NARRATOR: Dr. David Banner. Physician. Scientist.
Searching for a way to tap into the hidden strengths that all humans have.
Then an accidental overdose of gamma radiation
interacts with his unique body chemistry.
And now, when David Banner grows angry or outraged,
a startling metamorphosis occurs.
The creature is driven by rage
and pursued by an investigative reporter.
Mr. McGee, don't make me angry.
You wouldn't like me when I'm angry.
An accidental explosion took the life of a fellow scientist
and supposedly David Banner as well.
The reporter thinks the creature was responsible.
MCGEE: I gave a description to all the law enforcement agencies.
They got a warrant for murder out on him.
NARRATOR: A murder which David Banner can never prove
he or the creature didn't commit.
So he must let the world go on thinking that he, too, is dead,
until he can find a way
to control the raging spirit that dwells within him.
Where you headed?
North to Everett.
We can take you as far up as 102.
Hop in the back.
Thanks.
I remember my eyes were white.
But how can I control it? It isn't even safe to study.
How can we keep it from ever happening again?
Certainly try x-ray reversal.
Radiological treatment to try to counteract the gamma rays.
DAVlD: "The Everett Memorial Hospital in Everett, California
"has just begun using the most advanced radiology unit in the state.
"The new $1, 200, 000 unit is capable of delivering
"virtually every kind of radiation therapy
"including x-ray, cobalt, microwave,
"and new multiplex combinations of radioactive impulses
"over the entire frequency spectrum.
"It is hoped that the unit will open
"new methods of treatment for cancer and various other afflictions. "
Thanks a lot.
All right,
Iet's try it again.
You okay?
Yeah.
I'm a little spacey, I guess. I'm on a bunch of medication.
For your legs?
Yeah, but it doesn't help.
They just don't want to work anymore.
Thank you.
Sure.
It's really a drag.
I used to go jogging with my dad every morning.
No matter where we were.
London, here, Brussels, Morocco.
Oh, Morocco. It was funny there.
The police thought we'd stolen something and were trying to get away.
It sounds like you and your dad ran all over the world together.
Yeah, we did.
Only, neither of us are really up to running anymore.
That's my name.
Griffith?
David.
That's my favorite name.
Means "beloved,"
and he sure was that.
You're sure you're all right?
Yes.
Only I better get on back home I'll get them.
before they send a search party out for me.
Could you use some food or something?
No. No, thank you.
I have to get on to Everett. I have some business there.
Oh, okay.
Well, if you change your mind...
You're sure you can make it back to the house all right?
Oh, yeah.
I'm getting used to these things.
Thanks for helping.
Okay.
MARGARET: Julie!
Julie!
Julie.
What happened? What happened to her?
She fainted.
Where was she?
Down by her father's grave.
Up here. Quick, this way.
Carl, give him a hand.
Miss Julie. What happened? Is she all right?
I thought you were keeping an eye on her.
I was, but...
In here. This way.
Her bedroom's upstairs. Can you make it?
Yes, I think so.
Up here to the right.
MARGARET: Here, this is her bedroom.
Julie, Julie?
NURSE: You better let me do that.
MARGARET: Will she be all right?
I think so. She just fainted again.
Call Dr. Bonifant.
Yes, Mrs. Griffith.
That's the third time she's fainted. I think she's getting worse.
And where were you?
Daddy, can we go running, Daddy?
Julie, wake up, honey.
DENNY: Julie?
Julie?
Hi, Denny.
Hi, baby. You all right?
Mmm-hmm. Who found her?
Can I have some water?
Yeah. Yes, honey.
Up you go.
There you go.
Thanks, Margaret.
MARGARET: That's okay, honey. Now just lie back.
She'll get the medicine in just a second.
Miss Griffith?
Did you reach him?
Yes, Ma'am. Dr. Bonifant said to give her
10 more cc's of myo...
Myostatin.
Right.
But is he coming over?
He say this afternoon.
JULlE: It's okay, Margaret. I'll be okay.
DENNY: Now you just lie back and relax a little bit, Julie.
Now, that's a girl. Take it easy.
NURSE: Okay, let me find a vein.
Here we go.
That's it.
Almost done.
Good girl,
and we're done.
Thank you.
I thought Myostatin was a clear liquid.
Who are you, Dr. Salk?
David?
Margaret, see if you can get him to stay.
You just take it easy for a while. Okay, honey?
I'm sorry if I seemed rude outside.
I was just very concerned about Julie.
Well, you have every reason to be.
I'm Mrs. Griffith.
Do you work for us?
No.
Could you use a job? I'm sure we could find room for another picker.
Mrs. Griffith, we've already got a full load of pickers.
We got 153 of them.
Then another one won't matter, will it?
I'd like to find some way to repay you, Mr...
Benton.
David Benton.
Yes, I think I will stay around for a while.
Good.
We got one bunkhouse off to the side there.
You can pick up some stuff there.
Right, thank you.
Don't thank me, pal.
MAN: Hey!
We're driving into Everett. We'll take you by that hospital
you were asking about.
Uh...
Look, why don't you go ahead? I'll get over there a little later.
