La horripilante bestia humana (1969) - full transcript

- Who is it?

- Arthur.

- Who?

- Arthur.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

Come on in.

- Hi, there.

I just came to wish you luck.

- Aw, that was sweet of you.

I'm going to put on
the mask, you can help.

- This woman's been hurt!



Someone call a doctor.

- Any orders for me, Lieutenant?

- Keep everyone back.

I don't want anyone near her.

- Yes, sir.

All right, come on, let's go.

- All right, stay back.

Come on.
- Stay back, back up.

- Call the hospital, emergency!

Have 'em send an ambulance at once!

- Calm down.

She's knocked out.

Don't worry about it.

- General Hospital.



Where?

Yes, right away.

Emergency, send an
ambulance over to the arena.

That's right.

Dr. Krallman.

- Yes?

- I'm to tell you that you
have a meeting tomorrow

at nine up in the conference room.

- So early.

Thank you.

- General Hospital.

- Ready, master.

- Let's go.

- But I feel I'm to blame.

- And why are you to blame?

It was an accident.

The risk is there for anyone
who decides to be a wrestler.

- I never should have
thrown her out of the ring.

- But she would have done the same to you,

if you had given her the chance.

- Oh, I only pray that it's not serious.

- And I hope you're right.

How is she, doctor?

- Fractured her skull.

Are you related to her in any way?

- No, we're friends, just friends of hers.

- It's that she has no parents.

- Oh, this is Lucy Osorio.

- How do you do?

- And I'm Arthur Martinez,

Lieutenant of the Police Special Service.

- Thanks.

It's nice to know you, Lieutenant.

- Same here.

- Doctor, is it serious?

- I'm afraid it is.

A sliver a bone has
lodged in the cerebrum,

and we'll have to remove it surgically.

Have them call Dr. Krallman
for an operation emergency,

and begin the preparations
for the operation.

- Yes, doctor.

- Please come with me,

so that you can give
all the data referring

to the patient and explain
your part in the accident.

- There's someone on
the telephone, master.

- I'll see who it is.

Oh, and when you're finished,
lock up the laboratory.

- I always do, master.

- Hello?

Yes, speaking.

Mm-hmm.

And have you called Dr. Lamont?

I'll be there as soon as possible.

That's all.

- Is that you, papa?

- Yes, son.

But you should be asleep by now.

- I couldn't sleep.

- You must try, Julio.

Your sleep is very important.

- I was just waiting for you.

- I had just arrived when they called me

from the hospital concerning
an operation, an emergency.

- But why did they call you again?

- It was me they recommended.

Now get some rest.

I'll return soon.

- I'll change.

- Doctor, how is she?

- Well, uh, please ask Dr. Krallman.

He might know a little
more about it than I do.

Now, excuse me.

- Dr. Krallman, will she be all right?

- We've done everything that's indicated.

Now all we can do is wait

and pray.

- Elena might die.

And if she does I'm responsible for it.

- Doctor, for each and every one of us,

who day in day out has
collaborated within this hospital,

it has become very painful for us

to arrive at this conclusion.

In spite of all that we
have done to save your son,

the leukemia is gaining and seems

to defy all of the advances of science.

His days are now counted.

- I have good news for you, Julio.

Your analysis show a definite improvement.

In the weekly seminar that
was called early this morning,

all of the doctors have
definitely agreed with me

that your infection has been detained,

and that soon you will
start a complete recovery.

So now it's a question
of time and patience.

- Tell me the truth, papa.

Are you sure I'm recovering,
and that I'll soon be well?

- Of course you will, Julio, I swear it.

- Everything is ready, master.

- Once I was faced with
a situation very similar,

when you suffered that terrible accident.

Everyone assured me that you would die.

Undaunted, I fought to save you.

And now the two of us alone must fight

to save the life of my son,

who has been declared lost by our science.

- And when do you plan
to do the operation?

- Right now, tonight.

His hours of life are now counted.

The transfusions of human blood have been

ineffective against
this terrible leukemia.

I feel that the blood from an animal

as powerful as that of a gorilla might

annihilate whatever is causing
the cancer in the blood.

- But are you sure his system
can stand this transfusion?

- As it is now, no.

- Well, then why are you
going to run the risk?

- I'm going to use the gorilla's heart.

- You're going to-

- Transplant the hearts,

Julio's for that of the gorilla.

Move the table over to the cage,

and prepare the gorilla.

