INT. A HOTEL ROOM-REX HALL,THE MAN THAT GOT OFF THE BUS,THE MAN THAT WROTE THE BOOK THE SECRETS OF THE BOY THAT TOMMY HAD IN HIS HOUSE, IS STANDING IN THE ROOM GETTING DRESSED.HE'S WEARING JEANS,A DENIM SHIRT, THE BLACK BOOTS,AND THE BLACK COWBOY HAT.
There's a knock on the door and he walks over to it.
He opens it,revealing a man standing there.
REX: Yes?
MAN: The limo is here to take you to Mister Porter's studio.
REX: Alright.Thank you.
EXT. KARA'S HOUSE-DAY-STEVEN AND KARA GET INTO KARA'S CAR,WHICH IS PARKED IN THE STREET INFRONT OF HER HOUSE.THE CAR STARTS UP AND DRIVES DOWN THE ROAD.
The car drives off screen,followed a few seconds later by Amber's red pickup.
INT. KARA'S CAR-THROUGHOUT THIS SCENE WE SEE THE RED PICKUP FOLLOW THE CAR.
STEVEN: Where is Shondra gonna watch me?
KARA: IF she can watch you,it's going to be at Adam's house.
STEVEN:Yes!I love Adam's house.
KARA: This is just the perfect day for you,isn't it?School gets out early,Shondra will hopefully babysit you,and you'll be at Adam's.
STEVEN: Yep.It's like my birthday.
Steven is smiling when he says this but his smile quickly fades.
He looks over to Kara.
STEVEN: Mommy?
KARA: What,hon?
STEVEN: Why wasn't daddy at my birthday party?
KARA: I don't know,baby.I don't know.
INT. FLASHBACK-WE WATCH THE SCENE FROM THE FIRST FILM IN WHICH THE THREE KIDS AT SCHOOL MAKE FUN OF TOMMY WHEN HE WAS 8.IT BEGINS WITH THEM FOLLOWING HIM,CHANTING "HE'S GONNA GET YOU" AND ENDS WHEN THEY TRIP HIM,CAUSING HIM TO CRUSH THE PUMPKIN HE'S CARRYING,AND RUN OFF LAUGHING. CUT TO:
EXT. THE MYERS HOUSE-NIGHT-WE GO UP ACROSS THE FRONT YARD,RIGHT TOWARD THE FRONT DOOR.THIS SEQUENCE IS VERY MUCH LIKE THE OPENING OF AN EPISODE OF TALES FROM THE CRYPT.
The front door swings open infront of us and we enter.
INT. THE HOUSE-WE ENTER,PASSING THE STAIRS AND GOING DOWN THE HALL TO THE KITCHEN.WE CROSS THE KITCHEN,GOING TO THE BACK DOOR.THE BACK DOOR SWINGS IN INFRONT OF US,SHOWING US THE BACK YARD.WE TURN AWAY FROM THE DOORWAY AND THE DOOR SWINGS SHUT.WE TURN TO A SHUT DOOR IN THE KITCHEN AND IT SWINGS OPEN,REVEALING THE LIVINGROOM TO US.WE LOOK INTO THE LIVINGROOM,AND SUDDENLY MICHAEL STEPS INFRONT OF US,HOLDING HIS BUTCHER KNIFE.QUICK CUT TO:
AN ECU OF TOMMY'S FACE AS HE BURSTS AWAKE,GASPING.
We pull back to see that Tommy is wrapped in a blanket,laying on the floor of his study. He is sweating badly.
He sits up,leaning against the wall,panting,putting his head in his hands.
TOMMY: Holy shit.
Tommy raises his head,looking over.
Laying beside Tommy is his copy of Rex's book,open.
TOMMY: Fuckin' book.
Tommy grabs the book and flings it across the room.
The book hits a framed picture of Michael in the clown costume he killed Judith in that's hanging on the wall.The glass in the frame shatters.
