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Oh, well, hello, darling, and welcome to Movie Macabre. Yes, sirree, it's Lilo

me, the gal with the chassis.

That's lean and sassy.

See what I mean?

Lean and sassy.

Elvira, mistress of the dark. Well, what do you think? I got myself a pretty

slick flicker here, huh? And a swell umbrella.

Yep, I'm all set up for that stormy weather they've been predicting for the

weekend. A devil of the rain, I think they called it. But I don't know. I

there ain't even a cloud in the sky.

But the weather report said rain.

Let me have another look at that paper, would you?

Yeah, that's right. Right here. The Devil's Rain.

Starring William Shatner, Ernest Borgnine, Ida Lupino, a supernatural

and a small ghost town.

Wait a minute.

This ain't the weather report.

I'm reading the doggone TV listings.

Well, if that don't beat all.

I mean, just look at me. Do I look like a fool or what?

I mean, can you imagine how stupid I feel? I don't even have the stupid getup

had to buy this thing. Set me back $3 .50. I can't believe it. I don't even

this junk anymore.

Fresh pot of coffee, Mrs. Preston.

No,

thank you, John, no.

Is it slacking off any out there?

John, it's absolutely pouring down.

I'm sorry, I'm so clumsy.

Don't worry about it. I'll just get you a fresh cup.

Thank you.

I got as far as Simpson's Bridge. We once left it, but the river's about

it away.

He couldn't have just disappeared. He couldn't. He probably pulled up

wiped the storm out.

It's still dead.

I know.

Winds. Mark the lines, though.

I don't think so.

What else could it be?

It's only the storm.

Mark, don't think I'm a fool. Please listen to me.

It's my dream. I know, I know. You listen to me. It's the thing.

Night after night. Yes, I know that, mother. I don't want to hear any more

it. Mark, listen to me. It always starts the same way. It starts with a storm

and then your father... Father is all right.

It's all right.

But, mother... Someone

is here.

Dad?

Oh, my God.

Steve?

Steve?

The book.

Corbis.

What's on it?

Where is Corbis?

The desert.

Redstone.

I was waiting for the book.

Give Corbett what belonged to him.

Don't go near him. Don't touch him.

In nomine satan.

In the name of Satan.

That wasn't your father.

It was his face. His clothes.

Mark.

The book.

Don't you see?

Don't you see? My dream was a warning.

Yes, please.

My dream was a warning.

They found...

Corpus has your father.

It wasn't him, Mark. I tell you, it wasn't him.

He said Corpus was in Redstone, the old mining town.

It's a godforsaken place.

Wait a minute.

Take the book to Corpus.

It's the only way.

The book's not ours to bargain with.

Oh, please take it. No.

He won't give the devil's man what he wants. Your father would... My father...

would agree with me.

Mark, there must be something you can do.

my terms, Matthias.

Listen.

Take this with you.

Corpus can't harm you as long as you wear this amulet.

Into the truck.

No.

You stay here.

John. Yeah?

Take care of her.

What's that old geezer babbling about?

They had no faces.

Well, they must not have been Hollywood agents then, or they would have had two

faces. Ha!

Get it?

Oh, boy, I don't even have a clue with this one. I mean, what the heck is going

on? Once again, you're looking at Elvira, Mistress in the Dark.

I mean, it must have something to do with that book, I guess. Like maybe

somebody checked it out from the public library down in Redstone and then kind

of forgot to return it.

Okay, that's good for a heavy fine, but not for a very heavy plot.

How the heck do you get a movie out of something like that?

Beats me, Jack.

Okay, now listen to these important words.

They had no faces.

Oh, no, no, not those words.

I'm talking about the words from the advertisers.

Faces.

Looks like you've been driving a ways.

Are you lost?

No, I'm not lost.

Use some water?

Drink up.

It's bitter.

Sweet way to end a thirst, though, isn't it?

Did you bring the book?

I'll talk to no one but Corvus.

Then speak.

Where is the book?

Where you can't touch it.

I'm not afraid of you, Corvus.

Mr. Preston, I'd be very disappointed if you were.

