"Back up." "Turn around." ""THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO LOVE"" "Action!" "slowly." "Go lower." "close in on her." "Don't move, Nadine." "Cut!" "What are you doing here?" "Put your head down here." "This is very important." "He's half dead, but you're alive." "You hold his head and say, "But I love you"." "We'II just rehearse the cIose-up." "Then you fuck him, take him!" "He'II keep his trousers on now..." "It'II be much easier when he takes them off." "Go ahead, tell him you love him." "Go ahead, tell him!" "Say it!" "I..." "I Iove you, I Iove you." "Again!" "I..." "Iove you." "Again!" "You feel him, it turns you on..." "That's when you say: "I Iove you!"" "Try it!" "Go on!" "feel him and say: "I Iove you"." "Again!" "I Iove you." "I can't do that, it's..." "Yes, you can!" "No, I can't!" "It's too much!" "You're getting paid for it." "But..." "No "buts", go ahead." "feel him!" "Put life into it, you love him." "More!" "More, you love him!" "I Iove you." "More... more!" "No photos please." "I'm an actress, I do good stuff." "I only do this to... to eat." "So please, no photos." "Who's this guy?" "please." "Cut!" "No photographs..." "Get off the set!" "I said no photographers on set!" "Confiscate the film!" "Give us the negative." "Make it quick!" "We're going to shoot it now with his pants off!" "And the camera." "What the hell are you doing?" "We said 10 o'cIock!" "The kid was busy." "Or getting too proud?" "Why do you say that?" "You know what you are?" "A nasty bitch!" "You exaggerate." "After all we've done for you." "Without us, kid, what would've become of you?" "The receipt please." "He not talk?" "He's a Iimey." "With the 40 bucks from Thursday, that's it." "tell Mr. MazeIIi," "I fulfilled my contract." "well kids, shall we get started?" "Does he have to finish his book?" "If it weren't for MazelIi..." "Yes I know, I'd be..." "There." "Did I wake you?" "Yes." "We were shooting the whole night." "I'm sorry." "Do you remember me?" "I took some shots of you yesterday on the set." "I sold them fora very good price so I..." "I should take more." "You should?" "Yes." "To hit a cover... a very important magazine." "Photos without yesterday's shit." "I haven't hit a cover in along time, with or without shit." "That's a good reason." "It's beautiful here." "Is it yours?" "A crazy old Austrian saw me oncein a film and lends it to us." "As long as she's alive." "It's great!" "A fantastic pIaceto shoot photographs." "It's time." "Time?" "What time?" "No idea." "That changes everything!" "Sorry to barge in like this but your telephone's out of order." "No, it's been cut off." "Coffee everyone?" "My husband makes very good coffee." "Coffee?" "Ah, yes, thank you." "I'm at your disposal, sir." "No make-up?" "Won't you comb your hair?" "Get prepared..." "No." "Why?" "I have the face I have.I'm 30." "You don't like it?" "It's not that..." "I just want to hit a cover." "To sell a cover, one needs..." "Something more... catchy." "Wait a minute." "Like this?" "More?" "Like this?" "Some ass?" "That's it." "Let's use the light." "Come here, yes.Lift your head." "tilt your head back..." "Yes, Iike that." "hold it." "Yes, that way." "Give me more profile." "excellent..." "Jacues ChevaIier." "Servais Mont." "Do you work for an agency?" "several." "I free-Iance." "I'm interested...indirectly, I'm a collector." "Of agencies?" "Photos..." "Louise Brooks, BacIanova," "marilyn, MarIene Dietrich." "That sort of thing." "James Dean." "Excuse me." "Vitruve, the architect, says extended arms euaI one's height from chin to cranium,1/8 of one's height, the width of the shoulders represent 1/4 of a man, and from the nipples to the head," "1/4 of a woman." "Leonardo da Vinci." "Be gentle with my wife,she's pregnant." "He'II say anything." "What was your last film?" "In italy... nothing good." "I don't agree." "What was the name?" "It was first called"The Turkish Dog", then..." ""NymphocuIa", which is a Iot better." "tell me..." "I dreamt you were pouring Coca CoIain my ear." "A nasty death!" "Stop it Jacques, we have to work." "Anyway, having