Alien Factor, The (1978)

[bunniefuu]

(midtempo electronic music)

(suspenseful electronic music)

(radar beeps)

(eerie electronic music)

(rock music)

- God, we're not gonna
have much of this left.

(electronic humming)

♫ I know I've burned out

♫ So come out

♫ So come out, yeah baby come out

(couple giggles)

(electronic humming)

- The sun's going down, Rex.

I guess you're gonna
have to take me home now.

- Yeah, good old sun.

We bid you farewell.

One for the road?

(electronic humming)

(dramatic electronic music)

(woman screams)

(Rex yells)

(woman screams)

Mary Jane!

(eerie electronic music)

- Pete, I found Mary Jane Carter.

She's a bit bruised up,
and I think she's in shock,

but she should be okay.

- Well, her folks'll be glad to hear that.

What about Rex Walker?

His father called again a few minutes ago.

- Rex is dead, Pete.

Looks like an animal attack.

Ted and Vance are few minutes behind me

and they're bringing in the body.

Did you call Ruth?

- Yeah, she and Steven are expecting you.

- Good, I'm on my way there now.

You better get your car
and meet me out there.

Hey, and while you're at it,

give the mayor a quick call

and let him know what's going on.

- Vance, he told us what just happened.

- Ted and Vance are on their
way her now with Rex's body.

- Steven, she's in a state of shock.

Help me get her into the house.

- [Steven] Okay, Aunt Ruth.

(engine hums)

- What about Mary Jane, sheriff?

- Well, I don't know,
they, doc just took her in.

- What do you want us to do with Rex?

- Well, let's leave
him in the car for now.

- Hi Vance, Ted.

- Hi Steven, how's it going?

- Okay, until now.

Is the body in here, sheriff?

- Yeah, come on, I'll show you.

(door squeaks)

(dramatic electronic music)

- Oh my god!

- What do you think, doc?

Wild animal?

- It look that way, but I can't be sure.

- We better move Rex inside now.

- Would you boys help Steven?

- [Ted] Sure.

(eerie electronic music)

- Morning, Jack.

- [Jack] Hello, Burt.

- Rex Walker, huh?

How's Mary Jane?

- She's in shock, but she'll be okay.

- Did she say anything
about what happened?

- Shock, Burt.

She didn't say anything.

- Oh right.

Well, what about Rex?

How bad's the body?

- Pretty bad.

Must've been some kind of big animal.

Apparently he and Mary Jane
were parked out near the river.

- Doesn't make sense

that an animal would
attack them in the car.

But whatever it is,

you and Pete better get
out there and find it.

- Don't worry, we will.

- Looks like we're gettin'
an audience, Sheriff.

- That's all we need.

- Jack, you better get rid of them.

Look, I'm going back to my office.

Let me know when you
hear anything from Ruth.

- I'll keep in touch.

- Okay.

Pete, you wanna give
me a ride back to town?

- Sure thing, Mayor.

(engine rumbles)

- [Jack] Hey, you guys are
gonna have to get out of here.

- Wait a minute, Sheriff.

We heard what happened to
Rex, and we wanna help you.

- You heard?

- Yeah, we heard your call
to Pete on my scanner.

- Yeah, you're gonna need help, Sheriff.

- Look, this is strictly
police work right now.

The best thing you can do
is keep your eyes open,

and if you see anything,
a bear or a bobcat,

let us know right away.

- How can we see anything
if we don't go look for it?

- Rex wasn't lookin' for it, was he?

(electronic humming)

(engine rumbles)

(motorist hums melodically)

- Yahoo!

♫ Have another drink

♫ Woo, hm

Woo!

- [Woman] Look, look at the fish!

Did you see 'em?

It's really nice here.

- Yeah, it's really nice.

Listen, why don't you look
at me instead of the fish?

- Hell no!

(crickets chirp)

I said no!

- Well, if you're gonna be like that.

I'll see you back at the car.

(electronic humming)

(suspenseful electronic music)

(twig snaps)

(woman screams)

(woman gasps and screams)

(suspenseful electronic music)

(woman screams)

(engine hums)

(woman screams)

- Ugh.

(crickets chirp)

(dramatic electronic music)

(engine revs)

(electronic warbling)

- Debbie!

Debbie!

(suspenseful electronic music)

Are you okay?

What happened, are you all right?

