1
00:00:00,826 --> 00:00:02,504
There it is.

2
00:00:03,824 --> 00:00:06,182
It's a grave.
It's probably somebody's dog.

3
00:00:06,182 --> 00:00:08,061
Yeah, right.
There's only one reason

4
00:00:08,061 --> 00:00:11,338
- why you bury things out here.
- Why?

5
00:00:11,338 --> 00:00:13,297
Because you want to
hide the evidence.

6
00:00:13,297 --> 00:00:15,495
I'll bet my Michael Jordon
rookie card

7
00:00:15,495 --> 00:00:17,454
we find a maggot-ridden corpse.

8
00:00:17,454 --> 00:00:19,093
Really?

9
00:00:26,528 --> 00:00:29,805
- Aah!
- Run! Run!

10
00:00:29,805 --> 00:00:30,525
Ha ha!

11
00:00:32,763 --> 00:00:35,082
- Psych!
- Psych!

12
00:00:36,161 --> 00:00:39,718
Eric was the best.
"Run! Run!"

13
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- I wasn't that scared.
- Yeah, right.

14
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It was cruel and immature.

15
00:00:44,355 --> 00:00:47,793
Hey, excuse me for adding
a little fuel to the fire.

16
00:00:47,793 --> 00:00:50,391
Well, it wasn't funny.

17
00:00:53,988 --> 00:00:58,145
Speaking of fuel to the fire,
who's going tonight?

18
00:00:58,145 --> 00:00:58,905
Me.

19
00:00:59,784 --> 00:01:01,503
Ah! Another gore fest?

20
00:01:01,503 --> 00:01:05,380
My story's about a head
of a different sort--

21
00:01:05,380 --> 00:01:08,178
an ancient wizard's
good-luck charm.

22
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Pick it up, and the world
can be your oyster,

23
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but let the holder beware--

24
00:01:13,455 --> 00:01:17,812
this charm may be more
than you bargained for.

25
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Submitted for the approval
of the Midnight Society,

26
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I call this story...

27
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[Betty Ann] The story takes
place today, but it began years ago.

28
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In fact, it truly began centuries ago,
but I'm jumping ahead.

29
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[door opens]

30
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- [men talking]
- Over there!

31
00:02:26,124 --> 00:02:28,202
[footsteps]

32
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Come on. This way.

33
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[bell rings]

34
00:02:51,186 --> 00:02:53,105
[clock ticking]

35
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[Betty Ann] Dean Burkham was
the kind of guy who blended in.

36
00:03:01,059 --> 00:03:04,457
He didn't have many friends,
he didn't do sports,

37
00:03:04,457 --> 00:03:08,454
and he never joined anything.
He just kind of... was.

38
00:03:16,808 --> 00:03:21,205
And he wasn't so great
with schoolwork either.

39
00:03:25,602 --> 00:03:31,158
Mr. Burkham,
you are sinking to perdition.

40
00:03:32,318 --> 00:03:35,196
[Betty Ann]
One of Dean's only friends was Alix.

41
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Though she was
his complete opposite,

42
00:03:37,394 --> 00:03:40,112
they really connected
and had a great friendship,

43
00:03:40,112 --> 00:03:45,029
but it was a friendship about
to be put to the ultimate test.

44
00:03:45,029 --> 00:03:46,508
Thanks.
I'm useless today.

45
00:03:46,508 --> 00:03:49,186
You? Ha!
What's up?

46
00:03:49,186 --> 00:03:52,104
Another Crenshaw
chemistry catastrophe.

47
00:03:52,104 --> 00:03:55,421
- Ooh! Ugly.
- I studied hard for this.

48
00:03:55,421 --> 00:03:58,459
I don't get it, Al.
I can't catch a break.

49
00:03:58,459 --> 00:04:00,418
If you keep thinking that way,

50
00:04:00,418 --> 00:04:02,696
you're always going
to get dumped on.

51
00:04:02,696 --> 00:04:05,135
I know. I'm trying.

52
00:04:05,135 --> 00:04:08,053
I have a feeling your luck's
going to change soon.

53
00:04:08,053 --> 00:04:11,290
Great. Just as long as
it doesn't get any worse.

54
00:04:12,529 --> 00:04:16,407
[Betty Ann] In world cultures
class, there was a special guest--

55
00:04:16,407 --> 00:04:20,124
A famous archaeologist
named Dr. Oliver.

56
00:04:20,124 --> 00:04:21,883
Archaeology...

57
00:04:21,883 --> 00:04:25,440
the study of historic
or prehistoric peoples

58
00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:29,957
by analysis of their artifacts,
inscriptions, and monuments.

