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It's Macabre TV and Lilo Me, America's favorite ghoul friend, Elvira, Mistress

of the Dark.

Yummy, yum, yum.

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

Halloween. For those of you who don't know me, No, this ain't a commercial for

American Express.

For those of you who don't know me, I'm usually hosting some stupid horror

movie. But my friends here at MTV asked me to schlep on in here tonight on

account that it's like Halloween.

Well, no, as a matter of fact, it isn't like Halloween. It is Halloween.

Well, anyway, they figured that if anybody knew about ghosts and goblins

things that go funk in the night, it had to be me.

Why, heck, it usually is me.

And I simply can't think of a better way to spend Halloween than right here with

me on MTV and talk about videos.

Oh, that's what it says right there on the cue cards.

Talk about videos.

Let's send up the rocket.

The weirdest and what you call bizarrest videos ever. Some moldies, batoolies,

and some hot off the press.

And just to prove it, here's a little...

It was on a street so evil, so bad that even hell resounded.

Every single step of trouble for the fool who stumbled on it.

I was within the dark of watching, felt the sudden chill of danger.

Something told me keep on walking, told me...

I'd like to be able to carve a swell jack -o' -lantern, but I just don't seem

have the knack. Well, these are a few pointers on the fine art of creating the

perfect jack -o' -lantern.

Rule number one, you want to start out with a pumpkin that looks like a

I mean, don't get one of them gnarly old jobs that looks like Carl Malden's nose

on a cold day, okay?

Now, this is a good -looking pumpkin.

Now, the next thing you want to do is draw a face on that pumpkin that looks

realistic. I mean, don't just start carving away freehand.

You might want to work from an actual photograph, like maybe of a famous

like, oh, you know, Ozzy Osbourne or this dude, okay?

Now, do the best you can at drawing that face on the pumpkin.

Use a magic marker like this, you know. And draw a really good mouth on there,

okay? And then, you know, you might want to put a nose like that. And then draw

two eyes that look bright, okay?

There. Now, don't that look just like Rick Ocasek from the Cars?

Okay, now it's time to carve those features.

Now, choose your cutting instrument wisely.

Lots of folks like to use the traditional butcher knife for this part,

prefer this.

A chainsaw.

A thing of beauty, just like me.

are gone.

The people getting hungry.

I love little girls, they make me feel so good. I love little girls, they make

me feel so bad.

When they're out around, they make me feel like I'm the only guy in town.

I love little girls, they make me feel so good.

I don't care if I'm a...

What the fool, Nick?

Let's go.

We'll be right back.

I know what you do.

I know what you do.

I know what you do.

I can see you.

And I know what you do.

So pay attention while I show you some of what's about to happen.

Hey, Elvira.

This is Mark from Devo, and I'd just like to wish you a far -out Devo weed.

Or you'll be sure to want to miss.

What is it?

I don't know.

Ejected from unexplored secret strutters.

This giant, harder than steel piston, disgorges strange creatures, inundating

our world, twisting the emotions of women, distorting our men.

This is a piece we got off the mayor.

Reflex action like a snake.

Cut a snake in half and the two pieces go off in different directions.

These things take over a man's mind? He becomes a robot?

A machine taking orders?

Join the hunt for the hiding place of terror.

Find the breeding place of these globs of destruction.

In feeding the mouth parts, rupture the cells, convey

the food to the stomach by a pumping act.

your blood vessels with suspense.

See the Brain Eaters.

There's drills, chills, and spills aplenty as Macabre TV continues on

MTV.

Oh, yeah.

Oh,

yeah.

Oh,

yeah.

Oh,

yeah.

Education.

Education.

Thank you. Thank you.

You see, man made the car to

take us over the road.

And man made the train to carry the heavy load.

And man made the electric light to take us out of the dark.

made the art.

This is a man's, man's, man's, man's.

But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a

girl.

Man thinks about a little bitty baby girl.

some happy.

Because a man makes some toys.

And after man, and after man makes everything, everything he can.

me nothing.

Hey, wait a minute. Those guys weren't the residents. They were just their

pupils.

Boy, I have half a mind to give those boys a good lashing.

Hey, if you ask me, this whole thing is getting pretty cornea.

Boy, they better put a lid on it before they go blind.

I mean, just... Hi, I'm... ...cheap costume jewelry and let the

official Elvira costume do the rest. It comes with all this...

And these.

And since it's already Halloween, I'm letting these babies go for a mere $79

.99. Be the envy of your friends. Surprise your husband. Embarrass your

children. Scare your dogs. Shock your neighbors. Treat Elvira.

Oh, no. What are you doing? Oh, cut, cut everything.

You just ruined my whole Halloween costume commercial.

Oh, Elvira, are you going to hold it against me? I hope, I hope, I hope, I

Well,

aren't you going to introduce me to your friends?

Oh, yeah, right.

This is Breather. He makes obscene phone calls.

And a lovely three -beam salad.

All right, so what are you doing bringing all this junk in here?

This isn't junk. This is Halloween costume.

It is? Looks like something you found on the street to me.

Well, I did, but you know, Elvirus, a lot of us street people can't afford

pricey Elvirus outfit, so I've come up with some clever costumes you can find

the street that anybody can wear.

Huh, that's great, Breather. Yeah, let me show you. Like, take, for example...

Take these smelly old pair of socks. No, take them. Take them.

Look, if you hang them on your ears like this, look.

You look just like Snoopy.

I'm Snoopy.

You're my breather. You do look like a dog.

Quirk, somebody call a pound.

Thank you. That was Snoopy.

All right, next.

Oh, look. Look, I got this pair of poker chips.

What are you supposed to do with these?

Swallow them? No, look.

You put them in your eyes like this. And look, you're a little orphan Annie.

Tomorrow.

tomorrow as much as I do today.

Now get out of here. Wait, wait, wait.

Elvira, come on. Just do me one favor before I go. Would you please play this

tape for me?

Where did you get this?

I found it in the street.

Thank you.

E quando tu mi guardi sento il fondo al cuore De tu ron ron ron, de tu ron

ron Ma se faci me, se mi stringo

a te Tu non lo senti il cuore De tu ron ron ron, de tu

ron ron Mi tiene compagnia sempre

notte e dì

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Fine,

but you can't fry an egg on it.

Now there's the new Elvira T -shirt. It does everything an ordinary T -shirt

does and more. It slices, dices, removes warts, and makes everyone's favorite,

french fries. But that's not all. It also opens cans, waters your plants

you're away, and scrambles eggs in the shell. How much would you pay for a T

-shirt that does all that? Well, don't answer, because the Elvira T -shirt is

also a steamer, a washer, a dryer, and a smokeless ashtray. It's a friend,

lover, pet, home, shelter, and a pocket fisherman.

Yes, it's all this and more. Here's how to order.

Send $8 .50 to Elvira T -shirt, post office box 38246, Los Angeles,

90038. Send $8 .50 to Elvira T -shirt, post office box 38246, Los Angeles,

California, 90038.

The all -new Elvira T -shirt. It's more than just a T -shirt. It's a way of

life!

What am I going to do with this hot rod?

Don't you worry, Paul.

We'll find a home for your hot rod. It's a customized 1955 Ford Popular with a 3

.5 -liter V8 engine, a seven -ball six -shift, and more flames than England has

ever seen coming out of one fender.

I'm Paul McCartney, and this is the car I drove in. Give my regards to Broad

Street. I'd like you to have it. To win, send a postcard to MTV Hot Rod

Giveaway, PO Box 1211, Radio City Station, New York, New York, 10101.

The steering wheel is on the wrong side. It has two phones and a computer that

don't work, but it's worth about $50 ,000.

And you can see it in the 20th Century Fox release, Give My Regards to Broad

Street. No more lonely nights.

No more lonely nights. Just one postcard for one hot rod.

What can I tell you?

MTV's Hot Rod Giveaway. The sweetest deal in town.

Thank you.

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Hi, trick -or -treaters. This is Lorraine Newman here to remind you that

you go to bed tonight and right after you eat that delicious Halloween candy,

don't forget to brush your teeth.

Hello, me, that gal on the tube that has the big rating.

Elvira, Mrs. Up the Dock. Gee, I can't remember when I've had this much fun.

