The Brain Eaters is a 1958 independently made American black-and-white science fiction-horror film, produced by Ed Nelson (and Roger Corman, uncredited), and directed by Bruno VeSota. The film stars Nelson, Alan Jay Factor, and Joanna Lee and includes a brief appearance by Leonard Nimoy (name misspelled in film credits as "Leonard Nemoy").The Brain Eaters was distributed by American International Pictures as a double feature with either Earth vs. the Spider or Terror from the Year 5000 in different markets.
Plot
In Riverdale, Illinois, a man carrying a lighted glass container bumps into a pedestrian. The container is broken, and a fight ensues.
On their way home, Glenn Cameron and his fiancée, Elaine, are distracted by a light. They stop to investigate in nearby woods and find dead animals before coming upon a metal structure resembling a rocket nose cone.
Two days later, in Washington, D.C., a committee reviews classified army footage of the object. Also noted are several murders in the nearby town. Sen. Walter K. Powers and his assistant Dan Walker fly to Riverdale to investigate and are met by Glenn Cameron, whose father, the mayor, is missing. The three drive to the object's location. Alice Summers, the mayor's secretary, assists Dr. Paul Kettering, the committee's chief investigator, by recording test results. The senator approaches the cone to question Kettering and his assistant, Dr. Wyler. The cone appears to be indestructible, and its interior is a maze of tunnels.
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Plot
In Riverdale, Illinois, a man carrying a lighted glass container bumps into a pedestrian. The container is broken, and a fight ensues.
On their way home, Glenn Cameron and his fiancée, Elaine, are distracted by a light. They stop to investigate in nearby woods and find dead animals before coming upon a metal structure resembling a rocket nose cone.
Two days later, in Washington, D.C., a committee reviews classified army footage of the object. Also noted are several murders in the nearby town. Sen. Walter K. Powers and his assistant Dan Walker fly to Riverdale to investigate and are met by Glenn Cameron, whose father, the mayor, is missing. The three drive to the object's location. Alice Summers, the mayor's secretary, assists Dr. Paul Kettering, the committee's chief investigator, by recording test results. The senator approaches the cone to question Kettering and his assistant, Dr. Wyler. The cone appears to be indestructible, and its interior is a maze of tunnels.
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00:00:00A few weeks ago, Riverdale, Illinois, was just another quiet small town.
00:00:18And on that Saturday shortly after midnight, a living nightmare began.
00:01:48On Sunday, about an hour before nightfall, my fiancée and I were returning from a trip
00:02:08to her family's home in the country.
00:02:10Our wedding date was set.
00:02:12Everything was right with the world.
00:02:14We were on the way back to town to tell the good news to my father.
00:02:44All of them, dead.
00:03:13Dead.
00:03:27What is it?
00:03:30I don't know.
00:03:35Forty-eight hours later, in Washington, a hastily summoned UFO committee anxiously
00:03:40awaited to see a special screening of top secret Army films.
00:03:44Delaying the proceedings was the late arrival of Senator Walter K. Powers.
00:03:48All right, let's go.
00:03:56Lights.
00:04:01A ravine six miles south of the town of Riverdale, Illinois.
00:04:06Forty-eight hours ago, discovery was made of a great cone-shaped object.
00:04:11The cone stands 50 feet high, has a base diameter of 50 feet.
00:04:16The nature of the cone, undetermined.
00:04:20Origin, unknown.
00:04:24Efforts made to determine the composition of the cone by Dr. Paul Kettering,
00:04:28principal scientist for Project Damper, have proven futile.
00:04:32The surface of the cone has a total resistance to pressure, heat, acid.
00:04:37Coincidental with the discovery of the cone is the brutal slaying of several of the town's leading citizens.
00:04:44Townspeople questioned provided stories of strange sightings on or about the time of the discovery of the cone.
00:04:51One report cited the appearance of a fiery horse-drawn chariot in the sky.
00:04:56All reports, inconclusive.
00:05:00As of this report, the origin and the nature of the cone remain unknown.
00:05:08Lights.
00:05:14I don't know whether you gentlemen are aware, but on directive from the executive branch,
00:05:19I've been given a free hand on the matter of this ship.
00:05:22I want some action.
00:05:24I have the people's interest at heart, but I will not have my hands bound by lack of all the facts.
00:05:29Dan, call the hotel and tell them to pack our things.
00:05:32Then call the airport and charter a plane.
00:05:35We're heading for that little town of Riverdale.
00:05:37I want to see this thing firsthand.
00:05:44Call the signal call.
00:05:46Get General Prescott on the line.
00:05:48Say that Warwick K. Powers will not tolerate departmental interference.
00:05:52That if that spaceship film has been docked in any way, he stands in a very shaky position.
00:05:57Lay it on thick.
00:05:59I want him to keep so busy cleaning out his own closet that he won't find time to get in my way out there at that ship.
