Night of the Living Dead
957 shots over 1:35:31, read from the Internet Archive copy night_of_the_living_dead_dvd (Night.mp4, 640×480, 29.97 fps). Shot boundaries by PySceneDetect's adaptive detector; each frame links to the Archive's player at that second. JSON
Measurements: black-and-white film on its keyframes (0 of 957 shots judged colour), average shot 6.0s long, a frontal face detected in 25% of keyframes. Shots are detected automatically and each is represented by its midpoint frame.
Transcript
Machine transcription of the Archive copy's audio with Whisper large-v3-turbo (temperature 0); the model heard it as en. 738 segments kept, 228 dropped as the kind of hallucination the model produces over music and silence. Each timestamp links to the Archive's player at that second. This has not been checked against the film and can be wrong.
- 1:00 Oh, my God.
- 1:41 I'm going to go.
- 2:05 Oh, my God.
- 2:14 They ought to make the day the time changes, the first day of summer.
- 2:17 What? Well, it's 8 o'clock and it's still light.
- 2:20 What a good the extra daylight does us.
- 2:23 Now, we've still got a three-hour drive back. We're not going to be home until after midnight. Well, if it really bugged you, Johnny, you wouldn't do it.
- 2:30 You think I want to blow Sunday on a scene like this? You know, I figure we're either going to have to move Mother out here or move the grave into Pittsburgh. She can't make a trip like this.
- 2:39 Oh, you know that she can't. She's already had candy left.
- 2:44 No. Look at this thing. We still remember.
- 2:48 I don't.
- 2:49 You know, I don't even remember what the man looks like.
- 2:52 Johnny, it takes you five minutes...
- 2:54 Yeah, five minutes to put the wreath on the grave and six hours to drive back and forth. Mother wants to remember, so we trot 200 miles into the country and she stays at home. Well, we're here, John, all right?
- 3:12 Ladies and gentlemen... Hey, we...
- 3:14 We're coming back on the air after an interruption due to technical problems.
- 3:30 Nothing wrong with the radio. It must have been a station. Which row is it in?
- 3:56 Well, there's no one around. Well, it's late. You've gotten up earlier. Oh, look, I already lost an hour's sleep on the time change. I think you complained just to hear yourself talk.
- 4:06 Come on.
- 4:07 There it is.
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- 4:24 I wonder what happened to the one from last year.
- 4:28 Each year we spend good money on these things.
- 4:30 We come out here and the one from last year is gone.
- 4:33 Well, the flowers die and...
- 4:35 The caretaker or somebody takes them away.
- 4:38 Yeah, a little spit and polish. You can clean this up. Sell it next year.
- 4:43 Wonder how many times we bought the same one.
- 4:50 Hey, come on, Barb. Church was this morning, huh?
- 5:14 Hey.
- 5:23 Hey, I mean, praying's for church, huh? Come on. I haven't seen you in church lately. Well, there's not much sense in my going to church.
- 5:36 Do you remember one time when we were small, we were out here?
- 5:40 It was from right over there.
- 5:42 I jumped out at you from behind the tree, and Grandpa got all excited, and he shook his fist at me, and he said, Boys, you'll be damned to hell!
- 5:49 Heh. Remember that? Right over there. Well, you used to really be scared here. Johnny!
- 5:57 You're still afraid.
- 5:59 Stop it now, I mean it.
- 6:05 They're coming to get you, Barbara.
- 6:08 Stop it!
- 6:09 You're ignorant. They're coming for you, Barbara.
- 6:14 Stop it. You're acting like a child. Look, they're coming for you. Look, there comes one of them now.
- 6:22 He'll hear you. Here he comes now. I'm getting out of here. Johnny.
- 6:33 Oh, no.
- 6:36 Oh, Johnny. Help me.
- 6:43 Come on.
- 7:34 Come on.
- 8:04 Oh, my God.
- 10:12 Oh, my God.
- 12:09 I'm going to go.
- 13:11 No!
- 13:41 Shit.
- 13:48 It's all right.
- 13:53 Don't worry about him, I can handle him. There'll probably be a lot more of them as soon as they find out about us.
- 14:02 Truck is out of gas.
- 14:03 This clump out here is locked. Is there a key?
- 14:07 We can try to get out of here if we can get some gas. Is there a key?
- 14:12 I'm going to go.
- 14:20 I suppose you've tried this.
- 14:30 Do you live here?
- 14:46 Jesus.
- 14:56 We've got to get out of here.
- 14:59 We have to get with us some other people.
- 15:01 I'm going to go.
- 15:04 Maybe we'd better take some food.
- 15:07 I'll see if I can find some food.
- 15:53 What's happening?
- 15:55 How do you think it's happening? What's happening?
- 16:00 I'm sorry.
- 16:12 Two of them.
- 16:17 There are two of them out there. Have you seen any more around here? I can take care of those two.
- 16:23 I know you're afraid, but we have to... I don't know! I don't know! What's happening?
- 16:53 Oh!
- 17:23 Oh, my God.
- 17:53 Oh, my God.
- 18:23 Oh, my God.
- 18:48 Come on.
- 18:49 I know we're in here now.
- 18:51 Don't look at it.
- 19:15 I'm going to go.
- 19:18 Amen.
- 19:27 Oh.
- 19:31 I'm sorry.
- 20:00 *thud*
- 20:15 Get some more lights on in this house.
- 20:37 I
- 20:39 I'm going to go.
- 20:41 I'm going to go.
- 20:52 Why don't you see if you can find some wood, some boards, something about a fireplace, something we can nail this place up.
- 21:01 Look out, Doc.
- 21:05 Look.
- 21:07 I know you're afraid.
- 21:09 I'm afraid to.
- 21:11 but we have to try to board the house up together.
- 21:14 Now, I'm going to board up the windows and the doors.
- 21:16 Do you understand?
- 21:17 We'll be all right here.
- 21:19 We'll be all right here until someone comes to rescue us.