coffee in my bath is a must." "What's the matter?" "Nothing." "Do you have enough photos?" "immediately." "When?" "Tomorrow, St. Germain, at 4?" "Here at 3." "Okay?" "Good." "It's you?" "My elevator is out of order for ten days." "Seven flights when I was your age was nothing, but now..." "So, you want to stay?" "I don't want to be in your way!" "Just say a word and..." "Drop it." "I'm really tired today." "I had a call from Mr. MazeIIi." "So it's MazeIIi, not your elevator." "You see, you get mad already." "He just talked to me.He's hurt." "He's got reasons." "I paid him back, didn't I?" "Mr. MazeIIi can leave me alone!" "Money's not everything." "You prefer to see me work in shit as long as MazeIIi buys your drinks." "Is that what you want?" "I have no lessons to take from you!" "Me neither!" "Take the couch." "There's sheets in the closet." "I have to unpack my shirts." "I don't owe you anything anymore." "I'm saying..." "Shit!" "You're here?" "Yes." "No, I'm not here anymore." "I'm leaving." "Good night." "Just slam the door when you leave." "Today..." "I met a girl." "She works next door, at Rooti Patooti's house of celery." "She makes french fries." "She's a Negro, well... she's a mix." "She's nice." "She has a little boy." "The kid's name is Gerard..." "like me." "well?" "What was your part?" "3 days." "I'm bitter." "It must be my age." "A wild guess...you'II be 50 tomorrow." "I'm 30." "Tofu is an alternative to meat for vegetarians." "The photos didn't turn out because my camera was smashed." "really." "I've made myself up,and cleaned everywhere." "The toilet is blocked" "and my husband's at the movies." "That's it." "Since we're here,Iet's make things saucy." "Saucy?" "Aren't we going to get wasted?" "tell me where the bar is,I'II serve you a drink." "Why?" "Do you suffer from Hepititis C?" "Yes, it runs in my family." "Listen, I haven't much time and we're not here for that." "We're here for what?" "To be together, no?" "So?" "Now you're wondering what you're going to say?" "Yes, and..." "I seem to have forgotten my lines." "That can happen." "Don't you think the viewers will mind?" "Yes." "More or less." "It's rather less than more, no?" "You're used to this sort of thing, no?" "You too." "Doesn't it ever feel like you're getting something for nothing?" "Six years." "What does he do?" "You really want me to talk about him?" "It's better than talking about other things and thinking about him, no?" "I wonder." "well, what do we do?" "I wouldn't know." "If we don't make love and if you don't go, we have to do something, no?" "Such as?" "talk." "talk?" "About what?" "About... ourselves." "And you think it'II help us?" "Yes." "How?" "To be together since we're here for that." "You start." "well," "I can talk" "about myself." "shall I talk about the war in algiers and Vietnam?" "Are you really interested?" "You see!" "Too bad!" "You know what time it is?" "I'm sorry, but I must see Nadine." "You're mad, it's 5 a.m." "It's urgent." "call her tomorrow." "She's asleep." "No, sorry!" "Thief." "Thief!" "How's life?" "Life's shit!" "Kind of early, no?" "It's 2am." "Then you did right." "I usually wake up around 3." "I don't feel great!" "It's 8 AM, not PM." "Is Luce sick?" "I don't know who that is." "Not a woman?" "And you come to me?" "You're the only person I can talk to." "silly, no?" "Not at all." "It's interesting." "Is he an intellectual?" "No." "An actress." "If she's an actress," "you've done the right thing." "And I should help you to betray my wife?" "I never loved your wife." "That's not my fault." "Shit, everything's my fault!" "Okay, Iet's not be fussy." "Where's the problem with your stage girl?" "The problem?" "Shit..." "She's been arrested for robbery,she stole 8,000 francs from the till at Rooti's." "That's the problem." "I don't know how but I want to help her." "What have I got to do with it?" "It's because you fuck my wife... get it." "We're in the Western world, so the solution will be capitalistic." "Are you enjoying this?" "What?" "You shouldn't believe everything you read." "my mother used to say:" ""Tofu is an alternative to meat for vegetarians"." "I'd answer: "Nothing in life is free"." "But that wasn't enough for her." "So she'd ask: "How much do you value this experience?"" ""10 cents... 