"SCREAM" (1996)

ON A RINGINGTELEPHONE.

A hand reaches for it,bringing the receiver up tothe face of CASEY BECKER, ayoung girl, no more than sixteen. A friendly face with innocenteyes.

CLICK1 She bangsup the phone. The CAMERA PULLSBACK to reveal Casey in a livingroom, alone. She moves from the living room to thekitchen. It's a nice house. Affluent.

The phone RINGS again.

Casey grabsthe portable•

Caseystands in front of a slidingglass door. It's pitch blackoutside.

CLICK l Casey hangs up. A grin on berface.

A big, country home with a huge sprawlinglawn full of big oaktrees. It sits alone with no neighborsin sight.

Thephone RINGS again.

Popcorn SIZZLES in a pot on the stove. Casey covers it with a lid,reaching for the portablephone.

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Casey smiles, playing along,innocently.

Popcorn.

CASEY

I Uh-huh.

r MAN

I only eat popcorn at themovies.

Be's flirting vi thher. Casey moves awayfrom the stoveand takes a seat at the kitchencounter, directly in front ofthe glaaa door. r.· ~·

CONTINUEDz( 2 )

Casey thinks for a second.

CaseyBDLiles,twirling her hair.

CONTINUED: (3)

Casey spins around likelightning facing the glass door.

Casey CLICKS on theoutside light. A flood lightilluminates the backyard. Her eyessurvey the grounds. But it'sempty. No one's there. Sheturns the light out.

on the stove, thepopcorn POPS.

MAN

CLICKI Casey hangsup. She checks the glass doormaking sure it•s locked andthen moves to the stove as•••

THE PHONE RINGS.

She slides the popcornfrom the stove, reaching forthe phone.

CONTINUED:(4)

To talk.

CLICK. She hangs up. The phoneRINGS again. She grabs it.

Total silence. Be has gottenher full attention.

Casey eyes the glass doors, thenlooks up the hallway to the frontdoor ••• movingtoit. It'sunlocked. She bolts it.

Casey moves her face flush againstthe door, her eye looking through the peephole.

CONTINUED1 ( 5 )

ANGLE THROUGH PEEPHOLE.

A distorted view ofthe front porch. It is empty. She relaxes a bit,relieved.

Casey•s jaw drops astotal fear storms her face. She hangs up the phone, throwingit down on a Bide tablewhen •••

THE DOORBELL CHIMES.

Casey leaps out ofher skin. She turns to the dooras it CHIMES again.

, CASEY

(calling out) Who's there?

Another CHIME. She movesto it.

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Who's there?

No answer. Fuck this. It's time for the police. She goes for the portable phone. Just as she picks itup •••

IT RINGS. ·

Casey almost dropsit, losing her breath•••

She brings it toher ear with trembling hands,saying nothing••• listening,waiting••.

A long silence. And then.

Casey clutches thewall, nearly collapsing. Shetries her damndest to hangtough.

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CONTINUEDz (6 )

CLOSEON her face, hermind thinking, calculating•••

Busted. She holds steady.

-<?:::, :::~: CASEY

I swear it. And he' sbigand plays football and will beat theshit out of you.

Silence. Casey buckles at theknees, losing it.

CONTINUED: ( 7 )

~-- MAN \ ' Go to the back door and turnon the porch

light-again •

kitchen ••• totheglass doors. Ber shaky hand finds the light switch •••shehits it. The backyard is lit.

Sitting in a lawn chair inthe middle of the backyard is a big, line backer of a guy, herboyfriend•••

STEVE

tied and gagged. Be"s beenroughed up, but he s alive. CLOSEON his eyes •• wideinfear••staringat his girlfriend, pleading with her.

Casey SCREAMS. Ber hand moves tothe lock on the door.

Terror rides Casey•s face. She's petrified.

Ber eyes search the yard, combingbushes, trees. Be could be anywhere--anywhere.

Tears find their way, streamingdown Casey's face.

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CONTINUED:(8)

A long silence. Casey touchesthe glass•••ataring at Steve ••• thisbigjock of a guyis crying too.

Her hand goes to the switch••• Stevetugsand pulls at his straps •••asif begging her ••• hisfacesweatand tears•••

CLICK

He disappears in the darkness. Casey moves away from the glass, back towards the livingroom, unbelieving,,horrified.

Three curtainless windows line onewall. Casey crouches down behind the couch, ripping a lampcord from it's socket, darkening the room. Her bodyquivers.

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CONTINUED: ( 9 )

Casey goes silent•••anervous wreck•••she can barely speak much less think.

Casey is SOBBING.

Casey has officially reachedhysteria, petrified beyond a11 · reality.

Suddenly •••throughtears...Godsent•••

CONTINUED: (10)

Casey SIGHS••• relieved.

Casey is a blubbering,wet mess on the floor.

A mad smile purses Casey• slips. She knows this. She leaps ..-·.. 1·' ,.- up, through tears, screaming••• (""

A slight PAUSE.

,. Casey is stupefied. I·:•:•:•• ~--

CONTINUED: (11)

This implicationsends Casey running tothe kitchen••• tothe glassdoors. She flips on the porchlight to see •••

STEVE

eyeswide, sitting in the lawn chair••• hisbellygaping open •••amassof blood and ripped flesh••• hisinsideslay on the groundbetween his feet•••ateamrising.

A SCREAMerupts from the bottom of hersoul as Casey collapsesto the floor••• nearlypassing out. CLOSEON her face •••paleandghostly white. She SOBS.

She doesn'tanswer. A long, maddeningailence. Casey, reachesup and CLICXS off the light,making Steve go away••• wishing,hoping •••

Caseyis curled up on the floor likean infant, rocking slowlyback and forth.

Fromwhere Casey sits ahe can see bothfront and back doors. She deliberates••• withherlast bit ofstrength she tries to strategize. Eyeing both, the frontdoor ••• theback door ••• tryingtodecidebetween thetwo.

(CON'l'INOED)

CONTINUED: ( 12 )

In the darkness, Casey crawlstot.he kitchen counter--she leans up and grabs a long,sharp knife.

Casey looks around her ••• ahelooksdownthe hall to the front door ••• thenturnsback tothe kitchen glass door as it suddenly•••

SHATTERS TO BITS •••

as a lawn chair comes flyingthrough it. Exploding glass sprays everywhere.

This incites Casey like fire. She springs to her feet••• boltingout of thekitchen as a SHADOW moves quickly through the shattereddoorframe.

ANGLE ON CASEY

Somewhere in the house,back flat against a window, listening to FEET ON CRACRING GLASS. She turns and unlocks the latch, quietly sliding it up. She canhear him move to the foyer ••• tothefront door.

Casey lifts herself up and putsher legs through the window. She holds the ~fe in one hand,the phone in the other.

Casey eases out the window,fumbling, dropping the knife back inside the house. She startsto reach for it. Fuck it, she takes off •••

Casey is at the back cornerof the house.

Casey eases along a narrowpath between a tall fence and the side of the house •••goingfor thefront yard. She must pass the three curtainleaa windows. She gets to the first one and peeks in•••

The FIGURE has pulled openthe foyer cloBet, searching for her. .

Casey creeps a1ong, to thenext window, she looks in••• the FIGURE is completely on theother side of the room moving ~ · · toward the hall that leadsto other parts of the house.

CONTINUED1

She movesfurther along thehouse •••squeezingby hedges••• to ~ · the third window ••• shepeeksinto see the FIGURE••• \ -·· STARING BACK AT BER•••

Bis face covered with a ghostlywhite mask, inches from her ••• hiseyespiercing through••• soulless•••caseySCREAMS BLOODY MURDER as a hand•••

CRASHES through the glass window grabbinghold of her neck •••shebeats at him tryingto free herself••• hernails dig into his &J:m•••shewrenchesfrom side to side••• finally breaking free as the handsdisappear inside the house •••

Casey sails around the corner ofthe house, eyeing the front door. It remains closed. Her eyes cover the sprawling, country yard when suddenly•••

HEADLIGHTS APPEAR

in the distance, coming down theroad towards the house ••• she recognizes them instantly. Mom •••Dad••• shetearsoff across the yard toward them••• movinglikelightening•••

The car turns into the driveway••• caseySCREAMS,waving madly, rushing by a tree as •••

THE GHOST MASKED FIGURE APPEARS

caeey stumbles back, catching herbalance••• theFIGURE moves on her, arm poised high•••a flashof silver••• andCasey is struck, across the chest. She looksdown to see her shirt blossoming red ••• alookof bewildermentas she drops to one Jenee.

The knife rises again••• caseythrowsher hand foxward•••the blade comes down••• butit's blockedby the port.ablephone still in her hand. She turns,staggering to •••

A MIDDLE-AGED COUPLEemerge from theparked car. They move to the front door completely unawareof what's happening to their daughter, only feet framthem.

Err. FRONT YARD

casey stumbles fon,ard•••ber parentsten feet away •••she opens her mouth to scream butno sound resonates••• sheis beyond words•••ataggering, swaying•••theFIGURE moving behind bar.

Ber parentsapproach the door.

The fatherdiscovers the front door ajar. A puzzled look. Casey isright behind them with one armoutstretched. If they'd onlyturn around •••

They enterthe house and close the dooras ••.

Casey collapseson the ground, clutchingher bloody chest••• theFIGUREupon her.

The fathersees straight back into thekitchen••• the shatteredpatio door.

Cl.1iER What is it? Where's Casey?

In a splitsecond they•re both panic stricken. The father begins searchingthe house frantically. The mother is hysterical.

CLOSEON Caaey •••ahe'adragged by her feetthrough damp aoil••• thelifegoing fast from herbody ••• herhandstill clutchingthe phone.

Back inthe house.

M0'l'BER Where is she?

FATHER

~ · Callthe police. \ .

Themother moves to the phone inthe foyer, picks it up ••• there'sno dialtone. She jigglesthe base.

Then••• thesoftest•••faintestvoiceis heard•••

MO'l'HER Oh dear God•• Caseybaby.

The slightest breath••••a whimperingalmost ••• fromthe receiver.

The husband returns to the foyer findinghis wife clinging to the phone.

Ol'SER I canhear her. Oh Mother of God, Ican hearher.

The fatherupturns the living room.

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CON'l'!NUED:( 2 )

The husband grabs holdof his wife.

The mother throws the frontdoor open and rushes out ••• the father moves through the housewhen a SCREAM echoes out. That of his wife. Be tears off for the front door.

