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" RIDER OF THE SKULLS "

DIRECTED BY ALFREDO SALAZAR

One more victim for the werewolf!

- How is the kid doing, ma'am? - Very nervous, Cleofas; he just fell asleep.

I'm very concerned; Do you think the account is true?

I can't say Ma'am, the truth is that bizarre things happen here.

I've stayed here just because of the love I feel for Perico.

And because I'm macho! That's it, very ma...

- Ma... ma... Ma'am... - What?

- Good evening. - Who are you? - I'm known as the Rider of the Skulls.

Yes, there's been much talk about him.

Sorry if I scared you, but I followed a trail that has brought me to this place.

- What's happened? - I found the corpse of a farmer, torn up as if he had been fiercely attacked.

Mom!

My son has been sick since he spotted a monster.

Childish nonsense...

Perhaps, but why have the workers abandoned this place?

When did this exodus begin, ma'am?

More than a month ago.

You know that people in these parts are superstitious.

- And Perico is prone to fantasize. - It's normal for children, OK.

Why is the Rider not staying with us? I'll feel safer with him around.

That's impossible, kid.

- Hopefully another time. - Why not now? It would make Perico feel safer.

The invitation is accepted. I hope it's no bother.

Cleofas, prepare a room for our guest.

Yes Ma'am, I'll prepare the best room for a man as famous as this. At once!

- Are you from San Andres? - Yes, sir. - Who's been buried, my friend?

My cousin. He was killed last night by the werewolf.

- The "werewolf"? - Yes. It bit off his face. We've set traps, but it's clever.

It's a creature from hell! May God protect us.

Please excuse me, I don't feel well; I'll lie down.

- Good evening. - Good evening. - Do you want your pills?

Don't you bother, my dear, I'll get the pills.

I'm worried about my husband. He's long been irritable, surly...

He prefers to stay in his room.

I understand him; Without workers, the crops will be lost, it's a serious matter.

The moon! The full moon! The beast is loose!

My son!

- Is he... - No, don't panic.

Cleofas, a glass of water, now!

- These hallucinations have alarmed me. - The boy is seeing something perfectly real.

- Do you think he saw a monster? That's hard to believe. - Ma'am there are some...

Stay with him!

What will happen to the Rider of the Skulls?

- He may need help, go to his aid! - Me? Ma'am you know the cold of the night hurts me...

if not for that... gladly! The monsters don't bother me.

- Did you see something? - The monster that scared Perico has murdered a poor girl.

This is horrible, we must tell my husband.

Cleofas! Cleofas!

- Stay with him. - By myself? - Sure!

I'm coming.

I'm coming now.

What happened, dear? You look upset.

Something ghastly, Luis.

Mother of God!

- Don't you hear anything? - Nothing at all. I suffer from insomnia, so I take strong pills.

It's important to take your wife and child and leave the Hacienda as soon as possible.

You're in danger here.

Unfortunately, I've no money at this time. But I'll find the means to do it.

I'll go check Perico; he may be up and needs to see me.

What happened Cleofas, did you faint?

Me? Of course not Ma'am, I was tired and just napped.

You've chosen a bad time for napping.

Perico, what was your attacker like, can you remember him?

Yeah, it was a huge animal, it looked like a gorilla, totally hairy on his hands and face;

I ran like crazy around the room, while the monster tried to kill me with its claws.

I'll convince my husband for us to leave here, right now.

Yes Ma'am, that's the best thing to do.

Rider, why not tell us your name and why you cover your face?

- Kid, don't be nosy! - It's OK Ma'am. My real name is not important, Perico.

I can only say that I'm an unfortunate man. My parents were murdered by bandits.

On their graves, I swore to avenge them, and to fight evil in all its forms.

Since then, I cover my face. My identity doesn't matter, I represent justice.

Justice, Perico, doesn't have a face.

- And what happened to these murderers? - They were three of them, and for each one that died, I left a skull behind.

Not as a symbol of vengeance, but of mourning.

It's bedtime, Perico.

I'm also exhausted. Are the pills on the table, honey?

Yes.

- Good evening. - Night Mr. Salvatierra.

Poor Luis, I fear for his health.

- Is Don Luis still sick? - Yes, Perico. Worry can cause illness.

- Close all the windows and doors. - Night. - Night.

Here it comes again...

What hellish torture!

The moon! Damn you!

Rider! The Rider of the Skulls!

What's happening, Perico, Why have you left home, and at this late hour?

I couldn't sleep, I had bad dreams, so I went to your room. You weren't there.

Wrong idea, let's go.

The werewolf!

It's inexplicably gone!

Let's go. I'll hunt the beast later.

Don Luis, we've seen the werewolf!

What happened? And why isn't your mother awake?

Let's go to her room!