You sure?
Yeah, I'm very sure.
Buenos dias, Miss Julie!
Hello, David.
How you feeling?
Much better, thank you.
You look a little better yourself.
Well, I was pretty grubby.
Oh. Margaret says you're going to stay on and pick for us.
Well, for a while, yes.
Please sit down.
Well, thank you.
Tell me. Do you always call your mother by her first name?
Margaret's my stepmother. Oh.
She married Daddy a year or so ago.
Here's my mother.
She died when I was 17.
Your dad?
Yeah.
That one's my favorite.
In your jogging clothes, huh?
(CHUCKLlNG) Yeah.
He was such a neat guy.
JULlE: God.
He was a terrific businessman, too.
He took a little family business
and turned it into an entire empire.
The PanAmerican Corporation.
PanAmerican?
Uh-huh.
I'm sitting with an heiress, huh?
For what it's worth.
He looks so healthy. How did he die?
He was killed.
We had a boat in the channel down by the edge of the swamp.
One of the butane bottles went. There was a big explosion.
My father was killed instantly.
The boat caught on fire. It was awful.
You were there?
Oh, yeah.
I could see him through the flames,
but I kept blacking out.
By rights, I should have died with him.
How did you get out?
Somebody pulled me out.
I don't know who it was.
I saw his face,
but I don't remember what he looks like.
I never found out who that was.
Are you all right?
I... I lost somebody in a fire, too.
Oh.
So, is that how you hurt your legs?
Yeah.
Do they know what's wrong?
Well, the first doctor thought it was psychological,
but they really don't work.
Then Dr. Bonifant found there was something wrong, neurologically.
Hey, you.
The field hands are not supposed to be hanging around the main house.
It's all right, Denny.
No, it's not.
Next thing you know, we'd have all the pickers traipsing around up here,
and then where would we be?
Come on, fellow. Let's go.
Oh, Denny, don't be so jealous.
DENNY: Jealous of what?
Julie.
Honey, Dr. Bonifant came by to see you.
Hello, Julie.
Hi, Doctor.
I hear you've been feeling a little shaky, hmm?
Yes.
Aren't you taking care of your girl, Denny?
I'm trying to.
This is Mr. Benton, who helped Julie.
Hello.
Okay, girl, give us an arm,
and we'll slip you a little more Myostatin.
Now, make a fist so I can find the vein.
That a girl.
This will make you feel a lot better.
Mrs. Griffith,
may I speak to you for a second, please?
Of course.
Excuse me.
Are you accusing Dr. Bonifant of malpractice?
I'm trying to tell you that there's something strange about Julie's medication.
Are you a doctor, Mr. Benton?
Let's just say I know something about medicine,
and the drug he's giving her is not Myostatin.
And the fact that he's giving it to her intravenously
scares the hell out of me.
Why?
Because depending on whatever chemical it is,
the toxic affect on her brain is potentially very dangerous.
You're beginning to frighten me, Mr. Benton.
I hope so.
Couldn't you possibly be mistaken?
Mrs. Griffith, we are wasting time.
While I stand here trying to dazzle you with biochemical trivia,
your stepdaughter could be in serious trouble.
Now, if you don't believe me,
and I can certainly understand why you might not,
then find another doctor, one that you trust,
and let him find out what's going on.
But in the meantime, keep Dr. Bonifant and his nurse away from Julie.
Because before you...
Thank you, Mr. Benton. That's an excellent suggestion,
I'll get right to it.
Why don't you wait at the bunkhouse, and I'll get to you.
Thank you.
Would you close the door, Doctor?
Is something wrong?
Yes, there is.
He knows you're up to something.
Who, him?
How could he possibly?
He knows it's not Myostatin that you're giving the girl,
and he picked up on the intravenal injection,
which you so cleverly gave her right in front of him.
Why didn't you say something to me?
Because I didn't know about it either, until just now.
I mean, you don't expect a field hand
to have any intimate knowledge of medicine or poisoning techniques.
Well, who is he?
What is he?
Dangerous.
Or at least potentially dangerous.
The sooner we get him away from here the better.
Well, how do you want to handle it?
Have Rafe and Phil run him off?
No, I think that there's a more natural solution.
BONlFANT: Denny?
MARGARET: Mmm-hmm.
And Denny won't even suspect that we're using him.
This Benton fellow said what?
Practically demanded that I allow him to work up here
at the main house.
DENNY: What?
He's quite taken with Julie.
And what's worse, she seems to be infatuated by him.
Well, why don't I just tell him to pack up his things
and get out?
Oh, I don't know, Denny.
If he thought it came from me...
He really frightens me. I just don't know what he might do.
You just let me take care of him, Mrs. Griffith,
and I promise you he won't be any trouble,
and I'll guarantee you that he won't be back here again.
Well, all right, Denny.
I think it would be best for all concerned.
He'll be out of here in 20 minutes.
Very well played, as usual.
You know, I wonder what would happen if Denny found out
what you were doing to Julie.
He never will.
I think I'll have Phil and Rafe down there
just to make sure that Denny doesn't muck it up.
You are nothing if not thorough.
