(ominous piano music)
(engine rumbling to a stop)
(flowing and expressive orchestral music)
(liquid bubbling)
(haunting piano over expressive orchestral music)
(expressive trumpet over flowing orchestral music)
(haunting piano over expressive orchestral music)
(music grows more tense)
(menacing orchestral accent)
(gunshots cracking)
(Ruby screaming)
(gunshots cracking)
(water splashing)
(Ruby gasping over unsettling orchestral music)
That was the night Ruby's baby was born.
That was the night The Dade County Gang
killed for the last time, they killed one of their own.
(radio crackling)
(relaxed blues music)
♪ Easy, like blowing smoke rings 'round the moon
♪ Looking, stayed, and spent the afternoon
♪ Tender and I remember
♪ Tender, perhaps too soon
♪ So easy, uncharted journeys to the sun
♪ Looking, left the rest of life undone
♪ Strong love but not for long, love
♪ Dream love but never one
♪ Gardenia-scented nights
♪ And a moon of milky white
♪ Seem to fade with the lies that he told
♪ And the memory of his face
♪ Like a smile, it's out of place
♪ Growing cold
♪ Through it all
Ruby lived with her daughter
in the old road house by the swamp.
She forgot the past and started a legitimate business.
One by one, the old gang members returned,
and she found jobs for them at her drive-in theater.
(car engines rumbling)
(truck rumbles to a stop)
What's playin'?
I can't read that poster without my glasses.
One of them horror pictures.
It's about a giant, 50 foot woman.
With a 25 foot bosom, I suppose.
Now, May, don't start on me!
Better be good, I ain't missin' I Love Lucy...
C'mon, c'mon, I haven't got all night!
Eh, gimme a minute, man.
You're holdin' up the damn line!
(chuckles) What line'?
Nobody wants to come here much anyway.
(Lila June giggling)
She does, I've seen her here every night.
That ain't true!
Gimme a buck.
Your turn.
(engines rumbling)
That'll be a buck.
Who's in back?
Nobody, just us.
Think I'll take a look.
(distant siren blaring)
Aw, you're hidin' back here, huh?
You little creep! (boy shouting)
You creep, ow! (kick thudding)
Hey!
Come on, come on!
All right, gimme another quarter or get out.
Go on. (car horns honking)
(truck engine rumbling)
(tires crunching on gravel)
Doctor, Doctor,
give us a hand with the door!
It's the sheriff's car! (wood thunking)
(engine rumbles to a stop)
We've got to warn the town!
She's grown into a giant!
Never mind, get in the car,
we're too late to call now, drive to town!
(truck engine rumbling)
C'mon, listen, now. (man moaning)
I heard, hey, c'mon!
If my husband ever caught us, I don't what'd happen!
Relax, honey, now, he won't!
Heh, help me undo your bra!
Well, he might, he comes here all the time!
He's the sheriff!
What!
(tense orchestral music from movie screen)
(film projector whirring)
(film canister clacking)
(liquid sloshing)
(police siren blaring)
Can't you drive any faster?
(tense orchestral music from movie screen)
(men chewing noisily)
(tense and menacing orchestral music from movie screen)
(film projector whirring)
(jarring and unsettling strings over low rumbling tones)
(light shade rattling)
(film can rattling to floor)
(eerie and unsettling electronic music)
(film cans rattling)
(gun cocking)
(eerie and unsettling electronic music)
(film crackling)
(tense orchestral music from movie screen)
(film soundtrack skittering)
(high-pitched beep)
(patrons shouting over honking car horns)
What the hell's going on down there?
(distant car horns honking)
(phone ringing)
(phone line buzzing over distant car horns honking)
Damn!
(patrons shouting and chattering over honking car horns)
(engine sputtering to a stop)
(patrons shouting and chattering over honking car horns)
(knocking on door)
Open the door, dammit!
(patrons shouting and whistling)
The damn door was locked, I couldn't get in.
Just found the key.
I told you to keep him off the bottle.
Ruby, I've been doin' a good job of it!
Will you get on the speaker, dammit, shut them up.
All right.
(door rattling)
Listen, Jess, you get that reel on or get out!
(tense and unsettling orchestral music)
(light switch clicking)
Damn!
(tense and unsettling orchestral music)
(liquid sloshing)
Jess?
Jess, what the hell are you doing in the dark'?
(swell of menacing orchestral music)
(jarring string accent)
(Ruby gasps)
(ominous lurching orchestral music)
Ruby, we gotta get something on the screen.
Oh, Jesus.
Cut him down, get him out of here.
Ruby?
Don't talk to me, just get him outta here!
Get rid of him.
I'll do that, go on back to the house.
Start the movie first.
OK, I'll see ya at the house later.
(door thunking)
(lamp creaking)
(film crackling)
(body thumps to the floor)
(knocking on door)
Vince?
