(thunder crashes) ♪ One day the devil came to him ♪ For he was a minor demon ♪ ♪ Asked him to torture some huma ♪ With his two friends in tow ♪ ♪ Mittens and El Sapo ♪ ♪ The Baron Mondo Von Doren ♪ ♪ On Nightmare Theatre ♪ N-No Mittens Maybe not explaining this well.

What I'm talking about only existed in the movies and on TV.

In the real world.

There were still speed limit laws and respect for the rules of the road was universal.

And the drivers education industry?

Well, that was in full vigor in the 1970s.

In real life, people drove carefully and cautiously and obeyed all traffic control devices.

I mean, people still use turn signals.

They slowed down for emergency vehicles and in school zones, and they only use the left lanes for passing and then only when they had to.

Yes, drivers respected the rules of the road.

Back then it was a simpler time.

But in the movies and on TV, oh, there were some wild driving in in the movies and on TV.

Boy, I tell you what, there was The Fall Guy, The Dukes of Hazzard, Chips, a guy in a souped up car, sunglasses on his face, maybe a black satin jacket with an eagle on the back and his name sewed over the pocket.

Oh, yeah, that does sound cool.

And this cool cat would put the to the metal, his engine screaming like a banshee.

And he would drive that car like he stole it, which in most cases he did.

And if the cops were chasing the and the bridge over the river was out, no problem.

There was always a ramp.

He would just jump over!

Woo!

Car chases were fun!

And racing movies?

Two-lane Blacktop, Thunder Road.

Oh wait, we're on.

I'll tell you about the Great Cannonball Run later it was both hilarious and exhilarating.

Well, hello and welcome to Nightmare Theatre.

I am your host the Baron Mondo Von Doren.

And here with me is Mittens, the werewolf.

We were just discussing the grea cars and drivers of all time.

As we wait for the man who will never drive a car and will indeed spend the rest of his life hanging out in the passenger side of his best friend's ride.

which, in his case would be impossible because he doesn't have any friends.

El Sapo De Tempesto to show up with tonight's movie.

I'm really not sure where he could be, but he ought to be here in any second.

Staggered in with something in his- Oh, here I am, fellas.

Well, I'm glad you were able to fit us into your busy schedul Oh, hold on a minute, Boss.

I almost- I don't have a minute.

Neither do you.

Where have you been?

Just one more ....

There, I got Whew!

I've been trying to get out of those things for a few hours now I tell you what.

What?

What are you talking about?

I'm sure there's a story behind this, Mittens, but do you want to hear it?

Because I don't.

Well, let's just put it this way I got into a minor disagreement with some big shots down at the taco stand over what unlimited refills mean when it comes to cheese sauce.

Words were exchanged, fingers were pointed, punches were thrown, the cops were called.

And I, of all people, came out on the losing end of things.

There's a shocker.

Yeah.

Yeah.

But I managed my wiggle my way into the back of that cop car.

Wait, you said something about cheese sauce?

Did you bring us some cheese sauce?

No, I had to leave it in the backseat of the squad car It was either the cheese sauce or me.

Oh, I know what I would have chosen.

So no sauce.

That's great.

I know the answer to this question, but per my contract, I'm required to ask.

Do you have movie for tonight?

Well.

Well, I got to.

I'm not going to lie.

I don't have one.

But when I was running from the police, I saw this under a porta potty.

And you picked it up with your hands behind your back?

No, no, no.

I picked out with my teeth, and a hobo stuff in my back pocket for me.

Yeah, that's great.

That's just great .

This is the thing thats been under a porta potty and in your mouth in a dirty hobo's hands?

Well, he seemed like a clean fella to me, Mittens I'm going to need you to pour some bleach on my- My hands here.

Six gallons ought to do it.

Oh, do you think you can show that while I run and look for a movie?

What else am I going to do?

Sing and dance?

Juggle?

I didn't know you knew how to juggle, Boss.

I'll juggle you.

Sapo go find a movie now.

Right now, tell me.

Just see if I can.

Oh, this is the.

Yeah, I sure hope it's not what I think it is.

Let me hold this up to the light and take a good.

Oh, no, I was right.

It's the Undersea Kingdom Chapter One Beneath the Ocean Floor.

You know, I've often thought of El Sapo deep beneath the ocean floor, but his body is 98% lard And I'm sure he'd float right back up to the top.

I don't want to watch this, folks.

What, you want me to talk about it?

I really don't think that's a go What you say you like shows about the ocean and swimming and you want to know more about the undersea world.

Well, I can suggest some great shows by Jacques Cousteau or maybe even some movies about deep sea diving or the american fishing industry or even a Charlie Tuna commercial.

Oh, okay.

You're right.

We're stuck with this thing.

Let me take a deep breath.

Okay.

The Undersea Kingdom was released in 1936.

The story is told over what seems like 1453 chapters, and the total running time is about 26 million hours.

It was released by Republic Serials, and some say it was intended to be a response to Universal's Flash Gordon, which was also released in 1936.

Believe it or not, the hero of this one is a guy named Crash.

Yeah, yeah, you're.

You're right.

Crash and Flash do rhyme.

You know what else also rhymes with those two words?

Trash.

The Undersea Kingdom is awful.

Just awful trash.

Oh, it sounds good.

Does it?

Oh, you think so?

You really think so?

Well, let's watch it and find out then.

We'll see.

Folks, let's take a look at chapter one of The Undersea Kingdom here on Nightmare Theatre.

Seriously, Mittens, we could figure out a way to bury Sapo under the sea.

How about it, Doc?

Do you think I live?

You look kind of weak and puny, but I think you pull through.

Thank you, sir.

Wait a minute, son.

What do you want?

I got to see Lieutenant Corrigan right away.

You can't go in there.

It's against the orders.

Hey, I got to see him.

Its important!

Even if I let you in.

You couldnt talk to the lieutenant now, he's busy.

All right.

Come on, boy.

Come on, boys!

Now you got him, Crash!

Give ‘im the airplane spin!

Billy!

Hold tight!

Hold it!

Good work, Crash.

I thought the kid was a goner.

What were you doing up there?

Dad sent me over to get you, but they wouldn't let me in.

Has he had another earthquake warning?

Yeah.

He wants you to come right over.

Wait until I get into my clothes.

I'm going to Professor Nortons laboratory.

what you say.

It's very interesting, Professor Norton, but I still can't believe that this little machine can predict earthquakes.

- Not only predicts, but prevents them.

If I could get close enough to the source.

Oh, there you are, Lieutenant.

The signals are coming in much stronger.

Oh, I beg your pardon.

This is Miss Compton, staff writer for the Times.

Well, everybody knows Crash Corrigan.

That was the signal again.

They've been sending it every 5 minutes.

They?

Just whom do you mean by they?

Professor Norton maintains that these signals must be the work of some human agency apparently coming from the bottom of the ocean.

I hope you're not going to spring that fantastic yarn about the lost continent of Atlantis.

Exactly.

Only now I have some definite evidence.

This is pure auric copper, a metal made by fusing gold and copper.

The secret of this process was lost with the Atlanteans.

What does that prove?

Well, according to every test, the idol couldn't be more than a couple of years old.

Something made recently I found during a recent trip I made in my rocket submarine.

In.

In this general location.

And this is where the ancient continent of Atlantis was reported to have sunk thousands of years ago.

Contrary to popular belief, Atlantis did not sink overnight.

But during a period of years, during this time, the people had ample opportunity to construct a roof of auric copper come over the city and keep out the ocean waves.

Thus, Atlantis, though lost, still lives.

Your Imperial Majesty.

I am pleased to report that Sharon's army has been driven within the walls of the sacred city.

Good.

Recall the troops.

With those religious fanatics under control, I'll have no more interference with my plans to destroy the upper world.

When you do succeed in sending them to the bottom of the sea, Atlantis will rise once more to its former place in the sun.

And you will be a ruler of all things.

Start to disintegrator!

Entire metropolitan area of St Clair is in ruins.

Thousands dead, hospitals burning, all communication cut off.

Red Cross is appealing for doctors.

Special teams are rushing supplies to the stricken area.

The governor of the state declared martial law.

Rushing a militia to the scene of the disaster.

Stand by for further announcements.

St Clair, That's only 300 miles from here.

Yes, and according to my calculations, another severe shock will occur any moment.

