Night of the Living Dead: Reanimated (2009)

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They ought to make the day the time changes

the first day of summer.

- What?

- Well, it's eight o'clock and it's still light.

A lot of good the extra daylight does us.

Now, we've still got a three-hour drive back.

We're not gonna be home until after midnight.

Well, if it really bugged you, Johnny,

you wouldn't do it.

You think I wanna blow Sunday

on a scene like this?

You know, I figure we're either gonna

have to move Mother out here,

or move the grave into Pittsburgh.

- She can't make a trip like this.

- Oh, I don't know that she can't.

Is there any of that candy left?

No.

Look at this thing.

"We still remember."

I don't. You know, I don't even remember

what the man looks like.

Johnny, it takes you five minutes.

Yeah, five minutes

to put the wreath on the grave

and six hours to drive back and forth.

Mother wants to remember,

so we trot 200 miles into the country

and she stays at home.

Well, we're here, John. All right?

Testing. Are we back on?

Oh. Uh, ladies and gentlemen ‒

Hey, do ‒

we're coming back on the air

after an interruption due to technical probl ‒

There's nothing wrong with the radio.

Must've been the station.

Which row is it in?

Boy, there's no one around.

Well, it's late.

If you'd gotten up earlier...

Oh, look, I already lost an hour's sleep

on the time change.

I think you complain

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just to hear yourself talk.

There it is.

I wonder what happened

to the one from last year.

Each year we spend good money

on these things.

We come out here,

and the one from last year is gone.

Well, the flowers die, and the caretaker

or somebody takes them away.

Yeah, a little spit and polish,

he can clean this up, sell it next year.

Wonder how many times

we've bought the same one.

Hey, come on, Barb.

Church was this morning, huh?

Hey, I mean, praying's for church, huh?

Come on.

I haven't seen you in church lately.

Well, there's not much sense

in my going to church.

Do you remember one time

when we were small, we were out here?

It was from right over there.

I jumped out at you from behind a tree,

and Grandpa got all excited,

and he shook his fist at me and he said,

"Boy, you'll be damned to hell."

Remember that? Right over there.

You used to really be scared here.

Johnny.

Hey, you're still afraid.

Stop it now. I mean it.

They're coming to get you, Barbra.

Stop it! You're ignorant!

They're coming for you, Barbra.

Stop it.

You're acting like a child.

They're coming for you.

Look! There comes one of them now!

- He'll hear you.

- Here he comes now.

- I'm getting out of here.

- Johnny!

No!

No! Johnny!

Help me! Help!

It's all right.

Don't worry about him.

I can handle him.

Probably be a lot more of them

as soon as they find out about us.

Truck is out of gas.

This pump out here is locked.

Is there a key?

I suppose you've tried this.

Do you live here?

Jesus.

We've gotta get out of here.

We have to get to where

there are some other people.

M-Maybe we better take some food.

I'll see if I can find some food.

- What's happening?

- I'll be just a second.

What's happening?

Two of them.

There are two of them out there.

Have you seen any more around here?

- I can take care of those two.

- I don't know. I don't know.

- I know you're afraid, but we have to ‒

- I don't know! I don't know!

What's happening?

They know we're in here now.

Don't look at it.

Get some more lights on in this house.

Why don't you see if you can find some wood,

some boards, something there by the fireplace,

something we can nail this place up.

Look, g*dd*mn it ‒

Look. I know you're afraid.

I'm afraid too.

But we have to try to

board the house up together.

Now, I'm going to board up the windows

and the doors. Do you understand?

We'll be all right here.

We'll be all right here

till someone comes to rescue us.

But we have to work together.

You'll have to help me.

Now, go in and get some wood

so I can board the place up.

Do you understand? Okay?

Okay?

That'll hold 'em.

Those things aren't that strong.

Here, I want you to pick out some nails.

Pick out the biggest ones you can find.

There. This room looks pretty secure.

If we have to, we can run in here

and board up the doors.

Won't be long before those things'll be back,

pounding their way in here. They're afraid now.

They're afraid of fire.

I found that out.

You know a place back down the road

called Beekman's? Beekman's Diner?

Anyhow, that's where I found that truck

I have out there.

There's a radio in the truck.

I had jumped in to listen to it...

when a big gasoline truck

came screaming right across the road.

Well, there must have been

10, 15 of those things chasing after it,

grabbing and holding on.

I didn't see them at first.

I could just see that the truck

was moving in a funny way.

And those things were catching up to it.

Truck went right across the road.

Slammed on my brakes

to keep from hitting it myself.

It went right through the guardrail.

I guess ‒

I guess the driver

must have cut off the road,

into that gas station

by Beekman's Diner.

It went right through the billboard,

ripped over a gas pump

and never stopped moving.

By now it was like a moving bonfire.

Didn't know if the truck

was going to explode or what.

I can still hear the man screaming...

these things just backing away from it.