Everything okay?

- Where am I, what happened?

I can't remember.

(dramatic electronic music)

- Mary Jane seems to be doing
a little bit better right now.

- Aunt Ruth, I've been
looking at these wounds,

and something is not quite right.

- Why?

What are you talking about?

- Well, look at the wounds.

A mountain lion or bear
would've clawed Rex.

But this looks as though
something extremely sharp

had penetrated his skin

and then had been pulled out very quickly.

And if you look closely,

there's some sort of secretion
around each of the wounds.

- I think we better wait
before we make any conclusions

until we've done a thorough autopsy.

(typewriter clicks)

("Maybe Someday" by Atlantis)

♫ 'Cause you're all that's true

♫ And I know in my mind

♫ That you're feeling blue

♫ Maybe someday

(phone rings)

- Hello?

Oh hi, Edie.

- Hi, Steven.

I'm calling to follow up on Rex.

I can hardly believe I'm
writing a story like this.

- Yes, yes I know.

- How's Mary Jane?

- Oh, I think she'll be okay, mm-hm.

- Jack said that Ruth
is handling the autopsy.

Can I speak to her?

- Sure, hold on.

- Hi, Ruth.

Any clue as to what happened?

- Well, I can't give you
too much information yet.

- The two boys who found Rex

seem to think it was done by a bear.

Can you confirm that?

- I suppose it's possible it
was some sort of big animal.

We won't know until after the autopsy.

You know, no I can't give you

any more information right now.

- Well, I can't go to press

without mentioning a
likely cause of death.

Ruth, that's when rumours start.

Okay, would it be fair to say

the likely cause of death, at press time,

was an attack by a large animal?

- Oh, I'm sure it will be all right

if you least alerted
everyone that a wild animal

might be on the loose.

Wouldn't hurt to have
people on the look out.

Oh, no trouble Edie, okay.

Goodbye.

- Bye-bye.

- I still say the
sheriff's gonna need help.

- Let it ride, man.

He said not to butt in.

- So what?

There's no law against us
going out and lookin' around.

- Screw it.

They're not gonna give
a reward for the animal.

- Yeah, it's cold as
hell up in those hills.

- I'll drink to that.

- What is it with you guys?

I mean, we could probably track
this animal down and k*ll it

without any trouble.

And it would be better
than sittin' around here

and doing nothing.

Come on.

Come on, let's do it.

- All right.

- Hey, that's more like it.

I'll give Susan a call--

- Susan?

What do we wanna take her for?

- Yeah, that's stupid.

- No, it's not stupid.

She's a cool chick, and
we're gonna take her with us.

You guys got it?

Come on, let's get started.

(midtempo electronic music)

(doors thud)

Now look, we all stick together.

Something might happen
if we get separated.

Together, we have three
g*ns against a target.

- I still say we're nuts to take her.

- Now look, man, we're takin' her.

Now, she'll be okay as long
as she stays in between us.

- Come on, will you two stop arguing?

Let's get started.

(eerie electronic music)

(leaves rustle)

(Susan screams)

(g*n fires)

(g*n fires)

(man groans)

(Susan screams)

(g*n fires)

(Susan screams)

(suspenseful electronic music)

- Lookie, I warned them earlier today

not to go looking for the animal.

I mean, I can only do so much.

Yeah, I realise they were just kids.

Ruth's doing the autopsies now,

but she's pretty sure
it was the same animal.

Same types of wounds.

Uh-huh.

Well, look Edie, your best
bet's to talk to Ruth, you know?

I mean, she can tell you more than I can.

Yeah, okay, right.

Goodbye.

- Our over-anxious girl reporter, huh?

- Yeah, she wanted to know
about Ernie, Clay and Richie.

- You tell her what Susan said
about a monster k*lling them?

- No, I think Susan was
just a little hysterical.

The shock and everything, you know?

- Hm, like Mary Jane, huh?

- Yeah.

The doc says Mary Jane's
coming around a little,

but she hasn't said anything yet.

- So we're gonna go out
looking for the animal

first thing in the morning?

- Yep.

I think we'll start over
here near the river.

Near where they found Rex Walker.

And then we can circle on
around down here to the south.

- It's gonna be tough, Sheriff.

They're callin' for five or
more inches of snow tonight.

- Yeah, I heard the forecast.