Hi, Phil.
Here you go, Benton.
What's this?
That's your severance pay. You've been severed.
Mrs. Griffith know about this?
Look, I'm the foreman around here and I run things.
Now you shove off.
All right, as soon as I talk to Mrs. Griffith.
Uh, look, turkey. I don't want to get mad.
Believe me, neither do l.
All right, fine. Then you just hit the road.
As soon as I speak with Mrs. Griffith.
I said get out!
DAVlD: Look, please don't do that, okay?
Better do like the man says, pal.
RAFE: Old Denny don't fool around.
Shut up, Rafe. I can handle this.
Listen, I've got to talk to her about Julie.
Uh-oh. He's coming on with your girl, Denny.
No, I'm not. Will you listen to me?
I don't have to listen to you, and I can take care of Julie just fine
without any help from you.
Look, I wish you wouldn't do this.
I'll do whatever the hell I want to do. I told you to get out!
I'm trying to tell you that Julie's in danger.
From weirdos like you.
Don't! Don't, I'm warning you!
(GRUNTlNG)
Well, you sure told him.
Yeah.
That'll teach him to mess around with your girlfriend, old buddy.
(HULK GROWLlNG)
What the...
PHlL: What was that?
I don't know.
DENNY: What in the name of...
PHlL: Where did he come from?
Get him!
RAFE: Are you kidding?
Rafe, don't just stand there.
Get him!
(RAFE AND PHlL YELLlNG)
DENNY: Hang on. Hang on.
Take it easy. Take it easy.
My God!
No! No!
Hey, let go! No!
(DENNY SCREAMlNG)
I got him, Denny.
Let go! Let me go!
Don't. Look out!
(PHlL SCREAMlNG)
Man, I don't know what you are or where you came from,
but I know where you're going!
DENNY: Help me.
Help me, somebody. Help me.
PHlL: Come on, he's inside. Hurry up.
You ain't gonna believe it.
(MlCHAEL HUMMlNG)
Come on, get on there.
Get on there, you miserable little cackle bag.
Come on now. Come on.
(SlGHlNG WlTH SATlSFACTlON)
(CHUCKLlNG)
There.
For a while,
I didn't know which one of us was gonna win.
But I finally got you, didn't l, you dumb little cluck-cluck-cluck-cluck?
(SlNGlNG) Gonna dance all night
Gonna dance all day
Bet my money
On a little fat hen
Somebody bet on the bay
Gonna drink all night
Gonna drink all day
I'll bet my money
On a bottle of booze
Somebody bet on the bay
Gonna drink all night
Gonna drink all day
I'll bet my money
On a bottle of booze
Somebody bet on the bay
You're gonna cook up right quick,
aren't you my little chicky-chick chick-chick-chick?
Cock-a-doodle-doo!
(HUMMlNG)
Pink elephants is one thing,
but this is something new.
Well, would you like to sit down?
Please, sit down.
Are you real,
or did you come out of this bottle?
You're real,
or this stuff is really beginning to get to me.
Never seen you around these here parts,
and I've lived here a long time.
You live around here?
Can you talk?
(GROWLlNG)
It doesn't hurt to ask.
You sure are a big son of a gun.
You know, this firelight is making you look sort of greenish.
(GROWLlNG)
(STUTTERlNG) Well, maybe it is this bottle.
Are you hungry?
Yeah.
This bird is beginning to look pretty good!
It smells just fine.
Here,
try some home cooking.
(BONES CRUNCHlNG)
Bones and all.
He ate the whole thing, bones and all.
Maybe...
Maybe you should have a little something
to wash it down, huh?
No, don't eat the bottle!
Don't eat it. It's glass. Don't eat it.
Drink it. Like this.
There you go. Ain't that good?
(MlCHAEL SCREAMlNG)
(HULK EXCLAlMlNG)
Oh, doggone!
(MAN COUGHlNG)
Who's out there?
Who?
Who's that out there now?
How did you get out here?
I don't know.
Well, come on over to the fire. It's cold!
Here.
You sit down here before you get chilled.
Looks like you might have had a run in with that big fellow, too.
Big fellow?
You mean there was someone here before me?
Some thing is more like it.
Sort of greenish.
Didn't you see it?
No.
Did he damage anything?
No, just scared the tar out of me.
Turned my dinner from regular to extra crispy.
You'd better come inside.
I'll see if I can find some duds for you.
You look a mess.
Sit down. Sit down.
You live here alone, do you?
Yep. It's the only way to be, believe me.
(HUMMlNG)
Here, try these on.
That medal you're wearing. It's the Medal of Valor, isn't it?
Yeah.
Yours?
Yeah.
It is now.
You were saying out there something about a big fellow.
What did you mean by that?
He was a creature.
Did you talk to him?
I talked at him.
(CAR APPROACHlNG)
Sheriff.
Maybe you had better wait in here.
Evening, Michael.
Hi.
You seen anything strange out here tonight?
Strange? What do you mean?
SHERlFF: Well, a big greenish thing.
Like a man, only bigger, they say.
It attacked Denny Kayle and a couple of other guys over at Griffith's.
