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(eerie electronic music)
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- [Carol] There is a
legend about this valley.
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A tale carried across the winds of time,
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a legend strange and sinister,
The Legend of the Chooper.
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A long time ago, a pioneering
family named Walton
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settled these lands and built this house.
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One evening, Ed Walton heard
somebody sneaking around
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outside and fired his rifle into darkness.
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He heard a scream, and then
nothing but silence and the wind.
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Walton investigated the
darkness and found a body,
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that of a little boy, the
son of an Indian chief.
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When the chief learned of his
son's death, he vowed revenge.
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The medicine man placed a
curse on the Walton family,
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calling upon the dark powers
of their God of vengeance,
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The Chooper.
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Within two days, neighbors
found the hideously slain bodies
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of the entire Walton family.
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But since that time, so long ago,
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others had been murdered in the old house.
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For the legend says
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whoever stays within the
cursed walls of the house
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shall find only monstrous
death awaiting them.
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Death at the hands of The Chooper.
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When my uncle Jim came into this property,
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he built a new ranch house,
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but because he was always
interested in history,
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he never had the old house torn down.
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Today, I can only wish that he had.
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(tense music)
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(upbeat music)
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♪ You better look out world I
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J There's a menace on the loose J
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& Women better run and hide &
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I Men prepare to defend yourself
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3 From a terror from the other side T
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s Well, here [am &
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? Baby 'm The Chooper man
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J I'm known throughout the world
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2 I'm feared both far and wide J
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J I got me the powers of darkness J
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3'Cause I sit on the devils side 7
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J Well here I am
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? Baby 'm The Chooper man
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I Well you can run to the jungle J
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J Run where you want [
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J It doesn't mean a thing to me [
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I I'm gonna find ya J
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J I'm gonna get you J
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3 Just you wait and see {
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♪ Cause here |I am &
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? Baby 'm The Chooper man
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(upbeat music)
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♪ Cause here |I am &
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? Baby 'm The Chooper man
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(upbeat music)
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(metal clanking)
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(thud)
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(footsteps approaching)
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- [Child] Daniel!
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- [Children] Daniel!
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- We wanna play.
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Hi Daniel.
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- Hi Daniel.
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- Hi kids, what's up?
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- Can we play here today?
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- Well, you know you can play
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anywhere you want to around here.
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- Except that old house.
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How come you never let us
play in that old house, Daniel?
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- I told you kids before,
stay away from that old house.
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Bad things happen in there.
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Y'all stay away, you hear?
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- What kind of bad things?
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- People get hurt, get hurt real bad.
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So y'all stay away from there
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or I can't let you play
around here anymore, promise?
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- We promise.
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- Okay.
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- Come on, Barbra lets go play.
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- I think we should play musical chairs.
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- We can't, you need three people.
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- Well we can just hum, and sit down.
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- It won't work.
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(soft music)
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- How about, sit down on the chair,
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and...
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we could go round,
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and go over and sit in the chair.
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- How do you play that game?
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- Well you just go around
the chair and sit down.
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And then the first one to sit down wins.
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- I sat done, I won.
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- No, you have to go around and hum.
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(children humming)
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(children laughing)
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- [Margie] I won. (chuckles)
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- That's not right, Margie.
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(soft music)
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(phone ringing)
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I think this is where Daniel
washes his clothes in.
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- I doubt it.
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(thud)
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- I told you kids to stay
away from this house!
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And that was your mother on the phone
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and she wants you home now!
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Come on!
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Keep going!
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(upbeat tense music)
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If you wanna play around here anymore,
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stay away from this house!
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(bucket clunking)
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- I think Daniel's mad.
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(upbeat tense music)
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(car engine roaring)
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(car door closing)
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- That's it.
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That's where we're gonna stay the night.
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- I don't know.
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- [Male] Me neither.
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(tense music)
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I heard it's supposed to be haunted.
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- There's a legend behind it.
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- What kind of ghost would
haunt a place like this?
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It's a dump.
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- [Male] I don't know.
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- It's an old Indian ghost,
it's gonna come out a night
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and it's gonna get ya.
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- It kills people?
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- Eats 'em alive.
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- And you want us to stay here tonight?
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- Sure.
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- And get ate up, and killed?
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- Sure.
