1 00:00:03,586 --> 00:00:06,923 (eerie electronic music) 2 00:01:50,568 --> 00:01:52,862 - [Carol] There is a legend about this valley. 3 00:01:53,154 --> 00:01:56,115 A tale carried across the winds of time, 4 00:01:56,407 --> 00:02:01,203 a legend strange and sinister, The Legend of the Chooper. 5 00:02:01,871 --> 00:02:05,082 A long time ago, a pioneering family named Walton 6 00:02:05,374 --> 00:02:07,877 settled these lands and built this house. 7 00:02:08,961 --> 00:02:11,672 One evening, Ed Walton heard somebody sneaking around 8 00:02:11,964 --> 00:02:15,343 outside and fired his rifle into darkness. 9 00:02:15,635 --> 00:02:20,306 He heard a scream, and then nothing but silence and the wind. 10 00:02:20,598 --> 00:02:24,060 Walton investigated the darkness and found a body, 11 00:02:24,352 --> 00:02:28,773 that of a little boy, the son of an Indian chief. 12 00:02:29,065 --> 00:02:32,318 When the chief learned of his son's death, he vowed revenge. 13 00:02:33,235 --> 00:02:36,364 The medicine man placed a curse on the Walton family, 14 00:02:36,656 --> 00:02:39,909 calling upon the dark powers of their God of vengeance, 15 00:02:40,201 --> 00:02:41,201 The Chooper. 16 00:02:42,203 --> 00:02:45,289 Within two days, neighbors found the hideously slain bodies 17 00:02:45,581 --> 00:02:48,292 of the entire Walton family. 18 00:02:48,584 --> 00:02:51,045 But since that time, so long ago, 19 00:02:51,337 --> 00:02:53,214 others had been murdered in the old house. 20 00:02:54,340 --> 00:02:55,340 For the legend says 21 00:02:55,424 --> 00:02:58,427 whoever stays within the cursed walls of the house 22 00:02:58,719 --> 00:03:01,806 shall find only monstrous death awaiting them. 23 00:03:02,098 --> 00:03:03,974 Death at the hands of The Chooper. 24 00:03:05,434 --> 00:03:07,436 When my uncle Jim came into this property, 25 00:03:07,728 --> 00:03:09,605 he built a new ranch house, 26 00:03:09,897 --> 00:03:11,982 but because he was always interested in history, 27 00:03:12,274 --> 00:03:14,026 he never had the old house torn down. 28 00:03:15,319 --> 00:03:18,447 Today, I can only wish that he had. 29 00:03:18,739 --> 00:03:21,617 (tense music) 30 00:03:30,042 --> 00:03:31,627 (upbeat music) 31 00:03:33,671 --> 00:03:35,214 ♪ You better look out world I 32 00:03:35,506 --> 00:03:37,091 J There's a menace on the loose J 33 00:03:37,383 --> 00:03:40,094 & Women better run and hide & 34 00:03:40,386 --> 00:03:42,763 I Men prepare to defend yourself 35 00:03:43,055 --> 00:03:45,182 3 From a terror from the other side T 36 00:03:45,474 --> 00:03:48,060 s Well, here [am & 37 00:03:48,352 --> 00:03:52,189 ? Baby 'm The Chooper man 38 00:03:52,481 --> 00:03:55,234 J I'm known throughout the world 39 00:03:55,526 --> 00:03:58,237 2 I'm feared both far and wide J 40 00:03:58,529 --> 00:04:00,823 J I got me the powers of darkness J 41 00:04:01,115 --> 00:04:03,659 3'Cause I sit on the devils side 7 42 00:04:03,951 --> 00:04:06,287 J Well here I am 43 00:04:06,579 --> 00:04:10,040 ? Baby 'm The Chooper man 44 00:04:10,332 --> 00:04:11,834 I Well you can run to the jungle J 45 00:04:12,126 --> 00:04:13,126 J Run where you want [ 46 00:04:13,294 --> 00:04:16,255 J It doesn't mean a thing to me [ 47 00:04:16,547 --> 00:04:17,715 I I'm gonna find ya J 48 00:04:18,007 --> 00:04:19,383 J I'm gonna get you J 49 00:04:19,675 --> 00:04:24,138 3 Just you wait and see { 50 00:04:24,430 --> 00:04:27,099 ♪ Cause here |I am & 51 00:04:27,391 --> 00:04:28,726 ? Baby 'm The Chooper man 52 00:04:29,018 --> 00:04:31,395 (upbeat music) 53 00:04:33,522 --> 00:04:36,150 ♪ Cause here |I am & 54 00:04:36,442 --> 00:04:37,943 ? Baby 'm The Chooper man 55 00:04:38,235 --> 00:04:40,613 (upbeat music) 56 00:04:47,578 --> 00:04:48,829 (metal clanking) 57 00:05:16,816 --> 00:05:18,234 (thud) 58 00:05:21,445 --> 00:05:22,445 (footsteps approaching) 59 00:05:22,530 --> 00:05:23,531 - [Child] Daniel! 60 00:05:24,073 --> 00:05:25,407 - [Children] Daniel! 61 00:05:25,950 --> 00:05:27,117 - We wanna play. 62 00:05:29,078 --> 00:05:30,078 Hi Daniel. 63 00:05:30,246 --> 00:05:30,913 - Hi Daniel. 64 00:05:31,205 --> 00:05:32,205 - Hi kids, what's up? 65 00:05:32,414 --> 00:05:33,414 - Can we play here today? 66 00:05:33,666 --> 00:05:34,208 - Well, you know you can play 67 00:05:34,500 --> 00:05:35,960 anywhere you want to around here. 68 00:05:36,377 --> 00:05:38,337 - Except that old house. 69 00:05:38,796 --> 00:05:41,465 How come you never let us play in that old house, Daniel? 70 00:05:41,757 --> 00:05:43,957 - I told you kids before, stay away from that old house. 71 00:05:44,218 --> 00:05:45,553 Bad things happen in there. 72 00:05:45,845 --> 00:05:47,263 Y'all stay away, you hear? 73 00:05:47,596 --> 00:05:49,098 - What kind of bad things? 74 00:05:49,557 --> 00:05:51,809 - People get hurt, get hurt real bad. 75 00:05:52,184 --> 00:05:52,601 So y'all stay away from there 76 00:05:52,893 --> 00:05:55,521 or I can't let you play around here anymore, promise? 77 00:05:55,855 --> 00:05:56,855 - We promise. 78 00:05:57,189 --> 00:05:58,274 - Okay. 79 00:05:58,566 --> 00:06:00,150 - Come on, Barbra lets go play. 80 00:06:04,572 --> 00:06:06,615 - I think we should play musical chairs. 81 00:06:06,907 --> 00:06:09,326 - We can't, you need three people. 82 00:06:09,618 --> 00:06:12,913 - Well we can just hum, and sit down. 83 00:06:13,539 --> 00:06:14,665 - It won't work. 84 00:06:14,957 --> 00:06:16,333 (soft music) 85 00:06:16,625 --> 00:06:19,545 - How about, sit down on the chair, 86 00:06:19,879 --> 00:06:20,879 and... 87 00:06:22,590 --> 00:06:24,174 we could go round, 88 00:06:24,758 --> 00:06:28,053 and go over and sit in the chair. 89 00:06:28,596 --> 00:06:30,222 - How do you play that game? 90 00:06:30,514 --> 00:06:34,143 - Well you just go around the chair and sit down. 91 00:06:34,435 --> 00:06:36,604 And then the first one to sit down wins. 92 00:06:36,896 --> 00:06:38,022 - I sat done, I won. 93 00:06:38,314 --> 00:06:40,816 - No, you have to go around and hum. 94 00:06:41,108 --> 00:06:43,152 (children humming) 95 00:06:43,444 --> 00:06:44,778 (children laughing) 96 00:06:45,070 --> 00:06:49,867 - [Margie] I won. (chuckles) 97 00:06:51,577 --> 00:06:53,787 - That's not right, Margie. 98 00:06:54,079 --> 00:06:55,664 (soft music) 99 00:06:55,956 --> 00:06:58,417 (phone ringing) 100 00:07:04,798 --> 00:07:07,927 I think this is where Daniel washes his clothes in. 101 00:07:08,260 --> 00:07:09,261 - I doubt it. 102 00:07:09,595 --> 00:07:10,595 (thud) 103 00:07:10,846 --> 00:07:13,057 - I told you kids to stay away from this house! 104 00:07:13,349 --> 00:07:14,829 And that was your mother on the phone 105 00:07:14,892 --> 00:07:15,972 and she wants you home now! 106 00:07:16,143 --> 00:07:17,143 Come on! 107 00:07:17,269 --> 00:07:17,686 Keep going! 108 00:07:17,978 --> 00:07:18,978 (upbeat tense music) 109 00:07:19,104 --> 00:07:20,290 If you wanna play around here anymore, 110 00:07:20,314 --> 00:07:22,024 stay away from this house! 111 00:07:22,316 --> 00:07:24,526 (bucket clunking) 112 00:07:25,653 --> 00:07:27,905 - I think Daniel's mad. 113 00:07:28,197 --> 00:07:31,075 (upbeat tense music) 114 00:07:37,581 --> 00:07:40,584 (car engine roaring) 115 00:08:06,485 --> 00:08:07,903 (car door closing) 116 00:08:08,487 --> 00:08:09,487 - That's it. 117 00:08:09,655 --> 00:08:11,174 That's where we're gonna stay the night. 