1 00:01:54,383 --> 00:01:55,731 Yes? 2 00:01:55,801 --> 00:01:57,511 I'd like a room, please. 3 00:01:58,595 --> 00:01:59,595 Well... 4 00:02:01,932 --> 00:02:03,614 I only got one left. 5 00:02:03,684 --> 00:02:06,116 7B, down in the basement. 6 00:02:06,186 --> 00:02:07,563 That sounds fine. 7 00:02:08,896 --> 00:02:11,036 The air's not too good down there. 8 00:02:11,191 --> 00:02:13,485 Installed a duct, but it don't blow through. 9 00:02:14,778 --> 00:02:17,044 I don't mind. 10 00:02:17,114 --> 00:02:18,754 Well, there's a boiler down there. 11 00:02:18,824 --> 00:02:20,909 Too big to move out. 12 00:02:21,076 --> 00:02:22,076 That's no problem. 13 00:02:22,869 --> 00:02:25,135 Cleaning lady don't clean much. 14 00:02:25,205 --> 00:02:26,720 She don't like to go down there. 15 00:02:26,790 --> 00:02:29,376 She's afraid of what's growing down there. 16 00:02:30,335 --> 00:02:31,712 I could clean it myself. 17 00:02:33,463 --> 00:02:38,065 Well... 18 00:02:38,135 --> 00:02:39,928 Go ahead and sign in, then. 19 00:02:54,318 --> 00:02:58,113 Well, I hope you enjoy your stay at the Grand Hotel. 20 00:03:02,242 --> 00:03:04,244 You have a nice evening. 21 00:06:59,187 --> 00:07:00,772 Except for biology. 22 00:07:00,939 --> 00:07:02,954 I always had a talent for that kinda jig. 23 00:07:03,024 --> 00:07:04,039 And home ec. 24 00:07:04,109 --> 00:07:06,792 Baking, that sort of thing. 25 00:07:06,862 --> 00:07:09,753 People are just hungry to hear about it. 26 00:07:09,823 --> 00:07:13,673 And my job puts me in contact with a lot of people, 27 00:07:13,743 --> 00:07:16,927 but I don't really know anybody. 28 00:07:16,997 --> 00:07:20,347 Yeah, it's not the most elegant line of work, 29 00:07:20,417 --> 00:07:22,140 but it pays the bills. 30 00:07:22,210 --> 00:07:23,934 And I'm not gonna be in the Grand Hotel forever. 31 00:07:24,004 --> 00:07:25,171 No, sir. 32 00:07:26,131 --> 00:07:28,647 Sooner or later, hopefully, I'll get enough money 33 00:07:28,717 --> 00:07:30,302 to have my own kind of place. 34 00:07:31,177 --> 00:07:34,194 Maybe get into baking professionally. 35 00:07:34,264 --> 00:07:37,934 There's a lot of dough in that line of work. 36 00:08:39,287 --> 00:08:40,260 Yes? 37 00:08:40,330 --> 00:08:42,053 All moved in? 38 00:08:42,123 --> 00:08:43,096 Uh-huh. 39 00:08:43,166 --> 00:08:45,710 Did you get all your stuff moved in? 40 00:08:46,544 --> 00:08:48,351 Yeah, thanks. 41 00:08:48,421 --> 00:08:49,756 Do you need anything? 42 00:08:50,715 --> 00:08:52,300 No, I don't think so. 43 00:08:53,259 --> 00:08:55,817 Would you like me to check your duct? 44 00:08:55,887 --> 00:08:57,027 My duct? 45 00:08:57,097 --> 00:08:58,862 Yeah, the last party that was in there 46 00:08:58,932 --> 00:09:01,017 said the air didn't blow through right. 47 00:09:01,893 --> 00:09:02,893 Uh... 48 00:09:06,940 --> 00:09:08,483 No, it seems fine. 49 00:09:09,609 --> 00:09:11,903 How would you like to see a film, then? 50 00:09:12,904 --> 00:09:13,877 A film? 51 00:09:13,947 --> 00:09:16,838 Yeah, I got a pretty good one here. 52 00:09:16,908 --> 00:09:19,174 Educational documentary. 53 00:09:19,244 --> 00:09:22,414 The story of electromagnetic induction. 54 00:09:24,874 --> 00:09:26,014 Oh, yeah. 55 00:09:26,084 --> 00:09:28,266 I'm kinda tired, though. 56 00:09:28,336 --> 00:09:29,267 Oh. 57 00:09:29,337 --> 00:09:31,269 Maybe some other time? 58 00:09:31,339 --> 00:09:33,605 Uh-huh. 59 00:09:33,675 --> 00:09:34,676 Goodnight. 60 00:10:51,377 --> 00:10:53,713 - Who's there? - Cleaning lady. 61 00:10:55,840 --> 00:10:56,980 Oh, hi. 62 00:10:57,050 --> 00:10:58,648 I need to clean. 63 00:10:58,718 --> 00:10:59,858 Um, that's all right. 64 00:10:59,928 --> 00:11:01,346 I'll take care of it myself. 65 00:11:04,891 --> 00:11:06,851 Well, if that's the way it has to be. 66 00:11:10,063 --> 00:11:12,232 Just bet you'll do it yourself. 