Joe, put that counteracting machine aboard the submarine right away.

Do you mean you're going down to try to stop this quake?

What a story this will make for my paper!

Let me get to a phone.

Can I come along, Dad?

Some other time.

Some other time, Billy.

- I have something more important for you, Billy.

I want you to take a note to the Naval base for me.

Just the same, a submarine wasn't built to go to the bottom.

Itll crack up like an egg when it gets below 2500 feet!

Oh, nonsense, Joe.

Professor Norton knows what he's doing.

Go back and help the professor.

I'll cast off.

Hold everything!

Oh, we're just leaving.

Goodbye.

Goodbye, nothing!

I'm going too!

Gosh, Professor, I was afraid you were going to leave without me.

All clear above.

All right.

Start your motors, Joe.

Is it all hooked up?

Yes.

We'll get a signal the minute the earthquakes start.

Put the ship into a dive.

We're down 2500 feet.

Good.

Another 2000 feet and I can start the counteracting ray.

We'll never make it!

The submarine will be crushed!

- Get hold of yourself, Joe.

There's no danger.

-Why, of course not.

Well, you're all mad!

If we go any deeper, the submarine will crush like the shell of an egg!

Get back there and keep the nose down!

We're going through with it.

All right.

You asked for it!

Ill nose her down!

I'll send her straight to the bottom!

I'll send her to the bottom of the ocean!

Open this door, Joe.

Hes out of his mind.

Hell destroy us all!

Joe!

Joe!

Isnt there some way you can break through the door?

The oxygen torch.

Crash, help!

Crash!

Its Billy!

Daddy, help!

I hated to do this.

But it was the only way I could stop him.

He'll be all right in a little while.

We're down 7000 feet.

And we're still diving.

- Do you think it's safe to continue?

Its the earthquake detector!

I'll start the counteracting ray while you level the ship off.

Were down far enough.

I believe I have the earthquake under control.

There's something wrong with the disentegrator.

Must be outside interference, Your Majesty.

We'll soon find out.

That's interfering with my plans.

The deep sea craft from the upper world, Your Majesty.

Shall I destroy it?

Wait.

I have a better plan.

Turn on the magnetic ray and bring them down into Atlantis.

what's happening?

I don't know.

We're on a level keel, but we're being dragged down by some mysterious force.

Theyre in the tunnel.

Bring them up through the inland sea.

Accordin to the depth indicator, we're still some 10,000 feet down!

That's land.

All right.

We're moving into a small inlet.

Gee, were on the surface!

Order out the Imperial Guard.

Well beyond me.

Here we are, 10,000 feet below sea level.

And apparently in another world.

Look, Dad!

Soldiers!

keep out of sight.

Find out if their friends are enemies.

Hey!

Capture him!

After him, men!

Git!

You sure fooled ‘em that time, Crash!

Lets get back to the submarine!

What about the soldiers?

I'll tell you later.

Weve no time to lose!

What's that?

Some sort of a war tank.

Theyre not human!

Run for that crevice!

You two get behind that rock!

Billy and I will lead them off!

Blast the invisible ray gun, well soon stop them!

Start the disintegrator!

Tear down the mountain!

Look, Mittens, I'm just saying we can make it look like an accident.

We could take him out in a boat in the ocean, and who knows what might happen, You know?

I mean, you still got Robert Wagner's phone number, right?

I mean, maybe he's trying on a new pair of cement shoes.

Then we could find someone else to replace him.

Someone good.

Oh.

Oh, goodness.

Oh, hello, and welcome back.

You folks saw what I saw, right?

We can agree on the following.

Those two were standing next to each other on a big rock, and that rock just blew up.

They should be dead now, right?

They should be, but they aren't.

Speaking of things are are but shouldn't be.

I wonder where El Sapo is with tonight's movie.

Oh, here I am, boss Mittens.

Keep quiet on the taking him out a boat thing.

Okay.

What's that?

What are you talking about?

No, nothing.

Mittens and I were just talking about uh boating.

You don't need to worry about it Say, hey, guys, I saw a minute or two of that underwater valley thing, Whew, that was great.

Anything near the ocean is great for me.

Really?

You like the water in the ocean?

Hey, call and rent a boat, Mittens.

Let's do it.

Oh, yeah.

I love the open water, the saltier, the sea chanties and the friendly seagulls and the fish.

Oh, boss, I love the fish.

I would love to go under the sea I tell you what.

Well, Mr. Limpet, I can probably set that up for you.

You know, I was watching this serial, and it looks like it is gonna to be great, but, you know, I got to know a little bit more about it.

Tell me who directed it.

Well, there were two directors, but the primary was B Reeves Eason and he was responsible for about 67 million shorts.

Like short pants?

No shorts, mean shorts subjects.

He directed shorts like the Moon Riders in 1920 Pony Express days in 1940, and soccer crew in 1941 Basically, shorts were very shor films they showed before the movie to lure people into a false sense of security before the movie attacked them.

See, they showed a cartoon, maybe a newsreel, a serial, a short.

And then just when you were nice and relaxed, POW!

They sprung the movie on you.

Oh, so he made shorts.

What about them?

Them.

Them.

I would call them long movies.

Did he direct any of those?

Yes, sadly.

Hit us with some of the themes of them long movies boss.

Okay its your funeral, he directed Batman of Africa in 1966, which is every bit as offensive and horrific as it sounds.

Desert Hawk in 1943.

And I swear, I swear to you, I am not making this up.

Johnny, Get Your Haircut in 1927 Well, forget about the director.

Tell me about the writer before Do you think I could ask you a few questions?

I didn't expect some kind of Swedish imposition, but I'll do my best to answer.

Here's my question.

Do you know what night tonight is?

I do.

I do.

It's fish steak night, right?

That's what you were wondering, right?

Well, they are already in the ov My hungry friends and mittens.

Mittens?

I made some of that homemade tartar sauce for you just the way you like it with extra toothpaste.

And I even.

I even toss in a few dozen fried shrimp for you guys.

I know how much you like fried shrimp.

No, I mean, what are you supposed to do tonight?

It's movie night.

You're supposed to go find a movie.

Did you?

Oh, Lord of Mercy.

Where's my mind?

I forgot to show you the amazing movie I found.

Here you go.

Oh, boy.

I did Good, huh?

You did not.

Night of The Blood Beast.

Oh, that sounds great.

You know, The Blood Beast.

He ought to get his own night because he deserves it.

I bet this is going to be the best night we have ever had.

It won't be.

It won't be at all.

This is bad, Sapo.

This is just really bad.

Oh, how bad can it be, boss?

Bad enough that ocean.

The FAA banned this movie on all flights, domestic and international.

They had to ban it after so many people leaped out of the plane midway through the movie.

Man, I cannot wait to see what a blood beast looks like.

Is he some kind of vampire or a flying buffalo or something Oh, you'll see.

And when you do see what The Blood Beast looks like, I expect you to apologize to everyone for bringing us this movie.

Folks, I'm not looking forward t but the sooner we start, the sooner we'll be finished.

So sit back, relax, and keep a window open in case you need to leap out of it.

As we present Night of The Blood Beast here on Nightmare Theatre.

This is X100 to Golden Rod.

X100 to Golden Rod.

Do you read me?

Over.

Normal descent on instruments... Normal descent on instruments.

Altitude 90,000 feet.

Approaching critical velocity.

Something's wrong, I'm falling too fast!

Golden Rod, I'm in trouble!

The jets don't break my speed!

I'm releasing the drag chute!

The ship feels five hundred pounds heavier!

There's no drag and I'm getting too close to the Earth!

There's nothing more I can do now.

Estimate impact radius ten miles northeast your location.

In case recorder's damaged, get this... Velocity 6,700 miles.

Weight ratio 187.

Thrust 220 tons.

I'll, uh...

I'll tell the others.

Golden Rod Baker to Golden Rod Abel.

Golden Rod Baker to Golden Rod Abel.

Golden Rod Baker to Golden Rod Abel.

Golden Rod Baker to Golden Rod Abel.

Did you find it?

Came down about three miles east of Walker's Pass, area 116 and 117 on your map.

How bad is he?

He bought it all the way.

You're certain?

No respiration, no heartbeat, no pulse.

Came down pretty hard.

The rocket unit's still in one piece and most of the control section.

Everything else is scattered around for about half a mile.

Tell Donna to cover the entire area.