(door rattling)
Yeah.
(sighs) I got him in the truck.
Ruby, we oughta call the cops.
We've been running from the cops for 20 years,
we'll handle it our way.
But Ruby, Jess just wouldn't hang himself!
What do you mean, he wouldn't just hang himself?
He was a drunk. (liquid bubbling)
Just get rid of him and don't talk to me about cops.
Ruby, he was part of the old gang.
He was a dead shot.
You know, it's, it's mighty funny, but,
but I know Jess could take care of himself.
Ruby, Ruby, why?
Why after all these years?
Oh, Vince, come on!
We've seen it all, you and me.
Don't fall apart now.
Yeah, screw him, huh?
Ain't nobody gonna push us around.
That's my Vince.
Now, look, do what I told ya.
Do it now.
You know Ruby always takes care of her boys.
OK, Ruby, OK.
Jess didn't kill himself, somethin' else did.
Will ya get out and do what I told ya?
Yeah.
(door rattling)
(tense orchestral music from movie screen)
(siren blaring)
Harry!
(metallic crashing)
She'll tear up the whole town
till she finds Harry!
Yeah, then she'll tear up Harry!
(metal rattling and clanking)
Here comes that little bitch again.
Ah, lay off, Barney, she's OK!
What'll it be, honey, anything I can give ya?
Hey, give him one for me, will ya?
You pay no attention to him.
I don't pay no attention to jail birds.
Whatta you mean?
Never you mind, jail bird!
Here, honey, on the house.
I'll see ya in a bit, I got somethin' special for ya.
Yeah?
Well, all right, but you better hurry,
I got someone waitin' in the car.
Yeah, I'll see ya outside.
OK.
(footsteps clacking)
[Man In White Vest] What's happenin', baby?
Shove off!
I, uh, I brought ya a Coke to go with that, honey.
I like Dr. Pepper, don't you remember nothin'?
So what you got that's so special for me?
Well, Lila June, you know, you said if...
Well, are you comin',
you dirty old man (chuckles)?
(tense and unsettling orchestral music)
(liquid bubbling)
Jess is dead, couldn't take it, I guess.
Wanna drink, Jake'?
Oh, I forgot, you don't drink anymore.
Hung himself.
Well,
Vince'll take care of it,
as always.
(Ruby sighs)
This room, it's alive,
I can feel it inside.
Remember how they used to come up from the city, Jake'?
They came up to see Ruby Claire.
(bayou animals chattering)
Lila June! (Lila June giggling)
Lila June!
Lila June?
(bayou animals chattering)
Lila June!
Well, give it to me (sighs)!
If Ruby ever found out that I took it...
I said, I'd only wear it around the house.
(gasps) Oh, it's beautiful, I love it!
Here, do me, OK?
And keep your hands to yourself!
(bayou animals chattering)
(Lila June gasps)
Eh, don't do that, y'hear?
Just a little kiss, Lila June.
I said don't!
You let all the other guys...
Stop it, dammit, don't do that!
(Louie grunts)
(bodies thump to the ground)
Get offa me (groans)!
Come on, you do it to them!
Come on, Lila June!
Stop it, stop it! (Louie moaning)
I said don't, dammit (shrieks)!
(knee strike thudding) Ah!
(Louie groaning)
I hope it you real good, you -
you dirty bastard!
(bayou animals chattering)
(Ruby humming a tune)
♪ How did I get this way
♪ I got the no lovin' blues
♪ And it's my rainy day
I was good, Jake.
I coulda made it.
(Ruby hums).
(laughs) Oh, you always used to like my singing, didn't you?
You liked a lot of other things about me, too.
Listen, Jake! (pleasant blues music)
(crowd chattering)
Good crowd tonight!
We oughta clear a couple of thou!
Lots of action at the tables!
Oh, Jake!
I've - I've gotta go on, Jake.
They're calling for me. (crowd bustling)
Nicky'll be out there.
Don't be angry, Jake!
He's just a charming boy, I'm your girl, Jake.
He's just a boy. He's just a boy, Jake.
Jake Miller,
you're jealous!
(laughs)
You're jealous!
(Louie gasping)
(leaves rustling over eerie and unsettling orchestral music)
(punch thudding)
(leaves rustling over eerie and unsettling orchestral music)
(punch thudding)
(eerie and unsettling orchestral music)
(punch thudding)
(leaves rustling over eerie and unsettling orchestral music)
(wind howling)
(punch thudding)
(Louie groans)
(punch thudding)
(Louie groans)
(punches thudding)
(Louie groaning)
(Louie screaming)
(bones crunching)
(Louie groaning)
(blood bubbling over eerie and unsettling orchestral music)
(laughs) Oh, Jake, please don't!