- 21:21 But we'll have to work together. You'll have to help me. Now I want you to go in and get some wood so I can board the place up. Do you understand?
- 21:28 Okay?
- 21:30 Okay?
- 22:44 Come on.
- 23:14 I'm here.
- 23:19 Come on.
- 24:07 That's not that strong.
- 24:09 I want you to pick out some nails. Pick out the biggest ones you can find.
- 24:18 This room looks pretty secure.
- 24:22 If we have to, we can run in here and board up the doors.
- 24:28 It will be long for those days to be back pounding their way in here. They're afraid now.
- 24:33 I'm going to go.
- 24:37 They're afraid of fire. I found that out.
- 24:43 *knock*
- 24:45 I'm going to go.
- 24:52 You know a place back down the road called Beatman's?
- 24:54 Speakman's diet.
- 24:56 I'm going to go.
- 25:02 Anyhow, that's where I found that truck I have out there.
- 25:07 There's a radio in the truck.
- 25:11 I jumped in to listen to it.
- 25:14 When a big gasoline truck came screaming right across the road.
- 25:18 But there must have been...
- 25:19 10, 15 of those things chasing after it.
- 25:23 grabbing and holding on.
- 25:27 I didn't see them at first.
- 25:31 I could just see that the truck was moving in a funny way.
- 25:35 Those things were catching up to us.
- 25:42 Right across the road.
- 25:45 Slammed down my bricks to keep from hitting it myself.
- 25:48 It went right through the guardrail.
- 25:54 I guess...
- 25:57 Yes, the driver must have...
- 25:59 Cut off the road.
- 26:01 and to have gas stations by Beatman's diner.
- 26:05 It went right through the billboard.
- 26:06 ripped over a gas pump and never stopped moving.
- 26:09 By now it's like a moving bonfire.
- 26:15 Didn't know if the truck was going to explode or what.
- 26:22 still his mask.
- 26:23 Screaming.
- 26:29 This thing is just...
- 26:30 backing away from it.
- 26:35 I looked back at the diner to see if
- 26:38 If there was anyone there who could help me,
- 26:43 This one I've noticed that
- 26:45 The entire place had been encircled.
- 26:50 wasn't a sign of light left.
- 26:51 Sit.
- 26:56 By now they're in the more screams.
- 27:01 I realized it.
- 27:04 I was alone.
- 27:06 50 or 60 of those things. Just...
- 27:10 Standing there.
- 27:12 staring at me
- 27:16 I...
- 27:16 I started to drive.
- 27:19 just plowed right through them.
- 27:22 They didn't move, they didn't run, or...
- 27:26 just stood there staring at me.
- 27:31 just wanted to crush them.
- 27:39 Scattered.
- 27:40 through the air, like,
- 27:41 bugs
- 27:43 We were riding in the cemetery.
- 27:48 Johnny and me.
- 27:51 Johnny.
- 27:58 We came to Puerto Rico.
- 28:00 on my father's grave
- 28:04 John.
- 28:06 And he said...
- 28:09 Can I have some candy?
- 28:11 Barbara.
- 28:15 And we didn't have any.
- 28:20 And...
- 28:24 Oh, it's hot in here. Hot.
- 28:29 Ugh.
- 28:34 Eh?
- 28:36 And he said, "Oh, it's late."
- 28:39 Why did we start so late?
- 28:41 And I said, Johnny, if you'd gotten up earlier...
- 28:46 We wouldn't be late.
- 28:50 Johnny asked me if I were afraid.
- 28:53 And I said,
- 28:54 I'm not afraid, Johnny.
- 28:58 And then...
- 28:59 This man started walking up the road.
- 29:03 He came...
- 29:04 Slowly.
- 29:05 And Johnny kept teasing me and saying, he's coming to get you, Barbara. Barbara.
- 29:11 And I laughed at him and said, Johnny, stop it
- 29:14 And then...
- 29:16 Johnny ran away.
- 29:18 And I... I went up to this man.
- 29:21 And I was going to apologize.
- 29:24 Why don't you just keep calm?
- 29:26 And I looked up.
- 29:28 And I said,
- 29:31 And he grabbed me!
- 29:34 He grabbed me!
- 29:36 And he ripped at me!
- 29:39 He held me and he ripped at my clothes. I think he's just calmed down.
- 29:44 Oh, I screamed, Johnny! Johnny, help me! Oh, help me!
- 29:50 Anyone let me go, you rip.
- 29:55 And then Johnny came and he ran and he fought this man.
- 30:01 Ella!
- 30:02 I got so afraid I ran back.
- 30:05 I ran...
- 30:06 I'm rather...
- 30:09 Huh.
- 30:11 Angelic didn't come.
- 30:14 We've got...
- 30:16 We had to wait for Johnny.
- 30:22 Oh, my God.
- 30:24 We'd better go out and get him.
- 30:27 We have to go out and get Johnny.
- 30:30 He's out there.
- 30:33 Please, don't you hear me? We've got to go out and get him.
- 30:37 Please! We have got to go get Johnny's!
- 30:42 Please help me! Please!
- 30:46 Don't you know what's going on out there? This is no Sunday school picnic. Don't you understand? My brother is alone!
- 30:52 Your brother is dead. No!
- 30:54 My mother is not dead!
- 30:59 Ha!
- 31:00 Oh!
- 31:01 Oh!
- 31:04 Oh.
- 31:06 I'm going to go.
- 31:49 Because of the obvious threat to untold numbers of citizens, and because of the crisis which is even now developing,
- 31:56 This radio station will remain on the air day and night.
- 31:59 This station and hundreds of other radio and TV stations throughout this part of the country are pooling their resources through an emergency network hookup
- 32:06 to keep you informed of all developments. At this hour, we repeat...
- 32:10 These are the facts as we know. There is an epidemic of mass murder being committed by a virtual army of unidentified assassins.
- 32:17 The murders are taking place in villages, cities, rural homes,
- 32:21 and suburbs with no apparent pattern or reason for the slayings.
