"[Announcer] Rocketed from a distant planet to a bold new destiny on Earth." "Found by a Kansas family and raised as Clark Kent, he learned he possessed the strength of steel, the speed of light and the desire to help all mankind." "He is Superboy." "All right, where are we?" ""Children, close-up." Sure." "Master shot." "Nah, not so hot." "[footsteps]" "All right." "[chains rattling]" "OK, close-up, and that's that." "Jeez, lousy prop." "Don't they... [object thuds]" "Oh!" "Oh, jeez, Frank, you shouldn't come up on me like that." "I just had a bypass." "No, no, no." " [growls]" " This isn't what I wanted." "It looks too '50s." " It doesn't look real either." " [growling] [chuckles] Well, what are you waiting for?" "You go back and tell Max that I'm gonna buy him a hearing aid, so next time I ask him to do something, he'll do it." "Well, go on!" "[growls]" "Very funny." " [growling]" " Hey!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "[bones cracking] [yelling] [growling]" " Morning." " Mm, hi." "Ready for another day of filing, faxing and brewing coffee?" "If that's what they need." "I think they're threatened by us." "What do you mean?" "They're afraid that if we go out into the field we'll do a better job than them." "Lana, I think they just want us to be a little more experienced first." "Do you really believe that?" "No. [chuckles]" "[Jackson] Kent!" "Lang!" "I've got something for you." " The Lloyd case." " The movie director?" "Supposed to have been killed by some kind of a monster." " I just filed that one." " No, there was a witness." "You want me to file that, too?" "No, I want the two of you to go out and interview him." "[Matt coughs]" "Us?" " Or I could send Matt." " No, no." "We'll do it." "Dennis, you are a real... [door unlocks]" " [Clark] Mrs. Watson?" " Yes." "I'm Clark Kent, this is Lana Lang." "We spoke to you earlier today." "Sure, about the monster." "Can we see your husband?" "If you'd like to, but he's not the one you should be talking to." "Tommy, there's some people here to see you!" "Thank you, Mr. Jackson." "My dad works at the studio." "He lets me come to work with him sometimes." "I'm going to be a director." "But Tommy, what about the monster?" "Oh, yeah, like I was saying," "I heard this guy scream on Stage 21." "I looked in and I saw it." "The monster!" "It was choking him like this." "Oh!" "Tommy!" "Tommy!" "OK, OK." "And then it just ran away." "Did anybody else see it?" "No, just me." "You don't believe me, do you?" " Tommy, it's just that we..." " I'll show you." "This is what I saw." "That's just from a movie." "It's not real." "Hey, I've got an IQ of 145," "I've skipped two grades in school, and I'm at advanced-expert level at "Turbo Kong."" "I know if something's real or not." " OK, but..." " What's your IQ?" "[woman] It's beautiful, Milt, every word." "It made me cry real tears." "[chuckles] Yeah, you're wonderful." "Right, see you at the Oscars." "In your dreams." " [man on phone] Yeah?" " Hello, Chuck?" " Yeah?" " It's Risa Owens." " Uh-huh?" " Boy, do I need a rewrite." " It's only a one pager." " Uh-huh?" "Milt really let me down this time." "He's old, is what he is!" "Let me tell..." "Hello?" "Hello?" "I'm trying to make a call here." "Take a number!" "What is..." " [gurgling] - [screams]" "[man] Yeah, that's mine." "So what?" "Mr. Von Norman, two people have been killed." "One of them by something that looked like this thing." "This isn't a thing." "It's a man wearing makeup." "A man who's been in Vancouver all summer." "[Clark] Anybody can wear makeup." "That's a good point, that's what I told the police." "[Lana] The police?" "You know, those guys in uniforms that investigate murders?" "They came by a few days ago asking the same questions you're asking." "And what did you tell them?" "I told them somebody broke into my house last month and stole some masks and prosthetics." "I thought it was a fan, but apparently it was some kind of psycho." "Maybe whoever it is is both." "It's a fine line in this business." "Doesn't it bother you that somebody's out there in your makeup killing people?" "It would be, if people were dying." "But they are." "No." "They're producers and directors... not people." "[man] All right, everybody." "Quiet on the set!" " Ooh, a little bitter, huh?" " [man] Quiet, please!" "Roll sound!" "Action!" "You see?" "Machines can do almost anything." "Hmm, anything but lie and cheat and... [sighs] I'm sorry." "I forgot the line again." "[man] Cut!" "Get me another one." "[man] Another cigarette for Mr. Melville." "Not the cigarette, the girl." "And make sure this one can act." "[squeals]" "Well, at