20 cents?"" "Now, cheapskate." "How much are you enjoying this film?" "I don't get you." "Nothing in life is free!" "And it's not for free." "That's the way it goes with a punk like you." "I've got a solution for you." "I know a sick guy who's trying to put on a play and he's broke." "A play... get it?" "Theater!" "The three strokes!" "The Curtain!" ""o despair!" "o cursed race!"" "So?" "You buy it?" "She's an actress, right?" "Actors have to act." "Since you don't love my wife, you have to pay." "I'II call the guy for an appointment." "You're not taking me for a ride?" "I'm not sure of anything and it's killing me." "Excuse me." "It's beautiful." "Lapade didn't tell you?" "Ah yes, he did." "karl Heinz Zimmer." "Servais Mont." "May I dry my hair while listening?" "You're an actor, right?" "No, not at all." "Too bad." "It's about an actress..." "Nadine ChevaIier." "Isn't it beautiful?" "Yes, very." "I brought photographs of her." "Superb!" "beautiful!" "Lapade told me..." "He will soon die like my brother." "You know what he died of?" "Of disgust." "people have problems." "I know." "He knows." "We spent the budget on releasing a rare film." "The director was most impressed." "You see... some of us like to do a good job." "No money, no more film!" "And then people ripped off our hard work for nothing!" "Fucking cheapskate bastards!" "When are you going to pay up!" "It's too expensive!" "Isn't he a shit?" "You'II have to make your own entertainment." "I'm only an actor." "Where can I see the director?" "Why, right here!" "He moved here." "His heating system broke down." "It's not a uestion of ambition, it's the mechanism of power." "Shakespeare's machiaveIic virtues are astonishing." "Tofu is an alternative to meat for vegetarians!" "Is there a part for Nadine ChevaIier?" "The only important part in "Richard the Third" is..." "Lady Ann, the greatest feminine part." "Is she skilled?" "What does that mean?" "well, has she played anywhere?" "Is she classical?" "She was in a film named "NymphocuIa"." "NymphocuIa?" "But of course, two dykes in a castle with a dwarf!" "Superb!" "How was she?" "She was good..." "I mean great." "That changes everything." "Except the financial problem." "How much is missing?" "$20,000." "What's the production cost?" "including us?" "$100,000." "Okay, but on one condition:" "She must never know I had anything to do with it." "Is that clear?" "Don't judge him now, MessaIa is a great director." "Ask in Paris." "He's the best." "How goes?" "I've been looking you everywhere." "My boy!" "We'II take care of that problem!" "Hector called." "He says you've turned proud." "That "zdorovo!" "fantasticeskoe place Photo semki."" "My husband deIaet rating horosij bucket." "Crazy old avstrijskoj..." "Okay." "I need money." "AII I want is to be generous." ""A znau"!" "The girls can't come before Friday." "I said Wednesday." "They're stuck in Munich." "Customs." "Serious?" "Kiss the kid and take off." "You've lost weight... you don't eat." "I eat." "Come to eat when you want." "Okay." "You won't come." "Vy CTO know?" "$20,000." "I'm sick." "Money's expensive nowadays, you'II have to take more risks." "But then someone will rip your hard work off." "You accept?" "Don't bug me." "There we go!" "I have your father's recipe here in my cupboard." "Does he remember how to brew the magic potion?" "Let's write a poem." " Do you want to help?" " No." "well, that's not the right attitude!" "You'II never get anywhere like that." ""... and the thief and the cobbler," ""As for another secret intent by marrying her" ""CIarence still breathes;" "Edward still lives and reigns:" ""Set down," ""If honor may be..." ""shrouded in a hearse," ""Poor key-cold figure" ""of a holy king!" "if I said we're going head first into disaster?" "I say that because I'm happy you're here." "What we'II do will be good." "One day we'Il face the audience." "The audience!" "I