Scream and Scream Again

A man jogging through urban London collapses from a heart attack and is rushed to hospital. He wakes to find his lower right leg has been amputated, and his screams fill the room. The scene hints at a disturbing, possibly medical transformation to come.

Over the next scenes, the jogger's remaining limbs are amputated in succession, each new discovery shocking the staff and him. The hospital staff struggle to understand what is happening while he confronts a brutal, unexplained condition. The sequence establishes a grim medical nightmare at the story's core.

In an unidentified Eastern European totalitarian state, Konratz is debriefed by Captain Schweitz. He paralyzes and kills Schweitz with a single touch, underscoring his ruthless power.

Konratz is reprimanded by Major Benedek for torturing an escapee named Erika. He later kills Benedek in the same brutal fashion, showing his contempt for authority and escalating his arc of brutality.

In London, Detective Superintendent Bellaver investigates the rape and murder of Eileen Stevens. He and forensic pathologist Dr. David Sorel visit Dr. Browning’s clinic, but Browning offers no useful information. The investigation stalls, hinting at deeper connections to come.

At the Busted Pot Disco, Keith selects Sylvia and she is killed, her body drained of blood. The murder mirrors Eileen Stevens's case, suggesting a single predator. The police begin to link the two crimes and widen the net.

WPC Helen Bradford goes undercover with a wire to trap the killer. Keith attacks her, fights off the arresting officers, and escapes, tearing off his hand from a police car in the struggle. A long chase follows through suburban London as authorities hustle to recapture him.

The chase culminates at an estate whose outbuilding houses Browning’s laboratory. Keith dives into a vat of acid to escape capture, a tactic tied to Browning’s corrosive experiments. The scene links the killer directly to Browning’s work and its dangerous potential.

Bradford and Sorel head to Browning’s laboratory, but Bradford’s car disappears in the process. She later wakes restrained in the same hospital bed seen at the start, attended by the same nurse from the jogger’s ordeal. The hospital environment becomes a shared nexus for the strands of the plot.

In Trafalgar Square, a senior UK Government officer, Fremont, meets Konratz and agrees to turn over all evidence in exchange for a captured pilot. The meeting ties political power directly to the composite conspiracy and its leverage.

Konratz goes to police headquarters and removes all the evidence, then kills Bellaver in the same brutal fashion seen earlier. The act consolidates control and signals the reach of the conspirators.

Back at the laboratory, Sorel discovers Browning intends to dismember Bradford as part of a plan to replace humans with composites. Browning reveals himself to be a composite, heightening the danger and the scale of the plot.

Konratz arrives and confronts Browning, and the two clash as Browning’s plans unravel. During the struggle, Konratz is pushed into an acid vat, seemingly meeting his end. Fremont then reappears, subdues Browning, and departs with Sorel and Bradford, declaring that it is only just beginning.