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00:04:59It's a child
00:05:02Lyle, it's me.
00:05:20Call the police.
00:05:24Just do it.
00:05:25The End
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00:06:55Hello?
00:07:25The End
00:07:55I just thought maybe you'd like to come over for a beer or something.
00:07:58I thought maybe you'd be home, but I'll be up for a while, so if you get home before, you know, too late, just give me a call, okay?
00:08:10And, um, and uh, um, um, um...
00:10:02Who is it?
00:10:06Police! Open up!
00:10:08Richard!
00:10:10Come on up!
00:10:11Come on up!
00:10:41Hi.
00:10:48Hello.
00:10:49Hi.
00:10:58Are you okay?
00:11:00Yeah.
00:11:01Why?
00:11:03Um, you, uh, sounded a little agitated on the phone.
00:11:08Um, no, that was just my bum voice.
00:11:17Can I get a little beer or something?
00:11:20Yeah, I love a cold beer.
00:11:23Why don't you just go sit in there, and I'll go get it for you.
00:11:38I'll go get it for you.
00:11:43Much of madness, more of sin.
00:11:46I'll go get it for you.
00:11:51I'll go get it for you.
00:11:52I'll go get it for you.
00:11:53I'll go get it for you.
00:11:54Give me that apple.
00:11:55Give me that apple.
00:11:56Give me that apple.
00:11:57Give me that apple.
00:11:58Give me that apple.
00:11:59He manages to successfully make his own seed with an egg excised from the ovaries of a jackal
00:12:11and plants it in the womb of an unwitting human surrogate, a little light reading honey.
00:12:16Mm-hmm.
00:12:17Uh, so what, uh, scared yourself again and, uh, lured me over with a cold beer so you wouldn't
00:12:23have to be alone?
00:12:24You caught me.
00:12:25Honey, how can you read this crap?
00:12:27I don't know.
00:12:28It's something you think.
00:12:29It's like, it's like potato chips.
00:12:31I just, I can't stop.
00:12:37Potato chips?
00:12:39Yeah.
00:12:40I don't know.
00:12:41This one was different, but it was really special.
00:12:42Very well written.
00:12:43Oh, bad.
00:12:44So, um, what happens?
00:12:45With what?
00:12:46The book.
00:12:47How does it end?
00:12:48The surrogate dies in delivery.
00:12:50Dr. Kessler has to raise the creature as his own son, but it's not a good thing.
00:12:55I don't know.
00:12:56I don't know.
00:12:57I don't know.
00:12:58I don't know.
00:12:59I don't know.
00:13:00I don't know.
00:13:01I don't know.
00:13:02I don't know.
00:13:03I don't know.
00:13:04I don't know.
00:13:05I don't know.
00:13:06I don't know.
00:13:07The creature is his own son, but it's, it's an evil.
00:13:10It's a wild thing.
00:13:12And he can't control it.
00:13:15I know the feeling.
00:13:17So, one night, somebody lets the jackal boy escape.
00:13:24And Dr. Kessler goes out looking for an answer to all.
00:13:30Uh-huh.
00:13:31It corners it in an alley.
00:13:33And it begs it to come home with him.
00:13:36But it hates him.
00:13:38Uh-huh.
00:13:39It hates him for bringing him into this world.
00:13:41It turns.
00:13:45It leaps.
00:13:46And it's screaming in agony.
00:13:49Uh...
00:13:56Uh...
00:14:01Uh...
00:15:08Well, I don't see what the problem is. It's not like he asked you to marry him or anything.
00:15:14Yeah, well...
00:15:15Excuse me.
00:15:17We've only been seeing each other for six weeks.
00:15:20He already wants me to meet his parents.
00:15:22For Christmas, Crimson Falls, Ohio.
00:15:27I don't know. Sounds like a pre-proposal to me.
00:15:30Pre-proposal?
00:15:32Excuse me. I think I'll take these.
00:15:35Well, all I know is, if I had a guy like Richard on the line, I'd reel him in.
00:15:45Yeah, like I can see you in a moo-moo in curlers.
00:15:48Scrambling up eggs for your husband?
00:15:50Hey, you don't know it, girl, but deep down underneath all this chic, cosmopolitan savvy beats the heart of a submissive house prowl.
00:15:58Well, Richard's really special, but I think I'll just take it slow.
00:16:02All I'm saying is, if I had Mr. Wright, I'd be home packing my bags for Crimson Falls.
00:16:06Well, you're sure not gonna meet him putting in 14 hours a day at this dump.
00:16:10Well, maybe not, but the way I figure it, I'm more likely to run into a gorgeous guy in a bookstore than a smart guy in a singles bar.
