Monstrosity (1963)

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NARRATOR: Can

death be outwitted?

Is the secret to of eternal

life just around that corner?

Today medical science

batches up mutilated bodies,

Transplanting human skin,

eyes, limbs, even vital organs.

Is the next step

the transplantation

Of the human brain?

Many scientists answer

yes, but they pause and add

A grim warning, for in the

ancient folk legends tales are

Told of blood sucking vampires,

crawling out of graves

To live on the bodies

of helpless victims.

Is man now doomed to produce

a race of ever living

Monstrosities, worse than

the vampires of legend?

Will ruthless men and women

of great wealth and power,

Greedily buy or steal the bodies

of the young and beautiful

So their brains may

live on forever.

Such questions

may seem fanciful,

But at this very

moment, scientists

Are working on the answer

to brain transplantation

And human bodies are used.

This girl was buried in a

nearby cemetery yesterday.

Only a few hours ago her body

was stolen by Dr. Otto Frank

And brought to this

hidden laboratory.

He has grafted a

living animal's grain

Into this newly dead body.

If the experiment

works, the next step

Will be the transplantation

of a human brain.

The brain cells are

being reactivated

By an atomic fission

produced the cyclotron.

Has he found a way

to outwit death

Or has he created another...

[DRAMATIC MUSIC] Deep below,

Dr. Frank takes the

chance of smashing

His way into a new sealed vault.

His experiments cannot

continue without another body.

The watchman's mind

was not on body

Snatchers, just his usual nip.

[SCREAM] Inside the

vault a body waits.

This is one of the

doctor's mistakes,

A monstrosity, an animal's

brain grated to a human body.

Leaving the dead

watchmen, the monstrosity

Carried the girl's

body out of the vault.

It fears and obeys

one master, Dr. Frank.

Here beneath the old

mention, the doctor carefully

Prepared for another transplant.

This body had been in the

vault for only a few hours.

Chances seemed better this time.

Still Dr. Frank was doubtful.

Tissue and dead bodies

deteriorates rapidly.

Where were the live fresh

bodies he had been promised.

He bitterly resents

that every step forward

Depends on the whim of

the minds of a woman

Brooding upstairs

in her bedroom.

And Hetty March wonders has

she been a fool squandering

Money on this

strange experiment?

Money hoarded through a long,

greedy lifetime, each day more

Money, each day

death getting closer.

Ah, but to starts

life again in a brand

New body, beautiful and young.

No price can be

too high for that.

Can she really trust the doctor?

Can she really trust anyone?

Hasn't everyone

tried to cheat her?

Wanting her money while

they smile at her ugliness,

But they never got a penny.

Oh, how she made them sweat.

Especially this old fool,

companion and gigolo.

How many years she's kept

him dangling on promises.

While sometimes

it's convenient to

Have him there, especially when

he comes cheaper than servants.

The Austrian girl.

Nina Rhodes, 18, no family,

pleasing personality... whatever

That might mean...

Thick ankles, pimply

Face, but she always when

she's spoken to very likely.

Well, applications

forms for a servant girl

Don't usually include bust,

waist and hip measurements.

[RADIO ANNOUNCEMENT IN

BACKGROUND]

All three will be here tomorrow.

And then you can choose.

REPORTER (OVER RADIO):

Earlier this evening

At Greenhaven Cemetery, the

body snatchers brutally m*rder*d

Nightwatchman Robert Pain,

62, who evidently interrupted

His K*llers during

their ghoulish tasks.

His neck was broken.

The imprint of a huge pair of

hands was found on his throat.

It's the opinion of the

police that the same g*ng

That has previously...

Ring for Dr. Frank. [BUZZER]

So that's what he was doing.

[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]

More of this

hocus pocus, Hetty.

The doctor transplanted

a brain from a live dog

To a live human body.

You saw the walk out

of the cylinder alive.

How many failures since thin?

Still, it's your money.

The bodies must be fresh.

This specimen is excellent.

An the police are looking

for the body snatcher.

Find a local cemetery

doctor, are you

Trying to blaze a

trail to our door?

The final test was essential

for your protection.

As for the police if they

come here, I hit the switch.

A nuclear reaction is set off.

And as a matter of minutes,

this house and any evidence

It might contain becomes a

radioactive hole in the grade.

Be careful.

We can wait for that

until after your operation.

Nothing must go wrong.

There's no sign of live.

Watch.

She lacks but one

thing, a brain.

Hans was still living when

we dragged him from the car.

That's why we succeeded

with the transplant.

She seems alive.

She is to a limited extent.

She'll be able to move around,

but the brain deteriorization

Is too extensive with

thought processes.

Pardon me, but how far

is Hollywood from here?

All right, let's see.

