Primevals, The (2023)

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(Sherpa chanting in

foreign language)

(creature roaring)

(feet thudding)

(hand knocking)

(Tenzang speaking

in foreign language)

(latch squeaking)

(door clattering)

(father speaking in

foreign language)

(Tenzang speaking

in foreign language)

Tenzang, must you destroy him?

We do not wish it, but he's

come again to destroy us.

(Tenzang speaking

in foreign language)

(Siku laughs)

Please, if there's a

way to capture him.

We will try.

(Siku speaking in

foreign language)

(Tenzang speaking

in foreign language)

(father speaking in

foreign language)

(Tenzang speaking

in foreign language)

(door clattering)

(talisman clanking)

(footsteps plodding)

(door clattering)

I've got to go with them.

Siku, help me find them.

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(door clattering)

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(door clattering)

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(people screaming)

(yeti roaring)

(man screaming)

(rope whooshing)

(yeti roaring)

(hands thudding)

(rope thudding)

(rope whooshing)

(yeti roaring)

(hand thudding)

(body thudding) (yeti roaring)

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[Siku] Tenzang.

(footsteps plodding)

(creature growling)

(yeti roaring)

Tenzang, stop him.

(hands thudding)

[Siku] Tenzang. (yeti roaring)

(g*nshots blasting)

(yeti roaring)

(body thudding)

(Siku screaming)

(g*nsh*t blasting)

(yeti roaring)

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(Siku screaming)

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(footsteps plodding)

(paper rustling)

(footsteps plodding)

Hey, Matt, Matt Connor.

[Matt] Kyle Norris, right?

Yeah, yeah, it's been a while.

Yeah, haven't you graduated yet?

Oh, yeah, I'm in

the PhD program.

Yeah, well-

Anyway, I mean, you gotta be

pretty excited about all this.

It kinda validates your

whole theory, doesn't it?

What does?

You mean you don't know?

I was out of town.

I got back.

This was waiting for me.

What's going on?

Matt, come on.

You gotta be in the VIP section.

(footsteps plodding)

(attendees chattering

indistinctly)

[Matt] What is this?

Oh, you'll find it.

Go ahead.

Take my seat.

It'll be worth it.

Thanks.

(pensive music)

Ladies and gentlemen,

the chairman emeritus

of the Department of

Anthropology, Dr. Claire Collier.

(audience applauding)

Thank you, and good afternoon,

ladies and gentlemen.

Four weeks ago, several

Nepalese shepherds k*lled

a large Himalayan anthropoid.

This chance occurrence has

put an end to the years

of controversy over the

existence of the yeti

(audience chattering

indistinctly)

or the so-called

abominable snowman.

I'm proud to announce that

the remains of the animal are

here today and will

be on display shortly.

By studying this animal, we

are granted a very rare glimpse

back in time, back

before the most ancient

of our known ancestors.

And let me stress that this is

a story of science

and not sensation.

It is perhaps the most important

discovery of the century,

and this is the story my staff

and I hope you will

emphasize in your accounts.

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(curtains rustling)

(audience applauding)

(cameras clicking)

(microphone screeching)

Oops, sorry.

You may begin your questions.

Is it true that the

creature k*lled or injured

a half dozen natives

before his capture?

One Sherpa was, I believe,

k*lled in a snow slide

along with the animal.

But aren't there other

stories of attacks

by these monsters, attacks

where deaths have been reported?

We are looking into

the entire matter

of human confrontations.

However, this line

of inquiry ignores

the momentous significance

of this story.

If we could-

How would you

compare this snowman

with the Hollywood versions?

I'm really not familiar

with the Hollywood versions.

Doctor.

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Well, now that you

seem to have proof

that the yeti does exist,

are there any plans

to actually track and

capture a living specimen?

You mean an

expedition, Mr. Connor?

The joint trustees

of both the museum

and the university have

stated that the chances

of finding another

specimen are too remote.

Well, what do you feel?

You know full well that,

as an officer of the university,

I'm bound by their decision.

We've heard that no scientist

besides yourself have been

allowed to examine the specimen.

Is that true?

You will each be provided

with a press release

concerning what we feel

are the scientific issues

raised by this unexpected find.

I trust that some of that

material will find its way

into your reports.

(audience chattering

indistinctly)

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(footsteps plodding)

(hands clapping)

Nice speech.

Matt, I've been trying

to reach you for weeks.

Anything important?

Of course.

I'm very glad you

came here today.

Well, I guess you

had to invite me

under the circumstances.

Matthew, please.

Your dissertation on the

yeti was judged by a panel

of the best scientists

in the university system.

