Horror (1959) 69 minutes ~ Black & White
Sailing to a remote and deserted island, Captain Thorne Sherman (James Best) delivers supplies to scientist Dr. Craigis (Baruch Lumet), who is anxious to have his daughter, Ann (Ingrid Goude), join the skipper on his return voyage. And for good reason: Dr. Craigis and his assistants have accidentally wreaked biological havoc by spawning mutant shrews that are starving for food especially humans! Sherman must fight for survival while fending off these savage creatures. Surrounded by the bloodthirsty beasts, he concocts a desperate escape plan that will keep viewers hearts pumping with excitement. Shot in Texas on an extremely low budget, The Killer Shrews is well acted and tensely written and has justifiably become a minor classic of its genre.
Director: Ray Kellogg
Writers: Jay Simms (story), Jay Simms (screenplay)
Stars: James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis, Gordon McLendon
We have over 15,000 titles available for licensing to VOD platforms. Contact: sales@echelonstudios.us
Sailing to a remote and deserted island, Captain Thorne Sherman (James Best) delivers supplies to scientist Dr. Craigis (Baruch Lumet), who is anxious to have his daughter, Ann (Ingrid Goude), join the skipper on his return voyage. And for good reason: Dr. Craigis and his assistants have accidentally wreaked biological havoc by spawning mutant shrews that are starving for food especially humans! Sherman must fight for survival while fending off these savage creatures. Surrounded by the bloodthirsty beasts, he concocts a desperate escape plan that will keep viewers hearts pumping with excitement. Shot in Texas on an extremely low budget, The Killer Shrews is well acted and tensely written and has justifiably become a minor classic of its genre.
Director: Ray Kellogg
Writers: Jay Simms (story), Jay Simms (screenplay)
Stars: James Best, Ingrid Goude, Ken Curtis, Gordon McLendon
We have over 15,000 titles available for licensing to VOD platforms. Contact: sales@echelonstudios.us
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00:00:00First in Alaska, and then invading steadily southward, there were reports of a new species,
00:00:11the giant killer shrew.
00:00:41♪♪
00:01:08It sure is a lot of quiet out there.
00:01:21Almost smell it, can't you?
00:01:23No, but I can feel it.
00:01:25That pressure's dropped so fast, it almost made my ears pop.
00:01:30Hurricane's got different ways of telling you it's there.
00:01:34Where is it?
00:01:36Dead ahead.
00:01:39What's that mean to us?
00:01:41My boy, that puts our port right in the middle of it.
00:01:48There's a cove on the lee side, though. We'll snuggle up close to the bluff and ride it out.
00:01:52What about the bottom?
00:01:54Well, the chart shows it's good holding ground. It's clay.
00:01:59You know something?
00:02:01If this thing had an automatic pilot, I wouldn't have to put up with you.
00:02:04Then you wouldn't have nobody to chew out.
00:02:09We should be there in a couple of hours. These mills of yours keep running.
00:02:13Look, automatic pilots can't play Dixieland jazz on them engines like I can.
00:02:28Hey, Rook. Rook, come here.
00:02:33Take a look.
00:02:35There she is, dead ahead.
00:02:42Man, that sure do look good.
00:02:46Man named Craigus owns this island, doesn't he?
00:02:48That's the name on the crate, Dr. Milo Craigus.
00:02:51We'll unload tomorrow. I don't want this crap sitting high in that water when that flow hits.
00:02:55You gonna ride stern too with a lot of water under?
00:02:57That's right.
00:02:58That sea won't make up in that cold. That wind will have her whipping around like a kite.
00:03:03Slip forward and break out the heavy weather hook.
00:03:05Shackle it and make sure it's free to run.
00:03:07I'll mouse it, Shack.
00:03:08Good.
00:03:28Ah, she'll ride like a duck.
00:03:51If she swings too far to starboard, we might have to take a check line to shore.
00:03:55Hey, Rook. Take a slant up that trail.
00:04:00Now, that's a rather strange set up, wouldn't you say?
00:04:04Looks like somebody's getting rid of somebody, huh, Captain?
00:04:08Maybe. Hard to tell.
00:04:26I'm Dr. Craigus.
00:04:28Thorne Sherman. I have your supplies aboard.
00:04:30That's good. Nothing wrong with Captain Ferguson, I hope.
00:04:34Well, I wouldn't know. I just bought his run.
00:04:38Oh, I see. Were you able to fill our order?
00:04:41Everything on the list. Here's the manifest.
00:04:44Missing last week's supply has drawn us a little short, you know.
00:04:48Captain, after you have unloaded, I have a passenger for you.
00:04:52Ann?
00:04:54Captain Sherman, this is my daughter, Ann Craigus.
00:04:58Hello. So you're the passenger?
00:05:01That's right, Captain.
00:05:03Oh, it's going to be nice having you aboard.
00:05:05I'm getting a little tired looking at Griswold.
00:05:08But we're, uh, we're not leaving today.
00:05:14In fact, we're not even unloading.
00:05:20That load will cut the roll in half.
00:05:24You expecting an invasion?
00:05:27Yes, animals.
