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[Music playing]

[Music continues playing ]

Next stop will be Littleton.

[Pop music playing]

Excuse me.

Do you know when the next stop is?

Yeah, it should be Jack's service station,

about half an hour.

I'm dying of thirst.

It's hot.

You from around here?

Yeah. I am.

I'm going to Seattle. I'm just passing through.

Going to see my boyfriend. Two more days, I can't wait.

I thought you were from the city, 'cause, uh...

you don't look like you're from around here.

Well, I've been gone for a long time.

You have a boyfriend?

- No. - Sounds like a yes to me.

I'm Susan.

I'm Josie.

[Braking]

[Bus engine revving]

Shit! He left without me.

[Sighs]

Excuse me, sir. When's the next bus?

Thursday.

What?

[Music playing]

You can catch the bus in town and if you miss that,

Lambertsville is only a couple hours on down the road.

But how am I supposed to get there?

Somebody's bound to pass here sooner or later.

[Music playing]

Josie!

Hi, Mom.

Thanks for meeting me at the bus stop.

Oh, honey. You're early.

The bus wasn't due for 40 minutes.

Davy and me were gonna meet ya.

It's okay.

Oh Ma, I missed you.

Josie!

Davy!

I hardly recognized you.

- I brought you a present. - Really'?

I hope you're still into plants.

[Whirring]

It's neat!

Thought you'd like it.

Josie baby, we've missed you too.

Will you for God's sakes stop fidgeting?

How's that?

Give her time, Matt. She just got back today.

Dad.

Shh. Play.

I've seen a lot of Matt lately.

Actually, I told him to pitch a tent on the doorstep.

He's practically been camping here

since he heard you were coming home.

He'll be thrilled to know you've actually made it.

Are you gonna marry Matt now that you're back?

Just shut up and play with your carnivorous plant.

[Whirring]

[Phone rings]

Hiya. Oh, welcome back. I'll pass you to Matt.

[Horse neighing in distance]

Hi.

Hey, fella. What's your name?

Well, his name is Chester, but I call him Wolfie,

'cause he always chasin' girls.

[ Chuckles ]

Don't worry. Somebody's bound to come along

sooner or later.

I just don't wanna miss the bus in Lambertsville.

Well, just wait a few minutes

and if, uh, no one comes by I'll call Bob

and either he or Matt can give you a ride on down the road.

Thanks.

Yep.

You like him, huh? He's a good dog.

[ Chuckling ] 0l' loverboy.

See? I told ya so.

Come on, Chester. Come on, Chester.

Can I help you, ma'am?

- Hi. - Hi.

God, last time I saw you you were 16.

[Chuckling] Yeah.

We were engaged.

Yup.

Well, welcome back.

Thanks.

Good to see you, Matt.

You like livin' in the city?

- Yeah, I guess. - Yeah?

You stayin' here long?

I don't know. Maybe.

I like your new car.

Yeah, thanks. It's a DeSoto.

You wanna go for a ride?

Maybe we could just go for a walk?

- Okay, whatever. - Yeah.

You look the same. You still got that tooth.

Shut up. [ Laughs]

[Music playing]

Christ.

Half of these trees are dried out.

Tomorrow morning we'll load up as many as we can.

Yup.

MAN: That rain should've pumped 'em full of life.

They're dying off.

Talk about your acid rain.

Excuse me.

Dr. Kruger, I need to speak to you.

In private, please.

Why, certainly.

I've taken the liberty of conducting some research

on the possible areas of radioactivity

outside the perimeter of this plant.

[Music playing]

[ Elevator dings ]

Dr. Taylor, I don't want there to be any confusion

about the duties for which you were hired

to work here at the plant.

Please let me finish, Dr. Kruger.

These results were alarming, they were shocking.

I found very high levels of radioactivity.

The strange thing is

is it didn't seem to have any connection at all

with the power plant.

I don't understand.

Very good, Dr. Taylor.

You did well by coming to me with this.

- Great. - We wouldn't want to take any risks.

No, absolutely.

Dr. Prizzi,

I'd like you to personally look into this matter.

Dr. Taylor will give you all the information he's collected

and! want you to get to the bottom of this problem.

Immediately.

I want answers by the end of the week.

I suggest that we--

Thank you, Dr. Taylor. You may go now.

From now on, Dr. Prizzi will be responsible for this matter.

