654 - December 25, 1968

[bunniefuu]

[eerie music]

- A full moon shines over Collinwood.

An ill-omened moon for all who live in the great house

and for others too, for the moon

changes one tortured man into an animal who only knows to k*ll.

And on this night, that animal has found a new victim.

[solemn music]

[growl]

- Who is it?

[clatter]

[growl]

[crash]

[yelling]

[theme music]

[yelling]

[growling]

[grunts]

[yells]

[grunting]

[cries of pain]

[clatter]

[dramatic music]

[clock chimes]

[sighs]

- Barnabas, Joe should be back by now.

- He's likely having some trouble

finding some of your things.

- There wasn't that much on the list.

Perhaps I should call and find out what's keeping him.

[sighs]

[phone rings]

[breathing heavily]

[grunts]

[thud]

[breathing heavily]

Hello?

Hello!

Hello!

Are you there?

Joe, hello!

- What is it, Maggie?

- Someone picked up but nobody's answered.

Hello!

Barnabas, something's happened over there.

Joe!

Joe!

- I'm going to go over and see if anything's wrong.

- Perhaps nothing's wrong.

Perhaps it's just Joe.

He's done so many things lately, many things I don't understand.

Maybe this is just one of them.

[buzzing]

- Joe!

Joe!

Joe!

I'll get Dr. Hoffman. - No.

- Don't move. - I'm all right.

I'm all right. - What happened here, Joe?

What happened?

[solemn music]

- Oh, don't worry, Maggie.

- I can't help it.

I guess it's silly.

- It's been a strange night for all of us.

I'd better go look in on Mrs. Stoddard.

- Do you think she'll be all right?

- Well, there's nothing wrong with her physically.

If there were, I could treat it.

But we're dealing with-- with an obsession.

We can't even imagine the root.

How did it start?

Why is she so afraid that we'll all think that she's dead

and bury her alive?

When Joe comes, Maggie, my advice to you

is to go sleep right away.

Those children get up very early.

- Yes, I will.

Oh, Julia, do you think I'll be able to handle David?

I know I will Amy but David was so attached to Vicki, I'm--

I'm afraid he'll resent me.

- Well, of course he won't.

Now, don't you worry about it, Maggie.

My only question is, will you like being a governess?

I'll see you later.

- Joe! - Get Julia, Maggie.

- It's not bad.

- Get Julia!

- Julia!

Julia!

- Are you all right?

- Yes.

Yes.

Listen, Barnabas, maybe-- maybe I

was wrong before when I described the animal to you.

Maybe it was just my imagination.

- How could you be mistaken?

A wolf-like creature walking like a man?

- I don't know.

He lunged at me before I knew it.

All I could see was the shape of a dog.

The eyes, teeth.

- That's exactly as Elizabeth saw!

- She was attacked?

- Yes.

Many people have been attacked.

Didn't you hear about it at the hospital?

- No.

I guess I spent all my time wondering

what had happened to me, what had

made me behave the way I did and do the things I had done.

- The past is forgotten, Joe.

The present is important.

This animal must be found.

[growling weakly]

[dramatic music]

- You're very fortunate that you weren't hurt more seriously.

- Yes, I know.

- I hope you feel like talking to the police tonight.

- Who called them?

- Well, didn't you?

- No.

- Well, then Barnabas must have.

- When did he do it? - I don't know.

I just assume.

Joe, don't you want the police involved?

Why not?

- What can they do now?

- Well, anything you can tell them can help.

- Did it help when Mrs. Stoddard called them?

- No. - I'll call them tomorrow.

- But they should know that an animal is on the loose.

He may attack someone else tonight.

- I stabbed him with the scissors.

There was blood on the scissors.

- Do you think he's dead?

- No.

- Well, then we should call the sheriff.

- There's time enough for that.

- No, Joe. Now.

- Look, it happened to me!

I'm the one who should decide what to do about it.

- All right, Joe.

- I better be getting home.

- Wouldn't it be more sensible for you

to spend the night here, Joe?

- Yes, I think it would.

You've had kind of a shock.

Besides, I'll want to examine you tomorrow anyway.

- Mrs. Stoddard would insist upon it.

- And your car is still at the Evans cottage.

- There's-- there's something I have to do yet.

- Tomorrow, Joe.

Now, that's settled.

I'll go and prepare a room.

- Here, Joe, take these.

If you wake up in the middle of the night and have pain,

take one. It'll help.

- Barnabas said that you were better.

Oh, Joe, I'm so sorry that I sent you to the cottage.

- You didn't send me to the cottage.

I offered. - But still, I--

- It could have been you, Maggie.

- Joe, we keep causing each other trouble.

It's not right.

I believe you'd better go to bed.

You could use some rest.

Can I help you?

