Children of the Living Dead (2001)

[bunniefuu]

[FIRE CRACKLING]

Spread out.
Spread out.
Spread out.

[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

[MOANING]

Cover me!
Direct hit.

[FIRING]

Fire!

DISPATCHER ON POLICE RADIO:
All units, all units,

guard has signed off on the Hayes' place.

[FIRING CONTINUES]

MAN 1:
Everything is clear.

We need to check out the south sector.

[GROWLING]

DISPATCHER ON POLICE RADIO:
Chopper one, check in.

Mark!
Come on, Mark. Hurry!

What the hell!

DISPATCHER ON POLICE RADIO:
All units, all units,

guard has signed off from the Hayes' place.

MAN 1: Mark's on board.
We're on our way to check on Hughes.

[FIRING CONTINUES]

Mark!

[GROWLING]

[TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

DISPATCHER ON POLICE RADIO:
Unit four, unit four, please check in.

Randolph, come in. Randolph, come in.

[SIGHS]

Randolph. Randolph, come in.

Nothing going on here.

Randolph, please come in!

Randolph, come in.

Say again. Hello?

Hello, dispatch?

[GROWLING]

[WHISTLES]

Dispatch.
No, that's all clear.

No, you don't need to worry about it.

HUGHES: Okay.

Okay.

Okay. b*ll*ts. b*ll*ts.
Come on. Huh?

f*ck!

MAN:
Dispatch. Dispatch.

We're on our way to check on him.

I'm telling you, Hughes is okay.
You don't need to worry.

MAN: I'll check on Hughes anyhow.

Okay. You guys don't move.

Stay right there.

Okay.

And one.

And two.

[GROANS]

One more for good measure.

[GROWLING]

Okay.

[GRUNTING]

[GROWLING]

[GRUNTING]

Hey!

Now you stay right there.

Look pretty.

Going for the ride.

That's right. Go ahead.

That's right.
That's right.

Here's a little present for you.

Here it comes.

That's right. Closer.

Surprise!

[CLICKS]

[CLICKS]

[CLICKING]

[SOFTLY] Oh, yeah.
You guys. Hey! Perfect timing.

Perfect timing, eh, Mark?

Yeah, thanks a lot.

Okay, we're outta here.

Randolph.

Just the guy I want to see.

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

[SIREN WAILING]

Thanks for the backup.
What?

You needed me.

My radio wasn't working.
-Yeah.

We should double-check the Hayes' place
one last time

so we can sign off on it.

The Hayes' place?

Couldn't you get someone else
to help you do this?

They are working.

Come on.
It'll only take a minute.

Oh, all right.

HUGHES: Besides, it's already been
checked out by the guard.

RANDOLPH: Oh,
thank goodness for that.

Do you know there was a field trip
in this area?

No, I didn't know.

It's still unaccounted for.

They found the teacher though.

Mrs. Tucker and the bus driver.

Dead.

The kids?
-The kids were still missing.

Well, I sure hope the kids are safe.

HUGHES:
Yeah, they'll turn up.

Zombies, don't take the kids.

RANDOLPH:
That's a relief.

Are you sure about that?

If you quit
the force when I did,

you wouldn't be such a p*nsy.

Yeah, that's what I'm gonna do.

I want to grow up
and be a survivalist jag-off
just like you.

[CREAKING]

We gotta go
check out that barn.

[SIGHS]

The guard already
signed off on it.

[MOANING SOFTLY]

[EXHALES COARSELY]

You're not going
in there, are you?

[CLUCKING]

[EXCLAIMING]
Yow!

Hold this.

RANDOLPH: You know this nightmare
could have given me a heart attack?

Any more surprises and it just
might k*ll me.

You know, you...
Well, hopefully,
you won't drop dead.

[SQUEAKING]
[WHISPERING]
What was that?

Sounds like rats.

Rats?

Could be bats.
-Bats?

HUGHES: And here we go.

Look at this.

Kids.

I hope they're normal kids.

They're not attracted
to kids, you moron.

Kids, come on.

I always thought they were normal.

I didn't think
they were anything but.

Come on, kids.

Look, let's get
these kids out of here

and then we can finish checking
out the barn.

Oh, great.

Come on.
Come on.
Come on.

What? What?
What is it?

[WOOD CREAKING]

GIRL: Where is Laurie?

Laurie? Laurie?

Laurie, come on.

[WINGS FLUTTERING]

Stay here.

[GROWLS]

[GRUNTS]

Hughes?
-It's okay!

[GRUNTING]

Hughes!
Hughes, you okay?

Hughes?

Hughes, is it all clear?

Hughes, are you all right?

Yeah, it's clear now!

RANDOLPH: So you don't
need me up there?

I'm gonna go stay with the kids.

They're very strong.

[GROWLING]

What!

Oh, God.

Abbott Hayes.

[CLICKING]

[g*n c*ck]

[GROANS]

What?

Oh!

[SCREAMING]

[GASPING]

[PANTING]

Hughes!
What did you do?

Jesus Christ!
What did you do?

What was it?

What?
Abbott...

Abbott Hayes.

Abbott Hayes?

Oh, my God.
How can I help?

You know what you have to do.

