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( music playing )

ANNOUNCER: Tonight's stars,

Dana Andrews,

Sandra Dee,

Brock Peters,

Patrick Macnee,

and Denise Nicholas,

The name of this place,

should you have

come in here

accidentally out of the rain,

is the Night Gallery,

We deal in paint, pigment,

light and shadow,

realism, surrealism,

impressionism,

and ghost stories,

Item number one over there,

it could be a gentleman

sitting in an electric chair,

but it isn't,

What it depicts is in a sense

a method of execution

that we humans

reserve for other humans

who happen to be

dissimilar to us,

You're about to look

under that hood

and meet first-hand

one of The Different Ones--

tonight's first excursion

into the realm of the unusual,

CHILDREN:

♪ Na na na na na na ♪

♪ Victor is a prunehead ♪

♪ Ugly, ugly, ugly ♪

♪ Freak, freak, freak ♪

♪ Na na na na na na ♪

♪ Ugly, ugly, ugly ♪

♪ Freak, freak, freak ♪

GIRL: Yeah, yeah, yeah,

Victor is a prunehead freak!

- ♪ Ugly, ugly, ugly ♪

- You kids get out of here!

Get out of here

before I call the police!

( receding footsteps )

Vic? How's my boy?

Well, what do those kids

know out there anyway?

What's that old saying,

"Sticks and stone

may break my bones,

but names will never hurt me?"

Mind if I sit down?

But they do hurt,

don't they, Vic?

They explode inside you

and they tear you apart,

They make very private scars,

I try chasing them away--

you hear me--

but the little monsters

keep coming back,

And who chases them away

when I'm at work?

That's why I've been thinking,,,

for some time now

that perhaps,,,

you'd be happier

somewhere else,

VICTOR: Where?

With boys like yourself,

Where you could get out

into the sun,

get out of a dark room,

Where you could

exchange ideas,

make something of your life,

VICTOR:

Where is this Utopia, Father?

I didn't know

there were any freak shows left,

- Vic,,,

- VICTOR: Or,,,

are you gonna put me

in a jar of alcohol

and on display

in a Chamber of Horror?

- Don't talk like that,

- VICTOR: Why not?

Afraid of the truth?

Don't you see?

There are no boys like myself!

Your son is one of a kind,

I'm a classic example

of a mistake,

Do whatever you want, Father,

just leave me alone,

It's not what I want,

Believe me,

it's not what I want,

Information,

I'd like--

I'd like the government office

which is involved,,,

with population,

- There are several subdivisions

for population, sir,

What particular department

did you have in mind?

Well, whatever

the outfit is that,,,

Go on, sir,

Whoever is involved with,,,

deformed children,

That would be the Office

for Special Urban Problems,

One moment, sir,

I will connect you,

( static, beeping )

- Special Urban Problems,

How may I help you?

M-My,,,

my son,,,

well, my son has a deformity,

Your name and sector, sir?

Koch, Paul Koch,

Southeast Sector,

residential 2-B,

The mother's name?

Elizabeth,

but she is deceased,

- The name of your son?

- Victor,

- Age?

- Seventeen,

seventeen and a half,

- And the deformity, sir,

birth or accident?

- Deformed at birth,

- And the nature

of the deformity?

You're turning away

from screen, sir,

I can no longer see you,

Would you please

turn back into my vision?

What was it you asked?

The nature of the deformity,

If you could just

give me some general idea,

VICTOR: Maybe this'll

give you a general idea,

Now appearing on your screen,

a living nightmare,

Victor Koch,

Ugly! Ugly!

(sobbing) Freak,,,

freak,

So, I'm afraid, Mr, Koch,

there's very little

this office can do,

at least in the area

of placement,

PAUL: You mean there are

no institutions?