We've both come a very long way for this moment.

And I have a ways to go yet before I find what I'm after.

Well, if you're led by a faith as strong as mine, nothing can stop you.

Depends what you put your faith in.

Well said.

Let me show you what I've put my faith in.

Corvus!

I'll face whatever you have behind those doors and come out exactly as I went

in.

A challenge?

My faith against yours.

For my mother and father.

They go with me if I win.

Agreed.

And if you lose?

The book.

And you?

Boy, I don't know.

Sitting through two hours of this movie is going to be a... It's going to be

a... A challenge?

Yeah, yeah, that's the word I'm looking for. A challenge.

Thanks, Ernie.

Boy, it kind of looks like Ernie Borgnine went on a Tommy LaSorda diet to

shape for this one.

Give my best to Tova.

While you're at it, why don't you try some of that beauty cream of hers?

Boy, I would love to see Bill Shatner whip out that pocket pager of his and

say... Kirk to Enterprise.

Beam us aboard, Scotty.

What a snoozer.

Come on, Scotty. Beam us aboard, okay? Get me out of here.

Scotty.

The ceremony will begin shortly.

You may be seated.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

In the name of Satan,

ruler of the earth, king of the world, I command the forces of

darkness to bestow their infernal power upon us.

Come forth from the abyss.

Open wide the gates of hell. I will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Preserve my soul.

From the dark angels that you have cast fire.

Give us this day our daily bread. By all the gods of the pit, I command you to

do those things which I desire. We forgive those that trespass against us.

You have bestowed upon us a vessel for the sacred rite of the holy

water.

For this, we thank thee and summon the soul.

Be my shield against the terrors of hell.

Martin Fife, in nomine Satanus.

Martin Fife, in nomine Satanus.

Martin Fife. In the name of God, I am Mark Preston. In the name of Satan,

Martin Fife, come into this vessel.

In the name of God, I am Mark Preston.

Deliver me from evil.

Evil?

There is no evil here.

Only purity.

See thy mother?

My son, we have made a place for you here.

And you will know the peace of mind that I have found.

A divine peace can be yours.

Join us.

No.

Get away.

Let me go. Whose belief is greater now?

Let me go!

Seize him!

Is

that

your faith?

I'm still free, Corvus.

Are you free, Mark Preston?

Free my family.

Come forth.

Oh, master of the world.

Present thyself to him.

Behold!

the family name of Preston will be no more.

Mrs. Preston, my associate's wife, is consciously controlling the rate of her

heartbeat. She's now in a state of deep meditation.

Dr. Richards, you mean she's controlling her body through willpower alone?

Our experiments would indicate that there's nothing in the subconscious that

cannot be raised to the conscious level.

Nothing, doctor?

What about parapsychology, telepathy? Can that be controlled too?

Yes.

I include that.

Extrasensory perception.

Dr. Preston, isn't there a danger that these experiments could interfere with

normal brain activity?

No, no, no, no. We've studied many cases like this one. There's no reason for

concern at all. If there were, believe me, my wife would not be involved.

No, no, no. No dangers.

Only discoveries.

Is there any proof of ESP control?

Yes, Mrs.

Preston here.

We believe.

that we're on the verge of isolating the brainwave pattern that signifies ESP

activity. Now, Judy, tell us what you felt.

It starts with a feeling of absolute calm as if I were drifting into perfect

sleep, leaving behind any cares or any fears.

It's so beautiful, a feeling I could almost cry.

And then, way in the distance, I see someone or some place moving

closer. It starts with a feeling of absolute calm,

as if I were drifting into perfect sleep,

leaving behind any cares or fears.

Then, way in the distance, I see someone or some place moving closer.

Sometimes their voices or even music.

And then a funny change takes place.

Instead of the images moving closer to me,

I feel myself moving closer to them.

It's as if I were...

Watching a movie.

And then suddenly we're acting in it.

Easy.

Julie, something's happened to my family.

Easy.

Julie, something's happened to my family.

Now that's an understatement if I ever heard one. Julie, something's happened

my family.

