(thunder cracking) ♪ One day, the devil came to him ♪ ♪ For he was a minor demon ♪ Asked him to torture ♪ Some humans ♪ With his two friends in tow ♪ Mittens and El Sapo ♪ The Baron Mondo Von Doren ♪ On Nightmare Theatre - All right, this was a completely new technology.

Let me try and explain this again.

It was a type of hamburger.

It had a hot side, and then it had a cold side, and yet, through forces that we really still don't understand, the sides never, oh!

Hello, and welcome back to Nightmare Theatre.

We're discussing great sandwiches as we wait for El Sapo to show up with tonight's movie.

He ought to be here any moment now, I'm hoping.

- Hey, Boss, hey, Mittens.

Quick question.

What if I told you I could make a million dollars in my spare time working from home?

Now, all I need from you is a small upfront loan for the investor kit, then the sky is the limit.

We will be rich in no time.

- Well, that sounds fantastic.

What would you be doing?

- Well, I'm not too sure about that, but once I send in the $225 for the investor kit, they'll send me a letter explaining everything.

(Mittens sighing deeply) - That sounds like some crazy get rich scheme.

- No, no, no, no, no, no, no, check it out.

It's a certified get wealthy in a short amount of time systematic plan, and it's officially endorsed by the National Council of Millionaires and Entrepreneurs.

- Wow, since you put it that way, I think you should order three kits.

You'll get rich three times as fast.

- You know, that is a great idea.

Will you give me the money?

- No, I won't give it to you, but I can lend it to you at a modest, mm, 80% interest, compounded weekly.

- That sounds great, thanks, boss!

- Man, you're dense.

Let me ask you the obvious question.

Do you have a movie?

- No, no, no, I have been focusing on our financial future, but I think I saw one down in the basement.

Can you show this while I run and get it?

- (sighing deeply) Let's see, chapter six of The Phantom Creeps.

Well, let's roll this while the doofus runs off to find a movie.

(dramatic tense music) (dramatic ominous music) (tense orchestral music) (airplane rumbling) (yelling) - Can't, too rough!

- Circle up and out!

(airplane rumbling) (airplane buzzing) (tense music) (airplane buzzing) (car rumbling) - How'd you get out?

- Somebody left the door open and stole the meteorite at the same time.

- You see anybody?

- No, but a car just left.

- Yeah, I saw it, and the armature reacted to it.

That's where it's goin' all right.

Any car I could pinch around here?

- I saw a car in the shed beside the building.

- Okay, let's go.

(tense music) (car rumbling) - Isn't that Captain West in the car that we left at our hideout?

- Yeah, and he's comin' from the direction of the hideout.

- Follow him, maybe he's got Zorka's gadget.

(car rumbling) (tense music) - Phone your office and tell Daley to bring the men.

(car rumbling) (tense music) (gun firing) (train rumbling along track) (train horn blowing) (gun firing) (train horn blowing) (car screeching) (people clamoring) - That's the end of Captain West.

- If he had that meteorite with him, hadn't we better get it?

- He didn't.

If he had that thing in the car, he'da blown the train clear off the tracks.

- Look, what's that coming?

(car rumbling) - It's the G-Men, clear outta here!

- [Man] Pull up outta sight.

(car rumbling) (tense music) - He isn't in there.

- Must have been thrown out when the train struck.

- Any of you men see this happen?

He turned straight across, but where is he?

Was he killed?

- We don't know, we just got here.

He isn't in that car.

- There he is!

(warm music) - West is not dead - [Man] Are you all right, Bob?

- [Man] Let me take a look at him.

- What are you trying to do, young man, break your fool neck?

- Take it easy, this is Captain West of Military Intelligence.

- It's Mallory with him.

- It's my own fault.

Those crooks were right on my tail.

I thought I could get away by putting the train between us.

- Oh, that's fine.

Sir, if you'll sign your name there.

- I'll send in my report and that'll clear you and your crew of any blame.

- Thank you, sir, I sure appreciate it.

- Back to the hideout and find out how Mallory escaped.

- [Man] What's next, Bob?

- Find Zorka's meteorite.

- Come back to my place and let me look you over before you make any plans.

(warm music) (lively music) (car screeching) (car rumbling) (pensive music) - Why, it's unlocked!

Where's Al?

Doesn't anyone stand guard around here?

(pensive music) - Hey, Al, there's blood.

Mallory must have hit him when he made his getaway.

- Never mind that, dumbwit.

Someone got away with Zorka's mystery box.

The chief's gonna break somebody for this.

Say, Mallory couldn't have opened that door no matter what he did to Al.

You stand guard outside.

We gotta clean things outta here.

(tense music) - That newspaper woman is coming.

Shall I grab her?

- No, let her come in.

Get out of sight, both of you.

(tense music) - Wake up!

Hey, mister.

Wake up!

Looks like the work of one of Zorka's spiders.

(tense music) (man shuffling) (laughing nervously) What's going on here, a costume ball?

I can't dance with all of you at once-- - Quit kiddin', you're on the spot.

Who got away with Dr. Zorka's mystery box and where is it now?

- (laughing) So you've lost it again, huh?

Figured you'd bungle the job.

- Talk fast or somebody's gonna get hurt.

- All right.

I've been after that box of Zorka's from the moment he was found dead.

I'd have hid it and got a price for it by now if you'd left me alone.

- Wait a minute, how do you figure in on this thing?

I thought you were supposed to be a reporter.

- Of course I'm a reporter.

How else do you think I fasten myself to Captain West?

I have everything all set, and you move in and upset the (mumbling).

- Sit down, maybe we'd better talk this thing over.

(tense music) - There's no mistake about it, I was alone in that laboratory with the guard.

He collapsed, and while I was trying to see what had happened to him, the meteorite disappeared.

- What do you mean disappeared?

- It was gone, and the door, which had been locked on the outside, was open.

- I guess I better run over and look that place over.

- I'll see you at Zorka's later.

Have you any idea how the meteorite was removed, Doctor?

- None that will hold water.

It was physically impossible for anyone to enter that room without my seeing him.

- Beg your pardon, sir, but you know Dr. Zorka was a very evil man.

His spirit might persist even after the death of the body and return to continue its, shall we say, nefarious work.

- Ghosts don't carry heavy boxes around, Perkins.

Hey, suppose Zorka isn't dead.

- But if he were alive, he would be seen and-- - Not necessarily.