And it's only the beginning.

Thank you.

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That's right.

And now, as a special Halloween treat, we've taken our MTV cameras to the home

of that grandmaster of the macabre, John Carradine. Mr. Carradine gives us the

tender story of The Loneliest Pumpkin.

Once upon a time, there was a pumpkin named Jack.

Jack was much smaller than the rest of the pumpkins in the field.

Some of the other pumpkins used to tease him and call him a gourd.

which I think is something like a nerd.

One day the farmer came to the field and put all the pumpkins on the truck,

except for Jack, because he was so small and gourd -like or nerd -like.

Jack was all alone and began to cry little pumpkin tears until the farmer's

daughter came along.

No, it's not that kind of story.

Get your mind out of the gutter.

Anyway, she picked him up and...

took him home and made him a nice bed of newspapers.

Jack loved the little girl, and everything was just wonderful when

little girl kept up behind him with a butcher knife and drove the blade deep

into his head.

Oh, oh, oh, cried Jack.

But the little girl was relentless, and she didn't stop until she had cut off

the top of his head. Poor Jack.

The little girl then took a spoon, scraped out all of his brains, and baked

into a pie.

Then she carved up his face and put a flaming candle inside his head.

But this story does have a happy ending.

The little girl won first prize in the pumpkin carving contest.

And it was all because of Jack, the loneliest pumpkin.

The end.

out of gas.

So, what are we going to do now?

I'm sorry I didn't believe you.

Can I ask you something?

What?

You know I like you, don't you?

Yes.

And I hope you like me the way I like you.

Yes.

I was wondering if you would be my girl.

Oh, Michael.

It's beautiful.

Now it's official.

I have something I want to tell you.

Yes, Michael?

I'm not like other guys.

Of course not.

That's why I love you.

No, I mean I'm different.

What are you talking about?

I wasn't that scared.

Yeah, you were scared.

The sound before you make it.

You start to breathe.

And so it looks you right between the eyes.

You're paralyzed.

Close at hand, creatures fall in search of blood to terrorize your

neighborhood.

And whosoever shall be bound without the souls all getting down

must stand and face the hounds of hell and rot inside

a corpse shell.

The foulest dentures in the air, the funk of 40 ,000 years, and

griddly ghouls from every tomb are closing in to seal your doom.

And though you fight to stay alive, your body starts to shiver,

for no mere mortal can resist the evil of

the Griller.

So let me hold you tight and share up.

I'll take you home.

See you next time.

Video. I can't believe it. I love that video. You know I like you, don't you?

Well, thank you, Michael. I like you, too.

And I hope you like me the way I like you.

Well, I like you the way you are, and I don't want to like you the way you like

me. And I hope you like me the way I like you.

Look, Michael.

Oh, excuse me. We'll be right back after we get this straightened out.

Michael, like...

I like you the way you like me, but it's like, not like you're like me, because,

like, you don't even look like me.

these women of long ago.

This one's mine.

She's cute.

Mwongo? Coming soon to a jungle near you.

It's Macabre TV and Lilo Me, America's favorite ghoul friend. Elvira,

Mrs. of the Dark.

This time we should be going.

No one seemed to hear him, so he peeped through a magazine and yawning rough,

asleep away, very sane he seemed.

And he came to town and he waited and waited.

To look back at him, driven by the night.

Till you come.

Everywhere up and down my street are people in costume yelling, Tickle

But when you come knocking at my door, I'll keep you coming back for

more. Tickle Street, Tickle Street, I want something

good to eat.

Tickle Street, Tickle Street, shake your...

Hey there, baby, don't you be surprised when the sun goes down. Now that will

rise. Is it a nightmare?

When I hear...

to the beat to the beat

what the big deal is with these videos.

I mean, some guys like Michael Jackson spend a fortune on them suckers. Like,

who knows, maybe four or five hundred bucks or something. When all you have to

do is learn to move real jerky like this and then hire some creep -like breather

to do the backup vocals.

Ah, well, there's more macabre TV right after this.

Ah, la, la, la, la, la, la.

Yes, you know, it is a small world. See?

But there's one holiday that's just as much fun no matter where you live, and

that is Halloween.

So let's find out how they celebrate Halloween in other parts of the world.

Mmm, okay.

In France, the trick -or -treaters ring the doorbell, and when someone comes to

the door, they shout, ooh -la -la, and open their mouths wide.

They don't go trick -or -treating for Hershey's kisses. They go trick -or

-treating for French kisses.

Hey, right here in Mexico, right here in Mexico, the children of Mexico take a

tortilla shell and go door to door collecting ground beef, tomatoes,

and cheese until they build a taco.

Oh, way up in the icy cold of the North Pole, the children are very, very lucky

because they go trick -or -treating for frozen Snickers and frozen Milky Way

bars. But they also get frozen gum, frozen licorice, frozen apples.

Eventually, frozen butts.

All right.

Oh, another country where they celebrate Halloween is Japan.

And in the land of the rising sun, the children dress up like seals and go

-or -treating for sushi.

But there is always the danger of being harpooned.

And just a missile away from us on the other side of the world is Russia.

And on Halloween in Russia, the children dress up like Olympic athletes and then

just stay home.

Oh, well, that's all the countries we have material for. So now let's all sing

the international Halloween song. Sing along in your native tongue. Give it,

Mark.

Shall we mean trick or treat? La la means trick or treat. Happy Halloween

every boy and girl.

Let's all trick... Street of Halloween around.

This is the end.

neighborhood you're gonna call

Running through your head.

You can call me.

And a visible man sleeping in your bed.

Oh, you're going to call me.

I ain't afraid of no game.

Yes, Buster!

If you're all alone, stop that phone and call...

I'm a freaky ghost, baby. You better call.

Ghostbusters!

I ain't afraid of no game.

Don't get caught alone, oh no.

Ghostbusters!

When it comes through, you're down.

Unless you're just a waltz mode.

I think you better call.

Ghostbusters! Who you gonna call?

Ghostbusters!

Who you gonna call?

Ghostbusters! I think you better call.

Who you gonna call?

Ghostbusters. I can't hear you.

Who you gonna call?

Ghostbusters.

Louder.

Ghostbusters.

Who you gonna call?

Ghostbusters.

Who can you call?

Ghostbusters.

Who you gonna call?

Oh, and that was Ghostbusters. I truly...

Haunting Melody. And speaking of buff, it's me, Elvira. Elvira, Elvira. Say,

look, I've come up with some more cheap costumes ideas. Look at this. Take an

ordinary scrub brush.

Scrub brush.

Now, tie it on your head like this. And look, you look just like Mr. T.

I'll pill the fool who don't give me no candy. I'll pill the fool.

Reeder, you better watch out, you know. I mean, Mr. T could read this in the

newspaper or something. I mean, someone could read this to him in the newspaper

and he'd get really mad.

Why don't you just guess?

Oh, I'll beat you. I'll beat you.

I'll beat you. I'll beat you. I'll beat you.

Chocolate is crunchy when it crunches.

That's why I love Netflix.

With the vision in my brain And the music in my veins

Keep on laughing with my heart.

Please tell me more about your mark.

Ripping, ripping, ripping, ripping, ripping me apart.

Telephone, I don't know.

Messages out of space. T -T -4 -3.

Rip them off your heart because music of victory.

It isn't any rapper time.

It isn't any rapper time.

I can rip into your palm like an edge in your headphones.

You can turn it up.

I'm running the stripe in your bathroom.

I'm the breather on the phone.

And I'm burning up.

But there's one thing I must say before they lock me up again.

It's Cheech Marin wishing all you lowriders a happy jalapeno. And what's

Elvira will be right back here on MTV, so stay tuned.

Hi there, boys and ghouls. It's little old me, that gal with the pear that

the boys stare, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

Well, is this some Halloween party or what?

Oh, my God!

It's brutal around here.

Brutal!

you're gonna be, you'll be alone.

Welcome to my breakdown.

I hope I didn't scare you.

That's just the way we are when we come down.

We swear to laugh and scream here.

Cause life is just a dream here.

You know inside you feel.

Right here.

Welcome to my breakdown.

You're welcome to my nightmare.

Welcome to my...

Telegram 430, I knew this was a picnic day.