Looks like they were wrong.

We were quite apparently

mistaken but not prejudiced.

Our decision was judged

solely on your presentation.

Your thesis was speculative,

and you should have

presented it as such.

You presented it as fact.

Which it is.

Which it wasn't at that time.

You knew what was required

for you to get your PhD.

You bucked the system,

and you were thrown off.

Academia is no place to

make up your own rules.

You never understood

my position.

I understood that

the yeti existed.

I was right about that at least.

Not entirely, Matt.

Now, dammit, Claire, what

are you people hiding?

Lloyd Trent, do you know him?

Sure, he's molecular

biologist, gene mapping.

What's he gotta do with this?

We're working together

at McLaren Hall.

I want you to meet us

there tonight, please.

I need you there.

What time?

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(footsteps plodding)

Please, I'll need

more like three years

to piece this code together.

Besides what we-

Good evening, Matt.

Lloyd, I'd like you to meet

a, an associate of mine,

Matt Connor.

Matthew Connor, a pleasure.

Fine dissertation, fine work.

I guess I'll have to update it.

(laughing) That you shall.

So far, Matthew has

no idea what we found.

I'd like your permission to

take him into our confidence.

Oh, I have no objection,

but it's pretty soon to

say anything about it.

Well, what can you say, doctor?

We're dealing with a

very superior creature.

Superior in what way?

For survival.

He's a genetic pack rat,

banded hair for camouflage,

the teeth, uh, the

whole muzzle are feline.

And yet he can live on

roughage if he has to.

The ear, canine,

obviously sensitive.

You're talking transmutation.

Those species aren't

even distantly related.

Exactly.

Either this creature split

off so far back in time

before every rule we know

about primate development or-

Or is manmade?

Well, let's say that it

was a controlled mutation.

At least that's my theory.

It's too fantastic, Lloyd.

Claire doesn't agree with me.

The science required is decades

beyond anything we know.

If we can discover how

this creature crossed

the genetic barrier from

one life form to another,

we'll unlock the

mysteries of heredity.

A blueprint of life.

What about this

violent behavior?

A further mystery and

a very different one.

This creature must

have been in a state

of chronic emotional arousal.

During dissection, we

found a traumatic injury

to the brain.

I saw an intervention

around the parietal lobe.

That wasn't done here?

- No.

The trauma follows a trunk

line right into the amygdala.

The emotional

center of the brain.

The incision was crude,

but this unfortunate animal

while still alive

suffered a brutal surgery.

Here, the frontal nerve

connections were severed,

almost burned away.

These nerves connect

the new higher brain

to the older primitive brain.

A surgery so barbaric, Lloyd,

that it's hard to reconcile

with your theory of

an advanced science.

But who, I mean who, who would-

We haven't any idea, but

the brain centers affected

by that surgery were

deliberately chosen.

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(door clattering)

(footsteps plodding)

You know you can't

answer those questions

without a living specimen.

Which requires an expedition.

Are you still saying the

university doesn't intend

to follow through with mine?

Matt, it's complicated.

The Nepalese consider the

specimen to be here illegally

and demand its return.

Officially, we

can't do anything.

And unofficially?

I've applied for an

extended leave of absence,

which they approved immediately.

What about the financing?

Paragon Publishing.

I sent them your dissertation,

details on the find,

a prospectus on the expedition,

and a sketch for our book.

Our book?

I want you on this trip, Matt,

and I was hoping

you'd do me the honor

of co-authoring a

book on our return.

Well, I'm flattered, but

does your publisher realize

how much money is needed to

outfit an operation like this?

(Claire laughs)

We're not going to

climb Everest, Matthew.

We're searching for a yeti.

Of course, our base camp would

have to be well supplied,

but only a few of us

would set out from there

on one- or two-day treks.

We'll crisscross the ravines

until we pick up his tracks.

Well, when do we leave?

In a few days.

Enough time to get ready?

Claire, you know how long

I've waited for this.

It's settled then.

And obviously, you

have contacts in Nepal.

A former student.

She's a social

anthropology PhD candidate

doing field work,

studying the Sherpas.

Can we count on her?

She's the reason

the yeti is here.

She slipped it

out of the country

right under the noses of

the local authorities.

What if we run into whoever

did that bit of brain surgery?

We'll be careful.

And we're picking up some help.

(bag thudding)

We'll be meeting up with

this fellow, Rondo Montana,

a big-game hunter.

He has his own plane,

so we can get into Nepal

without going through customs.

Between safaris, he runs

a kind tavern in Calcutta.

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Must be around here someplace.

Nice neighborhood.

[Claire] Yes.