(whip cracking)
(Ruby gasps)
Oh,
he hurt me!
Oh, Nicky, baby, he hurt me!
Nicky, Nicky, oh, Nicky!
Help me!
Nicky!
(eerie orchestral music)
(eerie and unsettling orchestral music)
Get outta here, I don't wanna see you!
Get out!
(Ruby sobbing)
Honey, it's cold down here.
Your mother wants you to take care of yourself,
so go up to your room.
Get up, Ruby.
Don't worry about Jake, I'll take care of him.
Now, come on.
Go to bed, Ruby.
It's Nicky, Vince, he's come back!
Don't talk crazy, Ruby.
She has his eyes, don't you think?
(eerie orchestral music)
What are you thinkin', baby?
If only she could talk.
(eerie orchestral music)
Come on, honey, it's cold down here, Ruby.
(eerie orchestral music)
(Ruby gasping over moody, vaguely unsettling blues music)
(gunshot cracking)
(Ruby gasping)
(clock ticking)
(Ruby sighs)
(menacing orchestral accent)
(unsettling orchestral music with jarring accents)
(clock ticking over eerie violin)
(flowing piano over pleasant orchestral music)
(birds screeching)
(flowing piano over pleasant orchestral music)
(dark and unsettling orchestral music)
(flies buzzing)
Leslie?
Leslie!
(Vince sighs)
(flies buzzing)
Come on, honey, let's go home.
Jake is waitin' for ya to take him for his walk.
(flies buzzing)
Uh, you wouldn't want Jake to miss his walk, now,
would ya, honey?
No, I know you wouldn't, come on.
(flies buzzing)
(tense orchestral music from movie screen)
(Lila June moaning passionately)
OK, hand 'em over first.
Hand what over?
The nylons you promised me!
Oh, Lila June, I'll get 'em tomorrow.
Then you'll get what you want tomorrow.
Come on, Lila June, you know I'm good for it.
Yeah, you're good for nothin' (moans)!
Honest, baby, I forgot your size.
Yeah, I didn't forget your size (laughs)!
(both moaning and laughing)
(Lila June shrieks)
(boy blows a raspberry)
You little son of a bitch!
(muffled chatter on movie screen)
(paper rustling)
Whatta ya doin' comin' up behind me like that?
Whatta ya think?
Will you leave me alone?
Look, I wanna get outta here and I wanna go to the city.
Well, I ain't leavin' Ruby.
Now, we owe her, givin' us jobs after we got outta stir!
Barney, I'm scared, first there's Jess
and now there's Louie.
Now I wanna get outta here while I'm still breathing!
Look, we stuck with her then
and we are stickin' with her now.
Would you please take it easy, nothin' else is gonna happen!
Hey, how 'bout some popcorn down here?
Get the lady some popcorn, will ya?
(door creaking)
(door rattling)
All right.
Let's go.
I don't understand it, Ruby.
Don't talk to me, Vince.
Come on, let's get it over with.
Jess, I can understand with the booze, but Louie,
you know he had a daughter in L.A.?
He was gonna go live with her.
Ruby, the way he died.
What's the difference, dead is dead.
Well, you didn't see him, he was torn apart.
Now, what would tear a man apart like that?
Will you shut up, Vince, just shut up and let's go.
(engine rumbling)
' Why did you say, "Nicky?"
What are you talking about?
Last night at the house, you said Nicky was comin' back.
Oh,
I was drunk.
I've never seen you really drunk in 15 years.
No, you were, you were scared.
The truth is, the kid scared me.
Coming down the stairs in the middle of the night like that,
sometimes, she gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Ah, she's OK, she's just a quiet kid.
She's no kid.
I've gotta put her in that institution.
I'll check the place out, I know I'm doing the right thing,
and you're not going to talk me out of it.
No, Ruby, don't do it.
I mean, I mean, she's like my own.
No more!
(sighs) She's Nicky's kid, too, ya know?
You owe him that much.
He loved me, he never knew her.
Nicky died thinkin' that you had him set up,
that you rubbed him out.
(sighs) You know, it's crazy, Ruby, I know, but...
I've been thinkin'.
Maybe you're right,
maybe Nicky's comin' back to claim what's his.
Leslie is his, you know.
It's me, damn you, it's me, me, he wants, me!
(car engine rumbling)
(engine rumbles to a stop)
(crickets chirping)
(bayou animals chattering)
(trunk rattling)
See the boat?
No.
(bayou animals chattering)
I'll go look for it.
(bayou animals squawking and hooting over chirping crickets)
(ominous and eerie electronic music)
(gunshots cracking over jarring electronic accents)
(ominous and eerie electronic music)
Vince!
What?
I just wanted to know where you were.
I found the boat.
Well, hurry up.
Let's get this over with.
