How to Make a Monster Page #2

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HAS BEEN MY HOME

FOR 25 YEARS!

NOW THAT YOU'VE

THROWN ME OUT,

DON'T TRY

TO SOFTEN THE BLOW

WITH A FEW:

CHEAP DOLLARS.

I'LL LEAVE

WHEN THIS PICTURE

IS FINISHED SHOOTING.

OK, IF THAT'S

THE WAY YOU FEEL.

YOU TURNED DOWN MONEY.

MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN LIVING

TOO LONG WITH MONSTERS.

SOMETIMES I FIND THEM

BETTER COMPANY:

THAN HUMANS.

PETE, WHAT ARE WE

GOING TO DO?

I DON'T KNOW YET.

BUT ONE THING I DO

KNOW FOR SURE--

THEY'RE WRONG,

AND I'M RIGHT!

I'D STAKE MY

VERY LIFE ON THAT.

AND BEFORE:

I LEAVE THIS LOT,

I INTEND TO PROVE

THAT I'M RIGHT.

WEREWOLF.

FRANKENSTEIN.

THEY WANT TO PU AN END TO US.

THEY SAY:

WE'RE THROUGH.

THERE'S GRATITUDE.

DON'T THEY REALIZE

THAT THE MONSTERS

I CREATED,

FROM MY FIRST:

PREHISTORIC MAN:

THROUGH THE SPACE

MAN OF THE FUTURE...

WHY, ALL THESE PAID

FOR THIS STUDIO--

MADE THE OWNERS:

RICH AND FAMOUS.

AND NOW THEY SAY

IT'S OVER.

BUT IT ISN'T OVER.

I'LL DESTROY

THIS STUDIO,

SEE IT GO UP:

IN FLAMES BEFORE I--

NO.

NO, I'LL DESTROY

THEM FIRST.

AND I'LL USE

THE VERY MONSTERS

THEY MOCKED:

TO BRING THEM:

TO AN END.

Man:
PETE?

HUH?

I HEARD VOICES.

ONLY MINE.

YOU WERE TALKING

TO YOURSELF?

NOT ENTIRELY.

I WAS REASSURING

MY CHILDREN:

THAT I WON'T

LET THEM PERISH...

THAT I'M GONNA

STOP THESE MEN:

FROM DESTROYING US.

BUT HOW?

I'LL SHOW YOU.

Pete:
THOSE FOOLS.

THEY THINK A MONSTER

IS JUST PUT TOGETHER

WITH GLUE, HAIR,

PUTTY, FOAM RUBBER.

THEY DON'T REALIZE

THAT A MONSTER,

EVEN ON THE SCREEN,

IS HUMAN AND MUST BE

INFUSED WITH A SPIRIT

BY HIS CREATOR.

WHY, IF I DIDN'T

BELIEVE IN MY CREATIONS,

THEY WOULDN'T

BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES.

THAT'S WHY THEY

CAN THROW FEAR:

INTO THE HEARTS:

OF SPECTATORS.

PETE, WHAT ARE YOU

PUTTING INTO THAT?

I'M BLENDING

A NEW INGREDIENT

FOR THE FOUNDATION CREAM.

IT'S MY OWN DISCOVERY.

IF THEY KNEW HOW MANY

LONG HOURS:

I EXPERIMENTED WITH

DIFFERENT CHEMICAL AGENTS

TO GET BETTER RESULTS...

DO YOU REMEMBER:

THE TIME:

I ACCIDENTALLY:

ADDED NOVOCAINE?

OF COURSE.

JAMES DUNCAN,

PREHISTORIC MAN.

COULDN'T REMEMBER

HIS LINES.

NO. NOT UNTIL

I RELEASED HIM.

WHEN I ORDERED HIM

UNDER HYPNOSIS:

TO REMEMBER, HE DID.

AND I'LL DO THE SAME

WITH THESE YOUNG MEN.

AS I SEE FIT, I'LL ORDER

THEM WHAT TO REMEMBER

AND WHAT TO FORGET.

YOU MUSTN'T

TRY THAT.

WHY NOT?

WHY, IT'S DANGEROUS!