(dogs barking)

This looks like the place.

I'd say so.

(knocker clanging)

He's expecting us?

Of course.

Well, it is late.

Perhaps we should go to the

hotel, come back in the morning.

Yeah.

(footsteps plodding)

I think I'll call

his partner tonight.

[Thief] Hey, money, money.

Ah, you didn't catch me

in a very generous mood.

[Thief] We want money, man.

(Matt grunting)

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[Claire] For heaven's

sake, give him the money.

The lady gives excellent

advice, my friend.

(knife clanking)

Your money, please.

It's in my back pocket.

(wallet thudding)

(thief laughing)

Now, you've got what you want.

Let's us go.

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(thief laughing)

[Thief] What's in

your purse, lady?

Leave her alone.

(fists thudding)

(thief grunting)

(fist thudding)

(Matt grunting)

(brick thudding)

(foot thudding)

(fist thudding)

Thank you.

You ought to be more

careful around here.

(wallet thudding)

I guess so.

(shirt ripping)

(Claire gasps)

Now, he'll have two

headaches when he wakes up.

(knife clanking)

Here, souvenir of Calcutta.

(footsteps plodding)

Wait.

Well?

Mr. Montana?

(tea sloshing)

Call me Rondo.

(pot clinking)

(cups clinking)

So I'm supposed to be

expecting you, right?

Your partner didn't tell you?

What'd he charge you for

the arrangements this time?

Nevermind.

Ned the leech, it's nice to

hear he is still making a living

off his old friends.

I hate to break it

to you like this,

but I've been outta the

safari business for 12 years.

(cup clinking)

(Claire sighs)

Mr. Montana, I'll

be candid with you.

We haven't anyone

else to turn to.

If you can't help us, can

you recommend somebody else?

Well, that depends.

What are you two

after, tigers, buffalo?

Something even more dangerous.

Particularly since we're not

hunting to k*ll but to study.

And you brought

tranquilizer r*fles,

and nets, and cameras.

Right.

Yeah, I think I get

it. (dramatic music)

Either you're after wild

elephants or the yeti.

How did you know?

[Rondo] I've been expecting it.

There's an expedition

ahead of us?

None I've heard of.

They'll be coming.

There'll be no stopping 'em now

that they've

supposedly caught one.

Supposedly?

From what I've read, nobody

saw the thing up close.

So you think it's a hoax?

Well, if we could convince

you that the yeti is-

That it's real?

Take a lot more proof than a

couple of newspaper stories.

I admire your skepticism.

You'd make a good scientist.

Rondo, this is

Dr. Claire Collier.

Did any of the stories

you read mention

she supervised the

dissection of the yeti?

This is no fraud, Mr. Montana.

Take it from a

former unbeliever.

These, have a look at

these. (paper rustling)

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What's the size?

Oh, didn't you find?

(bag rustling)

Oh, sorry, here, this one.

The yeti does exist.

One has been k*lled, and

others have been sighted.

It's chancy.

People have been looking

for over 100 years.

And they never found him,

because he didn't

want to be found.

Now, something's driving

him down the mountain

into human confrontation.

They say he's a man k*ller.

The specimen we have went

through a mutilating surgery.

That's what caused the violent

behavior you heard about.

Someone is capturing and

maiming this creature

for God knows what purpose.

There can only be a

few specimens left.

Extinction now before we

can even finish describing

the animal scientifically

would be a tragedy.

Please reconsider.

The delay in finding someone

with your experience-

Set your watches

10 minutes ahead.

What?

The Nepalese are

independent little guys.

They set their clocks 10

minutes ahead of everybody else.

That gives 'em a jump on

the rest of the world.

Then, you'll do it?

Sure.

We don't want him

sold in souvenir shops

for hat racks and umbrella

stands, now do we?

Not at all,

Mr. Montana, not at all.

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(engine humming)

(hand knocking)

(door squeaking)

Dr. Collier.

Kathleen, my dear, how are you?

Surviving, please come in.

Kathleen, here are our

two co-conspirators.

This colorful fellow

is Mr. Rondo Montana,

our tracking expert.

Rondo, Kathleen Reidel.

Good to meet you.

So you'll be our protector.

Good, I'm not the heroic type.

And I think you

know Matt Connor.

Matthew Connor, should have

realized you'd be coming.

Do I know you?

Your dissertation preceded you.

Who didn't you give it to?

(Claire laughs)

I thought it might help

Kathy in her research.

Your perspective

was very insightful.

Now, we need more

scientific criteria.

That's why we're here.

Is our guide somewhere about?

Siku.

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Siku will be our guide.

Yeah?

How old are you, son?