00:06:04I'll use the old investigation threat.
00:06:06That always works.
00:06:07Good.
00:06:10Garrett.
00:06:12Garrett, I'm going to poke so many holes in that spaceship fairy tale, the lid will be off in 24 hours.
00:06:27Washington had wired ahead that Walter K. Powers was to arrive in Riverdale to take charge of the spaceship investigation.
00:06:43Powers had requested that there be no publicity whatsoever.
00:06:50Mr. Powers?
00:06:51Yes.
00:06:52Dan Walker.
00:06:54How are you?
00:06:55Where's the mayor?
00:06:56He's not here, Mr. Powers.
00:06:57I'm his son, Glenn Cameron.
00:06:59We wired ahead.
00:07:00Why isn't he here?
00:07:01We've had some disturbing developments here in town, Mr. Powers.
00:07:04As of last night, we've got three murders in our hands.
00:07:07The mayor?
00:07:08No, at least we're hoping against it.
00:07:10He's disappeared, though.
00:07:11There's no word of any kind.
00:07:13Sounds to me like the Department of Law Enforcement has an abundant supply of bunglers.
00:07:17Do I have transportation?
00:07:19All right, let's get out to that ship or cone or whatever it is.
00:07:49Entering the restricted ravine area, I had the feeling that we were being watched, although there wasn't a soul around.
00:08:07The sheriff had instructed his men to keep the woods clear of curiosity seekers.
00:08:12Every precaution was being taken to safeguard scientific equipment and the scientists, whose work had to continue unhampered.
00:08:19Gentlemen, this is Alice Summers, Dad's secretary.
00:08:22She's helping Dr. Kettering with his paperwork.
00:08:24Alice?
00:08:25Mr. Walter K. Powers?
00:08:27Aye.
00:08:28Dan Walker.
00:08:29How is it coming along?
00:08:31Well, Dr. Kettering is all set to go inside the cone.
00:08:34You mean no one's been inside yet?
00:08:36What's the holdup?
00:08:37System, Mr. Powers.
00:08:38That thing may have dangers we don't know of.
00:08:40Can Kettering come down from up there?
00:08:42Well, he and Dr. Wyler are making a test just now.
00:08:45What kind of test?
00:08:46A sonic test.
00:08:47They're sending sound impulses into the tunnel lane to determine its length.
00:08:51Hmm.
00:08:52I'm going up there.
00:08:53Mr. Powers, Dr. Kettering may not like that.
00:09:11Dr. Kettering?
00:09:13You must be Walter K. Powers.
00:09:15I'm Dr. Wyler.
00:09:16I can see that.
00:09:17It is.
00:09:18What's the matter with him?
00:09:19Is he hard of hearing?
00:09:2139.7 ratio, test negative.
00:09:24Check.
00:09:30Hello, Powers.
00:09:31I'm Paul Kettering.
00:09:32You know I am here.
00:09:34I want action.
00:09:36Good.
00:09:37We can use some.
00:09:38So far, our batting average is zero.
00:09:40Not quite zero.
00:09:42I understand this ship had some kind of markings.
00:09:45They were destroyed.
00:09:47That's impossible.
00:09:49First, let me say, we haven't determined whether it is a ship.
00:09:52And as for any markings, before a single hand touched that cone,
00:09:57it was photographed from every conceivable angle.
00:09:59Black and white, color, still, motion picture, spectrographs.
00:10:03Black and white, color, still, motion picture, spectrographs.
00:10:07Everything's open to your inspection.
00:10:10Who took these photographs?
00:10:13My staff and I.
00:10:15Look, this thing is indestructible.
00:10:17To remove any markings, you'd have to alter the surface.
00:10:20And that, Mr. Powers, is impossible.
00:10:23Nothing's indestructible.
00:10:25Give the wind enough time, and it can wear away a mountain.
00:10:34Well, as you can see, not a mar.
00:10:36I've tried everything science knows of.
00:10:38Diamond bit drills, metal-eating acids, all with no success.
00:10:42Where does that opening lead?
00:10:43As yet, we don't know.
00:10:45Ship has to have a control room, place for an engine of some kind,
00:10:49place for fuel, living quarters.
00:10:51Yeah, well, since we can't determine what it's made of,
00:10:54you can scarcely expect anybody to know what its function is.
00:10:56Since we haven't found out what's on the other side of the metal by penetrating it,
00:11:00we can't find out what's down inside the tunneling.
00:11:03Watch this.
00:11:22What, uh, what's it mean?
00:11:24It means the tunnel is cyclic.
00:11:26Is what?
00:11:28The point of origin becomes the point of return.
00:11:31I can do without the double talk.
00:11:33I don't like to push you, Kettering,
00:11:35but you science boys tend to get all wrapped up in your test tubes,
00:11:38and the obvious things escape your attention.