[Sighs]

Ah, one more thing, Dr. Taylor.

I would like to remind you that it is absolutely forbidden

to even possess any alcoholic beverages

on the premises of the plant.

L-- Uh, uh, I don't-- I--

I believe this is yours, Dr. Taylor.

At least it was found in your office.

Uh, r-- really, l-- I--

This time I will look the other way,

in the name of friendship,

but I hope you realize this could cost you your position if...

somehow this slips out.

[Sighs]

You may go now. Thanks.

[Door closing]

[Music playing]

[Engine revving]

Hey!

I hope this one's going in the right direction.

Excuse me, sir. Could you give me a ride to Lambertsville?

Sure.

I'll give you a ride to Lamberstville. Hop in.

[Truck engine rumbling]

Sure is hot, isn't it?

Yeah.

I bet you're hot as well.

- Do you like music? -[ Pop music plays]

Yeah.

I bet you like something else, don't you?

Hey, get off, jerk.

Oh, I like that.

[ Truck revving ]

Come on. Look. I ain't gonna hurt you.

- Get off me, you pig! - Little girl, I'm gonna stick it to you!

Ah! Get off me, Y°u Pig!

I'm gonna stick it to you.

0h, jeez! Oh!

-[ Struggling 1 -[ Screaming]

Oh, jeez, you shouldn't have done-

Little bitch, she shouldn't have done that!

[Music playing]

Hey! It's okay, I was only kiddin'.

YOU can come out HOW.

Hey, come on out now.

I'm gonna leave you here.

Oh, to hell with you tramps anyway.

[Truck door closing ]

[Engine starting]

[Music playing]

[Screaming ]

[Music playing]

[Screaming ]

-[ Groaning ] -[ Gasping ]

[Geiger counter clicking ]

[Geiger counter continues clicking ]

[Car driving by]

[Engine starting]

And what kind is this?

Well, it's yellow oak

and I found it in the Wasach forest on October fifth.

Are they always yellow?

No, only in October.

And then I found those in the Wasach forest.

What are these?

I didn't-- couldn't find out what this is,

but ljust called it the spear elm,

'cause that's what it looks like.

I found that in the Wasach forest on August sixth.

Yeah? What's this one?

This is a maple. I found that in September.

Mm-hmm.

And I call this the banana leaf.

And I found that in November.

I'll have another drink, Reid.

Don't you think you had enough?

A man may drink too much.

There are circumstances which he cannot get enough to drink.

[Music playing]

What do you say we, uh, go on over to my place for a nightcap?

Come on. I live just around the corner.

Sheriff.

Sheriff, let's me and you go someplace and talk.

Huh-uh, cutie pie, you and me, we're goin' somewhere.

Good night, Sheriff.

The only customers Paula's been takin' 'round back lately

are the ones that've been too drunk

to see what they're gettin' into.

[ Laughs l

Have another drink. Forget about it.

Happens to lots of guys, even sober.

I mean, what the hell. It can't hurt.

[Sighs]

I got the feeling something awful's

gonna happen here.

Something terrible.

Why, because you can't get it up?

Believe me, mister, it ain't that big of a deal.

[Sighs]

Twenty here...

...25 here, 30 here.

It's as though the source that-- of radioactivity

isn't coming from the power plant.

From the forest around here.

Doesn't make any sense.

Just doesn't make any sense.

Sometimes I don't understand you guys.

Here you are, talking nonsense on my bed,

worrying about yourjob instead of--

instead of relaxing and enjoying yourself.

Nonsense to me.

[ Scoffs ]

Yeah, maybe you're right.

Doesn't matter to me.

[Music playing]

[ Barking ]

Quiet, Chester.

Stop barkin'.

Something out there, feller?

Come on, Chester. There's nothing out there.

- Come back here and lay down. -[ Continues barking]

- Chester. -[ Whimpers ]

Chester, you hear me? Come back here.

-[ Whimpers ] - Come on.

Lay down.

There's nothing out there, boy.

Hey, come on. Down.

Lay down. Stay there. Stay, you hear?

[ Barking ]

[ Barking ]

[Snarling]

[Whipping noise]

[ Dog yelps 1

[Beeping]

[Music playing]

Hey, Josie. Remember this?

Hmm.

We used to be closer.

[Music continues playing ]

This is paradise.

Yeah.

