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FADE IN
ON A RINGING TELEPHONE.
A hand reaches for it, bringing the receiver up to the
face of CASEY BECKER, a young girl, no more than
sixteen. A friendly face with innocent eyes.
CASEY
Hello.
MAN'S VOICE
(from phone)
Bello.
Silence.

CASEY
Yes?
MAN
Who is this?
CASEY
Who are you trying to reach?
MAN
What number is this?
CASEY
What number are you trying to reach?
MAN
I don't know.
CASEY
I think you have the wrong number.
MAN
Do I?
CASEY
It happens. Take it easy.
CLICK 1 She bangs up the phone. The CAMERA PULLS BACK to
reveal Casey in a living room, alone.
She moves from the living room to the
kitchen. It•s a nice house. Affluent.
The phone RINGS again.
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INT. KITCHEN

Casey grabs the portable.

CASEY
Hello.
MAN
I'm sorry. I guess I dialed the wrong
number.

CASEY
So why did you dial it again?
MAN
'l'o apologize.
CASEY
You're forgiven. Bye now.
MAN
Wait, wait, don't hang up.
Casey stands in front of a sliding glass door. It's pitch
black outside.

What? CASEY

MAN
I want to talk to you for a second.
CASEY
They've got 900 l'IUJDD'!'.ra for that. Seeya.
CLICK! Casey hangs up, A grin on her face.
EXT, CASEY'S HOUSE - NIGHT - ESTABLISHING
A big, country home with a huge sprawling lawn full of big
oak trees. It sits alone with no neighbors in sight.
The phone RINGS again.
INT. Kl'l'CHEN
Popcorn SIZZLES in a pot on the stove. Casey covers it with
a lid, reaching for the portable phone,
CASEY
Hello.

(CONTINUED)
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MAN
Why don't you want to talk to me?
CASEY
Who is this?
HAN
You tell me your name, I'll tell you
mine.
CASEY
(shaking the popcom)
I don't think so.
MAN
What's that noise?
Casey smiles, playing along, innocently.
CASEY
Popcom.
MAN
You're making popcom?
CASEY
Uh-huh.
MAN
I only eat popcorn at the movies.
CASEY
I'm getting ready to watch a video.
MAN
Really? What?
CASEY
Just some scary movie.
MAN
Do you like scary movies?
CASEY
Uh-huh.
MAN
What's your favorite scary movie?
Be's flirting with her. Casey moves away from the stove
and takes a seat at the kitchen counter, directly in front
of the glass door.

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED1 (2)

CASEY
I don't know.
MAN
You have to have a favorite.
Casey thinks for a second.
CASEY
Uh..HALLOWEEN. You know, the one with
the guy with the white mask who just
sorta walks around and stalks the baby
sitters. What's yours?
MAN
Guess.
CASEY
Uh ••• NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET.

MAN
Is that the one where the guy had
knives for fingers?
CASEY
Yeah..Freddy Krueger.
MAN
Freddy--that's right. I liked that
movie. It was scary.
CASEY
The first one was, but the rest sucked.
MAN
so, you gotta a boyfriend?
CASEY
(giggling)
Why? You wanna ask me out?
MAN
Maybe. Do you have a boyfriend?
GIRL
No.
MAN
You never told me your name.
Casey smiles, twirling her hair.

(CONTINUED)
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CASEY
Why do you want to know my name?
MAN
Because I want to know who I'm looking
at.
Casey spins around like lightning facing the glass door.
CASEY
What did you say?
MAN
l want to know who I 'm talking to.

CASEY
That's not what you said.
MAN
What do you think I said?
Casey CLICKS on the outside light. A flood light illuminates
thebackyard. Her eyes survey the grounds. But it' s empty.
No one's there. She turna the light out.
On the stove, the popcorn POPS.
CASEY
I have to go now.
MAN
Wait •• I thought we were gonna go out.
CASEY
Nah, I don't think so...
MAN
Don •t hang up on me.

Gotta go. CASEY

MAN

CLICK I Casey hangs up. She checks the glass door making
sure it• a locked and then moves to the stove as ...
THE PHONE RINGS.

She slides the popcorn from the stove, reaching for the
phone.

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED: (4)

Yes?
CASEY

MAN
I told you not to hang up on me.
CASEY
What do you want?

To talk. MAN

CASEY
Dial someone else, okay?
MAN
You getting scared?
CASEY
No--bored.
CLICK. She hangs up. The phone RINGS again. She grabs it.
CASEY
Listen, asshole...
MAN
(deadly serious)
NO, YOU LISTEN, YOU LITTLE BITCH. IF
YOU BANG UP ON ME AGAIN I'LL GUT YOU
LID A FISH. UNDERSTAND?
Total silence. Be has gotten her full attention.
CASEY
Is this some kind of a joke?
MAN
More of a game, really.
Casey eyes the glass doors, then looks up the hallway to
the front door...moving to it. It's unlocked. She bolts
it.
CASEY
I •m two seconds fram calling the police.
MAN
They'd never make it in time.
Casey moves her face flush against the door, her eye looking
through the peephole.

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED 1 ( 5)

ANGLE THROUGH PEEPHOLE.

A distorted view of the front porch. It is empty. She
relaxes a bit, relieved.
CASEY
What do you want?
MAN
(pure evil)
TO SEE WHAT YOUR INSIDES LOOK LIKE.
Casey's jaw drops as total fear storms her face. She
hangs up the phone, throwing it down on a side table
when...
THE DOORBELL CHIMES.
Casey leaps out of her skin. She turns to the door as it
CHIMES again.
CASEY
(calling out)
Who's there?
Another CHIME. She moves to it.
CASEY
(louder)
Who's there?
No answer. Fuck
this. for the portable It's time for the police. She
phone. goes Just as she picks it
up...
IT RINGS.

Casey almost drops it, losing her breath...

She brings it to her ear with trembling hands, saying
nothing...listening, waiting...
A long silence. And then.
MAN
You should never say "Who's there?".
Don't you watch scary movies? It's a
death wish.
Casey clutches the wall, nearly collapsing. She tries her
damndest to hang tough.

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED z ( 6 )

CASEY
Look, enough is enough. You had your fun
now you better leave me alone or else.
MAN
or else what?
CLOSE ON her face, her mind thinking, calculating...
CASEY
My boyfriend [Link] here any second and
he'll be pissed when I tell him .••
MAN
I thought you didn't have a boyfriend.
Busted. She holds steady.
CASEY
I lied. I do have a boyfriend and
he'll be here any second and your ass
better be gone.
MAN
Sure..•
-<?:::,
:: :�: CASEY
.-·
I swear it. And he's big and plays
football and will beat theshit out
of you.
MAN
I'm getting [Link].
CASEY
I'm telling the truth. I lied before...
MAN
I believe you•.•
CASEY
So you better leave.
MAN
Bis name wouldn't be Steve, would it?
Silence. Casey buckles at the knees, losing it.
CASEY
Bow do you know his name?

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED: (7 )

,,,,,.,,._...
MAN
'· • Go to the back door and turn on the
porch light-again.
.Casey, terrified, forces herself to move...staggering to the
kitchen...to the glass doors. Her shaky hand finds the light
switch...she hits it. The back yard is lit.
Sitting in a lawn chair in the middle of the backyard is a
big, line backer of a guy, her boyfriend•..
STEVE

tied and gagged. He"s been roughed up, but he's alive.
CLOSE ON his eyes..wide in fear..staring at his girlfriend,
pleading with her.
CASEY
Oh Goddddd...
Casey SCREAMS. Her hand moves to the lock on the door.
MAN
I wouldn't do that if I were you.
Terror rides Casey"s face. She"s petrified.
CASEY
Where are you?
MAN
Guess.
Her eyes search the yard, combing bushes, trees. He could
be anywhere-anywhere.
CASEY
(begging)
Please don't hurt him.
MAN
That all depends on you.
CASEY
Why are you doing this?
Tears find their way, streaming down Casey's face.
MAN
I wanna play a game.

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED: (8) .

CASEY
No...

MAN
Then he dies. Right now.
CASEY
NOOOl

MAN
Which is it?
A long silence. Casey touches the glass...staring at
Steve...this big jock of a guy is crying too.
CASEY
What kind of game?
MAN
Turn off the light.
Her hand goes to the switch...Steve tugs and pulls at his
straps...as if begging her...his face sweat and tears...
CLICK
He disappears in the darkness. Casey moves away from the
glass, back towards the living room, unbelieving,,horrified.
MAN
Here's how we play. I ask a question.
If you get it right--Steve lives.
Three curtainless windows line one wall. Casey crouches
down behind the couch, ripping a lamp cord from it's
socket, darkening the room. Her body quivers.
CASEY
Please don't do this...
HAN
Come on. It'll be fun.
CASEY
No...please.
HAN
It's an easy category. Movie trivia.
CASEY
(begging)
.. please ...

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED: (9)

HAN
I'll even give you a warm up question.
CASEY
Don't do this. I can't..
MAN
Name the killer in HALLOWEEN.
CASEY
No...
MAN
Come on. It's your favorite scary
movie, remember? Be had a white
mask, he stalked the baby-sitters.
Casey goes silent...a nervous wreck.•. she can barely speak
much less think.
CASEY
I don't know...
MAN
Come on, yes you do.
CASEY
Please..stop...
Casey is SOBBING.
MAN
What's his name?
CASEY
I can't think.
Casey has officially reached hysteria, petrified beyond a11·
reality.
MAN
Steve's counting on you.
Suddenly •.. through tears ••• Godsent •••
CASEY
(a whisper)
Michael..• Michael Myers.
MAN
YESl

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINtJEDs (10)

Casey SIGHS ... relieved.

MAN
NOW' for the real question.

NOOOO •••• CMEY

MAN
But you re doing so well.
1

CASEY
Please go awayl Leave us alone!
MAN
'rben answer the question. Same category.
Casey is a blubbering, wet mess on the floor.
CASEY
•. please .. no...
MAN
Name the killer in FRIDAY THE 13TH.
A mad smile purses Casey I s lips. Sheknows this. Sheleaps
..-·..
up, through tears, screaming ...
CASEY
('
1·

JASON l JASON! ••• JASON1

·'
', .-

A slight PAUSE.
MAN
I 'm sorry. That•a the wrong answer.
CASEY
No it's not. It was Jason.
MAN
Afraid not.
CASEY
It was Jason. I saw that goddamned movie
twenty [Link]. It was Jason.
MAN
Then you should know Jason• a MO'l'HER--Mrs.
Vorhees was the original killer. Jason
didn't show up until the sequel.
Casey is stupefied.

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CONTINUED:
(11)
CASEY
You tricked me...
MAN
Lucky, for you there"s a bonus round.
But poor Steve..I'm afraid..he's out.
This implication sends Casey running to the kitchen...to the
glass doors. She flips on the porch light to see...
STEVE
eyes wide, sitting in the lawn chair...his belly gaping
open...a mass of blood and ripped flesh•.•his insides lay on
the ground between his feet...steam rising.
A SCREAM erupts from the bottom of her soul as Casey
collapses to the floor...nearly passing out. CLOSE ON her
face...pale and ghostly white. She SOBS.
MAN
Final question. Are you ready?
She doesn't answer. A long, maddening silence. Casey,
reaches up and CLICKS off the light, making Steve go
away...wishing, hoping...
CASEY
..leave me alone..please...
MAN
Answer the question and I will.
Casey is curled up on the floor like an infant, rocking
slowly back and forth.
MAN
What door am I at?
CASEY
What?
MAN
There are two doors to your house. A
front door and a back one. If you
answer correctly--you live.
From where Casey sits she can see both front and back
doors. She deliberates...with her last bit of strength she
tries to strategize. Eyeing both, the front door•.•the back
door...trying to decide between the two.

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED: ( 12)

CASEY
Don't make me..I can't...I won't.
MAN
Your call.
In the darkness, Casey crawls to the kitchen counter--she
leans up and grabs a long, sharp knife.
Casey looks around her...she looks down the hall to the front
door...then turns back to the kitchen glass door as it
suddenly...
SHATTERS TO BITS...
as a lawn chair comes flying through it. Exploding glass
sprays everywhere.
This incites Casey like fire. She springs to her
feet...bolting out of the kitchen as a SHADOW moves quickly
through the shattered doorframe.
ANGLE ON CASEY
Somewhere in the house, back flat against a window,
listening to FEET ON CRACKING GLASS. She turns and
unlocks the latch, quietly sliding it up. She can hear
him move to the foyer...to the front door.
Casey lifts herself up and puts her 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 starts to reach for it. Fuck it,
she takes off...
EXT. SIDE OF BOUSE
Casey is at the back corner of the house.
MAN
I can hear you. I know you•re here.
Casey eases along a narrow path between a tall fence and the
aide of the house...going for the front yard. She must
pass the three curtainlesa windows. She gets to the first
one and peeks in...
The FIGURE has pulled open the foyer closet, searching
for her. •
casey creeps along, to the next window, she looks in...the
FIGURE is completely on the other side of the room moving
toward the hall that leads to other parts of the house.

(CONTINUED)
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She moves further along the house...squeezing by hedges,..to

the third window...she peeks in to see the FIGURE...

STARING BACK AT BER...

Bis face covered with a ghostly white mask, inches from
her...his eyes piercing tbrough..,soulless...casey SCREAMS
BLOODY MURDER as a hand...
CRASHES through the glass window grabbing hold of her
neck,,.she beats at him trying to free herself,,,her nails
dig into his arm•..she wrenches from side to side,..finally
breaking free as the hands disappear inside the house...
EXT, CORNER OF BOUSE
Casey sails around the corner of the house, eyeing the front
door. It remains closed. Her eyes cover the sprawling,
country yard when suddenly...
HEADLIGHTS APPEAR
in the distance, coming down the road towards the house...she
recognizes them instantly. Mom•••Dad...she tears off across
the yard toward them,..moving like lightening...
The car turns into the driveway...Casey SCREAMS, waving
madly, rushing by a tree as...
'!'BE GHOST MASKED FIGURE APPEARS
casey stumbles back, catching her balance...the FIGURE moves
on her, arm poised high,..a flash of silver...and Casey is
struck, across the chest. She looks down to see her shirt
blossoming red...a look of bewilderment as she drops to one
knee.
The knife rises again...Casey throws her hand forward,,,the
blade comes down...but it's blocked by the portable phone
still in her hand. She turns, staggering to...
EXT, DRIVEWAY
A MIDDLE-AGED COUPLE emerge from the parked car. Thef
move to the front door caapletely unaware of what's
happerung to their daughter, only feet from them.
EXT. FRONT YARD
casey stumbles forward...her parents ten feet away...she
opens her mouth to scream but no sound resonates...she is
beyond words...staggering, swaying...the FIGURE moving behind
-·· her.
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EXT. FRONT DOOR

Ber parents approach the door.
FATHER
That fish smelled strong.
MOTHER
I told you to send it back.
The father discovers thefront door ajar. A puzzled look.
Casey is right behind them with one arm outstretched.
If they'd only turn around...
They enter the house and close the door as...
Casey collapses on the ground, clutching her
bloody chest...the FIGURE upon her.
INT. FOYER

The father sees straight back into the kitchen...the

shattered patio door.

FATHER
Jesus...
!Cl.1iER
What is it? Where's Casey?
FATHER
(calling out)
Casey? Casey?

In a split second they•re both panic stricken. The father

begins searching the house frantically. The mother is
hysterical.
EXT. FRONT YARD

CLOSE ON Caaey..•ahe'a dragged by her feet through damp

aoil..•the life going fast from her body...her hand still
clutching the phone.
INT. FOYER

Back in the house.

M0'l'BER
Where is she?

(CONTINUED)
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FATHER
Call the police.
The mother moves to the phone in the foyer, picks it
up...there's no dial tone. She jiggles the base.
FATHER
(searching)
Casey? Where are you honey? Call the
police, goddammit.
hotHER
he phone"s dead.
Then...the softest...faintest voice is heard...
CASEY
(from phone)
Mom...

MO'l'HER
Oh dear God..Casey baby.
The slightest breath....a whimpering almost...from the
receiver.
CASEY
( from phone)
..help me...
MOTHER
She's here, God, I can hear her.
Where's my baby?
The husband returns to the foyer finding his wife clinging to
the phone.
FATHER
Where is she?
hOI•HER
I can hear her. Oh Mother of God, I
can hear her.
The father upturns the living room.
FATHER
Casey I CASEY I
MOTHER
Not my daughter...not my•••

(CONTINUED)
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CONT!IIUED: ( 2)

The husband grabs hold of his wife.

FATHER
Get in the car and drive down to the
Mackenzie's.
The mother throws the front door open and rushes out ... the
father moves through the house when a SCREAM echoes out.
That of his wife. Be tears off for the front door.
EXT. FRONT DOOR

The father rushes out the door to find his wife, on her
knees, bent over, retching. Bis eyes move beyond to a tree
in the front yard...his stomach fails him...his dinner
rises...as he bares witness to the single, most horrifying
sight he'll ever see.
That of his only daughter as she hangs from a big, oak
tree...strung up...very much dead...her stomach ripped
open.
BLACKOUT!