One thing Zorka hoped to do was to perfect what he called a divisualizer.

- Oh, that's impossible.

- In the scientific world, nothing is impossible, just as there are sound waves pitched too high or too low for the human ear, so there are light waves too intense for the human eye.

It might be directed to envelop the human body and make it invisible.

(tense music) - [Dr. Zorka] I've got it, Monk!

(tense music) I took it right from under their noses!

(tense music) The fools!

No one can stand in my way, neither Mallory's men nor Rankin's spies.

(tense music) - Now that you have it again, we'd both better get outta here.

The G-Men are guarding the place.

If they find this secret room-- - If they do, I have means of dealing with them.

Here, this little device contains an invisible gas.

Did you get the plan they're asking for?

- Yes, sir.

(tense music) - Put it on the table.

- Yes, sir.

(tense music) (gas hissing) - [Dr. Zorka] Now, this is the first step.

- It doesn't seem to be doing anything to the plant.

- And the second step is my Z-ray.

(ray crackling) Any living thing impregnated with this invisible gas dies under the Z-ray.

- You mean the human being?

- Oh, a man would first go into a deep coma and then.

- That would stop one or two men, but more would keep comin'.

- You seem to forget our iron man.

(tense pensive music) Suppose you were my enemy, Monk.

What could you do now?

- Call him off, call him off, I tell ya!

Call him off I tell ya!

- Find a weapon, a chair, or a gun (mumbling).

- Take him away, I don't like him!

(chair clattering) (tense mystical music) - Now do you still think my enemies will seek me here?

Well, (laughing) let them come.

- I'll put the proposition up to the chief.

If he wants to throw in with you, we'll let you know.

- I'm not asking for help.

I'm just trying to show you how stupid you've been.

Next time, I do business with your chief or not at all.

We're all after the same thing and I can show him how to get it.

(tense music) So where does he live?

- You'd like to know, wouldn't you?

The chief wants to talk to you, he knows where to find you.

We're leavin' now.

If you try to follow us... (tense music) (car rumbling) - Oh, hello!

Fancy meeting you here.

Remember me?

I'm Jean Drew of The Times, best leg man, uh, girl on the staff.

- Who's in there?

- Nobody, I just-- - Get back inside, I want to talk to you.

(tense music) - What is this, a pinch?

- Stand where you are.

(tense music) What's in there?

- I don't know, you better look.

(tense music) What are you doing here?

- Trying to get a story.

You and Captain West won't tell me what's going on, so I decided to work alone.

- Alone, huh?

What about those three masked men that just ran outta here?

- So you saw them too?

That's the same outfit that held us up on the road the other day I trailed them in here-- - Aw, save it for Captain West.

He likes fairy stories.

I don't have time to listen.

Go on, young lady.

- Now, Perkins.

(electrical crackling) No, that won't do it, I'll have to find something else.

- What do you hope to accomplish?

- Some sort of ray that will counteract or neutralize a divisualizer.

If Zorka is alive and has such a device, I'll find something that'll make it useless.

(warm music) - If Zorka is alive, he's pretty sure to have the meteorite.

And if the meteorite is hidden there, this neometer's sure to locate it.

I think there's some hidden room in his place that we haven't discovered.

Better make another search of it right now.

Say, if Jim comes back to the office, tell him to meet me there, will you, Doctor?

- Yeah.

(warm pensive music) (car rumbling) (tense music) - Captain West is coming to the house.

You must prepare to receive him.

- We'd better get outta here, Doctor.

You can't keep this place hidden forever.

Sooner or later, they'll move in on us.

- Why?

- All right, but one of these days, we'll be trapped here.

(tense music) - I'm here to inspect the house.

When Lieutenant Daley arrives, send him in.

Keep everyone else out.

- Yes, sir.

(tense music) - [Monk] Someone's coming, Doctor.

(tense music) - He has a neometer.

Close the vault.

(tense music) (iron man beeping and whirring) - Captain West's inside the house.

- All right, keep this woman here.

- Say, wait a minute, I've gotta get in there!

I've got a right-- - Keep her here if you have to tie her.

(tense music) (iron man beeping and whirring) (gun firing) - Our little iron man has got him!

(table clattering) (iron man beeping and whirring) (Captain West groaning) Got him!

(tense music) (triumphant music) - Ah, yes, The Phantom Creeps, another hopeless ending magically resolved at the start of the next episode.

The only good thing about this is Bela Lugosi.

Well, Mittens and I are here waiting for El Sapo, that captain of industry, to return with tonight's movie.

He really ought to be here by now.

I can't imagine what's taking him so long.

- Hey, boss, hey, Mittens.

Well, guys, I scraped the absolute bottom of the barrel this time and I found a film...of sorts.

- Hmm, Track of the Moon Beast.

Oh, yeah, I know this one.

This is a truly terrible movie, worse than you can possibly imagine.

It was filmed in 1972 and it sat in a vault somewhere, waiting, lurking, biding its time.

Then in 1976, it went straight to TV and then straight back in the vaults, which is where you found it today.

This film can should have a skull and crossbones on it, 'cause this thing is poison.

It was directed by a guy named Richard Ashe, and this was the only film he ever directed.

It's like he made this and then went into the Witness Protection Program because of it.

It would have been great if he'da taken the film with him.

- Now, come on, I know it's bad, but it can't be that bad.

- Oh, it is.

The script was written in a weekend, and I doubt they stayed awake for 48 hours.

They had to sleep, so odds are, the script was written in about 10 hours.

You know, oddly enough, Bill Finger co-wrote the script.

- The Batman Bill Finger?

- Yeah, that guy.

He helped Bob Kane come up with Batman.

He wrote quite a few Batman stories, starting in the 1940s up to the 1960s, often as a ghost writer.

But for some reason, he put his own name on this movie on purpose.

The movie stars literally no one you've ever heard of.

Astute viewers with keen eyes somehow might recognize the male lead from this film from B.J.

and the Bear and Sheriff Lobo.

- Claude Akins is in this movie?

- Oh, lord, no!

Just some guy who played a cop on both shows is in this one, and that's the sole entire claim to fame of this film.

Look, there's no getting around it.

Let's just start this film and get past it.

You know what?

You do this.

I won't be responsible for inflicting this film on the viewers.

- Oh, come on, it can't be that bad.

We've seen lots of bad movies.

This one can't be worse from the others.

Let's try to be positive and try to get through it, but if you don't want to do it, I'll do it.