(bayou animals chattering)
(water bubbling over chirping crickets)
Ah, this is good.
(water splashing)
(birds squawking)
Phew, funny place for Louie and Jess to end up,
a meal for some hungry gator.
(Vince groaning)
(water splashing)
(water gurgling and bubbling)
(tense orchestral music from movie screen)
(furniture rattling)
(adding machine clacking)
(door rattling)
Who's that?
Hello, Vince.
Doc Keller, huh?
Jeez, am I glad to see you, Doc.
Well, why didn't you call me from town?
I'd have picked you up.
Listen, I came straight up.
After that letter of yours, I couldn't stay away!
Well, you haven't changed a bit, Doc,
not since the pen, you haven't changed a bit.
I gotta thank ya for what you did.
Hey, I was just doin' my job.
You woulda gotten a parole with or without me.
Well, I owe ya one, sit down, Doc, sit down.
Say, uh, I wanna thank ya for comin' here, too.
Now, you know me pretty well, don't you, Doc'?
Sure.
And you know that I don't scare easy.
I know you don't.
Some of the guys used to tell me up at the pen
that, that you were able to talk to the spirits.
The guys up there say a lotta things, Vince.
Well, can ya'?
Well, let's say that, uh, they talk to me.
Communicate might be a better word.
So that means sometimes,
you can tell what a guy's thinkin', huh?
(eerie and unsettling electronic music)
We all have that ability to a degree.
(eerie and unsettling electronic music)
It's just that
some of us have trained ourselves to use it more, that's all.
What's the matter, Doc?
What's the matter?
I don't know.
Yeah, there is somethin' here.
It's tryin' to kill us, all of us,
and you gotta stop it.
I'd like some time, just to walk around,
get the feel of the place.
Yeah, sure.
I'll meet ya at the ticket booth, huh?
And then I'll take ya up to the house.
Good.
(door rattling)
(Vince sighs)
(chair rattling on floor)
(door rattling)
Uh, Vince?
Could I get an extra long break tonight?
You got Lila June on your mind, don'tcha kid?
Eh, she's nothin' but trouble, all women are.
Yeah, go 'head, go ahead.
(crowd shouting on movie screen)
(siren blaring on movie screen)
(dramatic orchestral music from movie screen)
(wood cracking)
(crowd shouting)
(wood cracking)
(dramatic orchestral music from movie screen)
(crickets chirping)
(eerie ghostly howling)
(swell of unsettling electronic music)
(eerie ghostly howling)
(car horn honking)
I'll be right with ya, Doc.
(distant engines rumbling)
(muffled dialogue from movie screen)
Come on,
Say, you know, Doc, the way those guys died,
Jess hangin' by his neck in a projection booth
and Louie torn apart, you know,
I've seen men die before, lots of 'em, but not like this.
There's been violence here, years ago, am I right'?
Well, I don't know, maybe.
And a woman with red hair, this concerns her.
Yeah, that's right, that's Ruby.
Hey, how do you do that, Doc?
I never told you anything about her in the letter.
It's not easy to explain, Vince.
Is Barney here?
Yeah, he's taking care of the soft drink machine.
Hmm, come to think of it,
I haven't seen him around all night.
(buttons clacking)
Shit, phew! (slap thudding)
(buttons clacking)
I can get it for nothin' inside.
And that's exactly what you're gonna get, nothin'!
You do for me, and I can do for you.
You can't even do for yourself!
(man groans)
(door rattling)
Ruby! (door rattling)
(pleasant and relaxed blues music)
Ruby!
Is that you, Vince?
Yeah, we got a visitor.
This way, Doc.
(needle scratching on record)
Ruby, I want you to meet Doc Keller.
Doc, this is Ruby Claire.
I don't need a doctor.
I'm not a medical doctor.
You a shrink?
No, hey, Ruby, no, he's a doctor of para...
Parapsychology, the study of psychic phenomena.
Don't let the big title throw ya.
Ah.
You know, I'm a fan of yours.
I have one of your records.
(laughs) I only made one!
Oh, I suppose you've seen my old movies, too.
No, I haven't, but I'd like to.
Well, stick around, Doc, we run one now and then.
You have to look close to catch me in the early ones.
Sit down, Doc.
That's one of the reasons I bought the drive-in.
Got it cheap when the club closed.
Oh, I needed to make some dough and keep the boys busy.
You want a drink, Doc?
Fine.
- Gotcha. - Straight.
Aren't you supposed to be down checking the receipts?
Oh, Ruby, I've already done that.
Say, we got a packed house tonight.
You've seen the drive-in'?
Yes.
We're really packin' 'em in with that horror film.
Blood and lots of it, well, that's what they want nowadays.
(wheelchair rattling)
No, honey, take Jake back upstairs, come on.
(wheelchair creaking)
All right, you stay then.
