CAMERA SKIMMING along the top of the water. Moonlight on the surf. Racing toward the beach where large bonfires burn. TITLES AND TITLE SONG.
CAMERA FLIES THROUGH FLAMES revealing:
2 THE SANTA CARLA BOARDWALK 2
This is the place where it's all happening on warm summer nights. MUSIC and NOISE. Arcades. Thrill rides. A brightly-lit Ferris wheel turning against a jet black sky.
Spinning merrily. Loud CALLIOPE MUSIC. Young kids and teenagers occupy the horses and benches. A tough group of "SURF NAZIS" also ride. "My Beach, My Wave" on their
T-shirts.
The LOST BOYS enter the carousel house. Cool kids in dis- tinctive dress. Compelling; not threatening. They are DAVID, MARKO, PAUL, DWAYNE; David the obvious leader.
GREG, the head Surf Nazi, sits in one of the carousel's benches with his arm around his girl, SHELLY. He thinks he's King of the Boardwalk.. And doesn't like it one bit when Shelly casts an appreciative glance toward David.
David smiles back at her. Not flirting, just being chi- valrous. Greg scowls and takes his anger out on Paul by tripping him as he goes by. An insult... a shove. David joins Paul. Surf Nazis join Greg. The Lost Boys close ranks. A major melee seems ready to erupt, when the ugly end of a nightstick is shoved against his Adam's apple. A three hundred pound security GUARD is at the other end. The ride suddenly ends. CALLIOPE MUSIC STOPS.
For an endless moment David's and the Guard's eyes lock in mortal combat. Neither one willing to give ground. Then David smiles.
The Lost Boys begin to leave as the Guard turns to Greg and the Surf Nazis. GUARD You too, off the boardwalk. And don't come back!
Greg and the Surf Nazis grumble and leave. There is bad blood between them and the Lost Boys, but both groups hate the Security Guard more.
CAMERA TRAVELS through the empty amusement park as the lights go off systematically. CAMERA CONTINUES past the rides to reveal:
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The Security Guard approaches his lone car carrying his lunch pail. Deadly quiet.
5 SHOTS OF GROTESQUE CARNIVAL IMAGES ON THE BOARDWALK 5
Clown faces bobbing. Dark images in the carousel.
WAVES LAP against the beach. Lonely and deserted. No one around for miles.
All is quiet and still, until... WHOOSH! THUD!
Horrible and bloodless. Sucked dry, like a deflated balloon. CAMERA PULLS UP, UP, UP until the coastline is visible to us. And NIGHT DISSOLVES INTO DAY.
Helicopter shots of the COASTLINE and HIGHWAY 17 approach- ing Santa Clara: ocean, agriculture, etc. CAMERA FINDS a beat up LAND ROVER pulling a U-HAUL TRAILER.
LUCY ANDERSON drives -- late thirties, sexy, warm, com- fortable with herself -- a bit of a free spirit. SAM, 11, a victim of too many afternoons in shopping malls watching Bratpack movies, sits next to her in his trendy duds, suffering the foreign coastline with his large Malamute dog NANOOK.
MICHAEL, in his late teens, slumps in the back seat. He is a loner, an independent and not enjoying the ride.
No reply. Her sons look unconvinced.
She turns on the radio to COUNTRY AND WESTERN.
She next finds an EASY LISTENING station.
She next finds Donovan singing "Mellow Yellow."
They all laugh as Lucy turns the dial to a CURRENT ROCK HIT and the boys relax.
THEIR POV - LARGE BILLBOARD
Showing Boardwalk, Pier, etc. Reads: "Welcome to Santa Carla."
As they pass, only Michael notices what has been spray painted on the back of the sign: "MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD."
MUSIC CONTINUES over:
ESTABLISH Summer/Fun atmos -- Bikinis, Surfers, Bikers, Colorful Locals, etc.
HIGH SHOT soaks in boardwalk and surrounding area as CAMERA MOVES DOWNWARD finding Sam and Nonook in the crowd running to:
In the center of the action. Lucy pumps gas into the Rover as Sam runs up to her.
Lucy is disturbed as she notices TWO RUNAWAY TEENAGERS RUMMAGING through a nearby garbage bin for something to eat. She and Sam are distracted however as they see Michael rolling his HONDA MOTOR BIKE from out of the U-Haul. MICHAEL I need to stretch my legs. I'll follow you.
The Attendant gives Lucy five dollars in change. She hands it to Sam, indicating the Two Runaways.
Sam runs off as Michael starts his prize possession.
Michael can't deal with this and just roars his engine.
Sam returns, having heard this.
Lucy seems pleasantly surprised by Michael's display of responsibility. She and Sam get in the Rover as the Runaways shout to them.
A long winding road leads to the old lodge-like funky house. The Land Rover pulls up followed by Michael on his motorbike.
GRANDPA, a rugged individualist wearing old denims, Indian moccasins, long grey braid down his back, is a lifeless form on the front porch. Lucy and sons approach.
Lucy becomes concerned as she feels his head.
Before Lucy and Michael can belt Sam, Grandpa opens his mischievous eyes.
Michael and Sam exchange weird looks as Lucy hugs her father.
Large, lodge-like; funky leather furniture and Indian blankets. Michael carries in his BARBELLS while Sam struggles with his MAMMOTH COLLECTION OF COMIC BOOKS.
Sam follows Michael into the...
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As Michael, about to put his barbells down on back porch, pumps a few times for good measure.
Nanook dashes about discovering nature, while Grandpa helps Lucy unload the U-Haul.
She hugs him, accidentally pulling on his braid.
Sam is stacking his comic book collection on the shelves when Michael enters.
Sam can see it's his only chance.
Michael smiles, grabs Sam suddenly and "flips" him upside down. Michael is laughing, but his tone changes dramati- cally when Sam reaches out, grabs hold of Michael's crotch and squeezes hard. Michael drops Sam.
Sam is out the door as Michael pursues.
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Sam yells to Lucy, who is outside.
Sam tears open a pair of old sliding doors and runs into:
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Stuffed animals of all kinds staring down at him: Squir- rels, birds, cats, etc.
Also, boxes of eyes, pelts, hides, wooden animal forms. In other words, all the equipment and accouterments of a taxidermist.
The whole scene is very weird. Suddenly a voice from behind.
Both boys jump, Grandpa is behind them.
Grandpa opens the refrigerator revealing a shelf with a cardboard flap on it reading: "Old Fart."
Grandpa closes the door as Michael notices something out the window, as they follow Grandpa back towards the living room. Michael points to a small marijuana crop growing outside. Sam is puzzled but Michael make a "smoking a joint" gesture.
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They follow Grandpa.
He disappears into the Taxidermy.
Michael, Sam and Lucy do the dinner dishes together. The radio is playing. A HIT FROM THE SIXTIES comes on. "Land Of A Thousand Dances." Lucy begins to move to the music. Then she puts down her dish towel and starts to dance.
Lucy grabs Sam by the hand and pulls him away from the sink. He copies her. In fact, he's even more wild. Lucy and Sam are laughing and having a great time. Lucy and Sam try to include Michael, but he's embarrassed.
Michael and Sam walk across the beach, around the burning bonfires. The beach is crowded. Greg and the Surf Nazis hang out. It is all very strange and exciting to Sam and Michael who make their way towards the lively boardwalk. Sam fusses with his "mussed" hair and trendy clothes.
They go up the stairs near the bandstand. A LOUD ROCK GROUP performs. The crows and action are exciting. Michael and Sam make their way through the young people..
Michael suddenly sees:
In view of the boardwalk, but quite a distance away. Lucy, in a soft summer skirt and blouse walks on the busy pier; restaurants, souvenir stores, boat rentals, etc. A "brain dead" ex-hippie is preaching; ranting and raving. Lucy falls in step for a moment with a TOURIST COUPLE who are smiling over the ex-hippie.