I looked back at the diner to see if there was

anyone there who could help me.

That was when I noticed that...

the entire place had been encircled.

Wasn't a sign of life left, except...

By now, there were no more screams.

I realized that...

I was alone,

with 50 or 60 of those things

just standing there, staring at me.

I-I started to drive. I...

just plowed right through them.

They didn't move.

They didn't run or...

Just stood there, staring at me.

I just wanted to crush them.

They...

scattered through the air, like bugs.

We were riding in the cemetery...

Johnny and me.

Johnny.

We ‒

We came to put a wreath

on my father's grave,

Johnny and m...

And he said,

"Can I have some candy, Barbra?"

And we didn't have any.

And...

Oh, it's hot in here.

Hot.

Uh, and he said,

"Oh, it's late.

Why did we start so late?"

And I said,

"Johnny, if you'd gotten up earlier,

we wouldn't be late."

Johnny asked me if I were afraid.

And I said, "I'm not afraid, Johnny."

And then this man

started walking up the road.

He came slowly,

and Johnny kept teasing me and saying,

"He's coming to get you, Barbra."

And I laughed at him and said,

"Johnny, stop it."

And then Johnny ran away.

And I...

I went up to this man,

and I was going to apologize.

Why don't you just keep calm?

And I looked up, and...

and I said, "Good eve ‒"

And he grabbed me.

He grabbed me!

And he ripped at me!

He held me and he ripped at my clothes!

I think you should just calm down.

Oh, I screamed, "Johnny!

Johnny, help me!

Oh, help me!"

And he wouldn't let me go.

He ripped...

And then Johnny came, and he ran,

and he... he fought this man.

And I got so afraid, I ran.

I ran.

I ran.

And Johnny didn't come.

We've got ‒

We have to wait for Johnny.

Maybe we'd better go out and get him.

We have to go out and get Johnny.

He's out there.

Please! Don't you hear me?

We've got to go out and get him.

Please!

We have got to go get Johnny!

Please help me!

Please!

Don't you know what's going on out there?

This is no Sunday school picnic.

Don't you understand?

My brother is alone!

- Your brother is dead.

- No!

My brother is not dead!

No! Oh!

Because of the obvious threat

to untold numbers of citizens,

and because of the crisis

which is even now developing,

this radio station will remain

on the air, day and night.

This station and hundreds

of other radio and TV stations

throughout this part of the country

are pooling their resources

through an emergency network hookup

to keep you informed

of all developments.

At this hour, we repeat,

these are the facts as we know them.

There is an epidemic of mass m*rder

being committed

by a virtual army

of unidentified assassins.

The murders are taking place

in villages, cities, rural homes, and suburbs

with no apparent pattern

or reason for the slayings.

It seems to be a sudden,

general expl*si*n of mass homicide.

We have some descriptions

of the assassins.

Eyewitnesses say

they are ordinary-looking people.

Some say they appear to be

in a kind of trance.

Others describe them as being...

So, at this point there is no

really authentic way for us to say

who or what to look for

and guard yourself against ‒

misshapen monsters.

Reaction of law enforcement officials

is one of complete bewilderment at this hour.

So far we have been

unable to determine

that any kind of

organized investigation is yet under way.

Police, sheriffs' deputies

and emergency ambulances

are literally deluged with calls for help.

The scene can best be described

as mayhem.

Mayors of Pittsburgh,

Philadelphia, and Miami,

along with the governors of several

Eastern and Midwestern states,

have indicated the national guard

may be mobilized at any moment,

but that has not happened as yet.

The only advice our reporters

have been able to get from official sources

is for private citizens to stay in their homes

behind locked doors.

Do not venture outside for any reason

until the nature of this crisis

has been determined

and until we can advise

what course of action to take.

Keep listening to radio and TV

for any special instructions

as this crisis develops further.

Thousands of office and factory workers

are being urged

to stay at their places of employment,

not to make any attempt

to get to their homes.

However, in spite of

this urging and warning,

streets and highways are packed with

frantic people trying to reach their families,

or apparently to flee just anywhere.

We repeat: The safest course of action

at this time is simply to stay where you ‒

Ladies and gentlemen,

we've just received word

that the president

has called a meeting of his cabinet

to deal with

the sudden epidemic of m*rder

which has seized

the eastern third of this nation.

The meeting is scheduled

to convene within the hour.

Members of the presidential cabinet

will be joined by officials of the FBI

and the joint chiefs behind closed doors.

A White House spokesman,

in announcing this conference,

says there will be

an official announcement

as soon as possible

following that meeting.

This is the latest dispatch

just received in our newsroom.

Latest word also from national press services

in Washington, DC, now tells us

that the emergency presidential conference

which we've just mentioned

will include high-ranking scientists

from the National Aeronautics

and Space Administration.