How are you, Leslie?
Vince told you about her?
Yes.
You can touch me, it's all right.
(teeth crunching into skin)
(DOC groans)
Leslie, go to your room!
It's all right, she was just curious.
She doesn't speak, not a word.
Maybe you people at the hospital can help her.
Pardon me?
I've done everything that I know how to do.
I, I'm sorry, I - don't understand.
What is this?
Vince!
Who is he? What are you doing to me?
Ruby, just take it easy now, he's gonna help!
You told him about Nick, didn't you?
No, I swear I never did.
He told me nothing.
Shut up!
You don't scare me, none of you scare me!
And I'm not afraid of Nicky!
Nicky loved me.
(eerie ghostly howling)
Yes, he did.
Something has disturbed him.
Vince! (eerie ghostly howling)
Shh!
Something powerful,
very powerful.
It's cold, anger.
(swell of eerie and unsettling electronic music)
Pain.
(gasps) Terrible pain.
(eerie ghostly howling)
Moving now,
cars, people.
The drive-in?
Yes, the drive-in.
(ghostly howling over eerie and unsettling electronic music)
No, everything's OK over there.
(buttons clacking)
(strikes thudding)
(door creaking)
(liquid bubbling)
(jarring electronic accent)
(liquid bubbling)
Billy, where have you been?
Now get back to the car at once!
But Mom, but Mama, there's a dead body
in the cold drink machine!
No more horror movies for you!
But Mom, but Mama!
(patrons chattering)
(coins jingling)
(button clacking)
(Cup rattling)
(liquid bubbling)
(woman slurping)
_
Hit the lights, Vince,
I want music, champagne, best in the house, '34.
(cork popping)
Doc, you wanna hear Ruby Claire sing?
I'd like that very much.
OK.
Yeah, Doc, boy, wait till you hear her!
She was great! (jukebox buzzing)
Vince, let's show him how we did it.
(relaxed old time pop music)
♪ Easy, like blowing smoke rings 'round the moon
♪ Looking, stayed and spent the afternoon
♪ Tender and I remember
♪ Tender, perhaps too soon
♪ So easy, uncharted journeys to the sun
Not bad, huh?
I coulda been big time.
That's some ring.
It sure is.
It's very beautiful.
It was given to me by someone very special.
Eck, whatta you know.
I loved him and he loved me.
Look what he left me.
What a beautiful child (laughs).
(discordant keyboard accent)
(Ruby gasps)
(relaxed old time pop music)
Now, Ruby, are you all right?
Come on, sit down.
Come on.
(relaxed old time pop music)
Ruby, tell me what you saw.
(sighs) I don't know.
Has Leslie ever spoken?
She never even cried, except once.
When she was born and then she stopped.
Some terrible pain in birth.
No, it was nothing like that.
What are you asking me this for'?
I'm tired, I'm going to bed.
I suppose Vince asked you to stay.
Yes, if it's not inconvenient.
Fix him up.
Goodnight, Miss Claire.
♪ Easy,
♪ my dreams arrive on wings of change
♪ Looking
(door rattling)
(liquid bubbling)
(door rattling)
(curtain rattling)
(haunting orchestral music)
(distant dog barking over engine rumbling)
(haunting and expressive orchestral music)
I know you're here!
(Ruby laughs)
Mwah, mwah!
You've gotta understand, it wasn't me.
I didn't set you up.
It was Jake,
oh, he was so jealous.
He couldn't stand the idea of me having your baby.
You gotta understand about Jake and me.
Nicky, is it you?
I'm not afraid Nicky, I love you.
(ominous electronic music)
[Ghostly Echoing Voice] Ruby!
Ruby!
(Ruby gasps)
Ruby! (Ruby gasps)
Ruby!
Ruby,
Ruby!
(Ruby gasping)
Ruby!
(Ruby gasps)
Ruby!
(Ruby gasping)
(ghostly voices echoing)
(Ruby gasping and wailing)
(sobs) Leave me, please!
Don't, don't do this to me!
(Ruby sobbing)
(distant engine rumbling)
(car chassis creaking)
(menacing electronic accent)
Nicky! (engine rumbling to a stop)
Nicky! (distant dog barking)
(film projector whirring)
(distant whooshing)
(man screaming)
(body thumps on screen)
(Ruby gasps)
(menacing electronic music accent)
(Ruby gasping)
(Ruby screams)
Ruby!
(sobs) Oh, Nicky!
Ruby, it's me! (Ruby sobbing)
(clock ticking)
(eerie and uneasy orchestral music)
(window rattling)
(window rumbling)
(eerie and unsettling orchestral music)
(latch rattling)
(tableware clattering)
(glass shattering)
(bubbling electronics over eerie orchestral music)
(liquid bubbling over low rumbling tones)
There was another killing last night.
