George and Martha Thornton are traveling home from a visit to “Old Mexico”. Martha sees a cactus. She insists George pull over so she can take a cutting from it to grow her own. The cactus grows well in their garden, as does George’s hatred and fear for it. One night, he attempts to chop it up with an axe. To his surprise, the cactus takes the axe from him. George screams in terror and runs away. The living cactus deftly throws the axe into the back of George’s skull. The next morning, Martha finds George dead. The police chalk the incident up to an intruder. After George’s death, Martha meets another man, Brent, and falls in love. He asks her to marry him, and she accepts. She leaves him to fix celebratory cocktails in the kitchen. Brent observes the cactus, which turns and strangles the poor fellow to death. Martha hears knocking at the door. She opens it, expecting Brent. The cactus pulls her to it in an amorous death-embrace.
Description George and Martha Thornton are traveling home from a visit to “Old Mexico”. Martha sees a cactus. She insists George pull over so she can take a cutting from it to grow her own. The cactus grows well in their garden, as does George’s hatred and fear for it. One night, he attempts to chop it up with an axe. To his surprise, the cactus takes the axe from him. George screams in terror and runs away. The living cactus deftly throws the axe into the back of George’s skull. The next morning, Martha finds George dead. The police chalk the incident up to an intruder. After George’s death, Martha meets another man, Brent, and falls in love. He asks her to marry him, and she accepts. She leaves him to fix celebratory cocktails in the kitchen. Brent observes the cactus, which turns and strangles the poor fellow to death. Martha hears knocking at the door. She opens it, expecting Brent. The cactus pulls her to it in an amorous death-embrace.
