The Howling Page #3

Tattoo? I don't remember one on him

when he came in.

The coroner...

The coroner said

that he had one on his shoulder.

Some kind of animal head, right there.

I don't get many of you TV people in here.

Mostly it's the newspaper guys

who like to come in, look at the meat.

I don't know how you can stand it.

Doesn't bother me.

Want to unwrap him, Ross?

Let's see, Quist is still with the John Does.

We haven't had time to re-file him.

Only thing that freaked me out

since working here...

is the night old Stu Walker came in.

The guy who worked here.

I say goodnight to him at the shift change...

a couple hours go by, then we get a delivery

from the Oceanside unit.

I unzip the bag.

There's old Stu, smiling up at me,

leaking sea water out his ears.

Visitors, Eddie!

Where is he?

He was here this morning.

God! Look at the door.

You don't suppose somebody

could have stolen him, do you?

He didn't get up and walk out on his own.

There're cows around here?

Charlie Barton's got a couple of acres

of pasture just down the hill.

They don't sound right.

I'm not really sure

how cows are supposed to sound.

Not like that.

Jerry's got a rifle, doesn't he?

Haven't you done assertiveness training?

Before I hooked into Doc, I did it all.

I did EST, TM, Scientology...

iridology, primal screamers.

I don't know. I figure

another five years of real hard work...

and maybe I'll be a human being.

I don't see nothing.

I didn't hear anything so funny anyway.

- Oh, Jesus!

- Christ!

- Now what?

- What's wrong?

- Great!

- What's wrong?

- What's wrong?

- Let me look at it. Let me see.

Here. I can tell about batteries.

God, Donna. Now we're stuck out here

in the middle of Timbuktu someplace!

- Watch that gun.

- God!

Sorry to scare you, ma'am.

I thought you was a cowjacker.

There's another one back up yonder,

tore up the same way.

- You know what did it?

- It ain't a coyote, that's a cinch.

You girls all right?

Nothing like a quiet week in the country.

A little straighter.

All right, now the quick shot again.

Think fast.

You have potential, Bill.

I think you're ready for your bullets.

Don't you guys usually use a dog

in this kind of hunt?

Usually. But these clowns

would shoot all of them.

Besides, who needs dogs? We got T.C.

That boy's part bloodhound.

I still think it was UFOs,

them cattle mutilations.

Good, Erle. You watch the skies for us now.

That'll be your job.

- I want to talk to you.

- I thought you had a session.

I do. But I don't want you to go do this,

not just for my sake.

Are you kidding?

- I've never been on a wolf hunt before.

- This is a wolf hunt, not a coot show.

The boys are calling me.

Do you see the boys?

What happened then, Karen?

I hear something else.

Somebody else is breathing,

he's in there with me.

It's Eddie, and he closes the door.

And he puts a quarter into the slot.

And the movie starts.

And then he whispers something to me.

He whispers something to me,

and then he tells me...

I can finally turn around and look at him.

Turn around, Karen.

What do you see?

What's there, Karen?

- What do you see?

- What's there?

- I can't see him.

- Just try. He's right there.

- What do you see?

- What's there?

I can't see him! I can't.

Okay. That's far enough for now.

I'm sorry.

I got him. First shot.

And he said he wasn't no hunter.

We get 'em all:

sun worshippers,

moon worshippers, Satanists.

The Manson people

used to hang around here and shoplift.

Bunch of deadbeats.

Do you know of any groups

that are into stealing corpses?

Body snatching?

If you want to read about it, I've got a book.

Slide me down.

Hold it.

You name it, I've got the book.

"A number of young women

were killed in the next month...

"their bodies exhibiting signs

of animal attack."

What's that?

Warlocks, Werewolves and Demons.

If you're going to purchase, purchase.

If not, leave them. You'll get them greasy.

We'll find out if any of Eddie's killings

were on a full moon.

That's a lot of Hollywood baloney.

Your classic werewolf can change shape

any time it wants, day or night.

That's why they're called shape-shifters.

I've got a dozen books on it.

- What about killing it with silver bullets?

- Sure, silver bullets or fire.

It's the only way to get rid of them.

They're worse than cockroaches.

They come back from the dead

if you don't kill them right.

Plus, they regenerate.

Cut off an arm or leg,

stick a knife in the heart. Nothing.

They look dead,

but three days later, they're as good as new.

- Do you believe in this?

- What am I, an idiot?

I'm making a buck here.

You want books, I got books.

I got chicken blood, I got dog embryos,

black candles, wolfsbane.

Look at this, silver bullets.

Some joker ordered them.

.30-06. Never picked them up.

I take BankAmericard,

American Express, Visa.

- You gonna buy that or what?

- Yeah, these two.

- There's some incredible old pictures here.

- That's a good book.

Did you see any wolves?

Nope. Just lots of rabbits.

- What do you do with these things?

- Eat 'em.

My sister will cook it up for you, if you want.

No, I try to stay away from meat.

Your wife might like it.

You kill something you don't eat.

Now, that's a sin.

I never thought of it like that.

Our place is just over there.

My sister would be glad

to cook it up for you.

Are you sure?

Marsha just loves to cook.

Are you sure?

How long will it take?

I'll cook it later.

It happened so fast

that I didn't even see what it was.

- Jesus, Doc, is that necessary?

- Can't take any chances.

God!

I want to go home.

I wouldn't advise traveling right now.

A bite like that can be pretty serious.

- Yes, that's the sign of the werewolf.

- That's just a legend though, isn't it?

Yes, but like most legends,

it must have some basis in fact.

Probably an ancient explanation

of the dual personality in each of us.

How does it go?

"Even a man pure in heart

and says his prayers by night...

"may become a wolf

when the wolfsbane blooms...

"and the autumn moon is bright."

You're reading. I'll get it.

- Who's calling at 11:30?

- It's my phone, I'll get it.

I'll get it.

- You want me to get it?

- You get it!

No, we're still up.

What?

You're kidding me.

No, listen, we'll come right up, okay?

We'll be right up. Just calm down.

Okay. Bye-bye.

What is it?

Bill just got bitten by a wolf.

... whoever is bitten

by a werewolf and lives...

becomes a werewolf himself.

Come on, Terry, it's only a movie.

You go on ahead and I'll be up as soon as

I pitch the special to the old man.

Relax, will you?

It was probably just some stray dog.

- Hello, good friend.

- Hello.

How are you?

Are you okay?

I don't know what her last name is.

Donna calls her Marsha the Man-Eater.

And she lives in this shack...

with these furry little animals

hanging from the rafters.

You think she's trying

to make the move on Bill?

I don't know. It's just a feeling.

I sound paranoid, don't I?

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