59
00:04:29,957 --> 00:04:32,276
The work is often painstaking,

60
00:04:32,276 --> 00:04:35,953
but the results can
take you on adventures

61
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that will stagger your imagination.

62
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For instance, the High Priests
of Babylon used this golden dagger

63
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to cut out the hearts of
slaves for their sacrifices.

64
00:04:48,744 --> 00:04:50,223
Ooh! Gross!

65
00:04:50,223 --> 00:04:53,980
This bowl was used for salt--

66
00:04:53,980 --> 00:04:58,337
not as a spice, mind you,
but as a weapon.

67
00:04:59,297 --> 00:05:01,855
Some ancient cultures
believed that salt

68
00:05:01,855 --> 00:05:09,050
was the best way to ward off evil...
sort of like garlic is to vampires.

69
00:05:10,929 --> 00:05:14,966
And this little prize
was recently excavated

70
00:05:14,966 --> 00:05:18,363
from an ancient Babylonian
sorcerer's temple.

71
00:05:18,363 --> 00:05:21,521
That thing belonged to a sorcerer?

72
00:05:21,521 --> 00:05:24,079
Inscriptions say that
this scepter belonged to Goth,

73
00:05:24,079 --> 00:05:26,318
a particularly nasty magician

74
00:05:26,318 --> 00:05:30,755
who enslaved thousands
to do his evil bidding.

75
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The writings say that following
Goth will bring you incredible fortune

76
00:05:36,950 --> 00:05:38,789
and good luck.

77
00:05:38,789 --> 00:05:42,946
Crossing him will lead
to your destruction.

78
00:05:46,983 --> 00:05:53,179
Of course, we don't believe
in such silly things today, do we?

79
00:05:54,498 --> 00:05:56,936
[bell rings]

80
00:05:59,894 --> 00:06:01,653
"Goth will bring you
incredible fortune

81
00:06:01,653 --> 00:06:04,211
or lead you to your destruction."
Who is she kidding?

82
00:06:04,211 --> 00:06:07,529
- I thought it was kind of cool.
- Give me a break.

83
00:06:07,529 --> 00:06:11,046
She's trying to make her job
sound more exciting than it really is.

84
00:06:11,046 --> 00:06:12,405
Maybe.

85
00:06:12,405 --> 00:06:14,124
I'm going to the library.
Want to come?

86
00:06:14,124 --> 00:06:16,123
Nah.
I got some stuff to do.

87
00:06:16,123 --> 00:06:17,802
OK. See you later.

88
00:06:30,433 --> 00:06:34,150
- Piqued your interest, did I?
- Yeah.

89
00:06:34,150 --> 00:06:36,828
It's become a passion for me--

90
00:06:36,828 --> 00:06:40,346
unlocking the secrets of
ancient civilizations.

91
00:06:40,346 --> 00:06:43,304
- It's pretty cool.
- Indeed.

92
00:06:43,304 --> 00:06:47,341
Take your time.
Don't be afraid to touch.

93
00:06:47,341 --> 00:06:52,737
Maybe I found another convert.
That's what I'm here for.

94
00:08:27,711 --> 00:08:29,909
You may begin.

95
00:08:39,063 --> 00:08:41,461
Yes, Mr. Burkham?

96
00:08:41,461 --> 00:08:43,620
Here's my test, Ms. Crenshaw.

97
00:08:46,178 --> 00:08:49,256
Is this supposed to be funny?

98
00:08:49,256 --> 00:08:52,533
Is there a problem, Ms. Crenshaw?

99
00:08:55,291 --> 00:08:56,371
Uh... no.

100
00:08:58,769 --> 00:09:01,047
No problem.

101
00:09:01,047 --> 00:09:04,445
Thank you, Mr. Burkham.

102
00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:15,957
Hey, Dean. Dean.
Wait up!

103
00:09:15,957 --> 00:09:19,515
What was that all about?
Why didn't you take the test?

104
00:09:19,515 --> 00:09:22,193
I did take it. I aced it.

105
00:09:22,193 --> 00:09:23,752
No way.

106
00:09:23,752 --> 00:09:27,949
What's the matter?
Don't think I can ace a test?

107
00:09:27,949 --> 00:09:32,026
Or maybe you think I'm useless,
just like everybody else.

108
00:09:32,026 --> 00:09:33,825
What?
What's wrong with you?

109
00:09:33,825 --> 00:09:37,942
Nothing's wrong with me.
Everything is finally right,

110
00:09:37,942 --> 00:09:40,060
and I'm going to
prove to everybody

111
00:09:40,060 --> 00:09:42,418
that I'm not the loser
they think I am.