The couple chuckle and disappears in the crowd as Lucy comes across a kiosk with dozens of local ads for apart- ments for rent, fishing boats, seminars, and many flyers with missing children. Being added to this is a xeroxed flyer with a picture of the heavyset Security Guard we saw killed. "MISSING" in large black type over his photo. This is being placed there by his WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN.
Lucy passes the sad woman and their eyes meet for a second. Lucy notices a "HELP WANTED" SIGN in a restau- rant window. As she goes to inspect it however, she suddenly becomes aware of a YOUNG BOY looking very lost in the middle of the summer crowd.
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tending to the child.
This is through a store window looking out onto the pier with the boardwalk in the distance. A BUZZER SOUNDS.
AND POV MOVES THROUGH THE DOORWAY OF A VIDEO STORE.
as the LOST BOYS enter aggressively. These POV's belong to MAX, the tall good-looking friendly owner of VIDEOMAX, a trendy video/souvenier store with banks of TV MONITORS filled with rock and cartoon images. Max is not happy with the appearance of the LOST BOYS in his store, who seem only interested in causing trouble and cruising the attractive YOUNG BLACK CASHIER. Max is just about to deal with them, when the BUZZER SOUNDS again, and Lucy enters with the child.
David and the Lost Boys watch Lucy and the child. Max is delighted to see Lucy in his store.
Max is just about to help Lucy when a frantic YOUNG MOTHER comes dashing into the store.
She grabs the child, effusively thanking Max and Lucy. Max gallantly hands a lollipop to Terry as the mother thanks them some more and leaves. Max hands Lucy a lollipop next.
She smiles as the Lost Boys shuffle past heading for the door. Max speaks to David.
David smiles his smile and leaves with his guys. Max sees Lucy watching him.
Outside David and the guys get on their bitchin' bikes and peel out.
selection in Santa Carla.
Michael walks briskly past the rides through the crowds. Sam has trouble keeping up as they turn down an alley.
Then, Sam realizes that he's standing directly in front of a GREAT SECOND-HAND COMIC BOOK STORE.
With that, Sam walks away from Michael. And Michael continues his search alone.
Weirdness hangs in the air. Sam enters. It seems empty. Sam begins to examine the treasure trove of comics when he suddenly becomes aware of TWO TEENAGERS, EDGAR and ALAN -- tough little dudes in fatigues with cold eyes -- victims of too many Chuck Norris movies. They are busy stacking old comics on the racks from cardboard boxes. They are the FROG BROTHERS.
The Frogs just look death at him, but Alan notices something.
They begin to correct their mistake, as Sam speaks again.
Alan looks to Edgar as Edgar pulls a comic from the shelf.
He hands Sam a comic entitled Vampires Everywhere.
Michael is on Star and Laddie's tail. He keeps pace with her, walking a safe distance behind. She becomes aware of him. She looks over her shoulder -- then suddenly stops.
Sam rushes up carrying his comic.
Laddie notices the vampire comic.
She smiles and walks away.
Michael argues with Lucy as Sam climbs into the Rover.
Lucy nods as Michael dashes off into the crowd.
Michael rounds the turn and stops short.
Star and Laddie are surrounded by the Lost Boys. Michael feels upstaged. The Lost Boys look his way -- but there is nothing threatening in their expressions.
They all have motorcycles. They climb on and GUN their engines. Star climbs on behind David, putting her arms around him.
They ROAR away. Michael is left standing alone. Star smiles as she disappears into the night.
The bonfires from the previous night are smoldering in the morning haze. Runaway kids sleep on the beach.
Michael carries his board under his arm as Sam drags his behind.
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Michael leans to "master" the art of Surfing.
He's very athletic and it doesn't take him too long to get the hang of it.
Sam is disaster, however, and settles for watching Michael along with the huge Santa Carla Seals who seem- ingly applaud Michael. Suddenly he is wiped out, however, by Greg and the Surf Nazis who surf right past him.
Michael wipes out as the Seals applaud.
Lucy's first day on the job. MARIA, the hot-looking black cashier, shows Lucy the ropes.
Lucy sees Michael and Sam drive up on Michael's Honda. She goes out to meet them.
Sam leaps off the motorbike. Michael GUNS the engine.
With that, Michael peels off.
Michael is purchasing a BLACK JACKET from the PUNK STORE on the boardwalk. He likes his reflection. It's the kind of jacket the Lost Boys would wear. CAMERA TRAVELS with him as he gets into his new attitude. He stops near an EAR PIERCING CONCESSION and actually considers it.
Michael is floored to see Star standing behind him.
He follows her as they move along the busy Boardwalk.
Michael smiles awkwardly at Star's playfulness. For a moment they walk in silence.
summers when I was kid. Now we're here on a permanent basis.
She seems pleased by that news. Michael gives her a look. He can't believe his good fortune.
As Michael and Star approach Michael's Honda, the Lost Boys arrive on their motorcycles. Laddie sits behind Paul. David is astride a THROBBING TRIUMPH. Michael looks uneasy; out-classed and out-numbered.
David GUNS his engine, then lets it REV BACK DOWN.
Laddie speaks up, having been passed over.
Silence. Nobody moves, but glances are exchanged all around.
She gives Michael an apologetic look, then climbs onto the motorcycle behind David.
David again GUNS his ENGINE and Michael gets his meaning.
The motorcycles BOUNCE down the steps and hit the beach.
Now they pick up speed as they spin out from the board- walk, spraying sand into the air and REVVING their ENGINES.
People on the beach turn to look as the motorcycles ROAR by, heading for a more deserted section of sand.
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Of ALL FIVE MOTORBIKES weaving between the ROARING BONFIRES.
Their faces are alive with the excitement and the thrill of the ride.
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Cautious. Worried. Doing his best to keep up.
The motorcycles speed through the surf.
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They head for the pier at full speed. The thick wooden pilings present a hazardous obstacle course. Michael SKIDS and slows down.
The Lost Boys do just the opposite. They increase their speed as they approach the pilings.
David and the others thread their way between the pilings at breakneck speed -- executing turns and avoiding col- lisions in a way that doesn't seem possible.
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travels through the pilings, trying to keep up.
An area of gently rolling sand dunes. A bonfire burns beside one of these dunes. We HEAR the THUNDEROUS RUMBLE of approaching motorcycles and one-by-one the Lost Boys sail off the edge of the dune -- fly through the flames of the bonfire -- and land upright on the beach below.
Star looks back from her position behind David and gives him a smile. The Lost Boys also favor him with approving looks.
Michael and the Lost Boys -- silhouetted against the night sky -- speed across the trestle.
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now travel side-by-side. Star's hair blows in the wind. She reaches out her hand toward Michael. Michael reaches out his. Their hands touch for a moment -- then David turns to Michael.
and the MOTORS Now we race!!
David smiles -- and speeds ahead. Michael takes off after him.
David's Triumph streaks across the flat surface of the bluff. Michael is not far behind.
CLOSE ON TRIUMPH'S FRONT TIRE
Hanging slightly over the edge of the bluff. The PACIFIC OCEAN CRASHES POWERFULLY against the moon-lit rocks below.
The other boys now arrive on their motorbikes. David calmly climbs off his bike. Michael explodes and punches him. The other boys fall silent.
Star looks to Laddie. Michael prepares for David's retaliation, but David surprises everyone by smiling his irresistible smile at Michael.
A beautiful magic spot. David, Michael, Star and the others climb down old condemned wooden stairs, passing
huge signs on old rusted pilings reading: "CONDEMNED," "UNSAFE," "UNLAWFUL TO GO PAST THIS POINT." The group presses on toward a LARGE OPENING IN THE ROCKS.
