Ya know, did you ever see the movie, "The Sentinel", Mr. Peterson? It's about the old guy...
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Ricky Butler:
Ya know, did you ever see the movie, "The Sentinel", Mr. Peterson? It's about the old guy who owned the apartment, which is kind of like the, uh, gateway to Hell?
Ray Peterson:
No, I... I didn't see that.
Ricky Butler:
Oh, well, I was doing some thinking. And, you know, being that their last house burnt down and all, it's like, maybe... somebody left the gate open.
[a generator starts up from the Klopek's basement]
Art Wiengartner:
It's them. They're movin' around again. Ya know... it was a night just like this that it happened.
Ricky Butler:
What happened, Mr. Weingartner?
Art Wiengartner:
Oh, it was a long time ago, Ricky. Hinkley Hills was a lot smaller then... safer too! You never had to lock your doors. Everybody knew everybody. I must have been maybe oh nine - ten years-old. You know where the big mall is?
Ricky Butler:
Yeah.
Art Wiengartner:
Well, there used to be a big drugstore on the corner there, had a big soda fountain, remember?
Ray Peterson:
Yeah.
Art Wiengartner:
Yeah, and the guy who ran it was a - was a rotund guy, had glasses. His name was Skip. Lived over on Elm, had a wife, a couple of kids, ya know? Not too sharp, I mean, hey the guy's 40 years old, he's wearing a paper hat and he's makin' cherry Cokes, it's a cinch he's not runnin' for governor, right?
[Ricky chuckles]
Art Wiengartner:
Anyway, it got hot that summer, I remember it got REAL hot. It was sweltering. Ya know that heat where your underwear sweats and it crawls up the... anyway, it's hot, okay? And they start... they start smellin' this... this really vile stench over on Elm and they figure it's comin' from Skip's place. And no one wants to say anything, I mean, what do you do, go knock on the guys door, "Hi, you're house stinks"? So - so people are trying to ignore it, right? They're trying to pretend it - it isn't happening. A-and you know those pine things? They're trying to cover up with those pine things that you can put in cars. People are hanging those on their porches.
[Ricky laughs]
Art Wiengartner:
Oh, you think that's funny, Rick?
Ricky Butler:
Well, yeah.
Art Wiengartner:
Well yeah - let me tell you what happened next, OK. The state health inspector shows up. They go over, they talk to Skip, he says he's got a sump pump problem. They leave. Hey, they guy's got a sewer problem, he says he'll look after it, everything's okay, right?
Ricky Butler:
Right.
Art Wiengartner:
Wrong. A couple hours later there's smoke pouring out of the windows of Skip's house. The firemen show up, they go into Skip's house. Ya know what they find?
Ricky Butler:
What?
Art Wiengartner:
Skip's family, dead. Murdered... by Skip... weeks earlier... with an ice pick. Yeah, the guy killed his own family with an ice pick. Yeah... yeah just put 'em in the cool basement, covered 'em up with a sheet and went back to makin' ice cream treats for the townsfolk. Only thing... Skip didn't count on there being a big heat wave that summer. You know what that was that all those people were smelling over on Elm, Ricky?
Ricky Butler:
What?
Art Wiengartner:
Skip's family's bodies, decomposing in the summer heat
[Ricky whistles]
Art Wiengartner:
. Yeah apparently, one day Skip made just made one too many lemon phosphates,
[snaps fingers]
Art Wiengartner:
El snappo!
Transcript
Did you ever see the movie
The Sentinel, Mr Peterson?
It's about the old guy who
owned the apartment...
which is kind of like
the gateway to hell.
No, I didn't see that.
Oh, well, I was doing
some thinking.
And, you know, being that their
last house burned down and all...
it's like, maybe, somebody
left the gate open.
It's them. They're
movin' around again.
It was a night just like
this that it happened.
What happened, Mr Weingartner?
It was a long time ago.
Hinkley Hills was a lot smaller then.
Safer too. You never had to lock your
doors. Everybody knew everybody.
I must have been maybe
nine, ten years old.
- You know where the big mall is?
- Yeah.
There used to be a big
drugstore on the corner there.
- It had a big soda fountain. Remember?
- Yeah.
The guy who ran it was a
rotund guy, had glasses.
His name was Skip.
Lived over on Elm.
Had a wife, a couple kids.
Not too sharp.
The guy's 40 years old, he's wearing
a paper hat and making cherry Cokes.
It's a cinch he's not running
for governor, right?
Anyway, it got hot that summer.
It got real hot. It was sweltering.
That heat where your underwear
sweats and it crawls up the...