16 kilometers, about 10 miles.

Which way?

That way.

Are you going to Hollywood?

No such luck.

I'm what's known as

a foreign domestic.

The next 12 months,

I'll be scrubbing

Floors and making beds.

But when my time's up,

Hollywood look out.

That's strange.

A foreign domestic agency

has paid my passage too.

I'm from Vienna, Austria.

Oh, really?

I'm from England.

No.

Is this your first trip?

Yes, I'm awfully excited.

Por favor, I no speak

English very good.

Are you going to work

for Mrs. March too?

This sounds like a sister act.

You too?

Nina Rhodes?

Yes, sir.

Anita Gonzales?

Beatrice Mullins?

That's right.

Are you Mr. March?

No, I work for Mrs. March.

Come along.

NARRATOR: Three new bodies,

fresh, live, young bodies.

No families and friends

within thousands of miles,

No one to ask embarrassing

questions when they disappear.

Victor wondered which

Mrs. March would pick,

The little Mexican,

the girl from Vienna,

Or the buxom blonde.

Victor knew his favorite,

but he still felt uneasy.

Making to an 80-year-old

woman in the body

Of a 20-year-old

girl is insanity.

Still, Hetty's plan to transfer

her fortune to the new body

Had been brilliant.

Unpleasant to think about what's

going to happen to these girls,

But a man has to

consider his own future.

What would happen

to him if Hetty

Were to cast him off

after all these years.

VICTOR: Well, there's

your new home, girls.

BEATRICE: Gives me the shivers.

Aren't there any neighbors?

No.

Are there any other servants?

No, but I don't think you're

going to find it boring.

What a jolly little

place this is.

[SCREAMS]

What was that?

No one's to leave this

house without permission.

Hurry along.

Hurry up.

No go.

Put down your luggage.

Turn around slowly.

Get the doctor.

Get the doctor.

NARRATOR: As with the other

bodies stolen from cemeteries,

The nerve endings of

the brain were too far

Gone to receive a

proper transplant.

The experiment had failed to

produce anything more than a

Walking breathing

zombie-like creature.

But the doctor permitted to

wander about the laboratory.

She was quite harmless

and at times even amusing.

Charming, isn't she?

Did you want something?

Mrs. March is waiting for you.

The girls have arrive.

She doesn't have a brain.

May be advantages.

I want them

examined immediately.

Very well, this way.

Victor, the doctor can conduct

the examination perfectly.

What an old spoil sport I am.

Have you disconnected the phone?

Can't I depend on

you for anything?

Won't it be midnight when those

girls start calling police,

Employment agencies, immigration

authorities, consulates.

There will be no phone calls.

Hideous, she's useless.

There is one more

test I should make.

Do anything you what with her.

The other two?

Perfect medical specimens.

All right, Anita, get dress

now and wait for the others.

Mrs. March, I am now

giving you notice.

I do not care to work in

this house any longer.

I demand that...

You have signed an agreement.

If you have any objection,

you will discuss them

With the immigration authorities

as provided for in your papers.

But Mrs. March...

Later.

Stand up, my dear.

BEATRICE: I've got the same

measurements as Marilyn Monroe.

Ahem, the lucky girl?

Yeah.

Allow me to be

the first to offer

Congratulations to both of you.

For me?

Come on.

Come on.

Your room is in the

basement, Anita.

Nina, your room

is upstairs, right

Across from the

top of the stairs.

I'll have to show you.

ANITA: I think it will

be lonesome down there.

VICTOR: Nonsense, you

will be all right.

Gracias.

Thank you.

[BEEPS AND WHIRRING]

Quien es?

Who is it?

[SCREAMS]

Bea, are you sure

she's not in her room?

Yes.

Victor left a little while ago.

Maybe she went with him.

She didn't get

out of this prison

Without permission,

that's for sure.

But she would

have said good-bye.

Why should she?

We only met her yesterday.

I don't blame her

for not wanting

To sleep in the basement.

It's funny though.

Mrs. March wouldn't even listen

when I asked to be dismissed.

This house gives me the creeps.

She doesn't even have

any uniforms for us.

What in the world do

you think you're doing?

You told us last night to

clean and polish in here.

Look at your hands.

That will a stain o them.

No don't argue.

Go and wash them immediately.

You can put the things away

after Nina cleans them.

Mrs. March, where is Anita?

Anita?

Oh, she left last night.

I would like to

give notice too.

I will discuss it

with you another time.

[BEEPS, WHIRRING AND BUBBLING]

Nina?

Nina?

Come here this instant.

Yes, Mrs. March.

Your name isn't Nina.

But Mrs. March she's got

polish all over her hand

And I'm not doing anything.

I don't want you running

up and down stairs.

Those pretty legs of yours

will get ugly muscles.