The father rushes out thedoor to find his wife, on her knees, bent over, retching. Bis eyes move beyond to a tree in the front yard••• hisstoma.chfailshim ••• hiedinner rises••• ashe bareswitness to the single, most horrifying sight he'11 ever see.

That of his only daughter asshe hangs from a big, oak tree•••strung up •••verymuc::hdead •••herstomachrippedopen.

BLACKOUTJ

BEGIN MAIN TITLES

FADEIN:

A teenage girl'e room. Neat and pinkish. on the bed, amongst age-old stuffed an.iJDalslieopenedschool books. The CAMERA PANS to a deskagainst the wall where•••

SIDNEY PRESCOTT

a young girl of 17, sits,her face glued to the computer monitor in front of her. CLOSE ON her face. Sharp and clever with deep, lonely eyes. She" scomfortable in a plain, flannel nightgown.

Her bands are at.work,typing feverishly, when suddenly•••

CRASB--BOOM

A noise behind her. She turnsabruptly, eyeing an open window across t.heroom. A SCRATCHING sound. She stands and moves toward it.

Sidney sticks her head outthe window. The late night wind bits her face as a SHADOW appearsjust to the left of her, a band reaches out, grabs her andsuddenly a FIGURE is on top ~ ·· of her•••

Sid SCREAMS••• pullingawayfrom the FIGURE•••breaking free, falling back onto the floor.

VOICE (o.s.) Bey ••• it'sjustme.

Sid looks up to see •••

BILLY LOOMIS

A young, strapping boy ofseventeen. Handsome and alluring. A star quarterback/class presidenttype of guy. He sports a smile that could last fordays.

Billy pulls himself throughthe window.

Suddenly•••

The bedroom door BURSTS open. The doorknob catches on the open closet door behind it jammingit, holding it in place.

VOICE (frombehind door) What'a going on in there?

Billy quickly rolls out ofsight behind the bed. Sidney unjams the doorto reveal•••

MR. PRESCOTT, late 40's, asevere presence. A distracted man, nervous and pre-occupied.

(CONTINtJED)

{.. MR. PRESCOTT

Are you okay? •

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MR. PRESCOT'l' No? Oh, well•••I•m hittingthe sack. My flight leaves first thingin the morning. Now the expo runs allweekend so I won• t be back til Sunday. There"s cash on the table and I'll be stayingat the Raleigh Hilton•••

He gives the bedroom a quickonce over.

Sidney distracts him, givinghim a peck on the cheek.

Be gives her a wink and pullsthe door closed. Billy reappears.

Billy tak~s a flying leap andlands on the bed. ·'

CONTINUEDa (2 )

She snuggles upnext to him, planting a kisson his lips. Passionate and gentle. He, however, responds likea shark, moving on topof her, his hands everywhere ashe presses into her •••Sidneybreaksaway.

Billy sitsup. His heart isn't racing••• it'sPOUNDING.

Sweat has poppedout all over his forehead,his breathing heavy.

CONTINUED:( 3)

BILLY ·

I' I'mgoing •• I'mgoing.

Be moves to the window. She follows,motioning to his wound.

She gives him a kiss goodnight. Sweet and simple.

She kisses him again as he easesthrough the window.

She pulls her flannel gown openfor a split second••• flashing her left breast. Bis mouth dropsopen ••• surprise,shock. 'l'heireyesmeet. 'l'heyshareasmile~

CLOSEon Sidney snuggling herpillow, sleeping peacefully when •••

'l'HERADIOALARM BLASTS from thenight table loud enough to wake the dead. Sidney bolts up.

CLICK. Sidney, quick with thereflexes, shuts it off instantly. A car trunk SLAMS shutoutside.

Sidneypulls herself out of bed andleans to the window just intime to see her Dad jumping inhis car. She half waves (":·

~·· down at him but hedoesn •tsee her. Be's as goodas gone, pulling out of thedriveway and disappearing down theroad.

A moment as Sidneystands at the window, staringout after him.

CLOSE ON A SIGN

"BAYBORO HIGH SCHOOL.HOME OF THE FIGHTINGBULLDOGS"

THE CAMERA PULLSBACR TO REVEAL a picture perfectsmall town school. Old andchuming. Students come and go,moving e.bout. Nothingunusual, except for the •••

six police cars, fournews vans, flashing cameras,and crowds and crowds of lookie-loo'sgathered just off campus.

Sidney approaches theschool seeing the commotion. Four different REPORTERS standin front of four differentcameras giving four differentnews reports.

She moves passeda policeman standing guard. Ber interest peaked, she stops atthe first reporter who is •••

GALE WEATHERS

Thirties. Ber smartface is overshadowed by a flashysmile and a massivemane of chemically enhanced.hair.

ON SIDNEY. Moved,disturbed. From behind, a fingertaps her shoulder. She spinsaround to see •••

TATUM RILEY, same age,feisty, carefree.

'l'heybreakaway from the crowdand bead for school.

TATUM

Oh God 1 You don t know? Casey Becker and Steve Forrest were killedlast night.

'l'ATUM And not.just killed, Sid. We're talking splatter movie killed--splitopen end to end.

TA'l'tJM Fucking clueless--they"reinterrogating the entire school. Teachers,students, Btaff, janitors•••

Sidney looks back at Gale,her face deeply pained.

IN'l'.CLASSROOM- LATER

A frumpy old woman, MRS. TATE,faces her class. Ber hands clasped together. A tragiclook upon her face.

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•• aterribletragedy. An unbearable loss. It•sdays like today we need prayer inschool•••

Sidney sitsnear the rear of the room. The desk in front of her sitsvacant. Sidney can't.take hereyes off it.

The dooropens and a student enters with aslip of paper. Be hands itto Mrs. Tate.

Sidney. Itappears to be your turn,dear.

The room isat capacity••• walltowall with police, and the likes. Some sit, stand, lean •••

SHERIFFBURKE, a round man in his fifties,wipes the stress from hisface.

A youngofficer looks at a clipboard. This is DEPUTY RILEY, betterknown as DEWEY. He's a big guy,20's, handsome in a ~···· scrubbed-cleanboyish way. r .·

SheriffBurke gestures to bring her in. PRINCIPAL HIMBRY, 50' s,anold codger of a man wearinga sour face speaks up.

SidneyPrescott. She was daughter of •••

She's adjustedwell. Maintains an •A• average. You'd never know she ••••

Bimbry stopsshort, seeing Sidney in thedoorway. Be rises and seatsher.

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Dewey shakes his headseriously.

SHERIFF BUR!CE Bow is everything?

Sidney eyes them allnervously.

Students sit at outdoortables eating lunch. Crowded atone table is the "gang". This consists of·Sidney and Billyand Tatum.

Next to Tatum, sits herboyfriend STUART, with his armdraped across her back. Be'aa Billy wannabe. Almost the jock, almost handsome, almost cool. Be tries way too hard.

Across the table i• thefifth wheel, RANDY. A tall and gangly kid with no suchBilly-like aspirations. Awitty jokester who elevatesgeek to coolness.

CONTINUED,

~- .. RANDY \ ·.·.

Because their bodieswere gutted.

Sidney flinches.

All eyes turn toSidney. A serious silence. And then:

Sidney shivers downto her soul. The wholetable rolls their eyes at Stu.

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Stu leans over and socksRandy in the arm.

Stu's taken back, a littleoff guard.

Tatum turns to Stu,surprised.

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CONTINUED: (3)

~ STU r .

I didn't kill anybody.

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•Takesa man to do somethinglike that.w

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····.···... Randy, you goon-fuck, x•m eatinghere.

·.·. .. .·.·..•,·. , • .• .•·· · Stu nibbles at 'l'atum.•aneck•

Stu cracks up at hie own joke .The others just MOAN. Sidr isabout to crawl out of her skin,trying hard to ignore i1 all. .

r- A huge twostory country home with a spaciouslawn.

A yellowschool bus stops in front ofthe house and Sidney steps off.

The houselooks big and lonely as Sidneymoves up the walk to the frontdoor.

IN'r.BEDROOM- LATER

Sidney ison the telephone.

Sidney hangsup. She takes a seat ather computer and boots it up. She sits in front of it staringat the blue acreen•••herown reflection staring back.

Sidney comesdown the stairs, her arms canying a change of clothes,toothbrush, make-up•••

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She opens thehall closet and pulls asmall overnight bag from the topshelf. Moving into the livingroom she loads it up, ploppingdown on the sofa, hittingthe TV remote.

CLOSEON THE SCREEN

A news repo~er fades in.

REPORTER#1 (on TV) The entirenation was shocked todayby the teenmurders in North Carolina•••

Sidney switcheschannels.

REPORTER#2 The StateBureau Of Investigation has joined forceswith local authoritiesto help catchwhat the Governor has called themost heinous•••

The channelswitches again. Galeweathers appears, standing in frontof the school. Ber whiteteeth gleaming.

An oldblack and white snapshot fillsthe screen--a woman, beautiful andfamiliar.

CLOSE ONSIDNEY

eyes frozen,mesmerized by the image. Suddenly she CLICKS the TV off. Her eyes go to the clockon the end table. 5i45 PM. Bereyes then move to the framedphoto next to it .•.the same blackand white photo stares ather •••ahealthy, vibrant woman. An older version of Sidney.

Sidney curlsup on the sofa, cloBingher eyes tight•••

The clock onthe end table reads 7: 15 PM.Sidney is fast asleep on thecouch. The phone RINGS. Sidney leaps up grabbing theportable phone.

She hangsup the phone. It immediatelyRINGS again.

IT'SHIM. THE VOICE FROM BEFORE.

Sidneythinks, trying to place hisvoice. It's sounds a littledistorted.

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CONTINUED: ( 2 )

A brief silence.

CONTINUEI>i( 3)

This gives her pause. She moves to the window andpulls aside the drapes.

ANGLE THROUGH WINDOW. She can.t quite see all of theporch.

Sidney goes to the frontdoor. She unlocks thebolt, unsnags the chain, and pullsthe door open •••• revealingthefront porch •••

COMPLETELY EMPTY.

She steps out onto it,phone still in hand. A singlelight shines overhead illuminatingthe porch, but littlebeyond. Darkness is all around.

Sidney peers out intothe darkness past thick shrubsthat grow on either side ofthe porch.

She sticks her fingerup her nose, pretending to pick. Silence. No answer.

CONTINUED: (4)

Sidney's stops dead inher tracks, speechless.

His seriousness unnervesher. Sid flies off the handle.