The electrocardiograph, quickly!

- Master, look!

It's workin'!

- Let's put him under oxygen.

- Now tell me what it's all about.

What happened?

- I couldn't help it.

I got very frightened when
I threw her out of the ring.

- So we're back there once more.

Now, forget it.

Elena will be all right.

- Now you mustn't move.

No talking, and by blinking
your eyes you can answer me.

Blink them if you hear me.

Now listen to me.

Blink your eyes only
once if you feel pain.

Once for yes, twice for no.

Now tell me, are you
feeling any kind of pain?

Get a little rest.

No excitement.

I won't move from your side.

You'll soon be feeling well.

And now get some sleep,
you must have rest.

- What is it, doctor?

- Nothing, calm down.

Apparently the operation is successful.

- I'm glad, master.

I knew it would be.

- It's too early to claim a victory.

We have to wait and trust in God.

Come, help me drag the cadaver of the

gorilla over to the incinerator.

- Yes, master.

- How is it possible that during

one whole day no one has
been able to find the animal?

- Not a trace of it.

- Then that indicates that the animal

has gone out of the zoo grounds

and must be wandering around the city.

I'll have to advise the authorities

so they could help us to locate it

before anything happens
that could be tragic.

And don't take any chances or,

if it's necessary shoot to kill.

That's all right.

Now get out of here!

- Who is it?

- Open the door, it's locked.

- All right, just a moment.

- Hi, there.

- Hello.

- How are things going?

- I'm very frightened.

- You starting the same thing all over?

Why don't you think about something else?

Do you know what riders do when

they get thrown from a horse?

- No.

- They remount in the act.

That's exactly what you've got to do.

Continue wrestling or
retire from the ring.

Which, by the way, would
make me very happy.

- You know, I've been thinking about that.

- About what?

- Leaving the ring.

- What are you waiting for?

- The contract that hasn't expired.

Monday's free for all here in the capital

is the last one for me.

- Is that a promise?

- I promise you.

- Swear it to me?

- I swear it.

- My darling.

- Two minutes.

- All right!

Will you take me out to dinner tonight?

- Yes, if you win.

Of course I'll win!

- Hey, wait.

- What'd you find out?

- Quite a few things.

- Like what?

- Like that door on the cage is all iron,

it closes with a lock and chain,

and the two things are still intact.

- Make me our report on
it, complete and clear,

and I'll study it tomorrow.

- No, it's gonna have to be tonight.

The chief wants to see you right away.

- What, again.

Now what can I say to Lucy?

Meet me in the office later.

- Lots of luck, Lieutenant.

- Who is it?

- It's me, Arthur.

- Not now, I'm taking a shower.

- Open the door.

I have to talk to you for a moment.

- What's the matter?

- It's just that I've
got problems with you

and I don't know how to tell you.

- Well just tell me.

- It's just that I saw
Ramon, the sergeant,

and he told me that-

- That the chief has to see
you in his office immediately!

- Tell me how you knew.

- Because every time you invite me out

to dinner you stand me up!

You never have a night free for me!

- But that's duty, my love.

- My love, my foot!

You think more of your chief than

you think of me, don't you?

Well good night!

- Master, look!

- Oh my God!

He's escaping!

The rifle, Goyo, the rifle!

- Here it is, master.

- Go get my car and follow me.

- Oh, somebody help!

- Hey, what's happening?

Come on, open up in there!

Run for the manager, get the key quickly!

- Right.

- There he is!

Drive around to the other
side of the building, hurry!

- Now, tell me what happened.

Calm down!

Please, now stop it!

One at a time.

Now reply to my question,
but in order, please.

Please!

Please, one at a time.

Please, or I'll never be
able to understand you.

- What plans do you have now, master?

- None.

This is horrible.

For the moment I'll keep close watch

so that he doesn't escape.

I was prepared for
everything, but not for this.

I was prepared for a case of
refusal for autoimmunization,

which might affect the normal tissues

such as the pleura and
the red blood cells,

but I never thought it
would affect the cerebrum.

- The cerebrum?

- Yes.

And what is more probable

is that the heart of a gorilla

is much too potent for any human,

and the volume of blood to the cerebrum,

which couldn't control
this great pressure,

damaged the superior parts.

And when this happens man becomes

an animal completely without control

giving origins to the transmutation.