EXT. A HADDONFIELD STREET-DAY-SHONDRA,SETH,KYLE,AND BROOKE ARE STAND- ING WITH A LARGE GROUP OF NAMELESS TEENAGERS BESIDE A SIGN THAT READS: BUS STOP.HADDONFIELD HIGH.
Kyle and Brooke are cuddling,kissing,and doing other assorted horny teen stuff.Seth and Shondra are nearby talking,holding hands.
SHONDRA: Did you have fun last night?
SETH: Not really.
SHONDRA: Why not?
SETH: I was worrying my ass off that we'd get caught.
SHONDRA: You two get caught all the time.
SETH: I know,and I get grounded for like a week everytime.I didn't want that to happen last night. I've got some cool stuff planned for tonight.
SHONDRA: Oh,yeah?
SETH:Yeah.
SHONDRA: What?
SETH: You know that theatre in Litchfield that shows only movies that have already been released and have gone on to video?Litchfield Classics?
SHONDRA: Uh-huh.My cousin went there to see TITANIC last week.
SETH: Well,my brother's letting me borrow his car and I'm taking you over there to see....(smiles)
SHONDRA: (smiles)What?
SETH: The greatest trilogy in film history.Three classic,thrilling films shown back-to-back-to-back in the ultimate marathon.
SHONDRA: STAR WARS episodes four through six?
SETH: (smile goes away)No.
SHONDRA: CLERKS,MALLRATS,and CHASING AMY?
SETH: I said thrilling.That's the ultimate comedy trilogy.Plus,I don't consider that a trilogy because of DOGMA.It's a four part thing,whatever the hell that is.
SHONDRA: Then what are you talking about?
SETH: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD,DAWN OF THE DEAD,and DAY OF THE DEAD.
Brooke and Kyle are kissing but Kyle pulls away quickly to look back at Seth.
SHONDRA: I wasn't aware that that was the best trilogy ever.
SETH: Have you seen 'em?
SHONDRA: I saw NIGHT.I haven't seen DAWN or DAY.
KYLE: Did I hear someone invoke the name of the unholy trilogy?
SETH: It was me,my zombie brother.
KYLE: Did you blaspheme or use their names in vain?
SETH: No.I was inviting Shondra to view them in a temple of worship when the day grows dark.
KYLE: You're watching them in a theatre tonight?
SETH:Yeah.
KYLE: Where?
SETH: Litchfield Classics.
KYLE: When?
SETH: From seven thirty to one thirty.
KYLE: Can we come?
SETH: If you find your own ride.
KYLE: Come on,man,you know I'm not allowed to drive.My dad's anal retentive and my brother's a dick.
BROOKE: An ass father and a dick brother.What's that make you?
KYLE:I'm all that and more.
Brooke and Kyle kiss.
The bus,number 13,pulls up.
The doors open and we see a familiar driver:Adam.
Shondra and Seth are the first ones on.
INT. THE BUS-SETH AND SHONDRA GET ON.
SHONDRA: Hi,Adam.
ADAM: Hi.Could I talk to you before you get off?I have to ask you something.
SHONDRA: Sure.
Seth and Shondra go and sit down in one of the back seats.
Brooke and Kyle sit down in the seat across the aisle.
SETH: What's he want to talk to you for?
SHONDRA: I don't know.
KYLE: Looks like your date is about to be cancelled,buddy.
EXT. THE BUS-DAY-IT BEGINS TO DRIVE DOWN THE STREET.ALL THE TEENS HAVE GOTTEN ON.AS THE BUS DRIVES DOWN THE STREET KARA'S CAR AND AMBER'S PICKUP PASS IT GOING THE OTHER WAY.
INT. TOMMY'S HOUSE-TOMMY WALKS INTO THE LIVINGROOM WITH A BOWL OF CEREAL AND A GLASS OF MILK.
He sits down on the floor right infront of the T.V.,which is already on.He slides a videotape into the VCR and pushes the Record button.The VCR begins taping what's on.
