"Give them to me." " What's wrong?" " Look at that." "It's a village." "Not very interesting." "I agree." "We'II go away from the river and into the jungle." " We'II camp here today." " Okay." "We'II set up the tents before nightfall." "Let's go." "help us." "Where's Liz?" "She went to the river." "Don't you want to work like the rest of us?" "No, honestly, I don't." "We can't have guests." "Guests?" "You 're mistaken, Professor." "You are all here at my invitation." "What?" "My father financed this expedition." "Isn't that right?" "He pays you well." "I don't care too much if animals go extinct or not." "I won't move a finger to support your article." "That's your job, not mine." "I'II discuss this with your father in the next letter." "You 'II be making a mistake." "He could stop financing you if you bother me too much." "The lady ruins her hands if she works." " She's different from us." " Different?" "She's used to having everything she wants." "Me too!" "You think I Iike these people?" "But they pay for our work, and that's what matters." "I'm sorry, Rod." "Hey, come here, guys!" "Look." "My name is Munga." "I'm a fur trader." "I just found out you were here." "I came to welcome you ." "I'm Jonathan Grant." "Liz Meredith and Rod Carter." "I'm glad you came." "Life here is too monotonous." " would you Iike a drink?" " Sure." "Mr. Carter, I've heard a Iot about you ." "Safaris, elephant hunting..." "nearby in Tunganika." " You 're well informed." " I told you , furs are my business." "carol Harris, Tanika." "My name is Munga." "I'm at your service." " Whiskey?" " Yes, thank you ." "May I ask the purpose of your visit?" "To write about animals on the verge of extinction." "I'm afraid it's a little warm." "I'm sorry I can't serve it with ice." "I've gotten used to it." "Excuse me." "Hey!" "What are you doing there?" "You can go to the village." "There's nothing of interest to you here." "Curiosity." "It's been a while since any whites came here." "Thank you ." "May I?" "So it's a zoological expedition, huh?" "You arrived late." "This pool was the water source for many animals." "Among them, elephants." "They used to come here in big herds." "The village was born because of the ivory traffic." "There are no more elephants and the village is almost dead." "The legend of the sorcerers also drove people to leave this place." "What legend?" "Haven't you heard of it?" "When we came to this region, we were told about some...mysterious dangers." "Do you want to know what that is about?" "Come with me." "Don't be afraid." "Nothing happens at this hour." "Everything happens under the moonlight." "well, according to the beliefs of these people." " Are you coming?" " I'm very interested." "Hey, wait!" "I'II bring my camera!" "Come quick." "Aren't you coming?" " I don't feel like going." " Suit yourself." "I don't understand how they can believe that." "You 're afraid and you 're embarrassed to say it." "Afraid?" "I'm sick of this country and its superstitions." "The truth is, you have a thing for Rod." "He's too vulgar for me." "Yes, you Iike him." "You want him." "But don't even try to take him from me, or I'II kill you !" "How strange." "You don't hear birds or monkeys." "There aren't any around here." "Why?" "Where they also exterminated?" "No, the natives call it by a different name." "What?" "They say this is the kingdom of the devil Ieopard." "There's always an explanation for everything." "And our duty is to find it." "When Simbonia was a European colony, the whites tried to wipe out all practice of voodoo." "Because they carried on in secret, the sorcerers of eleven tribes and their followers were killed in this spot, and they were buried here." "This is the sacrificial altar." "Here, they used to decapitate the young women." "In the center, there was an image of the Loa, the spirit invoked in the ceremony." "Yes, I know something about voodoo, zombies, and magic." "But I always thought that they sacrificed a white rooster." "Have you heard about the Yaru voodoo ceremony?" "No, never." "The ritual sacrifices turn their victims into Ieopard women." "What?" "During the day, they are leopards." "At night, they become devils with human form." "And that's what scares the natives?" "They say that the dead sorcerers leave their graves to make ritual sacrifices... and a leopard devil awaits in the jungle." "Did you hear something?" "This is ridiculous." "You 're making me afraid." "And do you believe all that?" "Sometimes things happen in the jungle the white man's science cannot explain." "Bah!" "Superstitions." "Just in case, don't come here at night." "We'II just take a look at the pool so we can judge how the elephants disappeared from this area." "Don't publish that!" "Is that dangerous, too?" "It's not sensible." " How's that going?" " Good." "We have a picture of the cauldron to illustrate the legend of the sorcerers." " The place is sinister." " Too sinister to be true." "What do you think?" "That Munga has a very good business and we can ruin it by looking at it too closely." "Do you think the legend is something to drive us away?" "What else could it be?" "Maybe you 're right." "Just in case, we'II keep watch until we