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(eerie music)

(suspenseful music)

(door creaking)

(door clattering) (ominous music)

- Hey Tanny, is that you?

Tanny, did you remember to get the pizza?

Did you get me the anchovies?

Hey, Tanny, are you guys home?

(stairs creaking)

Come on you guys, are you all back yet?

Answer me.

(doorknob clacking)

Tanny!

(girl screaming) (tense music)

Help!

Help!

Help me!

Help, help!

Help me!

Help someone!

(girl panting)

(door clattering)

Help!

Help, help, help me! (cleaver thudding)

Help!

Help!

Help me!

(girl panting)

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help me!

Help!

Help!

Help!

Help!

(cleaver thudding) (tense music)

(water splashing)

(cleaver thudding)

(hand thudding) (ominous music)

(stairs creaking)

(ominous rhythmic music)

(suspenseful music)

(dramatic music)

♪ Ah ah ♪

(suspenseful music)

(tense music)

(suspenseful music)

(ominous music)

(rocking chair creaking)

- Debbie, is that you?

Are you still awake?

(rocking chair creaking)

(tense music)

(suspenseful music)

(dramatic music)

(girl screaming)

Help!

Help!

(girl screaming)

No!

No!

(screaming) No!

Get away from me!

No!

No!

Stop!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

(girl screaming)

Oh, stop!

Oh please don't.

Please don't hurt me.

What are you doing?

Why?

Why are you hurting me?

Please, please don't kill me, please.

Please, please!

Please don't.

No, no!

Please, oh no! (head thudding)

(suspenseful music)

(siren blaring)

- [Officer] 10-4, yes, sir, it's the bedroom with her.

- [Dispatcher] The west side.

- It was after the second body (tense music)

was found that I personally took over the investigation

of the sorority house murders.

(police radio chattering)

To my knowledge, there had never been so savage

a series of murders in this part of the state.

We were most likely dealing with a serial killer

who would probably strike again

and my guess was on campus.

- [Dispatcher] One Baker six, 2347.

- [Ron] Both murders bore similarities,

most obvious being the golden amulets

the killer left on each body.

That, and the fact that he dismembered

each of his victims, indicated

that we were dealing with a psychopath,

a killer who would be very difficult to catch.

- Oh, Sheriff.

- [Ron] It was at that time that I also began to suspect

that our county medical examiner,

Dr. Hans White, was being sloppy in his investigation.

- Didn't take anything.

- [Ron] In both cases so far he had handled

evidence or removed it completely from the crime scene,

when did it happen,

before my deputy or I had had a chance to examine it.

At first I put it down to nervousness,

the pressure of working on a highly unusual case.

To think straight.

But as time went on, I got the feeling

that it might've been intentional.

You're a big help.

That wasn't like the doc I knew then,

but I didn't know then what I do now.

- By the way.

- [Ron] I knew that I would have to come up

with some answers quickly.

I was in the midst of an election campaign

for the senate, and unless I produced a suspect soon

I knew my campaign would sink.

- Just remember that when you are senator, Wilbois, okay?

- Sure will. (Hans laughing)

(tense music)

The golden amulets were the only concrete clues we had

in the beginning.

And it was my daughter, Tina,

who worked in the college library

who made the first break in the case.

Where's Tina?

Is she around today?

- Well, hi, Sheriff.

Yes, she should be right around there restacking.

- Thank you.

Hi.

- Oh, Daddy, you startled me.

- Did I?

- Yes, you did.

So how goes it?

- Well, okay.

- "Well, okay," now it's me.

"Well, okay" means things ain't going so great.

- I ain't doing too great.

- Okay, so what's the bad news?

- There's been another murder this morning.

- Oh God.

You know who it was?

- A Tri-Delt, got her right in the sorority house

with the roommate in the bed next to her.

- Oh God.

Who was it?

- We don't know but we're checking it out.

Did you find out anything about those trinkets I gave you?

- Yeah, a little but, come on.

I sure hope this cretin doesn't come running to our dorm.

You know, when this gets out,

the girls are gonna be taken out like flies.

- Well, some of them already have.

- I just hope he doesn't come spooking around.

- You can always come back home for awhile you know, honey.

- And desert the girls?

Not yet, pal.

I looked up everything I could on the occult

and God symbolism and I couldn't find much

until I found this.

- [Ron] Yeah?

- [Tina] Well, it's a relatively new book.

We've had it in the library for about a month I guess.

- You did it!

Good for you, kid.

Where did it come from?

- It's the insignia of a relatively new cult

of witches, about 1700.

And it's seems that they're rather obscure,

American in origin.

And it seems they started out as a backlash

against the witch trials in Salem,

that's in Massachusetts.

- Yes, I know.

- [Tina] Was that found next to the body?

- [Ron] Yes.

- [Tina] And was there a body part missing?

- We think the murderer meant to take her head

but he didn't have time.

- Well then, Daddy, it all makes sense.

Look, read this right here.

- "This dog-centered revenge cult

"implemented its revenge through the ritual sacrifice

"of a manikin constructed from body parts

"of various persons who had offended them.

"The sacrifice was always through fire,

"and to facilitate the demonic powers,

"the manikin's components were dyed red and ocre.

"The burnings were designed to doom

"designated magistration officials and were always done

"in heavily wooded areas within the boundaries

"of jurisdiction of the intended magistration officials.

"The sacrifices were intended as retribution

"for those responsible for putting to death

"real or suspected witches

"and were generally thought to have been effective."