Sit back, relax, as we present Track of the Moon Beast here on Nightmare Theatre.

(ominous music) (loud whirring) Standby camera one.

And this special report from KOB Television.

The National Aeronautics and Space Agency quotes officials as saying... ... that the asteroid now entering our portion of the solar system poses no threat to Earth.

Meanwhile, NASA's viewpoint is substantiated by observatories as far away as Siberia and Peking.

The astroid is on a collision course with the moon.

After the impact, astronomers will no doubt have to add a new crater to their maps... After the impact, astronomers will ... of our alreadydd a new cpockmarked moon.aps... ... of our already pockmarked moon.

In any event, we will interrupt our regular programs... ... to keep you informed of the now-certain collision in outer space... ... and to bring you any further bulletins from leading observatories or from NASA.'

(Scream) (Scream) - Alright, Paul?

- Johnny!

Johnny Longbow.

- Johnny, what.

.

.

- Sorry for rushing the Halloween season!

- It was too good to resist!

- What?

You can come out now!

Show's over!

Count Dracula at your service.

Better known on campus as Budd Keeler and Janet Price.

Hi.

Do forgive us.

These, I'm afraid, are two of my students at the university.

Unfortunately I'm saddled with them for my summer field course.

Just as you were saddled with me.

Not quite.

You decided to switch from Anthropology to Minerology at the graduate level.

Until that point, I thought you had a fair degree of sense.

Was it you that made that god-awful sound?

That was me, I'm afraid.

He also does bird calls, but don't get 'em started.

Janet, like I keep telling you!

An anthropology major these days should have more than one talent!

That's a talent?

Bird calls?

I'm Kathy Nolan.

Paul.

Paul Carlson.

Don't tell me you're a student.

Ms. Nolan is doing her picture story on the religious customs of the tribes around here.

Especially of my own people.

That's why Budd happened to have a ceremonial mask.

Really my idea.

I borrowed the mask from the collection at the reservation.

To do some mood shots on location out here.

But, when we were heading back, and I saw you... ... and Professor Salinas explained you were a friend... Well, I'm afraid the bright idea of using it for a practical joke... ... and getting some shots of your reaction... was my idea.

Thanks, I'm glad to know.

I'm afraid we got more reaction than I bargained for.

I won't use the shots.

That's a promise.

Am I forgiven?

Of course, Ms. Nolan.

Kathy, to my friends.

We are friends?

We are, Kathy.

We were just on our way to Professor Salinas' place at the reservation.

He's promised us an authentic Indian supper.

Won't you join us?

I'd like to, if it's alright with Johnny Longbow.

It's alright with me.

No problem at all.

Just follow my car.

Why do you call him Johnny Longbow?

Well, it's his Indian name.

His tribal one.

It translates, 'warrior's bow that reaches long to its mark.'

Actually, he handles a bow like one of his ancestors.

'There is additional word from NASA this evening... ... concerning the asteroid that collided with the moon two days ago.

Radio telemetry from the size monitors planted on the moon's surface in previous Apollo missions... ... have recorded the shock of the impact as beyond the end of the Richter Scale.

On Earth, this would be a disturbance that would rival the explosion in the nineteenth century... ... of the volcanic island of Krakatoa.

The impact on the moon has sent off a shower of fragments mixed with pieces of the asteroid.

Some of these small fragments will enter Earth's atmosphere tonight... ... but they will undoubtedly explode into nothing more than a harmless shower of tiny meteorites... ... according to NASA officials.

The greatest concentration of this meteor shower will be over the southwest region of the United States.

This meteor shower will be, however, quite harmless according to the statement from NASA... ... and likely to provide nothing more than a spectacular sight in the sky.

And that's the story of the asteroid collision on the moon today.

This is Gary Kanin from our news center in Albuquerque.

I didn't schedule a meteor shower as part of the evening entertainment at the reservation.

It should be quite a sight.

This is a great meal, professor.

That's a great stew.

What's in it?

Oh, a lot of things.

Chicken, corn, green peppers... Chili, onions... Well, it's an old recipe around the area.

Well, if nobody minds, I think I'll have some more.

I'll offer to call it 'research', naturally.

I'm glad that's what you call it.

Yyou know, I'd like to get some night shots of this area.

Well, if you don't mind me tagging along, I know a few great spots.

But they're pretty far away.

What's that?

That is a lizard.

Sorry.

Things like that scare me.

You get used to lizards here.

They're quite common.

That's why tribes in this area have so many legends about lizards.

Like what, for instance?

Such of the story of the lizard and coyote, for instance.

In the days before there were men on Earth.

Sounds like it's going to be the Navajo version of Genesis.

Ignore him, professor.

I'd like to hear the story.

It'll have no effect on your grades.

I don't expect it to.

I'd just like to hear it.

Well, one day, before man walked on Earth... Lizard and Coyote were having an argument about what shape man would take.

Lizard won the argument.

They finally agreed that man's hands would be shaped like Lizard's.

Four fingers and a thumb.

Hey, that's right!

But that's the end of the story?

Not quite.

Coyote drove a hard bargain.

He agreed that man's hands would be shaped like Lizard's, rather than his paws.

But only... only if man would be mortal.

And never again try to be like Lizard.

You can see quite a distance up here.

Although we've got a lot more air pollution than we used to.

That's Albuquerque over there.

And that road leads to Santa Fe.

Northeast.

And the river's over there.

Paul, where are we exactly?

I'm sorry.

We're on the top of Sandia Crest.

It's ten thousand, six hundred and seventy-eight feet up, over, down.

Depending on where you are.

And you're point of view.

Yeah, I like to come up here at night.

It's one of my favorite places on earth.

It's always so peaceful.

So quiet.

Somehow above the rest of my life.

Right on schedule.

Paul, what's wrong?

What is it?

Paul, are you alright?

What happened?

A meteorite.

A lunar meteorite!

A meteorite?

We heard about it earlier on TV.

Yes, but here?

Well, we're right in the area where they're due to fall.

I guess we can consider ourselves lucky.

- What's the matter?

- You've got a scratch or something on your forehead.

I don't feel anything.

Oh, no, don't touch it.

Let me do that.

I must've bumped it when we hit the dirt.

Let me clean it up anyway.

See?

You were bleeding.

That's nothing!

Hey, Kathy, look at that.

It'll make a great souvenir.

My own personal moonrock.

Moonrock!

Oh, wow!