There's a fine line drawing into together, nothing's just about to

break.

It's fun and slow, but I can hear everything I know.

I'm waiting for you by your side.

I can hear them singing.

you go out trick -or -treating, your little poochie has to stay at home

himself. Which ain't so bad, but why not dress him up and take him along for the

fun? Let's say you're going as George Pappard from the A -Team. Why not have

your dog come along as Mr.

T -Bone?

Nobody will slam the door in your face because you're out trick -or -treating

with the baddest mothers in the shop.

Or let's say you're going as Princess Leia. You know, the chicken Star Wars

the cinnamon rolls on the side of her head.

Well, you just wouldn't be a damsel in distress unless you were being followed

by Dog Vader.

Trick or treat, and may the friz be with you.

Let's say you're a big fan of Dynasty, so this year you're going as the evil

Joan Collins. Well, why not your dog, too?

Lovely Frida recreates Joan Collins' other memorable role from The Bitch.

Ensemble complete with puppy panties and barking bra. Thank you, Frida.

Of course, it just wouldn't be Halloween unless someone came as the king.

Well, heck, why not let King be the king?

Yes, it's canine Elvis.

Not the real thing, but an incredible simulation.

You ain't nothing but a hound dog, and neither is he.

And if you're into subversive Latin American politics, why not your pooch,

Yes, it's Fido Castro.

Soviet missiles not included.

So this Halloween, why not take a four -legged friend out trick -or -treating

with you?

Say trick -or -treat, Frida.

We are going to

a disco.

Disco after disco and shaking our heads. All right.

It's opening up. It's opening up. It's opening up.

I love you very much.

Thank you.

Because I know who I am.

Well, and I am willing to declare myself to the world.

Do I think it is?

Oh, hi, guys.

It's me, Todd.

Todd Rundgren.

I'm just taking a little dinner break before I go out trick -or -treating. I

wanted to wish you the happiest of Eloheens.

And, uh, why don't you give me a buzz sometime?

I really keep the garbage around here.

So, just vanished.

Covered it.

You're watching Macabre TV, a night of Halloween madness on MTV.

I'll be right back, quicker than you can say, boo.

Walking down the street, pretty woman.

The kind I like to meet, pretty woman.

I don't believe you, it must be true.

Don't you look as good as you.

Pretty woman,

won't you party with me, pretty woman.

Thank you. Thank you.

What do I see?

She's walking back to me.

On the floor of our Tokyo, down in London, town's a go -go. With the record

selection and the mirror's reflection, I'm a -dancin' with my bell.

When there's no one else in sight, in the crowd and lonely night.

Well, I wait so long for my love operation, and I'm dancin' with my bell.

Dancin' with my bell.

Dancin' with my bell.

Well, there's nothing to lose, and there's nothing to lose when I'm dancing

with myself.

If I looked all over the world, and there's every type of girl, but you

see I'd see just pass me by, leave me dancing all with myself.

So let's sink another drink, because it'll give me time. I'm just thinking,

had a chance, I'd have to watch you dancing, I'll be dancing with myself,

ah, dancing with myself, ah, ah, dancing with myself.

When there's something to lose, there's something to prove.

We'll be right back.

Oh,

oh, oh.

Oh, oh, oh.

Oh, oh, oh.

Oh, oh, oh.

Oh, oh, oh.

answer with yourself.

Hey, a virus, a virus. Oh, no, breather. Hey, I've come up with another cheap

costume idea.

Look, you take an ordinary vacuum cleaner hose like this, and you hang it

your nose, and you can go as an elephant.

Breather, breather, that costume really sucks.

Yeah, well, it did once.

Oh, breather, give me a break.

All right, I'll give you a break, a commercial break.

Yes,

right now it's that time. It's sack time. Sack time with yours truly,

Of course, I'm talking about mail sack time. And this time of year, I am simply

a slump with cards and letters from my fans asking for Halloween advice. I am

talking thousands, maybe even hundreds of letters.

Okay, this year I got two.

All right, listen to this. This is from a woman who writes, Dear Elvira,

Mistress of the Dark, this year I wanted to go dressed as you.

Oh, I'm so flattered.

I bought the wig and the dress, but it seems I'm missing a thing or two.

Can you help me?

Signed, Flatt as the board.

Well, Flatt, I have a couple of suggestions for you. You can either try

about 10 ,000 of these suckers every morning, or you can just put the dress

backwards and go a share.

second and final letter.

Dear Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, every year I go trick -or -treating over at

creepy old Mr.

Cresswell's house, and every year he doesn't answer the door. I know he's in

there because I see him peeking out through the curtain. What should I do?

Fine feeling, Sean.

Well, shun, hon, that's easy.

You're bound to run into a crab or two like that when you go out trick -or

-treating, right?

So always take along one of these girls.

All right, I know you're in there, Criswell. Come out with your snickers

It works every time. Believe me, when you have one of these numbers, they'll

never be tricked out of another treat again.

Well, that's about all the time we have to talk about this time. More next time.

And in the meantime, just remember to keep the...

Oh, man!

One day, I'm going to drive up to my neighbor's house.

One day, we're going to get back together.

Remember, everybody has to wait in line.

You can't look at the world and go, I've got mine.

She's got mine.

She's got everything.

He said this is my ear, it'll be over soon.

Welcome to us.

What's wrong, Joan? Why so glum?

Oh, Elvira, I can't seem to get a boy to even look at me.

Hey, Joan, haven't you heard about the new Elvira T -shirt? The new Elvira T

-shirt? Why, no.

Hey, Joan, how's it going?

Just great, thanks to the Elvira T -shirt.

Here's how to order. Send $8 .50 to Elvira T -shirt, post office box 38246,

Angeles, California, 90038.

That's $8 .50 to Elvira T -shirt, post office box 38246, Los Angeles,

California, 90038.

Do it now.

Hello,

darling. Glad to see you're back.

Glad to see you're front, too, but that's another story for another time.

hour, I'll be playing videos from my gravest hits collection. And coming up

later, we've got the horror movie that put the...

It's back in the classic Night of the Living Dead.

From the cradle bars comes a beginning voice that's been spinning.

You have no choice.

You hear laughter cracking through the walls. It's been spinning.

You have no choice. You hear laughter cracking through the walls. It's been

spinning. You have no choice.

illusion you cannot

folks down here. It's time for reflection.

Time to look back and be grateful for all those tricks we've been treated to.

It's a time when I like to plug in the fire and listen to some of my all -time

favorite Halloween carols.

And they're all available on this album.

Elvira's all -time favorite Halloween carols. You'll get all these all -time

favorites.

Yes,

they're all my favorite Halloween carols, and they're all here on my

Elvira's all -time favorite Halloween carol.

How much would you pay for all these favorites? Well, don't answer. Because

you act now, you'll also get this.

Elvira's All -Time Favorite Halloween Carols, Volume 2. You'll get more of my

all -time favorites, like... I thought mommy kissed me Frankenstein.

I'm dreaming of a black Halloween.

Yes,

enough Halloween carols to last a lifetime.

Available now through this special offer. Here's how to order.

That's no virus all -time favorite Halloween carols volume one and two.

Listen to it with someone you love.

Secret agent man.

Secret!

How much ship will guide you to another world?

Can you love me? Can you come with me? Only just for a little

while.

Religion and science, imitating everything they can get their hands on.

they're going to get is a big, big bug.

She really is quite nice.

That's all they seem to say.

New lands, new air, new friends.

I'll never forget you.

No, I'll never leave you.

Just try.

We'll be right back.

I can't hear you.

You see me standing here looking at you. This is a skin bathroom.

I found it so sweet.

You all be imitators. Sneaking in and

knocking off each day like a Xeroth. A carbon copy. Deja vu. They prance and

they mimic. For the insulting mirror.

Totally unaware of the crow's feet there.

That you were the Marquesa. I didn't believe you until I saw the jewels your

father gave you.

They said you were 18 and I was 21.

You seemed much younger to have been loved on your pony skin bed.

All the imitators imitating the way that I walk.

Imitating the way that I cook enchiladas.

Hi.

Happy Halloween.

Elvira?

Am I famous yet?

My name is Norman.

Hey, I'm just a normal guy.