- Now see, doesn't that make sense?

I mean, maybe this guy's putting together

some sort of weird sacrifice.

- A blood cult where they put together

sort of a Frankenstein and then burn them.

- Sounds like it to me,

except Frankenstein came about 150 years before.

- Oh, you've done a lot of research here, young lady.

- [Tina] And it says here that after each death,

they leave an amulet near the body, look.

- Son of a bitch.

- Kind of bizarre to think some weird person

is bringing back some old witch cult.

And I bet that's what it is.

- I'm really proud of you, honey.

You do real good work checking out all this.

- Well, I learned from the best.

- What'd you say?

- I said that you're a good teacher.

All those days and nights on the job

while I was growing up,

all the time you were away from home,

well, I kept my eyes and ears open.

I picked up a thing or two along the way.

- I guess you did coming up with all this.

It just seems so incredible.

- Yeah, but that's all I could find.

- Mmm, well, it's a start.

It's more than I had when I first came in here.

Can I take this book along?

- Daddy, you no I can't let that out.

- Tell them the police have it for an investigation.

(somber music)

- Oh, Mr. Wilbois, hey nice day.

- [Ron] Yeah, great.

- Uh huh, yeah there was another murder last night

at the Tri-Delt house.

I think you heard about that, right?

- Oh yeah, I heard.

- (chuckles) How you doing, honey?

(both chuckling)

Oh, I see you got the book on the witch cult.

Give you any ideas?

- Yeah, it sure did.

We're gonna check them out.

- [Joel] Oh, thought you might find it interesting.

- [Tina] Oh, he helped me find the book, Daddy.

- Mmm, I bet he did.

- So you got any leads on this new one, Sheriff?

Is it the same M.O. as the others?

- Mmm, we've got some clues.

- They're serial killings, aren't they, like in that book.

- Well, that cult in this book was a great many years ago,

but it was, we think, a serial killer.

I gotta go now, dear.

- I'll see you later, Daddy.

- And think about coming back home.

- [Tina] I will, Daddy.

Bye bye.

- He wants you to come back home.

- Don't be such a smart ass.

Do you think that I'd go home when I have my own room

in the dorm and I can sneak you up there

any time I want?

- Oh you think I'd just come run anytime you call, huh?

- Well, I think you do,

don't you? - No I don't.

- You do. (both chuckling)

- Lunch?

(Tina laughing)

(tense music)

- Central State College is by far the largest employer

in the county, and with two of its coeds brutally murdered

right on campus, it was not long before Dean Charles Bailey

left word that he wanted to see me.

Is he in?

He's expecting me.

- Yes, go on ahead, he's right in there.

- [Ron] I knew what he wanted.

But what I didn't know then was that he might've known more

than he was telling me.

(light knocking)

- Oh, Sheriff, come in.

Sit down.

- Thank you, sir.

- I hear that we had

another unfortunate occurrence last night.

- Yes, sir.

- Well, what can be done about this?

You have any idea who's doing it?

- I wish to hell I knew, sir.

- Well, I don't mind telling you

I'm nervous about it, very nervous.

- [Ron] Yes, sir, I can imagine.

- And for the past three days I've done nothing else

but to answer the phone and to the irate calls

from the parents, the press,

the board of regents. (phone ringing)

See, there it goes again.

Gloria, hold all calls for awhile.

I'm in a very important meeting.

Yes.

Well, Ron, where do we stand on all this?

This obviously can't go on.

- I wish I knew, sir.

We've got ourselves some kind of a ritualistic killer

goes around chopping up coeds

and stealing their body parts.

My guess is it's some sort of a game,

a scavenger hunt having something to do

with an old witch cult.

- Good Lord, on this campus?

Oh, you've got to do something about it.

What are you doing to stop it?

- Well, I've got some extra deputies

watching all the sorority houses and now the dorms.

But who's to say he'll hit there again if he does return?

- I had no idea that it was this bad.

I'm simply going to have to close down the campus.

So near the end of the semester.

- Wouldn't do that, sir.

I wouldn't close down the university

because if you do that, you might queer any of our chances

we have to catch this fella.

- What am I to do?

- Well, we've got some leads.

Give me some time, Dean.

Keep things as normal as possible

and I think we'll have our best chance

to stop this quickly.

- Ron, I've always trusted you,

supported you in the past, haven't I?

- Yeah.

Yes, sir.

- And the college has always supported you

and all your campaigns in every way, hasn't it?

- You're my biggest contributor.

- But have you been a team player?

- I don't understand.

- A team player, what is best for all of us.

- Dean, if you're gonna bring up

that police protection issue, I voted my conscience on that

and I've repeatedly told you

that I must represent all the people in the county.

I try to be fair, but I'm over-budgeted and understaffed.

I think this campus is pretty well protected.

- Well, the point is this college pays a lot of taxes.

Now, there are many things that we would like to do

to make this town a better place in which to live.

But most of the time, I get the feeling

that you are not with us on many of these things.

- You mean, not a team player.

- Right.

You see, I owe it to my students

and to their parents and the board

to protect them as much as I possibly can

and not only against this killer,

but for the future and the future of the school.

We do not need serial murders on this campus.

- Well, I don't need any problems right at this time

with an election coming up before long.

If you just give me some time,

I'm sure I can crack it.

(tense music)

- You're a strong-minded man, aren't you, Ron?

Have to do it your way.

- I'll give you this much.

If you keep this campus open,

I'll give you the killer before the new year begins.