Canaveral will want all the visual data we can give them.

Oh, and, don't move anything till we get there.

Golden Rod Baker, out.

I'm terribly sorry, Julie.

I understand how you feel.

But we can't let that interfere with the work we have to do.

You both knew it was a calculated risk.

I'll be all right, Doctor.

Well, let's get going.

Dave... Look at the composition of this mud.

Dr. Wyman wants you to get full coverage on the entire area.

This is your first project under Dr. Wyman, wasn't it?

Yeah.

I helped to design the Jettison Unit that didn't work.

On a project like this there's always a margin for error, you expect it.

Sure.

Then when it comes, you find you really didn't expect it after all.

You think Julie expected it, with his engagement ring on her finger?

John Corcoran was the first man to be sent up in a satellite and ejected back to Earth.

Only he was supposed to come back alive.

Let's check the rest of it.

Look, Dave... Look... Don't blame yourself.

The answer lies in this wreckage.

Let's recheck the crash pattern.

Well, that's funny.

What's that?

This rip was smaller when we first got here.

Would the stress of settling into the ground have widened it?

How could that be, the entire hull is made of magneuridium alloy?

I'd like to examine the body before we bring it out.

All right.

Watch you don't cut yourself, Doctor.

Dr. Benson, come here quickly!

Bring my bag!

I want you see this.

How long would you say he's been dead?

It's been at least three hours since the crash.

Over three hours and no sign of body rigidity.

No skin discoloration.

Temperature feels normal.

No dilation whatsoever.

The cause of death must be due to an internal rupture.

I've never seen an internally damaged body with no sign of rigor mortis after so long.

Let's get him back to the lab so we can continue the examination.

Help Dr. Wyman.

He wants to take John back to the lab.

Right.

Dave, get a blanket.

Well, hello and welcome back.

I'd like to recap the thrilling action so far, but to honest, there hasn't been any thrilling action.

But if you enjoy films about people muttering incoherently while wandering around the and driving trucks down winding roads, I guess this is the movie for you.

Boss, That guy they fished out of that crushed tube or whatever that was, something is up with that guy.

I am telling you right here and right now.

Oh, you think so?

I do.

And I can tell by looking at the guy that there's something wrong with him.

And you know what?

I think I know what it is.

Oh, really?

Yeah.

I think he's got a belly full of worms or something.

I can tell by looking.

Oh, you can?

Yes, I bet.

Maybe some of that.

Maybe some of that space food they gave him when he was up there or something had some mold on it.

And I. I know just how he feels.

Oh, do you now.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

I had all sorts of parasites, worms, both of the tape and of the hook variety, grubs, viruses, all that stuff.

Just about every member of the disease world has called my belly home at one time or another.

That's not something be proud of you know?

Well, it was when I was a kid.

But I am not trying to win the award for most parasites.

Again, I just wanted to say that I know what it is like to live with crazy things running around in my belly and in my brain.

Okay.

Okay.

I say I know what it is like to have a- Yeah, yeah, I heard you.

You've had to deal with tapeworm or whatever.

Fascinating.

You know, to be honest, I bet a other people have had to as well I doubt it.

I have never met anyone who has a tapeworm, much less tapeworms.

In fact, I bet lot of people have been in the same grimy boat as me.

No, they haven't.

In the old days, a doctor or a midwife or an elder from the church had to come over with a pair of pliers, a match and a magnifying glass.

That's not true Sapo.

Sure would be great if someone invented a medicine that you could get at the store.

They did all of that and tasted great at the same time, and it was also low in calories to boot.

Wait a minute.

I know.

Well, boss, finally, there is a way to remove all forms of body invaders without having to go to the doctor or to the hardware store.

Oh, no.

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

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Yes, All your dreams have come true.

There is finally a dewormer you can use in the lonely privacy of your own home.

Or you can go over to your neighbor's house.

We really don't care where you t Just stop.

Yes boss.

Sapomectin comes in 3 flavors Cool Ranch, Zesty Tomato and Golden Roasted Rutabaga.

So ask your parole officer if Sapomectin is right for you.

Stop it.

No, it is clinic- It is clinically proven.

Tell me where the clinical trials were conducted.

How does it work?

What is the active ingredient?

Oh, come on, tell me how it work Just because I don't know how it works, it doesn't mean that I am lying.

Yes, it does.

You're a habitual liar.

Do you think that I just took a bunch of old toothpaste tubes and changed out the label in an effort to get in on the global deworming craze?

Yes, I do.

I look, no one out there is dealing with belly worm belly worms.

And only gullible people like you would buy this product.

And spoiler alert, I wouldn't use the word parasites to describe what this guy has.

Stop worrying about things that aren't real and start stop trying to solve problems that don't exist.

But boss I get me a busy, active mind and I got to have something to focus on.

How about your job?

How about one week you bring us a movie that wasn't banned by the Geneva Convention?

And shouldn't those fish sticks and shrimp be ready about now?

Well, you're right.

I'll run.

Get them, folks, while he goes to get our snack.

Why don't you watch just a little bit more of Night of The Blood Beast here on Nightmare Theatre.

Seriously, Mittens, all we got to do is just rent a right?

Hello Everglade, hello Everglade, this is Golden Rod, this is Golden Rod.

How do you receive?

Over.

Aren't they receiving it?

That's not the question.

Are we transmitting?

They don't receive anything from us they won't try and reach us until the frequency check at nine o'clock.

By all medical standards, this man is dead.

No heartbeat, no respiration.

Yet his tissues refuse to dissipate.

Well is it possible he could be in a kind of catatonic state?

Could he still be alive?

Perhaps a form of hypometabolism?

That's impossible.

His heart has stopped, there's no circulation.

You know as well as I do that when this process stops the brain starts to deteriorate almost at once.

Within a matter of three minutes it dies.

Hello Everglade, hello Everglade, this is Golden Rod, this is Golden Rod.

How do you receive?

Over.

Maybe after this long a radio silence they'll switch over to an emergency channel.

I've already tried that.

How about the Air Force?

Hello Air Force Emergency, this is special CQD Golden Rod station.

How do you receive?

Over.

Everything's all fouled up here.

I couldn't receive the spot weather report on this thing.

Yeah, but are you sure it's not your set?

No, I've already checked everything.

Will you go out and ask Steve to come in here minute?

Sure.

Hello Everglade, hello Everglade, this is Golden Rod, this is Golden Rod.

Do you receive?

Over.

Nothing, Doctor.

Doctor!

What is it?

It's not a lesion.

It's more like something had been forced through the tissue at a high pressure.

Steve...

The radio still won't work.

Dave wants to see you.

Okay.

I'll bet they're going nuts at the Cape.

Get that radio working, Steve.

We're going to need assistance.

What's the trouble?

I can't transmit across the room with this thing.

It sounds like a magnetic disturbance.

Yeah.

Could be the power line's fouled up outside.

What's happening in there?

I don't know.

Somehow we've got to get through to the Cape.

Five hours overdue now.

I bet half the brass in the State of Florida is up in arms.

I hope not, if enough people find out about this we'll have everybody up here.

I'll check the tower.

You stay here and keep trying to get through, will you?

Yeah.

Look, if you pick up anything, give a yell.

Right.

Blood pressure 120 over 80.

Normal for a living man.

That's impossible, Doctor, you must have a mistake.

But Doctor, I checked it twice.

This man does have normal pressure.

That's impossible.

Take a blood sample, I'll make a radiation count.

Golden Rod to Everglade.

Golden Rod to Everglade.

Come in Everglade, over.

Golden Rod to Everglade, come in Everglade.

This is an emergency!

Steve?

Are you okay, Dave?

Yeah... What happened?

Something hit me.

It was big, like a bear.

It came from out of the darkness and was heading for the lab.

I know I put a couple of shots in it before I went down.

A wounded animal at large isn't good.

How well are we armed?

Well, besides these pistols we've got a couple of rifles.

I think it headed toward the back of the building.

Dave... Are you sure you're all right?

Yeah, yeah, he just clipped me.

Inside!

It's in the medical room!

Wait a minute.

At the windows!

Donna, get the other lanterns.

Did it get to him?

No... What do you think it was?

Well this didn't come off any bear.

Bring the light over here, will you?

No fur, no blood.

Very much like leather.

Is the power out completely?

Yes, it is.

You have any idea what caused it?

