HALLOWEEN THE SERIES

PILOT-"EVIL NEVER DIES"

Series Created by Derek Sharp

Based on Characters Created by John Carpenter and

Debra Hill

Halloween Theme by John Carpenter

DARKNESS than SCREAMING.

FLASHES OF MICHAEL WALKING TOWARDS THE CAMERA.

CUT TO: KARA STRODE, who is running with DANNY, her

son towards the front door of the house. KARA holds a

crying baby in her other hand.

KARA

Get out of here, Danny.

SHE HANDS DANNY THE BABY.

DANNY

I will, mommy.

KARA

I love you.

DANNY

Love you, too.

DANNY takes off out the front door and runs with the

baby in his hands.

KARA looks back around and picks up a fire poker and

holds it like a baseball bat. She walks down a dark

hallway, slowly, checking in every room.

KARA(to herself)

Where are you?

THE FLOORBOARDS CREAK AS SHE STEPS. FROM BEHIND...

THE BACK DOOR SUDDENLY FLIES OPEN. KARA turns and

swings but hits nothing. She relaxes and tenses back

up.

FROM THE SHADOWS OF ANOTHER ROOM, A MAN IN THE BLACK

STANDS, not moving, just watching. KARA walks back,

not even noticing him.

VOICE

The child will be ours...

KARA turns and looks back. Nothing.

KARA continues walking until she makes it to the

backdoor. There the fall leaves are scattered across

the ground and the trees hide anything that moves in

darkness.

KARA(to herself)

Great! Not your best move, girl.

KARA starts to walk slowly through but...

MICHAEL appears from the shadows with his kitchen

knife ready. KARA turns and strikes him with the

fire poker but MICHAEL doesn't even move, he grabs

KARA with one hand and picks her up by her neck. She

drops the fire poker and screams(the camera pulls back

to DANNY.)

DANNY is running as fast as he can with the baby in

his hands but DANNY is stopped by THE MAN IN BLACK.

VOICE

Don't run, child.

DANNY runs in the other direction to find MICHAEL

standing at the other end. DANNY freezes and DARKNESS

engulfs the camera.

CUT TO: OPENING CREDITS

"HALLOWEEN THE SERIES" TITLECARD

CUT TO: TOMMY DOYLE flipping through a newspaper from

the HADDONFIELD TRIBUNE, that reads: DR. LOOMIS

MISSING?!

THE CAMERA PULLS BACK TO HIS WALL, which is covered

in old newspapers, that bear story of MICHAEL's

appearances and stories surrounding him.

IN THE BACKGROUND, TOMMY's TV is on the local news.

REPORTER

Just hours ago, cops reported to the house of Kara

Strode...

TOMMY turns to the TV.

REPORTER

...where neighbors told us, they heard screaming from

the background. Matthew Roberts, a neighbor

investigated.

TV CUTS TO: ROBERT.

ROBERT

I found her lifeless...her body...had...been

stabbed....blood was everywhere...

CUT BACK TO: TOMMY getting up, grabbing his jacket

and heading out the door.

KARA STRODE'S HOUSE, DAY. THE POLICE HAVE YELLOW

TAPE IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE but no one appears to be

around except one empty cop car.

TOMMY goes under the line and runs up the house steps.

He looks around and still finds no one.

TOMMY

Anybody here?

No answer.

TOMMY walks into the living room to find nothing. He

turns and continues outside into the backyard, where

he finds a lone cop standing over an patch of grass,

where a symbol-A THORN has been burned into the

ground. The COP turns and looks at TOMMY.

COP

Who are you?

TOMMY

Tommy Doyle, officer.

COP

What are you doing here?

TOMMY

I knew the people, that lived here.

COP

Then I recommend you get away from the crime scene.

TOMMY

Why?

COP

Do it or I'm putting you under arrest. Understood?

TOMMY turns and heads out the way he came in. (The

camera pulls back from the yard and stares down at the

symbol.)

CUT BACK TO: TOMMY as he pulls out a camera from his

coat pocket. He lays against a wall on a neighbor's

house, waiting for the cop to leave.

FADE TO BLACK.

FADE BACK IN TO: KARA'S HOUSE, NIGHT. The cops car

pulls out and TOMMY waits until it vanishes down the

street. TOMMY moves out slowly and moves under the

yellow tape and follows the same path, he used before

to get to the backyard. When he gets to the backyard

he stops and lifts up his camera and starts

recording.