I can't.

Do it.
-I can't.

Get some backbone, Randolph.

No. I can't.

No, I can't.

MAN: Can I get some help
with this one?

[SIREN WAILING]

[TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

MAN: Is that all of 'em?

RANDOLPH: Hey, Laurie.

How come you didn't go to the concert
with Candy and the g*ng?

I thought you had the day off.

Well, Dave pulled another all-nighter.

So I had to open up the diner.

That's typical.

Sy, Bob, Sheriff,
can I get you any more coffee?

I don't know why
you put up with him.

RANDOLPH:
I need a drink.

SY: You're too old
to party like that.

[HUMMING]

GIRL 1: I can't believe
Laurie's missing the concert.

GIRL 2: Dave takes
advantage of Laurie.

You know, she's the one
that got the tickets

and she has to work?

Hey, girls, did you see
what we just passed over there?

Don't say it, Steve.

The cemetery across
from the breeding ground.

Steve, you know,
you say it one more time,

I'm never going out with you again.

Steve, stop it.
You're scaring Denise.

Well, Candy Drammen, your face
scares me.

Steve, you're such a jerk.

Abbott.
Abbott.

Abbott Hayes.

You don't really believe
those old ghost stories,
do you?

Yes, I do.

k*lled and r*ped
all those women.

And kept their bodies
in his house for company.

Not the type of person
that I want to run into.

And besides, rumors have it he's
still runnin' around these
parts of the country.

The thought of bumping into him still
scares the sh*t out of me.

You can't be serious.
The guy is dead.

Fine, then.
I won't say his name, I promise.

-Abbott Hayes.

-Hayes.

-Abbott Hayes.
-Abbott Hayes.

-Abbott Hayes.

f*ck you!

The guy was k*lled in prison. So?

So? His body was missing
from the morgue.

Let's see.

He was embalmed, dressed
and awaiting burial, and then poof?

No body?

What? Did he just
get up and walk away?

Maybe he was out
looking for a date, Steve.

It's just a bunch of ghost stories.
Dead men don't walk.

There's nothing to it.

Nothing to it?

Bodies at the morgue unaccounted for?

Gee, let's see. Hmm.

I get it.
Nothing to it.

So someone was selling the bodies
for medical experiments.

Big deal.

I know someone who's seen him.

Someone I trust.

Yeah, well, I don't trust anybody.

Come on.
-Come on, Candy.

CANDY: No, I'm just
gonna wait here.

Whoo-hoo.
[LAUGHS]

Girls, you're lucky
it's not dark out.

We might run into Abbott Hayes.

[LAUGHING]

Steve, what are you doing?

Candy, come on.

Candy, come on.

Oh, it's too bad she didn't
have to work instead of Laurie.

She's just so uptight.
Why doesn't she just chill out?

Quit pickin' on Candy.

I'm not pickin' on Candy.

She's just doesn't know
how to have fun.

Abbott Hayes would
roll over in his grave

if he saw us partying
on his dead mother.

STEVE: Well, maybe
he's not in his grave.

I just want to state for the record

that I'm totally
against us being here.

Well, I just want to
state for the record

I don't give a sh*t what you
have to state for the record, okay?

What do you think about that, huh?

What! Come on!
We're just trying to have some
fun here, all right?

Aren't we supposed
to be meetin' Tom, anyway?

Don't worry.
After about 12 more beers
we'll meet him.

I do want to make it there alive,
thank you.

You know, I don't' know
who's more un-cool.

You or your sister.
Whatever!

Steve, your attitude
really sucks right now.

DENISE: Steve, come on.
Quit picking on Candy.

What's your problem?

Enough already.
Just leave her alone.

Maybe we should get out of here.

I agree.

Loving mother, my a*s.
Sick f*ck.

Hey. Hey, you okay?

Oh, yeah.

Hey, come on, guys.
We're gonna have so much fun
at this concert.

[ENGINE STARTING]

Gary, what's up
with the windshield?

I thought you said you were gonna
get it fixed yesterday?

It's gonna be a lot of fun
driving home from the concert tonight

with the headlights coming right at me.

Oh, yeah, sorry.
I'll get that tomorrow.

Yeah, sure.

Watch out!

Oh, sh*t!

[ALL SCREAMING]

STEVE: Abbott Hayes.

[LAUGHING COARSELY]

PASTOR: Lord, please bless
these children.

Amen.
ALL: Amen.

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

Poor young thing.

Yeah.
-Yeah.

[SOBBING]

DAVE: Laurie and I are
the only family we have left.

Poor kid.

You sent a sample
to the lab for toxicology
report on Steve, didn't you?

Yeah.

Should be back by next week.

I'll miss you, Candy.

It was a mechanical problem.

Steve never took care
of that van.

Just last week I pulled him over for
a blown out headlight.

Hey, guys,
cool it, all right?
Here she is.

I'll always be there for you, Laurie.
Laurie, I'm sorry.

[ENGINE TURNS OFF]

All right.
You just got to keep
an eye out, Dusty.

Mr. Jenkins should be home soon.

Come on, let's hurry up.

This place gives me the creeps
when it's dark out.

Keep it down, Dusty.

Ain't no one around here.