leave." "Good idea." "half night each?" "I'II start." "I'II come to wake you up when your turn comes." "Okay." "You should be asleep." "I want to go with you ." "Go to sleep." "I have to keep watch until 3." "Let me come with you ." "It's better for you to rest for tomorrow's journey." "I won't be able to sleep." "As you wish." "You 're still dressed?" "What are you waiting for?" "I'm still thinking about the sorcerers." "Those horror stories won't keep you from sleeping, will they?" "Of course not." "But when people talk about something, it's because some of it is true." "Come on." "Those are the fantasies of ignorant people." "What if not all of it is a story?" "Are you saying you believe in superstitions?" "Voodoo has not been totally eradicated around here." "The natives will gather around the cauldron at night to celebrate their rituals for the devil of the jungle." "So what?" "One way of driving us away is to say that something could happen to us if we come close to the cauldron at night." "What are you thinking?" "I'm going to see what happens in the jungle, and take pictures if I can." "They'II see you because of the flash." "They could come after you ." " I won't use the flash." " At night?" "I have infrared material." "still, it's very risky." "It could be a fabulous article." "So?" "Are you coming with me?" "No, I'm tired." "Fine, I'II go by myself." " carol." " Yes?" "Be careful." "Nothing will happen to me." "Stop!" "Let me go." "I promise I won't say anything." "You 'II be with us forever." "God, no!" "Come!" " What's that?" " Voodoo." " Someone wants to scare us." " Let's go now." "Yes, it's time for the boss to keep watch." "It's your turn." " Anything new?" " Everything's okay." "well, except for some drums in the jungle." "I wonder what that means." "I don't know." "Maybe they're announcing our arrival." "Or maybe they believe that by dancing a little, they'II have better luck the next time they go hunting." "I hope you didn't get distracted during your watch." "Nothing happened in the camp, if that's what concerns you ." "The rest is my business." "He's mad because you 're with me." "I'm sure he wouldn't mind if you had sex with one of those two dolls." "That will never happen." "I know... but I can't help feeling jealous." " Have you seen carol?" " She's not with you in the tent?" "No." "She left with her camera and she hasn't come back." "What time did she leave?" "Around 9 p.m." "It wasn't my turn." "Let's see if Rod knows something." "carol left during your watch." "My job wasn't to stop any of us from leaving the camp." "But did you see her?" "The truth is, I didn't." "Where did she go?" "To the sorcerers' cauldron." "What did she go for?" "She thought the natives are still practicing voodoo, and she wanted to take pictures." "That was foolish!" "The drums!" "What?" "We heard drums." "And you think that" "I thought you were on your way to other areas better suited for your article." "Can you tell me the reason for the drums?" "I can assure you , nobody in the village" "leaves their house until the sun is up." "The sound came from over there." "Yes." "From the cauldron." "I know." "But it's the sorcerers." "Shut up, stupid!" "One of our girls went missing last night." "carol Harris." "We have to look for her immediately." "Let's go." " You 're not coming?" " I'd rather wait here." "And you ?" "I'm afraid of the jungle." "I can stay with you ." "You 'II be calmer." "Tanika knows how to take care of herself." "We'd prefer it if you came with us." "Sure." "We may need to clarify some things." "As you wish." "You know you can count on me." "I know you hate me, but under the circumstances, we should stick together." "Leave me alone." "I'd Iike to be alone." "Even now you keep your spoiled girl's attitude." "The only thing I can say is that something happened to carol." "I won't stop until I punish the culprits." "Even if they're dead?" "You and your superstitions." "Go now." "I don't want to see you anymore." "To think that all my girlfriends are with their boyfriends dancing and having fun, and me here, with this heat and all these mosquitoes." "Why did you come to Africa?" "My occupation is very hard for beginners." "You need to do something new, something original." "In this jungle of elephants without elephants?" "I'II become famous with an article about Rod and Tanika." "I'II surprise them with my camera, and they'II appear in my magazine as wild lovers." "I don't think that's funny." "It's not that big of a deal." "It bothers me that Professor Carter allowed that dirty brunette on the expedition." "Do you think that sorcerers can come from this dirt?" "Miss carol was here." "She wouldn't leave her camera for anything in the world." "Hey, look!" "blood." "Let's go now." "Without carol?" "You 're crazy." "We have to look for her." "They celebrated a ceremony last night." "Everything stained with blood is possessed by the voodoo devil, Yaru ." "Haven't they come back yet?" "They shouldn't have gone." "Abandon carol?" "There's nothing we can do for her anymore." "Why are you so sure?" "Do you think you know it all?" "carol is under the spell of the devil Yaru ." "You 're ignorant and superstitious." "And