"Hey!" "Where's Howard and the rest of the apprentices?" "Left at the bottom to find their own way up." "You gotta learn sometime." "You wanna be a troubleshooter, you gotta know the mine." "All clear down there?" "Yeah, we won't need these anymore... but I wouldn't go lighting' any matches." "Damn methane." "Gonna blow this place to shit one of these days." "We ain't that lucky." "Hey, come on, now!" "Knock it off!" " Howard!" " Hey, Howard!" "Hey, enjoy your walk up?" "Yeah, real cool." "Why didn't you guys wait?" "Look, Landers, you better get a lot of exercise... if you're gonna grapple with Gretchen." "Oh, yeah?" "I got a valentine for her that she's never gonna forget." "Right to the heart, huh?" "It's gonna be a hot time on Saturday night!" "Stavisky, you do anything else with that... except throw it over your shoulder and burp it?" "Aw, get lost, Axel!" "Bunch of clowns." "Things haven't changed a bit." "Same as always." "Bet you wish you never came back." "Especially now since Sarah's goin' out with Axel." "No skin off my nose." "I don't give a damn." "Come on." "Last one into town gets the brew!" "Let's go!" "Okay." "Let's go, guys!" "Quittin' time!" "Casanova is here!" " Gretchen, it's me." " Howard, stay away from me." " Hi, babe." " Hi, sweetheart." " How are ya?" " I'm fine." " How are you?" " Good to see ya." "Hi, sweetie." "You big lug." "I missed ya." " Anything I should do?" " No." "Of course not." "Gretchen, I want you to be my date for the dance." "Okay?" "Dry up!" "Gretchen, you know what'd look really good on you?" " What?" " Me." "Suck it in and zip it up, will ya?" "Gretchen, why fight it?" "Let the good times roll!" "All right!" "Hi, fellas." "Mabel, this is the best thing that's happened to this town in years." "Your decorating committee has done one hell of a job!" "Well, after all, the first Valentine's dance in 20 years... has to be something special." "Yeah, well-- Of course, you're right, Mabel... but we'd all be better off if you played down the fact... that it's the first Valentine's dance in 20 years... if you know what I mean." "Let's just concentrate on having a good time Saturday night... and put all that other business to rest." "My thoughts exactly, Mayor." " Hi, guy." " Aw, come on, you clown!" "Help Miss Osborne pick those things up!" "What the hell are you kids doing in here?" "You're supposed to be decorating the room, not each other." "Where you goin', son?" "I always go this time of day... for another beer and a real good nose pick." "I'm sorry, T.J." "I don't think he likes being back in the mine very much." "Well, that's too bad." "Nobody told him to go out to the West Coast." "It's not my fault he couldn't make it on his own." "But now that he's back, he's my son and he's working in the mine." "Put those things back... or I'll turn you both upside down, especially you." "This is my date, Chief." "That meeting in Centerville is at 7:00." "We should hit the road." "Then let's go." "I'll see you kids later." "Bye, Mabel." "Keep up the good work." "See ya, Chief." "I might as well go too." "All of this will have to be rewashed." "I'm really sorry, Mabel." "This is station QPID, 940 on your radio dial." " Oh!" "Mayor!" " Country-fried QPID... from Valentine Bluffs, where the heartland meets the sea." "Mayor?" "Mayor, somebody left this for ya." " For me?" "Who was it?" " I don't know." "It was inside when we got here." "Maybe you got a secret admirer, huh?" " You in on this, Mabel?" " I'm afraid not, Mayor." "Oh, no." "No, no." "Don't look at me." "I didn't have a thing to do with it." "Well, hell." "I've been looking for an excuse... to get off this miserable diet Mrs. Hanniger has me on." "Thanks, Howard." "If there's one thing I like better than Christmas candy... it's Valentine's candy." " Have some." " Hey." "Who sent it?" ""From the heart comes a warning... filled with bloody good cheer." "Remember what happened... as the 14th draws near."" "It can't be happening again." "It can't be happening again." "It can't be happening again." "It's a bad time, this time of year." "There's bad things coming, my words you hear." "Beware of the 14th if you value your life." "Here we go again." "How many times is he gonna tell that story?" "Oh, let him tell it." "I love fairy tales." "This