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A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Screenplay By:
Wes Craven
INT. (MONTAE!.
NI"TMA#E M$SIC T"EME %egins as &e 'AE $) on a SE#IES O'
S"OTS
all C*OSE an+ teasing.
,, A man-s 'EET in sha%%y &or/ shoes stal/ing
thro0gh a 10n/ %in in a +ar/ 2ire,lit ash,
+0ste+ place. A h0ge BOI*E# #OOM is &hat it
is altho0gh &e only glimpse it piecemeal.
Then &e SEE a MAN-S "AN +irty an+ nail,%itten
reach INTO '#AME an+ pic/ 0p a piece o2 META*.
,, ANOT"E# AN*E as the "AN gra%s a grimey
WO#3*O4E an+ slashes at it &ith a straight
ra5or 0ntil its 2ingertips are o22.
,, C*OSE ON SAME "ANS +0mping 2o0r 2ishing /nives
o0t o2 a 2ilthy %ag. Their %la+es are thin
c0rve+ gleaming sharp.
,, MO#E AN*ES E4EN C*OSE#. We can "EA# the MAN-s
&hee5ing B#EAT"IN %0t &e still haven-t seen
his 2ace. We never &ill. We 10st SEE more metal
%eing assem%le+ &ith cr0+e tools into some sort
o2 lin/age ,, a splaye+ spi+ery sort o2 apparat0s
against a %ac/gro0n+ light o2 'I#E an+ a +eep
r0shing o2 STEAM an+ "EA46 A#3 ENE#6.
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,, An+ then &e see this linage attache+ to the glove.
,, Then the B*AES attache+ to all o2 it.
,, Then the MAN-S "AN slips into this glove,li/e
aparat0s 2illing it o0t an+ trans2orming
it into an a&esome +ea+ly cla&,han+ &ith
2o0r ra5or7talons gleaming at its %lac/ene+
2ingertips. S0++enly the "AN arches an+ ST#I3ES
'O#WA# S*AS"IN T"#O$" a A#3 CAN4AS tearing
it to shre+s.
E8T. *OS ANE*ES. NI"T. (9n+ $nit!
A )$*SATION O' *I"T AN S"AOW. M$SIC #O)S AWA6 to a h0she+
#$S"IN O' WIN an+ ISTANT SI#ENS. CAME#A #AC3S INTO 'OC$S
on a
"I" )ANO#AMA o2 the San 'ernan+o 4alley its night s/y lit
2rom
&ithin %y a strange #EENIS" *I"T. TIT*ES BEIN.
CAME#A TI*TS OWN an+ OOMS SWI'T*6 into the valley-s &e% o2
light.
C$T TO:
INT. CONC#ETE )ASSAEWA6.
TIT*ES CONTIN$E as TINA #A6 a strong girl o2 2i2teen in a
thin
night shi2t moves to&ar+s 0s +o&n a +ar/ concrete corri+or.
"er
steps ;0ic/en as TIT*ES appear in the portion o2 2rame she
leaves
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2ree.
A s0%liminal CO**AE o2 SO$N threa+s in an+ o0t o2 the M$SIC.
istant insane *A$"TE#. Slamming iron OO#S. A %leating
animal
C#6. A *AMB &hite an+ %lan/,2ace+ s/itters across her path
an+
on into the +ar/. No reason &hy it-s there.
Then another SO$N m0ch nearer ,, the slithering SC#A)E o2
something li/e 2ingernails across slate. It sets o0r teet on
e+ge t&ists the M$SIC an+ sen+s TINA r0nning.
INT. BOI*E# #OOM.
S0++enly TINA-s a tiny 2ig0re r0nning among h0ge %oilers steam
pipes an+ cat&al/s ,, a sha+o&e+ 2orest o2 iron an+ stone.
She
stops listening intently as the SO$N o2 tiny hooves s0++enly
t0rns into the rattle o2 ISTANT #AIN.
Then she hears #I))IN 'AB#IC.
Someone is sho0l+ering %ehin+ a ragge+ screen o2 +irty canvas
approaching TINA.
C*OSE# ON T"E CAN4AS. The long c0rve+ 2inger%la+es s0++enly
p0nch thro0gh 2lashing in the 2irelight an+ %egin ripping
thro0gh the thic/ 2a%ric as easily as scalpels thro0gh 2lesh.
They ma/e a hi+eo0s e<ten+e+ #I))IN SO$N.
TINA r0shes a&ay han+s over her ears.
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ANOT"E# AN*E ,, as the %lin+e+ girl st0m%les %ac/&ar+s. Then
the canvas 2laps 2ree. The %la+es are gone. The TIT*ES EN
an+
everything goes silent.
CAME#A CI#C*ES 0ntil TINA-s loo/ing right into o0r eyes. T"e
light 2rom a near%y %oiler po0rs thro0gh her thin night +ress
leaving her na/e+ an+ v0lnera%le. Then a +eep ragge+ 4OICE
&hispers at her as CAME#A C*OSES IN ON "E# 'ACE.
4OICE (O.S.!
One t&o 're++ie-s coming 2or
yo0...
TINA opens her mo0th to scream %0t only a +ry yello& +0st
po0rs
o0t. An+ at that precise moment a h0ge sha+o&y MAN &ith a
grimey
re+ an+ yello& s&eater an+ a &eir+ hat p0lle+ over his scarre+
2ace l0nges at her. An+ it-s his 2ingers that are tippe+ &ith
the long %la+es o2 steel glinting in the %oney light an+
giving
the h0l/ the loo/ o2 an other&orl+ly pre+ator.
TINA +o+ges a&ay her legs s0++enly elephantine an+ slo&. The
MAN sei5es the trailing hem o2 her nightgo&n an+ ha0ls her
%ac/.
The M$SIC shrie/s as TINA manages to tear 2ree ,, the MAN
l0rches
a2ter her &ith a hoarse S"O$T as &e ,,
SMAS" C$T TO:
INT. TINA-S BE#OOM. NI"T.
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TINA conv0lses in %e+ &ith a SC#EAM lo/ing aro0n+ &il+ly.
Someone is 3NOC3IN on her +oor.
WOMAN-S 4OICE (O.S.!
6o0 o/ay Tina=
TINA-S MOT"E# stic/s her hea+ in &ith a &orrie+ loo/. TINA
sits
0p an+ %lo&s o0t a %reath groggy.
TINA
>0st a +ream Ma...
(more to hersel2!
amn +ream is all...
The &oman once attractive vent0res a step into the room. A
MAN
hovers BAC3#O$N. TINA-s mother &aves him a&ay &itho0tloo/ing
shoving a stran+ o2 %leache+ hair 2rom her eyes. She
appraises
her +a0ghter.
TINA-S MOT"E#
Some +ream 10+ging 2rom that.
She no+s at TINA-s nightshi2t.
TINA loo/s +o&n at her nightgo&n only no& a&are o2 the chill
penetrating it 2rom the room. There are 2o0r long slashes 0p
its
mi++le cleanly c0t as i2 %y scalpels.
MAN (O.S.!
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(+istant annoye+!
6o0 coming %ac/ to the sac/ or
&hat=
TINA-S MOT"E#
"ol+ yo0r horses.
(lo&er to TIna as she
stan+s to leave!
6o0 gotta c0t yo0r nails or stop
that /in+ o2 +reaming Tina. One
or the other.
The &oman sh0ts the +oor %ehin+ her. TINA loo/s %ac/ to her
nightgo&n.
TINA
(lo&!
Oh shit.
S"e s0++enly snatches 0p the cross that hangs over her %e+
her
2ace &hite as her sheet.
'AE TO B*AC3
B$#N ON
T"E 'I#ST A6
C"I*#EN (O.S.!
(singing!
One t&o 're++ie-s coming 2or yo0...
Three 2o0r %etter loc/ yo0 +oor
'ive si< gra% yo0r cr0ci2i<...
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E8T. "I" SC"OO*. A6.
'AE $) ON S"OT O' this large highschool an+ its cro&+s o2
ST$ENTS. 'O#E#O$N TINA clim%s o0t o2 a cherry,re+ ?@@
Ca+illac converti%le &ith t&o other st0+ents %est 2rien+
NANC6
T"OM)SON an+ Nancy-s %oy2rien+ an+ o&ner o2 the car *EN
*ANT.
'O#E#O$N seeral #AESC"OO*E#S are playing 10mp,rope an+the
ol+ +itty they sing contin0es 0n%ro/en 2rom TINA-s %e+room.
#O)E >$M)E#S
Seven eight gonna stay 0p late
Nine ten ,, never sleep again
MO4IN AN*E 'A4O#IN NANC6. She-s a pretty girl in a letter
s&eater &ith an easy athletic stri+e an+ the loo/ o2 a
nat0ral
lea+er. *EN hol+ing her han+ &ears one o2 the school-s
2oot%all 1erseys a goo+,nat0re+ %right /i+. Tina-s in mi+,
conversation.
TINA
(re2erring to /i+s- song!
That-s &hat it remin+e+ me o2 ,,
that ol+ 10mp rope song.
(sh0++ers!
Worst nightmare I ever ha+.
6o0 &o0l+n-t %elieve it.
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Nancy no+s.
NANC6
Matter o2 2act I ha+ a %a+ +ream
last night mysel2...
TINA t0rns to NANC6 %0t %e2ore either can say more #O *ANE
a
lean #ichar+ ere sort in %lac/ leather an+ Ne& Wave st0+s
1oins
0p &ith them an+ inter0pts.
#O
(to Tina!
"a+ a har+on this morning &hen
I &o/e 0p Tina. "a+ yo0r name
&ritten all over it.
Tina crac/s her g0m &ith a loo/ o2 &ithering in+i22erence.
TINA
There-s 2o0r letters in my name
#o+. "o& co0l+ there %e room
on yo0r 1oint 2or 2o0r letters=
The g0y-s stoppe+ in his trac/s.
#O
"ey 0p yo0rs &ith a t&irling la&n
mo&er
"e c0ts o22 across the la&n.
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TINA
#o+ says the s&eetest things.
NANC6
"e-s n0ts a%o0t yo0.
TINA
6eah n0ts.
TINA ma/es a 2ace an+ ra/es her 2ingernails across a tree as
she
passes.
TINA (CONT!
(ya&ns!
Any&ay I-m too tire+ to &orry
a%o0t the creep. Co0l+n-t get
%ac/ to sleep at all.
(%eat!
so &hat yo0 +ream=
NANC6
'orget it the point is every,
%o+y has nightmares once in a &hile.
No %iggy.
*EN
Ne<t time yo0 have one 10st
tell yo0rsel2 that-s 10st all
it is right &hile yo0-re having
it y-/no&= That-s the tric/.
once yo0 +o that yo0 &a/e right
0p. At least it &or/s 2or me.
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TINA loo/s at *EN sharply. "e /isses NANC6 an+ +arts o22 2or
class.
TINA
"ey 6o0 have a nightmare too=
B0t *EN-s gone.
TINA (CONT!
May%e &e-re gonna have the Big
Earth;0a/e. They say things get
&eir+ 10st %e2ore that...
BE**S A#E #ININ an+ ST$ENTS cro&+ing TINA an+ NANC6 are
+ra&n into the cr0sh.
'AE TO B*AC3
E8T. A 4A**E6 ST#EET. NI"T.
AN*E ON A MOEST "OME no car 10st a co0ple o2 BI3ES in the
+rive. Every light in the ho0se an+ yar+ is t0rne+ on. We
"EA#
the roc/ gro0p MANESS playe+ at a -No a+0lts home- vol0me.
INT. TINA-S *I4IN #OOM. NI"T.
ON *EN +ialing. Nancy an+ TINA are &atching giggling.
TINA
I can-t %elieve his mother let him
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come over here.
NANC6
#ight. Well she +i+n-t e<actly...
*EN shoves a cassette into TINA-s hetto Blaster.
*EN
(to TINA!
See I got this co0sin &ho lives
near the airport that it-s o/ay
2or me to stay &ith right= So I
2o0n+ this so0n+ e22ects tape at
*icorice )i55a an+...
The phone is ans&ere+. *EN 1er/s the tone arm o22 the recor+
&ith a SC#$))T
*EN (CONT!
"ello Mom=
(p0shes the -play- %0tton!
6eah o0t here at Barry-s.
A >ET )*ANE %egins to ma/e itsel2 hear+ on the tape. *EN
moves
the machine closer to the phone. It-s a %ig plane ,, so0n+s
li/e
a DD coming in 2or a lan+ing.
*EN (CONT!
"0h= 6eah noisy as 0s0al. la+
&e +on-t live here ,, h0h= 6eah
A0nt E0nice says hello.
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The >et is SC#EAMIN IN no& 20ll 2laps an+ ho&ling li/e a
monstro0s %anshee. NANC6 an+ TINA +issolve into m022le+
giggles.
*EN (CONT!
(sho0ting over the +in!
#ight right ,, I-ll call yo0 in the
morning #ight "0h= 6eah s0re
I h0h=...
S0++enly the tape goes silent. *EN %lanches. Ne<t moment
another ENINE is hear+ %0t this one o2 a 'O# *OT$S
screaming
%y at ?FG mph.
*EN (CONT!
(reacting to his mother-s
reaction!
$h...some /i+-s +rag racing
o0tsi+e I thin/...
The so0n+ e22ect changes a%r0ptly to a S)EEIN SEAN ,, an+
the
ages,ol+ SC#EEC" o2 B#A3ES last,secon+ SC#EAM an+ horri%le
CO**ISION. NANC6 gamely tries to 2in+ the right %0tton tot0rn
it o22 %0t misses. There-s a lo0+ SC#EE3 o2 2ast,2or&ar+
mayhem
,, len improvises +esperately.
*EN (CONT!
*isten Mom I got to go ,, I
thin/ there-s %een an acci+ent o0t
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2ront ,, I ,,
NANC6 10mps %ac/ 2rom the cassette player ,, WO#* WA# II
%0rsts
o0t at top vol0me ,, MAC"INE $NS "AN #ENAES I4IN
BEA#CATS
an+ S"O$TS o2 charging "0ns. *EN ma/es a last,+itch +ive an+
2lings the cassette o0t o2 the machine.
Blesse+ silence at last.
*EN (CONT!
#ight. I-ll call the police. No
10st some neigh%ors having a 2ight
I g0ess. I-m 2ine I-m 2ine
Call yo0 in the morning
"e hangs 0p an+ sags %ac/.
NANC6
Wor/e+ li/e a charm.
*EN
>es0s.
TINA shoves another cassette in an+ MIC"AE* >AC3SON-S-T"#I**E#-
%lasts 2rom the STE#EO. The /i+s rela< the CAME#A *IES
)AST
T"EM TO T"E WINOW.
The WIN is moving the %are T#EE B#ANC" o0tsi+e. CAME#A )ANS
BAC3 to the com2orta%ly threa+%are room 0neasy. We see NANC6
po/ing at a 2lame in the hearth as TINA comes 'O#E#O$N to
+ra&
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the +rapes.
NANC6
Nice to have a 2ire.
TINA
#eally. T0rn -er 0p a little.
NANC6 t0rns a near%y valve han+le an+ the gas 2ire clim%s
%rightly over its arti2icial log. TINA 1oins her heartene+.
NANC6
May%e &e sho0l+ call #o+ have him
come over too. "e might get 1ealo0s.
TINA
#o+ an+ I are +one. "e-s too m0ch
o2 a maniac.
*EN
"e sho0l+ 1oin the Marines they
co0l+ ma/e something o0t o2 him.
li/e a han+ grena+e.
TINA la0ghs +espite heresel2. NANC6 %rightens.
NANC6
See= 6o0-ve 2orgotten the %a+
+ream. i+n-t I tell yo0=
TINA sha/es her hea+ &ishing she ha+ 2orgotten.
TINA
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All +ay long I %een seeing that
g0y-s &eir+ 2ace an+ hearing
those 2ingernails...
NANC6 loo/s 0p &ith a 2linch.
NANC6
'ingernails=
(%lin/s la0ghing!
That-s ama5ing yo0 saying that.
It ma+e me remem%er the +ream I
ha+ last night.
TINA loo/s 0p.
TINA
What yo0 +ream=
NANC6
I +reame+ a%o0t this g0y in a
+irty re+ an+ yello& s&eater
I +ream in color y-/no& he
&al/e+ into the room I &as in
right right thro0gh the &all
li/e it &as smo/e or something an+ 10st stare+ at me. Sort o2
...o%scenely. Then he &al/e+
o0t thro0gh the &all on the
other si+e. *i/e he-+ 10st
come to chec/ me o0t...
The story has le2t the room +eathly ;0iet. Especially TINAseems
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e22ecte+.
TINA
(;0ietly!
So &hat a%o0t 2ingernails=
NANC6 remem%ers imitating the 2right20l coinci+ence.
NANC6
"e scrape+ his 2ingernails
along things ,, act0ally they
&ere more li/e 2inger/nives or
something li/e he-+ ma+e them
himsel2= Any&ay they ma+e
this horri%le noise ,,
(immitates!
sssssccrrrtttt...
TINA pales.
TINA
Nancy. 6o0 +reame+ a%o0t the
same creep I +i+ Nancy...
The girls stare at each other.
*EN
That-s impossi%le.
They loo/ at him. "e loo/s a&ay as i2 s0++enly listening.
TINA
What=
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*EN
Nothing.
TINA
There-s some%o+y o0t there.
isn-t there...
NANC6
I +i+n-t hear anything...
Then there-s an 0nmista/ea%le SO$N. A +istinct SC#A)IN
against
the ho0se 10st o0tsi+e the &in+o&. Something m0ltiple thin
an+
sharp. Something li/e metal 2ingernails. NANC6-s mo0th opens
a
2raction o2 an inch.
E8T. '#ONT O' "O$SE. NI"T.
C*OSE ON '#ONT OO# as a BO*T $N*OC3S a 3E6 T$#NS a C"AIN is
#EMO4E. At last the +oor s&ings open an+ *EN s&aggers o0t.
*EN
I-m gonna p0nch o0t yo0r 0gly
lights &hoever yo0 are.
No ans&er %0t a slight #$ST*E in the %0shes. *EN +oes a ?FG
an+
&al/s right %ac/ insi+e. The girls pro+ him right %ac/ o0t
gi++y &ith giggling 2ear.
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*EN
It-s 10st a st0pi+ cat.
NANC6
Then %ring 0s %ac/ its tail
an+ &his/ers.
The girls p0sh him 2arther. *EN e+ges to&ar+s the sha+o&s.
Then the SC#ITC"IN again. *EN stops TINA e+ges %ac/ into
the
ho0se.
TINA
Any&ay I +on-t have a cat...
AN*E INTO T"E S"AOWS. T0rne+ 2rom the girls *EN so%ers
listening. IN "IS )O4 &e see the street. Silent ho0ses.
Motionless trees on empty la&ns.
*EN
3itty,/itty= Cho& cho& cho&=
Not a living or +ea+ so0l. *EN t0rns %ac/ to the girls
&ith a
shr0g. Instantly a large 'I$#E po0nces an+ thro&s him to
the
gro0n+ &ith a S"O$T.
The girls SC#EAM in panic an+ r0n 2or the ho0se.
#E4E#SE ,, #O leaps 0p an+ sho0ts li/e a sportscaster ,,
#O
An+ it-s n0m%er thirty,si< #o+
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*ane %ringing *ant5 +o&n 10st
three yar+s 2rom the goal &ith a
%rilliant tac/le An+ the 2ans
go &il+
#O +ances into the light 2lashing a &il+ gypsy-s grin at
TINA.
The girl-s relieve+ an+ 2rightene+ at the same time.
TINA
What the hell yo0 +oing here=
#O
Came to ma/e 0p no %ig +eal.
6o0r ma home=
TINA
O2 co0rse. What-s that=
#O ta/es the spin+ly han+ ra/e he-s 2o0n+ an+ scraps the
ho0se-s
&all. It ma/es a terri%le SC#IIITC"IN SO$N. "e grins an+
tosses it asi+e.
#O
Intense h0h=
(si5es 0p the three!
So &hat-s happening an orgy or
something=
*EN
May%e a 20neral yo0 +ic/hea+.
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#O &heels a /ni2e s0++enly in his han+ as i2 rea+y to ta/e
len-s throat o0t. NANC6 %rea/s %et&een ,,
NANC6
,, >0st a sleep,over +ate #o+.
>0st Tina an+ me. len &as 10st
leaving.
#O eyes *EN la0ghs an+ 2lips the /ni2e close+ an+ a&ay
p0tting
his arm aro0n+ TINA-s sho0l+er an+ la0ghing as i2 it-s all a
great
1o/e.
#O
6o0 see his 2ace=
(lo&er!
6o0r ma ain-t home is she=
(to Nancy H len!
Me an+ Tina got st022 to +isc0ss.
"e p0lls TINA insi+e &itho0t 20rther ceremony.
NANC6
#o+...
B0t #O-s alrea+y got himsel2 an+ TINA hal2&ay thro0gh the
living
room hea+ing into the +ar+er part o2 the ho0se.
#O
We got her mother-s %e+.
6o0 t&o got the rest.
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AN*E BAC3 ON *EN AN NANC6.
NANC6
We sho0l+ get o0t o2 here...
TINA +arts to the 2ront +oor her %lo0se hal2 o0t.
TINA
"ey ,, yo0 g0ys-re hanging aro0n+ ,,
right=
(2a/e la0ghing7&hine!
on-t leave me alone &ith this
l0natic ,, )leeee5e NANC6
She +isappears. *EN loo/s at NANC6. Too innocent.
*EN
So &e-ll g0ar+ her together.
Thro0gh the night.
(moving closer!
In each others- arms li/e
&e al&ays sai+.
NANC6
len. Not no&. I mean &e-re here 2or Tina no&
not 2or o0rselves.
She /isses him lightly then p0shes him %ac/.
*EN
(2r0strate+!
Why-s she so %othere+ %y a
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st0pi+ nightmare any&ay=
NANC6
Beca0se he &as scary that-s
&hy.
*EN
Who &as scary=
NANC6 t0rns an+ loo/s at him.
NANC6
on-t yo0 thin/ it-s &eir+ her
an+ me +reaming a%o0t the same
g0y=
(*EN loo/s a&ay
NANC6 stares closer!
6o0 +i+n-t have a %a+ +ream
last night +i+ yo0=
*EN gives her a 20nny loo/.
*EN
Me= I +on-t +ream.
"e ta/es her insi+e. Over the SO$NS o2 loc/s 2alling sh0t &e
'AE TO B*AC3
INT. TINA-S *I4IN #OOM. NI"T.
'AE $) ON an ol+ G-s C*OC3 one o2 those set into the %lac/
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plaster %o+y o2 a stal/ing panther. It-s 10st past 9 AM.
)AN the col+ hearth an+ +ar/ene+ living room to #E4EA* *EN on
the
co0ch cacoone+ in sheets. "e-s listening misera%ly to the
SO$NS
O' *O4EMA3IN coming 2rom the ne<t room. TINA pea/s #O
ho&ls.
Then silence.
*EN
Morality s0c/s.
C$T TO:
INT. TINA-S MOT"E#-S BE#OOM. NI"T.
This is a slightly larger room that TINA-s. A+0lt. 'emale.
Spare in its appointments. T"e streetlight thro&s the narro&
%e+
into %ro/en sha+o& an+ light. TINA AN #O lie in each
other-s
arms in the mi++le o2 the %ig %e+. Satiate+.
TINA
I /ne& there &as something
a%o0t yo0 I li/e+...
#O ya&ns into the pillo&s happy.
#O
6o0 2eel %etter no& right=
TINA
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>0ngle man 2i< >ane.
#O
No more 2ights=
TINA
No more 2ights.
#O
(sleepily!
oo+. No more nightmares 2or
either o2 0s then.
"e p0lls the covers over his hea+. "e-s almost o0t alrea+y.
TINA
(%eat!
When +i+ yo0 have a nightmare=
#O
(0n+er the %lan/ets!
0ys can have nightmares too
y-/no&. 6o0 ain-t got a corner
on the 20c/ing mar/et or someting.
