I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957) Movie Script
1
What's going on here?
Do I have to draw your diagram.
Tony, I know you can get fresh.
Come on over here.
Wait for me in the car, Joe.
All right, Jimmy.
Go ahead. You tell me.
Well, Sergeant Donovan.
I don't like to blow
whistle on a pal.
A pal yet.
Well, you started it.
Look, you started it.
You slapped me on the shoulder.
It's a friendly tap.
I don't know what you
got so excited about.
I don't like that
kind of friendship.
I don't like to be hit from
behind by anybody any time.
I don't like to be touched.
Okay, okay.
The way you jump me, you
think I tossed a brick at you?
Right off, he challenges me.
I tried to kivots him out of it.
I'm beginning
to get the picture.
Yeah, and I even
told him I was sorry.
That's right.
I apologized.
You can ask any of the guys.
Didn't that satisfy him?
No, he wanted to fight.
I know I'm bigger than he is.
But he wanted to fight.
Look, what are you?
The referee or in his corner?
No, Tony.
I'm really in your corner.
If I can just get you to see it.
Well, I guess you can
pick up your marbles.
I'll try to low-key
this in the report.
But what your principal wants
to do, well, that's her business.
Now, wait a minute.
Before you go, I want to see
you two fellas shake hands.
Come on, come on, come on.
It'll look better in the report.
Sure, a happy ending, huh?
I'm sorry, Tony.
I guess I lost my head.
I burn easy.
You know Tony, you really
ought to smile more often.
Sure.
Win friends and
charm snakes, eh?
That's just what I wanted
to talk to you about.
You're suspicious of everybody.
You act like the whole world's
your enemy the way you flare up.
Oh, people bug me.
That's right. Hide behind
jive talk. People bug you.
Well, people bug me too.
But I don't go around
and clouding everybody.
Come on, finish
your beef, will you?
All I know is you've been in trouble a half
a dozen times, You don't have any official
record yet, but you're
sure working up to one.
But you got a crystal ball, huh?
I pulled you out of fights three
times myself in the last month.
You're just lucky there
weren't any formal complaints.
The time before this
in the supermarket.
It was the checker's mistake.
Yeah, but you didn't even
give him a chance to rectify it.
Boom, you throw a
carton of milk right at him.
Look, Tony...
I'm just trying to tell
you that you need help.
What kind of help?
Well, there's a
prominent doctor.
Doctor Brandon, he's a consulting
psychologist out at the aircraft plant.
He's been working with
the police department
without charge trying to
help difficult kids adjust.
What's this adjust kick?
Polish off the rough edges.
Adjust.
Adjust to what?
But everything.
Teachers, parents,
other students.
You know, some kids have
a tougher time than others.
And it's not
necessarily their fault.
Now, this Doctor Brandon,
well, he's modern.
He uses hypnosis.
Oh, no.
No, no head shrinker
for me, thank you.
You know, that's all I need.
That's all I need.
Tony the flip.
No, sir, thank you.
You keep the man in the
white coat for the goofs.
I can take care of myself.
The way you have up to now?
The way I have.
Then you won't let
anybody help you.
Not into a straight jacket I won't.
Look, you hold me on any charge?
No.
Then I can go.
Yeah, yeah, you can go.
But this is the
last warning, Tony.
If you get into trouble again, don't
expect it to be a breeze like this.
I can't let you off.
Okay.
I heard you.
Everything all right, Tony?
Sure it is.
- What did Officer Donovan say?
- I don't want to talk about it.
I've been enough yakety-y-act
to last me till the end of the term.
Look, I'm sorry, Arlene.
I say things, I do things.
I don't know why.
I try to control them. It's
too late if I've gone too far.
I don't know.
I get a certain feeling,
and I have to... I don't know.
I just don't know.
Tony, you must try.
Yeah, I'll try.
But not Donovan's way.
What's his way?
He wants me to go to this
head shrinker, Doctor Brandon.
Like I was a flip or something.
Is that the way he said it?
No, he sprinkled
a little sugar on it.
But I'm not having
any, thank you.
Oh, Tony.
Okay, okay, I'll try.
But my way.
Come on, I'll take you home.
- Hi Dad.
- Hi.
Who was it today?
What's the difference?
Your principal called.
She said it was your fault.
- Why does she bother you?
- Because I'm your father.
She said I'm supposed
to discipline you.
I told her in home you
never need a discipline.
Not even when your
mother was alive.
I don't know why she
has to drag you into it.
Look, boy, you missed the point.
Well, if you know, tell me.
Sometimes you just have to do
things the way people want them done.
That makes them happy
and they'll leave you alone.
I used to have a
foreman like that.
Every time I assembled a
motor in my way, he beefed.
- But when I assembled it...
- Dad, I don't like to be pushed around!
Tony.
Sometimes you just have
to do it the other fellow's way.
Well, I gotta be going.
Sorry, I can't eat with you.
Night shift again.
Oh, there are a couple of
lamb chops in the icebox.
I seasoned them the way you like.
Just set them in the pan.
Dad, I can cook a chop.
And be sure you cook them.
Don't eat them raw like you
did the hamburger yesterday.
Tony, think over
what I said, would you?
I mean about not
being so stubborn.
Just might make things
a lot easier all around.
Okay, Dad.
I got to go. Bye.
It's Tony, and
he's not even late.
Maybe you're
beginning to train him.
That's no way
to call for a date.
- When I courted your mother, we...
- Things were different then.
I still want my daughter
treated with respect.
Your father's right, Arlene.
Listen to him.
Oh, Dad, it's got nothing
to do with respect.
That's the way
all the kids do it.
But I still can't understand
why you only date him.
Oh, not. That I have anything specific
against Tony, but there's Steve Harmon,
the drugist's son,
and this Willie Blake.
Oh, love, mother.
I date Tony because I like him.
In fact, I like him a lot.
And you just ask him
to come in, Arlene.
Go ahead.
We won't bite him.
Oh, all right.
Tony, would you
come in for a minute?
Hi.
Good evening.
Hello.
Hi.
Tony...
I like things formal once in a while.
We just wanted to look at you before
you take our daughter out to a party.
You don't have any objections.
No, I don't.
Well, then why don't you call
for her properly in her home?
Now, Dad.
No, no, no.
A little man-to-man
talk won't hurt anybody.
Well, I would, only you
don't look too pleased.
No, really, you know, sometimes
when I walk in that door, I
think you're going to swat me
with a baseball bat or something.
Oh, I'm sure that's
just your imagination.
It must be.
Unless you feel
guilty about something.
Now, Dad, you promised.
Much the same.
Parents of a young girl, and
especially a pretty one like Arlene,
like to feel proud of
the young man that takes her out.
Young man who keeps busy
with the right kind of things.
Like sprinkle a
lawn, take out out
a paper route, haul boxes in the market?
- Where's the opener Mary?
- On the sink dear.
Any job that keeps a teenager out of
mischief and builds a good reputation.
Oh yeah, like like our bank cashier.
You know the one that's missing.
The guy that ran off and
lost it all at the track...
Now being a smart aleck won't do it.
You've got a bow to authority.
Everybody's on my back today.
Oh daddy it's Halloween
and will we have to go.
- Yes we don't want them to miss any fun.
- Okay okay I've said my piece.
On one thing you can
be sure of, Mr. Logan...
At least I'll protect
your daughter.
All right, kids,
have a good time.
Remember, now I
want you home by 12:00.
No excuses now.
12:00.
You heard what Dad said.
Not after midnight.
Hey, what got into your dad?
He heard about the fight.
So, it's over.
But I heard more.
More?
No, Tony, don't flare up.
And please let me
see it through once.
I... I asked about this, Doctor Brandon.
Now if he could really help you, it
would be wonderful for both of us.
And it would make things easier
both at school and here at home.
Don't forget about the four
years of waiting, college and all.
Please, Tony.
Arlene, get this
straight and get it final.
I'm not going to any
doctor like Doctor Brandon.
Not even if you have to?
But I don't have to.
Now, come on. Forget it.
This is going to
- Frank! How are ya?
- Hey waddya say, Tony. Hey Arlene.
- Hey Tony!
- Tony!
Hear this, hear this.
I thought this was going
to be a costume party.
Hey man, you really
got those things trained.
I slap them silly, boy.
Now Vic,
if you're going to play the bongos all
night, who am I going to dance with?
Latch on to Frank.
He's got no date.
But I came with you.
Look, how square can you get?
You came with me,
so you dance with him.
It doesn't make sense.
I'll clarify it for you.
Hey, Frank.
You want me?
Be my guest.
Boy, this sure beats
the Youth Center.
Supervised
entertainment, eight to ten.
Square dances and waltzes,
and a cigarette is a crime.
Scooby-doo.
Well.
What'd I do?
What'd I do?
Either too much or too little.
You know, I thought this was
going to be a costume party.
Boy, this pad sure is crazy.
And don't forget, it was Tony who
found it. And got permission to use it.
But is it really haunted?
