monstroid (1980) Movie
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00:00Quiet lately, but now with Laura, maybe there is something in that damn lake.
00:05Oh, come on, Pete.
00:06It'd be ridiculous, monsters in the lake.
00:09It's all we need.
00:11Look, isn't it just possible that all this is aimed at shutting the plant down?
00:14That's what Sam keeps harping on, radicals.
00:18What can you tell me about this Victor Sanchez character?
00:21Folk hero or radical, depending on which side of the pollution line you're sitting on.
00:26What the hell's that got to do with Laura?
00:27Laura, Pete, if I knew the answers, I wouldn't ask the questions.
00:42Julie, they're coming back.
00:46Oh, Pete, tell me, is it true about Laura?
00:49What happened?
00:50Well, I don't know what you kids heard, but she's dead.
00:54The doc's trying to find out what killed her.
00:57What happened?
00:58Pete.
00:59We don't know, son.
01:01Oh, I'm sorry, kids.
01:03This is Bill Travis from the home office.
01:05Bill, this is the Anderson kids.
01:07Andrea and Glenn.
01:07Andrea?
01:08Glenn?
01:09Hi.
01:10I can't believe anyone would want to hurt Laura.
01:13It just doesn't make any sense.
01:15We were just saying the same thing, son.
01:16We can't believe it either.
01:18There's talk it was some kind of an animal.
01:20Maybe a shark.
01:21A shark in the lake?
01:23Well, that's what your father thought.
01:25That, uh...
01:25I don't know about a shark, but there's one thing for sure.
01:28There's something in that lake.
01:30Yeah.
01:31Mostly dead fish.
01:33What I saw wasn't dead.
01:35I don't know what it was, but I know it wasn't dead.
01:38When was that, Glenn?
01:40Well, last year sometime, I saw this thing.
01:43It came up out of the water, but it was across the lake.
01:46I couldn't get a good look at it.
01:48But I know I saw it.
01:50Then just yesterday, there were some big ripples.
01:52Something was swimming under the water.
01:54Oh, yeah?
01:55What did it look like?
01:56Well, it was like...
01:57like the back of some animal.
02:00Like the back of a really big elephant.
02:03I don't know what it was, but I know I saw it.
02:06Glenn, how many times does Daddy have to tell you?
02:09You don't believe me, do you?
02:10Son, it's kind of hard to believe stories about sharks and monsters and elephants and lakes.
02:18Daddy's going to kill him if he doesn't stop telling these monster stories.
02:23Maybe it wasn't a story.
02:37Hey, Jaro, your American know-how.
02:39Hey, mister.
02:43Oh, Mr. Sanchez.
02:45Oh, do you know of me?
02:47I am flattered, senor.
02:49Don't be.
02:51Glad you showed up.
02:52Now I don't have to go around the countryside chasing after you.
02:54I also know why you're here.
02:57There's a few things I want you to know.
02:59First of all, I don't want to catch you disrupting the production of this plant
03:02or using the people in this town.
03:06And if I find you in any way responsible for the death of the girl last night,
03:10I'm going to kick your ass.
03:12I understand perfectly, mister.
03:15But there are a few things I also know, amigo.
03:20I know who you are and why you are here in my country.
03:24I know what the rich Americans have done to our land.
03:29You ruin our waters and our air with your fields.
03:33You corrupt our people with your money.
03:36And now, mister, there is something I want you to know.
03:42I have worked alone and hard to rid my country of foreign bearmen.
03:47And I will continue to do so.
03:50In the end, mister, we shall see who picks who in the ass.
03:55...since and knows that black magic has existed for centuries.
04:00It is my small flock of innocent believers that I must protect.
04:03It is up to Mother Church to watch over and tend the needs of these uninformed people
04:08and lead them out of temptation.
04:11This temptation, Father, exactly what are you referring to?
04:15Sinful ways, my child.
04:18Satan lures us down twisted paths so that he may gain his evil ends.
04:24He beckons us with monetary gains to ruin God's beautiful skies,
04:29to pollute his pure waters.
04:30He has planted an emissary among us,
04:34a black angel to do his bidding,
04:37to call evil creatures from the depths,
04:40to kill innocent victims,
04:42to mutilate their physical being,
04:45and to devour their souls.
04:48Thank you, Father.
04:50And now, for another point of view
04:52about the mysterious happenings in this usually peaceful town.