It could be a break in the cable at the dam, or a short circuit in one of the transformers.

Dave, are you sure the building was thoroughly checked?

Are the wiring and fuses all right?

I went over everything thoroughly, I checked everything.

I'll check again.

That was good!

You might be a failure at everything else you do, Sapo.

But nobody can oven fry fish sticks and shrimp like you do.

You know, they say fish sticks are the corn dogs of the sea.

No one has ever said that.

I learned how to make these things when I was in the Lewisburg Federal pen.

The secret ingredient is salt.

Well, you paid one of your many debts to society and you learned a good skill while you were on the inside.

I wish the Bureau of Prisons had that taught people how to find m how to find movies.

Ah well, say did we really go through that many shrimp?

I could've sworn there was a lot of them, and I only had a handful.

What?

Oh, goodness.

You're right.

We're back.

I'm sorry about that, folks.

We were just enjoying a little snack.

I hope you were enjoying one as well, because I know you weren't enjoying this movie.

It really is a mess, isn't it, boss?

Yep.

And you brought it to us.

Well, you know what?

You know what?

Tell me a little bit about it.

Maybe we can find something good in it.

No.

Maybe something about the director.

Anything good about him.

This film was directed by Bernard Kowalski.

And before you say anything, I know you've never heard of them.

You are always one step ahead of me, boss.

More like 100 miles.

Well, tell me about it.

Tell me about the guy.

Oh, he directed a lot of seventies cop shows.

Shows like Baretta with Robert Blake Columbo, with Peter Falk.

Woohoo!

Nope I never heard of that show.

The Rockford Files with James Garner, M Squad with Lee Marvin, Jake and The Fat Man with William Conrad and Joe Penny?

Nope, nope, nope, nope.

There's no point in naming anything else.

You won't have heard of any of it, and it won't be good.

There's nothing good in this movie either, Sapo!

Oh, come on, boss.

There's got to be something good in this movie.

One small thing, you know, one shiny piece of lint covered candy at the bottom of Grandpa's purse.

Nope.

And I have documented laboratory reports that will back me up.

There's got to be something.

Nope.

Sorry.

Come on.

Come on.

Let it out.

Well, I guess there is a ha ha.

The art director in this film was Daniel Haller, one of our country's greatest art directors.

You've never heard of him, have you?

I have not.

Tyler was not that bad of a guy.

As guys go.

He directed the Dunwich Horror in 1970, as well as several episodes of The Great Buck Rogers in the 25th century that- Hey!

That starred that guy you know, Phil Regard!

It's Gil Gerard, Haller was the location manager for the Tomb of Ligeia in 1964.

He was also the production designer for the Mask of the Red Death in 1964.

He was pretty good on those projects, I admit it.

There I said it.

He's just as good in this movie.

Oh, no, not at all.

Is there anything else good in this movie, boss?

Nope.

Well, that's right.

Lets ride that gravy train.

We done hit the daily double.

Tell me what else there is that's good.

It features the music of Alexander Laszlo.

I have each and every one of his albums framed on my wall.

No, you don't.

Laszlo was a conductor and an inventor.

I'm not praising him for his music, but if you like the sound of cats on pianos, that's your business.

He's good because he invented the color light device, a cool invention that reproduced music with color What?

What does that mean?

Laszlos device combined musical toneswith colored radiations in an effort to allow the hearing impaired to enjoy music.

Looks like I did find something good.

Is there anything else good?

No.

Well, to be fair, I hit the jackpot with this movie.

Didnt I boys?

Don't push your luck.

But there is something else, isn't there?

Mittens.

Mittens?

I can sense that he's holding back on us.

Okay.

If I were in a court of law and I was faced with perjury charges, if I told a lie- Oh, no, no.

I'll lie in court for your boss.

That's one of my jobs.

I would admit.

One more minor.

Good thing Harry Thomas, the dude from E.T.

That's Henry Thomas.

Harry Thomas helped with the makeup in this movie.

Ooh, Tell me about him.

He worked with all the greats and was friends with people like Ed Wood and Tor Johnson in 1956.

He did make up on Cecil B Day Mills, the Ten Commandments.

The next year he worked on Plan Nine from Outer Space.

Wow.

He went on from a movie no one on Earth has ever heard of To working on Plan Nine.

A Yeah, I guess that's one way to put it.

He started under Jack, Don and William Tuttle, who are both legends at MGM.

Over the course of his career, Thomas worked on a lot of horror movies, so we are probably going to see some amazing makeup effects in t in this movie, aren't we?

No, no, we will not.

Sapo Well, does he do a good job in this movie?

I'll say this, he was uncredited probably by choice.

But boss, why would want their name left off the things they do?

Same reason I remove my name from everything remotely connected to you.

Folks, let's get back to Night of The Blood Beast here on Nightmare Theatre.

Man, those shrimp went fast.

I just don't understand it.

Weird.

Unless.

Well, at least we won't freeze.

You'd think a place like this would be equipped with heating.

Up until a few months ago this was a radar monitoring station.

Most of the ultra sensitive instruments respond better to the cooler atmosphere.

Systolic was 140.

I'll have a blood sample for you in a few minutes.

How long do you think it'll take Canaveral to realize we're incommunicado and send aid?

Well, with a security operation as tight as this, maybe another twelve hours.

That could mean we could be here another day.

Doctor...

Doctor!

I've never seen anything quite like it.

Notice the way it's fighting the others.

Seven hours and his blood is still alive.

One of us will have to drive to the nearest telephone and call the Cape.

Every minute counts.

What is it?

I've seen amoebic dominance of a cell structure before, but this is completely out of proportion.

Well what are they, what do they mean?

Well, normal blood has two basic cells.

The red carry oxygen and the white fight infection.

But this blood has three, the third cell.. That big one.. Well, that's completely foreign to any blood structure.

If that bacterioid is contagious, then we've all been exposed.

I doubt if it's communicable.

We'd better get to the nearest town, fast.

I imagine that'd be Desert City.

But that's over thirty miles, isn't there anything closer?

There's nothing on the map.

Steve, call the Cape from Desert City.

Get in touch with Dr. Zimmerman.

Don't go into detail.

Just tell him to get here as quickly as he can.

Well what about equipment?

Well, we'll need a new power supply, and a refrigerated truck or an ambulance to transport the body.

Oh, and tell him to request priority clearance directly to Walter Reed Hospital in Washington.

Right.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

Keep checking the blood pressure, Doctor.

The last count was 140 over 80.

Well, that's all we can do at the present.

Any luck with the Jeep?

I can't figure it out.

The cars, and both the truck and the Jeep, are burned out.

It stopped.

They're both stopped.

Take a look.

We're in a magnetic force field.

A what?

A net of static electricity is surrounding the entire area.

That's why our power's dead.

Well, we're not going anywhere tonight.

The truck and the Jeep are burned out electrically.

What would cause a thing like that?

There's a very powerful magnetic source somewhere nearby.

It's reversing all positive electrical power.

Dr. Wyman, how close is the satellite compartment?

Two, maybe three miles.

I was just thinking, is it possible that the compartment could be bombarded with electron particles?

Well it could be, it's happened before on some of the earlier Snark firings at the Cape.

When the missiles came back to Earth they were pretty heavily magnetized.

But there's a mountain range between us and the compartment.

Yeah, well there doesn't seem to be any logic behind any of this.

Well here's something to complicate things even more.

This was a shot I took when Dave and I first got out there.

Look at it closely.

Dave, remember I mentioned the strange mud?

Yes.

Well this was the last shot taken.

Most of the mud has disappeared and the opening is larger.

Yes, I remember that when we took John out of the compartment.

But at the time it didn't seem important.

Well someone or something must have been there.

There's an explanation, and a good one, for all of this.

There must be.

Some of the things that have occurred today are without precedent.

A man in there alive that should be dead, something that's never happened before.

Well, we've never sent a man so far into space before.

Well, we're all tired, disappointed, and under a terrible strain.

After this long the Cape has probably contacted the Pentagon, it's just a matter of time.

What if they can't get through?

The magnetic force field works both ways.

Well, in the morning one of us will have to hike down and meet them.

As a precautionary measure I suggest we all stay in this room tonight.

Steve and Dave and I will take turns watching Corcoran.

Right.

Julie, Julie...

I'm sorry, Doctor.

I just can't hold it back any longer.