BEGIN MAIN TITLES

FADE IN:
INT. BEDROOM - SAME NIGHT
A teenage girl's room. Neat and pinkish. on the bed,
amongst age-old stuffed animals lie opened school books. The
CAMERA PANS to a desk against 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" s comfortable in a
plain, flannel nightgown.
Ber hands are at work, typing feverishly, when suddenly...
CRASB--BOOM
A noise behind her. She turns abruptly, eyeing an open
window across the room. A SCRATCHING sound. She stands
and moves toward it.
EXT.
Sidney sticks her head out the window. The late night
wind hits her face as a Sl!ADOll appears just to the left
of her, a band reaches out, grabs her and suddenly a
FIGURE is on top of her ...
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INT. BEDROOM
Sid SCREAMS .•.pulling away from the FIGURE ..• breaking free,
falling back onto the floor.
VOICE
(o.s.)
Bey... it's just me.
Sid looks up to see ...
BILLY LOOMIS
A young, strapping boy of seventeen. Handsome and alluring.
A star quarterback/class president type of guy. He sports a
smile that could lut for days.
SIDNEY
Billy? What the ...
BILLY
I'm sorry. Don't hate me.
SIDNEY
What are you doing here?
BILLY
You sleep in THAT?
Billy pulls himself through the window.
SIDNEY
(whispering)
My dad's in the other room.
BILLY
I'll only stay a sec.
Suddenly ..•
The bedroom door BURSTS open. The doorknob catches on the
open closet door behind it jammin9 it, holding it in place.
VOICE
(from behind door)
What's going on in there?
Billy quickly rolls out of sight behind the bed. Sidney
unjams the door to reveal ..•
MR. PRESCOTT, late 40's, a severe presence. A distracted
man, nervous and pre-occupied.

(CONTINUED)
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KR. PRESCOTT
Are you okay? •
SIDNEY
Can you knock?
KR. PRESCO'l"l'
I heard screaming.
SII>NEY
No you didn't.
KR. PRESCO'l"l'
No? Ob, well...I'm hitting the sack.
My flight leaves first thing in the
morning. Now the expo runs all weekend
so I won't be back til Sunday. There's
cash on the table and I'll be staying at
the Raleigh Bilton...
SII>NEY
..out at the airport ...
KR. PRESCOTT
..so call if you need me.
SII>NEY
Got it.
He gives the bedroom a quick once over.
KR. PRESCO'l"l'
I coulda swore I heard screaming.
Sidney distracts him, giving him a peck on the cheek.
SII>NEY
Have a good trip.
KR. PRESCOTT
Sleep tight, sweetie.
Be gives her a wink and pulls the door closed. Billy
reappears.
BILLY
Close call.
SIDNEY
What are you doing here?
Billy takes a flying leap and lands on the bed.

( CONTINUEil)
CONTINUED 1 ( 2)

BILLY
It just occurred to me that I've never
snuck through your bedroom window.
SIDNEY
Now that it's out of your system.
BILLY
And I was home, bored, watching
television, THE EXORCIST was on and it
got me thinking of you.
SIDNEY
Oh it did?
BILLY
Yeah, it was edited for TV. All the
good stuff was cut out and I started
thinking about us and how two years
ago, we started off kinda hot and heavy,
a nice solid "R" rating on our way to
an NC17.
And how things have changed and, lately,
we're just sort of...edited for
television.
SIDNEY
So you thought you could sneak in my
window and we would have a little bump-.
bump.
BILLY
No, no. I wouldn•t dream of breaking
your underwear rule. I just thought we
might do some on top of the clothes
stuff.
She snuggles up next to him, planting a kiss on his lips.
Passionate and gentle. He, however, responds like a shark,
moving on top of her, his hands everywhere as he presses into
her...Sidney breaks away.
SIDNEY
Time to go, stud bucket.
Billy sits up. His heart isn't racing.••it's POUNDING.
BILLY
See what you do to me.
Sweat has popped out all over his forehead, his breathing
heavy.

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED: (3)

SIDNEY
You know what my dad will do to you?
BILLY'
I • I'm going..I'm going.
Be moves to the window. She follows, motioning to his wound.
SIDNEY
I appreciate the ranantic gesture.
She gives him a kiss goodnight. Sweet and simple.
BILLY
(whisper)
Bey..about the sex stuff. I'm not trying
to rush you. I was only half serious.
She kisses him again as he eases through the window.
SIDNEY
Would you settle for a PG-13
relationship?
BILLY
What's that?
She pulls her flannel gown open for a split second...flashing
her left breast. Bis mouth drops open...surprise, shock.
'l'heir eyes meet. 'l'hey share a smile
SIDNEY
Get outa here.
CUT 'l'O:
INT. SIDNEY'S BEDROOM - EARLY MORNING
CLOSE on Sidney snuggling her pillow, sleeping peacefully
when...
'l'HE RADIO ALARM BLASTS from the night table loud enough
to wake the dead. Sidney l:)olts up.
DISC JOCUY
(from radio)
..found brutally murdered...
CLICK. Sidney, quick with the reflexes, shuts it off
instantly. A car trunk SLAMS shut outside.
Sidney pulls herself out of bed and leans to the window
just in time to see her Dad jumping in his car. She
half waves

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down at him but he doesn • t see her. He's as good as gone,

pulling out of the driveway and disappearing down the road.

A moment as Sidney stands at the window, staring out after

him.

EXT. SCHOOL - MORNING

CLOSE ON A SIGN

"BAYBORO HIGH SCHOOL. HOME OF THE FIGHTING BULLDOGS•

THE CAMERA PULLS BACR TO REVEAL a picture perfect small town

school. Old and chuming. Students come and go, moving
[Link]. Nothing unusual, except for the ..•

six police cars, four news vans, flashing cameras, and crowds
and crowds of lookie-loo' s gathered just off campus.

EXT. SIDEWALR
Sidney approaches the school seeing the commotion. Four
different REPORTERS stand in front of four different cameras
giving four different news reports.

She moves passed a policeman standing guard. Ber interest

peaked, she stops at the first reporter who is •..

GALE WEATHERS

Thirties. Ber smart face is overshadowed by a flashy smile

and a massive mane of chemically enhanced. hair.

GALE
(for the camera)
The small town of Bayboro, North Carolina
was devastated last night when two young
teenagers were found brutally butchered.
Authorities have yet to issue a statement
but our sources tall usthat no arrest
has been made and the murderer could
strike again...

ON SIDNEY. Moved, disturbed. From behind, a finger taps her

shoulder. She spins around to see•••

TATUM RILEY, same age, feisty, carefree.

TATUM
Do you believe this shit?

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SIDNEY
What happened?
They break away from the crowd and head for school.
TATUM
Oh God! You don't know? Casey Becker
and Steve Forrest were killed last night.
SIDNEY
No way.
TATUM
not just killed, Sid.
And We're
talking splatter movie killed--split
open end to end.
SIDNEY
Casey Becker? She sits next to me in
English.
TATUM
Not anymore. Her parents found her
hanging from a tree. Her insides on
the outside.
SIDNEY
Do they know who did it?
TATUM
Fucking clueless--they're interrogating
the entire school. Teachers, students,
staff, janitors...
SIDNEY
They think it's school-related?
TATUM
They don't know. Dewey said this is
the worse crime they've ever seen. Even
worse than...
(stopping herself)
Well it's bad. They're bringing in the
feds. This is big.
Sidney looks back at Gale, her face deeply pained.
INT. CLASSROOM - LATER

A frumpy old woman, MRS. TATE, faces her class. Her hands
clasped together. A tragic look upon her face.

(COIITIN1lEll)
 25.
CONTINUED:

MRS. TATE
..a terrible tragedy. An
unbearable loss. It's days like
today we need prayer in school...
Sidney sits near the rear of the room. The desk in front of
her sits vacant. Sidney can't take her eyes off it.
The door opens and a student enters with a slip of paper. He
hands it to Mrs. Tate.
MRS. TATE
Sidney. It appears to be your turn, dear.
INT. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE
The room is at capacity...wall to wall with police, and the
likes. Some sit, stand, lean...
SHERIFF BORRE, a round man in his fifties, wipes the stress
from his face.
SHERIFF BORRE
Who"s up next?
A young officer looks at a
clipboard. better known as DEWEY. This is DEPUTY RILEY,
He's a big guy, scrubbed-clean 20's, handsome in a
boyish way.
DEWEY
Sidney Prescott.
Sheriff Burke gestures to bring her in. PRINCIPAL HIMBRY,
S0's, an old codger of a man wearing a sour face speaks up.
MR. HIHBRY
Sidney Prescott. She was daughter of...
DEWEY
We all know Sidney, Mr. Himbry.
SHERIFF BURRE
How she doin'?
MR. HIMBRY
She•s adjusted well. Maintains an •A•
average. You'd never know she....
Himbry stops short, seeing Sidney in the doorway. He rises
and seats her.

(CONTINUED)
 26.
CONTINUED:

SHERIFF BURD
Hi Sidney.
SIDNEY
Sheriff Burke. Dewey.
Dewey shakes his head seriously.
DEWEY
I'm Deputy Riley today, Sid.
SHERIFF BURD
How is everything?
SIDNEY
Good.
SHERIFF BURD
And your Dad? Bow's he doing?
SIDNEY
We're fine. Thanks.
MR. HIMBRY
We'11 be brief Sidney. The police have
a few questions they'd like to ask
you...
Sidney eyes them all nervously.
EXT. SCHOOL COURTYARD- LATER
Students sit at outdoor tables eating lunch. Crowded at one
table is the •gang•. This consists of Sidney and Billy
and Tatum.
Next to Tatum, sits her boyfriend STUART, with his arm
draped across her back. He's a Billy wannabe. Almost the
jock, almost handsome, almost cool. Be tries way too
hard.
Across the table is the fifth wheel, RANDY. A tall and
gangly kid with no such Billy-like aspirations. A witty
jokester who elevates geek to coolness.
TATUM
Hunt? Nhy would they ask you if you
like to hunt?
STU
I don't know, they just did.
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(CONTnroED)

(CONTINUED)
 28.

CONTINUED,

RANDY
Because their bodies were gutted.
Sidney flinches.
BILLY
Thanks Randy.
TATUM
They didn't ask me if I liked to hunt.
STU
Because there's no way a girl could have
killed them.
TATUM
That is so sexist. The killer could
easily be female--BASIC INSTINCT.
RANDY
That was an ice pick--not exactly the
same.

STU
Yeah, Casey and Steve were completely
hollowed out. Takes a man to do
something like that.
TATUM
or a man's mentality.
SIDNEY
(quiet, almost to herself)
How do you gut someone?
All eyes turn to Sidney. A serious silence. And then:
STU
You take a knife and slit from the groin
to the sternum.
Sidney shivers down to her soul. The whole table rolls their
eyes at Stu.
STU
What? She asked.
BILLY
It's called tact, you fuckrag.

(CONTINUED)
 27.
CONTINUED: ( 2 )

Sorry. STU

RANDY
Remember in JAWS when they caught the
wrong shark at first and Richard
Dreyfuss cut it open to to look for body
parts and all they found was a license
plate and all this white milky goo.
Stu leans over and socks Randy in the arm.
STU
You heard Billy--shut the fuck up.
SIDNEY
Bey, Stu? Didn't you use to date Casey?
Stu's taken back, a little off guard.
STU
For about two seconds.
RANDY
Before she dumped him for Steve.
Tatum turns to Stu, surprised.
TATUM
I thought you dumped her for me.
STU
I did. Be's full of shit.
RANDY
And are the police aware you dated the
victim?
STU
(offended)
What are you saying? That I like killed
her or something?
RANDY
It would certainly improve your high
school Q.
TATUM
Stu was with me last night.

(CONTINUED)
 28.

29.
CONTINUED 1 ( J )

RANDY
Oooooh...before or after he sliced and
diced.
TATUM
Fuck you, nut case. Where were you last
nightl'
RANDY
Working, thank you.
TATUM
I thought Blockbuster fired you.
RANDY
Twice.
STU
I didn't kill anybody.
[Link]
No one's saying you did.
RANDY
Besides--
(perfect Stu mimic)
"Takes a man to do something like that.•
STU
I'm gonna gut your ass in a second.
RANDY
(to Stu)
Did you really put her liver in the
IIIAilboxl' I hear they found her liver in
the mailt>ox.
TATUM
(eyeing Sidney)
Randy, you goon-fuck, I'm eating here.
Stu nibbles at Tatum's neck.
STU
Yeah, Randy, she's getting mad. I think
you better liver alone.
Stu cracks up at his own joke. The others just MOAN.
Sidr is about to crawl out of her skin, trying hard to
ignore i1 all. •
(CONTINUED)
EXT. SIDNEY'S HOUSE - LATER
A huge two story country home with a spacious lawn.

A yellow school bus stops in front of the house and Sidney

steps off.
The house looks big and lonely as Sidney moves up the walk to
the front door.
IN'l'. BEDROOM - LA'l'ER

Sidney is on the telephone.

SIDNEY
(into phone)
You sure I can stay over? My dad
won't be back til Sunday.
TATUM
(through phone)
No prob. I'll pick you up after
practice.
SIDNEY
Tell your mom I said thanks.
TATUM
Yeah, yeah...look, are you okay?
SIDNEY
Uh-huh, it• s just ... you know, the police
and reporters...it brings it all
back.
TATUM
I'll be there by seven. I promise.
SIDNEY
Thanks, Tatum.
TATUM
Later.
Sidney hangs up. She takes a seat at her computer and
boots it up. She sits in front of it staring at the blue
acreen...her own reflection staring back.
INT. LIVING ROOM - LA'l'ER

Sidney comes down the stairs, her arms CU%Ying a change of

clothes, toothbrush, make-up•••
 3l.
CONTINUED:

She opens the hall closet and pulls a small overnight bag
from the top shelf. Moving into the living room she loads
it up, plopping down on the sofa, hitting the TV remote.
CLOSE ON THE SCREEN
A news reporter fades in.
REPORTER #1
(on TV)
The entire nation was shocked today by
the teen murders in North Carolina...
Sidney switches channels.
REPORTER #2
The State Bureau Of Investigation has
joined forces with local authorities to
help catch what the Governor has called
the most heinous...
The channel switches again. Gale Weathers appears,
standing in front of the school. Ber white teeth
gleaming.
GALE
This is not the first time the small town
of Bayboro has endured such tragedy.
Only a year ago, Maureen Prescott, wife
and mother, was found raped and
murdered...
An old black and white snapshot fills the screen--a woman,
beautiful and familiar.
CLOSE ON SIDNEY
eyes frozen, mesmerized by the image. Suddenly she CLICKS
the TV off. Ber eyes go to the clock on the end table.
5145 PM. Ber eyes then move to the framed photo next to
it...the same black and white photo stares at her...a
healthy, vibrant woman. An older version of Sidney.

Sidney curls up on the sofa, closing her eyes tight...

INT. LIVING ROOM - LATER
The clock on the end table reads 7:15 PM. Sidney is fast
asleep on the couch. The phone RINGS. Sidney leaps up
grabbing the portable phone.
TATUM
(from phone)
Practice ran late. I'm on my way.
(CONTINUED)
(CONTINUED)
 32.
CONTINUED1

SIDNEY
(eyes clock)
It's past seven.
TATUM
Don't worry. ca·sey and Steve didn't bite
it til way after 10.
SIDNEY
I'm not worried.
TATUM
Good, 'cause I wanna swing by BLOCKBUSTER
and get us a video. I was thinkin• Tom
Cruise in ALL TBE RIGHT MOVES. You know,
if you pause it just right you can see
his penis.
SIDNEY
Whatever. Just hurry.
TATUM
Bye.
She hangs up the phone. It immediately RINGS again.
SIDNEY
(into phone)
Tatum?
.MAN'S VOICE
(from phone)
Bello, Sidney.
IT' S HIM. THE VOICE FROM BEFORE.
SIDNEY
Bi. Who is this?
MAN
You tell me.
Sidney thinks, trying to place his voice. It"s sounds a
little distorted.
smNEY
I have no idea.
MAN
Scary night, isn't it? With the
murders and all, it's like right out of
a horror movie or samething.