00:05:29Game or otherwise?
00:05:31Under certain conditions, it could be dangerous.
00:05:38Hey, Ruff, you want to shake the kinks out, limber up a little?
00:05:41Not me, Captain Blythe. You go right ahead and stretch your legs.
00:05:44That ship's going to be bucking like a bucking bronc for a long.
00:05:47Besides, I got some work left to do.
00:05:50If you do come ashore, wear a gun.
00:05:52Gotcha, Captain.
00:06:18And I told you about the hurricane.
00:06:20You act like you didn't know anything about it.
00:06:22What's the matter? You're set broken down?
00:06:24You've been out of communication for more than a week, Captain.
00:06:28Can't it be fixed?
00:06:30It's totally out of commission.
00:06:32My assistants.
00:06:34Mr. Ferrell, Jerry Ferrell.
00:06:39Father, perhaps the captain would enjoy a drink.
00:06:42Well, of course.
00:06:45Will you join us in a cocktail?
00:06:47Well, I've never been known to turn down a drink yet.
00:06:49I'll be glad to accept.
00:06:51Fine. In that case, we'll have martinis.
00:06:54Mario.
00:06:56Si, senor.
00:06:58I'm going to have a cocktail.
00:07:00I'm going to have a cocktail.
00:07:02I'm going to have a cocktail.
00:07:04I'm going to have a cocktail.
00:07:06Si, senor.
00:07:08Next time, please.
00:07:13Right this way, Captain.
00:07:15Come in.
00:07:36You have everything here you need?
00:07:38Oh, we are self-sufficient here.
00:07:41We have cows for fresh milk and chickens for fresh eggs.
00:07:45We even have saddle horses.
00:07:47Sort of a world all your own.
00:07:49That's exactly what I've tried to create.
00:07:51Well, to each his own.
00:07:53If you have to be isolated for your work,
00:07:55you've picked a lonely little island.
00:07:58Excuse me, please. I think I'll change.
00:08:07Well, she's a little worried
00:08:09because you aren't leaving until tomorrow.
00:08:11Oh, I can understand that.
00:08:13But there's something else bothering her.
00:08:28Rathford? Rathford?
00:08:31Rathford, would you please step over here?
00:08:33I'd like you to meet someone.
00:08:35Just a second, Doctor.
00:08:37That could go on for hours.
00:08:40Dr. Baines!
00:08:42There's no need to shout, Doctor. I'm right here.
00:08:45I'd like you to meet Captain Thorne Sherman.
00:08:48This is my other assistant, Rathford Baines.
00:08:50How do you do?
00:08:52Two new litters since lunch, Doctor.
00:08:54Both support GT-116.
00:08:56That's good, but, uh...
00:08:58We can breed them to the 205 group in about three weeks.
00:09:01But I'd prefer to wait and expose about half of them
00:09:04to the Hoskins factor first, if you agree.
00:09:08Good idea.
00:09:10Do you know there's a hurricane coming?
00:09:13Hurricane?
00:09:15Well, I don't suppose there's much we can do about that.
00:09:20Glad to meet you.
00:09:22Sherman, wasn't it?
00:09:28You have to excuse Rathford.
00:09:30Anything that does not concern this project
00:09:33does not get through to him.
00:09:35Brilliant mind.
00:09:37He would stalter it if someone didn't remind him to eat.
00:09:39Must be very interesting work. What's his field?
00:09:42Biology. We specialize in genetics, heredity.
00:09:45I'm afraid my interest doesn't run in that line, you know.
00:09:48Think what would happen if you could isolate
00:09:51and identify the inherited factor in each gene.
00:09:53Now, wait a minute. I'm afraid I'm not very good with pure research.
00:09:57This is practical research.
00:09:59Generally among mammals, the smaller the size,
00:10:02the higher the metabolism and the shorter the lifespan.
00:10:05Is that right?
00:10:07Well, I'm attempting to decrease the size
00:10:09while maintaining a low metabolism
00:10:11and resultant a longer lifespan.
00:10:13What reason?
00:10:15Overpopulation.
00:10:18Not a problem now, but it will be in time.
00:10:26If we were half as big as we are now,
00:10:28we could live twice as long in our natural resources.
00:10:32Father, may I speak with you a moment?
00:10:34Will you please excuse us, Captain?
00:10:37Well, providing you drop the captain,
00:10:39I prefer Thorin.
00:10:44No.
00:10:49Well.
00:10:55Tell me something, Doctor.
00:10:57Has a hurricane ever hit this island before that you know of?
00:11:00I wouldn't know.
00:11:02You've only been here nine months,
00:11:04and this place has been unoccupied for years.
00:11:06Well, have you ever been through one?
00:11:08Only the fringes.
00:11:10Well, this one's building up very fast.
00:11:12Pressure drops very quickly in the center.
00:11:14I'd advise you to get some doors and windows open in this place.
00:11:20Ventilators on the roof.
00:11:22And if your freshen hands drink, I'll go and check them.
00:11:25I'd be happy to.
00:11:27Thank heavens you arrived today.
00:11:29Why? Are rations getting short?