The opening credits of a talk show called THE EDDIE PORTER SHOW are beginning.The credits are basically a rip off of the REGIS AND KATHIE LEE credits,even the music.Pictures of today's guests are shown,along with their names,as an announcer talks:
ANNOUNCER: Today on The Eddie Porter Show our guests are Haddonfield's own Sheriff David Zimmerman, here to discuss the past,present,and future of Halloween celebrations in town,local store owner Blaine Walters,who has a few things to say to the sheriff,and Rex Hall,author of the bestselling hardcover novel released last month THE SECRETS OF THE BOY:MICHAEL MYERS REVEALED. And now,here's Eddie!
(Sheriff Zimmerman is a 40-ish black man,written to be Fred Williamson.His left arm is in a sling. Blaine Walters is a 50-ish man.)The credits disappear and we see a man in a suit,around 30,standing in the middle of a small audience.(The Eddie Porter Show is a local Haddonfield talk show.)
EDDIE: Hello,and welcome to The Eddie Porter Show.Our topic today is,ofcourse,Halloween in our small town of Haddonfield and the truth behind the man that basically ruined life here, Michael Myers.My guests today are Sheriff Zimmerman,store owner Blaine Walters,and.... someone pulled a major coup here....bestselling author Rex Hall.Please welcome them to the show.
INT. EDDIE PORTER'S STUDIO-SHERIFF ZIMMERMAN,BLAINE WALTERS,AND REX ARE SITTING IN LEATHER CHAIRS ON A SMALL STAGE.
ZIMMERMAN: Eddie,I have to disagree with you on one of your points.Michael Myers did not destroy life in Haddonfield.
BLAINE: He sure as hell destroyed my business!
Rex smiles.
EXT. THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL-DAY-KARA'S CAR PULLS UP INFRONT OF IT AND STOPS.
A few yards back Michael pulls Amber's pickup to the side of the road.
INT. KARA'S CAR-KARA KISSES STEVEN.
KARA: I'll see you later.
STEVEN: Bye.
KARA: Bye.
Steven opens his door and gets out,shutting his door behind him.
EXT. KARA'S CAR-DAY-AS STEVEN WALKS TOWARD THE SCHOOL KARA DRIVES AWAY.AS KARA DRIVES AWAY MICHAEL PULLS BACK ONTO THE ROAD AND BEGINS TO FOLLOW VERY SLOWLY.
Kara disappears down the road as Michael drives infront of the school.
Sensing something Steven turns around and looks toward the road.
He watches as Michael drives by very slow.
STEVEN'S P.O.V-WE ZOOM UP TO THE PICKUP'S PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW.
Through the window we can see Michael's mask,his head turned toward us.
Steven looks shocked.
STEVEN: The boogeyman.
The pickup suddenly accelerates,tearing down the street.
Steven turns around and runs into the school.
INT. EDDIE PORTER'S STUDIO-THE DISCUSSION CONTINUES.EDDIE IS STILL STANDING IN THE AUDIENCE,LIKE JERRY SPRINGER.
EDDIE: For how many more years do you see this curfew continuing,Sheriff Zimmerman?
ZIMMERMAN: I wouldn't say more than two more years.I see 2003 as being the year when we can finally enjoy Halloween again.
BLAINE: Bull(bleep).Two years and this (bleep)in' town's gonna be a (bleep)in' ghost town.Michael (bleep)in' Myers is (bleep)in' dead.Anybody who says he isn't can kiss my (bleep)in' (bleep).
Eddie nervously chuckles.
EDDIE: Please,Mister Walters,refrain from using that kind of language.This is local television, remember.
BLAINE: (Bleep) you.This (bleep)in' show sucks.
Blaine pulls his microphone off and walks backstage.
Rex is laughing hard into his hand,trying not to let it show.
EXT. HADDONFIELD HIGH-DAY-BUS NUMBER 13 PULLS UP AND THE DOORS OPEN.