DANGEROUS? WHY, WE'RE

FIGHTING FOR OUR LIVES.

NOW...

THIS ENTERS:

INTO THE PORES:

AND PARALYZES THE WILL.

IT'LL HAVE THE SAME

EFFECT CHEMICALLY

AS A SURGICAL:

PRE-FRONTAL LOBOTOMY.

IT BLOCKS:

THE NERVE SYNAPSES,

MAKES THE SUBJECT PASSIVE,

OBEDIENT TO MY WILL.

WELL, ALL QUIET,

EXCEPT FOR A LIGHT

IN OLD PETE'S

MAKE-UP ROOM.

WHEN HE'S ON A JOB,

HE PRACTICALLY:

LIVES HERE.

YEAH, I KNOW.

HE'S MARRIED

TO HIS CAREER.

THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL

ABOUT MY WORK,

BUT WHAT CHANCES

DO I GET?

NOW, DON'T KNOCK IT.

YOU GOT A NICE,

EASY JOB.

THE ONLY HOODLUMS

YOU RUN INTO:

ARE THE BIT PLAYERS.

WE'RE STRICTLY

LAW AND ORDER MEN.

NOTHING EVER HAPPENS

ON THE LOTS TO SHIFT.

THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

JUST HIGH-CLASS WATCHMEN.

LOOK, MONAHAN,

YOU WANT ACTION?

JOIN THE COMMANDOS.

NAH.

WHAT DO YOU SAY,

PETER?

SIT DOWN, MY BOY.

A BUTCH AND:

A MASSAGE, PETE.

WELL, I'M GLAD TO SEE

YOU'RE IN A CHEERFUL MOOD.

BOY, YOU'RE NOT.

YOU LOOK BUGGED.

HOW WOULD YOU FEEL

IF SOMEONE PRONOUNCED

A DEATH SENTENCE?

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

YEAH,

YOU SHOULD BE, TOO.

IT'S NOT LONGER

ANY SECRET.

THE NEW OWNERS:

OF THE STUDIO:

HAVE DECREED:

NO MORE MONSTERS.

MY JOB IS DONE.

MY CAREER IS OVER.

WELL, ACTUALLY,

THAT'S NOT TOO BAD FOR ME.

I'VE HAD MY DAYS

OF GLORY AND TRIUMPH.

I SUPPOSE:

I'M AN OLD MAN

WHO SHOULD BE ABLE

TO FACE THE END.

BUT THIS ALSO MEANS

THAT YOUR CAREER

IS OVER, TOO.

I THOUGHT THAT WAS

JUST--JUST A RUMOR.

IT'S AN ORDER.

ONE ORDER CAN DESTROY

BOTH OF US.

TOUGH.

I GUESS MY AGENT CAN

GET ME ANOTHER PART.

I DON'T WANT TO

DISCOURAGE YOU, MY BOY,

BUT I KNOW THIS TOWN,

THIS INDUSTRY.

I'VE GIVEN MY LIFE TO IT.

THE FIRST QUESTION

A CASTING DIRECTOR ASKS IS,

"WHAT WAS

YOUR LAST PART?"

WELL, IN YOUR CASE,

THE ANSWER:

WOULD HAVE TO BE

WEREWOLF IN:

WEREWOLF MEETS FRANKENSTEIN.

YEAH.

I CAN HEAR:

THE CASTING DIRECTOR

AS IF HE WERE IN

THIS VERY ROOM.

"SORRY, NOTHING

IN THIS PICTURE.

"BUT SEE ME WHEN

THE MONSTER CYCLE

COMES AROUND AGAIN."

OH, I BEGIN

TO READ YOU.

DON'T FORGET, LARRY--

THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE

SEEN YOU, YOUR FANS,

DON'T KNOW

YOUR REAL FACE.

THE ONLY HOPE YOU HAVE

FOR A FUTURE IS HERE.

I GUESS:

YOU'RE RIGHT, PETE.

OH, I KNOW I'M RIGHT.

WELL,

WHAT CAN WE DO?

I LIKE THAT QUESTION.

AT LEAST YOU'RE INTERESTED

IN SAVING YOUR CAREER.