I'll stake my reputation on it.

- [Charles] It is your reputation, Ron.

And if you blow this, you will never get another dime

from this college.

- I know.

- [Charles] It's a deal.

But there had better not be any more killings.

(lively rock music) (people chattering)

(tense music)

(cans clattering)

(ominous music)

(man grunting)

(eerie music)

(cleaver thudding)

(suspenseful music)

(dog howling)

(cleaver thudding)

(lively rock music) (people chattering)

- Jill?

Jill, you there?

Guys, hey guys, come here!

(suspenseful music)

Hey, guys!

(lively rock music) (people chattering)

- All right, Mace, let's go over this again.

The suspected weapon was a knife.

- Yeah, or meat cleaver.

That's what the doc said just like other two.

- Maybe they knew this guy.

- Could be. (police radio chattering)

But all three seem to boil down to this.

The killer walks right in, kills a young girl,

takes part of her body, and leaves,

teasing us with a coin he leaves on each body.

That's weird.

- Any ideas?

- You're asking me?

- Well, we've got to come up with something.

- What about this witchcraft angle,

the coins or trinkets.

- That's got to be the key.

Could this be some kind of Dungeons & Dragons game

or some scavenger hunt going on around here somewhere?

You heard anything?

- Nope.

I do remember hearing a few years ago

about this group going around trying to resurrect

Peter Lorre's body.

But I'm not sure how that came out.

- I don't think I want to (chuckles).

(siren blaring)

I scribbled out some people

you might want to contact about this.

Maybe they can help.

- [Mace] I'll keep my ears open, Sheriff.

- Do that because politically,

well, this would be very, very good for us

if we could wrap this thing up quickly.

- I like the witch angle and the game angle.

I'm gonna ask around.

- I want every sorority house and each dorm

on that campus staked out every night

until we catch that guy.

- [Mace] Yes, sir.

- There will not be another murder, understood?

(chickens clucking)

(rooster crowing)

(dog barking)

- [Gracie] Sparks, cut that out now.

Get away from the chickens.

Sparks, cut that out, you hear me?

Now, get in here.

(dog growling)

(dog screeching)

(birds chirping)

(sheep bleating)

Sparks, where are you?

Come here!

(tense music)

Honey?

- [Mr. Moore] Yes, dear.

- [Gracie] Would you go out

and check on Sparks. (rooster crowing)

- [Mr. Moore] How come?

- [Gracie] Well, I don't hear him.

He was out there and now I don't hear him.

- [Mr. Moore] Okay, I'll go.

- [Gracie] Well now, just go out and check.

He was out there making lots of noise.

Now I don't hear him.

Now, maybe he's got a chicken.

- Okay, okay, I'll go. (door thudding)

(birds chirping)

(sheep bleating)

(rooster crowing)

(sheep bleating)

(rooster crowing)

(chickens clucking)

Dear, will you come out here and bring a shovel?

(burger sizzling)

(people chattering)

- Hi, how are you doing today?

- Fine, how are you?

- Fine, what are you gonna have?

- I'll have some broccoli and a beef patty.

(dishes clattering)

Thanks.

- Thank you.

- [Man] Uh, yeah, more than likely.

(people chattering)

- Hi, how are ya?

- Hi.

- [Cashier] The blue plate special and a Coke, 2.90 please.

Thank you and have a good day.

- Hey, you, too.

Hi.

(shouting a foreign language) (eerie music)

(girl screaming)

(girl screaming)

(shouting a foreign language)

(woman screaming) (eerie music)

- Foy not foie.

Because it is in French. (gentle music)

Lighten up, Linda.

We're talking banana mush here.

No, no, I don't wanna talk

about the pig situation right now.

- [Joel] What is this?

- Some Vual night. (Joel chuckles)

No, it's not the end of the world

if Jeanie does move out of the dorm.

Look, we've got a lot of farm girls on this camp.

Trust me, honey, we're up to our asses in pigs here.

- (laughing) I'm sorry.

- [Tina] Listen, could I talk to you about this later?

It's my lunch hour and I don't wanna blow it.

- Now she tells me.

- Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, I've gotta call you back, okay?

Yes (giggling), yeah, aloha to you, too.

Okay, bye.

God.

- Now where were we?

Hey, there's somebody being just cuter than hell over here.

- Look, if Jeanie leaves the dorm,

it's the fifth girl since Jill died.

- Leaving you without a pig to your name.

- Did anybody ever tell you that you are seriously ill?

- Mmm hmm, but you weren't complaining at the time.

- Look, I've got a lot of responsibility.

- Yeah, I know that, but everybody gets a lunch hour, right?

- Don't.

- So what are you gonna do about it?

I mean, we talking Nancy Drew time here or what?

You think sticking around you're gonna help your old man

pull it out of the fire?

- Daddy can handle it.

- Oh yeah, he's done a hell of a job so far.

Well, what's he done?

If I hadn't found that book, he would have a clue.

- A lead, smart ass, a lead.

He's got lots of clues.

- You haven't let me spend the night here

since before this murder started.

- It's the end of the semester.

The girls have finals.

I've got--

- Yeah, and I'm waking up in the morning

and you're not here and the first thing I hear

is that another woman's been killed on the campus.

- Sorry, honey.

I can take care of myself.

- Right.

Well, since I've got all this spare time at night

on my hands, I might as well find something to fill it.

And as far as I can tell, I'm better at cops and robbers

than your old man is, so.

- Oh no.