My name is Norman.

Thank you.

Michael Landon in a powerful performance as the boy possessed.

Yvonne Lyon, appealing as the girl who loves him.

Whit Bissell, unforgettable as the scientist maddened by the mystery of the

werewolf. And Tony Marshall, a tough, friendly enemy.

These the official pictures?

Yes, Chief.

Slash on either side of the throat.

You got any theories?

He was killed by a werewolf.

Panic penetrates every home.

When this strange, unknown killer hits town.

Taking hold of the teenage crowd.

Coloring their practical jokes with hysterical humor that'll make you fall

on your face.

With horror.

Remember how wonderful it was when you sprang suddenly, dug in with your fangs,

a soft throat, a gush of warm blood? No! No!

Nothing you've ever seen has such blood -chilling savagery.

Nothing you've ever conceived packs such a spine -tingling jolt.

This high school boy, a teenage werewolf.

A constant threat of claw -ripping attack to everyone.

To the brave and the beautiful.

Just let that be a lesson to you teens out there. If you don't stop, you're

going to grow hair on the palms of your hands and on your face and on your

forehead. Later on Macabre TV, it's the classic film Night of the Living Dead.

Watch it with someone who's alive.

And the people are our rules.

There are people who strike a

pose.

It's something you've got to remember.

It's something you've got to remember.

It's something you've got to remember.

It's Hollywood.

It's Halloween.

You don't need no money.

You don't need no clothes.

The battery's running.

And the train don't come.

That's your reality.

It's all you'll ever need.

That's your reality.

That's your reality.

Bye. Bye.

Thank you.

We live in a world overrun by tourists.

Tourists. 89 flowers on their backs.

Inventors that react to jazz.

They look at life through a pop camera.

What? No flash again?

They're all a bunch of double drags. Kids that love it bad.

Half of the staff of their brain is on vacation.

Mama, are you listening?

We need a new feed.

Leaders stand up.

Organize.

Don't let your children watch television until they know how to read.

Or else they'll know how to do it.

No child is bad from the beginning.

I want

to

be in the movie.

Sexuality is all I ever need.

Sexuality is all I ever need.

Sexuality is all I ever need.

Sexuality is all I ever need. Sexuality is all I ever need.

Sexuality is all I ever need.

Rita, what are you doing?

Oh, I came up with the best cheap costume of all. This is the best by far.

take an ordinary beach ball like this, right?

Guess who I'm going to be with this?

I don't know. Who?

Elvira.

Hello, darling.

Winding down, do you find yourself stuck with a lot of leftover candy?

What to do?

Sure, you could squirrel it away and give it out next year, but who wants to

known as the old bag down the street who gives out stale candy?

That's why I've put together this book, Halloween Cuisine, The Art of Cooking

with Halloween Leftovers.

Now, one of my favorite recipes is Halloween Chit Kabob. Just load up the

like this with a mushroom, a bell pepper, a Milky Way, then another

bell pepper, and a pack of Lifesavers.

Maybe even a slice of pineapple if you want to go Hawaiian.

Just fire up the old Barbie and turn.

All right. As a side dish, everybody loves a good salad.

So start them off with this delicious three jelly bean salad.

To a bed of lettuce, you just add three cups of jelly beans.

And toss.

Okay.

Nothing is better on a fall day than soup.

So be creative. To a couple of cans of tomatoes.

Add chopped onions, potatoes, which I didn't have time to chop, but a handful

butterfingers, and some M &M's, clay or peanut.

Okay, just a couple of Mounds bars here wouldn't hurt either. Now, be sure to

leave all the wrappers on the counter.

That's where all the vitamins are.

Now, you want to just cover it up and let it simmer all day long. And when you

come home at night, you've got a delicious treat.

Just add some Cracker Jack croutons and soups on.

You'll find these recipes and hundreds more in my book, Halloween Cuisine.

Recipes like gumdrops au gratin, pussypot pie, and raisin that's

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Elvira. Have a happy Halloween -er and bon appétit.

No means to show identification.

I got no faith to show you what I am.

You'll have to take me just the way that you find me.

What's gone is gone and I do not give a damn.

Tell me the truth. You've got nothing to give.

Elvira is to Halloween.

But the turkey is to Thanksgiving.

But the ham is to Easter.

What about the Christmas goose?

Oh, I forgot about the Christmas goose.

What am I going to do with this hot rod?

Don't you worry, Paul.

We'll find a home for your hot rod. It's a customized 1955 Ford Popular with a 3

.5 -liter V8 engine, a 7 -ball stick shift, and more flames than England has

ever seen coming out of one fender.

I'm Paul McCartney, and this is the car I drove in Give My Regards to George

Street. I'd like you to have it. To win, send a postcard to MPV Hot Rod

Giveaway, PO Box 1211.

Radio City Station, New York, New York, 10101.

The steering wheel is on the wrong side. It has two phones and a computer that

don't work, but it's worth about $50 ,000.

And you can see it in the 20th Century Fox release, Give My Regards to Broad

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We'll be right back.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I go insane.

That's all the way to do.

If I call your name, you'll ask that I

refuse.

If I go insane,

that's all the way to do.

She's a lot like you She's a lot like

you She's a lot like you

I won't bother asking you what you've done.

Though the rumors all point to something going on.

See, the past is the past, and I'm not going to dwell.

But I'd better never catch me coming out.

Because I'll put it to you once and never again.

If you want to be a lover, if you want to be a friend, then take five fingers

and put them through your heart.

S -W -E -A -R.

Get a judge and jury.

I will free your hands.

Gotta tell the whole truth. Nothing less than that, girl.

Look into my eyes and tell me

Thank you. Thank you.

Hello, darling, it's me, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

Hello, darling, it's me, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. And I'm back with

more Halloween hullabaloo. This time I've got a special Halloween treat for

you tricksters. I am going to be showing you an entire feature -length film.

Oh, wow, awesome, dude.

But this movie is not just an ordinary movie. This movie has its finger on the

pulse of repulsive.

It's put the gut... So back in Disgusto, it's George A. Romero's Night of the

Living Dead.

And believe me, if this movie don't gross you out, you are dead.

But there are happy actors in the film.

So sit back, relax, curl up with some popcorn, and squeeze some parquet on the

one you love. Because here come the dead. Here come the dead.

Order in the graveyard. Here come the dead.

In 68.

I made a film called Night of the Living Dead here in Pittsburgh.

A lot of speculation as to why we made the picture initially.

But basically, Russ Streiner and Jack Russo and myself got together with a

of our friends and the primary purpose of making a horror movie.

And it's meant to be enjoyed more than anything else on that level, which is

gratifying.

know that people are out there still watching it. And I'd just like to thank

of you who've been watching this picture for so long and hope you enjoy it this

time again.

They ought to make the day the time changes, the first day of summer.

What? Well, it's 8 o 'clock and it's still light.

A lot of good the extra daylight does us.

Now, we've still got a three -hour drive back. We're not going to be home until

after midnight.

Well, if it really bugged you, Johnny, you wouldn't do it.

You think I want to blow Sunday on a scene like this?

You know, I figure we're either going to have to move Mother out here or move

the grave into Pittsburgh.

She can't make a trip like this.

Oh, she can't.

Is there any of that candy left?

No. Look at this thing. We still remember.

I don't. You know, I don't even remember what the man looks like. Johnny, it

takes you five minutes.

Yeah, five minutes to put the wreath on the grave and six hours to drive back

and forth.

Mother wants to remember, so we trot 200 miles into the country and she stays at

home. Well, we're here, John, all right?

You back, Ronnie?

Ladies and gentlemen, we're coming back on the air after an interruption due to

technical problems.

Nothing wrong with the radio.

Must have been the station.

Which row is it in?

You'd gotten up earlier.

Oh, look, I already lost an hour's sleep on the time change.

I think you complain just to hear yourself talk.

There it is.

I wonder what happened to the one from last year.

Each year we spend good money on these things. We come out here and the one

last year is gone.

Well, the flowers die and the caretaker or somebody takes them away.

Yeah, a little spit and polish, you can clean this up.

Sell it next year.

I wonder how many times we bought the same one.

Come on, Barb. Church was this morning, huh?