"e rolls over practically snoring an+ p0lls another cover
over
his hea+. A +irty re+ an+ yello& cover.
TINA
(sleepily!
Where-+ yo0 get this snotty ol+
thing.
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SNO#ES 2rom #O. INA ya&ns t0rns o22 the light an+ sn0ggles
against #O p0lling the cover gingerly over hersel2 too.
INT. TINA-S BE#OOM. NI"T.
CAME#A MO4ES across the room o2 the original nightmare to 2in+
NANC6 alone in TINA-s %e+ staring at the slanting ceiling
a%ove
the %e+. Thin/ing. We can 10st hear her "EA#T %eating. She
sighs an+ t0rns on her si+e.
Imme+iately the &all a%ove her hea+ t0rns a 2aint re++ish h0e
&ith a %roa+ yello& smear across its center. All 0nseen %y
NANC6
the &all %egins to p0lse in e<act time &ith her heart-s %eat.
C*OSE ON NANC6-S 'ACE. She closes her eyes.
AN*E BAC3 $) ON T"E CEI*IN >$ST ABO4E "E# "EA. SOMET"IN
presses against the s0r2ace 2rom the insi+e. The plaster
%0l+ges
o0t as i2 s0++enly elastic ta/ing the shape o2 the thing
pressing
2rom insi+e ,, ta/ing the shape o2 a man-s 2ace. The 2ace
opens
its mo0th. The /nives ra/e thro0gh the s0r2ace.
AN*E ON NANC6 ,, as plaster +0st sno&s +o&n on her.
She 1er/s a&a/e sitting %olt 0pright. The 2ace retracts
s0++enly ,, the &all is normal.
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AN*E OWN ON NANC6 as she loo/s 0p to the ceiling to0ching
her
hair an+ 2eeling the plaster +0st.
#E4E#SE IN "E# )O4 TO T"E CEI*IN. There are three parallel
c0ts
in the plaster there. A%o0t eight inches long. As i2 c0t %y
sharp /nives. Nothing else.
Bac/ on NANC6. She +ra&s the covers aro0n+ her an+ shivers.
Eyes
&i+e open.
E8T. TINA-S "O$SE. NI"T.
Not a car or person in sight. A stric/en %ree5e +ies in the
trees.
OOM IN on the &in+o& o2 the room &here TINA sleeps. By the
time
&e-re '$** IN C*OSE on it the air is agian still as +eath. A
moment later a )EBB*E %o0nces o22 the plane. The NI"TMA#E
T"EME
appears in the lo&er registers an+ hol+s its %reath.
Another )EBB*E stri/es &ith a sharper #A).
INT. TINA-S MOT"E#-S BE#OOM. NI"T.
C*OSE ON TINA-S 'ACE as her eyes open.
#E4E#SE IN "E# )O4. Another )EBB*E clatters o22 the glass.
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TINA raises slo&ly.
TINA
#o+...
SNO#ES 2rom #O. TINA sits 0p.
)AST "E# TO T"E WINOW. The WIN MO4ES AAIN the trees %r0sh
past the &in+o& &ith their sha+o&s. T"en another pe%%le.
#A)
TINA slips to the &in+o&.
E8T. TINA-S BAC3 6A#. NI"T.
She loo/s o0t on an ol+ yar+ &ith a patch o2 %ananna trees
rattling in the Santa Ana &in+s. It seems +eserte+ tho0gh
the
&elling +ar/ &on-t let her %e s0re. Then another pe%%le ,,)A)
,, hitting &ith a sharp #AC3 'OC$S.
A *OW AN*E TO WINOW as TINA 10mps %ac/ startle+. She
ha+n-t
seen that one coming. B0t she-s +ra&n %ac/ to the glass o0t
o2
c0rio0sity straining to see in the +ar/. It-s as i2 the
stones
are materiali5ing o0t o2 thin air.
INT. TINA-S MOT"E#-S #OOM. NI"T.
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W"A) This time a heavier stone an+ a thin crac/ %ristles
across
the glass.
TINA
(lo&!
Who the 20c/ yo0 thin/ yo0 are
&hoever yo0 are=
E8T. TINA-S BAC3 6A#. NI"T.
WIE AN*E ON T"E #EA# O' T"E "O$SE. A *I"T COMES ON. TINA
appears in the +oor&ay.
TINA
(listening!
Some%o+y there=
She can see thro0gh the %ac/yar+ to a ya&ning gate an+ the
%ac/
alley. No one there. B0t a &or+ is spo/en as i2 %y &in+.
TINA
(gar%le+!
Tina.
TINA straightens 0na%le to s&allo&. There-s a ragge+
o%scene
I*E. eep in the throat. )hlegmy.
TINA
Who the hell is that=
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TINA charges across the yar+ an+ thro0gh the gate the M$SIC
chasing a2ter.
E8T. A SE#4ICE A**E6. NI"T.
She %ra/es in the mi++le o2 the alley an+ &hirls aro0n+.
*istening. Shivering in the same thin slashe+ nightgo&n.
A sharp cran/ o2 META* an+ 2i2ty 2eet +o&n the alley the li+
o2
an ash can rolls 2rom the +ar/ li/e a h0ge tin coin an+
spirals
noisily +o&n.
*OW #E4E#SE AC#OSS *I TO TINA. espite hersel2 she comes
over
an+ to0ches it. S"e comes 0p &ith long &orms on her 2ingers.
Ne<t moment the e<act same sham%ling MAN 2rom her nightmare
staggers into vie& 2i2ty 2eet %egin+ her. TINA 2alls %ac/
into
the sha+o&s sha/ing the &orms o22 her 2ingers in rep0lsion.
T"e
MAN t0rns an+ starts +irectly 2or her something shining on
his
right han+ as he sprea+s his arms &i+e. "e starts scrapping
the
steel 'INE#NAI*S along a cin+er%loc/ &all. Orange spar/s
sp0rt
o0t ,, his arms elongate 0ntil they reach 2rom one si+e o2 the
alley to the other ,, an+ TINA is c0t o22 2rom her home
C*OSE ON "E# as the SC#A)IN o2 the %la+es gets lo0+er an+
closer.
She %egins to sha/e 0ncontrolla%ly.
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TINA
Oh shit please o+...
3I**E#
(so2tly approaching!
This is o+...
"e hol+s 0p his steel,tippe+ han+ li/e a s0rgical,steel
spi+er.
TINA r0ns 2or her li2e.
WIE# AN*E IN T"E A**E6 ,, a terri2ying all,o0t 2ootrace
%et&een
the girl an+ her p0rs0er. T"e MAN is 2ast the +istance
%et&een
them closes &ith each heart%eat. TINA overt0rns ashcans ,,
cla&s
her &ay thro0gh a rotten %ac/ 2ence hammers against a &in+o&.
Ashen 'ACES appear recoil p0ll c0rtains close+ an+ +isappear
in
2right.
E8T. TINA-S ST#EET. NI"T.
TINA r0ns o0t onto 2ront la&ns SC#EAMIN 2or help. No help
comes. In 2act the only response is 2or all the porch lights
on
the %loc/ to %e t0rne+ o22. T"e MAN roars o0t 2rom %ehin+ a
tree
,, a tree too narro& to have hi++en him ,, nearly 0pon the
girl
TINA r0ns in panic ,, at last ma/ing her o&n home only to %e
trappe+ against its loc/e+ 2ront +oor.
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She hammers against its thic/ &oo+.
TINA
Nancy Open the +oor ,, Nancy
The MAN slo&s. "e has TINA no& an+ /no&s it.
MAN
She-s still a&a/e. Nancy can-t
hear yo0.
TINA t0rns an+ loo/s 20ll at the approaching MAN. Sm0+ge+ %y
+eep
sha+o& he-s %eg an+ hi+eo0s. "e &ears the same +irty yello&
s&eater 2rom the 2irst nightmare ,, 2rom the &all,hanging an+
%lan/et oo ,, an+ has the same sagging hat an+ leering grin
over
his misshapen 2ace. An+ on his 2ingers are the steel talons.
C*OSE ON "IM as he ta/es the %la+e on the en+ o2 his right
in+e<
2inger an+ lopes o22 one o2 the 2ingers o2 his le2t han+.
Then
another. We SEE the )IECES O' 'INE#S 2all past TINA-s 2ace
in
S*OW MOTION.
AN*E ON T"E #O$N o2 the 'INE#S s;0irming on the gro0n+
one
2lopping onto TINA-s na/e+ 2oot.
TINA leaps %ac/ sic/ene+ an+ %egins stamping on them as i2
they
&ere h0ge %0gs.
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The MAN snaps 0p his arm an+ the 'INE#S 2ly %ac/ into place
on
his han+. "e leers at TINA ,, then s0++enly l0nges at her
s&eeping &ith the c0tting han+
TINA-s no &ea/ sister ,, %loc/s his arm +e2lecting the spines
an+
gra%s the MAN-s 0gly 2ace &ith her other han+. B$t the 2ace
only
sli+es o22 to the %one. T"e MAN presses in an+ TINA contorts
in
horror as the /nives slash across her sho0l+er ,, c0tting her
+eeply.
TINA staggers %ac/&ar+ #OANIN her 2oot no& ine<plica%ly
ca0ght
in %e+clothes She 2alls over her %e+-s con2ormter t&ists
a&ay
2rom the man an+ li/e a chil+ p0lls the cover over her T"e
s/0ll,2ace+ MAN cr0shes +o&n an+ there-s a 2ierce grappling
,,
p0nct0ate+ %y his #$NTS an+ the girl-s EA'ENIN SC#EAMS ,,
an+
they %oth %ecome totally &rappe+ in the com2orter ,, 0ntil
they-re
%eneath it 2ighting 2or li2e an+ +eath.
INT. TINA-S BE#OOM. NI"T.
#O l0rches 0p into C*OSE $) in the lightless %e+room hal2,
a&a/ene+ %y the tremen+o0s str0ggle some&here someho& insi+e
the
+ar/ %e+. #O gra%s groggily li2ting the %lan/et.
IN "IS )O4 &e glimpse the +ar/ 0n+ersi+e o2 the %lan/et ,, seeTWO
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S"AOW6 'I$#ES 2lailing an+ cla&ing 0n+er teh %e+sprea+ ,,
TINA
an+ the MAN ,, or a shape that co0l+ %e a man ,, raging
against
each other.
#O +rops the %lan/et an+ leaps 2rom the %e+ scare+ 20ll
a&a/e
an+ terri2ie+. Then the horri%le TINA-s AS)S change to the
C#IES
o2 a terri%ly &o0n+e+ victim. #O instantly 1er/s %ac/ the
%e+sprea+.
IN "IS )O4 &e SEE TINA str0ggling an+ 2lailing along on the
sheets the MAN no&here in sight.
#O
T,tina=
S0++enly TINA ,, eyes t0rne+ in&ar+ to her tormentor ,, give
an
a&20l 1olt ,, her arms an+ legs are spra++le+ as i2 %y
over&helming 2orce an+ pinne+ to the %e+. Ne<t instant her
nightgo&n 2lies apart an+ 2o0r long gashes chase across her
torso.
'rom no visi%le instr0ments A h0ge irrigation o2 %loo+
2loo+s
the %e+.
Terri2ie+ #O +ives 2or the light ,, %0t at the same moment
something invisi%le gra%s TINA &iel+ing her %o+y in the air
an+
%ringing it aro0n+ in a s&i2t %lo& that /noc/s #O crashing
into
the light ,, smashing it to %its.
C*OSE# ON "IM as he str0ggles aro0n+. In the %l0e '*AS"ES O'
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E*ECT#ICIT6 #O sees TINA sli+ing 0p the %e+room &all in a
+ar/
smear +ragge+ 2eet 2irst
AN*E ON #O ,, parali5e+ %y terror
AN*E ON TINA-s 6IN E6ES ,, moving &ith her 0p the &all an+
%0mping aro0n+ the corner onto the ceiling. She-s 10st
loo/ing at
&ho-s +ragging her eyes gla5ing.
#E4E#SE IN "E# )O4 ,, to the sha+o&y horreno0sly 0gly MAN
+ragging her &ith 2ierce glee across the ceiling literally
s&a%%ing the ceiling &ith her %loo+y %o+y. SEEN in 'O#CE
)E#S)ECTI4E the S"OT carries her across a great +istance
&itho0t
seeming to get any&here ,, as i2 the ceiling is an en+less
plane.
AN*E OWN ON #O ,, on his han+s an+ /nees ,, the lamp ne<t
to
him %l0rting %l0e S)A#3S an+ ST#OBIN the nightmare room.
#O-s
screaming 0p at TINA-s invisi%le tormentor.
#O
What the hell-s going on here
Tina
#E4E#SE IN "IS )O4 ,, as the %o+y 2alls li/e a sac/ o2 roc/s
onto
the +evestate+ %e+ in S*OW MOTION stri/ing &ith a h0ge
splash o2
%loo+. A sic/ a&20l I*E 2loats aro0n+ the room then
EC"OES
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o22 into in2inity. #O staggers 0p staring aro0n+ as i2
hoping
to see this phantom.
#O
6o0 mother20c/er I-ll /ill yo0
2or that
INT. TINA-S BE#OOM. NI"T.
NANC6 is sitting straight 0p in %e+ terri2ie+. The C#IES o2
#O
are ringing thro0gh the &hole ho0se. She 2orces hersel2 to
move
,, %olting 2rom the %e+ +espite her terror an+ sense o2 +rea+.
INT. "A**WA6. NI"T.
NANC6 2lies into the +ar/ hall ,, crashing +irectly into
SOMEONE
&ho l0rches o0t o2 the +ar/ %e2ore her. She SC#EAMS an+ 10mps
%ac/ ,,
*EN
What the hell-s going on=
NANC6
Oh ,, 1ee5 ,, len #o+-s
gone ape
#O (OS!
(so%%ing!
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I-ll /ill yo0
NANC6 gra%s the +oor it-s loc/e+ she po0n+s on it. BAM
BAM
BAM
Things 2all into s0++en a&20l silence on the other si+e.
*EN-s
voice crac/s &ith 2ear.
*EN
#o+=
(silence!
#o+ yo0 %etter not h0rt Tina...
#O er0pts into terri%le "OA#SE *A$"TE# AN SOBBIN. Then
they
hear B#EA3IN *ASS.
*EN %arrelsinto the +oor li/e the 2oot%all player he is. T"e
2rame splinters an+ they-re in.
INT. TINA-S MOT"E#-S BE#OOM. NI"T.
>0st insi+e the +oor NANC6 slips an+ goes +o&n har+. *EN
2in+s
her in the +ar/ more %y to0ch than sight.
*EN
6o0 o/ay=
NANC6
6eah. Something slippering all
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over here...
(2eeling!
Tina=
No ans&er. T"e room is ;0iet as a tom%. E<cept 2or a stea+y
#I))IN 2rom all over. Then *EN 2in+s a *I"T SWITC".
On the C*IC3 the +evastation is reveale+. There-s B*OO
every&here: 0p the &alls over the cla&e+ ceiling soa/ing
the
/illing 2loor o2 the %e+ an+ pooling in the +ar/ re+ p0++le
&here
NANC6 has slippe+ an+ 2allen.
*EN
Oh shit...
NANC6 &o%%les 0p an+ sees TINA in the center o2 the ravage+
%e+.
$nmista/ea%ly an+ 0tterly +ea+. NANC6 presses against the
&all
then contorts an+ cho/es.
*EN (CONT!
(n0m%!
I...I-m gonna call the cops ,,
"e %0rsts 2rom the room.
TI"T ON NANC6. She t0rns a&ay 2rom the %o+y in rp0lsion
stic/ing her hea+ thro0gh the shattere+ &in+o& #O *ANE 0se+
2or
his escape s0c/ing in the col+ night air an+ moaning.
'AE TO B*AC3
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E8T7INT. )O*ICE STATION. NI"T.
'AE $) ON #E *I"TS an+ SI#EN as an 0nmar/e+ )O*ICE CA#
spee+s
to the c0r%.
*T ON T"OM)SON a +ecent, loo/ing man in his mi+,G-s e<its
an+
p0nches a cigarette 2rom his pac/. "is sha/en ai+e a
0ni2orme+
patrolman name+ )A#3E# greets him. (CAME#A 'O**OWS them 2rom
the
car straight into the station an+ event0ally to T"OM)SON-s
O''ICE.!
)A#3E#
*ie0tenant T"ompson. Sorry to
&a/e yo0 %0t ,,
*T T"OM)SON
I-+-ve canne+ yo0r ass i2 yo0
ha+n-t. What yo0 got=
)A#3E# st0m%les to open the +oor 2or T"OM)SON as the man %0lls
into the station at a 20rio0s pace.
)A#3E#
"er name &as Tina ray. It
&as her home. 'ather a%an+one+
ten years ago mother-s in
4egas &ith a %oy2rien+. We-re
trying to reach her no&.
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*T T"OM)SON grimaces as i2 he /no&s the story.
*T T"OM)SON
What-s the Coroner got to say=
)A#3E#
Something li/e a ra5or &as
the &eapon %0t nothin &as
2o0n+ on the scene.
T"OM)SON is alrea+y to the +es/ o22icer SE#EANT A#CIA. The
%ig
MAN shoves him a shea2 o2 papers ,,
SE#EANT A#CIA
(&ary!
*ea0tenant. 6o0 /no& &ho ,,
*T T"OM)SON
Where is she=
SE#EANT A#CIA
I p0t her in yo0r o22ice...
)A#3E# sc0rries a2ter.
)A#3E#
*oo/s li/e her %oy2rien+ +i+
it. #o+ *ane. M0sician type
arrests 2or %ra&ling +ope ,,
*T T"OM)SON
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Terri2ic. What the hell &as
she +oing there=
)A#3E#
She live+ there.
*T T"OM)SON
I +on-t mean her ,,
INT. *T T"OM)SON-S O''ICE. NI"T.
T"OM)SON enters his o22ice an+ con2ronts NANC6 an+ her mother
MA#E T"OM)SON.
*T T"OM)SON (CONT!
I mean yo0.
(acc0singly to Marge!
What the hell &as she +oing there=
MA#E T"OM)SON is in her mi++le thirties a goo+,loo/ing &oman
+espite the ho0r an+ circ0mstances.
MA#E
"ello to yo0 too onal+.
T"OM)SON stops the steam s0++enly o0t o2 him. T"e girl is a
&rec/ an+ he &inces to see it.
*T T"OM)SON
Marge.
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T"OM)SON glances at )A#3E# an+ the other $NI'O#ME CO)S &ho
are in
the room. As a man they hea+ 2or the +oor. There-s no
;0estion
&ho the %oss is here. T"OM)SON t0rns to NANC6. She 20m%les a
smile.
*T T"OM)SON (CONT!
"o& yo0 +oing pal=
NANC6
O/ay. "i +a+.
NANC6-s +ress is +ar/ &ith +rie+ %loo+ her s/in clammy an+
the
color o2 paste. MA#E shoots her e<,h0s%an+ a &orrie+ glance.
T"OM)SON p0lls a chair close to NANC6.
*T T"OM)SON
I +on-t &ant to get into this no&
o+ /no&s yo0 nee+ time.
(hotter!
B0t I-+ s0re &o0l+ li/e to /no&
&hat the hell yo0 &ere +oing
shac/e+ 0p &ith three other /i+s
in the mi++le o2 the night ,,
especially a +elin;0ent l0natic
li/e *ane.
NANC6 &eaves.
NANC6
#o+-s not a l0natic.
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*T T"OM)SON
6o0 got a sane e<planation 2or
&hat he +i+=
The girl is shre++in a 3leene< staring o22.
MA#E
Apparantly he &as cra5y 1ealo0s.
Nancy sai+ they-+ ha+ a 2ight
#o+ an+ Tina.
NANC6
(;0ietly!
It &asn-t that serio0s...
MA#E
May%e yo0 +on-t thin/ m0r+er-s
serio0s ,,
NANC6 sits %olt 0pright in her chair her eyes 2lashing.
NANC6
She &as my %est 2rien+ on-t
yo0 +are say I +on-t ta/e her
+eath serio0sly(lo&er near tears!
I 10st meant their 2ights
&eren-t that serio0s.
The girl hol+s the &oman-s eyes a moment then loo/s a&ay.
NANC6 (CONT!
(to hersel2!
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She +reame+ this &o0l+ happen...
T"OM)SON
What=
NANC6
She ha+ a nightmare a%o0t some%o+y
trying to /ill her last night.
That-s &hy &e &ere there she &as
a2rai+ to sleep alone.
A tear splashes o22 the arm o2 her chair.
MA#E
She-s %een thro0gh eno0gh 2or one
night. 6o0 have her statement.
The mother an+ +a0ghter rise T"OM)SON raps on the +oor an+
)A#3E#
opens it.
*T T"OM)SON
(to MA#E!
I s0ggest yo0 /eep a little %etter
trac/ o2 her ,, she-s still a /i+
y-/no&.
MA#E &heels on him.
MA#E
6o0 thin/ I /ne& there &ere %oys
there= 6o0 try raising a
teenager alone.
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T"en she an+ hte girl are gone. T"OM)SON glares at )A#3E#.
*T T"OM)SON
(lo& to )A#3E#!
See they get home o/ay.
)A#3E# shoves his han+s in his poc/ets. ON "IS 'ACE &e
'AE TO B*AC3
INT. NANC6-S 3ITC"EN. MO#NIN.
B$#N ON
T"E SECON A6
'AE $) ON MA#E T"OM)SON opening a ne& %ottle o2 gin po0ring
hersel2 a care20l shot +rin/ing it then chasing it &ith
co22ee.
Near%y a T4 +rones the morning ne&s. We can-t yet see the
SC#EEN.
T4 NEWSCASTE# (OS7'I*TE#!
In the hea+lines this morning ,,
a local teenage girls &as %r0tally
m0r+ere+ +0ring an all,night party.
MA#E T$#NS startle+ seeing NANC6 coming +o&nstairs.
T"e girl loo/s a little %etter than she +i+ in the )olice
Station
%0t her eyes are still re+,rimme+ an+ a vacant stress mas/s
her
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2ace. She loo/s to the T4. Stops.
T4 NEWSCASTE# (CONT!
)olice say the victim 2i2teen,year
,ol+ Christina rey ha+ ;0arrelle+
earlier &ith her %oy2rien+ #o+
*ane a p0n/ roc/er &ith a history
o2 +elin;0ency. *ane is no& the
s0%1ect o2 a city,&i+e manh0nt.
Accor+ing to ,,
T"e T4 )ICT$#E has %eg0n 2eat0ring a "AN"E* NEWS#EE* S"OT o2
a
+ar/ r0%%er BO6 BA %eing carrie+ to a CO#ONE#-S 4AN. >0st
%e2ore the thing is li2te+ insi+e TINA-s %loo+ie+ &hite A#M
slips 2rom its 5ippere+ si+e an+ lolls into the +ar/ night
air. A
man r0+ely shaoves it %ac/ insi+e an+ p0lls the 5ipper 0p the
rest
o2 the &ay.
WIE# ,, as NANC6 pales visi%le. MA#E +arts to the T4 an+
slaps
it o22 then t0rning to NANC6. She loo/s at the girl a
moment
then goes to her an+ h0gs her.
MA#E
(/in+!
Where yo0 thin/ yo0-re going=
NANC6
School.
MA#E
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I co0l+ hear yo0 tossing an+
t0rning all night /i++o. 6o0-ve
no %0siness going to school.
NANC6 p0lls a&ay +etermine+.
NANC6
I gotta go to school Mom.
)lease. Othere&ise I-ll 10st
sit 0p there an+ go cra5y
or something.
MA#E st0+ies her 2ace a moment.
MA#E
i+ yo0 sleep=
NANC6
I-ll sleep in st0+y hall promise.
I-+ rather /eep %0sy yo0 /no&=
She a%sently +rains the &oman-s co22ee c0p ,, then pec/s her
chee/.
MA#E #ight home a2ter.
NANC6 (CONT!
#ight home a2ter. See yo0.
MA#E &atches the 2irl +isappear o0tsi+e then lights a
cigarette
2rom the one alrea+y %0rning in her 2ingers.