least it wasn't your fault this time." "It's hard to believe he's the same guy that does all those commercials for the South American orphans, huh?" "Andy!" "What are you doing here?" "Well, it's a part-time job, but I figure in a year I'll be directing." "Only a year?" "I'm gold at this place." "Hey, McAlister, what about that coffee!" "I-I'm right on it." "That's what you said an hour ago." "He doesn't think you're gold." "Yeah, like he counts." "He's just a writer." "So what are you guys up to?" "We're here to see Max Von Norman." "Yeah, Max?" "He's the greatest." "He's such a happy guy, too." "It's an occupational hazard, you know?" "Six months ago, he couldn't get arrested and now he's a genius." "[chuckles]" "[instrumental music playing] [low growling]" "Lisa?" "Carrie?" "Lisa and Carrie?" "[growling] [gasping]" "[low growling]" "Oh!" "Thanks a lot!" "[laughing] [screaming]" " You all right?" " I don't know." "What was it?" "It was a guy in a monster suit." "There!" "I don't think that's a guy in a suit." "I'm gonna call security." "[growling]" "[air rushing]" "[woman] Oh, my God!" "Watch out!" "Watch out!" "[crowd gasping]" "It was real." "How did you know?" "Just a hunch." "What was it?" "Where did it come from?" "All the police know is that thing killed Robin Melville." "Von Norman didn't have to kill it, Superboy had it down." " Well, maybe he was afraid." " For Superboy?" "No, afraid that maybe we'd find out something" "[Von Norman] "Best special effects in a horror film."" "Do they think this can make up for all those years of abuse?" "[chuckles] The humiliation?" "The insults?" "Do they think they can buy my friendship with this?" "Six months ago I was dirt, now everybody wants me to work on their films." "To be at their parties, to have lunch with them." "[growls]" "And I go along smiling, kissing their cheeks." "But all that stops tonight." "Caliban." "Where is Ajax?" "Ajax, he was killed... [grunts] ...by Superboy." "[growling]" "He was sent by the ones who are going to be here tonight." "No!" "No more killing." "That was our bargain." "You do what I tell you to do, just like you did for my father." "Then..." "Your father never asked us to kill for him." "That's it." "You wanna stop." "You wanna go back to where he found you?" "Good, then let's go." "You've got a busy day." "Up to about six months ago, Max's stuff was terrible." "Make a list:" "Lowry, Lou Lloyd, Risa Owens..." "Owens and Lloyd were both murdered." "Oh, forget it." "If Max was going around trying to kill he'd need an A-bomb." "Besides, everybody loves him now." "He just turned it around." "All of a sudden his stuff became a lot more realistic." "As good as anything his dad ever did." "Look, I wanna show you this other project." "How can you not remember where you saw a monster?" "I see them day and night." "I see them in my dreams." "It's easy to lose track." "Boy, you shoulda seen that fight last night." "That thing was almost as strong as Superboy." "Really?" "Yep, but for once someone else got to be the hero." "Max turned it into a pile of ashes." "He suddenly jumps out with this flamethrower." "Hey, Lana!" "We're gonna go look at some tapes." "[Clark] Andy thinks he saw the monster before." " You saw it before?" " Yeah, I'm sure of it." "I'd like to see them but..." "She's going to Von Norman's party with me." "Von Norman's party?" "I wasn't invited to that." "[Clark] I hope these tapes help you remember." "Yep, it's going to be just like Saturday nights" "You, me and the VCR." " I'll go get the pizza." " All right." "[piano playing]" "Hey!" "Oh, ladies' room." "That's what they always say. [sighs]" "[scary music playing] [woman screaming, monster growling]" "I knew I'd seen you somewhere before." "[knocking on door]" "Yeah, Clark, come on in." "[door opens]" "I think I found our monster." "[growling]" "[door creaks]" "[Von Norman] Miss Lang." "Here for a preview?" "[gasps]" "Andy, it's Clark." "[sniffs] I got the pizzas." "Andy?" ""Special monster effects by Max Von Norman, Jr."" "[air rushing]" "This is what all the others are going to get." " Only you're going to be first." " [yelps]" "What is it?" "I've always been afraid to ask that question." "[gasping] What's back there?" "Kind of like a different dimension," "That's why his monsters always looked so real." "They were real." "Get him!" "He killed Ajax!" "[gurgling]" "Stop..." "or he dies." "[growling]" "Go, my friend." "You are free to go." "What are you doing?" "You lied!" "Superboy didn't kill Ajax!" "Wait, Caliban, I can explain." "Ask him!" "He saw!" "No wait!" "Wait!" "No!" "Stop!" "Where did they go?" "Movie magic."