Did I say something wrong?

No, but you just reminded me!

I'm supposed to go into town tomorrow.

There's a NASA exhibit at the university and I'm supposed to cover it.

That's a great idea.

We'll go to the exhibit, then we'll have some supper, then we'll go out afterwards.

Just in case the moonrock hasn't cooled off...

It's cool enough to travel now.

Have you got a first aid kit in that bag?

A few things, why?

I'm still worried about that cut on your head.

It could get infected.

Look, I don't live far from here.

And I've got all kinds of antiseptic in my medicine cabinet at my place.

Your place?

My place.

Fine.

Your place, then.

- Apparently nobody's at home.

- My mother's in Europe.

She travels a lot.

Now that the real Paul Carlson has stood up, what do ya think?

I think you've spent a lot of your life being lonely.

When your parents are divorced, you get used to it.

I'd like you to meet a friend of mine.

Hey, his name is Ty.

- Ty?

- Short for Tyrannosaurus.

Sounds like something in a museum.

It is, usually.

Ty looks a lot like a dinosaur, or like a dragon the Indians call Amhuluk.

Thank you for introducing me to your friend.

Well, I hope he didn't frighten you.

Paul, it's us I'm really frightened about.

Kathy... - Hello, and welcome back.

We hope you're enjoying Track of the Moon Beast here on Nightmare Theatre.

- Hey, boss, that pet lizard sure looked jealous when he kissed that lady, didn't he, boss?

- Well, let's not get into that.

Let's just recap the movie so far.

First, a shirtless man digs a hole in the desert.

Johnny Longbow shows up with a bunch of other people.

A worried newsman breathlessly outlines an important plot device.

They have a traditional Indian supper of stew, and Longbow regales them with an Indian legend.

And then a guy gets hit in the head with a meteorite?

- Oh, that is no big deal.

I've been hit in the head with meteorites many times.

I've been hit in the head with all kinds of rocks.

Lots of head injuries over the years, boss, lots of head injuries.

- Well, that explains a lot.

- Well, thank you, but hey, was there a scene missing after that guy described the legend of the lizard and the coyote?

Listen to me, the lizard wanted humans to have hands like lizards, but the coyote wanted man to be mortal and to never again be like the lizard.

What does that even mean?

Are lizards immortal, and why would the lizard want humans to have hands like lizards?

- Listen, I'm not the lizard whisperer, I don't know.

- But maybe now we know why that lizard was so jealous when he saw them kissing.

Where have those lizard's hands been?

- Listen, I said let's not get into that.

I'm more interested in the Indian supper.

That stew actually sounds pretty good.

- Well, it's funny you should say that, boss.

I gave up that get rich quick at home idea I was talking to you about, and I have decided that we should go into marketing our own hearty soups and broths.

The boys in the basement and I whipped up this.

- Nightmare Theatre's Traditional Indian Soup in a can?

What is in this?

- Oh, you know, lots of things, chicken, corn, green peppers, chili, onions, probably some lizard and coyote in there somewhere.

It's an old recipe.

- You cannot sell coyote and lizard soup to people.

- But that's where the flavor is, in the coyote!

But it's also gluten-free.

- You can't sell that!

Plus, the word Indian is offensive.

Let's get back to Track of the Moon Beast here on Nightmare Theatre.

Excuse me.

I'm gonna get a closer look at this moonrock.

Paul!

Paul, what happened?

I guess I blacked out.

I'm okay.

Are you sure?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I just need some fresh air.

♪ ♪ My voice been gettin' froggy ♪ I been smokin' too damn much ♪ ♪ Singin' songs to the sun that's risin' ♪ ♪ Rhymin' words I cannot touch ♪ I been wanderin' in circles ♪ With just a guitar in my hand ♪ Playin' one too many barrooms and drinkin' more than I can stand ♪ ♪ California Lady ♪ Won't you bring your love to me?

♪ ♪ California Lady ♪ She's the one I wanna see My California Lady ♪ You'll feel a lot better off if we take ya home.

Right now.

Johnny's right, Paul.

You're going home.

♪ I'm hung out in Chicago with a California mind ♪ ♪ Lady love and Lord above These city mountains aren't my kind ♪ ♪ Ive been wanderin' in circles With just a guitar in my hand ♪ ♪ Playin' all them funky barrooms And drinkin' more♪ than I can stand ♪ ♪ California Lady ♪ Won't you bring your love to me?

♪ ♪ California Lady ♪ She's the one I wanna see ♪ My California Lady ♪ My California Lady ♪ My California Lady ♪ ♪ I'm just not sure.

Leaving him alone...

It's the best way.

Paul's still learning a lotta things.

Such as?

Such as how to accept help from other people.

He's used to doing things for himself.

He's been a loner a long time.

It's not easy to change.

- Even so -- - Tell ya what.

If Paul calls me during the night, I'll call you.

- Okay.

- How's that?

I'll buy that.

And if Paul calls me first?

Oh, no!

'That concludes the national news.

- 'Now turning to the news of the local Albuquerque area.'

- Caroline!

- 'Twenty-five people were stranded this afternoon... - Caroline!

It's me!

... for over four hours on the Sandia Crest lift.

The lift was faulted due to a severe thunder and lightning storm which swept through the Sandia range... ... at approximately two o'clock this afternoon.'

- Oh, come on, now!

- 'No major injuries were reported.'

- I don't wanna stand out here all night!

- 'Although seven people did require hospitalization.'

'Of those stranded atop the crest, three hundred people were vacationing.'

- Open up!

- Oh, go to hell, Sid!

I told you what was gonna happen when you came home again from that bowling alley...

Drunk!

I'm going to bed.

And you can just sleep it off.

Out there.

Go to hell.

Who's there?

(growling) (Sid screams) (growling continues) (Caroline screams) Thanks, Baylor, for bringin' the professor.

Hello, Mac What happened here?

A killin'.

A messy one.

The medical examiner's report being phoned in?

I'll make sure I have a copy on your desk when ya get back in.

Good.

Let me have copies of the other reports, too.

- All of 'em.

- Yes, sir.

Fine.

Check in the house, and see if you can lend a hand.

Now I'll tell you why, exactly why I asked you here.

I was wondering.

It sounded urgent.

- It's because I need an opinion from you.

- My field isn't medicine, you know that Mac.

- I know.

- So what's happened?

One problem with bein' a cop is that eventually you think you've seen everything.