Julie, if he only knew what's happened to his family.

First of all, Dad comes home dripping like he has some kind of disease or

something. And now it looks like his mom has eyes for somebody else.

Too bad she don't have eyes for her own darn self.

And his brother's going through this identity crisis.

In the name of God, I am Mark Preston.

Yeah, that's what I thought his name was, too.

Mark Preston. But Ernie keeps calling him Martin Five.

Guess it really don't matter what they call him, just as long as they don't

him late for dinner.

Oh, boy, now there's a gag with more miles on it than that old station wagon

that Bill Shatner's driving.

Well, things are getting mighty tense in spite of Ernie Borgnine's devil -may

-care attitude.

We'll get right back to McHale's Navy meets the Omen right after these words

from the advertising.

take the trouble to write up for a report.

All we need now is a flying saucer to really put this place on the map.

Sheriff, John's story is just as hard for me to believe as it is for you.

But he's sure that Mark went to Redstone.

That place is deserted.

Where's my family, then? Where are they?

All I know is that half this county got blown away or flooded out last night.

Now, when John called me about your family, my boys were bringing in a

bodies.

People were stuck in a car in that storm last night and just tossed them around

like a toy.

Well, look at the inside of your house. It's a shambles. You think a storm did

that, Sheriff?

Yes, I do.

Then where's the family?

Well, I don't know. Maybe they tried to run away before the wind hit. And they

left John here, right?

No, Sheriff, the answer's in Redstone. You know that.

Now, look, son, if I had a hundred men to help me, it's gonna take me a long

time to clean up that mess the storm left me.

I'm going to look for your folks, but I can't spare one man to go down there to

that ghost town.

I'll go myself then, Sheriff.

I can't stop you.

Might as well take that old road, the old one, back down through the desert.

It's clear.

I see you got food, but you better take plenty of water.

You better take extra gas.

Tell you what you give me a call a minute you get back

I saw them.

We're going to find out what happened. I want you to listen to me and listen to

me very carefully.

Dr.

Richards is coming tomorrow.

I want you to tell him everything you've told us and tell him that we're going

to Redstone to find my brother. Dr.

Richards is coming here tomorrow and you're going to Redstone? We've gone to

Redstone. And tell him everything you've told us, all right?

All right.

Snacks.

What is it?

What is that stuff?

It's wax.

They just melted it, and we all saw.

We better get going.

Look, try to get some sleep, okay? Remember Dr.

Richards? Yeah, I remember Dr.

Richards. Now, you be careful.

All right, we will.

Take care, John.

We'll be back soon.

In the name of Satan, Lord of Light, I offer you peace and salvation.

Where is the book?

You gambled and you lost.

Bastard.

The torment of hell holds no terror for you.

Who?

Lilith.

He truly believes he can deny us.

Show him.

Mother.

Martin Fife.

My vessel is prepared.

Your journey is about to begin.

What'd they just do?

Fire up the cannon down at Town Square or something?

Boy, I still don't know why they're making such a big deal over some doggone

book. I mean, what's so great about a book?

I haven't even read one in four or five years, you know. And another... Oh, wait

a minute. What's happening here? Hey!

Whoa!

Who the devil are you?

Hey, you got that right, Mama.

You mean, you're really the...

The devil?

Hey, well, I ain't red buttons, baby.

Oh, well.

Well, what are you doing here?

Oh, I just took a meeting with the program director, you know. We just, you

know, kicked it around.

You know Attila, the program director?

Oh, yeah.

Words like that.

He's like that.

Well, I bet you're the one that made him play this movie then, right?

Yeah. You got any objections to that? Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

on me, no. Oh, good, because I could give you a pitchfork. Well, the sun

how to... Oh, no, I said I'm not... Then I'm not objecting, okay?

Oh, okay, no punishment.

Hey, you know, I'm really a big fan of yours.

Big fan of mine? Oh, yeah, I think you're hot stuff.

Oh, right.

Well, you're pretty hot stuff yourself.

Do that again.

Okay.

Hey, sister, how about let me have, like, a little autograph, okay?

What? Yeah.

