The Day Time Ended (1979) - full transcript
Aliens visit the solar-powered house of a middle-class family, and the house is suddenly sucked into a time warp that takes it back to prehistoric times.
(wind howling)
(bats screeching)
(eerie music)
(foreboding music)
- [Man] Hello? Can you hear me?
Can anyone hear me?
I don't know where I am.
I don't know where I am anymore.
I don't know what
century I'm in.
There is a message
I must get through
to anyone who can hear me.
When I was out among you,
I always believed, as you did,
that time exists in
a sequential pattern,
one day following another,
one year after another,
each century following
the previous one.
But it's not like that at all.
I can tell you that
now because I know it.
Believe me.
You see, time exists
in a continuum.
I've found words spoken
thousands of years ago
are still around somewhere in
the vast infinity of space.
The future, as we call it,
that too is with us now.
Past, present, and future
are constantly in conflict
in a finite world.
On a planet known as Earth,
which I once inhabited,
we think of time as something
that is happening now,
that the past is gone,
that the future is not yet.
But that's not so.
If anyone can hear me,
know that yesterday,
today, and tomorrow
are constantly with us
and will be with us
through all eternity.
(mysterious music)
(lights booming)
(insects chirping)
(suspenseful music)
(whirring lights warbling)
(mysterious music)
- It sure will be good
to see the family again.
- Yeah.
I'll bet Jenny has
grown at least a foot
in the last three months.
- (laughs) They must have
had one hell of a vacation.
- Well, if you're
gonna build a house,
you've gotta get your
family out of the way.
- Tell me about it.
- Across the country
observed a most extraordinary
event at 5:23 this morning.
- Hey, get a load of that.
- A trinary supernova,
a simultaneous explosion
of three giant stars
located in the center of the-
- Hey, we better get
a move on if we want
to reach that plane on time.
- Clearly visible
in the early morning sky.
Scientists tell us that
the actual event occurred
several hundred years ago
and that the light
and now the radiation
from the explosion are just
now reaching our planet.
Radio telescopes
around the world
are studying the
skies today in hopes
of learning more about this
highly unusual occurrence.
Meanwhile, authorities tell us
that the levels of radiation
reaching us from the supernova
are extremely small and pose
no immediate health hazard.
However, news services
around the world
are reporting
electrical disturbances
and radio interference.
And here in the deserts
of Southern California,
we've even had some
reports of ground tremors.
We remind you that there is
currently no cause for alarm.
Scientists say
they have no reason
to expect any
further repercussions
from those
extraterrestrial exposures.
- (laughing) Hello!
- Oh, wonderful.
Come on over here, baby.
Hey! I'm glad to see you.
- We had a ball.
- Come here. Come here, baby.
- Hi, Mom.
- Hi.
It's nice to be home, though.
- Come on. Let's get
you out of here, huh?
- [Richard] Honey, I'm afraid
I'm gonna have to drop you
at the new house and
run, and I mean run.
- Oh, no.
- I have these plans
I have to get out in
one hell of a rush.
I have to be in New
York within 24 hours.
- Daddy!
- Don't worry, sweetheart.
I'll be back late tonight.
- Daddy, we were on a camel!
- (laughs) Oh, Jenny!
- A camel, huh?
- You should have seen her!
- [Grant] That must've been
a lotta fun huh? My, my.
(light string music)
- Oh!
- Well, there it is,
finished product.
- Oh, Grant.
- What do you think of it, Beth?
- Oh, Daddy, you did a
great job. (laughing)
It's fabulous!
- That husband of yours is
the best goddamn draftsman
west of the Mississippi.
Damn good with his hands too.
It's all solar powered.
Everything is modern
as you can get.
- Yeah. Even I like it.
- You're a tough
little kid to please.
Wait till you see the
surprise I got for you.
- Me too?
- Yeah, you too, baby.
- Follow me. Come
on, sweetheart.
(light wind instrument music)
Now you wait right there, Jenny.
You too, Steve.
Close your eyes, both of you.
Now, don't you open them
until I tell you, okay?
- I bet it's a puppy dog.
- It's better than that.
- Keep 'em closed.
Don't you open them yet.
Now you can open them.
- A pony!
- Wow! I'm going to
try him out right now.
Thanks, Dad.
- No. Better put him up, son.
We have to unpack the car.
You can ride him later.
There's plenty of time.
- Thank you, Grandpa!
- You can play with
him now, honey,
but don't leave the corral.
Isn't he pretty?
- What do you think
of them, Momma?
- Oh, beautiful choices.
- Let's split, huh?
(pony neighing)
(mysterious string music)
- Look, see?
Look.
Like her? Huh?
Look. Is this a cute baby?
Is it cute?
- You'd better hit the road.
Don't worry about this stuff.
Steve and I will
take care of this.
- Okay. Thanks, Dad.
- Take care, Steve.
- Bye.
- Sorry, honey. There's
no way out of it.
Jenny! Come say
goodbye to daddy.
- I know. I understand.
Will you call me?
- As soon as I get in.
- Hey, come back.
You wait here. I'll be back.
(pony neighing)
(eerie music)
(statue chittering)
Did you see my new pony?
I want my new pony.
Please help me find my pony.
(statue chiming)
- Jenny!
- Thank you.
Bye, Daddy!
- Goodbye, sugar.
You be a good girl
for Mommy now, okay?
- I will, Daddy.
- All right. I'll
see you tomorrow.
Mm! I'll hurry back.
(engine igniting)
- Hey, Momma, let me
help you with that.
(soft suspenseful music)
- What happened?
- My god. I have no idea.
- Oh, man. Looks like
some bikers came in.
- Bikers?
- Yeah.
Before we went on vacation,
I saw some guys hill climbing.
- Everything's all
right in there.