04:55This is Anne Anderson and her charming daughter, Andrea.
04:59Anne, you're the wife of the cement plant supervisor, aren't you?
05:03I, I, why, yes, I am.
05:07You knew Laura Manley,
05:08the woman they found this morning, quite well, didn't you?
05:12Yes, I did.
05:13She was my husband's secretary.
05:14I'm a very good friend.
05:16I understand there was a similar incident some years back.
05:20Uh, yes, a man, a Jose Reyes, was murdered in a similar way.
05:26It was horrible.
05:27His wife never recovered from the shock.
05:29The people here think she's odd, even possessed.
05:33Possessed?
05:35Oh, you know how they are down here.
05:37Easily influenced, superstitious.
05:40They call her Bruja, the witch.
05:42The witch?
05:43Yes, some say she can even conjure up demons.
05:46Oh, it's ridiculous.
05:47But you know how backward these people are.
05:50Anne, they talk about the lake,
05:52about it not only being polluted,
05:54but harboring evil spirits.
05:56Can you tell me anything about that?
05:59That's nonsense, local superstition.
06:02Oh, there's been gossip from the locals
06:04about a creature or a monster of some sort,
06:07but they blame it on the Reyes woman.
06:10It's pure absurdity.
06:12People have sworn they've been all kinds of things.
06:15Wait a minute.
06:16But you know what I think?
06:17I think probably it's...
06:19Oh, man, you're in there.
06:20You shut that damn thing off
06:22before I break into bits.
06:23I thought I told you there was to be no interviews.
06:25Shut it down, Bob.
06:26Senorita, I am ashamed of you.
06:29You do harm to your profession.
06:31We have enough problems in our town
06:33without you steering up the people.
06:36I am seriously thinking of asking you
06:38to leave Chimayo before you do us more harm.
06:41And I want that tape.
06:42Who the hell do you think you are?
06:54Dorado Cement, Mr. Barnes' office.
06:57Mr. Travis from Columbia.
06:59Yes, we'll accept the call.
07:00Mr. Travis?
07:03Well, how are you and the Columbians getting along?
07:05Oh, just fine.
07:07Great assignment.
07:08Loads of fun and games.
07:09Have you seduced everything in skirts down there yet?
07:12Well, between killings, mysterious disappearances,
07:15panic in the streets,
07:16a legendary monster,
07:17a big-mouthed reporter.
07:19I managed to squeeze in some hand-holding.
07:21I'm sure that when things level off,
07:25you'll make up for lost time.
07:26And the legendary monster
07:28who's been eating all the people
07:29will have nothing on you once you get started.
07:32Now that you got that out of your system,
07:34let me speak to Barnes.
07:38Mr. Barnes?
07:40Mr. Travis calling from Chimayo, Columbia.
07:42Collect.
07:47Hey, Bill.
07:48What's up down there?
07:49She what?
07:51Why the hell didn't you kick a fucking ass
07:53out of Chimayo?
07:55Use your charm.
07:57Get in the good side.
07:59You'll think of something to do.
08:02Oh, Christ.
08:04All right, I'll call her boss in New York
08:07and tell him she's contacted malaria or something.
08:10He's got to get her home right away.
08:12Hey, I said I'd try her.
08:15You what?
08:16You want to what?
08:18What the fuck's a sonar?
08:22In the lake?
08:24Hey, hey, you're not starting to believe
08:26that monster crap too, are you?
08:32Okay, okay, okay.
08:33I'll get Rita to locate one someplace.
08:37Hey, I think there's one in the plant in Peru.
08:40Yes, Bill, I'll check it.
08:42And yes, right away.
08:43Okay, pal.
08:45So long.
08:46Uh, Rita, I want you to check in South America
08:55for a sonar unit.
08:56We may have one in our plant at Miraflores.
08:59Uh, get that fucking thing and whatever goes with it
09:04to Travis as fast as you can.
09:07Okay?
09:08It's Mr. Strom from the network in New York.
09:17Bill, I, uh, believe it or not,
09:19I was just going to call you.
09:20I-
09:20She did?
09:26I don't give a goddamn what she told you.
09:29I'm going to tell you something.
09:30I want her ass out of there today.
09:33What do you mean you can't?
09:36Listen, we pay your network over $4 million a year in advertising.
09:41Now either you get her ass out of there, or we cancel.
09:46Oh, I can't?