- Boo!
- Aah!
Stop scaring me!
Is this a haunted house?
Do I have to call all
the signals for you?
Well, you don't have
to scare me to death.
Sometimes I wonder
why I date you.
Because you dig
me and I dig you.
You know, Vic,
sometimes I don't
understand you at all.
The understatement of the year.
Hear this, hear this.
Vic's going to sing this new
crazy record for us right now.
Eenie, meenie, minie, moe.
I want a gal with
a lot of dough.
When I find her, we're going to swing,
up to the preacher with a wedding ring.
Tell me where she is,
because I don't know.
So, eenie, meenie, minie, moe.
I've been looking all over town.
But so far she ain't been around.
Someday I'll meet her, and then I'll
say,
shoot, baby, baby, we're on our way.
Hurry up now and follow me,
but don't forget to
bring your dough ray me.
Anytime you're
feeling sad or blue,
you just call me
baby and I'll run to you.
But if you ever leave
me, you're going to pay,
$50 dollars alimony every day.
So I'll be yours
from this day on,
but only till your money's gone.
Rich girls sure are hard to find,
but I'll keep a lookin'
'til I lose my mind.
She's bound to
show up eventually.
Then I'll be
rolling in security.
But where she's hiding,
I don't know?
So, eenie, meenie, minie, moe.
Eenie, meenie, minie, moe.
Eenie, meenie, minie, moe.
- Great.
- How fly was that, huh?
Hey Vic, why don't you
sing another one for us?
Come on man, sing another one for us.
Hey, Pearl...
we got a nice present
for Vic in that closet.
You know he's always
the life of the party,
and he knocks himself
out to entertainers?
Well, the kids got together
to get him this present.
Go on, you give it to him. You're his girl.
Oh, I'd be glad to.
Some joke.
Maybe you think
it's funny, but I don't.
And anyway, why does
everybody pick on me?
You're right, baby.
And from now when anybody picks
on you is going to have to fight me.
Now for that, I'll collect
a kiss in advance.
Oh, Tony! I bet you had
a lot to do with all this.
- Me?
- Yes, you.
And I bet you're not
so innocent either.
Why do they always pick on us?
- It isn't fair.
- I'll say it, isn't.
Just when I was going
to give her a nice present.
That's a woman for
you, no appreciation.
- What present?
- This one.
Ohh!
Oh, isn't that nice?
- Do you know what it is?
- I don't know.
Oh, Kenny!
Oh, how sweet!
- Aaaaaaah!
- Aaaah!
You got me Kenny!
Alright honey. Hold on,
I want to see something.
Hey, Vic.
Can you play the big
drums like you do the bongos?
Just lead me to them. Can I play
the big drums? Better than the bongos!
- Great, man. They're in there.
- Yeah?
- And give me a real long blast, will you?
- Sure, sure.
Thanks! I've can even share it!
All right now, okay, let's
have some food, okay?
Come on, gang, let's eat.
At least there's no
gags in the food.
This party's really percolating.
I've never had so much fun.
- Here.
- Oh, thank you.
Everything normal, my boy.
Physical examination is a
formality, but the necessary one.
Before we enter the mind, we
must know the condition of the body.
Tony, you're a perfectly
normal human being.
There's no reason in the world why you
can't have a full, wonderful life if...
Yeah "if."
If I "adjust", huh Doc?
You see if we're going to work
on son, we'll work on it together.
Okay, Tony?
You're the doctor. That's why I'm here.
All right Doctor Wagner.
Tony, will you just
sit down over here.
Thank you.
What is it?
Just a mild sedative.
It won't make me dopey or
anything, will it? I have to drive home.
No, it's simply to relax you.
Now drink it down.
I'll be back in a minute.
Hugo, prepare the scopolamine.
What are you doing?
I'm going to mix the
serum with the scopolamine.
But Alfred, do you realize
the possible consequences?
I realize one thing, that at last, after
years of searching,
I found a suitable
person for my experiment.
His record at school, what the school
principal told me, and what I learned from
Detective Sergeant Donovan,
gives him the proper, disturbed,
emotional background I need.
And with what I found
out from the physical
examination, this boy
is my perfect subject.
There were certain
telltale marks in his body,
only I would recognize.
- But you know what might happen.
- Might?
In science, one must be sure.
I'm going to take this out
of the realm of possibilities...
into the world of exact science.
If I'm successful,
then I can be certain.
But you're sacrificing
a human life.
Do you cry over a guinea pig?
This boy's a free police case. We're
probably saving him from the gas chamber.
The boy is so young, and
the transformation horrible.
You call yourself a scientist.
That's why you've never
been more than an assistant.
- But if you interfere, if you say one word
- No, no, no, no, Alfred.
You can trust me.
Yes, I know that. You've been more
than an assistant on other occasions.
Accomplice would
be a better word.
What is the plan?
Through hypnosis, I'm
going to regress this boy back.
Back into the primitive
past that lurks within him.
I'm going to transform him and unleash the
savage instincts that lie hidden within.
And then?
Then I'll be judged
a benefactor.
Mankind is on the
verge of destroying itself.
The only hope for the
human race is to hurl it back
into its primitive dawn
to start all over again.
What's one life...
compared to such a triumph?
You'll only feel a
scratch, believe me.
And this makes the
hypnosis more comfortable,
and prepares the way for analysis.
Now remember, I don't
want to be disturbed.
Tony...
you must think of this as a trip.
A sort of voyage of discovery.
On the way, we'll find out many
fascinating things about you.
And in the end...
you will no longer be disturbed or
troubled because you will be... you.
You've placed
yourself in my hands.
I'm the pilot, and
you're the passenger.
But instead of going
forward into space...
we're going backwards,
in time.
Begin at 100, and count
backwards. We'll start together.
- One hundred.
- One hundred.
- Ninety nine.
- Ninety nine.
- Ninety eight.
- Ninety eight.
Seventy three.
Seventy three.
Seventy two.
Seventy two.
Quickly, tell me, where are you?
I'm on the beach.
How old are you?
About 12, I think.
Go on.
I'm playing with some kids.
And the older...
older boys tries to take
away one of our toys.
He grabs it and runs away.
And what do you do?
I run after him.
I jump him.
I scratch him, choke him.
He's older than I am,
but... but he begins to cry.
Some... some people gather
around us and...
That'll be all for today.
You may wake up.
Wake up.
You okay, Tony?
I'll see you day after
tomorrow at the same time.
Don't worry, my boy.
Soon you'll be yourself.
Your true self.
Fifteen.
Fifteen.
Fourteen.
Fourteen.
Thirteen.
Thirteen.
Twelve.
Twelve.
Eleven.
Eleven.
Where are you now, Tony?
Where are you?
Very small.
Tell me what you're doing.
I don't know.
Two.
Two.
One.
One.
Now where are you, Tony?
Concentrate.
Where are you now?
I don't know.
I don't know it.
It's dark.
Cold.
Where? Where?
You tell me.
Please tell me.
I'll help you because
I'm your friend.
It will all become clear to you.
Tell me. Tell me. Tell me.
Remember how it felt to run
over the hills in the moonlight?
- To hide in the stream
to wait in silence until...
No. No.
Remember how wonderful it was
when you sprang suddenly
dug in with your fans a soft throat
the gush of warm blood...
No. No!
Yes, I want you to remember.
You must remember.
You know, Vic, you're good
enough to sign up with a band.
He's had lots of offers.
Oh, get off my back, will you?
Isn't that what you told me?
Tony, you can tell me
to shut up if you want.
But you're not with it tonight.
No, I'm not.
Like you're not yourself.
Guess I'm not myself.
I think I'll take Arlene home.
Come on honey, let's cut out.
That's right, I promised your folks
I'd have you home by midnight.
Need a lift home, Frank?
And interfere with you,
lovebirds? No thanks.
Everybody else is pairing up,
how are you gonna get home?
How will I get home?
I'll get home on my feet. I'll walk. I'll
take that shortcut through the woods.
Brings me right out by the power works.
Why don't you two join
us at Ruby's drive-in?
No, we're going right home.
Go on, Tony. We'll lock up.
Oh, so you've joined
the exclusive set?
No, you just talk
too much, that's all.
I'm for peace and quiet.
Oh, come on, Tony, let's go.
Good night, Arlene.
See you tomorrow, Tony.
Don't forget math. First
thing in the morning, early.
Sure, I'll sack in right away.
Hello?
Who's there?
Who's there?
No, get away!
Get away!
- Here are the photos, Chris.
- Thanks.
These the official pictures?
Yes, Chief.
Strange.
Who found the body?
Art Logan, the auditor
out at the power works.
Takes that shortcut through
the woods every morning.
Says the only
exercise he gets.
Mm -hmm.
Any idea how long
the boy's been dead?
No, maybe the PM will show.
The coroner has the body.
That's strange.
Slash on each side of his throat.
Got any ideas?
No.
Boy had no enemies.
There weren't any
gang fights in Rockdale.