You're so paranoid.

What are you afraid of, anyway?

Abbott Hayes,
that's what I'm afraid of.

Ain't no one around here.

Except...

Ghosts and goblins and spirits.
[LAUGHS]

But not the drinking kind.

Very funny.
Very funny.

But, hey, if there's nobody around,

why do we have to keep it down?

'Cause you're givin' me a headache.

[LOW GROWL]

Oh!

I swear, there's gotta be
a better way to make a living

than to pawn junk.

[LOW GROWL]

I swear I heard something.

Hey, point that light over here.

[EXHALES COARSELY]

[EXHALES]

You know, you can't scare me.

Here, hold this.

Come on.

[CONTINUES GROWLING SOFTLY]]

I swear I heard something.

You must have had
your hearing aid turned up.

Listen, if you don't
keep that light still

I swear to God, I'm gonna
clobber you with it.

[GROWLING]

If we was being watched,

don't you think we would
have been confronted by now?

Yeah, I guess so.

Jesus, Jesse!
Abbott Hayes!

Dusty, what are you talking about?

Abbott Hayes
was m*rder*d in prison years ago.

You know, you listen
to too many damn stories.

Hey, Dusty. Look...

[GROANING]

[GROWLS]

[GROWLS TRIUMPHANTLY]

Oh, no, no, no.
Not again!

Great. Just great.

Randolph's gonna have a fit.

Damn it!

Damn it all to hell!

I find it hard to believe.

All five bodies are gone.

Disappeared.

And I still can't believe

Jesse didn't put 'em
in the ground last night
before he left work.

He didn't show up
for work this morning.

And he's nowhere to be found.

You don't think...
-No.

No, he's not smart enough
to steal the corpses and sell the bodies.

Besides, if he were,
he would have buried the evidence.

Well, then where is he?

Why don't you call the motel
and talk to his sidekick, Dusty?

Sy...

I hate to say this, but...

I think you're gonna need
to get 24 hour security out here.

I can't even afford respectable
grave diggers.

How am I gonna afford security?

Maybe it's time
to sell this place.

You know, if you didn't
have a state contract,

you'd be out of business
a long time ago.

This place has been in my family
for generations.

Sy, let me make this
easy for you.

Either you get security out here

or I'm gonna get a court order
to have this place closed down.

Too many coffins are being buried
without their occupants.

If word got out that bodies are
disappearing again, before
they were being buried,

this town
would have us ex*cuted.

Besides, there's too many bad omens
associated with this piece of property.

You'll be lucky if you sell it

while you're young enough
to enjoy the money.

Really, Sy.
Sell this hell hole at any cost.

And just move on.

[ABBOTT EXHALES COARSELY]

[GASPS]

[SCREAMING]

[FRANTIC KNOCKING FROM COFFIN]

[SQUEAKING]

MATTHEW: Wow!
This is gonna be mine one day.

[TRAIN HORN BLARING]

[ABBOTT HAYES EXHALES COARSELY]

[GROWLS]

The house would be a lot nicer
when people are here.

That's for certain.
God, it's... Phew!

[VEHICLE APPROACHING]

[SIREN WAILS]

I'm Sheriff Randolph,
can I help you, son?

Oh, no thanks.
Just waiting for a delivery.

I'm Matthew Michaels.

Oh, Joseph Michaels' boy.

Yeah.

Yeah, I've spoken
to your father on the phone.

You folks
are saviors around here.

If there's anything
I can do to help you,

you just give me a call.

[GROWLING]

This area needs revitalizing.

Hopefully, this will be the
first dealership in a huge auto mall.

Well, that's our plan.

My father's dealerships have been
very successful in Youngstown.

Car dealership.
Mmm-hmm.

New jobs, revenues...

The community's very excited

about the new blood
that's coming to town.

This place is perfect
for a dealership.

Just perfect!
It's right off the inter-state.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah, this property
was a great find.

This is the first time this property
has come on the market.

Really?

Previous owner never wanted to sell.

So where are you
gonna put the show?

The show is gonna be
right about there.

And all around it, there'll be
acres and acres of used cars.

Then new cars will be right over there,
off to the side, behind the show.

That's great.
That's great.

This side of town needs new.

Anything new just to bring
life back into this community.

MAN: Let's get to work.

[MEN TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

Hi, Matthew Michaels,
appreciate you being on time.

JOSEPH:
Was the delivery on schedule?

Yes, sir. Everything's on time
and in its place, sir.

Gregg Peters will be
the foreman of this project.

He will show you the ropes.

Gregg and his crew
will give you an education
like no university can.

Joe, let's go.

JOSEPH:
Now your mother and I
will be out when you return.

So I expect to meet with you
first thing in the morning.

Yes, sir.

Gregg, you'll be in charge.

The sheriff's on board, right?

Yes, sir.
All taken care off.

He's...
In our back pocket.

Good.
I like to hear that.

Jo. Jo, enough already.
We're gonna be late.

Marilyn,
just a couple of minutes,
I'll be right there.

I'm not waiting much longer.

Marilyn, who cares
if we're gonna be late?

It's just another boring party
with your friends, anyway.

Well, that's real nice.
That's real nice.