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E8T. ST#EET. A6.
M$SIC slips %ac/ in s0%tle %0t tense as &e T#AC3 &ith NANC6
as
she &al/s alone +o&n a si+e&al/ e+ge+ &ith thic/ 2lo&ering
Olean+er. She coc/s her hea+ p055le+ as i2 sensing
something.
M$SIC mo0nts. NANC6 loo/s across the street.
#E4E#SE IN "E# )O4. A MAN is over there in +ar/ clothesrea+ing
a ne&spaper %0t really &atching her.
NANC6 shr0gs an+ contin0es on then stops an+ loo/s %ac/
again.
IN "E# )O4 &e SEE the MAN is gone.
Ne<t moment ,, &ith a M$SIC STIN ,, a B*OOIE "AN 10mps o0t
2rom the opposite +irection clamps over NANC6-s mo0th an+
+rags
her into the %0shes.
E8T. B$S"ES. A6.
NANC6 str0ggles t&isting against the po&er20l assailant.
A WIE# AN*E #E4EA*S #O *ANE ,, %are2oot cla+ only in 1eans
an+
leather 1ac/et still ca/e+ &ith +ar/ %loo+. The rest o2 his
s/in
is pale as a ghost-s.
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#O
I-m not gonna h0rt yo0.
"e releases her &arily. NANC6 ma/es no move to r0n or scream
even tho0gh several ST$ENTS pass on the near%y si+e&al/.
This
reass0res #O 10st a little.
#O
6o0r ol+ man thin/s I +i+ it
+on-t he=
NANC6
"e +oesn-t /no& yo0.
(eyeing the %loo+!
Co0l+n-t yo0 change=
#O
The cops &ere all over my ho0se.
(shivers!
They-ll /ill me 2or s0re.
NANC6
No%a+y-s gonna /ill yo0.
"e r0ns his han+s +o&n his 2ace trying to %elieve that. The
t&o
st0+y each other.
#O
I never to0che+ her.
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NANC6
6o0 &ere screaming li/e cra5y.
NANC6 says this &itho0t acc0sation 10st cool o%servation.
#O
Someone else &as there.
NANC6
The +oor &as loc/e+ 2rom yo0r
si+e.
#O gra%s her har+. "is m0sc0lar %o+y tenses.
#O
on-t loo/ at me li/e I-m some
/in+ o2 20c/ing 2r0itca/e or
something I-m &arning yo0.
4OICE (O.S.!
Morining Mr *ane.
The %oy 1er/s ro0n+. NANC6-s 2ather his .F levele+ right at
#O-s %elly eases o0t o2 the %0shes.
*T T"OM)SON
No& 10st step a&ay 2rom her son.
*i/e yo0r ass +epen+e+ on it.
I-m &arning yo0.
#O %ac/s a&ay loo/ing once at NANC6 &ith a loo/ o2 terri%le
sa+ness. Then he +ives o0t o2 the %0shes an+ r0ns li/e hell.
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T"OM)SON snaps his revolver to 2ire ,, %0t instinctively NANC6
10mps %et&een ,,
NANC6
No
T"OM)SON 1er/s his g0n into the air 20rio0s.
*T T"OM)SON
>es0s ,, are yo0 cra5y=
"e pl0nges past the girl.
E8T. ST#EET. A6.
#O races li/e a 2rightene+ animal across the la&ns ,, %0t is
soon
c0t o22 %y the )*ANEC*OT"ESMAN NANC6 sa& &atching her %e2ore
,,
an+ then TWO $NI'O#ME )O*ICEMEN &ho close 2rom another
angle.
The chase is short an+ piti20lly o22,%alance an+ #O is soon
&restle+ to the gro0n+. Ne<t moment one o2 the cops is
hol+ing
#O-s /ni2e into the air 2or T"OM)SON to see. T"OM)SON loo/s
at
NANC6 as i2 to say -I tol+ yo0.- Bac/gro0n+ #O-s S"O$TS
can %e
hear+ as he-s shove+ into a SJ$A CA#.
#O (O.S.!
I +i+n-t +o it ,,
(2a+ing!
I +i+n-t /ill her Nancy
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The car-s +oor slams an+ #O is gone. NANC6 t0rns to her
2ather
livi+.
NANC6
6o0 0se+ me +a++y
*T T"OM)SON
(e<asperate+!
What the hell yo0 +oing going to
school to+ay any&ay ,, yo0r
mother tol+ me yo0 +i+n-t even
sleep last night
NANC6 spins angrily an+ &al/s a&ay.
*T T"OM)SON
Nancy "ey
B0t she 10st /eeps going.
'AE TO B*AC3
INT. C*ASS#OOM. A6.
'AE $) ON an EN*IS" TEAC"E# an+ C*ASS NANC6 among the /i+s
trying to concentrate.
TEAC"E#
Accor+ing to Sha/espeare there
&as something operating in Nat0re
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perhaps insi+e h0man nat0re itsel2
that &as rotten ,, a can/er as
he p0t it.
The TEAC"E#-s eyes glance across the room. AN*E ON NANC6
ya&ning %0t listening.
TEAC"E# (CONT!
O2 co0rse "amlet-s response to
this an+ to his mother-s lies
&as to contin0ally pro%e an+
+i+ ,, 10st li/e the grave+iggers ,,
al&ays trying to get %eneath the
s0r2ace. T"e same &as tr0e in a
+i22erent &ay in >0li0s Caesar.
>on go ahea+...
She no+s to a S$#'E# &ho-s %een &aiting 0ncom2orta%ly in 2ront
o2
the class. "e s;0ints at his %oo/ an+ %egins the recitation
a
str0ggle %et&een %a/e+ an+ salte+ %rain a+n the poetry o2 the
Bar+.
S$#'E#
(rea+ing alo0+!
$h in the most high an+ palmy
state o2 #ome...
WISE$6 ST$ENT (O.S.!
Cali2ornia-s the most high an+
palmy state man.
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The S$#'E# halts &ith a grin 3IS snic/er.
EN*IS" TEAC"E#
Can it.
She glares them %ac/ into silence. The S$#'E# starts over as
&e
C$T TO NANC6.
She-s no++ing o22 no& %arely a%le to /eep her eyes open in
the
&arm close %ore+om o2 the classroom.
S$#'E# (O.S.!
In the most high an+ palmy state
o2 #ome a little ere the mightiest
>0li0s 2ell...
(NANC6-s hea+ pitches
2or&ar+ she 1er/s it
%ac/ 0p %arely a&a/e!
The graves stoo+ tenatless an+
the sheete+ +ea+ +i+ s;0ea/ an+
gi%%er in the #oman street...
NANC6-s hea+ has s0n/ again eyeli+s +ra&n as i2 %y enormo0s
&eight. By the time her chee/-s against the +es/ theS$#'E#-s
4OICE is EC"OE an+ ISTANT. B0t another voice TINA-s is
very
near very m0ch present. A sa+ thin plaint.
TINA (O.S.!
Nancy.
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NANC6 gives a start. "er eyes loc/ onto something.
#E4E#SE. TI*TE SIEWA6S IN "E# "EA-s )O4 &e loo/ straight
o0t
thro0gh the open +oor&ay o2 the classroom into the hall.
There
stan+ing in a %lac/ pool o2 2l0i+ is a 20ll,si5e+ r0%%er %o+y
%ag. ar/ re+ an+ yello&. Weaving slightly the merest
s0ggesting o2 movement &ithin it.
BAC3 ON NANC6 sitting 0pright &iping the sleep 2rom her
eyes
sha/ing her hea+ li/e a p0nchy pro5e2ighter. She loo/s %ac/
o0t
the +oor.
#E4E#SE IN -NO#MA*- )O4 ,, the hall&ay is empty. B0t there-s
a
+ar/ smear on its 2loor tiles.
NANC6 loo/s nervo0sly to&ar+s the rest o2 the class. No one
else
has notice+ a thing o0tsi+e the +oor. All are +0m%ly
spell%o0n+
%y the S$#'E# &ho no& recites li/e a +eep,voice+ ro%ot his
2ace
&reathe+ %y &hite hair.
S$#'E#
O o+ I co0l+ %e %o0n+e+ in a
n0tshell an+ co0nt mysel2 a /ing
o2 in2inite space &ere it not
that I have %a+ +reams...
AN*E BAC3 ON NANC6. She slips 2rom her seat eye &arily onthe
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teacher an+ class. B0t no one t0rns as she +isappears thro0gh
the
+oor&ay.
INT. SC"OO* "A**WA6. A6.
NANC6 t0rns an+ loo/s %oth +irections. No sign o2 any%o+y.
TINA (O.S.!
(+istant!
Nancy.
NANC6 &hells an+ sees the %ag prone on the tiles at the 2ar
en+
o2 the hall at the en+ o2 long snail-s trail o2 slime. A
pale
invisi%le gravity the %ag sli+es o0t o2 sight into an
intersecting corri+or.
NANC6
Tina
NANC6 starts r0nning 2or it.
AN*E AT T"E CO#NE# as NANC6 races %lin+ly aro0n+ the t0rn an+
smashes straight into a BO6 l0nging at her 2rom the opposite
+irection Both go +o&n.
AN*E AT T"E '*OO#. A +a5e+ 2reshman "A**$A# cran/s hersel2
0p
on one el%o&. She &ears a plastic pla;0e on her re+ an+
yello&
s&eater that rea+s -"all 0ar+-. "er nose is %lee+ing 2romthe
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impact.
"A**$A#
6,yo0-re not s0ppose+ to r0n.
W,&here-s yo0r pass ,, yo0 got a
pass=
NANC6 leaps 0p ,,
NANC6
Scre& yo0r st0pi+ pass
She t0rns ,, sees the %o+y %ag hal2&ay +o&n this +ar/er
narro&er
hall 0pright again. B0t 10st as she sees it it tips an+
pitches
hea+long thro0gh a +oor&ay ,, li/e some go+a&20l rotten tree
2inally tim%ering +o&n. She can hear the slic/ening C#$NC"IN
o2
it 2alling +o&n a long 2light o2 stairs.
NANC6 r0ns 2or it again. The "A**$A# staggers 0p
'O#E#O$N
%lee+ing pro20sely 2rom her eyes an+ ears.
"A**$A#
"ey no r0nning in the halls
T"e "A**$A# raises her han+ an+ &e see it-s tippe+ &ith long
metal spi/es.
#E4E#SE AN*E AT T"E OO# as NANC6 r0ns 0p. NANC6 t0rns to
chec/
o0t the "A**$A#. She-s vanishe+. NANC6 t0rns an+ loo/s+o&n
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thro0gh the open +oor. T"e M$SIC s&eeps thro0gh a strange
%roo+ing movement o2 strings mo0nting to&ar+s the NI"TMA#E
T"EME.
INT. A STAI#WE**.
NANC6 e+ges into the stair&ell an+ loo/s +o&n. *oo/s li/e
there-s
a 2ire some&here +o&n there 2rom the &ay the orange light
+ances. B0t there-s only a lo& W"ITE NOISE.
NANC6
Tina=
No ans&er. NANC6 starts +o&n the stairs.
INT. BOI*E# #OOM. A6.
NANC6 comes o22 the stairs into a +an/ %oiler room. The smear
trail is there. It r0ns %ehin+ a crac/ing re+,hot %oiler the
si5e o2 a +iesel locomotive. Everything a%o0t the place 2eels
+rea+20lly &rong an+ the M$SIC is +eep into the NI"TMA#E
T"EME
&hen it pa0ses.
TI"T ON NANC6. Slo& terror moves into her 2ace. There-s a
lo&
sinister I*E.
#E4E#SE IN "E# )O4 ,, &e see a tangle o2 pipes sha+o&s an+
the
tainte+ 2ire o2 the h0ge %oiler. Then 2rom %ehin+ this
+eeply
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sha+o&e+ %0t still i+enti2ia%le steps TINA-s 3I**E#. The
same
2ilthy re+ an+ yello& s&eater an+ slo0ch hat the same melte+
2ace
t&isting into a smile the same A#B*E *A$" as he sli+es the
long %la+es 2rom %eneath his shirt an+ 2ans them on the en+s
o2
his %ony 2ingers.
NANC6
Who are yo0=
MAN
onna get yo0.
The leering MAN %rings the %loo+ie+ scalpel,2ingernails across
his
o&n chest splitting a nipple. 6ello& 2l0i+ po0rs o0t.
MAOTS
an+ WO#MS.
NANC6 2orgets the ;0estion ,, 1er/s aro0n+ an+ 2lees in %lin+
panic into the 2irst opening she sees ,, a +ar/ pipe t0nnel.
INT. )I)E T$NNE*.
AN*E IN T"E NA##OW )ASSAEWA6. In the BAC3#O$N the /iller
sham%les to&ar+s her 'O#E#O$N NANC6 %rea/s into a r0n.
The /iller sprints ,, NANC6 tears ahea+ into +ar/ness.
She 2lees +eeper an+ +eeper into the la%yrinth o2 steaming
SI*IN pipes s;0ee5ing thro0gh smaller an+ smalleropenings.
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The /iller is 10st yar+s %ehin+ her an+ soon she-s trappe+
10st
as TINA &as %e2ore her.
She presses her %ac/ to the &et %ric/s. There-s no hope o2
2ighting him o22 2orm NANC6 is not as strong as TINA. B0t
she is
smart as hell an+ thin/ing even in this nightmare. So %y the
time the creep has raise+ his /nives to stri/e NANC6 has
reali5e+
something. She &heels an+ shoves her arm against one o2 the
scal+ing steam pipes. In the same split secon+ &e "EA# her
2lesh
scal+ &e
C$T TO
INT. EN*IS" C*ASS. A6.
NANC6 l0rches 0p SC#AMIN arm raise+ to &ar+ o22 the
invisi%le
%lo& %oo/s clattering to the 2loor ,, other I#*S near%y
SC#EAM
in s0rprise as she st0m%les over them. Then she stops
con20se+
an+ groggy 2rom the nightmare.
WIE# AN*E. E4E#6BO6 is staring at NANC6 as i2 she-s gonema+.
The EN*IS" TEAC"E# r0shes over hersel2 2rightene+ %y the
terror
in the girl-s eyes.
TEAC"E#
O/ay ,, O/ay T"ompson Every,
thing-s all right no& ,, Nancy
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NANC6 1er/s aro0n+ &ith panic/e+ eyes e<pecting the /iller to
leap 2rom any +irection. B$t there-s only the sea o2 staring
eyes.
NANC6 %egins metho+ically pic/ing 0p her %oo/s.
TEAC"E#
I-ll call yo0r mother.
NANC6
No No really I-m 2ine. I-ll go
straight home. I-m o/ay.
She marches 2or the +oor.
TEAC"E#
6o0-ll nee+ a hall pass
B0t the girl-s gone.
E8T. T"E SC"OO*. A6.
NANC6 &al/s o0t o2 the %0il+ing sha/en. Then she pa0ses atone
o2 the %ig pine trees o0t 2ront stops an+ rests her hea+
against
its %ar/ teeth set. NANC6 starts to sha/e an+ ne<t secon+
she-s
so%%ing li/e a %ro/en,hearte+ 2rightene+ chil+.
B0t she sha/es hersel2 silent. Wipes the tears a&ay &ith a
slash
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o2 sleeve. She r0%s her arm a%sently lost in tho0ght then
reacts in s0rprise an+ pain. S"e li2ts her arm an+ stares at
the
spot she-s to0che+.
INSE#T ON "E# A#M an+ the B$#N there a%o0t the si5e an+ shape
o2
a hal2,+ollar.
WIE# ON NANC6. $tterly chillingly con20se+.
TINA aginst the tree inches 2rom NANC6 t0rns to her an+ says,,
TINA
Co0l+n-t get %ac/ to sleep
at all.
(%eat!
What yo0 +ream=
E8T. A B$S6 ST#EET. A6.
NANC6 is &al/ing ;0ic/ly hea+ erect 1a& set. Then she
enters
her 2ather-s )olice Station.
INT. 4AN N$6S )O*ICE STATION. A6.
NANC6 crosses +irectly to A#CIA.
NANC6
My +a+ here=
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A#CIA loo/s 0p 2rom his paper&or/.
SE#EANT A#CIA
*ie0tenant.
*T T"OM)SON emerges 2rom another room 0neasy to see NANC6.
*T T"OM)SON
eci+e to ta/e a +ay o22 a2ter
all=
NANC6
a+ I &ant to see #o+ *ane.
T"OM)SON +oesn-t miss a %eat.
*T T"OM)SON
Only 2amily allo&e+ Nancy. 6o0
/no& the +rill.
NANC6
>0st &ant to tal/ to him a secon+.
*T T"OM)SON "e-s +angero0s.
NANC6
6o0 +on-t /no& he +i+ it.
*T T"OM)SON
No I /no& than/s to yo0r
o&n testimony that he &as
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loc/e+ in a room &ith a girl
&ho &ent in alive an+ came
o0t in a r0%%er %ag.
NANC6 2linches her 2ather sho&s the 2irst signs o2 color in
his
nec/.
NANC6
I 10st &ant to tal/ to him.
(%eat lo&er!
)lease. a+.
T"OM)SON shi2ts almost impercepti%ly to&ar+s A#CIA then
t0rns
%ac/ to NANC6.
*T T"OM)SON
Ma/e it 2ast.
ISSO*4E TO:
INT. CE** A#EA. A6.
A $A# e<its p0shing a cart. NANC6 &aits &arily 0ntil he-s
gone
then loo/s %ac/ to #O *ANE. #O loo/s more li/e a capt0re+
coyote than a h0man haggar+ ri%%e+ e<pecting poisone+ %ait.
"is hair is &et his clothes are %orro&e+ 1eans an+ &or/
shirt.
NANC6
(lo&!
An+ then &hat happene+=
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#O
I tol+ yo0.
(rel0ctantly!
It &as +ar/ %0t I-m s0re there
&as someone else in there 0n+er
the covers &ith her.
NANC6 reacts.
NANC6
"o& co0l+ some%o+y get 0n+er
the covers &ith yo0 g0ys
&itho0t yo0 /no&ing it=
#O
"o& the 20c/ +o I /no&=
(%eat!
I +on-t e<pect yo0 to %elieve
me.
NANC6 st0+ies his encrypte+ eyes. S0rprisingly she loo/s
li/e
she 10st might %elieve him. She leans closer &ith a ne&
tho0ght.
NANC6
What he loo/ li/e= 6o0 get
a loo/ at him=
"e loo/s a&ay.
#O
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No.
NANC6
Well then ho& can yo0 say
some%o+y else &as there=
#O
Beca0se some%o+y c0t her. While
I &atche+.
No& the place is so ;0iet yo0 can hear heart%eats.
NANC6
Some%o+y c0t her &hile yo0 &atche+
an+ yo0 +on-t /no& &hat he loo/e+
li/e=
#O smiles an insane smile st0c/ &ith a reality no one &ill
%0y.
#O
6o0 co0l+n-t see the 20c/er.
6o0 co0l+ 10st see the c0ts
happening all at once.
NANC6 gives a t&itch.
NANC6
What yo0 mean -all at once-=
#O
(lo&!
I mean it &as as i2 there &ere
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2o0r ra5ors c0tting her at the
same time. B$t invisi%le ra5ors.
She 10st...opene+ 0p...
By no& he-s pic/ing at a clot o2 +ar/ %loo+ on his 1ac/et as
i2
it &as a sca% on his o&n %o+y. Then he catches NANC6 &atching
an+
t0rns a&ay to the %ac/ o2 the cell. "e smashes his 2ist into
the
&all ,, %one,cr0shing %lo&s that scare the &its o0t o2 NANC6.
NANC6
#o+
"e stops an+ his 2ist is +ripping %loo+ as he says in a
small
sa+ voice.
#O
I pro%a%ly co0l+-ve save+ her
i2 I-+ move+ sooner...B0t I
tho0ght it &as 10st another
nightmare li/e the one I ha+
the night %e2ore.
(%eat!
There...&as this g0y &ho ha+
/nives 2or 2ingers...
C*OSE ON NANC6 0na%le to s&allo& the gorge rising in her
throat.
#O t0rns to her an+ to his s0rprise she-s ashen.
#O (CONT!
o yo0 thin/ I +i+ it=
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NANC6
No.
'AE TO B*AC3
E8T. E*M ST#EET7NANC6-S "OME. NI"T.
'AE $) ON ESTAB*IS"IN S"OT as a spoo/y WIN sets a O
BA#3IN
+o&n the %loc/. A CA# goes %y then this pleasant resi+ential
street 2alls into silence. CAME#A has MO4E IN on NANC6-s
&ell,ten+e+ t&o,story home.
INT. NANC6-S 3ITC"EN. NI"T.
The ho0se is in sha+o&. Alone MA#E scrapes the last o2 the
evening-s +ishes an+ slips them into the +ish&asher. Neither
she
nor her +a0ghter has to0che+ the 2oo+. B0t MA#E is &ell into
a
%ottle o2 gin her appetite 2or that is gro&ing right along
&ith
her +rea+. She t0rns an+ loo/s 0p the stairs calling.
MA#E
Nancy +on-t 2all asleep in
there.
NANC6 (O.S.!
I &on-t.
MA#E
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et into %e+.
INT. $)STAI#S BAT"#OOM. NI"T.
NANC6
I &ill.
NANC6-s in the t0% so +ro&sy she can har+ly rinse &itho0t
2alling
asleep. The &ater in the t0% is opa;0e &ith s0+s. *0<0rio0s.
C*OSE# AN*E AT WATE# *E4E* ON NANC6. "er eyes +roop. She
sli+es closer to the s0r2ace o2 the &ater letting its heat
sooth
her nerves. "er eyes stare straight 0p gla5e+ her %reathing
+eepens.
#E4E#SE across to her legs croo/e+ one /nee on each si+e o2the
t0%. T"ere-s a ripple in the &ater %et&een. Then something
tiny
an+ shiny %rea/s the s0r2ace %et&een them. It pops 0p &ith a
slithering M$SIC C$E an+ catches a sliver o2 light. Then it
%egins to rise.
"igher an+ higher it rises soon accompanie+ %y another then
t&o
more shining gleaming %la+es an+ then the 20ll glove an+
+ar/
hairy han+ an+ then the &rist an+ arm straight 0p li/e an
evil
sapling %et&een the girl-s /nees the /nives %loosoming into a
%right 2lo&er o2 ra5or sharp steel in the air moving over the
girl-s %elly. The han+ rears %ac/ the cla&s arch to stri/e.
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MA#E (OS7A))#OAC"IN!
Nancy=
MA#E raps on the +oor. The instant she +oes NANC6 1er/s 0p
opening her eyes groggily. The +ar/ &et arm han+ an+ /ni2es
are
gone.
NANC6
What=
MA#E (O.S.!
(thro0gh the +oor!
6o0-re not 2alling asleep
are yo0= 6o0 co0l+ +ro&n
yo0 /no&.
NANC6
Mother 2or petesa/es.
MA#E (O.S.!
It happens all the time.
(%righter!
I-ve got some &arm mil/ all
rea+y 2or yo0. Why +on-t yo0
10mp into %e+=
(2a+ing!
I-m gonna t0rn on yo0r electric
%lan/et too. C-mon no&.
(then she-s gone into
another room!
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NANC6
(lo&!
Warm mile. ross.
She sli+es +o&n to &ater level again an+ sings so2tly
tho0ght20lly to hersel2.
NANC6 (CONT!
One t&o 're++ie-s coming 2or
yo0 three 2o0r %eter loc/
yo0r +oor 2ive si< gra% yo0r
cr0ci2i< seven eight gonna
stay 0p late nine ten never
sleep again...
The ne<t instant she-s 1er/e+ &ith incre+i%le violence
straight
+o&n %eneath the s0r2ace o2 the t0% ,, as i2 the %ottom ha+
s0++enly +roppe+ o0t an+ she &as in a %ottomless &ell
E8T. $NE#WATE# S"OT. NI"T.