- 32:25 It seems to be a sudden general explosion of mass homicide.
- 32:28 We have some descriptions of the assassins.
- 32:31 Eyewitnesses say they are ordinary looking people. Some say they appear to be in a kind of trance.
- 32:36 Others describe them as being...
- 32:39 So, at this point, there is no really authentic way for us to say who or what to look for and guard yourself against. Misshapen monsters. Reaction of law enforcement officials is one of complete bewilderment at this hour. So far, we have been unable to determine that any kind of organized investigation is yet underway.
- 33:09 The only advice our reporters have been able to get from official sources is for private citizens to stay in their homes behind locked doors.
- 33:39 course of action to take. Keep listening to radio and TV for any special instructions as this crisis develops further.
- 33:47 Thousands of office and factory workers are being urged to stay at their places of employment.
- 33:52 not to make any attempt to get to their homes.
- 33:55 However, in spite of this urging and warning, streets and highways are packed with friendly people trying to hurt their families or apparently to flee just anywhere. I repeat, the safest course of action at this time is simply to stay where you are.
- 34:25 Ladies and gentlemen, we've just received word that the president has called a meeting of his cabinet to deal with the sudden epidemic of murder which has seized the eastern third of the state. The meeting is scheduled to convene within the hour. Members of the presidential cabinet will be joined by officials of the FBI and joined by officials behind closed doors. The White House spokesman, in announcing this conference, says there will be an official announcement as soon as possible following that meeting.
- 34:53 This is the latest dispatch...
- 34:54 just received in our newsroom.
- 34:56 Latest word also from National Press Services in Washington, D.C.
- 35:00 now tells us that the emergency presidential conference which we've just mentioned...
- 35:04 will include high-ranking scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- 35:34 indoors at all costs. Late reports reaching this newsroom tell of frightened people seeking refuge in churches, schools, and government buildings, demanding shelter and protection from the wholesale murder which apparently is engulfing much of the nation.
- 36:04 We tell the people, for God's sake, to get off the street. We tell them to go home and lock their doors and windows untighted. We don't know what kind of murder-happy characters we have here. And we'll be cheap to work on here to be brought here on. So far, the only descriptions and the only conclusions anyone has of the killers come to frighten the witness of some of the stands. These eyewitness accounts very often describe the murderers as ordinary-looking people, missing people, monsters, people who look like they're in a trance.
- 36:34 And they look like people but act like animals. Some language tells these victims who look as though they had been torn apart. This whole ghastly story began developing two days ago with a report of the slaying of a family of seven in their rural home near California. As it met, the reports of some of the skittings began snowballing in a reign of terror which has months come.
- 37:04 the placing of the markers on the map seem to indicate a general spreading from the extreme southeastern United States from the north and west. Our news vans have been on the telephone talking with officials of other cities and determined that none of this kind of mass murder has yet been reported blasted the Mississippi River except in the extreme south eastern portion of Texas. Similar killings have been reported around the Houston and Galveston areas, but nothing like the... I found a gun and some bullets out there.
- 37:32 It was only late yesterday. Oh, and these...
- 37:35 clear we were facing some kind of national emergency.
- 37:39 When first reports began filtering in,
- 37:41 Newsmen and law enforcement agencies.
- 37:43 This place is boarded up pretty solid now.
- 37:46 We ought to be all right here for a while. We had a gun and bullets.
- 37:53 food and radio?
- 37:57 Sooner later someone...
- 37:58 Bound to come and get us out.
- 38:00 proud of
- 38:01 So again, we join with law enforcement agencies
- 38:05 encouraging you to seek shelter in a building.
- 38:07 doors and
- 38:08 Hey, that's us. We do all right.
- 38:10 any suspicious strangers.
- 38:12 And keep tuned.
- 38:13 your radio and television for survival instructions.
- 38:16 and further details of this continuing story.
- 38:18 Look, I don't know if you're hearing me.
- 38:20 in the afternoon.
- 38:21 I'm going upstairs now.
- 38:23 Almost.
- 38:23 or something
- 38:25 If anything's just trying to break in here, I can hear it from up there, and I'll be down to take care of it.
- 38:30 Everything is all right for now. I'll be back to reinforce the windows and doors later.
- 38:36 But you'll be all right for now, okay?
- 38:41 Okay.
- 38:45 Civil defense officials in Cumberland have told newsmen that murder victims
- 38:49 show evidence of having been...
- 38:51 partially devoured.
- 39:21 Consistent reports from witnesses to the effect that people who acted as though they were in a kind of trance...
- 39:34 were killing and eating their victims
- 39:36 prompted authorities to examine the bodies of some of the victims.
- 39:39 Medical authorities in Cumberland have concluded that in all cases...
- 39:43 The killers...
- 39:44 are eating the flesh of the people they murdered.
- 39:48 Repeating this latest bulletin just received moments ago from Cumberland, Maryland.
- 39:52 Civil defense authorities have told newsmen that murder victims show evidence of having been partially devoured by their murderers.
- 40:00 Medical examination of victims' bodies shows conclusively that the killers are eating the flesh of the people they kill. And so this incredible story becomes
- 40:10 More ghastly with each report. It's difficult to imagine such a thing actually happening, but these are the reports we have been receiving and passing on to you.
- 40:17 Reports which have been verified as completely as is possible in this confused situation.
- 40:22 It is happening.
- 40:24 and it would appear that no one is safe from this wave of masks. No!
- 40:35 Don't shoot me!
- 40:37 We're from town. A radio. ...County, Pennsylvania, the Butler County Sheriff is very... ...by their slayers is true...
- 40:45 No further details available at this time.
- 40:47 How long you guys been down there? I could've used some hell out here.
- 40:51 That's the cellar. It's the safest place.
- 40:53 You mean you didn't hear the racket we were making up here? How were we supposed to know what was going on? Could have been those things for all we knew. That girl was screaming. Sure you must know what a girl screaming sounds like. Those things don't make any noise. Anybody would know somebody ever needed help.