Dropped the whole roof down on Denny.
They got him up there at Everett Memorial.
I'd think the whole thing was crazy myself
if there wasn't a wanted poster out on this thing.
No, I ain't seen it.
Now, Michael, it couldn't have come out any other way.
Are you sure you haven't seen anything unusual out here?
No.
Okay, Michael.
Thanks for nothing.
Michael.
You didn't tell them you saw that creature.
You didn't say that you saw me, either.
Why not?
People's business is their business.
Got nothing to do with me.
Uh-huh.
You don't like to get involved.
Getting involved with people only leads to trouble and pain.
I had me enough pain, thanks.
Yeah, I know how you feel,
but you helped me.
Listen, mister.
A dog was hurt and lying in the middle of the road,
and I pulled it over to the side, and that's all I've done for you.
Why don't you go on and get out of here?
I don't know when I'll be able to pay you for these clothes.
No charge.
Just go on and get out of here.
All right.
Which way to Everett?
Back on the highway.
Turn left, couple of miles.
Uh, Michael,
you've probably lived around here a long time.
There was a boat
in a channel near here. It exploded just a little while ago.
You know anything about that?
Nope.
I don't know nothing.
Okay, well,
thanks again.
WOMAN: (ON P.A.) Mrs. O'Brien, telephone, please. Mrs. O'Brien.
Yes?
Oh, hello. I'm Jack McGee from The National Register.
I'm looking for a Dennis or a Denny Kayle, K-A-Y-L-E.
Oh, yes. He's in the Wagner Pavilion, room 202.
Right back this way.
Thank you.
Please check with the nurse on duty.
Oh, I always do.
WOMAN: (ON P.A.) Dr. Kaufman, telephone, please. Dr. Kaufman.
Excuse me.
How is he doing?
Well, I think he's going to be all right,
but he's under sedation right now,
and Dr. Bonifant really doesn't want him to have any visitors.
So I'm going to have to ask you to leave.
Yes, all right.
Sir...
Yes, can you tell me where the new multiplex radiology unit is?
Three West.
Thanks.
WOMAN: (ON P.A.) Dr. Anderson to Maternity, please. Dr. Anderson.
Dr. Hensel to Surgery, please. Dr. Hensel.
MAN: All right, Mrs. Siegel, we're beginning the x-ray scan now.
Just lie still.
That's it.
Good.
Very good.
Yeah, that's it.
Hi. How is it going?
Fine.
Who are you?
David Benchley. I'm with Rowe Scientific.
Just came here to check up on the unit. How's it working?
Smooth as silk.
You guys can really be proud of it.
Oh, we are. We really are.
Okay, Mrs. Siegel, that's today's treatment.
The nurse will show you back to your room.
Um, what about the multiplex radiation mode? Have you tried it yet?
No. Only the x-ray and radium therapy modes,
but we've run a lot of tests, and it really looks good.
Oh, good. Good.
And you run it round the clock, huh?
No, until midnight. Then we give it a rest till the next day.
We're really glad the hospital invested in this unit.
It should help a lot of people get well.
I certainly hope so. Thank you.
WOMAN: (ON P.A.) Ms. Erin, telephone, please. Ms. Erin.
Mrs. Fernandez, Front Desk, please. Mrs. Fernandez.
Um, excuse me, Nurse, is Dr. Bonifant in there?
No. I haven't seen him this morning yet.
Thank you.
WOMAN: (ON P.A.) Dr. Pickard, Pediatrics, please. Dr. Pickard.
Mrs. O'Brien, telephone, please. Mrs. O'Brien.
Dr. McCullen, Surgery, please. Dr. McCullen.
Where's Denny's room?
Second floor, but come to my office first. I want to show you something.
Good morning, Dr. Bonifant.
I want to show you the x-rays on Julie.
I got the doctored ones back.
How do they look?
Perfect.
No one would be able to tell the original from that.
I mean, it's impossible to tell that it's been altered.
If an expert were to examine it,
he would confirm my diagnosis of her condition.
And that her condition was terminal?
Absolutely.
How much longer will it take?
Well, lets see, that was the seventh dose I administered yesterday.
And since she's already begun passing out,
I would say, one, maybe two more ought to do it.
So soon?
I thought you couldn't wait to get rid of her.
I just don't want to make any more mistakes.
Margaret, darling,
it was your men who bungled the explosion on the boat,
Ieaving us with a survivor to contend with.
I should think you'd be more appreciative
of the way I turned her psychosomatic belief that she couldn't walk
into a terminal neurological disorder.
Are you sure they can't trace the poison?
It will appear as part of her symptoms.
Her death will appear natural,
and then the control of your dear departed family's fortunes
will be all in your hands.
I'm sorry.
I really do appreciate you, John.
More than you know.
You can be warm and wonderful, can't you,
when you're maneuvering someone?
Like your husband or Denny yesterday.
Let us stick to business, shall we? I think it would be healthier all around.
What about that farm hand, Benton?
I don't know. He's gone.
Aren't you going to get rid of that original x-ray?
I'll pick it up this afternoon and dispose of it.