*OO3IN $) )AST "E# AN3*ES &e SEE NANC6 p0lle+ sharply +o&n
into
really +eep &ater the +im light o2 the s0r2ace an+ %athroom
%eyon+ rece+ing &ith each yan/. An+ yet she someho& 2lails
an+
gasps an+ str0ggles %ac/ to&ar+s the s0r2ace managing %y p0re
panic to %rea/ the s0r2ace &ith her han+s
INT. "A**WA6 O$TSIE BAT"#OOM.
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MA#E r0shes to the +oor an+ listens alarme+ at the &il+
S)*AS"IN a0+i%le thro0gh the loc/e+ +oor.
MA#E
Nancy NANC6
E8T. $NE#WATE# S"OT. NI"T.
MA#E-s 4OICE reaches to the girl &ho thr0sts 0p thro0gh main
2orce an+ %rea/s the s0r2ace &ith her hea+ an+ sho0l+eres.
INT. BAT"T$B.
asping an+ cho/ing NANC6 %rea/s the s0r2ace o2 her
%ath&ater
li/e a +ro&ning sailer getting one last chance. "er mother-s
4OICE %ooms over her EC"OE an+ 2rantic ,, an+ hte lo0+
BANIN
on the +oor 2inally opens her eyes. She t0rns an+ calls
gasping
to her mother ,,
NANC6
Mommy
#E4E#SE ON T"E OO# ,, as MA#E 0sing the ol+ hangar thro0gh
the
+oorhan+le tric/ ma/es it into the room. S"e r0shes across
to
the t0%. NANC6 is staggering 0p in the %ath&ater again &ith
soli+ porcelin %eneath her 2eet.
MA#E
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I tol+ yo0 "0n+re+s o2 people
a year +ro&n li/e that
The mother thro&s a to&el aro0n+ the gasping girl helps her
2rom
the t0% an+ %egins +rying her li/e a chil+. NANC6 loo/s li/e
she-s lparali5e+ &ith some sort o2 &eir+ +rea+.
MA#E
6o0 o/ay=
NANC6
reat.
MA#E
(not %elieving it 2or
a min0te!
To %e+ &ith yo0 c-mon.
MA#E r0shes o0t to get the room rea+y. NANC6 t0rns an+ loo/s
at
hersel2 in the ca%inet mirror then opens the me+icine chest
an+
%egins a ;0ic/ 20rtive search.
C*OSE# as she ta/es o0t the %o< o2 No o5e an+ slips it into
her
ro%e.
INT. "A**WA6. NI"T.
NANC6 emereges 2rom the %athroom ya&ning. MA#E 2ollo&s as
the
girl plo+s o%e+iently to her room.
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MA#E
No television 2orget the
home&or/ no phone calls.
NANC6
No Mother. 6es Mother.
No Mother.
INT. NANC6-S #OOM. NI"T.
MA#E
An+ no school tomorro& either.
6o0 ta/e a little vacation rela<
an+ rest 2ro a change.
NANC6
6es Mother. -night.
MA#E o22ers a smile an+ a little yello& pill.
MA#E
Ta/e this it-ll help yo0 sleep.
NANC6
#ight.
NANC6 pops it in her mo0th an+ s&allo&s o%e+iently. MA#E
leans
to her &ith a /iss.
marge
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Sleep tight +on-t let the
%e+%0gs %ite.
MA#E goes o0t relieve+. NANC6 closes the +oor leans
against it
an+ spits the pill into her han+. She tosses it straight o0t
her
&in+o& an+ ta/es a Noo5.
'AE TO B*AC3
'AE $) ON INSE#T O' TE*E4ISION SC#EEN.
A MONSTE# MO4IE in B*AC3 AN W"ITE. NO SO$N 2rom the set.
)$** BAC3 to #E4EA* NANC6 proppe+ in %e+ 20rtively &atching.
Or
is she 10st thin/ing= A %e+si+e C*OC3 rea+s ?9: pm.
The girl 6AWNS. She sha/es hersel2 violently an+ sits 0p
straighter 2orcing hersel2 to concentrate on the movie.
ON T"E TE*E4ISION SC#EEN. A I4E# str0ggles to /eep 2acing a
large circling shar/.
ON NANC6. "er eyes +roop sh0t ,, then she 1er/s a&a/e
rattling
her hea+ as i2 it &ere a ra+io +ri2ting o22 station. She
t0m%les
o0t o2 %e+ thro&s open the &in+&o an+ ta/es a +eep %reath 2
the
cool night air.
E8T. NANC6-S "O$SE AN ST#EET. NI"T.
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"I" AN*E AT SECON,STO#6 *E4E*. NANC6 loo/s +irectl across
the
street to a lighte+ open &in+o&. Its c0rtains s0c/e+ o0t
an+
&aving in the night %ree5e give the only motion to the
+eserte+
street.
Then someone pitches o0t o2 the +ar/ at her. NANC6 gives a
6E*)
,, then clamps her han+ over her mo0th as she recogni5es
*EN
%alance+ precario0sly on the rose trellis o0tsi+e her &in+o&.
*EN
Sorry Sa& yo0r light on.
Tho0ght I-+ see ho& yo0 &ere.
She gets hersel2 together %arely.
NANC6
Sometimes I &ish yo0 +i+n-t live
right across the street.
*EN
Sh0t 0p an+ let me in. 6o0 ever
stan+ on a rose trellis in yo0r
%are 2eet=
INT. NANC6-S #OOM. NI"T.
NANC6 loo/s over her sho0l+er to %e s0re her mother hasn-thear+.
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*EN-s alrea+y thro0gh her &in+o& an+ plante+ on her %e+.
NANC6
points to a chair.
NANC6
I2 yo0 +on-t min+.
*EN crosses to the chair an+ plops +o&n.
*EN
So. I hear+ yo0 2rea/e+ o0t
in English class to+ay.
There-s no malicio0sness in his voice an+ the 2amiliar
2ran/ness
is act0ally com2orting to NANC6.
NANC6
0ess I +i+.
*EN
"aven-t slept have yo0=
NANC6
Not really.
NANC6 tries to smile %0t can-t 2a/e it very &ell. *EN loo/s
her
over.
*EN
6o0 loo/+ea+ an+ raine+ on i2
yo0 &nat the 0gly tr0th. An+
&hat yo0 +o to yo0r arm=
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She shr0gs trying to /eep it cas0al.
NANC6
B0rne+ mysel2 in English class.
She ha5ar+s a loo/ in a mirror an+ her 1a& +rops.
NANC6
M-go+ I loo/ t&enty years ol+.
(t0rning %ac/ to him!
6o0 have any &eir+ +reams last
night=
*EN
Slept li/e a roc/.
NANC6
(please+!
Well at least I have an o%1ective
&all to %o0nce this o22.
(%eat!
6o0 %elieve it-s possi%le to +ream
a%o0t &hat-s going to happen=
*EN
No.
NANC6
6o0 %elieve in the Boogey Man=
*EN
One t&o 're++ie-s coming
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2or yo0= No. #o+ /ille+ Tina.
"e-s a 2r0itca/e an+ y0 /no& it.
NANC6
6o0 %elieve in anything=
*EN
I %elieve in yo0 me an+
#oc/ an+ #oll. An+ I-m not
too s0re a%o0t yo0 lately.
NANC6 thin/s.
NANC6
*isten I-ve got a cra5y 2avor
to as/.
*EN
$h,oh...
NANC6
It-s nothing har+ or anything.
(%eat!
I-m 10st going to... loo/
2or someone an+... I &ant yo0 to %e sort o2 a g0ar+.
O/ay=
*EN ma/es the T&ilight one so0n+.
NANC6
O/ay=
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*EN
O/ay o/ay.
(%eat!
I thin/.
She comes very close to him.
NANC6
6o0 &on-t scre& 0p righ= I
mean a &hole lot might +epen+
on it.
The &ay she-s loo/ing at him gives him the creeps.
*EN
O/ay I &on-t scre& 0p.
NANC6 ta/es a +eep %reath. Then &itho0t another &or+ t0rns
o22
the T4 an+ the light.
*EN (IN A#3!
>es0s it-s +ar/ in here.
NANC6
Shhh. No& listen here-s &hat
&e-re gonna +o...
E8T. E*M ST#EET. NI"T.
'AE $) ON NANC6 still in her pa1amas &al/ing thro0gh the
sha+o&y streets ear her home listening 2or the slightest
so0n+.
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We MO4E &ith her. B0t nothing not even the +og %ar/ing
earlier
is there no&. NANC6 peers into the +ar/ness o2 la&ns an+
trees
%ehin+ her.
NANC6
(stage &hisper!
6o0 still there=
Across the street an+ a +istance a&ay *EN steps 2rom %ehin+
a
tree.
*EN
6eah. So=
NANC6
>0st chec/ing ,, /eep o0t o2
sight
*EN thro&s 0p his han+s in e<asperation an+ &al/s %ac/ o0t o2
sight. NANC6 t0rns an+ loo/s +o&n %et&een the ho0ses +eep
into a
+ar/ alley&ay. Then she 2orces hersel2 to &al/ into it.
E8T. A**E6. NI"T.
MO4IN WIT" "E# as she ma/es hersel2 go +eeper an+ +eeper into
sha+o&s. Each time she pa0ses an+ &aits the M$SIC gro&s more
threatening an+ e<pectant. The 2eeling is o2 immense tension
,,
&e-re s0re the /iller &ill come screaming o0t on her at any
secon+.
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B0t he +oesn-t. In 2act a%sol0tely nothing happens an+ NANC6
emerges 2rom the 2ar en+ o2 the alley 0nscathe+. The only
thing
strange is that she no& 2in+s hersel2 loo/ing across the mall
to
E8T. )O*ICE STATION. NI"T.
The )lice Station. It ta/es her a little %y s0rprise it 10st
seems to have appeare+.
M$SIC creeps into the NI"TMA#E T"EME as NANC6 &hispers
hoarsely
%ac/ +o&n the +ar/ alley.
NANC6 (CONT!
Still there=
E8T. A**E6. NI"T.
We only "EA# teh ISTANT 4OICE slightly EC"OE.
*EN-S 4OICE (OS!
(ya&ning!
Still here
NANC6
On yo0r toes right=
NANC6 stares into the +ar/ trying to see him %0t she can-t.
She
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t0rns %ac/ an+ ma/es 0p her min+ to move &itho0t him in sight.
E8T. )O*ICE STATION. NI"T.
M$SIC MO$NTS as &e MO4E WIT" NANC6 across the la&ns to the
police
station creeping to the 2irst lighte+ &in+o& she sees. It-s
a
lo& %arre+ %asement &in+o& an+ NANC6 reacts as soon as she
loo/s
thro0gh it.
INT. #O-S CE**. NI"T.
NANC6-S )O4 +o&n into #O *ANE-s cell. The %oy is on his
ro0gh
cot t&itching in +ist0r%e+ sleep. An+ a long S"AOW is
sli+ing
across the &all.
A %ig S"A)E appears in the sha+o&e+ corri+or o0tsi+e the %oy-s
cell an+ as IT &al/s closer NANC6 can %arely see it-s the
sham%ling grimly scarre+ man &ith the 2ilthy re+ an+ yello&
s&eater an+ strange slo0ch hat p0lle+ across his %ro&. The
3I**E#
2rom all o2 their nightmares.
An+ this giant sha+o& o2 a man passes thro0gh the %ars o2 the
cell li/e so m0ch evil >ello. "al2&ay thro0gh he pa0ses
t0rning
to chec/ over his sho0l+er. We see the %ars clearly
penetrating
his %o+y going in his hea+ passing o0t his an/les. Then he
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t0rns %ac/ to #O an+ moves 2or&ar+ an+ &ithin another
heart%eat
is %esi+e the %oy.
E8T. )O*ICE STATION. NI"T.
NANC6 +ra&s %ac/ sharply s&allo&ing in terror. She loo/s
%ehin+
her 2or help.
NANC6 (CONT!
len.
No ans&er.
NANC6 (CONT!
(lo0+er!
len=
The street is a%sol0tely +eserte+. T"ere is no motion an+ no
so0n+ save one: the +istant %0t 0nmista/ea%le so0n+ o2 *EN
SNO#IN.
NANC6 (CONT!
*EN
A %eat o2 silence a2ter the sho0t-s echoes +ie then the
stea+y
%oyish SNO#ES again. NANC6 s&ears 0n+er her %reath an+ 1er/s
%ac/
aro0n+ 2orcing hersel2 to loo/ again into #O-s cell.
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INT. #O-S CE**.
IN "E# )O4 ,, the /iller pic/s 0p #O-s %e+sheet an+ tests it
%et&een his po&er20l han+s. Witho0t thin/ing NANC6 %angs
against
the glass.
NANC6 (CONT!
#o+ *oo/ o0t
The 3I**E# &heels aro0n+ loc/ing eyes &ith NANC6. The girl
goes
&hite. The man-s 2ace is in the light an+ it-s horri%le ,,
seething &ith hatre+ an+ a t&iste+ insane intelligence.
The hol+ o2 those eyes is only %ro/en &hen #O rols 0p on an
el%o&
&ith a +eep tro0%le+ #OAN. The instant #O +oes this the
3I**E# 2a+es into the sha+o&s in the cell. B0t even then his
eyes
hol+ on NANC6-s 0ntil the last secon+ he-s visi%le.
#O loo/s aro0n+ the cell groggily r0ns his 2ingers thro0gh
his
matte+ hair then collapses %ac/ on his pillo&. No matter ho&
har+ NANC6 screams #O never once loo/s at the &in+o&. "e
10st
p0lls the t&iste+ covers a%o0t his sho0l+ers an+ s0cc0m%s once
more to sleep.
An+ no& the %e+ sheet is no longer on the %e+. T"e 3I**E#
materiali5ing o0t o2 the sha+o& again is hol+ing it %et&een
his
han+s li/e a garrote. "e loo/s 0p an+ leers at NANC6 then
moves
2or #O.
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E8T. )O*ICE STATION. NI"T.
AN*E BAC3 ON NANC6. She po0n+s on the &in+o& then t0rns in
2r0stration an+ yells into the night.
NANC6
len
She t0rns %ac/ to the cell in +esperation.
INT. #O-S CE**.
IN NANC6-S )O4 &e loo/ into a cell that is ;0ite +eserte+ save
2or
#O. Sleeping peace20lly.
E8T. )O*ICE STATION. NI"T.
NANC6 p0ls %ac/ 2rom the &in+o& st0nne+.
NANC6
I s&ear...
S0++enly NANC6 2eels 0tterly e<pose+. S"e shivers chille+
an+
v0lnera%le to the %one in her thin night clothes. S"e can-t
move.
It-s as i2 some great nerve %et&een her instincts an+ %a+y ha+
%een severe+. An+ she hears the SO$N %ehin+ her. A sort o2
2illing,vi%rating Scrriiitchh.
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M$SIC snea/s in ,, the 0nmista/ea%le NI"TMA#E T"EME creeping
over her. NANC6 2orces hersel2 %y sheer &il to loo/.
Ahea+ o2 her perhaps t&enty,2ive 2eet covere+ &ith a thic/
plastic %o+y %ag thro0gh &hich &e can %arely see her 2ace is
TINA. Stan+ing s;0are in the mi++le o2 the street. A +ar/
oo5e
o2 B*AC3 EE*S roil o0t o2 its %ottom an+ at its top the
5ipper
C"ATTE#S +o&n an+ the greenish,&hite 2ace o2 TINA lolls o0t.
S"e
gest0res s0pplicating her &atery eyes +esperate to convey
some
+esperate message.
The M$SIC 'A**S TO A "$S".
NANC6 %ac/s a&ay eyes streaming tears.
NANC6
len &here are yo0 Wa/e 0p
len
EE) #AE 4OICE (O.S.!
I-m here.
NANC6 t&ists aro0n+ in horror at the same instant the 3I**E#
gra%s
2or her 2ace &ith his /ni2e,2ingers The girl intinctively
pitches %ac/ then scram%les 0p an+ r0ns li/e hell
NANC6
len len
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E8T. E*M ST#EET. NI"T.
MO4IN WIT" NANC6 at 20ll gallop r0nning %lin+. She crashes
thro0gh a sa&horse into a ne& si+e&al/ sin/ing into th e&et
cement over her an/les. The st022 stic/s to her legs in long
gl0ey glo%s an+ she can %arely p0ll her 2eet loose.
The 3I**E# looms near%y moc/ing her ,, his scalpel cla&s
gleaming
in the streeetlight. "e 10st misses the girl as she &renches
2ree
an+ 2lees again no& so &in+e+ she can only stagger.
MO4IN WIT" T"EM. Tim a2ter time NANC6 10st %arely manages o
el0+e the sha+o&y 2orm leaping 2rom his reach %y inches an+
po0ring on more steam. It-s too close to even %other
screaming
no& an+ %esi+es theat &o0l+ ta/e %reath she +oesn-t have.
T"e
only SO$N is o2 #$NNIN 'OOTSTES #AS)IN B#EAT" an+ the
3NI'E,
'INE#S W"IST*IN thro0gh the air.
E8T. NANC6-S "OME. NI"T.
NANC6 tears across her 2ront la&n an+ into the open 2ront +oor
o2
her home S*AMMIN it &ith all her might. There-s a
tremen+o0sly
satis2ying CONC$SSION o2 &oo+ against +orr2rame an+ the *OC3S
2all sh0t.
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INT. NANC6-S *I4IN #OOM. NI"T.
NANC6
lennn
B0t her voice is gar%le+ as i2 she-s 0n+er &ater an+ there-s
no
ans&er. The only cl0e to len %eing there at all is his
+istant
SNO#IN. Innocent. )ersistent. eep.
NANC6 stops %reath in shre+s 2ace smeare+ &ith +irt an+tears
something is cla&ing the &in+o& in the +ar/ o2 the /itchen.
NANC6
loo/s an+ catches the MAN prying at the glass &ith his %ig
/ni2e,
2ingers the shrp %la+es SI*IN against the e+ges o2 the
glass
as they crac/ it a&ay 2rom the 2rame. NANC6 r0ns 0pstairs in
%lin+ panic.
INT. NANC6-S #OOM. NI"T.
NANC6 +arts into her 0nlit %e+room slams the +oor an+ loc/s
it.
Sa2e at last.
She listens at the +oor. Nothing. She crosses to her %e+.
Ne<t
secon+ the 3I**E# +ives thro0gh her &in+o& an+ sei5es her in a
sho&er o2 shattere+ glass
NANC6 t&ists an+ manages to gra% the &rist o2 his /ni2e han+&ith
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%oth o2 hers %arely /eeping the %la+es 2rom her throat.
The t&o 2all %ac/&ar+s in a terri%le gasping str0ggle
crashing
onto NANC6-s %e+. "er grip is %ro/en ,, the MAN sta%s ,,
NANC6
t&ists a&ay %ac/e+ into a corner o2 %e+ an+ &alls.
e2enseless
she snatches a pillo& 0p the 3I**E# lashes o0t ,,
+isem%o&eling
the pilo& an+ sen+ing a great g0sh o2 2eathers 2lying. NANC6
+ives 2or escape in a virt0al %li55ar+.
The 3I**E# manages to snare her &ith his other han+ an+ the
t&o
crash across the %e+si+e ta%le to the 2loor the ta%le an+ all
its
contents casca+ing aro0n+ them in a &hiteo0t o2 2eathers.
AN*E AT '*OO# *E4E* ,, C*OSE ON NANC6-s AN T"E 3I**E#-s
"EAS.
The %la+es inch to&ar+s the girl-s 2ace ,, the +rool o2 the
gri55le+ sha+o& &ith the horri%ly scarrre+ 2ace spills into
her
eyes. 'eathers are every&here M$SIC is a%sol0tely insane
B0t 10st &hen the points o2 steel are less than an inch 2rom
her
eyes the ol+ 2ashione+ alarm cloc/ thro&n to the 2loor ne<t
to
NANC6-s hea+ goes o22 &ith a 1arring #IN
Instantly the M$SIC STO)S. AN+ a moment later the room is
light.
WIE# as NANC6 reels 0p %lin+e+ %y the s0++en light
SC#EAMIN
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AN 'I"TIN on her %e+.
AN*E ON *EN l0rching 2rom his o&n sleep at the 2rightening
noise. "e +iscovers NANC6 presse+ in terror against her
hea+%oar+ cl0tching a pillo& li/e a +ro&ning &oman &o0l+ a
stra&.
It-s an intact pillo& an+ there isn-t a 2eather in sight.
NANC6 stares incre+0lo0sly at *EN then aro0n+ the room
0ntangling hersel2 2rom her %e+clothes. Wary an+ 20rio0s her
voice hoarse.
NANC6
len yo0 %astar+...
The %oy loo/s at his 2rien+ in groggy alarm. S"e-s a%sol0tely
livi+ more angry than he-s ever seen her an+ more strange.
*EN
What I +o=
"e reaches 2or her ,, she 2lattens against the &all eyes
har+
an+ terri%ly h0rt too.
NANC6
(lo&!
I as/e+ yo0 to +o 10st one thing.
>0st stay a&a/e an+ &atch me ,,
>0st &a/e me i2 it loo/e+ li/e
I &as having a %a+ +ream.
(eyes &il+!
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B0t yo0. 6o0 shit ,, &hat +o
yo0 +o ,, yo0 2all asleep
She stops hersel2 &iping a %it o2 her lip alarme+ at ho& o0t
o2
control she-s %ecome. An+ s0++enly she %rea/s sin/ing into
her
torn %e+clothes an+ r0%%ing her hea+.
NANC6 (CONT!
(mostly to hersel2!
I m0st %e going n0ts...
MA#E (O.S.!
Nancy=
"er mother-s +oor opens O.S.
*EN
Oh shit.
NANC6 composes her voice as %est she can.
NANC6
6es mother=
MA#E-s 2lip,2lops approach o0tsi+e the +oor. *EN %arrelso0t
the &in+o& ,, NANC6 +ives 2or the %e+ 1ams o22 thelight an+
+isappears 0n+er the covers. MA#E %leary eye+ hersel2
opens
the +oor an+ 2lic/s on the light.
MA#E
(%eat!
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6o0 o/ay=
NANC6
(&ea/ly!
6eah. >0st ha+ a little +ream.
I-m 2alling right %ac/ to sleep.
MA#E
(%eat!
O/ay... 6o0 nee+ anything 10st call.
NANC6
O/ay.
MA#E closes the +oor. NANC6 imme+iately sits 0p an+ loo/s at
the
&in+o&. A single %one,&hite 2eather 2loats +o&n in the
moonlight.
Then it-s s0c/e+ o0tsi+e an+ is gone.
E8T. )O*ICE STATION. NI"T.
*EN-s CAI**AC CON4E#TAB*E careens into the par/ing lot an+
SC#EEC"ES to a stop. *EN an+ NANC6 10mp o0t an+ hea+ 2or the
station.
*EN
6o0 min+ telling me &hat-s
going on=
NANC6 races into the station &itho0t ans&ering.
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*EN (CONT!
Oh I see. That ma/es it all
per2ectly clear.
INT. )O*ICE STATION. NI"T.
NANC6 goes straight to the SE#EANT-s +es/.
NANC6
arcia I &ant to see #o+
*ane again.
A#CIA &inces.
ST A#CIA
I tho0ght &hen I too/ the
night shi2t I-+ have peace
an+ ;0iet 2or a change.
NANC6
It-s 0rgent &e-ve gotta see #o+.
ST A#CIA
It-s three in the morning. 6o0r mother /no& yo0-re o0t this
late=
NANC6
(2a/ing it!
O2 co0rse ,, loo/ at least go
%ac/ an+ loo/ at him. >0st see
i2 he-s o/ay.
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A#CIA glances at *EN.
*EN
(2a/ing it!
We have reason to thin/ there
might %e something &eir+ going
on.
*T T"OM)SON (O.S.!
Oh no arg0ment on that.
NANC6 10mps aro0n+ at the so0n+ o2 her 2ather-s voice. *T
T"OM)SON emerges 2rom his o22ice r0mple+ an+ ya&ning.