Put your number right there, okay?

Oh, well, like, do you have a pencil or a pen or anything?

Oh, we don't need no pen. We could just do it in blood. Here, I'll prick your

finger, okay?

No, no, no, wait, wait, wait.

I don't think that'd be such a swell idea, you know.

Look, why don't you just join my fan club, and I'll just kind of send you an

autographed picture, you know. It's only $5 .50, okay?

Well, I'll be going to hell.

Whoa. I guess he did, too.

Wow. I mean, that was really a close one.

It's kind of getting sort of hot in here, isn't it?

Do you think that's me, or is it...

Weird, isn't it?

I've seen churches like this in New England.

It doesn't belong here.

Yeah, I noticed that from back there.

Devil worshipped.

Oh, Tom.

Look at this.

This wax.

It's the same that was on the porch.

What is it?

Oh, shit.

What is it, Julie?

What are you seeing?

Book.

A long... A long time ago.

I... I can see them.

They're... They're looking for the book.

They're looking... One of the Asperger's.

How so, Jonathan?

The book is gone, my children.

The book is gone.

But I am not.

Didst one of thee fall from the favor of Lucifer?

But thou hast taken the pleasures of Satan, and in return thou hast

pledged thy soul in blood in the book.

Without the book thou art nothing.

Who amongst thee dares cast me into

an eternity of limbo?

Who?

If the book is lost, I, Jonathan Corbis,

Satan's minister on earth, cannot lead you to his everlasting kingdom.

Now who?

Martin Fife.

It is strange thy wife, Tharalessa. She has been ill.

Does not join us at worship this night.

No one knows what we are about.

Silent.

Now that was the smart thing to do. Take your hands off the wheel, cover your

eyes and scream.

Well, at least she has eyes to cover. I mean, everybody else in this movie has

big old black holes where their eyes ought to be.

And that flashback was...

Just what this movie needed to explain what's going on.

Sure. Bill Shatner was like his own great -great -grandpa.

And somewhere along the way, the family must have changed their name to Preston

so those folks wouldn't snicker at five.

Of course, Ernie Borgnine was his own great -great -grandpa as well.

And the movie itself had an ancestor back in those pilgrim days. As a matter

fact, they shot it and served it up at the first Thanksgiving dinner.

Well, there's more ghost town antics as the devil's reign continues on closing

the car right after this.

Why, preacher blind.

What manner of God's business keeps thee from thy bed at this hour, sir?

God's most holy business.

The condemning of evil.

What say thee, Jonathan Corbis?

Thou stands accused of foully conspiring with Satan and his demons to overturn

the laws of God.

Thou art named a witch, Corbis. Thou and all who follow thee.

Thou art the one.

My wife has betrayed us. She was the one who stole the boats from my father.

That bitch howls our names to the heathen.

I am faithful.

One, two, three!

Remember. One, two, three! Thou hast sworn not to harm my husband.

My son.

The holy water.

The waxen images.

Thou knowest the holy procedures.

One,

I shall meet again soon, my boy.

Go on.

And thy soul too, if God allows.

As for thy bodies, they are polluted beyond redemption.

And must suffer accordingly.

Stop out!

Stop out!

Corbett!

Call on thy master now.

See when it suffices thee to bow to the devil. Thou art guilty of the most

heinous charge of consorting with Satan and his minions.

Unto the laws of this township thou art condemned.

God save us from the forces of darkness.

Think ye to destroy something stronger than life?

So, too, will the sun rise and cast thy shadow over this town again and again,

you fool!

Burn! Burn!

Martin, fight!

A curse on thee and thine forevermore.

I will follow.

descendants for all eternity.

Get to a phone and call us here, okay?

Amen.

Hear me, O Lord of life everlasting.

I, Jonathan Corbis, petition thee to let me be thy voice on earth.

O Master of the world, hear me.

I petition thee.

Hail, O Prince of the Abyss.

Sure, go ahead and run out on your family. What the heck? They'd only run

you.

And that darn book.

I am getting sick and tired of hearing them make such a big deal out of it. If

you read one book, you read them all.