(horse neighing)
- Jenny!
- Better check upstairs, Steve.
(wind howling)
(eerie music)
- Grandpa! Grandpa!
- Not now, sweetheart. Not now.
- Grandpa, what's that funny
thing out behind the barn?
- I don't know. I don't know.
- Grandpa.
- Not now.
- It makes funny noises.
- Well, everything's all
right in the kitchen.
Seems to me they only
hit one room, this one.
Damn hoodlums.
- I don't know why they
did it, or who did it.
But you'd better
call the police.
- Jenny, honey, what
are you talking about
makes funny noises?
- Lots of lights and
stuff, and it plays music.
- Sweetheart, there's
nothing out there
behind the barn
except the corral.
- Hey, Dad. Everything
looks fine upstairs.
They must have heard somebody
or something and left.
- Dad, maybe we'd
better go check.
- Yeah. Let's go.
Atta girl. Let's go.
- (sighs) Well, don't
just stand there.
Help me clean up.
(horse neighing)
- I'll show you
just what I mean.
- Okay, sweetheart.
(eerie music)
(horse snorts)
- Granddad, it was there
a little while ago.
It really was.
- Oh?
- All right, baby.
Let's go in the house and
clean up that mess, okay?
- But Mommy, it was.
I promise it was.
- Hey, it was lights and stuff?
- Yes, Granddad.
- And music playing?
- Yes.
- Come on, Jenny.
(solemn music)
(artifact chiming)
Jenny, I won't tell you again.
- I'm coming, Mommy.
(upbeat groovy music)
- God, that's not good.
Does this look good to you?
- Yeah.
- (laughs) You better run
in and wash up, sweetheart.
Dinner is just about ready.
- Okay, Grandpa.
- Did you call the police?
- Yeah, I called them.
They said they'd be
over in the morning
to make a full report.
They also said to leave
everything just like it is.
(mirror crackling)
(eerie music)
- Thank you, water.
Thank you, light.
Is that good, Grandpa?
- That's good, good.
Come on. Let's go eat, huh?
You sit right there
on the end, okay?
There you are.
- Grandpa, this
is a funny house.
- Oh?
- How do you mean, Jenny?
- It's the only house
that I've ever seen
that works by itself.
- What are you talking about?
- Well, I walked in
the bathroom, and
the lights went on.
And I went to the sink, and
the water turned itself on.
- I think you're crazy.
- Yeah.
- Fed the horses, huh?
- Sure did.
- Good boy.
- Fed yours too,
you little monster.
- It's nice to have a
man around the house.
(all laugh)
- Hey, excuse me, Momma.
There you are, Steve.
(insects chirping)
Listen.
- [Ana] I don't hear anything.
- You have to listen very,
very carefully, sweetheart.
- I'm completely tuned
in to the silence
and turned on by it.
Isn't that what you
wanted me to say?
- No traffic, no sirens, no
planes, no people, no nothing.
(mysterious music)
- There's not a road
there, is there?
Or is there?
- No, that's not the road.
- A jet?
- It can't be.
(objects buzzing)
Don't suppose a pair
of two motorcycles
can shoot right into
the air, can they?
- No. No, you can't say that.
- My god, Ana.
We just saw a UFO.
- I don't believe it.
- Get back inside the house.
- Well, how long do you
think it'll take to fix it?
Yeah. Okay. I'll call
back in an hour or so.
Thank you.
(muffled rock music)
- Hey. Why don't
you get on to bed?
I think I'll have a glass
of milk and lock up.
- All right.
(mysterious music)
Grant.
- Yes?
- Come look at this.
- I'll be right with you.
What is it?
- A mirror.
- Well, what about it?
- It was broken.
- By god, that's right.
At least I think it was.
- Well, we all saw it.
It was broken right
down the middle.
- What the hell goes on?
- Grant.
- What?
- Someone's in the kitchen.
- Oh.
- And look, it's green.
- I just left there.
There couldn't be.
- Go see.
- It seems to be okay.
- You see?
It was just that
solar-powered thing.
- Well, I'll tell
you what I'll do.
I'll check it out
first thing tomorrow.
Okay?
- All right.
(soft string music)
Come on up.
- I don't know what
the hell to do.
We just go to bed and
try to forget it, huh?
Oh, god.
Goodnight, sweetheart.
- Goodnight.
- You know, other people
claim they've seen UFOs,
but I guess I never
did believe them.
Give me your hand, darling.
(eerie music)
(toilet flushes)
(curious upbeat music)
- You want to play?
(ominous music)
(UFO buzzing)
(artifact chiming)
(eerie music)
- Grant, it's in the hallway!
- What's in the hallway?
What could it be?
- Dad.
- Did you hear
anything out here?
- I thought I heard Mom yell.
- She said she saw something.
- Well, let's go check Jenny.
She's gone.
- What's happening?
- Jenny's gone!
- No!
- My god, what's that?
(foreboding music)
- Jenny!
- What's wrong?
- Jenny's missing!
- Jenny!
- Jenny!
- Jenny! Jenny!
Oh, my god!
- Jenny!
Jenny!
(ground rumbling)
(eerie music)
(UFOs whizzing)
They're back again, Grant.
- What are you
talking about, Mother?
- Well, we saw them
earlier this evening.
(door clacking)
- Oh, Jenny!
- (sighs) My god, I
could have shot her.
- Baby, where have you been?
- I was outside
playing with my friend.
- [Beth] Your
friend? What friend?
- That thing that made
the bad thing go away.
- What bad thing, Jenny?
- I thought it was a
telescope, but it wasn't.
It sort of long and
looked like Daddy's rifle.
But-
- Oh, my god, Grant.
Could somebody be
out there with a gun?
- Could be.
