Spooks Run Wild

thumb Spooks Run Wild is a 1941 film about a group of boys at a camp who encounter mysterious activities. Directed by Phil Rosen. Written by Carl Foreman and Charles R. Marion. Dialogue Radio Announcer: We interrupt this program for an important announcement to listeners near Hillside and Colton: All citizens are warned to be on the lookout for The Monster Killer, who is believed to be in this vicinity. This maniac has left a trail of three inhuman murders, and is believed heading upstate. We return you now to your program. Muggs: Monsters? That don't mean nothing to us. We eat 'em every morning for breakfast. Glimpy: Bring those monsters on. I ain't ascared of them. I'm anemic. I was taken for a ride once. Margie: You were? Glimpy: Yeah. There I was, miles from Time Square - somewhere in Central Park I think - and them gangsters, they had me backed against a tree, and they got machine guns, see, and they went... [makes machine gun noises] And what do you think happened? Margie: I don't know. What happened? Muggs and Danny: He got killed. Glimpy: Fantastic, wasn't it? Muggs: What're you looking for? Danny: Remember what we heard on the radio about that... that, that ghoul, that guy that sucks all the blood out of ya? Muggs: What would he be doin' out here, suckin' the sap out of the trees? Glimpy: Hey, does the guy really suck all the blood out of ya? Danny: Yeah! Glimpy: Well, I got nothin' to worry about, 'cause the mosquitoes got all mine. Ow! [slaps neck] Glimpy: That was a Messerschmitt. Danny: Hey, what if he really was out here? Muggs: What if you was back home? Danny: Yeah? Muggs: Your old man 'ould give you a hit in the head like dat. [smacks Danny in the head] Danny: I ain't got an old man. [smacks Muggs back] Glimpy: The kid's an orphan. Muggs: I'm going alone. Danny: That makes three of us going alone. Danny: How can you read in the dark? Glimpy: What'd you say? Danny: I said how can you read in the dark? Glimpy: I went to night school. Glimpy: You know, I milked a cow once. A very intricate affair. You see, a cow's got four faucets. Danny: What for? Glimpy: Well, the first faucet is for buttermilk, the second for bottled milk, and the third is for evaporated milk. Danny: What's the fourth one for? Glimpy: Come to think of it, this cow only had t'ree. Danny: I don't like that guy's al'itude. Muggs: Me, neidder. If anybody thinks I'm gonna stay up here and associate with him and all these cows and chickens, they're crazy. Danny: Hey, Muggs. Muggs: What? Danny: I'm not scared or nothing like that, but... remember what we heard about that... that guy on the radio? Muggs: So? Danny: Well, suppose he was prowling around here. Don't you think we ought to stand guard or something? Muggs: Nah. You just go outside and set a couple of bear traps for him. [an apparition confronts Nardo] Apparition: So, you couldn't stay away, could you? The criminal always returns to the scene of the crime. Nardo: Who... who are you? Apparition: You don't remember me, but twenty years ago in this very house I was a livin' being. I had flesh on my bones, blood flowed through my veins, but you... you... you scared the health out of me. Nardo: I was never in this house until tonight. You have made a mistake! Apparition: It is YOU who has made the mistake, my friend. For years you have wantonly taken the lives of millions; so, tonight I am going to take yours. [laughs maniacally] Cast Bela Lugosi — Nardo Leo Gorcey — Muggs Bobby Jordan — Danny Huntz Hall — Glimpy Sunshine Sammy Morrison — Scruno David Gorcey — Peewee Donald Haines — Skinny Dave O'Brien — Jeff Dixon Dorothy Short — Linda Mason Dennis Moore — Dr. Van Grosch P.J. Kelly — Lem Harvey Angelo Rossitto — Luigi Guy Wilkerson — Constable Jim External links 0034224 Spooks Run Wild 46167 Category:1941 American films Category:American horror films Category:Comedy horror films Category:Haunted house films Category:Films about summer camps Category:Films directed by Phil Rosen Category:1941 English-language films Category:Films about magic and magicians