Curse of the Black Widow (1977) - full transcript
Tony Franciosa plays a detective who's on the trail of a murderer whose mutilated and predominantly male victims are found encased in silken cocoons. He eventually tracks the killer's path to Los Angeles, where he discovers her true identity - a woman who was bitten by black widow spiders as a child, ...but that's only the beginning of the story.
(Footsteps on a quiet city street)
What do you do huh? Forgive me, I don't like to impose.
well we didn't expect you back so soon. i seem to
be having trouble getting my car... oh well. mr chapel
yes be happy to. thank you
oh yeah oh yeah
which one's yours?
i would prefer not to drive home alone. uh
look lady i'm i'm waiting for a special person...
i uh i'm sorry but uh just
help you out with your car
now where's your car?
(Dramatic Music)
God!
(Dramatic Music)
oh my god. look at his chest... what the hell was that?
i don't know. i don't know.
what's the big secret? one of you guys
gonna let us get some pictures? no
secrets probably no pictures either. looks like
somebody gave him a hug with a pair of pickaxes
uh someone said that the higbee
was here when it happened. he's in the bar.
all right man let's get him out of here
make a break for it hey come on come
on come on man pull yourself together
we're gonna have to talk to the cops pretty soon
hey lieutenant it probably won't disturb you very
much but you're dormant you know
they're violating our civil rights
service all right carlo you're first well i uh i'm
not absolutely sure i saw anything at all you know
yeah when i saw something i
didn't know what it was but
it was moving fast as hell right up over the top
of that cliff what's something big something a
little something can you describe it no i can't i
didn't see it that well i'll tell you this gully
nobody i know could climb a cliff that high not
unless there was some kind of freako human fly
is that the best you can do for me that's
it hey carlo yeah the stefan lady uh
is valerie stefan can you describe her well yeah
i mean some fox you know dark eyes dark hair
had kind of like uh a european accent or something
you know she came on to frank right away and the
next thing you know boom hey kelly what's going
on that's not your garden-variety stiff out there
something very strange did that
be you still have the investigator's
license yeah sure you want to keep it
call him carlo yeah yeah if you
see this valerie stefan lady around
call me you got it right i got it
you mean you're not absolutely
sure that you saw something
i saw the look on your face carl i
don't want to talk about anymore right
yea though i walk through the valley of the shadow
of death i fear no evil for thou art with me thy
rod and i staff they comfort me surely goodness
and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life
and i will dwell in the house
of the lord forever amen
lee i promised all god drive up to the would you
like to come along it might be good to get away
no i don't think so because of olga i just don't
feel comfortable at what cliff since mother died
you're wrong about ogden
she really loves both of us
maybe another time all right
so
hey listen i didn't know you
girls were allowed to advertise
all
on out of there right warned you what are you
trying to do in there grow pineapple lady stay
away from that thermometer i break your stockings
doctors say i have to stay warm for my health
look at that thermostat it's a bear 85 degrees and
the sun is shining hey don't touch the thermometer
i got permission from superintendent
yeah but you don't got permission from me
there 65 just like the president said igb stick
your head in an ice cube i'm gonna get your whole
bum operation out of here one of these days
i'm gonna push that guy down the stairs decent
happiness perhaps have some caffeine oh that's
what i need you have a visitor inside no kid
really hello mr higby that's right i'm lee
lockridge i'd like to talk to you why certainly
lee lockridge well you're the girl that frank
chatham was waiting for the other night aren't you
his fiancee that's right i'm
very sorry please have a seat
oh let me get this rubbish out of the way for you
our landlady's very efficient lately ah there we
are oh incidentally would you like some coffee
no thank you what can i do for you miss lockridge
i'd like to hire you well i'm very flattered
but uh you see the police are very nervous
about this case and when they get nervous i um
think twice about getting involved mr higbee
our lieutenant [ __ ] came to see me he
asked me some very upsetting questions
but i thought they were supposed to
be concentrating on that girl that um
uh valerie steffen why are they picking
on you well first of all i don't think
they believed me when i told them
why i didn't meet frank that night
why didn't you meet him i was
driving up from san diego and
the fall got so thick i had to pull over to
the side of the road and sleep in the car
i suppose you've been reading the papers
you mean about that cruise a few years ago
when your husband disappeared overboard
well i'm afraid it didn't help appearances that
frank chatham was there also he was escorting my
sister your sister there was nothing between
frank and i until long after my husband died
the point is none of this ugliness is going
to stop until after they find frank's murderer
and frankly i don't think i
can go through all that again
will you help me
how can i turn you down
olga it's me
laura oh i'm so sorry but frank is she took
it very hard at first but she's better now
do they know what happened not yet no i worry
about you laura there's no need to all go
oh maybe not but you know i was thinking it
would be wonderful if you were to move here
no i mean it laura i want to take care of you
and then you could watch jennifer growing up
if i lived here if i was
with jennifer all the time
it would be impossible not to tell her the truth
maybe you should
grandma you didn't tell me at lara was coming
oh wait laura i'm so glad you're here um
and i'm glad to see you very very glad
when we were your age and
your grandma was our nanny
your aunt lee and i used to come here all the
time but it's so scary well it wasn't scary then
and whenever i got in trouble or i was feeling
afraid and lonely i'd come down here and look at
the lake for hours and you know something
your grandmother always knew where i was
she'd come down and we'd sit over there
by the lake and talk until the sunset
aunt laura how come i call you aunt you
couldn't have really been my mother's sister
no but we were very close i wish i remembered
her never never forget sweetheart no matter
what you call me but i love you as
much as anyone in the whole wide world
you must have gone all the way to the point passed
way past then i know your aunt laura wants to rest
and i also know that i will need some help in
the kitchen laura why don't you rest all right i
will
i've come to see you again
i just wanted to make sure you're all right
here you go clyde read the
bad news oh fanny you sure
are looking good this morning i'm glad you like it
hey what do you say rags they got you busy huh
do we have an appointment higbee nope i'll have
a bite while we talk go away he'd be come on busy
i don't know let me take a second rags i got to
find out what put those holes in chatham's
chest chatham mm-hmm i never heard of him
oh don't be cute isn't out of curiosity i got a
client congratulations oh well i don't think that
miss lockridge would appreciate your terrific
sense of humor gully you know that the lady is
very upset she's got a right to find out what
happened to the guy that she was gonna marry
and incidentally you coming around suggesting
she's a suspect i never said she was a suspect
well what do you call trying to make some