[Giggles]

[ Laughs l

Ooh! Ooh! [ Giggles ]

Hey!

[ Laughs l

Yeah!

Whoa, hey! [ Laughs]

Whoo! Yeah.

[ Laughs l

I like it here. This feels good.

That was romantic, but damn it was cold.

Matt?

Matt, where are you?

Matt!

[Music playing]

Matt?

[Music playing]

Matt?

Matt?

[Sighs] Shit.

I don't remember my way outta here.

[Creaking noise]

[Gasps]

I can't believe you're still into that shit.

Still as bitchy as you were at 16, huh?

[Plants crunching ]

Can you give me my shoe?

[ Laughs l

[ Screams ]

Oh, my God.

[Music playing]

I'll go out there with you kids, but I don't believe you.

Frankly, Josie,

I think you two kids went up into the woods,

snorted something that you brought back

from the big city...

You got no call, Sheriff. We saw that body.

We can go to the state police.

All right, all right. We'll fill out the report.

You kids seem so anxious to do it.

We already told you everything, Sheriff.

Yeah, look, why don't we just go there, okay?

There's no hurry.

If you really saw a corpse, it's not going anywhere.

It won't run away.

Now, what, um...

What was the purpose of this trip to the woods?

Here. It was right here.

Maybe it was over here, Matt.

No, it was here. Somebody moved it.

Or, uh, maybe it moseyed down to the soda shop

for a spot of coke. Eh, kids?

Ah, you kids.

You get my goat.

I remember you from high school.

Both of you.

Troublemakers.

We're not in high school anymore, Sheriff.

Maybe you oughta be.

Ah.

Prick.

Come on.

[Music playing]

When the Sheriff called me

saying somebody'd found that body near to the site,

I thought it was safer to have it brought in here

and I was right.

What do you mean?

The corpse is highly contaminated.

You mean she died because of radioactivity?

No, Dr. Kruger,

but what concerns me,

she must have died for some other reason,

but her body is soaked with radioactivity

as if she swam in-- in a pool of, uh, uranium.

You know, we're going to have to keep this quiet.

I know.

You can count on me, Kruger, and you know it.

Well...

I will use the best resources of the lab

to find out what happened to her.

And keep me informed. Only me.

Whatever the autopsy shows, don't tell anyone.

Yes, I will. As soon as I know anything.

Dr. Kruger.

Ah, Dr. Taylor.

Seems clear you didn't quite understand

the necessity of giving Dr. Prizzi

all the results of your personal research.

I was just gonna speak to you about that.

Let me finish, Dr. Taylor.

That wasn't just a suggestion, it was an order.

I understand perfectly.

I have just received some very important information

about the possible cause

of the radioactive pollution in the forest.

What are you talking about, Dr. Taylor?

I've been working with the computer a lot.

I have been monitoring the outgoing movements

of the trucks assigned to handle

the disposal of the radioactive waste.

Now, I've amazingly found that--

What have you found so amazing, Dr. Taylor?

I can't be a hundred percent sure,

but I have good reason to believe

that the majority of those trucks

have never reached their official destination.

- Now, that could mean-- - I'm sorry, Dr. Taylor...

...but I've other things to do now.

I would appreciate if in the future

you would limit your concerns

to what's going on inside the power plant

instead of snooping around.

Is that understood?

Yes, sir, but I--

You may go now.

[Sighs] Yeah.

Keep an eye on him, will you? He seems a little unstable.

[ Shoveling ]

She must have gotten out here.

May as well fill 'er up while we're at it.

If you ain't too drunk to find the hose.

I'm in mourning.

Is that understood?

What you lose, old fella?

Your teeth? [ Laughs]

Uh, where's, uh--?

Where's old Chester?

He's dead.

I'm all alone here now.

Well, that's too bad.

Jack, did a girl come by here?

Young, blond hair, real short shorts?

Came by the other day and she was a pretty little thing.

Said she was going to Seattle and she said her name was Susan.

HGT name was Susan

and she was on her way to Seattle to meet her boyfriend.

Now do you believe us, Sheriff?

The sheriff is an asshole.

Oh, for God's sake, drop it, Matt.

Who cares anyway?

There's nothing that we can do about it.

She's dead.

Ever since I've been back, nothing's been goin' right.

Well, it's not my fault.

I didn't wanna go to the waterfall.