Any bruises, scratches on
his face, clothing ripped off?
No.
Well, and how was a boy killed?
You got any theories?
Not a shiv.
Not hands.
Teeth?
Fangs.
Fangs? There's no wild
animals around here.
I've walked these woods
since I was knee-high to a duck,
I've never seen anything
wilder than a tomcat.
I know. That's what makes it so
hard to believe. But I still say fangs
Maybe if the boy had a chance to fight His
fingernails will show something.
Let's hope so.
In the meantime, let's
keep the lid clamped down
on this until the official
reports come through.
Maybe even after that.
Whatever it is,
we've got to be sure.
I told Art Logan
not to say a word.
Good.
Keep these locked in our files.
Yes, Chief.
Just one rumor about fangs, and
the newspapers will have a field day.
Not just the local papers, but reporters
from all over the country will have
on-the-spot coverage, photographers...
They'll have a
field day all right.
But here in Rockdale,
we'll have a panic.
Yeah, I know.
But I'm more worried about
the teenagers at the school.
And check the surrounding town,
see if a carnival, a circus,
or a county fair have
been setting up their tents.
Also, see if anybody
has a private menagerie.
Maybe a big cat
got lost some way.
If I were you, I'd talk to the
farmers in the surrounding areas.
Sometimes they keep
a wild dog for protection.
Whatever it is,
we've got to be sure.
Facts first, and don't
encourage any rumors.
Right.
Welp, now I've got to go and see the mayor
Hi Pepe.
I'm going down to the lab. Better get
those pictures locked up in the file.
Pepe, how are ya?
Oh, Chris, do you mind if I
take a look at that picture?
You knew the boy?
Once in a while, I played pinnacle
with his father, very small stakes.
Yes, I knew the boy, but
perhaps I have a better reason.
Let me see the picture.
You're not to say anything
about this to anyone, understand?
It's going on 12 years
that I'm working here.
Have I ever said the word?
What's the matter?
You see something we missed?
Poor boy.
Poor boy.
Pepe, I don't blame
me for being upset.
Imagine how his family feels.
I know what killed him.
You do?
He was killed by...
by a werewolf.
A what?
In the old country, in
my little village, in the
Carpathian Mountains, there was a story
passed on from generation to generation.
Some say it was a legend,
but I know it was the truth.
I'll tell you what werewolf is.
It's a human being
possessed by a wolf.
When the evil eye is on you, the savage
beast somehow gets inside and controls
you, makes you look
and act like a wolf.
Makes you hunt down your
victim and kill it like a wolf.
Yes, kill you with
fangs... like a wolf.
Why, you're crazy.
You better not let anyone hear you talk like
that Pepe, or you'd wind up in a booby hatch.
Werewolf?
Come on.
Yes, that's what I said.
The first time it
was told to me.
But later, what I saw,
what I heard, convinced me.
I'm going to put these
away and lock the file.
You just forget I'd
ever show him to you.
Yes...
I'll be glad to forget this.
If I can.
Oh, how awful.
Poor Frank.
Well, hello, Tony, my boy.
Come on in.
You're a little
early, but welcome.
Thanks, Doctor Brannon.
- Well, the reason I came early is...
- You don't have to tell me why.
Let me be the one to
interpret the symptoms.
After all, you have placed
yourself in my hand, so to speak.
Tony, punctuality is a
phase of adjustment.
Sometimes the patient
leans backward to be prompt.
Comes even before
his appointment.
Now, is that clear?
No, doctor, that's
not why I'm here.
- I wanted to tell you about something...
- No, you don't have to tell me now.
I'll hear it all under hypnosis.
I'll get the injection ready.
Is the scopolamine ready?
Yes.
Alfred, you read the paper.
You know what happened.
There's a difference between a
newspaper story and a scientific report.
I have to be sure.
Even in a minor experiment, you know
how many guinea pigs are used up before the
trailblazers ready to announce a
new discovery to the scientific world?
Surely you know how.
Skeptical scientists are.
- Indeed have to be.
- But you realize the consequences.
I realize, then I have an
old woman for an assistant.
If you mean I have a heart, I
don't consider that an insult.
I mean that you're standing
in the way of progress.
Progress?
Do you call it progress to hurl back the
human race to its savage beginnings?
It may prove to be the
only road to progress.
Go ahead, my boy.
Doctor Brandon, there's
something I have to tell you.
I don't know if it
really happened.
It's more like a nightmare.
- I, I...
- Now, Tony,
very often in psychotherapy,
strange things seem to happen.
Sometimes when we light up the
dark corner of the human mind...
Doctor!
Doctor, please help me.
Then do exactly as I say.
All I can tell you is that
your progress is excellent.
I've even told the
principal of your school that.
Yes, I'm extremely pleased with
the progress you've been making.
And soon, Tony, very soon.
You'll be your true self again.
Come on.
Now, this is a map of the area.
We'll start with the
abandoned house.
Teenagers call it
the haunted house.
- You question them?
- Yeah, just informally.
They had a party after a
football game and went home.
They all drove except Frank,
who walked through the woods.
How about his parents?
His mother's in
the state of shock.
His father wants to
know just one thing.
What are the police
doing about this?
Yeah, that's it.
They'll all be down on
us unless we find the killer.
Chief Baker.
Yeah.
Donovan?
Yeah.
Okay, thanks.
Picked up a couple of
vagrants out at the freight yard.
Well, go ahead. I'll be right in.
Well, I checked the
neighboring towns.
There aren't any circuses,
carnivals, or county fairs.
If they come at all,
they come in the spring.
- How about the farms?
- I checked those too.
They're mostly truck, very little
livestock, few pigs penned up, some horses.
There's a mink farm about
three miles north of here.
But they're all baby mink.
First thing they do
is cut off their teeth.
Oh, no, that's not good.
Well... everything seems
to lead to a dead end.
Ah, very good, Teresa.
Your form is improving.
Thank you, Miss Johnson.
But I must repeat.
We're judged on points,
and Linwood High is one that.
The gymnastic events
three years in a row.
Oh, I certainly hope
we win this time.
So do I.
Have you had enough
for today I've got to go?
Oh, gee, I'd like to practice
for about another half hour.
Well, you don't need me.
Just remember the
other pointers I gave you.
I've got some shopping to do.
You go right ahead.
Anyway, you make me very self-conscious
breathing down my neck all the time and
picking on all my mistakes.
I just want to try it
a few more times.
That's the spirit. Good night.
Will you come in, Tony?
I hope you didn't mind waiting.
I had some reports to finish.
Oh, uh, you wanted to see me.
Yes, I wanted to have
a little chat with you.
And for heaven's sakes, Tony,
don't look so glum, or so suspicious.
For once, we meet
on a friendlier basis.
Now, you're not going
to chew me out, then.
As you say, I'm not
going to chew you out.
Sit down, Tony.
Thank you.
I have a report here
from Doctor Brandon.
Naturally, all this is
kept strictly confidential.
It's a report of progress,
which I'm happy to confirm.
You mean he says I'm adjusting?
Very much so.
Your grades are about the same,
but then your grades were always high.
However, your conduct
is very much improved.
Tony, you're coming
along just fine.
Thanks, I'm glad.
And as a reward, I want you to know that,
if you continue this way, you'll
earn an honor certificate.
Yes, Tony?
I'll recommend you
to the state college.
Your grades will be high and
your department will match.
This means so much
to me, Ms. Ferguson.
So far, every pupil I've recommended has
reflected great credit on Rockdale High,
and I know you will.
So keep it up till graduation.
Then you'll be off
to your real career.
Thanks a lot.
I always knew that if somehow we
could just break through to you,
I mean really get inside of you, you'd be a
credit to your father and your school.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Dismissed.
Did you see him?
Yes, I saw.
Did you recognize him?
I'll call the police.
I'll call the police.
Mr. Ferguson, I know this is difficult,
but anything you can do to help us.
He...
It came running out of the gymnasium.
I recognized the jacket, the trousers.
They were the same?
Same.
Face...
the eyes...
hands like claws.
I never saw anything like it before.
But you recognized him.
It was Tony all right,
it was his jacket.
Anybody chase him?
No, it all happened too fast.
Besides, we were paralyzed, man.
Just too paralyzed.
And then he disappeared.
Yeah, like an animal.
He jumped the fence
and ran to the fields.
The whole area
has been blocked off.
An All Points Bulletin
has gone out.
There's no way he can
possibly have escape.
He?
Well, he, it, call
it what you will.
Seems to me werewolf
would be more appropriate.
Very well then, I realize
it makes a better story.
Werewolf.
In the meantime, what protection you're
giving the people, especially the teenagers?
The very best we possibly can.
Parents have been warned
to keep their children at home.
Theaters, recreation halls, bowling
alleys have all been shut down.
What about the werewolf?
Posse's been formed. They're
going to start right away.
But in the meantime,
the werewolf is at large.
- But not for long.
- You hope.
You'll find this is different.
Tracking down the ordinary criminal.