carol?" "We looked for her around the cauldron." "We didn't find any sign of her." "Except for the camera." "It was next to the sorcerers' grave." "She probably got lost in the jungle." "She's so stubborn!" "It looks like she took some pictures." "I'm going to develop the film." "Don't do it!" "Why not?" "It could tell us something." "I told you , it's not sensible to get mixed up in this." "You 're very interested in us leaving." "You 're in danger." "That's all." "I believe what Munga says." "Let's go now." "You go if you want." "Munga will take you far away." "But we won't move until carol comes back!" "You 're nervous." "You 've had too much." "You need to rest." "Come on." "If you want to leave this place, you can come with me to Mumbasa." "No, thank you ." "If that's what you want, you 'II be better in Mumbasa." "You want to stay alone with Liz." "You know very well that's not true." "Then, I'II stay, too." "Thanks for your offer." "As you wish." "Good afternoon." "Take two pills." "They'II help you to sleep." "Nothing will happen to carol." "You 'II see." "She got lost." "She'II come back tomorrow with daylight." "We'II fire our rifles to guide her." "We'II find her." "You have to believe that." "Don't think you can fool me with your attentions." "You 're nice to me so I'II speak well of you to my father." "Thanks, anyway." "Try to rest." "Come." "Come." "It's baffling to have found carol's camera where the sacrifices took place." "I don't understand, either." "Do you think she got scared and lost it while running?" "No, there has to be another explanation." "So?" "We should assume she was kidnapped." "But why leave something this expensive?" "Maybe they want us to know that they have carol." "They want us to leave, but they're afraid of our weapons." "What can we do?" "Munga is the key." "Let's promise him that we'II leave tomorrow when carol shows up." "In the meantime, we should keep watching." "I'II keep watch by myself tonight." "You develop the pictures." "Right." "We might find out what happened last night." "Are you leaving?" " We're leaving." " You 're wrong." "I'm staying." "Something is threatening us, and you and your bullets cannot fight it." "There's still time to leave this place." "I know it's dangerous, but it isn't what you think." "What, then?" "I was hired to do a job, and my duty is to finish it." "They'II kill us!" "They need our blood!" "If that's what you think, you 'd better accept Munga's offer." "He'II take you somewhere safe." "Do you want me to leave you ?" "No." "We'II meet in Mumbasa when all this is over." "No, Rod." "I'II be with you wherever you are." "I won't leave you ." "Not even after I die." "Come." "Liz." "Liz!" "carol!" "Where were you ?" "Don't speak." "No one can find out." "Why?" "They would interfere." "Everyone's worried." "They think you got lost in the jungle." "Let them." "You and I are going to a wonderful party." "Where?" "In the jungle." "Is it the voodoo they were talking about?" "Yes." "The voodoo." "And you 'II be the queen tonight." "But that's dangerous." "Don't be late." "Liz, follow me." "Rod." " Stay with me." " I shouldn't be distracted." "Don't go." "I'II be right there, next to the tent." "please." "Are you still afraid?" "I have the feeling that this is the Iast kiss I'II give you ." "At sunrise, we'II leave this place." "really?" "I promise." "I hope it's not too late." " Where are you taking me?" " You 'II see." "I'm afraid." "You 're always safe with me." "Come on." "Don't worry." "You 'II be initiated, and you will exist forever, Iike us." "No!" "Professor?" "Good morning." " Munga's here." " Get out." " What's wrong?" " Don't look." "Go get Liz." "I want to come with you to look for the girl." "I'm sure you 'II help us find her if we promise to leave today." "You still suspect me?" "That's fine." "I want to show you my good intentions." " Come on." " The professor isn't coming?" " He had an accident." " Is it serious?" " He's dead." " What?" "Liz is not there." "I found this on her bunk." "It's a voodoo threat." "You insist on making us leave." "Aren't you going to the jungle?" "Yes, but tonight, when the drums are beating." "And I promise they'II remember me." "Why did you scare me?" "I wanted to show you how useless your guard is." "Anything can happen to you in the jungle." "You came at night just for that?" "I thought you didn't like this place when there's moonlight." "I came for you ." "I want to take you away..." "where you 'II be safe." "I told you , I'II stay with Rod Carter." "Do you know the danger you 're in?" "I know." "You love him that much?" "Yes." "That white man is only having fun with you ." "You 're only a fling to him." "No!" "Rod is not Iike that!" "Rod really loves me." "When he's tired of you , he'II leave you for one of those blondes." "That's none of your business!" "Let go of me!" "Let go of me!" "Rod?" "Rod?" "Are you there?" "Tanika!" "Tanika!" "Come." "Tanika!" "Tanika!" "Come!" "Come with us!" "Come!" "You had us very worried." "Come here." "No!" "No!" "No!" "Come on!" "Don't worry, it's nothing." "You 'II be better in the back." " How are you ?" " Fine." "A doctor will see you in Mumbasa." "There's no need."