Carter

Carter

Background

Carter is a resident at the Elmridge Home for the Blind in England.

During the events of Tales from the Crypt (1972) played by Patrick Magee

Harry the Cook hands Carter his meal and Rogers walks into the dining hall and introduces himself to the residents and then leaves. The residents huddle around the heaters and Carter remarks that they are stone cold as Greenwood shivers in his bed. Carter goes to get an extra blanket for Greenwood and finds the supply closet empty. He goes to Rogers now well appointed office and starts to ask if the heating can be turned on before Rogers cuts him off and says due to budget concerns all heating will be turned off at 8 p.m. Carter asks for more blankets, but Rogers tells him they cannot afford more blankets. Rogers tells Carter he has dealt with many kinds of men during his time in the Army and Carter reminds him that the residents are not soldiers. Carter suggests Rogers sell his painting to pay for fuel or more blankets and Rogers angrily tells him to leave. During a meal, the residents and Carter complain about their new lackluster meals. Carter and some residents barge into Rogers office, where Rogers is enjoying a multi-course meal with wine. Rogers tells them he is in charge and when Carter knocks over Rogers' wine bottle, Rogers sics Shane on him and Carter and the other residents run out of the office. Greenwood asks Carter to get him a doctor and when Carter goes to Rogers office, Rogers suggests Greenwood can wait until the morning. Carter and Rogers go to check on Greenwood and find him dead. During dinner, each resident adds a portion of their bacon to a plate and then passes the plate along until it gets to Carter who hides the plate. Carter goes to Rogers office and leaves a trail of meat. Shane starts to follow the trail of meat until he is trapped in a closet in the basement. Rogers is grabbed by the residents and locked in another closet in the basement. Rogers yells at Carter to feed Shane or Shane will go berserk. After two days, Rogers door is unlocked and he finds the basement now a tunnel with chicken wire and wood. He makes his way across the tunnel towards an open door, which closes when he gets to it. He then heads in another direction but pulls back when he is cut and the lights come on revealing the tunnel walls to be covered in razor blades. Rogers makes it to the end of the tunnel and as he does Shane is released and charges at Rogers. The lights go out and Rogers is eaten by Shane.