(CONTINUED)
 33.
CONTINUED: ( 2 )

SIDNEY
Aha, Randy, you gave yourself away. Are
you calling f ram work? Tatum' s on her
way over.
MAN .
Do you like scary movies, Sidney?
SIDNEY
I like that thing you"re doing with your
voice, Randy. It's sexy.
MAN
What's your favorite scary movie?
SIDNEY
Don't start. You know I don't watch that
shit.
MAN
And why is that?
SIDNEY
(playing along)
Because they're all the same. It's
always some stupid killer stalking some
big breasted girl--who can't act--who
always runs up the stairs when she should
be going out the front door. They• re
ridiculous.
A brief silence.
MAN
Are you alone in the house?
SIDNEY
That is so unoriginal. You disappoint me
Randy.
MAH
Maybe that's because I 'm not Randy.
SIDNEY
So who are you?
MAN
The question isn't who am I. The
question is where am. I?
 34.
CONTINUED1 (3)

SIDNEY
So where are you?
MAN
Your front porch.
This gives her pause. She moves to the window and pulls
aside the drapes.
SIDNEY
Why would you be calling me from my
front porch?
HAN
That's the original part.
ANGLE THROUGH WINDOW. She can't quite see all of the porch.
SIDNEY
Oh yeah? Well I call your bluff.
Sidney goes to the front door. She unlocks the bolt,
unsnags the chain, and pulls the door open....revealing the
front porch...
COMPLETELY EMPTY.
She steps out onto it, phone still in hand. A single light
shines overhead illuminating the porch, but little beyond.
Darkness is all around.
SIDNEY
So where are you?
MAN
Right here.
Sidney peers out into the darkness past thick shrubs that
grow on either side of the porch.
SIDNEY
Can you see me right now?
MAN
Uh-huh.
SIDNEY
What am I doing?
She sticks her finger up her nose, pretending to pick.
Silence. No answer.

(CONTIN!JED)
 35.
CONTINUED: (4)

SIDNEY
Good try' Randy. Tell Tatum to hurry.
Bye now.
MAN
If you hang up, you'll die just like your
mother.
Sidney's stops dead in her tracks, speechless.
MAN
(deadly)
Do you want to die, Sidney? Your mother
didn't.
Bia seriousness unnerves her. Sid flies off the handle.
SIDNEY
FUCK YOU1 YOU CRETIN 1

She hangs up on him. Moves back inside the house.

Locks, chains, and bolts the door when..•
A FIGURE COMES LEAPING OUT OF THE HALL CLOSET
rushing her,ramming into her side..the phone flies...the
FIGURE is on top of her as she goes
down...SCREAMING...
She looks up to see the FIGURE, darkly dressed with a pale,
distorted face, white and ghostly..•a mask.
Her instincts surface and she kicks up with her foot making
contact with his leg...he topples over...coming right at
her, his hand finding her neck. Suddenly,. a long, silver
blade appears above her.
Sidney pulls, jerks, twists...finally she lifts her torso
forward knocking the FIGURE off her...sending him reeling
into the living room. Wasting no time,.Sidney leaps to her
feet.
She moves to the front door, unlocks it...pulls it open...it
catches on the chain. Shit! She pushes it closed again
looking behind her..the FIGURE has risen, knife in hand.
Sidney pulls on the chain and then--inexplicably turns and...
RUNS UP THE STAIRS. The FIGURE right behind her.
INT. UPSTAIRS LANDING
The FIGURE leaps at Sidney taking hold of her foot, she

r :/." :
grabs madly at the wall...her hands grasp a framed
' ·· " painting--a
•
quiet country home, subdued colors, done in oils--she rips it
from the wall swinging it behind her...

(CONTINUED)
 ..• ·::·:.:·--.:·
·-·.·-· .•.··
...... , ... ,• ...
. ... ·,

36.
CONTINUED:

It catches the FIGURE head on, smashing against his

skull, sending him backwards, tumbling down the
stairs. Sidney
races to her bedroom...
INT. BEDROOM

She locks the door shut, then pulls her closet door open,
placing the edge right at the door knob just as...
'1'BE FIGURE POUNDS AGAINST THE BEDROOM DOOR..• •
ramming it, it rips open, but the closet door catches it in
·'. I a crazy vice-like hold.
. Sidney grabs the desk phone. It• s dead.. off the
I hook downstairs.
The figure rushes the door several times..the frame
splinters..but won't give.
Sidney is at· her computer, she punches at the keypad madly.
.: ..:
CLOSE ON SCREEN AS WORDS APPEAR.
FAX MODEM
... ·.·.•·
.·.·,_.·..·.
9-1-1 SEND
-... ·.
The knife slashes through the crack in the door wildly.
ON SCREEN AGAIN
•. ,.,•.

HELP KILLER

34 ELM ST

Sidney presses SEND when it occurs to her--all is quiet. The

FIGURE is gone. A fearful silence. She looks around.••the
.•.··.
only sound her own rapid, terrified BREATHING.
•,. .
··.-·:·-"·.. _;'·
ON THE SCREEN
• :-·.· -·. . . •stay calm. Police enroute.•
.··: • ..
·.. _·.·'
·-: ·-.
: .
Suddenly a NOISE at the window..•Sidney looks up to see...
·•,:-_ ,,••.·-·

BILLY
ber boyfriend, staring at ber, surprised.
 37.
CONTINUED:

SIDNEY
Oh Billy...please...God •••
BILLY
I heard screaming. The door was locked.
Are you okay...
SIDNEY
Be"s here. Be"s trying to kill me...
Billy pulls himself throu9h the window. As he does, a
small black object falls from his dark jeans. It hits the
floor as• Sidney eyes it...a sleek, compact cellular phone.
Sidney stops in her tracks. Their eyes meet...an eternity.
A SIREN is heard in the distance. Sidney bolts...
BILLY
Bey...wait...what's goin..
Billy reaches for her. Sidney unblocks the bedroom door and
tears out of the room.
INT. LANDING
Sidney nearly falls down the stairs...
INT. FOYER

She rips the chain off the door, pulls it opens, coming
face to face with a white, ghostly mask. A massiye SCREAM
erupts from her gut as...
THE CAMERA PULLS BACK
to find Oewey--Deputy Riley, holding it. Red lights
flash, sirens BLAST as car after car surrounds the
house.
Sidney falls·into the safety of Dewey's arms.
EXT. FRONT YARD - MINUTES LATER

The yard is a whirlwind of activity. An ambulance, squad

cars, cops everywhere..•
CLOSE ON BILLY'S FACE
as it SMASHES against the hood of a police car. Bis hands
are being cuffed, his rights being read.

(CONTINUED)
 38.
CONTINUED;

BILLY
(screaming)
I didn't do anything! Sid...where's
Sid? Ask her, she'll tell ya...
Dewey holds a car door open as Sheriff Burke steps out.
DEWEY
We got him, Sheriff. Billy Loomis.
SHERIFF BURKE
Bank Loomis' kid? Aw..Jesus...
DEWEY
Be"s her boyfriend.
They approach Billy as he's being placed in a squad car.
BILLY
Sheriff...I didn't do it...please, call
my Dad.•please...

The squad car disappears with Billy as another car comes to a

stop in front of the house. Tatum gets out, freaked beyond
belief.
Back to the Sheriff and Dewey as they storm across the yard.
DEWEY
I was first to respond.
SHERIFF BURKE
What were you doing out here?
DEWEY
Drive by patrol.
SHERIFF BURKE
Bow is she?
DEWEY
She's tough.
SHERIFF BURKE
Have to be. The shit she's gone through.

Across the yard, sits Sidney, in the back of an ambulance as

PARAMEDICS check her out.
Sheriff Burke and Riley approach.

(CONTINUED)
 39.
CONTINUED: ( 2 )

·· SHERIFF BURKE
\ •

We' re seeing a lot of you today.

She tries to smile but fails.
DEWEY
You gonna be able to come down to the
station and talk to us a bit?

.. yeah... SIDNEY
Tatum appears, barreling past an OFFICER.
TATUM
What happened? Oh God •••
Tatum rushes to her, grabbing hold of her.
DEWEY
(to Tatum)
What are you doing here?
TATUM
Ob, God, Sid, I'm sorry I was late.
DEWEY
You can' t be here, Tatum. This is an
official crime scene.
SIDNEY
It's okay. She was supposed to pick me
up.
'.rATtJM
Ber dad's out of town. She's staying
with us.
DEWEY
Does mom know?
TATUM
Yes, you doofus.
Two news vans came driving up the street.
SHERIFF BURKE
The vultures are coming. Let• a get you
out of here.
 40. •

EXT. STREET

A big, white news van comes to a stop in front of the

house. The side door slides open and Gale Weathers hops out
just in time to see Sidney being escorted to a squad car.
GALE
I'll be damned.
Jumping from the driver's seat is KENNY, Gale's cameraman
and flunky. An earnest, young chap on the chubby side.
KENNY
What? What?
GALE
JesusI The camera-hurry l
But it's too late. Sidney is as good as gone. Gale sees
Tatum moving quickly to her car.
GALE
Excuse me?
Tatum looks up to see Gale Weathers rushing her.
GALE
Was that Sidney Prescott they took away?
TATUM
I don't know.
Tatum hops in her car, ignoring her.
GALE
What happened to her?
TATUM
I'm not talking to you.
Tatum's car peels out as Kenny comes running up with his
camera.
DNNY
Where'd she go?
Gale spins around, flashing her pearly whites.
GALE
Look, Kenny, I know you•re about fifty
pounds overweight but when I say hurry
please interpret that as...MOVE YOUR
FAT
TUB OF LARD ASS NOW1

(CONTINUED)
 41.
CONTINUED:

Gale moves back to the van leaving KeMy miffed.

INT. POLICE STATION - LATER
A small town station. The bull pen is a little square room
with four desks and tonight--it's hopping. Cops everywhere.
IN'l'. SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Sidney sits at a desk drinking a cup of water. She wears
the Sheriff•s jacket over her shoulders. Dewey approaches.
SIDNEY
Did you reach my Dad?
DEWEY
You're sure it was the Hilton?
SIDNEY
At the airport.
DEWEY
He's not registered. Could he have gone
to another hotel?
SIDNEY
I don't know. I guess.
DEWEY
Ne'11 find him, Sid. Don't worry.
Sidney stares blankly, numb.
INT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Billy sits opposite Sheriff Burke. Next to Billy, sits his
father, HANK LOOMIS, an older version of Billy.
SHERIFF BURKE
What are you doing with a cellular
telephone, son?
MR. LOOMlS
It•s my phone. He was just playing
around with it.
SHERIFF BURKE
You got some idea of playing around, boy.
BILLY
I didn't call anyone with it. I just
took it for fun.

(CONTINUED)
 42.
CONTINlJEOs

MR. LOOMIS
Everybody'a got one now. Why don•t you
check the phone bill for chriasakes.
Call my carrier--AirFone Comp. They'll
have records of every number dialed.
SHERIFF BURXE
Thank you, HanJt. We're on it. What were
you doing out at Sidney's tonight?
BILLY
I juat wanted to aee her, that's all.
SHERIFF BURXE
Yo rode your bike out there?
BILLY
Yea, air.
SHERIFF BURXE
And laat night? Sidney aaid you crawled
through her window last night too?
MR. LOOMIS
(surprised)
You were out laat night?
BILLY
I watched TV for awhile but then I felt
like going for a bike ride.
SHERIFF BURKE
Did you ride past Casey Becker's house?
BILLY
No, I didn't. I didn't kill anyoneJ
Sheriff.
SHERIFF BURD
We•re gonna have to keep you, Billy.
The governor's got SBI, FBI, and god
knows who elae on their way down here.
Billy fights tears.
BILLY
This ia crazy. I didn't do it.
Sheriff Burke eyea him up and dawn, very carefully.
 43.

INT. POLICE BULL PEN - MINUTES LATER

Tatum has joined Sidney. The sheriff• s door opens and Billy
is led out l:>y a coupla UNIFORMS. Burke and Dewey appear in
the door watching Tatum comfort Sidney.
OUT OF EAR SHOT

DEWEY
That ghost mask is sold at both Kroger's
and [Link]. Neither of which keep
purchase records.
SHERIFF BURJtE
What about the cellular phone !:>ill?
DEWEY
They• re pulling Loomis• account. But
it'll l:>e morning before we see something.
You think he did it?
SHERIF!' BURKE
Twenty years ago I woulda said not a
chance. But these kids today.•• damn if I
know.
TA'l'UM
(o.s.)
Bey •• Dewey. Can we go now?
DEWEY
Bold up a sec ...
SHERIFF BURJtE
She staying with you?
DEWEY
We haven" t located her Dad yet.
TA'l'UM
(o.a.)
Goddammit, Dewey!
Dewey turns to her, his face red.
DEWEY
(screaming)
What did Mama tell you? When I wear this
badge you treat me like a man of the law.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

TATUM
I'm sorry, Deputy Dewey-boy but we're
ready to go.
SHERIFF BURJ(E
Use the back way. Avoid the circus.
EXT. POLICE STATION - SIDE DOOR

The door opens and Sidney, Tatum, Dewey, and a coupla

OFFICERS exit avoiding the horde of REPORTERS that can be
seen around the corner waiting anxiously at the front
entrance.
DEWEY
I'll get the car. Wait here.
Dewey takes off. From-the darkness of the alley, Gale
Weathers appears with Kenny and his camera. They've been
-iting.
GALE
Hello Sidney.
Sidney spins around to see Gale, standing, smiling at her.
Sidney's body tightens and her face goes taut.
GALE
Some night. Are you alright?
Their eyes meet in a cold familiar stare. Sidney says
nothing. She's visibly shaking.
GALE
What happened?
TATUM
She's not answering any questions. Just
leave us alone, okay?
SIDNEY
It's okay, Tatum. She's just doing her
job. Right,
GALE?
GALE
Yes, that'■ right.
Dewey, in a squad car, turns into the alley and pulls
up. The other news people have wiaened up. They begin to
flock the alley.

(CONTINUED)
 45.
CONTINUEDz

SIDNEY
How's the book?
GALE
It'll be out later this year.
Sidney tries to contain herself..squeezing a clenched fist.
SIDNEY
I'll look for it.
GALE
I'll send you a copy.
In a blurred, unexpected instant, Sidney brings her fist
forward, SMASHING it hard into Gale Weathers•s face. The
impact sends Gale reeling backwards, knocking into Kenny as
they both tumble to the pavement.
ON SIDNEY...breathing deep, a sense of satisfaction on her
face.
INT. TATUM'S BEDROOM - LATER
A spacious bedroom. Typical. Tatum and Sidney lay on the
bed. They both wear night shirts.
TA'l'UM
God, I loved it. "I'll send you a
copy.• BAMI Bitch
went down. "I'11 send you
a copy.• BAMI Sid--SuperBitchl
Dewey appears in the doorway holding a bag of ice.
DEWEY
I thought you might want some ice for
that right hook.
Sidney sits up, takes the ice, and puts it on her hand.
DEWEY
I'll be right next door. Try to get some
sleep.
Dewey moves back out the door.
SIDNEY
Any word on my Dad?
DEWEY
(turning to her)
Not yet, but we're looking. If you need
anything..•
 46.
CONTINUED:

TATUM
Yeah, yeah, yeah.•.
Dewey smiles, pulling the door closed on his way out. Sidney
lies back down.
SIDNEY
Just another sleepover at the Riley's.
TATUM
Just like old times, ain't it?
SIDNEY
No, nothing's like it used to be.
Sidney rolls over on her side, away from
Tatum. A telephone RINGS somewhere in the
house.
TATOM
Do you really think Billy did it?
SIDNEY
He was there, Tatum.
TATUM
I knew the guy was too perfect. He was
destined to have a flaw.
A KNOCK at the door. It opens and a friendly, graying
woman pops in. This is MAMA RILEY. She wears a
comforting smile.
MAMA RILEY
Telephone, dear.
TATUM
Who is it?
MAMA JULEY
It's for Sid.
SIDNEY
My Dad?
Mama Riley shakes her head sadly.
TATUM
Take a message.
SIDNEY
It's alright. I'll get it.

(CONTINUED)
 47.
CONTINUED: ( 2 )

Sidney takes off out the door. Mama Riley motions to Tatum.

MAMA RILEY
(whispers)
How is she?
Tatum shrugs •
INT. HALLWAY

Sidney grabs the phone at the end of the hall.

SIDNEY
Bello?
MAN
( from phone)
Bello Sidney.
IT'S HIM. The CAMERA does a Hitchcock as Sidney's entire
body goes wellk.. his VOICE moving through her .. invading her.
SheCRIES OUT.
SIDNEY
HOOOOOOO •••

Mama Riley turns in th!! doorway. Tatum comes bolting out of

the bedroom.
MAN
(from phone)
Poor Billy-boyfriend. An innocent guy
doesn't stand a chance with you.
SIDNEY
LEAVEMEALONEI
MAN
Loolca like youfingered the wrong
guy.•• aqain.
SIDNEY
Who are you?
TATUM
Bang up, Sid.
HAN
Don ' t worry. You ' 11 find out soon
enough. I promise.
Mama Riley BEATS on a closed bedroom door.