I know.
I wanna get 'em away from here.
Something's changed, Vince.
I don't know what it is,
maybe you can help me put my finger on it.
Something that's upset the balance of things.
Eh, we've been goin' on like this since '33.
Well, before this lousy drive-in,
we were all headin' for the big time!
Ruby was legit, the numbers and the gamblin',
that was all Jake's.
He went up to the pen for a year on a tax rap
and that's when Nicky moved in and everything went bad.
What happened to Jake, why is he in a wheelchair
Jake, he was nuts about Ruby.
He wouldn't let anybody near her.
Then he bought this place for her, put a bundle into it.
You wouldn't know it now, you look around,
but we had the fanciest setup this side of Miami.
Say, Doc, you shoulda seen her then.
She was a knockout!
There wasn't a dame around that could touch her.
(thunder rumbling)
You loved her all this time, huh?
Yeah. (rain pattering)
And Ruby?
Sometimes she gets lonely. (thunder rumbling)
Tell me more about Leslie.
Eh, she's no trouble.
She's a good kid, a little strange now and then.
You know, Ruby's been good to her, real good.
Maybe it's because she's tired, huh?
You know, runnin' this drive-in,
takin' care of the old gang.
Huh, well, she's not gonna have to do that any longer.
I'm the only one around.
In what way have things changed for Leslie?
Well, Ruby wants to send her to the hospital, that's all.
I don't agree with her.
Leslie may be the key.
Nah, you're wrong.
She wouldn't hurt a fly.
How's your right arm, Vince?
It's fine.
You know all the power you could muster
with your best right is nothing next to what you have
up there in your unconscious mind.
You're wrong about her, you know?
I hope so.
Want some orange juice?
No, thanks. (thunder rumbling)
Well, there goes tonight's box office!
Give myself a shave, get dressed.
OK.
Good morning.
Well, good morning, honey.
Sit down and I'll fix you somethin' to eat.
It'll have to be scrambled eggs,
'cause that's all I know how to make.
Well, now, you're old man,
he could really cook up a storm, I wanna tell ya.
(chuckles) You know, this kind of weather
reminds me of the old days.
After the crowd would leave and it was nice and quiet,
the gang would all get together and we'd sit down
and play poker till wee hours in the mornin'.
And then your dad, why, he'd jump up
and knock out one of his specialties.
Boy, he was a charmer, lemme tell ya.
What a handsome devil, you know,
all the dames used to go wacko over him.
(chuckles) I can understand why Ruby fell in love with him.
You know, every now and then,
when you give me one of those great big smiles,
why, you remind me of him.
Yeah, he was quite a guy.
Everybody liked him but not Jake.
They'd look at each other
and you could see the daggers back and forth.
You know why, because Ruby'd get
right in the middle of 'em and stun 'em up.
Hey, what am I goin' on and on and on for?
You know I got a big mouth?
No, honey, that was yesterday.
Yesterday is gone, today is here.
(glass shattering)
Aw, honey, aw, honey,
I don't know why I upset you like that.
Oh, baby, I love ya so much.
(rain pattering)
(thunder rumbling)
(flowing and expressive piano music)
(curtain rattling)
(flowing piano over expressive orchestral music)
(thunder rumbling)
(flowing piano over expressive orchestral music)
We can prove it, can't we?
He'll know I love him.
(thunder rumbling)
(swell of eerie and unsettling electronic music)
(blood splattering)
(scissors crunch onto bed)
Ruby!
(eerie and unsettling electronic music)
I'm coming!
(expressive orchestration over eerie, unsettling ambiance)
(eerie and unsettling ambient music)
(door creaking)
(rain pattering)
(thunder rumbling)
I'm here, Nicky.
(rain pattering over eerie and unsettling ambient music)
(thunder rumbling)
(jarring and uneasy electronic accent)
Aw,
baby,
how I want you!
(thunder rumbling)
(eerie and unsettling electronic music)
Ruby, you're not afraid of me, are you?
(thunder rumbling)
No.
(eerie and unsettling electronic music)
(uneasy woodwind melody over gurgling electronic effects)
Do you love me, Ruby?
(thunder crashing)
Oh, Nicky!
I love you!
(eerie and unsettling electronic music)
You're a liar!
No, it was Jake!
I didn't know.
You turned me in, bitch!
(Ruby gasping)
You loved me, you said you were having my baby!
You lied!
Liar, liar! (Ruby gasping)
Liar!
(eerie, unsettling electronic music)
Liar!
(mallet strike thudding)
(Ruby gasping for breath)
(Ruby screams)
She's all right.
She's in a kind of somnambulistic state.
Oh, come on, Doc, don't give me those $10 words.
Tell me what the hell is goin' on around here!
Vince, if I told ya, you probably wouldn't believe it.
I'm ready to believe anything.