Well, this morning, I found out I was wrong.

This is different.

Which one is him?

The woman had a weak hearth and what she saw when she opened the door apparently finished her.

There's no report of any violence on her.

But take a look at the man.

What kind of thing would cut up someone like that?

Could've been a mountain lion, Mac.

No, Johnny.

Not that easy.

I'm gonna show you something one of my men found at the back of the house.

Whatever killed Harris must've tripped over the garden hose... ... and grabbed at the side of the house to support it.

Take a break.

I'll check with you later.

You're right.

That wasn't made by a mountain lion.

That mark was made by a human hand.

Well, I would agree with you except for one thing.

You tell me what kind of human leaves a footprint like that.

Now ya get the picture, Johnny?

When I got that radio call, I thought someone had made a real goof.

But when I saw Harris, I had to believe it.

Harris was killed by some kinda thing that was nearly seven feet tall.

Had hands with claws on the fingers.

And walked on feet like I've never seen before.

And that's why I had to bring you here, Johnny.

Now, you're right.

This is not some kinda medical problem.

I don't know what kinda problem it is.

You're an anthropologist, Johnny.

I thought just maybe... You might be able to help us with this.

Well, I can tell you.

I've seen a track like that before.

Where?

In a museum.

A fossil track.

Several million years old.

Have your men made a plastic cast of the track?

We might get a better answer from the paleontology department at the university.

The department head, Deets, he's a friend of mine.

Let's go, now!

The casting should be ready.

Wake up!

Wake up!

I've decided to make breakfast for us while you hit the shower.

Paul!

I agree with Professor Salinas.

Your casting here is that of the left hindfoot.

Of some form of reptile, some very, very large lizard.

I still can't believe that there are lizards that big in New Mexico.

Or anywhere else for that matter.

Sorry, Captain Mac.

You're wrong about that.

There is a lizard we call Varanus Komodoensis.

There's some photos of 'em over in the Paleontology Lab.

He grows to be all of ten feet long.

He's quite a fellow.

The Indonesians call 'em the Kimodo Dragon.

Gee, is it possible that one of these lizards is here?

- Somehow?

- I don't think so.

And if there were one, somehow, on the loose, it wouldn't be what you're looking for.

The Kimodo Dragon walks on four feet.

This indicates a lizard that can walk upright.

Some form of reptile closely related to the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Thanks, Johnny.

How in the hell am I gonna tell the commissioner or anyone down at City Hall... ... a man was killed on the doorstep of his own home, last night ... ... by some kinda dinosaur.

How do you feel today, Paul?

Oh, much better than yesterday.

- Hi!

- Hi.

Hey, they're pretty good, but you should see Johnny work with the bow.

Our scholarly anthropologist here was the Conference Archery Champ in college.

I've seen his trophies.

How 'bout a little demonstration for our camera?

Alright.

Come on, Johnny Longbow.

I'd like to see you live up to your name.

Johnny made everything himself.

Even the arrowheads.

Everything is authentic Indian.

Okay, Johnny.

Now let's really impress the lady from New York.

Hold this.

Paul!

I think he overdid it by coming out here today.

We better get 'em home, Kathy.

(energetic eerie music) (thunder cracking) Oh, sure.

- Okay, listen to me.

- There are crests.

- The Baron and El Sapo are coming, so I don't want any monkey business out of you.

Do you understand?

- I don't want to interrupt your conversation.

Everything's okay?

- Yeah.

- Ah, welcome back, everyone.

We're, once again, here, down in the sub-sub-sub, sub-basement of the TV station with the mysterious curator, the man who watches over the Merrill Movie Museum, and he's brought us another time to show you folks at home from the world of television and movies.

So, Mr. Curator, what do we have this week?

- Well, stop me if you've heard this one before, but three simians walk into a bar.

- Ah-ha!

- These are, respectively, a gorilla, an orangutan, and a chimp from-- - And El Sapo.

- And me.

- From Planet of the Apes.

Well, was El Sapo in Planet of the Apes also?

- I was.

- I mean, anyway, let's keep going.

- Okay, so these were from the 2001 version of Planet of the Apes, which is maybe not as well-respected as some of the other Planet of the Apes films.

But the important thing about that one is it's the only film that was made, out of all the Planet of the Apes films, where individual masks were made for every single character in the film.

When you go back to the original films from the '60s and '70s, they made some unique masks for the lead actors, but all of the background actors wore pretty much the same mask.

You get to the more modern ones, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, et cetera, that's all motion capture, so they're all CGI.

For Tim Burton's film, they actually made individual masks for every single character that you see on screen.

So even in a background character, every chimp, every orangutan, every ape looks different from all the other ones.

They all have distinctive features.

You even had, like in this case, child characters, where they made a smaller mask to fit a child, or they may have used a little person as an actor.

- And it would have taken an awful long time because the detail is amazing.

- Yeah, all hand-stitched hair, which I believe they use yak hair.

- [El Sapo] Just like his toupee, it's yak hair.

- [Museum Curator] And everything hand-sculpted, handmade, and there were literally hundreds of these made for the film.

And we have probably close to two dozen in the collection.

- As you said, these were made by the great Rick Baker, who has been honored with Academy Awards many times.

But the Planet of the Apes themselves, those films, going back to 1970s, you know, the 1968 is the original, but in the '70s, John Chambers, who created the original Planet of the Apes makeup, was actually honored with a special Academy Award, going back that far.

So these films have always been on the cutting edge of special effects.

- Yes, and in fact, there was a lot of consideration given to the more recent films with the motion capture, and somehow, they didn't win for that.

That was a great controversy because the motion capture on those films is absolutely incredible.

Right, the great Andy Serkis, who's done so many amazing motion capture characters, like Gollum in The Lord of the Rings films, and-- - [Museum Curator] King Kong and the Peter Jackson-- - [Baron Mondo Von Doren] Yeah, exactly, and so he's kind of taken that into a new art form, although it's really amazing to see the work that goes into these pieces.

They really are works of art.

- [El Sapo] They really are very well done.

- Yeah, no, these are fantastic.

When you see the whole collection of them assembled together, it really is an impressive feature of the museum.

- Well, we wish that the movie was impressive, but that's a whole 'nother story.

- I blame Mark Wahlberg.

- Speaking of bad movies, why don't you get back to this one here on Nightmare Theatre?

Oh, no.

You're not talking me out of it this time.

I'm staying.

You need looking after.