You're dealing with the cunning, the
ruthlessness of something that is supernatural.
Oh, come now.
Let's don't add to the
panic that already exists.
The people are entitled
to know everything,
and my paper's going
to see that they get it.
Maybe if you hadn't kept
the first murder so secret.
Don't try to place
the blame for this.
We did everything that
was reasonable in the
interest of public
protection and safety.
All right.
May we see the
official pictures?
No. They're locked in our files.
You can't keep
this a secret, Chief.
The second murder
is blown the lid off.
A TV truck is on its
way out right now.
Teenagers are going to be
interviewed, parents, teachers.
A psychologist was
involved too, wasn't he?
You can't pry into that.
Just what are you trying to do, add to
the grief of the family's already involved?
Don't make this a
personal issue, Chief Baker.
You have your work
cut out, we have ours.
In that case, gentlemen, you'll
understand that we're very busy.
Well, there's one thing
you can be sure of.
We'll be with you every
step of the hunt from now on.
Oh, I'm sure of that, Mr. Doyle.
Doctor, what's your opinion?
I'm sorry, Sergeant, but I cannot
be swayed by mass hysteria.
But there were eyewitnesses
who swear they saw him.
Hallucinations.
I'd have to see this so-called
beast with my own eyes.
After all, a scientist needs
of a scientist needs
a platform of concrete facts before
venturing an opinion,
and overwhelming proof
before stating a conclusion.
Doctor, this is hardly
the time for a lecture.
You had Tony under
your professional care.
You were with
him time and again.
You were supposed to help him.
As far as I know, I did.
His behavior after I
took the case proves that.
Did you come across
any hint, a clue?
Did he reveal anything?
I keep careful case histories of all
my patients, but I don't need to tell you
that's a matter of strict confidence
between doctor and patient.
Yes, I'm aware of that.
However we hoped you
would cooperate, help us.
Don't you think you're wasting a
lot of valuable time interrogating me?
After all, your duty is to try and
find this, this uh... this young man.
Why do you shy
away from the word?
Everyone's using it?
Werewolf.
I do not subscribe
to old wives' tales.
It's my belief that
these legends or myths
passed out with the
invention of electricity.
After all, this is America,
modern America.
Not a hamlet in the
Carpathian Mountains.
What do the Carpathian
Mountains have to do with us?
That's where the
legend was born.
The people there
believe in werewolves.
When the shadows of night
creep over their gloomy hills,
and the hungry dogs
howl in the moonlight,
the peasants cross
themselves and hide in their huts.
Any canine they see with sharp white teeth
and glittering eyes they call a werewolf.
Doctor, you seem to know a
great deal about these myths.
I amuse myself with fantasy.
I live by facts.
Hiya, Pepe.
You're in late tonight.
Oh, Chris, would this
teenage girl kill the same way?
Yeah, same way.
I told you.
I knew... a werewolf.
Tell me something, Pepe.
In the old country, did
they ever catch a werewolf?
Never.
Never.
Did your boyfriend ever
give you any indications?
Never, never.
Do you realize that if this thing had
come over him when he was with you...
Now there's no use upsetting that
little girl any more than she is now.
Sorry let you talk to
her in the first place.
Yes, I think that's enough.
She's been crying ever
since this thing happened.
She must get more rest.
Well, uh, just one more picture.
Now, you're not going
to let it go to school.
Oh, school's closed
until this thing is over.
Anyway, we'll protect her
right here in her own home.
You don't really
believe that your son is...
No, no, I can't believe.
What kind of a boy was, Tony?
Is Tony.
He was always on the quiet side.
Kept pretty much to himself.
Maybe I should have remarried.
A good woman around the
house, the affection of a mother.
A boy needs that, especially
when he's growing up.
Not that Tony ever complained.
I even asked him.
Does he miss?
Should I?
He said, no, Dad.
We'll get along all
right, just two of us.
As if he knew no woman could
ever replace his mother in my heart.
Or in his...
What I mean is, did
he always obey you?
Yes.
Only I had know how to ask him.
Ask him the right way
and he'd do anything.
Tony's a good boy.
I don't care what they say.
Tony's a good boy.
Yet he hasn't come home,
or you haven't heard from him since
he left his school earlier this morning.
Now, certainly he must
know how worried you are.
Of course, you know
what the principal and his
teenage friends are
saying about the terror.
How it looked.
Now wouldn't this indicate
to you that perhaps Tony is...
Leave me alone, will ya?
Leave me alone.
Pat, men are all ready.
Oh, thanks.
This may seem like a long shot, Donovan,
but we can capture it before morning,
save the community a
lot of trouble and panic.
We can try, but night in the
woods is going to be tough.
One thing in our favor, can't go
very far, I can only travel on foot.
Also, it's got to
stop to rest and eat.
Let's go.
All right now, we'll
move in stagger fashion.
We'll circle the outer
edges first, and keep
going round and round
until we meet in the center.
If you run across it, or even
if you see any suspicious tracks,
notify me immediately
on the walkie-talkie.
And don't fire unless
you're attacked.
Want to try to bring this
thing in alive if possible.
Oh, another thing.
When we get further in the woods,
I want you to light the torches.
Animals are afraid of fire.
Maybe werewolves are too.
Now let's go, come on, Donovan.
My men, close up.
We're gonna light the torches.
Ed, Charlie, take a couple of
torches and go on up the hill there.
Donovan, will you take a
man and beat up this ravine?
Right.
Alright, you go ahead.
Hey Mike! Come over here!
Well, Donovan.
Did you see anything?
- There's a dog back up there he killed.
- Oh?
Well, he's got to be
in here someplace.
No sense of looking for
him in this light, though.
I looked on him and post guards
so he can't possibly escape.
We've got to get him.
Go ahead, answer it.
Just tell him to
give himself up.
Tell him it's the best way.
Advise him as his
father to surrender.
Hello?
Thanks.
Thanks.
It's only the foreman.
I'm not being docked
for staying home tonight.
As if that matters.
As if anything could matter.
If I only knew for sure...
he's still alive.
Only knew.
Look what I found.
How the cloth ripped off?
How do you know it's his?
It fits the description.
He wore a jacket like this.
But how do you know
that's part of his jacket?
You know, I think we
better call headquarters.
- Alfred.
- Don't interrupt Hugo.
Alfred, aren't you
wasting your time?
Or do you have a
second victim in view?
I'm not wasting my time, and
I don't like to hear the subject
of a world-shaking experiment
referred to as a victim.
Call him what you like, but he's being
hunted down like a dangerous animal.
And after he's captured?
I'm not so sure
he will be captured.
The transformation into a
werewolf is not all on the minor side,
it also gives the subject
the cunning of an animal.
And you think somehow
he will come here.
All I have to do is wait.
He must come here.
I'm the only link he
has left. I'm his last hope.
Hey, you!
Next time use a crosswalk.
It's a wonder more
people aren't killed.
Let her answer it.
All right, miss.
You answer it.
Remember now, hold him long
enough so we can trace the call.
Hello?
Hello?
Whoever he was, he hung up.
You recognize his voice?
I couldn't be sure.
Look, miss, if you're trying to protect
him by pulling back anything, you're wrong.
His best bet is
to give himself up.
I only heard the word 'hello'.
How could I be sure?
Sergeant Donovan.
Where?
Tenth and the Hudson.
Thank you. Tenth and Hudson.
- What came in?
- Somebody just caught sight of him.
- Downtown?
- Makes sense.
No trace of them in the woods
and all the roads are blocked.
Let's go, Chris.
The results of the case of Mrs.
Banks indicate that...
I was expecting you.
Come on in, Tony.
Doctor Brannon, I know what I am.
What I become.
Help me, doctor, please!
I know they're going to catch me,
but don't let anyone see me like that.
Please, Doctor, help me!
Please help me!
Of course, Tony, of course.
Come on over here.
Alfred, I beg you.
It's too late to bring the dead back
to life, but at least you can help him.
Help correct that terrible mistake.
Mistake, you dare call a
scientific triumph, a mistake?
What are you going to do now?
He must make the
voyage back once more.
I'm a see with my own eyes
and record with my own camera.
Here, you'll be the witness.
We'll have it all on film.
From the time I first give him the
injection through the transformation,
and then no one
will doubt my word.
Even the most exacting, the most skeptical
of scientists who be convinced that I have
penetrated the deepest
secrets of creation.
That I've achieved the first
perfect case of regression.
Good.
Albert, stop him!
Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!
Tony...
Tony, I'm your friend.
I'm the only friend you've got.
Tony!
Tony!
Tony! Stop!
Tony! Don't! Don't! Don't!
There's no other way out.
Nothing else we could do.
We had to.
Yeah.
Did you see his face?
I mean before?
I'll never forget it.
But at least they'll
see him this way now.
What about him?
I don't know.
My hunch is the
score was evened.
Boy, the newspapers
will just eat this up.
Yeah.
But after they've had their
field day, one thing will be clear.
It's not for man to
interfere in the ways of God.