- Dad, I think we've
got to get out of here
till the morning
when the police come.
- Where can we go
at one o'clock?
- I don't care. I just
want to get out of here.
- All right. You
two get dressed.
I'll take a look around outside.
- Be careful, Grant.
- I will. You stay here.
(insects chirping)
(suspenseful music)
(horses neighing)
(stall banging)
(horses neighing)
(suspenseful music)
(horse snickering)
- [Reporter On Radio] We
interrupt this program
with an update from
the US Weather Bureau.
Those electrical disturbances
throughout the
deserts of Southern-
- Yeah, hello, operator.
I'm having trouble
reaching 343-4077.
Can you check that
line for me, please?
- [Reporter on Radio]
And some communities
are reporting slight
ground tremors.
Communication with
the stricken areas
has become increasingly
difficult tonight
due to telephone blackouts
and atmospheric
radio interference.
Utility companies
are being swamped
with requests for assistance,
and the Highway Patrol
is warning motorists
to be on the alert.
- Yeah, okay, fine.
Thanks. I'll keep trying.
- [Reporter on Radio]
And downed power lines.
Weather Bureau spokesmen blame
the freak weather conditions
on electromagnetic radiation
resulting from that triple
supernova which occurred
more than 200 years ago
and whose effects are just
now being felt on Earth.
We urge you to stay
indoors, remain calm.
(insects chirping)
- Hey, Steve. Come here
a minute, will you?
- Yeah, Dad?
- We're going back to town.
- What about the horses?
- They'll be okay. We'll
be back in the morning.
- Are you sure we
even have to go?
- Sure do.
- It will make Beth feel better.
Go see if she and
Jenny are ready.
- Okay, Mom.
- Well, you about ready to go?
- Just about.
- Mommy, I don't want to go.
I like it here.
- Shh. Honey, don't talk now.
- Beth, you coming?
- Yes, coming.
(car engine igniting)
- Dad, isn't that the car?
- Yeah.
Honey, you stay here.
- Be careful.
I don't get this.
You just take it easy
now, circle over there,
and I'll circle
around here, okay?
- Yeah. All right.
- All right. Are we ready?
Let's get out of here.
- No, no. Something's
going on out there.
- What do you mean?
- Well, the car's running,
and nobody's in it.
Jenny? Where is Jenny?
- Jenny?
Jenny?
- Stay there! Stay there!
All right, Steve.
- What is this, Dad?
It doesn't make
any sense at all.
- Well, Jesus Christ.
See if you can jerk
that battery cable off.
I'll give this
alternator a go here.
- Mommy, isn't this fun?
- No, it's not fun,
Jenny. It scares me.
- It does?
Okay, car. I want you
to stop fooling around.
You're scaring my mommy.
(engine shuts off)
(eerie music)
(ground rumbling)
- There it starts.
It's starting again.
Look! Look!
(UFOs whizzing)
- Wow!
- Everybody get
inside. Hurry up!
(thunder rumbling)
- Hello, operator?
Give me 343-4077 again.
Thank you.
(phone ringing)
- Hello?
- Hello, hello? Grant?
Grant?
- Richard?
Richard, can you hear me?
- Grant.
- We need help.
Get out here as quick
as you can, you hear?
- What the... Operator?
Listen, all I got
was interference.
- [Ana] Did he hear you?
- (sighs) I don't know.
- Well, okay. Forget it!
(thunder rumbling)
(engine igniting)
- Dad, they're gone now.
Can't we get out of here?
- I think so, Grant, while
we've got the chance.
- Okay, first thing
we're going to have to do
is find out if the car will run.
- Well, you have the keys?
- I left them in the car.
- I'll try it.
- All right. Let's get
the hell out of here.
(mysterious music)
What is it?
- I don't know what it was.
(thumping on door)
- Mommy, that's the bad
thing I told you about.
- Everybody upstairs, quick.
(foreboding music)
(UFO humming)
(gunshot booming)
(UFO blaring)
(ominous music)
Get in the bedroom.
Quick, quick!
(lasers zapping)
(artifact chiming)
Huh. That's damn
strange. It stopped.
- I wonder why.
- I don't know.
It's not even warm, Ana.
(thunder rumbling)
- [Reporter on Radio]
The Highway Patrol
has issued an advisory to all
motorists in the desert area.
- Hey! Anybody here?
Hello?
I'm in a hurry. I need some gas.
- Well, I can't get
you no gas, fella.
- Well, why not?
- I ain't got no power.
There's a hell of an
electrical storm out there.
- That's just about
where my family is.
I've gotta get some gas.
Can't you hook up some kind
of siphon or something?
- I've gotta have a hand
pump someplace around here.
- Can you go look for it?
- I'll try.
- Thank you.
(thunder rumbling)
- Wait. Where are you going?
- I left my dolly downstairs.
- Your doll?
Well, we'll leave it there,
because right now it's
better if we all stay here.
- But that nasty
thing is out there.
It'll take my doll.
- Well, I'll tell
you what I'll do.
I'll go downstairs right
now and get it for you.
- Will you?
- Sure.
- Better not, Steve.
You're not going anyplace.
- Dad, we haven't heard
a sound for an hour.
- I know. We'd better
take a look in.
Where is it?
- It's at the bottom
of the stairs.
I'll run down and
then right back up.
- Looks okay. Go ahead.
(suspenseful music)
(UFOs whizzing)
Look at this.
- Wow! Look at those lights!
(UFOs whizzing)
(tense music)
- Grant!
- Huh?
- It's Steven!
- Good god!
I'm coming, Steve!
Shove that dresser in front
of the door after I leave.
(tense music)
(suspenseful music)
(UFO humming)
(laser beam chiming)
(monster roaring)
(monsters roaring)
- Do you see anything?
- Something coming from
the side of the house.