I think we should check on Denny,
and then we can go out to the house and finish up Julie's treatment.
Unless, of course, you're having second thoughts or remorse.
You're a dangerous woman, Margaret.
See you this afternoon, Mrs. Bartlett.
Morning, Doctor. Did that man find you?
What man?
He was just looking for you by your office.
Oh, there he is.
Hey!
He's got Julie's x-rays.
Stop!
I think he's headed toward the house.
Come on. We'll take my car.
Julie.
Who is it?
Julie, it's David.
David?
David, they told me you left,
that you were disturbed or something.
Julie, listen to me.
I've got to try and get you out of here. You're in terrible danger.
What?
No, this is my room, my house.
No, Julie. Julie. Julie, listen.
Try to understand.
Your stepmother and Dr. Bonifant are trying to kill you.
No.
Listen! Julie.
Julie, the drugs that they are giving you
are not to help you. They're trying to poison you.
No.
Julie, look. I have the x-rays from Dr. Bonifant's office.
They have his fingerprints on them for evidence.
He's altered them to make it look as if your legs were damaged.
But they are. I can't walk.
Julie, you can. Don't you understand? They're trying to kill you.
No! I don't believe you.
Julie.
No, I don't believe you.
MARGARET: Hurry. Go faster.
Julie, I've got to get you out of here.
No. You let me alone.
Julie.
Help!
Call Rafe and Phil.
Denny! No, they told me you were crazy!
Julie, stop it! We've got to get out of here.
Let go! Denny!
Let me go!
NURSE: Julie! Denny!
Let go of me!
(JULlE MOANlNG)
Julie!
Julie! What's wrong?
Help! Help me!
Help me!
He's crazy! Help me, please!
Now, Julie. Julie you've got to believe me.
If they give you one more injection, you're going to die!
NURSE: Julie!
Got to hide these...
(EXCLAlMlNG)
Julie!
NURSE: Julie!
Julie.
What's wrong?
I don't know. Huh?
Get the door open.
Stay away from me.
Come on, help me.
PHlL: Come on. Hit it again.
RAFE: What's against the door? Who's in there?
PHlL: What if it's that creature who was in the bunkhouse
that attacked Denny and us?
(GROWLlNG)
Look out, look out.
RAFE: Come on. We've got to get the door open and get in there.
PHlL: Push it.
Up there.
That's not Benton.
What in the name of God...
PHlL: Come on, push it. Come on, push!
That must be the creature that attacked Denny.
The thing the Sheriff is looking for.
It's got Julie.
We've got to go after it.
No, wait, wait.
Rafe, can you see it?
It looks like he's heading off through the orchard,
towards the swamp.
Is Benton up there?
There was no one up here but that hulk.
Listen, get them down here. We've got to go after it.
You saw what it did to Denny.
I certainly did, and it'll probably do the same thing to Julie, won't it?
It's the perfect cover-up for disposing of her.
Now, I'll send Rafe and Phil into the swamp after it, just to be sure.
MARGARET: Julie will not get out of that swamp alive.
Why are you stopping?
What are you going to do?
Who are you?
What happened to you?
Can't you speak?
What are you?
What are you gonna do to me?
Where are we?
At the edge of the swamp.
How did we get here?
Don't you remember?
No.
You carried me here.
Only,
it wasn't you. It was...
I know.
The x-rays.
The file with the x-rays. What happened to it?
I think you stuffed it under my mattress
before you...
Yes.
Yes, I hid it.
What's that? My medicine?
It's your poison.
It's got Dr. Bonifant's fingerprints all over it.
I can't believe that.
I can't believe any of this.
What are you?
For one thing, I'm a doctor.
I know what I'm talking about,
and I heard them planning to kill you. You've got to trust me.
Trust you?
I'm scared to death of you.
I mean, one minute you're a nice, gentle man,
but I saw...
I saw what happens to you. What you turn into.
My God, l...
Listen.
Please.
I know you're afraid of me,
but the creature never hurt you.
Did he?
No.
And he won't.
Believe me, he won't.
But why does it happen?
I'll explain that to you later.
The important thing now is to get you to the authorities
so you can give them that evidence
and tell them those x-rays are hidden.
Now, did you see anyone following us when we left?
I don't know.
Well, they have to be after us by now.
I've got to get you out of here.
Attagirl.
It was easier for you before.
Yeah, I'm sure it was.
All right, we'll try this way.
MARGARET: You all know how high the stakes are.
My late husband's PanAmerican Corporation
is a multimillion dollar organization,
and you all stand to gain a great deal of money.
We have to act quickly.
Wallace, I want you
to take several of the other hands
and turn this place upside down looking for Benton.
Don't tell them anything but that I want to see him.
No one else on the estate knows anything. I'd like to keep it that way.
Rafe, I want you and Phil to take the dogs and head out into the swamp.
Track down Julie and whatever that thing was that carried her off,
and keep in touch by radio. I want to make sure
that they do not get out of that swamp alive.
All right?
Get moving.
DAVlD: There it is. There's Michael.
Michael.
Look at you. What do you want now?
Michael, we need your help. We have to get to the authorities.