67 00:11:13,900 --> 00:11:17,083 You and that other one in 6B. 68 00:11:17,153 --> 00:11:18,835 Look at this place, it's filthy. 69 00:11:18,905 --> 00:11:19,670 Absolutely filthy. 70 00:11:19,740 --> 00:11:21,546 Cobwebs all over the place. 71 00:11:21,616 --> 00:11:23,006 Well, I'm not gonna take them down. 72 00:11:23,076 --> 00:11:24,007 No, ma'am. 73 00:11:24,077 --> 00:11:25,633 I wash my hands of it. 74 00:11:25,703 --> 00:11:27,343 There's a limit to what I'll do. 75 00:11:27,413 --> 00:11:30,083 And this place passed it a long time ago! 76 00:14:52,085 --> 00:14:54,979 Oh, god! 77 00:22:22,085 --> 00:22:24,755 This, what? Rocks. 78 00:24:21,648 --> 00:24:22,792 Hi, there! 79 00:24:25,125 --> 00:24:26,223 Oh, I'm sorry. 80 00:24:26,293 --> 00:24:28,170 - That's okay. - Here, let me help you. 81 00:24:29,171 --> 00:24:30,380 I guess we're neighbors. 82 00:24:31,423 --> 00:24:32,979 The name's Trixie. 83 00:24:33,049 --> 00:24:34,049 Trixie Turner. 84 00:24:35,135 --> 00:24:36,483 Pleased to meet you. 85 00:24:36,553 --> 00:24:38,110 I'm Connie Sproutz. 86 00:24:38,180 --> 00:24:38,945 How's it going, Connie? 87 00:24:39,015 --> 00:24:41,349 What're you doing in a dump like this? 88 00:24:42,934 --> 00:24:44,478 Oh, renting a room. 89 00:24:46,021 --> 00:24:47,285 Yeah, what else? 90 00:24:47,355 --> 00:24:49,538 Would you like to come in for a drink or somethin'? 91 00:24:49,608 --> 00:24:50,747 I can't right now. 92 00:24:50,817 --> 00:24:52,749 I've gotta check on something. 93 00:24:52,819 --> 00:24:53,543 Oh, sure thing. 94 00:24:53,613 --> 00:24:54,738 Take a rain check, huh? 95 00:24:56,573 --> 00:24:57,671 Yeah. 96 00:24:57,741 --> 00:24:58,714 Catch you later, Connie. 97 00:24:58,784 --> 00:24:59,784 Bye. 98 00:28:10,876 --> 00:28:11,682 Hi, Connie! 99 00:28:11,752 --> 00:28:12,766 Hi, Trixie. 100 00:28:12,836 --> 00:28:14,559 Thought I might take you up on that rain check. 101 00:28:14,629 --> 00:28:15,393 Sure thing! 102 00:28:15,463 --> 00:28:16,229 Come on in. 103 00:28:16,299 --> 00:28:18,049 Would you like a drink or somethin'? 104 00:28:18,216 --> 00:28:19,731 Uh, yeah. 105 00:28:19,801 --> 00:28:21,191 What'll you have? 106 00:28:21,261 --> 00:28:22,734 Grain alcohol. 107 00:28:22,804 --> 00:28:24,152 Huh? 108 00:28:24,222 --> 00:28:25,779 Or maybe some vodka. 109 00:28:25,849 --> 00:28:27,155 Ah, gotcha. 110 00:28:27,481 --> 00:28:29,400 I'm glad you could come over. 111 00:28:29,513 --> 00:28:33,076 Took that myself in the middle of the desert in Nevada. 112 00:28:33,360 --> 00:28:35,288 Been interested in UFOs ever since. 113 00:28:35,358 --> 00:28:36,414 You believe in them? 114 00:28:36,890 --> 00:28:39,753 No, I'm afraid I don't. 115 00:28:40,872 --> 00:28:43,347 There's a lot of weird things going on up there. 116 00:28:43,575 --> 00:28:45,197 And down here, too. 117 00:28:46,620 --> 00:28:48,093 Some of the freaks I meet 118 00:28:48,163 --> 00:28:50,040 might as well be from another planet. 119 00:28:51,541 --> 00:28:52,639 Here you go. 120 00:28:52,901 --> 00:28:54,427 - Thank you. - Have a seat. 121 00:28:58,886 --> 00:28:59,886 So... 122 00:29:02,677 --> 00:29:04,818 How do you like the Grand Hotel? 123 00:29:04,888 --> 00:29:06,528 Oh, it's very nice. 124 00:29:06,598 --> 00:29:07,571 Yeah, right. 125 00:29:07,641 --> 00:29:10,490 They oughta burn it down and get the insurance money. 126 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:11,575 You from out of town? 127 00:29:11,645 --> 00:29:14,494 Um, yes. I've moved around a lot. 128 00:29:14,564 --> 00:29:15,537 Yeah, me too. 129 00:29:15,607 --> 00:29:17,108 Rootless is what they call it. 130 00:29:18,693 --> 00:29:21,334 I was most recently in Chelsea, Idaho. 131 00:29:21,404 --> 00:29:22,460 Chelsea? 132 00:29:22,530 --> 00:29:23,712 Never heard of it. 133 00:29:23,782 --> 00:29:26,496 It's a small place, a company town. 134 00:29:27,243 --> 00:29:28,884 Hm, I don't know much about Idaho, 135 00:29:28,954 --> 00:29:30,719 except that it stands for potatoes. 