NANC6
a+ ,, &hat yo0 +oing here=
*T T"OM)SON
It so happens I &or/ here an+
there-s an 0nsolve+ m0r+er. I
+on-t li/e 0nsolve+ m0r+ers
especially ones my +a0ghter-s
mi<e+ 0p in ,, h&at are yo0
+oing here at this ho0r= 6o0-re s0ppose+ to %e getting some
sleep.
*EN
*isten sir this is serio0s.
Nancy ha+ a nightmare a%o0t #o+
%eing in +anger or something
an+ so she thin/s...
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"e trails o22 loosing it 0n+er *T T"OM)SON-s glare. Besi+es
he
+oesn-t /no& e<actly &hat the hell-s really going on himsel2.
A#CIA p0ts his %ee2y han+ on NANC6-s sho0l+er.
NANC6
I 10st &ant to see i2 he-s o/ay
ST A#CIA
Ta/e my &or+ 2or it Nancy. The
g0y-s sleeping li/e a %a%y. "e-s
not going any&here.
INT. CE** B*OC3. NI"T.
AN*E ON #O in his cell. "e-s asleep all right %0t not
sa2ely
so. "is %e+sheet has come alive. It t&itches p0lsates then
sna/es to&ar+s his throat.
#O stirs the sheet 2alls still #O slips into +eeper sleep
an+
the sheet moves again completing the noose aro0n+ his nec/
INT. BOO3IN #OOM. NI"T.
NANC6 ma/es a move 2or the cell %loc/ ,,
NANC6
This isn-t yo0 average nightmare
a++y ,, +amn it
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The +oor-s loc/e+ she ha0ls on it in +esperation.
*T T"OM)SON
No& loo/ Nancy +on-t p0sh
it. 6o0-ve alrea+y r0%%e+ my nose
in se< +r0gs an+ violence ,, +on-t
start thro&ing in insanity
NANC6 t/aes that one to heart. She &heels on him an+ plea+s
her
intensity so%ering even to him.
NANC6
>0st go %ac/ an+ chec/ ,, please
The man ta/es a %eat then shr0gs an+ no+s to&ar+s ST A#CIA.
*T T"OM)SON
O/ay arcia. W"at the hell.
ST A#CIA
#ight...
(2eeling in his poc/ets!
No& &here-+ I p0t hte /ey...
"e m0m%les %ac/s to&ar+s his +es/. M$SIC B$I*S as &e "O* ON
NANC6-s 'ACE.
INT. #O-S CE**. NI"T.
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With a terri%le SNA) #O-s sheet 1er/s tight aro0n+ his nec/.
The
startle+ teenager is ha0le+ 0pright ,, eyes popping 2ace
p0rple.
"e cla&s at the steet %0t +espite his strenght he can-t gethis
2ingers %et&een the noose an+ his &in+pipe. "e-s +ragge+
%ac/&ar+s across the cot.
INT. BOO3IN #OOM. NI"T.
A#CIA 2inally has the /eys. $rge+ on %y NANC6 he 20m%les
&ith
the loc/.
INT. #O-S CE**. NI"T.
#O-s %eing +ragge+ %ac/&ar+-s gasping an+ str0ggling in vain
against the po&er20l p0ll ,, 2ight across his cell an+ 0p the
&all too. "e cl0tches %lin+ly at his throat at the 2ar en+
o2
the sheet coils aro0n+ the %ars o2 the high &in+o&. Then
there-s
a po&er20l &rench o2 the sheet an+ #O-s nec/ SNA)S. The
/i+-s
%o+y sags li2eless.
AN*E T"#O$" T"E BA#S as NAN6 *EN *T T"OM)SON an+ A#CIA
appear in the corri+or o0tsi+e the girl sprinting ahea+.
NANC6
#o+
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B0t it-s too late NANC6 sin/s %ac/ in horror as her 2ather
an+
A#CIA r0sh into the cell.
*T T"OM)SON
imme a han+ +ammit
*EN pale as the sheet that-s /ille+ #O clim%s to the %ars
an+
0nties the /not. #O sli+es +o&n over the SE#EANT-s
sho0l+ers
limp as a marrionette &ith its strings slashe+.
ST A#CIA
o++am loco /i+ ,, he +i+n-t
have t-+o that ,, Ma+re +ios
They lay #O at NANC6-s 2eet a strange )ieta. NANC6-s 2ather
loo/s at her in spoo/e+ s0spicion.
*T T"OM)SON
"o&-+ yo0 /no& he &as gonna +o
this=
NANC6 says nothing.
'AE TO B*AC3
E8T. 'O#EST *AWN CEMETE#6. A6.
B$#N ON:
T"E 'O$#T" A6
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'AE $) ON a star/ a2ternoon. On a hill o2 sere grass
overloo/ing
the valley the cas/et o2 #O *ANE is lo&ere+ into its grave.
A small gro0p o2 'AMI*6 an+ '#IENS &atches so%erly as the
MINISTE# raises his han+ in %ene+iction.
MINISTE#
Ashes to ashes +0st to +0st.
may o+ %e &ith this yo0ng man-s
so0l.
ON T"E 'ACES o2 MA#E *T T"OM)SON TINA-s MOT"E# an+ #O-s
)A#ENTS. >0st 2or a secon+ or t&o in loo/s too rapi+ 2or an
o0tsi+er to even notice these a+0lts e<change loo/s.
'0rtive
;0ic/ glances that s0ggest an immense something that they all
share something %eyon+ even this secon+ +eath among their
chil+ren. T"en they are all staring ahea+ again as i2 the
others
&eren-t even there.
MINISTE# (CONT O.S.!
"is li2e an+ his +eath attest to
the Script0re-s &arning that he &ho
lives %y the s&or+ shall +ie %y
the s&or+.
AN*E ON *EN &atching ,,
NANC6 stan+ing alone not %elieving it 2or a min0te.
MINISTE# (CONT O.S.!
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B0t let 0s recall also o0r *or+-s
a+monition that &e ->0+ge not
lest &e %e 10+ge+.- *et 0s
attempt only to love. An+ may
#o+ *ane rest in peace.
NANC6
(;0ietly!
Amen to that m0ch.
The mo0rners &al/ a&ay 2rom the grave MA#E among them. She
pa0ses near a MAN an+ t&o WOMEN in %lac/ ,, TINA-s MOT"E#
#O-s
)A#ENTS. They almost it seems spea/. Then MA#E h0rries
on.
WE MO4E WIT" "E# as she-s 1oine+ %y *T T"OM)SON. Both are
&orn
an+ on e+ge. T"OM)SON a%sently lights another cigarette
o22ering
one to MA#E.
*T T"OM)SON
"o&-s Nancy +oing=
MA#E
I +on-t thin/ she-s slept since
Tina +ie+.
(sha/es her hea+!
She-s al&ays %een a +elicate
/i+.
T"OM)SON lights her cigarette attempting some sort o2
nonchalance.
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*T T"OM)SON
She-s to0gher than yo0 thin/.
Any i+ea ho& she /ne& #o+ &as
gonna /ill himsel2=
MA#E
No. All I /no& is this remin+s
me too m0ch o2 ten years ago.
T"OM)SON %lo&s a pl0me o2 smo/e against the har+ s/y an+ loo/s
a&ay.
*T T"OM)SON
6eah. Well... *et-s not start
+igging 0p %o+ies 10st %eca0se
&e-re in a cemetery.
"e gives her a loo/ that co0l+ c0t stone. MA#E toses +o&n
her
cigarete an+ crosses to NANC6. The girl is simply staring
o222
over the valley.
MA#E
(very gently!
Time to go home %a%y.
She moves her a&y 2rom the %rin/ o2 the hill.
E8T. CEMETE#6 )A#3IN A#EA. A6.
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MA#E opens the +oor o2 the station &agon 2or NANC6. NANC6
t0rns
to them %oth spea/ing in a still small voice.
NANC6
The /iller-s still loose
yo0 /no&.
She has a &il+ Cassan+ra aspect that sen+s a chill right 0p
MA#E-s spine.
*T T"OM)SON
6o0 saying some%o+y else /ille+
Tina= Who=
NANC6 smiles a &eir+ sort o2 smile.
NANC6
I +on-t /no& &ho he is. B$t he-s
%0rne+ he &ears a &eir+ hat a
re+ an+ yello& s&eater real
+irty an+ he 0ses some sort o2
/ni2es he-s got ma+e into a sort
o2...glove. *i/e giant 2inger,
nails.
As NANC6 has +escri%e+ this monster 2rom her +ream 0nseen %y
her
the 2aces o2 MA#E an+ *T T"OM)SON have +raine+ completely o2
color.
*T T"OM)SON
(lo& even to MA#E!
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I thin/ yo0 sho0l+ /eep Nancy
at home a 2e& +ays. -Till she-s
really over the shoc/.
MA#E
I got something %etter...
(to NANC6!
I-m gonna get yo0 help %a%y.
So no one &ill threaten yo0
any more.
She ta/es the girl %y the arm an+ g0i+es her into the car
loc/ing
the +oor 2rom o0tsi+e. NANC6 never ta/ing her eyes 2rom her
2ather-s as the car %ears her a&ay.
'AE TO B*AC3
B$#N ON:
T"E 'I'T" A6
E8T. $C*A SC"OO* O' MEICINE. A6.
'AE $) ON $C*A-s WESTWOO CAM)$S an+ )AN TO SIN:
$C*A SC"OO* O' MEICINE
INSTIT$TE 'O# T"E
ST$6 O' S*EE) ISO#E#S
INT. A *ABO#ATO#6 S*EE)IN C"AMBE#.
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A N$#SE applies sencors to the hea+ %reast arms an+ 2ingers
o2
NANC6 T"OM)SON. The girl is lying on a simple %roa+ cot in
her
pa1amas. The room is s0%+0e+ in color an+ hol+s only this
single
%e+. A large mirror set into one &all hi+es an o%servation
room
%eyon+.
NANC6
B0t I 10st +on-t 2eel...rea+y
to sleep yet. )lease +o I
have to=
WIE# #E4EA*IN # SAM$E* 3IN a yo0ng c0rly,haire+
internist
intelligent an+ &ry. "e treats NANC6 at all times li/e a
yo0ng
a+0lt never patroni5ing. "e &in/s as the N$#SE 2inishes.
# 3IN
on-t &orry yo0-re not gonna
change into Bri+e o2 'ran/enstein
or anything.
NANC6 manages a smile %0t she-s hagar+ an+ visi%ly thinner.
MA#E %ac/gro0n+ loo/s +o&nright +istra0ght.
# 3IN (CONT!
Nancy have any severe chil+hoo+
illnesses= Scarlet 'ever=
"igh temperat0res ,, conc0ssions=
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MA#E
No nothing.
NANC6
"e means +i+ yo0 ever +rop me
on my hea+.
The +octor an+ girl share a nervo0s la0gh MA#E +oesn-t even
smile.
# 3IN
Nightmares are e<pecte+ a2ter
psychological tra0ma. on-t
&orry they go a&ay.
MA#E
I s0re as hell hope so.
NANC6
I +on-t see &hy yo0 co0l+n-t
10st give me a pil to /eep me
2rom +reaming...
# 3IN
Everyone-s got to +ream.I2 yo0 +on-t +ream yo0 go...
(he +rills his 2inger
at his temple!
All set=
NANC6
No.
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MA#E
They-re 10st simple tests
Nan. We-ll %oth %e right
here.
# 3IN
*oo/ I /no& it-s %een 2right,
ening I /no& yo0r +reams have
seeme+ real. B0t...it-s
o/ay. O/ay=
MA#E
)lease Nancy. Tr0st 0s.
The girl ga0ges her mother the +octor the sit0ation very
care20lly. Then lo&ers her eyes.
NANC6
It-s not yo0 I +on-t tr0st.
It-s...
(gives 0p!
O/ay. *et-s +o it.
reatly relieve+ MA#E gives NANC6 a goo+night /iss then
2ollo&s
the +octor thro0gh a +oor&ay near the mirror. As soon as her
mother is o0t o2 sight NANC6-s eyes +ri2t to the mirror
itsel2.
In its re2lection she sees hersel2 loo/ing %ac/ alone on the
%e+.
ISSO*4E TO:
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INT. T"E OBSE#4ATION #OOM.
MA#E an+ # 3IN overloo/ NANC6-s sleeping cham%er thro0gh
the
one,&ay mirror. An+ 3INmonitors the girl even more closely
&ith
a %an/ o2 instr0ments ,, a mass o2 glo&ing +ials graphs an+
meters. "is manner &ith MA#E is slightly more so%er.
# 3IN
"o& long-s this %een going on=
MA#E
Since the m0r+er. She &as 2ine
%e2ore that.
# 3IN
Not to &orry. No signs o2 path,
ology in Nancy-s EE or p0lse
rate. I-+ g0ess &hat &e-ve got
is a normal yo0ng girl &ho 10st
happens to have gone thro0gh
t&o +ays o2 hell.
MA#E
It-s 10st ma+e her thin/...
her +reams are real...
3IN a+10sts a +ial &atching the E3 li/e a ha&/.
# 3IN
Ever hear the ol+ B$++hist tale
a%o0t the 3ing &ho +reame+ he
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&as a %eggar &ho +reame+ he
&as a /ing=
MA#E t&itches. T"en there-s a slight alteration in the so0n+
o2
the E3. 3IN no+s in satis2action.
# 3IN (CONT!
O/ay goo+. She-s asleep.
MA#E
(immensely relieve+!
Than/ o+.
M$SIC #ISES SO*EMN*6 MA>ESTICA**6 into a ha0nting transition
as
&e
ISSO*4E TO
A MONTAE O' S"OTS o2 the E3 #A)" its in/y nee+les
calming or
a METE# tracing the ;0ieting o2 NANC6-s p0lse an+ o2 OT"E#
INST#$MENTS in+icating li2e processes &e can only g0ess. All
smoothing o0t.
C*OSE ON NANC6 on T4 MONITO# asleep li/e the chil+ she is.
Innocent.
MA#E lights a cigarette angry at her helplessness.
MA#E
What the hell are +reams any&ay=
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She co0l+ +ream at any time no&.
#ight no& she-s li/e a +iver
on the %ottom o2 an ocean no
one-s mappe+ yet. Waiting to
see &hat sho&s 0p.
INT. T"E S*EE)IN #OOM.
We can see NANC6 +ri2t 2rom the initial stage over the %rin/
into
+eep slee. "er hair 2alls into her eyes her 2ace rela<es
her
sho0l+ers c0rl ro0n+ her li/e com2orters. T"E M$SIC EE)ENS
an+
%egins to hint at the tones o2 the NI"TMA#E T"EME.
INT. CONT#O* #OOM. A6.
# 3IN an+ MA#E &atch the instr0ments- every move.
One o2 the machines %egins a slight C"I#)IN. 3IN scans it
li/ing &hat he sees.
# 3IN
O/ay she-s starte+ to +ream.
"e leans 2or&ar+ in his chair li/e a pilot starting an
instr0ment
approach. MA#E T"OM)SON lic/s her +ry lips 2ightining a
t0rn o2
na0sea.
MA#E
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"o& can yo0 tell=
# 3IN
#.E.M.-s. #api+ eye movements.
The eyes 2ollo& the +ream ,,
their movement pic/s 0p on
this ,,
"e pro+s a +ial &ith his pencil an+ scri%%les the time on a
note
pa+.
# 3IN (CONT!
Beta Waves are slo&ing too.
She-s +reaming all right.
A goo+ one too.
MA#E &atches the T4 MONITO#. It-s in e<tra,close on NANC6-s
eyes
,, an+ they-re +arting %eneath the li+s reacting to events
lost
%ehin+ a s/ein o2 2lesh an+ ne0rons.
3IN points to a moving graph. A nee+le-s %eg0n &aving la5ily
%et&een pl0s an+ min0s three. The OCTO# no+s as0re+.
# 3IN (CONT!
Typical +ream parameter. A
nightmare no& &o0l+ %e pl0s or
min0s 2ive or si< she-s 10st
aro0n+ three point ,,
"e stops. O0tsi+e visi%le thro0gh the glass NANC6 t&ists
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aro0n+. Eyes still close+ she-s nevertheless hol+ing her
hea+ in
the attit0+e o2 prey listening to the 2irst 2aint so0n+ o2 the
pre+ator-s approach.
MA#E loo/s 2rom her +a0geter to the OCTO# color +raining
2rom
her 2ace.
MA#E
What the hell-s this= She
a&a/e or asleep=
The nee+le o2 the graph gives a 1agge+ pitch 0p pl0nges then
s0rges &ell a%ove the eight mar/. A strange M$SIC C$E ,,
+isonant
an+ threatening creeps in ,, the NI"TMA#E T"EME sl0rre+ into
a&20l minors an+ &eir+ +isonance. 3IN stares at the ga0ge in
+is%elie2 rapping his 2inger on its glass.
# 3IN
Can-t %e. It never gets
this high...
The nee+le s&ings even higher %ehin+.
# 3IN (CONT!
>es0s ". Christ.
"e-s c0t o22 %y the high,pitche+ 3EENIN o2 the girl the
SO$N
c0tting thro0gh the +o0%le thic/ness o2 the glass li/e a
lasar. A
&arning BEE)E# has %eg0n the instr0ments light 0p li/e a
Christmas tree ,, an+ o0tsi+e in the sleepign room NANC6 is
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contorting as i2 shot thro0gh &ith a tho0san+ volts. 3IN
/noc/s
over his chair in his sprint 2or the +oor.
INT. S*EE)IN #OOM.
The OCTO# an+ MA#E come in on the r0n ,, NANC6-s 2lainling
an+
screaming as i2 the +evil himsel2 &ere a2ter her. 3IN gra%s
her
to sha/e her a&a/e.
AN*E ON NANC6 (eyes open! ,, loo/in in terror ,, SO$N EC"OE
ST#ANE*6.
IN "E# )O4 ,, +resse+ in 3IN-s clothes ,, the horri%ly
scarre+
MAN reaches o0t.
WIE# ,, (NANC6-s eyes close+ in sleep! as the girl-s 2ist
shoots
o0t &ith incre+i%le 2orce an+ /noc/s # 3IN 2lying
The N$#SE an+ MA#E %oth +escen+ on her ,,
an+ again in her S*EE)IN )O4 &e see the MAN stagger 2or her.
WIE# ON NANC6 ,, (still in her nightmare! ,, 2ighting li/e a
tiger &ith %oth MA#E an+ the N$#SE ,, sen+ing the N$#SE
spra&ling
,, leaving MA#E hanging on 2or +ear li2e.
AN*E on the st0nne+ OCTO# 20m%ling &ith a hyper+ermic
nee+le
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spilling most o2 the st022 on himsel2 &ith his sha/ing han+s
,,
the SC#EAMS AN C$#SES o2 NANC6 are +ea2ening an+ &orthy o2 a
steva+or 2ighting o22 his &orst enemy. Stranger still her
hair
is electri2ie+ stan+ing on en+ an+ greying %e2ore their very
eyes
MA#E screams at the top o2 her l0ngs.
MA#E
NANC6 IT-S MOM ,, NANC6
Some +eep %olt o2 psychic po&er smac/s thro0gh the girl an+
her
eyes 2lap open ,, they-re gla5e+ &ith terror an+ 20ry %0t
open.
NANC6-s a&a/e.
She stares aro0n+ li/e a cornere+ animal in the mi++le o2 the
%e+
her p0rple 2ace gasping o0t g0t,&renchign SOBS. The N$#SE an+
MA#E +are to go %ac/ in an+ hol+ the s&eat,+renche+ girl as
#
3IN comes 2or her &ith the nee+le.
# 3IN
No& this is 10st going to let
yo0 rela< an+ sleep Nan ,,
With incre+i%le s&i2tness NANC6 %ac/han+s the hypo+ermic into
a
2ar &all shattering it into a million pieces.
NANC6
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No. That-s eno0gh sleep.
"er eyes are &in+o&s straight into &hite 2ire as she loc/s
into
3IN-S 2ace. "e +a%s his spli+t lip s&allo&ing pain20lly.
# 3IN
O/ay /i+. O/ay. 'air eno0gh.
"e hol+s o0t his han+. NANC6 at last ta/es it an+ sags %ac/
into
her pillo& e<ha0ste+. Then 3IN comes 0p &ith %loo+ on hishan+.
"e stares at it +0m%2o0n+e+ then at the girl. Across her
le2t
2orearm a +eep gash is %lee+ing 2reely as i2 ma+e %y a very
sharp instr0ment.
MA#E
Oh my go+ oh my go+...
# 3IN
(to the N$#SE!
et the /it
The N$#SE scram%les a&ay as the OCTO# claps his han+ over the
&o0n+s. "e loo/s into NANC6-s 2ace. What he sees 2rightens
him
even more: NANC6-s ha0nte+ ghost,li/e eyes t0rn 2rom him to
her
mother an+ a terri%le chilling smile opens across NANC6-s
&hite
lips.
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NANC6
6o0 %elieve this=
She p0lls her 2ree arm 2rom %eneath the sheets an+ reveals a
strange hat 2ilthy an+ &orn ,, the 3I**E#-s hat. The sight
o2 it
2rightens MA#E more than anything that-s come %e2ore.
MA#E
(+eathly pale!
Where the hell yo0 get that=
NANC6 2i<es her &ith 8ray eyes.
NANC6
I gra%%e+ it o22 his hea+.
MA#E stares at the hat as i2 it hel+ her &hole 20t0re an+
her
20t0re &as a horror.
'AE TO B*AC3
E8T. NANC6-S "O$SE. A6.
B$#N ON
T"E SI8T" A6
'AE $) ON NANC6-S "O$SE early morning.
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INT. NANC6-S 3ITC"EN. A6.
MA#E is on the telephone the +irty hat in her han+. Near%y
is a
nearly empty %ottle o2 gin.
MA#E
She sai+ she snatche+ it o22
his hea+ in a +ream.
(listens!
No I-m not cra5y I-ve got
the +amn thing in my han+
(listens!
I /no& &e +i+ &e all...
(hears NANC6
approaching!
otta go.
She hangs 0p an+ st022s the hat an+ %ottle into a +ra&er
screening the action &ith her %o+y. NANC6 enters.
By no& the girl has an e<traor+inary loo/. "er hair is ashen
her
s/in transl0scent an+ eyes +ar/,ringe+. "er 2orearm is
heavily
%an+age+ over the slashes. In short instea+ o2 the girl ne<t
+oor &e no& co0l+ %e loo/ing at the l0natic 2rom the ne<t
cell.
MA#E tho0gh she +oes her %est to hi+e it is +o&nright
2rightene+ o2 her.
MA#E (CONT!
6o0 +i+n-t sleep +i+ yo0=
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The +octor says yo0 have to
sleep or yo0-ll ,,
NANC6 po0rs hersel2 a c0p o2 %lac/ co22ee.
NANC6
o even cra5ier=
MA#E
I +on-t thin/ yo0-re going
cra5y ,, an+ stop +rin/ing
that +amn co22ee
NANC6
i+ yo0 as/ a++y to have the
hat e<amine+=
MA#E
I thre& that 2ilthy thing a&ay ,,
I +on-t /no& &hat yo0-re trying
to prove &ith it %0t ,,
NANC6 comes closer her eyes shining &ith a ne& s0reness.
NANC6 What I learne+ at the +ream
clinic that-s &hat I-m trying
to prove. #o+ +i+n-t /ill Tina
an+ he +i+n-t hang himsel2.
It-s this g0y ,, he-s a2ter
0s in o0r +reams.
MA#E
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B0t that-s 10st not reality
Nancy
'0rio0s NANC6 1an/s open the +ra&er %e2ore MA#E can stop her
an+
spills the %ottle an+ hat onto the co0nter.
MA#E gra%s a&ay the %ottle protectively ,, %0t it-s the hat
NANC6
goes 2or. She &aves it tri0mphantly ,, +emonically.
NANC6
It-s real Mamma. 'eel it.
MA#E
(horri2ie+!
)0t that +amne+ thing +o&n
MA#E l0nges 2or it ,, NANC6 leaps o0t o2 reach ,,
NANC6
"is name is even in it ,, &ritten
right in here ,, 're+ 3r0eger ,,
're+ 3r0eger 6o0 /no& &ho that
is Mamma= 6o0 %etter tell me
ca0se no& he-s a2ter me
MA#E s&allo&s then persists in the lie.