That's the extent of this latest ‒

All radio and TV stations

across the eastern part of the country,

including the one

to which you are listening,

have joined their facilities

in an emergency network

to bring you this news as it develops.

We urge you to stay tuned to radio and TV

and to stay indoors at all costs.

Late reports reaching this newsroom

tell of frightened people

seeking refuge in churches, schools,

and government buildings,

demanding shelter and protection

from the wholesale m*rder

which apparently is engulfing

much of the nation.

Law enforcement officials are at a loss

to explain or, even at this hour,

even to theorize about the reasons

for this wave of m*rder.

So far, all they're able to give the public

is something similar to the response

of Chief T.K. Dunmore

of Camden, North Carolina,

who is quoted as saying, quote,

"Tell the people, for God's sake,

to get off the streets.

Tell 'em to go home

and lock their doors and windows up tight.

We don't know what kind of

m*rder-happy characters we have here."

End quote. That's Chief Dunmore

of Camden, North Carolina.

So far the only descriptions,

the only clues anyone has of the K*llers

come from frightened witnesses.

These eyewitness accounts variously describe

the murderers as "ordinary looking people,"

"misshapen monsters,"

"people who look like they're in a trance,"

and "things that look like people

but act like animals."

Some eyewitnesses tell of seeing victims

who look as though

they had been torn apart.

This whole ghastly story

began developing two days ago

with the report of the slaying

of a family of seven

in their rural home

near Gulfport, Louisiana.

Since then, reports of some

senseless killings began snowballing

in a reign of terror which has hopscotched

in an erratic and disconnected pattern

throughout much of the eastern

and midwestern United States.

Efforts to keep track of the m*rder reports

by the placing of markers on a map

seem to indicate a general spreading

from the extreme southeastern United States

to the north and west.

Our newsmen have been on the telephone,

talking with officials in other cities,

and have determined

that none of this kind of mass m*rder

has yet been reported

west of the Mississippi River,

except in the extreme

southeastern portion of Texas.

Similar killings have been reported

around the Houston and Galveston areas,

- but nothing like the...

- I found a g*n and some b*ll*ts out there.

- It was only late yesterday ‒

- Oh, and these.

that it soon became clear that we were

facing some kind of national emergency.

When first reports began filtering in,

newsmen and law enforcement agencies

were of the opinion ‒

This place is boarded up pretty solid now.

We ought to be all right here for a while.

We have the g*n and the b*ll*ts,

food and the radio.

...began to suspect

an obscure kind of conspiracy.

Sooner or later,

someone's bound to come and get us out.

...creatures from outer space.

So again, we join with law enforcement agencies

in urging you to seek shelter in a building.

Lock the doors and windows securely.

Hey, that's us.

We're doing all right.

Be cautious of any suspicious strangers,

and keep tuned to your radio and television

for survival instructions

and further details

of this continuing story.

Look, I don't know if you're hearing me ‒

but I'm going upstairs now.

It's almost as though

some critical balance ‒

If anything should try to break in here,

I can hear it from up there.

I'll be down to take care of it.

We repeat: This radio station ‒

Everything is all right for now. I'll be back

to reinforce the windows and doors later.

But you'll be all right for now. Okay?

Okay?

Civil defense officials in Cumberland

have told newsmen

that m*rder victims

show evidence of having been

partially devoured by their murderers.

Consistent reports from witnesses

to the effect

that people who acted as though

they were in a kind of trance

were k*lling and eating their victims

prompted authorities to examine

the bodies of some of the victims.

Medical authorities in Cumberland

have concluded that in all cases

the K*llers are eating the flesh

of the people they m*rder.

Repeating this latest bulletin just received

moments ago from Cumberland, Maryland,

civil defense authorities have told newsmen

that m*rder victims show evidence

of having been partially devoured

by their murderers.

Medical examination of victims' bodies

shows conclusively

that the K*llers are eating the flesh

of the people they k*ll.

And so this incredible story

becomes more ghastly with each report.

It's difficult to imagine ‒

such a thing actually happening,

but these are the reports we have been

receiving and passing on to you,

reports which have been verified as completely

as is possible in this confused situation.

It is happening, and it would appear

that no one is safe

from this wave of mass ‒

Hey! Come here!

Calm ‒ Calm down! Calm down!

Hold it!

Don't sh**t. We're from town.

- A radio!

- ...Butler County, Pennsylvania.

The Butler County sheriff has verified

that reports of m*rder victims

being partially eaten

by their slayers is true.

No further details available at this time.

However ‒

How long you guys been down there?

I could've used some help up here.

That's the cellar.

It's the safest place.

You mean you didn't hear the racket

we were making up here?

How were we supposed to know

what was going on?

- Could've been those things, for all we knew.

- That girl was screaming.

Surely you must know

what a girl screaming sounds like.

Those things don't make any noise.

Anybody would know

somebody's in need of help.