WOMAN: Not for a case

like your son's,

( intercom rings )

The Federal Conformity Act

of 1993

covered cases

of mental incompetence,

But of course,

were his condition alterable,

medically speaking,,,

Well, I've taken him

to a dozen doctors,

They all tell me

there's nothing

can be done surgically,

That's unfortunate,

- He's a bright boy,

He has an exceptionally

high IQ,

and he's a nice kid,

I've no doubt,

But you've pretty much reached

the proper conclusions

on your own,

I know he can't stay with me

any longer,

Every day, he goes more,,,

inward to himself,

Soon, there'll be nothing left,

There must be

some place for him,

I've already told you,

There are no private

or government sectors

which institutionalize

this kind of a case,

which leaves us with the,,,

only remaining alternative,

You mean, kill him?

That would be in the nature

of a medieval value judgment,

Mr, Koch,

not applicable

in this day and age,

To put someone to sleep

for humanitarian reasons

is hardly an act of murder,

You'll take a human life,

and you say it's hardly

an act of murder,

What do you call it,

an act of charity?

He's my flesh and blood,

my son,

Suit yourself, Mr, Koch,

You have the alternatives,

Your son can remain with you

for the rest of his life

or you can do the right thing,

Yes, even the charitable thing,

Thank you for your trouble,

( intercom buzzing )

- Yes?

- MAN: Are you handling a case

involving a deformity?

Seventeen year-old boy,

file number, 783K966B?

Koch, that's correct,

Just a moment, Mr, Koch,

- Yes?

- MAN: Check contemporary

bulletins

in your relocation rulings,

74X9C,

Immediately,

Apparently, Mr, Koch,

there are some

new procedural avenues

still open to us,

Won't you sit down, please?

As you know,

we have exchange programs

with several

of the populated planets,

In most cases

these are cultural exchanges,

scientific exchanges,

for prescribed periods,

I'm reminded

of a new arrangement

with a planetoid

called Boreon,

We've had no mutual

visitations with this planet,

but considerable

voice communications,

They told us that

they were extremely anxious

for emigres,

males especially,

Seems the place

is seriously underpopulated,

Additionally,

they've indicated

that they would place

no restrictions

of any kind

on whomsoever

we wanted to send,

And they're willing to finance

the entire operation,

Now, isn't that

the sort of thing

that Victor might find

to his liking?

Tell me,

is it the sort of thing

you might find to your liking?

Not really,

But then, Victor doesn't have

too much choice, does he?

About ready, son?

Yup,

I wish there were

something more I could say,

Please, Father,

no long goodbyes,

And I wish I had some idea

what this place was like,

Is that what's bothering you?

Well, if it were a desert,

a frozen tundra,

a pit where

the sun never shines,

it would be better than this,

Let's go, huh?

MAN: Eight, seven,

six, five,

four, three,

two, one,

zero,

Ignition,

( machines beeping )

( machine whirring )

( footsteps approach )

Did you just get off

the ship?

From Earth?

That's right,

Are you the welcoming committee?

Not really,

I'm going back to Earth

on the return leg,

I've been waiting years

to get permission,

You're not from,,,

Yes, I'm from here,

This is the first exchange

we've made,

your planet and mine,

I wish you luck,

You, too,

Could I ask you something?

Why are you leaving?

Look at me,

What's--What's wrong?

Are you kidding? What's wrong?

You don't have to be kind,

I'm used to being this way,

I'm used to the reactions,

Well, I hope everything

turns out all right for you,

( machine whirring )

WOMAN: Mr, Koch?

You're Victor Koch from the,,,

from the planet Earth?

Well, I'm very pleased

to welcome you, Mr, Koch,

to the planet Boreon,

( females laughing )

He's gorgeous!

Quiet, He'll hear you,

Come on,

WOMAN: Mr, Koch, we do hope

you're going to like it here,

The climate is very temperate

and in terms of

language and art,

I think you'll find it

almost identical to Earth,

The cultures are very similar,

I think--I think

I'll be very happy, I--

I feel as if I belong,

Jealousy is what

we normally paint green,

and jealousy provides

the springboard

of this particular painting,

It offers up the bottom line

of what can happen

to human beings

when trust is wiped out

by suspicion,

At this point,

it ceases to be just a kind of

titillating tale

of human comedy,

It becomes what it is,

a horror story,

Our painting is called

"Tell David,"

( thunder crashes )

RADIO: The weatherman predicts

a continuation

of warm and sunny days,

WOMAN:

And what about the nights?