- No, it's OK.

- What's that?

- Nothing.

Nothing at all.

[wind whistling]

- Joe!

Hello?

Get me, uh-- get me .

Oh, I don't know what it is. Look it up, please.

It's, uh, Joe Haskell on Dock Street.

Hurry, plea-- H-A-S-K-E double L. Please hurry.

What'll I say if he answers?

At least I'll know he's all right.

Alive.

Why not just say that?

Why won't you admit that's what you really want to know?

If he's alive!

[line ringing]

You don't know for sure.

He isn't back at work yet.

He could be out.

Where?

Find out!

Find out!

- It's-- it's shocking.

- It's funny.

It's taken something like this for me to realize that my--

my life here is over.

Ever since Pop died, my future has just been something

that I've waited for.

I always knew that I would leave here some time.

I didn't know why or what for.

I've been waiting for something to set me free, and this has.

I don't understand it all, not completely.

[sighs]

All of a sudden I'm beginning that new life

that I knew I would have to begin.

I'm glad.

- We'll all be happy to have you with us at Collinwood.

- Thank you, Julia.

- Why don't you go and pack your clothes.

I'll take care of all this.

- All right.

[sighs]

- What a mess.

What kind of animal could it have been?

[suspenseful music]

[door opens]

- Maggie!

- Chris!

I left Amy playing at the old house.

Oh, you didn't know.

- Know what?

- Well, I'm going to be taking care of Amy.

Mrs. Stoddard has hired me to replace Vicki.

- Oh, that's, uh, that's great.

That's just great for her.

Maggie, I haven't been able to find Joe all day.

- You didn't know? - Know what?

- I should have told you. - What?

What happened to him? - Chris, you're hurting me!

- Tell me!

[knocking]

- Chris?

Chris!

[knocking]

- Joe wouldn't call the police.

- He should have.

- That animal has to be caught! - Yeah.

[clock chimes]

- What time is that?

- :.

What's wrong?

- I've got to get out of here! - Chris!

- Chris!

Maggie, Mrs. Stoddard would like to see you.

- All right.

I'll tell Amy that you stopped by.

- Yeah.

Dr. Hoffman, those sleeping pills you gave me,

they didn't work. - Well, how many did you take?

- All three. - All of them?

- Yeah, you have to give me something stronger than that.

- Well, I don't know anything stronger.

- There must be something stronger.

There has to be!

[suspenseful music]

- Hello, Chris.

[dramatic music]

What does this mean, Chris?

- I think you'd better get out of here.

- No, Chris.

Not until you answer my question.

- The moon is rising.

- Chris, answer me!

Tell me what it is!

Come on, explain it.

- Now, Joe, you've got to get out of here now.

- Chris, I'm not leaving.

- Yes, you are. - No, Chris.

- All right, then.

I hate to do it, but I'm going to throw you out!

- Stop it, Chris.

Listen to me!

I told you I'm not leaving.

Now, whatever happens, I'm going to be in this room

when it does.

- Get out of my way!

- No.

- Will you get out of my-- [groans]

[gasps]

It's starting...

- What is it?

- Oh, it's happening.

Will you get out! Get out!

I don't want you to see this. - Chris.

- I don't want anybody to see it.

- Chris!

- For the last time, will you get out!

- I want to know what's happening!

- All right!

You're here.

You stay here and watch.

And after you see what happens, you

will never be the same again!

Don't say...

Don't say, Joe, I didn't try to warn you.

[groans]

Don't say I didn't try to get you out of here!

[yells]

- I'm going to go call the doctor!

- No!

No, there's nothing a doctor in the world....

- But you're in pain, Chris!

- It'll pass.

It'll pass.

I won't even...

I won't even know it happened until...

Until the next time.

[groans]

Oh, Joe.

Surprised, aren't you?

Always wondered why Ol' Cousin Chris left town and didn't

come back.

I should have stayed away.

I should have stayed away.

[groaning]

Joe.

Joe, there's no time.

Listen to me!

You know the pentagram.

You didn't know what it was.

Well, I do, Joe.

I know.

And it's--

Oh, there's no-- there's no time.

Over there. You see the drawer?

Get over to the drawer!

Go on.

Open it.

Open the drawer. Do you see it?

Is it there? - The p*stol?

- Pull it out.

Take it out.

Come on!

Take it out.

It's loaded.

Yeah, don't worry about that. It's loaded, all right.

Now, Joe...

Now, when it happens, you're going to do it.

You'll know what to do.

You're going to do what I can't--

what I can't do myself during the day.

Now, please, Joe, I want you to do it for me!

Please say you'll do it, Joe.

Please!

- My God!

My God! No!

[growls]

No!

No!

[g*nshots]

[wailing]

[growling]

[dramatic music]

[theme music]