112
00:09:42,418 --> 00:09:44,377
Dean!

113
00:09:44,377 --> 00:09:46,735
[Betty Ann] But something
was wrong with Dean,

114
00:09:46,735 --> 00:09:48,894
and Alix knew it.

115
00:09:50,053 --> 00:09:51,932
He wouldn't talk to her

116
00:09:51,932 --> 00:09:55,649
and started hanging
with a whole new group of kids.

117
00:09:55,649 --> 00:09:59,407
Then one day,
things took a very strange turn.

118
00:10:03,963 --> 00:10:05,203
Dean?

119
00:10:19,153 --> 00:10:21,671
Mercuric acid?

120
00:10:21,671 --> 00:10:24,189
What does he want with that?

121
00:10:58,685 --> 00:11:02,882
The acid is the medium.

122
00:11:02,882 --> 00:11:06,040
It creates the pathway.

123
00:11:11,636 --> 00:11:15,513
The Belladonna Plant
is the Nightshade.

124
00:11:16,872 --> 00:11:20,470
Together they create
the Mystic Vapors.

125
00:11:22,109 --> 00:11:25,986
The return of Goth is at hand.

126
00:11:25,986 --> 00:11:26,705
[thud]

127
00:11:27,905 --> 00:11:28,664
Go!

128
00:12:04,759 --> 00:12:08,356
Welcome, Goth,
ruler of the Nether Realm.

129
00:12:08,356 --> 00:12:12,513
I have waited centuries for an
apprentice such as you, young one.

130
00:12:12,513 --> 00:12:14,512
The Acolytes have been gathered.

131
00:12:14,512 --> 00:12:17,150
- We are ready.
- Excellent.

132
00:12:17,150 --> 00:12:22,546
There is one final task to be
performed before I am freed

133
00:12:22,546 --> 00:12:25,424
from this infernal
dimension of darkness.

134
00:12:25,424 --> 00:12:27,463
I await your command.

135
00:12:27,463 --> 00:12:32,220
Before the moon rises tonight,
you must gather the Nightshade

136
00:12:32,220 --> 00:12:36,936
and prepare the Cauldron.
The Mystic Vapors must be released.

137
00:12:36,936 --> 00:12:39,495
The Cauldron will be prepared.

138
00:12:39,495 --> 00:12:41,813
Do this, my young apprentice,

139
00:12:41,813 --> 00:12:45,490
and all that you desire
shall be yours,

140
00:12:45,490 --> 00:12:49,528
and the power of
the universe will be mine.

141
00:12:49,528 --> 00:12:52,366
[sinister laughter]

142
00:12:55,244 --> 00:12:58,042
[evil laughter]

143
00:13:00,240 --> 00:13:02,279
[furniture clatters]

144
00:13:02,279 --> 00:13:04,957
Stop her!

145
00:13:11,912 --> 00:13:14,270
Dr. Oliver! Dr. Oliver!

146
00:13:14,270 --> 00:13:16,229
She's gone, Alix.

147
00:13:16,229 --> 00:13:19,507
Ms. Crenshaw.
I have to talk to Dr. Oliver.

148
00:13:19,507 --> 00:13:23,344
She left yesterday on to a new
school and new minds to reach.

149
00:13:23,344 --> 00:13:26,022
Can I help you with something?

150
00:13:26,022 --> 00:13:28,780
Something really strange
is going on here.

151
00:13:28,780 --> 00:13:30,978
It's that scepter thing she brought.

152
00:13:30,978 --> 00:13:33,217
It's got Dean hypnotized
or something.

153
00:13:33,217 --> 00:13:37,974
Relax, child.
There's no reason to be alarmed.

154
00:13:37,974 --> 00:13:40,252
Join us...

155
00:13:40,252 --> 00:13:43,849
- and join Goth.
- Aah!

156
00:13:43,849 --> 00:13:47,287
[evil laughter]

157
00:14:03,716 --> 00:14:05,834
Hello, Alix.

158
00:14:08,112 --> 00:14:10,311
Don't be scared.
It's only me.

159
00:14:10,311 --> 00:14:12,589
I am scared.
What's going on?

160
00:14:12,589 --> 00:14:14,188
Dean, what are you doing?

161
00:14:14,188 --> 00:14:18,545
- You called it--
- My luck finally changed.

162
00:14:21,863 --> 00:14:23,022
I'm not getting dumped on anymore.

163
00:14:23,022 --> 00:14:25,900
I'm in charge,
and I like it.