(g*n clanking)

If it's dirty, it'll

freeze up in the snow.

[Kathleen] You won't find

another guide in this village

to take you into

these mountains.

They scared of the yeti?

The people here never climb

without a ritual

blessing from the llama.

And doesn't the llama approve?

[Kathleen] He was k*lled

just two days ago.

[Matt] Yeti?

About two kilometers

from the village.

Always we honored

the ancient one.

Now, he has turned against us.

The yeti attacked

suddenly, viciously.

The llama was, he

was- (dramatic music)

Kathy, how are we

progressing at the camp?

(sighs) Some supplies

are still arriving.

We're nearly ready.

[Rondo] How far is it?

'Bout a day's climb.

Good, we'll start

in the morning.

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(adventurous music)

(shovel rasping and thudding)

(g*n clanking)

(snow crunching)

(towel rasping)

You ever handle one of these?

This would be yours.

Military, huh?

Kinda small, isn't it?

It's the best I could

find on short notice.

Probably won't stop a yeti,

but it might scare him off.

It's light.

It's easy to handle.

It's a good first r*fle.

(g*n clanking)

Uh, uh, no, no, it's a carbine.

First shot, you got

slam the bolt back hard.

12 years is a long time, Rondo.

Why'd you quit?

Why'd I quit?

You know anything

about safari hunting?

[Matt] Not really.

In the old days, we would

walk three, maybe four months.

We'd assemble in Nairobi,

maybe 20 people, g*n bearers,

skinners, camp boys,

and the hunter himself.

Nowadays, it's a

two-week vacation.

They scout the game

from an airplane.

They chase it down in a jeep,

and then they get

back to their hotel

in time for a gourmet meal

and to mail some postcards.

Not very romantic.

Romantic? (laughs)

I had this one regular client.

He wanted the entrance to

his game room to be an arch

formed by the necks

of two giraffe.

Well, I shot the first one.

When I went up to him,

the eyes of a dying giraffe

can change a man, Mr. Connor.

It's a legend the natives have.

Anyway, times have changed.

Sport hunting's barely

allowed anymore.

Most of us old-timers

think it's better that way.

Big day tomorrow, you

better get some rest.

(Siku chanting in

foreign language)

Oh, I'm so sorry.

I didn't mean to.

Please enter.

Siku, I was wondering

which is the trail

we would be following.

Below the northern ridge

through Janana Hunetao.

[Claire] What?

The forbidden palace.

Forbidden?

For my people.

Only Tenzang would go.

He showed me.

[Claire] Is that your family?

I have no family.

(solemn music)

(paper rustling)

I know what it's

like to be alone.

(solemn music continues)

(knife clanging)

(adventurous music)

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Footprint.

(footsteps plodding)

[Rondo] Snow just

stopped half an hour ago.

That footprint's fresh.

Yes. (water sloshing)

It must be just up ahead of us.

Come on.

It'll be dark soon.

We'll have to wait till morning.

The yeti'll be miles

from here by morning.

I've lived up here.

It's too dangerous to travel

by night in these mountains.

[Matt] Look, we've come

too far to lose him now.

And what would you

advise, Mr. Montana?

I say we pitch

camp for the night,

start out in the morning.

Seems entirely sensible to me.

Kathy, let's help the

man pitch the tent.

(wind howling)

(dramatic music)

(wind howling)

(suspenseful music)

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(wind howling)

(dramatic music)

Siku.

(g*n clanking)

(footsteps plodding)

(creature roaring)

(g*nshots blasting)

You crazy?

[Matt] Yeti.

Yeah, this damn fool

coulda got us all k*lled.

[Matt] Where was he?

[Rondo] He went over

the side up ahead there.

Siku was only protecting us.

Listen, Mrs. Collier.

I've seen the look

in this kid's eye

when he talks about the

yeti, the look a man has

before he makes a k*ll.

- He's just a boy.

- Yeah,

well, that boy

wants to bag a yeti,

and he doesn't care who

he takes down to do it.

Claire, everybody, over here.

(footsteps plodding)

(wind howling)

(dramatic music)

(footsteps plodding)

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Well, we don't know what it is,

but maybe we can

find out something.

There are no rivets

or fasteners.

Top looks like it's made

of a solid piece of glass.

Must be a casting, but the size.

(dramatic music continues)

[Siku] Yeti.

(footsteps plodding)

Watch your footing.

The snow's getting

slushy around here.

Fresh track.

Must be.

The snow's melted all around it.

(hand hissing)

Ow, this thing is hot.

(ground rumbling)

Avalanche.

(Kathleen screaming)

Kathleen.