RADIO: The high tomorrow--

( static )--

( music playing )

( thunder crashing )

( tires squeal )

WOMAN: Can I help you?

I was looking for Hanley Road

and I took the wrong turn

somewhere,

WOMAN: Come on in,

( door closes )

- David's looking

for his map instruments,

I'm Pat Blessington,

My name is Anne,

Would you like some coffee?

It's already made,

No, thank you,

But I wonder

if I could use your telephone,

I'm afraid my husband

might be worried,

Oh, certainly,

It's right here,

Please,

It's on,

( touchtones )

( busy signal )

Perhaps you'd like

to program it

to try again

in five minutes,

Yes, thank you,

I hate to presume

upon your hospitality

any more than I already am,

but you wouldn't happen to have

a cigarette, would you?

Oh, we don't smoke,

of course,

Hardly any of our friends do,

But there may be a pack in here,

David always prides himself

on being the complete host,

- Yes, here we are,

- Thank you,

Pacific?

I've never heard of this brand,

Oh? Is there another?

That shows you what

an insulated life I must lead,

Have you been driving

around long?

( sighs ) Seems like days,

You know, at first,

I didn't really think

anybody was home,

It was so dark,

And then I thought, well,

you had your curtains drawn,

Only,,,

PAT: One-way glass,

It gives you

the feeling of privacy

and freedom at the same time,

You saw me drive up then?

Well, just the headlights,

It was too dark to see inside,

I've never tasted a cigarette

quite like this,

It's refreshing,

No tars, no nicotine,

I must remember the name,

Pacific,

- Well, keep them,

why don't you?

You're very trusting,

For giving you

a pack of cigarettes?

For letting me in just

because I said I was lost,

Supposed I had somebody with me

and we came to rob you,

Or worse,

Look, see the screen behind me?

I thought it was

an abstract painting,

Not quite,

Closed-circuit TV,

That's fantastic!

- Just another gadget, really,

But then, David loves gadgets,

MAN: Gadgets, Pat?

Technological stepping stones,

PAT: Anne,

this is my husband, David,

DAVID:

Take this map instrument,

Please,

A few years back,

nothing more

than a wild notion

in some engineer's head,

Now, David Blessington,

Mr, Everyman,

is going to make it work

for him,

DAVID: Let's see now,

We're on map seven,

There, that's where we are now,

- And you wanted?

- Hanley Road,

Holbrooke, Haller--

here it is, Hanley,

G-7,

( beeping )

DAVID: There is it, Anne,

That's the quickest route,

I'm afraid it's just

another map to me,

a lot of wiggly lines

running into each other,

Well, maybe you better

write it down then,

Use a paper and a pencil,

Now, when you leave

the driveway,

you take a right

and you keep going

for about a mile

to Meridian,

you take a left on Meridian,

you go to Carson,

You take a right on Carson,

and that should take you

right into Hanley Road,

You think you'd be able

to make it from there?

I'm sure I will,

You've both been very kind,

- Don't you want to try

calling your husband again

before you leave?

No, no, it's all right,

With this to go on,

he'll see me soon enough,

Anne,,,

Pat doesn't have many friends

her own age,

We live so far out,

Perhaps you could come visit

some afternoon,

Could you?

I'd like that,

Are you free Monday?

Monday's fine,

( starts car )

Tony!

Tony?

You're late!

You're late!

You said you'd be home at 7:00

- and it's half past 8:00,

- I got lost,

That's a likely story,

a likely story!

It's the truth! I had to stop

and ask directions,

I stay home

cooking all day, all day,

You said you'd call

and you didn't,

and the roast burned,

Who were you off with?

Who were you off with?

I know there's someone else,

- I know there's someone else,

- No, no!

You don't love me anymore,

you don't love me

anymore!

I do, I do!

You don't, you don't,

you don't, you don't,

Stop it, please!

Is that how I sound to you,

like an old hag?