118 00:08:11,198 --> 00:08:12,198 - I don't know. 119 00:08:12,449 --> 00:08:13,075 - [Male] Me neither. 120 00:08:13,367 --> 00:08:14,827 (tense music) 121 00:08:15,202 --> 00:08:16,638 I heard it's supposed to be haunted. 122 00:08:16,662 --> 00:08:17,822 - There's a legend behind it. 123 00:08:18,664 --> 00:08:20,642 - What kind of ghost would haunt a place like this? 124 00:08:20,666 --> 00:08:21,666 It's a dump. 125 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:23,377 - [Male] I don't know. 126 00:08:23,836 --> 00:08:25,605 - It's an old Indian ghost, it's gonna come out a night 127 00:08:25,629 --> 00:08:26,755 and it's gonna get ya. 128 00:08:27,047 --> 00:08:28,047 - It kills people? 129 00:08:28,173 --> 00:08:28,841 - Eats 'em alive. 130 00:08:29,133 --> 00:08:30,884 - And you want us to stay here tonight? 131 00:08:31,176 --> 00:08:31,593 - Sure. 132 00:08:31,885 --> 00:08:33,045 - And get ate up, and killed? 133 00:08:33,387 --> 00:08:34,013 - Sure. 134 00:08:34,304 --> 00:08:35,664 - Hey, wait man, it's a challenge. 135 00:08:35,806 --> 00:08:38,017 Man, it comes out to get us and we get it. 136 00:08:38,517 --> 00:08:39,517 Come on. 137 00:08:39,768 --> 00:08:40,102 - No. 138 00:08:40,561 --> 00:08:41,645 - Not me. 139 00:08:42,354 --> 00:08:44,154 - But you drove all the way up here to see it. 140 00:08:44,398 --> 00:08:45,878 You wanna stay here tonight you said. 141 00:08:46,025 --> 00:08:47,151 - [Male] No, not me. 142 00:08:47,651 --> 00:08:49,371 - [Female] You guys are nothing but chicken. 143 00:08:49,820 --> 00:08:50,946 (imitating a chicken) 144 00:08:51,238 --> 00:08:52,718 - We just got more sense, that's all. 145 00:08:52,948 --> 00:08:54,158 (upbeat music) 146 00:08:54,992 --> 00:08:56,618 - Here's your sleeping bag, honey. 147 00:08:56,910 --> 00:08:57,953 Have a lot of fun. 148 00:08:58,746 --> 00:09:00,456 - [Male in pink shirt] See you later, man. 149 00:09:00,831 --> 00:09:01,915 (door shutting) 150 00:09:02,249 --> 00:09:04,209 (car engine starting) 151 00:09:04,501 --> 00:09:05,501 (indistinct shouting) 152 00:09:07,254 --> 00:09:08,254 - Fuck you! 153 00:09:09,256 --> 00:09:12,259 (instrumental music) 154 00:09:32,613 --> 00:09:34,907 - Hey, what are you doing here? 155 00:09:35,199 --> 00:09:36,784 This is private property, now get out! 156 00:09:38,327 --> 00:09:40,746 - Hey, man, I'm gonna spend the night here. 157 00:09:41,038 --> 00:09:42,122 - That's what you think. 158 00:09:42,498 --> 00:09:43,707 - That's right, mister. 159 00:09:44,291 --> 00:09:46,543 I heard about your ghost and how it kills people, 160 00:09:46,835 --> 00:09:48,438 well I ain't a chicken, not like my friends. 161 00:09:48,462 --> 00:09:49,880 I dare it to come get me. 162 00:09:50,255 --> 00:09:51,274 - Well maybe they're smart, 163 00:09:51,298 --> 00:09:53,138 now maybe you just better get out of here fast. 164 00:09:53,383 --> 00:09:54,551 - No way, baby. 165 00:09:55,094 --> 00:09:56,136 Look, I got money, okay? 166 00:09:56,428 --> 00:09:57,864 - I can't take your money, I'm a foreman here 167 00:09:57,888 --> 00:09:59,515 and this is private property. 168 00:09:59,807 --> 00:10:01,475 I got a responsibility to the Craig's. 169 00:10:01,767 --> 00:10:04,019 - Old man Craig's been dead for over an year. 170 00:10:05,312 --> 00:10:06,021 How much? 171 00:10:06,313 --> 00:10:07,415 - [Daniel] I can't take that money 172 00:10:07,439 --> 00:10:09,119 besides Mr. Craig niece is coming out here 173 00:10:09,191 --> 00:10:09,775 to take over tomorrow. 174 00:10:10,109 --> 00:10:11,151 - That's tomorrow, baby. 175 00:10:11,443 --> 00:10:12,569 What about tonight? 176 00:10:12,861 --> 00:10:14,464 - [Daniel] You're dead set on staying aren't you? 177 00:10:14,488 --> 00:10:14,947 - That's right. 178 00:10:15,239 --> 00:10:16,599 - Even if that thing does get you. 179 00:10:17,866 --> 00:10:18,866 - That's right. 180 00:10:19,243 --> 00:10:19,868 - Go ahead and stay. 181 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:21,870 But if The Chooper comes to get you, 182 00:10:22,454 --> 00:10:23,494 well, you just deserve it. 183 00:10:24,915 --> 00:10:27,251 But I warned you, The Chooper will get you. 184 00:10:27,876 --> 00:10:28,876 And I know it. 185 00:10:29,002 --> 00:10:30,712 - Yeah, well, we'll see, okay? 186 00:10:42,182 --> 00:10:43,600 Sure, ghost. 187 00:10:44,226 --> 00:10:46,728 (tense music) 188 00:10:47,020 --> 00:10:49,314 (footsteps clucking) 189 00:10:51,525 --> 00:10:53,944 (tense music) 190 00:10:54,862 --> 00:10:55,862 Choopers. 191 00:10:58,198 --> 00:11:01,326 If nobody's gonna stay here with me ['ll stay here myself. 192 00:11:02,035 --> 00:11:04,454 (tense music) 193 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,546 (wind whirling) 194 00:11:20,762 --> 00:11:23,682 (suspenseful music) 195 00:12:06,516 --> 00:12:07,768 (wood cracking) 196 00:12:08,227 --> 00:12:11,146 (suspenseful music) 197 00:12:31,625 --> 00:12:32,625 Daniel? 198 00:12:37,214 --> 00:12:39,049 Daniel, are you trying to scare me? 199 00:12:44,304 --> 00:12:47,224 (suspenseful music) 200 00:12:53,021 --> 00:12:54,021 Daniel? 201 00:12:57,859 --> 00:12:59,403 (wood cracking) 202 00:13:01,071 --> 00:13:03,991 (suspenseful music) 203 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:17,920 Who's there? 204 00:13:18,547 --> 00:13:21,466 (suspenseful music) 205 00:13:22,634 --> 00:13:24,928 (mumbling) 206 00:13:25,220 --> 00:13:28,015 (suspenseful music) 207 00:14:41,254 --> 00:14:43,507 (screaming) 208 00:15:11,743 --> 00:15:12,744 (indistinct shouting) 209 00:15:13,036 --> 00:15:15,205 (screaming) 210 00:15:57,747 --> 00:16:00,167 (tense music) 211 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:22,481 - No! I warned you! 212 00:16:22,772 --> 00:16:24,399 I told you The Chooper would get you, 213 00:16:24,691 --> 00:16:25,400 but you wouldn't listen. 214 00:16:25,692 --> 00:16:26,692 No! 215 00:16:28,695 --> 00:16:31,114 (tense music) 216 00:16:40,790 --> 00:16:43,793 (car engine roaring) 217 00:16:52,469 --> 00:16:54,846 (tense music) 218 00:17:35,470 --> 00:17:37,472 I sure am glad The Chooper couldn't use this money, 219 00:17:37,764 --> 00:17:38,848 'cause I sure can. 220 00:17:40,016 --> 00:17:42,297 And don't look like you're gonna be able to use it either. 221 00:17:47,065 --> 00:17:48,191 But I warned you. 222 00:17:48,483 --> 00:17:49,901 I told you that Chooper'd get you. 223 00:17:51,027 --> 00:17:52,821 This is exactly what you deserve. 224 00:17:53,113 --> 00:17:55,532 (tense music) 225 00:18:03,415 --> 00:18:05,333 - My name is Carolyn Brandt. 226 00:18:05,625 --> 00:18:07,711 Over a year ago, my uncle Jim passed away 227 00:18:08,003 --> 00:18:10,797 and left his ranch and all the Craig property to me. 228 00:18:11,464 --> 00:18:13,508 I wrote a letter to my foreman, Daniel, 229 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,219 and told him I'd be arriving to take possession. 230 00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:18,430 He was to come and pick me up. 231 00:18:19,097 --> 00:18:20,765 I waited for over an hour for him 232 00:18:21,057 --> 00:18:23,810 and had just about given up, when finally, he showed. 233 00:18:27,522 --> 00:18:30,525 (instrumental music) 234 00:18:47,417 --> 00:18:49,544 He explained there had been some unexpected business 235 00:18:49,836 --> 00:18:52,422 to take care of and that he was sorry he was late. 236 00:18:53,632 --> 00:18:55,800 It was strange retuning to this part of the country 237 00:18:56,092 --> 00:18:57,802 after so many years. 