The group enters and Michael can't believe his eyes.
Shafts of moonlight shoot down from cracks in the ceiling.
Michael glances at Star.
Marko nods and leaves.
David takes the first hit, then passes it to Michael. Star seems troubled.
Sam is lying in bed reading Vampires Everywhere. Lucy enters.
Lucy opens the closet and throws a few items inside, then walks away.
She closes the closet door.
Taken by surprise, Lucy and Sam yelp like a pair of scared puppies.
Grandpa is holding something behind his back.
Grandpa reveals what's behind his back: A grotesque stuffed woodchuck. Raised up on its hind legs. Teeth exposed. Very ugly, indeed.
Lucy and Sam hide their revulsion as Grandpa proudly places the monstrosity on the dresser.
Lucy nods and exits the room. Grandpa follows her out. Sam is left alone to finish the comic. But he can't concentrate. The woodchuck seems to be staring at him. Finally, Sam leaps out of bed, grabs the woodchuck and puts him in the closet. SLAMMING the door tightly.
MUSIC IS PLAYING from a ghetto blaster. Very loud. Very hypnotic. Dwayne makes graceful moves with a skateboard beneath his feet. Everyone is very mellow; very dreamy.
The others laugh, too. Michael looks confused.
Michael is intrigued -- and David sees it. He steps closer to him.
Marko suddenly arrives bearing cartons of take-out food.
David takes the cartons from his hand.
He pops the lid on one of the cartons and approaches Michael with it.
Michael hesitates.
Michael takes the carton warily and David immediately turns his back on him, passing out food to the others.
Michael takes a mouthful of rice using the plastic spoon provided. The others begin to eat as well.
Michael looks at his food.
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A thousand wiggling maggots, squirming and sliding over each other.
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spits out his mouthful in horror and revulsion and throws the carton to the ground.
But as the carton spills out, we see that it is just rice after all.
The boys LAUGH UPROARIOUSLY. Michael looks mortified. Star gets to her feet.
Michael looks at the noodles and his expression turns to one of disgust.
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A hundred squirming bloodsuckers!
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David tilts back his head and pours the contents of the carton into his mouth. The slimy bundle of worms slides slowly across his lips.
Michael looks on with a sick expression. He grabs David's arm.
David shows Michael the carton again. And sure enough, they are only noodles. Michael is baffled. The boys have a good, long laugh at his expense.
The laughter dies down as a NEW SONG comes on the radio. It's apparently a favorite of the Lost Boys because the MUSIC is immediately TURNED UP LOUD and all thoughts of Michael seem to be forgotten.
Everyone begins to move to the music. Star encourages Michael to dance with her. He's feeling the effects of the joint he smoked and his balance is a little off. His head is spinning.
During all this, David has located a bottle of wine. He pours some into a paper cup and offers it to Michael. Michael is about to drink when Star holds his arm.
Michael examines the contents of the cup and smiles know- ingly. He's not falling for any more tricks.
Michael brings the cup to his lips and drinks. The Lost Boys watch him carefully. Wine drips from the corner of his mouth. But it looks more like blood than anything else.
Michael lowers the cup. The room is spinning around him. Suddenly: SLOW-MOTION. DREAMY MUSIC.
Michael cringes in his sleep, as Sam invades his bedroom from their common bathroom.
Sam yanks open the blinds.
years of childhood.
Michael pulls the covers over his head.
Sam accompanied by Nanook sneak a peek into Grandpa's taxidermy room. Grandpa is hard at work. Sam doesn't dare go inside.
Sam and Nanook check over Grandpa's OLD PICKUP parked in the back yard filled with fencing materials; posts, rails and boards.
Then he notices the marijuana garden next to it.
Running into the kitchen, he comes back with a book of matches.
Breaking off a leaf, he rolls it and is just about to light it when Grandpa's voice makes him choke.
Sam palms the evidence.
wood in there for?
A classic 1957 CHEVY in creampuff condition. Grandpa takes down an old coffee can from the tool bench and fishes out the car keys from inside.
Sam slides into the car. Grandpa climbs in behind the wheel.
Grandpa puts the key into the ignition and TURNS OVER the ENGINE. It FIRED UP like a dream.
So saying, he TURNS OFF the IGNTION. Sam looks baffled. Grandpa climbs from the car and puts the keys back into the coffee can. Then he turns to Sam who is still seated inside the car.
Michael, looking very drawn and wearing sunglasses,
stands before his barbells. He pumps them once, but can't complete a second rep. Exhausted, he drops them down.
Sam is there, looking through the refrigerator. Michael enters from the service porch and plops down in a chair.
That takes care of Sam's appetite.
Nanook comes up to Michael and begins to lick the bottoms of his bare feet.
Nanook continues to lick and lick.
Sam pulls Nanook away. Then he takes a closer look at Michael's feet.
Michael gets up from the table and starts to leave the room.
Sam parks his bike outside and enters. He begins looking around, when he sees the Frog Brothers at work as usual. They exchange glares and Sam goes to a section he likes.
and the American Way.
He hands him a comic called Destroy All Vampires.
Lucy emerged from the store just as Max drives up in his sports car. His dog, THORN, an Irish Setter, is in the seat next to him.
Max leaps from the car.
Lucy begins to walk. Max falls into step with her.
Lucy looks alarmed.
Lucy's expression tells us that she finds Max charming, in an incorrigible sort of way.
NIGHT
As Star pierces it for him.
A drop of blood appears on her finger. She reacts, restraining herself from tasting it. Quickly she wipes it off and inserts an earring in his ear. He looks more like the Lost Boys every minute. The ocean CRASHES against the rocks below them. The moon and stars are out.
She gets up and walks toward the water. Michael stops her and, pulling her toward him, kisses her, leaning against the white rocks.
Before she can say anything else he kisses her again. The kiss becomes more passionate -- more intense. SUDDENLY LONG DARK SHADOWS LOOM ACROSS THEM. They turn to see David, Dwayne, Paul, Marko and Laddie watching.
Michael gets to his feet. He glares at David.
Michael looks at Star.
Michael hesitates, but is also drawn intensely to be a part of them. He leaves with the others as they climb over the rocks toward their bikes. Laddie has remained behind.
drink... and had red hair. (beat) I was there, too. And a dog -- but I don't know its name. I was running and the dog was chasing me. Then I turned around and chased the dog. They were watching me. Drinking their cold drinks and laughing. And I was laughing, too.
The SOUNDS OF THE BIKES FIRING UP.
She holds him as Michael and the Lost boys roar across the beach into the darkness.
As young as he is, Star knows he's right.
The trestle spans a deep gorge, obscured IN fog. The boys arrive on their motorbikes.
They climb from their motorbikes as David walks onto the trestle.
The Lost Boys laugh. Michael looks irritated. He watches as Paul, Marko and Dwayne climb below the trestle, hold on with their hands and allow their bodies to dangle over the fog-shrouded gorge.
Michael hesitates.
Michael summons his courage and climbs down. David follows him.
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All five boys hanging on. The fog billowing up beneath them. Michael starts to look down. Then, a RUMBLING is heard in the distance. Michael notices the look of excitement in the eyes of the other boys.
A PASSENGER TRAIN is approaching. It's WHISTLE BLOWS. The trestle begins to shake. A look of terror comes into Michael's expression.
The train THUNDERS across the trestle overhead, only a foot or two above them.
The ROAR and the NOISE are tremendous. The heat. The smoke. The dust.
The boys grimace and hold on for dear life. Then,
Michael reacts in horror as:
Then: Marko falls. Followed by Dwayne. Only David and Michael remain. David shouts over the DIN of the passing train.
Michael can't believe what he's hearing. He's scared out of his wits.
David lets go with one hand, clings on with the other.