Sometimes, beautiful,

Sometimes,

Well, I wouldn't

if you didn't give me a reason,

If you'd just show me

a little more consideration,

Treat me the way you used to,

I haven't changed, Anne,

No? Well, I can remember a time

when you can hardly wait

to get home,

And now all you do is look

for an excuse to stay away!

I'd hardly call working late

at the office an excuse,

And the times

you stop for a drink

after work with the boys,

To unwind!

You can't unwind

with your own wife?!

Yeah! Like I'm doing now!

Tony,

I'm sorry,

Forgive me?

What's this about

getting lost?

I took a wrong turn somewhere,

And then the storm came in,

Storm?

It didn't rain here,

Well, it must've been

a summer cloudburst,

the kind you see

in the distance,

only I was right under it,

And I did phone

and our line was busy,

Who were you talking to?

No one, The phone hasn't rung

all evening long,

Well, maybe Yvonne was using it,

Yvonne's upstairs

in the nursery,

Tony, don't lie to me,

I got a busy signal,

- Then maybe you dialed

the wrong number!

What do you want to hear, Anne?

That I'm keeping some woman

on the side?

- Would that make you happy?

- No!

I just want to know

that you still love me!

Is that asking so much?

You have my word for it,

I'm never going to love

anyone else,

YVONNE: The little one

refuses to go to sleep,

Tony, let's say

good night to him,

( beeping )

( electronic music playing )

Oh, cosmic!

I knew you could fix it, David,

Didn't I tell you my husband

had a passion for gadgets, Anne?

But that's awful music!

It must come from some

underground station nearby,

I never hear it at home,

That's all

they're playing now,

Electronic,

cosmic, mind-bending,

You're dating yourself, Anne,

Well, I'll let you

ancients alone,

Thanks again, David,

- You're so,,,

- DAVID: I know, I'm cosmic,

Yeah,

Do you have any children, Anne?

ANNE: A son, Also David,

- How old is he?

- He'll be four shortly,

I remember my fourth birthday,

At least I remember

cutting my thumb

when I was trying

to slice the cake,

I still have the scar,

Oh, poor baby,

Do you two want

any children?

A year or so,

We're still getting

to know each other,

But you already seem

so much in love,

No, it's all a front,

Don't believe a word of it,

No, there's trust,

And that's important,

I saw it in your face, Pat,

when that girl kissed David,

It didn't seem to bother you,

Why should it?

I know David loves me,

ANNE:

I know my husband loves me,

but if a girl that young

and that pretty

showed him

that much affection,,,

- What?

- I'm afraid

I'd be very jealous,

The old green-eyed monster

strikes again,

And again and again,

Sometimes I think

he lives right in my body,

Then, you should send him

an eviction notice, Anne,

because he can be

a very disruptive tenant,

You sound like you've had

some dealings with him,

- I have,

- David, please,

No,

Tell me,

My mother was also

a very jealous woman,

And it destroyed her,

How?

How does the monster work?

Subtly, at first,

it enters your system

like a chill

and then it grows

like a cancer,

You begin by imagining things

that never really happened,

And then things happen

that you imagined,

A few days after

my fourth birthday,

my mother imagined

that my father

was in love with someone else,

so she killed him,

That's awful,

Yeah,

That's only the beginning,

Shortly before her trial,

she killed herself too,

Who raised you?

A distant relative of my father,

a woman named Blessington,

She gave me this name

so I wouldn't be haunted

all my life by the scandal,

I'm so sorry,

Just be very careful

of that monster, Anne,

because there's so much to lose,

I really should go now,

You must come

visit us sometime,

I know my husband

would love to meet you,

I'd like to meet him,

Anne, I have a photograph

of my mother,

I was told she picked it out

for me herself,

She was a very beautiful woman,

( child crying )

Poor baby,

I only turned around

for a second

and he tried to cut

a piece of his cake,

Oh,

TONY: Honey, I'm sorry

I wasn't here,

- Where were you?

- I told you,

I took my cousin Jane

out for a drink,

What cousin Jane?