You just pick her up and get moving, will you?
Michael.
Don't I know you?
No.
I know I've seen your face before.
JULlE: The fire
on the boat. It was you.
You were there.
I don't know what you're talking about.
I just don't want to get mixed up with you.
David, remember I told you somebody saved me,
pulled me out of the flames? It was him.
Then you probably know
that the fire wasn't an accident, don't you, Michael?
What?
No. I didn't see nothing.
What do you mean, it wasn't an accident?
The explosion that killed your father was planned
by Dr. Bonifant and your stepmother,
and you were supposed to be killed, too.
But when you walked out of it alive,
they started poisoning you,
and they're coming along to finish the job, and you can bet on it.
Now, Michael, you saw it. You saw the fire. Tell her.
I didn't see nothing.
Just like you told the Sheriff
you didn't see nothing the night that I was here?
You leave me alone.
Please tell me. Is it the truth?
I don't want to get involved with you or anybody else.
Michael, you are involved.
No, I'm not. Yes, you are.
Michael, what are you afraid of?
Those guys who rigged the explosion? Because they're 10 minutes behind us,
and when they find out that you saw us, that you spoke with us,
they're gonna cut you into little pieces.
I didn't see nothing.
DAVlD: All right. All right.
Then maybe you could tell us
how we could get to a sheriff or a ranger station or something.
Closest way to town is back the way you came.
Michael, we can't go back that way!
The nearest ranger station is seven miles through the swamp that way.
All right.
Will you show us how to get there?
No.
Michael,
you saved her life once.
Are you going to let her die now?
Michael.
That Medal of Valor you wear around your neck,
it was given for someone's commitment
to bravery.
Get them! Go get them!
I think they're getting that scent, all right.
Go get them, babe.
Go get them.
Seven miles.
I know.
No, Mrs. Maloney.
We still haven't seen any more of that thing that attacked Denny, and l...
Well, then I think that you should call the parents yourself
and tell them to pick up their kids at the bus stop,
just to be on the safe side.
Oh, yeah. My boys are keeping a sharp lookout.
So don't you worry.
You're welcome. Goodbye.
Locals getting a little concerned about that hulk, Sheriff?
I guess so. Some of them, anyway.
It's hard to believe that something like that's running around.
You better believe it. You're talking to an eyewitness.
You have seen this thing yourself around here?
No. Over by Sacramento.
I'm Jack McGee of the National Register.
Oh, yeah. My wife picks up that paper
in the grocery store sometimes.
"All the news that's fit to print."
And some that's not, right?
(BOTH CHUCKLlNG)
In fact,
I think that if I hadn't seen what that thing had done to Denny,
I just might believe that you guys
had run out of U.F.O. stories
and made up this creature thing yourselves.
Sheriff, I am willing to admit that my paper has
a borderline reputation for mild sensationalism.
Mmm.
But are you aware that it was The Register
that cracked the case of the district attorney assassination
in New Orleans last year, and a dozen other cases of the same sort?
Now, that's true.
It's getting better.
As for the creature,
Iike I said, I saw it.
And I know for a fact that he's directly responsible
for the deaths of two people, Doctors Elaina Marks and David Banner.
Well, what do you want from me?
Nothing.
Not a thing.
Except,
maybe to sort of hang out with you
and follow up on any calls from people who claim they spotted it.
Well, all right. You're on. Grab yourself some coffee.
Thank you.
SHERlFF: I wonder where that thing is.
No, David.
(PANTlNG)
I wish I could walk and make it easier for you.
Well, maybe when that poison wears off,
you will be able to walk.
No, I've tried.
Well, you saw me at my father's grave.
Yeah.
I also saw your x-rays, too, and your legs are normal.
But that's impossible. I can't walk. My legs don't work.
And you won't as long as you believe you won't.
David. David, I can't walk... MlCHAEL: Hey!
(SHUSHlNG)
Hey! Get back.
Okay, you can get up now. It's just me.
How'd you find us?
Why, you left a trail like a bulldozer.
I seen you five minutes back.
You're gonna have to do a whole lot better than that.
Would you please try and take better care of these?
Thanks. Yes, I will.
Are we heading in the right direction?
No. You keep going straight ahead,
you're gonna wind up in one of them bogs.
You've got to skirt around to the west.
Will you show us the way, Michael?
Yeah, I guess so,
but you better get hustling.
I could hear them coming up toward my place.
Hear them?
Yeah.
They got the dogs out.
Nobody here.
Look at the way they're straining.
Hello, Base. This is Rafe. Do you read?
Rafe, where are you?
RAFE: At the edge of the swamp. They must have gone in there.
All right. You know what has to be done.
Yes, ma'am.
And, listen, they might have taken that old man, Michael, in there, too.
You know what has to be done.
It'll be done, all right.
We'll keep you posted.
Let's get going.
Here, let me help.
What's your plan? To get to the ranger station and call the Sheriff?
No.
To have you call the Sheriff.
I have to be careful about the law or anybody that might recognize me.
You're in some kind of trouble?
No, I'm not, but...
The creature is?
Yeah.
Creature?
Do you mean to say that you got something to do with that thing I saw?