Look, it's kind of hard to hear

what's going on from down there.

We thought we could hear screams,

but for all we knew that could have meant

those things were in the house after her.

- And you wouldn't come up and help?

- Well, if there were more ‒

The racket sounded like

the place was being ripped apart.

How were we supposed to know

what was going on?

Now, wait a minute. You just got finished

saying you couldn't hear from down there.

Now you say it sounded like

this place was being ripped apart.

It would be nice

if you'd get your story straight, man.

All right, now you tell me.

I'm not gonna take that kind of a chance

when we've got a safe place.

We luck into a safe place, and you're

telling us we've gotta risk our lives

just because somebody

might need help, huh?

Yeah. Something like that.

- All right, why don't we settle this ‒

- Look, mister!

We came up, okay? We're here.

Now, I suggest we all go back downstairs

before any of those things find out we're in here.

They can't get in here.

- You got the whole place boarded up?

- Yeah, most of it.

All but a few spots upstairs.

They won't be hard to fix.

You're insane.

The cellar's the safest place.

I'm telling you, they can't get in here.

And I'm telling you,

those things turned over our car.

We were damned lucky

to get away at all.

Now you tell me those things

can't get through this lousy pile of wood?

His wife and kid's downstairs.

The kid's hurt.

Well, I still think we're better off up here.

We could strengthen everything up,

Mr. Cooper.

With all of us working,

we could fix this place up in no time.

We have everything we need up here.

We can take all that stuff

downstairs with us.

Man, you're really crazy.

You know that?

You got a million windows up here.

All these windows.

You're gonna make them strong enough

to keep these things out, huh?

I told you, those things

don't have any strength.

I smashed three of them

and pushed another one out the door.

Did you hear me when I told you

they turned over our car?

- Oh, hell, any good five men can do that.

- That's my point.

Only there's not going to be five,

or even 10.

There's gonna be 20, 30,

maybe a hundred of those things.

And as soon as they know we're here,

this place is gonna be crawling with them.

Well, if there are that many,

they'll probably get us wherever we are.

Look, the cellar.

The cellar, there's only one door, right?

Just one door. That's all we have to protect.

Tom and I fixed it

so it locks and boards from the inside.

But up here, all these windows, why, we'd never

know where they were gonna hit us next.

You got a point, Mr. Cooper.

But down in the cellar,

there's no place to run to.

I mean, if they did get in, there'd be

no back exit. We'd be done for.

Ah!

We can get out of here

if we have to.

And we got windows

to see what's going on outside.

But down there, with no windows, if a rescue

party did come, we wouldn't even know it.

But the cellar is the strongest place.

The cellar is a death trap.

I don't know, Mr. Cooper.

I think he's right.

You know how many's out there?

I don't know.

I figure maybe six or seven.

Look.

You two can do whatever you like.

I'm going back down to the cellar

and you better decide,

'cause I'm gonna board up that door,

and I'm not gonna unlock it again,

no matter what happens.

- Now, wait a minute, Mr. Cooper.

- No, I'm not gonna wait!

I've made my decision.

Now you make yours.

Now, wait a minute!

Let's think about this.

We can make it to the cellar

if we have to.

And if we do decide to stay down there,

we'll need some things from up here.

So let's at least consider this a while.

...at all costs.

Late reports reaching this newsroom ‒

If you box yourself in the cellar and

those things get in the house, you've had it.

At least up here

you have a fighting chance.

Yeah, it looks like

about eight or 10 out there now.

That's more than there were.

There are a lot out back too.

So far, the best advice they're...

- Harry?

- It's all right.

- Harry, what's happening?

- It's ‒ It's all right!

Damn thing.

We gotta fix these boards.

You're crazy!

Those things are gonna be

at every window and door in this place!

We've got to get down into the cellar.

Go down in your damn cellar!

Get out of here!

- I'm ‒ I'm taking the girl with me.

- You leave her here.

Keep your hands off her,

and everything else that's up here too.

Because if I stay up here,

I'm fighting for everything up here,

and the radio and the food

is part of what I'm fighting for.

- Now, if you're going down in the cellar, get.

- The man's insane.

He's insane.

We've got to have food down there.

We've got a right.

- This your house?

- We've got a right.

- You going down there with him?

- W-Well, I ‒

Yes or no? This is your last chance.

No beating around the bush.

Listen, I got a kid down there.

She can't possib ‒

I couldn't bring her up here.

She can't possibly take all the racket from

those things smashing through the windows.

Well, you're her father.

If you're stupid enough to go die

in that trap, that's your business.

However, I am not stupid enough

to follow you.

It is tough for the kid

that her old man is so stupid.

Now, get the hell down in the cellar.

You can be the boss down there.

I'm boss up here.

You b*stards!

You know, I won't open this door again.

I mean it.

- Mr. Cooper, with your help, we can ‒

- With my help!

Let him go, man.