A couple dozen teenagers pour out.
INT. THE BUS-SHONDRA,SETH,KYLE,AND BROOKE WAIT IN THE BACK AS EVERYONE GETS OFF.WHEN EVERYONE'S OFF THEY WALK DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE BUS.
Brooke and Kyle get off and Seth waits on the steps as Shondra stops beside Adam.
SHONDRA: You wanted to talk to me?
ADAM: Uh,yeah.I was wondering,if you're not doing anything tonight,if you could watch Steven from about seven until eleven?
Seth closes his eyes,waiting for the answer and praying that it's the one he wants Shondra to say.
SETH'S P.O.V-DARKNESS.
SHONDRA: (O.S.)Yeah,sure.Alright.
SETH'S MIND: (V.O.)Shit.
INT. EDDIE PORTER'S STUDIO-EDDIE IS IN THE AUDIENCE,DAVID AND REX ARE ON THE STAGE.
ZIMMERMAN: No,the people of Haddonfield do not have anything to fear anymore.From the evidence we have,Michael Myers died in 1989,along with Sheriff Ben Meeker and eleven other police officers,when the police station was blown up.I myself was wounded that year.When the man called the Man In Black by Myers scholars,who we assume was a vigilante,came in blasting with his machine gun I took two bullets in the shoulder,paralyzing my left arm.
EDDIE: How do you explain the murders of John,Tim,and Debra Strode,Tim's lover Beth,and radio jock Barry Simms in '95?
ZIMMERMAN: Copycat.
Angry murmurs run through the audience.
ZIMMERMAN: It was obviously a copycat that decided to emulate Myers and kill the family of Laurie Strode's adoptive parents.
EDDIE: Any truth to the rumor that Tommy Doyle was the copycat?
ZIMMERMAN:No.Tommy Doyle is completely innocent.
INT. TOMMY'S HOUSE-TOMMY SMILES.
INT. EDDIE'S STUDIO-THE SCENE IS THE SAME.
EDDIE: Mister Hall,is it true that the movie rights of your book have been sold to Dimension Films, the subsidiary of Miramax Films,for almost a million dollars?
REX: Yes.The rights were sold before the book came out and it's being rushed into production. Dimension is planning to turn it into a series,a film for each night Michael returned except for 1963,which will be the opening of the first film,and 1978,which will take up two films. It will star Christopher Lee as Loomis,Neve Campbell as Laurie,Jennifer Love Hewitt as Annie,Sarah Michelle Gellar as Lynda,and Kurt Russell as Sheriff Leigh Brackett.The script is being written by Kevin Williamson and Joss Whedon and will be directed by Wes Craven. Basically it's like a fourth SCREAM teaming,with Kevin,Neve,and Wes.
EDDIE: Sounds interesting.
INT. TOMMY'S HOUSE-TOMMY GETS UP AND WALKS INTO A HALLWAY THAT BRANCHES OFF FROM THE LIVINGROOM.HE WALKS DOWN THE HALL AND ENTERS A ROOM,THE BATHROOM.
We look over at his TV and see The Eddie Porter Show.As we watch,these words appear: STOP.VIDEOTAPE HAS RUN OUT OF ROOM.RECORDING STOPPED.
INT. EDDIE'S STUDIO-SCENE IS SAME.
EDDIE: What do you think about what Sheriff Zimmerman said?Are we safe?
REX: Oh,this town is screwed.Michael is coming back,probably today.This town definetely does have something to fear.Did you watch the news this morning?If you had,you would have heard that the tombstone Doctor Sam Loomis,who everyone here knows,was stolen from the cemetary he was buried in in Smith's Grove.
EDDIE: But Loomis is a celebrity.That's no different that James Dean's tombstone getting stolen again.
REX: The cemetary caretaker was found dead hanging from a tree nearby,stabbed to death.Gutted. Now who would do something like that?
EDDIE: The killers from SCREAM?