- She's sleeping. - I had a bad feeling.

This is a nightmare. We must kill that monster.

I will. But the werewolf won't show up for the next 15 days: not until the next full moon.

- Why the Moon? - The werewolf is an ordinary man, but the moon has a terrible effect on him.

Transforming him into that filthy beast.

Do you mean that he's a beast during the night, and returns to being a man with the daylight?

Then, any of us could be a werewolf.

- Isn't that so? - It is indeed, Don Luis.

I suppose you have evidence to support what you're saying.

But, who's that beast, and how can we discover his identity?

The monster is going to make a mistake when least expected.

What a distressing and terrible situation...

Calm down, honey. We're about to leave this place, I promise you.

We shouldn't talk about it, since it makes Lupe nervous.

- Let's go back to bed. Night. - Night. - Night

- Who are you? - They call me Andra, Rider of the Skulls.

- Do you know me? - Sure I do, follow me. - Where to?

Don't you want to know the history of the werewolf?

- Where're you taking me? - Come with me, and don't be afraid.

People fear me, and avoid coming to this abandoned cemetery.

That's why I live in this place, with no one to bother me.

People fear my power, and my sorcery.

I'll wake one of the wolf's victims to tell his story himself.

- A dead man speaking!? - Yes! My magic can do this, and many other, more powerful things.

Soon you will hear, from dead lips...

Rise from your grave, I command you.

Speak! Tell us the entire story of the werewolf!

The origin of the beast has been lost in the mists of time.

No one knows how it arose.

He appeared suddenly in the everlasting hills.

And given the task of killing humans in its path.

And to devour them to satisfy its criminal and ferocious instincts.

the current werewolf that plagues the region is Don Luis Salvatierra.

- Did you hear that, Rider? - Don Luis. It's impossible! - He was bitten by a wolf.

Those who do not die in the attack, become infected and turn into wolves. Werewolves!

I have to stop him! This is the night of the full moon!

Luis, I heard a loud noise!

Help!!

Mom! What's happened to her?

You mustn't enter the room! I wont allow it.

- Let me go! I've got to know how she is! - No, Perico, it won't help you to enter, believe me.

I've killed her...

I have to find a place to hide.

Now I'm alone. My stepfather is gone; maybe the werewolf killed him.

Yes, but I promise you to not rest until I've killed that human beast.

And what'll become of me, Rider? I'm all alone.

I'll take care of you Perico, I thought I'd tell you this now that I have the chance.

And what about me?

I'm also an orphan. I won't leave this child alone.

I'm going to adopt you too, Cleofas.

- Dad! Daddy! - Let go! - I finally found my father!

- Did you find anything, Cleofas? - No... nothing! Hey, Perico, let's go back to the hacienda. The Rider of the Skulls is looking for the werewolf.

He may need our help. Let's go!

Go...! Go...!

Don Luis, my stepfather!

I never wanted you to know this. But now it's impossible.

Come, let's go to the authorities; they'll take care of this poor man.

Oh, boy! Don't leave me!

- Are you sad, Perico? - Yes. - You don't know how I regret this.

Well, since you're my fellow adventurers,

it's fair that you should know my identity; but first you must swear to keep it secret, even at the price of your lives.

We swear...

Hey daddy, you're handsome.

- Let's go. - OK.

My back is killing me! I'm about to burst!

- I wish Perico were here. - You know he's at school.

- So, you brought this tramp with us. - Oh, don't bother me.

- Where are we going? - To San Andres, it's said that very strange things happen there.

- We'll arrive at night. - I wish I had wings!

- Mom is dying. - Calm down my child, I'll go to town for a doctor.

It's dangerous to go outside dad, you know it.

Don't worry about me, please take care of your mother.

I'll be back very soon.

The vampire!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad! Speak to me, it's me, Maria!

Oh, she's gorgeous.

A creature so beautiful is what I need.

A vampire! I'll turn her into a vampire like myself...

so she will live with me, forever!

- Why have you stopped? - Look, bro, my butt hurts... - We'll be in the town soon.

The kid told me he was hungry, why not indulge him?

By the way, we should take a 10 hour nap.

- This is great! - Hey Cleofas, stand up at once.

Cha-cha-cha...

Look, now he wants to dance the cha-cha-cha.

Cha-cha-cha...look!

A vampire.

Sweet mother of God!

He wants to suck my blood! Stop him! Stop him!

My blood's no good, I'm anemic!

Cleofas, come back!

Help! Find a fatter victim!

- What's happening? - I don't know. He shouldn't have run like crazy.

- Rider! - Where's the vampire? - There... over there! Last seen there!

It's dangerous here. Juanito, go to town with Cleofas, and wait for me.

OK, Rider.

Here I am!

The dawn! I must return to my coffin.