I'd better go downstairs.
Grant will need help.
(monsters roaring)
- Hey! Get back in
the house. Hurry!
(monsters roaring)
(monster growling)
- Dad, the stables.
- Yeah.
(monster roaring)
Let's hurry.
Turn on the light.
Come on.
Come out of here.
- You're going into
the desert, huh?
- Yeah, that's right.
- Watch out for
those power lines.
They're down and all over hill.
- Okay. That's about it.
- Give me.
That's about 12 gallons.
At $0.65, that'll be...
- That'll be $7.80.
Here. Keep the change.
- That's right.
Hey, thanks a lot.
- Thank you.
- Well there doesn't seem
to be anything out
there right now.
- Can't you see any
sign of Steven or Dad?
(knocking on door)
- That might be them now.
(Ana gasps)
(monster roaring)
(Ana screaming)
(monster roaring)
- I better check at the
house. You stay put here.
- Maybe I better come too.
- You watch the horses.
We lose them, we'll
never get out of here.
- Dad! Here, take
this just in case.
(monster roaring)
(foreboding music)
(monster roaring)
- [Reporter on Radio] Again,
a big triple supernova
recorded earlier this morning.
Already the debate has begun
as to whether the
event was indeed
an explosion of three
stars or a totally new,
unrecorded stellar phenomena.
(monster roaring)
(horses neighing)
(monster growling)
- Quick, Steve. Bring
up one of the horses.
We've got to divert
that son of a bitch.
- But Dad-
- It's the only way.
It's the horse or us. Move!
(monster roaring)
Get back down there and
make all the noise you can.
Help divert them. Go ahead.
- Hey, you!
(monster roaring)
Now, Dad!
- Hyah! Hah!
(tense music)
(monster roaring)
(horse neighing)
(monster roaring)
(UFOs whizzing)
(wind howling)
- [Reporter on Radio]
Communications have been cut off
for most of the evening.
Puzzling information is starting
to trickle in from storms...
In the wake of severe
electrical disturbances
and unusual seismic activity.
(UFOs humming)
(tires squealing)
(wind howling)
(lights chiming)
(ground rumbling)
(Ana's speech drowned
out by rumbling)
(mysterious music)
(suspenseful music)
- My god!
(wind howling)
Anybody out there?
Hello, hello, hello?
(ground rumbling)
(wind howling)
(lights chiming)
(mysterious music)
Jenny!
Jenny!
(statue chiming)
Run!
Hurry!
- Grandpa, wait for me!
Grandpa, wait for me!
Wait, Grandpa!
- Run, Jenny! Run!
- Wait, Grandpa!
- Come on, Jenny! Run!
- Jenny, no!
Jenny!
Jenny!
- Jenny!
- No, Jenny!
Jenny!
(solemn string music)
- Easy now, son. Easy now.
That's a good boy. There you go.
Take it easy. That's it.
That's it. What are you
doing out here, huh?
Where is everybody?
You all right?
That's a good boy.
That's a good boy.
(horses neighing)
- Are you okay, Son?
- Sure, I'm okay.
You were going to
check up at the house.
What's Mom doing here?
- Check up at the
house? What do you mean?
- That's what you said
you were going to do
just a few seconds ago.
And why is it light outside?
- Son, I left hours ago.
- Hours? Dad, you just left me.
You hardly closed the door,
and you were right back here.
- Steve, you know what
this is, don't you?
It's a time-space warp.
- I'm not sure I know
exactly what that is.
- I don't suppose
anybody really does.
We've seen some
strange things tonight,
strange creatures that we know
don't belong on our planet.
God only knows where
they came from.
- Jenny and Beth...
- The vortex took them.
Just took them away.
I don't know what
place they're in.
I don't even know
what time they're in.
I don't even know
what time we're in.
- What are we gonna do
about Beth and Jenny?
- What are we gonna
do about any of us?
- We go on. That's what we do.
(wind howling)
(lights chiming)
- Look!
(suspenseful music)
(wind howling)
(lights chiming)
(solemn music)
- Grant.
Grant.
Do you know where we're going?
(wind howling)
(lights chiming)
(soft string music)
(wind howling)
- Momma, Momma, wake up.
- Huh?
- Look.
- Oh, my god.
(moving string music)
(statue chiming)
Oh, Beth. You're all right.
Where's Jenny?
- Jenny is fine.
She's with Richard.
- Beth, what is it?
- It's all right.
Everything's going to be fine.
We're going to be safe.
I know where to go.
I'm not sure I can explain it.
It's only a feeling I have.
I felt a communication,
a series of images,
after which I knew what
was happening to us.
And I knew our fear
was unnecessary.
- But how can you
be sure that they,
it, or whatever, is
telling the truth?
- Oh, I don't think it
knew what deception was.
It goes beyond those things,
millions of years beyond.
And yet there is a
feeling there of a warmth.
These are life forms
evolved past anything
our imaginations are
capable of perceiving now.
- What's gonna happen
to us now, Beth?
- I don't understand
it completely, Dad.
For a while the whole galaxy
was turned upside down.
- Are we ever going
to see Jenny again?
- Oh, yes, of course.
She's waiting for us.
- Beth, you think we'll
ever get back home?
- I don't know.
- Hey, you guys! Hurry up!
- Jenny!
(Grant laughing)
- Jenny! We thought
we'd lost you.
- Are you all right, sweetheart?
- Sure, Grandpa.
Look! There's Daddy!
- Oh! Hey, Richard!
- Oh, Jenny. Guess
what I got for you?
- Thanks, Steve.
- Come on.
(moving string music)
(Beth laughing)
- Hey, boy, how are you?
(UFOs whizzing)
- It's beautiful.
- Well, you know something?
- What?
- Maybe this was
all meant to be.