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What's going on here?
Do I have to draw your diagram.
Tony, I know you can get fresh.
Come on over here.
Wait for me in the car, Joe.
All right, Jimmy.
Go ahead. You tell me.
Well, Sergeant Donovan.
I don't like to blow
whistle on a pal.
A pal yet.
Well, you started it.
Look, you started it.
You slapped me on the shoulder.
It's a friendly tap.
I don't know what you
got so excited about.
I don't like that
kind of friendship.
I don't like to be hit from
behind by anybody any time.
I don't like to be touched.
Okay, okay.
The way you jump me, you
think I tossed a brick at you?
Right off, he challenges me.
I tried to kivots him out of it.
I'm beginning
to get the picture.
Yeah, and I even
told him I was sorry.
That's right.
I apologized.
You can ask any of the guys.
Didn't that satisfy him?
No, he wanted to fight.
I know I'm bigger than he is.
But he wanted to fight.
Look, what are you?
The referee or in his corner?
No, Tony.
I'm really in your corner.
If I can just get you to see it.
Well, I guess you can
pick up your marbles.
I'll try to low-key
this in the report.
But what your principal wants
to do, well, that's her business.
Now, wait a minute.
Before you go, I want to see
you two fellas shake hands.
Come on, come on, come on.
It'll look better in the report.
Sure, a happy ending, huh?
I'm sorry, Tony.
I guess I lost my head.
I burn easy.
You know Tony, you really
ought to smile more often.
Sure.
Win friends and
charm snakes, eh?
That's just what I wanted
to talk to you about.
You're suspicious of everybody.
You act like the whole world's
your enemy the way you flare up.
Oh, people bug me.
That's right. Hide behind
jive talk. People bug you.
Well, people bug me too.
But I don't go around
and clouding everybody.
Come on, finish
your beef, will you?
All I know is you've been in trouble a half
a dozen times, You don't have any official
record yet, but you're
sure working up to one.
But you got a crystal ball, huh?
I pulled you out of fights three
times myself in the last month.
You're just lucky there
weren't any formal complaints.
The time before this
in the supermarket.
It was the checker's mistake.
Yeah, but you didn't even
give him a chance to rectify it.
Boom, you throw a
carton of milk right at him.
Look, Tony...
I'm just trying to tell
you that you need help.
What kind of help?
Well, there's a
prominent doctor.
Doctor Brandon, he's a consulting
psychologist out at the aircraft plant.
He's been working with
the police department
without charge trying to
help difficult kids adjust.
What's this adjust kick?
Polish off the rough edges.
Adjust.
Adjust to what?
But everything.
Teachers, parents,
other students.
You know, some kids have
a tougher time than others.
And it's not
necessarily their fault.
Now, this Doctor Brandon,
well, he's modern.
He uses hypnosis.
Oh, no.
No, no head shrinker
for me, thank you.
You know, that's all I need.
That's all I need.
Tony the flip.
No, sir, thank you.
You keep the man in the
white coat for the goofs.
I can take care of myself.
The way you have up to now?
The way I have.
Then you won't let
anybody help you.
Not into a straight jacket I won't.
Look, you hold me on any charge?
No.
Then I can go.
Yeah, yeah, you can go.
But this is the
last warning, Tony.
If you get into trouble again, don't
expect it to be a breeze like this.
I can't let you off.
Okay.
I heard you.
Everything all right, Tony?
Sure it is.
- What did Officer Donovan say?
- I don't want to talk about it.
I've been enough yakety-y-act
to last me till the end of the term.
Look, I'm sorry, Arlene.
I say things, I do things.
I don't know why.
I try to control them. It's
too late if I've gone too far.
I don't know.
I get a certain feeling,
and I have to... I don't know.
I just don't know.
Tony, you must try.
Yeah, I'll try.
But not Donovan's way.
What's his way?
He wants me to go to this
head shrinker, Doctor Brandon.
Like I was a flip or something.
Is that the way he said it?
No, he sprinkled
a little sugar on it.
But I'm not having
any, thank you.
Oh, Tony.
Okay, okay, I'll try.
But my way.
Come on, I'll take you home.
- Hi Dad.
- Hi.
Who was it today?
What's the difference?
Your principal called.
She said it was your fault.
- Why does she bother you?
- Because I'm your father.
She said I'm supposed
to discipline you.
I told her in home you
never need a discipline.
Not even when your
mother was alive.
I don't know why she
has to drag you into it.
Look, boy, you missed the point.
Well, if you know, tell me.
Sometimes you just have to do
things the way people want them done.
That makes them happy
and they'll leave you alone.
I used to have a
foreman like that.
Every time I assembled a
motor in my way, he beefed.
- But when I assembled it...
- Dad, I don't like to be pushed around!
Tony.
Sometimes you just have
to do it the other fellow's way.
Well, I gotta be going.
Sorry, I can't eat with you.
Night shift again.
Oh, there are a couple of
lamb chops in the icebox.
I seasoned them the way you like.
Just set them in the pan.
Dad, I can cook a chop.
And be sure you cook them.
Don't eat them raw like you
did the hamburger yesterday.
Tony, think over
what I said, would you?
I mean about not
being so stubborn.
Just might make things
a lot easier all around.
Okay, Dad.
I got to go. Bye.
It's Tony, and
he's not even late.
Maybe you're
beginning to train him.
That's no way
to call for a date.
- When I courted your mother, we...
- Things were different then.
I still want my daughter
treated with respect.
Your father's right, Arlene.
Listen to him.
Oh, Dad, it's got nothing
to do with respect.
That's the way
all the kids do it.
But I still can't understand
why you only date him.
Oh, not. That I have anything specific
against Tony, but there's Steve Harmon,
the drugist's son,
and this Willie Blake.
Oh, love, mother.
I date Tony because I like him.
In fact, I like him a lot.
And you just ask him
to come in, Arlene.
Go ahead.
We won't bite him.
Oh, all right.
Tony, would you
come in for a minute?
Hi.
Good evening.
Hello.
Hi.
Tony...
I like things formal once in a while.
We just wanted to look at you before
you take our daughter out to a party.
You don't have any objections.
No, I don't.
Well, then why don't you call
for her properly in her home?
Now, Dad.
No, no, no.
A little man-to-man
talk won't hurt anybody.
Well, I would, only you
don't look too pleased.
No, really, you know, sometimes
when I walk in that door, I
think you're going to swat me
with a baseball bat or something.
Oh, I'm sure that's
just your imagination.
It must be.
Unless you feel
guilty about something.
Now, Dad, you promised.
Much the same.
Parents of a young girl, and
especially a pretty one like Arlene,
like to feel proud of
the young man that takes her out.
Young man who keeps busy
with the right kind of things.
Like sprinkle a
lawn, take out out
a paper route, haul boxes in the market?
- Where's the opener Mary?
- On the sink dear.
Any job that keeps a teenager out of
mischief and builds a good reputation.
Oh yeah, like like our bank cashier.
You know the one that's missing.
The guy that ran off and
lost it all at the track...
Now being a smart aleck won't do it.
You've got a bow to authority.
Everybody's on my back today.
Oh daddy it's Halloween
and will we have to go.
- Yes we don't want them to miss any fun.
- Okay okay I've said my piece.
On one thing you can
be sure of, Mr. Logan...
At least I'll protect
your daughter.
All right, kids,
have a good time.
Remember, now I
want you home by 12:00.
No excuses now.
12:00.
You heard what Dad said.
Not after midnight.
Hey, what got into your dad?
He heard about the fight.
So, it's over.
But I heard more.
More?
No, Tony, don't flare up.
And please let me
see it through once.
I... I asked about this, Doctor Brandon.
Now if he could really help you, it
would be wonderful for both of us.
And it would make things easier
both at school and here at home.
Don't forget about the four
years of waiting, college and all.
Please, Tony.
Arlene, get this
straight and get it final.
I'm not going to any
doctor like Doctor Brandon.
Not even if you have to?
But I don't have to.
Now, come on. Forget it.
This is going to
- Frank! How are ya?
- Hey waddya say, Tony. Hey Arlene.
- Hey Tony!
- Tony!
Hear this, hear this.
I thought this was going
to be a costume party.
Hey man, you really
got those things trained.
I slap them silly, boy.
Now Vic,
if you're going to play the bongos all
night, who am I going to dance with?
Latch on to Frank.
He's got no date.
But I came with you.
Look, how square can you get?
You came with me,
so you dance with him.
It doesn't make sense.
I'll clarify it for you.
Hey, Frank.
You want me?
Be my guest.
Boy, this sure beats
the Youth Center.
Supervised
entertainment, eight to ten.
Square dances and waltzes,
and a cigarette is a crime.
Scooby-doo.
Well.
What'd I do?
What'd I do?
Either too much or too little.
You know, I thought this was
going to be a costume party.
Boy, this pad sure is crazy.
And don't forget, it was Tony who
found it. And got permission to use it.
But is it really haunted?
- Boo!
- Aah!