136 00:29:30,789 --> 00:29:32,582 I read that on a license plate once. 137 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,503 Yes, they have lots of potatoes there. 138 00:29:38,046 --> 00:29:39,561 Your folks live there? 139 00:29:39,631 --> 00:29:40,631 No. 140 00:29:41,633 --> 00:29:43,523 Hm, I lost mine. 141 00:29:43,593 --> 00:29:45,483 They were flower children. 142 00:29:45,553 --> 00:29:46,805 They came from flowers? 143 00:29:47,806 --> 00:29:48,737 Yeah, right, Connie. 144 00:29:48,807 --> 00:29:50,642 You never heard of flower children? 145 00:29:51,977 --> 00:29:54,242 No, I've heard of flower girls. 146 00:29:54,312 --> 00:29:57,871 No, flower children put flowers in their hair 147 00:29:57,941 --> 00:30:02,042 and live in shacks and hang around fields chanting. 148 00:30:02,112 --> 00:30:03,668 That sort of thing. 149 00:30:03,738 --> 00:30:06,671 My parents owned a potato farm in Mendocino. 150 00:30:06,741 --> 00:30:07,909 A Caneel type deal. 151 00:30:08,827 --> 00:30:12,969 But then it caught blight and they disappeared one day. 152 00:30:13,039 --> 00:30:14,082 Never saw them again. 153 00:30:16,167 --> 00:30:18,600 Hit the streets pretty soon after that. 154 00:30:18,670 --> 00:30:20,435 So, what line of work are you in? 155 00:30:20,505 --> 00:30:22,062 Oh, I'm an inventor. 156 00:30:22,132 --> 00:30:24,147 - An inventor? - Mm-hm! 157 00:30:24,217 --> 00:30:27,396 I used to work for Plasmaster but now I'm out on my own. 158 00:30:28,769 --> 00:30:30,794 You know somethin', Connie? 159 00:30:31,311 --> 00:30:32,697 You and me are a lot alike. 160 00:30:32,767 --> 00:30:34,616 I could tell, the first time I saw ya. 161 00:30:34,686 --> 00:30:36,201 You could? 162 00:30:36,271 --> 00:30:37,827 Yeah! 163 00:30:37,897 --> 00:30:39,371 Both stuck in a sewer 164 00:30:39,441 --> 00:30:41,276 but we got big plans for the future. 165 00:30:47,180 --> 00:30:49,794 Not supposed to be any pets in this hotel. 166 00:30:53,204 --> 00:30:53,803 Geez, I thought you were 167 00:30:53,873 --> 00:30:54,970 some kind of aardvark or something! 168 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:56,721 What the fuck are you doing? 169 00:30:56,791 --> 00:30:57,555 Ah, nothin'. 170 00:30:57,625 --> 00:30:58,432 Just got another film here. 171 00:30:58,502 --> 00:30:59,975 I thought you'd like to see it. 172 00:31:00,045 --> 00:31:02,102 Another one of those damn school movies again? 173 00:31:02,172 --> 00:31:05,647 Yeah, the story of electrochemical reactions. 174 00:31:05,717 --> 00:31:07,107 No, I'm busy. 175 00:31:07,177 --> 00:31:08,650 Oh, got a customer? 176 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:10,151 No, a friend. 177 00:31:10,221 --> 00:31:12,237 Oh, 7B, eh? 178 00:31:12,307 --> 00:31:14,072 How'd you gals like to come upstairs 179 00:31:14,142 --> 00:31:16,282 and join me in a libation? 180 00:31:16,352 --> 00:31:17,937 No, if you don't mind. 181 00:31:19,814 --> 00:31:20,814 Ah. 182 00:31:41,878 --> 00:31:44,853 The alien organism infests the human host 183 00:31:44,923 --> 00:31:48,606 like a neural parasite, occupying the skull cavity 184 00:31:48,676 --> 00:31:52,027 while maintaining the host's brain externally. 185 00:31:52,097 --> 00:31:53,903 The body is internally altered 186 00:31:53,973 --> 00:31:56,156 and several new organs are formed, 187 00:31:56,226 --> 00:31:59,034 including one for disintegrating the victims 188 00:31:59,104 --> 00:32:01,536 and another for secreting their brain cells, 189 00:32:01,606 --> 00:32:05,110 compacted and reorganized, but still alive. 190 00:32:06,319 --> 00:32:10,879 Outwardly, it resembles an enormous protoplasm or amoeba, 191 00:32:10,949 --> 00:32:13,131 though it is vastly more complex 192 00:32:13,201 --> 00:32:16,788 and seems to possess an almost diabolical intelligence. 