00:11:31No, it's more than that. Much more.
00:11:34We'll surely be able to sail tomorrow, won't we?
00:11:37Possibly.
00:11:39But not probable. Not till late, anyway.
00:11:41Takes a long time for a sea like that to quiet down.
00:11:44Well, if you're worrying about me, you needn't.
00:11:46I'm a good sailor.
00:11:48Well, I'm not worried about you.
00:11:51We'll sail when the time's right.
00:11:53Got them opened all right.
00:11:55Well, Captain,
00:11:57let me freshen you a drink.
00:11:59One for the road.
00:12:01Not trying to rush you, but it will be dark soon.
00:12:04I've invited Thorne for dinner, Father.
00:12:08Oh, I see.
00:12:12If you're not worried about your ship, you're welcome.
00:12:15I'll take a rain check on that dinner, if you wish.
00:12:18Father, I've asked Thorne to stay.
00:12:22Progress, Doctor.
00:12:25Progress, Doctor.
00:12:29This is the sole survivor of Group 30.
00:12:3228 months old today.
00:12:35Well, that's equivalent to 140 years to us.
00:12:38That's right.
00:12:40Yet it still maintains low metabolism without any sluggishness.
00:12:45It's not the breakthrough, but it certainly sets our course.
00:12:49Ratpert, suspend series 52 through 96,
00:12:55and we'll concentrate on the rest.
00:12:57What is that?
00:12:58It's a Saurac cirricity.
00:13:00Looks like a small rat.
00:13:03Smells like a skunk.
00:13:05They have musk glands in their knees.
00:13:08These little fellas are our subjects.
00:13:11They have a birth cycle of 10 to 14 days.
00:13:14And using them, we can establish traits.
00:13:17We can trace their progressions through a number of generations
00:13:20over a short period of time.
00:13:22Well, how big do they get?
00:13:26That's an adult.
00:13:30See, their muzzle is longer and thicker than a rat's.
00:13:33It extends over the lower mandible. See?
00:13:35Does he bite?
00:13:37Only when he's hungry.
00:13:39Well, maybe you'd better take him. He doesn't know me.
00:13:42All he knows is his next meal.
00:13:44Ah, he's just been fed.
00:13:47He'll be all right for another eight hours.
00:13:49Aah!
00:13:53Let's shut that blue open. Ratpert?
00:13:55I got it, senor.
00:13:59Don't let that scare you. It's gonna get worse.
00:14:02Storms always frighten her, ever since she was a child.
00:14:15They're not climbers.
00:14:17They're digging animals, like the mole.
00:14:21They feed only at night, unless they're starving.
00:14:24And when they are hungry enough,
00:14:26they'll tackle anything, regardless of size.
00:14:29No kidding.
00:14:31If you leave two of them in a cage for 12 hours without food,
00:14:34the stronger will eat the weaker.
00:14:36Like cannibals.
00:14:38Precisely. You see,
00:14:40their intense activity requires a tremendous amount of energy.
00:14:44To supply it,
00:14:46they must eat three times their own weight in food
00:14:49every 24 hours or starve.
00:14:52Ratpert? Ratpert?
00:14:55Would you please take this?
00:14:57Take it away.
00:15:04Some call them bone eaters.
00:15:06When the flesh is gone, they'll eat the bones for marrow.
00:15:09All they'll eat are teeth, horns...
00:15:12I could use another martini. Do you mind?
00:15:15Of course, my dear. I'll get you one.
00:15:25There you are.
00:15:29Mario!
00:15:31Mario!
00:15:33Aqui, por favor.
00:15:35Mario will show to the bathroom. He'll freshen up a bit.
00:16:06You got a problem, too?
00:16:08Que paso?
00:16:10Nada.
00:16:12Nothing, senor.
00:16:14But you will leave on the ship tomorrow.
00:16:17Well, I think that all depends on the wind and the sea, don't you?
00:16:21Yes, senor.
00:16:23I'm afraid so, senor.
00:16:25I'm afraid so, senor.
00:16:27I'm afraid so, senor.
00:16:29I'm afraid so, senor.
00:16:31Well, I think that all depends on the wind and the sea, don't you?
00:16:39No.
00:16:41Ah, you were joking.
00:16:43I feel the point. I see.
00:16:46Well, I'm glad to hear that.
00:16:48If anybody else is concerned about my sailing tomorrow...
00:16:52...you see, they feel the point, too.
00:16:54I don't like to repeat myself.
00:16:56Okay, senor.
00:17:01I
00:17:30know but I'm not saying that you created them. I am saying that because of your
00:17:35drunken stupidity and leaving the cage door open you created the horrible
00:17:39situation that now exists look and this is a mistake any one of us might have
00:17:44made and I'm getting a little sick of being called an irresponsible drunk now
00:17:50believe me I am. Excuse me.
00:18:00Care for a cigarette. Thank heavens you arrived today. You said that before what's
00:18:11the strain. I don't make sense please excuse me but it seems like everything is
00:18:17coming to a head at once. I want to leave but I want my father to go with me.