164
00:14:25,900 --> 00:14:28,618
You're not in charge.
It's this Goth.

165
00:14:28,618 --> 00:14:31,136
Goth has given me the power,

166
00:14:31,136 --> 00:14:34,974
and I'm using it to bring him back.

167
00:14:34,974 --> 00:14:37,092
Dean, he's a monster!

168
00:14:38,371 --> 00:14:41,209
Look at what I've done.

169
00:14:41,209 --> 00:14:45,686
People follow me now.
They take my orders.

170
00:14:45,686 --> 00:14:49,524
Half the school is with me,
even the teachers.

171
00:14:49,524 --> 00:14:52,401
Dean, look at me.
He's controlling you.

172
00:14:52,401 --> 00:14:56,279
You've got to come back
and fight this guy.

173
00:14:56,279 --> 00:14:59,636
- You're my best friend, Alix.
- I am.

174
00:14:59,636 --> 00:15:05,113
- Come back.
- That's why I'm going to let you go.

175
00:15:06,711 --> 00:15:08,430
Don't get in my way.

176
00:15:12,427 --> 00:15:17,024
It doesn't matter anyway.
You'll be one of us soon enough.

177
00:15:18,503 --> 00:15:20,222
Dean?

178
00:15:54,998 --> 00:15:56,716
Mercuric acid?

179
00:15:56,716 --> 00:15:59,235
Sorry, Dean.
It's police time.

180
00:15:59,235 --> 00:15:59,954
[gasp]

181
00:16:01,513 --> 00:16:04,351
Hurry.
The moon will rise soon.

182
00:16:08,109 --> 00:16:10,627
- Let me go!
- She followed us.

183
00:16:10,627 --> 00:16:12,505
- And she's ticked.
- Now, back off.

184
00:16:12,505 --> 00:16:16,902
- Are you crazy?
- I gave you one chance to escape, Alix.

185
00:16:16,902 --> 00:16:19,421
I won't give you another.

186
00:16:21,019 --> 00:16:25,376
- Put her in the van.
- Dean, wake up!

187
00:16:28,254 --> 00:16:30,853
Excellent. They're going
to boil her in that stuff?

188
00:16:30,853 --> 00:16:34,050
What is it?
Whatcha-ma-call-it acid?

189
00:16:34,050 --> 00:16:37,128
- Mercuric acid.
- I hate chemistry.

190
00:16:37,128 --> 00:16:40,086
The acid has to do with
those mystic vapors, right?

191
00:16:40,086 --> 00:16:42,684
- Maybe.
- So what happened next?

192
00:16:42,684 --> 00:16:44,603
Looks like Alix's goose is cooked.

193
00:16:44,603 --> 00:16:49,120
Alix may have been backed into
a corner, but she's resourceful.

194
00:16:51,558 --> 00:16:53,517
[Alix]
Where are we going?

195
00:16:53,517 --> 00:16:57,714
There's a place in this school
not many people know about.

196
00:16:57,714 --> 00:17:00,952
It's been closed off
for more than 25 years.

197
00:17:00,952 --> 00:17:04,189
They say a girl went mad in there.

198
00:17:07,267 --> 00:17:10,185
She broke into the school one night.

199
00:17:10,185 --> 00:17:12,583
The guards chased her all over.

200
00:17:12,583 --> 00:17:15,541
When they found her,
she was down here...

201
00:17:15,541 --> 00:17:17,820
totally out of her mind.

202
00:17:21,537 --> 00:17:25,135
The room's been
sealed off ever since...

203
00:17:25,135 --> 00:17:27,693
until tonight, that is.

204
00:17:28,772 --> 00:17:31,690
Got the key from the security guard.

205
00:17:31,690 --> 00:17:34,728
He is one of us now.

206
00:17:38,725 --> 00:17:42,922
It's the perfect place to make
our Cauldron of Mystic Vapors.

207
00:18:00,590 --> 00:18:02,508
- Excellent.
- Dean!

208
00:18:02,508 --> 00:18:04,747
Keep her here.

209
00:18:26,572 --> 00:18:28,370
The time has come.

210
00:18:29,849 --> 00:18:33,367
First we need the pathway.

211
00:18:34,646 --> 00:18:36,844
You two, help them.

212
00:18:41,761 --> 00:18:43,520
You've been so curious, Alix.

213
00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:47,757
I thought you'd want
to stay for the main event.

214
00:18:48,037 --> 00:18:49,595
Stop it, Dean!
Stop it now!

215
00:18:49,595 --> 00:18:52,074
Open the barrels!

216
00:18:52,074 --> 00:18:54,992
Pour the acid.