If we hadn't gone there, we wouldn't have been mixed up

in all this mess.

Shit, I even got poison ivy.

Oh, come on.

If you wanna fight, at least be straight about it.

You act like you don't even like me anymore.

Maybe I don't stack up against your big city buddies.

Don't be an idiot.

Now you're gonna tell me you like mature men.

Come on.

Maybe you'd prefer rolling around in the poison ivy

with one of your sophisticated city boyfriends.

[ SmaCK 1

[Music playing]

[ Elevator dings ]

[Loud machinery rumbling]

[Music continues playing ]

[Sighs]

[Music playing]

Come outta there, you filthy critter.

Come outta there or I'll shoot ya.

-[ Whipping noise] -[ Gunshots ]

[Groaning]

[Gunshot]

[Music playing]

[Engine revving]

[Music continues playing ]

[ Engine accelerating ]

He's heading for the village.

Catch him before he gets there.

Subject is not cooperating.

Just shut up and step on it.

[Engine revving]

[Tires screeching ]

Rum and Coke, easy on the Coke.

[Music playing]

You wanna buy me a drink?

No.

How's the missus, Matt?

I don't know.

What'll you have, buddy?

Give me a tequila, Reid.

Hi, Matt.

Mind if I sit down?

[Sighs] I hate to drink alone.

[Music playing]

Have you ever hunted possum?

[ Pistol cocking ]

[Crackling sound]

Over there.

Dr. Taylor, we advise you to come out.

[ Plants crackling ]

-[ Whipping noise] -[ Screams ]

[Whipping noise]

[Screaming ]

[Crackling noise]

[ Muffled screaming ]

[ Dying groans ]

You're really nice, but there's this girl, Josie.

You may have seen her in town. She grew up here.

I sorta promised myself I'd be faithful.

That is, ever since I heard she was getting back.

We grew up together, right here in Littleton.

Thought we'd be married one day.

But she left town before she even finished high school.

Couldn't wait to get away.

She was a real rebel.

Honey, me too. I don't blame her.

A girl could starve to death in this town.

One day I get this kook from the plant in here

babbling about radioactivity.

Now you, gorgeous kid.

You wanna talk about dead bodies and your girlfriend.

I'd go to the city too. [Laughs]

If this is life in the country,

I'll take my chances with muggers.

What was it this guy from the plant said?

Something strange?

Yeah. A lot of stuff, uh...

See, he-- he told me I should beat it the hell outta here

or I was gonna wind up dead.

Maybe I will.

What exactly did he say? Tell me.

You really care?

[Panting]

Sheriff! Sheriff!

Listen to me carefully.

There's been a nuclear accident.

We're all in danger.

We've got to evacuate the town and the whole area, quickly.

Now calm down... and-- [Sniffs]

Maybe, uh, you ought to sober up.

I am stone cold sober

and if you don't do something immediately,

I am going to the capital.

Okay, doctor, we'll just evacuate the entire country,

before you can say 'Jack Robinson'.

I'll get you authority from the capital.

Take a seat, Dr. Taylor.

You've been working too hard.

Just relax.

Maybe you need a rest.

That guy, he was so plastered he stumbled out of here

and forgot-- forgot this.

[Music playing]

What is it?

He was walking around with this?

Yeah.

Shit.

Wish I knew what these damn numbers meant.

Sheriff, Sheriff, you've got to listen.

There were two men after me out there. They're dead.

The entire forest is radioactive.

The trees, uh-- [ Sighs ]

[Phone rings]

Good evening, Sheriff.

Ah, Dr. Kruger.

Your man's here, as you expected.

Thank you, Sheriff.

Now the important thing is that he doesn't talk to anyone,

if he didn't already.

Don't worry.

Billy's a good kid. I trust him.

[Music playing]

What could all these signs and numbers mean?

[ Helicopter flying ]

Let's put her down. That's all for today.

Bob.

Found Jack's body in the woods.

Not Jack. Oh no.

SHERIFF: He was attacked by some kind of a wild animal.

My guess would be a bear

wandered too close to civilization.

Matter of fact, I found Jack's body myself.

'Round about sunup, couple of days ago.

Sheriff, I've had a long trip and I'm very tired.

I just want to see my grandpa's body

and sign the autopsy order.

I'm his only kin.

Well now, son, that's a pretty tall order.

The coroner ordered the body buried immediately.