Sunlight is deadly to me.

Thanks to your support I've managed to overcome my tragedy.

- I don't know how to thank you. - You don't have to, Maria. We're here to serve you.

Sure. You can count on me. I'm your slave!

- Got a cough, brat? - Shouldn't you to go to town and do some shopping?

Go on, Cleofas, we don't have any time to lose.

Don't you worry, my dad, you know I'm here to protect you.

You have a very cheeky cough. I hope you don't catch pneumonia.

I'll be back very soon.

Bye, bye...

- Take it easy, Maria. The pain will soon end. - How I wish I could leave this town.

Only the desire to avenge my parents holds me here.

I promise you that monster will pay dearly for his crime.

People in the village are helping us to track down his hideout.

Take a rest, Maria. Juanito... go with her.

Good evening.

Juanito, who is the Rider of the Skulls? What do you know about his life?

Nothing. I can only say that his parents were killed by bandits.

And ever since, he has sworn to devote his life to fighting evil.

- Have you ever seen his face? - No, I don't think anyone has ever seen it.

I will not hurt you. I just want you to be my companion.

You'll find eternal life at my side. You will be immortal.

We will live by drinking blood, like I have done for centuries!

Hey, don't push me!

What a great party! I drank very little, but steadily!

Your will is mine! Rise... I am your master. Rise!

I forgot where my bedroom is... In this case, I'll take anyone's.

Wow! Drunken hallucinations!

The hallucination caused a bump on my head.

What's that funny noise?

- Cleofas, what happened to you? - A dreadful hangover, mate.

After a couple of drinks, I just saw a vampire take Maria.

- Rider, Maria isn't in her room! - Damn, then it happened! The vampire's taken her.

- What we do now? - Find the vampire's lair.

- On our way. - No, sir; you stay here to nurse your hangover.

- And me? - Kick him to death.

You will be a vampire like myself.

But you have to die first.

Let's search again, we must find his hiding place.

On our way!

We're still looking, Juanito. We'll prove to the Rider that we're not idiots.

There!

It's just an owl.

- Cleofas, if you were a vampire, where would you hide? - Me? In a butcher shop.

I can't understand you. You're as dumb as a mole.

- Mole...? Mole! - Scratch your skin, mate...

That's it! we can't find him, because's he's hiding underground!

- Don't you get it? Come with me! - Here we go again.

Return to life, Maria. Awake from your sleep.

Yes, master.

Now you are as powerful as I am.

Your first task is to destroy the Rider of the Skulls.

That will be easy. He doesn't know what's happened to me.

- Let's tell the Rider about this. - He's transformed her into a bloodsucker, right?

- You can fly like me and become a vampire. - I want to now, to get quickly to the Rider's side.

We don't have time to lose, come on!

- We've looked all night... and found nothing. - Go to bed. I'll keep looking.

We wish you luck, Rider.

Look!

Help me!

- What's happened, Maria? - Something terrible; but the vampire was careless and I escaped.

- Where is he? - At the abandoned cemetery.

- But we've looked there. - He's hidden inside one of the graves.

Let's go there.

Gentlemen, where's The Rider of the Skulls?

- In search of the vampire's lair. - By himself? - Yes.

- Now where do we find him? - I think we'd better go back to the cementery.

I'd like to have a motorcycle.

Look out, Maria!

Kill him, vampire!

Help me... Maria...

Help... me...

Thanks! And now, let's dismember his body!

Don't let them escape!

Run like hell, Juanito!

Begone! Begone!

- The demon is dead! - Where's Maria? - Over there!

She was under the control of the vampire, right?

She was, but the monster has returned to hell.

Maria has been released from his infernal powers. She'll soon regain consciousness.

The Headless Horseman!

Re-attach me to my body!

Rest, the day of vengeance is coming.

Don Pedro! Miguel has been killed by the Headless Horseman!

- One more victim. - Who's this mysterious Headless Horseman?

It's a soul in torment, or God knows what.

All we know is, no one who meets him on the road lives to tell about it.

- Rider, we must leave this place. - Are you afraid? - Me? Me? Oh, yeah.

I called you, Professor because abnormal and absurd things have happened to me.

That's weird, Gloria; you're one of the most healthy and normal people I know.

You'll change your mind when I've finished telling my story.

Please open this box.

- Where did you get this? - Among the belongings of my deceased grandfather.

In his writings I read this is the head of a bandit, executed many years ago.

My grandfather beheaded the corpse to study the characteristics of the brain.

Well, continue with the story.

Professor... that head speaks to me.

What do you think, professor? Please tell me!

- You want to hear my advice, right, Gloria? - Aha.

Get rid of that head. Let's not discuss whether what you said is true or not.

You're fine now, but obsession can lead you to a dangerous state.