A few people in the audience chuckle.
REX: This is no time to joke,Eddie.Michael's on his way home.In Willard another man was killed last night.His throat was slit and the word NEPHEW was carved into his forehead.Michael is coming back to Haddonfield to kill his nephew,Steven Strode.
EDDIE: (nervous)Uh....we'll be right back after this commercial break.
INT. TOMMY'S HOUSE-WE LOOK AT THE OUTSIDE OF THE BATHROOM DOOR.WE HEAR THE TOILET FLUSH,THEN HEAR RUNNING WATER FROM THE SINK.THE DOOR OPENS AND WE SEE TOMMY WIPING HIS HANDS ON A TOWEL.
He comes out of the bathroom and walks down the hall to the livingroom.
He sits down on the floor infront of the TV,seeing that a commercial is on.
TOMMY: Commercial.What'd I miss?
Tommy grabs the VCR remote off the coffee table.
CU-HIS FINGERS PUSH STOP,THEN REWIND,WAIT A COUPLE SECONDS,THEN PUSH PLAY.
On the TV we see a scene replay:
REX: Basically it's like a fourth SCREAM teaming,with Kevin,Neve,and Wes.
EDDIE: Sounds interesting.
The screen turns into fuzz.
TOMMY: Oh,come on....The tape ran out!Damn it!
Tommy drops the remote,stands up and walks out of the room.
We look at the TV and zoom into the fuzz,which turns into a cut to:
EXT. KARA'S HOUSE-DAY-HER CAR PULLS UP AND PARKS INFRONT OF THE HOUSE, ON THE STREET.
The car is turned off and Kara gets out.
She crosses her front yard,going to her front door.
Down the road a way Michael's red pickup pulls over and parks in the street.
It turns off and Michael gets out.
Kara enters her house through the front door.
INT. KARA'S HOUSE-KARA COMES IN.
EXT. KARA'S HOUSE-MICHAEL STANDS IN THE BUSHES BESIDE THE HOUSE,LOOKING INTO A WINDOW.
INT. KARA'S HOUSE-THE KITCHEN-KARA WALKS IN AND GOES TO THE FRIDGE, SIGHING.BESIDE THE FRIDGE IS THE WINDOW MICHAEL IS LOOKING INTO,AND WE CAN SEE HIM THROUGH IT.
Kara opens the fridge door and pulls out a pop.
She shuts the fridge,going over to the counter.
We look at her as she opens her pop,but over her shoulder,out of focus,we see the front door and somebody walk in.
Kara drinks her pop.
The unfocused figure in the background gets closer.
FIGURE'S P.O.V-WE WALK TOWARD KARA,SLOWLY.
We get closer and closer.
Soon we're only five feet from her.
We switch to the shot infront of Kara,the figure getting very close.
Kara sits her pop down and turns around,right into-
Adam.Kara gasps,falling back.
Adam smiles.
ADAM: Sorry.
KARA: Why does every man in my life enter my house without knocking?
ADAM: Good question.
Adam grabs Kara's pop and takes a long drink,finishing it.
KARA: Thanks alot.
ADAM: You're welcome.
He puts the empty pop can down on the counter and sits down at the table.
KARA: Did you ask Shondra if she can babysit Steven tonight?
ADAM: Yup.
KARA: What'd she say?
ADAM: Her boyfriend is gonna drop her off at my house at seven sharp.
INT. THE DINING ROOM-MICHAEL IS STANDING BY THE DOORWAY,WATCHING ADAM AND KARA,LISTENING.
KARA: So we're goin' then,huh?
ADAM: Yeah.Dinner at Odie's.
KARA: (sarcastic)Sounds fancy.
ADAM: Now,don't go pickin' on Odie's.It's a good place.Good people,good eats.
KARA: Why is it called Odie's?
ADAM: I don't know.
Over Adam's shoulder we see Michael walk past the doorway,toward the front door.
Adam stands up.