His mind is made up. Just let him go.

Wait a minute.

Judy? Come on up here, honey.

- You're gonna let them get her too, huh?

- It's all right, honey. Go ahead.

If we stick together, man,

we can fix it up real good.

But there ‒ there's lots of places

we can run to up here.

Mr. Cooper?

We'd all be a lot better off

if all three of us were working together.

Hey.

Hey, kid.

He's wrong, you know.

I'm not boxing myself in down there.

To repeat, this radio station

will remain on the air day and night.

Well, we're safe now.

It's boarded up tight.

What about Tom and Judy?

They wanna stay up there, let 'em.

There are... two other people upstairs.

- A man and a girl.

- We heard the screaming.

Yeah, but I didn't know who they were,

and I wasn't about to take

any unnecessary chances.

Of course not, Harry.

- Is she all right?

- I don't know what it is.

She feels warm. Maybe it's shock.

Where'd you get the bandage?

Some laundry in a basket.

I tore a sheet.

Let them stay upstairs.

Let them.

Too many ways those monsters

can get in up there.

We'll see who's right.

We'll see, when they come begging me

to let them in down here.

- That's important, isn't it?

- What?

- To be right. Everybody else to be wrong.

- What do you mean by that?

Does anyone up there know

why we're being attacked?

Whatever it is,

it isn't just happening here.

It's some kind of mass m*rder.

It's going on everywhere.

- The radio said to stay inside ‒

- Radio?

Radio, upstairs. I heard a news bulletin.

There's a radio upstairs,

and you boarded us in down here?

- I know what I'm doing.

- What did it say?

Nothing! Nothing!

They don't know anything yet.

The ‒ There's mass m*rder everywhere,

and people are supposed to look

for a safe place to hide.

Take the boards off that door.

We are staying down here, Helen.

Harry, that radio is at least

some kind of communication.

If the authorities know what's happening,

well, they'll send people for us,

or they'll tell us what to do.

How are we going to know what's going on

if we lock ourselves in this dungeon?

We may not enjoy living together...

but dying together

isn't going to solve anything.

Those people aren't our enemies.

Mr. Cooper!

Mr. Cooper?

Ben found a television set upstairs.

Let's go up. Tom?

Yes.

If Judy would come downstairs

for a few minutes,

Harry and I could come upstairs.

Okay. Yeah. Right away.

- Will you do it?

- Do I have to?

Look, honey, nothing's gonna get done

with them down there and us up here.

Do this, for me.

Okay.

Okay, open up.

I'll take good care of her, Helen.

She's all I have.

Why don't you go upstairs now?

Her brother was k*lled.

Hey, give me a hand with this thing.

I gotta go help Ben with the television.

Don't be afraid of me.

I'm Helen Cooper, Harry's wife.

This place is ridiculous.

Look at this.

There's a million weak spots up here.

Give me one of those.

Her brother was k*lled.

And they talk about these windows.

I can't see a damned thing.

There could be 15 million

of those things out there.

That's how much good these windows are.

Why don't you do something

to help somebody?

Here, I have it.

Drag a couple of those chairs together.

There's a socket over here.

Now, you'd better watch this

and try to understand what's going on.

I don't want anyone's life on my hands.

Is there anything I can do to help?

I don't want to hear

any more from you, mister.

If you stay up here,

you take orders from me!

And that includes leaving the girl alone.

- It's on! It's on!

- There's no sound.

Play with the rabbit ears.

Reports, incredible as they seem,

are not the results of mass hysteria.

Mass hysteria.

What do they think,

we're imagining all this?

Shut up.

In all parts of the country.

The wave of m*rder which is sweeping

the eastern third of the nation

is being committed by creatures

who feast upon the flesh of their victims.

First eyewitness accounts

of this grisly development

came from people who were understandably

frightened and almost incoherent.

Officials and newsmen at first discounted

those eyewitness descriptions

as being beyond belief.

However, the reports persisted.

Medical examinations

of some of the victims

bore out the fact

that they had been partially devoured.

I think we have some late word

just arriving,

and we interrupt to bring this to you.

This is the latest disclosure in a report

from National Civil Defense headquarters

in Washington.

It has been established

that persons who have recently died

have been returning to life

and committing acts of m*rder.

A widespread investigation

of reports from funeral homes,

morgues, and hospitals

has concluded that the unburied dead

are coming back to life

and seeking human victims.

It's hard for us here to believe

what we're reporting to you,

but it does seem to be a fact.

When this emergency first began,

radio and television

was advising people to stay inside,

behind locked doors, for safety.

Well, that situation has now changed.

We're able to report

a definite course of action for you.

Civil defense machinery has been organized

to provide rescue stations

with food, shelter, medical treatment,

and protection

by armed national guardsmen.

Stay tuned to the broadcasting stations

in your local area

for this list of rescue stations.

