The cactus people stagger nearer and nearer as the boys pump gas.

One lurches up to Jesse, wrapping its roots around his legs.  Jesse suddenly turns, while still pumping gas and sprays the hideous cactus-creature with gasoline.  Close-up of the cactus-creature’s distorted face being drenched with gas.

Dan rushes over to assist Jesse, tries to pull him away from the cactus-creatures entangling roots.  No good.  The creature’s roots are too strong.

Jesse fumbles a cigarette lighter from a shirt pocket, flicks it open, and then tosses it right into the face of the cactus creature.  It explodes in flames, and Jesse and Dan are blown away from the thing, landing several feet away on the hard pavement.

Close-up shot of Jesse, his face scorched and bruised, and Dan, a long gash on his forehead, looking up from the pavement at the squirming torch that was a cactus creature.

Jesse (ruefully): “That was my lucky lighter.”

Dan:  “Lucky for both of us.”

Jesse:  C’mon, let’s go!

Both boys scramble up and assist the others in filling gas cans, while flames grow around them.  Randy and Jesse pump gas while Dan and Curt carry the cans into the car.

Curt:  “It’s getting hot here!”

Randy and EJ:  “Almost done!”

Jesse:  “This place is going to blow up!”

Randy:  “Get as much as you can!”

Flames move toward the gas pumps.  A shot of Dan’s face as his eyes follow the path of the flames.

Dan:  “We gotta get outta here!”

Randy, Ernie and Ernie’s Son:  (pumping frantically, and spilling gasoline on the ground):  “Almost…”

A mass of cactus people suddenly lurch through the flames, long and distorted arms flailing at the boys.

Jesse: “Go! Go! Go!”

Dan:  “Let’s get outta here. Now!”

The car is filled.  Randy jumps into the driver’s seat, while the others climb on top, clinging to the roof.  All the interior of the car is filled with gas canisters.  Camera looks down from below as we see the car speed away from the gas station, just ahead of a mass of cactus creatures that have nearly surrounded it.

The gas station suddenly explodes, just as the car filled with gas cans gets away.  (The explosion creates a cloud reminiscent of the mushroom clouds of the atomic bomb tests in the opening shots)  Dozens of cactus creatures are blown up with the gas station.  Camera returns to show many more writhing in flames.

Back to the sheriff’s house.  We see from interior shots that the cactus creatures have made their way inside.  The living room is crowded with them, and they punch holes in the walls and floor with their roots.

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