Did you take the aspirin?

Yes, master.

There, that's better.

Dark and restful.

You should be able to sleep now.

If you should need anything, I'll be right in the den, okay?

Okay.

I'll open it.

Okay, then.

I'll open it, I'll open it.

Wait just a minute.

I'll open it for two.

- You open it for two?

- Alright, I'll see.

You in for two?

How 'bout you, Earl?

- Okay, how many cards?

How many cards?

- I'll take a pair.

A pair'll never win this game.

A pair'll never win this game.

Okay, okay.

Two for you, and two winning cards for the big winner of the night.

Okay?

(men screaming) (growling) Paul!

Paul!

When I woke up and couldn't find you anywhere in the house, I got so worried.

What are you doing out here?

It was so warm in my room.

I couldn't get back to sleep.

It must've been chilly out here last night.

You could've caught a cold.

Oh, you're all alike.

Sometimes you act like such big babies.

Come on.

I'll make you some breakfast.

He was still alive when we found 'em.

The man was pretty far gone in shock.

But he did manage to say something about a lizard.

A big lizard.

A big lizard that walked like a man.

Seems to me I've heard that expression before.

Maybe.

Something your friend Deets said about a dinosaur?

A Tyrannosaurus.

Well, there have been discoveries of supposedly extinct creatures dating back to the dinosaur age.

Ancient life forms that are still alive, today.

Maybe there is a dinosaur still alive.

Up in the hills.

And something drove it outta the hills.

Now it's on the loose.

Professor Salinas, those poor men murdered in the hills last night... ... have the police found out who did it?

Only some theories.

That's all so far.

Were those the reason for all that laughter when I drove up?

They're the pictures Kathy took at the NASA exhibit.

You should see the one of Budd looking at the girl in the tight jumpsuit.

His eyes were popping out.

What happened to this shot?

Oh, this one.

I don't really know.

It's probably a light leak or a lab error.

It's on the original transparency, too.

I was going to check with the lab in town later.

How is he by the way?

Paul?

He seemed a little better when Janet and Budd called for me before.

But he still had a headache.

I'm worried about him.

Those headaches he's been having...

He's been having those headaches since the day after that meteor shower.

Didn't you tell me he hit his head on the ground that night?

When he tried to shield you from that meteorite that exploded?

That's right.

He got a cut on his head.

- A cut?

- More like a scratch.

Just a little one.

It's possible Paul may have gotten more than a scratch.

A light concussion maybe.

- Then you think -- - Don't worry.

I said it might be a light concussion.

It's nothing really serious.

I'll tell you what.

I'll pick up Paul on my way, take him to a hospital.

St. Joseph's would be the best.

They'll do a cranial X-ray, check him out.

He'll be back to normal and back to you in no time at all.

The lab that did this print, it's near the hospital.

I'll have that light streak checked out.

Save ya a trip?

Hurry up, slow poke.

I wanna get you off my hands.

Somebody can take over.

Johnny, you're one hell of a guy.

White man speak with forked tongue.

Oh, quick, let me write that down.

Hurry up, will you?

I've got other things to do.

What happened here?

Where's Ty?

I don't know.

He must've broken out the night before last.

Somethin' scared 'em.

Maybe the meteor shower.

Is this the meteorite you found?

It's my own personal moonrock.

Funny thing.

I've looked through every text I have on minerology.

And I can't find anything like it.

Of course, I haven't run a series of tests on it.

You mind if I borrow your moonrock for a couple o' days?

Go ahead.

I was gonna take it to the Geology Lab anyway.

Maybe they can find the answer to it.

I can't.

Well, right now we're gonna take you over to St. Joe's.

Maybe they can find an answer to what's been buggin' you.

That's it.

You can get dressed now.

I've finished with your friend.

It'll take about twenty minutes or so to process the plates.

Dr. Sutton's expecting you.

He left word for you to wait in his office.

Thanks.

How do you feel?

Not bad.

Good.

While you're waiting, I might as well do an errand near here.

- I'll be back in a little while.

- No sweat.

Then it's not just some kind of error in printing, Mr. Havel?

Definitely not.

I remember looking at the originals on that roll myself.

What you see is what happened.

I can't explain it, but it's not our fault or the fault of the film.

But have you ever seen anything like that before?

Never.

And I've been in this business for years.

I'm Dr. Sutton.

Would ya come this way please?

- I've looked at your X-rays.

- And?

We don't usually discuss them with patients.

But this is an unusual case, Mr. Carlson.

This is the normal situation.

Just to give you an idea.

And this is the one we took of you.

What does it mean?

What's happened to me?

You've been hit by a small particle of matter of some kind.

Not enough to cause any pain because of the high speed.

But it is there.

Then something's inside my head?

Yes.

It's not uncommon.

There've been cases where servicemen have survived with small particles of shrapnel embedded in their brain.

This wasn't shrapnel, doctor.

So I understood.

A meteorite, you said?

What happens now?

Now?

Now we're gonna keep you here for a few more days for observation.

We're going to take more X-rays.

If that area doesn't clear up, we're going to do something about it.

Surgically.

I made this photos several years ago.

When I was doing research for my doctorate.

They just might have a connection to your killer lizard.

Well, at this point, I'd settle for anything in the way of a lead.

Well, let's see 'em.

This is the first scene in a deerhide painting I was shown.

Not many people have seen it.

It's something like four hundred years old.

What's happening to the Indian in the painting?

It's the beginning of the story.

He's being struck by a light that comes down from the sky.

Well, what happens to 'em?

See for yourself.

Whatever struck him from the sky changed him completely from human form.

He became a demon-lizard-monster.

Arrows had no effect on him.

Well, how'd they get rid of this demon-lizard?

They didn't.

He died anyway.

He was consumed by fire.

But where the flames came from, nobody knows.

That's a mystery.

And it's still a mystery, after four hundred years.

I know what you're thinking.

It's only an Indian legend.

Part of our tribal culture.

I know.

It's fantastic!

But it's the one thing that ties in with what that fisherman said.

He said the camp was attacked... ... by a lizard that walked like a man.

Now, I want your help, Mac.

Well, we've got the place to ourselves.

They had to close up early on my authority.

I hope this proves something.

We'll know in a minute.

I never thought I'd see the day when I'd try to solve a case with an Indian superstition.

We're just about to find out.

Should be somewhere... ... just about... here.

What was that?

I don't really know.