want to warn you as of now..." "Don't give them what they want." "They won't want to pay for it." "I am expecting you, never, never" ""abortive be it, Prodigious," ""and untimely brought to light" ""As miserable by the death of him as I am made..."" "I can't..." "Stay here!" "I'II go." "Keep calm." "gentlemen, please!" "We're all falling apart!" "Come now!" "I'm a crook!" "Crook, you understand?" "I'm not understanding this at all." "I'm tired of being a rip-off merchant." "It's not right!" "Nobody deserves to have their work stolen!" "Nobody deserves" "I don't choose." "I don't try to understand." "I'd give anything to write subtitles." "But I have no talent." "So I steal other people's." "Understand?" "Idiot." "Moron." "I Iove fat chicks!" "AII that meat." "See her?" "Go ahead." "Now the old one with the two guys." "Wait, wait..." "It's coming." "I can't get enough of fat girls!" "They're less picky." "AII that meat on them." "Tofu is an alternative to meat for vegetarians." "calm down, it's bad for your blood pressure." "Thin people make me wretch." "No dough... it's disgusting." "Oh, look at that bitch." "Is the music keeping you awake?" "I steal that too." "I have to go near my place...go and buy some more blanks." "There's some chicken in the refrigerator." "I stole it." "MazeIIi said the craziest thing." "He said that people pay money for items they deem to be of value!" "What happened to the Rooti Patooti girl?" "Too expensive." "20 cents." "That's the cost of a blank." "Paying money, pah." "I took him to the park this afternoon, and you know what?" "He's in love - with a bitch his age." "She refuses to play with him." "He just stares at her like an idiot." "He's miserable and he's 5 years old." "You know, with your mother... it wasn't always bad." "Time fucked up everything." ""Sweet saint, for charity, be not so curst."" ""Sweet saint, for charity, be not so curst."" ""hence" ""and trouble us not." ""For thou hast made the happy world thy hell," ""If thou delight to view thy heinous deeds," ""behold this pattern of thy butcheries." " "oh gentlemen, see, see!"" " One moment." "well, what are you waiting for?" "Continue." ""Thou lump of foul deformity" ""that exhales this blood from cold and empty veins," "Tofu is an alternative to meat for vegetarians." "I tried it, but what did I get?" "Bad gas as my reward!" "I couldn't control myself!" "AII night I was up!" "Are you still watching?" "This DVD is available from Amazon dot com" "You ought to keep her covered.Get some blankets from upstairs." "One of those... peopIebit her on the arm." "What?" "You want this one, too?" "We have to get heIp.We have to get a doctor for Sarah." "We're going to try." "Since you're not doing anything,maybe you could look for those keys." " What keys" " Keys to the gas pump out back." " There's a car?" " A truck!" "The gas pump is locked." "The keys could be anywhere!" "Where are... keys..." "I'm looking for... my God." "Oh, my God." "I need the hammer in here!" "Bring the hammer..." "Ease up!" "Ease up!" "helen, we have to go downstairs quickly!" "Cooper, give me the nails over there!" "I can't let go!" "You have to help me out!" "Give me the wrench and nails, man" "Cooper!" "This is definitely not going to work." "Get out of the way!" " We have to get downstairs." " Take your hands off me!" "Don't shoot, it's Mr. McGruder!" " You shot Mr. McGruder!" " Look at his back." "Look at his back, I didn't do that!" "It's like uncle Rege.They're dead, but they're coming for us." "That's impossible." "That just can't be." "Grab him.We'II throw him out the window." "Is he dead?" "Is he dead?" "You're all seeing this!" "Is he dead?" "Stop it!" "You're losing it girl." "You think so?" "Whatever I lost, I lost a Iong time ago,and I don't plan on losing more." "You can talk to me about losing it,when you stop screaming at each other." "Are you all right?" "It's going to be all right, okay?" " How many bullets does it hold" " Fifteen." "There's more in the desk." "We have a few more windows to cover up.Grab some lumber and get started." "...random acts of