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:

MAMA RILEY
Dewey I Dewey I
MAN
This is gonna be fun, Sidney. Just
like old times.
CLICK.
Dewey flies out of his room wearing only his
boxers..holding his gun.
DEWEY
What? What?
The phone goes dead. Sidney stands frozen.
EXT. BAYBORO MAIN STREET - DAWN - ESTABLISHING
The morning sun shines high over Bayboro Townsquare.
Cars come to life,
townsfolk stir as the picture postcard
community awakens from a restless sleep.
INT. KITCHEN - MORNING
Sidney and Tatum sit at the kitchen table, dressed and
ready for school as Mama Riley serves up breakfast.
A small television sits on the counter BLARING.

Dewey, in uniform, stands near the door, talking on the

phone.
MAMA RILEY
I think you girls really should stay
home today. •
TATUM
Your objection is duly noted.
SIDNEY
I 'd ratHer be around a lot of people,
Mama Riley.
From the TV, Sidney bears her name, •SIDNEY PRESCOTT...• All
eyes go to the television.
REPORTER
(OD TV)
..who escaped a vicious attack last night
was the daughter of Maureen Prescott who
was brutally killed last year when
.convicted murderer Cotton Weary•.•

(CONTINUED)
 CONTINUEDs

INSERT of COTTON WEARY, in prison fatigues. A once handsome

man, now haggard and worn.
REPORTER
(cont'd)
••broke into their home and savagely
raped and tortured the deceased. Cotton
Weary is currently awaiting appeal for
the death sentence handed down after the
young Sidney testified against him. She
was the key witness in the
state•a prosecution... •
SIDNEY
It's never gonna stop. Is it?
Dewey is off the phone.
DEWEY
Billy was released. Bis cellular bill
was clean. Be didn • t make those calls.
SIDNEY
Somebody called me, Dewey. I'm not
malting it up.
DEWEY
I know. We•re checking every cellular
account in the county. Any calls made
to you or Casey Becker are being
cross referenced. It's gonna take
time but we'll find him.
SIDNEY
And my Dad? Any word on him?
Riley shakes his head •no•.
EXT. SCHOOL STREET - LATER
once again, REPORTERS line the street attacking students as
they make their way to school, asking questions, hungry
for that teenage insight.
Dewey• s patrol jeep cruises by. Sidney watches from the
passenger• s window.
INT. PATROL JEEP
Dewey pulls up in front of the school. Tatum hops out while
Sid lingers, suddenly unsure. Dewey takes notice.
I.•.•·

f
(CONTINUED)
 so.
CONTINUED:

DEWEY
Hey, it"s school. You'll be safe here.
Sidney forces herself out of the jeep as a microphone
is shoved in her face...
REPORTER
How does it feel to almost be brutally
butchered?
Dewey leaps from the car, intercepting the reporter.
DEWEY
Leave the girl alone, will ya? She wants
to go to school.
Sidney eyes the newsvan that's pulled up behind her. 'l'he
side door slides open and Gale Weathers steps out.
'l'ATUM
Come on, Sid.
SIDNEY
Just a sec...I need to talk to someone.
She heads over to Gale.
EXT. NEWSVAN - S'l'REE'l'
Sidney, puts her head down, hiding her face...avoiding
other reporters as she makes her way to...
Gale who sits in the open door, checking her face in a
mirror. Makeup tries hard to hide Sid's handiwork--a swollen
black and blue right cheek.
Gale spots Sidney immediately and leaps to her feet.
GALE
Stop right there.
Sidney throws her bands up iD surrender.
SIDNEY
I"m not here to fight.
GALE
Just stay back.
SIDNEY
I want to talk to you.

(CONTINUED)
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GALE
(calling into the van)
KeMy. [Link]. Now.

KeMy's head darts out from the van.

SIDNEY
Off the record. No camerae.
GALE
Forget it.
Sidney contains herself.
SIDNEY
Please. You owe me.
GALE
I owe you shit.
Gale moves inside the van. But Sidney is relentless.
SIDNEY
You owe my mother.
GALE
Your mother's murder was last year's
hottest court case. Somebody was goMa
write a book about it.
SIDNEY
And it had to be you with all your lies
and bullshit theories.
GALE
What is your problem? You got what you
wanted. Cotton Weary is in jail.
They•re goMa gas him. A book is not
goMa change that.
SIDNEY
Do you still think he"s iMocent?
Gale's interest is peaked. She eyes Sidney suspiciously.
GALE
He was convicted in a court of law.
Your testiJDony put him. away. It
doesn't matter what I think.

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED: ( 2 )

SIDNEY
During the trial, you did all those
stories about me. You called me a
liar.
GALE
I think you falsely identified him. Yes.
SIDNEY
Have you talked to Cotton?
GALE
Many times.
SIDNEY
Has his story changed?
GALE
Not one word. He admits to having
sex with your mother but that's all.
SIDNEY
He's lying. She wouldn't have
touched him. He raped her, then
butchered her. Her blood was all over
his coat.
GALE
He was drunk that night. He left
his coat at your house, after your
mother seduced him...
SIDNEY
I saw him leave wearing it.
GALE
But couldn't it have been someone
else you saw wearing that coat? The
same person who planted it in
Cotton's car, framing him? The same
person who really killed your mother?
A long beat. Sidney considers this for the millionth time.
SIDNEY
No, Cotton murdered my mother.
But there's doubt in her voice. Gale"s face lights up.
GALE
You're not so sure anymore, are you?
Sidney clams up.

(CONTINUED)
 53.
CONTINUED t ( 3)

SIDNEY
No, it was Cotton.
Tatum comes waltzing up.
TATUM
(to GALE)
Nice welt.
Gale ignores her, zeroing in on Sidney, half realizing.
GALE
The killer is still on the loose, isn't
he? These murders are related.
TATUM
Yo--let'B rock.
Sidney starts to fidget.
SIDNEY
I'm sorry I mangled your face.
She takes off with Tatum. Gale calls after her.
GALE
Wait, Sidney, don't go...
But Sidney and Tatum have already disappeared in the crowd of
students moving across campus.
Gale looks to KeMy.
GALE
Jesus Christ I An innocent man on
death row. A killer still on the
loose.
Kenny, tell me I"m dreaming.
KENNY
You want to go live?
Gale"s mind races with possibilities•
GALE
No, not so fast. Ne have
nothing concrete.
KENNY
When did that ever stop you? You
can't sit on this. This is huge.

(CONTINUED)
 54.
CONTINtJED 1 ( 4 )

GALE
If I'm gonna blow this up--I need hard
proof.
KENNY
But it•a so much easier when we make it
up.
GALE
Not this time. I owe Cotton that
much. Bell, even I thought the man was
guilty.
EXT. SCHOOL CAMPUS - SECONDS LATER
Tatum and Sidney make their way across campus.
TATUM
Just relax. You're at school now. No
one can get you here.
SIDNEY
But if it wasn't Billy it could be
ilnybody. Be could be here at school
right now.
They move up the walk as a FIGURE falls in step behind
them, sporting a WHITE GHOST MASK.
TATUM
Serial killers are smart by definition.
They minimize their risk. They plan
and pre-calculate everything. Showing
up here would be like the most lame-
brain move he could make.
SIDNEY
Be premised me he'd be back.
As easy as the figure appeared, it disappears--falling out of
sight, unseen by either of them.
TATUM
I wouldn't put too much stock in a
psycho's premise.
They move up the front steps toward the main doors of the
school as the GHOST MASKED FIGURE reappears...standing at
the top of the ateps..Sidney sees it first, stopping dead in
her tracks. •
She steps back, spinning around to find...

( CON'nNtJEt))
 ss.
CONTINUED1

A GHOST FACE behind her as well, both of them

approaching, closing in on her. Sidney starts to
SCREAM when the two ghosts bust up LAUGHING, tearing
off across campus.
EXT. STREET
In front of the school we catch a REPORTER doing a live
remote. Be holds a mask in his hand.
REPORTER
This morning several students, in what
appears to be a prank, have been
spotted wearing masks. School officials
have yet to comment but this is the same
type of mask worn by the killer...
INT. HALLWAY - MINUTES LATER
Just before the bell. The hallway is congested with students
heading to class. Tatum is at her locker with Sidney.
SIDNEY
This is a mistake. I shouldn't be here.
TA'l'UM
I want you to meet me right here
after class, okay?
Billy appears in the crowd, with Stu tagging behind. Tatum
spots him first.
TATUM
Shit, what is he doing here?
SIDNEY
I bet he's pissed.
TATUM
Just ignore him. You had good reason to
think what you did.
Billy and Stu approach. Billy's face is solemn.
BILLY
Bi, Sid. can we talk a sec?
Sidney says nothing. She can barely look at him. Tatum
intervenes.
TA'l'UM
You know if I were accused of carving up
two people, I'd take the opportunity to
skip school.
56.
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STU
Hey, go easy, Tatum. He didn't do it.
BILLY
Talk to me, Sid.
Suddenly, a SCREAM erupts. All eyes 90 to a GHOST MASKED
STUDENT running down the hall, screaming wildly, running
amuck.
SIDNEY
Why are they doing this?
STU
Are you kidding? This is like Christmas.
Billy punches Stu in the side.
STU
C>wwww ••.

BILLY
You open your mouth and stupidity pours
out.

Sorry. STU

Sidney, clearly upset, takes off. down the hall. Billy

races off after her.
TATUM
(yelling)
Stay away from her, Billy.
-Tatum SLAMS her locker shut as the bell RINGS.
INT. CORRIDOR - SECONDS LATER
With first period underway, the halls have cleared. One or
two straggling students can be seen rushing to class.
Sidney moves quickly down the hall, rounding a comer,
running smack into...
BILLY

They collide hard catching Sidney off guard, scaring the life
out of her. She falls backwards, :but Billy catches her fall.
CONTI:NU'ED:

SIDNEY
Jesus, SHIT!
BILLY
Bey, hey, it's just me,
Sidney pulls away from him quickly. Billy feels the slight.
BILLY
What? You don't still think it's me?
Sidney catches her breath.
SIDNEY
No..I don•t...it's just...Oh God,
Billy, someone was there, someone tried
to kill me.
BILLY
The police say I scared him off. It
wasn't me, Sid.
SIDNEY
I know. Be called again last night at
Tatum•s house.
BILLY
See, it couldn't have been me. I was in
jail. t1emember?
SIDNEY
I'm so sorry•..please understand.
BILLY
Understand what? That I got a
girlfriend who would rather accuse me
of being a psychopathic killer than
touch me.
SIDNEY
You know that's not true.
BILLY
Then what is it? Is there somebody else?
SIDNEY
No •••
BILLY
Is it the sex thing? Am I being
too pushy?

(CONTINUED)
(CONTINUED)
 58.
CONTINtJED: ( 2)

SIDNEY
No, it's me, Billy. I need time.
I"m still adjusting to my mom.
BILLY
It's been a year since she died.
SIDNEY
(correcting him)
Tomorrow. One year tomorrow.
BILLY
When are you gonna let that go, Sid?
When my mom left my dad--I just accepted
it. This is the way it is. She's
not coming back.
SIDNEY
(sharply)
Your parents split up. It's not the same
thing. Your mom left town, she"s not
in a coffin somewhere.
BILLY
You have to move on, Sid,
Sidney starts to walk away but turns back, angry.
SIDNEY
I'm glad to know you"re coping so well
with life, Billy. But some of us aren't
so perfect. Some of us are just trying
to hold on.
Sidney disappears through a door marked GIRL'S BATHROOM,
leaving Billy alone in the hallway. He's SMACKS his
forehead, pissed at himself.
INT. GIRL'S BATHROOM
Large and spacious. Closed bathroom stalls line one wall
facing a row of sinks and a huge mirror. Sidney enters
as TWO GIRLS tinkle and talk--each from their respective
stalls.
GIRL #1
She was never attacked. I think she
made it all up.
GIRL #2
Why would she lie about it?

(CONTINUED)
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GIRL #1
For attention. The girl has some serious
issues.
Sidney listens intently.
A toilet FLUSHES. Sidney quicltly jumps in a stall,
hiding, just as GIRL #1 appears from a stall. She looks
like her voice--a snotty little twit.
GIRL #l
What if she did it? What if Sidney
killed Casey and Steve?
GIRL #2
And why would she do that?
GIRL #1
Maybe she was hot for Steve and
killed them both in a jealous rage.
Another toilet FLUSHES.
GIRL #2
What would Sidney want with Steve? She
has her own bul:,ble-butt boyfriend Billy.
GIRL #1
Maybe she's a slut just like her mom.
INSIDE 'l'HE STAI.I. Sidney listens. Ber face weakening.
GIRL #2
You're evil.
GIRL #1
Please, it's common knowledge. Ber
mother was a trollop.
GIRL #2 appears from her stall-another twit. They both
stand in front of the mirror adjusting two snotty faces.
GIRL #2
cut same alack. She watched her mcm get
butchered.
GIJU. #1
And it fucked her up royally. Think
about it. It makes perfect sense. Ber
mom's death leaves her distraught and
hostile at a cruel and inhumane world,
she's disillusioned, where's God, etc.
Completely suicidal. And one day she
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(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED: ( 2 )

GIRL #1 (cont'd)
snaps. She wants to kill herself but
realizes teen suicide is out this year.
And homicide is a much healthier
therapeutic expression.
From the stall, Sidney listens, her heart pounding, jaw
quivering.
GIRL #2
Where do you get this shit?
GIRL #1
Ricki Lake.
The two girls exit. Sidney moves out of the stall, catching
her reflection in the mirror.

Pathetic. SIDNEY
Water DRIPS somewhere from a leaky pipe as wind WHISTLES in
from the cracked transom above the bathroom door. It sounds
almost like a whisper, "Siddneey...•
Sidney spins around. What the... She checks out the
bathroom. The doors to the stalls are all closed. She bends
down and scans beneath them, looking for feet. No one.
Nothing.
Sidney turns back to the mirror. Suddenly...
MAN
([Link])
Siddneey...
Unmistakable this time. The VOICE strikes Sidney like a
nail through the eye. It comes from one of the stalls.
She stands thunderstruck, eyeing the stalls thru the
mirror.
SIDNEY
Is someone there?
A long, morose silence. And thenz
MAN
(softly, simply)
It's me, Sidney.
Sidney spins around. Fuck nol BE'S HERE. Terror floods her
face. She eyes the exit door, then the raw of stalls she
must pass to get to it.

(CONTINUED)
 61.
CONTINUED: (3)

She checks under the stalls again. Nothing...where the

fuck is he? She takes a step fon,ard when...
TWO FEET step down from a toilet onto the floor in the
last stall. Sidney's face draws tight as the stall door
begins to CREAK open. She bolts forward, making a break
for it...but slips on wet floor...her feet flying out from
under...
Sidney reaches out...grabs hold of a sink...saves herself
from falling...she glimpses a GHOST MASK in the mirror coming
for her. A hand grabs her shoulder as she SLAMS her body
through the exit door...narrowly escaping.
INT. CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS

Sidney flies out of the bathroom door SCREAMING...burning up

the hallway, not looking back. A TEACHER, hearing her
SCREAM, peers out from an open doorway...as Sidney sprints by
him, not atopping...running madly.
INT. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS
CLOSE on a red-faced Principal Bimbry as he reads someone the
riot act.
MR. BIMBRY
I 'm sickened. Your whole havoc-
inducing, thieving, whoring generation
disgusts me.
The CAMERA SWINGS AROUND to reveal two GHOST MASKED STUDENTS
standing at attention. Mr. Himbry rips the mask off
of one of the student's heads.
MR. BIMBRY
Two students have been savagely
murdered. And this is how we express our
compassion and sensitivity?
He rips the mask off the other student.
MR. BIMBRY
We throw on a mask and dance
around campus just hoping someone
else gets butchered before we get
bored again. You're DOth expelled.
The GHOSTS doth protest.•.
GHOST #1
Aw, come on, Mr. Bimbry, it was just
a joke.

(CONTINUED)
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GHOST #2
Yeah, that's not fair.
A deep rooted hostility has taken over Mr. Bimbry's face.
Neither student budges, scared to even breathe.
MR. BIMBRY
No, it•s not fair. Fairness would be
to rip your insides out and hang you
from a tree so you can be exposed for
the desensitized, heartless little shits
that you are.
Suddenly the door BURSTS open and Sidney appears, hysterical.
SIDNEY
(crying)
Be"s here...I saw him...he's here...
Mr. Bimbry rushes to her, 8%D1S outreached.
MR. BIHBRY
Easy child.
Sidney collapses in his a%'1DS.

EXT. SCHOOL STREET - MINUTES LATER

patrol jeep is parked in front of the school.
Dewey' s
Be stands in the open driver's door talking on the
radio.
SHERIFF BURKE
(from radio)
She' a okay. Looks like some boys were
teasing her. Himbry • a shuttin' down
the school though. I want you to take
a look around.
DEWEY
Yes, sir, sheriff.
Dewey shuts the jeep door and heads for campus when
Gale Weathers appears, her fake face aglow.
GALE
Bil Gale weathers. Field Correspondent,
INSIDE STORY.
DEWEY
I know who you are, ma' am. Bow' a the
eye?