We tried to get in touch with you in time for the funeral,

but, uh, it wasn't easy.

You understand.

I don't know, Sheriff.

All I do know is that something very strange

is going on around here.

Now, do you have any forms or anything I need to sign?

No, no, uh, that's okay.

You're free to go.

[Sighs]

You know, that was real shitty of you

to say those things to me yesterday.

Can we just drop it?

I don't know.

[Horse neighing]

Hi.

Hi.

Um, I'm looking for Bob Knight, do you know him?

Yeah, he's my father.

He's inside.

Oh. Okay. Thank you.

We got ourselves some nosy jerk.

I did some checkin'.

You know what the son of a bitch does?

He's an investigative reporter for some big city newspaper.

Oh, Christ.

And I don't think he believed any of the shit I told him.

We don't want him making a connection to the power plant.

We have to be very careful.

You bet.

Keep an eye on him.

Got it.

I just talked to the sheriff and he didn't seem to know anything.

- Coffee. - Thank you, ma'am.

I wish I'd looked in on old Jack more often lately.

Ijust kept putting it off.

My busiest time of year.

- You know. - Hmm.

I saw Grandpa last when I was 10 years old.

You'd think I could get myself up here in the past 20 years.

Oh, but we wrote.

Oh, in his letters he always mentioned you and your mother.

He was very fond of you.

We sure were fond of old Jack ourselves.

I wish I could help you.

- I just don't know anything. - Oh.

Well, uh, thank you for your time.

It was very nice to meet you.

Thank you.

We hope you'll come to dinner before you go back to town.

Thanks. I'd like to.

Talk to him.

What am I gonna say to him?

- Okay, I will. - Okay, wait.

Hey, Mister. I think we should talk.

I'm Josie. This is Matt.

Oh. Hi, I'm, uh, Brian.

We heard you been asking about some strange things

that have been happening around here lately.

We found a body in the woods yesterday.

A young woman. You wanna hear about it?

- A body? '[ Muslc playing]

The strangest aspects are the fragments of vegetation.

Roots, actually.

Yeah, what we found inside the body of the girl.

They're highly radioactive and there are cellular oddities.

Apparent genetic mutation, which are utterly inexplicable.

I'll be right there.

Okay.

I don't want you coming along.

I don't care what you want, honey. I'm coming.

[ Chuckles ] Good luck.

Ten o'clock.

Anything new?

Yes, but you won't believe it.

Please look.

A most unusual genetic mutation.

An appropriate word would be monstrous.

What are you talking about?

The cells of the fragments of these roots

are growing out of all proportion.

Not only that...

they're feeding on plasma residue.

Animal cells.

Kruger, these plants are carnivorous.

I knew we shouldn't have got her involved in this.

She's always late.

Oh, she seems smart enough. Something's held her up.

[Sighs]

There she is.

I told you she'd have a good excuse.

Are you crazy?

What did you bring him for?

SorfY-

I hope you remembered to pack a picnic basket.

- L'm sorry. What could I do? - Great.

I don't want you to marry him anymore.

Don't worry, Davy.

Well, what did you want to show me?

JOSIE: What is it?

It's a map, but what's so special about it?

You see these signs?

A guy from the nuclear power plant drew 'em.

God only knows what they mean, but it must be something.

Some kind of measurement.

'G degrees'.

You don't know what that means?

I know what it means.

It measures nuclear radioactivity.

You're damn right, kid.

Okay.

Some guy from the power plant goes around

taking all these measurements and marking them on this map?

And then the-- the corpse from the forest disappears?

And then old Jack dies.

I think there's good enough reason to go look at his grave.

Where'd you get that thing?

- Paula. - Who's Paula?

I know who Paula is. She's the hooker.

Davy!

- Matt? -lt's not what you think.

Yeah? Well, what do I think, Matt?

Just glad to know you have some new buddies.

Come on.

[Engine revving]

[Music playing]

Josie, you and Davy stay here, keep watch, okay?

Don't worry.

[Music continues]

I thought you said this would be fun. I wanna go home.

Well, you can't. It's too late.

We're there.

Oh shit!

Oh, my God!

I'm scared. I wanna go home.

Me too.

Hey, Sheriff, this is one reporter you don't stonewall.

He knew something about my grandfather's death, all right.

His body's gone, just like the girl in the woods.

[ Gate creaks ]

Shh.