217
00:19:04,505 --> 00:19:08,862
Soon, my master.
You will be with us.

218
00:19:10,021 --> 00:19:12,539
The Belladonna leaves!

219
00:19:17,456 --> 00:19:18,815
Nightshade.

220
00:19:18,815 --> 00:19:21,853
Dean, better stop it,
or I'll smash this.

221
00:19:21,853 --> 00:19:23,732
Too late!

222
00:19:25,490 --> 00:19:28,368
I told you-- too late!

223
00:19:28,368 --> 00:19:31,526
I'm far too powerful now.

224
00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:42,718
[deep voice]
The Mystic Vapors.

225
00:19:42,718 --> 00:19:47,075
I've done it.
Rise, Mighty Goth!

226
00:19:47,075 --> 00:19:50,113
Your apprentice calls to you!

227
00:19:50,113 --> 00:19:50,833
Ahh...

228
00:19:54,110 --> 00:19:56,908
Yes! Come back.

229
00:20:01,185 --> 00:20:03,624
Heed ye, all who cross my path.

230
00:20:03,624 --> 00:20:09,539
Goth, Master of Stygian Arts,
has returned from exile

231
00:20:09,539 --> 00:20:14,816
in the Dark Nether World
to take my rightful place

232
00:20:14,816 --> 00:20:17,334
on the throne of humanity.

233
00:20:17,334 --> 00:20:21,091
Bow before me,
or feel my wrath!

234
00:20:21,091 --> 00:20:23,010
No! Go back!

235
00:20:25,249 --> 00:20:26,448
You!

236
00:20:26,448 --> 00:20:31,444
You are the one who interferes!
You must be eliminated.

237
00:20:31,444 --> 00:20:35,441
- Dean, help!
- Alix? What's going on?

238
00:20:35,441 --> 00:20:37,280
Do not interfere.

239
00:20:38,159 --> 00:20:40,038
The girl is mine.

240
00:20:40,038 --> 00:20:42,956
Alix, I'm stuck!
I can't move!

241
00:20:42,956 --> 00:20:46,514
Patience, my slave.
I will return for you soon enough.

242
00:20:46,514 --> 00:20:50,511
- Dean, do something!
- You should be honored.

243
00:20:50,511 --> 00:20:53,229
You shall be the first victim
of my reign.

244
00:20:53,229 --> 00:20:57,106
- Dean?
- Alix, the chlorine!

245
00:20:57,106 --> 00:20:59,744
Use the chlorine!

246
00:21:01,943 --> 00:21:04,941
Fear not.
The pain will not last long.

247
00:21:05,780 --> 00:21:07,819
Pour it in the pool!

248
00:21:09,378 --> 00:21:12,775
[Goth laughs sinisterly]

249
00:21:12,775 --> 00:21:19,850
Your human science
has no hope of...

250
00:21:20,130 --> 00:21:22,448
What's happening?
The Nightshade. It's...

251
00:21:22,448 --> 00:21:26,206
- [explosion]
- No!

252
00:21:38,317 --> 00:21:40,956
What happened?

253
00:21:49,470 --> 00:21:51,428
I'm sorry, Alix.

254
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It was like...
it was like he had control of me.

255
00:21:55,186 --> 00:21:56,904
I know.

256
00:21:56,904 --> 00:22:00,622
But how did you know
the chlorine would stop him?

257
00:22:02,580 --> 00:22:05,578
It was on Crenshaw's
chemistry exam.

258
00:22:05,578 --> 00:22:07,177
Chlorine kills Bacteria,
and the leaves were organic,

259
00:22:07,177 --> 00:22:11,654
so I figured it would zap him.

260
00:22:12,853 --> 00:22:15,172
I guess I was right.

261
00:22:21,327 --> 00:22:23,246
Yeah, I guess you were.

262
00:22:25,005 --> 00:22:27,363
Welcome back.

263
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I'm afraid we failed...

264
00:23:09,573 --> 00:23:14,410
But I planted jewels in
high schools all over the country.

265
00:23:14,410 --> 00:23:16,369
We'll have another chance.

266
00:23:16,369 --> 00:23:22,045
And to think when I was a young girl,
they thought I was mad!

267
00:23:22,045 --> 00:23:25,682
[laughs sinisterly]

268
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- The End.
- I smell a sequel.

269
00:23:35,595 --> 00:23:38,833
Yeah.
The world's doomed.

270
00:23:38,833 --> 00:23:41,071
Well, on that cheerful note,

271
00:23:41,071 --> 00:23:45,628
I declare this meeting
of the Midnight Society closed.

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Captioned by Grant Brown