vioIencecommitted by people in a trance." "They have lost the abiIio communicate and reason." "The military has been mobilized,but the violence is so widespread  that it is impossibIefor the rescue services to respond." "people left to defend themselves..." "Citizens faced withthe collapse of local police have taken the Iawinto their own hands." "Most communities are without telephones,many without power, some without water." "The scientific community is focusing onthe tranceIike state of the assailants." "clearly a behavioural disorder, but what could have causedsuch a widespread and dramatic disorder?" "." "We've heard everything fromthe ozone layer and chemical weapons to... voodoo mysticismand organisms from space." "biologists in CaIiforniahave released reports stating that the bodies of the recently deadare returning to life," "driven byan unknown forcethat enables the brain to function." "Doctors at the CDC in AtIantareject that theory- calling it preposterous beyond belief." "The only reasonable expIanationis a germ, a bacteria or a virus, that has a mind-aItering effect." "How a germ could have been deIiveredover such a vast area remains a mystery." "It's being called Judgment Day by..." "Where are you taking it?" "No, that stays up here." "Get off my back!" "Damn it." " Nice going, asshole!" " You were taking it downstairs." "You stupid..." "Damn you!" "You son of a bitch!" "That was our only way of finding outwhat was going on!" "I wasn't taking it downstairs.You can't get reception in a basement!" "I wasn't taking it downstairs.You can't get reception in a basement!" "What the hell is she doing?" "Is that your uncle Rege?" "Do you think the keys are in his pocket?" " We have to get the keys." " Damn it, stay back here." "We can get away." " It's too dangerous." " We could make it." " Five miles." "We have Cooper's kid." " Leave them, we'II bring back help." "Make a move, we're drawing a crowd here." "You know I'm right." "We could walk right by them." "I've got the keys." "We have to get to the gas.It's our best chance." "Everybody, back inside!" "uick!" "Damn it, get in here!" " You stay inside." "Keep the rifIe." " You can't go out without the guns." "We have Tom's gun.I want that gun in here." "I don't want any locked doorsbetween me and him." " For crying out loud, do you..." " I don't want to hear another word." "The only way I'm going outis with you keeping things straight." " I'm coming with you." " No, stay in here." "One to drive, one to work the gasand one to ride shotgun." "That's three." "Tommy, tell him I know how to drive." "Her daddy's got trucks,she's been driving since she was little." " AII right." "Is that shotgun loaded?" " Yes, I have shells in my pocket." "Can't tell how many's on the porch.That will be the toughest part." "Once we get to the yardwe ought to be all right." "There's no way.You're never going to make it." "You keep an eye on us." "When we start driving back,you get that kid up here!" "You get in that truck, get it started.Don't stop no matter what." "You just move!" "Heads up!" "Come on, damn it!" "Get in!" "helen, damn it..." "Ease up!" "Shut the door!" "Start, you piece of shit!" "Come on!" "What's happening?" "slow down, we lost Ben!" "Stop the car!" "We lost Ben, go back!" " We lost Ben" " What?" "Why didn't you tell me?" "I was hollering at you." "Go back!" " Here he comes." "What should I do" " Go down there and get him." "These are the wrong keys." "These are the wrong damn keys!" "What the hell are you doing?" "I want you down in that cellar, HeIen.There's nothing we can do up here now." "Do what he says.I'II try and get to town." "If I can find any help, I'II be back." " Come." " We mustn't leave them." " We should wait until Ben gets back." " I want you in there where it's safe." "Into the cellar, now.Your daughter needs you." "Sarah?" "Oh, my baby..." " I want that gun." " You go to hell." " I want that gun." " Give it up." "Just crawl back into..." "help me!" "Cooper!" "Open this door, god-damn it!" "Son of a bitch!" "Open it up!" "Open this door God-damn it!" "Give me