That's right,

You never met her,

She lives in the east,

Jane Blessington,

WOMAN: How do you feel?

I'm Tony's cousin Jane,

Take care of him, Jane,

Tony's fine,

And you'll be yourself

in a day or two,

Not Tony,

My son David,

Take care of him,

And tell him--

Just take care of him,

TONY: You look better already,

Flowers for my beautiful lady,

Let me put this

in the water for you,

Tony,

you've got to listen,

That night I got lost,

remember?

It was our son's house, Tony--

David,

Only he was all grown up

and married,

Anne,

Tony, please,

you've got to listen,

Some--somehow, I--

I was projected

20 years into the future,

That's why it was raining there

and not here,

Anne, you said

it was a cloudburst,

That's what I thought,

But when I think back,

the gadgets, the lighting,

even the music,

It was all out of the future,

Anne, honey,

you've been under medication,

Tony, please believe me,

David said

because of his

mother's jealousy,

she killed his father,

and then herself,

And that he was raised

by a woman named Blessington,

And she gave him her name,

Anne, even if you didn't

imagine this,

I'm sure it's just

a coincidence

and there's a perfectly

natural explanation for it,

We're just gonna call

David Blessington

and find out, okay?

He's not in the book, is he?

No,

And he won't be

for another 20 years,

That's why I got a busy signal

when I called home from there,

We didn't live here anymore,

Honey,

Tony, please,

Our son was trying

to warn me,

He knew I was his mother,

He didn't want me

to kill you

and kill myself,

he didn't want it to happen!

Anne, it's not going to happen,

I'm your husband, remember?

I know you,

You're good

and you're kind

and you're gentle,

and you're not gonna

hurt anyone,

You don't believe me!

Oh, dear God,

what am I gonna do?

ANNE: Pacific, I don't think

I've ever heard of this brand,

PAT: Oh? Is there another?

ANNE: June 7th,

1989,

Now he'll believe me,

YVONNE:

This is impossible!

Come on, Tony, Quit it,

TONY: I want to see you,

YVONNE:

Oh, yes, I want to see you,

TONY: No, You listen to me,

YVONNE: You're impossible!

- Yvonne, come on, you want it,

- YVONNE: Stop it,

I want to see you

again and again and again,

YVONNE: You're so sure

of yourself, aren't you?

Tony, are you sure she's asleep?

( indistinct chatter )

YVONNE: Stop it, Tony,

( laughing )

( chatter continues )

YVONNE: Oh, Tony--

No, Anne, please!

( Yvonne screaming )

I'm going to see to it that

you have a good lawyer, Anne,

I know you were ill

at the time,

No,

I won't need a lawyer,

But of course you will,

No,

I'm not gonna stand trial,

I know this,

Just as I know that David

will grow up to be happy

and have a good life,

Pat's just right for him,

And most important,

I know he's going to forgive me,

You see, he kept my picture,

He said I was,,,

very beautiful,

Item number three

in the Night Gallery,

You probably recognize

this quaint figurine,

The dead eyes, the sewn lips,

the kind of thing that

usually infests nightmares,

And that happens to be

precisely what it is--

a nightmare of the first order,

It's titled,,,

"Logoda's Heads,"

MAN: Here we are,

MAN 2: Logoda's hut?

Sargent Imo,

That woman over there

by the fire,

Tell her we want to meet Logoda,

( both speaking

foreign language )

Look,

People die in Africa

just the same as they

do all over the world,

The only difference is here

that they don't

always bury them,

Your brother's

an anthropologist,

Isn't this the sort of thing

he came out here to see?

I suppose so,

I joined him

just for the adventure,

Neither of you should've come

out here in the first place,

My brother had

an official permit

to study native culture,

If it had been left up to me,

that permit would

never had been granted,

I warned him to keep off

Logoda's territory,

The witch doctor holds

a lot of power

in these parts,

Especially this witch doctor,

( speaking foreign language )

,,,Logoda,

He'll see us now,

But you let me

do the talking, Henley,

You're in a world

you don't understand,

Perhaps no white man

really does,

You honor us

with your hospitality, Logoda,

Now, we've come a long distance

to see you,

a long distance through

a very hot jungle,

Come on, ask him

about my brother,

In due time,

Logoda,

a white man is missing,

So,

a white man is missing,

He crossed the river

10 days ago,

Ten times the sun

he came this way,

Have you seen him?