Hey, I mean, praying's for church, huh?

Come on.

I haven't seen you in church lately.

Well, there's not much sense in my going to church.

Do you remember one time when we were small, we were out here?

It was from right over there. I jumped out at you from behind the tree, and

Grandpa got all excited, and he shook his fist at me, and he said, Boy, you'll

be damned to hell.

Remember that? Right over there.

Well, you used to really be scared here.

Johnny.

You're still afraid.

Stop it now. I mean it.

They're coming to get you, Barbara.

Stop it.

You're ignorant.

They're coming for you, Barbara.

Stop it. You're acting like a child.

They're coming for you.

Look, there comes one of them now.

He'll hear you. Here he comes now.

I'm getting out of here.

Oh, sure, Barbara. Don't knock. Just bust right in like you own the place.

If anybody's going to be doing any busting around here, it's going to be

You know, I figured out why her brother Johnny was in such a big hurry to get

back to Pittsburgh.

He didn't want to be late for the annual Buddy Holly impersonators convention.

Well, he is definitely late now.

And you know that dead guy who was chasing Barbara?

Well, when he was alive, he used to work down at the local car wash.

Yeah, I'd recognize him anywhere.

He was the one who used to wash all the car windows.

By hand.

Well, it looks like Barbara's in big trouble now.

Barbara's in trouble.

Barbara's in trouble.

Stop it. You're acting like a child.

Don't worry about him. I can handle him.

Probably be a lot more of them as soon as they find out about us.

Is that a gas?

This pump out here is locked. Is there a key?

We can try to get out here if we can get some gas. Is there a key?

I suppose you've tried

this.

We've got to get out of here.

We have to get to where there's some other people.

Maybe we'd better take some food.

I'll see if I can find some food.

What's happening?

Two

of

them.

There are two of them out there. Have you seen any more around here? I can

care of those two.

I don't know. I know you're afraid, but we have to... I don't know.

Night of the Living Dead continues right after this.

Turn to Night of the Living Dead.

Why don't you see if you can find some wood, some boards, something by this

fireplace, something we can nail this place up.

Goddamn!

Look, I know you're afraid.

I'm afraid.

But we have to try to board the house up together.

Now, I'm going to board up the windows and the doors. Do you understand?

We'll be all right here.

We'll be all right here until someone comes to rescue us.

But we'll have to work together. You'll have to help me. Now, I want you to go

in and get some wood so I can board the place up. Do you understand?

Okay?

Okay?

Pick out the biggest ones you can find.

There, this room looks pretty secure.

If we have to, we can run in here and board up the doors.

Won't be long before those things be back pounding their way in here. They're

afraid now.

They're afraid of fire. I found that out.

called Beatman's.

Beatman's Diner.

Anyhow, that's where I found that truck I have out there.

There's a radio in the truck.

I jumped in to listen to it.

And a big gasoline truck came screaming right across the road.

But there must have been 10, 15 of those things chasing after it.

Grabbing and holding on.

I didn't see them at first.

I could just see that the truck was moving in a funny way.

And those things were catching up to it.

The truck went right across the road.

Slammed on my brakes to keep from hitting it myself.

It went right through the guardrail.

Into that gas station by Beekman's diner.

It went right through the billboard.

Ripped over a gas pump and never stopped moving.

By now it's like a moving bonfire.

Didn't know if the truck was going to explode or what.

Still hear the man.

Screaming.

backing away from it.

I looked back at the diner to see if there was anyone there who could help

It was when I noticed that the entire place had been encircled.

There wasn't a sign of life left except...

By now there were no more screams.

I realized that I was alone with 50 or 60 of those

things just standing there staring at me.

I started to drive.

I just plowed right through them.

They didn't move. They didn't run. They just stood there staring at me.

wanted to crush them.

They scattered through the air like bugs.

We were riding in the cemetery.

Johnny and me.

Johnny.

We... We came to Puerto Rico.

on my father's grave, jogging.

And then he said, Can I have some candy, Bob?

And we didn't have any.

And... Oh,

it's holdin' here.

And he said, oh, it's late.

Why did we start so late?

And I said, Johnny, if you'd gotten up earlier, we wouldn't be late.

Johnny asked me if I were afraid.

And I said, I'm not afraid, Johnny.

And then this man started walking up the road.

He came slowly.

And Johnny kept teasing me and saying, he's coming to get you, Barbara.

And I laughed at him and said, Johnny, stop it.

And then Johnny ran away.

And I, I went up to this man and I was going to apologize.

Why don't you just keep calling?

And I looked up and I said, good evening.

Calm down. Oh, I screamed, Johnny!

Johnny, help me! Oh, help me!

And he wouldn't let me go. He ripped me.

And then Johnny came and he ran and he fought this man.

come we've got we have to wait for johnny

maybe we better

go out and get him we have to go out and get johnny he's out there

please don't you hear me we've got to go out and

Your brother is dead.

No! My brother...

it right there, mister. I am not going to stand for this.

Sure, you knock them out and then you try to knock them up. Boy, I know that

trick. It's only happened to me about a thousand times.

You just can't show that kind of stuff on MTV.

I mean, there's children watching.

Because no adult in his right mind would be watching this turkey.

Well, it looks like our hammering hero has boarded up the place prouder than a

bull, you know what, in fly time.

And I kind of wish he had boarded up Barbara's mouth while he was at it. Did

hear her trying out that jive soul talk on him?

What's happening?

Oh, what's happening?

I'll show you what's happening. Let her have it.

Right on, bro. Right on.

of the obvious threat to untold numbers of citizens and because of the crisis

which is even now developing, this radio station will remain on the air day and

night. This station and hundreds of other radio and TV stations throughout

part of the country are pooling their resources through an emergency network

hookup to keep you informed of all developments.

At this hour, we repeat, these are the facts as there is an epidemic of mass

murder being committed by a virtual army of unidentified assassins. The murders

are taking place in villages, cities, Rural homes and suburbs with no apparent

pattern or reason for the slaying. It seems to be a sudden, general explosion

mass homicide.

We have some descriptions of the assassins.

Eyewitnesses say they are ordinary -looking people. Some say they appear to

in a kind of trance. Others describe them as being...

really authentic way for us to say who or what to look for and guard yourself

against.

Mischapen monsters.

Reaction of law enforcement officials is one of complete bewilderment at this

hour. So far, we have been unable to determine that any kind of organized

investigation is yet underway.

Police, general deputies, and emergency ambulances are literally deadly with

calls for help. The scene can best be described as mayhem.

Mayors of Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Miami, along with the governors of

several eastern...

Keep listening to radio and TV for any special instructions as this crisis

develops further.

Thousands of office and factory workers are being urged to stay at their places

of employment, not to make any attempt to get to their homes.

However, in spite of this urging and warning, streets and highways are packed

with frantic people trying to protect their families or apparently to flee

anywhere. We repeat, the safest course of action at this time is simply to stay

where you are.

with the sudden epidemic of murder which has seized the eastern third of the

state. The meeting is scheduled to convene within the hour. Members of the

presidential cabinet will be joined by officials of the FBI and the White

White House spokesman in announcing this conference says there will be an

official announcement as soon as possible following that meeting. This is

latest dispatch just received in our newsroom.

Latest word also from National Press Services in Washington, D .C., now tells

that the emergency presidential conference, which we've just mentioned,

include high -ranking scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration.

facilities and an emergency network to bring you this news as it develops. We

urge you to stay tuned to radio and TV and to stay indoors at all costs.

Late reports reaching this newsroom tell of frightened people seeking refuge at

churches, schools, and government buildings demanding shelter and

from the wholesale murder which apparently is engulfing much of the

Tell them to go home and lock their doors and windows up tight. We don't

what kind of murder -happy characters we have here.

Head home.

This is Chief Dunmore of Camden, North Carolina.

So far, the only descriptions, the only clues anyone has of the killers come

from frightened witnesses on some of the stages.

These eyewitness accounts very often describe the murderers as ordinary

people, misshapen monsters, people who look like they're in a trance, and

that look like people. but acts like animals.

Some eyewitnesses tell of seeing victims who look as though they had been torn

apart.

This whole ghastly story began developing two days ago with the report

splitting of a family of seven in their rural home near Gulfport.