MA#E
Nancy tr0st yo0r mother 2or
once ,, yo0-ll 2eel %etter as
soon as yo0 sleep
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MA#E p0lls a&ay.
MA#E
6o0-re sic/ Nancy. Imagining
things. 6o0 nee+ to sleep
it-s as simple as that.
NANC6 &heels an+ smashes MA#E-s %ottle o2 gin in the sin/.
NANC6
Scre& sleep
MA#E (CONT!
Nancy
B0t NANC6 r0ns past her mother 2or the 2ront +oor.
MA#E (CONT!
Nancy ,, it-s only a nightmare
NANC6 t0rns in the +oor&ay.
NANC6
That-s eno0gh
On the +oor S*AM &e
C$T TO
E8T. S"A3ES)EA#E B#IE. A6.
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AN*E ON A NEI"BO#"OO ST#EET. We hear *EN-s 4OICE an+ )AN
$)
to #E4EA* NANC6 an+ *EN high a%ove t&o tiny 2ig0res &al/ing
across this strange &hite %ri+ge in ol+ *os Angeles. CAME#A
BEINS A S*OW OOM.
*EN
Whenever I get nervo0s I eat.
NANC6
An+ i2 yo0 can-t +o that yo0
sleep.
*EN
$se+ to. Not anymore.
*EN 1ams more Big Mac/ into his 2ace. By no& o0r OOM
reveals
he-s attac/ing a h0ge %ag o2 Big Mac/s an+ 20rtively eyeing
NANC6. The girl-s hair is startlingly &hite in the s0nlight.
She-s rea+ing a %oo/ har+ly paying attention.
*EN (CONT!
6o0 ever rea+ a%o0t the Balinese
&ay o2 +reaming=
NANC6
No.
*EN
They got a &hole system they
call -+ream s/ills-. So i2
yo0 have a nightmare 2or
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instance li/e 2alling right=
NANC6
6eah.
*EN
Instea+ o2 screaming an+ getting
n0ts yo0 say o/ay I-m gonna
ma/e 0p my min+ that I 2all
into a magic &orl+ &here I can
get something special li/e a
poem or song.
(grins hope20lly!
They get all their art literat0re
2rom +reams. >0st &a/e 0p an+
&rite it +o&n. reams/ills.
"e stops seeing the loo/ on NANC6-s 2ace. O0r OOM is m0ch
closer no& a &i+e me+i0m an+ still coming in on the /i+s.
NANC6
An+ &hat i2 they meet a monster
in their +ream= Then &hat=
*EN They t0rn their %ac/ on it.
(grins hope20lly!
Ta/es a&ay its energy an+
it +isappears.
NANC6
What happens i2 they +on-t +o
that=
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*EN
(shr0gs!
I g0ess those people +on-t
&a/e 0p to tell &hat happens.
NANC6
reat.
She leans over the railing po/ing her 2ace %ac/ into her
%oo/.
*EN tips its cover an+ rea+s its title. O$# OOM IS STI**
MO4IN
C*OSE# a MEI$M C*OSE $) NOW.
*EN
-Boo%y Traps an+ Improvise+
Anti,personel evices-
NANC6
I 2o0n+ it at this neat
s0rvivalist %oo/store on
4ent0ra.
*EN
(shoc/e+!
Well &hat yo0 rea+ing it 2or=
O$# OOM *OC3S IN ON A TI"T TWO ON T"EI# 'ACES NANC6-s
grimly
+etermine+.
NANC6
I-m into s0rvival.
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She &al/s a&ay O$T O' '#AME leaving *EN &atching a2ter her
in
astonishment.
*EN
She-s starting to scare the
living shit o0t o2 me.
E8T. E*M ST#EET7NANC6-S "OME7E4ENIN
AN*E AC#OSS NANC6-s KT#EE *AWNK the grass %et&een the
si+e&al/
an+ the street in the general +irection o2 *EN-s home. This
AN*E +oesn-t ;0ite reveal NANC6-s ho0se.
'O#E#O$N is a 0tility tr0c/ in &hich a hal2 +o5en "ispanic
WO#3E#S are loa+ing tools e<tension cor+s an+ har+&are. They
loo/ li/e they-ve p0t in one hell o2 a har+ +ay-s &or/.
MA#E appears an+ han+s a chec/ to the 'O#EMAN o2 the cre& a
&hite g0y in clean coveralls an+ a gol+ chain. he scr0tini5es
it.
'O#EMAN
An+ the other...
MA#E 2or/s over a &a+ o2 cash han+s trem%ling in her hal2,
+r0n/
helpless rage.
MA#E
Where-s yo0 mas/ an+ g0n=
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The 'O#EMAN co0nts the money s&i2tly.
'O#MAN
on-t %0st my chops la+y.
I2 the city 2o0n+ o0t I p0t
-em in &itho0t insi+e releases
I-+ loose my license.
"e shoves the money in his poc/et an+ clim%s in his tr0c/.
MA#E
E8ITS '#AME 2or her ho0se.
)AN WIT" T"E T#$C3 as it p0lls a&ay T"EN )IC3 $) NANC6
&al/ing
across the street 2rom the corner. Alone. ispirite+. She
li2ts
her eyes to her home an+ stops in her trac/s.
NANC6
Oh gross...
WIENIN TO #E4EA* T"E "O$SE as NANC6 &al/s across her 2ront
yar+.
Every single &in+o& has %een covere+ &ith %ran+,ne& ornamental
iron %ars %olte+ +eeply into their 2rames.
C*OSE# AT A WINOW. NANC6 gives a set o2 %ars a po&er20l
sha/e.
They +on-t %0+ge. Then the girl loo/s 0p an+ sees even the
&in+o&
to her secon+ 2loor %e+room is %arre+. An+ the rose trellis
has
%een rippe+ +o&n an+ heape+ at the 2o0n+ation in a tangle o2
&oo+
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thorns an+ %ro/en 2lo&ers.
INT. MA#E-S #OOM. E4ENIN.
AN*E ON T"E OO#WA6 INTO T"E "A**. easy listening M$SIC
&a2ts
thro0gh the air. NANC6 appears in the +oor&ay.
NANC6 (OS!
Mom &hat-s &ith the %ars=
#E4E#SE to MA#E proppe+ against the hea+%oar+ o2 her %e+ a
croo/e+ sha+o& in the gloom. A 2resh %ottle o2 in glints in
her
han+.
NANC6
Oh Mom...
The girls crosses an+ reaches gently 2or the %ottle. MA#E
snatches it a&ay.
MA#E
-s-mine...
She roc/s the %ottle in her arms.
NANC6
What-s &ith the %ars=
MA#E
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S-c0rity.
NANC6 sits on the %e+ a s0rprining compassion entering her
voice.
NANC6
Mom I &ant to /no& &hat yo0
/no& a%o0t 're+ 3r0eger.
MA#E
ea+ an+ gone.
NANC6
I &ant to /no& ho& &here ,,
i2 yo0 +on-t tell me I-m going
to call +a++y.
MA#E gives a la0gh ,, a rasping chachination 2rom +eep in her
chest.
MA#E (CONT!
6o0r 2ather the cop. That-s a
goo+ one.
(col+er!
'orget 're+ 3r0eger. 6o0 +on-t
&ant to /no& %elieve me.
NANC6
I +o &ant to /no&. "e-s not
+ea+ an+ gone ,, he-s a2ter me
an+ i2 I sleep he-ll get me
I-ve got to /no&
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MA#E %lin/s at her a moment then crac/s a terri%le croo/e+
grin.
MA#E
All right.
INT. NANC6-S CE**A#. NI"T.
MA#E +rags NANC6 hea+long +o&n the cellar stairs an+ across
the
room &ith a cra5y 20ry t&isting her +o&n near the 2o0n+ation.
An+ she thr0sts her 2ac so close to her +a0ghter-s that NANC6
reels 2rom the alcohol.
MA#E
6o0 &ant to /no& &ho 're+
3r0eger &as= "e &as a 2ilthy
chil+ /iller &ho got at least
t&enty /i+s /i+s 2rom o0r
area /i+s &e all /ne&. It
+rove 0s all cra5y &hen &e
+i+n-t /no& &ho &as +oing it ,,
%0t it &as even &orse &hen
they ca0ght him.
MA#E +ra&s hersel2 0p &ith a sha/e.
MA#E (CONT!
Oh la&yers got 2at an+ the 10+ge
got 2amo0s %0t someone 2orgot to
sign the search &arrant in the
right place an+ 're+ 3r0eger
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&as 2ree 10st li/e that.
NANC6
So he-s alive=
MA#E smiles grimly.
MA#E
"e &o0l+n-ve stoppe+. The
%astar+ &o0l+-ve got mare
/i+s 2irst chance he got ,,
they 2o0n+ nearly ten %o+ies
in his %oiler room as it
&as. B0t the la& co0l+n-t
to0ch him.
At the mention o2 K%oiler roomK NANC6 gives a sha/e. MA#E
misses this too %0sy ta/ing a p0ll on the %ottle that-s never
le2t her han+.
MA#E (CONT!
What &as nee+e+ &ere some private
citi5ens &illing to +o &hat ha+
to %e +one.
She reels slo&ly loo/ing at NANC6 is +e2iance.
NANC6
(h0she+!
What +i+ yo0 +o mother=
MA#E cra+les the %ottle.
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MA#E
B0nch o2 0s parents trac/e+ him
+o&n a2ter they let him go. 'o0n+
him in an ol+ %oiler room 10st
li/e %e2ore. Sa& him lying there
in that ca/e+ re+ an+ yello& s&eater
he al&ays &ore +r0n/ an- asleep
&ith his &eir+ /nives %y his si+e...
NANC6
(+rea+ing it!
o on...
MA#E reaches over an+ taps a +0sty t&o,gallon 10g o2 gasoline
near the la&n mo&er.
MA#E
We po0re+ gasoline all aro0n+
the place le2t a trail o0t the
+oor loc/e+ the +oor then...
She mimes stri/ing a match ,,
MA#E (CONT!
W"OOS"
"er arms shoot 0p an+ her eyes go &i+e &ith the light o2 that
2ire. There-s a&e in her voice. Then she +rops her arms.
MA#E (CONT!
(h0she+ remem%ering!
B0t 10st &hen it seeme+ not
even the +evil co0l+ live
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in there any more ,, he crashe+
o0t li/e a %anshee all on 2ire
,, s&inging those 2inger/nives
every &hich +irection an+
screaming he... he &as going
to get 0s %y /illing all o0r
/i+s...
She stops &ith a s0++en ;0a/e an+ +rin/s 2or a long moment.
B0t
the inta/e +oesn-t hi+e the image. "er 2ace %athe+ in tears
she
loo/s at her +a0ghter an+ sha/es her hea+.
MA#E (CONT!
There &ere all those men Nancy
even yo0r 2ather oh yes even
him. B0t none co0l+ +o &hat
ha+ to %e +one ,, 3r0eger rolling
an+ screaming so lo0+ the &hole
state co0l+ hear ,, no one co0l+
ta/e yo0r 2ather-s g0n an+ /ill
him goo+ an+ proper e<cept me.
She s&eeps her han+ across the air in a terri2ic slash then
stops her han+ sha/ing her voice hoarse an+ terri2ie+. She
loo/s at her +a0ghter %egging.
MA#E (CONT!
So he-s +ea+ Nan. "e can-t
get yo0. Mommy /ille+ him.
'or someone &ho starte+ this 2ilm at a very yo0ng seventeen
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things %0rie+ +o&n here= In o0r
o&n ho0se=
MA#E (CONT!
)roo2 he-s +ecla&e+. As 2or him
&e %0rie+ him goo+ an+ +eep.
MA#E shoves the /nives into their hi+ing place closes the
little
iron +oor.
MA#E (CONT!
So-s o/ay yo0 can sleep.
She l0rches 0p an+ staggers 0pstairs.
NANC6 shivers an+ loo/s +o&n at her arm. The c0t %eneath her
%an+age has %eg0n to %lee+ again. An+ 2rom insi+e the
20rnace as
i2 2rom +eep %elo& the )$*SIN o2 the %o0n+less nightmare,
%oiler
room can %e 2aintly hear+.
E8T. E*M ST#EET. NI"T.
WIE ON T"E ST#EET AN BOT" "O$SES *EN-s on the right
NANC6-s
on the le2t. A TE*E)"ONE #INS. OOM IN ON *EN-s $)STAI#S
BE#OOM WINOW.
INT. *EN-S H NANC6-S BE#OOMS , INTE#C$T. NI"T.
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*EN ya&ning crosses an+ pic/s 0p his telephone.
*EN
"ello=
NANC6 (telephone!
"i.
*EN
Oh. "i ho& y-+oing=
NANC6 loo/s o0t the &in+o& an+ to0ches her hair.
NANC6 (CONT!
'ine. Stan+ %y yo0r &in+o&
so I can see yo0. yo0 so0n+
a million miles a&ay.
In the lighte+ &in+o& across the &ay she can SEE *EN move
into
sight. In his shot &e can SEE NANC6 step into her &in+o&
%egin+
the %ars.
NANC6 (CONT!
M0ch %etter.
*EN
I hear+ yo0r ma &ent ape at the
sec0rity store to+ay. 6o0 loo/
li/e the )risoner o2 en+a or
something. "o& long-s it %een
since yo0 slept=
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NANC6
Coming 0p on the seventh +ay. It-s
o/ay I chec/e+ 0iness. The
recor+-s eleven an+ I-ll %eat
that i2 I have to.
(%eat!
*isten I... I /no& &ho he is.
*EN
Who=
NANC6
The /iller.
*EN
6o0 +o=
NANC6
6eah an+ i2 he gets me I-m
pretty s0re yo0-re ne<t.
*EN is appalle+.
*EN Me= Why &o0l+ anyone &ant to
/ill me=
NANC6
on-t as/ ,, 10st give me some
help nailing this g0y &hen I
%ring him o0t.
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*EN pales.
*EN
Bring him o0t o2 &hat=
NANC6
My +ream.
*EN
"o& yo0 plan to +o that=
NANC6
>0st li/e I +i+ the hat. "ave
a hol+ o2 the s0c/er &hen yo0
&a/e me 0p.
*EN
Me=
(s&itching %ac/ to a more
com2orta%le reality!
Wait a min0te yo0 can-t %ring
someone o0t o2 a +ream
NANC6
I2 I can-t then yo0 all can rela< %eca0se it-ll 10st %e a
simple case o2 me %eing n0ts.
*EN
I can save yo0 the tro0%le.
6o0-re n0tty as a 2r0itca/e.
I love yo0 any&ay.
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NANC6
oo+ then yo0 &on-t min+ col+,coc/ing
this g0y &hen I %ring him o0t.
*EN
What=
NANC6
(simplicity itsel2!
6o0 hear+ me. I gra% him in the
+ream ,, yo0 see me str0ggling
so yo0 &a/e me 0p. We %oth come
o0t yo0 col+ coc/ the 20c/er
an+ &e got him. Clever h0h=
*EN
6o0 cra5y= "it him &ith &hat=
NANC6
6o0-re a 1oc/. 6o0 m0st have
a %ase%all %at or something.
Come to my &in+o& at mi+night.
An+ mean&hile...
*EN(&ea/ly!
Mean&hile...=
NANC6
Mean&hile &hatever yo0 +o
+on-t 2all asleep. Mi+night.
She hangs 0p. *EN-s eyes %0g o0t.
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*EN
"oly shit Mi+night. Base%all
%ats an+ %oogemen. $n20c/ing
real.
E8T. T"E 4A**E6 AN "I**S. NI"T.
"I" WIE S"OT. The moon is a%ove the hori5on. A cool &in+
sli+es a %an/ o2 &hite 2og inlan+. The valley an+ its lights
stretch 2orever an en+less net o2 ill0mination an+ +ar/ness.
A
coyote "OW*S on the +ar/ hill.
E8T. )O*ICE STATION. NI"T.
A palm 2ron+ sc0ttles across the center o2 the par/ing lot.
*T
T"OM)SON arrives in an 0nmar/e+ car.
CO) (passing!
*ie0tenant Thompson ,, &hat
yo0 +oing in at this time=
*T T"OM)SON
Can-t sleep tho0ght I-+ come
%rea/ 0p the po/er game.
The CO) la0ghs an+ goes his &ay. T"OM)SON-s smile evaporates.
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INT. )O*ICE STATION. NI"T.
T"OM)SON enters an+ chec/s the log. Near%y ST A#CIA po0rs
co22ee.
SE#EANT A#CIA
I2 it &as any more ;0iet &e
co0l+ hear o&ls 2arting.
*T T"OM)SON
Is ;0iet isn-t it=
SE#EANT A#CIA
(too cas0ally!
"o&-s yo0r girl=
T"OM)SON loo/s at the es/ Sergeant a moment then tosses +o&n
the
log.
*T T"OM)SON
She-s sensi%le. S"e-ll sleep
sooner or later.
E8T. E*M ST#EET. NI"T.
The neigh%orhoo+ is 0tterly still most o2 the homes alrea+y
+ar/.
B0t not NANC6-s. Or *EN-s.
OOM TO *EN-S *I"TE *I4IN #OOM WINOW.
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M#S *ANT comes along the 0pstairs hall an+ /noc/s gently at
the
close+ +oor.
M#S *ANT
len= yo0 all right=
She p0ts her ear to the +oor an+ listens.
M#S *ANT (CONT!
len honey=
No ans&er.
INT. *EN-S #OOM. NI"T.
*EN lies spra&le+ across the %e+ long legs 2l0ng over the
en+
hea+ not visi%le.
his mother enters. She loo/s at the %oy t0rns o22 the T4.
*oo/s
at him again. 'rom this angle she can see his hea+ earphones
cramme+ over it rasping their tinny noise. B0t no movement
2rom
the /i+ at all. M#S *ANT crosses an+ po/es him in the ri%s.
*EN l0rches 0p arms &in+milling.
*EN
Wh00=
"e re2oc0ses his eyes ta/es o22 his earphones.
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M#S *ANT
"o& can yo0 listen to Carson an+
a recor+ at the same time=
*EN s&ings his legs over the e+ge o2 the %e+ an+ sha/es his
hea+
to clear the co%&e%s.
*EN
Wasn-t listening to the t0%e
10st &atching. Miss N0+e
America-s s0ppose+ to %e on
tonight.
M#S *ANT
Well ho& yo0 gonna hear &hat
she says=
*EN
Who cares &hat she says=
The mother gives 0p.
M#S *ANT
6o0 sho0l+ get ot sleep soon
len. It-s almost mi+night.
oo+ness /no&s &e-ve all ha+
eno0gh o2 a time the last 2e&
+ays...
*EN
I &ill Mom...in a &hile.
6o0 g0ys t0rning in=
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We-ll go a&ay ta/e a vacation.
et yo0r hair colore+ nice the
&ay it &as. No one &ill ever
/no&.
(sni22s!
This &hole room smells o2 co22ee
y-/no&=
She gathers 0p NANC6-s co22ee c0ps an+ empty Noo5 %o<es
leans
+o&n an+ /isses her.
MA#E (CONT!
It-s all over no& %a%y. The
nightmare-s over. )lease.
NANC6 no+s her hea+ hal2 st0%%orn hal2 sa+ly. She can
%arely
/eep her eyes open no&.
NANC6
O/ay.
She scr0nches intoher pillo&. MA#E smiles haggar+ly an+
sh0ts
o22 the light ta/ing the co22ee pot &ith her as she leaves.
NANC6 (CONT!
Night,night.
MA#E smiles relieve+. The girl p0lls the %lan/et aro0n+ her
sho0l+ers. "er eyes 2l0tter close+ her %reathing %ecomes
reg0lar
an+ +eep. Once again she-s the litle girl MA#E 2antasi5es
she
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is.
The mother tiptoes o0t o2 the room closing the +oor %ehin+
her.
"O* ON NANC6-s sleeping 2ace as the OO# C*OSES. "er eyes
remain
close+ another %eat then open &i+e.
She ;0ietly 10mps o0t o2 %e+ an+ sha/es hersel2 savagely to
scatter the sleep settling so ;0ic/ly.
Still in the +ar/ she 2ishes a 20ll electric co22epot 2rom0n+er
her %e+ an+ po0rs hersel2 a 2resh 2i< into a m0g she +igs 2rom
%eneath her pillo&. The 2ace ill0minate+ %y the neon light on
the
pot is set in a%sol0te +etermination.
NANC6 +rains the c0p then crosses to her closet retrieves a
pitcher o2 ice &ater 2rom %ehin+ a heap o2 clothes an+
splashes
her eyes an+ the %ac/ o2 her nec/. That +one she eases open
her
&in+o& an+ presses her 2ace to the %ars s0c/ing in cool night
air
0ntil every shre+ o2 sleep is gone 2rom her %rain.
Then she starts p0lling on clothes.
INT. NANC6-S "O$SE7OWNSTAI#S. NI"T..
AN*E ON MA#E as she chec/s the loc/ on the %ac/+oor. 'irm.
AN*E IN T"E *I4IN #OOM as she pa+s thro0gh the +ar/ene+
ho0se
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2eels her &ay to a &all o2 shelves an+ ta/es +o&n a %oo/.
Then
another an+ a thir+. Then reaches in an+ 2ishes o0t a %ottle
o2
gin.
E8T. NANC6-S "O$SE AN E*M ST#EET. NI"T.
The s/y has gathere+ in greater +ar/ness. *OW ISTANT
T"$NE#
rolls aro0n+ the hori5on li/e a great +r0m.
AN*E ON NANC6-S "O$SE 2rom across the street. The moon
glints
o22 the %arre+ &in+o&s. CAME#A OOMS to NANC6-s &in+o&. The
imprisone+ girl hovers in the +ar/ness %ehin+ the grill li/e a
ghost her eyes t0rne+ to&ar+s *EN-s. Then she s&itches to
something m0ch C*OSE# TO CAME#A AN*E an+ she +ra&s %ac/.
#E4E#SE ON *EN-s 2ather stan+ing on the 2ront porch o2 his
home
also in the sha+o&s loo/ing straight across an+ 0p at NANC6.
"e
+ra&s on his cigarette his 2ace glo&s re+.
NANC6 p0lls +o&n the sha+e.
*EN-s 2ather grin+s the cigarette %eneath his shoe.
M#S *ANT
Sho0l+n-t stare.
As the man t0rns o0r S"OT WIENS TO #E4EA* M#S *ANT.
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M# *ANT
3no& &hat I thin/= I thin/
that /i+-s some /in+a l0natic.
The &oman spoons more s&eetness into her mo0th an+ r0%s her
2orehea+.
M#S *ANT
Sho0l+n-t say s0ch a thing a%o0t
the poor chil+. I2 yo0 mean the
%ars Marge-s 10st %eing ca0tio0s
her %eing alone an+ Nancy acting
so nervo0s lately.
The &oman rises an+ p0lls him gently to&ar+s the living room.
As
he goes insi+e he ta/es one last loo/.
M# *ANT (CONT!
Well she ain-t gonna hang aro0n+
o0r %oy no more.
Once the t&o are insi+e the +oor is loc/e+.
INT. NANC6-S #OOM. NI"T.
C*OSE ON NANC6-s 2ace. 4E#6 C*OSE. "er eyes stare ahea+
re+,
rimme+ an<io0s. She pic/s a%sently at the thic/ %an+age
covering
her 2orearm. The long c0ts 2rom 're+ 3r0eger-s 2ingers are
%lee+ing agin %0t she +oesn-t even care anymore. Too late to
s&eat the small st022. She crosse the room.
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On the %e+si+e ta%le &ith the nearly empty )yre< co22ee ma/er
the
empty c0p an+ the empty %o< o2 No,o5 is her ol+ 2ashione+
alarm
cloc/ an+ a phone.
NANC6 po0rs hersel2 the last o2 the co22ee an+ +rin/s it to
the
+regs then loo/s to the cloc/.
INSE#T C*OC3 ,, ten min0tes to mi+night.