I'm spending an afternoon
with an ex-con, that's lovely.

Did you get enough money?
Pay your bail this time?

What, you front it for him?

[SIGHS]

MAN 1: Hey, kid, room eight!

MATTHEW:
Thank you. Thanks.

Dusty?

Dusty?

[RINGING BELL]

Oh, my step monster
picked this place.

Dusty, it's me.
It's Laurie.

I hear you,
I'm coming.

[TRUCK PASSING BY]

Hey.
-Hey.

Okay, this should do it.

Are you sure you're getting the hang
of this motel management business?

You should really get somebody
to clean up in here.

Clean up what here?

Clean up in here!

Oh, well,
I'd do just fine. Thank you.

I know...

I noticed that
the parking lot's full.

I saw that a lot of the cars
have Ohio plates.

Yeah, that's that construction crew.

They're working on that development.

Diggin' up the old Hayes' place
and the cemetery, too.

I wouldn't work there
for a million bucks.

Dusty, you wouldn't work there
'cause you'd have to go outside.

I seen what's outside and I don't
want it to see me.

Oh, you got the bread and
the peanut butter.

Dusty, I've got to go to work.

Don't forget the list.
Okay.

Have it all made out for you.

Okay.

Bye.

Thanks again.

MAN: Hi.
-Hi.

Do you work here?
-Oh, no.

I work at the diner down the road.

I was just making a delivery.

Are you with the construction crew?

[HESITANTLY]
You could say that.

I'm actually just checking in.

I'm sorry.
My name's Laurie.

Hi, I'm Matthew.

It's nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.

I gotta run.
I gotta open up the diner.

Um...
Hope I see you around.

Yeah, I'll look
forward to it.

I gotta run.

Bye.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

[TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

How you doing?
I'm Gregg Peters.

I was the foreman for your father
in that remodeling job.

Oh, of course.
Glad to have you on board.

Here you go.

So, how's your room at the motel?

The motel?

Motel.

I rented a house
with some of the boys.

I guess they didn't teach you that
at the frat house.

No, all they thought us
was how to play cards and throw
raging keggers.

Well, when you've worked
enough jobs on the road,

you'll learn things like that.

That's why I'm here, Gregg.
To learn.

Get under it. Flip it over.

Oh, thank you.

Brad, come on
down here for a minute.

Sure, Gregg.

What's up?

Hey!

I need you to dig a trench.

We're gonna put
the coffins in them,

I'm gonna relocate them
right here on site.

But I need you to dig this trench
large enough to accommodate all the coffins.

Okay. But I thought we were moving them
to another cemetery.

Well, we're not.

[EXCLAIMS IN DISGUST]

Sheriff Randolph doesn't have any
kind of problem with that
relocating 'em here,

as long as the town's people
don't find out.

I can understand that.

I mean, it would
make me mad as hell

if my loved ones were relocated
to a mass grave.

Precisely.

One, two, three.
[GRUNTS]

You realize
how much it would cost

if we had to relocate these remains,
this family plot, don't you?

Yeah.
Way too expensive.

Cost prohibitive.

Now what I want you to do
is dig the trench

where we're gonna pour the concrete
for this new showroom.

I don't want the smell seeping up
through the floor

when customers are trying
to look at new cars, all right?

All right.
I totally understand that.

You got it?
-Mmm-hmm.

Okay.
Here's the plot map.

Handle it.
-I will.

[BREATHING COARSELY]

[GROWLS IN ANGER]

[DOG BARKING]

[BONES CRUNCHING]
[DOG WHIMPERING]

[ROOSTER CROWING]

[g*nshots ON TV]

[BELL DINGS]

I'm coming.

I'm coming.
Keep your shirt on.

What can I do for you?

Sorry to bother you.

But I was wondering if you knew the
name of a diner around here

where I could get a decent breakfast.

You say you're looking for a minor
with a black vest?

No, no, no, no.
A diner with breakfast.

A diner with...

Is that your car blocking my driveway
out there?

Uh, yeah, it is. But...

Yeah, I know.

You're one of them guys
working at the cemetery,
aren't you?

I used to work there
when I was younger.

Hard work.

I'll never go there again.

And you should never
go there alone either.

[WHISPERING]
It's a bad place.

A bad, bad place.

You got to smarten up, kid.

Thanks.

Now, could you just tell me
the name of a diner...

Yeah, I heard you,
I ain't deaf.

Turn out here to the right,
get out a couple miles,

on the left you'll see
Dave's diner.

He's the only one still in business
around here.

Otherwise, you want to
go to the Westside,

we got Mickey D's
and Dunkin' Donuts.

Well, thanks very much.

You ever had
peanut butter and toast
for breakfast?

Uh, no.

It's my favorite.

[FLIES BUZZING]

Oh! sh*t!

You okay, man?

I was when I woke up this morning.

What kind of sick b*stard would do
something like this?

MAN 1:
It was such a nice animal.

All right, listen,
break it up. Show's over.

Listen, guys.
Matthew Michael's father

is coming here couple of days.

Do not let this get to Matthew,
all right?

No problem, Gregg.
-No problem, Gregg.

Just hose it.

DAVE:
Hey, Laurie. Your orders ready.