238 00:18:58,303 --> 00:19:02,098 Everything seems so much smaller to me, small and empty. 239 00:19:02,724 --> 00:19:04,225 Actually, I hadn't been to the ranch 240 00:19:04,517 --> 00:19:05,517 since I was a young girl. 241 00:19:05,644 --> 00:19:08,355 And hadn't seriously thought about ever returning. 242 00:19:08,772 --> 00:19:10,452 Even after learning I was heir to the ranch 243 00:19:10,649 --> 00:19:12,317 and all its property, 244 00:19:12,609 --> 00:19:15,236 but after suffering two unhappy marriages 245 00:19:15,528 --> 00:19:17,781 and recently some very bad experiences 246 00:19:18,073 --> 00:19:19,658 as an actress in the film business, 247 00:19:19,949 --> 00:19:21,284 making horror pictures, 248 00:19:22,369 --> 00:19:23,870 I decided to come back, 249 00:19:24,162 --> 00:19:26,915 maybe a vacation away from it all would do me some good. 250 00:19:29,876 --> 00:19:32,879 (instrumental music) 251 00:20:10,208 --> 00:20:11,292 (car door shutting) 252 00:20:11,876 --> 00:20:12,876 - Daniel. 253 00:20:14,337 --> 00:20:15,755 (knocking on the door) 254 00:20:16,047 --> 00:20:17,047 Daniel. 255 00:20:19,008 --> 00:20:20,260 Hey, Daniel! 256 00:20:21,302 --> 00:20:22,554 (knocking on the door) 257 00:20:28,768 --> 00:20:29,769 Daniel! 258 00:20:35,316 --> 00:20:36,443 Danny boy! 259 00:20:44,659 --> 00:20:45,910 Hey, Daniel! 260 00:20:50,039 --> 00:20:51,040 Daniel? 261 00:20:57,088 --> 00:20:59,841 (car approaching) 262 00:21:05,221 --> 00:21:08,183 (car engine roaring) 263 00:21:19,903 --> 00:21:21,738 - Hey Tim, what's doin'? 264 00:21:25,575 --> 00:21:26,575 - Who's that? 265 00:21:26,743 --> 00:21:28,119 - Oh, that's old Tim Foster. 266 00:21:28,411 --> 00:21:29,078 He's been around a long time. 267 00:21:29,370 --> 00:21:31,122 He's got a place up near the mountains here. 268 00:21:32,665 --> 00:21:35,001 (soft music) 269 00:21:36,419 --> 00:21:39,672 (footsteps approaching) 270 00:21:41,007 --> 00:21:42,967 Hey Tim, fixin' to go to the rodeo tomorrow? 271 00:21:43,802 --> 00:21:45,279 - You're old man Craig's niece, aren't you? 272 00:21:45,303 --> 00:21:46,763 - Yeah this is Carol, Tim Foster. 273 00:21:47,639 --> 00:21:48,807 - I wanna buy your ranch. 274 00:21:49,098 --> 00:21:50,391 (soft music) 275 00:21:51,184 --> 00:21:53,019 - I just got here. 276 00:21:53,311 --> 00:21:54,562 I don't intend to sell it. 277 00:21:54,854 --> 00:21:56,481 It's been in the family for a long time. 278 00:21:56,815 --> 00:21:58,793 - You got a lot of good property out here. I can use it. 279 00:21:58,817 --> 00:21:59,442 I wanna buy your ranch. 280 00:21:59,734 --> 00:22:00,151 - Didn't you hear her? 281 00:22:00,443 --> 00:22:01,803 She said she didn't wanna sell it. 282 00:22:03,780 --> 00:22:05,240 - That's right, Tim, I'm sorry. 283 00:22:06,324 --> 00:22:07,826 - I wanna fix up the place. 284 00:22:08,117 --> 00:22:09,994 - What for, may I ask? 285 00:22:11,496 --> 00:22:12,705 - You may not ask. 286 00:22:13,790 --> 00:22:15,416 - I wanna fix up this place. 287 00:22:15,917 --> 00:22:17,043 Fix up the ranch house. 288 00:22:18,002 --> 00:22:19,337 Tear down that old water tower, 289 00:22:19,629 --> 00:22:21,381 it's about to fall down on somebody anyway. 290 00:22:21,923 --> 00:22:23,383 Get rid of that old house. 291 00:22:24,092 --> 00:22:25,426 - That's a historical monument. 292 00:22:25,718 --> 00:22:27,595 It's been there for over 150 years. 293 00:22:29,889 --> 00:22:31,808 - You know, the only history that place has got 294 00:22:32,100 --> 00:22:34,143 is about 150 years history of death in it, 295 00:22:34,435 --> 00:22:35,435 you know that. 296 00:22:36,062 --> 00:22:37,438 - The Chooper legend? 297 00:22:38,147 --> 00:22:39,899 The one my uncle mentioned a few times? 298 00:22:41,568 --> 00:22:42,986 I don't know very much about it. 299 00:22:44,404 --> 00:22:46,698 - You don't know that people have been dying in that place 300 00:22:46,990 --> 00:22:49,993 for 150 years from then to today? 301 00:22:50,285 --> 00:22:50,910 You don't know that? 302 00:22:51,202 --> 00:22:52,996 They're still getting knocked off in there? 303 00:22:53,288 --> 00:22:55,290 - Yeah, The Chooper got 'em. 304 00:22:55,582 --> 00:22:57,417 (suspenseful music) 305 00:22:58,793 --> 00:23:00,086 - I wanna buy this ranch. 306 00:23:01,170 --> 00:23:02,463 It'd do good in this area. 307 00:23:02,755 --> 00:23:04,984 We're gonna be a lot better off once we get rid of that house. 308 00:23:05,008 --> 00:23:06,652 - Hey Tim, where are you getting the money 309 00:23:06,676 --> 00:23:07,778 for your high price notions, 310 00:23:07,802 --> 00:23:09,345 from your big friends up in Las Vegas? 311 00:23:09,637 --> 00:23:10,054 What are you going to do? 312 00:23:10,346 --> 00:23:11,626 Tear down a historical monument, 313 00:23:11,890 --> 00:23:13,970 put in some rock and roll joint with a guitar picker? 314 00:23:14,183 --> 00:23:15,183 Ms. Carol, if I were you, 315 00:23:15,351 --> 00:23:17,520 I wouldn't sell this place to him for any price. 316 00:23:17,812 --> 00:23:18,897 - I wanna buy your ranch. 317 00:23:20,148 --> 00:23:21,816 - I don't intend to sell. 318 00:23:22,150 --> 00:23:23,651 Thank you for stopping by. 319 00:23:27,322 --> 00:23:29,122 - Well, this isn't your final decision, right? 320 00:23:29,324 --> 00:23:31,784 I mean you can't have made up your mind, so soon, right? 321 00:23:32,201 --> 00:23:33,201 Right? 322 00:23:33,369 --> 00:23:34,847 I mean you just came back from, you know, 323 00:23:34,871 --> 00:23:35,991 wherever you're coming from. 324 00:23:36,414 --> 00:23:38,100 Want to get a little lay of land here, right? 325 00:23:38,124 --> 00:23:39,709 We'll talk about it, okay? 326 00:23:40,126 --> 00:23:43,129 - If you wanna stop by some time, stop by. 327 00:23:44,672 --> 00:23:46,215 - Tough luck old buddy. 328 00:23:53,431 --> 00:23:54,432 Hey Tim, when you come, 329 00:23:54,724 --> 00:23:57,977 I'll make you some Texas size biscuits, you like so much. 330 00:23:58,394 --> 00:23:59,437 - Right, I love it. 331 00:23:59,729 --> 00:24:01,314 Okay, we'll do that, later. 332 00:24:01,981 --> 00:24:02,482 Okay? 333 00:24:02,857 --> 00:24:04,233 (soft music) 334 00:24:07,904 --> 00:24:11,157 (footsteps approaching) 335 00:24:15,286 --> 00:24:18,289 (car engine roaring) 336 00:24:32,220 --> 00:24:34,555 (soft music) 337 00:24:36,349 --> 00:24:37,949 - This here is the guestroom, Ms. Carol. 338 00:24:38,226 --> 00:24:39,746 I reckon you gonna be staying in here. 339 00:24:42,397 --> 00:24:43,397 John's back over here. 340 00:24:43,648 --> 00:24:44,190 And this is the room 341 00:24:44,482 --> 00:24:46,651 where your uncle used to write his horror movies. 342 00:24:48,945 --> 00:24:51,239 (soft music) 343 00:24:52,657 --> 00:24:54,158 - Oh, wow. 344 00:24:59,789 --> 00:25:03,292 You know, my uncle Jim wrote some of the best horror movies 345 00:25:03,584 --> 00:25:04,584 I ever acted in. 346 00:25:04,961 --> 00:25:06,201 - Yeah, I saw a couple of them. 347 00:25:06,254 --> 00:25:07,254 They're pretty good. 348 00:25:07,380 --> 00:25:09,024 Especially "The Thrill Killers" where those crazy men 349 00:25:09,048 --> 00:25:10,359 got after you in that old haunted house 350 00:25:10,383 --> 00:25:11,983 and started butchering you all to death. 