All language subtitles for THE CURSE 1987

Get back in here, now!
Come on!

Leave me alone, Momma!

They told me it was in the water.
It's in the water!

It's in the water!

Kids, it's in the water!

No! It's in the water!

Alice!

Al!

Come inside, honey.

- Did you finish your chores?
- Uh-huh.

Good. Go wash up and tell the boys
to come in for breakfast.

Okie-dokey.

Ooh, baby!

You dumb son of a bitch!

Ah, Ow!

Come on. Say, "Uncle."

Say, "Uncle", baby. Come on.

Say, "Uncle!" Say it

Cyrus! Zack!
That's enough!

You heard me! Stop it!

Now

- What happened here?
- He slipped.

That's a goddamn lie!

Do not blaspheme the Lord.

I don't care how it started,
but it's stopping now.

Be kindly affectional one to another
with brotherly love.

Romans, chapter 12, verse 10.

Now, let's shake hands
and be as brothers.

He's not my brother.

And you're not my father!

Get out of those clothes
and come to breakfast.

You can finish this up later.

You dumb creep,
can't even take a joke.

Oh, Lord, we thank Thee
for the food we are about to receive.

We know that we stand in the danger
of damnation and hellfire,

and that the Lord hates a sinner.

But with Your grace, we will become
as pure as the driven snow.

Amen.

Where's Zachary?

He'll be around.

He was stinking up the whole house.

How's the well coming?

Well, I'm hoping to hook up
sometime tomorrow.

Biscuit's a little dry this morning,
Frances.

You forgot to add something?

I'll get it.

Stay there! Shit!

Get out of here!

Frances! Frances!
Shoo! Get away! Get away!

Frances! Dogs, Frances!

Shoo! Get, get!
Shoo, shoo!

Frances!
Shoo! Shoo, shoo!

Shoo, shoo, shoo, shoo!

Shoo! Frances! Shoo!

- Good morning, Frances.
- Charlie.

I was on my way to the office,

and I got the hankering
for some of Nathan's apples,

so, I, uh I took a detour.

Apples ain't ready yet, Charlie.
Another week, maybe.

Oh, no.

Well, uh
Well, that squash looks nice.

Is, uh, Nathan around?

He's having his breakfast,

and he doesn't wanna talk to you,
Charlie Davidson.

Things are bad enough right now
without you on his back all the time,

hounding him to sell.

Well, I ain't hounding him, Frances.
I'm trying to do the guy a favor.

Look, sweetheart, just between
you and me and the lamppost,

I'm offering him a chance to
get out while he's ahead.

I mean, the family farm
ain't exactly coming back.

You don't want this place
to end up on an auction block.

That's his business, Charlie.

And if Nathan says he'll get by,
he'll get by.

Five...

How we doing?

Where's Zack?

He upstairs?

Is he okay?

The boy will be just fine
if you just stop babying him.

Button yourself up
in front of the children.

I'll check on Alex, then.

Go, James! Go, go! Go!

Yeah, come on!

That's it, James! Go!
Move, move! Do it!

Yeah!

Cyrus, turn that TV off.

Oh, but, Dad, we just got ahead!

You heard me.

Come in.

Hi-

What are you doing?

Reading.

You'll ruin your eyes in this light.

Your fa...

Nathan told me
what happened this morning.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm sure he took
Cyrus“ side, too.

He's not taking any sides, Zack.

He just wants it
to all work out together,

like we all do.

Why does he have to be so strict?

He's always running around
with his Bible in his hand,

screaming like some preacher.

Now, don't you 90 being disrespectful,
young man.

Look, I know he's not
like your father was,

but he's a good man, Zack.

He came to us when we
really, really needed him.

Put a roof over our heads,

and he gave us a chance
to be a family again.

And we all need that.

You, and me, and Alice

we got to really try.

Please try to work it out, Zachary.

Ain't proper.

Man should be making advances,
not the woman.

Abstain from fleshly lusts
that war against the soul.

You startled me.

Let go of me.

I'll scream.

I swear, I'll scream.

Holy shit!

Is Doc Forbes around?

Yeah, Zack, honey.
What was that noise?

I heard an explosion.
Is everybody all right?

Something came out of the sky.
A meteor or something.

Oh.

Woah.

When I was
a graduate assistant at UT,

they brought in this meteorite
for us to take a look at.

Basically, it's just this big rock.

It's not like this thing outside.