I know.

I wish there was something I could say.

I'll listen, if you like.

It's bad enough losing someone you love.

But this?

The unknown.

I'm being held here.

Alex, I don't... Julie... Julie, he alone stood on the threshold of our future.

From what happened to him today we may learn more than we've ever known.

Maybe I should just listen.

It's so incongruous.

He's dead.

But is he dead?

As scientists, the more we learn, the more we realize there is to learn.

Life itself is the greatest miracle.

Well, when we get him to the hospital tomorrow, maybe we'll know.

Good night, Doctor.

Good night, Julie.

Well, hello and welcome back to Night of The Blood Beast here on Nightmare Theatre.

What do you think of the movie so far?

That fella that I thought had a belly full of worms that came back from outer space or something?

They think he's dead, right?

Well, that's a fairly accurate recap- Ah but I bet that guy really did Remember that time you told all those people I was and he stuff me in that coffin and buried me, even though I repeatedly told them that I wasn't dead.

Yeah, I do.

See, when you lie all the time, people tend to never believe you You know, I was wrong about the worms in that guy, boss.

But I'm betting.

I'm betting there is still some sort of alien thing living inside of him.

Something like that.

You figured that out, did you?

Yeah, I think I saw this movie before.

Or maybe one like it.

The story sounds so familiar.

Well, so far, back in the 50s and 60s, there were billions and billions of movies that all share the same basic theme.

That theme was that America was always in danger of being invaded and colonized, and we had to be eternally vigil Why was that, boss?

Three words The Cold War, Sapo.

see folks were always afraid agents from some foreign government, usually Russia were scheming to colonize the country.

Even your best friend could be a Russian sleeper agent in disguise.

A good metaphor was to tell the story of invasion and colonization through aliens.

But what's a good example of one of them movies about alien invasions?

The Thing from Another World Known usually is The Thing.

Is this movie as good as The Thing?

Oh, no.

No way.

But some critics, believe it or not, have compared this movie to the far superior Thing.

How did it stack up?

Badly.

Very, very badly.

Wait, I have a question.

How do these aliens in these movies take people over?

Well, sometimes like an Invasion of the Body Snatchers, they just replace them with duplicates.

Sometimes they lay the eggs in a person.

There are a couple of different ways.

Eggs, huh?

Yeah.

Boy, sure would be great if someone came up with a way to determine a person has an alien baby egg planted in them.

That would be a waste of time because aliens have better thing to do than plant eggs and people on this planet.

Do you really think a race of being so advanced they can travel across the universe would stop off here, of all places, to plant eggs?

Oh, I don't know.

Well, I do, but all that alien invasion stuff was just a metaphor.

Come on, boss, Think about it.

We earthlings are a fertile bunch, why I myself could probably hatch an egg Or to just like an out guy in a Read me that night.

If an alien landed right here and saw you, do you really think the first thought in that alien's mind would be Well, that guy looks like a good host for my eggs.

Let me get my plantain probe out Oh, I don't know, boss.

They might.

And maybe afterwards they could do some kind of mind and whip on me to make me forget all about it.

And then where would I be?

It wouldn't take much to wipe that mind of yours.

Sapo, aliens aren't invading and planting eggs.

Don't worry about it.

But they might be.

But they aren't.

But don't you think we should worry about alien eggs?

No.

No one is worried about that stuff and you shouldn't be either.

Well, thankfully, boss, I won't have to worry about it anymore because I have come up with a great invention.

The only method to determine if you have a gullet full of alien babies and we're off.

You see, folks, every single time you go to sleep, get conked on the head or passed out from the drinking, you at the risk from aliens looking to plant eggs.

They are everywhere.

No, they aren't Sapo.

Modern scientists believe that a least 65% of Americans and 68% of Canadians have had alien eggs planted their innards at one time or another.

That is not true.

You made that up.

Yes.

And there is only way to find ou for sure.

For absolutely sure If you have been implanted!

Folks, just ignore him.

And that is with our patent pending egg detector.

Look, I got this from a guy down at the loading dock.

The loading dock?

Yeah.

He worked on a big science boat.

Yes, With just a simple wave.

You will know in milliseconds whether or not you have been egg No, I'm fine.

Dont point that thing at me!

You appear to be fine.

Oh, boy.

I think you got a problem.

No, it doesn't.

That thing doesn't work.

Folks, let's get back to night of the b fire, trying to calm this nut do Will you stop that, please?

What?

You Dave!

What is it?

I think I hear something in there.

The light's out.

Dr. Wyman.

Half his head's gone.

Dr. Wyman!

There's nothing you can do!

It must have taken the body.

Whatever it is, it works fast.

Let's take him down.

Steve... Help him to the table.

Johnny... Johnny, you're all right!

Oh, Julie...

I don't know.

I think so.

Where's Dr. Wyman?

What happened?

Suppose you tell us what happened?

Julie, what happened to Dr. Wyman?

He's dead.

Why are you staring at me?

You don't think that I had anything to do with it?

John... We're just as confused as you are.

Did you see anything?

Was there anybody in the room with you and Dr. Wyman?

I don't know!

Last thing I remember, I was making my descent.

The jets didn't take hold, when I finally released the drag chute it didn't hold.

I was too close to the ground.

You crashed.

We brought you here.

You don't remember?

I seemed to be floating, in a warm, black mist.

Oh, my head!

My neck!

Oh no... Look at that.

The same mark.

What's this?

Tell me what's happening.

Johnny... You don't understand.

We thought you were dead.

Dead?

What do you mean, dead?

When we pulled you out of the compartment, your body had completely ceased to function.

A hypometabolistic state.

A type of suspended animation, brought on by the contraction of the mesentery blood vessels in the pressure change of landing.

That kind of terminology, I'd expect it from Dr. Wyman, not from you.

Well it seemed like the natural diagnosis.

From Dr. Wyman, yes.

In some way I think Dr. Wyman is influencing me.

I think he may be a part of me now.

I don't understand!

You've got to help me!

Help me!

It's fantastic, it's unbelievable, things like this just don't happen.

But it has happened.

I'm not afraid.

I'm not afraid.

It didn't come here to destroy!

Johnny...

Try to tell us.

What didn't come here to destroy us?

Is he all right?

Welcome back, folks.

Are you following this story?

Because I'm not even watching anymore.

Im just so famished I can't even think clearly.

I could have sworn.

There were more shrimp on that plate.

It's so weird.

No, no, Sapo whatever you about to say, it better it better not involve that darn egg thing.

Boss I've been watching this movie.

Who are the people in this movie?

Actors, Sapo, very bad actors.

Like who?

Well, you've got Michael Emmett.

He plays the astronaut.

Most of his role features him lying in a coma on the table and he couldn't even pull off that role.

He can't even play a dead guy convincingly.

Who is he?

The guy without the shirt?

The very same.

And then you've got Angela Green She plays Dr. Benson.

She looks like she is also in a medically induced coma.

Who is that guy walking around and barking out orders all the time and talking on the radio?

Well, that's Ed Nelson.

I swear.

I know that guy.

Was he in any other movies?

Yes, he was.

Watch this, Mittens.

Why?

He was in some really great movies like The Devil's Bucket in 1960 and Partner of Blood in 1959.

That how I know that guy.

I remember those movies I saw.

I saw both of them.

And I think I think I might have even been in one of them.

You know what?

I'm sure of it now.

I was in the devil's bucket.

I sold the Devil the bucket.

I was the bucket salesman.

Yeah, he fell for it Mittens Just like I said he would.

What a maroon first.

That was a test, El Sapo I knew you would make something up.

Just to make yourself look like a big shot.

It was the devil's partner in a bucket of blood.

And second, no director, not even Roger Corman on his darkest day would put you in a movie and Third, those were not good movies.

I'll have you know, I was the lead foot in that documentary on foot funguses that time.

Yeah.

And it flopped.

Worst movie of the year, I recal My next one will be better.

No, it won't.

You?

What year did this movie come out?

1958.

What is it?

What other movies was Ed Nelson in?

Ed Nelson?

Too many to name.

He was also in just about every TV show ever made.

Each show he was in was worse than the one before.

He's just a bad actor.

Put that away!

Folks, Let's get back to the movie.

Put it down.

Sapo They're gone!

What are you talking about?

Come see for yourself.

That's what your blood looks like now, normal in every respect.