00:16:17Hi, Mona.
00:16:21Hi.
00:16:22Well, then again, I could just kill myself.
00:16:30What the hell are you looking for?
00:16:33I'm looking for this book called I, Madman.
00:16:36I've been looking for it everywhere. I can't find it.
00:16:42It's by this guy. His name is Malcolm Brand.
00:16:45Oh, that's charming.
00:16:47No, don't knock it. It's really good.
00:16:50It's horrific.
00:16:51It makes Stephen King read like Mother Goose, but it's passionate.
00:16:55Sort of like Poe.
00:16:57I never heard of him.
00:16:59No, I hadn't either until yesterday.
00:17:01He wrote two of them.
00:17:02This one and one called I, Madman.
00:17:06Which came in with the estate sale.
00:17:10Crap.
00:17:13Well, where are you going?
00:17:15Upstairs to have another look.
00:17:17You sure are spending a lot of time trying to find something called I'm Madman.
00:17:21I'm Ss Lotta, my love you, Madman.
00:17:33That's pretty good.
00:17:33I don't know.
00:17:34I don't know I am going to tell you.
00:17:35You can have the fact that I'm Internation.
00:17:37I'm macabre.
00:17:37I don't know.
00:17:38I don't know.
00:17:38I don't know.
00:17:39I don't know.
00:19:10You find it?
00:19:22No, I didn't.
00:19:23Well, maybe somebody bought it.
00:19:28Yeah, maybe.
00:19:29Aye, his mouth is stopped.
00:19:34Honest Iago has tain over the foot.
00:19:37He's dead, my lord.
00:19:38All his hair's been lies.
00:19:40My great revenge had stomach for them all.
00:19:42Alas, he's betrayed, and I am done.
00:19:48Drumpet, reach thou for him to my face.
00:19:50Oh, banish me, my lord, but kill me not.
00:19:52Down, Drumpet.
00:19:53Hi.
00:19:54Sorry I'm late.
00:19:55Oh, well, you didn't miss much.
00:19:57Yeah, I can see that.
00:19:59Did he call us?
00:20:00No.
00:20:00I know about 20 people who'd like to do that.
00:20:10Oh, no, Colette's all right.
00:20:11Good work, Colette.
00:20:11Any comments?
00:20:13No, I love it.
00:20:14Great.
00:20:14Terrific.
00:20:15Colette, Michael, very good work.
00:20:18Incidentally, our old Miss Berkowitz is going to star in a new made-for-television movie,
00:20:21No More Yesterdays.
00:20:24Congratulations.
00:20:24You should have gotten that part.
00:20:30You're absolutely perfect for it.
00:20:32Oh, come on, Mama.
00:20:33No, really.
00:20:34Perfect.
00:20:35No.
00:20:37Colette's really talented and very beautiful.
00:20:39So are you.
00:20:41I hate her.
00:20:44Hey.
00:20:46How about dinner?
00:20:47We'll talk about her behind her back.
00:20:49No, I can't.
00:20:50I have plans with Richard.
00:20:52Oh.
00:20:55Getting serious, huh?
00:20:58Maybe.
00:20:59Okay, we'll take one more couple.
00:21:03Um, Kelly and, uh, Martin, please.
00:21:06Look at this.
00:21:08We're not going to get to do our Cyrano.
00:21:10I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:22I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:23I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:24I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:25I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:26I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:27I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:28I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:29I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:30I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:31I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:32I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:33I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:34I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:35I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:36I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:37I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:38I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:39I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:40I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:41I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:42I bought a new nose and everything.
00:21:43I bought a new nose and everything.
00:22:14Hi, it's Rich. Something came up here. I pulled a narcotic stake out, so I'm going to have to pass on dinner. I'll try and stop by afterwards, but if it's late, well, I'll call. I miss you, and I love you, honey. Goodbye.
00:22:31Oh, Mona.
00:22:44Oh, Mona.
00:23:14Oh, Mona.
00:23:44Oh, Mona.
00:24:13I don't know.
00:24:43It's been a long time.
00:24:46Stay away from me.
00:24:47But I fixed it.
00:24:50What do you mean?
00:24:52A clean slate.
00:24:55A fresh palace.
00:24:56No!
00:25:13No!
00:25:15No!
00:25:16No!
00:25:17No!
00:25:18No!
00:25:19No!
00:25:20No!
00:25:21No!
00:25:22No!
00:25:23No!
00:25:29I feel like I've been here.
00:25:30Yeah man.
00:25:31It's been a lonely.
00:25:33I work with you soon.
00:25:34It used to be pretty scary.