TOMMY

Date is October 27, 1997. I'm standing in Kara

Strode's backyard, where the Thorn symbol appears to

be burned into place.

Something shifts behind TOMMY and TOMMY turns to look

back but nothings there. TOMMY shuts the camera off

and follows the stairs up to the window, where he

gets a wide shot of the symbol.

TOMMY(to himself)

Their back.

FLASH. THE THORN SYMBOL BURNED INTO THE BALES OF HAY

FROM CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS'.

TOMMY turns and heads out the door and stops to see if

anyone watching. No one is so he goes under the tape

and starts walking back to his house.

FLASH. TOMMY as a kid walking and noticing something

watching him. He starts to run.

FLASH. MICHAEL stopping him. TOMMY looking up into

his eyes.

FLASH. TOMMY(adult) attacks MICHAEL with a pipe and

starts hitting him.

FLASH. MICHAEL's face looking up at him.

FLASH. TOMMY moving away.

FLASH. MICHAEL getting back up and stabbing TOMMY

from behind.

CUT TO: TOMMY'S ROOM, DAY. He screams and climbs up

from bed. He's sweating and breathing hard. He looks

at his alarm clock-10:00 am.

He walks over to his computer and looks at the MICHAEL

MYERS' screen saver, that graces the screen.

TOMMY(to the computer)

Your back, aren't you?

THE TELEPHONE rings in his room.

TOMMY

Hello? Who's this?

VOICE(on the other end)

I'm Logan Carpenter from the HADDONFIELD TRIBUNE, is

this Tommy Doyle?

TOMMY

Yes, this is he.

LOGAN

Well, as I understand it...you were witness to the

Laurie Strode-Michael Myers' attack in 1978. Right?

TOMMY

Yes, Mr. Carpenter.

LOGAN

Did you know that what happened last night to Kara

Strode was connected to what happened to Laurie

Strode?

TOMMY

It was a possibility.

LOGAN

Well, I've got actual proof.

TOMMY

How?

LOGAN

I found something in County records, that the people

at Smith's Grove were keeping from the public's eyes.

TOMMY

Why should I trust you?

LOGAN

Because I'm the only one, that knows the truth about

Michael Myers'.

TOMMY looks up in a blank stare.

COFFEE SHOP ON MAIN STREET, DAY. TOMMY sits and

LOGAN CARPENTER hands him a stack of files.

TOMMY

Let me get this straight, you tracked me down online.

LOGAN

I've got my sources.

TOMMY

So, what do you know that I don't?

LOGAN

For one, Doctor Loomis wasn't told everything he

should have.

TOMMY

Like what?

LOGAN

Smith's Grove helped let Michael Myers' out in the

80s.

TOMMY

So it wasn't an accident.

LOGAN

Not according to these.

TOMMY flips through the files.

LOGAN

Keep the files, I've got a feeling you'll need them.

TOMMY

I can't.

LOGAN

There copies. Keep them.

TOMMY

What if I need to contact you again?

LOGAN hands him a piece of paper.

LOGAN

It's got my beeper, cell phone number and e-mail on

it. So I'll be in contact at all times, if you need

me? Oh, and sorry about your friend, Kara. I've

got a feeling the kids are still out there though.

TOMMY

Why's that?

LOGAN

Just a gut feeling.

TOMMY

You know more than your letting off aren't you?

LOGAN

Truthfully, I went to the scene myself, found no

evidence pointing towards the kids being killed. But

I think there's something more to it than what I saw?

TOMMY

Look, we need to talk. Do you know what we're

dealing with here, don't you?

CUT TO: TOMMY'S ROOM, DAY.

TOMMY

Michael Myers' murdered his sister in cold bold on

Halloween 1963. As a child he was admitted to Smith's

Grove sanitarium, where he would remain for most of

his life until Halloween of 1978. On that day, he

broke free and then started chasing after Laurie

Strode on the night, she was baby-sitting me.

LOGAN

But Strode survived and later died in a car crash.

Then Michael started coming after Jamie, her

daughter. Yea, I know the story...but the

information I spoke of is in that folder.

TOMMY

If it is show me.

LOGAN digs into the folder and pulls out a file and

hands it to TOMMY.

TOMMY

"On the following morning after Oct. 31, police

searched the grounds of Smith's Grove but found

nothing out of the ordinary except a Michael Myers'

mask and a jacket, that is believed to belong to Sam

Loomis."

LOGAN

Read on...