00:11:41I've got to have something to report.
00:11:43I want action, not theories.
00:11:45I want to know what's on the inside of that ship.
00:11:49Well, I suppose now's as good a time as any.
00:11:56Don't you think it wise to be armed?
00:12:02Come on, now.
00:12:04What's really on the inside of that thing?
00:12:07I don't know.
00:12:31I don't know.
00:13:01Dr. Wyler, it has been a long time.
00:13:03Could anything have gone wrong?
00:13:05I don't know.
00:13:09How long has he been in there?
00:13:11Too long.
00:13:28Listen!
00:13:31Kettering!
00:13:41Kettering, are you all right?
00:13:48A little worse for wear.
00:13:50What did you find?
00:13:52Nothing.
00:13:53Nothing?
00:13:55It's tunneling all the way through, spiral,
00:13:57like a toy railroad train, up and down, over and over again.
00:14:00Well, the thing has some purpose.
00:14:02What's it for?
00:14:04I don't know.
00:14:12Hello?
00:14:14Hold the line.
00:14:15Glenn, it's the sheriff.
00:14:17Yeah?
00:14:20The mayor's back.
00:14:30Come on.
00:14:54Hey, Glenn, he's still up there.
00:14:56Let's go up.
00:14:57Hey, Ryan, stay put and keep your eyes open.
00:15:02Let me go home.
00:15:17Dad, are you all right?
00:15:22Dad, you had us worried.
00:15:24You left no word.
00:15:26I left word with Alice.
00:15:28Alice, didn't you give her my message?
00:15:30Mayor Cameron, you didn't say anything to me.
00:15:33Oh, didn't I?
00:15:35I'm sure I had.
00:15:37Where you been all this time, Mayor?
00:15:39Cameron, I'm Walter K. Powers, down from Washington.
00:15:42I'm here to keep this spaceship business in check.
00:15:44Don't you think you picked a very poor time to absent yourself from office?
00:15:48Washington is not running this town. I am.
00:15:50Dad, Mr. Powers is only trying to help.
00:15:53Are you siding against your father?
00:15:55I'm sorry, Dad, but...
00:15:57you don't look well.
00:16:00I... I feel fine.
00:16:03You do look kind of pale, Mayor Cameron.
00:16:06I'm not sure you're welcome in this town anymore, Dr. Kettering.
00:16:10Now, hold on, Cameron.
00:16:12If I have to push my weight around, I will.
00:16:15Riverdale's not a republic.
00:16:17It's part of the USA.
00:16:19One telephone call from me and this town goes under martial law.
00:16:22Now, let's not make...
00:16:24Get out! All of you, get out!
00:16:26Mr. Powers, please wait.
00:16:28Dad, there is something the matter.
00:16:30What is it?
00:16:31I said get out! And keep away from that door!
00:16:34Wait a minute! What's going on here?
00:16:38What is that on the back of your neck, Mayor?
00:16:40There's...
00:16:42There's nothing on my neck.
00:16:44I say there is.
00:16:47Do you mind if I take a look at it?
00:16:49Don't go near him.
00:16:51Why don't you give the gun to Glenn?
00:16:54He's your son. Surely you trust him.
00:16:57All we want to do is help you.
00:17:00Dad?
00:17:04May I have the gun?
00:17:21Dad!
00:17:45What's that on his neck?
00:17:51I don't know.
00:18:22What did you find out?
00:18:26I want to wait and hear what the doctor has to say before I draw any conclusions.
00:18:31You're so tired. You've got to get some rest.
00:18:35I'm all right.
00:18:36Well, what was it?
00:18:38Well, we can't say yet. We'll know in a moment.
00:18:47Oh, it's all right, Doctor. Go ahead.
00:18:50Now, none of you should feel any sense of guilt about the Mayor's death because of the shooting.
00:18:54What do you mean?
00:18:56He would have died anyway.
00:18:58It works like this, Powers.
00:19:00That thing on the back of the Mayor's neck had two piercing instruments.
00:19:05They attached themselves to the central nervous system at the base of the neck.
00:19:09Now, we don't quite know how it worked, but...
00:19:11when the thing was crushed and the instruments withdrawn,
00:19:15they secreted something in the form of an acid.
00:19:18And this acid destroyed the Mayor's nervous system.
00:19:21So without the shooting, death would have ensued in...
00:19:24Well, what would you say, Doctor?
00:19:2624 to 48 hours.
00:19:28Just enough time for the acid to do its work.
00:19:32You mean if there are any more of these things around,
00:19:35and they get on somebody's back,
00:19:37the person will live only so long as the thing is left untouched?
00:19:41That's it.
00:19:42Because once this thing attaches itself to the victim's back...
00:19:46Well, the victim isn't human anymore.
00:19:48Are you going to tell the others about this?