Then, according to witnesses, the killings began snowballing in a reign of

terror which has hopscotch and a dreaded disconnection of the 12 -month -old.

north and west.

Our newsman has been on the telephone talking with officials in other cities

have determined that none of this kind of murder has yet been reported west of

the Mississippi River, except in the extreme southeastern portion of Texas.

Similar killings have been reported around the Houston and Galveston areas,

nothing like... I found a gun and some bullets out there.

It was only late yesterday when it became clear we were facing some kind of

national emergency.

When first reports began filtering in, newsmen and law enforcement agencies

of the opinion... This place is boarded up pretty solid now.

We ought to be all right here for a while.

We have a gun and bullets, food and radio.

Sooner or later, someone's bound to come and get us out.

So again, we join with law enforcement agencies, urging you to seek shelter in

building. Lock doors and windows...

Hey, that's us. We're doing all right.

And keep tuned to your radio and television for survival instructions and

further details of this continuing story.

Look, I don't know if you're hearing me.

So I'm going upstairs now.

If anything should try to break in here, I can hear it from up there. I'll be

down to take care of it.

Everything is all right for now. I'll be back to reinforce the windows and doors

later.

But you'll be all right for now, okay?

Okay.

Civil defense officials in Cumberland have told newsmen that murder victims

evidence of having been partially devoured by their murderers.

the effect that people who acted as though they were in a kind of trance

killing and eating their victims prompted authorities to examine the

some of the victims. Medical authorities in Cumberland have concluded that in

all cases, the killers are eating the flesh of the people they murdered.

Repeating this latest bulletin just received moments ago from Cumberland,

Maryland, civil defense authorities have told newsmen that murder victims show

evidence of having been partially devoured by their murderers.

Medical examination of victims' bodies shows conclusively that the killers are

eating the flesh of the people they kill.

And so this incredible story becomes more ghastly with each report. It's

difficult to imagine such a thing actually happening, but these are the

we have been receiving and passing on to you, reports which have been verified

as completely as is possible in this confused situation.

It is happening, and it would appear that no one is safe from this wave of...

We're from town.

A radio.

The Butler County Sheriff has verified that reports of murder victims being

partially eaten by their slayers is true.

No further details available at this time.

How long have you guys been down there? I could use some help up here.

That's the cellar. It's the safest place.

You mean you didn't hear the racket we were making up here?

How were we supposed to know what was going on?

Could have been those things for all we knew. That girl was screaming.

Sure, you must know what a girl screaming sounds like. Those things

any noise. Anybody would know somebody's in need of help.

Look, it's kind of hard to hear what's going on from down there.

We thought we could hear screams, but for all we knew, that could have meant

those things were in the house afterwards.

And you wouldn't come up and help?

Well, if there were more, the racket sounded like the place was being ripped

apart. How were we supposed to know what was going on?

Now, wait a minute.

You just got to this thing you couldn't hear from down there. Now you say it

sounded like the place was being ripped apart. It would be nice if you'd get

your story straight, man. All right, now you tell me.

I'm not going to take that kind of a chance when we've got a safe place.

We luck into a safe place, and you're telling us we've got to risk our lives

just because somebody might need help, huh?

Yeah, something like that.

All right, why don't we settle this now, mister?

We came up. Okay, we're here.

Now I suggest we all go back downstairs before any of those things find out

we're in here. They can't get in here.

You got the whole place boarded up? Yeah, most of it.

I'll do the few spots upstairs.

It won't be hard to fix. You're insane.

The cellar's the safest place.

I'm telling you, they can't get in here. And I'm telling you, those things

turned over our car.

We were damn lucky to get away at all. Now you tell me those things can't get

through this lousy pile of wood?

His wife and kids downstairs.

The kids heard.

Well, I still think we're better off up here.

We could strengthen everything up, Mr. Cooper.

With all of us working, we can fix this place up in no time. We have everything

we need up here.

We can take all that stuff downstairs with us. Man, you're really crazy, you

know that? You've got a million windows up here. All these windows. You're going

to make them strong enough to keep these things out, huh? I told you, those

things don't have any strength. I smashed three of them and pushed another

out the door.

Did you hear me when I told you they turned over our car?

Oh, hell, any good five men can do that. That's my point.

Only there's not going to be five or even ten. There's going to be 20, 30,

100 of those things. And as soon as they know we're here, this place is going to

be crawling with them.

Well, if they're that many, they'll probably get us wherever we are.

Look.

The cellar.

The cellar, there's only one door, right? Just one door, that's all we have

protect. Tom and I fixed it so it locks and boards from the inside.

But up here, all these windows, why, we never know where they were going to hit

us next.

You've got a point, Mr. Cooper.

But down in the cellar, there's no place to run to. I mean, if they did get in,

there'd be no back exit. We'd be done for.

We can get out of here if we have to. And we got windows to see what's going

outside.

But down there with no windows, if a rescue party did come, we wouldn't even

know it. But the cellar is the strongest place.

The cellar is a death trap.

I don't know, Mr. Cooper.

I think he's right.

You know how many's out there?

I don't know. Maybe six or seven. Look.

You two can do whatever you like.

I'm going back down to the cellar, and you better decide, because I'm going to

blow up that door, and I'm not going to unlock it again, no matter what happens.

Now, wait a minute, Mr. Cooper. No, I'm not going to wait.

I've made my decision, or you make yours.

Now, wait a minute.

Let's think about this.

We can make it to the cellar if we have to.

And if we do decide to stay down there, we'll need some things from up here.

So let's at least consider this a while.

If you box yourself in the cellar and those things get in the house, you've

it. At least up here you have a fighting chance.

Yeah, it looks like about eight or ten of them now.

There's more than there were.

There are a lot out back, too.

You're crazy!

Those things are going to be in every window and door in this place!

We've got to get down into the cellar! Go down in that damn cellar! Get out of

here!

I'm taking the girl with me. Keep your hands off her. And everything else is up

here, too. Because if I stay up here, I'm fighting for everything up here. And

the radio and the food is part of what I'm fighting for.

Now, if you're going down in the cellar, get!

The man's insane.

He's insane.

We've... We've got to have food down there. We've got to write.

This is your house. We've got to write.

You're going down there with him.

Well, yes or no, this is your last chance. No beating around the bush.

Listen, I've got a kid down there.

She can't possibly... I couldn't bring her up here. She can't possibly take all

the rackets and those things smashing through the windows.

Well, you're her father.

If you're stupid enough to go die in that trap, that's your business.

am not stupid enough to follow you.

It is tough for the kid. That old man is so stupid.

Now, forget the hell down in the cellar.

You can be the boss down there.

I'm boss up here.

You bastards.

You know, I won't open this door again.

I mean, Mr.

Cooper, with your help, we can... With my help. Let him go, man.

His mind is made up. Just let him go.

Wait a minute.

Judy, come on up here, honey.

You're going to let them get hurt too, huh?

Sorry, honey. Go ahead.

If we

stick together, man, we can fix it up real good.

There are lots of places we can listen to up here.

Mr. Cooper, we'd all be allowed...

Hey, kid.

He's wrong, you know.

I'm not boxing myself in down there.

This radio station will remain on the air day and night.

Well, we're safe now.

It's boarded up tight.

What about Tom and Judy?

They want to stay up there and let them.

There are two other people upstairs, a man and a girl.

We heard them screaming.

Yeah, but I didn't know who they were, and I wasn't about to take any

unnecessary chances.

Of course not, Harry.

Is she all right?

I don't know what it is.

She feels warm. Maybe it's shock.

Where'd you get the bandage?

Some laundry in a basket. I tore a sheet.

Let them stay upstairs.

Let them.

Too many ways those monsters can get in up there.

We'll see who's right.

We'll see when they come begging me to let them in down here.

That's important, isn't it? What?

To be right, everybody else to be wrong.

What do you mean by that?

Does anyone up there know why we're being attacked?

Whatever it is, it isn't just happening here. It's some kind of mass murder.

It's going on everywhere.

The radio said to stay inside. Radio?

Radio upstairs. I heard a news bulletin. There's a radio upstairs and you

boarded us in down here?

I know what I'm doing. What did it say?

Nothing. Nothing.

They don't know anything yet.

