that's even better.
01:00:46Give me a little more slack.
01:00:50Get some rope and put it on that latch so we can reach it from the ground.
01:00:55Get on rights so we can reach it from the ground.
01:01:11Run!
01:01:24Come here.
01:01:25Look!
01:01:26Look!
01:01:26Go there.
01:01:30Come right over.
01:01:30The other one will be helping.
01:01:32Oh, God.
01:01:40Thanks, my friend.
01:01:40I'll give you a hand over it.
01:01:41In the other hand.
01:01:42Now, hold this answer, all right?
01:02:03All right, we're all set.
01:02:05Look, it's going to be rough, but we should be able to duck walk to the beach.
01:02:09Where's Jerry?
01:02:09There's a lot of them out there. I can see them. I'm not going.
01:02:13Look, come down here. That wind will blow you right off that roof.
01:02:16I told you, I'm not going. I'm staying here.
01:02:20You've got to get them down here somehow.
01:02:22And see if you can coach them down here.
01:02:24Jerry, Jerry, please come down with us.
01:02:27No, man, they'll get you if you go out here.
01:02:29Come down here, you fool.
01:02:31Poor devil, I hope he makes it.
01:02:33If he can't leave, he's not responsible for himself.
01:02:38He's got to go now.
01:02:46All right, doctor.
01:02:47All right.
01:02:52All right.
01:02:54Now, hold it up.
01:03:00All right.
01:03:01All right.
01:03:05Everybody ready?
01:03:06I'm going to open that gate.
01:03:10Ready?
01:03:12Ready.
01:03:13Okay, here they come.
01:03:19Hold on, hold on.
01:03:51Hold on, hold on.
01:04:03What did you say?
01:04:07She says she's all right.
01:04:09She's keeping her eyes closed.
01:04:12All right, keep your eyes closed.
01:04:14They can't get at you through the slit.
01:04:28This empty drum is too heavy for her.
01:04:31I can barely hold up my sign.
01:04:34I'll be all right in a minute.
01:04:37All right, you walk.
01:04:40I'll drag for a while.
01:04:46Listen, don't let their head get under.
01:04:49They'll flip us over.
01:05:18I'll be looking for a while.
01:05:20Oh, my God.
01:05:57He got my foot.
01:05:59Check your foot.
01:06:02No, my foot is free, but he got my foot.
01:06:05Is there a scratch?
01:06:07No, not a mark.
01:06:22Keep moving.
01:06:24Let's go, let's go.
01:06:32Don, I don't think I...
01:06:36What?
01:06:39Son!
01:06:41Wait, son!
01:06:44Son, we're close!
01:06:46We'll hit the water soon.
01:06:59It doesn't sound like they're following us anymore.
01:07:07We better work deeper.
01:07:14I'm about to round out.
01:07:16Okay, let's swim for it.
01:07:18Okay.
01:07:46We are safe, aren't we?
01:07:47I mean, this door.
01:07:49Sure.
01:07:50She rode out the first half, all right.
01:07:52That's always the roughest.
01:07:54Anyway, riding an anchor, I'll get a chance to learn a little more about that Swedish accent.
01:07:59In 24 hours, there'll be one shrew left on the island, and he'll be dead of starvation.
01:08:05An excellent example of overpopulation.
01:08:09Well, you know something, doctor?
01:08:10What's that?
01:08:12What's that?
01:08:13I'm not going to worry about overpopulation just yet.
01:08:17Boy, I'm going to be dead of history.
01:08:18Good man.
01:08:20So, never mind.
01:08:26You're just because you're a good girl.
01:08:27You're so precious.
01:08:27All right.
01:08:29That's perfect.
01:08:29Thanks.
01:08:33You're Mr.
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