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:

GALE
Productive. So they're closing down the
school?
DEWEY
Well..uh..yes ma"am. For the time being.
Dewey heads for the school building. Gale scurries along
side him flirtatiously.
GALE
And why is that? ·Has [Link] happened?
DEWEY
You're not supposed to be here, ma"am.
GALE
I know, I should be in New York covering
the Sharon Stone stalker but who knew?
Please, call me Gale. You look awfully
young to be a police officer.
Dewey's eyes wander down to Gale's long legs, the way her
hips move as she walks...he's clearly distracted.
DEWEY
I'm twenty-five years old, ma"am.
GALE
Twenty-five, huh? In a demographic study
I proved to be most popular amongst
males, 11-24. I just missed you. Of
course, you don't look a day over twelve,
except in the upper torso area. Does the
force require that you work out?
Dewey looks away, blushing a bit.
DEWEY
No, ma' am. Because of my boyish good
looks, muscle mass has increased my
acceptance as a serious police officer.
They approach the school's front entrance. Suddenly, Mr.
Himbry' s VOICE is amplified through intercoms across campus
via the PA system. They stop to listen.
MR. HIMBRY
(via PA)
"Your attention please. Due to the
recent events that have occurred and
until it comes to a resolve-
effective immediately--all classes
are suspended
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(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED z ( 2)

MR. HIMBRY (cont'd)

til further notice. The Bayboro
Police Dept. has also asked me to
announce a city wide curfew beginning
at 6 o'clock PM. I repeat...•

Gale speaks over Mr. Himbry's VOICE.

GALE
Boy, you people sure do make a fuss over
a serial killer.
t>EWEY
Serial killer is not really
accurate, ma'am. The killer has
yet to strike twice.
GALE
Well, we can hope, can't we? We
certainly don't have any leads. A ghost
mask, a cellular phone--not much there.
DEWEY
We're tracking the cellular phone bill.
GALE
Really? You small town guys are good.
And have you located Sidney's father?
DEWEY
No, not yet.
GALE
He's not a suspect, is he?
DEWEY
We haven't ruled out that possibil...
Dewey, realizing he's said too much, clams up.
DEWEY
If you'll excuse me, ma'am.
GALE
Am I keeping you? I•m sorry.
DEWEY
That's quite alright. If I may say so,
ma'am, you're much prettier in person.
Dewey starts up the school's front steps as the bell
RINGS.

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED: (3)

GALE
So you do watch the show?
He turns to her earnestly as STUDENTS come pouring out the
front doors.
DEWEY
I just turned 25. I was 24 for a whole
year.
GALE
You are precious. Please, call me Gale.
She smiles deliciously, gives him a wink, then struts off
as Dewey, like a nervous little school boy watches her go.
INT. SCHOOL CORRIDOR - SECONDS LATER
School is clearing out. The halls have begun to empty as
Tatum escorts Sidney down the hallway.
TATUM
It was just some sick fuck having a
laugh.
SIDNEY
It was him, Tatum.· I know it.
Tatum wants to believe her but...
TATUM
You are not to be alone again. Is
that clear? If you pee--I pee.
Stu appears.
STU
Is this not cool or what?. Bey, Sid,
what happened?
TATUM
For once, Stu, drop it.
S'?tJ
Okay, but whatever you did--the entire
student body thanks you.
Stu moves to Tatum and gives her a kiss.
STU
And to celebrate this impromptu fall
break, I propose we have a party.
Tonight, my house.

(CONTINUED)
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SIDNEY
Are you serious?
STU
My parents are out of town. It'll be
like my hurricane bash last year.
Nothing· extreme. Just a few of us,
hangin'.
Tatum warms to the idea.
TATUM
This could be good. What do you
think, Sid?
SIDNEY
I don't know...
TATUM
come on. Pathos has it's perks.
Sidney considers trying hard to be good spirited.
STU
Remember, there's safety in numbers.
SIDNEY
(giving in)
Yeah, okay...whatever.
STU
Cool. See you guys tonight. Bring food.
Stu speeds off, sliding down the empty hallway.
INT. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE - LATER
Mr, [Link] sits at his desk staring at the ghost masks before
him, He picks one of them up, snickering.
MR. BIMBRY
Damn•••

Be stands and moves to the closet next to his office door.

Be pulls it open to reveal a mirror hooked inside the
door. Be tries the mask on, pulling it over his face,
looking in the mirror when..
A l'CNOCR AT THE DOOR stops him. Be rips the mask
off his head, turns to his office door and opens it to
reveal...
AN EMPTY DOORWAY. Be pokes his head into the outer office
area and looks around. But no one"s there.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED:

MR. BIMBRY
Yes? Bello?
The place is empty. A little suspicious he closes the
door, catching his reflection in the closet mirror. He
looks at the mask in his hands. Jesus, even he's jumpy.
Two seconds later...
ANOTHER KNOCK AT THE DOOR. Bimbry grabs the door quickly,
this time throwing it open. Again no one's ther.e. Be steps
out into the outer office determined to catch a prankster.
INT. OUTER OFFICE - CONTINUOUS
Completely empty. [Link] moves through the outer
office and into the school corridor. The overhead lights
have been turned off and the corridor is now dark and
deserted. Be looks up and down the hall. Only a JANITOR
is seen in the distance pushing a broom.
MR. BIMBRY
Little shits.
Mr. Bimbry returns to his office.
INT. OFFICE - CONTINUOUS
Bimbry reenters his office, moving to his desk, when he
spots the closet door NOW CLOSED SHUT.
This gives him pause--he had left it open. Hadn't he?
Suddenly, he can't remember. Be shifts, uneasy, reaching for
the door knob, pulling the door open to reveal...
AN EMPTY CLOSET. Be stands still a moment, suddenly
realizing someone could easily now be standing behind the
open closet door. Nervously, he pushes it shut to
reveal...
NOTHING. Bimbry shakes away his jitters, realizing he's
spooked himself. Be continues to his desk, pushing his
office door shut when...
A GHOST MASKED FIGURE lunges from behind it...ltnife in
hand. Quick and easy. Three quick jabs to the stomach
and Himbry goes down. The GHOST MASKED FIGURE towering
above him,
EX'l'. TATUM'S BOUSE - AFTERNOON - LATER

The late afternoon sun is quickly disappearing.

Tatum and Sidney rock on the front porch looking out onto
the small town neighborhood. Dewey's patrol jeep is parked
in the driveway.

(CONTINUED)
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Despite loud music, BLARING from an inside stereo, this is a

quiet moment.
TATUM
Maybe Cotton Weary is telling the
truth. Maybe he!!!!. having an affair
with your mom.
SIDNEY
So you think my mom was a slut too?
TATUM
I didn • t say that, Sid. But you know
there ware [Link]. Your dad was
always out of town on business. Maybe
your mom was a very unhappy woman.
SIDNEY
If they were having an affair how
come Cotton couldn't prove it in
court?
TATUM
You can•t prove a rumor. That's why
it's a rumor.
SIDNEY
Created by that little tabloid twit Gale
Weathers.
TATUM
(delicately)
It goes further back, Sid. There"s
been talk about other men.
SIDNEY
And you believe it?
TATUM
Well...you can only hear that
Richard Gere-gerbil story so many
times before you have to start
believing it.
A long silence as Sidney agonizes over all of this. She
stands up and moves to the edge of the porch and stares out
onto the neighborhood.
SIDNEY
If I was wrong Cotton, then he"s still
out there.

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TATUM
Don't go there, Sid. You're starting to
sound like some Wes Carpenter flick.
Don't freak yourself out--we"ve got a
long night ahead of us.
SIDNEY
You're right. I'm cracking up. Ignore
me.
TATUM
Come on, let's rock.
Sid follows Tatum inside the house never seeing the
GHOST MASKED FIGURE that stands across the street, under
a tree. Bis presence so subtle and unobstrusive you'd
have to see this movie a second time to know he was
there all along.
EXT. MAIN STREET - LATER
Stu is moving along main street when Billy comes barreling up
next to him.
BILLY
H0W'd you do?
STU
Piece of cake. She'll be there.
BILLY
Thanks, butt wart. You did good.
STU
So you gonna try and make up with Sid?
BILLY
Duh..that"s quick.
STU
I was just asking. Why are you always at
me?

Because BILLY
esteem. I'm trying to build rour
self You're far too sens
tive.
Oh....
STU

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t'-- - - •
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 BILLY
You ready to party hard tonight?
STU
You know it.
They come to a building centrally located in the heart of
Main Street. A huge, blue monstrosity that's bigger than
the local bank and post office combined. The sign in front
reads BLOCKBUSTER.
INT. BLOCKBUSTER - CONTINUOUS
Your typical Blockbuster--huge and crowded. Randy, in
his Blockbuster get up, is busy reshelving returns when
Stu appears--knocking the videos out of his hand.
STU
Jesus, this place is packed.
RANDY
(picking up videos)
We had a run in the mass murder section.
STU
You c·oming tonight?
RANDY
Yeah, I"m off early--curfew you know.
(looking off)
Now that's in poor taste.
STU
What?
Randy refers to Billy who's stands down the aisle talking to
'1'WO GIRLS. (The twits from the bathroom perhaps.)
RANDY
If you were the only suspect in a
senseless bloodbath would you be standing
in the horror section?
S'l'U
It was all a misunderstanding. Be didn't
do anything.
RANDY
You're such the little lap dog. Be's
got killer printed all over his forehead.

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CONTINUED1

STU
Then why'd the police let him go?
RANDY
Because, obviously, they don't watch
enough movies. This is standard horror
movie stuff. PROM NIGHT revisited.
Randy moves down the aisle, reshelving videos.
STU
Why would he want to kill his awn
girlfriend?
RANDY
There's always some stupid bullshit
reason to kill your girlfriend. That's
the beauty of it all. Simplicity.
Besides, if it's too complicated you
lose your target audience.
STU
So what's his reason?
RANDY
Maybe Sidney wouldn't have sex with him.
STD
She's saving herself for you.
RANDY
Could be. Now that Billy's tried to
mutilate here, you think Sid would go out
with me?
STU
I think her father did it. How come
they can't find his ass?
RANDY
Because he's probably dead. His body
will come popping out in the last reel
somewhere...eyes gauged. see, the police
are always off track with this shit,
if they'd watch PROM NIGHT they'd save
time. There"s a formula to it. A very
simple one. Everyone's always a
suspect-the father, the principal, the
town derelict...

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 CONTINUED: (2)

(. STU
Which is you...
RANDY
So while they're off investigating a dead
end, Billy, who's been written off as a
suspect, is busy planning his next
hunting expedition.
t
t BILLY
I o.c.)
•: I How do we know you're not the killer?
Randy spins around to find Billy right behind him. Busted.
RANDY
Uh••• hi, Billy.
BILLY
Maybe your movie-freaked mind lost it's
reality button?
Randy shrugs, laughing it off.
RANDY
You're absolutely right. I'm the first
to admit it. If this were a scary movie,
I'd be the prime suspect.
STU
And what would be your motive?
RANDY
It's 1995--motives are incidental.
EXT. MAIN STREET - LITTLE LATER
Dewey's patrol jeep makes it's way down mainstreet. It's
almost dark. The street is close to deserted.
INT. PATROL JEEP - CONTINUOUS
Dewey's behind the wheel having a heated conversation with
Tatum while Sid stares out the window.
DEWEY
A party? Mom•s gonna kill you. Then me.
TATUM
Don't be so self-righteous. It's just
a little blow out--we'll be perfectly
safe.

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Sid stares out the window. CLOSED SIGNS fill the

storefronts, a few people rush to their car,.in a hurry to
beat curf-.
smNEY
God, look at this place, it's THE TOWN
THAT DREADED SUNDOWN.
DEWEY
Bey, I saw that movie. True story,
'bout some killer in Texas.
TATUM
Bey, Sid. Just think if they make a
movie about you. Who•s gonna play you?

Oh, god ••• SIDNEY

Dewey comes to a stop, parking the car in front of the police

station. Be looks to Sid with a brotherly smile.
DEWEY
I see you as a young Meg Ryan myself.
SIDNEY
Thanks, Dewey. But with my luck they'd
cast Tori Spelling.
EXT. PATROL JEEP - CONTINUOUS
They pile out of the jeep. Dewey heads for the station.
DEWEY
I'll just be a few minutes. Don't go
far.
The girls take off for the local supermarket that sits
across the street.
SIDNEY
Is Billy going to be there tonight?
TATUM
Be better not be. I told Stu to keep his
mouth shut. I think we can live without
.. ,I
EVERYBODY'S ALL AMERICAN for one night.
They approach the grocery store. Small and simple. Sid and
Tatum grab a shopping cart from the bin and enter the
store, pushing the cart through two sliding glass doors.
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A lone CHECK OUT LADY behind the counter, big and frumpy,
looks up from counting money.
CHECK OUT LADY
You girls gonna have to hurry it up.
We're under curfew.
TATUM
Two minutes tops.
They make a bee-line for the junk food section just as the
automated doors slide shut behind them and a ...
GHOST MASKED FIGURE appears, out of nowhere, standing just
outside, watching, quietly through the glass store windows.
EXT. POLICE STATION - SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Sheriff Burke's face heats up as Deputy Riley marches in,
hurriedly..
SHERIFF BORU:
Dewey! Where the hell you been, boy?
DEWEY
Keeping my eye on Sidney.
SHERIFF BURKE
Listen up, Dewey, because it•s bad.
Real bad. Aircomp just faxed us.
The calls were listed to Neil
Prescott--Sidney's father. Be made the
calls with his cellular phone. It's
conf il=med.
DEWEY
Couldn't his cellular number have been
cloned?
SHERIFF BURKE
There's more. ·Guess what tomorrow is?
The anniveraary of his wife•a death. It
all fits. Be's our man.
DEWEY
Have you contacted the bureau?
SHERIFF BURKE
They believe he's out of state by
now. We'll keep roadblocks and curfew
in effect through the night. If he's
not picked up by morning--we'll do a
house to house.

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DEWEY
You think he could still be in town?
SHERIFF BURKE
He"d have to be crazy. Where"s Sidney?
DEWEY
She's with my sister. Should I bring
her in?
SHERIFF BURKE
Hold off for now. Just stay close to
her.
DEWEY
She'll be with her friends over at Stu
Maker's tonight.
SHERIFF BURKE
Watch her. Don't let on--juet keep your
eye out.
DEWEY
Yes, sir.
INT. SUPERMARKET - FEW MINUTES LA'l'ER
Sidney and Tatum push a basket through the junk food section.
The store is completely empty. The girls gab freely.
SIDNEY
Billy's right. Whenever he touches me, I
just can't relax.
TATUM
You have a few intimacy issues as a
result of your mother's untimely death.
It's no big deal. You'll thaw out.
SIDNEY
But he's been ao patient with me, Tatum.
You know, with all the sex stuff. Bow
many guys would put up with a girlfriend
whose sexually anorexic?
TATUM
Billy and hie penis don't deserve you.
Sidney grabs acme chips and salsa from the shelf. Down the
aisle, through the storefront window the GHOST MASKED FIGURE
still stands watching their every move.

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EXT. SUPERMARKET

Sid pushes the cart out the glass door with Tatum riding it.
The GHOST MASKED FIGURE is nowhere to be found.
SIDNEY
What do you think about when you"re
having sex?
TATUM
With Stu, there"s little time to stop and
reflect. But sometimes before, to relax
and get in the mood, I think about Grant
[Link].
Sid pushes the cart and Tatum across the street.
SIDNEY
Who?
TATUM
Grant Goodeve--the oldest brother on
EIGHT IS ENOUGH. Remember that show?
He was the one who lived off alone. He
would come around every now and then with
his guitar and sing "Eight is enough
to fill our lives with love...• He had
all these brain dead sisters and that
idiot brother from CHARLES IN CHARGE.
God, I was in love with Grant, he was
so hot.
The show came on every day afterschool
right during my puberty years. Grant
[Link] was very instrumental in my
maturing as a woman.
SIDNEY
How does that get you in the mood with
Stu?
TATUM
During foreplay, I sing the theme song to
myself, "Eight is enough to fill our
lives with love...• It's a real turn on..
SIDNEY
No way.
TATUM
Grant wrote the song himself. I'm
convinced the lyrics had a secret
meaning, "Eight is enough...•

(CONTINUED)
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Sid pushes the cart up to Dewey's jeep. Tatum hops off.

SIDNEY
What secret meaning? Like a Satanical
thing?
TATUM
Watch the show, Sid. His basket is
bigger than tbe one you're pushing.
SIDNEY
TATUM!
TATUM
Oh Sidney. WHAT?A guy can talk
tits til he's dead but the minute you
mention an eight inch weenie. Watch
out.
Sidney stops just short of a laugh. Tatum pulls the back
jeep door, loading the groceries in. Behind her, the GHOST
MASKED FIGURE appears, just out of their sight, behind the
jeep's open back door.
TATUM
There's that sense of humor. I knew it
still existed. Ohh, Sid, let's have some
fun tonight.
SIDNEY
Deal.