There's mass murder everywhere and people are supposed to look for a safe

to hide.

Take the boards off that door.

We are staying down here, Helen. Harry, that radio is at least some kind of

communication.

If the authorities know what's happening, they'll send people for us or

tell us what to do.

How are we going to know what's going on if we lock ourselves in this dungeon?

We may not enjoy living together, but dying together isn't going to solve

anything.

Those people aren't our enemies.

Mrs. Cooper!

Mrs. Cooper, Ben found a television set upstairs.

Let's go up.

Tom?

Yeah?

If Judy would come downstairs for a few minutes, Harry and I could come

upstairs.

Okay, yeah, right away.

Will you do it?

Do I have to?

Look, honey, nothing's going to get done with them down there and us up here.

Do this for me.

Take good care of her, Helen.

She's all I have.

Why don't you go upstairs now?

They are eating their victims. They are killing and then devouring their

victims. First they kill them.

Then they eat them. They are feeding and feasting. They are pigging out on their

victims. They are gorging and chowing down. They are making them their meals

their in -between meals.

Wow, wow, wow, enough of this.

The murderers are chewing and biting, swallowing and gulping and lunching and

dining out on their victims.

I can't believe it!

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Dear Allison.

Give me a hand with this thing.

I gotta go help Ben with the television.

Don't be afraid of me.

I'm Helen Cooper, Harry's wife.

This place is ridiculous.

Look at this.

There's a million weak spots up here.

Give me one of those.

Her brother was killed.

And they talk about these windows.

I can't see a damn thing.

There could be 15 million of those things out there.

That's how much good these windows are.

Why don't you do something to help somebody?

Here I have it. Drag a couple of those chairs together.

There's a socket over here.

Watch this and try to understand what's going on.

I don't want anyone's life on my hands.

Is there anything I can do to help? I don't want to hear any more from you,

mister. If you stay up here, you take orders from me.

And that includes leaving the girl alone.

It's on. It's on.

There's no sound.

Play with the rabbit ears.

These reports, incredible as they seem, are not the result of mass hysteria.

Mass hysteria. What do they think? We're imagining all this? Shut up!

yet all parts of it.

The wave of murder which is sweeping the eastern third of the nation is being

committed by creatures who feast upon the flesh of their victims.

First eyewitness accounts of this grisly development came from people who were

understandably frightened and almost incoherent.

Officials and newsmen at first discounted those eyewitness descriptions

beyond belief.

However, the reports persisted. Medical examinations of some of the victims bore

out the fact that they had been partially devoured.

I think we have some late word on just arriving, and I'll interrupt to bring

this to you.

This is the latest disclosure in a report from National Civil Defense

Headquarters in Washington.

It has been established that persons who have recently died have been returning

to life and committing acts of murder.

A widespread investigation of reports from funeral homes... morgues and

hospitals has concluded that the unburied dead are coming back to life

seeking human victims.

It's hard for us here to believe what we're reporting to you, but it does seem

to be a fact.

When this emergency first began, radio and television was advising people to

stay inside, behind locked doors for safety.

Well, that situation has now changed.

We're able to report a definite course of action for you.

Civil defense machinery has been organized to provide rescue stations

shelter, medical treatment, and protection by armed national guardsmen.

Stay tuned to the broadcasting stations in your local area for this list of

rescue stations.

This list will be repeated throughout our news coverage.

Look for the name of the rescue station nearest you and make your way to that

location as soon as possible.

So we have that truck. We can get some gas. We can get out of here. There's a

pump out by the shed.

I know that's why I pulled in here, but it's locked.

...called this afternoon by the president.

Since convening, this conference of the presidential cabinet, the FBI, the Joint

Chiefs of Staff, the CIA, has not produced any public information.

Why are space experts being consulted about an Earth -bound emergency?

So far, all the betting on the answer to that question centers on the recent

Explorer satellite shot to Venus.

That satellite, you'll recall, started back to Earth.

but never got here.

That's the space vehicle which orbited Venus and then was purposely destroyed

NASA when scientists discovered it was carrying a mysterious high -level

radiation with it.

Could that radiation be somehow responsible for the wholesale murders

suffering?

Newsman Don Quinn in Washington has posed those questions... It's obvious

best move is to try to get out of here. How are you going to get over to that

pump? Look!

You're coming from a meeting regarding the explosion of the Venus probe, is

right?

Yes, yes, that was the subject of the meeting. You feel there is a connection

between this and the phenomenon?

There's a definite connection, a definite connection.

In other words, you feel that the radiation on the Venus probe is enough

cause these mutations? There was a very high degree of radiation. Well, just a

minute. I'm not sure that that's certain at all. I don't think that has been a

reputable explanation that we have at this time.

In other words, it is the military's viewpoint that the radiation is not the

cause of the mutation.

I can't speak for the entire military at this time, gentlemen.

I must disagree with these gentlemen presently until this is irrefutably

Everything is being done that can be done. We'll have to hurry for our next

meeting.

Professor, you feel that there is a definite connection between...

as far as Dr. Keller and myself.

Doctor, please. I thought we decided that is not proved yet. Was the

when the satellite was exploded? There was an unusual amount of radiation,

enough to cause mutation under certain circumstances.

Could have happened to have a bearing on it.

It does seem to have a bearing on it.

Will there be a reply for this? Later. There will be a reply. Yes. Later this

afternoon.

There will be a report this afternoon.

Perhaps there will be a report.

We are doing everything possible to solve the problem.

We've heard all we need to know. We have to try to get out of here.

He said the rescue stations and doctors and medical supplies.

If we could get Karen there, we could get help for her. I know as one of the

world's foremost authorities on space science and technology. Willard.

I saw a sign that said Willard.

It's only about 17 miles from here.

You know this area. Are you from around here?

Judy and I are both from around here.

We were on our way up to the lake to go swimming, and Judy had a radio, and we

heard the first reports about this.

So we knew the old house was here, and we came in and found the lady upstairs

dead.

Then these other people came. We went down into the basement and put a bar

across the door, and it is pretty strong. How could we possibly get away

here? We've got a sick child.

Two women, one woman out of her head, three men in a place that's surrounded

with these things.

Dr. Grimes, your entire staff, I know, has been working very hard to find some

solution to these things that are happening.

Do you have any answers at this time?

Yes, we have some answers.

But first, let me stress the importance of seeking medical attention for anyone

who's been injured in any way.

We don't know yet what complications might result from such injuries.

How bad has your kid been hurt?

Um... Look, you go down there and tell Judy... Yeah, you tell Judy to come up

here and you stay with the kid, all right?

In the cold room at the university, we had a cadaver. A cadaver from which all

four limbs had been amputated.

Sometime early this morning, it opened its eyes...

and began to move its trunk. It was dead, but it opened its eyes and tried

move.

They watch upstairs.

Did she ask for me?

She hasn't done anything.

I don't understand.

Baby?

It's Mommy.

I heard.

I'll come back down as soon as I find out what they want.

Thank you, Judy.

The body should be disposed of at once, preferably by cremation.

Well, how long after death, then, does the body become reactivated?

It's only a matter of minutes.

Minutes? Well, that doesn't give people time to make any arrangements. Oh,

you're right. It doesn't give them time to make funeral arrangements.

The bodies must be carried to the street and burned.

They must be burned immediately.

Soak them with gasoline and burn them.

The Reeves will have to forego the dubious comforts that a funeral service

give.

They're just dead flesh and dangerous.

You're going to need to find some beds, friends, or sheets to tear up into small

strips, okay?

Is there a fruit seller here?

Yes. We need some bottles or jars to make volatile cocktails and hold them up

while we try to escape.

Hey, there's a big can of kerosene down there. I'll see what I can find.

I'll look for the bottles.

There's a big key ring down there.

There may be a key to the gas pump on it.

I'll check.

We can toss the cocktails from a window upstairs.

Meantime, a couple of us can go out and try to get the gas and come back for the

rest of the people. But that'll leave a door open someplace.

Yeah, that's right.

It better be this door.

It's closer to the truck.

Before we go, I'll put some supplies behind the cellar door. While we're

the rest of you can hold up in there.

I found some fruit jars in the cellar.

And there's a key on here that's labeled for the gas pump out back.