Four hours ago it was populated with alien, amorphic cell structures.

I think we should see what I look like under the fluoroscope.

How will it work with the power out?

It operates on a radium cathode tube.

What are they?

The amorphic cell structures have expanded to...

They're using his body for a breeding ground.

You're not gonna harm them, are you?

What do you mean?

We don't even know what they are.

The one thing we do know is that they're alien to the human body.

Somehow they must have come down with you in the compartment.

Only a few hours ago they were microscopic.

We've got to do something.

If you destroy them, you destroy me.

You can't destroy them.

But why not?

That's why not... Steve!

Don't shoot, it won't hurt you!

Steve, don't shoot!

Don't shoot, it won't hurt you!

It's burned, but it got away, didn't it?

It didn't go very far.

It's gone!

It was burnt pretty bad.

I think we outta track it down and make sure it's dead.

No, let's wait for help, we can't possibly combat that thing by ourselves.

Look, nobody has gotten to us and no one probably will until it's destroyed.

Why does it have to be killed?

Why are we always so quick to destroy?

It's an alien, it's the first of its kind of come to the Earth.

John you know what it's done to you, breeding its young in your body, you saw what it did to Dr. Wyman, isn't that reason enough?

It has to be killed!

You don't understand, it didn't come in malice.

It could have killed all of you earlier, but it was me it was after.

It had to come back to me to... To nourish its young.

All the more reason to destroy it!

Suppose it is still alive?

Bullets don't harm it.

But fire seems to.

What about a very pistol?

It has an engulfing flame, plus a delayed explosion.

That's better than a lantern.

Very pistol?

A flare gun, at short range it'll chop down anything.

There's some in the cabinet in the hall, I'll get 'em.

No!

Dave, you can't!

Listen, you can't kill a living creature without giving it a chance to justify itself!

Let's put him in there.

Can give him something to keep him quiet?

Sodium amytal.

Good.

I'll leave you here to watch him.

Donna will come with us, we're gonna need photographic coverage.

Will that really keep him out until we get back?

I don't know.

Under normal circumstances, this should render him unconscious for at least twelve hours.

But this isn't a normal person.

What you and he were to each other, has no bearing on what he is now, Julie.

I'm not worried.

He's not dangerous.

Not to me, anyway.

Well we can't take any chances.

If that creature eludes us and comes back here, or he gives you a bad time, you'd better know how to use a very pistol.

Believe me, Julie, he's not the same man you were engaged to.

Thanks.

Let me have one for Julie, will you?

Now don't worry.

If we run any trouble, we're not gonna be heroes.

Just pull the hammer back.

Just be back as soon as you can.

Hello and welcome back.

The Night of The Blood Beast sure seems like a very, very long night or just one blood beast, doesn't it?

But something has been bothering me all night long.

Me too.

I didn't get my fair share of The shrimp you made earlier.

Oh, no.

I mean, this space stuff What about it?

Why would someone want to go into outer space?

I mean, it's dark out there.

There are no bathrooms, and there's always some alien lurking out there with a sack full of eggs.

Why would anyone want to go out there?

Are you kidding?

Jack Horkheimer, As soon as man appeared on the planet, he's been trying to get off of it.

I myself wish I could leave this planet and never come back.

I can definitely see the of getting in a rocket ship and blasting myself into space.

Can I go with you?

No, you're one of the reasons I want to leave this planet.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

You can come with me.

You would write to me, though, wouldn't you?

Every chance we get.

Every chance we get.

I still don't get why anyone would want to leave Mother Earth Well, call it a sense of adventure.

Call It the desire to explore the unknown.

Call it the need to know just what's over the horizon.

Man has always wanted to explore Or maybe it's just a collective desire on the part of humanity to get away from you and your kind.

Have there been a lot of movies about people going off into outer space?

About a billion.

Remember one I told you about all the movies where aliens come here?

No.

Well, there are just about twice as many where we try to go there In fact, man hates being on eart so much that one of the first films ever made was called A Trip to the Moon in 1902.

The film was loosely based on a Jules Verne book and an H.G.

Wells story.

A group of people left Earth and went to the moon.

They went all the way to the moon.

Really?

No.

It was all done with movie magic Some scenes from the film have become more than iconic.

Like when the Rocket Ship Hits the Moon, the Smashing Pumpkins, You know, that band.

They referenced that scene in the video for Tonight.

Tonight.

It was a great film with some great scenes.

In fact, it is supposedly the first time extraterrestrials were ever shown on film.

Boy, it's too bad we can't find that movie, huh?

Yes.

Yes, it is.

I sure wish we could get some good movies once in a while.

That would certainly be a change.

Do people like that movie?

A Trip to the Moon was very popular and it was really well done.

So they must have made a lot of money, huh?

Well, no.

The director, George Melies, intended to distribute it in America, but Thomas Edison secretly made copies and screened it himself all over the country.

Edison made a ton of money, and Melies made virtually nothing and eventually went broke.

The light bulb man stole the movie.

He did.

And he made a fistful of money.

Did this movie make any money?

I doubt it.

It's just a terrible rehash of much better films.

Such as?

Well, believe or not, it has been compared to several films by people who know what they're talking about.

Like whom?

Like Professor John Flynn, who lectures at Towson University.

He compared it to the Creeping Terror, but said this film lacked the epic pretentiousness of that film.

Flynn also said the Corman's were scraping the bottom of the barrel with this movie.

Well, somebody at some point must have said something good about it.

Nope.

The critic, Tom Schell, said it would be hard to find a worse movie.

But I think that you are up to that challenge.

Sapo In fact, I have no doubt that you will find a worse movie than this.

And you know why that is?

Because you keep playing around with things like this instead of finding good movies and making sure we get our proper share of the shrimp.

Now, put that down, folks.

Here's some more of whatever movie it is we're showing tonight.

I honestly at this point can't remember.

Will you put that down?

If it got this far, it's a lot healthier than I am.

You know, I think it's leading us back to the compartment.

Yeah, it looks that way.

How long do you think we've been out?

Well look, my watch is running again!

Mine too.

That means that magnetic field must be broken.

It must be dead.

We'd better make certain.

Well, it seems like the most likely place for it to go.

Yeah, I don't see anything.

Maybe it's on the inside.

Yeah.

Donna, you stay here until we're sure it's safe.

Dave, you circle to the left, and I'll go to the right.

Check.

Nothing could possibly live through that!

Look, it stopped again!

Hey Steve!

I'd better get some pictures before there's nothing left to shoot!

Hold it!

It's gonna kill her!

Fire over its head!

Are you hurt?

No.

I don't think so.

It could have killed me.

But it didn't.

Probably would have if we hadn't chased it off.

Might have wound up like Wyman.

We'd better get back.

Julie's all alone and the monster may try and contact Corcoran again.

See?

See Sapo?

Okay, I think you're confused because- I am.

Lee Majors was the fall guy.

Fall guy.

But before for that, he was a 6 million dollar man.

Ah, 6 million dollars.

Yeah See, sometimes with shows, they take actors- Actors?

And they reuse.

It's kind of a recycling program of a recycling.

Then you can do that with that.

Oh, look how it is, everybody.

It's a it's once again, we're down here in the sub sub sub sub basement of the television studio with the mysterious curator from the Merrill Movie Museum.

And he's brought us another prop today.

And I think this one is almost instantly recognizable.

Almost anyone who's watched a sci fi or horror film.

Yes.

So this is maybe the most famous way an alien has ever deposited its eggs inside a human, unlike in this film.

Right.

This is a facehugger from the Alien movie franchise.

This one in particular is from Alien versus Predator, but, you know, of course, we've seen these going back to the original Alien and with with Ridley Scott.

They, you know, of course, would attach themselves to the victim's face and you wrap the - the limbs around the face and attached to the face and - the ovipositor would go down their throats.

Exactly the ovipositor.

And you can kind of see in their what what that looks like.

You could also see the little tube there that would be used to affix an air bladder to be able to to help the creature move.

Because you do see these animated on screen.

You've got the big tail.

And again, had this would be operated by a puppeteer or an effects artist is also a good example too about how these things really aren't necessarily made to last.

If you look very closely on here you can kind of see that where the cracking is happening at the limbs, they make these out of foam rubber.

And really when they even though they make these beautiful works of art that require all this detailed work to have something look really great on screen, they're worried about the week that they're shooting it.