09:48Read your fucking contract, asshole.
09:58The pollution problem we'll have solved very soon.
10:00But, uh, you have this thing about this superstition.
10:04I don't know what to do about it.
10:06Ah, Senor Travis, I don't know why all of this is happening to our little town of Chimayor.
10:12Maybe, maybe it's punishment for a lot.
10:16Mayor Montero.
10:17Senorita Clark.
10:19Mr. Travis.
10:20Ms. Clark.
10:21I want you to know that I understand the situation down here, and the explosiveness of it.
10:27But it's news.
10:28As a television reporter, it's my job to get that story to the public, and I want that story.
10:33And I want the tape.
10:35Okay, I know how your company feels, but I also know what they try to pull.
10:40I don't want you to get the idea that the media is giving in, but I will make a deal with you.
10:46I get the story, and you get the tape.
10:49I want an exclusive on it.
10:50When the mayor feels that it's perfectly comfortable to release the story, I'll release it.
10:57Senorita, I have no idea how soon we will find a solution to our problems.
11:02What do you think, Senor Travis?
11:04I think Ms. Clark is playing both ends against the middle.
11:07Patty, please, let's drop the formalities.
11:11We're in this together, whether you like it or not.
11:13Look, Patty, you've been pushing on this pollution thing, and you've been playing around with local superstitions.
11:20Now, to me, they're both one and the same thing.
11:23Now, somebody, maybe a Sanchez, is using the superstition angle to get back at the plant.
11:28Now, I know the pollution problem is bad, but we're working on it.
11:33Without this plant down here producing concrete, this town would die.
11:37And what about Laura Manley?
11:39Look, I don't know who or what killed Laura Manley, but it served Sanchez's purpose, didn't it?
11:44It terrified the hell out of the workers, and it's totally disrupted production at the plant.
11:49Okay, I'll listen to you, but you give me the truth.
11:52How about it?
11:54I am thinking it is best we all work together.
11:58We must put a stop to all this talk about demons and creatures in the lake.
12:03We mustn't let this thing get out of hand.
12:05Only if I find we cannot handle the situation, would I call on the government for help.
12:11Now, look, we don't want the government in this.
12:14The chemists will solve the pollution problem.
12:16If we work together, it's our job to prove to the people that there's nothing in the lake.
12:28That's the thing Travis was telling Dad about.
12:33It's a combination of sonar radar and bounces a sound wave back to a receiver from any solid object in the lake.
12:40Travis did believe me.
12:42Who says so?
12:44They sent for something that will prove it, didn't they?
12:47How did you know where it was?
12:48I heard Dad tell Pete where to set it up.
12:50Boy, are you looking for trouble.
12:54I'll come off it, Andrea.
12:55It proves Dad didn't think I was lying.
12:58He just didn't want to believe I could be right.
13:00But I got a better way to prove there's something in that lake.
13:03How?
13:03We're going to use the new lens Dad just bought and get a picture.
13:07We?
13:08You and me.
13:09You're crazy if you think I'm going to spend the night out by the stupid lake,
13:12fighting off mosquitoes, waiting for you to get a stupid picture of a stupid monster
13:17that'll probably turn out to be a stupid log or something.
13:20And besides, Dad would really blow his top at us.
13:22I'm not going with you.
13:24Just in case I haven't made myself clear, watch my lips closely.
13:29I am not going with you.
13:33Damn, I don't know why I let you call me into these things.
13:43Quiet.
13:44Because you love me.
13:45Now, shh.
14:03Silencio.
14:27Silencio.
14:27Silencio.
14:28Silencio.
14:29Amigos, señores, señoras, señoritas, bienvenidos.
14:41Our little town of Chimayo can celebrate its birthday with a smile on its lips, even if
14:52its heart is heavy.
14:55We forget our troubles on this, the last night of our fiesta, and our feet dance to the music
15:04of our heritage, so to set a good example for you all, I would like to start the music by
15:14asking my daughter, Juanita, to dance with me.
15:19Sit down, Juanita, to dance with us...
15:38Oh, my God.
16:08Oh, my God.
16:38Come on.
16:38I know you're out there somewhere.
16:40And I know we're stupid.
16:41We should be back at the plaza having fun at the dance.
16:48Shh.
16:48This is great.
17:02I feel like a kid.
17:03You look like a kid.
17:04Thanks.