193 00:32:17,664 --> 00:32:20,638 It is capable of telepathic manipulation 194 00:32:20,708 --> 00:32:24,893 and even psychokinetic changes in its immediate environment. 195 00:32:24,963 --> 00:32:28,675 This is probably how it has avoided detection for so long. 196 00:32:41,980 --> 00:32:43,064 Good god. 197 00:32:44,732 --> 00:32:46,456 Are they conscious? 198 00:32:46,526 --> 00:32:48,319 Able to think in there, 199 00:32:49,487 --> 00:32:51,644 in some dark limbo? 200 00:32:56,619 --> 00:32:58,927 The subconscious mind of the human host 201 00:32:58,997 --> 00:33:01,429 is not under its control. 202 00:33:01,499 --> 00:33:05,767 It is for this reason that the so-called Damp-a-Dream Machine 203 00:33:05,837 --> 00:33:09,020 was designed and patented by Connie Sproutz. 204 00:33:09,090 --> 00:33:11,981 It prevents the dreams of the alienated brain 205 00:33:12,051 --> 00:33:14,053 from becoming physically real. 206 00:33:26,024 --> 00:33:27,956 I must emphasize the importance 207 00:33:28,026 --> 00:33:31,251 of destroying the creature completely. 208 00:33:31,321 --> 00:33:34,754 I disagree strongly with Dr. Brainard's suggestion 209 00:33:34,824 --> 00:33:38,007 that we attempt to take the creature alive 210 00:33:38,077 --> 00:33:40,677 for some possible military use. 211 00:33:40,747 --> 00:33:43,429 It is simply too dangerous 212 00:33:43,499 --> 00:33:46,641 and the consequences could be disastrous. 213 00:33:46,711 --> 00:33:51,716 The creature must be eradicated before it escapes 214 00:33:51,966 --> 00:33:54,010 and finds new victims. 215 00:34:11,402 --> 00:34:14,002 Who were you, Connie Sproutz? 216 00:34:14,584 --> 00:34:17,533 Before that thing found you and changed you. 217 00:34:20,578 --> 00:34:22,967 I could almost feel sorry for you. 218 00:34:39,179 --> 00:34:40,888 Connie? 219 00:34:41,652 --> 00:34:43,540 Connie, are you in there? 220 00:38:11,131 --> 00:38:12,824 The tube checks out fine. 221 00:38:12,894 --> 00:38:14,645 Not a darn thing wrong with it. 222 00:38:15,563 --> 00:38:17,120 I wonder if it might be these thunderstorms 223 00:38:17,190 --> 00:38:18,190 we've been having. 224 00:38:20,359 --> 00:38:22,458 I guess I'm just going to have to stay up 225 00:38:22,528 --> 00:38:23,571 until they blow over. 226 00:39:15,873 --> 00:39:18,514 Hey, you want some potato salad? 227 00:39:18,584 --> 00:39:21,504 No, potatoes don't agree with me. 228 00:39:22,672 --> 00:39:24,849 Hey, look at that transformer. 229 00:39:29,971 --> 00:39:31,611 Oh, yeah. What about it? 230 00:39:31,681 --> 00:39:33,196 Well, I was just thinking 231 00:39:33,266 --> 00:39:35,226 about the low-frequency radiation. 232 00:39:36,102 --> 00:39:38,910 It affects people living in the vicinity of the lines. 233 00:39:38,980 --> 00:39:40,286 Oh, really? 234 00:39:40,356 --> 00:39:42,775 Yeah, it can even cause DNA mutations. 235 00:39:44,944 --> 00:39:46,584 You know something, Connie? 236 00:39:46,654 --> 00:39:48,127 That's what I like about you. 237 00:39:48,197 --> 00:39:49,837 You're always thinking. 238 00:39:49,907 --> 00:39:52,618 Maybe you can think of a way for us to get out of that damn hotel. 239 00:39:56,038 --> 00:39:57,303 Maybe we should run away together. 240 00:39:57,373 --> 00:40:00,556 Somewhere, anywhere away from that dump. 241 00:40:00,626 --> 00:40:02,183 You know, it's a black hole. 242 00:40:02,253 --> 00:40:04,408 Nothing that gets in ever gets out. 243 00:40:05,548 --> 00:40:08,272 So, what've you got to drink around here? 244 00:40:08,342 --> 00:40:09,398 What's this? 245 00:40:09,468 --> 00:40:10,942 Oh, that's some shine I made. 246 00:40:11,012 --> 00:40:12,388 You kidding me? 247 00:40:12,555 --> 00:40:13,555 No. 248 00:40:17,059 --> 00:40:18,115 Oh! 249 00:40:18,185 --> 00:40:20,034 This stuff's got a kick. 250 00:40:20,104 --> 00:40:21,564 It's 198 proof. 