ain't no fairy tale, little girl!" "If you don't take it seriously, you're a fool!" "Ow!" "Hurt yourself?" "Axel, are you okay?" "Oh, no!" "Let me see." "I know what I'm talking about." "I'm telling you now." "This town is accursed." "It all started 20 years ago." "It was the night of the Valentine's Day dance... at the Union Hall." "The biggest event of the year." "It'd been a tradition for over a hundred years." "Everybody was there, except for... seven miners who were out at the Hanniger Mine." "Five of them still down below." "Two supervisors were waiting for the men to come up." "Anxious to get to the party... they left before the men were safely out... failing to check the methane gas levels in the tunnels down below." "The five men were buried alive... as the town continued its party." "For six weeks we dug 'round the clock to try to save them." "After we broke through, one man was found alive." "I was the one who found him." "Harry Warden spent the next year in the state mental hospital." "Exactly one year later, on Valentine's Day... he came back to town." "He killed the two supervisors... who had left their posts the year before." "Then he cut out their hearts... and stuffed them into heart-shaped candy boxes." "That night at the dance, we found the boxes... blood dripping out the sides." "Inside was a note-- a warning from Harry... never to hold a Valentine's dance ever again." "Every February 14th, Harry comes back to town... his pickax stained with blood... waiting in the shadows of the Hanniger Mine... just for someone to kill... should they not heed his warning." "It could be you!" "I know what I'm sayin'." "Forget about having a party at all on Saturday night... or you may not live to see daylight." "Laugh now... but you'll be sorry you didn't listen to me." "Uh-oh!" "Come on, Hap!" "Lighten up!" "It's a stupid legend." "It gives me the creeps." "All right, you guys." "Who ordered the Moosehead?" "I did, you gorgeous slab of female fleshiness." "There is a young barmaid named Harriet" "Who's never been robbed of her cherry yet" "Oh, try as she may" "This girl can't get laid" "A Valentine virgin named Harriet" "Why did you hit me in the ribs like that?" " Hey, where ya goin'?" " I just want to put on some music." "Be my guest." "Excuse me." "It's your own fault." "You know that, don't you, T.J.?" "Never said it wasn't." "Then why can't you accept things the way they are?" "Thing is, I don't like the way things are." "Excuse me." "Yes." "All right." "Thank you very much." "I have to call in the morning." "The administration office is closed at night." "The nurse that's on duty doesn't know a thing." "She's got to know whether he's there or not!" "I just hope this is some kind of joke, and the kids... are just trying to scare us." "If it is a joke, I want every one of those kids strung up... starting with that damn Howard Landers!" "Well, it's a human heart, all right." "Ayoung woman." "About 30 years old." "What are you guys doin' with a loose heart?" "Looks like a butcher ripped this thing out." "What's goin' on over in Valentine Bluffs?" "You remember Harry Warden?" "Oh, God, of course I remember." "Those were terrible murders." "God." "I thought they locked him up in Eastfield 20 years ago." " They did." " Are you sure he's still there?" "We'll find out in the morning." "I'm checking on it." "Well, gentlemen, I'd say you have your answer." "It looks like Harry Warden's back in town." "Well, now." "I wonder who sent this." "Jake?" ""Roses are red, violets are blue..." "One is dead, and so are you"?" "No!" "No!" "Get away!" "Get away!" "No, don't!" "Get away!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "This is gettin' really good." "Don't put your nose in it." "Hey, this is what I really call "junk food."" "How much longer, Hollis?" "I'm freezin'." "Relax." "This thing ain't no microwave." "How 'bout rewin' it up?" " Man, have I got the munchies." " Yeah, me too." "A little protein patrol, eh, boys?" " Don't go pokin' my meat." " Oh, come on." "Probably cooked." " Don't stick your nose in the food." " It's his." "He can do what he wants." "Is that turkey?" "I asked for roast beef." "Turkey for the turkey." "Here." "Come on." "Shove over." " Sure is cold tonight." " Yeah." "I guess we got ourselves a