Stop scaring me!
Is this a haunted house?
Do I have to call all
the signals for you?
Well, you don't have
to scare me to death.
Sometimes I wonder
why I date you.
Because you dig
me and I dig you.
You know, Vic,
sometimes I don't
understand you at all.
The understatement of the year.
Hear this, hear this.
Vic's going to sing this new
crazy record for us right now.
Eenie, meenie, minie, moe.
I want a gal with
a lot of dough.
When I find her, we're going to swing,
up to the preacher with a wedding ring.
Tell me where she is,
because I don't know.
So, eenie, meenie, minie, moe.
I've been looking all over town.
But so far she ain't been around.
Someday I'll meet her, and then I'll
say,
shoot, baby, baby, we're on our way.
Hurry up now and follow me,
but don't forget to
bring your dough ray me.
Anytime you're
feeling sad or blue,
you just call me
baby and I'll run to you.
But if you ever leave
me, you're going to pay,
$50 dollars alimony every day.
So I'll be yours
from this day on,
but only till your money's gone.
Rich girls sure are hard to find,
but I'll keep a lookin'
'til I lose my mind.
She's bound to
show up eventually.
Then I'll be
rolling in security.
But where she's hiding,
I don't know?
So, eenie, meenie, minie, moe.
Eenie, meenie, minie, moe.
Eenie, meenie, minie, moe.
- Great.
- How fly was that, huh?
Hey Vic, why don't you
sing another one for us?
Come on man, sing another one for us.
Hey, Pearl...
we got a nice present
for Vic in that closet.
You know he's always
the life of the party,
and he knocks himself
out to entertainers?
Well, the kids got together
to get him this present.
Go on, you give it to him. You're his girl.
Oh, I'd be glad to.
Some joke.
Maybe you think
it's funny, but I don't.
And anyway, why does
everybody pick on me?
You're right, baby.
And from now when anybody picks
on you is going to have to fight me.
Now for that, I'll collect
a kiss in advance.
Oh, Tony! I bet you had
a lot to do with all this.
- Me?
- Yes, you.
And I bet you're not
so innocent either.
Why do they always pick on us?
- It isn't fair.
- I'll say it, isn't.
Just when I was going
to give her a nice present.
That's a woman for
you, no appreciation.
- What present?
- This one.
Ohh!
Oh, isn't that nice?
- Do you know what it is?
- I don't know.
Oh, Kenny!
Oh, how sweet!
- Aaaaaaah!
- Aaaah!
You got me Kenny!
Alright honey. Hold on,
I want to see something.
Hey, Vic.
Can you play the big
drums like you do the bongos?
Just lead me to them. Can I play
the big drums? Better than the bongos!
- Great, man. They're in there.
- Yeah?
- And give me a real long blast, will you?
- Sure, sure.
Thanks! I've can even share it!
All right now, okay, let's
have some food, okay?
Come on, gang, let's eat.
At least there's no
gags in the food.
This party's really percolating.
I've never had so much fun.
- Here.
- Oh, thank you.
Everything normal, my boy.
Physical examination is a
formality, but the necessary one.
Before we enter the mind, we
must know the condition of the body.
Tony, you're a perfectly
normal human being.
There's no reason in the world why you
can't have a full, wonderful life if...
Yeah "if."
If I "adjust", huh Doc?
You see if we're going to work
on son, we'll work on it together.
Okay, Tony?
You're the doctor. That's why I'm here.
All right Doctor Wagner.
Tony, will you just
sit down over here.
Thank you.
What is it?
Just a mild sedative.
It won't make me dopey or
anything, will it? I have to drive home.
No, it's simply to relax you.
Now drink it down.
I'll be back in a minute.
Hugo, prepare the scopolamine.
What are you doing?
I'm going to mix the
serum with the scopolamine.
But Alfred, do you realize
the possible consequences?
I realize one thing, that at last, after
years of searching,
I found a suitable
person for my experiment.
His record at school, what the school
principal told me, and what I learned from
Detective Sergeant Donovan,
gives him the proper, disturbed,
emotional background I need.
And with what I found
out from the physical
examination, this boy
is my perfect subject.
There were certain
telltale marks in his body,
only I would recognize.
- But you know what might happen.
- Might?
In science, one must be sure.
I'm going to take this out
of the realm of possibilities...
into the world of exact science.
If I'm successful,
then I can be certain.
But you're sacrificing
a human life.
Do you cry over a guinea pig?
This boy's a free police case. We're
probably saving him from the gas chamber.
The boy is so young, and
the transformation horrible.
You call yourself a scientist.
That's why you've never
been more than an assistant.
- But if you interfere, if you say one word
- No, no, no, no, Alfred.
You can trust me.
Yes, I know that. You've been more
than an assistant on other occasions.
Accomplice would
be a better word.
What is the plan?
Through hypnosis, I'm
going to regress this boy back.
Back into the primitive
past that lurks within him.
I'm going to transform him and unleash the
savage instincts that lie hidden within.
And then?
Then I'll be judged
a benefactor.
Mankind is on the
verge of destroying itself.
The only hope for the
human race is to hurl it back
into its primitive dawn
to start all over again.
What's one life...
compared to such a triumph?
You'll only feel a
scratch, believe me.
And this makes the
hypnosis more comfortable,
and prepares the way for analysis.
Now remember, I don't
want to be disturbed.
Tony...
you must think of this as a trip.
A sort of voyage of discovery.
On the way, we'll find out many
fascinating things about you.
And in the end...
you will no longer be disturbed or
troubled because you will be... you.
You've placed
yourself in my hands.
I'm the pilot, and
you're the passenger.
But instead of going
forward into space...
we're going backwards,
in time.
Begin at 100, and count
backwards. We'll start together.
- One hundred.
- One hundred.
- Ninety nine.
- Ninety nine.
- Ninety eight.
- Ninety eight.
Seventy three.
Seventy three.
Seventy two.
Seventy two.
Quickly, tell me, where are you?
I'm on the beach.
How old are you?
About 12, I think.
Go on.
I'm playing with some kids.
And the older...
older boys tries to take
away one of our toys.
He grabs it and runs away.
And what do you do?
I run after him.
I jump him.
I scratch him, choke him.
He's older than I am,
but... but he begins to cry.
Some... some people gather
around us and...
That'll be all for today.
You may wake up.
Wake up.
You okay, Tony?
I'll see you day after
tomorrow at the same time.
Don't worry, my boy.
Soon you'll be yourself.
Your true self.
Fifteen.
Fifteen.
Fourteen.
Fourteen.
Thirteen.
Thirteen.
Twelve.
Twelve.
Eleven.
Eleven.
Where are you now, Tony?
Where are you?
Very small.
Tell me what you're doing.
I don't know.
Two.
Two.
One.
One.
Now where are you, Tony?
Concentrate.
Where are you now?
I don't know.
I don't know it.
It's dark.
Cold.
Where? Where?
You tell me.
Please tell me.
I'll help you because
I'm your friend.
It will all become clear to you.
Tell me. Tell me. Tell me.
Remember how it felt to run
over the hills in the moonlight?
- To hide in the stream
to wait in silence until...
No. No.
Remember how wonderful it was
when you sprang suddenly
dug in with your fans a soft throat
the gush of warm blood...
No. No!
Yes, I want you to remember.
You must remember.
You know, Vic, you're good
enough to sign up with a band.
He's had lots of offers.
Oh, get off my back, will you?
Isn't that what you told me?
Tony, you can tell me
to shut up if you want.
But you're not with it tonight.
No, I'm not.
Like you're not yourself.
Guess I'm not myself.
I think I'll take Arlene home.
Come on honey, let's cut out.
That's right, I promised your folks
I'd have you home by midnight.
Need a lift home, Frank?
And interfere with you,
lovebirds? No thanks.
Everybody else is pairing up,
how are you gonna get home?
How will I get home?
I'll get home on my feet. I'll walk. I'll
take that shortcut through the woods.
Brings me right out by the power works.
Why don't you two join
us at Ruby's drive-in?
No, we're going right home.
Go on, Tony. We'll lock up.
Oh, so you've joined
the exclusive set?
No, you just talk
too much, that's all.
I'm for peace and quiet.
Oh, come on, Tony, let's go.
Good night, Arlene.
See you tomorrow, Tony.
Don't forget math. First
thing in the morning, early.
Sure, I'll sack in right away.
Hello?
Who's there?
Who's there?
No, get away!
Get away!
- Here are the photos, Chris.
- Thanks.
These the official pictures?
Yes, Chief.
Strange.
Who found the body?
Art Logan, the auditor
out at the power works.
Takes that shortcut through
the woods every morning.
Says the only
exercise he gets.
Mm -hmm.
Any idea how long
the boy's been dead?
No, maybe the PM will show.
The coroner has the body.
That's strange.
Slash on each side of his throat.
Got any ideas?
No.
Boy had no enemies.
There weren't any
gang fights in Rockdale.
Any bruises, scratches on
his face, clothing ripped off?
