"You think I want to blow Sunday on a scene like this?" - Johnny

"They're coming to get you, Barbara." - Johnny
"Stop it-you're ignorant!" - Barbara

"They know we're in here now." - Ben

"We have to go out and get Johnny. He's out there." - Barbara

"Don't you know what's going on out there? This is no Sunday school picnic." - Ben

"Eyewitness accounts described the assassins as ordinary-looking people, misshapen monsters, people who look like they're in a trance, and creatures that look like people but behave like animals. Some tell of seeing victims that looked as if they had been torn apart. This whole ghastly story began developing two days ago, and from that point on, these terrible events kept on snowballing in a reign of terror that has not abated. Military personel and law enforcement agencies have been working hard in an attempt to gain some kind of control of this situation, but most of their efforts have been marginally futile up to this particular time."- Newscaster

"That's the cellar, it's the safest place."- Harry

"There could be fifteen million of those things out there. That's how much good these windows are." - Ben

"I'm telling you they can't get IN here!" - Ben to Harry
"And I'm telling you they turned over our car! We were damn lucky to get away at all! Now you're telling me these things can't get through a lousy pile of wood?" - Harry

"We may not enjoy living together, but dying together isn't going to solve anything." - Helen

"Now get the hell down in the cellar. You can be the boss down there, but I'm boss up here! - Ben

"It has been established that persons who have recently died have been returning to life and committing acts of murder. A widespread investigation of reports from funeral homes, morgues and hospitals has concluded that the unburied dead are coming back to life and seeking human victims." - Newscaster

"In the cold room at the University, we had a cadaver, a cadaver from which all limbs had been amputated. Some time early this morning, it opened its eyes and began to move its trunk. It was dead, but it opened its eyes and tried to move." - Dr. Grimes

"I hurt."- Karen

"I ought to drag you out there and FEED you to those things!" - Ben

"They're just dead flesh... and dangerous."- Sheriff McClelland

"You can't start the car. Johnny has the keys." - Barbara

Don't you understand? My brother is alone! - Barbara
Your brother is dead. - Ben
NO! My brother is NOT dead! - Barbara

I have to get that gun!- Harry
Haven't you had ENOUGH? - Helen
Look, two people are already dead on account of that guy! Take a look out that window! - Harry

"You know a place back down the road called Beekman's? Beekman's Diner? Anyhow, that's where I found that truck I have out there. There's a radio in the truck. I jumped in to listen, when a big gasoline truck came screaming right across the road! There must've been ten, fifteen of those things chasing after it, grabbing and holding on. Now, I didn't see them at first. I could just see that the truck was moving in a funny way. Those things were catching up to it. Truck went right across the road. I slammed on my breaks to keep from hitting it myself. It went right through the guard rail! I guess - guess the driver must've cut off the road into that gas station by Beekman's Diner. It went right through the billboard, ripped over a gas pump, and never stopped moving! By now it was like a moving bonfire! Didn't know if the truck was going to explode or what. I still hear the man... screaming. These things, just backing away from it! I looked back at the diner to see if - if there was anyone there who could help me. That's when I noticed that the entire place had been encircled. There wasn't a sign of life left, except...by now, there were no more screams. I realized that I was alone, with fifty or sixty of those things just...standing there, staring at me! I started to drive, I - I just plowed right through them! They didn't move! They didn't run, or...they just stood there, staring at me! I just wanted to crush them! And they scattered through the air, like bugs." - Ben

"Kill the brain and you kill the ghoul."- Sheriff McClelland

"Are they slow-moving, chief?" - Field Reporter
"Yeah, they're dead, they're all messed up." - Sheriff McClelland

"Beat 'em or burn 'em. They go up pretty easy." - Sheriff McClelland

"Boy, somebody had a cookout here." - Sheriff McClelland

"That's another one for the fire!" - Sheriff McClelland

"Because of the obvious threat to untold numbers of citizens due to the crisis that is even now developing, this radio station will remain on the air day and night. This station and hundreds of other radio and TV stations throughout this part of the country are pooling their resources through an emergency network hook-up to keep you informed of all developments. At this hour, we repeat, these are the facts as we know them. There is an epidemic of mass murder being committed by a virtual army of unidentified assassins. The murders are taking place in villages and cities, in rural homes and suburbs with no apparent pattern nor reason for the slayings. It seems to be a sudden general explosion of mass homicide. We have some descriptions of the assassins. Eyewitnesses say they are ordinary-looking people. Some say they appear to be in a kind of trance. Others describe them as being misshapen monsters. At this point, there's no really authentic way for us to say who or what to look for and guard yourself against. Reaction of law enforcement officials is one of complete bewilderment at this hour. Police and sheriff's deputies and emergency ambulances are literally deluded with calls for help. The scene can be best described as mayhem. The mayors of Pittsburg, Philadelphia, and Miami, along with the governments of several eastern and midwestern states indicated that the National Guard may be mobilized at any moment, but that has not happened as yet. The main advice news reporters have been able to get from official sources is to tell private citizens to stay inside their homes behind locked doors. Do not venture outside for any reason until the nature of this crisis has been determined, and until we can advise what course of action to take. Keep listening to radio and TV for special instructions as this crisis develops further. Thousands of office and factory workers are being urged to stay at their places of employment, not to make any attempt to get to their homes. However, in spite of this urging and warning, streets and highways are packed with frantic people trying to reach their families or, apparently, to flee just anywhere. We repeat, the safest course of action at this time is simply to stay where you are. Ladies and gentlemen, we've just received word that the President has called a meeting of his Cabinet to deal with the sudden epidemic of murder that has seized the eastern third of this nation. The meeting is scheduled to convene within the hour. Members of the Presidential Cabinet will be joined by officials of the FBI and military advisors. White House spokesmen are saying there will be an official announcement immediately following that meeting. This is the latest dispatch just received in our news room. The latest word also - this is from nation press services in Washington, D.C. - tells us that the emergency Presidential conference which we just mentioned will include high-ranking scientists from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. So far, the best advice they are able to give the public is this quote from Chief T. K. Dunbar from Camden, North Carolina, who is quoted as saying, "Tell the people for God's sake to get off the streets! Tell them to go home and lock their windows and doors up tight!" - News Reporter

Compiled by Richard Harland Smith