00:25:36It used to be tried to be ΠΊΠ°ΠΌers when it comes out.
00:25:39It used to be pimping this time.
00:25:41It used to be a sort of Scandlers.
00:25:44What are you doing?
00:26:05I was just making a fire, and I heard a noise.
00:26:13Yeah, I knocked. Honey, you've got to keep your front door locked.
00:26:18Something on the stove?
00:26:21Oh, yes. I...
00:26:24I was making some tea.
00:26:29I...
00:26:30Great.
00:26:43Oh, my...
00:27:02you okay
00:27:14yeah why
00:27:19I don't know
00:27:23I just
00:27:25seem to be
00:27:27away there for a while
00:27:29no I'm sorry I
00:27:33how much do you love me Richard
00:27:38on a scale of 1 to 10
00:27:4320
00:27:47enough to cut off your ear
00:27:51no
00:27:53yes I don't know what
00:27:57what kind of an idiotic question is that
00:27:59it's just this book I'm reading
00:28:01this guy
00:28:04he's a poet
00:28:05he's a doctor really but
00:28:08he's sort of dropped out
00:28:10anyway he's madly in love with this
00:28:12actress named Anna Templer
00:28:14but she won't have anything to do with him
00:28:17because she thinks he's really ugly
00:28:18she just can't get past it
00:28:21so
00:28:21he cuts off his ear
00:28:24it's totally hopeless he's desperate to please her
00:28:27then one night
00:28:28he's been drinking heavily
00:28:30I mean you'd have to be more than just insane to have these thoughts
00:28:33and he goes into his closet
00:28:36digging around for his old medical bag
00:28:38he finds it and takes it out
00:28:40over to a mirror
00:28:41he pumps his face full of novocaine
00:28:44and then with his scalpel begins to slice away his features
00:28:47one by one
00:28:48and he's crazed with love
00:28:51oh so he slices off his face
00:28:53oh great the guy's never heard of a candy gram or flowers
00:28:57only a book Richard
00:28:59yeah what gives me the creeps
00:29:02okay we won't talk about it anymore
00:29:05you know you always get weird when you read that shit
00:29:08but uh
00:29:12if it'll make you feel any better
00:29:16first thing after breakfast
00:29:18I'll cut myself shade
00:29:21that's really sweet of you
00:29:30all right
00:29:45all right
00:29:49all right
00:29:54all right
00:29:56all right
00:29:58I stood in the shadow of an alley, watching and waiting, watching and waiting for that
00:30:19special one.
00:30:22It had to be a woman's.
00:30:24I knew that for sure.
00:30:25Only she spends the time caring and cultivating and combing a silken crown, a downy frame
00:30:37around a painting as beautiful as the portrait itself.
00:30:43They were all out.
00:30:46The jet blacks.
00:30:47The mousy browns.
00:31:00Bleached parts.
00:31:01None was right until red came along.
00:31:13Good old red, it was perfection.
00:31:25Soft as cloud, and brilliant as sun, a flaming crimson torch of feathers, ready and ripe for
00:31:38easy picking.
00:32:08I don't know.
00:32:38I don't know.
00:33:08Oh, my God.
00:33:21Oh, my God.
00:33:30Oh, my God.
00:33:31Oh, my God.
00:33:40Oh, my God.
00:33:46Oh, my God.
00:33:55Oh, my God.
00:34:01Oh, my God.
00:34:08Oh, my God.
00:34:10Oh, my God.
00:34:12Oh, my God.
00:34:13Just a little something to help you sleep.
00:34:17Oh, my God.
00:34:18Oh, my God.
00:34:24Oh, my God.
00:34:26Oh, my God.
00:34:32Oh, my God.
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00:35:00Oh, my God.
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00:38:21Jesus Christ, Mona.
00:38:22Oh, I'm sorry.
00:38:24I thought he was in the back with me.
00:38:27Well, you scared the shit out of me.
00:38:28Where did that cat come from?
00:38:29Well, I found him.
00:38:30I figured we could keep him here.
00:38:31He's mouse patrol.
00:38:32Oh, God.
00:38:33Boy, are you jumping.
00:38:35What are you doing here?
00:38:37I thought you weren't coming to work till four today.
00:38:40Ew, God.
00:38:41Oh, God.
00:38:42First edition Hemingway.
00:38:46Well, old lady Vady came in yesterday after you left.
00:38:49She had a shit fit when she saw that stuff
00:38:50I haven't been unpacked yet.
00:38:53What stuff?
00:38:54Oh, you know, that stuff upstairs,
00:38:55the estate sales shipment.
00:38:57Oh, yeah.
00:39:00I'll clean this up.