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- Hey, wait man, it's a challenge.
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Man, it comes out to get us and we get it.
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Come on.
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- No.
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- Not me.
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- But you drove all the
way up here to see it.
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You wanna stay here tonight you said.
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- [Male] No, not me.
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- [Female] You guys are
nothing but chicken.
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(imitating a chicken)
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- We just got more sense, that's all.
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(upbeat music)
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- Here's your sleeping bag, honey.
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Have a lot of fun.
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- [Male in pink shirt] See you later, man.
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(door shutting)
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(car engine starting)
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(indistinct shouting)
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- Fuck you!
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(instrumental music)
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- Hey, what are you doing here?
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This is private property, now get out!
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- Hey, man, I'm gonna
spend the night here.
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- That's what you think.
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- That's right, mister.
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I heard about your ghost
and how it kills people,
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well I ain't a chicken,
not like my friends.
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I dare it to come get me.
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- Well maybe they're smart,
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now maybe you just better
get out of here fast.
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- No way, baby.
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Look, I got money, okay?
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- I can't take your
money, I'm a foreman here
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and this is private property.
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I got a responsibility to the Craig's.
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- Old man Craig's been
dead for over an year.
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How much?
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- [Daniel] I can't take that money
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besides Mr. Craig niece is coming out here
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to take over tomorrow.
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- That's tomorrow, baby.
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What about tonight?
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- [Daniel] You're dead
set on staying aren't you?
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- That's right.
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- Even if that thing does get you.
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- That's right.
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- Go ahead and stay.
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But if The Chooper comes to get you,
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well, you just deserve it.
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But I warned you, The
Chooper will get you.
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And I know it.
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- Yeah, well, we'll see, okay?
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Sure, ghost.
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(tense music)
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(footsteps clucking)
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(tense music)
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Choopers.
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If nobody's gonna stay here
with me ['ll stay here myself.
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(tense music)
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(wind whirling)
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(suspenseful music)
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(wood cracking)
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(suspenseful music)
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Daniel?
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Daniel, are you trying to scare me?
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(suspenseful music)
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Daniel?
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(wood cracking)
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(suspenseful music)
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Who's there?
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(suspenseful music)
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(mumbling)
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(suspenseful music)
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(screaming)
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(indistinct shouting)
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(screaming)
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(tense music)
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- No! I warned you!
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I told you The Chooper would get you,
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but you wouldn't listen.
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No!
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(tense music)
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(car engine roaring)
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(tense music)
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I sure am glad The Chooper
couldn't use this money,
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'cause I sure can.
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And don't look like you're
gonna be able to use it either.
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But I warned you.
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I told you that Chooper'd get you.
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This is exactly what you deserve.
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(tense music)
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- My name is Carolyn Brandt.
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Over a year ago, my uncle Jim passed away
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and left his ranch and all
the Craig property to me.
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I wrote a letter to my foreman, Daniel,
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and told him I'd be
arriving to take possession.
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He was to come and pick me up.
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I waited for over an hour for him
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and had just about given up,
when finally, he showed.
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(instrumental music)
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He explained there had been
some unexpected business
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to take care of and that
he was sorry he was late.
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It was strange retuning to
this part of the country
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after so many years.
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Everything seems so much
smaller to me, small and empty.
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Actually, I hadn't been to the ranch
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since I was a young girl.
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And hadn't seriously thought
about ever returning.
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Even after learning I
was heir to the ranch
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and all its property,
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but after suffering two unhappy marriages
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and recently some very bad experiences
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as an actress in the film business,
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making horror pictures,
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I decided to come back,
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maybe a vacation away from
it all would do me some good.
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(instrumental music)
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(car door shutting)
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- Daniel.
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(knocking on the door)
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Daniel.
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Hey, Daniel!
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(knocking on the door)
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Daniel!
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Danny boy!
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Hey, Daniel!
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Daniel?
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(car approaching)
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(car engine roaring)
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- Hey Tim, what's doin'?
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- Who's that?
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- Oh, that's old Tim Foster.
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He's been around a long time.
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He's got a place up
near the mountains here.
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(soft music)
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(footsteps approaching)
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Hey Tim, fixin' to go
to the rodeo tomorrow?
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- You're old man Craig's
niece, aren't you?
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- 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)