She hangs up on him. Moves back inside the house. Locks, chains, and bolts thedoor when•••

A FIGURE COMES LEAPINGOUT OF THE HALL CLOSET

rushing her,rarnmingintoher side •• thephoneflies•••the FIGORE is on topof her as she goes down•••SCREAMING•••

She looks up to seethe FIGURE, darkly dressed with apale, distorted face, whiteand ghostly••• amask.

Her instincts surface and shekicks up with her footmaking contact with his leg ••• he topplesover •••comingrightather, his hand finding herneck. Suddenly,.a long, silverblade appears above her.

Sidney pulls, jerks,twists ••• finallyshelifts hertorso forward knocking theFIGURE off her •••sendinghimreeling into the living room. Wasting no time,,Sidney leaps toher feet.

She moves to the frontdoor, unlocke it ••• pullsitopen •••it catches on the chain. Shit! She pushes it closed again looking behind her••theFIGURE has risen, knife in hand. Sidney pulla on thechain and then--inexplicably turnsand •••

RUNS UP 'l'BESTAIRS.The FIGURE right behind her.

The FIGURE leaps at Sidneytaking bold of her foot, shegrabs madly at the wall•••herhands grasp a framed painting--a

~ ,: from the wall swinging itbehind her•••

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It catches theFIGURE head on, smashing againsthis skull, sending him backwards,tumbling down the stairs. Sidney races to herbedroom •••

She locks the doorshut, then pulls her closet dooropen, placing the edge rightat the door knob just as •••

'1'BEFIGUREPOUNDSAGAINST THE BEDROOM DOOR••• •

ramming it, it ripsopen, but the closet door catches itin a crazy vice-likehold.

Sidney grabs thedesk phone. It's dead •• offthehook downstairs.

The figure rushesthe door several times•• theframe ·,:• _.··:-. splinters•• butwon'tgive. · ...._.-:_;. -~ l Sidney is at hercomputer, she punches at the keypadmadly.

CLOSEON SCREENAS WORDS APPEAR.

FAX MODEM

...I ·.. 9-1-1 SEND \.·· ·.·. ·

The knife slashes throughthe crack in the doorwildly.

ON SCREEN AGAIN

HELP KILLER

34 ELM ST

Sidney presses SEND when itoccurs to her--all is quiet. The FIGURE is gone. A fearful silence. She looks around ••• the only sound her ownrapid, terrified BREATHING. ·... ·-.-·.-·-'·.._:· - ON THE SCREEN

•stay calm. Policeenroute.•

·: ·,:· .·-.· ·.·.•· ·.·,.·.• :.· ·, Suddenly a NOISE atthe window•••Sidney looks up to see •••

BILLY

ber boyfriend, staring atber, surprised.

Sit>NEY Oh Billy••• please•••God •••

Billy pulls himself throu9hthe window. As he does ,asmall black object falls fromhis dark jeans. It hits thefloor as· Sidney eyes it•••asleek, compact cellular phone.

Sidney stops inher tracks. Their eyes meet •••anetemity. A SIREN is heard inthe distance. Sidney bolts•••

Billy reaches for her. Sidney unblocks the bedroomdoor and tears out of theroom.

Sidney nearly fallsdown the stairs•••

She rips the chainoff the door, pulls it opens,coming face to face with awhite, ghostly mask. A massiyeSCREAM erupts from her gut as •••

THE CAMERA PULLS BACK

to find Oewey--DeputyRiley, holding it. Red lightsflash, sirens BLAST as carafter car surrounds the house.

Sidney falls·into thesafety of Dewey's arms.

The yard is awhirlwind of activity. An amJ:>ulance,squad cars, cops everywhere•••

CLOSE ON BILLY'SFACE

as it SMASHES againstthe hood of a police car. His hands are 1:>eingcuffed,hisrights being read.

Dewey holds acar door open as Sheriff Burkesteps out.

SHERIFF BtJRKE Bank Loomis'kid? Aw•• Jesus•••

They approachBilly as he's being placed in asquad car.

The squad cardisappears with Billy as anothercar comes to a stop in frontof the house. Tatum getsout, freaked beyond belief.

Baek to theSheriff and Dewey as they stormacross the yard.

Across the yard,sits Sidney, in the back ofan ambulance as PARAMEDICS checkher out.

Sheriff Burke andRiley approach.

CONTINUED: ( 2 )

She tries to smile butfails.

Tatum appears, barrelingpast an OFFICER.

Tatum rushes to her, grabbinghold of her.

'.rATtJM Ber dad's out of town. She's staying with us.

J)EWEY Does mom know?

'1'ATUM Yes, you doofus.

Two news vans came drivingup the street.

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A big,white news van comes to a stopin front of the house. The sidedoor slides open and GaleWeathers hops out just in time tosee Sidney being escorted toa squad car.

Jumpingfrom the driver's seat isKENNY, Gale's cameraman and flunky. An earnest, young chap on thechubby side.

But it'stoo late. Sidney is asgood as gone. Gale sees Tatum movingquickly to her car.

Tatumlooks up to see Gale Weathersrushing her.

Tatumhops in her car, ignoringher.

Tatum'scar peels out as Kenny comesrunning up with his camera.

Galespins around, flashing herpearly whites.

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T'O'BOFLARDASS NOW1

Gale moves backto the van leaving Kennymiffed.

A small town station. The bull pen is alittle square room with four desksand tonight--it's hopping. Cops everywhere.

IN'.r.SHERIFF'SOFFICE

Sidney sits at a deskdrinking a cup ofwater. She wears the Sheriff•s jac:ketoverher shoulders. Dewey approaches.

smNEY Did you reachmy Dad?

SIDNEY

,Ii_:> I don't know. I guess. c-

Sidney staresblankly, numb.

Billy sits oppositeSheriff Burke. Next to Billy,sits his father, BANK LOOMIS,an older version of Billy.

(CON'l'INUED)

CONTINTJEOi

Billy fightstears.

Sheriff Burke eyeshim up and down, verycarefully.

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Tatum has joinedSidney. The sheriff•s dooropens and Billy is led out bya coupla UNIFORMS. Burke andDewey appear in the doorwatching Tatum comfort Sidney.

OUT or EARSHOT

Dewey turns toher, his face red.

~ --

_, TATUM

I'm sorry,Deputy Dewey-boy but we're

~· ready to go.

The door opensand Sidney, Tatum, Dewey, anda coupla OFFICERS exitavoiding the horde of REPORTERSthat can be seen aroundthe corner waiting anxiously atthe front entrance.

Dewey takesoff. From .thedarkness ofthe alley, Gale Weathers appearswith Kenny and his camera. They've been waiting.

Sidney spinsaround to see Gale, standing,smiling at her. Sidney's bodytightens and her face goestaut.

Their eyesmeet in a cold familiar stare. Sidney says nothing. She's visibly shaking.

Dewey, in asquad car, turns into the alley andpulls up. The othernews people have wisened up. Theybegin to flock the alley.

Sidney tries to contain herself•• squeezingaclenched fist.

In a blurred, unexpected instant,Sidney brings her fist forward,SMASHING it hard intoGale Weathers's face. The impact sends Gale reeling backwards,knocking into Kenny as

ON SIDNEY•••breathing deep, a senseof satisfaction on her face.

A spacious bedroom. Typical. Tatum and Sidney lay on the bed. They both wear night shirts.

Dewey appears in the doorway holdinga bag of ice.

Sidneysits up, takes the ice, andputs it on her hand.

Dewey moves backout the door.

I,._,..,T.,-rl

/·. TATUM r--- Yeah, yeah,yeah •••

Dewey smiles, pullingthe door closed on his way out. Sidney lies back down.

Sidney rolls overon her side, away from Tatum.

A telephone RINGS somewherein the house.

TATUM

..·

I knew the guywas too perfect. He was

r· destined to havea flaw.

A KNOCK at thedoor. It opens and a friendly,graying woman pops in. This isMAMA RILEY. She wears a comfortingsmile.

Mama Riley shakesher head sadly.

r.::· ~- (

CONTINUED: ( 2 )

Sidney takes off out thedoor. Mama Riley motions to Tatum.

Tatum shrugs.

Sidney grabs the phone atthe end of the hall.

IT'S HIM. The CAMERAdoes a Hitchcock as Sidney's entire body goes weak••hisVOICE moving through her •• invadingher. She CRIES OUT.

Mama Riley turns in th~doorway. Tatum comes bolting out of the bedroom.

Mama Riley BEATS on a closedbedroom door.

r·-

CLICK.

Dewey fliesout of his room wearingonly his boxers•• holding hisgun.

Thephone goes dead. Sidney standsfrozen.

The morningsun shines high overBayboro Townsquare. Cars cometo life, townsfolk stir as thepicture postcard communityawakens from a restless sleep.

Sidneyand Tatum sit at the kitchentable, dressed and ready forschool as Mama Riley serves up breakfast. A small televisionsits on the counter BLARING.

Dewey, inuniform, stands near thedoor, talking on the phone.

Fromthe TV, Sidney hears her name, •SIDNEYPRESCOTT•••• All eyesgo to the television.

CONTINUEDs

INSERTof COT'l'ONWEARY,inprison fatigues. A once handsome man, now haggard and worn.

REPORTER

•• brokeintotheir home andsavagely raped and tortured thedeceased. Cotton Weary is currently awaitingappeal for the death sentence handeddown after the young Sidney testified againsthim. She was the key witness inthe state•s prosecution••• ·

Dewey is off the phone.

Riley shakes his head •no•.

once again, REPORTERS linethe street attacking students as they make their way toschool, asking questions, hungry for that teenage insight.

Dewey's patrol jeep cruisesby. Sidney watches from the passenger•s window.

Dewey pulls up in front ofthe school. Tatum hops outwhile Sid lingers, suddenly unsure. Dewey takes notice.

so.

Sidney forcesherself cut of the jeep asa microphone is shoved inher face •••

Dewey leapsfrom the car, i.nterceptingthereporter.

Sidney eyesthe newsvan that's pulled upbehind her. The side doorslides open and Gale Weatherssteps out.

She headsover to Gale.

Sidney,puts her head down, hiding herface ••• avoidingother reporters asshe makes her wa:yto •••

Galewho sits in the open door, checking her facein a mirror. Makeup tries hard to hide Sid'shandiwork--a swollen black andblue right cheek.

Gale spotsSidney immediately and leaps toher feet..

Sidney throwsher bands up in surrender.

Kenny'shead darts out from thevan.

Sidney contains herself.