00:18:21Well then why doesn't he. We discussed it many times but I don't know why he
00:18:29would discuss it many times but he's adamant. I'm sure Jerry has a lot to do
00:18:34with this decision. He tried to convince me that the crisis will only last for a
00:18:41few.
00:18:46Well. This is certainly a cozy little scene. Might even be called intimate boy
00:18:54meets girl. That remark is uncalled for what I do or have to say does not
00:19:00concern you. I can't disagree with you more my dear I'm concerned with
00:19:04everything you do and I intend to keep it that way on my book and engagement isn't
00:19:09a casual thing my book it isn't either and last night ended hours.
00:19:24I.
00:19:54I.
00:20:24I. Be reasonable everybody in the world is scared to death of something that
00:20:32evident when they came at us last night you knocked me down getting inside the
00:20:36pen it's just that I can't stand and I've discovered something I can. All right but
00:20:43I advise you not to mention it to anyone I'm going to complete these experiments
00:20:48with your father regardless of anything do you understand that nobody is going to
00:20:52take this chance away from me. Let's get. Checking
00:20:59the weather I'll get.
00:21:06Time for dinner.
00:21:22The.
00:21:52The. This is good as
00:22:05a mile I would say. One of those trees crashed through it might just not be any
00:22:10tree on this side of the house to fall away from it so just relax. I think I'd better
00:22:15go back aboard. I don't think I'm not grateful for your hospitality I am I'll see
00:22:20you on your ship is safe please stay here with me. Why
00:22:28you scared or lonesome. I'll take
00:22:32a rain check on it so on you can't leave no one opens that gate after dark.
00:22:39Well who's going to stop me you. Know one of the gate at night.
00:22:50I look I don't ask questions because it's against my principles. When you like to
00:22:55explain that. To. Give me the gun.
00:23:01Not very becoming anyway you believe in fairy tales. Well I'm
00:23:06a little old that sort of thing but what you have in mind I'll tell you about one
00:23:12a true fairy tale and you're right in the middle of it. Oh have you ever heard of
00:23:17a shrew. As in taming of the animal that will call them sorts or easy when you
00:23:23showed you one. And true must be the common name for those cute little and cute
00:23:28that's the last word you can use to describe this little monsters they're the most
00:23:32horrible animals on the face of the earth as father told you they breed within three
00:23:37weeks after the last night I know what your father told me but what's that got to
00:23:41do with me opening that gate.
00:23:43There are two or three hundred giant shrews out there. Monsters weighing between
00:23:48fifty and a hundred pounds. Fifty to a hundred.
00:23:55Wait a minute you must be kidding I'm definitely not kidding. That's as big as
00:24:01a full grown wolf and what's more they are beginning to starve.
00:24:13No wonder you didn't want me to go out there. Thanks for saving my skin and I'm
00:24:18sorry I had to threaten you with
00:24:19a gun but I didn't know how I was to stop you know it was very effective but all you
00:24:24had to do was tell me about. I hope I wouldn't have to but you changed everything
00:24:30when you started to leave and I had to stop you some way. You say there's two or
00:24:36three hundred out there.
00:24:42That's right Captain Thorn and if you'd stuck with your rowboat and played captain
00:24:47instead of trying to play detective you wouldn't have to worry about how many are
00:24:50out there would you that's enough Jerry.
00:24:58What's wrong and the time decided to leave to dissuade him I started to tell him
00:25:03about the shoes. He might as well know the whole story is half of it.
00:25:09I guess you're all little jumpy Captain Yeah I'm sorry. Six months ago we managed
00:25:16to isolate the pack to control and size. To let us have one six individuals to get
00:25:22the study. They were about the size of Buck shot at birth. But the rate of growth
00:25:29was abnormal.
00:25:30They continue to grow grow. They were mutants. But they inherited all the
00:25:37negative characteristics of their breed. Somehow they managed to escape.
00:25:46But a month later we saw one of the offspring.
00:25:49We did everything in the world to exterminate them but. No apparent luck.
00:25:55Then we haven't seen any. Since they like me to blinds them in there they forage
00:26:00only at night when they're starving.
00:26:05But we were lucky. We were lucky.
00:26:09We were lucky.
00:26:11We were lucky.
00:26:13We were lucky.
00:26:14They forage only at night when they're starving.
00:26:19But the fact that two of them charged and Jerry at the gate last evening.
00:26:25Indicates that the available food on the island is nearing depletion.
00:26:33Then what doctor. They will exterminate each other. It'll take a couple days.
00:26:39What do we do during that time. Stay indoors and wait until it's over.
00:26:45I guess some wires go down on the transformer. I'm sorry. I'll get some
00:26:50lamps. Mario. Mario.
00:26:56There's a ladder in the factory line and bring it in here.
00:27:02Radford light all the candles you can find. All right I will raise a generator
00:27:06outside. Can't get it at night.
00:27:10Here let me help you. The lantern will give you all the light you need.
00:27:15I will join you shortly Jerry.
00:27:28Well Jerry I felt she was sincere and made sense from her standpoint.
00:27:33Wanting her father to leave the island with her makes sense.