This list will be repeated

throughout our news coverage.

Look for the name

of the rescue station nearest you

and make your way to that location

as soon as possible.

So we have that truck.

If we can get some gas, we can get outta here.

- There's a pump out by the shed.

- I know. That's why I pulled in here.

But it's locked.

...emergency meeting called

this afternoon by the president.

Since convening,

this conference of the presidential cabinet,

the FBI, the joint chiefs of staff, the CIA

has not produced any public information.

Why are space experts being consulted

about an earthbound emergency?

So far, all the betting

on the answer to that question

centers on the recent explorer satellite

shot to Venus.

That satellite, you recall,

started back to Earth, but never got here.

That's the space vehicle which orbited Venus

and then was purposely destroyed by NASA

when scientists discovered it was carrying

a mysterious, high-level radiation with it.

Could that radiation

be somehow responsible

for the wholesale murders

we're now suffering?

Newsman Don Quinn in Washington

has posed those questions.

It's obvious.

Our best move is to try to get out of here.

- How are you gonna get over to that pump?

- Look!

You're coming from a meeting regarding

the expl*si*n of the Venus probe.

Is that right?

Yes, yes,

that was the subject of the meeting.

Do you feel there is a connection

between this and the phenomenon ‒

There's a definite connection.

A definite connection.

In other words, you feel that

the radiation on the Venus probe

is enough to cause these mutations?

- There was a very high degree of radiation.

- Well, just a minute.

I'm not sure that that's certain at all.

I don't think that has been ‒

It's the only logical explanation

that we have at this time.

In other words,

it is the military's viewpoint that this ‒

the radiation

is not the cause of the mutation.

I can't speak for the entire military

at this time, gentlemen.

I must disagree

with these gentlemen presently,

until we ‒

until this is irrefutably proved.

Everything is being done that can be done.

We'll have to hurry for our next meeting.

Professor, you feel that there is

a definite connection between ‒

A definite connection

as far as Dr. Keller and myself‒

Doctor, please. I thought

we decided that is not proved yet.

Was it ‒ Was the satellite ‒

When the satellite was exploded ‒

It was an unusual amount of radiation,

enough to cause mutation

under certain circumstances.

Could have happened

to have a bearing on it.

It does seem to have a bearing on it.

- Will there be a reply for the ‒

- Later.

- Yes.

- There will be a reply?

- Yes.

- Later this afternoon?

There will be a report this afternoon?

- Perhaps there will be a report later.

- Yes. Yes.

Will you close the window?

We are doing everything possible

to solve the problem.

We're hoping to get

some further explanation of this ‒

We've heard all we need to know.

We have to try to get out of here.

He said the rescue stations

have doctors and medical supplies.

If we could get Karen there,

we can get help for her.

...is one of the world's foremost authorities

on space science and technology.

Willard. I saw a sign that said Willard.

It's only about 17 miles from here.

You know this area.

Are you from around here?

Judy and I are both from around here.

We were on our way up to the lake

to go swimming.

And Judy had a radio,

and we heard the first reports about this.

So we knew the old house was here

and we came in

and found the lady upstairs, dead.

Then these other people came.

We went down into the basement

and put a bar across the door,

and it is pretty strong.

How could we possibly get away from here?

We've got a sick child, two women,

one woman out of her head,

three men, and the place

is surrounded with these things.

Dr. Grimes, your entire staff, I know,

has been working very hard

to find some solution

to these things that are happening.

Do you have any answers at this time?

Yes, we have some answers.

But first let me stress the importance

of seeking medical attention

for anyone who's been injured in any way.

We don't know yet what complications

might result from such injuries.

How bad has your kid been hurt?

Um...

Look, you go down there and tell ‒ Judy?

Yeah, you tell Judy to come up here,

and you stay with the kid, all right?

Destructive action taken

with regard to the Venus probe.

In the cold room at the university,

we had a cadaver.

A cadaver from which all four limbs

had been amputated.

Sometime early this morning,

it opened its eyes and began to move its trunk.

It was dead,

but it opened its eyes and tried to move.

They want you upstairs.

Did she ask for me?

She hasn't said anything.

I don't understand.

Baby? It's Mommy.

I hurt.

I'll come back down

as soon as I find out what they want.

Thank you, Judy.

The bodies should be disposed of at once,

preferably by cremation.

Well, how long after death, then,

does the body become reactivated?

It's only a matter of minutes.

Minutes? Well, that doesn't give people

time to make any arrangements.

No, you're right. It doesn't give them

time to make funeral arrangements.

The bodies must be carried

to the street and ‒ and burned.

They must be burned immediately.

Soak them with gasoline and burn them.

The bereaved will have to forgo

the dubious comforts

that a funeral service will give.

They're just dead flesh, and dangerous.

Judy, I need you to find some bedspreads

or sheets to tear up into small strips, okay?

- Is there a fruit cellar here?