- 41:06 Look, it's kind of hard to hear what's going on from down there.
- 41:09 We thought we could hear screams, but for all we knew, that could have meant those things were in the house afterwards. And you wouldn't come up and help.
- 41:16 Well, if there were more... The racket sounded like the place was being ripped apart. How were we supposed to know what was going on?
- 41:21 Now wait a minute.
- 41:22 You just got finished saying you couldn't hear from down there. Now you say it's not like the place was being written apart. It would be nice if you get your story straight, man. All right, now you tell me.
- 41:33 I'm not gonna take that kind of a chance when we got a safe place.
- 41:36 We luck into a safe place, and you're telling us we've got to risk our lives just because somebody might need help, huh?
- 41:42 Yeah, something like that.
- 41:44 All right, why don't we settle this, Mr.
- 41:46 We came up. Okay, we're here.
- 41:49 Now I suggest we all go back downstairs before any of those things find out we're in here. We can't get in yet.
- 41:54 You got the whole place boarded up? Yeah, most of it. I'll be the three spots up there. They won't be hard to fix.
- 42:00 You're insane. The cellar's the safest place. I'm telling you, they can't get in here. And I'm telling you, those things turned over our car. We were damn lucky to get away at all. Now you tell me those things can't get through this lousy pile of wood?
- 42:15 His wife and kids down on stairs.
- 42:17 Kids hurt.
- 42:20 Well, I still think we're better off up here.
- 42:23 We could strengthen everything up, Mr. Cooper.
- 42:26 With all of us working, we can fix this place up in no time. We have everything we need up here. We can take all that stuff downstairs with us.
- 42:32 Man, you're really crazy, you know that? You got a million windows up here. All these windows, you're gonna, you're gonna make them strong enough to keep these things out, huh? I told you those things don't have any strength. I smashed three of them and pushed another one out the door. Did you hear me when I told you they turned over our car? Oh, hell, any good five men can do that. That's my point.
- 42:51 Only there's not going to be five or even ten. There's going to be 20, 30, maybe 100 of those things. And as soon as they know we're here, this place is going to be crawling with them.
- 42:59 Well, if they're that many, they'll probably get us wherever we are. Look. The cellar.
- 43:05 The seller, there's only one door, right? Just one door, that's all we have to protect.
- 43:09 Paul and I fix it so it locks and boards from the inside.
- 43:13 But up here, all these windows, why, we never know where they were going to hit us next.
- 43:17 You got a point, Mr. Cooper.
- 43:19 But down in the cellar, there's no place to run to.
- 43:21 I mean, if they did get in.
- 43:23 There'd be no back exit. We'd be done for. Yeah. We can get out of here if we have to. And we got windows to see what's going on outside.
- 43:31 But down there with no windows, if a rescue party did come, we wouldn't even know it. But the cellar is the strongest place. The cellar is a death trap.
- 43:40 I don't know Mr. Cooper.
- 43:42 I think he's right.
- 43:43 conference.
- 43:44 You know how many is out there?
- 43:46 I don't know. Maybe six or seven. Look.
- 43:49 You too can do whatever you like.
- 43:51 I'm going back down to the cellar, and you better decide.
- 43:55 'Cause I'm gonna board up that door, and I'm not gonna unlock it again no matter what happens. Now wait a minute, Mr. Cooper. No, I'm not gonna wait. I've made my decision, now you make yours. Now wait a minute!
- 44:05 Let's think about this.
- 44:06 We can make it to the seller if we have to.
- 44:09 And if we do decide to stay down there, we'll need some things from up here. So let's at least consider this a while.
- 44:16 at all costs.
- 44:19 You boxed yourself in the cellar and those things you had in the house, you've had it.
- 44:23 At least up here you have a fighting chance.
- 44:28 See you.
- 44:29 Yeah, it looks like about eight or ten out there now.
- 44:32 That's more than that work.
- 44:34 They're let out back, too.
- 44:36 far.
- 44:38 Come on.
- 45:08 Harry? Harry, what's happening? It's all right.
- 46:14 I'm sorry.
- 46:15 It's...
- 46:17 We gotta fix these boards.
- 46:20 You're crazy!
- 46:22 Those things are going to be in every window and door in this place.
- 46:25 We've got to get down into the cellar. Go down into the damn cellar. Get out of here!
- 46:30 What got?
- 46:31 I'm taking the girl west, Mr. Believer, here.
- 46:34 Keep your hands off here. And everything else is up here too. Because if I stay up here, I'm fighting for everything up here. And the radio and the food is part of what I'm fighting for.
- 46:42 Now, if you're going down the cell again,
- 46:44 The man's insane.
- 46:45 He's insane. We've got to have food down there.
- 46:49 We've got a right to show house. We've got a right.
- 46:52 You going down there with him?
- 46:54 Well, yes or no, this is your last chance. No beating around the bush.
- 46:58 Well, listen, I got a kid down there.
- 47:01 She can't possibly... I couldn't bring her up here. She can't possibly take all the racket and those things smashing through the windows.
- 47:06 Well, you and her father...
- 47:08 If you're stupid enough to go die in that trap, that's your business. However, I am not stupid enough to follow you.
- 47:14 It is tough for the kid that old man is so stupid.
- 47:17 Now,
- 47:18 Get the hell down in the cellar.
- 47:20 You can be the boss down there. I'm boss up here.
- 47:25 You bastards!
- 47:28 You know, I want to open this door again.
- 47:30 I did it.
- 47:32 Mr. Cooper, with your help, we can... With my help. Let him go, man. His mind is made up. Just let him go.
- 47:40 Wait a minute!
- 47:43 Judy, come on off your running.
- 47:46 like that.
- 47:49 It was only late yesterday...
- 47:52 Okay.
- 47:52 You're going to let them get hurt, too, huh?
- 47:55 It's all right.