Right after that, they don't care.

Yeah.

And so so it's more a matter of Does it look good?

Does it function?

well it hold together long enough to to be seen on screen, after tha?.

Yeah.

It's just like get rid of it.

Ye That's even Yeah.

That's even being one of the newer movies.

Alien versus Predator came out in the 2000s and it's already, you know, I have seen some, you know you get these foam rubber pieces sometimes they hold up really well, sometimes they don't.

Sometimes it depends on how they were maintained and taken care of.

But sometimes that doesn't matter if they're going to age the way they do, unfortunately.

And you talked about, you know, that these guys would make these things.

So ask for that shoot.

Then they'd be on because they were moving on to the next project, because the effects houses are always busy.

They're not just working on one movie at a time, right?

They're working on multiple different projects.

Something like this would be something that obviously and it looks amazing.

It's very highly detailed.

I mean, it looks like your mom still does, but he does.

But but, you know, these things look real and then in the old days of Hollywood they would just toss them out in the dumpster somewhere.

You know, the movie, the whole movie prop collecting business even around in those days, like people didn't, you know, as a hobby or a business or anything.

Nobody thought about it that way They and even the shows they shot for TV and things, people just thought it's all disposable We're never going to air this ag So, you know, there was no thought of-of syndication or reruns or any of that.

Yeah, there's lots of stuff, you know, going back in history that hasn't survived.

And if you're lucky enough to have something that's pre I'd say pre mid 1970s is when people kind of started to think about maybe we should save this.

Yeah.

It's when some of the studios started to create archiv started to create archives and some of the big studios now do have these incredible archive of their of their props where they've kept and maintained and they either do archive tours or they do exhibitions or yeah, they just want to be able to reuse those things and hold on to that history.

But for a long time, and not just that's not just true of props, it's true of film itself.

There was no concept of the history.

That's why it used to be pretty common for a film to be like it is now remade.

Five years.

Yeah, because the films just didn't last.

They weren't expected to be in circulation.

There was no home video.

There was no television, really, to to keep these things in circulation.

So to remake a movie five years you had a whole new audience anyway, right?

And the whole the whole horror host thing kicked off because Universal reissued all of those films for television, something that no one thought about before that that's syndicated package.

And that's kind of people.

They needed people to show those shows, to host those kind of movies at night.

So it's very cool.

And, you know, and we do have to give a shout out to some fans who were great at saving things to a guy like Forrest Akerman, who was a literary agent and very involved in sci fi, or Bob Burns, who was an ape suit actor who saved a lot of things.

So we've got, you know, we've got Willis O'Brien's, you know, armature from King Kong.

We've got all of that stuff because those guys were fans and they held on to it.

So a fascinating piece and thanks again for bringing it to us.

And and let's get back to the moviehere on Nightmare.

I'm going to cook this up in a pot and we're going to eat it.

Don't be afraid, Julie.

I'm not going to hurt you.

That wasn't meant for you.

That was for the creature or whatever it is.

Don't stare at me, Julie.

I'm sorry, John.

If what you say is true and I've been dead, I don't know what this means for us, but I haven't changed in my feeling.

Julie, we're all afraid of the unknown.

You don't understand what's happened to me and because there's an unknown being you want to destroy it.

But isn't it possible that what's taking place is for a purpose?

Why not let the creature have a chance to tell us why it's here?

But it broke in and attacked us.

It killed Dr. Wyman and it's done this to you.

We had to do something.

Now the others have gone to make sure it's dead.

It's not dead.

And they won't be able to find it.

How do you know?

Julie, I'm the one who's had the most contact with it.

Something foreign is inside of me.

Alive.

If there was any cause for fear, wouldn't I know it?

But I'm not afraid.

This creature is intelligent.

It wants something.

We've got to give it a chance to communicate with us.

I see the sedative didn't work.

My bodily reactions aren't those of a normal person.

What happened to the creature?

Got away.

Then it's alive!

He told me it would be.

Somehow he knew.

He seemed so sure that it's not evil.

This isn't a battle between men and an unreasoning being.

Can't you see it doesn't want to kill for the sake of killing?

It could have done away with all of us earlier if it wanted to.

Until we discovered its fear of fire.

Listen!

When you were out checking the power lines last night, all you had with you was a pistol, which you fired at it with no effect.

If it had been a wild animal it would have tried to kill you before moving on.

Can you account for what happened to Dr. Wyman?

No, I can't.

But maybe it could if we gave it the chance.

Why should we give it a chance?

It's already committed murder.

It's done I don't know what to you and it's attacked Donna.

Look...

If you were in a strange place and you were trying to communicate with the inhabitants, but every time you tried they made a move against you, the only way to break through to them would be to take a hostage.

Can't you see that's what it's been doing?

It's been acting out of fear and self preservation.

It wants to communicate with us but it doesn't know how.

We've got to give it a chance.

Well what do you have in mind?

It's obvious the creature keeps coming back to me because part of it is inside of me.

Why not let me lead us to it?

In the daylight, in the open.

Maybe he's got something.

When we were out searching for the creature, our watches started running again.

Then when we encountered it, they stopped.

On our way back here they became active again.

And now everything's dead.

Now it's my guess that the magnetic disturbance originated from two different locations.

One from the creature, and then from you.

It might be the only thing that's keeping you alive.

If my life has been given back to me, it's for a purpose.

Trust me, and we'll learn why.

If the creature isn't what you believe it to be, and we're forced to kill it, then we have no indication of what will happen to you.

I know.

That's why it's important to let the creature make itself known before we take any action.

All right.

But if we follow Johnny's plan, we still have to be prepared.

We have no way of knowing what can happen to us out there.

Remember: We've agreed to give the creature every opportunity to prove itself.

In the morning, if we still agree to follow Johnny's plan, we'll get an early start.

By that time maybe help will arrive.

Dave and I will stand guard, the rest of you get as much sleep as you can.

Will it come back here tonight?

I don't know.

Well, hello and welcome back, Sapo has vanished And I'm not sure I know or care where he is.

Oh, no, Oh my.

Oh, my gosh boys So this is this is Boss.

I don't know how to tell you this.

Then don't tell me at all.

Earlier, when that egg detector noticed something about Mittens.

There's nothing odd about Mittens.

You're the odd one.

I told you that egg detector was just some piece of junk some con man sold you.

For all we know, it could be detecting fleas during the break he and I went down to the airport and my friend, the TSA agent, you know, I told you about that guy.

He let him ride the X to the X-ray machine.

And look at this.

Just look at these.

Do You know what this means boss?

It means Mittens is chock full of space babies.

He is going to be a mother.

No, he isnt.

Then a father, which will make me an aunt or something, Aunty Sapo I like that!

Just stop it and listen to me.

You're going to be an uncle.

No, I'm not.

Mittens is not full of alien babies.

Only one full of something is you.

Then what are these things Boss?

Oh, I have a definite theory.

And if I can prove what I suspect.

Folks, while I ruminate on a certain issue why dont we get back to Night of The Blood Beast here on Nightmare Theatre.

Steve...

I'm a little worried about Johnny's plan.

So am I. I don't know if he is responsible for his actions.

Think it might be a trap?

If it is, this time we're gonna be prepared.

Come on.

How about a Molotov cocktail?

We fill it with gasoline and then use it as a hand grenade.

That's the ticket.

We could saturate the creature.

And detonate it with a very pistol.

There's no way it could escape then.

How many bombs are we gonna make?

Oh, between us we ought to be able to carry about six.

What are we gonna do with the girls?

Take them with us.

Better than them here unprotected.

That's enough.

Are we gonna tell Julie and Donna about this?

No, I think we better make sure Johnny doesn't find out, huh?

You ever see any of these work before?

Yeah.

On Guadalcanal.

A guerrilla tank was running wild behind our lines.

He knew we couldn't do him much damage with our rifles, so he was playing kind of a cat and mouse game, because he knew he could finish us off.

Not far from where we were there was a truck overturned, and the kid in it saw what was happening.

He got the brilliant idea to bring me some gasoline and I made up some of these.

When that tank came by, we smeared it, but good.

Pretty horrible to see.

But it works.

It'll be good for me to get off of this mountain.

Even with these cocktails, I'm not anxious to tangle with that creature again.

Well none of us are, but I don't think we have any choice.

Since it came down in the satellite it's our responsibility.