Sidney moves to the back door and closes it shut, when from
behind•..
DEWEY stands. Sid jumps, startled.
DEWEY
You girls ready.
SIDNEY
Yeah.
DEWEY
Looks like I'm your personal bodyguard
tonight, Sid.
TATUM
No, Dewey. You'll ruin the whole night.
DEWEY
Sorry, police orders. I'll stay out of
the way, I promise.

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Shit. TATUM

Tatum kicks the shopping cart out of the way, blindly. It

rolls down the road by itself, gaining speed on a decline
running smack into the GHOST MASKED FIGURE who stops the cart
cold with one hand.
EXT. COUNTRY ROAD - NIGHT

Dewey's jeep makes·it's [Link] a long, winding road.

Headlights illuminate the thick woods that line each side.
Following behind them at a discreet distance is a huge white
newsvan.
Dewey comes to the end of the road. It dead ends at...
STU'S HOUSE which sits alone in a clearing, big and ominous
with no neighbors in sight. A huge old home just ripe for
a night of fun and...terror.
From the looks of things the party has already started.
Music is BLARING. A few KIDS hang on the porch.
IN'l'. LIVING ROOM - Ml:NUTES LATER
A big room with KIDS sprinkled throughout--smoking,
drinking, cutting up. A stereo BLASTS music while the TV
airs around the clock killer coverage.
Tatum and Sid enter with groceries. Various FRIENDS greet
them.
TATUM
Caterer's here.
The girls carry bags through a hallway that opens up onto an
enormous kitchen. Stu and some GUYS are leaning over the
sink drinking beer from a funnel.
TM'UM
That's mature.
STU
Where you guys been? We had to
start without you.
EXT. STU'S BOUSE - ROAD
The newsvan pulls up and parks unobtrusively on the side of
,.--:··
f
the road a few f-t down from the front yard.
\....,...,
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INT. NEWSVAN

Kenny and Gale move around inside the van. Kenny hovers
over a control panel complete with video monitors.
KENNY
What's the plan?
GALE
Prep the compact, we'll hide it in a
window and tape all of tonight's
festivities.
Kenny picks up a compact video camera the size of his
fist. He checks its battery pack.
KENNY
The control board's glitched. You know
we can"t carry a live picture.
GALE
What's the delay?
KENNY
About thirty seconds.
GALE
As long as it records I don't give a
shit. We're not doing a remote.
Gale slides open the side door and steps out into the
darkness, not seeing the FIGURE that stands behind her. A
hand grabs her shoulder, Gale's heart stops as she spins
around to find...
Dewey, smiling, extremely pleased to see her.
DEWEY
Evening, ma' am.
GALE
Deputy...good evening.
DEWEY
What brings you out to these parts?
GALE
You never know when or where a story will
break.

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..
. : ' ..
.•··.

80.
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DEWEY
Not much story here. Just a bunch of
kids cutting loose.
GALE
Then what are you doing here?
DEWEY
Keeping an eye on things. Checking the
place out.
GALE
-.l Mind if I join you?
Dewey considers for a whole two seconds.
··I

DEWEY
Not at all.
Gale leans in the van, grabs the camera from KeMy's
hand, and throws it in her bag. She gives KeMy
a wink.
INT. KITCHEN

CLOSE ON a microwave. Popcorn POPS inside. CAMERA WIDENS TO

·.. ·. REVEAI, •••

......-
Sid, Stu, and Tatum moving about the kitchen, preparing a
junk food feast. Other TEENS pop in and out. Randy appears
: ··
.. - ·. .
·.
amongst them. He carries an armful of videos.
. •.. RANDY
-.·· .
I thought we'd make it a BLOCKBUSTER
•--·.
•·•,
=•-·.
•
night.
.-:·.==:\
Be lets the videos splatter across the kitchen counter. Stu
and Tatum dive in.
STU
I thought everything was checked out.
.·:· ,: ·.·.•.-··-.·._.-
RANDY
I had 'em hid in the foreign section.
Sidney peruses the videos.
SIDNEY
THE FOG, TERROR TRAIN, PROM NIGHT-How
come Jamie Lee Curtis is in all these
movies?
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RANDY
She's the Scream Queen.
STU
With that [Link] lungs--she should be.
TATUM
(to Sid)
Tits--see.
INT. LIVING ROOM - FEW MINUTES LATER

The party is going strong. Ten maybe fifteen people stand,

sit, lean. Some crowd around the floor in front of the
television. Randy is taking a vote.
RANDY
Bow many EVIL DEAD. S?
(hands go up)
How many HELLRAISER'S?
Bands go up. BICKERING AD-LIB, etc.
Thedoorbell RINGS. Stu goes for it.
STU
I got it. Tatum get me a beer. They're
in the fridge in the garage.
TATUM
What am I? The beer wench?
STU
(o.c.)
Hey, guess who's here? It"s that chick
from INSIDE STORY?
They look up the hallway to see Dewey and Gale standing in
the foyer.
TATUM
Shit, Deweyt
EVeryone perks up, eyeing Gale.
TATOM
What is she doing here?
DEWEY
She• s with me. I just wanted to check on
things.

(CONTINUED)
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The GUYS in the room are drooling over Gale, Including Stu.
TATUM
So you did--now leave...and take your
media muff with you.
Tatum takes off for the kitchen.
Gale haa quickly become the focus of the party. All eyea are
on her.
SOME TEEN
I watch your show religiously.
STU
This must be big news to be on INSIDE
STORY.

Huge, GALE

ANO'l'HER TEEN
Wanna interview us?
RANDY
We could be like two grief stricken
students and we"ll say really nice things
about our good friends who were
slaughtered senselessly,
STU
I can cry on cue.
Gale eyes the bookshelf above the television,
GALE
Maybe later?
Suddenly, Gale [Link] to COUGH.
GALE
can I trouble you for s01119 water?
STU
Bow • bout a beer? Randy--get the lady a
beer,
RANDY
[Link] it.
Gale slips the camera from her bag--hits the ON switch and
holds it behind her...waiting for the right moment.
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BACK IN FOYER
SIDNEY
Have they found my father?
DEWEY
Afraid not.
SIDNEY
Should I be worried?
DEWEY
Not yet.
INT. [Link]

Tatum is alone in the kitchen. She empties popcorn into a

bowl, then pulls open the refrigerator...looks quickly, then
remembers...
She moves through the adjoining laundry room to the ...
INT. GARAGE

The kitchen door opens and light floods the darkened garage.
Tatum stands in the doorway searching for a light switch.
She finds a button and hits it.
BRRRRMMMI garage door starts to rise. 'l'he electric
Wrong switch. and it closes. She hits it again

She finds another switch. CLICK. A small lightbulb overhead

comes on, barely lighting the large two-car garage, leaving
pockets of shadows along the wall. •
Tatum spots the refrigerator against a far wall and heads
for it, not seeing the kitchen door, quietly, slowly,
closing behind her, sealing her off from the rest of the
house.
Tatum stumbles to the refrigerator and throws it open. It•s
light casts a glow across her face.
CRASB-BOOMI
Tatum jumps, spinning around just in time to see a cat escape
through a large pet door that's built into the garage door.
She smiles at her jumpiness.
'l'atum loads up with as many beer as her hands will carry and
heads back to the kitchen.
At the kitchen door, she juggles the beer, reaching for
the knob. It a locked.
1

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84.
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TATUM
SHIT!
She KICKS it with her foot several times.
TATUM
Hey, Shitheadsl
A moment. No answer.
TATUM
OH, SHIT
PISS!
Tatum leans over and, with her elbow, hits the garage door
J button. :SRRRRMM1 It begins to rise.
She moves tow ds the rising door, beer in hand.
Suddenly, CRR-BRRRM I The garage door
RESETS, reversing direction, moving down, closing.
TATUM
What the...
Tatum spins around to see.•.
A GHOST MASKED FIGURE
silhouetted in the dark, next to the kitchen door, his hand
on the switch. Tatum at once, GASPS, taken back, but
then relaxes.
TATUM
Is that you, Randy? Cute.
The FIGURE stares at her, blankly.
TATUM
And what movie is this from? I SPIT
ON YOUR GARAGE.
Tatum takes a step towards the FIGURE.
TATUM
Lose the mask. If Sidney sees it, she"ll
flip.
The FIGURE shakes his head slowly f side to side.
TATUM
Oh you wanna play psycho killer?
The FIGURE slowly nods.
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CONTINtJED: ( 2)

TATUM
Can I be the helpless victim?
The FIGURE slowly nods again.
TATUM
Okay, let's see. •No, please, don't
kill me, Mr.
Ghostface. I want to be in
the sequel."
Tatum takes a step to move around the FIGURE, but he steps
too, blocking her.
TATUM
cut, Casper. That's a wrap.
Tatum moves again, sidestepping the FIGURE, but he's faster
and cuts her off.
Tatum juggles the beer against her chest with one hand and
with the other pushes the FIGURE hard, knocking him aside.
TATUM
Randy--will you stop?
But the FIGURE-intercepts, lunging forward, grabbing her
wrist hard...Tatum stumbles...beer cans hit the
floor...spewing...
TATUM
You little shit.
Tatum yanks hard,
catches her eye. releasing his hold when a flash of
blade as it silver She looks down, glimpsing a
darts long, sharp forward, cutting into her
forearm...
Tatum pulls back, horrified, as the moment turns deadly
serious.
'l'he FIGURE advances on her--knife out, ready. She staggers
backwards, holding her bloody arm, backing into the
refrigerator, SCREAMING.
TATUM
Who are you?
The FIGURE lashes out with the knife. Tatum dodges it,
leaping back against the fridge. The FIGURE advances.
Instinctively, she rips the top freezer door open, BASHING
the FIGURE in the face, sending him backwards, reeling.
Tatum bolts to the...CLOSED GARAGE DOOR. In a panic, she
BEATS and PULLS on it, trying to make it lift. She eyes
(CONTINUED)
the FIGURE...he"s recovering.
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She goes for the pet door, dropping to the floor, diving
for it•••she wedges her upper body through, her head,
shoulders, torso just as the.•.
FIGURE pounces, grabbing hold of her feet. Tatum goes
crazy SCREAMING and KICKING trying to get through.
EXT. GARAGE DOOR

Tatum is half in/half out the pet door. She BEATS and JERKS
wildly, unable to see the FIGURE on the other side...
A true fighter, Tatum kicks hard, making direct contact with
the FIGURE, knocking him away.
She takes the moment to pull herself through further...but
she stops...stuck. She pulls and tugs but can't move. She
listens but hears nothing. Where did he go? An agonizing
silence. And then...
CRR-BRRRMI The garage door is activated. It begins to rise
upward, taking Tatum with it. She SCREAMS MADLY.
TATUM
NOOOOOO••••

Tatum's arms and legs fly about violently as she tries to

free herself from the door, but it moves too fast, carrying
her up...
She looks above to see where the door rolls back into the
garage rafters just as her neck hits the first beam, SNAPPING
instantly.
INT. FOYER - MINUTES LATER
It's getting late and SOME KIDS
leave muttering, "parents and through the front
curfew" etc. wide. Sid moves to door, The door hangs
close it when••• open
BILLY appears in a classic fake scare.
SIDNEY
Billy? Jesus, you scared me.
Stu appears.
STU
(with a wink)
Dude. What are you doing here?
.. •
.. -
_·.
'\.

(CONTINUED)
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BILLY
I was hoping Sid and I could talk.
SIDNEY
If Tatum sees you--she'll draw blood.
STU
You guys can go up to my parents
room? To talk and...whatever.
BILLY
Subtlety, Stu. Look it up.
SIDNEY
It's okay. We need to talk.
Sid grabs his hand and leads him up the staircase. Randy
appears from the kitchen just in time to see Sid and Billy
disappear upstairs.
RANDY
What"s Leatherface doing here?
STU
He came to make up.
RANDY
There goes my chance with Sid.
STU
Like you had one.
INT. NEWSVAN

Kenny fidgets at the control board. He hits a coupla

buttons, bangs the side of the monitor and a picture
emerges...the living room. The camera is positioned just
above the television...
ON SCREEN

The party is in full awing. Several TEENS sit right in

front of the television. Because of the camera's position
they appear to be staring right into the lens.
Suddenly, the van's side door slides open and Gale pops in.
KENNY
Got a picture. Perfect placement.
we can see everything.
Gale is ecstatic.

(CONTINUED)
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CONTINUED:

GALE
Tell me, Kenny, has a cheesy
tabloid journalist ever won the
Pulitizer?
INT. BEDROOM
A large, master bedroom with glass doors that lead out onto
a balcony.
Sid and Billy stare at each other for a long moment. Awkward.
SIDNEY.
So...
BILLY
So•..I'm sorry. I've been a selfish
shit and I'm sorry.
SIDNEY
No, Billy. I'm the one who's been
selfish and self absorbed with all of my
post traumatic stress.
BILLY
....-. You lost your mom...
; ;·.

SIDNEY
But you're right--enough is enough. I
can't wallow in the grief process
forever and I can't keep lying to
myself about who my mom was.
Billy bows hia head quietly, knowing_ly.
SIDNEY
I think in some weird analytical,
psychological bullshit way I'm scared
that I'm gonna turn out just like her,
.you kn ? Like the bad seed·
or something...
BILLY
Oh Sidney...
SIDNEY
Everytime I get close to you I see my
mom. I know it doesn't make aense.
BILLY
Sure it does. It's like Jodie Foster in
SILENCE OF '1'HE LAMBS when she kept having.
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her
dead
father.

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SIDNEY
But this is life. This isn't a movie.
BILLY
Sure it is, Sid. It•s all a
movie. Life's one great big movie.
only you can't pick your genre.
Billy moves to her. They embrace, tenderly.
SIDNEY
I wanna let go. I do...
BILLY
Ssshh...everything' s gonna be okay.
I promise.
Sidney takes the iniative, acting on impulse, kissing him
long and hard. She breaks away passionately, out of breath.
SIDNEY
Why can't I be a Meg Ryan movie?
Billy nibbles her neck.
BILLY
Sshh..it's okay.
SIDNEY
or even a good porno.
BILLY
(shocked)
What?
She stares at him, her eyes sexually charged.
SIDNEY
You heard me.
BILLY
(incredulous)
Are you serious?
smNEY
(surprising herself)
Yeah•.. I think so.
They smile at each other.
 INT. LIVING ROOM - MINUTES LATER

The camera sits on the book shelf lodged between two knick
knacks, completely inconspicuous. The CAMERA WIDENS to the
reveal several TEENS watching the TV--the horror diehards.
TEEN #1
Look, here it comes. SPLAT 1

TEEN #2
'l'he blood•s not the right color. Why do
they do that? It's too red.
RANDY
-Here comes another...
TEEN #3
Predictable. Knew he was going to bite
it.
BORED TEEN
Bow can you watch this shit over and
over?

(. Shhhhh. RANDY

STU
I wanna see Jaime Lee' s breasts. When
do we see Jaime Lee's breasts?
RANDY
Not until TRADING PLACES in '8 l. Jaime
Lee was always the virgin in
horror movies. She didn•t show her
tits til
she went legit.
BOY TEEN
No way.
RANDY
That'a why she always lived. only
virgins can outsmart the killer in
the big chase scene in the
end. Don't you know the rules?
Stu finishes his beer.
STU
What [Link]?
Randy hits the pause button on the remote and stands in
front of the television, explaining.

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RANDY
There are certain rules that one must
abide by in order to successfully
survive a horror movie. For instance:
1. You can never have sex. The minute
you get a little nookie--you're as good
as gone.
Sex always equals death. 2. Never
drink or do drugs. The sin factor.
It's an extension of nlllllber one.
And l. Never,
ever, ever, under any circumstances,
say "I'll be right back."
S'1'tJ
Wanna another beer?
RANDY
Yeah.
STU
I'll be right back.
Everybody "ooohhs".
RANDY
There he goes folks--a dead man.
Wave bye-bye.
INT. NEWSVAN - CONTINUOUS
Gale and KeMy watch the monitor. The party is clearing out
Bane.
A RAP at the van door. Gale pulls it open to aee Deputy
Riley standing, his face all smiles.
DEWEY
Sheriff just radioed me. I'm goMa
check out a possible lead. Thought you
might like to join me.
GALE
What kind of lead?
DEWEY
A car was spotted in the bushes a little
ways up the road.
GALE
I'd love to. If you're sure
it's alright?
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DEWEY
Ma'am, I am the Deputy of this town.
GALE
Can I bring Kenny?
DEWEY
(too quickly)
N01 I mean...I should probably take
. I just you•
I

Gale steps out of the van turning back to KeMy.