I'm not really that used to the truck. I found it abandoned.

I can handle the truck with no sweat.

You're it, then.

You and I will go.

We'll put whatever number we find behind the cellar door.

You can go upstairs and toss the cocktails from a window.

Tom, you and I will have to unboard this door.

After you toss the cocktails, you hustle back down here and lock this door.

It's no good to board it up because we'll have to get back in quickly.

After we get the gas and get back into the house, then we'll worry about

everybody into the truck.

Now let's move it.

You always have a smile for me.

How can you smile like that all the time?

How many can you have done?

Come on, honey, we gotta move.

Tom, are you sure about the phone? The phone is dead out.

All you get is a recorded message.

If I could only call the folks.

They're going to be so worried about us.

Everything will be all right.

As soon as we get to Willard, we'll call them. They might even be there.

I know.

Tom.

Are you sure we're doing the right thing, Tom?

What, about getting out of here?

Yeah. Well, the television said that's the right thing to do. We've got to get

to a rescue station.

I don't know.

Come on, honey. You're starting to sound like Mr. Cooper now.

Why do you have to go out there?

Look, I know how to handle that truck, and I can handle the pump.

Ben doesn't know anything about that stuff.

But we're safe in here.

For how long, honey? We're safe now.

But there's going to be more and more of those things. I know. I know all that.

Hey, listen.

Remember when we had the big flood?

Remember how difficult it was for us to convince you that it was right to leave?

Remember? Remember we had to go to Willard then?

This isn't a passing thing, honey.

It's not like just a wind passing through.

We've got to do something, and fast.

I just don't want you to go out there, that's all.

Hey, smiley.

Where's that big smile for me?

You're used to the home, aren't you?

We've got work to do, honey.

And you... You...

We've

got to get her downstairs.

We have to go downstairs now, Barbara.

She's right.

You have to go downstairs now, just for a little while, until we get back.

Then we can all leave.

Oh, I'd like to leave.

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This key won't work.

Come on, come on.

I think it's gone.

I'll extract you out there and feed you those things.

and good.

Wow, talk about biting the hand that feeds you.

Guess it goes to prove that it's a dog eats dog world. Or in this case, a dead

eats dead world.

In case you just tuned in, I am Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, and I'm your

Halloween hostess tonight on MTV.

I know. I know all that.

All right. I didn't just want you to think I was a passing thing.

This isn't a passing thing, honey.

It's not like just a wind passing through.

Yeah, not like a passing wind, except I imagine eating the dead would probably

make you pass a little wind.

Anyway, all this talk about eating is just making me starve.

Let me see, what should I have?

Hmm, ribs sound good. Or what about liver?

Hmm, oh, ladyfinger? Brain? Tongue?

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All month long, we're on 24 hours a day. We have to be to squeeze in all this

stuff.

There's supposed to be another broadcast at 3 o 'clock.

Ten minutes.

Oh, only ten more minutes?

We don't have very long to wait.

We can leave.

Well, we'd better leave soon.

Ten minutes to three.

You know anything about this area at all?

I mean, is Willard the nearest town?

I don't know.

We were... just trying to get to a motel before

dark.

You said those things turned your car over.

You think we can get it back on its wheels and drive it? Where is it?

Seems like it was pretty far away.

Seems like we ran.

Forget it. It's at least a mile.

Johnny has the keys.

You gonna carry that child a mile through that army of things out there? I

carry the kid.

What's wrong with her? How'd she get hurt?

One of those things grabbed her.

Bit her on the arm.

What's wrong?

Who knows what kind of disease those things carry.

Is she conscious?

Barely. She can't walk. She's too weak.

Well, one of us could try to get to the car.

You're going to turn it over by yourself?

You can't start the car.

Johnny has the keys.

You have a car?

Where? Where is it?

You won't be able to start it. Yeah, yeah, I know. But where is it?

by scientists at all the radiation detection stations.

At this hour, they report the level of the mysterious radiation continues to

increase steadily.

So long as this situation remains, government spokesmen warn that dead

will continue to be transformed into the flesh -eating ghouls. All persons who

die during this crisis from whatever cause will come back to life to seek

victims unless their bodies are first disposed of by cremation.

Our news cameras have just returned from covering such a search and destroy

operation against the ghouls. This one conducted by Sheriff Conan McClellan in

Butler County, Pennsylvania.

So now let's go to that film report.

All law enforcement agencies and the military have been organized to search

and destroy the marauding ghouls. The Survival Command Center at the Pentagon

has disclosed that a ghoul can be killed by a shot in the head.

or a heavy blow to the skull.

Officials are quoted as explaining that since the brain of a ghoul has been

activated by the radiation, the plan is kill the brain and you kill the ghoul.

Anything from the supply wagon, Gus?

No, we're all right.

Hey, Cass, put that thing all the way in the fire. We don't want it getting up

again.

Chief, Chief McClellan, how's everything going?

Things aren't going too bad. Men are taking it pretty good.

You want to get on the other side of the road over there?

Chief, do you think we'll be able to defeat these things?

Well, we killed 19 of them today right in this area. Those last three we caught

trying to claw their way into an abandoned shed. They must have thought

was in there. There wasn't, though.

We heard them making all kind of noise. We came over and beat them off, blasted

them down.

Dean, as soon as you're finished, can I see you here? Yeah, okay.

Chief, if I were surrounded by six or eight of these things, would I stand a

chance with them? Well, there's no problem. If you had a gun, shoot them in

head. That's a sure way to kill them. If you don't get yourself a club or a

torch, beat them or burn them, they go up pretty easy.

Well, Chief McClellan, how long do you think it will take you until you get the

situation under control?

Well, that's pretty hard to say. We don't know how many of them there are.

know when we find them, we can kill them.

Are they slow moving, Chief?

Yeah, they're dead. They're all messed up.

Well, in time, would you say you ought to be able to wrap this up in 24 hours?

Well, we don't really know.

We know we'll be into it most of the night, probably into the early morning.

We're working our way toward Willard, and we'll team up with the National

over there, and then we'll be able to give a more definite view.

Thank you very much, Chief McClellan. This is Bill Cardill, WIC -TV11 News.

Thank you, Bill, for that report.

Official spokesman declined to speculate just how long it may take to kill off

all...

Is the fuse box in the cellar?

I don't know.

It isn't the fuse.

The power lines are down.

Helen, I have to get that gun.

Haven't you had enough?

What? Two people are dead already on account of that guy.

Take a look out that window.

You want to stay up here now?

Helen, get the... Get the fellow now!

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Now back to tonight's Halloween feature, Night of the Living Dead.

Hey, Vince, Al.

You want to get about four or five men and a couple dogs? There's a house over

here behind those trees. We want to go check it out.

Chief, we're going to stay with it until we meet up with the National Guard.

Where'd you get the coffee?

One of the volunteers. You're doing all the work. You take it. Thank you.

We should be wrapped up here about three or four more hours, and we'll probably

get into Willard then. I guess you can go over there and meet the National

Guard.

Nick, you and the rest of these men want to come with me?

Well, don't check any office. See what's happening. All right, Steve. Tell him

we're going to stay with it and everything appears to be under control.

in to check out the house.

Somebody had a cookout here, Vince. Yeah, sure looks like it, pal.

He's the dead one. Get up here.

Nick, Tony, Steve, you want to get out in that field and build me a bonfire?

You, drag that out of here and throw it on the fire.

Nothing down here?

All right, go ahead down and give him a hand.

Let's go check out the house. There's something there. I heard a noise.

Hit him in the head, right between the eyes.

Good shot.

Okay, he's dead. Let's go get him. That's another one for the fire.

off of those things.

Hey,

Randy, light these torches over here.

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Wasn't that a great movie? Oh, I just love a movie where everybody winds up

getting it in the end.

Or, in this case, in the head.

Well, darling, that about wraps up our night of macabre madness here on MTV.

I trust you had a safe, insane Halloween.

Thanks for spending the night with me. Hope you enjoyed being had as much as I

enjoyed having you.

Well, as I always say at a time like this, unpleasant dreams.

Oh, and, uh, oh, yeah, I almost forgot.

Trick or treat!

We'll be right back.

When I hear...

I'm so jealous.