351 00:25:12,010 --> 00:25:13,654 That's where your uncle got the story out there, 352 00:25:13,678 --> 00:25:14,887 at that old house out there. 353 00:25:15,179 --> 00:25:16,579 And "Incredibly Strange Creatures", 354 00:25:16,723 --> 00:25:18,043 when you were that exotic dancer, 355 00:25:18,141 --> 00:25:19,861 Cash Flag comes in and starts butchering you 356 00:25:20,184 --> 00:25:21,578 and splattering blood all over the place. 357 00:25:21,602 --> 00:25:22,812 Those were some great ones. 358 00:25:23,104 --> 00:25:25,273 - Well, now I know where he got his ideas from. 359 00:25:26,607 --> 00:25:28,443 I don't know, living around this house, 360 00:25:28,735 --> 00:25:31,195 this ranch, spook anybody. 361 00:25:31,571 --> 00:25:33,031 (soft music) 362 00:25:33,489 --> 00:25:35,408 Well, thank you, Danny. 363 00:25:38,119 --> 00:25:40,413 - If you need anything else I'll be back in my room. 364 00:25:45,043 --> 00:25:47,628 (wind whistling) 365 00:26:18,242 --> 00:26:21,245 (car engine roaring) 366 00:26:30,296 --> 00:26:32,882 (wind whistling) 367 00:26:46,437 --> 00:26:49,273 (bottles clinking) 368 00:26:54,070 --> 00:26:55,947 - Hey, where are you going? 369 00:26:56,239 --> 00:26:59,826 - |'ma take the trash down here a ways, be back in a minute. 370 00:27:05,706 --> 00:27:08,376 (metal clunking) 371 00:27:11,629 --> 00:27:14,632 (car engine roaring) 372 00:27:38,948 --> 00:27:41,367 (tense music) 373 00:28:18,946 --> 00:28:20,448 (uplifting music) 374 00:29:19,048 --> 00:29:21,175 (wood cracking) (Carol gasps) 375 00:29:24,679 --> 00:29:26,389 - Hi, where's Daniel? 376 00:29:28,432 --> 00:29:30,268 - He'll be back in a little while. 377 00:29:31,185 --> 00:29:31,811 Who are you? 378 00:29:32,103 --> 00:29:33,354 - I'm Margie, she's Barbra. 379 00:29:33,646 --> 00:29:35,481 Danny lets us play here. 380 00:29:35,773 --> 00:29:37,275 - Can we play here? 381 00:29:37,566 --> 00:29:38,566 - Today? 382 00:29:38,776 --> 00:29:39,860 - Sure, go ahead. 383 00:29:43,781 --> 00:29:45,825 - Can we play in the old house? 384 00:29:46,117 --> 00:29:46,826 - Why not? 385 00:29:47,118 --> 00:29:49,829 - Daniel says bad things happen in it. 386 00:29:50,121 --> 00:29:52,873 - Go ahead, it's just an old house. 387 00:29:54,625 --> 00:29:57,545 (footsteps tapping) 388 00:29:59,297 --> 00:30:01,007 - It's creepy in here. 389 00:30:01,340 --> 00:30:03,384 - Do you think The Chooper will get us? 390 00:30:03,801 --> 00:30:04,801 - No. 391 00:30:05,511 --> 00:30:08,014 Well, do you think we should go in? 392 00:30:08,347 --> 00:30:09,347 - Yeah. 393 00:30:09,849 --> 00:30:13,185 - Well, remember the story that Daniel told me, 394 00:30:13,477 --> 00:30:18,274 he said The Chooper ate a little girl and a little boy 395 00:30:18,816 --> 00:30:21,444 and he would kind of find more kids 396 00:30:21,736 --> 00:30:25,573 and he found two kids in the creepy house. 397 00:30:25,865 --> 00:30:31,495 And he ate them all up and he said, if we go in here, 398 00:30:31,787 --> 00:30:33,664 The Chooper would eat us all up 399 00:30:33,956 --> 00:30:35,958 so we better be careful in there. 400 00:30:36,459 --> 00:30:39,211 - You're silly, come on, let's go. 401 00:30:46,510 --> 00:30:48,512 - I's so filthy in here. 402 00:30:53,476 --> 00:30:54,977 Hey, let's go in that room. 403 00:30:55,269 --> 00:30:56,437 (footsteps tapping) 404 00:30:56,729 --> 00:30:57,730 (tense music) 405 00:30:58,022 --> 00:31:00,858 I think this is where The Chooper sleeps. 406 00:31:01,817 --> 00:31:03,361 (tense music) 407 00:31:04,528 --> 00:31:05,821 (Margie screams) 408 00:31:10,493 --> 00:31:11,118 Chooper! 409 00:31:11,410 --> 00:31:12,036 Chooper! 410 00:31:12,328 --> 00:31:13,328 (indistinct shouting) 411 00:31:14,663 --> 00:31:16,290 (tense music) 412 00:31:19,335 --> 00:31:23,047 - I told you kids, don't play in here! 413 00:31:23,339 --> 00:31:25,508 Next time The Chooper WILL get you! 414 00:31:28,969 --> 00:31:31,555 (water pouring) 415 00:31:35,309 --> 00:31:37,728 - After I unpacked my things, I showered. 416 00:31:38,896 --> 00:31:41,565 Then Daniel took me for a walk around the ranch. 417 00:31:42,525 --> 00:31:45,027 Daniel told me the reason Tim Foster wanted the ranch 418 00:31:45,319 --> 00:31:48,239 so badly was that he felt it belonged to him. 419 00:31:48,739 --> 00:31:51,075 You see back over a hundred years ago, 420 00:31:51,367 --> 00:31:53,077 this property was split up. 421 00:31:53,369 --> 00:31:56,205 About half of it was owned by my great-grandfather Silas, 422 00:31:56,580 --> 00:31:59,625 the other half belong to Tim's great-grandfather Jedediah. 423 00:32:00,126 --> 00:32:02,128 One night, they both got into a poker game 424 00:32:02,420 --> 00:32:04,338 and put up the ranches as stakes. 425 00:32:04,839 --> 00:32:06,674 Well, my grandfather won. 426 00:32:07,216 --> 00:32:09,593 But Jedediah claimed Silas cheated him. 427 00:32:09,885 --> 00:32:11,512 So that called for a showdown. 428 00:32:12,471 --> 00:32:13,806 The next day, there they were 429 00:32:14,098 --> 00:32:16,142 out in the streets of town having a standoff. 430 00:32:17,143 --> 00:32:19,103 At noontime, they faced each other. 431 00:32:19,562 --> 00:32:21,856 And a moment later Jedediah was dead. 432 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,192 My great-grandfather Silas always had been a better shot, 433 00:32:25,568 --> 00:32:27,570 particularly at close distances. 434 00:32:28,654 --> 00:32:30,030 The shootout was fair enough, 435 00:32:30,364 --> 00:32:31,949 but ever since Daniel can remember, 436 00:32:32,241 --> 00:32:34,702 he said, Tim Foster had a grudge. 437 00:32:34,994 --> 00:32:36,287 Tim believed the deck of cards 438 00:32:36,579 --> 00:32:38,414 had been stacked against Jedediah. 439 00:32:38,706 --> 00:32:41,500 And that all this property rightfully belong to the Fosters, 440 00:32:41,792 --> 00:32:43,002 not the Craigs. 441 00:32:44,003 --> 00:32:45,443 Daniel said there had been bad blood 442 00:32:45,671 --> 00:32:48,757 between the Craigs and the Fosters for a long time. 443 00:32:49,508 --> 00:32:51,927 (tense music) 444 00:32:53,929 --> 00:32:57,016 Later, Daniel and I went into town to pick up some things. 445 00:32:57,433 --> 00:32:59,602 And I ran into Margie and Barbra Potts. 446 00:33:00,269 --> 00:33:02,646 We talked for a few minutes and as we did, 447 00:33:02,938 --> 00:33:05,816 I couldn't have a feeling of sadness coming over me. 448 00:33:06,567 --> 00:33:08,569 They could have been my own children, 449 00:33:08,903 --> 00:33:10,488 except that I didn't have any. 450 00:33:11,572 --> 00:33:13,365 All I 'had to show for myself 451 00:33:13,657 --> 00:33:15,868 was a couple of tragic marriages, 452 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:19,121 a career slump, and a ranch. 453 00:33:23,167 --> 00:33:26,170 We went to fill up the truck and Tim Foster parked in. 454 00:33:26,504 --> 00:33:28,104 He wanted to know if I'd thought anymore 455 00:33:28,130 --> 00:33:29,757 about selling the ranch. 456 00:33:30,049 --> 00:33:33,010 Of course I told him I still had no intention of selling, 457 00:33:33,302 --> 00:33:35,721 but he kept bugging me about it anyway. 458 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:39,975 (soft music) 459 00:33:44,104 --> 00:33:45,689 Tim seemed like an alright person. 