(air whooshing)

(Claire grunting)

(bodies thudding)

(dramatic music continues)

(footsteps plodding)

Collier, Dr. Collier, Kathleen?

I'm here, Matt.

I'm all right.

(hand thudding)

[Rondo] Ms. Reidel?

Oh, yes?

[Rondo] Good girl.

Oh, was I out long?

Just for a moment.

Oh, we were fortunate

to land on snow.

Maybe the lama

blessed us after all.

It could be.

(Kathleen grunting)

Well, that was some fall.

[Claire] Can we climb back out?

Not easily, we gotta find

another way outta here.

Where's Siku?

Over here.

Come this way.

Well, maybe our other guide

can get us outta here.

Gather up all the

gear you can find.

(dramatic music)

(footsteps plodding)

[Kathleen] Daylight.

[Rondo] It's looking good.

[Matt] Doesn't look

like too hard a climb.

Shall we see where we are?

Well, it's, uh, getting late.

After nightfall, we'll

be warmer in the cave.

We'll climb out in the morning.

(water pattering)

These rocks are warm.

Must be the sun.

Well, the sun's just come up.

These rocks have

been warm all night.

What do you see, Matt?

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(adventurous music)

(insects chirping)

This must be where

they come from.

I don't see any reason

to think otherwise.

Makes sense.

It's a big area, two,

three miles wide.

Enough room for a

yeti to hide, Rondo?

Enough for two or three,

hell, probably four.

(suspenseful music)

That river runs the

length of the valley.

Be foolish not to

take advantage of it.

(zipper whizzing)

Foolish indeed, Mr. Montana.

We can stash our

cold-weather gear here.

Let's hang on to it.

No telling what the nights

are like down there.

(suspenseful music)

(footsteps plodding)

You coming, my dear?

(bright music)

(footsteps plodding)

(bag thudding)

What now?

We build a raft.

(adventurous music)

(knife clanging)

(water sloshing)

(switch clicking)

The forest is made up of

mostly pine and redwood.

Topography seems to

rule out the presence

of any volcanic activity.

(switch clicking)

Get enough pictures, Matt?

Oh, yeah, I got

plenty a mile back.

Terrain hasn't changed

much since then.

All right.

I want to get a sketch of

those cliffs over there.

Why does she do

all that drawing?

Why doesn't she just

take a photograph?

Because, Mr. Montana, anyone

can take a photograph.

(water sloshing)

(adventurous music continues)

Dr. Collier, look.

Where are those binoculars?

(suspenseful music)

What is it?

(hand thudding)

[Matt] Buildings of some kind,

more like huts, about

a half mile that way.

[Claire] How large?

[Matt] Maybe large

enough for a yeti.

(suspenseful music)

What are they,

some kind of yeti?

Claire?

Not at all.

They seem to be Pithecanthropus,

possibly even Australopithecus

from an early

paleolithic period.

Oh.

Prehistoric man, Rondo.

[Rondo] Oh, yeah,

well, maybe we'll meet

some of my old relatives.

Precisely, that's

exactly what we must do.

Look at them, Claire.

They must have been living here

unchanged for 50,000 years.

At least. (suspenseful

music continues)

Rondo, can we find a, a hidden

place where we can camp?

They're bound to find us

no matter where we go.

We may even want them to,

but I want to do as much

field work as possible

before they do.

Yes, a fantastic creature as

strange in his way as the yeti.

That's what I was thinking.

Life forms developing in

a controlled environment.

Yeah, maybe.

But every environment we know

that has a stable climate

for millions of years has life

that hasn't changed

for millions of years.

And we might expect to find

an ancient species maybe,

but at least a species we know.

We're finding

completely unknown ones.

Are you suggesting

Dr. Trent's theory

of a controlled experiment?

We haven't seen any

signs of that, Matthew.

Yeah, I guess so.

(sighs) We've collected

many questions today,

questions that may take

whole lifetimes to answer.

To begin, we must

be well rested.

And I, for one, am exhausted.

Goodnight, everyone.

It's time for me to

fold, too, amigo,

your turn to stand watch.

(g*n clanking)

(fire crackling)

(creatures howling and growling)

(suspenseful music)

(footsteps plodding)

(creatures howling and growling)

(hand thudding)

Easy partner, and

I'm sorry, Matt.

I didn't wanna wake anyone.

(sighs) Thought you were in bed.

I heard that racket, too.

Sounded like the village

was under attack.

We'll check it out

in the morning.

(suspenseful music continues)

(insects chirping)

[Matt] Looks deserted.

[Claire] What do

you think, Rondo?

It seems quiet.