No white man,

- How about the people

in the village?

Did they say he was here?

Village far away,

People no come here,

They come,

Every day they bring you

offerings of food,

Every night

they come for your magic,

No white man!

Let me have that,

I told you

that I'm in charge here,

I'll get the truth!

We have no right to anger him

with groundless accusations,

We have no proof

that your brother is dead,

WOMAN: He is dead,

I know,

( yelling in foreign language )

CROSBY: Wait!

Who are you?

My name is Kyro,

I live in the village,

What do you know

about my brother?

( speaking foreign language )

He says if I speak,

he will put a curse on me,

Kyro, you seem to be

an intelligent girl,

You don't believe that a curse

can be more powerful

than the truth,

Your brother came,,,

ten days ago,

He said he wished

to study our ways,

How long was my brother here?

KYRO: Only a few days,

Last week, he learned of Logoda,

He left to come here,

but he never returned,

I begged him not to come,

but he said he must,

He wanted to see

Logoda's heads,

Heads?

In there,

( speaking foreign language )

He says the heads

are powerful magic,

It is very bad

for anyone to look at them,

Well, we shall see,

If you'd rather not,

if you're afraid,,,

HENLEY: Mother of Satan,

Where did they come from?

I heard stories, but I never

thought they were true,

What kind of stories?

That Logoda cast a spell

on his enemies

so that they sicken and die,

Then he takes the heads to dry

over a slow fire,

( Logoda chanting )

( chanting continues )

( chanting )

( chanting stops )

Heads,,,talk me,

Say you brother no come here,

Drown in river,

I don't believe it,

This is some kind of trick,

You're not gonna let him

get away with it?

I still intend to look around

some more, Logoda,

Logoda makes you welcome,

Don't think you've heard

the end of it, Logoda,

I'm every bit as stubborn

as you are clever,

LOGODA: Logoda is a simple man,

We better get started,

Wait!

What is it, Kyro?

Please take me with you,

To the residency?

But you must,

LOGODA: No!

Kyro belong in village,

Not if she wants

to go with us,

Of course we'll take you,

CROSBY: It's quite a distance,

I hope we get back before dark,

So do I, for all our sakes,

We still don't understand

what you were doing

in that hut with those heads,

It is better you do not know,

- We're your friends, Kyro,

you can trust us,

You would not believe me,

- Listen,

- ( drums beating )

Logoda's drums,

He makes his magic tonight,

Don't worry,

we're here to protect you,

Promise me one thing,

Tonight, when I sleep,

put a guard outside my door,

A guard?

Logoda will try to come to me,

Perhaps in the shape of a man

or an animal,

or a tiny, deadly snake,

You can't be serious,

Promise me,

You'll have your guard,

( elephant trumpeting )

( door opens )

- Everything all right?

- Yes, sir,

Well, good morning,

You slept well?

Yes,

After the drums stopped,

That's right, they did stop,

Just after midnight,

I wonder what that means,

Major Crosby, come quick,

What's the trouble, Sergeant?

The old woman was here

from Logoda's hut,

She said Logoda is dead,

CROSBY: Dead?

How did it happen?

She said Logoda

sleep in hut all night alone,

she watch, no one come,

In morning she go in,

she find Logoda,

You still haven't told us

how he died,

She said Logoda murdered,

( woman crying )

No, wait,

I'll go alone,

No, don't go in there,

What is it?

Logoda's throat,

his entire body,

ripped and torn

as though a wild beast

attacked him while he slept,

There were no beasts, Major,

Only my magic,

Yours?

I knew Logoda killed

your brother,

but I couldn't prove it,

So I have avenged him

in my own way,

How?

When I was in there by myself,

I knew Logoda

could make the heads speak,

but my magic is stronger,

You see,

I know how,,,

to make them kill,

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