I think someone's coming.

[ Gate closes ]

Let's haul.

[Gasps]

Who told you to get out of the car?

We saw headlights of someone

coming up the hill in this direction.

All right, let's get the hell out of here.

I should have thought of it earlier.

Damn nosy jerk!

Fill up the grave.

We don't want anyone seeing it come daylight.

I'm gonna find that troublemaker.

[Music playing]

[ Plants crackling ]

[Crackling noise]

'[ Whipping noise] -[ Gasping ]

-[ Whipping noise] -[ Screams ]

[Strangled groans ]

[Whipping noise]

[Dying groan]

[Music playing]

[ Lock rattling ]

Your grandfather was burying the dog over here somewhere,

but I wasn't paying attention.

- There's the marker right there. -[ Music playing]

Hopefully, the dog's body will tell us something.

I wouldn't trouble myself, boys.

In the house.

[Sighs]

Well?

What happened?

Well, looks like a family reunion.

[ Laughs l

Let's see if I can, uh, find out what to do with you.

[Whipping noise]

[Glass breaking]

[ Screams ]

[Whipping noise]

[Carpet ripping ]

[Screaming ]

[Continues screaming]

No! No! Please!

[Gurgling]

[ Dying gurgle]

Who are we gonna call, anyway?

Yeah, who?

I don't know, but we gotta call somebody for help.

[Music playing]

Doesn't matter anyway. The lines are out.

Oh, great.

What are we gonna do now?

Josie, I'll take you and Davy home

so you can tell your mother what's going on.

Brian, you can use my other car.

We've gotta warn everybody. Come on.

Come on.

[Busy signall

Okay, listen, we'll meet at Echo Café.

- Now hurry. - Okay, come on.

Listen, you get a flashlight and meet me back here, okay?

- Okay. - I'll get Mom.

[Music continues playing ]

Mom? Mom, wake up. Wake up!

Josie, what's the matter?

Come on, we gotta get outta here.

What's happened? Are you okay?

Yeah.

- Where's Davy? - Waiting outside.

Here, put this on. I'll explain on the way.

We have to hurry. We have to warn the others.

What others? Who?

Come on.

Where's Davy?

[Sighs]

He's so slow. I'll get him.

[ Sighs ] Josie's back in town.

What are you doing, Davy? I told you to wait outside.

I'm looking for my space shooter.

We don't need it. Come on.

[Crackling noise]

[TOy gun noise]

-[ Whipping noise] -[ Screams ]

[Music playing]

JOSIE: Davy!

Go! Go, Davy!

[Whipping noise]

[ Both screaming ]

[Whipping noise]

-[ Struggling 1 -[ Screaming]

[ Panicked whimpers]

[Screaming ]

[Gasping]

[Screaming ]

[Struggling]

[Tires spinning]

[Splashing]

[Music playing]

[Snapping noise]

WOMAN: Here you go. Come on.

You gotta reach for it. Come on.

Yes, look here. Look here what I got.

Come on. Come on. Yeah.

Aw, come on. Good boy.

[Horse whinnies]

[ Screams ]

[Struggling]

[Horse neighing]

Hello?

Hey, is anyone home?

Hey, you're in danger.

Hey. [ Knocking ]

Hey, it's an emergency.

Is anyone there?

Come out, you're in great danger!

Hey! Hey, the woods are full of killer roots.

-[ Gunshot ] - Son of a bitch!

[Gunshot]

[Tires squealing]

[Crackling noise]

[Flies buzzing]

-[ Screams ] -[ Gunshot ]

-[ Whipping noises] -[ Crackling noises ]

[Choking]

-[ Horse whinnies] - Mama, where are you?

Oh! Oh!

Ah! Ah!

[Whipping noises]

[Grunts]

[Whipping noises]

[Grunts]

[Struggling]

No!

Get up quick, Dad!

[ Rooster crowing ]

[Chickens clucking]

[ Knocking ]

Hello?

[ Knocking ]

Hello, anyone home? Can you hear me?

[ Knocking ]

Hey, this is an emergency. Open up quick!

[ Rooster crowing ]

[ Knocking ]

Hey, your life is in danger. Come out quick!

MAN: Go away or I'll shoot you.

Jesus.

[Panting]

Where are they? I hope they're okay.

It's Matt!

Oh, thank God!