Now, Doc, three of the old gang were torn apart,
by what, who? Not her!
She hasn't got it in her to hurt anyone.
Ruby, you said you were going to send her away.
I think her unconscious mind fought back
by evoking the presence of her father.
She was Nicky.
Everything about her was Nicky.
Of course, the presence is real, with motives of his own!
Leslie is a natural medium.
What I'm afraid of now
is that the presence may be powerful enough
to act without the benefit of Leslie's mind.
Well, I'm taking her away from here now.
' No!
The only chance we've got of saving Leslie
is to get to whatever painful memory it was
that caused her to evoke the presence
of her father in the first place!
All right, Doc, what do we do?
I don't know if it'll work.
She's in kind of a trance-like state already.
With your permission, I'd like to try hypnosis.
(rain pattering)
All right.
(thunder rumbling)
Leslie, can you hear me?
I know you can.
I want you to relax and listen to my voice.
I want you to let me inside,
SO we can become one.
You're a beautiful person, Leslie.
A lovely soul.
What the hell are you doing?
Ruby, stay out of it.
Trust me.
Go on, Doc.
It's all right, Leslie.
I want you to go back with me,
and I don't want you to be afraid.
I'm right here and I'm not going to leave you.
I see a young girl and she loves flowers.
And a dog named Sandy
and a birthday cake.
Vince make that cake for ya?
How many candles on that cake'?
One, two,
five (sighs)! (Leslie sighs)
It does make you happy, doesn't it'?
You wanna talk about it'?
It's all right, you can.
It's all right, please.
(Leslie moaning)
(Leslie whimpering)
(Ruby sobs)
Ha
Pee
birthday!
Oh, God!
(sighs) Happy birthday!
Oh, that was good!
Now, let's go back some more.
It's all right, I won't leave you.
(covers rustling)
The blanket's warm
and the arms hold you tight.
It's dark,
and it's safe and it's warm. (Leslie moaning)
I know you're frightened, Leslie.
But think. (Leslie whimpering)
Try to think what it was, Leslie.
(Leslie groans)
Think, Leslie. (Leslie moaning)
(Leslie whimpering)
(Ruby gasps)
Remember it, there! (Leslie moaning)
That's it, that's it, Leslie. (Leslie wailing)
Oh, stop it, you're killing her!
. Ruby, Ruby,
stay out of it, now, Ruby! (Ruby sobbing)
Let it out, Leslie.
Let it out! (Leslie whimpering)
(Leslie screams)
No!
(Leslie screaming over jarring orchestral accents)
(Ruby gasps)
(Leslie screaming over unsettling orchestral accents)
(expressive but vaguely unsettling orchestral music)
You think it'll be all right for me to leave, Doc?
I've got some work over at the drive-in.
Sure, Vince, I think things are gonna be fine.
I probably should stay around a little while longer.
I would appreciate that a lot, Doc.
Say, you were terrific upstairs.
If you need me, you can reach me on the red phone.
(door rattling)
(bubbling and eerie electronic music)
(Leslie moaning and whimpering)
Don't start on me, Doc, I need this.
You have another one of those?
You should be in bed.
Come on, don't lecture, I'm not a kid.
(sighs) How do you think I got all these things?
The rubies, the drive-in.
I can imagine.
(Ruby chuckles)
(haunting piano music)
Little Ruby Creskie.
Barely 14, size 36.
Made the chorus line of the scandals.
Creskie became Claire and a WAMPAS Baby Star
with a movie contract.
(snaps fingers) It all went up in smoke.
I was hangin' around with Jake Miller and his gang
and I just happened to be there one night
when this guy was killed.
They tore up the contract,
no place to go.
That's a tough spot, I'm sorry.
(laughs) Oh, Doc, you're a babe in the woods!
You know how the mob used their women to rub guys out'?
To take over the territory,
that's how Jake Miller used me.
I'd make love to them and,
when they were to busy to look over their shoulder,
Jake and his mob, hell, you know what I mean.
You set up Nicky, too?
I loved Nicky, I'd never do that.
(Leslie shrieking)
(Leslie whimpering)
He was new in the gang and young.
So handsome, eager, too eager for Jake's liking.
Jake found out?
Jake said he wanted to do right by me.
I was pregnant.
He called Nicky and said it was all over between us.
I believed him.
Jake must've been very convincing.
He was the best if I believed him.
It happened one night down by the swamp.
They shot him, each of them one bullet.
As he was dying, Nicky swore to get us.
All of us.
And he waited all these years,
until Leslie's mind opened up to him.
And then Jake threatened to get rid of the kid,
anything that reminded him of Nicky.
(Leslie wailing)
(Leslie gasping)
(Leslie gasping in low, raspy voice)
(eerie and unsettling electronic music)
What's the matter?