problem, huh?" "Yeah." "Yeah, I guess so." "What are we gonna do about it?" "Well, there ain't nothin' to do about it." "Sarah's goin' with me now... and that's all there is to it." "I ain't gonna back off for you, T.J." "Nobody asked you to go away, T.J." "Come on, Axel." "Don't give me any of that horseshit." "You're beginning to sound like my old man." "Too bad, man." "Look, you left." "You went away, and we didn't know where you were... or when you were comin' back." "I ain't gonna back off for you." "You stay the hell away from Sarah!" "All right, all right!" "You want a fight, then you got it!" "'Cause you and I both know who Sarah wants." "You're kinda hard on him, Teej." "Can't exactly blame him." "Sure it's not his fault." "It's nobody's fault." "I don't know what to do." "You know, I really do like that son of a bitch." "Hey, remember?" "Remember how we used to tear this place apart?" "Eh?" "Get drunk, race out to the bluffs." "That was great." "I guess things change, huh?" "Nothin' stays the same." "W-A-R-D-E-N." "Harry Warden." "He was committed under court order... approximately 20 years ago." "Well, I'm afraid I have no records of a Harry Warden, past or present." "How can that be?" "He was committed there, under court order!" "I'm sorry." "I have no records on him." "In 20 years, any number of things could have happened." "Now, if this Harry Warden was committed, as you say... then he's simply no longer here... and if I have no records on him, I have to assume... that he's transferred, he's released, or he's on the slab." "One of three, take your pick." "One out of three?" "Now, look, Mrs. Raleigh... you're gonna have to do a little bit better than that." "Now, I have to know what happened to this man... and I have to know what happened to him now!" "Now, have you checked everything?" "Everything, except the microfilms over in central file... and it will take several days to check that." "I need answers fast." "I'll be waiting for your call." "Dr. Peyton, 3-5-3." "Jumpin'Je" " They don't even know what the hell happened to him." "What more do we need to know?" "It's gotta be Harry." "Maybe we oughta cancel the dance." "Just decide which one you really want." "And now for the big moment." "Will it be number one or will it be number two?" "Patty, will you be serious?" "This is important." " You can't have 'em both." " I don't want them both." " Oh, no?" " No." "Just what I thought." "Oh, I don't know." "T.J. won't talk to me." "He just sulks all day long." "He ends up making me feel guilty... when he's the one who owes me the apology." "And Axel is not behaving any better." "Oh, Patty, I don't even want to go to the dance on Saturday night." "Oh, but you gotta go." "It'll be all right." "Stay with Hollis and me." "Besides, you gotta see the dress I got." "Cut down to here, slit up to there." "I may not get out alive!" "Mabel?" "Mabel, I gotta talk to you." "We got a problem concerning the dance." "Mabel, you back here?" "Okay." "Little John, I want you and Mike to check the wall." "T.J., take care of the sump." "You get a pump down there, or I ain't doin' it." "You do it, or you get your ass outta here for good." "I'll do it." "I'll do it." "What's buggin' him today?" "Son of a bitch is after my ass 'cause of Sarah." " Keeps it up, I'm gonna nail him." " I said move it, Hanniger!" "Oh, yeah." "Come on, man." "Anytime, loser." "Hey, that's it!" "Break it up, you two!" "T.J., you get your ass up top to 217!" "Let go!" "There ain't gonna be no fighting in my section, Palmer!" "Understand?" "What an awful smell." "This is like it was 20 years ago." "I can remember those murders just like it was yesterday." "Jake, you gotta get help from Granville." "No, not yet." "Call in Granville, we'll have police crawling all over this place... and we'll have a hell of a panic on our hands." "You just mention that Harry's back... and this town won't be worth the powder to blow it to hell." "Just a minute, boys." "I want you to bring the ambulance around back." "Load her up from there." "I don't want anybody in town seeing this." "You remember." "Mabel Osborne died of a heart attack, and that's all." "Breathe one word of this to anybody... and you'll have to answer to me." "Wait a minute." "What's this?" "Take her away." ""It happened