Well, maybe the cold'll
slow this animal down,

and we'll have a better
crack at catchin' up to it.

(suspenseful electronic music)

(electronic warbling)

(eerie electronic music)

- I've never seen
anything like this, Jack.

Ed Miller has all the signs
of some rare childhood disease

called progeria.

- Pro-what?

- Progeria.

It's a rare childhood disease

that causes an acceleration
of the ageing process.

The skin ages and wrinkles,

and the person develops
arthritis, arteriosclerosis,

the internal organs deteriorate and fail.

- You mean, there really
is a disease like that?

- Well yes, but it's very rare.

Little research has been done on it.

- And that's what Ed Miller died from?

- Well, I don't think so.

Number one, it's a disease
that afflicts children only,

as far as we know.

Number two, Ed's body has
deteriorated beyond old age,

almost to the point of
being a decayed corpse.

The blood, the internal
organs, dehydrated.

- But it could be this
disease you're talking about?

- I wish I could say yes, Jack,

that would make things so much easier.

But progeria is a progressive disease

that takes a longer period of time.

And everyone knows

that Ed Miller was in town just yesterday.

- That's right, Sheriff.

Saw him comin' out of the grocery store.

- Yeah, I know, I saw him myself.

Well, I guess we'll have to
chalk Ed Miller's death up

to unknown reasons for right now.

Now, what do you have on Rex Walker?

- Jack, I don't know what's
going on around here.

Besides being mangled,
Rex's body was loaded

with some sort of very lethal poison.

As far a Steven and I could ascertain,

the poison entered the body
through the flesh wounds.

- Which means it couldn't
have been a bear or a bobcat

that k*lled Rex.

So, where does that leave us?

- Oh, hello Ruth.

I just came from your place.

Steven told me what happened to Ed Miller.

Let me ask you, do you
have any other conclusions?

- There are no other
conclusions at this point, Burt.

Look, I gotta get back to the office.

Jack, if anything else
turns up, I'll let you know.

- [Jack] Okay, Ruth.

- I'll talk to you later, Ruth.

What the hell's going on, Jack?

- I wish I know, Burt.

- You wish you knew?

This kind of thing can
give Perry Hill a bad name.

- And you're worried about
that damned amusement park

they wanna build outside of town?

- Amusement park?

Jack, we're talking about a $30 million

entertainment complex!

It could mean hundreds of
thousands of dollars a year

for this town!

- Yeah, and a 100,000 headaches, too.

Look Burt, I don't care
about that damn complex,

and I don't care about how
much money it brings to you,

the town, or to anybody.

All I know is we got five
killings on our hands,

and I think we oughta
call in the state police.

- Oh, Jack, don't talk like that.

Whatever it is, you and Pete can solve it.

You're our elected law officers.

We don't need any outside help.

Now, I want you to get cracking on this.

And I want some answers,
and I want them soon.

The longer it takes to solve this,

the more the chances of
something leaking out,

and I won't have any bad publicity,

especially not now.

Whether you like it or not, Jack,

this complex is gonna
mean a lot to this town.

- Whatever you say.

- Jack, stick it out with me.

I got confidence in you and Pete.

Look, I'll be home if you need me.

- Well, guess we got our
work cut out for us, huh?

- Yeah, old buddy.

Guess we better get started.

(eerie electronic tones)

(uptempo rock music)

- Where's everybody at?

- I guess they're all staying indoors.

With all these killings.

- [Patron] A lot of guts, huh?

- It's really been bad for business.

("Maybe Someday" by Atlantis)

♫ I know in my heart

♫ That you're always true

♫ But I know in my mind

♫ That you're feeling blue

♫ Maybe someday

♫ Maybe someday

♫ I'll return to you

♫ And then we'll start anew

♫ I've been working up all the hope

♫ A tr*mp steamer

♫ It's time to go

♫ And we're driving ever changing

♫ And we're driving ever riding

♫ Maybe someday

♫ Maybe someday

♫ The waves are slipping past

♫ I know the die is cast

♫ I'll be back to you baby

♫ Maybe someday

♫ Maybe someday

♫ I'll return to you

♫ And then we'll start anew

♫ I'm comin' back to you, baby

♫ Maybe someday

♫ Maybe someday

♫ Maybe someday, maybe someday

(eerie electronic warbling)

(suspenseful electronic music)

(distant scratching)

(objects clatter)

(suspenseful electronic music)

(object clatters)

(monster groans)

(man knocks)

- Mayor Wicker?