David lets go. He drops from sight; vanishing into the fog below.
They WHISTLE and CAT CALL and do everything they can to goad him on. All the while invisible in the darkness below.
Michael lets go. He drops into the fog.
His eyes widen with fright -- but -- for a moment he is buoyant -- suspended in mid-air -- floating!
And then... he drops. With a WHOOSH. Like dead weight. The wind RUSHING around his ears. He loses consciousness.
The shakes are drawn and the room is dark. Sam rushes in.
Michael stirs.
Michael glances at the clock. It's two in the afternoon.
He fumbles for his sunglasses. Finds them and puts them on. Then he picks up the phone by his bed. Sam notices how long Michael's fingernails are.
Michael gives Sam a hostile look, then speaks into the phone.
INTERCUT between Michael and Lucy
Michael is silent on the other end of the line.
Michael hangs up the phone -- then notices his growing fingernails.
Michael steps into the shower stall and turns on the water. He lets it beat against him. Suddenly, his ex- pression turns to one of pain. The water burns.
He reaches for the handles, turns down the hot, turns up the cold. It still burns.
He turns the hot completely off. The cold water burns! He jumps from the shower in alarm.
Sam slaps together a couple of bologna sandwiches. Grandpa walks in wearing a suit and tie. He begins to bang around through the kitchen cupboards.
Sam locates a bottle of Windex. Grandpa examines the bottle, squirts a little onto his hand and smells it. Then splashes it on.
Michael enters looking drawn and tired. He still wears
his sunglasses. Grandpa is startled by his appearence but says nothing about it.
Grandpa gives Michael a look of displeasure.
Grandpa goes out the door.
Grandpa drives away from the house in his pickup truck.
Sam glances at Michael's ear.
Headlight beams begin to shine in the kitchen windows, moving rapidly from one to the next.
As Michael arrives in the living room he can hear LOUD MUMBLED WHISPERING. Headlights flash across the window curtains, accompanied by the unmistakeable ROAR of MOTORBIKE ENGINES -- as if they were going around the house.
The WHISPERING grows LOUDER. It seems to be saying "Michael, Michael, Michael." He goes for the front door.
The ROAR of the ENGINES CONTINUES from outside. He reaches for the doorknob.
Michael throws open the door, and --
Nothing. The front yard is empty. But a blast of cold air rushes into the house and a WEIRD ECHOING sound rever- berates across the sky.
A low ground fog is rolling in as well. Sam and Michael look bewildered.
Michael closes the door and locks it. His face is ashen.
Lucy pulls up to the restaurant in her Land Rover. Max pulls up immediately behind her in his sports car. He jumps out, hurries over to Lucy's car and opens the door for her with a galant flourish.
Sam is in the tub. Nanook is curled on the rug. A radio is BLASTING ROCK MUSIC.
Sam lip synching to the music, uses soap and water to sculpt his hair into a variety of punkish styles. He's lost in the music, enjoying this activity immensely.
Michael goes to the refrigerator for some milk.
Then Michael abruptly buckles over in pain. He drops the milk carton to the floor, where it BURSTS OPEN.
He straightens up, sees the mess he's made and goes to the pantry for a mop.
Michael finds the mop -- but is then hit by another wave of pain. He grabs his stomach and doubles over. As he lifts his head, this is what he sees:
The walls of the pantry begin to breathe! Soup cans puff out and suck in. Preserves seem to come alive. The light bulb expands. The floor ripples.
Michael's HEART begins to POUND. Blood surges through his veins -- causing them to bulge and ripple.
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as his teeth begin to extend -- cutting his gums.
Lucy and Max have some wine before ordering dinner.
The WAITER arrives.
The Waiter departs. Max is not getting the expected reaction from Lucy.
Max can't help but smile.
Sam continues to listen to ROCK BLASTING as he creates another hair style for himself.
Michael appears in the shadows. His veins have returned to normal, but he is possessed by a strange calm.
Michael begins to ascend the stairs. We hear the sound
of his HEARTBEAT.
Michael reaches the second floor landing and moves slowly down the hallway toward the bathroom door. His HEART POUNDS even LOUDER in his chest.
Sam is in the tub. MUSIC blaring. Sculpting his hair.
Michael stands outside the bathroom door. His HEART POUNDING in his chest. His face white as snow. He reaches for the doorknob, then withdraws his hand. A battle is raging within him.
NONOOK raises his head and begins to WHINE.
Michael has his back pressed against the bathroom door, fighting his urge and desire to enter. LOUD, POUNDING HEARTBEAT!
Sam, unaware of Nanook's nervous behavior, disappears under the water to rinse his hair.
NONOOK sits up and HOWLS -- and Michael bursts in!
Michael and Nanook lock eyes. NANOOK begins to GROWL softly. A deep, primordial GROWL of warning.
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surfaces for air, hears a tremendous FIGHT going on in the hallway. THUDDING, BANGING, GROWLING and HOWLING. Tumbling downstairs followed abruptly by silence.
Sam steps cautiously into the hallway. It is dark.
No response whatsoever. Sam swallows hard and begins to walk down the hallway.
Then -- he hears HEAVY BREATHING and stops in his tracks. He looks down the dark staircase.
Sam turns on the light -- and SCREAMS!
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is huddled at the bottom of staircase, his face and hands covered in blood.
Michael shows Sam the gash across the palm of his hand. Sam reacts. Nanook appears protectively beside Sam.
Sam is shocked to hear this. But gets an even greater shock when he looks at the mirror in the hallway. He GASPS out loud.
Michael looks, is startled to see that he is nearly invisible.
Michael looks confused and bewildered. He moves toward the staircase.
He makes a cross with his fingers and runs for his room.
Sam and Nanook dash in as Sam locks the door and the bath- room door. He scrambles for the comic with the Frogs' number on it.
Michael walks in wearing a dazed expression. He flops down on his bed.
Hiding the phone and the conversation from the clientele, the Frogs walk to Sam.
INTERCUT between Sam and Frogs.
CLICK. The Frogs hang up. Sam looks even more worried than before.
Something is happening, but we can't tell what. Yet we feel the distinct sensation of movement.
BANG. Michael's nose makes contact with a hard white surface. It's as if something is pressing down on him.
Michael looks scared and confused. He's out of control. Floating aimlessly near the ceiling like a helium balloon.
He wants desperately to get back down. He tries to maneuver himself toward his bed. He grabs hold of the blind cord.
But the window is open and Michael's feet float out -- and the rest of him soon follows.
The phone RINGS. Sam jumps and grabs it.
Lucy on the phone. She hears the panic in Sam's voice.
Then Sam sees Michael floating in mid-air outside his bedroom window.
Lucy hears this. She drops the phone and runs from the restaurant.
ANOTHER PART OF THE RESTAURANT
The waiter arrives at Max's table with two huge lobster dinners and more Dom Perignon, just as Max sees Lucy jump into her Land Rover and burn rubber away from the restaurant. Max is totally confused.
Michael rises into the night sky as far as the cord will allow.
Sam backs away from the window with a terrified expression.
Michael is bobbing helplessly in the air outside the
window. He's yelling something but we can't hear what it is. Then, Michael's foot CRASHES through the window and we HEAR:
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where he is greeted by a chilling wind that blows in through the opened window. Sam almost has to fight his way toward the window, that's how strong the wind is.
But he gets there and begins to reel Michael back inside. As Michael climbs back inside, he immediately anchors himself to the bed with the blind cord.
Lucy speeds up in her Land Rover. She practically jumps out before the car has come to a full stop. She runs into the house.
Lucy rushes in to find Sam walking calmly down the stairs.
scared to death. Are you all right?
Lucy looks at him with a good deal of skepticism.
Michael lies on his bed, totally freaked out.
