SCREAM 5

By

GLENN

Based on characters created by Kevin Williamson

INT. LIVING ROOM. NIGHT

Fade into a ringing telephone. A hand reaches it. Its KEVIN

HILLARD. 17 years old. A jock, wavy brown hair, blue eyes.

He’s a big guy, on the football team at school. He’s

handsome in an obvious way and he knows it. Likes to

consider himself a ladies man. He probably is.

KEVIN

Hello?

MAN’S VOICE

Hello?

KEVIN

Yeah?

MAN’S VOICE

Who’s this?

KEVIN

Kev. Who’s this?

MAN’S VOICE

What’s your favorite scary movie

Kev?

KEVIN

I’m gonna stop you right there. I

don’t do STAB shit OK.

MAN’S VOICE

I’m in the house Kevin.

KEVIN

Yeah. Sure you are. Happy

Halloween.

CLICK.

KEVIN hangs the phone up.

His cellphone vibrates on the sofa. He grabs it and walks

into the kitchen to join JOSH SINCLAIR, 17.

He’s handsome like KEVIN but in a geeky way. He’s a cross

between nerd and cool kid. He tries hard to fit in.

2.

INT. KITCHEN. SAME.

KEVIN is looking at his phone. He smiles to himself.

KEVIN

I got a text from Hayley.

JOSH

No fucking way! Why would Hayley

text you. I thought she was with

Paul Baker.

KEVIN

Ah, she’s a slut, and I need to get

laid tonight. And I am one fine

specimen of a man.Besides, she

split with Paul like three weeks

ago.(leaning in)I heard a rumor his

dick’s the size of a spring bean.

No wonder she dumped him.(PAUSE)And

the whole, fine specimen of a man

thing of course.

JOSH

(nodding in sarcastic

agreement)

Fine specimen. Course.

KEVIN

(pointing at himself)

Have you seen this face. Its

adorable.

JOSH

(laughing))

Yeah, in a GREMLIN kind of way. Its

cute.

KEVIN

Cute? I’m more than cute. I was

runner up in ’OAKFIELD’S TEENY BOP

PAGEANT’ when I was five.

JOSH

TEENY BOP PAGEANT? Your shitting

me? Yeah, like I said. It’s cute. I

might start calling you GIZMO.

KEVIN

Your just jealous.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 3.

JOSH

Jealous of what?

KEVIN

That Hayley wants me.

JOSH

Hayley wants everybody. You’ve just

said it yourself. She’s a slut.

Everybody’s had Hayley. I’ve had

Hayley. Did I tell you?

KEVIN

Yeah, like a million times.

Honestly man, its getting tired.

JOSH

(reminiscing)

Ah. Hayley Thomas.

KEVIN

Dude. You went out for like two

days.

JOSH

Best two days of my life.

KEVIN

In the third grade.

JOSH

I slipped her the finger.

KEVIN

How is that even possible. What

were you? Eight?

JOSH

She had bumps in all the right

places when she was eight.(Sniffing

his forefinger),hasn’t smelt the

same since.

KEVIN

Your sick man. Speaking of fingers,

you spoke to Sarah yet?

JOSH

No. What do I even say to her?

KEVIN

Let me think. Hi Sarah. I’m sorry

you walked in on me ramming your

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 4.

KEVIN (cont’d)little sister with my fist. But

hey, can we be friends?

JOSH

Dude. I’m serious. She hasn’t

spoken to me in weeks. This is

worse than the last time. I mean

she won’t even look at me. She

won’t return my calls; the flowers

I sent were posted back in my moms

mailbox in pieces, by her crazy

mother.

KEVIN

You sent her flowers? Your shitting

me?

JOSH

Yeah.

KEVIN

No wonder she won’t talk to you.

You broke her heart man. And by the

way. I know it’s a sensitive topic,

and you just wanna forget it and

all, but high five for the fisted

hot sister.

KEVIN puts his hand in the air for a high five. But JOSH

keeps him hanging.

JOSH

Wrong man. Your just wrong.

KEVIN

Every senior with a dick in his

pants is raising a glass for you my

friend. Your a legend.

JOSH

I’m touched.

KEVIN

But honestly dude. You thought

sending flowers was an adequate

apology for violating her little

sisters pussy?

JOSH

Whatever man. I was trying to be, I

don’t know. Romantic.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 5.

KEVIN

Romantic would mean taking a girl

out for a candlelight dinner, maybe

a drink. Not punching the fuck out

of her sisters panty hamster.

JOSH

I struggle to comprehend why your

single.

