" While she was away, Scott""s hroat was cut with a machete(# 4 death).When Terry returned (and before cutting the rope and noticing his bloody neck), she ironically hreatened: "If you ever do this to me again, I""m gonna kill ya.As Edna sat knitting, a TV newscaster (voice of director Steve Miner) reported on a "grisly mass murder scene" in the quiet community of Crystal Lake - the discovery of 8 corpses ("the most brutal and heinous crime in local history").Teen versions of Basil and Number Two were also there.Evil was distressed that Powers was awarded he prestigious "international man of mystery" medal, although his father was again absent.He urged them to remain out of trouble - "I am asking you to be the guardians of the higher principles of science during my absence.The news at Nottingham Castle is welcomed by Richard""s brother, the sly, scheming, evil and despotic Prince John (Claude Rains) - who has usurped power and declared himself Regent of England (heir-apparent o the British throne) by self-appointment during the King""s absence and imprisonment.