The Beast Within
- R
- Year:
- 1982
- 98 min
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Thank you.
Another
2 miles, he says.
The road to jackson
is just before the nioba sign.
Ahh!
Still love me?
What'll you offer?
Come here.
Oh, sh*t!
You said it wa
s before the sign, right
Well, hang on.
You all right?
Want me to help?
No.
I gotta go back to that
gas station for a tow.
Lock up anyway
I will.
I won't be long, now.
Thor.
Stay close. Go on.
Go on out! Go on, now!
Thor!
Oh!
Caroline!
Caroline!
Caroline!
Oh, god, thor.
Oh, god, caroline.
Ohh...
Mac!
Oh, my god.
Help me.
Get her over there.
Come on, hurry.
Your boy is sicker
than we know.
The iv's are the only thing
sustaining him as it is.
We're going to have
to supplement that
With a full complement
of life-Support systems,
If we're going to have
"Sustaining."
"Chance."
I don't want
my son sustained.
And i don't want any chances.
I want him cured.
Eli.
There's gotta be
something you can do.
A month ago, he was a healthy,
Perfectly all right, happy kid
There's a chemical
imbalance,
An occult malignancy
in his system.
What kind of medicine
are you practicing here, doctor?
What we have is
a pituitary gland
That has gone crazy,
out of control.
It's causing much
too rapid rate of growth.
No matter what
nourishment we give him,
It just isn't enough.
Now, i thought it might
be genetic, inherited.
But metabolic tests
that we did on both of you
Show that you're normal as pie
So unless there's
something we don't know,
Unless there's something
left out of the picture...
Eli.
No.
No. No.
Eli, please.
Atlanta or
maybe houston...
First thing
we gotta do
Is get him the hell
out of here
And someplace where they know
what they're talking about.
We can't just wish it away
We can't just go on
pretending it never happened.
17 years ago,
I was attacked
And nothing's ever
gonna change that fact
He...
He is my son.
He is my own son
and nobody else's.
Yes, he is your son.
You love him
and he loves you.
And whatever we find out
won't change that.
But michael is dying.
We can't afford not to
find out who was responsible.
You heard what
dr. Odom said:
"Something more to go on."
, that man, his background
His medical records,
may be that something more
No! No!
No.
No.
No!
No!
Aah!
No!
No-Aah!
You're leaving.
No, sweetheart
Yes, you are.
You're leaving me.
I'm just going with daddy
for a little while.
Just where we think
we can do you best.
We'll be right
back, darling.
We'll be right here.
But i'm afraid.
I'm dying.
I don't want
to be left alone.
Nobody,
Daddy,
Dr. Odom or me
Is ever gonna let
that happen to you
I'll see you
real soon, now.
You okay?
I'm fine.
Well, the fog
is rolling in.
Well...
Looks peaceful enough.
There's the courthouse
Hi.
Well, hi there,
yourself.
Um... i'd like to get
some information.
Honey, you've come
to the right place
I'm just a fount.
Yes, ma'am
. May i help you
I'd like to look through
your back issues, if i could.
Oh, why?
I'm from jackson,
the extension school.
Is that a fact
I'm writing a book
This isn't jackson
. This isn't even shreveport
There's no crime
around here,
Excepting an occasional
barn burning.
You know, strictly local
stuff to be exact.
That's exactly what
i'm looking for.
Something to give me
a feel of the area.
Well, the morgue's in the back
if you gotta feel out the area
You only got a few minutes.
It's near lunchtime.
And i don't have anybody
to mind the office
And i'm not putting
anybody on.
You help yourself,
you hear?
Judge, mayor
And sometime that
pig-Headed son of a b*tch.
What can i do for you?
The clerk outside,
mrs. Gumfrey,
Said you might be able to
help me with an assault that
Happened here about
17 years ago.
What kind of assault?
Rape.
Maybe...
It wasn't described that way.
I'm interested in
any possible
Act of violence,
Any
Memorable behavior.
I'm sorry,
i can't help you...mister?
Maccleary,
Eli maccleary.
Well, i hope
you won't hold
The peaceableness
of our little nioba
Against you,
just the same.
Thank you.
Thank you, sir
It's lunchtime.
Almost.
Hey, missy, i said
it was lunch.
Coming.
Eli!
I know.
But she ripped out
that whole front page,
All about
lionel and...
Who's that
with her?
Well, if you was
to give me odds,
I'd say it was her husband.
You didn't tell
him anything?
All right.
Oh lord, i better get ahold
of dexter and horace.
We don't want them
forgetting themselves.
We're real
sorry, ma'am.
That's why
it's a small town.
Yeah, we'll
look into it.
Thank you for calling.
Excuse me, uh...
Sheriff brand?
Pool, bill pool.
Sheriff brand
retired in '65.
Well, could you tell us
where we can find him?
He passed on in '69.
You're just a tad late.
We were hoping that sheriff
brand could tell us about
Lionel curwin's murder.
I was deputy
when it happened.
We're researching
a book,
Crime in small
town america.
What you
wanna know?
Everything.
First off, lionel curwin
was a son of a b*tch,
If you'll pardon
my french, ma'am.
Everybody was praying
he'd give out.
But nobody was praying
for the way he finally did.
What do you mean?
I mean he was
ripped to pieces.
Parts of him was eaten,
what parts was recognizable.
What did it to him
A wild animal?
An animal that'll
tear a man to pieces
And then try to
set fire to his house?
Then who?
We don't know.
Whoever it was
hasn't done it again.
It's been quiet as a graveyard
around here ever since.
Well..
Thanks anyway for
your help, sheriff
You bet.
Where is he? The maccleary
boy, where is he?
Hello?
Yes, it is.
What?
When?
Who is it?
It's dr. Odom.
Michael's missing.
Will you
let me sleep?
You have to
promise me first.
Will you
promise me?
All right.
You can
come out now.
I know
you're in here.
I know you are.
Missy, where is
that delivery boy?
What do you mean,
he's already delivered it?
I have turned this
kitchen upside down.
Missy, that boy ain't worth
the pottage you pay him.
I've turned the kitchen
upside down
And i'll be damned
if i can find
Hide nor crumb
of his order! Sh*t.
Bye-Bye.
Koko!
Come on in here,
sweetheart.
It is about time.
Well, come on.
Bring it on in, please.
Don't be dropping it.
You boys always
dropping things.
I guess you play with
yourselves too much.
Missy said no more
than $5 for the meat
And i expect her
to stand by it.
She said $5, and carry
the 2, that's 12...
All that's left
over is for you.
What kind of slave
wages is missy paying you?
You're the hungriest,
drooling somebody
I ever did see.
Sit down.
There's enough here to
feed an army, anyhow.
'Course, if we could
extend it a little.
Maybe if i crushed up
some saltines in it.
No, that's too pretty
to do that to it. I know.
Put a little of this in it
and that makes it real good.
How do you
like yours?
I like mine rare.
Makes waiting easy.
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