This is our new way of life.
(inspirational music)
(mysterious music)
(dramatic music)
(bats screeching)
(eerie music)
(foreboding music)
- [Man] Hello? Can you hear me?
Can anyone hear me?
I don't know where I am.
I don't know where I am anymore.
I don't know what
century I'm in.
There is a message
I must get through
to anyone who can hear me.
When I was out among you,
I always believed, as you did,
that time exists in
a sequential pattern,
one day following another,
one year after another,
each century following
the previous one.
But it's not like that at all.
I can tell you that
now because I know it.
Believe me.
You see, time exists
in a continuum.
I've found words spoken
thousands of years ago
are still around somewhere in
the vast infinity of space.
The future, as we call it,
that too is with us now.
Past, present, and future
are constantly in conflict
in a finite world.
On a planet known as Earth,
which I once inhabited,
we think of time as something
that is happening now,
that the past is gone,
that the future is not yet.
But that's not so.
If anyone can hear me,
know that yesterday,
today, and tomorrow
are constantly with us
and will be with us
through all eternity.
(mysterious music)
(lights booming)
(insects chirping)
(suspenseful music)
(whirring lights warbling)
(mysterious music)
- It sure will be good
to see the family again.
- Yeah.
I'll bet Jenny has
grown at least a foot
in the last three months.
- (laughs) They must have
had one hell of a vacation.
- Well, if you're
gonna build a house,
you've gotta get your
family out of the way.
- Tell me about it.
- Across the country
observed a most extraordinary
event at 5:23 this morning.
- Hey, get a load of that.
- A trinary supernova,
a simultaneous explosion
of three giant stars
located in the center of the-
- Hey, we better get
a move on if we want
to reach that plane on time.
- Clearly visible
in the early morning sky.
Scientists tell us that
the actual event occurred
several hundred years ago
and that the light
and now the radiation
from the explosion are just
now reaching our planet.
Radio telescopes
around the world
are studying the
skies today in hopes
of learning more about this
highly unusual occurrence.
Meanwhile, authorities tell us
that the levels of radiation
reaching us from the supernova
are extremely small and pose
no immediate health hazard.
However, news services
around the world
are reporting
electrical disturbances
and radio interference.
And here in the deserts
of Southern California,
we've even had some
reports of ground tremors.
We remind you that there is
currently no cause for alarm.
Scientists say
they have no reason
to expect any
further repercussions
from those
extraterrestrial exposures.
- (laughing) Hello!
- Oh, wonderful.
Come on over here, baby.
Hey! I'm glad to see you.
- We had a ball.
- Come here. Come here, baby.
- Hi, Mom.
- Hi.
It's nice to be home, though.
- Come on. Let's get
you out of here, huh?
- [Richard] Honey, I'm afraid
I'm gonna have to drop you
at the new house and
run, and I mean run.
- Oh, no.
- I have these plans
I have to get out in
one hell of a rush.
I have to be in New
York within 24 hours.
- Daddy!
- Don't worry, sweetheart.
I'll be back late tonight.
- Daddy, we were on a camel!
- (laughs) Oh, Jenny!
- A camel, huh?
- You should have seen her!
- [Grant] That must've been
a lotta fun huh? My, my.
(light string music)
- Oh!
- Well, there it is,
finished product.
- Oh, Grant.
- What do you think of it, Beth?
- Oh, Daddy, you did a
great job. (laughing)
It's fabulous!
- That husband of yours is
the best goddamn draftsman
west of the Mississippi.
Damn good with his hands too.
It's all solar powered.
Everything is modern
as you can get.
- Yeah. Even I like it.
- You're a tough
little kid to please.
Wait till you see the
surprise I got for you.
- Me too?
- Yeah, you too, baby.
- Follow me. Come
on, sweetheart.
(light wind instrument music)
Now you wait right there, Jenny.
You too, Steve.
Close your eyes, both of you.
Now, don't you open them
until I tell you, okay?
- I bet it's a puppy dog.
- It's better than that.
- Keep 'em closed.
Don't you open them yet.
Now you can open them.
- A pony!
- Wow! I'm going to
try him out right now.
Thanks, Dad.
- No. Better put him up, son.
We have to unpack the car.
You can ride him later.
There's plenty of time.
- Thank you, Grandpa!
- You can play with
him now, honey,
but don't leave the corral.
Isn't he pretty?
- What do you think
of them, Momma?
- Oh, beautiful choices.
- Let's split, huh?
(pony neighing)
(mysterious string music)
- Look, see?
Look.
Like her? Huh?
Look. Is this a cute baby?
Is it cute?
- You'd better hit the road.
Don't worry about this stuff.
Steve and I will
take care of this.
- Okay. Thanks, Dad.
- Take care, Steve.
- Bye.
- Sorry, honey. There's
no way out of it.
Jenny! Come say
goodbye to daddy.
- I know. I understand.
Will you call me?
- As soon as I get in.
- Hey, come back.
You wait here. I'll be back.
(pony neighing)
(eerie music)
(statue chittering)
Did you see my new pony?
I want my new pony.
Please help me find my pony.
(statue chiming)
- Jenny!
- Thank you.
Bye, Daddy!
- Goodbye, sugar.
You be a good girl
for Mommy now, okay?
- I will, Daddy.
- All right. I'll
see you tomorrow.
Mm! I'll hurry back.
(engine igniting)
- Hey, Momma, let me
help you with that.
(soft suspenseful music)
- What happened?
- My god. I have no idea.
- Oh, man. Looks like
some bikers came in.
- Bikers?
- Yeah.
Before we went on vacation,
I saw some guys hill climbing.
- Everything's all
right in there.
(horse neighing)
- Jenny!
- Better check upstairs, Steve.