They should have made that big a deal over the script.

Oh, by the way, if you look real close, you might just spot John Travolta in the

crowd scene.

Of course, this movie was made a long time before he had Saturday Night Fever.

Heck. When they made this turkey, I didn't even think he was running a

temperature.

Okay, here's more of The Devil's Reign coming right up on Movie Macabre.

Deathless one.

Who calls me from out of the pit?

What is thy purpose?

Has it been prepared?

It has.

Then I command this soul to be purified by fire and water.

It's unworthy soul.

waters of forgetfulness.

My

servant,

come forth.

and claim the body I have prepared for you.

Zodokade, Vainobliasi, open wide

the mysteries of your creation unto this soul.

Be friendly unto him, for I am the same,

the true worshipper.

of the highest and most exalted king of hell.

Praise...

is my soul.

Salvation.

Blasphemer! Blasphemer!

Seize him!

You, my son, defiled all that is holy.

Mother of my God, my God!

Okay, where's Julie then?

The sheriff called. He's got men on the road looking. The car disappeared,

right? Can't find it?

Yeah, well, that means that she's back there in that damn place with Corbis.

They picked you up, didn't they? Come on, let's face it.

The sheriff's got the God knows how many storm victims he's looking for. And

what do you think he's going to say when I tell him about waxing images?

And eyeless faces, huh? How about that one?

That goddamn ceremony.

Bitch.

Now, what about the disappearance of my family, for crying out loud?

Now, Sam, I don't know what in the hell he wants with my family, but... There's

only one way to find out. Now, slow down.

Slow down.

Let's try to find out what we're facing here.

There. Take a look at this.

What is it? Where'd you get it?

It's a book. I got it from John, bequeathed to your mother. It's been in

family for centuries. You haven't seen it.

Nathan Aldrin.

Yeah.

Martin Fife. That's the name he used last night in the ceremony. Right,

This book was owned by Corbis. What?

300 years ago.

It's a registry of the people, the names of the people that he converted to

Satan.

These are written in blood, these signatures.

These are people who believe that they've sold their souls to the devil.

Here, this letter. Read the letter.

I beseech thee, daughter, and all our daughters to follow, to protect this

and keep it from the devil's disciples.

For so long as you do, Jonathan, Corbus is powerless to deliver his souls to

Satan.

For I would rather my beloved husband, Martin Fife, suffer the torments of the

devil's reign.

The devil's reign. Whilst in prison there, I...

I pray that Martin, through God's grace, will find a way to scratch his name

from its pages.

Signed, Aaron, that's a Fife, Wellington, 1680. Now, what in the hell

waiting 300 years for?

I don't know. Maybe the right moment. Or the right family. You'll never find the

reason. That devil's reign.

That's new to me. I've never heard of that. You mentioned that last night in

ceremony. You said something about, I condemn my soul to the devil's reign.

Uh -huh. You know, that's Corbis.

This corpse believes that he can separate souls from bodies.

Oh, Sam, don't be ridiculous. Well, there's an old superstition, and what

described happened last night. Look, Sam, we're talking about something

one of us understand. In the meantime, I don't know what in the hell's happened

to Julie.

Wait, wait, Tom!

Right.

Mark Preston. He wasn't dead this morning.

He's going to Redstone.

carried away.

Well,

at least she's going somewhere.

And that's more than you can say for this movie.

Boy, I never thought I would be caught dead saying this. But right now, I would

even welcome a phone call from Breather with another one of those stupid

cornball jokes.

I mean, that is what you call desperation time.

possibly be?

Hello, breather. Hello, breather. Is that you?

It's still dead.

No, no, no, wait. Wait, wherever it is. I can hear you just fine. It's okay.

It's okay.

Hello? Hello?

Just my luck.

Bad connection.

Well, anyway, maybe whoever it was will just call right back.

Yeah, they're probably going to just call right back in a minute. New second

now.

Yeah, the phone's going to ring.

Any minute now.

Any day now.

It's probably going to ring.

Maybe sometime in 85.

and among mortals for immortal delight.

Who denies pleasure denies life.