No, thanks, I'm fine.

Nathan, I don't think there's anything
to worry about health-risk-wise.

I think it'd be a good idea
just to keep away from the thing

until we get the experts
to give an all-clear, okay?

You think it came from outer space?

Could be.

He's a dork.

Daddy, he gave me the bird again!

- Cyrus, go to bed.
- Aw, daddy.

N ow.

- Good night.
- Good night, Zack.

Gosh, it's nearly 2:30.

I guess we better
get some sleep ourselves.

Thanks for the pie, Frances.

- Good night.
- Good night.

- Charlie, I've got a patient here.
- Alan, we've got to talk.

Morning, Arthur, how are you?
Feeling all right?

Well, that don't sound too bad to me.

Listen, you don't mind if I borrow
the doctor for a few minutes, do you?

Good.

I, uh, had looked that thing

that landed in Nathan's backyard
last night.

Nathan tells me you're planning
on calling in the EPA.

Well, somebody should check it out.
I think they'd be interested in it.

Alan, Alan, Alan.

You've got to employ
some common sense here.

Do you have any idea what an EPA
probe would do to our partnership?

The publicity alone could sway them
towards some other location.

Now, I can't afford to lose
that kind of money. Can you?

Well, what are we supposed to do,
just pretend it's not there?

We don't even know
what the thing's made of.

You're the scientist,
you check it out.

Now, all I'm saying is,

before we go calling in
a bunch of these nosey eggheads,

let's just make sure that we've got
something to worry about.

Okay?

Good. Let's go.

It's not so big.

It's probably made up
of mostly carbon dioxide.

That would explain
the shrinkage overnight.

I saw it glowing last night
from my window.

Last night, it was glowing,

and the trees were moving,
but there wasn't any wind.

That kid's sure got
some imagination, huh, Nathan?

Yeah, he's always talking about stuff
he don't know nothing about.

So, what's the problem?

The problem is I don't know what it is
I'm supposed to be looking for.

I ran through every simple test
I could remember

from college chemistry days.

It's not like anything
I've ever come across.

- And?
- And nothing.

I don't like it, that's all.

I don't have
the right equipment here.

I don't know what I'm doing.

Thank you, sweetheart.

The thing ain't radioactive.

I mean, people's ears ain't
gonna start falling off, are they?

Not as far as I can tell.

And as a matter of fact,
the thing ain't got an edge on it

sharp enough
to cut your little finger.

Can't you do something
with him, Esther?

He's a rock.

Young man's gonna have
a nervous breakdown.

All right, Charlie.
I get your point.

Well, I, uh

I guess I better be getting on home.

Ain't no sense in fixing things
that ain't broke.

Alan.

Nathan, you in there? Nathan?

Oh, I'm sorry.

- Well, I'll come back.
- It's all right, Doc, come on in.

Set a place for Doc Forbes.

No, that's that's okay.
I can only stay a second.

Looks like we've put a finger
on your meteorite.

It seems it isn't a meteorite at all,
as it turns out, uh

I don't quite know
how to say this delicately, uh

I think what we have there
is some jet airline

that let loose its lavatory
holding tanks right overhead.

And it froze on its way down,
like a big hailstone.

I just went by,
and it's not there anymore.

Holding tanks?

Airplane doo-doo!

Well, you just tell her
next time you wanna go fishing, Lim,

and you just leave it at that, okay?

Uh, Lim, I'll call you later.

Shit.

Sofie, I'm going to lunch.

Look, I need a room.

Well

Get me a beer, baby.

Afternoon.

Afternoon.

You're from the water.

Excuse me?

The water. The TVA

The, uh, big reservoir you were
planning on sinking in around here.

Charlie Davidson, Davidson Realty,

Chairman of the Tellico Plains
Chamber of Commerce

and President of the Town Council,
three years running.

Willis, Carl Willis.

How did you hear
about the reservoir?

Oh, you hear things.

Well, I don't know exactly
what it is you've heard, Mr.

- Mr., uh
- Davidson.

Davidson.

But my business here in Tellico Plains
is strictly confidential,

and if the TVA hears of anyone
profiteering with this project,

they'll pull out of here quicker
than you can say "Jack Robinson".

Quite frankly, I'm not sure that
this is where the reservoir is going.

Jesus, no need to get
so bent out of shape.

I mean, I just stopped by to give you
an official Tellico Plains welcome

and tell you that if there's
anything you need, that I'm here.