00:27:36I'd be much better for the project if I went with her for a few days.
00:27:42Matter of fact I think I'll talk to the doctor about that. That might be the
00:27:45answer. And another thing I don't take much to this Thorn Sherman.
00:27:50He looks to me like the type that would try anything.
00:27:55That left handed dinner invitation.
00:27:57I wanted you here tonight. I've had something terrible what's going to happen.
00:28:01Why you still feel the same way about it?
00:28:04Not as much. Not since you're here. I know everything.
00:28:12I'm sorry.
00:28:15I'm sorry.
00:28:17I'm sorry.
00:28:19I'm sorry.
00:28:21I'm sorry.
00:28:23I'm sorry.
00:28:25I'm sorry.
00:28:27I'm sorry.
00:28:29I'm sorry.
00:28:33I'm sorry.
00:28:37I love an open fire don't you.
00:28:40Uh uh.
00:28:44The wind has a lonesome sound doesn't it?
00:28:49Sure does.
00:28:51Back in Sweden we don't have a wind this strong.
00:28:57You're a strange man, Thorne.
00:28:59I never met anyone like you.
00:29:02Oh?
00:29:03You seem so disinterested in everything.
00:29:06Aren't you the least bit curious?
00:29:09Don't you wonder about the unusual things around here?
00:29:14The guns, the fence,
00:29:16the shattered windows,
00:29:18my accent, anything?
00:29:20I'll tell you something.
00:29:22I'm only interested in anything that concerns me,
00:29:25then I do something about it.
00:29:30You're going to sail with me tomorrow,
00:29:32whether your father intends to or not.
00:29:42Thorne, no!
00:29:44Father, Fred!
00:29:47Out there!
00:29:55I don't think he was going out, Jerry.
00:29:57I couldn't take a chance, he's fool enough to.
00:29:59Don't be stupid.
00:30:00I had no intention of going out there,
00:30:02opening that gate, now somebody needed it.
00:30:05Did you hear it, doctor?
00:30:07It sounded like a human voice.
00:30:09I was thinking a rook.
00:30:10It was the livestock.
00:30:12The shrews got into the barn.
00:30:25What was it, father?
00:30:27The livestock.
00:30:30Did Mario forget to bar those doors?
00:30:32No.
00:30:34I put them in the barn myself.
00:30:37They couldn't get through the wood doors.
00:30:40They dug through the dirt floor.
00:30:42Let me ask you something, doctor.
00:30:44How could you expose all our lives,
00:30:46yourself included, with those things out there?
00:30:49All you had to do was get the Coast Guard or the Navy
00:30:51to come in here and burn them out.
00:30:53Those things got loose.
00:30:55Any unusual experiment can produce unusual results.
00:31:00That's why I chose this island.
00:31:02It's isolated.
00:31:04Miles of open water in any direction.
00:31:08Our project is privately financed.
00:31:12It's not a problem for the government or military.
00:31:15And the world is no danger.
00:31:20This species does not swim.
00:31:22But as far as the shrews are concerned,
00:31:24this island is their world.
00:31:28Very soon, right here on this island,
00:31:31there's going to be a miniature reproduction
00:31:33of an overpopulated world.
00:31:36And you'll see the importance of what we're working to avoid.
00:31:40I'm not concerned about all this theory.
00:31:42What I'm concerned about is our lives.
00:31:44There'll be ample time to panic when they run out of food
00:31:46and go on a 24-hour forage.
00:31:49How do you know they haven't already?
00:31:51That's possible.
00:31:52Their main diet has been the small animals on the island.
00:31:55That source could have been depleted 18 or 20 hours ago.
00:32:00And that's why they went after the livestock.
00:32:03There's still some food on this island
00:32:05before they reach the crisis.
00:32:07Where?
00:32:12No worry about them digging in here.
00:32:15The floors are tile.
00:32:16But the walls aren't, Doctor. They're adobe.
00:32:19Our safest bet would be on that boat.
00:32:22You may be right.
00:32:24You can reach your boat in daylight.
00:32:27The shrews will gorge themselves on livestock.
00:32:30That should keep them lethargic for several hours.
00:32:33There's no sense looking at the dark side.
00:32:36And there's no sense minimizing a serious situation.
00:32:39It leaves you completely unprepared to cope with it.
00:32:43Now, we certainly can't make it tonight.
00:32:45That's out of the question. Maybe tomorrow.
00:32:50I haven't. We'll get some sleep tonight.
00:32:53But we'll have a watch, an hour and a half apiece.
00:32:55Doctor, you go first, and then Radford.
00:32:57Mario, Jerry, and then me.
00:33:00Shutter all the windows.
00:33:02Make sure they're locked good and tight.
00:33:03Check all these walls.
00:33:07Come on.
00:33:08No, I think I'll stay here by the fire.
00:33:10I feel safer.
00:33:12I couldn't stand it in that room alone.
00:33:15All right, as you wish.
00:33:17But try to get some sleep.
00:33:19I will.
00:33:47Mr. Farrell, it is Mario.
00:34:01You are next to make the patrol, no?
00:34:03Yeah, sure, Mario. Come on in.