I will professor; seems like a wonderful idea.

Once you've done that, your concerns will vanish.

Thanks a lot.

Hey Rider, did you hear what the hotel manager said?

"The Headless Horseman arrives in the village at midnight."

They're just a bunch of superstitious old men, a man riding without a head?

It may be a tale, but to be sure, why not wait outside? He might show up.

- Nah, I prefer to use the night for sleep. - Me too.

Tomorrow, tell me how it went with the decapitated man!

Help me!

HELP!

Come...

I swear to you it's true, professor. I myself saw how the head was buried; the undertaker is my witness.

- And now it's here, back again. - Calm down, Gloria. So, the head keeps talking to you?

Yes, it gives me orders to reattach it to his body.

This is horrible! Professor, am I going crazy?

No way. They are some supernatural things that human intelligence can't understand.

It's possible that the head is in pain because it was wrongfully separated from its body.

In the writings you found, does it say something about the place where the body was buried?

- Yes, in the town of Esperanza. - Well, take the head over there to be buried in the very same grave.

This should be done by you, being a descendant of the man who committed the desecration in the first place.

- Do you think that's enough? - Yes, but do it at once, or you won't have a single minute of peace.

- I can't stop laughing! - What are you up to now?

I laugh at the lies the Rider told us last night! Complete madness!

- So, you don't believe me, eh? - Not even a little. A rider without a head, wielding a sword?

- You might as well tell me a story about pirates. - OK pal, but to wipe that smile off your face, you'll come with me tonight.

- Where to? - To follow the horse tracks; that could lead us to his lair.

- I'll go with you, guys. - No, sir. You'll stay here and study.

Of course, that could be very dangerous! We could come back... headless.

- Miss Mendez, right? - Yes, sir. - Bring the bags!

I'll only be here for one day.

- It's a pity, let me carry your box. - No way! - As you wish, miss. This is your room.

- If you need something, just call. - Thanks. - Excuse me.

- See? not a single trace! - Let's keep searching.

Don Lupe! Don Lupe!

Yes, Ma'am.

Please keep this box safe until tomorrow.

- Of course. - Don Lupe, do you know who was "The Jackal"?

God almighty The Headless Horseman!

- What? What you mean? - A demon who terrorizes all the people.

- Keep talking! - The Jackal and his two fellow bandits have committed all sorts of crimes.

The Jackal was executed, and a scientist stole his head, leaving behind a maimed body.

God, to punish his evilness, ordered that the three bandits restlessly wander the world.

Is it true? Can a Headless Horseman walk among the living?

Every night, riding his black horse, he keeps lurking around.

Sometimes he even enters the village.

And then, killing anything in his path.

- So why haven't you stopped him? - How can you catch a ghost?

I believe that this evil will cease soon, and the town can live in peace.

- Why do you say that? - I don't know... Thanks. Night. - See you tomorrow.

Your head is in the city. It's finally here. You must go to get it.

Our punishment will be over, very soon.

What did I tell you? Pure nonsense!

Let's go to bed. Even with Diogenes's lantern...

What's that?!

Let's hide!

- What do you say, now? - Mo... mom... - So, you want your mom...

- No way! I'm leaving. - You said you were very macho.

We must stay close to the hiding place of this ghost rider. Let's look for it.

- Postpone it for the next six months. - Move on.

Help! No... NOOOOO!

Finally!

Finally! I have my head back!

Don Lupe! Don Lupe!

No! This isn't happening!

Why not? Is it not my own head?

- I tried to bury it! - I know, that's why I came to its rescue!

Now, my punishment will end. And you will pay for what your grandfather did to me!

Dead? Don Lupe!

Help! Don Lupe is dead!

Open up! Don Lupe has been killed!

Search over there! I'll go that way.

Please don't leave me alone. No mate, please.

Have a look, Jackal; we have defeated the Rider of the Skulls.

Great! Kill her!

How can this be? Now you have a head over your shoulders.

I have recovered it! Now, I'll be the terror and scourge of you all.

Who's that woman? What will happen to her?

She's about to die.

Because of her grandfather who beheaded me, my soul was cursed for 100 years.

But now, I'll savor my revenge! She will pay for what her relative did to me...

in the same way!

So you order me to return to my grave? I will not!

Day after day, year after year I looked forward to the reunion with my own head,

and once my punishment was over, to find peace and rest for my troubled soul!

But now, I don't want peace! I want to commit crimes, my heart is used to hate!

Hate unto death!

I refuse to obey your will!

Juanito, bring me my machete.

Did you hear me?! I'm not obeying your will!

You will be my first victim!

He's received his punishment. He didn't deserve to live.

T HE E N D

Subtitled by Spinal July/2011

Proofread by: Antonio July/2011