connection between what happened to her husband on
that boat and what happened to chatham a couple of
nights ago what is that what's that chopped liver
hey wait a minute since one of the rules changed
you do not ask me questions oh come on gully what
what are you guys trying to hide all right
hey this is the way it's gonna be you're gonna
tell your client miss lockridge that you're very
satisfied with the progress the police are making
you're not gonna say anything about any cover-up
and you forget just forget
yourself frank chatham's body
or or i'm going to have you
jail for obstructing justice
obstructing justice what are you talking about
what have you become some kind of fascist
do you know that we got democratic yesterday
believe me on this one on this one i can do it
you can uh just leave that
donut here on your way out
hey
so hi mike hi hank i was just
tucking in one of our friends oh
listen hank i got to talk to you about
something i want to talk to you about
uh hank i i'd like to talk to you about the guy
who was killed in the palisades the other night
mark i don't think you should get involved
in that uh but i'm already involved hank
hey hank dang tell me what's what's going on
come on come on tell me what's going on you always
know where the bodies are buried oh i'm sorry
mark you know how i feel about you i know
i know hank and that's why i'm asking
all right but i could get in a lot of
trouble you know gully he's such an animal
november 12 1975 terence
douglas stockbroker century city
those chest wounds they look like what
frank chatham had them they certainly do
february 3rd 1975 peter molsman airline executive
marina del rey and here october 23rd 1974
jester bliss architect malibu yeah so the guy's
got a track record hey what's the big deal
i still don't understand all the hush-hush mark
that's the lab report on mr bliss it's what they
found in the bodies and something else in each
case the bodies were completely drained of blood
yeah yeah hello what who's this carlo
mark listen i heard you were working
for uh lee lockridge on this chatham thing
right yeah yeah that's right uh the lady
valerie steffen she's here with me right now now
louie stefan she's she's there with you right now
i was closed in the place she just showed up she
wants me to take her to the police what are you
waiting for get it down there hey i don't want to
get involved mark how about if i just bring her
over to your place and you take her down there
come on carlo come on what are you afraid of
hey carlo hey color this is your old buddy higbee
talking you can tell me i'm bringing her over
now
hey hey valerie
hey
hey give me the keys ready please come on i
don't understand what you're doing hey come on
wait a minute
hey this is crazy
uh
come on
i never did like this job not from the beginning i
hate animals the damn things don't like me either
hell i never even had a dog on my own yeah yeah
mr oaks but uh can you please tell us what you saw
nothing i mean just that poor guy laying there
believe me i didn't hang around
looking for what did that
all right mr oaks thanks you've been a great help
do you mean that that's all yeah
why don't you uh check out your cages or
something oh yeah i better check my cages
hey gully forget it i happen to
know about the other three killings
hey tom you didn't have to tell me i got my
own sauces kelly i want to know what's going on
hey gully you know you haven't got any right
to cover up like this you understand that
i'm gonna stay on this thing and i'm gonna
find out what you're scared of do you hear me
if connie finds out about this call i'm gonna
really take it in here all right rex you know
it's four in the morning yeah okay listen
henry i don't want to go into the uh details
but i don't agree with the way connie's handling
this welcome to the club um a couple years ago
after one of the killings there was a guy who
said he saw something nobody uh took him seriously
what do you say well uh i don't
want to go into that not now um
uh wait a minute yeah yeah i've got it okay
uh the guy is an ex-heavyweight his name is
marion sykes how do i find him that's
liable to be a problem he uh is a wino
find a guy and listen to what he has to
say and then come and talk to me all right
where have you been i was
looking for you all morning
i was worried oh flaps and here i thought
you were doing it just for the money
any action no you want some coffee no no i don't
want any coffee is kuzad in i got to talk to him
yeah cozart's in i caught him sneaking up on the
thermostat twice this morning oh oh listen about
that mog report did your chemist friend get it
back to you you got to be patient i'm getting
it for free that's right that's right patience
patience is a virtue so why don't you call him now
excuse me i'm sorry i didn't mean to
interrupt let me deal with the ladies face
yeah there you go leech i hope you fry yourself
on that heater cozart what are you mad at me for
i'm the one who got you off remember come
on charlene no gratitude rigby yeah that's
the trouble with this business hey listen class
lesser people you have to put up i know i know
well you didn't come in here to eat an octopus
you want something right i'm looking for a guy
he's a whiter i hate the disillusion you
hate me but i don't know every juicer in
town oh hey laszlo do you think that i'd
come to you for any run-of-the-mill juices
what's the matter with you you're crazy
now this guy was a he was an ex-heavyweight
some kind of small-time celebrity a
long time back his name's marion sykes
does anything my belt what about popeye popeye
uh-huh that's a name i came up with down on
skid row this morning that's all i could come up
with popeye popeye can you help me well i should
help a guy who's not interested in my health
oh come on laszlo oh i'd be sorry gonna cost
you're a sweetheart
he flaps poor old lancelot was freezing to death
back there so i turned the heat
up a little bit you watched me
hey mister who are you looking for hiya
sweetheart i'm looking for a man by the
name of popeye you know where i can find him
sure i'll tell him you're here okay thank you
hi somebody's here to see you
it's just a few minutes just a few minutes of your
time that's all you don't set me down here cozad
that's the guy who sent me down here hey popeye
will you let's get out of here leave me alone hey
it's happened again
yeah at least twice in the last week and guess
what the police they covering it up all over again
well nobody believed me the last time
well join me between me what did you see
i saw a spider what you heard me
mister i saw a spider a giant spider
come on rags come on a giant spider now
maybe some kind of homicidal spider psycho
a freak out bug man or something but really
do you know how spider feeds no why should i
permit me to enlighten you a spider
either stuns or kills its victim
and then drains off all the bodily fluids lovely
spiders have fangs mark and when they attack
they sink them into their victim and inject their
poison now just imagine a spider large enough
and those chest wounds could be caused by
its fangs oh rex rex i'm out of my mind
no no no that that's all right it's
okay an ape size spider fine fine
now tell me something what about this valerie lady
what about her uh she's its keeper right that's
a notion i'd be happy to accept you know mark
there's uh been some pretty strange legends down
through history about spiders giant spiders and
uh uh myths about women who turn into these things
i know please don't tell me you think
this thing is valerie stefan and drag
no that is unnatural just listen all
right
the chinese tell of an enchanting woman who
appeared to travelers when they were lost
and took them to a cave to rest
while they slept she would transform herself
into a giant spider sting them wrap them in