LAURIE:
I heard you the first time, Dave.

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

Hi.
-Hi.

I found you.

The manager at the motel recommended
Dave's diner.

Oh, Dusty?

He's a character.
-Yeah.

Umm, do you want some coffee?

Yeah, that'll be great.
-Okay.

The motel room I'm staying in

has a coffee machine
with all the fixings in there,

and I tried to make
a pot this morning and...

Let's just say
I wouldn't give it to a stray dog.

So who's Dave?

Oh, Dave.

He's my uncle.
He opened this place back in 1965.

But he passed away a long time ago.

Oh, sorry to hear that.

It's all right.
-Hey.

This is my cousin, Dave.
It's his place now.

How you doing?
-Hey, Dave, nice to meet you.

Matthew.

So...umm, You said you were with
the construction crew?

Uh... Kind of.

It's...
It's my father's company.

He owns
a construction company and
a few car dealerships.

Now he wants to add another one
to his fleet.

He's actually
building me a business.

He said he wants me to
learn the "hard knocks" of life.

Wow! That's really nice that he's
helping you out like that.

Yeah, you could
say that, but...

Well, I was...

I was on the Dean's List
at Northwestern, okay,
a..a... junior.

Then my father decides
it's time for me
to get a real education.

And...

Sorry.

You know what?
I can actually relate.

I never even got to
go to college.

Uh, so...

What's the rumor about the old house
near the cemetery?

What rumor is that?

Everyone I speak to tells me
to make sure the site's
closed up before dark

and that some psycho
used to live there.

Well, it's better
to be safe than sorry.

There are some things
that go bump in the night.

Come on.
Every town has ghost stories.

So who is this psycho?

[WHISPERING]
Psycho!

Ab... Abbott Hayes.

Abbott Hayes?

And what did Abbott Hayes do?

Well, his mother was probably
the brute of his rampage.

Okay.
And what did she do

so different from every other mother
or step monster mother,

step mother in this world?

She dressed him up
as a girl.

Sent him to school
as a girl,

took him around town
as a girl.

That's horrible.

No one in town
noticed the abuse?

Nobody knew anything.
He was raised as Alana.

Everybody in town knew him as Alana.

Wow.

So, for almost seven years
he abducted women.

Mostly teenagers and young girls
from here and surrounding areas.

And the way he got caught was one night
the sheriff pulled him over

'cause he had a busted taillight.

And when he opened up the trunk,

he found a young girl
tied up in the back.

Then they went to his house.

In his house, they found
two decaying corpses
in his living room.

Wow!

Wow! That upbringing
would make anyone crazy.

How did you find out
all of the details?

It came out at the trial.
His trial was a huge deal
around here.

And then he ended up
getting the death penalty

only to end up
m*rder*d in prison.

And a lot of people say
they can still see him
walking around

on at the old home stay.

Wow! That will mess you up.

That upbringing...

It's amazing to me that he didn't
commit suicide or k*ll his mother.

He did.

Wow!
Thanks for the education.

Would you like
to go out some time?

Uh...

Yeah.

That...
that'd be nice.

Okay. How about
tomorrow at seven?

How about 6:30?

You know,
ghost stories and all?

[LAUGHS] That was good with
the ghost stories.

Right.

See you.

Pardon me.
-Sorry.

Hello.

MAN: Back it up,
back it up.

The other way, fella.

Come on.
Help me get this one in
the back of the truck.

All right,
let's move it, fellas.

How many headstones are there?

We've got a bunch of them.

[GRUNTS]

Where are we taking these to
anyway?

[GRUNTS]

[PHONE RINGING]

[CLOCK TICKING]

[DIAL TONE HUMMING]

[SHOUTING] What?

What?

[CLOCK TICKING]

[TRAIN HORN BLARING]

[TRAIN RUMBLING PAST]

[MOANING]

[SNIFFING]

What the...

Dadburn it!
Son of a b*tch!

[GAS LEAKING]

[COUGHS]

f*ck off!

Come on, Walden.
Come on.

[ON ANSWERING MACHINE]
Hey, this is Walden.

Please leave your unit number
and list the repairs that you need

and I'll get around to it.

Thank you very much.

He's never there when you need him.

Somebody's got to go out
and turn that gas off.

[GAS HISSING]

Where's that Walden
when you need him?

[GROWLS]

Gotta go out there.
I mean what's the worst that could...

[COUGHS] happen.

[COUGHING]

There's nothing to fear
but fear itself.

[GASPING]

[HISSING STOPS]

[LAUGHING]

There was nothing to be afraid of
all this time.

Nothing to fear but fear itself.

Wide open spaces!

I'm back!

[GROWLS]
[GASPS]

Oh, no!

No!

[LAUGHING COARSELY]

MAN: Be careful.

Hey, Kelly.
Look where you're going!

KELLY: I was in reverse,
you backed into me.

MAN: Whoa!

Hey, lookie here.

Well, ain't this one
for the books?

A cemetery
with empty coffins.

No, hold on.
I have the plot map over here.

Hey, you've got the plot map?

Thanks.

All right, this is plot 429.

A Miss Candy Danesi
was buried here.

According to this site map here,

there should be one body
in this here coffin.