00:39:02Okay, I'll unpack the stuff.
00:39:04Malcolm Brand.
00:39:23Malcolm Brand.
00:39:34Malcolm Brand.
00:39:49Yuck.
00:40:09Who'd want to buy a used sex manual?
00:40:12Mona, where did you find this book?
00:40:14What are you talking about?
00:40:16Well, didn't you leave this outside my door
00:40:19last night?
00:40:20Well, this is the book you're looking for, right?
00:40:22Uh-huh.
00:40:23Well, I didn't find it.
00:40:24Oh.
00:40:49Yeah, Channing says.
00:40:55Detective Channing, please.
00:40:56He's not in.
00:40:57Hi, this is, um, Virginia Clayton.
00:41:00I called before.
00:41:01I'm a friend of Richard's.
00:41:03Is he back yet?
00:41:05No.
00:41:06But I gave him your message about half hour ago.
00:41:09I know, but it's very important that he calls me back.
00:41:13Well, all I can do is give it to him again.
00:41:15I'm sure he'll call you back.
00:41:17Yes, thank you.
00:41:19Okay.
00:41:20And have him call me back as soon as possible.
00:41:22Okay.
00:41:23Okay.
00:41:23So, let's go.
00:41:53It was completely bald.
00:42:00A chrome dome.
00:42:01A cue ball.
00:42:02But just look at these results.
00:42:04With daily applications of our advanced formula,
00:42:07hair growth...
00:42:08...
00:42:21...
00:42:21...
00:42:21...
00:42:22...
00:42:26...
00:42:27...
00:42:28...
00:42:28Oh, my God.
00:42:58Oh, my God.
00:43:29Why are you doing this to me?
00:43:36Lovely.
00:43:39Please, leave me alone.
00:43:42You'll come around, Anna.
00:43:45You will love me.
00:43:47No, I don't love you. I'll never love you.
00:43:50No, you can't mean that.
00:43:55Oh, my God.
00:44:06Oh, my God.
00:44:10Oh, my God.
00:44:40Oh, my God.
00:45:10It's about to happen, I think.
00:45:12The address, please.
00:45:13On, um, Lucia and St. Paul.
00:45:16The piano repair restoration.
00:45:19Can I have your name, please?
00:45:21Your name, please.
00:45:22Tommy!
00:45:36Tommy!
00:45:37I closed the box!
00:45:43Tommy!
00:45:44Oh, my God.
00:45:49Oh, my God.
00:46:00Oh.
00:46:02I don't know.
00:46:32Come on his way.
00:46:34Step back, please.
00:46:36Here you go.
00:46:38Where'd your head, boys?
00:46:43Frank.
00:46:44Yo.
00:46:45Any news about the windows?
00:46:46Not a word. Check this out.
00:46:58Hey, Jamie.
00:47:00Hi.
00:47:02Hello, gentlemen.
00:47:04We got anything?
00:47:06Well, not much.
00:47:08Male, probably 6-2 or 6-3.
00:47:12Didn't leave any fingerprints.
00:47:14Look at this.
00:47:19Son of a bitch sliced his ears off.
00:47:22Excuse me.
00:47:24I believe that shade was down.
00:47:30Excuse me.
00:47:32I believe that shade was down.
00:47:34μ£Όλ all black.
00:47:36Yeah.
00:47:38Oh, God.
00:47:40Oh, God.
00:47:41Oh, God.
00:47:42Oh, God.
00:47:44Oh, God.
00:47:45Oh, God.
00:47:46IacciΓ³n.
00:47:48Oh, God.
00:47:49Virginia?
00:48:04It's me, Richard.
00:48:07Open the door.
00:48:16Did you see it?
00:48:17Did you make the call?
00:48:18Yes.
00:48:19Can you identify him, honey?
00:48:22Richard, I'm so scared.
00:48:26It's okay.
00:48:27You'll be all right.
00:48:35All righty.
00:48:38How about that?
00:48:42Yeah.
00:48:43That's the right shape.
00:48:45Uh-huh.
00:48:46They have to be closer together.
00:48:47Closer together.
00:48:49All right.
00:48:50No problem.
00:48:52How about...
00:48:54Yeah, that's it.
00:48:56Terrific.
00:48:57Let's work on the nose.
00:49:01There's no nose.
00:49:02No nose.
00:49:05No nose.
00:49:05Well, he usually wears a scarf over the bottom half of his face, but he's showed me a couple
00:49:12of times.
00:49:13He showed you?
00:49:14But he doesn't have one.
00:49:15But he doesn't have one.
00:49:17He doesn't have one.
00:49:17He doesn't have one what?
00:49:22A nose.