her web and feed on them at her leisure and
and there's others mark and there's some north
american indians who had similar beliefs
it's all in here it's quite an education
what's callie say about this you
kidding he says i'm out of my mind
i'll tell you something rags if you
really believe this thing you better
start thinking about letting people
know about it forget it no chance
will you tell me something why did you
send me out on that wild goose chase
because maybe gully's right
maybe i am out of my mind
oh
mark higley private investigator you know
if i were a client i would have hung up
i'm sorry but your staff was out doing other
things listen you know how hot that maniac
kozad has it in here well you just hang in there
darling just think cool what's happening ah well
lee lockridge called a little while ago she
sounded pretty upset seems that conte's visit
her about uh carlo's death get back to her flaps
and tell her i'll drop by her house later okay
all right listen one other thing i got
the analysis back from my friend at usc
he doesn't know what it is exactly what do you
mean exactly well he says the closest that uh
it comes to is all right get this you
ready the venom of a black widow spider
you're not laughing i know
oh
hi lee listen i'm sorry i
didn't get back to you sooner
i've been kind of busy i can't believe
it about the carlo yeah i know i know
oh this is quite a place you've got here
thank you your own private ocean huh
listen lee why don't you put something on
we'll take a walk on the beach and talk
okay good i'll get a swim all right
oh
i'm sorry i shouted it's just something i feel
very strongly about i know they look kind of
scary but they're really harmless we get them out
here at the beach all the time they're everywhere
anyway i'm sure it was much more
frightening than you were i doubt that
listen why don't we take out for
a walk probably need some air
that's a neat trick you did with that spider
i'm not really i've never been afraid of them
uh-huh what are you gonna do
with it let him go he'll watch
come on big daddy
what did connie want lee he wanted to know where
i was last night uh-huh what did you say to him
well i told him the truth i was home
you should see the way you looked at me
you know lee connie may be a little
rough around the edges but he's no fool
i just can't figure out why
he keeps coming back to you
look there's something i should have told
you before about my husband's disappearance
what's that it wasn't in the papers
but there was a shipboard investigation
there was a passenger who said he saw my
husband that night a dark attractive woman
he said they were in each other's arms oh no wait
wait a minute you're not saying that he thinks
this valerie stefan was there too and anyway
what's that got to do with you i don't know i
don't know if that woman didn't exist they made
a search of the ship and they didn't find anyone
that lady is beginning to get on my
nerves you found anything yet i don't know
i've got a couple of things i'm running down
it's been pretty rough on you hasn't it
i'll live hey listen lee i've got an idea
i've just about finished everything i got
to do today and i could really use a few laughs
why don't we have a couple of drinks some dinner
and we'll forget valerie stefan and everything
okay what do you say you're on okay let's go
deal
hi laura how are you i'm good mark this is
my sister laura well how do you do laura
hello nice to meet you nice to meet you say jeff
wallace jeff hello it's a pleasure mr president
this is mark higby the private
investigator i mentioned
oh it's been a long time since we
were all together at this place
this used to be sort of a hangout of ours a few
years ago uh-huh laura let's dance not right now
it's too fast i bet lisa likes to move no thank
you jack come on i'm not gonna take no for an
answer have fun kitties
i knew lee had a sister but i thought you were
twins oh well yes but fraternal not identical oh
we still fit together pretty well don't we
jeff i don't want that i do it's been a long time
uh
thank you for the evening mark i'm
sorry i'm gonna cut it so sure i
guess everything just kind of caught
up oh that's all right i'm sorry too
i'll ask you in another well whatever it was
it sure happened fast on that dance floor
good night
jim leave me alone now why don't i believe you
i swear to god i'll tell laura i doubt that
hey take it easy
so
i'm gonna fix myself a drink
where can i get you get out of here hey
come on it's early i said get out of here
suit yourself you know this isn't the
only place in town i can get a drink
i've got a client involved in this thing huh
i'm telling you it's all right would you just
hey gully i got a call from the
lock bridges let him in thanks
what's happened here
it's like wallace found something
waiting for him when he got home
excuse me
rex what was all that stuff i'll tell
you what i think it is what spider silk
i think we better have a talk with our friend
the way it looks to me uh whatever it was tried
to drag the body away when it was interrupted
you know what that stuff wrapped all
around the body was don't you save
your breath i'm a believer what
are you gonna do about it gully
what am i supposed to do about it well i think
you tell the people at least let them know
what's going on out there hey that's a great idea
really that's a great idea why don't i hold a i
want to hold a press conference and tell them
there's a big spider out there killing people
and i'll issue all my men giant cans of rage and
send them out after it that'll do to me they'll
put me away someplace they'll put me on weaving
so i don't hurt anybody no he'd be the lid stays
on this one now if i hear one word on the street
about any giant spiders only would have come all
right all right but at least maybe now you'll get
off lee lockwood's case get off lee lagrish's case
inside of one week two fiancees or lockridge
sisters had their chests ripped out forget
about carlo i don't know where he fits in and
throw out that poor sap of her husband who maybe
fell off the boat no hick b even admitting that i
don't know what the connection with the spider is
i'm not going to get off lee lockwood's
case in fact i'm adding assisted to it
the uh mark huh what something else
you gotta know what else could that be
well uh this is a wallace with a gun nut uh
it's a crack shot we took uh six bullets out
of the wall in there so well there's six
big fat slugs from a 44 magnum i had to be
fired at point-blank range well there wasn't a
trace of blood or flesh or bone on any of them
now what i can't get over about the like rich
girls is all those terrible tragedies in their
lives did i show you the red hourglass on the
stomach hey if you don't get rid of that thing
i'm taking a walk do you understand i can cost
me 12 bucks see that's how you can tell it's a
girl see that and look at that look at that
eight eyes a black widow has eight eyes yuck
yeah now listen to this here hold it hold it
just take it just take it put it down over
there that's it now some northern california
indians believed it was a curse of some kind
transmitted down through the female line it
may lie dormant for years until triggered
by a certain kind of spider venom once
bitten by the spider the woman periodically
but only during the cycle of the full moon makes
the transformation into an incredibly large spider
higby i'll i'll humor you up to a
point but i i just can't swallow that
you know at least it explains valerie steffen
higby you want to hear what i got on the lock
ridges hmm yeah yeah let me hear the tragedies
all right it all started when the girls were born
actually before the father was paul lockridge
financier and flying freak he was killed when
his plane crashed in the sierras in 1947.