- 47:57 I don't have a moment for you.
- 48:06 If we stick together, Matt, we can fix it up real good. There's lots of places we can run to up here.
- 48:14 Mr. Cooper?
- 48:14 We'd all be a lot better off. All three of us were working together.
- 48:19 Oh, my God.
- 48:20 Hey!
- 48:22 Hey, kid.
- 48:29 Oh, my God.
- 48:32 He's wrong, you know.
- 48:34 I'm not boxing myself in down there.
- 48:38 will remain on the air day and night.
- 48:42 Well, we're...
- 48:44 Safe now.
- 48:46 Board it up tight.
- 48:48 What about Tom and Judy?
- 48:49 They want to stay up there and let them.
- 48:55 There.
- 48:57 Two other people upstairs.
- 48:59 man and a girl
- 49:00 We heard the screaming. Yeah, but I didn't know who they were, and I wasn't about to take any unnecessary chances. Of course not, Harry. No.
- 49:22 Is she all right? I don't know what it is.
- 49:25 She feels warm.
- 49:26 Maybe it's shock.
- 49:29 Where'd you get the bandage? Somewhere.
- 49:32 Laundry in a basket, I tore a sheet.
- 49:41 Let them stay upstairs.
- 49:45 Well, though.
- 49:47 Too many ways those monsters can get in up there.
- 49:51 We'll see who's right.
- 49:53 We'll see when they come begging me to let them in down here.
- 49:57 That's important, isn't it? What?
- 49:59 To be right, everybody else to be wrong. What do you mean by that?
- 50:07 Does anyone up there know why we're being attacked?
- 50:11 Whatever it is, it isn't just happening here. It's some kind of mass murder. It's going on everywhere.
- 50:17 The radio said to stay inside. Radio?
- 50:20 Radio upstairs. I heard a news board. There's a radio upstairs and you boarded us in down here? I know what I'm doing. What did it say? Nothing. Nothing.
- 50:28 But no, no, no, it's not.
- 50:29 There's mass murder everywhere and people are supposed to look for a safe place to hide. Take the boards off that door. We are staying down here, Helen. Harry, that radio is at least some kind of communication.
- 50:42 If the authorities know what's happening, well, they'll send people for us to tell us what to do.
- 50:47 How are we going to know what's going on if we lock ourselves in this dungeon?
- 51:01 We may not enjoy living together.
- 51:05 But dying together isn't going to solve anything.
- 51:08 Those people aren't our enemies.
- 51:10 Get cover!
- 51:14 Mr. Cooper, stand by and tell me you're set upstairs.
- 51:20 Let's go up. Tom?
- 51:22 Yeah.
- 51:24 If Judy would come downstairs for a few minutes,
- 51:27 Harry and I could come upstairs.
- 51:30 Okay, yeah, right away.
- 51:33 Will you do it?
- 51:36 I have to look honey.
- 51:38 Nothing's gonna get done with them down there and us up here.
- 51:42 Do this.
- 51:43 For me.
- 51:46 Okay, open up.
- 51:48 I'm going to go.
- 52:10 I'll take good care of her, Helen.
- 52:15 She's all I have.
- 52:18 Why don't you go upstairs now?
- 52:48 Her brother was killed. Hey, give me a hand with this thing.
- 52:54 I gotta go help Ben with the television.
- 53:12 I'm sorry.
- 53:39 Don't be afraid of me.
- 53:42 I'm Helen Cooper.
- 53:43 Harry's wife.
- 53:52 This place is ridiculous
- 53:55 Look at this.
- 53:56 There's a million weak spots up here.
- 54:00 Give me one of those.
- 54:06 Her brother was killed.
- 54:15 And they talk about these windows.
- 54:18 I can't see a damn thing.
- 54:20 There could be 15 million of those things out there.
- 54:23 That's how much good these windows are.
- 54:29 Why don't you do something to help somebody?
- 54:37 Here I have it. Drag a couple of those chairs together. There's a socket over here. There.
- 54:43 Oh, my God.
- 54:46 you better watch this and try to understand what's going on
- 54:51 I don't want anyone's life on my hands. Is there anything I can do to you? I don't want to hear any more from him, mister.
- 54:57 If you stay up here, you take orders from me!
- 54:59 And that includes leaving the girl alone. It's all right. It's all right.
- 55:02 There's no sound.
- 55:05 Play with the Ravideer.
- 55:16 in all parts of the country. The wave of murder which is sweeping the eastern third of the nation is being committed by creatures who feast upon the flesh of their victims. First eyewitness accounts of this grisly development came from people who were understandably frightened and almost incoherent.
- 55:34 Officials and newsmen at first discounted those eyewitness descriptions as being beyond belief. However, the reports persisted.
- 55:43 The medical examinations of some of the victims bore out the fact that they had been partially devoured.
- 55:51 I think we have some late words of just arriving, and I'll interrupt to bring this to you.
- 55:58 This is the latest disclosure in a report from National Civil Defense Headquarters in Washington.
- 56:03 It has been established that persons who have recently died...
- 56:07 have been returning to life and committing acts of murder.
- 56:11 A widespread investigation of reports from funeral homes
- 56:15 morgues and hospitals has concluded that the unburied dead
- 56:19 are coming back to life.
- 56:21 and seeking human victims. It's hard for us here to believe what we're reporting to you, but it does seem to be a fact.
- 56:29 When this emergency first began, radio and television was advising people to stay inside.
- 56:35 behind locked doors for safety. Well, that situation has now changed, and we're able to report a definite course of action for you. Civil defense machinery has been organized.
- 56:45 to provide rescue stations with food, shelter,
- 56:48 medical treatment, and protection by armed National Guardsmen.
- 56:52 Stay tuned to the broadcasting stations in your local area for this list of rescue stations.
- 56:58 This list will be repeated throughout our news coverage. Look for the name of the rescue station nearest you.
- 57:04 and make your way to that location.