The malignancy of the case is

that the process might
occur each 45 seconds,

the time it takes for the blood

to circulate through the normal body,

at times as much as a
minute or a little more

if the person is in a
state of unconsciousness.

- How much time, master,
for this transformation?

- It's always impermanent.

It might last for days
or hours or minutes.

- Are you trying to tell me that

at any moment Julio
might return to normal?

- That's right, but his cerebrum

will have been lesioned forever,

and he might repeat the transmutation,

converting once again into
a beast or vice versa,

this way continuing the cycle.

Suddenly an idea occurs to me
before it becomes too late.

- What is it, master?

- Invert the process,

before the lesioned cerebrum
becomes irreparable.

- Invert the process?

I don't understand.

- To do a new transfusion,

and a new heart transplant from a human,

from a person still alive

to him.

- But a person acting as
a donor in this would die.

- I know, Goyo.

I know.

Can I count on you?

Please help me.

- Yes, master.

- Remember that woman whose
skull operation I did?

Just what we need.

- But that would be a crime.

- But justifiable.

That woman will die regardless.

A little sliver of bone
lesioned the cerebrum.

And if by some miracle she lives,

she'll be an idiot for
the rest of her life.

- How are you going to do it?

- I'll do it here.

- But how?

- Tomorrow when it's dark,

we'll take her out of the
hospital without anyone seeing us.

- But-

- Goyo, will you help me?

- Anything you ask of me, master.

- Good.

For the present you'll have to
inject him every eight hours.

This way we can keep him sleeping.

And you'll have to close up that window.

All of the precautions we
take are still too few.

- As you wish, master.

- Good afternoon.

- Excuse me, but could I see
Miss Elena Gomez in number six?

- Number six, so sorry.

They still have the same orders
prohibiting all visitors.

- But could I find out how she is?

- One moment.

Someone is asking about
the patient in number six.

Thank you.

No change, she's still unconscious.

- Oh.

Help!

Oh, please!

- What just happened?

- Over there in the park,

there's some horrible monster

that's trying to kill my boyfriend!

Help him, help him, help him!

- Call the police!

- He must be over there, get closer.

What's going on here?

- I guess somebody got mugged
over there in the park.

Oh, a dead man, a dead man!

A dead man, a dead man!

- Who yelled?

- I did, sir.

There around the corner
there's a man and he's dead.

- Call into headquarters.

- I already did, sir.
- Right.

- Goyo, get the car before
more police show up.

Bring it over there.

- This one's still breathing.

Use the stretcher.

Boy, oh, boy.

This one's been murdered,
ripped to pieces.

- Leave him there.

Apparently, there's another victim

just around the corner in an alley.

You go with him.

- Yes, sir.

- Stretchers, follow me.

- You know them?

- The wounded one that they took away

is the owner of that little shop.

- And him?

- Him, no.

It must be the boyfriend of that

girl that came to the shop screaming.

- You stick here.

You others check every inch of the park.

Let's go talk with her.

- This way.

- The cops are there, and the patrol cars.

Help me, hurry!

- Come on, dear, drink her down.

- All right, get all of
these people outta here.

Come on, get back!

Get out!

- All right, you heard the man.

You heard what the man said, everyone out!

- Now are you calm enough to tell

me exactly what happened
out there in the park?

- Four is a new total of
victims claimed by the gorilla.

The new addition is Joseph Ramirez Garcia,

who died early this morning.

The police think that the gorilla that

escaped four days ago from
the zoo is the assassin.

- Connect the electrocardiograph.

Turn it on.

Burn the cadaver.

- Doctor, doctor, come quickly!

- But this is impossible!

Come on!

Please get me a line through to

Dr. Krallman right away, it's urgent!

- Yes, doctor.

- Hello?

I'll go and call him.

- Who is it?

- It's the hospital, master.

- I expected.

- Have they discovered the
disappearance of the woman?

- Naturally they have.

The body is destroyed?

- Yes, master.

- Then remove all traces of the ashes

and burn wood to substitute them.

Nothing should be left
in case we have visitors.

Wait for me while I answer the telephone.

Hello?

Yes, speaking.

But this is absurd!

It's completely unpardonable!

You've checked the whole
hospital, the gardens?

Well do it then at once!

I'm on my way over.

I'll leave now.

- Dr. Krallman is coming right over.

Now you check the hospital
from top to bottom,

and you check the gardens
and all of the outbuildings.

- Hello, General Hospital.