KEVIN

If I play my cards right with

Hayley, that may not be the case.

The land line starts ringing again. JOSH jumps up.

JOSH

I’ll get it. I told Genna to phone

when she’s on her way.

KEVIN

You invited Genna?

JOSH

(from living room))

Yeah. She likes horror movies.

KEVIN

You tapping that tonight?

JOSH

After what happened last week. I’m

lucky Sarah didn’t cut off my

dick.

KEVIN

Why don’t you put them magical

fingers to good use?

JOSH turns round and sticks his middle finger up at KEVIN

JOSH

Enough with the fingers!

INT. LIVING ROOM. SAME

Josh grabs the telephone and brings it to his ear.

JOSH

Hey

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 6.

MAN’S VOICE

Hello?

JOSH

Who’s this?

MAN’S VOICE

Who’s this?

JOSH

You called me.

MAN’S VOICE

What’s your favorite scary movie?

JOSH

Twilight.

MAN’S VOICE

That’s not a horror movie.

JOSH

Have you seen Kristen Stewart

trying to act? And vampires that

sparkle in the sun, who the fuck

writes this shit?

MAN’S VOICE

Are you alone in the house?

JOSH

No. What do you want?

MAN’S VOICE

I’m in the house.

JOSH

For real?

MAN’S VOICE

Uh huh.

JOSH

That’s nice. You got the wrong

number Mr Ghostface. Sorry.

CLICK He hangs the phone up. KEVIN enters the living room.

KEVIN

Who was that?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 7.

JOSH

Some dick trying to do Ghostface.

KEVIN

Yeah, he phoned a minute ago. It’s

Halloween. People get

weird. Probably Dakota. Isn’t she

at the party tonight?

JOSH

Yeah. The party that we seem to be

missing. Its the world premiere of

STAB 8

KEVIN

STAB? Fuck the fuck off. The whole

STAB franchise killed horror. Lets

watch some classics.

JOSH

What? No way. The first three are

classics.

KEVIN

Then they churned out a load of

crap. I mean come on. STAB 8: The

Woodsboro Massacre Remake. The

Return of Ghostface, Return to

Woodsboro, Return of Sidney

Prescott, blah blah blah. And how

the fuck can Sidney Prescott be in

the movie when her bastard brother

killed her in STAB 3?

JOSH

She faked her death.

KEVIN

He put a knife in her head?

JOSH

It’s Hollywood. There’s ways around

it.

KEVIN

Its diabolical. I mean come on its

a punch in the face to all horror

fanatics. Even worse than the time

travel.

They both throw themselves down on the sofa. KEVIN turns the

TV on. JOHN CARPENTERS ’HALLOWEEN’ is on.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 8.

KEVIN

You see? Classic.

JOSH

Remind me again, why we’re not

actually going to the party?

KEVIN

Because. We do this every

Halloween. Its tradition.

JOSH

Aren’t some traditions suppose to

be broken?

KEVIN

What? Take that back.

JOSH

So new ones can start?

KEVIN looks affronted.

KEVIN

We’ve been doing this since fourth

grade. Every Halloween, we get a

shit load of scary movies and a

shit load of junk food and eat and

drink ourselves stupid. Just you

and me. We haven’t hung out in

ages. I missed you man.

JOSH

We could drink ourselves stupid at

the party. And get laid at the same

time.

KEVIN

That’s where your mistaken. You

won’t get laid while your with me.

I’m a babe magnet. I just attract

them. You don’t stand a chance when

I’m around.

JOSH

Is that right? I thought I was a

legend.

KEVIN

With the dudes. The chicks hate you

right now. I mean your almost like

FREDDY KRUGER.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 9.

JOSH

Fuck you man, I’m not a pedophile.

KEVIN

Just saying, you’ve got zero chance

of boning anything til your in

college.

JOSH puts his left forefinger under KEVIN’S nose.

JOSH

Even with my magical fingers?

KEVIN

Ah man. That’s gross. What the hell

is that?

(A FEW SECONDS PAUSE)

CUT TO.

INT. TV SCREEN. LIVING ROOM. SAME

MICHAEL MYERS is striding across the street whilst LAURIE

STRODE hammers on the door for TOMMY to let her in.

KEVIN

Besides we haven’t got John

Carpenters shaky P.O.V of

babysitters getting chopped up at

the party.

JOSH

(defeated))

OK, I agree, you can’t beat a bit

of Michael Myers.

KEVIN turns serious now. He’s talking to his buddy. Their

best friends. Both capable of conversing maturely.