Anyway, it's hot, okay?
And they start smelling this
really vile stench over on Elm...
and they figure it's
comin' from Skip's place.
No one wants to say anything.
Do you knock on the guy's door,
"Hi, your house stinks"?
So people are trying
to ignore it, right?
They're trying to pretend it isn't
happening. You know those pine things?
They're trying to cover up with those
pine things that you can put in cars.
People are hanging those
on their porches.
- Oh, you think that's funny, Ricky?
- Well, yeah.
Let me tell you what happened next.
The state health inspector
shows up. They talk to Skip.
He says he's got a sump
pump problem. They leave.
The guy's got a sewer problem.
He says he'll look after it.
Everything's okay, right?
Wrong. A couple hours later...
there's smoke pouring out of
the windows of Skip's house.
- The firemen go in. Know what they find?
- What?
Skip's family, dead. Murdered...
by Skip... weeks earlier...
with an ice pick.
Yeah, the guy killed
his whole family...
With an ice pick.
Yeah. Yeah, just put 'em
in the cool basement...
covered 'em up with a sheet and went
back to makin' treats for the townsfolk.
Only Skip didn't count on there
being a big heat wave that summer.
You know what all those people
were smelling on Elm, Ricky?
What?
Skip's family's bodies...
decomposing in the summer heat.
Apparently, one day Skip made just
one-too-many lemon phosphates.
El snappo.
I remember that. I remember hearing
about that when I was a kid.
They-They tore down the
soda fountain that fall.
These towns are full of those stories.
They're happening right under your nose.
You know, speaking of noses...
ever since this family has
moved to this block...
I've been noticing a
weird kind of odour.
Kind of like death.
Jump a little higher, Spud Webb.
- Oh, slam dunk!
- Sorry, Mr Peterson. It was a mistake.
- Well, it wasn't a mistake.
- Don't apologize.
- I'm goin' home.
- Oh, come on.
- Don't be a weenie. It was a joke!
- I'm sorry, Mr Peterson.
I'm gonna go do something productive.
I'm gonna go watch television.
The answer is:
- What is Lincoln's birthday.
- Addley?
- What is Memorial Day?
- Memorial Day is it. Select.
They combined Lincoln's birthday with
Washington's. It's one weekend now.
- It's always flip-flopping.
- It's one weekend now.
"Remain calm, float with arms stretched
out at right angles to the body..."
That's what you used to say
to me in college, right?
- What about your parents?
- They're not home 'til Thursday.
Gail, I swear to God, this is
better than anything on television.
- Why can't we go to a movie?
- "A movie"?
That's not real.
It's the same as television.
Trust me. This is real.
This is my neighbourhood.
Here he comes, right on schedule.
God, I love this street.
Ray.
- What?
- Who was Mussolini?
"How sweet it is" was, uh...
- Right again.
- Business and Industry for 200.
In the McDonald's corporate
think tank, executives...
- Art, we're watching the show.
- What does he want?
I don't know. But I'll be back
in time for Final Jeopardy.
Nebraskans for 1,000, please.
Okay, the show's started.
Check it out.
You see the guy with the curly hair?
That's Mr Peterson.
He's this sceptic. He's basically
grounded in reality...
and he doesn't want to believe his
neighbours are up to something strange.
'Cause if they were, he'd
have to deal with it.
Okay, now see the fat guy?
That's Mr Weingartner.
He thinks the Klopeks
are really evil...
and that they're building a
dungeon in their basement.
He and Mr Rumsfield decided to
do a little snooping tonight.
This should be good.
Shh, shh, shh.
- What is this?
- It's an infrared scope.
Snipers use it for night vision.
What are we gonna do with it?
Get a look in those barred-
up basement windows.
Come here.
I've been thinking about it. I don't
think we should go through with this.
Are you a 'fraidy cat?
No, I just think things
have gone off the deep end.
Infrared night vision scopes? What are
we gonna do next, tap their phone?
That can be arranged.
Then all we have to do is burn
a cross on their front lawn.
Shh.
- Quiet.
- You hear that?
I thought that was just me.
- It's a low-frequency hum or something.
- It's getting louder.
Listen.
Is that a transformer or something?
The goddam power company.
But I can't... Where
is it coming from?
I know where it's coming from.
Wow.
What the hell was that?
Brownout.
Smells like they're cooking
a goddam cat over there.
- I'm gonna go find out what exactly...
- Get down, get down!
Clip duration: 448 seconds
Views: 583
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 13 December, 2020
Genres: comedy, horror, thriller
Summary: When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.
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