00:49:23I mean, it's like his hair.
00:49:26He didn't have that either until he killed Colette.
00:49:28And now he's got that guy's ears.
00:49:32Colette Berkowitz, the actress?
00:49:37She was in my acting class.
00:49:38You're saying it's the same guy who killed the Berkowitz woman?
00:49:46How do you know that?
00:49:54Because he showed me this morning on the bus.
00:49:57Virginia, honey, we're not following you here.
00:50:02Why don't we just take it from the top, okay?
00:50:07It all started with the book.
00:50:09A book?
00:50:12Richard knows about it.
00:50:13It's this weird book that I picked up where I work.
00:50:17Somehow this character got out.
00:50:19He got out?
00:50:20He got out of the book.
00:50:22It's like one minute I was reading about him, and the next minute he was standing right
00:50:26next to me, he thinks that I'm this actress named Anna Templer, and she's in the book, too.
00:50:32Mm-hmm.
00:50:33And he doesn't have a nose.
00:50:34No, he doesn't have anything.
00:50:35He cut it all off.
00:50:36His hair, his ears, his lips, his nose, everything.
00:50:41And now he's going to go around and take things from other people so he can, like, graft them
00:50:45onto his own face.
00:50:46Miss Clayton, why would he, why would anybody do such a thing?
00:51:01Because he thinks that it will please me.
00:51:05He thinks it will please Anna.
00:51:08But because he thinks I'm Anna, it's really the same thing.
00:51:12Right?
00:51:12Well, I want to thank you very much for coming in.
00:51:17Oh, look, I mean, I know this must sound really crazy.
00:51:21No, no, no, no, really.
00:51:22You've been a big help.
00:51:24Really.
00:51:29Uh, detective, will you have a moment?
00:51:31My office, please?
00:51:32Yes.
00:51:32Can you give me a minute here, please?
00:51:44Yeah, sure.
00:51:54What is happening to you?
00:51:57Oh.
00:52:02Look, Richard, I know it sounds crazy.
00:52:06You're damn right it sounds crazy.
00:52:08If you don't believe me, you should just read the book.
00:52:10It's all right there.
00:52:11I don't have to read the book.
00:52:13It isn't real.
00:52:18Sorry to interrupt.
00:52:19Garber's waiting, Richie.
00:52:20Look, I know you had a terrible night.
00:52:29Why don't you wait downstairs for me, and when I finish with the lieutenant, we'll go home
00:52:34and we'll try and figure out just what you think you saw.
00:52:38Please, just wait for me downstairs.
00:52:41Okay, Richard.
00:52:42I don't have to read the book.
00:53:12It's going down.
00:53:23Don't have to leave me alone!
00:53:25Why are you doing this?
00:53:29Stay away from me!
00:53:31I don't want you, Hannah.
00:53:33You're all ever wanted.
00:53:34Hi!
00:53:37This isn't happening.
00:53:39This is all mine.
00:53:40It's just in my mind.
00:53:41Things will be better, and I promise, Sue, you'll love me as much as I love you.
00:53:45No, I'm not, Hannah!
00:53:46I'll have your heart one way or another.
00:53:50Go ahead.
00:53:51Kill me, Beth.
00:53:52Get it over with.
00:53:53Get it over with.
00:53:54Are you all right?
00:54:16Are you all right?
00:54:16Sure you're all right?
00:54:30Yes.
00:54:31Okay.
00:54:31You're all right.
00:54:35This is a girl.
00:54:36Here you are.
00:54:37You're all right.
00:54:37Here you go.
00:54:37You're all right.
00:54:38Ah, well, yes, I'll be right back.
00:55:08I'll be right back.
00:55:38Look, Mel, I don't want to hear from Strikes.
00:55:49Look, Mel, I don't give a shit about your labor problems.
00:55:52I've got orders to fill.
00:55:54I need a thousand copies of Easter Beals by Friday or I'm finished with this business.
00:55:59Yeah, but look, have the wrappers been printed yet?
00:56:02Huh?
00:56:06Look, check the, uh, check the warehouse.
00:56:10I think we got a load of that Western title that didn't sell.
00:56:13Yeah, long in the saddle.
00:56:17Oh, uh, yeah, well, just, uh, switch the covers.
00:56:21Oh, Mel.
00:56:24Mel, nobody's gonna know the difference.
00:56:28Nobody gives a shit, believe me.
00:56:29Look, I, I got someone in the office.
00:56:35I'll, I'll call you back.
00:56:39Are you Sidney Zite?
00:56:41No.
00:56:42I'm Nelson Doubleday.
00:56:43What can I do for you?