Gale moves inside the van. But Sidney is relentless.

smNEY Do you still think he's innocent?

Gale I ainterestis peaked. Sheeyes Sidney suspiciously.

CONTINUED: ( 2 )

SmNEY

[·:·

During thetrial, you did all those stories aboutme. You called me a liar.

smNEY Haveyou talked to Cotton?

A longbeat. Sidney considers thisfor the millionth time.

Butthere's doubt in her voice. Gale'sface lights up.

..•,... Sidneyclams up •

CONTINOEDt( 3)

SIDNEY

~--

No, it was Cotton.

\ .

Tatum comes waltzing up.

Gale ignores her, zeroing inon Sidney, half realizing.

Sidney starts to fidget.

She takes off with Tatum. Gale calla after her.

But Sidney and Tatum have alreadydisappeared in the crowd of students moving across campus.

Gale looks to Kenny.

Gale"s mind races with possibilities.

CONTINtJED:(4 )

Tatumand Sidney make their way acrosscampus.

They move up the walk as a FIGUREfalls in step behind them, sportinga WHITE GHOST MASK.

As easy as the figure appeared,it disappears--falling out of sight, unseen by either of them.

They move up the front steps towardthe main doors of the schoolas the GHOST MASKED FIGUREreappears•••standing at the topof the stepa•• Sidneysees it first,stopping dead in her tracks. ·

She stepsback, spinning aroundto find •••

·=·•

A GHOST FACE .behindheras well, both of themapproaching, closing in on her. Sidney starts to SCREAMwhen the two ghosts bust upLAUGHING, tearing off across campus.

In front of the schoolwe catch a REPORTER doing alive remote. Be holds amask in his hand.

' INT. HALLWAY -MINUTES LATER ·.A.::·· c-··, Just before the bell. The hallway is congestedwith students heading to class. Tatum is at her locker with Sidney.

Billy appears in thecrowd, with Stu tagging behind. Tatum. spots him first.

·..·· ..·.....

think what you did.

Billy and Stu approach. Billy's face is solemn.

Sidney says nothing. She canbarely look at him. Tatum intervenes.

S6.

Suddenly, a SCREAM erupts•.All eyes 90 to aGHOST MASRED STUDENT running downthe hall, screamingwildly, running amuck.

Billy punches Stu inthe side.

Sidney, clearly upset,takes off.down the ball. Billy races off after her.

With first periodunderway, the halls have cleared. One or two straggling studentscan be seen rushing toclass.

Sidney moves quicklydown the hall, rounding a comer, running smack into•••

BILLY

They collide hard catchingSidney off guard, scaringthe life out of her. Shef allabackwards, l:NtBilly catchesher fall.

CON'l'I:NtJ'ED:

I SIDNEY

Jesus, SHIT!

r

Sidneypulls away from him ·quickly.Billy feels the slight.

Sidneycatches her breath.

,'.·-....

(. ~ -·

S8.

CONTINUED: ( 2)

()}: Sidney starts to walk away butturns back, angry. r:>

Sidney disappears through adoor marked GIRL'S BATHROOM, leaving Billy alone in thehallway. He•s SMACKS his forehead, pissed at himself.

Large and spacious. Closedbathroom stalls line one wall facing a row of sinks and ahuge mirror. Sidney enters as 'l'WOGIRLS tinkleand talk--eachfrom their respective stalls.

GIRL #1 She was never attacked. Ithink she made it all up.

GIRL #2 Why would she lie about it?

~ -- '·

CONTlNtJED:

,: ::':, GIRL #1 \ .•'

For attention. Thegirl has some serious issues.

Sidney listens intently.

A toilet FLUSHES. Sidneyquickly jumps in a stall,hiding, just as GIRL #1 appears froma stall. She looks likeher voice--a snotty littletwit.

GIRL #1 What if she did it? What if Sidney killed Casey and Steve?

GIRL #2 And why would shedo that?

GIRL #1 Maybe she was hot forSteve and killed them both in a jealousrage.

Another toilet FLUSHES.

GIRL #2 What would Sidneywant with Steve? She has her own bubble-buttboyfriend Billy.

GIRL #1 Maybe she•s a slut justlike her mom.

INSIDE 'l'HESTALLSidneylistens. Ber faceweakening.

GIRL #2 You•re evil.

GIRL #1 Please, it•s common knowledge. Ber mother was a trollop.

GIRL #2 appears from herstall-another twit. Theyboth stand in front of themirror adjusting two snotty faces.

GIRL #2 cut acme alack. Shewatched her mcm get butchered.

Gltu.#1 And it fucked her uproyally. Think about it. It makesperfect sense. Ber men•a death leaves herdistraught and hostile at a cruel andinhumane world, she'a disillusioned, where 'aGod, etc. Completely suicidal. And one day she (MORE)

CONTINUED: ( 2 )

GIRL#1 (cont'd) snaps. She wants to kill herselfbut realizesteen suicide is outthis year. And homicide is a much healthier therapeuticexpression.

From thestall, Sidney listens,her heart pounding, jaw quivering.

GIRL#2 Where do you get this shit?

GIRL#1 Ricki Lake.

The two girls exit. Sidney movesout of the stall, catching herreflection in the mirror.

Water DRIPS somewhere from a leakypipe as wind WHISTLES in fromthe cracked transom above thebathroom door. It sounds almostlike a whisper, •siddneey••••

Sidneyspins around. What the... She checks out the bathroom. The doors to the stallsare all closed. She bends downand scans beneath them, lookingfor feet. No one. Nothing.

Sidneyturns back to the mirror. Suddenly•••

Unmistakable this time. The VOICE strikesSidney like a nail throughthe eye. It comes from one ofthe stalls. She standsthunderstruck, eyeing the stallsthru the mirror.

A long, morose silence. And t.heni

Sidneyspins around. Fuck nol BE•SHERE. Terror floods her face. She eyes the exit door, thenthe raw of stalls she mustpass to get to it.

CONTINUED: (3)

~: She checks underthe stalls again. Nothing ••• wherethefuck r-·. is he? She takesa step fonrard when •••

TWO FEET step down from a toiletonto the floorin the last stall. Sidney's facedraws tight as the stalldoor begins to CREAK open. She bolts forward, making abreak for it ••• but slips on wet floor••• herfeetflying out from under •••

Sidney reachesout •••grabshold of a sink ••• savesherself from falling••• sheglimpsesa GHOST MASK inthe mirror coming for her. A hand grabs her shoulder as sheSLAMS her body through theexit door••• narrowlyescaping.

Sidney flies outof the bathroom door SCREAMING•••burningup the hallway, notlooking back. A TEACHER, hearingher SCREAM, peers outfrom an open doorway ••• asSidneysprintsby him, not stopping••• runningmadly.

CLOSEon a red-faced Principal Bimbry as be readssomeone the riot act.

MR. BIMBRY

1_.•·. I'm sickened. Your whole havoc-inducing, r· thieving, whoringgeneration disgusts me.

The CAMERA SWINGSAROUND to reveal two GHOSTMASKED STUDENTS standing at attention. Mr. Himbry rips themask off of one of the student"sheads.

He rips themask off the other student.

The GHOSTS dothprotest •••

GHOST #1 Aw, come on, Mr.Himbry, it was just a joke.

__i"' r··

-. .. GHOST#2 r Yeah, that'snot fair.

A deep rootedhostility has taken overMr. Bimbry"s face. Neither studentbudges, scared to even breathe.

No, it'snot fair. Fairness would be to rip your insidesout and hang you from a tree soyou can be exposed for the desensitized,heartless little shits that you are.

Suddenly thedoor BURSTSopen and Sidneyappears, hysterical.

Mr. Bimbryrushes to her, 8%D1Soutreached.

Sidney collapsesin his a%'1DS. ,1 .·•

r' '· Dewey's patrol jeepis parked in front of theschool. Be stands inthe open driver's door talking onthe radio.

Dewey shuts the jeepdoor and heads for campuswhen Gale Weathers appears,her fake face aglow.

Dewey heads for the schoolbuilding. Gale scurries along side him flirtatiously.

Dewey's eyes wander down toGale's long legs, the way her hips move as shewalks ••• he'sclearlydistracted.

Dewey looks away, blushinga bit.

They approach the school•a frontentrance. Suddenly, Mr. Himbry'a VOICE is amplifiedthrough interc~ acrosscampus via the PA system. Theystop to listen.

(CONTINtJED)

64•,

CONTINUEDz ( 2)

Gale speaks overMr. Himbry •s VOICE.

t>EWEY Serial killer isnot really accurate, ma'am. The killerhas yet to strike twice.

Dewey, realizing he's saidtoo much, clams up.

Dewey starts up the school'sfront ateps as the bell RINGS.

f

CONTINUED: ( 3 )

/.. . I GALE ( So you do watch the show?

Be turns to her earnestlyas STUDENTS come pouring outthe front doors.

She smiles deliciously, giveshim a wink, then struts off as Dewey, like a nervous littleschool boy watches her go.

School is clearing out. The halls have begun to empty as Tatum escorts Sidney downthe hallway.

Tatum wants to believeher but •••

Stu appears.

'l'ATUM For once, Stu, drop it.

S'rO Okay, but whatever you did--theentire student body thanks you.

Stu moves to Tatum and givesher a kiss.

( . t>reak,I propose we havea party.

Tonight, my house.

~ ·

S'l'O My parents are out of town. It'll be like my hurricane bash lastyear. Nothing·extreme. Just a fewof us, bangin'.

Tatum warms to the idea.

'l'A'l'UM This could be good. Whatdo you think, Sid?

Sidney considers trying hardto be good spirited.

Stu speeds off, sliding down theempty hallway.

Mr. Himbry sits at his desk staringat the ghost masks before him. He picks one of themup, snickering.

Be stands and moves to thecloset next to bis office door. Be pulls it open to reveal amirror hooked inside the door. Be tries the mask on, pulling itover his face, looking in the mirror when ••

A KNOCK AT 'l'BEDOORstops him. Be rips the mask off his bead, turns to his office doorand opens it to reveal•••

~·. AN EMPTY DOORWAY. He pokes hishead into the outer off ice area and looks around. Butno one's there.

Theplace is empty. A littleauspicious he closes the door, catchinghis reflection in the closetmirror. He looks at themask in his hands. Jesus,even he's jumpy. Two seconds later•••

ANO'l'HERKNOCKAT THE DOOR. Bimbrygrabs the door quickly, thistime throwing it open. Againno one• sther_e. He steps outinto the outer office determinedto catch a prankster.