that!" "Give it to me!" "Cooper!" "son of a bitch!" "Open the door!" "Come on!" "Push!" "push!" "Get his guns!" "Sarah?" "Shoot it." "No." " Shoot it, Cooper." " No." "But it's my..." "No!" "Stop!" "Ben, are you crazy?" "Cooper, no!" "Madness." " Are you coming?" " No." " We can still make it." " No, I'm hurt bad." "Go on, get out of here." "I'II bring help if I can." "Go!" "Oh, God!" "Do not attempt to reach family." "They may no Ionger be in operation." "Repeating this advisory from theoffice of Emergency Preparedness." "Repeating this advisory from theoffice of Emergency Preparedness." "The dead are being reactivatedby forces unknown." "You got that right." "The bodies are weakand uncoordinated  but are capable of infIictingdamage on people and prope." "They are to be considered extremeIydangerous, especially in large numbers." "These can be disposed ofonIy by incapacitating the brain." "They got that right, too." "These reactivated bodies will attackwarm-bIooded animals of all species without provocation,and will devour the flesh." "Don't shoot!" "Johnnie..." "Jesus god-damn holy reverent shit!" "What in the name of Jupiter's baIIsare you doing out here alone, lady?" " tell me, chief, are they sIow-moving" " Yeah, they're all messed up." "Shoot the fuck down!" "They're us.We're them, and they're us." "Say what?" "Nothing." " Having fun?" " Give me a break." "I'm going in." "Watch your back.There may be more of them." "You came back." "There's another one for the fire." "Drag that out of here." "No, that's not why we're here." "Why do we have to put ourselves through this charade?" "Because she is our mother." "Can't you give her one day of your life?" "One day?" "This is the fourth time in the three months since she died." "I'm spending more time with her now." "And you know why?" "She couldn't be buried in the city." "She knew I had to drive you here." "We're 200 miles from a glass of beer." "Johnnie, we're here." "please stop it." "Stop what?" "The truth?" "She damn near drove you into a convent." "When have you had a date?" "That is none of your business!" "The one thing she never ever drove, was 200 miles to visit anything." "I need you to stop talking like that." "Don't talk like that." "Not here." "Not in the middle of..." "Of what?" "Show some respect." "You really are afraid of this place." "God, you never stop." "For the love of God, Johnnie." "Bastard!" "Jesus, you're weird." "Let's just get through this." "Just get it over with." "They're coming to get you, Barbara." "For the love of God, ohnnie." "They're horny, Barbara." "They've been dead a Iong time." "Look There's one of them now." "He wants you." "He's getting closer." " dangerously closer!" " Stop it, Johnnie." "He's going to hear you." "It doesn't matter." "He knows we're here." "It's too late now." "There's no escape." "Nooo, mother!" "You bastard." "You bastard." " Johnnie" " I'm sorry." "Very sorry." "I'm sorry." "Hey, man, are you okay?" "Is there something we can do to help?" "Weird, huh?" "Johnnie!" "help!" "please, my brother!" "Hey, mister!" "please, we need help!" "please, help us." "Is there anybody here?" "hello?" "hello?" "Anyone else inside?" "You got any shotguns in there?" "Hunting rifles, anything." "I don't know." "You don't know?" "Hey, come on!" "Come on, Iet's go." "No!" "Come on!" "Die... damn it!" "Who is he?" "Do you know him?" "It's all right." "You did what you had to do." "Do you know any of them?" "The ones outside?" "This isn't your house?" "You don't live here?" "Look, talk to me girl." "Do you have a car?" "Do you have a car?" "The windows." "They can't break through the door, but they can get through the glass." "God damn you!" "God damn all of you!" "Truck's on empty." "We can't take the chance of running dry in the middle of nowhere." "We'II hole up here." "Hope that some help comes." "My name is Ben." "What's your name?" "Barbara." "Look here, Barbara." "I don't need you falling apart on me." "I know you can fight when you have to." "You have to now, right now." "Fight with your thinking and feeling." "Fighting keeps you strong