(wind howling)
(eerie music)
- Grandpa! Grandpa!
- Not now, sweetheart. Not now.
- Grandpa, what's that funny
thing out behind the barn?
- I don't know. I don't know.
- Grandpa.
- Not now.
- It makes funny noises.
- Well, everything's all
right in the kitchen.
Seems to me they only
hit one room, this one.
Damn hoodlums.
- I don't know why they
did it, or who did it.
But you'd better
call the police.
- Jenny, honey, what
are you talking about
makes funny noises?
- Lots of lights and
stuff, and it plays music.
- Sweetheart, there's
nothing out there
behind the barn
except the corral.
- Hey, Dad. Everything
looks fine upstairs.
They must have heard somebody
or something and left.
- Dad, maybe we'd
better go check.
- Yeah. Let's go.
Atta girl. Let's go.
- (sighs) Well, don't
just stand there.
Help me clean up.
(horse neighing)
- I'll show you
just what I mean.
- Okay, sweetheart.
(eerie music)
(horse snorts)
- Granddad, it was there
a little while ago.
It really was.
- Oh?
- All right, baby.
Let's go in the house and
clean up that mess, okay?
- But Mommy, it was.
I promise it was.
- Hey, it was lights and stuff?
- Yes, Granddad.
- And music playing?
- Yes.
- Come on, Jenny.
(solemn music)
(artifact chiming)
Jenny, I won't tell you again.
- I'm coming, Mommy.
(upbeat groovy music)
- God, that's not good.
Does this look good to you?
- Yeah.
- (laughs) You better run
in and wash up, sweetheart.
Dinner is just about ready.
- Okay, Grandpa.
- Did you call the police?
- Yeah, I called them.
They said they'd be
over in the morning
to make a full report.
They also said to leave
everything just like it is.
(mirror crackling)
(eerie music)
- Thank you, water.
Thank you, light.
Is that good, Grandpa?
- That's good, good.
Come on. Let's go eat, huh?
You sit right there
on the end, okay?
There you are.
- Grandpa, this
is a funny house.
- Oh?
- How do you mean, Jenny?
- It's the only house
that I've ever seen
that works by itself.
- What are you talking about?
- Well, I walked in
the bathroom, and
the lights went on.
And I went to the sink, and
the water turned itself on.
- I think you're crazy.
- Yeah.
- Fed the horses, huh?
- Sure did.
- Good boy.
- Fed yours too,
you little monster.
- It's nice to have a
man around the house.
(all laugh)
- Hey, excuse me, Momma.
There you are, Steve.
(insects chirping)
Listen.
- [Ana] I don't hear anything.
- You have to listen very,
very carefully, sweetheart.
- I'm completely tuned
in to the silence
and turned on by it.
Isn't that what you
wanted me to say?
- No traffic, no sirens, no
planes, no people, no nothing.
(mysterious music)
- There's not a road
there, is there?
Or is there?
- No, that's not the road.
- A jet?
- It can't be.
(objects buzzing)
Don't suppose a pair
of two motorcycles
can shoot right into
the air, can they?
- No. No, you can't say that.
- My god, Ana.
We just saw a UFO.
- I don't believe it.
- Get back inside the house.
- Well, how long do you
think it'll take to fix it?
Yeah. Okay. I'll call
back in an hour or so.
Thank you.
(muffled rock music)
- Hey. Why don't
you get on to bed?
I think I'll have a glass
of milk and lock up.
- All right.
(mysterious music)
Grant.
- Yes?
- Come look at this.
- I'll be right with you.
What is it?
- A mirror.
- Well, what about it?
- It was broken.
- By god, that's right.
At least I think it was.
- Well, we all saw it.
It was broken right
down the middle.
- What the hell goes on?
- Grant.
- What?
- Someone's in the kitchen.
- Oh.
- And look, it's green.
- I just left there.
There couldn't be.
- Go see.
- It seems to be okay.
- You see?
It was just that
solar-powered thing.
- Well, I'll tell
you what I'll do.
I'll check it out
first thing tomorrow.
Okay?
- All right.
(soft string music)
Come on up.
- I don't know what
the hell to do.
We just go to bed and
try to forget it, huh?
Oh, god.
Goodnight, sweetheart.
- Goodnight.
- You know, other people
claim they've seen UFOs,
but I guess I never
did believe them.
Give me your hand, darling.
(eerie music)
(toilet flushes)
(curious upbeat music)
- You want to play?
(ominous music)
(UFO buzzing)
(artifact chiming)
(eerie music)
- Grant, it's in the hallway!
- What's in the hallway?
What could it be?
- Dad.
- Did you hear
anything out here?
- I thought I heard Mom yell.
- She said she saw something.
- Well, let's go check Jenny.
She's gone.
- What's happening?
- Jenny's gone!
- No!
- My god, what's that?
(foreboding music)
- Jenny!
- What's wrong?
- Jenny's missing!
- Jenny!
- Jenny!
- Jenny! Jenny!
Oh, my god!
- Jenny!
Jenny!
(ground rumbling)
(eerie music)
(UFOs whizzing)
They're back again, Grant.
- What are you
talking about, Mother?
- Well, we saw them
earlier this evening.
(door clacking)
- Oh, Jenny!
- (sighs) My god, I
could have shot her.
- Baby, where have you been?
- I was outside
playing with my friend.
- [Beth] Your
friend? What friend?
- That thing that made
the bad thing go away.
- What bad thing, Jenny?
- I thought it was a
telescope, but it wasn't.
It sort of long and
looked like Daddy's rifle.
But-
- Oh, my god, Grant.
Could somebody be
out there with a gun?
- Could be.
- Dad, I think we've
got to get out of here
till the morning
when the police come.
- Where can we go
at one o'clock?