Send Nina to me.

Yes, ma'am.

MRS. MARCH: I'll be in my room.

Bea, come with me.

I want to show you something.

Anita wouldn't leave

without taking her clothes.

I think we better

get out of here, fast.

Bea, I'd hate to leave

if she's still here.

You'll go now if

you go with me.

This hinge is loose.

Help me.

[BEEPING]

NARRATOR: One last

experiment before Dr.

Frank would be ready.

But this was the most critical

of all the experiments.

For the first time,

the grafting operation

Would be performed on

a living human body,

And the brain would come from

the doctor's favorite cat.

Anita was ready.

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

It's me, Nina.

What about your clothes?

Never mind, let's go.

Bea, she almost saw us.

Let's wait awhile to make

sure we won't run into her.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Bea.

Bea?

[THUNDER-LIKE SOUNDS] Bea?

Bea?

Where are you?

Answer me.

Wait.

I'm here Mrs. March.

She's locked us in.

Open it.

I said, open it.

Mrs. March.

Victor.

Victor.

Well, you took long enough.

The lawyer will see

you in the morning.

I told him you we're

going to change your will.

You'll have to check the

basement door, it came loose.

You failed.

[MEOW] She thinks she's a cat.

Nice kitty.

[CAT GROWLING] Well, I

see still resent the way

Mrs. March treats you.

I can't say that I blame you.

Kitty has always

been very fond of me.

Haven't you?

Does she have all the

instincts of a cat?

Watch.

[GROWLING]

She ate it.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Bea, is that Anita?

Where?

Oh, I don't think so.

Look out!

Somebody help her.

[GROWLING]

Back, Hans, back.

Hans, Hans.

I still think you should

have locked them up.

They're not about

to leave this house

After what they've witnessed.

They know Hans is outside there.

Even if we could get past

that creature outside,

There's still the

electric fence.

The phone's dead.

We can't get help that way.

If we could get the car...

That's it.

Victor.

Victor?

He likes me.

I guess.

If you could get

the keys from him...

Bea, I was having

a little night cap.

Who do you think

you are pinching me?

Maybe you like some company?

Someone like me?

That's more like it.

Don't you like me, Victor?

Wait.

Hans, is chained.

Let's go outside.

Outside?

I think I'd like that.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

MRS. MARCH: Victor?

Victor?

[HISSING]

Anita?

What are you doing up there?

Anita, what's the

matter with you?

Don't you know me?

Anita, listen to me...

[HISSING]

[GRUNTING AND GROWLING]

Anita?

Stay right there.

Don't move.

I'm coming.

[HISSING] Anita.

Anita, let me help you.

Anita, wait.

Take my hand.

Anita.

Anita!

[SCREAMS] Astonishingly

complex, isn't it?

The human eye.

NINA: Dr. Crane?

Bea?

She's unconscious,

but she'll live.

No.

She will live.

But Anita won't.

She's dead.

Nina, dear, come

along with us now.

You've had a bad shock.

Get out of here, both of you.

I'm staying with Bea.

Why don't you do

something for her?

I've done what I can for now.

Later, an operation

might be possible.

I'm preserving the eye.

Let me show you.

Come over here.

The cellular structure

is being kept alive

By these electrical vibrations.

I use the same principal

in keeping that hand alive.

Bea is a very lucky girl.

You think that ironically?

Let me explain.

I'm the only man

alive today capable

Of restoring your

friend's sight.

Dr. Alexis Carrel, who

pioneered the transplanting

Of vital human

organs, kept a portion

Of an animal's heart

alive for many years.

For this he received

the Nobel Prize.

And I, who have so far

surpassed his efforts...

Surely you don't

want to compare

Yourself with Dr. Carrel.

He was humane.

I, too, fight to preserve

life and to find the means

To improve the lives

of future generations.

Your viewpoint is that

narrow ignorant one,

Held by the Medical

Society today,

Which forces me to work

in a place like this,

To give in to the whims

of a foolish old woman,

Because she can supply

me with the funds I

Need to continue my work.

[MOANING]

You're going to be all right.

Nina?

Yes, Bea.

I... I can't see.

Why...

Your eyes are bandaged.

Something happened.

Don't think about it now.

Listen to me, Bea.

Are you listening?

This is important.

Yes.

We must be ready

when the chance comes.

I remember now.

It was Anita.

She... Oh, my eye.

My eye.

[SOBBING]

You better leave.

Give this a chance

to take effect.

I'm a doctor.

I'll take care of her.

Make sure you'll take

excellent care of her,

Until your plans call

for something else.

Or am I to be the

next one, doctor?

There.

Got all the clothes?

Yes.

And made my hair appointment?

I took care of

everything on your list

While you were talking

with the lawyer.