NANC6-s eyes go to the +oor.
WIE#. '0lly clothe+ an+ in a 1ac/et no& she creeps to the
+oor
an+ crac/s it 10st to ma/e s0re. Then 2ree5es.
INT. "A**WA6 O$TSIE NANC6-S OO#.
IN NANC6-S )O4 tho0gh the +oor &e see MA#E r0mmaging aro0n+
in
the linen closet not 2i2teen 2eet a&ay. There-s no &ay NANC6
can
get past her. The &oman p0lls o0t a 20ll %ottle o2 gin in
satis2action an+ %egins 20m%ling &ith its cap.
INT. NANC6-S #OOM. NI"T.
NANC6 eases the +oor close+ again an+ sin/s to the /ey hole
&atching thro0gh it &ith a sin/ing heart.
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NANC6
(very ;0iet very intense!
"ang on *EN...
INT. *EN-S #OOM. NI"T.
*EN coat no& on goes to his &in+o& cheching.
INT. E*M ST#EET. NI"T.
*EN-S )O4 ,, NANC6-S porch is +eserte+ 2ront +oor close+
lights
o0t. No sign o2 NANC6.
INT. *EN-S #OOM. NI"T.
*EN shr0gs ta/es o22 his 1ac/et an+ plops %ac/ onto his %e+.
*EN
Well I-m not gonna ris/
snea/ing o0t 0ntil she +oes.
"e p0ts the earphones %ac/ on.
INT. NANC6-S #OOM. NI"T.
A%sol0tely 2r0strate+ NANC6 t0rns 2rom the /eyhole to the
&in+o&.
She opens the %lin+ an+ eases %ac/ the c0rtain.
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E8T. E*M ST#EET. NI"T.
IN NANC6-S )O4 T"#O$" T"E BA#S &e OOM +irectly across to
*EN-s
&in+o&.
INT. *EN-S #OOM. NI"T.
*EN lies on his %e+ 20lly clothe+ earphones over his ears
CA#SON +roning 2rom the T4. An+ the %oy-s eyes %egin to
+roop.
INT. NANC6-S BE#OOM. NI"T.
NANC6 pic/s 0p her phone %ites her lip then %egins +ialing.
INT. *EN-S #OOM. NI"T.
TI"T ON )"ONE as it %egins #ININ lo0+ly.
WIE# S"OT revealing *EN asleep BAC3#O$N the M$SIC still*O$
in his earphones.
INT. *EN-S *I4IN #OOM. NI"T.
#ININ here too 10st as M# *ANT is t0rning o0t the lights
2or
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%e+. he stops in the +ar/ sco&ling.
M# *ANT
Who at this ho0r=
"e re20ses to t0rn the light %ac/ on. "is &i2e pic/s her &ay
to
the telephone.
M#S *ANT
"ello=
(listens 2ro&ns
slightly!
Oh... "ol+ on.
(covers the mo0thpiece!
It-s her. She &ants to tal/ to
len.
The 2ather crosses to the telephone s0spicio0s.
M# *ANT
(&hispering!
A%o0t &hat=
M#S *ANT
(into phone!
What-s this a%o0t Nancy=
She listens covers 0p again.
M#S *ANT (CONT!
She says it-s private. 4ery
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private an+ very important.
M# *ANT gra%s the telephone 2rom his &i2e an+ %ar/s into it.
M# *ANT
len-s asleep. Tal/ to him
tomorro&
"e S*AMS +o&n the telephone &ith a gr0nt o2 satis2action to
his
&i2e.
M# *ANT (CONT!
>0st got to %e 2irm &ith /i+s
is all.
Then as a re2inement he ta/es the phone o22 the hoo/ an+ lays
it
on the ta%le.
INT. NANC6-S #OOM. NI"T.
NANC6 +ials again. This time she gets a B$S6 SINA*. She
slams
the phone +o&n in 2r0stration an+ loo/s o0t the &in+o&.
NANC6
len. on-t 2all asleep...
She goes an+ sits on the %e+ propping her chin on her 2ists.
ya&ns. The TE*E)"ONE #INS.
NANC6 snatches it 0p.
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NANC6
len=
TI"T ON "E# OOMIN E4EN C*OSE# ON "E# EA# AN T"E EA#)IECE
as
&e "EA# the a&20l SC#ITC"IN SC#A)E o2 STEE* 'INE#3NI4ES.
NANC6 slaps the phone +o&n as i2 it &ere +isease+ ,, then in
p0re
rage rips the thing-s cor+ 2rom the &all.
Spent instantly she p0ts the receiver %ac/ on the cra+le an+
lays it on her %e+ chi+ing hersel2.
NANC6
Brilliant. No& &hat i2 len
calls=
She &raps the phone cor+ aro0n+ the 0seless machine an+ p0ts
it on
her %e+ then snea/s %ac/ to the +oor. This timeshe gives an
e<pression o2 relie2 an+ opens the +oor. MA#E is gone.
Then the TE*E)"ONE #INS again.
CAME#A MO4ES IN ON NANC6 as she t0rns slo&ly.
#E4E#SE IN "E# )O4. T"E TE*E)"ONE #INS again +espite the
2act
that the en+ o2 its yan/e+,o0t cor+ is clearly visi%le. The
NI"TMA#E M$SIC T"EME slips right 0p o0r spines.
BAC3 ON NANC6. She starts to sha/e. She goes to the
telephone as
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&e WIEN 0n&raps it as it #INS even lo0+er. She-s sha/ing
so
har+ %y no& she can %arely manage to li2t the receiver. MO4E
IN
C*OSE ON "E# so close &e can "EA# her teeth chattering as she
%rings the phone to her ear.
NANC6 (CONT!
"ello=
The 0nmista/ea%le 4OICE o2 '#E 3#$EE# comes over the phone
gar%le+ %y time an+ 0n/no&n +imensions %0t clear eno0gh.
3#$EE# ('I*TE#!
(tri0mphant!
I-m yo0r %oy2rien+ no&...
C*OSE ON T"E MO$T")IECE. It-s change+ 2rom a normal telephone
mo0thpiece to an act0al mo0th ,, 're+ 3r0eger-s mo00th ,, an+his
long slic/ tong0e 2lic/s o0t an+ +arts into the startle+
girl-s
mo0th
WIE# ,, as NANC6 e<plo+es 2rom her micro,+ream ,, a%sol0tely
ma+.
She 1er/s the telephone a&ay 2rom her an+ smashes it againsther
&all then attac/s it &ith her 2eet an+ han+s smashing it to
smithereens.
AN*E ON T"E TE*E)"ONE )IECES. Normal pieces o2 a normal
telephone.
She pinches hersel2 har+ ,, 0ntil tears come an+ her 2lesh is
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nearly %lee+ing.
NANC6
I-m a&a/e I am a&a/e. This is
not a +ream I am ,,
She stops reali5ing &hat 3r0eger meant.
NANC6 (CONT!
My %oy2rien+...
INT. NANC6-S *I4IN #OOM. NI"T.
NANC6 %arrels +o&n the stairs an+ across the +ar/ene+ living
room
to the 2ront +oor.
It ta/es her a moment o2 t0gging an+ 20m%ling to reali5e the
+ea+%olt is loc/e+ 2rom insi+e. An+ there-s no /ey in it no&.
She races to a porch &in+o& an+ thro&s it open sha/ing an+
%anging on the %ars li/e a ma+ &oman. B0t there-s no getting
thro0gh. She staggers %ac/. stymie+ an+ 20rio0s. Then
some%o+y
moves %ehin+ her in the +ar/.
4OICE (OS!
*oc/e+.
NANC6 10mps aro0n+ in shoc/. "er mother has poste+ hersel2 on
the
co0ch &ith her %ottle.
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NANC6
(20rio0s!
ive me the /ey mother.
MA#E
I +on-t even have it on me
so 2orget it.
The &or+ is 2inal. NANC6 r0ns past the &oman to the %ac/
+oor to
one &in+o& a2ter the other sha/ing %ars an+ slamming loc/s
an+
SC#EAMIN in teenage 20ry. B0t it-s no goo+. The ho0se is
her
prison.
MA#E (CONT!
(+r0n/ satis2action!
)ai+ the g0y +amn goo+ to ma/e
s0re yo0 staye+ p0t. 6o0 ain-t
goin- no&here /i+. 6o0-re
gonna sleep tonight i2 it /ills
me.
NANC6 clenches her 2ists an+ screams at the top o2 her l0ngs
a
heart,&renching ear+r0m,%rea/ing cry o2 love in +espair ,,
NANC6
*EEENNNNNN
SMAS" C$T TO:
INT. *EN-S #OOM. NI"T.
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C*OSE ON *EN-S '#OM I#ECT*6 ABO4E. The M$SIC is tinny 2rom
the
earphones the T4 SO$N ITANT AN EC"OE. The %oy is
%reathing
+eeply no& slo&ly an+ gently. Then 0nmista/ea%ly ge %egins
to
SNO#E. 4ery 2aintly 2ar in the %ac/gro0n+ &e can hear
NANC6.
NANC6 (OS!
len on-t 2all asleeeeeep
CAME#A )$**S BAC3 AN ST#AI"T $) as the SNO#ES merge &ith a
&eir+ 0nsettling M$SIC C$E. The %oy lies spra&le+ still
clothe+ in the mi++le o2 his %e+. Save 2or the %e+si+e lamp
the
room is +ar/.
'$** WIE AN*E '#OM T"IS "I" S)OT loo/ing +o&n at him as2rom
the eyes o2 some great 2ly h0ng on the ceiling. T"E M$SIC
#EAC"ES
A TE##I'6IN )ITC" O' ANTICI)ATION ,, T"EN STO)S AB#$)T*6.
There-s a heart%eat-s pa0se. Then &ith tremen+o0s 2orce t&o
po&er20l arms shoot 0p %eneath the re+ an+ yello& %e+sprea+
an+gra% *EN aro0n+ the &aist
ne<t moment the yo0ng man-s %o+y is +ragge+ straight +o&n into
the
%e+ as i2 some h0ge %east ha+ gra%%e+ him an+ heave+ him
+o&n
"is 2eet an+ his arms shoot 0p ,, there-s another ha0ling yan/
,,
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an+ the %oy +isappears e<cept 2or his han+s an+ 2ingers ,,
+o&n
into the pit in the mi++le o2 the %e+ "is han+s are last to
go
cla&ing 2or a hol+. B0t soon they vanish as &ell +ragging
%lan/ets an+ +e+sheets &ires an+ stereo across the cave+,in
%e+
an+ into the a%yss.
There-s "IEO$S SC#EEC"IN o2 M$SIC 1amming in &ith *EN-S
EC"OIN
SC#EAMS ,, then an 0nholy s0++en silence.
Ne<t moment &hat-s le2t o2 *EN is vomite+ 0p 2rom the pit o2
the
nightmare %e+...a horri%le mess o2 %loo+ an+ %one an+ hair an+
&ires...streaming o0t an+ over the %e+. Then the pit in the
%e+
is gone as i2 it &ere never there.
ra&n %y the terri%ly scrams an+ str0ggle *EN-s mother
%0rsts
into the room. The &omen stares 2or one moment o2 horri2ie+
+is%elie2 then reels %ac/ an+ lets o0t th emost go+,a&20l
SC#EAM
imagina%le. The cry splits the night.
E8T. E*M ST#EET. NI"T.
The SO$N o2 the SC#EAM C#OSS,'AES WIT" the WAI* o2 the
AMB$*ANCE
as it screeches to a halt at the c0r% 2ollo&e+ %y t&o B*AC3
AN
W"ITES an+ an $NMA#3E CA#. $ni2orme+ )O*ICEMEN spill o0t
'O#E#O$N.
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*T T"OM)SON an+ )A#3E# e<it the 0nmar/e+ car. By ha%it or %y
premonition T"OM)SON glances at the ho0se that &as his home.
"is
eye is ca0ght %y a movement his +a0ghter is at her 0pstairs
&in+o& &hite,haire+ hollo&,eye+ loo/ing +o&n on him thro0gh
her
%ars. She gives a little &ave.
$nnerve+ T"OM)SON &aves %ac/ then &al/s rapi+ly 2or *EN-s
home.
M# *ANT pale as a ghost himsel2 &aits on the porch &e can
hear
the mother-s WAI*IN insi+e.
INT. NANC6-S #OOM. NI"T.
C*OSE ON NANC6-S BI O* WIN$) A*A#M C*OC3. Its %ig an+
little
han+s s&eep together at mi+night.
B$#N ON:
T"E 'I'T" NI"T
There-s a BABB*E o2 )O*ICE #AIOS SI#ENS WININ OWN#$NNIN
'OOT,STE)S S"O$TS NEI"BO#"OO 3IS an+ OS BA#3IN as
CAME#A
*I'TS TO NANC6-S 'ACE. Set. $na2rai+. #0thless.
The girl p0lls the &in+o& sha+e on it all then loo/s at her
%e+.
NANC6
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O/ay 3r0eger yo0 %astar+.
We play in yo0r co0rt.
INT. *EN-S *I4IN #OOM7NANC6-S 3ITC"EN ,, INTE#C$T. NI"T.
*T T"OM)SON is hal2&ay across the living room &hen he stops.
Something +ar/ an+ re+ is &elling 2rom a crac/ in the ceiling.
One o2 his men is rigging a %0c/et %eneah to catch the
lea/ing.
The telephone rings an+ )A#3E# pic/s it 0p.
)A#3E#
*ie0tenant. It-s yo0r +a0ghter.
Says it-s 0rgent.
T"OM)SON t0rns a&ay 2rom the +ripping.
*T T"OM)SON
(lo&!
Tell her I-m not here tell
her...
)A#3E#
$h she 10st sa& yo0 sir...
T"OM)SON no+s crosses an+ pic/s 0p the telephone. SC#EEN
S)*ITS
&e see %oth.
*T T"OM)SON (CONT!
"ello Nancy.
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NANC6
"i +a++y. I /no& &hat happene+.
*T T"OM)SON
Then yo0 /no& more than I +o ,,
I haven-t even %een 0pstairs.
NANC6
(g0essing!
6o0 /no& he-s +ea+ tho0gh right=
T"OM)SON +e%ates then a+mits it.
*T T"OM)SON
6eah apparantly he-s +ea+.
"o& the hell-+ yo0 /no&=
A tear coarses +o&n NANC6-s chee/ %0t her voice remains 2irm.
NANC6
I-ve got a proposition 2or
yo0. *isten very care20lly
please.
*T T"OM)SON Nan I ,,
NANC6
)lease. I-m gonna go get
the g0y &ho +i+ it an+ %ring
. him to yo0. I 10st nee+ yo0
to %e right there to arrest him.
O/ay=
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*T T"OM)SON
>0st tell me &ho +i+ it an+
I-ll go get him %a%y.
NANC6
're+ 3r0eger +i+ it a++y
an+ only I can get him. It-s
my nightmare he comes to.
The +etective 2linches at the name.
*T T"OM)SON
Where-+ yo0 hear a%o0t 3r0eger ,,
NANC6 presses very 2irm very rational.
NANC6
,, I &ant yo0 to come over here
an+ %rea/ the +oor +o&n e<actly
t&enty min0tes 2rom no& ,, can
yo0 +o that=
*T T"OM)SON
S0re %0t...
NANC6
That-ll %e e<actly hal2 past
mi+night. Time 2or me to 2all
asleep an+ 2in+ him.
*T T"OM)SON
S0re s0re honey. 6o0 10st
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+o that ,, get yo0rsel2 some
sleep ,, that-s &hat I-ve %een
saying all along.
NANC6
An+ yo0-ll %e here to catch
him right=
)A#3E#
*ie0tenant ,, they-re &aiting
0pstairs.
T"OM)SON &aves c0rtly still spea/ing to NANC6.
*T T"OM)SON
S0re o/ay I-ll %e there.
No& yo0 10st t0rn in an+ get
some rest s&eetheart. )lease.
eal=
NANC6
eal.
NANC6 hangs 0p. *T T"OM)SON starts 0pstairs. B0t then he
stops
an+ as an a2tertho0ght he co0l+ never really e<plain t0rns to
)A#3E#.
*T T"OM)SON (CONT!
et o0tsi+e an+ &atch her ho0se.
I2 yo0 see anything 20nny call
me.
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)A#3E#
-Anything 20nny- li/e &hat=
T"OM)SON sha/es his hea+ em%arasse+.
*T T"OM)SON
I +on-t /no& ,, %0t one thing
2or s0re I +on-t &ant her
coming over here. She-s &ay
too 2ar gone to %e a%le to
han+le this.
As )A#3E# e<its AN*E C$TS TO NANC6-S 3ITC"EN as the girl
hangs
0p an+ sin/s %ac/ agiainst the &all trappe+ %y her o&n
resol0tion. She loo/s at her &atch.
INSE#T ,, 2ive past mi+night. NANC6 s&itches mo+es to
stop&atch
an+ sets the CO$NTOWN going at t&enty,2ive min0tes.
INT. *EN-S BE#OOM. NI"T.
*T T"OM)SON steps into *EN-s room an<io0s to %e +one &ith
it.
"e hits a &all o2 stench an+ horror even %e2ore he ta/es it in
&ith his eyes an+ as soon as he sees the %e+ he claps his
han+
over his mo0th pivots an+ &al/s right %ac/ into the hall&ay.
INT. "A**WA6. NI"T.
"e sags against the &all 0na%le to loo/ at the CO)S &ho hover
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there.
CO) L9
(2aint!
What the hell +i+ that
*ie0tenant= There ain-t even
a hea+ le2t.
*T T"OM)SON
o++ame+ i2 I /no&.
(tries to straighten!
What-s the Coronor say=
CO) L9
he-s in the 1ohn p0/ing since
he sa& it.
INT. CE**A#. NI"T.
NANC6 p0lls tools an+ har+&are o0t &ith grim resol0tion.
"ammer
nails spools o2 &ire an ol+ s;0are o2 heavy 2ishneting some
ol+
shotg0n shells a 2ile ,, re2erring only once to the %oo/let
in
her han+.
INT. NANC6-S *I4IN #OOM. NI"T.
Barely a%le to control her sha/ing han+s NANC6 starts
stringing
o22 the spool o2 &ire across the living room crying an+
s&earing
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at the same time.
ISSO*4E TO "E# "ANS &rapping %are lamp &ire aro0n+ t&o
th0m%tac/s st0c/ into the insi+es o2 the pinchers o2 a common
&oo+en clothespin. The &ire goes O'' SC#EEN.
ANOT"E# AN*E as she insersts a *i2esaver %et&een the t&o
prongs.
One en+ o2 the 2ishline is tie+ to the li2esaver. The &hole
no&
is stretche+ ta0t a%o0t three inches o22 the living room
carpet.
ON NANC6 care20lly 2iling a hole in a *I"TB$*B.
O" "E# po0ring po&+er an+ shot 2rom shotg0n shells into the
opening in the %0l% 0ntil it-s 20ll then sealing it &ith
tape.
ISSO*4E TO "E# scre&ing the %0l% %ac/ into the 2loor lamp
an+
placing the thing near the 2oot o2 the stairs.
INT. NANC6-S $)STAI#S "A**WA6. NI"T.
,, NANC6 completes installing a st0r+y sli+ing %olt to theo0tsi+e
o2 her o&n %e+room +oor.
,, NANC6 scre&s a hinge into the &all +irectly a%ove her +oor.
Attache+ to the hinge is the shan/ o2 something ,, some /in+
o2
tool. We can-t see &hat it is %eca0se CAME#A never ;0ite
2rames
the &hole thing.
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,, NANC6 tiptoes to her mother-s +oor an+ pee/s in.
INT. MA#E-S BE#OOM. NI"T.
MA#E lies proppe+ in her %e+ loo/ing %ac/ at NANC6. "er
+r0n/eness has %een altere+ %y the SI#ENS an+ BABB*E o0tsi+e
into
a sort o2 comatose clarity.
MA#E
0ess I sho0l+-n-a +one it.
NANC6
>0st sleep no& Mom.
MA#E
>0st &ante+ to protect yo0
Nan. >0st &ante+ to protect
yo0...
MA#E sli+es over on her si+e. NANC6 smooths her hair covers
her
as she &o0l+ a chil+ then e<its the room.
INT. NANC6-S #OOM. NI"T.
The girl enters t0rns o0t her %e+si+e light slips o0t o2 her
+ress an+ p0ts on her nightgo&n. Then she /neels %y her %e+.
NANC6 (;0ietly!
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No& I lay me +o&n to sleep
I pray the *or+ my so0l to /eep.
I2 I sho0l+ +ie %e2ore I &a/e
I pray the *or+ my so0l to ta/e.
She gets into %e+ an+ p0lls the %lan/ets to her chin.
C*OSE ON NANC6-s 2ace. She stares straight 0p at the ceiling
2or
a long moment then closes her eyes.
C$T TO:
INT. *EN-S *I4IN #OOM. NI"T.
*T T"OM)SON tr0+ges +o&n the stais an+ con2ronts *EN-S
'AT"E#.
*T T"OM)SON
I /no& it-s har+ to thin/ at
a time li/e this Walter %0t
can yo0 thin/ o2 anyone &ho
co0l+-ve +one s0ch a thing=
The 2ather stares a&ay his voice lo& an+ +0ll.
M# *ANT
"e +one it.
T"OM)SON loo/s at theman %a22le+.
*T T"OM)SON
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Who= Who +i+ that=
M# *ANT
3r0eger.
*T T"OM)SON
3r0eger=
The 2ather gives him the strangest loo/.
M# *ANT
"a+ to-ve +one it. No one
else &as in there.
*T T"OM)SON
"o& yo0 /no& that=
M# *ANT
Ca0se I tho0ght glen &as
gonna snea/ o0t to see yo0r
l0natic +a0ghter that-s &hy.
So I loc/e+ him in his room
(gettign control!
Sorry. Any&ays the +oor &as
still loc/e+ &hen &e hear+ the screams.
"e %lin/s.
M# *ANT (CONT!
May%e go+-s p0nishing 0s all...
*T T"OM)SON
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(m0ch lo&er an+ har+!
3eep yo0 hea+ ,, this is a
20c/ing 2lesh an+ %loo+ /iller
&e-re tal/ing a%o0t.
M# *ANT
*i/e #o+ *ane=
A voice calls +o&n 2rom 0pstairs.
CO) L9 (OS!
*ie0tenant Thompson. Coronor
&ants to sho& yo0 something.
T"OM)SON gives M# *ANT one 2inal loo/ then hea+s 0pstairs.
C$T TO:
INT. OWNSTAI#S. NANC6-S "O$SE. NI"T.
*OW AN*E $) STAI#S as NANC6 appears at hea+. As she comes
+o&nstairs CAME#A MO4ES WIT" "E# thro0gh the hall&ay to the
cellar +oor. She opens the +oor.
INT. NANC6-S CE**A#. NI"T.
NANC6 appears at top o2 these stairs hesitates then comes
+o&n.
WIE# as NANC6 approaches center o2 room stops in C$ then
t0rns
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eyes. We "EA# the +istant SO$N o2 the %oiler room no& 2aint
%0t
0nmista/ea%le. NANC6 MO4ES an+ CAME#A )ANS "E# to the
cellar-s
si+e WA** &here another ne& +oor&ay is #E4EA*E. NANC6opens
this +oor an+ loo/s +o&n. 'I#E*I"T is on NANC6-s 2ace no&
an+
the SO$N o2 the Boiler #oom is very clear. NANC6 goes
thro0gh
the +oor.
INT. BOI*E# #OOM.
NANC6 +ecen+s li/e Orphe0s into hell %0t &itho0t &epon save
her
&its.
She +ecen+s a steel stair to the lo&est level then hears the
SO$N o2 the /nives 2rom +on& another sha2t. She sees there-s
an
even +eeper place +o&n there. She starts +o&n.
Again an+ then again NANC6 +ecen+s each la++er narro&er or
more
t&isting each level +eeper &etter +ar/er more airless.