- This woman has been in
a coma for seven days.

Now can one of you explain to me

how she was able to get out of bed,

much less leave by a window?

If she had gone by a hallway
she would have been seen.

Unless-

- Unless what?

- Unless she were kidnapped.

- But by who, and the object?

- That's exactly what
I would like to know.

And now, doctors, I think our duty is

to report to the authorities.

- But that would be
disastrous for the hospital.

- Our colleague's right.

Our reputation would suffer for it.

- Yes, it's the truth.

We find ourselves in a
situation that's difficult.

But please recall that the
persons who accompanied

the sick woman when she came
here would be obligated to-

- Pardon me for interrupting, doctor,

but permit me to remind you that the

woman has been prohibited all visitors

since she came out of the operation.

- Of course this gives us the opportunity

to cover her disappearance.

- But only a few days, no more.

- Very well, doctors.

But then what are we to do?

And meanwhile what are we to say

to the personnel of the hospital?

They all know what's going on.

Of course her infirmity is now critical,

or a high fever might produce

what commonly is called delirium.

Of course the woman might
have been a sleepwalker.

- A sleepwalker, any sleepwalker gets up,

and she could have jumped out
of the window and escaped.

- Or got lost.

I've got the solution.

- And that, Dr. Lopez?

- We'll tell the personnel of
the hospital that this woman,

in a state of somnambulism,
has disappeared.

And that we ask the
most absolute discretion

for the good name of our hospital,

while the directors conduct
their investigation of the case.

- And I agree with Dr. Lopez.

And besides we must give

a strong reprimand to the personnel.

- If this is the opinion of the majority,

I'm agreed also, but with one condition.

If after passage of
time our investigations

have not resulted in our being

able to locate the sick woman,

we immediately go to the authorities.

Do you all agree?

- Yes.
- I agree.

- Well, then that'll be all for now.

Good day, doctors.

- All of the crimes were
committed in this sector.

And now look at the prints
they picked up from the window,

at the scene of the first crime.

Show them the pictures, please.

- Observe these.

Those lines on the first print are human,

but the others aren't.

Maybe they belong to some animal

that I'm unable to identify.

- But they're not made
by two different persons.

Or to put it more clearly,

it's that the two of them are made

by the same person or thing,

whatever it may be, person or animal.

Is that it?

- Yes, sir, that's right.

- And now I wonder if the doctor

will tell us what he
encountered when he performed

the autopsies on those two cadavers.

- The trachea and the
cervical vertebrae of the two

murdered by strangulation
were completely destroyed.

The assassin must be very
strong, especially in his hands.

- Similar to a gorilla?

- Could be, but I don't think of an animal

strangling a person like this,
as would be done by a human.

It would tear with its nails, or biting,

or by embracing with such
force as to destroy the thorax,

as in the case of the cadaver
encountered in the park.

- In that case it might
have been the gorilla.

- Might.

But the declaration of the
only person who saw it,

the pretty girl who was with her boyfriend

in the park the night he was murdered,

doesn't coincide with a
description of the gorilla.

- And the conclusion
you're trying to draw?

- That the gorilla didn't
escape from the zoo,

but that it was stolen.

If it had escaped,

well a gorilla just can't disappear

in a city as small as ours is.

Besides, no one has seen it.

And if somebody did find it, huh,

I don't think they'd take it home

for their children to play with.

- I don't think there's
any time for your jokes.

- Please pardon me, but I
wasn't trying to be funny.

It's just that we're face to
face with a terrible reality.

What I'm going to say,
just might sound absurd,

and could only happen in this century.

But from all of the
proofs you have just seen,

and the declaration of the young girl,

I have come to this conclusion,

that whatever committed these
atrocities is a beast, yes,

but a horrible half beast half human.

- I'll say that's absurd.

The proofs are circumstantial.

It's more probable that of late,

more and more you're
watching on your television,

many of those pictures of terror.

- Have you seen the paper?

- Leave it on the bureau.

And they believe

that some horrible half-man
half-animal is responsible

for the crimes that have been committed.

It's unbelievable that such things

can happen in the 20th century.

What are the authorities
doing to clear up the case?

Six hours, dear Lord,
I only need six hours.

Thank you!

Thank you, dear Lord, for
giving me back my son.

- Miraculous!

Miraculous!

- It's necessary to get him out

of here while he's still asleep.

- No danger by trying to move him?