Hair appointment,

Monday, 10:00 AM, Charles

At the Ritz under Nina's name.

I'll want Nina to model

these later after I've rested.

You tell her.

They're back.

I will have to leave you now.

Remember, I'm going to try

to get us out here tonight.

No.

Forget about me.

I won't go.

Bea, don't talk like that.

NARRATOR: Mrs. March had not

realized her new body had such

A satisfactory shape,

perhaps not as spectacular

As the English girl,

but in excellent taste.

She couldn't help being amused.

The stupid girl was not

only modeling Mrs. March's

Future wardrobe but Mrs.

March's future body.

So firm, so nicely rounded

in places men like.

You might have knocked

when you came in.

I'm sorry, don't stop your

style show on my account.

Does my aged look disturb you?

Hetty, that's unkind.

You see it's hard

for a vain, stupid man

To realize that he

holds no attraction

For a lovely young girl.

You're not needed now, Victor.

Close the door quietly

when you go out.

I'm not going to

be needed at all.

That's what you're

saying, isn't it?

After tomorrow, when...

Victor!

That's enough Get out.

That's the way it's

going to be when what?

Don't ask tiresome questions.

That will be enough for tonight.

I want us both to get some rest.

Try to sleep.

But Mrs. March...

That's an order.

Do as I say.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

You aren't looking

for me, are you?

Why would a pretty, young girl

want to be around an old man?

What did you try

to tell Mrs. March?

So that's what

you planned to do.

Get rid of old Victor once

you get all that money.

The only thing is, of course,

is won't really be you.

Victor, please tell me.

Try to make sense.

I am telling you.

Tomorrow, you'll be one of the

richest women in the world.

Here's a press release.

It's in the mails now.

All the major news syndicates.

Orphan girl is sole

heir to March millions.

Nina Rhodes has a lucky star.

I don't understand.

The next press

release will be March

Mansion destroyed by fire.

Cinderella girl Nina

Rhodes, sole survivor.

Only it won't be you.

It's a pity too.

You're nice the way you are.

Please don't let it happen.

You could help me

and Bea get away.

When you're a rich woman, you

wouldn't forget an old friend,

A friend who saved

your life, would you?

Get out in the car.

And stay there.

Victor, Bea too.

Bea must come too.

One minute.

Just to make sure.

Sign this.

Hurry.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[CYMBALS CRASHING]

Bea, you've got to come with...

No, I won't go.

Why should I want to

go on living like this?

I'll get Victor to help me.

And we will carry you.

[SCREAMS]

Did you want something

from Victor, dear?

Sit down, my dear.

I'm afraid you're wearing

yourself out with all this

Rushing around I

don't like that.

You realize she's mad,

don't you, Dr. Frank?

Relax.

Hurry, doctor.

I'll be ready for you

shortly, Mrs. March.

MRS. MARCH: I'll be waiting.

It's finally about to happen

You don't know what it's been

Like for me, living with

this ugly body of mine.

Knowing that any

attention I received

Was not for me but my money.

Well, nobody got any of it.

I've never known what it is like

to be loved for myself alone.

Why did you k*ll

Victor, Mrs. March?

Victor?

Victor was a fool.

I'm a practical woman, Dr.

Frank, a business woman.

I've never been a

very practical person.

I suppose that makes me

a fool too in your eyes.

Of course not.

Relax, Mrs. March, just relax.

[ZAPPING SOUND]

Waking up are you?

Good, I want to talk to you.

You singed a paper making

Victor your legal guardian.

That's right, isn't it.

I did sign something, didn't I?

That would probably

work as well for me.

We could stay here.

None of this would

have to be destroyed.

Feeling better aren't you?

Try it on your own.

I want to know if Mrs.

March didn't intend blowing

Me up with all the rest of this.

You're a very wealthy

woman now, Nina.

But I what I must decide

is how to keep you

And your funds available with

the least amount of nuisance

To myself.

I could keep you under sedation

until your signature is

Required or I could replace your

brain with one more amenable.

What about Mrs. March, doctor?

Mrs. March no longer

has a thing to say.

Do you, my dear?

Completely recovered I'd say.

How do you feel.

[HISSING] I guess

A transplant would be better.

It won't hurt.

NARRATOR: Dr. Frank had

enjoy this transplantation.

Mrs. March's brain ending

up in the body of a cat.

Poetic justice to think

of autocratic Mrs. March

Scavenging in back alley

garbage cans for her dinner.

But Mrs. March doesn't

take things lying down.

[ELECTRIC WHIRRING]

[MUSIC PLAYING] Mrs.

March did not intend to let

their money get out of sight.

She would follow that girl.

Some time, some place,

revenge would come.

[MUSIC PLAYING]