00:34:07I've been waiting for you to finish.
00:34:10I must have dozed off. You kind of startled me.
00:34:15Sit down.
00:34:17Here, have a drink. It'll help you to relax.
00:34:20Gracias, senor.
00:34:23Sit down.
00:34:25Rest a while.
00:34:29You just checked every room in the house, didn't you?
00:34:32Si.
00:34:33Fine.
00:34:35You're a good man, Mario.
00:34:38A man that can be trusted.
00:34:48You know what I've been thinking about, Mario?
00:34:52Ann and that captain.
00:34:57You and me.
00:35:00Imagine an intelligent girl like her going for a common sea tramp like him.
00:35:11I know why.
00:35:13You do too.
00:35:15In case anything goes wrong, she's looking out for her own hide.
00:35:21That's why I keep thinking about you and me.
00:35:25Anything goes wrong, we're going to outlast them all.
00:35:46I'm going to trust you to take my turn of patrolling the house.
00:35:54But when you finish, don't wake the captain.
00:36:00Come back here and get me.
00:36:03See, I'll probably feel good enough by then to take his turn.
00:36:09Okay, Mario?
00:36:10Si.
00:36:11Okay.
00:36:15Let's go.
00:36:46Let's go.
00:36:47Ah!
00:37:14Senor, it is Mario.
00:37:16Oh, Mario, come on in.
00:37:17What is it?
00:37:21A shrew in the cellar?
00:37:25Well, how did he get in?
00:37:31Why should he go down there?
00:37:37What, did you tell Jerry?
00:37:44Yeah.
00:37:46Come on.
00:38:02Ann.
00:38:03Ann, wake up.
00:38:05A shrew got in.
00:38:06It's all right.
00:38:07He's down in the cellar.
00:38:08Now, we're going down after him.
00:38:10But I don't want you to let anybody open that door until I tell you to.
00:38:13You understand?
00:38:15Good girl.
00:38:34Okay.
00:38:35Open it just a crack.
00:38:38Open.
00:38:40Hold on to it.
00:38:42Okay.
00:39:07You take that side.
00:39:12Okay.
00:39:38Mario?
00:39:39Aqui.
00:39:41You see anything?
00:39:42I see where he was.
00:39:44I do not see where he is.
00:39:46Cuidado.
00:39:47Si, senor.
00:39:48I will be careful.
00:40:01I got him.
00:40:03And he also got me, senor.
00:40:07Give me a second.
00:40:11Okay.
00:40:37You all right down there?
00:40:39Doctor, get down here, quick.
00:40:42Come on.
00:40:52Mario.
00:40:53Mario.
00:41:09Hey.
00:41:11He's dead.
00:41:13Dead?
00:41:20I got this on him right away.
00:41:21He couldn't have bled to death.
00:41:26Might as well let go of it.
00:41:28Won't do him any good now.
00:41:33What could have killed him?
00:41:36I'm not certain.
00:41:38Till the autopsy.
00:41:41Hemotoxic syndrome.
00:41:44I'm afraid so.
00:41:46We'll know after pathology.
00:41:48Doctor,
00:41:50that's not the same animal you showed me.
00:41:52That's a monster.
00:41:54As I said,
00:41:56they are mutants.
00:41:58In controlling the size factor,
00:42:01we seem to have crossed some of the other characteristics.
00:42:04Well, you certainly did a good job of it.
00:42:07I've known that for some time, Captain.
00:42:12Hmm.
00:42:15Would you please give me a hand with Mario?
00:42:18Bradford,
00:42:19bring up the animal.
00:42:21An extremely high poison content in the shrew's saliva.
00:42:24Mm-hmm.
00:42:26Now, compare it with this.
00:42:28Careful count isn't necessary.
00:42:31Any indication to indicate that the animal is dead
00:42:34is not enough.
00:42:36The animal is dead.
00:42:38The animal is dead.
00:42:40The animal is dead.
00:42:42The animal is dead.
00:42:44The animal is dead.
00:42:46The animal is dead.
00:42:48The animal is dead.
00:42:50The poison is the same.
00:42:52Mario's blood will give you the answer.
00:42:54Yes, you're right.
00:42:58Look, Anne,
00:43:02brooding about it is not going to do any good.
00:43:05Now, why don't you try to think of something else?
00:43:08Tell me,
00:43:09what do you do around here.
00:43:11Are you a scientist?
00:43:13I'm a zoologist.
00:43:15Oh.
00:43:16That's the study of animal life, isn't it?
00:43:18Do you specialize?
00:43:19What do you specialize in?
00:43:21They died.
00:43:23I had a hand in this too.
00:43:25And I'm partly to blame.
00:43:27♪♪
00:43:36Let this end it.
00:43:38If we ever get off this island,
00:43:40I'll never have anything to do with it again.
00:43:43What will you do?
00:43:45Live normally.
00:43:46Like normal women do.
00:43:48You see, I seem a little dull
00:43:52after the life I've been living.
00:43:54Rather dull and alive than excited and...
00:43:56I'll take a dull, alive woman every time.
00:44:02♪♪
00:44:12Say, Thorne.