- That's a risk that I'll have to face.

Possibly he'd recognize where he is

causing traumatized emotions,

and a crucial nervousness that could

give rise to a new transformation.

We'll carry him.

Carefully now.

For two nights I haven't
gone to the hospital.

I'll go now, I don't want
anybody to get suspicious.

Stay by his side all night.

Give him another injection in one hour.

There's no danger as
long as he's sleeping.

Besides, I could return at once.

- I'll be here, master.

- Don't close the door!

Leave it open so that you can hear him

just in case he needs you.

- Osorio winning two out

of three falls, retains her crown!

- Gomez.

Oh, hello, Lieutenant, how are you?

Sure, I know you miss me.

Tell me, what can I do for you?

- Sergeant, hook me up with
my girlfriend at the arena.

- Sure.

It'll be a pleasure, hold on a minute.

Gomez.

Communications, Car 25.

Hook it up to the dressing
rooms in the arena.

It's urgent.

- Hello?

Yes.

- Hello, darling.

I listened to the radio,
and you were wonderful.

- Where are you?

Not again!

But you've been there four
nights in a row, haven't you?

- Baby, why don't you
come out here and join us?

Yes, here, we'll meet you
on that little side street

near the park.

- Okay, I'll leave as soon
as I put some clothes on.

See you, my love.

- Everything is pretty calm.

- Yeah, the calm before the storm.

Ease up to the patrolman.

- Right.

- There's nothing new, Lieutenant.

- Who is that just left that house?

- Dr. Krallman, he lives there.

- Dr. Krallman.

- It's that no one dares to go out.

- But he did.

Better keep your eyes wide open.

- Don't worry, Lieutenant.

- See you later.

- Good night, Lieutenant.

- Good evening, young lady.

- Good evening, doctor.

- Julio!

Julio!

Oh, my God!

Julio!

Julio,

it's me who is talking.

It's your father, Julio!

- Oh, somebody help!

- Hear that?

Back there, come on.

- It was the monster.

He ran over to the park.

- He's been murdered.

Call an ambulance and the patrol cars,

have them surround the zone.

- Yes, sir.

- Don't shoot, it's my son!

No, no!

- Lucy!

- Come take a look at what
we found in the cellar.

- Hey, Lieutenant, how
about giving us a statement

on your investigations
for the afternoon finals?

- Bear with me, Charlie,

I can't tell you anything right now.

It's a big case and it's difficult.

See me later, huh?

- This way, Lieutenant.

- Don't let anybody come down.

- Look at that.

- Hmm.

- And now take a look at this.

- Have it analyzed.

Any identification on the
man encountered in the park?

- It's the son of Dr. Krallman.

- He just might give
us a clue to the case.

Where did they take his father?

- Both are in the same
hospital, Lieutenant.

- Come on.

- Oh, somebody help!

- Don't be frightened.

I'll see what it is.

- Help me, there's a monster in there!

He's right behind me!

- I'm from police headquarters.

I want to see the sick
man who was in this room.

- What sick man?

He's a monster.

Murdered a doctor and
took off towards the roof,

and on his way he took a sick
little girl out of this room.

- Surround the hospital,

and if he's seen, no one is to shoot.

A stray shot could hit the child.

- Yes, sir.

- One of you call the emergency squad,

have them bring a net in
case he decides to jump.

- Right.

- How do I get to the roof?

- At the far end of the hall to the left!

What'll they do if they catch him?

- Kill him, there's no other way.

- Look up there!

It's the monster!

- Don't shoot!

Don't shoot, he's got a child with him!

- No, no, don't fire!

Let me talk to him.

He's my son.

Julio.

Julio, listen to me.

No one's going to hurt you.

No one will hurt you.

Give me the child.

Give me the child.

Julio.

Give me the child.

Let me have the child, Julio.

That's right.

- He's gettin' away, fire at him.

Julio!

- Papa.

- Please, Julio, forgive me.

I lied to you.

I lied to you, yes.

When I knew that your
sickness was incurable,

I acted against the dictates
of God trying to save you.

Forgive me, Julio.

Forgive.

- For what?

- Take charge of the doctor.

- How did you discover the
disappearance of Elena?

- Well, Dr. Krallman went out of his mind,

but he remained lucid for a moment

and confessed everything.

Poor fool.

The desire to save his son from death

was the cause of so many people suffering.

- It's unfortunate, really sad.