00:19:51Well, I have to tell them something.
00:19:53This is to be kept strictly confidential, Doctor.
00:19:55Will you make your report out that way?
00:19:57I understand.
00:19:58If you need me, feel free to call upon me, will you?
00:20:01I will. Thank you, Doctor.
00:20:02All right, we're sitting on a powder keg.
00:20:04Now, I want you to listen closely to everything I have to say
00:20:07and not repeat a word to anyone.
00:20:16Notify all the men we're on a 24-hour duty.
00:20:19If anybody wants me, I'll be out of the comb.
00:20:45Oh, my God!
00:21:15Oh, my God!
00:21:45Oh, my God!
00:22:15Oh, my God!
00:22:46This is a piece we got off the mayor.
00:22:49Reflex action, like a snake.
00:22:51Cut a snake in half and the two pieces go off in different directions.
00:22:54How long can it do that?
00:22:57Oh, I'd say...
00:22:58until the cellular structure begins to break down, I suppose.
00:23:02Second.
00:23:09Your hands are like ice.
00:23:11Why don't you get some ice?
00:23:13Ice.
00:23:14Why don't you get some rest? I can manage here alone.
00:23:18I'd feel less guilty if you did.
00:23:21About the parasites.
00:23:22Do you think there are many more of them?
00:23:24Why don't you let me worry about that?
00:23:26Can't you get some rest?
00:23:28I can't. I want to help.
00:23:32All right, then. Let's get back to work.
00:23:36In feeding the mouth parts,
00:23:39rupture the cells,
00:23:42convey the food to the stomach by...
00:23:45the popping action.
00:23:48Pop!
00:23:51It's breaking open the skin!
00:23:53Don't hit me with something, idiot!
00:24:03Yes!
00:24:12Here.
00:24:17Hello?
00:24:24Katherine, Weiler.
00:24:26I've got an idea about this cold out here.
00:24:28I don't know why it didn't occur to me before.
00:24:30Yes, can you get out here right away?
00:24:33Yeah, OK. I'll be right over.
00:24:37Weiler's come up with something.
00:24:39I have to pick up the others and go right away.
00:24:42It didn't take Kettering long to round up the others.
00:24:45Once again, we were on the way to the restricted area.
00:24:48Weiler had come up with a new angle.
00:24:50Of course, we all hoped that it was a solution to the mystery of the spaceship.
00:24:54As we entered the woods,
00:24:56we discovered that the roadblock signs had been removed from the highway,
00:24:59and there wasn't a guard on duty.
00:25:01At least we didn't see one.
00:25:06What is it?
00:25:10Look.
00:25:35Are you thinking the same thing I am?
00:25:38Hello!
00:25:42Hello!
00:25:52Most modern rockets, those that are in the planning stage today, come in sections.
00:25:56That is to say, you have one section for the control room and living quarters.
00:26:00Then you have two more fuel sections.
00:26:02As the fuel sections become needless,
00:26:04empty of fuel,
00:26:05they're cast off.
00:26:07Jettisoned.
00:26:09Simply dead weight.
00:26:11This cone's a fuel section, is that it?
00:26:14We've been wasting our time.
00:26:15The control section's someplace else.
00:26:17Maybe miles away.
00:26:19Not miles away.
00:26:20Simply out of space.
00:26:22Floating perpetually.
00:26:24Well, we know this is not an American project.
00:26:26This cone is a useless piece of junk.
00:26:29We're wasting our time here.
00:26:31So,
00:26:32it's come down to the parasites.
00:26:33It's come down to the parasites.
00:26:34What about it, Kettering?
00:26:35Well, we can't handle it single-handed.
00:26:37I didn't ask you.
00:26:38My job here is to help keep a damper on this thing.
00:26:40We don't want a nationwide panic in our hands.
00:26:42We've got to keep this thing down to a rustle.
00:26:44Now,
00:26:46just how much of a threat are they?
00:26:48Well, some of this is fact and some of it is scientific hunch.
00:26:51Give us a rundown and never mind pulling the punches.
00:26:54All right.
00:26:55They're parasites.
00:26:56That means they need something or someone to live on.
00:26:59On their own, most parasites would die.
00:27:01Well, they tried animals.
00:27:03Why didn't they settle on animals?
00:27:05That's the rub.
00:27:06They wanted more than just life.
00:27:09They tried animals through ignorance.
00:27:11They didn't understand earthly forms.
00:27:13They didn't know which animal, including man, was best suited for this environment.
00:27:18So, they experimented.
00:27:20Trial and error.
00:27:22You mean they can think?
00:27:24He chose the mare.
00:27:26That shows they can think.
00:27:27These things take over a man's mind.
00:27:30He becomes a... a robot?
00:27:32A machine taking orders?
00:27:34Except for one thing.
00:27:37It may not show on the outside.