460 00:33:45,981 --> 00:33:48,317 And I have to admit I was strangely attracted to him 461 00:33:48,609 --> 00:33:50,361 in a masochistic sort of way, 462 00:33:50,861 --> 00:33:54,990 but I just wish he would stop harping about that ranch. 463 00:33:55,741 --> 00:33:57,368 Finally, I told him, I'd see him again. 464 00:33:57,660 --> 00:33:59,870 And he said, "Okay, think about the ranch, Carol." 465 00:34:00,162 --> 00:34:01,830 And then he left, thank goodness. 466 00:34:02,873 --> 00:34:04,458 (tense music) 467 00:34:05,334 --> 00:34:07,127 I couldn't sleep that night. 468 00:34:07,419 --> 00:34:10,130 I tossed and turned and even tried reading a book, 469 00:34:10,422 --> 00:34:12,216 but all to no avail. 470 00:34:13,217 --> 00:34:14,885 I felt strange. 471 00:34:15,386 --> 00:34:17,846 I didn't feel like myself at all. 472 00:34:18,180 --> 00:34:20,975 I felt as if somehow the old house 473 00:34:21,267 --> 00:34:23,143 and the grounds was beckoning to me, 474 00:34:24,103 --> 00:34:27,273 whispering to me across the darkling hours of the evening, 475 00:34:28,440 --> 00:34:33,237 luring me towards it, luring me into the unknown. 476 00:34:35,030 --> 00:34:37,449 (tense music) 477 00:35:22,703 --> 00:35:25,623 (suspenseful music) 478 00:36:15,506 --> 00:36:17,508 - Ms. Carol, what are you doing here? 479 00:36:18,008 --> 00:36:20,344 Never can tell when the old Chooper might be around. 480 00:36:20,636 --> 00:36:22,156 Come on, I think you better go to bed. 481 00:36:22,888 --> 00:36:25,808 (footsteps tapping) 482 00:36:31,397 --> 00:36:33,816 (wind whistling) 483 00:36:39,488 --> 00:36:41,240 (indistinct chattering) 484 00:36:41,782 --> 00:36:44,201 - This was the day the rodeo hit our area. 485 00:36:45,994 --> 00:36:48,330 (soft music) 486 00:36:51,083 --> 00:36:52,418 There would be traveling pros, 487 00:36:52,710 --> 00:36:56,463 local pros and local amateurs, all appearing in it. 488 00:36:57,840 --> 00:36:59,049 (soft music) 489 00:37:02,094 --> 00:37:03,804 (instinct chattering) 490 00:37:06,724 --> 00:37:07,850 It was to last a week, 491 00:37:08,142 --> 00:37:09,702 moving to different areas in the county 492 00:37:09,977 --> 00:37:12,938 so that everyone would get a chance to join the festivities. 493 00:37:15,816 --> 00:37:18,152 (soft music) 494 00:37:21,655 --> 00:37:23,657 In the meantime, I called up Mrs. Potts 495 00:37:23,949 --> 00:37:26,076 and asked her if she would show me around 496 00:37:26,368 --> 00:37:28,555 and then we could take the kids in a little shopping spree 497 00:37:28,579 --> 00:37:30,372 before we went to the rodeo. 498 00:37:30,664 --> 00:37:31,832 (soft music) 499 00:37:32,374 --> 00:37:33,917 (car horn beeping) 500 00:37:34,293 --> 00:37:35,293 - Hi! 501 00:37:35,961 --> 00:37:37,921 Daniel, I'm going to town to do some shopping 502 00:37:38,213 --> 00:37:39,715 with Mrs. Potts and the kids. 503 00:37:40,090 --> 00:37:40,257 -Hi, 504 00:37:40,674 --> 00:37:41,674 -Hi, -Hi, 505 00:37:43,093 --> 00:37:44,093 (car door shutting) 506 00:37:47,598 --> 00:37:49,850 (car engine roaring) 507 00:37:50,809 --> 00:37:51,810 - Hey, wait a minute. 508 00:37:52,102 --> 00:37:53,102 Hey! 509 00:38:04,573 --> 00:38:05,573 -Hi, 510 00:38:06,575 --> 00:38:07,576 I'm looking for my wife. 511 00:38:07,868 --> 00:38:08,868 - Your wife? 512 00:38:09,077 --> 00:38:10,637 The only woman around here is Ms. Carol 513 00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:12,164 and she just went into town. 514 00:38:12,456 --> 00:38:13,725 - My wife Connie came here the other night 515 00:38:13,749 --> 00:38:16,030 with a couple of friends of hers to stay at the old house. 516 00:38:16,210 --> 00:38:17,210 - Ain't nobody here. 517 00:38:18,128 --> 00:38:18,670 - I know she's here. 518 00:38:18,962 --> 00:38:20,202 A couple of friends told me so. 519 00:38:20,464 --> 00:38:22,758 Look, there's nobody here and I'm busy, now git. 520 00:38:23,342 --> 00:38:23,926 - I've got to find her. 521 00:38:24,218 --> 00:38:25,218 I know she's here. 522 00:38:25,469 --> 00:38:26,469 We got in a fight, 523 00:38:26,595 --> 00:38:28,031 I'm gonna go look at the old house anyways. 524 00:38:28,055 --> 00:38:29,765 - You stay away from that old house. 525 00:38:30,057 --> 00:38:31,767 - I wanna go look at the old house anyways. 526 00:38:32,059 --> 00:38:33,077 - Stay out of it, you hear me? 527 00:38:33,101 --> 00:38:33,811 Stay out of there! 528 00:38:34,102 --> 00:38:35,102 The Chooper'll get you! 529 00:38:35,270 --> 00:38:36,270 - I got to find her, man. 530 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:38,080 - There ain't but bad business out there 531 00:38:38,273 --> 00:38:39,483 till you stay away from there. 532 00:38:39,775 --> 00:38:40,775 - I've gotta find her. 533 00:38:40,984 --> 00:38:41,984 - Stay away, you hear me? 534 00:38:42,069 --> 00:38:42,694 Stay away! 535 00:38:42,986 --> 00:38:44,321 The Chooper'll get you! 536 00:38:44,613 --> 00:38:47,282 (metal clunking) 537 00:38:53,372 --> 00:38:56,291 (suspenseful music) 538 00:39:08,053 --> 00:39:09,053 - Connie? 539 00:39:09,179 --> 00:39:11,348 (suspenseful music) 540 00:39:11,849 --> 00:39:12,849 Connie? 541 00:39:13,100 --> 00:39:14,100 It's me, Charlie. 542 00:39:18,689 --> 00:39:19,689 Connie? 543 00:39:21,817 --> 00:39:22,817 Connie... 544 00:39:23,235 --> 00:39:25,779 (Chooper screaming) 545 00:39:27,698 --> 00:39:30,075 (upbeat dramatic music) 546 00:39:34,037 --> 00:39:35,622 (Charlie groaning) 547 00:39:39,877 --> 00:39:42,462 (wind whistling) 548 00:39:48,635 --> 00:39:51,555 (suspenseful music) 549 00:40:07,613 --> 00:40:08,614 - Oh, my God! 550 00:40:09,573 --> 00:40:10,782 I warned you. 551 00:40:11,074 --> 00:40:13,160 I told you The Chooper would get you! 552 00:40:13,535 --> 00:40:14,535 Look what... 553 00:40:14,703 --> 00:40:15,703 Oh, my God. 554 00:40:17,623 --> 00:40:18,665 (footsteps tapping) 555 00:40:19,249 --> 00:40:22,002 (car engine roaring) 556 00:40:23,545 --> 00:40:26,423 (suspenseful music) 557 00:40:48,779 --> 00:40:50,989 (indistinct) I told you that Chooper would get you 558 00:40:51,281 --> 00:40:52,783 and sure enough he did. 559 00:41:07,214 --> 00:41:09,716 (car engine roaring) 560 00:41:11,927 --> 00:41:13,567 - [Carol] You saw the one where I danced? 561 00:41:14,012 --> 00:41:15,430 - Yeah, that was real good. 562 00:41:15,722 --> 00:41:20,936 - Yeah, and Carol was all dressed in gold 563 00:41:21,228 --> 00:41:25,273 and the monster had a knife in his hand 564 00:41:25,565 --> 00:41:27,526 and he was pointing it at Carol. 565 00:41:29,611 --> 00:41:30,112 And he tried... 566 00:41:30,404 --> 00:41:31,488 - And then what happened? 567 00:41:31,780 --> 00:41:34,449 - And he spilled blood all over the place. 568 00:41:34,908 --> 00:41:36,994 - Oh, yes, I had blood all over that gold suit 569 00:41:37,285 --> 00:41:39,121 it took me so long to get that off. 570 00:41:39,830 --> 00:41:40,830 - Yeah. 571 00:41:40,872 --> 00:41:41,872 (soft music) 572 00:41:41,957 --> 00:41:42,957 - Ms. Carol? 573 00:41:43,125 --> 00:41:44,143 'Bout time to go to the rodeo 574 00:41:44,167 --> 00:41:45,770 so I think we better start getting ready. 575 00:41:45,794 --> 00:41:47,671 - Alright. Kids, are you coming? 576 00:41:47,963 --> 00:41:48,380 - Okay. 577 00:41:48,672 --> 00:41:49,672 - Okay! 578 00:41:50,549 --> 00:41:51,216 - Quick, come on. 579 00:41:51,508 --> 00:41:52,508 - Thank you Ms. Carol. 