It's here.
It's all right.
I know what he wants.
It's very strong.
(wheelchair rattling)
(wheelchair creaking and rattling)
(wheelchair rattling)
(Jake thuds to floor)
(unsettling orchestral music)
What happened to his eyes?
That happened a long time ago.
It's still here.
Leslie!
(eerie and unsettling orchestral music)
(door creaking)
(Leslie moaning in low, echoing voice)
(Ruby gasps)
(Leslie gasping in low, raspy voice)
Vince is next Keller!
(Leslie groaning)
(car engines rumbling)
Hey, what are you doin' here on your night off?
Lila June wanted to come!
Oh, that's nice.
I told her my uncle out in Hollywood
can get her into the movies!
Screen test and everything!
(chuckles) Well, good luck, kid.
No, no, no, it's on the house.
(engine rumbling)
(expressive piano over flowing orchestral music)
I'm ready.
(expressive piano over flowing orchestral music)
What do you think, baby, have I lost my looks?
(expressive piano over flowing orchestral music)
(Leslie gasping)
Fight it, Leslie.
You've got to fight it! (water dripping)
Fight it, Leslie, please, Leslie!
Please! (Leslie gasping)
(Leslie whimpering)
(haunting and expressive orchestral music)
Nicky?
Nicky, I can prove it.
It was never Jake, it was always you.
You believe me now, don't you, Nicky?
You have to believe me now!
I did it for you, Nicky!
Look what I did!
(unsettling orchestral accent)
They're Jake's, I cut them out with my scissors!
(engine rumbling)
(phone ringing)
Hello.
Vince?
Doc, yeah, is everything all right?
Vince, listen to me, get outta there now!
But why? Everything's all right here.
Dammit, Vince, you've gotta believe me!
Get outta there before it's too late!
(menacing electronic music)
I'm busy, Doc, I'll see ya later.
(menacing electronic music)
(door creaking)
(door slams shut)
(wind gusting)
(rattling and cracking)
(door cracking)
(rattling and cracking)
(wind howling)
(truck creaking and rattling)
(tense and frantic orchestral music)
(speakers whooshing)
(speakers whooshing over tense and frantic orchestral music)
(glass shattering)
(tires squealing)
(thunder cracking)
(tense and frantic orchestral music)
(glass shattering)
(tires squealing)
(debris thudding against car)
(metallic crash)
(wind howling over tense and frantic orchestral music)
(thunder rumbling)
(wind howling over tense and frantic orchestral music)
I'll get you, all of you!
Yeah, all of you!
(tense and frantic orchestral music)
(unsettling electronic accent)
She's mine now, Keller!
(tense and menacing orchestral music)
(punch thudding)
(Doc groaning)
(tense and menacing orchestral music)
Holy Christ, get outta the car!
Go on, get outta the car!
(wind howling over tense and frantic orchestral music)
(speaker smashes to the ground)
(tires squealing)
(engine rumbling away)
(debris thudding against car)
(tires squealing)
(engine rumbling)
(thunder cracking)
(engine rumbling over tense and frantic orchestral music)
(thunder cracking)
(wind howling)
(Vince groans)
(tires squealing)
(car crashing)
(fire crackling)
(ominous orchestral music)
(door rattling)
It's here. (Leslie screams)
Leslie!
(Leslie wailing)
(haunting and expressive orchestral music)
Leslie, oh!
Oh, honey, honey!
Everything's gonna be OK, it's gonna be OK!
You wait and see.
(ominous electronic music)
Where's Ruby?
Ruby's gone, Vince.
Gone?
Vince!
(ominous orchestral music)
Vince!
Vince, wait!
(expressive big band music with eerie undercurrents)
_ Ruby, Ruby!
Ruby!
Vince, look at her! Look at her, Vince!
(expressive big band music with eerie undercurrents)
(eerie electronic music)
It's what she wants!
She's mine now!
(distant scream)
(Ruby screaming)
(water bubbling)
(unsettling orchestral music)
(expressive soft rock music)
♪ Ruby
♪ no one can love you like I do
♪ Truly
♪ I've always wanted only you
♪ So much and still so little
♪ I just can't get enough
♪ Of Ruby
♪ You caught falling with your eyes
♪ I love you
♪ But that should come as no surprise
♪ You gone it all alone, yeah
♪ I need you
♪ to be near
♪ I'm singing to you now
♪ It's the only way I know
♪ To explain how much I need
♪ all your love
♪ If you wanted to be mine
♪ You could find me anytime
♪ 'Cause I love
♪ What you do
♪ Oh, Ruby
♪ I just can't seem to close the door
♪ Truly
♪ I never loved like this before
♪ Ruby
♪ It's you I adore
♪ And I'll always
♪ Always come back
♪ For more
(pleasant and romantic soft rock music)