251 00:40:22,857 --> 00:40:25,706 Hot creepers, you drink this stuff all the time? 252 00:40:25,776 --> 00:40:27,208 Do you want some? 253 00:40:27,278 --> 00:40:29,627 No, I think I'd just like some coffee. 254 00:40:29,697 --> 00:40:30,836 Oh, okay. 255 00:40:30,906 --> 00:40:31,672 You look like you need it. 256 00:40:32,531 --> 00:40:34,740 Well, I haven't been sleeping very well. 257 00:40:36,537 --> 00:40:38,456 Well, some coffee oughta wake you up. 258 00:40:39,498 --> 00:40:40,763 Actually it doesn't really do much do much 259 00:40:40,833 --> 00:40:42,598 for me when I drink it. 260 00:40:43,594 --> 00:40:45,841 Well, what else would you do with it? 261 00:40:48,007 --> 00:40:50,509 I haven't been getting my beauty rest, either, lately. 262 00:40:53,888 --> 00:40:56,279 I keep having these nightmares. 263 00:40:56,349 --> 00:40:58,281 Dreams are all absurd. 264 00:40:58,351 --> 00:40:59,824 I don't know about that, Connie. 265 00:40:59,894 --> 00:41:01,284 I believe you can interpret your dreams 266 00:41:01,354 --> 00:41:02,410 and if you can interpret your dreams, 267 00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:03,287 you can figure out everything. 268 00:41:03,357 --> 00:41:05,399 You know exactly what to do with your life. 269 00:41:06,901 --> 00:41:09,208 Dreams are nothing but random electrochemical activity 270 00:41:09,278 --> 00:41:10,585 originating in the cortex. 271 00:41:10,655 --> 00:41:11,545 In the what? 272 00:41:11,615 --> 00:41:13,045 The brain stem. 273 00:41:13,115 --> 00:41:15,548 It's the most primitive part of the mind. 274 00:41:15,618 --> 00:41:18,204 Geez, Connie, where do you pick up all this stuff? 275 00:41:19,413 --> 00:41:20,553 Oh, here and there. 276 00:41:20,602 --> 00:41:22,183 Various people I've... 277 00:41:22,983 --> 00:41:24,247 met. 278 00:41:24,585 --> 00:41:25,434 Hm. 279 00:41:25,504 --> 00:41:26,851 I admire that. 280 00:41:26,921 --> 00:41:29,548 You know, you're a lot smarter than your average dope. 281 00:41:29,715 --> 00:41:31,072 You oughta be proud of that. 282 00:41:31,163 --> 00:41:33,349 You got brains. 283 00:43:34,298 --> 00:43:35,980 This is an ohmmeter. 284 00:43:36,050 --> 00:43:38,983 The ohmmeter measures electrical resistance in ohms, 285 00:43:39,245 --> 00:43:41,469 and ohms is the unit of resistance equivalent 286 00:43:41,575 --> 00:43:44,368 to the resistance of a conductor in which one volt, 287 00:43:44,481 --> 00:43:45,732 the unit difference of... 288 00:44:19,927 --> 00:44:22,526 Madam Kildegaard determined that the current does not flow 289 00:44:22,596 --> 00:44:25,446 unobstructed without being measured twice. 290 00:44:25,665 --> 00:44:27,430 On Sundays, the current tends to lessen. 291 00:44:27,585 --> 00:44:29,638 However, voting is permitted. 292 00:44:51,845 --> 00:44:53,527 That the potential difference between two metals 293 00:44:53,597 --> 00:44:55,654 is based upon their mutual dislike. 294 00:44:55,724 --> 00:44:57,698 If the current flows between them and the metals 295 00:44:57,768 --> 00:45:00,159 are not in mutual harmony, a discord will erupt, 296 00:45:00,229 --> 00:45:02,036 producing catastrophic effects, 297 00:45:02,106 --> 00:45:05,456 especially among recourses that prefer suckers to bonbons. 298 00:45:05,526 --> 00:45:07,291 The Greeks, of course, discovered electricity, 299 00:45:07,361 --> 00:45:09,752 though they had types inferior to old Ben Franklin 300 00:45:09,822 --> 00:45:11,962 who could not contain his flatulence during the meetings 301 00:45:12,032 --> 00:45:13,505 of the Continental First Congress, 302 00:45:13,575 --> 00:45:15,507 which meant every day except for Sundays, 303 00:45:15,577 --> 00:45:16,675 when the current did not flow, 304 00:45:16,745 --> 00:45:18,510 unless two metals which detested each other 305 00:45:18,580 --> 00:45:20,346 were in mutual discord and grated loudly 306 00:45:20,416 --> 00:45:22,473 like the sound of fingernails on a blackboard, 307 00:45:22,543 --> 00:45:23,932 which Madam Kildegaard detested, 308 00:45:24,002 --> 00:45:26,143 even though she was very well built. 