[Brakes squealing]

You all okay? Where's Brian?

I thought he was with you.

No, we split up.

He was gonna warn people on the edge of town.

I went home. It was terrible. My house was attacked.

Our house was attacked too.

- It got my grandmother. -[ Crying 1

Looks like Brian.

[Tires skidding ]

Someone else can go give the alarm.

L give UP-

The son of a bitches. They shot at me!

They can just die in their houses.

I think we should call the National Guard.

This is a national emergency.

BRIAN: Whoa, whoa, let's not panic.

Whatever's going on around here

seems related to the nuclear plant.

That's right.

The numbers on the map were written

by a guy from the power plant.

We'd better call him and tell him what's going on.

They'll know how to handle the situation.

The phone lines are out.

I guess the roots took the wires down.

And my radio's broken.

I took it in to Jeff just the other day.

Well, I guess we just have to go there and--

and tell them it's an emergency.

She's right. We'd better move.

Somebody should warn the people.

Oh, don't look at me.

I'll take care of it. Now go.

You meet us back here, Mom.

- Take care. -[ Engine starting]

It's Taylor. He works at the plant.

Please, it's a question of life and death.

I need to get to the nuclear plant.

Can you give me a ride?

Jump in. Hurry.

You know what's happening here. Explain.

TAYLOR: I discovered that the radioactive waste

from the nuclear power plant had never been removed

to its, uh-- to its official destination.

What do you mean? What's happened to it?

They dumped it somewhere in the forest.

But how could they do that?

When two million dollars is involved, there is no why.

Okay, but a radioactive leak causes predictable results.

We know them.

Yeah, that doesn't explain the killer roots.

TAYLOR: I don 't know how to explain the killer roots.

I'm not a microbiologist.

We do know that radioactivity influences DNA, the gene code.

Uh, mutations.

The radioactivity penetrated only into the woods.

It penetrated the root system of the trees,

which is like a- a nervous system.

That's why the trees dried out.

The roots assimilating all of the nutrients

let the rest of the trees die.

I've lived among the woods all my life.

I can't believe that's possible.

You better believe it, 'cause it's happening.

We've gotta convince this madman before someone else dies.

[ Knocking ]

Lucy, Bill.

Bill! It's Denise. Come out!

Bill better have a darn good reason

for not listening to Jack's grandson.

There has been a radioactive leak

and I am sure it has something to do with what's going on.

Dr. Taylor, I've had enough of you.

You're fired.

Good! Then I won't have to go to prison when all this is out

and, rest assured, you're not going to get off easy.

Depends on how you look at it, Taylor.

I have no doubts as to what's happening,

but the fact is it's too late.

Nothing can be done about it now.

It's not too late.

Let us use your radio. We can call the National Guard.

We shouldn't have let them try it.

Now they've acquired a taste for it.

They like it.

They're hungry for more.

You're crazy.

We know that you embezzled funds

intended for the toxic waste disposal

and you took the radioactive waste

and dumped it somewhere in the forest.

We're gonna find it.

You better tell us where the waste site is

before it's too late.

So you haven't found the site yet.

Maybe there is no waste site.

Tell us where the site is, for Christ's sake.

We got you now, Kruger. You might as well cooperate.

You want me to cooperate?

[ Laughing]

[Music playing]

[Continues laughing]

You can kill us,

but you're never gonna get away with it.

Oh no.

They're never going to get me.

[Music playing]

[Gunshot]

[Water flowing ]

Now, we've gotta find the source of the radioactivity

so we can stop the spread of that contamination.

But how? The forest is so enormous,

we'll never find the site.

We've gotta do something before it's too late.

Maybe we can call some people for help.

Yeah.

Listen, maybe we can call

the Environmental Protection Agency.

Look, they're the only ones who are even remotely qualified

for this kind of situation.

No, no. We don't have enough time.

If we get involved with people from Washington,

no telling how long it'll take.

He's right.

Look, it is the only way.

No. It's your way, but it's not the only way.

All right.

Then go ahead.

And good luck.

I'm not going.

Geek.

If only somebody would come and help us.

[Cars approaching ]

They are coming.

MAN: Hiya, Marilyn. Thanks for coming.

- Hi. - Hi.

[ People chattering ]

Thank you very much.

- We'll all need shovels. - Yeah.

Yeah, thank you.

Whatever it takes.

Good to see you.

Paula...