The MAITRE 'D is on the phone.
In the b.g. we see that the table once occupied by Max and Lucy us now empty.
Lucy is on the phone with the restaurant.
She sighs to herself and hangs up the phone. Then she casts a weary glance at the spilled milk carton on the floor next to the refrigerator.
She grabs a dish towel and begins to mop up the milk, placing the ruptured carton on the counter in the process.
CAMERA MOVES IN CLOSE ON MILK CARTON:
We see A PICTURE OF LADDIE on the carton's side. And the bold letter that exclaim: MISSING CHILD!
Lucy enters the bedroom. Sam comes in right behind her, buttoning p.j.s
All the lights are out. FANTASTIC SONG BEGINS.
Lucy & Sam sleep. We HEAR the distant sound of a MOTOR- BIKE driving off, Sam's eyes blink wide open.
Michael speed away on his motorbike. He sees approach- ing headlights -- decides to pull off and kill his engine. Then, Grandpa drives by in his pickup truck returning from the Widow Johnson's. SONG CONTINUES.
Grandpa is singing merrily to himself as he drives.
Michael waits for Grandpa to pass, then ROARS off in the opposite direction.
Michael travels the length of the boardwalk on his bike. Every attraction and booth is shut down for the night, and the place is deserted.
Bonfires burn on the beaches. SONG CONTINUES.
Michael arrives at the cliff where the lobby/cave is located. No one is there. He decides to enter the cave.
Michael enters. The place is deserted.
He waits for a reply -- but there isn't one. Now Michael notices and empty bottle of wine -- the same "wine" he drank before. He smells the bottle and recoils. It smells of blood. SONG CONTINUES.
Michael hurls the bottle across the lobby where it CRASHES against the wall and shatters.
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begin to rush through his mind. The motorbike "rave-up" on the beach.
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Drinking blood from the wine bottle.
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The ear-piercing ritual and kiss with Star.
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The "trestle-hanging" episode.
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As the IMAGES FADE, Michael finds himself standing in the far corner of the lobby. Something belonging to Star lets him know that this is where she sleeps. SONG CONTINUES.
He sits down on the bed, and soon he is curled up, fall- ing asleep.
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Michael and Star together. She's on the back of his bike, her arms tightly-wrapped around his waist. They are speeding along a moon-lit beach -- or some equally romantic location. Michael is as happy as any young man has the right to be. SONG CONTINUES.
Firt light begins to show in the sky.
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Speeding across the ocean, heading for the cave. Much NOISE. WHISTLING wind. FLAPPING wings. WHISPERING. SONG CONTINUES.
Michael is curled up on Star's bed. The NOISE sweeps into the cave on a cold rush of air. Michael stirs. He hears voices. Then looks up to see Star coming to lie next to him.
Star doesn't respond. She's fallen right to sleep. Michael tries to awaken her.
She almost doesn't get the last word out before falling back to sleep. Michael gets to his feet and staggers away from Star's bed. He notices Laddie sleeping nearby. But there is no sign of the other Lost Boys. SONG ENDS.
Michael drives up on his Honda. He approaches the house. Lucy is on the porch, drinking coffee.
Michael nods and keeps walking.
He stops.
Michael begins to roll his eyes impatiently.
Michael heads into the house. Lucy tugs on her own ear- lobe to indicate Michael's earring.
Michael walks into the house without saying another word. Lucy looks frustrated and concerned.
Sam is at the table eating breakfast and reading a vampire comic. Grandpa is pouring a cup of coffee. The two brothers exchange a look, but say nothing.
Michael doesn't reply. He glances down at the comic that Sam is reading.
INSERT - VAMPIRE COMIC BOOK
A very bloody drawing of a vampire being staked through
the heart.
Lucy and Sam pull up in the Land Rover.
Lucy checks the address she has written down.
Lucy reaches for a wine bottle with a note attached as she gets out of the Rover.
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She tries the main gate, but finds it locked.
She climbs over a low portion of the fence.
Lucy approaches the house. She sees Thorn sleeping on the porch.
Suddenly, unexpectedly...
THORN ATTACKS!
Leaping to his feet -- charging from the porch -- GROWL - ING viciously -- ribbons of saliva trailing from his mouth.
Lucy has skinned her knees landing on the sidewalk. But she is more shaken than hurt -- and she feels very foolish.
Sam and the Frogs walk toward the beach with their comics.
They sit on the boardwalk steps.
The Frogs are completely convinced.
Suddenly Greg and the Surf Nazis appear and grab their comics. In a flash they tear them to shreds and sprinkle the pieces over their heads onto the sand. The Frogs and Sam are enraged as the Surf Nazis walk off laughing to themselves.
Sam looks at them like they've been putting him on.
They leave as CAMERA FOCUSES on shreds of vampire comics in the sand.
Michael is getting dressed to go out. More and more he is looking like one of the Lost Boys.
Lucy is making dinner. Grandpa sniffs the pots.
Michael enters.
Michael heads for the front door. He opens it to find Max just preparing to ring the bell.
An awkward silence as Max just stands there.
Michael thinks this is rather strange, but shrugs it off.
Max steps across the threshold -- but is surprised to see Michael continue out the door.
Michael takes special note of Max's sports car as he gets on his bike. He thinks it's pretty cool.
Max enters, surprising Lucy.
Lucy jumps.
seeing the bride before the wedding.
He follows her into:
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The table is set. Lucy sets down the bread. Max comes up behind her, puts his arms around her waist and nuz- zles her neck. She turns her face to his. Max is about to kiss her when:
Max and Lucy look to see Sam standing there with the Frogs beside him.
She looks them over strangely but The Frogs and Sam only have eyes for Max.
Everyone is seated around the dinner table. Edgar and Alan concentrate on Max's behavior. Lucy serves spaghetti from a large plate.
The boys all look directly at MAx. But Lucy means Nanook who is on her case.
The Frogs exchange disappointed expressions.
Sam indicates Max's large plate of spaghetti.
Max takes the container and sprinkles some of the grated cheese onto his spaghetti. Sam and the Frogs exchange a conspiratorial look.
Max takes a mouthful of spaghetti and nearly spits it out.
He sputters.
Sam intentionally spills a glass of water onto Max's lap.
He jumps from his seat, tries to mop up the spill with his napkin.
Then, very casually, Edgar leans back in his chair and flips off the lights. The room goes dark.
We hear SCUFFLING of FEET, CHAIRS MOVING, people BUMPING into each other in the dark.
And when the lights come back... Sam is holding a mirror to Max's face.
Startled at being confronted unexpectedly with his own reflection, Max YELLS. Sam and the Frogs all look into the mirror -- annoyed to see that Max is producing a reflection.
Max gets up from the table.
Sam looks a little shame-faced. But not the Frogs. Lucy follows Max to the:
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Michael is looking for Star, but he chances upon the Lost Boys instead. David has his back to him. Michael comes up behind him and spins David forcefully around.
David gets on his bike. Michael is forced to follow.
The motorbikes pull up and park. Everyone climbs off and begins to climb the high trees. David waits to be last. He gestures for Michael to climb.
Michael hesitates.
Michael looks at David for a beat, then begins to climb the tree. David follows him up.
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to reveal Greg and the Surf Nazis camping in the distance. They have a fire going. They're drinking beer and smoking dope and laughing with their girlfriends.
What happens next happens fast. It's confusing and dis- orienting. Much is suggested, but little is shown.
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The Lost Boys swoop out of the trees and attach the Surf Nazis. Mostly, we just HEAR the NOISE and see shadows.
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stay behind in the tree. He witnesses the attack, but doesn't join in. From the expression on his face, we know that it is a horrible spectacle to behold.