the mother was aboard but survived she
was pregnant at the time gave birth to
the girls alone in the mountains it was two days
before they were found by an indian guide wow
anything else uh nothing until 1965
mrs lockwood decided to live in italy
and she died in rome wow the details are
a little foggy about that foggy what do
you mean foggy well uh no cause of death was
indicated and there was a closed casket service
why i don't know you know everything
else that's happened since then
but uh nothing nothing to link either
girl to any of the earlier murders
and there was nothing to tie
them to the spider thing either
no darling there's nothing to tie
them to the spider thing either mwah
wait a minute what what are you looking for
look higbee i don't really buy yakakamemi indian
maiden legend right but if you're looking for
connection try this doctors said it was almost
a miracle that mrs lockridge's infant daughter
survived their ordeal not only did they suffer
from exposure but hospital sources said one of
the babies was so severely bitten by insects
that she remained comatose for almost a week
which one it doesn't say what kind
of insects doesn't say that either
does it say where that plane crashed
uh near a place called keto ridge
uh it's up above sacramento i think
so when are you leaving
now
uh
ah i'm afraid the records you need were
lost when the old wing burned in 58 mr higby
the paper said something about an
indian who found the plane crash
well that was before my time but i know the
lock ridges owned some vineyards and a winery
out on bald knob road do you have to know if the
vineyards are still there well they're abandoned
now but i hear there's an old indian who used
to work for them who still lives on the place
much obliged to you mr summers i'd be
careful if i were going out there mr higby
really why is that well the old fella has been
known to take a pot shot or two at hunters or
fishermen who try to use the place hmm i see
well i'll be very careful thank you very much
so
so
so
hello
hello anybody there
um
hey listen if anybody's around
all i want to do is talk hello
i fell the spiders i sent these spiders
away what actually i suspected was your
acrobatic entry into their home that
shook them down from the ceiling
who are you my name is aspar silvado
you're the indian who worked for the lockwoods
that's very perceptive now let
me guess what you do for a living
you're a private investigator
nothing to it mr higby now what are
you doing here didn't you see the signs
i i i i was looking for you why well i
was working for one of the lockridge girls
i came here to find out more about the
plane crash that killed their father
mr soldado you're the one who found the
mother and the two babies aren't you
yes well now the newspaper said one of the babies
was severely bitten by insects that's right
the child almost died i i know this
may sound a little strange to you but
i need to know what kind of insects
technically spiders are not insects they're
arachnids you were bitten by spiders are you sure
of that yes mr soldado this is very very important
could you tell me which of the babies was
bitten oh i'm sorry mr higby i don't know
they were day-old infants i never saw
them after they were taken to the hospital
we are talking of old legends aren't we
yes the spider woman a woman who sometimes
in moments of great stress takes the form of
a giant spider and kills that's right that's
exactly right that's it it's quite colorful
oh well i understand you might not really
believe it who said i don't believe but what
i don't understand is how a sophisticated city
dweller like you seems to have a good reason
good reason i know
one thing uh the books i've read have
been rather vague about what happens
to these things i mean what did they do
do they die of all they hate you what
the legend says they are virtually indestructible
in the form of a spider nothing can kill them
nothing nothing mr higby except
fire
ugh
uh
you scared me i scared you you know you
almost gave me a cardiac will you stop
yelling at me i'm not yelling at
you i'm not your leader i am not
what are you doing here anyway i didn't want
to miss you i came up i fell asleep i'm sorry
listen mark you're really not gonna like
this i think lee lockridge is the one
what do you mean lee lockridge is
the one i listen when you left here
no offense but uh i really didn't think
you were operating with a uh full deck
huh so then i got the mulling over the full
moon and i whipped out the almanac i started
checking out the dates against those of the
earliest killings and you know something they
all conformed to the cycle of the full moon from
the husband on the boat right down to the murders
last week yeah but all that does is just confirm
the legend that's all look then i started checking
out the date very closely and i realized something
lee traveled and laura didn't so higly the only
time the murders occurred is when lee was in
town so what does that prove laura was here too
all right now if laura's the culprit it
would seem to me there would have been
a couple of murders while lee was out of town no
all right flapsy since you've got it all figured
out you tell me what about valerie steffen
who's she did you see the three faces of eve
the what the movie the three faces of eve
oh yeah yeah all right let's imagine
now we have here a split personality
puts on disguises and goes after her victims
which brings me to my final detail
tonight is the last night of the full
moon
hello laura it's mark higby i want to talk to you
about lee why what's wrong has something happened
to her no no no nothing's happened what is it
then when was the last time you talked to her
tonight uh-huh well tell me did she uh did
she seem all right was she upset or anything
she was a bit nervous she said she wanted
to see me she wanted to see you what about
she didn't explain she said she felt that we ought
to be together tonight and she was driving up here
to woodcliff
laura i want to ask you something
now this happens to be very important
how much do you know about your
father's death in that plane crash
only what our mother told us why well
the report said that before help came
one of the babies now it was either you or
lee was severely bitten by insects spiders
do you know which one of you it was
laura do you know which one
yes well who was it you were me
it was lee lee tell me something laura
when's the last time you talked to her
about an hour ago i want you to get out of
there right away now what are you talking about
are you saying i should be afraid of my own
sister just get out of there i want you to
check into a motel anything do anything but get
out of there before lee arrives why but please
don't ask me to explain just do it it's just for
tonight tomorrow everything's going to be okay
all right i will good we'll talk tomorrow
get your thing flaps we're going up there
i thought she said she was living i know
but i don't believe her
uh
oh please please
uh
wow
laura
laura i'm here
hmm
laura
who is it i thought i heard somebody
who's in there who is it who are you mama
it's lee
lee is at school and that's a that italian
boy why did she do it why did laura kill him
it's your fault oh your fault
who are you who is that person
laura sent me there are so many things
she never had the courage to say
to you she's such a little coward
mother there is love to you more than didn't
you mrs lockery stop it but who had to take
care of you all these years who had to hide your
insanities who are you not your precious lee
you always got what you wanted you always took
everything stop it do you remember enrollment
when laura was dating that uh young italian gianni
and you took him away from her she had to prove to
him that she was still attractive clumsily i admit
but it worked
better than she bargained for
then silly girl got myself raped and pregnant
and of course i had to kill him for her
uh
um
wake up jennifer
whose car is this grandma it's your
aunt liz oh good i can't wait to see her
where's everybody grandma i don't know but
it's very late i'd like you to go right to bed
where could they have gone grandma
yeah maybe they went for a walk
i wanted to tell them about
the movie tell them what
uh you uh put on your nightgown brush your
teeth and i'll be in the kitchen good night okay
huh
all right i can't protect you anymore
so
so
so
so
don't
okay yes darling everything's gonna be all right
i'm sorry i know you are i know you are
where's jennifer
she's asleep she's alright
i'm so tired
laura laura where is lee
i don't know did valerie hurt her too
i don't know
i don't remember i try to stop
valerie but she won't let me
can't we go somewhere where she'll never
find me oh yes of course of course we can
i wish that i could just go to sleep
you can go to sleep just close your eyes
i'm gonna take care of you
you can fool laura alger dear but not me
pigbee you've been given any thought
to what we're going to do if that thing
turns up i've been trying not to it's a comfort
higbee higbee i know that is that
the lady in the clippings the mother
mrs lockridge uh-huh but i thought
you said she was dead she is now
jennifer honey do you have any idea where your
grandmother might have gone to look for them it's
kind of important well i'm not sure but she might
have gone to the boathouse by the lake will you
find my grandma of course i will right now mark
it's okay it's okay the sheriff should be here
real quick flaps i want you to call connie and i
want you to tell him what's going on okay uh-huh
um you never remember well i don't
know what good it'll do but thanks
careful huh flabsy i'm really touched
so
oh
foreign
so
um
oh
oh god
ugh
oh
it's going to be all right
uh
ah
oh
ah
standard that's some story but i got one question
what's that what am i supposed to put my report
gully that's your problem i guess there
it is come on rags let's get out of here
hello hi hi what have we here well
i got mucho goodies for a hungry man
tell me is that satisfactory
hello mr higby hi jennifer
she seems to be adjusting i think so she's going
back to school and she's making new friends
she still has a nightmare now and then
but less and less how are you doing
i just pretend the whole thing never
happened sometimes it even works
all right milady i didn't come here to talk
i came here to eat oh shall we jennifer
time to eat can i have just one more
dip all right honey but make it quick
she's growing up so fast
you know it's funny she doesn't really resemble
her but sometimes she reminds me so much of
laura
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What do you do huh? Forgive me, I don't like to impose.
well we didn't expect you back so soon. i seem to
be having trouble getting my car... oh well. mr chapel
yes be happy to. thank you
oh yeah oh yeah
which one's yours?
i would prefer not to drive home alone. uh
look lady i'm i'm waiting for a special person...
i uh i'm sorry but uh just
help you out with your car
now where's your car?