You wanna go in?

If you recommend it, yes.

Well, let's all be careful.

They might be watching us.

We'll cross downstream,

and no talking.

(suspenseful music)

(leaves rustling)

(suspenseful music

continues) (leaves rustling)

(creature squealing)

(Kathleen screaming)

(leaves rustling)

Sorry, everyone.

It was one of the hominids.

What was he like, Kathleen?

I was too scared to notice.

You and him both.

A terrified chimp makes

it sound like that.

I didn't mean to frighten him.

Oh, of course not.

(leaves rustling)

I doubt it was you.

He was hiding in here all night.

He must have been half panicked

by the time you spooked him.

Should we keep on going?

Might as well.

No point in keeping quiet now.

(leaves rustling)

(footsteps plodding)

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music continues)

Claire, everybody, over here.

This is what we

heard last night.

(stick clattering)

Looks deliberate.

Looks almost like defilement.

Another tribe?

Matt, look at the hands.

The skin, it's not human.

Many tracks here.

Kid's right.

There was a battle, all right.

Looks like our apeman

friends were taken prisoner

and marched out of here,

some of 'em anyway.

Yeti.

(dramatic music)

He has been here.

Then, he has a pretty

good head start.

(dramatic music continues)

What are they, Claire?

Who could have made

something like that?

This is the third

one we've seen,

counting the first one

we saw in the snow.

It's a pneumatic system.

Yes, that alone

makes our questions

rather academic for now.

Rondo, how are we doing?

Closing on 'em.

(dramatic music continues)

Matt, all of you,

whatever lies ahead

is something unknown

and very likely dangerous.

I shouldn't presume that

all of us want to go on.

Don't worry, doc.

We're ready for 'em.

(laughing) Oh, I have

no doubt about that.

Kathleen, would you and

Siku rather stay here?

Matt and I can-

Please, don't ask me to stay.

(dramatic music)

(hand thudding)

(Claire sighs)

Very well then, let's proceed.

(dramatic music continues)

(water pattering)

(footsteps plodding)

Electricity?

Undoubtedly, but what's

the source of that power?

I know what the source is.

It's been right in

front of us all along.

What are you getting at?

The river.

My guess is the entire valley's

a hydroelectric system,

starting with those heat domes.

Matt, you may be right.

Those domes could

be solar heaters

like furnaces melting ice

from the mountainside.

Forming a river that

ends up in a reservoir,

which generates electricity

that keeps this place going.

It's fantastic.

Look.

(dramatic music)

(footsteps plodding)

Matt, the skin.

Half man, half reptile.

Can I have a minute?

Sure, we can use the rest.

(bags rustling)

His neck's been broken.

Yeah, maybe his back,

too, and one leg here.

It's a safe guess what got him.

(suspenseful music)

(water pattering)

(paper rustling)

Finished?

Yes, just let me

take a tissue sample.

(fire crackling)

(Rondo inhaling)

Where's Kathy?

We should get moving.

Went that way.

(suspenseful music continues)

Kathy?

Kathy.

[Kathleen] Matt.

Hurry, Claire.

(dramatic music)

Kathy, what happened?

My God.

(dramatic music continues)

What is this place?

It's where the

answers are, Rondo.

(footsteps plodding)

Star Trek.

[Matt] We've got to get inside.

It may not be safe.

We must go inside.

We'd betray a priceless

opportunity if we didn't.

(stone clattering)

- Stop.

- What?

Behind us, listen.

(water sloshing)

It is gone now.

Mr. Montana, I will stay here.

Someone must guard

against surprise.

- I don't think it-

- No, Siku's right.

Someone should stay

behind and guard our rear.

It's your turn to stand watch.

Now, any real action I

expect will be up ahead,

but you be careful.

If you see anything funny,

you fire off one round.

We'll hear you.

We'll come running.

'Kay, partner?

Gotcha, partner.

Okay, let's go.

(wind howling)

(ladder creaking)

Careful.

(wind howling)

This must have been

beautiful once.

Over here.

This corridor's open.

(air whooshing)

(door rasping)

Ooh, this place has

been closed for a while.

(brooding music)

We must be in the

center of the ship.

(footsteps plodding)

Matt, what's that over there?

(footsteps plodding)

(brooding music continues)

We may be looking at

the pilot of this craft.

He's holding something.

- What?

- In his hand.

Let's turn him up.

No, don't disturb him.

Matt, you can reach it.

It's metal.

(switch clicking)

(tone pulsating)

Matt.

(suspenseful music)

(static hissing)

It's not real.

[Claire] It's a projection,

a hologram or something.

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

It's a speech, a

recording of a speech.