And this one here coffin
should be buried in this here grave.

Gregg, can you come up here for a second?
We got a problem.

You got an empty coffin, huh?

Well, that's one less body
we gotta relocate, right?

What's the matter?

You afraid the town's people
are doing medical experiments
on the dead or something?

Well, here's the good news,
ladies. You're alive.

Now let's handle this
while we're young.

MAN: I don't know if I'm gettin'
paid enough for this.

MAN 2:
This is crazy!

MAN 3:
Let's get to work.

Make sure the town's folk don't find out
about this thing.

The next thing you know,

is they are gonna try and close down
this site, all right?

Well, I'll be out of work until this mess
is cleared up.

Exactly.

Hey, excuse me, Gregg.
Hey!

If we were planning on relocating
the coffins to the Westmoreland cemetery,

then why are you putting the coffins
in a trench on this property?

Don't concern yourself
with this, Matt.

You were never planning
on relocating the coffins.

I don't think this'll go very well
with my father.

Or for that matter...

Your father already knows.

So does Sheriff Randolph.

It was their idea.

It's called the cost
of doing business, Matt.

Lesson number two.

MATTHEW: I know this is a weird place to
take a girl on a first date,

but, I promise, by the second date,

all these coffins will be relocated.

LAURIE: Do you take all your dates to
such lively places?

You want to get out?

Okay. [CHUCKLES]

JOSEPH: I should arrive
before 6:00.

I sent Matthew to get a copy
of the blueprint.

There was only
a place in Pittsburgh

that could handle
a document of that size.

Everything on schedule?

Yes, sir.
-Perfect!

I'll have the copies
ready for your perusal.

Now after I finish
at the site,

I'll meet you
at the restaurant.

Just makes sure
Brad is on time.

Yes, sir.

I look forward
to seeing the new home
of Michael's Motors.

[MUTTERING]

[STARTS ENGINE]

[GRUNTING]

[TRAIN HORN BLARING]

MAN 1: Oh!

MAN 2: Open it up.

[MEN EXCLAIMING]

It smells!

Whoa! This guys hands
are really mangled.

This guy was buried alive.

[SCOFFS]

The lining's all shredded.

And how did the wood
get gouged out?

He broke his fingers
scratching at the lid.

You and
your horror novels.

[SQUISHES]

Fingernail.

Oh, that's gross, Jeff.

[EXCLAIMS SOFTLY]

Ah! Geez, Brad,
you scared me to death.

Sorry, Mr. Michaels.

I was beginning
to wonder about you.

Sorry. What would
you like to see first?

Let me take a look around

and if I have
any questions,
I'll ask.

Of course.

Hey! Hey, you know
you kids are trespassing?

I thought you had
the placed locked up?

Well...

[BREATHING COARSELY]

Well, do something.

What do you want...

Hey! Hey, you know you kids are
on private property here.

Hey, look, you guys are gonna
have to get out of here.

JOSEPH:
If you kids leave right now

I won't have to report you
to the authorities.

We're gonna have to get security
out here, right now.

Right.

[MOANING]

Brad, open this door.

The keys are inside.

Look, Mr. Michaels,
let's get out of here.

We can call the police
from my van.

No, no. I'm not gonna let a bunch
of punks scare me off of my property.

Uh-uh.

Mr. Michaels, hurry up!

I'm not going anywhere.

These punks
can't chase me off.

[GROWLING]

Mr. Michaels,
help me!

[GASPING]

[GASPING] Help me!

Help! Help!

[ALL GROWLING]

[GROANING]

Get off of me!

[SCREAMING]

[PANTING]

[LATCHES DOOR]

Mr. Michaels?

Mr. Michaels?

Mr. Michaels?

Mr. Michaels?

Mr. Michaels?

[STARTS ENGINE]

Kelly, did you see Mr. Michaels
on your way in?

Yeah, he was having breakfast
over at Dave's.

Well, why did he leave his car
at the office?

His car was in the parking lot
when I left.

Who are you talking about?

I'm talking about Matthew,
who you talking about?

I'm talking about
Joseph Michaels.

His car is here and I was supposed to
meet him last night.

Sorry, man.

[PHONE RINGING]

[RINGING CONTINUES]

[TRAIN HORN BLARING]

[ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS]

Brad, it's Gregg.
It's eight o'clock and you're late.

Please, give me a call.
I haven't heard from either you
or Mr. Michaels.

I'm getting
a little worried here.

[TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

[SOFT UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

[GROWLS]

[DOOR KNOB RATTLING]

[BANGING ON DOOR]

[LOUD GROAN]

[ZOMBIES GROWLING]

[ZOMBIES MUNCHING]

Zombies!

[STUTTERS]

Hey... Hey, look,
if you can hear me, just...

[GROWLS]
[GASPS]

[GRUNTING]

No.

No! Hey, that's...

[ENGINE STARTS]

Oh, my Lord!

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[GRUNTS]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

Strong drive.

[PHONE RINGING]

Come on, Laurie, just...

[RINGING CONTINUES]

Where's the phone, Laurie? Find it.
Find your phone, Laurie!

[RINGING CONTINUES]

[TIRES SCREECH]

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

Laurie, it's me, Matthew.