(Dramatic Music)
God!
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oh my god. look at his chest... what the hell was that?
i don't know. i don't know.
what's the big secret? one of you guys
gonna let us get some pictures? no
secrets probably no pictures either. looks like
somebody gave him a hug with a pair of pickaxes
uh someone said that the higbee
was here when it happened. he's in the bar.
all right man let's get him out of here
make a break for it hey come on come
on come on man pull yourself together
we're gonna have to talk to the cops pretty soon
hey lieutenant it probably won't disturb you very
much but you're dormant you know
they're violating our civil rights
service all right carlo you're first well i uh i'm
not absolutely sure i saw anything at all you know
yeah when i saw something i
didn't know what it was but
it was moving fast as hell right up over the top
of that cliff what's something big something a
little something can you describe it no i can't i
didn't see it that well i'll tell you this gully
nobody i know could climb a cliff that high not
unless there was some kind of freako human fly
is that the best you can do for me that's
it hey carlo yeah the stefan lady uh
is valerie stefan can you describe her well yeah
i mean some fox you know dark eyes dark hair
had kind of like uh a european accent or something
you know she came on to frank right away and the
next thing you know boom hey kelly what's going
on that's not your garden-variety stiff out there
something very strange did that
be you still have the investigator's
license yeah sure you want to keep it
call him carlo yeah yeah if you
see this valerie stefan lady around
call me you got it right i got it
you mean you're not absolutely
sure that you saw something
i saw the look on your face carl i
don't want to talk about anymore right
yea though i walk through the valley of the shadow
of death i fear no evil for thou art with me thy
rod and i staff they comfort me surely goodness
and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life
and i will dwell in the house
of the lord forever amen
lee i promised all god drive up to the would you
like to come along it might be good to get away
no i don't think so because of olga i just don't
feel comfortable at what cliff since mother died
you're wrong about ogden
she really loves both of us
maybe another time all right
so
hey listen i didn't know you
girls were allowed to advertise
all
on out of there right warned you what are you
trying to do in there grow pineapple lady stay
away from that thermometer i break your stockings
doctors say i have to stay warm for my health
look at that thermostat it's a bear 85 degrees and
the sun is shining hey don't touch the thermometer
i got permission from superintendent
yeah but you don't got permission from me
there 65 just like the president said igb stick
your head in an ice cube i'm gonna get your whole
bum operation out of here one of these days
i'm gonna push that guy down the stairs decent
happiness perhaps have some caffeine oh that's
what i need you have a visitor inside no kid
really hello mr higby that's right i'm lee
lockridge i'd like to talk to you why certainly
lee lockridge well you're the girl that frank
chatham was waiting for the other night aren't you
his fiancee that's right i'm
very sorry please have a seat
oh let me get this rubbish out of the way for you
our landlady's very efficient lately ah there we
are oh incidentally would you like some coffee
no thank you what can i do for you miss lockridge
i'd like to hire you well i'm very flattered
but uh you see the police are very nervous
about this case and when they get nervous i um
think twice about getting involved mr higbee
our lieutenant [ __ ] came to see me he
asked me some very upsetting questions
but i thought they were supposed to
be concentrating on that girl that um
uh valerie steffen why are they picking
on you well first of all i don't think
they believed me when i told them
why i didn't meet frank that night
why didn't you meet him i was
driving up from san diego and
the fall got so thick i had to pull over to
the side of the road and sleep in the car
i suppose you've been reading the papers
you mean about that cruise a few years ago
when your husband disappeared overboard
well i'm afraid it didn't help appearances that
frank chatham was there also he was escorting my
sister your sister there was nothing between
frank and i until long after my husband died
the point is none of this ugliness is going
to stop until after they find frank's murderer
and frankly i don't think i
can go through all that again
will you help me
how can i turn you down
olga it's me
laura oh i'm so sorry but frank is she took
it very hard at first but she's better now
do they know what happened not yet no i worry
about you laura there's no need to all go
oh maybe not but you know i was thinking it
would be wonderful if you were to move here
no i mean it laura i want to take care of you
and then you could watch jennifer growing up
if i lived here if i was
with jennifer all the time
it would be impossible not to tell her the truth
maybe you should
grandma you didn't tell me at lara was coming
oh wait laura i'm so glad you're here um
and i'm glad to see you very very glad
when we were your age and
your grandma was our nanny
your aunt lee and i used to come here all the
time but it's so scary well it wasn't scary then
and whenever i got in trouble or i was feeling
afraid and lonely i'd come down here and look at
the lake for hours and you know something
your grandmother always knew where i was
she'd come down and we'd sit over there
by the lake and talk until the sunset
aunt laura how come i call you aunt you
couldn't have really been my mother's sister
no but we were very close i wish i remembered
her never never forget sweetheart no matter
what you call me but i love you as
much as anyone in the whole wide world
you must have gone all the way to the point passed
way past then i know your aunt laura wants to rest
and i also know that i will need some help in
the kitchen laura why don't you rest all right i
will
i've come to see you again
i just wanted to make sure you're all right
here you go clyde read the
bad news oh fanny you sure
are looking good this morning i'm glad you like it
hey what do you say rags they got you busy huh
do we have an appointment higbee nope i'll have
a bite while we talk go away he'd be come on busy
i don't know let me take a second rags i got to
find out what put those holes in chatham's
chest chatham mm-hmm i never heard of him
oh don't be cute isn't out of curiosity i got a
client congratulations oh well i don't think that
miss lockridge would appreciate your terrific
sense of humor gully you know that the lady is
very upset she's got a right to find out what
happened to the guy that she was gonna marry
and incidentally you coming around suggesting
she's a suspect i never said she was a suspect
well what do you call trying to make some
connection between what happened to her husband on
that boat and what happened to chatham a couple of
nights ago what is that what's that chopped liver
hey wait a minute since one of the rules changed
you do not ask me questions oh come on gully what
what are you guys trying to hide all right
hey this is the way it's gonna be you're gonna
tell your client miss lockridge that you're very
satisfied with the progress the police are making
you're not gonna say anything about any cover-up
and you forget just forget
yourself frank chatham's body