- Yes.

We need some bottles or jars

to make Molotov c*ck

to hold them off while we try to escape.

Hey, there's a big can of kerosene down there.

- I'll see what I can find.

- I'll look for the bottles.

There's a big key ring down there.

There may be a key to the gas pump on it.

I'll check.

We can toss the c*ck

from a window upstairs.

Meantime, a couple of us

can go out and try to get the gas,

then come back for the rest of the people.

But that'll leave a door open someplace.

Yeah, that's right. It better be this door.

It's closer to the truck.

Before we go out, we'll put

some supplies behind the cellar door.

While we're gone,

the rest of you can hole up in there.

I found some fruit jars in the cellar.

And there's a key on here

that's labeled for the gas pump out back.

I'm not really that used to the truck.

I found it abandoned.

I can handle the truck, no sweat.

You're it then. You and I will go.

We'll put whatever lumber we find

behind the cellar door.

You can go upstairs

and toss the c*ck from a window.

Tom, you and I will have to unboard this door.

After you toss the c*ck,

you hustle back down here and lock this door.

It's no good to board it up

because we'll have to get back in quickly.

After we get the gas

and get back into the house,

then we'll worry

about getting everybody into the truck.

Now, let's move it.

No place to flee for safety,

except for the rescue stations

which have been set up.

Indications are

that before this emergency is over,

we will need many, many more

such rescue stations.

You always have a smile for me.

How can you smile like that all the time?

How many do you have done?

Come on, honey. We gotta move.

- Tom, are you sure about the phone?

- The phone is dead out.

All you get is a recorded message.

If I could only call the folks.

They're going to be so worried about us.

Everything'll be all right.

As soon as we get to Willard, we'll call them.

They might even be there.

I know.

- Tom?

- Hmm.

Are you sure we're doing the right thing, Tom?

- What, about getting outta here?

- Yeah.

Well, the television said

that's the right thing to do.

We've got to get to a rescue station.

- I don't know.

- Come on, honey.

You're starting to sound

like Mr. Cooper now.

But why do you have to go out there?

Look, I know how to handle that truck.

And I can handle the pump.

Ben doesn't know

anything about that stuff.

- But we're safe in here.

- For how long, honey?

We're safe now.

But there's gonna be more and more

of those things.

I know. I know all that.

Hey. Listen.

Remember when we had the big flood?

Remember how difficult it was for us

to convince you that it was right to leave?

Remember?

Remember we had to go to Willard then?

This isn't a passing thing, honey.

It ‒ It's not like

just a wind passing through.

We've got to do something, and fast.

I just don't want you to go out there,

that's all.

Hey.

Smile, honey.

Where's that big smile for me?

Boy.

You sure are no use at all, are you?

We've got work to do, honey.

And you ‒ you ‒

We better get her downstairs.

We have to go downstairs now, Barbra.

She's right.

You have to go downstairs now.

Just for a little while, until we get back.

Then we can all leave.

Oh, I'd like to leave. Yes.

- Good luck.

- Yeah.

- You ready upstairs?

- Yeah.

Okay, toss 'em!

Go ahead! Go on!

- I'm going with him.

- Get back in the cellar!

- No!

- It's too late. Too late!

Well, is she coming? Come on.

Get in!

- Come on!

- This key won't work.

Watch it.

Watch the torch!

We've gotta get away from the pump!

Hang on!

Tom! Tom, you guys need

to get out of the truck!

Come on. Let's get outta here.

- Come on, come on!

- My jacket's caught.

Let me in! Let me in!

Cooper!

Cooper!

I ought to drag you out there

and feed you to those things!

Isn't it three o'clock yet?

There's supposed to be another broadcast

at three o'clock.

Ten minutes.

Oh. Only 10 more minutes?

We don't have very long to wait.

We can leave.

Well, we'd better leave soon.

It's 10 minutes to 3:00.

You know anything about this area at all?

I mean, is Willard the nearest town?

I don't know.

We were...

just trying to get to a motel before dark.

You said those things

turned your car over.

You think we can get it back

on its wheels and drive it? Where is it?

Seems like it was pretty far away.

Seems like we ran.

Forget it. It's at least a mile.

Johnny has the keys.

You're going to carry that child a mile?

Through that army of things out there?

I can carry the kid.

What's wrong with her? How'd she get hurt?

- One of those things grabbed her.

- Bit her on the arm.

What's wrong?

Who knows what kind of disease

those things carry?

- Is she conscious?

- Barely.

She can't walk. She's too weak.

- Well, one of us could try to get to the car.

- You gonna turn it over by yourself?

You can't start the car.

Johnny has the keys.

You have a car? Where? Where is it?

- You won't be able to start it.

- Yeah. Yeah, I know.

But where is it?

Good Lord.

...being monitored closely by scientists

at all the radiation detection stations.

