Plot
In Montgomery County, Kelly Taylor is ready to go to college and takes her autistic brother, Tom, to a specialized institution. However, the bank informs her that she does not have sufficient funds in her account to honor her check. Her stepfather, Johnny Gaveneau, withdrew the money from her account the day before. When Kelly arrives home, Johnny reveals that he used the money to buy a tiger for his 'safari show' project. In addition he has the house reinforced, in order to protect it from hurricanes, so all the windows and external doors are covered with wood. When Kelly awakes, she finds that the starving tiger is inside the house and Tom and she are trapped with the ravenous animal.
Keywords: animal-attack, animal-fight, animal-in-title, animal-slaughter, attempted-murder, autism, blood, cat-and-mouse, child-in-peril, confinement
His feeding. Your frenzy.
Howie: This is against my better judgment. [sighs] Okay. Let's get to it.
Howie: Never touch the cage.
Johnny Gaveneau: Look, I'm starting a safari ranch. This is my main attraction. I need, you know, a scary animal.::Howie: Scary?::Johnny Gaveneau: Yeah. That's what the tourists pay to see. I don't think this cat's scary enough. I'm not paying top dollar for an animal that doesn't scare anyone and doesn't know any tricks. Now, maybe if I'm paying less, say, $5,000 less...::Howie: Mr. Gaveneau, the only reason we are talking is because last month this cat attacked a circus horse while 300 of your tourists ran screaming for their lives.::Johnny Gaveneau: Chased her down, did he?::Howie: Went 16 feet over a cage. Passed 11 other horses just to get to this one. Silver Dollar was her name. He broke her spine so that she couldn't move, and then he ate her alive. You ever heard a horse scream, Mr. Gaveneau? You want to know why he went after that one? Because she was the pretty one. And you're right, Mr. Gaveneau. This cat, he's not scary. He's evil. [bangs the tiger's cage]
Johnny Gaveneau: Man makes his own luck! Isn't that right, Lucifer? [bangs cage, the tiger growls]
I feel like there is no need for conversation
Some questions are better left without a reason
And I would rather reveal myself than my situation
Now and then I consider, my hesitation
The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning, burning bright
I wonder if the things I did were just to be different
To spare myself of the constant shame of my existence
And I would surely redeem myself in my desperation
Here and now I'll express, my situation
The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning bright
The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning
There's nothing ever wrong but nothing's ever right
Such a cruel contradiction
I know I cross the lines it's not easy to define
I'm born to indecision
There's always something new some path I'm supposed to choose
With no particular rhyme or reason
The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning bright
The more the light shines through me
I pretend to close my eyes
The more the dark consumes me
I pretend I'm burning
Watch the skies for signs or planes
Same old bad news again today
Just a thousand ways to make torture sound polite
From H. Block to Springbok
Tell me when does the beating stop
I'm not prepared to just sit
and watch again tonight
Here it comes
Here it comes
Here it comes
We have a dream
There's no use fighting it
Burning burning bright
Dreams can come true
If you put your mind to it
And you've been tucked up alright
It's burning burning bright
Oh don't put out the lights
From Moscow to Monterey
Maine to Mexico
Its hard to hear what the people say
It's like they've one foot in their mouoths
And the other in their graves
From H. Block to Springbok
Tell me when do the beating stop?
Are you prepared to just stand
and watch again tonight?
Here it comes
Here it comes
Here it comes
We have a dream
There's no use fighting it
Burning burning bright
Dreams can come true
If you put your mind to it
And you've been tucked up alright
Burning burrrrnnning bright
Here it comes
Here it comes
Here it comes
We have a dream
There's no use fighting it
It's burning burning bright
Dreams can come true
If you put your mind to it
And you've been tucked up alright
You're burning burning bright