580 00:41:52,676 --> 00:41:53,760 (footsteps tapping) 581 00:41:55,512 --> 00:41:56,763 (indistinct chatter) 582 00:42:01,059 --> 00:42:04,104 - We arrived at the rodeo and guess who was there? 583 00:42:04,396 --> 00:42:07,190 Tim never missed a chance to try and talk me into selling. 584 00:42:08,275 --> 00:42:10,318 It seemed more an obsession than a business deal 585 00:42:10,610 --> 00:42:11,945 he was trying to propose. 586 00:42:13,030 --> 00:42:15,365 Anyway, I told him that I wished he would try to forget 587 00:42:15,657 --> 00:42:18,785 about the ranch and he seemed uptight. 588 00:42:20,579 --> 00:42:22,831 I wondered what really was ticking in his head 589 00:42:23,123 --> 00:42:25,208 behind those weird sunglasses. 590 00:42:26,877 --> 00:42:28,837 (indistinct chatter) 591 00:42:29,629 --> 00:42:31,965 (soft music) 592 00:42:38,180 --> 00:42:39,765 The opening procession of riders 593 00:42:40,057 --> 00:42:41,933 was a beautiful sight to watch. 594 00:42:42,434 --> 00:42:45,353 You could see how each rider took pride in his horsemanship. 595 00:42:46,813 --> 00:42:49,191 The American flag never looked more American. 596 00:42:50,067 --> 00:42:51,318 (soft instrumental music) 597 00:42:56,406 --> 00:42:58,200 It seemed to be one of the few places 598 00:42:58,492 --> 00:42:59,576 where young and old alike 599 00:42:59,868 --> 00:43:01,703 could get together and share something. 600 00:43:02,412 --> 00:43:04,873 The feeling of the Old West was definitely here. 601 00:43:08,168 --> 00:43:11,588 That feeling of a challenge where man has to tame the beast. 602 00:43:12,005 --> 00:43:15,133 Even if it is a 10-year-old boy taming a wild pony. 603 00:43:15,967 --> 00:43:18,053 (instrumental music) 604 00:43:23,183 --> 00:43:25,852 (crowd cheering) 605 00:43:46,665 --> 00:43:49,209 I don't know when I've enjoyed myself more. 606 00:43:51,128 --> 00:43:53,964 (crowd chattering) 607 00:43:57,425 --> 00:43:58,760 Barbra and Margie told me 608 00:43:59,052 --> 00:44:01,221 that their dad was going to buy them a pony. 609 00:44:01,763 --> 00:44:03,640 Barbra said she wanted to be a cowboy. 610 00:44:03,932 --> 00:44:05,100 Margie being a little older, 611 00:44:05,392 --> 00:44:06,992 said she would like to be a trick rider, 612 00:44:07,269 --> 00:44:08,979 join a circus someday. 613 00:44:12,858 --> 00:44:15,694 (crowd chattering) 614 00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:54,399 Now came the real cowboys, 615 00:44:54,691 --> 00:44:55,734 the kind of wild riders 616 00:44:56,026 --> 00:44:58,820 that had the determination to win against all odds. 617 00:45:01,281 --> 00:45:03,783 (upbeat music) 618 00:45:13,543 --> 00:45:15,253 "A free puppy" the girl said. 619 00:45:15,629 --> 00:45:17,964 So I took it and gave it to Margie and Barbra. 620 00:45:19,174 --> 00:45:21,885 The rodeo continued at a fantastic pace. 621 00:45:22,427 --> 00:45:25,305 It seems that the animals were testing the cowboys, 622 00:45:25,889 --> 00:45:27,807 oh, if only I had a camera. 623 00:45:30,894 --> 00:45:33,396 (upbeat music) 624 00:45:36,107 --> 00:45:37,442 You can tell by watching Daniel 625 00:45:37,734 --> 00:45:39,819 that this was probably the first bit of excitement 626 00:45:40,111 --> 00:45:41,238 he'd had in months. 627 00:45:41,529 --> 00:45:43,907 Being cooped up on the ranch all the time. 628 00:45:44,282 --> 00:45:47,786 My uncle was very fortunate in having someone so loyal. 629 00:45:48,787 --> 00:45:50,038 (crowd chattering) 630 00:45:50,330 --> 00:45:52,499 (soft instrumental music) 631 00:46:28,493 --> 00:46:30,161 The rodeo was such a success 632 00:46:30,453 --> 00:46:33,248 that I promised to take Margie and Barbra to see it again. 633 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:36,084 (wind whirling) 634 00:46:36,751 --> 00:46:38,670 The next day I got a call from Margie and Barbra 635 00:46:38,962 --> 00:46:40,482 telling me to come over to their ranch 636 00:46:40,547 --> 00:46:41,881 and spend the day with them. 637 00:46:42,465 --> 00:46:44,759 It seems their father just bought them a pony. 638 00:46:45,510 --> 00:46:46,510 I thought I'd walk over 639 00:46:46,761 --> 00:46:49,139 rather than wait for Daniel to return from town. 640 00:46:51,808 --> 00:46:52,808 (wind whirling) 641 00:46:53,476 --> 00:46:55,145 (vehicle passing) 642 00:46:56,646 --> 00:46:57,646 (car horn beeping) 643 00:47:03,028 --> 00:47:04,028 - Uh, Ms. Brandt? 644 00:47:04,070 --> 00:47:04,279 - Yes. 645 00:47:04,904 --> 00:47:08,366 - Yeah, I'm the local Constable. 646 00:47:08,658 --> 00:47:10,076 I was just on my way up to see you. 647 00:47:10,368 --> 00:47:12,162 - Well, is there something wrong? 648 00:47:12,495 --> 00:47:14,335 - Well, I'm checking most of the ranches around 649 00:47:14,539 --> 00:47:15,859 I'm looking for a couple of kids, 650 00:47:16,082 --> 00:47:17,625 Connie and Charlie Forsythe. 651 00:47:18,168 --> 00:47:20,045 Local kids, they've turned up missing, 652 00:47:20,337 --> 00:47:21,588 and now nobody can find them. 653 00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:23,548 - Well, they're not at my ranch, Sheriff. 654 00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:25,884 The only ones there are Daniel and myself. 655 00:47:26,509 --> 00:47:28,549 In fact Daniel says that, except for the Potts kids, 656 00:47:28,595 --> 00:47:30,013 nobody ever comes over there. 657 00:47:30,305 --> 00:47:32,098 - Yeah... Uh huh... 658 00:47:32,849 --> 00:47:35,143 Well... 1 tell ya, 659 00:47:35,435 --> 00:47:36,662 if it's all the same with you, Ms. Brandt, 660 00:47:36,686 --> 00:47:38,229 I'd like to check out that old house. 661 00:47:38,521 --> 00:47:40,857 A lot of strange stories connected with that old place. 662 00:47:41,316 --> 00:47:43,068 Like clear back when I was a kid, 663 00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:46,738 hell, even before that, when my dad was a kid, 664 00:47:47,030 --> 00:47:49,491 he used to tell me all kinds of stories about that place. 665 00:47:49,783 --> 00:47:50,783 - Well, go right ahead. 666 00:47:51,034 --> 00:47:52,619 I'm sure you won't find anything. 667 00:47:52,911 --> 00:47:54,913 I'll be at the Potts house if you need me. 668 00:47:55,330 --> 00:47:56,330 - Alrighty. 669 00:47:58,291 --> 00:47:59,291 Thank you. 670 00:48:00,752 --> 00:48:01,378 (car door shutting) 671 00:48:01,711 --> 00:48:03,671 (car engine roaring) 672 00:48:07,384 --> 00:48:09,719 (soft music) 673 00:48:20,814 --> 00:48:23,983 - Seems strange to have John Law checking on my ranch. 674 00:48:24,275 --> 00:48:25,568 Two missing kids. 675 00:48:26,945 --> 00:48:29,406 Son of a gun, there was a boy at the ranch yesterday 676 00:48:29,697 --> 00:48:31,032 when I left to go shopping. 677 00:48:33,201 --> 00:48:35,412 But then the Constable did say two kids. 678 00:48:37,872 --> 00:48:39,124 I'll check with him later. 679 00:48:40,333 --> 00:48:42,919 (wind whirling) 680 00:48:52,095 --> 00:48:55,098 (instrumental music) 681 00:49:00,603 --> 00:49:01,603 - Anybody here? 682 00:49:01,938 --> 00:49:03,731 (instrumental music) 683 00:49:04,858 --> 00:49:05,858 Charlie? 684 00:49:07,527 --> 00:49:08,527 Connie? 