17:05Look, I don't mean it that way.
17:07All I mean is when your face is flushed, you look like a kid.
17:09Oh, my God.
17:11Oh, my God.
17:13Oh, my God.
17:19Oh, my God.
17:21I have to go I know but I'm supposed to take over that radar gig about I'll go
17:47with you it won't be as much fun as the fiesta the fiesta wouldn't be any fun without you
17:53hey I've had it this is stupid there's nothing out there did you hear that I can't hear anything
18:07with a stupid mosquitoes buzzing in my ear I know I heard something it sounded like splashing
18:14come on let's go back
18:17without a stupid fish maybe out the bottom of a stinking lake eh well if the fish are at the
18:35bottom what are we doing up here it's better to fish up here where it is dry
18:41my hermano say who don't say who don't let my know we stay dry and the fish is wet
18:49want a picture of two drunken fishermen told you it was stupid hell
19:05could be a boat on the lake how romantic two lovers on the lake on a warm night
19:19so
19:21you
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20:17Why, come on, come on.
20:18Jimmy!
20:28Come on, Gus.
20:30No.
20:30It's good.
20:31Hi, hermano.
20:33My hermano.
20:34Okay.
20:35Salus, salud.
20:36Do you?
20:37Salus.
20:38My hermano da monster uh the lake.
20:41Oh, gut.
20:42I don't believe in the monster on the lava.
20:45But I'll drink to him anyway.
20:47What did you do that for?
20:59He was empty, hermano.
21:17That was a good ball, amigo.
21:22Ya va, hermano, ya va.
21:47¿Le molestan sus tobillos hinchados?
22:11Hemocircon, tónico de la circulación venosa, le devuelve su bienestar.
22:16Hemocircon tiene buen sabor.
22:18Tome hemocircon.
22:23Mmm.
22:26What a nice way to start the day.
22:29What a nice person to start the day with.
22:41My God.
22:42Is that an eye?
22:43No.
22:44If it's not an eye, it could be a tooth.
22:46Yeah.
22:47Oh, my God.
22:49I still can't believe it.
22:54It was like a nightmare.
22:57I still don't know what I saw.
22:59But I know I saw something.
23:01Well, this ought to prove we saw it.
23:04Even if we don't know what it was.
23:06I was so spaced out I wasn't even focused half the time.
23:09Turn the lights on.
23:11Turn the lights on.
23:12Wow.
23:13Well, let's tell Dad Glenn.
23:14Let's show Dad.
23:15Hold it down, please.
23:16Hold it down.
23:17Hold it down.
23:18Hold it down.
23:19Two fishermen, the Dominguez brothers, have disappeared.
23:22The kids saw them out on the lake last night.
23:24What?
23:25Clint says he has something to show us.
23:26The kids were scared last night by something down at the lake.
23:28If anything did show up on that scope, there was no one watching it.
23:32Okay, Pete.
23:33Let's see what he's got.
23:34Okay, Pete.
23:35Let's see what he's got.
24:02There, you see?
24:14Now that's a neck.
24:15You can see the scales.
24:16You see it?
24:26I want Andrew a slip, Dan.
24:28I had to help her up, so I guess I got nothing but treasure.
24:32You can't see it too good, but that's an eye.
24:40On the other ones, I just got trees or sky or nothing, but it was tough to stop and focus
24:45when some huge thing is breathing down your back.
24:51I don't know what the hell it is, just maybe it's our killer.
24:54Glenn's told me for a long time that he's seen something strange in that lake.
24:58I didn't want to believe him because I was afraid of what stories like that would do to disrupt our output.
25:06You kids took a big chance last night getting those pictures, and we're all proud of it.
25:11Now there's something in the lake, and I don't know what to do about it.
25:14Mayor, maybe you better call in the government.
25:16No.
25:17No, senor.
25:18I have no wish to bring politicians in on this.
25:21I have for many years tried to keep our town free from any controls that might be imposed on us.
25:28I fear that we will have the army down on us if this story gets out.
25:32I can't keep a story like this under wraps.
25:36This is a reporter's dream.
25:38It's a small town, superstitions, a killer monster.
25:42This is international news, and besides, I've got most of it on tape.
25:47Look, we made a deal.
25:49I want the exclusive, and I think we should keep the government out of it.
25:55Hey Pete, couldn't we trap it or shoot it or blow it up?
25:59Or blow it up.