- That's right.

- Hi, Mayor.

My name is Benjamin Zachary.

Could I talk with you a minute?

- Sure, come on in.

Have a seat.

- Thank you.

- Now, what can I do for you, Mr. Zachary?

- Well, this is going to
sound a little strange, Mayor.

I'm from over in Hartford County,

and I work at the Garrett
Observatory there.

- Oh sure, I'm somewhat
familiar with that.

- Anyway, two nights ago, I
observed a small meteorite

that did enter the atmosphere.

I tracked it down as much as possible,

and it seemingly hit the earth.

Well, by my estimation,

it hit somewhere on the
north side of your town.

- A meteor?

- Yes, that's why I came here.

I'm somewhat of an adventurer.

I've dedicated my life
to the study and research

of strange phenomena.

I've made a few expeditions
to places like the Himalayas,

the Amazon.

- Bigfoot and all that, huh?

- (chuckles) Right.

I guess when you come down to it, Mayor,

I'm one of those people

who believe there are unknown life forms.

Both here on Earth and in other worlds.

In fact, that's why I began
working at the observatory.

- Hm, this meteor.

Nobody around here reported
seeing or hearing anything.

- Well, I don't doubt that.

It hit, that is, if it really did hit,

around four in the morning.

And like I said, it was
very small to begin with.

No, I'd say that it hit

around eight to 10 miles out in the hills,

so it's not likely

that anybody would've seen
it in the first place.

- Sounds a little wild,
a meteor landing here.

- Maybe landing.

Now, that's why I looked you up.

I just wanted to let you know

that I'll be poking around these hills

for a couple of days if
that's all right with you.

- Of course it's all right with me,

but those hills are dangerous,

and we've had a lot of snow
up there the last few days.

- And I'm aware of that.

- I suppose I should
warn you, Mr. Zachary,

there's some sort of vicious
animal loose around here.

Several of our citizens have been k*lled

in the past few days.

- I'm sorry to hear that.

I'd like to know more about these killings

if you don't mind.

Maybe I can help somehow.

- Yeah, that's what I was thinking.

You see, I've got this
pretty big business venture

cooking for this town.

Involves a huge entertainment complex

being built right outside of Perry Hill.

And these killings, bad
publicity, you know what I mean.

- How the hell is he gonna help, Burt?

That's all I need is
another untrained person

running around in those woods.

I don't care what he says, Burt.

Do you know for a fact this man is trained

for this kind of thing?

I, no, it's not like you
to take to a stranger

so easily, Burt.

And this guy sounds like a crackpot to me.

But you're the boss.

No way, no.

You take him out to the North Ridge area.

I'm not, you can fire me if you want,

but I'm not gonna take this
guy on a wild goose chase.

Yeah.

Yeah, goodbye.

- What was that all about?

- Aw, some guy named
Zachary wandered into town,

and somehow he convinced the mayor

that there might be a meteor, right?

A meteor landed up on the north ridge.

- [Pete] A meteor, I didn't
hear anything about it.

- Nobody did.

But this guy Zachary says

that it landed about four in
the morning a few days ago.

- How does he know?

- The guy works over at
the Garrett Observatory.

That place over in Hartford County?

Burt seems to think that he
can help us with the killings.

They're going out to look
for the meteor tomorrow.

Damn fools.

They'll probably k*ll themselves
up there in all that snow.

(gentle electronic music)

(engine rumbles)

- From what you told me, it's out there

about three or four miles.

- And we've got to go
by foot from here, huh?

- Right, there's no roads back there.

It's pretty rough terrain,
mostly hills and gullies.

(suspenseful electronic music)

What in God's name is that?

- Well, it looks like my meteor

is a space craft of some kind.

Come on, Mayor, let's take a closer look.

- Mr. Zachary, I have to admit,
that's one hell of a sight.

- Yes, it is.

Do you have any idea what
this means, Mayor Wicker?

- No, and I'm not sure I wanna know.

- Wait a minute.

(electronic warbling)

That noise.

- What noise?

Zachary, Zachary.

Where are you going?

What's wrong?

Where the hell do you think you're going?

- Quiet.

- God, what's that?

- Mayor, please.

It's trying to communicate with me.

(electronic warbling)

- Are you all right?