Listen, I'm sorry, I'm
I'm a little new at this job, okay?

These things, they happen.

I understand.

My lips are sealed.

- Well, all right, I'd appreciate it.
- Yeah.

Hey, uh, listen.

You know, if you don't want anybody

asking you a whole bunch
of questions,

you shouldn't be
riding around in a car

with all them official decals
plastered all over the doors.

Listen, I got a great idea.

Why don't you let me
drive you around

to wherever it is
that you got to go, huh?

Yeah. Hey! Check.

Hey!

Hey, where do you want
to start at, huh?

I need to see lots one through twelve,
right here.

Ah, no, no, no, no.

- You don't want to start there.
- Why?

No, that's the Crane place.

You got to start
at the south end of the valley.

No, the Crane's wouldn't appreciate
no strangers

wandering around on their property.

Hold the wheel.
This is my favorite part. Hold on.

Hold on.

- You sing?
- You?

Yeah. Hold on.

I just don't want to do
anything reckless, that's all.

I have a responsibility
to the community.

I have a responsibility myself.

You understand that,
don't you, honey?

Of course I do, sugar.

We got to think of ourselves, too.

All the things we plan to do
with the money.

Moving back to the city.

Building up a nice
new practice for you.

Making friends who want to talk
about something other than fertilizer.

I mean, Charlie's a sleeze.

We both know that.

But he does make a point.

We don't wanna go around
fixing things that ain't broke.

Now, then, baby boy.

Speaking of things
that ain't broke.

- What's the matter?
- It tastes funny.

- What tastes funny?
- The water.

It's just the minerals in it.
It's good for you.

It makes vegetables taste weird.

There's nothing wrong
with the water, honey.

It's the same water
we've been drinking for days.

It's from the new well.

It's tasted weird for days.

Now, there's nothing wrong
with the food,

and there's nothing wrong
with the water.

Neither one of you
are going to leave this table

until your plates are clean
and your glasses are empty,

understand?

Understand?

- Yes, sir.
- Yes, sir.

Praise the Lord.

Daddy! Help me!

Daddy!

Somebody, help me!

Daddy!

Get me out of here!

All right, come on!

You must have provoked him, Cyrus.
That's all there is to it.

I didn't do nothing.
He just turned on me all of a sudden.

Like he was crazy.

What are you doing back there?

Connect the clots.

Are you going crazy?

Oh, God.

Pull up your pants, Cyrus.

Sofie, print me up
one of my standard contracts.

The Nathan Crane place.

Morning, Nathan.

Morning, Charles.

You just in the neighborhood?

No, it's a special trip.

Just figured I'd stop by and pick up
some apples for the little woman.

The bank foreclosed
on Bob Doctorie's place.

We are all tested, Charles.

Yeah, but I sure as hell
hate to see a thing like that happen.

What are you planning, Charles?

Condominium, bowling alley,
or something?

I hear rumors that
that fellow from Knoxville

that you've been palling
around with is with the TVA.

Oh, Willis?

No, no. He's just

just a good old friend of mine
doing some survey work for me.

- Really?
- Yeah.

I hear he's looking over the valley
for a dam site.

Wouldn't be why you're hounding
the farmers to sell,

would it, Charles?

I'm just doing
a little honest speculating.

Trying like hell
to do you folks a favor.

I appreciate that, I really do.

But I got a harvest of apples
that's gonna make me flush

and keep me that way
for about six months.

Now what happens after then,
who knows,

but in the meantime,

the good Lord
blessed Delta Airlines.

Family farm's a dying breed, Nathan.

Fighting big business,

they're out to wipe
each one of you out.

I'm just offering you a chance
to get out while you're ahead.

I'm not interested, Charles.

Hear, have a ripe one.

First of the season.

You're making a big mistake, Nathan.

Hey, what the hell you trying to do,
poison me?

Alice! Alice!

Alice!

I gave her a sedative
so she'll sleep through the night.

I think she'll feel a lot better
in the morning,

but I'd keep her in bed
for the next three or four days.

Oh, I got some fresh coffee
on the stove.

No, thank you.

Something cold.
Some ice water, maybe?

Nathan, what is wrong
with your chickens?

Some kind of mange, I figure.

I've got them
on a heavy dose of antibiotics.

It's probably why they're so skittish.

I wouldn't think so.

Well, the girl probably
got them riled up. I don't know.