00:56:44Well, actually, sir, if you don't mind, I have something I'd like to show you.
00:56:49I only publish smut.
00:56:50No, I...
00:56:51Look, honey, I would love to chat with you, but I've got a lot of work to do here.
00:56:56Did you publish this book?
00:57:06So my Monica's all over.
00:57:08So what is it to you?
00:57:10I want to know about Malcolm Brand.
00:57:13Look, I wasn't married to the guy.
00:57:15I just published a couple of his books.
00:57:18Please.
00:57:21You doing a paper or something, uh, college?
00:57:29I don't know what to tell you.
00:57:31The books speak for themselves.
00:57:33The guy was a lunatic.
00:57:35Spent the last year of his life in a, in a rubber room.
00:57:39And that's where he wrote the last one.
00:57:40One day, he just took a powder, walked right out through the gate.
00:57:45Nobody paid any attention.
00:57:46Found him nearly a week later.
00:57:49Said it was exposure.
00:57:50But they couldn't be sure.
00:57:53Why not?
00:57:54Because by the time they got him, his body was ripped apart by some animals.
00:57:59Probably a pack of, uh, hungry dogs.
00:58:03He was a weirdo, all right.
00:58:06I remember once.
00:58:09Right after his first book.
00:58:11Much of madness, more of sin?
00:58:13Yeah, that's the one.
00:58:14Did pretty well.
00:58:15Even had a bit of a, a following.
00:58:18Anyway, I got him an assignment.
00:58:20A short story.
00:58:22Esquire, kiddo.
00:58:23And we're talking about the mainstream.
00:58:25And they wanted him.
00:58:27So Malcolm started working on her right away.
00:58:30Two months later, he returns the advance money and tells me he can't finish the story.
00:58:34And get this, claims the characters were talking back to him, refusing to do what he says.
00:58:42One even chased him out of town for a couple of weeks.
00:58:45The monster from the first book, you know, the, the jackal boy, claims it hated him, was, uh, hunting him down.
00:58:52Some return of evil for evil.
00:58:54You, you published this book as non-fiction.
00:58:57Both books were non-fiction.
00:58:59Malcolm insisted, claimed they were confessions.
00:59:03He was a ranting schizophrenic.
00:59:06Of course, nobody believed anything he said.
00:59:08So there's stuff in the book about what he did to himself?
00:59:13Oh, geez, yeah.
00:59:16He messed himself up pretty bad, all right.
00:59:20Yeah.
00:59:21Yep.
00:59:21Okay, you got the corner on three and your girlfriend's on one.
00:59:34All right, call me if you find anything else.
00:59:38Dr. Price, could, could you hold on for just one minute?
00:59:41Yeah, I appreciate it.
00:59:45Virginia?
00:59:45Why didn't you wait for me downstairs?
00:59:47Where the hell are you?
00:59:49Listen, Richard, you're never going to believe this.
00:59:51I know where he's going.
00:59:52What are you talking about?
00:59:55There's going to be another killing tonight.
00:59:57Another guy.
00:59:59A Mediterranean type, olive skin with a strong Roman profile.
01:00:04Brand's going to follow him home from a barge out to town on Grand.
01:00:07Virginia, I can't talk about this now.
01:00:09The phones are ringing off the hook.
01:00:10I've got two murders to solve.
01:00:12Damn it, Richard, listen to me.
01:00:13I'm telling you, it's Brand, and he's back to finish what he started,
01:00:16what he wrote about doing in the book.
01:00:18And I'm telling you that I don't believe in ghosts.
01:00:21Look, just hold on for a minute, all right?
01:00:23Dr. Price, thanks for...
01:00:25Oh, shit.
01:00:28Virginia?
01:00:33Fuck.
01:00:33Waiting for a bus, little girl?
01:00:48Jesus Christ, Lenny.
01:00:51Hey, I'm sorry.
01:00:52So, what's going on?
01:00:58Are you waiting for someone?
01:00:59No.
01:01:01Well, yes, actually, I was waiting for an old friend.
01:01:04Hmm.
01:01:05It's something about Colette, huh?
01:01:08It's a terrible thing.
01:01:09It's horrible.
01:01:14You know, I was thinking of picking up a pizza and going home.
01:01:17You're welcome to join me.
01:01:19I mean if your friend isn't showing.
01:01:20Oh, thank you, but I think I'll just wait here for a little while longer.
01:01:26Thanks, anyway.
01:01:27Okay, sure.
01:01:30Well, some other time then?
01:01:32Mm-hmm, okay.
01:01:36I'll see you in acting class.
01:01:37Okay.
01:01:38See you later.
01:01:39I'll see you later.