What happened?

What was all that about?

The blue light?

- Look, I'll explain later.

We've gotta get outta here fast.

That thing is going to explode!

(discordant electronic music)

(expl*si*n booms)

- Space ships?

Creatures?

What're you trying to feed us here?

- Jack, would you just listen?

- So when I knelt over the creature,

my mind went momentarily blank,

and then I was aware
of a bright blue light.

Then, thoughts began to enter my mind.

It wasn't really as though
someone was talking to me,

but I knew that these thoughts were there.

The creature communicating with me

was apparently transporting
zoological specimens

back to his home planet.

Now I know that he had three creatures

that were captured in
various parts of the galaxy,

but something went wrong
with his space craft,

and he was forced down to Earth.

When the ship crashed, the
alien was mortally wounded,

and the electronic screens
holding the specimens

were deactivated, and
the specimens were freed.

(suspenseful electronic music)

Those creature specimens

have obviously been
k*lling your townspeople.

Now, I know that the
creatures are air breathers,

or at least two of them are,

and those two are basically
non-thinking animal forms.

They're probably on the offensive
in a strange environment

striking anything that moves.

But the alien communicated
that the third specimen

is a clever-thinking
creature and the k*ller.

The only thing I know
about that third creature

is that it's hard to
detect in bright light.

I assume it must be some
sort of an energy being.

And that's it.

That's all I know.

The alien died, I guess,
and the thoughts stopped

right after it communicated

that the spaceship was about to explode.

- You really expect us
to believe all that?

- Jack, believe him.

I was there, it happened.

I saw it!

Well, Mr. Zachary, what
do you suggest we do?

I guess we should call in the
Army on something like this.

- Not necessarily, Mayor.

I have a lot of equipment with me.

And since this sort of
thing is in my field,

I think I can stop the creatures.

- With what?

I thought b*ll*ts didn't have any effect

on these creatures.

- Conventional weapons
may not work, Ms. Martin.

But like I said, I do have
some special equipment.

Well, it's up to you, Mayor.

If you'd like me to try, I'm
willing to start right away.

- Burt, you can do what you like,

but these creatures have
now k*lled several people,

and I think the smartest thing we can do

is evacuate the town, then
call in the government.

Let them take care of it.

- It's tough.

Believe me, folks.

It's tough.

Mr. Zachary, I'll give you a couple days.

If you can k*ll these creatures, fine.

If you can't, we'll have to
take the sheriff's advice.

- Very well, Mayor.

I'll get started right now.

- Jack, I want you to give Mr.
Zachary all the help you can.

- Thank you, Mayor,

but I would prefer to work alone on this.

That's the way I function best.

- Oh, whatever you think, Mr. Zachary.

The sheriff will probably be better off

watching the home front anyway.

Well, Jack.

Keep on the alert for anyone calling in.

If you need me, I'll be down at Luke's.

- I'm going on patrol.

I'll see ya later.

- Poor Jack.

I think the mayor's
making a terrible mistake.

- Yeah, I know.

I'm so sick of looking at dead bodies,

I'm ready to leave town now.

- And like you said Edie,

b*ll*ts don't have any effect on 'em.

I wonder how Zachary's
gonna k*ll the creatures.

- What other ways are there?

- I don't know.

Bombs, gas?

- Fire, maybe he could burn 'em?

- Hm, fire, huh?

Well, I better get back to my office.

I'll see you two later.

(dramatic electronic music)

(Edie screams)

- Edie, Edie, calm down!

It's me, Steven.

- You almost scared me to death!

- Well, I'm sorry, but what
are you doing out here anyway?

- I don't know.

Pete said the fire would
k*ll the creatures,

so I brought some gas.

Well, I guess it was a stupid idea,

but I just don't trust that Zachary.

There's something about
him I just don't like.

- Yeah, he's an oddball, all right.

Hey you know that gasoline idea of yours

might not be too bad.

You bring any matches?

- Yeah, I got mine here.

Hey you haven't told me
what you're doing out here.

- Same thing as you, I guess.

I just can't sit still

knowing those creatures
are running around loose.

(suspenseful electronic music)

(Edie screams)

(electronic warbling)

(electronic beeping)

(triumphant electronic music)

- [Edie] Zachary.

- Yes, me.

You realise, of course, that
you almost ruined my chances

of getting at this creature, don't you?