or or i'm going to have you
jail for obstructing justice
obstructing justice what are you talking about
what have you become some kind of fascist
do you know that we got democratic yesterday
believe me on this one on this one i can do it
you can uh just leave that
donut here on your way out
hey
so hi mike hi hank i was just
tucking in one of our friends oh
listen hank i got to talk to you about
something i want to talk to you about
uh hank i i'd like to talk to you about the guy
who was killed in the palisades the other night
mark i don't think you should get involved
in that uh but i'm already involved hank
hey hank dang tell me what's what's going on
come on come on tell me what's going on you always
know where the bodies are buried oh i'm sorry
mark you know how i feel about you i know
i know hank and that's why i'm asking
all right but i could get in a lot of
trouble you know gully he's such an animal
november 12 1975 terence
douglas stockbroker century city
those chest wounds they look like what
frank chatham had them they certainly do
february 3rd 1975 peter molsman airline executive
marina del rey and here october 23rd 1974
jester bliss architect malibu yeah so the guy's
got a track record hey what's the big deal
i still don't understand all the hush-hush mark
that's the lab report on mr bliss it's what they
found in the bodies and something else in each
case the bodies were completely drained of blood
yeah yeah hello what who's this carlo
mark listen i heard you were working
for uh lee lockridge on this chatham thing
right yeah yeah that's right uh the lady
valerie steffen she's here with me right now now
louie stefan she's she's there with you right now
i was closed in the place she just showed up she
wants me to take her to the police what are you
waiting for get it down there hey i don't want to
get involved mark how about if i just bring her
over to your place and you take her down there
come on carlo come on what are you afraid of
hey carlo hey color this is your old buddy higbee
talking you can tell me i'm bringing her over
now
hey hey valerie
hey
hey give me the keys ready please come on i
don't understand what you're doing hey come on
wait a minute
hey this is crazy
uh
come on
i never did like this job not from the beginning i
hate animals the damn things don't like me either
hell i never even had a dog on my own yeah yeah
mr oaks but uh can you please tell us what you saw
nothing i mean just that poor guy laying there
believe me i didn't hang around
looking for what did that
all right mr oaks thanks you've been a great help
do you mean that that's all yeah
why don't you uh check out your cages or
something oh yeah i better check my cages
hey gully forget it i happen to
know about the other three killings
hey tom you didn't have to tell me i got my
own sauces kelly i want to know what's going on
hey gully you know you haven't got any right
to cover up like this you understand that
i'm gonna stay on this thing and i'm gonna
find out what you're scared of do you hear me
if connie finds out about this call i'm gonna
really take it in here all right rex you know
it's four in the morning yeah okay listen
henry i don't want to go into the uh details
but i don't agree with the way connie's handling
this welcome to the club um a couple years ago
after one of the killings there was a guy who
said he saw something nobody uh took him seriously
what do you say well uh i don't
want to go into that not now um
uh wait a minute yeah yeah i've got it okay
uh the guy is an ex-heavyweight his name is
marion sykes how do i find him that's
liable to be a problem he uh is a wino
find a guy and listen to what he has to
say and then come and talk to me all right
where have you been i was
looking for you all morning
i was worried oh flaps and here i thought
you were doing it just for the money
any action no you want some coffee no no i don't
want any coffee is kuzad in i got to talk to him
yeah cozart's in i caught him sneaking up on the
thermostat twice this morning oh oh listen about
that mog report did your chemist friend get it
back to you you got to be patient i'm getting
it for free that's right that's right patience
patience is a virtue so why don't you call him now
excuse me i'm sorry i didn't mean to
interrupt let me deal with the ladies face
yeah there you go leech i hope you fry yourself
on that heater cozart what are you mad at me for
i'm the one who got you off remember come
on charlene no gratitude rigby yeah that's
the trouble with this business hey listen class
lesser people you have to put up i know i know
well you didn't come in here to eat an octopus
you want something right i'm looking for a guy
he's a whiter i hate the disillusion you
hate me but i don't know every juicer in
town oh hey laszlo do you think that i'd
come to you for any run-of-the-mill juices
what's the matter with you you're crazy
now this guy was a he was an ex-heavyweight
some kind of small-time celebrity a
long time back his name's marion sykes
does anything my belt what about popeye popeye
uh-huh that's a name i came up with down on
skid row this morning that's all i could come up
with popeye popeye can you help me well i should
help a guy who's not interested in my health
oh come on laszlo oh i'd be sorry gonna cost
you're a sweetheart
he flaps poor old lancelot was freezing to death
back there so i turned the heat
up a little bit you watched me
hey mister who are you looking for hiya
sweetheart i'm looking for a man by the
name of popeye you know where i can find him
sure i'll tell him you're here okay thank you
hi somebody's here to see you
it's just a few minutes just a few minutes of your
time that's all you don't set me down here cozad
that's the guy who sent me down here hey popeye
will you let's get out of here leave me alone hey
it's happened again
yeah at least twice in the last week and guess
what the police they covering it up all over again
well nobody believed me the last time
well join me between me what did you see
i saw a spider what you heard me
mister i saw a spider a giant spider
come on rags come on a giant spider now
maybe some kind of homicidal spider psycho
a freak out bug man or something but really
do you know how spider feeds no why should i
permit me to enlighten you a spider
either stuns or kills its victim
and then drains off all the bodily fluids lovely
spiders have fangs mark and when they attack
they sink them into their victim and inject their
poison now just imagine a spider large enough
and those chest wounds could be caused by
its fangs oh rex rex i'm out of my mind
no no no that that's all right it's
okay an ape size spider fine fine
now tell me something what about this valerie lady
what about her uh she's its keeper right that's
a notion i'd be happy to accept you know mark
there's uh been some pretty strange legends down
through history about spiders giant spiders and
uh uh myths about women who turn into these things
i know please don't tell me you think
this thing is valerie stefan and drag
no that is unnatural just listen all
right
the chinese tell of an enchanting woman who
appeared to travelers when they were lost
and took them to a cave to rest
while they slept she would transform herself
into a giant spider sting them wrap them in
her web and feed on them at her leisure and
and there's others mark and there's some north
american indians who had similar beliefs
it's all in here it's quite an education
what's callie say about this you
kidding he says i'm out of my mind