Oh no.

Don't you dare.

Don't you dare.

I've been wondering all my life

if my father's gonna walk in alive in the morning

and I'm not gonna start with you now.

- You sure that deep down inside

you wouldn't enjoy seeing somebody show him up on this?

- Oh God, wouldn't that be swell?

Wouldn't that just be terrific?

My father's career ruined.

Gosh, what more could a girl want?

- Well, it'd serve him right, wouldn't it?

You know, for making you stay alone all those nights.

- Lunch is over.

- [Joel] Lunch hasn't started.

- Don't even think about it.

(phone ringing)

- "Burning effigies made of body parts out in the country."

"Witchcraft."

There's got to be some connection there somewhere.

Oh good, you're there.

Can you come in for a second?

Thanks. (police radio chattering)

- [Dispatcher] One Baker six, 2347.

- [Mace] Yes, sir.

- What have you found out about that last murder?

- Same as the others basically.

The doc's doing the autopsy now,

but looks another coed.

- [Ron] So it's another serial.

- Looks like it.

- Anything missing?

- [Chase] Her hand was cut off.

Some student found one of the fingers

in her salad bowl.

- (gagging) Jesus!

I suppose a trinket was left on the body.

- Yes, sir, in the dumpster.

Oh yeah, the dean called.

Said he wanted to talk to you as soon as you had a minute.

- Oh, I know what he wants.

I can wait on that call.

I don't know what we're gonna do.

If this doesn't stop, we'll all be looking for jobs.

You remember any reports lately

on disturbances out in the country

or noises, fires?

- [Mace] No, not so's I remember.

- Well, check it out, will you?

I've been reading in this book

that a witch cult used to leave amulets near their bodies

of their victims.

Would use their victims in sacrifices

and these sacrifices

would always be out in the country somewhere.

There would always be fire, loud chanting.

Case, this is our only real lead.

- I'll check it out, Sheriff.

- Well, go on, get busy!

- Yes, sir, right away.

- [Dispatcher] 2347--

- [Ron] How does

this dog-centered angle fit in?

Why the amulets?

- Oh, Sheriff, I almost forgot.

I got a call yesterday.

I just thought it was a crank or a drunk

so I didn't pay much attention.

But a lady did call in from way out the west end

saying she thought she had poachers on her land.

She wanted us to come and investigate.

- And so?

- Yes, sir, but she sounded drunk to me.

- Mmm, think I'll go make a quick call

on Miss Gracie Moore,

Hard Rock Ranch, see if she does have any poachers.

Quick campaign call couldn't hurt with elections coming up.

(lively music)

(police radio chattering)

(rooster crowing)

(sheep bleating)

(chickens clucking)

- Who in the hell is that?

(door alarm buzzing)

- [Ron] Ms. Moore, Gracie Moore?

- Yes, sir, I certainly am Ms. Gracie Moore.

Why, what a pleasure it is

to have you come way out here, sir.

You know I recognized you, I really did

from them posters all over town.

Well, you're Sheriff Wilbois, ain't ya?

- Yes, ma'am.

- Well, I never dreamed that you'd come

way out here yourself, in person.

I really didn't.

Oh, wait'll my husband hears about this.

You'll have his vote for sure now.

He wasn't gonna vote for you, you know.

- [Ron] No?

- No, he wasn't, not till you got them damn posters

off our land. (Ron chuckling)

He said less'n you could, the hell with ya.

But seeings as how you come out here yourself.

- Yes'm.

About that complaint because we got one.

Was it you made that call yesterday?

- [Gracie] Yes, I did.

- Well, what's the problem?

- Well, I am so glad that you came out

because that young man that took my call yesterday

laughed at me like I wasn't serious or something.

- He did?

Well, I'll have to have a talk about him.

- I wish you would.

It was very embarrassing.

Well, he sounded like that I was bothering him.

And that's no way for a policeman to act, is it?

- No, ma'am, no it isn't.

But about your complaint, what did you tell him?

- Well, I told him (rooster crowing)

about those noises over in the woods.

Spooky ones, out there in the woods every night.

- [Ron] How long

has this been going on? (tense music)

- [Gracie] Oh, couple of days, maybe a week now.

Now, my husband thinks that those poachers

is using spotlights to attract the game.

- [Ron] Spotlights?

- Yeah, big ones, light up the whole damn sky.

Well, you come on out here at night and you'll see it.

It's like there was a big bonfire over there or something.

Well, didn't your deputy tell you all this?

I told him all about it.

- No, he didn't.

- Damn!

Well, anyway, that's not the worst part of it.

Now, poachers is poachers. (rooster crowing)

And even on this private land,

we know that they come across the fence

to shoot their game and so on.

But when they start killing your household pets,

well, it's time to put a stop to it.

- What do you mean, Ms. Moore?

- Well, yesterday, we, my husband and I that is,

well, we heard some strange noises coming from outside

over by the barn.

Now, Carlton, that's my husband,

he used to be a veterinarian, you know.

Well, he said it sounded like the dog, name's Sparks,

was Sparks that is.

It sounded like he was over by the chicken coop

having at the hens and the hens were squawking

and Sparks was a-yellin' and there was a terrible big row.

But then all of a sudden (dog barking)

Sparks let out this big ol' yell

sounded like a scream or something.

And then there was nothin', just silence.

Well, I got to worrying when Sparks didn't come back

to the house.

So anyway, well, Carlton he goes over there.

(tense music)

And that's when he seen it.