- I don't care. I just
want to get out of here.
- All right. You
two get dressed.
I'll take a look around outside.
- Be careful, Grant.
- I will. You stay here.
(insects chirping)
(suspenseful music)
(horses neighing)
(stall banging)
(horses neighing)
(suspenseful music)
(horse snickering)
- [Reporter On Radio] We
interrupt this program
with an update from
the US Weather Bureau.
Those electrical disturbances
throughout the
deserts of Southern-
- Yeah, hello, operator.
I'm having trouble
reaching 343-4077.
Can you check that
line for me, please?
- [Reporter on Radio]
And some communities
are reporting slight
ground tremors.
Communication with
the stricken areas
has become increasingly
difficult tonight
due to telephone blackouts
and atmospheric
radio interference.
Utility companies
are being swamped
with requests for assistance,
and the Highway Patrol
is warning motorists
to be on the alert.
- Yeah, okay, fine.
Thanks. I'll keep trying.
- [Reporter on Radio]
And downed power lines.
Weather Bureau spokesmen blame
the freak weather conditions
on electromagnetic radiation
resulting from that triple
supernova which occurred
more than 200 years ago
and whose effects are just
now being felt on Earth.
We urge you to stay
indoors, remain calm.
(insects chirping)
- Hey, Steve. Come here
a minute, will you?
- Yeah, Dad?
- We're going back to town.
- What about the horses?
- They'll be okay. We'll
be back in the morning.
- Are you sure we
even have to go?
- Sure do.
- It will make Beth feel better.
Go see if she and
Jenny are ready.
- Okay, Mom.
- Well, you about ready to go?
- Just about.
- Mommy, I don't want to go.
I like it here.
- Shh. Honey, don't talk now.
- Beth, you coming?
- Yes, coming.
(car engine igniting)
- Dad, isn't that the car?
- Yeah.
Honey, you stay here.
- Be careful.
I don't get this.
You just take it easy
now, circle over there,
and I'll circle
around here, okay?
- Yeah. All right.
- All right. Are we ready?
Let's get out of here.
- No, no. Something's
going on out there.
- What do you mean?
- Well, the car's running,
and nobody's in it.
Jenny? Where is Jenny?
- Jenny?
Jenny?
- Stay there! Stay there!
All right, Steve.
- What is this, Dad?
It doesn't make
any sense at all.
- Well, Jesus Christ.
See if you can jerk
that battery cable off.
I'll give this
alternator a go here.
- Mommy, isn't this fun?
- No, it's not fun,
Jenny. It scares me.
- It does?
Okay, car. I want you
to stop fooling around.
You're scaring my mommy.
(engine shuts off)
(eerie music)
(ground rumbling)
- There it starts.
It's starting again.
Look! Look!
(UFOs whizzing)
- Wow!
- Everybody get
inside. Hurry up!
(thunder rumbling)
- Hello, operator?
Give me 343-4077 again.
Thank you.
(phone ringing)
- Hello?
- Hello, hello? Grant?
Grant?
- Richard?
Richard, can you hear me?
- Grant.
- We need help.
Get out here as quick
as you can, you hear?
- What the... Operator?
Listen, all I got
was interference.
- [Ana] Did he hear you?
- (sighs) I don't know.
- Well, okay. Forget it!
(thunder rumbling)
(engine igniting)
- Dad, they're gone now.
Can't we get out of here?
- I think so, Grant, while
we've got the chance.
- Okay, first thing
we're going to have to do
is find out if the car will run.
- Well, you have the keys?
- I left them in the car.
- I'll try it.
- All right. Let's get
the hell out of here.
(mysterious music)
What is it?
- I don't know what it was.
(thumping on door)
- Mommy, that's the bad
thing I told you about.
- Everybody upstairs, quick.
(foreboding music)
(UFO humming)
(gunshot booming)
(UFO blaring)
(ominous music)
Get in the bedroom.
Quick, quick!
(lasers zapping)
(artifact chiming)
Huh. That's damn
strange. It stopped.
- I wonder why.
- I don't know.
It's not even warm, Ana.
(thunder rumbling)
- [Reporter on Radio]
The Highway Patrol
has issued an advisory to all
motorists in the desert area.
- Hey! Anybody here?
Hello?
I'm in a hurry. I need some gas.
- Well, I can't get
you no gas, fella.
- Well, why not?
- I ain't got no power.
There's a hell of an
electrical storm out there.
- That's just about
where my family is.
I've gotta get some gas.
Can't you hook up some kind
of siphon or something?
- I've gotta have a hand
pump someplace around here.
- Can you go look for it?
- I'll try.
- Thank you.
(thunder rumbling)
- Wait. Where are you going?
- I left my dolly downstairs.
- Your doll?
Well, we'll leave it there,
because right now it's
better if we all stay here.
- But that nasty
thing is out there.
It'll take my doll.
- Well, I'll tell
you what I'll do.
I'll go downstairs right
now and get it for you.
- Will you?
- Sure.
- Better not, Steve.
You're not going anyplace.
- Dad, we haven't heard
a sound for an hour.
- I know. We'd better
take a look in.
Where is it?
- It's at the bottom
of the stairs.
I'll run down and
then right back up.
- Looks okay. Go ahead.
(suspenseful music)
(UFOs whizzing)
Look at this.
- Wow! Look at those lights!
(UFOs whizzing)
(tense music)
- Grant!
- Huh?
- It's Steven!
- Good god!
I'm coming, Steve!
Shove that dresser in front
of the door after I leave.
(tense music)
(suspenseful music)
(UFO humming)
(laser beam chiming)
(monster roaring)
(monsters roaring)
- Do you see anything?
- Something coming from
the side of the house.
I'd better go downstairs.
Grant will need help.
(monsters roaring)
- Hey! Get back in
the house. Hurry!