- 57:06 as soon as possible so we have that truck we can get some gas we can get out of here there's a pump out by the shed
- 57:12 I know that's why I pulled in here, but it's locked. The emergency meeting called this afternoon by the President.
- 57:17 Since convening.
- 57:18 This conference of the presidential cabinet, the FBI...
- 57:22 the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
- 57:23 The CIA has not produced any public information. Why are space experts being consulted about an Earth-bound emergency?
- 57:32 So far.
- 57:33 All the betting on the answer to that question centers on the recent Explorer satellite shot to Venus.
- 57:39 That satellite, you'll recall, started back to Earth.
- 57:42 but never got here.
- 57:44 That's the space vehicle which orbited Venus and then was purposely destroyed by NASA when scientists discovered it was carrying a mysterious high-level radiation with it.
- 57:54 Could that radiation be somehow responsible for the wholesale murders we're now suffering?
- 58:00 Newsman Don Quinn in Washington.
- 58:02 Suppose those questions obvious our best move is to try to get out of here. How are you gonna get over to that pump? Look!
- 58:08 You're coming from a meeting regarding the explosion of the Venus probe, is that right? Yes, yes, that was the subject of the meeting. Do you feel there is a connection between this and the phenomenon? There's a definite connection, a definite connection.
- 58:21 In other words, you feel that the radiation on the Venus probe is enough to cause these mutations? There was a very high degree of radiation. Just a minute. I'm not sure that that's certain at all. I don't think that has been a irrepetible explanation that we have at this time.
- 58:34 In other words, it is the military's viewpoint that's... The radiation is not the cause of the mutations.
- 58:38 I can't speak for the entire military at this time, gentlemen. I must disagree with these gentlemen presently until this is irrefutably proved.
- 58:47 Everything is being done that can be done. We'll have to hurry for our next meeting.
- 58:53 Professor, you feel that there is a definite connection between...
- 58:55 It's a definite connection as far as Dr. Keller and myself. Doctor, please. I thought we decided that is not proof. Was the satellite... When the satellite was exploded... It was an unusual amount of radiation, enough...
- 59:07 caused mutation under certain circumstances.
- 59:09 Could have happened to have a bearing on it. It does seem to have a bearing. Will there be a reply for this? Later. Yes. There will be a reply. Yes. Later this afternoon.
- 59:22 There will be a report this afternoon. Perhaps there will be a report later.
- 59:27 We have everything possible to solve the problem. You know, we have to try to get out of here.
- 59:32 He said the rescue stations and doctors and medical supplies. If we could get Karen there, we could get help for her. No, it's one of the world's foremost authorities on space science and technology. Willard. Willard.
- 59:43 I saw a sign that said Willard. It's only about 17 miles from here.
- 59:47 You notice there? You from around here?
- 59:49 Judy and I are both from around here.
- 59:51 We were on our way up to the lake to go swimming.
- 59:53 Judy had a radio and we heard the first reports about this. So we knew the old house was here and we came in and
- 59:59 Found a lady upstairs.
- 1:00:00 - I'm scared.
- 1:00:01 Then these other people came. We went down into the basement and put a bar across the door and it is pretty strong. How can we possibly get away from here? We've got a sick child...
- 1:00:11 Two women, one woman out of her head, three men, and the places surrounded with these things.
- 1:00:18 Dr. Grimes.
- 1:00:19 Your entire staff, I know, has been working
- 1:00:22 very hard to find some solution to
- 1:00:24 These things that are happening. Do you have any answers at this time? Yes, we have some answers. But first, let me stress the importance of seeking medical attention for anyone who's been injured in any way.
- 1:00:36 We don't know yet what complications might result from such injuries.
- 1:00:40 How bad has your kid been hurt? Good advice, Doctor.
- 1:00:43 Now, how about the basic?
- 1:00:47 Look, you go down there and tell
- 1:00:48 In a June?
- 1:00:49 Yeah, you tell Judy to come up here and you stay with the kid, all right?
- 1:00:57 In the cold room at the university, we had a cadaver. A cadaver from which all four limbs had been amputated. Sometime early this morning, it opened its eyes...
- 1:01:09 and began to move its trunk. It was dead, but it opened its eyes and tried to move.
- 1:01:14 Oh.
- 1:01:16 They watch upstairs.
- 1:01:18 Did she ask for me? She had to do anything.
- 1:01:22 I don't understand.
- 1:01:25 - Baby.
- 1:01:27 It's Mommy.
- 1:01:29 I hurt.
- 1:01:31 I'll come back down as soon as I find out what they want.
- 1:01:35 Thank you, Judy.
- 1:01:38 The body should be disposed of at once, preferably by cremation. Well, how long after death, then, does the body become reactivated? It's only a matter of minutes. Minutes? Well, that doesn't give people time to make any arrangements. No, you're right. It doesn't give them time to make funeral arrangements. The bodies must be carried to the street and burned. They must be burned immediately. Soak them with gasoline and burn them. The bereaved will have to forego the dubious comforts that a funeral service will give.
- 1:02:08 They're just dead flesh and dangerous. I see. You're gonna need to find some bedspreads or sheets to tear up into small strips, okay?
- 1:02:16 Is there a fruit seller here? Yes.
- 1:02:18 We need some bottles or jars to make barley-tough cocktails and hold them up while we try to escape. Hey, there's a big can of kerosene down there. I'll see what I can find.
- 1:02:26 I'll look for the box.
- 1:02:28 There's a big key ring down there. There may be a key to the gas pump on it.
- 1:02:32 I'll check. We can toss the cocktails from the window upstairs.
- 1:02:36 Meantime, a couple of us can go out and try to get the gas, and come back for the rest of the people.
- 1:02:40 But that'll leave the door open someplace.
- 1:02:43 That's right. Better be this door.
- 1:02:45 It's closer to the truck.
- 1:02:47 before we travel to some supplies behind the cellar door while we're gone the rest of you can hold up in there. I found some fruit jars in the cellar and there's a key on here that's labeled for the gas pump out back.