Hey!

Hey, look, we have to get out
of here, okay.

What's wrong?
I saw blood, Laurie.

[STUTTERING]
And these things.

Look, I saw them.
At least they had to...

Wait! Who is they?

I saw these things, Laurie.

And I swear they were
the walking dead.

I mean, they smelled like hell
[STUTTERING] and they...

Laurie, we have to get the cops.
We have to get out of here!

Hey, calm down!

Those things out there went to high school
with my sister, Candy.

I was at their funeral.

We grew up together.

They were my friends, too.

I could be one of them.

Matthew, I could be walking
with the living dead.

That's interesting because I thought
you told me

that your sister Candy and her friends
died in a car accident last year.

They did.

I never told you

but I was supposed to go
to the concert with them.

Except Dave got sick

and I had to open up the diner.

Matthew, this town has a history
you don't know anything about.

[STUTTERING]
Who or what are they?

They're zombies.
Zombies?

No, no, no rumors...
No.

Small town stories,
just a...

Just a...
Just a history.

Fact, not fiction!

We have to turn on all the lights.

Help me turn on the lights.

If Dave or the Sheriff drop by
and they see that the lights are on,

they'll know
that something's wrong

'cause we never
leave the lights on, okay.

Matthew, help me lock the doors.

[ALL MOANING]

[SIREN WAILING]

All right, you kids.

Stop right there.

Oh, sh*t!

Oh!

[GROWLING]
LAURIE: Sheriff!

[GASPS]

[GROWLS]

It was nice of you to drop by.

Yeah, looks like it.

They're walking again.

You knew this could happen,
didn't you?

What's that supposed to mean?

[BANGING ON DOOR]

Damn! If I sh**t out the windows,
they'll be all over us.

Well, what are we
supposed to do?

My radio is in the car,
we're trapped in here.

How are the phones?
-Phones are dead.

RANDOLPH: Has Dave maintained
the backup generator?

LAURIE: Dave sees to it
like clockwork.

Wait, I have my cell phone,
I'll call 911.

I am 911.

Okay, then I'll call Gregg.

He always carries a g*n
in the office.

[DIALING]

Great. Battery's dead.

[PHONE BEEPING]

GREGG: Hello?
-Hello? Gregg?

Hey!

Gregg.
-Hello?

Yes, this is Sheriff Randolph.
-Yeah.

Listen, I need your help
over at Dave's diner.

What do you need?
-Yeah.

We're surrounded.
Surrounded?

You wouldn't believe me
if I told you.

I will tell you the details later.

What the hell are you...
-Listen.

Whatever you see walking
around the building is not,

and I repeat,
is not a living being.

You are joking, right?

Trust me.

Now listen, Gregg.
I want you to get
every weapon, every b*llet,

every man you can and get over here.

We'll go to the site.
-No, no, no.

You don't want to go to
the construction site at
this time of night.

Go to my office,
sh**t the lock off the r*fle case

bring those r*fles, too.

And one last thing, Gregg.
The only way to stop these things...

is with a b*llet to the head.

Do you hear me?

[SIGHS]
Battery died.

I hope he got that last part.

Me, too.

MATTHEW: Could somebody
please tell me what's going on?

RANDOLPH:
First occurrence was in '68.

There's conflicting rumors
how it all started.

But some people claim
that it was a Venus probe
that crashed back to Earth,

released radiation,

the dead began to walk.

Living zombies
eating human flesh.

Troops were sent in,
the exterminated
the infested.

Unfortunately,
they weren't thorough.

[ZOMBIES MOANING]

There was another
outbreak in '86, except...

I know the answer.

No, hold on.
I want to hear this.

Except what?
[SIGHS]

They weren't very thorough
then, either.

But maybe there was some truth
to the... The contamination.

Contamination?

We were never able to
prove anything.

The last time it happened,
it was contained in this small area.

[ALL MOANING]

I was working with this ex-partner
of mine named Hughes.

He left the force and became of one of
those survivalist guys.

You know, they live in the woods,
in the sticks.

Everything was pretty secure.

We had one last area
to check out.

This old farm.

So I recruited Hughes
to check out the barn.

We found these kids
hiding in there.

You found me and my friends.

We did.

As I recall,

I wanted to check out
the barn more thoroughly.

No. No.

Hughes is the one
who checked out the barn.

And you would have given him
proper back up...

You know what?
Maybe he'd still be around today.

RANDOLPH: Maybe it was Hughes' idea.
He was fearless.

After he single-handedly
cleared out the south sector,

I agreed to go with him.

But we had no idea what
was waiting for us in that barn.

You have to understand...

I don't have to
understand anything.

You have to understand that the
last case that Hughes and I worked on

was the Abbott Hayes murders.

That case broke Hughes.

We put Abbott Hayes away.

Put him in prison,
where he was m*rder*d.

[GROWLS]

Hughes had k*lled dozens of zombies
that day.

He was not prepared to come face to face
with Abbott Hayes.

Eyes, they seemed to glow
like a midnight blue.

They were hypnotizing.

But I didn't stick around long enough
to see if the shots...

Well, obviously not,
because he's still walking around.