Completely empty. Mr. Himbrymoves through the outer office andinto the school corridor. The overhead lights have been turnedoff and the corridor is now darkand deserted. He looksup and down the hall. Onlya JANITOR is seen in the distancepushing a broom.

Mr. Himbry retums to his office.

Himbry reenters his office, movingto his desk, when he spots the closet door NOW CLOSED SHUT.

This gives him pause--he had leftit open. Hadn •the? Suddenly,he can• tremember. Be shifts,uneasy, reaching for thedoor knob, pulling the dooropen to reveal•••

AN EMPTY CLOSET. Be stands stilla moment, suddenly realizingsomeone could easily nowbe standing behind the opencloset door. Nervously, hepushes it shut to reveal•••

NOTHING. Bimbry shakes away hisjitters, realizing he's spookedhimself. He continues tohis desk, pushing his officedoor ahut when•••

A GHOST MASKED FIGURE lunges frombehind it••• knifein hand. Quickand easy. Three quick jabsto the st01118.chandBimbry goesdown. The GHOST MA.SUD FIGUREtowering above him.

Erl'.TATUM'SBOUSE - AF'l'ERNOON-LATER

Thelate afternoon sun is quicklydisappearing.

Tatumand Sidney rock on the frontporch looking out onto the ····_:•.. smalltown neighborhood. Dewey'spatrol jeep is parked in -.•.. :,-· thedriveway.

CONTINUED1

~--,. C .. Despite loud music, BLARING from an insidestereo, this is a quiet moment.

SIDNEY

~-:·' Created by that little tabloidtwit Gale r .

Weathers.

A long silence as Sidney agonizesover all of this. She stands up and moves to theedge of the porch and stares out onto the neighborhood.

(·.. \"'·:·.

CONTINUEDi (2 )

Sidfollows Tatum inside the housenever seeing the GBOST MASKED FIGURE that stands across thestreet, under a tree. Bispresence so subtle and unobstrusiveyou'd have to see thismovie a second time to knowhe was there all along.

Stuis moving along main streetwhen Billy comes barreling up nextto him.

STtJ Oh••••

Billythumps Stu's forehead.

;::·---. "' .., r

..·:,,.

They come to a building centrallylocated in the heart of Main Street. A huge, bluemonstrosity that's bigger thanthe local bank and post officecombined. 'l'hesignin frontreads BLOCKBUSTER.

Your typical Bloc:kbuster--hugeand crowded. Randy, in his Blockbuster get up, is busyreshelving returns when Stu appears--knocking the videosout of his hand.

S'l'O What?

Randy refers to Billy who's standsdown the aisle talking to 11'WOGIRLS. ('l'he twitsfrom thebathroomperhaps.)

Randy moves downthe aisle, reshelving videos.

CONTINUEDi ( 2 )

c··:_ STU

Which isyou •••

.. , suspect,is busy planning his next

huntingexpedition.

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BILLY

t ~o.c.) ·..I How do weknow you're not the killer? )

Randy spinsaround to find Billy rightbehind him. Busted.

-.::,:;:,

:•:··:\}i~

Randyshrugs, laughing it off.

[s⇒Jg~: RANDY

You•reabsolutely right. I'm the first

..·..)?{}_\:-:..- to admitit. If this were a scarymovie,

Dewey's patroljeep makes it's way downmainstreet. It's almost dark. The street is close todeserted.

Dewey•sbehind the wheel having a heatedconversation with Tatum whileSid stares out the window.

tt"'nl.1'T'TW

·· .:.. ..,, ..... ...,.'··.::·

Sid stares out the window. CLOSEDSIGNS fill the storefronts, a few people rush totheir car,.in a hurry to beat curfew.

·I Dewey comes to a stop, parking thecar in front of the police --~ station. He looks to Sidwith a brotherly smile.

They pile out of the jeep. Deweyheads for the station.

:·..:.....·.::". The girls take off for the localsupermarket that sits across

~·:.·.,

· ·.·:·.•··· TATUM -:::::..:.;. ·· :.·.·.. Be betternot be. I told Stu to keep his

mouthshut. I think we can livewithout EVERYBODY'SALL AMERICAN for one night•

.....,

They approach the grocery store. Small andsimple. Sid and Tatum graba shopping cart from the bin andenter the store, pushingthe cart through two sliding glass doors. (_

A lone CHECKOUTLADY behind the counter,big and frumpy, r- looks up from countingmoney.

They make abee-line for the junk food sectionjust as the automated doors slideshut behind them and a •••

GHOST MASKEDFIGURE appears, out of nowhere,standing just outside,watching, quietly through the glassstore windows.

Sheriff Burke'sface heats up as DeputyRiley marches in, hurriedly•.

SHERIFFBORU: Dewey! Where the hell you been, boy?

~.:

Sidneyand Tatum push a basket throughthe junk food section. The storeis completely empty. The girlsgab freely.

'l'ATUM Billy andhis penis don't deserve you.

Sidney grabssame chips and salsa from theshelf. Down the aisle, throughthe storefront window theGBOS'l'MASREDFIGURE still standswatching their every move. ,-.._ l. .

7.6.

Sid pushes the cart out the glassdoor with Tatum riding it. The GHOST MASKED FIGURE is nowhereto be found.

Sid pushes the cart and Tatumacross the street.

/''·,. convinced the lyrics had a secret ~-· meaning, "Eight is enough •••• (

CONTIN't.JEO:

Sidpushes the cart up to Dewey'sjeep. Tatum hops off.

Sidney stops just short of a laugh. Tatum pulls the back jeepdoor, loading the groceriesin. Behind her, the GHOST MASKED FIGURE appears, just outof their sight, behind the jeep'sopen back door.

Sidney moves to the back doorand closes it shut, when from behind•••

DEWEY stands. Sid jumps, startled.

CONTINUED: ( 2 )

Tatum kicksthe shopping cart out of theway, blindly. It rollsdown the road by itself, gaining speedon a decline running smackinto the GHOST MASKED FIGUREwho stops the cart coldwith one hand. ·

Dewey's jeepmakes ·it•sway .down a long,windingroad. Headlights illuminatethe thick woods that lineeach side. Followingbehind them at a discreet distance is ahuge white newsvan.

Dewey comes tothe end of the road. It deadends at •••

STU'S HOUSEwhich sits alone in a clearing, bigand ominous with noneighbors in sight. A huge old home justripe for a night offun and •••terror.

From the looksof things the party has alreadystarted. Music isBLARING. A few KIDS hang on the porch.

@_<:. A bigroom with KIDS sprinkled throughout--smoking,drinking, cutting up. A stereo BLASTS music while the TV airsaround the clockkiller coverage.

Tatum and Sidenter with groceries. Various FRIENDSgreet them.

The girls carrybags through a hallway that opens up ontoan enormous kitchen. Stu and some GUYS are leaning overthe sink drinking beerfrom a funnel.

··. without you •

The newsvan pullsup and parks unobtrusively on the sideof ...•-·.• the road a few feetdown from the front yard • r--,,, ,_:__,

Kenny andGale move around inside thevan. Kenny hovers over a controlpanel complete with videomonitors.

Kenny picksup a compact video camerathe size of his fist. Hechecks its battery pack.

ltENNY The controlboard's glitched. Youknow we can't carry a live picture.

Gale slides open the side door andsteps out into the darkness,not seeing the FIGURE thatstands behind her. A handgrabs her shoulder, Gale's heartstops as she spins aroundto find•••

Dewey, smiling, extremely pleased tosee her.

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...:.....:.·,;·-···_.·.. ·. ·.,.·.·-... . ·...

~

( :· DEWEY

Not much story here. Just a bunch of kids cutting loose.

GALE

-.l Mind if I joinyou?

Dewey considers fora whole two seconds. ··I

Gale leans in thevan, grabs the camera from Kenny'shand, and throws it in herbag. She gives Kenny awink.

CLOSEON a microwave. Popcorn POPS inside. CAMERAWIDENS TO REVEAI,••• ("·_"·.. ·..·. Sid, Stu, and Tatum movingabout the kitchen, preparinga ......- junk food feast. Other TEENS pop in and out. Randy appears .. - ·..:···. amongst them. He carriesan armful of videos.

·..··_-_..·..:._--.:::.·.: Be lets the videos splatteracross the kitchen counter. Stu and Tatum dive in.

Sidney peruses thevideos.

The party is goingstrong. Ten maybe fifteenpeople stand, sit, lean. Somecrowd around the floor in frontof the television. Randy istaking a vote.

Bands go up. BICKERING AD-LIB, etc.

The doorbell RINGS. Stu goes for it.

They look up thehallway to see Dewey and Gale standingin the foyer..

EVeryone perks up,eyeing Gale.

,I The GUYS in the room aredrooling over Gale. Including Stu. (

Tatum takes off for the kitchen.

Gale has quickly become the focusof the party. All eyesare on her.

Gale eyes the bookshelf abovethe television.

Suddenly, Gale st.artsto COUGH.

Galeslips the camera from herbag--hita the ON switch and I holdsit behind her •••waitingforthe right moment. \.· (

BACKIN FOYER

Tatum isalone in the kitchen. She emptiespopcorn into a bowl,then pulls open the refrigerator•••looksquickly, then remembers•••

Shemoves through the adjoining laundryroom to the •••

The kitchen door opens and light floodsthe darkened garage. Tatum stands in the doorway searching fora light switch.

She findsa button and hits it. BRRRRMMMI The electric garagedoor starts to rise. Wrong switch. She hits it again andit closes.

She finds another switch. CLICK. A small lightbulb overhead comes on, barely lighting the largetwo-car garage, leaving pockets of shadows along the wall. ·

Tatum spots the refrigerator against afar wall and heads for it,not seeing t.hekitchen door,quietly, slowly, closing behindher, sealing her off from therest oft.he house.

Tatumstumbles to the refrigerator andthrows it open. It•s lightcasts a glow across her face.

CRASB-BOOMI

Tatum jumps,spinning around just intime to see a cat escape througha large pet door that'sbuilt into the garage door. She smilesat her jumpiness.

Tatumloads up with as many beer asher hands will carry and headsback to the kitchen.

At the kitchen door, she jugglesthe beer, reaching for the knob. It"s locked.

.....-·..• -•, •.

She KICKS itwith her foot several times.

A moment. No answer.

Tatum leans overand, with her elbow, hits the garagedoor ·J button. BRRRRMM1 It.begins to rise.