- Seen what, Ms. Moore?

- Sparks, right on the ground there dead.

Over there by the chicken coop.

He was lying in a pool of blood,

his head cut off.

- [Ron] His head cut off?

- That's when I got a shovel and buried him.

It's gotta been them poachers.

Now, who else would wanna kill poor ol' Sparks?

- [Ron] I don't know, Mrs. Moore.

- Well, he was scaring off their game.

That's the way we figure it.

- Where'd you bury the dog, ma'am?

- Over back of the barn all except his head.

I never could find his head.

Now, isn't that funny, Sheriff?

I don't know why they wanna take something like that.

- Neither do I, Ms. Moore.

Can't tell what some people will do these days.

Now, these sounds and the fires out in the woods

you say they happen only at night?

- Yes, sir, only at night.

- [Ron] What time of night, early, late?

- Oh late.

Well, we go to bed pretty early around here

especially at this time of year,

but for the last few nights, it's been waking us up

about oh two, three o'clock in the morning.

It's hard to get back to sleep

when you're woke up in the middle of the might.

- [Ron] Yeah, it sure is.

And you think I could see and hear all this

if I came out at night?

- [Gracie] Plain as day.

- Well, Ms. Moore,

I think I'll take (tense music)

a little trip out there tonight, do some snooping around.

You tell your husband if I find any poachers,

I'll run 'em off.

- Oh will you, Sheriff?

Oh, we'd be so grateful.

I'll tell Carlton.

He'll be so glad that you were out here.

- Well, thank you, Ms. Moore.

(tense music)

- Oh, Sheriff.

One more thing.

If you find Sparks' head while you're out there

looking around, you will bring it back home, won't ya?

My husband and I just won't rest easy

until we've got Sparks buried,

well, all of him, all together.

You know what I mean.

- Yes, ma'am, I know what you mean.

(birds chirping)

(sheep bleating)

(book thudding)

- One minute, I'll be right with you.

Now, what can I do for you?

Oh, Daddy, hi, I didn't know it was you.

- I hope you don't treat all your customers like that.

- [Tina] Oh no, only the obnoxious ones.

(Ron chuckling)

You brought the book back.

- Not a scratch on it.

Anybody miss it?

- No, but you could've gotten me

in a hell of a lot of trouble.

Was it any help?

- Real helpful.

You said it was a new book.

How long has it been here?

- About a month.

Tell you exactly.

It came in on the 16th and it was published

at the end of this year.

- It can't be checked out.

Do you remember anybody reading it?

- Oh, that's hard to say.

Anybody can come and get it off the shelf.

Joel was looking at it for quite awhile.

In fact, he's the one that told me about the amulet.

- He did, eh?

Hmm.

You ever hear anything about a witch cult around here?

- No, only in this book.

- [Ron] Are the kids into any kind of a game

like Dungeons & Dragons?

- On this campus?

- There's one with anchovy, the Hawaiian special

with extra poi.

How are you doing?

- [Both] Mmm.

- Hi, honey.

- [Ron] Oh.

- Hi, Sheriff, how was this book?

Pretty interesting, huh?

- Yes, it was interesting.

- [Joel] Just like the killer, isn't it?

- There are some similarities.

- Look, you two, I have to get these books

in the stacks before closing.

If you wanna talk, you can follow me back there and talk,

if you're quiet.

Oh, Daddy, bring the book on the cult.

- So, Sheriff, you're here to check up on Tina, right,

make sure she's safe?

- Don't be such a smart ass, Joel.

Daddy's here to return the book he borrowed.

- I don't have to check up on Tina.

I trust her.

- Now, you two be nice, okay?

- There was another murder on campus, isn't that right?

- Boy, you know everything, don't you?

- Well, it's not exactly a secret.

It's a Kappa.

They found her in the garbage behind the cafeteria

with her hands missing.

- Real reporter here.

- [Tina] Now look, I'm not gonna sit here and listen

to you two bicker.

Daddy, now, you said you had a lead.

- Well, maybe.

We had a complaint from some farmer

way out in the west end.

A lot of big commotions out there at night

and fires way off in the woods.

- I had heard you were out there today snooping around.

- I was out there following up on a lead.

- Now, Daddy, do you think that all these lights

and this commotion out in the woods can be connected

with the murders?

- Oh yeah, according to the book,

see these cults are--

- Joel, would you please - Well, these big covens,

they meet out in the woods, - let Daddy finish?

- garden, body parts.

All right.

- Well, he's right.

If this murderer got his ideas out of this book,

and they're cutting body parts

off sorority coeds for some kind of a special ritual

out in the woods, that may be it.

- Sacrifice by fire.

- Oh come on, you can't believe all this.

All this drivel happened hundreds of years ago.

- Well, I can take it seriously when there are

four unsolved murders and no suspects.

- Hey, Sheriff, look, I know that area pretty well.

Why don't you let me go out there with you tonight?

- Don't you even think about it.

- I can handle it thanks.

- Daddy, you read what this book says.

It said that they were out to get magistrates and officials.

A sheriff is a magistrate and you are a sheriff.

Do me a favor, don't go out there tonight.

- I thought you didn't believe in all this stuff.

- Well, I don't believe in it.

But just do me a favor and I'd feel a lot easier

if you didn't go.

- Case closed.

You two wanna have dinner with me

before I ride out there tonight?

- Oh, Daddy.

- Meet me at the diner in half an hour.

Can you finish up by then?

- Yeah, I guess so.