Anyway, it's all over now. I just soon
forget the whole thing happened.

- What about the horse?
- The horse?

Yesterday, out in the pasture,
a horse attacked Cyrus.

Wasn't nothing like that.

Don't be talking about things
you don't know nothing about.

Horses just get spooked sometimes.

It's nothing more than that.

Frances, are you all right?

Just fine, why'd you ask?

Well, you sure seem pinked.
Why don't you ...?

Why don't you stop by my office
tomorrow morning?

Well, if you folks need anything,
be sure to let me know.

All right.

I'll sue him.

The airlines did this to me.

They killed my whole apple crop
with their damn toilet water.

"You've got nothing to
worry about, Frances.

Daddy's going to protect you."

Sure thing.

Hail Mary full of grace.

Has your garden grown?

Hurry, please!

Evening, Doc.
Somebody sick?

I don't know. I heard you had
a bit of excitement tonight.

With Frances?
Is she all right?

- Zachary just overreacted a bit.
- But

Frances just been feeling a little
under the weather, that's all.

Well, as long as I'm here,
maybe I better have a look.

No need.

She's all right.

She's just been worried
about the girl.

She's resting now.

I'm sorry we called you
out of your house like that.

No, that's all right.
No trouble at all.

Be sure to give our best to Esther.

We don't bring strangers
into our private business

unless I say so, understand?

I thought she needed help.

Hold it right there.

Any water out back?

Hello?

Anybody home?

I'm, uh...

Water.

Frances.

Go upstairs.

Pray for salvation.

You always walk
into people's houses uninvited?

- I just I just wanted some water.
- Get out!

You can just fill one of these out
and leave it with your sample.

And how long will this take?

Better figure on 24 hours at least.

Could be two days though, um...

You can give us a call
in the morning, or we'll call you.

No, no, no, I'll call you tomorrow.

Eat your eggs, Will.

We want you to grow up
big and strong, don't we?

There's a plate of food in the oven.

Take it up to your sister
before you go out.

Aw, man.

Get 'em off!
Get 'em off!

"And the third angel sounded."

Then there fell a great star
from heaven,

burning as it were a torch.

And it fell upon the third
part of the rivers

and upon the fountains of waters.

"And many men died of the waters."

Revelations of Saint John,
Chapter 8.

Our fruit is full of worms,
all my animals are dying,

devoured by this terrible curse.

You, Frances, you've turned all nasty
and ugly almost overnight.

I hardly recognize you.
And you know why, Frances?

Because God is punishing all of us.

Your sins have soiled our own
and instilled their wrath.

"And the third angel sounded."

And there fell a great star
from heaven,

burning as it were a torch.

And it fell upon the third part
of the rivers

and upon the fountains of waters.

And many men died.“

There's something out there.

Momma?

Get it out of me!

- By God, get it out of me!
- No!

No, Momma!

Frances!

Put it down, Frances.
Put it down.

Yeah, kill her, Daddio! Yeah!

Kill her!

Mommy.

There is no peace, saith the Lord,

unto the wicked.

We are the victims of your hell.

Sinner!

Momma?

Dr. Becker,
I need to see him, please.

I don't know.
Unh-unh.

Dr. Becker,
I need to see Becker.

Hi, I was in yesterday.

I left some water samples
to be tested.

- Hello, Zack.
- Is Doc Forbes around?

No, he went in to Knoxville
for the clay.

Is there something
I can help you with?

No it's it's all right.

Well, I expect him back this evening.

Sweetie pie, is everything
all right at home?

If you just tell him
that I was around.

Mr. Lynbacker?

Hi, I'm Doctor Becker.

Actually, we've been trying
to get in touch with you

several times today.

It seems your phone's out of order.

Well, is there a problem
with the sample?

And the address you gave us
doesn't check out either.

The department understands
your apprehension, Mr. Lynbacker.

These kind of things
can be a financial burden,

but if your chickens are sick,

well, you're going to have
to understand

that we can't let it get out of hand.

Is there a problem, Doctor?

Well, we don't know exactly.

There was an odd reading
on the spectrographic analysis.

Like nothing I ever saw before.

We're gonna have to do
some more testing before we're sure,

but I think we might be talking

about a previously
undiscovered element

that seems to be in great abundance.

Whatever it is, it's very unstable.

It's actually altering
the molecular structure of the water.

You must cooperate with us,
Mr. Lynbacker!