GALE
I'll be back.
She slides the van dooz: closed.
EXT. ROAD - CONTINUOUS
Gale heads for Dewey's patrol jeep.
DEWEY
Actually, I thought we could walk. It's
[Link] far.
Gale appears skeptical, but smiles anyway. She's genuinely
smitten by this young guy.
;::):.·.:>:;
INT. LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS
SCARY MUSIC fills the room. The party is reduced to the
diehards in front of the television.
RANDY
(pointing to 'l'V)
Look, here comes the obligatory tit shot.
OTHER GUYS
·.•;:·:·::-·-: .
Beautiful I Finally 1
INT. BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS
Billy and Sidney are going at it.••passionately. Be has h
head buried in her neck.
SIDNEY
(to herself)
•Eight is enough to fill our lives with
love...•
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CAMERA RUSHES IN on her breasts. Just as Sid's bra straps

slide off her shoulders...
Billy moves in front of the CAMERA, pulling his jeans off,
blocking Sidney from view.
INT. LIVING ROOM - SECONDS LATER
Back in the living room, the horror fest continues when the
phone RINGS. Everyone ignores it. It RINGS again.
Finally, Randy grabs the receiver from the side table.
RANDY
Bello? Yeah....BOLY SHIT.
Randy, freaked, drops the phone, finds the TV remote and
pauses the movie, the others protest "Hey, Put it back..."
etc.
RANDY
Listen up. They found Principal Himbry
dead. He was gutted and hung from the
goal post on the football field.
This stills the room. Complete silence as the news sinks
in. ON different faces...a moment of devastation..disbelief.
And then:
TEEN #1
So what are we waiting for?
TEEN #2
Let's get over there before they pry him
down.
And in seconds, the room is empty as everyone bolts for the
door..HOOTIN' and BOLLERIN'...leaving Randy, near drunk,
alone in the living room. Be returns to the movie.
RANDY
We were just getting to the good part.
INT. NEWSVAN - MINUTES LATER
Kenny is barely watching the monitor, he reached boredom
some time ago. He finds a bag of Cheetos and chows down
when he hears SCREAMING from outside. Be peers out the
window to see the last of the PARTY KIDS pile into two
cars and race off down the road.
Be chews a Cheeto slowly, his interest piqued.
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INT. BEDROOM - MINUTES LATER

The sex is over...and both Sid and Billy are dressing

respectively. That post-sex awkwardness.
Sid brushes out her hair as her eyes come to rest on
the telephone on the nightstand...it puzzles her as a
stark revelation crosses her face. She turns to Billy who's
sits on the floor, putting on his shoes.
SIDNEY
Who did you call?
BILLY
What?
SIDNEY
When you're arrested--you're allowed one
phone call? Who did you call?
BILLY
I called my dad.
SIDNEY
No, Sheriff Burke called your dad. I saw
him.
BILLY
Yeah...and when I called no one answered.
SIDNEY
Uh-huh.
BILLY
You don't still think it was me?
SIDNEY
No, but if it were you, that would
have been a ver:( clever way to throw
me off track. Using your one phone
call to call me so I wouldn't think it
was you.
Billy stands up.
BILLY
What do I have to do to prove to you
I'm not a killer?
Be makes a move toward her when.. from behind, in a split
instant, from the open balcony doors comes...
THE GHOST FIGURE
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Sidney sees the FIGURE immediately, SCUAMING. Billy tries

to calm her, oblivious to the advancing GHOST.
SIDNEY
BILLYWATCHOUTIIII
Billy barely turns as a long steely blade rises high in the
air. It strikes down with force..•hitting his chest as
blood sprays the air.
ON SIDNEY as red crimson splatters across her face...as the
• knife is thrust in and out of Billy who tries hard to
put up a fight..but it's useless...he never had a chance.
His body falls to the floor..lifeless.
ANGLE ON GHOST
as he watches Billy"s body come to a still before quietly,
calmly turning his attention to...
SIDNEY who stands, numb...scared to death. And only when
the GHOST takes a step forward does Sidney break. She
takes off like a rocket...leaping over the bed and out
the door.
INT. HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS
Sidney tears out the door and down the hall, CQl!.ted in
Billy's blood.
ANGLE ON THE GHOST
as he catches up with her, grabbing hold of her collar.
She pulls away from him...her shirt ripping down the
back.
Ber hands find a door knob and she goes for it, pulling the
door open•..moving quickly inside...locking it behind her.
INT. DARK SPACE - CONTINUOUS
'l'otal darkness. Sidney•s hands scour the wall for a light
switch. The doorknob turns...the lock holds••as the door is
nearly SHAKEN fran it's hinges..•and then•.•
NOTHING. All goes silent. only Sidney's rapid BREATHING
fills the space around her.
Sidney, trembling, shaking, reaches above her,
feeling..until she finds a string. She pulls it...as a
lightbulb SWITCHES on overhead.
She"s in a small box of a room. The door is on one side,
a small, narrow staircase on the other. She eyes the
doorknob, then the staircase••.contemplating•••but it's an
easy
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decision. There's no fucking way she's going up to the

attic.
She unlocks the door and pushes on it. But it won't
give...she pushes on it again. It's locked from the
other side. Shit. She turns to the staircase.
EXT. DARR ROAD - CONTINUOUS
A long, deserted country road. In the distance, a single
flashlight beams ahead, the only light in the black night.
Gale and Dewey can be heard.
GALE
So is Dewey your real name?
DEWEY
Dwight. Dewey was something I got stuck
with a long time ago.
GALE
I like it. It's...sexy.
DEWEY
Nah...it's just this town"s way of not
taking me serious.
GALE
What about Gale Weathers? I sound like a
meteorologist••.
CLOSE ON Gale and Dewey, walking closely, side by aid-
flirtatiously. Gale is surprisingly nervous.
GALE
People treat me like the Antichrist of
television journalism.
DEWEY
I don't think you're so bad.
Gale smiles.
GALE
Are all the local boys as sweet as you?
Dewey blushes. Be starts to say something when headlights
appear behind them. They both spin around as TWO CARS
loaded with 1tms·come racing right at them.
Dewey grabs Gale and pushes her off the road•.•just as the
cars speed by, oblivious to them.

(CONTINUED)
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IN THE DITCH
Gale lands face up with Dewey right on top of her. He
steals a glance in her eyes before rolling off her.

You okay? DEWEY

Something takes Gales attention.
GALE
What's that?
Dewey looks to where Gale points. He finds the
flashlight and aims it into the brush. The tail end of a
car is just visible.
DEWEY
Looks like a car.
Dewey helps her up and they move to it. Be shines the
flashlight on the plates but it's already obvious to the
CAMERA. This is the same car we last saw Sidney•s
father driving away in.
DEWEY
Shit. It's Neil Prescott's car.
GALE
Sidney's father?
DEWEY
We gotta get back. Jesus. Be's here.
What the fuck is he doing here?
Dewey is panicked. Be grabs Gale and they race off down the
road.

INT. LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Randy continues to watch TV. Be is now sloppy drunk,
completely involved in the movie on screen.
SCARY MUSIC SWELLS, filling the roan.
RANDY
(to TV)
No, Jaime. Look behind yout Watch out!
Behind you!
And if he followed his own advice, he would see the GHOST
MASKED FIGURE that stands directly behind him..•knife poisec
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INT. NEWSVAN - CONTINUOUS

Kenny finishes off a soda and crushes the can in his
hand. He tosses it to the floor when a movement from the
monitor catches his eye.
ON THE MONITOR is Randy, still on the couch, engrossed in
the movie. Directly behind him.••the GHOST. Kenny does a
double-take. No fucking way. He watches as the GHOST
stands still, unmoving, knife raised.
KENNY
JESUS ••• FUCK...
The GHOST takes a silent step forward.
KENNY
(screaming at monitor)
BEHIND YOUI LOOK BEHIND YOOI

This kid needs help. Kenny bolts out of his seat and
goes for the aide door. He slides it open and sticks his
head out as •••
A LONG, SHARP [Link]

comes at Kenny, fast and furious...alicing into his throat.

Kenny falls forward...out the door as the GHOST MASKED
FIGURE is upon him.
THE CAMERA PANS TO THE MONITOR
just in time to see the GHOST [Link] turn away
from Randy, leaving him unhumed, moving instead, out the
front door, on a thirty second walk to the nevavan.
INT. ATTIC - CONTINUOUS
The attic is long and narrow..•cluttered with furniture,
boxes, and the likea...moonlight filters in through a small,
raised window on the front wall of the house.
Sidney moves through the attic...BtJMPING into this, KNOCKING
over that...she passes a dusty mirror, jumping at her own
reflection. She cringes at her image, drenched in Billy's
blood. She stares long and hard...something about the blood,
the redness of it. She moves on, determined.
She eyes the raised window above her•••a way out...if
she could only reach it...
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EXT. FRONT YARD

Gale and Dewey come running up the drive, frantic.

DEWEY
I'll call for backup.
GALE
I'll get my camera.
They split up. TheCAMERA FOLLOWS GALE as she rushes to the
newsvan, throwing open the door.
GALE
Kenny l Camera 1 Quick l
The van is empty.

Kenny? GALE

A CAR HORN goes off. Gale spins around. It came from the
patrol jeep in the driveway.
GALE
(calling out)
Dewey?
She moves across the yard to the jeep, the door hangs
open••• Dewey is nowhere to be found.

GALE
Dewey? Where are you?

A look of pure dread comes over Gale.

INT. ATTIC - CONTINUOUS

Sidney has stacked object after object building a ladder to

the window. She climbs to the top, holding onto the window
frame.
She spots Gale almost illlmediately. She SCREAMS OUT, looking
- for the window latch. Butthere's not one. It doesn't open.
Sidney starts beating on it ... trying to break it .•.
EXT. FRON'!' DOOR - CONTINUOUS
Gale, banging tough, approaches the front door, unable to
bear Sidney's SCREAMS three floors up. Gale reaches for the
door just as she hears LOUD, HORRIBLE SHRIEKS from just
inside. Shebacks away.
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INT. LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS

AN EAR-ctJRI>LING JAIME LEE CURTIS SCREAM BLASTS through the .
empty living room as the horror movie on TV comes to it's
horrifying climax.
Randy is now gone.
EXT. FRONT YARD - CONTINUOUS
Gale races across the yard putting distance between her and
the house. She moves back to the van...
INT. ATTIC - CONTINUOUS
Sidney has found an old tennis racket. She swings a solid
forehand at the window.
THE WINDOW SPRAYS GLASS
Sidney moves quickly, lifting herself up over broken glass
and pulling herself through the window frame.
EXT. SIDE OF HOUSE
Sidnef wastes no time. She looks for Gale, SCREAMING, but
Gale is gone.
Sid lowers herself down the ledge, sliding down a sloped
portion of the roof onto...
THE MASTER BEDROOM'S BALCONY.
Then she eases herself over the railing and lowers herself,
letting herself hang as low as she can..•then she lets
go, free-falling the rest of the way.•.but in a split
instant...
THE GHOST APPEARS
grabbing her wrists in midair.
Ber body hangs, dangling against the side of the house. The
GHOST begins to lift her, pulling her back onto the
balcony.
Sidney jerks, pulls, twists...but the BANDS have her,
hoisting her up...Sidney SCREAMS MADLY•••yanking one last
time, freeing herself.
SHE DROPS TO THE GROUND, a good seven feet, landing on her
back, hitting hard. She grabs at a pained leg and brings
herself upright.
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INT. NEWSVAN - CONTINUOUS

Gale is frantic. She starts the engine up and hits the
headlights when she discovers she can't see out of the
windshield.
Gale rul:>s at the glass. Sure enough, something is on the
windshield outside, blocking her sight. Gale hits the wipers
as BLOOD SMEARS across the glass, it drips down from
above.
Gale SCREAMS as a HAND reaches in through the open
window.•.she looks up to see...
RANDY, staring at her madly.
RANDY
What's going on?
A sheer moment of fear as Gale hits the gas plummeting
the car forward, into a ditch. She hits the BRARES.
Randy is
thrown forward, away from the van.
Gale reverses, backs up, hits the brakes again...just as
Kenny's face comes sliding down the outside of the
windshield...eyes wide, face distorted, blood everywhere.
Gale hits the gas, and yanks the wheel, sending Kenny's
corpse flying off the top of the van.
Gale spins the van around, onto the road, hits the gas madly,
gaining speed just as...
SII>NEY APPEARS
in the middle of the road, drenched in blood, very much
resembling a young Sissy Spacek.
Gale swen,es to miss her, but she turns too sharp and the van
veers off the road at top apeed...flipping over on its side,
sliding off into the thick foliage.
EXT. ROAD - CONTINUOUS
Sidney races to where the van lay on it's side. Sidney
peers through the windshield...Gale's body lay limp and
bloody.
SIDNEY CRIES OUT, turning, limping to the driveway. She
sees the patr l jeep with it's open door...she goes for
it.
INT. JEEP

Sidney hops in, reaches for the ignition•••NO KEYS I

(CONTINUED)
 102.
Shit. Just then, Sidney•s eyes go to the
front porch. She watches
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as the front door opens and a FIGURE appears in the darkness,

undetectable.
Sidney throws the headlights...illuminating the front side
of the house, revealing...
DEWEY STANDING IN 'l'HE DOORWAY.
SIDNEY
DEWEY!

Sidney opens the jeep door, moving to him, noticing his body,
slumped, knees buckled...
And then his body falls forward, slowly, delit>erately,
hitting the porch hard. standing t>ehind him is...
THE GHOST
SIDNEY SCREAMS FROM THE BOTTOM OF BER SOUL.
SIDNEY
NOOOOOOOO I 111 I

Sid jumps l:>ack inside the jeep, closing the door, locking it.
She reaches over and locks the passenger's door and then
she...waits.
And watches as the GHOST leans over Dewey's still body,
fumtlling with something. Then the FIGURE stands upright,
in his hands he holds...
THE KEYS
They jingle in the wind, the GHOST toying with her, enjoying
this...
Sidney, hysterical, locks eyes with the FIGURE as he moves
to the door, Sidney leaps on it, holding the lock t>utton
down, making it impossil>le to unlock. Her face is pressed
against the glass...inches from the MASKED FIGURE.
She uses every ounce of strength when suddenly, the GHOST
DISAPPEARS, dropping down, below the window, out of her view.
Sidney moves to the center of the jeep...trying hard to
listen over her own RAPID BREATHING, every sound
AMPLIFIED.
Then she hears it, the soft JINGLING of keys near the
passenger•s side door. She pounces on the lock, holding it
down.

(CONTINUED)
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A shadow cuts the beam of the headlights, unseen t,y Sidney.

The lock turns on the other side. Sidney leaps over and
holds it down, securing it. This is beyond nezve-racking.
Sidney is certifial>le.
Her eyes spot the police radio for the first time. She
gratis the mouthpiece and hits the switch.
SIDNEY
Help! Please! I'm at Stu Maker's
house on Turner Lane. Please, BE•s
GONNA KILL MEI
EXT. FRONT OF JEEP

ANGLE through front windshield. Sidney RANTING into the

police t>and. She doesn't see the...
GHOST FIGURE open the tailgate door of the jeep and slowly
crawl in behind her.
The GHOST FIGURE reaches out and gratis hold of Sidney's m ck.
Sidney, with surprising strength, spins around and attacks
the GHOST.
She falls t>ack against the dash, 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, hitting the ground.
EXT. FRONT YARD - CONTINUOUS
Sidney, [Link] stomach, squirms away from the jeep. She
tirings herself up to her hands and knees, looking behind her
to see nothing...
THE GHOST BAS DISAPPEARED.
Sidney's eres roam the yard t>ut he's nowhere. Completely
gone. [Link]. Sid crawls to the front porch where...
DEWEY'S BODY LAY
Thinking quickly, precisely, she reaches to Dewey's holster
and gratis his gun when a VOICE ECHO'S behind her...

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VOICE
(o.c.)
Sidney!
She turns to see Randy racing to her, limping. He appears
stone cold sober.
RANDY
Jesus, Sid. We gotta get out of here.
Sidney throws the gun forward.
SIDNEY
Stop. Right there.
RANDY
Don't shoot. It's me.
SIDNEY
Don't come any closer.
RANDY
Listen to me, Sid. I found Tatum.
She's dead, she's been killed...I think
Stu did it.
He takes a step forward when another VOICE SPEARS UP.
VOICE
(o.c.)
Don't believe him, Sid.
Sidney spins around to see Stu moving up the walk.
STU
Be's lying. He killed Tatwn. And Billy.
Stu moves closer to Sidney.
SIDNEY
Stay away.
She aims the gun in his direction.
STU
His movie nut mind has snapped, Sid.
Be"s gone psycho.
RANDY
Don't listen to him. It's him. He's the
one.