01:02:09Ready?
01:02:13Ready?
01:02:17Ready?
01:02:39Ready?
01:02:41Ready?
01:02:43Ready?
01:02:51Evening, Lieutenant.
01:02:53Evening.
01:02:55Okay, what do we got here?
01:02:57Another mutilation, sir.
01:02:59He got the nose this time.
01:03:01Jesus.
01:03:03I understand we have a witness?
01:03:07Yes, sir.
01:03:09She's right over there.
01:03:11Oh, hell.
01:03:13Sir?
01:03:15Oh, nothing.
01:03:17Where's Channing?
01:03:19He's on his way.
01:03:21Come here.
01:03:31Virginia?
01:03:33Thanks.
01:03:35Richard, do you know who that is?
01:03:37That's Lenny from my acting class.
01:03:39Wait, what are you talking about?
01:03:41I knew this was going to happen.
01:03:43It's word for word out of the book.
01:03:45The bar, the alley.
01:03:46I couldn't do anything.
01:03:47I couldn't make it stop.
01:03:49It's okay.
01:03:50Just come over here and tell me about it.
01:03:52Damn it, Richard!
01:03:53Where were you?
01:03:54Why did you listen to me?
01:03:55Why did you hang up the phone?
01:03:57I didn't hang up on you, okay?
01:03:59It was crazy when you called.
01:04:01I hit a button and...
01:04:02And, and, and...
01:04:03You just couldn't deal with it, right?
01:04:05You just couldn't deal with it.
01:04:06That there might be some truth in what I'm saying.
01:04:08What's the matter with you?
01:04:10I'm sorry, okay?
01:04:12Now, maybe, maybe I should have looked in this thing a little bit more than I did.
01:04:16But Garver had us running down other leads.
01:04:19Now, he's my boss.
01:04:20What am I supposed to do?
01:04:22You should just read the book, Richard, please.
01:04:25And now we'll talk about it.
01:04:31Okay, all right.
01:04:38I, I admit, there are certain similarities, okay?
01:04:41I'll even go as far as to say that maybe there's some kind of copycat killer out there.
01:04:45Somebody who's, who's read the book and is getting off on the gore.
01:04:49I don't know.
01:04:50That's fine, Richard, but it doesn't explain Malcolm Brand showing up in my apartment.
01:04:54Look, let's just try and stick close to Earth for the time being, all right?
01:04:58Now, what we have to do is we have to figure out when this maniac is going to strike next.
01:05:02Well, it's right here.
01:05:05It's here in chapter eight.
01:05:10I watched her before, perched behind her desk, lonely lady librarian, love-starred swan.
01:05:17Oh, how I imagined her sweet full lips burning passionately against her pillow late at night when the stone-cold cat ceased standing guard over her lust.
01:05:27He means the library.
01:05:29I mean, it's all right here, right down to the stone-cold cat.
01:05:33He means the lions outside the steps of the main branch.
01:05:37Do you see?
01:05:39So what happened in the end to the girl I mean, Anna?
01:06:02You don't want to know.
01:06:12Yes, I do.
01:06:17He cuts out her heart with his scalpel, and he wears it around his neck.
01:06:24Like a crucifix.
01:06:26Close to his own heart.
01:06:34What?
01:06:35Need him.
01:06:40Hmm.
01:06:41Hmm.
01:06:44Hmm.
01:06:45Ooh.
01:06:46fancy.
01:06:51Hello?
01:06:53Looks like we're in luck.
01:06:55Garber's going to let us go for it.
01:06:56He's even thrown in some uniforms.
01:06:58Oh, that's great news, Richard.
01:06:59Looks like we're in luck.
01:07:01Garber is letting us go for it.
01:07:02He's even throwing in some uniforms.
01:07:03great news richard well it took some doing but uh he's desperate and if we're wrong no we're not
01:07:12wrong i'm positive about this he'll be there tonight all right the library closes at eight
01:07:17o'clock can you be there in one half hour in half an hour okay okay i'll be there
01:07:23um mona i'm gonna leave work a little early tonight all right fine okay
01:07:37mona is there something wrong no nothing nothing's wrong just because you've walked around here like
01:07:45a zombie all day you haven't said two words to me since you got here now i'm gonna be stuck here
01:07:50doing your work will you run all over the city fighting a crime or something oh it's the estate
01:07:54sales stuff i forgot to unpack it the least you can do is let me in on what's going on
01:07:59well i will i'll call you later and that stuff i'll unpack it tomorrow morning
01:08:04okay well forget about it i'll finish it off tonight all right
01:08:12okay i'm gonna go
01:08:16and i'll call you later okay thanks mom yeah bye
01:08:28i'm so happy we found that
01:08:41okay joey place is secure everyone should be out four minutes you got it
01:08:51uh miriam if you see or hear anything anything at all you let us know we'll be listening on that
01:09:04radio the rent-a-cops have all been briefed business as usual could you understand that
01:09:11now it's possible that this guy's been watching you for a few days so we don't want you to do
01:09:15anything unusual what you normally do when you lock up that's what we want you to do tonight
01:09:20all right kids show time
01:09:22there i'm all set
01:09:26you're sure you're okay yeah here we go
01:09:32is everybody ready
01:09:39you're sure you want to do this no not particularly but i'm the only one who fits the suit
01:10:08all right
01:10:15you're hurt
01:10:19you've got it
01:10:21Oh my god, it's really dark down here.