- 1:02:58 Nightmare of...
- 1:02:59 I'm not really that used to the truck. I found it abandoned.
- 1:03:02 I can handle the truck, no sweat.
- 1:03:08 You're it then. You and I will go.
- 1:03:11 We'll put whatever number we find behind the cellar door.
- 1:03:20 You can go upstairs and toss the cocktails from my window.
- 1:03:23 Tom, you and I will have to unboard this door. After you toss the cocktail, you'll hustle back down here and lock this door.
- 1:03:29 It's no good to border that because we'll have to get back in quickly.
- 1:03:32 Many thousands of prices.
- 1:03:33 After we get the gas and get back into the house, then we'll worry about getting everybody into the truck. Now let's move it. We're in no place to leave for safety except for the rescue station which has been set up. Indications are that before this emergency is over, we will need many, many more such rescue stations.
- 1:04:02 You always have a smile for me. How can you smile like that all the time?
- 1:04:07 How many we have done?
- 1:04:13 Come on, honey, we gotta move.
- 1:04:16 Tom, are you sure about the phone? The phone is dead out. All you get is a recorded message.
- 1:04:23 If I could only call the folks.
- 1:04:25 They're going to be so worried about us.
- 1:04:27 Everything will be alright.
- 1:04:29 As soon as we get to Willard, we'll call them. They might even be there.
- 1:04:34 I know.
- 1:04:39 Tom.
- 1:04:42 Are you sure we're doing the right thing, Tom?
- 1:04:44 What, about getting out of here? Yeah.
- 1:04:46 Well, the television said that's the right thing to do. We've got to get to a rescue station.
- 1:04:51 I don't know. Come on, honey. You're starting to sound like Mr. Cooper now. But why do you have to go out there?
- 1:04:58 Look, I know how to handle that truck.
- 1:05:00 And I can handle the pump.
- 1:05:01 Ben doesn't know anything about that stuff.
- 1:05:03 Come on.
- 1:05:05 But we're safe in here. For how long, honey?
- 1:05:08 We're safe now, but there's going to be more and more of those things. I know. I know all that.
- 1:05:15 I'm not.
- 1:05:17 Hey, listen. Remember?
- 1:05:22 when we had the big flood.
- 1:05:23 Remember how difficult it was for us to convince you that it was right to leave.
- 1:05:28 Remember? Remember we had to go to Willard then?
- 1:05:31 This isn't a passing thing, honey.
- 1:05:34 It's not like just a wind passing through.
- 1:05:37 We've got to do something, and fast.
- 1:05:40 I just don't want you to go out there, that's all. Hey, Smiley.
- 1:05:52 Where's that big smile for me?
- 1:05:57 Boy, I'm just trying to use it all, are you? Make up work to do. And you... and you...
- 1:06:23 We better get her downstairs.
- 1:06:24 We have to go downstairs now, Barbara.
- 1:06:28 She's right. You have to go downstairs now, just for a little while until we get back.
- 1:06:34 We can all leave.
- 1:06:36 Oh, I'd like to leave. Yes.
- 1:06:48 I'm going to go.
- 1:06:52 *thud*
- 1:06:57 Good luck.
- 1:07:43 Amen.
- 1:07:47 Mmm.
- 1:07:49 You ready upstairs? Yeah. Okay, toss 'em!
- 1:07:53 Yes.
- 1:07:56 Come on.
- 1:08:26 Go ahead. Go on.
- 1:08:50 I'm going with you. Get back in the cellar. No. It's too late.
- 1:08:56 Where's she coming? Come on.
- 1:09:26 Come on.
- 1:09:56 Come on! This key won't work. Watch it.
- 1:10:26 Watch the torch.
- 1:10:38 You gotta get away from the pump.
- 1:10:52 Hang on.
- 1:10:56 Come on, come on.
- 1:12:26 Cooper! Cooper!
- 1:12:56 Come on.
- 1:13:35 I'll drag you out there and feed those things.
- 1:14:05 Come on.
- 1:15:11 Isn't it three o'clock yet?
- 1:15:18 There's supposed to be another broadcast at three o'clock.
- 1:15:21 Ten minutes.
- 1:15:23 Oh.
- 1:15:24 Only ten more minutes?
- 1:15:27 We don't have very long to wait.
- 1:15:30 We can leave.
- 1:15:33 Well, we'd better leave soon.
- 1:15:35 It's 10 minutes to 3.
- 1:15:43 You know anything about this area at all?
- 1:15:45 I mean, is Willard the nearest town?
- 1:15:49 I don't know.
- 1:15:53 We were...
- 1:15:57 Just trying to get to him.
- 1:15:59 Motel before dark.
- 1:16:01 You said those things turned your car over?
- 1:16:03 You think we can get it back on his wheels and drive it? Where is it?
- 1:16:06 Seems like it was pretty far away.
- 1:16:09 Seems like we ran.
- 1:16:12 Forget it.
- 1:16:13 It's at least a mile.
- 1:16:15 Johnny has the keys.
- 1:16:17 You gonna carry that child a mile?
- 1:16:19 Through that army of things out there? I can carry the kids.
- 1:16:22 What's wrong with her? How'd she get hurt?
- 1:16:26 One of those things grabbed her.
- 1:16:28 Bitter on the arm.
- 1:16:31 What's wrong?
- 1:16:33 Who knows what kind of disease those things carry.
- 1:16:36 Is she conscious?
- 1:16:38 Barely.
- 1:16:39 She can't walk. She's too weak.
- 1:16:44 Well, one of us could try to get to the car. You're gonna turn it over by yourself.
- 1:16:51 You have a car? Where? Where is it?
- 1:16:54 You won't be able to start it. Yeah, yeah, I know. But where is it? Ah, I don't know.
- 1:16:59 I'm going to go.
- 1:17:07 Come on.
- 1:17:11 Good Lord.
- 1:17:21 Oh.