:) She moves towardsthe rising door, beer in hand. Suddenly, I CRR-BRRRMl The garage door RESETS, reversingdirection, moving down, closing.

Tatum spins aroundto see •••

('· ·.. A GHOST MASKEI>FIGURE

silhouetted in thedark, next to the kitchen door,his hand on the switch. Tatum at.once, GASPS, taken back, butthen relaxes.

The FIGURE staresat her, blankly.

TATUM

·-· · -·..-... And what movie isthis fran? I SPIT ON

YOUR GARAGE.

Tatum takes a steptowards the FIGURE.

The FIGURE shakes hishead slowly t~ aide to side.

..•, TATUM

Oh you wanna play psychokiller?

The FIGURE slowly nods.

es.

CONTINOED: (2)

TheFIGURE slowly nods again.

Tatum takesa step to move aroundthe FIGURE, but he steps too,blocking her. ·

Tatummoves again, sidestepping theFIGURE, but he's faster andcuts her off.

Tatumjuggles the beer against herchest with one hand and with the other pushes the FIGUREhard, knocking him aside.

But the FIGURE.intercepts, lungingforward, grabbing her wrist hard ••• Tatumstumbles••• beercanshitthe floor•••spewing•••

Tatum yanks hard, releasing his holdwhen a flash of silver catchesher eye. She looks down,glimpsing a long, sharp blade as it darts forward, cuttinginto her forearm•••

Tatum pulls back, horrified, asthe moment turns deadly serious.

The FIGURE advances on her--knifeout, ready. She staggers backwards, holding her bloody arm,backing into the refrigerator,SCREAMING.

TheFIGURE lashes out with the knife. Tatum dodges it, leapingback against the fridge. The FIGURE advances. Instinctively,she rips the topfreezer door open, BASHING theFIGURE in the face, sendinghim backwards, reeling.

Tatumbolts to the•••CLOSED GARAGEDOOR. In a panic, she BEATS and PULLS on it, trying tomake it lift. She eyes the FIGURE•••he'arecovering.

CONTINUED: (3)

She goesfor the pet door, droppingto the floor, diving for it ••• she wedgesherupperbody through,her head, shoulders, torso justas the •••

FIGUREpounces, grabbing hold of her feet. Tatum goes crazy SCREAMINGand KICKINGtrying to getthrough.

Tatum ishalf in/half out the pet door. She BEATSand JERKS wildly, unable to see the FIGURE on theother side•••

A true fighter, Tatum kic:kahard,making direct contact with theFIGURE, knocking him away.

She takesthe moment to pull herselfthrough further••• but shestops •••stuc:k.She pulls and tugsbut can't move. She listensbut hears nothing. Where didhe go? An agonizing silence. And then •••

CRR-BRRRMl The garage door is activated. It begins to rise upward,taking Tatum with it. SheSCREAMS MADLY.

f freeherself from the door, but itmoves too fast, carrying herup •••

She looksabove to see where the doorrolls back into the garagerafters just as her neck hitsthe first beam, SNAPPING instantly.

It•sgetting late and SOME KIDS leavethrough the front door, muttering, •parentsand curfew" etc. The door hangs open wide. Sid moves to close it when•••

BILLY appearsin a classic fake scare.

Stuappears.

r-•. ~-·· BILLY \ .·· I washoping Sid and I couldtalk.

Sid grabs his hand and leads himup the staircase. Randy appears from the kitchen just intime to see Sid and Billy disappear upstairs.

IN'l'.NEWSVAN

Kenny fidgets at the control board. He hits a coupla buttons, bangs the side ofthe monitor and a picture emerges •••theliving room. The camera is positioned just above the television•••

ON SCREEN

The party is in full swing. Several TEENS sit right in front of the television. Becauseof the camera's position they appear to be staring right intothe lens.

Suddenly, the van's side door slidesopen and Gale pope in.

ta:HNY Got a picture. Perfectplacement. We can see everything.

Gale is ecstatic.

~ ...... ·. -·.-·:-: { .,\. ::-. . ..-..··..·.,..

A large, master bedroom with glassdoors that lead out onto a

balcony.

Sidand Billy stare at eac:h otherfora long moment. Awkward.

Billy boWS his headquietly, ltnowing_ly.

.. you know? Like the bad seed ·or .. · something•••

CONTINUEDz

Billy moves to her. They embrace, tenderly.

Sidney takes the iniative,acting on impulse, kissing him long and hard. Shebreaks away passionately, out ofbreath.

Billy nibbles her neck.

She stares at him, hereyes sexually charged.

They smile at each other.

The camerasits on the book shelf lodgedbetween two knick knacks, completelyinconspicuous. The CAMERAWIDENS to the reveal severalTEENSwatching the TV--the horrordiehards.

TEEN#1 Look, here itcomes. SPLAT1

TEEN#2 'l'heblood•snotthe right color. Why do they dothat? It's too red.

TEEN#3 Predictable. Knew he was going to bite it.

RANDY

(. Shhhhh.

STU

~ I wanna seeJaime Lee's breasts. When do

we seeJaime Lee's breasts?

Stu finisheshis beer.

Randy hitsthe pause button on the remote andstands in front of thetelevision, explaining.

CONTINUED,

Everybody "ooohhs".

Gale and Kennywatch the monitor. The party isclearing out some.

A RAP at thevan door. Gale pulls it open tosee Deputy Riley standing, hisface all smiles.

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·;~;•i:<.i>L···..•.••y:~;:,·,yx,E>·:··:.·.··.·...·.' · •:;.,;.-;._ .

I Gale steps out of the van turningback to Kenny•

_.--:;_ GALE

I'llbe back.

-~

Gale heads for oewey•apatrol jeep.

Gale appears skeptical, but smilesanyway. She•s genuinely

C

smittenby this young guy.

SCARY MUSIC fillsthe room. The party isreduced to the diehards in frontof the television.

O'l:BERGUYS Beautifull Finallyl

..·_:_:~

Billyand Sidney are going at it •••passionately.Be has h head buriedin her neck•

_·._·.·.. .

SIDNEY

:·.::_ (to herself)

•Eight isenough to fill our lives with love••••

- -.rorking.Sidneypushes Billy off her as she pulls ~...~head.She fumbles with the clasp of he:r

CAMERARUSHES IN on her breasts. Just as Sid· s brastraps slideoff her shoulders•••

Billy moves in front of theCAMERA, pulling his jeans off, blocking Sidney from view.

Back in the living room, thehorror fest continues when the phone RINGS. Everyone ignores it. It RINGS again.

Finally, Randy grabs the receiverfrom the side table.

Randy, freaked, drops the phone, finds the TV remote and pauses the movie, the othersprotest "Hey, Put it back •••" etc.

This stills the room. Completesilence as the news sinks in. ON different faces••• a moment ofdevastation••disbelief.And then:

TEEN #1 So what are we waiting for?

TEEN #2 Let's get over there beforethey pry him down.

And in seconds, the room isempty as everyone bolts for the door •• HOOTIN'andHOLLERIN'•••leavingRandy, near drunk, alone in the living room. Be returns to the movie.

Kenny is barely watching themonitor, he reached boredom some time ago. He finds a bag ofCheetos and chows down when he bears SCREAMI·NGfrom outside. Be peers out the window to see the last of the PARTY KIDSpile into two cars and race off down the road • ..,

,' Be chews a Cheeto slowly,his interest piqued.

The sex isover ••• andbothSid and Billyare dressing respectively. That post-sex awkwardness.

Sid brushesout her hair as her eyes cometo rest on the telephoneon the nightstand••• itpuzzles heras a stark revelation crossesher face. She turns toBilly who's sits on the floor,putting on his shoes.

SIDNEY

phone call? Who did you call?

--~ ·.:.·I BILLY

I calledmy dad.

Billy stands up.

Be makes a movetoward her when••from behind, in asplit instant, from theopen t,,alconydoorscomes•••

'l'HEGHOSTFIGURE

r· Sidneysees the FIGURE immediately,SCREAMING. Billy tries r ·· tocalm her, oblivious to the advancingGHOST.

Billy barely turns as a long steelyblade rises high in the air. It strikes down with force••• hittinghischest as blood sprays the air.

ON SIDNEY as red crimson splattersacross her faee•••as the · knife is thrust in and out of Billywho tries hard to put up a fight•• butit's useless••• he neverhad achance. Bis body falls to the floor•• lifeless.

ANGLE ON GHOST

as he watches Billy's body come toa still before quietly, calmly turning his attention to •••

SIDNEYwho stands, numb••• scaredto death. And only when the GHOST takes a step forward does Sidneybreak. She takes off like a rocket••• leapingover the bed andout the door.

Sidney tears out the door and downthe hall, c04-tedin Billy's blood.

ANGLE ON THE GHOST

as he catches up with her, grabbinghold of her collar. She pulls away from him••• hershirt rippingdown the back .

Ber hands find a door knob and shegoes for it, pulling the door open •••movingquickly inside•••lock.ingitbehind her.

Total darkness. Sidney ' shandss_courthewall for a light switch. The doorknob turns•••the lockholds••as the door is nearly SHAKEN from it's hinges•••andthen •••

NO'l'BING.All goes silent. only Sidney's rapid BREATHING fills the space around her.

Sidney, trembling, shaking, reachesabove her, feeling•• until she finds a string. She pullsit ...asa lightl:>ulbSWITCHES on overhead.

She's in a small box of a room. 'l'hedooris on one aide, a (:·>. small, narrow staircase on the other. She eyes the doorknob, ~ -.,,.-:: then the staircaae••• contemplating••• butit'san easy C•.

decision. There•s no fucking way she'sgoing up to the attic.

She unlocksthe door and pushes on it. But it won't give ••• shepusheson itagain. It'slocked from the other side. Shit. She turns to the staircase.

A long,deserted country road. Inthe distance, a single flashlightbeams ahead, the only lightin the black night. Gale andDewey can be heard.

CLOSEON Gale and Dewey, walking closely,side by side-- flirtatiously. Gale is surprisinglynervous.

Gale smiles.

Dewey blushes. Be starts to say somethingwhen headlights appear behindthem. They both spin aroundas TWO CARS loaded with 1t10s·comeracingright at them.

Dewey grabsGale and pushes her off theroad •••juatas the cars speedby, oblivious to them.

CONTINUED,

IN THE DITCH

Gale lands face up with Dewey righton top of her. Be steals a glance in her eyes beforerolling off her.

Something takes Gales attention.

Dewey looks to where Galepoints. He finds the flashlight

visible.