and keeps you thinking straight." " What's happening?" " I don't know." "Nobody knows." "Radio in the truck..." "AII I heard was trash talk." "Same as always." "people trying to sound like they know, but they don't really know shit!" "One guy said it's escaped prisoners on the loose from Hennessey." "Another guy said it's some kind of chemical that makes everybody go crazy." "They don't know shit." "How do they explain a man walking around with his neck broken" "A man shot full of holes and still coming at you?" "assholes down in Evans out for a good time with their guns and their six-packs." "assholes trying to round them up and put them in the back of trucks." "Like they know what they're going to do with them." "They had ten... twenty of them in the back of this panel truck." "They opened the door to let another one in." "They came spilling out of there." "Like bugs." "I was at a diner." "Windows shot out." "Lady next to me shot dead." "Others, too..." "I saw six or seven go down." "Car exploded outside." "My car caught on fire." "It was like..." "like a war." "Some of those things made it inside the diner." "Started coming after us." "Some good old boy comes chasing them." "Mean son of a bitch had some kind of hot shit gun, Iike an M-16." "Starts... shooting around." "bullets tearing up the place." "I saw one of those things take thirty hits and keep on coming." "The damn thing had to be dead, but it kept on coming." "until it took a hit in the head." "That brought it down." "The only way to stop them, you have to get them in the head." "I don't know what's going on, but I know it's not a prison break." "No chemical I ever heard about can make a dead man walk." "This is something that nobody has ever heard about or seen before." "This is hell on earth." "This is pure hell on earth." "Damn." "Doesn't take long for the world to fall apart, does it?" "There's got to be guns in this house." "Maybe upstairs." "I'lI go take a look around." "will you be all right down here alone?" " There's something up there." " What?" "What is it?" "It's all right." "Nothing to worry about." " What is it?" " It's nothing." "It's all right." "Ben!" "It's all right, don't shoot!" "It's just us" " Who the hell is "us"?" " Tom Bitner." "This is Harry Cooper." "His wife is calling from the cellar." "They have a sick little girl down there." "My woman's down there, too." " Mind if we ask who the hell you are?" " She's Barbara." "I'm Ben." " You damn near broke my arm." " Harry, for God's sake!" " Aren't you going to answer" " It's all right." "Some people up here." "Didn't you hear all the noise?" "We could have used some help." "Didn't you hear all the noise?" "We could have used some help." "Maybe you can see through walls." "We heard some banging around up here." "It could have been those things." "No, that isn't right." "We heard the girl calling out." "We were just scared." "You want to know the truth?" "We were scared to hell." "You live here, Tom?" "No... it's my uncle Rege's house." "He and my cousin SatcheI." "My uncle is dead, I swear." "I touched him, he was stone-coId dead!" " That's the truth." " We can talk in the cellar." "We walked on over to be with satchel." "Radio said there was some trouble." "We didn't see anything." " We've heard all this before!" " I didn't hear it before, Cooper." "Go on, Tom." "Me and Judy Rose walked over, as I said." "After ten minutes, Mr. Cooper came banging on the door." "How did you get here?" "You trying to figure out if somebody's got a car?" "Mine is broken down on the interstate, and the kid doesn't own one." "What about you, Mr. Ben?" "You don't exactly look like neighbours." "Truck. outside." "Out of gas." "Gas?" "Evans City is five miles away." "We can make it on friggin' fumes." "What if we can't?" "Are you willing to take that chance" "Besides, Evans City is a war zone." "I've been there." "It'II take a Iot more than five miles to get any help." "There's a gas pump out by the shed." "My uncle keeps it locked." " You know where the key is?" " No, but I can hunt for it." "We will, but not now." "It