- 1:17:22 Being monitored closely by scientists at all the radiation detection stations. At this hour, they report the level of the mysterious radiation continues to increase steadily. So long as this situation remains, government spokesmen warn that dead bodies will continue to be transformed into the flesh-eating ghouls.
- 1:17:52 by cremation.
- 1:17:53 Our news cameras have just returned from covering such a search-and-destroy operation against the Ghouls. This one conducted by Sheriff Conan McClellan in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
- 1:18:04 So now let's go to that film report. All law enforcement agencies and the military have been organized to search out and destroy the marauding ghouls. The Survival Command Center at the Pentagon has disclosed that a ghoul can be killed by a shot in the head.
- 1:18:21 or a heavy blow to the skull. Officials are quoted as explaining that since the brain of a ghoul has been activated by the radiation
- 1:18:29 The plan is kill the brain
- 1:18:32 and you kill the ghoul.
- 1:18:34 What do you think from the supply ragging, Gus? No, we're all right.
- 1:18:39 Hey, Cass, put that thing all the way in the fire. We don't want it getting up again. Chief, Chief McClellan, how's everything going? Oh, things aren't going too bad. Men are taking it pretty good.
- 1:18:50 You want to get on the other side of the road over there?
- 1:18:53 Chief, do you think we'll be able to defeat these things?
- 1:18:55 Well, we killed 19 of them today right in this area. Those last three we caught trying to claw their way into an abandoned shed. They must have thought somebody was in there. Their window.
- 1:19:04 We heard them making all kind of noise. We came over and beat them off, blasted them down. James, the burners are finished. Can I show you here? Yeah, okay.
- 1:19:11 Chief, if I were surrounded by six or eight of these things, would I stand a chance with them? Well, there's no problem. If you had a gun, shoot them in the head. That's a sure way to kill them. If you don't, get yourself a club or a torch. Beat them or burn them. They go up pretty easy.
- 1:19:24 Well, Chief McClellan, how long do you think it will take you until you get the situation under control? Well, that's pretty hard to say. We don't know how many of them there are. We know when we find them, we can kill them.
- 1:19:35 Are they slow moving, Chief?
- 1:19:36 Yeah, they're dead. They're...
- 1:19:38 All messed up.
- 1:19:40 Well, in time, would you say you ought to be able to wrap this up in 24 hours?
- 1:19:44 Well...
- 1:19:45 We don't really know.
- 1:19:47 We know we'll be into it most of the night, probably into the early morning.
- 1:19:50 We're working our way toward Willard, and we'll team up with the National Guard over there, and then we'll be able to give a more definite view.
- 1:19:56 Thank you very much, Chief McClellan.
- 1:19:58 This is Bill Cardill, WCW.
- 1:20:00 I see.
- 1:20:00 TV 11 News.
- 1:20:02 Thank you, Bill, for that report. Official spokesman declined to speculate just how long it may take to kill off all the flesh eaters, so long as the heavy rate... Is the fuse box in the cellar?
- 1:20:20 I don't know. I...
- 1:20:25 It isn't the fuse.
- 1:20:27 The power lines are down.
- 1:20:32 Helen?
- 1:20:33 I have to get that gun.
- 1:20:37 Haven't you had enough?
- 1:20:38 Well, two people are dead already on account of that guy. Take a look out that window for the kid.
- 1:20:46 I'm sorry.
- 1:21:16 Get over here, man!
- 1:21:46 Go ahead. Go ahead. You want to stay up here now? Helen, get the cellar.
- 1:22:13 Get the cellar now. Move!
- 1:22:16 Oh, my God.
- 1:22:46 Oh, my God.
- 1:23:16 Come on.
- 1:23:46 Oh, baby.
- 1:24:16 No!
- 1:24:46 No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! Get out!
- 1:25:16 No! No! Daddy! No! No! No! Oh, help me! Help me! Oh, help me!
- 1:26:16 Come on.
- 1:26:46 Come on.
- 1:27:46 Come on.
- 1:28:16 I'm going to go.
- 1:29:03 Whistling.
- 1:29:33 Hey, Ben, Sal.
- 1:30:03 Four or five men and a couple of dogs. There's a house over here behind those trees. We want to go check it out.
- 1:30:09 Yeah, Chief. We're going to stay with it until we meet up with the National Guard. Where'd you get the coffee? One of the volunteers. You're doing all the work. You take it.
- 1:30:16 We should be wrapped up here about three or four more hours. We'll probably get into Willard's End. I guess you can go over there and meet the National Guard. Nick, you and the rest of these men want to come with me?
- 1:30:26 They'll go on to check in the office and see what's happening.
- 1:30:28 All right, Steve, tell them we're going to stay with it and...
- 1:30:31 Everything appears to be under control.
- 1:30:37 Oh, my God.
- 1:30:40 We're going to get inside.
- 1:31:10 They need you down there by the barn. Okay. I'm going to need a few men to check out the house. Somebody had a cook out here, Vince.
- 1:31:39 Yeah, sure looks like it, Tom.
- 1:31:47 All right.
- 1:32:14 up
- 1:32:19 Easy, Dezlin, get up here!
- 1:32:23 Nick, Tony!
- 1:32:24 Steve, you want to get out in that field and build me a bonfire?
- 1:32:40 You, drag that out of here and throw it on the fire.
- 1:32:43 Nothing down here.
- 1:32:44 All right, go ahead, Don, and give him a hand.
- 1:32:46 Let's go check out the house. There's something here. I heard a noise. Oh.
- 1:32:54 All right, Vince. Hit him in the head. Right between the eyes.
- 1:33:00 Good shot.
- 1:33:02 Okay, he's dead. Let's go get him. That's another one for the fire.
- 1:33:06 All right.
- 1:33:36 Keep those dogs back off of those things.
- 1:34:36 Come in ahead with the motorcycle, please. Let's go, back there. Pass away.
- 1:34:48 Hey, Randy, light these torches over here. We're in the back.



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