685 00:49:09,070 --> 00:49:10,947 (instrumental music) 686 00:49:11,489 --> 00:49:13,074 Are you kids in here? 687 00:49:14,159 --> 00:49:16,494 (footsteps tapping) 688 00:49:18,246 --> 00:49:21,249 (instrumental music) 689 00:49:33,470 --> 00:49:34,470 - Arg! 690 00:49:39,309 --> 00:49:42,145 (Chooper growling) 691 00:49:58,786 --> 00:50:01,789 (instrumental music) 692 00:50:37,325 --> 00:50:39,786 - Peanuts, that's what they named the pony. 693 00:50:40,328 --> 00:50:42,997 She was just about the prettiest thing you ever saw. 694 00:50:43,790 --> 00:50:47,168 If ever you wanted to see two happy kids, this was it. 695 00:50:50,380 --> 00:50:53,383 (instrumental music) 696 00:51:01,558 --> 00:51:03,685 Sugarplum, their adopted puppy seemed to like 697 00:51:03,977 --> 00:51:05,103 her new friend. 698 00:51:06,145 --> 00:51:08,273 Margie took to riding her immediately. 699 00:51:11,109 --> 00:51:14,112 (instrumental music) 700 00:51:17,156 --> 00:51:18,634 The kids really knew how to enjoy life 701 00:51:18,658 --> 00:51:20,201 out here in the desert. 702 00:51:20,493 --> 00:51:22,161 No smog, just fresh air. 703 00:51:22,453 --> 00:51:24,414 (instrumental music) 704 00:51:27,584 --> 00:51:29,460 Mr. Potts came out to say hello. 705 00:51:32,213 --> 00:51:35,633 He said his daughters really dug me and I dug them. 706 00:51:36,426 --> 00:51:39,596 He told me that I was welcome anytime, just to drop by. 707 00:51:42,765 --> 00:51:45,768 (instrumental music) 708 00:51:56,863 --> 00:51:59,657 Anyway, we walked the pony right into the evening. 709 00:51:59,949 --> 00:52:01,284 The kids were really grooving. 710 00:52:01,576 --> 00:52:03,453 In fact, we bumped into some more local kids 711 00:52:03,745 --> 00:52:05,496 and they joined right in on the fun. 712 00:52:07,915 --> 00:52:10,918 (instrumental music) 713 00:52:25,391 --> 00:52:27,018 (wind whirling) 714 00:52:27,769 --> 00:52:29,249 - They're never gonna knock you down. 715 00:52:30,021 --> 00:52:31,606 They'll never knock you down. 716 00:52:32,106 --> 00:52:34,442 - That's okay, Chooper, you keep knocking 'em off, 717 00:52:34,734 --> 00:52:36,152 and I'll keep clearing 'em. 718 00:52:36,444 --> 00:52:38,529 They're not gonna tear this old house down. 719 00:52:38,988 --> 00:52:40,448 They gotta find the bodies first. 720 00:52:42,450 --> 00:52:44,410 And they'll never find the bodies where I put 'em. 721 00:52:46,120 --> 00:52:48,247 So you just kill all you want 722 00:52:49,248 --> 00:52:50,500 and I'll keep burying 'em. 723 00:52:51,542 --> 00:52:53,670 But they'll never knock this old house down. 724 00:52:53,961 --> 00:52:55,505 It's been here forever and ever. 725 00:52:56,631 --> 00:52:58,508 There'll always be this old house. 726 00:53:00,009 --> 00:53:02,178 And [I protect the secret of it. 727 00:53:03,096 --> 00:53:06,099 (instrumental music) 728 00:53:07,642 --> 00:53:08,851 (wind whistling) 729 00:53:28,913 --> 00:53:29,914 - As the days wore on, 730 00:53:30,206 --> 00:53:32,792 and I became more accustomed to life at the ranch 731 00:53:33,418 --> 00:53:34,418 I couldn't help feeling 732 00:53:34,669 --> 00:53:36,629 there was something troubling Daniel, 733 00:53:37,088 --> 00:53:38,088 but then again, 734 00:53:38,214 --> 00:53:39,494 maybe it was only the same thing 735 00:53:39,674 --> 00:53:42,468 that was bothering me, Tim Foster. 736 00:53:43,469 --> 00:53:44,637 Tim kept coming around, 737 00:53:44,929 --> 00:53:47,640 but unfortunately not the way I might've preferred it. 738 00:53:48,683 --> 00:53:50,309 All he ever seemed to have on his mind 739 00:53:50,601 --> 00:53:52,770 when he came to see me, was the ranch. 740 00:53:53,146 --> 00:53:53,813 And if anything, 741 00:53:54,105 --> 00:53:56,065 he seemed only to be getting more adamant about it 742 00:53:56,190 --> 00:53:57,191 all the time. 743 00:53:57,608 --> 00:53:59,736 The ranch, the ranch, the ranch. 744 00:54:00,027 --> 00:54:01,612 I want your ranch, Carol. 745 00:54:01,904 --> 00:54:03,573 That's all I heard from him. 746 00:54:03,865 --> 00:54:06,951 It's all we ever talked about, time and time again. 747 00:54:08,661 --> 00:54:10,621 If it weren't for Margie and Barbra being around, 748 00:54:10,913 --> 00:54:12,498 I don't know what I'd have done. 749 00:54:12,874 --> 00:54:15,042 They helped lessen the pressure I was under. 750 00:54:15,710 --> 00:54:17,462 (instrumental music) 751 00:54:18,504 --> 00:54:19,624 Tim Foster was right though, 752 00:54:19,797 --> 00:54:22,091 when he said I owned a lot of good property. 753 00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:25,136 For one thing, it was the biggest spread around. 754 00:54:25,511 --> 00:54:27,555 Daniel said I had over 10,000 acres 755 00:54:27,847 --> 00:54:30,808 that were situated directly over an underground lake. 756 00:54:31,309 --> 00:54:32,643 Drill down a couple hundred feet, 757 00:54:32,935 --> 00:54:34,604 and there was enough water to irrigate, 758 00:54:34,896 --> 00:54:37,064 not only all of my own property, 759 00:54:37,523 --> 00:54:40,234 but about half the rest of the state as well. 760 00:54:40,526 --> 00:54:42,236 Beside that it was artesian water 761 00:54:42,528 --> 00:54:44,322 filtered through limestone. 762 00:54:44,781 --> 00:54:46,824 So I not only owned very good property 763 00:54:47,116 --> 00:54:49,160 and excellent artesian water, 764 00:54:49,452 --> 00:54:51,245 but Daniel said I also had the water rights 765 00:54:51,537 --> 00:54:53,080 to the whole area. 766 00:54:53,372 --> 00:54:55,541 And out here, that means just about everything. 767 00:54:56,959 --> 00:54:59,295 My uncle did very well writing horror films. 768 00:55:02,006 --> 00:55:05,009 (instrumental music) 769 00:55:23,402 --> 00:55:25,488 - Let me shovel a while, Barbra. 770 00:55:26,239 --> 00:55:28,407 (indistinct) 771 00:55:31,661 --> 00:55:33,287 - Okay, here you go, Margie. 772 00:55:34,330 --> 00:55:36,207 (indistinct) 773 00:55:37,750 --> 00:55:39,085 And do it like I promised. 774 00:55:39,710 --> 00:55:42,088 - Look Carol, there's nothing but wind and desert out there. 775 00:55:42,380 --> 00:55:44,507 You own 10,000 miles of wind and desert. 776 00:55:44,799 --> 00:55:46,151 Who in their right mind wants all, 777 00:55:46,175 --> 00:55:48,636 nothing but 10,000 miles of wind in desert? 778 00:55:48,928 --> 00:55:50,155 Desert girl, I thought you got out... 779 00:55:50,179 --> 00:55:51,179 - Desert my foot. 780 00:55:51,347 --> 00:55:53,391 Daniel told me about the lake that's under here. 781 00:55:53,683 --> 00:55:55,434 And the water rights that I own to it. 782 00:55:55,726 --> 00:55:56,227 - He did? 783 00:55:56,519 --> 00:55:57,519 - Yes he did. 784 00:55:59,897 --> 00:56:02,483 - Well, wait a minute, we can forget about that for a second. 785 00:56:02,775 --> 00:56:04,151 There must be 10,000 other reasons 786 00:56:04,443 --> 00:56:05,778 that you don't want this ranch. 787 00:56:07,238 --> 00:56:08,322 Look at that corral. 788 00:56:08,656 --> 00:56:09,740 Look at the corral! 789 00:56:11,659 --> 00:56:13,327 Ain't a horse in the corral. 790 00:56:13,786 --> 00:56:15,586 And even if you did put horses in that corral, 791 00:56:15,872 --> 00:56:16,912 they'd just die out there. 792 00:56:17,123 --> 00:56:18,123 You know that. 793 00:56:18,165 --> 00:56:19,165 It's too hot. 794 00:56:19,417 --> 00:56:21,460 You can't put horses out there. 795 00:56:21,752 --> 00:56:23,713 - I'm not gonna sell the ranch! 