It's him.
Oh, yeah?
You're crazy.
It's the truth. I saw it happen.
DAVlD: Come on. We shouldn't be stopping.
How does it happen?
Well, it's a metamorphosis.
A change that takes place whenever I get angry.
I got an overdose of gamma radiation,
and that's why I was
on my way to Everett Hospital.
I thought perhaps if I could sneak into the radiology lab,
I could reverse the process.
But you got sidetracked.
That's right.
So that's how your clothes got ripped up.
You just stretched out of them.
Oh, boy.
I sure wish I was you.
There are some people I'd like to be mad at.
Michael, you don't wish you were me.
It's like having a demon inside of you.
Come on, we've got to keep going.
We better make tracks for a stream.
Those dogs are after us.
(DOGS WHlNlNG)
Take a sniff.
Good, boy. Good.
Let's keep going.
MlCHAEL: This way. The channel's down here.
Here,
Iet me go first.
I can't. I can't!
No!
MlCHAEL: Oh, my God!
DAVlD: Julie!
Are you all right?
Yeah. Julie?
Are you sure? I think so.
Julie, it would help a lot if you could walk. Yeah, really.
All right, why don't you try?
The water could take your weight.
I told you I can't.
Please, missy, please.
We've got to get into the water.
Look, Julie, I think the whole thing is psychological.
Now, why would l not want to walk?
I don't know. You loved your dad a lot. Maybe you feel guilty
because he died and you didn't.
Oh, come on. That has nothing to do with it.
I mean, why would it be my legs, anyway?
Guilt! People have lost things they love because of guilt.
Painters have lost their eyesight. It does happen.
Well, not to me. You think I want to be a cripple?
You think I don't want to walk or run like I did with my father?
Now you two stop it. We haven't got time for this.
We've got to get into the water. We've got to break this scent,
or those dogs will be all over us.
Let's go now.
You're all right.
I can't do it. I can't do it.
Yes.
The water will make you buoyant. All right?
All right.
Hold it.
Look.
Can we get past it? Will it attack?
Depends on how hungry it is,
or if it thinks we're invading its territory.
Now take it easy.
I don't know.
Maybe we can try another way.
We can't go back.
All right. Take it easy.
A little bit further and we'll get out.
We'll get out.
I got something on my leg.
It's probably a leech.
MlCHAEL: Hey! Look out!
(JULlE SCREAMlNG)
(BEAR ROARlNG)
(EXCLAlMlNG)
(BEAR ROARlNG)
David!
David, no!
(ROARlNG)
(HULK GROWLlNG)
(DOGS BARKlNG)
Come on. This way.
It's all right.
That way.
Michael, I can hear the dogs.
I know. I know.
Rafe, where are you now?
MARGARET: Rafe, come in.
We're about four miles into the swamp.
They may be heading for the ranger station on the other side.
I don't want them getting out of that swamp alive,
do you understand?
I'll pay double the money I agreed to pay you.
I promise you, we'll stop them.
Rafe, take this one right here.
Here. Nice. Take this dog.
Let's go across and check the other bank.
We'll pick up the trail again.
Missy, you wait here.
Oh.
All right. You come over now.
(RATTLlNG)
Michael.
Michael, are you all right?
Yeah.
That rattler got me.
Help him.
Well, help him, can't you? You said you were a doctor.
All right. Come on. Out, out. Go on.
A tourniquet.
I need a tourniquet.
Give me that.
How do I do it?
Put it above the bite.
Wrap it up as tight as you can.
Where'd you get this anyway?
My son won it,
in Vietnam.
He was a Green Beret.
He saved the lives of 14 people,
three of them children.
Where is he now?
He died there.
Thanks to me.
Thanks to you?
I put him there.
He wouldn't have been there
if I hadn't filled his head with all sorts of glory-boy talk.
And David was talking to me about carrying around some guilt.
You shouldn't blame yourself. A lot of good men were killed there.
What next?
Got to get the poison out. Here, take this. Cut across the bite.
Your son was old enough to make up his own mind, wasn't he?
Hold on, now. Hold on.
Years of me bragging,
telling war stories,
glorifying it all.
He didn't have to listen to it,
and I'll bet he didn't have to save those 14 people either, but he did.
Hand me your bottle.
(SPlTTlNG)
There. Yuck.
I don't know which is worse, the whiskey or the poison.
They're both about the same, I guess.
Almighty God.
Look at him.
I guess we've all got our crosses to carry.
The bear.
It's all right, you took care of it.
What happened? Are you all right?
It's a rattler.
The doctor was out. How did I do?
Pretty good. How does it feel?
It doesn't, but then I'm not going anywhere.
(DOGS BARKlNG)
Now you two better get.
No, we're not leaving without you.
Now, Julie, I think you can walk.
I think you can if you want to, if you need to.
I can't.
Well, I can't carry both of you. Now you've got to try!
Well, look, why can't you just get mad at something
and turn yourself back into that thing? Then you could...
It doesn't work that way. I can't control it.
Well, I can't control my legs, either!
MlCHAEL: Stop it!
Now, you two, listen to me.