He turns his face away. He looks like he wants to puke. Sweat beads up on his forehead and the color drains from his face. His breathing becomes heavy and his heart begins to POUND POWERFULLY in his chest. The vampire in him takes over and as the Lost Boys shout his name, he feels compelled to join them, but he resists with all his strength.
Dazed and frightened, he tries to escape down the tree.
All the while the SOUND of the VAMPIRE MASSACRE continues in the distance. He slides gasping and sweating onto the forest floor.
For a moment, he just lies there looking bewildered. Then: SILENCE. The attack is over.
Approaching FOOTSTEPS CRUSH leaves and SNAP twigs. Michael waits, unable to move. And...
David's expression is calm and reassuring.
Michael glances in horror toward the direction of the Surf Nazi attack. David, Paul, Dwayne, and Marko walk off.
All is dark. CAMERA IS CLOSE ON A PAIR OF BEADY EYES which now reflect the opening of the bedroom door and the entrance of a human form. It comes closer.
Sam turns on the light -- and we see that the "beady eyes" belong to one of Grandpa's mounted owls.
Sam opens the closet, we see about a half-dozen other mounted creatures on the shelves. He tosses in the owl.
Then: From outside the window --
Sam and Michael go to the window and look out. Star is standing in the yard, in the moonlight.
Michael turns from the window, races out the door into the hallway. He is about to go down the stairs when:
Michael turns -- and sees Star standing in the bedroom doorway. She has obviously flown up and Sam is freaked.
Sam gulps as Michael kisses her. Star senses something and gets frightened.
In a wink, Star is gone... out the window. We don't even see her leave. Michael and Sam lean out after her.
Sam goes for the phone.
Sam opens the door and the Frogs enter.
Michael comes down the stairs looking weak and fragile. Dark glasses perched upon an ashen face.
Alan reaches into his backpack and pulls out a sharpened stake.
Michael grabs Edgar by the arm.
Michael releases his grip. Edgar rubs his arm.
We are far out in the fields as Grandpa puts in fence posts from the back of his pickup. He turns as he hears his prize Chevy SQUEEL BACKWARD OUT OF THE GARAGE. Sam leans out of the car yelling.
Before he can answer, the CAR SHOOTS OFF TOWARD TOWN.
The Chevy pulls up to a stop sign -- then doesn't move.
This is why: Michael has fallen asleep at the wheel, his chin touches his chest.
A car behind HONKS. Michael wakes up an continues driving. Edgar warns Michael.
The Chevy pulls up an parks. Everyone piles out. The
Frogs wear knapsacks in which they carry flashlights and stakes.
The Frogs charge ahead down the old stairs. Michael seems to stumble. Sam supports him.
Sam swallows hard -- overwhelmed by the possibility of such a responsibility.
Edgar and Alan step into the lobby and look around with wide-eyed wonderment. A moment later, Michael and Sam come up behind them. Sam is also amazed by what he sees.
As they search for the entrance to the sleep chamber, Michael goes to the spot where he knows Star will be in the far corner of the lobby.
Michael bends down to her. She looks like a sleeping angel. He shakes her gently.
She opens her eyes -- is surprised to see him, but hardly has the strength to show it.
He looks around, sees a long hooded cape draped on the bed.
Michael glances over to where Laddie is sleeping. Star's eyes beseech him. Michael gives in to her wishes. He begins to wrap Laddie (who doesn't awaken) in a blanket.
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Alan has found something and called Edgar and Sam over. He's pointing to an opening in the top of the grated elevator.
Edgar shines a flashlight up there.
Michael emerges from the cave with a bundled Laddie in his arms. The sun beats down. Laddie awakens. He looks around with uncomprehending eyes. Michael adjusts the blanket to keep the sun off Laddie's face.
Michael staggers up the old stairs.
Sam, Edgar and Alan have all entered the tunnel via the elevator and now make their way down its long, dark length.
FLIES begins to BUZZ around. Sam tries to swat them away.
Alan pulls a can of bug spray from his backpack and sprays the air. Sam coughs.
Michael arrives at the Chevy with Laddie in his arms. He opens the back door and places Laddie on the seat. Laddie remains sound asleep as Michael makes certain that his face is covered and away from the sun.
Then, turning away from the car, he heads back toward the cave. It is obvious that he is becoming extremely exhausted and rapidly losing strength.
Edgar, Alan and Sam are frozen in place with mouths hanging open. We don't know why until the CAMERA PANS DOWN and we see:
Michael returns for Star. He looks awful. Star reaches out and touches his hand. Michael wraps her in the hooded cape and lifts her.
The boys reach the end of the tunnel where a large opening awaits them. A biting cold wind blows through the opening and flies BUZZ angrily.
They step through the opening into a small cavernous area.
Sharp, jagged rock formations protrude up from the chamber floor. A network of webs and mossy vines hang from the ceiling. Somewhere in the distance is the HOLLOW SOUND OF DRIPPING WATER.
Michael carries Star towards the car. He is weakening.
His legs buckle and he sinks to his knees. Star's hood falls back revealing her face. Michael finds inspiration in her beauty and struggles to his feet, lurching toward the Chevy.
Sam and the Frogs find nothing until they shoot their flashlight beams UPWARD. And what they see causes their hearts to skip a beat.
ON SAM, EDGAR AND ALAN
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The boys run through the tunnel, past the hotel guest skeletons.
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They dash across the lobby.
They scramble up the stairs toward the car.
They arrive to find Michael passed out beside the car.
Sam and the Frogs shove Michael into the front seat.
Sam hops in behind the wheel. The Frogs look back toward the cave, exchange a look, and decide to make an exception just this once. They leap in.
Edgar gets in front next to Michael. Alan gets in back next to Star and Laddie. They find it very distasteful to be this close to vampires.
Sam turns the ignition and the car FIRES UP. Hesitates.
Edgar STOMPS down hard on the gas pedal.
The Chevy ROCKETS backwards toward the cliff. Sam stomps on the brakes.
TIRES SCREECH. The car comes to a skidding stop in a cloud of dust -- its back fender hanging precariously over the cliff.
Sam gives Alan a look.
Michael's head slumps against Edgar's shoulder. Edgar pushes him away -- and Michael awakens.
As the Chevy barrels down the highway, Sam and Edgar assist Michael into the driver's seat. There is some pretty dangerous climbing going on in the front seat -- and for a moment it appears that no one has actual control of the car.
Michael, Sam and Edgar look up to see the stoplight. The Chevy rushes toward it.
Michael -- acting very dopey -- finally hits the brake. But Sam must take control of the steering wheel because Michael's hands keep slipping off.
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The cops look over at the Chevy with a good deal of suspicion.
The cops just smile and shake their heads in dismay. The light changes, and the cops speed off.
Everyone in the Chevy breathes a deep sigh of relief.
All enter. Michael carries Star in his arms. Sam and the Frogs carry Laddie. As they approach the stairs, Nanook comes racing up to them, BARKING loudly.
Nanook continues to BARK.
Sam grabs Nanook by the collar and leads him away. The others begin to climb the stairs -- when Grandpa appears.
Everyone freezes in place. Grandpa looks the over. They must certainly be the most curious group of people he's ever seen going up the staircase.
Grandpa departs. It takes a moment to register, then everyone hurries up the staircase.
Edgar and Alan watch from the hallway as Michael makes Star and Laddie comfortable on his bed. Sam comes up the stairs, looks into the bedroom, then turns to the Frogs.
The sun begins to sink behind the archway cross. CAMERA PANS DOWN to find Sam and the Frogs charging in on their bikes. They drop them, run up the steps into the church.
The boys enter. A christening is taking place within the church, but nobody notices as the Frogs pour the holy water from the bowls near the doorways into their canteens.
The sun begins to set.
Sam enters and goes running up to Lucy.