once, it happened twice." "Cancel the dance, or it'll happen thrice."" "Well, that's it." "The dance is canceled." "Let's tear every poster, every banner, every decoration... down and out of sight!" "I don't want to see a single Valentine's heart anywhere." "As long as this town is decorated to the hilt..." "Harry's gonna keep on killing and" "And get that damn Union Hall locked up!" "All right, Mayor." "No, I'm sorry." "There's nothing I can do about it." "What's goin' on?" "The mayor has canceled the dance, and that's all there is to it." "In the light of Mabel's death, he had no choice." "There'll be no parties either." "We owe her that much respect." "Mabel would have wanted us to have the dance." " She worked so hard on it." " Yeah, you can't cancel it now." "He's looking for an excuse to cancel the dance." "That's the way it is." "There'll be no dance tomorrow night... and no parties either." "Do you understand me?" "Hanniger!" " We have something to settle." " You bet we do." "Howard, you gotta chew it." "You don't blow bubbles with it." "I'll take care of myself." "How did you ever get to be so stupid?" "Come on." "Let's take a shower." "T.J., will you stop this?" "I don't wanna go with you!" "Are you listening to me?" "Nope." "Remember this spot?" "Of course I remember this spot." "Why didn't you write me, T.J.?" "Why didn't you call?" "I wanted to, believe me, but I couldn't." "I mean, I really fell on my ass out there." "I made so many mistakes." "But I learned something." "Look." "Give me a chance." "If you still want me to go away, I will... but I have to tell you that I love you and I want you back." "How was I supposed to know that,Jessie?" "I honestly didn't think you were ever coming back." "You just left me here." "Sarah, please." "I'm sorry." "I'm so damn sorry." "That's what I am" "And, girl I don't expect you to understand" "I just play my song" "And right or wrong" "Now music's all I need to get along" "Women and wine don't thrill me like they used to" " And I don't feel" " You seen Sarah?" "Ain't my turn to watch after her." "Damn it, Sarah, why do you do this to yourself?" "How am I gonna tell Axel?" "Sarah!" " Chief Newby." " I'm sorry I startled you." "It's all right." " Is something the matter?" " No, I'm" "I'm just making my nightly patrol." "Right." " Good night, Chief." " Good night, Sarah." " Just a-diggin'in my mine" " Beer, Hap." " I'll take my time makin'you mine" " You hear about Mabel Osborne?" " I'm a part-time lover" " She got it just the way I said." " Mmm, you're a full-time fool" " Heart attack, my ass!" "If we aren't gonna have a Valentine's dance... what are we gonna do?" "Why don't we have a Valentine party?" "A party!" "Where?" "Newby's got this whole town locked up, bright guy." " How 'bout my father's mine?" " T.J., are you crazy?" " Come on." " The mine!" "In the mine?" "That'd be great." " It would!" "What a blast!" " In the mine, that's exactly..." " what it would be." " It'd be great!" "Come on." "We got everything we need down there." "Let's see." "We got a rec room, we got a pool table, everything." "Yeah, in the mine." "Where people get killed and eaten." "Beware of Harry Warden." "Shut the fuck up!" "Beware of what you make fun of, you little asshole!" " Who?" " You!" "Forget about having a party at all tomorrow night, or you'll be sorry." "Lighten up, Hap." "Piss on Harry Warden and that damn old legend." "We're gonna have ourselves a party." "Don't you go tellin' nobody." "Don't say I didn't warn you." "That settles it, then!" "We're goin' to the mine." "We're gonna have ourselves a party." " All right!" " Whoo!" "You're a full-time fool" "Assholes." "Yeah." "Damn kids." "I'll show them." "Piss on Harry Warden, will they?" "Well, I'll give 'em a scare they'll never forget." "Lights!" "Come on!" "It's cold out here!" " Hey, it's party time!" " This is great!" "Hey, Hollis!" "...Saturday night and we'll stick around till the mornin'light" "Let the good times roll" "Yeah, let the good times roll" "Let the good times roll" "Well, I work all day just pushin'dirt" "Got grease in my hair coal on my shirt" "Hi, Ben." "Anything happen?" " No." "It's been quiet all evening." " Good." "That came for you, though." "Oh, my God." " Get me a coffee, will ya, Ben?" " Yeah, sure, Chief"