00:27:39A victim may act normally.
00:27:41Well, they haven't moved in on us in force yet.
00:27:43If we can find out where they're nesting,
00:27:45we may get the jump on them.
00:27:47There's another part to this ship,
00:27:49and we've got to find it.
00:27:50Glenn, this is your town.
00:27:52Draw up a map.
00:27:54Outline search zones.
00:27:56I'll call the sheriff and have him get his men organized.
00:28:00PHONE RINGS
00:28:30PHONE RINGS
00:28:58Can't reach the sheriff.
00:28:59No matter.
00:29:00This calls for the state militia.
00:29:01I'll wire the governor.
00:29:02What about the folks in town?
00:29:04They'll know something's up if you call in the militia.
00:29:06You have a local radio station, don't you?
00:29:08I'll arrange for the radio station to make an announcement.
00:29:10We're having a civil defense drill.
00:29:12Nothing to get excited about.
00:29:13Just routine.
00:29:15Well, here's the map.
00:29:17It's not a good job, but it's a map.
00:29:19You're not going to start a search now, are you?
00:29:22Why not?
00:29:24Oh, I just thought...
00:29:25Well, perhaps you're right.
00:29:26Now, I thought we'd break up into three groups.
00:29:29First thing, though, we ought to get the girls back into town.
00:29:32We're in on this, too.
00:29:33We'll search on our own if you won't take us.
00:29:35I'm not going to stay in town all by myself.
00:29:37Okay.
00:29:38I'll change it around.
00:29:40Now, Kettering,
00:29:42you and Alice can take this area.
00:29:45Powers, Dan Walker and Weiler can cover this area.
00:29:49Elaine and I will work here.
00:29:51And I think we ought to agree.
00:29:52If anyone finds a trace of the other part of the ship,
00:29:55go to the city hall.
00:29:57We'll meet back there.
00:29:59Nobody should act on his own.
00:30:00We'll need weapons.
00:30:01We have them in our supplies.
00:30:02All right, we've wasted enough time.
00:30:04Let's go.
00:30:17Paul,
00:30:19what about the girls?
00:30:20Paul,
00:30:22what if we should come upon something,
00:30:23this other part of the ship?
00:30:27No funny business.
00:30:29We'll report back to the others.
00:30:35Scared?
00:30:37I'd be lying if I said I wasn't.
00:30:42I think we should have held off on this search.
00:30:46Do you mind telling me why?
00:30:47Because if there's another part of the ship,
00:30:49and we do find it,
00:30:50we couldn't do very much about it, now could we?
00:30:55You don't talk very much, do you?
00:30:57That's why he's my assistant.
00:30:59Now, you take parents.
00:31:01They're great talkers.
00:31:03Lousy flyers.
00:31:47Power Company mail.
00:32:06Is he?
00:32:07Yes.
00:32:17He's dead.
00:32:29What you're hearing now is the cause of his death.
00:32:33The smartest thing for us to do is to get out of here.
00:32:47Let's go.
00:33:06It's all right.
00:33:08The wind's lined it shut.
00:33:13It's locked.
00:33:14Oh, no.
00:33:15From the outside.
00:33:18Glenn!
00:33:20Is somebody out there?
00:33:21Are you breathing?
00:33:31He's still breathing.
00:33:34Something's burning.
00:33:36There's a fire.
00:33:38Something's burning.
00:33:40Glenn!
00:33:47Glenn!
00:34:18Glenn!
00:34:25Well, we've all had an object lesson
00:34:27on how not to conduct a search.
00:34:29I guess we'll call a halt until in the morning.
00:34:32Powers, did you contact the governor
00:34:33on getting the state militia out of here?
00:34:35I had trouble getting the telegrapher out of bed.
00:34:38But he's on his way to the office now.
00:34:40What are these doing in here?
00:34:42What?
00:34:43These big glass jars.
00:34:44Don't touch them!
00:34:48Oh.
00:34:54Unless I missed my bet,
00:34:55these jars are connected with the parasites.
00:34:57How?
00:34:58The mayor is the only person
00:34:59with one of these on him yet.
00:35:01On their own, the parasites can't move around
00:35:03from one place to the other rapidly.
00:35:05They just aren't made that way.
00:35:07They were gonna have the mayor plant these jars
00:35:09where they would do the most harm.
00:35:11And in each jar, a parasite.
00:35:14You've hit it on the head, Catherine.
00:35:16Now we know what to look for.
00:35:18I'm gonna send that wire.
00:35:32Telegraph office.
00:35:33This is Powers.
00:35:34Sorry to pull you out of bed.
00:35:36This is urgent.
00:35:37Urgent and confidential.
00:35:39Is that clear?
00:35:40All right.
00:35:41What's the message?
00:35:42Governor Clinton, state capital.
00:35:45Governor Clinton, state capital.