TOMMY

"Also, blood was found on the floors of the operation

rooms but there was no body found."

LOGAN

Something is amiss...

TOMMY

Yea, but was does that have to do with the

connection?

LOGAN

I think Doctor Loomis is dead but he knew something

more than he told us.

TOMMY

Then we don't need the papers.

TOMMY tosses them.

TOMMY

We've got my information.(TOMMY points to his wall.)

LOGAN

No! Are you nuts, that information came straight

from Smith's Grove.

TOMMY

Fine, you'll keep it.

TOMMY pulls it out and tosses it to him.

LOGAN

I think I know where the kids are at?

TOMMY

Where?

CUT TO: SMITH'S GROVE, NIGHT. TOMMY stands and

watches as LOGAN opens up a lock with a lockpick.

FROM BEHIND MICHAEL watches as the door opens and

TOMMY and LOGAN step in.

TOMMY

Why here?

LOGAN

Everything just seems to fit, The Thorn symbol in the

yard plus your story.

TOMMY

I didn't tell you my story.

LOGAN

It's in the records.

TOMMY

That would explain, why you know a little too much.

LOGAN

It comes with the job.

TOMMY

That's good to know but I wouldn't trust you with me

life.

LOGAN

Make you feel any better, I wouldn't either. I mean

you've got to be sadistic or something after seeing

Michael Myers'.

MICHAEL continues to walk by in the shadows of the

basement.

TOMMY

Look, we're here to find the kids, that's it and

I'll never see you again. So you don't have to be

rude.

LOGAN

Remind me of that later. When I actually care.

TOMMY

You care about something or you wouldn't be here.

LOGAN

How do you figure?

TOMMY

Well, for one you've got to have a reason for

tracking me down and giving me that information.

LOGAN

Maybe I knew something you didn't.

TOMMY

That would explain, why you brought me here. You

know the kids are here, don't you?

LOGAN

No, I don't.

TOMMY

It seems like it. You've been leading me in a circle

for the last hour over conversation and you finally

came up with Smith's Grove.

LOGAN

Maybe I put two and two together.

TOMMY

If you did I'm amazed reporter because this takes more

than that.

WHISPERS can be heard in a nearing hallway.

LOGAN

Shut up! Will you?

TOMMY quiets down and turns to see a group of two guys

in a uniforms walk by.

TOMMY

That was close.

LOGAN

It would have been even closer if you didn't shut up.

TOMMY

Thanks, looks like I owe you one.

LOGAN

So you do.

LOGAN moves into the hallway first and checks to see

if anyone is around.

LOGAN

Look, now it's just a matter of finding the kids. I

think we should split up?

TOMMY

Fine, you follow the guards-I'll go this way.

LOGAN

If you find anything, use a phone and beep me.

TOMMY

I'll do that.

TOMMY walks off into the shadows and LOGAN starts to

slowly follow the guards but MICHAEL comes from the

shadows and grabs onto his head and starts bashing

against the wall until LOGAN falls to the floor.

CUT TO: TOMMY following a corridor and walking into a

MAXIMUM SECURITY section, that is blocked by bars but

it is wide open. He walks in slowly checking the

area, nothing seems to be out of the ordinary.

TOMMY

Anybody down here?

NO ANSWER.

TOMMY walks through and checks his surrounds and

notices a THORN symbol on the wall.

TOMMY

Great...

TOMMY turns and walks straight into MICHAEL, who know

holds a knife in his hand. TOMMY starts slowly

backing up and MICHAEL follows. TOMMY starts running

but MICHAEL is following TOMMY with no trouble at all.

TOMMY turns down a hall but it ends up leading deeper

into the MAXIMUM SECURITY area, where the halls

become nothing but bars.

TOMMY looks back to look at MICHAEL but he's not

there.

TOMMY

No...

TOMMY starts running again in the direction, he was

headed and...

LOGAN appears out of from the side. His face is

bruised and bloody.

TOMMY

You okay?

LOGAN

Does it look like it?

TOMMY

What happened?

LOGAN

Met up with Michael. What does it look like?

TOMMY

You met death and he apparently wanted you dead.

LOGAN

Very funny.

TOMMY

How'd you get down here?

LOGAN

Can you ask questions later?

MICHAEL's shadow crosses the screen. TOMMY and LOGAN

start running again in the direction, TOMMY was

headed.

TOMMY

Now, where?

LOGAN

The exit.