David, you pick her up and get out of here.
No.
Now you do as I tell you.
Not very far to go.
There's one more channel to cross,
then there's a clearing ahead and a stand of trees,
and behind them is a ranger station.
They'll kill you, you know?
Not if they don't find me.
The dogs will find you.
Maybe not.
Now, you give me a hand down to the edge of the water.
(DOGS BARKlNG)
Come on, son. Let's go now.
The dogs are really hot now.
RAFE: We ought to be able to stop them before they get to the outside channel.
All right, keep after them. I'll send Wallace around the other direction.
Wallace, they're getting near the west side of the swamp.
MARGARET: Are you ready to head them off?
You got it, Mrs. Griffith. Be like shooting fish in a barrel.
That's it. Where'd they go? Where'd they go?
(DOGS HOWLlNG)
Look at that!
Look at the size of that thing!
Don't worry. A few bullets will cut him down to size.
Come on. Come on, they're not in there, stupid. Get back on the trail.
Come on.
JULlE: This is the stand of trees Michael was talking about.
Yeah.
The rangers gotta be on the other side.
Julie! Julie!
It's quicksand. Don't move, don't move.
The bottom. Under the water. It's quicksand.
Don't force it. Stay flat like you're swimming, like you're swimming.
Stay as flat as you can.
Reach. Reach for the bank.
Pull yourself up.
David!
(DAVlD GRUNTlNG)
Julie, the branch. The branch, get it down for me.
Julie! Julie!
Pull it down to me, Julie.
I can't reach it!
Julie, try, stand. Stand up! I can't!
I can't walk, David!
I'm not asking you to walk. I'm asking you to stand, Julie.
I can't!
Try! For God's sake, try, Julie.
Julie! Try!
Julie.
Oh, God. David, I can't do it!
Julie!
David, I can't!
Julie!
David, no!
Julie!
David, don't let that happen!
No, not now! Don't, you'll make it worse!
Julie, for God's sake!
David!
MARGARET: Where are you now, Wallace?
Coming in from the west.
If they come out of the swamp, I'll get them.
DAVlD: I think you can walk. I think you can, if you want to, if you need to.
(HULK GROWLlNG)
I got it!
Forward. Phil!
RAFE: There it is! Come on, give me the leash.
(BOTH EXCLAlMlNG)
The bottom's quicksand.
Hold on to the dogs. Hold on to the dogs, let them pull us out.
We ain't gonna get across.
Wallace will have to get them.
MARGARET: Wallace? Wallace, Rafe and Phil can't get them.
Don't worry, Mrs. Griffith.
WALLACE: They ain't gonna get past me.
Okay, I got them. They're just coming out of the swamp.
(GUN FlRlNG)
WALLACE: I've got to go around again.
WALLACE: I'll get them this time.
I've got them now.
(GUN FlRlNG)
WALLACE: Oh, my God, he knocked out the tail rotor.
Can't hold her! Going down in the water. I'm going down!
(HELlCOPTER CRASHlNG)
(PHONE RlNGlNG)
Dobson.
What? Be right there.
What is it?
Don't know. Ranger station by the swamp heard some shots and a helicopter.
You coming?
Yeah.
Wait, wait, wait. Um.
You've got to stay here. They mustn't see you.
Let me have the poison in your pocket.
Now you stay here, over here.
Hide.
Hide in the trees.
Go on.
No.
Go on, over there.
Go on.
You've got to. You can't come with me.
Please.
WOMAN: (ON P.A.) Dr. Kaufman, telephone, please. Dr. Kaufman.
Did anybody come along?
No, missy. He's still inside.
What happened? Did you try the radiation treatment?
Yeah.
Did it work?
Will it stop you from turning into that creature?
God only knows. How's Denny?
He's doing fine. We all are,
except you.
JULlE: You sure you won't stay?
And have that creature tear up your house one night when I have a dream
and become angry?
No, I have to keep moving.
Till I can be certain that it's never going to happen again.
But David...
Julie.
The creature is wanted for murder,
one that I cannot prove that he or I didn't commit,
and you would be harboring a criminal.
I don't care.
I do.
Well,
there'll always be a room for you, right next to Michael's.
We're all family, huh?
Looks like you got involved after all.
It's pretty hard not to.
I know.
Oh, no, Julie, I can't accept that.
Yes, David. You don't know how long you'll be on the road.
Yeah.
Miss Griffith?
It's that reporter again.
I know. I can't let him see me. He thinks that I'm dead.
I've got to go now. Goodbye.
I'd...
Excuse me, I'd like to get a full story on everything that happened to you.
I think maybe the readers would be interested.
Have you heard from your stepmother or your doctor
since they were taken into custody?
No. No, I haven't.
I hear that her three henchmen are all in jail.
Yes, I think so.
You know, the thing that really interests me
is that creature that carried you into the swamp.
What happened to that?
It went down in some quicksand.
You're saying it's gone?
Yes, I guess so.
Miss Griffith...
Mister,
these past few days have been quite a strain on Miss Julie.
I'm sort of helping with her affairs now.
Maybe you and me could have a little chat, huh?