Recording.

(switch clicking)

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

(creature continues speaking

in foreign language)

Thoughts from another world.

If only we could understand.

(craft humming)

Look, that's the ship

we're standing in.

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

[Claire] Is it the Earth?

I think so.

Yes, look.

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

This gives us an idea

of when they arrived,

100,000 years ago.

At least.

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

[Matt] That's the

thing we saw inside.

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

(energy pulsating)

(expl*si*n blasting)

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

This is the key to

their expedition.

Oh, this is so frustrating.

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

(screen beeping)

Biological engineering.

(screen beeping)

Systematic control of evolution.

(device clanging)

(suspenseful music)

(footsteps plodding)

k*lled.

k*lled by something monstrous.

Matt, you were right.

Creatures in this

valley were developed

in a protected laboratory

for experiments

without interference.

Experiments by scientists

from another world.

An experiment that failed.

How could beings with this power

and knowledge leave

such wreckage,

such desolation?

Something unexpected must

have happened to them,

maybe disease, something

foreign to them.

The alien seemed reptilian,

probably cold blooded.

Warm-blooded mammals of

the Earth might have shown

some biological advantages.

Advantages they may have

wanted for themselves,

gene splicing, mutations.

Somehow it got out of control.

It's tragic, terribly tragic.

(Claire sighs)

From the top of these mountains,

hundreds of centuries

are looking down at us.

It's time to return home.

We have an important

story to tell.

(dramatic music)

(footsteps plodding)

Dr. Collier, wait a minute.

If these experiments were

performed thousands of years ago,

who's doing surgery

on the yetis now?

(creature screeching)

Look out.

(Claire screaming)

(containers clanging)

(gas hissing)

Dr. Collier.

(dramatic music continues)

(Kathleen coughing)

Kathleen.

(Kathleen coughing)

(Claire screaming)

(Matt coughing)

He's coming around.

(creature growling)

Easy partner, don't

make any sudden moves.

Show any excitement,

they go crazy.

Be careful.

(hand thudding)

Well, what is it?

(creature growling)

Freak of nature.

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

Matt, are you okay?

Yeah.

(Matt gasping)

Where's Siku?

We don't know.

They must have surprised

him before he could warn us.

Followed us for miles.

It's my fault.

I should have seen.

Don't blame yourself.

They're very clever.

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

Yeah, clever enough to

fly a spaceship, I guess.

No, no, this is

not the same alien

we saw in the spacecraft.

These must be drones or workers

probably brought here for labor.

Maybe they destroyed the

others like we saw in the ship.

Yes, then without any guidance,

they must have regressed

almost completely,

a whole culture lost forever.

(suspenseful music)

(footsteps plodding)

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

(metal clanging)

(creature growling)

Matt.

Kathy, don't worry.

We'll find you.

(Kathleen screams)

We gotta get outta

here. (bars clanging)

Check your pockets.

The knife, it's still

here. (knife clanging)

Didn't they search us?

Folds up.

Didn't see it was a weapon.

They didn't take this either.

Stash the knife, Matt.

Don't give 'em anything

to be interested in.

(creature growling)

(suspenseful music)

(rope rustling)

(creature growling)

(footsteps plodding)

[Claire] That appears

to be our destination.

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

(suspenseful music continues)

Listen.

(fire crackling)

(creature growling)

(creatures speaking

in foreign language)

(door clattering and creaking)

(suspenseful music continues)

(door clattering and creaking)

(creatures hissing)

(dramatic music)

(dramatic music continues)

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

[Claire] What do they

intend to do with us?

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

(footsteps plodding)

(door slamming)

(creatures hissing)

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

(suspenseful music)

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

(machine creaking)

(suspenseful music continues)

(creatures speaking

in foreign language)

(switch clicking)

(bodies thudding)

(hominids grunting)

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

(suspenseful music continues)

(creatures hissing)

(gate clattering)

(gate thudding)

(feet plodding)

(creature growling)

(creatures hissing)

(yeti growling)

(suspenseful music continues)

(gate clattering)

(stone thudding)

(creatures hissing)

(suspenseful music continues)

(yeti growling)

Doctor, look.

I see it.

Behavior modification.

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

(spear thudding)

(hominid grunting)

Comment?

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

(machine whirring)

(electricity buzzing)

(yeti roaring)

(dramatic music)

(hominid screaming)

They're worse than the

bloodiest savages I ever saw.

(yeti growling)

Savages, of course.

Of course.

What? What is it?

Matthew, these aliens,

they're not a different species.

They're the same species,

cerebral, almost spiritual

without animal drive

or, or desires.