- You, too, Joel.

And thanks, kid, for the loan of the book.

- Bye bye, Daddy, see you soon.

(tense music)

(upbeat country music)

(people chattering)

So what are you gonna eat?

- I'm gonna order some coffee.

- [Dot] Can I get you anything else, Sheriff?

- Some coffee after my wine,

thank you. - Okay, thank you.

How 'bout you?

Can I get you anything else? - No thank you.

- Okay, thank you.

(people chattering)

- [Tina] It's a good thing we're not in the cafeteria.

That place is like a morgue.

- [Ron] I'll bet that finger salad didn't do their business

any good over there.

- And I bet the food hasn't gotten any better either.

Where's Joel?

He was supposed to be here half an hour ago.

- Don't be so eager, honey.

He'll be here.

Don't let him know you care so much.

The more interested a girl gets,

the less interested the guy gets.

- Daddy, you haven't been interested in a woman

since prehistoric ages.

Things have changed a little bit.

- Touche.

May I have my coffee now,

please, Dot? - Just a minute please.

- Daddy, you know if you are considering going out

to the west end tonight, I certainly wish

you'd take some of your men with you

just in case.

- [Ron] Honey, I've got them staked out all over the campus.

They're needed there tonight.

Now, I don't want to hear any more about it.

- I know.

So many parents are taking their kids out of school.

You know, there's only about a third left in the dorm.

- [Dot] Here you are, Sheriff.

If you need a refill

just call me. - Thank you, Dot.

You gonna stay at the dorm or have you thought

about coming home for awhile?

- Hi.

- Hi.

(both chuckling)

Uh, I think I'd better stick it out at the dorm, Daddy.

I mean the girls that are left really need me.

It's the end of the semester.

- Dorm mother or not, I'd like to have you at home

with me for awhile. - Oh that would be

a great idea.

I mean, what would everybody think?

The sheriff's own daughter's afraid to stay on campus.

- She's got a point there, Sheriff.

- Mmm, that's good.

It's gonna be a long night.

- Hey, Sheriff, honest, I really wouldn't mind

coming out to the woods with you tonight.

What do you say?

- [Joel] Forget it.

You want some dinner?

- Oh no, no, I ate already, thanks.

Look, I wouldn't be in the way.

And you really shouldn't be going out there

by yourself, you know.

- I'll be fine.

As a matter of fact, you'd just be in the way.

- Oh no, no, I know those woods.

I grew up in the west end, Sheriff.

And look, you don't want your old man

going out there alone at night, now do ya?

- No, I don't.

Now, I don't want you going out

and I certainly don't want Joel going out,

but I hate the idea of you going out alone.

So please, Daddy, for me, why don't you let him go with you?

- [Ron] Well, okay.

(lively country music)

(thunder rumbling)

God, I can't see tonight.

- [Joel] What do we do now?

- The lady said the sounds and the lights

come from straight ahead.

(tense music)

But it's only a little after eight.

(sighs) We got a long night ahead.

- Yeah.

So what do you think we're gonna find here?

- I'll be damned if I know. (Joel chuckles)

(Ron sighs)

- Got a headache, Sheriff?

- Yeah, hell of a headache.

I think I'll take about 40 winks.

It'll go away.

Wake me if you see anything.

- [Joel] Yes, sir.

(dog barking) (thunder cracking)

(suspenseful music)

- [Ron] Where the hell did he go?

- Sheriff!

It started, those sounds

and you can see the lights over there.

Come on!

- [Ron] Let's go!

(tense music)

I think the light's coming from way over there

beyond those trees.

- Yeah.

But let's take this path.

It looks better.

You hear anything?

- Not now, but I did.

Come on.

(suspenseful music) Come on.

Come on.

Sheriff, you all right?

- Yeah, yeah, I'm just bit dizzy, that's all.

- You don't look so good.

- Nah, I'm just (thunder cracking)

not as young as I used to be. (man howling)

You hear that?

I thought I heard something over there.

(woman howling) (thunder cracking)

- Shit, what was that?

- Hell if I know.

I think it came from over there.

- Yeah, okay, you get it together.

I'll check it out.

- All right, I'll catch up.

(thunder rumbling)

(bird chattering)

(Ron grumbling)

(wind whistling)

(ominous music)

(people chattering)

(suspenseful music)

- [Cult Members] Almighty Caninus.

- [Woman] I think I cannot make it.

- [Cult Members] Almighty Caninus.

Almighty Caninus.

- [Cult Member] (drowned out by music) Caninus.

- [Cult Members] Almighty Caninus.

Almighty Caninus.

- You lead with strength. (fire crackling)

- [Cult Members] Almighty Caninus.

- Almighty Caninus.

Almighty Caninus.

- [Cult Member] Almighty one.

- [Cult Members] Almighty Caninus.

Almighty Caninus. (wind whistling)

Almighty Caninus.

Almighty Caninus.

Almighty Caninus.

Almighty Caninus. - Bring her over.

- [Cult Member] Go.

Drop her here.

(ominous music)

(stick thudding)

- Members, brothers, and sisters, welcome.

- [Cult Members] Welcome.

- And of Caninus, our lord and master,

we will obey.

- [Cult Members] We will obey.

- The Caninus command.

And what does Caninus command? (dog growling)

- [Cult Members] Caninus commands death and loyalty.

- Death and loyalty.

And what have we here?

- [Cult Members] We have death and resurrection.

(tense music)

- Death and glorious resurrection.