No.
Well, and how was a boy killed?
You got any theories?
Not a shiv.
Not hands.
Teeth?
Fangs.
Fangs? There's no wild
animals around here.
I've walked these woods
since I was knee-high to a duck,
I've never seen anything
wilder than a tomcat.
I know. That's what makes it so
hard to believe. But I still say fangs
Maybe if the boy had a chance to fight His
fingernails will show something.
Let's hope so.
In the meantime, let's
keep the lid clamped down
on this until the official
reports come through.
Maybe even after that.
Whatever it is,
we've got to be sure.
I told Art Logan
not to say a word.
Good.
Keep these locked in our files.
Yes, Chief.
Just one rumor about fangs, and
the newspapers will have a field day.
Not just the local papers, but reporters
from all over the country will have
on-the-spot coverage, photographers...
They'll have a
field day all right.
But here in Rockdale,
we'll have a panic.
Yeah, I know.
But I'm more worried about
the teenagers at the school.
And check the surrounding town,
see if a carnival, a circus,
or a county fair have
been setting up their tents.
Also, see if anybody
has a private menagerie.
Maybe a big cat
got lost some way.
If I were you, I'd talk to the
farmers in the surrounding areas.
Sometimes they keep
a wild dog for protection.
Whatever it is,
we've got to be sure.
Facts first, and don't
encourage any rumors.
Right.
Welp, now I've got to go and see the mayor
Hi Pepe.
I'm going down to the lab. Better get
those pictures locked up in the file.
Pepe, how are ya?
Oh, Chris, do you mind if I
take a look at that picture?
You knew the boy?
Once in a while, I played pinnacle
with his father, very small stakes.
Yes, I knew the boy, but
perhaps I have a better reason.
Let me see the picture.
You're not to say anything
about this to anyone, understand?
It's going on 12 years
that I'm working here.
Have I ever said the word?
What's the matter?
You see something we missed?
Poor boy.
Poor boy.
Pepe, I don't blame
me for being upset.
Imagine how his family feels.
I know what killed him.
You do?
He was killed by...
by a werewolf.
A what?
In the old country, in
my little village, in the
Carpathian Mountains, there was a story
passed on from generation to generation.
Some say it was a legend,
but I know it was the truth.
I'll tell you what werewolf is.
It's a human being
possessed by a wolf.
When the evil eye is on you, the savage
beast somehow gets inside and controls
you, makes you look
and act like a wolf.
Makes you hunt down your
victim and kill it like a wolf.
Yes, kill you with
fangs... like a wolf.
Why, you're crazy.
You better not let anyone hear you talk like
that Pepe, or you'd wind up in a booby hatch.
Werewolf?
Come on.
Yes, that's what I said.
The first time it
was told to me.
But later, what I saw,
what I heard, convinced me.
I'm going to put these
away and lock the file.
You just forget I'd
ever show him to you.
Yes...
I'll be glad to forget this.
If I can.
Oh, how awful.
Poor Frank.
Well, hello, Tony, my boy.
Come on in.
You're a little
early, but welcome.
Thanks, Doctor Brannon.
- Well, the reason I came early is...
- You don't have to tell me why.
Let me be the one to
interpret the symptoms.
After all, you have placed
yourself in my hand, so to speak.
Tony, punctuality is a
phase of adjustment.
Sometimes the patient
leans backward to be prompt.
Comes even before
his appointment.
Now, is that clear?
No, doctor, that's
not why I'm here.
- I wanted to tell you about something...
- No, you don't have to tell me now.
I'll hear it all under hypnosis.
I'll get the injection ready.
Is the scopolamine ready?
Yes.
Alfred, you read the paper.
You know what happened.
There's a difference between a
newspaper story and a scientific report.
I have to be sure.
Even in a minor experiment, you know
how many guinea pigs are used up before the
trailblazers ready to announce a
new discovery to the scientific world?
Surely you know how.
Skeptical scientists are.
- Indeed have to be.
- But you realize the consequences.
I realize, then I have an
old woman for an assistant.
If you mean I have a heart, I
don't consider that an insult.
I mean that you're standing
in the way of progress.
Progress?
Do you call it progress to hurl back the
human race to its savage beginnings?
It may prove to be the
only road to progress.
Go ahead, my boy.
Doctor Brandon, there's
something I have to tell you.
I don't know if it
really happened.
It's more like a nightmare.
- I, I...
- Now, Tony,
very often in psychotherapy,
strange things seem to happen.
Sometimes when we light up the
dark corner of the human mind...
Doctor!
Doctor, please help me.
Then do exactly as I say.
All I can tell you is that
your progress is excellent.
I've even told the
principal of your school that.
Yes, I'm extremely pleased with
the progress you've been making.
And soon, Tony, very soon.
You'll be your true self again.
Come on.
Now, this is a map of the area.
We'll start with the
abandoned house.
Teenagers call it
the haunted house.
- You question them?
- Yeah, just informally.
They had a party after a
football game and went home.
They all drove except Frank,
who walked through the woods.
How about his parents?
His mother's in
the state of shock.
His father wants to
know just one thing.
What are the police
doing about this?
Yeah, that's it.
They'll all be down on
us unless we find the killer.
Chief Baker.
Yeah.
Donovan?
Yeah.
Okay, thanks.
Picked up a couple of
vagrants out at the freight yard.
Well, go ahead. I'll be right in.
Well, I checked the
neighboring towns.
There aren't any circuses,
carnivals, or county fairs.
If they come at all,
they come in the spring.
- How about the farms?
- I checked those too.
They're mostly truck, very little
livestock, few pigs penned up, some horses.
There's a mink farm about
three miles north of here.
But they're all baby mink.
First thing they do
is cut off their teeth.
Oh, no, that's not good.
Well... everything seems
to lead to a dead end.
Ah, very good, Teresa.
Your form is improving.
Thank you, Miss Johnson.
But I must repeat.
We're judged on points,
and Linwood High is one that.
The gymnastic events
three years in a row.
Oh, I certainly hope
we win this time.
So do I.
Have you had enough
for today I've got to go?
Oh, gee, I'd like to practice
for about another half hour.
Well, you don't need me.
Just remember the
other pointers I gave you.
I've got some shopping to do.
You go right ahead.
Anyway, you make me very self-conscious
breathing down my neck all the time and
picking on all my mistakes.
I just want to try it
a few more times.
That's the spirit. Good night.
Will you come in, Tony?
I hope you didn't mind waiting.
I had some reports to finish.
Oh, uh, you wanted to see me.
Yes, I wanted to have
a little chat with you.
And for heaven's sakes, Tony,
don't look so glum, or so suspicious.
For once, we meet
on a friendlier basis.
Now, you're not going
to chew me out, then.
As you say, I'm not
going to chew you out.
Sit down, Tony.
Thank you.
I have a report here
from Doctor Brandon.
Naturally, all this is
kept strictly confidential.
It's a report of progress,
which I'm happy to confirm.
You mean he says I'm adjusting?
Very much so.
Your grades are about the same,
but then your grades were always high.
However, your conduct
is very much improved.
Tony, you're coming
along just fine.
Thanks, I'm glad.
And as a reward, I want you to know that,
if you continue this way, you'll
earn an honor certificate.
Yes, Tony?
I'll recommend you
to the state college.
Your grades will be high and
your department will match.
This means so much
to me, Ms. Ferguson.
So far, every pupil I've recommended has
reflected great credit on Rockdale High,
and I know you will.
So keep it up till graduation.
Then you'll be off
to your real career.
Thanks a lot.
I always knew that if somehow we
could just break through to you,
I mean really get inside of you, you'd be a
credit to your father and your school.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Dismissed.
Did you see him?
Yes, I saw.
Did you recognize him?
I'll call the police.
I'll call the police.
Mr. Ferguson, I know this is difficult,
but anything you can do to help us.
He...
It came running out of the gymnasium.
I recognized the jacket, the trousers.
They were the same?
Same.
Face...
the eyes...
hands like claws.
I never saw anything like it before.
But you recognized him.
It was Tony all right,
it was his jacket.
Anybody chase him?
No, it all happened too fast.
Besides, we were paralyzed, man.
Just too paralyzed.
And then he disappeared.
Yeah, like an animal.
He jumped the fence
and ran to the fields.
The whole area
has been blocked off.
An All Points Bulletin
has gone out.
There's no way he can
possibly have escape.
He?
Well, he, it, call
it what you will.
Seems to me werewolf
would be more appropriate.
Very well then, I realize
it makes a better story.
Werewolf.
In the meantime, what protection you're
giving the people, especially the teenagers?
The very best we possibly can.
Parents have been warned
to keep their children at home.
Theaters, recreation halls, bowling
alleys have all been shut down.
What about the werewolf?
Posse's been formed. They're
going to start right away.
But in the meantime,
the werewolf is at large.
- But not for long.
- You hope.
You'll find this is different.
Tracking down the ordinary criminal.
You're dealing with the cunning, the
ruthlessness of something that is supernatural.