At this hour, they report the level

of the mysterious radiation

continues to increase steadily.

So long as this situation remains,

government spokesmen warn

that dead bodies will continue

to be transformed

into the flesh-eating ghouls.

All persons who die during this crisis,

from whatever cause,

will come back to life

to seek human victims

unless their bodies

are first disposed of by cremation.

Our news cameras have just returned

from covering such a search-and-destroy

operation against the ghouls,

this one conducted by Sheriff Conan McClelland

in Butler County, Pennsylvania.

So now let's go to that filmed report.

All law enforcement agencies

and the military

have been organized to search out

and destroy the marauding ghouls.

The survival command center

at the Pentagon has disclosed

that a ghoul can be k*lled

by a shot in the head

or a heavy blow to the skull.

Officials are quoted as explaining

that since the brain of a ghoul

has been activated by the radiation,

the plan is,

k*ll the brain and you k*ll the ghoul.

- Want anything from the supply wagon, Kus?

- Uh, no, we're all right.

Okay.

Hey, Cass,

put that thing all the way in the fire.

- We don't want it getting up again.

- All right. I gotcha.

Chief McClelland, how is everything going?

Ah, things aren't going too bad.

Men are taking it pretty good.

You want to get on the other side

of the road over there.

Chief, do you think we'll be able

to defeat these things?

Well, we k*lled 19 of them today,

right in this area.

Those last three we caught trying to

claw their way into an abandoned shed.

They must have thought

somebody was in there.

There wasn't though.

We heard 'em making all kind of noise.

We came over and beat 'em off,

blasted 'em down.

Chief, as soon as you're finished,

can I see you here?

Yeah, okay.

Chief, if I were surrounded

by six or eight of these things,

would I stand a chance with them?

Well, there's no problem.

If you had a g*n, sh**t 'em in the head.

That's a sure way to k*ll 'em.

If you don't, get yourself a club or a torch.

Beat 'em or burn 'em.

They go up pretty easy.

Well, Chief McClelland,

how long do you think it will take you

until you get the situation under control?

Well, that's pretty hard to say.

We don't know how many of 'em there are.

We know when we find 'em, we can k*ll 'em.

- Are they slow-moving, Chief?

- Yeah, they're dead.

They're all messed up.

Well, in time, would you say you oughta

be able to wrap this up in 24 hours?

Well, we don't really know.

We know we'll be into it most of the night,

probably into the early morning.

We're working our way toward Willard,

and we'll team up

with the National Guard over there,

and then we'll be able

to give a more definite view.

Thank you very much, Chief McClelland.

This is Bill Cardille, WIC TV 11 news.

Thank you, Bill, for that report.

Official spokesmen declined to speculate

just how long it may take

to k*ll off all the flesh eaters

so long as the heavy ra ‒

- Is the fuse box in the cellar?

- I don't know. I ‒

I ‒ It isn't the fuse.

The power lines are down.

Helen, I have to get that g*n.

Haven't you had enough?

Well, two people are dead already

on account of that guy.

Take a look out that window. Look at ‒

Get over here, man!

Come on!

Go ahead. Go ahead.

You wanna stay up here now?

Helen, get in the cellar.

Get in the cellar now. Move!

No! No!

Karen?

Karen?

Karen.

Poor baby.

Baby.

No! No!

No! No! No!

No!

No! Get out!

No! No, Johnny!

No!

No, no!

Oh, help me, help me.

Oh!

Hey, Vince, Al,

you wanna get about four or five men

and a couple dogs?

There's a house over here

behind those trees.

We wanna go check it out.

You still here, Bill?

Yeah, Chief, we're going to stay with it

till we meet up with the National Guard.

- Where'd you get the coffee?

- One of the volunteers.

- You're doing all the work. You take it.

- Thank you.

We should be wrapped up here

about three or four more hours.

We'll probably get into Willard then.

I guess you can go over there

and meet the National Guard.

Nick, you and the rest of these men

wanna come with me?

Bill, I'm gonna check the office,

see what's happening.

All right, Steve.

Tell 'em we're going to stay with it

and everything appears

to be under control.

They need you down there by the barn.

Okay.

Some of you guys

can follow the wagon down.

I only need a few men

to check out the house.

- Somebody had a cookout here, Vince.

- Yeah, sure looks like it, Con.

He's a dead one. Get up here!

You, drag that out of here

and throw it on the fire.

- Nothing down here.

- All right.

Go ahead down and give 'em a hand.

Let's go check out the house.

There's something there. I heard a noise.

All right, Vince. Hit him in the head,

right between the eyes.

Good shot. Okay, he's dead.

Let's go get him.

That's another one for the fire.

All right,

send a wagon through directly. Over.

Keep those dogs back off of those things.

Come ahead with the motorcycle, please.

Let's go!

That's the way!

Hey, Randy,

light these torches

over here.

Get those people in the back.

Way in the back.