00:44:14The autopsy has proved what we suspected.
00:44:18Several weeks ago,
00:44:20I concocted the most virulent poison
00:44:22I could with the materials I had at hand.
00:44:25Then we put it out as bait.
00:44:28Maria was killed by poison.
00:44:32Doctor, I wonder if you thought
00:44:34the system of the Soreks
00:44:36enabled them to assimilate that poison.
00:44:38It remained in the salivary glands of their jaws.
00:44:41Isn't that wonderful?
00:44:43Well, I am sorry.
00:44:45Of course, I always speak
00:44:47from the clinical point of view.
00:44:49Well, don't you have something
00:44:51to counteract that poison?
00:44:53Once Maria was bitten,
00:44:55I'm afraid there's nothing
00:44:57anyone could have done.
00:44:59This indicates that they cannot afford
00:45:01to get even so much as a scratch
00:45:03from these animals.
00:45:05They're more poisonous than snakes.
00:45:07Well, do you think they're all affected?
00:45:10The best way to find out
00:45:12is let them all bite you
00:45:14and see which bite you die after.
00:45:16We might just all get that chance, Jerry.
00:45:18You included.
00:45:20Doctor, I've closed all the doors
00:45:22in the house.
00:45:24I suggest we do the same thing
00:45:26with this hall and this lab.
00:45:28It'll cut down the chances
00:45:30of getting in the front of the house.
00:45:32I think if we keep a close watch
00:45:34on those walls and windows in there,
00:45:36we might make it till daybreak.
00:45:38The walls are two feet thick.
00:45:40Do you think they have a chance to dig in?
00:45:42Of course there's a chance.
00:45:44Anywhere that plaster's off,
00:45:46that adobe's as soft as mush
00:45:48where that rain hit it.
00:46:08There's not a bad idea, doctor.
00:46:10But here's another possibility, doctor.
00:46:12It's very light out.
00:46:14It's going to be daylight soon.
00:46:16We'll take the shrew
00:46:18that killed Mario
00:46:20and throw it over the fence
00:46:22and use it for bait.
00:46:24If they find it,
00:46:26we'll use it as bait
00:46:28to get in the front of the house.
00:46:30And if they find it,
00:46:32we'll use it as bait
00:46:34to get in the front of the house.
00:46:36If they find it,
00:46:38we'll use it as bait.
00:46:40If they show up for it,
00:46:42of course they'll run for the boats out.
00:46:44But if they don't,
00:46:46then I'll go down
00:46:48and have Rook lay two with a lighter.
00:46:50Then I'll return to the bend
00:46:52and the trail
00:46:54and give you the all-clear signal.
00:46:56Sounds fine, Captain.
00:46:58Good. Then you explain it to the rest.
00:47:00Yes, I will.
00:47:06Well, the bait's been out for 20 minutes.
00:47:08Nothing's touched it.
00:47:36Even the wind has gone down.
00:47:38Isn't that wonderful?
00:47:40I'm afraid it's not over, my dear.
00:47:42It's just a low.
00:47:44There'll be a lot more.
00:47:46He's right.
00:47:48I'll be back at the bend shortly.
00:47:50Now you watch for my signal.
00:47:52You can't go alone.
00:47:54I'll go with him.
00:47:56Not you, Father.
00:47:58You haven't even fired a gun.
00:48:00I'll go with him.
00:48:02I'll go with him.
00:48:05No, Father, you haven't even fired a gun.
00:48:07Take Rad or Jerry.
00:48:09Sure, I'll go.
00:48:11Then you'll be sure
00:48:13of getting the signal.
00:48:35Don't shoot that gun unless you have to.
00:48:37We've only got 20 rounds altogether.
00:48:39I know that as well as you do.
00:48:41Don't shoot that gun unless you have to.
00:48:43We've only got 20 rounds altogether.
00:48:45I know that as well as you do.
00:48:51Sherman.
00:48:53You stay away from her.
00:48:55You have that gun for me.
00:48:57I'll go with him.
00:48:59I'll go with him.
00:49:01I'll go with him.
00:49:03I'll go with him.
00:49:05I'll go with him.
00:49:07I'll go with him.
00:49:09You have that gun pointed at me?
00:49:11Right at the middle of your back.
00:49:13Right at the middle of your back.
00:49:15Look, we've got enough problems without worrying about Ann.
00:49:17Look, we've got enough problems without worrying about Ann.
00:49:19I'm telling you, stay away from her.
00:49:21When the shrews get through with you,
00:49:23they won't even find a buckshot.
00:49:39Let's go.
00:49:57Hey, look.
00:49:59Hey, look!
00:50:01Look!