Oh, come now.
Let's don't add to the
panic that already exists.
The people are entitled
to know everything,
and my paper's going
to see that they get it.
Maybe if you hadn't kept
the first murder so secret.
Don't try to place
the blame for this.
We did everything that
was reasonable in the
interest of public
protection and safety.
All right.
May we see the
official pictures?
No. They're locked in our files.
You can't keep
this a secret, Chief.
The second murder
is blown the lid off.
A TV truck is on its
way out right now.
Teenagers are going to be
interviewed, parents, teachers.
A psychologist was
involved too, wasn't he?
You can't pry into that.
Just what are you trying to do, add to
the grief of the family's already involved?
Don't make this a
personal issue, Chief Baker.
You have your work
cut out, we have ours.
In that case, gentlemen, you'll
understand that we're very busy.
Well, there's one thing
you can be sure of.
We'll be with you every
step of the hunt from now on.
Oh, I'm sure of that, Mr. Doyle.
Doctor, what's your opinion?
I'm sorry, Sergeant, but I cannot
be swayed by mass hysteria.
But there were eyewitnesses
who swear they saw him.
Hallucinations.
I'd have to see this so-called
beast with my own eyes.
After all, a scientist needs
of a scientist needs
a platform of concrete facts before
venturing an opinion,
and overwhelming proof
before stating a conclusion.
Doctor, this is hardly
the time for a lecture.
You had Tony under
your professional care.
You were with
him time and again.
You were supposed to help him.
As far as I know, I did.
His behavior after I
took the case proves that.
Did you come across
any hint, a clue?
Did he reveal anything?
I keep careful case histories of all
my patients, but I don't need to tell you
that's a matter of strict confidence
between doctor and patient.
Yes, I'm aware of that.
However we hoped you
would cooperate, help us.
Don't you think you're wasting a
lot of valuable time interrogating me?
After all, your duty is to try and
find this, this uh... this young man.
Why do you shy
away from the word?
Everyone's using it?
Werewolf.
I do not subscribe
to old wives' tales.
It's my belief that
these legends or myths
passed out with the
invention of electricity.
After all, this is America,
modern America.
Not a hamlet in the
Carpathian Mountains.
What do the Carpathian
Mountains have to do with us?
That's where the
legend was born.
The people there
believe in werewolves.
When the shadows of night
creep over their gloomy hills,
and the hungry dogs
howl in the moonlight,
the peasants cross
themselves and hide in their huts.
Any canine they see with sharp white teeth
and glittering eyes they call a werewolf.
Doctor, you seem to know a
great deal about these myths.
I amuse myself with fantasy.
I live by facts.
Hiya, Pepe.
You're in late tonight.
Oh, Chris, would this
teenage girl kill the same way?
Yeah, same way.
I told you.
I knew... a werewolf.
Tell me something, Pepe.
In the old country, did
they ever catch a werewolf?
Never.
Never.
Did your boyfriend ever
give you any indications?
Never, never.
Do you realize that if this thing had
come over him when he was with you...
Now there's no use upsetting that
little girl any more than she is now.
Sorry let you talk to
her in the first place.
Yes, I think that's enough.
She's been crying ever
since this thing happened.
She must get more rest.
Well, uh, just one more picture.
Now, you're not going
to let it go to school.
Oh, school's closed
until this thing is over.
Anyway, we'll protect her
right here in her own home.
You don't really
believe that your son is...
No, no, I can't believe.
What kind of a boy was, Tony?
Is Tony.
He was always on the quiet side.
Kept pretty much to himself.
Maybe I should have remarried.
A good woman around the
house, the affection of a mother.
A boy needs that, especially
when he's growing up.
Not that Tony ever complained.
I even asked him.
Does he miss?
Should I?
He said, no, Dad.
We'll get along all
right, just two of us.
As if he knew no woman could
ever replace his mother in my heart.
Or in his...
What I mean is, did
he always obey you?
Yes.
Only I had know how to ask him.
Ask him the right way
and he'd do anything.
Tony's a good boy.
I don't care what they say.
Tony's a good boy.
Yet he hasn't come home,
or you haven't heard from him since
he left his school earlier this morning.
Now, certainly he must
know how worried you are.
Of course, you know
what the principal and his
teenage friends are
saying about the terror.
How it looked.
Now wouldn't this indicate
to you that perhaps Tony is...
Leave me alone, will ya?
Leave me alone.
Pat, men are all ready.
Oh, thanks.
This may seem like a long shot, Donovan,
but we can capture it before morning,
save the community a
lot of trouble and panic.
We can try, but night in the
woods is going to be tough.
One thing in our favor, can't go
very far, I can only travel on foot.
Also, it's got to
stop to rest and eat.
Let's go.
All right now, we'll
move in stagger fashion.
We'll circle the outer
edges first, and keep
going round and round
until we meet in the center.
If you run across it, or even
if you see any suspicious tracks,
notify me immediately
on the walkie-talkie.
And don't fire unless
you're attacked.
Want to try to bring this
thing in alive if possible.
Oh, another thing.
When we get further in the woods,
I want you to light the torches.
Animals are afraid of fire.
Maybe werewolves are too.
Now let's go, come on, Donovan.
My men, close up.
We're gonna light the torches.
Ed, Charlie, take a couple of
torches and go on up the hill there.
Donovan, will you take a
man and beat up this ravine?
Right.
Alright, you go ahead.
Hey Mike! Come over here!
Well, Donovan.
Did you see anything?
- There's a dog back up there he killed.
- Oh?
Well, he's got to be
in here someplace.
No sense of looking for
him in this light, though.
I looked on him and post guards
so he can't possibly escape.
We've got to get him.
Go ahead, answer it.
Just tell him to
give himself up.
Tell him it's the best way.
Advise him as his
father to surrender.
Hello?
Thanks.
Thanks.
It's only the foreman.
I'm not being docked
for staying home tonight.
As if that matters.
As if anything could matter.
If I only knew for sure...
he's still alive.
Only knew.
Look what I found.
How the cloth ripped off?
How do you know it's his?
It fits the description.
He wore a jacket like this.
But how do you know
that's part of his jacket?
You know, I think we
better call headquarters.
- Alfred.
- Don't interrupt Hugo.
Alfred, aren't you
wasting your time?
Or do you have a
second victim in view?
I'm not wasting my time, and
I don't like to hear the subject
of a world-shaking experiment
referred to as a victim.
Call him what you like, but he's being
hunted down like a dangerous animal.
And after he's captured?
I'm not so sure
he will be captured.
The transformation into a
werewolf is not all on the minor side,
it also gives the subject
the cunning of an animal.
And you think somehow
he will come here.
All I have to do is wait.
He must come here.
I'm the only link he
has left. I'm his last hope.
Hey, you!
Next time use a crosswalk.
It's a wonder more
people aren't killed.
Let her answer it.
All right, miss.
You answer it.
Remember now, hold him long
enough so we can trace the call.
Hello?
Hello?
Whoever he was, he hung up.
You recognize his voice?
I couldn't be sure.
Look, miss, if you're trying to protect
him by pulling back anything, you're wrong.
His best bet is
to give himself up.
I only heard the word 'hello'.
How could I be sure?
Sergeant Donovan.
Where?
Tenth and the Hudson.
Thank you. Tenth and Hudson.
- What came in?
- Somebody just caught sight of him.
- Downtown?
- Makes sense.
No trace of them in the woods
and all the roads are blocked.
Let's go, Chris.
The results of the case of Mrs.
Banks indicate that...
I was expecting you.
Come on in, Tony.
Doctor Brannon, I know what I am.
What I become.
Help me, doctor, please!
I know they're going to catch me,
but don't let anyone see me like that.
Please, Doctor, help me!
Please help me!
Of course, Tony, of course.
Come on over here.
Alfred, I beg you.
It's too late to bring the dead back
to life, but at least you can help him.
Help correct that terrible mistake.
Mistake, you dare call a
scientific triumph, a mistake?
What are you going to do now?
He must make the
voyage back once more.
I'm a see with my own eyes
and record with my own camera.
Here, you'll be the witness.
We'll have it all on film.
From the time I first give him the
injection through the transformation,
and then no one
will doubt my word.
Even the most exacting, the most skeptical
of scientists who be convinced that I have
penetrated the deepest
secrets of creation.
That I've achieved the first
perfect case of regression.
Good.
Albert, stop him!
Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!
Tony...
Tony, I'm your friend.
I'm the only friend you've got.
Tony!
Tony!
Tony! Stop!
Tony! Don't! Don't! Don't!
There's no other way out.
Nothing else we could do.
We had to.
Yeah.
Did you see his face?
I mean before?
I'll never forget it.
But at least they'll
see him this way now.
What about him?
I don't know.
My hunch is the
score was evened.
Boy, the newspapers
will just eat this up.
Yeah.
But after they've had their
field day, one thing will be clear.
It's not for man to
interfere in the ways of God.
sub by hamonwheat88 Jan. 2025