My guess is that there's some unusual element in this fragment... ... that syncronizes with that larger mass over there.

And it produces some kind of energy reaction.

You mean this energy or whatever it is... ... can turn a human into a monster?

It's like in those werewolf tales?

When there's a full moon in Translyvania?

Oh, Johnny!

I've known you for a long time, and you've gotta be kidding.

I wish I was kidding, Mac.

I'm not.

Now there is an answer, and I think I know what it is.

And it makes me sick to think about it.

If what you say is true... ... the X-rays, the way the meteorite reacted... ... and your Indian legend... Then there's something I've gotta know for my own peace of mind.

It isn't up to us.

He's right, Paul.

Nobody knows what may happen.

Let's find out.

How much time do I have?

It'll be sundown in a half an hour.

The moon'll be up an hour or so after that.

Before... Before anything happens...

I wanna talk to Kathy.

I'm sure that can be arranged.

She's at the reservation.

I'll phone her now.

You better give her some idea of what he might have to go through.

Just to prepare her.

I'll try.

Kathy.

I'd like to talk to you for a moment.

Go in here.

They had to move Paul to another room.

- He's in there.

- Why is he in there?

Why are these policemen here?

We're not sure what may happen to Paul... ... after the moonrise.

In fact, moving him near it was his idea.

But surely we -- This is a hospital.

We can't afford to take any chances.

The moon has a strong effect on the Earth.

Look what it can do to the tides.

In Paul's case, it may trigger a whole set of changes, temporary mutation...

I want to see him.

Now.

Please?

Nearly sundown now.

She shouldn't be in there much longer.

I'll go get her.

Kathy?

Kathy!

Thanks, Johnny.

Can I take you home?

No, thank you anyway.

No trouble, miss.

One o' my men can take ya home.

Thank you, Captain.

I'll be alright.

I'd like to stay here.

At the hospital.

The moon is up now.

I hope you were right.

I hope...

I hope we're wrong.

Well, we'll know in a few minutes.

Something's happening.

Oh my God!

Well, hello, and welcome back.

We hope you're enjoying Track of the Moon Beast.

The soup doofus and I sure aren't.

- Oh, soup is yesterday's news.

I have branched out into real food.

Hey, boss, check this out.

- Uncle El Sapo's Peanut Butter Tuna and Egg Salad Sandwich with Mayonnaise?

No refrigeration required?

You have to refrigerate tuna and mayonnaise.

You're gonna kill people with this stuff, El Sapo!

- Well, I also have the Baron's Boiled Egg Soda.

Now, that would be perfect for Easter, but I do have to warn you, there are shells in some of these.

But grab a hold of your socks and look at this.

Scent of Sapo, a cologne that smells just like me!

- You know, these are horrible ideas, simply horrible.

People do not want to smell like you.

People don't even want to get close enough to you to smell you!

- Are you sure you don't want to try one of the sandwiches or one of the sodas?

- No, I don't.

I think you should forget all of this stuff.

Speaking of things that we'd like to forget, what are you makin' of this movie?

- Well, I will say this, I really liked that song, California Lady.

How did a film with such a low budget land such a great song?

- Well, interesting story there.

The singer was Frank Larrabee, and his band was the house band for the Ramada Inn.

The film crew was staying at the same hotel as the band and asked them to be in the movie, so they were.

- Wow, that must have been Larrabee's big break, huh?

- Oh, yeah, Frank Larrabee is a household name, at least at his mom's house.

- You know what?

I've also noticed the lead guy walks around shirtless a lot.

What was the deal with that?

- Well, Sapo, in the 1970s, lots of men walked around shirtless.

It was an era of letting it all hang out and doing one's own thing.

Why, you yourself had that shirtless phase back in 1974.

- I sure did.

Man, I was one handsome devil, wasn't I?

- No, no, you really weren't, but let's return to the exciting conclusion of Track of the Moon Beast.

It's almost over, folks, I promise.

Then it's true!

It was me!

I killed all those people?

It wasn't your fault, son.

They won't convict you.

They won't even blame you once the people know.

Soon you'll be back to normal, Paul.

Do I need these now?

No.

Dr. Sutton's been in touch with NASA about your case.

They're sending one of their top lunar scientists.

And one of the finest brain surgeons in the country.

See, that part of meteorite you have in the front part of your brain...

It's causing the problem.

When it's removed, you won't have a thing to worry about.

You can go back to leading your normal life.

I'd like to see Kathy.

Please?

Kathy!

Would you fasten your seatbelts, please?

We'll be landing shortly.

When are we due in Albuquerque?

In about twenty minutes.

The captain got a message a few minutes ago that you and Dr. Lawrence will be met at the airport.

I must admit I was pretty startled last night when I got the call.

So was I. I've never come up against a case anything like it.

And I've had a few unusual ones, I must say.

We've been worried at NASA all through the Apollo program... ... about the possibility that something could cause a mutated life form.

Nothing ever happened.

Until now.

Oh, Paul.

This is Dr. Rizzell.

How are you, Paul?

I'm going to be operating on you in just a little while.

Glad to see you.

What happens now?

We're going to make another set of X-rays, just to check on the particle.

The new set will give us an exact pinpointing of the spot in the left frontal lobe where it is.

I thought you should see these right away, doctor.

I think we should look at these inside.

What's the matter?

Don't know.

But I'll try to find out.

If you look at the difference in the affected areas... You'll notice considerable change, doctor.

There's been a definite growth.

From the look of it, I'd say the particle in that young man's brain has desintegrated.

And energy packets are spreading through his entire system.

No question about it.

Isn't there any way of... well, neutralizing the effect, doctor?

That's your field, Dr. Lawrence.

Isn't there something that can be done?

We're dealing with a brand new, unstable element here.

One we've never seen before.

We don't know its characteristics, atomic structure, how it reacts.

There's a chance.

There's always a chance.

Eventually, by doing research on the meteorite fragments you showed me... Well, we might learn how to cure your friend.

- But the time... - You're saying... By then, it might be too late.

I can't give you the timing exactly, but more or less what's going to happen is that the ... ... very presence of the moon itself... ... a moonrock of gigantic size, if you will... ... will have a recurring effect on your friend's mutation every night.

Just as the energy emitted by that particle in his brain was triggered by the small moonrock at our exhibit here.

Eventually, the diffusion throughout his body will be complete.

And at that point, the situation will be atomically unstable.

Then, the energy is released all at once.