KEVIN

You need to talk to Sarah man,

she’s really pissed.

JOSH

Yeah, but she’s been through a lot.

Its finding the right time ya know.

KEVIN

Dude, its been two years. I think

she’s at least come to terms with

it.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 10.

JOSH

Yeah, but with the book and then

the film, its dragging it back up

again. It’s hard on her. I just

need to give her some space. I mean

her brother got butchered. Not

really the right time to strum up a

conversation, when a movie telling

out the story of how he died is

showing. You got any beer?

KEVIN

Yeah. Check the refrigerator in the

garage, I think my dad left some

from his poker game last week,

JOSH

The garage?

KEVIN

Yeah. Mom doesn’t like the beer

cluttering the refrigerator in the

kitchen. Its her OCD. She’s nuts.

JOSH

Seriously?

KEVIN

Yeah. She’s seeing a therapist and

all that shit.

JOSH

MILF’s got an illness.

KEVIN

Hey, fuck you pervert.

JOSH

When your folks back anyway?

KEVIN

Couple of weeks. Bring up a crate

will ya.

JOSH

Yeah. I’ll be right back.

KEVIN

(under his breath)

Rule number one from your STAB shit

Josh.

CUT TO.

11.

EXT. KEVIN’S HOUSE. SAME.

Its a big house. Lots of glass. JOSH can be seen walking

from the LIVING ROOM to the KITCHEN. Trees line the exterior

of the house. Its completely isolated from anything. There’s

mist hovering over the grass. Its spooky. Like right out of

a horror movie.

CUT TO.

INT. GARAGE. SAME

JOSH is alone in the garage. Its big. The only light is a

single bulb hanging in the middle of the ceiling. Things

line the walls. Garden tools, household crap no one uses.

Brick pillars are dotted around the room. A refrigerator

sits on the far wall.

Far from convenient.

JOSH walks to it. He opens the door and peers inside.

Crates and crates of beer fill the space inside.

He bends down to get one out...

BANG!

He jumps out of his skin as a garden rake falls to the

ground on the other side of the room.

He looks around but its dark.

JOSH

Hello? Anyone there? Kevin?

He can’t see anything.

A shovel falls to the ground with a loud CLANG

JOSH

What the fuck? Kevin stop fucking

around!

He’s rooted to the spot. He’s a scaredy cat deep down. He

reaches in his pocket for his phone.

Just then.

The lights go out.

(BEAT)

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 12.

Suddenly JOSH’S cell starts ringing.

His phone lights up his terrified face. Caller ID say’s

’KEV’ He connects the call.

JOSH

What the fuck man?

KEVIN

What I do?

CUT TO.

INT. LIVING ROOM. SAME

KEVIN

What the fuck you doing down there?

Sounds like your trashing the place

CUT TO.

INT. GARAGE. SAME

JOSH

I don’t know man. I thought it was

you. There’s some freaky PARANORMAL

ACTIVITY shit going on down here.

CUT TO.

INT. LIVING ROOM. SAME

KEVIN

You OK?

CUT TO.

INT. GARAGE. SAME

JOSH walks over to the light switches and turns them back

on. He walks past a pillar. A GHOST FACE clad figure is

stood hiding behind one of the pillars unbeknown to JOSH. He

doesn’t see him.

JOSH

Yeah, I’m fine. I’ll be right up.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 13.

KEVIN

(V.O)

Genna just called. She said she’ll

be a few minutes. Looks like your

gonna get lucky after all.

CUT TO.

INT. LIVING ROOM. SAME

JOSH

(V.O)

Cool. You want anything else whilst

I’m down here?

KEVIN

No. I’m cool. Hurry up, your

missing all the good parts.

CUT TO.

INT. GARAGE. SAME

JOSH hangs up the cell. He retraces his steps back to the

refrigerator and GHOSTFACE is gone.

He goes to the refrigerator and pulls a crate out. He walks

over to the door that leads back into the house when...

JOSH hears another noise that makes him turn his back to the

door.

Something isn’t right about it.

He stops where he is and stands in silence.

He listens. Silence.

He turns for the door when...

GHOSTFACE LUNGES knife in the air and forces the blade down

into JOSH’S neck.

JOSH drops the crate of beer, it lands on the floor with a

CRASH.