Dewey helps her up and theymove to it. Be shines the ·.)} flashlight on the plates but it'salready obvious to the CAMERA. This is the samecar we last saw Sidney•s father driving away in.

Dewey is panicked. Be grabsGale and they race off down the road.

Randy continues to watch TV. Be isnow sloppy drunk, completely involved in the movieon screen. ·:•:-·:._;.,;·.ll

·/'.<:.;\ ·...····.·•··.· ·

RANDY

\\:/'.?:~ (toTV)

:\}.:/ No, Jaime. Look behind yout Watchoutl ::.:..•····· Behind you!

:-. And if he followed his own advice, he wouldsee the GBOST MASKED FIGURE that stands directlybehind him•••knife poised

\,...~,_:.,; INT. NEWSVAN -CONTINUOUS

Xenny finishes off a sodaand crushes the can inhis hand. Be tosses it to thefloor when a movement fromthe monitor catches his eye.

ON TBE MONITOR isRandy, still on the couch, engrossedin the movie. Directly behindhim••• theGHOST. Kenny doesa double-take. No fuckingway. He watches as theGHOST stands still, unmoving, kniferaised.

'l'he GHOSTtakesasilent step fo%Ward.

This kid needs help. Kenny bolts out of his seatand goes for the side door. He slides it open and stickshis head out as •••

A LONG, SHARPBLADE 1 :· r,;. comes at Kenny, fastand furious•••slicing intohia throat. Kenny falls forward••• outthedoor as the GHOSTMASKED FIGURE is upon him.

TBE CAMERA PANS TOTHE MONITOR

just in time to seethe GHOST MASKED.FIGURE turnaway from Randy, leaving himunharmed, moving instead, outthe front door, on a thirtysecond walk to the newavan.

'l'heatticis longand narrow•••cluttered withfurniture, boxes, and the likes•••moonlightfilters in througha small, raised window on thefront wall of the house.

Sidney moves throughthe attic•••BOMPING into this,KNOCKING over that••• shepassesa dusty mirror, jumping ather own reflection. She cringesat her image, drenched inBilly•s blood. She stareslong and hard•••something aboutthe blood, the redness of it. She moves on, determined.

She eyes the raisedwindov above her ••• awayout•••ifshe could only reach it •••

Gale and Dewey come runningup the drive, frantic.

They split up. The CAMERA FOLLOWS GALE as she rushesto the newsvan, throwing openthe door.

The van is empty.

A CAR HORN goes off. Gale spins around. It camefrom the patrol jeep in thedriveway.

GALE

,•:·.. (calling out) :··.'

f She moves across theyard to the jeep, the doorhangs open•••Dewey is nowhereto be found.

A look of puredread comes over Gale.

Sidney has stackedobject after object building aladder to the window. Sheclimbs to the top, holding ontothe window frame.

She spots Gale almostilllmediately.She SCREAMSOUT, looking •for the window latch. But there's not one. Itdoesn't open. Sidney starts beatingon it...trying to break it•••

Gale, hanging tough,approaches the front door,unable to bear Sidney's SCREAMSthree floors up. Gale reachesfor the door just as shehears LOUD, HORRIBLE SHRIEKS fromjust inside. She backsaway.

t'-. INT.LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS

ANEAR-ct1RDLINGJAIME LEE CURTIS SCREAMBLASTS through the. empty livingroom as the horror movieon TV comes to it's horrifyingclimax.

Randy isnow gone.

Galeraces across the yard puttingdistance between her and thehouse. She moves back to thevan •••

Sidneyhas found an old tennis racket. She swings a solid forehandat the window.

THEWINDOW SPRAYS GLASS

Sidneymoves quickly, lifting herselfup over broken glass andpulling herself through thewindow frame.

Sidnefwastes no time. She looks forGale, SCREAMING, but ~ : \ ... Galeis gone.

Sidlowers herself down the ledge,sliding down a sloped portionof the roof onto •••

'l'BEMASTERBEDROOM'SBALCONY.

Thenshe eases herself over therailing and lowers herself, lettingherself hang as low as shecan ••• thenshelets go, free-fallingthe rest of the way••• butina split instant•••

fflEGHOSTAPPEARS

grabbingher wrists in midair.

Berbody hangs, dangling against the sideof the house. The· GHOSTbegins to lift her, pulling herback onto the balcony.

Sidney jerks,pulls, twiats•••but theBANDS have her, hoistingher up ••• SidneySCREAMSMADLY•••yankingone last time, freeingherself.

SHE DROPS'1'0THEGROUND, a good sevenfeet, landing on her back, hittinghard. She grabs at apained leg and brings herselfupright. ,ijJ' r~·

Gale is frantic. Shestarts the engine up andhits the headlights when shediscovers she can't see outof the windshield.

Gale rubs at theglass. Sure enough, something ison the windshield outside,blocking her sight. Gale hitsthe wipers as BLOOD SMEARS acrossthe glass, it drips downfrom above.

Gale SCREAMS as aHAND reaches in through theopen window••• shelooksup to see •••

RANDY, staring ather madly.

A sheer moment offear as Gale hits the gasplummeting the car forward, intoa ditch. She hits the BRAKES. Randy is thrown forward, awayfrom the van.

Gale reverses,backs up, hits the brakes again ••• justas Kenny's face comes slidingdown the outside ofthe windshield••• eyeswide,face distorted, bloodeverywhere.

Gale hits thegas, and yanks the wheel, sendingKenny's corpse flying offthe top of the van.

Gale spins thevan around, onto the road, hitsthe gas madly, gaining speed justas •••

SII>NEYAPPEARS

in the middleof the road, drenched in blood,very much resembling a youngSissy Spacek.

Gale sw8%Ves tomisa her, but she turns too sharpand the van veers off theroad at top speed •••flippingoveron its side, sliding off intothe thick foliage.

Sidney races towhere the van lay on it's aide. Sidney peers through thewindshield •••Gale'sbody lay limpand bloody.

SIDNEY CRIES OUT,turning, limping to the driveway. She sees the patr~l jeepwith it's open door ••• shegoesforit.

Sidney hops in,reaches for the ignition•••NO KEYSl Shit. ~ .· f' . Just then, Sidney•seyes go to the front porch. She watches

asthe front door opens and aFIGURE appears in the darkness, ~ -- undetectable.

Sidneythrows the headlights•••illuminatingthe front sideof the house, revealing•••

DEWEY STANDING IN THE DOORWAY.

Sidney opens the jeep door,·moving tohim, notici ng hisbody, slumped, knees buckled •••

And then his body falls forward,slowly, deliberately, hitting the porch hard. Standingbehind him is ...

THE GHOST

SIDNEY SCREAMS FROM THE BOTTOMOF HER SOUL.

Sid jumps back inside the jeep,closing the door, locking it. She reaches over and locksthe passenger's door and then she ••• waits.

And watches as the GHOST leansover Dewey•s still body, fumblingwith something. Then theFIGURE stands upright, in his hands he holds •••

THE KEYS

They jingle in the wind, theGHOST toying with her, enjoying this•••

Sidney, hysterical, locks eyeswith the FIGURE as he moves to the door, Sidney leaps on it,holding the lock button down, making it impossible to unlock. Her face is pressed against the glass•••inches from theMASKED FIGURE.

She usesevery ounce of strengthwhen suddenly, the GHOST DISAPPEARS, dropping down, belowthe window, out of her view.

Sidneymoves to the center ofthe jeep •••tryinghard to listenover her own RAPID BREATHING,every sound AMPLIFIED.

Then she hears it, the soft JINGLINGof keys near the passenger's side door. She pounceson the lock, holding it down.

CONTINUED:(2)

~·;-. A shadow cutsthe beam of theheadlights, unseen by Sidney. f' :: The lockturns on the other side. Sidney leaps over and holdsit down, securing it. This is beyond nerve-racking. Sidneyis certifiable.

Ber eyes spot the police radio forthe first time. She grabs the mouthpiece and hits theswitch.

ANGLE through front windshield. Sidney RANTING into the police band. She doesn•t seethe •••

GHOST FIGURE open the tailgatedoor of the jeep and slowly crawl in behind her.

The GHOST FIGUU reaches outand grabs hold of Sidney's neck.

Sidney, with surprising strength,spins around and attacks the GHOST.

She falls back against thedash, legs out, kicking wildly at him.

Ber hand reaches for the door,finds the lock, the door lever, she pulls•••

The door swings open •••

Sidney falls out of the door,bitting the ground.

Sidney, on. berstomach, squirmsaway from the jeep. She brings herself up to her handsand knees, looking behind her to see nothing•••

'1'BEGHOSTHAS DISAPPEARED.

Sidney•s e1es roam the yardbut he•s nowhere. Completely gone. Vanished.. Sid crawlsto the front porch where •••

DEWEY•S BODY LAY

Thinking quickly, precisely, shereaches to Dewey•s holster and grabs his gun when aVOICE ECHO'S behind her ••• /·

t"·

CON'l'INUEDz

VOICE (o.c.) Sidney!

She turns tosee Randy racing to her, limping. He appears stone coldsober.

Sidney throwsthe gun forward.

Be takesa step forward when anotherVOICE SPEAKS UP.

VOICE (o.c.) Don't believehim, Sid.

Sidney spinsaround to see Stu movingup the walk.

Stu moves closerto Sidney.

She aimsthe gun in his direction.

t:\ ~'.,:. \ .

CONTINUED:( 2)

f'. Sidneyhas lost it, she doesn'tknow who to trust. She aims r--· thegun at Stu ••thenRandy•• thenStu •••

'!'heybothmove toward her. There'sno time. She must act now. Finally•••

And with that, Sidney steps backinto the house and SLAMS the frontdoor shut.

Sidlocks and bolts the door. From the other side she can hear Randy SCREAMING.

Bis fists POUND against the door. Sidney, stumbling in the , darkness, rushes to the phone inthe living room. Just as she reaches for it••• itRINGS. Itscares the life out of her. She SCREAMS, yanking it up.

VOICE (fromthe phone) Havingfun Sidney?

Sidneyfalls apart, SCREAMING.

Shethrows the phone down, disconnectingthe call.

I

Sidmoves back to the door. RANDY s SCREAMS ARE MADDENING. Sheeyes the lock, deliberating.

,_.C GOAWAYLEAVEMEALONEI \

CLUNK1 A NOISE UPSTAIRS.

Sidney looksup the staircase, into thedarkness, her faced SHOCKEDto see •••

BILLY

emerging fromthe shadows, stumbling down thestairs. Very much alive.