That's the way

they were, Matthew.

Now, they're combined

with a, a species so complex.

They didn't realize.

You can see the violent

animal still within them.

(Claire gasps)

Oh, God, help us.

(dramatic music)

(hand smacking)

(body thudding)

Kathy.

(switch clicking)

(Claire screaming)

(body thudding)

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

(hand thudding)

(creatures hissing)

(knife clanking)

Kathy, Kathy, are you all right?

(yeti growling)

(feet thudding)

(Claire grunting)

(dramatic music continues)

(yeti growling)

(knife rasping)

Dr. Collier, be careful.

He understands.

He's intelligent.

(electricity buzzing)

(yeti roaring)

(body thudding)

(yeti roaring)

(body thudding)

(feet thudding)

(yeti growling)

(knife rasping)

I'll take care of Kathy.

You've got to

destroy that machine.

(yeti growling)

(lever clicking)

(machine whirring)

(electricity buzzing)

(yeti roaring)

(rope rustling)

(machine whirring)

(tongue rasping)

(feet thudding)

(metal clanging)

(expl*si*n blasting)

(electricity buzzing)

(creature growling)

(rope whooshing)

(creature growling)

(Rondo grunting)

(body thudding)

(creature growling)

(metal clanging)

(creature groaning)

(creatures hissing)

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

(Matt grunting)

(feet thudding)

(yeti roaring)

(gate clattering)

Let's go before they

cut us off at the door.

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

(dramatic music)

(hands thudding)

(arrows thudding)

Look out.

(yeti roaring)

(hands thudding)

(door clattering)

(yeti roaring)

Come on, Claire.

(arrow slashing)

(Claire gasping)

(blood squelching)

(arrow clanking)

Claire hurry.

(dramatic music continues)

(footsteps plodding)

(door creaking)

Let's go.

I can't hold 'em off forever.

(door slamming)

(yeti roaring)

(bodies thudding)

(arrow thudding)

(yeti roaring)

(footsteps plodding)

(hands thudding)

(yeti roaring)

(arrow clattering)

(yeti roaring)

(footsteps plodding)

(creatures hissing)

(yeti roaring)

(water sloshing)

(dramatic music continues)

(footsteps plodding)

(yeti roaring)

(swords slashing)

(body thudding)

(dramatic music continues)

(footsteps plodding)

Rondo, hold up.

(footsteps plodding)

Siku, go on.

I'll help her.

(Claire gasping)

You have to leave me, Matthew.

That's not an option.

Go.

You must save yourselves.

Get the women to higher ground.

[Rondo] Where are you going?

Just go on.

(dramatic music)

(footsteps plodding)

(creature growling)

(yeti roaring)

(spear thudding)

(yeti roaring)

(creatures hissing)

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

(footsteps plodding)

(machine clattering)

(dramatic music continues)

(footsteps plodding)

(switch clicking)

(electricity buzzing)

(water sloshing)

(switch clicking)

(machine whirring)

(electricity hissing)

They're coming.

(footsteps plodding)

(creature speaking

in foreign language)

(metal creaking)

(machine whirring)

(electricity hissing)

(expl*si*n blasting)

(stone clanking)

(dramatic music continues)

(dam rumbling)

(water sloshing)

Hurry.

(water sloshing)

(craft creaking)

(wistful music)

(Claire gasping)

Matthew.

You can do that later.

Just rest.

Matt, please.

(switch clicking)

This is Claire Collier speaking.

In an isolated Himalayan valley,

our party has

discovered the remains

of an ancient civilization

from another world.

There's far too much

for me to say here,

far more that will

need to be said.

Please believe

everything that Matt,

Matthew Connor tells you

about what we have found.

(feet shuffling)

(Claire gasping)

(switch clicking)

A beast in the soul of man,

a legacy they were

powerless to overcome.

(feet shuffling)

I want you to leave me here.

Emotions so beautiful,

so human, and powerful,

for their world, too powerful.

Make them understand, Matt,

how they came to this.

(Claire gasping)

And Siku, so strong.

I'm very proud of you.

I'm sorry I won't be able

to write that book

with you, Matthew.

But I know you'll find

a worthy collaborator.

Your name will be

on it with ours.

It will be such

an important book.

(Claire gasping)

She's gone, son.

(machine whirring)

(insects chirping)

(gentle music)

(hand thudding)

(footsteps plodding)

(gentle music continues)

(gentle music continues)

(adventurous music)

(adventurous music continues)

(adventurous music continues)

(adventurous music continues)

(adventurous music continues)

(gentle music)

(adventurous music)

(adventurous music continues)

(suspenseful music)