A form of explosion.

Exactly.

And when it happens, your young friend will be consumed by it.

I've got to talk to you, now!

Let's go.

The demon in the tribal painting.

Self-consumed.

One Indian mystery solved.

Oh, Paul, why couldn't there be time for us?

There isn't.

And that's why I'm going away.

Now.

If I'm gonna die, I wanna die looking like a man.

Not like a monster.

Paul, don't.

I need a few minutes.

I've got to get away from here.

Get away where?

I don't know.

But I can't stand being locked up here again.

Will I see you again?

I don't know.

I want you to go back to Dr. Sutton's office.

And if anybody asks where I am...

I want you to tell 'em I'm on the roof.

That'll keep 'em busy enough for a few minutes.

- Long enough for me -- - I won't do it.

Kathy!

Please.

Do it for my sake.

Do it because we love each other.

Oh, Paul!

Why did this have to happen to you?

It did happen.

That's all I know.

... stunts I've ever seen.

Does that kid think he can get away?

He's not trying to get away.

You don't understand.

You just don't.

'A search has begun to locate a young...' Yes, sir.

What can I do for you?

I'd like a small-gauge shotgun and some shells.

Well, we have some very nice models, just came in.

Very nice guns.

I'll be glad to show 'em to you.

'... Captain Stuart McCain, authority of the city's police commissioner.

Here's a description of the man being sought, who's name is Paul G. Carlson.

He is twenty-four years old, Caucasian, about six feet tall, weighing one hundred sixty.

- 'Brown hair...' - Here's a nice one.

'Blue eyes, regular features.'

Carlson was last seen in the vicinity of St. Joseph Hospital.

He is believed dressed in tan slacks, and a blue sweater.'

We got a report on him.

The owner of a gun shop says he tried to buy a shotgun.

But left without it.

I don't think he wants it as a weapon.

He wants to kill himself.

Why, Ms. Nolan?

Because we overheard what Dr. Lawrence said in the other office.

That's why.

You might be wrong, Mac.

He's on a motorcycle.

If he wanted to kill himself -- No, no.

Crashes don't always kill people.

He knows that.

No, he'd try to find some way that was fast and foolproof.

If only we had some kinda lead on 'em!

Anything!

'Yeah, I like to come up here at night.

It's one of my favorite places on Earth.'

'It's always so peaceful.'

'So quiet.'

I can't stand this waiting around.

I think it would be better if I went back to the reservation, don't you?

I guess so.

How will you get back?

I borrowed Budd's car.

I'll phone you if we hear anything.

They found the motorcycle.

- Where?

- Up in State Road 44.

He took a spill.

The bike is a wreck.

They thought he'd walk away alright.

They couldn't find 'em anywhere around the area.

That road leads up to Sandia Crest.

Of course, that's gotta be it!

Over the years, I got to know Paul pretty well.

The one place he went to when he was troubled...

The one place where he felt free... ... was Sandia Crest!

Right, Pete.

Get to Sandia Crest.

And listen...

I want 'em captured.

But no gun play.

Unless it's absolutely necessary.

Oh, Paul.

Oh, Paul.

For a minute I thought you were... Paul...

I know what you intend to do.

But you mustn't.

Please, you can't.

Kathy...

I don't know how you found me.

But you've gotta leave now.

No, Paul.

I wanna be with you.

You can't stay!

The sun's going down.

It'll be night soon.

If I don't reach the crest before the moon comes... You can't stay!

Then it'll be too late for the both of us.

Paul!

Paul, help me!

Paul!

Paul, please!

Help me, Paul!

Please, help me!

Help me!

Oh, Paul!

Paul!

Paul, help me.

Paul...

Please, Paul.

My foot is caught.

Help me.

Paul, help me!

Please!

Please.

Kathy!

What happened?

Where is he?

He got away.

Two more men dead.

Oh, God!

It's too late, though.

Not now.

He's gotta be stopped!

Before there's any more killing!

Are you gonna try and stop it with a bow and arrow?

Not with just any arrow, Mac.

I'm going to use this.

That looks like a piece of meteor Paul had.

It is.

I've fashioned an arrowhead out of it.

What're you going to do?

Johnny, tell me!

We're fighting something we barely understand, Kathy.

The changes that a particle of a matter from outer space has made in a human being.

That's why I'm doing this.

If a particle can generate all that energy... ... a larger piece from the same element might speed up the energy processes.

Dr. Lawrence, Paul and I heard you in the hospital.

You said Paul would become atomically unstable.

- That he would -- - It was always inevitable.

This way, it may happen a little sooner, that's all.

Johnny, you can't do it!

- He's your friend!

Paul -- - Paul is not Paul anymore!

You've seen it, Kathy.

He's not as you and I know him.

Paul is gone.

What you see in his place is nothing we know.

Nothing human.

That poor kid.

She's had a rough time.

(sighing deeply) Well, that was a great ending, wasn't it?

You know what I like best?

- The fact that it meant the movie was over?

- Amen.

Are you okay?

The movie wasn't that bad, was it?

It couldn't have made you physically ill. - You know, you were right about the sandwiches and the soda.

I think I'm gonna be sick for a week.

- Well, speakin' of a week, what do we have up for next week, El Sapo?

- We have this.

(thunder cracking) (dramatic tense music) (shrews squealing) (man screaming) - What is that?

- It's a Sorex soricidae.

- [Man] Looks like a small rat.

- [Announcer] Shrews as small as rats, perfect for scientific experiments, until they began to grow and grow into things.

- They must eat three times their own weight in food every 24 hours, or starve.

- There are two or 300 giant shrews out there, monsters weighing between 50 and 100 pounds.

- That's as big as a full-grown wolf!

(shrews squealing) (horse whinnying) - [Announcer] Blood-curdling horrifyingly poisonous monsters.

- But the livestock, the shrews got into the barn!

- [Announcer] The wildest of flesh eaters, threatening all mankind.

(shrews squealing) (man knocking) (gun firing) Your flesh will crawl with fear at their nearness.

- The shrews were out there, I couldn't take a chance!

(men grunting) (shrews squealing) - Don!

(shrews squealing) (gun firing) (woman screaming) (shrews squealing) (dramatic music) - (exhaling dramatically) Oh, boy.

That does not look good, not good at all, but we hope you'll tune in anyway as we present The Killer Shrews.

In the meantime, may all your dreams be nightmares.

(thunder cracking) (energetic eerie music)