00:35:48Situation urgent.
00:35:50Phone me at once.
00:35:52Kerr, Riverdale.
00:35:55Signed, Walter K. Powers.
00:36:00Hello?
00:36:02Hello?
00:36:03Yes, I'm still here.
00:36:05Have you got that message?
00:36:06Yes, I've got it.
00:36:09Situation urgent.
00:36:11Phone me at once.
00:36:13Kerr, Riverdale.
00:36:14Signed, Walter K. Powers.
00:36:18That's right.
00:36:19I want that sent direct.
00:36:21It's already there.
00:36:22Good.
00:36:23Thanks for getting out of bed.
00:36:25Good night.
00:36:29Everything peaceful here.
00:36:33Spaceship, pure bunk.
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00:40:11Look, they've got her.
00:40:28At least, she's still alive.
00:40:38We'll find a way.
00:40:41It can't be.
00:40:43If I kill that thing, that means that we have to kill her.
00:40:47And if we let it live, that means that she'll be a menace to everyone else.
00:40:52Where to now?
00:40:54Out to the Cone, where else?
00:40:56I thought we gave that up.
00:40:57I haven't.
00:40:58How about you?
00:40:59I think you may be right.
00:41:01When we got to the ravine, still another mystery greeted us.
00:41:04Dr. Wyler and the others had discovered a dying man who presumably came from inside the spaceship.
00:41:10Kettering recognized the man as Professor Helsingman,
00:41:13who vanished with an entire scientific expedition five years ago.
00:41:18Elaine, there's a medical kit over in the tap. Will you get it for me, please?
00:41:33Will he live?
00:41:34No, but he's going to, as long as science can make him.
00:41:41Why did the thing go away?
00:41:43Why did it leave him?
00:41:45A car with a bad engine. Would you buy it?
00:41:48He's got a bad heart. It's the same thing.
00:41:51That parasite off his back.
00:41:53He'll die in a matter of hours.
00:41:55During that time, he'll make trouble, won't he?
00:41:57He'll be out of his mind.
00:41:59Yes, we'll have to tie him up.
00:42:00Wyler, will you go get us a rope?
00:42:02He came out of that cone.
00:42:04No doubt about that.
00:42:05Yes, but was he in the cone to begin with?
00:42:08Or did he go into the cone?
00:42:11Let's get him to a hospital.
00:42:13We might get something out of him yet. Every minute counts.
00:42:17Wyler, I want you to set up some detection equipment on top of the scaffolding next to the hatch.
00:42:21I want to know if so much as a mosquito goes in or out of it.
00:42:24I'll get right on it.
00:42:36Where were you last night? We could have used you.
00:42:38I don't know. I must have been out of the office.
00:42:42Why'd you take those two men off the roadblock?
00:42:44Let's face it, Kettering. If somebody wanted to pass the roadblock, all they have to do is skirt it.
00:42:48There's plenty of woods on both sides of the highway.
00:42:50That's why I took them off.
00:42:52Well, I want those two men that were stationed up there put down here at the foot of the scaffolding.
00:42:56Okay.
00:42:57I'm cooperating.
00:43:00Your name is Helsing.
00:43:02You are a professor of biochemistry at Wallingsford University.
00:43:06I studied under you.
00:43:08What are the parasites?
00:43:10Where do they come from?
00:43:12What do they want of us?
00:43:14I don't know.
00:43:16I don't know.
00:43:18I don't know.
00:43:20I don't know.
00:43:22I don't know.
00:43:24I don't know.
00:43:26I don't know.
00:43:29You disappeared nearly five years ago.
00:43:33Where have you been all this time?
00:43:35You were given up for dead.
00:43:38Where is Dr. Cole, who vanished with you?
00:43:44Kettering.
00:43:45He knows it's you, Kettering.
00:43:46Get him to talk.
00:43:47You've got to.
00:43:50Helsingman.
00:43:52Are the parasites from the cone?
00:43:56What is the secret of the cone?
00:43:59Carboniferous.
00:44:01Carboniferous.
00:44:03Carboniferous.
00:44:05Carboniferous age.
00:44:07What's Carboniferous age?
00:44:10200 million years ago, a coal and oil forming period began.
00:44:14Geologists refer to it as the Carboniferous age.
00:44:17It was the age of insects.
00:44:19Giant dragonflies, two feet in wingspan.
00:44:22All kinds of insects, mammoth in size.
00:44:25You mean the parasites come from the earth?
00:44:29They survived in the earth all this time?
00:44:33Yes.
00:44:34Oh, yes.
00:44:53Is he?
00:45:03And it's not a spaceship.
00:45:05It's from below.
00:45:07Put me through to the governor's office in the state capital.
00:45:10Who shall I say is calling, sir?
00:45:12Powers, Walter K. Powers. Put me through.