i'll tell you something rags if you
really believe this thing you better
start thinking about letting people
know about it forget it no chance
will you tell me something why did you
send me out on that wild goose chase
because maybe gully's right
maybe i am out of my mind
oh
mark higley private investigator you know
if i were a client i would have hung up
i'm sorry but your staff was out doing other
things listen you know how hot that maniac
kozad has it in here well you just hang in there
darling just think cool what's happening ah well
lee lockridge called a little while ago she
sounded pretty upset seems that conte's visit
her about uh carlo's death get back to her flaps
and tell her i'll drop by her house later okay
all right listen one other thing i got
the analysis back from my friend at usc
he doesn't know what it is exactly what do you
mean exactly well he says the closest that uh
it comes to is all right get this you
ready the venom of a black widow spider
you're not laughing i know
oh
hi lee listen i'm sorry i
didn't get back to you sooner
i've been kind of busy i can't believe
it about the carlo yeah i know i know
oh this is quite a place you've got here
thank you your own private ocean huh
listen lee why don't you put something on
we'll take a walk on the beach and talk
okay good i'll get a swim all right
oh
i'm sorry i shouted it's just something i feel
very strongly about i know they look kind of
scary but they're really harmless we get them out
here at the beach all the time they're everywhere
anyway i'm sure it was much more
frightening than you were i doubt that
listen why don't we take out for
a walk probably need some air
that's a neat trick you did with that spider
i'm not really i've never been afraid of them
uh-huh what are you gonna do
with it let him go he'll watch
come on big daddy
what did connie want lee he wanted to know where
i was last night uh-huh what did you say to him
well i told him the truth i was home
you should see the way you looked at me
you know lee connie may be a little
rough around the edges but he's no fool
i just can't figure out why
he keeps coming back to you
look there's something i should have told
you before about my husband's disappearance
what's that it wasn't in the papers
but there was a shipboard investigation
there was a passenger who said he saw my
husband that night a dark attractive woman
he said they were in each other's arms oh no wait
wait a minute you're not saying that he thinks
this valerie stefan was there too and anyway
what's that got to do with you i don't know i
don't know if that woman didn't exist they made
a search of the ship and they didn't find anyone
that lady is beginning to get on my
nerves you found anything yet i don't know
i've got a couple of things i'm running down
it's been pretty rough on you hasn't it
i'll live hey listen lee i've got an idea
i've just about finished everything i got
to do today and i could really use a few laughs
why don't we have a couple of drinks some dinner
and we'll forget valerie stefan and everything
okay what do you say you're on okay let's go
deal
hi laura how are you i'm good mark this is
my sister laura well how do you do laura
hello nice to meet you nice to meet you say jeff
wallace jeff hello it's a pleasure mr president
this is mark higby the private
investigator i mentioned
oh it's been a long time since we
were all together at this place
this used to be sort of a hangout of ours a few
years ago uh-huh laura let's dance not right now
it's too fast i bet lisa likes to move no thank
you jack come on i'm not gonna take no for an
answer have fun kitties
i knew lee had a sister but i thought you were
twins oh well yes but fraternal not identical oh
we still fit together pretty well don't we
jeff i don't want that i do it's been a long time
uh
thank you for the evening mark i'm
sorry i'm gonna cut it so sure i
guess everything just kind of caught
up oh that's all right i'm sorry too
i'll ask you in another well whatever it was
it sure happened fast on that dance floor
good night
jim leave me alone now why don't i believe you
i swear to god i'll tell laura i doubt that
hey take it easy
so
i'm gonna fix myself a drink
where can i get you get out of here hey
come on it's early i said get out of here
suit yourself you know this isn't the
only place in town i can get a drink
i've got a client involved in this thing huh
i'm telling you it's all right would you just
hey gully i got a call from the
lock bridges let him in thanks
what's happened here
it's like wallace found something
waiting for him when he got home
excuse me
rex what was all that stuff i'll tell
you what i think it is what spider silk
i think we better have a talk with our friend
the way it looks to me uh whatever it was tried
to drag the body away when it was interrupted
you know what that stuff wrapped all
around the body was don't you save
your breath i'm a believer what
are you gonna do about it gully
what am i supposed to do about it well i think
you tell the people at least let them know
what's going on out there hey that's a great idea
really that's a great idea why don't i hold a i
want to hold a press conference and tell them
there's a big spider out there killing people
and i'll issue all my men giant cans of rage and
send them out after it that'll do to me they'll
put me away someplace they'll put me on weaving
so i don't hurt anybody no he'd be the lid stays
on this one now if i hear one word on the street
about any giant spiders only would have come all
right all right but at least maybe now you'll get
off lee lockwood's case get off lee lagrish's case
inside of one week two fiancees or lockridge
sisters had their chests ripped out forget
about carlo i don't know where he fits in and
throw out that poor sap of her husband who maybe
fell off the boat no hick b even admitting that i
don't know what the connection with the spider is
i'm not going to get off lee lockwood's
case in fact i'm adding assisted to it
the uh mark huh what something else
you gotta know what else could that be
well uh this is a wallace with a gun nut uh
it's a crack shot we took uh six bullets out
of the wall in there so well there's six
big fat slugs from a 44 magnum i had to be
fired at point-blank range well there wasn't a
trace of blood or flesh or bone on any of them
now what i can't get over about the like rich
girls is all those terrible tragedies in their
lives did i show you the red hourglass on the
stomach hey if you don't get rid of that thing
i'm taking a walk do you understand i can cost
me 12 bucks see that's how you can tell it's a
girl see that and look at that look at that
eight eyes a black widow has eight eyes yuck
yeah now listen to this here hold it hold it
just take it just take it put it down over
there that's it now some northern california
indians believed it was a curse of some kind
transmitted down through the female line it
may lie dormant for years until triggered
by a certain kind of spider venom once
bitten by the spider the woman periodically
but only during the cycle of the full moon makes
the transformation into an incredibly large spider
higby i'll i'll humor you up to a
point but i i just can't swallow that
you know at least it explains valerie steffen
higby you want to hear what i got on the lock
ridges hmm yeah yeah let me hear the tragedies
all right it all started when the girls were born
actually before the father was paul lockridge
financier and flying freak he was killed when
his plane crashed in the sierras in 1947.