TOMMY

Better question, where's the exit?

LOGAN

The kids?

TOMMY

I don't think the kids are here.

LOGAN

Then why'd we even come?

TOMMY

Talk, later. Run now.

MICHAEL's kitchen knife scrapes against the bars.

LOGAN

Take the left route.

TOMMY

That I can agree on.

They cross through and MICHAEL nearly hits them with

his knife. TOMMY is the first to make it to the door

and try it but it's locked.

LOGAN

Time for the lockpick...again.

LOGAN pushes TOMMY aside and TOMMY grabs a taser,

that sits near the door. TOMMY turns toward MICHAEL

and charges toward him with the taser. MICHAEL

stands, not moving as the taser hits him.

TOMMY

Where are the kids, Michael?

MICHAEL knocks the taser out of his hand grabs onto

TOMMY by his neck and forces him up against the bars.

LOGAN opens the door and turns back to see TOMMY being

held up by MICHAEL. LOGAN looks for anything to pick

up but there's nothing except a piece of broken bar,

that he picks up.

LOGAN

Michael!

MICHAEL turns and looks at LOGAN.

LOGAN

You killed my brother, now it's my turn.

LOGAN strikes MICHAEL with the bar but MICHAEL doesn't

budge.

LOGAN

Why won't you quit? Is it a family matter or are you

just nuts? Or maybe it's both.

LOGAN strikes MICHAEL's arm and TOMMY falls to the

ground.

TOMMY grabs the taser and strikes MICHAEL with it.

MICHAEL strikes TOMMY with his knife in the arm.

TOMMY screams for a second and starts running in the

direction of the door.

TOMMY

We must get out of here.

LOGAN

Agreed, but what about the kids?

VOICE

They are not here.

TOMMY

What? Who?

VOICE

They are safe...for now.

LOGAN

It's coming from the intercom.

TOMMY

Where's the main connection?

LOGAN

The office.

TOMMY and LOGAN start running toward the office but

first they have to climb the stairs, which goes up

three floors and intersects in a hallway but by the

time, they get to the office, the only thing in the

office is a piece of paper turned upside down with

R.I.P. on it. TOMMY turns it over and reveals it to

be a DOCTOR LOOMIS photo.

TOMMY shuts the office door and pulls the fire alarm

and relaxes against the wall.

TOMMY

The cops will be here shortly.

LOGAN

And Michael?

TOMMY

Gone but he'll be back.

LOGAN

You positive?

TOMMY

Evil never dies, Logan. Evil never dies.

FADE TO BLACK.

CUT TO: HADDONFIELD TRIBUNE, DAY. LOGAN is sitting

at his desk, flipping through the folder.

VOICE(TOMMY)

Can I speak to you for a second?

LOGAN

Yea, feel free.

TOMMY(sitting down in another chair)

I think I figured out the photo?

LOGAN

What does it mean?

TOMMY

Loomis was killed.

LOGAN

By who?

TOMMY

The Thorn or Michael.

LOGAN

Connected?

TOMMY

Have been since the beginning.

LOGAN

Nothing on the kids.

TOMMY

No.

LOGAN

What about the guy on the intercom?

TOMMY

Nothing, that I could find. I can only assume, he's

trying to help us.

LOGAN

The question is who?

TOMMY

Better yet, why?

LOGAN

Don't know.

TOMMY

Sorry about your brother.

LOGAN

It happens...I mean this Haddonfield, right?

TOMMY

Look, if it makes you feel any better. I need an

ally-someone that knows Haddonfield as well as I do,

to help me figure out and find a way to stop the Thorn

and Michael Myers'.

LOGAN

That's an intriguing offer in all, I mean, I gave

you all the information I know but...

TOMMY

But what? You'll have the chance to save someone

else's life before they become dead like your brother.

LOGAN

Yea, I realize that but we don't know how to stop

him...

TOMMY

Yet. We'll just search the files-see who can help us.

LOGAN

Sounds like you got a plan?

TOMMY

I came prepared. Those kids lives are in danger. You

in or are you out?

LOGAN

In.

CUT TO: MICHAEL standing in the Smith's Grove.

VOICE

Things are far from over. Rest Halloween is a few

days away...

MICHAEL looks up into the light.

VOICE

Then you can have your revenge on Tommy Doyle and

Halloween will be yours again.

FLASH. THE THORN SYMBOL burnt into the yard.

VOICE

Rest my child. Rest.

FADE TO BLACK.