Lucy reacts. A customer looks over at Sam. Lucy takes Sam aside.
hell with Max!
Lucy reacts. More customers look over. Sam winces.
Sam emerges from the store. The Frogs are waiting for him.
Edgar and Alan exchange a look.
Sam comes in to find Grandpa working on one of his mounted animals.
Grandpa takes off in his pickup truck as the sun sinks lower.
183 Sam prepares bowls of garlic in the kitchen. 183
184 The Frogs pour some holy water into a full bathtub. 184
185 They fill water guns with holy water. 185
186 Edgar and Alan supply camouflage makeup using a photo 186
in Soldier of Fortune magazine as their guide.
Michael goes to the window. It looks as if his strength is returning.
He pulls back the curtain and looks out. He has a commanding view of Santa Carla. The sun has just dropped below the horizon.
Michael turns to Laddie and Star who begin to stir from their resting place on the bed. Star and Michael exchange an anxious expression.
Then Michael goes to his closet and takes out a very serious-looking hunting bow and arrow quiver.
Max opens the door to Lucy and ushers her in.
Max picks up a note of concern in Lucy's voice.
He starts to go, but she stops him. He looks confused, then sees what she has in mind. She kisses him on the lips. It last a long time.
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Exiting the cave, and suddenly... we are flying!
Max and Lucy are kissing passionately on the sofa when a DISTANT NOISE is HEARD in the sky overhead. Lucy notices, but Max is too involved to hear anything.
Thorn, however, sits up and begins to HOWL.
Sam, Michael, Edgar, Alan, Star and Laddie are assembled for final instructions. Sam and the Frogs carry loaded water guns. Michael has his bow and arrow.
Michael and Sam exchange a look. Then, Nanook begins to BARK from outside.
Sam rushes to the door.
Sam races across the lawn in the moonlight toward Nanook, tied up near Grandpa's vegetable garden.
Moving toward Grandpa's house far in the distance. Sam can be seen running toward Nanook.
Sam reaches Nanook, who is now BARKING frantically. Sam tries to untie him. Has difficulty with the knot.
Rushing in toward Sam and Nanook.
Sam frees Nanook. The two of them run toward the house.
Sweeping in toward the yard. Sam running below.
Sam leans against the front door, totally out of breath. Everyone is relieved to have him back safely.
Then...
Star grabs Laddie and rushes him up the stairs to safety.
Alan and Edgar swat baseball bats at Dwayne --
Dwayne, mid-air above them, still has Sam by the arm. But Sam uses his free hand to draw his water gun and spray Dwayne in the face.
Dwayne falls and CRASHES into the stereo, turning it on. LOUD ROCK MUSIC begins to BLAST.
Star hides Laddie under the bed. She notices that the bedroom window is not closed. She moves to close it when it EXPLODES in her face and:
The boys hear Star's scream. The Frogs rush up the stairs. Dwayne BELLOWS in protest -- and a beam of light shoots out from his mouth. Sam continues to squirt him in the face. The water burns his eyes, blinding him.
Enraged, Dwayne becomes a disgusting and hideous sight with flashing fangs and purple face.
The Frogs and Star collide in the hallway.
Edgar glances around. Notices that the boys' bedrooms are on one side of the house and Lucy's is on the other.
Edgar takes Michael's bedroom himself.
Edgar cautiously enters the room -- water gun drawn.
The bathroom door opens behind him and Paul quietly steps out. He looks as horrible and nasty as Dwayne. His face evil and rotting. His fingernails long and sharp.
Paul bares his fangs. They are yellow and bloodstained. He is about to sink them into Edgar's neck when Edgar senses his presence and spins around.
Paul lunges, but Edgar SQUIRTS him in the face with holy water. Paul YELLS and SCREAMS and flails his arms, but Edgar continues to SQUIRT and SQUIRT, driving Paul back into the bathroom.
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Dwayne grabs Sam and is just about to gouge out his eyes when:
Michael, recovered, releases an arrow. It WHOOSHES through the air and sinks into Dwayne's throat.
Dwayne ROARS in horror and pain. So loud is his cry that windows SHATTER and light bulbs POP.
Then, as if illuminated from within, Dwayne's body begins to glow. It CRACKLES with electrical energy. HISSES and FIZZES. Then vanishes from sight.
Edgar shooting holy water as Paul backs into bathroom.
Sam and Michael's bedrooms are connected by the bath- room. Alan hears Edgar's cry and enters the bathroom from Sam's side, coming up behind Paul.
Alan sees the bathtub filled with holy water and has an idea. He gets down on his hands and knees behind Paul.
Edgar catches on and head-butts Paul, knocking him back- wards. Paul trips over Alan and falls into the tub with a SPLASH.
The water burns! Paul SCREAM and kicks. The water turns to a frothy pink and yellow foam -- boiling up, spitting, and shooting into the air like a geyser. Alan and Edgar jump back. And in a moment... Paul is gone.
Shoots through the roof.
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Michael and Sam are about to run upstairs when:
Then, Michael looks up -- just as:
DAVID!
crashes through another window. Hovering in the air directly overhead; his back pressed against the ceiling.
Sam and Michael react as David SWOOPS down on them -- fangs exposed; claws extended. The boys leap away, but David's claws rake across Michael's back, tearing his shirt and drawing blood.
Marko SMASHES the living room lamps and the room goes dark. Marko and David -- glowing dimly -- soar around the room like bats.
Marko and David enjoy the superiority of the air, but Michael has had enough. Sensing his own ability to fly, he leaps into the air and speeds toward David.
Sam looks astonished... and Marko catches him off-guard. He scoops him up and flies him into the kitchen.
Michael's flying is not pretty. He tumbles awkwardly through the air. But his aim is good. He COLLIDES with David in mid-air. Michael ricochets across the room and David is propelled in a new direction as well.
The two of them careen from wall to wall like racquet balls.
Edgar and Alan, still flushed with their victory over Paul, sit on the bed re-loading their guns with holy water.
He begins to transform upon hearing the Frogs' plan. His "human" eyes roll back into his head until his "vampire" eyes -- glowing red slits -- take their place.
Laddie opens his mouth and a beam of light shoots out. His fangs begin to descend... POPPING his braces off.
Edgar's and Alan's ankles dangle temptingly before him.
The Frogs are about to exchange another self-congratu- latory high-five when... the mattress begins to erupt between them. It bulges and heaves and...
Alan and Edgar SCREAM at the top of their lungs and leap away from the bed in terror. Laddie virtually pulls the mattress apart, climbs away and advances on the Frogs who cower in the corner like the scared children they are.
Star rushes in, sees what's happening, and steps between Laddie and the Frogs.
The Frogs are amazed to see Star fearlessly put her arms around Laddie like a comforting mother and calm him down. And Laddie returns to normal before our astonished eyes.
Marko advances toward Sam. Nanook GROWLS. Sam throws anything he can get his hands on: Plates, toaster, cups, silverware, etc. They bounce harmlessly off of Marko's head and chest.
Marko continues to advance. Sam grabs the kitchen fire extinguisher and SPRAYS FOAM into Marko's face. But it doesn't stop him. Marko's long, serpent's tongue slips out of his mouth and cleans the foam from his face.
Marko just keeps coming. He opens his mouth revealing a blinding beam of light and long, jagged fangs. He rushes toward Sam who grabs a round wooden napkin ring
and JAMS it into Marko's mouth.
The ring props Marko's mouth open and offers a convenient opening through which Sam begins to stuff entire garlic cloves. Marko's eyes blaze.
David and Michael continue their aerial dog-fight.
Michael looks like he's getting the worst of it.
David gets the edge on him. He comes up under Michael, grabs him by the waist and continues to fly upward until Michael's head BANGS against the ceiling, knocking him unconscious.