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Sidney has lost it, she doesn't know who to trust. She
aims the gun at Stu..then Randy..then Stu...
STU
Come on, Sid. Give me the gun.
RANDY
No, Sid.
'l'hey both move toward her. '!'here's no time. She must act
now. Finally...
SIDNEY
Fuck you both.
And with that, Sidney steps back into the house and SLAMS
the front door shut.
INT. LIVING ROOM/FOYER
Sid locks and bolts the door. From the other side she can
hear Randy SCREAMING.
RANDY
NO, SID. OPEN UP. PLEASE ••• BE ' S GONE
CRAZY.
Bis fists POUND against the door. Sidney, stumbling in the
, darkness, rushes to the phone in the living room. Just as
she reaches for it...it RINGS. It scares the life out
of her. She SCREAMS, yanking it up.
SIDNEY
Please! God! Help mel
VOICE
(from the phone)
Having fun Sidney?
Sidney falls apart, SCREAMING.
SIDNEY
NOOOO<XlOO I I I

She throws the phone down, disconnecting the call.

Sid moves back to the door. RANDY'S SCREAMS ARE MADDENING.
She eyes the lock, deliberating.
SIDNEY
(at the door)
GOAWAYLEAVEMEALONE I

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CLUNK I A NOISE UPSTAIRS •

Sidney looks up the staircase, into the darkness, her faced
SHOCKED tosee ...
BILLY

emerging from the shadows, stumbling down the stairs. Very

much alive.
SIDNEY.
Oh God. Billy!
Be's blood-soaked and dazed. Sidney meets him at the
landing, grabbing him, holding him•..
SIDNEY
I thought you were..•
BILLY
I'm alright. Gotta .•• get ••. help.
Billy goes for the door.
SIDNEY
Be's out there.
Randy continues POUNDING ON THE DOOR, SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF
BIS LUNGS.
RANDY
(through door)
Please, you gotta let me in. Be's gonna
kill me.
Billy goes for the door. Sidney blocks him.
SIDNEY
NOi Don't :believe him.
BILLY
It's okay. Give me the gun.
Sidney hands him the gun. Billy turns and unlocks the door,
opening it. Randy rushes in, grabbing Billy, pleading •.•
RANDY
Belp me•••
BILLY
(calming him)
Shhhh. It's okay.

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RANDY
Stu's flipped out. He's gone mad.
Slowly, a small smile creeps across Billy's face.
BILLY
"We all go a little mad sometimes.•
Randy squints, confused, as Billy aims the gun at Randy and
pulls the trigger. The BLASTS throws Randy's body against
the wall before sliding to a heap on the floor...still.
BILLY
Anthony Perkins--PSYCHO.
BILLY TURNS TO SIDNEY...
'Who stands only feet away, face aghast...
Fuck, no...this can't be happening. Billy"s eyes are on her,
unmoving.
He sticks his tongue out and slowly licks the blood dried to
his face...tasting it.
BILLY
Corn syrup. Same stuff they used for
pig's blood in CARRIE.
Sidney is dumbfounded. Slowly, she takes a step back, moving
into the dark refines of the kitchen.
Billy, lurches forward in a fake-out, baiting her. She takes
another step back--petrified.
CLOSE ON BILLY'S FACE. It is no longer familiar to Sidney.
There is something inhuman now about his features. Bis
expression is pure evil.
She takes another step back, shrinking into the dark kitchen.
THE CAMERA TAKES A MOMENT '1'0 ADJUST TO THE DARKNESS as the
outline of a FIGURE appears...
STANDING RIGHT BEHIND SIDNEY.
She continues to back up, moving right into the arms of...
STU

Sidney spins around...her mouth open in speechless horror.

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SIDNEY
Stu...please...help me.••
Stu stares back at her, eyes wide, lips curled in a
subtle smile as he holds a small compact CELLULAR PHONE
up to his face.
STU
(whispering into phone)
Surprise, Sidney.
Bis VOICE sounds affected now...the VOICE of the killer.
Sidney looks back to Billy, then to Stu, then to Billy
again. It's becane all too clear.
She stands between them, her mind racing, calculating...
SHE BOLTS INTO THE LIVING ROOM
If for no other reason than to put space between her and
them....they stand in the entryway, trapping her in.
BILLY
Where ya going? It's not over yet. We"ve
got one more [Link], I believe
it's your turn.

Oh yeah. STU

Stu disappears into the kitchen.

BILLY
(to Sidney)
What's wrong? You look like you've seen
a ghost.
Sidney stands, trying hard to hold a calm resolve.
A NOISE comes from the kitchen. A low, DRAGGING sound. Stu
reappears fran the front hall...wrestling with something...
someone ••.

CLOSE ON STU...be has a body in tow, he thrusts it

forward and it rolls into the living r00111. Sidney looks
down to find•••
BER FATHER

bound and gagged. Bis eyes wide in fear, very much alive.

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SIDNEY
Daddy!
She starts for
him. BILLY
Close enough.
Stu places the cellular phone in Mr. Prescott's shirt pocket.
S'l'U
Guess, I won't be needing this anymore.
SIDNEY
Why are you doing this?
STU
It's all part of the game.
BILLY
It's called GUESS BOW I'M GOING TO DIE I

SIDNEY
Fuck you.
BILLY
We already played that game. You lost,
remember?
STU
You have to play, Sid. Don't want
to disappoint your dad. Be"s been
waiting around all night.
BILLY
It's an easy game. We ask you a
question. If you get it wrong--you
die.
S'l'U
And if you get it right--you die.
SIDNEY
You're crazy--both of you.
STU
The official teni is •psychotic".
SIDNEY
You•11 never get away with this.

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BILLY
Tell that to Cotton Weary. You wouldn't
believe how easy it was to frame him.
STU
Yeah, we just watched a few movies. Took
a few notes. It was fun.
Billy and Stu relish their madness, proud of themselves.
Sidney looks to her dad, sees the tears in his eyes. She
looks back to Billy, unflinching..a determined look on her
face.
SIDNEY
Why did you kill my mother?
BILLY
Wh:y? WHY? Did you hear that, Stu? I
think she wants a motive. Hmmm..•I don't
really believe in motives, Sid. I
mean, did Norman Bates have a motive?
Stu plays along, shaking his head.
STU
Nope.
BILLY
And did they really ever explain why
Bannil:>al Lecter liked to eat people?
Don't think so. You see, it's scarier
when there's no motive, Sid.
SIDNEY
(fighting tears)
I don't understand...
BILLY
We did your mom a favor, Sid. The
woman was a slut bag whore who flashed
her shit all over town like she was
Sharon Stone or something.
STU
(laughing)
..so we put her out of her misery. I
mean, let's face it, your 1110111 was no
Sharon Stone.
Stu cracks up over this while Billy turns very serious.

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BILLY
Is that motive enough for you? Or how
about this'l Did you know your slut
mother was sleeping with my dad and
she"s the reason my mom moved out and
deserted me.
A sudden silence. Sidney is rigid with shock, his words
resonant with truth.

What? SIDNEY

Even Stu is surprised with his seriousness.

BILLY
Think about it. On the off chance I
get caught--a motive like that could
divide a jury for years, don't you
think? You took my mother, so I took
yours. Big sympathy factor. Maternal
abandonment causes serious deviant
behavior. It certainly fucked you up.
It made you have sex with a
psychopath.
STU
That's right and now that you're no
longer a virgin. You gotta die--those
are the rules.
Billy sits the gun down on the table near the foyer. And
then moves to Sidney with the butcher knife in hand.
BILLY
Pretend this is all just a scary movie,
Sid. How do you think it's going to
end?
Sidney doesn't respond.
STU
(excited)
This is the best part, Sid. Billy's
got it all figured out. Why do you
think we kept your father alive so
long? Why did we save you for last?
BILLY
You know what time it is, Sid? It's
• after midnight. It's your
mother's anniversary. We killed her
exactly one year ago today.

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Billy turns to Stu with the knife. They eye each other.
BILLY
Ready?
S'1'U
Yeah...
Billy pulls the knife back and brings it forward quickly,
slicing into Stu. Be stumbles to his knees, WINCING in pain.
S'1'U
Jesus ...
Sidney SCREAMS ••• asblood gushes .. real blood, a dark, deep
red. Stu inspects the wound to his side... then he smiles ...
STU
Good one. My turn.

Be takes the knife from Billy.

BILLY
Don•t forget--stay to the side and don't
go too deep.
Stu stabs at Billy"s belly, puncturing him ••• Billy doubles
over...
. BILLY
Jesus ... fuck, that hurt.
SIDNEY
Stop itl
BILLY
(squelching the pain)
Got the ending figured out yet? Times
running out.
STU
Come on, Sid. Think about it. Your
Father is the chief suspect. We cloned
his cellular. The evidence is there.
Billy takes the knife and slashes at Stu's arm, two quick
cuta ... he doubles over•••
BILLY
What if your father snapped? Your mom' s
anniversary set him off and he went on a
murder spree, killing everyone ...

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113.
CONTINUED: ( 8 )

STU
(in major pain)
Except for me and Billy...we were
left for dead.•.
BILLY
And thenhe kills
you himself in the and then shoots
head. ending. It's a perfect
STU
Everyone dies but us. We get to carry on
and plan the sequel. Let's face it,
these daya--you gotta have a sequel.
Stu takes the knife and cuts at Billy.
SIDNEY
You sick fueks--you"ve seen one too
many movies.
Billy looks at her, bent over, crued.
BILLY
Oh Sid, don•t blame the
movies...Movies don't create psychos.
Movies just make psychos more
creative.
Stu staggers a bit.
STU
That's it, Billy. I can't take any more.
I'm feeling woozy.
BILLY
Get the gun. I'll untie Popa.
Billy moves to Sidney's father.
S'1'tJ
Where'd you put it?

Stu is searching the foyer for the gun.

BILLY
It's on the table.
STU
No, it's not.
Billy hobbles over. The gun is gone.

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BILLY
Where the fuck is it?
VOICE
(off camera)
Right here, asshole.
Billy and Stu look up in unison to see...
GALE WEATBERS--CORRESPONDENT FROM INSIDE
STORY
standing in the front door way, gun in hand. Her body,
tattered and bloody. Her hair a mess.
BILLY
I thought she was dead.
STU
She looked dead. Still does.
Gale holds the gun firm, in total control.
GALE
I've got an ending for you. The reporter
left for dead in the newsvan comes to,
stuml:>les upon you two dipshits, finds the
gun, fuml:>les your plan, and saves the
day.
Sidney steps forward.
SIDNEY
I like that ending.
Billy lunges at Gale, but she holds steady. Billy and Stu
eye each other.
BILLY
She can't get both of us.
STU
Odds are--ahe'll miss anyway.
In a mad rush, they storm Gale, heading straight at her. She
pulls the trigger, but nothing happens••.the safety is on.
Billy charges forward, grabbing hold of the front door,
SLAMMING IT SHUT. It catches Gale in the face, knocking her
backwards out the door. She goes down•••out.

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 CONTINUED: ( l O )

STU
Cool move.
Billy steps out the front door and retrieves the gun from
where Gale lays. Then he turns back inside the house to
find..•
SIDNEY GONE.
BILLY
Where'd she go?
Stu looks around, staggering now, bleeding
heavily...Sidney bas completely disappeared. only her
father, bound and gagged remains in the living room.
STU
I don't know Billy but I'm hurtin'.
BILLY
Where the fuck did she go?
Suddenly, the phone RINGS. Billy and Stu look at each other.
Completely surprised. Billy scrambles over to the phone.
BILLY
I
(picking up phone)
t" Bello?
SIDNEY
(from phone)
Are you alone in the house?
Billy looks to Mr. Prescott. The cellular phone is gone.
BILLY
You bitch--where the fuck are you?
SIDNEY
Not so fast. We're gonna play a
little game. It'8 called GUESS WHO
JUST CALLED THE POLICE AND REPORTED
YOUR SORRY MOTHERFUCKING ASS?
Billy looks around the living room.
BILLY
Find her.
Billy is fuming now•..slightly staggering..•and starting to
lose it. Be Scm:AMS at Stu who has fallen to his knees.
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BILLY
FIND HER YOU DIPSHITI
STU
I can't...I'm bad off, Billy. You cut
too deep.
Billy throws the phone at
Stu. can't hear. "Talk to Be mouths to him, so Sid
her...• kitchen. Stu takes Then Billy takes off for
the phone. the
SIDNEY •
(aware)
So Stu, what•s your motive? Billy's
got one. The police are on their way.
What are you going to tell them?
STU
Peer pressure...I'm way too sensitive.
Billy flies back in the room, grabbing the phone from Stu.
Be"s completely nuts now, staggering, bleeding, totally
insane.
BILLY
(SCREAMING in phone)
I'm gonna rip you up bitch. Just like
your slut whore mother.
SIDNEY
Gotta find me first, you pansy-assed
Mama's boy.
Billy starts ripping the room up, overturning furniture in
a mad fit of rage...when he notices the hall closet.
Touchet Be smiles deliriously, heading for it, ripping it
open as...

A GHOST MASKED FIGURE strikes from within, with an umbrella,

the sharp end hitting him in the chest as it fans out. Billy
stumbles back, stunned, as the GHOST comes at him again...the
umbrella lodges in his chest, and he goes down.
Sidney rips the GHOST MASR off her head. She looks at Billy,
disgusted, throwing the mask on Billy's now still body. A
movement behint! her sends her reeling around to find...
RANDY slowly sitting up. Bis body drenched in blood. Be's
alive...barely. Be looks to Sidney...through pain...
RANDY
You know what I hate most about
horror movies? The final scene...it
just goes on and on...and it gets so
stupid...
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CONTINUED 1 ( 12)

to stand when a FIGURE COMES LEAPING at him,

Randy manages
completely unexpected...it's Stu...barreling into him.,.they
fall back into the living room. Sidney grabs the gun next to
Billy and turns to the living room to find...
Randy and Stu rolling across the floor in a dead lock,
fighting, both seriously irijured...Sid tries to find aim
when a...
BAND GRABS BOLD of Sidney's ankle, toppling her to the
floor...once again she finds Billy on top of her...
IN THE LIVING ROOM
Randy and Stu pound at each other, beating and clawing...
ON SIDNEY as she [Link], attacking with everything
she's got...
Randy is desperately trying to pry away from Stu...he grabs
hold of the television set and tries to pull himself off the
floor out of Stu"s clutch...
Bis hands find the top of the TV ••• the VCR...he yanks on
it, gripping it with his hands, bringing it around with
force- CRASHING the VCR into Stu's head. Stu drops.
ON SIDNEY as she digs her hand into Billy's open chest wound.
Be CRIES OUT BLOODY MURDER. Ber other hand brings the gun up
to his face...but he head bunts it out the front
door...suddenly a flash of silver appears above Sidney.
Billy has grasped the butcher knife...he rises it high above
Sidney ready to strike...when a bullet RIPS THROUGH THE FOYER
striking Billy knocking him back into the living room.
Sidney looks up to see...
GALE WEATHERS, holding the gun in a death grip as smoke rises
above the gun's chamber.
Sidney sits up as Gale moves to her, helping her. 'l'heir eyes
meet. A life truce.
INT. [Link] ROOM - CONTINUOUS
Billy and Stu lay face up, head to head. Sid and Gale move
over them, staring down. Randy joins them.
RANDY
Sid, you found me out...I'm a virgin.
And pretty happy about it right now.

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Sidney nudges their bodies. They both stir.

RANDY
Careful. This is the moment when you
think the killer"s dead, but then he
springs back to ife for one last
scare.
Sidney grabs the gun from Gale.
SIDNEY
Not this time.
She positions her foot on Stu's chest and aims.
SIDNEY
This is for my Mom, asshole.
She SHOO'l'S him in the forehead, a clean and perfect shot.
Then she aims the barrel at Billy who"s eyes suddenly open,
blinking up at her, blood bubbling from his lips. He's not
yet dead. Their eyes lock.
SIDNEY
And this Billy stud-bucket is for
having an incredibly small weenie.
She FIRES another perfect shot. They' re both goners.

Sidney drops the smoking gun, standing silent over the

bodies. A quiet moment when suddenly...
A FIGURE LUNGES AT THEM
Both Sid and Gale and Randy SCREAM in epic, final scare
proportions as Mr. Prescott leaps forward, still bound
and gagged.
Sid catches her breath, relaxing.
SIDNEY
Oh Daddy .•.
She rushes to him, untying him...while Gale moves to
[Link] bookcase and
retrieves the hidden camera.
GALE
I wanna close-up.
Randy appears by Sidney's side, helping her untie her father.
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RANDY
I know this is probably an inappropriate
moment, but you think you'd want to maybe
go out with me sometime...like on a date?
Sidney looks at him, dumbfounded.
RANDY
Maybe catch a movie?
A long moment as Sidney's face goes from disbelief to
resignation to the slight trace of a smile.
SIDNEY
Only if it"s a nice Meg Ryan movie.
RANJ>Y
You got it.
He smiles at her...watching as Sidney grabs hold of her
father, holding him tight as Gale Weathers, with camera in
hand, gets one hell of an ending to this SCARY MOVIE,