Don't you?

- Then you k*lled it.

How?

- It was simple enough to figure out.

This is a hard-shelled insect form.

Since b*ll*ts didn't penetrate it,

I knew a different approach was needed.

I've got a high-frequency
speaker over there.

In effect,

what I did was use an
extremely high-pitched sound

to burst its shell.

- What's that needle for?

- I've extracted some fluid from the joint

of this thing's claw.

I'm sure it'll be the same poison

found in several of the victims.

- Good thing you were here, Zachary.

- Well let me tell you something.

I don't appreciate you
two coming out here.

I almost had this thing
coaxed into the sound field

when you two showed up
and almost distracted it.

Fortunately, you lured
it back into my range.

Look, I specifically said
I wanted to work alone.

Perhaps now you can see my reasoning.

- Look Mr. Zachary, despite
what the mayor says,

I have a right as a reporter
to be out here, too.

- Rights don't matter in a
situation like this, Miss Martin.

Now look, you either let me
handle this in my own way,

or you go call in your army.

But I think I have
proven right here and now

that I'm capable of dealing
with these creatures.

- All right, Mr. Zachary,
we'll play the game your way.

I apologise for the intrusion.

(dramatic electronic music)

- I know you don't care for him, Jack,

but he did save Steven and
Edie's life last night.

- So he's k*lled one creature.

Look, he said there were three altogether.

And we haven't seen
anything of the other two.

Look, they could be miles
from this area by now.

- I don't know.

Zachary thinks they'll stay around here

since this is where the
spaceship crashed and all.

Anyway, look.

I've got a crucial meeting with Mr. Farino

about the entertainment complex.

I'll be back in, say, an hour.

Call me then, and we'll
discuss it further.

- Eh, right, okay.

All right, goodbye, Burt.

Look, Pete.

I'm gonna go down to the
street and get some breakfast.

I'm starved.

- Okay, take your time, Sheriff.

I'll mind the store.

- Hi, Pete.

- Ah, Mary Jane, how are you?

- I'm a lot better now, thanks.

- It's good to see you up and around.

I know you've been through a lot.

Yeah, I heard Susan went through it, too.

And it was probably worse
than what happened to me.

- Yeah, you were both lucky to get away.

- I know, I talked to Mr. Zachary,

and he thinks that our screaming

may have helped keep the creature away.

- Mm-hm, he k*lled them
with a high-pitched sound,

and I guess a scream is
pretty close to that.

- I don't even like to think about it.

It's like a nightmare, and
I'm just so glad it's over.

- Well, I'll be glad when it's all over.

- I know.

Well, I was on my way
to Mayor Wicker's house

to thank him for helping,

and I just wanted to stop by and say hi.

- Well, I'm glad you did.

Now you take care of yourself, okay?

- I will.

I'll see you later, Pete.

- Okay.

(objects clatter)

(dramatic electronic warbling)

(objects clatter)

(suspenseful electronic music)

- Ah!

(Burt screams)

(creature groans)

- Pete, you there?

- Yes, Sheriff, where are you?

- I'm at Stemmer's Creek Road.

Look, I was thinkin' it over,

and I'm convinced this thing

should be in the hands of the government,

so I'm gonna run by the mayor's house

and try to talk some sense into him.

- Oh boy, he isn't going to like that.

- Well, I don't care if he does or not.

Anyway, Ruth's gonna stop by

with the report on the Bradford k*lling.

So you take care of
things for me, will you?

- Okay, Sheriff.

(uptempo electronic music)

- Mary Jane!

Mary Jane, what's wrong?

- I should've, nothing,
maybe I can't get it!

They mayor's dead, he's k*lled the mayor!

(Mary Jane screams)

(creature groans)

(engine revs)

(engine revs)

Sheriff, it's coming!

(engine revs)

- [Jack] Pete, Pete!

Answer quickly!

- What's wrong, Sheriff?

- I need help!

Get out to the mayor's place fast!

- Oh my god, the sheriff's in trouble!

Get my car, quickly Steven!

- Well, don't you think

we should let Pete take
care of this Aunt Ruth?

- Will you hurry?

(creature groans)

(Mary Jane screams)

- Come on, Mary Jane, come on!

(creature groans)

(Mary Jane screams)

Mary Jane, lock the door behind me.