KARA: Where are you going?
ADAM: I have to get goin'.I parked my bus in the alley.
KARA: Why didn't you go home and get your car?
ADAM: I'm retarded.
Adam steps into the doorway between the kitchen and the livingroom,looking at Kara.
Through the doorway we can see Michael open the front door and walk out.
ADAM: It'll be alright,Kara.He's not comin' back.
INT. EDDIE PORTER'S STUDIO- A HALLWAY-REX AND ZIMMERMAN ARE WALKING DOWN THE HALL.
ZIMMERMAN: I want you out of my town before dark.
REX: You can't make me leave your town.
ZIMMERMAN: Then I'll lock you up.Ever see FIRST BLOOD?
REX: The first Rambo movie.He escaped.
ZIMMERMAN: You won't.
REX: Now why do you want to lock me up?
ZIMMERMAN: For causing a disturbance.A panic.
REX: Don't shoot the messenger.Is it my fault Michael's back?
ZIMMERMAN: Michael is not back.Michael is dead.
REX: You'll see.Tonight.You'll see.
Rex opens a door and walks outside.
Zimmerman stands and watches as the door shuts.
ZIMMERMAN: Freak.
EXT. THE STUDIO-DAY-REX WALKS OUT ACROSS THE PARKING LOT,TO A PARKED LIMO.THE LIMO DRIVER,THE MAN WHO CAME TO REX'S DOOR AT THE HOTEL,IS HOLDING HIS DOOR OPEN.(THE LIMO DRIVER'S NAME IS DUSTY HOPPER.)
REX: Take me to the nearest car dealership,Dusty.
DUSTY: Uh...yes,sir.
Rex gets in and Dusty shuts the door behind him.
INT. THE HADDONFIELD HIGH CAFETERIA-KYLE AND SETH ARE STANDING AT THE LUNCH TABLE,HOLDING TRAYS,GETTING FOOD AS THEY WALK DOWN THE LINE. THIS IS THE SAME SHOT THAT HAS BEEN IN MANY OTHER MOVIES.
KYLE: And she said yes?
SETH: She said:Yeah,sure.Alright.
KYLE: I told you it was a lost cause.
SETH: I'm beginning to agree.
KYLE: You gotta dump her.Find someone who'll put out.If you don't get some soon your head will explode.Both of 'em.
SETH: I've told you,that doesn't matter to me.But I've got a plan,a way to keep our date.
KYLE: Let me hear it,man.
SETH: I'm gonna drop her off at seven.Drive down the road and park.Give Kara and Adam fifteen minutes to leave,then I'm gonna go down to the house and surprise her.I'll rent NIGHT, DAWN,and DAY from the video store and bring 'em along.
KYLE: A home based marathon.
SETH: That's the idea.
KYLE: Can I come over?
SETH: No.
KYLE: Come on.I won't even bring the ball and chain along.
SETH: No.
KYLE: Fine.That's okay,I guess.Brooke and I are taking my little brother trick or treating.
SETH: Where?It's banned here.
KYLE: (sarcastic)No shit?I wasn't aware.That was like the dumbest thing you've ever said.I know it's banned here.Everything's banned here today.We're takin' him to Russellville.
At a cafeteria table Shondra and Brooke are talking.
BROOKE: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is the black and white one about the people trapped in the farmhouse.You said you saw that.That was remade in 1990,in color.DAWN OF THE DEAD is about a group of people that take over a shopping mall.Very good. DAY OF THE DEAD is about a group of scientists and soldiers in an underground bunker.RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD is about zombies destroying an entire town. RETURN 2 is the same,and RETURN 3 is about a guy who's girlfriend turns into a zombie.
Kyle sits down beside Brooke and Seth sits down beside Shondra.
Kyle yawns.
SETH: Damn,man,what are you tired for?Stay up too late watchin' your tapes of Cinemax Friday late night?
KYLE: You know it.