309 00:45:26,213 --> 00:45:28,270 Speaking of well built, the Empire State Building 310 00:45:28,340 --> 00:45:30,814 was well constructed until the metals in its girder system 311 00:45:30,884 --> 00:45:33,275 expanded and bloated due to excess stomach acid 312 00:45:33,345 --> 00:45:35,671 and spewed several albino rhinoceros. 313 00:47:20,555 --> 00:47:22,724 God, I need some coffee. 314 00:49:07,601 --> 00:49:08,601 Great Scott. 315 00:49:09,478 --> 00:49:11,910 Could I be having flashbacks? 316 00:49:11,980 --> 00:49:14,942 The lysergic acid experiments. 317 00:50:45,088 --> 00:50:46,518 You feeling lonely tonight? 318 00:50:46,588 --> 00:50:47,588 I sure am. 319 00:50:48,507 --> 00:50:51,315 You live at the Grand Hotel, don't you? 320 00:50:51,385 --> 00:50:53,150 Oh, so you've seen me before! 321 00:50:53,220 --> 00:50:54,985 A secret admirer. 322 00:50:55,055 --> 00:50:57,237 Hey, love that hair! 323 00:50:57,307 --> 00:50:59,656 I do admire distinguished older gentlemen like you. 324 00:50:59,726 --> 00:51:02,534 Yes, I'd like to ask you a question. 325 00:51:02,604 --> 00:51:03,411 Sure, if it's about money, 326 00:51:03,481 --> 00:51:04,953 I'd like to get that settled right off the bat. 327 00:51:05,023 --> 00:51:06,830 No, it's not about money. 328 00:51:06,900 --> 00:51:09,778 There's another young woman who lives at the Grand Hotel, 329 00:51:10,158 --> 00:51:11,628 - perhaps you know her? - Sure! 330 00:51:11,698 --> 00:51:13,796 A lot of people live at that dump. 331 00:51:14,057 --> 00:51:15,238 But who cares? 332 00:51:15,352 --> 00:51:17,591 You and me are the only ones who matter tonight. 333 00:51:18,002 --> 00:51:18,851 Cute coat. 334 00:51:19,220 --> 00:51:20,969 It makes you look so mysterious. 335 00:51:21,253 --> 00:51:23,942 That will be enough of that. 336 00:51:26,424 --> 00:51:29,719 The other young woman's name is Connie Sproutz. 337 00:51:30,632 --> 00:51:32,189 Fuck! A cop! 338 00:51:32,472 --> 00:51:34,113 Watch your language, young lady. 339 00:51:34,225 --> 00:51:38,843 I am not a police officer. I'm a scientist and an investigator. 340 00:51:39,019 --> 00:51:42,163 I merely wanted to ask you a few questions about your friend. 341 00:51:42,276 --> 00:51:44,665 - What friend? - Connie Sproutz. 342 00:51:44,757 --> 00:51:48,080 I know all about your acquaintance with her, Miss Turner. 343 00:51:48,342 --> 00:51:50,777 Hey! How do you know my name? 344 00:51:50,868 --> 00:51:52,835 It's my job to know your name. 345 00:51:53,054 --> 00:51:55,212 Dr. Sigmund Sylvanus. 346 00:51:55,517 --> 00:51:59,466 Plasmaster Corporation Special Investigations Unit. 347 00:51:59,664 --> 00:52:00,790 Plasmaster? 348 00:52:01,538 --> 00:52:04,768 Yes, we first became interested in Connie Sproutz 349 00:52:04,924 --> 00:52:07,558 when she applied for a job in our research department. 350 00:52:07,948 --> 00:52:10,272 Showed amazing scientific ability. 351 00:52:10,471 --> 00:52:12,771 You might even say superhuman. 352 00:52:13,161 --> 00:52:16,925 Then after the mysterious death of Dr. Usapius Termaline, 353 00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:19,012 our brilliant head of research, 354 00:52:19,146 --> 00:52:21,815 we decided to launch a full investigation. 355 00:52:22,351 --> 00:52:23,564 Oh, really? 356 00:52:24,082 --> 00:52:26,603 That's so fascinating, I'm about to fall asleep. 357 00:52:26,736 --> 00:52:28,605 Well, perhaps this would interest you. 358 00:52:28,674 --> 00:52:30,414 I have learned several amazing things 359 00:52:30,484 --> 00:52:32,833 about your friend, Connie Sproutz. 360 00:52:32,903 --> 00:52:33,710 Who? 361 00:52:33,994 --> 00:52:36,044 Oh, come, come, Miss Turner. 