Be's blood-soakedand dazed. Sidney meetshim at the landing, grabbinghim, holding him•••

Billy goesfor the door.

Randy continuesPOUNDING ON THE DOOR, SCREAMINGAT THE TOP OF BIS LUNGS.

Billy goes forthe door. Sidney blocks him.

Sidney bands himthe gun. Billy turns andunlocks the door, opening it. Randy rushes in, grabbingBilly, pleading•••

CONTINUED:(2)

Slowly, a small smile creepsacross Billy's face.

Randy squints, confused, as Billyaims the gun at Randy and pulls the trigger. TheBLASTS throws Randy's body against the wall before sliding toa heap on the floor••• still.

BILLY 'l'URNSTOSIDNEY•••

Who stands only feet away,face aghast•••

Fuck, no ••• thiscan'tbe happening. Billy's eyes are on her, unmoving. .

Be sticks his tongue out and slowlylicks the blood driedto his face••• tastingit.

Sidney is dumbfounded. Slowly,she takes a step back,moving into the dark refines ofthe kitchen.

Billy, lurches forward ina fake-out, baiting her. Shetakes another step back--petrified.

CLOSEON BILLY'S FACE. Itis no longer familiar to Sidney. There is something inhumannow about his features. His expression is pure evil.

She takes another step back,shrinking into the darkkitchen.

'1'HECAMERATAKES A MOMENT'l'0 ADJUSTTOTHE DARKNESS asthe outline of a FIGURE appears•••

STANDING RIGHT BEHIND SIDNEY.

She continues to back up,moving right into the armsof •••

STU

Sidney spins around•••hermouth open in speechless horror.

CONTINUED:( 3 )

Stustares back at her, eyeswide, lips curled in a subtle smileas he holds a small compactCELLULAR PHONE up to his face.

His VOICE sounds affected ncw••• theVOICE ofthe killer.

Sidney looks back to Billy, thento Stu, then to Billy again. It'sbecome all too clear.

She stands between them, hermind racing, calculating•••

SHE BOLTS INTO THE LIVING ROOM

If for no other reason thanto put space between her and them ••• theystandin the entryway,trapping her in.

~··

Stu disappears into the kitchen.

Sidney st8:Dds,trying hard to holda calm resolve.

A NOISE comes from the kitchen. A low, DRAGGING sound. Stu reappears from the front hall•••wrestlingwith something••• someone•••

CLOSE ON STU••• hehas a body intow, he thrusts it forward and it rolls into the living room. Sidney looks down to find•••

BER FATHER

bound and gagged. Bia eyes widein fear, very much alive.

CONTINUED:(4)

SIDNEY

~ -- Daddy!

Shestarts for him.

Stu places the cellular phone inMr. Prescott's shirt pocket.

S'l'U Theofficial term is •psychotic•.

CONTINUED: ( 5 )

S'l'U Yeah,we justwatched a few movies. Took a fewnotes. It was fun.

Billy and Sturelish their madness,proud of themselves.

Sidney looksto her dad, sees the tearsin his eyes. She looksback to Billy, unflinching•• adeterminedlook on her face.

Stuplays along, shaking his head.

Stu cracksup over this while Billyturns very serious.

CONTINtJEDz(6)

A suddensilence. Sidney is rigid with shock,bis words resonantwith truth.

Even Stuis surprised with his seriousness.

Billy sitsthe gun down on the table near thefoyer. And thenmoves to Sidney with the butcher knifein hand.

BILt.Y Pretend this isall just a scary movie, Sid. How doyou think it's going to end?

Sidney doesn'trespond.

BtLLY You knowwhat time it.is, Sid? It's ·after midnight. It•s your mother•a anniversary. We killed her exactly one year ago today.

CONTINUED: ( 7)

Billy turns to Stuwith the knife. They eye eachother.

Billy pulls the knifeback and brings it forward quickly, slicing into Stu. Bestumbles to his knees, WINCING inpain.

Sidney SCREAMS•••as bloodgushes•• realblood, a dark,deep red. Stu inspectsthe wound to his side••• thenhesmiles •••

Be takes the knife fromBilly.

Stu stabs at Billy's.belly,puncturing him••• Billydoubles over•••

Jesus•••fuck, thathurt.

Billy takes the knife andslashes at Stu's Hm, twoquick cuta••• hedoubles over •••

CONTINUEDi (8 )

Stu takesthe knife and cuts at Billy.

Billy looksat her, bent over, crued.

~ .-:.

psychosmore creative.

r --

Stu staggersa bit.

Billy moves toSidney's father.

Stu is searchingthe foyer for the gun.

Billy hobbles over. 'l'hegunis gone. ~ :-': r - '

CONTINUEDz (9)

/

BILLY

~ .. Where the fuckis it?

VOICE (off camera) Right here,asshole.

Billy andStu look up in unison to see•••

GALEWEATBERS--CORRESPONDENT FROM INSIDESTORY

standing inthe front door way, gun inhand. Her body, tattered and bloody. Ber hair a mess.

Gale holdsthe gun firm, in total control.

Sidney stepsforward.

Billy lungesat Gale, but she holds steady. Billy and Stu eye eachother.

In a madrush, they storm ·Gale,heading straightat her. She pulls thetrigger, but nothing happens••• thesafetyis on.

Billy charges forward,grabbing hold of thefront door, SLAMMING IT SHUT. It catches Gale inthe face, knocking her backwards outthe door. She goes down••• out.

(: ~·:

CONTINUED: ( 1O)

,· STU

Coolmove.

Billy stepsout the front door andretrieves the gun from whereGale lays. Then he turns backinside the house to find •••

SIDNEYGONE.

Stu looksaround, staggering now, bleedingheavily••• Sidney hascompletely disappeared. only herfather, bound and gaggedremains in the living roam.

Suddenly,the phone RINGS. Billy andStu look at each other. Completelysurprised. Billy scramblesover to the phone.

BILLY

I

(pickingup phone) Bello?

r

Billylooks to Mr. Prescott. Thecellular phone is gone.

Billy looksaround the living room.

Billyia fuming now•••slightly ataggering•••andstarting to lose it. Be SCREAMS at Stu who hasfallen to his knees.

(CONTINtJEO)

CONTINUED:(11)

~''. BILLY \ .

FINDHER YOU DIPSHIT!

Billy throws the phone at Stu. He mouths to him, so Sid can't hear. -Talk to her•••- Then Billy takes off for the kitchen. Stu takes the phone.

SIDNEY · (aware) so Stu, what's your motive? Billy's got one. The police are on theirway. What are you going to tell them?

Billy flies back in the room,grabbing the phone from Stu. Be's completely nuts now, staggering,bleeding, totally insane.

Billy starts ripping the roomup, overturning furniture ina mad fit of rage••• whenhe noticesthe hall closet. Touchel Be smiles deliriously, heading forit, ripping it open as•••

A GHOST MASKED FIGURE strikes fromwithin, with an umbrella, the sharp end hitting him in thechest as it fans out. Billy stumbles back, stunned, as theGHOST comes at him again••• the umbrella lodges in his chest,and he goes down.

Sidney rips the GHOST MASR offher head. She looks at Billy, disgusted, throwing the mask on Billy'anow still body. A movement behind her sends herreeling around to find•••

RANDY slowly sitting up. Biabody drenched in blood. Be's alive •••barely. Be looksto Sidney•••through pain...

/'~:-·. movies? The final scene••• itjustgoes ~\ ::, ;•· on and on ••• anditgets so stupid•••

CONTINUEDi (12 )

Randy manages to standwhen a FIGURE COMESLEAPING at him, completely unexpected••• it'sStu •••barrelingintohim.e.they fall back into theliving room. Sidney grabsthe gun next to Billy and turnsto the living room to find •••

Randy and Sturolling across the floor in adead lock, fighting, both seriouslyirijured••• sidtriesto findaim when a •••

BAND GRABS BOLD ofSidney's ankle, toppling herto the floor••• onceagainshe finds Billy on topof her •••

IN THE LIVING ROOM

Randy and Stupound at each other, beatingand clawing•••

ON SIDNEYas she fights.viciously, attackingwith everything she's got •••

Randy is desperatelytrying to pry away from Stu ••• hegrabs hold of the televisionset and tries to pullhimself off the floor out ofStu's clutch•••

Bis hands findthe top of the 'l!Y•••theVCR••• heyankson it, gripping it withhis hands, bringing it aroundwith force-- CRASHING the VCR intoStu•s head. Stu drops.

ON SIDNEY as shedigs her hand into Billy'sopen chest wound. He CRIES OUTBLOODY MURDER. Her other handbrings the gun up to his face••• buthe headbunts it out the front door ••• suddenlya flashofsilver appears aboveSidney.

Billy has graspedthe butcher knife••• he risesithigh above Sidney ready to strike•••whena bullet RIPSTHROUGH THE FOYER striking Billy knockinghim back into the livingroom.

Sidney looks up tosee •••

GALE WEA'?HERS,holdingthe gun in a death gripas smoke rises above the gun's chamber.

Sidney sits up asGale moves to her, helpingher. Their eyes meet. A lifetruce.

Billy and Stu lay faceup, head to head. Sidand Gale move over them, staringdown. Randy joins them.

~. Sidney nudges their bodies. They both stir. r :.

Sidney grabs the gun fromGale.

She positions her foot on Stu'schest and aims.

She SHOO'l'Shimin the forehead,a clean and perfect shot. Then she aims the barrelat Billy who"s eyes suddenly open, blinking up at her, bloodbubbling frem his lips. He's not yet dead. Their eyes lock.

She FIRES another perfect shot. They're both goners.

Sidney drops the smoking gun,standing silent over the bodies. A quiet momentwhen suddenly•••

A FIGURE LUNGES AT THEM

Both Sid and Gale and RandySCREAM in·epic, final scare proportions as Mr. Prescottleaps forward, still bound and gagged.

Sid catches her breath,relaxing.

She rushes to him, untyinghim ••• whileGalemoves to the bookcase and retrieves thehidden camera.

Randy appears by Sidney's side,helping her untie her father.

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Sidneylooks at him, dumbfounded.

_,.. RANDY Maybe catch a movie?

A long moment as Sidney's face goesfram disbelief to resignationto the slight tra _ceofasmile.

Besmiles at her ••• watchingasSidneygrabs hold of her father,holding him tight as GaleWeathers, with camera in hand,gets one hell of an endingto this SCARY MOVIE.

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