...thanks for comin' to help us out.

- Thanks Paula. - Yeah.

- We'll get 'em. - Let's go.

[Helicopter whirring ]

[Music playing]

We'll look down over there.

I think we're--

I think that's the area we've got to go to over there.

Lemme check this.

Checking with the Geiger counter here, Bob.

[Geiger counter clicking ]

I think we need to go down over this way.

Over by that black ridge.

Do you see anything?

Not yet, but we must be close.

The Geiger counter's going off the scale.

[Geiger counter clicking ]

Down there. I think we've found it.

TAYLOR: Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah, put her down.

Jesus, there must be hundreds of 'em.

We'd better go back and tell the others.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

It'll take forever to dig 'em out.

[Geiger counter clicking ]

[Geiger counter continues clicking ]

-[ Creaking noise] -[ Music playing ]

[Whipping noise]

Ah! N0!

[Splashing]

[Whipping noise]

Taylor!

Ah! Help! Ah!

Oh God!

[Splashing]

Oh no!

-[ Engine starting] -[ Whlpping noise]

[Helicopter straining]

-[ Flare gun blast] - Look! What's that?

It's a flare rocket. They must have found the site.

Maybe they're in trouble.

What are we gonna do?

Matt?

It's coming from the canyon,

but I don't see them coming back.

Maybe we better go there.

We'll have to find 'em. Let's go to the canyon.

- Come on. Let's go. -[ Music playing]

- Yeah. - Let's go.

Davy.

Huff)!-

[Helicopter straining]

[ EXplosion ]

[Music playing]

This is it. We'd better start digging.

We should find my father first. He's gotta be nearby.

Yeah.

I found him. I found him, Matt.

Don't go. There's nothing you can do.

No!

[Crackling noise]

[Chainsaw revving ]

Careful.

There's one underneath.

- Be careful not to handle it. - There's another one over here.

Careful.

There's another one under there.

Oh, my God.

[ Grunts ] Careful.

- I'II get it. - Careful.

UP We go.

'[ Whipping noise] -[ Gasps ]

[Groaning]

[Screaming ]

[Groaning]

[Screaming ]

[ Groans ]

Hey, Gordon. I found another one over here.

[Whipping noise]

[ Screams ]

Help! Help!

[Whipping noise]

[Screaming ]

[Screaming continues ]

[Groaning]

[Music playing]

'[ Whipping noise] -[ Groaning ]

[Screaming ]

[Grunting]

It's useless, Matt.

There's too many of 'em and there's nothing we can do.

We've gotta stop them.

Have you seen Davy?

-[ Music playing] -[ Gasps ]

[Screaming ]

[Whipping noises]

[Choking]

Has anyone here seen Davy?

- No. - No.

- No, I haven't. - Davy!

[ Sobbing ]

Paula's dead!

Paula was killed.

And four of the others are dead.

We're gonna die. Just like the others.

What's that?

[Music playing]

[Engines rumbling]

[Bulldozers beeping]

Who is he?

I don't know, but his timing is perfect.

Is everyone all right?

Brian!

[Engines rumbling]

What made you change your mind?

Well, remember when you said we had to do it ourselves?

I finally realized, lam one of you.

[Music playing]

[Crackling noise]

[Music continues playing ]

Well, listen, Brian, good luck with your article.

- I wish. I've been given a gag order. - Hmm.

Josie, where's your luggage?

I'm not coming. I just came to say goodbye.

In fact, maybe you could send my stuff in the city for me.

Yeah, sure, no problem.

Oh, I'm sorry you're not gonna be able to meet Annette.

- Annette? - BRIAN: Yeah, my wife.

You two would really get along.

I didn't know you were married.

Yeah.

What? ls that so funny?

Not at all.

I think it's a great idea.

[Chuckles ] Hey, don't forget to send me an invitation.

Okay.

Hey, keep in touch.

- We will. - You'd better.

[Bus engine rumbling]

- Bye. - JOSIE: Bye.

[Phone rings]

Hello?

Hi, Brian.

Merry Christmas to you, too.

[ Clears throat ]

Yeah, he's fine.

He went to bring a present to my mother.

How's Annette?

Yeah?

Are you gonna be in the city this winter?

[Music playing]

How's the weather there?

Snowing as usual. It's beautiful.

Did you get our present?

[Crackling sound]

[Music playing]