(suspenseful electronic music)

(g*n fires)

(creature groans)

(g*n fires)

(horn honks)

(g*n fires)

(creature groans)

(dart zings)

(suspenseful electronic music)

- Is everybody okay?

Steven, Ruth, thank you.

- You okay, Sheriff?

- I'll live.

Well, it looks like you
saved the day again, Zachary.

- Well, I hadn't planned it that way.

- I came here to talk to the mayor.

- And by the way, where is the mayor?

- He's dead, behind the garage.

- Well, this thing won't
k*ll anything else,

that's for sure.

- Yes, speaking of that,
what did you use to k*ll it?

- It's a specially-designed
weapon I devised myself.

It fires a projectile placed at the tip,

in this case, a hypodermic needle,

which injects fluid upon
impact with the target.

Actually, that giant
insect I k*lled last night

helped k*ll this creature.

- What do you mean?

- Remember that poison I extracted?

- Yeah.

- Well, that's the same poison
I shot into this creature.

When the doctor said how lethal the poison

found in the victims was,

I reasoned that it might be lethal enough

to k*ll one of these other creatures.

It was a gamble, but it paid off.

(dramatic electronic music)

- [Pete] Thinkin' about
the mayor, Sheriff?

- Well, I guess a little bit.

That and everything else that's happened.

It's been like a crazy nightmare.

(phone rings)

Pete, will you get that for me?

I don't really feel like talkin'.

- Sheriff's office.

Uh, just a minute.

Did you put in a call to a Mr. Dodds

at the Garrett Observatory?

- Yeah, my call about Zachary.

Hello, Mr. Dodds.

Sheriff Cinder, yes.

Yes, sir.

Yes, I talked to your secretary yesterday.

Uh-huh.

Benjamin Zachary.

Oh, I see.

Well, no, we'll handle it.

Look, thank you very much, Mr. Dodds.

Okay, goodbye.

My hunch was right.

They never heard of a Mr. Zachary

at the Garrett Observatory.

(suspenseful electronic music)

(creature roars)

(creature roars)

(creature roars)

(creature roars)

(creature roars)

(sombre electronic music)

- Mr. Zachary, are you all right?

- You certainly are
persistent, Miss Martin.

- That thing you were
fighting, where'd it go?

Is it dead?

- It's quite dead.

Your town is safe again now.

- What kind of ungodly being was that?

- It's called a leemoid, Miss Martin.

And it's a devilish creature

capable of withdrawing the very life force

out of other beings.

The same creature responsible
for that aged corpse

that none of you could figure out.

- I'm getting confused.

If it can take the life out of others,

why couldn't it k*ll you?

- Oh, I have my own protective
force against the leemoid,

although it did weaken me.

- I don't understand.

You keep referring to it
as though you know it.

- No, stop, that's close enough.

- Why, what's wrong?

I'm surprised you haven't figured it out.

- What, what do you mean?

- Edie.

Don't you see?

I am an alien, too.

These three creatures that I've k*lled,

they're wild beasts brought to Earth

quite by accident.

I knew the space craft had
crashed in those hills.

I used the meteor story as a cover.

- Wait, wait, this doesn't make any sense.

- If you'll just listen a moment.

That space craft was
en route to my planet.

The cargo, of course,
were the three creatures

who've been terrorising your town.

They were zoological specimens
captured on distant worlds

and being brought back
to my world for study.

That alien I communicated with

was another intelligent
being from my planet.

Unfortunately, the craft
malfunctioned and crashed here.

I was sent to intercede

with as little spectacle as possible.

- I still don't understand.

You're human like us
and you speak English.

- Humanoid, Edie, but
not like your people.

Our technology is extremely advanced.

I was able to manufacture a disguise,

and I learned your
language through telepathy.

I acted cold and distant

because I knew the danger
all of you were facing,

and I wanted to keep you away from it.

It was the only way I knew how.

- Why are you hiding back
there in the shadows?

- The leemoid destroyed
my earthly disguise,

and although we are a peaceable race,

to you, I would look horrible.

- I wanna see what you look like.

- No, please!

(suspenseful electronic music)

(Edie sobs and screams)

Edie, look out!

- No, Jack, no!

(g*n fires)

It was Zachary, Jack, it was Zachary.

He wasn't gonna hurt me. (sobs)

(midtempo electronic music)

(triumphant orchestral music)