Your life, your family's lives
are in danger!

Mr. Lynbacker, you can't take that!

Tellico Plain.

Willis?
Nope, he's out.

Sure, Doc, go ahead, shoot.

Tell him to meet me
over at Nathan Crane's place.

I should be back in town
by around 9:00.

I got it.

No, Doc, don't worry about it.
It's as good as done.

Okay.

Charlie!

Oh, thank God I saw you drive by.

Alan just called me.

First, he said he was looking for you,

and then he said something
about some water sample.

I'm really worried about him,
Charles.

He's ready to blow this
whole thing wide open.

Come on.
You can help me.

- Help you?
- Well, sure.

Wouldn't you like to drop
this whole thing

all wrapped up nice and pretty
in Alan's lap tonight?

Now, you work on Frances,
and I'll work on the old man.

Or vice versa.

Yeah.

Come on.

Davidson's Realty.

Is Charlie there?

No, he's not.

Well, this is Dr. Forbes.
Do you know when he'll be back?

Um, I sure don't.

He said something
about a last chance.

I think he was going out
to the Crane place to close a deal.

Track him down
and tell him I'm leaving now.

I'll see him there tonight.

Doctor Forbes?

Okay.

Now, don't let him know you're scared.
They can sense it.

Let's just turn around real slowly
and head back to my car.

All right. They ain't gonna let us
go back to the car.

I'm frightened.

Don't panic.

Just take my hand.

Easy, Fido.

I don't mean no harm.

- Run.
- Don't be stupid, Esther.

- I can make it.
- No, Esther

- I'll go and get help.
- Esther, don't be stupid.

Help! Help!

Help! No!

Where you've been?

Just out for a walk.

- You missed supper.
- Sorry.

Your ma is not feeling too well.
I made some stew.

Take that up to your sister.

You can have whatever you want.

How you feeling?

Okay, I guess.

I got you some water
from Doc Forbes.

I hitched a ride into town.

Brought back some of this stuff.

I can go back in tomorrow
and get some more.

This is store bought.
I guess it's okay.

Is Momma gonna be all right?

Just eat your supper, okay?

What do you want?

I was just looking for Momma.

She's inside.

We moved her upstairs.

Hey!

What do you got in there?

Nothing.

Where'd you get this?

In town.

You little bastard.

Our food isn't good enough
for you, huh?

You don't like the taste of the water?

You're just as bad as your mother,
that whoring bitch.

We were good enough for you
when you needed us.

It's making you sick!
Can't you see that?

No!
No!

Come on, in here.

I'll be right back.
I'm gonna go get help.

I'll be back in two minutes.

No, don't leave!

Look, just stay in here.
I'll be right back.

Don't make a sound, okay?

I'll be right back, I promise.

Hey!

Hey, kid!

Come on, we got to get out
of the house.

My sister's still upstairs!

Alice.

It's okay.
It's all right.

Hey, come on!

Come on, hurry up, out!

No, I've got to get my mother!

Hey, kid, hurry up!

- You Alright?
- Yeah.

Are you okay?

This is America Today
for Thursday, January 29, 1987.

A final word on the Tellico Plains
tragedy where four people died

as a result of drinking water
from a contaminated well last fall.

A week ago, Carl Willis,

a water authority official
who was present at the time,

was taken to the hospital
by the police

while suffering
a violent nervous attack.

A hospital spokesperson says

that Mr. Willis is responding well
to treatment

and is expected
to return home shortly.

And here to speak to us
about this curious phenomenon

is professor George Link.

I've been asked
to answer two questions.

First, is there any connection
between Mr. Willis' illness

and the Tellico Plains incident?

And second, is there any danger
for the general public?

To the first, I must answer yes.

He displayed symptoms similar
to those of the original victims,

and, of course, he was exposed
to the same risks of contamination.

But there the similarity ends.

In his case, the malady
took five months to develop.

But for all practical purposes,
he has now been cured.

As for the general public,

I can assure you that there is
absolutely no danger.

The water authority acted
with extreme speed at the time,

sealing off and decontaminating
the Crane farm

and testing the water to ensure
that there were no further traces

of the contaminating element.

The situation was
and remains fully under control,

and I assure you that there is
no danger of a further outbreak.

There, you see?
Nothing to worry about.

Right, Mr. Willis?

The flags are back
at full staff today,

one day after the Americans observed
the first anniversary

of the Challenger
space shuttle disaster.