796 00:56:24,881 --> 00:56:25,881 (instrumental music) 797 00:56:30,011 --> 00:56:31,011 - Look, that water tower, 798 00:56:31,137 --> 00:56:32,322 you're gonna walk under it someday 799 00:56:32,346 --> 00:56:33,699 and it's just gonna fall down on you. 800 00:56:33,723 --> 00:56:35,325 Hit you on the head, splatter you all over. 801 00:56:35,349 --> 00:56:35,725 You're gonna die. 802 00:56:36,017 --> 00:56:36,642 You want that to happen? 803 00:56:37,018 --> 00:56:37,643 Sell me the ranch. 804 00:56:37,935 --> 00:56:38,935 I want the ranch, Carol. 805 00:56:39,103 --> 00:56:40,743 - Is that a threat about the water tower? 806 00:56:40,980 --> 00:56:42,499 - It's no threat, I just wanna buy the ranch. 807 00:56:42,523 --> 00:56:43,065 Come on, I'm serious. 808 00:56:43,357 --> 00:56:44,357 - Forget it. 809 00:56:45,276 --> 00:56:45,610 - Look, I wanna... 810 00:56:45,902 --> 00:56:46,902 - Get off me! 811 00:56:46,944 --> 00:56:48,988 (indistinct shouting) 812 00:56:50,197 --> 00:56:52,283 (upbeat instrumental music) 813 00:56:57,955 --> 00:56:59,832 Oh come on and stop it. 814 00:57:00,374 --> 00:57:02,543 (upbeat instrumental music) 815 00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:05,546 Come on, break it up. 816 00:57:06,172 --> 00:57:07,924 (upbeat instrumental music) 817 00:57:08,758 --> 00:57:10,718 Daniel, come on, stop it! 818 00:57:20,186 --> 00:57:21,186 Stop it! 819 00:57:23,898 --> 00:57:25,149 Come on, Daniel. 820 00:57:25,733 --> 00:57:27,944 (upbeat instrumental music) 821 00:57:33,449 --> 00:57:36,160 - Margie, we don't want sand on your feet 822 00:57:36,786 --> 00:57:38,871 so move a little bit. 823 00:57:40,539 --> 00:57:42,500 (upbeat instrumental music) 824 00:57:47,171 --> 00:57:49,548 - Daniel, come on, stop it. 825 00:57:50,299 --> 00:57:52,176 (upbeat instrumental music) 826 00:57:56,764 --> 00:57:57,764 Stop! 827 00:57:58,683 --> 00:57:59,683 Stop it! 828 00:58:01,310 --> 00:58:03,396 - Shovel, in. 829 00:58:05,564 --> 00:58:07,316 - All right, I said stop it! 830 00:58:09,694 --> 00:58:11,487 (upbeat instrumental music) 831 00:58:23,416 --> 00:58:24,416 Stop it. 832 00:58:27,545 --> 00:58:28,545 Stop it! 833 00:58:30,464 --> 00:58:31,465 Come on, now. 834 00:58:33,676 --> 00:58:34,385 - Get off me, buddy! 835 00:58:34,677 --> 00:58:35,677 Get off me! 836 00:58:38,264 --> 00:58:39,932 - Daniel, stop. 837 00:58:40,224 --> 00:58:41,224 That's enough. 838 00:58:45,438 --> 00:58:47,148 When I say stop it, I mean stop it. 839 00:58:50,026 --> 00:58:51,110 Now git. 840 00:58:52,278 --> 00:58:53,446 Just get out of here. 841 00:58:54,405 --> 00:58:57,241 Go on, get outta here, damn it, get out! 842 00:59:02,872 --> 00:59:04,331 - Where's my hat? 843 00:59:05,416 --> 00:59:07,752 (upbeat instrumental music) 844 00:59:11,213 --> 00:59:12,298 Carol. 845 00:59:15,426 --> 00:59:16,426 Carol! 846 00:59:17,219 --> 00:59:19,013 - Just get off the ranch. 847 00:59:19,472 --> 00:59:20,598 - You're gonna sell. 848 00:59:20,890 --> 00:59:21,307 You're gonna sell it. 849 00:59:21,599 --> 00:59:23,184 - Get out, I don't wanna see you again. 850 00:59:25,770 --> 00:59:29,356 (upbeat instrumental music) 851 00:59:46,207 --> 00:59:49,543 (indistinct chatter) 852 00:59:50,461 --> 00:59:52,797 The next day in order to forget the terrible scene 853 00:59:53,089 --> 00:59:54,590 with Tim Foster, 854 00:59:54,882 --> 00:59:56,509 I took the kids down to the county line 855 00:59:56,801 --> 00:59:58,761 to see the rodeo again. 856 00:59:59,053 --> 01:00:01,597 All I wanted to do was to forget Mr. Foster. 857 01:00:02,890 --> 01:00:05,226 Somehow that man did seem to belong with everyone else 858 01:00:05,518 --> 01:00:06,519 I'd come to meet. 859 01:00:07,561 --> 01:00:10,356 (indistinct chatter) 860 01:00:11,857 --> 01:00:14,360 (upbeat music) 861 01:00:30,709 --> 01:00:37,424 I Life is meant for you to live & 862 01:00:37,716 --> 01:00:45,141 3 But all you get is what you give { 863 01:00:45,432 --> 01:00:52,148 3 Within your mind you hold the key 864 01:00:52,731 --> 01:00:59,989 3 To be whatever you dream { 865 01:01:00,281 --> 01:01:03,742 J The road is long and hard and slow & 866 01:01:04,034 --> 01:01:07,830 J They'll try to beat you down, I know [ 867 01:01:08,122 --> 01:01:11,584 I Butdontgnein? 868 01:01:11,876 --> 01:01:19,800 I 'Cause if you believe you can be anything that you dare & 869 01:01:20,301 --> 01:01:27,725 I All the good that ever was & 870 01:01:28,017 --> 01:01:35,566 7 Begun with a dream that a man has dreamed alone { 871 01:01:36,233 --> 01:01:38,736 (upbeat music) 872 01:01:58,339 --> 01:02:01,967 I A vision of a better day & 873 01:02:02,259 --> 01:02:06,055 I A time when love becomes the way [ 874 01:02:06,347 --> 01:02:09,892 J When man are free & 875 01:02:10,184 --> 01:02:17,733 3 And war is a mystery and brotherhood finally is real I 876 01:02:18,192 --> 01:02:22,154 ? So dream your dream J 877 01:02:22,446 --> 01:02:25,824 J And see it through I 878 01:02:26,116 --> 01:02:29,828 7 There's nothing that you can't accomplish 879 01:02:30,120 --> 01:02:33,707 J If you will believe you can do it & 880 01:02:33,999 --> 01:02:41,999 3 For anything's possible if you dare to dream { 881 01:02:45,886 --> 01:02:48,389 (upbeat music) 882 01:03:01,527 --> 01:03:03,279 As we were leaving the rodeo, 883 01:03:03,570 --> 01:03:07,199 Tim came by with a half-hearted attempt to apologize. 884 01:03:08,075 --> 01:03:09,868 I just said the whole scene was too heavy 885 01:03:10,160 --> 01:03:11,996 and I just wanted to pass. 886 01:03:14,748 --> 01:03:17,334 (wind whirling) 887 01:03:22,339 --> 01:03:25,175 (Daniel whistling) 888 01:03:30,014 --> 01:03:31,014 - Arg! 889 01:03:33,559 --> 01:03:34,643 (glass breaking) 890 01:03:36,395 --> 01:03:37,395 - Daniel? 891 01:03:38,939 --> 01:03:41,358 (tense music) 892 01:03:47,740 --> 01:03:48,740 Daniel? 893 01:03:49,450 --> 01:03:51,660 (tense music) 894 01:03:54,913 --> 01:03:57,666 (Daniel groaning) 895 01:04:01,712 --> 01:04:02,796 Daniel? 896 01:04:11,221 --> 01:04:12,473 (Daniel groaning) 897 01:04:17,895 --> 01:04:20,272 (tense music) 898 01:04:59,937 --> 01:05:02,856 (footsteps tapping) 899 01:05:22,084 --> 01:05:24,503 (tense music) 900 01:05:38,559 --> 01:05:41,145 (wind whirling) 901 01:06:02,416 --> 01:06:04,835 (tense music) 902 01:06:15,262 --> 01:06:16,388 Daniel? 903 01:06:22,394 --> 01:06:23,394 - Arg! 904 01:06:26,106 --> 01:06:28,901 - Arg! - Daniel! Daniel! 905 01:06:31,111 --> 01:06:32,111 - Arg! 906 01:06:33,405 --> 01:06:34,405 - Daniel! 907 01:06:36,742 --> 01:06:37,784 (both men growling) 908 01:06:41,246 --> 01:06:43,665 (tense music) 909 01:07:32,422 --> 01:07:34,007 - Daniel, no! 910 01:07:34,299 --> 01:07:35,299 - Ah! 911 01:07:37,010 --> 01:07:39,429 (tense music) 912 01:07:51,024 --> 01:07:54,653 - That's not The Chooper, he's not 150-years-old, 913 01:07:54,945 --> 01:07:56,029 that's Tim Foster. 914 01:07:56,697 --> 01:07:58,657 He's just trying to scare you off your ranch. 915 01:07:59,199 --> 01:08:01,159 Don't let anybody ever tell you different. 916 01:08:01,451 --> 01:08:02,811 Do don't ever go in that old house 917 01:08:02,953 --> 01:08:04,413 or The Chooper will get you. 918 01:08:12,212 --> 01:08:14,715 (dramatic music) 919 01:08:23,682 --> 01:08:24,682 - Tim is dead. 920 01:08:25,767 --> 01:08:26,767 Daniel's dead. 921 01:08:28,520 --> 01:08:30,814 I don't know what I'm going to do. 922 01:08:32,566 --> 01:08:36,528 Oh well, I think I'll just worry about it tomorrow. 923 01:08:38,530 --> 01:08:40,616 That's if tomorrow ever comes. 924 01:08:45,996 --> 01:08:48,415 (theme music)