Soon
she-s gasping 2or air %0t still she p0shes hersel2 on. She
+oesn-t stop 0ntil she %rea/s o0t at last at the very %ottom
o2
the place a &et 2irelit s0mp +eep in the %o&els o2 the
place.
CAME#A NOW )ANS A#O$N WIT" "E# an+ 2or the 2irst time &e SEE
the
vast ma0l o2 the empty %oiler %ehin+ her.
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She stares at it. It-s seething &ith some +ar/ WIN that
so0ghs
an+ &hines li/e a h0ge +ying +og.
NANC6 crosses to it to0ching the pile o2 ol+ coal,+0ste+
+irt at
its %ase. It loo/s almost li/e an ol+ grave.
She t0rns s0++enly listening. Then hearing nothing she
loo/s
+o&n.
NANC6-S )O4 as she pic/s 0p *EN-s earphones.
WIE# as she s0++enly +rops them staring at her 2ingers.
They-re
+ripping %loo+.
There-s another BEE).
INSE#T ON NANC6-S WATC" ,, the CO$NT,OWN a %l0r o2 %lac/
+igits
co0nting +o&n to 5ero. They-ve 10st crosse+ the ten min0te
&arning.
C*OSE ON NANC6-S 'ACE. She spea/s into the night.
NANC6
(;0ietly!
Come o0t an+ sho& yo0rsel2
yo0 %astar+.
No sooner are these &or+s o22 her lips than the h0ge %0l/ o2'#E
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3#$EE# l0rches 0p %ehin+ her The man is even more hi+eo0s
hatless his %al+ hea+ an+ tormente+ 2ace veile+ in s/eins o2
r0ine+ 2lesh his ragge+ teeth %arre+ the great spi+er o2
ra5or,
%la+es 2lashing 2rom his 2ingertips.
"e leaps %0t the girl leaps 10st as 2ast a 2ierce 10mp that
sen+s her o0t over %lac/ space an+ +o&n into a h0ge +ar/ s0mp
o2
%lac/ness.
E8T. T"E "EA4ENS. NI"T.
C*OSE AN*E ON NANC6 as she c0rves li/e a s&an tho0gh her
apogee
an+ %egins 2alling +iving planing thro0gh %lac/ air the
&in+
ripping at her hair an+ eyes. S0++enly the comple<
glittering
s/ein o2 light that is the San 'ernan+o 4alley seen 2rom the
air
sli+es INTO '#AME an+ &e see she-s 2alling 2rom high high
over
the earth.
NANC6 2alls 2alls in slo& motion against the spinning lights
2ree as a s/y +iver 2ree2alling ,, a gi++y acropho%ic pl0nge.
E8T. E*M ST#EET. NANC6-S "O$SE. NI"T.
NANC6 crashes s0++enly o0t o2 the night an+ into a he+ge 10st
o0tsi+e her o&n 2ront +oor rolling o0t at its %ottom
scratche+
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an+ %loo+ie+. I2 she &ere in any normal reality she-+ %e a
mass
o2 %ro/en %ones ,, %0t someho& she-s a%le to cla& her &ay 0p
an+
loo/ at her &atch once more.
INSE#T. >0st a 2e& secon+s 2rom 5ero.
She staggers 2or her ho0se-s 2ront +oor ,, %0t a moment later
3#$EE# crashes +o&n atop her NANC6 str0ggles to her /nees
10st
as the man l0nges &ith that go+a&20l han+20l o2 %la+es. B0t
instea+ o2 r0nning she +0c/s insi+e the +ea+ly gra% an+
sei5es
him in a +esperate %earh0g
The s0rprise move sen+s him pitching %ac/&ar+s her still on
him ,
,an+ they 2all into the 10m%le o2 torn,+o&n trellis o2 roses
%eneath her &in+o&. Almost at that very secon+ &e "EA# the
1arring +ea2ening #ININ o2 NANC6-s alarm cloc/
SMAS" C$T TO:
INT. NANC6-S BE#OOM. NI"T.
NANC6 spra&ls o0t o2 her %e+ onto the 2loor t&isting 2rom the
1a%s o2 the alrea+y vanishe+ thorns %riars an+ %r0sh.
asping
she ta/es a secon+ to get her %earings an+ sees ne<t instant
that
she-s act0ally lyig on the s0r2ace o2 a &all hal2,&ay 0p over
her
%e+ in a cra5y hal2,+ream hal2,&a/ing gravity mista/e.
Instantly she pl0nges to the %e+ li/e a sac/ o2 roc/s
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thro0gh ,, only to re%o0n+ o22 someone on the other si+e ,,
INT. "A**WA6. NI"T.
MA#E /noc/e+ 2lying %y NANC6-s charge hits the 2loor har+
/noc/ing the &in+ o0t o2 hersel2. NNC6 sees &hat she-s +one
10mps over the %o+y an+ slams the +oor an+ thro&s the ne& %olt
home. Ne<t instant she gingerly ties a string to the +oor-s
/no%
a string that trails +o&n 2rom the ceiling attache+ to
something
0p there that-s still 10st %arely o0t o2 sight.
Ne<t instant she-s +ragging her MOT"E# to&ar+s the &oman-s
%e+room
as 2ast as she can.
3#$EE# is alrea+y splintering the +oor&ay %ehin+ her as NANC6
+ips an+ ma/es it into MA#E-s room S*AMMIN the OO# %ehin+
her
an+ loc/ing it in a 2lash.
The MANIAC %rea/s the %olt an+ rips open the +oor.
B0t in the very act o2 +oing this he o2 co0rse 0n/no&ingly
p0lls
the string attache+ to the o0tsi+e +oor/no% &ith terri2ic
2orce.
C*OSE AN*E ON T"E CEI*IN. The string 1er/s against a
single,
e+ge+ ra5or &hich in t0rn c0ts a tight &in+ o2 cor+ hol+ing a
heavy &e+ge o2 steel to the ceiling.
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WIE# as the thing 2alls 2ree pivoting at the hinge at the
2ar
en+ o2 its han+le an+ +rives straight into 3#$EE#-s groin
&ith a
terri2ic %lo&. As he catapa0lts %ac/&ar+s &ithan incre+0lo0s
shrie/ the t&enty po0n+ sle+ge hammer s&ings %ac/ an+ reveals
to
the camera 10st &hat it is
AN*E OWN ON 3#$EE# cla&&ing his &ay 0p +espite his agony
l0rching an+ c0rsing 2or&ar+ li/e an enrage+ %0ll.
WIE# AN*E IN T"E "A**WA6 as 3#$EE# roars o0t ,, only to
imme+iately stri/e the length o2 WI#E str0ng across the
hall&ay
catching it 10st a%ove the thigh. "e car&heels hea+,over,
heels
an+ lan+s 2lat on his %ac/
Instantly the OO# to NANC6-s MOT"E#-s %e+room 2lies open an+
NANC6 %rings a %rass lamp +o&n over 3#$EE#-s hea+ &ith all
her
might It so0n+s li/e a line,+rive caroming o22 a metal
2lagpole.
NANC6 S*AMS the OO# as 3#$EE# str0ggles 0p cl0tching his
hea+.
Enrage+ the h0ge man C#AS"ES against the +oor &ith terri2ic
2orce an+ rears %ac/ an+ starts smashign against the +oor
li/e
the 0tter homoci+al l0natic that he is.
C$T TO:
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E8T. E*M ST#EET7NANC6-S "OME. NI"T.
"I" AN*E at the secon+ 2loor level. NANC6 1er/s open the
&in+o&
to her MOT"E#-s %e+room an+ 1ams her 2ace to the %ars. The
AMB$*ANCE is p0lling a&ay &ith a tremen+o0s WAI* o2 its SI#EN
as
NANC6 SC#EAMS +o&n trying to ma/e hersel2 hear+.
NANC6
"elp "ey ,, a++y ,, I got
him trappe+ Where are yo0=
AN*E ON the street. )A#3E# assigne+ to g0ar+ the ho0se
sees
NANC6 ,, hair &hite eyes &i+e ,, po0n+ing on the %ars an+
screaming li/e a l0natic. B0t her meaning is 0tterly lost in
the
noise o2 the am%0lance ne<t to him.
)A#3E#
(yelling 0p at her!
Everything-s going to %e all
right Everything-s 0n+er
control
AN*E at the &in+o&. Close on NANC6-s 2ace incre+0lo0s at
his
response.
NANC6
et my 2ather yo0 asshole
)A#3E# +oes a little ta/e. That almost so0n+e+ sane.
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)A#3E# (OS!
6o0 hear+ &hat I sai+ No& get
%ac/ insi+e or I-ll tell yo0r
+a+
Behin+ her the OO# S)*INTE#S. NANC6 &hirls aro0n+ 10st in
time
to see 3#$EE# %0ll in NANC6-s eyes go &i+e ,, she-s trappe+
against the %ars an+ has no&here to go. The man %0nches his
/nives into a single thic/ %la+e an+ r0shes her sta%%ing.
NANC6
closes her eyes ,,
Then 2rom O$T O' '#AME MA#E leaps %et&een the t&o.
MA#E
No
She %loc/s the charge per2ectly ,, %loc/ign the /nives. Bothshe
an+ NANC6 are slamme+ %ac/&ar+s against the %ars %ehin+.
MA#E
tho0ght she is +r0n/ is hanging onto 3#$EE#-s &eapon han+
/eeping the /nives insi+e hersel2 a&ay 2rom her +a0ghter
MA#E
Nancy ,, 2or go+-s sa/e-s r0n
B0t NANC6 t0rns ot teh &in+o& instea+ screaming 2or her
2ather.
NANC6
a++y Where are yo0
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E8T. E*M ST#EET. NI"T.
)A#3E# 10st a%o0t to t0rn %ac/ to the %0siness at *EN-s
ho0se
sees NANC6 an+ SOMEONE else 2all 10st insi+e the &in+o&.
Something %egins to +a&n on the man. >0st a little.
)A#3E#
)oor &oman-s got her han+s 20ll
&ith that /i+. May%e I %etter
tell the lie0tenant.
"e t0rns an+ 1ogs to&ar+s *EN-s ho0se.
INT. MA#E-S BE#OOM. NI"T.
AN*E ON 3#$EE# ha0ling MA#E 0p in rage /noc/ing her
senseless
across her %e+ an+ clim%ing a2ter her &ith his /nives raise+.
NANC6 &heels %ehin+ him an+ &hams him in the /i+neys &ith her
2ists spilling him %ac/ o22 the %e+ then r0nning past him
2or
the +oor. She ma/es it to sa2ety then t0rning %ac/. She
2lips
the monster the %ir+ her eyes &il+ &ith pain an+ 20ry.
NANC6
"ey 20c/2ace ,, can-t catch me
The %ait &or/s ,, 3#$EE# leaves MA#E an+ ho&ls a2ter NANC6.
INT. $)STAI#S "A**WA6. NI"T.
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As NANC6 clears he hall an+ ma/e sth estairs 3#$EE# l0rches
thro0gh the shattere+ +oor&ay a2ter her.
INT. *I4IN #OOM. NI"T.
The girl careens +o&n the stairs across the room an+ to the
2ront
+oor %anging against it &ith terri2ie+ 20ry.
NANC6
(screaming!
Come on ,, he-s in here
a++y on-t let him /ill
me too
%ehin+ her the h0ge MAN is th0mping +o&n the stairs 3NOC3IN
T"INS O4E# SC#A)IN his *ON STEE* 'INE#NAI*S along the
&all
&ith a horri%le so0n+
NANC6 2lings a heavy ash tray thro0gh the porch &in+o& an+
screams
thro0gh the %ars.
NANC6 (CONT!
"EE***))) a++yyyyyyy
3#$EE# %loo+y an+ spe&&ing threats staggers 2or her ,,
NANC6
+ives %ehin+ the co0ch.
C*OSE ON 3#$EE#-S EET as they hit another &ire.
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C*OSE ON the *i2esaver 1er/ing o0t ,, the clothespin snapping
together completing the circ0it &ith a C#AC3*IN S)A#3.
WIE# ON T"E E8)*OSION that rips o0t o2 the 2loor lamp ne<t to
3#$EE# an+ /noc/s him spra&ling across the room.
NANC6 pee/s o0t 2rom %ehin+ the co0ch. The man lies in a
smo/ing
heap. NANC6 r0ns to the &in+o&s an+ screams o0t again.
NANC6 (CONT!
"ey ,, a++y "ey I got the
%astar+
3#$EE# roars 0p %ehin+ her ,, she thro&s hersel2 si+e&ays ,,
he
crashes into the &in+o& 2rame smashing glass an+ &oo+ to
%its.
NANC6 t0rns SC#EAMIN an+ r0ns +eeper into the ho0se.
INT. CE**A#. NI"T.
She careens +o&n the stairs thro&ing on the lights the man
th0n+ering a2ter her.
AN*E AT T"E 'A# EN O' T"E CE**A#. NANC6 %ra/es at the &all.
No&here le2t to hi+e.
T"E SC#A)IN o2 the %la+es against %ric/ t0rns her to see the
h0ge
/iller hol+ing his /ni2e,la+en 2ingers 0p 2or her.
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3#$EE#
#ea+y 2or these=
ON NANC6 ,, she +0c/s %ehin+ the 20rnace ,, comes o0t the
other
si+e &ith the %ig 10g o2 gasoline an+ lets 3#$EE# have it
straight over the hea+. The heavy container shatters
sho&ering
its contents over every s;0are inch o2 the man.
"e stagers %ac/&ar+s &ith a #OA# o2 20ry NANC6 screaminga2ter
him &ith a %o< o2 /itchen matches. Be2ore the man can reali5e
&hat she-s 0p to she ignites the &hole %o< an+ thro&s it in
3#$EE#-s 2ace.
There-s a %lin+ing W"OOS" ,, an+ 3#$EE# goes 0p in a terri2ic
BA** O' 'I#E. 'aster than a 2lash the girl r0ns past the
ho&ling
maniac an+ ma/es 2or the stairs 3#$EE# a2ter her in 20ll
pyrrhic
rage.
INT. NANC6-S 3ITC"EN. NI"T.
NANC6 hol+s the heavy +oor 0ntil the precisely right moment.
>0st
as the %0rning %lin+ monster tops the stairs NANC6 %rings
the
heavy oa/ +oor ro0n+ &ith all her might an+ catches him in a
great
#ININ CONC$SSION. It sen+s him &in+milling %ac/&ar+s an+
+o&n
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The CO#ONE# gives a s&eaty grim smile.
CO#ONE# (CONT!
Only place I ever hear+ o2 s0ch
a thing %e2ore &as ten years
ago. #emem%er that 20c/er
're+ 3r0eger=
*T T"OM)SON has 10st /noc/e+ )A#3E# spra&ling in his race to
the
stairs.
)A#3E#
"ey ,, yo0r +a0ghter-s acting
/in+a ,,
(T"OM)SON-s gone!
Strange...
E8T. NANC6-S "OME. NI"T.
C#AS" as NANC6 %rea/s another &in+o& an+ presses against the
%ars.
She sees her 2ather %0rsting o0t the 2ront +oor o2 len-s
ho0se
NANC6
A ET $S O$TTA "E#E
*T T"OM)SON
Oh >es0s ,, Nancy
(to his men!
"ey We got a 2ire
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AN*E ON NANC6-S '#ONT OO#. Many MEN %atter the +oor +o&n as
%lac/ smo/e po0rs 2rom the &in+o&s an+ NANC6-s SC#EAMS an+
S"O$TS
2ill the air. Within the moments they-ve +estroye+ the +oor
an+
*T T"OM)SON has p0lle+ his +a0ghter into the sa2ety o2 his
arms.
B0t NANC6 imme+iately 2ights 2ree an+ +arts right %ac/ to the
2ront +oor ,, %ec/oning him to 2ollo& ,, gest0ring li/e a &il+
&oman.
NANC6
I got him ,, I got 're+ 3r0eger
T"OM)SON stares at his &il+ little girl in astonishment then
r0ns
in a2ter her. The others 2ollo& co0ghing an+ cho/ing.
INT. *I4IN #OOM. NI"T.
T"OM)SON colli+es &ith NANC6 as she %ra/es 2ro5en. T"E SMO3E
IS
BE*C"IN O$T O' T"E CE**A# %0t &hoever &as loc/e+ in there
certainly isn-t no&. The +oor is 2lat on the /itchen 2loor.
*T T"OM)SON
What the hell yo0 tal/ing a%o0t
Nancy=
NANC6 &heels &itho0t ans&ering. A series o2 tiny isolate+
2ires
%0rn across the living room an+ 0p the stairs. 'iresteps.
NANC6 (CONT!
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"e-s a2ter Mom
She +arts across the living room 2ollo&ing the 2laming
2ootprints
o2 '#E 3#$EE# 0p the stairs %e2ore T"OM)SON can stop her.
*T T"OM)SON
NANC6
INT. MA#E-S BE#OOM. NI"T.
NANC6 STO)S IN T"E S)*INTE#E OO#WA6 ,, a ragge+ gol+,re+
light
splashing her horri2ie+ 2ace.
#E4E#SE IN "E# )O4 ,, '#E 3#$EE# literally a man o2 2ire
has a
screaming MA#E pinne+ to the %e+ an+ is cra&ling all over
her
NANC6 gives a %anshee-s ho&l snatches 0p a chair an+ %rings
it
+o&n over the %ac/ o2 the 2irey %east st0nning him.
By the time *T T"OM)SON races into the room NANC6-s sei5e+ a
heavy
%lan/et an+ has thro&n it over %oth o2 them 2ighting the
2lames.
The 2ather 1oins his +a0ghter &itho0t a secon+ tho0ght
heaving
another %lan/et over the %e+ an+ smothering the last o2 the
2lames.
NANC6
"e-s 0n+er there Watch it
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T"OM)SON p0shes the girl %ac/ ,, yan/s o0t his .F an+ p0lls
o22
the 2irst cover. No movement. "e p0lls %ac/ a secon+ one
rea+y
to 2ire. B0t the only thing he sees is the %lac/ene+ hal2,
s/eleton o2 his e<,&i2e smo/ing an+ seething an+ sin/ing into
the
2l0i+,li/e mattress sin/ing right +o&n thro0gh it as i2 she
&ere
sin/ing into a la/e. A %lac/ene+ gnarle+ han+ goes last
then
the %e+ soli+i2ies over the place she-s +isappeare+. An+ it-s
as
i2 no one &as ever there.
NANC6 t0rns an+ loo/s at *T T"OM)SON her 2ace &hite as her
ghostly hair. T"OM)SON shoves his .F %ac/ in its holster an+
2in+s a cigarette his han+s sha/ing so %a+ly he can %arely
manage.
NANC6
No& +o yo0 %elieve me=
)A#3E# %arges in. The room is 2ille+ &ith smo/e the %e+ is
strippe+ %0t other than that the place seems normal.
)A#3E#
6o0 2in+ him=
(loo/ing closer
at T"OM)SON!
Sir=
*T T"OM)SON 10st &al/s %y him. )A#3E# chases a2ter.
)A#3E# (CONT OS!
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(2a+ing!
Sir ,, here let me light that
2or yo0 ,, *ie0tenant= What
happene+=
(gone!
WIE# ON NANC6 alone in the room. She t0rns an+ loo/s at the
%e+. M$SIC slips in an+ %0il+s. The %e+ has change+ color.
It-s
no& an ash,+ar/ene+ re+ an+ yello&.
C*OSE# ON NANC6 2rom the +irection o2 the %e+. M$SIC S$EN*6
STO)S an+ the s0r2ace o2 the re+ an+ yello& %e+ gets a %0mp
in
its center that /eeps raising raising 0ntil it-s a h0mp
that-s a
hea+ an+ sho0l+ers still raising 0ntil it looms over NANC6.
Then '#E 3#$EE#-s entire shape s&eeps 0p into the yello& an+
re+
mass ,, an+ the garish hea+ smo/ing an+ seething pops
thro0gh.
NEW AN*E ,, 3#$EE# a %0rne+ si55ling %lac/ h0mp o2 a
/iller
cl0mps onto the 2loor %et&een NANC6 an+ the +oor.
NANC6 2alls a%soltely still an+ her 2ace goes thro0gh a
strange
almost s0%lime trans2ormation.
NANC6
(;0ietly!
I /no& yo0-re there 3r0eger.
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She t0rns an+ 2aces him.
'#E6
6o0 thin/ yo0 &as gonna get
a&ay 2rom me=
NANC6 sha/es her hea+.
NANC6
I /no& yo0 too &ell no&
're++y.
3#$EE# smiles %itterly. Coming closer.
'#E6
An+ no& yo0 +ie...
There-s a S*IC3E#IN #ATT*E at his si+e an+ he raises the
only
thing on him not charre+ ,, the gleaming steel talons.
NANC6 simply sha/es her hea+ again as i2 seeing a light at
the
en+ o2 her long long t0nnel. An+ the &ay she says the &or+s
they might %e appearing o the insi+e o2 her eyes.
NANC6
It-s too late 3r0eger. I
/no& the secret no& ,, this
is 10st a +ream too ,, yo0-re
not alive ,, the &hole thing
is a +ream ,, so 20c/ o22
I &ant my mother an+ 2rien+s
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E8T. E*M ST#EET. A6.
C*OSE ON NANC6-S '#ONT OO# AS NANC6 1er/s it open an+ %lin/s
in
the %right +i220se+ light. The M$SIC 'AES on a transitional
note into light.
We hear BI#S.
C"I*#EN playing.
Early morning SO$NS.
NANC6
(to hersel2!
o+ it-s %right.
MA#E stic/s her hea+ o0t s;0inting an+ no+s. So%er.
MA#E
onna %0rn o22 soon or it
&o0l+n-t %e so %right.
NANC6 t0rns an+ loo/s her mother over.
NANC6
'eeling %etter=
MA#E
They say yo0-ve %ottome+ o0t
&hen yo0 can-t remem%er the
night %e2ore.
(sha/es her hea+!
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No more +rin/ing Ba%y s0++enly
I 10st +on-t 2eel li/e it
any more.
She to0ches NANC6.
MA#E (CONT!
i+n-t /eep yo0 0p last night
+i+ I= 6o0 loo/ a little
pee/e+.
NANC6 smiles.
NANC6
Nah. >0st slept heavy.
The girl gives a &ave an+ goes o22. MA#E calls a2ter.
MA#E
See ya.
NANC6 t0rns an+ &aves.
NANC6
See ya.
WIE# ON NANC6 as she &al/s to the c0r%. The &hole scene is
&rappe+ in an 0nseasonal t0le 2og %right yet +i220se. We
notice
that NANC6-s ho0se no longer has %ars on its &in+o&s. Then &e
see
a 2amiliar converti%le p0ll 0p at the c0r% top +o&n. TINA
an+
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#O are in the %ac/ seat. They all &ave to MA#E as NANC6
clim%s
in.
*EN
(calling!
6o0 %elieve this 2og=
MA#E
(la0ghs!
I %elieve anything-s possi%le.
TINA slaps 2ive &ith NANC6.
TINA
*oo/in- goo+ girl
AN*E INSIE T"E CON4E#TIB*E. *EN slips into the seat ne<t
to
NANC6. Someone else is +riving it seems. NANC6 loo/s 0p to
the
#I4E#. The %ig MAN t0rns an+ grins at NANC6 a terri%le
scarre+ hi+eo0s leer o2 a grin ,, '#E 3#$EE#-s grin
AN*E BAC3 O$TSIE T"E CON4E#TIB*E as its top clamps over the
/i+s
&ithin ,, a %right re+ an+ yello& top that closes as 2ast an+
har+
as a %eartrap NANC6-s 2rightene+ 2ace 2lies to the &in+o&
pressing against the thic/ glass as the car roars a&ay 2rom
the
c0r% an+ into the thic/ 2og.
CAME#A )ANS TO a gro0p o2 *ITT*E I#*S hal2,hi++en %y the
2og
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10mping rope an+ singing gayly.
I#*S
One t&o ,,
're++y-s coming 2or yo0
Three 2o0r ,,
Better loc/ yo0r +oor
'ive si< ,,
et yo0r Cr0ci2i<
Seven eight ,,
onna stay 0p late
Nine ten ,,
N l i
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