the mother was aboard but survived she
was pregnant at the time gave birth to
the girls alone in the mountains it was two days
before they were found by an indian guide wow
anything else uh nothing until 1965
mrs lockwood decided to live in italy
and she died in rome wow the details are
a little foggy about that foggy what do
you mean foggy well uh no cause of death was
indicated and there was a closed casket service
why i don't know you know everything
else that's happened since then
but uh nothing nothing to link either
girl to any of the earlier murders
and there was nothing to tie
them to the spider thing either
no darling there's nothing to tie
them to the spider thing either mwah
wait a minute what what are you looking for
look higbee i don't really buy yakakamemi indian
maiden legend right but if you're looking for
connection try this doctors said it was almost
a miracle that mrs lockridge's infant daughter
survived their ordeal not only did they suffer
from exposure but hospital sources said one of
the babies was so severely bitten by insects
that she remained comatose for almost a week
which one it doesn't say what kind
of insects doesn't say that either
does it say where that plane crashed
uh near a place called keto ridge
uh it's up above sacramento i think
so when are you leaving
now
uh
ah i'm afraid the records you need were
lost when the old wing burned in 58 mr higby
the paper said something about an
indian who found the plane crash
well that was before my time but i know the
lock ridges owned some vineyards and a winery
out on bald knob road do you have to know if the
vineyards are still there well they're abandoned
now but i hear there's an old indian who used
to work for them who still lives on the place
much obliged to you mr summers i'd be
careful if i were going out there mr higby
really why is that well the old fella has been
known to take a pot shot or two at hunters or
fishermen who try to use the place hmm i see
well i'll be very careful thank you very much
so
so
so
hello
hello anybody there
um
hey listen if anybody's around
all i want to do is talk hello
i fell the spiders i sent these spiders
away what actually i suspected was your
acrobatic entry into their home that
shook them down from the ceiling
who are you my name is aspar silvado
you're the indian who worked for the lockwoods
that's very perceptive now let
me guess what you do for a living
you're a private investigator
nothing to it mr higby now what are
you doing here didn't you see the signs
i i i i was looking for you why well i
was working for one of the lockridge girls
i came here to find out more about the
plane crash that killed their father
mr soldado you're the one who found the
mother and the two babies aren't you
yes well now the newspaper said one of the babies
was severely bitten by insects that's right
the child almost died i i know this
may sound a little strange to you but
i need to know what kind of insects
technically spiders are not insects they're
arachnids you were bitten by spiders are you sure
of that yes mr soldado this is very very important
could you tell me which of the babies was
bitten oh i'm sorry mr higby i don't know
they were day-old infants i never saw
them after they were taken to the hospital
we are talking of old legends aren't we
yes the spider woman a woman who sometimes
in moments of great stress takes the form of
a giant spider and kills that's right that's
exactly right that's it it's quite colorful
oh well i understand you might not really
believe it who said i don't believe but what
i don't understand is how a sophisticated city
dweller like you seems to have a good reason
good reason i know
one thing uh the books i've read have
been rather vague about what happens
to these things i mean what did they do
do they die of all they hate you what
the legend says they are virtually indestructible
in the form of a spider nothing can kill them
nothing nothing mr higby except
fire
ugh
uh
you scared me i scared you you know you
almost gave me a cardiac will you stop
yelling at me i'm not yelling at
you i'm not your leader i am not
what are you doing here anyway i didn't want
to miss you i came up i fell asleep i'm sorry
listen mark you're really not gonna like
this i think lee lockridge is the one
what do you mean lee lockridge is
the one i listen when you left here
no offense but uh i really didn't think
you were operating with a uh full deck
huh so then i got the mulling over the full
moon and i whipped out the almanac i started
checking out the dates against those of the
earliest killings and you know something they
all conformed to the cycle of the full moon from
the husband on the boat right down to the murders
last week yeah but all that does is just confirm
the legend that's all look then i started checking
out the date very closely and i realized something
lee traveled and laura didn't so higly the only
time the murders occurred is when lee was in
town so what does that prove laura was here too
all right now if laura's the culprit it
would seem to me there would have been
a couple of murders while lee was out of town no
all right flapsy since you've got it all figured
out you tell me what about valerie steffen
who's she did you see the three faces of eve
the what the movie the three faces of eve
oh yeah yeah all right let's imagine
now we have here a split personality
puts on disguises and goes after her victims
which brings me to my final detail
tonight is the last night of the full
moon
hello laura it's mark higby i want to talk to you
about lee why what's wrong has something happened
to her no no no nothing's happened what is it
then when was the last time you talked to her
tonight uh-huh well tell me did she uh did
she seem all right was she upset or anything
she was a bit nervous she said she wanted
to see me she wanted to see you what about
she didn't explain she said she felt that we ought
to be together tonight and she was driving up here
to woodcliff
laura i want to ask you something
now this happens to be very important
how much do you know about your
father's death in that plane crash
only what our mother told us why well
the report said that before help came
one of the babies now it was either you or
lee was severely bitten by insects spiders
do you know which one of you it was
laura do you know which one
yes well who was it you were me
it was lee lee tell me something laura
when's the last time you talked to her
about an hour ago i want you to get out of
there right away now what are you talking about
are you saying i should be afraid of my own
sister just get out of there i want you to
check into a motel anything do anything but get
out of there before lee arrives why but please
don't ask me to explain just do it it's just for
tonight tomorrow everything's going to be okay
all right i will good we'll talk tomorrow
get your thing flaps we're going up there
i thought she said she was living i know
but i don't believe her
uh
oh please please
uh
wow
laura
laura i'm here
hmm
laura
who is it i thought i heard somebody
who's in there who is it who are you mama
it's lee
lee is at school and that's a that italian
boy why did she do it why did laura kill him
it's your fault oh your fault
who are you who is that person
laura sent me there are so many things
she never had the courage to say
to you she's such a little coward
mother there is love to you more than didn't
you mrs lockery stop it but who had to take
care of you all these years who had to hide your
insanities who are you not your precious lee
you always got what you wanted you always took
everything stop it do you remember enrollment
when laura was dating that uh young italian gianni
and you took him away from her she had to prove to
him that she was still attractive clumsily i admit
but it worked
better than she bargained for
then silly girl got myself raped and pregnant
and of course i had to kill him for her
uh
um
wake up jennifer
whose car is this grandma it's your
aunt liz oh good i can't wait to see her
where's everybody grandma i don't know but
it's very late i'd like you to go right to bed
where could they have gone grandma
yeah maybe they went for a walk
i wanted to tell them about
the movie tell them what
uh you uh put on your nightgown brush your
teeth and i'll be in the kitchen good night okay
huh
all right i can't protect you anymore
so
so
so
so
don't
okay yes darling everything's gonna be all right
i'm sorry i know you are i know you are
where's jennifer
she's asleep she's alright
i'm so tired
laura laura where is lee
i don't know did valerie hurt her too
i don't know
i don't remember i try to stop
valerie but she won't let me
can't we go somewhere where she'll never
find me oh yes of course of course we can
i wish that i could just go to sleep
you can go to sleep just close your eyes
i'm gonna take care of you
you can fool laura alger dear but not me
pigbee you've been given any thought
to what we're going to do if that thing
turns up i've been trying not to it's a comfort
higbee higbee i know that is that
the lady in the clippings the mother
mrs lockridge uh-huh but i thought
you said she was dead she is now
jennifer honey do you have any idea where your
grandmother might have gone to look for them it's
kind of important well i'm not sure but she might
have gone to the boathouse by the lake will you
find my grandma of course i will right now mark
it's okay it's okay the sheriff should be here
real quick flaps i want you to call connie and i
want you to tell him what's going on okay uh-huh
um you never remember well i don't
know what good it'll do but thanks
careful huh flabsy i'm really touched
so
oh
foreign
so
um
oh
oh god
ugh
oh
it's going to be all right
uh
ah
oh
ah
standard that's some story but i got one question
what's that what am i supposed to put my report
gully that's your problem i guess there
it is come on rags let's get out of here
hello hi hi what have we here well
i got mucho goodies for a hungry man
tell me is that satisfactory
hello mr higby hi jennifer
she seems to be adjusting i think so she's going
back to school and she's making new friends
she still has a nightmare now and then
but less and less how are you doing
i just pretend the whole thing never
happened sometimes it even works
all right milady i didn't come here to talk
i came here to eat oh shall we jennifer
time to eat can i have just one more
dip all right honey but make it quick
she's growing up so fast
you know it's funny she doesn't really resemble
her but sometimes she reminds me so much of
laura
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