(monsters roaring)
(monster growling)
- Dad, the stables.
- Yeah.
(monster roaring)
Let's hurry.
Turn on the light.
Come on.
Come out of here.
- You're going into
the desert, huh?
- Yeah, that's right.
- Watch out for
those power lines.
They're down and all over hill.
- Okay. That's about it.
- Give me.
That's about 12 gallons.
At $0.65, that'll be...
- That'll be $7.80.
Here. Keep the change.
- That's right.
Hey, thanks a lot.
- Thank you.
- Well there doesn't seem
to be anything out
there right now.
- Can't you see any
sign of Steven or Dad?
(knocking on door)
- That might be them now.
(Ana gasps)
(monster roaring)
(Ana screaming)
(monster roaring)
- I better check at the
house. You stay put here.
- Maybe I better come too.
- You watch the horses.
We lose them, we'll
never get out of here.
- Dad! Here, take
this just in case.
(monster roaring)
(foreboding music)
(monster roaring)
- [Reporter on Radio] Again,
a big triple supernova
recorded earlier this morning.
Already the debate has begun
as to whether the
event was indeed
an explosion of three
stars or a totally new,
unrecorded stellar phenomena.
(monster roaring)
(horses neighing)
(monster growling)
- Quick, Steve. Bring
up one of the horses.
We've got to divert
that son of a bitch.
- But Dad-
- It's the only way.
It's the horse or us. Move!
(monster roaring)
Get back down there and
make all the noise you can.
Help divert them. Go ahead.
- Hey, you!
(monster roaring)
Now, Dad!
- Hyah! Hah!
(tense music)
(monster roaring)
(horse neighing)
(monster roaring)
(UFOs whizzing)
(wind howling)
- [Reporter on Radio]
Communications have been cut off
for most of the evening.
Puzzling information is starting
to trickle in from storms...
In the wake of severe
electrical disturbances
and unusual seismic activity.
(UFOs humming)
(tires squealing)
(wind howling)
(lights chiming)
(ground rumbling)
(Ana's speech drowned
out by rumbling)
(mysterious music)
(suspenseful music)
- My god!
(wind howling)
Anybody out there?
Hello, hello, hello?
(ground rumbling)
(wind howling)
(lights chiming)
(mysterious music)
Jenny!
Jenny!
(statue chiming)
Run!
Hurry!
- Grandpa, wait for me!
Grandpa, wait for me!
Wait, Grandpa!
- Run, Jenny! Run!
- Wait, Grandpa!
- Come on, Jenny! Run!
- Jenny, no!
Jenny!
Jenny!
- Jenny!
- No, Jenny!
Jenny!
(solemn string music)
- Easy now, son. Easy now.
That's a good boy. There you go.
Take it easy. That's it.
That's it. What are you
doing out here, huh?
Where is everybody?
You all right?
That's a good boy.
That's a good boy.
(horses neighing)
- Are you okay, Son?
- Sure, I'm okay.
You were going to
check up at the house.
What's Mom doing here?
- Check up at the
house? What do you mean?
- That's what you said
you were going to do
just a few seconds ago.
And why is it light outside?
- Son, I left hours ago.
- Hours? Dad, you just left me.
You hardly closed the door,
and you were right back here.
- Steve, you know what
this is, don't you?
It's a time-space warp.
- I'm not sure I know
exactly what that is.
- I don't suppose
anybody really does.
We've seen some
strange things tonight,
strange creatures that we know
don't belong on our planet.
God only knows where
they came from.
- Jenny and Beth...
- The vortex took them.
Just took them away.
I don't know what
place they're in.
I don't even know
what time they're in.
I don't even know
what time we're in.
- What are we gonna do
about Beth and Jenny?
- What are we gonna
do about any of us?
- We go on. That's what we do.
(wind howling)
(lights chiming)
- Look!
(suspenseful music)
(wind howling)
(lights chiming)
(solemn music)
- Grant.
Grant.
Do you know where we're going?
(wind howling)
(lights chiming)
(soft string music)
(wind howling)
- Momma, Momma, wake up.
- Huh?
- Look.
- Oh, my god.
(moving string music)
(statue chiming)
Oh, Beth. You're all right.
Where's Jenny?
- Jenny is fine.
She's with Richard.
- Beth, what is it?
- It's all right.
Everything's going to be fine.
We're going to be safe.
I know where to go.
I'm not sure I can explain it.
It's only a feeling I have.
I felt a communication,
a series of images,
after which I knew what
was happening to us.
And I knew our fear
was unnecessary.
- But how can you
be sure that they,
it, or whatever, is
telling the truth?
- Oh, I don't think it
knew what deception was.
It goes beyond those things,
millions of years beyond.
And yet there is a
feeling there of a warmth.
These are life forms
evolved past anything
our imaginations are
capable of perceiving now.
- What's gonna happen
to us now, Beth?
- I don't understand
it completely, Dad.
For a while the whole galaxy
was turned upside down.
- Are we ever going
to see Jenny again?
- Oh, yes, of course.
She's waiting for us.
- Beth, you think we'll
ever get back home?
- I don't know.
- Hey, you guys! Hurry up!
- Jenny!
(Grant laughing)
- Jenny! We thought
we'd lost you.
- Are you all right, sweetheart?
- Sure, Grandpa.
Look! There's Daddy!
- Oh! Hey, Richard!
- Oh, Jenny. Guess
what I got for you?
- Thanks, Steve.
- Come on.
(moving string music)
(Beth laughing)
- Hey, boy, how are you?
(UFOs whizzing)
- It's beautiful.
- Well, you know something?
- What?
- Maybe this was
all meant to be.
This is our new way of life.
(inspirational music)
(mysterious music)
(dramatic music)