And if you had
any kind of a backbone...

No, I swear I was doing my job
that night.

You need to remember
that I was there.

[BOTH ARGUING]

Okay!

Nothing is gonna get solved
by arguing.

[ZOMBIES GROWLING]

[GROWLING]

GREGG: Hold your fire!

[g*ns c*ck]

[FIRING]

Whoa! Whoa! Hold it.
Everybody, hold your fire.

Get into the diner.

Come on, move it!

Get your a*s into the diner!
Let's go! Come on!

[GROWLING]

Come on.
Let's go, you guys.

Come on in.
Let's go.

Hurry up. Let's go.
Come on, come on, come on.

Watch your backs,
let's get that door closed.

Don't let those things near you.
Let's go, come on!

Is everyone okay?

Yeah, we're just fine.

Great.

Now that we're here,
where should we begin?

There's a dozen of them out there.

There's more than a dozen.

What the hell are they?

Well, they're not human.

Let's get that straight.

They're zombies, flesh-eaters.

What?
-MAN 1: Zombies?

If we don't destroy these things,

we become their next meal.

Only one way to k*ll them
is with a shot to the head.

Now, let's get organized.

Gregg, hand out the weapons.

Make sure everyone has
an extra box of a*mo.

[GROWLING]

Gregg, we have plenty of a*mo.

Make sure people get enough.

Yeah, yeah, I'm moving.

And make sure they get
the right caliber.

[GLASS SHATTERING]

Hey, did you see that?
-See what?

Look outside.
-I saw it.

The trucks' lights just went off.

Hey, I'm here for a job...
-Give it a rest.

You complain no matter what.

Listen!

Just because they're not human

doesn't mean they can't surprise.

And listen up,
this isn't a game.

We're here to save each other's lives.
No screwing around.

Matthew.

You should stay here with Laurie.

Take this extra g*n and keep her safe
in the back.

LAURIE: I don't think so...
-Okay.

Everybody grab a buddy
and cover each other.

The most important
instruction I can give you

is to avoid contact
with the zombie's teeth.

If anyone gets bitten,
they need to be shot...

in the head.

Okay?

Let's roll.

Let's be careful out there.

Don't join
the ranks of the walking dead.

[ZOMBIES GROWLING]

Welcome to the party, Sheriff.

Let's go!

[MEN YELLING]

[MEN FIRING]

MAN: Too many of them!

[MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

Freak!

Die again!

[GROWLING]

Now look, Laurie,

I want you to
lock yourself in, okay?

And no matter what happens,

you still owe me another date.

Wait, don't...
Don't leave.

Look, Laurie, I have to.
Just stay here.

Please, don't leave me.

Laurie, I have to.
Now stay here.

I'll be back.

I'll be back.

Okay? I'll be back.

[SHUDDERING]

Of all the places in all the world

my dad could've picked for
the biggest dealership,

he had to pick the one right down
the street from walking dead central.

[FIRING CONTINUES]

This is... This is
walking dead central.

Where's my g*n?
Where's my g*n?

Keep walking,
keep walking.

Stop walking.

Head. Head.

[GROANING]

Direct hit.

God! [SHUDDERING]
God, please don't.

[GRUNTING]

Please work.
Please work!

You're doing a bang-up job, kiddo.
I'll take over from here.

Die, you freaks from hell!

Die!

There you go.

MAN: Uh-oh. What the...
[SCREAMING]

[ZOMBIE BREATHING COARSELY]

[SHUDDERING]
Oh, God! Please!

[SOBBING]

[ZOMBIE BREATHING COARSELY]

[PANICKING]

[SCREAMS]
[GROWLING]

[SCREAMING STOPS]

[MOANING]

[SOBBING]

[FOOTSTEPS PATTERING]

Oh, not the exhaust fan.

[SCREAMING]

[GROWLING]

[SCREAMING]

[LAURIE GRUNTING]

[CLICKING]

Laurie!

You all right?
Yeah, thank you.

I gotta get back out there.

[GROANS]

[GROANING]

Sheriff. Sheriff.

Don't make contact
with their teeth.

[COUGHING]

Do it.

Do it!

Come on.

Do it!

Come on.
You have to.

Don't let me turn into one of them.

Do it!

Do it!

[SIRENS WAILING]

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

[INDISTINCT TALKING
OVER POLICE RADIO]

What...
What the hell is...

Oh, no.
Not again.

Hey, are you okay?

Come on, Laurie.
Candy died a long time ago.

I'm sorry.
You shouldn't be here.

Matt, why don't you
take her home?

So what happened to Sheriff Randolph?

Laurie shot him.

It was a direct hit.

I need a drink.

Hey, lovely shot, kid.
-Thanks, man.

[GROWLS]

[TRAIN HORN BLARING]

[SIGHS]

We got to check out that barn.

The only way
to stop these things
is with a shot to the head.

That's why I'm here, Gregg.
To learn.

They're walking again.

You knew this could happen,
didn't you?

I seen what's outside
and I don't want it
to see me.

I look forward to seeing the new home
of Michael's Motor's.

Brad, it's Gregg.
It's eight o'clock and you're late.

[GROWLS]

Hey, you guys see any more zombies?