362 00:52:36,412 --> 00:52:38,783 We know that she lives right next door to you, 363 00:52:38,852 --> 00:52:41,990 or perhaps I should say, it lives right next door. 364 00:52:42,253 --> 00:52:43,181 Hey! 365 00:52:43,378 --> 00:52:44,765 She might not be the cutest thing under the sun, 366 00:52:44,879 --> 00:52:46,889 but she sure blows your butt out of the water. 367 00:52:47,236 --> 00:52:49,558 Now, listen to me, Miss Turner. 368 00:52:49,628 --> 00:52:50,726 For the last three years, 369 00:52:50,796 --> 00:52:53,687 I have tracked Connie Sproutz all over this nation. 370 00:52:53,757 --> 00:52:56,846 Everywhere she goes, people disappear. 371 00:52:56,894 --> 00:52:59,192 So what? People disappear all the time. 372 00:52:59,475 --> 00:53:02,681 Why don't you do me a favor and get lost yourself? 373 00:53:02,816 --> 00:53:05,001 I am warning you, Miss Turner. 374 00:53:05,093 --> 00:53:09,481 Your friend, Connie Sproutz, that seemingly shy and likable girl 375 00:53:09,594 --> 00:53:13,151 may actually be the result of an obscene merger 376 00:53:13,263 --> 00:53:16,376 of human and extraterrestrial DNA. 377 00:53:16,446 --> 00:53:18,629 What psycho ward did you check out of, huh? 378 00:53:18,885 --> 00:53:20,839 I'm telling you this for your own good. 379 00:53:21,186 --> 00:53:23,537 Look, I've almost completed my report. 380 00:53:24,474 --> 00:53:26,022 We're finished here, bud! 381 00:53:26,135 --> 00:53:27,770 But, please, I... 382 00:56:28,863 --> 00:56:30,576 Miss Sproutz, what a pleasure. 383 00:56:30,725 --> 00:56:33,992 Dr. Sigmund Sylvanus, Plasmaster Corporation. 384 00:56:34,062 --> 00:56:37,062 I've been looking forward to meeting you for a long time. 385 00:56:37,168 --> 00:56:39,716 All right, you've got me here. Now where's the brain? 386 00:56:39,870 --> 00:56:41,226 Right this way. 387 00:56:41,403 --> 00:56:44,127 This is my home away from home, do you like it? 388 00:56:44,197 --> 00:56:46,866 Oh, it's nothing like my own lab in Chelsea, 389 00:56:47,678 --> 00:56:49,193 but it's sufficient for my needs. 390 00:56:49,327 --> 00:56:50,471 Here we are. 391 00:56:52,205 --> 00:56:54,471 Just a moment, Miss Sproutz. 392 00:56:54,541 --> 00:56:56,849 May I call you Connie? 393 00:56:57,738 --> 00:56:59,513 Seems as though I know you, 394 00:56:59,796 --> 00:57:02,921 after following your career for the past three years. 395 00:57:03,006 --> 00:57:04,646 Why? What do you care about me? 396 00:57:04,716 --> 00:57:07,875 Oh, Plasmaster cares a great deal about you, Miss Sproutz. 397 00:57:08,030 --> 00:57:09,929 Plasmaster? I've never heard of it. 398 00:57:10,014 --> 00:57:11,778 Oh, come, come, Miss Sproutz. 399 00:57:11,869 --> 00:57:14,635 I know all about your work for Dr. Termaline 400 00:57:14,720 --> 00:57:16,761 in our research and development lab. 401 00:57:16,938 --> 00:57:19,454 You were his best pupil, weren't you? 402 00:57:19,566 --> 00:57:21,724 Yes, you had quite a bright future ahead of you 403 00:57:21,837 --> 00:57:23,769 with Plasmaster, didn't you? 404 00:57:23,903 --> 00:57:27,837 Pet of Dr. Termaline, darling of the Board of Directors. 405 00:57:27,907 --> 00:57:29,756 Termaline was a great scientist, 406 00:57:29,826 --> 00:57:32,092 possibly the greatest of this century, 407 00:57:32,162 --> 00:57:35,303 and how did you repay him for his tutelage and his kindness? 408 00:57:35,373 --> 00:57:36,554 How, Miss Sproutz? 409 00:57:36,624 --> 00:57:37,639 Leave me alone! 410 00:57:37,709 --> 00:57:42,416 By turning him into a disgusting mass of organic sludge! 411 00:57:42,650 --> 00:57:44,854 -And eating him. - I didn't mean to. 412 00:57:45,010 --> 00:57:48,046 No, no, no more than you meant to disintegrate 413 00:57:48,138 --> 00:57:51,243 and cannibalize those countless fringe dwellers 414 00:57:51,475 --> 00:57:53,238 and transients that you murdered. 415 00:57:53,308 --> 00:57:56,333 I didn't murder anyone, they're still alive. 416 00:57:56,518 --> 00:57:57,991 You call that living? 