I AM!

WELL...

IF YOU'LL SORT OF PLACE

YOURSELF IN MY HANDS,

PERHAPS WE CAN MAKE THEM

CHANGE THEIR MINDS.

GO AHEAD, PETE.

I'M WITH YOU.

LARRY, THIS

FOUNDATION CREAM

HAS A NEW:

FIRMING AGENT IN IT.

SOMETHING:

THAT I PERFECTED.

SO DON'T WORRY IF YOU

FEEL YOUR SKIN TIGHTENING.

DON'T WORRY IF

IT MAKES YOU FEEL--

IT DOES FEEL:

KIND OF COOL.

REMEMBER, MY BOY,

IT'S IN YOUR

BEST INTERESTS.

DO EXACTLY:

AS I INSTRUCT YOU.

YOU WILL PLAY YOUR SCENE

WELL TODAY.

BUT AFTER YOU'VE

COMPLETED IT...

INSTEAD OF COMING

BACK HERE...

THIS IS WHAT:

I WANT YOU TO DO.

[BIG BAND MUSIC PLAYING]

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS,

BANKS.

THE RUSHES ARE FINE.

YOU WERE RIGHT.

THIS MUSICAL IS GOING

TO BE A BIG HIT.

I LIKE THE WAY YOU'RE

HANDLING THIS PRODUCTION.

THANKS, JOHN.

EVERYTHING ON THE SET'S

COMING ALONG JUST GREAT.

I'LL SEE YOU IN

THE MORNING. GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT.

WELL, I MIGHT AS WELL

SEE YESTERDAY'S RUSHES

ON THE WEREWOLF:

AND FRANKENSTEIN PICTURE.

WITHOUT ME,

IF YOU DON'T MIND, JOHN.

MAYBE YOU'VE GOT

A SECRET YEN FOR

MONSTERS, BUT NOT ME.

I THINK:

THEY SCARE YOU,

AND YOU'RE TOO CHICKEN

TO ADMIT IT.

SO YOU GUESSED:

MY SECRET, HUH?

WELL, IT'S PART

OF MY RESPONSIBILITY,

SO I'M GOING

TO SEE THEM.

WELL, HAVE YOURSELF

A NIGHTMARE.

ALL RIGHT, I'M READY.

YOU CAN RUN THE RUSHES

ON PRODUCTION 204.

Man:
SCENE 136, TAKE 2.

Second Man:
ACTION.

[GROWLING]

[GRUNTING]

[SNARLING]

[GROWLING]

NOW, YOU'RE SURE,

MY BOY,

NOBODY SAW YOU?

AND YOU DID EXACTLY

AS I TOLD YOU?

AND YOU CAME BACK

EXACTLY AS I SAID?

GOOD.

YOU'LL FORGET THIS

AFTER I WAKE YOU UP.

YOU WON'T REMEMBER

A THING AFTERWARDS.

YOU--

PETE? ARE YOU SURE

THERE'S NO DANGER

OF US GETTING:

CAUGHT?

JUST WASH THESE.

NOW WAKE UP, MY BOY.

WAKE UP!

NOW, HERE HE IS, DOC.

SEE WHAT YOU CAN GET.

TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW

ABOUT ALL THIS.

DON'T LEAVE

ANYTHING OUT.

I ALREADY TOLD YOU.

I RAN THE RUSHES

FOR HIM:

ON 3 PICTURES.

WHAT TIME?

BEGINNING:

AT ABOUT 8:
00.

THAT'S WHEN HE

RESERVED THE ROOM.

DID YOU SEE ANYTHING?

HEAR ANYTHING?

ALL I COULD SEE:

WAS ON THE SCREEN.

ALL I COULD HEAR

CAME FROM:

THE SOUNDTRACK.

ESPECIALLY:

THE LAST ONE--

2 MONSTERS BEATING

EACH OTHER'S BRAINS IN.

AND THEN?

WHEN THE PICTURE

WAS FINISHED,

I PUT THE HOUSE:

LIGHTS UP.

THEN I PUT THE FILM

BACK IN THE CAN,

AND I WENT HOME.

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