Besides, it's...

Better to stalk it than have it come after us.

Yeah, you're probably right.

Even so, I wish we could wait for some help.

I just don't like the idea of taking Julie and Donna with us.

Well, I don't either.

But then we don't know when help will arrive, we can't leave them alone.

What are you doing here?

What are you doing with Dr. Wyman's body?

I couldn't sleep.

I had to see how he was killed.

Half his head gone, it's horrible.

I don't expect you to trust me.

I don't even know whether I can trust myself, but please don't treat me like a monster, I haven't done anything wrong.

John, it's not a question of right or wrong.

Maybe you're not responsible for your actions.

Whether you are or not, who knows what you might do?

Look John, don't you... Don't you realize this unknown creature is using your body as a breeding ground?

We don't know what to expect.

I can't deny anything you've said.

I do receive impulses from the creature, but I know I have free will, I...

I know I can still make my own decisions.

Was it your own free will or the creature's that insists it's benevolent?

I'm not sure.

But I do know that we have to give it a chance to explain, and I know that no harm will come to you.

Daylight will be here in about three hours.

You'd better get some rest.

If it's all the same to you, I'll stay here for a while.

I'll get the bags.

Alright.

You will give it a chance to explain?

We'll give it a chance.

Hello and welcome back.

All I can say folks is its almost over.

And frankly, not a minute too soon because I'm tired of talking about it.

I'm not having a good night here, folks.

First the bad movie.

Then I get shorted on my rightful shrimp allocation.

And now just look at this place!

Sapo what is all this stuff?

Have you lost your mind?

It looks like Babies R Us exploded in here.

I am just so excited, boss.

Oh, boy.

Oh, boy.

Mittens is going to have him a litter of alien babies and I am throwing him a baby shower and a genders reveal party.

No, he isn't and no you aren't.

I don't even know where to begin to tell you how wrong you are on that score.

There's a logical explanation here.

Boss we've got to come up with some of the baby names.

Mittens can I name one of them Junebug, how about Big Rudy and Mittens?

You can eat as many of these potted meat stuffed oatmeal cookies as you want.

I know you got the cravings and you are eating for 12 now.

Shut up!

Careful that we're not going to name one of these babies After you.

There's nothing to name.

Like I said, there's a logical explanation here.

One of them aliens snuck in here when we weren't looking and injected Mittens full of alien babies.

And they took root And by the way, we got to get them a shower gift.

You know, I was thinking we could go halfsies on something real nice.

Sapo, have you ever heard of Occam's Razor Well, then, babies is too young for ra Boss, I was thinking about maybe you know, a Gavin MacLeod onesie or even a case of turtle wax.

Turtle wax?

Sapo Occam's Razor basically says when looking at something confusing, the simplest answer is the most likely one.

Boss you see the prenups.

There is no other logical explanation here.

Look at them weird things on the x ray.

Yeah, I looked at those x rays.

Don't those things look familiar?

Yeah, I think I saw one of them space movies you was talking about.

I think I saw them on a plate.

Once You eat alien babies boss?

No.

Remember when I said the shrimp you made went awfully fast?

Vaguely.

I can't believe I didn't see this sooner.

It was so obvious.

Sapo pat Mittens down.

I can't.

He's in a delicate condition, boss.

Sapo, Do it.

Well, put all this to rest right now.

All right.

I'll pat him down.

I'll pat him down.

Well just- Oh, well, the truth comes out.

Sapo I hope one of those babies was, a tub of cocktail sauce.

Don't feel bad.

I don't blame you.

I was going to do the same thing myself, but you beat me to it.

In fact, I have a pocket full of sticks right now.

Soon as we get rid of this, one will heat them back up, and you and I will have our own feast.

So he wasn't full of alien babies after all?

No, he wasn't.

Boy, he is my face.

Red.

Hang your head in shame.

Sapo!

Mittens I think I have some hushpuppies in my freezer.

Can I have one of them?

No.

Folks, here's the end of this awful movie.

The creature isn't far away.

There's some hills to the north.

And a cave.

But he's never been in this area before.

How does he know there's a cave?

It's in there.

Julie, Donna!

Stay there!

There's nothing to fear.

We're not gonna take any unnecessary chances.

The girls will wait here.

Okay, you lead the way.

You're gonna give it a chance.

You're not gonna kill it?

You're not gonna kill it!

What happened?

Why did you let him go?

I couldn't stop him!

I brought them to you.

They don't understand.

I'm not sure I do.

How can I help you to communicate with us?

Now I am able to speak by assimilation, a form of photosynthesis.

I have been able to incorporate certain of Dr. Wyman's functional processes.

Was Dr. Wyman's death necessary?

Through his sacrifice, I can communicate, understand your reasoning, your motivations, your way of life.

I will need your help.

Together we must make them understand that I have not harmed you, that we will give them a better way of life.

Look!

Listen!

Please listen!

Do not be afraid, I am not here to harm you.

We're too far away!

Let's move in.

Do not be afraid.

That's Dr. Wyman's voice!

It is this voice.

But how?

Yes, I am using Dr. Wyman's voice.

I've been able to master the use of many of his faculties.

With his voice I am able to communicate with you.

You killed him!

He is not dead.

Not dead?

He has gained something more than life as you know it.

He is the first of your kind to attain immortality.

Immortality?

We're not interested in that kind of immortality.

I know you want to destroy me.

But listen, please listen.

I only want to help you.

Millions of years ago, my people inhabited a planet such as yours.

We discovered the ultimate power, just as you on Earth are about to do.

Be ready to make your move.

We should have put this power for our own benefit.

Instead, hatred, greed and prejudice caused us to misuse that power, and brought about our own destruction.

Open target!

Now's our chance...

But you can't risk killing Johnny.

No, wait!

What harm is there in hearing them out?

For centuries we have been circling your Earth, waiting for a means to penetrate your atmosphere.

Your projectile was the first to present a means of entry.

Those before were not retractable, and burned as they fell back to Earth.

I am the first to come.

To bring death and destruction?

If what you say is true, what are we to expect?

You need me.

And I have to come.

Through me we will unite our intellects within one body.

It's insane.

And how do you plan to do that?

Already, it has begun.

Within the hour, the first of our new generation will be born.

It's true.

I can feel them inside.

You're imposing your will on us!

You're sacrificing our civilization for the resurrection of your own.

I've been a fool!

The only way you can be saved from your downfall is by our sacrifice.

What you propose is dominance, not salvation!

Don't be governed by fear!

Go ahead and kill me!

You've already said I'm dead.

A dead man with a brain and a body kept alive artificially to feed a generation of monsters.

That's not true!

If you don't kill me, a new civilization is inside of me, that will destroy mankind as we know it today.

The future of our race is in you.

You've got to kill me.

We have to destroy it.

John!

Run, get away from it!

He will live on to become a greater being in future generations to come.

Don't kill me!

In destroying me, you are destroying your only hope for mankind.

You've got to kill me!

You are not ready!

But we will still save you!

In your quest for self destruction you will send up more satellites, and we will be there, waiting to come again!

There's nothing left.

Do you think we made the right decision?

John made the decision.

Let's hope it was the right one.

We'll probably never know.

Well, that's the end of that.

I'm glad the movie ended the way I'm glad that The Blood Beast is dead and from this moment onward, I will never speak of him again.

Boy, that blood beast sure was an ugly one, wasn't he?

Was he some kind of bird or something?

I don't know.

And I don't care.

What I care about is your misbehavior.

Tonight, you bring us a really bad movie.

You tell poor Mittens here he's full of alien eggs.

I admit I was wrong this time.

But mark my words, people, the alien planet men are coming.

Guard your innards.

They're coming for your nostrils Protect yourself.

No, they aren't, Sapo.

Let's just put this behind us.

What do we have lined up for next week?

We have this boss [Announcer] At the beginning of the 21st century, the nuclear holocaust had come to pass and civilization vanished.

It was a time of chaos and violence until one day there appeared... (80s synth-rock) The New Barbarians!

The New Barbarians!

The New Barbarians!

Sapo, do you still have that egg detector thing you were waving around earlier?

Are you starting to see things my way?

Huh boss?

No I'm going to break it over your head.

Mittens, grab him!

Folks, I have to go show Sapo the error of his ways.

So until next time, may all your dreams be nightmares.

Let's see how we turn this on.