417 00:57:58,146 --> 00:58:03,282 Being trapped in pulpy nodule of undifferentiated cells? 418 00:58:04,088 --> 00:58:05,895 Give me my brain! 419 00:58:06,029 --> 00:58:07,794 What do you think you're doing? 420 00:58:07,864 --> 00:58:09,963 Nothing to worry about, Miss Sproutz. 421 00:58:10,033 --> 00:58:13,466 The Plasmaster Neural Vibrator merely induces 422 00:58:13,536 --> 00:58:17,707 a semi-hypnotic state similar to REM stage sleep. 423 00:58:18,708 --> 00:58:20,624 There's nothing to be afraid of. 424 00:58:20,751 --> 00:58:22,586 I wouldn't do that, if I were you. 425 00:58:36,370 --> 00:58:37,370 Connie? 426 00:58:53,803 --> 00:58:55,179 Arrhythmic heartbeat. 427 00:59:11,006 --> 00:59:13,814 Caustic spores regenerating. 428 00:59:14,055 --> 00:59:15,601 Cycle not yet complete. 429 00:59:31,531 --> 00:59:33,756 All right, you pervert. Back off! 430 00:59:33,826 --> 00:59:35,089 Connie? 431 00:59:35,159 --> 00:59:36,766 What did you do to her? 432 00:59:36,877 --> 00:59:39,410 Miss Turner, I must insist that you leave at once. 433 00:59:39,539 --> 00:59:42,180 You're interrupting a very important investigation 434 00:59:42,250 --> 00:59:45,208 authorized by the Plasmaster Corporation. 435 00:59:45,336 --> 00:59:46,976 Can you carry a tune? 436 00:59:47,088 --> 00:59:48,798 What? Can I carry a tune? 437 00:59:49,674 --> 00:59:50,980 Yes, as a matter of fact, 438 00:59:51,050 --> 00:59:53,900 I happen to sing baritone with a barbershop quartet, 439 00:59:53,970 --> 00:59:56,514 but I fail to see the relevance of that, I... 440 00:59:58,182 --> 00:59:59,280 Well, I'll tell you. 441 00:59:59,350 --> 01:00:02,575 If you don't get out of here right now, you're going to be singing soprano 442 01:00:02,645 --> 01:00:04,661 with the piano boys choir. 443 01:00:04,731 --> 01:00:06,663 Please, Miss Turner, I implore you. 444 01:00:06,733 --> 01:00:08,790 You're dealing with a dangerous mutant. 445 01:00:08,860 --> 01:00:11,084 Oh, is that what you are? Well, I had my suspicions. 446 01:00:11,154 --> 01:00:13,086 Now back off, Jack! 447 01:00:13,156 --> 01:00:14,212 Connie? 448 01:00:14,282 --> 01:00:15,047 Connie, wake up. 449 01:00:15,117 --> 01:00:17,136 We've gotta get you out. 450 01:00:18,244 --> 01:00:19,551 There, you see? 451 01:00:19,621 --> 01:00:21,803 Is that what you call a friend? 452 01:00:21,873 --> 01:00:25,807 This thing, this aberration that calls itself Connie Sprout 453 01:00:25,877 --> 01:00:28,960 is an inhuman creature that has killed hundreds, 454 01:00:29,130 --> 01:00:31,404 perhaps thousands of innocent people. 455 01:00:31,460 --> 01:00:32,808 I don't believe you. 456 01:00:33,092 --> 01:00:34,093 That's Connie. 457 01:00:35,011 --> 01:00:36,025 She's my friend. 458 01:00:36,095 --> 01:00:38,027 No, she's no one's friend. 459 01:00:38,097 --> 01:00:41,681 She's a disease, she's a germ that must be isolated, 460 01:00:41,766 --> 01:00:43,832 studied, classified and stamped out 461 01:00:43,903 --> 01:00:45,488 for the good of society. 462 01:00:48,358 --> 01:00:50,353 - Connie, it's okay. - Trixie? 463 01:00:58,639 --> 01:00:59,932 Ow! 464 01:01:21,067 --> 01:01:22,302 Here we are. 465 01:01:26,290 --> 01:01:28,096 That Sylvanus creep is out cold. 466 01:01:28,166 --> 01:01:30,002 You'll be safe here for a little bit. 467 01:01:38,180 --> 01:01:40,526 That's a pretty bad zit you got there, Connie. 468 01:01:40,743 --> 01:01:42,653 I have a plastic surgeon friend who could take care of it for ya. 469 01:01:42,723 --> 01:01:44,169 He does real good work. 470 01:01:48,189 --> 01:01:48,826 Okay. 471 01:01:48,896 --> 01:01:51,370 Well, I'm gonna go get packed and you wait here, okay? 472 01:01:51,440 --> 01:01:53,358 I'll be right back. Don't go anywhere. 473 01:03:17,234 --> 01:03:20,083 I know you're in there, 7B. 474 01:03:20,153 --> 01:03:21,930 Come on! 475 01:11:38,286 --> 01:11:39,286 Connie? 476 01:11:41,729 --> 01:11:42,898 Connie?