GHOSTFACE pulls his knife from JOSH’S neck and plunges it

back again. The brutality is shocking. JOSH gurgles for

breath but can’t get any. GHOSTFACE hacks at his neck. The

violence is shockingly gruesome. GHOSTFACE repeatedly stabs

at JOSH’S neck until he’s almost decapitated. Blood

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 14.

splatters the walls and floor. JOSH’S head lops, almost like

its hanging by a thread. GHOSTFACE pushes him aside like a

rag doll. He falls to the floor heavily. His head sagging

pathetically, barely any skin connecting the head to his

lifeless body.

CUT TO

INT. LIVING ROOM. SAME

KEVIN is still watching ’HALLOWEEN’ on the sofa. The volume

is high and he’s engrossed.

GHOSTFACE is in the kitchen directly behind him.

He turns off the kitchen light and darkness swallows him.

KEVIN see’s the light go out in the reflection of the TV. He

sits up and looks over his shoulder. He smiles to himself as

he gets up.

KEVIN

Nice one. Why didn’t I think of

that? Disappear to get the drink

and what, try for a cheap scare? I

know its Halloween, but come on

Josh, you can’t get me that easy.

KEVIN’S cell starts to ring. The caller ID says ’UNKNOWN’ He

smiles again.

KEVIN

Hello?

MAN’S VOICE

Hello Kevin.

A grin spreads across KEVIN’S handsome face.

KEVIN

Hey. Who is this?

MAN’S VOICE

Who do you think?

KEVIN

(playing along)

I don’t know. You phoned me.

KEVIN moves to the doorway leading into the living room and

out into the FOYER. Its dark, but he doesn’t put a light on.

He’s looking around trying to find JOSH.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 15.

MAN’S VOICE

So I did.

KEVIN

Is there anything I can help you

with?

MAN’S VOICE

You know what, I think there is.

KEVIN

Oh yeah?

MAN’S VOICE

Yeah.

The line goes quiet.

KEVIN

Hello?

MAN’S VOICE

Oh I’m sorry. I love this part.

KEVIN

(slightly confused))

Ah what?

MAN’S VOICE

Of the movie. I love this part of

the movie.

KEVIN

What movie?

MAN’S VOICE

Halloween. Nothing like a good

classic on a night like tonight.

KEVIN spins round. ’HALLOWEEN’ is still playing on the TV.

The volume is turned down. KEVIN walks slowly into the

living room, looking around, JOSH has to be here somewhere.

KEVIN

What did you say?

MAN’S VOICE

Halloween. A classic.

KEVIN

How did you know I was watching

Halloween?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 16.

MAN’S VOICE

I told you. I’m in the house.

KEVIN walks to the patio doors. He looks out onto the

grounds surrounding his house. Bushes are swaying in the

cold autumn breeze.

KEVIN

Nice try Josh. Hurry the fuck up

with the beer. My liver thinks I’m

dead.

KEVIN hangs the phone up and sits back down on the sofa.

His iPhone vibrates. His screen reads, ’MULTIMEDIA SMS’

He opens the image and its a picture of JOSH. Very much

dead. His guts gushing from his stomach. His decapitated

head placed in his arms almost like the HEADLESS HORSEMAN

He dials JOSH’S number in his cell. Its starts ringing. The

call connects.

KEVIN

OK, jokes over.

MAN’S VOICE

I’m sorry Kevin, Josh can’t come to

the phone right now. His head’s all

over the place.

Shock flits across his face. He sits up. The caller has his

attention.

KEVIN

Who is this?

MAN’S VOICE

Who would you like it to be?

KEVIN stands up and walks to the window. He peers out of it.

The place is deserted.

KEVIN

Listen man, I’m not up for STAB

shit tonight okay. Besides, isn’t

it the dumb chick that gets the

call? That’s how it works right?

Some stupid bimbo, parents away,

home alone, gets a call, it gets

her killed, end of. For a Stab

fanatic, your piss poor. You need

to up your game.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 17.

KEVIN walks into the dark kitchen and sees a large knife on

the side. He picks it up. Better to be armed that not.

MAN’S VOICE

Some traditions are suppose to be

broken. Its the only to make way

for new ones. This is a whole new

movie Kevin. Your about to make

horror movie history.

KEVIN

Who the fuck is this? What do you

want?

MAN’S VOICE

That’s not the question you need to

be asking me Kevin.

KEVIN

What question should I be asking?

MAN’S VOICE

Where am I?

KEVIN

Where are you?

MAN’S VOICE

Uh huh.

KEVIN

So where are you?

MAN’S VOICE

Right behind you.

(BEAT)

MAN’S VOICE

Don’t turn around. If you turn

around now I’m gonna cut off your

head off and kick it around like a

football.And trust me when I say

this Kevin, I’m a man of my word.