00:45:14I'm sorry, sir. The lines are busy.
00:45:16Well, keep trying.
00:45:18I'll keep trying, sir.
00:45:23Operator.
00:45:25I'm sorry, sir. That line's busy.
00:45:27The governor should have called hours ago.
00:45:30There's no doubt in his mind as to the urgency of my wire.
00:45:33Are you sure it was sent?
00:45:35Positive, that is.
00:45:42Hello, operator.
00:45:44Connect me with the telegram office.
00:45:46I'm sorry, sir. That line is busy.
00:45:48Well, how about my call to the state capital?
00:45:50I'm sorry, sir. That line is busy.
00:45:53There's something funny going on here.
00:45:58Hello, operator.
00:46:00Connect me with the water commissioner's office.
00:46:03I'm sorry, sir. That line is busy.
00:46:06All right, operator. Thank you.
00:46:09Well, that does it.
00:46:11They've got communications tied up.
00:46:13While Powers and Walker went to the radio station
00:46:16in an attempt to broadcast an alarm to the state capital,
00:46:19Kettering and I stopped at the telegraph office
00:46:22to find out if the governor had sent a reply to Powers' urgent message.
00:46:26The place was dark.
00:46:28Seemed as though it was closed for the night.
00:46:31But Kettering noticed figures moving about inside.
00:46:34The telegrapher appeared at the door.
00:46:36Kettering asked him about the telegram Powers was expecting from the governor.
00:46:40The telegrapher was angry, his answer abrupt and negative.
00:46:44Kettering demanded an explanation, but was attacked instead.
00:46:49Are you all set?
00:47:19This is Walter K. Powers in Riverdale.
00:47:22This message is directed to anyone outside the Riverdale area who can hear my voice.
00:47:28I repeat, this message is directed to anyone outside the Riverdale area...
00:47:50I'll go up and check the recording device I set up by the hatch to see if anything's been up there.
00:47:54You two stay down here and map out a plan for searching the tunnel.
00:47:57I don't know if I'd be of much help.
00:47:59I never met a man who thought so little of his own abilities.
00:48:06Hi. Has anyone been up near the hatch since you two boys have been on duty?
00:48:09Not a soul, sir. Why? Do you want one of us stationed up there?
00:48:12No, no, I was just checking. We have equipment up there to detect any movement around the hatch.
00:48:19No one's been up there, sir. You can be sure of that.
00:48:49I can't see a thing.
00:49:13Ben! Walter! Duck!
00:49:19What's wrong? What are they shooting at us for?
00:49:49Ah!
00:49:55What is it? What happened? What did you kill them for?
00:49:58Look.
00:50:03A parasite!
00:50:05They're still alive!
00:50:10We'd better reload. We're going inside the cone right now.
00:50:19Come on.
00:50:36Where's Kettering and young Cameron?
00:50:37Went inside the cone.
00:50:38What?
00:50:50Come in, gentlemen.
00:50:52You have no choice.
00:50:55You may stop there.
00:50:59There's no doubt.
00:51:02You're Professor Cole.
00:51:04I was Professor Cole.
00:51:06What do you mean, you were?
00:51:10Now I hold a position of a much higher order.
00:51:13I presume you're like the others.
00:51:15No will of your own.
00:51:19You take your orders from that thing on your back.
00:51:22There is nothing on my back.
00:51:25That's what Giddell tells you.
00:51:28And these glass pillars?
00:51:30There's nothing in them, I suppose.
00:51:32You speak directly to me.
00:51:36We are in complete harmony with each other.
00:51:39You speak directly to me.
00:51:43We are in complete harmony.
00:51:46We are inseparable.
00:51:49There is no conflict of purpose here as there is among mankind.
00:51:53We will not engage in combat.
00:51:56No violence of any kind.
00:51:59Why should we?
00:52:01When we can scatter quietly like seeds in the wind.
00:52:06You mean spread like a disease?
00:52:08Like some vile plague from the corruptions of the earth?
00:52:12Our social order is pure.
00:52:15Innocent.
00:52:16It has the exactitude of mathematics.
00:52:20We shall force upon man a life free from strife and turmoil.
00:52:29Ironic that man should obtain his long sought utopia as a gift rather than as something earned.
00:52:37You speak in riddles.
00:52:39How many more are there in your world?
00:52:42We that you see here are the founders.
00:52:46Though few in number, we shall organize man to aid us in bringing the others to the surface.
00:52:53It will take time.
00:52:56But we have learned patience in 200 million years.
00:52:59We are not so well adjusted.
00:53:02When we've reached the end of our patience, your flesh and blood, drop them.
00:53:06I said drop them!
00:53:11Kill them!
00:53:13The legions!
00:53:15Let's get out of here!
00:53:37Fire everyone! Up in the ravine, fast!
00:53:59What are they waiting for?
00:54:02What are they waiting for?
