Howling IV: The Original Nightmare Page #3

-Yeah, what is it?

-Maybe it's Marie's dog.

It sounds like it's hurt.

I'm going to check it out.

[GROWLING]

[GROWLING]

-John!

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING]

[RIFLE SHOT]

-Boil the water, honey.

The man done brung home the bacon.

I picked this up while I was in LA.

I thought it might make you feel a little bit safer.

All right.

All right, I-- I promise.

Tomorrow night I shoot a chicken instead.

-Tomorrow night, let's go out for dinner.

-Ha, ha, ha, ha.

[HOWLING]

-Did you hear that, Richard?

Richard, you heard that, didn't you?

-Yeah.

I heard it, but it was prob--

-No, no.

No buts, Richard.

You heard that.

You see?

I told you I didn't imagine it.

Marie, it was probably a coyote.

Maybe he's in heat.

You coming up?

-I'm just gonna finish the dishes first.

-Now I know why they invented paper plates.

-I'll be up in a minute.

Sister Ruth?

Sister Ruth?

-Don't hurt them!

Don't hurt them!

[GROWLING]

-Hey, Richard?

You think you could make this your last trip to LA?

I don't know what they expect from you.

I-- you've practically done the whole job already.

-I know, Marie.

But if that's what it takes, that's

what it-- that's what it takes.

Look, Marie, if I get this job, it jumps me

into a whole new league, and then

they're going to be coming to see me.

-I know.

-Look, I'm sorry.

Tell your friend Janice, I-- I don't mean to be rude.

I gotta go.

-I know.

OK, I'll see you this afternoon, all right?

-You bet.

-I love you.

-Yeah.

All right, wish me luck.

-Good luck.

-Bye.

-Bye.

I saw Sister Ruth last night.

-What?

-I know this gonna sound crazy.

Maybe it is, but I saw her here.

And the expression on her face was like something horrible

was happening right here in my living room,

like-- I don't know what.

I told you, I have quite an imagination.

And there's something else too.

These hikers I met yesterday told me about the bell tower

in Drago.

Didn't you say something about Sister Ruth

and the sound of bells?

The bell is original from Europe.

16th century.

-Let's take a look.

-Uh, nothing to see down there.

It's dangerous.

Fire hazard.

It's been condemned.

The whole place is infested with termites.

-What was it for?

-Oh, fire alarm.

They'd ring that bell when there was a fire,

and everybody would come running.

A sight you wouldn't believe.

Well, come on, girls.

You'll get yourselves hurt down there.

-Who's that?

-That was Mrs. Ormstead.

She owns the general store there.

She's really nice.

Stop.

Hey, wait a minute.

Where are you taking that camper?

-County impound.

It's an abandoned vehicle.

-No, it's not.

It belongs to some friends of mine.

-Ma'am, we found it out in the forest road.

Sheriff told me to haul it out of here,

and that's what I'm a-doing.

-Where's the sheriff.

SHERIFF (OFFSCREEN): You have a problem, ma'am?

-That camper there, I know who owns it.

-That's good, because no one else does.

It's got no license plates, no papers.

It was found up in the woods.

Probably been there a week now.

-No, no, no.

This couple I met yesterday, it's theirs.

-Well, then, your friends ain't got much respect

for their own property, because in this territory,

we call it an abandoned vehicle.

Now, excuse me, ma'am, I got a lot of work to do.

Move it on out.

-What was all that about?

-Remember that couple I told you I met yesterday?

They said they had a Chevy camper.

-Without license plates?

-Something's happened to them, I know it.

OK, look, you just hang out here, OK?

And warn me if anybody comes around.

-Marie!

Marie!

Sheriff.

Did you find anything?

-New York license plates.

That camper did belong to my friends.

I told Paula to see the doctor here.

Let's see if she did.

-Oh no.

No your couple came by here.

Perhaps they hitched a lift to Twin Forks Hospital.

-Thanks for your help, doctor.

-I'm sorry I couldn't do more.

-Doctor, about a year ago, you treated a nun.

Her name was Sister Ruth.

The sheriff said you might be able to give us

some information about her?

-Yes.

Sister Ruth.

Terrible.

Terrible thing.

She was found wandering in the woods, near catatonic.

-In the woods?

Hm.

The sheriff said she was found at my place,

at Wilderness Cottage.

-Now, as I recall, the sheriff found her in the woods.

-Janice was a very close friend of hers,

and I was reading about her case-- me

being a writer and everything.

-Oh, of course.

You're our visiting celebrity author.

Well, if I can be of any more help,

don't hesitate to stop by.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

Why did you mention Wilderness Cottage?

Is it because you saw Sister Ruth there?

-Yeah, somehow Ruth and the cottage are connected.

[PHONE RINGING]

-Yeah, hello?

MARIE (OFFSCREEN): Hello, Tom?

Hi, it's Marie.

Tom, can you do me a favor?

I'm working on a real mystery here.

We'll talk about my health another time, OK?

Just listen to me.

You know that little friend of yours in the DA's office?

If I give you a New York license number,

could you find out whether it belongs

to a John Simmons or Paula Johnson?

-Sure.

-Did Sister Ruth say anything when

you saw her in the hospital?

-I couldn't make any sense out of what she was saying.

I barely recognized her.

The only thing she said was-- well,

it sounded like, we are all in fear.

I don't know what terrified her so.

But the devil must have touched her.

Because after that, she-- never became normal again.

-When you found her in the hospital,

did they say whether or not they found her in the woods

or in the cottage?

-That I can't remember.

-Marie things she might have been in the cottage

she's renting.

-Well, that I don't know.

I remember she was suffering from an exposure in parts.

Maybe she was in the woods and sought refuge in your cottage.

-Father, there's no church in Drago.

Your parish here in Twin Forks must be the closest one.

Do any of them ever come here to your services?

-No.

-Isn't that unusual?

-It is strange.

But the people from Drago are a community unto themselves.

They have been for as long as I remember.

Well, I'm here if you need me.

God be with you.

-Are you gonna tell Richard what we're doing?

-What, are you kidding?

He thinks I'm on the edge already.

[HOWLING]

-Richard.

[SCREAMING]

-Richard, they've killed them.

They've killed them.

I swear.

-Marie.

Marie!

Marie.

It was a dream, Marie.

A bad dream.

All right, let's do it like I said.

-OK.

-Squeeze it up right in your arm like that.

Look through the sight.

-Got it.

-Give it a shot.

Ah!

Damn.

-OK, now line it up with the thing right in your shoulder,

and you look right through the sight--

-Hand of God, I guess.

MARIE (OFFSCREEN): I guess.

-I'd love to be able to live in a place like this.

How did you find it?

-I lucked out.

I ran into the developer that owns the place-- funny guy.

I guess it's been empty for about a year.

February, I think.

-Did he say who lived in it before?

-Some old couple.

Why?

What are you two up to?

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