KEVIN becomes still. He’s terrified. Beyond anything he’s

still hoping its a prank.

KEVIN twitches his head slightly but.

MAN’S VOICE

Don’t do it Kevin. This must be

hard for you huh? The urge to do

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 18.

MAN’S VOICE (cont’d)something, when your told not to

can be almost too much.

KEVIN

WHO THE FUCK IS THIS! LEAVE ME

ALONE!

MAN’S VOICE

I wanna play a game.

KEVIN

A game?

MAN’S VOICE

Yeah. Here are the rules. You turn

around, you die. You stay where you

are, I’ll turn around and walk

right out of the front door, I

promise.

KEVIN

Why the fuck are you doing this?

MAN’S VOICE

Its Halloween Kevin. I’m just

having a little fun.

KEVIN

(bravely)

There’s just one problem with your

little game.

MAN’S VOICE

Oh really. What?

KEVIN

Your standing behind me yeah?

MAN’S VOICE

Uh huh.

KEVIN

Right behind me?

MAN’S VOICE

Yes.

KEVIN

Then I have a question for you Mr

Ghostface.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 19.

MAN’S VOICE

I’m all ears.

KEVIN

Why can’t I hear you? If your right

behind me like you say you are, why

can’t I hear you huh?

Silence. Then

Suddenly.

GIRLS VOICE

(Out of shot)

Hey.

A hand touches his shoulder. KEVIN hurtles around screaming,

knife clenched in his hand and plunges it into flesh.

In horror, he realizes its GENNA. 17. Long brown hair,

pretty face. In the wrong place at the wrong time.

KEVIN

(in blind shock)

Oh my god!

GENNA looks at him. Her wide eyes fill with tears.

She struggles to draw breath as KEVIN pulls the knife from

the gushing wound in her neck. She falls to the floor.

KEVIN

(in a hushed whisper)

I’m so sorry.

She writhes for a few seconds then moves no more.

He falls to the floor at her side, in mind numbing shock. He

fumbles to find a pulse, but he knows its too late.

KEVIN

I’m sorry.

Then GHOSTFACE enters the room

KEVIN see’s him and scarpers, but GHOSTFACE grabs him. KEVIN

struggles with the raised arm holding the razor sharp

hunting knife. KEVIN musters the strength and pushes

GHOSTFACE into the patio doors. With a CRASH GHOSTFACE

vanishes through a shower of broken glass. KEVIN notices the

knife on the floor. He grabs it and runs out of the living

room.

20.

INT. FOYER.SAME

KEVIN slips inside the door to the drawing room.

INT. DRAWING ROOM SAME

He hurries over to the patio doors that line the walls. He

slides it open and slips out, being as quiet as he can.

CUT TO.

INT. LIVING ROOM. SAME

GHOSTFACE re-emerges through the broken door and looks

around for his knife. Its not there, but GHOSTFACE

improvises. An axe lies beside a majestic fireplace. He

picks it up and holds it to his face. He cocks his head then

disappears out of shot.

CUT TO.

EXT. KEVIN’S HOUSE. SAME.

KEVIN is out of the house, but that isn’t stifling the fear

infecting him. He’s in a blind panic. He’s breathing

erratically. He holds the knife to his chest with bloody

hands and peers inside the house. There’s no sign of the

killer.

He decides he has to move. He can’t stay where he is. He

crouches below the see through wall of glass and crawls

along, coming to a halt to peer inside.

Its clear. He stands and makes a run for it. He’s slightly

relieved at his getaway.

Then.

An axe flies from no where and strikes his leg. He crumples

screaming in agony. He looks down.

The axe is wedged in his tibia. Its oozing with blood. He

tries to unwedge it but...

GHOSTFACE emerges from the house and walks casually across

the lawn in KEVIN’S direction.

KEVIN

FUCK OFF ASSHOLE!

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 21.

GHOSTFACE strides to him. He grabs the handle of the axe and

pulls it out with a sickening crunch, with no pity for the

pain he causes. He raises the axe and swings it down into

KEVIN’S side.

KEVIN howls in excruciating pain. It echoes into the

deserted distance.

GHOSTFACE pulls the axe out of KEVIN’S now gushing body and

moves to KEVIN’S side and stares down at him.

KEVIN looks into the ghost white mask, somewhat defiantly.

KEVIN

FUCK THIS STAB SHIT!

GHOSTFACE raises the axe and hurtles it down on KEVIN’S

neck.

CUT TO.

TITLE CARD: SCREAM 5