SETH: I watched some last night myself.Couldn't get past MIRROR IMAGES II,though.That Shannon Whirry gets major reactions out of me.
BROOKE:Would you two quit before I lose my appetite?
Seth and Kyle do a little handshake over the table,which ends with them pretending to smoke a joint.
BROOKE: I don't know how you two can touch eachother's hands after you just confirmed what you both were doing last night.
KYLE: Hey,we wash our hands afterwards.Sometimes.
SETH: And besides,I know what he does to you and I can still talk to you and have respect. I don't know if I'd drink after you,but I can talk to you.
BROOKE: That's sick.
SETH: I'm not the one that does it.
Shondra looks over through the window beside her.
SHONDRA'S P.O.V-MICHAEL'S TRUCK DRIVES PAST ON THE STREET.
INT. HADDONFIELD ELEMENTARY-THE KINDERGARTEN CLASS-A DOZEN KIDS,ALL 5,ARE SITTING AT A TABLE EATING THEIR LUNCH.ONE OF THESE KIDS IS STEVEN. THE TEACHER IS SITTING AT HER DESK EATING.
While Steven eats he looks up at the window.Through the window we can see the parking lot.Just outside the window Michael's red pickup is parked.
He stares,wide eyed.
We switch to-
INT. THE HALLWAY OUTSIDE THE CLASS-MICHAEL IS STANDING INFRONT OF THE TWO DOORS,BOTH OF WHICH HAVE SMALL GLASS WINDOWS IN THEM.HE IS LOOKING AT STEVEN THROUGH ONE OF THEM.
INT. THE GYM-SCHOOL JANITOR FREDDY "BUZZ" SAWYER,IS WASHING THE FLOOR WITH A MOP.BESIDE HIM IS A BUCKET OF SOAPY WATER.HE'S ABOUT FOUR FEET FROM THE DOOR OF THE GYM.
INT. THE CLASS-STEVEN STANDS UP,WALKING OVER TO THE TEACHER,TRINA MURRAY.
STEVEN: Misses Murray?
Trina looks up from her lunch.
TRINA: Yes,Steven?
STEVEN: I'm scared.
TRINA: Why?
STEVEN: The boogeyman's outside.
TRINA: Steven,there's no such thing as the boogeyman.
STEVEN: Yes there is.
At the table a couple little boys,Noah and Chris,are watching and laughing,talking to eachother.
INT. THE GYM-BUZZ REACHES THE DOOR,TURNING AROUND AND STANDING IN THE DOORWAY.HE PULLS HIS BUCKET INTO THE HALL BESIDE HIM.
He mops the floor right infront of the door,the last place he has to clean.
INT. THE HALL-MICHAEL LOOKS OVER.
Through a doorway we can see Buzz.
We go over to a shot behind Buzz.
Buzz stands up straight,done mopping,and steps back,letting the gym door swing shut.
He turns around,putting his mop in the bucket of water.
He looks up and sees Michael walk into a room.
BUZZ: What the hell?
Buzz walks toward the room Michael went into.
Buzz walks into the room Michael did.
INT. THE ROOM-THE ROOM IS A UNISEX BATHROOM FOR THE KINDIES.
The room is seemingly empty.
BUZZ: Shit.
Buzz walks farther into the room,leaving his bucket beside the door.
BUZZ: Hello?
Buzz looks under the doors of the stalls,looking for Michael's legs.
BUZZ: I saw you come in here.This is not the day to be screwin' around.
As Buzz walks down the length of the room looking under stall doors we go to a shot infront of him.
In the background we see a stall door open slowly and Michael walk out.
Michael turns and walks toward Buzz.
Buzz reaches the last stall.Empty.
BUZZ: What is going on here?
Buzz stands up straight.
Buzz turns around,coming face to face with Michael.
The school bell rings offscreen.The school day is over.
BUZZ: (loud)Shit!
Michael grabs Buzz by his right shoulder and flings him sideways.