Michael drops to the floor.
As Marko struggles to remove the napkin ring from his mouth, and Nanook bites his ankles -- Sam continues to stuff garlic down Marko's throat.
Suddenly, Marko starts to swell up like a balloon. Get- ting bigger and bigger, until his face nearly disappears into a puffy, purple ball.
Sam and Nanook turn away as MARKO EXPLODES O.S. and gooey green slime is splattered over the kitchen.
Sam barely has time to savor the thrill of victory before something grabs him by the back of the neck and yanks him into the air.
It's David. He flies out of the kitchen with Sam.
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208 INTO MICHAEL'S BEDROOM 208
Where he hurls Sam across the room. Star, Laddie, Edgar and Alan are there as well.
David points his index finger... and a ribbon of flame shoots out -- like a welder's torch. Everyone fearfully steps back.
David "draws" a wreath of flame around the windows and
the door... sealing everyone inside. But he exits...
Michael regains consciousness in time to see David approaching him.
Michael gets slowly to his feet, never taking his eyes off David.
Michael doesn't believe him -- but he looks worried. Then, David attacks. He leaps at Michael... and the fight is on!
Michael grabs a wooden hat rack and swings it like a bat. It connects with David's head, but David is unphased. Michael swings again and David catches the hat rack, yanks it from Michael's grasp and SNAPS it in two as if it were a twig. Michael charges.
They tumble through the air, fighting fiercely. CRASHING from one room to the next.
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211 THROUGH THE KITCHEN 211
212 INTO THE BACK PORCH 212
Where everyone is trapped. Sam and Edgar have their ears pressed to the floor, listening to the fight below.
Michael and David SLAM each other into walls. Finally, David picks up Michael's chest and propels him back- wards, two feet off the ground, back --
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216 THROUGH THE DINING ROOM 216
217 INTO THE LIVING ROOM 217
Where David traps Michael against the wall, the barbell pressed against his neck.
Michael doesn't listen. He struggles, but can't free himself.
Everyone looks at her. Star turns toward the burning door, contemplates going through it.
Sam, Edgar and Alan exchange a look, then put their ears to the floor again.
David presses hard against the barbells. The weights sink into the wall and the bar itself begins to crush Michael's throat.
David turns to see Star standing behind him. She holds the pointed, broken hat rack in her hands.
David releases his grip on the barbells. They fall to the floor. So does Michael -- holding his throat and gasping for air.
Star's resolve begins to crumble. We realize that she is incapable of killing David. He begins to approach her.
David spins in Michael's direction. Somehow, Michael has summoned up a hidden reserve of strength. He holds the barbells in his hands.
He pushes the barbells through the air toward David who catches them instinctively. But their weight carries him backwards -- directly into the pointed end of the broken hat rack that Star holds.
The hat rack enters his back, pierces his heart, and exits through his chest.
David SCREAMS and BELLOWS and pulls out the stake. Light pours from the hole in his body like a brilliant searchlight.
Then David flies up and HITS the ceiling -- still HOWLING and YELLING and SPARKING like a Roman candle.
Then -- like a balloon losing its air -- he begins to deflate and ROCKET around the room on a wild, spinning flight.
Star and Michael duck to avoid being hit.
David is heading toward the ceiling.
Sam, Edgar and Alan have their ears presses to the floor when suddenly, David EXPLODES through the floor only inches away -- and keeps traveling upward, EXPLODING through the bedroom ceiling as well.
David CRASHES through the roof of the house and disin-
tegrates high in the night sky -- like a shooting star.
Sam and the Frogs looks at the hole in the floor, then look at the hole in the ceiling... then see the wreath of flames around the door and windows blow out and die.
They rush for the door.
Sam, Laddie and the Frogs come down the stairs to see Michael holding Star in his arms.
All is silent. And slowly they realize that they have triumphed.
Sam notices that Michael, Star and Laddie don't look pleased.
Star shakes her head, no. They look at Laddie. He also shakes his head, no.
Grandpa's pickup rumbles down the street.
Headlights sweep across the front window.
Everyone looks toward the door -- and Max and Lucy enter. They stop dead in their tracks.
Michael and Sam don't know what to say or where to begin. Then we notice that Max wears and expression of pure anguish.
Everyone looks confused.
Sam, Michael, the Frogs, Laddie and Star know what Max is talking about, and they react in horror. But Lucy is still in the dark.
Sam glares at Edgar. As if to say, Thanks for nothing!
Max peels back his lips revealing his fangs. Lucy jumps.
Max advances toward Lucy. He is the meanest, nastiest, foulest, oldest vampire of them all. And all the evil and depravity that dwells within his soulless being now manifests itself in his ghastly appearence.
Everyone SCREAMS.
He moves toward Lucy. Yellow eyes flashing. Fangs descending below his jaw. Skin rancid. Breath foul.
Michael steps between Max and his mother.
Max ROARS and everyone is knocked to the ground and held there by the sound. Everyone but Michael, that is. He alone is left standing to face Max.
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Grandpa arrives home.
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Max scoffs at Michael.
Michael and Max do battle. Michael is brave, but fool-
ish. He doesn't have a chance.
Holding Michael by the ankle, Max spins him over his head. Michael hits against the walls and the bannister, SNAPPING off the rails one by one.
Then, Max releases him and Michael sails across the room and lands in a heap. Exhausted and defeated.
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Max smiles to himself, reaches down and pulls Lucy to her feet. Prepares to sink his fangs into her neck. She struggles to get away.
He lowers his head to her neck. Lucy looks over his shoulder, sees something through the front window. With all her strength she pushes away from Max, and...
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SMASHES into the front of the house in reverse. The truck stops, but the fencing material in the truck's bed does not.
Several large fence posts CRASH through the picture window... slicing through Max's body like knives through butter!
Max ROARS in protest and in pain. The force of the impaling propels him backwards into the fireplace where his body becomes a VORTEX, drawing into it all that surrounds it.
It sounds like the RUSHING OF THE WIND as furniture, drapes, carpets, etc. are sucked into the space that was once occupied by Max's body.
Lucy, Sam, Star, Laddie and the Frogs hold on to one another for dear life, lest they get sucked in as well. Michael, too weak to save himself, goes by -- but Star and the Frogs are able to grab hold of him.
Nanook also finds himself being sucked in. But Sam grabs him by the tail and holds him back.
Everything else that isn't nailed down (and some things that are, like floorboards) disappear into the swirling vortex.
Grandpa, from his truck, looks up at the chimney and sees the VAPORIZED CONTENTS of his house being spewed high into the night air.
Max's own head and limbs are consumed in the vacuum, and the vortex beings to subside. Silence.
Everyone is able to get to their feet now. Sam sees Max's driving cap on the floor. He picks it up and tosses it into the now dying vortex.
Michael and Star trade joyful expressions.
They look at Laddie.
Michael hugs Star.
Grandpa enters from the front yard. He surveys the scene, then, stepping over the debris, heads into:
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and goes directly to the refrigerator. He pays no attention to the mess or the gooey green slime that coats the walls. He just opens the door and takes a diet Root Beer from the second shelf.
He POPS the top, takes a long swallow and lowers the can.
The place is deserted. CAMERA PROWLS. Then, one by
one, KIDS begin to arrive. At first we don't recognize them. But then we realize they are: The Runaways who Lucy gave food to... Maria from the Video Store... A couple of Surf Naxis... (and perhaps others.) They are here to take up where the Lost Boys left off.
CAMERA PUSHES PAST THEM, toward the old mural painted on the lobby wall. The mural depicts a typical day on the boardwalk in the year 1900.
CAMERA MOVES CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE MURAL.
And HOLDS TIGHT on one painted figure in particular: A man in a straw hat. He's grinning broadly... and he's most definitely Max.
END