Who opens the portals of pleasure opens the eye of eternity so

we may see the divine fire.

The symbols of Satan, exactly as it says in the book. Yeah, well, that figures.

What is that?

Possessed by Corvus for 300 years.

From Wellington until now.

The devil's reign.

Yeah.

Put her on the altar of the Holy Flame.

I will prepare her for eternity.

No, no! Julie!

You, my brethren, found the book.

You may now bring down the vessel so we may restore it to its holy place.

That won't be necessary.

Richards.

Dr. Samuel Richards.

Yes.

I've been aware of your work for these many years, Doctor.

Corbis.

You want the devil's reign.

I want Tom and Julie Preston.

I do not underestimate your powers.

Nor do I overestimate them.

Thank you, Doctor.

I'm grateful that you are aware of them, sir.

Unless you allow Tom and Julie Preston to leave here safely... I

will destroy the devil's reign!

Martin Fife! Our salvation is at hand!

Bring me forth the vessel.

Listen! Listen to me!

You have the power now to end your torment!

Destroy the bottle.

Without the devil's reign, he has no hold on you. You are free to choose.

Martin Fife, you are sworn to Satan.

Come forth for your salvation.

This is your last chance.

In all eternity, it will never come again.

Without the devil's reign, he has no hold on you. You are free to choose.

Aramessa was right.

This is your last chance.

Even lies.

In all eternity, it will not come again.

Free the souls and free yourself.

If you destroy the devil's reign, you will wander through eternity. A creature

of nothing.

Neither of heaven nor of hell.

In God's name, Martin.

Believe as Aramessa believed.

You can be saved.

Break the bottle.

You are sworn to Satan, Martin. No, you're not.

The top story in the news this weekend is the surprise return to pro football

Ernest Borgnine. Here with the details is Elvira St. James.

Elvira? Thank you, Wendy.

Yes, in a surprise announcement today, it was disclosed that veteran linebacker

Ernest Borgnine has been signed by the Anaheim Rams.

When asked to comment, Borgnine said, I only hope I can keep up with those

youngsters. After all, I'm not a kid anymore.

In other football news, here's another entry for the Hall.

Bill Shatner played single -handedly against the Arizona Black Eyes in an

exhibition game for charity.

Shatner's at the 5, the 10, he breaks the tackle, he's out in the open. A

run for Shatner.

Except for one thing.

He forgot to carry the football.

Wendy, join us at 10 for an update on that bizarre story of a Pacoima woman

trapped in a car wash.

See you then.

Hey, why the long face, Julie? Come on, put a smile on that kisser of yours.

Movie's over, ain't it?

Boy, just think of the long face a hubby's gonna have when he finds out he

just slow dancing with Ernest Borgnine.

And did that melting scene last long enough?

I thought it might be a good time to raid the old fridge macabre, but all

was in it was some leftover liver from last week's show.

So I just drove down to the Safeway to pick up some munchies, but wouldn't you

know it?

Clothes for remodeling.

So I just drove out to Santa Monica and had a nice seven -course Moroccan

dinner. And then next door they were playing War and Peace on a double bill

Heaven's Gate. So I just sat through both of them.

And then I decided to take the scenic route back to the studio along

Drive. Stopped off at home to be the cat, of course. Got back here, and that

melting scene was still going on.

Let's just... Ask a typical laid -back viewer to comment on this one.

Honey, what did you think of Devil's Reign?

It's as if I were watching a movie.

Yeah, yeah.

Just like that.

Well, speaking of movies, do we have one for you next week or what?

I certainly hope so, because if we don't, I'm out of a job. It's a horrible

story. I'll be looking for you then, then. And until then, this will just

to hold you.

Unpleasant dream.

Raindrops are falling on my head And just like the guy whose feet are too

big for his bed Nothing seems to fit Those

raindrops are falling on my head They keep falling So I

just didn't need some talking to the sun

And I said I didn't like the way he got things done, sleeping on

the job.

Those raindrops are falling on my head, they keep falling.

But there's one thing I know, the

blues they send to meet me won't do.

to greet me