00:50:03I'll follow that check line I got to find him since last night you won't find much of
00:50:17him would you shut up I'm not going back you're what I'm staying here all right you suit yourself
00:50:26but if I were you I'd swim out to that boat can't swim and stay here wait a minute you
00:50:35got to give me a gun give you a gun chairman wait
00:51:05this is the gun we had on the boat they don't leave much do they
00:51:28Sherman we got to make a deal but what is it they've been trailing us on both sides
00:51:43where I didn't see anything look Sherman you got to give me a gun
00:51:49but if you do don't you run and you stay in front of me because I don't trust you
00:52:00they're coming
00:53:17for heaven's sakes doctor stop them
00:54:17all right didn't he have it coming or didn't he what happened out there nothing much Jerry
00:54:29just tried to kill me twice in the last five minutes Rook came ashore last night he's dead
00:54:38this all was left won't do us any good it's got no ammo
00:54:47I'm deeply sorry captain I wish I'd followed your orders look doctor you casually mentioned
00:55:10animals you didn't explain to us what we were facing out there every right to feel the way
00:55:16you do my mistake was only mine one of judgment I didn't know about the hurricane I didn't
00:55:25anticipate the effect it would have on the shrews I thought the house would be safe through the
00:55:32crisis how could you expose your own daughter how could you expose and of that she was going
00:55:37to leave last week but the boat didn't come I didn't drink anybody else care for one I could
00:55:49use some coffee slam the door you all right doctor he just ripped my trousers that's all
00:56:14are you sure that's all that's me I'm completely aware of it doctor
00:56:18that was a stupid waste of ammunition everyone I'm a clean mess still for them in there
00:56:45how did they get in through that kitchen window that rope must be right
00:56:52he's dead
00:57:14he recorded every symptom and reaction right up to the moment of his death
00:57:33Jerry tear down one of those drapes and cover him up
00:57:36sure sure Greg is so cover I am and I'll cover him you'll cover me but who'll cover you shut up
00:58:18I'll take them off to dig around this you're right no telling where else they're digging to
00:58:48here to barricade those walls I'll tell you we'll pass some of those crates up over there
00:59:12roots our last chance
00:59:42yes use these chemical drums as as tanks individual tanks
00:59:53but these drums are too tall for the base if the shoes don't push us over the wind will not
01:00:20we lash them together hey are there any more around here
01:00:24only that's been over there
01:00:54Get some rope and put it on that latch so we can reap from the ground.
01:01:42Kill him!
01:01:46Somebody hold him!
01:01:59Now hold this thing, all right?
01:02:11All right, we're all set.
01:02:22Something's gonna be rough, but we should be able to duck walk to the beach.
01:02:25Where's Jerry?
01:02:26There's a lot of them out there. I can see them. I'm not going.
01:02:29Look, come down here. That wind will blow you right off that roof.
01:02:33I told you I'm not going. I'm staying here.
01:02:37We've got to get them down here somehow.
01:02:39Ann, see if you can coach them down here.
01:02:41Jerry, Jerry, please come down with us.
01:02:44No, Ann, they'll get you if you go out there.
01:02:46Come down here, you fool!
01:02:48Poor devil, I hope he makes it.
01:02:50If he can't leave, he's not responsible for himself.
01:02:55He's got to go now.
01:02:57You all right, doctor?
01:02:58All right.
01:03:03You all right?
01:03:04All right.
01:03:05Now hold him!
01:03:12All right.
01:03:13All right.
01:03:17Everybody ready?
01:03:18I'm going to open that gate.
01:03:20Ready?
01:03:22Ready.
01:03:23Okay, here they come!
01:03:29Hold on! Hold on!
01:03:50Hold on!
01:04:14Ann, what's the matter?
01:04:15Your side's dragged.
01:04:18You want to rest? You tired?
01:04:24What'd you say?
01:04:26She says she's all right.
01:04:28She's keeping her eyes closed.
01:04:30All right, keep your eyes closed.
01:04:33They can't get at you through the slit.
01:04:47This empty drum is too heavy for her.
01:04:50I can barely hold up my side.
01:04:53I'll be all right in a minute.
01:04:56All right, you walk.
01:04:59I'll drag for a while.
01:05:05Listen, don't let their head get under.
01:05:08They'll flip us over.
01:05:17All right.
01:05:47Oh, my God!
01:06:17He got my foot!
01:06:19Check your foot.
01:06:22No, my foot is free, but he got my boot.
01:06:25Is there a scratch?
01:06:27No, not a mark.
01:06:43Keep moving.
01:06:45Let's go! Let's go!
01:06:54God, I don't think I...
01:06:57What?
01:07:01Son!
01:07:03Wait, son!
01:07:06Son, we're close!
01:07:08We'll hit the water soon.
01:07:16It doesn't sound like they're following us anymore.
01:07:24We'd better work deeper.
01:07:30I'm about to drown out.
01:07:32Okay, let's swim for it.
01:07:34Okay.
01:07:45Let's go!
01:08:08We're safe, aren't we?
01:08:10I mean, the storm.
01:08:12Sure.
01:08:13We got the first half all right, and that's always the roughest.
01:08:17Anyway, riding an anchor, I'll get a chance to learn a little more about that Swedish accent.
01:08:22In 24 hours, there'll be one shrew left on the island,
01:08:26and he'll be dead of starvation.
01:08:29An excellent example of overpopulation.
01:08:32Well, you know something, Doctor?
01:08:34What's that?
01:08:36I'm not gonna worry about overpopulation just yet.
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