could take too long." "We have to figure out what we're doing." "Finish your story, Tom." "This is bullshit If we're going to do something, Iet's do it." "Let's stand around and bullshit in the cellar where it's safe." " I'm not so sure that's a smart move." " What do you mean" "I'm not sure locking ourselves in that cellar is a smart move." "I want to know what all the options are." "What damn options?" "And who the fuck gave you the right to decide for us?" "I'm not deciding for you." "I'm thinking about my own ass." " You want to go down there, go!" " Harry, what's going on?" "helen, uit yelling at me!" "I can't think straight!" "You know, Cooper." "I've only been around you for a minute, but I don't like you very much." "I'm sure you feel the same about me, so let's stay out of each other's way." "Go on, Tom." "What else do you have to tell?" "well..." "Like I said, we were here for ten minutes, then Mr. Cooper banged on the door." "We let in Mr. Cooper and his wife." "I saw the little girl was hurt." "We let in Mr. Cooper and his wife." "I saw the little girl was hurt." "I tried to call for help, but the phone was making this sound." "I tried, but I couldn't call anybody." "That's when uncle Rege..." "He came walking out of the bedroom." "He was dead a minute before." "He wasn't dead." "He couldn't have been." "You made a mistake, that's all." "He was dead." "I know he was." "What happened?" "uncle Rege went after my cousin." "He went after him like..." "I don't know." " Anybody else in the house?" " No, just them." "Tom..." "Your cousin is dead." "I know he's dead." "He shot himself." "When uncle Rege came after him, I ran down to get the shotgun." "I couldn't imagine shooting uncle Rege." "I couldn't imagine doing a thing like that." "That's when I told everyone to go down in the cellar." " It was my idea." " It was a good idea." "Look outside." " Into the cellar." " No, it's a death-trap." "They may be able to break through the door." "We'II be cornered down there." " There's still some way to escape." " A way out is a way in." "The windows!" " We can board them up." " There's no time..." "There's only three of them." "I've handled more by myself." " The cellar door won't hold them." " But the windows will" "I don't need this." "If you want to go downstairs, go on!" "You can be boss down there, I'm boss up here." "What are you going to do?" " Come up, we need your help." " You're crazy!" "You're out of your minds!" "This is Judy Rose." "Get the shelves from the kitchen." " We'II board up the windows." " Tommy, are you sure we'II be all right?" "There are things out there like uncle Rege." "Come on, do what I tell you!" "I'II shut this door until somebody comes who can get us out of here." "If somebody comes, we'II try to remember to call you." "You Iamebrains!" "You're going to die up here." " What's happening?" " They decided to stay upstairs." " What about us" " It's safer down here." " What about Sarah?" " It's safer down here, Helen!" "There's just this one hammer." "Here, use this." "nail them up uick and di." "Get the windows covered." "We'II reinforce them later." "If you find any keys, hang on to them." " How many people are up there?" " Two more." " And they have the gun?" " No, they have o." "They might have a hundred guns, but it's safer down here!" "We have to get help for Sarah." "We have to get help for Sarah." "I'm not opening that door and neither are you, and if you try..." "What?" "It is your daughter lying there." "We have to get her to a doctor." "There's no doctors upstairs, and there's no way out of here." "None of those yo-yos has a car!" "What a place to be stuck." "In the middle of nowhere with a bunch of yo-yos." "The fever's got worse." "Look, she's going to be all right." "Somebody will come, we'II get out of here." "We're all going to be all right." "They're crazy." "They're out of their minds." "You bunch of yo-yos!" "This is the Iast of the big stuff." "Not going to do it." "Hey, Tom, give me a hand." "Turn it over." "Come on!" "Get the legs." "AII right, I'II be back here." "Come on, come on!"