01:10:51Hello? Hope you guys can hear me.
01:11:21Oh my god.
01:11:23Oh my god.
01:11:26Oh my god.
01:11:30Oh my god.
01:11:33Oh my god.
01:11:56Okay, I'm in the microfiche room.
01:12:21Oh wait.
01:12:28I think I hear something.
01:12:30Where's she?
01:12:31Shh, shh, shh.
01:12:36It's footsteps.
01:12:41There's somebody out in the hall.
01:12:48They're coming close.
01:12:49That's it, go.
01:12:51He's in the room.
01:12:58Richard is in the room.
01:13:06Richard is in the room.
01:13:19Freeze!
01:13:20Police officer!
01:13:22424, you're probably 29 no more.
01:13:37Coffee?
01:13:39Um, I'm gonna have a uniform take you back to my place and I'll be there as soon as I can.
01:13:47What, that's it?
01:13:48They're just gonna give up?
01:13:50They didn't show up.
01:13:52What can we do?
01:13:54Listen, Richard, it's gonna happen tonight.
01:13:56I mean, maybe not here, but somewhere.
01:13:59It hasn't happened already.
01:14:02I mean, you know, there's more than one library in this city.
01:14:06Not with cats on the front steps.
01:14:09Now, come on, Virginia.
01:14:10We gave it a shot.
01:14:11It didn't pan out.
01:14:12We can't stake out every building in the city with books inside based on some, uh, cryptic passage from a 30-year-old novel.
01:14:21Now, go back to my apartment, all right?
01:14:24And we'll talk about it.
01:14:26Okay?
01:14:27Right. Later.
01:14:29Let's go.
01:14:31Vamanos, Ritchie.
01:14:32You got some shit to shovel.
01:14:33I do, Dan.
01:14:34Yeah.
01:14:47Channing, I wanna talk to you.
01:14:50Now.
01:14:52Grand theft, God.
01:14:56Librarian.
01:15:24Love starts, Mom.
01:15:26Passionate lips, lions, and cats.
01:15:41Get off the phone, Mama.
01:15:50Doctor Channings' desk, Detective Fishman speaking.
01:16:05Detective Channing's desk, Detective Fishman speaking.
01:16:12Oh, hi, Virginia.
01:16:14Uh, no, he's in with the lieutenant right now.
01:16:17Uh, sure.
01:16:25Okay, I'll get it to him.
01:16:31Fishman, where are you going?
01:16:33An important message for Richard.
01:16:35Hey, wait a minute. Let me see that.
01:16:37Yep, Richie's nutty girlfriend.
01:16:40Believe me, you won't be doing him any favors by bringing this to him now.
01:16:43I'm sorry.
01:16:43Let me see that.
01:16:48Mona?
01:17:18Mona?
01:17:28Mona?
01:17:48Mona?
01:17:58Are you back there?
01:18:18Oh, Mona, I'm sorry.
01:18:36I knew you'd come, Anna.
01:18:42It's our wedding day.
01:18:48...
01:18:58...
01:19:04...
01:19:10No!
01:19:12Somebody let me out of her!
01:19:14Oh, my God.
01:19:17Oh, no.
01:19:44Oh, my God.
01:20:14Oh, my God.
01:20:44Oh, my God.
01:21:14Oh, my God.
01:21:44Oh, my God.
01:22:14Oh, my God.
01:22:44Oh, my God.
01:23:14Oh, my God.
01:23:43Oh, my God.
01:24:13Oh, my God.
01:24:43Oh, my God.
01:25:13Oh, my God.
01:25:43Oh, my God.
01:25:45Oh, my God.
01:26:13Oh, my God.
01:26:43Oh, my God.
01:27:13Oh, my God.
01:27:43Oh, my God.
01:28:13Oh, my God.
01:28:43Oh, my God.
01:29:13Oh, my God.
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