For when our mission is completed,

our lord and master will guard

and protect his children.

Yes, there is but one thing still missing

to make his plan complete.

(thunder cracking)

A body to make the sacrifice complete.

(suspenseful music)

And soon we will fulfill

Caninus' command and we will have our sacrifice.

And soon we will control this place

and he will protect his children.

- [Cult Members] Amen.

(dog growling)

(dog panting)

(dog barking) (dog growling)

Heal off.

Heal master.

For this man is no threat, let him come near.

Does our guest wonder why and who we are?

Then come near and listen to our message

and listen to our destiny.

- Doc, Doc, why?

- Yes, Ronnie, it's me.

- Dean Bailey, not you!

- [Charles] Yes, Ronnie, all of us.

We're all here together.

We're all hoping you'll come, too.

And the great lord and master the god-devil Caninus

will protect you and guide you in everything you do.

Amen.

Come with us.

Come.

- Even your family is with us,

your own flesh and blood, your daughter.

Behold.

This is a foreshadowing of what is to come.

Rise, rise, daughter,

and do the master's will. (ominous vocalizing music)

- It is my duty to complete the sacrifice.

It is my duty to my lord and master to provide the body

to complete the sacrifice.

I will fulfill his bidding.

To this end, I will sacrifice my life

for his lord and master.

- Tina, Tina!

Why, why, Tina?

- She is beyond your authority, Ron Wilbois.

She is the master's now.

She will do his will.

Join us, join us and you, too, will fulfill your destiny.

The great lord and master Caninus will protect you.

Come, come with us.

(thunder rumbling)

(tense music)

(tense music)

- Sheriff?

- Where you been?

- I was out looking for the source of that sound,

but I couldn't find anything.

- Well, it was right here,

right here all the time.

Oh man. - Nothing here

but an old trash fire.

- Old trash fire?

- I think we got a little carried away out here.

God, what happened to your head, Sheriff?

- I don't know, I don't know.

- [Joel] We better get you back to town.

- [Ron] Yeah.

- Yeah.

- Oh.

(Joel grunting) (dog barking)

(somber music)

(tense music)

- [Tina] Boy, he sure

doesn't look too good. (Joel grunting)

- Drive me.

- [Hans] Don't try to talk, Ron.

Just take it easy.

- [Tina] Is he gonna be all right, Doctor?

- [Hans] Oh, he's gonna be all right.

He would be a lot better, though,

if he would stop running into tree trunks.

- Tina, you okay?

- [Tina] I'm fine, Daddy.

I'm fine.

It's you that are in the hospital.

Are you okay?

- Hospital?

Hospital.

- Yeah, don't you remember?

- Hmm, no, he won't remember

not for awhile, not with that concussion.

- Who's that?

What's he doing here?

- [Tina] It's Dr. White, Daddy.

You remember that's Dr. White.

- He's bad.

He'll hurt you, Tina.

He's bad.

- Don't worry.

He is on sedatives now.

This can happen after a concussion.

He will be back to normal as soon as the drugs wear off.

- Tina, you okay? (tense music)

- [Tina] I'm fine, Daddy, I'm perfect.

- But you were out in the field

with all those people.

- No, Sheriff, she was home.

I was in the field.

We were out in the field, remember?

- No, I don't remember.

They'll kill you.

Be careful, Tina.

- It's okay, Ronnie, relax.

Let him get some rest. (tense music)

Come on.

- Be careful, Tina.

- I'll be fine.

Now, you take care of yourself.

I'll see you soon, okay?

- Sure that.

(gentle music)

- Well, Ronnie old boy, you're looking better I must say.

- Thanks, Doc.

- What a bump you took.

Good thing I didn't need to take any stitches.

Do you remember what happened?

- No, not really.

- You really laid it onto me yesterday.

What did I do?

- (chuckles) I don't know.

I don't know.

- The kid told me you ran into a tree branch

down by the landfill.

It knocked you out and then he had to take you

and carry you back a half a mile to the car.

- I don't remember that.

- Well, let me take a listen.

- I see we didn't have any more killings

while I was out.

- No?

Been pretty quiet though.

Oh, by the way, I got most of the lab tests back

on the victims, and all the killings were done

by multiple stabbings and large loss of blood

plain and simple,

it is like that. - Doc, Doc, this may sound

like a strange question, but do you like dogs?

- Sure, I thought you knew that.

Race champion dobermans.

- [Ron] I don't remember you ever telling me about that.

- Why sure I did.

Right now I have two champs in my kennel

and I'm about ready to breed another one.

- That so?

Dobermans, eh?

- Oh, best hobby in the world.

Love it.

And there's something about dogs,

man's best friend.

- Yeah.

- Well, you're fit as a fiddle and I'll call the nurse

and have the bandage taken off

and you can go home any time I wish,

unless, of course, you want to stick around

for a little R and R (laughing).

- Well, thanks for your hospitality, Doc,

but I'd just as soon sleep in my own bed tonight.

- Well, as you wish, I know.

But you have to do me and give me one promise.

Take it easy, hmm, at least for a while.

- Sure will.

- Because you know you have an election coming up

and I want you to be in good shape.

- Yeah, sure need to be in good shape.

(tense music)

Get me the university research library please.

Thank you.

- Hello.

- [Ron] Hi, Tina.

- Oh, hi, Daddy.

How are you, where are you?

- At the hospital but I'm about to get out of here.

- Well, you were pretty far out of there this morning.

- Yeah, I heard.