Buzz slams against the mirror that runs the expanse of the wall,shattering it.
He falls to the floor,groaning.
INT. THE HALL-THE KINDERGARTENERS RUSH OUT,LAUGHING,YELLING,AND TALKING. NONE OF THEM EVEN GLANCE AT THE BATHROOM.
INT. THE BATHROOM-BUZZ GROANS,CRAWLING TO HIS MOP AND BUCKET.
Michael walks toward him.
Buzz reaches the mop and bucket,grabbing the mop and standing.
Buzz turns around,swinging the mop around at Michael.
The mop hits Michael in the side of the head,dazing him.
Buzz swings again.
Michael catches the mop this time,breaking it in half with a simple twist of his arm.
BUZZ: Son of a.....
Michael punches Buzz in the face,knocking him to the floor.
Buzz falls onto his back and Michael kneels down over him.
Buzz opens his mouth to scream but Michael slams the mop handle down into Buzz's face. It's up to the audience to decide where he shoved it,into Buzz's eye or mouth.
INT. A HALL-STEVEN STRUGGLES TO GET THROUGH THE ARMY OF KIDS.
We watch him for a few seconds,then suddenly somebody comes up beside him and slams him against the wall.The audience will think it's Michael until we show them that it's Noah and Chris.
STEVEN: Ow.
NOAH: Oh,poor little baby.
CHRIS: You should be happy it wasn't the boogeyman.
STEVEN: Leave me alone.
NOAH: He is outside,Steven.And he's gonna get you tonight.
STEVEN: No he won't.
CHRIS: He wants to kill you.
KARA: (O.S.)Steven?
STEVEN: Mommy!
Noah and Chris run away.
Kara comes through the crowd.She didn't see Noah and Chris.
KARA: Hey,hon.Why weren't you outside?
STEVEN: I....I couldn't get through.
KARA: Well,let's go.
STEVEN: Okay.Is Shondra watching me tonight?
KARA: Yep.
STEVEN: (smiles)Good.
INT. THE CLASSROOM-TRINA IS DOING WORK AT HER DESK.
The class door opens and Buzz's bucket comes sliding in fast.
It goes across the room and slams against the wall,falling over and spilling bloody water all over the floor.
Trina looks over toward the bucket and water.
The class door is still open.
TRINA: Buzz?
Trina stands and walks over to the bucket.To get to it she has to walk into the midst of the water.
She picks the bucket up.It's still got some blood in it.
Trina drops the bucket,turning around.
TRINA: Buzz?
Michael is standing right there.
TRINA: Buzz?What are you doing?
Michael walks toward her.
TRINA: (realizes)Oh,God.
She turns to run but slips in the blood,screaming.She pulls a Jimmy,flying up in the air and coming down on her back,but on her way down she slams her head on the edge of her desk. (I call it pulling a Jimmy because that was the name of the character that slipped in blood in Part 2.)She lays on the floor,obviously dead from a skull fracture.
Michael looks down at her and does his infamous head turn.
EXT. A HADDONFIELD STREET-SETH,SHONDRA,BROOKE,AND KYLE ARE WALKING.
KYLE: Why are we walking?
SETH: Because you need to exercise,you lazy bastard.
KYLE: Screw you.
BROOKE: Have any of you guys ever seen RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD III?
SETH: Ofcourse.
BROOKE: That's my favorite of all zombie movies.
SETH: Why?
BROOKE: I don't know,I just like it best.It's a really cool love story.
KYLE: Love story.See?She likes it 'cause it's the chickiest of 'em all.
BROOKE: Chickiest?
KYLE: Yeah,the most like a chick flick.
SETH: It's pretty cool,though.
Kyle nods.
EXT. A CAR DEALERSHIP-DAY-THE LIMO IS DRIVING AWAY.
Rex is sitting in a dark blue used Camaro,smiling.
REX: Let the nightmare begin.
Rex starts the Camaro up and pulls out onto the street.