00:54:06Let them wait.
00:54:08We need the time.
00:54:10Glenn, I've got an idea.
00:54:12You think you can salvage that power truck we saw stopped on the highway?
00:54:15I might. Why?
00:54:18You think you can manage it alone?
00:54:20We'd better stay here and keep an eye on the coons.
00:54:23I'll do my best.
00:54:32What's that thing?
00:54:33It's a harpoon gun, more or less. Air pressure type.
00:54:37The power company uses it to get their lines over difficult terrains.
00:54:48Have they tried anything yet?
00:54:50Not a sign of movement.
00:54:52Too quiet.
00:54:53They're setting up something. I can feel it in the air.
00:54:57They're setting up something. I can feel it in the air.
00:55:03Glenn, I'm going down the other end of the ravine.
00:55:06When I give you the signal, you fire the gun.
00:55:08And keep everybody clear of this cable.
00:55:11And when I get over the other side, you secure the end of this cable
00:55:14onto the end of that heavy electrical cable you saw on the back of the truck, okay?
00:55:22Kettering reached a point directly on the opposite side of the ravine
00:55:25and signaled for me to fire the harpoon gun.
00:55:43The next step was to tie his end of the wire to a tree.
00:55:56I wasn't sure of Kettering's plan, but followed his instructions nevertheless.
00:56:01I made doubly sure that my end of the wire was firmly tied
00:56:04to the heavy electrical cable from the power truck.
00:56:07Then I signaled back to Kettering and he started to pull the wire on his side.
00:56:11The electrical cable moved out over the ravine
00:56:13until it was strung but an inch or two away from the cone.
00:56:17What is all this, Kettering? What's your plan?
00:56:20You see those lines on top of that high-tension tower?
00:56:22What about them?
00:56:23Those lines carry anywhere from 60,000 to 80,000 volts.
00:56:26They're like nothing better than an easy path to ground.
00:56:29If it did, you'd see some pretty fancy fireworks.
00:56:31The kind that kills.
00:56:32They're going to feed the current in their cone.
00:56:34Sounds good.
00:56:35There's just one thing.
00:56:36What's that?
00:56:37Who's going to feed the current in their cone?
00:56:39I don't know.
00:56:40But I'm sure they're going to feed the current in their cone.
00:56:43There's just one thing.
00:56:44What's that?
00:56:45Who's going up there and splice that cable onto it?
00:56:48Suicide, plain and simple.
00:56:50No.
00:56:51I'm against it.
00:56:52He's right, Kettering.
00:56:53I'm not going up there, I can tell you that.
00:56:56And we're not going to let you do it either.
00:56:57Nobody has to go up there.
00:57:01What do you mean?
00:57:04This will do it for us.
00:57:05We'll shoot the other end of the cable up there.
00:57:08All right, everybody, back behind the power truck.
00:57:10Kettering.
00:57:12Do you want me to stay on?
00:57:14Just say the word.
00:57:16Do you want to?
00:57:17No, but I intend to, just the same.
00:57:22Kettering!
00:57:23Look!
00:57:41Paul, you must listen to me.
00:57:45What I have to say means everything to me.
00:57:48Alice, whatever you have to say, it's not of your own making.
00:57:51No, Paul, you're wrong.
00:57:53I know what you're thinking, but you're wrong.
00:57:56Alice, you must come down.
00:57:57There's no time left.
00:57:58There is time, Paul.
00:57:59You can give it to us.
00:58:01Say it.
00:58:04Go ahead.
00:58:05Listen and believe.
00:58:07And believe.
00:58:08If peaceful means fail, they'll be compelled to use force.
00:58:11Do you understand?
00:58:12Alice.
00:58:14Will you come with me?
00:58:18I make you this solemn promise.
00:58:20If it takes me the rest of my life, I'll find a way of freeing you.
00:58:24I believe in that so strongly, I know I won't fail.
00:58:27Never.
00:58:30How could I ever think that I loved you?
00:58:38Help!
00:58:42Paul.
00:58:47Glenn, fire the gun!
00:58:49It's murder.
00:58:51He's as good as dead.
00:58:52He gave the order.
00:58:54Fire the gun.
00:58:56I can't.
00:58:58Now, you listen to me.
00:58:59Either fire that gun or give it to me.
00:59:02Fire the gun!
00:59:07Fire the gun!
00:59:38Nothing could have lived through that.
00:59:40We have to make sure.
00:59:42Let's get at it.
00:59:47They're all dead, every last one of them.
00:59:49You know, there's still some of the people in town.
00:59:52I'll attend to that.
00:59:53Watch my dust.
00:59:55We'll get them.
00:59:57Or you don't know Walter K. Powers.
01:00:07Damn, Weiler, we've still got a job to do.
01:00:09Come on.
01:00:24Oh, Glenn.
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