- You kept on telling me that Doc White

was going to kill me, (tense music)

to watch out.

What do you mean?

- Well, I just want you to be careful.

I do.

And I just want you to be especially careful.

I had, well, I guess it was a dream.

Anyway, as long as the murderer is still out there,

maybe you ought to come back home.

- So close to the end of the semester?

- Today.

- There's no way, Daddy.

The girls have their finals tomorrow

and I promised to tutor them tonight.

Oh, not tonight.

Any night but tonight.

I promised as soon as I get out of here

and get off work, I'm gonna go to the dorm

and we're gonna order a pizza.

But can I take a rain check?

- Yeah, yeah, I guess so.

- Okay, and listen, don't worry about us.

We'll be fine.

We'll be in the women's dorm.

- Well, remember, be very careful.

I love you, too.

Bye.

Tonight, the women's dorm.

(suspenseful music)

- [Woman] Never knew you to sing.

- Hey, hey. - Hey.

Come on.

- [Man] Come on back out here.

- [Man] Hey, wait.

(men drowned out by music)

(Ron sighs)

- It's Tina.

What's she, and leading Joel into the dorm again?

20 after 12.

3:20.

♪ Ah ah ah ♪

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful rhythmic music)

♪ Ah oh ♪

♪ Ah ♪

♪ Ah ♪

- [Woman] I know he's gone.

♪ Ah ah ♪

♪ Ah ♪

♪ Ah ♪

(eerie music)

- [Joel] Oh!

(metal clattering)

(cleaver thudding)

(intruder grunting)

(glass shattering)

♪ Oh ah ♪

(bed clattering)

(door thudding)

(loud knocking)

- Open up!

Up up in there!

(bed clattering)

(cleaver thudding)

Police, open up!

(cleaver thudding)

Open up in there!

Police open up!

(cleaver thudding)

(Ron grunting)

(cleaver thudding)

(cleaver clanking)

We stopped him.

Don't move.

Not you!

- I have completed the sacrifice.

I have completed the sacrifice for his lord and master.

- [Ron] No, Tina, no, not you.

Tina-- - Stay away from me.

Stay away.

Don't you come near me.

- [Ron] Tina, you didn't kill...

- Oh, I didn't kill.

We all killed.

We are safe now.

We're protected by him.

- Why, darling, why you?

- [Tina] I must bring an offering for the sacrifice.

I must bring one like the rest, like the others.

- [Ron] Tina, darling, what others?

Who?

- [Tina] All the others.

- [Ron] Why did you do it, Tina, why?

- Because of you, Father.

Because you will have success if you believe

in his lord and master.

- Tina.

- Stay away from me.

- Tina, please!

- Don't come near me.

- Tina, please, darling.

- Stay away!

(suspenseful rhythmic music)

(doors thudding)

(Tina crying)

- [Ron] Tina!

- [Tina] No!

- [Ron] Tina, wait!

- [Tina] Stay away from me!

- Tina. - Stay away from me!

- [Ron] It'll be all right.

(Tina screaming)

(Tina crying) (dumpster clattering)

- Tina.

I'll take care of it.

- [Tina] No!

No, stay away from me!

- [Ron] Tina.

(Tina crying and shouting)

- [Ron] See ya.

- Please. - No, no!

No.

- [Ron] Don't go up there, Tina.

- [Tina] Don't come up here.

- Wait until you-- - Ron!

(Tina crying)

- [Tina] Stay away from me.

Please don't come near me.

- [Ron] It'll be all right, Tina.

- [Tina] Stay away from me.

- [Ron] Tina.

- No. - You weren't brought up

to do this sort of thing.

Tina, your mother - No.

- wouldn't approve of this. - No.

- It wasn't my fault she died. - No, no.

- Tina! - Don't come near me.

- [Ron] Tina, please darling.

- [Tina] Stay away from me!

(Tina crying)

- You know, we can fix it.

Now, I can help you and I will.

Don't go any higher, Tina.

No!

No, Tina, please!

Oh, oh, Tina.

It's not fair.

Tina, it's gonna be all right, Tina.

- No.

- [Ron] Tina.

- No!

Don't come up here please.

- [Ron] Tina, you and I

can fix everything. - No!

- [Ron] Remember what fun we used to have

when you were a little girl?

We had a great time, Tina.

(Tina crying) Tina, we'll have

even more good times.

This isn't the end.

It wasn't your fault, Tina.

Tina, remember that please.

It wasn't your fault.

(Tina crying)

Thank God, Tina.

We've got each other.

Come on, Tina, please.

Just for me.

Come on.

I'll take care of you.

It'll be all right, Tina.

Oh my baby, darling.

Please, Tina.

Tina, oh please, Tina.

Yes, Tina, it'll be all right.

Please, Tina, yeah, please.

Don't push me, Tina.

Tina, don't push me away.

I wanna help you.

Come on, Tina.

Please, Tina.

(Tina sobbing)

I'll help you.

- [Tina] No!

- Tina, Tina!

For god's sake, oh!

Tina (crying).

(dumpster clattering) (tense music)

Tina, no.

Tina, no.

No, Tina.

No, it can't be.

(tense dynamic music)

♪ Ah ah ah ah ♪

♪ Ah ah ah ah ♪

♪ Ah ah ah ah ♪

♪ Ah ah ah ah ♪

♪ Ah ah ah ah ah ♪

♪ Ah ah ah ah ♪

(dynamic suspenseful music)

♪ Ah ♪